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Friday-Saturday, June 13-14 Soldotna-Kenai, Alaska

Vol. 44, Issue 218

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Soldotna passes FY15 budget

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By KELLY SULLIVAN Peninsula Clarion

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In the news Faulty oil pump delays Alaska ferry’s return C

KETCHIKAN — An Alaska state ferry out of service since last fall for an overhaul of its engines had its return voyage interrupted by oil pump issue. The Ketchikan Daily News reports the ferry Columbia was to have returned to service this week. But the ferry remains sidelined in Bellingham, Washington, waiting for a replacement for an engine oil pump to be shipped from Finland. The Alaska Department of Transportation now expects the 418-foot ferry to be back in service in Ketchikan next Wednesday. The ship has been at the Vigor Marine Yard in Portland, Oregon, since September, undergoing a nearly $30 million engine replacement project. The ship departed Portland last weekend en route to Ketchikan. However, on Tuesday, the oil pump issue surfaced. — The Associated Press

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Above: Bishop David Mahaffey finishes up the rear of a procession at the end of his blessing on a new outbuilding at the Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Church Thursday in Kenai. Below: Louise Coffey whispers to her son Aldric Coffey during a gathering at Fort Kenay after the blessing ceremony.

Newly blessed Kenai’s Russian Orthodox Church’s newest building gets consecrated By RASHAH MCCHESNEY Peninsula Clarion

Genevieve Coffey was not shy about meeting Alaska’s newest Orthodox Bishop David Mahaffey Thursday as members of Kenai’s Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Church gathered to

celebrate the blessing of a new building on the church’s property in Old Town Kenai. The small building houses the church’s gift shop, a muchneeded bathroom on the property and will hold a fire suppression system that will use mist instead of streams of water to put out potential fires in the

church — essential for protecting the historic building and the artifacts it houses. Coffey, 1, tugged at her deep brown and green head covering before toddling over to the

new bishop and briefly holding his hand during the ceremony. Then, with the typical toddler’s attention span she touched his See BLESS, page A-12

KPBSD early release days scheduled By KAYLEE OSOWSKI Peninsula Clarion

Early release days will continue this coming school year giving students a total of nine hours off from classroom time and teachers nine hours to work collaboratively. In the 2013-2014 school year, the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District imple-

mented six early release days for students. On those days, after students left, educators worked together to improve teaching strategies. The district administered an online survey in March to parents and certified staff members. More than 500 parents and nearly 400 staff members finished the survey. In the survey, staff rated

the effectiveness of the early release days. The average rating was 3.34 with 35 percent of staff reporting the days as effective and 24 percent rating them as somewhat effective. “That tells us that teachers are using the time wisely,” said Sean Dusek, assistant superintendant. Dusek said the district had

two reasons for implementing the minimum school days. He said research throughout the country shows that when teachers are given time to focus on teaching strategies that the positive impact on students is significant. The second reason was that teachers requested allocated time to collaborate. See EARLY, page A-12

Soldotna City Council unanimously passed the city’s fiscal year 2015 operating budget on Wednesday, after minimal debate. “We’re all on the same page,” City Manager Mark Dixson said. The biggest change in the budget for the next fiscal year is the increase in funding allocated for the Joyce K. Carver Memorial Library, which went up 36 percent from last year, Dixson said. The building expansion completed in January resulted in the need for an additional librarian and part-time library page; expenditures for travel and training, materials and supplies and office supplies were also increased. A 3.1 percent cost of living increase to the non-represented salary schedule, a 2.5 increase to the Public Service Employees Associated, and higher workers compensation rates resulted in an increase in projected expenses, Dixson said. While healthcare rates from the State of Alaska political subdivision increase 3.1 percent annually, the city’s total expenditures for healthcare decreased by $26,998 due to changes in individual employee coverage. Besides changes within its operating budget, Soldotna is revising how they are determine the 2015 capital budget, Dixson said. The operating and capital budgets are usually combined. The work session for the capital budget will take place before the June 25 Council meeting. The procedure is not uncommon, Dixson said. Capital Budget funds will go directly toward projects designed in the Envision Soldotna 2030, the city’s Comprehensive Plan, City Planner Stephanie Queen said. Currently $1.3 million has been set aside from the operating budget, for capital projects, Dixson said. That number is not necessarily what will be needed. The end result may be higher or lower, he said. Dixson said the reason is to focus on what needs to get done See BUDGET, page A-12

Guiding company Air fair ready for takeoff investigates fall By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion

By EMILY RUSSO MILLER Morris News Service-Alaska Juneau Empire

A Juneau guiding company is investigating an incident where one of their clients was injured on a guided tour of the Mendenhall Glacier. A woman in her 30s fell while belaying down the glacier near the ice caves while on a tour with Above and Beyond Alaska. She injured her back, broke her ankle and had to be flown off the glacier by helicopter at about 12:30 p.m. Friday. Above and Beyond Alaska co-owner Sean Janes said he believes the incident was handled properly, but the company

is conducting an “in-house” investigation to ensure the accident could not have been prevented and that the response was up to par. The company is also in the process of submitting insurance claims. “We’ve investigating it as a company because it’s an incident we take seriously,” Janes said, adding, “As far as I can tell, we’ve done everything by the book.” The incident came to the attention of authorities because a third person observing from a distance thought they saw a woman fall in a crevasse on the glacier’s surface and called 911. The initial 911 call described the woman as an ice climber.

The skies above the Kenai Peninsula will be buzzing with planes Saturday with the return of the 14th annual Kenai Peninsula Air Fair. Pilots from all over Alaska have signed up to participate in the poker run with planes taking off and landing at eight participating airports within the borough for the chance to win prizes. The fair is not limited to pilots, Food, live music, vendors and five Alaska Wing Commemorative Air Force aircrafts will be on display and offer rides, said Kenai Municipal Airport Manager Mary Bondurant. “It is an opportunity for people to show off their air-

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More than a hundred people made their way to the Kenai Airport June 8, 2013 for the 13th annual Kenai Peninsula Air Fair and Fun Flight. This year’s air fair is Saturday.

crafts and for Kenai and Sol- pecting sunshine so it will dotna to open their airports be a good day to fly. Rain or to the public for a fun event,” See FAIR, page A-5 Bondurant said. “We are ex-

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AccuWeather 5-day forecast for Kenai-Soldotna

Barrow 41/33

Today

Saturday

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Tides Today Prudhoe Bay 50/34

High(ft.)

Low(ft.)

4:43 a.m. (22.4) 5:49 p.m. (20.7)

12:19 p.m. (-4.7) --- (---)

3:30 a.m. (21.7) 4:36 p.m. (20.0)

10:28 a.m. (-4.6) 10:38 p.m. (1.1)

First Second

2:49 a.m. (20.5) 3:55 p.m. (18.8)

9:24 a.m. (-4.6) 9:34 p.m. (1.1)

First Second

1:27 a.m. (12.4) 2:44 p.m. (9.7)

8:14 a.m. (-3.2) 8:15 p.m. (1.6)

First Second

7:29 a.m. (30.7) 8:38 p.m. (29.8)

2:22 a.m. (5.1) 2:54 p.m. (-2.7)

Kenai City Dock

First Second Deep Creek

Cloudy with a couple of showers

Partly sunny with a shower or two

Intervals of clouds and sunshine

Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain

Cloudy with rain possible

Hi: 57 Lo: 41

Hi: 63 Lo: 45

Hi: 63 Lo: 46

Hi: 63 Lo: 44

Hi: 60 Lo: 47

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

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

48 51 53 55

Daylight Length of Day - 18 hrs., 59 min., 1 sec. Daylight gained - 1 min., 36 sec.

Alaska Cities Yesterday Hi/Lo/W

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

Seldovia

Last June 19

Today 4:35 a.m. 11:34 p.m.

New June 26

Moonrise Moonset

First July 5

Today 11:39 p.m. 5:59 a.m.

Tomorrow 4:35 a.m. 11:35 p.m.

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Kotzebue 48/32/pc 50/43/c 49/42/c McGrath 59/38/sh 58/41/pc 58/48/sh Metlakatla 63/52/s 38/31/c 41/33/r Nome 51/29/c 53/44/sh 59/36/c North Pole 64/35/s 52/46/sh 49/43/sh Northway 63/41/pc 54/33/sh 54/43/sh Palmer 60/39/pc 63/38/pc 67/47/sh Petersburg 61/45/pc 59/28/pc 61/40/sh Prudhoe Bay* 48/33/c 50/45/sh 56/43/sh Saint Paul 49/42/c 50/32/c 49/40/c Seward 54/39/sh 66/38/pc 70/50/sh Sitka 57/52/pc 63/39/pc 72/49/pc Skagway 57/52/pc 66/41/sh 55/38/sh Talkeetna 60/34/c 63/37/pc 61/42/sh Tanana 65/40/pc 58/50/pc 56/47/r Tok* 63/43/pc 55/49/sh 54/43/sh Unalakleet 55/37/c 66/50/c 59/47/r Valdez 58/38/pc 67/51/s 62/49/r Wasilla 59/39/pc 44/33/pc 39/32/sh Whittier 57/41/pc 52/45/sh 56/44/sh Willow* 61/41/pc 64/41/pc 60/49/r Yakutat 56/43/pc 52/46/sh 51/44/sh Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

Readings through 4 p.m. yesterday

Nome 48/40

Temperature

Unalakleet McGrath 57/40 68/45

Full July 12 Tomorrow none 7:12 a.m.

50/42/sh 68/45/c 61/49/r 48/40/sh 70/48/sh 66/44/sh 61/44/sh 59/47/r 50/34/s 47/37/c 51/41/sh 55/48/r 57/47/sh 62/41/sh 70/45/sh 67/45/sh 57/40/c 57/47/sh 61/43/sh 52/41/sh 63/44/sh 53/44/r

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

67/59/sh 90/63/pc 75/61/pc 76/62/t 83/66/t 76/64/c 94/77/c 76/68/t 76/45/pc 84/66/t 72/44/s 94/59/pc 66/59/c 79/69/t 77/40/r 91/74/c 79/67/t 83/69/t 79/58/pc 67/48/t 77/62/c

77/57/t 90/63/t 81/64/pc 80/58/t 86/67/t 82/64/t 93/72/pc 83/62/t 77/49/pc 84/64/t 76/55/c 70/46/s 68/64/t 70/48/t 84/48/pc 90/72/t 75/53/t 87/64/t 74/51/s 84/50/s 75/52/pc

Dillingham 56/43

From the Peninsula Clarion in Kenai

24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. 0.01" Month to date ........................... 0.41" Normal month to date ............. 0.42" Year to date .............................. 4.29" Normal year to date ................. 4.40" Record today ................. 0.42" (1962) Record for June ............ 2.93" (1955) Record for year ............ 27.09" (1963)

Juneau 59/47

National Extremes

Kodiak 51/44

Sitka 55/48

(For the 48 contiguous states)

High yesterday Low yesterday

117 at Death Valley, Calif. 28 at West Yellowstone,

State Extremes High yesterday Low yesterday

Ketchikan 62/49

69 at Annette 28 at Noatak and Denali N. P.

Today’s Forecast

(Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation)

Drenching showers and storms will stretch from the Gulf Coast to New England today. Sunshine will brighten areas from the Southwest to the Midwest. Showers and storms will affect the Northwest.

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

79/68/c 87/71/t 78/68/c 65/55/c 85/72/r 79/65/sh 79/52/t 77/65/pc 78/66/c 54/49/sh 100/85/r 71/50/sh 81/42/s 78/59/r 71/40/pc 69/58/sh 80/43/t 87/72/pc 94/78/t 80/62/pc 88/66/pc

70/49/c 91/68/t 74/53/pc 66/59/t 88/74/pc 73/50/pc 90/56/pc 77/56/s 72/50/s 73/51/s 100/76/t 74/57/pc 80/49/s 67/46/s 69/41/t 77/62/t 70/46/t 88/74/s 92/74/t 74/52/s 84/67/t

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Valdez Kenai/ 57/47 Soldotna Homer

Cold Bay 49/43

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High ............................................... 54 Low ................................................ 41 Normal high .................................. 61 Normal low .................................... 43 Record high ........................ 77 (1959) Record low ......................... 30 (1975)

Kenai/ Soldotna 57/41 Seward 51/41 Homer 54/43

Anchorage 58/48

Bethel 59/36

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

From Kenai Municipal Airport

Fairbanks 70/50

Talkeetna 62/41 Glennallen 55/38

Today Hi/Lo/W

Unalaska 48/41

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Anaktuvuk Pass 57/38

Kotzebue 50/42

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

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74/51/t 61/57/r 63/51/r 84/54/t 80/51/s 83/55/s 81/52/pc 93/75/pc 71/62/pc 67/52/pc 85/53/t 61/51/r 74/58/s 64/48/t 77/52/t 88/74/t 77/60/s 104/78/s 82/66/pc 87/63/t 81/66/pc

Federal proposal: Kill salmon-eating seabirds PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal officials are proposing to kill half the large colony of cormorants in the Columbia River estuary because the large black seabirds eat too many young salmon and steelhead. The proposal is the preferred action in a draft management plan released Thursday by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The colony of double-crested cormorants on East Sand Island near the mouth of the Columbia consumes about 11 million juvenile salmon per year as it migrates through the river to the Pacific Ocean. The fish are listed as endangered. Officials say despite reductions in nesting habitat, the cormorant population has continued to thrive. It has increased from 100 breeding pairs in 1989 to about 15,000 breeding pairs today. That makes it the largest cormorant colony in western North America, representing over 40 percent of the region’s cormorant population. The Corps has been studying the impact of avian predation on juvenile salmon in the Columbia since 1997.

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Peninsula Clarion, Friday, June 13, 2014

Obituary Jinx Irene Bradford Jackson Former longtime Alaska resident Jinx Irene Bradford Jackson, born July 25, 1951 to homesteaders Jack and Ruby Bradford, left us on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014 at her home in Mesa, Arizona at the age of 62. She is survived by her daughter Angela Brunick, grandsons Jesse and Korbin Brunick, husband David Greene, all of Mesa, Arizona; her brother George Bradford and wife Nataly, nieces Jenny and Roxy, and nephews Toby, Nikita, Dima and Anthony, all of Roseville, California. Her daughter writes, “My strong, fearless and outgoing mother loved all things beautiful from art, to flowers, to birds, to music and was always surrounded by her trinkets, treasures and collectables. But most of all she loved her family and friends. With an open mind and a generous heart, she was a friend to many. It still doesn’t seem real. She will be missed more than words can say. “Several people have asked that I run this again as they missed it in other places. I appreciate everyone’s love and support though this.” There was not a formal funeral per her request in her will. Condolences may be sent to 1000 N Beeline Hwy #110, Payson AZ 85541. Her daughter’s number is 480-352-5833 if anyone would like to talk. “All the love in my heart,” Angela writes.

Peninsula Clarion death notice and obituary guidelines:

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Around the Peninsula

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Habitat for Humanity breaks ground

Central Peninsula Habitat for Humanity will have a dual celebration on June 14, celebrating the groundbreaking for Hometown hero appreciation Habitat’s 19th home in this community as well as celebrating barbecue planned a mortgage burning for a family that has paid for their home in A hometown hero barbecue and potluck to honor, thank and full. The celebration will be at 3 p.m., at 1127 2nd Street, Kerecognize the first responders, local fire fighters and unseen he- nai. Everyone is welcome. For more information please contact roes who kept our homes and people safe during the Funny Sharon at 907-262-7534. River fire, with free food and live music, is planned for 6-8 p.m. June 27 at the Soldotna fire station. Kids are invited to make a Celebrate U.S. Army’s birthday thank you card or banner. To bring a dish, donate or volunteer, Celebrate the 238th Birthday of the U.S. Army this Saturday please call Krista at 252-2081. This event is presented by The at the AmVets in the Red Diamond Center on K-Beach Road. Underground’s Krista and Shawn Schooley. The celebration starts at 5 p.m. with a social hour, followed by a no host steak dinner from 6-8 p.m., then music and Karaoke Caregiver Support Program and a chance to tell your Army story or for those of you from the other services tell your story on the Army. to discuss cancer risks A Caregiver Support Meeting will take place Tuesday from Seminar explores alternatives 1:00-3:00 p.m. at the Kenai Senior Center. An activity for the loved one(s) you are caring for will be provided so you are able for cancer treatment options to attend this support meeting. Forget-Me-Not Care Center will A free seminar on “Alternative Answers for the Treatment of be part of this activity. The topic for discussion is “10 Ways to Cancer” with Dr. Rodrigo Rodriguez of Bio Care Hospital will Reduce Your Risk for Cancer.” For more information call Shel- take place at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Challenger Learning Center, ley at 907-262-1280. 9711 Kenai Spur Highway, Kenai. For more information visit www.biocarehospital.com.

Canine Good Citizen class offered

The Kenai Kennel Club will start a Canine Good Citizen (CGC) class June 21 at the club’s facility at the Kenai Mall in Kenai. CGC helps teach dogs to be well-behaved and nonreactive in 10 situations. A CGC test will be held at the club Aug. 16. Registration begins at noon for the test. Beginning Obedience starts June 18 at 6:30 p.m.; Rally at 7:30 p.m. Please bring shot records and leave dogs in car until you are registered and meet the instructor. For more information about any event, e-mail kenaikennelclub@gmail.com, or call 907-335-2552.

Relay for Life 5-k run today Relay for Life of the Central Peninsula will hold a fundraiser 5-kilometer fun run/walk at 6 p.m. today at the Wolverine Trailhead of Tsalteshi Trails (off Kalifornsky Beach Road in Soldotna). Cost is $25 for adults and $15 for students, with a $5 discount for Tsalteshi Trails Association members. Race day registration will be available at 5 p.m. at the trailhead, for an additional $5. Bib pickup is at the trailhead beginning at 5 p.m.

Community Calendar Today 8 a.m. • Alcoholics Anonymous As Bill Sees It Group, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Unit 71 (Old Carrs Mall). Call 398-9440. 9:45 a.m. • TOPS #AK 196 meets at The Grace Lutheran Church, in Soldotna. Call Dorothy at 262-1303. Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group at 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Suite 71 in the old Carrs Mall in Kenai. Call 262-1917. 12:30 p.m. • Well Elders Live Longer exercise (W.E.L.L.) will meet at the Nikiski Senior Center. Call instructor Mary Olson at 907-7763745.

8 p.m. • Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “It Works” at URS Club, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. • AA 12 by 12 at the United Methodist Church, 607 Frontage Road, Kenai. • Twin City Al-Anon Family group, United Methodist Church, 607 Frontage Road in Kenai. Call 907-953-4655. Saturday 8 a.m. • Alcoholics Anonymous As Bill Sees It Group, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Unit 71 (Old Carrs Mall). Call 398-9440. 9 a.m.

Senior softball up to bat Senior softball in Soldotna has started on Tuesdays at 9 a.m. at Centennial Park on the first Little League diamond. New players are welcome. It doesn’t matter how long it has been since you played. It is co-ed softball starting at age 50 and up. Call Paul at 394-6061 or just show up at Centennial Park on Tuesday between 9 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Games last until about 11 a.m. or until players get tired. If you have a glove or bat, please bring them.

Totem Tracers explore family trees The Kenai Totem Tracer Genealogical Society and the Soldotna Public Library present “Getting started with your family tree,” at 1 p.m. June 21 in the Community Room at the Soldotna Public Library. This beginning genealogy session will teach participants how to use pedigree charts and family group sheets. Attendees should bring a pencil and any family information they have. During the second half, the group will work online with Ancestry. com and Find a Grave websites. Members of the Kenai Totem Tracers Genealogical Society will be on hand to provide assistance. For more information contact Kari Mohn at 283-4258.

• Al-Anon book study, Central Peninsula Hospital’s Augustine Room, Soldotna. Call 907-9534655. 10 a.m. • Narcotics Anonymous PJ Meeting, URS Club, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. Noon • Homemade soup, Funny River Community Center. 7 p.m. • Narcotics Anonymous support group “Dopeless Hope Fiends,” URS Club, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai.

8 p.m. • AA North Roaders Group at North Star Methodist Church, Mile 25.5 Kenai Spur Highway. Call 242-9477. The Community Calendar lists recurring events and meetings of local organizations. To have your event listed, email organization name, day or days of meeting, time of meeting, place, and a contact phone number to news@ peninsulaclarion.com.

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More respect needed for our natural resources Respect for our resources.

It’s a sentiment we Alaskans proclaim to embrace, but sometimes, it seems, it’s an ideal we have trouble living up to. Case in point: the sockeye salmon sport fishery at the confluence of the Russian and upper Kenai rivers. Don’t get us wrong, we’re thrilled to hear that the fish are in, and just as happy to see people from across the state come for a visit to catch them. The visitor industry is a crucial part of our local economy, whether those visitors are coming from near or far. But if you walked through the Russian River Campground just a week ago, you would’ve seen a nearly pristine place to spend the night after a good day of fishing. If you walk through the campground today, that isn’t the case. Where campsites were recently neat and tidy, the area is now strewn with empty cans and food wrappers. Then there’s the fishing itself. Certainly, many anglers are able to land their limit and move along, sure to handle the fish with care and dispose of the carcass properly. But there are too many fishery users who don’t show the same respect for a salmon run that has sustained people for thousands of years. You don’t need to look too hard to see fish handled carelessly. Fish that are to be caught and released, for example, should be landed quickly and never removed from the water. But how many times do you see an angler drag a fish up on the bank, rip out the hook and kick the fish back into the water? The issue is hardly unique to the Russian River fishery; Kenai and Kasilof residents have been witnessing similar behavior in the annual personal-use fisheries for years. Salmon fever hits, and common courtesy is forgotten in the frenzy. The truth, of course, is that the people who most need to hear this message are not reading this editorial. Indeed, you can generally find a person engaged in a detrimental practice doing it within sight of signs posted asking people to avoid that very practice. So, what’s the solution? More enforcement? More education? A combination of those things? For example, volunteers with the Stream Watch program have spent countless hours on the Kenai River over the past two decades, promoting good stewardship practices. And the Legislature has allocated funding for an additional State Wildlife Trooper presence on the Kenai Peninsula this summer. Hopefully, more outreach and more enforcement will make a difference. But our last question is this: for a state so proud of and dependent upon our natural resources, shouldn’t we know better?

