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Rick Koch eyes Palmer, stays in Kenai By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion

Kenai City Manager Rick Koch applied for and was offered a job as Palmer’s new city manager. However, after weeks of negotiations and three executive sessions with the Kenai City Council, he has signed an agreement to keep his position in Kenai. News of his candidacy for the job in Palmer came as a surprise to some council members. Koch interviewed for the Palmer job on April 3, two days before his scheduled vacation. Mayor Pat Por-

ter said she met with Koch the next day and he told her he had turned down the offer. During the Wednesday council meeting, council member Mike Boyle requested to go into executive session to discuss the city manager’s actions, but Koch, who participated telephonically during this portion of the council meeting, requested the conversation remain in open session. Boyle said he was surprised to find out through the media that Koch had been offered the position without hearing from him first. Boyle did not specify where he had first seen the news of Koch’s can-

didacy — however the Palmer City Council agenda for its April 15 special meeting contained Koch’s name and the Mat Su Valley Frontiersman reported on April 12 that Koch had been offered the job. “I question whether he was dealing with us in good faith,” he said. “He interviewed with them after he accepted his new contract and didn’t address us as a council. It’s an issue that bothers me.” Current Palmer City Manager Doug Griffin, who is retiring next month, said Koch interviewed for the job with city clerk Janette Bower See KOCH, page A-14

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In this March 4, 2014, file photo Kenai City Manager Rick Koch gives a presentation to the Kenai City Council. Koch was offered a position in Palmer but has since turned it down and signed a contract to remain in Kenai.

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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The 90-day legislative session is scheduled to end Sunday. And while legislative leaders have hoped to finish their work early given that Sunday is Easter, a lot of major pieces remain in play. That includes a bill that sets state participation in a major liquefied natural gas project and the state budgets, along with a bond bill aimed at helping the University of Alaska Fairbanks build a new power plant. The pipeline and bond bank bills are in the House, as is the capital budget. The operating budget is in a conference committee, comprised of House and Senate negotiators. There are also bills on education and addressing the state’s pension obligation. The Senate is tackling those.

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“People that use our harbor were concerned with 400-600 small vessels in a two-mile stretch of river with no regulation on speed with boats zipping up and down,” he said. “Add in the big commercial vessels and it creates lots of dangerous conditions.”

Kenai growers want good dirt. Developing quality compost is becoming an integral process for organic agriculturalists on the Peninsula, and will be a subject at this year’s Kenai Peninsula Ag Forum on April 26, at the Land’s End Resort in Homer. The topic was introduced after attendees from last year’s event reported a high interest in learning what tools and resources other regional gardeners are using to improve garden beds, said Amy Seitz, vice president for Kenai Peninsula Resource Conservation and Development District. Jodie Anderson, soil scientist at HDR Inc., will speak the Ag Forum. She will present the benefits of using fish waste as fertilizer, a readily available material for Alaskan composters. Anderson researched the effects of fish-based compost compared to the synthetic fertilizer “urea” on potatoes, the state’s biggest cash crop, and barley, the biggest grain crop, as a former instructor for University of Alaska in Fairbanks’ School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences. She found them both to yield comparable crops. “It wasn’t my hypothesis, but that’s science,” Anderson said. “It is still a good deal.” Anderson said agriculture is nearing a wave of sustainable production. Supportable soil enrichment methods are part of the foundation for that process, she said. Pete Kinneen, executive director of the non-profit Environmental Recycling Inc., will present a formula on fish-based composting at the Ag Forum. Fish compost does not attract dogs or bears; the odor is virtually undetectable if done correctly Kinneen said. The trick is to facilitate a balance of carbon and nitrogen, he said. Fish should never be any closer than 12 inches to the outside of the compost pile, Kinneen said. A good ratio is, at minimum, 10 five-pound buckets of wood chips, to every single five-pound bucket of fish waste. Cardboard and dry newspapers are also good sources of carbon, he said. It is equally important to

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Dog days A dog enjoys the breeze Thursday during a ride along Kalifornsky Beach Road in Kenai.

Board of Fisheries members OK’d By RASHAH McCHESNEY Peninsula Clarion

Three incumbent members of Alaska’s Board of Fisheries were unanimously confirmed, after a Chugiak representative withdraw his objection to the two commercial fishers on the board. Rep. Bill Stoltze, R-Chugiak, said he objected to the confirmation of Sue Jeffrey, board member from Kodiak, and John Jensen, of Petersburg, because he had heard that someone was going to object to the third appointee — sportfishing guide Reed Morisky, of Fairbanks. “There was a package deal, Mr. Morisky and Mr. (Fritz) Johnson are very good appointees who had broad support, the other appointees had much more lukewarm support,” Stoltze said. “But, this was packaged as a deal by the administration.” Jensen has been on the Board of Fisheries since 2003, Jeffrey

day in a joint session of the state House and Senate, during which the bodies considered Gov. Sean Parnell’s appointees to several boards and commissions. Sport fishing and personaluse users in the MatanuskaSusitna borough area were not Sue Jeffrey John Jensen Reed Morisky happy with Jeffrey’s appointment, Stoltze said. “Many interest groups, including my Mat-Su Fish and Legislature debates other controversial picks Game Advisory (committee) … JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Legislature spent are kind of boxed in, but that’s time debating two other controversial appointments. the way the system works.” Bernard Washington was confirmed to the State AssessThere is no Mat-Su advisory ment Review Board on a 45-15 vote. Richard Rabinow was committee. There is, however a confirmed to the board of the Alaska Gasline Development Matanuska Advisory CommitCorp., or AGDC, 43-17. tee and a separate Susitna AdWashington spent 35 years in the oil industry and worked visory Committee. There’s also in areas including pipeline valuation. Critics of his appointa Matanuska-Susitna Borough Fish and Wildlife Commission, See PICKS, page A-14 which supported reappointing all three incumbents. since 2011 and Morisky since mer member Vince Webster. He In the process of withdraw2013. was confirmed earlier this leg- ing his objections, Stoltze said Johnson, of Dillingham, was islative session. that Jensen and Jeffrey were not appointed last year after the The three incumbents were qualified for their positions. legislature did not confirm for- confirmed unanimously toSee BOF, page A-14

Kenai River open to ‘No-wake’ zones By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion

As complaints about the effects of the Kenai River’s crowded summer dipnet fishery continue to pour in, the Kenai City Council gave the city manager the ability to establish “no-wake zones” in the Kenai

Harbor. The ordinanace, passed during the council’s Wednesday meeting, was sponsored by members Bob Molloy and Brian Gabriel. It gives the city manager the discretion to regulate boat speed in the harbor citing the necessity for public safety and the protection of pri-

vate property. Molloy, harbor commission council liaison, said residents have voiced their concerns through public comment at dipnet work sessions on the issue of damaged property and public safety created by boat wakes at high tide during the peak fishery season. C

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SpaceX shoots for launch today By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX is shooting for another launch attempt today to deliver supplies to the International Space Station. NASA confirmed the launch date Wednesday, two days after a last-minute rocket leak delayed the mission. Stormy weather, however, is forecast for Friday. Saturday is the backup launch date. Mission Control has rescheduled urgent spacewalking repairs because of the new launch time. Two U.S. astronauts, Rick Mastracchio and Steven Swanson, had been aiming for a Tuesday spacewalk to replace a backup computer that failed late last week. The prime computer has been working fine, but NASA wants to get a new backup installed outside the station as

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soon as possible. These computers control the pointing of the radiators and solar wings, among other things. The spacewalk will be either Easter Sunday or next Wednesday, depending on when — or if — the cargo ship flies. The Dragon contains more than 2 tons of supplies, including material that would prove useful for the repair, but is not essential. Former space station astronaut Christopher Cassidy, who’s helping from Houston, said the spacewalk job should be “pretty straightforward” and involve the manual turning of just three bolts on the computer box. “We anticipate it to go quickly, but as with anything in space ... you never know what’s going to be thrown at you,” said Cassidy, who served on the space station last year.

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Community Calendar Today 8 a.m. • Alcoholics Anonymous As Bill Sees It Group, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Unit 71 (Old Carrs Mall). Call 398-9440. 9:45 a.m. • TOPS #AK 196 meets at The Grace Lutheran Church, in Soldotna. Call Dorothy at 262-1303. Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group at 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Suite 71 in the old Carrs Mall in Kenai. Call 262-1917. 12:30 p.m. • Well Elders Live Longer exercise (W.E.L.L.) will meet at the Nikiski Senior Center. Call instructor Mary Olson at 907-7763745. 8 p.m. • Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “It Works” at URS Club, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. • AA 12 by 12 at the United Methodist Church, 607 Frontage Road, Kenai. • Twin City Al-Anon Family group, United Methodist Church, 607 Frontage Road in Kenai. Call 907-953-4655. Saturday 8 a.m. • Alcoholics Anonymous As Bill Sees It Group, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Unit 71 (Old Carrs Mall). Call 398-9440. 9 a.m. • Al-Anon book study, Central Peninsula Hospital’s Augustine Room, Soldotna. Call 907-953-4655. 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, 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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the public. For more information, contact Josselyn O’Connor at 907-260-5449 or josselyn@kenaiwatershed.org.

Choose Your Weapon at Tsalteshi

Coast Guard Auxiliary to meet

Tsalteshi Trails will hold a 10-kilometer Choose Your Weapon race at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Wolverine Trailhead off Kalifornsky Beach Road, open to any mode of human-powered propulsion — running, skiing, biking, snowshoeing, etc. Biking or running will likely be the best bets, but skiing might be possible, depending on conditions. Register in advance at www.tsalteshi.org. Prices are $25 for advance registration online or $30 for in-person, day-of registration. Tsalteshi Trails Association members get a $5 discount. Bib pickup and race-day registration starts at 10 a.m. For more information, visit www.tsalteshi.org or Tsalteshi Trails on Facebook, or email tsalteshi@yahoo.com.

The Kenai Flotilla of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary will conduct its monthly meeting Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Nikiski Fire Station No. 1, 44800 Kenai Spur Highway, Kenai. The public is cordially invited to share ideas and information about boating. For more information, contact the Flotilla Commander, 776-8522 or the Vice Flotilla Commander, 776-8457.

Easter Bunny visiting the Elks The Kenai Elks Lodge #2425 will be hosting their annual Easter Event Friday at 6 p.m. Activities will include dying dozens of eggs, doing crafts, decorating cupcakes, with mac and cheese provided for the kids to eat. On Easter Sunday, the Elks Lodge will open at 2 p.m. for Easter dinner. The Easter egg hunt will be at 3 p.m. There will be three age groups for the hunt. Also planned is a cake raffle and a jelly bean counting contest. The Easter Bunny may even be jumping around, you’ll have to come see!

Nikiski Community Council meets Monday The Nikiski Community Council will hold its next meeting on Monday at 7:00 p.m. at the former Nikiski Senior Center on Island Lake Road. This meeting is open to the public and community members are encouraged to attend. For questions contact Darcy at dmccaughey@hotmail.com.

PEEPs exhibit seeks submissions The Kenai Peninsula Birding Festival’s PEEPs Young Artist Exhibit is seeking submissions. All bird-themed submissions will be on display the month of May at the Kenai Fine Arts Center with an Opening Reception May 2, 6-8 p.m. Awards will be announced at the Birding Festival Kickoff May 15 at the Kenai Visitors Center. The deadline for submissions is April 26. For more information on the PEEPs Exhibit or the May Kenai Peninsula Birding Festival, visit www.kenaibirdfest.com.

Watershed forum staff share their travels

Little Leaguers take the field

Raft through the Grand Canyon with Robert Ruffner, walk the Great Wall of China with Lisa Beranek and hike through exotic Brazil with Dan Pascucci without leaving the Kenai Peninsula. Join Kenai Watershed Forum staffers for a night of pictures, stories and laughter on Friday, April 18 at 6:30 p.m. at the Kenai River Center. Light refreshments will be served. This event is free and open to

Kenai Little League is offering its annual clinics at Kenai Middle School through the end of April, excluding Spring Break. Clinics are Tuesdays 6-7 p.m. (ages 4-7); Wednesdays 6-8 p.m. (ages 8-13); Fridays 6-8 p.m. (softball, all ages). For more information, please call 283-6507 or email kenailittleleague@gmail.com.

eCarriage could replace NYC horse carriages By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press

NEW YORK — An electric car that proponents hope will replace horse-drawn carriages in New York City was presented Thursday at the New York International Auto Show, as critics expressed their distaste for the idea. The “Horseless eCarriage” prototype was commissioned by NYCLASS, a group advocating for a ban on carriage horses because they say it’s inhumane to have the animals toiling in an urban environment. The prototype car seats eight people and is made to look like it’s from the early 20th century, with lots of brass and oversized wheels. Creator Jason Wenig of The Creative Workshop, a car restoration and customization

business, said the selling price could be between $150,000 and $175,000. Wenig called the car “an homage” to an earlier time, with a body shape that “reflects and celebrates an era that’s of amazing historical significance to this city.” But before the cars could make their way to the streets around Central Park, legislation banning the carriage horses would have to be passed. Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to ban the horses. But carriage-horse operators and their allies — including actor Liam Neeson — have loudly opposed the mayor’s

plan and the council has not yet introduced the legislation. The Central Park Conservancy, a nonprofit that oversees the park in partnership with the city, was against the idea of bringing more cars into the popular place. “Forty million people visit Central Park each year, including runners, bicyclists, kids and dog owners,” said Doug Blonsky, president and CEO of the conservancy. “Adding vehicles to the mix will make the park less safe for all of them and increase congestion.” Wenig said the cars would be able to go up to 30 mph outside of the park, but would be kept electronically from going more than 5 mph inside it. Asked about the conservancy’s opposition, de Blasio said he thought it was a “misunder-

standing” of what’s being proposed. “Right now, besides the fact that the horse carriages are not humane — there have been a number of accidents involving carriages — the routes we’re talking about would be the same as our existing routes,” he said. “You’re talking about electric cars for tourists that go slow on purpose because they should go slow and because tourists want to see things. That’s very different from other issues about cars in parks, and it is a cleaner, better, more humane approach, that obviously will also provide employment opportunities and will be good for our tourism industry.”

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Patience goes a long way on Peninsula roads Winter’s grip is receding around the

central Kenai Peninsula, which means it’s time for that other season we have here in Alaska — construction. For Peninsula drivers, that means it’s time to take a deep breath, because it very well might take a few extra minutes to get where you’re going from now until things freeze up again next fall. There are a number of road projects slated for this summer across the Kenai Peninsula — some already under way. Remember to use caution in construction zones and follow flaggers’ directions. They are there for a reason — to keep drivers and construction workers safe. For up to date information about road conditions and construction delays, check 511.alaska.gov before heading out. While we’re on the topic of roads, now is a good time for a reminder that we’re about to start sharing our roads with a whole lot more users. In addition to the visitors who will start flocking to the Peninsula in the coming weeks, there are plenty of other people getting out on what are quickly becoming ice-free roads. Motorcyclists who have been itching for a ride are revving up their machines. Bicycling continues to grow in popularity, both as a mode of transportation for the daily commute and as a way to get some exercise. Runners and walkers are emerging from winter hibernation, and many will have kids or pets in tow. Indeed, summer driving on Peninsula roads requires just as much caution and attention as winter driving, if not more so. We wish safe travels to everyone this spring and summer. Whether you’re traveling by motor vehicle or human power, learn and follow the rules of the road. Remember, a little courtesy and patience go a long way in making sure everybody gets where they’re going.

Quotable “I am really sorry and deeply ashamed. I don’t know what to say.” — A man identified by Korean broadcaster YTN and Yonhap news agency as the sunken ferry’s captain, 60-year-old Lee Joon-seok, said in brief comments shown on TV. Nine people died in the accident and many more are feared dead among the nearly 300 people still missing. “The reality is our customers don’t anticipate drinking water that’s been contaminated by some yahoo who decided to pee into a reservoir.” — Portland, Ore., Water Bureau Administrator David Schaff said. City officials are preparing to flush millions of gallons of treated water because a person urinated in a city reservoir. “I would like to remind my children once again I love them. Everything is OK. I love you all, and I love my children. I am at peace.” — Jose Villegas, 39, when he asked if he had a statement before being put to death by lethal injection in Huntsville, Texas.

Letters to the Editor Political process or public process? From “Fish Board Politics” (Peninsula Clarion, April 14), this column seems more a defense of a political process than a validation of a public process. I was at the board meeting in Anchorage, for two weeks. The board will not meet in Soldotna. The board has not deliberated here since 1999. On the last day in the last two hours of the 2014 meeting the board of fish voted for two Kluberton board generated re-allocation proposals exclusive of the public process and customary comment period. I did not see Les Palmer at the meeting. As to the composition of the board, well as I recall, king salmon were plentiful in 1990. John Jensen and Karl Johnstone have been regulators during this decade of decline for king salmon. Both of these board members have attended the Kenai Classic. The current fish board is very homogeneous with their 7-0 votes, however not all that wholesome. It will take more than one regulatory cycle for the king salmon to rebound. It could take many, many king salmon life cycles. A hook and release fishery where kings salmon spawn will not hasten the return of the shrinking Kenai king salmon. John McCombs Ninilchik

Challenge to school district: Keep arts education thriving After 43 years of hard work and dedication, and very early mornings, choir director Renée C. Henderson has announced her retirement from KCHS. Renée became a part of our family long before I ever showed up. My mom and dad met her the month after they were married, when they moved into the apartment below her in Old Town Kenai after having moved from Minnesota and Adak. Educators met, and friendships formed. By the time I came along, that relationship was already seasoned. Renée has always been a big part of my life, from the time I was two years old, singing “Wudolf the Wed-nosed Waindeer” in her Christmas concert, to last June, when she directed the choir of KCHS alumnae at our wedding in Minnesota. Renée’s accomplishments are too many to list, but can be summed up with the most important accomplishment of all — she has touched thousands and thousands of lives by her work, not just as a musician, but as a human being. It is educators like Renée who help youth, through music and the arts, make the world better. For myself, she taught me that success is excellence, and to reach this, you must pay attention to detail in all that you do, not least of all in human relationships. I would like to issue a challenge to the head honchos at KPBSD (you know who you are … and so does everyone else). At some point down the road, you will be faced with a decision. You will have to decide between cutting the arts, or not cutting them. Let’s make it that simple. But wait! Before you come up with your reasons, let me tell you something about myself: I left college with two degrees and no debt, and I have a salaried job. Oh, and my degrees are a Bachelor and Master of Music in Vocal Performance. And that’s exactly what I’m doing. With no debt. Why? Because somebody taught me to nurture a gift and get scholarship from my own merit. I own this and take pride in it. But none of this would have happened without Renée and her choir program. There are thousands of artistic scholarships to be had by talented youth. Many of these students (also like myself) would not be competitive for academic scholarships, but they are able to get a degree in any major thanks to an arts

Applause Support makes SoHi prom Gatsby-esque On behalf of the Soldotna High School Class of 2015, we would like to thank the following people and businesses for their help and support in making our “Great Gatsby Gala” prom an enjoyable and memorable night. Thanks to Columbia Paint, CBC Rental, The Duck Inn, Odom/Coca-Cola, Northern Sales Company, The Daily Buzz, Odies, Tammy’s Flowers, Trustworthy Hardware, The Boys and Girls Club, and Kaladi Brothers for financial and supply donations. It is wonderful to have so many local businesses help support our event. We appreciate all of the community volunteers who helped at our promenade and prom. Thank you to Peggy Rogers, Rebecca Hilbrink, Teresa Felkhorn, Dana Hunter, Audra Faris, Terri Fiebelkorn, John and Shiela-Margaret Pothast, Laura Pillafont, Jeff Fox, Mary Heiman, George and Sue Stein, Guy Hayes, Sue Ashford, Sheri Reaves, Julie and Jesse Kincaid, and Jonas Perletti for chaperoning. We appreciate the snack donations from Brian Hawkins and Anne McCabe. Thank you to Bill Bos for driving items up to Alaska and helping to paint our many props. We appreciate the help from Mary Bos and John Marquez with our decorating. A special thank you to Paul Wright, Beth

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scholarship. We could go on and on about the arts making the world a better place, preventing teen violence, drugs, abuse, depression, not to mention how the arts help brain development (are these enough reasons yet?), and that is all true. But it is true because of what the arts bring out of us, and who can help us with that but a truly great educator? So here is the challenge: I dare you to not cut the arts. I dare you to not cut the music program at KCHS, and to leave the legacy Renée Henderson and her colleagues will leave. It’s not at the forefront now — right now she is being honored and praised, as she should be, after her many years of hard work. But what about three years from now? Five years? I dare you to wait the 43 years that she put into this school district before you even think about cutting the arts at KCHS, or anywhere else for that matter. I dare you to allow students to succeed and see their potential as human beings. I dare you to love your students as much as Renée Henderson does. Elena Bird Zolncik Morristown, N.J. (formerly Kenai/ Nikiski)

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McCabe, and Kelly Martin for our beautiful promenade. To Nathan Erfurth for the outstanding announcing of names. Thank you to Lynn Dusek and other Junior Class parents for planning the after prom event. The activities and prizes were amazing. Many hours were spent organizing, decorating, and fundraising to host this event by Ali Dusek, the junior class president; our junior class student council and prom committee members Heather Schaefer, Josie Harpole, Hunter Price, Kaitlynn Boyer, Tyann Reed, Courtney Barker, Bailey Rosin, Bradyn Holly, Haley Miller, Makayla Derkevorkian, Mandrin Wilcox, Paige Reed, Angel Elliott, Logan Parks, Courtney Vinzant, Paitton Reid, Kyra McCabe, Justin Dahlgren, Alex Weeks, Eli Graham, Claire Kincaid, Macayla Stedman, Megan English, Kami Cain, Rachel Henry, Emily Glaves, Anna Sayman, Lexi Smith, and Taryn McCubbins. Additional thanks to our administrators Todd Syverson and Tony Graham; Doug Gordon for videography and building items; Bill Carlson for making the impossible, possible; Sarah Jones and Lana Syverson for answering so many questions and giving assistance; James Harris for running our royalty elections; Kay and Dean Gardner for organizing backstage promenade; Lance Roberts and the custodial staff for the extra help; Lori Marquardt for our financial organization, Stephanie Bohrnsen for the announcements and receipt processing, Vernel Schneider and Dan Harbison during work session. Finally, we would like to thank the many Soldotna High School staff members who volunteered their time as chaperones: Eric Skjold, David Justice, Jill Ramponi, Renee Merkes, Heather Swanson, Bristol Whitmore, Sara Erfurth, James Knoebel, Matt Johnson, Megan Murphy, Margaret Griffin, Troy Minogue, Mikala Walkden, Cheryl Brown, Galen Brantley, Erin Neisinger, and Tracy Silta. Thank you to Stephanie Cox for organizing clean-up. The efforts of all of these people and more helped to make a successful prom and memories that we will remember for years to come. Meggean L. Bos, MA Soldotna High School Lead advisor for the Class of 2015

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Widow testifies at trial By DAN JOLING Associated Press

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Volunteer Rachel Reese photographs Daisy, a Pitbull mix, in a portable studio that she set up in the Matanuska Susitna Borough Animal Care Facility near Palmer on Sunday. Reese has created a Facebook page “Alaskan Shelter Dogs” and has made it her mission to help find the dogs their “forever homes.”

