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MONDAY, MAY 5, 2014 Soldotna-Kenai, Alaska

Vol. 44, Issue 184

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In the news Motorcyclists killed on Alaska highway identified

ANCHORAGE — Three motorcyclists killed in a crash on a key Alaska highway north of Anchorage have been identified. Alaska State Troopers spokesman Tim DeSpain says four motorcyclists struck a vehicle on the Glenn Highway that had been pushed into their lane Saturday night. Three were pronounced dead at the scene. Troopers identified them as 53-yearold James Carlyle and his 48-year-old wife, Sabrina Carlyle, both of Wasilla, and 63-year-old Elaine Loew of Anchorage. Loew’s husband is the fourth rider. DeSpain says the husband was taken to a hospital as a precaution but wasn’t injured. Troopers says the crash occurred when a Ford F-250 stopped to make a turn and was rear-ended by a Chevrolet van and pushed into the oncoming lane. All four oncoming motorcyclists then collided with the truck. No one else was seriously hurt. —The Associated Press

Inside ‘We’re angry that the separatists were set free and we demand that anyone who calls for the breakup of Ukraine be punished’ ... See page A-7

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Shrinking the funding gap KPBSD calculating how much district will get following session By KAYLEE OSOWSKI Peninsula Clarion

While the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District will see more money to help close its funding gap thanks to an increase in state appropriations, district administrators still have questions about funding and other aspects of House Bill 278 passed by lawmakers. The Legislature increased the Base Student Allocation — the per-student funding method — by $150 for fiscal year 2015 and by $50 for each of the following two years. It also allocated set dollar amounts to be distributed statewide as one-time funding. Districts will get nearly $43 million in FY15, $32.2 million the following year, and nearly $20 million in FY17. Of the $43 million, KPBSD is estimated to get nearly $3 million. “The amount from (the state) is going to close it further, but it’s not going to close it all the way,” Superintendent Steve Atwater said. He said services in the current budget will be maintained; the additional funds won’t lead to expansion of services. The KPBSD Board of Education passed a more than $161.2 million operating budget on April 14. When administrators first began working on the budget, they faced an $8.6 million deficit. “In November I didn’t anticipate receiving as much as we did in the end from the state,” Assistant Superintendent Dave

Jones said. Jones is working to recalculate state revenues with the new BSA levels. He said while the state makes calculations for the district, KPBSD also has to do its own calculations to make sure the figures agree. The district is also waiting on a dollar amount from the Kenai Peninsula Borough for how much it will contribute. The funding cap for the borough goes up when the state increases its contribution. Lawmakers also changed the funding calculation for local government contributions in the bill. Previously local contributions were figured only based on the basic need funding from the state, which is calculated using the BSA. The state’s annual one-time funding will now be included in the formula to calculate local governments’ minimum and maximum contribution levels. The borough budget will be introduced to the assembly Tuesday. “We do a revision to the (KPBSD) budget after the pieces fall into place,” Atwater said. In July the district will do its first budget revision with the new amounts. While the Legislature has approved the bill, Gov. Sean Parnell still has veto power. Charter schools saw support from the Legislature in the approved bill. KPBSD has four operating charter schools, which Jones said is one of the highest numbers of charters per See BILL, page A-10

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion

Sport show fishing

Joey VonHeeder, 7, fishes for a rainbow trout with his father Lucas VonHeeder Saturday during the Kenai Peninsula Sport, Rec and Trade Show at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna.

Bikers get blessed for safe riding season By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion

A convoy of motorcycles pulled into the Nikiski Church of the Nazarene parking lot Sunday and before long more than 40 bikes parked in front with their chrome accents gleaming in the sun and the sound of muffled engines in the air. Riders from all over the Kenai Peninsula gathered for a bike blessing at the church. The annual ceremony is held on the Photo by Dan Balmer/Peninsula Clarion first Sunday in May to usher More than 40 motorcycle enthusiasts gathered at the Nikiski in safe travel this summer on Church of the Nazarene in Nikiski for a biker blessing Sunday.

Alaskan roadways. News of three motorcyclists killed in an accident on the Glenn Highway Saturday in Palmer weighed heavily on Nikiski resident Scott Hamann’s mind as he said a few words during the morning service. According to an Alaska State Troopers report, the accident occurred when a vehicle stopped to make a turn but was rear-ended by another vehicle and pushed into the oncoming lane where four motorcyclists then collided with it. Three of the four were pronounced dead

on scene while the other rider was hospitalized. “I’m sure when they woke up yesterday morning they were not thinking it would be their last day on earth,” he said. “It serves as a somber reminder to make every day count and cherish your loved ones.” Church of the Nazarene pastor Jason Evoy said bike blessing is his favorite Sunday of the year because regardless of faith everyone present shared the sanctity of humanity. Bikers clad in black leather See BIKE, page A-10

Tustumena departs Ketchikan after overhaul By SCOTT BOWLEN Ketchikan Daily News

KETCHIKAN — A remarkable vessel in Alaska maritime history — some say legendary —was hunkered down at the Ketchikan Shipyard recently for an annual overhaul. The Alaska Marine Highway System ferry Tustumena has served nearly a half-century in Alaska’s roughest waters, earning the nickname “Trusty Tusty” as it continues to be a welcome sight in its ports of call at Homer, Kodiak, Seldovia and on out the Aleutian Chain. “I admire it greatly,” said Capt. William Hopkins of Ketchikan, a now-retired AMHS ferry captain

who served aboard the Tustumena in several capacities over the years, beginning in 1973. “I believe it is an historic ship. ... I also call it the Legendary Tustumena, as it certainly is a legend in the area that it operates.” One of its two current skippers, Capt. Keith Austin, provided a tour of the ferry to the Daily News as the overhaul work was being completed by Vigor Alaska and Tustumena crews. For Southeast Alaskans familiar with the state’s mainline ferries such as the Malaspina and the smaller LeConte, the Tustumena is at once recognizable as an AMHS ferry — but it’s noticeably different. The unique “king post” struc-

ture rising above the aft portion of the ferry is an obvious external cue. Inside, the Tustumena seems more compact, its passageways narrower, and its construction stronger than most of its fleetmates. It feels stout, and it should. The Tustumena is as an openocean ship, a designation it shares with just one other AMHS ferry, the Kennicott. Built in 1963 in Sturgeon Bay, Wis., the Tustumena was the state ferry system’s fourth vessel and was designed specifically with Southwest Alaska in mind. Not only did the ship need to be strong because of that region’s demanding waterways and weather, it would have to acC

commodate a variety of docking situations that are quite unlike the standard ferry terminal ramps in Southeast Alaska. “When you’re out there (in Southwest Alaska), you’re tying up to cannery and city-owned docks,” Hopkins said. “They don’t have bridge ramps like we have in Southeast.” The Tustumena’s ability to load and unload vehicles at almost any dock is due to its vehicle elevator system. The aforementioned king-post structure is involved with raising and lowering vehicles by elevator between the dock and ferry’s car-deck level. A transfer bridge allows vehicles to move between the dock and the ferry’s elevator sys-

tem, which can handle two cars or one van at a time. Austin said the Tustumena’s offload and load process can take more than two hours, compared to as little as one-half hour at a Southeast Alaska terminal. The current Tustumena is a longer ship than when it was first built. Its hull was lengthened by 56 feet in 1969 to provide better handling in rough waters, according to AMHS information. Later, its superstructure was stretched forward by 22 feet. The vessel expansions added vehicle and stateroom capacity, in addition to an enclosed sundeck, bow thrusters and larger See TUSTY, page A-10

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AccuWeather 5-day forecast for Kenai-Soldotna

Barrow 20/13

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Tuesday

Wednesday

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Tides Today High(ft.)

Prudhoe Bay 27/4

First Second

8:44 a.m. (16.7) 10:03 p.m. (15.8)

3:51 a.m. (5.3) 4:20 p.m. (2.2)

7:31 a.m. (16.0) 8:50 p.m. (15.1)

2:00 a.m. (5.4) 2:29 p.m. (2.3)

First Second

6:50 a.m. (14.8) 8:09 p.m. (13.9)

12:56 a.m. (5.4) 1:25 p.m. (2.3)

First Second

5:22 a.m. (8.6) 7:07 p.m. (7.2)

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First Second

12:04 a.m. (27.2) 11:39 a.m. (25.7)

6:18 a.m. (7.3) 6:44 p.m. (3.7)

Deep Creek

Mostly sunny

Hi: 60 Lo: 40

Mostly cloudy with a little rain

Chance for a couple of showers

A couple of showers possible

Times of clouds and sun

Hi: 57 Lo: 39

Hi: 55 Lo: 38

Hi: 56 Lo: 37

Hi: 54 Lo: 36

The patented AccuWeather.com RealFeel Temperature® is an exclusive index of the effects of temperature, wind, Sunrise humidity, sunshine intensity, cloudiness, precipitation, Sunset pressure and elevation on the human body.

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

57 60 63 62

First May 6

Today 5:49 a.m. 10:15 p.m.

Full May 14

Daylight

Length of Day - 16 hrs., 26 min., 22 sec. Moonrise Moonset Daylight gained - 5 min., 16 sec.

Alaska Cities Yesterday Hi/Lo/W

City 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

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Last May 21

Today 11:27 a.m. 3:01 a.m.

Tomorrow 5:46 a.m. 10:18 p.m.

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Kotzebue 32/25/sf 43/37/c 41/34/pc McGrath 65/39/c 61/39/pc 63/45/s Metlakatla 59/45/s 32/23/sf 20/13/sn Nome 34/28/pc 47/30/c 49/28/s North Pole 65/42/pc 45/37/c 46/37/r Northway 67/31/pc 60/32/pc 55/37/pc Palmer 69/40/pc 67/46/pc 57/38/c Petersburg 59/36/s 61/39/c 48/35/c Prudhoe Bay* 34/23/sf 54/37/pc 56/41/c Saint Paul 40/28/c 41/36/c 42/35/c Seward 57/39/pc 68/41/r 53/36/sh Sitka 60/41/s 63/36/pc 49/30/c Skagway 58/37/s 68/34/pc 58/32/pc Talkeetna 66/31/pc 66/31/pc 65/34/pc Tanana 60/30/c 61/36/s 62/41/s Tok* 65/34/pc 59/39/pc 57/41/pc Unalakleet 36/30/c 63/34/s 61/38/s Valdez 59/38/pc 63/36/s 61/42/s Wasilla 68/36/pc 27/24/c 31/20/c Whittier 61/39/pc 53/35/pc 61/39/c Willow* 67/42/pc 66/32/s 60/40/s Yakutat 59/32/s 60/37/pc 51/40/r Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

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Unalakleet McGrath 39/22 57/30

New May 28 Tomorrow 12:36 p.m. 3:24 a.m.

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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

53/45/sh 85/53/s 97/58/s 83/44/s 85/56/s 69/45/sh 90/55/s 75/43/pc 60/41/t 87/52/s 45/31/sn 69/50/sh 62/51/sh 53/39/pc 78/39/pc 87/56/s 78/45/pc 85/47/s 58/50/pc 79/45/pc 74/51/pc

62/37/pc 82/55/pc 96/55/s 81/50/s 86/63/s 67/42/pc 90/60/s 65/45/pc 66/46/t 87/61/s 66/46/pc 65/45/t 64/43/pc 56/38/pc 76/41/pc 90/64/s 72/50/t 86/57/s 57/41/c 78/45/pc 75/50/pc

Dillingham 56/41

From the Peninsula Clarion in Kenai

24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. 0.00" Month to date ........................... 0.00" Normal month to date ............. 0.10" Year to date .............................. 2.91" Normal year to date ................. 3.17" Record today ................. 0.33" (1977) Record for May ............. 2.77" (1966) Record for year ............ 27.09" (1963)

Juneau 61/38

National Extremes

Kodiak 51/40

Sitka 53/41

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107 at Death Valley, Calif. 21 at Fosston,

State Extremes High yesterday Low yesterday

Ketchikan 61/42

69 at Eagle and Palmer 19 at Point Lay

Today’s Forecast

(Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation)

Showers and thunderstorms will overspread the Northwest today as strong wind gusts whip the Southwest. Record-breaking heat will bake the southern Plains as showers dampen the southern mid-Atlantic.

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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

63/50/pc 89/51/s 68/56/pc 58/43/pc 96/61/s 68/52/sh 85/55/pc 66/49/pc 60/48/pc 53/31/pc 93/55/s 50/30/pc 73/36/s 57/45/pc 58/39/t 65/49/sh 62/39/t 85/71/pc 88/61/s 68/48/pc 87/54/s

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91/60/s 84/58/pc 83/75/pc 89/66/pc 87/60/s 69/58/pc 85/58/pc 85/61/s 86/73/pc 98/63/s 50/37/c 62/44/pc 86/60/s 84/63/s 69/48/s 66/52/pc 97/66/s 76/53/pc 89/63/s 68/45/pc 96/71/pc

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Pittsburgh Portland, ME Portland, OR Rapid City Reno Sacramento Salt Lake City San Antonio San Diego San Francisco Santa Fe Seattle Sioux Falls, SD Spokane Syracuse Tampa Topeka Tucson Tulsa Wash., DC Wichita

64/49/pc 61/44/t 61/52/r 64/39/pc 74/54/pc 74/51/pc 76/64/pc 92/60/s 74/63/pc 68/55/pc 82/39/s 58/48/r 57/36/c 61/46/c 54/44/r 85/59/s 88/52/s 96/61/s 94/63/s 81/55/pc 102/58/s

By SANDRA CHEREB Associated Press

CARSON CITY, Nev. — Nevada wildlife biologists are recommending 100 hunting tags for ewes to reduce the numbers of some bighorn sheep populations and improve the overall health of herds. The Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners earlier authorized the hunt — the first in Nevada targeting female

Yesterday Hi/Lo/W

Acapulco 94/76/pc Athens 75/55/pc Auckland 70/50/s Baghdad 94/68/s Berlin 50/36/c Hong Kong 84/72/r Jerusalem 89/64/pc Johannesburg 73/53/s London 61/41/pc Madrid 79/45/s Magadan 40/24/pc Mexico City 76/52/t Montreal 52/46/r Moscow 50/32/pc Paris 63/41/s Rome 66/52/pc Seoul 66/46/pc Singapore 91/81/t Sydney 68/51/pc Tokyo 72/59/s Vancouver 53/48/r

Today Hi/Lo/W 91/78/pc 72/58/r 67/61/sh 101/76/s 57/43/c 76/70/r 87/69/c 74/47/s 64/54/pc 83/50/s 42/26/c 79/53/pc 54/39/c 47/35/c 69/55/pc 69/54/s 60/43/s 90/78/t 66/52/s 68/58/c 58/46/r

bighorn sheep. Biologists are recommending 85 tags for Desert bighorn ewes found in southern Nevada and 15 California ewe tags in northern Nevada. Biologists say it’s a decision of “last resort” because of ongoing drought and range conditions. But it’s also a testament to the success of Nevada’s efforts over the past four decades to restore sheep numbers. Populations have quadrupled to about 12,000 since the

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Cold Bay 46/37

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High ............................................... 54 Low ................................................ 34 Normal high .................................. 53 Normal low .................................... 33 Record high ....................... 66 (2004) Record low ......................... 18 (1965)

Kenai/ Soldotna 60/40 Seward 57/40 Homer 57/41

Anchorage 63/45

Bethel 49/28

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first sheep were released in the late 1960s. “We now have more sheep than any other state except Alaska,” Department of Wildlife spokesman Chris Healy said. Over the years, Nevada has been moving sheep to various mountain ranges and transferring them to other states, including 50 that were taken to a new home in Utah last fall. “We’re running out of places to put them,” Healy said. Sheep are also prone to disease outbreaks and die-offs,

something exacerbated with the animals are stressed from drought, lack of forage, and degraded and cramped habitat, biologists said. Tests last year on animals in southern Nevada confirmed the presence of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae. That bacteria and another, Pasteurella, is strongly associated with pneumonia outbreaks in populations of free-ranging bighorn sheep through the western U.S. The presence of the bacteria makes those herds unsuitable for transplant elsewhere.

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Peninsula Clarion, Monday, May 5, 2014

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 a.m. • Narcotics Anonymous PJ Meeting, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Suite 71 in the old Carrs Mall in Kenai. Call 262-1917. 5 p.m. • TOPS group 182 meets at the Sterling Senior Center. Call 260-7606. 5:30 p.m. • Cardiac Patient Support Group at Central Peninsula Hospital, Redoubt Room. Call 398-7763. 6 p.m. • Kenai Bridge Club plays duplicate bridge at the Kenai Senior Center. Call 252-9330 or 283-7609. 7 p.m. • Women’s Barbershop sings at the Soldotna Church of God on the corner of Redoubt and Binkley. For more information, call 335-6789 or 262-4504. • Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “Middle of the Road” at United Methodist Church, 15811 Sterling Highway, Ninilchik. • Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “Dopeless Hope Fiends,” 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. • Alcoholics Anonymous “Into Action” group, VFW basement Birch Street, Soldotna, 907-262-0995. 8 p.m. • Al-Anon Support Group at Central Peninsula Hospital in the Augustine Room, Soldotna. Call 252-0558. The Community Calendar lists recurring events and meetings of local organizations. To have your event listed, email organization name, day or days of meeting, time of meeting, place, and a contact phone number to news@ peninsulaclarion.com.

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The Peninsula Clarion strives to report the deaths of all current and former Peninsula residents. Notices should be received within three months of the death. We offer two types of death reports: Pending service/Death notices: Brief notices listing full name, age, date and place of death; and time, date and place of service. These are published at no charge. Obituaries: The Clarion charges a fee to publish obituaries. Obituaries are prepared by families, funeral homes, crematoriums, and are edited by our staff according to newspaper guidelines. Obituaries up to 300 words are charged $50, which includes a one-year online guest book memoriam to on Legacy.com. Obituaries up to 500 words are charged $100, which also includes the one-year online guest book memoriam. Tax is not included. All charges include publication of a black and white photo. Obituaries outside these guidelines are handled by the Clarion advertising department. How to submit: Funeral homes and crematoriums routinely submit completed obituaries to the newspaper. Obituaries may also be submitted directly to the Clarion, online at www. peninsulaclarion.com, or by mail to: Peninsula Clarion, P.O. Box 3009, Kenai, Alaska, 99611. Pre-payment must accompany all submissions not already handled by a funeral home or crematorium. Deadlines: Submissions for Tuesday – Friday editions must be received by 2 p.m. the previous day. Submissions for Sunday and Monday editions must be received by 3 p.m. Friday. We do not process obituaries on Saturdays or Sundays unless submitted by funeral homes or crematoriums. Obituaries are placed on a space-available basis, prioritized by dates of local services. Copyright: All death notices and obituaries become property of the Clarion and may not be republished in any format. For more information, call the Clarion at 907-283-7551.

Around the Peninsula National infant immunization week under way

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Alumni, community invited to celebrate choir director’s career

Kenai public health is offering free immunizations for all ages though Saturday specifially targeting children from birth to the age of 4. Uninsured or underinsured people qualify. Nation infant immunization week runs from April 27 to May 3 to cover those at high risk. The goal of immunization week is to strengthen the herd immunity and prevent exposure to measles, pertussis and chicken pox. For anyone unable to get in this week call Charlie Barrows, Kenai Public Health nurse manager at 335-3400 to make arrangements for free immunizations next week.

