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Question Do you feel the veterans memorial in Leif Hansen Memorial Park in Kenai is appropriate as is? n Yes; or n No.

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In the news Lawmakers consider adding grizzlies to license plate list

More than 100 rally for an end to domestic violence

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By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion

JUNEAU, Alaska — The House State Affairs Committee Thursday moved a bill adding the grizzly bear to the list of options people can choose for an Alaska license plate. House Bill 293, sponsored by Republican Rep. Peggy Wilson of Wrangell, gives Alaska residents the option of having the bear on their license plates. The bill calls for a repeat of the bear design used on the 1976 Alaska vehicle tag. Rep. Wes Keller of Wasilla said Alaska vehicle plates are seen as a symbol of state pride and promote the state when vehicles are driven in other parts of the country. The bill also grants specialty plates for current and retired Alaska firefighters who have given five years of service.

Alaska has the highest rate of domestic violence in the country, said Kenai resident Liisa Blizzard, a statistic she described as embarrassing and needing to be addressed. Blizzard, a Kenaitze tribal council member, was one of more than 100 people who came out in support for the 5th annual Choose Respect Awareness walk in Kenai Thursday. Organized by the LeeShore Center in Kenai, the event is part of a statewide initiative started in 2009 by Gov. Sean Parnell. Blizzard said the tribe has an agreement with women’s resource center and have violence against women programs to help victims of domestic abuse. Having the community come together can make victims more comfortable and hopefully reach out for support, she said. “We try to help people become self-sufficient and get out of a bad situation and take care of their kids,” she said. “We stand united together to let people know we will not accept violence in our community.” Sunny spring weather delighted the crowd as a police escort led the walkers down Frontage Road from See MARCH, page A-12 Photos by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion

More than 100 people took to the streets Thursday for the 5th annual Choose Respect awareness walk in support of victims of domestic abuse.

Providence Imaging Center is bringing mammography screening to Soldotna on Saturday. The Mobile Mammography Program — the “mamm van” — will be parked at PIC’s Soldotna location along the Kenai Spur Highway beginning at 9 a.m. “The mobile mamm van will just be parked out in the front parking lot, so it’ll be hard to miss,” Liz Hartvigson, Central Peninsula marketing representative, said. Screening takes about 15 minutes and women should preregister by calling 907-2123151 or 888-458-3151. “There is still opportunity available for people to sign up, and we would love for them to do that,” she said. The mamm van provides screenings for women who are 40 years old or older and due for their annual screenings or are getting mammograms for the first time, Hartvigson said. “If a woman has had breast cancer or has a history of breast cancer where they have had to have what we call a diagnostic breast imaging or breast ultrasound or breast MRI, then this situation doesn’t work for them,” Hartvigson said. Paulette Compton, PIC general manager, said questions about lumps, discharge and family history of breast cancer are asked during the registration process to ensure the woman only needs a screening. PIC tries to provide screening in Soldotna at least twice a year. It was down in November 2013 for the Kenai Peninsula College Community Health See EXAM, page A-12

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Priest at UAF arrested with weapons, drugs FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A Roman Catholic priest who serves the University of Alaska Fairbanks was spotted driving into the oncoming lane of the Parks Highway and charged with driving under the influence, according to Alaska State Troopers. Father Sean P. Thomson, 52, is also charged with misdemeanor weapons and drug counts. Thomson remains a priest for the Catholic Diocese of Fairbanks, said Ronnie Rosenberg, legal coordinator and director of human resources for the diocese. Thomson has been placed on administrative leave, Rosenberg said. Thomson pleaded not guilty at arraignment. He is free on $5,000 bail. According to a criminal complaint, a trooper on Monday stopped Thomson at Mile 228 Parks Highway near McKinley Village about 134 miles south of Fairbanks. The complaint filed by Trooper Christopher Bitz said the officer noticed a blue pickup speeding at 79 mph in a 65-mph zone. The truck was weaving and had crossed the centerline, Bitz said. Bitz said Thomson seemed disoriented. The officer asked for his vehicle registration and Thomson instead handed him a receipt. Bitz asked if he was carrying any weapons, the complaint said. Thomson reported a .357-caliber handgun in the back seat but not a 9mm pistol he carried in his back pocket, Bitz said. Another pocket revealed a bag with a small quantity of marijuana, Bitz said. See PRIEST, page A-12

By KELLY SULLIVAN Peninsula Clarion

Soldotna City Council postponed voting on an ordinance that would prohibit synthetic drugs, including spice and bath salts, at the public meeting on Wednesday. Since it was introduced at last month’s meeting, the state Legislature has proposed a bill that would make the drugs illegal statewide, said City Manager Mark Dixson. T The Council agreed to wait until the next meeting and hear whether the bill passes in the Senate and House of Representatives. However, before getting down to the action items, the council listened to an unusually lengthy period of public commentary from a group of avid residents, whose size exceeded the rooms’ maximum occuPhoto by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Trukee LeMay, of Kenai, plays the ninth hole July 26, 2013, at pancy. the Birch Ridge Golf Course in Soldotna. Residents are asking the city, for a second time, to purchase the golf course. See GOLF, page A-12 C

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Funding coastal effort would create jobs By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS — A study commissioned by an environmental group says funding the state’s multibillion-dollar, 50year master plan for coastal protection and restoration would create anywhere from about 100,000-200,000 permanent jobs, spurring the economy with billions in project spending. The study by economist Timothy Ryan — former president of the University of New Orleans — was commissioned by Restore Louisiana Now. That group was formed to support a lawsuit against oil, gas and pipeline companies filed by the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East. The suit, which does not specify a dollar amount, says the companies should pay for damage the industry has done to coastal wetlands that serve as a natural hurricane buffer for New Orleans. Ryan’s study of the 180-page coastal plan adopted by the state in 2012 looks at two 50-year scenarios: funding the plan at the $50 billion level, which Ryan’s analysis indicates would slow but not reverse land loss, and at the $100 billion level, which he said would result in a net gain of land. “A major problem confronts us since even the $50 billion level suggested in the master plan

is not funded at this time,” Ryan said in his summary. Ryan only briefly addressed opponents of the suit who say it will result in oil companies moving jobs from Louisiana if it continues. Ryan said that “defies economic logic” because oil and gas extraction will remain profitable in Louisiana even if the suit proceeds. But, Ryan said, the impact of major spending on coastal restoration “is still the better economic alternative for Louisiana. Counting all direct and secondary jobs, the oil and gas industry currently accounts for 35,482 jobs in the state of Louisiana.” One of the chief opponents of the lawsuit, the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association, issued a written response when asked for comment on Ryan’s study. It didn’t take issue with his job and spending projections, but said the lawsuit was “abusive and frivolous.” “The 1,650 members of the Louisiana Oil & Gas Association continue to tell us that lawsuits are affecting decisions on whether or not companies invest new dollars in our state,” said the statement from spokesman Ragan Dickens. “These investments contribute to 310,000 oil and gas jobs in our state.” Ryan said that the $50 billion scenario includes spending that would support more

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than 16,000 construction jobs per year — building levees and freshwater diversion projects aimed at rebuilding the coast with sediment — and create 109,000 permanent science and engineering jobs with $3.6 billion in annual earnings. Spending at the $100 billion level would support more than 33,000 annual construction

jobs and more than 212,000 permanent jobs with more than $7 billion in earnings. Ryan cites the Netherlands as an example of a flood-vulnerable nation that has developed an industry of private businesses doing science and engineering studies aimed at helping vulnerable communities.

National soil collection may unlock mysteries FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — The government has been collecting dirt — lots of it. Clumps came from the Texas Panhandle, a shady grove in West Virginia, a picked-over corn field in Kansas and thousands of other places in the lower 48. A small army of researchers and university students scattered across the country for three years to scoop samples into plastic bags from nearly 5,000 places. Though always underfoot and often overlooked, dirt actually has a lot to tell. Scientists say information gleaned from it could help farmers grow better vegetables, build a better understanding of climate change and even solve crimes. David Smith launched the U.S. Geological Survey project in 2001 and said data about the dirt will feed research for a century, and he’s sharing it with anyone who wants it.

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Obituary Patricia L. Norris Patricia L. Norris, 66, of Soldotna passed away on Tuesday, March 25, 2014. Patricia was born to Robert and Alice (Herndon) Chapman on Sunday, June 29, 1947 in West Virginia, where as an adult, she worked as a nurse. Patricia worked as a medical billing professional in the 1990s. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and will be remembered as the honest, strong minded, young at heart and loving person that she was. Her family will remember her loving relationship with her dog, Stashy. She had him as her precious companion. The way she was with him, her family and her friends will not be forgotten. She was preceded in death by her parents. Patricia is survived by her husband, Glen Norris; daughters, Virginia and husband, Thomas Farabee Jr. of Kenai and Cindy L. Jackinsky of Soldotna; grandsons, Jarred and Simon Farabee; granddaughter, Harley Farabee, all of Kenai and her dog, Stashy. A private, family memorial service will be held at a later date. Please visit Patricia’s online memorial page and sign her guestbook at www.alaskanfuneral.com.

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Friday 3:15 p.m. The House Labor & Commerce Committee will sponsor a public hearing to discuss HB 302 Public Accountants, HB 203 Reimbursement of Health Insurance Claims and HB 253 Private Investigators / Agencies. Testimony will be taken. Friday 3:30 p.m. The Senate Resources Committee will sponsor a public hearing for an Overview of Salmon Stocks and Managements Plans in Upper Cook Inlet by the Department of Fish and Game, Charlie Swanton, Director, Sport Fish Division & Tracy Lingnau, Regional Supervisor, Central Region. Testimony by invitation only. Saturday 9:00 a.m. The Joint House & Senate Judiciary Committees will sponsor a public hearing to discuss the Ballot Initiative: An Act to Tax and Regulate the Production, Sale and Use of Marijuana. Topics to be covered: Legal Implications; Fiscal Implications; Regulation / Implementation; Invited Testimony from Initiative Sponsors; Public Testimony. Testimony will be taken; time limits may be imposed. Saturday 10:00 a.m. The Senate Resources Committee will sponsor a public hearing to discuss HB 161 Auctions For Big Game Harvest Permits, HJR 30 Izembek Land Exchange and HB 268 Big Bull Moose Derbies. 2 minute testimony limit. Saturday 1:30 p.m. The Joint House & Senate Judiciary Committees will sponsor a public hearing to discuss the Ballot Initiative: An Act Increasing the Alaska Minimum Wage to $8.75 Per Hour. Topics to be covered: Legal Implications; Fiscal Implications; Regulation / Implementation; Invited Testimony from Initiative Sponsors; Public Testimony. Testimony will be taken; time limits may be imposed. Monday 6:00 p.m. The House Resources Committee will sponsor a public hearing to discuss SB 138 Gas Pipeline; AGDC; Oil & Gas Production Tax. Testimony will be taken.

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dress (optional); and a brief description of the activity. The deadline to submit information is April 30. Emailed submissions are required. Email Just Kidding information to news@peninsulaclarion.com. Grant funds available for local non-profit orgs In the subject line write Just Kidding. For more information, Starting April 1, Central Peninsula non-profit organiza- call Will Morrow at 907-335-1251 or email will.morrow@pentions can apply online for a grant from the Kenai Peninsula insulaclarion.com. Foundation’s Endowment Fund. Grants of up to $500 from the available total of $6,400 will be awarded to eligible applicants. Guidelines and the required online application can be found at Peer support meeting scheduled in Sterling www.kenaipeninsulafoundation.org by clicking on GRANTS. Kenai Peninsula Family Caregiver Support Program will be Application deadline is May 15. For more information email holding their Peer Support Meeting Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at kenai@alaskacf.org or call Mariko Sarafin at (907)249-6609. 1:00 p.m. at the Sterling Senior Center, video for discussionThe Kenai Peninsula Foundation is an Affiliate of the Alaska ”Humor Your Stress” with Loretta LaRoche. Please join us to Community Foundation, and its Endowment Fund was estab- share your caregiving experience. Take a break from caregiving lished through charitable donations from local residents and and let us take care of you. For more information contact Judy community partners. or Shelley at (907) 262-1280

Around the Peninsula

Cook Inlet RCAC plans meeting in Nikiski

Kenai Peninsula Quilt Guild

Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council (Cook Inlet RCAC) will hold its Prevention, Response, Operations & Safety Meeting (PROPS) at CISPRI in Nikiski beginning at 10 a.m. March 28. The public is welcome to attend. For more information or an agenda, please call 1-800-652-7222 or 907283-7222. Board materials will be available online just prior to the meeting.

This guild invites all quilters on the Kenai Peninsula to our semi-annual meeting Saturday April 5 10 a.m. at the Christ Lutheran Church in Soldotna. This guild promotes communication, education and enjoyment for any interested quilters. Following the business meeting , there will be a potluck and hands -on class at 1 p.m. to create a quilted notebook cover. For more information contact Jan 252-2773.

Scholarship available for returning students

Humanist group to meet at Soldotna Library

The PEO scholarship application for 2014/2015 for $1500 is available for women who are returning after completing one or more semesters of college and are planning to enroll at the Kenai Peninsula College Soldotna Campus. The scholarship applications can be picked up at the counselors’ office beginning March 15.

Humanist Group to meet Saturday April 5th at the Soldotna Public Library from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. This group advocates progressive values for humanists, atheists, and freethinkers. The theme of this month’s meeting is the following phrase...”Humans are an integral part of nature, the result of unguided evolutionary change.” Attendees are encouraged, but not required, to speak on how they interpret that phrase and what it means to them. There is free WiFi at the library so if one is feeling ambitious one can bring iPads, laptops, or whatever and make a presentation. We will be in Conference Room A so let’s fill it with critical thinking individuals. Please bring along anyone you feel may be interested. Please email courageoustiger@gmail. com with questions. Note: This event is held at, not sponsored by the Soldotna Public Library.

Kids’ activities sought The Clarion is seeking information for its annual Just Kidding section with listings of summer events for youth. Organizations, businesses, individuals or churches planning summer events open to area youth May through August may submit activities. Information needed: Name or group or organization; age of youth who may attend; time of activity; date of activity and deadline for registration; place activity will be held including address; cost of activity and/or fees; contact name and phone number for people to call; email address (optional); Web ad-

Community Calendar Today 9:45 a.m. • TOPS #AK 196 meets at The Grace Lutheran Church, in Soldotna. Call Dorothy at 2621303. Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group at 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Suite 71 in the old Carrs Mall in Kenai. Call 262-1917. 12:30 p.m. • Well Elders Live Longer exercise (W.E.L.L.) will meet at the Nikiski Senior Center. Call

instructor Mary Olson at 907776-3745. 8 p.m. • Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “It Works” at URS Club, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. • AA 12 by 12 at the United Methodist Church, 607 Frontage Road, Kenai.

• Twin City Al-Anon Family group, United Methodist Church, 607 Frontage Road in Kenai. Call 541-953-8335. Saturday 10 a.m. • Narcotics Anonymous PJ Meeting, URS Club, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. 7 p.m. • Narcotics Anonymous support group “Dopeless Hope Fiends,” URS Club, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. 8 p.m. • AA North Roaders Group at North Star Methodist Church,

All teleconferences are held at the Kenai Legislative Information Office, 145 Main Street Loop No. 217, Kenai, unless otherwise noted. To confirm call 2832030 or email Kenai.LIO@akleg.gov. To listen or watch online go to http://alaskalegislature.tv/.

Mile 25.5 Kenai Spur Highway. Call 242-9477. The Community Calendar lists recurring events and meetings of local organizations. To have your event listed, email organization name, day or days of meeting, time of meeting, place, and a contact phone number to news@peninsulaclarion.com.

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Lots to do in a short time It’s that time of year again — the

sun is shining, snow is melting, and the Legislature is scrambling to get through its tasks before the close of the session. The 90-day legislative session is slated to end April 20, and lawmakers have expressed a goal of wrapping up their work by April 18 to make it home in time for Easter. That gives them three weeks to wrap up what has turned out to be an extremely busy session. The Legislature already has sent a number of bills to the governor, but still have a full plate — including bills that deal with the budget and the proposed natural gas pipeline. Furthermore, lawmakers and the governor took on education this session, a huge and complex topic for any session, nevermind one as jam-packed as this. We’re pleased to see lawmakers set ambitious goals for themselves — and put their noses to the grindstone to achieve them. Lawmakers jumped right into this year’s session, and it hasn’t been disrupted by things like the national energy conference, which in recent years has halted legislative proceedings in their tracks. However, this is also the time in the session when things start to come fast and furious. Toward the end of the session, hearings and floor votes will take place on short notice, with the House and Senate and various committees convening at all hours. Things will be getting hectic, to say the least. With that in mind, we urge our representatives to proceed with caution. While passing important legislation is part of the job we’ve elected them to do, so is looking out for the Kenai Peninsula’s best interests — which just as often means not passing legislation. It’s better to hold a bad bill and start fresh next year than to pass poorly crafted legislation. Likewise, as the session heads for the home stretch, we’d remind lawmakers that now is the time to focus on the priorities, such as the state budget. At this point in the session, individual lawmakers’ pet issues will have to move to the back burner. The last few weeks of the legislative session is always a flurry of activity. That there’s lots to do in a short period of time is no excuse not to make sure what’s done is done well.

Quotable “It’s like preparing so long for a big game and then when you win — it is pure joy.” — Former UCLA linebacker Ramogi Huma after a federal agency ruled that football players at Northwestern University can create the nation’s first union of college athletes. “This is a really rough piece of ocean, which is going to be a terrific issue. I worry that people carrying out the rescue mission are going to get into trouble.” — Kerry Sieh, director of the Earth Observatory of Singapore, on the search for the missing Malaysian jetliner in a remote part of the southern Indian Ocean.