Bethel woman competes for Miss Indian World BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — A woman from Western Alaska will be competing later this month for the title of Miss Indian World. Megan Leary, a graduate of Bethel Regional High School, will compete in the Miss Indian World Cultural Pageant April 22-26 at the Gathering of Nations Powwow in Albuquerque “There will be girls from all across the nation and Canada and Mexico, different indigenous girls, young ladies my age,” she told KYUK (http:// is.gd/8Rbchx). “They’ll be going and competing and show-

casing their culture, their traditions and their background, where they’re from and their talent and just their knowledge of who we are as indigenous people.” Each contestant will compete in five areas: public speaking, personal interview, traditional presentation, dance and essay. Her talent is skin sewing, and she will have three minutes to tell judges about its cultural importance. Leary, a former Miss Cama-i and Miss World Eskimo Indian Olympics, said she is excited to represent Alaska in the pageant.

She is putting on the finishing touches by beading and sewing some Athabascan regalia like a dress and mukluks to go with her Yu’pik clothing. As of Thursday, she has raised about half of the $3,000 she needs for trip to New Mexico. Online: Leary’s fundraising site: http://is.gd/rX5is4

ANCHORAGE — The widow of a Coast Guardsman shot to death two years ago at a Kodiak communications station was called by defense attorneys Thursday to answer questions about their marital problems, their finances and her familiarity with the murder scene. In emotional testimony, Deborah Hopkins answered questions in the trial of James Wells, 62, who’s charged with first-degree murder in the death on April 12, 2012, of Petty Officer First Class James Hopkins, 41, and civilian employee Richard Belisle, 51, at the Rigger Shop, a building where all three men worked constructing and repairing communications antennas. Defense attorneys contend investigators immediately focused in on Wells and ignored other possible suspects. When prosecutors got the chance to cross-examine Deborah Hopkins, special assistant U.S. Attorney Kathleen Duigan aimed to quickly put to rest whether Deborah Hopkins was a suspect. “Did you kill your husband?” Duigan asked. “No,” Hopkins said. Deborah Hopkins under questioning by defense attorney Peter Offenbecher acknowledged that her husband had an emotional affair with a woman several months before they moved to Kodiak in about 2009. Her husband had even

brought home divorce papers, she said, but they reconciled. After three years in Kodiak, Hopkins was offered a job by a high school friend constructing antennas in Italy. He planned to retire in summer 2012, visit a new grandson in North Carolina and then move to Italy for the job, Deborah Hopkins said. She said she had told investigators in an interview that she had been stressed out about the couple’s finances on occasion but that the only loans they had were on a pickup truck and all-terrain vehicles. She was not aware, she said, of her husband’s $400,000 life insurance policy, the reimbursement she would receive from the Coast Guard for his death while on duty, or the details of bonds he owned with other family members. She trusted him to take care of the finances, she said, in their marriage of nearly 20 years. “My husband didn’t talk to me about stuff like that,” she said. She told an investigator the family had about eight guns, including a handgun kept in a desk that James Hopkins carried on four-wheeler trips. Friends removed the guns after James Hopkins’ death, she said. She said she had often visited the shop to eat lunch with her husband or leave him a love note until she was instructed by his supervisor not to do so. Investigators have said Wells’ motive in the shooting was unhappiness over the Coast

Guard reining in the independence he had enjoyed for years and making him increasingly irrelevant through the advancement of Hopkins and Belisle. But Deborah Hopkins acknowledged telling investigators that her husband didn’t have a problem with Wells, a man she called “Santa Claus” because of his long, white beard. The Hopkins’ daughter, Angela Birchfield, also was called to testify. She acknowledged telling investigators that she thought her parents’ marriage might end but that her father took more of an interest in family matters after her pregnancy. Wells’ attorneys began their defense with testimony on a vehicle spotted on a security camera moving toward and away from the murder scene minutes. Prosecutors contend Wells drove his wife’s blue Honda CRV to the Rigger Shop and committed the murders. Crash investigator Michael DiTallo of Chicago-based Dynamic Safety LLC testified that the vehicle in the grainy image could have been a compact SUV manufactured by eight or more companies, including Chevrolet, Ford Hyundai, Honda, Jeep, Isuzu, Nissan or Toyota. Federal public defender investigator Deatrich Sheffield said 263 blue vehicles registered on Kodiak Island fit the same dimensions and that did not include Coast Guardsmen cars registered in other states.

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Obama: 8 million signed up for health care By JOSH LEDERMAN and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Eight million people have signed up for health care through new insurance exchanges and the proportion of younger applicants has increased, President Barack Obama said Thursday. The enrollments exceeded expectations and offered new hope to Democrats who are defending the law ahead of the midterm elections. An impromptu appearance in the White House briefing room offered the president an opportunity to trumpet the new figures, which beat initial projections by 1 million. With an eye toward November, Obama castigated Republicans for continuing to seek out every opportunity to thwart the Affordable Care Act. “This thing is working,” Obama said of his signature domestic achievement. Touting modest progress on another front, Obama said 35 percent of enrollees are under 35 years old, suggesting that in the final weeks of enrollment, the administration managed to sign up higher numbers of younger, healthier people who are critical to the law’s viability. The most coveted age group comprises those between 18 and 34 years old. White House officials said that for the 36 states where the federal government is taking the lead, 28 percent are in that age group — a step in

the right direction from March, when the administration said just 25 percent were 18 to 34. In a sharp rebuke to his political opponents, Obama called out states that have refused to embrace an expansion of Medicaid under “Obamacare,” arguing that their opposition was rooted in nothing more than sheer ideology and political spite. “That’s wrong. It should stop,” he said. “Those folks should be able to get health insurance like everybody else.” Although the first year’s open enrollment season for the exchanges closed on March 31, the administration is still tallying the number of total enrollees. States managing their own exchanges have been slower to report data, and some Americans who started applications before the deadline were given extra time to complete their enrollment. The demographic figures also give Democrats an opportunity to blunt the pessimism of Republicans, some of whom have accused the White House of “cooking the books” by announcing large overall enrollment numbers that tell only part of the story. “They still can’t bring themselves to admit that the Affordable Care Act is working,” Obama said. “The longer we see the law benefiting millions of people, the more we see accusations that the law is hurting people being completely debunked.” Democrats have been hoping

that better-than-expected results could help their candidates reclaim the political high ground on “Obamacare” before Election Day. Seven months out, Democrats are seeking to turn the page on the law’s disastrous debut in October, when HealthCare.gov was virtually unusable. Obama seemed to affirm that strategy last week when he announced that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who became the face of the rollout failure, was stepping down. Polling shows the law remains unpopular in much of the country, but Democrats plan to argue that by trying to repeal the law, Republicans are active-

ly working to take health care away from 8 million Americans. Although the new figures provide some clarity about how well the exchanges performed, there are still plenty of unknowns. Officials haven’t released a tally of how many enrollees were previously uninsured and are thus gaining health care thanks to the law. It’s also unclear how many enrollees sealed the deal by paying their first month’s premium to the insurance companies. Republicans seized on those uncertainties to argue that Obama is hyping figures that obscure the real damage the

law is inflicting — like higher premiums, smaller provider networks and canceled policies, according to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. “It’s long past time for Washington Democrats to work with us to remedy the mess they created — and that means repealing this law and replacing it with real reforms that actually lower costs,” McConnell said. As Obama’s health law begins to look more viable, Democrats have been seeking to change the political debate from one about repeal to one about fixing lingering issues with the law. Obama said it’s “absolutely

possible” to make improvements, but that it would require a change of attitude from Republicans. But election-year posturing and the GOP’s reluctance to be seen as embracing “Obamacare” make than an unlikely proposition. The president’s upbeat assessment came shortly after he and top aides had separate meetings with leading insurance executives and state insurance commissioners. “I think that’s a pretty good number in terms of trying to make sure we have a healthy pool,” Montana’s insurance commissioner, Monica Lindeen, said of the surge in younger enrollees.

Chelsea Clinton expecting 1st child By KEN THOMAS Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Call it the year of the baby: Chelsea Clinton and her husband, Marc Mezvinsky, are expecting their first child later this year. The 34-year-old daughter of former President Bill Clinton and ex-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton made the announcement Thursday at the end of a Clinton Foundation event in New York on empowering girls. Joined on stage by her mother, Chelsea Clinton said she feels “all the better whether it’s a girl or a boy that she or he will grow up in a world with so many strong female leaders.” “I just hope I will be as good a mom

to my child and hopefully children as my mom was to me,” the former first daughter said. The former first lady, secretary of state and New York senator, who is considering another presidential campaign in 2016, said she was “really excited” about becoming a grandmother. “It makes this work even more important because we’ve made a lot of progress,” Clinton said. “I want to see us keep moving and certainly for future generations as well so that maybe our grandchild will not have to be worried about some of the things that young women and young men are worried about today,” Hillary Clinton said. Chelsea Clinton said in an interview

with Glamour magazine last year that she and her husband were hoping to start a family soon, calling 2014 “the year of the baby.” The younger Clinton is vice chairman of the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, which was previously known as the William J. Clinton Foundation. Chelsea Clinton has taken a leading role in the organization, helping direct its humanitarian and philanthropic efforts around the globe. She has avoided commenting on her mother’s potential presidential campaign except to say that she’ll support her in whatever she does. But she would be a strong voice for her mother among young voters if the former secretary of state decides to seek the presidency.

High school not enough By STACY A. ANDERSON Associated Press

WASHINGTON — It may be a few years before the first daughters head to college, but Michelle Obama is already brainstorming a dorm room checklist while encouraging high school students to dream big about their education beyond graduation. The first lady told a group of students Thursday that a high school diploma is not enough in today’s global economy. “No longer is high school the bar. That is not enough,” Mrs. Obama told the crowd. “You have got to go to college or get some kind of professional training.” Before her remarks, the first lady toured a Howard University residence hall with high school juniors and seniors from her hometown of Chicago. “How do you get a single room,” Mrs. Obama asked the tour guide, as the students chuckled. He replied: “There is a slight price difference.” The campus visit is a part of Mrs. Obama’s push to promote higher education, especially President Barack Obama’s “North Star” goal. By 2020, America would once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world. After the tour, the first lady led a discussion moderated by rapper and TV host Bow Wow in a university cafeteria, the Punch Out. Mrs. Obama shared her own college experience and said she wanted to support the high school students because “this transition— for some of you— may be a little scary.” “The only reason I saw a dorm was because I visited my brother once when he was in college,” she said. “That was the only exposure.” Mrs. Obama added that she had applied to Howard, “one of the finest universities in the country,” along with Northwestern University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison when she was considering higher education. She went on to attend Princeton University and Harvard Law School. “We have to have a hunger for education like we had when our parents and grandparents were fighting for us to have a right to come to these schools and get the education,” she said. “So now it’s up to you all to take that baton and do the very best you can with it.” C

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Around the World Deal reached to calm Ukraine - Obama, Kerry say Russian follow-up action is urgent GENEVA — In a surprise accord, Ukraine and Russia agreed Thursday on tentative steps to halt violence and calm tensions along their shared border after more than a month of Cold Warstyle military posturing triggered by Moscow’s annexation of Crimea. Russia’s pledge to refrain from further provocative actions drew support but also a measure of skepticism from President Barack Obama, who said at a news conference at the White House that the United States and its allies were prepared to ratchet up sanctions if Moscow doesn’t fulfill its commitments. “I don’t think we can be sure of anything at this point,” Obama said after Secretary of State John Kerry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and diplomats from Ukraine and Europe sealed their agreement after hours of talks in Geneva. The abruptly announced agreement, brokered by the West, provides no long-term guide for Ukraine’s future nor any guarantee that the crisis in eastern Ukraine will abate. But it eases international pressure both on Moscow and nervous European Union nations that depend on Russia for their energy. Reached after seven hours of negotiations, the deal requires all sides to refrain from violence, intimidation or provocative actions. It calls for disarming all illegally armed groups and returning to Ukrainian authorities control of buildings seized by pro-Russian separatists during protests.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombian Nobel laureate dies at 87 MEXICO CITY — Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez crafted intoxicating fiction from the fatalism, fantasy, cruelty and heroics of the world that set his mind churning as a child growing up on Colombia’s Caribbean coast. One of the most revered and influential writers of his generation, he brought Latin America’s charm and maddening contra-

dictions to life in the minds of millions and became the bestknown practitioner of “magical realism,” a blending of fantastic elements into portrayals of daily life that made the extraordinary seem almost routine. In his works, clouds of yellow butterflies precede a forbidden lover’s arrival. A heroic liberator of nations dies alone, destitute and far from home. “A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings,” as one of his short stories is called, is spotted in a muddy courtyard. Garcia Marquez’s own epic story ended Thursday, at age 87, with his death at his home in southern Mexico City, according to two people close to the family who spoke on condition of anonymity out of respect for the family’s privacy. Known to millions simply as “Gabo,” Garcia Marquez was widely seen as the Spanish language’s most popular writer since Miguel de Cervantes in the 17th century. His extraordinary literary celebrity spawned comparisons with Mark Twain and Charles Dickens.

Earth’s twin? NASA telescope discovers most Earth-like planet yet outside our solar system LOS ANGELES — Astronomers have discovered what they say is the most Earth-like planet yet detected — a distant, rocky world that’s similar in size to our own and exists in the Goldilocks zone where it’s not too hot and not too cold for life. The find, announced Thursday, excited planet hunters who have been scouring the Milky Way galaxy for years for potentially habitable places outside our solar system. “This is the best case for a habitable planet yet found. The results are absolutely rock solid,” University of California, Berkeley astronomer Geoff Marcy, who had no role in the discovery, said in an email. The planet was detected by NASA’s orbiting Kepler telescope, which studies the heavens for subtle changes in brightness that indicate an orbiting planet is crossing in front of a star. From those changes, scientists can calculate a planet’s size and make certain inferences about its makeup. The newfound object, dubbed Kepler-186f, circles a red dwarf star 500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus. A light-year is almost 6 trillion miles.

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Iconic Stratocaster has helped guitarists make memorable music for 60 years SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Jimi Hendrix made it shriek. Buddy Holly made it swing. Stevie Ray Vaughn made it snarl. Some of the most legendary guitarists in music history have elicited unforgettable sounds from the Fender Stratocaster, the distinctive double-cutaway guitar born in a small Fullerton, Calif., workshop 60 years ago this month. It’s far from a musical relic: It remains an essential tool for some of today’s top guitarists. Vince Gill relies on it so much he calls it an “extension of my hands,” while blues virtuoso Robert Cray calls it a workhorse. As shredder Yngwie Malmsteen put it: “There is no substitute.” As this iconic guitar celebrates its 60th anniversary in April, The Associated Press takes a visual journey into the creation of the iconic guitars, and explores why it’s still a fixture on concert stages today.

Dirty creek, purse helps solve 43-year-old mystery of missing South Dakota teens ELK POINT, S.D. — Cheryl Miller and Pamella Jackson had planned to celebrate the end of the 1971 school year by gathering with classmates at a quarry along a gravel road. But the 17-year-old girls weren’t known for frequenting parties, so when they didn’t show up, other teens just assumed they had changed plans, perhaps to avoid any underage drinking or pot smoking. It soon became clear that the well-liked pair from the farming town of Alcester, S.D., had vanished in their Studebaker. Now the 43-year-old mystery of their disappearance has been solved, largely by the ebb and flow of a dirty creek and the contents of a well-preserved purse, which indicate the girls probably died after their car plunged into a creek. “This has really been a tragedy for two families, a tragedy for a class, as well as all of South Dakota, to some degree,” state Attorney General Marty Jackley said this week. — The Associated Press

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Grief in town of students missing in ferry sinking By FOSTER KLUG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press

ANSAN, South Korea — The most poignant reminders of what’s been lost here are the most ordinary. Desks in the classrooms of Danwon High School in Ansan, where dozens of students were missing and feared dead Thursday after a ferry disaster, are cluttered with textbooks, gym clothes, empty water bottles — small bits of ordinary school life now infused with heartbreak. There is fury as parents and students lash out at the swarming news media. Horror, too, as they picture loved ones trapped in the cold and dark of a flipped, submerged ferry. Most refuse to believe that, even after dozens of attempts, a friend, a child, a sibling won’t answer their cellphone. They keep calling. They try to nourish any link, no matter how small, to the missing: Parents and school workers have locked up the missing students’ belongings because their schoolmates were taking them home as keepsakes, mementos of friends they believe are dead. One message on a blackboard reads: “Please, everyone return safely!” Another:

“Jin-yong! Please come home alive.” More than 320 Danwon High School second-year students — mostly 16- and 17-year-olds — left Tuesday night for what was supposed to be one of the highlights of the year, a 14-hour overnight ferry trip to the southern resort island of Jeju for four days of fun. Now, as the hours stretch on since the ferry sank Wednesday with no word about more than 270 missing passengers among the 475 people on board, Ansan fears the worst. “Do you believe they’re still alive?” Lee Mi-shim, a 48-yearold mother of a missing student, asked a reporter as tears streamed down her face. “I know the chances aren’t good. ... No one in his class has been rescued.” Lee, whose husband died about 10 years ago, had heart surgery a few years ago. Her son, Kim Ki-su, always told her that he’d eventually become a Korean traditional doctor to help her. “I feel like collapsing. At least then I’d die earlier than him,” Lee said. The 20 people confirmed dead Thursday include at least five students and two teachers, and there’s fear that number will go much higher because so many of the passengers were from the school. More than a

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A woman joins candlelight vigil for the missing passengers of a sunken ferry at Danwon High School in Ansan, South Korea, Thursday.

dozen teachers were on board. “My baby is trapped in cold waters now. How can I sleep comfortably?” said a 63-yearold grandmother of a missing student who gave only her surname, Kim, tears welling in her eyes as she explained why she stayed overnight at the school’s auditorium waiting for news about the search. “I cannot live without him.” There were huge swings in emotions Thursday at the school’s auditorium, where hun-

dreds of family members, students, residents and aid workers gathered, desperate for news. Volunteers, wearing green or yellow vests, cleaned the school and provided coffee, fruit, rice, kimchi and instant noodles. In the morning, people sat and stared vacantly at a giant TV screen broadcasting news of the sinking. Some women wiped away tears. One middleaged woman wept as she talked on her phone. Tired-looking students sat on chairs, repeat-

edly checking their phones. Later in the day, fury erupted over the pace of the rescue operation. Angry parents and students cursed and shoved reporters, photographers and TV cameramen, while about 10 female students wailed loudly and hugged each other. An unidentified middle-aged man shouted, “Let’s smash their cameras the next time we see another flash.” The school, nestled in a quiet, clean residential area, was founded in 2005 and has more than 1,200 students and 85 teachers. The area is a half hour’s drive from an industrial complex where many parents of students work at factories, according to residents. Ansan has a population of about 770,000, about 40,000 of whom are foreign workers from China, Thailand, Vietnam and other countries, according to city officials. Many South Korean high schools organize trips for first- or second-year students, and Jeju is a popular destination. Students and parents in Ansan spoke of the excitement of the annual trip. The students have taken ferries to the southern island in recent years because they can spend more time with each other. They take pictures of the stars, of the ocean and islands, of each other.