After 43 years of outstanding and dedicated teaching, Kenai Central High School choir director Renée C. Henderson will be directing her final KCHS Choir concert (the “Pops” concert) 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 music and gift for teaching has inspired thousands of students to discover their talents. Please take the time to join us in thanking Renée for her unparalleled commitment to our students and our community, as well as for the important legacy of music with which she leaves us. For those wishing to contribute, please email marymccubbins@ gmail.com.

Kenai River rugby club seeking recruits

Free Thinkers to discuss ethics

Anyone interested in playing an exciting team sport this summer is invited to join the Kenai River Wolfpack rugby club for practice on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at the Frontage Road fields in Kenai (on the bluff, behind the Backdoor Lounge). No experience is necessary. Practices will cover the basics of the game for beginners with light contact ruck and maul drills as the team prepares for summer tournaments in Anchorage. The Wolfpack will host the Dipnet Fest Tournament July 12 in Kenai. New members are encouraged to bring cleats and a mouthgard for practices.

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. Please bring along anyone you feel may be Cardiac support group examines nutrition interested. Please email courageoustiger@gmail.com with questions. Note: This event is held at, not sponsored by the The Cardiac Support Group will meet in the Redoubt Soldotna Public Library. Room at Central Peninsula Hospital Monday from 5:30-7:00 p.m. Steve Lokken, a Nutritionist with CPH, will be our guest speaker. For more information call Jeanette Rodgers at 262- Walk MS coming to Soldotna 5547 or 252-1018. Walk MS, an event to raise funds for research, services and programs for people living with multiple sclerosis, steps off at Caregiver Support to discuss blood pressure 10 a.m. May 17 at Soldotna High School. The National MS Society, Greater Northwest Chapter has set its sights on raising A Caregiver Support meeting Tuesday at the Sterling Senior $6,200 at Walk MS Soldotna. To start a team, make a donation, Center from 1:00-2:00 p.m. will cover the topic: “Using Your sign up to volunteer or learn more, call the National Multiple Home Blood Pressure Cuff.” For more information call Shelley Sclerosis Society, Greater Northwest Chapter, at 800-344-4867 at 907-262-1280. and press 2, or visit www.walkMSnorthwest.org.

‘Spider-Man 2’ ropes in $92 million opening By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer

NEW YORK — Spider-Man can still sling it at the box office. “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” debuted with $92 million in North American theaters over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. It was a solid opening for Sony’s Columbia Pictures, which has released five movies about Marvel’s web-slinging superhero in the last 14 years. The release of “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” essentially kicks off Hollywood’s summer season and its annual parade of sequels and spectacle. Marvel movies have regularly commenced summer moviegoing in recent years, and the “SpiderMan 2” opening begins the season with a business-as-usual blockbuster performance. Last week’s No. 1 film, the female revenge comedy “The Other Woman,” starring Cameron Diaz, slid to a distant second with $14 million in its second weekend. The rebooted “Spider-Man” franchise starring Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone isn’t performing quite as strongly as Sam Raimi’s trilogy with Tobey Maguire. On opening weekends, the Raimi films grossed, in order: $114.1 million, $88.2

million and $151.1 million. The “The Amazing SpiderMan,” also directed by Marc Webb, opened on a Tuesday in 2012, making $62 million on its debut weekend and $137 million over its first six days. The new sequel, which began rolling out overseas two weeks ago, is also doing huge international business. It has already grossed $161 million abroad, and it added another $116 million over the weekend. That included $10.4 million from China, where it opened Sunday on a record 11,002 screens. And it set a record for Hollywood titles in India with a $6.5 million debut. “Everywhere we opened just popped,” said Rory Bruer, head of domestic distribution for Sony. Domestically, families made up 33 percent of the audience of the PG-13 “The Amazing Spider-Man 2,” a high percentage for a superhero film. “It did seem to have a very strong component to the film,

which we felt was an opportunity,” Bruer said. “It also lends itself to a picture that will be around the market for a while, too.” But as Hollywood’s summer rolls on, the competition gets stiffer. In two weeks, Warner Bros. opens the highly anticipated monster movie “Godzilla.” Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box-office tracker Rentrak, said that shouldn’t pose problems for the Marvel juggernaut. “In the summer, two weeks is a lot of time between blockbusters,” Dergarabedian said. “You don’t see this kind of consistency in a particular genre that often.” “Spider-Man” follows Marvel’s “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” released by Disney, by just a month. (The “Captain America” sequel is still in the top 5, with $7.8 million in its fifth week.) The marketplace made way for “Spider-Man” over the weekend with no other new wide releases. Sony’s “Heaven Is for Real” continued to appeal to faith-based audiences, haul-

ing in $8.7 million in its third week. Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Rentrak. Where available, latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released on Monday. 1. “The Amazing SpiderMan 2,” $92 million ($116 million international). 2. “The Other Woman,” $14 million ($19.5 million international). 3. “Heaven Is for Real,” $8.7 million. 4. “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” $7.8 million ($10 million international). 5. “Rio 2,” $7.6 million ($24.5 million international). 6. “Brick Mansions,” $3.5 million ($3 million international). 7. “Divergent,” $2.2 million ($9.8 million international). 8. “The Quiet Ones,” $2 million. 9. “God’s Not Dead,” $1.8 million. 10. “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” $1.7 million ($8.6 million international).

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Peace prize or salmon exports? Norway wears its status as homeland

of the Nobel Peace Prize proudly, which is why the decision by its prime minister not to meet with the Dalai Lama was so disappointing. The Norwegian leader, Erna Solberg, bowed to pressure from China and won’t meet with the exiled Tibetan during his visit next month. China, which invaded Tibet in the early 1950s, accuses the Dalai Lama of fomenting separatism, and has insisted that foreign governments cut off contact with him. For decades, though, most countries ignored those demands, and rightly so: All governments should listen to diverse points of view, and just because an official meets with a leader like the Dalai Lama shouldn’t be taken as an endorsement. Now, with China’s rise as an economic power, more countries clearly feel that they can’t afford to antagonize Beijing. Norway’s strained ties with China, for instance, have reportedly hurt salmon exports. It’s to the credit of the Obama administration that the United States has maintained the policy of previous presidents by meeting with the Dalai Lama, just as the president meets with opposition leaders from other countries. Solberg’s decision not to meet with the Dalai Lama will probably have little direct impact. But Norway’s decision is sadly reflective of China’s long efforts to reset the rules of the road in international affairs — at the expense of the values embodied by Norway’s most famous prize. — Boston Globe, April 29

Obama at a ‘dead point’

When the Washington Post-ABC News poll at the end of March showed a very slim plurality supporting Obamacare, Democrats hoped the health-care law had finally turned the proverbial corner. Then came the Post-ABC poll in April. It had the law underwater again, with 44 percent supporting it and 49 percent opposed, right back to where it was in January. This is consistent with a new Wall Street Journal-NBC News poll that has 36 percent of people considering the health-care law a good idea and 46 percent a bad idea, and consistent with the Kaiser poll that has had support for the law at 38 percent to 46 percent the past two months. The more Obamacare’s standing with the public changes, the more it stays the same. Democrats always want to insist that the debate over the health-care law is over. If so, they have lost it — at least the debate over whether the law is worthy of support. The March Obamacare enrollment surge hasn’t brought springtime for President Barack Obama, just the soggy reality that he stands to be about as much of a drag on his party in November as anyone would have expected a few months ago. He ticked up to a 44 percent job-approval rating in The Wall Street Journal-NBC News poll, while he is at 41 percent, his lowest showing ever, in the Post-ABC News survey. According to every indicator, the public is sour, the economy lackluster and Republicans much more motivated to vote

than Democrats. The general environment looks to be November 2010 all over again, except it hasn’t been preceded by an interlude of historic Democratic accomplishments. The president just Rich Lowry concluded an appropriately desultory trip to Asia. He has always wanted not to “pivot to Asia,” as the slogan would have it, but to pivot to home. The grand strategy abroad has been to duck and cover and hope the unraveling of the U.S. position is slow enough that any dire consequences can be avoided until, say, Hillary Clinton’s first term. There are two big problems with this approach. One is that while the public is exhausted with the world, it can’t enjoy seeing us look powerless or get humiliated by thuggish adversaries. This explains the seeming paradox of the president giving the public what it wants — You think we should have less influence in the world? No problem! — but still getting low marks on foreign policy. He’s at his lowest rating yet, 38 percent, on his handling of foreign affairs in the WSJNBC News poll. Approval for his handling of the Ukraine crisis specifically is in the 30s in both polls. And that seems high. The presi-

dent’s excruciatingly labored response to Russia’s slow-rolling invasion of a sovereign European country constitutes, at best, a flashing yellow light for Vladimir Putin’s aggression. As the distressing news piled up during the president’s Asia trip — no TransPacific Partnership, no Middle East peace deal or even Middle East peace process — the president compared himself to a singles hitter. The leader of the free world probably imagines himself Ichiro Suzuki, one of the great contact hitters of all time, when his record puts him more in league with Mario Mendoza. Obama is at what Abraham Lincoln once referred to during his career in Illinois, using steamboat lingo, as a “dead point” — weak abroad, frustrated at home and looking at a brutal November. Maybe the midterms won’t be so bad. Certainly, this White House has proved itself adept at turning the pointless and jejune to its advantage. So perhaps the Koch brothers and the “pay gap” and whatever else it comes up with will limit the losses. But barring something truly unforeseen, the president will still be worse off in Congress than he is now, and another step closer to certified lame-duckery. Despite his boasting about March enrollments, it is still the springtime of his discontent. Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com.

Quotable “All these, I think, do raise significant questions about how the death penalty is being applied. And this situation in Oklahoma I think just highlights some of the significant problems there.” — President Barack Obama on the botched execution of an Oklahoma inmate. “Though this verdict is large by normal standards, it is hard to view this outcome as much of a victory for Apple. This amount is less than 10 percent of the amount Apple requested and probably doesn’t surpass by too much the amount Apple spent litigating New camera will benefit this case.” — Santa Clara University law professor Brian Love Cook Inlet mariners after a California jury awarded the iPhone maker While monitoring busy beaches may be $119 million in a patent battle with Samsung one welcome benefit of our latest ice camover alleged copying of smartphone features. era (Peninsula Clarion, April 25), for Cook Inlet RCAC and the mariners docking at “This will take us a long time to heal. The department is totally Nikiski in the winter, it’s all about the ice. focused more on the families involved. This is a tragedy for them. Freshwater ice forming in the Kenai It’s totally unexpected.” River is different from saltwater or brack— Trooper Col. James Cockrell after two Alaska State Troop- ish ice. It is denser and poses a greater ers were shot to death in a remote part of the state. risk to mariners. When this freshwater ice is transported on a flood tide it can move as far north as the Nikiski docks, creating dangerous conditions for vessels during and after mooring. For this compelling By GARRY TRUDEAU reason, the Kenai River is an ideal location to install our latest ice camera. Once installed, this camera will be able to monitor the amount of freshwater ice leaving the river, making it an important risk management tool for vessels that moor at the Nikiski facilities. The ice forecasting network of cameras is one of Cook Inlet RCAC’s most impor-

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tant initiatives. Since its implementation, the cameras have become an essential part of the process used by NOAA’s Ice forecaster to develop the all-important marine advisories for mariners transiting throughout Cook Inlet during the winter months. We have been working steadily to improve and expand the network, which has become a sophisticated system of cameras mounted on platforms, docks and other strategic locations. These cameras can locate and evaluate ice pan size and thickness, establish the location of the “hard edge” of an ice flow, capture vessel movement through ice when possible, record ice coverage and ice make-up, track outstanding events, index video with on-scene observations and still photos, archive images, and utilize data to aid in future ice forecasts. Throughout its evolution, the network’s primary goal — and our highest priority — has been to increase navigation safety in Cook Inlet. We are grateful to our partners: the Alaska Ocean Observing System, State of Alaska, City of Kenai, ASRC Energy Services, Cook Inlet Energy, Hilcorp Alaska, Offshore Systems Kenai, Matanuska-

Susitna Borough, Municipality of Anchorage, XTO Energy and NOAA for sharing this goal. Mike Munger, Executive Director Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council

‘Pink in the rink’ supports local oncology patients On October 11 and 12, 2013, the Kenai River Brown Bears went pink in the rink and auctioned game jerseys to benefit the Central Peninsula Health Foundation cancer care program. This sixth annual event raised $7,150.00 from fans and the team, bringing the total contributed over 6 years to $46,150 to assist in care and support of local oncology patients. Please help us thank the Kenai River Brown Bears team, management and fans for this very generous support. Kathy Gensel, Foundation Director Central Peninsula Health Foundation www.givingheals.org

Study: Teachers not as diverse as their students WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. teachers are nowhere near as diverse as their students. Almost half the students attending public schools are minorities, yet fewer than 1 in 5 of their teachers is nonwhite. New studies from the Center for American Progress and the National Education Association are calling attention to this “diversity gap” at elementary and secondary schools in the United States. The groups want more to be done to help teachers more accurately mirror the students in their classrooms. Teachers are always pushing their students to excel, said Kevin Gilbert, coordinator of teacher leadership and special projects for the Clinton Public School District in Clinton, Mississippi. It becomes easier for students to believe “when they can look and see someC

one who looks just like them, that they can relate to,” said Gilbert, a member of the NEA’s executive committee. “Nothing can help motivate our students more than to see success standing right in front of them.” More than minority students would benefit from a more diverse teacher corps, said Ulrich Boser, the author of the center’s report. “Even in a place like North Dakota, where the students aren’t particularly diverse relative to the rest of the country, it’s important for our social fabric, for our sense as a nation, that students are engaging with people who think, talk and act differently than them but can also be just as effective at raising student achievement in the classroom,” he said. There were about 3.3 million teachers in American public elementary and second-

ary schools in 2012, according to a study by the National Center for Education Statistics. It said 82 percent were white, 8 percent were Hispanic, 7 percent were black and about 2 percent were Asian. Students are a different story. In 1993, minority students made up 31 percent of the public school population; it was 41 percent in 2003. The Center for American Progress’ most recent statistics show 48 percent of the students in public schools are nonwhite — 23 percent Hispanic, 16 percent black and 5 percent Asian — and that percentage is expected to continue to increase.

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Mideast airline Boy-asks-girl proposals still reign If it’s OK for women to propose, why don’t they? offers beds By ADAM SCHRECK Associated Press

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Talk about some serious legroom. Etihad Airways, a fast-growing Mideast carrier, laid out plans Sunday to offer passengers who find first-class seats a bit too tight a miniature suite featuring a closed-off bedroom, private bathroom and a dedicated butler. It’s just the latest push by airlines worldwide to attract high-spending customers. The Abu Dhabi-based carrier announced the front-of-plane amenities as part of a broader rollout of plush new cabin offerings for dozens of long-range jetliners it plans to receive over the coming years. It is the latest in a series of premium offerings for the flying elite by Etihad, which already woos fliers with perks including private first-class chefs and in-flight nannies. Etihad Chief Executive James Hogan conceded that offering what the airline says is the first-of-its kind multi-room suite helps generate buzz, but that ultimately it is a serious effort to bring in more cash. “Obviously there’s going to be a halo effect in the positioning of Etihad Air as a premium carrier,” he said. “But we wouldn’t do it unless we felt we could make money with it. ... This is a top-end market. There is demand here.” Etihad is the smallest of three rapidly expanding, governmentbacked Gulf carriers redrawing global aviation maps by funneling travelers through their desert hubs. Its base in the Emirati capital, Abu Dhabi, this year became the first in the Mideast to open a U.S. preclearance facility staffed by American customs and border officials. U.S. pilots and members of Congress have criticized the facility, which is largely funded by the UAE, alleging it puts American carriers at a disadvantage. Since starting operations in

2003, Etihad has built a fleet of 96 planes and carried 11.5 million passengers last year. It has ordered more than 220 additional planes, including 10 Airbus A380s and 71 Boeing 787s being outfitted with new interiors introduced Sunday. It has been aggressively building stakes in foreign carriers, including Virgin Australia and Germany’s second largest airline Air Berlin. It has for months been considering buying a piece of struggling Italian carrier Alitalia. Hogan had no comment on those negotiations Sunday. Its bigger rival Emirates, based in nearby Dubai, has offered onboard showers to firstclass passengers aboard its double-decker Airbus A380s since the plane joined the fleet in 2008. It also separates coach passengers from those in business and first class on an entirely different floor in its new concourse in Dubai. Etihad’s latest offering goes one step further. One passenger — or a couple — aboard each of its new A380s will be able to book a threesection miniature suite that the airline is calling a “residence” at the very front of the plane’s upper deck. The 125-square-foot (11.61-square-meter) area includes a “living room” partitioned off from the first-class aisle that includes leather seating, chilled minibar and a 32-inch flat-screen TV. There is a separate bedroom with space for two that can be closed off from the rest of the cabin and a private bathroom with shower. A personal butler trained in London will be on hand to wait on passengers in the suite, giving them what the airline promises will be “discrete personal service and attention to detail found in the world’s most exclusive hotels.” Etihad expects to get its first of its A380s in December, which it will deploy on the Abu Dhabi to London route.

Cowboy gets undies Fruit of the Loom puts Naked Cowboy in new underwear By MAE ANDERSON AP Retail Writer

$13.99 for a five-pack beginning this month.

By CONNIE CASS Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Steve Paska waited two weeks for Washington’s famously fickle cherry blossoms to emerge, then spent two hours searching for the perfect spot beneath the canopy of fluff. He lured his girlfriend there on the pretext of buying a painting of the blooms. Then he surprised her by dropping to one knee and proposing. She said “yes” so fast he forgot to pull out the ring. Go to any wedding celebration this nuptial season, whether in a ballroom or backyard or church basement, and it’s a good bet you can trace the big day to a similar start, with different flourishes. If a man is marrying a woman somewhere in America, odds are that he proposed to her. That may seem obvious, but consider this: Three-fourths of Americans say it would be fine for the woman to do the proposing, in theory. In practice, only about 5 percent of those currently married say the woman proposed, and the figure is no higher among couples wed within the past 10 years. Attitudes actually seem to be trending the other way, an Associated Press-WE tv poll shows. Young adults are more likely than their elders to consider it “unacceptable” for a woman to do the asking. More than one-third of those under age 30 disapprove. While Paska, 26, believes female proposals are OK — after all, one of his sisters proposed to her boyfriend — he wanted to declare his love and dedication the traditional way. “I think If she’d gotten down on one knee and asked me the question,” Paska said, “I would have called for a timeout.” In the survey, nearly half of single women who hope to get married someday say they would consider proposing. Paska and his fiancee, Jessica Deegan, who both live in Arlington, Virginia, already had decided together that they wanted to marry, she said. Still, Deegan was thrilled that he made it official with a grand romantic gesture on April 10.

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People pause and look as Steven Paska, 26, right, of Arlington, Va., asks his girlfriend of two years Jessica Deegan, 27, to marry him as cherry blossom trees in peak bloom line the tidal basin with the Jefferson Memorial in the background in Washington, Thursday. Deegan said yes to the surprise marriage proposal.

“It’s kind of like the moment you imagine your whole life,” she said. “I’ve seen that in movies. I’ve read that in books. You don’t want to miss out on that moment.” That traditional moment has survived radical changes in U.S. marriages over the past half-century. People are marrying older; brides are more likely to be already supporting themselves. It’s become commonplace to live together first, even to have children before marriage. Some men are proposing to men and women to women, now that one-third of U.S. states allow gay marriage. But the boy-asks-girl proposal still reigns, updated to a public art form in Facebook and YouTube videos that feature flash mobs or scavenger hunts or proposals while skydiving or swimming with dolphins. “Destination” proposals are trending, too, for men who want a California beach or the Eiffel Tower as the setting. There are even “proposal planners” who can help arrange flowers, musicians and a videographer. Ellie Pitts, a planner who works in Dallas for The Yes Girls, said the group has handled more than 350 proposals around the country and abroad, nearly all by men.