Letters to the Editor Grandpa’s advice still ingrained I was born in the village of Ninilchik in 1927. When I was about 10-12 years old, in order to out do the other boys, I worked my way about a mile or more up the Ninilchik River. The kings were thick in the fish hole I found. I baited up my hook with fresh salmon eggs and on my first drift I hooked into a 20-25 pound king. With joy and excitement I struggled dragging it home, showing it off as I made my way. But then I met Grandpa! I was grinning with excitement until I saw Grandpa’s face. His eyes squinted ... his big bushy eyebrows came together and right there, without hesitation, he turned me over his knee. I got a spanking, I still remember, 75 years ago. After I stopped crying, and regained some composure and had his full attention, he explained. Never, never, never harvest a fish that is ready or getting ready to spawn. This fish has been in the river for some time, you see, look, it’s turning red. It’s like a mother chicken getting ready to set ... to hatch her young, to raise a brood of chicks. You just killed a bunch of new young fish. When this spawning fish has reached its nesting ground, leave it alone. That way we will always have fish. Normally, Grandpa’s words were few as I recall. But when he spoke his words were penetrating and ingrained in my mind forever. George Jackinsky Kasilof

A veteran thanks Alaskan Vets Assisting Vets I’m a disabled veteran with a beat up back and worse hearing. I recently moved to Kenai via Sitka via the lower 48. Being a lifelong waterman I came here to cross off commercial fishing in Alaska from my “bucket list.” As many know it’s not easy to leave here once you arrive so 4-plus

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years later I’m still here and not planning on leaving. Besides epic views and abundant sea and wildlife I also found a VA system that actually cares about veterans! With help from people like Michael Appleby at the Kenai VA Clinic and Sarah at Love, INC I was able to get me and my dog Lucy settled in to a new apartment. While stoked for everything I realized I was still kind of screwed for a while. With no job, limited income and a body feeling much older than my 50 years I decided to hitch a ride the 3 miles into town to try and do something positive. It was then the Big Guy smiled upon me when Craig Hamrick picked me up and gave me a ride. While conversing with Craig on the way to town he asked what I did and told him my story without trying to whine too much. When I asked him what he did, he smiled and said he and his group helped guys just like me out. He then took my number and said he would talk to Mike Totten (President, AVAV) and call me later that day and that he thought they might be able to help me. Mike called that afternoon and when I told how stressed I was about everything he stated “Thom don’t worry, you’re a vet and we have your back!” Since then he not only helped with my electric bill and a portion of my first month’s rent but also helped with a few staples for my kitchen. In addition and most importantly the AVAV has assisted me getting to the doctors for a MRI and follow up X-Rays. To summarize if it wasn’t for the AVAV I’d be in a world of hurt. However, now I’m getting the work done on my body that is needed and am looking forward to getting back on the water. So if you know a vet that needs assistance or just as importantly want to assist the Alaskan Vets Assisting Vets I totally encourage both! You may see them in Soldotna with flags waving or can contact Mike Totten at P.O. Box 2347 Soldotna, AK 99669 or totten14@yahoo.comm or 907-598-9208. Thom Nelson USN Vet, Honorable, Disabled, Decorated Kenai

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Veterans memorial should be protected I read your article in March 19’s paper regarding the Veteran’s Memorial at the Leif Hanson Park. Is anyone else just plain “tired” of the twisted interpretation of the 1st Amendment regarding religion? It was created to keep the government from imposing “a specified” religion as to blanket this new nation, as was the case in England. If you did not belong to that religion you were fined and taxed, or restricted from doing business with the government. That is what was meant by the “separation of church and state.” Not to declare that there was “no religion” at all. Each was entitled to worship according to their own heart, without being penalized for it. Therefore, we have the right to choose whatever religion we deem appropriate to worship by the conviction of our own soul and heart. That is as far as it goes. You do not have the right to tell me how to worship … and I do not have the right to tell you how to worship, nor to restrict your worship. It does not give anyone the right to tear down any religious symbols/words or objects displayed or erected just because it “offends.” In my opinion it is an oxymoron if you will, for an atheist who declares they do not “believe” in any religion, to view any religious object as an “affront” to them. If it causes them to have objections (ie: as they are using against the 90 year old cross back East that was erected because so many from that town had fallen during WWI), then they must really not be true atheists. For if they do not believe in any religion why would that object be any more than that, an object, a structure, a piece of art or a bunch of words? I am with Scott Hamann about “fighting” for the right of this Memorial to remain as it is, and I also believe it is time people quit cowing to the power of a few. Just as those veterans that have fallen in the line of duty for this country, we too should “Stand Our Ground” in protecting our heritage, history, and our rights as Americans. Nice job Scott! Marty Ragan Nikiski

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Alaska Native languages bill raises questions MIKE COPPOCK Associated Press

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JUNEAU, Alaska — A bill that would symbolically make 20 Alaska Native languages as official languages of the state got some real-world pushback Thursday. House Bill 216’s co-sponsor, Rep. Charisse Millett, R-Anchorage, was questioned about the ramifications of such designations during a House State Affairs committee. Currently, English is the only official language for official business in Alaska. Rep. Doug Isaacson, RNorth Pole, said he worried others will read an intent in the bill that’s not there. Isaacson made his statement after the bill’s co-sponsor Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, DSitka, introduced an amendment clarifying recognition of the languages was merely symbolic and the bill was not introducing the languages into statute. Both Department of Law representative Libby Bakalar and Legislative Legal Affairs representative Hillary Martin also testified the bill as written would make the languages only symbolically official in Alaska and would not affect state law or procedures. “This bill gives them the opportunity to grow and have pride,” said Millett, whose grandmother was Inupiat from White Mountain. Millett told the committee how her grandmother was not allowed to speak her language and thus was not able to pass it to other generations, including her. Rep. Wes Keller, R-Wasilla, said he had problems with the bill noting the word “official” appears 650 times in Alaska statutes. “I am really struggling with the format of this bill,” said Keller. “It might deepen a wedge we don’t need.” Millett said she didn’t understand the pushback, noting the

“It’s the beginning of a movement to restore pride. I get a little offended when people say this doesn’t do anything.” —Rep. Charisse Millet, R-Anchorage Legislature handles such bills as recognizing an official state flower. “It’s the beginning of a movement to restore pride. I get a little offended when people say this doesn’t do anything,” she said. Testifying before the committee, Rep. Benjamin Nageak, D-Barrow, said the bill was a recognition that Alaska Native peoples had been in Alaska for thousands of years. Nageak said the bill is in the same format used when English was recognized by the Legislature. Isaacson and Rep. Lynn Gattis, R-Wasilla, said their grandparents had to give up their language of origin because English is spoken in America. Gattis said her family quit speaking Russian while Isaacson said his family quit speaking Norwegian. “We weren’t from another country,” Nageak answered. “We were here for a very long time when the Russians came.” According to the Alaska Native Heritage Center, 19 of Alaska’s 21 indigenous languages are in danger of becoming extinct. Though roughly 10,000 still speak the Central Yup’ik language, the last Eyak speaker, Marie Smith Jones, died in 2008. Eyak is listed in the bill. Currently only Hawaii recognizes an indigenous language as an official language. The bill remains in committee.

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A flock of ravens perch on a light pole Saturday along Benson Boulevard on Saturday, March 22, 2014, in Anchorage.

Inmate sues over jailhouse treatment ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Anchorage inmate has filed a lawsuit against the city, its police department and the state over his treatment after a self-induced drug coma during a 2012 arrest and a subsequent jailhouse beating. Clay Miears is seeking at least $1 million in the personalinjury lawsuit, the Anchorage Daily News reported. The lawsuit names the city, a police officer and the state as defendants. Miears maintains the officer, Michael Lofton, failed to get him prompt medical care after Miears swallowed methamphetamine and heroin during his arrest on charges including failing to stop at an officer’s direction. Miears, 39, was in a coma for four days, according

to the lawsuit. The lawsuit also says corrections officers at the Anchorage jail did not protect Miears from a beating by inmates or provide necessary medical treatment. State and city officials have declined to comment on the lawsuit, which was filed Feb. 28. Miears’ attorney, Gayle Brown, did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday. According to charges filed by police after the 2012 arrest, a woman reported a car swerving at other vehicles on the Glenn Highway. Police said an officer spotted the Chevrolet Aveo and tried to pull it over, but the car sped away, reaching speeds of up to 100 mph. According to court documents, the officer was told to discontinue his pursuit.

A few minutes later, a man called police to report the Chevrolet had hit his pickup truck and he followed the vehicle to a location, where the driver of the Chevrolet jumped out and ran off, according to the charges. Police tracked the driver’s footprints in deep snow to an apartment, where Miears was found and arrested, the charges say. According to a police report by Lofton, Miears’ speech was coherent at first, then began to deteriorate. “As I spoke to Clay, he stated that he had swallowed heroin and meth as we were contacting him,” the officer wrote. “Clay said he swallowed about three grams of heroin and one gram

of meth ... Clay was acting very erratically, having difficulty sitting still and at times speaking incoherently.” Police called medics to check Miears, but “it was determined” he did not need immediate medical attention, according to Lofton’s report. The lawsuit says the officer made that decision. According to the lawsuit, Miears told the officer he was suffering from ingesting the drugs and needed to go straight to a hospital, but was not taken for treatment until a “considerable time later.”

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Around the World Air Force fires 9 commanders in nuke missile cheating scandal, dozens face action WASHINGTON — The Air Force took the extraordinary step Thursday of firing nine midlevel nuclear commanders and announcing it will discipline dozens of junior officers at a nuclear missile base, responding firmly to an exam-cheating scandal that spanned a far longer period than originally reported. A 10th commander, the senior officer at the base, resigned and will retire from the Air Force. Air Force officials called the discipline unprecedented in the history of America’s intercontinental ballistic missile force. The Associated Press last year revealed a series of security and other problems in the ICBM force, including a failed safety and security inspection at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., where the cheating occurred. In an emotion-charged resignation letter titled “A Lesson to Remember,” Col. Robert Stanley, who commanded the 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom, lamented that the reputation of the ICBM mission was now “tarnished because of the extraordinarily selfish actions of officers entrusted with the most powerful weapon system ever devised by man.” Stanley, seen as a rising star in the Air Force, had been nominated for promotion to brigadier general just days before the cheating scandal came to light in January. Instead he is retiring, convinced, as he wrote in his farewell letter Thursday, that “we let the American people down on my watch.”

Christie’s lawyer clears governor in payback plot; other investigations loom NEW YORK — Lawyers hired by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s administration said Thursday that the governor was not involved in the plot to create a traffic jam last fall, a conclusion that left the lead lawyer defending the integrity of his report, which came ahead of the results of separate and ongoing federal and legislative investigations. The taxpayer-funded report released by former federal prosecutor Randy Mastro relied on interviews with Christie and other officials in his administration — who were not under oath — and 250,000 documents, many of them emails and text messages. But the key figures in the political payback plot did not cooperate, leading Democrats to question the credibility of the report and its thoroughness. The investigation concluded Christie had no knowledge beforehand of lane closings Sept. 9-12 near the George Washington Bridge between New Jersey and New York that caused four days of massive gridlock in the community of Fort Lee. The closings became a major scandal for the governor in January when he had to backtrack and acknowledge the involvement of a top aide and an associate in orchestrating the closings. He has repeatedly denied knowing about the plot or being involved in the closings. “Governor Christie’s account of these events rings true. It’s corroborated by many witnesses, and he has conducted himself at every turn as someone who has nothing to hide,” the report found.

Newlywed gets more than 30 years in prison for pushing husband off cliff at national park MISSOULA, Mont. — A Montana woman was sentenced Thursday to more than 30 years in prison for killing her husband of eight days by pushing him from a cliff in Glacier National Park after they argued over her regrets about the marriage. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy said he saw no remorse from Jordan Graham, 22, in the killing of Cody Johnson, 25. He sentenced her to 30 years and five months in prison and ordered her to pay $16,910 in restitution. Graham will be subject to five years of court supervision upon her release. There is no possibility of parole in the federal system, meaning she’s likely to serve the full term. A tearful Graham took the stand during Thursday’s sentencing hearing in Missoula, apologizing to her family and Johnson’s. But Molloy indicated he had continuing doubts about the Kalispell woman’s honesty.

Nation 6M signed up for health care By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Back on track after a stumbling start, President Barack Obama’s heath care overhaul reached a milestone Thursday, with more than 6 million Americans signed up for coverage through new insurance markets. The announcement — four days before open enrollment season ends Monday — fulfills a revised goal set by the Congressional Budget Office and embraced by the White House. Like much else about Obama’s health care law, it comes with a caveat: The administration has yet to announce how many consumers actually closed the deal by paying their first month’s premium. Some independent estimates are that as many as 10 percent to 20 percent have not paid, which would bring the total enrollment to between 5 million and 6 million people. The White House said the president made the announcement during an international conference call with enrollment counselors and volunteers, while traveling in Italy. Administration officials, focused on signing up even more people over the weekend, played down the occasion. Others said it was unmistakably a promising sign. “I think the program is finally starting to hit its stride in terms of reaching the enrollment goals the administration set,” said John Rother, CEO of the

‘The national number only gets us so far. The fair measure of success is whether you have set up a market that is sustainable into the future. So you can then go out and find the rest of the uninsured people, and bring them in over the next couple of years.’ — Caroline Pearson, Avalere Health

National Coalition on Health Care, a nonpartisan coalition of businesses, health care industry groups and consumer organizations. “It still has a ways to go in terms of achieving public acceptance.” To put the 6 million sign-ups in perspective, consider that the HealthCare.gov website didn’t work when it was launched in October. Millions of people trying to access online marketplace exchanges that offer subsidized private insurance were met with frozen screens. Nonetheless, the administration’s achievement is still short of the original target of covering 7 million people through the exchanges. Several million more people have gained coverage through Medicaid. That safety net program was also expanded under the law, but only about half of states have gone along. Nonetheless, ongoing measurements by Gallup show that the number of Americans without coverage has been slowly dropping since coverage under

the law took effect in January. Monday is the deadline to enroll in the new insurance exchanges, but potentially millions of people will still be able to take advantage of extensions announced this week. Although the national number is important, what really counts is state-by-state enrollment. That’s because each state is a separate insurance market. To help keep premium increases in check, each state market must have a balance between young and old, healthy and sick. “The national number only gets us so far,” said Caroline Pearson, who is tracking the rollout for the market analysis firm Avalere Health. “The fair measure of success is whether you have set up a market that is sustainable into the future. So you can then go out and find the rest of the uninsured people, and bring them in over the next couple of years.” As of just a couple of few weeks ago, it seemed like it would take a miracle of sorts

for the administration to hit the 6 million mark. Enrollment in February was lackluster. But this week especially has seen a resurgence of consumer interest with the enrollment deadline approaching. The administration said HealthCare.gov got 1.5 million visits on Wednesday. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has been traveling constantly to promote sign-ups. Obama himself joined in reaching out to Hispanics, a large and relatively young population that has been sitting on the sidelines. Achieving the 6 million level was a relief to congressional Democrats. The law remains unpopular with the public, and Republicans are making its repeal their rallying cry in the upcoming midterm elections. “The Affordable Care Act is working,” House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California asserted in a statement. “Republicans should abandon their reckless pursuit of new milestones in the number of votes to repeal or undermine this historic law.” The GOP-led House has voted more than 50 times to repeal, defund or scale back the law. Some Democratic lawmakers were hedging their bets. Five Democrats and one independent — three facing re-election — introduced a package of changes to the law Thursday, including one to spare companies with fewer than 100 employees from a requirement to provide coverage to their workers. The current cutoff is 50.

Police probe baggage thefts at LAX airport LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police served more than two dozen search warrants and made six arrests in an investigation targeting the theft of baggage by handlers at Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said. Detectives and officers from the city and airport also seized jewelry, electronics, clothing and other personal belongings on Wednesday night at 25 locations in the region, including the airport, airport police Assistant Chief Michael Hyams said. “We believe that there has been a culture of being able to take property that wasn’t theirs,

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and that’s what we want to be able to put a stop to,” Los Angeles Police Department Capt. Ray Maltez told KABC-TV. The people arrested were primarily employees or exemployees of companies contracted to handle luggage and did not work directly for the airport, Hyams said. Some of the suspects worked for Menzies Aviation, which has an office at the airport. The alleged crimes “were limited to a handful of employees, acting independently,” the company said in a statement Tuesday. “Menzies supports this enforcement action and pledges

its complete cooperation with the police investigation,” the statement said. The undercover investigation came in response to a string of theft reports from planes, terminals and runways, police said. Four suspects were taken into custody on suspicion of receiving stolen property and two for outstanding warrants. A total of 14 people were detained for questioning. More arrests were expected. The suspects had undergone employment and criminal background checks before they were authorized to work at the airport, said officials, who will

attempt to return the seized items to owners. Most of the police activity was at the Tom Bradley International Terminal and at Terminal 4, which handles American Airlines, American Eagle and some Qantas flights. Television news showed police raiding airport terminals and leading out people in handcuffs, with several wearing yellow reflective safety vests. The raids were first reported by KNBC-TV. Every year about 55 million pieces of luggage are checked at LAX, which served nearly 67 million passengers last year.

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US autism estimate rises to 1 in 68 children By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer

NEW YORK — The government’s estimate of autism has moved up again to 1 in 68 U.S. children, a 30 percent increase in two years. But health officials say the new number may not mean autism is more common. Much of the increase is believed to be from a cultural and medical shift, with doctors diagnosing autism more frequently, especially in children with milder problems.

“We can’t dismiss the numbers. But we can’t interpret it to mean more people are getting the disorder,” said Marisela Huerta, a psychologist at the New York-Presbyterian Center for Autism and the Developing Brain in suburban White Plains, N.Y. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the latest estimate Thursday. The Atlanta-based agency said its calculation means autism affects roughly 1.2 million Americans under 21. Two years ago, the CDC put the estimate at 1 in

88 children, or about 1 million. The cause or causes of autism are still not known. Without any blood test or other medical tests for autism, diagnosis is not an exact science. It’s identified by making judgments about a child’s behavior. Thursday’s report is considered the most comprehensive on the frequency of autism. Researchers gathered data in 2010 from areas in 11 states — Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Utah and Wisconsin.

Seismic readings show that were 2 major slides By DOUG ESSER Associated Press

SEATTLE — Seismic signals showed there were two major slides about four minutes apart during Saturday’s disaster in Washington state, and afterward smaller slides continued for days, University of Washington researchers said. A report on the landslide readings was sent to the U.S. Geological Survey and posted Wednesday on the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network blog by Kate Allstadt, a university researcher. The “very rapid and energetic” event was detected on 17 seismic stations ranging from 7 to 170 miles away. They showed the biggest slide started at 10:37 a.m. and lasted more than two minutes. This is the slide that crossed the North Fork Stillaguamish River and hit the community of Oso, killing at least 25 people “The big pulse was the main volume of material that broke down from the slope and tumbled down toward that valley,” said Bill Steele, the seismology lab coordinator and spokesman for the seismic network.

“Another big pulse followed that, breaking loose another section of unstable slope,” he said. The second slide at 10:41 a.m. was material breaking off the steep cliff created by the first slide, Allstadt said Thursday. Smaller slides continued for an hour and occasionally for days later, similar to earthquake aftershocks. The landslide moved with surprising speed, said Ralph Haugerud, a USGS research geologist at the University of Washington. “Not very many move this fast,” he said Thursday. Typical landslides in the Nooksack Valley “crept down the hill.” The vibration of falling can cause a landslide to turn into a debris flow that moves like water. “My hunch is the slide may have dropped farther than many, and as it did it liquefied,” Haugerud said. The study of seismic signals showed no earthquake triggered the slide, Allstadt said. The closest quake was a magnitude 1.1 on March 10. That would have been too weak to lead to a slide, Allstadt said. There have been eight such quakes in the Oso area in the past year.

