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WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014 Soldotna-Kenai, Alaska

Vol. 44, Issue 186

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School district revises strategic plan

Question Where do you think Wildlife Troopers should deploy additional enforcement on the Kenai Peninsula? n Commercial fisheries n Personal-use fisheries n Sport fisheries

By KAYLEE OSOWSKI Peninsula Clarion

Achieving some goals is going to take more time. At its Monday night meeting held in Seward the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education unanimously approved revisions to the district’s Strategic Plan for fiscal years 20132017. The plan was adopted in September 2012 and progress of goals is reported twice a year, but the plan is rarely revised, Pegge Erkeneff, KPBSD spokesperson said. The board held a work session about the plan on April 15 to discuss administrative recommended changes to the plan, which focuses on academic success, organizational excellence and community and family engagement. The adopted revisions to the five-year plan delay the timelines of six goals. Due the lack of an electronic method to gather and separate information about all the ways student engagement is happening, the goal of student engagement has been delayed to FY15. “Every school is supposed to be increasing student engagement, but we’re working on a way to be able to know that’s happening,” Erkeneff said. New evaluation systems that are being implemented measure student engagement based on attendance, student growth from year-to-year, how students do their work, group

To place your vote and comment, visit our Web site at www. peninsulaclarion. com. Results and selected comments will be posted each Tuesday in the Clarion, and a new question will be asked.

In the news HEA schedules outage for Soldotna/K-Beach

Homer Electric Association is planning a scheduled outage for the Soldotna and K-Beach Road area Thursday morning. According to an HEA press release, the outage will begin at approximately 3 a.m. and last about 10 minutes. The outage is taking place in the early morning hours in order to minimize the impact on residential and business members. The areas affected by the outage will be: n City of Soldotna, from the HEA Generation Plant on the Sterling Highway and Boundary Avenue west to Skyview High School and all arterial roads, including Funny River. n Kenai Spur Highway from the Sterling Highway “Y” intersection to Knight Drive. n K-Beach Road from the Sterling Highway intersection in Soldotna along KBeach Road and all arterial roads to Helmsman Avenue (approximately Mile 13.5). HEA will be making automated calls to all members that will be affected by the planned outage. HEA says the planned outage is necessary to complete work on the installation of a new transmission line between Nikiski and Soldotna. HEA members are reminded to protect all sensitive electronic equipment in your home and business. For additional information, call 1-800-478-8551. — Staff report

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Celebrating salmon

Top: Malaina Maal, 8, a third-grade student from Soldotna Montessori, tries to identify several species of fish inside of an aquarium set up at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s annual Salmon Celebration Tuesday at Johnson Lake Campground in Kasilof. Above: Jakob Murphy looks into Cadence Campbell’s bucket as the two McNeil Canyon Elementary School thirdgraders carry rainbow trout down to Johnson Lake for release. The release was part of the event. Right: Salmon swim in an aquarium set up for viewing at the event. Photos by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion

See PLAN, page A-14

Vets join Honor Flight Group to visit Washington, D.C., memorials By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion

Nikiski resident Robert Harrison had always wanted to visit the National World War II memorial in Washington, D.C., but at the age of 87, he didn’t know if he would get the chance in his lifetime. Harrison served in the U.S. Army as a medic during WWII and cared for the wounded when they returned home from battle. When he heard about the Last Frontier Honor Flight,

a nonprofit organization that takes veterans on an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington D.C. to visit the war memorial, he jumped on the opportunity. Harrison is one of six WWII veterans from the Kenai Peninsula who joined up with 50 veterans from across Alaska for a four-night trip to the nation’s capital. Harrison joined Leon Merkes of Sterling, Willard Jorgensen of Kenai, Bob Breakfield of Soldotna, and Nikiski residents Bud Gilbertson and Dick Weaver.

The veterans departed from Kenai Municipal Airport to Anchorage Tuesday where they caught up with the rest of the group and will spend the night in Portland, Ore., where they will attend a dinner banquet before flying to Washington, D.C., Wednesday morning. Veterans will have a guardian with them as they tour the memorials dedicated in their honor, said Chuck Cook, honor flight organizer on the Kenai Peninsula. “This is a way for us to See HONOR, page A-14

Photo by Dan Balmer/Peninsula Clarion

Dick Weaver, Bud Gilbertson and Robert Harrison, all of Nikiski, board a flight to Anchorage Tuesday morning at the Kenai Municipal Airport. The men are part of a group of six World War II veterans from the Kenai Peninsula traveling to Washington, D.C., with 50 other veterans from Alaska.

Watchdog to review Legislators recap session Pebble Mine study By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press

JUNEAU — A watchdog plans to review the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s handling of a report on the potential effects of large-scale mining on a world-premier salmon fishery in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region. Congressional requests and hotline complaints prompted the audit, Ashley Sellers-Hans-

en, a spokeswoman for the EPA inspector general’s office, said Tuesday. It will look at whether the EPA followed laws, regulations and policies in developing its report, according to a memo from the office. The state of Alaska and the owner of the proposed Pebble Mine, Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd., were among those who requested the inspector general investigate the EPA’s See STUDY, page A-14

By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion

Four Kenai Peninsula legislators noted accomplishments on an education bill, natural gas pipeline project and reform on public employee and teacher retirement plans among other highlights from the 28th Legislature during a joint chamber luncheon Tuesday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. Sen. Peter Micciche RC

Soldotna, Reps. Kurt Olson R-Soldotna, and Paul Seaton, R-Homer, and Speaker of the House Mike Chenault, R-Nikiksi, shared an overview of their efforts in Juneau during a session that ran five days over. Sen. Cathy Giessel, RAnchorage, was unable to attend due to an Arctic Policy Commission meeting. Seaton said House Bill 278, the Education Opportunity Act, was a big piece of the legislative puzzle.

“We went over time but we did so because it’s much more important to pass things correctly than to do them quickly,” he said. “I hope everyone understands getting things done right is important.” Micciche said he was pleased with the compromises made between the House and Senate to pass the education bill. He said $300 million funding over the next three years was much needed and See RECAP, page A-14

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AccuWeather 5-day forecast for Kenai-Soldotna

Barrow 22/11

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Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Tides Today High(ft.)

Prudhoe Bay 28/8

First Second

10:52 a.m. (14.4) --- (---)

6:00 a.m. (6.5) 6:23 p.m. (4.1)

9:39 a.m. (13.7) 10:59 p.m. (14.7)

4:09 a.m. (6.6) 4:32 p.m. (4.2)

First Second

8:58 a.m. (12.5) 10:18 p.m. (13.5)

3:05 a.m. (6.6) 3:28 p.m. (4.2)

First Second

7:47 a.m. (7.0) 9:11 p.m. (7.5)

1:39 a.m. (4.7) 2:07 p.m. (2.3)

First Second

2:01 a.m. (25.8) 2:09 p.m. (23.5)

8:18 a.m. (7.8) 8:45 p.m. (5.6)

Deep Creek

Mostly cloudy with spotty showers

Sunny

Hi: 55 Lo: 36

Hi: 57 Lo: 33

Plenty of sunshine

A full day of sunshine

Hi: 58 Lo: 33

Hi: 58 Lo: 35

Hi: 59 Lo: 35

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54 54 62 60

Full May 14

Today 5:43 a.m. 10:20 p.m.

Last May 21

Daylight

Length of Day - 16 hrs., 36 min., 50 sec. Moonrise Moonset Daylight gained - 5 min., 13 sec.

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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

Seldovia

New May 28

Today 1:47 p.m. 3:42 a.m.

Tomorrow 5:41 a.m. 10:23 p.m.

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Nome 37/25

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Unalakleet McGrath 40/24 56/25

First June 5 Tomorrow 3:00 p.m. 3:58 a.m.

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68/39/s 72/47/s 86/50/s 83/49/s 86/58/s 66/51/pc 87/70/pc 68/54/pc 40/34/sn 87/58/s 56/44/c 66/44/c 65/47/s 63/50/sh 51/38/r 92/63/s 87/56/pc 85/58/pc 82/61/t 60/38/r 85/60/pc

Dillingham 54/33

From the Peninsula Clarion in Kenai

24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. 0.31" Month to date ........................... 0.31" Normal month to date ............. 0.14" Year to date .............................. 3.22" Normal year to date ................. 3.21" Record today ................. 0.19" (1956) Record for May ............. 2.77" (1966) Record for year ............ 27.09" (1963)

Juneau 62/40

National Extremes

Kodiak 45/40

Sitka 50/44

(For the 48 contiguous states)

High yesterday Low yesterday

105 at Dryden, Texas 23 at Bodie State Park,

State Extremes High yesterday Low yesterday

Ketchikan 60/45

70 at Eagle 14 at Deadhorse and Prudhoe Bay

Today’s Forecast

(Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation)

Summerlike air will hold from Texas to the Ohio Valley and South today as cool air holds in the Northeast. Locally severe storms will fire over the North Central states with rain across the interior West.

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Valdez Kenai/ 52/41 Soldotna Homer

Cold Bay 43/35

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High ............................................... 45 Low ................................................ 39 Normal high .................................. 53 Normal low .................................... 34 Record high ....................... 69 (2004) Record low ......................... 25 (1961)

Kenai/ Soldotna 55/36 Seward 53/40 Homer 51/38

Anchorage 56/43

Bethel 48/29

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

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Fairbanks 59/35

Talkeetna 57/37 Glennallen 51/31

Today Hi/Lo/W

Unalaska 44/38

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Anaktuvuk Pass 29/10

Kotzebue 32/16

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91/62/s 90/66/s 86/78/pc 77/64/s 83/64/pc 69/56/pc 87/62/pc 85/66/pc 88/76/s 95/59/s 61/55/t 63/58/c 87/58/s 83/69/pc 68/51/pc 69/61/c 91/65/pc 90/65/s 91/66/s 69/51/pc 78/63/s

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74/56/c 63/38/pc 67/48/pc 52/38/r 66/45/s 75/49/s 56/43/sh 89/72/pc 66/59/pc 64/53/pc 68/36/s 64/46/pc 75/58/c 62/42/pc 65/44/pc 90/72/s 93/65/s 75/52/s 90/66/pc 69/59/c 95/62/s

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Climate report warns of dire effects By DAN JOLING Associated Press

ANCHORAGE — Alaska has been referred to as ground zero for climate change because of its proximity to a vulnerable polar region where effects are accelerated. A report by the National Climate Assessment lists concerns because of disappearing sea ice, glacier melt, permafrost thawing, changes in ocean temperature and chemistry, and strong effects on Alaska Native communities: — Alaska has warmed more than twice as fast as the rest of the United States, with a statewide average annual air temperature increasing by 3 degrees and average winter temperature by 6 degrees. Average annual temperatures are projected to rise 2 to 4 degrees more by 2050. If global emissions continue to increase, temperatures this century are projected to increase by 10 to 12 degrees in the north, 8 to 10 degrees in interior Alaska and 6 to 8 degrees

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Tuesday Stocks Company Final Change Agrium Inc............... 95.82 -0.07 Alaska Air Group...... 94.69 -0.48 ACS...........................1.88 -0.05 Apache Corp........... 86.42 -0.54 AT&T........................ 35.49 -0.27 Baker Hughes.......... 70.30 +0.22 BP ............................51.12 +0.31 Chevron.................. 124.97 -0.39 ConocoPhillips..........77.08 +0.19 ExxonMobil............. 102.67 -0.24 1st Natl. Bank AK... 1,743.75 -21.24 GCI.......................... 10.56 -0.18 Halliburton............... 63.52 -0.39 Harley-Davidson...... 73.03 -0.12 Home Depot.............77.42 -1.27 McDonald’s............. 100.95 -0.19 Safeway................... 34.15 -0.05 Schlumberger..........101.00 -0.10 Tesoro...................... 55.02 -0.03 Walmart....................78.01 -0.61 Wells Fargo.............. 49.09 -0.47 Gold closed............ 1,307.56 -2.71 Silver closed............ 19.57 -0.04 Dow Jones avg..... 16,401.02 -129.53 NASDAQ................ 4,080.76 -57.30 S&P 500................ 1,867.72 -16.94 Stock prices provided by the Kenai Peninsula Edward Jones offices. C

elsewhere. — Arctic sea ice has declined, with only about half as much present in late summer as was recorded when satellite records began in 1979. Less ice means dark water absorbs more heat, leading to more warming. An open Arctic Ocean makes the region more accessible for marine traffic and oil drilling but increases risks of spills and eliminates habitat for polar bears, walrus and icedependent seals. Without protective ice edge along shorelines, coastal communities are vulnerable to erosion from fierce ocean storms. — Rapid ice loss from Alaska and British Columbia glaciers, perhaps 20 to 30 percent of what is melting from the Greenland Ice Sheet, contributes to increased ocean levels. Glacier water pouring

into the ocean is an important source of organic carbon and other minerals that contribute to high coastal productivity and changes could alter Alaska’s rich fisheries. — Eighty percent of Alaska is underlain by permafrost, or frozen ground, which can sink if thawed. Sinking ground is projected to add $3.6 billion to $6.1 billion to costs of maintaining public buildings, pipelines, roads, and airports over the next 20 years. Permafrost thaw in rural Alaska will disrupt water supplies and sewage systems. Lakes in the southern twothirds of Alaska have shrunk in the last 50 years because of permafrost thaw and evaporation from higher temperatures. Wetlands drying and warmer summers have led to more large fires in the last 10 years than in

any decade since record-keeping began in the 1940s. Alaska provides breeding habitat for millions or migratory birds and continued drying of Alaska wetlands could affect waterfowl management nationally. Thawing of permafrost increases the release of carbon dioxide and methane through increased decomposition, adding to the warming problem. — Ocean waters have become 30 percent more acidic through absorption of carbon dioxide and acidity could reduce the capacity of key plankton and shelled marine animals to form and maintain shells, altering the ocean food chain. Rising ocean temperatures and declining sea ice will affect the range and abundance of fish, including commercially important species such as pollock.

Peninsula Clarion, Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Obituary Paul Frederic Eskelin Paul Frederic Eskelin, 71, passed away on April 28, 2014 at his home on Funny River Road in Soldotna. Paul was born August 19, 1942 on his father’s birthday, in Vancouver, Washington and raised on a homestead in nearby La Center. He graduated from La Center High School in 1960. As a young man Paul served in the Air Force. He later obtained a teaching degree from Western Washington State College in Bellingham, Washington. Paul married Marilyn Bolton in 1973 and with her 2-yearold son Todd, they immediately began their Alaskan adventure. They moved to the remote Aleutian island of Atka where Paul was the sole school teacher in the village for two unforgettable years. After moving to Soldotna in 1975 they had their son Tony and built their home. In 1980 they welcomed twin daughters, Ali and Annie. Paul started Paul’s Wallside, a specialty contracting business he successfully operated for 30 years, before retiring in 2004. He had remarkable vision for construction and carpentry. His avid interests included music, golf, birding, photography, astronomy, aviation, and boat building all of which were later embraced by his children. Paul also instilled a lifelong love of fishing, hunting and the outdoors in his children. He also enjoyed traveling to visit family and friends, driving the Alcan Highway many times. All those who knew Paul will remember him as a caring, thoughtful, and kind person with a gentle nature. He was an exceptional father, an outstanding teacher and regarded by many as the nicest person they ever met. Paul will be forever deeply missed. He is survived by his wife, Marilyn; four children, Todd, Tony, Alison and Andrea; three granddaughters, Caitlyn and Isabella (Todd and Leah), Sarah (Tony) and grandson Owen Atwood (Annie and Bill); two sisters, Alyce Asch and Cynthia Spurlock; brothers-in-law, John Spurlock and Carl Asch; daughter-in-law Leah Eskelin; son-in-law Bill Atwood; and numerous cousins, nieces, nephews and friends. Paul was preceded in death by his parents John F. and Nelda (Bevard) Eskelin. A memorial service will be held on June 14 at 3:00 p.m. at the Funny River Community Lutheran Church on Rabbit Run Road. Cards, flowers or donations for a memorial plaque may be sent to the Eskelin residence at 35095 Funny River Road, Soldotna, AK 99669.

