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TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2014 Soldotna-Kenai, Alaska

Vol. 44, Issue XX

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ISER study backs state

Question Should the Kenai Peninsula Borough collect a bed tax to fund tourism promotion efforts? n Yes; or n No. 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.

Suggested questions may be submitted online or e-mailed to news@peninsulaclarion.com.

Economist finds similar revenue between oil tax plans

In the news

By TIM BRADNER Morris News Service-Alaska/

Sullivan out with new TV ad

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JUNEAU (AP) — Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Dan Sullivan is out with a new TV ad, casting himself as the fighter Alaska needs.

In the ad released Monday, Sullivan says he learned as a Marine that “talk is cheap” and results matter. But he says that’s not how people operate in Washington.

He says he’ll fight for a balanced budget and to repeal the federal health care law.

He says he’ll take on bureaucrats to protect Alaska energy production.

Sullivan is vying with Republicans Joe Miller and Mead Treadwell in the August Republican primary. The winner is expected to face Democratic Sen. Mark Begich in November.

Begich supports a U.S. constitutional amendment requiring balanced federal budgets and has defended the health care law, though proposed ways he thinks it could be improved.

Alaska Journal of Commerce

Scott Goldsmith, the University of Alaska’s venerated senior economist, has stepped into the political snake pit of the oil tax repeal debate.

Goldsmith is well-known for his study of Alaska fiscal trends, which have been underway for almost two decades, but his new study comparing Senate Bill 21, the oil production tax regime enacted by the Legislature in 2013, with the tax that preceded it known as ACES, has stirred a tempest in the political community.

A key finding in Goldsmith’s study is that at current oil prices and production costs, the two taxes bring in about the same amount of revenue. Opponents of the tax change have labeled it a “giveaway” to the industry.

A hotly contested referendum question will appear on the state primary election ballot in August. A campaign to defeat the referendum, “Vote No on 1” has been fired up, while a campaign to defend it, “Vote Yes! Repeal the Giveaway” has also formed.

Air time

Top: Matt Heminger launches off a ramp at the skate and BMX park on Karen Street in Soldotna Monday afternoon.

Right: Duke Hardcastle lets go while performing a BMX stunt.

Above: Oliver Larrow laughs as he climbs back onto his bike after not quite landing a stunt.

Photos by Will Morrow/Peninsula Clarion

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Inside ‘Jobs wanted Cook to step out and be different. But I think he wanted (Cook) to do the things that were central to the business, not things that Jobs thought were stupid.’ ... See page A-5

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Two Cook Inlet producers seek air permits

By KAYLEE OSOWSKI Peninsula Clarion

The public comment periods for air quality permits for two area producers are coming to a close this week.

Furie Operating Alaska LLC and Hilcorp Alaska, LLC are both seeking the OK to their permit applications from the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Air Quality.

The Air Permit Program is

broken into two sections — Title I, and Title V. Title I deals with construction and modification of a source and a Title V permit is required when 100 tons per year of a single air pollutant is produced. Aaron Simpson, a permit writer with the division, said Title I permits don’t expire, but Title V permits do.

“If (companies) exceed the Title V threshold … then at that point that’s when they have the period monitoring

and they have source test- comment period for Furie’s ing and things that are based application ends at 4:30 p.m. around the length of the per- on Friday.

According to the Technical mit,” Simpson said.

Analysis Report for the permit, the Spartan Jack-up Rig Furie is located with the platform.

Furie is waiting for approv- Both the rig and the platform al of its Title I or Alaska qual- belong to the same stationary ity control minor permit for its source, according to Alaska proposed natural gas produc- statute. However, after drilltion platform, Kitchen Lights ing is complete at platform Unit Platform A in the Upper A, the rig will be moved, so Cook Inlet. Furie applied for the department plans to issue the permit in mid-April. The a standalone minor permit for

platform A. The application requests to install and operate emission units including three generators — two gas and one diesel — two gas heaters, one crane, a purge vent and a storage tank for ultra low sulfur diesel.

Along with the production platform, Furie plans to construct and operate two subsea natural gas pipelines and an onshore production facility near See PERMIT, page A-7

Kenai man indicted Couples challenge Alaska’s for December attack ban on same-sex marriage

By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion

One of three men connected to an alleged assault and kidnapping of a Soldotna man last December has been indicted on felony charges.

Kenai resident Rusty Seaman, 31, is charged with kidnapping, an unclassified felony, and assault in the first, second, third and fourth degrees, which are class A, B, and C felonies, while assault 4 is a class A misdemeanor.

Kenai Police allege he beat Jordan Newton, 31, with the butt of a handgun on December 29, 2013.

Shawn Seaman, 29 and Johnathon Dalebout, 30, had been originally charged with kidnapping and assault, but the charges were dismissed on April 2. They each face one misdemeanor count of assault in the fourth-degree.

According to the complaint filed by Kenai Police Officer Paul Cushman, Alaska State

JUNEAU (AP) — Five gay couples filed a lawsuit Monday challenging Alaska’s ban on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional.

The Alaska lawsuit, filed in federal court in Anchorage, lists as plaintiffs four couples who were married outside Alaska and one unmarried couple. It alleges that Alaska’s ban on samesex marriage violates their rights to due process and

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equal protection under the U.S. Constitution.

The lawsuit seeks to bar enforcement of Alaska’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. It also calls for barring enforcement of any state laws that refuse to recognize gay marriages legally performed in other states or countries or that prevent unmarried gay couples from marrying.

Alaska voters in 1998 ap-

proved a state constitutional amendment defining marriage as being between one man and one woman. But in the past year, the U.S. Supreme Court has struck down a provision of the federal Defense of Marriage Act that prevented legally married same-sex couples from receiving a range of federal benefits. Federal courts also have struck down state constitutional bans in a See BAN, page A-7

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A-2 Peninsula Clarion, Tuesday, May 13, 2014

AccuWeather 5-day forecast for Kenai-Soldotna

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24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. 0.00" Month to date ........................... 0.40" Normal month to date ............. 0.30" Year to date .............................. 3.31" Normal year to date ................. 3.37" Record today ................. 0.65" (1966) Record for May ............. 2.77" (1966) Record for year ............ 27.09" (1963)

Juneau 67/46

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Census shows decline in caribou herd ANCHORAGE (AP) — The state’s largest caribou herd suffered a 27 percent decline in numbers between 2011 and 2013, and if that trend continues, state officials said Monday they might have to restrict hunting.

The Western Arctic Herd had about 235,000 animals, according to a census conducted last July by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

That is down from the 2011 census of about 325,000 caribou and a peak of 490,000 animals estimated in 2003.

“Caribou numbers fluctuate naturally,” Jim Dau, a Fish and Game biologist who has worked with the herd for more than 25

years, said in a release.

He said the technology to accurately count the herd has only been available since 1970, and this decline falls “within the range of change documented for this herd in the past.”

During 2011-12, there was a high mortality rate for adult cows and a low survival rate for calves. There was deep snow that year, along with a high count of wolves and grizzly bears where the herd spent the winter.

“I’m often asked, ‘Why the decline?’ In truth, we don’t have data to completely answer that question. But it appears that summer and winter weather combined with preda-

tors have affected survival during recent years,” Dau said.

“Disease does not appear to be a factor, caribou have generally been in good body condition throughout this decline, and we don’t think harvests initiated it.

But, if harvests remain stable, they will increasingly affect the population trend as herd size goes down.”

Fish and Game officials said if these trends continue, they might reduce the harvest number. The herd is open to both subsistence and sport hunters.

If that happens, it would be the first hunting restrictions on the herd in more than 30 years.

The Western Arctic Herd

fell to a low of 75,000 caribou in 1976. The cause was not determined, and the herd rebounded steadily to the 2003 peak. When biologists detected a decline in the 2007 census, they stepped up monitoring.

The herd is now counted every two years instead of three. Biologists also make more trips into the field to evaluate individual animals.

The heard has a range of more than 140,000 square miles in northwest Alaska. That range extends from the Arctic ocean to the lower Yukon River and the trans-Alaska oil pipeline.

There are about 40 communities and 13,000 people living that area.

Antarctic ice sheet beginning to collapse WASHINGTON (AP) — The huge West Antarctic ice sheet is starting a glacially slow collapse in an unstoppable way, two new studies show. Alarmed scientists say that means even more sea level rise than they figured.

The worrisome outcomes won’t be seen soon. Scientists are talking hundreds of years, but over that time the melt that has started could eventually add 4 to 12 feet to current sea levels.

A NASA study looking at 40 years of ground, airplane and satellite data of what research-

ers call “the weak underbelly of West Antarctica” shows the melt is happening faster than scientists had predicted, crossing a critical threshold that has begun a domino-like process.

“It does seem to be happening quickly,” said University of Washington glaciologist Ian Joughin, lead author of one study. “We really are witnessing the beginning stages.”

It’s likely because of manmade global warming and the ozone hole which have changed the Antarctic winds and warmed

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the water that eats away at the feet of the ice, researchers said at a NASA news conference Monday.

“The system is in sort of a chain reaction that is unstoppable,” said NASA glaciologist Eric Rignot, chief author of the NASA study in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

“Every process in this reaction is feeding the next one.”

Curbing emissions from fossil fuels to slow climate change

will probably not halt the melting but it could slow the speed of the problem, Rignot said.

Rignot, who also is a scientist at the University of California Irvine, and other scientists said the “grounding line” which could be considered a dam that stops glacier retreat has essentially been breached. The only thing that could stop the retreat in this low-altitude region is a mountain or hill and there is none.

Clarion Question Results The Clarion question for last week was:

Silver closed............ 19.54 +0.38 Dow Jones avg..... 16,695.47 +112.13 NASDAQ................ 4,143.86 +71.99 S&P 500................1,896.65 +18.17 Stock prices provided by the Kenai Peninsula Edward Jones offices.

Where do you think Wildlife Troopers should deploy additional enforcement on the Kenai Peninsula?

Oil Prices Friday’s prices North Slope crude: $106.35, up from $105.95 on Thursday West Texas Int.: $99.99, down from $100.26 on Thursday

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Around the Peninsula

Obituary Dorothy L. Woods Longtime Alaskan resident Dorothy L. Woods, 91, died Tuesday, May 6, 2014, at Central Peninsula Hospital with her family by her side.

A celebration of her life will be at a later date and ashes will spread off the Homer Spit.

Dorothy was born July 6, 1922 in Manitowoc, Michigan to Frank and Lila M. LaPointe.

Dorothy came to Alaska in 1935 with her parents as original colonists to the Matanuska Valley. She graduated from Palmer High School. While in high school she helped her stepfather Irving Newville publish the newspaper for the colony project.

After high school she went to work for the Matanuska Valley Co-op as a bookkeeper. Later she worked for Eklutna Lake Power Project and ARRC. After marrying Wilson R. Woods they started Woods insurance Agency in Palmer. In 1964 they moved to Colorado for a period of time returning to Alaska in 1972 to Anchorage where she worked for Hickel Investment, and later for Alaska Truss & Millwork. In 1980 they moved to Soldotna and built a home near Morgan’s Landing. Dorothy worked at Bigler Kohler Obendorf Accounting and retired in 2000.

Dorothy was an avid quilter and exhibited in quilt shows. She was still making quilted projects right up to the time of her death. She will be remembered by the family and friends for all the lovely quilted pieces she made.

Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband Wilson R. Woods and her son Dee W. Woods.

She leaves daughter Kerry (Mike) Tappenbeck of Portland, Oregon; daughter, Lila Ann (Edward) Krohn of Soldotna; grandchildren Michael (Rhonda) Krohn of Soldotna, Brian (Linda) Krohn of Puyallup, Washington; daughter-in-law, Lynne Woods of Sutton; grandchildren Marnice (Darin) Marshall of Wasilla, Russell (Kristin) Woods of Wasilla; great grandchildren, Morgan Krohn, MacKenna Krohn, Ryan Krohn, Alexander Woods, Jacob Woods and Emily Woods.

Arrangements made by Peninsula Memorial Chapel & Crematory. Please sign Dorothy’s online guestbook at www.AlaskanFuneral.com.

1st black athlete in Texas-El Paso history dies EL PASO, Texas — The first black basketball player at what would become the University of Texas at El Paso and the first at a major university in the former Southern Confederacy has died.

Charlie Brown was 83. A UTEP statement says he died Sunday in Antioch, California, after a long illness.

Brown led the Miners of what was then Texas Western College to Border Conference titles in 1957 and ‘59 and was the conference’s 1957 Most Valuable Player.

He transferred to Texas Western from Amarillo Junior College in 1956, joining the Miners with nephew Cecil Brown. He remained with the Miners for the next three seasons, earning all-Border Conference honors each season, and was inducted into the UTEP Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008.

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway officials confirmed the death, citing members of Watson’s family. Speedway President Doug Boles called Watson one of the most innovative mechanics and car builders in the track’s 105-year history.

Watson designed and built roadsters in the 1960s — one of which A.J. Foyt drove to the second of his four Indy wins.

Watson was the chief mechanic on four cars that reached Indy’s Victory Lane between 1955 and 1962, three of which he built. Watson also constructed three other Indy-winning cars in the ‘60s.

Foyt said he had seen Watson last week and it was “hard to believe he’s gone.”

-The Associated Press

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Out of Darkness Walk coming soon

Join the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) on May 17 for the 2014 Soldotna Out of the Darkness CommuSchool district Title VII committee to meet nity Walk at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. Registration The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Title VII opens at 9:00 a.m., opening ceremony is at 9:45 a.m., and the Advisory Committee will hold a meeting today from 1-3 p.m. walk begins at 10:00 a.m. For more information, contact Darnell in the Borough Assembly Chambers, Soldotna. The Title VII Schneider at 907-398-7801 or dfamily@gci.net.

Advisory Committee is comprised of parents and guardians of Title VII students who have been appointed by school site Soldotna library offers computer help councils. Interested tribal elders, community members and Computer help will be available at the Soldotna Public Library parents are encouraged to participate. The committee will review testing data and set priorities for the 2014-2015 school May 13 from 1-3 p.m. Learn how to use the internet to find the year. Please RSVP to Maribeth Snell, MSnell@KPBSD.k12. information you need, set up an email or a Facebook account, or ak.us. Direct further questions to either Tim Vlasak, director get that e-Reader to download your e-books. Up to half an hour of federal programs and assessments at TVlasak@KPBSD. of free, one-on-one help with technology questions is available. k12.ak.us, 907-714-8829, or Sandy Miller, assistant direc- Registration is required. Come in and sign up, call at 262-4227, tor, federal programs SMiller@KPBSD.k12.ak.us, 907-714- or email library@ci.soldotna.ak.us to reserve your spot.

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Kenai River rugby club seeking recruits Anyone interested in playing an exciting team sport this summer is invited to join the Kenai River Wolfpack rugby club for practice on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at the Frontage Road fields in Kenai (on the bluff, behind the Backdoor Lounge).

No experience is necessary. Practices will cover the basics of the game for beginners with light contact ruck and maul drills as the team prepares for summer tournaments in Anchorage.

The Wolfpack will host the Dipnet Fest Tournament July 12 in Kenai. New members are encouraged to bring cleats and a mouthgard for practices. For more information contact Fred Koski at 398-6989 or kenairugger@gmail.com

Senior softball ready to take the field Senior softball in Soldotna is set to return for second season.