The report focused on 8-year-olds because most autism is diagnosed by that age. The researchers checked health and school records to see which children met the criteria for autism, even if they hadn’t been formally diagnosed. Then, the researchers calculated how common autism was in each place and overall. The CDC started using this method in 2007 when it came up with an estimate of 1 in 150 children. Two years later, it went to 1 in 110. In 2012, it went to 1 in 88. Last year, the CDC released results of a less reliable calculation — from a survey of parents — which suggested as many as 1 in 50 children have autism. Experts aren’t surprised by the growing numbers, and some say all it reflects is that doctors, teachers and parents are increasingly likely to say a child with learning and behavior problems is autistic. Some CDC experts say screening and diagnosis are clearly major drivers, but that

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they can’t rule out some actual increase as well. “We cannot say what portion is from better diagnosis and improved understanding versus if there’s a real change,” said Coleen Boyle, the CDC official overseeing research into children’s developmental disabilities. For decades, autism meant kids with severe language, intellectual and social impairments and unusual, repetitious behaviors. But the definition has gradually expanded and now includes milder, related conditions. One sign of that: In the latest study, almost half of autistic kids had average or above average IQs. That’s up from a third a decade ago and can be taken as an indication that the autism label is more commonly given to higher-functioning children, CDC officials acknowledged. Aside from that, much in the latest CDC report echoes earlier findings. Autism and related disorders continue to be diag-

nosed far more often in boys than girls, and in whites than blacks or Hispanics. The racial and ethnic differences probably reflects white communities’ greater focus on looking for autism and white parents’ access to doctors, because there’s no biological reason to believe whites get autism more than other people, CDC officials said at a press briefing Thursday. One change CDC officials had hoped to see, but didn’t, was a drop in the age of diagnosis. Experts say a diagnosis can now be made at age 2 or even earlier. But the new report said the majority of children continue to be diagnosed after they turn 4. “We know the earlier a child is identified and connected with services, the better,” Boyle said. The American Academy of Pediatrics issued a statement Thursday, saying the nation needs to step up screening for the condition and research into autism’s causes.

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Obama, Pope find common ground and divisions ByJULIE PACE and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press

VATICAN CITY — Face to face for the first time, President Barack Obama and Pope Francis focused publicly on their mutual respect and shared concern for the poor on Thursday. But their lengthy private discussion also highlighted the deep differences between the White House and the Catholic Church on abortion and birth control. The gaps were evident in the differing accounts Obama and the Vatican gave of the meeting, with Obama stressing the two leaders’ common ground on fighting inequality and poverty while Vatican officials emphasized the importance to the church of “rights to religious freedom, life and conscientious objection.” That point by church officials referred to a major disagreement over a provision of Obama’s health care law. The meeting inside the grand headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church marked a symbolic high point of Obama’s three-country visit to Europe. For a president whose approval ratings have slipped since winning re-election, it was also an opportunity to link himself to the hugely popular pope and his focus on fighting poverty. “Those of us as politicians have the task of trying to come up with policies to address issues,” Obama said following the meeting. “But His Holiness has the capacity to open people’s eyes and make sure they’re seeing that this is an issue.” The president said the plight of the poor and marginalized was a central topic in their talks, along with Middle East peace, conflicts in Syria and the treatment of Christians around the world. Social issues, he said, were not discussed in detail.

However, the Vatican left out any reference to inequality issues in its description of the meeting. In a written statement, church officials instead said discussions among not only the pope and president but also their top aides centered on questions of particular relevance for the church leaders in the U.S., making veiled references both to abortion and a contraception mandate in Obama’s health care law, which is under review by the Supreme Court. For Obama, the meeting with the pope marked a departure from the intense focus on the situation in Ukraine, which dominated his first three days in Europe. The president’s motorcade snaked through the narrow streets of Rome Thursday morning, passing thick crowds near the entrance to the Vatican. Obama and members of his delegation were joined by Vatican officials for a slow processional through the frescoed Clementine Hall, where Swiss Guards stood watch in their brightly colored uniforms designed by Michelangelo. Obama and Francis, two of the world’s most recognizable men, both appeared nervous as they shook hands before entering the Papal Library. “I’m a great admirer,” Obama said to the smiling pope. The two men then sat across from each other at a wooden desk for a private meeting that lasted 52

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US President Barack Obama meets with Pope Francis, Thursday, at the Vatican. Obama called himself a “great admirer” of Pope Francis as he sat down at the Vatican Thursday with the pontiff he considers a kindred spirit on issues of economic inequality. Their historic first meeting comes as Obama’s administration and the church remain deeply split on issues of abortion and contraception.

minutes, well beyond the halfhour that had been scheduled. Obama seem buoyed by the meeting as they emerged, smiling broadly as the pope greeted a handful of Obama’s senior advisers. Among them was Secretary of State John Kerry, who pronounced himself “a great admirer of everything you’ve been doing, as a Catholic, for the church.”

The president then presented the pope a seed chest with fruit and vegetable seeds used in the White House Garden, in honor of the pope’s announcement earlier this year that he’s opening the gardens of the papal summer residence to the public. The chest was custommade of leather and reclaimed wood from the Baltimore Basilica, one of the oldest Catholic

cathedrals in the U.S, and inscribed with the date of Thursday’s meeting. The pope’s gift to Obama included a copy of his papal mission statement decrying a global economic system that excludes the poor. The president said he would keep it at the White House and read it during frustrating moments in the Oval Office. Obama also extended an invitation for the pope to visit the United States. Speaking in his native Spanish, the Argentine pope replied, “Why not?” Although the Vatican has not yet confirmed the trip, it is likely that Francis will travel to the U.S. in September 2015 for the church’s World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia. Popes have attended these family celebrations five of the past seven times, and Francis has put family issues at the forefront of his agenda. Before departing the Vatican, Obama asked the pope to “pray for me and my family,” echoing the pope’s tradition of ending his meetings by asking people to pray for him. Obama has visited the Vatican once before as president, meeting with Pope Benedict XVI in 2009. But Obama’s meeting with the current pope was more highly anticipated, given their shared economic philosophies and Francis’ own global popularity. According to the Pew Re-

search Center more than eight in 10 U.S. Catholics say they have a favorable view of the pontiff. While Francis has brought a change in tone and emphasis to aspects of the Vatican, the core doctrines that have divided the church and the Obama administration have not changed. Obama is a strong supporter of abortion rights, while Francis embraces church teaching against abortion. Still, the pope has said he wants to focus more on his church being a welcoming place for wounded souls rather than a moralizing church. There are also difficult areas of discord between U.S. bishops and the Obama administration over the administration’s health care overhaul. U.S. bishops were among the most outspoken opponents of “Obamacare,” objecting to its mandatory coverage of birth control. The Supreme Court this week seemed divided when hearing arguments in a case in which companies argued that they have religious rights and can object to such coverage based on such beliefs. Italy was Obama’s third stop on a weeklong overseas trip that previously took him to the Netherlands and Belgium. After meeting with the pope, the president held talks with Italian political leaders, including the country’s energetic new prime minister, Matteo Renzi.

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UN General Assembly votes ‘yes’ on Ukraine unity By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS — In a surprisingly strong rebuke of Moscow, the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday affirmed Ukraine’s territorial integrity and deemed the referendum that led to Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula illegal. The vote on the Ukrainesponsored resolution in the 193-member world body was 100 countries in favor, 11 opposed and 58 abstentions. Twenty-four countries did not vote. While Ukraine has a lot of sympathy among U.N. member states, Russia has a lot of clout. Both sides lobbied hard ahead of the vote, and diplomats had predicted a significant number of abstentions and a maximum 80 to 90 countries supporting the resolution. So the high number of “yes”

votes, representing more than half the 193 U.N. member states, was a sign of international anger at Moscow’s slowmotion military invasion of Crimea. “This support has come from all corners of the world which shows that this (is) not only a regional matter but a global one,” Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsia told reporters after the vote. “It’s the message that the world is united and Russia is isolated,” Deshchytsia said later in an interview with The Associated Press. He said the strong support reaffirms the U.N. Charter’s guarantee of territorial integrity and “will give an overwhelming majority of countries an additional argument” for “stronger and more concrete action” against Russia. Russia was only able to muster 10 other “no” votes — Armenia, Belarus, Bolivia,

Cuba, North Korea, Nicaragua, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela and Zimbabwe. But Russia’s U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin called it “a moral victory for the Russian diplomacy, because an increasing number of countries are beginning to understand the complexity of the situation and the motives behind the actions of Crimea and the Russian Federation.” “The fact that almost half of the members of the United Nations refused to support this resolution, I think is very encouraging,” Churkin said. “So it’s a very encouraging trend and I think this trend will become stronger and stronger.” Among the abstentions were Russia’s fellow members of the BRICS, the world’s biggest developing economies — Brazil, India, China and South Africa. Unlike the more powerful Security Council, resolutions in the General Assembly cannot

be vetoed and are not legally binding. Russia has blocked action in the Security Council where they have veto power as one its five permanent members. Even so, the 15-member council has held eight meetings on Ukraine, as Western powers strive to keep up the pressure on Moscow. Before the vote, Ukraine’s Deshchytsia told the assembly that his country’s territorial integrity and unity had been “ruthlessly trampled” by Russia, a permanent member of the Security Council entrusted to maintain international peace and security, and in direct violation of the U.N. Charter. Russia’s U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin urged a “no” vote, saying a historic injustice in Crimea has been corrected and its people had expressed their right to self-determination in wanting to join Russia. He called the resolution “confrontational in nature” and

Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi looms large By LEE KEATH and MAGGIE MICHAEL Associated Pres

CAIRO — Former military chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, if he wins Egypt’s presidency as is widely expected, will have an overwhelming presence over a shattered political scene. Egypt’s once dominant political force, the Muslim Brotherhood, is crushed under a relentless crackdown. Non-Islamist parties are weak and largely acquiescent to his power. But the political vacuum is hardly a stable one. Supporters of the ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi vowed Thursday to push ahead with their campaign of protests against what they called el-Sissi’s

“republic of fear,” betting that over time the public will turn against el-Sissi if he fails to address the monumental challenges facing the country, including a crippled economy. Secular anti-military youth movements — who also oppose the Islamists — are also watching whether public opinion turns. Amid that vacuum and in the absence of his own party, el-Sissi surrounded himself with politicians, technocrats and big businessmen from the era of ousted President Hosni Mubarak and has the powerful backing of the military and the security forces. That has deepened concerns his presidency would mean a return of the autocratic methods of the past that prompted the 2011 uprising against Mubarak. El-Sissi, who as military chief re-

moved Morsi from office in July and has since been the most powerful figure in the country, announced Wednesday that he had resigned from the military and will run for president in elections expected next month. The election committee is expected over the weekend to announce the date of the election and open the door for formal candidacies. So far, only one person has announced his intention to run against el-Sissi — Hamdeen Sabahi, a leftist politician who finished third in the 2012 presidential election. Other prominent figures, including Islamists who broke away from the Brotherhood, have publicly said they won’t compete, given that el-Sissi is widely assumed to be the sure victor.

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said it would be “counterproductive” to challenge the results of the referendum. Over the past week, Churkin mounted a campaign against the resolution, claiming the dispute is an East-West issue. Ukraine’s U.N. Ambassador Yuriy Sergeyev countered in meetings with regional groups that Russia violated the U.N. Charter and stressed that the country is not a member of any bloc. “The international community has sent a strong message through the passing of this resolution that Russia cannot simply trample over international law,” British Foreign Secretary William Hague said in a statement after the vote. U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power said many supporters recognize that “if such a blatant violation of a nation’s borders is left unchecked, the consequences for other nations could be severe.” She said it was also important to note that only a handful of states supported Russia and many, like Russia, “fear free expression and peaceful assembly.” “Today’s vote shows that despite significant misinformation spread by Russia, the truth of what Russia has done in Crimea has penetrated to all the regions of the world,” Power said. The resolution adopted Thursday says the referendum on Crimea has “no validity” and calls on all countries and organizations not to recognize Russia’s annexation. It also calls on all parties to immediately pursue a peace-

ful resolution of the situation in Ukraine “through direct political dialogue” and to refrain from “inflammatory rhetoric that may increase tensions.” Deshchytsia, the Ukrainian foreign minister, told AP his country plans to go back to the Security Council, despite Russia’s veto, and will take its case against the annexation of Crimea to other international organizations and individual countries. He said that will include holding an “intensive dialogue” at the Ukraine-NATO ministerial meeting next week. When asked about the possibility of a formal link between NATO and Ukraine, which Russia strongly opposes, Deshchytsia said “we are talking about all possible options to resolve this conflict.” He said the government’s position remains to solve the situation peacefully and diplomatically and NATO membership “at the moment is not on agenda.” It would require a decision of parliament for Ukraine to apply for membership in the Western military alliance, he said. Ukraine needs “good relations ... partnership relations with Russia, and good contact between people of Ukraine and people of Russia,” Deshchytsia said. But in response to the latest situation, Ukraine signed an association agreement with the European Union last Friday “and this direction is supported by the Ukrainian people and gives us an additional argument to say that Ukraine is part of Europe,” he said.

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Religion

We need more ‘salt of the earth’ people

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hey’re the salt of the earth,” we often say of people we hold in high

regard. Why? What’s the origin of this complimentary comment? Our Lord called His disciples the salt of the earth (Matthew 5:13) because salt preserves and purifies. He wanted them to know they were responsible for preserving certain values and exerting a purifying influence on others. So are we! And none of these divinely ordered obligations can be fulfilled through non-involvement. Most are familiar with the famous quote: “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good people do nothing.” Still, we’re too often silent

Voices of R eligion Roger C ampbell about issues of decency, honesty and the value of life. Then we wonder why evil triumphs and standards fall. Morality is especially in danger of being compromised when things are going well for us. It’s easy to let down barriers for the sake of profit or pleasure when these have become more important than doing right. Cotton Mather, the influential eighteenth century Congregational minister and writer, said: “Religion brought forth prosperity and the daughter destroyed the mother.” He

Church Briefs Youth at Our Lady of the Angels to perform Stations of the Cross

believed the prosperity of his time was the result of qualities in people that had been born of faith: honesty, thrift, integrity, willingness to work and the discipline to defer gratification. But he feared the affluence that flowed from these valuable characteristics would undermine spiritual values and contribute to moral decline. Mather’s insight ought to be a wakeup call for us all. When life is moving smoothly, we’re more likely to fall. Mention “salt of the earth” people and my thoughts often move to a farmer named John. During my growing up years, I was impressed by how straight John could plow. Passing one of John’s fields gave insight into his character. He lived like he plowed: straight as an arrow; a fact his neighbors all knew well.

A few in our community were surprised when John decided to quit farming and head for seminary to prepare for the ministry; not an easy undertaking for one with a family to support. Most, however, saw John’s move from plowing to preaching as something to be expected. He had been influencing people for God in his home area and now his preserving of values and purifying of lives through living and sharing his faith would extend to other places. Dr. Joseph Stowell once wrote approvingly of a man named Larry, a member of one of his former churches, who left a lasting impression on him. Stowell says he was moved by the example of Larry walking the streets of Detroit, during the riots of

Rob Guenther at 907-690-1660.

Billy Graham Rapid Response Team to hold ‘Sharing Hope in Crisis’ training

the sixties, ministering to those who were injured. He adds that he’s never forgotten what a friend of Larry said in trying to express his feelings about losing this good man: “It hurts so much because the world has lost a righteous man, and that is no small thing.” During this precarious period of worldwide terrorism, falling morals and compromising convictions, we need more “salt of the earth” people who, by their faith and prayers, can bring the protection and blessing of God to their nation (Proverbs 14:34). And that’s no small need. Roger Campbell is an author, broadcaster and columnist who was a pastor for 22 years. He can be reached at rcministry@ameritech.net.

from 5:25-7:15 p.m. Use the back doors. To register or for more information, call 283-4781 or visit www.kenaicalvary.org.

Food Pantry open weekly

On April 5, the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team — a nationwide network of crisis-trained chaplains ready to deploy whenever disaster strikes — will hold regional training in Soldotna to prepare Christians to appropriately respond with the love and hope of Jesus Christ in times of crisis. The seminar is titled “Sharing Hope in Crisis.” Seminar topics include “Mission to Respond,” “Suffering and Trauma,” “Ministry of Hope,” “Message to Share,” “Communication to a Diverse Community,” and “Messenger to Serve.” Spaghetti feed to benefit prison ministry The training will take place 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. at SoldotA spaghetti feed fundraiser to benefit prison ministries at na Bible Chapel, 300 W. Marydale Ave. in Soldotna. There is a Wildwood Correctional Center will take place from 6:30-8:30 registration fee of $25 per person. For more information and to p.m. April 4 at New Life Assembly on Princess Lane in Kenai. register online, visit http://bit.ly/1q87iid or call 907-262-4865. The event will include a dessert auction and duck derby. For more information call 907-283-7752. Sack Lunch Sunday in Kenai

The Soldotna Food Pantry is open every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for residents in our community who may be experiencing food shortages. The Food Pantry is located at the Soldotna United Methodist Church at 158 South Binkley Street. Non-perishable food items or monetary donations may be dropped off at the church Tuesdays 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. or 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Thank you for your support.

Church shares ‘The Jerusalem Experience’ this Easter

United Methodist Church provides food pantry

The youth at Our Lady of the Angels, Catholic Church will be performing the Stations of the Cross on Friday, April 4 at 6 p.m. with a meatless soup supper to follow. An encore performance will take place on Sunday, April 6t at noon. All are welcome. For more information please contact the Parish Office at 283-4555 or ladyoftheangels@gmail.com.

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

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

Clothes 4 U at First Baptist Church First Baptist Church Soldotna, located at 159 S. Binkley Street, is re-opening its Clothes 4 U program. It is open on the second and fourth Saturday of each month from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. All clothing and shoes are free to the public.

The Kenai United Methodist Church provides a food pantry for those in need every Monday from noon to 3:00 p.m. The Methodist Church is located on the Kenai Spur Highway next Sterling church hosts AWANA to the Boys and Girls Club. The entrance to the Food Pantry Sterling Baptist Church is starting an AWANA program is through the side door. The Pantry closes for holidays. For this year, every Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. The club will meet more information contact the church office at 283-7868 or email at Sterling Baptist Church. Children 3 years old through sixth kumcalaska@gmail.com. grade are welcome. Call Sterling Baptist for more information at 262-4711. Clothes Quarters open weekly

Calvary Baptist hosts AWANA

Clothes Quarters at Our Lady of the Angels Church is open every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and the first Saturday Calvary Baptist Church in Kenai is offering AWANA for of every month from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, kids ages 3 through 6th grade. AWANA (www.awana.org) is an call 907-283-4555. international kids club. Each week, participants will memorize Bible verses, play games, hear Bible lessons, and earn rewards. Submit church announcements to news@peninsulaclarion. Beginning Sunday, the club will meet at Kenai Middle School com.

