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MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2014 Soldotna-Kenai, Alaska

Vol. 44, Issue 148

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25 years later Exxon Valdez spill effects linger By DAN JOLING Associated Press

herring and birds soaked in oil, of workers painstakingly washing crude off the rugged beaches. Twenty five years later, most of the species have recovered, said Robert Spies, a chief science adviser to governments on the oil spill restoration program from 1989 to 2002. But some wildlife, as well as the people who live in the region, are still struggling. Here’s a look at what’s changed since the spill:

ANCHORAGE — Before the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico, there was the Exxon Valdez disaster in Alaska, at the time the nation’s largest oil spill. The 987-foot tanker, carrying 53 million gallons of crude, struck Bligh Reef at 12:04 a.m. on March 24, 1989. Within hours, it unleashed an estimated 10.8 million gallons of thick, toxic crude oil into the water. Storms and currents then smeared it over 1,300 miles of shore- Fisherman line. Bernie Culbertson was preparing For a generation of people around to fish cod when the Exxon Valdez ran the world, the spill was seared into their aground. With oil in the water, fishing memories by images of fouled coastline in Prince William Sound, of sea otters, See SPILL, page A-10

AP Photo/Rob Stapleton

In this April 21, 1989 file photo, crews use high pressured hoses to blast the rocks on this beach front on Naked Island. This is one of only two beaches that are being worked on, of the 58 beaches in the Prince William Sound. On March 24, the crude oil tanker Exxon Valdez grounded on a reef and spilled nearly 11 million gallons of oil in the waters. Nearly 25 years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill off the coast of Alaska, some damage heals, some effects linger in Prince William Sound.

House Finance advances bill reviewing tax credits

Lawmaker wants coal plant without fed regs

JUNEAU — The House Finance Committee has advanced legislation that would sunset Alaska’s film tax credit program in 2016. The provision’s part of a larger bill calling for the review of “indirect expenditures,” things like tax credits or exemptions. The bill sets sunset dates of 2016 or 2018 for different programs. The sponsor of HB306, Rep. Steve Thompson, says the idea is for a thorough analysis of whether programs are doing what they’re intended. He expects most of the programs to be renewed or extended. An audit of the film tax credit, reauthorized in 2012, predated changes made by lawmakers. Rep. Les Gara says there are things he likes about the bill. But he worries it will result in the film program being doomed before it’s really given a chance to work. — The Associated Press

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Girl Scout Volunteer Rosemary Pilatti evokes delighted gasps from her audience when she pulls out her sash full of patches from her years as a girl scout, Saturday at Women of Science and Technology Day at Kenai Peninsula College in Soldotna.

Experimenting with science Learning and fun at Girl Scouts Women of Science and Technology Day By KELLY SULLIVAN Peninsula Clarion

A handful of Girl Scouts of Alaska stood scooping mouthfuls of handmade ice cream in plastic bags in what would have been a presumably empty classroom on a Saturday afternoon at Kenai

Peninsula College. Vigorously shaking bags of ice, dairy and flavorings was only one of the many activities Girl Scouts from all over the Kenai Peninsula took park in at the Girl Scouts Women of Science and Technology Day. Cayce Warner said making ice

cream was her favorite lesson of the day. Making ice cream in a sandwich bag with such basic ingredients was a different approach than she was used to seeing, Warner said. “It definitely tasted delicious,” she said. At the anti-tobacco semi-

nar Warner also learned how cigarette companies market their products to visually appeal to children. She said now she knows how to read the warning labels on products that may contain tobacco and will avoid the drug in the future. See SCOUTS, page A-10

JUNEAU (AP) — A Republican senator says Alaska should ignore federal regulations and plan to build a largescale coal-powered plant to generate electricity in the event of an energy crisis. Sen. Pete Kelly, R-Fairbanks, is sponsoring a resolution asking the governor to consider the feasibility and cost of building power plants on state land “without regard to federal permits or restrictions.” “There’s going to come a time when a natural event, an economic event, a war, and we’re going to wake up and read headlines, like we did on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, and realize the world had changed. And when that happens, we’re going to have another spike in electricity and energy costs that will stagger us,” Kelly told the Senate Finance Committee last week. The resolution remains in the committee awaiting a cost estimate, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported Sunday. The state should consider building a backup power source and coal is the cheapest and most readily available fuel supply, he said. Pollution restrictions could be overlooked in an emergency. “The resolution was in response to the fact that the federal government has decided that See COAL, page A-10

Kenai angler wins winter king tournament Photo by McKibben Jackinsky/ Homer News

By McKIBBEN JACKINSKY Morris News Service-Alaska

With a king s a l m o n weighing 30.60 pounds, Raymond B. Tepp of Kenai takes first place in the Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament. Fishing aboard the Inlet Plunder, Tepp’s firstplace cash prize was

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Reeling in a 30.60-pound king salmon, Raymond B. Tepp of Kenai is the first-place winner in the 2014 Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament held Saturday. Fishing aboard his own boat, the Inlet Plunder, Tepp’s cash prize is $19,026. A total 202 fish were caught by the 907 anglers participating in the one-day event that began with hooks in the water at 9 a.m. and ended with hooks out of the water by 4 p.m. This was the 21st Winter King Salmon Tournament sponsored by the Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center. Y

The strong turnout this year topped the 700 fishermen that participated in 2013. Tepp’s salmon was a few pounds lighter than the 35.10-pound king salmon caught by last year’s tournament winner, Anchorage angler Leszek Kuligowski. However, the increased number of anglers meant Tepp took home a few more dollars than the 2013 first-place prize of $15,393. The top 10 anglers in Saturday’s tournament were: • First place: Raymond B. Tepp, Kenai, 30.60-pound king salmon, $19.026; • Second place: Eric Kjelland, Eagle River, 25.90-pound king salmon, $12,684; See KING, page A-10

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AccuWeather 5-day forecast for Kenai-Soldotna

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Nome 28/7 Unalakleet McGrath 32/9 27/-4

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24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. 0.00" Month to date ........................... 0.28" Normal month to date ............. 0.51" Year to date .............................. 2.63" Normal year to date ................. 2.35" Record today ................. 0.22" (1994) 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 41/17

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Kodiak 41/28

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Ketchikan 46/32

47 at Klawock -17 at Eagle

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Today will feel more like January across the Northeast. Cold air will also be in place across the Midwest. Rain and thunderstorms will wet the Gulf Coast, while the West Coast will remain dry.

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Valdez Kenai/ 34/23 Soldotna Homer

Cold Bay 40/29

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High ............................................... 37 Low ................................................ 13 Normal high .................................. 37 Normal low .................................... 18 Record high ........................ 46 (1999) Record low ....................... -18 (1962)

Anchorage 38/20

Bethel 29/1

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Fairbanks 29/1

Talkeetna 38/9 Glennallen 29/-1

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Prudhoe Bay 7/-23

Anaktuvuk Pass 25/-3

Kotzebue 25/6

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Bugs resistant to genetically modified corn LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Researchers say bugs are developing resistance to the widely popular genetically engineered corn plants that make their own insecticide, so farmers may have to make changes. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that cases of rootworms eating roots of so-called Bt corn have been confirmed in Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, South Dakota and Minnesota. Iowa State University researchers found that rootworms have developed resistance to two of the four genetic traits in corn plants that are engineered to kill rootworms. Iowa State professor Aaron Gassmann said the problem isn’t widespread yet, but farmers and seed companies

should consider changing their approaches to pest control. “Hopefully, people can learn from these cases of resistance,” Gassmann said. The popular corn variety gets its name from the insect-killing bacterium it contains, bacillus thuringiensis, a natural insecticide that is considered harmless to people and livestock. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that 76 percent of all corn planted last year was Bt corn. When rootworms attack, clumps of corn plants can be leveled by summer storms because they don’t have the roots to anchor them. In areas where Bt corn has failed to control rootworms, farmers often turn to insecti-

cides. Researchers believe that rootworms are more likely to develop resistance to Bt corn when farmers plant the same hybrid in a field year after year, said Lance Meinke, an entomologist at the University of NebraskaLincoln. Most farmers rotate corn with other crops in a practice long used to curb the spread of pests, but some abandoned rotation to cash in on corn prices that stayed high for several years or because they needed more grain for livestock. But even with crop rotation, the beetles may be finding a way to thrive. Researchers are investigating reports that some corn rootworms in central Illinois

found a way around crop rotation by laying eggs in soybean fields. The problem of resistant rootworms could easily spread because the larvae grow into adult beetles that can fly to new areas. Meinke said farmers should think of Bt corn as just one part of their strategy for managing rootworms. He said it doesn’t appear likely that seed companies will be able to make significant improvements in the corn hybrids in the next few years. “Right now there is nothing on the horizon for the next four or five years that is going to come out. So we have to manage rootworms with what we have,” Meinke said.

Oil company backs NV’s proposed fracking rules ELKO, Nev. (AP) — A Houston-based oil company has endorsed the state’s proposed rules governing hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking. The proposed regulations support proven technologies to safely develop Nevada’s oil and gas, said Kevin Vorhaben of Noble Energy Inc., which is exploring for oil in three Elko County locations. They also would ensure safety to human health and the environment, he said at a public work-

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shop in Elko on Wednesday hosted the Nevada Division of ‘These innovative proposed rules supMinerals. “These innovative proposed port the use of proven horizontal holes rules support the use of proven and hydraulic fracturing technologies to horizontal holes and hydraulic fracturing technologies to safely safely develop Nevada’s discovered and develop Nevada’s discovered undiscovered oil and gas resources.’ and undiscovered oil and gas resources,” Vorhaben said, call— Kevin Vorhaben, Noble Energy Inc. ing the regulations “tough” and “thorough.” But some residents viewed division’s proposed regulations open oil- and gas-bearing rock the company’s endorsement as are too lax, the Elko Daily Free deposits. reason to wonder if the minerals Press reported. The process has been con“It really makes me uncom- troversial amid concern that fortable to hear representatives fracking gone wrong could taint of an oil company endorsing the groundwater with hydrocarbons regulations that you have and or fracking fluids containing toxSilver closed............ 20.32 +0.06 Dow Jones avg..... 16,302.70 -28.35 how great they are,” said Richard ic substances. The industry uses a variety of specially formulated NASDAQ................ 4,276.79 -42.50 Sturm of Elko County. S&P 500................1,866.40 -5.61 He noted BP’s spill of mil- fluids to facilitate fracking. lions of gallons of oil into the Among other provisions, the Stock prices provided by the Kenai Gulf of Mexico occurred after a state’s proposed rules call for Peninsula Edward Jones offices. 2010 rig explosion despite regu- testing underground aquifers lations. before and during oil extraction. Shannon Salter, a Las Vegas They also require companies to poet, said the issue is “about do- disclose chemicals used and to ing possible permanent damage notify the public about fracking Thursday’s prices to the earth,” and wealthy oil operations. companies stand to gain from The Division of Minerals, North Slope crude: fracking. which also held public work$106.93, down from Oil and gas developers em- shops on its proposed regula$107.28 on Wednesday ploy hydraulic fracturing to tions this week in Las Vegas and West Texas Int.: boost production. The technique Carson City, is accepting online pumps water, fine sand and public comment on them through $99.43, down from $100.37 on Wednesday chemicals into wells to fracture Friday.

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Community Calendar Today 10 a.m. • Narcotics Anonymous PJ Meeting, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Suite 71 in the old Carrs Mall in Kenai. Call 2621917. 5 p.m. • TOPS group 182 meets at the Sterling Senior Center. Call 260-7606. 6 p.m. • Kenai Bridge Club plays duplicate bridge at the Kenai Senior Center. Call 252-9330 or 283-7609. 7 p.m. • Women’s Barbershop sings at the Soldotna Church of God on the corner of Redoubt and Binkley. For more information, call 335-6789 or 262-4504. • Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “Middle of the Road” at United Methodist Church, 15811 Sterling Highway, Ninilchik. • Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “Dopeless Hope Fiends,” 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. • Alcoholics Anonymous “Into Action” group, VFW basement Birch Street, Soldotna, 907-262-0995. 8 p.m. • Al-Anon Support Group at Central Peninsula Hospital in the Augustine Room, Soldotna. Call 252-0558.

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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The Peninsula Clarion strives to report the deaths of all current and former Peninsula residents. Notices should be received within three months of the death. We offer two types of death reports: Pending service/Death notices: Brief notices listing full name, age, date and place of death; and time, date and place of service. These are published at no charge. Obituaries: The Clarion charges a fee to publish obituaries. Obituaries are prepared by families, funeral homes, crematoriums, and are edited by our staff according to newspaper guidelines. Obituaries up to 300 words are charged $50, which includes a one-year online guest book memoriam to on Legacy.com. Obituaries up to 500 words are charged $100, which also includes the one-year online guest book memoriam. Tax is not included. All charges include publication of a black and white photo. Obituaries outside these guidelines are handled by the Clarion advertising department. How to submit: Funeral homes and crematoriums routinely submit completed obituaries to the newspaper. Obituaries may also be submitted directly to the Clarion, online at www. peninsulaclarion.com, or by mail to: Peninsula Clarion, P.O. Box 3009, Kenai, Alaska, 99611. Pre-payment must accompany all submissions not already handled by a funeral home or crematorium. Deadlines: Submissions for Tuesday – Friday editions must be received by 2 p.m. the previous day. Submissions for Sunday and Monday editions must be received by 3 p.m. Friday. We do not process obituaries on Saturdays or Sundays unless submitted by funeral homes or crematoriums. Obituaries are placed on a space-available basis, prioritized by dates of local services. Copyright: All death notices and obituaries become property of the Clarion and may not be republished in any format. For more information, call the Peninsula Clarion at 907283-7551.

Around the Peninsula Extension Service offers ‘Gardening for Beginners’ A beginner’s class for gardening in Alaska is being offered Wednesday, March 26 from 5:30-7 p.m. Learn the basics of successful gardening geared for our Alaskan summer: how to choose a garden site, prepare the soil, seed selection, fertilization and basic crop care. Enjoy the fruits of your labor and the satisfaction of cultivating your own fresh garden vegetables. This is a free class offered by Extension’s Ag/Hort Agent, Lydia Clayton. Space is limited, please call Cooperative Extension Service at 262-5824 to reserve your seat.

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Statewide Tsunami Drill Scheduled 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.

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 Trout Unlimited meeting scheduled 7 p.m., with a special matinee performance on the 29th at 1 The Kenai Peninsula Chapter of Trout Unlimited will meet p.m. This play will be performed arena style with the audience March 26 in room 121 of the Steffi Building at Kenai Peninsula on the stage, so tickets are limited for each show! Admission is College, Kenai River Campus. Robert Begich, area manage- $5.00 a person. ment biologist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, will give a recap of last years fishing season, discuss regulation changes for the coming season, and describe projects that the Central Peninsula Hospital planning a department will be undertaking this summer. Community Health Fair Need not be a member to attend, anyone interested in fishing Central Peninsula Hospital is planning a Community Health is welcome. Fair to be held at the hospital on March 29, from 9:00am to 3:00pm. Discounted blood draws will be held from 9:00am to 1:00pm. Basic health screenings and other health information Alaskans respect awareness event will also be available to participants. The LeeShore Center cordially invites you to join us for an “Alaskans Choose Respect” Awareness Event March 27 in support of Governor Parnell’s initiative and state-wide efforts to SCI offers $4,000 scholarship raise awareness of domestic violence and sexual assault. We Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula Chapter of Safari Club Internawill meet in Kenai on the Frontage Road in front of the clock tower at Leif Hansen Park at noon and walk to the Kenai Visi- tional is accepting applications for a $4,000 scholarship ($1,000 tors and Cultural Center. Refreshments will be served until 2 per year for 4 years) to a graduating senior from any accredited high school within the Kenai Peninsula Borough. This year’s p.m. For more information contact the Volunteer Coordinator at essay topic is: Hunting’s Role in Wildlife Conservation. Applications are available on the website www.kenaisci.org or the 283-9479. KPBSD one-stop scholarship website. Deadline is April 1.