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Health. Participants will be given a workbook and learn how to manage symptoms associated with chronic conditions such as arthritis, heart problems, diabetes, and chronic pain. Class size is limited. Please call Jill or Jennifer at 260-2679 for more informaHelp stamp out hunger tion or to register for the workshop. Location will be in Soldotna Saturday marks the 22nd anniversary of the National Asso- at 36275 Kenai Spur Highway in the log cabin building. ciation of Letter Carriers Stamp out Hunger Food drive. Each year on the second Saturday in May, letter carriers across the country collect non-perishable food donations from our neigh- Sterling Community Center plans activities bors. These donations go directly to local food pantries to pro— Come play Pickleball at the Sterling Community Center on vide food to people on the Kenai Peninsula who need help. Wednesdays, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Pickleball is a game played To participate in this year’s Letter Carrier Stamp Out Hun- on a badminton-sized court with a whiffle ball and oversized ger Food Drive, leave non-perishable, non-breakable food do- ping pong paddles. It’s one of the fastest growing sports in North nations in a bag by your mailbox or at your Post Office on America. $3.00 for non-members, free for SC Center members. Saturday and your letter carrier will do the rest. — Basketball is offered at the Sterling Community Center on Thursday evenings, 7:00-9:00 p.m. For teens and adults, open to the public. Wear non-marking shoes. $3.00 for nonNikiski Community Council members, free for SC Center members. to hear about LNG plant — Come Zumba with Bella at the Sterling Community CenThe Nikiski Community Council will hold its next meeting ter, Mondays and Wednesdays, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesdays is on Monday at 7:00 p.m. at the old Nikiski Senior Center on Is- Blacklight Zumba, so you’ll glow if you wear white or neon land Lake Road. Representatives with the group Paragon Part- colored clothes. Open to the public. For more information, check out the SC Center website at ners will be in attendance to give a brief public announcement about their progress and intentions in regard to the potential www.sterlingcommunityclub.com, like Sterling Community LNG plant. As always, this meeting is open to the public and Center on Facebook, or call 262-7224. community members are encouraged to attend. If you have any questions contact Darcy at dmccaughey@hotmail.com. Judo club to put on self-defense class

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The Sterling Judo Club will be conducting a self-defense class for women and girls on May 21 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at The Sterling Moose River Hustle fun run is Saturday May Sterling Elementary School. The class is for females ages 8 10, with registration eginning at 8:30 a.m at the Sterling Senior and up. For more information please contact Bob Brink at 907Center. Races start at 10 a.m. Events include 1-mile, 5-kilomter 242-9330 or visit the Sterling Judo Club on Facebook. and 10-kilometer races. Registration is $10 for youth, $15 for adults and includes a T-shirt. Proceeds from the event will ben- Play ball with FCS efit the Sterling Senior Center’s Meals on Wheels program. For Frontier Community Services 11th annual World Series more information, call 262-1721. Baseball event is June 21 at the Kenai Little League fields. Player sign-in begins at 10 a.m.; opening ceremonies at noon. Living Well workshop offered The event includes baseball, crazy hair, face painting, hamburgAlaskan Physical Therapy Inc. will host a free workshop on ers and hot dogs, and more. Anyone with a developmental disTuesdays from 2-4:30 p.m. beginning May 13 through June 17. ability is welcome to play. Contact Kathy Kenner at 262-6331 The class is called Living Well Alaska-Better Choices, Better for more information or to sign up.

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Community Calendar Today 8 a.m. • Alcoholics Anonymous As Bill Sees It Group, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Unit 71 (Old Carrs Mall). Call 398-9440. 10:30 a.m. • Pre-School Storytime at the Soldotna Public Library. Call 2624227. 11 a.m. • Wee Read at the Kenai Community Library Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group at 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Suite 71 in the old Carrs Mall in Kenai. Call 262-1917.

5:30 p.m. • Weight loss and health support group, Christ Lutheran Church. Call 362-1340. • Kenai Soil & Water Conservation District’s Board of Supervisors meeting at 110 Trading Bay, Suite 160. For information, call 283-8732 x 5 7 p.m. • Card games, Funny River Community Center. • Narcotics Anonymous support group “Clean Machine” at

Central Peninsula Hospital’s Redoubt Room, 250 Hospital Place, Soldotna. Call 907-3359456. • Alcoholics Anonymous “Into Action” group, 12X12 study meeting, 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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Legislature did a B+ job No session of the Alaska Legislature

is perfect. This one came as close as any in years. While we don’t agree with every bill that came out of the Capitol this spring, the number of bills approved by our Legislature and their importance shows the ability of legislators to whittle big jobs into manageable solutions. They passed an average of 1.22 bills per day and tackled some of the biggest issues facing Alaska. What about the late adjournment, you ask? This isn’t grade school — we expect legislators to get the job done. By and large, they did — with much less turmoil than previous Alaska Legislatures have brought to Juneau. Remember 2011? In that year, the first session of the 27th Legislature, Gov. Sean Parnell had to call an entire special session just to get a budget passed. Look back farther, and you’ll see worse chaos. In 1992, Gov. Wally Hickel needed to call two special sessions to get the state’s work done. In 1981, before Alaskans amended the state’s constitution to limit the Legislature’s days, work at the Capitol started Jan. 12 and didn’t finish until June 24 — and there was a special session after that. A few extra days is nothing in the grand scheme of history. What you do with those days matters more than the days themselves. Here, the Legislature excelled, passing education reform, pension reform and a natural gas pipeline bill — plus the annual capital and operating budgets. There were a few too many missteps for a perfect grade, however. The Legislature wasted its breath talking about the minimum wage — an issue bound for the fall ballot. It frittered away time on things like a state bolt-action rifle and trying to reduce public input on permitting decisions. Republican majorities in the House and Senate meant more bills but less bipartisanship. One hundred and sixteen bills made it through the second session of the 28th Legislature — exactly four were sponsored by Democrats. That’s far too low considering a third of the Legislature is Democrats (7 in the Senate, 14 in the House). While we appreciate the pace of business in the Legislature, it’d be nice to see less political maneuvering and more compromise. This legislature confronted abortion and school funding, natural gas and the right to bear arms. While we cannot agree with everything the Legislature did or did not do, we can commend its ability to handle the big issues without forgetting about the smaller ones, too. — Juneau Empire, May 4

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By GARRY TRUDEAU

Seeing stars in Washington

I live in Washington. That means I am required to write something about the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner activities, even though you couldn’t care less. Again this year, I didn’t attend any of them. Why? Part of it is because I wasn’t invited. I’ve become an inside-thebeltway outsider. Forget A-list and B-listers — you’d have to go through the entire alphabet before my name would come up. So, thank you very much, I spent the time at home with my dog, which, as you know, is totally appropriate here. I used to go to all the pre and post parties as well as the big dinner itself. Talk about country come to town, with the women replacing their usual drab fashions with lovely gowns, and the guys all decked out by the thousands in tuxedos, a la “March of the Penguins.” To be honest, I would go again if asked by either someone whose company I genuinely enjoyed, or a person to whom I really needed to suck up. I don’t want to leave the impression that I’m totally above it all. But, for the most part, the events are wearisome. First of all, the sincerity would require nearly a molecule to hold. There’s genuineness by the quarkload. What would you expect from a combination of those who flutter in and around our nation’s capital, and a large number of Hollywood celebs whose image managers have told them it’s a good place to be seen, rubbing el-

bows with the stars of news? What you end up with is showbiz groupies and political groupies staring at each other. It’s kind of embarrassing, and that’s coming from someone in a profession that has mighty Bob Franken low standards when it comes to embarrassment. Worse is the premise of all this, which is that it’s an opportunity for the news media people and newsmakers to come together and schmooze, showing, I surmise, that we’re all in this together. No, we’re not. Or we shouldn’t be. Reporters and reportees are supposed to be adversaries. We’re not supposed to like each other, and we also are not supposed to give a hoot who hates us. What we get with all the parties is a pretend camaraderie. President Barack Obama has a well-known contempt for the mindless riffraff in the press, just like practically every one of his predecessors. And he took few prisoners with his traditional roast at the dinner, tossing barbs at all three cable networks — pointing out, for instance, that he had just returned from Malaysia: “The lengths we have to go to get CNN coverage these days.” But as al-

ways, he ended with a platitude about the important work we do. Everyone laughs, everyone claps. I will be the first to acknowledge that some of those I cover are personal friends — none of them a president, I might add. The deal is that our relationship extends only to the next story, and if he or she doesn’t like that I aggressively try to challenge their story’s spin, the friendship is over. That’s happened, but others are willing to see past professional shoving matches. Nevertheless, putting on this big show simply reinforces the view that D.C. is just an incestuous swamp. Add to that the fact that half the seats at the big dinner are taken not by journalists and their sources, but by salespeople and their clients, and corporate biggies from the media conglomerates who think it’s cool to mingle with their serfs. Altogether it is always a night of self-congratulation, which Obama captured when he introduced the night’s other comedian, Joel McHale, from the NBC series “Community.” “On ‘Community,’” said the president, “Joel plays a preening, self-obsessed narcissist, so this dinner must be a real change of pace for you.” Nervous laughter. Bob Franken is a longtime broadcast journalist, including 20 years at CNN.

Education gets top billing on Capitol Hill By KIMBERLY HEFLING AP Education Writer

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WASHINGTON — Lawmakers looking ahead to the November elections are putting renewed focus on education, tackling issues on Capitol Hill this week ranging from expanding charter schools to paying off student loan debt. And, a House committee will examine how higher education and college sports might be affected by a regional National Labor Relations Board ruling allowing Northwestern University football players to unionize. Voters rank education high among issues of importance to them, and this week’s activities are likely a nod to that. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor has made expanding school choice options a priority. Reflecting that enthusiasm, the House as early as Thursday will consider legislation that would provide $300 million annually to expand charter schools. It would consolidate two existing programs, provide state grants to expand and replicate high-quality charter schools and fund the acquisition of buildings for the schools. Charter schools typically use taxpayer dollars but are run by outside organizations. “America isn’t working when our students do not have the opportunity to attend a school that best fits their needs,” Cantor said in a statement. Even as many Democrats adamantly oppose school vouchers, expanding highquality charter schools is an area where the two sides have found some common ground. The charter schools bill, for example, has the support of Rep. George Miller, a California lawmaker who is the ranking Democrat on the House education committee. While it appeared to have a strong chance of House passage, its future was uncertain in the Senate. Student loans, the subject of some contentious debate in 2013, are coming up C

again in both the House and Senate. With the doubling of interest rates looming, Congress last year acted to keep them at low level levels for now — but linked those rates to the financial markets. President Barack Obama had trumpeted the issue in his 2012 re-election bid, and the legislation passed with bipartisan support. Now, moving forward a Democratic agenda focused on college costs leading to the November election, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., on Tuesday filed a bill co-sponsored by more than 20 fellow Democratic senators that would open the door for potentially millions of federal loan recipients to refinance that debt at the same rate as current recipients. Undergraduates, for example, qualify for loans at a 3.86 percentage rate. Warren called the $1.2 trillion in student loan debt in America a “crisis that threatens our economy.” Her plan would fund the effort with a tax increase on wealthy Americans, but could potentially cost billions. “I think bringing down the interest rates on existing student loans would be a huge benefit for young people who are trying to build some economic security and for this economy,” Warren said. Miller and John Tierney, D-Mass., planned to file a companion bill in the House, and the group Progressive Change Campaign Committee said it would hold grassroots events this week in support. Rep. Luke Messer, R-Ind., said Republican lawmakers are open to refinancing student loan debt, but have to be mindful of the cost to taxpayers. “It’s also important we don’t drown the future generation in debt,” Messer said. In a March Associated Press-GfK poll, education was one of the few issues where Democrats had an advantage over Republicans. In the poll, 25 percent of respondents favored the Democrats approach while 18

percent preferred the Republicans. But among a public disenchanted with both parties, more — 29 percent — said they trust neither party on education. Another 26 percent said they trusted both equally. Despite the renewed focus on education, it does not appear that Congress is close to rewriting the No Child Left Behind law that’s been up for renewal since 2007. The GOP-led House passed a rewrite of the law, but no vote has been scheduled on the Senate floor on a Democratic-run Senate education panel’s version. Because of the congressional stalemate, the Obama administration has been issuing waivers allowing states — and in some cases districts — to ignore parts of the law if they come up with their own reform plans. Miller said he’s getting less optimistic the law and another one up for renewal focused on higher education will pass this year. “This nation has a lot of work to do on its education system but there’s some belief by a lot of people that the federal government doesn’t make any difference and we don’t need to do this, but the fact of the matter is we’re falling further and further behind internationally,” Miller said. But the House was expected to take up a bill focused on research in education that would reauthorize and update entities such as the Institute of Education Sciences. Outside of Washington, lawmakers in several states are debating the future of the Common Core standards, which have been adopted in 44 states and the District of Columbia and spell out for each grade what math and English skills students should master. On Monday, the group Collaborative for Student Success, which is backed by education foundations including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, said it would send representatives to Capitol Hill and to GOP congressional committee offices encouraging support for the standards even among opposition from the tea party wing of the party.

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Senate Republicans call for VA secretary to resign By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Three Senate Republicans called Tuesday for Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki to resign, following allegations of corruption and avoidable deaths at a veterans’ hospital in Phoenix. The Senate’s Republican leader, meanwhile, said a leadership change may help resolve what he calls “dysfunction” at the VA. “It’s certainly been an embarrassing period for the VA,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told reporters Tuesday after a closed party caucus. “It’s been a stunning period of dysfunction.” McConnell stopped short of calling for Shinseki to step down, but said, “A change in leadership might be a good step in the right direction.” McConnell’s comments came as three Republican senators — John Cornyn of Texas, Jerry Moran of Kansas and Richard Burr of North Carolina — called for Shinseki to resign amid claims that up to 40 patients in Phoenix may have died because of delays in care. Burr is the senior Republican on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee. Cornyn, the Senate’s No. 2 Republican, said Shinseki’s tenure has been marked by “bu-

‘There needs to be a change, and that change needs to occur at the top.’ — American Legion National Commander Daniel Dellinger reaucratic incompetence and failed leadership” and said he agrees with the American Legion, which called for Shinseki’s resignation on Monday. “General Shinseki’s time as secretary of Veterans Affairs has come to an end, and he needs to step down,” Cornyn said, adding that President Barack Obama “needs to find a new leader to lead this organization out of the wilderness, and back to providing the service our veterans deserve.” White House spokesman Jay Carney said Tuesday that Obama retains confidence in Shinseki. The White House takes the allegations about the Phoenix hospital “very seriously,” Carney said, noting that Obama has directed Shinseki and the department’s inspector general to investigate the Phoenix deaths. The Phoenix hospital has been under fire over allegations that up to 40 patients may have died because of delays in care and that the hospital kept a secret list of patients waiting for appointments to hide the

treatment delays. Shinseki announced last week that three officials there have been placed on leave. The VA has acknowledged that 23 patients have died as a result of delayed care in recent years. The VA’s Office of Medical Inspector said clerks at a Fort Collins, Colorado, clinic were instructed last year on how to falsify appointment records. Other problems have occurred in Pittsburgh, Atlanta and Augusta, Georgia. “There needs to be a change, and that change needs to occur at the top,” American Legion National Commander Daniel Dellinger said Monday. The national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars disagreed with the calls for Shinseki to resign. Still, VFW leader William Thien said it was “paramount that Secretary Shinseki get publicly in front of this immediately to address the valid concerns of veterans and their families, and to re-establish the credibility of the entire VA health and benefits systems, and that of his own office.”

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Badly burned Chinese fishermen In this May 5, photo a U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pavehawk helicopter from the 55th Rescue Squadron hovers 600 nautical miles off the Pacific Coast of Mexico to hoist two badly burned Chinese fishermen. The two were among 17 Chinese crew members believed aboard a fishing vessel that caught fire and sank in the Pacific Ocean. Two died from burn injuries, seven were determined to be in good condition and six are believed missing, said Maj. Sarah Schwennesen of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz.

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Around the World Warming disrupting America with weird weather, rising pollen, more costs WASHINGTON — Most Americans are already feeling man-made global warming, from heat waves to wild storms to longer allergy seasons. And it is likely to get worse and more expensive, says a new federal report that is heating up political debate along with the temperature. Shortly after the report came out Tuesday, President Barack Obama used several television weathermen to make his point about the bad weather news and a need for action to curb carbon pollution before it is too late. “We want to emphasize to the public, this is not some distant problem of the future. This is a problem that is affecting Americans right now,” Obama told “Today” show weathercaster Al Roker. “Whether it means increased flooding, greater vulnerability to drought, more severe wildfires — all these things are having an impact on Americans as we speak.” Climate change’s assorted harms “are expected to become increasingly disruptive across the nation throughout this century and beyond,” the National Climate Assessment concluded, emphasizing the impact of too-wild weather as well as simple warming.

Alibaba Group seeks $1B in long-awaited IPO; will also yield windfall for Yahoo SAN FRANCISCO — China’s Alibaba Group is aiming to raise $1 billion in a long-awaited IPO likely to have ripple effects across the Internet. Tuesday’s filing sets the stage for the technology industry’s biggest initial public offering since short messaging service Twitter and its early investors collected $1.8 billion in its stock market debut last fall. Alibaba could still try to raise more money and even surpass the $16 billion that Facebook did two years ago, depending on investor demand for its stock . For now, Alibaba isn’t specifying how much stock will be sold in the IPO or setting a price range. Those details will emerge as the IPO progresses, a process is likely to take three to four months to complete before Alibaba’s shares begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Although it’s not nearly as well-known as Facebook, Alibaba has emerged as an e-commerce powerhouse that has been making more money than Amazon.com Inc. and eBay Inc. combined. What’s more, the company is still growing at a rapid clip as its network of online services, including Taobao, Tmall and Alipay, mine a Chinese Internet market that already has twice as many Web surfers as the U.S.

