Peninsula Clarion, April 29, 2014 by Sound Publishing

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TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 2014 Soldotna-Kenai, Alaska

Vol. 44, Issue 179

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JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON (AP) — There won’t be a mulligan for a military-operated golf course in Anchorage. Officials with Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson announced Monday that the Eagleglen Golf Course won’t open in 2014. The military operates Eagleglen and two courses at Moose Run. The decision to shed one was prompted by a 37 percent decrease in players in the last decade and losses of over $2 million in the last five years. Most of the players on the courses are civilians, and Anchorage golfers earlier encouraged the military to keep all courses open. Eagleglen will be open for cross-country skiing in the winter. Summer uses are being investigated. The Anchorage base is not the first to lose a golf course. Officials say base golf courses have closed in Florida, Nebraska and Kansas in recent years.

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healthcare issues, I probably wouldn’t have proposed lowering it to 3.85 because I hate to see a mill rate bounce around,” Koch said. The city’s current healthcare provider United Healthcare quoted a 46 percent increase renewal rate, which would cost the city an additional $616,523. Kenai Finance Director Terry Eubank said healthcare prices are a significant issue each year, which is why the city shops around to find competitive rates. Administration proposed three major changes to their employee healthcare plan. First is a switch of carriers from

Following the Friday passage of the capital budget by the Legislature on Friday, House Speaker, Mike Chenault, R-Nikiski, thinks the Kenai Peninsula fared well. “I think we’re alright,” Chenault said. “A lot of the issues the (Kenai Peninsula) Borough had put forward and then the different little municipalities around the borough, a lot of their issues were addressed.” Lawmakers approved about $68.8 million of the $2.1 billion capital budget to House Districts 28, 29 and 30. However, Gov. Sean Parnell has line-item veto authority giving him final say in what projects get funded. A large chunk of the total for the peninsula, $17 million in federal government money, is going toward the Seward Airport through the Airport Improvement Program. The airport is vulnerable to flooding. The project calls for elevating the runway and the gap between the north end of the runway and the Alaska Railroad embankment to alleviate the risk of severe flooding at the airport.

See KENAI, page A-6

See FUNDS, page A-6

Photo by Dan Balmer/Peninsula Clarion

Change of seasons

Donald Pootjes removes a studded tire from the rim at Alyeska Tire in Kenai Monday. The deadline to have studded tires removed from vehicles traveling on central Kenai Peninsula roads is Thursday.

Mill increase in Kenai budget By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion

The rising cost of healthcare premiums for city employees has the City of Kenai grappling with a proposed half mill rate increase as administration works to finalize the city’s operating budget for 2015. Kenai City Manager Rick Koch said the mill rate has not increased in the eight years he has worked for the city but has actually decreased from 5 to 3.85. A proposed increase up to 4.35 would bring in an additional $415,000, he said. A mill rate is the amount of tax payable per dollar of the assessed value of a property.

‘Frankly, if I would have been able to look into a crystal ball and see some of these healthcare issues, I probably wouldn’t have proposed lowering it to 3.85 because I hate to see a mill rate bounce around.’ — Kenai City Manager Rick Koch Koch said for a home valued at $250,000, a half mill increase would cost the homeowner $10 more a month. Koch said he looks at future projections for the next three years before selecting a mill

rate so increases are not made year after year. Instability isn’t good for businesses or residents, he said. “Frankly, if I would have been able to look into a crystal ball and see some of these

Bill eyed to limit access to arrest reports FAIRBANKS (AP) — Gov. Sean Parnell is considering a bill that would limit public access to arrest records after people were acquitted or charges were dropped. The measures contained in the bill were a reaction to easily accessible online arrest records that employers and landlords have used to do background checks on applicants, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported Sunday.

Bill Rafferty, an analyst who specializes in court technology for the Williamsburg, Va.-based think tank National Center for State Courts, said the issue of expunging arrest records has been around a long time but was not as prominent when a records check meant a trip to the courthouse. Court record websites such as CourtView, which is used in Alaska, now make it far easier to look up arrest records.

“People are being denied jobs, they’re being denied housing, they’re being denied all sorts of things simply because they were arrested and they were found not guilty,” Rafferty said. “The effort has been towards either pulling that information completely out of the public domain or at least out of the online version.” Wisconsin, Georgia and Maryland have recently considered or approved restrictions,

he said. North Dakota removes arrest records from online records searches but allows access at courthouses, Rafferty said. The Alaska measure was sponsored by state Sen. Fred Dyson, R-Eagle River, who said the bill strengthens the idea of presumed innocence. It was approved by both chambers in the Legislature. The measure would seal court files in cases where a

judge or prosecutor dismissed charges or when a verdict of not guilty was issued by a judge or jury. Records would remain open if the defendant makes a plea agreement to dismiss a charge in exchange for a guilty plea in a different case. Legal guardians, attorneys and certain other state employees would continue to have access to sealed files. A “legislative intent” section See BILL, page A-6

Woman hospitalized Nurses receive SART training after ATV accident By Dan Balmer Peninsula Clarion

A Nikiski woman remains in critical condition following an all-terrain vehicle accident Saturday. Barbara Ralston, 54, lost control of her ATV at the bottom of a hill off of Halbouty Road in Nikiski, said Alaska State Troopers spokesperson Megan Peters. Nikiski emergency personnel were the first to arrive on scene. Troopers received a 911 call at 12:24 p.m. but by the time they arrived on scene, Ralston had already been loaded up in

an ambulance to be transported to Central Peninsula Hospital, Peters said. As of Monday, Ralston is in the Intensive Care Unit at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage in critical condition, said Mikal Canfield, Providence spokesperson. Peters said an investigation revealed Ralston was riding down a hill when the ATV lost control and went up on two wheels, and she was either thrown or fell off the vehicle. The ATV went back on its four wheels and came to a rest approximately 30 feet away, she said.

By MELISSA GRIFFITHS Juneau Empire

JUNEAU (AP) — Homer nurse Colleen James had been working in her field for about five years when she was confronted with something she’d never dealt with before — a child patient who was sexually assaulted. “No one knew how to take care of that child and it ended up being a pretty hideous experience for everyone involved, especially the child,” said James, who was working in Homer at the time. When she encountered another case only a week later, James knew there had to be C

a better way. She went on to start Alaska’s first, and longest running, Sexual Assault Response Team program in Homer. “I just felt very passionate that there had to be a better way to take care of victims of crime, of sexual assault, so I started researching and I found out there were a couple programs in the United States using nurses to do the exams . and we had the first training there in Homer in 1993,” said James, now a SART trainer herself. James came to Juneau with another trainer, Anchorage nurse Angelia Trujillo, who earned a Ph.D. in forensic

nursing and specializes in launching SART programs, to conduct Sexual Assault Response Team and Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner training at Bartlett Regional Hospital. Eleven nurses stepped forward to become certified nurse examiners from many departments, from ER to OB, the mental health ward and critical care. Bartlett nurse Cece Brenner spearheaded the formation of the SART program in Juneau about a year ago, seeking help from the Bartlett Regional Hospital Foundation, now headed by Maria Uchytil. The Juneau community See TRAIN, page A-6

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AccuWeather 5-day forecast for Kenai-Soldotna

Barrow 21/15

Today

Wednesday

Thursday

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Saturday

Tides Today Prudhoe Bay 27/10

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Low(ft.)

4:55 a.m. (22.5) 5:38 p.m. (21.0)

12:15 p.m. (-3.9) --- (---)

3:42 a.m. (21.8) 4:25 p.m. (20.3)

10:24 a.m. (-3.8) 10:34 p.m. (0.2)

First Second

3:01 a.m. (20.6) 3:44 p.m. (19.1)

9:20 a.m. (-3.8) 9:30 p.m. (0.2)

First Second

1:42 a.m. (12.2) 2:32 p.m. (10.2)

8:08 a.m. (-2.4) 8:13 p.m. (0.7)

First Second

7:42 a.m. (31.9) 8:22 p.m. (30.9)

2:12 a.m. (2.0) 2:43 p.m. (-2.1)

Kenai City Dock

First Second Deep Creek

A full day of sunshine

Sunshine

Hi: 56 Lo: 31

Hi: 56 Lo: 30

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

55 60 63 61

Hi: 62 Lo: 33

First May 6

Today 6:05 a.m. 10:00 p.m.

Full May 14

Daylight

Length of Day - 15 hrs., 54 min., 21 sec. Moonrise Moonset Daylight gained - 5 min., 24 sec.

Alaska Cities Yesterday Hi/Lo/W

Adak* Anchorage Barrow Bethel Cold Bay Cordova Delta Junction Denali N. P. Dillingham Dutch Harbor Fairbanks Fort Yukon Glennallen* Gulkana Haines Homer Juneau Ketchikan Kiana King Salmon Klawock Kodiak

Mostly sunny and Nice with plenty mild of sunshine

Seldovia

Hi: 62 Lo: 34

Last May 21

Today 6:33 a.m. 11:00 p.m.

Tomorrow 6:03 a.m. 10:02 p.m.

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Unalakleet McGrath 46/34 59/37

New May 28 Tomorrow 7:02 a.m. none

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

62/37/pc 64/44/pc 72/45/pc 77/57/pc 79/62/c 59/34/pc 92/65/s 60/48/r 57/38/c 84/67/c 41/33/sn 54/33/pc 53/42/pc 58/37/pc 45/32/sn 87/68/pc 70/54/r 84/65/c 55/46/r 46/35/sh 70/52/t

56/39/r 61/40/s 64/36/pc 72/57/t 78/66/t 49/48/r 86/48/s 52/49/r 54/35/c 85/59/t 45/34/r 64/42/s 50/38/c 53/44/r 46/34/c 86/68/t 82/60/t 78/64/t 66/49/t 45/30/r 79/55/t

Dillingham 56/37

From the Peninsula Clarion in Kenai

24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. 0.00" Month to date ........................... 0.28" Normal month to date ............. 0.55" Year to date .............................. 2.91" Normal year to date ................. 3.03" Record today ................. 0.19" (1994) Record for April ............ 2.21" (1955) Record for year ............ 27.09" (1963)

Juneau 53/38

National Extremes

Kodiak 49/36

Sitka 49/40

(For the 48 contiguous states)

High yesterday Low yesterday

104 at Edinburg, Texas 17 at Lake Yellowstone,

State Extremes High yesterday Low yesterday

Ketchikan 47/42

61 at Nikolai -3 at Barrow

Today’s Forecast

(Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation)

Drenching rain will stretch from the mid-Atlantic to the Upper Midwest today. Showers will affect the northern and central Plains. Severe thunderstorms are in store from the Ohio Valley to the Southeast.