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Leif Hansen Memorial Park to the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center. Once everyone gathered inside the center, Kenaitze chairperson Mary Ann Mills called the audience heroes for standing up against violence. Tribal members performed the Heartbeat of Mother Earth on a large drum. Pastor John Henry from the Calvary Baptist Church then gave an opening prayer. The crowd was the largest to participate in the Kenai event, as numbers seems to grow each year, said Cheri Smith, executive director of the LeeShore Center. Last year, 75 people took part in the walk, despite freezing temperatures. Smith said the growing numbers are an encouraging because it takes a social movement to change violence against women. “Domestic violence and sexual assault are the number

one health issue for women,” she said. “Our community is not going to tolerate this anymore.” One in every two adult women from the Kenai Peninsula has experienced domestic or sexual violence in their lifetime, according to a 2013 survey from the University of Alaska Anchorage Justice Center. The survey, which cited 1,000 Kenai Peninsula Borough women, brings home the message that domestic violence remains a huge problem in the community, Smith said. The Leeshore Center sees an average of 20 new victims a month, and last year 155 women and children stayed in the center’s emergency shelter, she said. While domestic violence arrests in the City of Kenai went up from 56 in 2011 to 81 in 2012, the number decreased to 51 in 2013, said Kenai Police Chief Gus Sandahl. Kenai Mayor Pat Porter, who also substitute teaches at Kenai Central High School, said choosing respect also means teaching respect. When she

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About a week after screening, Compton said results and recommendations are forwarded to the women and their providers. The screening is billed through insurance however assistance for women who qualify financially is available through the Alaska’s Breast and Cervical Health Care Check program, Compton said. Last year the van saw a record number of women, and Compton said PIC anticipates doing even more screenings this year. “It’s much more convenient for women,” she said.

Fair and about 27 women utilized the service, Hartvigson said. The Soldotna PIC clinic doesn’t have mammography screening; it has MRI, CT and ultrasound capabilities, Hartvigson said. Compton said the van houses a digital machine just like the one at the center in Anchorage. Businesses can also schedule to have the van available for a day or event as long as it will serve about 10-15 womKaylee Osowski can be en to it worthwhile, Compton reached at kaylee.osowski@ said. peninsulaclarion.com

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Julie Quales watches traffic honking in support of the Alaskans Choose Respect walk Thursday in Kenai.

went to school nobody talked about domestic violence, she said. Today, if parents take the time to educate their children and teach respect for others, she said the statistics would continue to decrease. “Have your children realize not having respect for others is not appropriate,” she said. “It starts at home. Parents are responsible for teaching that to their children so they never have to witness and become abusers when they get older.”

A representative of Parnell’s administration, Joe Balash, commissioner for the Department of Natural Resources, was the guest speaker at the event. Balash thanked everyone for showing courage providing a voice for victims and survivors. “Do we have the power to end this epidemic of domestic violence and sexual assault?” he asked the crowd and they responded with a yes. “Lets live this culture value of respect

to retire, with his seventy-fifth birthday coming up in June. Before that happens he will do everything he can to ensure Birch Ridge will remain a golf course, he said. “Me and my wife put our heart and soul into this for the last 26 years,” Cowan said. He has seen 1,600 introduced to the sport at his course in the last two decades. Birch Ridge puts money back into the community, Cowan said. He was able to donate $45,000 to organizations across the Kenai Peninsula in 2013. Players come from as far as Sterling and Ridgeway to Funny River and Kasilof every year, which means more revenue for local business, he said. It also acts as a social hub for many community members, Cowan said. The Kenai Peninsula is one of the fastest growing areas for seniors, he said. Additionally, with restrictions on recreational fishing, locals and tourists will be looking for other activities to spend their time, he said.

Anika Richards, the reigning Alaska Girls State Champion for her age group was in the audience. The Birch Ridge Golf Association received the “2012 Don Springer Award”, recognizing it as the top-ranked Hook-a-Kid-on-Golf course in the nation. “I beg you to accept the plan, it is an already developed asset,” Executive Director at Alaska Golf Association Jeff Barnhart said. “It is an almost irreplaceable asset to your community.” Barnhart drove from Anchorage to speak at the meeting. The City of Soldotna had considered and turned down the possibility of buying Birch Ridge in 2008. This time around, Cowan proposed the possibility of the city buying the property and leasing managerial duties to a private contractor. Soldotna Mayor Nels Anderson said he defined it as a “quality of living issue,” and was personally in support of purchasing the property, but cannot cast a vote toward it. Anderson said, the council has a number of options to

each and every day and we can change Alaska forever.” Also in attendance was Michelle Blackwell, special assistant to U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, and Alaska State Troopers Col. James Cockwell and Capt. Andy Greenstreet. Greenstreet said anytime people can get the word out and open discussion on domestic violence it is a benefit to the community. In the last five years, domestic violence calls made up about 16 percent of calls responded by troopers in urban areas of the peninsula, he said. In the villages, the number rose to 20 percent “Violence of any kind is not OK,” he said. “It is a significant concern and we are striving to address the issue and respond appropriately.” The LeeShore Center invited the guests to fill out a survey to gauge the awareness people had with the Green Dot Violence Prevention Strategy. Kenai is one of six pilot areas for the program as is Bethel, Fairbanks, Homer, and Prince of Wales Island.

consider. The city could vote to purchase, pass the issue along to the public, or see what would happen if it was purchased privately. “You have to understand I understand where you are,” Anderson said to the council. The city has a number of trails planned for development that would cut through Birch Ridge and if it were sold off it would be a problem, he said. At the end of the meeting Dixson said while he is in favor of maintaining recreational opportunities on the Peninsula, “at some point the city of Soldotna can’t be saviors for everyone.” During council commentary almost every member personally thanked those who turned out for the meeting to voice their opinions. Council member Keith Baxter said it is uncommon to see such a courteous, organized, well-spoken group at a meeting. Kelly Sullivan can be reached at Kelly.Sullivan@ peninsulaclarion.com

From the 1,000 victims who were surveyed they register a red dot on a map, Smith said she would like to replace the red dots with green dots, meaning someone will take a pledge against to help someone and create a safer community. With April being Sexual Assault Awareness month, starting April 1, she encouraged people to make a pledge with a goal to receive 1,000 green dots. For more information on how to pledge, go to www.greendotalaska.com. Laurine Vanbuskirk, a member of the Kenaitze Indian Tribe, said she came out in support because it is important to bring the issue of violence to the forefront and create a healthy family life for everyone. “The emphasis is breaking the cycle and making sure it stops with yourself and don’t keep it in your life and have it affect your children so they make the same mistakes,” she said. “It is tragic enough when it affects one person, but when children are involved, its devastating.” Reach Dan Balmer at daniel. balmer@peninsulaclarion.com

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Duwe catches on at UAA Walk-on ends freshman season with 7 goals and an assist in 27 games By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

As a walk-on freshman on the University of Alaska Anchorage men’s hockey squad in 2013, Brad Duwe had little in the way of big expectations. The 6-foot-1 forward from Soldotna was working hard just to stay on the Seawolves’ roster of 28, and was trying to adjust to the faster pace of college hockey. Fast forward a few short months, to a point where the Seawolves fell just short of a Western Collegiate Hockey Association championship berth. Duwe had two game-winners under his belt already in the WCHA playoffs, and had solidly earned his way

onto the team. “Honestly, words can’t describe it,” Duwe said on the phone from Anchorage. “It’s been an amazing experience.” Duwe ended his first season at UAA last Friday when the Seawolves were handed a 5-4 overtime loss from Ferris State in the WCHA semifinals. With eight points (seven goals, one assist) in 27 games, the most noteworthy of those tallies from Duwe were the final two games in a three-game quarterfinal series with in-state rival University of Alaska Fairbanks. Against the Nanooks, Duwe provided the go-ahead goals in the two elimination games that pushed UAA into the WCHA semis against Ferris State.

Not a bad way to end a season. “It was a whole other level of hockey,” Duwe said. “But it brought the fun back into it. The challenge to make the lineup, it was a battle every day to stay in and have to make the travel team.” Duwe’s pair of game-winners could not have come at a better time for UAA. The Seawolves fought through a season of change that saw head coach Dave Shyiak ousted in March 2013 and Matt Thomas step up to the vacated role. “Knowing that the season was coming to an end, and with the hard work the seniors had, we didn’t want to stop there,” he said. A team-first mentality kept Duwe See DUWE, page B-4

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Brad Duwe of University of Alaska Anchorage, top, watches as his tapped puck lands in the net for his first goal of his career and a 1-0 lead over Minnesota State-Mankato during first-period action on Jan. 10 at Sullivan Arena in Anchorage.

Bears control destiny

Flying high Dayton storms past Stanford, into Elite 8

Brown Bears enter final weekend with 2-point cushion in playoff race

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Like a red and blue blur, the Dayton Flyers were pressing and passing, shooting and scoring. The waves never seemed to stop coming, with 10, 11 and then 12 players giving them quality minutes. An exhausted and foul-plagued Stanford simply couldn’t keep up. The underdog Flyers — the No. 11 seed in the South Region — are now in the Elite Eight for the first time since 1984 after an emphatic 82-72 victory Thursday night. “We had 11 guys score in the game and from top to bottom, we kept coming and coming,” Dayton coach Archie Miller said. “The way they shared the ball and moved the ball ... it was a true team effort. It’s nice that on the biggest stage, we acted like ourselves.” Jordan Sibert scored 18 points and freshman Kendall Pollard added a season-high 12 as Dayton (26-10) made sure this one wasn’t particularly close after slipping by in the first two rounds. The 6-foot-4 Sibert was spectacular, slashing to the basket and draining 3-pointers, to help the Flyers lead for almost the entire night. Dayton showed its depth early, using a dozen players in the first half to wear down Stanford. “They were relentless,” Cardinal coach Johnny Dawkins said. “That’s the best way I can put it.” No. 10 seed Stanford (23-13) had the superior post play, but it wasn’t enough. Chasson Randle led the Cardinal with 21 points, but shot 5 of 21 from the field. Dwight Powell added 17 and Stefan Nastic — who fouled out with more than five minutes left — had 15. Dayton, the last remaining of the six Atlantic 10 teams in the field of 68, will play top overall seed Florida on Saturday. The Gators beat UCLA 79-68 late Thursday night. It was a good night for the Millers. ArSee NCAA, Page B-4

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Dayton’s Devon Scott (40) and Scoochie Smith (11) celebrate after the second half in a regional semifinal game against Stanford at the NCAA college basketball tournament Thursday in Memphis, Tenn. Dayton won 82-72.

The Kenai River Brown Bears head into the final weekend of the North American Hockey League regular season in control of their playoff destiny. That control comes courtesy of the Minnesota Magicians, who skated to a 3-1 victory over the Coulee Region (Wis.) Chill on Thursday night. It was the fifth-straight loss for the Chill, with all defeats coming by two or more goals. With the loss, the Chill fall to 31-27-0 and remain two points behind the Brown Bears in the chase for the fourth playoff spot in the Midwest Division. Both the Chill and Bears have two games left, so if Kenai River collects at least three points in 7:30 p.m. games today and Saturday at the Fairbanks Ice Dogs, the Bears are in the playoffs. The Bears, who have 10 points in their last seven games, are 28-22-8 for 64 points, tied for the second-best point mark in franchise history as they chase a sixth-straight playoff berth. The 2011-12 unit set the franchise mark with 66 points to slip into the playoffs by two points. But they have little room for error this weekend because the Chill, with more wins, holds the tiebreaker over the Bears. The Chill host the Minnesota Wilderness today and are 6-5 against the Wilderness this season. Sunday, the Chill finish their season with another game against the Magicians. They are 7-4 against the Magicians. The Bears must play at a place the Ice Dogs lost just six times this season — twice at the paws of the Bears. Kenai River also is very much in the race for the third playoff spot in the Midwest Division. See BEARS, page B-4

Sixers tie record with 26th-straight loss By The Associated Press

HOUSTON — After the Philadelphia 76ers tied an NBA record with their 26th consecutive loss, one of their youngest voices spoke loudest. Michael Carter-Williams, one of six rookies on the NBA’s youngest team, delivered a pep talk after James Harden’s triple-double led the Houston Rockets to a 120-98 victory on Thursday night. “During the game a couple of guys had long faces ... and I found myself a little bit down,” said Carter-Williams, who had 10 assists. “I just don’t want anyone in this locker room feeling bad for themselves ... I think that’s really important that we don’t get down on ourselves and we just give up just because we have a certain amount of losses. “I just felt like I needed to speak my piece and make sure that guys are upbeat every single day.” Philadelphia coach Brett AP Photo/Bob Levey Philadelphia 76ers’ Brandon Davies, center, has his shot Brown was impressed by the blocked by Houston Rockets’ Donatas Motiejunas, left, as leadership the 22-year-old Rockets’ Jordan Hamilton, right, looks on during the second Carter-Williams showed. “He never would have done half of an NBA basketball game on Thursday in Houston.

that two months ago,” Brown said. “He wouldn’t have done it two weeks ago. All these things, all these small wins we find along the way, that’s our road map this year. And life moves on. The group will stay together and we will finish this thing out together.” Harden had 26 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in three quarters for his second career triple-double as Houston picked up its fifth straight victory. “We did a great job of coming out tonight and taking care of business,” Harden said. “No matter what their record was, we knew they were going to come here and play hard.” The 76ers (15-57) stuck around early before a big second-quarter run allowed the Rockets to pull away and roll to the win. Philadelphia moved within a game of Milwaukee for the league’s worst record. Philadelphia matched the 2010-11 Cleveland Cavaliers for the NBA’s worst skid and can set the record at home against Detroit on Saturday. “We move on,” Brown said. “We are on a different path. We C

see this whole thing through a in the fourth quarter to beat Dallas. The Clippers have won all three far different lens.” TRAIL BLAZERS 100, HAWKS 85 ATLANTA — LaMarcus Aldridge had 25 points and 16 rebounds in his return from a back injury, and Portland beat Atlanta to end a three-game losing streak. Damian Lillard added 21 points for the Trail Blazers, who had lost seven of 10 and were in danger of falling out of the fifth spot in the Western Conference playoff standings. The Hawks have lost five straight. They lead the Knicks by only 1 ½ games in the race for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Jeff Teague, who was scoreless in Wednesday night’s loss at Minnesota, led the Hawks with 22 points. Lou Williams had 16 points, including 13 in the final period when Atlanta closed the deficit to six points.

CLIPPERS 109, MAVERICKS 103 DALLAS — Chris Paul scored 31 points, Blake Griffin added 18 points and 13 rebounds, and Los Angeles rallied from a 10-point deficit

meetings, with second-half rallies in each game. On Thursday, the teams combined for six technical fouls charged to players on the floor, three on each team. Vince Carter scored 23 points off the bench for the Mavericks, going 4 for 5 on 3-pointers. Dirk Nowitzki had 21 points but only two in the fourth quarter. Los Angeles maintained its onegame lead over Houston for second place in the Western Conference. The loss dropped Dallas a halfgame behind Phoenix and into ninth place in the tight race for the final playoff berths in the West.

BUCKS 108, LAKERS 105 MILWAUKEE — Brandon Knight scored 30 points, Ramon Sessions added 22 and Milwaukee beat Los Angeles to break an eightgame losing streak. The Bucks swept the season series with the Lakers for the first time since 2006-07. Knight scored a career-high 37 points in Milwaukee’s 94-79 victory on Dec. 31 in the other meeting. Khris Middleton added 14 points for the Milwaukee, which won for only the 14th time this season.

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With unions, college sports face more challenges

hey’re battling in courtrooms, and could one day meet over a bargaining table. About the only things the two sides in the debate over big-time college athletics agree on is that things are changing. Schools bringing in hundreds of millions in television contracts. Coaches making kind of salaries that the late UCLA legend John Wooden wouldn’t recognize. Athletes insisting on rights, if not outright cash. And now a union for football players at Northwestern that would previously have been unthinkable in college sports. A ruling that the Northwestern football team can bargain with the school as employees represented by a union may not by itself change the way amateur sports operate. But it figures to put more pressure on the NCAA and the major conferences to give something back to the players to justify the billions of dollars the players bring in — and never see. “While improvements need to be made, we do not need to completely throw away a system that has helped literally millions of students over the past decade alone attend college,” The NCAA said in a statement. There’s huge money at stake — nearly $18 billion alone just in television rights for the NCAA basketball tournament and bowl games. Already fighting a flurry of antitrust lawsuits challenging its control of college athletics, the NCAA can’t afford too

many more defeats. “This is a colossal victory for student athletes coming on the heels of their recent victories,” said Marc Edelman, an associate professor of law at City University of New York who specializes in sports and antitrust law. “It seems not only the tide of public sentiment but also the tide of legal rulings has finally turned in the direction of college athletes and against the NCAA.” For the NCAA, the timing of a National Labor Relations Board opinion allowing a union at Northwestern couldn’t have been worse. In the middle of a tournament that earns schools close to $1 billion a year, it is being taken to task not only for not paying players, but for not ensuring their health and future welfare. Add in revelations like Florida coach Billy Donovan’s new $3.7 million-a-year contract and the $18,000 bonus that Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith got for one of the school’s wrestlers winning an NCAA title, and some are frustrated with the NCAA’s contention that everything it does is done for the benefit of athletes who play for the glory of their school. “Fifty years ago the NCAA invented the term student-athlete to try and make sure this day never came,” said former UCLA linebacker Ramogi Huma, the designated president of Northwestern’s would-be football players’ union. “Northwestern players who stood up for their rights took a

with the United Steelworkers union, began the union push after growing disenchanted with the time demands ports iews placed on him in football that forced him to drop his plans to go to medical school. T im D ahlberg Colter also worried about the giant step for justice. It’s going to set long-term health risks of football long a precedent for college players across after players have left school. Players have said they want more research the nation to do the same.” into concussions and other traumatic The players currently at Northinjuries and insurance and guarantees western may have already graduated by the time the team gets a chance to that they will be covered for medical issues later in life. They also want bargain — if it ever does. money for continuing education and According to federal law, Northwestern football players have 30 days for schools to offer four-year scholarship deals instead of year-to-year from Wednesday’s decision to vote on whether to authorize on whether to pacts. “If we are making sacrifices like formally authorize the College Athwe are, we should have these basic letes Players Association, or CAPA, protections taken care of,” Colter to represent them. But Northwestern told ESPN. “With the sacrifices is expected to appeal the landmark we make athletically, medically ruling to the National Labor Relaand with our bodies, we need to be tions Board by an April 9 deadline, taken care of.” potentially stalling the union vote. One day that could mean money, The NCAA is also likely to continue over and above the $2,000 extra anto fight the description of college nual stipend that NCAA president athletes as employees. “We frequently hear from student- Mark Emmert proposed but failed to get implemented over the objecathletes, across all sports, that they tions of small-budget schools. There’s participate to enhance their overall college experience and for the love of plenty to go around, with a $10.6 their sport, not to be paid,” the NCAA billion contract for television rights to the NCAA basketball tournament and said in a statement. a recent $7.2 billion deal for football It was that love of the sport that bowl games. drew outgoing Wildcats quarterback The NLRB ruling described how Kain Colter — as well as a scholarthe life of a Northwestern football ship worth up to about $75,000 annually. But Colter, backed by lawyers player is far more regimented than