They gossip. They bond in a way not possible on shorter plane or train trips. Then, after the fourday trip is over, they fly back home. Kim Eun-taek, an 18-yearold third-year student, knows more than 10 of the missing students, including one of his best friends. “He lives next door. We used to play at my house together. He cooked food for me, fried sweet potatoes ... fried vegetables,” said Kim, putting up his sweatshirt hood and lowering his head. Ko Jae Hyoung, who sells fried chicken near the school, said the neighborhood is closeknit. Students grow up together, graduating from the same elementary and middle schools. Ko closed his restaurant Wednesday to volunteer at the school. That night, he and about 30 others held a candlelight vigil to pray for the safe return of the students. Dozens of residents held vigils again on Thursday night. Ko, whose daughter is a first-year student at the school, remembers some of the missing students visiting his restaurant to eat chicken and joke around with him. “Now, the neighborhood is like a funeral home,” he said.

Nigerians search unsafe forest for abducted girls By HARUNA UMAR and MICHELLE FAUL Associated Press

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Able-bodied men from the Nigerian town of Chibok have taken to the dangerous Sambisa Forest to search for more than 100 abducted girls and young women whom the military claimed to have freed from their Islamic extremist kidnappers, an education official said Thursday. Six more have managed to escape their captors on their own, bringing to 20 the number

that are free, the education commissioner of Borno state, Musa Inuwo Kubo, told reporters. He spoke at a news conference where parents of the kidnapped students expressed their anguish over a Defense Ministry statement claiming to have freed all but eight of the students by Wednesday night. “The military had really gladdened our hearts. But now we are left in confusion,” said Lydia Ibrahim, whose three cousins are among the kidnapped. “These girls are innocent, we plead that government should do all that they can to

help us.” The Defense Ministry spokesman, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade, had said in a statement late Wednesday that the principal of the school from which the young women were abducted had confirmed that all but eight were freed. But the principal, Asabe Kwambura, denied that to The Associated Press and flatly contradicted Olukolade, saying “Up till now we are still waiting and praying for the safe return of the students ... the security people, especially the vigilantes and the well-meaning volunteers of

Gwoza are still out searching for them. The military people, too, are in the bush searching.” She said only 14 of those kidnapped by gunmen before dawn Tuesday have returned to Chibok — four who jumped from the back of a truck soon after the abductions and 10 who escaped into the bush when their abductors asked them to cook a meal. Inuwo said six more girls have returned home — two

found wandering in the forest by soldiers and four who had made their way to a village near where they were being held. Olukolade, the defense spokesman, Thursday night retracted his statement, which he said had been based on a field report indicating “a major breakthrough.” He added, “There is indeed no reason to play politics with the precious lives of the students. The number of those still missing is not

the issue now as the life of every Nigerian is very precious.” A town official said people angry at the military’s false statement and failure to find the abductees are taking the initiative and searching the forest themselves — dangerous because it is a known hiding place for militants of the Boko Haram extremist network and because it has been pounded by near-daily aerial bombardments by the air force.

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Ukrainian unity on display with peaceful rallies By PETER LEONARD and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press

MARIUPOL, Ukraine — Thousands gathered for peaceful demonstrations Thursday in at least four eastern cities to denounce Russia for its perceived meddling in Ukrainian affairs, a day after the most lethal clash so far killed three pro-Russian activists. Political developments in eastern Ukraine have for weeks been dominated by a small, vocal and armed opposition to the interim government in Kiev. Thursday’s rallies, by contrast, drew crowds who listened to speeches condemning Russia and resisting the pro-Russian movement that is pushing for autonomy for eastern Ukraine. Rallies were held in Donetsk, Luhansk, Mariupol and Kramatorsk, where key government buildings have been occupied by pro-Russian groups. Parliamentary deputy Oleh Lyashko, who is running for office in the May 25 presidential election, rejected charges that Russian speakers in the east had been subject to any discrimination. He also said the armed

‘We are willing to give up our lives so long as we don’t have to serve the fascists from Kiev.’ — Anna Govorko, resident groups active in the seizures of buildings would not prevail. “Let those who have weapons be afraid of us, we will fight back. Let the ones who want to split up our country be afraid, because we won’t allow them to do it,” Lyashko said. Hromadske television reported that police in Kramatorsk managed to thwart an attempt by pro-Russian activists to attack a pro-unity rally of about 500 people. Overnight Wednesday, three people were killed and 12 injured after a mob of 300 proRussian protesters armed with stun grenades and firebombs tried to seize a National Guard base in the Black Sea port city of Mariupol. Ukraine’s Interior Ministry said shots fired by servicemen in the base initially proved insufficient to deter the mob. There were no casualties

among Ukrainian servicemen, the ministry said. At least 63 people involved in the attack were detained, but local media cited police as saying 38 were later released. Associated Press video filmed outside the base on Wednesday night showed an unidentified man coming out to speak to the armed masked men, who said they wanted no bloodshed. A short while later, however, a crowd of mainly masked young men armed with bats and sticks began throwing Molotov cocktails at the base’s gate and the trucks parked in front of it. Sounds of gunfire were heard in response. One soldier involved in the battle, a 20-year old conscript who gave his name only as Stanislav, said troops were forced to act in self-defense. “We were attacked by uniden-

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Soldiers of the Ukrainian Army sit atop combat vehicles as they are blocked by people on their way to the town of Kramatorsk on Wednesday.

tified people and we didn’t want to shoot, but they were behaving aggressively,” he told the AP. “At first we fired in the air, but they continued advancing.” One protester admitted to a hospital with a bullet wound to the stomach said soldiers opened fire on them while they were attempting to force open

the gates. “We just threw Molotov cocktails to light the way,” said Sergei Shevchenko, a 40-year-old businessman from Donetsk. Residents were divided about the night’s events. “Russia isn’t just exporting oil and gas, but also terrorism,” said 43-year-old resident Yevg-

eny Nechiporenko. Yet passers-by berated Nechiporenko as he spoke, with one accusing him of being an “agent of the West.” “We are willing to give up our lives so long as we don’t have to serve the fascists from Kiev,” said resident Anna Govorko.

French military frees 5 aid workers in North Mali By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press

PARIS — French special forces backed by helicopters led a pre-dawn operation in northern Mail Thursday and freed five humanitarian aid workers who had been held captive by a “terrorist group” — killing about 10 of the alleged militants, officials said.

Working off intelligence tips, the French forces intercepted two pickup trucks carrying the hostage-takers and their captives north of the historic city of Timbuktu, one of three major towns in a vast region on the Sahara’s southern rim where the five went missing Feb. 8, said Col. Gilles Jaron, a French military spokesman.

In a joint statement earlier Thursday, the presidents of France and Mali said the five Malian aid workers — including four with the International Committee for the Red Cross —were in good health. Jaron said that two of the aid workers had sustained minor injuries. Valery Mbaoh Nana, a spokesman for the Red Cross in

Mali, told The Associated Press: “They are with us in Gao,” referring to northern Mali’s largest town. “We don’t know who had held them until now.” Jaron declined comment about the suspected identity of the hostage-takers, and declined to indicate the source of the intelligence. The presidential statement didn’t identify the “terrorist group”

responsible. But remnants of al-Qaida’s north Africa branch — largely purged from northern Mali last year by French forces — remain active in the area. Remi Libessart, a spokesman for the continuing French operation in Mali, said: “We don’t know exactly which groups they (the hostages) were with. It’s always complicated

because these terrorists change groups all the time.” In the operation, French special forces first fired warning shots and came under return fire, Jaron said. “We neutralized a terrorist group of about 10 people,” he said, adding that an analysis of the operation was ongoing. “Whenever you free hostages, it’s always a success.”

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The following dismissals recently were handed down in Superior Court in Kenai: n A charge of fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance against Jennifer Lynn Carr, 34, of Soldotna, was dismissed. Date of the charge was Oct. 30. n Charges of one count of felony driving under the influence and one count of driving while license cancelled, suspended or revoked against Thomas M. Hensel, 46, address unknown, were dismissed. Date of the charges was March 3, 2013. The following judgments were recently handed down in Superior Court in Kenai: n Noah Shoogukwruk, 30, of Anchorage, pleaded guilty to one count of felony driving under the influence, one count of false information or report and one count of attempted firstdegree vehicle theft, committed July 14. He was sentenced to three years in prison on the count of felony driving under the influence, to one month on the count of false information or report and to six months on the count of attempted first-degree vehicle theft, fined $10,000, court surcharges of $100, $50 n On April 4 at 10:48 p.m., the Alaska State Troopers Bureau of Highway Patrol, Kenai Peninsula Team, stopped a 2003 Chevy Impala for a moving violation on Echo Lake Road in Soldotna. Investigation revealed that Punguk Shoogukwruk, 34, of Kenai, was driving with a suspended license. Shoogukwruk was issued a misdemeanor citation and released on scene. The vehicle was released to a licensed driver. n On April 6 at 2:26 a.m., Soldotna Dispatch received a 911 call from a male, 17, of Sterling, reporting that Travis Richardson, 26, was acting suicidal. AST investigation revealed there was a physical altercation prior to troopers’ arrival, resulting in the complainant being injured by T. Richardson. Travis Richardson was arrested for fourth-degree assault (domestic violence) and taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility without bail. n On March 30 at about 3:10 a.m., Soldotna Dispatch received a 911 call from a female who reported she had been assaulted at a residence on Henley Avenue in Kenai. Troopers responded and, after investigation, Brian Vinzant, 27, of Soldotna, was arrested on charges of second-degree sexual assault (domestic violence), fourth-degree assault (domestic violence) and fifth-degree criminal mischief (domestic violence) and taken to Wildwood Pretrial. n On March 29 at 3:52 a.m., troopers contacted Sarah Focose, 31, of Soldotna, on a traffic stop near Mile 19 of Kalifornsky Beach Road. Investigation revealed Focose to be driving under the influence of alcohol. She was arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial. n On April 4 at 10:53 p.m., the Alaska Bureau of Highway Patrol, Kenai Peninsula Team, stopped a brown 1986 Toyota truck near Mile 166 of Sterling Highway for a traffic violation. Investigation revealed that Michael Eugene Kirsch, 38, of Port Graham, was driving while impaired and under the influence of alcohol and also that his license was revoked for driving under the influence. He was arrested for driving under the influence and driving while license revoked and taken to the Homer Jail, where he refused to submit to a chemical test of breath. He was additionally charged with refusal to submit to a chemical test and held without bail, pending arraignment. n On April 3 at about 1:40 p.m., troopers contacted Ashley Moran, 28, of Soldotna, at a residence off Keystone Drive in Soldotna. She was subsequently arrested on two outstanding arrest warrants: $2,500 for failure to comply with probation conditions and no bail for violating conditions of release and was taken Wildwood Pretrial Facility without bail. n On April 6 at 10:31 p.m., the Alaska Bureau of Highway Patrol, Kenai Peninsula Team, responded to a reported theft at a building in Anchor Point. Two purses with assorted electronics and a small amount of currency were stolen. Kurt Lloyd Falke, 51, of Anchorage, was contacted in the area. Investigation revealed that Falke had unlawfully entered the building and stolen the items.

Court reports and $50 and a $200 jail surcharge, had his license revoked for life, ordered ignition interlock for five years after he regains any privilege to drive and forfeited items seized. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Dreana Fawne Brown, 36, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed Dec. 18. She was sentenced to 24 months in prison with 22 months suspended, fined $2,000 with $1,000 suspended, a $100 court surcharge and a $200 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, forfeited all items seized, ordered, among other conditions of probation, not to consume alcohol to excess, not to use or possess any illegal controlled substances, including marijuana, not to reside where illegal controlled substances are present, no to possess, apply for or obtain a medical marijuana card or act as a caregiver while under supervision, to complete a substance abuse evaluation and comply with treatment recommendations and was placed on probation for three years after serving any term of incarcera-

Police reports Several of the items were recovered from his person. He was arrested for second-degree burglary and third-degree theft and taken to the Homer Jail without bail, pending arraignment. n On April 3 at 8:59 p.m., Stacey Tarpey, 28, of Seward, contacted the troopers to report she had been in a motor vehicle collision near Mile 12 of the Seward Highway. Investigation revealed that Tarpey was traveling northbound in a 2004 Honda CRV, when a 1999 Ford Passenger van, driven by Susantha Dissanayake, 49, of Seward, lost control of his vehicle and crossed the centerline. All but two of Dissanayake’s five passengers were wearing their seat belts. Tarpey and three others were taken to the Seward Hospital for treatment of minor injuries. Alcohol was not a factor. n On April 2, James Weber, 48, of Homer, was issued a citation by the Alaska Wildlife

tion imposed. n Jennifer Lynn Carr, 34, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to felony concealment of merchandise, committed Dec. 20. She was sentenced to 24 months in prison with 21 months suspended, fined a $100 court surcharge and a $200 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay restitution, forfeited all items seized, ordered, among other conditions of probation, not to use or possess any illegal controlled substances, including marijuana, not to reside where illegal controlled substances are present, no to possess, apply for or obtain a medical marijuana card or act as a caregiver while under supervision, to complete a substance abuse evaluation and comply with treatment recommendations, to have no contact with victims in this case or Kenai Walmart and was placed on probation for three years after serving any term of incarceration imposed. n Russell Dean Cronce, 27, address unknown, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed Sept. 26. He was sentenced to four months in prison and fined a $100 court surcharge and a $100 jail surcharge. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

n Paul M. Larson, 38, address unknown, pleaded guilty to failure to stop at the direction of a peace officer, committed Sept. 11, 2012. He was sentenced to three years in prison and fined a $100 court surcharge and a $100 jail surcharge. Had his license revoked for 30 days and forfeited all items seized. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Sam E. Rice, 32, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to one count of failure to stop at the direction of a peace officer and one misdemeanor count of driving under the influence, committed April 11. On the count of failure to stop, he was sentenced to two years in prison and fined a $100 court surcharge and a $100 jail surcharge. On the count of driving under the influence, he was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 160 days suspended, fined $4,000 with $1,000 suspended, a $75 court surcharge and $1,467 cost of imprisonment, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for one year, ordered ignition interlock for one year, ordered not to possess or consume alcohol for three years and was placed on probation for three years.

Troopers, Anchor Point Post, for failure to record a king salmon landing. Weber was contacted at the Homer Harbor, and investigation revealed that he had retained a king salmon longer than 20 inches, but failed to log it. Bail was set at $110. n Throughout the evening of March 30 and early hours of March 31, Roy Tikka, 29, of Soldotna, called 911 several times for non-emergency reasons. On March 31 at about 1:30 a.m., Soldotna Dispatch received another 911 call from Roy Tikka, reporting that he had been stabbed by his ex-girlfriend at his home in Soldotna. Alaska State Troopers arrived on scene and, during the investigation, Tikka admitted that he had not been assaulted. Tikka was arrested for false information or report and disorderly conduct and was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility. n OnApril 7 at 7:10 a.m., Kenai police responded to a residence in Kenai for a report of a domestic disturbance. As a result, Kevin R. Arp, 32, of Kenai, was arrested for

fourth-degree criminal mischief (domestic violence) and taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility. n On April 7 at 2:42 p.m., Kenai police conducted a routine traffic stop on the Kenai Spur Highway near Spruce Street. Bennie J. Holt, Jr., 29, of Kenai, was arrested for driving while license revoked, avoidance of an ignition interlock device, fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance and failure to insure vehicle and was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility. n On April 7 at 3:28 p.m., Kenai police contacted a suspicious vehicle in the Kenai Visitors Center parking lot. As a result Lane T. Sanders, 27, of Homer, was arrested for false information and also on two outstanding Soldotna Alaska State Troopers misdemeanor warrants totaling $3,000 for failure to appear for arraignment on the original charge of indecent viewing of photo without consent of adult. He was taken to Wildwood Pretrial.

Anchorage psychiatrist charged with fraud ANCHORAGE — An Anchorage psychiatrist is accused of billing Medicaid more than $300,000 for services authorities said were never provided. Shubhranjan Ghosh, 39, is charged by the state with medical assistance fraud, scheme to defraud and evidence tampering, the Anchorage Daily News reported. Ghosh is the founder and sole practitioner at Ghosh Psychiatric Services. He was arrested Tuesday. His arrest comes after a string of unrelated charges connected to Medicaid in what the state calls a continuing crackdown on billing fraud. The Alaska Medicaid Fraud Control Unit has charged 77 people with Medicaid fraud, abuse or neglect since October 2012, compared to about 30 people the decade before, according to assistant attorney general Andrew Peterson. “It will hopefully serve to save taxpayers a significant number of dollars,” Peterson said. The Ghosh investigation began in September 2013 when an employee alerted authorities that she had “discovered a large fraudulent Medicaid billing issue,” according to charging documents. The charges say the woman first noticed the fraud in the summer of 2013 when looking at a bill for a patient who was not in the office for the indicated visit. According to the documents, the worker told the office manager, who said he and Ghosh had been submitting false billings for years to cover time spent doing non-compensated tasks such as phone calls and emails for Medicaid-related cases. It’s unclear if Ghosh has an attorney. He is being held on $100,000 bail in Anchorage.

Man escapes with minor injuries in Juneau incident JUNEAU — A worker at the Juneau International Airport was treated and released after a small explosion involving a de-icing machine. The Juneau Empire reports the unnamed Wings of Alaska employee had a singed beard and superficial facial burns, described like a sunburn, in the Sunday incident. Fire officials said the man was refilling a small, heated deicing machine with ethylene glycol early Sunday morning when a large flame suddenly shot out of it. The cause remains under investigation, but authorities say it may be related to the vapors in the heated container. The machine involved was a smaller version of the larger, de-icing machines which are towed to spray airplanes. Airport operations were not affected.