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City Cleveland Columbia, SC Columbus, OH Concord, NH Dallas Dayton Denver Des Moines Detroit Duluth El Paso Fargo Flagstaff Grand Rapids Great Falls Hartford Helena Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Jackson, MS

56/47/r 90/69/pc 62/52/r 59/30/pc 83/65/pc 62/48/r 56/34/pc 67/58/t 53/46/r 36/32/r 80/59/s 42/38/r 57/27/s 58/43/r 55/29/sh 66/38/pc 54/37/pc 85/70/pc 92/76/s 72/50/r 86/73/t

69/53/t 86/67/t 80/57/t 55/34/c 76/47/pc 76/54/t 54/31/r 57/38/r 70/52/r 38/31/c 73/53/s 46/34/c 57/34/s 70/51/t 56/30/pc 54/40/c 58/35/pc 83/69/s 84/56/pc 77/53/t 81/53/t

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91/69/pc 63/53/pc 87/77/pc 78/58/s 81/65/sh 76/57/s 70/4/t 76/65/t 88/78/pc 83/49/s 46/40/r 45/41/r 71/62/t 86/75/c 67/45/pc 57/49/r 74/51/pc 64/57/c 93/69/pc 64/44/pc 88/60/s

89/69/t 55/38/sh 86/78/s 80/64/s 75/48/t 89/63/s 81/56/t 75/53/t 88/77/t 71/43/s 60/47/t 43/36/r 81/54/t 84/64/t 51/44/r 68/64/t 65/39/c 51/38/r 91/71/t 51/46/r 89/63/s

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58/45/r 55/40/c 64/40/pc 45/33/r 64/37/pc 77/45/s 50/35/pc 101/63/s 71/57/s 69/52/s 57/36/pc 61/40/pc 50/47/t 54/32/pc 62/33/pc 88/74/pc 57/53/pc 82/51/s 73/55/pc 62/51/r 65/46/pc

65/53/r 54/35/pc 74/47/pc 39/31/r 73/47/s 88/52/s 56/39/s 87/51/s 87/63/s 75/54/s 57/33/s 71/47/pc 43/33/r 64/41/pc 51/40/r 87/72/pc 52/36/sh 84/57/s 62/40/c 54/53/r 56/35/sh

Yesterday Hi/Lo/W

City

Acapulco 90/75/pc Athens 70/52/pc Auckland 63/57/r Baghdad 100/73/c Berlin 68/52/s Hong Kong 85/76/pc Jerusalem 78/55/s Johannesburg 66/43/s London 63/50/pc Madrid 77/52/pc Magadan 40/27/pc Mexico City 83/57/pc Montreal 54/36/pc Moscow 64/51/pc Paris 59/46/c Rome 64/54/pc Seoul 59/56/r Singapore 91/79/t Sydney 72/61/pc Tokyo 72/59/pc Vancouver 57/39/pc

Today Hi/Lo/W 91/72/pc 71/54/s 66/52/sh 98/72/s 71/49/pc 82/73/s 77/56/s 73/47/s 61/48/sh 77/52/pc 39/20/s 80/55/pc 60/46/c 68/47/pc 60/48/r 65/50/pc 65/49/r 90/79/t 79/63/pc 70/57/pc 63/50/pc

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer

WASHINGTON — While researchers have sometimes connected weather extremes to manmade global warming, usually it’s not done in real time. Now a study is asserting a link between climate change and both the intensifying California drought and the polar vortex blamed for a harsh winter that mercifully has just ended in many places. The Utah State University scientists involved in the study say they hope what they found can help them predict the next big weird winter. Outside scientists, such as Katharine Hayhoe at Texas Tech University, are calling this study promising but not quite proven as it pushes the boundaries in “one of the hottest top-

ics in climate science today.” The United States just came out of a two-faced winter — bitter cold and snowy in the Midwest and East, warm and severely dry in the West. The latest U.S. drought monitor says 100 percent of California is in an official drought. The new study blames an unusual “dipole,” a combination of a strong Western high pressure ridge and deep Great Lakes low pressure trough. That dipole is linked to a recently found precursor to El Nino, the worldweather changing phenomenon. And that precursor itself seems amplified by a build-up of heattrapping greenhouse gases, the study says. It’s like a complex game of weather dominos that starts with cold water off China and ends with a devastating drought

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and memorable winter in the United States, said study author Simon Wang, a Utah State University climate scientist. Wang was looking at colder water off China as a precursor to an El Nino. The colder water there triggers westerly winds in the tropical Pacific. Those westerly winds persist for several months and eventually push warmed up water and air to the central Pacific where an El Nino forms, Wang said. An El Nino is a warming of the central Pacific once every few years, from a combination of wind and waves in the tropics. It shakes up climate around the world, changing rain and temperature patterns. Wang saw the precursors and weather event coming months before federal weather officials issued an official El Nino watch last month. Then Wang noticed the connection between that precursor — cold water off China, Vietnam and Taiwan — and the recent wild winter. He tracked similar combinations of highs and lows in North America. And he found those combination extremes are getting stronger. Wang based his study, soon to be published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, on computer simulations, physics and historical data. It is not as detailed and doesn’t involve numerous computer model simulations as more formal attribu-

tion studies. Still, Wang said his is a proper connection. Wang compared computer simulations with and without gases from the burning of fossil fuels. When he included carbon dioxide from fossil fuel use, he got a scenario over the past few decades that mirrored what has happened, including this past weird winter and other worsening dipole conditions. When he took out the greenhouse gases, the increasing extremes actually went down — not what happened in real life. “We found a good link and the link is becoming stronger and stronger,” Wang said. And while other studies have looked at unusual activity, such as the jet stream, and possible connections to global warming from the burning of coal, oil and gas, this study is different because it spots a possible tool that researchers can use to predict future weird weather, he said. The study, already much talked about in meteorological circles, is an offshoot of a growing and still not completely accepted subfield of climate research linking real-time weather extremes to changes in the jet stream and connecting those changes to man-made global warming. Several outside scientists partly praised the work, but were also cautious about jumping to conclusions and not in full agreement.

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Cold Bay 51/35

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High ............................................... 54 Low ................................................ 37 Normal high .................................. 50 Normal low .................................... 32 Record high ....................... 69 (2005) Record low ......................... 16 (1972)

Kenai/ Soldotna 56/31 Seward 54/36 Homer 52/33

Anchorage 57/40

Bethel 53/34

National Cities Yesterday Today Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W

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Fairbanks 60/38

Talkeetna 55/35 Glennallen 52/21

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Unalaska 47/39

Anchorage

Almanac Nome 37/35

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Anaktuvuk Pass 35/23

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The following selected comments were submitted by our readers: “I voted but didn’t really have enough information. Can we afford it? How many hours per week do they spend in direct or indirect city business and how many hours does an average assembly person spend? Does the size of the area served warrant paid leaders? In my opinion, the business of the Borough is big considering that there are 4 sizable cities, a huge industry of tourism, a recovering gas and oil industry, fishing and a few more goodies. We have a well traveled highway, a railroad to Seward, ferry service to at least 2 of our ports. With the scope of responsibility because of area size and complex array of activities at all corners, by all means pay these folks!” C

Company Final Change Agrium Inc............... 94.82 +0.61 Alaska Air Group...... 93.37 -0.06 ACS...........................1.86 +0.01 Apache Corp........... 86.81 -0.47 AT&T........................ 35.08 +0.59 Baker Hughes.......... 69.32 -0.36 BP ........................... 49.04 -0.68 Chevron.................. 125.73 +1.74 ConocoPhillips..........74.65 +0.25 ExxonMobil.............. 101.17 +0.76 1st Natl. Bank AK... 1,745.00 — GCI.......................... 10.31 -0.02 Halliburton............... 62.78 -0.08 Harley-Davidson...... 72.50 +0.85 Home Depot............ 80.17 +0.79 McDonald’s............. 100.31 -0.42 Safeway................... 34.16 +0.23 Schlumberger..........101.29 -0.46 Tesoro...................... 55.82 +0.82 Walmart................... 79.76 +1.14 Wells Fargo.............. 48.94 -0.11 Gold closed............ 1,296.15 -705

Silver closed............ 19.60 -0.09 Dow Jones avg..... 16,448.74 +87.28 NASDAQ................ 4,074.40 -1.16 S&P 500................1,869.43 +6.03 Stock prices provided by the Kenai Peninsula Edward Jones offices.

Oil Prices Friday’s prices North Slope crude: $106.68, down from $107.94 on Thursday West Texas Int.: $100.90, down from $102.24 on Thursday

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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. 10:30 a.m. • Take Off Pounds Sensibly, for all ages, meets at the Kenai Senior Center. For more information call 907-283-3451. Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group at 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Suite 71 in the old Carrs Mall in Kenai. Call 262-1917. • Kenai Bridge Club plays party bridge at the Kenai Senior Center. Call 907-252-9330 or 907-283-7609. 1 p.m. • National Family Caregiver Support Group meets at the Soldotna Senior Center. Call Shelley at 907-262-1280. • Free Seated Zumba Gold at the Kenai Senior Center. New participants, active older adults, and chair-bound or limited mobility participants are encouraged. 6 p.m. • Weight Watchers, Woodruef Building, 155 Smith Way, Soldotna. Doors open at 5:15; joining members should arrive by 5:30; Getting Started session for newcomers at 6:30. Call 907262-4892. 6:30 p.m. • Narcotics Anonymous “Speaking of Solutions” group at Central Peninsula Hospital, Redoubt Room, Soldotna. 7 p.m. • Lost & Found Grief Self Help Group at Christ Lutheran Church, 128 Soldotna Ave. For more information, call 907-4203979. 8 p.m. • Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “It works” at URS Club, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. • AA North Roaders Group Step and Traditions Study at North Star Methodist Church, Mile 25.5 Kenai Spur Highway. Call 907242-9477. • Alcoholics Anonymous Ninichik support group at United Methodist Church, 15811 Sterling Highway, Ninilchik. Call 907567-3574. 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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Around the Peninsula Connections talent show on stage

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Caregivers share experiences

A Kenai Peninsula Family Caregiver Support Program meetThe Connections Home-school program talent show is to- ing is scheduled for Tuesday 1:00-3:00 p.m. at the Soldotna Seday at 5:30 p.m. in the Soldotna High School auditorium. Ad- nior Center. Attend and share your experiences as a caregiver. mission is free. Talents of area home-school students will be For more information, call 907-262-1280. on display.

Soldotna library offers computer help

Garden Club workshops on tap The club’s annual “Workshop Weekends” start on May 3. There are a variety of gardening topics held at different times, in various locations. Registration is required for all except the May 17 Birding Festival speaker, 4 p.m. at the Kenai Visitor Center. Landscape Architect Nancy Casey, will speak on Rain Gardens. Other workshops include: greenhouse management, garden planning and graphing, flower and shrub combination planting, making hanging flower baskets, hypertufa trough construction, herbs and local plant formulas, bigger better faster compost, growing fruit and berries, organic greenhouse and garden growing, composting, growing an organic vegetable garden, cement block raised beds, building a budget greenhouse and tall raised beds, raising chicks to chickens for eggs or meat, ergonomics for gardeners, irrigation management for gardens and high tunnels, growing corn and veggies in a high tunnel and bee keeping for gardeners. For a complete schedule, go to www.cenpengardenclub.org or email mmkn@ptialaska.net.

Out of Darkness Walk coming soon

Computer help will be available at the Soldotna Public Library May 13 from 1-3 p.m. Learn how to use the internet to find the information you need, set up an email or a Facebook account, or get that e-Reader to download your e-books. Up to half an hour of free, one-on-one help with technology questions is available. Registration is required. Come in and sign up, call at 262-4227, or email library@ci.soldotna.ak.us to reserve your spot.