Alaska state science fair sees 386 entries BY DEVIN KELLY Anchorage Daily News

ANCHORAGE, (AP) — Kneeling down, Chance Duckworth gave the round table before him a vigorous shake. As the table wobbled, red pens attached to metal wires and wooden boards moved back on forth on pieces of white paper. Faint squiggles measured the amplitude of his mini-earthquake. For the 59th annual Alaska State Science and Engineering Fair on Saturday, Duckworth, 11, built a pair of homemade seismographs to demonstrate how earthquakes are recorded. “I like geology, and just the concept of earthquakes,” said Duckworth, a sixth-grader at Trailside Elementary, a few days before the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Alaska earthquake. From Duckworth’s seismographs, to a robot that can solve a Rubix cube, to the chemistry of dyeing an Easter egg, the 386 projects created by more than 440 students from 69 different schools across Alaska ran the gamut of scientific inquiry. Syreeta Southwould, 11, decided to do a project on “vampire power,” or the power electrical devices use up when they are switched off or in standby mode. She found that in general, only small amounts of

power are used when an item is in standby mode, though it uses more power to keep an Apple iPhone plugged in on standby for 16 hours than to use it for 8 hours. She also discovered her family can save money by unplugging the television when they leave the house — something they plan to start doing, said Southwould, a sixth-grader at Aquarian Charter School in Anchorage. As students connected their projects to the real world, some tied research to specific community issues. Dan Distor, 14, and Ivan Fancyboy, 18, wanted to explore how biannual discharges from the sewage lagoon in Pilot Station into the Yukon River were affecting the quality of the river water. The lagoon is located within 100 meters to 500 meters of homes and buildings in Pilot Station. The Pilot Station School students guessed that “downstream” water, which receives the sewage discharges, would have more contaminants, dissolved solids and a higher pH value than the “upstream” water, which does not receive the discharges. After conducting the experiment — which involved driving four-wheelers to the river to collect samples — the duo

confirmed their contamination hypothesis was right, and plan to present the findings to Pilot Station’s village council. The eight students from Pilot Station School made up about half of the total contingent from the Lower Yukon School District. Six years ago, Distor’s mom, Wilma Distor, Pilot Station’s only science and math teacher for grades 7-12, organized Pilot Station’s first school science fair. She’s brought students to the state science fair every year since. “I really believe that inquiry and process is the one thing students should learn,” said Distor, who grew up in the Philippines and coordinated science fairs while teaching in Texas. Each Friday, she makes a point of only doing experiments in class. “For me, science is not complete science without these science projects.” Fourteen-year-old Alex Schuerch’s also got the idea for his project from an issue in a rural Alaska community. His dad, Tim Schuerch, works in Kotzebue, and relayed firsthand observations of the corrosion of steel structures in the acidic Arctic tundra environment. He took Alex, an eighthgrader at Central Middle School, to the BP Asset Integrity and Corrosion Lab at UAA, which offered advice and equipment. Alex’s project shows that using zinc to insulate steel can decrease the amount of corrosion and rust. “I know just from what I do in Kotzebue, this is really useful,” said Tim Schuerch, who is president of the Maniilaq Association, the regional health and

social-service non-profit for the Kotzebue area. . No studies exist that show the effect of the tundra on steel, he said. This summer, Alex Schuerch said he plans to head out to the tundra and repeat the project in the actual environment. While pleased with the overall turnout this year, organizers were quick to note a general trend of a lack of involvement among high school students. Of the 386 projects, only 35 were created by high schoolers, which organizers chalked up to little advertising and busy schedules. The numbers for Anchorage School District high schools were particularly low — only about five projects in the 2014 fair. “It’s extremely frustrating,” said Texas Gail Raymond, director of the science fair and the former science coordinator for the Anchorage School District. In a signal of efforts to increase the involvement of Anchorage high school students, the science fair is adding a 17-year-old science fair veteran, Stephen Kranich, to its board of directors.

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Charges of CIA spying on Senate troubling It’s tempting to note on how the shoe

is on the other foot for the Senate Intelligence Committee. The latest news on who’s spying on whom has the CIA accused of doing just that on the committee that provides its civilian oversight. A few months back, the National Security Agency was in the spotlight and the committee seemed loathe to rein it in from its spying on U.S. citizens. President Barack Obama in January announced a series of reforms after revelations of NSA spying — sparked by leaker Edward Snowden — caused a firestorm. A plan to end the NSA’s collection and storage of American’s telephone communications is due on March 28. But this latest revelation is an equally serious matter. At issue is whether the Central Intelligence Agency tried to thwart the oversight Americans need. In an extraordinary speech recently, the chair of the intelligence committee, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., charged that the agency had secretly removed documents from a computer used by her staff investigating the CIA’s interrogation program. The Senate investigation into a program that clearly involved torture has resulted in a 6,300 page report. It’s still secret. It should be made public as soon as possible. As part of this Senate investigation, the CIA provided a computer network independent of the agency’s own. Into that, it dumped the documents the committee needed, numbering into the millions. But afterward, committee staffers, Feinstein said, discovered that some documents that had clearly been in the system had been removed. The CIA has charged that Senate staffers got unauthorized access to an internal review of the detention program. Feinstein says the document was part of the CIA document dump. Meanwhile, the CIA director denies that spying occurred. The Justice Department is now left to sort it out, along with the CIA’s inspector general. If these charges are true, Fourth Amendment rights and the executive prohibition on CIA domestic spying have been violated. Suffering the biggest injury, however, would be the U.S. separation of powers that requires the congressional oversight. With Snowden’s disclosures and the anemic responses, public trust in this oversight has already suffered. We await the results of investigations, but the very fact that one of the intelligence community’s most ardent supporters has made these charges does nothing to refurbish this trust. Feinstein was right to go public. — San Antonio Express-News, March 17

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Paul Ryan’s new white hood

What incorrigible racist said the following? “Fewer young black and Latino men participate in the labor force compared to young white men. And all of this translates into higher unemployment rates and poverty rates as adults.” “In troubled neighborhoods all across this country — many of them heavily African-American — too few of our citizens have role models to guide them.” “We know that more than half of all black children live in single-parent households. ... We know the statistics — that children who grow up without a father are five times more likely to live in poverty and commit crime; nine times more likely to drop out of school; and twenty times more likely to end up in prison.” “We know young black men are twice as likely as young white men to be ‘disconnected’ — not in school, not working.” As you might guess, Paul Ryan said none of these things. Barack Obama did — in heartfelt speeches at a Chicago church in 2008, at Morehouse College in 2013 and at the White House a few weeks ago. In his instantly notorious interview with radio talk-show host Bill Bennett, Ryan discussed fatherlessness and the importance of role models. “We have got this tailspin of culture in our inner cities, in particular,” he said, “of men not working and just generations of men not even thinking about working or learning the value and the culture of work.” For this offense, Ryan was awarded an honorary white hood by the liberal com-

Letters to the Editor Time to take a look at the world around us My dear old mom came to live with my wife Faith and I a few years ago. After living with Alzheimer’s disease for eight years she no longer could live by herself. We take her shopping and out to a restaurant on a regular basis. If you were to see her, you will see a neat and clean lady who is very alert. Often she can contribute to a conversation as if she understands what is going on. She does not. Her cognitive ability to understand the world of needs, safety and abilities are severely diminished. Often I think of the American people are like my mother. Neat, clean and alert. Well cared for but lacking the cognitive ability to understand the world around us. Global economic disintegration is expanding. Our government has continued monetary policies that generate the instability around the world. We in America do not have the cognitive ability to understand. We continue to live as my mother does from moment to moment waiting for others to get our basic needs. We are at the end of our global monetary hegemony. Sovereign nations are aligning against us. Like all Empires, the government of the USA will do everything to maintain their global standing. A World War is inevitable. Sometimes I hope Mom will wake up and understand the world around her. I have the same hope for the people of the USA. Most of my friends believe I have a false sense of hope. Ray Southwell Nikiski C

mentariat. When Barack Obama says such things, which are undeniably correct, he is a brave truth-teller; when Paul Ryan says them, he is making an odious play for racist votes, via a “dog whistle.” Rich Lowry In literally the next sentence, Ryan urged the civic-minded to help out in what President Obama calls “troubled neighborhoods.” That almost none of his attackers noted this part of his answer tells you everything you need to know about their credibility. More evidence of Ryan’s alleged malign intent was a mention of Charles Murray. Murray’s book “The Bell Curve” will forever be controversial for its treatment of race and IQ, but Murray’s latest work, “Coming Apart,” is about the struggles of the white working class. Notably, Ryan also mentioned Harvard social scientist Robert Putnam, whose recent work also has focused on class divisions and social isolation. These are the scholarly name-checks of someone who is thinking about the unraveling of civil society, not how to become the next George Wallace. Ryan’s critics hate the word “culture,” as if it’s a concept that right-wingers came up with to justify nefarious doings rather than one that is central to understanding how the world works. In The New York Times several years

Time needed to review HB 77 changes I would like to encourage residents from the Kenai Peninsula to contact their legislator to urge them to table House Bill 77. Alaskans need a chance to review and agree with any changes that DNR or Governor Parnell has made regarding amendments requested by Senator Micciche. Senator Giessel scheduled a public hearing before the Senate Resources Committee on March 12. All meetings up to now have been held without any public or apparently Senate knowledge of any fixes by the Parnell administration to this bill. While I appreciate Senator Micciche’s efforts to get citizen input to House Bill 77 even he states that his constituents have overwhelmingly opposed House Bill 77 in any form. Senator Micciche thinks that by making amendments to the bill, se the Alaskan citizens “will have to compromise on House Bill 77” and accept changes to our constitution by the Governor, DNR and the Legislature to our water rights. I don’t agree. This bill is being rushed through and does not benefit the public. It does however benefit corporations who wish to “streamline” read do away with our in stream water right reservations, public comment periods and right to object to projects proposed by corporations. It changes the standing definition for citizens to object to projects. The standing now states that if a person is negatively impacted they may appeal a decision under the new law the standing requires a citizen to show financial or physical harm in defining substantial and adverse harm. It does away with citizen’s right to reserve in stream water use. This bill also does away with important subsis-

ago, Harvard sociologist Orlando Patterson wrote a column against the “deep-seated dogma” that rejects “any explanation that invokes a group’s cultural attributes — its distinctive attitudes, values and predispositions.” He argued that the economic boom of the 1990s created millions of jobs yet “jobless black youths simply did not turn up to take them. Instead, the opportunity was seized in large part by immigrants — including many blacks — mainly from Latin America and the Caribbean.” Patterson blamed it on “the cool-pose culture” of many young black men. Fortunately, Orlando Patterson is not the Republican chairman of a House committee, or he could never show himself in polite society again. As for Paul Ryan, he is such a callous dog-whistler that he has been touring urban neighborhoods as he formulates a new conservative agenda on poverty. Ryan wants to reform welfare programs to incentive work and to encourage institutions of civil society to fight social breakdown. His antagonists want to pour more money into the same welfare programs that have failed to address the root causes of poverty for decades. After his interview caused a firestorm, Ryan said he had been “inarticulate,” in a good-faith gesture to his critics. He would have been entirely justified in telling them simply to go to hell. Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com.

tence, drinking and habitat water quality. It takes away much of the citizen comment period. The Alaska constitution protects natural resources for all Alaskans. It was meant to protect all uses and preserve the user’s interest in them. DNR was not set up to be a Czar system where only the Department of Natural Resource should determine whether or not a use is consistent with the intent of preserving Alaskan water rights. Please contact your legislator today and let them know that House Bill 77 does not work for Alaskans. Betty Whittenberg Soldotna

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Washington landslide death toll doubles to 8 By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP Associated Press

ARLINGTON, Wash. — Searchers found five more bodies Sunday in the tangled sludge of a massive landslide in rural Washington state, bringing the death toll to at least eight from the wall of debris that swept through a small riverside neighborhood. Snohomish County sheriff’s Lt. Rob Palmer said four more bodies were discovered late Sunday. Earlier in the day, authorities said one body had been found on the debris field. Three people were already confirmed dead on Saturday. More people remained missing, and authorities said the number was “fluid.” Earlier Sunday, they said it was at least 18, but that count came before additional bodies were discovered. The 1-square-mile mudslide that struck Saturday morning also critically injured several people and destroyed about 30 homes. Crews were able to get to the muddy, tree-strewn area after geologists flew over in a helicopter and determined it was safe enough for emergency responders and technical rescue personnel to search for possible survivors, Snohomish County Fire District 21 Chief Travis Hots said Sunday evening. “We didn’t see or hear any signs of life out there today,” he said, adding that they did not search the entire debris

field, only drier areas safe to traverse. Despite that, Hots said crews were still in a “search and rescue mode. It has not gone to a recovery mode at this time.” Searchers continued looking into the night Sunday. Before crews could get onto the debris field late Sunday morning, they looked for signs of life by helicopter. Authorities initially said it was too dangerous to send rescuers out on foot. Rescuers’ hopes of finding more survivors were buoyed late Saturday when they heard people yelling for help, but they were unable to reach anyone. The soupy mud was so thick and deep that searchers had to turn back. “We have this huge squaremile mudflow that’s basically like quicksand,” Hots said Sunday. The slide wiped through what neighbors described as a former fishing village of small homes — some nearly 100 years old. As the search for the missing continued, authorities said some may have been able to get out on their own. The number unaccounted for could change because some people may have been in cars and on roads when the slide hit just before 11 a.m. Saturday, Hots said. Officials described the mudslide as “a big wall of mud and debris.” It blocked about a mile of State Route 530 near the town of Oso, about 55

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A house is seen destroyed in the mud on Highway 530 next to mile marker 37 on Sunday, the day after a giant landslide occurred near mile marker 37 near Oso, Washington. The nearby Stillaguamish River has been dammed up by 15-20 feet of debris as a result, creating more flooding concerns, as reported by KING 5 via the state hydrologist.

81-year-old man remained in critical condition Sunday morning at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. Hospital spokeswoman Susan Gregg said two men, ages 37 and 58, were in serious condition, while a 25-year-old woman was upgraded to satisfactory condition. Bruce Blacker, who lives just west of the slide, doesn’t know the whereabouts of six neighbors. “It’s a very close knit com-

waited at an Arlington roadblock before troopers let him through. There were almost 20 homes in the neighborhood that was destroyed, he said. Search-and-rescue help came from around the region, including the Washington State Patrol and the Army Corps of Engineers. More than 100 were at the scene. Evacuation shelters were set up at Post Middle School in Arlington and the Darrington Community Center.

lives a few miles from the mudslide, spent Saturday night at a Red Cross shelter at the Arlington school. He said he saw a few “pretty distraught” people at the shelter who didn’t know the fate of loved ones who live in the stricken area. “It makes me want to cry,” Williams said Sunday. Associated Press writer Phuong Le in Seattle contributed to this report.

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miles north of Seattle. It was reported to be about 15 feet deep in some areas. Authorities believe the slide was caused by ground made unstable by recent heavy rainfall. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee described the scene as “a square mile of total devastation” after flying over the disaster area midday Sunday. He assured families that everything was being done to find their missing loved ones. “There is a full scale, 100 percent aggressive rescue going on right now,” said Inslee, who proclaimed a state of emergency. The slide blocked the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River. With the water pooling behind the debris, authorities worried about downstream flooding and issued an evacuation notice Saturday. The water had begun to seep through the blockage Sunday afternoon, alleviating some concerns. Snohomish County officials said Sunday that residents could return home during daylight hours. Even though the evacuation had been lifted, Inslee urged residents to remain alert. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood watch for Snohomish County through Monday afternoon. Shari Ireton, a spokeswoman for the Snohomish County sheriff’s office, said Sunday that a total of eight people were injured in the slide.

TEXAS CITY, Texas — A barge that once carried some 900,000 gallons of heavy tar-like oil was cleared of its remaining contents Sunday, a day after the vessel collided with a ship in the busy Houston Ship Channel and leaked about a fifth of its cargo into the waterway. Coast Guard officials said that up to 168,000 gallons were dumped after one of the barge’s tanks ruptured and that oil had been detected 12 miles offshore in the Gulf of Mexico as of Sunday afternoon. “This is a significant spill,” Capt. Brian Penoyer, commander of the Coast Guard at Houston-Galveston, said. But he said the emptying of the barge Sunday, a process known as lightering as contents are transferred to other vessels, was an important step as it had eliminated the risk of additional oil spilling. The channel, one of the world’s busiest waterways for moving petrochemicals, was shut for a second day Sunday. As many as 60 vessels were backed up both trying to get out and get in. Over 380 people — “and we’ve ordered more,” Penoyer said — plus a fleet of oil-retrieving skimmers and other vessels deploying some 60,000 feet of containment booms around environmentally sensitive areas worked to mitigate the damage. The area is home to popular bird habitats, especially during the approaching migratory shorebird season.

One dead after shuttle bus crash on I-95 WASHINGTON — A shuttle bus transporting a group back from a birthday party collided with a car and overturned before dawn Sunday along a highway south of the nation’s capital, leaving one person dead and sending 16 others to the hospital, Virginia State Police said. The bus was headed south on Interstate 95 when witnesses reported seeing a speeding white sedan swerve into the bus’s lane. Virginia State Police initially said the bus swerved to avoid the car and then overturned, but later said the two vehicles collided, causing the bus driver to lose control, drive off the road and overturn. The driver of the white sedan did not stop but was arrested later Sunday and charged with one felony count of hit-andrun, the Virginia State Police said. State Police identified him as 31-year-old Raphael Manuel Barrientos of Dumfries, Va. A woman who answered at a telephone listing for his home declined to comment. The crash occurred on the interstate in northern Virginia’s Fairfax County and police were called at 3:28 a.m. Sunday, State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said. Geller said the man who died was one of two people flown to a northern Virginia hospital. He was identified as 24-year-old David Alberto Sanchez of Woodbridge, Va. Sanchez’s father, Federico Hernandez, told The Associated Press that his son, who worked in the office of an auto body shop in Virginia, was attending a birthday party for a co-worker. He said he believed his son had left around 11 p.m. Saturday for a trip into Washington to celebrate. Hernandez said his son was also studying computers at a community college. State Police confirmed the bus had been to Washington for a birthday party and was returning to Prince William County, where all the passengers were from. The State Police said nine people were ejected from the bus during the accident. One person was being treated for lifethreatening injuries Sunday. Two others, the driver and a passenger, were being treated for serious, but non-life-threatening injuries. The remaining 13 passengers suffered minor injuries. State Police identified the crashed vehicle as a shuttle bus operated by America Transportation. An answering service dispatcher for that company said America Transportation had no information to release. A person who replied to an email sent to the company’s address referred questions to the Virginia State Police.