Starting date is dependent upon weather and field conditions. Seniors play every Tuesday morning at 9 a.m. at Centennial Park at the first Little League Diamond. Paul will be calling last year’s regulars and is still looking for new players. It is for anyone over age 50 to an unlimited age. It does not matter if you can’t run, a runner will be provided for you. It does also not matter how long since you played. Anyone wishing to join us, call Paul at 3946061. Games start with batting practice, then sides are chosen to play for a couple of hours (or until we get tired). Play is not highly competitive, just fun.

4-H members plan tree-sale fundraiser

The annual Spring 4-H Tree Sale will take place from 11 a.m.2 p.m. Saturday, May 17 at Soldotna Creek Park. Each year approximately 400-500 tree-roots are purchased, shipped to Alaska, sorted and resold by Kenai Peninsula District 4-H members to raise scholarship and local 4-H program funding. Those wishing to buy trees should plan on lining up early as this sale has a history of selling out fast! Trees are sold on a first-come, firstserve basis and there will be no pre-order or pre-sale of trees.

Each year individual 4-H clubs have also provided birdhouses, pastries, cookies, hot drinks and other interesting item for customers to consider. For more information about this year’s list of available trees, please visit: http://www.alaska4h.org/annual-4h-tree-sale.html.

Native plant society planning events Learn more about Alaska’s native plants with the Homer Native Plant Society. The group’s first public meeting takes place on Thursday, May 15, at 6:30 p.m. at the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies to discuss summer field trips for 2014 and share the resources you can use to learn about Alaska’s flora and fauna. For more information, email jwoodring@alaska.net or call 907-2359344. Learn about the food and medicinal properties of beach plants with the Homer Native Plant Society field trip. On May 24, at 1 p.m., at the Bishop’s Beach shelter in Homer, Nancy Lee Evans will lead a short walk on the beach to discover native plants.

Judge concerned over Casey Kasem’s safety LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge on Monday ordered an investigation into the whereabouts of Casey Kasem after an attorney for the ailing radio personality’s wife said the former “Top 40” host had been removed from Los Angeles without his children’s knowledge.

Superior Court Judge Daniel S. Murphy ordered a court investigator and adult protective services to find out where Kasem is being treated and report back to the court. Kasem, 82, suffers from advanced Parkinson’s disease, can no longer speak and has been in various medical facilities chosen by his wife, Jean Kasem.

Casey Kasem’s children have complained that they have been unable to see their father in accordance with an agreement

with their stepmother. Daughter Kerri Kasem had sought a temporary conservatorship and was appointed her father’s temporary caretaker on Monday. Her attorney, Troy Martin, said the family believes the entertainer has been taken to an Indian reservation in Washington state.

Murphy’s order came after Craig Marcus, an attorney who appeared on Jean Kasem’s behalf at Monday’s hearing, said he did not know where the radio personality was but that he was “no longer in the United States.”

The revelation brought stunned protests from Murphy and two of Casey Kasem’s daughters, two of the entertainer’s three children from a previous marriage.

“I have no idea where he is,” Marcus said.

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.

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• Take Off Pounds Sensibly, for all ages, meets at the Kenai Senior Center. For more information call 907-283-3451.

Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group at 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Suite 71 in the old Carrs Mall in Kenai. Call 262-1917.

• Kenai Bridge Club plays party bridge at the Kenai Senior

Center. Call 907-252-9330 or 907283-7609.

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• National Family Caregiver Support Group meets at the Soldotna Senior Center. Call Shelley at 907-262-1280.

• Free Seated Zumba Gold at the Kenai Senior Center. New participants, active older adults, and chair-bound or limited mobility participants are encouraged.

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• Nikiski Senior Service Area board meets at the Nikiski Senior Center, 50810 Island Lake Road.

Call 907-776-7654 for more information.

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“Your statements concern me even more,” the judge told Marcus, who declined to comment after the hearing.

Marcus said in court that Jean Kasem had every right to move her husband as she saw fit. He argued that Murphy no longer had jurisdiction over Casey Kasem because he had been moved, but the judge rejected the argument.

Murphy appointed a doctor to look into Casey Kasem’s care and ordered a court-appointed attorney to find out his whereabouts as soon as possible.

Casey Kasem gained fame with his radio music countdown shows, “American Top 40” and “Casey’s Top 40,” and was the voice of Shaggy in the cartoon “Scooby Doo.” As temporary conservator,

Kerri Kasem will have access to her father’s medical records and other reports that have previously been sealed by court order.

Kerri Kasem’s case is the second one opened by one of the former host’s children to try to gain access to their father and have some oversight over his care. A previous case by daughter Julie Kasem was dismissed after she reached a settlement with her stepmother, but the daughter said Monday that agreement has been breached.

In a court filing last week, Kerri Kasem’s attorneys wrote that the entertainer has been repeatedly moved without warning and his children have been unable to see him. The complaint accused Jean Kasem of elder abuse by isolating her husband from his family.

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• Weight Watchers, Woodruef Building, 155 Smith Way, Soldotna. Doors open at 5:15; joining members should arrive by 5:30; Getting Started session for newcomers at 6:30. Call 907-2624892.

6:30 p.m.

• Narcotics Anonymous “Speaking of Solutions” group at Central Peninsula Hospital, Redoubt Room, Soldotna.

7 p.m.

• Lost & Found Grief Self Help Group at Christ Lutheran Church, 128 Soldotna Ave. For more information, call 907-420-3979.

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• Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “It works” at URS Club, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai.

• AA North Roaders Group Step and Traditions Study at North Star Methodist Church, Mile 25.5 Kenai Spur Highway.

Call 907-242-9477.

• Alcoholics Anonymous Ninichik support group at United Methodist Church, 15811 Sterling Highway, Ninilchik. Call 907-5673574.

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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U.S. military’s eyes on the Asian Pacific Slowly and gingerly, the United

States is rebuilding its military presence in the Asian Pacific, and in two cases doing so at the invitation — though cloaked in diplomatic double talk — of the Philippines and Vietnam.

In 2012, the Philippines reopened to the U.S. Navy Subic Bay, a onetime major American naval base dating to the end of the Spanish-American War. That same year Vietnam reopened the huge and largely abandoned naval base at Cam Ranh Bay with the caveat that it was to be used by U.S. noncombat vessels.

The Navy pulled out of Cam Ranh Bay at the end of the Vietnam War and was more or less forced out of Subic Bay by the Philippine government in 1991.

Meanwhile, Japan, undoubtedly with tacit U.S. approval, is abandoning a ban that has stood since the end of World War II on the export of weapons and military materiel.

The related events are, as The Associated Press put it, part of an Obama administration policy of “reasserting the U.S. role as a Pacific power after a decade of war elsewhere.” It is also a clear and growing reaction to the Chinese military buildup and China’s growing aggressiveness in asserting jurisdiction over disputed islands in the South China Sea. The islands are largely uninhabited, but they give the possessor a claim on fishing rights and what are believed to be extensive oil and gas deposits. They are claimed not only by China but variously by Vietnam, the Philippines, South Korea, Japan and Malaysia.

Speaking Monday in Manila, where he signed a 10year agreement providing U.S. access to Philippine military bases, President Barack Obama said, “Our goal is not to counter China. ... Our goal is to make sure international rules and norms are respected, and that includes in the area of international disputes.”

Even so, if building up an arc of military treaties and basing-rights agreements around the South China Sea has the presumably unintended consequence of countering China, no one in Washington, Tokyo, Manila, Hanoi or Seoul will be the slightest bit dismayed.

— The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, May 3

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First redistribute Vatican wealth

I have great respect for the humility displayed by Pope Francis, but in his latest call for the “legitimate” redistribution of wealth, he has it backward. Instead of taking more money from those who have earned it, he should advocate for creating new wealth.

If the money I have earned, saved, invested and spent responsibly to care for myself and my family is confiscated by the state (and goodness knows the state already takes a lot of it), who is going to care for us should I retire or become incapacitated?

I can’t live on Social Security alone. What will happen to the charities to which I now contribute? Will the government give them an equivalent amount? Where will that money come from?

Time magazine reports that, according to the best guess of bankers, Vatican wealth is between $10 and $15 billion. If Pope Francis is serious about redistribution, he should lead by example and sell all Vatican property, including its valuable artwork, empty its bank and give the money to the Italian government, or to the United Nations.

Charity and philanthropy are better than wealth redistribution because they create a bond between the giver and the receiver, unlike an anonymous government check.

These donations also establish an expectation that the receiver has a moral responsibility to use the money or services wisely and be accountable to the giver.

What happens when the giver runs out

of money? Will the receiver invest the money he has already been given to build wealth for himself, or will he squander it and eventually end up back where he started? And if the previously poor receiver Cal Thomas becomes wealthy, should he then be expected to give his money to the state and resume his previous condition of poverty?

Redistribution, or whatever name you give the practice, is socialism. Socialism often leads to mutually shared poverty.

Poverty has many causes, but there are mainly four: 1) a dictatorial governmental system that thwarts individual initiative and liberty; 2) a religious system that oppresses people, especially women, in the name of an angry deity who is ready to pounce on anyone having pleasurable experiences; 3) the wrong economic system, which stifles growth and discourages risk-taking; 4) Wrong lifestyle choices when it comes to education, sex, marriage and crime.

The United States has tried redistribution in Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal and Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty. It doesn’t work. In fact, according to a 2014 report by the Council of Economic Advisers, the percentage of the population in poverty declined just 16 percent between 1967 and 2012 and, in 2012, “there were

49.7 million Americans grappling with the economic and social hardships of living below the poverty line, including 13.4 million children.”

Redistributing America’s poor children from their failing public schools to better ones would improve their long-term prospects, but liberal politicians won’t let them escape for fear of losing political contributions from teachers’ unions.

George Gilder, author of the best seller “Wealth and Poverty,” has observed: “As Marxist despots and tribal socialists from Cuba to Greece have discovered to their huge disappointment, governments can neither create wealth nor effectively redistribute it, they can only expropriate it and watch it dissipate. Under capitalism, wealth is less a stock of goods than a flow of ideas and information, the defining characteristic of which is surprise.”

In a speech to the heads of major UN agencies meeting in Rome last week, Pope Francis also said about wealth distribution: “Specifically, this involves challenging all forms of injustices and resisting the economy of exclusion, the throwaway culture and the culture of death which nowadays sadly risk becoming passively accepted.”

He’s right about that, but removing barriers to the creation of wealth is a better path to elevating the poor than penalizing the wealthy through asset confiscation.

Readers may email Cal Thomas at tcaeditors@tribune.com.

Where do the elite meet? Behind closed doors ATLANTA (AP) — For a few days in March, the American Enterprise Institute welcomed scores of business and political leaders to a private annual meeting at a resort on the Georgia coast. But only those who attended know what issues were discussed, strategy planned or promises made.

That’s because the ground rules for the invitation-only meeting required the participants’ confidentiality — even if some were elected leaders, discussing the public’s business.

An impressive array of power attended the conservative think tank’s World Forum 2014, according to a printed program first disclosed in late April by the Center for Public Integrity: House Speaker John Boehner and other Republican congressional leaders; potential 2016 GOP presidential hopefuls like Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker; Apple CEO Tim Cook; beer magnate Pete Coors; TD Ameritrade founder-turned-billionaire-conservative activist Joe Ricketts; and executives from multiple venture-capital firms.

Similar events occur across the political spectrum giving powerful people with deep pockets face-to-face exchanges with national and state leaders that the average American cannot match.

Last month, a group of liberals held closed sessions in Chicago under the banner of Democracy Alliance to talk political strategy for progressive causes. Conservatives complained that the gathering included top environmentalists like billionaire Tom Steyer, though a spokeswoman for Steyer told The Associated Press he did not attend.

And in early May, state lawmakers from around the country convened privately in Kansas City, Missouri, with business leaders as part of the corporately financed American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC. The group’s task forces met to write recommended bills on topics from education and tax law to environmental regulation, labor law and criminal justice that ALEC’s legislative members will sponsor in their statehouses.

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“This just creates more ways for megadonors and elected officials to get together and talk about public policy behind closed doors,” said Miles Rapaport, the president of Common Cause, a national group that advocates for less concentration of political power.

Boehner — who is an ALEC member according to the group’s website — told The Associated Press that such events are “very educational.” House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, who attended the AEI forum in Georgia, said they promote “a free exchange of ideas.”

Rapaport, of Common Cause, said open sessions — like meetings of the nonpartisan National Conference of State Legislatures — don’t have to prevent candor.

At the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington research group that monitors influence in government, executive director Sheila Krumholz said politicians shouldn’t be criticized “for getting out from behind their desks and getting information.” Private meetings between “the regulators and the regulated” are part of the process, but the venue and the breadth of the closed gatherings matter, she argued.

“The concern is that these get-togethers offer opportunity for extended exposure in a relaxed setting,” she said. “It’s all very conducive to a good rapport. ... That’s an invaluable advantage — and not one afforded to average constituents.”

Even some partisans criticize the secrecy — when the opposition is involved.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell’s campaign attacked his potential general election rival, Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, for attending the Democracy Alliance meeting in Chicago. McConnell accused Grimes of cozying up to wealthy environmentalist donors nationally while campaigning as a

pro-coal Democrat back home.

Many Democrats have long vilified ALEC’s operations.

Rep. Mark Pocan, a liberal Democrat from Madison, Wisconsin, joined ALEC when he was in the state Assembly. He attended the group’s meetings starting in 2008 and then discussed their agenda publicly — something participants often decline to do.

Closed meetings at ALEC and AEI, Pocan said, are “definitely not good for public policy, and they’re not good for democracy.”

ALEC spokesman Bill Meierling noted that the organization operates more openly in recent years, in part in reaction to critics who cried foul over ALEC members pushing conservative causes, such as limiting environmental regulations or penalties for violations, traced back to the group’s corporate and foundation backers.

Only legislators can submit proposed ALEC bills to a task force, he said, and the group now posts those proposals online before task forces meet. The end product is also posted after the meeting, allowing anyone to trace changes. ALEC also discloses its donors.

Putting all of that on paper, he said, is how critics can spot model legislation in a statehouse or know that ALEC has gotten money from conservative organizations like the Heritage Foundation, the Sarah Scaife Foundation, the National Rifle Association and corporate giants like Shell, Texaco, Philip Morris and Union Pacific Railroad.

The American Enterprise Institute, meanwhile, maintains a code of secrecy around its annual meeting “to maintain intellectual freedom and free discourse,” Judy Mayka Stecker, an institute spokeswoman, said in an email.

Walker aides confirmed the governor’s attendance but declined further comment.

Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse was one of two Democrats out of the 18 senators and representatives who attended the event and perhaps the only public official who publicly disclosed his trip beforehand. But an aide told The Associated Press that the senator preferred to respect AEI’s policy and not discuss the meeting details.

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Nation & World Around the World Boko Haram leader vows abducted Nigerian girls will not be seen until fighters are freed LAGOS, Nigeria — Under the guns of their captors, dozens of barefoot girls sat huddled together wearing gray Muslim veils as they chanted Quranic verses in Arabic. Some Christians among them said they had converted to Islam.