Letters to the Editor Veteran concerned with situation in Iraq As a citizen, retired Marine, and veteran of the Iraq conflict, I view the situation in Iraq with great concern. I spent three tours totaling 27 months in Iraq, the vast majority in Anbar Province. During my second tour in the fall of 2004, I commanded a battalion during clearing operations in Fallujah. During my final tour in 2007, I was the intelligence director in Anbar with responsibility for targeting Al Qaeda and its affiliates in an area stretching from Syria to Baghdad. When I returned from Iraq in February 2008, I felt that Al Qaeda, if not dead, was mortally wounded. My thinking was that with continued partnership with the U.S. military and intelligence services, the Iraqi government would be able to effectively deal with the diminished extremist threat. Our President, however, in an effort to placate his base and make good on his campaign promise to get us out of Iraq at all cost, made a strategic error in not solidifying a strategic basing or Status of Forces Agreement with the Iraqi government. Military organizations take a long time to build and without continued training, mentoring, and partnership with a small residual U.S. force, the Iraqi military actually regressed as an effective fighting organization. In January 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), an extremist organization so ruthless as to have been disenfranchised by Al Qaeda, seized control of Fallujah and Ramadi in western Iraq. I contacted both of our Senators and our Congressman expressing concern about this national security threat and the waste in blood and treasure caused by the ISIS resurgence. I received a mix of democratic talking points and polite canned responses for my efforts. Fast forward to June 2014, and the ISIS has now seized Mosul, the second largest city on Iraq, Tikrit, Samarra, and the Baiji Oil refinery, the largest in Iraq. The ISIS and the Syrian al Nusra Front have also completely erased the Iraqi and Syrian border in the western desert, effectively establishing an extremist Caliphate stretching from central Syria to the western suburbs of Baghdad. Many would wave off my concerns thinking that it’s a long way away and no longer concerns us. You would be sadly mistaken to believe that. I know this enemy. He is smart, dangerous, brutal, and totally committed. They hate us and they will come for us here in the homeland. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but come for us they will. Many of a more liberal persuasion would argue that we shouldn’t have been in Iraq in the first place. While they might be right, the argument is also irrelevant. We are where we are. The current administration’s idea of foreign policy as it relates to extremists threats in Iraq and Afghanistan seems to be to throw up the white flag of surrender wherever confronted with the black flag of Al Qaeda. The administration seems completely paralyzed and unable to formulate a coherent response to the current crisis. Our idea of action is for the State Department to send a tweet. The Iraqis don’t need tweets, they need steel on target and a President with enough steel in his spine to put it there. Colonel J.M. Pollock, USMC (Ret.) Soldotna

Sullivan’s leadership in DNR came at expense of Alaskans I fish commercially in Cook Inlet to support my family, and I know people from across the state who do the same. That’s why I was so disappointed in Dan Sullivan when he ran the Alaska Department of Nat-

Efforts of bowlers benefit breast cancer patients Central Peninsula Health Foundation would like to thank Soldotna-Kenai USBC Women’s Bowling Association for donating $2,264.50 in support of local breast cancer patients. The women’s local bowling association raises money for Breast Cancer Awareness and this last year voted to donate the proceeds locally. These funds will help provide direct support and treatment for local Kenai Peninsula breast cancer patients. These women bowlers deserve our gratitude for everything they do to support residents of the Kenai Peninsula who are affected by breast cancer. Kathy Gensel , Foundation Director Central Peninsula Health Foundation

Seminar helps educators engage students with the arts This summer in Soldotna, Fairbanks, Mat-Su, and Ketchikan the Alaska Arts Education Consortium is giving teachers from around the state an opportunity to breathe new life into their classrooms by learning how to use visual and performing arts strategies to help engage and motivate their students. Taking place at KPC in Soldotna, Celebrating All Abilities through the Arts 2014 wrapped up on June 6th. The overall focus was the power of the arts to bring all abilities together and stretch individual students to meet their full potential. The take away from the institute included not only a collection of lesson plans and ideas, but also new skill sets for teachers that will help them engage and inspire all ages and ability levels. For one week

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ural Resources. Sullivan routinely put the interests of Outside corporations above the interests of Alaskans. For example, he has boasted about a ruling he made that found a Cook Inlet salmon stream was “suitable” for large scale coal strip mining, despite the fact no one anywhere has ever re-built a fish stream after such intensive development. He also led the charge on HB 77, and the controversial provision allowing DNR to ignore every other fish habitat law on the books so DNR could issue sweeping general permits for a variety of activities that would impact salmon streams. Sullivan routinely sided with Outside companies at the expense of every day Alaskans, and his policies only reinforced the “death by a thousand cuts” phenomenon that has led to the demise of salmon runs in the Lower 48. As a lifelong Alaskan, we need leadership that stands up for our fisheries and the countless families and communities who rely on them. Rob Ernst Kenai

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teachers took part in hands-on sessions involving movement, dance, technology, music, and visual arts all taught by experts in the field. This opportunity would not have been possible without the support of the following individuals and organizations: Clayton Holland and staff at the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District; Tammie Willis, Gary Turner and staff at Kenai Peninsula College and KPC residence hall; MK MacNaughton, director, Alaska Arts Education Consortium; ATLA Assistive Technology of Alaska; Dick Blick Art Supplies. We would like to thank them greatly for providing the resources necessary to organize an event of this magnitude. Debbie Harris, Robyn Zinszer, Eddie Wood, Kelly Sheffer, Anna Widman

Support makes for memorable after-grad party The Skyview Class of 2014, the last class of Skyview High School, would like to thank the Soldotna community that has so generously supported them for the last 4 years and especially the support for the After Graduation Party. Businesses and individuals were extremely generous in celebrating the graduation of these seniors. Our sincere appreciation goes to: ACS Soldotna – Randy Dobbs, Alaska USA, Arbys – Soldotna, Big Daddy’s Pizza, Blockbuster – Soldotna, Bub’s Pizza, Central Peninsula Hospital, Soldotna Chevron, Coca Cola – Gary Toombs, Dairy Queen, Dr. Chris Hudson, Dr. Curt Buchholz, Dr. Steven White – Gentle Dental, The Eagles, Soldotna Elks Club, EyeWear Express, Fashionably Sassy, Fred Turcott Photography, Kelly Griebel – Freedom Realty, Grant Aviation, Hairforce, Homer Electric Association, Holiday – Soldotna, Hutchings Auto, Jersey Subs – Soldotna, Jumpin’ Junction, Kenai River Pizza, Dr. Tom Kobylarz, Legends Dental, Narrow Road Productions, Orca Theater, Pack Rat Military Store, Peninsula Ice Racers, Peninsula Scrub Shoppe, Pizza Hut, Priebe Orthodontics, Radio Shack – Soldotna, Renewal Skin Care Studio, Save U More, Soldotna Professional Pharmacy, Spenard Builders Supply – Soldotna, Nancy Field State Farm, Subway K-Beach, Sugar Magnolias, Susan’s Cuttin’ Up Hair Design, Sweeney’s, Three Bears, Tim’s Janitorial Service, Trustworthy, Wal-Mart, Peninsula Allergy & Asthma Center – Clint James, Joe Moore – Altman Rodgers. Apologies to anyone that we have missed – our error and still enormously appreciated. Heartfelt Thanks from the Seniors and their Parents of Skyview High School Class of 2014. Rhonda Neill, Susan Mathews, Kari Cook, Leslie Morton, Valerie Flake, Pam Oberts and Cindy Schlung

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shine it will be so much fun.” The air fair takes off with a breakfast and registration for the poker run from 8 - 11 a.m. at the Soldotna Airport Marc hanger. Registration for the poker run is $30 Friday or $40 Saturday. Pilots who sign up will receive a free T-shirt and breakfast. With June 14 also being Lemonade Day, a stand will be at both the Soldotna and Kenai airports, Bondurant said. The festivities will shift to the Kenai Municipal Airport from 12 - 3 p.m. with lunch from Black Jaxx Barbecue, live music by Hobo Jim. The air fair will also honor the military with a proclamation from both Soldotna Mayor Nels Anderson and Kenai Mayor Pat Porter to

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Capital City Fire/Rescue was preparing to rescue the woman — readying personnel and placing helicopters on standby — but cancelled their response when they learned the woman was not in danger or in need of rescue. Above and Beyond had informed CCFR they arranged for a helicopter to lift the woman off the glacier safe-

declare June 14 as Military Appreciation Day. Bondurant said because of a sequestration from U.S. Congress, no military aircrafts would be on display like in previous years. Despite the absence, activities for kids will include a bouncy house and face painting. Last year 56 people and about 30 planes took part in the poker run and about 20 prizes were awarded to people who had the best hand, Bondurant said. Some of the prizes this year include a round-trip for two on the Alaska Railroad to Denali, free airfare from Kenai to Anchorage from both Grant and Raven Aviation. Raft trips for two on the Nenana River or Six-Mile Creek are also up for grabs. Diamond M Ranch also offered a free night stay. The air fair is an opportunity for pilots and others in the com-

munity to get together and share their interest in aviation, said Henry Knackstedt, chair of the Kenai Airport Commission. In his 20 years on the committee, Knackstedt has helped organize the air fair from the start. This year he is looking forward to participate in the poker run fly in for the 10th time. Knackstedt said he is taking his daughter Carolyn up with him in his Piper Cherokee-180 low-wing plane and will fly in for breakfast at the Soldotna Airport. From there they will flying over the Harding Icefield and Exit Glacier and land at the Seward Airport to pick up one of seven cards in a 5-gallon bucket from each destination. Then he will fly to Quartz Creek airstrip in Cooper Landing, Homer, Ninilchick, Kasilof, McGahan Industrial Park in Nikiski and complete the

three hour trip in Kenai with a handful of cards, one from each stop. Knackstedt said for the seven total cards he picks up he will discard two and turn in his best hand of five at the Kenai Airport. The deadline for participants to turn in playing cards is 2:30 p.m. He said it is exciting to watch all the pilots come in and turn in their best hands. “It’s like counting your eggs before their hatched,” he said. “Like in poker sometimes you think you have a great hand other times you have nothing. With more prizes there are more chances for people to win.” One year he said he had a full house and won a 12-yard load of fine gravel to spread on this property. He said the views in the sky of the glaciers and blue water lakes and boats in the harbors of Seward and Homer are

spectacular. Looking down on the hills he has seen mountain goats, sheep and bears. “Pilots need an excuse to get in the air and go flying,” he said. “It is fun to visit all the airstrips and take people who don’t get to frequent these stops very often.” Knackstedt said when he bought the Cherokee in 1998, it was probably the ugliest plane in the state. Since then he has cleaned it up, made modifications and is proud of the work he put into his plane. The Experimental Aircraft Association chapter of Young Eagles led by Scott Sexton will fly an aerobatic aircraft discovery flight and give young people any opportunity to fly, Knackstedt said. “We want to expose young people to aviation as much as we can,” he said. Pilot Jackie Dolat from An-

chorage has participated in the poker run since 2008. She said she looks forward to flying into Soldotna for breakfast in her PA-18 Super Cub and catching up with friends she hasn’t seen since the last air fair. “I have met some great friends in Soldotna and Kenai,” she said. “It is a great community event where people from all over the state come together.” Dolat said while she has flown commercially since 1996 doing pilot tours to Denali, she now enjoys flying recreationally. She said she loves landing on lakes in mountain areas and exploring. “Flying in Alaska is a way of life,” she said. “With how large the state is and the proportion of highway to land, you need to fly to get to most places.”

ly after the company learned someone had called 911. Janes said it was the company’s first major accident in 13 years of operation. “This is our first big incident involving our glacier hikes in 13 years of operating out there, so we have a really good safety record,” he said. Janes noted that the accident was not a result of natural forces, such as glacial calving or shifting, or the ice cave collapsing. “It was truly a fall, human error,” he said.

Above and Beyond Alaska is one of the only companies locally that holds a U.S. Forest Service permit allowing them to escort tourists on the West Glacier Trail and to explore the ice caves. Most companies generally veer away from offering the tours since the ice caves are generally viewed to be dangerous. The Forest Service on its website warns they can collapse at any time. People have been killed and injured in ice cave collapses on Mount Baker

and Mount Hood. The Forest Service website recommends hikers be aware of the risks, go equipped with the proper gear for glacier travel, and to go with a guide or someone familiar with the terrain. Janes said his company goes through pains to monitor the glacier and the ice caves on a daily basis to ensure they are safe to explore. “Our guides are constantly looking at the integrity of the ice caves and determining whether it’s safe,” he said. “It’s

always a dynamic place.” Above and Beyond Alaska clients are required to attend an hour to two-hour safety briefing. They are equipped with proper gear — including crampons, ice picks and helmets — to traverse the glacier. The company offers a variety of tours, including one akin to “Ice Climbing 101”, which includes rappeling and belaying vertical walls of the glacier. Most clients are novices. Janes said the woman in this case was participating in the

company’s “Mendenhall Glacier Trek & Ice Climb” package, which includes trekking across with glacier with crampons and ice climbing with a rope and exploring the ice caves. She was on the tour with three other participants and a certified guide. Janes said the woman was being belayed down a wall by the guide on a technical rope system when she fell a short distance. The woman’s name was not released and she could not be reached for comment.

Alaska biologists: Baby moose are not pets

ANCHORAGE (AP) — State biologists are reminding people not to touch moose calves or try to take them home as pets following a string of incidents involving people handling the animals, including one household that had a calf in the living room “as if it was a puppy.” Moose are being born in Alaska this time of year, and biologists say people should leave the calves alone — even if they seem to have been abandoned by their mothers. Most of the time, the mothers eventually return to their young. In one recent case in Willow, a calf was put in a backyard

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dog run with a collar around its neck. Another calf was taken into a home in the Wasilla area. “They just had it in the living room, as if it was a puppy,” state biologist Todd Rinaldi said. Last week, someone tackled a calf at an Anchorage mobile home park and tied it up with an electrical cord, the Anchorage Daily News reported. Such encounters can lead to calves being taken to zoos or wildlife conservation centers, wildlife officials said. Taking an animal into captivity is dangerous and illegal, and it can lead to animals being injured or worse, officials said. In the Anchorage incident,

someone called authorities Friday to report that a cow moose with two calves was running around a mobile home park. At one point, one of the calves separated from the mother. “Evidently, some man took it upon himself to tackle it and tie it up with an electrical cord,” Anchorage area wildlife biologist Jessy Coltrane said. The calf ran off with the cord hanging from its neck, Coltrane said. That night, police called

Coltrane and told her the calf was running through the mobile home park again, this time without the extension cord. Police and others corralled the calf nearby, Coltrane said. They also found the mother moose. “It’s people with big hearts that are well-meaning,” Coltrane said. “But sometimes being well-meaning and knowing what’s best for the animal are two different things.”

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Officials investigate oily sheen off Shishmaref NOME (AP) — Responders are working to clean up an oily sheen discovered off the coast of the village of Shishmaref. KNOM reports the source of the substance that was discovered last week remains unknown. Responders with the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation say the sheen appears to be some kind of weathered petroleum product, such as diesel fuel or gasoline. The sheen covers an estimated 1,200-square-foot area of ice near shore. The Coast Guard says the ice is hindering cleanup efforts because responders cannot go more than 5 feet offshore to absorb the substance with boom. The DEC says the ice, however, is melting quickly.

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Cops told to stay mum on surveillance By JACK GILLUM and EILEEN SULLIVAN Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has been quietly advising local police not to disclose details about surveillance technology they are using to sweep up basic cellphone data from entire neighborhoods, The Associated Press has learned. Citing security reasons, the U.S. has intervened in routine state public records cases and criminal trials regarding use of the technology. This has resulted in police departments withholding materials or heavily censoring documents in rare instances when they disclose any about the purchase and use of such powerful surveillance equipment. Federal involvement in local open records proceedings is unusual. It comes at a time when President Barack Obama has said he welcomes a debate on government surveillance and called for more transparency about spying in the wake of disclosures about classified federal surveillance programs. One well-known type of

this surveillance equipment is known as a Stingray, an innovative way for law enforcement to track cellphones used by suspects and gather evidence. The equipment tricks cellphones into identifying some of their owners’ account information, like a unique subscriber number, and transmitting data to police as if it were a phone company’s tower. That allows police to obtain cellphone information without having to ask for help from service providers, such as Verizon or AT&T, and can locate a phone without the user even making a call or sending a text message. But without more details about how the technology works and under what circumstances it’s used, it’s unclear whether the technology might violate a person’s constitutional rights or whether it’s a good investment of taxpayer dollars. Interviews, court records and public-records requests show the Obama administration is asking agencies to withhold common information about the equipment, such as how the technology is used and how to turn it on. That pushback has come in the form of FBI affidavits and consultation in local

‘If public participation means anything, people should have the facts about what the government is doing to them.’ — Nathan Freed Wessler, attorney, American Civil Liberties Uniontypes criminal cases. “These extreme secrecy efforts are in relation to very controversial, local government surveillance practices using highly invasive technology,” said Nathan Freed Wessler, a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, which has fought for the release of these types of records. “If public participation means anything, people should have the facts about what the government is doing to them.” Harris Corp., a key manufacturer of this equipment, built a secrecy element into its authorization agreement with the Federal Communications Commission in 2011. That authorization has an unusual requirement: that local law enforcement “coordinate with the FBI the acquisition and use of

the equipment.” Companies like Harris need FCC authorization in order to sell wireless equipment that could interfere with radio frequencies. A spokesman from Harris Corp. said the company will not discuss its products for the Defense Department and law enforcement agencies, although public filings showed government sales of communications systems such as the Stingray accounted for nearly one-third of its $5 billion in revenue. “As a government contractor, our solutions are regulated and their use is restricted,” spokesman Jim Burke said. Local police agencies have been denying access to records about this surveillance equipment under state public records laws. Agencies in San Diego, Chicago and Oakland

County, Michigan, for instance, declined to tell the AP what devices they purchased, how much they cost and with whom they shared information. San Diego police released a heavily censored purchasing document. Oakland officials said police-secrecy exemptions and attorney-client privilege keep their hands tied. It was unclear whether the Obama administration interfered in the AP requests. “It’s troubling to think the FBI can just trump the state’s open records law,” said Ginger McCall, director of the open government project at the Electronic Privacy Information Center. McCall suspects the surveillance would not pass constitutional muster. “The vast amount of information it sweeps in is totally irrelevant to the investigation,” she said. A court case challenging the public release of information from the Tucson Police Department includes an affidavit from an FBI special agent, Bradley Morrison, who said the disclosure would “result in the FBI’s inability to protect the public from terrorism and other criminal activity because

through public disclosures, this technology has been rendered essentially useless for future investigations.” Morrison said revealing any information about the technology would violate a federal homeland security law about information-sharing and armscontrol laws — legal arguments that that outside lawyers and transparency experts said are specious and don’t comport with court cases on the U.S. Freedom of Information Act. The FBI did not answer questions about its role in states’ open records proceedings. But a former Justice Department official said the federal government should be making this argument in federal court, not a state level where different public records laws apply. “The federal government appears to be attempting to assert a federal interest in the information being sought, but it’s going about it the wrong way,” said Dan Metcalfe, the former director of the Justice Department’s office of information and privacy. Currently Metcalfe is the executive director of American University’s law school Collaboration on Government Secrecy project.

New York is central in modified-food label debate By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press

ALBANY, N.Y. — Agricultural, food and beverage companies have spent millions of dollars to defeat legislation in New York state that would require labels on food containing ingredients from genetically modified crops, highlighting the state’s key role in the debate about what Americans should know about the products they consume. Supporters are mounting a final push for the proposal as state lawmakers work to wrap up their session. A vote on the bill hasn’t been scheduled, but both sides say the stakes are too high to assume the bill is dead

for the year until lawmakers end the session. Opponents spent $3.7 million last year on campaign donations and lobbying in an effort to block the legislation, according to a report issued by the New York Public Interest Research Group and other groups supporting the labeling requirement. That’s more than seven times the amount spent by supporters. Vermont, Maine and Connecticut have already adopted label laws, though the Maine and Connecticut laws require other neighboring states to follow suit before the laws are enacted. If New York moves to require labels, Connecticut’s law will automatically take ef-

fect. With a population of 20 million, New York could send a strong signal to the more than two dozen other states where labeling legislation has been introduced. Critics of labeling laws — including many local farmers, trade groups and global food producers — said the contributions and lobbying show how concerned they are about what would happen if New York became the fourth state to require labels. They argue the labels will raise prices and hurt their business by unnecessarily frightening consumers. “New York is a pivotal state in this debate,” said Rick Zimmerman, executive director of

the Northeast Agribusiness and Feed Alliance, one of several industry groups fighting the proposed labels. “On the surface these labels sound innocent, but they’re equivalent to a skull and crossbones.” More than half of all processed foods contain ingredients made or derived from genetically engineered crops. Genetic modifications to a plant can improve its quality, hardiness or resistance to pests or disease. Studies have found no evidence that GMOs are more harmful than foods without genetic modifications, but those pushing for label requirements say there’s no harm in letting consumers know if a food contains GMO.

“It’s just a little symbol,” said the bill’s Senate sponsor, Sen. Kenneth LaValle, a Republican from Long Island. “This is the 21st century. People want to know about the food they’re buying. This is inevitable. Whether it’s this session or next, it’s bound to happen.” Similar bills have been introduced this year in more than two dozen states, including California, where voters rejected a proposed labeling law two years ago after an expensive campaign by opponents.

Dozens of nations including the members of the European Union already have GMO labeling laws. New York state Sen. Patty Ritchie, chairwoman of the Senate’s agriculture committee and a Republican, said she’s heard passionate views about GMO labeling from both sides and opposes the bill. “We need to know what the facts are first, and know what this will do to farmers,” she said. “There’s so much more to this than a little label.”

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Around the World US teens spending less time smoking and drinking, more time texting behind wheel NEW YORK — American teens are smoking less, drinking less and fighting less. But they’re texting behind the wheel and spending a lot of time on video games and computers, according to the government’s latest study of worrisome behavior. Generally speaking, the news is good. Most forms of drug use, weapons use and risky sex have been going down since the government started doing the survey every two years in 1991. Teens are wearing bicycle helmets and seat belts more, too. “Overall, young people have more healthy behaviors than they did 20 years ago,” said Dr. Stephanie Zaza, who oversees the study at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The results come from a study of 13,000 U.S. high school students last spring. Participation was voluntary and required parental permission, but responses were anonymous. Highlights of the study, released Thursday:

Iraq violence could throw world oil market out of balance, threaten 4 years of steady prices NEW YORK — The upheaval in Iraq could throw the world’s remarkably stable oil market out of balance, threatening a delicate equilibrium that has kept prices steady for much of the last four years. Iraqi oil production is at risk because of the outbreak of violence involving militant groups who seized two cities this week and have pledged to march on Baghdad. For now, the fighting is mostly in Iraq’s north, away from important oil-producing regions in the south. But the turmoil sent the price of Brent crude, the key international benchmark, up 2.8 percent Thursday to $113.02, its biggest gain since August. More important, it raised questions about Iraq’s ability to continue to rebuild its oil infrastructure and increase production to meet rising global demand. Global oil markets have been unusually steady since mid2011. Dramatic changes in oil production around the globe have offset each other instead of wreaking havoc. That has helped keep world oil prices high enough to provide OPEC countries with robust income, but not so high that they scare customers away from buying more oil.

Amazon launches music streaming for Prime members with Sony, Warner

LOS ANGELES — Amazon’s newly announced music streaming service is yet another attempt by the company to move beyond e-commerce and infuse itself into the daily lives of Americans with an increasing number of offerings —including grocery delivery and streaming TV. The announcement comes just days ahead of the expected unveiling of the company’s first smartphone. Starting Thursday, Amazon.com Inc. will offer more than a million tracks for ad-free streaming and download to Kindle Fire tablets as well as to computers and the Amazon Music app for Apple and Android devices. The service, called Prime Music, is likely to be integrated with an Amazon smartphone expected to be previewed on Wednesday. People who pay $99 a year for an Amazon Prime membership can listen to tens of thousands of albums from artists including Beyonce, The Lumineers and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis for no extra cost. By adding music, Amazon is hoping to hook new customers and retain existing ones on its Prime free-shipping plan, which also allows subscribers to watch streams of movies and TV shows and gives Kindle owners a library of books they can borrow once a month. But the service has far fewer songs than services like Spotify or Rhapsody, and no deal with top-ranked Universal Music Group. Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter said the service is not likely to make a big impact on Prime membership. He said Prime members are likely to already use other streaming services so there is not much of a reason to switch to Amazon’s service.