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration and its opponents are renewing the Supreme Court battle over President Barack Obama’s health care law in a case that pits the religious rights of employers against the rights of women to the birth control of their choice. Two years after the entire law survived the justices’ review by a single vote, the court is hearing arguments Tuesday in a religion-based challenge from family-owned companies that object to covering certain contraceptives in their health plans as part of the law’s preventive care requirement. Health plans must offer a range of services at no extra charge, including all forms of birth control for women that have been approved by federal regulators. Some of the nearly 50 businesses that have sued over covering contraceptives object to paying for all forms of birth control. But the companies involved in the high court case are willing to cover most methods of contraception, as long as they can exclude drugs or devices that the government says may work after an egg has been fertilized. The largest company among them, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc., and the Green family that owns it, say their “religious beliefs prohibit them from providing health coverage for contraceptive drugs and devices that end human life after conception.” Oklahoma City-based Hobby Lobby has more than 15,000 full-time employees in more than 600 crafts stores in 41 states. The Greens are evangelical Christians who also own Mardel, a Christian bookstore

chain. The other company is Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. of East Earl, Pa., owned by a Mennonite family and employing 950 people in making wood cabinets. The administration says a victory for the companies would prevent women who work for them from making decisions about birth control based on what’s best for their health, not whether they can afford it. The government’s supporters point to research showing that nearly one-third of women would change their contraceptive if cost were not an issue; a very effective means of birth control, the intrauterine device, can cost up to $1,000. “Women already have an income gap. If these companies prevail, they’ll have a health insurance gap, too,” said Marcia Greenberger, co-president of the National Women’s Law Center. The contraceptives at issue before the court are the emergency contraceptives Plan B and ella, and two IUDs. The government also argues that employers would be able to invoke religious objections under the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act to opt out of other laws, including those governing immunizations, minimum wages and Social Security taxes. The Supreme Court previously has rejected some of these claims in cases decided before the law’s enactment. The issue is largely confined to family-controlled businesses with a small number of shareholders. A survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation found 85 percent of large American employers already had offered such coverage before the health care law required it. There are sepa-

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rate lawsuits challenging the contraception provision from religiously affiliated hospitals, colleges and charities. The federal appeals court in Denver ruled in favor of Hobby Lobby. Conestoga Wood lost its case at the federal appeals court in Philadelphia In many respects, Hobby Lobby is the sort of company Obama would be pointing to as he advocates for corporate responsibility and a higher minimum wage. Hobby Lobby’s base pay for full-time employees is almost twice the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. They are offered health insurance, dental coverage and a retirement savings plan. Hobby Lobby stores close most nights at 8 p.m., which the company says is aimed at allowing employees to spend more time with their families. The Greens say they have no desire to make health care decisions for their employees, but neither do they want to contribute to services to which they object. One key issue before the justices is whether profit-making corporations may assert religious beliefs under the 1993 religious freedom law or the First Amendment provision guaranteeing Americans the right to believe and worship as they choose. The court could skirt that issue by finding that the

individuals who own the businesses have the right to object. The justices still would have to decide whether the birth control requirement really impinges on religious freedom, and if so, whether the government makes a persuasive case that the policy is important and is put in place in the least objectionable way possible. Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood say the burden they face is clear in the $100-a-day fine for each employee they would have to pay for not complying with the contraception provision. By contrast, businesses that choose not to offer health insurance at all can pay a tax of $2,000 a year for each employee. One potentially underemphasized aspect of the case is that there is no requirement that employers offer health insurance. They could pay the tax, which will be cheaper in many instances, according to Georgetown University’s Martin Lederman, who has advanced the argument. But Mark Rienzi, a Catholic University professor who is on the Hobby Lobby legal team, said Hobby Lobby would be at a competitive disadvantage with other employers who offer health insurance. “Their view is and has always been that they want to take really good care of their employees and their families,” Rienzi said.

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Turkish jets down Syrian warplane Ukraine says top By ALBERT AJI Associated Press

ISTANBUL — Turkish fighter jets shot down a Syrian warplane Sunday after it violated the country’s airspace, Turkey’s prime minister said, in a move likely to ramp up tensions between two countries already deeply at odds over Syria’s civil war. A spokesman for Syria’s military confirmed the incident, denouncing it as a “blatant aggression.” The unnamed spokesman quoted on Syrian state TV said the plane was hit while pursuing gunmen near the border, and that the pilot safely ejected from the aircraft. Syria’s official SANA news agency quoted the pilot as saying that he was shot down while 7 kilometers (5 miles) inside Syrian airspace. Turkey, a NATO member that once enjoyed good ties with Syria, has emerged as one of the strongest critics of Syrian President Bashar Assad and is now one of the main backers of the 3-year-old rebellion against him. Hostilities have flared along the border on several occasions, although the exchanges of fire have generally been brief and

very limited in scope. Despite protestations from Syria, there was little indication either side wanted the confrontation to escalate. In a statement, the Turkish military said a Syrian MiG23 entered Turkey’s airspace near the Hatay border zone after ignoring four warnings to turn back. One of two Turkish F-16s conducting a patrol in the area then fired a missile that struck the Syrian jet, which crashed 1,200 meters (yards) inside Syrian territory near the town of Kassab, the military said. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, speaking at a rally in northwestern Turkey a week ahead of local elections, congratulated the military, and said the strike should serve as a warning against further incursions. “If you violate our border, our slap will be hard,” he said. The Lebanon-based AlMayadeen TV, which has a network of reporters around Syria, reported that the pilot of the downed warplane landed in the village of Bahluliya in Latakia province. It gave no further details. Syrian rebels launched an offensive in the Kassab area

of Latakia near the Turkish border on Friday. The rugged hills near the frontier have been engulfed in heavy fighting since then. On Sunday, activists and state media reported clashes near the town, and said both sides were dispatching reinforcements. Syrian officials said the opposition fighters were coming from inside Turkey. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported clashes between troops and rebels led by fighters from the al-Qaidalinked Nusra Front near Kassab and a strategic hill known as “Observatory 45.” It added that some of the shells fired by Syrian troops fell on the Turkish side of the border. State TV reported late Sunday that the commander of the pro-government National Defense Forces Hilal Assad was killed in the fighting against opposition fighters in Kassab. The commander was a member of President Bashar Assad’s family but the TV did not say if they were close relatives. Damascus appeared to blame Turkey for the rebel offensive near the border. Rebels have frequently crossed the

border in that area for medical treatment and other purposes. Syria’s Foreign Ministry said Sunday that the Turkish government has launched over the past two days an “unprecedented and absolutely unjustified military aggression against the sovereignty of the Syrian territories in the Kassab.” It said that “this aggression aimed to cover the entry of armed groups into Syria and was part of the aggressive policies of the government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan.” This is not the first time that the Turkish military has downed a Syrian aircraft near the border. In September, a Turkish fighter jet shot down a Syrian military helicopter after it entered Turkish airspace. The helicopter strayed 2 kilometers (more than 1 mile) into Turkish airspace, but crashed inside Syria after being hit by missiles fired from the jet, Turkish officials said at the time. Turkey changed its rules of engagement in 2012 after Syria shot down a Turkish military plane, declaring that any Syrian military element approaching the Turkish border would be treated as a legitimate target.

World leaders gather for nuclear summit By MIKE CORDER Associated Press

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Nuclear terrorism is officially the main topic for world leaders at a two-day summit in the Netherlands starting Monday. In practice, the Ukraine crisis will likely overshadow those talks. The Nuclear Security Summit in the Hague will form the backdrop for an emergency meeting of Group of Seven leaders on Russia’s annexation of Crimea. It’s a confrontation between Russia and the West reminiscent of the Cold War. Russian President Vladimir Putin is not attending, instead sending Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who is expected to hold talks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said the event’s timing means world leaders can discuss Ukraine and Russia face to face. “I think these multilateral summits are an excellent opportunity for world leaders to discuss bilaterally and also amongst smaller groups of countries various issues which are high on their minds,” Rutte told The Associated Press. But experts say frantic diplomacy focused on Ukraine shouldn’t divert from the goal of better security of nuclear material.

“International attention can turn in a moment,” said Deepti Choubey, a senior director at the non-government Nuclear Threat Initiative. “The attentions of terrorists do not.” Delegations from 53 countries, including the leaders of the U.S., China and Japan, have started to arrive in the Hague. They will meet to negotiate on reducing and securing supplies, and keeping them out of terrorists’ hands. The G-7 includes the U.S., Britain, Germany, Japan, France, Italy and Canada. Notable absentees from the summit are North Korea and Iran, excluded by mutual consent. The summit is the third since U.S. President Barack Obama launched the series in 2009 shortly after taking office, saying that reducing the risk of a terrorist attack with either a nuclear weapon or a “dirty bomb” was one of his most important international policy goals. Rutte agreed, saying that while progress has been made, “it’s not nearly enough.” He told reporters in The Hague that 146 nuclear “incidents” were reported to the International Atomic Energy Agency last year alone. Although they mainly were about material that temporarily went missing, “the possibility of a serious incident continues to hang over us.”

Because countries usually regard protecting nuclear weapons and facilities as a confidential sovereign matter, the summits center on individual commitments by participants and conclude with a non-binding accord. Still, they already have reached tangible results. The number of countries that possess enough highly enriched uranium or plutonium to make a bomb has fallen steadily, from 39 before the first conference in Washington in 2010 to 25 at the start of the Hague summit. Piet de Klerk, the Dutch diplomat who chaired negotiations before the summit, says a further large drop in numbers is unlikely. But he says The Hague closing accord will likely include a new commitment to reduce plutonium stores. That is particularly relevant for Japan, which owns a large plutonium stockpile even as it reevaluates its use of nuclear power in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima disaster. Additionally, the Netherlands, with help from the U.S. and South Korea, is weaving together all existing nuclear arms treaties, agreements and voluntary guidelines for military, industry and civilian use into a single package of “best practices” for nuclear security. The three host nations and an unknown number of others will

vow to adhere to this package as much as possible. Kenneth Luongo, of the Partnership for Global Security, said that the willingness of countries to commit to “essentially what’s already on the books” will act as a litmus test to show which countries are taking security seriously. “I would hope that by 2016 everybody would be on board,” he said. What’s likely to be left for a final summit back in Washington in 2016 is a mechanism for countries to request a confidential independent review of their security practices, presumably conducted by the International Atomic Energy Agency. While Ukraine is likely to dominate diplomacy behind the scenes in The Hague, it already is a nuclear success story. The country voluntarily gave the nuclear weapons housed on its soil back to Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union and following through on a 2010 summit promise, has recently disposed of its remaining stock of around 80 kilograms (176 pounds) of highly enriched uranium. Choubey of the NTI said that underlines the importance of the process. “How much more concerned would the world be today (about the crisis in Ukraine) if that material were still there?” she said.

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KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian air force commander is being held after his base in Crimea was stormed by pro-Russian forces, and the acting president called for his release Sunday. Col. Yuliy Mamchur is the commander of the Belbek Air Force base near Sevastopol, which was taken over Saturday by forces who sent armored personnel carriers smashing through the base’s walls and fired shots and stun grenades. One Ukrainian serviceman was reported wounded in the clash. It was unclear if the forces, who didn’t bear insignia, were Russian military or local pro-Russia militia. Ukraine President Oleksandr Turchynov, in a statement, said Mamchur was “abducted” by the forces. He didn’t specify where Mamchur is believed to be held. However, prominent politician Vitali Klitschko said Sunday that Mamchur is being held by the Russian military in a jail in Sevastopol, the Crimean city that is the base of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. Klitschko was one of the leaders of the three months of protests in Ukraine that culminated in late February with President Viktor Yanukovych fleeing the country and interim authorities taking power before a May 25 presidential election. The protests were triggered by Yanukovych’s decision to reject a deal for closer ties with the European Union and turn to Moscow instead. Yanukovych’s ouster was denounced by Russia and much of Ukraine’s ethnic Russian population as a coup. Soon thereafter, Russian forces took control of Crimea and the region held a referendum to break off from Ukraine and join Russia. Russia formally annexed Crimea last week, a move that Western countries say is illegitimate. The U.S. and the EU have imposed sanctions on Russia in the dispute, but Moscow appears unmoved. On Sunday, the Russian Defense Ministry said the Russian flag was now flying over 189 military facilities in Crimea. It didn’t specify whether any Ukrainian military operations there remained under Ukrainian control. At a Ukrainian marines base in Feodosia, troops were negotiating with Russian forces on handing over the base, Lt. Anatoly Mozgovoi told The Associated Press. The marines were loading 50-caliber machine guns into armored personnel carriers to take them to the base armory, but Mozgovoi said they hope to hold on to heavy weapons such as rocket-propelled grenades and cannon. “I think from my personal opinion, the Russian Federation has enough weapons,” he said. In Donetsk, one of the major cities in eastern Ukraine, about 5,000 people demonstrated in favor of holding a referendum on secession and absorption into Russia. Eastern Ukraine is the country’s industrial heartland and was Yanukovych’s support base. Donetsk authorities on Friday formed a working group to hold a referendum, but no date for it has been set. Russia has deployed thousands of troops in its regions near the Ukrainian border and concerns are high that it could use unrest in the east as a pretext for crossing the border. On Sunday, Russian deputy defense minister Anatoly Antonov was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying the number of Russian troops in the area of the Ukrainian border does not exceed international treaty limits.

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Kentucky ends Shockers’ season By The Associated Press

ST. LOUIS — Andrew Harrison scored 20 points, twin brother Aaron had 19 and Kentucky ended Wichita State’s pursuit of perfection Sunday when Fred VanVleet’s potential gamewinning 3-pointer missed in a 78-76 victory in the NCAA tournament. Julius Randle had 13 points and 10 rebounds, and James Young also had 13 points for the No. 8 seed Wildcats (26-10), who made a series of clutch free throws in the final minutes to hold off the top-seeded Shockers in arguably the most captivating game of a thrilling first weekend. Kentucky will play in-state rival Louisville in the Sweet 16 on Friday in Indianapolis.

Southeastern Conference perfect in the tournament. They joined Florida and Kentucky in the round of 16 — the first time three SEC teams made it that far since 2007. Tennessee will face second-seeded Michigan (27-8) in a Midwest Regional semifinal Friday night in Indianapolis.

Cavaliers stop Knicks’ run at 8 By The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Jarrett Jack scored a season-high 31 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers won 106-100 Sunday night to end the eight-game winning streak of the New York Knicks, who wasted a chance to pull within two games of a playoff spot. Hours after being handed a chance to pull closer to the final spot in the Eastern Conference when Atlanta blew a fourth-quarter lead in Toronto, the Knicks responded with an inept final period of their own after they led by 17 points in the first half. SUNS 127, TIMBERWOLVES 120 MINNEAPOLIS — Markieff Morris scored 25 points off the bench to lead the Phoenix Suns to their biggest comeback of the season, a victory against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Phoenix trailed by 22 in the first half, but shot a season-high 57 percent from the floor to overcome Kevin Love’s 36 points and 14 rebounds. Love fell an assist short of a triple-double and committed a crucial turnover in the final minute.

RAPTORS 96, HAWKS 86 TORONTO — Kyle Lowry scored 25 points, Jonas Valanciunas had 13 points and 13 rebounds and the Toronto Raptors beat the Atlanta Hawks. DeMar DeRozan scored 21 points, Greivis Vasquez had 12 and Terrence Ross 10 as the Raptors avoided their first threegame home losing streak since dropping games against Brooklyn, Miami and Denver between Nov. 26 and Dec. 1. Toronto fell in double-overtime to Oklahoma City on Friday and lost to Phoenix last Sunday.

NUGGETS 105, WIZARDS 102 DENVER — Kenneth Faried had 20 points and Aaron Brooks hit four straight free throws in the final 12 seconds, helping the injury-riddled Denver Nuggets hold off the Washington Wizards. Randy Foye added 17 for a Nuggets team that was missing J.J. Hickson, who suffered a torn ligament in his right knee Friday. Wilson Chandler also didn’t play (strained left hip) and Jan Vesely didn’t return after bruising his rib cage late in the third quarter.

KINGS 124, BUCKS 107 SACRAMENTO, Calif. — DeMarcus Cousins had 32 points and 12 rebounds and Isaiah Thomas had 30 points and eight assists in the Sacramento Kings’ victory that sent the Milwaukee Bucks to their seventh straight loss.

NETS 107, MAVERICKS 104, OT DALLAS — Joe Johnson scored 22 points, including the tying layup in regulation and the go-ahead 3-pointer in overtime to lead the Brooklyn Nets past the Mavericks in Jason Kidd’s return to Dallas as a coach.

LAKERS 103, MAGIC 94 LOS ANGELES — Jordan Hill had a career-high 28 points along with 13 rebounds in his first start in over nine weeks and the Los Angeles Lakers sent the Orlando Magic to their ninth straight loss.

the final 23 seconds.

UCLA 77, STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 60

Baylor’s size and speed overwhelmed the third-seeded Bluejays (27-8) and their national scoring leader, earning a third trip to the Sweet 16 since 2010. McDermott, who averaged 27 points this season, finished with 15 but had just three in the first half as Baylor built a 20-point lead. McDermott ranks fifth on the NCAA career scoring list. No. 6 seed Baylor (26-11) had five players score in double figures and shot 64 percent in one of the dominant performances of the NCAA tournament. The Bears advance to play Wisconsin in the West Regional semifinals.

Dwight Powell had 15 points and seven rebounds and No. 10 seed Stanford wrapped up its second straight upset at the free throw line. Chasson Randle added 13 points, six steals and four assists for the Cardinal (2312), who advanced to the round of 16 for the first time since 2008 — also their last NCAA appearance. They beat No. 7 seed New Mexico on Friday. Freshman Andrew Wiggins had just four points on 1-for-6 shooting with four turnovers in what could have been his final college game for Kansas (25-10). Tarik Black had 18 points and six rebounds for the Jayhawks, but he fouled out with 5:25 to go. Conner Frankamp had 12 points on four 3-pointers, the last two in

SAN DIEGO — Jordan Adams scored 19 points and UCLA reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2008. The fourth-seeded Bruins (28-8) will play Florida, the tournament’s overall top seed, in the South Regional semifinals on Thursday in Memphis. First-year coach Steve Alford has won as many NCAA tournament games in three days as the Bruins had in the previous five seasons combined. ARIZONA 84, GONZAGA 61 Alford replaced Ben Howland, who SAN DIEGO — Aaron Gordon and was fired a year ago after the Bruins lost to Minnesota in their NCAA tournament Rondae Hollis-Jefferson scored 18 points opener. This is UCLA’s first trip to the re- each, and Arizona looked every bit the No. gionals since Howland got the Bruins to 1 seed in the West. After four days of upsets and buzzer their third straight Final Four in 2008. beaters, Arizona (32-4) closed out the NCAA tournament’s first weekend with a BAYLOR 85, CREIGHTON 55 display of domination. SAN ANTONIO — Isaiah Austin and The Wildcats harassed the eighth-seedBrady Heslip each scored 17 points and ed Bulldogs (29-7) into 21 turnovers — 15 Baylor shut down Creighton’s Doug Mc- on steals — that led to 31 points. Dermott with suffocating defense, ending Arizona led by 21 in the first half and the career of the one of the most prolific continued to work over Gonzaga to earn scorers in college history. its third trip to the Sweet 16 in four years.