“I swear to almighty Allah, you will not see them again until you release our brothers that you have captured,” the leader of the Boko Haram terrorist network threatened, an assault rifle slung across his chest.

A video released by the group Monday offered the first public glimpse of what it claimed were some of the nearly 300 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped a month ago. The girls’ plight has spurred a global movement to secure their freedom.

It is not known how many suspected Boko Haram members are detained by security forces. Hundreds were killed last month when leader Abubakar Shekau’s fighters stormed the military’s main northeastern barracks in Maiduguri, the terror group’s birthplace and the headquarters of a year-old military state of emergency to put down the 5-year-old Islamic uprising.

In the video, two of the girls were singled out for questioning.

Insurgents in eastern Ukraine declare independence; Kremlin urges Kiev to hold talks DONETSK, Ukraine — Pro-Moscow insurgents in eastern Ukraine declared independence Monday and sought to join Russia, undermining upcoming presidential elections, strengthening the Kremlin’s hand and putting pressure on Kiev to hold talks with the separatists following a referendum on self-rule.

Russia signaled it has no intention of subsuming eastern Ukraine the way it annexed Crimea in March. Instead, Moscow is pushing to include eastern regions in negotiations on Ukraine’s future — suggesting that Russia prefers a political rather than a military solution to its worst standoff with the West since the Cold War. Such talks are central to a potential path toward peace outlined Monday by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. The plan laid out by Swiss President Didier Burkhalter calls on all sides to refrain from violence and urges immediate amnesty, talks on decentralization and the status of the Russian language. That’s a key complaint of insurgents who have seized power in eastern regions and clashed with government troops and police.

But it’s up to the Ukrainian government to take the next step. Acting Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk pledged to hold a dialogue with Ukraine’s east. But he gave no specifics and stopped short of addressing Sunday’s referendum and the declarations of independence in the pro-Moscow regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.

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The legislation would tighten efficiency guidelines for new federal buildings and provide tax incentives to make homes and commercial buildings more efficient. It easily cleared a procedural hurdle last week but is stalling now after Republican demand for votes on the Canada-to-Texas pipeline and on new administration-proposed greenhouse-gas limits for coal-burning power plants.

While Republicans are united in favor of the pipeline and against the new power plant regulations, Democrats are deeply divided on both. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., used a parliamentary maneuver to block them.

Reid said Monday that Republicans were “still seeking ransom” on the energy savings bill by insisting on the Keystone amendment and other votes. He said he had agreed to a long-standing request from pipeline supporters for a separate vote on the pipeline if its supporters would let the efficiency bill sail through unamended.

Minority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, called Reid’s maneuver disappointing. “The Senate use to be a place of great debate and accomplishment. Now it is run like a dictatorship shutting out the voices of millions of Americans,” he said.

Gay couples flood Little Rock courthouse for marriage licenses LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Dozens of gay couples, some of whom waited in line overnight, received licenses to marry from county clerks Monday, while lawyers for the state of Arkansas asked its highest court to suspend an order gutting a constitutional amendment that bans same-sex marriage.

“When we heard the news in Arkansas, we had to jump in the car to get here,” 51-year-old Shelly Butler of Dallas said shortly before receiving the first license in Little Rock, the state’s largest city. Butler met her partner, 48-year-old Susan Barr, at Southern Arkansas University in 1985. They arrived at the courthouse at 6:30 a.m. and were allowed to go to the front of the line because Butler has muscular dystrophy and is in a wheelchair.

“I am just in shock, I think. You go from being so private and hidden to such a public display of commitment. It’s just so nice,” Barr said.

Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza tossed out Arkansas’ gay marriage ban after business hours Friday, setting up Monday’s run on courthouses in Little Rock and Fayetteville as same-sex marriage arrived in the Bible Belt. As he arrived at work Monday, Piazza walked up to a colleague performing same-sex weddings in the courthouse rotunda and shook his hand. Piazza declined to talk to reporters.

“I have already spoken my opinion,” Piazza said.

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Taliban kill 21 at start spring Wave of attacks making a show of strength around the country

By RAHIM FAIEZ and RAHMAT GUL Associated Press

JALALABAD, Afghanistan — The Taliban unleashed a wave of attacks that killed 21 people around the country, making a show of strength to start the spring fighting season.

The annual surge in violence poses a new test for Afghan security forces, who for the first time will face it largely on their own as international combat forces prepare to withdraw.

Spring each year brings an escalation in fighting in Afghanistan with the end of snowy winter weather, which hampers movement. The melting of the snows opens up mountain passes allowing militant forces to move in from refuges in neighboring Pakistan.

This year’s offensive by the Taliban will be an important gauge of how well Afghan government forces face insurgent attacks once foreign combat forces leave at the end of the year. Since last spring, Afghan troops and police have taken up full security duties in the country, with U.S. and NATO troops training and mentoring in the background, rarely intervening directly with air support.

Around 30,000 U.S. troops remain on the ground in Afghanistan, the lowest number since the 2001 invasion.

The Taliban warned last week that they’d launch their annual spring offensive on Monday, and it was no bluff — with a flurry of rocket blasts and attacks on police around the country and the storming of a government building in an eastern city.

The violence began with a

‘It’s not a sign of strength, they have no more strength. They just want to show they are alive and can still make problems.’

— Abass Noyan, Afghan political analyst pre-dawn rocket attack on the main NATO base at Bagram, just north of the Afghan capital, as well as another on Kabul’s international airport soon after — both largely symbolic, doing little damage.

But around 9 a.m., three Taliban attackers attacked a provincial Justice Ministry building in Jalalabad, in eastern Afghanistan. They shot and killed two police guards and rushed into the building, just as employees were arriving for work, said provincial government spokesman Ahmad Zia Abdulzai.

Security forces rushed to the scene, including three armored vehicles that took up positions around the new two-story concrete building. Gunners on the vehicles blasted the building with heavy machine guns from several directions during a 4 ½-hour gunbattle with the militants inside.

By the end, the building was devastated, with burned-out offices and smashed furniture, an Associated Press photographer who entered the building said.

Five civilians were killed, including three elderly employees of the office, and seven other civilians wounded in the battle.

Once they retook the building, police found two dead attackers along with the remains of a third who police say died when he detonated an explosive vest.

Taliban spokesman Zabihul-

lah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the Jalalabad attack in an email to reporters. He said the attack was retaliation for what he called harsh rulings by the justice ministry against the Taliban.

With foreign forces in the background, Afghan forces have faced the brunt of militant attacks the past year. In 2013, insurgents inflicted almost as many casualties on Afghan security forces in 2013 as they suffered themselves, according to a report released Monday by the International Crisis Group.

It cited an estimate by a “western security analyst” of 9,500 insurgents killed or wounded that year, compared to 8,200 members of the Afghan security forces.

“With less risk of attack from international forces, they are massing bigger groups of fighters and getting into an increasing number of face-toface ground engagements” with Afghan forces, the ICG said in its report.

This year’s Taliban spring offensive comes at a sensitive time, against the backdrop of a key presidential election. Militants have already stepped up terror attacks to sow insecurity amid the voting. Final results of the first round of the election, held April 5, are scheduled to be announced on Wednesday.

The two top vote-getters are

widely expected to face a runoff later this month Afghan political analyst Abass Noyan said Monday’s attack in Jalalabad and the others Monday showed the Taliban maintains a capacity for disruption, but he rejected the idea that it showed Taliban’s strength.

“It’s not a sign of strength, they have no more strength,” Noyan said, “They just want to show they are alive and can still make problems.”

Noyan said Monday’s attacks were no worse than those staged by the Taliban at the start of past spring offensives.

This year, the Taliban named their offensive Khaybar, after the 629 A.D. Battle of Khaybar, when Muslims in present day Saudia Arabia attacked a Jewish settlement near the city of Medina.

In the other attacks Monday, insurgents killed nine policemen in an attack on a checkpoint in southern Helmand province, the local governor Sulaiman Shah Sarwani said. North of Kabul, a rocket hit a market in Parwan province, killing two civilians and wounding four. The Taliban also claimed responsibility for that attack.

Elsewhere in the east, groups of militants, including some on motorbikes, attacked police checkpoints on the outskirts of the city of Ghazni, killing two women and a policeman and wounding eight people, said the provincial governor, Mohammad Ali Ahmadi.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the Ghazni attack.

Elsewhere in Jalalabad, attackers targeted a police vehicle and detonated a roadside bomb, wounding six people, including two policemen.

Apple CEO dares to be different from Jobs

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer

SAN FRANCISCO — “Think different” became Apple’s creed during the late Steve Jobs’ reign as CEO. Now, chief executive Tim Cook is embracing the idea while making decisions that would have seemed crazy to his fabled predecessor.

Apple’s pending purchase of headphone maker and streaming music company Beats Electronics for $3.2 billion is just the latest example of Cook’s deviation from Jobs, who had so much confidence in his company’s innovative powers that he saw little sense in spending large amounts of money on acquisitions.

Cook became chief executive in late August 2011, roughly six weeks before Jobs died. But in a number of ways, he is just beginning to put his own imprint on Apple. Cook is straying from Jobs’ cash-hoarding habits by committing to return $130 billion to shareholders through dividends and stock buybacks.

He has orchestrated a company stock split and agreed to match

employees’ charitable contributions up to $10,000 annually.

Under Cook’s leadership, Apple also has displayed more social responsibility by working to improve labor conditions in the overseas factories that assemble its devices and taking steps to reduce pollution caused by its data centers and gadgets.

The shift in management philosophy has resulted in an odd twist: Apple Inc.’s pace of innovation has slowed and it now looks more like a conventional company than the corporate rebel Jobs tried to cultivate.

Instead of releasing revolutionary gadgets such as the iPod, iPhone and iPad, Apple has been mostly upgrading existing products and figuring out ways to manage its bulging bank account since Cook took over.

“Jobs wanted Cook to step out and be different,” says longtime technology analyst Rob Enderle. “But I think he wanted (Cook) to do the things that were central to the business, not things that Jobs thought were stupid.”

Cook has repeatedly sought to assure investors and customers

NC entrepreneur in close primary with ‘Idol’ singer Clay Aiken dies at home in possible fall ASHEBORO, N.C. — The North Carolina entrepreneur who was locked in a too-close-to-call Democratic Party primary with former “American Idol” singer Clay Aiken died Monday, said the president of the textile company he founded.

Keith Crisco, 71, died from “some type of fall” at his home, according to Robert Lawson, president of AEC Narrow Fabrics.

Crisco’s sons, who work for the company, told Lawson about their dad’s death.

It wasn’t immediately clear what will happen in the Democratic primary. Fewer than 400 votes separated Crisco and Aiken, who was leading, after the contest last Tuesday. The spokesman and the executive director of the State Board of Elections did not return messages.

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In the meantime, a host of technology companies have forged ahead with wearable devices, including Google Glass and Samsung’s line of Gear smartwatches. Also stealing the innovation spotlight: Internet connected housewares and appliances like the Nest thermostat, whose maker was founded by former Apple designer, Tony Fadell. Google purchased Nest for $3.2 billion in January.

“We’ve got some great things that we’re working on that I’m very, very proud of and very, very excited about,” Cook told analysts in a conference call last month. “But, for us, we care about every detail and when you care about every detail and getting it right, it takes a bit longer to do that and that’s always been the case.”

After pointing out that there were other digital music players, smartphones and tablet computers before Apple rede-

fined those markets with its devices, Cook said something that sounded like an echo of Jobs: “It means much more to us to get it right than to be first.”

Wall Street is still taking a wait-and-see attitude with Cook. Apple’s stock ended last week at $585.24, well below its peak of $705.07 reached in September 2012, but still a 56 percent gain since Cook became CEO. That’s just slightly behind the 60 percent increase in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index during the same period.

Despite the lag, Apple’s market value is the highest in the world at about $500 billion.

Although Cook has given few clues about the breakthrough products Apple is working on, recent industry speculation has focused on the possibility of an Internet-connected watch, a suite of mobile applications for managing personal health, a digital wallet and a system that would make it easier to toggle between traditional television and Internet video programs. A new iPhone with a larger display screen is also expected in August or September.

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2nd United States case of MERS reported NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials have confirmed a second U.S. case of a mysterious virus that has sickened hundreds in the Middle East.

The latest case is not an American — he is a resident of Saudi Arabia, visiting Florida, who is now in an Orlando hospital.

He was diagnosed with MERS, or Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, Sunday night. It is a respiratory illness that begins with flu-like fever and cough but can lead to shortness of breath, pneumonia and death.

Fortunately, the U.S. cases so far have not been severe. The first case, a man in Indiana, was released from a hospital late last week. And the second patient is doing well, officials said. The two cases are not linked, officials said.

“The risk to the public remains very low,” said Dr. Anne Schuchat of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

MERS is a respiratory illness that begins with flu-like fever and cough but can lead to shortness of breath, pneumonia and death.

Most cases have been in Saudi Arabia or elsewhere in the Middle East. But earlier this month a first U.S. case was diagnosed in a man who traveled from Saudi Arabia to Indiana.

That man, an American, was a health-care worker at a hospital in Saudi Arabia’s capital city who flew to the United States on April 24 on a plane that originated in Riyadh, stopped in London and then landed in Chicago. The man took a bus to Munster, Indiana where he became sick and went to a hospital on April 28.

He improved and was released from a Munster hospital on Friday. Tests of people who were around the man have all proved negative, health officials have said.

Health officials now must track down fellow travelers who were around the newest case, and this time it will be more challenging: There were more flights involved.

This man also was a healthcare worker at a hospital where MERS cases were being treated, the CDC said. He traveled on May 1 on flights from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, first to London, then to Boston, then to Atlanta, and finally to Orlando. He went to a hospital on May 8 and was placed in isolation.

The first flight was Saudi Airlines flight 113 to London, according to a Public Health England press release. The U.S.

government did not identify the flight information for the other legs.

Health officials did not immediately release additional detail about his travels or his week in Florida, except to say he was not at any theme parks and remained in the Orlando area to see family.

The man is at Dr. P. Phillips Hospital in Orlando. He arrived there with relatively mild symptoms, is stable and doing well, but there is no timetable for his release, said Dain Weister, a spokesman for Florida’s health department.

As early as the first flight, the latest case was suffering fever, chills and a slight cough.

That doesn’t necessarily mean he infected anyone. Experts think MERS cases are most infectious when they are severely ill, with symptoms like pneu-

monia and difficulty breathing, Schuchat said.

However, health officials are trying to contact as many as 500 people who were on the three flights within the United States to let them know the situation and watch for symptoms. People on the flight from Jeddah to London also will be contacted, CDC officials said.

MERS belongs to the coronavirus family that includes the common cold and SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, which caused some 800 deaths globally in 2003.

The MERS virus has been found in camels, but officials don’t know how it is spreading to humans. It can spread from person to person, but officials believe that happens only after close contact. Not all those exposed to the virus become ill.

But it appears to be unusual-

ly lethal — some estimates have suggested it has killed nearly a third of the people it sickened.

The estimate has been dropping as health officials have begun diagnosing more and more cases with less severe illness. But the estimated fatality rate for MERS still is far higher than what’s seen with seasonal flu or other routine infections.

Fortunately, it is not as contagious as flu, measles or other diseases. There is no vaccine or cure and there’s no specific treatment except to relieve symptoms.