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Ex-president Bush makes jump By DAVID SHARP Associated Press

K E N N E B U N K P O RT, Maine — Former President George H.W. Bush celebrated his 90th birthday on Thursday by making a tandem parachute jump near his summer home in coastal Maine, fulfilling a goal he made five years ago after a similar jump even though he can no longer use his legs. The nation’s 41st president jumped from a helicopter at about 6,000 feet while harnessed to retired Sgt. 1st Class Mike Elliott, a former member of the Golden Knights, the Army’s parachute team. Elliott guided Bush to a safe landing on his 85th birthday. “That’s what he wanted for his 90th birthday and that’s what he got,” Elliott said. “It’s a very good feeling to be involved and be able to turn back time.” The helicopter picked up Bush outside his Kennebunkport home. His family transported him from his wheelchair to the chopper, singing “Happy Birthday” before it took off. Bush floated to the ground under a red, white and blue parachute and landed on the lawn of St. Ann’s Episcopal Church, where several hundred friends and family had gathered. Elliott said Bush’s foot got tangled up underneath him during the landing, causing him to tumble forward onto the ground. A spokesman later said the former president was feeling “fine.” “He had a big smile for the crowd. You could tell he was exhilarated,” said Diana Untermeyer, a family friend from Houston. “He’s an amazing man. This is just another sign of that. I think that like most of

America, our family loves him to pieces. It was just a real thrill to do this again.” Bush was greeted with a kiss from his wife, Barbara, and a hug from his son, former President George W. Bush. The family left without talking to reporters. Outside the grounds, several hundred people gathered on the rocky shore to get a glimpse of the jump. “He has a lot of courage. We need more like him,” said David Morris, 79, of Melrose, Massachusetts. Said Carol Schierl, 75, of Green Bay, Wisconsin: “I think it’s wonderful. I hope I can jump out of a plane at 90.” The jump was kept secret until Thursday morning partly to give Bush the option of bagging it because of less-thanideal weather, including a low ceiling of clouds. “It’s vintage George Bush,” spokesman Jim McGrath said. “It’s that passion for life. It’s wanting to set a goal, wanting to achieve it. I’m sure part of it is sending a message to others that even in your retirement years you can still find challenges.” Bush had to overcome the objections of his doctor, Barbara and the rest of the family before making the latest jump, Elliott said. Eventually, he won them over. “He’s smiling like a kid in kindergarten,” Elliott said following the jump. Bush’s jump was indicative of a trend among people of advanced age, said Lenard Kaye, director of the Maine Center on Aging at the University of Maine. More and more seniors are participating in extreme physical activities deep into their golden years, a trend that will pick up steam

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Former President George H.W. Bush, strapped to Sgt. 1st Class Mike Elliott, a retired member of the Army’s Golden Knights parachute team, prepare to land on the lawn at St. Anne’s Episcopal Church while celebrating Bush’s 90th birthday in Kennebunkport, Maine, Thursday.

as more baby boomers retire, he said. Such “extreme acts of adventure” are becoming a part of many seniors’ lives but they need to be mindful that their bones are more fragile than when they were younger, he said. During his years in the White House, Bush was known for jogging, tennis and fast-paced golf. The former president, who

signed the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990, now uses a wheelchair or scooter because of a form of parkinsonism that has robbed him of use of his legs. The first time Bush jumped from an airplane was when his plane was shot down in World War II over the Pacific. He marked his 75th, 80th and 85th birthdays by skydiving. Thursday was his eighth jump.

Bergdahl scheduled to arrive in Texas on Friday By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who has been recovering in Germany after five years as a Taliban captive, is returning to the United States on Friday, but he will not receive the promotion that would have been automatic had he still been held prisoner. A U.S. official said Bergdahl would leave Germany during the night and go directly to

Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, arriving Friday. Another U.S. official said the promotion list, which would have boosted Bergdahl to staff sergeant, is expected to be released this week and he will not be on it. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told The Associated Press last week that the promotion would no longer be automatic because Bergdahl is now free and any

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promotion would be based on routine duty requirements, such as proper levels of training and education as well as job performance. The officials spoke Thursday on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to provide details about Bergdahl or his planned move. But the U.S. official said medical personnel had determined that Bergdahl was ready to move on to the third phase of his reintegration process, which would happen at

Brooke. Officials had previously said the intention was for Bergdahl to be reunited with his family at Brooke and to spend an undetermined period there in further recuperation. Officials have kept a lid on details of Bergdahl’s condition and his travel plans out of concern that he not be rushed back into the public spotlight after a lengthy period in captivity and amid a public uproar over the circumstances of his capture and release.

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World

US drone strikes kill 13 in Pakistan By ASIF SHAHZAD and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press

ISLAMABAD — Missiles from U.S. drones slammed into militant hideouts overnight in northwestern Pakistan, killing 13 suspected insurgents and marking the resumption of the CIA-led program after a nearly six-month break, officials said Thursday. The strikes were swiftly condemned by the Pakistani government, with the Foreign Ministry saying in a statement that they were a violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty and its territorial integrity. The strikes came just days after a five-hour siege of Pakistan’s busiest airport ended with 36 people, including ten militants, killed. The audacious attack raised concerns about whether Pakistan was capable of dealing with the Pakistani Taliban, which said it carried out the assault along with an Uzbek militant group. It was not immediately clear if the drone strikes were connected to the airport attack. Pakistan routinely condemns drone strikes even when they target armed groups at war with

the government. The Pakistani government had asked the U.S. to refrain from drone strikes while it was trying to negotiate a peace deal with the militants, but even before the airport siege those talks had largely collapsed. Now the focus has shifted to whether Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will authorize a large-scale military offensive against the North Waziristan tribal areas where the militants are headquartered. In the first strike, which came late Wednesday, a suspected American drone fired two missiles at a militant hideout in North Waziristan near the Afghan border, killing three militants. Then, early Thursday, another suspected U.S. missile strike targeted a separate militant compound in North Waziristan, killing at least 10 people, Pakistani intelligence officials said. Pakistan’s northwest, particularly North Waziristan, is home to numerous militant groups — both local and al-Qaida-linked foreign groups — who often work together, sharing fighters, money or expertise. There was no immediate information on the identities of those killed in the operation but

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In this Nov. 8, 2011 file photo, a Predator B unmanned aircraft taxis at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas. Missiles from U.S. drones slammed into militant hideouts overnight in northwestern Pakistan, killing more than a dozen of suspected insurgents and marking the resumption of the CIA-led program after a nearly six-month break, officials said Thursday.

the two intelligence officials who gave information about the strikes said both were in areas dominated by the Haqqani network, and most of those killed are believed to have belonged to the organization. “We have also been hearing some names coming from our field agents, but we don’t have any confirmation so far,” said one of the officials. The officials

spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. The Haqqani network is believed to carry out operations against U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan from bases in North Waziristan and is considered one of the more lethal groups operating in Afghanistan. They are also believed to have been the organization

holding Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, an American prisoner of war recently released in exchange for five Taliban prisoners held by the U.S. Due to stricter rules on the use of drones, diplomatic sensitivities and the changing nature of the al-Qaida threat, the number of American drone strikes had dwindled. The strikes Wednesday and Thursday were the first since Christmas, and even before that, the number of strikes every year had been steadily dropping. The Pakistani government and military are believed to have supported the drone strikes to a degree in the past but in recent years have become more vocal in their opposition. The strikes are extremely controversial in Pakistan, where many people consider them a violation of the country’s sovereignty. Meanwhile, a Pakistani court on Thursday struck down a government order barring former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, who faces treason charges, from leaving the country. The government can still appeal. The ruling by the Karachi court could pave the way for the man who ruled Pakistan for nearly a decade to leave the

country after an embarrassing trial that saw him become the first chief of army staff to face treason charges. It also puts the Pakistani government, whose decision to push for Musharraf’s trial put it at odds with the powerful military, in a tricky position where it must decide whether it wants to further anger the military by trying to keep Musharraf from leaving the country. Under the Karachi court ruling, the government has 15 days to appeal the decision, so Musharraf can’t leave Pakistan immediately. The court gave no reason for striking Musharraf’s name from the exit control list, which prevents people from leaving the country, usually in legal cases. The 70-year-old Musharraf took power in a 1999 coup and then stepped down in 2008. He later left the country, but returned to Pakistan in March 2013, hoping for a political comeback. Instead, he got embroiled in court cases, including the treason charges, which are connected to his decision in 2007 to declare a state of emergency and detain senior judges, including the chief justice.

Ukraine says 3 armored vehicles cross from Russia By DAVID McHUGH Associated Press

KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s president rallied support Thursday for his plan to end fighting in the country’s east in phone calls with the Russian and German leaders, even as he condemned what Ukrainian officials called an incursion of armored vehicles from Russia. The Ukrainian interior minister said three tanks crossed into Ukraine along with other armored vehicles from Russia and were attacked by military forces fighting pro-Moscow separatists. He did not directly accuse Moscow of sending the tanks, but said it showed Russia had failed to fulfill promises to tighten border controls. Russia has denied sending troops or weapons to Ukraine, describing Russian citizens who have joined the armed separatists as volunteers. There was no independent confirmation that the tanks had come from Russia. In Washington, U.S. State

Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said if the military incursion was confirmed, it would be a “serious and disturbing escalation of the crisis in eastern Ukraine.” The reported incursion followed statements earlier Thursday by Russia’s foreign minister that the separatists were ready for a cease-fire but that Kiev had to initiate the process. Late Thursday, an explosion shook the center of the major eastern city of Donetsk, where the rebels have taken over a regional administration building. An AP reporter nearby heard the explosion and arrived to see a van in flames in front of the building. He saw three injured people being taken away. The breakaway Donetsk People’s Republic said on its Twitter feed that the van was used by one of the group’s leaders, Denis Pushilin, but said he was not in the vehicle. The same tweet said four people were injured and one was in grave condition. Ukrainian President Petro

Poroshenko, who took office less than a week ago, told Russian President Vladimir Putin that it was “unacceptable” that tanks had crossed the border, according to his spokesman, Svyatoslav Tsegolko. A Kremlin statement said Poroshenko told Putin about his plan for resolving the crisis in the east, but did not say whether they discussed the tanks. The Ukrainian president also spoke Thursday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, following a call the previous day with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. Poroshenko has said he is willing to negotiate, but not with what he calls terrorists, and could offer amnesty to those who don’t have “blood on their hands.” Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said a “column” with armored vehicles had crossed from Russia through border control points controlled by separatists near the village of Dyakove in eastern Ukraine. Three tanks went to the town of Snizhne, about 40 kilome-

ters (25 miles) from Dyakove, and one remained there while the two others headed toward the town of Horlivka and were engaged by the Ukrainian military, he said. He added that part of the column was destroyed. Avakov said the incursion had been going on for three days and took place despite Russian statements of interest in a peaceful solution and promises to increase control over the border. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spoke Wednesday with Lavrov and urged him to encourage Putin to engage directly with Poroshenko, Psaki said. “He also encouraged that conversation or engagement to focus on de-escalating the situation on the ground, and he called on Russia to halt the flow of militants and arms from Russia into eastern Ukraine, which is clearly relevant in this case,” the spokeswoman said. Russia’s U.N. ambassador said Thursday that he intends to introduce a U.N. Security Coun-

cil resolution aimed at stopping the violence in Ukraine. Vitaly Churkin told reporters that it will focus on political efforts being carried out by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, “so far not successfully.” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said earlier Thursday the resolution would concentrate on demanding fulfillment of proposals in the OSCE “road map” to resolve the conflict. It calls for non-violence, disarmament, national dialogue and elections. Lavrov said Russia was not seeking authorization to send in peacekeeping troops. The Ukrainian rebels have suggested that Russia should send peacekeepers, but Moscow says that could only be done with U.N. authorization. Tensions between Russia and Ukraine sharpened in February after pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych was driven from office by a mass protest movement among peo-

ple who wanted closer ties with Europe. Ukraine’s government and Western countries allege that Russia is fomenting or supporting the uprising in the eastern part of the country where Russian speakers are more numerous. Insurgents have declared two regions independent and are seeking annexation by Russia. Moscow denies it has agents in eastern Ukraine, and its contacts or influence with the rebels are unclear. “We know that the rebels in the southeast are ready to hold fire, but the first step by all rights should be made by the Kiev authorities,” Lavrov said. The OSCE’s secretary-general on Thursday visited a camp in Russia for refugees from eastern Ukraine and called for the fighting to end. According to the Interfax news agency, Lamberto Zannier said Thursday that the conflict in the east “is craziness which must be stopped.” Russia says some 30,000 people have fled the fighting.

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Sunni militants vow to march on Iraqi capital By SAMEER N. YACOUB and ADAM SCHRECK Associated Press

BAGHDAD — Islamic militants who seized cities and towns vowed Thursday to march on Baghdad to settle old scores, joined by Saddam Hussein-era loyalists and other disaffected Sunnis capitalizing on the government’s political paralysis over the biggest threat to Iraq’s stability since the U.S. withdrawal. Trumpeting their victory, the militants also declared they would impose Shariah law in Mosul and other areas they have captured. In northern Iraq, Kurdish security forces moved to fill the power vacuum — taking over an air base and other posts abandoned by the military in the ethnically mixed city of Kirkuk. The move further raised concern the country could end up partitioned into Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish zones. Three planeloads of Americans were being evacuated from a major Iraqi air base in Sunni territory north of Baghdad, U.S. officials said, and Germany urged its citizens to immediately leave parts of Iraq, including Baghdad. President Barack Obama said Iraq will need more help from the United States, but he did not specify what it would be willing to provide. Senior U.S. officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter by name said Washington is considering whether to conduct drone missions in Iraq. The U.N. Security Council met on the crisis, underscoring the growing international alarm over the stunning advances by fighters from the militant group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki had asked parliament to declare a state of emergency that would give him and his Shiiteled government increased powers to run the country, but the lawmakers failed to assemble a quorum. The Islamic State, whose

Sunni fighters have captured large swaths of territory in Iraq and Syria, aims to create an Islamic emirate spanning both sides of the border. It has pushed deep into parts of Iraq’s Sunni heartland once controlled by U.S. forces because police and military forces melted away after relatively brief clashes, including in Iraq’s second-largest city of Mosul. Skirmishes continued in several areas. Two communities near Tikirt — the key oil refining center of Beiji and the city of Samarra, home to a prominent Shiite shrine — remained in government hands, according to Iraqi intelligence officials. The price of oil jumped to above $106 a barrel as the insurgency raised the risk of disruptions to supplies. In its statement, the Islamic State declared it would start implementing its strict version of Shariah law in Mosul and other regions it had overrun. It said women should stay in their homes for modesty reasons, warned it would cut off the hands of thieves, and told residents to attend daily prayers. It said Sunnis in the military and police should abandon their posts and “repent” or else “face only death.” The Islamic State’s spokesman vowed to take the fight into Baghdad. In a sign of the group’s confidence, he even boasted that its fighters will take the southern Shiite cities of Karbala and Najaf, which hold two of the holiest shrines for Shiite Muslims. “We will march toward Baghdad because we have an account to settle there,” he said in an audio recording posted on

“Ordinary citizens feel disenfranchised and have no stake in the state anymore. This is an alliance of convenience where multiple disaffected groups have come to defeat ... a common foe.’ Feisal Istrabadi, former Iraqi ambassador to U.N. militant websites commonly used by the group. The statement could not be independently verified. Baghdad does not appear to be in imminent danger of a similar assault, although Sunni insurgents have stepped up car bombings and suicide attacks in the capital recently. While ISIL fighters gained the most attention in this week’s swift advances, it was increasingly clear that other Sunnis were joining the uprising. Several militant groups posted photos on social media purporting to show Iraqi military hardware captured by their own fighters, suggesting a broaderbased rebellion like that in neighboring Syria. In Saddam’s hometown of Tikrit, overrun by militants Wednesday, witnesses said fighters raised posters of the late dictator and Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, his former deputy who escaped the 2003 U.S.-led invasion and eluded security forces ever since. Fighters loyal to his Naqshabandi Army as well as former members of Saddam’s Baath Party were the main militant force in Tikrit on Thursday, said a resident who identified himself by his nickname, Abu Mohammed, out of concern for

his safety. He said about 300 soldiers surrendered near the governor’s office — a spectacle captured in multiple amateur videos posted online. Lawmaker Hakim al-Zamili as well as two senior intelligence officials, who were not authorized to talk to the press, confirmed the involvement of al-Douri’s group and other former Baathists and Saddamera military commanders. That could escalate the militants’ campaign to establish an alQaida-like enclave into a wider Sunni uprising and lead to breaking up the country along ethnic and sectarian lines. Feisal Istrabadi, a former Iraqi ambassador to the U.N., said the rapid fall of Mosul and Tikrit required trust from the local population — something ISIL or al-Douri wouldn’t necessarily have on their own. “Ordinary citizens feel disenfranchised and have no stake in the state anymore,” he said. “This is an alliance of convenience where multiple disaffected groups have come to defeat ... a common foe.” With its large Shiite population, Baghdad would be a far harder target for the militants. So far, they have stuck to the Sunni heartland and former Sunni insurgent strongholds

where people are already alienated by al-Maliki’s government over allegations of discrimination and mistreatment. The militants also would likely meet far stronger resistance, not only from government forces but by Shiite militias. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and the Asaib Ahl al-Haq Shiite militia vowed to defend Shiite holy sites, raising the specter of street clashes and sectarian killings. Baghdad authorities tightened security and residents stocked up on essentials. “Everybody I know is worried for the safety of his family as the militants are advancing to Baghdad,” said Hazim Hussein, a Shiite shopowner and father of three. Another Baghdad merchant, Mohammed Abdul-Rahim, a Sunni, lamented that the “future of this country looks more dim than any time in modern Iraqi history.” Hundreds of young men crowded in front of the main army recruiting center in Baghdad on Thursday after authorities urged Iraqis to help battle the insurgents. Security officials said the Islamic State fighters managed to take control of two weapons depots holding 400,000 items, including AK-47 rifles, rockets and rocket-propelled grenades, artillery shells and mortars. A quarter of the stockpiles were sent to Syria, they said. The advances by the Sunni militants are a heavy defeat for al-Maliki. His Shiite-dominated political bloc came first in April parliamentary elections — the first since the U.S. military withdrawal in 2011 — but

failed to gain a majority, forcing him to try to build a governing coalition. “We do have a stake in making sure that these jihadists are not getting a permanent foothold in either Iraq or Syria, for that matter,” Obama said in Washington. Al-Maliki and other Iraqi leaders have pleaded with the Obama administration for more than a year for additional help to combat the growing insurgency. Britain and France said it was up to Iraqi authorities to deal with terrorism and worsening security, while Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the rapid advances by the militants proved the invasion of Iraq 11 years ago had been a fiasco. “What is happening in Iraq is an illustration of the total failure of the adventure undertaken primarily by the U.S. and Britain and which they have let slip completely out of control,” Lavrov was quoted by Russian state news agencies as saying. In Shiite powerhouse Iran, President Hassan Rouhani blasted the Islamic State as “barbaric.” Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif offered support in a phone call with his Iraqi counterpart, Iranian TV reported. Iran has halted flights to Baghdad because of security concerns and has intensified security on its borders. The U.N. Security Council urged a national dialogue including all political and religious groups in Iraq but took no action after discussing the crisis and hearing a closed briefing from the top U.N. envoy in Iraq, Nickolay Mladenov.

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Religion

A father’s greatest goal for his family V K R nock on our front door and you’ll find yourself staring at a plaque containing the following quote of Joshua (of wall falling fame): “AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE, WE WILL SERVE THE LORD,” an appropriate goal for any father at any time, but an especially fitting one to ponder on Father’s Day. Who was this committed father whose words expressing his family goal remain familiar to millions after all these years? Joshua had lived an exciting and sometimes dangerous life. He had worked as a spy, served as top assistant to Moses, became the leader of his nation after the death of Moses, was an extremely successful military leader and a possessor of such strong faith that even the walls of mighty

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Roger C ampbell Jericho fell before him as he obediently followed the strange orders issued to him from Headquarters. But his greatest goal in life was the acceptance of his faith by his family so they could serve the Lord together. We don’t know how many children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren made up Joshua’s descendents. His life spanned one hundred ten years so it’s likely his conviction that his entire family would serve the Lord encompassed a large number of people, but his faith was up to the oc-

Church Briefs Vacation Bible schools n Birch Ridge Community Church will have Vacation Bible School on August 4-8 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Our theme is Flight School, and kids ages 4-5th grades are welcome. Call 260-6705 for more information. n The Midnight Son Seventh Day Adventist Church proudly presents Son of Treasure Island VBS, June 23-27 at 10 a.m. Open to ages 3 and up. It is free. Church is located at Mile 8.4 Kenai Spur Highway in Kenai. For more information contact Charce Dunn at 260-9331. n Ninilchik Community Vacation Bible (non-denominational) Camp will be held July 7-11 (Mon-Fri), 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Kenai Peninsula Fair grounds. Ages 4-15 years. Snacks provided. Call Grace Huhndorf at 907-394-3714 to register or for information.

Blue Grass jam at Kenai church All fans and players of Blue Grass are invited to a jam at the Kenai United Methodist Church from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday. Participants are welcome to bring finger foods to share. There is no charge. Folks attending should entry the church via the side door. The Kenai United Methodist Church is located at 607 Frontage Road across the street from Wells Fargo Bank. For more information call Jim Evenson at 776-8060.

Apostolic Assembly of Jesus Christ plans Sunday School Carnival

casion so he included them all in his now famous declaration. Does this mean that Joshua’s entire family immediately embraced his faith, never rebelled and always walked with God? Probably not! Human nature and God’s respect for our individuality prevent cookie cutter conversion experiences. Nevertheless, complete family commitment was his goal and he expected his prayer to ultimately be answered so he declared his confidence it would happen in concise terms that have endured the test of time. Joshua’s powerful position may have been an obstacle to members of his family following his advice or desiring his reputation as a man who walked with God. Barriers to his direction by his children may have

seemed higher and more difficult to scale than the walls of Jericho, but those solid walls had been broken down by faith so why not these emotional ones? Some of Joshua’s family may have been wayward as year 110 approached and this determined conqueror on his deathbed may have said through gritted teeth: “We will serve the Lord,” even if it meant some would come to faith and be involved in the service of God after he was gone. Mothers have gained the respect of the world for their powerful praying. Most can name mothers whose prayers have made a difference: Susannah Wesley, the mother of John and Charles Wesley; the mother of John Newton whose son went from

Sterling Highway – turn right on Murray Lane by Zimco Construction). For more information, contact Tracey at 2621423 or Sherry at 262-0853 for registration. If kids need a ride to AAJC Sunday School, please call Jeremiah at 3981184.

Food Pantry open weekly The Soldotna Food Pantry is open every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for residents in our community who may be experiencing food shortages. The Food Pantry is located at the Soldotna United Methodist Church at 158 South Binkley Street. Non-perishable food items or monetary donations may be dropped off at the church Tuesdays 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. or 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Thank you for your support.

United Methodist Church provides food pantry The Kenai United Methodist Church provides a food pantry for those in need every Monday from noon to 3 p.m. The Methodist Church is located on the Kenai Spur Highway next to the Boys and Girls Club. The entrance to the Food Pantry is through the side door. The Pantry closes for holidays. For more information contact the church office at 283-7868 or email kumcalaska@gmail.com.

Clothes 4 U at First Baptist Church First Baptist Church Soldotna, located at 159 S. Binkley Street, is re-opening its Clothes 4 U program. It is open on the second and fourth Saturday of each month from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. All clothing and shoes are free to the public.

Apostolic Assembly of Jesus Christ Sunday School is hosting a free end of the summer Carnival 10:30 a.m. to Clothes Quarters open weekly 11:30 a.m. August 24 where kids can participate in fun acClothes Quarters at Our Lady of the Angels Church is open tivities like a cupcake walk, face painting, build your own picture frames, and also enjoy hot dogs, chips and ice cream. every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and the first Saturday Register by August 22. The carnival will be at Apostolic of every month from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, Assembly of Jesus Christ Sunday School (Mile Post 89 on call 907-283-4555.

being a slave trader to a minister of the gospel and wrote “Amazing Grace,” and others. But Fathers pray too. And we ought to honor them for their faith and faithfulness. Jesus told His hearers about the prodigal son whose journey to the far country moved his father to pray for and expect his return. This would be a good day to tell your father how much you appreciate him. And, if you’re a prodigal, it’s time to answer your father’s prayers by respecting his faith and heading home. Roger Campbell is an author, a broadcaster and columnist who was a pastor for 22 years. He can be reached at rcministry@ameritech.net.