NEW YORK — It’s a natural fit. Fruit of the Loom is launching its new boxer briefs for men with the help of Times Square favorite the Naked Cowboy. The New York City fixture — real name Robert Burck — who reached fame by strumming his guitar clad in only his underwear, cowboy boots and a cowboy hat, will help launch the new line with promotions beginning Tuesday. While he usually wears traditional white briefs, the marketing campaign will see him switch to Fruit of the Loom’s new underwear, which have tapered legs to prevent them from riding up. Also on Tuesday, samples and coupons will be given out in Times Square from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Melissa Burgess-Taylor, senior vice president for marketing and merchandising for Fruit of the Loom, said the campaign was a chance to work with a New York icon. “His primary wardrobe is so important to his daily job, we thought why not showcase him in our new boxer briefs,” she said. An accompanying billboard on the Nasdaq Tower in Times Square will read, “Even the Naked Cowboy has changed his underwear.” The company wouldn’t disclose what it is spending on the campaign. A separate TV campaign shows men and women performing jobs like orchestra conductor and baseball grounds crew performing in their underwear. The briefs will be sold in several colors in Wal-Mart, Kmart and Target stores for C

A few clients were lesbians. Only one so far was a woman asking a man — a boyfriend whose proposal she had turned down previously. “I think it probably takes a woman with a lot of guts to be able to do it,” said Pitts, who is newly engaged herself, to a man who did the asking. “At least in my experience with my girlfriends, women tend to be a little more ready to get engaged and move forward than men are, so asking the question before he asks might tend to backfire.” A woman who proposes also risks criticism for her boldness, said Katherine Parkin, an associate professor of history at Monmouth University in New Jersey. Parkin researched the folk tradition that claimed women could propose only during a leap year. She found that the idea triggered mockery every four years for much of the 20th century. Postcards, ads and articles portrayed women who would propose as desperate, aggressive and unattractive. The leap year joke has faded, she said, but the stigma lingers. “I don’t see much changing to challenge that notion, to say a regular woman, a good woman, could propose,” Parkin said, although she notes

that a few celebrities, such as singer Britney Spears, have done so in the public eye. Becky Paska, sister of Steve, said she worried that proposing to her longtime boyfriend, Danny Brady, might make him feel embarrassed or emasculated. But she wanted to demonstrate the depth of her commitment, because years earlier she had accepted Brady’s surprise proposal and then backed out. So Paska, 28, asked for his hand at the Thanksgiving dinner table as her family was reflecting on their blessings. “I said I was so thankful for having him in my life, and we’d gone through so many things, and I’d love to marry him,” she said. “And he said, ‘I’d love to marry you, too.’” Paska, of Richmond, Virginia, and Brady, of Charlottesville, Virginia, plan an August wedding on the beach. In the AP-WE tv poll, recently married couples were less likely to say they got engaged by “mutual agreement,” instead of through one partner’s proposal, than were people married longer. About one-quarter of those married at least 30 years say it was a mutual decision; that drops below one-tenth of those wed in the past decade.

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Calif. city looks to sea for water By ALICIA CHANG AP Science Writer

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — This seaside city thought it had the perfect solution the last time California withered in a severe drought more than two decades ago: Tap the ocean to turn salty seawater to fresh water. The $34 million desalination plant was fired up for only three months and mothballed after a miracle soaking of rain. As the state again grapples with historic dryness, the city nicknamed the “American Riviera” has its eye on restarting the idled facility to hedge against current and future droughts. “We were so close to running out of water during the last drought. It was frightening,” said Joshua Haggmark, interim water resources manager. “Desalination wasn’t a crazy idea back then.” Removing salt from ocean water is not a far-out idea, but it’s no quick drought-relief option. It takes years of planning and overcoming red tape to launch a project. Santa Barbara is uniquely positioned with a desalination plant in storage. But getting it humming again won’t be as simple as flipping a switch. After the plant was powered down in 1992, the city sold off parts to a Saudi Arabia company. The guts remain as a time capsule — a white elephant of sorts — walled off behind a gate near the Funk Zone, a corridor of art galleries, wineries and eateries tucked between the Pacific and U.S. 101. The city estimates that it will need $20 million in technological upgrades, a cost likely to be borne by ratepayers. Any restart would require city council approval, which won’t vote until next spring after reviewing engineering plans and drought conditions. Santa Barbara, population 89,000, has enough water for this year and even next year by buying supplemental supplies and as long as residents continue to conserve. While it may seem like a head-scratcher to put the plant in hibernation soon after it was built, officials said the decision saved the city millions of dollars in unnecessary operating costs. “With the current drought likely to continue, they now appear as if they will be able to cash in on their insurance policy,” said

Tom Pankratz, editor of Water Desalination Report and consultant on several other desalination projects in California. The cyclical nature of droughts has made it difficult, if not impossible, to bet on desalination. It requires prime coastal real estate and the foresight to diversify the water supply in flush and dry times. Communities that choose desalination may be more resilient to inevitable droughts in the future. Santa Barbara relies on water piped through tunnels from the Santa Ynez Mountains. But with Lake Cachuma, the main reservoir, dangerously low, the city expects desalination to play a role. “We live in a desert. We can expect droughts. It’s just inevitable that desalination is going to become a part of our regular water portfolio,” Haggmark said. Santa Barbara is not alone in mulling desalination as parched conditions persist for a third straight year, forcing some rural places to ration water and farmers to fallow fields. Earlier this year, the agency that delivers water to the central coast town of Cambria voted to approve an emergency desalination plant with the hopes of getting it running by July before water supplies dry up. Instead of drawing ocean water, the proposed $5 million plant would pull brackish water from a well, treat it and reinject it into the aquifer. Since that would require a lengthy study, the plant likely won’t be able to go online until fall. Not long ago, there was a rush to quench California’s growing thirst with seaside desalination plants. Currently, there are about a dozen proposed projects, according to the California Coastal Commission, which is charged with permitting the facilities. The Western Hemisphere’s largest desalination plant is under construction north of San Diego after overcoming years of regulatory hurdles. The developer — Poseidon Resources LLC — is seeking approval to build another one in Huntington Beach, south of Los Angeles. In California’s agricultural belt, a solar-powered desalination plant in Fresno County has purified irrigation runoff for the past year. The output is small, but the operator hopes to expand. Not every community embraces desalination. The port city

Coroner: Propane heater fumes killed 5 in cabin ELIMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — The deaths of two adults and three children in a small cabin in north-central Pennsylvania were caused by carbon monoxide poisoning caused by an improperly ventilated propane heater, a coroner said Sunday. State police continued interviewing people about the tragedy, which followed a Friday night party that investigators said was attended by five or six adult friends. The man who hosted the party, identified only as a relative of the cabin’s owner, discovered the bodies Saturday. He had slept in his truck outside the cabin, police said. The adult victims were identified as Jacqueline R. Stackhouse, 23, of New Columbia, and Nathan L. Reece, 30, of Muncy. The child victims were Stackhouse’s 3-year-old son and two girls, ages 9 and 4. The relationships among

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In this April 25 photo, Joshua Haggmark, interim resources manager for Santa Barbara, Calif., stands next to a desalination plant, which removes salt from ocean water. The city is considering restarting the plant as California withers in a drought.

of Long Beach is trying to reduce dependence on imported water but dropped the idea of desalination after realizing the cost. Australia, Singapore, Israel, Saudi Arabia and other thirsty countries are big desalination supporters, but tougher regulatory requirements have made it a harder sell in the U.S. Many environmentalists see desalination as a last resort, contending it’s an energy hog that sucks marine life into the plants. Other options should be exhausted “before you start putting a straw into the ocean,” said Susan Jordan, executive director of the California Coastal Protection Network based in Santa Barbara. “People tend to have a knee-jerk reaction to drought.” The city council is set to take action Tuesday on an $820,000

contract spelling out what’s needed to restart the facility. The city contends that it has the permits to reactivate the plant, but the state coastal commission said it needs new or amended permits. On a recent tour of the ghost plant, Haggmark inspected the onetime state-of-the-art control room. A pair of bulky desktop computers boasting floppy disk drives served as a vintage reminder. A line of trailers outside store the original pumps and empty metal cylinders that used to hold parts that have since been sold. Intake valves pulled from the seafloor sit exposed to the elements. The original plant had a capacity to produce about 7,500 acre-feet of water per year, about half of the city’s average water use. An acre foot is enough to last a family of four about a year.

Studies find ‘young’ blood rejuvenates aging mice

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A support frame collapsed during an aerial hair-hanging stunt at a circus performance Sunday, sending eight acrobats plummeting to the ground. Nine performers were seriously injured in the fall, including a dancer below, while an unknown number of others suffered less serious injuries. The accident was reported about 45 minutes into the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus’ 11 a.m. Legends show at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence. Stephen Payne, a spokesman for Feld Entertainment, the parent company of Ringling Bros., said the accident happened during an act in which eight performers hang “like a human chandelier” using their hair. He said the metal-frame apparatus from which the performers were hanging came free from the metal truss it was connected to. The eight women fell 25 to 40 feet, landing on a dancer below. All the performers have been doing “some variation of this act for some time,” Payne said, though he didn’t know how long. The current incarnation of the act began in January with the launch of the show, he said.

1st openly gay Episcopal Bishop to divorce husband; election roiled Anglicans NEW YORK — The first openly gay Episcopal bishop, who became a symbol for gay rights while deeply dividing the world’s Anglicans, plans to divorce his husband. Bishop Gene Robinson announced the end of his marriage to Mark Andrew in an email sent to the Diocese of New Hampshire, where he served for nine years before retiring in 2012. Robinson would not disclose details about the end of their 25-year relationship but wrote Sunday in The Daily Beast he owed a debt to Andrew “for standing by me through the challenges of the last decade.” “It is at least a small comfort to me, as a gay rights and marriage equality advocate, to know that like any marriage, gay and lesbian couples are subject to the same complications and hardships that afflict marriages between heterosexual couples,” Robinson wrote. “All of us sincerely intend, when we take our wedding vows, to live up to the ideal of ‘til death do us part. But not all of us are able to see this through until death indeed parts us.”

By MALCOLM RITTER AP Science Writer

Coca-Cola drops controversial ingredient from Powerade, following move by PepsiCo, Gatorade

NEW YORK — If Mickey Mouse is feeling his age at 86, scientists may have found just the tonic: the blood of younger mice. Older mice got stronger, exercised longer and performed better mentally after they were injected with blood from young mice, or even just with a substance that’s more abundant in younger blood. Someday, if more research goes well, this may lead to a way to treat some infirmities of old age in people. In the meantime, scientists have a warning for do-it-yourselfers. “Don’t try this at home,” said Saul Villeda of the University of California, San Francisco, an author of one of three papers published online Sunday by the journals Nature Medicine and Science. He worked with mice that were roughly the equivalent of people in their 20s and 60s. Researchers repeatedly injected the older mice with blood from either the younger animals or other aged mice. Those that got the young blood did better in learning and memory tests than the mice given the older blood. For example, they performed better at recalling where to find a submerged platform in a maze.

NEW YORK — Coca-Cola is dropping a controversial ingredient from its Powerade sports drink, after a similar move by PepsiCo’s Gatorade last year. The ingredient, brominated vegetable oil, had been the target of a petition by a Mississippi teenager, who questioned why it was being used in a drink marketed toward health-conscious athletes. The petition on Change.org noted that the ingredient is linked to a flame retardant and is not approved for use in Japan or the European Union. In response to customer feedback, PepsiCo said last year it would drop the ingredient from Gatorade. At the time, CocaCola declined to say whether it would remove the ingredient from the two flavors of Powerade that contain it as well. But this week, bottles of Powerade in fruit punch and strawberry lemonade flavors being sold in the Detroit, Michigan; Omaha, Nebraska, New York and Washington, D.C. areas no longer list the ingredient. Some bottles still list it, however, suggesting Coca-Cola Co. may have started phasing it out recently. A representative for the Atlanta-based company confirmed Sunday that its Powerade brands are “BVO-free.” But no details were immediately available on when the change would be complete or how the drinks were reformulated. — The Associated Press

the victims remained unclear Sunday. Trooper Angela Bieber, who is leading the investigation, said there was no indication the victims tried to escape and that all five apparently died in their sleep. Lycoming County Coroner Chuck Kiessling said both of the adult victims had consumed alcohol, but that blood-alcohol tests were inconclusive. He said he ordered further toxicology tests, which could take several weeks to analyze. Kiessling said the mother of the two girls left the 10-by-16-foot cabin with another woman at around 5 a.m. Saturday, before the tragedy was discovered. State police were alerted by a 911 emergency call at 11:48 a.m. Saturday, said Bieber, who declined to discuss the girls’ mother. “It’s just a tragic situation,” Kiessling said. “It certainly would have been better if she’d taken the children with her. At this point, we don’t believe there are any criminal charges to be filed.”

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Pro-Russian crowd storms police HQ in Ukraine port By NICOLAE DUMITRACHE Associated Press

ODESSA, Ukraine — Outrage over the deaths of pro-Russian activists in riots in Odessa triggered new violence Sunday in the Black Sea port, where a mob of protesters stormed police headquarters and freed dozens of their jailed allies. The activists had been jailed for their involvement in clashes Friday that killed more than 40 people — some died from gunshot wounds, but most from a fire that broke out in a trade union building. It was the worst violence in the Ukrainian crisis since more than 100 people died in Kiev in February, most of them shot by snipers. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk visited Odessa on Sunday to try to defuse the mounting tensions and hinted strongly that he saw Moscow’s

hand in the unrest spreading through southeastern Ukraine. Odessa is the major city between the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed in March, and the Moldovan separatist region of Trans-Dniester, where Russia has a military peacekeeping contingent. Concerns are mounting that Moscow ultimately aims to take control of a huge swath of southeastern Ukraine from Trans-Dniester to Russian-dominated industrial areas in the east. Russian President Vladimir Putin, who calls the area historically Russian lands, has said he doesn’t want to send in troops but will if necessary to protect his country’s interests. Alexei Pushkov, a prominent member of Russia’s parliament who often expresses Kremlin views on foreign policy, suggested Ukraine was destined to be split apart.

AP Photo/Sergei Poliakov

Ukrainian police officers remove shields which their comrades from another unit layed down earlier outside the police headquarter in Odessa, Ukraine, Sunday. More than 40 people died in pro-Russian activists riots, some from gunshot wounds, but most in a horrific fire that tore through a trade union building late Friday.

“Through the justification of arson, military operations and the killing of Russians in Ukraine, the Kiev government is destroying the basis for the existence of a united country,” Pushkov said on Twitter. Yatsenyuk said Odessa police were being investigated for their failure to keep the peace during the riots and said he had ordered prosecutors to find “all instigators, all organizers and all those that under Russian leadership began a deadly attack on Ukraine and Odessa.” Hours later, however, the police bowed to a mob of several hundred pro-Russian demonstrators who attacked their headquarters, smashing doors, windows and security surveillance cameras. Shortly after some of them managed to break into an inner courtyard, police released the detainees, who were swept up by the cheering, rain-dampened crowd that had been chanting “Freedom!” The Interior Ministry said 67 activists had been released on prosecutors’ orders. Prosecutors, however, later said they had nothing to do with the release and accused the police of failing to carry out their duties. It was not immediately clear whether any activists were still being held. Putin spoke by telephone Sunday night with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the latest in a series of discussions they have had about Ukraine. The Kremlin said they agreed on the importance of the role to be played by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and said Swiss President Didier Burkhalter, whose country currently chairs the OSCE, would visit Moscow on Wednesday.

The interim government in Kiev, which took power in February, has renewed its push in recent days to quell the pro-Russian insurgency in the east, where government buildings have been seized in more than a dozen cities and towns. Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said on his Facebook page that an “anti-terrorist operation” was being executed in the eastern city of Kramatorsk, the latest flashpoint for unrest. A standoff Saturday in Kramatorsk culminated with proRussian insurgents setting buses ablaze to ward off attacks. Russian state TV reported 10 deaths, including two among government forces, during clashes there so far. The figures could not be independently confirmed. By midday Sunday, however, there was little sign of movement, from either government or the insurgents. The burned-out trolleybuses and a minibus lay in the road untouched. Both sides in Ukraine’s conflict have traded bitter recriminations over Friday’s deaths from the Odessa rioting. The violence began with street fighting between supporters of Ukrainian unity and activists who support Russia, with at least three people were reported killed by gunfire. The government opponents took refuge in a large trade union building, which then caught fire as opposing sides hurled Molotov cocktails at each another. Odessa Police Chief Petr Lutsyuk issued a statement Saturday calling for calm in the city of about 1 million, but hours later he was fired by the interior minister. The U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Geoffrey Pyatt, said he was disturbed by signs that some