Kevin Chappell (55), $102,300 71-70-71-71—283 Harris English (55), $102,300 69-71-75-68—283 Lucas Glover (55), $102,300 72-74-68-69—283 Matt Jones (55), $102,300 71-71-69-72—283 PGA-Bay Hill Scores George McNeill (55), $102,300 71-72-69-71—283 Sunday Kevin Na (55), $102,300 70-71-71-71—283 At Bay Hill Club and Lodge Course; Orlando, Fla. Brian Davis (49), $67,167 70-74-71-69—284 Purse: $6.2 million; Yardage: 7,419; Par: 72 Vijay Singh (49), $67,167 72-73-68-71—284 Final; a-amateur Camilo Villegas (49), $67,167 71-73-73-67—284 Matt Every (500), $1,116,000 69-70-66-70—275 Gary Woodland (49), $67,167 73-71-70-70—284 Keegan Bradley (300), $669,600 71-67-66-72—276 Ian Poulter (49), $67,167 68-71-69-76—284 Adam Scott (190), $421,600 62-68-71-76—277 Brendan Steele (49), $67,167 68-74-70-72—284 Jason Kokrak (135), $297,600 67-71-67-73—278 Chesson Hadley (43), $45,880 69-68-69-79—285 Erik Compton (100), $226,300 72-68-70-69—279 Trevor Immelman (43), $45,880 69-72-71-73—285 Francesco Molinari, $226,300 67-70-69-73—279 Brooks Koepka, $45,880 74-70-72-69—285 Henrik Stenson (100), $226,300 69-73-69-68—279 Davis Love III (43), $45,880 70-73-69-73—285 Ryo Ishikawa (83), $186,000 65-74-70-71—280 Nicholas Thompson (43), $45,880 71-73-71-70—285 Brandt Snedeker (83), $186,000 67-71-74-68—280 Retief Goosen (39), $37,588 70-75-68-73—286 J.B. Holmes (68), $148,800 68-69-72-73—282 Danny Lee (39), $37,588 71-72-73-70—286 Freddie Jacobson (68), $148,800 71-68-70-73—282 Graeme McDowell (68), $148,800 68-77-67-70—282 Marc Leishman (39), $37,588 72-74-69-71—286 Chris Stroud (39), $37,588 73-69-72-72—286 Sean O’Hair (68), $148,800 71-75-69-67—282 Top 12 in Points: 1. C.Edwards, 100.5, 29, $140,001. 17. (13) Sam Hornish Jr., Toyota, 186; 2. D.Earnhardt Jr., 185; 3. J.Gordon, 184; 4. Bra.Kesel206, 66.6, 0, $107,410. 18. (34) Cole Whitt, Toyota, 206, owski, 182; 5. M.Kenseth, 179; NHL Standings 6. J.Johnson, 165; 7. Ky.Busch, 53.3, 26, $94,610. EASTERN CONFERENCE 19. (23) Michael Annett, Chevro- 158; 8. R.Newman, 150; 9. Atlantic Division A.Dillon, 150; 10. J.Logano, 146; let, 206, 59.5, 25, $111,768. GP W L OT Pts GF GA 20. (16) Ryan Newman, Chevro- 11. D.Hamlin, 140; 12. J.McMurray, x-Boston 71 49 17 5 103 229 151 138. let, 206, 86.7, 25, $106,110. Tampa Bay 71 39 24 8 86 211 189 21. (36) Reed Sorenson, ChevroMontreal 72 39 26 7 85 186 183 let, 206, 42.3, 24, $107,868. Detroit 71 33 24 14 80 189 200 22. (40) Alex Bowman, Toyota, Toronto 73 36 29 8 80 213 226 206, 46.9, 22, $105,057. Ottawa 70 28 29 13 69 199 237 NCAA Tournament 23. (12) Martin Truex Jr., ChevroFlorida 71 26 37 8 60 173 229 let, 206, 55.9, 21, $122,718. EAST REGIONAL Buffalo 71 20 43 8 48 138 210 24. (3) Jimmie Johnson, ChevroThird Round Metropolitan Division let, 206, 127.4, 22, $155,521. Sunday, March 23 Pittsburgh 71 46 20 5 97 222 177 25. (43) Landon Cassill, ChevroAt PNC Arena Philadelphia 70 38 25 7 83 203 198 let, 205, 43, 0, $90,960. Raleigh, N.C. N.Y. Rangers 72 39 29 4 82 190 175 26. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, Virginia 78, Memphis 60 Washington 72 34 27 11 79 208 213 205, 94.2, 19, $135,143. At The AT&T Center Columbus 71 36 29 6 78 200 194 27. (41) David Ragan, Ford, 205, San Antonio New Jersey 72 31 28 13 75 175 187 39.1, 18, $100,235. Carolina 71 31 31 9 71 177 200 28. (28) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, Iowa State 85, North Carolina 83 Regional Semifinals N.Y. Islanders 71 27 35 9 63 197 239 205, 49.4, 16, $99,535. At Madison Square Garden 29. (33) David Reutimann, Ford, WESTERN CONFERENCE New York 205, 36.7, 16, $91,335. Central Division Friday, March 28 30. (8) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, x-St. Louis 71 48 16 7 103 228 160 UConn (28-8) vs. Iowa State (28205, 63.9, 14, $117,430. Chicago 72 41 16 15 97 240 186 31. (39) Ryan Truex, Toyota, 205, 7), TBA Colorado 71 44 21 6 94 216 194 Michigan State (28-8) vs. Virginia 31.3, 13, $88,885. Minnesota 72 37 24 11 85 180 178 32. (42) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, (30-6), TBA Dallas 70 33 26 11 77 199 202 205, 30.4, 0, $95,685. SOUTH REGIONAL Winnipeg 72 32 31 9 73 201 211 33. (35) Travis Kvapil, Ford, 205, Third Round Nashville 72 31 31 10 72 173 213 30.9, 11, $87,460. Sunday, March 23 Pacific Division 34. (22) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., At Scottrade Center San Jose 72 46 18 8 100 221 173 Ford, 204, 56.5, 10, $123,085. St. Louis Anaheim 70 45 18 7 97 222 178 35. (37) Brian Scott, Chevrolet, Stanford 60, Kansas 57 Los Angeles 71 40 25 6 86 174 149 204, 37.3, 0, $87,035. At Viejas Arena Phoenix 71 34 26 11 79 196 201 36. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, San Diego Vancouver 73 33 30 10 76 176 196 204, 82.7, 8, $127,928. UCLA 77, Stephen F. Austin 60 Calgary 71 29 35 7 65 181 210 37. (38) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, Regional Semifinals Edmonton 72 25 38 9 59 178 236 204, 44.2, 7, $86,664. At FedExForum NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for 38. (29) David Gilliland, Ford, 202, Memphis, Tenn. overtime loss. 35.6, 7, $88,915. Thursday, March 27 x-clinched playoff spot 39. (7) Joey Logano, Ford, 195, Dayton (25-10) vs. Stanford (2372.1, 5, $116,906. 12) Sunday’s Games 40. (24) Greg Biffle, Ford, 193, Florida (34-2) vs. UCLA (28-8) N.Y. Islanders 2, Columbus 0 62.9, 4, $117,490. St. Louis 1, Pittsburgh 0 MIDWEST REGIONAL 41. (26) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, New Jersey 3, Toronto 2 180, 70, 3, $88,315. Third Round Nashville 2, Chicago 0 42. (32) Parker Kligerman, Toyota, Sunday, March 23 Minnesota 4, Detroit 3, OT accident, 85, 43.4, 2, $64,915. At PNC Arena Vancouver 4, Buffalo 2 43. (21) Aric Almirola, Ford, acciRaleigh, N.C. Anaheim 6, Florida 2 dent, 68, 53, 1, $98,351. Tennessee 83, Mercer 63 Monday’s Games At Scottrade Center Phoenix at N.Y. Rangers, 3 p.m. St. Louis Race Statistics Los Angeles at Philadelphia, 3 p.m. Average Speed of Race Winner: Kentucky 78, Wichita State 76 Montreal at Boston, 3:30 p.m. Regional Semifinals 132.987 mph. Ottawa at Tampa Bay, 3:30 p.m. At Lucas Oil Stadium Time of Race: 3 hours, 5 minutes, Winnipeg at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. Indianapolis 53 seconds. San Jose at Calgary, 5 p.m. Friday, March 28 Margin of Victory: 0.214 seconds. All Times ADT Kentucky (26-10) vs. Louisville Caution Flags: 9 for 42 laps. Lead Changes: 35 among 15 driv- (31-5) Michigan (27-8) vs. Tennessee ers. Lap Leaders: B.Keselowski 1-9; (24-12) C.Bowyer 10; B.Keselowski 11Auto Club 400 Results WEST REGIONAL 20; D.Ragan 21; B.Keselowski Sunday Third Round 22; Ky.Busch 23-26; B.Keselowski At Auto Club Speedway Sunday, March 23 27-43; D.Gilliland 44; L.Cassill Fontana, Calif. At The AT&T Center 45; J.Johnson 46; B.Vickers 47; Lap length: 2 miles San Antonio J.Johnson 48-57; C.Bowyer 58; (Start position in parentheses) Baylor 85, Creighton 55 59; J.Johnson 1. (14) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 206 B.Keselowski At Viejas Arena R.Newman 71-73; laps, 123.1 rating, 47 points, 60-70; San Diego M.Kenseth 74-83; J.Johnson 84$324,531. Arizona 84, Gonzaga 61 2. (11) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 86; M.Kenseth 87; J.Nemechek Regional Semifinals 88; M.Kenseth 89-90; J.Johnson 206, 89.4, 42, $233,450. At The Honda Center J.Gordon 106-119; 3. (17) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 91-105; Anaheim, Calif. R.Sorenson 120; M.Kenseth 121206, 104.5, 42, $169,905. Thursday, March 27 4. (1) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 206, 126; J.Johnson 127-142; J.Gordon Wisconsin (28-7) vs. Baylor (26143; D.Reutimann 144; J.Johnson 117.1, 41, $202,491. 11), TBA 5. (10) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 145-167; J.Gordon 168; J.Johnson San Diego State (31-4) vs. Ari169-193; J.Gordon 194-200; 206, 82.2, 39, $159,538. zona (32-4) 6. (25) Jamie McMurray, Chevro- L.Cassill 201-203; Ku.Busch 204205; Ky.Busch 206. let, 206, 95.7, 38, $148,559. NCAA Women’s 7. (19) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 206, Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): J.Johnson, 8 111.9, 38, $144,370. Tournament 8. (18) A J Allmendinger, Chevro- times for 104 laps; B.Keselowski, LINCOLN REGIONAL 5 times for 38 laps; J.Gordon, let, 206, 86.7, 36, $127,853. First Round 9. (30) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 4 times for 23 laps; M.Kenseth, Saturday, March 22 4 times for 19 laps; Ky.Busch, 206, 84.1, 35, $134,309. 10. (9) Carl Edwards, Ford, 206, 2 times for 5 laps; L.Cassill, 2 Duke 87, Winthrop 45 times for 4 laps; R.Newman, 1 DePaul 104, Oklahoma 100 88.4, 34, $121,270. 11. (20) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, time for 3 laps; Ku.Busch, 1 time Nebraska 74, Fresno State 55 for 2 laps; C.Bowyer, 2 times BYU 72, N.C. State 57 206, 74.4, 33, $148,846. Sunday, March 23 12. (15) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chev- for 2 laps; B.Vickers, 1 time for 1 lap; R.Sorenson, 1 time for 1 Saint Joseph’s 67, Georgia 57 rolet, 206, 83.6, 32, $111,360. 13. (6) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, lap; D.Ragan, 1 time for 1 lap; UConn 87, Prairie View 44 D.Reutimann, 1 time for 1 lap; James Madison 72, Gonzaga 63 206, 114, 32, $145,096. 14. (27) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, J.Nemechek, 1 time for 1 lap; Texas A&M 70, North Dakota 55 Second Round D.Gilliland, 1 time for 1 lap. 206, 63.9, 30, $109,210. Monday, March 24 15. (31) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, Wins: Ky.Busch, 1; D.Earnhardt Jr., 1; C.Edwards, 1; K.Harvick, 1; BYU (27-6) vs. Nebraska (26-6), 206, 67.7, 29, $125,968. TBA 16. (5) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 206, Bra.Keselowski, 1.