Union competes with big boys School of just 2,100 students, no scholarships tops hockey rankings TIM DAHLBERG AP Sports Writer

They played their way into a top ranking in an arena where one of the greatest stories in sports unfolded 34 years ago. The Dutchmen of Union College aren’t a bad story, either, as they chase their own Miracle on Ice. At first glance, they shouldn’t even be playing Division I hockey. With just 2,100 students — and no athletic scholarships — Union can’t be expected to compete with the big boys of hockey like Minnesota, Boston College or North Dakota. But compete they do, making it all the way to the Frozen Four two years ago in the first of their improbable runs. They’re back this year with the longest unbeaten streak in the nation (12-0-1) and the No. 1 ranking in the nation in the USCHO.com poll after winning the ECAC championship over the weekend in Lake Placid. “We always aim high and we expect to be good,” said star defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere. “Every year you set your goals and every year we’ve always set the same goal of winning a national championship.” A lofty goal, considering the tiny liberal arts school in Schenectady, N.Y., plays Division I in only one sport. This year they’re doing it with only one true NHL prospect, along with a GPA that might make them the smartest team on ice. Pretty heady stuff for a school that dates back more than 200 years and prides itself on being the first college in the U.S. to be designed as

part of a master plan. “It’s one of those things you almost have to pinch yourself,” said Stephen Ainlay, the school’s president. “It’s truly amazing.” For a while it appeared Union would be defined this season by a brawl that went viral and got coach Rick Bennett a two-game suspension. But the third year coach — who had a brief stint with the New York Rangers — kept his team together and the Dutchmen haven’t lost since his return. They face Vermont in the first game Friday of the East Regional in Bridgeport, Conn. “It’s awful tough for a coach who is part of a team to stand up there and try and deliver a message when you know you have done something wrong,” Bennett said. “I explained to my team what happens when you do make a bad choice like I did. I think they rallied around it.” Bennett took Union to the Frozen Four in his first year as head coach after six years as an assistant under current Providence College coach Nate Leaman. Before that he was an assistant at Providence, where his career as a coach nearly came to an end. “Honestly, I got fired at Providence when the new coach came in,” he said. “The other assistants stayed and I got walking papers. I was really fortunate I got this opportunity a few weeks later.” Bennett’s passion for hockey and his team spilled over in January when a brawl erupted at the end of Union’s loss to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and he went after Engineers coach Seth Appert and appeared to shove him.

The Dutchmen lost their next game while Bennett was serving a suspension, but haven’t lost since. “I’m very sorry it happened and I’ve done everything to turn it into a positive going forward,” Bennett said. “It was something that just unfolded in the heat of the moment. I’ll just chalk it up to sports.” Gostisbehere, a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award as hockey’s top college player, is a big reason for the team’s late surge. The third round draft pick of the Philadelphia Flyers in 2012 not only anchors the team’s defense but has 29 points in 38 games. He could have gone to any of the big hockey schools. But, like many who visit Union’s charming campus, he fell in love at first sight. “What attracted me to Union was the mix of a small school with good academics and good sports,” Gostisbehere said. “When recruiting me the coaches also focused on character and I liked that.” When Union beat Colgate 5-2 on Saturday to win the conference title, it was the third

straight year Gostisbehere helped hoist the ECAC trophy. The win came on the same ice where the U.S. upset the Soviet Union in the 1980 Olympics in the Miracle on Ice. But while the school has become a hockey powerhouse, it’s far from an athletic factory. It has players who know their roles and play smart, something vital to compete in an NCAA tournament where four teams each have 10 NHL draft picks and North Dakota has 15. There’s a heavy emphasis on academics, and Ainlay said the five seniors on the team — who had to do their senior thesis during the season — have a GPA of 3.93. “The thing noteworthy here is these are truly outstanding student athletes, not just hockey players,” the university president said. “When you look at what they do in the classroom it’s hard not to like them. These aren’t just good students, they’re exceptional students.” Exceptional students who will soon find out if they’re playing on an exceptional team.

that of a typical student, down to requirements about what they can eat and whether they can live off campus or purchase a car. At times, players put 50 or 60 hours a week into football, the ruling said, qualifying them to be treated as employees of the university and eligible for a union. By itself, the ruling could be little more than an irritant to private universities and the NCAA. But combined with the antitrust lawsuits — one filed just last week by a prominent attorney called the organization an “unlawful cartel” — they present a clear challenge to the unique way college sports operates. The model of coaches and administrators making millions while the athletes providing the labor are paid in room and board and books is one that could be difficult to defend in court. One of those suits, filed by former UCLA basketball star Ed O’Bannon, is scheduled for trial June 9 in California and is being carefully watched by those on both sides of the issue. O’Bannon, who led his team to the national championship in 1995, sued after seeing his likeness in a video game licensed by the NCAA without his permission. “It’s never been about monetary gain,” O’Bannon told The Associated Press earlier this week. “It’s all about changing the rules and making sure the players, both present and former, are represented as well.”

Manziel wows at pro day COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Johnny Manziel’s NFL pro day had a former president, lots of swag, a Drake soundtrack and even some football, too. The 2012 Heisman Trophy winner threw for 75 officials from 30 teams on the Texas A&M campus Thursday. He also had some special guests, as former President George H.W. Bush and wife Barbara — and her two dogs — rolled into the facility on golf carts about 10 minutes into the workout. The always flashy Manziel was true to his over-thetop Johnny Football persona, trotting into the facility with his receivers as a tune by his

buddy Drake blasted through the building. He wore camouflage shorts, a black Nike jersey with his white No. 2 and caused a stir by wearing shoulder pads and a helmet. Manziel didn’t understand why it was a big deal. “You play the game in shoulder pads on Sundays,” he said. “Why not come out and do it? ... For me it was a no-brainer.” Manziel threw about 65 passes to six receivers, including A&M teammate Mike Evans, who like Manziel is expected to be a first round pick in the May draft. Only two passes weren’t caught and Evans grabbed a third long pass out of bounds.

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Bruins beat Chicago in Cup rematch By The Associated Press

BOSTON — Patrice Bergeron scored two goals, and the Bruins beat the defending champion Chicago Blackhawks 3-0 on Thursday night in the first meeting between the teams in Boston since the deciding game of the Stanley Cup finals. Bergeron scored his first goal at 11:50 of the first period, and the Bruins broke the game open with goals by Carl Soderberg and Bergeron in a 13-second span early in the third. Tuukka Rask stopped 28 shots in posting his NHL-leading seventh shutout. Chicago, fourth in the Western Conference, remained one point short of clinching a playoff berth for the sixth straight season. The Eastern Conference-leading Bruins rebounded from a 2-1 shootout loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Monday that ended Boston’s 12-game winning streak. In their last 14 games, the Bruins have outscored opponents 51-19. KINGS 3, PENGUINS 2 PITTSBURGH — Drew Doughty scored early in the third period to give Los Angeles the lead for good, and the Kings beat Pittsburgh for their franchise-record tying eighth straight road win. Alec Martinez and Jeff Carter also scored for Los Angeles, and Martin Jones made 35 saves as the Kings matched the club road record set from Dec. 18, 1974Jan. 16, 1975.

The Penguins rallied from a 2-0 deficit to tie it on goals by Chris Kunitz and Taylor Pyatt. Jeff Zatkoff stopped 29 shots but couldn’t get a handle on Doughty’s slap shot 3:51 into the third. Pittsburgh has lost three straight. A potential tying goal by Penguins forward Brandon Sutter midway through the third was waved off due to goaltender interference.

had earned points in their previous three road games. Darcy Kuemper made 19 saves but fell to 12-8-4. He has won just twice in his last nine starts. Oshie, who has a career-high 21 goals, scored twice in the first period — including a short-handed goal with 26 seconds left that made it 2-0. He completed the hat trick in the third.

CANADIENS 5, RED WINGS 4

COYOTES 3, DEVILS 2, SO

NEWARK, N.J. — Thomas Greiss stopped all three New Jersey shootout attempts and Mikkel Boedker scored on Phoenix’s first try as the Coyotes improved their playoff chances in the Western Conference. The Coyotes, who hold the second wild card spot, earned five of six possible points during their three-game road trip and opened a five-point lead over idle Dallas. Kyle Chipchura and Chris Summers scored for the Coyotes, and Greiss made 26 saves, including two outstanding stops against Patrik Elias in overtime. He turned BLUES 5, WILD 1 aside Damien Brunner, Ryane Clowe and ST. LOUIS — T.J. Oshie scored three Elias in the shootout. goals for his first NHL hat trick, and Ryan Miller made 27 saves to lead St. Louis’ HURRICANES 3, PANTHERS 0 rout of Minnesota. SUNRISE, Fla. — Jiri Tlusty scored St. Louis has won three in a row overall and nine straight against the Wild. The twice and Anton Khudobin stopped 35 shots to lead Carolina over Florida. Blues lead the NHL with 107 points. Khudobin recorded his first shutout Minnesota has lost six of eight. Jaden Schwartz and Brenden Morrow this season and the third of his NHL caalso scored for St. Louis, which has points reer. His last shutout was March 31, 2013, in its last 10 home games. Miller improved at Buffalo. Jeff Skinner also scored for the to 9-2-1 since being acquired from Buffalo Hurricanes. Dan Ellis started the second period in on Feb. 28. Zach Parise scored for the Wild, who relief of Roberto Luongo and made 18 DETROIT — Max Pacioretty broke a third-period tie, Tomas Plekanec scored twice, and Montreal beat Detroit. Tomas Vanek added a goal and two assists, and David Desharnais had a goal and an assist for Montreal. P.K. Subban had two assists, and Carey Price made 26 saves. Tomas Tatar scored two goals for Detroit, Riley Sheahan had a goal and an assist, and Johan Franzen also scored. Jimmy Howard stopped 24 shots.

saves. Luongo left after the first because Rasmus Ristolainen scored for the Saof an upper body injury sustained in a col- bres, who have lost 10 of 11. lision with Carolina’s Radek Dvorak. The The Predators got off to a fast start, Panthers described it as a precautionary scoring four goals in the first. measure. Luongo stopped 11 of 12 shots. Dvorak was ejected at 12:48 when he crashed into Luongo and sent him into the AVALANCHE 3, CANUCKS 2, OT net, knocking it off its moorings. DENVER — Tyson Barrie scored 55 seconds into overtime, Semyon Varlamov stopped 29 shots, and Colorado moved a LIGHTNING 3, step closer to its first playoff berth in four ISLANDERS 2, SO years by beating Vancouver. Matt Duchene scored and assisted on TAMPA, Fla. — Sami Salo scored in the 13th round of a shootout to lift Tampa the winner, and Gabriel Landeskog added a goal. Bay past the New York Islanders. Yannick Weber and Zack Kassian The shootout was tied at 4 through 12 rounds before Salo put a backhander past scored for the Canucks, whose three-game Evgeni Nabokov. Ben Bishop preserved winning streak was snapped. Daniel Sedin recorded his 800th NHL the win by making a glove save on Johan point with an assist in the first period. His Sundstrom. Ryan Callahan had two goals for the twin brother, Henrik, reached that mileLightning, who trail Montreal by two points stone on Oct. 15 at Philadelphia. for second place in the Atlantic Division. Tampa Bay, 6-0-4 in its last 10 games, has JETS 4, SHARKS 3 two games in hand on the Canadiens. The Islanders got goals from Ryan SAN JOSE, Calif. — Tobias Enstrom Strome and Matt Donovan. Right wing scored a power-play goal with 3:36 reKyle Okposo, who has a team-best 27 maining in the third period to help Wingoals and 69 points, was a late scratch. nipeg deal a blow to San Jose’s chances to All three games between the teams this finish in first place. season were decided in a shootout, with Blake Wheeler added a goal and two asthe road team winning the first two. sists for the Jets, who trail Phoenix by nine points in the race for the second wild card spot in the Western Conference. Andrew PREDATORS 6, SABRES 1 Ladd and Dustin Byfuglien also scored, NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Shea We- and Al Montoya made 27 saves. Dan Boyle, Brent Burns and Logan ber scored twice to pace Nashville’s rout of Buffalo that ended a six-game losing Couture scored for the Sharks, who have lost four of six. San Jose holds a two-point streak at home. Colton Sissons, Colin Wilson, Calle lead over Anaheim in the Pacific Division Jarnkrok, and Eric Nystrom also scored for but the Ducks have three games in hand. Antti Niemi made 27 saves for San Jose. Nashville, which has won three of four.

Serena tops Sharapova for 15th-straight time KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) — Between points, Serena Williams stood motionless behind the baseline with her back to the net, as if trying to match — or mimic — the methodical ritual of her opponent, Maria Sharapova. They took turns waiting on each other, the pace of play plodding, which only delayed the inevitable. Williams beat Sharapova for the 15th consecutive time Thursday, rallying in both sets to win 6-4, 6-3 in the Sony Open semifinals. “I have always felt when I’m playing at my best, then it’s hard for people to beat me,” Williams

said. Rafael Nadal could say the same. He advanced to the semifinals by hitting a flurry of forehand winners down the stretch to beat Milos Raonic 4-6, 6-2, 6-4. On Saturday, the No. 1-ranked Williams will try for a record seventh Key Biscayne title against No. 2 Li Na, who overcame 40 unforced errors to beat Dominika Cibulkova 7-5, 2-6, 6-3. Williams is 10-1 against Li. Williams improved to 16-2 against Sharapova, whose most recent victory in their rivalry came in

Sports Briefs Asada sets world record M K

SAITAMA, Japan — Mao Asada of Japan set a world record on Thursday to finish first in the short program at the World Figure Skating Championships. Skating to Chopin’s Nocturne, Asada hit her trademark triple axel at the start of her routine and completed all her remaining jumps to finish with 78.66 points, surpassing the previous record of 78.50 set by Yuna Kim at the Vancouver Olympics. “As the last competition of this season, I am happy to skate the best short program,” said Asada, a two-time world champion. “My mission here is to perform both programs perfect so already half is done and tomorrow I want to focus on showing everything I have practiced.” Carolina Kostner of Italy was second with 77.24 points followed by Julia Lipnitskaia of Russia, who had 74.54 points. Kim, the defending champion, has retired and Olympic gold medalist Adelina Sotnikova of Russia isn’t competing at the worlds. “I was very nervous,” Kostner said. “But this is my 13th world championship so I just kept telling myself not to be nervous.” Akiko Suzuki, who is retiring after this event, was fourth with 71.02 points. Gracie Gold of the United States was fifth followed by compatriot Ashley Wagner.

Report details Irsay’s arrest CARMEL, Ind. — Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay had $29,000 in cash and bottles of prescription drugs in his vehicle when he was arrested on suspicion of intoxicated driving, according to a police arrest report. The cash was contained in Irsay’s briefcase, wallet and two laundry bags, the report said. The report said bottles containing pills of various colors were stored in the metal briefcase and in bags on the floor of the passenger side. Irsay denied being drunk when he was arrested in suburban Carmel on March 16, although the 54-year-old billionaire was so disoriented that officers made him sit on the hood of a patrol car to keep him from falling, the report said. The arresting officer said he “believed Irsay to be intoxicated on a substance other than alcohol,” according to the report. The arrest report listed a dozen pieces of evidence identified as prescription drugs, but did not describe them. Irsay told the officer that he had taken several prescription medications during the day. The contents of the arrest report by Carmel police were first reported Thursday by The Indianapolis Star, which obtained the report through a public records request.

Ennis to enter NBA draft SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse freshman point guard Tyler Ennis is entering the NBA draft. Ennis made the announcement Thursday in an email from the university. “I’d like to thank coach (Jim) Boeheim, the coaching staff, my teammates and the amazing fans of Syracuse for the opportunity to play at a great university like Syracuse,” Ennis said in the statement released by the school. “I feel this experience has helped prepare me to fulfill my lifelong dream — to play in the NBA.” Ennis finished second on the Orange in scoring at 12.9 points per game and averaged 5.5 assists to go with 1.7 turnovers, one of the top assist-to-turnover marks in the nation. “He sat down with us and we talked about it,” Ennis’s father, Tony McIntyre, said Thursday. “He feels like he’s in a good place in the draft. There are not too many point guards and he feels that he can be valuable to a team in this year’s draft.”

Moreno signs with Dolphins MIAMI — Running back Knowshon Moreno has agreed to terms on a one-year contract with Miami Dolphins, and they hope he’ll enliven a ground game that ranked 26th in the NFL last season. Moreno, a five-year veteran, had his best season in 2013 when he rushed for 1,038 yards, caught 60 passes and scored 13 touchdowns playing with Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos. He ranked fifth in the NFL with 1,586 yards from scrimmage, and tied for fourth with 10 rushing touchdowns. — The Associated Press

2004. “Despite my results against her, I still look forward to playing against her because you learn so much from that type of level which she produces,” Sharapova said. “You finish the match, and you know where you need to improve and the things that you need to work on.” Williams can credit a superior serve and better returns for her latest win. She hit nine aces and broke five times, which helped her rebound from deficits of 4-1 in the first set and 2-0 in the second.

“I wasn’t playing my best,” Williams said. “I knew if I wanted to stay in the tournament and make another final, I just had to play better.” She did, earning her 14th consecutive victory against a top-10 player. The No. 1-ranked Nadal, who is 0-3 in Key Biscayne finals, needs one more win to get there again. His opponent Friday night will be No. 7-seeded Tomas Berdych, who advanced by beating No. 22 Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-4, 7-6 (3). Nadal has beaten Berdych 16 times in a row over the past seven years.

