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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2014 Soldotna-Kenai, Alaska

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An individual in Clam Gulch may have suffered paralytic shellfish poisoning from clams the person harvested Sunday, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services said Tuesday. The case was not reported until Monday. The person became ill about four hours after eating razor clams Sunday evening, DHSS spokesperson Greg Wilkinson said. This is the first probable case of paralytic shellfish poisoning on the Kenai Peninsula this year, he said.

Foundation sells off shares in mining M company K ANCHORAGE (AP) — The Bristol Bay Native Corp. Education Foundation has sold the shares it received as a gift in the company that owns the proposed Pebble Mine. In April, a major shareholder in Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd., Rio Tinto, announced plans to give away its 18.1 million shares in the company and divide them among two Alaska charitable foundations. The other recipient of Rio Tinto’s shares was the Alaska Community Foundation. The Bristol Bay Native Corp. Education Foundation recently announced that it sold its shares, generating about $6.5 million, KTUU reported. The foundation said the money will go into an endowment and be used for scholarship programs. It also will be used to pay for a cultural heritage program.

Correction A story in Monday’s sports section regarding the American Legion Twins’ sweep of Palmer contained an error. Mason Prior was 1 for 3 with two RBIs and a run. The Clarion regrets the error.

Case prompts warning from state health officials By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion

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Likely PSP in Clam Gulch

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Funny River wildfire highlights potential for unmanned aircraft

Above: Precision team members Charissa Moen and John Roman get the Insitu ScanEagle ready to deploy to fly the perimeter of the Funny River Horse Trail wildfire, in Funny River.

By KELLY SULLIVAN Peninsula Clarion

Photo courtesy Matt Parker

As the Funny River Horse Trail wildfire inched closer to town, Matt Parker spent his nights in an open field battling mosquitoes and hugging a horse for warmth while assisting in the unmanned aircraft systems missions to map the wildfire. Parker is the Director of Unmanned Aircraft Systems at Precision Integrated that flies, maintains and operates UAVs. Parker and his team flew to Alaska to aid Marty Rogers, Director of the Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration at University of Alaska Fairbanks. The Funny River Horse Trail wildfire, first reported on May 19, is currently at 195,858 aces, and is 60 percent contained, according to the Alaska Division of Forestry.

Top: The Insitu ScanEagle was used to map hotspots on the perimeter of the fire. Photo courtesy Terry Anderson

Left: Because of the low altitude of the deployment site for the Insitu Scan Eagle, the teams hoisted the remote for the GPS onto a Hydraulic Crane for better coverage outside of the Funny River fire.

The test run Rogers led the collaboration of teams that deployed an Insitu ScanEagle containing an infrared camera for recognizing hotspots on the perimeter of the wildfire. Insitu is a Boeing subsidiary. Parker said his team supported Rogers’ execution of

Photo courtesy Matt Parker

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Search continues for Kenai family By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion

It has been three weeks since anyone last saw Rebecca Adams, her children Michelle and Jaracca Hundley and her boyfriend Brandon Jividen, all missing from their Kenai home. Investigators have acquired evidence to confirm that Adams was last seen at a local business the morning of May 25 driving a black Chevy Colorado pickup owned by Jividen, Kenai Police Chief Gus Sandahl said. While police have received information from the public, Sandahl said until the leads are combined with physical evidence he cannot release details on the investigation. A specialized canine scent detection team from the Lower 48 has joined the search since last Friday. Sandahl could not say how much area has been See SEARCH, page A-12

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Alaska, TransCanada starting new partnership By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press

JUNEAU — Gov. Sean Parnell announced Tuesday that the state and TransCanada Corp. have formally ended their relationship under terms of the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act, clearing the way for a new partnership to pursue a major gas project. The development was expected, after the state, TransCanada, the North Slope’s three major players and Alaska Gasline Development Corp. agreed to work together to pursue a liquefied natural gas proj-

ect. State lawmakers earlier this year approved state participation in the mega-project, setting the stage for a new agreement with the Canadian pipeline company. The next step is for the parties to sign a joint-venture agreement spelling out responsibilities and cost-sharing to ramp up the next phase of the process, which is expected to include preliminary engineering and design and getting a more specific estimate of costs. Natural Resources Commissioner Joe Balash said discussions surrounding these issues have been going on for months

The next step is for the parties to sign a joint-venture agreement spelling out responsibilities and cost-sharing to ramp up the next phase of the process. and he saw no reason for the agreement and associated documents to not be signed. The state itself is not expected to be a signatory, but the other players are, he said. Both ExxonMobil Corp. and BP are ready to sign, spokeswomen said Tuesday. TransCanada spokesman Shawn Howard, C

by email, said his company resolved its issues with the jointventure agreement. But Howard declined to say what those issues were, saying they were part of the discussions between parties that he could not discuss publicly. ConocoPhillips spokeswoman Natalie Lowman said

there were still “open issues” that needed to be resolved from the company’s perspective. Lowman did not specify the issues, saying negotiations are confidential. She said by email that the company continues to support moving the project forward and all parties were “working closely to bring these agreements to closure.” TransCanada for years pursued a pipeline project with state support under terms of the act. But the project’s focus shifted from a line that would serve North American markets to one that would serve See GAS, page A-12

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Rare stamp sets record at NYC auction NEW YORK (AP) — A 1-cent postage stamp from a 19th century British colony in South America has become the world’s most valuable stamp — again. The 1856 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta sold Tuesday at auction in New York for $9.5 million, Sotheby’s said. It

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was the fourth time the stamp has broken the auction record for a single stamp in its long history. The stamp was expected to bring between $10 million and $20 million. Sotheby’s said the buyer wished to remain anonymous. The price included the

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buyer’s premium. David Redden, Sotheby’s vice chairman, called the sale “a truly great moment for the world of stamp collecting.” “That price will be hard to beat, and likely won’t be exceeded unless the British Guiana comes up for sale again in the future,” Redden said. Measuring 1 inch-by-1¼

inches, it hasn’t been on public view since 1986 and is the only major stamp absent from the British Royal Family’s private Royal Philatelic Collection. “You’re not going to find anything rarer than this,” according to Allen Kane, director of the Smithsonian National Postal Museum.