Aaron Baddeley (33), $28,636 70-70-70-77—287 Jason Bohn (14), $14,012 73-73-72-72—290 G. Fdez-Castano (33), $28,636 66-77-74-70—287 Lee Janzen (14), $14,012 72-73-74-71—290 Luke Guthrie (33), $28,636 71-71-74-71—287 Cameron Tringale (14), $14,012 70-74-75-71—290 Peter Hanson (33), $28,636 75-69-71-72—287 x-Zachary Olsen, $0 73-71-72-74—290 Morgan Hoffmann (33), $28,636 67-71-71-78—287 Briny Baird (9), $13,454 72-71-74-74—291 Charles Howell III (33), $28,636 68-71-72-76—287 Paul Casey (9), $13,454 67-79-72-73—291 Bryce Molder (33), $28,636 72-72-69-74—287 K.J. Choi (9), $13,454 70-76-70-75—291 Seung-Yul Noh (33), $28,636 72-68-74-73—287 Chris Kirk (9), $13,454 69-72-72-78—291 Charlie Beljan (24), $18,476 72-72-70-74—288 Ryan Moore (9), $13,454 68-72-78-73—291 Jamie Donaldson, $18,476 67-71-74-76—288 Brian Stuard (9), $13,454 72-74-74-71—291 Billy Horschel (24), $18,476 70-74-69-75—288 Stewart Cink (5), $13,020 71-70-72-79—292 Zach Johnson (24), $18,476 71-71-73-73—288 Padraig Harrington (3), $12,772 70-70-73-80—293 Russell Knox (24), $18,476 71-71-72-74—288 Rod Pampling (3), $12,772 73-72-71-77—293 Will MacKenzie (24), $18,476 71-75-72-70—288 Pat Perez (3), $12,772 70-70-70-83—293 John Merrick (24), $18,476 65-74-76-73—288 Woody Austin (1), $12,462 72-71-75-76—294 Sam Saunders, $18,476 69-71-71-77—288 Michael Putnam (1), $12,462 70-75-74-75—294 Jhonattan Vegas (24), $18,476 70-72-75-71—288 Greg Owen (1), $12,214 76-69-74-76—295 David Hearn (18), $14,539 70-72-73-74—289 Tim Wilkinson (1), $12,214 71-74-77-73—295 David Lingmerth (18), $14,539 75-71-69-74—289 Chad Campbell (1), $11,966 69-77-73-77—296 Patrick Reed (18), $14,539 69-73-70-77—289 Justin Hicks (1), $11,966 78-68-71-79—296 John Senden (18), $14,539 72-74-71-72—289 Martin Laird (1), $11,780 71-72-76-78—297 DePaul (28-6) vs. Duke (28-6), Southwest Division (IL). Reassigned RHPs John Ely 2:30 p.m. x-San Antonio 53 16 .768 — and Dalier Hinojosa and LHP Tuesday, March 25 Houston 47 22 .681 6 Rich Hill to minor league camp. UConn (35-0) vs. Saint Joseph’s Memphis 41 28 .594 12 Released LHP Jose Mijares. (23-9), TBA Dallas 42 29 .592 12 CHICAGO WHITE SOX — OpJames Madison (29-5) vs. Texas New Orleans 29 40 .420 24 tioned OF Jordan Danks, 3B A&M (25-8), TBA Northwest Division Matt Davidson and RHP Jake Oklahoma City 51 18 .739 — Petricka to Charlotte (IL). ReasSTANFORD REGIONAL Portland 45 25 .643 6½ signed RHP Dylan Axelrod to First Round Minnesota 34 34 .500 16½ minor league camp. Placed RHP Saturday, March 22 Denver 32 38 .457 19½ Mitchell Boggs on waivers for the Florida State 55, Iowa State 44 Utah 23 47 .329 28½ purpose of granting his uncondiStanford 81, South Dakota 62 Pacific Division tional release. Sunday, March 23 L.A. Clippers 49 21 .700 — CLEVELAND INDIANS — SeSouth Carolina 73, Cal State Golden State 44 27 .620 5½ lected the contract of INF Elliot Northridge 58 Phoenix 41 29 .586 8 Johnson from Columbus (IL). Oregon State 55, Middle Tennes- Sacramento 25 45 .357 24 HOUSTON ASTROS — Reassee 36 L.A. Lakers 23 46 .333 25½ signed INFs Japhet Amador and Michigan State 91, Hampton 61 x-clinched playoff spot Gregorio Petit to minor league North Carolina 60, UT-Martin 58 camp. Optioned LHP Darin Downs Penn State 62, Wichita State 56 to minor league camp. Released Sunday’s Games Florida 83, Dayton 69 OF J.D. Martinez. Announced Toronto 96, Atlanta 86 Second Round Tony DeFrancesco, manager of Phoenix 127, Minnesota 120 Monday, March 24 Oklahoma City (PCL), will take Denver 105, Washington 102 Florida State (21-11) vs. Stanford a leave of absence. Named Tom Sacramento 124, Milwaukee 107 (29-3), TBA Lawless interim manager for Brooklyn 107, Dallas 104, OT Tuesday, March 25 Oklahoma City. Cleveland 106, New York 100 South Carolina (28-4) vs. Oregon KANSAS CITY ROYALS — OpL.A. Lakers 103, Orlando 94 State (24-10), TBA tioned LHPs Danny Duffy and Monday’s Games Michigan State (23-9) vs. North Donnie Joseph to Omaha (PCL). Houston at Charlotte, 3 p.m. Carolina (25-9), TBA Assigned RHPs Cory Wade and Portland at Miami, 3:30 p.m. Florida (20-12) vs. Penn State P.J. Walters to their minor league Phoenix at Atlanta, 3:30 p.m. (23-7), TBA camp. Indiana at Chicago, 4 p.m. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — ReNOTRE DAME REGIONAL Denver at Oklahoma City, 4 p.m. assigned LHP Wade LeBlanc to Minnesota at Memphis, 4 p.m. minor league camp. Granted 1B First Round Brooklyn at New Orleans, 4 p.m. Saturday, March 22 Philadelphia at San Antonio, 4:30 Carlos Pena, C Yorvit Torrealba and INF Chad Tracy their unconArizona State 69, Vanderbilt 61 p.m. ditional releases. Notre Dame 93, Robert Morris 42 Detroit at Utah, 5 p.m. Oklahoma State 61, Florida Gulf Milwaukee at L.A. Clippers, 6:30 OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Optioned RHPs Arnold Leon and Coast 60, OT p.m. Purdue 84, Akron 55 All Times ADT Josh Lindblom and INF Nate Freiman to Sacramento (PCL). Kentucky 106, Wright State 60 National League Syracuse 59, Chattanooga 53 ATLANTA BRAVES — Placed California 64, Fordham 63 RHPs Brandon Beachy, Kris Baylor 87, Western Kentucky 74 Medlen and Gavin Floyd and Second Round MLS Standings LHPs Mike Minor and Jonny VenMonday, March 24 EASTERN CONFERENCE ters on the 15-day DL, retroactive Notre Dame (33-0) vs. Arizona W L T Pts GF GA to March 21. State (23-9), 2:30 p.m. 2 0 0 6 5 0 CHICAGO CUBS — Optioned Oklahoma State (24-8) vs. Purdue Houston Columbus 2 0 0 6 5 1 RHP Blake Parker to Iowa (PCL). (22-8), 2:30 p.m. Syracuse (23-9) vs. Kentucky (25- Toronto FC 2 0 0 6 3 1 Assigned RHPs Chang-Yong Lim Philadelphia 1 1 1 4 3 3 and Brian Schlitter, LHP Jona8), 2:30 p.m. California (22-9) vs. Baylor (30-4), S. Kansas City 1 1 1 4 2 2 than Sanchez, INFs Javier Baez Chicago 0 1 2 2 4 5 and Chris Valaika and OF Casper TBA New York 0 1 2 2 3 6 Wells to minor league camp. LOUISVILLE REGIONAL New England 0 2 1 1 0 5 COLORADO ROCKIES — AsFirst Round Montreal 0 3 0 0 2 6 signed RHPs Brooks Brown, Greg Saturday, March 22 D.C. 0 2 0 0 0 4 Burke and Rob Scahill, C Matt Tennessee 70, Northwestern McBride and INFs Ben Paulsen WESTERN CONFERENCE State 46 and Rafael Ynoa to minor league FC Dallas 2 0 1 7 7 4 St. John’s 71, Southern Cal 68 camp. Seattle 2 1 0 6 4 2 Sunday, March 23 ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — OpVancouver 1 0 2 5 5 2 Maryland 90, Army 52 tioned LHP Sam Freeman, INF Real Salt Lake 1 0 2 5 5 4 Texas 79, Pennsylvania 61 Greg Garcia and OF Joey Butlerto Chivas USA 1 1 1 4 5 6 Louisville 88, Idaho 42 Memphis (PCL) and INF Aledmys Colorado 1 0 1 4 3 1 Iowa 87, Marist 65 Diaz to Springfield (TL). Assigned Portland 0 1 2 2 2 4 LSU 98, Georgia Tech 78 INF Luis Mateo to their minor San Jose 0 1 1 1 3 4 West Virginia 76, Albany (N.Y.) 61 league camp. Assigned RHP AnLos Angeles 0 1 1 1 1 2 Second Round gel Castro outright to Memphis. NOTE: Three points for victory, one point Monday, March 24 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — for tie. Tennessee (27-5) vs. St. John’s Optioned RHP George Kontos (23-10), TBA to Fresno (PCL). Assigned LHP Saturday’s Games Tuesday, March 25 Dan Runzler to their minor league New England 0, Vancouver 0, tie Texas (22-11) vs. Maryland (25camp. Montreal , Seattle FC 6), TBA FOOTBALL Real Salt Lake 1, Los Angeles 1, tie Iowa vs. Louisville (31-4), TBA National Football League Toronto FC 1, D.C. United 0 LSU (20-12) vs. West Virginia (30TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Colorado 2, Portland 0 4), TBA Traded OL Jeremy Zuttah to BalColumbus 2, Philadelphia 1 timore for an undisclosed 2015 Sporting Kansas City 1, San Jose 0 NBA Standings draft pick. FC Dallas 3, Chivas USA 1 HOCKEY EASTERN CONFERENCE Sunday’s Games National Hockey League Chicago 1, New York 1, tie Atlantic Division DETROIT RED WINGS — As W L Pct GB Seattle FC 2, Montreal 0 signed RW Teemu Pulkkinen to Toronto 39 30 .565 — Brooklyn 37 31 .544 1½ Grand Rapids (AHL). Transactions FLORIDA PANTHERS — ReNew York 29 41 .414 10½ Boston 23 47 .329 16½ called D Ryan Whitney from San BASEBALL Philadelphia 15 55 .214 24½ American League Antonio (AHL). Southeast Division ORIOLES — NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Rex-Miami 47 21 .691 — BALTIMORE Washington 36 34 .514 12 Claimed INF David Adams off called F Filip Forsberg from MilCharlotte 34 36 .486 14 waivers from Cleveland. Desigwaukee (AHL) on an emergency Atlanta 31 37 .456 16 nated LHP Kelvin De La Cruz for Orlando 19 52 .268 29½ assignment. Optioned INF David basis. Adams to Norfolk (IL). Assigned NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Central Division x-Indiana 51 19 .729 — C Caleb Joseph to their minor Agreed to terms F Eric Boulton on Chicago 39 31 .557 12 league camp. a one-year contract. Cleveland 27 44 .380 24½ BOSTON RED SOX — Agreed Detroit 25 44 .362 25½ to terms with DH David Ortiz on OTTAWA SENATORS — Recalled Milwaukee 13 57 .186 38 a one-year contract extension F Mark Stone from Binghamton through the 2015 season. Op(AHL). WESTERN CONFERENCE tioned C Dan Butler to Pawtucket

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SAN ANTONIO — DeAndre Kane drove for the game-winning layup with 1.6 seconds left and No. 3 seed Iowa State advanced to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2000. The Cyclones (28-7) head to Madison Square Garden next week to face No. 7 seed Connecticut in the East Regional semifinals. The Tar Heels (24-10) are gone in the TENNESSEE 83, MERCER 63 NCAA tournament’s opening weekend for RALEIGH, N.C. — Jarnell Stokes had the first time in consecutive seasons under 17 points and a career-high-tying 18 re- coach Roy Williams. bounds, and Tennessee denied Mercer a second straight upset in the NCAA tourVIRGINIA 78, MEMPHIS 60 nament. RALEIGH, N.C. — Joe Harris scored Josh Richardson had a career-high 26 points and Antonio Barton added 18 for 16 points and top-seeded Virginia shot 56 the 11th-seeded Vols (24-12), who out- percent, earning its first trip to the NCAA rebounded Mercer 41-19 and kept the tournament round of 16 in nearly two de-

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cades. Anthony Gill added 13 points for the Cavaliers (30-6), who turned in a dominating performance while controlling the tempo and shutting down the eighth-seeded Tigers (24-10) at nearly every turn. Virginia led by 15 at halftime and pushed that to 27 points late, picking right up where it left off in its strong finish to Friday’s tournament-opening win against Coastal Carolina.

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Kyle Busch aces finish at Fontana GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer

FONTANA, Calif. — With tires and tempers blowing up all over the track for 400 crazy miles, Kyle Busch stayed calm and relied on his remarkable knack for big finishes at Fontana. Busch won on this 2-mile oval for the second straight year Sunday, holding off Kyle Larson, Tony Stewart and his older brother Kurt on a frantic two-lap sprint to the finish. Kyle Busch capably blocked Larson and outlasted a crowded field to win a race featuring a track-record 35 lead changes and numerous tire problems. Busch stayed out of trouble and roared up late for his second straight stunner in Southern California, following up the Las Vegas native’s final-lap surge to victory a year ago. “Holy cow, what do you expect when you’ve got a green-white-checkered finish and everybody has to come down pit road and put four tires on?” Busch asked after his third career win at Fontana. “That was ‘Days of Thunder’ right there. Unbelievable day.” With his 29th career Sprint Cup victory in his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, Kyle Busch is NASCAR’s fifth winner in five races already this season. He led just five laps — the fewest of his career in a win. Jimmie Johnson was comfortably in front when he blew a tire with seven laps left, precipitating the wild finish. Jeff Gordon moved in front until Clint Bowyer spun with two laps to go, setting up an overtime finish. Gordon was hoping to finish on old tires when Bowyer spun, but then elected to pit along with most of the leaders. Kurt Busch gambled

with just two tires, allowing him to restart in second, but his younger brother came up from fifth in the final two laps to win. “I came off the fourth turn in disbelief that we won this thing, because we were mediocre all day,” Kyle Busch said. “It was really weird for us, not a race that we’re typically used to. But now there’s a load off your shoulders that you can go out the rest of the season and race the way you want to.” He also got a thrill from outlasting Larson, the 21-year-old rookie who held him off Saturday to win the Nationwide Series race. “I guess you couldn’t ask for more, but I was surprised to get up there late in the race,” Larson said. “We were probably a 12th-place car for most of the day.” He had to settle for the best finish of his Sprint Cup career in the No. 42 Chevrolet for Chip Ganassi Racing. Kyle Busch, who went to Larson’s car Saturday to congratulate him on his Nationwide win, pointed out his window at Larson after Sunday’s finish, pumping his fist in approval. “What a shoe that boy is,” Kyle Busch said of Larson. Kurt Busch finished third, with Matt Kenseth in fourth and 2012 champion Stewart in fifth. Several teams had serious tire problems on this weathered track, with multiple flats and cautions for various problems throughout the hot afternoon. The problems likely were the latest effect of NASCAR’s new aero rules, which are producing higher speeds that lead to extra stress on the tires — particularly on the bumpy asphalt on Fontana’s back straightaway, which already wears out tires aggressively.

Wild nip Red Wings in OT By The Associated Press

DETROIT — Matt Moulson’s goal at 2:15 of overtime gave the Minnesota Wild a 4-3 come-from-behind win over the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday night. Charlie Coyle had a goal and an assist and Jason Pominville and Zach Parise also scored for Minnesota. Ryan Suter had two assists and Ilya Bryzgalov stopped 13 shots. Gustav Nyquist scored twice to extend his goal-scoring streak to five games, and Tomas Tatar also scored for Detroit. Jimmy Howard made 21 saves. The Red Wings beat the Wild 3-2 on Saturday afternoon in St. Paul. Moulson tipped in Jonas Brodin’s pass for his 21st goal. PREDATORS 2, BLACKHAWKS 0

second game without Patrick Kane, the team’s leading scorer when he was injured against St. Louis on Wednesday. The star forward is on injured reserve with a lower-body injury and could miss the rest of the regular season. Chicago fell six points behind Western Conference and Central Division leader St. Louis, which defeated Pittsburgh 1-0 earlier on Sunday. The Blackhawks’ Corey Crawford made 15 saves.

DEVILS 3, MAPLE LEAFS 2 NEWARK, N.J. — Rookie defenseman Jon Merrill set up a second-period breakaway goal by Patrik Elias and scored 32 seconds later to lead New Jersey to a muchneeded win over Toronto, sending the struggling Maple Leafs to their fifth straight loss. Damien Brunner also scored and Cory Schneider had 21 saves as the Devils gave their slim playoff hopes a boost by winning for the second time in six games. Tyler Bozak and Phil Kessel scored for the Maple Leafs, who saw embattled goaltender James Reimer give up three goals on 10 shots in less than 22 minutes of action.

CHICAGO — Pekka Rinne made 29 saves for his first shutout in more than a year to lead Nashville over Chicago. Mike Fisher and Gabriel Bourque scored for Nashville, which won its second straight and improved to 3-1 against Chicago this season. BLUES 1, PENGUINS 0 The Blackhawks outshot the Predators 29-17 and generated amPITTSBURGH — David Backple chances despite playing their es deflected a slap shot by Alexan-

der Steen past Marc-Andre Fleury midway through the third period to lift St. Louis over Pittsburgh. Brian Elliott stopped 33 shots to pick up his fourth shutout of the season as one of the NHL’s best defensive teams shut down Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and company. Fleury made 26 saves for the Penguins but watched Backes’ deflection carom off his glove and into the net just after a penalty against Malkin expired.

ISLANDERS 2, BLUE JACKETS 0

UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Evgeni Nabokov made 41 saves in his 58th NHL shutout, and Travis Hamonic scored a coast-to-coast, powerplay goal in the second period and New York dealt the Blue Jackets’ playoff hopes a severe blow. Nabokov got the best of Russian counterpart Sergei Bobrovsky in their third meeting this season and posted his third shutout in this DUCKS 6, PANTHERS 2 campaign. It was just the Islanders’ second regulation win ever ANAHEIM, Calif. — Corey over the Blue Jackets. Perry and captain Ryan Getzlaf each had a goal and two assists, and Anaheim snapped its fourCANUCKS 4, SABRES 2 game home skid with a victory VANCOUVER, British Columover Florida. Teemu Selanne, Jakob Silfver- bia — Zack Kassian had four asberg, Kyle Palmieri and Perry sists and Vancouver rallied to beat scored during Anaheim’s four-goal Buffalo. The Canucks have consecutive second period. Patrick Maroon also scored wins for the first time since midan early goal before leaving the January. Vancouver pulled within game with a lower-body injury for three points of eighth-place Phoethe Ducks, who pulled within one nix, and one point of ninth-place point of San Jose atop the Pacific Dallas in the race for the second wild-card playoff spot in the WestDivision standings. Jonas Hiller made 28 saves for ern Conference. The Sabres, last in the NHL by a Anaheim, which is four points behind Western Conference-leading wide margin, suffered their eighth loss in the past 10 games as they St. Louis with 11 games left. Jimmy Hayes and Tomas Fleis- squandered an early 2-0 lead. Brad Richardson, Shawn Matchmann scored in the second period for the Panthers, who lost all thias, Yannick Weber, David Booth three games on their West Coast scored for the Canucks. It was Booth’s first goal in 33 games. road trip by a combined 12-3.

Every wins for 1st time on PGA Tour DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer

ORLANDO, Fla. — Matt Every is finally a winner on the PGA Tour, and he’s still not sure how it happened. He was nine shots behind Masters champion Adam Scott going into the weekend at Bay Hill. He was still four back of the Australian he referred to as a “stud” going into the final round Sunday at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Every figured even par over the last three holes would do the trick. He made two bogeys. Even after a hearty handshake from the tournament host and a shiny trophy an arm’s length away from, Every summed up

this wild day with just the right words. “I ... I ... I can’t believe I won,” he said. “I just ... I really can’t.” The tee shot that he feared might be out-of-bounds on No. 9 somehow bounced along a cart path and led to an unlikely birdie. He surged to a three-shot lead when Scott’s touch with the putter vanished. Even with two bogeys on the last three holes — he missed a 4-foot par putt on the 18th — Every still closed with a 2-under 70. The last bogey made him sweat out the finish. Keegan Bradley, who birdied the 16th and 17th holes, had a 30-foot birdie putt on the 18th that would have forced a playoff. It was similar to the putt Tiger Woods

has made so often to win at Bay Hill. Bradley’s putt stayed left of the hole, and he finished one shot behind. Every finished at 13-under 275, one shot ahead of Bradley, who needed two late birdies for a 72. Scott was third. In his 92nd start as a pro on the PGA Tour, Every finally won at just the right time and just the right place. The 30-year-old who grew up 90 minutes away in Daytona Beach used to come to Bay Hill as a kid to watch the tournament. And he beat the Masters champion to earn his own spot in the Masters next month. “Being close to winning out here, it can be kind of discouraging because if you don’t

win, you just wonder if it’s ever going to happen,” Every said. “And sometimes you tell yourself, ‘Well, maybe it’s meant to be somewhere else, somewhere better.’ I don’t see how it could get much better than this — being so close to where I grew up and all the fans out there that were cheering me on. It was awesome.” It was a nightmare for Scott. He shattered the Bay Hill record by taking a seven-shot lead after 36 holes and still led by three shots over Bradley going into Sunday. His putting stroke betrayed him. Scott made only five bogeys over 54 holes. He made five on Sunday alone. And he didn’t make a birdie over the last 14 holes for a 76.