Man pleads guilty to harassing bear hunters KETCHIKAN — A Petersburg man who kept a hunter from shooting a black bear has pleaded guilty to harassment. Alaska State Troopers say 48-year-old Scott Newman changed his plea last month to a case stemming from late last spring. According to a summons issued in the case, Newman on May 25 was 30 miles south of Ketchikan at Smeaton Bay and scared off two hunters about to kill a black bear. Trooper say Newman told the hunters to leave and that he didn’t want them back in the area. Newman was fined $500, ordered to pay restitution of $650 for the cost of the hunt and placed on probation for one year. — The Associated Press

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What’s so Good about Good Friday?

or some of us, we don’t fully understand what is so good about Good Friday. The fact that Jesus Christ, the proclaimed Son of God, King of the Jews was so humiliated by his Jewish persecutors in a mock trial held by the Romans, then brutally tortured through a senseless whipping and bruising of his body, forced to carry his own heavy wooden cross up a long tall hill to be then stripped naked and nailed through the wrists and feet to that cross and hung until He slowly bled to death and died on that cross seems quite so unnecessary. Before being taken off that cross, Jesus was speared through the side to make sure he was completely bled out and dead. What is so good about the death of this son of a carpenter who turned radical against the very religious people of his time? You have to go back into the history of the world to find the answer. Since the beginning, when God created the world, God had a plan. Some call it a mystery, but it was a plan from an all knowing Creator God of the World, from the beginning of this world to the end to have all men who believed in Him to spend eternity with Him. The plan was unknown by most of the people God created whom He loved, but, even before the first

could see, hear, smell, touch and taste. But, we needed help. From the beginning, we needed God’s help. From the very get start, we began to see God’s plan unfold. There was someone else besides God who came into M ark C onway the plan. The devil. Yes, Adam and man set foot in the Garden of Eden, Eve, the first human beings created by God had a plan to save the people of God, were influenced by an intruder. the world so that they would spend And ever since the first deception, the eternity with Him in His Heavenly intruder has been guilty of intruding Kingdom. There is a book that tells and trying to mess up God’s perfect the whole story from the beginning plan. The book has much to say about to the end if you care to read it. That the devil if you want to read it and see book contains the history of the world for yourselves. and the mystery of the God who creFast forward, God’s plan unfolded ated it. Unlike most books you can over thousands of years to that little read, this one was written by men town of Bethlehem in Judea. God in a who were inspired by God to write it. very mysterious way, made himself a From the first man Adam to the last man to dwell among us. He was fully man on earth, God would save His human, yet God. Yeshua, was his people. God created us perfectly imper- name, a Hebrew boy God intended fect. He knew we would not live perfect into a humble existence with humble sin less lives, that was his perfect plan. worldly human parents. To have an internal void within us Even as Yeshua grew up, people that would cause a longing for, seek a saw that he was different. This is deeper relationship with a Spirit Father also recorded in the book. As Yeshua being that would perfectly fill that void grew to be a mature man, he also that was created within us. grew closer to the God of the Hebrew When man would look up at the people. He astounded the religious stars and moon at night, when we by his knowledge of the scriptures would feel the gentle breeze blow or and what seemed to the religious, a feel the warmth of the sun at day and deeper understanding of their God, as see all of creation, we would know the scriptures revealed him to those that there was a creator to all that we he taught. God introduced himself

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to the world through Jeshua as the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit when Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River by John the Baptist. We know a lot about Yeshua in his three year ministry on earth. He had many eye witnesses besides the four writers of the Gospels. Basically, Yeshua Loved people. He was empowered by God through the Holy Spirit to spent most of his three years teaching, Healing the sick, raising the dead, cleansing the lepers, driving out demons and eventually, his ultimate sacrifice, giving his life up on that Good Friday as the Lamb of God, Savior of the world. We can fully know who Yeshua, or Jesus is through reading the Holy Scriptures and hearing the word of mouth. Most people have heard of Jesus in one extreme to another. Most people know that he died on a cross to save people from their sins who believe in him. But, most people don’t know the whole story. To know Jesus as Savior of the world is important for all for sure, Jesus died on the cross, but to know him as your personal savior and Lord is another thing altogether. Jesus not only died, he rose from the dead on the third day after he died. He rose from the dead as the messiah, the Christ. To know of Jesus is one thing, but to know

for Sunday morning. An evening worship service begins at 5:30 p.m. and will include the AAJC Choir’s inspiring cantata, “His Last Days”, along with other special music and Soldotna Catholic church plans Faith Walk songs. Everyone is invited to attend any and all of these services Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church is sponsoring a commemorating the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faith Walk around town today, Good Friday, beginning at noon at O’Neill Hall, 222 West Redoubt Avenue in Soldotna. Participants will walk around Soldotna and reflect on the Stations of Sunrise service at North Star the Cross together. United Methodist Church

Church Briefs

An Easter Sunday Sunrise service will take place in the lower parking lot of North Star United Methodist Church at 6:30 a.m., The Apostolic Assembly of Jesus Christ is celebrating Jesus’ followed by brunch in the fellowship room (downstairs ) at 8:30 Resurrection beginning with its annual three day purification a.m. Church service in the sanctuary is at 9:30 a.m. All are welfast to be broken with communion at the 7:00 a.m. “Sonrise” come. The church is at Mile 25.5 of the Kenai Spur Highway Service on Sunday. in Nikiski. Starting at 10:30 a.m., the Sunday School has planned a morning of special activities, including a play, “Jesus Vic- Join ‘Family Revival’ at Sterling church tory”, performed by the 7th and 8th grade and high school Sterling Pentecostal Church will host a family seminar called classes for children ages 3 through high school, and ending with its annual treasure hunt. In addition, all children will “Family Revival” presented by Gordon and Afton Mallory at receive treats and participate in other festivities with their re- 7:00 p.m. today-Sunday. The Mallorys will share their knowlspective classes. Please call 260-5916 or 252-1230 for ques- edge and experience from marriage and ministry, including betions regarding Sunday School or to arrange transportation ing missionaries to the Philippines, pastor in Hawaii, and an

Apostolic Assembly celebrates Resurrection

Yeshua Jesus as your Lord and Savior is another. Jesus came to the world to “Help us” where we could not help ourselves. Jesus came to the world to introduce us to the God of all gods, the Lord of Lords. The one and only True God who loves all people, created all people to know Him so intimately that we could and should call Him “Father.” Jesus leaves us with so much, as the book, the Holy Bible tells us. John 3:16 says, “For God so Loved the World, that He gave His only beloved Son, so that those who believe in Him should not perish but come into everlasting life.” Good Friday is only the beginning friends. There is so much more, so much, much more. Jesus, or Yeshua is the Lamb of God, sent to take away the sin of the world. As 1 John, chapter 3, verse 8 summarizes for us,” Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil forever...” Good Friday was the finish line for Jesus the Christ. His blood became the needed sacrifice to open the gates of Heaven to all who believe in Him. Now, let us read the rest of the book to see what happens next! Mark Conway is an evangelist living in Sterling with his wife Maryna. He can be contacted by email at akmark50@hotmail.com.

international evangelist. A seminar syllabus is $20, and there is no additional charge for the seminar. Call 262-7240 for more information. The church is located on Swanson River Road at Entrada.

Pilgrimage to Mexico City planned All are invited to come to a presentation about Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City at Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church on April 24, at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. An informational meeting will follow the presentation about the planned pilgrimage. The pilgrimage will take place Jan. 21-27, 2015. For more information call 283-4555.

Author signs new book, ‘Kinsman Redeemer’ Kasilof author Ruth Lawler will be at King’s Treasures in the Old Kenai Mall from noon-4 p.m. Saturday. Lawler will be signing copies of her new book, “Kinsman Redeemer,” a Christian novel of historical fiction. Submit church announcements to news@peninsulaclarion. com.

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Senate Minority Leader Hollis French, center, looks back as he listens to a speaker during debate on one of the governor’s appointments during a joint legislative session Thursday in Juneau. Shown on the dais in the background are Senate President Charlie Huggins, left, and House Speaker Mike Chenault.

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“Kodiak is full of some of the most intelligent people in commercial fisheries issues, there’s such a breadth of knowledge. I’m just very surprised that this is the best person they could find from Kodiak,” Stoltze said, of Jeffrey’s position.

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Molloy said in addition to the safety factors, boat wakes during high tide damage property and creates riverbank erosion. The ordinance addresses those concerns and will impose enforcement by posting signs within their jurisdiction, Molloy said. “At Homer’s harbor, they have a built in rock wall and a no wake zone that people are used to,” he said. “Here we have a river mouth with no way to control your speed. We have heard the public’s message and have all seen the problems down there for ourselves.” The now wake zones can be established as either temporary or permanent speed-controlled areas according to the ordinance. Gabriel, a commercial fisherman who lives near the mouth of the Kenai River, said he has seen boats that use the popular fishery creating dangerous conditions on the water. He said people pay more attention to catching fish than boating safety. “When the tide comes up to a certain level and reaches the vegetative line of the banks, the boat wakes create erosion issues,” he said. “Times where no wake zone apply would be during high tides until the tide falls back below the line.” Gabriel said the Coast Guard will be active to regulate speeds and ensure safer boating conditions in the Kenai Harbor during from July 10-31 fishery season and, he said, the city will put signs at the boat launch and on buoys in the water that will remind boaters to slow down to five miles per hour in no-wake zones during high tide.

Stoltze said that people he held in high regard were unhappy with the re-appointments of Jeffrey and Jensen. “The Mat-Su Fish and Game Advisory Committee groups are stalwart proponents for fairness for all Alaskans,” he said. “This was the best deal we could get.”

stir the concoction every few weeks, as the fish product begins to decompose, Kinneen said. As it mixes together, pour a layer about six inches thick over the top, until about seven weeks in. Kinneen advocates for personally exploring sustainable composting methods. Not only is it an enjoyable pastime, he said, but he also predicts fish-based composting will be an essential part of dealing with fish waste from fish processing companies in the

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and city attorney Michael Gatti on April 3. Koch was the public works director for the city of Palmer before taking the city manager position in Kenai in 2006. According to a 2006 Peninsula Reach Rashah McChesney Clarion article his annual salat rashah.mcchesney@penin- ary for his first contract was $98,440. sulaclarion.com. The City of Palmer held a special meeting April 15 and, following an executive session, the Palmer City Council ‘It seems like we announced that Joe Hannan had been hired as the new city get hung up on

minor details, but every issue we discuss is important. We want to get it (as) close to right as we can at least the first time around.’

— Brian Gabriel, Kenai City Council said he felt council members should have to fill out a report on their trip, and give a verbal account if a council member or mayor travel on city related business. He said having a travel policy is a necessity to show if a council member or mayor travels at the city’s expense. “People need to know what is done on public funds,” he said. Gabriel said while he is glad the council came up with a travel policy, he did not see the necessity of calling a special meeting to vote to approve a council member’s travel. “It seems like we get hung up on minor details, but every issue we discuss is important,” Gabriel said. “We want to get it (as) close to right as we can at least the first time around.”

‘Some Kenai gardeners can go a whole winter with food they have dried, canned, stored. It’s quite amazing, quite impressive.’ — Pete Kinneen, executive director Environmental Recycling Inc. near future. The sense that Alaskans can’t sustainably rely on outside produce, might be contributing to the increase in local gardeners, said Marion Nelson, president of the Central Peninsula Garden Club. “Compost is of high inter-

est to most gardeners,” said Nelson. “Some Kenai gardeners can go a whole winter with food they have dried, canned, stored. It’s quite amazing, quite impressive.” Lydia Clayton, University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Agriculture and

manager. Bower said Hannan agreed to a two-year contract for $110,000 per year, with the option for a one-year extention and will start on May 14. Porter said the council was slow in negotiating Koch’s contract and she doesn’t blame him for looking elsewhere. She said he is happy in Kenai. “It is positive that we have a city manager that is wanted in other municipalities in the state,” she said. “He turned down substantially more money to stay here.” Council members Ryan Marquis, Terry Bookey, Brian Gabriel and Tim Navarre all said they reached out and called Koch when they heard Palmer had offered him the job. Each

said they didn’t think Koch was deceitful and called the subject a non-issue. Gabriel said Koch did communicate his intentions with council and said Boyle should have picked up the phone if he had any concern. “I don’t understand why we are talking about it,” Gabriel said. “We are fortunate that he decided to stay because Palmer could have lured him away.” Boyle said it is not his responsibility to call and didn’t think it was unreasonable to address the issue. “The public has the right to know,” Boyle said. This is not the first time Koch had applied for a job in the valley while working for Kenai. In 2010, Koch applied for the

Horticulture Agent, will be moderating a soil health panel at the Ag Forum. The panel will delve into building healthy organic matter, including aerating soil, green manure, cover crops and compost. “Bad soil really limits possibility of production yields,” Clayton said. Taking a soil test for present microorganisms and pH levels, the measurement of acidity, in a garden bed is a great way to establish a baseline as a beginning gardener. Then it is easier to know what products to add, she said. Kelly Sullivan can be reached at Kelly.Sullivan@ peninsulaclarion.com. position of Matanuska-Susitna Borough manager, according to a Peninsula Clarion article. The council meeting ended before Koch could respond to the council’s comments when Navarre motioned to adjourn and Gabriel seconded that motion. Porter said Koch should have been given time to reply, and city clerk Sandra Modigh said once a motion to adjourn has been accepted, the council could not go back on record. Koch returns from vacation April 22, one day before a scheduled budget work session. Reach Dan Balmer at daniel. balmer@peninsulaclarion.com

House approves workers’ comp changes By TIM BRADNER Morris News Service-Alaska/Alaska Journal of Commerce

JUNEAU — A bill revamping how medical costs under the Alaska workers’ compensation program are calculated passed the state House Wednesday. Time is tight for House Bill 306 to make it through the state Senate before the Legislature’s required April 20 adjournment, however. The legislation changes the method for paying medical fees of injured workers under the state program to one that is used in several other states. State Rep. Kurt Olson, RSoldotna, sponsor of the bill, believes the new method will slow the fast-rising workers’ compensation medical costs that are driving up the costs of workers’ comp insurance premiums employers must pay. “This is an effort to reduce exorbitant costs in both the public and private sectors,” Olson said when he introduced the bill in mid-February. Workers’ compensation medical costs in Alaska are increasing at about 10 percent

Travel Policy The city council also postponed a resolution on travel policy after spending about 45 minutes making amendments on the council and mayor’s travel policy. After several amendments were made to three sentences, council member Gabriel recommended the council postpone the resolution and finalize a policy in a work session at a later date. The council will hold a work session on the second meeting in May. Vice Mayor Ryan Marquis

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ment to the board that reviews the tax value the trans-Alaska pipeline questioned if he could help ensure a fair valuation for the state and municipalities. No one spoke in support on the floor. Just this week, lawmakers passed legislation explicitly allowing out-of-state residents to serve on AGDC’s board, clearing the way for Rabinow’s confirmation. He is a former pipeline company executive from Texas. C

per year compared with an annual inflation of 4 percent in the medical cost component of the Anchorage Cost of Living, says Mike Monagle, director of the state Workers’ Compensation Division. “Medical costs constitute 76 percent of workers’ compensation claims in Alaska, which has a serious impact on premium rates paid by all Alaska employers,” said Anna Latham, an aide to Olson. “The result is that Alaska has the highest workers’ compensation premiums in the nation. Medical costs under the program are continuing to rise despite a 14 percent decline in claims by injured workers,” due partly to employers’ workplace safety improvements, she said. The problem has been in the way payments in Alaska are currently made, which are set at the 90th percentile for the costs of specific procedures in a given area. Monagle said that if there are just a few practitioners for a given medical procedure the 90th percentile rule has the effect of setting the rate at close to what the most expensive

practitioner charges. When those rates are published, the providers charging less expensive rates see that and are encouraged to raise their rates, which creates an upward spiral of prices, he said. HB 316 shifts to a different system where prices would be based on federal Medicaid and Medicare rates for procedures and then adjusted through a “conversion factor” that would be set by the Alaska Medical Services Review Committee, an advisory body to the Alaska Workers’ Compensation Board. The Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development ultimately approves the conversion factor under HB 316. Medicaid and Medicare rates are already given a regional geographic adjustment for Alaska and Medicaid rates are also adjusted for highercost areas within the state. The conversion factor would make additional adjustments, but just how that will work is unclear. Critics in the Legislature said HB 316 does not define the conversion factor or de-

scribe it. Rep. Andy Josephson, D-Anchorage, said he is concerned about that, and that the rates might fall to the point that some medical providers will turn away injured workers. There are now concerns in the other direction, however, that the bill’s influence in moderating rates may have been weakened. An amendment made to the bill recently in the House Finance Committee, at Olson’s request, tends to strengthen the hand of the medical rate review committee. Medical providers, who have little incentive to see lower rates, hold four of the nine seats on the committee. The Alaska Medical Association suggested the change. “It has been tough to keep all the stakeholders happy with this,” Olson said. In the previous version of the bill the rate review committee’s role was advisory only, with the actual decision on the conversion factor made by the workers’ compensation board. Tim Bradner can be reached at tim.bradner@alaskajournal. com.

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Bears look to more stable offseason Coaching staff, large group of players will return to resume hunt for playoff series victory By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion

The 2013 offseason for the Kenai River Brown Bears was marked by change. The upcoming offseason is shaping up to be much more stable. After the 2012-13 campaign, the Bears would lose their head coach of four seasons, their division in the North American Hockey League and all but eight players off their roster. In a season wrapup interview Thursday, head coach Geoff Beaupar-

lant said he will be returning next season, as will assistants Steve Murphy and Scott Johnson. The coach said 16 players are eligible to return, but put the likely number of returners in the range of 12 to 13. And unlike last season, when troubles for the franchises in Wenatchee, Wash., and Fresno, Calif., made it clear the West Division was doomed, there are no similar storm clouds on the horizon this year. “Everything looks like it’s going to be the same as it’s been,” Beauparlant

said. Despite all the transition heading into this season, the Bears were able to put together a season that was very similar to last season. The 2012-13 Bears went 29-25-6 in the regular season, good for 64 points, before falling to the Fairbanks Ice Dogs in five games in the first round of the playoffs. This year’s squad was 28-24-8, for 64 points, before also falling to the Ice Dogs in five games of the first round of the playoffs.

The Bears had the least amount of regulation losses in franchise history and had the league’s scoring champ — Alec Butcher — for the first time. All this despite playing a brutal schedule. Thirty-four of Kenai River’s 60 regular-season games were against teams that have reached the final eight of the Robertson Cup playoffs. “It allowed us to get better each week,” Beauparlant said. “Each week was a new challenge and I thought for the most part we met that challenge. “Each and every week we had to get

ready to play a really good opponent. I wouldn’t have it any other way.” And, most likely, he won’t get it any other way. If things remain as they are now, Kenai River will play Fairbanks and Wenatchee — two of the NAHL’s top franchises — a total of 28 times next season. “To get where we want to go, we’re going to have to beat Fairbanks and Wenatchee,” Beauparlant said. This season, the tough slate nearly kept the Bears out of the playoffs, as See BEARS, page B-4

Spurs, Heat seek rematch BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer

To get another shot at LeBron James, the San Antonio Spurs may have to go through Dirk Nowitzki, then Dwight Howard and James Harden, and finally Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. Survive all that, and maybe they can avenge that NBA Finals heartbreak. “There’s definitely that burning desire in the back of your mind that really wants to get back there,” Spurs guard Patty Mills said. They get started on Sunday, right before James and the Heat begin what they hope is a run to a third straight championship. Miami’s path seems much easier, but James’ team also appears more vulnerable than the

one that was an overwhelming favorite in last year’s playoffs. Maybe that was boredom, though. Count on the Heat to pick it up now. “This is why we’re all here,” Heat forward Shane Battier said. “The regular season is great and all, but this is the fun part. You wake up and you’re excited for the challenge of the playoffs. There’s no better time than right now.” It begins Saturday with four games: Top-seeded Indiana hosts Atlanta, and Brooklyn visits Toronto in the Eastern Conference, while the West series openers include Golden State at the Clippers, and Oklahoma City against Memphis. On Sunday, No. 1 overall seed San Antonio opens against Dallas, right before Miami welSee NBA, Page B-2

Parker turns pro after 1 season AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Chris Lee

St. Louis Blues center Jaden Schwartz, right, reacts after scoring to pull the Blues into a tie with the Chicago Blackhawks during the closing minutes of the third period of Game 1 of an NHL hockey opening-round playoff series Thursday.