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Obituary Betty Louise Brown Betty Louise Brown, 80 passed away Saturday evening, June 7, 2014, peacefully at home under the care of Providence Hospice. She was born December 16, 1933 to Lillian and Bert Fowler in Governeur, New York, the youngest of five children. She had one brother, Edger, and three sisters, Mary, Velma and Ella. When she was a little girl, her father used to call her “Peanut.” Betty was a widow with five children and met Dave Brown when he sold her a used car. Dave was a divorced man, also with five children. They soon became a couple and moved to Seattle with her five kids. After living there for about a year, they decided to go to Alaska. This was a year after the earthquake. They drove up the AlCan, Dave in his Jeep and Betty and the kids in a Studebaker they had purchased for $150 at the car lot where Dave was working. They were married in Palmer in 1967 by Justice of Peace Dorothy Saxton. Betty worked as the assistant manager at the old Gold Rush Hotel on Northern Lights Boulevard for several years. Then she and Dave bought an oilfield service company in Soldotna named MAR Enterprises changing the name to AEI Inc. They lived there for several years before moving back to Anchorage. She then managed Levi Car Rental on Dowling Road for several years before retiring. Betty was always “dressed to the nines.” She never left the house without her hair done, makeup and rings on. She was a terrific cook, and especially enjoyed making Easter Bunny cakes for her grandkids. In earlier years, she enjoyed fishing for reds with Dave on the Russian River. She and Dave belonged to First Christian Church in Anchorage. Betty was preceded in death by her daughter, Jennifer and her parents. She is survived by her husband, David A. Brown; her four children — daughter, Deanna Bowdoin, of Wasilla, and sons, Jay Stevens, of Anchorage, Jeffrey Stevens, of Missouri, and Michael Stevens, of Washington; 12 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren as well as Dave’s five children, 15 grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren. Betty was cremated and her ashes will be scattered at a later date. A Memorial Service will be held at their home, 2006 W 31st Ave, at 4 p.m. Sunday, June 29. Her family would like to thank everyone at Providence Hospice, especially Chaplain Bianca Rauch. Arrangements by Cremation Society of Alaska. Words of comfort can be shared at www.alaskacremation.com.

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event) and Ken Duff (Executive Director, Frontier Community Services) as the first inductees to the Frontier Community Services Hall of Fame. Gov. Sean Parnell will be on the fields to honor our first inductees and to participate in the first pitch and Masons ready for fish fry first catch. Sterling Masonic Lodge #22 is sponsoring a Fish Fry at the Contact Kathy Kenner at 262-6331 for more information or Sterling Senior Center on Saturday, June 21, 2014 from 4:00- to sign up. 6:00 p.m. The dinner will include all-you-can-eat beer-batter halibut, baked beans, french fries, hush puppies, cheesy biscuits, coleslaw, salad and dessert. A donation of $20 for adults Tsalteshi offers mountain biking clinics is requested and no charge for children under 12. For more Tsalteshi Trails Association is holding an Intro to Mountain info, call 262-3866. Biking series of clinics at Tsalteshi Trails. Each session will be led by experienced riders to help guide those new to mountain Sterling Community Center hosts garage sale biking or just new to the trails. The fee is $5 per session, or free for TTA members. Membership registration is available The Sterling Community Center is hosting the 2nd annual at www.tsalteshi.org. All sessions meet at 6 p.m. Thursdays at Sterling Community Garage Sale on Friday and Saturday from the TTA sheds by the old hockey rink behind Skyview High 9 a.m.-5 p.m. both days. To sign up, stop by the Sterling Com- School. Please wear a helmet. This is a great way to prepare for munity Center.Spaces are $10. Contact the SCC with any ques- the Salmon Cycle Series of races starting in July. tions at 907-262-7224 or by email at sterlingcommunityclub@ — June 19: Tackling tricky terrain. Hills, sand, bumps and live.com. lumps — learn how to conquer them all. With Adam Reimer and Tony Eskelin. — June 26: Bike maintenance and repair, presented by volUCIDA membership to meet unteers from Beemun’s Bike Loft. Learn how to keep pedalThe United Cook Inlet Drift Association (UCIDA) will be ing with the experts from Beemun’s, then take a trail tour with holding its 33rd annual Membership Meeting on June 29, 2013, Tony Oliver. from 1-5 p.m. at the American Legion hall in Old Town KeFor more information, contact Jenny at jennyneyman@ nai. Members are welcome, and memberships will be available gmail.com or 394-6397. at the door. For more information, call Audrey Salmon at the UCIDA office at 260-9436.

Around the Peninsula

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.

Play ball with FCS Frontier Community Services 11th annual World Series Baseball event is June 21 at the Kenai Little League fields. Player sign-in begins at 10 a.m.; opening ceremonies at noon. The event includes baseball, crazy hair, face painting, hamburgers and hot dogs, and more. Anyone with a developmental disability is welcome to play. FCS will also commemorate a decade of amazing baseball as we honor Joe Malatesta Sr. (founder of the World Series

Be part of breaking the current Guinness World Record and join thousands of kids and families around the globe for The World’s Largest Swimming Lesson on Friday, 7-7:30 a.m., at the Nikiski Pool. Don’t miss the chance to participate in this record-breaking event and help prevent drowning, the leading cause of injury-related death of children ages 1-5. Please call 776-8800 for additional information or to sign up.

Celebrate solstice with music festival Saturday is the Summer Solstice Music Festival sponsored by the Kenai Peninsula 4-H’ers. 4-H will be showcasing the Alaska String Band as well as other local musicians at Diamond M Ranch on K-Beach Road. The festival activities begin at noon and run until midnight. A barbecue serving 4-H meat will be one of many food vendor booths available. Come enjoy the longest day of the year at the free Summer Solstice family event featuring live music, food and vendor booths. Admission is free. Onsite parking is $10 per vehicle and $5 per motorcycle. Submit announcements to news@peninsulaclarion.com.

Action” group, 12X12 study meeting, time of meeting, place, and a ing, VFW basement Birch Street, contact phone number to news@ peninsulaclarion.com. Soldotna, 907-262-0995. Highway Suite 71 in the old Carrs 8 p.m. Mall in Kenai. Call 262-1917. • Al-Anon Support Group at 5:30 p.m. Central Peninsula Hospital in the • Weight loss and health Augustine Room, Soldotna. Call support group, Christ Lutheran 252-0558. Church. Call 362-1340. 7 p.m. The Community Calendar lists • Card games, Funny River recurring events and meetings Community Center. of local organizations. To have • Narcotics Anonymous sup- your event listed, email organizaport group “Clean Machine” at tion name, day or days of meetCentral Peninsula Hospital’s Redoubt Room, 250 Hospital Place, Soldotna. Call 907-3359456. • Alcoholics Anonymous “Into

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

World’s largest swimming class attempt under way

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What Others Say

Emmys honor Ketchikan stories told well It’s grand being a community with an

Emmy under its belt. Two Emmys is even better, and that’s not the full extent of Ketchikan’s winning ways. It has received Emmys before. This is the result of the Ketchikan Story Project, which started in 2008. A feature on Ketchikan’s timber industry years and another about its Bush pilots won at the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Northwest Chapter over the weekend. This is a great way for Ketchikan folks to tell the story about our community to those who haven’t lived through it all. Not only do cruise ship passengers have the opportunity to view the films, but they are shown on Alaska Airlines flights and here locally — not everyone in Ketchikan experienced the timber years, and this gives us a way to be educated about our history. Previous films feature Ketchikan’s fishing industry, and its Native legacy. The next film to be premiered will be about Ketchikan’s history and culture. Ketchikan has many stories to tell. They’re being told well, based on the receipt of the latest Emmys. — Ketchikan Daily News, June 13