Can water flow uphill? Amid California’s severe drought, water officials are hoping so SAN FRANCISCO — Water has flowed from Northern California’s snow-capped peaks to the south’s parched cities ever since the California Aqueduct was built in the 1960s. Now, amid one of the worst droughts in history, state officials are considering an audacious plan to send some of the water back uphill. State water engineers say using pumps to reverse the flow of the aqueduct would be a first in a drought. It would also be a complex engineering challenge that could cost millions of dollars, Still, water agencies in the desperately dry farmlands around Bakersfield say the investment is worth it to keep grapevines, pistachios and pomegranate trees alive. Agencies as far north as the San Francisco Bay Area are talking about a similar project. “There is no place on planet Earth where an aqueduct is designed to go backwards,” said Geoff Shaw, an engineer with the state Department of Water Resources who is reviewing the proposal. “But they have a need for water in a place where they can’t fulfill it, and this is their plan to fix it.” The plan the department is evaluating was drawn up by five of the local agencies, or districts, that sell irrigation water to farmers. They would bear the cost of the project, which they have estimated at $1.5 million to $9.5 million.

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the U.S. will do everything it can to help Nigeria find nearly 300 teenage girls who have been missing since they were abducted from school three weeks ago by an Islamist extremist group that has threatened to sell them. Finding the girls is the immediate priority, Obama said, and dealing with the Boko Haram group is a close second. “In the short term our goal is obviously is to help the international community, and the Nigerian government, as a team to do everything we can to recover these young ladies,” Obama said in an interview with Al Roker of NBC’s “Today” program. “But we’re also going to have to deal with the broader problem of organizations like this that ... can cause such havoc in people’s day-today lives.” Obama said the Nigerian government has accepted technical assistance from U.S. military and law enforcement officials. “We’re going to do every-

‘We’re going to do everything we can to provide assistance to them.’ — President Barack Obama thing we can to provide assistance to them,” the president said. Obama said the April 15 abduction, which has ignited international outrage and mounting demands for Nigeria to do more to find and free the girls before they are harmed, is a “terrible situation.” “Boko Haram, this terrorist organization that’s been operating in Nigeria, has been killing people and innocent civilians for a very long time,” Obama said, adding that the group long has been identified as one of the worst local or regional terrorist organizations in the world. “I can only imagine what the parents are going through,” added Obama, a father of two daughters ages 15 and 12. The technical experts, including a team to be put together by the U.S. Embassy in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, will include U.S. military and law enforcement personnel

skilled in intelligence, investigations, hostage negotiating, information sharing and victim assistance, as well as officials with expertise in other areas, White House spokesman Jay Carney said. The U.S. was not considering sending armed forces, Carney noted. Secretary of State John Kerry said the U.S. has been in touch with Nigeria “from day one” of the crisis. But repeated offers of U.S. assistance were ignored until Kerry and Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan spoke Tuesday amid growing international concern over the fate of the girls in the weeks since their abduction from their school in the country’s remote northeast. Kerry said Nigeria apparently had its own strategy for how to proceed, but realizes that more needs to be done. “I think now the complications that have arisen have

convinced everybody that there needs to be a greater effort,” Kerry said at a State Department news conference. “And it will begin immediately. I mean, literally, immediately.” A statement from Jonathan’s office said the U.S. offer “includes the deployment of U.S. security personnel and assets to work with their Nigerian counterparts in the search and rescue operation.” The statement added that Nigeria’s security agencies are working at “full capacity” to find the girls and would appreciate the addition of American “counter-insurgency know-how and expertise.” Nigeria’s police have said more than 300 girls were abducted. Of that number, 276 remain in captivity and 53 escaped. Nigeria’s Islamic extremist leader, Abubakar Shekau, has threatened to sell the girls. Shekau also claimed responsibility for the abduction and warned that his group, Boko Haram, will attack more schools and abduct more girls. The group’s name means “Western education is sinful.” The State Department on Tuesday warned U.S. citizens against traveling to Nigeria.

Slowing Chinese economy likely to pinch US By PAUL WISEMAN and JOE McDONALD AP Business Writers

WASHINGTON — After watching China narrow the U.S. lead as the world’s largest economy, Americans might be tempted to cheer signs that the Chinese economy might be stumbling. Any schadenfreude would be short-sighted. In an interconnected global economy, bad news for one economic superpower is typically bad news for another — even a fierce rival. “It hurts,” says Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics. “China is the second-largest economy on the planet. If growth slows there, it affects everybody.” Zandi estimates that each 1 percentage point drop in China’s economic growth causes as much damage to the U.S. economy as a $20-a-barrel increase in oil prices: It shaves 0.2 percentage point off annual U.S. growth. That isn’t catastrophic. But

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to regain its full health nearly five years after the Great Recession officially ended, the U.S. economy needs whatever help it can get. A sharp slowdown in China also threatens the 28-member European Union, which outweighs even the United States if measured as a single economy. China is the EU’s secondlargest export market behind the United States. A stream of economic news from China has been rattling financial markets. Chinese manufacturing slowed in April for a fourth straight month. A Chinese lending bubble, driven by overbuilding, is stirring alarm. China’s growth in the January-March quarter slowed to 7.4 percent compared with a year earlier. It was its slowest quarterly growth since the 2008-2009 global crisis. For most economies, 7.4 percent growth would qualify as explosive. The U.S. economy hasn’t grown as fast as 7 percent since 1984. But for China, a still-developing economy that clocked double-digit growth

through much of the 2000s, the latest figures qualify as a slump. And Americans and Chinese are linked ever more tightly economically. They buy each other’s products, invest in each other’s markets, visit each other’s tourist attractions. U.S.-China trade in goods last year totaled $562 billion. China is the United States’ second-biggest trading partner and the No. 1 source of U.S. imports, according to the Congressional Research Service. Consider: — The number of Chinese visitors to America jumped 23 percent last year to 1.8 million. And the Chinese spend an average of about $6,000 a visit — more than tourists from any other country. “Shopping is the No. 1 activity for Chinese tourists,” says Jolin Zhou of Sunshine Travel, a Boston travel

agency that specializes in Chinese tourists. — Chinese investment in U.S. businesses, factories and real estate — tangible things, not including stocks, bonds and other financial instruments — has gone from virtually nothing a decade ago to $14 billion last year, according to the Rhodium Group, a consultancy. More than 70,000 Americans work at Chinese companies in the United States, up from almost none in 2000. — U.S. exports of goods to China have doubled since 2006 to a record $122 billion last year. In 2013, U.S. companies earned a record $9.7 billion in China. China’s economy is slowing as it shifts away from growth based on exports and investment in real estate and factories and toward growth fueled by consumer spending.

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Dems open door to taking part in Benghazi probe By BRADLEY KLAPPER and DONNA CASSATA Associated Press

WASHINGTON — House Democrats opened the door Tuesday to participating in a special panel’s investigation of the deadly attack in Benghazi, Libya, even if they see it as little more than an election-year ploy by Republicans to discredit the Obama administration and motivate GOP voters. Laying out her party’s conditions, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Republicans must conduct interviews and share information as part of their new inquest into the Obama administration’s response to the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. diplomatic past that killed four Americans. She called for the same number of Democrats as Republicans on the panel, a demand the GOP majority immediately rejected. “If this review is to be fair, it must be truly bipartisan,” Pelosi, D-Calif., said in a statement. Later, she told reporters that rank-and-file Democrats are “suspicious of whatever the Republicans are trying to do.” With midterm elections

looming closer, Republicans are sharpening their focus on the Benghazi attack that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. A vote to authorize the probe is expected this week. A senior GOP congressman has issued a subpoena to Secretary of State John Kerry to testify before a separate committee. And the subject could surface in multiple other congressional hearings this week. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has yet to outline his full plan for the select panel, whose establishment is all but a formality in the GOP-controlled House. But the Republican chosen by Boehner to head the investigation said Democrats wouldn’t get the same number of seats — and votes — on the committee. “Look, we’re in the majority for a reason. We have more seats in the House,” said Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy, a second-term congressman from South Carolina and former prosecutor. He called Pelosi’s comments a “good sign” that she is considering Democratic participation. Twenty months since the attack, Republicans have made

Benghazi a central plank of their strategy to win control of the Senate in November’s elections. Democrats are in a bind. They don’t want their presence to provide credibility to what they believe will be a partisan forum for attacks on the president and his top aides.

But boycotting the committee would mean losing the ability to counter Republican claims. In a telephone interview with The Associated Press, Gowdy said his record in Congress shows he is fair and respectful of Democratic committee members. He said

he frequently discusses witnesses before scheduling hearings and tries to “have a good working relationship with everyone.” He said he was interested in the truth, not politics. “Facts really don’t come with a color,” he said. “They’re not swing state facts.”

Republicans say the White House, concerned primarily with protecting President Barack Obama in the final weeks of his re-election campaign, misled the nation by playing down intelligence suggesting Benghazi was a major, al-Qaida-linked terrorist attack.

Vatican: 848 priests defrocked for abuse By JOHN HEILPRIN and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press

GENEVA — The Vatican revealed Tuesday that over the past decade, it has defrocked 848 priests who raped or molested children and sanctioned another 2,572 with lesser penalties, providing the first ever breakdown of how it handled the more than 3,400 cases of abuse reported to the Holy See since 2004. The Vatican’s U.N. ambassador in Geneva, Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, released the figures during a second day of grilling by a U.N. committee monitoring implementation of the U.N. treaty against torture. Tomasi insisted that the Holy See was only obliged to abide by the torture treaty inside the tiny Vatican City State, which has a population of only a few hundred

people. But significantly, he didn’t dispute the committee’s contention that sexual violence against children can be considered torture. Legal experts have said that classifying sexual abuse as torture could expose the Catholic Church to a new wave of lawsuits since torture cases in much of the world don’t carry statutes of limitations. Tomasi also provided statistics about how the Holy See has adjudicated sex abuse cases for the past decade. The Vatican in 2001 required bishops and religious superiors to forward all credible cases of abuse to Rome for review after determining that they were shuffling pedophile priests from diocese to diocese rather than subjecting them to church trials. Only in 2010 did the Vatican explicitly tell bishops and superiors to also report credible cases to police where local reporting laws require them to.

The Vatican statistics are notable in that they show how the peaks in numbers over the years — both of cases reported and sanctions meted out — roughly parallels the years in which abuse scandals were in the news. And they showed that far from diminishing in recent years, the number of cases reported annually to the Vatican has remained a fairly constant 400 or so since 2010, the last year the scandal erupted in public around the globe. These cases, however, concern mostly abuse that occurred decades ago. The Associated Press reported in January that then-Pope Benedict XVI had defrocked 384 priests in the final two years of his pontificate, citing documentation that Tomasi’s delegation had prepared for another U.N. hearing monitoring a treaty on the rights of children. That documentation matched data contained in the Vatican’s statistical yearbooks.

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Ukraine tightens cordon around rebellious city By PETER LEONARD and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press

DONETSK, Ukraine — A pro-Russia militia holding an eastern Ukrainian city came under further pressure Tuesday from advancing government troops, but militants acted with impunity elsewhere in the turbulent region. The foreign ministers of Ukraine and Russia met Tuesday, but their open disagreements did nothing to suggest a diplomatic solution was near. Diplomacy was to be taken up again on Wednesday during a meeting in Moscow between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Swiss President Didier Burkhalter, whose country currently chairs the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Russia and the West have expressed a desire for the OSCE to play a greater role in defusing the tensions in Ukraine. Ukrainian military operations that began Monday to expunge pro-Russia forces from the city of Slovyansk were the interim government’s most ambitious effort so far to quell weeks of unrest in Ukraine’s mainly Russian-speaking east. Four government troops and 30 militants were killed in the gunbattles, Ukraine’s interior minister said Tuesday. The proRussia militia said 10 people were killed, including civilians. There was no immediate way to reconcile the figures. In the southwest, Kiev authorities also attempted to reassert control over the region around Odessa, a major Black Sea port, by appointing a new governor on Tuesday. This nation of 46 million was thrown into a political crisis after its Moscow-leaning president, whose base was in eastern Ukraine, fled to Russia in February following months of protests in Kiev. Across the region in recent weeks, armed insurgents who have seized

dozens of government buildings and police stations are now at odds with western and central Ukraine, which seek closer ties with Europe and largely back the government in Kiev. Interior Minister Arsen Avakov gave the death toll on his Facebook page Tuesday, adding that 20 government troops were also injured during fighting in Slovyansk. He said about 800 pro-Russia forces in and around Slovyansk used largecaliber weapons and mortars on Monday. By Tuesday morning, Ukrainian forces had taken hold of a key checkpoint north of the city, dealing a blow to insurgent lines of communication. In Donetsk, a major city 120 kilometers (75 miles) south of Slovyansk, the airport was closed during the day to international flights following a government order but reopened later. In the afternoon, about 30 pro-Russia militants armed with

automatic rifles and grenade launchers surrounded an Interior Ministry base in Donetsk, demanding that the troops inside not join any government operations against pro-Russia forces. While it was unclear whether they would attack, besieging the base was an uptick in their offensive. In Odessa, Kiev authorities announced Tuesday they were firing the acting governor and replacing him with a member of parliament, Ihor Palytsya. Odessa’s police chief was also fired over the weekend. Concern that Odessa could be the next region to fall grew after 46 people died Friday, many in a building fire, after a pro-Ukraine march in Odessa turned into a melee of fighting. Two days later, 67 people detained in the rioting were released by police under pressure from an angry crowd. Opposing sides of the Ukraine conflict have traded bitter recriminations over the

Uruguay rule-signing launches marijuana market By LEONARDO HABERKORN Associated Press

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — President Jose Mujica signed the long-awaited rules for Uruguay’s legal pot marketplace Tuesday, launching a rollout that should stock pharmacies with government-approved marijuana cigarettes for sale by year’s end. Opinion polls suggest most Uruguayans are against the pot plan, but Mujica told The Associated Press in an interview Friday that his government has got to try it. “I want to rescue society’s right to experiment. If it didn’t exist, we would be condemned to paralysis, stuck in a photo that never changes a bit. There is no other way to be able to advance,” the president said. Mujica and his governing Broad Front coalition ministers signed the rules behind closed doors, passing up the opportunity for a public ceremony on an issue that has dominated public discussion in Uruguay recently. The president’s efforts may be celebrated on T-shirts emblazoned with a green cannabis leaf and the phrase “Mujicannabis,” but Mujica himself played down the signing, opting instead to eat pizza with some friends at a downtown restaurant. With Mujica’s signature, the regulations are now fully in effect, deputy presidential secretary Diego Canepa told the AP. That means Uruguayan citizens and legal residents 18 or older can register to obtain licenses giving them the right to cultivate up to six marijuana plants per household and harvest 480 grams a year, or join a marijuana growing club with between 15 and 45 members and no more than 99 plants. By putting his government at the center of a legal marijuana industry, Mujica hopes to keep otherwise law-abiding citizens away from organized crime and treat addiction as a public health challenge rather than a law enforcement threat. C

Odessa deaths. As residents gathered on Tuesday to lay flowers near the scorched building, they remained confused about exactly what caused the fire and were suspicious of the police forces who did not try to stop the bloodshed, for whatever reason. “I saw how the police were on the side of the pro-Russians — they broke rank when the Russians attacked and closed ranks when they stepped back,” said 46-year-old Vitaly Khadyko. The central government attempted to boost confidence by sending in an elite national guard unit, which could be seen patrolling the streets of Odessa. The goals of the pro-Russian insurgency are ostensibly broader autonomy for the region, but some do favor separatism or even joining Russia. Leaders of the anti-government movement say they plan to hold a referendum on autonomy for eastern regions on

Sunday, although no visible preparations for the vote have yet been seen. Russia has put the blame for the unrest squarely on the interim government in Kiev. During a Tuesday meeting in Vienna with the Council of Europe, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov demanded that the Ukrainian government end its armed assaults on rebel strongholds. He said he was open to another round of international talks to ease the crisis, but only if pro-Russia rebels were included. “Those who protest ... want their voices heard,” he told reporters. “They want to have an equal voice when it comes to deciding the fate of their own country.” His Ukrainian counterpart rejected the proposal, saying the Kiev government already represents all the people of Ukraine. In Washington on Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State John

Kerry discussed the Ukraine crisis with Catherine Ashton, the European Union’s top diplomat. The U.S. and the EU ordered sanctions against Russian officials and individuals after Moscow annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in March. Testifying Tuesday on Capitol Hill, Victoria Nuland, the top U.S. diplomat for Europe, said a team of U.S. officials was working with European counterparts on sanctions that could target Russian industry sectors. She said she would go to Brussels on Monday to discuss them. Ukrainian authorities have blamed Moscow for fomenting the unrest in the east, saying it’s an attempt to derail Ukraine’s May 25 presidential election. Lavrov repeated Moscow’s claims that violence in Ukraine proved the country was unready for a vote, and that a constitution allowing for greater federalization should come before a presidential election.