Group continues Minot flood recovery MINOT, N.D. (AP) — A faith-based group is spearheading efforts this summer to restore about 40 homes in Minot damaged by the 2011 Souris River flood and still in need of repair. The project involves funding, equipment or logistical help from the United Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Episcopalian and Catholic churches, the Minot Daily News reported. The Hope Village volunteer center, which hosted about 5,300 volunteers from around the country and Canada before shutting down last fall, is donating money it had left over. “When we closed out Hope Village, we realized it was closed before some of the more difficult problems had been taken care of,” said current project coordinator Bob Lower, a past board member of Hope Village and the Souris Valley Long-term Recovery Committee. “I told the people that I was going to stay on and that we would try to finish the homes.” Minot Air Force Base has been signing up weekend volunteer teams to help in the lat-

est effort. Another contributor is Nomads on a Mission Active in Divine Service, or NOMADS. The organization of retirees under the umbrella of the United Methodist Committee on Relief will bring workers to Minot throughout the summer. Five mobile homes have been set up to accommodate teams of up to 10 people, Lower said. Sue Albright, a NOMADS member from Minnesota, helped out in Minot last year and came back for a week this summer. “When I got here last year, I could just tell this was a place we needed to be. There’s lots of folks who need help,” she said. “It’s fulfilling. You get more than you give on one of these projects.” The June 2011 flood caused by heavy spring snowmelt and rains damaged or destroyed more than 4,000 homes, businesses and other structures in Minot, causing nearly $700 million in damage. Homeowners still in need of help are typically those who have faced the greatest difficulties in rebuilding due to age or disability, Lower said.

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Court reports The following judgments were recently handed down in District Court in Kenai:

n Lloyd William Davis, Jr., 39, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to sixthdegree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed May 27, 2013. He was fined $500 with $250 suspended and a $50 court surcharge, forfeited items seized and placed on probation for three years. n Kinley Kent Frazier, 54, address unknown, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of third-degree theft, committed Nov. 24. Frazier was sentenced to 365 days in jail with 330 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to have no contact with six specifically named individuals and placed on probation for three years. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Josi Hudson, 66, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Nov. 2. She was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 87 days suspended, fined $3,000 with $1,500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $330 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had her license revoked for 90 days and placed on probation for one year. n Reed Kaiser, 37, of Clam Gulch, pleaded guilty to violating condition of release for a felony, committed Nov. 15. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined a $50 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Reagan Elise King, 23, of Anchorage, pleaded guilty to third-degree theft, committed July 21. She was sentenced to 120 days in jail with 110 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay restitution and cost of appointed counsel, ordered to have no contact with any Home Depot and placed on probation for two years. n Sarah K. Kirk, 25, of Palmer, pleaded guilty to one count of driving under the influence and one count of driving while license cancelled, suspended, revoked or limited, committed Jan. 14. On the count of driving under the influence, she was sentenced to 360 days in jail with 330 days suspended, fined $4,000 with $1,000 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $1,467 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had her license revoked for one year, ordered ignition interlock for 12 months and placed on probation for three years. On the count of driving while license cancelled, suspended, revoked or limited, she was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 80 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had her license revoked for 90 days and placed on probation for three years. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Nathan S. Larson, 22, of Anchorage, pleaded guilty to one count of driving under the influence and one count of driving while license revoked, committed Sept. 28. On count one, he was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 160 days suspended, fined $4,000 with $1,000 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $1,467 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for one year, ordered ignition interlock for 12 months, ordered not to consume alcohol, forfeited weapon seized and placed on probation for three

years. On count two, he was sentenced to 20 days in jail with 10 days suspended, may perform 80 hours of community work service in lieu of jail time, was fined a $50 court surcharge, had his license revoked for 90 days and was placed on probation for one year. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Clayton R. Nelson, 20, of Anchor Point, pleaded guilty to no motor vehicle liability insurance, committed March 29. He was fined $500 and a $50 court surcharge. n Si Cha Sin, 58, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to licensee furnishing/delivering alcohol to a minor, committed March 22. Sin was fined $1,000 and a $50 court surcharge. n Guywayne Mitchell Walter, 43, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to driving while license cancelled, suspended, revoked or limited, committed March 26. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail with 20 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, had his license revoked for 90 days and placed on probation for two years. n Kristopher James Bayes, 22, of Nikiski, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree assault – recklessly injuring, committed Dec. 18. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 150 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete an anger management program, ordered to have no contact with victim unless written permission is filed with the court, may have telephonic contact if initiated by victim, and was placed on probation for two years. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n John M. Howarth, 60, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Oct. 26. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 87 days suspended, fined $2,000 with $500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $330 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months and placed on probation for one year. n William H. Cox, 28, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to sixthdegree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed April 2. He was fined $500 with $250 suspended and a $50 court surcharge, forfeited items seized and placed on probation for one year. n Ross Michael Grubb, Jr., 26, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to one count of violating condition of release, committed Oct. 18. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 80 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, ordered not to consume alcohol and placed on probation for three years. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Ryan Atchison Hicks, 26, address unknown, pleaded guilty to one count of fourth-degree criminal mischief (property damage) and one count of second-degree harassment (offensive physical contact), committed May 30, 2013. On the count of fourthdegree criminal mischief, he was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete a domestic violence intervention program, ordered not to use or possess alcohol or controlled substances, including imitation controlled substances such as spice, unless with a valid prescription and in original container, ordered to take any prescription as prescribed and placed on probation for three years. On the count of second-degree harassment, he

was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 60 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment and an anger management program, ordered to pay restitution in an amount to be determined, ordered not to use or possess alcohol or controlled substances, including imitation controlled substances such as spice, unless with a valid prescription and in original container, ordered to take any prescription as prescribed and placed on probation for three years. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Heather Kelly, 22, of Anchorage, pleaded guilty to fourthdegree assault, a domestic violence offense, committed April 23. She was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 80 days suspended, fined $1,000, a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, ordered to obtain a mental health assessment and file quarterly reports with the court, ordered to have no contact with victim unless written consent is filed with the court ordered not to possess or use alcohol or controlled substances and was placed on probation for two years. n Sarah K. Kirk, 25, of Homer, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree criminal mischief (property damage), committed Jan. 16. She was sentenced to 20 days in jail, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge and ordered to pay restitution. n Robert Wayne Westover, 43, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of disorderly conduct, committed Feb. 22. He was sentenced to 10 days in jail and fined a $50 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge. n Clifford E. Albrecht, 37, of Anchor Point, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of attempted fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed March 24. He was sentenced to 365 days in jail with 350 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, forfeited all items seized except truck and was placed on probation for two years. n Michael Brian Daniels, 63, of Clam Gulch, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Jan. 2. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 87 days suspended, fined $2,000 with $500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $330 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months and placed on probation for one year. n Ann Marie Evans, 56, of Sterling, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Feb. 8. She was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 160 days suspended, fined $4,000 with $1,000 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $1,467 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had her license revoked for one year, ordered ignition interlock for 12 months, ordered not to consume or possess alcohol for three years and placed on probation for three years. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Callie A. Lawler, 49, of Nikiski, pleaded guilty to driving while license revoked, committed April 8, 2013. She was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 80 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge, had her license revoked for 90 days and placed on probation for one year. n Windi Melissa Mitchell,

42, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to second-degree trespass, committed May 6. She was sentenced to one day in jail (time served) and fined a $50 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge. n Marianne M. Ting, 22, of Chugiak, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of attempted fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed July 14. She was sentenced to 360 days in jail with 330 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, ordered not to possess controlled substances unless with a valid prescription and in original container and was placed on probation for three years. n Stephen Paul Alexander, 19, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of negligent driving, committed Feb. 19. He was fined $300 and a $50 court surcharge. n Natalie M. Low, 30, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of reckless driving, committed Dec. 20, 2012. She was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 89 days suspended, fined $1,000 with $500 suspended, a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, had her license revoked for 30 days and placed on probation for one year. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Rebecca Jane McGrane, 37, of Sterling, pleaded guilty to violating conditions of release, committed Nov. 10. She was sentenced to 30 days in jail, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge, ordered to pay restitution and forfeited all items seized. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Stacy L. Nielsen, 45, of Palmer, pleaded guilty to interfering with a report of a crime involving domestic violence, committed Dec. 7. Nielsen was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 85 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment and placed on probation for two years. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Andrew Herbert Oldenburg, 43, of Sterling, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree assault – causing fear of injury, a domestic violence

offense committed May 8. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 85 days suspended, may perform 40 hours of community work service in lieu of jail time, was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and placed on probation for one year. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n John O. Rutherford, Jr., 30, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to violating conditions of release, committed Dec. 4. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 90 days suspended and placed on probation for two years. n William Daniel Sanborn, 50, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Feb. 5. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 87 days suspended, fined $3,000 with $1,500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $330 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months and placed on probation for one year.

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n Ivan C. Schoolcraft, 52, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to one count of refusal to submit to breath test and one count of an amended charge of attempted fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed Dec. 11. On the count of breath test refusal, he was sentenced to 100 days in jail with 97 days suspended, fined $2,000 with $500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $330 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months and placed on probation for three years. On the count of attempted fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, he was sentenced to 360 days in jail with 330 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge, forfeited items seized, ordered not to possess or consume controlled substances except as prescribed and in original container and was placed on probation for three years. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

Around the State Healy woman killed in hit-and-run accident HEALY (AP) — A 56-year-old Healy woman has been killed in a hit-and-run accident. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports the body of Gitte Stryhn was found Thursday morning off the Healy Spur Road in Healy, which is about 10 miles north of the entrance to Denali National Park. Alaska State Troopers suspect she was hit about 5 a.m. as she rode her bike to work as a tour bus driver to the Kantishna Roadhouse. Her body was found about a block from her work place. Later Thursday, troopers arrested 30-year-old Dustin Dollarhide of Healy on charges of manslaughter, driving under the influence and failure to report an accident. Stryhn was originally from Denmark. Friends say she worked the last six summers driving tourists to the roadhouse 92 miles inside Denali National Park.

Jury deliberates in murder trial of ex-soldier ANCHORAGE (AP) — An Anchorage jury will deliberate to determine if a 26-year-old former soldier killed his wife or if she put a gun to her own head. David Lopez is charged with first- and second-degree murder in the death of Sara Lopez on Dec. 12, 2012. KTUU reports attorneys made closing arguments Wednesday. Prosecutor Clint Campion says Lopez was angry that the state Office of Children’s Services had taken their 2-year-old daughter after Sara Lopez reported bruises on the child. In a 911 call, Lopez reported shooting his wife. Defense attorney Dunnington Babb says Lopez confessed because he felt guilty that he did not stop his wife from killing herself.

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black robe briefly before wandering off to climb into a chair and play with her baby brother. The ceremony was at times formal, with the bishop and Father Thomas Andrew working their way through the regular prayers, song and petition of the blessing ceremony, and at times it dipped into the informal; Mahaffey spent a short amount of time counseling local parishioners on what to name the building. “I don’t like the name of the building. Outbuilding kind of sounds, well, it’s its purpose, but it’s not its purpose. The building is really a center for everyone who comes and visits this parish,” he said. “I’ll certainly bless whatever you do, as long as it doesn’t have the word outbuilding in it.” The ceremony started in the small, white, historical church in the center of Old Town, then a procession of parishioners and spectators walked to the small

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“They understand that in order to get a job done they need to be able to work together and be real focused on the needs of students,” he said. Sarge Truesdell, Soldotna Middle School principal, said that in the past few years, teachers have tried to collaborate to improve student achievement. With teachers who are also coaches or advisors for student organizations, it was difficult to find time to work together. Having designated collaborative time during the workday solved that problem. “We used the time fully, 100 percent, for collaboration, and I thought it went really, really well,” Truesdell said. Sheliah-Margaret Pothast, a social studies teacher at Soldotna Middle, said she has benefited from the early release days by sharing ideas with colleagues about how to meaningfully engage students. She said

— Bishop David Mahaffey

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion

Bishop David Mahaffey prepares to intone a biblical passage during his blessing on a new outbuilding at the Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Church Thursday in Kenai.

building that sits on the south procession circled the building The gift shop was moved into corner of the church’s property — singing and flinging holy wa- the building in early June, Anwhere the bishop and a small ter onto the external walls. drew said, though the fire supthe social studies teachers have also collaborated with the language arts department to reinforce what is being taught in each subject. Students noticed the collaborative efforts between the two departments. The departments combined some assignments with social studies-based content but the writing skills were learned in language arts classes, she said. “Anytime you can build those real-life connections for kids and those ah-ha moments they have, then you’re in good shape and they’re going, ‘OK I get it now,’” Pothast said. Joel Burns, seventh- and eighth-grade science teacher at Soldotna Middle, said he reviewed pre-and-post-test data with other science teachers. If results showed that students were already knowledgeable in a certain subject, the teachers covered that more quickly than weaker topic areas. During prep periods, Burns said teachers also observed their co-workers teach to look specifically for start up activities and lab procedures to become more

effective during classroom time. During collaboration, the teachers then discussed what they observed to learn from one another’s strengths. He said the dedicated, focused time helped in the classroom. “Some people might think it’s just wasted, sit around and drink coffee and eat doughnuts time, but for us it was very specific,” Burns said. Dusek said as the district develops assessments through the early release days, it will show that students benefit from the teacher collaboration. “We’re able to individualize instruction better,” Dusek said. … “We’re relying heavily on teamwork to meet those challenges that are going to, in the end, benefit student learning and their ability to be ready for college and career,” Dusek said. All early release days this past school year took place on Wednesdays. The administration is recommending two of the six minimum days take place on Fridays. More than half, 55 percent, of parents surveyed said they

would prefer minimum days to be on Fridays. The majority of staff surveyed, 47 percent, selected Wednesdays as the preferred day, while 30 percent of staff preferred Fridays. “We tried to balance the feedback as best we could,” Dusek said about the chosen dates. He said with Fridays a concern is that coaches may be gone for sporting events. The selected Fridays, Dusek said, should see a minimal impact from that. The chosen Wednesdays are right before parent-teacher conferences. Early release days for the 2014-2015 school year are scheduled for Wednesdays: n Sept. 17 n Oct. 29 n Nov. 26 n Feb. 4, 2015. Fridays: n March 27, 2015 n May 1, 2015. Kaylee Osowski can be reached at kaylee.osowski@ peninsulaclarion.com

pression system is not ready yet. It will be open when the church is open — 10 a.m. to 4 p.m Monday through Saturday. Andrew said it was nice to have a separate gift shop because the move freed up space in the entrance of the church and more statues and items could be put on display in the main building. He said parishioners would benefit from having a bathroom nearby as the more than 100-yearold church does not have one of its own. The completed outbuilding and fire suppression system is one of many upcoming renovations to the National Historic Landmark, including a new roof, new electrical wiring and a restoration of a long white picket fence around the property. Many of the changes have been orchestrated by the Russian

Orthodox Sacred Sites in Alaska, or ROSSIA, a nonprofit organization that works to preserve Alaska’s Russian orthodox churches. The group was recently awarded a grant to fix the church’s bell tower. Kenai City Manager Rick Koch spoke during the event, as did Sen. Peter Micchiche, R-Soldotna, and Rep. Kurt Olsen. R-Soldotna, who helped get funding from the state for the renovations to the church. “This church, it’s more than a church. It is a historical landmark,” Koch said. “It’s a touchstone of our history, the fabric of the community, singularly unique in our community. It is a blessing that they have it here.”

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are also projected to be higher, Dixson said Expenditures for the 2015 budget were approved at about $13.7 million and revenues are projected to be $13.5 million for a deficit of $205,534. Dixson said discrepancies in budget revenues and expenditures are common. At the end of the 2013 fiscal year, there was $677,396 left over. “I am not worried about it,” Dixson said of the shortfall.

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Reach Rashah McChesney at rashah.mcchesney@peninsulaclarion.com.

and not force projects to be carried out based on numbers. Components in the budget are generally estimated on the higher end of things, Dixson said. For example this fall there will be four new city council members, who will require travel and training expenses, the total of which is not certain Kelly Sullivan can be at this time. Other areas such as opera- reached at kelly.sullivan@pentions and maintenance supplies insulaclarion.com

Bethel institutes tighter nepotism rules BETHEL (AP) — The city of Bethel has tightened its rules on nepotism. KYUK reports the city council on Tuesday strengthened its definition of “immediate family” members and rules for their work in city government. Previously, nepotism rules only applied to people related

by blood or marriage. But now, immediate family members include domestic partners, significant others, stepchildren and stepparents. The new rules also prohibit the city manager from having an immediate family member working for the city, among other provisions.

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Spurs rip Heat, move 1 win from title BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer

MIAMI — Here they are again, back on the brink of a championship. It slipped away from the San Antonio Spurs last year, but it would take something special — historic, actually — to stop them now. The Miami Heat would have to make the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history. “They’re the two-time champs, they’re a great team, and there is still one more game,” Spurs guard Tony Parker said. “We have to win one more game.” Kawhi Leonard had 20 points and 14 rebounds, and the Spurs routed the Heat again, winning 107-86 on Thursday night to open a commanding 3-1

lead. The Spurs can win their fifth NBA championship with a victory at home in Game 5 on Sunday and avenge their seven-game loss to Miami last year. They have three chances, and the way they’re dominating the Heat, they might need just one. “I’m pleased that they performed as well as they did while we’ve been in Miami, and that’s about as far as it goes,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. “Now we’ve got to go back home and play as well or better.” LeBron James had 28 points and eight rebounds, but Dwyane Wade was just 1 of 10 through three quarters and finished with 10 points. “They smashed us,” James said. “Two straight home games got off to awful starts. They came in and were

much better than us in these last two games. It’s just that simple.” No team has overcome a 3-1 deficit in the finals, and the way the Heat were outclassed twice on their home floor makes it hard to imagine the twotime champions being the first. “We put ourselves in a position where it is about making history,” James added. Parker added 19 points, and Tim Duncan had 10 points and 11 rebounds for the Spurs, who shot 57 percent from the field and are hitting 54 percent in the series. The Spurs lost twice in Miami to end last year’s finals, their only defeat in the championship round. They won their two games in South Florida this time by a combined 40 points. San Antonio’s surprising dominance

has Miami on its heels, and unless Miami can figure things out quickly, the Heat’s two-year championship reign will come to an abrupt end. If this was the last home game of the season in Miami, it looked and sounded nothing like the ones to end the last two years, which featured confetti falling and trophies raised. This one had the unfamiliar sound of boos late in the first half and a chant of “Go Spurs Go!” with under 3 minutes left from the San Antonio fans who remained long after many of Miami’s had bolted. A Heat win Sunday would force a Game 6 in Miami Tuesday. The Heat had followed their last 13 postseason losses with a victory, but now at the end of a fourth straight season that has gone the distance, they

might be out of gas. Miami seemed to lack the energy — or maybe effort — to defend San Antonio’s precision ball movement for the full 24 seconds, and time after time the Spurs ended up with a shot from somebody who didn’t have a defender nearby. Not quite as sharp as when they shot a finals-record 75.8 percent in the first half Tuesday night, the Spurs were still plenty good enough to open another huge lead by halftime, and they withstood every attempt Miami made to make a run. “We were expecting a reaction from them but we were ready for it, so we just did the same thing,” Spurs forward Boris Diaw said. The Spurs knew their defense had to be better, realizing their once-inSee NBA, Page B-4

Brazil opens with victory Neymar scores twice vs. Croatia TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion

Dallas Pierren delivers a pitch to the plate Thursday against South at the Kenai Little League fields.

SAO PAULO — Neymar gave Brazil a winning start to its home World Cup, scoring twice to lead the host nation to an unconvincing 3-1 victory over Croatia in the opening game on Thursday. In his 50th match with Brazil, the 22-year-old forward scored a goal in each half to help the hosts survive an early scare and escape disaster in front of a packed Itaquerao Stadium after Croatia had taken an early lead. Marcelo found his own net while trying to clear a low cross by Ivica Olic in the 11th minute, but Neymar then showed why the nation’s high hopes are all pinned on him.

He equalized in the 29th minute, clearing a defender in midfield before making a run toward the edge of the area and firing a perfectly placed low shot that went in off the post. The game turned on a controversial penalty awarded by Japanese referee Yuichi Nishimura in the 71st minute when striker Fred went down inside the area under minimal contact from defender Dejan Lovren. Neymar scored from the spot for his 33rd goal with Brazil. The Barcelona star got a standing ovation when he was substituted near the end of the match. “It’s important to start these tournaments with the right foot, with a victory,” Neymar said. “I’m happy that I got to score, See CUP, Page B-4

Twins, South split twin bill Warriors could By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

If Thursday’s hitting performance against South is any indication of how the Post 20 Twins will do this year, then opposing defenses are going to have to batten down the hatches. The Twins opened their season by splitting a doubleheader with South at the Kenai Little League fields, losing the opening seven-inning league game 8-6 and winning the second, nonleague game 10-2. In the second contest, Post 20 sent out 17 hits, six of those coming in the top of the seventh inning. Five runs were also scored in the frame. “We can hit anybody,” said Twins coach Hector Rivera. “We have no pressure. The four guys coming back from last year are good leaders, and they like to help the younger guys. We’re going to be fine, and I’m looking forward to a good season.” In the second game, Tom-

my Bowe led the Twins by batting 3 for 4 with two runs, Josh Darrow hit 2 for 3 with two runs, JJ Sonnen hit 1 for 3 with three RBIs and Cody Quelland hit 2 for 3 with two runs. Rivera’s son, also named Hector, hit 3 for 5 in the leadoff spot. “All we need now is field time,” Rivera said. “(South) should be one of the best teams in the league, and we had them.” Quelland hit a single in the top of the second that brought Darrow home for the first run of the game, and from there, Post 20 cruised. The Twins had a run in the third inning, one in the fourth, one in the fifth and five in the seventh. On the mound, Joey Becher, Tyler Covey and Klayton Justice shared pitching duties. Becher went two innings with one hit and four walks, Covey went two innings with two hits and three walks, and Justice finished up with two hits and one walk. Becher threw 49 pitches, Covey had 30 and South’s Bryce Schwarz moves out of the way of an inside See TWINS, page B-4 pitch Thursday.

reunite as Bears By JEREMIAH BARTZ Frontiersman.com

WASILLA — Tanner Schachle and Colton Fletcher grew up playing hockey together. The duo skated through the youth and comp ranks before playing two seasons of high school hockey together with the Wasilla Warriors. The longtime friends skated on different squads during the 2013-14 high school season. But there’s a chance Schachle and Fletcher could be reunited. Both Schachle and Fletcher were selected by the Kenai River Brown Bears during the second round of the North American Hockey League annual draft earlier this week. Schachle, a Wasilla High incoming senior, was taken with the 37th pick in the draft. Last season, Schachle helped the Wasilla Warriors finish third in the ASAA 4A state tourney, the program’s highest finish

in the tourney since Wasilla placed second in 1989. Fletcher, who left WHS after his sophomore year to skate for the Omaha Lancers in the North American Prospects Hockey League, was taken two picks later. Both players participated in Kenai River’s Alaska camp last month. Both Schachle and Fletcher said they felt they did well at the camp, but neither was sure if they’d be selected by the Tier II Junior A hockey team. “I had a good camp. I talked to the coach, but he never really mentioned anything,” Schachle said. Schachle said he was really excited to be drafted. He said he’s also excited that both he and Fletcher were selected by the same team. “We’ve been playing together all of our lives. We played together at camp and did really good. It’d be cool to (play with him again),” Schachle said. See BEARS, page B-4

Beck impresses Birch Ridge juniors with 3-iron flop shots

ow lucky were our Birch Ridge Golf Association Junior Golf Campers this past Wednesday? Real lucky! PGA Professional Chip Beck came to Soldotna and put on a quite a show for our miniature duffers. The personal instruction Beck gave to our juniors was truly invaluable for their development. The Clarion already did an excellent job covering Beck’s day in Thursday’s paper so I won’t go into great detail, but I want to say one thing. … I have never seen a golfer hit 3-iron flop shots one after another as beautifully as Chip Beck. In fact, I’m not sure if I have ever seen anyone hit a 3-iron flop successfully. Beck, with nearly 40 kids standing a few feet to his right (right in the shank zone!), with no warm-up, feathered

one 3-iron after another high into air before the ball landed softly next to the hole. Wow. ... The PGA Tour has had a long running marketing slogan, “These Guys are Good”. Chip Beck is good. Old Folks Golf Nineteen of the most wonderfully cranky old persons you’ll ever meet graced Birch Ridge with their presence Monday morning for senior league play. The company has been so pleasant this summer two ladies decided to join the group making for an eventful contest. Pat McElroy managed to rise above his fellow competitors to post his first low-net triumph of the young year. Gary Davis hit a shot unlike any other at the sixth for closest-to honors. Gordon “Slicker than Criscoe” Briscoe greased his trusty iron at the eighth

B irch R idge G olf R eport N olan Rose before capturing closest to. The lovable lefty Tom Hodel rolled in the long putt at the finishing hole. Tuesday Morning Ladies League Heads were spinning round and round Tuesday morning as the dazzling dames headed out to conquer the Birch Ridge links. Chiya “Pet” Bazan placed her golf ball very close to the cup at the eighth, a shot no other woman could match, to claim closest to. Tanya “Two-Step” Boedeker took home low-gross honors by playing beautiful golf while Chiya won low net. Tanya also won the C

Bingo-Bango-Bongo contest. I have no idea what that is. Thursday Night Couples We had to tell more than a few couples to get a room Thursday night during another round of golfing romance at Birch Ridge. Dave “Super Bowl Champ” Keating paired with his lovely wife, and St. Louis Rams fan, Sharon, to post a score lower than any other couple. Dapper Dennis Simmons and his bride, Diane, played well enough to finish one position off the lead. The Boedeker’s march to golfing immortality continued with another finish on the podium. Golf Joke of the Week Two golfers join up at the first for a game and each explains they have a psychological problem and need to play differently.