Meaning what you say

Growing up in the South, I always marveled at how adept everyone was at wellmannered hatefulness. If someone made a stupid comment, the response would never be “What an idiot you are!” Instead it was “Well, ain’t that nice?” or “Why, bless your heart.” When it came to social-grace duplicity, we were the champions. Or so I thought. That was before I came to Washington. It takes a little getting used to, but for the most part, you must accept that people mean the opposite of what they say. If most say “Nice to see you,” they are actually looking over your shoulder at someone more important. The really good ones somehow manage to make eye contact with you while looking past you at the same instant. It’s pretty amazing, really. And anyone who has watched the Senate is well-aware that the members refer to their most despised enemies as “My Friend.” That extends far beyond the Capitol. If anyone calls you his or her “friend,” watch your back. Even though Harry Truman said, “If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog,” don’t even count on the puppies. There’s nothing new about this, and it’s not unique to D.C. We all have our moments of not meaning what we say. The normal greeting is “How are you doing?” The automatic answer is “Fine, thank you.” But let’s face it: We usually couldn’t care

less about how someone is doing, and we certainly don’t want to hear when he is not fine. The last thing we want is “Actually terrible. My wife has left me for a younger man, my business is bankrupt, and the Bob Franken bank just foreclosed on my house.” What do you say? If you grew up in the South, perhaps you’d respond with an “ain’t that nice” or “bless your heart,” in which case you’d mean, “I’m sorry, did you say something?” Or you’d escape as fast as you could. “Thank you for asking” is another one, a deflecting response to the insincere “How you doing?” greeting. “Thank you for asking” translates to “None of your business.” And then there’s flattery. The more someone sings your praises to your face, the more he changes his tune behind your back. Perhaps Michael Kinsley is correct, though, with his observation that insincere flattery is really sincere, because the person lavishing compliments thinks you’re worthwhile enough to insincerely flatter. That one requires a little attention. Again, it’s Washington, where phoniness is real and pervasive. Here it’s barely noticed that the same Republicans who

were demanding that the administration bring back Taliban hostage Bowe Bergdahl at any cost now are raising Cain about the very fact that a deal was made for his return. Some of these very same GOP stalwarts constantly demand that the president intervene militarily in just about any hotspot in the world. If he does take military action, then they’re criticizing a move that may trap us in another Vietnam-like morass. It’s galling how shamelessly these guys flip-flop, and what’s really infuriating is how President Barack Obama even lets them bother him. He really should figure out that it’s always “damned if you do, and damned if you don’t” for him, which is easy for his critics. Deception is accepted as the norm here, and they never have to eat their words. Hillary Clinton shows she’s no slouch at this when she chooses her language. Some might know that my fakery favorite is the expression “I wish him well,” which is code for condemning someone to a miserable life. Bless her heart, in the first of the umpteen TV interviews she did to promote her new book and semicandidacy announcement, Hillary told ABC’s Diane Sawyer she wished not only Rand Paul well, but also Monica Lewinsky. Ain’t that nice? Bob Franken is a longtime broadcast journalist, including 20 years at CNN.

Quotable “More than half of the town is gone — absolutely gone.” — Stanton County Commissioner Jerry Weatherholt after massive tornadoes swept through northeast Nebraska, destroying more than half of the town of Pilger. “What I can say is it was a very tough game. Playing at this level any little mistake can cost you dearly. We didn’t deserve to get the first goal against us.” — Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah whose team lost 1-2 to the U.S. team in their World Cup opener game Monday. “Our city is a little darker today without him but immeasurably better because of him.” — San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer in a statement on the death of baseball Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn who died Monday of oral cancer at age 54. “They played exquisite basketball this series and in particular these last three games and they are the better team. There’s no other way to say it.” — Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra on the San Antonio Spurs victory over his team which secured the Spurs’ this season’s NBA title.

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Letters to the Editor Veteran’s perspective appreciated

ing my awesome second mom, for cooking the best food in the world, and of course for not liking fish with me! Girls rule! And thank you Ted for helping me with Physics, homesickness, and all those little teenager problems. I will miss the long talks with you! I wanted to study in the US this year to gain independence, confidence in myself, better language skills and a broader view on the world. Now, that the year is over I know for sure that I have gained all these things – and more! This year gave me a second family, a lot of wonderful and loving friends, and a general idea of what I want my life to be about. And all of this could not have been possible without my family! Thank you, Mole family! I love and will miss you tons. If you are interested in learning more about hosting AFS Exchange student like me this fall, visit afsusa.org/hostfamily or see our AFS Alaska webpage at http:// www.afsusa.org/alaska/. Emmily Janke Soldotna

Thank you Colonel Pollock for sharing your insight and experiences in Iraq (Clarion, June 13). I can’t imagine what the families of the dead and disabled veterans must be thinking when they read about how their loved ones sacrifices have been for naught. It would appear that not only are we giving up the fight against terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan, we are also giving up the fight for energy independence. Today’s paper says that oil prices are starting to spike with the upheaval in Iraq, yet we continue to throw up roadblocks to the development of our own energy resources in this country. Then I read about how we gave up 5 terrorist who will surely rejoin the fight against us. Are we purposely trying to loose? What happened to this country? I think you know the answer. Don’t forget to take a friend to vote this fall. Cliff Smith My name is Lena Strothmann, and I am Kenai a high school AFS Exchange Student from Germany. The second half of my exchange year, Exchange students I was hosted by the Ames family. It’s getgrateful for experience ting close to the end of my exchange year My name is Emmily and I am a high and I want to say thank you to my entire school Exchange Student from Germany. host family! Thank you so much Brooke, My organization is AFS and the wonderful Gable, Hailey, Trinity and Gaeden for evfamily that hosted me this year is the Mole erything they’ve done for me over the last family. As I think about heading home at half year. the end of June, I want to thank my entire At the end of January I decided to host family for everything they’ve done for switch my family. And after only one week me over the last year. the Ames family said that they want, that Thank you Nate for being the older I live with them for the last five month of brother who showed me around the school, my exchange year. They were so excited who gave me rides so many times, and to have me there and they did everything who would always listen to me. Thank that I have a nice second half year at their you Andrew for helping me learn how to house! downhill-ski, for midnight-talks about life, I wanted to come to the United States and for not killing me on a grumpy morn- because I thought it is cool to live one year ing. Thank you Matthew for sharing your in a country that speaks only English the awesome music with me, for calming ev- whole time! And I thought that I will see eryone down when necessary, and for just stars from the TV everywhere. And I wantbeing who you are. Thank you Libby for ed to go to a real high school. I thought that spending the first couple months at this high school here is way more fun, that it is house, making us all laugh every day, and how they show it in American movies but it giving me the confidence to be who I am. wasn’t that much fun ... it was kind of borYou are amazing! Thank you Kate for being. I learned a lot from being an exchange C

student! My English got way better and I met a lot of new people that I will miss so bad when I go back to Germany. I also learned to live in different families and that every family has different rules. And I also had my ups and downs during this year but I never gave up. My host family helped me a lot with my English and they explained me different things about Alaska and the United States. I’m so glad that I got to stay with the Ames family and I will miss them so much! Thank you so much for being my host family! You were the best host family that I could have! I love you guys! If you are interested in learning more about hosting AFS Exchange student like me this fall, visit afsusa.org/hostfamily or see our AFS Alaska webpage at http:// www.afsusa.org/alaska/. Lena Strothmann Soldotna

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Man dies days after near-drowning rescue ANCHORAGE — An 18-year-old man who was rescued after nearly drowning in Anchorage’s Lake Hood has died of his injuries. KTUU says Jimmy Paul James died Tuesday morning. Police say the teen’s mother notified the department of the death. James was rescued Saturday morning from the lake after authorities were notified that a man was struggling to stay afloat in the water. James was taken to the Alaska Native Medical Center for treatment.