Overall, 538 people have been reported to have the respiratory illness, including 145 people who have died. So far, all had ties to the Middle East region or to people who traveled there. As many as one-fifth of cases have been in healthcare workers, Schuchat said.

At least 14 migrants dead in sea north of Libya

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press

ROME — A boat crowded with migrants sank Monday in the Mediterranean just beyond Libya’s territorial waters, leaving at least 14 people dead, said the Italian navy, which helped rescue more than 200 survivors.

A tugboat that was traveling between oil platforms in the area spotted the vessel in difficulty, and was the first to come to the rescue when it overturned and then sank, said a navy spokesman, Capt. Marco Maccaroni.

“The tugboat estimated that there were about 200 on board when it saw it before it sank,”

Maccaroni said. Seas were calm and it was unclear what caused the migrants’ boat to go down, Maccaroni said. But he added that it often happens that when migrants see another vessel nearby, “they all move to one side, causing their boat to tip over.”

By nightfall, 206 people had been rescued, the navy official said. He said it wasn’t clear if any people were missing because the exact number of migrants who set out on the boat wasn’t known.

Nationalities of the survivors and dead hadn’t yet been determined.

The sinking occurred some 100 miles (160 kilometers)

south of the tiny Sicilian island of Lampedusa and about 40 miles (65 kilometers) north of the Libyan coast, Italian authorities said. An Italian frigate and a patrol boat rushed to the scene along with two Italian coast guard boats and a boat from the Italian border police fleet. Several cargo vessels in the vicinity also pitched in the rescue efforts.

Medical personnel aboard the navy boats were giving assistance to the survivors.

The incident is the latest in a string of tragedies in the Mediterranean sea involving migrants who embark on perilous journeys in overloaded or unseaworthy boats.

At least 232 people perished in the fiery capsizing of a smuggler’s trawler near Lampedusa last fall. Only 155 people survived that capsizing.

In the past week alone, more than 4,000 migrants have reached Italy’s shores, arriving in smugglers’ boats. Many of the boats set out from Libya’s loosely patrolled coast with migrants who are fleeing wars or hardship in Syria, Eritrea and elsewhere.

Italy says it can no longer afford the costs of rescuing, feeding and sheltering the steady stream of arrivals and wants the rest of the European Union to do more. Northern neighbors like Germany retort that they

already take in far more asylum seekers than Italy does.

The European Union’s home affairs commissioner, Cecilia Malmstroem, quickly expressed shock over the “appalling loss of life” in Monday’s tragedy and offered thanks to Italian authorities for their rescue efforts.

She called on member states to “now show concrete solidarity in order to reduce the risk of such tragedies from happening again.”

She pushed for implementation of an EU strategy to resettle “refugees directly from the camps outside the EU” as well as “opening new legal channels to come legally.”

“By bringing these people

safely to the EU, we could prevent them from falling in the hands of traffickers and smugglers,” Malmstroem said.

In Libya Monday, the country’s naval force rescued 450 migrants, including Eritreans, Syrians and Palestinians, off its coastline, officials said.

On Sunday, Libyan officials said they found the bodies of 24 migrants after the bottom of the victims’ small boat collapsed.

Just two days earlier Libya’s interior minister threatened that his country would aid migrants in reaching Europe if the EU didn’t send more money to help it deal with migrants using Libya as a transit point.

Congo soccer stadium stampede kills at least 15 people

By JEANRIC UMANDE and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press

KINSHASA, Congo — A stampede at a soccer stadium in Congo’s capital killed at least 15 people after angry fans threw rocks from the stands, prompting security officers to fire tear gas that caused crowds to flee in panic, government officials and witnesses said Monday.

The stampede at the Tata Raphael Stadium in Kinshasa happened toward the end of a match Sunday between two popular Congolese teams, AS Vita Club and TP Mazembe.

At least 21 others were in-

jured during the melee, said Gov. Andre Kimbuta, who has set up a commission to investigate the incident.

Congolese government spokesman Lambert Mende on Monday defended the actions of the security officers.

“It is false to say that the violence was started by the tear gas, which was used to protect people being threatened by elements in the stands who were acting like militiamen,” he said.

Three of the injured remained in the hospital, Mende said.

Witnesses said that angry fans threw objects onto the field including rocks in the final min-

utes of the match on the last day of the league season. The home team, AS Vita, was losing 1-0.

Kanga Yves told The Associated Press that the crowds were trampled as they tried to flee the tear gas, and that he had seen at least eight bodies.

The stampede caused a recently restored wall and gate to collapse, African soccer body the Confederation of African Football said in a statement Monday. The continental body has also asked Congolese soccer authorities for a report.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter said on Twitter he was waiting for more information from Congo after the “tragic reports.”

“My thoughts are with all

those who saw loved ones go to a game, not to return,” Blatter wrote on his official Twitter account.

Altercations have previously erupted when Kinshasa-based AS Vita played Lubumbashibased TP Mazembe, a four-time African club champion that played at FIFA’s Club World Cup in 2010.

Sanctions had been imposed last season on the teams after a match between them in the city of Lubumbashi, U.N.-backed Radio Okapi reported.

More than 20 people were killed on April 25 in the town of Kikwit in southwest Congo when generators failed during a festival honoring a popular

Organizations aim to train immigrant entrepreneurs

By GOSIA WOZNIACKA Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. — After immigrating to Oregon from the Mexican state of Oaxaca more than two decades ago, Paula Asuncion worked on farms and in minimum wage jobs at fastfood restaurants — a widow struggling to feed six children, sharing cramped apartments with other families.

Her prospects changed two years ago after she joined a program that helps immigrants open small culinary businesses.

After training with the microbusiness incubator at Portland nonprofit Hacienda CDC, Asuncion now runs a catering service, employs other immigrants, and has bought a home for her family.

Asuncion’s story is not uncommon. Experts say the economic downturn brought new interest in self-employment from people having a difficult time finding well-paying jobs, and that has spurred significant growth in microbusiness development programs that teach skills such as business plan writing, marketing and accounting.

Interest in opening a business is especially high among immigrants and refugees. Many have low incomes and less access to employment opportunities than the general population because they have limited English language skills, lack reliable transportation or an American diploma, and are still learning how American society works.

Many of them see selfemployment as a shot at the “American dream.”

“The biggest concern among

immigrants is having stable work. They come to us and say, ‘I want to start a taco stand.

How do I do that?’” said Janet Hamada, executive director of Next Door Inc., a social service agency in Hood River, 60 miles east of Portland. The organization plans to expand its business coaching services into a full microbusiness development program aimed at Spanish speakers.

Microbusinesses, defined as enterprises with five or fewer employees, have long been the backdrop of the economy and make up the majority of U.S. businesses. They account for about 26 million jobs in the economy — more than the total number of people employed in local, state and federal governments, according to the Association for Enterprise Opportunity, which provides advice and support for microentrepreneurs.

Though the businesses are tiny — from farmers planting on a few acres, to adult care home owners, to food cart vendors — their impact can be significant, said Marilyn Johnson-Hartzog, executive director of the Oregon Micro Enterprise Network. The newly minted entrepreneurs hire family members and eventually other community members, and their quality of life soars. They spend more money on goods and services and reinvest in the business.

Given a rise in demand for training and coaching for new entrepreneurs, even social service organizations have recently added microbusiness development programs, Johnson-Hartzog said.

In Durham, North Carolina, a new organization called Ac-

cion Emprendedora USA aims to help microbusinesses grow in the Hispanic community through training in business planning, marketing and accounting.

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In Oregon, Adelante Mujeres — a Forest Grove nonprofit that runs a 10-week small-business course and an agriculture enterprise program for Latinos — has developed a replicable model for training aimed at Spanish speakers and is helping other nonprofits to implement.

singer, plunging the stadium into darkness and causing a stampede.

Sunday’s Kinshasa stadium stampede also came days after Ghana marked the anniversary of Africa’s worst football disaster. Over 120 people were killed on May 9, 2001 when police fired tear gas at a stadium in the Ghanaian capital Accra

because of crowd trouble at a game, also causing a stampede in the stands.

Most recently, more than 70 people died in a riot at a football game in the Egyptian city of Port Said in February 2012.

The riot was linked to political violence in Egypt following the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak as president.

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son said.

He said a third party tests the pollutant levels.

Hilcorp is requiring the permit include Dolly Varden emission units, which include 11 turbines, two boilers, five engines and one flare.

According to the Statement of Basis for the Permit Conditions, which provides legal and factual basis for terms for permit, the total potential to emit is slightly more than 1,300 tons per year in total emissions. The turbines and boilers on the platform use gas. The engines use diesel and one turbine uses SoLoNOx — a low emissions combustion system.

Comments about either permit application can be emailed to DEC engineering associate Kwame Agyei at Kwame.

Agyei@alaska.gov.

Hilcorp applied for an air quality control operating permit for its Dolly Varden Platform in the Upper Cook Inlet in mid-April. The comment period closes at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

The application is for a renewal of its Title V or operating permit, which is required every five years by DEC. This is the third operating renewal for the permit.

Monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting are required by Title V permits.

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injuries, according to the report.

Newton said Shawn Seaman broke the window with the baton and pulled him out of the vehicle. He was able to escape and ran to a nearby residence and called the police.

Troopers photographed broken glass and tire tracks at the scene of the incident near the boat launch, according to the report. A warrant to search Shawn Seaman’s Chevy Blazer was served. Although the driver’s door glass was intact, police found shards of broken glass on the driver side floor and the vehicle’s tires matched the tread pattern photographed at the scene.

The search warrants issued on Feb. 20 led to the arrests of Rusty Seaman and Dalebout; both are currently jailed at Wildwood Pretrial Facility.

Both men will be arraigned in Superior Court in front of Judge Anna Moran at the Kenai Courthouse today at 2:30 p.m.

Soldotna Police arrested Shawn Seaman after a traffic stop on March 15. Officer Mitchell Burdick followed a suspicious truck from the Kenai Spur Highway to the Tesoro gas station on the Sterling Highway. After dispatch informed the officer that Shawn Seaman is a suspect in the ongoing assault case, Burdick placed him under arrest and transported him to Wildwood Pretrial Facility where prison guards found brass knuckles attached to his belt under his snow pants.

Shawn Seaman was charged for promoting contraband in the first-degree, a class C felony as well as three misdemeanors, misconduct involving a weapon 4, driving with a suspended license and no proof of insurance.

Shawn Seaman was released to third party custodian Peter Labarbera after two separate bonds that totaled $6,000 in cash were paid on April 10, according to court records. His next court date is an arraignment before Judge Charles Huguelet on May 20 at the Kenai Courthouse.

On March 12, Newton pled guilty to a theft 2 charge and guilty to possession of a controlled substance 4 in a separate case. Both offenses occurred last December, according to court records. He is currently out on parole.

Troopers first responded to the report that someone had been assaulted at a residence on Honeymoon Cove on December 29, 2013. Newton was taken to Central Peninsula Hospital after he sustained injuries to his face, which required reconstructive surgery to install two metal plates to rebuild his eye socket.

Newton told investigators that Rusty Seaman hit him repeatedly with the butt of a black handgun after he admitted he took some items from Rusty Seaman’s residence.

One of the blows struck him in the eye and blood exploded from it, according to the affidavit.

A search warrant was served to Rusty Seaman on Feb. 20, and a black metal “pellet” handgun was found in his residence and a section of his wall had blood spatter consistent with Newton’s account, according to the report.

Rusty Seaman told police he confronted Newton about taking items from him and “punched him two or three times with his fist and then was able to calm down,” according to the affidavit.

Newton told police he had also been assaulted by Shawn Seaman and Dalebout after the initial alleged incident with Rusty Seaman. Newton said he needed to go to the hospital and the two got into Rusty Seaman’s red pickup truck. Before they drove off, Shawn Seaman and Dalebout arrived in a blue Chevy Blazer.

The three men ordered Newton into the Blazer, owned by Shawn Seaman.

Rusty Seaman confirmed Newton’s account that Shawn Seaman met them in the parking lot in front of Rusty Seaman’s apartment.

Shawn Seaman drove Dalebout and Newton to Soldotna, but turned down a road toward Pillars Boat Launch. He told Newton he was going to have to perform sexual acts for them and they were going to dump him in the river, according to the report.

Newton said the two men got out of the vehicle and Shawn Seaman beat him with a baton five or six times on his knees, ankles and chest. Newton said he got back into the vehicle, locked the doors and attempted Reach Dan Balmer at danto drive away, but he could not iel.balmer@peninsulaclarion. see through the blood from his com.

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The debate will be charged and contentious, with supporters of the repeal arguing the tax change gives away too much, while supporters of SB 21 say the change was necessary because badly-needed industry investment was leaving Alaska because of ACES, and that the decline in oil production from the North Slope was accelerating.

Since the Legislature approved the tax change in April 2013 — it became effective this Jan. 1 — industry activity on the Slope has picked up, and more barrels of oil are being produced compared with what had been forecast.

Goldsmith attempted to sort out the differing claims and his work, in general, validated conclusions the state Department of Revenue had reached earlier this year, and briefed to legislators in February.

So far no one has challenged Goldsmith’s calculations although one critic, who asked not to be identified, complained that “the analysis is written like a press release for the industry,” rather than an academic paper.

Others complained about the venue for the release of the study, a meeting of Resource Development Council members, who generally opposed ACES and support SB 21, and the fact that Northrim Bank, which has supported SB 21, contributed to the university to support Goldsmith’s work, although the bank’s support goes to a range of research initiatives on the Alaska economy.

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number of states, though appeals were pending in a number of cases. States such as Illinois and Hawaii legalized same-sex marriage.

An attorney for the couples, Caitlin Shortell, said lawsuits have been filed in almost every state with bans on same-sex marriage. A lawsuit in Alaska was seen by those involved as “necessary and important,” Shortell said.

Another attorney, Heather Gardner, said in a statement that under current state law, “a couple who marries in Seattle and returns home to Alaska are married in the eyes of the law when their plane lifts off from SeaTac (airport) but are legal strangers when the flight

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Minority Leader and a critic of the tax change, is that the analysis is incomplete and doesn’t present the overall picture because it doesn’t adequately present revenues lost during a period of high prices.

For next year, however, the state Revenue Department has found the new tax will bring in more revenue in fiscal year 2015 than ACES would have, under the oil prices and costs that are now estimated. The latest estimate is that SB 21 will bring in $1.74 billion in FY 2015 compared with $1.625 billion had ACES still been in effect.

However, prices and costs are unpredictable and in some years ACES may have brought more revenue, while in some years the new tax under SB 21 will yield more, Goldsmith said in his analysis. Department of Revenue analysts have also said that that would happen.

Goldsmith’s study is on the university’s Institute of Social and Economic Research website, as Web Note No. 17, “Alaska’s Oil and Gas Production Tax: Comparing the Old and the New.” While the new tax law might impose higher taxes on companies in some years the industry still supports the change, Goldsmith told the RDC, because the new tax can be modeled more easily and is, therefore, more predictable for the companies as they plan future investments.

“Also, under ACES there was no tax reduction for ‘new’ oil,” developed by the companies, Goldsmith told the RDC. That incentive, which isn’t given unless there are actual new barrels produced, is a key difference between ACES and SB 21, he said.