Walk MS coming to Soldotna Walk MS, an event to raise funds for research, services and programs for people living with multiple sclerosis, steps off at 10 a.m. May 17 at Soldotna High School. The National MS Society, Greater Northwest Chapter has set its sights on raising $6,200 at Walk MS Soldotna. To start a team, make a donation, sign up to volunteer or learn more, call the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Greater Northwest Chapter, at 800-344-4867 and press 2, or visit www.walkMSnorthwest.org.

Free Thinkers to discuss ethics

Last Frontier Free Thinkers will meet Tuesday May 6 at the Soldotna Public Library from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in conference room A. This group advocates progressive values for humanists, atheists, and freethinkers. The theme of this month’s meeting is the following phrase: “Ethical values are derived from human need as tested by experience.” Attendees are encouraged, but not required, to speak on how they interpret that phrase and what it means to them. There is free WiFi at the library so if one is feeling ambitious one can bring ipads, laptops, or whatever and make a presentation. It should be some lively discussion. Soldotna gets new postmaster Please bring along anyone you feel may be interested. Please The community is invited to attend a Postmaster Installation email courageoustiger@gmail.com with questions. Note: This Ceremony for the new Soldotna Postmaster, Robia Bishop, at event is held at, not sponsored by the Soldotna Public Library. 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Soldotna Post Office, 175 North Binkley Street. Challenger camp registration open Join the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) on May 17 for the 2014 Soldotna Out of the Darkness Community Walk at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. Registration opens at 9:00 a.m., opening ceremony is at 9:45 a.m., and the walk begins at 10:00 a.m. For more information, contact Darnell Schneider at 907-398-7801 or dfamily@gci. net.

Challenger Learning Center adventure camps are open for registration and filling fast. Upcoming June camps are all about space science. With camps for grades K-12, there’s something for everyone. Visit www.akchallenger.org for details, “like” the After 43 years of outstanding and dedicated teaching, Kenai Challenger Center on Facebook, and subscribe to their eNEWS Central High School choir director Renée C. Henderson will be to stay up to date. Call 907-283-2000 or email summer.lazendirecting her final KCHS Choir concert (the “Pops” concert) by@akchallenger.org for more information. on May 6 at 6 p.m. All alumni and the community at large are invited to join in celebrating an amazing woman whose love of Kids’ activities sought music and gift for teaching has inspired thousands of students to The Clarion is seeking information for its annual Just Kiddiscover their talents. Please take the time to join us in thanking Renée for her unparalleled commitment to our students and our ding section with listings of summer events for youth. Organicommunity, as well as for the important legacy of music with zations, businesses, individuals or churches planning summer which she leaves us. For those wishing to contribute, please events open to area youth May through August may submit activities. email marymccubbins@gmail.com. The deadline to submit information is April 30. Emailed submissions are required. Email Just Kidding inSwim lesson sign-ups at Nikiski pool formation to news@peninsulaclarion.com. Nikiski Pool semi-private, tiny tots and comp swim lesson In the subject line write Just Kidding. For more information, sign-ups start Thursday. Group Swim lessons sign-ups for Sets call Will Morrow at 907-335-1251 or email will.morrow@pen1-3 start May 24, 9-11 a.m., at the Nikiski Pool. Please call insulaclarion.com.

Alumni, community invited to celebrate choir director’s career

Juneau brewery offers 2 beers in cans JUNEAU (AP) — The Alaskan Brewing Co. began distributing two of its beers in cans on Monday. The company’s flagship brew, Alaskan Amber, and its Freeride American Pale Ale will now be offered in cans, which co-founder Geoff Larson said was in response to requests from customers. Larson told KTOO that cans are lighter and more portable than bottles and can be taken where Alaskans go. “Backpacking, boating, fish-

‘Backpacking, boating, fishing, being on the beach.’ — Geoff Larson, Alaskan Brewing Co. ing, being on the beach,” he said. The canned beer is only available in Alaska right now. The Juneau production plant doesn’t have enough room right now to produce enough canned

beer for the Lower 48 markets. However, the brewery recently broke ground on a multimillion dollar expansion. The canned beer will be more widely distributed once the larger facility has been completed, which is scheduled for early next yet. The expansion, he said, will allow the company to grow comfortably in the next decade. “You can’t really know what’s going to happen 12 months down the road. But now I think we’re looking at five to 10 years with a lot more certainty and clarity,” Larson said. The company now distributes to 17 states in the nation after recently adding South Dakota and Michigan.

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No more second chances; build the gas pipeline In the first month of 1910, archdeacon

Hudson Stuck mushed into the Yukon River village of Rampart and found decay. “There is no resisting the melancholy that hangs over a place like this. As one treads the crazy, treacherous board sidewalks, full of holes and rotten planks, now rising a step or two, now falling, and reads the dimmed and dirty signs that once flaunted their gold and colours, one conjures up the scenes of rude revelry these drinking places witnessed a few years ago.” Rampart, like so many of Alaska’s Gold Rush towns, faded once the gold left. As the days of Alaska’s black gold decline, we must find new money, new ways of doing business, or all of Alaska might resemble Rampart. On Easter Sunday, lawmakers approved a plan that calls for the state to negotiate a partnership and build an 800-mile, 42-inch natural gas pipeline from the North Slope to Nikiski. We’ve heard this before — Gubik in 1959, Yukon-Pacific in the 1990s and the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act in 2007. This time is different. There are no more second chances. The state is forecasting a multibillion-dollar budget deficit next year. If that forecast holds true for the next few years, the state will soon exhaust its financial reserves and be forced to tap the Alaska Permanent Fund, revive a state income tax or slash programs beyond the bone. This will happen with or without a pipeline. It took nine years from the discovery of oil at Prudhoe Bay for the first barrel to reach Valdez, and gas should not be expected any sooner than 2024, according to current estimates. In the next decade — barring an unexpected rise in oil production — Alaska could dig itself a deep financial hole. A gas pipeline is a rope out of this hole. Natural gas revenue will buy the state a soft landing — time to get its financial house in order. Without a pipeline, the state’s financial picture will resemble a Bush plane plunging to Earth. The legislation approved this month isn’t perfect — it may give too much away to pipeline builder TransCanada — but there’s still time to refine the pipeline agreement. Engineering and design will begin this summer, and legislators will have plenty of opportunities to argue about the pipeline before the first section is laid. We may argue about the details, but one thing is certain: We must build a gas pipeline. Without it, the ghost of Rampart looms: “How high the hopes of sudden riches burned in the breasts of the men who went in and out of them, doomed to utter disappointment in the vast majority!” Stuck observed. A pipeline may be Alaska’s last chance to avoid that utter disappointment. — Juneau Empire, April 25

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Obama’s foreign policy nonexistent

You know things are bad when you can’t wait for the return of a TV character to demonstrate what resolve and leadership really look like. Yes, after a four-year hiatus, the show “24,” featuring Jack Bauer (played by Kiefer Sutherland), returns May 5 to the Fox network. Bauer displays many of the traits once found in, or at least expected of, American presidents and top military leaders. He doesn’t waffle or wiggle; neither does he negotiate. He wins. If you think I am about to draw a contrast between Bauer and the current president of the United States you are right. The headlines are depressing: “Obama Suffers Setbacks in Japan and the Mideast” (New York Times); “Pentagon: (Defense Secretary Chuck) Hagel’s Russian Counterpart won’t return his calls” (Fox News); and these two from the May issue of Commentary Magazine: “China Rises As America Weakens”; “He’s Made It Worse: Obama’s Middle East.” Obama is detached, uninterested and inexperienced in foreign affairs and the world has taken notice. Putin calculated he could get away with meddling in Ukraine because he perceived weakness in the president of the United States. And, in fact, the first wave of U.S. and European sanctions against Russia proved him right. They were nothing short of laughable. Does the West really think it can fell a Russian bear with

a water pistol? The only thing I learned in a physics class before flunking it was that nature abhors a vacuum and will fill it if given the opportunity. The same is true in foreign policy. That’s Cal Thomas what “Peace Through Strength” in the Reagan era was about. There was a reason the Ayatollah Khomeini ordered the release of American hostages on Inauguration Day 1981. He seemed to believe Reagan might attack if Iran kept Americans as prisoners. While Obama plays numerous rounds of golf and the military fiddles with issues like women in combat and whether taxpayers should pay for convicted intelligence leaker Bradley (now Chelsea) Manning’s gender transition, Putin acts. The Middle East is in flames — diplomatically and literally — because this administration has no discernible foreign policy other than criticizing Israel. As the world changes and new challenges arise, American foreign policy must adapt. Past failures should be scrapped. Past successes should be remembered and replicated. The first and most important step must be for the United States to declare who we

are as a country and to define our purpose in the world. Presidents are supposed to do this. Somewhere between isolationism and interventionism is a U.S. policy waiting to be discovered. “Freedom” may mean one thing to us, but it means something quite different in other parts of the world. In Russia, which has a long history of autocratic leaders who have traded freedom for a minimal standard of living, American-style freedom is not universally embraced. In many Muslim lands, freedom means Sharia law. Applying American principles to that world has caused frustration, even failure. If the president fails to articulate who we are to fellow Americans and the world — and there is little evidence he knows how, or even wants to — the United States will lose its leadership role. The hostile forces willing to take its place — China, Russia and radical Islam — will bring with them consequences we will not like and threats to our national security we may not be able to repel. Perhaps Jack Bauer can again inspire as he did when “24” premiered in November 2001, two months after the terrorist attacks on America. Sometimes fiction is stranger than truth. Email Cal Thomas at tcaeditors@tribune.com.

Teach your kids to save: Five tips for parents Do you want to set your kids up for future financial success? Then start now. That’s the first rule of introducing your kids to financial education — the sooner you start, the better. Money management is probably the last thing on the minds of most kids — if it even registers at all — but there are concrete steps you can take as a parent to help ensure that your children know how to think about money, including the importance of saving for the future. If you plant those seeds with care, they’ll take root, and your children will be much more likely to achieve financial success later in life. So what lessons can we give today’s children and young adults to prepare them for financial success in the future? Today’s kids are much more likely to spend rather than save. Even parents who try to teach their children about finances, such as by giving them a regular allowance, might find their lessons overshadowed by stronger messages that come from advertising, or from children’s peers. Unfortunately, by the time most young people graduate from high school, they know all about spending and very little about saving or spending wisely. Consider these facts: n American teenagers spend most of their income — about 21 percent — on clothing, followed by food (18 percent); accessories and personal care (10 percent); shoes (9 percent); car-related expenses (8 percent); electronics (8 percent); music and movies (7 percent); video games (6 percent); concerts and events (6 percent); other expenses (3 percent); books (2 percent); furniture (2 percent). (Source: Piper Jaffray, 2013) n Most students devote about one half or more of their earnings to discretionary spending on relatively short-term wants and needs. (Source: University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, 2014) n Teenagers spend about $100 billion a year, and children under 12 spend $11 bilC

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grow as they save and disappear as they spend. A tip for pre-teens, ages 8-12: Create a short-term savings box. Have the pre-teens choose something they want (a brand name pair of shoes or a video game system). They will learn the value of savings when they save enough to purchase the item. A tip for teens, ages 13 and up: Open a savings account for long-term savings. Have teens save a certain percentage for a few years to make a bigger purchase. Parents should ask their banker for more ideas and advice. Their child’s long-term financial security is at stake. By starting early, they can help their child develop good financial habits that will last a lifetime.

lion a year, of their own money. They influence 75 percent, or approximately $165 billion, of their parents’ money. (Source: Answers.com, 2014) This April, thousands of bankers, including many from Wells Fargo, will connect with kids in classrooms and after-school programs across the country during the annual American Bankers Association’s Teach Children to Save Day. These efforts Kimberly Pierce is Wells Fargo Solwill help young people take an important first step in mastering their financial dotna assistant store manager. She can be reached at 907-262-4435 ext. 230 or ABCs. Kimberly.l.pierce@wellsfargo.com.