Man restrained with crab pot line ANCHORAGE — Halibut Cove residents bound a man with a crab pot line during what Alaska State Troopers described as “a drug induced paranoid-delusional psychotic break down” in the artist community near Homer. The Anchorage Daily News reports the 32-year-old man from Anchor Point took off from Halibut Cove in a skiff and either jumped or fell into the water late Monday afternoon. Onlookers pulled him out of the water. But the man acted so violently, they told troopers they bound the man’s hands and feet with the crab pot line and restrained him until troopers arrived. Troopers say the unidentified man later acknowledged taking methamphetamine and possibly bath salts. He was taken to a nearby hospital.

Valdez man arrested in drug case ANCHORAGE — A 32-year-old man is accused of selling drugs in Valdez, including methamphetamine and marijuana. Thomas Watson of Valdez is charged two counts of misconduct involving a controlled substance. Valdez police say officers received tips that Watson had been receiving drugs through the mail and then selling them locally. Police say investigators determined that Watson had possession of methamphetamine and was trying to sell it. Watson was arrested June 12. Police say officers seized more than 6 grams of meth, a handgun and $250 in cash. According to police, Watson is being held on $10,000 bail amount. Online court records say Watson is being represented by the Public Defender Agency, which could not immediately be reached for comment Tuesday.

Theft suspect charged with more counts ANCHORAGE — A 22-year-old Wasilla man suspected of burglarizing homes has been charged with using a stolen credit card. KTUU-TV reports Raymond Keown III was jailed on 26 counts when he was hit with additional charges of using the stolen credit card to make purchases totaling $2,300. Alaska State Troopers spokeswoman Beth Ipsen says Keown was arrested June 7 on theft, forgery, burglary and fraud charges. Investigators say he stole 13 guns from the home of a family member and a television, checks and a game console from others. He’s charged with using a stolen credit card for two days starting June 4 and pawning purchased items.

n On May 30 at 10:25 a.m., Anchor Point based Alaska State Troopers responded to Mile 163 of the Sterling Highway for a report that a semitruck’s driver’s side window was shot out while it was traveling northbound on the Sterling Highway. Troopers located the semi-truck, which appeared to have been struck by a small caliber round or possibly a pellet gun. The driver of the semitruck was not injured during the incident and reported he had observed no cars or persons near the roadway. Troopers searched the area and found no persons in the area or evidence. Troopers ask anyone with information to contact the Anchor Point based Alaska State Troopers at (907) 235-8239. n On May 31 at 8:38 p.m., the Bureau of Highway Patrol, Kenai Peninsula Team, responded to assist Alaska Wildlife Troopers, who were in contact with a driver of a 1989 Volvo, J.B. Brent, 50, of Utah, who was believed to have been consuming alcohol near Mile 1 of Kasilof Beach Road. The Highway Patrol conducted a driving under the influence investigation, resulting in the arrest of Brent for driving under the influence and being in possession of marijuana. Brent was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility on $750 bail for driving under the influence and sixthdegree misconduct involving a controlled substance. n On June 2 at 10:03 a.m., troopers responded to a reported theft at a Brenton Avenue residence in Homer. Investigation revealed that unknown individuals had entered the residence and stolen two walrus head mounts and a tusk. The value of the stolen items was estimated at $9,500. Investigation continues. n On June 3 at 8:42 p.m., Alaska State Troopers conducted a traffic stop for an equipment violation on Nash Road in Seward. Investigation revealed that Joseph Harper, 28, of Seward, had a suspended Iowa driver’s license. He was arrested for driving while

Police reports license suspended and taken to the Seward Jail on $500 bail. n On June 3 at 9:41 p.m., Anchor Point Alaska State Troopers responded a residence in Ninilchik for a reported assault. Troopers contacted the suspect of the assault, who was identified as Tonya D. Scheffler, 43, of Ninilchik. Investigation revealed that Scheffler had caused physical injury to a person. Scheffler then left her residence after the assault and drove a 1988 Pontiac while impaired by alcohol to the residence where she was located. Scheffler was also operating the Pontiac without a valid license. Scheffler was arrested for fourthdegree assault (domestic violence), driving under the influence and operating a vehicle without a valid license. Scheffler was then taken to the Homer Jail without bail pending arraignment on all charges. n On June 3 at 9:39 p.m., troopers contacted the driver of a motor bike at the intersection of Diamond Ridge and Sterling Highway. Michael Duran, 52, of Homer, was arrested for driving under the influence and no valid operator’s license and was taken to the Homer Jail. n On June 4 at 2:29 p.m., Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Seward Post, issued a citation to Frank Bobbie Mosquito, 57, of Wasilla, in Seward for making a false statement on a 2014 Alaska sport fishing license application. Bail was set at $310. An optional court appearance is scheduled in Seward District Court. n On June 4 at 4:16 p.m., Anchor Point Alaska State Troopers responded to a reported robbery at the end of East End Road. Troopers were advised that the victim was found standing in the roadway in only his boxer briefs. Troopers contacted the victim who suffered minor injuries during the assault. The victim reported that a silver Toyota single cab

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pickup with a camper shell that was beat up had run him off the road while he was riding an ATV. The victim was forced into the ditch and down a steep embankment, where he was thrown off the ATV. After the victim was run off the road, the occupants of the Toyota stopped and exited the vehicle. Two males wearing masks partially covering their faces then assaulted the victim by holding him to the ground, beating on him and then taking his clothes off. The two males took multiple items of the victim’s including his clothes. At this time there is no further description of the Toyota truck. The investigation is continuing. Troopers ask anyone with information to contact the Anchor Point based Alaska State Troopers at (907) 235-8239. n On June 4 at 12:56 p.m., Alaska State Troopers in Girdwood contacted James Morgan, 55, of Seward, on a traffic stop following a 911 REDDI (Report Every Dangerous Driver Immediately) complaint. Investigation revealed Morgan’s license to be revoked for a prior driving under the influence conviction and that he was driving in violation of a limitation on his license requiring that his vehicle be equipped with an ignition interlock device. Morgan was arrested and taken to the Anchorage Jail on $2,000 bail. n On June 5, Gary Deiman, 54, of Ninilchik, was issued a citation by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Soldotna Post, for hunting brown bear in Game Management Unit 15 and not having a RB300 permit in his possession. Bail was set at $260 in Kenai District Court. n On June 5 at 8:33 p.m., Anchor Point Alaska State Troopers responded to a REDDI (Report Every Dangerous Drive Immediately) report on the Sterling Highway near Mile 165. The complainant reported that a dark in color SUV type vehicle was passing over double yellow lines and traveling at excessive speed. Troopers located and stopped the vehicle after it