Broadly, Goldsmith’s conclusions are that the tax change had little to do with large budget deficits the state will experience this year and next year.

Those revenue reductions are due mainly to declines in oil prices and production, and higher production costs, Goldsmith said.

Also, if oil prices stay in the same range as today, which is expected, and production costs continue to rise, which is also expected, the new tax can be expected to generate more revenue.

However, if oil prices rise and production costs stay the same or drop, the ACES tax would generate more income.

In a separate part of his study, Goldsmith looked at the job-creating effects of new Alaska investment by the industry, which the tax change is expected to generate.

Using a variety of economic analysis tools, Goldsmith found that $4 billion in new industry investment will result in 5,000 new public and private sector jobs per year in the state over 20 years, with more than $300 million per year in additional wages and salaries paid.

In his criticism, French said Goldsmith should have noted that if oil prices do rise again, as happened following 2007 when the ACES tax was enacted, the new SB 21 would result in a large loss of revenue compared with the former tax, French said.

“That’s the giveaway, what we lose during a high price spike,” French said. “Between 2007 and 2013 we earned $8.5 billion as a result of ACES. Had SB 21 been in effect we wouldn’t have that money in our reserve accounts today.”

Another criticism, French

said, is that production costs are estimates given to the state by industry and that the Department of Revenue has done no audits of the costs.

“The department is woefully behind on audits,” French said, so the estimates given by the companies should be taken with a grain of salt, for now at least.

In looking at cost increases in his analysis, however, Goldsmith goes to other sources to attempt to validate the trend of rising production costs.

In his talk to the Resource Development Council May 1, Goldsmith cited world industry capital cost indexes which show the oil and gas capital cost index at 230 in third quarter 2012 (in 2000, the base year, the index was 100) compared with a more gradual rise in general inflation (about 130 in late 2012 over 100 in 2000).

Oil field labor costs have also risen, Goldsmith said. He calculates that the per-barrel labor cost was $10 in 2011 compared with less than $2 in 1981.

Oil producers are also getting more water, four times as much, and less oil, with fluids being pumped up, Goldsmith told the RDC. Finally, all these costs, such as handling more water, are spread over fewer barrels of oil being produced. In 1980 the average North Slope well produced 3,500 barrels per day, Goldsmith said. Today the average is about 250 barrels per day. All that drives up the production cost per barrel, which directly affects the net value of the oil against which the state production tax is levied.

touches down in Alaska. No Alaskan is a second-class citizen.”

The plaintiffs are Matthew Hamby and Christopher Shelden; Christina LaBorde and Susan Tow; Sean Egan and David Robinson; Tracey Wiese and Katrina Cortez; and Courtney Lamb and Stephanie Pearson. Lamb and Pearson are unmarried.

Hamby, in a statement, said he and his husband — who, according to the lawsuit were married in Canada in 2008 and renewed their vows in Utah last year — are taking a stand “because marriage should be available to all loving couples. It’s important to us that our family is recognized by the State of Alaska and that we have the same rights and privileges as others.”

Defendants include Gov. Sean Parnell and Attorney Gen-

eral Michael Geraghty, who earlier this year told The Associated Press he would continue to defend the state’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, even as federal courts around the country strike down similar bans.

The Alaska lawsuit was filed three days after a county circuit judge in Arkansas late Friday tossed out the 2004 constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, along with a 1997 state law. That state’s attorney general filed paperwork Monday to at least temporarily preserve the ban.

Geraghty said he would not make his decisions based on federal district court decisions that still must be reviewed by appellate courts and perhaps the U.S. Supreme Court, which he expects will ultimately weigh in on the issue.

“Would everybody vote the

same way today? Who knows?

But it’s on the books,” Geraghty told the AP in February. He added: “Eventually, as I said, one day there will be guidance.

I’m sure one day there will be a decision one way or the other.

And when that happens, obviously we will comply with the decision.”

A Parnell spokeswoman said by email late Friday afternoon that the governor’s office had not been served with the lawsuit and the Department of Law would need time to review any it.

A proposal to strike the samesex marriage ban from Alaska’s constitution, introduced by Senate Minority Leader Hollis French, D-Anchorage, during the last legislative session, went nowhere. Republicans control both the Alaska House and Senate.

Around Alaska Texas soldier dies in rollover accident JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — Army officials say an Alaska-based paratrooper from Texas has died in a traffic accident northeast of Anchorage.

U.S. Army Alaska officials say in a release that 23-year-old Spc. Shawn N. Bounds of Tyler, Texas, died early Saturday morning when his vehicle rolled in the public use area of the Knik River. He was transported by emergency responders to a hospital in nearby Palmer, where he was pronounced dead just after 4 a.m.

The Army says the fire support specialist was assigned to the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division at the Anchorage base on October 2011.

He deployed to Afghanistan from December 2011 to September 2012. He joined the Army in May 2011.

Alaska State Troopers are investigating the fatal accident.

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unpleasant consequences for people with allergies or asthma: some of the highest pollen counts on the planet.

Air quality monitors Friday in Anchorage recorded a tree pollen count of 2,862 grains per cubic meter of air, the Anchorage Daily News reported. Anything over 100 is described as high.

Fairbanks usually sees the highest pollen counts in the state and this year followed suit. A pollen count May 5 at the Tanana Valley Clinic recorded 3,675 grains per cubic meter of air.

The Anchorage reading last week was likely among the highest in the world right that day, said pediatric allergist Melinda Rathkopf of the Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Center of Alaska.

About 95 percent of the pollen counted in Anchorage comes from birch. Much of the rest is produced by aspen, spruce and alder.

“I just wiped off our outdoor table,” Rathkopf said. “The rag was yellow and green with pollen.”

People allergic to proteins in tree pollen suffer runny noses and irritated eyes. Rathkopf said staying indoors, keeping windows closed, installing an indoor air filter and hosing off outdoor pets can help deal with pollen. Levels are highest in the morning. She recommends exercise or gardening in late afternoon or evening.

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SoHi girls top Nikiski, stay perfect Bulldogs, Stars boys play to 1-1 draw in NLC Southern Division game

By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion

The Soldotna girls soccer team remained undefeated by defeating Nikiski, while the boys played to a tie Monday in Northern Lights Conference Southern Division action at Nikiski.

The SoHi girls won 7-0, while the Bulldogs and Stars finished at 1-1 in the boys game.

In the boys game, the tie left both squads talking of what could have been.

“We did everything but put the ball in net,” Soldotna coach Jeff Siemers said after moving to 4-3-2 overall and 1-1-1 in the Southern Division. “We hit the post and were pressuring at the end of both halves.

“But at the end of the day, the final score is what matters.”

Echoed Jim Coburn, whose team also is 1-1-1 in the south: “We had a couple of good shots on goal that we weren’t able to finish up front. That has been an issue all year, but it’s definitely getting better.”

Both coaches competed in four games the previous week, leaving precious little time for practicing finishing goals.

That much competition also can leave a team drained, and both teams got off to a slow start with passes often missing the mark.

Nikiski’s Jesse Eide livened things up in the 25th minute.

SoHi goalie Daniel McElroy punted the ball from the top of the box, but it rolled right to Eide. Eide immediately lofted the ball back over McElroy.

Battling the sun and win, the keeper couldn’t keep it from going into the net.

“The guy put it up in the sun and wind,” Siemers said. “That’s not the first time it’s happened.”

Coburn credited Eide for heads-up play.

“We talked about that some goalies in the past few games have been standing out of the goal,” Coburn said.

“If you see he’s not in and you’re in a position to have a shot, have a shot.”

Going down 1-0 put a jolt into the Stars, and they spent most of the rest of the first half attacking.

In the 31st minute, Tyler Fenton crossed to Jeremy Godfrey, and Nikiski goalie Sullivan Jackson did well to get in front of the blast.

Just before half, Charalambos Asimakopoulos let loose a screamer toward the net, but Jackson got a hand on the ball and sent it bounding off the crossbar.

“Our keeper did a great job,” Co-

burn said. “It was the best game he’s played all year.”

SoHi started the second half keeping most of the possession of the ball.

Nikiski turned the tables and made a few forays into the Soldotna box, but the momentum would change quickly.

In the 57th minute, SoHi’s Dylan Kuntz pushed the ball up the side to Fenton, who slipped through a couple defenders and buried the equalizer in the corner.

“It was a beautiful goal,” Siemers said. “It was good to get the equalizer off of a great individual effort.”

SoHi would continue to press at Nikiski’s end. The Bulldogs took 11 goal kicks in the second half, while Soldotna took three. SoHi had four corners to Nikiski’s none.

But the Bulldogs would not break.

Coburn gave particular credit to Eide, Garrett Feller and Javon Pamplin.

Jackson hung in there, as well, tipping a nasty bender by Ricky Nelson over the bar with just nine minutes to play.

Siemers said Fenton, Kuntz and Nelson all did a good job pressing the attack.

“It will be nice to have a practice tomorrow to get organized,” said Siemers, adding his team hadn’t practiced since May 5.

The Stars host Skyview on Thursday at 5 p.m.

Nikiski has no such luxury of practice. The Bulldogs host another crucial Southern Division game with Kenai Central today at 3:45 p.m.

Soldotna girls 7, Nikiski 0 The Stars notched five goals in the first half in moving to 9-0 overall and See KICK, page A-9

Cubs rout Cards

By The Associated Press

ST. LOUIS — Junior Lake homered, doubled twice and drove in six runs as the Chicago Cubs broke loose, routing St. Louis 17-5 Monday night and forcing the Cardinals to finish with infielder Daniel Descalso as a relief pitcher.

After the Cubs totaled just four runs while getting swept in a three-game series at Atlanta over the weekend, Emilio Bonifacio scored five times himself in this romp over the Cardinals.

Chicago had lost seven of eight overall and has the worst record in the league at 13-24, but is 4-3 against the defending See MLB, Page A-9

On Tap Peninsula high school sports Tuesday Softball Skyview at Homer, 6 p.m.

Soldotna girls at Kenai, 4 p.m.

Soccer Seward girls at Skyview, 4 p.m.

Seward boys at Skyview, 6 p.m.

Kenai girls at Nikiski, 4 p.m.

Kenai boys at Nikiski, 6 p.m.

Baseball Kenai at Soldotna, 7 p.m.

Thursday Baseball Homer at Wasilla, 7 p.m.

Soccer Homer girls at Kenai, 4 p.m.

Homer boys at Kenai, 6 p.m.

Skyview girls at Soldotna, 3 p.m.

Skyview boys at Soldotna, 5 p.m.

Friday Region II track meet in Talkeetna Field events, 3 p.m.

3,200, 4 p.m.

Region III 3A/4A meet in Palmer Field events, 10 a.m.

3,200, 2 p.m.

Running prelims, 3 p.m.

Baseball Homer at Palmer, 7 p.m.

Kenai at Wasilla, 7 p.m.

Soccer Seward girls at Homer, 4 p.m.

Seward boys at Homer, 6 p.m.

Nikiski girls at Skyview, 4 p.m.

Nikiski boys at Skyview, 6 p.m.

Grace girls at SoHi, 3 p.m.

Grace boys at Soldotna, 5 p.m.

Softball Wasilla at Kenai, 6 p.m.

Colony at SoHi, 6 p.m.

Weekend tourney in Homer Eagle River vs. Homer, 4 p.m.

Dimond vs. Skyview, 4 p.m.

Dimond vs. Homer, 7:30 p.m.

Eagle River vs. Skyview, 7:30 p.m.

Baseball SoHi at Colony, 7 p.m.

Saturday Region II track meet in Talkeetna Field events, 10 a.m.

Running finals, to follow Region III 3A/4A meet in Palmer Field events, 10 a.m.

Running finals, noon Baseball Homer at Houston, noon Kenai at Colony, 1 p.m.

SoHi at Wasilla, 1 p.m.

Soccer Skyview girls at Homer, 2 p.m.

Skyview boys at Homer, 4 p.m.

Grace girls at Nikiski, noon Grace boys at Nikiski, 10 a.m.

Kenai girls at Soldotna, 10 a.m.

Kenai boys at Soldotna, noon Softball Colony at Kenai, Noon Wasilla at SoHi, noon Weekend tourney in Homer Eagle River vs. Homer, 10:45 a.m.

Dimond vs. Skyview, 10:45 a.m.

Dimond vs. Homer, 2 p.m.

Skyview vs. Eagle River, 2 p.m.

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Nets forward Paul Pierce defends Heat forward LeBron James in the second half of Game 4 of their second-round NBA playoff basketball game at the Barclays Center on Monday in New York. James tied a career playoff scoring record with 49 points.

James burns Nets with 49 points

By The Associated Press

NEW YORK — LeBron James had done his part to put the Miami Heat in control of the Eastern Conference semifinals, and one last free throw was meaningless except to him.

He missed, leaving him one shy of his first 50-point playoff game, muttering to himself after.

“That’s the first time I’ve been disappointed in myself in a win,” James said.

Then he smiled, realizing his performance left nothing to complain about.

James tied his playoff career high with 49 points, Chris Bosh made the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 57 seconds left, and the Heat beat the Brooklyn

Nets 102-96 on Monday night for a 3-1 lead.

James carried the Heat nearly the entire way until Bosh hit the shot that put Miami ahead for good — a play where James resisted the temptation to force a shot, instead passing to Mario Chalmers, who swung it to a wideopen Bosh.

Ray Allen followed with four free throws and James finished it off with one more, putting the Heat in position to wrap it up at home Wednesday in Game 5.

James was 16 of 24 from the field and 14 of 19 from the free throw line in matching the 49 points he scored for Cleveland against Orlando in the 2009 Eastern Conference finals. He missed

his second free throw with 1.1 seconds left.

“He was what was needed on the road and that’s what makes him the best player in the game,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said.

Spoelstra talked to James about coming out in the fourth quarter, but had about as much success as the Nets’ defenders.

“He asked me and I didn’t know if he was serious or not, and what I told him I cannot say again,” James said.

“So I wanted to finish out the game. I felt like it was a must-win for us.”

Joe Johnson scored 18 points for the Nets, who were 15 of 25 from 3-point range in their Game 3 victory but only 5 of 22 in this one. Paul Pierce scored

16 points, while Deron Williams and Shaun Livingston each had 13.

Dwyane Wade scored 15 points on the night his Heat postseason record of 46 points was shattered. Bosh finished with 12.

Miami pulled out a thrilling victory in a game neither team led by double digits and has won at least one road game in 14 straight series, breaking the record set by the Chicago Bulls from 1991-94.

Kevin Garnett’s two free throws tied it with 2:30 remaining. Both teams then couldn’t score, with Bosh missing a pair of jumpers before getting a third crack at it when the Heat swung the ball around to him in the corner in See NBA, Page A-9

Canadiens force Game 7 with Bruins

By The Associated Press

MONTREAL — Max Pacioretty’s slump is over.

The big left wing had a goal and an assist in the second period and Carey Price made 26 saves and the Montreal Canadiens blanked the Boston Bruins 4-0 on Monday night to force Game 7 in their Eastern Conference semifinal series.

The series is tied 3-3 going into Game 7 on Wednesday night in Boston.

Pacioretty, who had only one assist in the first five games, scored and set up Thomas Vanek’s goal in the second period. Lars Eller scored in the first for Montreal and Vanek added his second of the game into an empty net with 3:56 left.