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Brown Bears awarded postseason honors Butcher becomes 1st Bears player selected to All-NAHL team, Colwell taken 84th in USHL draft Staff report Peninsula Clarion

After another season that saw the Kenai River Brown Bears nearly break through with a playoff series win, the North American Hockey League postseason awards have begun to be

handed out, a few of them bearing the names of Kenai River players. Bears forward Alec Butcher was named to the 2013-14 All-NAHL Team, becoming the first Brown Bears player in franchise history to receive that honor. Butcher led the league in scoring with 66 points (24 goals, 42 assists), and is

committed to playing at Division I Sacred Heart University next year. Butcher was also named to the Midwest All-Division team, the first time he has accrued that honor and represents the sixth player in franchise history to be named to the postseason All-Division team. The Bears have

had a player on the All-Division team each year since 2008-09. Also garnering attention was forward Nathan Colwell, who was selected in the United States Hockey League draft by the Dubuque (Iowa) Fighting Saints in the fifth round (84th overall). Dubuque is also the home of former

Bears head coach Oliver David, who is now an assistant coach with the Fighting Saints. Colwell finished the 2013-14 season — his first in the NAHL — with 21 points (9 goals, 12 assists). The remainder of the end-of-season awards will be announced later this week.

Canadiens hold off Bruins to take 2-1 series lead MONTREAL (AP) — P.K. Subban has picked the right time to go on an offensive tear. The 2013 Norris Trophy winner had his third straight two-point game with a goal and an assist, and the Montreal Canadiens held off the Boston Bruins for a 4-2 victory Tuesday to take the lead in their NHL Eastern Conference playoff series. The Canadiens are up 2-1 with Game 4 set for Thursday in Montreal. Subban has 11 points in seven playoff games. “I’m just the beneficiary of the guys playing well around me, supporting me,” the defenseman said. “It starts in goal. Well, it actually starts with our coaching staff and making sure everybody is feeling confident. We’re doing it together. ... When we had adversity, we’re sticking together doing the right things. “It’s fun to play on teams where you know guys are going to support you.” Lars Eller and fourth-line winger Dale Weise also had a goal and an assist, and Tomas Plekanec scored Montreal’s other goal. Patrice Bergeron and Andrej Meszaros scored for the Bruins.

Subban became the third Canadiens defensemen with three consecutive games of more than one point in the playoffs, after Larry Robinson in 1978 and 1987 and J.C. Tremblay in 1971. While Montreal has stolen home-ice advantage from the Bruins, the series between the longtime rivals is hardly over. Boston outshot Montreal 2826, hemmed in the Canadiens in their end for long stretches, and looked nothing like a team that is overmatched and demoralized. But unlike the first two games, the Bruins were unable to erase a two-goal deficit. Their frantic third-period comeback fell short, and Eller ended it with an empty-net goal with three seconds left. “I don’t think we played badly. We just made stupid mistakes that ended up costing us the game,” said Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask. “We have to get rid of those and keep playing like we’re playing. “You’re three goals behind and it’s tough. You battle back, but time’s running out. We have to try to get that lead and play with the lead.” For the third straight game, the Canadiens held a 3-1 lead in the third period. This time, they didn’t let it slip away. In

Heat stay perfect with rout of Nets “Big 3” compatriots Pierce and MIAMI (AP) — LeBron Garnett in the playoffs — was 4 James scored 22 points, Ray of 7 from 3-point land. Allen added 19 and Miami stayed perfect in this postseaSPURS 116, son by beating Brooklyn 107TRAIL BLAZERS 92 86 on Tuesday night in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference SAN ANTONIO (AP) — semifinal. Tony Parker had 33 points and It was the first win for Miami nine assists and San Antonio in five meetings with Brooklyn never trailed in Game 1 of the this season. Western Conference semifinal. Chris Bosh scored 15 points Kawhi Leonard had 16 and grabbed 11 rebounds, points and Tim Duncan added Dwyane Wade finished with 12 points and 11 rebounds for 14 points and Mario Chalmers San Antonio. had 12 for Miami, which lost to More importantly for the Brooklyn four times by a total Spurs, their bench contributed of 12 points. mightily after being virtually Deron Williams and Joe non-existent in the openingJohnson scored 17 points each round series against Dallas. for the Nets, who got only eight Marco Belinelli had 19 points from Paul Pierce and no points and the Australian connection from Kevin Garnett in 16 min- of Aron Baynes and Patty Mills utes. had 10 points apiece. Game 2 of the best-of-seven LaMarcus Aldridge had 32 series is Thursday night. points and 14 rebounds and DaA 24-9 run in the third mian Lillard had 17 points for quarter blew things open for Portland, but the All-Star duo the Heat, who hadn’t played combined for just 17 points in in eight days after sweeping the first half as San Antonio Charlotte in the opening round. built a 26-point lead. James finished 10 for 15 from The Trail Blazers were comthe field and Allen — who had ing off a first-round upset of never faced his former Boston Houston. The Associated Press

Warriors coach fired ANTONIO GONZALEZ AP Sports Writer

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Mark Jackson came to the Golden State Warriors talking big and brash. He promised playoff appearances and championships, and he delivered plenty of wins along the way. Away from the court, though, Jackson never backed down from doing things how he wanted. His inability to mesh with management — and management’s inability to mesh with Jackson — increasingly overshadowed his success and ultimately cost him his job. The Warriors fired Jackson after three seasons Tuesday, ending the franchise’s most successful coaching tenure in the past two decades but also one filled with drama and dis-

tractions. “Obviously it was not made exclusively on wins and losses,” Warriors owner Joe Lacob said. Lacob and general manager Bob Myers both thanked Jackson, saying he helped make the Warriors a more attractive franchise. But Myers said the decision to dismiss Jackson was “unanimous” among the team’s executives — though still not easy —in part because the Warriors want a coach who can “develop a synergy” with everybody in basketball operations. Jackson’s time with the Warriors will be remembered for the way he helped turn a perennially losing franchise into a consistent winner and the bold and bombastic way in which he did it.

Game 2 on Saturday in Boston, the Bruins scored four goals in the final 10 minutes for a 5-3 comeback win. Rask was pulled with 2:20 left. Only four seconds later, Meszaros beat Price with a high shot through traffic off a feed from Milan Lucic. WILD 4, BLACKHAWKS 0 ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Erik Haula and Mikael Granlund scored goals less than 3 minutes apart early in the third period, and the Minnesota Wild recovered from a sluggish start for a 4-0 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Tuesday in Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinal series. Ilya Bryzgalov made 19 saves for his first shutout in the playoffs in eight years, and the Blackhawks had their lead whittled to 2-1 with their first loss in two weeks. Zach Parise put the exclamation point on the win with a power-play goal, the first in 25 chances for the Wild over their last two playoff series against the Blackhawks. Then Granlund tacked on an empty-netter with 1:17 left. Game 4 is Friday in Minnesota. Corey Crawford stopped

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Boston Bruins’ Patrice Bergeron is taken out by Montreal Canadiens defenseman Douglas Murray during the first period of an NHL playoff hockey game, Tuesday in Montreal.

only 14 shots for the Blackhawks, who dropped their first two games to St. Louis in the last round before winning four in a row. Since losing to the Blues on April 19, they took the lead in all six games and outscored their opponents 23-9. The announced attendance

of 19,416 was the most in franchise history, but the atmosphere didn’t match that until shortly after the second intermission. Pucks were whizzing way wide of the net, and clogged shooting lanes led to plenty of thwarted opportunities for both sides. Then Haula

finally brought the fans to their feet. The rookie center from Finland, who was a standout for the University of Minnesota, started the play from the neutral zone and finished in front of the rush for a tap-in of Justin Fontaine’s slick pass through the defense.

Scoreboard basketball NBA Playoffs CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7) Monday, May 5 Washington 102, Indiana 96, Washington leads series 1-0 L.A. Clippers 122, Oklahoma City 105, L.A. Clippers leads series 1-0 Tuesday, May 6 Miami 107, Brooklyn 86, Miami leads series 1-0 San Antonio 116, Portland 92, San Antonio leads series 1-0 Wednesday, May 7 Washington at Indiana, 3 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Oklahoma City, 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 8 Brooklyn at Miami, 3 p.m. Portland at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. All Times ADT

hockey NHL Playoffs SECOND ROUND (Best-of-7) Monday, May 5 Pittsburgh 2, N.Y. Rangers 0, Pittsburgh leads series 2-1 Los Angeles 3, Anaheim 1, Los Angeles leads series 2-0 Tuesday, May 6 Montreal 4, Boston 2, Montreal leads series 2-1 Minnesota 4, Chicago 0, Chicago leads series 2-1 Wednesday, May 7 Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 3:30 p.m. Thursday, May 8 Boston at Montreal, 3:30 p.m. Anaheim at Los Angeles, 6 p.m. All Times ADT

baseball National League

East Division W Atlanta 18 Miami 18 Washington 18 New York 16 Philadelphia 15 Central Division Milwaukee 22 St. Louis 17 Cincinnati 15 Pittsburgh 13 Chicago 11 West Division San Francisco 21 Colorado 21 Los Angeles 19 San Diego 15 Arizona 12

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Tuesday’s Games L.A. Dodgers 8, Washington 3 Pittsburgh 2, San Francisco 1 Toronto 6, Philadelphia 5, 10 innings Boston 4, Cincinnati 3, 12 innings Miami 3, N.Y. Mets 0 Atlanta 2, St. Louis 1 Chicago White Sox 5, Chicago Cubs 1 Arizona 7, Milwaukee 5 Colorado 12, Texas 1 Kansas City 3, San Diego 1, 11 innings Wednesday’s Games San Francisco (Lincecum 2-1) at Pittsburgh (Cole 2-2), 8:35 a.m. N.Y. Mets (Z.Wheeler 1-3) at Mi-

ami (Koehler 3-2), 8:40 a.m. L.A. Dodgers (Haren 4-0) at Washington (Strasburg 2-2), 9:05 a.m. Arizona (Arroyo 2-2) at Milwaukee (W.Peralta 4-1), 9:10 a.m. Kansas City (Shields 3-3) at San Diego (Cashner 2-4), 11:40 a.m. Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 3-2) at Toronto (Buehrle 5-1), 3:07 p.m. Cincinnati (Leake 2-3) at Boston (Peavy 1-1), 3:10 p.m. St. Louis (Wainwright 5-2) at Atlanta (Minor 0-1), 3:10 p.m. Colorado (J.De La Rosa 3-3) at Texas (Lewis 2-1), 4:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 2-3) at Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 2-2), 4:10 p.m.

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

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Tuesday’s Games Cleveland 4, Minnesota 2 Toronto 6, Philadelphia 5, 10 innings Detroit 11, Houston 4 Baltimore 5, Tampa Bay 3 Boston 4, Cincinnati 3, 12 innings Chicago White Sox 5, Chicago Cubs 1 Colorado 12, Texas 1 N.Y. Yankees 4, L.A. Angels 3 Seattle 8, Oakland 3 Kansas City 3, San Diego 1, 11 innings Wednesday’s Games Seattle (F.Hernandez 3-1) at Oakland (Straily 1-2), 11:35 a.m., 1st game Kansas City (Shields 3-3) at San Diego (Cashner 2-4), 11:40 a.m. Minnesota (Nolasco 2-3) at Cleveland (Salazar 1-3), 3:05 p.m. Seattle (E.Ramirez 1-3) at Oakland (Pomeranz 1-1), 3:05 p.m., 2nd game Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 3-2) at Toronto (Buehrle 5-1), 3:07 p.m. Houston (Peacock 0-2) at Detroit (Porcello 4-1), 3:08 p.m. Baltimore (B.Norris 2-2) at Tampa Bay (C.Ramos 1-1), 3:10 p.m. Cincinnati (Leake 2-3) at Boston (Peavy 1-1), 3:10 p.m. Colorado (J.De La Rosa 3-3) at Texas (Lewis 2-1), 4:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 2-3) at Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 2-2), 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Nuno 0-0) at L.A. Angels (H.Santiago 0-5), 6:05 p.m. All Times ADT Indians 4, Twins 2 Min. Cle.

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Deduno, Darnell (6) and K.Suzuki; Tomlin, Rzepczynski (7), Atchison (8), Shaw (9) and Y.Gomes. WСTomlin 1-0. LСDeduno 0-2. SvСShaw (1). HRsСMinnesota, Colabello (4).

Tigers 11, Astros 4 Hou. 000 001 003—4 9 0 Det. 102 100 25x—11 18 1 Oberholtzer, Cisnero (7), Fields (8), D.Downs (8) and J.Castro; Ray, E.Reed (6), Alburquerque (8), J.Miller (9) and Avila. WСRay 1-0. LСOberholtzer 0-6. HRsСDetroit, Mi.Cabrera (3). Orioles 5, Rays 3 Bal. TB

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Tillman, O’Day (7), Z.Britton (8), Tom.Hunter (9) and Clevenger; Archer, Boxberger (6), B.Gomes (7), Jo.Peralta (8), Oviedo (8) and Hanigan. WСO’Day 1-0. LСJo. Peralta 1-2. SvСTom.Hunter (9). HRsСBaltimore, Pearce (1). Tampa Bay, Longoria (4). Yankees 4, Angels 3 NY LA

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Kuroda, Kelley (8), Dav.Robertson (9) and McCann; C.Wilson, Frieri (9) and Conger. WСKelley 1-2. LСFrieri 0-3. SvСDav.Robertson (5). HRsСNew York, B.Roberts (1). Blue Jays 6, Phillies 5 Tor. 010 301 000 1—6 12 0 Phi. 000 005 000 0—5 10 0 (10 innings) Hutchison, Stroman (9), Loup (10) and Kratz; Hamels, Manship (7), Diekman (8), Papelbon (9), Bastardo (10) and Ruiz. WСStroman 1-0. LСBastardo 3-2. SvСLoup (2). HRsСToronto, Encarnacion (3), Col.Rasmus (8). Philadelphia, Asche (3). Red Sox 4, Reds 3 Cin. 000 020 000—3 10 0 Bos. 000 000 001—4 11 1 (12 innings) Bailey, Hoover (7), M.Parra (8), LeCure (9), Ondrusek (11) and Barnhart; Doubront, Badenhop (6), Tazawa (8), Uehara (9), A.Miller (10), Breslow (12) and Pierzynski. WСBreslow 1-0. LСOndrusek 0-2. White Sox 5, Cubs 1 Chi. (A) 000 100 013—5 11 0 Chi. (N) 0 00 010 000—1 4 0 Noesi, Putnam (6), S.Downs (8), D.Webb (9) and Flowers; E.Jackson, Russell (8), N.Ramirez (8), Strop (9), Villanueva (9) and Castillo. WСPutnam 1-0. LСN. Ramirez 0-1. HRsСChicago (A), G.Beckham (1). Rockies 12, Rangers 1 Tex. Col.

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(11 innings) Guthrie, W.Davis (9), G.Holland (11) and S.Perez; Erlin, A.Torres (8), Street (9), Thayer (10), Vin-

cent (11) and Grandal. WСW. Davis 2-1. LСVincent 0-1. SvСG. Holland (8). HRsСKansas City, S.Perez (3). San Diego, Grandal (4). Pirates 2, Giants 1 S.F. 010 000 0 00—1 5 1 Pit. 010 000 001—2 5 1 T.Hudson and Posey; Morton, Watson (9) and T.Sanchez. W_ Watson 3-0. L_T.Hudson 4-2. Mariners 8, Athletics 3 Sea. 300 001 004—8 10 1 Oak. 020 001 000—3 7 1 Elias, Leone (7), Furbush (8), Wilhelmsen (9) and Zunino; J.Chavez, Doolittle (6), Gregerson (8), Ji.Johnson (9), Otero (9) and D.Norris. W_Elias 3-2. L_J. Chavez 2-1. HRs_Oakland, Cespedes (5). Dodgers 8, Nationals 3 L.A. 000 003 140—8 14 1 Was. 000 000 030—3 12 2 Kershaw, C.Perez (8), J.Wright (8), Jansen (9) and Butera; Treinen, Stammen (6), Detwiler (8), Barrett (9) and Lobaton. W_Kershaw 2-0. L_Treinen 0-1. HRs_Los Angeles, H.Ramirez (4), Butera (2). Braves 2, Cardinals 1 S.L. 000 001 000—1 6 0 Atl. 000 100 01x—2 8 0 Lyons, Maness (7), Choate (8), Neshek (8) and Y.Molina; Floyd, D.Carpenter (8), Kimbrel (9) and Laird. W_D.Carpenter 2-0. L_Choate 0-1. Sv_Kimbrel (9). HRs_Atlanta, J.Upton (9). Marlins 3, Mets 0 N.Y. 000 000 000—0 6 1 Mia. 200 010 00x—3 7 0 Colon, Valverde (8) and d’Arnaud; H.Alvarez and Saltalamacchia. W_H.Alvarez 2-2. L_Colon 2-5. D-Backs 7, Brewers 5 Ari. 200 011 030—7 10 1 Mil. 500 000 000—5 8 0 Collmenter, E.Marshall (6), Ziegler (8), A.Reed (9) and Montero; Estrada, Thornburg (7), Kintzler (8), Wang (9) and Lucroy. W_E. Marshall 1-0. L_Kintzler 1-1. Sv_A. Reed (9). HRs_Arizona, Goldschmidt (6), Owings (1), Hill (3).

Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES Optioned RHP Brad Brach to Norfolk (IL). Recalled LHP T.J. McFarland from Norfolk. CLEVELAND INDIANS Designated C George Kottaras for assignment. Recalled RHP Josh Tomlin from Columbus (IL). DETROIT TIGERS Optioned RHP Jose Ortega to Toledo (IL). Selected the contract of LHP Robbie Ray from Toledo. KANSAS CITY ROYALS Reinstated OF Lorenzo Cain from the 15-day DL. NEW YORK YANKEES Assigned RHP Chris Leroux outright to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Reinstated RHP Michael Pineda from the suspended list and placed him on the 15-day DL. Reinstated INF Brendan Ryan from the 15-

day DL. TEXAS RANGERS Sent LHP Joe Saunders to Frisco (TL) for a rehab assignment. National League CHICAGO CUBS Sent RHP Jose Veras to Tennessee (SL) for a rehab assignment. CINCINNATI REDS Placed OF Jay Bruce on the 15-day DL. Selected the contract of OF Roger Bernadina from Louisville (IL). LOS ANGELES DODGERS Optioned RHP Pedro Baez to Chattanooga (SL). Reinstated LHP Clayton Kershaw from the 15-day DL. MIAMI MARLINS Released INF Greg Dobbs. PITTSBURGH PIRATES Optioned LHP Jeff Locke to Indianapolis (IL). Recalled RHP Phil Irwin from Indianapolis. SAN DIEGO PADRES Sent 3B Chase Headley to Lake Elsinore (Cal) for a rehab assignment. WASHINGTON NATIONALS Recalled RHP Blake Treinen from Syracuse (IL). Optioned RHP Ryan Mattheus to Syracuse. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS Fired coach Mark Jackson. LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS Announced president Andy Roeser is taking an indefinite leave of absence. MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES Entered into a single-affiliation partnership with Iowa (NBADL) for the 201415 season. TORONTO RAPTORS Signed coach Dwane Casey to a threeyear contract extension. FOOTBALL National Football League NFL Reinstated S Tanard Jackson from suspension. DALLAS COWBOYS Signed LB Bradie James to a one-day contract and announced his retirement. ST. LOUIS RAMS Signed WR T.J. Moe. HOCKEY National Hockey League NASHVILLE PREDATORS Named Peter Laviolette coach. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING Signed G Andrei Vasilevskii to a threeyear, entry-level contract. MOTORSPORTS NASCAR Fined crew chief Kenny Francis $25,000 for rules violations during qualifying for the Sprint Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday. SOCCER Major League Soccer MLS Fined L.A. Galaxy F Rob Friend for embellishment during Saturday’s game. WRESTLING USA WRESTLING Named Bruce Burnett national freestyle coach. COLLEGE ASSUMPTION Named Chelsea Pitvorec coordinator of athletic communications. GEORGE WASHINGTON Signed women’s basketball coach Jonathan Tsipis to a contract extension through the 2020-21 season. KENTUCKY Signed football coach Mark Stoops to a contract extension through the 2018 season. MIDDLE TENNESSEE Named Ronnie Hamilton men’s assistant basketball coach. RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE Named Sherri Heard women’s assistant volleyball coach.

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Sports Briefs Homer, Nikiski soccer teams clash The Homer boys took a 4-1 Northern Light Conference win over Nikiski Tuesday evening at Homer High School in their first conference game of the season. It wasn’t until the 25th minute that the Mariners found a way past Nikiski goalkeeper Sullivan Jackson. Drew Brown received a cross from Quinn Daugharty and put the shot in net for a Homer lead. Just two minutes later, Kenneth Schneider added a goal for Homer, which was followed up by a score from Max Mangue in the 33rd minute, resulting in a 3-0 Homer lead at halftime. Filip Reutov added the Mariners’ final goal in the second half. The Bulldogs drop to their season record to 3-3 overall with the loss. No girls score was reported at the time the Clarion went to print.

Bills Pro Bowl player arrested HEFLIN, Ala. (AP) — A county sheriff’s office says Buffalo Bills Pro Bowl defensive lineman Marcell Dareus has been arrested in Alabama on drug charges. A jailer in Cleburne County in Heflin who would not give her name says Dareus was arrested Monday night by a state trooper and was released from the jail within an hour. She says he was arrested on a charge of possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia. She did not have an attorney for him listed or a court date. Sheriff Joe Jacks also confirmed to WVUA-TV that Dareus was arrested. Dareus was selected third overall in the 2011 draft and is in his fourth season with the Bills. The 24-year-old played for Alabama. Last season he had 7.5 sacks and 71 tackles.

James retiring with Cowboys IRVING, Texas (AP) — Bradie James is retiring with the Dallas Cowboys after the linebacker spent nine of his 10 seasons with the team that drafted him in 2003. James signed a one-day contract Tuesday, wrapping up a career that included him being one of six Cowboys with at least 1,000 career tackles. The 33-year-old James played his final season with Houston in 2012.

Durant nabs 1st career MVP title CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Kevin Durant has plenty of scoring titles. Now, he finally has an MVP trophy to go with them. The Oklahoma City Thunder star won the NBA’s top individual honor Tuesday, receiving 119 first-place votes. Miami’s LeBron James, who had won the last two MVP awards and four of the previous five, finished second with six firstplace votes, and Blake Griffin of the Los Angeles Clippers was third. “Everything in my life, I had to take it,” Durant said at a ceremony in Edmond. “They’re not going to give it to you out of sympathy. I wouldn’t want it any other way. This was another case, if I wanted to win the MVP, I had to go take it. I felt that this was the year I did that.” Durant won his fourth scoring crown in five years by averaging 32 points. The 6-foot9 forward helped the Thunder go 59-23, second-best in the league, despite playing much of the season without three-time All-Star Russell Westbrook by his side because of a nagging knee injury.

“He’s basically put himself in front of everybody else in the league and shown that he’s the best player in the world,” Westbrook said at the end of the regular season. James agreed, saying Monday: “Much respect to him and he deserves it. He had a bigtime MVP season.” Durant’s run of 41 consecutive games this season with at least 25 points was the thirdlongest streak in NBA history. “It was a two-man race, and then toward the end, it was kind of a no-brainer,” Griffin said. James averaged 27.1 points, 6.9 rebounds and 6.3 assists while shooting nearly 57 percent from the field. Griffin averaged 24.1 points and 10.1 rebounds. “It’s an honor, really,” he said of finishing third. “It’s hard to believe. I’m honored and humbled by that.” Durant scored at least 40 points 14 times. He also averaged 7.4 rebounds and a careerhigh 5.5 assists while shooting 50 percent from the field. While Westbrook was out after his most recent knee surgery, Durant averaged 35 points and 6.3 assists as the Thunder went 20-7 and remained among the league’s elite. Westbrook’s injury gave

Durant an opportunity to use his improving skills as a playmaker. “I’ve always been a player that was excited for my teammates’ success,” Durant said. Teammates and opponents say Durant became a more complete player this season. They praised him for improving his court vision, consistently making the extra pass and moving more efficiently without the ball. “I think we take it for granted,” teammate Nick Collison said. “To be able to stay on for long periods of time — have to cut hard, catch the ball in the right spot and defend on the other end — is tough to do. To be able to show that shows that he has an edge to him. He doesn’t take a night off.” Durant’s slight build could be considered one of his few weaknesses, but he has improved in dealing with opponents who try to push him around. “I don’t really think that matters with him,” Westbrook said. “He just takes on the challenge. When people try to be physical, he takes on the challenge and becomes more aggressive.” Though Durant’s consistency stood out this season, he had several exceptional games. He scored 48 points on Jan. 4 at

Minnesota, then scored 48 again two games later at Utah. He scored a career-high 54 points in a home win against Golden State on Jan. 17 and two games later scored 46 at home in a victory against Portland. Two games after that, he had a triple-double — 32 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists — in a win at Philadelphia, and he followed that with 41 points in a victory over Atlanta. He scored 51 points at Toronto on March 21 in a staggering 53 minutes and hit the game-winning 3-pointer with 1.7 seconds left in double overtime. He capped it off in the season finale by scoring 21 of his 42 points in the fourth quarter against Detroit and winning the game with a dunk with 16.5 seconds left. The Thunder overcame a 10-point deficit in the quarter to clinch the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference playoffs. “I put in so much work and so many people helped me,” he said. “I feel like we all won it. Our equipment guy gave me a hug today and said, ‘This is my first MVP,’ and I thought about that. And I said, ‘Yeah, this is our first MVP.’ I couldn’t have done it without the teammates, without the trainer. Everybody. We all just did this together.”

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Starling Marte was called out, then ruled safe on a replay review with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, lifting the Pittsburgh Pirates over San Francisco 2-1 Tuesday night and ending the Giants’ sixgame winning streak. It was 1-all when Marte tripled off the right-field wall against Tim Hudson. Marte slid into third, got up and bolted home when the relay from second baseman Ehire Adrianza skipped by third baseman Pablo Sandoval. Sandoval recovered to throw home and plate umpire Quinn Wolcott initially ruled Marte was tagged by San Francisco catcher Buster Posey. A brief review showed Marte’s right hand touched the plate before Posey tagged his chest. Tony Watson (3-0) worked one inning. Marte scored both Pittsburgh runs and Ike Davis added two hits. Hudson (4-2) allowed two runs on five hits in 8 2-3 innings, striking out five and walking one. MARLINS 3, METS 0 MIAMI (AP) — Henderson Alvarez pitched a six-hitter for his second shutout this season, and the Marlins won again at home, beating the Mets. Miami improved to a major league-best 16-5 at Marlins Park, and is 7-1 on its current homestand with one game left. They clinched the series and have won seven of their eight home series — the Marlins are 2-10 on the road.

Alvarez (2-2) struck out seven, walked none and threw 111 pitches. His only other victory this year was a complete-game 7-0 victory over Seattle on April 19.

BRAVES 2, CARDINALS 1 ATLANTA (AP) — Justin Upton homered and scored the tiebreaking run on Chris Johnson’s eighth-inning single, and the Braves beat the Cardinals to end their seven-game skid. Braves right-hander Gavin Floyd was impressive in his season debut, allowing one run on six hits in seven innings. Floyd made his first major league start since April 27, 2013, for the White Sox against Tampa Bay. He had season-ending Tommy John surgery 10 days later, and his comeback included six minor league rehab starts this year.

ninth save in 10 opportunities. double to center off Nick Vincent Paul Goldschmidt and Chris (0-1). Owings also homered for Arizona, which has won five of its last seven ROCKIES 12, RANGERS 1 games on the road. DENVER (AP) — Carlos Gonzalez had five of Colorado’s BLUE JAYS 6, season-high 21 hits and Nolan PHILLIES 5, 10 innings Arenado made several slick plays PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Juan at third base on a night he extended Francisco’s sacrifice fly in the 10th his hitting streak to 26 games as the inning lifted the Blue Jays to a win Rockies routed the Rangers. It’s the third time in Gonzalez’s over the Phillies. Cody Asche hit a game-tying career he’s had five hits in a game. grand slam in the sixth to help the Arenado waited until his final atPhillies rally from a 5-0 deficit, bat in the seventh to extend his but they were swept in a two-game streak, lacing an RBI double that portion of a four-game, home-and- hit just inside the left-field line. home interleague series. The teams meet Wednesday night in Toronto.

TIGERS 11, ASTROS 4

WHITE SOX 5, CUBS 1

WASHINGTON (AP) — Clayton Kershaw pitched seven shutout innings in his first outing since opening day, and Hanley Ramirez and Drew Butera homered as the Dodgers defeated the Nationals. Kershaw (2-0) was stubborn in his return after missing 32 games, allowing nine hits but striking out nine without a walk.

CHICAGO (AP) — Gordon Beckham’s tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning helped the White Sox beat the rival Cubs. Beckham was 1 for 6 in the White Sox’s 3-1, 12-inning win Monday over the Cubs, but he matched a career high with four hits Tuesday. The fourth one, on a 1-2 pitch with two outs from Neil Ramirez (0-1), gave Beckham his first homer of the season and the White Sox the lead, one they held to sweep the two-game series at Wrigley Field.

DIAMONDBACKS 7, BREWERS 5

ROYALS 3, PADRES 1, 11 innings

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Aaron Hill hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning after Miguel Montero had a tying single, rallying the Diamondbacks past the Brewers. Evan Marshall (1-0) pitched 1 1-3 innings of scoreless relief in his major league debut for the victory. Addison Reed pitched a scoreless ninth inning to record his

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Alex Gordon singled in the go-ahead run with one out in the 11th inning and pinch-hitter Billy Butler followed with an RBI double for the Royals, who beat San Diego to snap their season-high five-game losing streak. Eric Hosmer started the winning rally when he hit a leadoff

DODGERS 8, NATIONALS 3

homer in the ninth inning, and the Yankees beat the Angels 4-3 for just their second victory in seven CLEVELAND (AP) — Josh games. Tomlin earned his first major league win since 2012, pitching MARINERS 8, into the seventh inning and leading the Indians past the Twins. ATHLETICS 3 Tomlin (1-0) allowed one run OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — and four hits in 6 2-3 innings. He Rookie Roenis Elias struck out six was called up from Triple-A Columbus before the game after miss- while pitching into the seventh to ing most of last year while recover- win consecutive starts for the first time, Justin Smoak drove in three ing from Tommy John surgery. runs and the Mariners beat the Athletics for their season-best fourth ORIOLES 5, RAYS 3 straight victory.

INDIANS 4, TWINS 2

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Ryan Flaherty and Nick Markakis both drove in a run after a power outage in the eighth inning and the Orioles beat the Rays. The 19-minute delay came after a series of lights went out at Tropicana Field. The outage was soon after Steve Clevenger’s one-out double off Joel Peralta (1-2) put runners on second third.

DETROIT (AP) — Miguel Cabrera homered for his first of four hits and four RBIs, Robbie Ray gave up one run in his debut and the Detroit Tigers routed the Houston Astros 11-4 Tuesday night for their season-high seventh straight win. Houston, which has the worst YANKEES 4, ANGELS 3 record in the majors, lost its ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Brifourth in a row and sixth in seven an Roberts hit a tiebreaking solo games.

RED SOX 4, REDS 3, 12 INNINGS BOSTON (AP) — Grady Sizemore lined one off the Green Monster to score the game-winning run in the 12th inning and the Red Sox beat the Reds. It was the longest game between the two teams since the Red Sox won Game 6 of the 1975 World Series on Carlton Fisk’s 12th-inning homer. Craig Breslow (1-0) pitched one inning of scoreless relief for the win.