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was observed traveling at a high rate of speed and crossing the center yellow lines on a curve. The driver was contacted and identified as Robert H. Chandler, 47, of Kasilof. During the contact, Chandler attempted to dispose of an item in his breast pocket. Troopers were able to stop Chandler from disposing of the item that was determined to be 7.5 grams of methamphetamine. Chandler was arrested for reckless driving and fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance for the meth possession and was taken to the Homer Jail, where it was determined that he was on conditions of release for a recent felony arrest involving controlled substances. He was also charged with violating the conditions of his release that required him to follow all state laws and was held without bail pending arraignment at the Homer Jail. n On June 6 at 4:12 p.m., the Bureau of Highway Patrol, Kenai Peninsula Team, conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle after observing the driver was not wearing a seat belt. The driver was identified as Anna Evanson, 28, of Sterling. Investigation revealed that Evanson was driving in violation of her limited license when she was found to be operating a vehicle without an interlock ignition device. Evanson was issued a misdemeanor citation and released to a responsible driver. n On June 6 at about 4:40 p.m., the Bureau of Highway Patrol, Kenai Peninsula Team, conducted a traffic stop on an older model SUV for an un-seat-belted passenger. The operator was identified as Amanda L. Richmond, 33, of Sterling. Investigation revealed that Richmond was operating the motor vehicle with a revoked license for the original charge or driving while license suspended. Richmond was arrested for driving while license revoked and taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility on $500 bail. The vehicle was released to a responsible driver.

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Around the World UK says cyber-spies monitor Facebook, Google use LONDON — The U.K.’s electronic spy agency is legally allowed to track the online activities of millions of Britons who use U.S.-based platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Google, Britain’s top counterterrorism official has said. In a witness statement made public Tuesday, Office for Security and Counterterrorism chief Charles Farr said data sent on those services is classed as “external” rather than “internal” communications because the companies’ servers are based outside Britain. Amnesty International said that amounted to “industrialscale intrusion,” but Farr said this did not amount to mass surveillance because the vast majority of messages intercepted in this way are not read. The distinction between external and internal interactions is significant because Britain’s electronic intelligence agency, GCHQ, has broad powers to intercept communications outside the country, but needs a warrant and suspicion of wrongdoing to monitor domestic Internet traffic. A broad definition of what constitutes “external” communications expands the amount of data GCHQ can scoop up to include the daily activities of millions of British Internet users.

2 Russian journalists killed in eastern Ukraine MOSCOW — Two Russian journalists for a Russian state-owned TV channel died Tuesday in eastern Ukraine after being hit by mortar fire, the Rossiya 24 network said. Correspondent Igor Kornelyuk, 37, died during surgery in a hospital after being wounded while on assignment in Luhansk. The whereabouts of the sound engineer who was with him were unknown throughout the day, but in late evening the network announced that Anton Voloshin had been confirmed dead as well. Russian officials expressed indignation over the deaths. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said the Ukrainian government should be held responsible, while Russia’s federal investigative agency announced the opening of a criminal case. Viktor Denisov, a cameraman working with Kornelyuk, said in a television broadcast that they were filming Ukrainian refugees fleeing the area north of the regional capital when mortar fire began. Denisov was not next to Kornelyuk when he was wounded. Before the announcement of Voloshin’s death, the Parisbased media advocacy group Reporters Without Borders said Kornelyuk was the fourth journalist to be killed in Ukraine since the start of the year.

3 inmates set to die; previous execution botched ST. LOUIS — Convicted killers in three states were facing executions within a 24-hour period starting Tuesday night, potentially the first lethal injections in the nation since a botched execution in Oklahoma seven weeks ago. All the states planning executions — Florida, Georgia and Missouri — refuse to say where they get their drugs, or if they are tested. Lawyers for two of the condemned inmates have challenged the secretive process used by some states to obtain lethal injection drugs from unidentified, loosely regulated compounding pharmacies. Nine executions nationwide have been stayed or postponed since late April, when Oklahoma prison officials halted the execution of Clayton Lockett after noting that the lethal injection drugs weren’t being administered into his vein properly. Lockett’s punishment was halted and he died of a heart attack several minutes later.

Nation Tornadoes flatten rural town By JOSH FUNK Associated Press

PILGER, Neb. — As two giant tornadoes bore down on this tiny farming town in northeast Nebraska, Trey Wisniewski heard the storm sirens, glanced out at the blackening sky and rushed with his wife into their basement. “My wife was holding our animals, and I was holding on to my wife. We could feel the suction try to pull us out of there,” he said Tuesday. Suddenly, their house was gone, leaving them to dodge debris that rained down upon them. And then, the storm that hit so suddenly Monday afternoon was gone, allowing them to emerge and see what was left of the 350-person farming town of Pilger. They found that much of the community was gone and two people had died. The disaster, delivered by twin twisters rare in how forcefully they travelled side by side for an extended period, left some townsfolk doubting whether the town could rebuild, even as they marveled that the death toll hadn’t

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A woman walks down Black Hills Trail road in Pilger, Neb., Monday.

been worse. “This is by far the worst thing I’ve ever seen as governor,” said Gov. Dave Heineman, who flew over Pilger in a helicopter Tuesday morning and then walked through the town, trailed by reporters. One of those killed was a 5-year-old girl, Calista Dixon, said Stanton County Sheriff Mike Unger. The other was a motorist killed during the storm, David A. Herout, 74, of Clarkson, Nebraska. He died in Cuming County, a few miles

from Pilger. At least 19 people were taken to hospitals. Up to 75 percent of the buildings in Pilger were heavily damaged or destroyed. That included the grain co-op, bank, library, middle school, city offices and fire department. The tornado destroyed much of the small downtown, leaving piles of bricks that had been storefronts in the street. Several grain bins on the south end of Main Street were swept away, and others remained crumpled

on the ground. From the street, residents walking through their town could peer directly into a mortuary and bank. Homes south and west of downtown fared even worse, with most reduced to piles of debris or gone entirely. “I am amazed that ... out of all of this destruction only two people were killed,” Wisniewski said. While the governor said he was confident the community would rebuild, cafe owner Linda Oertwich wasn’t so sure. “Pilger’s too small and the devastation in these homes will cost too much to rebuild,” said Oertwich, who will decide whether to rebuild her Village Bar and Cafe after hearing from her insurance company. The tornado swept away the house Larry Nelson, 73, had lived in for 23 years, leaving nothing but the cinderblock foundation. Because he didn’t have a basement, Nelson rushed to a neighbor’s house when sirens sounded. “I’m grateful that I was over there,” Nelson said, pointing to his neighbor’s house.