“I was just waiting for my time to pitch in offensively,” Pacioretty said.

“Obviously you wanted it to happen more often in the playoffs, but it’s two door-die games where I’ve scored a goal so I feel confident that I’m helping the team.

“You want to feel you’re helping the team win and I think I did that tonight.”

Rookie Nathan Beaulieu, the Ca-

nadiens’ 2011 first-round draft pick who was given a surprise start by coach Michel Therrien, picked up an assist in his first NHL playoff game and was plus-2.

“I never played at a pace like that before,” the 21-year-old said. “It was incredible. It was good to get the first period under my belt and I felt I settled down after that.”

The Canadiens repeated the scenario of their 2011 first-round series against the Bruins, winning at home to force a Game 7. That year, they lost Game 7 in overtime. The Bruins went on to win the Stanley Cup. Boston coach Claude Julien felt his team played well, but didn’t finish its chances.

“The second goal probably hurt us the most because we were spending a lot of time in their end and we had some great chances to tie the game, but that kind of turned the tide around,” Julien said. “I didn’t like the way they got their goals tonight.

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DUCKS 4, KINGS 3 ANAHEIM, Calif. — Between the 20-year-old goalie with 39 saves and the 21-year-old forward with two goals, Teemu Selanne wasn’t sure which youngster deserved the most credit for propelling the Anaheim Ducks’ veterans to the brink of the Western Conference finals.

Selanne is only certain the Ducks’ youth movement is happening at an ideal time for their Stanley Cup hopes.

John Gibson was outstanding in his second career playoff start, and Devante Smith-Pelly scored two goals 1:23 apart in the second period of the Ducks’ victory over the Los Angeles Kings in Game 5 on Monday night, putting Anaheim up 3-2 in the second-round series.

Selanne is older than Gibson and Smith-Pelly combined, but the Finnish

Flash knows the kids are why the Ducks are in position to finish off their Southern California rivals in Game 6 on Wednesday after a raucous meeting at Honda Center.

“They answered the bell again,” said Selanne, who had a sublime assist on Smith-Pelly’s first goal. “Devo has all the tools. Gibby is rock-solid. They’re pretty special players, and they both took care of it for us tonight. You need special contributions from everybody to do what we’re trying to do.”

Nick Bonino and Jakob Silfverberg also scored for the Ducks, who jumped out to a three-goal lead in the second period and hung on behind their rookie goalie, earning the first home victory by either team in the series. Smith-Pelly is the Ducks’ unlikely leader with five postseason goals after a superbly energetic effort in Game 5. He has three goals in the past two games, capitalizing on his promotion to Anaheim’s top line with captain Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry after scoring just two goals in his 19 regular-season appearances for the Ducks.

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Sports Briefs Sterling disparages Magic Johnson LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling repeatedly disparaged Magic Johnson’s HIV-positive status in an interview that aired Monday, saying he was not a fit role model for children and dismissing his work in business and charity.

The interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper was meant to be a mea culpa in Sterling’s first public comments since racist recordings emerged last month and earned him a lifetime NBA ban, but when the subject turned to Johnson, who was mentioned in the recordings, Sterling is anything but apologetic.

“He’s got AIDS!” Sterling said loudly at one point, cutting off Cooper as the interviewer attempted to cite Johnson’s accomplishments after Sterling asked, “What has he done, big Magic Johnson, what has he done?”

Sterling changed course briefly during the interview to call Johnson “a good person,” but resumed his criticism.

“He acts so holy,” Sterling said. “He made love to every girl in every city in America, and he had AIDS, and when he had those AIDS, I went to my synagogue and I prayed for him, I hope he could live and be well. I didn’t criticize him. I could have. Is he an example for children?”

Cooper corrected Sterling, explaining that Johnson was HIVpositive but did not have “full-blown AIDS.” Sterling briefly adjusted his language but not his tone.

“What kind of a guy goes to every city, has sex with every girl, then he catches HIV. Is that someone we want to respect, and tell our kids about?” Sterling said. “I think he should be ashamed of himself.”

Johnson, who is scheduled to appear on Cooper’s show to reply on Tuesday, wrote on his Twitter account that “I’d rather be talking about these great NBA Playoffs than Donald Sterling’s interview.”

Johnson later Tweeted, “After this week, no more Sterling talk.”

Cavs fire Brown again CLEVELAND — Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert felt he made a big mistake when he fired Mike Brown as his coach in 2010.

That didn’t stop him from doing it again.

Brown’s second shot with the Cavs ended Monday after one just one season as Gilbert dismissed the only Cleveland coach who has ever made it to the NBA finals.

Brown had been re-hired last April by Gilbert, who regretted dismissing him four years earlier. While the Cavs’ record improved and they made strides defensively under Brown this season, the club missed the playoffs again and Gilbert decided it was time to make another change.

“This is a very tough business,” Gilbert said in a statement. “It pains all of us here that we needed to make the difficult decision of releasing Mike Brown. Mike worked hard over this last season to move our team in the right direction. Although, there was some progress from our finish over the few prior seasons, we believe we need to head in a different direction. We wish Mike and his family nothing but the best.”

In addition to firing Brown, Gilbert announced he’s retaining David Griffin as the club’s full-time general manager. Griffin had been the interim GM since Feb. 6, when Gilbert fired Chris Grant one day after the Cavs lost to a Los Angeles Lakers team which finished the game with just five eligible players.

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MINSK, Belarus — Viktor Tikhonov scored twice and Alex Ovechkin added a goal and two assists Monday as Russia routed the United States 6-1 for its third straight victory at the ice hockey world championships.

In the day’s other big matchup, Canada downed the Czech Republic 4-3.

Nikolai Kolyomin opened the scoring for Russia and Alex Ovechkin beat veteran goaltender Tim Thomas with backhand on a penalty shot in the first period for his third goal of the tournament.

Ovechkin set up both of Tikhonov’s goals in the second, with Yevgeni Kuznetsov and Sergei Plotnikov also scoring for Russia.

Manziel is not Browns’ starter CANTON, Ohio — As the crowd of football fans bowed their heads before Browns owner Jimmy Haslam spoke, a priest delivering the invocation asked for a special blessing for new quarterback Johnny Manziel. He may need more than divine intervention.

“Father, I don’t think I’ve ever heard a prayer like that,” Haslam told the clergy man. “I’m not sure what Brian Hoyer thought of that either.”

Speaking for the first time since the Browns landed Manziel, Texas A&M’s playmaking quarterback in the NFL draft, Haslam made it clear that Johnny Football will have to earn everything he gets and won’t jump Brian Hoyer on the depth chart just because he has a Heisman Trophy, celebrity friends or fame.

— The Associated Press

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3-0 in the Southern Division.

Nikiski fell to 0-6-2 and 0-1-2 in the south.

Soldotna coach Jimmy Love was really happy with the way his team came out and played.

He felt the team did not come out as strong Saturday against Seward.

“We didn’t come out with fire (Saturday), but today we came out and played like we should have been playing all game,” Love said. “We were fighting for 50-50 balls and passing far better than we were in the Seward game.”

Kylee Wolfe led the way for the Stars with four goals. She started the scoring in the 14th minute on an assist from Alex Ashe.

Just four minutes later, Brianna Bennett scored on assists from Julie Litchfield and Olivia Conradi.

In the 22nd minute, Wolfe struck again with help from Skylar Shaw.

After Delaney Love scored on a helper from Elizabeth Cho in the 28th minute, Wolfe completed a first-half hat trick in the 35th minute on an assist from Makenna Rosin.

Rosin, on assists from Wolfe and Sara Federle, scored six minutes into the second half, while Wolfe, on an assist from Rosin, scored seven minutes into the second half.

Love pulled most of his starters at that point.

“Both lineups that played

moved the ball really well,” he said.

Katelynn Kerkvliet and Julie Litchfield shared the shutout in goal.

Love said Rachel Thompson was strong in net for the Bulldogs.

“She made some good saves, but a lot of shots were more at her than away from her,” Love said. “She’s a good keeper and we made her look even better.

“She did have some saves where coach and I were like, ‘Wow. I can’t believe she got a hand on that.’”

Nikiski coach Mandy Adair said Thompson had 29 saves.

“She was under pretty constant pressure,” Adair said. “I think she did a great job. She was always trying to make the next big play. She never let one goal get her down.”

Adair said the Stars were very organized due to playing a lot together for a long time.

“That’s something we usually get around regions,” Adair said. “Our takes longer. Theirs walks in the door from day one.”

The coach said Destiny Owens, at midfield, and Evie Cox, at stopper, played well and both are starting to gain confidence.

The Nikiski girls host Kenai at 5:30 p.m. today, while the Stars host Skyview on Thursday at 3 p.m.

Adair is looking forward to the return of senior Katie Costello, who has been participating in the school play.

“The energy and passion she brings to the game will be a big boost for the girls,” Adair said.

start of eight getting past the sixth.

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PHOENIX — Pinch-hitter Kevin Frandsen and Danny Espinosa each hit solo homers in the ninth inning, helping Washington rally past Arizona in Matt Williams’ return to the desert.

Williams was a fixture in Arizona before becoming Washington’s manager this offseason.

His new team scored four runs DODGERS 6, MARLINS 5 early, shut down for four innings, and tied it when Espinosa hit the LOS ANGELES — Yasiel Puig second pitch of the ninth by Addiextended his career-best hitting son Reed (1-3) just over the wall streak to 12 games with his third in right. home run in four days, a go-ahead three-run shot, and drew a basesloaded walk in Los Angeles vicBLUE JAYS 7, ANGELS 3 tory over Florida.

TORONTO — Mark Buehrle beDan Haren (5-1) overcame a shaky start following his 3-2 loss at came the first seven-game winner in Washington last Wednesday, allow- the majors, Jose Bautista and Brett ing three runs and seven hits over Lawrie homered and the Toronto seven innings without walking a Blue Jays beat the Los Angeles Anbatter after losing his previous four gels to avoid a four-game sweep.

Buehrle (7-1) allowed two runs decisions against the Marlins. and six hits in six-plus innings.

He walked a season-high five and GIANTS 4, BRAVES 2 struck out two. The left-hander came in with an AL-leading 1.91 SAN FRANCISCO — Tim ERA, but saw that rise to 2.04, the Lincecum struck out 11 in his best same as Detroit’s Max Scherzer. start of the year for San Francisco and Tyler Colvin backed him with TIGERS 4, ORIOLES 1 a home run and a go-ahead, tworun triple in the seventh inning.

BALTIMORE — Rick Porcello Lincecum (3-2) left to a roaring won his fifth straight start, and Destanding ovation after pitching a troit beat Baltimore in a duel between season-high 7 2-3 innings in his first AL division leaders that included a

NL champions.

The Cubs hit for the cycle in the first five batters — Bonifacio doubled, Anthony Rizzo singled, Starlin Castro tripled and Mike Olt’s two-run homer capped a four-run first inning.

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front of the Brooklyn bench for a 3 that made it 97-94. Johnson then missed a jumper while trying to draw James’ sixth foul — Johnson said afterward that James “flopped” — and Allen’s free throws put it away.

TRAIL BLAZERS 103, SPURS 92 PORTLAND, Ore. — Damian Lillard scored 25 points and the Portland Trail Blazers staved off elimination in the Western Conference semifinals.

Nicolas Batum had 14 points, 14 rebounds and eight assists to cut San Antonio’s advantage in the series to 3-1.

Portland held Tony Parker to 14 points after he had scored 29 points or more in three of his last four playoff games. Coach Gregg Popovich sat Parker and Tim Duncan after Portland built a 20-point lead in the final quarter.

The Spurs are looking to head to the conference finals for the third straight season.

Game 5 is Wednesday night in San Antonio.

No team has ever lost a seven-game NBA playoff series after going up 3-0.

The Blazers were the last team to take a series to seven games after dropping the first three. Portland rebounded in the first round against Dallas in 2003 but ultimately lost the first-round series’ deciding game.

The Blazers had been hurt

benches-clearing confrontation.

After Ian Kinsler’s two-run homer in the eighth made it 4-1, Orioles starter Bud Norris hit Torii Hunter in the ribcage with a pitch.

Hunter yelled at Norris, and as he made his way toward first base, the Tigers outfielder moved slightly in the direction of the mound.

RANGERS 4, ASTROS 0 HOUSTON — Colby Lewis threw 5 2-3 shutout innings, and Adrian Beltre and Rougned Odor each homered to lead Texas over Houston.

Lewis (3-2) struck out a seasonhigh eight and allowed seven hits to improve to 4-0 in his career at Minute Maid Park. The right-hander bounced back from a poor outing against Colorado on Wednesday where he allowed seven runs in less than four innings.

Beltre had two hits, including a two-run home run to left in the third. Odor had two hits, including a run-scoring single in the fourth and his first career home run in the sixth — a solo shot into the upper deck in right field — to make it 4-0.

Prince Fielder also had two hits.

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Chavez (3-1) gave up five hits and walked two. He allowed only solo home runs to Dayan Viciedo and Jose Abreu, whose majorleague leading 14th long ball in the ninth chased the right-hander.

MARINERS 12, RAYS 5 SEATTLE — Felix Hernandez got plenty of run support and Seattle topped Tampa Bay after hitting two early drives off the top of the wall, requiring video reviews on consecutive batters.

James Jones doubled, singled and scored in each of the first three innings as the Mariners took a 9-0 lead. Robinson Cano drove in two runs and Hernandez (4-1) cruised to the win.

METS 9, YANKEES 7

OAKLAND, Calif. — Jesse Chavez struck out seven and came up an inning short of his first career complete game and Oakland held on to beat Chicago for its seasonhigh fifth straight win.

NEW YORK — Chris Young hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning, Jenrry Mejia provided a jolt after his reluctant move to the bullpen and the previously punchless Mets went deep four times to rally past the Yankees in the Subway Series opener.

Curtis Granderson connected in his return to Yankee Stadium, and the Mets also got long balls from Eric Young Jr. and Travis d’Arnaud while overcoming a pair of three-run deficits. Lumbering first baseman Lucas Duda turned in two spectacular defensive plays, starting a game-ending double play with runners at the corners by making a diving stop of Brian McCann’s sharp grounder.

by the loss of backup point guard Mo Williams to a groin injury for the past two games.

Williams had provided both energy and points off the bench all season in relief of Damian Lillard.

Portland got just six points off the bench in Game 3, but Will Barton provided a spark with 17 points on Monday night.

Coach Terry Stotts promised that the Blazers would play with pride in Game 4 and they did from the start.

Lillard’s pull up jumper gave Portland a 14-8 lead. He extended it to 20-14 with a layup.

But the Spurs answered with a 9-2 run and took a 24-23 lead on Patty Mills’ 3-pointer.

Portland, which had only led twice in the previous three games, quickly reclaimed the

lead and held on until Tiago Splitter tied it at 46 with a free throw. The Blazers had a 50-48 lead at the half.

Lillard opened the second half with a 3-pointer. Batum hit a 3 and added a free throw to push the lead to 69-61.

Batum added another 3 before Thomas Robinson’s dunk and Lillard’s 3 made it 77-63 to cap a 12-2 Portland run.