Sinn Fein’s Adams spends 5 days in jail C Y

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BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Sinn Fein party leader Gerry Adams was released without charge Sunday after five days of police questioning over his alleged involvement in a decades-old IRA killing of a Belfast mother of 10, an investigation that has driven a dangerous wedge into Northern Ireland’s unity government. Addressing reporters and supporters at a Belfast hotel, Adams said he wanted his party to provide help to the children of Jean McConville, the 37-year-old widow taken from her home by the Irish Republican Army in 1972, killed and dumped in an unmarked grave. He also rejected claims by IRA veterans in audiotaped interviews that he had ordered the killing. “I am innocent of any involvement in any conspiracy to abduct, kill or bury Mrs. McConville. I have worked hard with others to have this injustice redressed,” said Adams, 65, who has led Sinn Fein since 1983 and won credit for steering the IRA toward cease-fires and compromise with Northern Ireland’s Protestant majority. Yet the investigation of Adams is not over. Police said they have sent an evidence file to Northern Ireland prosecutors for potential charges later. “For all I know I can still face charges,” Adams said. He said he had been interviewed 33 times during 92 hours in custody. “One presumes they would have made a charge against me. But they offered no evidence against me whatsoever.” The episode has underscored the unrelenting hostility of some Protestants to Adams and his party’s ambitions to merge Northern Ireland into the Republic of Ireland. His departure from the police’s main interrogation center in Antrim, west of Belfast, was delayed two hours by a crowd of Protestants outside the front gate. The protesters waved Union Jack flags and held placards demanding justice for IRA victims. They roared with fury as a convoy of police armored vehicles came into view, thinking Adams’ car was in the middle. Dozens of officers — many sporting full riot gear with

flame-retardant boiler suits, body armor, helmets and shields — confronted the hardline Protestants, many of whom covered their faces, as they tried to block Adams’ exit by sitting down in the roadway. After a 15-minute standoff, police escorted Adams out via a rear exit that the protesters could not see. Adams said detectives chiefly questioned him about audiotaped interviews that IRA veterans gave to a Boston College oral history project. Police successfully sued in U.S. courts last year to acquire the accounts, which had been given to researchers on condition that they remain secret until the interviewees’ own deaths. Some accused Adams of being the Belfast IRA commander who ordered McConville’s killing. One former Adams colleague in the Belfast IRA, Brendan Hughes, specified that Adams gave the order that her body should vanish to leave her fate deliberately unclear. The IRA did not admit responsibility for killing McConville until 1999, when the underground organization defended its action by claiming she had been a British Army spy. Her remains were found accidentally in 2003 near a Republic of Ireland beach. An investigation three years later by Northern Ireland’s police complaints watchdog found no evidence she had been a spy. Most of McConville’s 10 children, aged 6 to 17 at the time of her disappearance, were placed in separate foster homes and grew up as strangers to each other. On Sunday they expressed disappointment, but no surprise, at Adams’ freedom. “The McConville family is going to stay to the bitter end of this till we get justice for our mother,” said Michael McConville, who was 11 when about a dozen IRA members came into the family home and dragged his mother away. “We know it is going to be a long road, but we have already been fighting for justice for 40 years and we are not going to stop now.” McConville said he was pleased that Adams’ arrest had achieved “a worldwide focus on our mother’s cruel and inhuman treatment by the IRA.” He said seven other families in Northern Ireland still were waiting for the IRA to identify

the unmarked graves of their own long-lost loved ones. Sunday’s outcome for Adams — freedom but no official exoneration, with evidence bound for the Public Prosecution Service — suggested police do believe Adams was an IRA commander, but do not have strong enough evidence to charge him with this. Police last charged Adams with IRA membership in 1978 following a firebomb attack on a hotel near Belfast that killed 12 Protestants, but those charges were dropped. British state prosecutors in Belfast are expected to give a second opinion. They can tell police whether the existing evidence is sufficient to file charges, or recommend new avenues of investigation to strengthen the chances of a successful prosecution. Typically however, when such evidence files are sent by police to prosecutors for complex terror-related cases, charges do not follow. Trying to prove membership in the IRA, a crime punishable by five years in prison, is notoriously difficult, particularly against commanders who did not handle weapons or take direct part in attacks. The IRA traditionally tries to kill any witnesses against them, a threat that Michael McConville believes continues today. He says as a boy, he recognized some of the IRA abductors as his 1972 neighbors, but still would never tell police for fear of reprisals against him or his children. While all credible histories of the Sinn Fein-IRA move-

ment identify Adams as an IRA member since 1966 and a commander since the early 1970s, Adams has always denied this. His arrest weeks ahead of elections in both parts of Ireland infuriated his Irish nationalist party, which represents most of the Irish Catholic minority in Northern Ireland and is a growing left-wing opposition force in the Irish Republic. During Adams’ detention, other Sinn Fein leaders warned they could withdraw support for law and order in Northern Ireland if Adams was charged. The Protestant leader of the province’s power-sharing government, First Minister Peter Robinson, condemned that threat. Speaking hours before Adams’ release, Robinson accused Sinn Fein of mounting “a despicable, thuggish attempt to blackmail” the police into dropping charges. “I warn Sinn Fein that they have crossed the line and should immediately cease this destructive behavior,” Robinson said, suggesting that the future of Northern Ireland’s government was at stake. Robinson’s Democratic Unionist Party agreed to share power with Sinn Fein in 2007 on condition that the IRA-linked party accepted police authority. A former IRA commander, Martin McGuinness, serves as the government’s deputy leader. Such cross-community cooperation following four decades of bloodshed was the central goal of the U.S.-brokered Good Friday peace accord of 1998.

of the police in Odessa may have been complicit in allowing the violence to get out of control. “That’s something which Prime Minister Yatsenyuk spoke to today,” Pyatt said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” ‘’And I see that he’s already brought some major changes in the security leadership there in Odessa, which I think reflects the deep concern about the role that the security establishment played in Friday’s violence.” Late Sunday, about 300 supporters of the Kiev government gathered outside the regional police headquarters to demand that the armed pro-Russian demonstrators be punished. Carrying sticks and bats, they chanted, “Glory to Ukraine!” “The Russians bought off our police,” said Andrei Shpak, who wore a balaclava to hide his face and carried a Ukrainian flag. “We’re angry that the separatists were set free and we demand that anyone who calls for the breakup of Ukraine be punished.”

Their demands were addressed to the police chief who replaced Lutsyuk. The victims of Friday’s fire have become a rallying point by pro-Russian groups in eastern Ukraine. In a position eagerly promoted by the Kremlin, critics of the authorities in Kiev have blamed the deaths on radical ultranationalists, abetted by the government. The activists who had been calling for unity in Ukraine say their rally Friday had come under attack by gunmen. Kiev’s efforts to quash the insurgency have focused mostly on Slovyansk, where government security forces are seeking to form a cordon around the eastern city. It is difficult to establish how much popular support the gunmen who effectively control Slovyansk truly enjoy. The insurgency has proven hostile to supporters of the Kiev government that came to power after the toppling of Russia-friendly President Viktor Yanukovych.

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Sports

Area swimmers succeed at Masters Zones By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion

Kenai’s Nate Olson hasn’t turned back the clock — yet. But Olson’s performance at the 2014 U.S. Masters Swimming Northwest Zone Championships shows that he is getting pretty close to swimming as fast as he did in his teens. The meet was held April 12 and 13 at The Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, Washington. It featured 344 swimmers from ages 18 through 83 from nine different states, plus British Columbia. There were three swimmers from

the Alaska Masters Swim Club, including two from Top of the World Swimming, which trains at Skyview High School. Olson, swimming in the 35 to 39 age group, took first in the 100-yard freestyle in 51.35 seconds and first in the 100 butterfly at 58.51. He also was second in the 50 fly (25.72), second in the 50 free (23.06), third in the 500 free (5:50.04) and third in the 100 individual medley (1:01.69). “I was very happy with my times,” Olson said. “I haven’t swam in a meet environment in a long time. I haven’t been able to swim fast, and know how

Spurs, Nets win Games 7s By The Associated Press

TORONTO — Paul Pierce blocked Kyle Lowry’s shot from the lane on the final play of the game, and the Brooklyn Nets held off the Toronto Raptors 104-103 in Game 7 on Sunday to advance to the second round of the playoffs. The Nets will begin the conference semifinals at Miami on Tuesday night to play the twotime defending NBA champion Heat. Leading by one point, Brooklyn used its final timeout after failing to inbound the ball. On the second opportunity, Shaun Livingston tried a lob pass to Pierce, but Terrence Ross got a hand on the ball and then knocked it off Pierce and out of bounds for a turnover. Toronto used a timeout and gave the ball to Lowry, whose driving shot was blocked by Pierce as time expired. Lowry lay prone in the key as the Nets surged onto the court in celebration. Joe Johnson scored 13 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Nets. Amir Johnson fouled out

with 20 points and 10 rebounds for Toronto, which trailed by 10 with just over six minutes remaining. Lowry finished with 28 points for the Raptors, who fell to 0-2 in franchise history when playing in a Game 7. SPURS 119, MAVERICKS 96 SAN ANTONIO — Tony Parker scored 32 points and the San Antonio Spurs led by as many as 31 on their way to rout of the Dallas Mavericks, closing out a tense first-round series in seven games. Manu Ginobili scored 20 points, Danny Green added 16 points and Tim Duncan and Kawhi Leonard had 15 points apiece for San Antonio. The Spurs advance to face the fifth-seeded Portland Trail Blazers, who beat the Houston Rockets in six games. Dirk Nowitzki had 22 points and nine rebounds to lead Dallas. Last season ended for the Spurs with a Game 7 loss in the NBA Finals against the Miami Heat. Facing a much earlier end, San Antonio road a raucous home crowd and overwhelmed Dallas in this deciding game.

Hamlin nabs win under caution JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer

TALLADEGA, Ala. — Denny Hamlin started his full-time career at Joe Gibbs Racing with an upset victory in an exhibition race at Daytona. Over the years, he added three more wins in races that didn’t count, including a sweep this season in the buildup to the Daytona 500. But when it came to the restrictor-plate races that paid points, Hamlin came up empty time and again. Until now. Hamlin, who opened the season with two exhibition victories only to finish second in the Daytona 500, was again sitting second in the closing laps Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway. But he won a drag race with leader Kevin Harvick on a restart with two laps remaining, and was out front when NASCAR froze the field because of debris from an accident. Hamlin let out a deep sigh when the yellow flag waved. “Superspeedway win,” he said on his radio. “With points! With points!” “I think I’ve gotten better. I’ve come close. When you drive as aggressive as I drove early in my career on superspeedways, you’re going to have a huge risk, huge reward,” he said after the win. “I was either wrecking or finishing in the top three every single superspeedway race and was wrecking most of the time. I think this way of driving and the way I’m doing things now kind of lends itself to being a little bit more consistent on these type of race tracks, and really you learn from the guys that are good at it.” Hamlin became the eighth winner in 10 races this season as drivers jockey to grab the 16 spots available in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. A victory conceivably gives a driver an automatic berth, and

Joe Gibbs Racing now has both Hamlin and Kyle Busch eligible for the Chase. “I wasn’t ever worried, but you get a little bit more panicked when it’s, ‘Win a race and you’re in Chase,’ “ he said. “You see all these guys logging wins, wins, wins, and the next thing you know they’re running out of Chase spots. Now we can be a little bit more relaxed.” The win came at the track where Hamlin made a brief return last year — he ran just 23 laps before turning his car over to Brian Vickers — after missing four races with a broken back. Hamlin’s return to the car briefly built some momentum for the No. 11 team, but as his back continued to ache, the season fell apart in late summer and it took until the season finale for Hamlin to score his first win of the year. He also missed the Chase for the first time in his career. It didn’t appear that Hamlin had enough to beat Harvick, already a two-time winner this season, until the final restart. Harvick didn’t get the help he needed from behind, was hung out without any drafting partners, and Hamlin pulled out to a comfortable lead. “We were in a good spot there at the end, and what you would want to put yourself in a position to win,” Harvick said. “Our line just never formed up.” As Hamlin pulled away, an accident deep in the pack scattered debris, and NASCAR was forced to throw the caution when a bumper was seen laying on the surface. The yellow prevented Greg Biffle, who led five times for a race-high 58 laps, from pulling out of line in an attempt to grab the victory away from Hamlin. “I just didn’t want to pass too early. I was going to be the lone soldier on the outside lane,” Biffle said. “So I was just waiting. I was setting up to go by him but just never had the chance.”

fast I’ve been swimming. “They were actually pretty close to what my high school times were.” Joanne Wainwright, the coach for Top of the World Swimming, also won some events. Unlike in the case of Olson, these were not her first Masters Zone triumphs. Wainwright, a former swim coach at Skyview High School and current instructor in an age-group, learn-toswim program, took first in the 400 IM in 6:05.19 and first in the 1,000 free at 14:00.98. In the 55 to 59 age group, she also was second in the 200 free (2:30.97), second in the 100 fly (1:17.34) and third

in the 200 breaststroke (3:11.01). Wainwright said she was fighting an injury at the meet, but added that attending the meet was still worth it. “I wasn’t thrilled with my times, but I was happy to still be swimming,” she said. “I had an OK meet, but it’s not always about you. “It’s not about me, it’s about everyone else having fun and inspiring other people.” One of those people clearly enjoying themselves was Olson. Olson swam in high school, then did a little swimming while in college in Montana. He started dabbling in swimming

again in, of all places, Galena about five years ago. “It’s a very small community, a Bush community, and it’s unique in that it has a pool,” Olson said. “We had four that would swim there pretty regularly.” But Olson never entered any meets. That started to change when he moved to the Peninsula in February 2013 and started training with Top of the World Swimming. “It’s nice to be in a coached environment with swimming,” Olson said. “It’s allows you to not get bored just from working out by yourself.” See SWIM, page A-9

Scoreboard Golf Wells Fargo Scores

Sunday at Quail Hollow Club Course Charlotte, N.C. Purse: $6.9 million; Yardage: 7,562; Par: 72 Final J.B. Holmes (500), $1,242,000 70-67-66-71—274 Jim Furyk (300), $745,200 72-69-69-65—275 Martin Flores (190), $469,200 67-68-69-72—276 Jason Bohn (135), $331,200 73-67-67-70—277 Justin Rose (110), $276,000 69-67-71-71—278 Brendon de Jonge (95), $239,775 80-62-68-69—279 Kevin Kisner (95), $239,775 72-66-68-73—279 Roberto Castro (80), $200,100 71-70-69-70—280 Rory McIlroy (80), $200,100 69-76-65-70—280 Rory Sabbatini (80), $200,100 74-68-71-67—280 Kevin Chappell (65), $158,700 73-70-70-68—281 Phil Mickelson (65), $158,700 67-75-63-76—281 Michael Thompson (65), $158,700 71-69-69-72—281 Jonathan Byrd (56), $120,750 68-71-70-73—282 Zach Johnson (56), $120,750 71-70-69-72—282 Geoff Ogilvy (56), $120,750 72-67-70-73—282 Kevin Streelman (56), $120,750 72-69-71-70—282 Charles Howell III (51), $89,976 69-71-70-73—283 Martin Kaymer (51), $89,976 69-69-70-75—283

Baseball AL Standings

East Division W New York 16 Baltimore 15 Boston 15 Tampa Bay 15 Toronto 14 Central Division Detroit 17 Minnesota 14 Chicago 15 Kansas City 14 Cleveland 13 West Division Oakland 19 Texas 17 Los Angeles 15 Seattle 14 Houston 10

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M.Gonzalez, Patton (5), Matusz (6), R.Webb (7), Z.Britton (7), Brach (8) and Wieters; P.Hughes, Swarzak (7), Thielbar (7), Fien (8), Perkins (9) and K.Suzuki. W_P.Hughes 3-1. L_M.Gonzalez 1-3. Sv_Perkins (7). HRs_Baltimore, N.Cruz (9).

Tigers 9, Royals 4 Det. 011 320 020—9 16 0 KC 000 000 301—4 7 0 Verlander, Krol (8), Alburquerque (9) and Avila; Vargas, Ti.Collins (6), Mariot (8), G.Holland (9) and S.Perez, Hayes. W_Verlander 4-1. L_Vargas 2-1. HRs_Detroit, Castellanos (4), Avila (2).

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Sunday’s Games Miami 5, L.A. Dodgers 4 San Francisco 4, Atlanta 1 Toronto 7, Pittsburgh 2 Philadelphia 1, Washington 0 San Diego 4, Arizona 3 Cincinnati 4, Milwaukee 3, 10 innings N.Y. Mets 5, Colorado 1 St. Louis 5, Chicago Cubs 4 Monday’s Games L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 5-0) at Washington (Zimmermann 2-1), 3:05 p.m. San Francisco (Petit 2-1) at Pittsburgh (Locke 0-0), 3:05 p.m. Toronto (Happ 0-0) at Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 0-2), 3:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Niese 2-2) at Miami (Eovaldi 2-1), 3:10 p.m. St. Louis (S.Miller 3-2) at Atlanta (Harang 3-2), 3:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Quintana 1-2) at Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 0-3), 4:05 p.m. Arizona (Bolsinger 1-1) at Milwaukee (Garza 1-3), 4:10 p.m. Texas (M.Perez 4-1) at Colorado (Lyles 3-0), 4:40 p.m. Kansas City (Ventura 2-1) at San Diego (Stults 1-3), 6:10 p.m. All Times ADT

White Sox 4, Indians 3 Chi. 100 000 003—4 4 0 Cle. 002 100 000—3 9 0 Rienzo, Putnam (5), Belisario (7), D.Webb (8), Lindstrom (9) and Flowers; Kluber, Axford (9), Rzepczynski (9) and Kottaras. W_D. Webb 2-0. L_Axford 0-2. Sv_Lind-

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G.Gonzalez, Blevins (8) and Leon; R.Hernandez, Mi.Adams (8), Bastardo (8), Papelbon (9) and Ruiz. W_R.Hernandez 2-1. L_G.Gonzalez 3-2. Sv_Papelbon (9).

Padres 4, Diamondbacks 3 Ari. SD

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Miley, Delgado (8), O.Perez (9) and Gosewisch, Montero; T.Ross, Benoit (8), Street (9) and Rivera. W_Street 1-0. L_O.Perez 0-1. HRs_Arizona, Goldschmidt (5).

Reds 4, Brewers 3, 10 inn. Mil. 101 100 000 0—3 6 0 Cin. 001 100 010 1—4 11 0 Lohse, W.Smith (7), Kintzler (8), Duke (9), Thornburg (10) and Lucroy; Simon, M.Parra (8), Broxton (9), LeCure (10) and B.Pena, Barnhart. W_LeCure 1-1. L_ Thornburg 3-1. HRs_Milwaukee, Gennett (2), K.Davis (4). Cincinnati, B.Pena (3), Phillips (2).

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NL Standings

East Division W Atlanta 17 Washington 17 New York 16 Philadelphia 15 Miami 16 Central Division Milwaukee 21 St. Louis 16 Cincinnati 15 Pittsburgh 12 Chicago 11 West Division San Francisco 20 Colorado 19 Los Angeles 18 San Diego 14 Arizona 11

Ryan Moore (51), $89,976 Kevin Na (51), $89,976 Gary Woodland (51), $89,976 Jason Kokrak (45), $58,157 Y.E. Yang (45), $58,157 Stewart Cink (45), $58,157 John Merrick (45), $58,157 Wes Roach (45), $58,157 Robert Streb (45), $58,157 Mark Wilson (45), $58,157 Ricky Barnes (38), $40,106 Scott Brown (38), $40,106 Angel Cabrera (38), $40,106 Derek Ernst (38), $40,106 Chris Kirk (38), $40,106 Martin Laird (38), $40,106 Vijay Singh (38), $40,106 Brendan Steele (38), $40,106 Sang-Moon Bae (31), $28,980 Bud Cauley (31), $28,980 Rickie Fowler (31), $28,980 Scott Langley (31), $28,980 Hideki Matsuyama (31), $28,980 Webb Simpson (31), $28,980 Ernie Els (25), $20,861 Bill Haas (25), $20,861 David Hearn (25), $20,861

Mets 5, Rockies 1 NY 102 100 100—5 10 0 Col. 000 000 001—1 8 0 Gee, C.Torres (7), Rice (7), Familia (8) and d’Arnaud; Chacin, Kahnle (6), Belisle (8) and McKenry. W_Gee 3-1. L_Chacin 0-1. HRs_Colorado, Morneau (7).

Cardinals 5, Cubs 4 SL Ch.

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Lynn, C.Martinez (7), Siegrist (8), Rosenthal (9) and Y.Molina; Hammel, Villanueva (7), Grimm (8), H.Rondon (9), W.Wright (9) and Jo.Baker. W_Siegrist 1-1. L_H. Rondon 0-1. Sv_Rosenthal (8).

Basketball

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NBA Playoffs

Maurer, Wilhelmsen (6), Furbush (8), Farquhar (8) and Buck; McHugh, Williams (5), D.Downs (9) and J.Castro. W_Maurer 1-0. L_McHugh 2-1. Sv_Farquhar (1). HRs_Houston, Presley (3), Villar (5).

(Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Saturday, May 3 Indiana 92, Atlanta 80, Indiana wins series 4-3 Oklahoma City 120, Memphis 109, Oklahoma City wins series 4-3 L.A. Clippers 126, Golden State 121, L.A. Clippers wins series 4-3 Sunday, May 4 Brooklyn 104, Toronto 103, Brooklyn wins series 4-3 San Antonio 119, Dallas 96, San Antonio wins series 4-3

Rangers 14, Angels 3 Tex. 321 300 005—14 14 0 LA 200 000100— 3 9 1 Darvish, N.Martinez (7) and Arencibia; Skaggs, Jepsen (3), Kohn (5), Morin (6), Salas (8), Maronde (9) and Conger. W_Darvish 2-1. L_Skaggs 2-1. HRs_Texas, Arencibia (1), Choice (2). Los Angeles, Aybar (2), Pujols (10).