Blues prevail in 3 overtimes By The Associated Press

ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Blues went the distance, and then some, to get the jump on the defending Stanley Cup champions. Alexander Steen scored at 26 seconds of the third overtime to cap the longest playoff game in franchise history and give the Blues a 4-3 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series on Thursday night. Steen beat Corey Crawford off a pair of short passes from Steve Ott and David Backes

to end the marathon. Blues coach Ken Hitchcock greeted reporters for the postgame news conference with a hearty “Good morning.” “It’s big. We want to start this series off on a good note,” Steen said. “Especially at home in front of our fans.” Ryan Miller made 39 saves and blanked the Blackhawks after Patrick Kane scored on a breakaway to put Chicago up 3-2 late in the first period. Jaden Schwartz tied it with 1:45 to go in regulation to send the game into overtime. Alex Pietrangelo logged

44 minutes, 8 seconds of ice time. Two Blackhawks, Duncan Keith and Niklas Hjalmarsson, played more than 40 minutes. Hitchcock called Miller “a difference-maker.” “From the second period on, I thought he was great,” Hitchcock said. “Both goalies were outstanding.” Crawford made 48 saves for Chicago. The Blackhawks weren’t panicking. “I think the big thing for us is we have to realize it’s only one game and we’ve got a quick turnaround coming

back,” Kane said. “That’s the best part about it, we get right back at it. Game 2 is Saturday afternoon. “We’ve got to move ahead,” Chicago coach Joel Quenneville said. “We knew it was going to be a tough series from the start. We almost got through it.” The Blues’ previous longest overtime game was a 4-3 loss at Detroit in 1984 that extended 37 minutes, 7 seven seconds. The home record for a playoff overtime game was See NHL, Page B-3

AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer

Jabari Parker is hoping to become Duke’s latest one-anddone star to become the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft. The 6-foot-8 All-American forward said Thursday he’ll enter the NBA draft after being the highest-scoring freshman in Duke history. He was also the first freshman to lead the Blue Devils in scoring and rebounding, and the first freshman in three decades to be selected team MVP. Now he has the chance to do what Kyrie Irving did in 2011: follow a one-year stay at Duke by being the first name called in the June draft. Coach Mike Krzyzewski said in a statement Thursday it was “an honor for us to have him in our program.” In an essay posted on SI.com, Parker

said the NBA offers him the best chance to develop both as a player and off the court. “I realize how much of a privilege and an honor it is to join the ranks of the NBA,” Parker wrote. “I will do everything in my power to help deliver championships to the franchise that drafts me. At the same time, I recognize the obligation to represent the league in an admirable way off the court.” Parker played in high school at Chicago’s Simeon Career Academy and was frequently mentioned along with Kansas’ Andrew Wiggins as possible No. 1 picks before ever playing a college game. Parker led the Atlantic Coast Conference with an average of 8.7 rebounds while his 19.1 points were second only to North Carolina State’s T.J. See PRO, Page B-2

Dodgers pitcher Ryu tames Giants By The Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — Hyun-Jin Ryu stretched his road scoreless streak to 26 innings, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 2-1 Thursday to avoid a sweep. Ryu (3-1) struck out three and walked one on a seasonhigh 112 pitches in seven innings, helping his club move into a tie with the Giants atop the NL West at 10-6. Kenley Jansen gave up a two-out RBI single to Adrianza before finishing for his fifth save. Yasiel Puig returned to the Dodgers starting lineup and went 1 for 4 with a strikeout. He dropped a routine fly ball in right early on but recovered to throw out Brandon Belt at second. He then made a nice overthe-head catch on the next batter and a running grab in shallow center in the eighth with a runner on second. Madison Bumgarner (2-1) allowed two runs, six hits and three walks with six strikeouts in 4 1-3 innings but threw 99

pitches. PHILLIES 1, BRAVES 0 PHILADELPHIA — Ben Revere hit an RBI single with two outs in the eighth, and A.J. Burnett tossed three-hit ball over seven innings to outpitch Alex Wood (2-2). Atlanta’s Julio Teheran beat Cliff Lee 1-0 less than 24 hours earlier. Antonio Bastardo (2-1) worked the eighth and Jonathan Papelbon finished off the four-hitter with a perfect ninth for his fourth save.

ROCKIES 4, PADRES 1 SAN DIEGO — Franklin Morales (1-1) allowed four hits in six innings and Wilin Rosario hit a tiebreaking groundout in a three-run seventh. Ian Kennedy (1-2) took a one-hit shutout into the seventh before Corey Dickerson reached on a one-out double, Troy Tulowitzki walked and Justin Morneau lined a ball to right field. Chris Denorfia broke in, then retreated as the ball went over him for an RBI double. Rosario grounded out to shortstop as Tulowitzki scored for a 2-1 lead, and Nolan Arenado followed with a run-scoring single.

LaTroy Hawkins pitched the seventh. ninth to remain perfect in four save Harrison’s two-run drive down chances. the left field line was the second of his career as a pinch hitter. It stared Pittsburgh’s nine-run outburst over CARDINALS 8, the seventh and eighth innings that NATIONALS 0 was capped by Alvarez’s sixth of WASHINGTON — Adam the year. McCutchen, last year’s NL Wainwright (3-1) pitched his MVP, hit a two-run homer in the fourth career two-hitter and sevfirst inning in his 57th at-bat. enth shutout. Edinson Volquez (1-0) gave up He chipped in at the plate with a double and single, and two runs and eight hits in seven St. Louis benefited from four innings for his first win with the errors in beating Washington Pirates. Milwaukee has lost three of for the eighth straight time dating to Game 5 of the 2012 NL four following a nine-game winning streak. division series. Wainwright allowed Ian Desmond’s infield single in the second TIGERS 7, INDIANS 5 inning and Adam LaRoche’s single to right in the ninth. He struck out DETROIT — Ian Kinsler homeight and walked three. Taylor Jordan (0-1) gave up ered and drove in four runs for the seven runs — five earned — in 5 Tigers. Justin Verlander (2-1) allowed 1-3 innings. three unearned runs in five innings, and the Tigers trailed 3-1 before PIRATES 11, BREWERS 2 Kinsler’s three-run homer in the fifth off Danny Salazar (0-2). Detroit never gave up the lead PITTSBURGH — Andrew McCutchen hit his first homer of the after scoring four runs in the fifth, AP Photo/Jeff Chiu season and drove in three runs, although Cleveland’s Michael Pedro Alvarez had a three-run shot Brantley hit a two-run homer in the Dodgers pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu, from Korea, throws against the and pinch-hitter Josh Harrison seventh to make it 6-5. Joe Nathan San Francisco Giants during the fifth inning of a baseball game See MLB, Page B-2 in San Francisco on Thursday. broke a tie with a long ball in the C

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Puig returns amid life-threatening reports JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer

SAN FRANCISCO — Yasiel Puig believes he has the support from his Los Angeles Dodgers teammates and the club to help him keep his focus on baseball despite challenges off the field. Puig returned to the starting lineup in right field for Thursday’s series finale against the Giants amid reports that smugglers who helped him defect from Cuba had threatened his life. “I’m only concentrating on the season and being the best teammate and helping my teammates,” Puig said, speaking in Spanish during an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday morning at his locker in AT&T Park.

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pitched a perfect ninth for his second save.

RANGERS 8, MARINERS 6 ARLINGTON, Texas — Kevin Kouzmanoff delivered again, doubling twice and scoring two runs as Texas won its third straight after losing the series opener. Kouzmanoff is hitting .414 since being promoted from Triple-A on April 9 after starting third baseman Adrian Beltre strained his left quadriceps. Shin-Soo Choo homered for Texas and J.P. Arencibia had a pair of RBI groundouts. Robinson Cano hit his first homer for the Mariners, going back-to-back with Corey Hart. Cano is in a 3-for-18 slump. Pedro Figueroa (2-1) earned his second victory in less than 24 hours. Joe Beimel (0-1) was the loser.

YANKEES 10, RAYS 2 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — CC Sabathia pitched seven innings for a rare win at Tropicana Field, leading the Yankees past David Price

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comes Charlotte. Washington at Chicago, and Houston hosting Portland round out the action. The postseason came to a thrilling conclusion last year, with the Heat rallying from a five-point deficit in the final 28 seconds of regulation to win Game 6. They went on to take a tight Game 7, helped when Tim Duncan missed over Battier from point-blank range down the stretch, to hand San Antonio its first loss in five NBA Finals appearances. Many thought that was the last chance for the Spurs’ core of Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili. Instead, San Antonio won a league-high 62 games in perhaps the franchise’s finest all-around season. Even the Spurs are impressed with the way they left disappointment behind, but all that matters now is what’s ahead. “We are No. 1 overall and

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Warren, who entered the NBA draft last week. “Jabari could not have been better,” Krzyzewski said. “He is the epitome of what you would want a basketball player to be — outstanding every day on the practice court and in the classroom and a very humble young man. “He had a fantastic freshman year and is so deserving of the opportunity to play in the NBA and follow his dream.” Parker is listed as the No. 2 draft prospect on Chad Ford’s Top 100 on ESPN.com, the No. 2 pick in a mock draft on NBAdraft.net and No. 3 on DraftExpress.com. It had long been believed that Duke would be a one-year pit stop for Parker on his way to the pros. But even late into the season, he insisted he was undecided, saying he wanted to play at the level that would best help him grow. When he received the USBWA’s Tisdale Award as the nation’s top freshman this week, he said he planned to meet with Krzyzewski and reach a decision Wednesday. In his SI.com essay, Parker said he had “gotten pretty attached to life at Duke and I don’t want to utter the word

While Puig won’t address the details specifically because of a pending legal case, he said he will focus on baseball and on helping the defending NL West champion Dodgers keep winning. He went 1 for 4 with a strikeout in Thursday’s 2-1 victory. While he dropped a routine fly to right, he also made two nice catches on the run. “I have great teammates who are helping support me so much this season and to focus on the season when I get to the stadium so I am comfortable,” Puig said. “That way I don’t start thinking about anything negative in the stadium. I’m only thinking about working on the things that are going to make me a better ballplayer.” The 23-year-old, scratched from the starting lineup after arriving late for his

and the Rays in a matchup of former AL Cy Young Award winners. Sabathia (2-2) allowed two runs and seven hits, improving to 2-7 in 12 starts at Tropicana Field since joining the Yankees in 2009. He lowered his ERA to 5.19. Price (2-1) entered 6-1 in nine starts against Sabathia but gave up six runs and 10 hits in five innings. Sean Rodriguez hit into a triple play and had a solo homer for the Rays, who have lost four straight. Brian Roberts, Jacoby Ellsbury, Brian McCann and rookie Yangervis Solarte drove in two runs each for the Yankees.

TWINS 7, BLUE JAYS 0

team’s home opener April 4, is hitting .250 with one home run and five RBIs in his second major league season. He said after the game he is committed to baseball “so those things that are happening don’t torment me.” “We’re at the field right now. We’ve just got to be thinking about baseball,” teammate Hanley Ramirez said. “What I’ve seen is he’s been learning and he’s just happy to be here. He’s playing today and he told me he’s going to do everything it takes to win today’s game.” Manager Don Mattingly said he has read articles about Puig’s journey and will offer support. He has spoken briefly with the outfielder, but not regarding specifics of his journey to the United States — saying if Puig wants

scored three straight runs on wild pitches by the Blue Jays’ Sergio Santos in the eighth inning, when the Twins walked eight times off three relievers in rallying for a victory and a sweep of a day-night doubleheader. The Twins trailed 5-1 in the fifth of the night game after another lackluster start by Mike Pelfrey. Steve Delabar walked two batters starting the six-run eighth, setting up Santos (0-1) for trouble as manager John Gibbons called for his closer early. Santos walked all three batters he faced. Josmil Pinto came home on a wild pitch. Ball four by Santos to pinch-hitter Kurt Suzuki was wild, too, allowing Chris Herrmann to score and tie the game. Santos threw another wild pitch to Brian Dozier, and pinch-runner Pedro Florimon raced home for the lead. Casey Fien (2-0) pitched a scoreless eighth for the victory.

Lester (2-2) allowed one run and seven hits for his second straight win after opening the season with two losses. The left-hander struck out nine and walked none, winning an impressive pitcher’s duel with White Sox ace Chris Sale. Lester retired his first 16 batters before Tyler Flowers singled in the sixth. Xander Bogaerts homered with two out in the sixth for Boston’s only hit off Sale. Ronald Belisario (1-2) was the loser.

me, if they didn’t have some of those health issues, they’d be a 60-win team and they’d be the favorite.” Still, the betting site Bovada gave 3 to 1 odds of another Spurs-Heat finals, best of any possible matchup. If it happens again, San Antonio would get the decisive game at home this time — though that may not even come into play if the Spurs have to face either the Rockets or Thunder, who both went 4-0 against them. Every series in the West could be a slugfest, which would make the playoffs no different than the regular season. The East has a sub-.500 Atlanta team along with postseason novices such as Charlotte and Washington, potentially making things easier for the Heat and Pacers. But Toronto, Chicago and Brooklyn all compiled better records since Jan. 1 than Indiana and Miami, and will try to prevent the Eastern Conference finals matchup that’s been expected since November.

“It’s always wide open,” Nets coach Jason Kidd told reporters in Cleveland on Wednesday. “You guys sometimes limit it to just two teams, but guys that are playing on a daily basis in the Western Conference and the Eastern Conference feel like they’ve got a chance.” The Spurs have been hoping for another one, ever since walking off the court in Miami where they were so close to victory in Game 6 that workers had already begun preparations for the celebration. “We could have easily fell in a hole and let last year’s loss kill us,” Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard said. “But we got back mentally together and trying to get the same goal accomplished.”

MINNEAPOLIS — Unfazed by the subfreezing temperature at first pitch, Kyle Gibson (3-0) allowed four singles in a career-high eight scoreless innings in a daynight doubleheader opener. At 31 degrees, took the mound for the coldest start for an outdoor game in Twins histor. Josmil Pinto highlighted a fiverun fifth inning against R.A. Dickey RED SOX 3, WHITE SOX 1 (1-3) with a two-run double, missing a grand slam by a few inches. CHICAGO — Jon Lester Trevor Plouffe also had two RBIs. pitched eight sharp innings and David Ross hit a tiebreaking RBI double in Boston’s two-run ninth, TWINS 9, BLUE JAYS 5 leading the Red Sox to over the MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota White Sox.

can’t be better than that. But it doesn’t mean anything,” Ginobili said. “The playoffs starts from scratch.” And it starts with a Dallas team that won 49 games, which would have given the Mavericks the No. 3 seed in the weaker East. Houston and Portland tied for fourth with 54 wins — the same amount as the Heat earned to finish No. 2 in their conference. Miami lost 14 of its final 25 games, often while playing without Dwyane Wade, and finished two games behind the Pacers. ABC analyst Jeff Van Gundy is picking Indiana to win the East, in part because the Heat just don’t quite resemble the team that lost only three times after the start of February last season. “I think they have a lot of guys who are not in their prime right now and their ability to consistently play well individually is just not there,” Van Gundy said Thursday during a conference call. “And then you have the health issues that to

to keep those details private, he will respect that wish. Mattingly is committed to helping Puig, who signed a $42 million, seven-year contract. Court documents, part of a federal lawsuit in Miami, say smugglers who helped Puig leave Cuba on a speedboat have made death threats against him and against a Cuban boxer who says he defected with Puig. Boxer Yunior Despaigne says in an affidavit he is afraid of being harmed by the smugglers or their associates if Puig hasn’t paid them money he owes. “He hasn’t talked about his background. Nobody’s told me about his background. Nobody’s told me about his story,” Mattingly said. “If it’s true, it’s a wild story.”

ROYALS 5, ASTROS 1 HOUSTON — James Shields struck out 12 in eight innings and the Royals completed a three-game sweep of the Astros. Shields (1-2) gave up one run and four hits, all singles. He struck out seven straight batters in the late innings. Scott Feldman (2-1) yielded four earned runs and nine hits in six innings. It was the first tough outing for the Astros newcomer after he had allowed just one run and seven hits combined in his first three starts. The Royals were up by two when Alcides Escobar hit a tworun double in the fourth. Salvador Perez added an RBI double in the fifth.

AP Sports Writers Tim Reynolds in Miami, Tom Withers in Cleveland, and freelance writer Raul Dominguez in San Antonio contributed to this report. Follow Brian Mahoney on Twitter: http://www.twitter. com/Briancmahoney

goodbye.” He also noted that and Justise Winslow. port. the careers of professional basFollow Aaron Beard on Twitketball players — his father, AP Sports Writer Joedy Mc- ter at http://www.twitter.com/ Sonny, played six seasons in Creary contributed to this re- aaronbeardap the NBA — last only so long. “The lucky ones play until their mid-30s,” Parker said. “With that perspective, I shrink my professional career with each year that I remain in college. It’s ironic, but true.” Parker — the fifth Duke player to enter the draft as a freshman — said he planned to continue working toward a college degree. He is Mormon and said he would put a two-year mission on hold. From Day 1, he and Rodney Hood — a redshirt sophomore transfer from Mississippi State — were the focal points for a Duke team that spent much of the season in the top 10 and looked like a Final Four contender. But Duke (26-9) ended the season with a loss to Virginia in the ACC tournament final and a shocking loss to Mercer in its NCAA tournament opener. Hood hasn’t announced whether he will enter the draft, though Krzyzewski said “I wish we had him for more than one year” after Duke’s ACC tournament win against Clemson last month. Regardless, Duke is bolstered by the nation’s No. 1 recruiting class, led by top overall recruit Jahlil Okafor along with top-10 prospects Tyus Jones C

Other Cuban big leaguers have shared similar experiences. In Oakland, Cuban slugger Yoenis Cespedes discussed in February 2013 how he worried constantly about his family members the previous season as they made their way to the U.S. He wasn’t sure whether they might be targeted because of his legal issues stemming from a former agent who claimed the outfielder owed him money. “If you care about Yasiel, you worry about some serious stuff there that he has to deal with,” Mattingly said. “If you care about him as a person, you worry about what he’s going through.” AP Legal Affairs Writer Curt Anderson in Miami contributed to this report.

Calipari must wait on his freshmen GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky coach John Calipari has been too busy promoting his latest book to reflect on last week’s NCAA championship game loss to Connecticut. Calipari must first deal with several issues, the most pressing of which is the futures of several of his highly touted freshmen. Some clarity began to emerge Thursday, when guard James Young became the first to announce that he will enter the NBA draft, leaving forward Julius Randle and twin guards Andrew and Aaron Harrison to decide if they will follow him as speculated or return for another season. In all cases, Calipari said he has provided them enough information to make a decision. Regarding last week’s tweet from ex-Kentucky player Rex Chapman that Calipari was headed to the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers, the coach told former Wildcats star Anthony Davis he wasn’t, but also joked “unless you’ll come with me.” The coach conceded that Kentucky’s surprising recovery from a shaky stretch run to reach the NCAA final — where the Wildcats lost 60-54 to Connecticut — ratcheted up

discussion about his and players’ pro prospects. As Calipari downplayed his NBA possibilities, he mentioned options to several players during the Final Four. “All of them I met (with), I said, ‘Do you want me to explore the NBA stuff with you?’” said Calipari, adding that he talked with 19 NBA general managers. “A couple of them said ‘no,’ and the majority of them said ‘yes.’ “ The coach didn’t mention specific players, adding that one who declined information was later told he could be a potential first-round selection. Young’s announcement wasn’t shocking, considering he was projected as a mid- firstround pick. Calipari and Kentucky’s fervent fan base now wait to see if Randle and the Harrisons follow suit. Randle has been considered a lottery selection since arriving on campus. The Harrison twins have also gotten firstround mentions, particularly after both matured during the tournament with Aaron winning two games with clutch 3-pointers in the final seconds against Michigan and Wisconsin. Calipari said he has received additional feedback from his NBA contacts to give parents.

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Masters contender fires 66 to share RBC Heritage lead PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — There were no major letdowns for Masters contenders Matt Kuchar and Jordan Spieth at the RBC Heritage on Thursday. Kuchar, who tied for fifth at Augusta National, shot a bogeyfree 5-under 66 to share the firstround lead with Scott Langley and William McGirt. The 20-year-old Spieth tied for second behind Bubba Watson last Sunday and continued his strong play with a 69, part of a large group tied for fifth at Harbour Town Golf Links. Kuchar and Spieth both spent much of Sunday in the pressure cooker that is the Masters’ final round. But neither player allowed any lingering disappointment or fatigue from a grueling week to slow them down here. “I was anxious to get back out and play another competitive round,” Spieth said. “So today was going to be kind of therapy, in a sense, from last week.” Langley and McGirt each had

five birdies on the front nine to match Kuchar. Harris English was two shots behind after a 68 before Spieth topped a group of 15 another stroke back. In all, 54 competitors shot par or better despite the gusts of 20 mph that swept through the course much of the round. The week after the season’s first major is generally one of rest for many of golf’s big names and this year’s no different. Masters champ Watson took off as did Phil Mickelson and Rory McIlroy. World No. 1 Tiger Woods continues recuperating from back surgery that kept him from playing Augusta National for the first time in 20 years. Just six of the world’s top20 ranked golfers teed it up this week, led by Kuchar at No. 6. Spieth, who tied with fellow Masters rookie Jonas Blixt for second last week, didn’t consider withdrawing at Harbour Town, convinced of the benefits of quickly getting back to work.