It appears they both have the same doctor who has prescribed a game of golf using an imaginary golf ball to reduce stress. And so they hit off with their imaginary balls. After hitting eagles, pars, birdies and keeping down the middle they reach the 18th. The first one indicates because they are equal in their score that he should hit first so he hits off with his imaginary ball. “Look at that, a beautiful shot just on the edge of the green.” The second guy hits his imaginary ball and indicates that it has also landed on the edge, next to the other ball. The first guy lines up and putts. “You wouldn’t believe it, my ball just rolled into the cup, I win!” The second guy responds, “You won’t believe it either, you just hit my ball.”

B-2 Peninsula Clarion, Friday, June 13, 2014

Baseball Hall of Fame celebrates 75th birthday JOHN KEKIS AP Sports Writer

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — All that was missing was the Bambino — and the sun. On a rainy, late-spring day that forced the festivities inside, the Baseball Hall of Fame celebrated its diamond anniversary on Thursday with more than 300 people gathered in the museum’s showpiece Plaque Gallery. “It’s a significant birthday. It’s well worth celebrating,” Cal Ripken said before he and fellow Hall of Famer Phil Niekro helped cut a piece of a huge birthday cake made for the occasion with the Hall of Fame’s 75th anniversary logo in the middle. “It is the history of baseball.” Stephen Clark, a Cooperstown na-

tive and grandson of one of the founders of the Singer Sewing Machine Co., and National League president Ford Frick were the main movers behind the creation of the Hall of Fame, and they championed the idea based on the myth that Abner Doubleday invented baseball in Cooperstown. The first sports hall of fame in the world opened in 1939 and has morphed from a one-room building into a 50,000-square-foot shrine with 40,000 artifacts and a library featuring 3 million items. “We are baseball’s version of the Smithsonian and the Library of Congress, all in one,” said Hall of Fame Chairman Jane Forbes Clark, granddaughter of Stephen Clark. “It has made an indelible mark on this region and all of baseball. What a visionary my grand-

Rockies, Braves flare tempers By The Associated Press

DENVER — Corey Dickerson hit Atlanta catcher Gerald Laird with his backswing and tempers quickly flared, setting off a tense sequence and leading to several ejections Thursday as the Colorado Rockies beat the Braves 10-3. The Rockies led 8-3 in the eighth inning when Dickerson knocked off Laird’s facemask with his swing — Dickerson said it was an accident. Laird was down for several minutes before walking off and being replaced by Evan Gattis. With his next pitch, Atlanta reliever David Carpenter hit Dickerson in the thigh and was ejected. Rockies manager Walt Weiss bolted from the dugout and began yelling at Carpenter, as well as in the general direction of Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez. TIGERS 4, WHITE SOX 0

hitter Reid Brignac lined a tiebreaking, two-run double in the sixth inning, John Mayberry Jr. hit a three-run homer and the Philadelphia Phillies beat San Diego in a steady rain to complete a threegame sweep.

ORIOLES 4, BLUE JAYS 2 BALTIMORE — Kevin Gausman gave up one run over six innings and Delmon Young homered for Baltimore.

BREWERS 5, METS 1 NEW YORK — Jonathan Lucroy hit a tiebreaking homer in a four-run 13th inning for Milwaukee in a game that had an unusual rain delay that lasted all of 3 minutes.

PIRATES 4, CUBS 0 PITTSBURGH — Andrew McCutchen had two doubles and two RBIs to help Pittsburgh beat Chicago.

CHICAGO — Max Scherzer RED SOX 5, INDIANS 2 tossed a three-hitter in his first career complete game, and Victor Martinez BOSTON — Jon Lester worked hit his 16th homer to lead Detroit. into the eighth inning and David Ortiz hit a two-run homer to lead GIANTS 7, NATIONALS 1 struggling Boston. SAN FRANCISCO — Tim Hudson threw seven strong innings ASTROS 5, and left with a major league-best DIAMONDBACKS 4 1.81 ERA as the San Francisco GiHOUSTON — Chris Carter ants avoided a four-game sweep homered leading off the bottom of and beat Washington. the 10th inning for Houston. Carter, who homered twice on REDS 4, DODGERS 1 Wednesday, hit his 13th homer of CINCINNATI — Todd Fra- the season into the Crawford Boxzier hit a two-run homer off Zack es in left field off J.J. Putz (1-1). Greinke, who lost his perfect record at Great American Ball Park, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the YANKEES 6, MARINERS 3 Los Angeles Dodgers for a split of SEATTLE — Derek Jeter had a their four-game series. memorable final regular season appearance in Seattle with three hits, two runs scored and two RBIs, and PHILLIES 7, PADRES 3 New York completed its first threePHILADELPHIA — Pinch- game sweep of the season.

Sports Briefs Circle Track races set for Saturday The Kenai Peninsula Racing Lions — Circle Track Division will hold their first race of the season Saturday. This will also serve as fan appreciation night. General admission is $5, but veterans get in for free. The races begin at 6 p.m., while qualifying is at 4 p.m. and gates open to the public at 3 p.m. Depending on the cars that show up, races will be between stock cars, legends, late models, trucks and sprint cars.

Relay for Life event set for Friday Relay for Life of the Central Peninsula will hold a fundraiser, five-kilometer run/walk at 6 p.m. today. The event was previously postponed due to the Funny River Horse Trail fire. Online registration is available through Thursday at www. tsalteshi.org. The cost is $25 for adults and $15 for students, with a $5 discount for Tsalteshi Trails Association members. There also is race-day registration at the trailhead, for an additional $5. Bib pickup is at the trailhead beginning at 5 p.m.

Mouth to Mouth event set for Saturday Cook Inletkeeper and Tsalteshi Trails Association will hold the Mouth to Mouth Wild Run & Ride beach event Saturday, starting at the mouth of the Kenai River and ending at the mouth of the Kasilof River. Specifically, the race starts at the Kenai South Beach parking lot, and ends at the Kasilof North Beach parking lot. There will be a bonfire beach party at the finish, with shuttles to Kenai available. Prizes are for fastest male and female runner and biker, youngest participant and silliest salmon costume. Proceeds go to Cook Inletkeeper. Preregistration is at www.tsalteshi.org, and cost is $25, with a $5 discout for TTA and CIK members. Day-of, in-person registration is $35. For more information, visit facebook.com/wildrunandride.

Seahawks sign Kevin Williams RENTON, Wash. — The Seattle Seahawks have added another big body to their defensive line after agreeing to terms with free agent Kevin Williams. The Seahawks reached the agreement with Williams on Thursday as the team wrapped up its organized team activities. The Seahawks still have their mandatory three-day minicamp beginning Tuesday. — Staff and wire reports

father was, taking Cooperstown and giving it things that would carry it into the next century. “Even though he saw the world in a much longer-term fashion than most, I think even he would be in awe of what’s happened,” she said, The first class of inductees was elected in 1936 — Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Honus Wagner and Babe Ruth — and the Hall of Fame opened three years later — 100 years after the Doubleday idea was born. Ruth was the centerpiece of that first class, and he attended the Hall of Fame’s official opening on June 12, 1939. He was the last person to speak before Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis officially opened the museum. “They started something here and the kids are keeping the ball rolling,” Ruth

said that day on the front steps of the Hall of Fame as 15,000 fans craned their necks to get a glimpse of the Bambino. “I’m very glad that in my day I was able to earn my place. And I hope youngsters of today have the same opportunity to experience such feeling.” Ruth, who made his major league debut nearly a century ago — on July 11, 1914 — would be 119 today, and yet his impact remains as profound as ever. And he was on the mark with his observation. The Hall of Fame has had nearly 16 million visitors since its opening day, and to help mark its milestone birthday a new Babe Ruth exhibit will open on Friday. The 180-square-foot display — “Babe Ruth: His Life and Legend” — will feature artifacts that tell his whole

story, including a trophy presented to him by his so-called “Baltimore admirers” on May 20, 1922. That’s the day Ruth returned to the Yankees after being suspended by Landis for the start of the season for illegally barnstorming after the 1921 World Series. Fans from his hometown made the trip north to New York just to welcome him back. Also to be included in the revamped exhibit is a recently discovered film showing Ruth at spring training in March 1920. It’s believed to be the earliest known footage of Ruth in a Yankee uniform. Ruth was a figure larger than life, and his impact on the Hall of Fame has been like no other. The Babe Ruth Room opened in 1992 and quickly became the museum’s most popular exhibit.

Scoreboard Golf U.S. Open

At Pinehurst Resort and Country Club, No. 2 Course Par 70 Martin Kaymer 34-31—65 Kevin Na 34-34—68 Graeme McDowell 34-34—68 Brendon De Jonge 34-34—68 Fran Quinn 34-34—68 Brandt Snedeker 31-38—69 Henrik Stenson 35-34—69 Matt Kuchar 32-37—69 Brendon Todd 34-35—69 Jordan Spieth 36-33—69 Hideki Matsuyama 34-35—69 Dustin Johnson 34-35—69 Harris English 34-35—69 Keegan Bradley 33-36—69 Francesco Molinari 36-33—69 Henrik Norlander 35-35—70 Lucas Bjerregaard 35-35—70 Marcel Siem 37-33—70 Ian Poulter 35-35—70 Phil Mickelson 36-34—70 Joost Luiten 36-34—70 Russell Henley 34-36—70 Rickie Fowler 35-35—70 Aaron Baddeley 38-32—70 Brooks Koepka 33-37—70 Mark Wilson 35-35—70 Jimmy Walker 34-36—70 Victor Dubuisson 35-35—70 Steve Stricker 35-35—70 Charl Schwartzel 36-34—70 Paul Casey 37-33—70 J.B. Holmes 36-34—70 Jamie Donaldson 35-35—70 Seung-Yul Noh 33-37—70 Danny Willett 36-34—70 Pablo Larrazabal 37-34—71 Patrick Reed 35-36—71 Boo Weekley 36-35—71 Webb Simpson 35-36—71 Rory McIlroy 36-35—71 Zach Johnson 33-38—71 a-Matthew Fitzpatrick 37-34—71 Chris Kirk 35-36—71 Billy Hurley III 35-36—71 a-Oliver Goss 35-36—71 Garth Mulroy 34-37—71 John Senden 38-33—71 Louis Oosthuizen 35-36—71 Zac Blair 35-36—71 Daniel Berger 35-37—72 Erik Compton 35-37—72 Scott Langley 38-34—72 Miguel Angel Jimenez 37-35—72 Justin Rose 33-39—72 Nicholas Lindheim 37-35—72 Graeme Storm 37-35—72 Nicolas Colsaerts 37-35—72 Bill Haas 37-35—72 Stewart Cink 35-37—72 Gary Woodland 38-34—72 Jason Dufner 33-39—72 Bernd Wiesberger 36-36—72 Toru Taniguchi 36-36—72 Bo Van Pelt 36-36—72 Kevin Tway 34-38—72 Simon Griffiths 35-37—72 Cody Gribble 35-37—72 Sergio Garcia 37-36—73 Jason Day 36-37—73 Stephen Gallacher 36-37—73 David Toms 39-34—73 Thongchai Jaidee 36-37—73 Jeff Maggert 37-36—73 Shiv Kapur 38-35—73 Smylie Kaufman 37-36—73 Clayton Rask 34-39—73 Alex Cejka 38-35—73 Joe Ogilvie 35-38—73 Jim Furyk 38-35—73 Shane Lowry 35-38—73 Adam Scott 36-37—73 Retief Goosen 38-35—73 Geoff Ogilvy 33-40—73 Hyung-Sung Kim 35-38—73 Rod Pampling 36-37—73 Luke Guthrie 39-34—73 Ryan Blaum 36-37—73 Chad Collins 37-37—74 Kyoung-Hoon Lee 35-39—74 Roberto Castro 35-39—74 Matt Jones 37-37—74 Angel Cabrera 37-37—74 Kenny Perry 36-38—74 Craig Barlow 35-39—74 Wen-Chong Liang 35-39—74 Matt Dobyns 37-37—74 a-Maverick McNealy 38-36—74 Oliver Fisher 37-37—74 Casey Wittenberg 36-38—74 Andres Echavarria 37-37—74 Ernie Els 37-37—74 Hunter Mahan 37-37—74 Ryan Palmer 35-39—74 Jim Renner 35-39—74 Chris Doak 40-34—74 Rob Oppenheim 39-36—75 Brian Stuard 38-37—75 Andrea Pavan 36-39—75 Kevin Kisner 36-39—75 Lee Westwood 37-38—75 Billy Horschel 37-38—75 Kevin Sutherland 39-36—75 Justin Thomas 37-38—75 David Oh 38-37—75 Ken Duke 41-34—75 Justin Leonard 36-39—75 Y.E. Yang 35-40—75 Darren Clarke 38-37—75 Graham DeLaet 37-38—75 Kevin Streelman 36-39—75 a-Hunter Stewart 36-39—75 Matt Every 37-39—76 Ryan Moore 36-40—76 Nick Watney 38-38—76 Maximilian Kieffer 36-40—76 a-Brian Campbell 39-37—76 Steven Alker 38-38—76 Niclas Fasth 36-40—76 Hudson Swafford 35-41—76 Bubba Watson 38-38—76 G. Fdez-Castano 38-38—76 David Gossett 39-37—76 a-Sam Love 35-41—76 Brett Stegmaier 39-38—77 D.A. Points 39-38—77 Jonas Blixt 38-39—77 Brady Watt 39-38—77 a-Will Grimmer 35-42—77 Kevin Stadler 39-38—77 Luke Donald 37-40—77 a-Cory Whitsett 40-37—77 Azuma Yano 39-38—77

a-Cameron Wilson Aron Price a-Robby Shelton Nick Mason Anthony Broussard Robert Allenby Tom Lewis Bobby Gates Lucas Glover a-Andrew Dorn Chris Thompson Kiyoshi Miyazato a-Brandon McIver Donald Constable

40-38—78 38-40—78 39-39—78 38-40—78 40-38—78 39-40—79 42-37—79 40-39—79 37-42—79 43-36—79 38-42—80 42-39—81 40-42—82 42-40—82

Hockey NHL Playoffs FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Los Angeles 3, N.Y. Rangers 1 Wednesday, June 4: Los Angeles 3, NY Rangers 2, OT Saturday, June 7: Los Angeles 5, NY Rangers 4, 2OT Monday, June 9: Los Angeles 3, NY Rangers 0 Wednesday, June 11: NY Rangers 2, Los Angeles 1 Friday, June 13: NY Rangers at Los Angeles, 4 p.m. ADT

Soccer World Cup FIRST ROUND GROUP A W L T GF GA Pts Brazil 1 0 0 3 1 3 Cameroon 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 Croatia 0 1 0 1 3 0 Thursday, June 12 At Sao Paulo Brazil 3, Croatia 1 Friday, June 13 At Natal, Brazil Mexico vs. Cameroon, 8 a.m. GROUP B Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 Neth. 0 0 0 0 0 0 Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 Friday, June 13 At Salvador, Brazil Spain vs. Netherlands, 11 a.m. At Cuiaba, Brazil Chile vs. Australia, 2 p.m. GROUP C Colombia 0 0 0 0 0 0 Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ivory Coast 0 0 0 0 0 0 Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 Saturday, June 14 At Belo Horizonte, Brazil Colombia vs. Greece, 8 a.m. At Recife, Brazil Ivory Coast vs. Japan, 5 p.m. GROUP D Costa Rica 0 0 0 0 0 0 England 0 0 0 0 0 0 Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 Uruguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 Saturday, June 14 At Fortaleza, Brazil Uruguay vs. Costa Rica, 11 a.m. At Manaus, Brazil England vs. Italy, 2 p.m. GROUP E Ecuador 0 0 0 0 0 0 France 0 0 0 0 0 0 Honduras 0 0 0 0 0 0 Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunday, June 15 At Brasilia, Brazil Switzerland vs. Ecuador, 8 a.m. At Porto Alegre, Brazil France vs. Honduras, 11 a.m. GROUP F Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bosnia-H. 0 0 0 0 0 0 Iran 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nigeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunday, June 15 At Rio de Janeiro Argentina vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2 p.m. Monday, June 16 At Curitiba, Brazil Iran vs. Nigeria, 11 a.m. GROUP G Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 0 Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 U. States 0 0 0 0 0 0 Monday, June 16 At Salvador, Brazil Germany vs. Portugal, 8 a.m. At Natal, Brazil Ghana vs. United States, 2 p.m. GROUP H Algeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 S. Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tuesday, June 17 At Belo Horizonte, Brazil Belgium vs. Algeria, 8 a.m. At Cuiaba, Brazil Russia vs. South Korea, 2 p.m. All Times ADT

Basketball NBA Playoffs FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) San Antonio 3, Miami 1 Thursday, June 5: San Antonio 110, Miami 95 Sunday, June 8: Miami 98, San Antonio 96 Tuesday, June 10: San Antonio 111, Miami 92 Thursday, June 12: San Antonio 107, Miami 86 Sunday, June 15: Miami at San Antonio, 4 p.m. ADT

WNBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlanta

W 5

L Pct 3 .625

GB —

Chicago Indiana Washington Connecticut New York

5 5 4 4 3

4 4 5 6 6

.556 .556 .444 .400 .333

½ ½ 1½ 2 2½

WESTERN CONFERENCE Minnesota Phoenix San Antonio Los Angeles Seattle Tulsa

8 6 4 3 4 2

1 3 5 4 7 5

.889 .667 .444 .429 .364 .286

— 2 4 4 5 5

Thursday’s Games Connecticut 96, Phoenix 95 Friday’s Games Chicago at Washington, 3 p.m. Minnesota at Atlanta, 3:30 p.m. Connecticut at New York, 3:30 p.m. Seattle at San Antonio, 4 p.m. Los Angeles at Tulsa, 4 p.m. Saturday’s Games Los Angeles at San Antonio, 4 p.m. All Times ADT

Baseball AL Standings

East Division W Toronto 39 Baltimore 34 New York 34 Boston 30 Tampa Bay 25 Central Division Detroit 34 Kansas City 33 Chicago 33 Cleveland 33 Minnesota 31 West Division Oakland 40 Los Angeles 36 Seattle 34 Texas 32 Houston 31

L 29 31 31 36 42

Pct GB .574 — .523 3½ .523 3½ .455 8 .373 13½

28 32 34 34 33

.548 .508 .493 .493 .484

— 2½ 3½ 3½ 4

26 29 32 34 37

.606 .554 .515 .485 .456

— 3½ 6 8 10

Thursday’s Games Baltimore 4, Toronto 2 Boston 5, Cleveland 2 Houston 5, Arizona 4, 10 innings Detroit 4, Chicago White Sox 0 N.Y. Yankees 6, Seattle 3 Friday’s Games Toronto (Hutchison 4-4) at Baltimore (U.Jimenez 2-7), 3:05 p.m. Minnesota (Gibson 5-5) at Detroit (Smyly 3-4), 3:08 p.m. Cleveland (Masterson 4-4) at Boston (Lackey 7-4), 3:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 7-5) at Atlanta (Harang 4-5), 3:35 p.m. Kansas City (Guthrie 2-6) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 3-6), 4:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Cobb 1-4) at Houston (McHugh 4-3), 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Phelps 1-4) at Oakland (Gray 6-2), 6:05 p.m. Texas (Tepesch 2-2) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 8-1), 6:10 p.m. Saturday’s Games Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, 10:10 a.m. Cleveland at Boston, 12:05 p.m. Toronto at Baltimore, 12:05 p.m. Minnesota at Detroit, 12:08 p.m. Tampa Bay at Houston, 12:10 p.m. L.A. Angels at Atlanta, 3:15 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Oakland, 6:05 p.m. Texas at Seattle, 6:10 p.m. All Times ADT

NL Standings

East Division W Washington 35 Atlanta 34 Miami 34 New York 29 Philadelphia 28 Central Division Milwaukee 40 St. Louis 34 Pittsburgh 32 Cincinnati 31 Chicago 26 West Division San Francisco 43 Los Angeles 35 Colorado 31 San Diego 28 Arizona 29

L 30 31 31 37 36

Pct .538 .523 .523 .439 .438

GB — 1 1 6½ 6½

27 32 34 34 38

.597 — .515 5½ .485 7½ .477 8 .406 12½

24 33 35 38 40

.642 — .515 8½ .470 11½ .424 14½ .420 15

Thursday’s Games Cincinnati 4, L.A. Dodgers 1 Philadelphia 7, San Diego 3 Colorado 10, Atlanta 3 San Francisco 7, Washington 1 Pittsburgh 4, Chicago Cubs 0 Milwaukee 5, N.Y. Mets 1, 13 innings Houston 5, Arizona 4, 10 innings Friday’s Games Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 1-1) at Philadelphia (R.Hernandez 2-4), 3:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Locke 0-1) at Miami (Eovaldi 4-2), 3:10 p.m. San Diego (Cashner 2-5) at N.Y. Mets (Colon 5-5), 3:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 7-5) at Atlanta (Harang 4-5), 3:35 p.m. Cincinnati (Bailey 7-3) at Milwaukee (Garza 4-4), 4:10 p.m. Washington (Zimmermann 5-2) at St. Louis (Lynn 6-4), 4:15 p.m. Arizona (C.Anderson 5-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 5-2), 6:10 p.m. Colorado (J.De La Rosa 6-5) at San Francisco (Lincecum 5-4), 6:15 p.m. Saturday’s Games Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia, 11:05 a.m. Colorado at San Francisco, 12:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at Miami, 12:10 p.m. San Diego at N.Y. Mets, 12:10 p.m. Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 3:15 p.m. L.A. Angels at Atlanta, 3:15 p.m. Washington at St. Louis, 3:15

p.m. Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 6:10 p.m. All Times ADT

Orioles 4, Blue Jays 2 Tor. Bal.

000 010 010—2 7 0 210 000 10x—4 9 0

Buehrle, Delabar (7), Loup (8) and D.Navarro; Gausman, Matusz (7), R.Webb (8), Z.Britton (9) and C.Joseph. W_Gausman 2-1. L_Buehrle 10-3. Sv_Z.Britton (6). HRs_Baltimore, D.Young (2).

Red Sox 5, Indians 2 Cle. Bos.

000 002 000—2 8 2 010 022 00x—5 12 1

Tomlin, Hagadone (6), Atchison (6), Carrasco (7) and Y.Gomes; Lester, Tazawa (8), Uehara (9) and D.Ross. W_Lester 7-7. L_Tomlin 4-3. Sv_Uehara (14). HRs_Boston, D.Ortiz (15).