Blue Jays 7, Pirates 2 Tor. Pit.

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McGowan, Stroman (8), Cecil (8) and Kratz; Volquez, Sadler (6), J.Hughes (8) and C.Stewart. W_McGowan 2-1. L_Volquez 1-3. HRs_Toronto, Rasmus (7), Me.Cabrera (6).

Marlins 5, Dodgers 4 LA 002 001 001—4 6 0 Mia. 200 011 001—5 9 1 Fife, Howell (7), J.Wright (8) and Butera, Olivo; Fernandez, M.Dunn (8), A.Ramos (9) and Saltalamacchia. W_A.Ramos 2-0. L_J.Wright 2-2. HRs_Miami, Stanton 2 (10), Yelich (2).

Giants 4, Braves 1 SF Atl.

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Bumgarner, J.Gutierrez (7), J.Lopez (8), Machi (8), Casilla (9) and Posey; A.Wood, Hale (6), Avilan (7), J.Walden (8), Varvaro (9) and Gattis. W_Bumgarner 3-3. L_A.Wood 2-5. Sv_Casilla (1). HRs_San Francisco, B.Crawford 2 (3).

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FIRST ROUND

CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS Monday, May 5 Washington at Indiana, 3 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Oklahoma City, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 6 Brooklyn at Miami, 3 p.m. Portland at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 7 Washington at Indiana, 3 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Oklahoma City, 5:30 p.m. All Times ADT

Hockey NHL Playoffs SECOND ROUND Thursday, May 1 Montreal 4, Boston 3, 2OT Friday, May 2 N.Y. Rangers 3, Pittsburgh 2, OT Chicago 5, Minnesota 2 Saturday, May 3 Boston 5, Montreal 3, series tied 1-1 Los Angeles 3, Anaheim 2, OT, Los Angeles leads series 1-0 Sunday, May 4 Chicago 4, Minnesota 1, Chicago leads series 2-0 Pittsburgh 3, N.Y. Rangers 0, series tied 1-1 Monday, May 5 Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 3:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Anaheim, 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 6

Pat Perez (25), $20,861 Shawn Stefani (25), $20,861 Andrew Svoboda (25), $20,861 Retief Goosen (19), $16,643 Danny Lee (19), $16,643 Hunter Mahan (19), $16,643 Ben Martin (19), $16,643 Ted Potter, Jr. (19), $16,643 Robert Allenby (16), $15,801 Daniel Summerhays (16), $15,801 Josh Teater (13), $15,456 Mike Weir (13), $15,456 Will Wilcox (13), $15,456 Brian Davis (9), $14,904 Michael Putnam (9), $14,904 Heath Slocum (9), $14,904 Kyle Stanley (9), $14,904 Cameron Tringale (9), $14,904 Brian Harman (5), $14,352 Davis Love III (5), $14,352 Kevin Tway (5), $14,352 Johnson Wagner (3), $14,076 Justin Hicks (1), $13,800 Carl Pettersson (1), $13,800 Jim Renner (1), $13,800 Bronson La’Cassie (1), $13,524 Jim Herman (1), $13,386

Boston at Montreal, 3 p.m. Chicago at Minnesota, 5 p.m. All Times ADT

Racing Aaron’s 499 Results

Sunday At Talladega Superspeedway Talladega, Ala. Lap length: 2.66 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (34) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 188 laps, 123.2 rating, 47 points, $303,315. 2. (35) Greg Biffle, Ford, 188, 115.1, 44, $265,985. 3. (27) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 188, 67.2, 41, $215,151. 4. (18) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 188, 81.8, 41, $181,760. 5. (3) A J Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 188, 88.2, 39, $154,113. 6. (2) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 188, 83.8, 39, $167,384. 7. (8) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 188, 107.6, 38, $158,778. 8. (42) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 188, 87.7, 36, $131,145. 9. (29) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 188, 94.8, 35, $140,590. 10. (25) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 188, 65.5, 34, $152,795. 11. (41) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 188, 64.6, 0, $104,410. 12. (19) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 188, 103.4, 33, $152,276. 13. (15) Aric Almirola, Ford, 188, 66.3, 31, $143,821. 14. (4) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 188, 74.7, 31, $130,018. 15. (5) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 188, 79.4, 29, $151,146. 16. (17) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 188, 55.2, 28, $118,043. 17. (43) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 188, 85.2, 27, $130,493. 18. (6) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 188, 45.8, 27, $109,735. 19. (26) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 188, 61, 26, $127,280. 20. (36) Josh Wise, Ford, 188, 48.8, 24, $98,535. 21. (31) Cole Whitt, Toyota, 188, 58.2, 23, $96,160. 22. (7) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 188, 74.9, 23, $106,835. 23. (20) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 188, 99.8, 22, $148,871. 24. (37) Terry Labonte, Ford, 188, 38.7, 20, $109,168. 25. (28) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, 188, 43.9, 19, $105,410. 26. (30) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 188, 69, 19, $104,110. 27. (38) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 188, 53.4, 17, $113,107. 28. (33) Alex Bowman, Toyota, accident, 187, 62.4, 16, $94,510. 29. (32) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 187, 32.4, 15, $129,024. 30. (10) Carl Edwards, Ford, accident, 182, 52, 15, $111,110. 31. (24) Ryan Truex, Toyota, accident, 182, 62.5, 13, $92,460. 32. (16) Joey Logano, Ford, accident, 174, 91.3, 13, $131,301. 33. (9) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, accident, 174, 82.4, 11, $91,185. 34. (22) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, accident, 174, 50.1, 11, $91,060. 35. (39) David Ragan, Ford, accident, 174, 52.9, 10, $98,910. 36. (14) Michael McDowell, Ford, accident, 174, 56.2, 9, $90,785. 37. (21) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 171, 77.6, 8, $139,742. 38. (13) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 160, 32.6, 7, $130,098. 39. (11) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 156, 69.1, 6, $127,626. 40. (40) David Gilliland, Ford, engine, 150, 60.6, 5, $84,690. 41. (23) Trevor Bayne, Ford, accident, 136, 77.6, 0, $72,690. 42. (1) Brian Scott, Chevrolet, accident, 136, 60.3, 0, $74,690. 43. (12) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, accident, 136, 44.2, 1, $99,348. Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 152.103 mph. Time of Race: 3 hours, 17 minutes, 16 seconds. Margin of Victory: Under Caution. Caution Flags: 8 for 31 laps. Lead Changes: 48 among 23 drivers. Lap Leaders: P.Menard 1-5; D.Patrick 6-7; J.Gordon 8; D.Patrick 9-12; B.Keselowski 13; P.Menard 14; L.Cassill 15; P.Menard 1619; M.Kenseth 20; J.Logano 21-

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31; D.Hamlin 32-34; C.Edwards 35-37; J.Logano 38; C.Edwards 39-40; J.Johnson 41; J.Logano 42-51; D.Gilliland 52; Ky.Busch 53; J.Logano 54-56; G.Biffle 5758; J.Johnson 59; G.Biffle 60-94; C.Edwards 95; M.McDowell 96; G.Biffle 97-106; D.Ragan 107; C.Mears 108; D.Earnhardt Jr. 109112; T.Bayne 113-118; D.Earnhardt Jr. 119-134; M.Ambrose 135-137; R.Sorenson 138; R.Newman 139; C.Mears 140-141; G.Biffle 142145; D.Earnhardt Jr. 146-151; G.Biffle 152-158; B.Vickers 159161; D.Hamlin 162; B.Vickers 163; D.Hamlin 164-165; B.Vickers 166167; K.Harvick 168-180; D.Hamlin 181; K.Harvick 182; D.Hamlin 183-185; K.Harvick 186; D.Hamlin C 187-188. Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Y Led, Laps Led): G.Biffle, 5 times for 58 laps; D.Earnhardt Jr., 3 times for 26 laps; J.Logano, 4 times for 25 laps; K.Harvick, 3 times for 15 laps; D.Hamlin, 6 times for 12 laps; P.Menard, 3 times for 10 laps; B.Vickers, 3 times for 6 laps; D.Patrick, 2 times for 6 laps; C.Edwards, 3 times for 6 laps; T.Bayne, 1 time for 6 laps; C.Mears, 2 times for 3 laps; M.Ambrose, 1 time for 3 laps; J.Johnson, 2 times for 2 laps; L.Cassill, 1 time for 1 lap; Ky.Busch, 1 time for 1 lap; R.Newman, 1 time for 1 lap; R.Sorenson, 1 time for 1 lap; D.Ragan, 1 time for 1 lap; M.McDowell, 1 time for 1 lap; M.Kenseth, 1 time for 1 lap; B.Keselowski, 1 time for 1 lap; J.Gordon, 1 time for 1 lap; D.Gilliland, 1 time for 1 lap. Wins: K.Harvick, 2; J.Logano, 2; Ku.Busch, 1; Ky.Busch, 1; D.Earnhardt Jr., 1; C.Edwards, 1; D.Hamlin, 1; Bra.Keselowski, 1. Top 12 in Points: 1. J.Gordon, 347; 2. M.Kenseth, 344; 3. Ky.Busch, 343; 4. D.Earnhardt Jr., 328; 5. C.Edwards, 328; 6. J.Logano, 305; 7. J.Johnson, 304; 8. G.Biffle, 300; 9. R.Newman, 299; 10. B.Vickers, 297; 11. Bra.Keselowski, 294; 12. D.Hamlin, 292.

Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Sent INF David Adams outright to Bowie (EL). CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Activated OF Moises Sierra. Assigned 3B Conor Gillaspie to Charlotte (IL). Optioned LHP Frank De Los Santos to Charlotte. CLEVELAND INDIANS — Recalled OF Nyjer Morgan from Columbus (IL). Optioned LHP Nick Hagadone to Columbus. KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Activated LHP Tim Collins from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Aaron Brooks to Omaha (PCL). OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Claimed OF Nick Buss off waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers and optioned him to Sacramento (PCL). Transferred RHP A.J. Griffin to the 60-day DL. TAMPA BAY RAYS — Recalled RHP Nathan Karns from Durham (IL). Designated RHP Heath Bell for assignment. National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Activated RHP Gavin Floyd from the 15-day DL. Optioned LHP Ian Thomas to Gwinnett (IL). COLORADO ROCKIES — Activated RHP Jhoulys Chacin from the 15-day DL. Placed C Wilin Rosario on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 3. LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Recalled RHP Stephen Fife from Albuquerque (PCL). Optioned RHP Jose Dominguez to Albuquerque. SOCCER Major League Soccer VANCOUVER WHITECAPS — Agreed to terminate the contract of F Kenny Miller. COLLEGE FLORIDA STATE — Reinstated RHP Jameis Winston to the baseball team after being suspended following a shoplifting incident.

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. . . Swim Continued from page A-8

Olson started swimming with Top of the World two nights a week, and augmented that with one to three additional sessions in the pool. He entered a February meet in Anchorage before entering Zones. “I’m going to now try and work on some technique to get faster,” Olson said. “Next year I will try and compete at the national level and see how I do.” Olson has even decided to start swimming year-round. “It’s pretty much the only thing I can be competitive in anymore,” he said. “I might as well just go with it.” While Wainwright is thrilled with Olson’s success, she doesn’t want people to be intimidated by the term “Masters.”

She said Top of the World gets up to 25 people in the pool at one time, but it is more fitness swimming for adults. “Masters just means you are 18 years old,” Wainwright said. “Some are competitive, some aren’t.” Wainwright said she hopes her injury will relent in a month or so, allowing her to get back in the pool. “Winning comes in a lot of forms, and it was just a joy being down there with Nate and Melinda from Anchorage,” she said. Melinda Greig-Walker of Anchorage, also in the 55 to 59 age group, was first in the 50 back (36.32), first in the 100 back (1:15.51), first in the 200 free (2:23.62), second in the 100 free (1:04.85), second in the 50 free (29.84) and second in the 500 free (6:26.45). Those interested in Top of the World Swimming can contact Wainwright at 262-5308.

Penguins tie up Rangers at 1-1 By The Associated Press

PITTSBURGH — Kris Letang broke a scoreless tie in the second period, and Marc-Andre Fleury made 22 saves for his seventh playoff shutout to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 3-0 victory over the New York Rangers on Sunday night, tying the second-round series one game apiece. Letang’s 15th career postseason goal matched Larry Murphy’s record for Penguins defensemen. Jussi Jokinen scored during a third-period power play, and Evgeni Malkin added an empty-net goal for the Penguins, who managed a home split in the first two games with the suddenly weary Rangers. Game 3 is Monday night in New York. Henrik Lundqvist made 32 saves for New York, but the Rangers mustered little offense while playing their fourth game in six days. New York’s limp power play went 0 for 4 and hasn’t scored in 29 straight advantages. The Rangers have lost eight

straight Game 2s and have dropped an NHL-record 13 consecutive games when leading in a series. BLACKHAWKS 4, WILD 1 CHICAGO — Bryan Bickell had a goal and two assists, and Chicago beat Minnesota to take a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinals. Brandon Saad scored his first two goals of the postseason, and Chicago earned its sixth consecutive win despite stretches of lackluster play in the second and third periods. Corey Crawford made 18 saves in another solid performance. Cody McCormick scored his second career playoff goal, but Minnesota missed another chance to steal home-ice advantage from the defending Stanley Cup champions. Jonathan Toews scored his fourth goal of the playoffs in the first period for the Blackhawks, who improved to 16-2 in home postseason games over the last two years. They are 5-0 at home in these playoffs. Game 3 is Tuesday night in Minnesota.

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Giants sweep 3 from Braves By The Associated Press

ATLANTA — Brandon Crawford homered twice, and the San Francisco Giants beat Atlanta 4-1 Sunday to complete a three-game sweep that extended the Braves’ losing streak to six — their longest since dropping eight straight in May 2012. Madison Bumgarner (3-3) allowed one unearned run and three hits in six innings, striking out nine as the Giants won their fifth in a row. Santiago Casilla pitched the ninth for his first save. MARLINS 5, DODGERS 4 MIAMI — Jeff Baker hit a winning double off the wall against Jamey Wright (2-2) with two outs in the ninth. Right fielder Yasiel Puig retreated and made a leaping try for an acrobatic catch but slammed against the fence, and the ball deflected off it and hit him in the face. Puig collapsed to his stomach and was slow to rise; he passed a concussion test and Los Angeles said he is day to day.

Daniel Murphy and Lucas Duda had RBI doubles — Wright has a .384 average, 10 homers and 40 RBIs in 138 at-bats at Coors Field.

PHILLIES 1, NATIONALS 0 PHILADELPHIA — Roberto Hernandez (2-1) allowed four hits in 7 1-3 innings. Jimmy Rollins hit a one-out triple in the first and scored on Chase Utley’s single off Gio Gonzalez (3-2), who gave up four hits and struck out seven in 7 1-3 innings.

as San Diego stopped a four-game losing streak. Maybin started the winning rally with a chopper to second and was initially called out before the call was overturned on a video review.

CARDINALS 5, CUBS 4

CHICAGO — Yadier Molina drove in two runs with a two-out single in the ninth inning and the Cardinals snapped out of an offensive funk with a victory over the Cubs. The defending National League champions had lost four of five to fall a game below .500. The CardiREDS 4, BREWERS 3 nals scored all their runs with two CINCINNATI — Chris Heisey outs. scored from first on Todd Frazier’s 10th-inning double into the left- WHITE SOX 4, INDIANS 3 field corner off Tyler Thornburgh CLEVELAND — Dayan Vicie(3-1). Cincinnati took three of four against Milwaukee, which is still a do hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning off John Axford, stopbig league-best 21-11. Brandon Phillips greeted re- ping a four-game losing streak. Corey Kluber struck out a careerliever Brandon Kintzler with a tying 425-foot homer to center in high 13 in eight innings, including the eighth, Phillips’ first home run a team-record seven straight. He allowed one run, three hits and two since April 5. walks, leaving with a 3-1 lead.

BLUE JAYS 7, PIRATES 2

PITTSBURGH — Colby Rasmus hit a grand slam and Melky Cabrera added a two-run homer. METS 5, ROCKIES 1 Toronto jumped ahead 6-1 after DENVER — Dillon Gee (3- wasting a 5-3, ninth-inning edge in 1) allowed six hits in six innings, the series opener and a 5-0, fourthextending his scoreless streak to a inning advantage Saturday night. career-best 16 innings as New York avoided a four-game sweep. He is PADRES 4, 13-6 with a 2.66 ERA since last DIAMONDBACKS 3 May 30. SAN DIEGO — Cameron After wasting a 6-0 lead in Saturday’s 11-10 loss, the Mets Maybin reached base after an overjumped to a 4-0 lead after four in- turned umpire’s call, then scored on Yonder Alonso’s slow grounder nings. David Wright, Chris Young, in the ninth off Oliver Perez (0-1)

as Oakland averted a three-game sweep and completed a 5-5 trip. The hit drove in Jed Lowrie, who had doubled with two outs.

RANGERS 14, ANGELS 3 ANAHEIM, Calif. — Prince Fielder had a pair of RBI doubles that ended a drought of 39 at-bats without an extra-base hit. Yu Darvish (2-1) shrugged off first-inning homers by Erick Aybar and Albert Pujols to get his first victory since April 6 at Tampa Bay. He allowed three runs, seven hits and no walks in 6 1-3 innings with nine strikeouts.

TIGERS 9, ROYALS 4 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Justin Verlander (4-1) took a no-hit bid into the sixth inning and won his fourth straight decision, helping Detroit complete a three-game sweep and extend its winning streak to a season-high five games. Billy Butler singled to right on a 1-2 pitch with two outs in the sixth, leaving him with a .432 average in 74 at-bats against the Detroit ace,

RAYS 5, YANKEES 1

TWINS 5, ORIOLES 2

NEW YORK — Wil Myers had a three-run, inside-the-park homer on a drive off the top of the centerfield fence and drove in four runs. Erik Bedard (1-1) earned his first win as a starter since last June, allowing one run and six hits in six innings to help the Rays finish a 5-5 trip.

MINNEAPOLIS — Phil Hughes (3-1) gave up two runs and six hits in 6 1-3 innings to win his third straight start. After a single by Nick Markakis starting the game, Hughes retired his next 14 batters.

ATHLETICS 3, RED SOX 2

HOUSTON — Robinson Cano and Willie Bloomquist each drove in two runs, and Seattle pulled away in a four-run third and dropped Houston to a big leagueworst 10-21.

BOSTON — Yoenis Cespedes drove in the go-ahead run on an infield single with the bases loaded in the 10th off Chris Capuano (1-1)

MARINERS 8, ASTROS 7

Holmes wins again on PGA Tour By The Associated Press

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — More than two years after going through brain surgery, J.B. Holmes is a winner again on the PGA Tour. Holmes made it harder than he needed to on the final hole at Quail Hollow until rapping in a 3-foot bogey putt for a 1-under 71 and a one-shot victory over Jim Furyk in the Wells Fargo Championship. Furyk finished his Sunday-best 65 some two hours earlier.