Five Tips for Parents

Parents play a crucial role in their children’s financial success later in life. Here are five tips for parents from Wells Fargo: 1. Start early — Before they even start school, children begin to understand the process of managing money 2. Set goals — Have children write down things they want and what they cost. Teach them about making choices and saving 3. Pay a Modest Allowance — Just a small amount can help children learn 4. Make a budget — Start with three categories: spend, save, give 5. Use Free Resources — Check out your local library and the Hands on Banking website at www.handsonbanking.org for interactive lessons on saving, budgeting, credit, and more. A tip for children ages 3-7: Take three jars and label them separately: Spend, Save, Give. Help the children split up their money into each jar and watch it

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Nation & World Around the World Putin’s allies hit with sanctions over Ukraine crisis as US, EU push for Russia to back off WASHINGTON — The United States and its European allies hit more than two dozen Russian government officials, executives and companies with new sanctions Monday as punishment for their country’s actions in Ukraine, yet the penalties stopped short of targeting Russia’s broader economy and it remained unclear if they would work. In Moscow, there was relief that the sanctions were not as far-ranging as feared. The measures, including asset freezes and visa bans, affect people close to the Kremlin, and Western leaders hope those hurt by the sanctions will pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin to limit his reach in Ukraine and de-escalate the crisis there. However, the Russian leader himself was not among those targeted, and Obama administration officials acknowledged there was no expectation that Putin would quickly change course. Still, officials in Washington and Brussels said the sanctions, coupled with an initial set imposed following Russia’s annexation of the Crimean peninsula last month, would significantly boost the cost to Moscow of ignoring an agreement it signed earlier this month to take concrete steps to ease tensions in Ukraine. “The goal here is not to go after Mr. Putin personally,” President Barack Obama told reporters in the Philippines, where he was wrapping up a four-nation trip to Asia. “The goal is to change his calculus with respect to how the current actions that he’s engaging in could have an adverse impact on the Russian economy over the long haul.” Obama said Russia still could resolve the Ukraine crisis diplomatically. But he sounded far from confident about the immediate prospects for the new sanctions packages.

Arkansas residents rush to shelters, storm cellars as tornado kills at least 14 VILONIA, Ark. — The sky turned black as the funnel cloud closed in, and Maggie Caro rushed with her husband and two children to a community shelter at a Vilonia school, where they were among the last to get inside the fortified gym before the doors were shut. “They were screaming, ‘Run! Run! It’s coming!’” Caro recalled. And then all hell broke loose. The half-mile-wide tornado carved an 80-mile path of destruction through the Little Rock suburbs Sunday evening, killing at least 14 people, flattening rows of homes, shredding cars along a highway and demolishing a brand-new school before it even had a chance to open. Officials said the death toll could have been worse if residents hadn’t piled into underground storm shelters and fortified safe rooms after listening to forecasts on TV and radio, getting cellphone alerts or calls or texts from loved ones, and hearing sirens blare through their neighborhoods.

Stowaway boy’s refugee mom says son has ‘strong affections’ for her, seeks reunion C

SHEDDER REFUGEE CAMP, Ethiopia — The Somali woman lives in a stick hut covered by ragged blankets in this dusty refugee camp. It was here that her 15-year-old son wanted to travel on a perilous journey as a stowaway on a plane from California. Ubah Mohammed Abdule hasn’t seen her boy — who was hospitalized in Hawaii after landing there last week in the wheel well of a jetliner — for eight long years. Clutching her black-and-white head covering, she wept Sunday as she stood before the flimsy shelter holding her meager possessions and spoke about her son, Yahya Abdi. She was alarmed, she said, by the dangerous journey the teenager undertook. Those who stow away in plane wheel wells have little chance of surviving, and many who attempt it are Africans desperate for a better life in Europe or America. Abdi had been unhappy in California and desperately missed his mother, according to those who know his family. So on April 20, he hopped a fence at San Jose International Airport and climbed into the wheel well of a jetliner bound for Hawaii. Somehow he survived the 5½-hour trip over the Pacific, despite extreme cold and low oxygen levels. He has not spoken publicly about the ordeal.

Mayor in eastern Ukraine shot in the back; US hits Russia with more sanctions KIEV, Ukraine — The mayor of Ukraine’s second-largest city was shot in the back Monday and hundreds of men attacked a peaceful pro-Ukraine rally with batons, bricks and stun grenades, wounding dozens as tensions soared in Ukraine’s volatile east. One presidential candidate said the mayor was deliberately targeted in an effort to destabilize the entire city of Kharkiv, a hub of 1.5 million people. Armed insurgents tacitly backed by Moscow are seeking more autonomy in eastern Ukraine — and possibly even independence or annexation with Russia. Ukraine’s acting government and the West have accused Russia of orchestrating the unrest, which they fear Moscow could use as a pretext for an invasion. Ratcheting up the pressure, President Barack Obama’s government levied new sanctions on seven Russian officials and 17 companies with links to President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle. The U.S. also revoked licenses for some hightech items that could be used by the Russian military. In Brussels, the European Union moved to add 15 more officials to its Russian sanctions list to protest Moscow’s meddling in Ukraine. That decision, reached by the ambassadors to the EU’s 28 nations, was being formally confirmed by the EU’s governments, officials told The Associated Press.

Judge upholds sale of widow’s $280K home over $6 tax bill unpaid after husband died BEAVER, Pa. — A widow was given ample notice before her $280,000 house was sold at a tax auction three years ago over $6.30 in unpaid interest, a Pennsylvania judge has ruled. The decision last week turned down Eileen Battisti’s request to reverse the September 2011 sale of her home outside Aliquippa in western Pennsylvania. “I paid everything, and didn’t know about the $6.30,” Battisti said. “For the house to be sold just because of $6.30 is crazy.” Battisti, who still lives in the house, said Monday that she plans to appeal to Commonwealth Court. That court earlier ordered an evidentiary hearing, which led to last week’s ruling. Beaver County Common Pleas Judge Gus Kwidis wrote that the county tax claim bureau complied with notification requirements in state law before the auction. She had previously owed other taxes, but at the time of the sale she owed just $235, including other interest and fees. — The Associated Press

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Obama defends foreign policy By JULIE PACE AP White House Correspondent

MANILA, Philippines— President Barack Obama vigorously defended his foreign policy record Monday, arguing that his cautious approach to global problems has avoided the type of missteps that contributed to a “disastrous” decade of war for the United States. Obama’s expansive comments came at the end of a weeklong Asia trip that exposed growing White House frustration with critics who cast the president as weak and ineffectual on the world stage. The president and his advisers get particularly irked by those who seize on Obama’s decision to pull back from a military strike in Syria and link it with virtually every other foreign policy challenge, from Russia’s threatening moves in Ukraine to China’s increasing assertiveness in Asia’s territorial disputes. “Why is it that everybody is so eager to use military force after we’ve just gone through a decade of war at enormous costs to our troops and to our budget?” Obama said during a news conference in the Philippines. Summing up his foreign policy philosophy, Obama said it was one that “avoids errors.” White House advisers argue in part that Obama’s approach puts him on the side of a conflict-weary American public, some of whom voted for him in the 2008 election because of his early opposition to the Iraq war. Yet the president’s foreign policy record of late has provided plenty of fodder for his critics. It was Obama’s own declaration that Syria’s chemical weapons use would cross his

‘Why is it that everybody is so eager to use military force after we’ve just gone through a decade of war at enormous costs to our troops and to our budget?’ — President Obama “red line” that raised the stakes for a U.S. response when Syrian leader Bashar Assad launched an attack last summer. The Obama administration’s own drumbeat toward a U.S. strike only fueled the narrative that the president was indecisive or didn’t have the stomach for an attack when he abruptly pulled back, first in favor of a vote in Congress, then to strike a deal with Syria and Russia that aimed to rid the Assad regime of its chemical weapons stockpiles. The Syria scenario has trickled into Obama’s relationship with Asia, where anxious allies spent much of the last week seeking assurances from the president that he would have their back if China used military force to take the advantage in the region’s numerous territorial disputes. And Russian President Vladimir Putin’s flouting of Western sanctions in response to his alleged provocations in Ukraine has stirred fresh criticism that the president’s strategy lacks teeth. That line of thinking was evident Monday after the Obama administration announced new sanctions on seven Russian officials, as well 17 companies with ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, a Republican from New Hampshire who has been a

frequent Obama foreign policy critic, called the measures “tepid,” ‘’incremental” and “insufficient.” Other GOP lawmakers have called on Obama to provide lethal assistance to the Ukrainian military, a prospect he roundly rejected once again Monday. “Do people actually think that somehow us sending some additional arms into Ukraine could potentially deter the Russian army?” Obama said. “Or are we more likely to deter them by applying the sort of international pressure, diplomatic pressure and economic pressure that we’re applying?” While Obama did not call out any of his critics by name, the White House has often been frustrated with two sets of foreign policy critics: Republican lawmakers like Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who takes a more hawkish position than Obama on nearly every issue, and foreign policy commentators who use their platforms on television or editorial pages to push the president to take a more aggressive approach. “Frankly, most of the foreign policy commentators that have questioned our policies would go headlong into a bunch of military adventures that the American people had no interest in participating in and would not advance our core security interests,” Obama said. He

added that he’s not inclined to make policy decisions because “somebody sitting in an office in Washington or New York think it would look strong.” Obama spoke on the final full day of his four-country Asia swing. The centerpiece of his president’s trip was a 10year security agreement signed with the Philippines Monday that will give the U.S. military greater access to bases on the Southeast Asian nation, which is struggling to bolster its territorial defense amid China’s increasingly assertive behavior in the oil- and gas-rich South China Sea The president arrived in the Philippines Monday afternoon following visits to Japan, South Korea and Malaysia. Despite Obama’s warm welcome from President Benigno Aquino, the U.S. increased military role drew consternation from some Filipino activists, who say the agreement reverses democratic gains achieved when huge U.S. military bases were shut down in the early 1990s, ending a nearly centurylong military presence in the former U.S. colony. Some 800 of those activists burned mock U.S. flags and chanted “Nobama, no bases, no war” on the road leading to the gates of the palace where Obama met with Aquino. Others burned an effigy of Obama riding a chariot pulled by Aquino, depicted as dog. The president was to depart for Washington Tuesday morning after speaking to U.S. and Filipino troops. He was also scheduled to lay a wreath at the Manila American Cemetery, which has the largest number of graves of fallen U.S. military personnel from World War.