Tigers 4, White Sox 0 Det. Chi.

000 010 021—4 10 1 000 000 000—0 3 0

Scherzer and Holaday; Sale, Petricka (8), D.Webb (9) and Flowers. W_Scherzer 8-2. L_Sale 5-1. HRs_Detroit, V.Martinez (16).

Yankees 6, Mariners 3 NY Se.

202 200 000—6 10 1 010 010 001—3 7 0

Whitley, Thornton (8), Kelley (9), Dav.Robertson (9) and J.Murphy; Elias, Leone (4), Farquhar (7), Medina (8), Furbush (9) and Zunino. W_Whitley 2-0. L_Elias 5-5. Sv_Dav.Robertson (16). HRs_ New York, Ellsbury (4). Seattle, Morrison (1).

Astros 5, Diamondbacks 4, 10 inn. Ari. Hou.

001 001 101 0—4 8 0 101 200 000 1—5 11 2

Miley, Delgado (6), Thatcher (7), E.Marshall (7), Ziegler (9), Putz (10) and M.Montero; Feldman, D.Downs (7), Fields (8), Qualls (9), Sipp (10) and Corporan. W_Sipp 1-0. L_Putz 1-1. HRs_Arizona, Owings (6), M.Montero (9). Houston, Singleton (3), Corporan (5), Carter (13).

Reds 4, Dodgers 1 LA Cin.

100 000 000—1 8 0 200 000 02x—4 7 0

Greinke, Howell (7), League (8) and Federowicz; Simon, A.Chapman (9) and Mesoraco. W_Simon 9-3. L_Greinke 8-3. Sv_A.Chapman (10). HRs_Cincinnati, Frazier (14).

Phillies 7, Padres 3 SD Ph.

200 000 001—3 8 0 100 102 30x—7 10 1

Stults, Thayer (6), A.Torres (7), Patton (8) and Grandal; K.Kendrick, Bastardo (7), Diekman (8), Hollands (9), Giles (9) and Nieves. W_K.Kendrick 2-6. L_Stults 2-8. HRs_San Diego, Grandal (6). Philadelphia, Mayberry (5).

Rockies 10, Braves 3 Atl. Col.

000 000 030—3 4 1 002 001 52x—10 12 0

E.Santana, J.Walden (7), D.Carpenter (8), Varvaro (8) and Laird, Gattis; Chacin, Ottavino (8), Brothers (8), Masset (9), Belisle (9) and Rosario. W_Chacin 1-4. L_E.Santana 5-3. HRs_Atlanta, B.Upton (6). Colorado, Blackmon (12), Morneau (11).

Giants 7, Nationals 1 Was. SF

000 100 000—1 7 0 020 002 12x—7 13 0

Treinen, Stammen (6), Barrett (7) and Lobaton; T.Hudson, Machi (8), Romo (9) and Posey, H.Sanchez. W_T.Hudson 7-2. L_Treinen 0-3.

Pirates 4, Cubs 0 Chi. Pit.

000 000 000—0 7 0 000 220 00x—4 10 0

Samardzija, Russell (7), Schlitter (7), W.Wright (8) and Jo.Baker; Volquez, Watson (8), J.Hughes (9) and R.Martin. W_Volquez 4-5. L_Samardzija 2-6.

Brewers 5, Mets 1, 13 inn. Mil. 010 000 000 000 4—5 13 2 NY 000 100 000 000 0—1 6 0 Lohse, W.Smith (9), Kintzler (10), Duke (12), Fr.Rodriguez (13) and Lucroy; Niese, Familia (8), Edgin (10), Mejia (10), Germen (11), C.Torres (12), Eveland (13) and Recker, Teagarden. W_Duke 4-0. L_C.Torres 2-4. HRs_Milwaukee, Ar.Ramirez (7), Lucroy (5).

Transactions BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS — Activated INF Nick Swisher from the 15-day DL. Placed DH Jason Giambi on 15-day DL. Signed C-INF Simeon Lucas, OF Taylor Murphy, RHP Jordan carter, LHP David Speer, INF Nathan Winfrey and INF Drake Roberts to minor league contracts.

SEATTLE MARINERS — Recalled 1B-DH Jesus Montero from Tacoma (PCL). Placed OF Michael Saunders on the 15-day DL. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Signed RHP Sean Reid-Foley, C Matt Morgan, CF Lane Thomas, RHP Justin Shafer, 2B Ryan Metzler, RHP Jordan Romano, RHP Chase Mallard, 1B Ryan McBroom, RHP Dusty Isaacs, CF Cliff Brantley, SS Aaron Attaway, RHP Conor Fisk, LHP Bob Wheatley, CF Chris Carlson, C Kevin Garcia, 2B Dave Pepe, RHP J.T. Autrey, RHP Chase Wellbrock, RHP Chase Houston, LHP Barndon Hinkle, RHP Joey Aquino, LHP Michael Kraft, OF James Lynch, OF Trent Miller, LHP Joe Claver, RHP Jon Wandling and UTL Austin Davis to minor league contracts. National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Claimed INF-OF Jordan Pacheco from Colorado (NL). Designated INF-OF Nick Evans for assignment. Optioned RHP Trevor Cahill to Visalia (Cal). PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Selected the contract of INF Michael Martinez from Indianapolis (IL). Optioned RHP Casey Sadler to Indianapolis. Agreed to terms with LHP John Sever, RHP Jess Amedee and RHP Luis Paula. Signed SS Cole Tucker, C Taylor Gushue, RHP Austin Coley, RHP Sam Street, INF Erik Lunde, OF Carl Anderson, RHP Nick Neumann and RHP Montana DuRapau to minor league contracts. FOOTBALL National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS — Signed S Dezmen Southward and K Sergio Castillo. CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed CB Darqueze Dennard to a four-year contract. CLEVELAND BROWNS — Claimed TE Emmanuel Ogbuehi C off waivers from Miami. GREEN BAY PACKERS — Y Signed WR Davante Adams and TE Richard Rodgers. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Claimed CB Brandon Burton off waivers from Cincinnati. Waived G Marcus Hall. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed WR Jeremy Johnson. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Agreed to terms with DL Kevin Williams. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed WR Mike Evans and RB Charles Sims. Canadian Football League EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Released LB Ryan Rau. Signed DT Ra’Shon Harris. WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Released DL Stafford Gatling, DL Louis Nzegwu, OL Quentin Saulsberry, DB Kris Robertson and OL Tyson Pencer. HOCKEY National Hockey League EDMONTON OILERS — Signed C Steve Pinizzotto to a one-year contract. NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Named Ben Vanderklok goaltending coach. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS — Named Jason Karmanos vice president of hockey operations. SOCCER Major League Soccer MLS — Suspended Colorado MF Dillon Serna one game and fined him an undisclosed amount for serious foul play against FC Dallas MF Victor Ulloa during a June 7 game. Fined the Seattle Sounders FC and coach Sigi Schmid undisclosed amounts for violating the mass confrontation policy in a June 7 game against Chicago. Issued a warning to Chicago for violating the mass confrontation policy. Fined Chicago’s MF Benji Joya and D Gonzalo Segares undisclosed amounts for instigating/escalating the confrontation. Fined Chicago D Jhon Kennedy Hurtado and Seattle F Obafemi Martins undisclosed amounts for failing to leave the field after receiving red cards. Fined Chicago MF Jeff Larentowicz an undisclosed amount for hands to the face/head of Seattle MF Gonzalo Pineda. NEW YORK CITY FC — Acquired D-MF Jeb Brovsky from Montreal for a 2016 second-round SuperDraft pick. COLLEGE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE — Named Bryce Robinson director of compliance and digital media. BARTON — Named Todd Clark women’s soccer coach. CARSON-NEWMAN — Named Ray Likely men’s assistant basketball coach. CUMBERLAND — Named Adam Grant women’s assistant soccer coach. MONTEVALLO — Named Mark Richard athletic director. RICHARD STOCKTON — Announced the retirements of baseball coach Marty Kavanagh and women’s tennis coach Phil Birnbaum. RIT — Promoted Matt Woodard to women’s lead assistant hockey coach. TENNESSEE — Announced freshman women’s basketball G Diamond DeShields is transferring to the school from North Carolina. UNC WILMINGTON — Named Thomas Carr men’s assistant basketball coach.

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Kaymer grabs 3-shot lead with 5-under 65 DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer

PINEHURST, N.C. — Three days of practice at the new Pinehurst No. 2 was enough to make Martin Kaymer believe this would be the same old U.S. Open. So when he walked off the course on the eve of golf’s toughest test and was asked what he would take for a score at the end of the week, he figured on 8-over par. That changed Thursday morning when he turned on his TV to watch early coverage. Shots at the flag were checking up near the hole. He saw birdies — more than he expected. Kaymer made six of them in the afternoon, three on the final five holes, sending the 29-year-old German to the lowest score in three Opens held at Pinehurst No. 2. He one-putted the last five holes, including a 6-foot par putt on the 18th that gave him a 5-under 65 and a three-shot lead. “It was more playable than I thought,” he said. “I think that made a big difference mentally, that you feel like there are actually some birdies out there, not

only bogeys.” So much was made of the new look at No. 2, which was restored to its old look from more than a half-century ago. Pinehurst turned out to be more different than anyone imagined — at least for one day. As for Kaymer’s prediction? “But obviously, they softened the conditions a little bit so it was more playable,” he said. “So hopefully, I’m not right with the plus 8. I would be disappointed.” Former U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell took the conservative route on his way to a 68 that featured 15 pars, one bogey, one birdie and one eagle. He was joined by Kevin Na, Brendon de Jonge and Fran Quinn, a 49-year-old who last played a U.S. Open in 1996, when Tiger Woods was still an amateur. “This was a golf course where I spent the last few days just preparing myself mentally for the challenge, really, knowing that this golf course wasn’t going to give much and it was only going to take,” McDowell said. “I’m assuming they put some water on

this place this morning. And we were able to take advantage of that a little bit early on and actually think about getting at some of those flags.” Brandt Snedeker, who had a chance at 30 on his front nine, had to settle for being part of a large group at 69 that included 20-year-old Jordan Spieth, Henrik Stenson, Matt Kuchar and Dustin Johnson. The 15 players to shoot in the 60s were the most for an opening round at the U.S. Open since 24 players did it at rain-softened Olympia Fields in 2003. Phil Mickelson, in his latest quest to win the one major keeping him from the career Grand Slam, shot a 70. He was among the early starters, who received additional help by cloud cover that kept moisture in the greens. Mickelson doesn’t expect Pinehurst to be any easier the rest of the week. “There was some low scoring out there — some good scoring, I should say,” he said. “Anything around par, it’s usually a good score.” Masters champion Bubba Watson was among the exceptions. He shot a 76 and said, “This course is better than me

right now.” The sun broke through shortly before noon and began to bake the course, though not enough to stop Kaymer. He watched some of the tournament on television in the morning, and he was particularly struck by the sight of Stenson’s 6-iron into the par-3 15th only rolling out a few feet. Kaymer expected it to roll off the green. “Last night I thought that it’s going to be very, very firm in the afternoon,” he said. “But actually, it was more playable than I thought.” Not everyone was able to take advantage. Defending champion Justin Rose had a 72, making his bid a little tougher to become the first repeat winner in 25 years. Adam Scott, the world No. 1 who has been formidable in every major the last two years except the U.S. Open, had a 73. Scott wasn’t about to panic. Pinehurst only figures to get more difficult. “You know how it’s going to be at the end of the week,” Scott said. “We’re going to be looking at even par, or something around that.”

Kaymer picked up four birdies with relative ease — three wedges to inside 3 feet, and a high draw with a 3-wood to about 20 feet on the par-5 fifth for a twoputt birdie. A few longer putts at the end really dressed up the score. He hit a 6-iron at the flag on the 16th hole and made a 12-foot birdie putt, and then hit another 6-iron at the par-3 17th to about 10 feet for birdie. Kaymer tied the course record with a 63 in the opening round when he won The Players Championship last month, ending a drought of some 18 months. That only boosted his confidence, and the 65 on Thursday only adds to it. Even so, he realizes it’s only one round, and that the course probably won’t be so kind or gentle the rest of the way. “I would have never expected myself to shoot such a low round at Pinehurst ... but it’s a good round of golf,” he said. “I wasn’t expecting it. I’m not freaking out about it. It’s the first round of a very, very important tournament. I put myself so far in a good position, but we have three rounds to go. The golf course can change a lot.”

Could Mickelson be setting himself up for another fall?

here’s no escaping the feeling that Phil Mickelson is setting himself up for another fall. It’s happened a half-dozen times before at the U.S. Open, almost always following the same script. Mickelson digs a foothold near the top of the leaderboard in the opening round, hangs on, hangs on and then plays the last few holes on Sunday a stroke or three on the wrong side of par. Inevitably, somebody else squeezes by and instead of a trophy, he takes home another “best supporting actor” title. Almost on cue, Lefty shot an even-par 70 on his first competitive tour across the scruffy, renovated Pinehurst No. 2 layout, and predicted once again this could be the year. “This is a special tournament, a tournament that means a lot to me,” he began. “I don’t know if it will be this week or next year or the year after. I do still have a hundred percent confidence that I’ll be able to break through and get one. “I do feel, though, that this tournament gives me a great chance on this golf course,” he added, “because I don’t feel like I have to be perfect.” Mickelson was close to that Thursday with nearly every

club in the bag, save the putter. He even surprised himself by hitting every fairway every time he leaned on his normally wayward driver. Golfers like to say they make their own breaks, but Mickelson caught one early in the day after a report in The New York Times said federal authorities found no evidence that he had traded in the stock of a company, Clorox, that is part of an insidertrading probe. The same report said Mickelson, as well as famed sports gambler Billy Walters, are still under investigation over separate well-timed trades they made in a second company, Dean Foods, in 2012 just before its stock soared. Mickelson was asked about that after the round and he replied the way he has since reports that both the FBI and the Securities and Exchange Commission were looking into those trades first surfaced. “Like I said before, with an investigation going on, I’m not going to comment any further on it. But I’ll continue to say that I’ve done absolutely nothing wrong.” When pressed about whether he’d pocketed $1 million by trading Dean Foods’ stock, he essentially gave the same answer: “I do have a lot

kay, carried a beeper that had it gone off, would have sent ports iews Lefty scrambling to the nearest airport for the next flight home. Turns out his daughter, Amanda, who’s now almost J im L itke 15, was born later that day, and to say and I will say it at the just like the rest of us, all she right time.” knows is that when comes to And either way, Mickelson the U.S. Open, her father has a said a few moments later that funny way of finishing second he’s got more than enough on a lot. his plate at the moment. Mickelson figures the fast“It hasn’t affected my est way to end that streak is to preparation or anything for this get hot with the putter. He’s tournament. I know I haven’t switched to the claw grip for done anything wrong,” he said, this tournament, and while it “so I haven’t been stressed didn’t hurt his chances inabout it.” side 10 feet or so, he didn’t We’ll take Mickelson at make anything longer and his word on this one, since his Pinehurst’s turtleback greens history at the U.S. Open — let rarely let approach shots settle alone at this venue — is the any closer. How long he stays kind of stuff that winds up with the new grip is anybody’s on the cutting-room floor of guess. a horror flick. He was play“It might be weeks, it might ing alongside the late Payne be months, it might be days, Stewart here in 1999 and gethours, I don’t know,” Mickelting ready for a playoff when son said. “It’s just one of those Stewart rolled in a 15-footer things. Last year I putted just for par and the win. so well for a year and a half, Mickelson’s wife, Amy, was and I’ve kind of over-done very pregnant when he arrived what I was doing. I’ve got to and his caddie, Bones Mackind of settle back in.”

Mickelson turns 44 on June 16 and isn’t likely to master too many new tricks. He’s already captured the other three legs of the Grand Slam and fortuitously, the absence of rough and the premium on chipping here now make Pinehurst his kind of setup. But he’s not about to refuse help from any quarter. On the par-5 fifth, Mickelson’s approach putt rolled over the marker of playing partner Matthew Fitzpatrick, an amateur who’s young enough to be his son, and stopped right in front of it. “He came over and he said, ‘Is that all right there?’” Fitzpat-

rick said, “and he was obviously joking, but I didn’t think he was. I said, ‘I’m going to need that moved.’ And he said, ‘Don’t worry, I’m only joking.’” A moment later, Mickelson told Fitzpatrick that hitting the marker had probably saved him from rolling the ball another two feet past the hole. “I guess if he does win,” Fitzpatrick said, brightening, “I’ve contributed to it a little bit.” Jim Litke is a national sports columnist for The Associated Press. Write to him at jlitke@ap.org and follow him at http://www.twitter.com/ JimLitke

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Nadal loses in Germany HALLE, Germany (AP) — Rafael Nadal was knocked out in the second round of the grasscourt Gerry Weber Open on Thursday, losing 6-4, 6-1 to German wild card Dustin Brown. “I didn’t play,” Nadal said. “That can happen when you play an opponent like this. But I don’t want to talk about the opponent.” Brown, the world No. 85, broke Nadal’s serve at the fifth

attempt to win the first set, and he pulled off two audacious lobs in succession to break the Spaniard again early in the second. Nothing Nadal tried seemed to work in his first match since winning his ninth French Open title. He had a first-round bye at Halle, where he was the top seed. “The only way I could have tried to do more was resist-

ing with my serve, something I hadn’t practiced a lot these days,” said Nadal, who was unnerved by Brown’s unpredictability. “For the first four games he didn’t put any returns on the court and then suddenly he was playing winners from the return, so it’s difficult to analyze these kinds of matches. The only thing I can do is keep working the way that I did the last three

days, because I came here, I tried hard, I tried my best.” Brown became the lowest ranked player to beat a world No. 1 since 2008, when No. 98 Mardy Fish beat Roger Federer at Indian Wells. “I never played against a world No. 1 before, never played him before, so this is just crazy for me,” the player with the distinctive dreadlocks said.

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Justice had 37. For South, Sage Dudick, Alex Schlegal and Tommy Koloski split pitching duties. Dudick went the first three innings with five hits, Schlegal went two innings with five hits and Koloski went two innings with five hits, all in the last frame. In the first game, Dallas Pierren took care of things on the mound, but still received the loss. Pierren threw 101 pitches, giving up 12 hits, seven earned runs and three strikeouts. The go-ahead run in that game came in the top of the sixth, when Alec Valdez blasted a rare home run out of the park to break up a 4-4 tie. “(Pierren) did well, he just forgot who he was pitching to,” Rivera said. “It was the first pitch to Alec. He’s just a strong kid, and that was the only mistake Dallas made the whole game I think.” After grabbing a 3-0 lead, South let a few slide in the bottom of the third. Rivera stole home for the Twins’ first run, then was followed by a single from Pierren that brought Kenny Griffin home to score. In the bottom of the fourth, Post 20 took a 4-3 lead on a

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but the entire team deserves credit. We maintained our calm and showed we could battle back.” The Croatians were furious. “If that was a penalty, we should be playing basketball. Those kinds of fouls are penalized there,” Croatia coach Niko Kovac said. “That is shameful, this is not a World Cup referee. He had one kind of criteria for them and another for us. The rules were not the same,” Kovac said. As Croatia searched desperately for an equalizer, Oscar added to the lead in the first minute of injury time with a toe poke from just outside the penalty area. Croatia had a few good chances toward the end and had a goal disallowed in the 83rd after the referee ruled Olic had fouled Brazil goalkeeper Julio Cesar. The host nation hasn’t lost the last nine times it played in the opening match. South Africa was held by Mexico to a 1-1 draw four years ago.

single from Justin Wisnewski that scored Covey and a single from Rivera that brought Wisnewski around. However, after a tying run in the top of the fifth gave the Wolverines a chance for the lead in the sixth, when Valdez hit his homer. “Our defense kind of let up in the last inning,” Rivera said. “We made two errors, it cost us two runs, and we still scored a couple in the last inning. It was almost.” The Twins looked to have a comeback in the works in the seventh inning, starting with a sacrifice fly from Bowe with the bases loaded that scored Rivera. That was followed by a run from Griffin on a passed ball. Ultimately, the Twins were unable to finish the game before the third out. South coach Cliff Butcher said coming back to win a league game after a hectic weekend — one that nearly saw South win the state high school championship in a thrilling 11-10 game to Sitka, all coming after a 15-inning semifinal — was just what his squad needed. “We were just reloading this week,” Butcher said. “We played Monday night and it was just tiring.” South improved to 1-2 with the win and are 1-3 overall. With the season underway, the Twins are already looking at a different landscape in

Alaska Legion AA play. The addition of four new teams in Palmer, Fairbanks, Juneau and Ketchikan have allowed the state to be split up into two separate divisions. The American division will include Service (3-2 overall), East (2-3), Dimond (4-0), Wasilla (1-0), South, West (05), Juneau and Ketchikan. The National division will be comprised of Chugiak (4-2), Eagle River (1-1), Bartlett (3-3), Fairbanks Post 30 (1-0), Fairbanks 11 (0-1), Kenai, Kodiak and Palmer. Each team will play 18 league games this summer. “I’m hoping that these guys will turn around and we’ll be able to dominate,” Rivera said about the teams his squad will be facing. “I’ll give myself two weeks. “This week will be hard work, and we’ll need to win a couple games and bring the confidence up on the team.” The top three teams from each league receive an automatic berth to the state tournament in August, followed by two wild cards representing the two next best squads. If two teams in position for the second wild card spot have identical records, a tiebreaker game will be played. Rivera said four players are returning from last year’s Post 20 team. “We have high hopes,” he

said. “We’re working together as a team, and you saw how they bounced back from that defeat in the first game.” As he did Thursday, Pierren will be starting the bulk of the Twins’ games this year, and will be joined in the bullpen by Miles Jones and Mitchel Daugherty, who haven’t arrived yet. Daugherty is also listed on the Peninsula Oilers’ pitching roster, but according to Rivera, Daugherty will be playing legion ball this summer. “Pitching is going be OK, I mean, I don’t have a Brandon Mahle like last year,” Rivera said. “Dallas is going to be our horse, and we expect a lot from Miles, Tommy (Bowe) can pitch, Hector (Rivera) can pitch, everybody can.” Rivera, Griffin, Bowe, Justice Miller and Wisnewski have all shown glimpses of batting brilliance, and coach Rivera is encouraged by the newer talent in Darrow, Quelland and Sonnen. “I’m still learning who can play where,” Rivera said. “I don’t have a definite lineup yet. It’s trial and error.” The Twins will also be getting some long days this summer, starting with two straight days of doubleheaders with both Fairbanks teams June 24 and 25. “It starts right here, one game at a time,” Rivera said.

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Justice Miller takes a cut Thursday at the Kenai Little League fields against South.