Jason Bohn had the best chance to catch Holmes. He was one shot behind when he pulled a 4-iron into the water on the par-3 17th, making double bogey. Phil Mickelson never had a chance, missing four putts from the 4-foot range and closing with a 76 to finish out of the top 10. The victory capped a remarkable turnaround for Holmes, who won for the third time in his career. He was diagnosed in 2011 with structural defects in the cer-

ebellum known as Chiara malformations, and he had surgery twice — once to remove a piece of his skull that he still keeps at home, another because of an allergic reaction to the adhesive on the titanium plate at the base of his skull. Then, he injured his elbow by hitting too many balls in an attempt to return from the brain surgery. He didn’t bother having surgery on his elbow until last year, when he was sidelined by a broken ankle and couldn’t play,

anyway. Only last week, Holmes earned enough money to keep his card for the rest of the year from a medical extension. Now, he’s headed to The Players Championship next week for the richest prize in golf, and more importantly, secured a spot in the PGA Championship this summer in his native Kentucky. His only other victories were in the Phoenix Open in 2006 and 2008. Holmes finished at finish at 14-under 274.

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capita compared to other districts in the state. While Atwater said the district works closely with prospective charter schools to develop their applications, the

bill allows for a charter that has been denied by a board to appeal to the Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development. Atwater said the board has never denied a charter school, however, if “things go south” and the board rejects an application that section of the bill could affect the district.

The bill also adjusts the funding formula for charter schools. Charters with at least 75 students will be calculated by multiplying the count by the rate for a school of at least 150 students. Previously charters had to have more than 120 students to qualify for the formula calculation. Jones said the change increased the adjust-

ment to Fireweed Academy students. Atwater said that school was the only one of the districts four operating charter schools that was affected; other charters have more than 150 kids. The Legislature also approved a charter school grant program. According to the bill, “a charter school that is established on or after the effective

date of this section may receive a one-time grant from the department equal to the amount of $500 for each student enrolled in the school on Oct. 1 of the first year in which the school applies for the grant.” While the board approved Greatland Adventure Academy as a charter school more than a year ago, the school has yet to

find a suitable building. Due to the dormant status of the charter, administrators are unsure if the academy is eligible for the grant. “We’re waiting to get the ruling on that,” Atwater said. Kaylee Osowski can be reached at kaylee.osowski@ peninsulaclarion.com.

Salvation Army considers Bethel By ZACHARIAH BRYAN The Tundra Drums

BETHEL — When officials from the Salvation Army Alaska Division came to visit Bethel last month, they came with the intention to merely explore how they might help. “We think it’s time to reach out and see what can be done,” said Salvation Army Major George Baker. “We’re hoping after our visit here we can go back and do some brainstorming and crunch some numbers and hopefully in six months or so we can start a program out here. When we come we come to be a part of the community, not to tell the community what to do.” Over two days, Salvation Army officials held conversations with several key players in town, including the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation, ONC members, Tundra Women’s Coalition,

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generators. At present, it can accommodate 174 passengers and 36 vehicles, according to AMHS. It has a forward observation lounge and a sit-down dining room. Its bar lounge is aptly named “The Pitch and Roll.” What the Tustumena no longer has is its old upright piano once stationed near the lounge, and a set of original Western paintings by Walter Graham. Still, the ship has an unmistakably rough-and-ready feel about it. Said Hopkins: “It’s really courageous, and bold. If it had a personality, that’s how I would describe it.” The Tustumena originally served just Kodiak, Homer and Prince William Sound out of Seward. In 1979, the ferry began to operate farther west, pushing out the Aleutian Peninsula to False Pass, King Cove and Sand Point, according to AMHS information. The decision to sail westward was encouraged by two of Tustumena’s captains, Richard Hofstad and Andy Santos, who Hopkins described as visionaries in that regard. Even at that time, the navigational charts weren’t well established for the area. “Charts in some areas were incomplete with large areas of water remaining blank and unsurveyed,” wrote Hopkins. He credits Jack Johnson, who then served as the Tustumena’s chief mate, as having provided the knowledge about the safenavigation “track lines” used by Tustumena on those pioneering voyages from his earlier days as a captain and crew member of mail boats that had served the area. Now the westward runs reach all the way out to Dutch Harbor. Hopkins joined the vessel crew as a third mate during the early 1980s, as AMHS continued to expand the Tustumena’s routes westward. “It was a pretty exciting time and we were seeing a part of America, of Alaska, that very few Americans really get to see — the Alaska Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands. So I liken that route today to the Orient Express and I still believe it’s one of the most exotic runs that the Alaska marine highway has.” Hopkins would continue to work his way up to become captain of the Tustumena. It was a fitting position for a seaman who’d first sailed aboard the ship from Homer to Seldovia in 1970. In 1973, Hopkins had a summer job as a bedroom steward, making up staterooms and cleaning up after seasick passengers. His father served aboard the ship, as did Hopkins’ brother. “I spent my formative years on her, working up from third mate to captain,” Hopkins said. “It was a wonderful experience overall. I certainly have no regrets. It made me a better seaman — I know

Bethel Winter House, the city jail and more. What they came away with was an overwhelming, rabbit hole-like list of problems. TWC Deputy Director Susan Taylor talked about substance abuse problems and a need for more long term housing for women. Vice Mayor Rick Robb talked about the needs of low-income people and a need for housing for people coming out of jail, people with mental health issues and people with substance abuse issues. The Bethel Winter House board talked about how they needed to create a more sustainable project. ONC spoke about the astronomical prices of food. ONC’s Gloria Simeon said she was worried about the possibility of the senior center shutting down. “There’s a tremendous need out there. I can go on and on,” said ONC’s Zacharias Brink. There are things that community members are doing right that — just by virtue of sailing on that ship. The weather is certainly rougher and meaner, and just tougher all the way around than what we experience down here.” When Hopkins speaks of the weather he experienced aboard the Tustumena, it’s clear these are experiences that remain vivid in his memory. He stresses that the summer season isn’t bad compared to the winter. But the winter can be very bad indeed “The Tustumena, when it strikes out, it’s in the open ocean, and you feel that swell,” Hopkins said. “The ship is in motion constantly from the sea under it, and you can hear it, too, when that wind blows. It screams through the antennas and the rigging. You can hear it. You can feel it.” He likened the winter sea there as “being on a sea of liquid nitrogen. It’s bitter cold, and sea

in the Bethel community. People mentioned the success of TWC, the food bank, Bethel Winter House, the Sobering Center and the senior center, among other programs. “We have a long way to go but I think as a community and as a region we pull together when we need to,” Simeon said. Baker was careful to say that he did not want to disrupt anything that was already working. “I want to say right up front that we have no plans to come in and change the way things are run,” Baker said. “That’s not the way we work. If there’s a food bank, we don’t want to come in and make a food bank. If there’s already a shelter, we don’t want to come in and make a shelter. We don’t want to duplicate anything that’s already here.” Salvation Army officials also noted their interest in working with the villages in the region, smoke rising, and, of course, the waves, the sea. It’s almost like a mortal enemy, and there have been nights out there that I am so grateful that I am on a good ship that’s well-made. He recounts how the Tustumena and its crew has been involved in numerous maritime rescues over time. Both Hopkins and Austin remarked about the enduring quality of the Tustumena crew members. “The Tustumena has always been well staffed,” Hopkins said. “It’s not really easy duty. ... In the winter time, it’s pretty serious business.” Austin, the current captain, would agree. “We work pretty hard, but along with that though, there’s a sense of accomplishment and pride,” Austin said. “You really have to like the ship to work here.” The state now is designing the

though it may be a while before they can set up a program to do that. Simeon noted the importance of this idea. “Things that are happening in the villages are going to show up here. Things come to roost in Bethel,” she said. At the time, Salvation Army officials are being open-minded about what they can do. While the Salvation Army usually starts out in a new area with just a volunteer or a part-time worker, Baker said they may need to think about skipping ahead to creating an outpost, which would have two full-time workers and possibly a facility or an office. He said they want to hopefully start up within six to nine months, or by the end of the year. “What we want to do is improve the quality of life any way we can. Some things we can’t do. No single organization can, but we want to do what we can,” he said. ship that eventually will replace Tustumena in the open-ocean routes of the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Chain. The AMHS initial reconnaissance report on the Tustumena replacement design will be presented in May at community meetings in Homer, Kodiak and Unalaska. Meanwhile, the Tustumena itself completed its overhaul period and departed Ketchikan for points northwest on April 18. It’s not clear how long the replacement process will take. More than a few people will be saddened when the ship is finally retired from AMHS service. “When that day comes, I’ll certainly feel like a member of the family has passed away,” Hopkins said.

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Antonio “Chico” Sandoval receives a prayer from Scott Hamann (left) and Gary Anderson (right) for safe riding on his 2002 Santee motorcycle at the Biker Blessing at the Church of the Nazarene in Nikiski Sunday. More than 40 bikers from all over the Kenai Peninsula attended the blessing.

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the owner of a Harley Davidson Heritage Springer with a custom flame painted gas tank and chrome skull on the front between the handlebars. After the service, cyclists lined up one-by-one as Hamann and Kenai resident Gary Anderson prayed for the rider’s safety this summer. Kenai residents Jake and Hilory Arness said this is the first blessing they have attended. After they each received their blessings, the two took off for a ride around the peninsula. “We look forward to days like this,” Hilory Arness said. “You only have so many months to ride in Alaska.”

chaps and jackets socialized over coffee and donuts while admiring the variety of motorcycles in the lot. Soldotna resident Josh Land, the president of the Christian Motorcycle Association Peninsula Chapter, chatted with Antonio “Chico” Sandoval of Kasilof about his 2002 Santee motorcycle. Land said the recent weather was perfect for riding. He rode the scenic bypass to Anchorage on Saturday and soaked up the views at Turnagain Arm. Charlie MacDonald of Sterling shared stories of the road Reach Dan Balmer at daniel. with Greg and Teresa Matranga balmer@peninsulaclarion.com from Soldotna. MacDonald is

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Monday, May 5, 2014

Chance Percival

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

Photo by Kaylee Osowski/Peninsula Clarion

Cool ‘stache, bro

Summer break approaching

Triston Gallegos (left) and Fisher Kennamer (right) participate in Mustache Day at Soldotna Elementary in Soldotna on Friday.

The last day of school is May 21.

Career and Tech training offered

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

Visit The Study The Study will be holding Kindergarten Visitation for next year’s incoming Kindergartners and Pre-K students from 1-2 p.m. on May 16. Students can participate in an hour of school while parents register.

Connections Home-school Enrollment for 2014/2015 school year has started! Please make an enrollment appointment with your advisor. Also, check out our Facebook page for more information on our Connections Homeschool Program! Homer Shorebird Festival — Connections is offering an amazing opportunity to explore and celebrate the migration of the shorebirds of Kachemak Bay! Hundreds of thousands of shorebirds, representing over 25 species from as far as Asia, Hawaii and South America, use sites around Kachemak Bay as feeding grounds during their spring migration. Connections will be hosting a science field trip to explore these fascinating birds and science centers will be available, also! This invitation is to all Connections students and families. Where — Homer/ Mud Bay (down East End Road); When — May 13 Begins at 12:30 p.m. on the beach, I suggest arriving at noon. Early birds can help set up the science centers.; Who — Connections students- the field trip is geared for grades 3-6. Please email or call Shelli Furlong to RSVP (required – limited space available) 907-714-8880 sfurlong@kpbsd.k12.ak.us Owl Pellet Investigations — As we investigate these pellets we will be face to face with nature by learning about food chain studies, prey and predator relationships, the importance of a variety of predators, and how these animals help farmers control pests and play an essential role in healthy ecosystems. This is an elementary minded investigation with special attention to the scientific process! When — May 14 11 a.m.-1 p.m.; Where — Soldotna Connections Office. Space is limited and your pellet is waiting for your reservation! Please email or call Shelli Furlong: sfurlong@kpbsd.k12.ak.us or 907-714-8880. Kenai River Kids Clean Up Day —May 16 Mingle with other homeschool students/families, get outside to enjoy the springtime weather, and get an overwhelming feeling of pride that you helped improve your beautiful river community! If you are interested in participating, please contact Mark Wackler (mwackler@kpbsd.k12.ak.us). Lunch is provided for all participants and we’d love to see you there! Below is a tentative time-line for the day along with the primary clean up locations we have selected. We will be using three primary clean up locations: Isaac Walton in Sterling, Swiftwater Park in Soldotna, Centennial Park in Soldotna. Each student will be given their own trash bag and label. Awards will be given to the class or classes that collect the most trash. General awards will also be presented to all the students that participate.

Kaleidoscope School Of Arts and Science n Tuesday — 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. 3rd and 4th grade are going on a Study Trip to Johnson Lake for salmon release. n Wednesday — Bike Rodeo-classroom instructions for grades 1-6; All throughout the day students will participate in city clean-up; D.A.R.E for the 5th / 6th grade classes n Thursday — 6-7 p.m. Band Concert n Friday — 9:15-9:45 a.m. Band Assembly; 10 a.m.- noon 3rd thru 6th grade are having Science Field Day; 1:30-3 p.m. See SCHOOLS, page B-3

Building careers Girls encouraged to consider construction jobs

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion

Eric Long and Cub Finney helps during clean up for Alaska Construction Career Day April 29 at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. By KAYLEE OSOWSKI Peninsula Clarion

Since its Soldotna debut three years ago, Alaska Construction Career Day is seeing a more diverse group of students attend the event. Loretta Knudson-Spalding, Kenai Peninsula School District guidance assistant, said more girls attended the event than in the past two years. Norma Lucero, on-the-job support services coordinator at the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities and construction day coordinator said construction isn’t a common career choice for women. Organizers of the event are trying to encourage girls as well as minority students to consider a career in the field. Kenai Central High School sophomore Ashley Young said while she doesn’t want to work in the construction industry after high school, she enjoys welding and woodworking. “I actually built it,” Young said about a wood project from the event. “It’s fun.” She has taken woodshop and welding classes at school and plans to continue taking

and seniors. This year freshman and sophomores were invited. Knudson-Spalding said bringing younger students to the event helps them to decide sooner if they’re interested in a career in construction so that they can take classes that work toward that goal. The event, sponsored by DOT&PF Civil Rights Office, the Local Technical Assistance Program, brings labor unions, construction companies and state agencies together to teach students about the construction field. Students learn about welding, woodworking, building, heavy equipment operating and more. “It just gives them hands-on experience for all the different venues,” Knudson-Spalding said. She said the event increases awareness of apprenticeship and vocational opportunities after graduating high school and some students have gone into trade programs from connections made at the event. Reubin Payne, Connections Home-school advisor, said the event stimulates interest in students to consider vocational work and apprenticeships to “earn while you learn.” He said jobs in the construction field pay well and he thinks the number of local jobs in the industry will increase in the near future. While the construction companies and labor unions that attend the fair don’t take resumes, Knudson-Spalding said she know a few students have made connections at the fair that have lead to apprenticeships.

shop-based classes through high school. Sara Filiatraut, a freshman at Skyview High School, is interested in becoming a paramedic or working in construction — possibly trucking — after graduating. She said she spent a while talking with representatives with one of the trucking companies at the event, and hopes to follow up with the company in the future. Tekakwitha Viglione, 23, a first-year apprentice through Piledrivers and Divers Local 2520’s training school, said she first became interested in welding at a similar event when she was 16 years old. Levi Allain, lead instructor for Piledrivers, said it can be difficult for women who work in construction to make a name for themselves. He said Viglione is doing well so far. “It’s sometimes difficult being a woman (in construction),” Viglione said. … “You try to beat out all the guys. We all want jobs.” For any student interested in working in construction, Viglione recommended taking all the high school shop classes possible. A wider age range of students was also represented at this year’s event at the Soldotna Kaylee Osowski can be reached at kaylee. Regional Sports Complex on April 29. Previ- osowski@peninsulaclarion.com. ously the event was primarily open to juniors

KPC’s upcoming commencement ceremonies Both the Kenai River and Kachemak Bay campuses are busy planning their annual graduation exercises. Students are breathing a collective sigh of relief after many late night study sessions and final exams. Those who have reached their goal of earning degrees, certificates or GEDs will soon put on gowns and mortar boards with tassels and proudly walk across stages in front of family and friends to officially mark the accomplishments they have made. The Kenai River Campus will hold its 44th commencement ceremony at 7 p.m., May 8, at Kenai Central High School’s Renée C. Henderson Auditorium. The KRC valedictorian, Maria Sweppy, will graduate with an associate of applied science degree in general business. The keynote speaker will be author Dr. William Hensley, author of “Fifty Miles from Tomorrow: A Memoir of Alaska and the Real People.” Hensley is a visiting distinguished professor at UAA’s College of Business and Public Policy, where he teaches Alaska policy. There will be a reception for graduates and their families, sponsored by the KRC Student Union, in the foyer of the auditorium immediately following the ceremony. The KRC Residence Hall will host graduates and guests at a Graduation Dance from 9-12 p.m. after the commencement. The Kachemak Bay Campus will celebrate its 32nd annual commencement cerC

K enai P eninsula C ollege A round C ampus emony at 7 p.m., May 7, at Homer High School’s Mariner Theater. The keynote speaker will be Homerraised Shannyn Moore, Alaska broadcaster, newspaper columnist and radio and TV commentator. The KBC student speaker will be Karmen Classen who is being awarded an associate of arts degree.

KRC paramedic program application deadline

Students interested in applying for KRC’s fall 2014 paramedic program must turn in their applications by Friday, May 16. View the application from the KPC website at http://www.kpc.alaska.edu/paramedictechnology/. For more information about the program, please contact Paul Perry, KRC assistant professor of paramedical technology, at 262-0378 or e-mail peperry@kpc.alaska. edu.

KPC, KPB, KPBSD partner on 50th anniversary

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the college all had their beginnings in 1964, it was an easy decision to collaborate on a shared celebration the 50th anniversary benchmark. Sharing resources and working together is something the groups have done since their inceptions. The three organizations first came together more than a year ago to support and facilitate the production of a set of 50th anniversary collectable commemorative coins, each featuring the founding leaders and logos of each organization. The six coin sets, three each in silver and copper, are currently available for purchase in the KRC bookstore and the Soldotna Chamber of Commerce gift shop. All profits from the project will fund an art student scholarship. The three groups have come together and are planning a shared, 50th anniversary community celebration from 4-7 p.m. on Aug. 14 at the Kenai River Campus in Soldotna. Preliminary plans include a free barbecue, live entertainment, presentations, historical photo displays, tours and activities for kids. Several organizations have generously offered critical sponsorship for the event including the Peninsula Clarion, Tesoro Alaska, KSRM Radio Group, KWAVE/KBAY and Turquoise Broadcasting. For more information, contact Suzie Kendrick, advancement program manager, at 262-0320 or e-mail wskendrick@ kpc.alaska.edu.

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Kindergarten thru 2nd grade are having Science Field Day; Student Placement forms are due. They are available in the circular magazine file in the entryway. This form is one of the considerations looked at when building class lists for the Fall. PTA n PTA is now accepting nominations for the 2014/2015 PTA Board. For more information contact the PTA at ksaspta@gmail.com. Reminders n If you are able to volunteer for the Bike Rodeo on May 12, please let Nurse Mary Lou know. n Year-end Study Trips are happening now. If you plan on volunteering for any trip, please make sure that you have the volunteer requirements done 48 hours prior to the trip. n The Life Skill we are focusing on this week is Caring: To feel and show concern for others.