Dr. Oz scolded at hearing on weight loss scams By JENNIFER C. KERR Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Under pressure from Congress, celebrity Dr. Mehmet Oz on Tuesday offered to help “drain the swamp” of unscrupulous marketers using his name to peddle so-called miracle pills and curealls to millions of Americans desperate to lose weight. Oz appeared before the Senate’s consumer protection panel and was scolded by Chairman Claire McCaskill for claims he made about weight-loss aids on his TV show, “The Dr. Oz Show.” Oz, a cardiothoracic surgeon, acknowledged that his language about green coffee and other supplements has been “flowery” and promised to publish a list of specific products he thinks can help America shed pounds and get healthy — beyond eating less

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and moving more. On his show, he never endorsed specific companies or brands but more generally praised some supplements as fat busters. McCaskill took Oz to task for a 2012 show in which he proclaimed that green coffee extract was a “magic weight loss cure for every body type.” “I get that you do a lot of good on your show,” McCaskill told Oz, “but I don’t get why you need to say this stuff because you know it’s not true.” Oz insisted he believes in the supplements he talks about on his show as short-term crutches, and even has his family try them. But there’s no long-term miracle pill out there without diet and exercise, he said. Within weeks of Oz’s comments about green coffee — which refers to the unroasted seeds or beans of coffee — a Florida-based operation began

marketing a dietary supplement called Pure Green Coffee, with claims that the chlorogenic acid found in the coffee beans could help people lose 17 pounds and cut body fat by 16 percent in 22 weeks.

The company, according to federal regulators, featured footage from “The Dr. Oz Show,” to sell its supplement. Oz has no association with the company and received no money from sales.

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Obama setting aside massive Pacific Ocean preserve By JOSH LEDERMAN Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Vowing to protect fragile marine life, President Barack Obama moved Tuesday to create the world’s largest ocean preserve by expanding a national monument his predecessor established in waters thousands of miles from the American mainland. The designation for a remote stretch of the Pacific Ocean marks a major symbolic victory for environmentalists, who

have urged the president to take action on his own to protect the planet as Congress turns its focus elsewhere. But the initiative will have limited practical implications because little fishing or drilling are taking place even without the new protections. Protecting the world’s oceans and the vibrant ecosystems that thrive deep under the surface is a task that’s bigger than any one country but the U.S. must take the lead, Obama said, announcing the initiative during an ocean conservation conference.

“Let’s make sure that years from now we can look our children in the eye and tell them that, yes, we did our part, we took action, and we led the way toward a safer, more stable world,” Obama said in a video message. Obama hasn’t settled on the final boundaries for the expanded Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, and will solicit input from fishermen, scientists and conservation experts. Obama’s senior counselor, John Podesta, said

that process would start immediately and wrap up “in the very near future.” President George W. Bush, a Republican, created the monument in 2009 by setting aside waters that encircle an array of remote islands in the southcentral Pacific, between Hawaii and American Samoa. Bush’s protections extend about 50 miles from the shore of the U.S.-administered islands, but maritime law gives the U.S. control up to 200 nautical miles from the coast,

forming the outer limit of what Obama could protect using the 1906 Antiquities Act. Conservation groups urged Obama to be bold. If Obama opts for the full 200 miles, conservation groups said, he could roughly double the amount of ocean that’s protected worldwide. A geographic analysis by the Pew Charitable Trusts estimated Obama could protect more than 780,000 square miles — almost nine times what Bush set aside — and far more if he included the waters around other U.S. is-

lands in the Pacific Ocean. “Our oceans are feeling the strain of human activity from increased acidification, overfishing, and pollution, and we need to take bold action to protect this vital natural resource,” said Carol Browner, the former Environmental Protection Agency administrator. But in practical terms, the expanded sanctuary will likely have a modest impact. Very little commercial fishing is conducted around the islands.

$1,000-a-pill Sovaldi jolts US health care system By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Your money or your life? Sovaldi, a new pill for hepatitis C, cures the liver-wasting disease in 9 of 10 patients, but treatment can cost more than $90,000. Leading medical societies recommend the drug as a first-line treatment, and patients are clamoring for it. But insurance companies and state Medicaid programs are gagging on the price. In Oregon, officials propose to limit how

many low-income patients can get Sovaldi. Yet if Sovaldi didn’t exist, insurers would still be paying in the mid-to-high five figures to treat the most common kind of hepatitis C, a new pricing survey indicates. Some of the older alternatives involve more side effects, and are less likely to provide cures. So what’s a fair price? The cost of this breakthrough drug is highlighting cracks in the U.S. health care system at a time of heightened budget concerns. The Obama administration has a huge political stake in

controlling treatment costs, but its critics may cry rationing. “People are going to want to try to dodge this hot potato,” says economist Douglas HoltzEakin. For insurers, there’s a frustrating twist: For each middleaged person they pay to cure with Sovaldi, any financial benefits from preventing liver failure are likely to accrue to Medicare, not to them. More than 3 million Americans carry the hepatitis C virus, and many don’t realize it. It’s a public health concern since the disease can be

transmitted by contact with infected blood, and sometimes through sexual activity. Health officials advise all baby boomers to get tested. The illness is complex, with distinct virus types requiring different treatments. While it progresses gradually, it can ultimately destroy the liver, and transplants average $577,000.

An estimated 15,000 people died from hepatitis C in the U.S. in 2007, when it surpassed AIDS as a cause of death. “If it’s going to get me the medicine, I’ll put my hand out there with a tin cup,” said Stuart Rose, a hepatitis C patient in New York City. His insurance would pay only $4,000 a year for medications, but Rose

was able to get assistance from charitable foundations. He recently started taking Sovaldi. Until the drug’s approval late last year, standard treatment for the most common type of the disease required daily pills and extended use of interferon, an injection that can produce debilitating flu-like symptoms. “Brain fog,” said Rose.