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Schachle, who also played for the Alaska Junior Aces U18 AAA team, said he feels he’s ready to make the jump to junior hockey. “I need to put on a little weight and get stronger and bigger, but I definitely think I’m ready,” Schachle, a 6-foot1 left wing said. Being drafted does not guarantee that either Schachle or Fletcher will be on the Kenai River regular season roster for the 2014-15 season. Each will have to attend the team’s main offseason camp and make the roster. Kenai River does own the league rights for both players by drafting them. Schachle said he’ll certainly have to put in the work during the offseason, but is excited about the potential of skating for the Brown Bears and playing junior hockey in his home state. Fletcher has more than one possible landing spot for his 2014-15 season. After his sophomore year, Fletcher was selected by the Lincoln Stars in the United States Hockey League draft last year. Lincoln, a Tier I Junior A hockey organization, holds Fletcher’s USHL rights. Fletcher is at-

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tending Lincoln’s main offseason camp, which begins June 12. Regardless of his potential future in the USHL, Fletcher said he was happy to be drafted by the NAHL’s Brown Bears. “It’s a pretty good honor to be drafted by them,” Fletcher said. Like Schachle, Fletcher said he’s excited about a potential reunion on the ice. “I’ve known Tanner all my life. We’ve been best friends,” Fletcher said. After he was selected by Lincoln after his sophomore season, Fletcher skated for the Omaha Lancers of the NAPHL. “It’s the best thing that happened for me in my hockey career. It matured me as a person and as a hockey player,” Fletcher said. “It was really good for me.” Schachle and Fletcher were among nine players selected by Kenai River in the draft. “Both have always been strong players,” Kenai River head coach Geoff Beauparlant said after the draft. “Both skate well, are strong on the puck and have excellent finish around the net. Tanner is more a guy that gets his nose dirty around the net. He plays a physical game with high-end skill. I think Colton brings puck protection and poise.” James, who battled cramps in Game 1, left the court and briefly returned to the locker room midway through the first quarter Thursday. But he had 10 quick points in the third quarter to bring Miami within 13, but San Antonio pushed it to 81-57 after three and never looked back. Notes: Under Popovich, the Spurs have won 15 of the 18 best-of-seven series in which they led 2-1. ... The Heat hadn’t lost back-to-back games in the playoffs since dropping three straight against the Boston Celtics in the 2012 Eastern Conference finals.

a-lifetime, 19-for-21 start in Tuesday’s 111-92 Game 3 victory covered the fact that they allowed Miami to make more than 50 percent in the game. They held Miami to 35 percent in the first half. “They played great and I can honestly say I don’t think any of us were expecting this type of performance,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. San Antonio blew the game open late in the second quarFollow Brian Mahoney on ter with seven straight points, http://www.twitter. capped by Leonard’s soaring fol- Twitter: com/Briancmahoney low dunk that made it 55-33.

Cup roars to life in Brazil JOHN LEICESTER AP Sports Writer

SAO PAULO — “Tudo bem” — all good — as the Brazilians say. Well, almost. With a nationwide spasm of excitement but also tear gas, the country that sees itself as the artful soul of football but is conflicted about spending billions of dollars on hosting its showcase tournament kicked off one of the most troubled World Cups ever. It roared to life Thursday with a 3-1 win for the home team in a stadium barely readied on time for the first of 64 matches in 12 cities. The end of Brazil’s 64year wait for the World Cup to return to the country of Pele wasn’t all parties and samba. There were protests in five host cities and chants against President Dilma Rousseff. But it wasn’t close to the chaos that wracked last

year’s tuneup tournament, the Confederations Cup, when hundreds of thousands poured into the streets. After a funky opening ceremony featuring J-Lo in lowcut sparkling green and dancers dressed as trees, Brazil’s beloved national team, the star-studded Selecao, made an earnest if not brilliant start to the serious business of reconquering planet futebol. Already the only nation with five world titles, a sixth victory in the July 13 final could assuage much — but not all — public anger about spending $11.5 billion on the tournament. Brazil’s first opponent was a resilient but ultimately outclassed Croatian side. The Itaquerao Stadium, which suffered chronic delays and worker deaths in its construction, was a sea of buttercup yellow, the color of the national team. Brazilian fans expect this crop of stars to deliver not just vicC

tory but football as art, the “Jogo bonito” — the beautiful game — that was the hallmark of great Brazilian teams. The inaugural game had everything aficionados love — passion, drama, spectacle, goals and a refereeing controversy that immediately set fingers wagging on Twitter, showing how players, officials and organizers must live under the microscope of unprecedented social media scrutiny. Brazilian fans call themselves “torcidas” — derived from the Portuguese word “to twist” and evoking how football puts them through the wringer. Brazil made a nightmare start. Marcelo looked stunned, the crowd of 62,103 wailed and grown men watching in bars let out howls of despairing laughter when the Brazilian defender scored an own-goal that gave Croatia an unlikely 1-0 lead after just 11 minutes.

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Brazil’s Neymar celebrates after scoring on a penalty during the Group A World Cup soccer match between Brazil and Croatia at Itaquerao Stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday.

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ome good will come from the recent wildfire on the Kenai Peninsula. You might not see it right now, looking at 200,000 acres of dead, blackened snags, but the good is there. Until their roots rot and the wind blows them over, many of these “burn poles” will stand there for years, so get used to them. And try not to think of them as dirty, ugly and useless. After they’ve shed their burnt bark and weathered for a few years, they take on a light-gray hue. Trees with a story to tell, ghost-like burn poles add variety and character to what otherwise might be a lackluster landscape. The black spruces, in particular, remain tough and hard for years after a fire. They have many uses. When used as firewood, they burn slowly, almost like charcoal. The tops of small burn poles make great fish bonkers, fire pokers and walking sticks. One of my grandkids had great sport using one to bat rocks from my driveway into the woods. For years, I used a burn pole as a ridge pole to suspend a tarp over my boat in wintertime. I used the same pole as a lever to pry stumps out of the ground. Most of Sterling, where I live, burned in the huge wildfire of 1947, so it’s a rare resident who hasn’t knowingly or unknowingly used a burn pole for something or other. Dillon Kimple, who moved here from Washington State 50 years ago, remembers using burn poles for building a shed, as well as a log crib for a septic system drain field. He also recalls a friend who made furniture with the smaller-size burn poles. Lumber was expensive and hard to come by back then. Burn poles, on the other hand, were free and there for the taking. One of my neighbors found that a 30-foot burn pole serves well as a flag pole. If you’re looking for tough, rustic-looking fence rails, you can do worse than burn poles. Sterling resident Norm Israelson, who now lives where the ‘47 burn jumped the Kenai River on its way south, says he likes using the small burn poles for making legs for stools and tables. A neighbor of his built a nice-looking spiral staircase out of them. “They’re as hard as seasoned oak,” Israelson says, and they’re real pretty. I’ve made dozens of tables with them. I clean them up with a belt sander.” He bemoans the fact that they’re just about gone in Sterling now. Sterling homesteader Cotton Moore, famous for his “Ribs by Cotton Moore,” once shared with me that he used burned and seasoned spruce burn poles to generate the smoke for his barbecues. You See PALMER, page C-2

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In this photo taken on May 20, Susan and Larry Dach, 2014 summer campground hosts at Dragoon Campground north of Spokane, Wash., have traveled and camped throughout the west and northern United States and as far as Alaska in their RV since retiring in 2008. The Dach’s, who cut costs by earning free camping as hosts, say they’re planning their future trips to cover the South.

By RICH LANDERS The Spokesman-Review

SPOKANE, Wash. — In the field of RV camping, Susan and Larry Dach are pros. Since retiring in 2008, the Dachs have made a fifth wheel their fulltime home in campgrounds across the USA. “This winter we were in California, on a beach with 70 acres of campground in a beautiful neighborhood we’d never be able to afford to live in,” Larry said. To make ends meet, they arrange for free campsites and utilities for six to eight months a year by volunteering as campground hosts.

They’re camping this summer just north of Spokane, where they both were raised. The Dachs, both in their 50s, are hosts at Dragoon Creek Campground managed by the state Department of Natural Resources. Duties include locking the gate at night and opening it the morning, checking for Discover Passes on vehicles and reporting violations. “We’re observers, not enforcers,” Susan said, noting that the main thing agencies want is their presence at the camp. “We help educate campers and explain the rules, but we call enforcement if needed.” “This has been our lifestyle, and a way to stay retired,” Larry said as he

relaxed on a lawn chair with the barbecue nearby and their bicycles next to the covered picnic table on their oneacre host site. They had just finished the required first-aid training. The Washington State Patrol did a background check before they were assigned. The Dachs are accustomed to the requirements that vary from state to state and park to park. It’s part of their routine for settling into one delicious campsite for a few months before traveling a month or two and settling down again. In January they start applying for host slots with state and national parks and line up their year in carefully researched locations.

“Arizona campground host jobs in particular are in high demand during winter,” Larry said. “We like Zion National Park (Utah) in the fall, but you have to pay attention. Nearby Bryce Canyon looks just as inviting, but it’s at 8,000 feet elevation, where it can snow in October while it’s nice down in Zion at 4,000 feet.” Being campground hosts didn’t occur to the couple when they first hit the road. “Right after we retired, we traveled the United States coast to coast,” Susan said. “That was our plan and we sort of got that out of our system. “When you’re traveling, you see areas superficially. When you stay See CAMP, page C-2

Summer in Alaska is all about multi-tasking By TIM MOWRY Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

FAIRBANKS — This year, it’s going to be all about multi-tasking. In compiling my annual summer list of 20 outdoor things to do in Alaska, I specifically loaded it with things I can do at the same time in hopes of scratching more things off my list than I have in past years. For example, if I do an overnight hiking trip in Denali National Park and Preserve (see item No. 18), I can also check off hiking a new trail (see item No. 1), spending a night in a tent (see item No. 4) and camping in a new spot (see item No. 20). Another possibility is that I float the Chatanika River (see item No. 14) in a packraft (see item No. 5) and camp on a gravel bar (see items No. 4 and No.

20) and catch an Arctic grayling (see item No. 7) while also finding a geocache (see item No. 3). At that rate, it will only take me a few weekends to check off the 20 things I have on this year’s list. Of course, we all know that’s not how it really works, but a guy can fantasize, can’t he? And realistically that’s just what my summer list of things to do is, a fantasy. There’s no way I can accomplish everything that’s on my list, but I can think I can, especially at this time of year when we have the whole summer in front of us. Talk to me in another month or two, though, when reality has set in and see what I have to say. As is the case every year, I encourage you to sit down and compile a list of things to do this summer. Stick it on the refrigerator or type it into your

smart phone. Dream big, dare to fail and, most of all, have fun enjoying Alaska while doing it. Here’s my list of 20 outdoor things to do for the summer of 2014: 1. Hike a new trail. Rather than making the mistake of naming specific trails that I want to hike as I have in past years, i.e. Pinnell Mountain Trail, Kesugi Ridge, etc., I took a new tack this year by making it more generic in hopes that it would be more feasible. That said, both those trails are still on my short list of candidates for this item but this opens the door for other possibilities, too, that might not be quite as arduous. 2. Do the Dome Grand Slam. Here’s how it’s supposed to work, though I have yet to make it work: You mountain bike to the top of Murphy

Dome, run to the top of Ester Dome, and hike to the tops of Donnelly Dome and Wickersham Dome. If you’re really tough — and stupid — you do it all in one day. 3. Try geocaching. A new addition to the list. It’s all the rage among GPS nerds, which I am definitely not. But I do own a GPS, which I have never even tried to use, and this would be a good way to learn how to use it. 4. Spend at least a dozen nights in a tent. It’s on my list every year and it’s one of the few things I can accomplish, even if it means camping out in the back yard. As I say every year, any summer that requires two hands to count the number of nights you slept in a tent is a good one. 5. Try packrafting. This is the summer I’m going to scratch this one off See LIST, page C-2

Fire footprint - ghosts of fires past I flew over much of the Funny River Horse Trail Fire this past Monday. Almost three weeks after the fire was first detected on May 19, 60 per cent of the perimeter has now been contained. On this particular day, there were two actively burning areas high on the Tustumena Bench, torching alpine tundra and subalpine shrub. What struck me the most was how much forest had NOT burned within the perimeter outlining the almost 200,000-acre fire footprint. Sure, there were black spruce stands that had been completely incinerated down to black ash, particularly in the area close to the public eye along Funny River Road and across from the Kenai Keys. But there were other areas of mixed forest where the fire had skipped over the hardwood as it spotted from one white spruce to another. There were hardwood stands where the fire had burned through rapidly, consuming grass and other flash fuels on the ground while leaving the aspen canopy intact. As our plane approached the rugged hills above Tustumena Lake, we flew over extensive stands of white spruce and hardwood left unscathed within the fire perimeter. What the fire folks will tell you is that oxygen, heat and fuel are needed to make Photo by submitted by Kenai National Wildlife Refuge a fire. Well, we had plenty of oxygen in the Alpine tundra was still burning on the eastern edge of the Fun- first few scary days of this fire with susny River Horse Trail Fire as of June 9. tained winds of 20 mph and gusts exceed-

R efuge N otebook J ohn M orton ing 30 mph. We had heat provided in the form of human-caused ignition in extremely dry conditions. It’s the fuel that is a bit more difficult to describe. Of the almost 200,000 acres that the fire perimeter encompasses, 88% is (or was) forested. Analysis of Landsat satellite imagery tells us that the forest was composed of white spruce (68,300 acres), black spruce (54,200 acres), mixed hardwood-softwood (46,800 acres), mixed conifer (1,200 acres), hardwood (4,500 acres), and mountain hemlock (500 acres). Lakes, wetlands, shrub and alpine tundra constitute the remaining area. Some think the fire raged because of the unsalvaged beetle-killed white spruce on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. Indeed, aerial surveys conducted by the Alaska Forest Health Protection Program indicate that about 50% of the area within the perimeter had been injured or killed by spruce bark beetle, mostly during the 1990s. This agrees well with satellite imagery that shows about the same acreage in

white spruce and mixed forest. But, again, this doesn’t necessarily distinguish what burned or didn’t burn in this fire. One of our refuge biologists, Matt Bowser, using an algorithm in MODIS, which is the same multispectral satellite imagery used to estimate the fire perimeter, estimated that only 65 per cent of the 200,000 acres actually burned. Of the area that burned, only about 26,000 acres constituted “high severity” with the remaining 100,000 or so acres burned categorized as “low severity”. And much of the area that burned hot was, in fact, mature black spruce, not beetle-killed white spruce. The fire footprint was better defined by the “ghosts of fires past”. Dr. Ed Berg and Andy DeVolder, both previously on our staff, used carbon-14 dating of charcoal and tree-ring dating of fire-scarred trees to map historic fires on the refuge. The current fire burned over mature forest that was either not known to have burned in the last 200 years or regenerated in the aftermath of the 1871 fire that burned onto the Tustumena Bench. The 2009 Shanta Creek Fire burned 13,000 acres of the latter. Much of the perimeter of the Funny River Fire was fated to be defined by previous burns including the 2005 King County Creek Fire and 2007 Swan Lake Fire that bump up against Skilak Lake, and the 2004 See FIRE, page C-2

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camping. “With fuel more expensive and campsites fees going up — $40-45 a night with hookups in California state parks and $28 in Oregon — the costs add up fast,” Larry said. After their substitute term at Organ Pipe, the Dachs were in the loop. “We had good references and it was easier to apply and get a host spot,” Larry said. Campground host duties vary. “At sites managed by concessionaires, the hosts are paid but they have more responsibilities and duties, like cleaning restrooms,” Larry said. Agencies that manage their own campgrounds have maintenance crews. The Dachs have enjoyed host sites where their duties were minimal, such as the season at Big Lake on Oregon’s Santiam Pass. “Our schedule: Check in campers in the morning, hike all day, check in campers at night and sell firewood, go to bed. Repeat,” Susan said.

They enjoy big campgrounds that have two or more campground hosts. “You can work things out to have one host cover so you can take a week off to do something special,” Larry said. As their campgrounds become temporary homes, they always find volunteer projects. At one California park, Larry used his gardening skills to prune trees that hadn’t been tended in years. Back in California the next winter, he took on clearing a 2.5-mile bike trail that hadn’t been maintained in eight years. “I worked on it a little here and there all season,” he said. “It’s a good feeling to leave a place better than you found it.” Even though they’re on the go every few months, they make lasting friends among park staffs and other campground hosts. “Since campground hosts have similar lifestyles, we meet up all over the country,” Susan said. Overall, the campground hosting experience “has been

99 percent positive,” she said before looking at Larry and chuckling. “Well, maybe 97 percent positive.” One of the quirky things they’ve noticed is that campers are reluctant to knock on their door when they need something. “They tend to stand by the window and yell to get our attention,” Susan said. “I made a sign that says, ‘Campground host on duty. Please knock on door.’?” Pets can be a problem at many campgrounds, but they’re not allowed at Dragoon Creek. So far, they’ve rolled smoothly over every pothole campground hosting has presented. “We made a clean break when we retired,” Larry said. “Our dog had just died and our son had a job in Pullman and moved into our house with the two cats.” “We told our son we’d see him in four years,” Susan said. “Six years later, he’s still in Pullman and we’re still on the road.”

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paddleboarding hasn’t achieved the growing popularity of packrafts in Alaska, but I’m starting to see more SUP boards in Fairbanks and I think I know where I can get my hands on one. I tried it once in Australia several years ago, but I think the water is a little colder in Alaska, so I’ll be more motivated to stay on my board. 11. Climb a mountain. This is Alaska; we have more mountains than people, so it shouldn’t be hard to find one to climb. Actually, though, it is because getting to them isn’t easy and mountains in Alaska are pretty big. That said, I’m not talking about Mount McKinley. A few candidates on my short list include Mount Healy, Mount Prindle, Panorama Peak or Rainbow Mountain, aka Rainbow Ridge. 12. Go rock climbing. I’m not a climber and I’m afraid of heights so why do I keep putting this one on my list? Because, as climbers are fond of saying, it’s there. That and the fact that my climbing co-worker, cops reporter Sam Friedman, keeps bugging me to go to Grapefruit Rocks. 13. Go dip netting at Chitina. Something that should be on the list of anyone who lives in Fairbanks and likes to eat salmon. Even if you don’t like salmon, dip netting in the Copper River at Chitina is the quintissential Alaska experience — you’re standing on the

bank of a raging, glacial river, surrounded by the snow-capped Wrangell Mountains, scooping 6- to 10-pound red salmon out of the water. It’s awesome. 14. Float a new river. Another situation where I decided against naming specific rivers I want to float, as I have done in past years. This shouldn’t be too hard, either, since I still have yet to take a float trip on the Chatanika River or paddle the Tanana River from Fairbanks to Nenana even though I’ve lived in Fairbanks for almost 25 years, but I’m hoping for something a little more sexy, say the Delta River or Birch Creek. 15. Do a century ride. I put it on my list last year and the farthest I think I rode was 30 miles. This year my plan is to enter the Chena Hot Springs Classic on June 28 and bike from Fairbanks to Chena Hot Springs and back to my house at 15 Mile Chena Hot Springs Road, which should be about 105 miles. My butt is already sore thinking about it. 16. Grow a red tomato. OK, so this one isn’t necessarily a physical activity, but it’s not easy to do in Fairbanks, especially when you don’t own a greenhouse. But I scored a free half dozen tomato plants from Jens Sorenson, the News-Miner maintenance guy, and I’m going to grow them on the deck in front of my house. 17. Bike to a backcountry cabin. I didn’t do it last year

and I’m determined to do it this year, especially since I can kill two birds with one stone by biking the Angel Creek Hillside Trail to the Upper Angel Creek Cabin in the Chena River State Recreation Area (see item No. 6). 18. Go hiking in Denali National Park and Preserve. This is another new one I added to the list this year. I’ve biked in Denali but I’ve never hiked in Denali. Even if it’s just a day hike, I think it would be neat to see the Denali backcountry from ground level and it would be a new trail (see item No. 1). 19. Go swimming at Chena Lake. I’ve lived in Fairbanks for almost 25 years and I’ve never gone swimming in Chena Lake, which is why I added this one to my list this year. Last summer probably would have been the summer to do it because it was so hot, but I’m sure we’ll have a few hot days this summer. It will be worth a case of swimmer’s itch to scratch this one off my list. 20. Find a new camping spot. The idea is to camp somewhere where I’ve never camped before, whether it’s pitching a tent in a state campground, spending the night on a gravel bar somewhere or sleeping in the car in a highway pullout on the way home from Chitina (see item No. 13). As always, hope to see you on the trail, road, river or mountain top.

the end of Funny River Road, tells me that he, too, likes burn poles for making furniture. Continued from page C-1 Those black spruces may not Continued from page C-1 have been doing much before wouldn’t want to use spruce that the fire, but now they’re going put, you have time to explore hadn’t been burned in a forest to come in handy. the area more thoroughly, meet fire for this, but the cooked kind people, get tips from locals, disworks well. Les Palmer can be reached cover trails — and restaurants.” Bill Iverson, who lives near at les.palmer@rocketmail.com. They were hunkered for the fall in Zion that first year and, while moving from campground to campground to avoid the 14-day time camping limit, Spruce stands that burned hot they got to know several campenough to reach mineral soil ground hosts and park staff. should convert to early succes“They asked if we’d fill in Continued from page C-1 sional hardwood, setting the for a host who had to leave sudstage for good moose hunting denly,” Susan said. “We tried it Glacier Creek Fire along the 15 or 20 years down the road. and liked it.” northeast corner of Tustumena The downside is that this Next they were asked to fill Lake. Over in the west, the fire fire is only a small section of a short-term opening at Organ perimeter is as much defined by the rapidly-developing urban the 1981 Slikok Lake Fire as it interface that stretches for 175 Pipe Cactus National Monument is by the utility corridor along miles along the refuge bound- in Arizona, where their greeting party included Border Patrol the Sterling Highway. ary between Point Possession Just as previous fires helped in the north and the Fox River commandos who burst from the define the current fire, the Fun- in the south. Refuge fire man- brush with assault weapons. “We were taking a little walk ny River Horse Trail Fire will agers will continue working and they mistook us for undochave an ecological and eco- with landowners and other umented aliens,” Larry said. nomic legacy that will extend agencies to strategically reduce Nevertheless, the Dachs reinto the future, past most of our fuel loads along this wildlandlifetimes. Black spruce has a urban interface to help ensure alized that campground hosthistoric mean fire return inter- that future wildfires can renew ing was their ticket to full-time val of 80 years; white spruce wildlife habitats on the refuge has a return interval of sev- without damaging our commueral hundred years. The com- nities. munities of Kasilof, Soldotna, John Morton is the superSterling and Funny River, so visory biologist at Kenai Na- Continued from page C-1 recently threatened by this fire, tional Wildlife Refuge. You can are now somewhat protected find more information about the my list. I made a promise to from future wildfire, at least refuge at http://kenai.fws.gov Fairbanks’ packrafting guru, from those originating between or http://www.facebook.com/ Ed Plumb, owner of NorthSkilak and Tustumena Lakes. kenainationalwildliferefuge. ern Alaska Packrafts, who has been badgering me for several years to give packrafting a try and this is the year I’m going to take him up on his offer to take me out on a trip. 6. Do an epic mountain bike ride. Last year, my wife, Kristan, and I rode the Compeau Trail to the Little Chena Dozer Line to Chena Hot Springs Road, an epic six-hour ride that was one of the highlights of my summer, at least once it was over. This summer, I’ve got my sights set on a 22-mile out-and-back ride on the Angel Creek Hillside Trail in the Chena River State Recreation Area (see item No. 17). 7. Go fishing. Whether it’s with a fly rod, spinning rod, halibut rod or a willow branch that I cut with my jackknife and tie a piece of fishing line and hook to; whether it’s for Arctic grayling in the Chena River, rainbow trout in Quartz Photo submitted by Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Lake, northern pike in Minto The perimeter of the 200,000-acre Funny River Horse Trail Flats, king salmon in the KluFire encompasses large areas that were only partially burned tina River or halibut in Prince including these mature stands that regenerated after a fire in William Sound, I need to go fishing more, or at least some, this summer. 8. Get a moose. For the first time in 16 years of hunting, I came home empty handed last year and it was not a good feeling, which I am reminded of every time I open our freezer. We’ve still got enough moose burger to get us through the summer but the freezer will pretty much be empty (except for salmon, I hope) by the time hunting season rolls around. 9. Try rollerskiing. Another new one. It’s against my better judgment and I don’t own a pair of rollerskis but my 15-year-old, ski-crazy son, Logan, has been bugging me to try this since he started doing it last year as part of his summer ski training program. Borrowing a pair of rollerskis won’t be a problem; Photo submitted by Kenai National Wildlife Refuge staying up on them may be. Scorched areas of the Funny River Horse Trail Fire bump up 10. Go stand-up paddleagainst reduced fuel loads left by the 2005 King County Creek boarding on the Chena River. Fire. Yet another newbie. Stand-up

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General Employment CITY OF SOLDOTNA, ALASKA EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

CITY OF SOLDOTNA EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Instructional Designer 4 Kenai Peninsula College is looking for an exceptional individual to fill the position of Educational Technology Team Lead Instructional Designer. This is a 12 month, fulltime position at level 81, step 1; $2,350.40 bi-weekly salary, beginning October, 2014. Tuition waivers included with benefits package. Applications will be accepted until the position is closed. This position leads the KPC Educational Technology Team and serves as the lead Instructional Designer for the system of KPC campuses. The successful candidate will work with faculty and staff to conduct activities enhancing campus-based, distance, and hybrid education, providing support to faculty and staff for instructional design and educational technology to enhance effectiveness, collaborating to determine best tools and provides individual and group training. For more information about the position, and to apply for this position go to KPC's employment page at www.kpc.alaska.edu

Police Clerk II Wage Range 10 $19.70/hr Non-Exempt

POLICE OFFICER Wage Range 15 Starting Wage $25.84hr-$30.56hr D.O.E. The City of Soldotna is recruiting for a full time grant funded Police Officer, and a regular full time Police Officer. These positions serve the City of Soldotna as Peace Officers in the administration of laws and ordinances. Becoming a member of the Public Safety Employees Association is a requirement of the positions. A complete job description and application packet is available on the City's website http://www.ci.soldotna.ak.us/jobs.html Please submit a City application, F-3, Cover Letter and Resume to Human Resources at 177 N. Birch Street, Soldotna, by fax 1-866-596-2994, or email tcollier@ci.soldotna.ak.us by 5 p.m., July 3, 2014. First review will be June 19, 2014. The City of Soldotna is an EEO employer.