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came to a standstill and life for he and other fishermen drastically changed. “The bottom fell out of the price of fish,” he said. Pink salmon that sold for 80 cents per pound fell to 8 cents per pound. Consumers turned to farm fish or tuna out of fear of tainted salmon. His boat caught 2.5 million pound of pinks one season and lost money. Culbertson turned to other fisheries, traveling as far as California. Fishing 12 months a year, his marriage failed. Friends couldn’t repay loans and lost boats or homes. Exxon compensation checks, minus what fishermen earned on spill work, arrived too late for many. The fisheries today are not

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Leah Eskelin, Park Ranger at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, emphasized the importance of shaping activities during her lesson so girls can grasp the information they are presented with. Eskelin taught information on wildlife for her second year in a row at the event. The final segment of her presentation included identifying scat and tracks based on riddles she gave the group. “I love this program,” Eskelin said. “It is the whole purpose of our outreach program.” Even before Eskelin finished giving clues girls had their hands up, their ecstatic energy winning over their urge to be polite and composed. Being a member of the Girl Scouts organization creates an atmosphere of camaraderie and shared experiences among the troops, she said. After bending over a pile of tiny wires, mini battery and toothbrush, Bailey Smith strapped a pair of googley eyes to her pocket-sized, vibrating robot. “It’s cool to learn you can take a lot of things and make something cool,” Smith said. After one of the eyes fell off she decided to title it a pirate

most 38 million gallons. North Slope oil must be transported in double-hull tankers, which must be escorted by two tugs. Radar monitors the vessel’s position as well as that of icebergs. The company conducts two Industry major spill drills are conducted At the time of the spill, com- each year. And nearly 400 local placency among government fishing boat owners are trained officials and the oil industry to deploy and maintain boom. had set in after a dozen years of safe shipments, said Mark Pacific herring Swanson, director of the Prince After the spill, the populaWilliam Sound Regional Cition of herring crashed. It is zens Advisory Council and a now listed as “not recovering.” former Coast Guard officer. The silvery fish is a key species When the tanker ran aground, because it is eaten by salmon, for instance, spill response seabirds and marine mammals equipment was buried under from otters to whales. Four snow. Alyeska Pipeline Service years after the spill, the estiCo. in 1989 had 13 oil skimmated herring population based mers, five miles of boom and storage capacity for 220,000 on modeling shrunk from 120 metric tons to less than 30 metgallons of spilled oil. Now, Alyeska has 108 skim- ric tons. How that happened remains mers, 49 miles of boom and a question, said Scott Pegau, on-water storage capacity of alresearch program manager for the same. “The shrimp are slowly, slowly coming back. The crab aren’t back. The herring aren’t back. The salmon are back in abundance,” he said.

as they groom, and researchers years after the spill found blood chemistry evidence consistent with liver damage. Grooming takes time away from feeding. “One of the lessons we can take from this is that the chronic effects of oil in the environment can persist for decades,” said Brenda Ballachey, who moved to Alaska a few months after the spill and spent the next summer dissecting sea otter carcasses collected from beaches and frozen. The U.S. Geological Survey research biologist is the lead auSea otters thor of a federal study released Responders estimated that last month that concludes that as many as 3,000 sea otters sea otters have finally returned died the first year. Hundreds to pre-spill numbers. more died in the years after of exposure to oil that persisted in Pigeon guillemots sediment, where otters dig for The pigeon guillemot clams. Three factors could have had which looks like a black an impact on the otters’ ability pigeon with web feet, is one to survive. Oiled fur loses insu- species that has not recovlating value. Otters ingest oil ered. Numbers were declining the Oil Spill Recovery Institute in Cordova, Alaska. Here’s what’s known: Adult herring feed on zooplankton, which crashed for three years after the spill. With less to eat, herring may have been more susceptible to disease normally fended off within a herring population. Herring populations can stabilize at a low or high number, but something has prevented a rebound. Oil likely is no longer a factor, Pegau said.

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‘They’re already excited and open minded. I am excited as an educator to have the girls here so interested.’

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they don’t like coal, and we’ve got lots of it and we’ve got energy problems,” he said. Ideally, the state would build a large power plant at the mouth of a coal mine on state land and transmission cables, he said. The plant would be ready to replace oil or gas if an international crisis causes prices to spike. Carly Wier, a former Alaska Center for the Environment employee, called the resolution “irresponsible and reckless” and said it wasted the state money on a polluting source of energy. In her testimony, Lorali

— Leah Eskelin, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Park Ranger robot. Troop leader Cat Bras taught “Brushbot” building at the science event while her daughter ran in and out, excitedly showing off her mobile ice cream bag. “Things like this you can’t throw away,” Bras said going through the various crafts of her daughters she had kept over the years. Roslyn Lack, member services and program specialist for Girl Scouts of Alaska, said finding a variety of female community members involved in the sciences is an integral part of the event. Lack is in her second year coordinating the science and technology day. The hope is to show Girl Scouts education can be fun and cultivate an interest in the sciences, Lack said. For attending the event, the girls also

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Above: Claudia Martinex works on her hand-made putty at Women of Science and Technology Day. Below left: Ava Grossl works on her “Brushbot”, the tiny robots Girl Scouts put together.

received a year’s free member- interested.” ship to the Girl Scouts. For Kindergartner Azilyn Kelly Sullivan can be Hall, it was her first day as a reached at kelly.sullivan@ Girl Scout. Her father Danny peninsulaclarion.com Hall said she was a little scared, but was getting interested in connecting working circuits. Many of the girls already know each other and Girl Scouts is a safe place they can come to learn and not be afraid of getting something wrong, Eskelin said. “They’re already excited and open minded,” Eskelin said. “I am excited as an educator to have the girls here so

• Third place: Jon Bartelds, Kenai, 25.70-pound king salmon, $9,966; • Fourth place: Matt Hockema, Fritz Creek, 25.40-pound king salmon, $7,248; • Fifth place: William Lancaster, Homer, 23.90-pound king salmon, $5,436; • Sixth place: Brandon McCutcheon, Anchorage, 23.30-pound king salmon; $4.530; • Seventh place: Matt Wasson, Anchorage, 23.20-pound king salmon, $3,624;

before the spill. An estimated 2,000 to 6,000 guillemots, or 10 to 15 percent of the population in spill areas, died from acute oiling. Researchers suspect river otters, mink and other predators targeted guillemot eggs as an alternative to foraging on oiled beaches. Like sea otters and another bird that took years to recover, harlequin ducks, pigeon guillemot’s forage for invertebrates in sediment and likely were affected by lingering oil, said David Irons, a seabirds expert with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The decline of its other prey, juvenile herring, didn’t help. Numbers continue to decline in both oiled and nonoiled areas. Irons has proposed reducing mink numbers on the heavily oiled Naked Islands, once prime habitat for guillemots, to restore their numbers.

‘The resolution was in response to the fact that the federal government has decided that they don’t like coal, and we’ve got lots of it and we’ve got energy problems.’ — Sen. Pete Kelly, RFairbanks Simon, a spokeswoman for Usibelli Coal Mine, reminded lawmakers that coal is more affordable than even natural gas. • Eighth place: Toras Fisk, Homer, 22.50-pound king salmon, $2,718; • Ninth place: Steve Whiting, Anchorage, 22.20-pound king salmon, $1,812; • Tenth place: Russell Geagel, Seldovia, 21.50-pound king salmon, $906. Wylie Donich of Homer won the Bill Thompson Memorial Youth Award and $250 for catching the largest salmon by an angler younger than 18 years of age. Donich’s fish weighed 19.90 pounds. Mark Bevans of Kenai reeled in the largest white winter king in the tournament, a 17.60-pound fish that was worth a cash prize of $250.

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

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

KBEA scholarships up for grabs The Kenai Borough Employees Association scholarship committee is currently accepting applications for three scholarships of $500 each. The scholarships are available to all 2014 graduates of the Kenai Peninsula Borough, including public schools, private schools and home-schooled. Applications and instructions are available from any Kenai Peninsula Borough High School counselor’s office or on the borough’s website at borough.kenai.ak.us. Applications must be delivered or postmarked by March 28. Applications can be mailed or dropped off at the KBEA Scholarship Committee, 144 N. Binkley St., Soldotna, AK 99669. C

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

Career and Tech training offered KPBSD Career and Tech Department is offering free after school academies to train students in the Welding, Construction and Medical Field. There will be a summer construction academy at the Workforce Development Center (located behind KCHS). Students will be constructing a greenhouse and a shed. Class days will be May 28-30 and June 2-6 from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Also offered this summer is an Emergency Trauma Technician (ETT) academy. Dates and times TBA. This course will cover all areas required to receive certification as an Emergency Medical Technician. The last week of class will be for review and the final exam. If you pass the exam you’ll receive your certification and an ETT patch. Any high school student is able to participate in any of our academies. If a student successfully completes the 60 hour academy they will receive a ∏ practical art credit. To sign up go to http://onestop.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/ or for more information call Debbie Pearson at 283-2145 or students can see there counselor. Funding for the Alaska Construction Academies comes from a grant from the Ak Dept of Labor and Workforce Development, The Ak Dept of Commerce and Economic Development and The AK Youth First Program.

Connections Home-school Dates To Remember: n March 24 — Walk/Run Club every Monday 2:30-4 p.m. Soldotna Connections n March 31 — Last Day To Turn In Connections Orders nApril: Enrollment for 2014/2015 Begins This Month n April 1-3 — HSGQE Grade 10 and Retest Grades 11th and 12th; Standard Based Assessments (SBA s) Grade 3rd through 10th n April 8 — Science Assessments for Grades 4th, 8th and 10th n April 17 — High School Eligibility Due n April 28-May 16 — Ed Performance Testing for 7th and 8th n April 29 — Connections Talent Show n April 30 — Last Day To Turn In Connections Reimbursement Forms n May 6 — Salmon Celebration - more info coming soon! Let’s Walk/Run Together! Connections is beginning a weekly Walk/Run Club on Mondays from 2:30 - 4 p.m.. Our next walk/run will be March 24. Running plans are available for additional training. We will meet at Soldotna Connections. Please bring a small journal because we will be weaving wellness into our runs; incorporating goal setting and stretching. This fitness fun is welcome to all Connections families and an RSVP is required please! Required Gear: Fitness Shoes, Journal, Hydration, Appropriate Layers, we run/walk rain or shine. We ran on Monday and it was snowing! Please RSVP and share your ideas and questions with Shelli Furlong: sfurlong@ kpbsd.k12.ak.us See SCHOOLS, page B-2

Kids learn stroke signs By JIM FITZGERALD Associated Press

NEW YORK — Andrea Esteban tried to smile with half her face, crossing her eyes in the process, and her third-grade classmates giggled. Matthew Velez struggled to speak, “Luh, luh, uh, gronk,” and the kids erupted in laughter. But the funny faces, the gibberish and some arm flapping were all part of a serious lesson to help kids learn the telltale signs of a stroke by imitating them. The idea is to enlist children, particularly those who may live with older relatives, as an army of eyes to help recognize the warning signs, get help for victims more quickly and hopefully save lives. “If my mom has a stroke, I’ll know what to do,” said 10-year-old Madison Montes. “Run to the phone and call 911.” The experimental health education program at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx is aimed at the most crucial factor when it comes to a stroke: time. Each year, about 795,000 Americans have a stroke and about 130,000 die. Some are caused by bleeding in the brain, but the vast

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Above: In this Feb. 25 photo, third-graders, from left, Hunter Thomas, Matthew Velez, Sebastian Mendez, Jayden Gonzalez and Elijah Farias examine a plastic model of a brain at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx borough of New York. The hospital teaches children to recognize stroke and get victims to a hospital quickly. Above left: Third-grader Andrea Esteban tries to imitate the droopy smile of a stroke victim.

majority is caused by a clot that blocks blood flow, starving brain cells. The drug TPA can dissolve those clots and reduce disability but only if it’s given within three to four hours of the first symptoms, and the sooner the better. Yet only about 5 percent of patients receive it, in part because many stroke sufferers don’t get to the hospital in time for testing to tell if they’re a candidate. The early warning signs include a droopy side of the face, slurred or strange speech, and the inability to keep arms raised. “There’s a pretty good chance some children might witness a parent or a grandparent having a stroke,” said Jim Baranski, CEO of the National Stroke Association. “So if they’re armed with the signs and symptoms, they could likely save a life.” Montefiore’s program, one of a handful tried across the country, has been used since 2012 with private schools in its neighborhood, where children are often in a grandparent’s care because parents are absent or both working. The goal is to study the results and, if successful, replicate the program across

the country. “The kids get a kick out of it because they get to do a little acting,” said Dr. Robert Glover, a neurologist who helped develop the program. “But when they’re done, they know about stroke and they can teach their families.” Dr. Kathryn Kirchoff-Torres, who led the class from St. Ann’s School in the Bronx, said the kids are already “little message machines” bringing home from school what they learn about the benefits of exercise, not smoking and eating well. At the start of the stroke class last month, in a first-floor room at the hospital, the doctor asked, “Who knows what a stroke is?” “A heart attack?” one child offered. “Well, we like to call it a brain attack,” Kirchoff-Torres said. “It’s a problem with the brain.” She then taught the children to use the word “FAST” as a memory device. With cartoons and music bringing the point home, they learned “F’’ is for face, “A’’ is for arms, See STROKE, page B-2

Family hosts Mongolian exchange student By NIKKI YOUNK The Daily News (Iron Mountain)

HARDWOOD, Mich. — Mick and Heidi Reynolds of Hardwood have been traveling to Mongolia for the past 14 years in order to teach English in rural areas. This year, instead of going there themselves, a little bit of Mongolia came to them. Mongolian exchange student Oyundari Uurdsaikhan, who goes by the name Daria, has been living with the Reynolds family and attending North Dickinson High School for the 2013-2014 academic year, according to The Daily News of Iron Mountain. Daria hails from the capital city Ulaanbaatar, which has a population of about 1.3

million people. There, she lives in an apartment with her family. In Hardwood, she has gotten used to living in a house with a backyard and a lot of trees. “It’s really different,” she said of living in a rural area. “In the city, I can walk or take a taxi, but here I have to plan for a day if I want to go somewhere.” Mick pointed out that although Ulaanbaatar is like any other modern city, most other areas of Mongolia are very rural. The Upper Peninsula winter with its heavy snowfall has also been a new experience for Daria. Mongolia’s high altitude and landlocked status make it prone to bitterly cold temperatures, but very little precipitation. As a result, Daria said that she had never

seen as much snow as she did this winter. “It’s one of the sunniest countries in the world,” Heidi said of Mongolia’s weather. “Sunny, but cold.” School is another area in which Daria has noticed differences. In Mongolia, she attended a private high school with an emphasis on math. Her school required uniforms, had more class periods per day, did not allow students to choose their own classes, and did not have any school sports teams. At North Dickinson, Daria has enjoyed the freedom to pick any class she wants. She said that she was able to take a shop class, which is reserved for only boys in Mongolia. As for school activities, she parSee HOST, page B-2

Renowned Alaska Native storyteller to perform The KRC Learning Center and the Alaska Native Oratory Society invite the public to attend a presentation by renowned storyteller Jack Dalton at 7 p.m. on March 27 in the KRC McLane Commons. Through story, Dalton shares his personal journey of his adoption into a nonNative family, learning about his Yup’ik heritage and culture, becoming a storyteller and realizing his purpose in the universe. A self-proclaimed ambassador between two worlds, Dalton has a unique perspective that he shares through the art of storytelling. Dalton’s presentation is titled: My Heart Runs In Two Directions at Once. Learn more about Dalton on his website (www.ravenfeathers.com). The public is welcome to attend this free event. For more information, contact Diane Taylor at 262-0328 or e-mail dttaylor@ kpc.alaska.edu.

Sixth annual Alaska Native Oratory Society regionals and open mic night KPC is proud to present the sixth annual Alaska Native Oratory Society regionals and open mic night, which will be held from 1-3 p.m. on March 28 in KRC’s McLane Commons. Participants will speak on the topic, Voices of Our Future: The Healing Power of Story. There are six categories for the event: Alaska Native or indigenous language;

K enai P eninsula C ollege A round C ampus commemorative narrations; humor; poetry, rap and spoken word; presentation on theme(s); storytelling. Anyone interested in speaking at the event can sign up at the KRC Learning Center (room 153) or at Alaska Christian College with Liz Chase. Prizes offered to pre-registered participants include $25 Visa gift cards and a drawing to win a Google Nexus tablet. The public is invited to this free event! For more information, please contact Diane Taylor at 262-0328 or e-mail dttaylor@kpc.alaska.edu.

Fall 2014 draft course schedule now available KPC’s fall 2014 course schedule is now available for viewing on KPC’s website. Priority registration for currently admitted, degree-seeking students for the fall 2014 semester begins on April 7. Now is the time for students to begin mapping out the courses they will need to complete their degrees or certificates. Students are highly encouraged to periodically meet with an advisor to ensure they are taking best advantage of the course offerings in order to reach their educational goals in the most efficient

time frame possible. General public registration for the fall semester will open at 12:01 a.m. on Monday, April 21. The public is encouraged to register as soon as it is available to avoid the disappointment of finding courses filled and closed. Once students are registered, they can submit applications for on-campus housing in the KRC Residence Hall. For more information, visit kpcreslife.com or email hheath2@kpc.alaska.edu or call 262-0256. For more information, contact KRC Campus Services at 877-262-0330 or email iyinfo@kpc.alaska.edu.

College and career guides being recruited The Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education is seeking recent (or soon to be recent) college graduates to act as College and Career Guides for the Alaska College and Career Advising Corps. These positions will advise and assist high school students with college and career exploration, curricular choices, and the full spectrum of enrollment, admission and financial aid processes for education after high school. There are openings at the following target, partner high schools: Anchorage, Bethel, Fairbanks, Kodiak, Kenai/Nikiski. For more information and to access the application, visit www.acpe.alaska. gov/ACAC.

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“S’’ is for speech and “T’’ is for time. After the play-acting and the multimedia show, the doctor invited questions from the children. “How do you catch a stroke?” one boy asked. The doctor assured him that strokes are not contagious but can be caused by “high blood pressure, smoking cigarettes, junk food.”

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ticipated in both cheerleading and basketball. Daria actually graduated from her high school in Mongolia last year. She decided to become an exchange student this year in order to improve her English before applying to American universities. As Mick explained, Mongolian universities are still transitioning out of the Soviet era. “A lot of young people want to get out of the country and go to school elsewhere,” he said. “An American degree is worth a lot more there.” Daria hopes to attend Northern Michigan University next year to study pre-engineering

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Iditaread! The Iditaread Challenge is almost over! You can still log on to the Iditarod website: www. iditarod.com Username: connections, password: 4connect. The challenge will run through March 31 and we will have prizes once you cross the finish line at Nome! Congratulations to the Seavey Family for an incredible showing at the 2014 Iditarod Race!