Kalifornsky Beach Elementary Mr. Daniels’s Class is busy lately! Last week we had Jump Rope For Heart Day, Junior Achievement Day, Secretary’s Day, A visit from a Hydro Power expert for our study of energy, State Forestry personnel came in to teach us about fire safety and a tour of their fire engine, and we had our Artist in Residence, Liz, come in for a special art lesson, and we had a boating safety presentation by Nurse Gayle and her daughter Hanna. Those are just the events IN ADDITION to our normal learning and routines! Mr. Daniels’s class isn’t slowing down at the end of the year…full steam ahead! Second graders in Mrs. McCoy’s hosted a “Trip to the Zoo” for other students in the building on Friday. The class has been busy making posters and dioramas showcasing their favorite animal as part of their research writing project for the fourth quarter of second grade. The final band concert of the year will take place at K-Beach on Thursday at 7 p.m. Students should arrive to the library from 6:30-6:45 p.m. Our visiting artist in residence Liz will be showcasing our students’ awesome artistic creations on May 12 from 6-7 p.m. at K-Beach Elementary.

Girls Varsity at 4 p.m. Boys Varsity at 6 p.m.; High School Borough Track Meet at Skyview – TBA n Saturday — High School Borough Track Meet at Skyview – TBA; Middle School Track Meet at Nikiski Invite n May 12 — High School Soccer at Soldotna High School. Boys Varsity at 3:45 p.m. Girls Varsity at 5:30 p.m. Boys JV at 7:15 p.m. Congratulations to the Nikiski Middle School 6th and 7th graders who have participated in either the recently held KPBSD Middle School Math Meet in Homer or the Trimathlon Math Meet in Seward: John Bright, Thomas Halliday, Jakobee Anderson, Joe Yourkoski, Sam Berry, America Jeffreys, Katerina Sinenko, and Danielle Elsey. Nikiski’s Class of 2021, currently 5th graders at Nikiski North Star, visited Nikiski Middle High School last Tuesday for a Step Up Event. The future Nikiski Bulldogs were given T-Shirts and were introduced to the administration. Select Middle School students acted as tour guides for small groups of 5th graders showing them around the school and introducing them to additional staff. Student’s finished their NMHS experience enjoying lunch in the cafeteria. Over 50 students are expected to enroll in 6th grade for the 2014 – 2015 school year at Nikiski Middle High School.

Nikiski North Star Elementary

Today through Friday is Teacher Appreciation Week at NNS. The PTA would like to let parents know that they will be needing lots of help with different events they have planned to make our teachers and staff feel special this week. If you can help, please contact Shannon Biamonte who is chairing this week long event. Also, May 21 is the end of the year picnic at NNS. Michelle Maguire is chairing this event, so if you would like to volunteer please contact her. Please call the office at 776-2600 for more information. Congratulations to the State PTA Reflections winners: Cooper Stock, photography; Aiden Quiner, visual arts; and Telon Fallon, literature. Please join us to celebrate the retirement of teachers Sherry Matson and Wayne Floyd. Together they have dedicated over 53 years to our children! The celebration will take place in the NNS library on May 15 at 3:45 p.m. Please remember that all parent input forms for the 2014-15 school year are due on Friday by 4 p.m. This is your opportunity to provide input into Kenai Central High the classroom placement of your child. Please use As the end of the year is approaching many of the form provided in the school newsletter that is the AP Exams will be administered over the up- sent home with your child or you may pick up a coming weeks. If you are in an AP class and want copy in the office. to take the AP exam, please make sure that you have filled out the appropriate paper work and paid River City Academy your fee. River City Academy wrapped up Debate week KCHS Choir’s 43rd annual Pops Concert is this Tuesday at 6 p.m. Plan on attending Tuesday at 6 with some well thought out pro and con arguments p.m. and enjoy KCHS Choir students at their best encompassing a variety of topics. In teams of three or four, the students debated topics like the ethics – singing their favorite popular songs. of declawing cats, books versus Kindles, whether or not human population should be controlled, Kenai Middle and which is the better pet, cat or dog. The week Congratulations to our April Students of the was culminated with what the staff billed as “The Month: Abigail Schneiders, Bradley Lawson, Ca- Clash of the Titans” debate in which the best deleb Streiff, Jenna Hansen, Lexi Nave, Nicole Prior, baters from grades 7-9 took on the best from 10 Raven Patrick, Sierra Longfellow, Stephanie Ellis – 12. This group tackled Capitalism versus Socialism and had two special guest judges brought in to and Tristan Chavez. Tuesday is Teacher Appreciation Day. Be sure protect the integrity of the results. Congratulations to stop and share a kind word or gesture with a to Rachael Todd, Sterling Stasak and John Rine for their winning debate in arguing for the Capitalists. teacher. Friday is the last dance of the school year. 6th Congratulations also to the other winners, fun was had by all. graders are invited as well. KTUU Channel 2’s Fund the Future recipient There is a track meet on Saturday in Nikiski at 10 am. Come support fellow KMS students in what for April was awarded to River City Academy’s very own Kiowa Richardson. As a Fund the Future should be a fun and competitive meet. Congratulations to last week’s Character Counts recipient, Kiowa will receive $3,000 toward a UA College Savings Plan. Congratulations to Kiowa winners, Caitlyn Tri and Lcey Plumridge. Only 12 days (83 hours and 21 minutes) of on being presented with this wonderful award! The Outstanding Masonic Student Award school to go! Have a great week! for River City Academy was awarded to senior Sheilyn Pogue at their awards ceremony on April Mountain View Elementary 25 in Kenai. We have a limited number of yearbooks availSheilyn is a senior at RCA. She transferred here able at the office for $17 each. this year from Arizona. Sheilyn has worked very This is Teacher Appreciation Week. Tuesday hard to complete her credits toward graduation and is Teacher Appreciation Day. The Mountain View is working toward eligibility for the Alaska PerforPTA is providing lunch for the staff every day this mance Scholarship. Sheilyn plans are to attend Keweek. If you would like to help by bringing some nai Peninsula College next year and begin working food please call Traci at 953-3779 or the office at toward a degree in Physical Therapy. Sheilyn also 283-8600. received a $1,000 Masonic Scholarship Award. Attention all 1st and 2nd graders mark your calShelby Fletcher a senior at River City Academy endars, it is Bike Rodeo time! received a $1,000 Scholarship from the Masonic Thursday will be Bicycle Safety Instruction. Lodge awarded on April 25 in Kenai. The Kenai Police Department will send an officer Shelby is focused on her studies, well-liked by to teach and instruct students on Safe Bicycle Tips. her peers, and admired as a hard worker by her Friday students may bring their bicycle and helmet teachers. Shelby took advantage of our KPBSD to school and ride the obstacle course. Students distance education program this year and enrolled will also be able to have their bicycle checked and in the Introduction to Pharmacy class. Because of registered with a sticker. Outgrown or don’t have a this class, Shelby has decided to enroll at UAA in helmet? No worries! Helmets can be purchased for their Pharmacy Technician program in the fall. $5 and will be personally fitted for students thanks n Tuesday — 7:50 a.m.-12:10 p.m., New stuto Safe Kids through Central Peninsula Hospital. dent shadow day. Incoming new students for next Get ready for fun! If you would like to help with year are invited to join us for the morning to see the bike rodeo, please call the office at 283-8600. what life is like at RCA. Please call the school to May 13 the PTA will have their final meeting sign up. for the school year at 3:45 p.m. in the staff lounge. n Wednesday — 5:30–7:30p.m., New building Please check the Lost and Found outside the orientation. This invite is open to all students and school office before the end of the school year. parents, including those planning to attend next There are a lot of coats, hats, and gloves just wait- year. ing to be claimed. n Saturday — 10 a.m.–3 p.m., Saturday School; Please try to repay borrowed lunch money be- focus will be on science and technology. fore school is out. The last day to borrow lunch money will be Friday. Congratulations to our Soaring Eagles for the Redoubt Elementary month of April. They are Dylan Duniphin, Josie All volunteers must be registered with the school Fadden, Allie Hutchins, Makai Johansen, Patience district prior to volunteering in classrooms/driving Kruse, Maryrose Macabuag, Miah Mead, Ty Mor- on field trips. Field trip drivers must complete a ris, Sawyer Nyholm, Ryan Pierce, Taylor Pierce, driver form and submit required documentation Isaac Potton, Kiarah Ray, Luke Roberts, James when driving on school related field trips. Please Sparks, Abella Stiers, Jack Terrell, Savanna Wil- contact the school office for additional information son, & Jalyn Yeoman. or go to http://www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/ click on vol-

Nikiski Middle-High n Monday — Spring Choir Pops Concert at 7 p.m. n Tuesday — High School Soccer Vs. Homer. Girls Varsity & Boys JV at 4 p.m. Boys Varsity at 6 p.m. n Wednesday — Spring Band Concert at 7 p.m. n Thursday — High School Soccer vs. Wasilla. Boys Varsity at 3:45 p.m. Girls Varsity at 5:30 p.m. Boys JV at 7:15 p.m. n Friday — High School Soccer vs. Ketchikan.

unteer link and follow the instructions. Last week’s Box Tops for Education winners were, Hayden Caston, Josiah Burton & Samuel Strouse. Keep turning those Box Tops for Education. Band Instruments - Students that rented or borrowed band instruments from the school need to return them to the school this week. Redoubt Library books need to be returned to the school library by today. All library books need to be returned to the school before summer break. Field Day volunteers are needed for the last day of school, May 21. If you have completed the volunteer registration with the school district and

would like to help with our school wide picnic and or Field Day please contact the school office at 260-4300. School Picnic – students are asked to bring in $2 for the school picnic the last day of school. Hotdogs, cookies and a drink will be served at the picnic lunch. Parents are welcome to join us for the picnic. Please notify the school office if you plan to join your child for lunch so that we order enough hotdogs for everyone. Yearbooks will be distributed the last week of school. If you are still interested in purchasing a yearbook please contact the school office, we have a few extra. Garden Party – May 13. Mrs. Belger, Mrs. Lamphier and Mrs. Gomez’s 2nd graders have been learning about the life of plants. This science unit study is about parts of plants and the plant life cycle. Once the unit is completed students will graduate as “Green Thumbs”. In completion of the unit students will be putting their new learned knowledge into action by planting a new flower garden in front of the school. Donations such as bags of soil, garden tools and perennial flowers are welcome and appreciated. Parents are welcome and encouraged to attend the Garden Party. A Ribbon Cutting ceremony will conclude the initiation of the new school flower garden at Redoubt Elementary. Classroom teachers will send out additional information regarding the time of the Ribbon Cutting ceremony.

Skyview High The softball team won their season opener against Eagle River 15-11. The team lost to Chugiak, went into overtime against Bartlett, but came up short, and lost to the state champion East team 9-1. The Track and Field team was at Kenai: Kaylee Fisher was 2nd in the 100 and Haille Landess was 5th; Jessie McNamara was 4th in the 200; Casey Neill was 4th in the 100 hurdles and 6th in the 300 hurdles; Hayley Ramsell was 4th in the triple jump; Kaylee Fisher, Heather Tolliver, Haille Landess and Hayley Ramsell won the 400m relay; Micah Hilbish was 3rd in the 400; Adam O’Guinn was 6th in the discus Home Going Spirit Week May 5 - 9 Monday — Junior Class Elections (current Sophomores) in the Library during Advisory Decision Day is a day to celebrate those seniors that have chosen to pursue some form of post-secondary education after high school. To celebrate Skyview seniors that will be attending the military, vocational/technical school, or two year/4 year schools, Miss Cotton is hosting an advisory activity as well as a free dinner prior to awards night. Seniors, if you would like to be a part of 2014 Decision Day events, please turn your tickets into Emily Cotton or Wes no later than Monday. If you have not yet received an invitation to the event, please see Miss Cotton. There will be a cheer meeting at Skyview on Tuesday immediately after school. It will be followed by a student and parents meeting on Friday in the evening at SoHi. Skyview’s last Academic and Senior’s Awards night will be Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the commons. Wednesday — Sophomore Class Elections (current Freshmen) in the Library during Advisory There will be parent meetings for the SVHS After Grad Party on Thursday and May 15 at 6 p.m. in the Skyview library. For more information contact Rhonda Neill: rneill2@kpbsd.k12.ak.us

Soldotna Elementary Tuesday is Nurse’s Day, and we are happy to celebrate our wonderful nurse, Mrs. Tammy Dudley, as she continues to take care of the student and staff of SOEL and Soldotna Montessori Charter School who share our building. Nurse Tammy is absolutely dedicated to promoting good health and hygiene in our schools, and we are happy to have this day to honor her. Thank you Nurse Tammy! Our yearbooks have come in, so if you ordered one, stop by the office to pick it up. We have some extras at the cost of $18 each if you forgot to order one earlier. Art from the Hearty Family Night is this Thursday. Come and enjoy this celebration from 5-7 p.m. in the gym. There will be student-made ceramic bowls and other pottery pieces available for purchase via a silent auction. This is a fundraiser which helps to support our new Clay Arts program. All students must be accompanied by an adult. Congratulations to Emma Sanford who was the winner of last week’s box top drawing. Keep those box tops coming into the school! They are such a benefit to the students by providing additional funding for playground equipment, etc. Thank you for your diligence. Middle School Math Meet: Sixth graders, Clara Moore and Tim Cashman, participated in the Middle School Math Meet at Homer Middle School on April 11. They competed individually and on teams. Great Job!! Our last PTA meeting will be May 12, 3:45 p.m. in the library. Childcare is provided. Please be sure to stop by the lost and found area at school. All items left at the end of the year must be donated to charity. Please come in and see what you can identify and claim. Thank you. It’s almost our last week for the Reading Counts contest. Our winners last week were Fisher Kennamer, Neolani Fullerton, Tori Morse, Haily Woodward, Hamilton Hunt, Josiah DeMello, Rhys Cannava, Josh Pieh, Michael Gagnon, Brody Reger, and Ryann Cannava. The students at SOEL have worked hard again this year, reading and taking comprehension quizzes for 16 weeks which is the duration of the contest. One winner will be selected by drawing from each classroom,2nd grade through 6th, and the grand prize winner from each class will win a ride on a fire truck and lunch with our principal, Mrs. Diamond. Senator Micciche will be presenting their reading certificates in a schoolwide assembly. This is the fourth annual Reading Counts contest for our students, and by this time of the school year, we are all getting excited to know who the final winners will be. Mrs. Straw’s 3rd grade class and their “kinder partner” buddies in Mrs. Vasilie’s class will be taking a field trip to the Kenai beach this week. The students will be enjoying a geology-based treasure hunt. They will be on the hunt for and classify volcanic rocks, sedimentary rocks, agates, etc. Students will search for drift wood and practice cooperative castle building techniques. Also, the C

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third graders will guide the kindergartners in sand printing the alphabet. Later this week, Mrs. Marge Mullen will be presenting a history of the old post office cabin which sits in our bus parking lot. Mrs. Straw’s 3rd graders have much to learn from Mrs. Mullen who was one of the early homesteaders in this area, and she loves to share her memories. Thank you Mrs. Mullen. Our kids are in for such a treat!

Soldotna High 2014 Soldotna High School yearbooks will be available for pickup during the last week of school prior to graduation. We have a limited number of extra copies if you haven’t purchased yours yet. The yearbook class is working on a spring event insert for this year’s yearbook. The insert will include all spring sports, prom and graduation. If you are interested in a copy of the insert, they are on sale at the Soldotna High School front office or at the distribution event for $10. Inserts will be available at the beginning of the 2014-15 school year for pickup or will be mailed to graduated seniors upon request. Looking Ahead to Next Year: Families of incoming seniors (class of 2015) are being offered a 10 percent discount on senior recognition ads if they are purchased before June 1. Next year’s recognition ad prices will be: $275 for a full page, $200 for a ∏ page, $100 for a π page, & $60 for a business card size. Recognition ads can be purchased at the Soldotna High School office or by emailing Mrs. McGlothen at kmcglothen@kpbsd.k12.ak.us. 2015 Senior portraits will be required to be head and shoulders portrait with a resolution of at least 300 dpi and are due no later than October 1st. We can take either digital or physical copies of photos. Kelly Reilly Photography Studio does a great job with senior portraits and can be reached at 907-283-7757. Thank you for your support. The track/football area/field is closed until further notice. No cars will be allowed in the area. The utility road between SOHI and SMS will be closed to all traffic! Graduation is May 19 at 7 p.m. at the Sports Center. Higher Expectations Greater Success Parent Guide (Alaska Standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics) is now available at the front office. Alaska’s standards in English and math set high expectations for students from kindergarten to grade 12. Students who meet these goals will be ready for success after high school-whether it is in the military, on the job, or in a union apprenticeship, technical school, or college. Your schools will decide how to meet the standards through a local curriculum and teaching methods that respect your community’s cultures.

Soldotna Middle Erika Bennett was chosen as the April 7th Grade Chamber Student of the Month. She was honored at the Soldotna Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Tuesday, April 29. Congratulations Erika! Events this Week: n Tuesday — 8th grade Ed Performance Testing n Wednesday — 7th grade Ed Performance Testing n Friday — Final Fortnightly! 6-8 p.m. – Parent Volunteers Needed! Please contact the Front Office at 260-2500 if you can help. n Saturday — Track Meet, Nikiski Invitational at Nikiski at 10 a.m. 2013-2014 Yearbooks are still available for purchase! Price is $35. Order forms are available at the Front Office. Many students have outstanding fees. Please check PowerSchool to see if your student has an unpaid balance - all fees are payable by cash or check to the front office. Please contact Mrs. Kircher at 260-2500 if you have any questions. Parents of next year 9th grade/freshmen students: Soldotna Prep will host a Meet and Greet Night on May 8 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the current SMS building in the Main Gym. Come meet the teachers your students will be working with next year and listen to a brief presentation from Mr. Schmidt, Principal of Soldotna Prep. Light refreshments will be served.

Soldotna Montessori Charter Sixth graders will complete their final week of swimming lessons at So Hi this week. Students in grades 4 – 6 will be traveling with their teachers and chaperones to either Kasitsna Bay or Peterson Bay to culminate a unit of study on our marine habitat. The kindergarten class will be hosting the final School Celebration Assembly on Friday at 9 a.m. in the gym. School Volunteers will be recognized at an assembly at 9 a.m. on May 19.

Tustumena Elementary n Tuesday — Salmon Celebration; Title I Family Night n Wednesday-Friday — Sixth Grade field trip to K-Bay n Thursday — K-1 Field trip - Kenai

Wings Christian Academy Nine days left until school is out! This week at Wings, Jayla Conner won the “Cleanest Desk of the Week” award. Keep it up! As the end of school grows closer, the students are busy finishing the last of their curriculum for the year. Although some are finishing early, there is still plenty to keep them busy! In volleyball news, the Wings Eagles won both the match against the WHCS Archers and against the NACA Disciples! Great job! The results from the final volleyball tournament will be posted next week. The team did great this year and had a wonderful time! Don’t forget to practice over summer vacation! A few reminders for the week: representatives from Pensacola Christian College will be answering questions today at 10 a.m. to those students in grades 7th-12th. Parents are welcome to attend. Also, Field Day will take place this year on Friday off-campus. Remember to bring clothes and shoes that can get wet and dirty. Hot dogs and other refreshments will be provided.