Egypt sentences 683 to death in mass trial By MAGGIE MICHAEL and MAMDOUH THABET Associated Press

MINYA, Egypt — An Egyptian judge sentenced to death the Muslim Brotherhood’s spiritual leader and 682 other people Monday in the latest in a series of high-stakes mass trials that have been unprecedented in scope, drawing sharp condemnation from international rights groups. The verdicts — which were appealed by general prosecutor— come as the military-backed government has launched a massive crackdown against Islamist supporters of ousted leader Mohammed Morsi, under the banner of “war against terrorism” while tightening its grip on the Arab world’s most populous nation. Suggesting there might be room for reversal, the same judge also reduced the sentences against 529 defendants indicted in a similar case in March, upholding the death penalty for only 37 and commuting the rest to life imprisonment. Still, the three dozen death sentences that were upheld was an extraordinarily high number for Egypt, compared to the dramatic trial in the wake of the 1981 assassination of President Anwar Sadat, when only five people were sentenced to death and executed. Judge Said Youssef said he was referring Monday’s death sentences — which were for convictions of violence and killing policemen — to the Grand Mufti, the nation’s top Islamic official — a requirement under Egyptian law that is usually considered a formality but also gives room for the judge to change his mind. Of the 683, all but 68 were tried in absentia. The government has conducted a series of mass trials of Brotherhood supporters after a crackdown in which hundreds were killed and nearly 16,000 detained. It also branded the Brotherhood a terrorist group, a claim the group denies. Several secular-minded youth activists have been imprisoned for holding protests against a new law that prohibits the right to hold political gatherings without prior police

permits. On Monday, a court ordered ban of April 6 youth group and confiscation of its offices. The group was among several that engineered the 2011 uprising against longtime leader Hosni Mubarak that set off nearly three-year turmoil. “Egypt’s judiciary risks becoming just another part of the authorities’ repressive machinery, issuing sentences of death and life imprisonment on an industrial scale,” Amnesty International’s Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui said. She added that the case “once again expose how arbitrary and selective Egypt’s criminal justice system has become” and urged authorities to “come clean and acknowledge that the current system is neither fair nor independent or impartial.” The highest profile defendant convicted and sentenced to death on Monday was Mohamed Badie, the Brotherhood’s spiritual guide who — like several other heavy-weight Muslim Brotherhood leaders— had no official post in Morsi’s government but was believed to wield extensive influence on decision making during Morsi’s year in power. If his sentence is upheld, it would make him the most senior Brotherhood figure to receive capital punishment since one of the group’s leading ideologues, Sayed Qutb, was

executed in 1966. Badie was not at the hearing in Minya on Monday but in another court, in Cairo, where he faces charges of murder and incitement to murder along with 16 other Brotherhood leaders in a case connected to deadly protests outside the group’s headquarters last June. The trials were linked to deadly riots that erupted in Minya and elsewhere in Egypt where Morsi’s supporters allegedly attacked police stations and churches in retaliation for security forces violent disbandment of sit-ins held by Morsi supporters in Cairo last August that left hundreds dead. The cases involve murder of three policemen and a civilian along with the injury of others. After Monday’s ruling, which followed a single session in the case held last month, Sarah Leah Whitson, the executive director of Human Rights Watch’s Middle East and North Africa Division, said the defendants were not given the chance to properly defend themselves. The proceedings went on without the judge even verifying that the defendants were present, she said. “The fact that the death sentences can be appealed provides little solace to hundreds of families that will go to sleep tonight facing the very real prospect that their loves ones

could be executed without having an opportunity to present a case in court,” she said. “There is no more serious violation of the most basic right of due process and the right to a fair trial than that.” Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in a statement that the verdicts “make a mockery of the rule of law.” “The Egyptian authorities risk further destabilizing the country and cementing a political and social division ahead of the planned presidential elections in May,” he said. Sweden’s Foreign Minister Carl Bildt also criticized the verdict in a message posted on his Twitter account, saying “the world must and will react!” he said. Once the mufti reviews Monday’s ruling, the same court will hold another session on June 21 to issue the final verdicts. The ultimate decision is up to the judge. As the ruling was announced, an outcry erupted outside the court among the families and relatives of the defendants. Women fainted and wailed as many cried out, “Why? This is unfair!” “My three sons are inside,” said a woman who only gave her first name, Samiya, as she screamed in grief. “I have no one but God.”

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instead of Seattle. “(The ships) usually go to Seattle because that’s the only place where they can port them,” Chenault said. “By extending this seawall and doing some other work over there they’re able to entice those folks to stay here in Alaska, in Seward, versus going to Seattle, which would bring more jobs.” Chenault said the project could bring in jobs that cater to vessels such machine and welding work. Chugach Electric Association’s Stetson Creek Diversion/Cooper Lake Dam Facilities Project is set to receive about $3.4 million in addition to the about $5.8 million that lawmakers appropriated for fiscal year 2013. The project seeks to change water flows that could improve water temperatures for salmon and increase power production at its hydroelectric facility. Construction plans include a diversion dam on Stetson Creek and a pipeline to move the creek water to Cooper Lake. Water from the lake would then be transferred to Cooper Creek via a pipeline. The project, which was originally estimated to cost $12 million, is now estimated at $21.9 million. “Did we get everything that everybody wanted?” Chenault said. “No, but did we get a number of needs taken care of? I think that we did.” Some other peninsula projects that lawmakers approved funding for include: n $1.5 million to Homer for ferry terminal improvements; n $1.3 million for dredging and disposal of sludge at the Lowell Point sewage lagoon in Seward; n $900,000 for a new museum building for the Pratt Museum in Homer; n $500,000 for school equipment areawide for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District; n $380,000 to the Moose Pass Volunteer Fire Company for a new tanker; n $100,841 to the Sterling Area Senior Citizens, Inc. for furniture and carpet replacements and a meal vehicle.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough is set to receive funding for three of its four identified tier one priorities, although none of the appropriations were matched to the full requested amount. The borough’s top priorities included: elodea eradication; a Central Peninsula Landfill equipment maintenance building; heating, ventilation and air-conditioning system replacement in the George A. Navarre Administrative Building; and Tall Tree Road upgrades and bridge rebuilding north of Anchor Point. The Legislature approved funding for all projects except the system replacement in the borough building. Elodea eradication received $400,000 of the requested $700,000. Lawmakers gave $708,000 of the requested $1.8 million to the landfill. Tall Tree Road and bridge is looking at receiving $380,000 of the $550,000 that was requested. Lawmakers also approved $4 million to the borough for general road projects — double what was allocated last year. “I would bet in the last eight years, we’ve put close to $40, $45 million into the borough to upgrade borough roads, so that’s just the borough roads,” Chenault said. “That money to upgrade those roads, if it didn’t come from the state, it would either come from taxpayers in the borough or the roads just wouldn’t be upgraded.” Other road projects on the peninsula include improvements to Waddell Way Road in Homer approved at $1.4 million, and paving, rehabilitation and signalization of Kalifornsky Beach Road from Milepost 16 to 22.2 at $6 million in addition to last session’s $4 million. A few other peninsula projects are approved for funding in addition to state money appropriated in recent previous legislative sessions. Last year, lawmakers approved $10 million for the Seward Marine Industrial Kaylee Osowski can be Center. This session another reached at kaylee.osowski@ $5.9 million was appropriated peninsulaclarion.com. for the expansion of the area, including breakwater construction. The project looks to open up the docking area across Resurrection Bay from Seward to entice large fishing vessels to winter in Seward

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United Healthcare to Premera Blue Cross. Second is an employee cost share increase from 8.5 to 10 percent and third is an increase to the employees’ deductible from $250 for an individual and $500 for a family to $500 and $1,000 respectively. When the city received the 46 percent increase on the renewal quote, Koch said that stopped the whole budget process because it had been drafted with no mill rate increase. “We had to throw a lot of paper away because none of it made any sense any more,” he said. “We modified our budget with more attractive healthcare quotes.” Last week the Kenai City Council held two budget work sessions to review the draft budget prepared by Eubank and Koch.

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recognized the importance of having a SART program and certified nurse examiners, donating $45,000 last year for the program and nurse training at an event held at Mount Roberts Tramway. The money has gone a long way, Brenner said, funding a 40-hour SART class last month, as well as the SANE training that took place last week. “It’s important because it’s the best patient care that we can deliver to these victims and it helps them in the process of prosecution,” Brenner said. “We’re trained to deliver the best possible care, using evidence-based research, and securing that chain of custody for evidence for the prosecution.” Brenner, James and Trujillo all describe a marked difference in care provided to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault with the SART program. “When you see people coming in and talking, it’s definitely different,” Trujillo said. “I’ve been in communities where they don’t have (a SART program) at all and ... the professionals in the community don’t know where to send them, people don’t want to come in, we

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of the bill asks the court system to seal older files as much as practical. Assistant Attorney General Anne Carpenetti argued against the measure and suggested a more limited bill written by the Department of Law. The Alaska Press Club, a professional organization of media workers, opposed the bill being considered by Parnell. Anchorage media lawyer John McKay said the bill threatens First Amendment right-ofaccess protections of criminal court proceedings.

No major flooding expected in Interior FAIRBANKS (AP) — Forecasters say no major spring flooding is expected in Alaska’s interior, unlike last year’s destructive breakup. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner says there’s little chance of flooding just about anywhere in the state. National Weather Service hydrologist Scott Lindsay says all indications point to conditions being much easier this year. Experts say warmerthan-normal temperatures and below normal-snowfall in western Alaska over much of the winter — along with slightly warmer temperatures in April in much of the interior — have produced ideal breakup conditions. The ice in rivers is likely to turn mushy before it causes any significant problems, such as ice jams. C

Koch said based on discussions at the work sessions some of the council members are not in favor of increasing employee premiums. Council member Terry Bookey said he had a hard time increasing the cost to the employee while decreasing coverage. Mayor Pat Porter said either city employees pay more or residents will. Budget amendments council members made include an additional $50,000 for a feasibility study for the conceptual design of a convention center and park strip, $24,000 for firefighter gear and more security for senior citizen funding. The Kenai Senior Center is largely dependent on state grants like the choice waiver meal reimbursement of nearly $400,000. Porter said funding would need to be increased in future years to maintain the current level of service to seniors. The City of Kenai’s total proposed budget is $25,645,455, a

6.6 percent increase of more than $1.5 million from last year. Included is a cost-of-living increase of 3.5 percent for city employees. The impact from all funds totals $425,479. The city’s budget is broken into five funds: general, special revenue, enterprise, permanent and debt service. The general fund finances the city services, such as police, fire and public works while the special revenue fund exclusively finances four city entities: the Kenai Municipal Airport, the city’s water and sewer, the personal-use fishery and its senior citizen fund. The general fund is budgeted for $16.2 million, up nearly $1 million from last year. Eubank said sales tax and property tax revenue were lower than previous estimates. “Our assessed value and sales tax revenue hasn’t been increasing at same rate as some of the expenditures,” Eubank said. Fees collected from the air-

port, water and sewer utilities and dipnet fishery are intended to fund their operations and be self-sufficient, Eubank said. The proposed airport fund budget increased from $2.8 million to $3.2 million, a 13 percent change from fiscal year 2014 to FY15. The proposed fishery budget for 2015 is $492,621, up 2 percent from last year. Funding for two capital projects totaling $180,000 has been included as transfers from the general fund in the FY15 budget, according to the draft budget. Sidewalk improvements for Overland Drive are budgeted at $60,000, and $120,000 has been set aside for construction of a playground for 2- to 5-year-olds at Municipal Park. The council will vote on the 2015 budget at the May 20 council meeting.