Kalifornsky Beach Elementary Mr. Daniels’ Science Class is gearing up to take part in six energy science investigations next week. Students will investigate potential and kinetic energy, motion, light, chemical, radiant, and thermal energy. They will take turns presenting what they have learned to their peers. Our first graders walked in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. What a fun experience in this weather! This Wednesday we will be putting our chicken eggs in the incubator. We will be learning about the hatching process. March 28 will be our chick centers. If you can help with centers, please sign up through signupgenius.com or tell your teacher. Thank you! Mrs. McCoy’s second grade class is alive with the signs of Spring. On Friday, students will begin a science unit on plants which will involve learning about the parts of a seed, graphing seeds, planting seeds, recording changes in our seeds, and studying about famous artists Georgia O-Keeffe and Claude Monet. Once our seeds have sprouted and grown into a garden, we hope to use the results to make a delicious salad for our nutrition unit.

Kenai Central High KCHS is continuing the after school study hall. Students will be able to utilize the study hall from 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. Monday – Thursday. This will be a time for students to work on homework and projects or make up work from absences. The NHS will also have tutors available for students who need help in a class. If you are interested in taking advantage of this opportunity, please contact the counseling office. This is Prom week at KCHS. This year’s theme is Lost at Sea. Students will begin setup on Friday with Promenade and the dance on Saturday. Promenade will be at 8 p.m. with the dance to follow. Anyone interested in helping with Prom activities, set-up or after Prom activities please call Justin Carr at 283-2119. The KCHS Band will be holding its annual Solo Ensemble Concert March 25 in the auditorium starting at 5 p.m. For more information contact Mrs. Sounart. Juniors and seniors, the annual Job Fair is this Wednesday from 11 a.m.-6p.m. If you are interested in attending and have not made reservations to attend, contact the counseling office immediately.

Mountain View Elementary Mountain View Elementary early Kindergarten registration for the 2014-2015 school year open is now open. Students must be 5 years old by Sept. 1. Registration forms may be picked up at the Mountain View Office. Kindergarten Parent Orientation will be on April 24. Registered students will be invited to visit a Kindergarten classroom on April 29. Applications are available for the 2014-2015 Mountain View Pre-K Program. Screenings for this program will be held at the Kenai Community Library on April 15. In order to be considered, a child must be 4 years old by Sept. 1, and have a completed application returned to Mountain View Elementary. Screenings will be scheduled after applications are brought back to the school. For information please call 283-8600. Our Principal, Mrs. Holmgaard, has accepted a Superintendent position in the Yupiit School District for next year. Interviews for the Principal position will be held on April 2 starting at 5 p.m. in the Library at Mountain View.. SBA Testing will take place April 1, 2 and 3 for 3rd – 5th grade students. This assessment measures your student’s proficiency in reading, writing, math, and science. Here are a few ways you can support these efforts at home: n Make sure your child gets a good night’s sleep. n Eat a good breakfast. n Be on time to school. Testing will begin

“What if we don’t have a phone?” a girl asked. Kirchoff suggested asking a neighbor or running to a storefront. “What if you live in the desert?” was the followup question, to which Kirchoff smiled and said, “It’s a good thing you live in the Bronx.” After the class, the children were presented with pens labeled “FAST” and with pencil erasers in the shape of human brains, which were very popular. One parent in attendance, Jason Sawtelle, said he felt the lesson “plants the seed” “Maybe not every 8-year-old is capable of this,”

he said, “but some certainly are.” Similar programs have been tried elsewhere. At Harlem Hospital in Manhattan, Dr. Olajide Williams uses hip-hop music to engage New York City fourth- through sixth-graders in three hours a year of stroke education. “Beyond sixth grade, the kids become a little too cool,” Williams said. But with the younger kids, “we’ve shown that these children can learn basic stroke pathology.” He said at least two children have been credited with helping to save lives. A similar stroke education study in the Corpus

Christi, Texas, public schools used Tejano music. It was headed by Dr. Lewis Morgenstern, director of the stroke program at the University of Michigan Medical School. The 2007 study found that the youngsters responded well. “The data was highly positive in terms of knowledge about stroke and their intention to call 911,” Morgenstern said. “The earlier we can make people aware of stroke and that it’s arguably the most treatable of all catastrophic conditions, the better off we will be.”

and one day become an architect. Being an exchange student and noticing differences between Mongolian and American cultures has given Daria a new perspective. For one, she has learned that she enjoys American foods. “There’s awesome food here,” said Daria. “I don’t miss Mongolian food at all.” Some of her favorites include lasagna, pizza, and Heidi’s homemade bread. Daria has also noted differences related to driving. While Americans can drive at age 16, Mongolians have to wait until they are 18 years old. “Kids dream about driving in high school,” said Daria. She also credits American roads as being much better than those in Mongolia.

Mick recalled that when he was driving Daria home from the Green Bay airport, her first comment was, “Look at the wonderful roads.” He added that traffic is a big problem in Ulaanbaatar, due to poor city planning that did not allow for many vehicles. After communism fell, people started bringing more and more vehicles into Mongolia. There is now a system in place in which citizens, as determined by their license plate number, can only drive on certain days of the week. Daria’s American experience is not over yet. In a few weeks, she will get to see an entirely different part of the country when she visits Florida. She is particularly excited to see the ocean for the first time. Hosting Daria has been a positive experience for the Reynolds family as well.

Since 2000, Mick and Heidi have made numerous summer visits to rural Mongolia in order to teach English through a Christian organization. As a result of their trips, Mick, Heidi, and their children Molly and Jared have developed a strong interest in Mongolian people and culture. Mick even described the rural people as being similar to Yoopers. “They’re used to the cold, extreme weather,” he said. “They can get by on very little, and they’re very tough.” With both Mick and Heidi able to speak Mongolian, they sometimes struggle to speak in English to Daria. “We always want to speak in Mongolian, but we shouldn’t because she needs to practice her English,” laughed Mick.

first thing in the morning. We will have an alternate plan for those students arriving late. Thank you for your support! Spring pictures are scheduled for April 4. Watch for more information coming home soon. We are looking for parents to serve on our Site Council for the 2014-2015 school year. The Site Council advises Mountain View Elementary staff in matters regarding staffing, goal setting, climate issues, budgeting, disciplinary procedures and strategic planning. The Site Council meets from 4:00 – 5:30 on the third Thursday of the month during 7 months of the school year. If you are interested in being a member of the Site Council please call the office at 283-8600 before April 1. There will be a PTA meeting on April 8 at 4 p.m. Report cards were sent home on Friday. If you did not receive one for your student, please call the office.

an hour with their math teams daily. Math teams are also competing against each other for progress. Let the best Math Team win! Yearbook order forms are now available. The cost is $25 per yearbook and we will only order the amount we sell, there will not be any extras for sale. Saturday school is back. Please ask your student, call the school, or check the school’s calendar on the district website for more information. We are still accepting enrollment forms for next year on a limited basis. Please call the school for more information.

in the auditorium before the doors are opened to the general public. To take advantage of this opportunity, you MUST arrive between 6:40 and 7:00 that evening. Doors to the general public will open at 7:00 and we cannot guarantee your seating after that. Please note: There are only 225 tickets available for the “Sneak a Peek” so don’t delay. Tickets may be purchased at the front office of Soldotna High School. Higher Expectations Greater Success Parent Guide (Alaska Standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics) is now available at the front office. Alaska’s standards in English and math set high expectations for students from kindergarten to grade 12. Students who meet these goals will be ready for success after high school-whether it is in the military, on the job, or in a union apprenticeship, technical school, or college. Your schools will decide how to meet the standards through a local curriculum and teaching methods that respect your community’s cultures.

Nikiski North Star Elementary SBA testing will take place April 1, 2 and 3 for students in grades 3, 4, and 5. We want to emphasize to all of our families how very important it is every day and especially during testing time that our students get a good night’s rest, eat a healthy breakfast, and arrive at school on time. All students who show up to school on time each of the three days of testing and take the test, will be able to participate in a celebration at the Nikiski Pool. If you have any questions about testing, please call the office at 776-2600. The monthly PTA meeting for April will take place on April 3 at 3:45 p.m. in the staff lounge.

Redoubt Elementary Redoubt Elementary 2014/2015 Preschool applications may be picked up at the school office. Children must be 4 years old by Sept. 1. Kindergarten and new student registration will be held April 1-3 10a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Please bring your child’s immunization records and a copy of their birth certificate. Pre-Registration forms for the 2014/2015 school year were sent home. Parents are asked to complete this important form and return it to school with your child. All students in the same household may be listed on one form. Redoubt’s 4th grade classes will be selling ice cream every Friday through the months of March and April to raise money for their spring field trip to the Kenai Fjords. Ice cream prices range between .75cents and $2. District wide testing for students (3rd – 6th grade) will be April 1st – April 3rd. It will be important for students to be in attendance these three days. Students should be on time, well rested and well nourished. Students that are in attendance all three days will be entered in special drawings. All volunteers must be registered with the school district prior to volunteering in classrooms/driving on field trips. Field trip drivers must complete a driver form and submit required documentation when driving on school related field trips. Please contact the school office for additional information or go to http://www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/ click on volunteer link and follow the instructions. Last week’s Box Tops for Education winners were, Hunter Bras, Kenny Mize and Avalee Brown. Keep those Box Tops for Education coming. Students from Skyview High have been coming to Redoubt each week teaching about the importance of Recycling. The Green Club headed by Skyview senior Khelbie Miller has been working with Mrs. Belger’s 2nd grade class and Mr. Eveland’s 5th grade class. The Green Club’s goal is to teach students and raise awareness about recycling. n April 11 – Fun Fest – 3:30 – 5 p.m. n April 17 – New Kindergarten Parent Meeting – 9–10:30 a.m.

River City Academy Progress reports were mailed home last week. If you have any questions, please call the school. SBA and HSGQE testing is coming up April 1-3. Please make sure students eat a proper breakfast and come to school well rested. Be on the lookout for a sign up email from Mary regarding snacks for testing. We like to provide a variety of snack options each day such as veggies, fruit, trail mix, granola bars, etc. The fourth quarter saw a schedule change at RCA. Math teams were created and advisory fell by the wayside. Students currently spend nearly C

Skyview High The ski team raced at State, Mika Morton finished 3rd for small schools in the 7.5k classic race. The girls basketball team defeated Grace Christian 42-35, but lost to ACS. The boys lost to Grace and ACS. Sam Reynolds was selected to the All-Conference girls basketball 1st team and Meghan Powers was selected to the 2nd team. Coach McFall was named Coach of the Year. Jacob Carlson was selected to the boys 1st team and Tim Duke was selected to the 2nd team. Interested in performing special music at Skyview’s Class of 2014 Graduation? Auditions will be held after school on March 25. Contact Mr. Peterson for more information, 260-2302. Juniors and seniors: Looking for a job? Skyview will be taking a bus over to the Peninsula Job Fair on March 26. Pick up a permission slip from Wes Andrews or Emily Cotton. Super Activity bell schedule on March 27 (no 5th hour class) SST Competition at Nikiski High School March 27 6 p.m. The Mass Dance concert will be Friday and Saturday, April 4 and 5 at KCHS auditorium 7 p.m. High school dance troupes from SoHi, Nikiski, and Skyview will be performing along with special guest artists from Vergine’s Dance Studio and Peninsula Artists in Motion. Skyview’s final dance troupe of almost 20 dancers will be taking “Adiemus” performed with live music from the Skyview choir, a student choreographed hip hop medley, and a ten minute Latin medley for the concert’s finale. Tickets are available at the door: $10 for adults and $5 for 12 and under. Come and support your dance teams! The boys basketball team defeated Homer (58-49 and Nikiski (62-59) in overtime to finish the season with a record of 10 wins/11 losses. The girls lost to Homer and Nikiski, but finished the season with a winning record (12 wins, 11 losses).

Soldotna High March 29, the Soldotna High School Softball Team will be holding a Rummage Sale at Soldotna High School. The sale will run from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. The team is accepting items for donation at Soldotna High School. For more information, please call 260-7000. Cinderella’s Closet is open March 25, and 27 from 2:30-4:30 p.m. in the theater dressing rooms at Soldotna High School. Look for the signs! This is a program where we help local ladies in need with free prom dresses, shoes, and accessories. We have helped over 342 ladies in the past 4 years. Last year, we provided items to 92 local students from Soldotna High, Cook Inlet Academy, Skyview High, River City Academy, Kenai Central High, Nanwalek, Port Graham, Susan B. English (Seldovia), and Nikiski High. It is “housed” at SoHi, but is open to any peninsula high school students. Donations can be dropped off at the Soldotna High School office from 8 a.m.-2:45 p.m. We are in need of formal dresses, accessories, and shoes. Thank you for your support. Do you already have the prom ticket and sneak a peek info? All Juniors on prom committee….we will be meeting every Tuesday at lunch between now and Prom in Miss Bos’s room. Anyone interested in helping with prom decorations, please stop by to sign up for upcoming work sessions. We are in need of chaperones for prom and after prom on April 12. Please email Meggean at mbos@kpbsd.k12. ak.us to help. Prom News for Parents Are you interested in seeing the prom decorations before the big dance? Would you like priority seating for promenade to make sure you get the “good” seat you want? Well, here’s your opportunity. The After Prom Committee is sponsoring “SNEAK A PEEK” for this year’s promenade. Tickets may be purchased for $5.00 a person starting March 17th. This will get you a tour of the prom decorations and early seating

Soldotna Middle Track and Field season begins April 7. Mrs. Pothast is offering a Hurdle Clinic for those interested in learning more about technique and form in anticipation of the upcoming track season. The clinic will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays, March 24, 26, 31 and April 2 from 2:30-3:30 p.m. at Soldotna Middle School in Room 23. Students must have a permission form, hold harmless form, and concussion form turned in to Mrs. Pothast in order to participate. The clinic is free and is not mandatory. It is open to novice and experienced hurdlers alike and students must have their own transportation home no later than 3:30 p.m. each day of the clinic. For more information, please see Mrs. Pothast or email spothast@kpbsd.k12.ak.us. SBA Testing for all 7th and 8th Grade students will be April 1, 2, 3. If you know your student will be absent from school any or all of these days, please contact the front office at 2602500 as soon as possible to make arrangements for alternate testing dates.

Sterling Elementary Kindergarten Fair! April 5 from 10 a.m. to noon Sterling Elementary will be hosting our annual Kindergarten Fair, which also includes an opportunity to apply for our Title I Pre-K program and our community’s Head Start program. Pre-school or kindergarten age children and their families are invited to come to the Sterling Elementary gym on April 5 from 10 a.m. to noon to participate in fun activities geared towards families and their young children while also registering for school or just learning more about the options available! Registration for new students for 2014-15 will continue during the week of April 7, and will culminate with a kindergarten visitation on April 10 from 10-11 a.m. Please RSVP for the Kindergarten Visitation by calling Mrs. Mahan at the office at 2624944 or by signing up during the Kindergarten Fair. We are still in need of a few volunteers to help with this event. Please call Miss Krissy if you are available. It is very important for staffing purposes to have our kindergarten students registered before August. Thanks for your help in this matter.

Wings Christian Academy This week at Wings, Zane James and Ethan Berga won the “Cleanest Desk of the Week” award. The students had a great time at the Spelling Bee. Wings won 1st place overall. In the 1st-2nd grade division, Charisma Watkins placed 3rd and Valerie Cázares placed 1st. In the 3rd-4th grade division, Sunny Miller placed 3rd. In the 5th-6th grade division, Kobe Miller placed 3rd and Madison Berga placed 1st. In the Jr. High division, JD Bragg placed 1st. In the High School division, Tyler Ophus placed 1st. In other news, Wings lost the first volleyball match to WHCS on March 7. However, everyone put up a gallant effort and had a great time. On March 21 the team had a volleyball match in Anchorage. Results from the March 21 match will be posted next week. Parent Night for the last quarter is scheduled for March 25 at 7 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend. The Choir students will be performing a few specials and the Speech class will be performing a skit from Readers’ Theatre. The students will also be receiving certificates for their achievements throughout the previous quarter.

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•Must have own transportation. •Independent contractor status. •Home delivery - 6 days a week. •Must have valid Alaska drivers license. •Must furnish proof of insurance. •Copy of current driving record required upon hire

For more information contact Peninsula Clarion Circulation Dept. (907)283-3584

PRIME KENAI RETAIL/ OFFICE SPACE 1,832SqFt to 20,000SqFt. Rates start @ $.50SqFt. Call Carr Gottstein Properties, (907)564-2424 or visit www.carrgottstein.com

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Apartments, Unfurnished COLONIAL MANOR (907)262-5820 Large 2-Bedroom, Walk-in closet, carport, storage, central location. Onsite manager.

Property Management Division 170 N. Birch Suite 101, Soldotna (907)262-2522 Mary.Parske@century21.com www.Century21FreedomRealty.com

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.

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AIMM Technologies, Inc. is currently seeking to fill vacuum truck driver positions at their Kenai, AK location. A successful candidate should possess the following license, endorsements, and certifications: Class B CDL, with Airbrake, Tanker, and HAZMAT endorsements. Current DOT medical certificate. Documented minimum 2 years of recent CDL driving experience in Alaska. Vacuum truck experience, TWIC card, CITS certifications a plus. We request that you submit your resume and 10 year driving record in person to our office at 44840 Kenai Spur Highway, Kenai AK. Please, no phone calls.