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GRANTS & CONTRACTS/PAYROLL TECH Kenai Peninsula College is recruiting for a Grants & Contracts/ Payroll Technician at our Kenai River Campus in Soldotna. This successful candidate will be responsible for monitoring and administering restricted fund (grant) financial activities from proposal to post-award. Duties include proposal review, budgetary review, account setups, billing & reporting for KPC sponsored programs. This position is also serves as the Payroll Technician for KPC, including both our Soldotna and Homer campuses, as well as our Anchorage and Seward extension sites. The individual will be responsible for review of timesheets for completeness and accuracy as well as compliance with all applicable state and federal laws, and University policies and regulations. This individual will have frequent interaction with KPC Faculty, Staff and Students and must enjoy working in a fast paced work environment. Accuracy, attention to detail, good computer skills and outstanding communication skills are a must for this position. For more information and to apply for this position go to KPC's employment page at www.kpc.alaska.edu UAA is an AA/EO Employer and Educational Institution.

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10-key, filing, technical writing, proof reading, general bookkeeping knowledge, and problem solving • Strong computerized bookkeeping/ accounting knowledge • Considerable knowledge and experience in computer applications, especially using the Microsoft Office suite of programs • Multi-task orientated, efficient, organized and flexible • Strong interpersonal & communication skills • College degree or administrative related college classes and/or five plus years in proven administrative & bookkeeping support CISPRI is an equal opportunity, not-for-profit company, located in Nikiski, Alaska. Normal business hours are 8:00 - 4:30, Monday through Friday. In addition, employees are provided with cellular phones so as to be available 24hrs per day for emergencies. CISPRI offers a competitive salary, 38K-42K DOE, and a comprehensive benefit package. Job offers to be contingent on a medical exam (including drug screening) and background investigation. Qualified applicants can pick up a Job Application at CISPRI at Mile 26, Kenai Spur Highway, or call (907)-776-5129 to have an application faxed or e-mailed. Resumes, completed job applications and credentials can be submitted in person at CISPRI, mile 26 Kenai Spur Highway or faxed to 907-776-2190. E-mailed to: accounting@cispri.org Or mailed to: CISPRI Attention: Accounting Supervisor P.O. Box 7314 Nikiski, Alaska 99635 (907)776-5129 Fax (907)776-2190

General Employment Employment Opportunities: Introduction to Automotive Instructor Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Kenai Central High School currently seeks qualified applicants for the staffing of an Introduction to Automotive instructor. KPBSD is seeking an experienced and qualified automotive instructor who can provide basic automotive instruction to high school students. This instruction will take place for one hour during the school day at the Workforce Development Center, behind Kenai Central High School. This position is posted online at the KPBSD website, www.kpbsd.org Employment tab > Current Openings > Career Tech Education Job ID 4381 Click the “A” at the top of any KPBSD webpage to navigate to current openings. *WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER*

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Full time position open for a Cook specializing in authentic Greek style and method of cooking, Must be proficient in all areas of Saute, Grill, and Pizza making. Minimum of 5 years real work experience necessary, a degree is not required. Pay depends on level of expertise. Please have resumes and references available. Please make all inquires between 2pm- 4pm Monday- Friday in person at 811 Frontage Rd., Kenai, AK or by phone at (907)283-2222. Contact persons are Anami or Pedro.

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Two story home has 2,576sqft. living area, 728sqft. garage; 4-bedrooms, 5-bathrooms, vaulted ceilings, radiant floor heat (both floors) & a two story fireplace/woodstove area that is the centerpiece of living/dining room. Large living room windows, southern exposure, high efficiency gas furnace keeps the heating bills down. Five star energy rating. Underground utilities, well with excellent water quality & flow. Finishing touches to be selected are flooring, cabinets, appliances, countertops, stairway hardwoods & bathroom tile/sinks/baths/toilets. Can be sold As Is, or can be finished to owners specifications for additional costs. Six miles from Soldotna, towards Sterling, on Forest Lane. Quiet subdivision with covenants. $126 per sqft. for living area, $76 per sqft. for garage. AS IS price $380,000. (907)262-1609

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Parts & Accessories TOYO A/T TIRES. P245 70R16 065 1yr old, plus they are on rims, I have Ford hub caps (4). Came off ‘02 Explorer. ALL just $400. (907)260-5943

Sport Utilities, 4X4 Ford F150 FX. Black & Blue 4x4, V8 New Rear Breaks, AC/ Power Windows & Doors, New Stereo with Hands Free Blue Tooth, Alarm, Remote Start, Bed Cover, Running Boards, Custom Grill $11,500 OBO. (907)398-1255

Suburbans/ Vans/Buses ‘02 Pontiac Montana 7 passenger Minivan, $4K OBO; Very Good condition, 114K miles, call Keith (907)283-3175 for more info.

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KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT INVITATION TO BID #141-14 Cap, Gown & Graduation Package

50th Year F150 Anniversary truck

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District hereby invites qualified vendors to submit a proposal for acceptance by the District to purchase Cap, Gown & Graduation Package. One (1) original of the sealed bid must be submitted to the Purchasing Department, Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, 139 East Park Avenue, Soldotna, AK 99669, no later than 4:00 PM local time on May 22, 2014. Bid can be obtained by calling 907-714-8876 during normal business hours, or from the District website www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us Kenai Peninsula Borough Code requires that businesses or individuals contracting to do business with the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District be in compliance with Borough tax provisions.

Clean white F150 long bed, with bed liner. Automatic with power. 20mpg to Anchorage. 4 x 4 works great. Showing light wear, tires fair. About 204,000 on synthetic oil, no oil burning. Tow hooks, block heater. Starts and runs good in cold weather. New aluminum tool box, tow hitch. Small powerful 4.6 Triton V-8. Call Rick, 907-394-8858. $5,500. Will consider small part trade?

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AUCTION:

PUBLISHED: 5/5, 2014

Entire Business Liquidation of welding shop: online and at site in Kodiak on Monday, May 5 @ 10:00am by lots listed on website. AlaskaAuction.com

The City of Soldotna hereby invites qualified firms to submit a firm price for acceptance by the City for the Sports Complex Centennial Trail. The project consists of the following: • 3,300 CY Excavation • 320 Tons Subbase • 65 Tons Surface Course • 2,000 SY Slope Stabilization • Topsoil and Seeding A non-mandatory pre-bid conference will be held at the City Hall, Soldotna, AK on May 7, 2014 at 10:00 A.M. Attendance at the pre-bid not is required. This contract is subject to the provision of State of Alaska, Title 36, Minimum Wage Rates. The subsequent contract will require certificates of insurance and may require performance and payment bonds. One (1) complete set of the bid package is to be submitted to the City of Soldotna at 177 North Birch Street, Soldotna, Alaska 99669. These forms must be enclosed in a sealed envelope with the bidder's name on the outside and clearly marked: BID: Sports Complex Centennial Trail SOLB 14-08 DUE DATE: May 15, 2014 at 3:00 P.M The project documents may be obtained from the City of Soldotna beginning May 1st 2014 for a non-refundable fee of $10.00 (without tax). An additional non-refundable fee of $5.00 will be required if mailing is requested. Project documents may be downloaded from the City of Soldotna web site at www.ci.soldotna.ak.us site. It is not required to be on the planholders list to bid on City of Soldotna projects. To receive project addendums, you must be on the planholders list. To be placed on the planholders list, please contact Suzanne Lagasse either by phone (714-1241) or email publicworks@ci.soldotna.ak.us. Downloading projects from the City web site does not automatically put you on the planholders list

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1707/319

Deceased. Case No. 3KN-14-51

PR/E

NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented to the undersigned Personal Representative of the estate, at the Law Office of DALE DOLIFKA, P.O. Box 498, Soldotna, Alaska, 99669.

Lots Ten (10), Eleven (11), and Twelve (12), Block Two (2), THE HEATHER SUBDIVISION, according to Plat No. 84-313, in the Kenai Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska. Physical address: 36665 Scotsman Street, Sterling, Alaska 99672 Notice is hereby given that default upon the underlying obligation for which said Deed of Trust is security has occurred and that such breach consists of a failure by the Trustor to satisfy a certain indebtedness, the payment of which is secured by said Deed of Trust and Deed of Trust Note dated the I5th day of October, 2004, in the original amount of TWENTY THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY and No/lOOTHS DOLLARS ($20,150.00). The obligations under the Note are in default and the entire amount is deemed due, owing and delinquent under the acceleration provisions of the note. The current amount of the principal indebtedness is FOURTEEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGTHEEN and 66/1OOTHS DOLLARS ($I4,418.66), together with accrued interest thereon from the 29th day of December, 2011, at the rate of 9% per annum, in the amount equal to TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND FORTY ONE and 13/00 ($2,74I.I3) as of February 7, 2014 plus per diem accruing interest of THREE DOLLARS AND 56/00 ($3.56) per day, plus delinquent Kenai Peninsula Borough real property taxes in the amount equal to or greater than FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN AND 50/00 DOLLARS ($416.50), plus all sums expended by Beneficiary under the Deed of Trust with interest thereupon.

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The undersigned trustee, STEWART TITLE OF THE KENAI PENINSULA, INC., elects to sell the above-described property at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash in lawful money of the United States of America, payable at the time of sale upon acceptable bid, to satisfy the obligation on the 22nd day of July, 2014, at the hour of 10:00 o'clock A.M.m. at the front door of the Alaska Court System Building, 125 Trading Bay Drive, Kenai, Alaska 99611.

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In this notice, cash and lawful money of the United States of America means coin or currency of the United States, United States Post Office Money Order, or Cashier's Check. Beneficiaries will have the right to make an off-set bid without cash in an amount equal to the balance owed on the obligation at the time of the sale, including all sums expended by Beneficiary and Trustee of the Deed of Trust with interest thereupon.

Share Curiosity. Read Together.

1700/6090

Notice to Creditors IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT KENAI In the Matter of the Estate

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of LEONA MARIE BROWN Deceased. Case No. 3KN-14-41

PR/E

1698/6090

Notice to Creditors IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT KENAI In the Matter of the Estate

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of MARY LOUISE LEDDA, Deceased. PR/E

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that JOEL HARMON and BRENDA HARMON, Husband and Wife, as Trustors, on the 15th day of October, 2004, executed a Deed of Trust affecting certain real property to SOUTHCENTRAL TITLE AGENCY as Trustee, STEWART TITLE OF THE KENAI PENINSULA, INC. having since been substituted as Trustee, and FRANCES PARKER, an unmarried woman, as Beneficiary, which Deed of Trust was recorded on October 27, 2004, at Serial Number 2004-010935-0, in the Kenai Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, the beneficial interest in which was assigned to the Frances G. Parker Trust by instrument dated April 1, 2007 and recorded on May 3, 2007 at Serial Number 2007-004596-0, and describing and encumbering land and improvements known as:

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PUBLISH: 4/28, 5/5, 12, 2014

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PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ROLAND E. JONES

INVITATION TO BID CITY OF SOLDOTNA 177 NORTH BIRCH STREET SOLDOTNA, ALASKA 99669 Phone 907•262•9107

(907)741-1105,

In the Matter of the Estate

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1715/225

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT KENAI

DATED this 24rd day of April, 2014.

Education/ Instruction

PENINSULA THAI MASSAGE

Notice to Creditors

Bids

This communication is part of an attempt to collect a consumer debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. DATED this7th day of April, 2014. STEWART TITLE OF THE KENAI PENINSULA, INC

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented to the undersigned Personal Representative of the estate, at the Law Office of DALE DOLIFKA, P.O. Box 498, Soldotna, Alaska, 99669. DATED this 23rd day of April, 2014. PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE JEANNE ALEXANDRIA OSMOND PUBLISH: 4/28, 5/5, 12, 2014

1699/6090

Public Notices City of Soldotna Planning & Zoning Commission May 7, 2014 City Hall Council Chamber 177 N. Birch St. Soldotna, AK 99669 WORK SESSION - Immediately following the regular meeting, Envision Soldotna 2030 Review and Recommendations 5:30 PM, REGULAR MEETING CALL TO ORDER & PLEDGE Roll Call Approval of Agenda Approval of Minutes - 4/16/14 SCHEDULED COMMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS - No Items PUBLIC HEARINGS - No Items OLD BUSINESS - No Items NEW BUSINESS Resolution PZ 2014-009 - A Resolution of the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Soldotna Recommending Approval of the Preliminary Plat Soldotna Airport Lease Lot 2014 Addition. PUBLIC COMMENTS WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE INFORMATIONAL ITEMS - No Items COMMISSIONER TRAINING & EDUCATION - No Items REPORTS Mayor and Council City Manager/City Planner Director of ED&P Commission Comments PENDING ISSUES - No Items ADJOURNMENT The next regular meeting of the Soldotna Planning & Zoning is scheduled for May 21, 2014 at 5:30 p.m. For agenda items & other information, see www.ci.soldotna.ak.us or call the City Planner at 907-262-9107. PUBLISHED: 5/5, 2014

1704/319

Public Notices

By: Chris Hough Title: President PUBLISHED: 4/14, 21, 28, 5/5, 2014

1678/73750

The City of Kenai will be flushing hydrants this spring in order to comply with State and Federal Regulations. If you see color in your water you may run your tap until the water clears. The color is normal and not a health hazard. PUBLISHED: 4/23, 5/4, 5, 7, 12, 2014

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Beach bully kicks sand in friend’s vacation plans DEAR ABBY: For the last few years my family has rented the same beach condo. My friend “John” and his family have joined us there on many occasions. When I asked him his vacation plans for this year, he informed me last night that he has rented the beach condo for the same weeks we have historically occupied it. I was floored. I think a more appropriate approach would have been for him to have called me first and expressed his interest in renting it, but he should not have rented the unit if it conflicted with our vacation plans. I understand the free marketplace — first-come, first-served — but I can’t help feeling he undercut me. — CONFUSED IN A TENT AT THE BEACH DEAR CONFUSED: Your feeling is 100 percent accurate. That weasel DID undercut you, and real friends don’t act that way. Now that you know what he’s capable of, contact the landlord and make a long-term deal in advance if you want that unit in the future.

I have been told I’m charming. I have the laugh of an angel, a full head of blond/ gray hair and a slim figure. I would like a man (preferably in his elderly years) who is lonely and needs some company. And also someone who wants to spend his savings on me. Abby, help me find my soul mate. — WAITING FOR Abigail Van Buren “GOT-DOUGH” DEAR WAITING: Why do I suspect this letter may have been written by a group of sorority sisters after a few drinks? However, just in case it’s actually on the level, your “want ad” has now been viewed by millions of Dear Abby readers worldwide, and I’m sure we will hear from many applicants who DEAR ABBY: I am a lonely 83-year-old woman. are eager to be “The One.” Let’s hope none of them All I want is someone to love me, preferably a hand- write from “Scam-dinavia.” some, wealthy man who will spoil me. I have spent my entire life making other people happy, and now all DEAR ABBY: My daughter-in-law is having a I want is some happiness back. I mean, can’t an older baby. My mother and I told her we would have a showwoman get some loving, too? er for her. She registered at a local store for baby gifts,

let us start planning the shower, and then informed us that she would not be opening gifts at the party. My son has sided with her. He said he didn’t know her reason, but felt like it was no big deal. Why would she act that way? We think it’s peculiar. The shower has now been canceled at her request. — MYSTIFIED IN CALIFORNIA DEAR MYSTIFIED: Your daughter-in-law may have been trying to be considerate of any guests — possibly members of her family — whose gifts might not have been as expensive as those purchased or crafted by other guests. Or she may have felt self-conscious about being the center of attention. While I agree that one of the pleasures of attending a shower is seeing the expression of joy on the mother-to-be’s face as the presents are unwrapped, look at it this way: Because the shower is canceled, your problem is solved. Now forget about it. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www. DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH You might want to honor a change that is likely to make you feel a bit off-kilter. You could feel tense about a personal matter. Understand the liabilities of giving in to your feelings this afternoon — you might not get anything done! Tonight: Go for the moment. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Initiate an important conversation, but avoid any bilateral comments that would add to the present discomfort level. You have an opportunity to clear the air, and you absolutely need to take it. Understand the dynamics of what is going on here. Tonight: Get into a celebration. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHHYou could be excited by news that heads your way. Ponder this information with a greater eye to success and change. You won’t want to deny your innate creativity; however, you will need to think before you leap. Tonight: Look beyond the obvious for answers. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH Friends play a significant role in your plans, whether you are at work or just off doing your own thing. You’ll have a lot to deal with when speaking to a key loved one or associate. In the afternoon, you might not want to share your ideas so openly. Tonight: Not to be found! LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Defer to someone else, and remain open to the possibilities. You will discover the limitations of staying locked in a certain situation. Communication is likely to evolve with someone you trust, who has sound financial knowledge. Tonight: Say “yes” to a friend’s request.

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Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars A baby born today has a Sun in Taurus and a Moon in Cancer if born before 1:55 p.m. (PDT). Afterward, the Moon will be in Leo. HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Monday, May 5, 2014:This year you demonstrate an evolving ability to network and broaden your circle of friends and associates. Others see you as somewhat moody yet reliable. Your domestic life increases in significance. A new home is a possibility. If you are single, resist taking a relationship to a live-in status too quickly. A very romantic bond arises as a possibility. If you are attached, the two of you create a landmark year with a transformation or adjustment to your home life. The tie that exists between the two of you flourishes with more time together. LEO provides an anchor when you are moody. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH You could be more in the mood for Cinco de Mayo than some of your friends who might hail from that culture. By midafternoon, you will help a friend relax and enjoy the mood of the celebration. Let go of a serious conversation for now. Tonight: Let the good times rock and roll. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHHUsethemorningforanymatter that is very serious and that could demand an important conversation or two. Just because you do not see eye to eye with someone does not mean you need to quarrel. Honor and respect your differences. Tonight: Hang out at home.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH Return calls in the morning. You could hear some interesting information or gossip, and you will need time to digest this news. Honor a change in plans without making it a big deal. You could get into a project but have difficulty switching gears. Tonight: Pace yourself. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH You have a way of bringing out the best in people, no matter what goes down. You could see a situation in a totally new light after a conversation, and possibly from a different perspective after a talk with someone else. Absorb as much as possible. Tonight: Break patterns. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH You’ll want to relate more directly to a loved one than you have been able to in the past. Seize an opportunity to open up a conversation, and listen to the feedback you get. A situation around your domestic life could put a smile on your face. Tonight: Be with a favorite person. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH Listen to news that comes from a parent or loved one. You might want to visit with someone at a distance and just enjoy life. Be content hanging out with your immediate circle. Laughter seems to surround a child or loved one. Enjoy it! Tonight: Stay anchored. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Examine what is going on in your immediate circle. You will want to have a conversation with a child or loved one as a result. Realize that a lot is happening around you that might not be easy to integrate into your plans. Tonight: Go along with someone’s suggestion.

A review of previews is needed Dear Readers: Here is this week’s Sound Off, about movie previews: “My Sound Off is about movie previews. I recently took my child to see a PG movie, and the previews the theater showed were for PG-13- and R-rated movies. While the previews themselves were not rated that, there still were things shown that were a little scary for my son. And I had to explain that we couldn’t go to see those movies. I wish they would only show previews for other children’s movies at children’s movies.” — Paula in Texas — Heloise

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Fast facts Dear Readers: Here are other uses for egg cartons: * Use in the garage to hold nuts and bolts. * Carry deviled eggs in one. * Keep earrings and rings in one on a dresser. * Use as a paint palette. * Start seedlings in one. — Heloise Manageable mattress Dear Heloise: I read your article on mattress heights. My father has difficulty getting into and out of bed because of the new heights. I found that you can purchase a half-box. The mattress is still thick, but the box is half the usual height. This is great for people with difficulties getting into or out of beds. When traveling by car, it is helpful to take along a small step stool. They make ones that are very light and easy to carry to use for getting into or out of bed. — Christine, via email

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