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33:49 of extra time in a 5-4 win over Chicago on April 20, 1989. St. Louis had to kill off delay-ofgame penalties for shooting the puck into the stands in the first two overtimes and Quenneville argued vehemently for a second delay of game that would have given Chicago a 5-on-3 advantage in the first OT. The Blackhawks killed off a holding penalty in the second overtime. Jonathan Toews, like Kane back from a lengthy injury absence, had two assists for Chicago. Schwartz, Vladimir Tarasenko and Adam Cracknell all scored their first playoff goal for the Blues. The Blackhawks kept the Blues pinned in their own zone for 2:10 during the first overtime, and Maxim Lapierre made the save of the session getting his body on a drive by Kris Versteeg with less than two minutes

It was also a get-to-knowyou session for Spieth, who was paired with U.S. Ryder Cup captain Tom Watson and 2012 Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III. “It was unbelievable just to be playing with them,” Spieth said. For Kuchar, playing was a nobrainer considering the strong run he’s been on the past month or so. He tied for fourth at the Texas Open three weeks ago and lost in a playoff at the Houston Open a week later right before the Masters. And Kuchar understands being focused at the Masters can mean being zoned in at Harbour Town. “You’re going to see a lot of guys, if they’re not too run down from a major championship, come out and play some pretty good golf the week following.” Kuchar played with confidence and precision, avoiding the winds when possible and playing to the meatiest parts of the smallish greens. After starting on the back

remaining. Tarasenko was among the best players coming off a 15-game absence because of a broken thumb. Cracknell tapped in a rebound early in the first to end a scoring drought of 148 minutes and 39 seconds for a team that got shut out the last two games of the regular season. Kane scored his 30th career playoff goal after catching the defense napping at the end of a St. Louis power play, beating Miller off a long lead pass from Toews for a 3-2 lead at 18:24 of the first. Miller allowed three goals on just seven shots in the first with defensemen Johnny Oduya and Brent Seabrook also scoring for Chicago. “They had a couple of nice shots in the first, but I had to come out and battle,” Miller said. “Luckily I got ahold of a few of them.” St. Louis’ top line of David Backes, Steen and Ott was a combined minus-5 in the first. Ott was a bit of surprise, considering he was minus-7 during the Blues’ six-game losing streak to

nine, Kuchar birdied both the par 5 holes on the front side before finishing with a birdie on his final hole, the ninth, to shoot in the 60s for the sixth time in his past 11 rounds here. “It was some awfully steady golf,” he said. Langley, with his early birdie run, looked as if he might finish on top alone after a 17-foot birdie putt on the par-3 14th moved him to 6 under. But Langley wound up in the scrub along the 18th green and took bogey to fall into the three-way tie for first. Langley has missed seven cuts this season, including his past two tournaments. But he felt confident in his game and took motivation from his friend Spieth’s run at a green jacket last week. “Seeing Jordan do so well, almost win the Masters, inspired me a little bit,” Langley said. McGirt played in the same group with Langley and matched his partner with five front-nine AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton birdies. He chipped in on the par- A young alligator basks on the bank of a pond near the first tee 3 17th to move up into the tie for during the first round of the RBC Heritage golf tournament in first. Hilton Head Island, S.C., Thursday.

end the regular season. Crawford faced just three shots in the second, but needed big saves to thwart Tarasenko and Ott. He made glove saves on drives by Steen and Tarasenko not long before Schwartz got the equalizer. AVALANCHE 5, WILD 4, OT DENVER — Paul Stastny scored 7:27 into overtime after tying the game with 13.4 seconds remaining in regulation, lifting Colorado over Minnesota in the opener of the Western Conference quarterfinals. Gabriel Landeskog, Ryan O’Reilly and Jamie McGinn also added goals for Colorado in Patrick Roy’s postseason debut behind the bench. The Hall of Fame goaltender led the Avalanche to two Stanley Cup titles as a player. Erik Haula, Charlie Coyle, Ryan Suter and Kyle Brodziak scored for the Wild. Game 2 is Saturday. Stastny beat Ilya Bryzgalov with a close-in wrist shot in overtime, the same type of play Stastny used to tie the game in regulation. Roy made a bold move with 3:01 re-

Anthony wants to stay, win GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — Carmelo Anthony said he wants to stay in New York, and said he wants to win. It will be up to Phil Jackson to convince him that he can do both. With the Knicks’ season over and Anthony missing the playoffs for the first time in his career, he can begin thinking about his future. He plans to become a free agent in July and wants to be someplace where he can compete for championships. The Knicks never came close this season, going 37-45. Anthony said it was a ‘’failure’’ and an ‘’embarrassment’’ that he’s unwilling to go through again, which could force him to look elsewhere since New York will have trouble changing its roster next season. ‘’I want to come back. I also want to win. Me wanting to be here, if we can put ourselves in position to at least compete at a high level over the course of whatever, five years, the con-

tract would be, then I’m willing to stay here,’’ Anthony said Thursday while wearing a red hat with the letters ‘’NY’’ at the Knicks’ training center. He met with Jackson, who took over as team president in March and has said he could envision Anthony as a central piece of the Knicks’ future. Less clear is what he thinks about coach Mike Woodson, who received a strong endorsement from the Knicks’ leading scorer. ‘’To be honest with you, Mike Woodson, me and him have become, he’s been a guy I can talk to,’’ Anthony said. ‘’He’s been almost a father figure, a friend, a guy who I can bounce stuff off of. I’ve been a guy he’s talked to multiple times about multiple things, different situations. So when that time comes, if it’s ready for me to step up and take that next step and say, ‘OK, Mike Woodson needs to stay or go’ - I don’t think it would come down to that -

but I’ll back him. If he needs my recommendation, whether it’s here or anywhere else, I’ll back him.’’ Amare Stoudemire said Woodson wasn’t a part of his exit meeting with Jackson and general manager Steve Mills, and he hadn’t seen him Thursday. Woodson led the Knicks to 54 wins and a division title last season, and the Knicks embraced their high expectations coming into 2013-14. But they got off to a dismal start and couldn’t recover, bad timing with their best player having the option to leave. The Knicks can pay Anthony around $30 million more than any other team, but won’t have much financial flexibility to build around him until a number of contracts come off the books following the 201415 season. Yet Tyson Chandler, who like Stoudemire owns one of those contracts, said changing the players wasn’t what the franchise needed.

maining, pulling Semyon Varlamov for an extra skater. Erik Johnson saved a potential empty-net goal with over a minute left as he raced down the ice and slapped away the puck just before it crossed the goal line. Moments later, Stastny beat Bryzgalov with a shot over his shoulder — the capacity crowd erupted.

RANGERS 4, FLYERS 1 NEW YORK — Brad Richards and Derek Stepan scored power-play goals 47 seconds apart in the third period, and New York beat Philadelphia in the playoff opener to stretch its home-winning streak over the rival Flyers to nine games. The teams were locked in a 1-1 tie when Jason Akeson — playing in just his third career NHL game — was given a double high-sticking penalty for clipping Rangers forward Carl Hagelin with 7:35 remaining. New York quickly took advantage. Richards gave the Rangers their first lead of the night when a rebound of Martin St. Louis’ shot came to him, and he fired it in from the right circle, punctuating the moment with an emphatic fist pump at 8:22.

Richards and St. Louis hooked up again to help set up Stepan’s insurance goal. New York worked the puck around the Philadelphia end, and Richards faked a drive. He instead sent a hard pass to Stepan for a shot into the open left side. Defenseman Andrew MacDonald had given the Flyers a 1-0 lead in the first, but the Rangers answered with Mats Zuccarello’s goal. Hagelin pushed New York’s edge to 4-1 with 4:08 left in the game.

SHARKS 6, KINGS 3 SAN JOSE, Calif. — Tomas Hertl and Raffi Torres both scored in their first game together as teammates and San Jose jumped on top of Jonathan Quick and rival Los Angeles with a victory in its playoff opener. Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau and Marc-Edouard Vlasic also scored for the Sharks, who managed just 10 goals against Quick in losing a seven-game series to Los Angeles in the second round last year. Antti Niemi made 31 saves. Quick allowed three goals in the first period for the first time in his playoff career, including two in the final minute as the Kings were completely outclassed.

B-4 Peninsula Clarion, Friday, April 18, 2014

Oilers Corner Opening Day is closer than you think 51 DAYS UNTIL OPENING DAY! The first game of the 2014 season will take place June 8 at 2 p.m. This game will have free admission thanks to our sponsors Coca-Cola and ESPN 1140. The first 12 games of the season will feature three out-of-state teams. The first four-game series will be against the San Francisco Seals. The following four-game series will feature the Lake Erie Monarchs and the final four-game series will be against the Oceanside Waves. These first 12 games should be an exciting start to the 2014 season. League play will begin June 23 when we travel to Anchorage to face the Bucs. I hope to see you all at the ballpark! Interested in being a part of Oilers baseball? The Oilers are looking to fill some staff positions at the ballpark this year. If you are interested in any of the following positions, please contact the admin office at 283-7133 or gm@oilersbaseball.com. Some of the positions available this season are: Scorekeeper, Beer Garden, OnField PA, Ticket Booth and we have one spot for a field maintenance intern. If you have always wanted to be a part of Oilers baseball or are just looking for a summer job, we may have what you are looking for. The Oilers Baseball Club as well as the Oilers Booster Club are currently offering scholarships to 2014 graduates from the local area high schools. For applications and deadlines, please visit our website at www.oilersbaseball.com. Oilers Baseball is still recruiting summer housing parents. This is a very rewarding experience. You will make lifelong friendships and your kids will think you are a hero! For more information on the housing program please contact Kathy Gensel via email at dlgensel@ptialaska.net or via phone at 262-9263 or 252-7504. Please consider adding the Peninsula Oilers to your Community Rewards program at Fred Meyer. Simply link your rewards card to the Oilers at www.fredmeyer.com/communityrewards and use our nonprofit number 93400. This is an easy way to support Oilers baseball while you shop! Follow us on Facebook at Peninsula Oilers Baseball Club for player news, raffles and other information. Please feel free to contact us here at the office with any questions, comments or concerns you may have. The office is at 601 S. Main St. in Kenai. Or contact Diana Tice at 283-7133 or admin@oilersbaseball.com, or James Clark at 2837133 or gm@oilersbaseball.com. Oilers Corner is submitted by James Clark, the general manager of the Alaska Baseball League team.

Sports Briefs Tsalteshi to hold race Saturday Tsalteshi Trails will hold a 10-kilometer Choose Your Weapon race at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Wolverine Trailhead off Kalifornsky Beach Road, open to any mode of human-powered propulsion, such as running, skiing, biking, or snowshoeing. Biking or running will likely be the best bets, but skiing might be possible, depending on conditions. Register in advance at www.tsalteshi.org. Prices are $25 for advance registration online or $30 for in-person, day-of registration. Tsalteshi Trails Association members can use the promo code TTAMEMBER to get a $5 discount. Bib pickup and raceday registration starts at 10 a.m. For more information, visit www. tsalteshi.org or Tsalteshi Trails on Facebook, or email tsalteshi@ yahoo.com.

Prosecutor gets after former forensic scientist in Pistorius trial PRETORIA, South Africa — An expert witness for the defense at the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius was supposed to help the athlete’s assertion that he killed his girlfriend by mistake last year, but he ended his testimony on Thursday amid blistering attacks on his credibility by a prosecutor who accused him of slipshod analysis and fuzzy explanations. Roger Dixon, a former forensic scientist for the South African police, was frequently on the back foot as he tried to fend off sharp questions from chief prosecutor Gerrie Nel, who says Pistorius is lying and fatally shot Steenkamp on purpose after a nighttime argument in his home. For nearly a week, the double-amputee runner was subjected to the same kind of harsh scrutiny when he testified that fear led him to fire four shots through a toilet door at what he thought was an intruder. Legal analysts say Judge Thokozile Masipa will review the mass of testimony in its totality, which is said to be almost 2,000 pages so far, and that it can be misleading to assess the course of the trial by a single witness. Defense lawyer Barry Roux, for example, hounded police witnesses with questions about alleged mishandling of evidence at the house where Pistorius killed Steenkamp in the early hours of Feb. 14, 2013. Masipa, who will deliver a verdict on the premeditated murder charge against Pistorius, adjourned the trial until May 5. Dixon, now a geologist at the University of Pretoria, was forced to acknowledge Wednesday that he had no expertise in light and sound measurement, as well as pathology and ballistics, despite his commenting on those topics while testifying about the circumstances of Steenkamp’s death.

McNabb released from jail MESA, Ariz. — Former NFL quarterback Donovan McNabb was released Thursday from an Arizona jail after serving a one-day sentence for a DUI arrest late last year. Records released by West Mesa Justice Court show McNabb served his time Wednesday and was released Thursday morning. McNabb, 37, was arrested Dec. 15 on the Salt River PimaMaricopa Indian Community east of Phoenix, according to court records. A copy of the citation shows McNabb was stopped on the Loop 101 freeway just after 3 a.m. and radar clocked his Range Rover at 81 mph in a 65-mph zone. He also was cited for DUI, but no information about blood-alcohol level was on the citation. McNabb pleaded guilty on March 27 and nine days of his sentence was suspended.

Football players end boycott of practice MANKATO, Minn. — Minnesota State football players ended their boycott of spring practice and said Thursday they will play for coach Todd Hoffner, who was reinstated after being exonerated of having child pornography on his cellphone. The players had refused to practice Wednesday as a show of support for interim coach Aaron Keen, who took over after Hoffner was arrested in 2012 because images of his naked children were found on a university-issued cellphone. A judge later said he had been wrongly accused and the images were an innocent video of his children playing after a bath. “As a team, we are ready to get back to playing football,” junior defensive back Sam Thompson and sophomore wide receiver Kyle Riggott said in a statement after the players and coaching staff held a nearly two-hour closed-door meeting Thursday. The players had said on Wednesday they felt shut out of the process of Hoffner returning. “We received the answers we were looking for, feel fit to practice and welcome Coach Hoffner as we head toward the end of spring drills,” the players said after the team meeting. They will return to practice Friday. After his arrest, Hoffner was suspended, reassigned and fired for reasons that the school declined to make public. His supporters said the school overreacted in the wake of the sex abuse scandal at Penn State, noting his high-profile arrest came just months after retired Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was convicted of child sex abuse. — Staff and wire reports

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the Coulee Region (Wis.) Chill had to lose on the last day of the regular season for Kenai River to qualify. Beauparlant said getting the playoff experience was great, but even without a playoff berth the Bears would have achieved their goals of being a positive part of the community, moving players on to college and competing every weekend. “Either way, we would have considered the season a success,” Beauparlant said. As for that playoff series, Beauparlant, an Ice Dogs assistant for three seasons, admitted it was different coaching against players he knew so well. “Relationships are what this is all about,” Beauparlant said of junior hockey. “Like I always tell the guys, you won’t remember a loss 20 or even 10 years from now, but you will remember the friendships you have developed for the past eight or nine months.” Of the seven players the Bears are losing, three — Jake Davidson, Conor Deal and Vince Stefan — played three years for the organization. All are expected to announce college commitments in the upcoming weeks. “They are three great people who left everything out there for this organization,” Beauparlant said. Jacob Wolter is the other player aging out. He played half of this season for the Bears and also is expected to announce a college commitment. “Sometimes you don’t know if Tier III guys are going to fit in,” Beauparlant said. “He fit in, competed and held guys accountable.” Both Butcher and Albin Karlsson have a year of junior

eligibility left, but both will play Division I hockey next year — Butcher at Sacred Heart and Karlsson at Niagara. Butcher led the team with 66 points and a plus-20, while Karlsson was second with 43 points and third with a plus-11. “Alec Butcher winning the scoring title is a huge accomplishment for him and the guys that helped him get there,” Beauparlant said. “I’m extremely proud of how he competed all year.” When he was coaching in Fairbanks, Beauparlant said Karlsson was known as a perimeter player. This year he was second on the team in penalty minutes. “Albin has evolved into a college hockey player,” Beauparlant said. “He’s very mature in the way he plays and analyzes the game. “He learned how to get his nose dirty.” Sebastian Fuchs is just 17, but the University of Denver commit has signed to play next season with the expansion Madison (Wis.) Capitols of the Tier I United States Hockey League. The NAHL is Tier II. Fuchs, third on the team with 38 points, will play with head coach Steve Miller, the former Denver assistant who helped recruit Fuchs. “The path is now clear for him to go to Madison, Denver and then hopefully the pro ranks,” Beauparlant said. That means the top three scorers for the Bears are gone, but Jack Gessert (31 points), Matt Rudin (30), Zack Zulkanycz (23) and Nathan Colwell (21) are all eligible to return. Zulkanycz, the Kenai Central product, was second on the team at plus-12. Frankie Spellman (15), Tommy Dierl (11) and late-season acquisitions RJ Salvato and Adam Kresl also can return. “I think we’ll have more

depth with our scoring,” Beauparlant said. “This season was different. We got a lot of scoring from what might have been the best line in the league.” On defense, Gustav Berglund and Judd Loewenstein are eligible to return, but are considering going to college. If those two stay, six most likely return on defense. “We should be able to bring back a good core on defense,” Beauparlant said. Also eligible to come back are Tyler Andrews, Ben Campbell and Christian Luiten. Campbell is the shortest of the bunch at 6-foot-1. Austin Chavez, who is 5-10 but just 17, also can return. Beauparlant said Chavez and Karlsson were the most talented skaters on the team. “It’s fun to watch him flying around out there,” the coach said of Chavez. Goalies Zach Quinn and Kris Oldham both can return. Quinn, who finished 17-18-4 with a 2.55 goals-against average and .924 save percentage, has one year of junior eligibility left. He served as the No. 1 goalie. Oldham is still just 16 years old but is 6-4. He was 11-6-4 with 3.17 goals against and a .901 save percentage. Oldham’s rights are owned by the Omaha (Neb.) Lancers of the USHL. “He’ll give his best effort there in order to earn the right to move on,” Beauparlant said. In addition to all the returners on the ice, Beauparlant said stability in the coaching staff should pay dividends. In an interview at the halfway point of the season, Beauparlant, in his first year as a head coach in the NAHL, said the staff spent part of the first half of the season experimenting with various things. “As a staff, we really grew and we found what has really

been our identity in the last eight weeks,” Beauparlant said. “After Christmas, we were holding guys more accountable and raising expectations on and off the ice.” The coach also sees a maturing organization in terms of staff, volunteers and fan base. The opening of the Bears’ Den shop was a step forward. The coach also said getting over 800 fans to the Tuesday and Wednesday home playoff games was important. Midweek games can be tough draws. “It could have gone the other way,” Beauparlant said. “That those fans showed up and were loud means a lot to the guys.” With so much in place, Beauparlant said the time has come for the organization to take another step forward. The Brown Bears have seven season in the books, and are 0-6 in playoff series. “The next step is to win a first-round playoff series, go deep in the playoffs and have a chance at the Robertson Cup,” he said. The next thing on the Bears’ radar is the USHL draft on May 5 and 6, then three tryout camps in May, followed by the NAHL draft in early June. Bears notes: Former Bears Brad Duwe and Bobby Murphy picked up awards at the hockey team banquet for the University of Alaska Anchorage. Duwe, from Soldotna, earned the Most Improved Award. He dressed in just seven games for the first half of the season, then played 20 times in the second half. He scored seven goals, including a pair of game-winners against the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the playoffs. Murphy won the Humanitarian Award, an new award this season. Murphy, of Anchorage, dressed in seven games but contributed off the ice, volunteering and helping UAA with charity work.

Swan Racing having trouble with funds DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer

Swan Racing is reviewing its ability to compete in NASCAR because of difficulty securing corporate sponsorship for the two-car operation. Swan Racing owner Brandon Davis, the CEO of independent oil and gas company Swan En-

ergy, bought the organization in late 2012. Cole Whitt drives the No. 26 Toyota Camry and Parker Kligerman drives the No. 30 Toyota Camry for Swan in the Sprint Cup series. “The team has been unable to secure the kind of sponsorship required to effectively operate the team,” Swan Racing said in a statement. “As a

result, the team management is exploring every available option. We hope to be in position to provide a detailed update in the near future.” Davis had been transforming the organization he purchased in late 2012. A former start-andpark team, he set a goal of racing in every event. Then he pumped the organization with needed

cash when he signed former NFL linebacker Bill Romanowski as an investor and rapper 50 Cent used his SMS Audio line to partner with the team. But unable to keep funding the cars out of his own pocket, Davis may have to shut down the team. That leaves two rookies drivers with few options at this point of the season.