Lillard’s layup put Portland ahead 90-72 in the fourth quarter. He added another to make it 94-74.

Parker scored 29 points in San Antonio’s 118-103 Game 3 victory on Saturday night.

The Spurs had routed the Blazers 116-92 in the series opener after their grueling seven-game series against the Mavericks, then built a 20-point lead and won Game 2, 114-97.

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Scoreboard HOckey NHL Playoffs SECOND ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Sunday, May 11 N.Y. Rangers 3, Pittsburgh 1, series tied 3-3 Chicago 2, Minnesota 1, Chicago leads series 3-2 Monday, May 12 Montreal 4, Boston 0, series tied 3-3 Anaheim 4, Los Angeles 3, Anaheim leads series 3-2 Tuesday, May 13 N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 3 p.m.

Chicago at Minnesota, 5 p.m.

Wednesday, May 14 Montreal at Boston, 3 p.m.

Anaheim at Los Angeles, 5:30 p.m.

All Times ADT

Basketball NBA Playoffs CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Sunday, May 11 L.A. Clippers 101, Oklahoma City 99, series tied 2-2 Indiana 95, Washington 92, Indiana leads series 3-1 Monday, May 12 Miami 102, Brooklyn 96, Miami leads series 3-1 Portland 103, San Antonio 92, San Antonio leads series 3-1 Tuesday, May 13 Washington at Indiana, 3 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Oklahoma City, 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 14 Brooklyn at Miami, 3 p.m.

Portland at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m.

All Times ADT

Baseball AL Standings

East Division W Baltimore 20 Boston 19 New York 19 Toronto 19 Tampa Bay 16 Central Division Detroit 22 Kansas City 18 Chicago 19 Cleveland 18 Minnesota 17 West Division Oakland 24 Seattle 20 Los Angeles 19 Texas 20 Houston 12

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Monday’s Games Detroit 4, Baltimore 1 N.Y. Mets 9, N.Y. Yankees 7 Toronto 7, L.A. Angels 3 Texas 4, Houston 0 Oakland 5, Chicago White Sox 4 Seattle 12, Tampa Bay 5 Tuesday’s Games Detroit (Smyly 2-2) at Baltimore (U.Jimenez 2-4), 3:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 0-1) at Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 3-3), 3:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Z.Wheeler 1-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Nuno 1-0), 3:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Masterson 2-1) at Toronto (Dickey 3-3), 3:07 p.m.

Boston (Doubront 1-3) at Minnesota (Nolasco 2-3), 4:10 p.m.

Colorado (Morales 3-2) at Kansas City (Shields 4-3), 4:10 p.m.

Texas (M.Harrison 1-0) at Houston (Keuchel 3-2), 4:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Carroll 1-2) at Oakland (Pomeranz 2-1), 6:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Price 3-3) at Seattle (Iwakuma 2-0), 6:10 p.m.

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Monday’s Games N.Y. Mets 9, N.Y. Yankees 7 Chicago Cubs 17, St. Louis 5 Washington 6, Arizona 5 L.A. Dodgers 6, Miami 5 San Francisco 4, Atlanta 2 Tuesday’s Games L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 0-1) at Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 3-3), 3:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Z.Wheeler 1-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Nuno 1-0), 3:05 p.m.

San Diego (Cashner 2-5) at Cincinnati (Leake 2-3), 3:10 p.m.

Colorado (Morales 3-2) at Kansas City (Shields 4-3), 4:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Cole 3-2) at Milwaukee (Estrada 2-1), 4:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 0-0) at St. Louis (Wainwright 6-2), 4:15 p.m.

Washington (Strasburg 3-2) at Arizona (Arroyo 3-2), 5:40 p.m.

Miami (Ja.Turner 0-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Beckett 0-1), 6:10 p.m.

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All Times ADT

Tigers 4, Orioles 1 Det. 000 200 020—4 5 1 Bal. 010 000 000—1 6 0 Porcello, Krol (7), Alburquerque (8), Nathan (9) and Avila; B.Norris, Guilmet (8) and Clevenger. W_Porcello 6-1. L_B.Norris 2-3. Sv_Nathan (8). HRs_Detroit, Kinsler (4).

New York (A), Gardner (2).

Cubs 17, Cardinals 5 Chi. 430 202 006—17 20 1 SL 020 030 000— 5 6 0 T.Wood, Schlitter (7), Grimm (8), H.Rondon (9) and Castillo, Jo.Baker; Lyons, Fornataro (5), Maness (7), Neshek (8), Choate (9), Descalso (9) and Y.Molina, T.Cruz. W_T.Wood 3-4. L_Lyons 0-3. HRs_Chicago, Olt (8), Lake (4).

Blue Jays 7, Angels 3 LA 002 000 010—3 7 1 Tor. 300 002 02x—7 9 0 C.Wilson, Jepsen (7), Cor.Rasmus (8), Morin (8) and Iannetta; Buehrle, Delabar (7), Janssen (9) and D.Navarro. W_Buehrle 7-1.

L_C.Wilson 4-3. HRs_Los Angeles, Cron (2). Toronto, Bautista (10), Lawrie (7).

Rangers 4, Astros 0 Tex. 002 101 000—4 10 1 Hou. 000 000 000—0 11 1 Lewis, N.Martinez (6), Cotts (8), Soria (9) and Chirinos; Peacock, Zeid (7), D.Downs (8), Clemens (9) and J.Castro. W_Lewis 3-2. L_Peacock 0-4. HRs_Texas, A.Beltre (3), Odor (1).

Athletics 5, White Sox 4 Chi. 010 000 003—4 7 0 Oa. 010 020 20x—5 8 0 Joh.Danks, D.Webb (7), S.Downs (8) and Nieto; J.Chavez, Abad (9), Ji.Johnson (9), Doolittle (9) and D.Norris. W_J.Chavez 3-1. L_Joh. Danks 3-3. Sv_Doolittle (2). HRs_ Chicago, Viciedo (3), J.Abreu (14).

Oakland, Donaldson (8).

Mariners 12, Rays 5 TB Se.

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C.Ramos, Lueke (7) and Hanigan; F.Hernandez, Wilhelmsen (7), Medina (9) and Zunino. W_F. Hernandez 4-1. L_C.Ramos 1-2.

HRs_Seattle, Zunino (6), Romero (2), Smoak (6).

Mets 9, Yankees 7 NY NY

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Colon, C.Torres (6), Rice (7), Mejia (7), Farnsworth (9) and d’Arnaud; Kuroda, Aceves (7), Thornton (7), Claiborne (8) and McCann.

W_Mejia 4-0. L_Thornton 0-1.

Sv_Farnsworth (3). HRs_New York (N), d’Arnaud (3), Granderson (4), E.Young (1), C.Young (3).

Nationals 6, Diamondbacks 5 Was. 110 200 002—6 10 0 Ari. 003 002 000—5 13 0 Zimmermann, Blevins (6), Barrett (7), Clippard (8), R.Soriano (9) and W.Ramos; Collmenter, Delgado (6), E.Marshall (7), Ziegler (8), A.Reed (9) and Montero. W_Clippard 3-2. L_A.Reed 1-3. Sv_R. Soriano (8). HRs_Washington, T.Moore (3), Desmond (5), Espinosa (6), Frandsen (1). Arizona, Pollock (4).

Dodgers 6, Marlins 5 Mia. 102 000 020—5 8 0 LA 010 320 00x—6 10 0 Koehler, Da.Jennings (4), H.Rodriguez (5), Hand (5), Capps (7), M.Dunn (8) and Saltalamacchia, Mathis; Haren, B.Wilson (8), Howell (8), Jansen (9) and Butera.

W_Haren 5-1. L_Koehler 3-3. Sv_ Jansen (12). HRs_Miami, Yelich (4), R.Johnson (1). Los Angeles, Puig (7).

Giants 4, Braves 2 Atl. SF

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Floyd, Avilan (7), Hale (8) and Laird; Lincecum, J.Gutierrez (8), J.Lopez (9), Romo (9) and H.Sanchez. W_Lincecum 3-2.

L_Floyd 0-1. Sv_Romo (13). HRs_ Atlanta, B.Upton (3), Freeman (7).

San Francisco, Colvin (1).

Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB — Announced San Diego C Rodney Daal (Eugene-NWL) and free agent minor league RHP Nick Fleece received 50-game suspensions following second violations for a drug of abuse under Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Recalled RHP Preston Guilmet from Norfolk (IL).

CLEVELAND INDIANS — Assigned C George Kottaras outright to Columbus (IL).

DETROIT TIGERS — Agreed to terms with SS Troy Hanzawa on a minor league contract.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Placed INF Ian Stewart on 15-day DL. Recalled INF Luis Jimenez from Salt Lake (PCL).

TEXAS RANGERS — Assigned INF Josh Wilson and RHP Scott Baker outright to Round Rock (PCL).

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Claimed OF Kenny Wilson off waivers and optioned him to New Hampshire (EL). Placed RHP Sergio Santos on the 15-day DL. Optioned C Erik Kratz to Buffalo (IL). Recalled INF Jonathan Diaz and RHP Chad Jenkins from Buffalo (IL).

National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Sent C. A.J. Ellis to Albuquerque (PCL) for a rehab assignment.

MIAMI MARLINS — Placed RHP Jose Fernandez on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 10. Recalled LHP Dan Jennings from New Orleans (PCL).

NEW YORK METS — Placed RHP Gonzalez Germen on the 15-day DL, retroactive to May 6.

Recalled RHP Jacob deGrom from Las Vegas (PCL).

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Sent RHP Ethan Martin and OF Darin Ruf to Lehigh Valley (IL) for rehab assignments.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Sent LHP Jaime Garcia and RHP Jason Motte to Memphis (PCL) for rehab assignments.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association CLEVELAND CAVALIERS — Fired coach Mike Brown.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL — Fined N.Y. Rangers G Henrik Lundqvist $5,000 for unsportsmanlike conduct during a game on May 11.

PHOENIX COYOTES — Signed D Chris Summers to a two-year contract.

COLLEGE CENTRAL MISSOURI — Announced the retirement of baseball coach Tom Myers.

GEORGETOWN — Announced the retirement of men’s crew coach Tony Johnson at the end of the 2013-14 season and and announced he will serve as coach emeritus.

MISSISSIPPI — Announced OL Austin Golson will transfer to Auburn.

SAMFORD — Named Kodi Burns running backs coach.

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Contact us

www.peninsulaclarion.com classifieds@peninsulaclarion.com

Classified Index EMPLOYMENT

CLASSIFIEDS

General Employment

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

4 to 5 days per week in an assisted living in Kenai - must be able to pass background check and love working with the elderly Pick up application at: Charis Place Assisted Living 701 N. Forest Dr., Kenai, AK 99611 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

Office & Clerical

FINANCIAL Auctions Business for Sale Financial Opportunities Mortgage/Loans

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE Antiques/Collectibles Appliances Audio/Video Building Supplies Computers Crafts/Holiday Items Electronics Exercise Equipment Firewood Food Furniture Garage Sales Heavy Equipment/ Farm Machinery Lawn & Garden Liquidation Machinery & Tools Miscellaneous Music Musical Instructions Office/Business Equipment Vacations/Tickets Wanted To Buy

TRANSPORTATION Autos 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

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

Current Openings Care Coordinator Accounts Payable/Purchasing Specialist Forget-Me-Not Adult Day Program Mgr. Janitor(Full-time) Janitor(Part-time) Sorter(Part-time) Support Staff Full job descriptions can be found on our website, www.fcsonline.org ____________________________________ Pick up and return application packet to FCS’ HR Department, 43335 K-Beach Rd. Suite #36, Soldotna, AK 99669 or email to work@fcsonline.org FCS is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Healthcare

Dental Hygienist

We are seeking a part-time RDH, 16 hours per week. Team player with the ability to multitask and who has strong communication, computer and customer service skills is desired. You must understand importance of, and use, loupes as well as be comfortable with use of the Cavitron for prophylaxis. If interested please fax us your resume at 888-788-4617 with a note as to why we should hire you.

Dental Assistant

Compensation: 12-50 dollars per hour based on experience/skills Seeking superstar with excellent customer service skills. Assist our patients with your winning smile!

Full time position in our 5 star office.

A professional and positive attitude is a must!

We are dedicated to excellence and are seeking highly skilled individuals. Organized, dedicated and detail oriented individuals please fax Soldotna Dental Arts your resume at 888-788-4617 with a note as to why we should hire you.

SERVICES Appliance Repair Auction Services 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 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

Homes

Advertising Assistant

RECREATION Aircrafts & Parts All-Terrain Vehicles Archery Bicycles Boat Supplies/Parts Boats & Sail Boats Boat Charters Boats Commercial Campers/Travel Trailers Fishing Guns Hunting Guide Service Kayaks Lodging Marine Motor Homes/RVs Snowmobiles Sporting Goods

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

NEW HOME ON 2.49 ACRES

Healthcare

Healthcare

Proficiency with both Mac and PC computer using Word/ Excel and Outlook, as well as experience with other software programs desirable. Exceptional customer service and telephone skills, accuracy in data entry with a high attention to detail. Professional appearance. Ability to meet deadlines and complete multiple tasks, this individual will support the Advertising Department with office related tasks, may work directly with customers in a receptionist capacity, perform data entry on a daily basis, and learn to answer phones.

Hours are Monday – Friday, 8am- 5pm.

Salary DOE. Benefits available.

Submit completed application attention: Leslie Talent Peninsula Clarion PO Box 3009 Kenai, AK 99611 No Phone Calls.

The Peninsula Clarion is an EOE. Applications are available at our offices on 150 Trading Bay Road in Kenai, Suite 1.

Employment

Homes

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

NIKISKI

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

Rentals

General Employment CAREGIVER NEEDED For assisted living home.

Call between 9am-9pm (907)262-5090.

KITCHEN HELP No Experience Necessary, Apply in person, before 10AM only.

Charlotte’s Restaurant, Kenai.

WANTED Refrigeration Tech.

Experience but will train.

Contact Chris (907)283-8176

Dishwasher $10./hr with experience.

Apply in person The Duck Inn

EXCELLENT OCEAN VIEW! Bay Arm Apartments, Kenai.

Accepting applications for 1 bedroom apartment, utilities included. $25. nonrefundable application fee.

No pets.

(907)283-4405.

Real Estate For Sale Duties: Education, support, advocacy for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

Requirements: Understanding of DV/SA and victim issues, excellent communication skills, knowledge of available community resources, ability to work with diverse population, model non-violent discipline techniques, ability to function both independently and on a team, calm in crisis. Shift work, hours vary. High school diploma or equivalent required, degree in related field preferred. Full-time position, including benefits. Resume and cover letter to Executive Director, The LeeShore Center, 325 S. Spruce St., Kenai, AK 99611 by 5pm May 20, 2014. EOE

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

KENAI 2-BEDROOM Washer/dryer.

No pets. $780.

Plus tax/ deposit $810.

(907)567-3386.

REDOUBT VIEW Soldotna’s best value!

Quiet, freshly painted, close to schools.

1-Bedroom from $625.

2-Bedroom from $725.

3-Bedroom, 2-bath, from $825.

No pets.

(907)262-4359.

Need some room in the garage? Sell your old sporting & camping gear with a classified Ad today!

Classifieds Dept.