know there’s victims out there, but we can’t help them.” There are also indicators that SART programs result in a higher likelihood of effectively prosecuting the perpetrator of the assault. The Sexual Assault Response Team includes a law enforcement official, a sexual assault nurse examiner and a victim advocate who work together to assess and treat injuries; document the crime and gather forensic evidence; and assist the victim in handling the physical, psychological and emotional effects of the assault. According to a study conducted by professor Andre Rosay and Tara Henry in 2008 for the University of Alaska Anchorage Justice Center, “sexual assault nurse examinations are important in responding to sexual assaults — both in treating victims and in collecting forensic evidence. The presence of genital injury, as documented in an examination, can be a factor in the prosecution of a sexual assault case.” The study showed that “overall, 32 percent of reported cases were referred, 22 percent were accepted, and 17 percent resulted in a conviction” and posits that the higher rates are based largely on the identification of

wounds during forensic examination, as well as evidence collected, like DNA samples. According to another study completed by the Justice Center with the Alaska State Troopers, “evidentiary factors were the most important reasons for not accepting charges that had been referred.” The abilities to identify and document injuries and effectively collect evidence were the focus of last week’s SANE training, with James and Trujillo not only speaking on the topics and showing images, but also providing hands-on training with a colposcope on both a dummy and live model. The two also demonstrated proper methods for conducting a forensic exam to find signs of trauma from sexual assault both externally and internally. Methods taught include not only the medical aspects, but also how to interact with a victim in a way that does not exacerbate trauma while conducting an invasive examination. “The way we teach this is to really focus on helping the victim on taking control back over what’s happening to them as part of the SART process,” Trujillo said. “They made a decision to come in and re-

port what’s happened and the nurses, we train them to effectively work with that victim, to help them to regain control, to understand what happened to them, to make sure that they’re OK, and make sure they don’t have an infection, and just get them ready to go back and kind of think about where they’re at and get them involved with services in the community.” Brenner has high hopes for the program in Juneau, not just for the higher standards of care for victims of sexual assault, but also for the ability to do more to prevent it. The 11 nurses should be fully certified within the year, she said, after further practice and sitting for an exam. James believes having a SART program helps not only the victims of sexual assault, but the community as a whole. “It’s important to take care of the people in your community because this is so much more common, being sexually assaulted is so much more common than anyone ever imagines, and it’s so destructive, ultimately, to the health of the community,” James said. “And in this way we can start to help to break that, so that’s why it’s hugely important for the health of the community.”

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Sterling’s history anything but Sterling GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer

LOS ANGELES — Donald Sterling has been known to heckle his own team from the center-court seat where he has sat for decades, whether with his now-estranged wife or women young enough to be his granddaughters. Former Los Angeles Clippers say the owner would barge into the locker room to berate players, offer awkward praise or — according to testimony in a lawsuit filed by his fired general manager — tell guests to check out his players’ “beautiful black bodies.” The NBA’s longest-tenured owner is among the least successful in basketball history. He has watched the Clippers became a profitable punch line, compiling the worst record in North American pro sports during his first quarter-century in charge. He has fired loyal coaches, waged

court battles with long-serving executives and publicly seethed when players didn’t want to stay with the team. And that’s only what Sterling does when the world can see him. Opponents say the racially incendiary remarks attributed to Sterling and leaked to TMZ last weekend publicly show a side of the 80-year-old real-estate mogul that has been ignored and rationalized for years. “It put a smile on my face that finally he would be unable to deny the racist allegations against him,” said Carl Douglas, a lawyer who represented former Clippers general manager Elgin Baylor in a lawsuit against Sterling. “This is a guy who, as the owner, sits courtside at the half-court line,” Douglas added. “No other owner sits like that. He has an ego the size of the Grand Canyon.” Sterling has faced extensive federal charges of civil rights violations and racial discrimination in business, mak-

ing shocking race-related statements in sworn testimony before reaching multimillion-dollar settlements. He has also been sued for sexual harassment by former employees, and the court proceedings detailed an outlandish list of Sterling’s personal proclivities. Baylor, the former NBA great who served as the Clippers’ GM for 22 years, left the franchise with rancor and an unsuccessful lawsuit alleging race and age discrimination. Baylor claimed Sterling has a “plantation mentality” about the Clippers, envisioning a team of “poor black boys from the South playing for a white coach.” “When I heard that voice (on the TMZ recordings), there was a visceral reaction,” said Douglas, who deposed Sterling during Baylor’s lawsuit. “I recognized the venom in that voice.” Sterling’s new embarrassment might lead to his long-term banishment from

the NBA. Several major Clippers sponsors dropped or re-evaluated their association with the team Monday, including State Farm, CarMax, Kia Motors America, Virgin America and Red Bull. But amid the national outrage over the Clippers owner’s apparent comments last weekend, former NBA star Kevin Johnson asked the question that must be addressed by Commissioner Adam Silver and the owners who control the league. “We wanted (Silver) to give us a full accounting of the prior accusations of racism made against Mr. Sterling and why those were never sanctioned by the NBA,” said Johnson, who was asked by Clippers guard Chris Paul to speak for the players’ union membership. “It’s our responsibility to find out the history of Mr. Sterling, and why sanctions did not occur.” Anyone with even a passing knowledge of Sterling’s history of discrimination charges and outlandish state-

ments wasn’t surprised by the latest revelations. The son of a produce dealer, Sterling grew up in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles. Donny Tokowitz eventually changed his last name, earned a law degree and began practicing in divorce and personal injury in 1961. He spent his earnings methodically buying up real estate all across Los Angeles, becoming famous for almost never selling any property. With encouragement from Lakers owner Jerry Buss, Sterling paid just over $12 million in 1981 for the beleaguered San Diego Clippers, who had moved out from Buffalo three years earlier. Sterling was eccentric from the start, plastering his face on billboards and publicly hoping for a last-place finish so he could draft Ralph Sampson. During the 1980s, players claimed they would receive their paychecks on Fridays after the banks closed, likely to prevent them from bouncing.

Hawks topple Pacers By The Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS — Mike Scott made five 3-pointers during a 30-6 second-quarter run Monday night, and the Atlanta Hawks fended off a furious fourth-quarter rally to beat topseeded Indiana 107-97 and take a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series. Atlanta can clinch the firstround series at home Thursday. Scott scored all 17 of his points during an incredible 12-minute stretch when Atlanta went 13 of 16 from the field and outscored Indiana 41-19 to take a 61-40 halftime lead. The Hawks and the 1970 Milwaukee Bucks are the only road teams in the shot-clock era to score at least 40 points and allow fewer than 20 in any quarter of a playoff game. Shelvin Mack led the eighthseeded Hawks with 20 points. Paul George had 26 for Indiana, which got as close as eight points in the final minute. For the Pacers, it was another bleak chapter in a second-half implosion that could go down as the worst in NBA history if they can’t survive this series. On Monday, one of the league’s best defensive teams inexplicably collapsed in the second quarter. Atlanta was 9 of 11 from beyond the arc in the quarter and shot 81.3 percent from the field during a second quarter in which the Pacers allowed their most points ever in a playoff game and the Hawks matched their second-highest AP Photo/Darron Cummings scoring total in the same quarAtlanta Hawks’ Paul Millsap dunks as Indiana’s David West watches during the second half in ter during a postseason game. Atlanta previously did it Game 5 of an opening-round NBA basketball playoff series Monday in Indianapolis.

against Detroit on April 17, 1986. The St. Louis Hawks scored 45 points against Fort Wayne on March 14, 1957. And it was every bit as impressive as it seemed. Atlanta opened the quarter with a free throw from Mack to tie the score at 21. Scott then made four consecutive 3s to push the lead to 33-21. It didn’t stop there. Mack hit a midrange jumper, Kyle Korver made a 3, Scott scored on a putback and Korver hit his second 3. Mack followed that with two free throws and Scott closed the run with his last 3 of the game. That gave Atlanta a 48-27 lead. Indiana never recovered. The Pacers still trailed 61-40 at halftime and by as many as 30 points in the third quarter. Indiana cut the deficit to 8567 late in the third and with the crowd urging it to keep playing, closed to 96-87 with 4:04 to go. But Korver knocked down another 3 and the Hawks closed it out at the free throw line. The Pacers, who haven’t won consecutive games with their regular starters since midMarch, now must win the last two games of the series to advance. Atlanta set a postseason record by making 15 3s. Notes: The Pacers had a moment of silence to honor former coach Jack Ramsay, who died Monday at age 89. Ramsay led the Pacers to the first NBA playoff win in franchise history. ... Atlanta has three wins at Bankers Life Fieldhouse and is the only team to beat Indiana

on its home court more than once this season. HEAT 109, BOBCATS 98 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — LeBron James scored 31 points, and Miami completed a first-round sweep of Charlotte. James scored 19 points after slightly injuring his thigh in the third quarter. He finished the game 10 of 19 from the field and had nine assists. Chris Bosh added 17 points and Dwyane Wade battled through foul trouble and finished with 15 as Miami won its 20th straight game over Charlotte. The two-time defending champion NBA champions will await the winner of Brooklyn-Toronto series, which is tied 2-2. Kemba Walker led Charlotte with 29 points. The Bobcats played without Al Jefferson, their leading scorer and rebounder who has been bothered by a foot injury since the first quarter of Game 1.

SPURS 93, MAVERICKS 89 DALLAS — Manu Ginobili scored 23 points and Boris Diaw hit a go-ahead 3-pointer in the final minute as San Antonio held off a second-half surge by Dallas to even the first-round playoff series. The Spurs regained the homecourt advantage by getting a split of two games in Dallas, matching what the eighth-seeded Mavericks did in San Antonio. The Spurs led by 20 points in the third quarter before the Mavericks pulled even midway through the fourth quarter of Game 4. The score was still tied when Diaw hit from long range over Dirk Nowitzki at the top of the key for a 90-87 lead.

Kings come back to tie series with Sharks at 3 By The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Justin Williams forced the tiebreaking goal underneath Alex Stalock with 8:04 to play, and the Los Angeles Kings beat the San Jose Sharks 4-1 on Monday night, rallying all the way back from an 0-3 series deficit to force a decisive Game 7. Williams and Anze Kopitar each had two goals and an assist, and Jonathan Quick made 25 saves as the Kings became just the ninth team in NHL history to force a seventh game after losing the first three. Stalock stopped 26 shots in his first NHL playoff start, and James Sheppard scored for the spiraling Sharks. Just three teams in NHL history have rallied from an 0-3 deficit to win a series. Los Angeles could join them in Game 7 in San Jose on

Wednesday. The winner of the California rivals’ third playoff meeting in four years will face the topseeded Anaheim Ducks in the second round. Williams, a two-time Stanley Cup champion known for clutch playoff goals, also scored in the first period. He reached his stick between Stalock’s pads and knocked home Robyn Regehr’s shot for the go-ahead score, breaking open a tense game.

with the winner taking on the defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks in the Western Conference semifinals. Parise scored just 49 seconds into the game and Mikael Granlund made it 2-0 later in the first period, but a costly turnover by Ryan Suter at the end of a failed 5-on-3 situation led to a short-handed goal for the Avalanche when Paul Stastny scored for the fourth time in the series. Nick Holden got the tying goal in the second period for the Avalanche, but Parise stole the show for the home team. Parked in the crease with the season on the line, he took a shove in the back from goalie WILD 5, AVALANCHE 2 Semyon Varlamov and then outmuscled defenseman ST. PAUL, Minn. — Zach Parise scored early and Erik Johnson for position on Koivu’s shot from belate on tipped shots, and the Wild tacked on two emp- hind the circle with 6:29 left in the game. ty-net goals for a victory that sent their first-round playoff series to a decisive Game 7. PENGUINS 4, BLUE JACKETS 3 Parise and Mikko Koivu each had two assists. The teams will meet again in Denver on Wednesday night, COLUMBUS, Ohio — Evgeni Malkin had a hat

trick and the Penguins almost blew a four-goal lead before holding on for the clinching victory in Game 6 of their first-round playoff series. The Blue Jackets scored three times in a 4:52 span in the third period to turn up the pressure on the Penguins. Pittsburgh awaits the winner of the New YorkPhiladelphia series, with the Rangers leading 3-2 going into Tuesday night’s Game 6. Brandon Sutter also scored and Matt Niskanen had two assists as the Penguins became the first team in the series to score first and win — but barely. MarcAndre Fleury made 24 saves. Fedor Tyutin, Artem Anisimov and Nick Foligno scored late to thrill a crowd of 19,189 who stood and roared for the final 4 minutes. The Penguins were hard pressed to just fight off the upstart Blue Jackets after goalie Sergei Bobrovsky, who also had 24 saves, was pulled for an extra attacker with under 2 minutes left.