General Employment

Hope Community Resources is seeking an experienced candidate for our Home Alliance Coordinator position in Kenai! Hope is a private, non-profit agency that provides services to people who experience disabilities. Through in-home supports and community activities, people supported by Hope have the opportunity to live a full life in the community of their choice. The HAC is a live-in assisted living home manager. This involves assisting with daily living needs, connecting the individuals with activities in their community, and training and scheduling other staff who work in the home. This position is compensated at approximately $49,900/yr. We offer paid training and competitive benefits. Visit our website and apply online at www.hopealaska.org or visit our local office at 47202 Princeton Ave in Soldotna.

UAA is an AA/EO Employer and Educational Institution.

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Join the Clarion Newspaper Team! STERLING AREA SENIOR CITIZENS 34453 Sterling Highway Sterling, Alaska 99672 (907) 262-6808 Fax (907) 262-3883

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Veteran Services Coordinator The KPC VA Coordinator serves as the initial point of contact for inquiries by active duty and veteran students, provides detailed active duty military and VA information in non-regulatory language through workshops, group, or individual settings. The Coordinator will work with prospective and current veteran students to explain the procedures and requirements for obtaining the benefits they are entitled to and facilitate their access to other KPC services. The position requires travel to KPC's Kachemak Bay Campus in Homer on a regular basis. This position also serves as Campus Safety Officer. A 12 month, 40 hours per week position at level 77, step 1; $20.75 per hour, beginning August, 2014. Tuition waivers included with benefits package. Applications will be accepted until the position is closed. To apply for this position go to KPC's employment page at www.kpc.alaska.edu UAA is an AA/EO Employer and Educational Institution.

The Sterling Area Senior Citizens, Inc.(SASCI) is accepting applications for an Executive Director to facilitate all of the programs, activities, staff, and facilities of SASCI Any combination of education and/or experience that has provided the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary for the satisfactory job performance of the position would be qualifying. A detailed job description is available at our facility or via email request to sterlingseniorcenter@alaska.net.

Please call 262-6808 for more information.

General Employment

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

General Employment

General Employment Homer Electric Association, Inc., is seeking a detail oriented individual with an accounting proficiency to assume the duties of TEMPORARY Plant Accountant I in the Homer office. A minimum of one year college level accounting and two years of general accounting experience are required. RUS accounting experience is desirable. This individual will assist with a variety of plant accounting duties which include processing work orders, maintaining asset records, data entry and other duties associated with plant accounting activities. This position is not expected to exceed 6 months. Applications may be completed online at http://homerelectric.applicantpro.com/jobs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact Human Resources at (907) 235-3369 or hr@homerelectric.com. HEA is an Equal Opportunity Employer; Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled. Recruiting will continue until a qualified applicant has been hired.

General Employment

The Ninilchik Traditional Council (NTC) is seeking qualified applicants for the position of Clinic Administration / Patient Accounts Specialist . This position provides administrative and advanced support to the Tribal Health Director and the Behavioral Health Services Manager in order to accomplish the functions of the NTC Community Clinic operations. In addition, this position performs a variety of administrative and technical duties related to managing patient accounts/billing. Qualifications include two (2) years of clerical experience working in a healthcare organization or in a position that requires an understanding and application of basic accounting principles, and two (2) years experience in patient accounting, including Medicare & Medicaid. Additionally, professional certification in patient accounting, healthcare financial management, certified coder or related healthcare revenue cycle component is required. Benefits include Holidays, Paid Time Off, Sick Leave, Medical/Dental/Life & 401(k) For the job description or to apply visit our website at www.ninilchiktribe-nsn.gov. For questions call 907-567-3313. P.L. 93-638 applies

Chief Executive Officer The Kahtnuht'ana Development Corporation (KDC) Board of Directors is seeking an experienced business professional to serve as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). KDC is a federally chartered Section 17 corporation formed and capitalized by the Kenaitze Indian Tribe for the purpose of economic development for the benefit of the Tribe. Position Summary: The CEO will be responsible to create and implement new and long-term revenue streams. Essential functions include business development, budget management, legal compliance and oversight of daily operations. The position reports to the KDC Board of Directors and is located in Kenai, AK. This is a unique opportunity for a proven executive to provide visionary leadership for a newly formed tribal development corporation.

8am- 5pm, Monday-Friday. 150 Trading Bay Rd. in Kenai. For more information about this position call Randi at the Peninsula Clarion (907)283-3584 The Peninsula Clarion is an E.O.E

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NIGHT ADVOCATE Full-time

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 June 20, 2014. EOE

Compensations & Benefits: Salary commensurate with experience. KDC provides a competitive benefits plan which includes Paid Time Off, Holidays, Extended Sick Leave, 401 (k) retirement plan, and Medical, Dental, Vision, Life & Accident & Dismemberment Life insurance. Apply: http://kenaitze.applicantpro.com Applications will be accepted until June 15, 2014. Please include a cover letter and resume. Contact: Danielle DeHoyos PO Box 370 Kenai, Alaska 99611 Phone: 907-335-7200 Fax: 907-335-7239 Email: ddehoyos@kenaitze.org C

CITY OF SOLDOTNA EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Utility Provisional Operator, Operator I or II Non-Exempt The City of Soldotna has an immediate opening for an Operator in the Utility Department. Provisional Operator- Range 13 $24.32-$31.44, or Operator I- Range 14 $25.76-$33.31, or Operator II- Range 15 $27.73-$35.85, D.O.E. A complete job description is available on the City's website at http://ci.soldotna.ak.us/jobs.html. Must submit City application, resume and cover letter to Human Resources at 177 N. Birch Street, Soldotna, by email tcollier@ci.soldotna.ak.us, or fax 866-596-2994 by 5 p.m. June 20, 2014. The City of Soldotna is an EEO employer.

General Employment

Under the general direction of the department director or designee, the Manager - Risk Management is responsible for administering C and managing risk management and related functions including the direct management and Y administration of the workers' compensation, property, casualty, and claims functions for the borough, including service areas and the school district. Additionally, this position oversees the borough's Safety and Environmental Compliance programs. Successful candidates will have a minimum of three years' experience working in a senior role in risk management and/or workers' compensation; work experience should include at least one year of claims experience handling large-scale asset replacement. Risk management experience in a public employment setting is strongly preferred, including experience with school districts, fire and emergency services and general government operations. This is a full time administrative position; salary range $74,872 to $91,715 DOE. A detailed position description and instructions for applying on-line can be found at: http://agency.governmentjobs.com/kenaiak/ default.cfm. Job closing: 5:00 p.m., Friday, June 20, 2014.

Healthcare

General Employment Forget-Me-Not Adult Day Program Manager

Qualifications: This position requires executive management skills and competencies including, but not limited to: strategic planning, fiscal management, and operational policy development. The ideal candidate will possess an entrepreneurial record. The CEO must reflect values consistent with the KDC mission. Minimum • Bachelor's degree, Business or related field • 3 years of for-profit senior management experience • Documented experience in the development of new business strategies • Experience in preparation and management of a budget in excess of $500,000 • Skill in development and implementation of policy and procedure • Strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills Preferred • MBA • 5 years of for-profit senior management experience • Experience with SBA (8a) Programs • Knowledge of Supply Chain • Extensive financial skills and acumen • Experience working with Native Americans

General Employment

Manager Risk Management, Kenai Peninsula Borough.

CAR WASH ATTENDANT

Soldotna/ Kenai Looking for positive & self motivated person, valid drivers lic./ dependable transportation. $9- 15/ DOE, 30- 40 hours/ week, Turn resumes into Auto Wash Express, Soldotna. Drop in Mail Drop, inside entry. Next to Fred Meyer.

The City of Soldotna has an immediate opening for a Police Clerk II in the Soldotna Police Department. This position provides clerical and administrative support for the Police Department. The ability to use diplomacy, good judgment and maintain confidentiality is essential. A complete job description is available on the City's website at http://ci.soldotna.ak.us/jobs.html. Must submit City application, resume and cover letter to Human Resources at 177 N. Birch Street, Soldotna, by email tcollier@ci.soldotna.ak.us, or fax 866-596-2994 by 5 p.m., June 17, 2014. The City of Soldotna is an EEO employer.

The Forget-Me-Not Adult Day Program Manager is responsible for Managing and providing program leadership, supervision of staff, ensuring that policies, procedures and practices are in compliance with state and federal regulations and are consistent with the agency's mission statement. Education: Bachelor's degree in Social Work, Gerontology, Psychology, Human Services, Healthcare, Nursing or Related field. Qualifications: Have demonstrated skills, education and experience to serve the population in a manner consistent with the philosophy of the adult day program. One year of supervisory and program management experience preferably working with seniors or adults who experience disabilities. For a complete job description please visit fcsonline.org Please return application packet to Frontier Community Services 43335 K-Beach Rd. Suite #36 Soldotna, AK 99669 or email to work@fcsonline.org

General Employment

At&t Authorized RetailerNew Store Coming to KENAI!

We are looking for full time year around sales associates who like to be front facing with customers with the ability to earn commissions on every sale! Come be a part of the wireless industry! We are offering medical and dental benefits, excellent compensation plan, paid vacations, 401k. Sales and customer service focused. Full Time. Background screen required. New store opening in July! Submit resume to jhofer@cellworld.org or fax to 817-710-2960.

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139 Sierra Heights, Soldotna Friday-Saturday,10a.m.-3p.m. Native Art, Baleen, furniture, antiques, collectibles, quilts, household goods. Pass Redoudt Elementary, down to Sierra Heights on left. Cash only, DON'T MISS THIS ONE!

Garage Sales RAIN OR SHINE 189 W. Corral Ave., Soldotna. Thursday- Saturday, 9am-5pm. Twin Sheets, queen comforter, fabric, books, couch, desk, entertainment center, night stand, Bosch, Ninja kitchen machine. 5ft.x7ft rug, lots more!

Healthcare

‘70 CST C10

350 Vortec Cratemotor, Turbo 350 transmission, runs great, very reliable, new battery, lots of extras. $17,000. OBO (907)378-8862 ‘94 FORD PICKUP F350 2x4, crewcab, air, long bed, gas motor, 15-mpg, Hallmark camper cabover, will sell separately. $5,900. (719)963-5515

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

KENAI, AK Come join a family-friendly, innovative work environment. The Kenaitze Indian Tribe has opened our Dena'ina Wellness Center, featuring an integrated model of care. Employees at Kenaitze Indian Tribe deliver health, social service, education and tribal court services to tribal members, Alaska Native/American Indian people and others. Kenaitze Indian Tribe is recruiting for the following Full Time Position:

Dental Assistant

(Can be filled by 2 part time employees) Performs chair side assistance and related duties in all phases of restorative, prosthodontic, surgical, endodontic, interceptive orthodontic and periodontal treatment as provided in general dentistry. Benefits include Holidays, Paid Time Off, Extended Sick Leave, Medical/Dental/Life & Accidental Death Insurance, 401(k) For the job description or to apply visit our website at http://kenaitze.applicantpro.com. For questions call 907-335-7200. P.L. 93-638 applies

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

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Aircrafts & Parts WIPLINE 4000 Amphibious Floats, Mount Brackets for Cessna 206, all new Tires, nice tight floats. $22,000. (360)864-6271 (360)269-4907 Toledo, Washington.

Boats & Sail Boats 15' Willie Drift Boat with trailer. Comes with ors & locks seats & more. $5,600. Call (907)388-0362.

Campers/Travel Trailers ‘92 9FT. WESTERN WILDERNESS cab-over camper. Excellent condition stored in heat shop. sleeps-4, self-contained, roll around jack stands. $10,500. (907)262-3828

Auction will be held at K-Beach Stor Mor, located on Princeton Lane, Mile 19.3 K-Beach Road. Contents of the following units will be sold by sealed bid. Units are available for inspection from 11:00 AM until 2:00 PM on the day of the sale. Successful Bidders will be notified by phone and allowed twenty four (24)hours to remove the contents and sweep the unit, minimum bid of amount due may apply. Unit Occupant A 04 Adam Wuertz A 86 Brent Ecker B 10 Kathleen Winger B 75 David Allen B 79 Denise Mason B 92 Amanda Lambert PUBLISH: 6/13, 2014

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

Livestock TULLOS FUNNY FARM

Taking orders. Quality Timothy Hay. $8. (907)262-4939.

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Cornerstone General Contractors, Inc. is soliciting bids for the West High Romig Middle School Addition and Renovation Project in Anchorage, Alaska. Sealed Bids shall be hand delivered to Cornerstone General Contractors at 5050 Cordova Street Anchorage, Alaska 99503 by 2:00pm (ADT) Wednesday, June 27Th. Drawings, Specifications, and reference documents are available on Cornerstone’s online RFQ data resource site. Please contact Brian Ginder at 907-561-1993 for access to bid related information. We are an EEO employer and are requesting material and subcontractor quotes from all bidders, including MBE, WBE, DBE, etc. PUBLISH: 6/13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 2014 1785/73750

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

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented to the undersigned Personal Representative of the estate, at the Law Office of DALE DOLIFKA, P.O. Box 498, Soldotna, Alaska, 99669. DATED this 3rd day of June, 2014. PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE SHANNON LINDLEY

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FOUND FERRET off Woods Dr./ Ciechanski. Call to identify. (907)690-0830

BEVERLY JEAN LEWIS, Deceased. Case No. 3KN-14-57

THAI HOUSE MASSAGE

Saturday June 7th off of Holt Lamplight, Sweet active, 35#, female dog, with short brown & black hair with white on it's chest. One bent down ear, short tail, she has been nice around our kids, only barks when someone comes or goes from the house, playful, definitely a puppy. It looks like a mix with rottwhiler. She has no collar, no identification. Please contact Ludie at (907)715. 8254 or email at

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

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TEACH ALL DOGS Everything with brains, not pain. Obedience, Puppy, Nose work, Rally, Agility, Privates. K-Beach Road (907)262-6846 www.pendog.org

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Bids

K-Beach Stor Mor Auction will hold an Auction Saturday, June 14th, 2014

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

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Registration Technician I

Is a member of the Registration Desk Team and is responsible for the collection, verification, and entry for all patient demographic and insurance information. The Registration Technician I will work with the dental team. The accurate and timely performance of job duties of the Registration Technicians directly impacts the revenue received by the Kenaitze Indian Tribe.

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SUSAN COOK, d/b/a TUSTUMENA LODGE located at 58840 Sterling Hwy., M.P. 111, Kasilof, AK 99610 is applying for Transfer of a Beverage Dispensary AS 04.11.090 liquor license to SCOTT AASE and TERESITA MYERS. The change in ownership involves the stock transfer from SUSAN COOK to SCOTT AASE and TERESITA MYERS in the amount of 100%.

Interested persons should submit written comment to their local governing body, the applicant and to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board at 2400 Viking Drive, Anchorage, AK 99501. PUBLISH: 6/13, 20, 27, 2014

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WOOLRIDGE BOAT 15.7Ft., Honda 30-50, 5 seats, 3/4 canvas-top, full length cover, anchor/ rope/ chain. Hummingbird depthfinder, trailer. $12,500. (907)262-3828

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

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‘98 HARLEY DAVIDSON Road King Classic, Hard Bags, tour package, wired for heated clothing. Over $5,000. in extras/ upgrades. $8,400. (907)690-1148

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Dad is eager to do everything right for his baby daughter As to when you should stop seeing your daughter unclothed, you have years before that may become necessary. As she becomes aware of her changing body, she will probably let you know, or her mother will. This is a cultural thing. Some families practice a naturist lifestyle without anyone being “damaged” by it.

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Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her DEAR ABBY: I have been working as a desk mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at clerk at a motel in Montana for several years. With www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Antravel season here, I was hoping you could help geles, CA 90069. your readers who find themselves on the road to avoid sleepless nights and headaches. For an excellent guide to becoming a better Several times a year many of the accommoda- conversationalist and a more sociable person, ortions on the interstate can be fully booked due to der “How to Be Popular.” Send your name and weather or local events, and travelers are sometimes mailing address, plus check or money order for forced to drive several hundred miles to find a room $7 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby, Popularity Bookfor the night. let, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. You can help your readers by reminding them (Shipping and handling are included in the that they should start checking on motel occu- price.)

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HHHH A lot of people could be acting in odd ways. Perhaps you are more off base than you realize. Let bygones be bygones, and open up more to a partner or trusted loved one. Get this person’s perspective. Tonight: Don’t try to fight the inevitable. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You might see life from a new perspective. How you handle a personal matter could be subject to change because of recent events. Listen carefully to feedback. You will find a better way to move this issue along. Tonight: So many friends, so many possibilities. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHHYour ideas this morning could interfere with set plans. Go with the flow. Later today you might be thinking that it is too late to begin a new project or too late to finish one. Consider taking off early. Tonight: Walk to your favorite haunt or head to the gym. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH Motivating yourself could take a lot of effort. A child or loved one might appear with a wonderful suggestion. Note how quickly your tune changes. Use the remainder of the day for more pleasurable pursuits, and set the stage for a fun few days. Tonight: TGIF calls. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH You could be taken aback by what you hear. Whether it is gossip or fact might be irrelevant. Understand that you have an innate quality of openness that makes people feel that they can share with you. Finish up your errands quickly. Tonight: Happiest at home. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

By Leigh Rubin

Ziggy

HHHH You would be wise to balance your checkbook before the end of the day. You might be making a major purchase or heading into a period of not wanting to worry about your budget. Be realistic, and you will have a great time. Tonight: Meet up with some friends. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH You’ll feel empowered in the morning. An awkward but necessary discussion could occur with a partner who is out of sorts. Spending could evolve to become a crucial issue. You might not like what you hear, but you’ll see the other party’s perspective. Tonight: Your treat. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHH Honor your feelings.You might not want to act on them immediately, but be careful not to disregard them, either. Your ability to float past problems could emerge. Your view might change, but your emotions will remain the same. Tonight: Let the party begin. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHH You might want to see a loved one in a new light, but you could have a difficult time letting your guard down. Detach, and pretend that you don’t know this person. As a result, you will gain a more positive outlook. Tonight: Skip out early. TGIF! PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Respond to demands, even if you question your ability to meet them. In the evening, a meeting will open up others to a discussion. Note that you’ll have more support than you originally might have thought. Learn what others want in exchange. Tonight: Out on the town.

Cool cars for hot days Dear Heloise: My car gets so hot in the summer. Do you have any hints on how to cool down a car quickly? — Jessie in Alabama Who doesn’t hate getting into a hot car? As soon as you get in the car, roll down the windows. Then turn the AC on high. You need to get the air moving to get all the hot air out. You also can open and close the door quickly to create airflow. This should help cool the car quickly. When you live in the South and have many days over 100 degrees, the following hints can help make sure that your car doesn’t get that hot. First, when parking, try to park in the shade as much as possible. Use a sun shade to block the sun’s rays and keep the dash and steering wheel cooler. You also can crack the windows slightly, if you feel comfortable doing so. Hope this helps you stay cool this summer! — Heloise Travel hint Dear Heloise: Whenever I go on a trip, I pack an empty shoe box in my suitcase. This leaves room for souvenirs or other things I might buy. It also can be used to protect breakables. On one trip, the insole of my shoe wore out, and some of the nails were poking through, so I traced my foot on the cardboard of the shoebox, cut it out and slipped it into my shoe. It worked fine for the rest of the trip. I’m sure your readers can think of even more things to use a shoe box for. — Shoshana S., via email What a great hint! Readers, what do you think? What other uses can you come up with for an old shoe box? — Heloise

SUDOKU

By Tom Wilson

By Dave Green

Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. The difficulty level of the Conceptis Sudoku increases from Monday to Friday.

9 5 3 6 2 1 7 8 4

4 7 2 8 9 3 5 6 1

6 1 8 4 5 7 3 2 9

7 2 5 9 8 4 1 3 6

3 4 1 5 7 6 8 9 2

8 9 6 1 3 2 4 5 7

1 3 9 7 6 8 2 4 5

5 8 7 2 4 9 6 1 3

Difficulty Level

2 6 4 3 1 5 9 7 8

2014 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc.

A baby born today has a Sun in Gemini and a Moon in Sagittarius if born before 1:04 p.m. (PDT). Afterward, the Moon will be in Capricorn. HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, June 13, 2014: This year you display good sense mixed with a love of adventure. This combination points to living your life more intensely and experiencing greater success. Prioritize. If you are single, you will meet several potential sweeties. Choose someone who has a similar energy level to yours. If you are attached, your significant other might be amazed at the newfound you. Give this person some time to adjust, and he or she will learn to live more intensely as well. CAPRICORN can be a stick in the mud. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH Be more forthright and direct in your dealings with someone at a distance. You could be overwhelmed by the sense of pressure you feel. Forget about secondguessing what others are thinking; follow through on what is right for you. Tonight: In the limelight. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH You might want to approach a situation in a novel way. What will become clear is that your path prior to this moment has been unsuccessful. Detach. Hold a light to the problem. Study your options and test them out. Tonight: Where great music is played. GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

Hints from Heloise

Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars

By Johnny Hart

Garfield

By Jim Davis

Take It from the Tinkersons By Bill Bettwy

Tundra

Shoe

6 8

7 9

6/12

Previous Puzzles Answer Key

B.C.

9 1 2 5 6 4

Difficulty Level

1 3

7 9

5 6/13

By Chad Carpenter

By Chris Cassatt & Gary Brookins

Mother Goose and Grimm

By Michael Peters

2014 Conceptis Puzzles, Dist. by King Features Syndicate, Inc.

DEAR ABBY: I’m a married father with a son 19 months old, and a baby girl on the way. While I couldn’t be more excited about my daughter’s impending arrival, I’m unsure about whether there is a right time to stop doing things like changing a diaper or seeing my daughter unclothed because she’s a girl and I’m not. I come from a conservative family, but because this is a new experience for me, I’m not sure how to go about it. I know this dynamic changes when these roles are occupied by a mother and her son, and that a little boy is probably older by the time the transition occurs. I don’t want to end up in a position where my wife or daughter regrets my involvement in some aspects of my daughter’s life. Any thoughts? — EXPECTANT DAD IN NEW YORK DEAR EXPECTANT DAD: Fathers have become far more involved in child-rearing in recent years than they were in generations past, and it’s a wonderful thing. You should not be worried that changing your daughter’s diapers or giving her a bath will scar her emotionally. In fact, the opposite is true. Discuss this with your wife and your daughter’s pediatrician, and I’m sure they will allay your fears.

By Eugene Sheffer

C-14 Peninsula Clarion, Friday, June 13, 2014