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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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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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

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THREE-Bedroom, 2-bath, 2 large walk-inclosets, 1352 inside living space, crawl space, 1.5 car garage, fenced back yard, front and back decks. Asphalt DW & neighborhood roads. Large space next to garage for boat or RV. Back yard fully sunned, perfect for greenhouse. Just shy of 1/2 acre. Excellent water. 2 blocks down from K-Beach. New in 2010 natural gas furnace, all new in 2010 appliances included (DW, oven, microwave, frig, washer & dryer). Master bath renovated w/walk-in tile shower; beautiful easy to maintain high-end vinyl flooring throughout. Custom vertical blinds in living room and kitchen, and window coverings. Also included is 55-inch Samsung Plasma TV and 3-speaker Bose surround system; 8 camera security system; outside shed w/Honda lawn mower & weed trimmer. $1500 paint and wallpaper credit provided. Broker courtesy 2.5%. TWO ways to buy - Straight purchase $207K or ASSUME low balance with $880 monthly payments for $70,000 up front cash. (No realtor or credit check is required for the assumption) MLS 14-560 and Zillow.com. Please call 398-8161; 24 hr notice requested for viewing. Owner financing not available.

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SOLDOTNA 2-bedroom, No Smoking/ No pets. $875./ plus electric. (907)252-7242.

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3-Bedroom 2-bath 2-car garage. Beautiful cedar sided home in very quite paved neighborhood on a corner lot with 1.37 acres. All one floor with no steps! All doors are extra wide. Paved driveway and parking area. Excellently maintained. Ideal open floor plan with open kitchen. In floor heat throughout. Vaulted ceilings and a gas fireplace. Large master bedroom with walk in closet and sliding glass door leading to the back deck with lots of privacy (perfect for a hot tub). Each room has its own thermostat and this house is very energy efficient. Well maintained large front and back lawn with lilac trees and rose bushes. Top of the line water filtration system that has eliminated all iron! Garage is 601Sq.Ft. Asking $269,000. (907)283-5747

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Commercial Property Condominiums/Town Homes Farms/Ranches Homes Income Property Land Manufactured Mobile Homes Multiple Dwelling Out of Area for Sale Steel Building Vacation Property Wanted To Buy Waterfront Property

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The Peninsula Clarion is accepting applications for a Newspaper Carrier. Delivery area Sterling.

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE Commercial Property Condominiums/ Town Homes Farms/Ranches Homes Income Property Land Manufactured Mobile Homes Multiple Dwelling Out of Area for Sale Steel Building Vacation Property Wanted To Buy Waterfront Property

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 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

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

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

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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.

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Manufactured/ Mobile Homes NIKISKI 2-Bedroom $800. 2-Bedroom, 2-bath, with huge family room, dinning area. $975. per month. Pets allowed, includes utilities. Call (907)776-6563.

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

Rooms For Rent FULLY FURNISHED ROOM $500. Includes utilities, Soldotna area. (907)394-2543

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Building Supplies BUILDING SUPPLIES FOR SALE-Band Saw- Saw mill $2600. Large stack of rough cut lumber $400. 9 used double rollout windows 53x58 $300. ‘12” Saw- Dewalt 790 contractors power shop $200. (907)776-7673

Heavy Equipment/ Farm Machinery 2006 BOBCAT 341 EXC. $36K, THUMB, NEW TRACKS, 2058-HR, (907)283-0491 ‘91 KOM D31-P-18A DOZER. 2850-HR ROPS Excellent condition. (907)283-0491 $22K

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Aircrafts & Parts EDO 2870 FLOATS New (extended) water rudder blades. Kenmore hatches & clean rigging. Keel corrosion, requires labor to repair. Located in Ketchikan. Hi-res photos http://goo.gl/TiuT13 $2000. Call or text 1-360-302-2485

Transportation Autos Classic/Custom Financing Motorcycles Parts & Accessories Rentals Repair & Services Sport Utilities, 4x4 Suburbans/Vans/ Buses Trucks Trucks: Commercial Trucks: Heavy Duty Trailers Vehicles Wanted

Parts & Accessories 4 TIRES/ RIMS-Taurus P215/60R16 HANKOOK Radials Like new. $300. (907)283-4155 TOYO A/T TIRES. P245 70R16 065 1yr old, plus they are on rims, I have Ford hub caps (4). Came off ‘02 Explorer. ALL just $600. (907)260-5943

Trucks: Heavy Duty MAKE AN OFFER 2010 dually long bed, F-350, 4wheel drive, 6.4 diesel truck, 24k miles, Auto Tran. Hide away goose neck Tow & Trailer brake packages. Spray bed liner. Back up camera. Heated/power mirrors, warranty, Power chip Keyless entry, Power windows/seats Asking $36,400 OBO. KBB at $37k (907)953-4696

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Cats FREE TO A GOOD HOME Older female cat, spayed, very loving, will go outside. Grandkids are allergic so she must find a new home. (907)398-4647

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SHEPHERD MIX Puppies. 2-Female & 1-male Shepherd mix puppies need homes. These 3 1/2 month old pups need active & attentive owners that can give them the proper care & training that this breed requires. Pups are house trained & active in the outdoors. They have received their 2nd booster shots & ready for an owner that can dedicate time to them. They have sweet dispositions & respond well to people. Please inquire via email or telephone.

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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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The project documents may be obtained from the City of Soldotna beginning March 18, 2014 for a non-refundable fee of $20.00 (without tax). An additional non-refundable fee of $5.00 will be required if mailing is requested. Project documents may be downloaded from the City of Soldotna web site at www.ci.soldotna.ak.us. It is not required to be on the planholders list to bid on City of Soldotna projects. To receive project addendums, you must be on the planholders list. To be placed on the planholders list, please contact Suzanne Lagasse either by phone (714-1241) or email publicworks@ci.soldotna.ak.us . Downloading projects from the City web site does not automatically put you on the planholders list.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District hereby invites qualified vendors to submit a proposal for acceptance by the District to purchase Bakery; Dry Food Products; Expendable Products; Freeze/Chill Products. One (1) original of the sealed bid must be submitted to the Purchasing Department, Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, 139 East Park Avenue, Soldotna, AK 99669, no later than 4:00 PM local time on May 2, 2014. Bid can be obtained by calling 907-714-8876 during normal business hours, or from the District website www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us Kenai Peninsula Borough Code requires that businesses or individuals contracting to do business with the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District be in compliance with Borough tax provisions.

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The City of Soldotna hereby invites qualified firms to submit a firm price for acceptance by the City for the Kalifornsky Beach Water Reservoir Clearing and Grubbing. The project consists of the following: â&#x20AC;˘ Clearing and grubbing of approximately 7.1 acres â&#x20AC;˘ Erosion, sediment and pollution control â&#x20AC;˘ Construction surveying A non-mandatory pre-bid conference will be held at the City Hall, Soldotna, AK on March 25, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. Attendance at the pre-bid is not required. This contract is subject to the provision of State of Alaska, Title 36, and Minimum Wage Rates. The subsequent contract will require certificates of insurance and may require performance and payment bonds. One (1) complete set of the bid package is to be submitted to the City of Soldotna at 177 North Birch Street, Soldotna, Alaska 99669. These forms must be enclosed in a sealed envelope with the bidder's name on the outside and clearly marked:

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KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT INVITATION TO BID #133-14; 134-14; 135-14; 136-14 Bakery; Dry Food Products; Expendable Products; Freeze/Chill Products

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A Child Under the Age Of Eighteen (18) Years. Case No: 3KN-12-00030CN NOTICE AND SUMMONS TO ABSENT PARENT To: Tommie Adams (dob: 06/07/79) PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under AS 47.10.080(c)(3) has been filed in the Superior Court, Third Judicial District, Kenai, Alaska concerning D.T. (DOB: 11/27/2011), a minor, who is believed to be your child. This petition may result in an order terminating your parental rights. A copy of the petition is on file in the Kenai Courthouse, 125 Trading Bay Drive, Suite 100, Kenai, Alaska 99611. A termination trial call is scheduled to be held Kenai Courthouse, 125 Trading Bay Drive, Suite 100, Kenai, Alaska 99611, on May 9, 2014, at 2:00 p.m. The phone number to the courthouse is (907) 283-3110. You have the right to be represented by an attorney. In the event you cannot afford to hire an attorney, an attorney may be appointed to represent you at state expense. If you or your attorney cannot appear at the hearing, you must file with the court a response to the petition within thirty (30) days after the last date of publication of this notice. DATED: 3/10/14 CLERK OF THE TRIAL COURTS By: Denice D. Chappell Deputy Clerk PUBLISH: 3/17, 24, 31, 4/7, 2014

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Public Notices City of Soldotna Council Meeting Agenda March 26, 2014 177 N. Birch St. Soldotna, AK 99669 5:00 p.m. - Work Session - 5-Year Capital Plan 6:00 p.m. - Regular Council Meeting CALL TO ORDER APPROVAL OF AGENDA APPROVAL OF MINUTES - February 26, 2014 CONSENT AGENDA Introduction of Ordinances (Setting Public Hearing for 04/09/14) Ordinance 2014-009 - An Ordinance Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations by $4,693.06 in the General Fund for Federally Forfeited Property (City Manager) Ordinance 2014-010 - An Ordinance Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations by $690,000 in the General Fund, $60,000 in the Utility Fund and $750,000 In The Street Construction Fund for North Aspen Drive Road Improvements (City Manager) Resolutions - No Items Other Liquor License Renewal Applications: â&#x20AC;˘ Copper Top Lounge, License #3134 License Type - Beverage Dispensary Tourism PUBLIC COMMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS - Soldotna High School After Prom - Birch Ridge Golf Course ASSEMBLY/LEGISLATIVE REPORT ORDINANCES Public Hearing and/or Action Ordinance 2014-006 - Amending Soldotna Municipal Code Section 2.04 City Council (City Manager) Ordinance 2014-007 - Amending Soldotna Municipal Code Title 9 - Public Peace, Morals and Welfare by Adopting a New Chapter, 9.12 - Synthetic Cannabinoids and Substituted Cathinones (City Manager, Bos) Ordinance 2014-008 - Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations by $2,000 in the Parks and Recreation Capital Projects Fund for a Donation Received (City Manager) APPEALS & HEARINGS - No Items RESOLUTIONS OTHER - Mini-Grant Application, Robotics Club - Student Ex-Officio Representative MAYOR/COUNCIL REPORTS CITY MANAGER'S REPORT PUBLIC COMMENTS COUNCIL COMMENTS EXECUTIVE SESSION PENDING LEGISLATION ADJOURNMENT The next meeting is April 9, 2014, at 6:00 p.m. For agenda items & other information, call the City Clerk's Office at 907-262-9107. PUBLISHED: 3/24, 2014

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stimulant and it curbs my appetite. I take it before school and it wears off by mid-afternoon. Because of this, I don’t feel hungry at lunchtime. My teachers and schoolmates have noticed. They try to persuade me to eat, but I tell them I had a big breakfast or I’m just not hungry. I know they mean well, but I want them to understand that I’m not anorexic. I don’t Abigail Van Buren want them to know I have ADHD because some of them make fun of people who do. Do you have any suggestions? — ANONYMOUS IN IOWA DEAR ANONYMOUS: The principal of your school should be told that you are on doctor-prescribed medication that suppresses your appetite so that information can be shared with the teachers who supervise the cafeteria. That way you will receive less pressure to eat from the adults. Your classmates do not have to know. If someone accuses you of being anorexic, just say that your doctor has told you your weight is

normal. It’s a shame they would tease someone who has ADHD because it’s a condition that so many students and adults share. However, because you feel it would make you a target, you’re wise to say nothing. DEAR ABBY: My husband is an only son. His mother lives an hour from us. I love her dearly, but when she calls to let us know she’s coming to visit on any given Saturday, she won’t give us a time of her arrival. She says she “doesn’t want to be bound by time” because she runs a lot of errands while she’s here. She doesn’t appear to notice the inconvenience to me and my active family, who are bound to our house the entire day, waiting for her to show up. My husband brushes it off, but it frustrates me. How should I handle this in a kindly manner? — STILL WAITING IN TEXAS DEAR STILL WAITING: The next time your mother-in-law calls, ask her when she plans to be at your house because you have errands to run, too. When she says she doesn’t want to be bound by time, ask her to call you on your cellphone and let you know when she’s done with her errands and you’ll meet her at the house. That way, none of you are tied down or inconvenienced.

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Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars A baby born today has a Sun in Aries and a Moon in Capricorn. HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Monday, March 24, 2014: This year you open up to change and become more realistic than you have been in the past. You often take the lead, which is natural for you, but you become more controlling in guiding others toward a goal. Success stems from your focus and endurance. Learn to gather information before finalizing your decisions. If you are single, you project one attitude yet act in a conflicting manner. These two paradoxical dimensions could pose a problem in a potential relationship. Try to integrate these different ideas. If you are attached, as a couple, you find 2014 to be very dynamic and exciting. The two of you relate closely, especially come summer. Enjoy this period. CAPRICORN is stubborn but willing to do whatever is necessary to come out on top. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH You handle tension well. Somewhere along the way today, you might decide that you don’t care how someone feels about you. You surprise people when you do a reversal, because you are so passionate about nearly everything you do. Tonight: Till the wee hours. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH Your instincts could prevent a collision of wills. You see the big picture, whereas others cannot. As a result, you’ll see many solutions to fix the situation. You will change perspective as the day goes on.

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Be open to having various conversations. Tonight: Break a pattern. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHHOne-on-onerelatingtakesyou down a new path to new possibilities. You might want to change directions after you have a much-needed discussion. You’ll see too many options that could work, and you know that yours is not the only one. Tonight: Togetherness is the theme. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Others often challenge you, and you find these contrary moments revealing, as they help you identify your priorities. You could find someone offensive in how he or she pushes for what he or she wants. A positive attitude will go far. Tonight: Say “yes” to an offer. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH Pace yourself. Others seem to be obsessive, and you might want to derail the whole matter. Your instincts will help you find out more about what exactly is going on. Someone from a distance could surprise you and lead you down a new path. Tonight: Play it easy. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHHYour creativity will come out, even with a discouraged or pessimistic person in your life. This person has a way of getting your imagination going. Your finances could be off-kilter, if you choose not to take charge of them. Tonight: Pretend that it’s Friday night. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH Stay centered and direct in your dealings. A child or loved one will add some variety to the moment. Be willing to flex and come to a natural conclusion. You are likely to keep producing more and more, which will impress an associate or higher-up. Tonight: At home.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH You could be taken aback by someone’s need to have certain matters go a certain way. You, too, can be quite controlling about outcomes, yet you recognize that you can control only yourself. Have a talk with this person. Tonight: Make dinner a fun happening. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH Be aware of your spending habits, as you could find that a partner wants the same ability to buy as you do. This conversation could cause some upset if you are not careful. Understand your limitations. Consider a different approach to your finances. Tonight: Have fun. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH You’ll beam in whatever you want, but later you will have to deal with the implications of your actions. A family member could be upset by your choices and where you are heading. A discussion is likely to eliminate at least some of the problem. Tonight: Not to be found. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH Step back from a problem rather than add to it. Given some time, the situation will unravel itself. You could be surprised by someone’s efforts to reach out to you. Understand that this person means well. Listen to your instincts. Tonight: Take a break from everything. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH You seem to have walked into a situation with a lot of power plays, and you might be wondering why. Know what is happening beyond the obvious. If you attempt to enlighten others, they might be resentful. Find out what is happening with a child. Tonight: Do what you want.

Wrapping up some germs? Dear Readers: Here is this week’s Soundoff, about wait staff and silverware: “I have been reading about the restaurant workers who use the same cloth to wash the tables and chairs. A worse problem I observed as I worked in restaurants is the silverware wrapped in napkins for placement on tables. Many workers, from wait staff to cashiers, wrap the silverware in any spare moment, especially during the busiest times, in order to keep up with large amounts of customers. I rarely saw staff wash their hands between handling money or other items and then wrapping the utensils. — A Concerned Eater, via email” Yuck! — Heloise Fast Facts Dear Readers: Here are some hints about items to keep handy in a guest room: * A box of tissues and a wastebasket. * A small flashlight and a night light. * A few small snacks, or even fruit. * Travel-size toiletries in a bathroom. * Books and magazines for reading. — Heloise Empty tea bags Dear Heloise: I just read the note from a reader about loose tea. I also enjoy loose tea. The variety, and especially the quality, is much greater than what is available in tea bags. Empty tea bags are available from many sites. They are cheaper and easier to use than coffee filters, and can be filled ahead of time and taken to work or on trips. — Mark in Alton, Illinois

SUDOKU

By Tom Wilson

5 7 3 9 1 2 6 8 4

4 6 9 3 8 7 2 5 1

6 9 1 2 7 8 3 4 5

2 3 5 4 6 9 8 1 7

7 4 8 1 3 5 9 2 6

3 5 7 8 9 1 4 6 2

9 2 4 6 5 3 1 7 8

Difficulty Level

8 1 6 7 2 4 5 9 3

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

B.C.

By Eugene Sheffer

7 3

8 1 3 4 1 2 5 3 8 1 9

9 7 6 8 8 6 4 7 1 8 9 3 7 6 7 4

Difficulty Level

5 3/24

By Chad Carpenter

By Chris Cassatt & Gary Brookins

Mother Goose and Grimm

By Michael Peters

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DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend, “Caleb,” and I have been dating for three years. I’m sure he’ll propose within the next few months. I’m having a problem with this because Caleb’s best friend, “A.J.,” will be proposing to his girlfriend in the next month. They should be able to enjoy their time and let all their friends know. Caleb has always followed A.J.’s lead. When A.J. buys his girlfriend jewelry, I get jewelry. It makes me feel like an afterthought and that the gifts are not sincere. If Caleb does propose close to the time that A.J. does, I’m going to say no. I don’t want a copycat engagement so my boyfriend can keep up with his best friend. Please advise. — COMING IN SECOND IN NEW YORK DEAR COMING IN SECOND: You appear to be frustrated because your boyfriend has a recessive personality and is a follower. It is unlikely that he is going to change. Frankly, Caleb doesn’t appear to be mature enough to be making decisions with lifelong consequences. You might be much happier with someone who is his own man.

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