Scoreboard Basketball NBA Playoffs FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) (x-if necessary) EASTERN CONFERENCE Indiana vs. Atlanta Saturday, April 19: Atlanta at Indiana, 3 p.m. Miami vs. Charlotte Sunday, April 20: Charlotte at Miami, 11:30 a.m. Toronto vs. Brooklyn Saturday, April 19: Brooklyn at Toronto, 8:30 a.m. Chicago vs. Washington Sunday, April 20: Washington at Chicago, 3 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE San Antonio vs. Dallas Sunday, April 20: Dallas at San Antonio, 9 a.m. Oklahoma City vs. Memphis Saturday, April 19: Memphis at Oklahoma City, 5:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers vs. Golden State Saturday, April 19: Golden State at L.A. Clippers, 11:30 a.m. Houston vs. Portland Sunday, April 20: Portland at Houston, 5:30 p.m. All Times ADT

Hockey NHL Playoffs FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) Wednesday, April 16 Montreal 5, Tampa Bay 4, OT, Montreal leads series 1-0 Pittsburgh 4, Columbus 3, Pittsburgh leads series 1-0 Anaheim 4, Dallas 3, Anaheim leads series 1-0 Thursday, April 17 N.Y. Rangers 4, Philadelphia 1, N.Y. Rangers lead series 1-0 St. Louis 4, Chicago 3, 3OT, St. Louis leads series 1-0 Colorado 5, Minnesota 4, OT, Colorado leads series 1-0 San Jose 6, Los Angeles 3, San Jose leads series 1-0 Friday, April 18 Montreal at Tampa Bay, 3 p.m. Detroit at Boston, 3:30 p.m. Dallas at Anaheim, 6 p.m. Saturday, April 19 Chicago at St. Louis, 11 a.m. Columbus at Pittsburgh, 3 p.m. Minnesota at Colorado, 5:30 p.m. All Times ADT

Baseball AL Standings

East Division W New York 10 Toronto 8 Baltimore 7 Boston 7 Tampa Bay 7 Central Division Detroit 7 Minnesota 8 Chicago 8 Kansas City 7

L 6 8 7 9 9

Pct .625 .500 .500 .438 .438

GB — 2 2 3 3

5 7 8 7

.583 .533 .500 .500

— ½ 1 1

Cleveland 7 8 West Division Oakland 10 5 Texas 9 7 Los Angeles 7 8 Seattle 7 8 Houston 5 11

.467

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.667 .563 .467 .467 .313

— 1½ 3 3 5½

Thursday’s Games Detroit 7, Cleveland 5 Minnesota 7, Toronto 0, 1st game Texas 8, Seattle 6 N.Y. Yankees 10, Tampa Bay 2 Minnesota 9, Toronto 5, 2nd game Boston 3, Chicago White Sox 1 Kansas City 5, Houston 1 Friday’s Games Toronto (Hutchison 1-1) at Cleveland (Masterson 0-0), 3:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Weaver 0-2) at Detroit (Smyly 1-0), 3:08 p.m. Baltimore (Tillman 1-1) at Boston (Lackey 2-1), 3:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 2-1) at Tampa Bay (Bedard 0-0), 3:10 p.m. Seattle (C.Young 0-0) at Miami (Eovaldi 1-1), 3:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Paulino 0-1) at Texas (M.Perez 2-0), 4:05 p.m. Minnesota (Nolasco 1-1) at Kansas City (Vargas 1-0), 4:10 p.m. Houston (Cosart 1-1) at Oakland (Gray 2-0), 6:05 p.m. Saturday’s Games Toronto at Cleveland, 9:05 a.m. L.A. Angels at Detroit, 9:08 a.m. Baltimore at Boston, 9:35 a.m. Minnesota at Kansas City, 10:10 a.m. Houston at Oakland, 12:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 3:10 p.m. Seattle at Miami, 3:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Texas, 4:05 p.m. All Times ADT

NL Standings

East Division W L Pct Atlanta 10 5 .667 Washington 9 7 .563 New York 8 7 .533 Philadelphia 7 8 .467 Miami 6 10 .375 Central Division Milwaukee 11 5 .688 St. Louis 10 6 .625 Pittsburgh 8 8 .500 Cincinnati 6 9 .400 Chicago 4 10 .286 West Division Los Angeles 10 6 .625 San Francisco 10 6 .625 Colorado 8 9 .471 San Diego 7 9 .438 Arizona 4 14 .222

GB — 1½ 2 3 4½ — 1 3 4½ 6 — — 2½ 3 7

Thursday’s Games Philadelphia 1, Atlanta 0 L.A. Dodgers 2, San Francisco 1 Colorado 3, San Diego 1 Pittsburgh 11, Milwaukee 2 St. Louis 8, Washington 0 Friday’s Games Cincinnati (Simon 1-1) at Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 0-1), 10:20 a.m. Milwaukee (Lohse 2-1) at Pittsburgh (Morton 0-1), 3:05 p.m. St. Louis (Wacha 2-0) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 2-1), 3:05 p.m. Atlanta (Harang 2-1) at N.Y. Mets

(Niese 0-1), 3:10 p.m. Seattle (C.Young 0-0) at Miami (Eovaldi 1-1), 3:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Pettibone 0-0) at Colorado (Chatwood 0-0), 4:40 p.m. Arizona (Miley 2-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 3-0), 6:10 p.m. San Francisco (M.Cain 0-2) at San Diego (T.Ross 1-2), 6:10 p.m. Saturday’s Games St. Louis at Washington, 9:05 a.m. Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 10:20 a.m. Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 3:05 p.m. Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, 3:10 p.m. Seattle at Miami, 3:10 p.m. Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 4:10 p.m. Philadelphia at Colorado, 4:10 p.m. San Francisco at San Diego, 4:40 p.m. All Times ADT

Tigers 7, Indians 5 Cle. De.

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2 3

Salazar, C.Lee (5), B.Wood (6), Shaw (7), Atchison (8) and Y.Gomes; Verlander, Coke (6), Alburquerque (6), Krol (7), Chamberlain (7), Nathan (9) and Avila. W_Verlander 2-1. L_Salazar 0-2. Sv_Nathan (2). HRs_Cleveland, Brantley (2). Detroit, Kinsler (2).

Twins 7, Blue Jays 0, 1st game Tor. Min.

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2 2

Dickey, Redmond (5) and Thole; Gibson, Swarzak (9) and K.Suzuki. W_Gibson 3-0. L_Dickey 1-3.

Rangers 8, Mariners 6 Se. Tex.

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Yankees 10, Rays 2 130 021 102—10 16 000 100 100—2 7

1 1

Sabathia, Betances (8) and McCann; Price, H.Bell (6), Lueke (7), Balfour (9) and J.Molina. W_Sabathia 2-2. L_Price 2-1. HRs_New York, A.Soriano (4), McCann (3), Solarte (1). Tampa Bay, S.Rodriguez (2).

Twins 9, Blue Jays 5 Tor. Min.

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Royals 5, Astros 1 KC Hou.

0 2

McGowan, Loup (5), Wagner (7), Cecil (7), Delabar (8), Santos (8), Happ (8) and Navarro; Pelfrey, Deduno (5), Fien (8), Perkins (9)

110 210 000—5 9 000 010 000—1 5

0 1

Shields, W.Davis (9) and S.Perez; Feldman, Bass (7) and J.Castro. W_Shields 1-2. L_Feldman 2-1.

Red Sox 3, White Sox 1 Bos. Chi.

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0 0

Lester, Uehara (9) and D.Ross; Sale, Belisario (8), Downs (9) and Flowers. W_Lester 2-2. L_Belisario 1-2. Sv_Uehara (3). HRs_Boston, Bogaerts (1).

Phillies 1, Braves 0 Atl. Phi.

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0 0

A.Wood and Laird; A.Burnett, Bastardo (8), Papelbon (9) and Nieves. W_Bastardo 2-1. L_A. Wood 2-2. Sv_Papelbon (4).

Dodgers 2, Giants 1 LA SF

010 010 000—2 7 000 000 001—1 6

0 0

Ryu, B.Wilson (8), Jansen (9) and Federowicz; Bumgarner, Petit (5), Affeldt (8) and Posey. W_Ryu 3-1. L_Bumgarner 2-1. Sv_Jansen (5).

Rockies 3, Padres 1 Co. SD

000 000 300—3 4 000 100 000—1 6

0 0

Morales, Brothers (7), Logan (8), Hawkins (9) and Rosario; Kennedy, Vincent (8), Thayer (9) and Grandal. W_Morales 1-1. L_Kennedy 1-3. Sv_Hawkins (4). HRs_ San Diego, Nady (3).

2 0

E.Ramirez, Leone (3), Beimel (5), Farquhar (6), Wilhelmsen (8) and Buck; Scheppers, Noesi (3), Figueroa (5), Frasor (7), Ogando (8), Soria (9) and Arencibia. W_Figueroa 2-1. L_Beimel 0-1. Sv_Soria (2). HRs_Seattle, Cano (1), Hart (4). Texas, Choo (1).

NY TB

and Pinto. W_Fien 2-0. L_Santos 0-1. HRs_Toronto, Bautista (6). Minnesota, Dozier (5).

Blues 8, Nationals 0 SL Was.

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0 4

Wainwright and Y.Molina; Jordan, Treinen (6), Blevins (9) and Lobaton. W_Wainwright 3-1. L_Jordan 0-2.

Pirates 11, Brewers 2 Mil. Pit.

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1 0

Gallardo, Wooten (7), Duke (7), Wang (8) and Lucroy; Volquez, Melancon (8), Morris (9) and R.Martin. W_Volquez 1-0. L_ Wooten 0-1. HRs_Pittsburgh, A.McCutchen (1), J.Harrison (1), G.Sanchez (3), P.Alvarez (6).

Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB — Suspended Seattle 1B Ji-Man Choi 50 games following a positive test for a performanceenhancing substance. American League

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Selected the contract of RHP Zach Putnam from Charlotte (IL). Designated LHP Donnie Veal for assignment. KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Placed OF Lorenzo Cain on the 15-day DL. Recalled LHP Justin Marks from Omaha (PCL). SEATTLE MARINERS — Reinstated RHP Stephon Pryor from the 15-day DL and assigned him to Tacoma (PCL). National League MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Placed 1B Lyle Overbay on the paternity leave list. Recalled INFOF Elian Herrera from Nashville (IL). ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Placed RHP Joe Kelly on the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Keith Butler to Memphis (PCL). Recalled RHP Eric Fornataro and RHP Jorge Rondon from Memphis. FOOTBALL National Football League CLEVELAND BROWNS — Named James Voos, M.D. team physician. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed OL Joe Reitz. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Released LB Russell Allen. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed S Kurt Coleman. OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed LB Kaelin Burnett. Canadian Football League MONTREAL ALOUETTES — Signed WR Chad Johnson to a two-year contract. WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Released DB Kevin Prempeh, OL Eric Armitage, WR Austin Coleman, WR Antonio Robinson and LB Doug Hogue. HOCKEY National Hockey League DETROIT RED WINGS — Assigned RW Willie Coetzee, D Xavier Ouellet and D Ryan Sproul to Grand Rapids (AHL). SOCCER Major League Soccer CHIVAS USA — Signed MF Matthew Dunn. NEW YORK RED BULLS — Named Marc de Grandpre head of commercial operations. COLLEGE AUBURN — Named Chuck Crawford assistant volleyball coach. DUKE — Announced freshman F Jabari Parker will enter the NBA draft. KENTUCKY — Announced freshman G James Young will enter the NBA draft. NORTH CAROLINA — Announced women’s freshman basketball G Diamond DeShields will transfer. SAN FRANCISCO — Named Alex Yi and Steven Sosa assistant coaches, Mike McNeill volunteer assistant coach and James Jaramillo director of men’s soccer operations.

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f you’ve never fished from a drift boat, you might want to add it to your bucket list. No one should exit life without having experienced this treat. I first fished from a drift boat in 1987, when Kenai resident Greg Daniels invited me to go fishing for king salmon on the Kenai River in his custom-built RB, an aluminum 16-footer. We launched at Centennial Campground in Soldotna, and fished down to Eagle Rock, about 9 river miles. The quietness of the boat was immediately noticeable and appreciated. I was surprised by our ability to use all of the fishing methods that the power boats were using. We pulled plugs, we dragged bait, we pulled Jet Divers with bait, and we back-bounced with bait. There wasn’t much they were doing that we couldn’t do, including catch kings. The highlight of my day was boating a 52-pounder that I hooked while dragging bait near Eagle Island. After that, I rowed. While back-bouncing at Big Eddy, I was surprised at the ease of holding the boat in the current and staying in the sweet spot. We caught two kings while I was providing the power. Since then, I’ve fished from drift boats many times on the Kenai and Kasilof rivers. On the no-motorsallowed Upper Kenai, between Cooper Landing and Skilak Lake, they’re a great way to fly fish for rainbow trout. Boats designed for rowing on rivers evolved from the use of openwater dories on Oregon’s Rogue and McKenzie rivers in the 1930s and 1940s. A typical drift boat has a wide, flat bottom, flared sides, a pointed stern and a narrow, flat bow. Often referred to as McKenzie River drift boats, early models were made of wood. While a few wooden boats continue to be manufactured, many are now made of fiberglass, aluminum or plastic. Drift boats can have many useful features, including storage lockers, casting braces, casting decks and comfortable seats. Some have features that make them better for use in waves and rapids. Prospective buyers have several options. Makers of finished boats include Hyde, RO, Lavro, Willie, Koffler, Willie Pavati, and Clackacraft, to name a few. Several builders will custom-build a drift boat to your specifications. If you’re handy with tools, you can buy a plan or a complete kit for building a wooden drift boat. I don’t remember seeing drift boats on the Kenai until the early 1980s. Their numbers increased after the Board of Fisheries banned fishing from powered boats on the Kenai on Mondays in May, June and July. Now, thanks to these “drift only” days, the number of drift boats has increased. One disadvantage of fishing with a drift boat is the difficulty of rowing upstream in strong current. This means that if a big fish pulls you out of a hole and you have See PALMER, page C-2

In this April 4, photo, climbers make their way up Mount Adams in New Hampshire. While mud season is underway at lower elevations, above the tree line, deep snow lingers well into spring in the White Mountains.

AP Photos/Robert F. Bukaty

In this April 4, photo, Joe Murdzek scrambles up a snowfield while climbing Mount Adams in the Northern Presidential Range of the White Mountains in New Hampshire. Murdzek, 47, of East Hartford, Conn, and three high school friends have made a tradition of getting away on overnight climbing trips as a way to “hit the reset button” from the daily grind.

Below: In this April 3, stars fill the sky above the Gray Knob cabin, a first-come, first-served hiker’s camp located just below the tree line, 3.2 miles from Route 2 in Randolph, N.H. The cabin is one the Randolph Mountain Club’s remote facilities open to hikers in the Northern Presidential Range. In this April 5, photo, ice coats a rock cairn trail marker as Marielle Bergeron, of Quebec City, leads the way down Mount Adams in New Hampshire. Hikers wear crampons and use trekking poles for better balance in the treacherous conditions. By ROBERT F. BUKATY Associated Press

MOUNT ADAMS, N.H. — Joe Murdzek was leading a group of friends when he encountered a short, steep snowfield about a mile and a half below the summit of Mount Adams, the Northeast’s second-loftiest peak. It was a clear day with unusually light winds, mild enough to go gloveless. It took two attempts, but he finally made it across the snow by scrambling on all fours, digging his fingers into the snow for better traction.

After a winter marked by the polar vortex and relentless snowstorms, most Northeasterners couldn’t wait for winter to end. But some stretch out the season by heading to the Northern Presidential Range in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. “It’s the beauty, the ruggedness, the cold, the deep blues of the sky, the little bits of rocks poking up though the white snow. You have an element of danger,” said Murdzek, 47, an insurance company actuary from East Hartford, Conn. “Hiking for hours and hours with a huge pack See CLIMB, page C-2

Nepal will ease congestion on Mount Everest By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press

KATMANDU, Nepal — Nepal plans to minimize the congestion of climbers near the 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) summit of Mount Everest, which gets clogged with scores of climbers during the short window of good weather, officials said Monday. One of the initiatives includes the introduction of separate fixed ropes for climbers ascending and descending near the summit to help ease the traffic, said Tourism Ministry official Mohan Krishna Sapkota. A team of government officials will be posted at the base camp located at 5,300 meters (17,380 feet) throughout the spring climbing season to monitor climbers and coordinate with expedition leaders, he said. The move follows years of criticism that Nepal has done little to manage the growing number of Everest climb-

ers despite making millions of dollars in fees. A nine-member government team will set up its own tent at the base camp to report on the activities there, provide help when needed and ensure that climbers are cleaning up behind them. They would also be able to stop any trouble, like last year’s brawl between three foreign climbers and local Sherpa guides. The officials would include security personnel and would have the power to scrap the climbing permit and even order the climbers to leave the mountain. Sapkota said the plan is to manage the flow of climbers working with expedition teams during the two or three opportunities in May when the weather is favorable for the climb above the South Col at 8,000 meters (26,240 feet). Climbers refer to it as the “death zone” because of the hosSee NEPAL, page C-2

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In this image taken May 18, 2013, climbers navigate the Hillary Step just below the summit of Mount Everest, in the Khumbu region of the Nepal Himalayas. Nepal plans to minimize the congestion of climbers near the 29,035-foot summit of Mount Everest.

Kenai Refuge celebrates Wilderness on Earth Day R efuge N otebook C andace Ward

he first Earth Day began on April 22, 1970 and was the product of local grassroots action to increase environmental awareness and to garner support for national legislation to solve urgent environmental issues. Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson proposed the first Earth Day’s activities. He insisted this day was for people to act locally, not a day organized by Washington bureaucrats, but by individuals and groups in their own communities. Nelson’s decision to leave Earth Day to the grassroots exceeded all expectations. Nelson and his staff estimated 20 million Americans took Photo courtesy Kenai National Wildlife Refuge/Berkley Bedell part in the first Earth Day in 1970. Join in a special Earth Day Event on Kenai Refuge Wilderness, April 22 , Though students were the most numerous participants, a broad range of 7p.m., at the Kenai Peninsula College. C

people including educators, workers, homemakers, farmers, scientists, and politicians — from Barry Goldwater to Edward Kennedy — made up the excited Earth Day crowds. Senator Nelson acclaimed that “Earth Day worked because of the spontaneous response at the grassroots level. We had neither the time nor the resources to organize the 20 million who participated from thousands of schools and local communities. The remarkable thing about Earth Day was that it organized itself.” In the 44 years following the first Earth Day, it has remained an important annual way to raise awareness of local environmental issues throughout the country. That tradition continues in our community as a host of community organizations take part in Earth Day 2014 at Kenai Peninsula College on Tuesday, April 22. As a partner in the event, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge will present a special program at 7 p.m. Refuge Manager Andy Loranger will present the story of how Refuge wilderness was created and

how it is vital to conserving habitat for wildlife and fish resources as well as for the quality of human life on the peninsula. After his presentation, the hour long award winning film, “Wild by Law,” will be shown. This film shares the story of how the Wilderness Act was passed 50 years ago in 1964. This event is free to the public. 2014 also marks the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Wilderness Act, the landmark conservation bill that created a way for Americans to protect their most pristine wild lands for future generations. The 1964 Wilderness Act created the National Wilderness Preservation System, which protects nearly 110 million acres of wilderness areas across our nation. Our own Kenai Conservation Society established in 1965 was instrumental in advocacy to create federally designated wilderness on Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. Dedicated members including Dr. Calvin and Jane Fair, See DAY, page C-2

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‘It’s a Small World’ turns 50 with sing-along

By TAMARA LUSH Associated Press

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The timeless Disney tune “It’s a Small World” that wafts through our memories from past theme park vacations turns 50 this year, and on Thursday, Disney parks worldwide hosted a global sing-along. At Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, a huge chorus of the song was performed in front of Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom by cast members and a children’s choir from Central Florida Performing Arts. The kids — who didn’t seem to mind belting out several takes of what some consider an earworm — sang for a live broadcast on “Good Morning America.” Tributes to the song will also be held throughout the park all day, and other parks around the world also held sing-alongs. Not that the parks are in

short supply of the song on any regular day. Disney officials estimate that during a 16-hour operating day, the song is played, on average, 1,200 times. It was written by Richard and Robert Sherman at the request of Walt Disney himself. The brothers won Academy Awards in 1965 for the music for “Mary Poppins.” The “It’s a Small World” song and animatronic attraction debuted at the 1964 New York World’s Fair. It was shipped to Disneyland in California then recreated at the other Disney parks. The attraction opened at the Florida park in 1971. While some adults may complain about the infectious nature of the song, the gentle boat ride is a calm and airconditioned respite from the crowds and heat — and little kids love it. With its hundreds of costumed dolls, the attraction was considered high-tech back in

the 1970s. It’s definitely different than many of the other new theme park offerings these days. There’s no 3D, no complicated storyline. “I think ‘It’s a Small World,’ because of the message that it brings, really does resonate with the audience,” said Gary Landrum, a Walt Disney World Imagineer and archivist from California. “It was really one of the first of what became the classic Disney theme park attractions. It’s a beautiful story, it’s a simple story that I think the public really connects with.” On Thursday morning, Chris Pini, his wife and their two children raced to the Small World ride first thing. “I came down here as a kid and rode this with my parents, and now I’m getting the chance to take my kids on it,” he said. AP Photo/Walt Disney Word, Matt Stroshane “It’s awesome, I know it’s been around here for 50 years and This April 10, photo shows a children’s chorus singing “It’s a small world” at the Magic Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The song turns 50 this year. it’s an amazing ride.”