Athletics’ Gray shuts out Rangers on just 3 hits By The Associated Press

ARLINGTON, Texas — Sonny Gray threw a three-hitter for his first career complete game and the Oakland Athletics beat Texas 4-0 Monday night in Rangers ace Yu Darvish’s shortest outing in the major leagues. Gray (4-1) allowed only three singles while striking out six. Texas got only one runner to third base against the righthander, who threw two wild pitches in the sixth after Robinson Chirinos singled. Darvish (1-1) was gone after 3 1-3 innings, pulled after walking No. 9 batter Eric Sogard for

Justin Masterson (0-1) gave up Zach Duke (2-0) picked up the seven extra-base hits in the first six the second time. Darvish is win- above .500 by taking three of four from Tampa. It was Chicago’s third six runs and seven hits in 7 1-3 in- win with two innings of scoreless innings, including a pair of homless his last nine home starts.

WHITE SOX 7, RAYS 3 CHICAGO — Alejandro De Aza hit a two-run homer and Adam Eaton and Marcus Semien had two-run doubles, leading the Chicago White Sox to a comeback victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. White Sox slugger Jose Abreu, named American League co-player of the week earlier in the day, went 2 for 4 with a walk and an RBI, his 32nd. But it was the lesser trio that did most of the damage, driving in five of the seven runs. The White Sox (14-13) move

series win this season.

nings after getting a no-decision in relief, and Francisco Rodriguez ers. each of his first five starts. recorded his 12th save in as many opportunities by getting Jhonny ANGELS 6, INDIANS 3 PADRES 6, GIANTS 4 Peralta to fly out with two on to BREWERS 5, ANAHEIM, Calif. — Mike end the game. CARDINALS 3 Trout had a go-ahead RBI single in SAN FRANCISCO — Rene ST. LOUIS — Khris Davis the eighth inning and Raul Ibanez Rivera hit a go-ahead three-run ROCKIES 8, added a two-run triple, leading the overcame striking out four times homer in the fifth to follow his DIAMONDBACKS 5 Angels to a victory over the Indi- earlier in the game and came two-run double for a career-high through with a run-scoring triple in ans. PHOENIX — Troy Tulowitz- five RBIs, single-handedly backFernando Salas (2-0) got the the 12th inning. ki homered, had two doubles and ing Tyson Ross in the San Diego Davis drove in Jonathan Lu- drove in three runs to lead the Padres’ victory against the San victory with a hitless eighth inning after relieving starter Tyler Skaggs, croy, who doubled off Seth Man- big-hitting Colorado Rockies to Francisco Giants. and former Indians setup man Joe ess (0-2) to start the inning. Mark a win over the Arizona DiamondRoss (3-3) did just enough over Smith got three outs for his first Reynolds then drove in Davis with backs. 5 1-3 innings to beat the Giants for save after replacing the ineffec- a sacrifice fly. Davis, who finished Baseball’s best offensive team the second time in 11 days, allowtive Ernesto Frieri as the Angels’ 1 for 6, struck out in the second, so far this season, the Rockies ing eight hits and four runs with fifth, sixth and 10th innings. closer. roughed up Wade Miley (2-3) for four strikeouts and two walks. C

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Harper could be sidelined until July WASHINGTON (AP) — Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper reportedly is going to be sidelined at least until July because of surgery on his left thumb. ESPN.com says the two-time All-Star will have the operation Tuesday.

On Tap Peninsula high school sports Tuesday Baseball Kenai at Homer, 7 p.m. Soccer Soldotna girls at Kenai, 4 p.m. Soldotna boys at Kenai, 6 p.m. Softball Homer at Skyview, 6 p.m. Thursday Softball Homer at Ketchikan, 3 p.m. Homer at Juneau-Douglas, 5 p.m. Kenai at Soldotna, 6 p.m. Soccer Houston girls at Homer, 4 p.m. Houston boys at Homer, 6 p.m. Colony girls at Nikiski, 4 p.m. Colony boys at Nikiski, 6 p.m. Baseball Soldotna at Kenai, 7 p.m. Friday Track Homer, Nikiski, Kenai, Soldotna at Palmer Relays Skyview at Dimond Softball Homer at Sitka, 3 p.m. Homer at Thunder Mountain, 5 p.m. Kenai at Dimond, TBA Kodiak at SoHi, 6 p.m. Baseball Colony at Homer, 6 p.m. Soccer Colony girls at Homer, 4 p.m. Colony boys at Homer, 6 p.m. Palmer girls at Nikiski, 4 p.m. Palmer boys at Nikiski, 6 p.m. Houston girls at SoHi, 3 p.m. Houston boys at SoHi, 5 p.m. Grace girls at Seward, 3 p.m. Grace boys at Seward, 5 p.m. Saturday Track Homer, Nikiski, Kenai, Soldotna at Palmer Relays Skyview at Dimond Softball Homer at Juneau Tourney, 8:30 a.m. Kenai at Service, TBA Kodiak at SoHi, noon Baseball Colony at Homer, 2:30 p.m. Soccer Colony girls at Skyview, 11 a.m. Colony boys at Skyview, 1 p.m. Houston girls at Nikiski, noon Houston boys at Nikiski, 2 p.m. Grace girls at Kenai, 2 p.m. Grace boys at Kenai, 4 p.m. Palmer girls at Seward, noon Palmer boys at Seward, 2 p.m.

Washington spokesman John Dever declined to comment. The team was off Monday, and plays Tuesday night at Houston. The Nationals put Harper on the 15-day disabled list Sunday, saying he had a sprained left thumb. Harper was hurt Friday night on a headfirst slide into third base on a triple against San Diego. He didn’t leave the game until after the next inning. “I slid into the bag and I caught it a little bit,” he said about his thumb after that game.

Bartlett sweeps Skyview Staff report

The visiting Skyview soccer teams were swept by Bartlett on Monday. The Skyview girls took a 6-0 loss, while the boys also were shut out and lost by a wide margin. Both Panthers squads dropped to 0-2 on the young season. “We kind of organized a little better,” Skyview girls coach David Carpenter said. “They’re taking baby steps and hoping to figure it out.” Carpenter said Mandee Lawson played in goal for the first half and was improved. He also said Ciarra Mahan did a great job in center midfield, sending balls up to Taylor Wilson. “A little later I think they will hook up real well,” Carpenter said. Skyview boys co-coach Ben Eveland said his squad did a good job early in the game, but Bartlett’s numbers began to wear the Panthers down. The Skyview boys host Colony at 11 a.m. Saturday, while the girls host the Knights at 1 p.m.

Scoreboard Basketball NBA Playoffs FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Saturday, April 26 Indiana 91, Atlanta 88 Dallas 109, San Antonio 108 Miami 98, Charlotte 85 Oklahoma City 92, Memphis 89, OT, series tied 2-2 Sunday, April 27 Washington 98, Chicago 89, Washington leads series 3-1 Golden State 118, L.A. Clippers 97, series tied 2-2 Toronto 87, Brooklyn 79, series tied 2-2 Portland 123, Houston 120, OT, Portland leads series 3-1 Monday, April 28 Miami 109, Charlotte 98, Miami wins series 4-0 Atlanta 107, Indiana 97, Atlanta leads series 3-2 San Antonio 93, Dallas 89, series tied 2-2 Tuesday, April 29 Washington at Chicago, 4 p.m. Memphis at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. Golden State at L.A. Clippers, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 30 Dallas at San Antonio, 3 p.m. Brooklyn at Toronto, 4 p.m. Portland at Houston, 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 1 Indiana at Atlanta, 3 p.m. x-Chicago at Washington, 3 or 4 p.m. Oklahoma City at Memphis, 4 or 5:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Golden State, 6:30 p.m. All Times ADT

Hockey NHL Playoffs (x-if necessary)

FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) Saturday, April 26 Boston 4, Detroit 2, Boston wins series 4-1 Pittsburgh 3, Columbus 1 Colorado 4, Minnesota 3, OT Los Angeles 3, San Jose 0 Sunday, April 27 N.Y. Rangers 4, Philadelphia 2, N.Y. Rangers leads series 3-2 Chicago 5, St. Louis 1, Chicago

wins series 4-2 Anaheim 5, Dallas 4, OT, Anaheim wins series 4-2 Monday, April 28 Pittsburgh 4, Columbus 3, Pittsburgh wins series 4-2 Minnesota 5, Colorado 2, series tied 3-3 Los Angeles 4, San Jose 1, series tied 3-3 Tuesday, April 29 N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 30 x-Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, 3 p.m. Minnesota at Colorado, 5:30 p.m. Los Angeles at San Jose, 6 p.m. All Times ADT

Baseball AL Standings

East Division W New York 15 Baltimore 12 Toronto 12 Boston 12 Tampa Bay 11 Central Division Detroit 12 Minnesota 12 Chicago 14 Kansas City 12 Cleveland 11 West Division Oakland 16 Texas 15 Los Angeles 12 Seattle 10 Houston 9

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Monday’s Games Oakland 4, Texas 0 Chicago White Sox 7, Tampa Bay 3 L.A. Angels 6, Cleveland 3 Tuesday’s Games Pittsburgh (Morton 0-3) at Baltimore (Tillman 3-1), 3:05 p.m. Seattle (C.Young 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 3-2), 3:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Bedard 0-1) at Boston (Lackey 3-2), 3:10 p.m. Oakland (Kazmir 3-0) at Texas (M.Perez 4-0), 4:05 p.m. Detroit (Verlander 3-1) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 1-2), 4:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 4-0) at Minnesota (Gibson 3-1), 4:10 p.m. Toronto (McGowan 1-1) at Kansas City (Vargas 2-0), 4:10 p.m. Washington (G.Gonzalez 3-1) at Houston (Cosart 1-2), 4:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Kluber 2-2) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 1-2), 6:05 p.m. All Times ADT

NL Standings

East Division W Atlanta 17 New York 14 Washington 14 Philadelphia 13 Miami 11 Central Division Milwaukee 19 St. Louis 14 Cincinnati 11 Pittsburgh 10 Chicago 8 West Division San Francisco 15 Colorado 15 Los Angeles 14 San Diego 13 Arizona 8

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Monday’s Games Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati, ppd., rain Milwaukee 5, St. Louis 3, 12 innings Colorado 8, Arizona 5 San Diego 6, San Francisco 4 Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Mets (Niese 1-2) at Philadelphia (Hamels 0-1), 3:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Morton 0-3) at Baltimore (Tillman 3-1), 3:05 p.m. Atlanta (A.Wood 2-3) at Miami (Fernandez 3-1), 3:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 0-2) at Cincinnati (Simon 3-1), 3:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 4-0) at Minnesota (Gibson 3-1), 4:10 p.m. Washington (G.Gonzalez 3-1) at Houston (Cosart 1-2), 4:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Lohse 4-1) at St. Louis (Lynn 4-1), 4:15 p.m. Colorado (Chatwood 1-0) at Arizona (Bolsinger 1-1), 5:40 p.m. San Diego (Stults 1-2) at San Francisco (M.Cain 0-3), 6:15 p.m. All Times ADT

Athletics 4, Rangers 0 Oak. 002 200 000—4 8 0 Tex. 000 000 000—0 3 0 Gray and Jaso; Darvish, Poreda (4), N.Martinez (5) and Chirinos. W_Gray 4-1. L_Darvish 1-1.