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available along with other features. The district has also started an employee quarterly newsletter. The district also plans to create a survey tool to measure family engagement next fall, Erkeneff said. “(The plan) is really comprehensive and it isn’t just on a district level,” Erkeneff said. “Every school site is working with their own strategic plan and the goals that they set that align with our three main areas in the Strategic Plan.” Board member Penny Vadla was the only member who voiced comments on the plan at the meeting. The plan calls for all KPBSD students to participate in a service learning project. Vadla, who is an adjunct professor at Kenai Peninsula College, said college students participate in service projects. “It really involves students and it teaches them how to get out in the community,” she said. “And it says we haven’t made progress on this. Is there a timeline on that progress?” Superintendent Steve Atwater said no timeline was set for the goal. Another goal set out by the plan is to develop partnerships with the top teacher preparation programs by the end of FY15 to bring educators into the district. According to the April 2014 report, the district is considering working with City University and will look into Whitworth University. Both are Washington State based colleges. Vadla wanted to know if other colleges will be considered for partnerships. “This is just the first stab at it those two schools,” Atwater said. “We’ll be exploring as many as we can looking for the best fit for coming to the Kenai.” The next board meeting will be June 2 at the George A. Navarre Borough Administration Building in Soldotna.

and independent learning processes and other factors, Erkeneff said. Work is ongoing to develop a process to examine alternative teaching models and implement them in schools to make learning more fluid. The target year of FY15 has been pushed back to FY16 for the infrastructure goal. However, some progress is being made such as Seward and Soldotna high schools’ plans to extend their school days. The board adopted a delay to the target date for a resource allocation goal, pushing it back to FY15. While the student to teacher ratio increase of 0.5 saved the district some money, Ekeneff said the change in the ratio is just one part of the goal, which looks at everything that has to do with staffing and hiring. “It looks at all the budget work we’ve been doing this past year that we started in looking through every department ... as well as looking at how we do staffing,” Erkeneff said about the goal. The collaboration goal date has been delayed to FY15. The district implemented student early release days this year for teachers to collaborate to become better educators in classrooms and throughout the school, Erkeneff said. She said the consensus, based survey results, is to continue early release days next year with some scheduling changes. Key communicators need to be established to reach two goals: increased engagement with parents and the community and better direct communication. The board delayed both goals to FY15. Erkeneff said a soft-launch for a district phone app is happening now and the full-launch will be at the beginning of the new school year. She said the app will have a staff directory, students and parents will be Kaylee Osowski can be able to log in to check grades reached at kaylee.osowski@ and schedules and school and peninsulaclarion.com district event calendars will be

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honor their service,” Cook said. “Times have changed in the world and this trip is meant to get back to our roots that make this country what it is.” Airfare, hotel accommodations and all meals are taken care of through donations made to the non-profit and wheelchairs and oxygen are available as needed during the tour. Cook accompanied the first Alaska Honor Flight as a guardian in October 2012. He said the trip comes full circle for veterans, with some who share their

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he supported the increase to the Base Student Allocation. Chenault said the second session started off fast and furious with a lot of bills in play and never slowed down. The capital budget ended up being the largest the state has ever passed and a big reason for that was the $3 billion put toward the PERS/ TRS plan to address the debt liability for future generations, he said. Chenault said he worked with Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Mike Navarre on capital projects and secured $4 million for road improvements. Chenault said the operating budget ended up being less than what Gov. Sean Parnell proposed. With education being the second highest com-

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preparation of the Bristol Bay watershed assessment. Both have raised concerns about potential bias within the federal agency, citing emails obtained through records requests, and the threat of a pre-emptive veto of the project before it enters the permitting phase. U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Rep. Don Young, both

war stories for the first time. As the veterans waited to board, each had a story to tell of their military experience. Merkes was a member of the 82nd Airborne Army Division during WWII, while Jorgensen fought with the infantry in the Battle of the Bulge. Breakfield, who served in the U.S. Navy on the USS Guadalupe during WWII, said he is looking forward to seeing the Navy Memorial for the second time. “You always appreciate the chance to pay respect to the men and women who fought to preserve our freedom,” he said. The WWII Memorial, built in 2004, is dedicated to the 16 million who served in the U.S.

armed forces and the more than 400,000 who died. Cook said between 600-1,200 WWII veterans die every day and many have never had the opportunity to view the memorial. When Robert Harrison applied for the first Honor Flight in 2012, he was told he wasn’t old enough because the program wanted to give the oldest veterans first priority, said his daughter Kathleen Harrison. While boarding the plane on Tuesday, Harrison could not help but grin with anticipation. “He is really excited for the trip,” she said. “It is important all these people are honored an recognized.” When Cook attended the

first Honor Flight, crowds of friends and family greeted them at the airport thanking them for their service. Their tour buses received a police escort and a group of 800 kids on a field trip at Arlington National Cemetery came up and shook all the veterans hands, he said. On the flight back, guardians would do a mail call and give thank you letters written from friends and family to the veterans. “There wasn’t a dry eye on the whole plane,” he said. “It is nice to see them get recognition for their service.”

ponent of the state budget behind health services, he said raising the BSA was a crucial component because expenses go up. Micciche said reductions to the operating budget were made carefully with a financial scalpel, with the right cuts made. Another of his priorities is to reduce the decline of North Slope production and development an LNG project while also preserving the Alaska’s natural beauty. “Let the world know we are open for business while still maintaining the quality of life services and continuing to preserve our pristine environment,” Micciche said. “It is proven we can have both adequate employment and industrial opportunities while still making sure we keep our natural resources healthy.” Micciche said he was proud of Senate Bill 71, a landing tax

for fisheries, because it balances out the tax credits for certain salmon and herring and affects all user groups equally. “Our fisheries are under constant attack by folks around the state,” he said. “I think you have a unified front with the four of us trying to defend all the fisheries.” Olson said the House introduced 382 bills and 115 either made it out of the House or to the governor office while the Senate had 219 bills introduced with 75 that moved out. In addition to the education and gas bills, he devoted much of his time to passage of workers’ compensation reform. Olson said he received more comments for his work to eliminate the automatic delivery of the white pages than anything else he did this year. “We found out 90 percent of people in the state didn’t want them,” he said.

As for the bills that did not pass this session, such as a measure for smokefree workplaces, Micciche said he has received a lot of good dialogue from both sides on those issues and the topics will be addressed when the next session gavels in. Chenault said he is always interested in getting rid of outdated legislation as he is about creating new laws. “We should get rid of statutes that don’t work anymore,” he said. “There is not much glamour in it but it cleans the book up.” After a few questions, each legislator was given 30 seconds for their final remarks. Chenault, the usually talkative speaker of the house summed up his thoughts with one word, “Thanks.”

Alaska Republicans, urged the office to investigate after complaints were raised. The EPA said in a statement that it will work with the inspector general’s office to provide information, but defended the report, saying it considered public comment and scientific data. The “EPA made transparency and public engagement a priority from day one of the Bristol Bay Watershed assessment,” the statement said. “It is a strong scientific document

based on hundreds of peer reviewed studies.” The agency added that it responded to numerous publicrecords requests and congressional calls for information. Earlier this year, the EPA initiated a process under which it could restrict or prohibit development of the mine after concluding that large-scale mining in the Bristol Bay watershed posed significant risks to salmon. An early phase of that process called for the state, those

behind the proposed mine and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to submit information showing mining-related discharges wouldn’t produce “unacceptable adverse effects” to aquatic resources or that actions could be taken to prevent such effects. Both the state and the Pebble Limited Partnership, in their latest responses dated last week, continued to push back against the process as premature. The Pebble Partnership is working to advance the mine project.

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For mothers and others this Mother’s Day Recipes, Stories and Art from the Lowcountry

Kitchen Ade Sue Ade Right: The magic found in old red wood-handled rolling pans and hand-cranked egg beaters or flower-filled vintage blue canning jars. Left: Sue Ade is a syndicated food writer with broad experience and interest in the culinary arts. She has worked and resided in the Lowcountry of South Carolina since 1985 and may be reached at kitchenade@yahoo.com.

Photos by Sue Ade unless otherwise indicated

Pat Branning’s “Magnolias, Porches & Sweet Tea: Recipes, Stories & Art from the Lowcountry,” is brimming with treasures, including the cover artwork (left) of artist Nancy Ricker Rhett’s oil on canvas, “Magnolias, Porches & Sweet Tea. The art of Hilarie Lambert, right, “reveals the beauty in what we might have forgotten or gotten too busy to notice – the magic of the every day,” like that found in old red wood-handled rolling pans and hand-cranked egg beaters or flower-filled vintage blue canning jars.

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“Gullah Basket,” oil on canvas, by Nancy Ricker Rhet

Mama’s Butter Bean & Corn Succotash Recipes courtesy: “Magnolias, Porches & Sweet Tea: Recipes, Stories & Art from the Lowcountry,” by Pat Branning (www.patbranning.com) C

You can’t get more South6 tablespoons olive oil ern than succotash. This recipe 1 cup sliced okra comes from my North Carolina 2 cups fresh or frozen butter born and raised mother, who beans was a wonderful cook. This 2 cups grilled corn kernels dish made her famous – at least 1 (28-ounce) can whole towith everyone who ever tasted matoes it.” – Pat Branning 1 red bell pepper, chopped 2 cups chicken stock 1 onion, finely chopped 2 tablespoons fresh basil 4 cloves garlic, finely chiffonade chopped

In a heavy cast iron skillet, sweat the onion and garlic in olive oil until the onion is translucent. Add the okra, butter beans, corn, tomatoes, bell pepper and chicken stock. Turn down the heat and simmer for about 1 hour or until the vegetables are tender. Stir in the basil just before serving. Serves 2 - 4.

So brilliant are the images on the pages of Pat’s Branning’s extraordinarily crafted “Magnolias, Porches & Sweet Tea: Recipes, Stories & Art from the Lowcountry,” that it’s often difficult to distinguish those that are actually photographs taken by son, Andrew Branning, a gifted photographer in his own right, from the ones created by the hand of an artist. The author of the best-selling “Shrimp, Collards & Grits,” has laid open her heart and soul once again and revealed her love for the lowcountry through the rich stories, well-constructed recipes and, of course, the art – meticulously chosen for the 144-page

(11 by 8.5-inch) portrait coffee table book cookbook, released just this past November. The works of some of the South’s most prolific artists, such as Nancy Ricker Rhett (whose oil on canvas “Magnolias, Porches & Sweet Tea” graces the cover of Branning’s latest cookbook), John Carroll Doyle and Betty Anglin Smith are here, as are those of Michael Harrell, Shannon Runquist and Joe Bowler, to name but a few. So is the art of Hilarie Lambert present, with the humble objects in her paintings – like red wood-handled rolling pans, hand-cranked egg beaters, vintage enamel-lidded blue canning jars and old flour

sack striped dish towels – appearing as precious objects d’art. Not to be overlooked, is the artistic sensitivity of Branning herself, whose vision for these cookbooks brought the gifts of the lowcountry, in all its mystical glory, into our homes and on to our tables. For further information about Pat Branning’s cookbooks, including how to purchase, visit http://patbranning.com, or to view more recipes, art and photographs, be sure to check out Charleston Style & Design Magazine’s spring issue at http://charlestondesignmagazine.epubxp. com/i/290097/221.

Strawberry-Rhubarb Jam “Waking up in summertime to the smell of homemade biscuits and sizzling bacon is the best kind of alarm clock. And if those biscuits are slathered with a generous amount of homemade strawberry-rhubarb jam, it’s even better. After a full

southern breakfast, a kayak trip down the waterway through the marshlands is my idea of a perfect summer day. My desire to stretch the deliciousness of summer into the fall and winter months ahead is always on my mind. One way to stretch

the season is with this jam of beautiful sun-ripened berries. Don’t limit this jam to the usual morning toast or croissant, it is also a delicious finishing glaze for roasted chicken or sweetener for homemade vinaigrette.” – Pat Branning

1 quart ripe strawberries 1½ pounds full ripe rhubarb ½ cup water 1 box fruit pectin ½ teaspoon butter 1 vanilla bean, scraped Juice of 1 lemon 6 cups sugar, measure into a separate bowl

Bring to a boil and reduce heat and cover. Simmer for several minutes until the rhubarb is tender. Measure 1¾ cups prepared rhubarb into the stockpot with the berries and mix well. Stir in the juice of one lemon. This is an important step because pectin needs acid to set correctly. Mix sugar into prepared fruit mixture. Add butter and stir. Bring to a full boil on high heat, stirring constantly until sugar dissolves. Stir in pectin. Return to a full boil and boil for 1 minute only, stirring constantly. Longer cook time begins to break down pectin. (Check package directions.)

Remove from heat and skim off any foam. Ladle at once into prepared jars, filling to within 1/8 inch of tops. Wipe jar rims and threads. Cover with 2-piece lids. Screw bands tightly. Place jars on elevated rack in canner. Lower rack into canner. Water “Blue Bottles,” oil on canvas, by Hilarie Lambert must cover jars by 1 to 2 inches. Add boiling water, if needed. Cover and bring water to a gentle boil. Process 10 minutes. Ray Ellis Edition, New Recipes, Storeis and Art by Pat Branning, www.patbranning com. Remove jars and place upright on a towel to cool. Checks seals by pressing middle of lid with finger. If lid springs back, lid is not sealed and refrigeration is necessary. Be sure to date your jars! Yield: 5 jars.

Prepare strawberries by removing stems and cutting them in half. Crush them until crushed but chunky by using a potato masher. Measure exactly 2¼ cups prepared strawberries into an 8-quart stockpot. Finely chop unpeeled rhubarb. Place in a saucepan. Stir in water.

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Pat Branning’s revised edition of “Shrimp, Collards & Grits – Ray Ellis Edition,” which will pay tribute to the stunning work of artist the late Ray Ellis, will be available June 1. (Ellis’ oil on canPhoto credits: Andrew Branning vas “Oyster Landing,” appears on the cookbook’s cover.) This completely re-mastered work, will Here’s a simple way to prepare the jars for canning. You may first sanitize them in your dish- include new food photography, larger artwork, new stories and all new recipes. For information washer or sink. Next heat your oven to 225 to 250 degrees and place the jars and lids in a pan on how to pre-order this 144-page (9.5 by 12-inch) landscape coffee table book cookbook, visit and allow them to stay in the oven for at least 10 minutes or until ready to fill.” – Pat Branning. http://patbranning.com. C

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Grannie Annie is the author of Grannie Annie Cookbook series, featuring Alaskan recipes and stories

About Arleigh - my hero About 1991 or ‘92 North Nikiski, Alaska e built our house and had lived comfortably for four years without electricity or running water. It was time for electricity and after long haggling we finally got it into the house. Then it was time for running water! J.T. and Bob were the well diggers. After a big attempt at digging a well, with J.T’s and Bob’s engineering of a tri-pod - a 6 foot length of pipe with a sharp three sided tip cut into it, by J.T. the welder, the tire off the old pickup of Bob’s and a rope wrapped around the back right wheel and after weeks of inventions and tireless attempts at getting through the clay they finally gave up and borrowed a backhoe. They started digging a well not too far from the lake - at 18feet they stopped digging and took an 8 inch pipe 6 foot long, sharpened by J.T., and dropped it with the backhoe to see if they could punch through the clay. No luck whatsoever. The lake was ten feet from the hole and sealed by the Inlet Clay! Then it started to rain and it rained and rained - the hole filled up with rain water running off the hill. The mud turned to slicker-than-slick mud that no one could walk in or on. The digging stopped, the next phase was discussed and discussed. In the meantime we were contending with mud and the worry that there was an 18-foot-deep hole full of water. I came home from work and the first thing I heard was Penny, our Golden Retriever, whimpering. I could not locate her or where the sound was coming from. Finally I went to the edge

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of the house and looked down into the hole full of water. There was Penny swimming around and around in the hole - with a stick in her mouth. Apparently she spied the stick in the water hole, just like we played with her at the lake, throwing sticks for her to retrieve, her favorite past time. She jumped in the hole to retrieve the stick and could not get out, because of the steep walls and the slicker than slick mud. I ran down to the hole, found a long branch and tried to convince Penny to swim to me so she could grab onto the stick and I would pull her out. NOPE! She would not swim close enough for me to grab her and she would not let go of the stick she had in her mouth! So, in frustration, I lay down on the bank of the hole in the mud with my toes dug over a tree root. My thought was to grab the stick in her mouth and pull her out. NOPE! In my struggles to get her up the mud bank, I slipped a little, my feet were hanging onto the tree root just barely, and I was stuck hanging head down, looking into the hole full of

water and Penny whining with the stick in her mouth. I was in a dire predicament - because I CANNOT SWIM. Bob was at work. There was not one soul around. All of the sudden I heard the cabin door at the next lot over, open and shut. I heard Arleighs voice talking to his dog. I screamed “Arleigh come and help your Grandma - come Quick! I heard his little rubber boots, running, slappity-slap. up the driveway and he appeared at the top of the hill beating his chest and yelling “ Grandma your Hero is here!” I told him very calmly that he had to come down the hill very carefully and sit on my feet and grab my coat and start pulling. He came slappityslap, down the hill, sat on my feet and grabbed my coat tail. Just then, Penny swan over, dropped her stick and I grabbed her collar and she climbed up over my back and out of the hole. It happened so quickly that I still have a hard time convincing people that is what happened, but Arleigh will verify it! Then with his mighty hero strength he pulled and pulled until I could push myself up out of the hole. We both sat there in disbelief at what happened. Arleigh kept saying “Wow Grandma are you ok?” “Yes! Arleigh you are my hero forever!” With a big hug and Penny dancing around in delight of being out of the hole - we walked-slipped up the hill, full of mud. We were so pleased that everything turned out well. We took off our muddy coats and boots, still in wonderment at what just had happened. Arleigh was five years old! He is still is my hero!

he series is written by a 44 year resident of Alaska, Ann Berg of Nikiski. Ann shares her collections of recipes from family and friends. She has gathered recipes for more that 50 years. Some are her own creation. Her love of recipes and food came from her Mother, a self taught wonderful cook. She hopes you enjoy the recipes and that the stories will bring a smile to your day. Grannie Annie can be reached at anninalaska@gci.net

BBQ CHICKEN FOR THE GRILL

1/2 cup water 1/4 cup each apple cider vinegar, lemon juice and Worchestershire sauce 1 1/2 cups each of Catsup and brown sugar 2 to 3 tblsp of chili powder 2 to 3 tblsp prepared mustard 1 teaspoon garlic salt 1/2 teas crushed red pepper flakes - op 2 fryer chickens, or 4 thighs, 4 drumsticks, 4 wings, and 4 half breasts. Or any combination

In a saucepan, combine everything but the chicken and simmer for 15 minutes, uncovered. Over medium heat on BBQ grill, grill chicken for about 40 minutes turning several times. Divide the sauce in half and brush remaing suace on girlled chicken, grill another 5 to 10 minutes, watching carefull so it does not burn. Serve with the remaining sauce. Pass the napkins!!