Tourism push plays up ‘Only in Minnesota’ getaways By BRIAN BAKST Associated Press

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Say goodbye to “More to Explore.” Minnesota tourism promoters ushered in a new slogan Thursday that focuses on “Only in Minnesota” experiences as part of their largest-ever advertising campaign. The revamped message kicks off a major push to get vacationers to spend their time and dollars in Minnesota. Lawmakers significantly boosted the state’s tourism promotion budget. New television ads make up $3.7 million of the effort and run through June. They’re paired with billboards

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to chase it downstream, you may not be able to row back up to where you hooked it. It also means that you’ll have to launch your boat, drive your vehicle and trailer downstream to your planned take-out, then use another vehicle to take you back to your boat. For several years, I’ve supported adding more “drift only” days for the Kenai, maybe Thursdays. Proposals have been submitted to the Board of Fisheries to do just this, but too many guides have opposed the idea. One reason for their objections is the added time and hassle

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Helen and Jim Fischer, Bill and Jean Schrier, George Pollard, and Marge Mullen exemplified the efforts of local “grass roots” citizens. Their advocacy was instrumental in the successful establishment of 1.35 million acres of Refuge wilderness which came to pass in 1980 as part of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA). Joining in local Earth Day

and a heavy emphasis on social media geared at a younger audience. Four fast-paced TV ads play up characteristically Minnesota getaways. There are ample nods to outdoorsy destinations and fine dining. Images of art museums, cityscapes and recognizable landmarks such as the Spam Museum and Red Wing’s oversized boot are included. “It’s modern. It’s classic. It’s totally you. And it’s only in Minnesota,” the narrator in one ad says. Gov. Mark Dayton, who ran the state’s economic development department in the 1970s when it first embarked on tourism promotion, endorsed the

new theme during a news conference showing off the main television spot. “We do have such extraordinary features here, opportunities here, vacations here and you can find them only in Minnesota,” Dayton said. The ads will run in 14 states and Canadian provinces. Six states are new to Minnesota outreach efforts. They are Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Colorado, Montana and Wyoming. At the Mall of America, one of Minnesota’s most popular attractions, executives are expecting the campaign to bolster promotional efforts that already

make it a global destination. “Marketing is about staying in front of people — reminding them that you are here, reminding them that you are cool,” the mall’s executive vice president Maureen Baush said. Tourism is a $12.5 billion a year industry in Minnesota. Explore Minnesota director John Edman said the agency has a goal of increasing that to $20 billion by 2020. In the short term, officials are relying on a $14 million annual budget, which is 66 percent more than it was a year ago. The amount of money Minnesota devotes to tourism promotion still trails

Wisconsin, Missouri and some other states in the region. Edman said between 60 percent and 70 percent of the ad budget is aimed outside of Minnesota, while the remainder is used to remind residents of things to do in their own backyard. Jim Benson, operations director at Grand View Lodge in Nisswa, said he likes the emphasis on luring out-of-state visitors because they tend to stay longer and spend more money than people from nearby who tend to escape for a long weekend. “Right now it’s primarily the

metro area where our guests come from,” Benson said. “What we’re finding is that as we push the marketing out, we get more and more of the Des Moines market and the Kansas City market.” There was a hint of irony that the campaign launched the day after a spring storm dumped more than a foot of snow in some places, which prompted only-in-Minnesota shrugs from residents and ridicule from people far away. Edman laughed it off. “We don’t run away from our weather, we try to embrace it,” Edman said.

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dolph to the peak. A sign at the trailhead warns: “Try this trail only if you are in top physical condition, well clothed and carrying extra clothing and food. Many have died above timberline from exposure.” “Most of these trails are like a death sentence,” joked J.P. Krol, a 29-year-old who has just started a three-month stint as spring caretaker of the Gray Knob cabin. Gray Knob, operated by the Randolph Mountain Club, is one of two cabins and two shelters open to hikers on the northern flanks of the Presidential Range. Last week, a measuring stick

behind the cabin indicated a snow depth of 37 inches. “It’s basically like a 6-month winter,” Krol said. Marielle Bergeron, a 59-year-old psychologist, traveled four hours from Quebec City with her sister and friend to stay at Gray Knob with hopes of climbing Mount Adams. The White Mountains are notable for sudden storms and ferocious winds, and the good weather Murdzek’s group enjoyed the previous day had given way to freezing fog and strong winds. Bergeron’s group decided to try for the summit, knowing chances

were slim. Large rock cairns about 50 feet apart guide hikers in poor visibility. Bergeron’s group followed the trail for about a mile until visibility dropped to about 25 feet and they turned back. An hour later they were back at Gray Knob, lunching on smoked oysters and cheese. “We love nature and we love a challenge,” Bergeron said. “A lot of people say we are crazy. In French, we have an expression: We call it ‘douce folie.’ It means a ‘sweet madness.’” Here’s a gallery of images from the White Mountains.

of launching and taking out in two different locations. If Continued from page C-1 there was one additional takeout ramp, say just downstream on your back has a way of hitfrom Cunningham Park, I ting the reset button. It’s very think the idea would be less cleansing. I was doing my war objectionable. State Parks yelps all the way up!” should’ve done this years ago. There are several routes up If we build it, they will come. 5,798-foot Mount Adams, none The advantages of drifteasy. Lowe’s Path, probably the boat fishing outweigh the few most popular, makes a 4.7-mile disadvantages. Unlike powered beeline from Route 2 in Ranboats, drift boats don’t pollute water or scare fish with their engine exhaust. On drift-only days, the Kenai is an entirely different river, a much quieter and more peaceful place to Continued from page C-1 fish. Many of us would like to see that kind of difference tile conditions and little chance more often. of rescue. The separate ropes would alLes Palmer can be reached low the climbers returning from at les.palmer@rocketmail.com. the summit to quickly get back to lower grounds to rest while events is a wonderful chance they would not be blocking felto celebrate all that’s been low climbers on the way to the achieved for conservation in summit. More than 800 climbers atour local community and to inspire us to continue future ef- tempted to scale Everest durforts to protect our wildlife and ing the 2013 spring season and conservation legacy on the Ke- the number is expected to be similar this year too, according nai Peninsula. to the Mountaineering DepartAs the Information & Edu- ment. More than 4,000 climbers cation Program Supervisor, Candace Ward celebrates have scaled the 8,850-meter her 30th anniversary work- (29,035-foot) summit since ing at Kenai National Wildlife 1953, when it was first conRefuge this April. Visit www. quered by New Zealand climbnelsonearthday.net and www. er Edmund Hillary and Sherpa wilderness50th.org for more Tenzing Norgay. Hundreds of others have died in the attempt. information.

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DRIVERS

With Class A CDL with hazmat, Doubles, and tankers endorsements. Kenai based operation Seasonal position. Please include previous 10yr driving record. -----

MECHANIC

With DOT Certification. ------Send resume to : Big Mike’s 601 Highbush Ln. Kenai, AK 99611 or email: akbigmikes@yahoo.com

Education

Crafts & Trades 1 Maintenance Mechanic KPC is seeking an excellent individual to fill this fulltime, 12 month per year fulltime, staff position. Starting wage is $20.96 per hour with benefits and tuition waivers; position begins May 2014. The successful candidate will routinely perform a variety of skilled maintenance, repair, and construction tasks in a variety of trades requiring at least apprentice level skills in any one of the trades practiced. This position reports to the Maintenance Department supervisor and requires the ability to respond to changing work needs that may include early mornings, evening, nights and weekends.

WANTED: Advertising Sales/ Customer Service Representative

The award-winning Homer News is looking for an energetic, motivated person to serve as our sales/customer service representative. This full-time, year-round position includes benefits. Pay is commission based. Qualified candidates will have an understanding of the importance of small newspapers in the life of a community, as well as the ability to translate print and Internet opportunities into tangible benefits for the newspaper's clients. Must have reliable transportation and a good driving record. Applicants must be able to work independently and efficiently in a fast-paced environment with multiple projects and deadlines. Some sales experience preferred, but willing to train right candidate. The Homer News is a drug-free workplace and a drug test is a condition for employment. Send resume to: lori.evans@homernews.com or deliver to 3482 Landings St., Homer, AK 99603. Questions? Call (907)235-7767.

NOW HIRING! Saxon Drilling is a growing international oilfield services company that operates an established contract drilling and well servicing business to oil and gas exploration and production companies in North America, South America, the Middle East, and South East Asia. Saxon is excited to operate in Alaska under a multi-year contract. We are looking for dependable and safety oriented individuals to join our team.

RIG ELECTRICIAN

Rotational Work Schedule / Cook Inlet, AK Responsible for the inspection, maintenance, troubleshooting and field repair of all electrical equipment on the rig and associated rig site electrical equipment. Maintain all electrical equipment in accordance with Saxon's planned maintenance system and to manufacturers' specifications. Min Requirements: 2-3 years electrical experience. Oil field/drilling equipment maintenance and repair experience preferred. High School Diploma or GED.

General Employment BRISTOL BAY Crew needed for the 2014 season. Commercial fishing experience preferred. Pay is percentage based on experience. Contact Dan (907)398-6367

RIG HANDS

Rotational Work Schedule / Cook Inlet, AK Perform drilling, tripping, rig moving and maintenance operations. Maintain good housekeeping and ensuring tasks are completed safely on the rig. Previous experience on an oil rig or rig support preferred.

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Competitive compensation and great benefits. Apply online at: http://www.saxonservices.com/ Saxon Drilling is an Equal Opportunity Employer

For more information and to apply for this position go to KPC's employment page at www.kpc.alaska.edu UAA is an AA/EO Employer and Educational Institution.

Office & Clerical RECEPTIONIST Need for Busy Road construction company.

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Seasonal, May through October. Long days/ possible weekends. Must have excellent customer service skills and multiple tasks. Requires strong computer skills Fax resumes (907)262-1213 KENAI, AK Come join a family-friendly, innovative work environment. The Kenaitze Indian Tribe is opening our Dena'ina Wellness Center, featuring an integrated model of care, in April. Employees at Kenaitze Indian Tribe deliver health, social service, education and tribal court services to tribal members, Alaska Native/American Indian people and others. Kenaitze Indian Tribe is recruiting for the following Full Time Positions: Registration Technician I The Registration Technician I is a member of the Registration Desk Team and is responsible for the collection, verification, and entry for all patient demographic and insurance information. The Registration Technician I will rotate between the Registration Desk and the Call Center within the Dena'ina Wellness Center. The accurate and timely performance of job duties of the Registration Technicians directly impacts the revenue received by the Kenaitze Indian Tribe. Behavioral Health Support Clerk The function of this position is to provide data entry support for the behavioral health providers. The job duties of this position will directly impact the revenue cycle, as well as compliance with State of Alaska reporting requirements. The incumbent of this position will be tasked with, but will not be limited to, the following duties: all data entry into the Alaska Information Management System (AKAIMS), complete patient registration, and insurance verification. Other duties will include talking room and group room preparation for providers. This position requires great attention to detail, a high accuracy rate, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work well with others. IT Assistant The IT Assistant will assist the Director of Information Technology with IT needs and network upkeep. The IT Assistant will be responsible for IT Help Desk services as directed. Benefits include Holidays, Paid Time Off, Extended Sick Leave, Medical/Dental/Life & Accidental Death Insurance, 401(k) For the job descriptions or to apply visit our website at http://kenaitze.applicantpro.com. For questions call 907-335-7200. P.L. 93-638 applies

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Healthcare

Current Openings • Accounts Payable/ Purchasing Specialist • Support Staff Full job descriptions can be found on our website, www.fcsonline.org ____________________________________ Pick up and return application packet to FCS’ HR Department, 43335 K-Beach Rd. Suite #36, Soldotna, AK 99669 or email to work@fcsonline.org FCS is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Healthcare

Central Peninsula Hospital is seeking qualified candidates for the following positions: Chef (Full Time, Wed-Sat 5am-3:30p) High School Diploma or GED and minimum of 1 year cooking experience in a hospital, school, or restaurant setting required. Graduate Culinary Academy within 1 year of hire and Food Handlers Card required within 30 days of hire. Outpatient Services Technician (Full time) High school diploma or GED, minimum of one year experience in a medical office setting. EKG and phlebotomy experience required. Med/Surg RN opportunities (Full Time, Part Time and Per Diem) - Current AK licensure; Bachelor's degree preferred. CPH offers an excellent benefit package including major medical, dental/vision insurance, educational assistance, retirement planning, and many other great advantages. Interested applicants may apply online at www.cpgh.org. Pre-employment drug screen is required. Equal Opportunity Employer

Employment

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Direct Service Advocate Transitional Living Center Part Time

CITY OF SOLDOTNA EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY POLICE OFFICER Wage Range 15 Starting Wage $25.84hr-$30.56hr D.O.E.

Provide education, support, and advocacy to homeless women and children residing in transitional housing. Excellent understanding of domestic violence, sexual assault and substance abuse; excellent written and verbal communication skills; basic computer skills; ability to work with diverse population, multi-task, work independently and with a team, calm in crisis. High school diploma or equivalent required. Resume and cover letter to Executive Director, The LeeShore Center, 325 S. Spruce St., Kenai, AK 99611 by April 23, 2014. EOE.

The City of Soldotna has an opening for a grant funded Police Officer. This position serves the City of Soldotna as a Peace Officer in the administration of laws and ordinances. Becoming a member of the Public Safety Employees Association is a requirement of the position. A complete job description and application packet is available on the City's website http://www.ci.soldotna.ak.us/jobs.html Please submit a City application, F-3, Cover Letter and Resume to Human Resources at 177 N. Birch Street, Soldotna, by fax 1-866-596-2994, or email tcollier@ci.soldotna.ak.us by 5 p.m., April 18, 2014. The City of Soldotna is an EEO employer.

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EXPERIENCED PAINTER & DRYWALL FINISHER

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has immediate openings Tank Cleaner/Laborer, Vac Truck Operator/Driver. Need 40 hours HAZWOPER, Lifetime driving record. Apply: www.emeraldnw.com careers@emeraldnw.com questions- (206)832-3012

The role of a Care Coordinator is a wonderful opportunity to serve people in our community as a counselor and advocate. EDUCATION: Care Coordinator Certificate, BA, BS degree in psychology, social work, rehabilitation, nursing or human services field. Degree preferred or experience working with people with disabilities. QUALIFICATIONS: DMV Driving record and must be able to pass a background check, and drug screening.

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CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA Position Vacancy Full time Shop Mechanic. Pay $28.88 per hour. The Shop Mechanic is an experienced mechanic working under the general supervision of the Shop Foreman. The Shop Mechanic performs preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair on heavy and light equipment. The majority of the work performed by this mechanic will be on automobiles, light equipment, and small engines. Position announcement, job description and application are available through the Alaska Job Center Network, (907)335-3010. Submit resume and City of Kenai application form by end of business on May 2, 2014 to Peninsula Job Service, 11312 Kenai Spur Hwy., Kenai, AK 99611. The City of Kenai is an equal opportunity employer. For more information about the City of Kenai, visit our home page at http://www.ci.kenai.ak.us

Frontier Community Services is a Soldotna based non-profit agency providing in-home and group home services to people experiencing a disabling condition. We are seeking top-notch personnel for full-time and part-time positions within the agency with an interest in providing health care services for the Kenai Peninsula area.

Now Taking Applications. 25- 30 hours per week. Evenings to early morning shift. No experience necessary. Applicants must be able to lift up to 35 lbs. & be deadline orientated. Pre-employment substance abuse testing required. Applications available at the Clarion front office

Drivers/ Transportation DRIVER For local delivery service. Must be able to lift 50-lbs. (907)283-9363

Healthcare RN

with geriatric experience wanted for 21 bed assisted living in Kenai. Call Pat at (907)335-2050 for more information.

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AUCTION

of complete turnkey Welding Shop: Quality Marine, Kodiak, Alaska . Entire Business Liquidation to be sold as one lot Monday, April 28 @ 10am at Alaska Auction Co. 1227 E. 75th Ave., Anchorage, Alaska. Preview in Kodiak by appointment only. (907)349-7078. AlaskaAuction.com

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50th Year F150 Anniversary truck Clean white F150 long bed, with bed liner. Automatic with power. 20mpg to Anchorage. 4 x 4 works great. Showing light wear, tires fair. About 204,000 on synthetic oil, no oil burning. Tow hooks, block heater. Starts and runs good in cold weather. New aluminum tool box, tow hitch. Small powerful 4.6 Triton V-8. Call Rick, 907-394-8858. $6,000. Will consider small part trade?

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FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY TRUSTOR: RANDY PHELPS TRUSTOR: DONNA SERNA 2002 REVOCABLE TRUST OWNER OF RECORD: RANDY PHELPS Said Deed of Trust was executed on the 18th day of June, 2013, and recorded on the 8th day of July, 2013, Serial No. 2013- 006395. Said Deed of Trust has not been assigned by the Beneficiary. Said documents having been recorded in the Kenai Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, describing: LOT ONE (1), BLOCK FOUR (4), KENAI RIVER BRIDGE SUBDIVISION AMENDED, according to the official plat hereof, filed under Plat No. 75-028, Records of the Kenai Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska. The physical address of the real property described above is 36790 Ord Lane, Kenai, Alaska, 99611. The undersigned, being the original, or properly substituted Trustee hereby gives notice that a breach of the obligations under the Deed of Trust has occurred in that the Trustor has failed to satisfy the indebtedness secured thereby: EIGHTEEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED EIGHT-THREE AND 55/100TH DOLLARS ($18,183.55), plus interest, late charges, costs, attorney fees and other foreclosure costs actually incurred, and any future advances thereunder. Said default may be cured and the sale terminated upon payment of the sum of default plus interest, late charges, costs, attorney fees and other foreclosure costs actually incurred, and any future advances thereunder, prior to the sale date. If Notice of Default has been recorded two or more times previously and default has been cured, the trustee may elect to refuse payment and continue the sale. Upon demand of the Beneficiary, the Trustee elects to sell the above-described property, with proceeds to be applied to the total indebtedness secured thereby. Said sale shall be held at public auction at the ALASKA COURT SYSTEM BUILDING, 125 TRADING BAY DR., #100, KENAI, ALASKA, on the 22nd day of May, 2014, said sale shall commence at 11:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as possible, in conjunction with such other sales that the Trustee or its attorney may conduct. DATED this 19th day of February, 2014. FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY By: PENELOPE BUNDY Title: Authorized Signer Recording Information Serial No. 2014-001258 Dated: 2-20-2014 PUBLISHED: 4/4, 11, 18, 25, 2014

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OF ALASKA

Raingutter Technicians with over 20 years Alaskan Experience CONTINUOUS CUSTOM ALUMINUM & STEEL GUTTERS

– Based in Kenai & Nikiski –

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Lawnmowers & Snowblowers Bought & Sold Larry Stearns • 776-3704 51710 Koala Lane, Nikiski AK

Rain Gutters

Plumbing & Heating

24/7 PLUMBING

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fax 907-262-6009

Now located on the Kenai Peninsula for all your roofing needs.

Licensed, Bonded & Insured

RAINTECH

Do you look forward to your gas bill each month? If not, you should call

Small Engine Repair

Notices Roofing

35158 KB Drive Soldotna, aK 99669

252-3965

35 Years Construction Experience

Insulation

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Notice to Consumers The State of Alaska requires construction companies to be licensed, bonded and insured before submitting bids, performing work, or advertising as a construction contractor in accordance with AS 08..18.011, 08.18.071, 08.18.101, and 08.15.051. All advertisements as a construction contractor require the current registration number as issued by the Division of Occupational Licensing to appear in the advertisement. CONSUMERS MAY VERIFY REGISTRATION OF A CONTRACTOR . Contact the AK Department of Labor and Workforce Development at 907-269-4925 or The AK Division of Occupational Licensing in Juneau at 907-4653035 or at www.dced.state.ak.us/acc/home.htm

130 S Willow Street, Suite 8 • Kenai, AK 99611

ROOFING

Vinyl Hardwood

907-252-7148

Flooring

Construction

Carpet Laminate Floors

• New Construction • Remodels • Additions Licensed • Bonded • Insured

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Terry Mount - 35 Years Experience

398-6000

Computer Repair

283-3362

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Handyman

260-4943

Tim Wisniewski, owner • Residential & Commercial • Emergency Water Removal • Janitorial Contracts • Upholstery Cleaning

Rain Gutters

Licensed • Bonded • Insured •License #33430

LLC

Lic #39710

We don’t want your fingers,

just your tows!

Towing

• Experienced • Trustworthy • Dependable • Attention to detail Serving the Kenai Peninsula for over 11 years

HaveGENERAL ToolsCONTRACTING Will Travel

Tim’s Cleaning

Bathroom Remodeling

Full or Partial Bathroom Remodels

907. 776 . 3967

www.peninsulaclarion.com

283-7551

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www.peninsulaclarion.com • 150 Trading Bay Road, Suite #1, Kenai, Alaska 99611 • 283-7551 • FAX 283-3299 • Monday - Friday 8 A.M. - 5 P.M.

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