Scoreboard Basketball NCAA Tournament EAST REGIONAL Regional Semifinals At Madison Square Garden New York Friday, March 28 UConn (28-8) vs. Iowa State (287), 3:27 p.m. Michigan State (28-8) vs. Virginia (30-6), 5:57 p.m. Regional Championship Sunday, March 30 Semifinal winners SOUTH REGIONAL Regional Semifinals At FedExForum Memphis, Tenn. Thursday, March 27 Dayton 82, Stanford 72 Florida 79, UCLA 68 Regional Championship Saturday, March 29 Dayton (26-10) vs. Florida (35-2), 2:09 p.m. MIDWEST REGIONAL Regional Semifinals At Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis Friday, March 28 Michigan (27-8) vs. Tennessee (24-12), 3:15 p.m. Kentucky (26-10) vs. Louisville (31-5), 5:45 p.m. Regional Championship Sunday, March 30 Semifinal winners WEST REGIONAL Regional Semifinals At The Honda Center Anaheim, Calif. Thursday, March 27 Wisconsin 69, Baylor 52 Arizona 70, San Diego State 64 Regional Championship Saturday, March 29 Wisconsin (29-7) vs. Arizona (334), 4:49 p.m. All Times ADT

NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Toronto 40 31 Brooklyn 37 33 New York 30 42 Boston 23 48 Philadelphia 15 57 Southeast Division y-Miami 48 22 Washington 36 35 Charlotte 35 37 Atlanta 31 40 Orlando 20 52 Central Division y-Indiana 52 20 Chicago 40 31 Cleveland 29 44 Detroit 26 45 Milwaukee 14 58

NCAA Women’s Tournament LINCOLN REGIONAL Regional Semifinals At Lincoln, Neb. Saturday, March 29 UConn (36-0) vs. BYU (28-6), 12:30 p.m. DePaul (29-6) vs. Texas A&M (268), 3 p.m. Monday, March 31 Regional Championship Semifinal winners, 9:30 p.m. STANFORD REGIONAL Regional Semifinals At Stanford, Calif. Sunday, March 30 Stanford (30-3) vs. Penn State (24-7), 12:30 p.m. South Carolina (29-4) vs. North Carolina (26-9), 3 p.m. Regional Championship Tuesday, April 1 Semifinal winners, 5 p.m. NOTRE DAME REGIONAL

Pct GB .563 — .529 2½ .417 10½ .324 17 .208 25½ .686 — .507 12½ .486 14 .437 17½ .278 29 .722 — .563 11½ .397 23½ .366 25½ .194 38

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division x-San Antonio 55 16 .775 Houston 49 22 .690 Memphis 43 28 .606 Dallas 43 30 .589 New Orleans 31 40 .437 Northwest Division x-Oklahoma City 52 19 .732 — Portland 46 27 .630 Minnesota 35 35 .500 Denver 32 40 .444 Utah 23 49 .319 Pacific Division L.A. Clippers 51 22 .699 Golden State 44 27 .620 Phoenix 43 29 .597 Sacramento 25 46 .352 L.A. Lakers 24 47 .338 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division

Thursday’s Games Portland 100, Atlanta 85 Houston 120, Philadelphia 98 Milwaukee 108, L.A. Lakers 105 L.A. Clippers 109, Dallas 103 Friday’s Games Charlotte at Orlando, 3 p.m. Indiana at Washington, 3 p.m. Boston at Toronto, 3 p.m. Cleveland at Brooklyn, 3:30 p.m. Miami at Detroit, 3:30 p.m. Portland at Chicago, 4 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Minnesota, 4 p.m. Sacramento at Oklahoma City, 4 p.m. Utah at New Orleans, 4 p.m. San Antonio at Denver, 5 p.m. New York at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Memphis at Golden State, 6:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games Detroit at Philadelphia, 3:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Houston, 4 p.m. Atlanta at Washington, 4 p.m. Sacramento at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. Miami at Milwaukee, 4:30 p.m. New Orleans at San Antonio, 4:30 p.m. All Times ADT

— 6 12 13 24

7 16½ 20½ 29½ — 6 7½ 25 26

Regional Semifinals At Notre Dame, Ind. Saturday, March 29 Kentucky (26-8) vs. Baylor (31-4), 8 a.m. Notre Dame (34-0) vs. Oklahoma State (25-8), 10:30 a.m. Regional Championship Monday, March 31 Semifinal winners, 3:30 p.m. LOUISVILLE REGIONAL Regional Semifinals At Louisville, Ky. Sunday, March 30 Tennessee (28-5) vs. Maryland (26-6), 8 a.m. Louisville (32-4) vs. LSU (21-12), 10:30 a.m. Regional Championship Tuesday, April 1 Semifinal winners, 3 p.m. All Times ADT

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Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 25 Clemson 73, Belmont 68 Minnesota 81, Southern Miss 73 Wednesday, March 26 Florida State 78, Louisiana Tech 75 SMU 67, California 65 At Madison Square Garden New York Semifinals Tuesday, April 1 Minnesota (23-13) vs. Florida State (22-13), 3 p.m. Clemson (23-13) vs. SMU (26-9), 5:30 p.m. Championship

Thursday, April 3 Semifinal winners, 3 p.m. All Times ADT

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

W 16 19 18 17 13 16 14 14 14 11 10 10 9 10 8

L Pct 6 .727 8 .704 10 .643 11 .607 9 .591 12 .571 12 .538 13 .519 13 .519 15 .423 15 .400 15 .400 14 .391 16 .385 15 .348

NATIONAL LEAGUE Miami 18 11 .621 San Francisco 17 11 .607 Pittsburgh 14 10 .583 Washington 15 13 .536 Arizona 12 11 .522 Colorado 14 13 .519 New York 14 14 .500 St. Louis 11 13 .458 San Diego 10 12 .455 Cincinnati 14 17 .452 Chicago 13 18 .419 Milwaukee 12 17 .414 Atlanta 12 18 .400 Los Angeles 6 11 .353 Philadelphia 9 17 .346 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not. Thursday’s Games Washington 4, N.Y. Mets 0 Miami 6, St. Louis 4 Detroit 9, Atlanta 3 Toronto 3, Philadelphia 0 N.Y. Yankees 4, Pittsburgh 2 Chicago Cubs 4, Chicago White Sox 3 Cincinnati (ss) 9, Arizona (ss) 1 Cincinnati (ss) 8, Milwaukee 2 Cleveland 3, Arizona (ss) 2 Boston 4, Minnesota 1 Tampa Bay 4, Baltimore 3 L.A. Angels 7, L.A. Dodgers 5 Oakland 4, San Francisco 0

Hockey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L x-Boston 73 50 17 Montreal 75 42 26 Tampa Bay 73 40 24 Detroit 73 33 26 Toronto 74 36 30 Ottawa 72 29 29 Florida 74 27 39 Buffalo 73 20 45 Metropolitan Division Pittsburgh 73 46 22 N.Y. Rangers 74 41 29 Philadelphia 72 38 27 Columbus 72 37 29 Washington 73 34 27 New Jersey 73 31 28 Carolina 73 32 32 N.Y. Islanders 73 28 35

OT Pts GF GA 6 106 233 153 7 91 195 188 9 89 217 195 14 80 195 209 8 80 216 231 14 72 205 243 8 62 178 240 8 48 139 218 5 97 226 183 4 86 197 179 7 83 206 204 6 80 204 196 12 80 212 218 14 76 177 190 9 73 184 205 10 66 204 246

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division x-St. Louis 73 Chicago 74 Colorado 73 Minnesota 74 Dallas 72 Nashville 74 Winnipeg 74 Pacific Division x-San Jose 75 x-Anaheim 72

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7 107 238 164 15 99 244 191 6 98 224 200 11 85 183 188 11 79 203 207 11 75 183 219 9 75 206 216

47 19 47 18

9 103 230 181 7 101 231 182

Los Angeles 74 43 25 6 92 185 157 Phoenix 74 36 26 12 84 205 209 Vancouver 75 34 30 11 79 183 201 Calgary 73 30 36 7 67 185 214 Edmonton 73 25 39 9 59 180 241 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. x-clinched playoff spot Thursday’s Games Phoenix 3, New Jersey 2, SO Tampa Bay 3, N.Y. Islanders 2, SO Boston 3, Chicago 0 Los Angeles 3, Pittsburgh 2 Montreal 5, Detroit 4 Carolina 3, Florida 0 St. Louis 5, Minnesota 1 Nashville 6, Buffalo 1 Colorado 3, Vancouver 2, OT Winnipeg 4, San Jose 3 Friday’s Games Toronto at Philadelphia, 3 p.m. Pittsburgh at Columbus, 3 p.m. Chicago at Ottawa, 3:30 p.m. Nashville at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Calgary, 5 p.m. Anaheim at Edmonton, 5:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games Boston at Washington, 8:30 a.m. San Jose at Colorado, 11 a.m. Tampa Bay at Buffalo, 3 p.m. Detroit at Toronto, 3 p.m. Montreal at Florida, 3 p.m. New Jersey at N.Y. Islanders, 3 p.m. Columbus at Carolina, 3 p.m. Dallas at St. Louis, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Phoenix, 5 p.m. Anaheim at Vancouver, 6 p.m. Winnipeg at Los Angeles, 6 p.m. All Times ADT

Transactions BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX — Placed LHP Craig Breslow and RHP Steven Wright on the 15-day DL, retroactive to March 21. CLEVELAND INDIANS — Optioned INF Justin Sellers to Columbus (IL). Reassigned RHP Matt Capps, C Luke Carlin, RHP Shaun Marcum and C Matt Treanor to their minor league camp. DETROIT TIGERS — Optioned INF Eugenio Suarez to Erie (EL). HOUSTON ASTROS — Claimed OF Alex Presley off waivers from Minnesota. Designated LHP Raul Valdes for assignment. KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Returned LHP Patrick Schuster, a Rule 5 draft pick, to Arizona, where he was assigned to Reno (PCL). MINNESOTA TWINS — Assigned LHP Scott Diamond and OF Chris Parmelee outright to Rochester (IL). NEW YORK YANKEES — Reassigned RHP Danny Burawa, RHP Chris Leroux and LHP Fred Lewis to minor league camp. SEATTLE MARINERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Chris Young on a one-year contract. Designated LHP Bobby LaFromboise for assignment. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Placed LHP J.A. Happ on the 15-day DL. Optioned C Erik Kratz to Buffalo (IL). National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Assigned RHP Archie Bradley to their minor league camp. ATLANTA BRAVES — Optioned RHP Ernesto Mejia to Gwinnett (IL). COLORADO ROCKIES — Optioned C Mike McKenry, INF Josh Rutledge and INF Ryan Wheeler to Colorado Springs (PCL). Reassigned OF Jason Pridie and OF Tim Wheeler to their minor league camp. MIAMI MARLINS — Optioned OF Jake Marisnick and INF Donovan Solano to New Orleans (PCL). Re-

assigned RHP Henry Rodriguez, RHP Chris Hatcher, OF Matt Angle, INF Juan Diaz and INF Austin Nola to their minor league camp. NEW YORK METS — Selected the contract of LHP John Lannan from Las Vegas (PCL). PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Released OF Bobby Abreu. Placed RHP Mike Adams, RHP Miguel Gonzalez, RHP Ethan Martin, SS Freddy Galvis, LHP Cole Hamels and 1B Darin Ruf on the 15-day DL. PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Agreed to terms with OF Starling Marte on a six-year contract. Optioned RHP Brandon Cumpton to Indianapolis (IL). Acquired OF Keon Broxton from Arizona for a player to be named and assigned him to Altoona (EL). WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Signed LHP Mike Gonzalez to a minor league contract. Optioned LHP Xavier Cedeno, OF Jeff Kobernus, RHP Ryan Mattheus and 1B Ted Moore to Syracuse (IL) and C Sandy Leon to Harrisburg (EL). BASKETBALL National Basketball Association PHILADELPHIA 76ERS — Signed F James Nunnally to a second 10day contract. FOOTBALL National Football League CINCINNATI BENGALS — Agreed to terms with DT Domata Peko on a two-year contract extension through the 2016 season. DETROIT LIONS — Signed S James Ihedigbo. MIAMI DOLPHINS — Agreed to terms with RB Knowshon Moreno on a one-year contract. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed G Vladimir Ducasse. TENNESSEE TITANS — Agreed to terms with LB Shaun Phillips on a multiyear contract. WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Resigned CB E.J. Biggers to a oneyear contract. Canadian Football League EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Signed QB Pat White. HOCKEY National Hockey League BUFFALO SABRES — Recalled D Ramus Ristolainen and F Johan Larsson from Rochester (AHL). COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Recalled G Mike McKenna from Springfield (AHL). DALLAS STARS — Signed F Alex Guptill to a two-year, entry-level contract. Recalled F Chris Mueller from Texas (AHL). NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Recalled F John Persson from Bridgeport (AHL). SOCCER Major League Soccer CHIVAS USA — Waived D Carlos Borja. SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES — Signed general manager John Doyle to a contract extension. COLLEGE CINCINNATI — Named Kayla Jeter assistant volleyball coach. NEW JERSEY CITY — Named Jake Modestow men’s assistant volleyball coach. SAINT AUGUSTINE’S — Fired men’s basketball coach Tony Sheals. SYRACUSE — Announced freshman G Tyler Ennis will enter the NBA draft. TEMPLE — Announced sophomore G-F Daniel Dingle, was approved for a fifth-year of eligibility due to medical hardship. UNC-WILMINGTON — Named Kevin Keatts men’s basketball coach.

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Just one point ahead of Kenai River is the Wenatchee (Wash.) Wild, which also owns the tiebreaker over the Bears due to a better head-to-head record. The Wild host the Aberdeen (S.D.) Wings today and Saturday. The two squads have split two games this season. The Wings have won nine straight games and are one point behind the Austin (Minn.) Bruins in the race for the Central Division title. The Wild have one win and three points in their last four games. “No matter what the situation, we need to focus on what we are doing,” Kenai River head coach Geoff Beauparlant said. “More than likely, we’re going to need two to three points this weekend to secure a spot.” Last weekend at the Soldotna Re-

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on the squad, and when he began to steadily increase his consistency of play, he earned a spot on the team’s third and fourth lines, and eventually took advantage of a few injuries suffered by the starters to briefly take a spot on the top line. As a product of the North American Hockey League’s Kenai River Brown Bears, Duwe was familiar with the pressure, but not as much with the pace of the game. “First off, you’re going up against kids 21 and under,” Duwe said of his time with the Bears. “Now it’s guys 24 and 25 years old. They’re pretty much NHL guys, I mean, a guy on my team just signed with Anaheim. “It’s the highest level you get to before making money.” Earning a spot on a college team is not easy, but the kicker was that Duwe had stepped

gional Sports Complex, the Bears picked up three points in two games against the Ice Dogs, losing 3-2 in a shootout Friday and winning 4-2 Saturday. “It’s one of those situations where when you play well you want to get right to the next game,” Beauparlant said. “I think the guys are ready to get going and see how everything shakes out after this weekend.” The Bears have just three wins in 14 tries against Fairbanks, which has clinched the league’s top record, but the play has been much more even of late. Kenai River started 0-6-1 vs. the Ice Dogs, but is 3-3-1 since then. “I think it’s our mind-set — we believe we can win and we know what it takes to be an elite team in the league now,” Beauparlant said when asked about the improvement against Fairbanks. “We played well at the start of the year, but I think a lot of it was excitement to be back playing.

“Now, I think our guys get what it truly takes to be successful.” The veterans on the team know what it takes to win a game at the Big Dipper when the stakes are highest, having taken a game there in an eventual five-game playoff loss last year. “The guys can draw on past experience and help the younger guys understand how to handle the things that will come up this weekend,” Beauparlant said. Even though Fairbanks has nothing to play for, Beauparlant, an assistant there the last three seasons, expects Fairbanks’ best. The Bears snapped a six-game winning streak and 13-game point streak for the Dogs on Saturday. “It’s not in their culture, or any team’s culture, to just lie down,” Beauparlant said. “They want to go into the playoffs on a strong note.” The Bears just want to go into the playoffs. Beauparlant said that, and

not nearing the franchise record for points, is what matters. “We play to be in the playoffs and have a chance to compete for the Robertson Cup,” he said. The Bears will not have defenseman Judd Loewenstein this weekend due to a concussion. Forward Jacob Wolter also will be suspended Friday due to a game misconduct for kneeing in Saturday’s game. Alec Butcher, who goes into the final two games with a four-point lead in the race to be the NAHL’s leading scorer, will play after leaving Saturday’s game after a shot hit him in the arm. Bears notes: The team gave out end-of-season awards Sunday at the Feed the Bears dinner at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex: Community service award — Vince Stefan. Beauparlant said Stefan spearheaded a lot of projects in the community and has been a recognizable face in the community all three of his years

here. PAC fitness award — Conor Deal. Beauparlant said the award could have gone to several players, but assistant Scott Johnson pointed out that Deal was the player motivating other players in the fitness arena from Day 1. He also leads the dynamic warmup and stretching before games. Players’ player award — Judd Loewenstein. Beauparlant said this award is voted on by the team, so it is a special one to get. The award shows Loewenstein is a good sounding board, a good friend and a good teammate. Unsung hero award — Gustav Berglund. Beauparlant said the award goes to a player that doesn’t get a lot of press and just goes about his business anyway. Brown Bear award — Jake Davidson. Beauparlant said this award goes to the player that exemplifies being a Brown Bear. That means encompassing the values of community, education and competing.

away from the world of hockey for a year, before returning to the Brown Bears last season. “It was just heart and determination to achieve my goal,” Duwe said. “I was just working that much harder, harder than others.” The 2009 SoHi graduate also still keeps up with his old clubs. Duwe said if the Brown Bears can grab a playoff spot in the North American Hockey League, he plans on making the trip to Soldotna to watch his former team fight for a playoff series win. When the Soldotna Stars high school hockey team won the Northern Lights Conference championship that put them in the state tournament in February, Duwe had his eye on the action constantly. “The whole Ice Hawks organization is where I started,” he said. “Watching the kids win is part of what kept me going. “SoHi won a region title this year, and the last time they did that was when I played, so it’s nice to see that.”

Mickelson has troubles in Texas By The Associated Press

SAN ANTONIO — Long after the fog cleared at TPC San Antonio, Phil Mickelson remained shrouded in an increasingly alarming funk with the Masters two weeks away. Mickelson shot a 5-over 77 on Thursday in the Texas Open to fall nine strokes back during the suspended first round. The 77 was Lefty’s highest score since a 78 in August in the PGA Championship. Pat Perez and Danny Lee shot 4-under 68 to share the clubhouse lead and Andrew Loupe was 4 under with seven holes to play when darkness forced the suspension of play. The start was delayed 2 hours, 40 minutes because of fog, and 45 players were unable to finish the round. Mickelson also will play next week in the Houston Open before heading to Augusta National. In his previous two starts, Mickelson missed the cut in the Honda Classic and tied for 16th three weeks ago at Doral in the World Golf Champion-

ships-Cadillac Championship. He made his only other Texas Open appearance in 1992, so long ago that the event was only his 11th professional start on the PGA Tour. KIA CLASSIC CARLSBAD, Calif. — Paula Creamer easily overcame tricky morning wind conditions in the Kia Classic for a share of the first-round lead with Mariajo Uribe. Creamer and Uribe shot 5-under 67 at Aviara to finish a stroke ahead of Cristie Kerr, Shanshan Feng, Jodi Ewart Shadoff and Mi Hyang Lee. A playoff winner March 2 in Singapore, Creamer had six birdies and bogeyed the par-4 15th — her sixth hole of the day — after her approach plugged in the face of a bunker. In Singapore, she made a breaking, downhill 75-foot eagle putt on the second extra hole to beat Azahara Munoz. The victory ended a 79-event drought dating to the 2010 U.S. Women’s Open.