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Kenya president blames locals for deadly attacks By JASON STRAZIUSO Associated Press

NAIROBI, Kenya — The killers in the Kenyan village singled out non-Muslims, shooting them point-blank or slitting their throats, just like the previous night in an adjacent hamlet. A Somali extremist group claimed responsibility but Kenya’s president on Tuesday blamed local political networks for the 60 deaths. President Uhuru Kenyatta, in a national address, said evidence indicates that the motive for the killing spree was to evict a community of people in order to grab the land along the coast near the Somali border. He said al-Shabab, a Somali group linked to al-Qaida, was not behind it. But analysts expressed doubt. Matt Bryden, the former head of the U.N. Monitoring Group on Somalia, said al-Shabab has never claimed credit for an attack it didn’t carry out. “It has all the hallmarks of an al-Shabab attack, said Bryden, now the head of Sahan Research. “Secondly, there’s

been no sign of a Kenyan group carrying out an attack on this scale or with these tactics.” In a nearby village, residents stood on top of burned-out vehicles and erected barricades of burning tires to blockade the road in protest against the recent killings and what they claimed was the government’s failure to provide them with enough security. Some residents abandoned another village with their belongings on their heads while armed security forces marched in single file along narrow paths leading through the dense swamp and forest, searching for the killers. Al-Shabab said Monday that such attacks would continue “as you continue to invade our lands and oppress innocent Muslims.” Al-Shabab gunmen attacked an upscale mall in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, last September, killing at least 67 people in reprisal for Kenya sending its troops to Somalia. The second night of deadly attacks against a Christian community on Kenya’s north coast seemed designed to try to in-

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Residents barricade a road with burning tires and other roadblocks as they protest against the recent killings and what they claimed was the government’s failure to provide them with enough security, in the village of Kibaoni just outside the town of Mpeketoni, about 60 miles from the Somali border on the coast of Kenya Tuesday.

flame Christian-Muslim tensions in Kenya, religious and political leaders said. Bearded Muslim leaders conferring inside Nairobi’s largest mosque, a grand white facade nestled among the capital’s high rises, condemned what they called savage acts and ghastly killings and said there was no justification for

them. They warned of a potential sectarian rift. “The continued violence risks tearing the country apart,” they said, continuing later: “We need to be cognizant of the fact that some of these attacks are aimed at planning seeds of discord and animosity among Kenyans and divide the coun-

try along ethnic and religious lines.” Kenyatta labeled the perpetrators of the attacks as reckless hate-mongers who create intolerance and fanaticism. Interior Minister Joseph Ole Lenku said a new slate of government and security officials have been installed in Lamu in the wake of the attacks, in part because “there seems to be some inside job.” The newer attack happened in Majembeni village, which is next to Mpeketoni, where four dozen Christian men were slaughtered Sunday night and Monday morning. Al-Shabab said in a radio broadcast in Somalia that its fighters killed government workers and Christians. A county commissioner, Benson Maisori, said the attackers Tuesday night appear to have been the same group as in Mpeketoni. He confirmed 10 deaths in Majembeni. “The style of killing is the same. They slit the victims throats wide open or shot them several times in the head,” said Maisori.

Though much of Kenya’s north coast has been inhabited by Muslims for centuries, Mpeketoni residents are mostly Kikuyu, a Christian community that the president hails from. Land issues have long caused severe tension on the coast, with Muslims blaming “upcountry” Kenyans for stealing land. Whoever was behind the attacks, the back-to-back assaults underscore the weak security around the area, which lies just south of the Somali border. The tourist center of nearby Lamu island once attracted hordes of foreign visitors but its tourist sector has been suffering in recent years because of the violence. Kenya has seen ethnic violence rip apart the country in recent years. More than 1,000 people were killed in ethnically motivated violence after the country’s 2007 election. Both Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto have been charged at the International Criminal Court for what the court’s prosecutor says is their role in helping to instigate that bloodshed.

Signs of reprisal killings of Sunnis emerge in Iraq Tuesday By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHR and SAMEER N. YACOUB Associated Press

BAGHDAD — Signs emerged Tuesday of a reprisal sectarian slaughter of Sunnis in Iraq, as police said pro-government Shiite militiamen killed nearly four dozen detainees after insurgents tried to storm the jail northeast of Baghdad. A local morgue official said many of the detainees had bullet wounds to the head and chest, though the Iraqi military insisted the Sunni inmates were killed by mortar shells in the at-

tack on the facility outside the city of Baqouba. In Baghdad, meanwhile, the bullet-riddled bodies of four men in their late 20s or early 30s, presumably Sunnis, were found at different locations in the Shiite neighborhood of Benouk, according to police and morgue officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk with the media. Also Tuesday, a car bomb in Baghdad’s Shiite Sadr City district killed 12 people and wounded 30 in a crowded outdoor market, police and hospital

officials said. No one claimed responsibility for the bombing, but attacks targeting Shiite districts are routinely the work of Sunni militants. The Sadr City deaths take to at least 22 the number of people killed in violence in Baghdad on Tuesday. The discovery was a grim reminder of a dark chapter in Iraq’s history when nearly a decade ago the city woke up virtually every morning to find dozens of bodies dumped in the streets, trash heaps or in the Tigris river with torture marks or gunshot wounds.

The allegation of Shiite killings of Sunnis near Baqouba and in Baghdad were the first hints of the beginnings of a return to sectarian warfare that nearly tore the country apart in 2006 and 2007. Sunni militants also have been accused of atrocities — an apparent attempt to provoke Shiite militias into revenge attacks that would strengthen the hand of an alQaida splinter group within Iraq’s Sunni community. A U.N. commission warned Tuesday that “a regional war in the Middle East draws ever closer” as Sunni insurgents ad-

vance across Iraq to control areas bridging the Iraq-Syria frontier. It said Iraq’s turmoil will have “violent repercussions” in Syria, most dangerously the rise of sectarian violence as “a direct consequence of the dominance of extremist groups.” During the United States’ eight-year presence in Iraq, American forces acted as a buffer between the two Islamic sects, though with limited success. The U.S. military withdrew at the end of 2011, but it is now being pulled back in — albeit so far in far fewer numbers.

The fighting around the jail was the closest to Baghdad since the al-Qaida breakaway group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant began its lightning advance, seizing several key northern cities in the Sunni heartland last week. There were conflicting details about the clashes in the alKattoun district near Baqouba, the capital of Diyala province and one of the bloodiest battlefields of the U.S.-led war, and on how the detainees were killed. The city is 60 kilometers (40 miles) northeast of the Iraqi capital.