VINEGAR SCREWDOODLES

1 cup screwdoodles, (spiral noodles, multi colored) uncooked 1/2 cup each cucumber, sliced thin and red onion sliced thin 1/4 cup each diced tomato and red bell pepper In a 2 cup measure, 1/4 cup water, 3 Tblsp apple cider vinegar 6 Tblsp honey

3/4 tsp parsley 1 tsp prepared mustard 1/2 tsp each garlic salt and black pepper 1/4 tsp minced garlic Cook screwdoodles, rinse, place in bowl while still warn and pour measuring cup ingredients over top still warm noodles. Chill and add vegetables. Chill at least 4 hours. Good with chicken or fish. Keep 4 to 5 days chilled.

TOMATO SALAD

1 onion, red, yellow or white 3/4 cup apple cider vinegar 1/2 each red, green and yellow bell pepper 2 Tblsp honey or sugar 6 large ripe tomoatoes, cut in wedges or 1 tsp celery salt sliced thick,cut in half A pinch of cayenne pepper 1 peeled, thick sliced cucumber 1/4 tsp black course ground pepper Arrange tomatoes in a 2 quart bowl and ar2 tsp dill weed range the rest of vegetables on top and around Bring to a boil and boil one minute. bowl. Pour carefully over vegetables but do not Make dressing: stir, chill, covered about 4 to 5 hours. 1/4 cup water

RHUBARB SHORTCAKE

From a cookbook that was sent to me from my sister Elaine. Her daughter, Jill found it. From “The Pioneer Journey Cookbook, A History of Fort Collins, Colorado. Batter; 1 1/2 cup flour 3/4 cup sugar 2 tsp baking pwoder 1/4 cup butter 1/2 cup milk-add a little more if needed 1/4 tsp salt 1 egg 1/4 tsp nutmeg Mix all ingredients until smooth and set aside: Rhubarb Mixture: 3 cups fresh sliced rhubarb. Place in a well buttered baking dish.

Mix dry ingredients 1 cup sugar, 2 tblsp flour 1/4 tsp nutmeg Butter to dot top of fruit Mix. Sprinkle over the rhubarb in dish. Dot with butter. Spread the batter over the rhubard mixture. Bake 350° about 35 to 45 minutes Note: As you know I collect rhubarb recipes - this one is excellent. “A recipe that is not shared with others will soon be forgotten, but when it is shared, it will be injoyed by future generations.” (Unknown Author) From “The Pioneer Journey Cookbook” . C

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favorite sandwich and a little package made out of waxed Our Mom was the best paper for our potato chips. model for a Mother any kid She included one of her most could ever have. She cooked tasty dill pickles. Dessert was all our meals, day in and day baked just with school lunchout, baked almost every day, es in mind. Cookies, cakes sewed when it was needed and cupcakes and a little jar the only thing she would NOT of peaches or pears that she do was darn socks. “Takes too had canned in the summer much time,” she would say was included for our fruit. In shaking her head NO! She saw the winter it was thermoses of to it we had clean, washed and home made soup. ironed clothes every day. She What a MOM! saw to it that we had a bath on She was strict, no nonSaturday night, and washed sense, gave big hugs and very our hair (all five) in the kitchen seldom said she loved us - but sink for years. when she did she meant it!! She saw to it we had clean She was frugal with a strict bed clothes every week, hangunbendable set of rules. They ing them on the clothes line, never varied. taking them off and folding She scolded my Dad for then meticulously to get all the Ann Berg’s mother wearing being so funny-out of control her purple hat. wrinkles out, and then unfold with laughter, kind of guy, for them and put them on our playing pranks on us kids and beds. OH MY they smelled so made them every morning her, but I think she thought for all five of us as we went good!! that was her job and I bet she through grade school They She planned and planned smiled as she turned her back. were delicious!Always our our lunches for school and

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She loved flowers and when she received flowers from her kids and Dad she would pick out her very best vase and arrange the flowers, sometime taking an hour to do so. As she got older she really looked forward to her day and the flowers she received. I wish I could send her a big bouquet of roses this week end, but instead I will remember her with a smile and Thank the Good Lord for my MOM. NOTE from my friend Pat in Vinton Louisiana. Your ‘be kind’ end to the article is so true! I love seeing people smile back when they looked so sad, pre-occupied or whatever, when they see a smile or hear a kind word. This morning I was in the grocery store in Orange after I stopped at the lab for blood work. There was a man that looked to be around 90,

Ann Berg’s mother in her kitchen, notice the recipe box.

shopping that looked so sad. I smiled and told him good morning as I passed by. I went down the aisle, got my item and when I passed by

him, he smiled and spoke. It’s almost cheating, because I always get more from that kind of stuff than they do. Thank you Pat.

Schools seek changes to healthier lunch rules BY MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press

ALEXANDRIA, Va— Becky Domokos-Bays of Alexandria City Public Schools has served her students whole-grain pasta 20 times. Each time, she said, they rejected it. Starting next school year, pasta and other grain products in schools will have to be whole-grain rich, or more than half whole grain. That includes rolls, biscuits, pizza crust, tortillas and even grits. The requirement is part of a government effort to make school lunches and breakfasts healthier. Championed by first lady Michelle Obama, the new standards have been phased in over the last two school years, with more changes coming in 2014. Some schools say the changes have been expensive and difficult to put in place, and school officials are asking Congress and the Agriculture Department to roll back some of the

requirements. Their main concerns: finding enough whole grain-rich foods that kids like, lowering sodium levels and keeping fruits and vegetables from ending up in the trash. In interviews, school nutrition directors across the country mostly agreed that healthy changes were needed in school lunches — long famous for daily servings of greasy fries and pizza. Kids have adapted easily to many of the changes, are getting more variety in the lunch line and are eating healthier. USDA says more than 90 percent of schools are meeting the standards. But Domokos-Bays and other school nutrition directors say they would like to see some revisions. They say the standards were put in place too quickly as kids get used to new tastes and school lunch vendors rush to reformulate their foods. When kids don’t buy lunch, or throw it away, it costs the schools precious dollars. “The regulations are so

prescriptive, so it’s difficult to manage not only the nutrition side of your businesses but the business side of your business,” Domokos-Bays said. Schools don’t have to follow the requirements, but most do — if they don’t, they won’t receive government subsidies reimbursing them for free and low cost lunches for low-income kids. Some of the main challenges reported by school nutrition directors: —Whole grains. While many kids have adapted to whole grain rolls, breads and even pizza

crusts, some schools are having problems with whole grain-rich pastas, which can cook differently. USDA’s Janey Thornton, a former school nutrition director, says the government is working with the food industry to develop better pastas. Whole grains have also proved a hard sell for some popular regional items, like biscuits and grits in the South. Lyman Graham of the Roswell, New Mexico, school district says tortillas are one of the most popular foods in his area, but the whole wheat flour versions are “going in the trash.”

—Sodium. Schools will have to lower the total sodium levels in school meals next school year and then will have to lower them even further by 2017. School lunch directors say the 2017 target — 935 milligrams total in an elementary school lunch and 1,080 milligrams in a high school lunch — isn’t feasible and say kids will reject the foods. USDA’s Thornton acknowledges the food industry isn’t there yet but encourages frustrated

school lunch directors to “worry about today first before we imagine the worst down the road.” —Fruits and vegetables. The standards require every student to take a fruit or vegetable to create a balanced plate. The reaction among students has been mixed. “If the kids don’t eat the food, then all I have is healthy trash cans,” said Peggy Lawrence, director of nutrition at Georgia’s Rockdale County Public Schools.

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50th Year F150 Anniversary truck Clean white F150 long bed, with bed liner. Automatic with power. 20mpg to Anchorage. 4 x 4 works great. Showing light wear, tires fair. About 204,000 on synthetic oil, no oil burning. Tow hooks, block heater. Starts and runs good in cold weather. New aluminum tool box, tow hitch. Small powerful 4.6 Triton V-8. Call Rick, 907-394-8858. $5,500. Will consider small part trade?

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The Kenai River Special Management Area Advisory Board will meet Thursday May 8th, 2014 at 5:30 p.m. at the Gilman River Center located at 514 Funny River Road, Soldotna. Agenda topics will include Committee and Agency reports and Director Ben Ellis will give a report on the past Legislative session. Public comment is welcome. For more information, contact Pam Russell 714-2471. PUBLISH 5/7, 8, 2014

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The Soldotna City Council will conduct a public hearing on May 14, 2014, on the following ordinance: Ordinance 2014-012 - Accepting a Grant from the State of Alaska, Department of Education & Early Development and Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations by $1,800 in the General Fund to Attend the 2014 Alaska Library Association Conference (City Manager) City council meetings commence at 6:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chamber, 177 N. Birch St., Soldotna, Alaska. All interested persons are invited to attend and participate in the public discussion. Written comments may be sent to the City Council, c/o City Clerk, 177 North Birch Street, Soldotna, AK 99669. Copies of ordinances scheduled for public hearing are available at City Hall and on the internet at www.ci.soldotna.ak.us. For further information, call the City Clerk's Office at 907-262-9107. Please be advised that, subject to legal limitations, ordinances may be amended by the council prior to adoption without further public notice. Shellie Saner, CMC City Clerk PUBLISHED: 5/7, 2014 1701/319

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‘Twerking’ isn’t dangerous, just the latest dance fad DEAR ABBY: I’m the happily married mother of two teenage boys. The other day I overheard my older son (age 17) talking with a friend about “twerking.” I have never heard of it and now I’m worried. Is twerking a drug term? Is it similar to “tripping,” “getting high” or “catfishing”? My 17-year-old is supposed to go to Princeton next year on a sports scholarship, and I’m afraid “twerking” will derail him from his charted path. Thank you for any advice you may have. — TROUBLED MOM IN CONNECTICUT DEAR MOM: Don’t panic. “Tripping” and “getting high,” as you already know, refer to altered states of consciousness as the result of using drugs. “Catfishing” is something else. It’s pretending to be someone you aren’t, creating a false identity on social media, usually to pursue a deceptive online romance. The “twerking” your son was referring to is a dance move recently made famous by Miley Cyrus — in which the dancer (usually female) gyrates in a provocative, semi-squatting position that involves thrusting hip movements. DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are not big fans

of his best friend’s wife. “Aracely” is extremely ill-mannered. She never says thank you, didn’t even write thankyou notes for their wedding and baby showers, and when we’re at a restaurant will loudly announce that the food was “disgusting.” Aracely claims our baby “cries too much.” She arrived at my son’s second birthday party with a hangover and Abigail Van Buren so much more. She claims she doesn’t observe our “Southern ways” because she comes from South America and has been in the United States for only eight years. We keep our interactions with her limited, but do not cut her off completely because my husband values his friendship with her husband. I told my husband I’m considering giving her an etiquette book, but he said it would be rude. I disagree. I think it would nullify Aracely’s argument that she doesn’t understand our “Southern” manners. Do you agree that it would be rude? — MANNERED SOUTHERN GAL

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DEAR SOUTHERN GAL: Sorry, but I do agree, because the gift would be given with malicious intent, and I’m pretty sure that while Aracely lacks polish, she isn’t stupid. Her problem isn’t that she doesn’t understand good manners because she’s from South America. I have met individuals from South America who are educated, cultured and whose manners are refined. Obviously, Aracely does not come from this kind of background. ONLY if you could pull it off without sounding catty, the next time she hauls out the excuse for her deplorable manners, you might “offer” to buy her an etiquette book “so she can learn the ways of her adopted country” — but don’t expect her to take you up on it. DEAR ABBY: Would it be appropriate to send my future mother-in-law a Mother’s Day card? I feel it would be a nice gesture to help start the relationship between us. — NICK IN OMAHA DEAR NICK: I concur. In fact, I suspect it will melt her heart to know you feel that way about her, even before you marry her daughter.

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Does this cheese break the mold? Dear Heloise: Most cheese, even when stored in the refrigerator, will begin to mold after a while. However, the Parmesan cheese in the shaker-type container, no matter how long it is kept, seems never to develop mold. Does it ever develop mold and it just can’t be seen, or does it simply not mold? How long should one keep this cheese for safe consumption? This would seem to be an important question for us all. — Ray M., via email Well, Ray, here’s what I found, after calling the manufacturer. The cheese will show mold eventually, even if kept under the best refrigerated conditions. So, make sure to consume the cheese prior to or within three months after the “Best When Purchased By” date that is stamped on the bottom of the container. — Heloise P.S.: I write the date that I open the container on the bottom in black marker. This way, I know when several months have passed and I need to purchase new cheese.

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Look twice save a life! May is Motorcycle Awareness Month. Page 2

Lisa Roberts of United Way presents James Tangaro of Tesoro with a plaque of appreciation for their employee contributions. Page 2

HEA general manager Brad Janorschke & Tesoro Nikiski Plant manager James Tangaro join in historic day for HEA. . Page 3

Soldotna & Kenai Police departments participate in Drug Take Back Day.

Soldotna Pharmacy hosts Drug Take Back Day Spring cleaning included medicine cabinets last week as Soldotna Pharmacy in cooperation with the Alaska State Troopers, DEA, Kenai and Soldotna Police Departments and the Kenai Watershed Forum had a “Drug Take Back Day” that yielded 462.2 pounds of expired or no longer needed prescription drugs. According to Soldotna Pharmacy manager Kimberly Hansen the program happens every six months through the DEA to make for safer homes and waterways, “We take back unused or expired medication so that people won’t just leave them around the house or flush them down toilets and a nice program that promotes community safety,”

she said. At the end of the day the 462.2 pounds of medications were seized and sealed by the Alaska State Troopers and taken to Anchorage where they will be incinerated. Officers from the Kenai and Soldotna police departments both brought huge bags of drugs that had been collected at their stations for disposal, “We have a drop box in the reception area at the station where people can come by and drop off their unused or expired medications at their convenience day or night. It’s a sealed drop box that we empty periodically and then bring them here on the Drug Take Back day,” said Soldotna Police Sgt. Stace Escott. “Many

times we find miss use of drugs that are taken from medicine cabinets at their friend’s house and also we want to keep drugs out of our sewer systems and keeping our water clean, so there are numerous benefits to this program,” he said. Josselyn O’Connor of the Kenai Watershed along with other KWF volunteers were on hand during the windy, cool Drug Take Back day to help with the collection. “Drugs and fish don’t mix!” she said, “We encourage everyone to clean out your medicine cabinets and dispose of any prescription or over the counter medications that are expired or unused – they don’t belong in our water. Flushing or throwing away medications

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puts our waterways and aquatic life at risk. Additionally, proper & safe disposal prevents theft & other misuse of medications; so we really got behind this program and were happy to help out. We’re already planning the next one.” said O’Connor.

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May is Motorcycle Awareness Month

While motorcycles have been seen on local highways as early as February this year, May is officially Motorcycle Awareness Month as proclaimed at the Tuesday, May 6th Borough Assembly meeting by Borough Mayor Mike Navarre. Alaska Bikers Advocating Training & Education (ABATE) has been a big promoter of the Motorcycle Awareness Month and were on hand at the Assembly meeting to receive the proclamation. “We work to get the word out so that people are aware that we have a big influx of motorcycles on the Peninsula this time of year and encourage everyone to use common sense, courtesy and safety to prevent tragic accidents. Practice the things you first learned in the beginning when learning to drive; look left, look right and look left again. If you see a motorcycle coming toward you don’t try to save a few seconds by running the light give the biker a break literally, they’re smaller you don’t see them as well and they are moving faster than they might appear to be even at the

speed limit. So be aware of the optical disadvantage and don’t rush,” Eric Fine, vice president of ABATE told the Dispatch. Bud Ashby also an ABATE member added, “You need to look twice, you know the saying ‘Look twice save a Life’ it really is true and does pay off if you make sure you look around your blind spot and pay attention to what might be there.” Allen Thye of the Harley Owners Group (HOG) said that they work on what the biker needs to know to stay safe, “We focus on motorcycle training for the riders and feel that everyone on a motorcycle should go through our training courses. We learn to watch out for those who can’t see us, it’s documented that 75% of vehicle/motorcycle accidents drivers of the vehicle claim they didn’t see the motorcycle until it was too late. So we concentrate on being aware and more visible so that vehicles see us,” he said. Mayor Navarre’s official proclamation in part said, “Motorcycles are energy efficient vehicles that conserve fuel and

are increasingly used as a mode of transport for commuting, touring, and recreational in the United States; and whereas, it is necessary to promote the safe operation of motorcycles due to the increased number of motorcycles on the roadways. Motorcyclist everywhere face a constant threat to personal safety caused, in part by lack of alertness on the part of the driving public; I Mike Navarre, Mayor of the Kenai Peninsula Borough proclaim Motorcycle Awareness Month on the Kenai Peninsula, and urge all residents to drive safely, exercise extreme caution to reduce accidents and casualties this summer and to remain sensitive to the increasing number of motorcycles on the roads and encourage all motorists to share the roads with motorcycles.” May 4th at the Church of the Nazarene in Nikiski the annual Motorcycle Blessing was held with many bikers showing up for a special safety blessing in honor of Motorcycle AwareABATE members spread the word about Motorcycle Awareness Month. ness Month.