Cabrera to get $292 million for 10 years DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Tigers are doubling down on Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera. The team has agreed to pay Cabrera a baseball-record $292 million over the next 10 years, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. The person, who said the contract is subject to a physical, spoke Thursday night to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the agreement had not been announced. Cabrera is due $44 million over the final two years of his $152.3 million, eight-year contract that runs through 2015, and the person says the slugger will make $248 million over eight seasons in the new deal. Depending on whether Cabrera’s deal is structured as one 10-year contract or an eight-year deal starting in 2016, it will either surpass Alex Rodriguez’s $275 million, 10-year agreement with the New York Yankees for

the richest contract, or Clayton Kershaw’s record for average annual value of $30,714,286 in the $215 million, seven-year deal he signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers in January. The Tigers and their owner Mike Ilitch, who desperately wants to win a World Series, will close spring training showing their fans they are willing to pay what it takes to keep great players in today’s market. The franchise offered righthander Max Scherzer $144 million over six years recently, but the AL Cy Young Award winner turned it down, likely setting himself up to become a free agent after the season. Detroit dealt Prince Fielder and his $214 million contract in November to Texas — less than two years after giving it to him — for second baseman Ian Kinsler, sending $30 million to the Rangers as part of the swap. Clearly, the Tigers want Cabrera to end his career in the Motor City.

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Florida guard Michael Frazier II (20) shoots against UCLA’s Travis Wear (24) and Bryce Alford (20) during the first half in a regional semifinal game at the NCAA college basketball tournament Thursday in Memphis, Tenn.

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chie joined his brother in the Elite Eight after Sean Miller coached Arizona to a 70-64 victory over San Diego State. Sibert finished 7 of 12 from the field, including 4 of 9 from 3-point range. He had plenty of help, including from Pollard, a 6-foot-6 guard who continually got to the basket and helped the Flyers stretch their lead in the first half. “People have been doubting us and not giving us a lot of credit,” Sibert said. “I know these guys. I know what Coach wants. We all want to win. At the end of the day we all want to be considered winners.” Wisconsin 69, Baylor 52 ANAHEIM, Calif. — Ben Brust and his Wisconsin teammates got oodles of open shots while they sliced and diced Baylor’s vaunted zone defense. When the Bears had the ball, 7-foot Frank Kaminsky always seemed to be right in their way. Brust, Kaminsky and their Badgers realize they dominated Baylor in a victory Thursday night because of a coach who always puts them in the right spots. Bo Ryan has never been to college basketball’s final weekend, but the Badgers are thrilled to put him on the brink. “That would be a very special thing to do, but we also know that he’s not going to let us look too far ahead,” said Brust, who scored 14 points. “When that time comes, we’ll handle it. I’d definitely like to do that for him.” Kaminsky scored 19 points and blocked six shots while Wisconsin romped into the West Regional final, reaching the final eight for the third time in school history. Brust hit three of the six 3-pointers from the second-seeded Badgers (29-7), who jumped to a 14-point lead in the first half and never let up on the overmatched Bears (26-12). Kaminsky and his disciplined teammates shredded the Baylor zone that played so well in the C

first two games. Wisconsin also methodically shut down Baylor’s talented offense while moving into its second regional final in 13 years under Ryan, who has seen just about everything except the Final Four in a 700-win coaching career. “I’d be honored to be a part of that,” Kaminsky said. Wisconsin advanced to the regional final Saturday against top-seeded Arizona, which held off San Diego State 70-64 in the late game at Honda Center. The Badgers haven’t been to the Final Four since retired coach Dick Bennett got them there in 2000. The Badgers advanced by countering everything the Bears do well. Wisconsin wrecked Baylor’s zone, negated their 3-point shooting acumen with perimeter defense, kept the tempo at the Badgers’ preferred speed and even held a 39-33 rebounding edge on Baylor, one of the nation’s top rebounding teams. Ryan put on a bit of a coaching clinic, but that’s nothing new. The Wisconsin folk hero has led the Badgers to an NCAA tournament berths in each of his 13 seasons, but only got this close to the Final Four in 2005. “We get 40 more minutes, and I’m awfully proud of them,” Ryan said. Kaminsky added another remarkable performance to his junior season with the Badgers, racking up 10 points and four blocked shots while Wisconsin took a 29-16 lead into halftime. Wisconsin held Baylor to a season-low in first-half points. Cory Jefferson scored 15 points for the sixth-seeded Bears in their third Sweet 16 trip in five years. Isaiah Austin and Kenny Chery scored 12 points apiece for Baylor.

Arizona 70, San Diego St. 64 ANAHEIM, Calif. — Nick Johnson scored all of his 15 points in the last 2:45, after missing his first 10 shots, and Arizona rallied to beat San Diego State on Thursday night and advance to the final eight of the NCAA tournament. Aaron Gordon and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson scored 15 points each for the top-seeded Wildcats (33-4). They next play Wisconsin in the West Regional final

Saturday. Xavier Thames scored 25 points and Dwayne Polee added 13 points for the Aztecs (31-5). Those two tried to bail out SDSU in the final minute, each hitting 3-pointers before Thames’ basket cut the deficit to 65-61 with 38 seconds left. The drama wasn’t over yet in a game featuring tenacious defense and rabid intensity by both teams. SDSU got called for a 10-second violation, and the Wildcats regained the ball. Johnson got fouled and made both for a 67-61 lead with 26 seconds to go. Thames got fouled on a 3-point attempt, and he sank all three shots to leave SDSU trailing 67-64. The Aztecs had Johnson trapped near their bench, but he passed out of the double team and Gabe York got fouled at the other end. He missed the first and made the second, keeping Arizona ahead 68-64. Thames missed, and Johnson went to the line again where he ended the scoring with two free throws. Hollis-Jefferson fouled out with 4:42 to play, but Johnson made his first basket a couple minutes later and carried the Wildcats across the finish line after they trailed much of the second half. Arizona coach Sean Miller joined his brother Archie in the final eight. The younger Miller coached Dayton to an 82-72 victory over Stanford of the Pac-12 in the South Regional semifinals. The Aztecs controlled the boards 37-29, with three of them often battling at once on the defensive end. Josh Davis had 14 rebounds for SDSU. Johnson, the Pac-12 player of the year, finished 2 of 12 from the field, but made all 10 of his free throws.

Florida 79, UCLA 68 MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Florida Gators are back where their last three seasons have ended with yet another chance to go to the Final Four. Being in the Elite Eight again, though, simply isn’t enough. Michael Frazier II hit five 3-pointers and finished with 19 points as the Gators beat UCLA on Thursday night to reach its fourth consecutive NCAA regional final. “We just talked about it, and

it’s not enough for us,” Florida senior Will Yeguete said. “We have two days to get ready for a good team, and we’re just going to go for it on Saturday.” The Gators (35-2) also extended the best winning streak in school history to 29 straight in reaching the South Regional final. “From a team aspect, I think we’ve done a great job of just staying in the moment and just trying to chase greatness,” Frazier said. “When you do that, complacency isn’t a factor so I think we’ve done a great job all year of just staying in the moment and chasing greatness.” The tournament’s overall top seed will play 11th-seeded Dayton on Saturday night for a trip to the Final Four. Dayton beat Stanford 82-72 earlier Thursday night. “Right now we got to put this game behind us and get focused on Dayton,” Florida senior Scottie Wilbekin said. “They’re a great team. Everybody is at this point in the season, and so we got to be locked in and ready because it’s going to be a battle.” Wilbekin added 13 points for Florida. Casey Prather had 12 points, and Dorian FinneySmith had 10. Kasey Hill had 10 assists. The Gators have not lost since Dec. 2. The Gators lost to Michigan a year ago in a regional final. “But it’s a new team that we have, and we’re playing a new team so it’s a totally different situation,” Wilbekin said. “We’re just excited to get this win and move onto the next game. We’re totally focused on that. The past has no impact.” UCLA (28-9) was back in a regional semifinal for the first time since 2008 under first-year coach Steve Alford. But the Bruins just couldn’t match Florida’s physical defense or outshoot the Gators. UCLA now is 0-4 against Florida coach Billy Donovan all-time — all in the NCAA tournament.

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Author’s note: The Clarion first published this column on Mar. 17, 2009, the 20th anniversary of Alaska’s worst environmental disaster to date. Lest we forget, its message bears repeating, and often. — LP

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ne thing that hasn’t been said about the Exxon Valdez oil spill is how fortunate it is that the true extent of the damage is hidden from the casual visitor — the boaters, kayakers and passengers aboard day boats and cruise ships. In March of 1989, when the oil tanker ran into Bligh Reef and began leaking crude oil, I remember thinking that Prince William Sound had been spoiled forever. Seven years later, when I began cruising the sound in a friend’s boat, it seemed to outward appearances as if the spill had never occurred. Weathered crude had changed the color of rocks along the shoreline in some places, but the scenery was as beautiful as ever. While the oil had killed a lot of wildlife, I saw no dead birds or mammals. Sea birds always seemed to be around. The coves we visited usually contained sea otters. Though we saw few orcas, we saw lots of Dall’s porpoises and humpback whales. The fishing was often good and sometimes excellent. Of course, my view, from the comfort of a yacht, cruising along the shoreline or anchored in a cove, was a superficial one. I didn’t see the oil that to this day lies just under the surface on many of the sound’s rocky beaches. I didn’t know how much more wildlife I’d be seeing if so many species hadn’t been devastated by the spill. I had no way of knowing if the fishing was worse than it had been before 11 million gallons of crude had leaked into the water. Neither I nor anyone else will ever fully know the long-term effects of what remains one of the worst man-made environmental disasters in history. The hidden toxic brew will poison the bays for a century or more. Decades from now, residents of the sound’s villages will still be afraid to eat clams from their beaches. If we learned anything on Mar. 24, 1989, we should’ve learned to never again trust big oil, where the corporate “bottom line” trumps all environmental concerns. Another lesson learned was that an outraged public can exert enough political force to ensure that strict and “state of the art” safeguards are implemented, enforced and that these safeguards remain for as long as there is a threat to the environment. Unfortunately, it’s difficult See PALMER, page C-2

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In this photo taken March 7, Brian Grossman, poses with his mountain bike near Shevlin Park in Bend, Ore. Grossman is racing the Cape Epic, an eight-day, 445-mile mountain bike race in South Africa that includes more than 48,720 feet of vertical climbing in temperatures over 100 degrees. Grossman is racing to raise funds and awareness for Kids in the Game, a Bend nonprofit he co-founded that provides financial support for underprivileged youths to help them get active and participate in sports.

BEND, Ore. — It has been called the Tour de France of mountain bike stage races. The eight-day Cape Epic in South Africa spans nearly 500 miles and includes 50,000 feet of elevation gain in temperatures that can soar above 100 degrees. Even the best have succumbed to the grueling challenge of the annual Cape Epic. Adam Craig, an Olympic mountain biker from Bend, could not finish the race in 2012 due to severe dehydration stemming from a stomach issue. “The party line at the Epic is SURVIVAL,” Craig wrote in his blog shortly after pulling out of that race. “It’s what the eventual winners are doing just as much as the poor blokes that are out there for 10 hours per day, every day, surviving. It’s a serious test of being.” Bend’s Brian Grossman is intent on being one of those “poor blokes.” You see, the Cape Epic is not just for seasoned pros like Craig, 32, who happens to be one of the strongest mountain bikers in America. Recreational riders like Grossman, 48, can also register for the race, which includes 1,200 cyclists competing in two-rider teams. Grossman is racing the Cape Epic later this month to raise funds and awareness for Kids in the Game, a Bend nonprofit he co-founded that provides financial support for underprivileged youths to help them get active and participate in sports. Two years ago, Grossman completed the Marathon Des Sables, a seven-day running race in the Sahara Desert of Morocco that was his first such effort in support of Kids in the Game. Recharged and motivated, he has been training since July for the Cape Epic, which he says has been on his bucket list for more than eight years. Grossman raised more than $50,000 for Kids in the Game through the Marathon Des Sables, and now his goal is to raise $48,720 — $1 for every foot of vertical gain in the Cape Epic. Grossman says he is “more afraid” of the Cape Epic than he was the Marathon Des Sables. His goal for the mountain bike race is simply to survive and finish. “I’m not a fast guy, but I can go all day,” he says. “But there are time cutoffs with this race. The challenge for me will be making those cutoffs. I’ll need to be stronger than I’ve ever been as a rider. The mental, emotional side of it, it’s no time to have any moments of weakness or doubts in your head.” Grossman will ride with teammate Tom Turley, a friend from Denver with whom he has taken on numerous mountain biking and mountaineering adventures. Turley — who Grossman says has participated in the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain, 26 times — is certainly crazy enough to attempt the Cape Epic. “I wanted somebody who’s a stronger rider than I am,” Grossman says of Turley, also 48. “It was hard to find somebody who was willing to do it and capable of it.” Grossman and Turley, who will compete in the Masters 40-50 category, figure to be two of the older riders in the event. The Cape Epic has been redesigned each year since its inception in 2004. The race takes bikers through unexplored landscapes and breathtaking vistas along dirt roads and singletrack throughout Western Cape, South Africa. Teammates must stay within two minutes of each other as a safety precaution during the stage race. See GOAL, page C-2

Outdoor shooting with variety of targets By ROGER PHILLIPS Idaho Statesman

BOISE, Idaho — If you’re a shooter, you know putting holes in paper can get boring. No matter how tight a group you can shoot, it can be just as satisfying to make an aluminum can dance with a .22 rifle. With the exploding popularity of AR-15 rifles, lots of folks have taken their plinking to a new level at longer distances and with different targets. Sadly, some of those targets are old computer monitors, televisions, glass bottles and other garbage that creates a terrible mess and leaves an awful impression of all shooters. It’s infuriating and unacceptable to responsible shooters. There are safe, responsible and fun ways to go shooting — either at a shooting range or in a safe, open space — with targets that are challenging and exciting to shoot. Rather than harp on the bad guys, I’d rather talk about how to get out and have some fun with guns and try

some of the cool targets available.

Steel targets These are a blast to shoot. The best of them ping and swing or spin. You get a feedback when you hit one, and they are very durable. They roughly break down into three categories: .22 targets, handgun targets and rifle targets, but there’s overlap between them. Before you buy, learn what each steel target is made of, or for what type of gun it is designed. The stoutest, most durable targets are made of AR500 or AR550 steel. Shootsteel.com, a steel target maker, lists the following guidelines: . 1/4-inch AR500 is designed to handle centerfire handguns up to .45ACP, including .38 special, 9mm, .40 S&W and similar calibers. . 3/8-inch AR500 is designed to handle magnum handguns and rifles up to .308 and is also good for ARs and AKs (.223/5.56 and 7.62x39) and See SHOOT, page C-2

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In this photo taken March 7, a number of self healing targets are displayed including some that have taken hundreds of rounds from pistols and rifles in Emmett, Idaho. If you’re a shooter, you know putting holes in paper can get boring. No matter how tight a group you can shoot, it can be just as satisfying to make an aluminum can dance with a .22 rifle. With the exploding popularity of AR-15 rifles, lots of folks have taken their plinking to a new level at longer distances and with different targets.

Defining wilderness in a climate changing world

hat is “wilderness”? It’s much easier to say what it isn’t than what it is. It certainly isn’t Central Park. Sometimes it’s tough to acknowledge that Kenai National Wildlife Refuge has wilderness with the lights of Anchorage glowing on the northern horizon during winter. It’s one of those intangible concepts that depends on the eye of the beholder. Wilderness comes from the Old English “wildeornes” or “land inhabited only by wild animals (deer).” The more recent Oxford Dictionary defines it as “an uncultivated, uninhabited, and inhospitable region” and sometimes “a neglected or abandoned area of a garden or town.” None of this really jives well with the Alaskan version of wilderness that is alive with wildlife that has sustained Native communities for thousands of years. Wilderness advocates often distinguish between little “w” and big “W.” The uncapitalized version of wilderness is everything mentioned above. The capitalized version refers to Wilderness specifically designated by Congress under the Wilderness Act, legislation signed by President Lyndon Johnson on September 3, 1964.