283-7551

Two story home has 2,576sqft. living area, 728sqft. garage; 4-bedrooms, 5-bathrooms, vaulted ceilings, radiant floor heat (both floors) & a two story fireplace/woodstove area that is the centerpiece of living/dining room. Large living room windows, southern exposure, high efficiency gas furnace keeps the heating bills down. Five star energy rating. Underground utilities, well with excellent water quality & flow.

Finishing touches to be selected are flooring, cabinets, appliances, countertops, stairway hardwoods & bathroom tile/sinks/baths/toilets.

Can be sold As Is, or can be finished to owners specifications for additional costs. Six miles from Soldotna, towards Sterling, on Forest Lane.

Quiet subdivision with covenants. $126 per sqft. for living area, $76 per sqft. for garage. AS IS price $380,000. (907)262-1609

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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.

NIKISKI 3-Bedroom, 1.5-bath, $950.. per month.

Pets allowed, includes utilities.

Call (907)776-6563.

PRIVATE 4-bedroom Mobile home. Very private with beautiful views. Four bedroom mobile home with large lean-to. Pets on approval only.

No smoking inside $500. fine. Deposit is first & last months rent.

Rent is $800. plus electricity & gas. Lots of parking. Brand new flooring. Come and take a look. (907)776-8072

Misc. Rentals

THE PERFECT RANCH STYLE HOME

ON THE KASILOF 22ft. trailer with add-on bedroom attached.

Extra space available.

Guides preferred.

(907)262-7405

Financial 3-Bedroom 2-bath 2-car garage. Beautiful cedar sided home in very quite paved neighborhood on a corner lot with 1.37 acres. All one floor with no steps! All doors are extra wide. Paved driveway and parking area. Excellently maintained. Ideal open floor plan with open kitchen. In floor heat throughout. Vaulted ceilings and a gas fireplace. Large master bedroom with walk in closet and sliding glass door leading to the back deck with lots of privacy (perfect for a hot tub). Each room has its own thermostat and this house is very energy efficient. Well maintained large front and back lawn with lilac trees and rose bushes. Top of the line water filtration system that has eliminated all iron! Garage is 601Sq.Ft. Asking $269,000. (907)283-5747

Homes FSBO

CUTE HOME * MOVE-IN-READY

New Carpet, 2-bedroom, 1-bath, Bonus room, 5-Star Energy, Stainless Steel appliances, washer/dryer stays with full-price offer, K-Beach between Kenai & Soldotna, Vaulted ceiling. Must See. (907)252-7733 $155,000.

Apartments, Unfurnished

Duplex

SOLDOTNA 2-Bedroom, 1-bath, apartment, washer/dryer No smoking/ pets. $850. plus electric & tax.

(907)252-7355.

2-BEDROOM Near schools & hospital, heated garage. $895. plu utilities, plus deposit, by application.

(907)262-2654 evenings.

SOLDOTNA 2-bedroom, very nice & clean.

No Smoking/ No pets. $875./ plus electric.

(907)252-7242.

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

Cabins SMALL 1-BEDROOM Cabin, Kenai River.

Weekly/ monthly.

No smokers/ pets.

(907)283-4333

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

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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

Manufactured/ Mobile Homes

Apartments, Unfurnished CLEAN KENAI 2-bedroom, 1.5-bath. fireplace, washer/dryer, dishwasher, basement.

Near schools. $775. includes heat, cable. No pets.

(907)262-2522.

Hospitality & Food Service

NIGHT ADVOCATE Full-time

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

Retail/Commercial Space

Homes

COOK WANTED

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 Vacation Rentals

Apartments, Unfurnished ALL TYPES OF RENTALS

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE 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

Hospitality & Food Service

To place an ad call 907-283-7551

Homes 1-BEDROOM Nikiski. $700./ first, last, $200 cleaning, references.

(907)776-8970.

Auctions Business for Sale Financial Opportunities Mortgages/Loans

Financial Opportunities CASH 4 NOTES! Money 2 Lend!

McKinley Mortgage Co. Family owned since 1989 License#100309 (907)783-2277 mckinleymortgage.com

Merchandise For Sale Antiques/Collectibles Appliances Audio/Video Building Supplies Computers Crafts/Holiday Items Electronics Exercise Equipment Firewood Food Furniture Garage Sales Heavy Equipment/ Farm Machinery Lawn/Garden Liquidation Machinery & Tools Miscellaneous Music Musical Instructions Office/Business Equipment Vacations/Tickets Wanted To Buy

Appliances FREEZER FOR SALE Chest 7.1 cu new 2012 $100. call (907)335-9993 Refrigerator/Freezer.

Kenmore 21, top freezer, white. call (907)335-9993

Recreation Aircrafts & Parts All-Terrain Vehicles Archery Bicycles Boat Supplies/Parts Boats & Sail Boats Boats Charter Boats Commercial Campers/Travel Trailers Fishing Guns Hunting Guide Service Kayaks Lodging Marine Motor Homes/RVs Snow Mobiles Sporting Goods

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 Autos Classic/Custom Financing Motorcycles Parts & Accessories Rentals Repair & Services Sport Utilities, 4x4 Suburbans/Vans/ Buses Trucks Trucks: Commercial Trucks: Heavy Duty Trailers Vehicles Wanted

Motorcycles ‘98 HARLEY DAVIDSON Road King Classic, Hard Bags, tour package, wired for heated clothing. Over $5,000. in extras/ upgrades. $10,500.

(907)690-1148

Parts & Accessories TOYO A/T TIRES. P245 70R16 065 1yr old, plus they are on rims, I have Ford hub caps (4).

Came off ‘02 Explorer.

ALL just $350.

(907)260-5943

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

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

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

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Cook Inlet Dental James Halliday, DMD Oral Surgery, Crowns, Bridges Root Canals, Dentures, Partials Emergency appts. available DKC/Medicaid

908 Highland Ave. Kenai............................. 283-0454

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Funeral Homes Peninsula Memorial Chapels & Crematory Kenai........................................283-3333 Soldotna ..................................260-3333 Homer...................................... 235-6861 Seward.....................................224-5201

Kenai Dental Clinic Emergency appts. available Denali Kid Care/Medicaid

605 Marine Ave. Kenai............................. 283-4875

Family Dentistry

Insurance

Cook Inlet Dental James Halliday, DMD

Walters & Associates

Oral Surgery, Crowns, Bridges Root Canals, Dentures, Partials Emergency appts. available DKC/Medicaid

Located in the Willow Street Mall

130 S. Willow St. #8 Kenai............................. 283-5116

908 Highland Ave. Kenai............................. 283-0454

Emergency appts. available Denali Kid Care/Medicaid

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA AT KENAI

GERTRUDE LAYNE FROSTAD Decedent..

Date of Death: February 5, 2014 Case No. 3KN-14-53

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Register for sex offenders covers a gamut of offenses DEAR ABBY: As a licensed psychotherapist who has worked with both victims and perpetrators of sexual abuse over the past 25 years, I would like to respond to “Stunned in the City” (Jan. 22), who found her co-worker’s name on a website for registered sex offenders.

Registered sex offenders have been convicted and incarcerated for their crimes as well as serving a probationary period upon release. However, unlike other criminal offenses, they never finish “serving their time” — both in the areas of WHERE they can live and HOW they can live (employment). They continue to serve a sentence that can never be completed and are stigmatized for the rest of their lives.

The reason for this is because of a “one-size-fitsall” approach to punishment, be it a one-time offender or a serial rapist. Most sexual abusers are either members of the family or a close family friend, and most are never reported. Only a small percentage of registered offenders pose a danger and should be under surveillance. The others should be allowed a second chance to continue with their lives without undue harassment.

If “Stunned” reports her co-worker to her employer, she will jeopardize his livelihood, which he needs to redeem his life.

— ALREADY PAID HIS DEBT DEAR A.P.H.D.: I received mail from mental

health professionals, employers, parents and people who are on the sex offenders’ list regarding “Stunned’s” letter. All of them stated that the range of crimes that can add someone to the list is very broad. The list is no more than a STARTING point for people to begin their own research into public records before telling an employer or another Abigail Van Buren person. Read on: DEAR ABBY: For more than 20 years I have employed a man who is a convicted sex offender. He paid his debt to society for having sex with a minor when he was in his 20s. It will haunt him for the rest of his life.

The pictures you see online are recent because the authorities require updated photos yearly. I empathize with him because I dated a 15-year-old when I was 19 — with her parents’ approval — but today it could mean jail time and a ruined life.

There is no demarcation between being dumb and being truly criminal, so everyone is labeled the same. I suggest that we all stay aware of those labeled sexual predators, but approach the sexual of-

— JUSTICE FOR ALL DEAR ABBY: Inclusion on the registry can be the result of something that would not pose a danger to anyone — urinating in public, or having sex with a younger girlfriend when you yourself are a minor.

If you see a neighbor or co-worker on such a list, no one should jump to conclusions before doing more research about the actual offense. It may be nothing to worry about at all, or it might be something to react to. But you won’t know until you find out more than a simple listing.

— REBECCA IN SAN DIEGO DEAR ABBY: After breakfast on Saturdays, my husband and I settle in, listen to music and read the newspaper. It’s our Saturday morning ritual.

As part of it, when I get to your column, I read it out loud to my husband. We enjoy the letters and your advice. When I finish, my husband almost invariably says, “You know, those letters are made up.”

Abby, I think they are real, albeit edited, but genuine. He thinks they’re fake. Who’s right?

— TRUE BELIEVER IN MICHIGAN DEAR TRUE BELIEVER: You are. I could never make up anything as interesting as the mail that arrives from my readers day after day.

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Hints from Heloise HHHH You are the star with today’s Full Moon. Your personality and intelligence dominate the day more than you might realize. An associate will demonstrate unusual caring. A discussion could be frustrating; try another approach if you hit a dead end. Tonight: Assume the lead role.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH Know that your role is to gather information without threatening anyone. Ask questions and make comments that encourage others to keep speaking. Though you might be empathetic to someone’s role or actions, it would be wise to say very little right now. Tonight: Not to be found.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHH You are more grounded than many people around you. A meeting will give more meaning to a situation. Your suggestions, though greeted positively, might not be used. Avoid becoming impatient with a family member or domestic situation. Tonight: Find your friends.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH Pressure builds around work.

You might ask yourself how much you need to play the game. Until you come to a decision, sit tight. You will be much happier with the results if you do. Follow your sixth sense, and you’ll say the right words to a loved one. Tonight: At home.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH You can communicate on many levels, but first you need to gain a better sense of the implications of what is happening. Several discussions with people who know more than you could prove to be instrumental. Listen to a suggestion. Tonight: Be around music.

Can new bulbs go three ways?

Dear Heloise: I found your column on CFLs (compact fluorescent lamps) and LEDs (light-emitting diodes) very informative.

I am wondering if you would give us some guidelines on the bulbs that should be purchased for THREE-WAY LAMPS (50-100-150). I have looked in the stores, but cannot determine how the replacements should be labeled.

Do these new bulbs come in threeway?

— A Reader in New Jersey Yes, these bulbs are available in three-way, and are labeled as such (50-100-150). You should be able to find them in stores, but look online if you are having trouble locating them in your area.

— Heloise Chair clips Dear Heloise: Whenever I go to the beach or pool — somewhere I will need a beach towel on a chair — I bring chip clips with me. I use them to hold my beach towel to the chair so it doesn’t blow away.

— Peggy, via email

Scratchy tags Dear Heloise: tags! They itch, they scratch your neck, and they’re a nuisance. But what if you don’t want to cut them off a garment that you might recycle, or you keep changing sizes and might need the tag for later?

Just buy a roll of heat-sensitive seam-binding material, cut to size and stick it between the tag and garment.

Apply a warm iron.

Problem solved. The tag stays down, even through laundering.

— Cheri W. in Arkansas

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your daily life. You might need to pick up what others do not complete. An older individual will inspire you to create past your present limitations. Remember, not everyone can follow your thinking.

Tonight: A dear friend or loved one wants to share.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHHA partner seems to be changing the ground rules. Listen to your instincts when dealing with a child or new friend. An idea might not be easy for someone to digest. Find different words to express yourself. A boss or older relative likes what you are doing. Tonight: Add some fun.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHYou could be dragged down by an ongoing domestic issue. Practice acceptance, and try a different approach. Reach out to someone at a distance who always presents unusual ideas and solutions. A brainstorming session will give you a new perspective. Tonight: Mosey on home.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHHEventsandconversationswill point to more understanding. If you become triggered, you might need to detach. Understand someone’s limits. This person means well, but he or she cannot identify with what you are sharing. Tonight: Let your imagination wander.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Deal with others directly, especially regarding a financial matter. A risk could bring dramatic results. Be sure that you can handle a negative outcome, though it might not be likely. Someone you look up to could overwhelm you with ideas.

Tonight: Opt for togetherness.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

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fenders case-by-case.

Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars A baby born today has a Sun in Taurus and a Moon in Scorpio.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday, May 13, 2014: This year you greet many positive changes, which is a result of others questioning your actions and thoughts more often. Many of you see financial well-being and/or a certain amount of materialism as being necessary for love. You will learn otherwise. If you are single, you’ll draw people very close to you, only to then push them away, as you have an inherent need for space. A new suitor could become quite frustrated as a result. If you are attached, your significant other could be a little put off by your moodiness, but he or she will get used to it. SCORPIO is even more stubborn than you are!

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH Your intentions are nothing less than inspiring. Others might not be on the same page, which is why you will find it difficult to relate to certain people. They seem to be on a different mental plane, with different concerns. Be spontaneous. Tonight: Say “yes” to an invitation.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH Push comes to shove with a Full Moon adding to the “loony” qualities of those around you. Unpredictability could arise and allow your intuition to flow freely. Reach out to someone at a distance whom you care about. Tonight: Work with a sudden insight.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH Focus on what is going on in

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Pet Tails Group starts big pet-rescue project

By SUE MANNING Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has started rolling out one of its most ambitious projects to date, a $25 million push to save tens of thousands of dogs and cats that would be killed in shelters or on the streets of Los Angeles County.

The most high-profile element of the project is a free spay-and-neuter clinic in South Los Angeles, where a ribboncutting ceremony Tuesday kicked off the effort in the poverty-riddled area where strays run in packs. More broadly, the project aims to get all the dogs in the populous region of Southern California spayed or neutered, boost adoptions, help

people keep pets if money or behavior becomes a problem, aid animal rescue groups with transportation expenses, and move animals from overcrowded shelters to those where adoptions are more likely.

It’s the one of the most expensive projects ever undertaken by the New York-based ASPCA, a 148-year-old nonprofit that’s one of the largest humane societies in the world. The $25 million is designed to last about five years, but the campaign will take longer.

“We are going to be in Southern California until the job is done,” ASPCA President and CEO Matt Bershadker said.

The group focused on a region where about 173,000 animals a year enter shelters and just over half are adopted. The rest are killed.

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Mary Wulf of Kenai says her cats Mikie and Sophie like to get their picture taken.

laclarion.com, dropped off at the Kenai office or mailed to the Clarion at P.O. Box 3009, Kenai, 99611.

A brief explanation of the photo, the pet’s and owner’s names, owner’s address and phone number must be included.

Photos with an address written on the back will be returned.

For more information, call 283-7551.

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