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Brewers 5, Cardinals 3, 12 inn. Mil. 000 000 300 002—5 11 1 SL 100 002 000 000—3 11 0 Gallardo, Thornburg (7), W.Smith (7), Henderson (8), Kintzler (9), Duke (10), Fr.Rodriguez (12) and Lucroy; Wacha, Neshek (7), C.Martinez (8), Rosenthal (9), Choate (11), Maness (12) and Y.Molina. W_Duke 2-0. L_Maness 0-2. Sv_Fr.Rodriguez (12). HRs_ St. Louis, Holliday (2), Craig (2).

Rockies 8, Diamondbacks 5 Col. 102 103 001—8 12 0 Ari. 012 010 100—5 10 2 Morales, Kahnle (6), Ottavino (7), Logan (8), Hawkins (9) and Pacheco; Miley, Delgado (7), Thatcher (9), Putz (9) and Montero. W_Morales 3-1. L_Miley 2-3. Sv_Hawkins (8). HRs_Colorado, Tulowitzki (6), Morneau (6). Arizona, G.Parra (2).

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Transactions BASEBALL American League HOUSTON ASTROS — Traded RHP Lucas Harrell to Arizona for

cash or a player to be named. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Optioned 2B Ryan Goins to Buffalo (IL). FOOTBALL National Football League CINCINNATI BENGALS — Waived C Scott Wedige. CLEVELAND BROWNS — Waived K Brandon Bogotay. GREEN BAY PACKERS — Released RB Orwin Smith. NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed QB Rusty Smith. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Named Jeff Ireland as a consultant through the 2014 NFL Draft. ST. LOUIS RAMS — Exercised the 2015 contract option on DE Robert Quinn. HOCKEY National Hockey League CALGARY FLAMES — Named Brad Treliving general manager. CAROLINA HURRICANES — Announced the resignation of general manager Jim Rutherford, who will remain in an advisory role as team president. Promoted Ron Francis to general manager and Brian Tatum to assistant general manager. Named Mike Vellucci assistant general manager and director of hockey operations. SOCCER National Women’s Soccer League NWSL — Suspended Western New York MF Carli Lloyd two games for use of excessive force against Chicago MF Vanessa DiBernardo during an April 19 game. COLLEGE AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE — Named Scott Draper associate commissioner for football. CAMPBELL — Named Cary Kolat wrestling coach. MARQUETTE_Named Justin Gainey director of basketball operations. MISSOURI — Named Kim Anderson men’s basketball coach. TENNESSEE — Released men’s basketball F CJ Turman from his letter of intent. WAKE FOREST — Named Ryan Horn director of athletic performance for men’s basketball. YESHIVA — Named Elliot Steinmetz men’s basketball coach.

Seahawks sign Thomas for 4 years RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Earl Thomas is the latest member of the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks to be locked up for the future. The best free safety in the NFL is getting rewarded quite well. Thomas and the Seahawks reached agreement Monday on a $40 million, four-year contract extension with just over $27.7 million guaranteed, according

to two people with knowledge of the agreement. They spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because there had been no announcement from the team. The agreement was first reported by NFL.com. Thomas, a two-time firstteam All-Pro, could have gone into the 2014 season with free agency on the horizon. Instead, Seattle made sure to keep the

most important cog of its defense through the 2018 season. It’s the latest move in a strong offseason for the defending champions. While there were losses in free agency and difficult roster decisions with expensive veterans released, Seattle re-signed defensive end Michael Bennett before free agency began, then locked up coach Pete Carroll with an extension through 2016.

The debate was whether Seattle could get a long-term deal done with either Thomas or cornerback Richard Sherman before either became a free agent after the 2014 season. Thomas’ deal is finished and the Seahawks can turn their attention toward trying to get a deal done with Sherman and solidifying three-fourths of the top secondary in the NFL for years to come.

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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.

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Photo-happy grandparents need to change their view DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married for three years and have two beautiful children. Shortly before our first child was born, my in-laws bought a new camera. They bring it along to every visit and constantly take pictures of all of us. Neither my husband nor I likes having our pictures taken. My in-laws have thousands of pictures of all of us already. The biggest problem is that they don’t have a relationship with their grandchildren because of this. They complain that the kids “don’t like them.” They feel they should therefore visit more often, but in reality, these visits consist of nonstop photo-snapping, and no quality time is spent with either of the children. How do I make this stop without causing problems? — OUT OF FOCUS IN NEW YORK DEAR OUT OF FOCUS: A diplomatic approach would be to suggest to your in-laws that they “shoot” only for a limited time when they visit — no longer than the first 10 minutes. Explain that you realize the kids are growing and changing quickly, and you understand their desire to record all of it, but the children need a deeper kind of interaction with their grandparents in order to form a positive bond with them. Then suggest some ways they can relate to the little ones after the camera is put away. If they balk, tell them the reason their grand-

children don’t seem to like them is that children need face-to-face and eye contact, and the camera has prevented it from happening. If they’re smart, they’ll listen. DEAR ABBY: I’m a 43-year-old woman who has been in a relationship with a man I dated many years ago, “Charles.” When we recon- Abigail Van Buren nected three years ago, I had a dog, “Frosty.” One year into the relationship, Charles asked me to get rid of Frosty because he thinks dogs are unsanitary. I loved Frosty and kept him, but it caused all kinds of problems with my boyfriend. When Charles and I moved in together three months ago, he insisted I get rid of Frosty and I caved. I miss my little friend so much it hurts. Memories of him are everywhere. I am able to get him back, but is it crazy that I would jeopardize my relationship because I want to keep my dog? — IN THE DOGHOUSE DEAR IN THE DOGHOUSE: I don’t think it’s

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crazy, and I’m sure my animal-loving readers — who number in the millions — would agree with me. People bond with their pets to such an extent that in the event of a natural disaster, some of them refuse to be separated from their companions. That Charles would insist you get rid of Frosty shows extreme insensitivity for your feelings, in addition to disregard for your beloved pet in whom you had a significant emotional investment. Could Charles be jealous of the affection you have shown Frosty? Not knowing him, I can’t guess. But if you are forced to choose between the two of them, you should seriously consider choosing the dog. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www. DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. Abby shares more than 100 of her favorite recipes in two booklets: “Abby’s Favorite Recipes” and “More Favorite Recipes by Dear Abby.” Send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $14 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby, Cookbooklet Set, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. (Shipping and handling are included in the price.)

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Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars A baby born today has a Sun and Moon in Taurus. HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday, April 29, 2014: This year you have a new beginning in at least one area of your life. You’ll be more energetic and more willing to take risks. Communication flourishes. You will tend to do what you must 100 percent, which will open the door to many possibilities. If you are single, you will meet someone with ease, yet it often might seem like someone better is right around the corner. If you are attached, you could be very me-oriented. Obviously, this behavior could cause a problem in your relationship. Make sure to be sensitive to your mate. This person will enjoy your more upbeat personality. TAURUS often challenges you. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH Be aware of the costs of proceeding as you have been. The unexpected will occur with a partner, who could be described as combative. Verbalize more of what you want. Make an adjustment that a boss or higher-up demands. Tonight: Say “no” to an extravagance. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH You’ll beam in more of what you want because of your ability to brainstorm well with one specific person. Reach out to someone who always sheds clarity onto a situation. Screen calls as you weigh the pros and cons of a key matter. Tonight: Take the lead. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH Make it OK to be a little less

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A virtually safe credit card Dear Heloise: My credit-card bank offers its customers a “Virtual Credit Card” (VCC) for use in online purchases (for now, only online purchases are included in the setup). It virtually eliminates anyone hacking onto an online site and getting your credit-card information. It’s so simple. You can download the VCC software from the bank’s secure site right onto your computer. Then, when you go online to make a purchase, you can generate a VCC for that purchase only. The bank issues you a VCC for that specific purchase, and even if the VCC is hacked, it cannot be used for anything else. Your readers would be wise to check with their bank to see if this service is offered. — Len D. in New Hampshire A safe way to shop online. When I first started shopping on the Web, I got a separate credit card with a different variation of my name. I use this card ONLY for online shopping, so if something does happen, it is not tied to any other credit cards. — Heloise Detangled chain Dear Heloise: After taking a trip with my daughter, I pulled my jewelry from the bag it was in and found a tangled mess of chains. If I pulled, the chains became more tightly knotted. I had no way of separating them, until my daughter said I should try making the chains slide more easily by using baby powder. After a little loosening and pulling the chains apart with a pin, they were good as new! — Danielle in Utah

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Wildlife center seeks sponsors for animals WAYNESBORO, Va. (AP) — The Wildlife Center of Virginia is seeking sponsors for animals that can’t be released back into the wild. About two dozen animals are permanent residents of the center in Waynesboro. They include hawks, owls, opossums and snakes. Many serve as educational ambassadors and appear with outreach staff at school assemblies and other events. Supports can sponsor these animals through the center’s “Caring for Critters” program. A full year sponsorship is $50 and a six-month sponsorship is $25. The center’s director of outreach, Amanda Nicholson, tells The News-Virginian that sponsorship money generally helps provide food and shelter for any animals in need. A new program offers academic year sponsorships for teachers and classrooms. This $35 sponsorship generally is for a nine-month period.

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Certified wildlife rehabilitator Jennifer Burghoffer of the Blue Ridge Wildlife Center in Millwood, Va., prepares to release a Cooper’s Hawk, April 23, that was found in February bleeding from the wing on the Our Health campus in Winchester, Va. The hawk was released near the spot where he was found.

Have a photogenic pet? Send us a picture! Pet photos run on the Pets page every Tuesday. They can be color or black and white and may include people. Limit one photo per household. They may be e-mailed to news@ peninsulaclarion.com, dropped off at the Kenai office or mailed to the Clarion at P.O. Box 3009, Kenai, 99611. A brief explanation of the photo, the pet’s and owner’s names, owner’s address and phone number must be included. Photos with an address written on the back will be returned. For more information, call 283-7551.

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