R efuge N otebook J ohn M orton Over 750 Big-W units now comprise the National Wilderness Preservation System, encompassing 110 million acres of Federally-managed lands in 44 states and Puerto Rico, and representing 5 percent of land in the U.S. Here on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, 1.3 million acres are designated as Kenai Wilderness in three units: Mystery Creek, Andrew Simons, and Dave Spencer. The Wilderness Act defines Kenai Wilderness for us: “A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape, is hereby recognized as an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.” The key word here is “untrammeled,” which the Oxford Dictionary defines as “not deprived of freedom of action or expression; not restricted or hampered.” Another way

of saying this is that human actions and influence are “unintentional.” This all makes sense when we consider that early pioneers might have left behind a now-decaying trapper’s log cabin, the remnants of a mining sluice, or even a new forest that regenerates in the aftermath of an escaped campfire. But how do we interpret what Wilderness is (or should be) in a world in which the climate itself is driven by carbon and methane emissions being pumped into the atmosphere by human engineering? The climate is what ultimately determines the distribution of plants and animals, fire return intervals, insect outbreaks, whether precipitation falls as snow or rain or at all, and the hydrologic regime that sustains returning salmon. Contemporary climate change is a game changer. Or is it? I just returned from an engaging 3-day workshop in Missoula that was hosted by the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Institute and the University of Montana’s Wilderness Institute. Participants were invited staff from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service and the National Park Service — the agencies charged with C

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managing Wilderness. The discussion centered on developing guidance for ecological restoration in Wilderness, including in response to contemporary climate change. To cut to the chase, the consensus was that climate change itself does not “trammel” Wilderness because it is NOT intentional despite being driven, at least in part, by hu-

mans. However, a changing climate affects so many ecological processes that it will become increasingly more difficult to describe any part of our world as “natural.” I suspect our collective perception of Kenai Wilderness is a boreal ecosystem dominated See REFUGE, page C-2

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may be too challenging to hit. Again, kind of defeats the purpose of buying a reactive target Continued from page C-1 if you can’t hit it. You also want to factor in where you will be shooting. similar cartridges. . 1/2-inch AR500 is designed If you’re shooting in the desfor high-power and magnum ert south of Boise, you want a rifles, including .300 and .338 target that stands taller than the grass. magnum rifles. Steel targets tend to be the heaviest and most expensive. Hanging targets Expect to pay about $100 and A hanging target like up for one. Caldwell Magnum Gong is one Spendy? Yes, but consider how much you’ve spent on option. It hangs from a frame to keep it well off the ground. guns, ammo and accessories. These get a great reaction Stay within the manufacwhen hit because the gong turer’s recommendations and these targets will last decades, bounces, but if you hit the chain with a high-power rifle, it will if not a lifetime. Consider what calibers you sever it. Bring spares. You also have to assemble will be shooting the most and and disassemble the stand bebuy those types of targets. For example, a heavy steel fore and after you shoot. target suitable for a high-power rifle may ricochet a .22 long rifle Walkers bullet back toward the shooter. “Rolling” or “walking” steel It may also have minimal reaction to other small caliber bul- targets are another option. These have four steel target lets or handgun rounds, which kind of defeats the purpose of a faces and are shaped similar to a jack. When you shoot the top reactive target. Many steel targets are de- target, it’s designed to tip over signed for popular handgun and reveal another target face. When they work right, you calibers, such as 9mm, .40 or .45, but may not sustain hits get a great combination of a from magnum handguns, and reasonably sized target that’s a high-power rifle will punch a durable and gives a good, visible reaction when hit. hole clean through them. The downside is they have to Also consider the size of the target (many companies recom- be used on flat ground, and they mend you shoot them no closer can also get stuck in the terrain than 100 yards with high-power or turn sideways so you have to rifles). If it’s a small target, it reset them to make them work properly.

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the present safeguards and to carry the outrage forward to the next generation. Continued from page C-1 If we forget the danger and lose the outrage, we’re to maintain the necessary lev- doomed to repeat history. A century from now, long after el of outrage and horror over time, and that’s why it’s good all the North Slope crude has been pumped through the that the spill is no longer pipeline and delivered to the obvious. If the scenery had West Coast, I’d like to think been permanently smeared there will still be a few pickups with crude, if much of the rattling around Cordova with wildlife hadn’t returned, bumper stickers that say, “Reand if the fisheries had been destroyed, there wouldn’t now member the Exxon Valdez!” be a constituency of boatLes Palmer can be reached ers, fishermen, tourists and at les.palmer@rocketmail.com. tourism industry to support

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Riders in the Cape Epic average about 60 miles per day. It is a full-service race, meaning a crew will provide food, water and tented race villages for the mountain bikers throughout the event. Riders sleep in tents each night after completing that day’s stage. Grossman, a stepfather of two who has worked as a lawyer and a software entrepreneur, has stayed relatively fit since completing the Marathon Des Sables. But he admits he needed to get into prime cycling form for the Cape Epic, which he decided more than a year ago that he would race. He says he has dropped his weight from 212 pounds to 186 through a combination of running, road biking, mountain biking, power pilates, and riding a trainer in his garage. He has also been using a fat bike, which has much wider than normal tires to handle the snow and mud of Central Oregon winters.

Grossman has made two trips to Northern California this winter to train in fairer weather. He focused on logging long days with lots of climbing in the Santa Cruz Mountains. “The number one challenge is that I’m a slow climber,” Grossman says. “If I’m able to climb at 4 miles an hour, versus 3 miles an hour, that could be the difference between making it and not making it. If we’re behind, we’ll have to take risks on descents. But our goal is to survive and have some fun with it.” Although laser-focused on his training and preparation, Grossman has never lost sight of his main motivation for undertaking the Cape Epic. He says Kids in the Game, now operating in 22 states, has helped provide access to sports programs for more than 5,300 kids — 2,100 of whom live in Central Oregon. “The ultimate goal,” Grossman says, “is the impact we can have on these kids.”

Self-setting Self-setting targets are as the name implies. Knock them over, they pop back up. These leave no doubt whether you hit the target, which makes them good for longrange shooting, and you don’t have to worry about them getting stuck in the terrain. Because they’re a mechanical device with moving parts that have to withstand repeated hits from bullets, they tend to be more expensive than other targets. Spinners These harken back to the old shooting galleries. They are wickedly addictive when you hit them and they start spinning. It seems silly, but that reaction is really fun to watch and you will want to keep shooting it. These are typically designed for .22 and handgun targets. It’s hard to design a spinning target that can take repeated hits from high-powered rifles. Note on steel targets: Policies vary at gun ranges on bringing your own steel targets. Check before you go, or join a gun club. Also, know what ammo you are shooting. Some inexpensive, imported ammo has steel core, which can damage steel targets and also spark and start fires.

Self-healing targets These are a cheaper alternative to steel targets, and they

are surprisingly durable. I’ve put hundreds of rounds through mine with a .22 long rifle; handguns, including 9 mm, .40 and .45; and high-power rifles from .223 to .30-06. They can really stand up to a lot bullets, which is surprising considering they look like they would turn into Swiss cheese after a full day of ammo burning. They don’t make the cool clang or ping sound like a steel target, but they do react depending on what you shoot them with. I’ve bounced them across the ground with a .22 long rifle, and at other times they barely reacted to a .223 bullet at 100 yards. A rule of thumb, the smaller and faster the bullet, the less reaction you get. But there are a lot of variables, including the shape of the target, the distance, thickness or weight and where you hit it. Round ones tend to react very well to nearly any bullet, while box-shaped ones might bounce and spin when hit with one type of bullet or remain motionless when hit by another. There are lots of different shapes and sizes, and they’re reasonably priced, so you can buy several and see which works. As a general rule, I’ve found they work best at gun ranges or other places where you have a relatively flat, dirt surface without vegetation.

You don’t have to reset them, but the downside is when you’re shooting them they tend to roll into a low spot and get stuck there. It’s not a big deal when you’re shooting a handgun or .22 long rifle within 50 yards, but it can be a hassle when you’re shooting them from 200 or 300 yards. Self-healing targets that hang from a frame tend to be less expensive than their steel counterparts. But the lightweight frames are less durable, the targets don’t ping or clang, and depending on design and what you’re shooting them with, they might not react much, either. Again, lighter, faster bullets will often puncture the targets without moving them much. That’s very relevant for AR-15 shooters. The light steel frames also won’t take a direct hit from a high-power round, so take that into consideration. Replace a less expensive target a few times and you’re going to spend as much or more than what a durable steel target costs.

Accessories One thing about plinking is you don’t want to overcomplicate it, but a portable bench rest can be a good asset for sighting in or taking your shooting to farther distances. Sand bags are an inexpensive way to steady a rifle or handgun

and will improve your accuracy. You can use them on the ground or on a portable bench. Another good thing to take along is a shooting mat. An inexpensive one is a closedcell foam backpacking pad. It costs about 20 bucks or less, is lightweight and doesn’t take up much space. It makes shooting prone more comfortable and cleaner. A bipod, cross sticks or a monopod also helps steady a rifle and extend your range.

Ear/eye protection Don’t forget them. Electronic ear muffs and plugs have become very popular because you can hear people talking and what’s going on around you and still protect your hearing.

Clean up after yourself That includes all targets and brass. You might not be able to find every .22 shell, but make an honest effort to pick up after yourself. One thing I’ve found that’s helpful is to shoot from stations. If everybody stands in a few places to shoot, the brass collects in a small area and is pretty easy to pick up after you’re done shooting. The original story can be found on the Idaho Statesman’s website: http://bit.ly/1dh5bjy Information from: Idaho Statesman, http://www.idahostatesman.com

Outdoor Legacy Foundation receives land donation BIGFORK, Mont. (AP) — Thirty acres of land with 3,500 feet of Flathead River shoreline has been donated to Montana’s Outdoor Legacy Foundation. The Missoulian reports in a story on Thursday that Glacier Bank donated the land that connects to the 1,887-acre Flathead Lake Waterfowl Production Area administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. “The property was a repos-

session, and it’s prime wetlands next to a protected area,” foundation spokeswoman Jane Ratzlaff said. “They approached us and asked if it’s something we might want.” The foundation said yes, seeing an opportunity to add more land to the waterfowl production area. “That’s the real interest in it,” Ratzlaff said. “It helps expand that area, and gives us a lot of riverfront.”

Osprey, teal, marsh wrens and other species are attracted to the area, and now they’ll have additional room in the long and narrow property that’s on either side of the boat entrance to Eagle Bend Yacht Harbor. Dennis Beams of Glacier Bank is friends with Montana Outdoor Legacy Foundation executive director George Bettas, Ratzlaff said. “Outdoor activities are at the core of Montana values and eco-

nomic growth,” Beams said in a statement. “We are delighted to be able to provide one more point of access to enjoying the quality of life that makes Montana a special place to live and do business.” Until last year, Montana’s Outdoor Legacy Foundation was known as the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Foundation. Started in 1999, it’s involved in projects on private and public lands.

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nary grass and northern pike, fewer moose co-existing with Sitka black-tailed deer, escaped lodgepole pine forests that support feral turkeys, diminishing alpine tundra unable to sustain harvestable populations of Dall sheep because of an encroaching treeline and invading orange hawkweed, and not enough persistent snow cover to allow travel by snowmachines. OK, that’s pretty much

a downer. The future Kenai Wilderness will likely track somewhere between what we have now and what my cloudy crystal ball is telling me. But this scenario does highlight the need for Refuge biologists to think creatively about how to “restore” Wilderness in a climate-changing world within the bounds set by Congress. It’s a tall order but also reflects how management and policy evolve

with new challenges. This year, 2014, marks the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act. Watch for upcoming celebratory events both locally and nationally. See our website (kenai.fws.gov) for more on information on Kenai Wilderness and its management. John Morton is the supervisory biologist at Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.

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by landscape-scale wildfires every few decades or even centuries that sustain white and black spruce forests, coupled with the Harding Icefield that feeds our glacial lakes and streams, all inhabited by moose, bear, mountain goats, Dall sheep, wolves, salmon and waterfowl. In addition to non-motorized ways of getting around, we enjoy these resources by float-plane, snowmachines and motorboats in Kenai Wilderness, modes of transport that were allowed in Kenai Wilderness by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act in 1980. But in my crystal ball, I don’t see that vision extending into the future. Without some deliberate human intervention, we are likely to see Calamagrostis grasslands in what was white and Lutz spruce forest sustained by human-caused fires that support ring-necked pheasants, kettle lakes unable to provide habitats for fish and waterfowl because they’ve been filled by elodea or have dried up, nonInformation from: The Bul- glacial streams too warm to letin, http://www.bendbulletin. sustain salmon, slow-moving com streams clogged by reed ca-

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Medical wake-up call prompts questions about life, marriage ideally grows TOGETHER. If your husband is unwilling or unable to do that, then “where you go from here” is to first ask him if he’s willing to talk to a marriage counselor with you. If he’s not, then schedule some sessions for yourself with a licensed professional and discuss the circumstances that led to your “wake-up call.” It will help you ratio- Abigail Van Buren nally — and unemotionally — decide how best to enjoy this gift of life you have been given.

proceeded to have a conversation during the meeting while a school staff person was making a presentation. It wasn’t a long conversation, but it wasn’t quiet either. The parent was sitting in the back row — he could have easily slipped out to have this “important” conversation. Thanks for letting me vent. It was extremely annoying and rude. Now I know why his son has no common sense. — ANNOYED IN IOWA DEAR ANNOYED: At most events an announcement is made beforehand that cellphones should be turned off. If there is an interruption, an experienced speaker will pause until the interruption ceases. From your letter, I assume that isn’t what happened last night. DEAR ABBY: You have addressed cellphone etiChildren learn manners and common sense by quette in your column before, but in this day and age watching their parents. If consideration for others it bears repeating. isn’t modeled for them, they don’t learn it. We attended a meeting for parents and students last night at our child’s high school. Inevitably, a cellDear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also phone rang, which can happen to anyone. The ring was known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her quickly silenced. mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www. A few minutes later, another cellphone started ring- DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA ing. Rather than mute it, the parent answered it and 90069.

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is close to you. Perhaps it is time for a mini-vacation or a weekend away. Take off as soon as you can — you will feel the difference. Tonight: Recognize that you have an audience observing you. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Realize what a weekend away could do for you. You might want to mellow out to great music. Others simply might need to find themselves surrounded by nature. Break away from the status quo quickly in order to open a place for some relaxation. Tonight: Let stress fly away. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH You have strong ideas, especially when it comes to maximizing the good times. It appears as though someone close to you also has a great idea, perhaps for tonight. There is no reason to say anything negative; try it this person’s way. Tonight: Opt for togetherness. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH You might feel as if you have lost control of a situation and want to regain it. Unfortunately, the best you can do at the moment is to let others do what they need to do. Be direct with a loved one, as you might not understand his or her choices. Tonight: Be playful. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH An associate cares far more about a joint effort or project than you realize. This person might not understand what is happening within you, but you both could be developing strong feelings for each other. Stay aware. Tonight: Take a break with some friends. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH You’ll have a better chance

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of discovering what is happening with a loved one by saying less and not being so stern or withdrawn. You could be taken aback by how much you care about this person. Feelings abound. Tonight: A conversation takes a swift turn. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH Focus on your domestic life, know what you want and move past a difficult situation. Take it one day at a time and express more enthusiasm for a project than you have in the past. You could be working through a problem without really acknowledging it. Tonight: At home. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH You might consider taking some time off with a friend, close relative or neighbor. Others will seek you out for various reasons, but make a point of scheduling time with a person of importance. Your words will trigger others’ imaginations. Tonight: Out and about. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHH Your ability to move past what others often resist might need to emerge with a money matter. You’ll see this situation as being far more profitable than others do. You might choose not to explain what is going on, yet others still will grasp your enthusiasm. Tonight: Say “yes.” PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH You could be taken aback by what is happening, as your imagination seems to come up with one creative idea after the other. Realize that you have a lot to accomplish. A child or loved one might become effusive in expressing his or her caring. Tonight: Start the weekend right.

Insight into inspections Dear Heloise: What do inspectors look at when doing an Annual car inspection? — A Reader, via email Good question! It is handy to know what they are looking for before taking your car to be inspected so you can make any necessary repairs beforehand. You wouldn’t want to get there and be rejected just to have to pay a second time! Here is what they look at: * Horn * Windshield wipers * Mirrors * Steering * Seat belts * Brakes * Tires * Wheel assembly * Exhaust system and exhaust emission system * Headlights, taillights, turn signals, front and rear reflectors * Serial or vehicle identification number * Gas caps * Window tint. If any of these things is broken or missing, you might not pass a state inspection. Some states may look at other things, too. If you are unsure, check out your state’s requirements, or ask at a state inspection location. — Heloise Send a great hint to: Heloise P.O. Box 795000 San Antonio, TX 78279-5000 Fax: 1-210-HELOISE Email: Heloise(at)Heloise.com

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A baby born today has a Sun in Aries and a Moon in Pisces. HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, March 28, 2014: This year you will be open to a changing situation that could affect your daily life. You feel more in touch with your creativity than you have in a while. Understand what is happening within your immediate circle. If you are single, use caution around any new person who enters your life. He or she could be emotionally unavailable. Unless you are, too, relating could become stressful at best. If you are attached, the two of you have a way of changing directions when you need to. No matter what age you are, summer triggers even more romance. PISCES makes a great healer for you. 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) HHH Your intuition might cloud what normally would appear as a straightforward issue. You seem to be picking up the nuances of the situation. Understand what is happening around you, but try not to put yourself in any difficult situations. Tonight: Play it low-key. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH You will move forward with clarity and direction. You know what is doable under the present circumstances. You’ll want to make a difference where it counts. Recognize what you can do to prevent an escalating, tense situation. Tonight: Meet up with friends. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHHH You could be exhausted by the neediness of someone who

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DEAR ABBY: I have been married almost four years. Recently I had some medical problems that were my wake-up call. I’m fine now, but I no longer am willing to wait for “someday.” I decided to try some new hobbies, one of which is skydiving. I had said for years I’d never do it because I’m afraid of heights. But I have changed my mind, and for me, this is a big deal. When I asked my husband what he thought, his response was, “I’m not spending the day just to see you jump out of an airplane.” Talk about disappointing! I have always “gone with the flow” when he has wanted to do something. I know he doesn’t want to go skydiving, but all I wanted was his support, and maybe someone to take a video or pictures. His response has left me wondering about a lot of things. I have had enough of his negativity. He doesn’t do anything except stay home. I guess I expected him to be excited for me, or to say he didn’t want me doing it. The first is what I would have preferred. Now I’m not sure where I go from here. — DISAPPOINTED IN SAN DIEGO DEAR DISAPPOINTED: I hope you realize this letter isn’t about skydiving, but your husband’s refusal to help you celebrate your new lease on life. A successful marriage is one in which a couple

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60% OF THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S WEALTH COMES FROM THEIR HOMEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S EQUITY. ITâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S LIKE A SAVINGS PLAN YOU DIDNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T KNOW YOU HAD.

You might be wondering if buying a home right now is a smart ďŹ nancial decision. The fact is, homeownership is key to building long-term wealth, no matter when someone buys. Studies show that, over time, most homeowners will steadily build equity. For example, during the past three decades, home values have increased an average of more than 6.0% per year*. Of course, owning a home is much more than a way to gain a ďŹ nancial edge, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also where you raise a family and create life-long memories. Work with a REALTOR, a member of the National Association of REALTORS, they can show you options in your area that best ďŹ t your situation. To learn more, visit HousingMarketFacts.com. ÂŽ

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There’s a reason homeownership is the foundation of the American Dream. Over time, owning your home has proved to be a good decision. And while lately the economy has presented some challenges, it has also helped us focus on what matters most. It’s reminded us that home is where we make memories, build our future and feel comfortable and secure. When you’re ready, a REALTOR®, a member of the National Association of REALTORS®, can help you find the home that’s right for you. REALTORS® are prepared—to answer your questions, show you options and guide you home.

Kenai Peninsula Association of REALTORS® Soldotna, AK 907-262-1851 www.kenaipeninsularealtors.org

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National Association of Home Builders

Need More Space?

Whether you need more or less space to fit your familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current needs, with todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s low interest rates, competitive prices and great selection of homes on the market, now is a great time to buy a home.

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National Association of Home Builders

Thinking about buying a home?

It’s your move. Timing the market is a game you can’t win. With today’s low interest rates, competitive prices and great selection of homes on the market, now is the time to buy. There’s no reason to wait to make your move.

Learn more: www.nahb.org/timetobuy

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