United Way of the Kenai Peninsula expresses appreciation for successful campaign As April closed out the 2013 United Way of the Kenai Peninsula campaign executive director Lisa Roberts presented several appreciation plaques to major donors that helped the campaign be a success. “Tesoro’s golf tournament and employee giving plus the corporate match this year brought in over $150,000 for our 27 local service organizations and that was almost 25% of our goal this year,” reported Roberts. Then at last week’s joint Soldotna/Kenai Chamber of Commerce meeting Tim Redder and Melissa Galloway of Wells Fargo presented Roberts with a check from the Wells Fargo team for $7,500, “Wells Fargo highly encourages their team members to invest in their respective communities through volunteering in various non-profit entities and schools. Wells Fargo also encourages all of their team members to contribute to the UW campaigns and matches 50% of the total contributions. For the 2013 campaign, the Peninsula team members donated $15,000 with Wells Fargo matching $7500. Throughout the State, Wells Fargo had the largest donations to date totaling $404,000 and 10,250 volunteer hours,” said Business relationships manager Melissa Galloway. “I am again amazed at the generosity of the Peninsula Communities! The 2013 campaign is over and I am pleased with the numbers although we still have money coming in and I don’t have a bottom line yet. I am thankful for all those who participated to making this year a success. The money raised for United Way goes to organizations that provide basic needs for people that need that little hand up to get back on their feet like food and utilities, it feeds and takes care of Seniors that can no longer do those things for themselves completely, helps people that have addictions get over those things that they can no longer control, it helps victims of do-

mestic violence find security and safety, helps kids learn skills to become successful adults, helps people die with dignity and helped flood victims find temporary housing and in some cases new housing in the K Beach area. We have agencies all over the Peninsula that service needs great and small. I want to thank everyone that donated this year and thank a few special people that helped with the campaign. Tom Janz the Campaign coordinator and Becky Pitlo the bookkeeper have to be first on this list as they are really the backbone of the organization; they keep things flowing and keep me going. The choice of Gary Turner as Campaign Chair was great for my first year, he helped out so much and I can’t thank him enough for all that he does for United Way. All the people of the Campaign Cabinet without whom I would have been lost! My wonderful Board of Directors offers so much support and helped me through this first year so much! All those that participated in the Days of Caring, volunteers that help agencies get the work done around the buildings. Most important of all is the Allocations committees they are the ones that help decide how much of the undesignated funds each agency gets. As we look to the 2014 campaign we have several events scheduled for this summer there are two golf tournaments in July, the Tesoro Golf Tournament is Friday July 18th. The Stanley Chrysler Tournament is Sunday July 27th. We also have our Fox Island Cruise planned for this fall. If anyone is interested in attending these events, having someone come talk to your business/employees or volunteering for any of the committees or other volunteer events please contact the office at (907) 283-9500 or email KPUW@ptialaska.net. Thanks Again for a very successful 2013 and I look forward to seeing you all again in 2014.”

Lisa Roberts of United Way receives a big check from Wells Fargo employees and presents Tim Redder & Melissa Galloway with a plaque of appreciation.

Lisa Roberts of United Way presents James Tangaro of Tesoro with a plaque of appreciation for their employee contributions.

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HEA officials cut the ribbon officially dedicating New Generation plant in Nikiski.

Historic day for HEA as they celebrate energy independence

A broad cross section of the community turned out Thursday, May 1st to celebrate HEA’s energy independence day with an official ribbon cutting. “The plant actually came on line January 1st but we wanted to wait for the weather to be a bit nicer to have our official dedication,” explained HEA spokesperson Joe Gallagher. “There were times since we broke ground in April of 2011that I couldn’t wait for this day to come and while that was a relatively short time ago there were days it felt like it was a decade ago,” HEA general manager Brad Janorschke to the Dispatch in an interview, “But it has been an exciting major project and to see it all come to fruition is very fulfilling. As I have told the staff even though there were struggles and challenges at the end of the day what we designed and constructed is performing as we expected and actually over exceeding our expectations and we are very proud of this plant.

We had some expectations as far as efficiency improvements and to date since the first of the year we have been exceeding what the design specs predicted. So that’s good news and means we burn less fuel for the amount of energy we produce,” he said. With the resurgence of industry in Nikiski Janorschke is confident that with the New Generation Plant on line HEA will be able to meet any future projected demands, “We did not envision Agrium restarting when we added the steam tur-

bine, but in discussions with Agrium folks recently whether there would be energy available here if they were to restart and the answer was yes, we do have excess capacity at this plant and fortunately we also have a new plant that was just recently commissioned in Soldotna which is almost as efficient as this Nikiski facility so we have plenty of efficient capacity available on the Peninsula. I think we have met any future needs at least for the next decade,” said Janorschke. In the past HEA has promoted the

project as a bridge to the future, “This is that bridge and other future development will focus on renewable energy and as renewables develop we will certainly integrate them into our existing generation base.” As the cornerstone of HEA’s generation portfolio, the facility features a steam turbine in conjunction with an existing natural gas turbine to produce a total of 80 megawatts of power. According to Janorschke the turbine uses waste heat to create enough steam to produce 18 megawatts of power

without using any additional natural gas. The new facility he says created a total of 34 fulltime long term jobs not including numerous local contractors during the construction phase. The mild winter has also been good news for HEA and their customers, “The winter was wonderful this year, we burned less fuel than anticipated which is great news for our members because that is the large component of their electric bill and they didn’t use as much energy due to the mild winter so it was good news for everybody and

we sure appreciate this perfect day today for dedication and we’re thankful for everyone who turned out to share this important day in HEA history for us,” he said. A couple of fun facts pointed out during the celebration, “The pressure of the natural gas delivered to the Nikiski plant is approximately 1,300 times higher than the pressure used in homes. 80 megawatts can power 800,000 100-watt incandescent light bulbs and at 48 megawatts, the turbine produces the equivalent of 63,000 horsepower.”

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Real Estate - For Sale (Cont’d) Income Property Land Manufactured Mobile Homes Multiple Dwelling Out of Area for Sale Steel Building Vacation Property Wanted To Buy Waterfront Property Real Estate - Rentals Apartments, Unfurnished Apartments, Furnished Cabins Condominiums Town homes Duplex Homes Lots For Rent Manufactured/Mobile Homes Misc. Rentals Office Space Out of Area Rentals Rental Wanted Retail/Commercial Space Roommate Wanted Rooms For Rent Storage Rentals

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Real Estate - Rentals (Cont’d) Merchandise For Sale (Cont’d) Vacation Rentals Musical Instructions FINANCIAL Office/Business Equipment Auctions Vacations/Tickets Business for Sale Wanted To Buy Financial Opportunities Recreation Mortgage/Loans Aircrafts & Parts Merchandise For Sale All-Terrain Vehicles Antiques/Collectibles Archery Appliances Bicycles Audio/Video Boat Supplies/Parts Building Supplies Boats & Sail Boats Computers Boat Charters Crafts/Holiday Items Boats Commercial Electronics Campers/Travel Trailers Exercise Equipment Fishing Firewood Guns Food Hunting Guide Service Furniture Kayaks Garage Sales Lodging Heavy Equipment/Farm Machinery Marine Lawn & Garden Motor Homes/RVs Liquidation Snowmobiles Machinery & Tools Sporting Goods Miscellaneous Transportation Music Autos

Education

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Transportation (Cont’d) Classic/Custom Financing Motorcycles Parts & Accessories Rentals Repair & Services Sport Utilities, 4x4 Suburbans/Vans/Buses Trucks Trucks: Commercial Trucks: Heavy Duty Trailers Vehicles Wanted PETS & LIVESTOCK Birds Cats Dogs Horses Livestock Livestock Supplies Pet Services Pet Supplies Services Appliance Repair Auction Services

General Employment

Services (Cont’d) Automotive Repair Builders/Contractors Cabinetry/Counters Carpentry/Odd Jobs Charter Services Child Care Needed Child Care Provided Cleaning Services Commercial Fishing Education/Instruction Excavating/Backhoe Financial Fishing Guide Services Health Home Health Care Household Cleaning Services House-sitting Internet Lawn Care & Landscaping Masonry Services Miscellaneous Services Mortgages Lenders Painting/Roofing Plumbing/Heating/Electric Satellite TV

Homes

Cook Inlet Spill Prevention and Response, Inc.

Apartments, Unfurnished ALL TYPES OF RENTALS

NIKISKI

(CISPRI)

Services (Cont’d) Snow Removal Tax Services Travel Services Tree Services Veterinary Water Delivery Well Drilling Notices/Announcements Announcements Card of Thanks Freebies Lost/Found Personals/Notices Misc. Notices/Announcements Worship Listings Public Notices/Legal Ads Adoptions Articles of Incorporation Bids Foreclosures Government Misc. Notices Notice to Creditors Public Notices Regulations

Administrative Assistant The Odom Corporation is currently hiring for a fulltime Driver Position. You are responsible for delivering and unloading products to customers. Drive truck over established route to deliver and sell products, collects money from customers, and makes change by performing the following duties. A CDL B is required. Please apply at www.odomcorp.com - job requisition 14-0138

General Employment C

WANTED EXPERIENCED GREEK COOK

Education

General Employment

Put your ad here....for just peanuts a day!

Homer Electric Association, Inc., is seeking a qualified individual to fill the position of Engineer II in the Kenai, Alaska office. The successful candidate will have an ABET accredited Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field and preference may be given to candidates who have completed an Engineering Intern (EI) or Engineer in Training (EIT), or Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam from a state licensing board. The successful candidate shall be responsible for assisting with many aspects of the general design and maintenance of the Cooperative's overhead, underground, distribution and transmission systems. This includes compliance with various utility standards, preventative maintenance programs, and system coordination of relaying and other protective equipment. Applications may be completed on line at http://homerelectric.applicantpro.com/jobs . If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact Human Resources at (907) 235-3369 or hr@homerelectric.com. HEA is an Equal Opportunity Employer; Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled. Recruiting will continue until a qualified applicant has been hired.

CISPRI is seeking a professional individual to answer phones, greet and direct visitors, process purchase orders to accounts payable, perform numerous bookkeeping functions, coordinate meetings, assist with special events, technical writing, internal documentation, travel arrangements, assist personnel/members with administrative duties, and oversee all functions of the general office. The successful candidate must be able to work well within a team environment in addition to being self-motivated and task oriented. Excellent written and verbal communication skills will be vital to this position. The Administrative Assistant will report directly to the Accounting Supervisor. Desired skills for the position include:

• Excellent office skills, typing 50 wpm,

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

Employment

Healthcare

Agriculture Computing & Engineering Construction & Trades Domestics, Childcare, Aides Drivers/Transportation Education Finance & Accounting General Employment Healthcare Hospitality & Food Service Manufacturing & Production Oil & Refinery Office & Clerical Personal Care/Beauty Professional/ Management Real Estate, Leasing, Mortgage Retail Sales & Marketing Schools/Training Tourism Work Wanted

COOK WANTED

full-time/ part-time Must be able to pass a background check. Stop by Charis Place Assisted Living, 701 N. Forest Drive, Kenai for an application. No Phone Calls, Please.

Real Estate For Sale

General Employment WANTED FLOORING INSTALLERS License/ Bonded & Insured. Call Cole (907)262-2137

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

Classifieds Work! C

3-Bedroom, 3-baths, large kitchen with island fireplace, 2-car garage. approximately 2000sqft., on 2 acres. Very peaceful, a lot of wildlife. $310,000. (907)776-8487, (907)394-1122

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

Apartments, Unfurnished

PARKVIEW APARTMENTS

Land 1.7- 2.0 ACRE LOTS Electric, Gas, Borough maintained road. Miller LoopHolt Lamplight $25,000. 10% down. Owner finance. (907)776-5212 20 ACRES Strawberry Road Sell for appraisal. $25,000. (907)283-4945

Rentals Apartments, Unfurnished Apartments, Furnished Cabins Condominiums Town Homes Duplex Homes Lots For Rent Manufactured/Mobile Homes Misc. Rentals Office Space Out of Area Rentals Rental Wanted Retail/Commercial Space Roommate Wanted Rooms For Rent Storage Rentals Vacation Rentals

Now Accepting Applications For Remodeled Spacious 1, 2, & 3 Bedroom Affordable Apartments. Adjacent to Playground/Park Onsite Laundry, Full Time Manager Rent Is Based On 30% Of Gross Income & Subsidized By Rural Development For Eligible Households.

Contact Manager at 907-262-1407 TDD 1-800-770-8973 330 Columbine Soldotna, AK 99669

This institution is an Equal Opportunity Provider

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

Apartments, Unfurnished SOLDOTNA 2-bedroom, very nice & clean. No Smoking/ No pets. $875./ plus electric. (907)252-7242.

Apartments, Furnished DOWNTOWN Soldotna on the river. 2-bedroom, 1-bath, Seasonal/ Permanent, furnished/ unfurnished, NO pets/ NO smoking. Credit/ background checks. $795., (907)252-7110

Cabins SMALL 1-BEDROOM Cabin, Kenai River. Weekly/ monthly. No smokers/ pets. (907)283-4333

TO EARN MORE Get started with the Employment section of the Classifieds. The Classifieds are your best source for a comprehensive collection of area job opportunities. Don’t spend another year with a job that doesn’t match your earning potential; open your eyes to new career choices with the Classifieds.

Duplex SOLDOTNA Mackey Lake Quiet Location New Construction 3-Bedroom, 2-Bath Heated Garage Washer/Dryer Secure storage Radiant Heat Nonsmoking/Pets $1,485. (907)260-3470

Homes 1-BEDROOM Nikiski. $700./ first, last, $200 cleaning, references. (907)776-8970. 3-BEDROOM HOUSE Furnished, Seasonal. Close to great fishing, able to walk to river. 4370 Eagle Rock Drive, Kenai Spur. (907)469-0665 FOR RENT Log home. 3.5 acres. Off Skyline. 4-bedroom. 2-baths. 1st, last & deposit. $1,200./month. (541)821-6011

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Homes

Homes HOME Soldotna, 3-bedroom, 2-bath, washer/dryer, dishwasher, shed. $1,125. plus utilities, Security deposit. No pets/smoking. (907)741-0881 (907)242-9551.

WHY RENT ????? Why rent when you can own, many low down & zero down payment programs available. Let me help you achieve the dream of home ownership. Call Now !!! Ken Scott, #AK203469. (907)395-4527 or cellular, (907)690-0220. Alaska USA Mortgage Company, #AK157293.

Financial Auctions Business for Sale Financial Opportunities Mortgages/Loans

Auctions

AUCTION:

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

Autos

Health

THAI HOUSE MASSAGE

Located in Kenai Behind Wells Fargo/ stripmall (907)741-1105,

Health **ASIAN MASSAGE** Wonderful, Relaxing. Happy Spring! Anytime! (907)741-1644, (907)398-8896. Thanks!

Firewood FIREWOOD Cord $200. split/ delivery. $180. You Pick up. (907)395-7108

Health

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Campers/Travel Trailers ‘05 37FT. EVEREST 5th wheel, super clean 3 slides, sleeps 4, large storage, many upgrades, Arctic package. 1-owner. $29,950. (907)229-3739

Transportation

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Parts & Accessories

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ASIAN MASSAGE

Please make the phone ring! Call anytime! (907)741-1644, (907)398-8896.

Trucks

‘01 DAKOTA SPORT 2 sets wheels & tires. less then 61K miles remote start. $8,000. (907)690-1410

Trucks: Heavy Duty ‘93 PETERBILT with Daycab.. 60 Series Detroit, 10 speed tranny, wet kit, pintle hitch, & 5th wheel plate. 75% rubber on tires. Bob @ (907)394-5466

Education/ Instruction RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTORS Test Prep Course. Wisdom & Associates, Inc. (907)283-0629.

Health

Pets & Livestock Birds Cats Dogs Horses Livestock Livestock Supplies Pet Services Pet Supplies

Dogs

PENINSULA THAI MASSAGE Thompsons’s/ Soldotna, next to Liberty Tax. (907)252-8053, (907)398-2073

Notices/ Announcements Announcements Card of Thanks Freebies Lost/Found Personals/Notices Misc. Notices/ Announcements Worship Listings

(907)252-6510.

KENAI KENNEL CLUB

Pawsitive training for all dogs & puppies. Agility, Conformation, Obedience, Privates & Rally. www.kenaikennelclub.com (907)335-2552

Public Notices/ Legal Ads Adoptions Articles of Incorporation Bids Foreclosures Government Misc. Notices Notice to Creditors Public Notices Regulations

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