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Israel leader seeks world pressure on Palestinians By KARIN LAUB, and JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press

JERUSALEM — Israel’s prime minister on Tuesday urged the international community to demand the Westernbacked Palestinian president break off ties with the militant Hamas group over the abduction of three Israeli teens, the latest sign that Israel’s massive five-day-old search in the West Bank has broader objectives than finding the missing. Israel said it also wants to destroy the Hamas infrastructure in the West Bank and apparently hopes to reclaim international support after the latest failure of U.S.-led peace efforts. Israel has launched its most significant military ground operation in more than five years since the three Jewish seminary students went missing last Thursday at a West Bank hitchhiking junction. Troops have arrested more than 200 Palestinians, most of them Hamas activists, blocked roads and searched homes. There has been no sign of life from the missing or demands issued by purported kid-

nappers. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has alleged that Hamas was behind the abductions, but has offered no proof, while the Islamic militant group has praised the deed, but not claimed responsibility. The abductions, accompanied by wall-to-wall Israeli media coverage and prayer vigils, have created unexpected diplomatic openings for Netanyahu, who only last week had found himself increasingly isolated in the international arena. At the time, the United States and Europe were ignoring Netanyahu’s appeals to shun the Palestinian unity government, a 17-member Cabinet of technocrats largely loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas, but backed by Hamas. The Israeli leader had also lost international goodwill after the latest failure of talks on Palestinian statehood, with Israel held partially responsible because of its ongoing settlement expansion on occupied lands. Since the kidnappings, Israel has been able to crack down on Hamas in the West Bank — in the context of the search for the missing teens — without an international outcry or drawing allegations that it is provoking

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The mothers of the three missing Israeli teenagers, from left to right, Rachel Frenkel, mother of Naftali Frenkel, Iris Yifrah, mother of Eyal Yifrah and Bat Galim Shaar, mother of Gilad Shaar, embrace in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Nof Ayalon, where the Frenkel family live, Tuesday. Israeli security forces searched the West Bank looking for three missing Israeli teenagers who they fear have been abducted by Palestinian militants.

unnecessary confrontations with the Palestinians. Netanyahu has also used the episode to try to discredit the Palestinian unity government. The international community “has to condemn Hamas for its terrorist activities and ... must call on President Abbas to end his pact with Hamas,” Netanyahu said in a meeting with

Mideast envoy Tony Blair. “Anybody who supports peace must tell the Palestinian Authority that they cannot build a government that is backed by the kidnappers of children and the murderers of innocents,” he said. Abbas, meanwhile, is finding himself increasingly boxed in.

Reconciliation with Hamas had provided him with an alternate strategy after it became clear in April that there is not enough common ground between him and Netanyahu to reach a peace deal. The unity government also was to give Abbas a foothold in the Gaza Strip, the territory Hamas had seized in 2007 and where it remains the de facto power. Even before the abductions, reconciliation efforts were off to a bumpy start, with key issues unresolved. However, it would be exceedingly difficult for Abbas to walk away from the unity deal in response to the kidnappings. That would go against Palestinian public opinion shaped by widespread speculation that the purported kidnappers were somehow trying to press for the release of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. Abbas has condemned the kidnappings. Abbas’ next move will depend on whether Hamas was in fact involved, as Israel claims, said Hana Amireh, a senior member of the Palestine Liberation Organization, who attended a meeting chaired by Abbas over the weekend.

“If it is true that Hamas is behind this abduction, then this is a position we don’t understand,” he said. He stopped short of saying that even then, Abbas would dismantle the alliance. Ali Barake, a Hamas representative in Lebanon, said Tuesday that “we do not have any information on the kidnapping.” Netanyahu, meanwhile, has strongly signaled that he is upset over what, in Israel’s eyes, has been a tepid international response to the kidnapping. He has said he “expects” strong international condemnations, while complaining about the uproar over Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank or east Jerusalem. On Tuesday, five days after the crisis erupted, European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton condemned the abductions “in the strongest terms” and called for the release of the teens. The U.S. and other allies have also spoken out against the kidnappings, though they have stopped short of explicitly blaming Hamas. The West has shown no signs of ending its readiness to work with the new Palestinian government.

Benghazi militant suspect in US custody for 2012 attack By JULIE PACE and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A Libyan militant suspected in the deadly Sept. 11, 2012, attack on Americans in Benghazi has been captured and will be tried in the U.S., the first apprehension of an alleged perpetrator in the assault that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others. President Barack Obama said Ahmed Abu Khattala, a senior leader of the Benghazi branch of the terror group Ansar al-Shariah in Libya, will “now face the full weight of the American justice system.” “The fact that he is now in U.S. custody is a testament to the painstaking efforts of our military, law enforcement, and intelligence personnel,” said Obama, whose administration

has come under intense criticism from Republicans for being unable to apprehend those responsible for the attack. Abu Khattala, who will be tried in U.S. court, was captured by American forces on Sunday and is being held in an undisclosed location outside of Libya, according to the Pentagon press secretary, Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby. Stevens was the first U.S. ambassador to be killed in the line of duty in more than 30 years. Last year, the U.S. filed charges against Abu Khattala and a number of others in a sealed complaint in U.S. District Court in Washington. The complaint, unsealed Tuesday, charges Abu Khattala with providing, attempting and conspiring to provide material support to terrorists that resulted in

death; discharging, brandishing, using, carrying and possessing a firearm during a crime of violence; and killing a person in the course of an attack on a federal facility and conspiring to do so. Officials said he could face the death penalty if convicted of the latter charge. Until now, no one had been arrested in the attack in which a group of militants set fire to the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi. As the U.S. raid took place Sunday, forces loyal to a renegade general attacked Islamic militant camps in Benghazi as part of a new assault against the groups. Airstrikes targeted the camps on behalf of Gen. Khalifa Hifter, a top military official under dictator Moammar Gadhafi who later defected and lived for years in the U.S.

It isn’t clear what the strikes targeted. The general later said the clashes killed five of his fighters. Hifter’s forces have targeted Ansar al-Shariah, a hardline Islamist militia blamed for the attack on the U.S. Consulate there. In August, Abu Khattala told The Associated Press that he was not in hiding, nor had he been questioned by Libyan authorities over the consulate attack. Abu Khattala was the commander of a militia group called Abu Obaida Bin Jarrah at the time of the attack. In August, he said he had abandoned the militia and begun working as a construction contractor. “I am a Libyan citizen and the American government has nothing to do with me,” he said. “I am in my city, having a normal life and have no troubles and if they have an inquiry to

make, they should get in touch with Libyan authorities.” Efforts to reach Abu Khattala Tuesday were not successful, as his mobile phone was apparently turned off. According to a U.S. official, the operation that captured Abu Khattala was planned over a long period of time and executed by U.S. special operations forces. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to disclose sensitive details by name, said the operation was conducted in conjunction with the FBI. In the immediate aftermath of the stunning attack, political reaction formed along partisan lines that hold fast to this day. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and others said Obama had emboldened Islamic extremists by be-

ing weak against terrorism. But the public still credited Obama with the successful strike against al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden a few months earlier in Pakistan. The accusation that took hold was a Republican charge that the White House intentionally misled voters by portraying the Benghazi assault as one of the many protests over an antiMuslim video made in America, instead of a calculated terrorist attack under his watch. Obama accused the Republicans of politicizing a national tragedy. He insists that the narrative about the video protests was the best information available at the time. After 13 public hearings, the release of 25,000 pages of documents and 50 separate briefings over the past year and a half, the arguments are the same.

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Brazil, Mexico fail to score in high-stakes game Scoreless draw followed Belgium’s close win over Algeria, preceded Russia’s tie with South Korea JOHN LEICESTER AP Sports Writer

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The headline from the World Cup, Day 6: Big favorite Brazil is vulnerable. Those who thought the World Cup host or world champion Spain — thumped 5-1 last week by the Netherlands — would walk away with this should think again. Proving the old adage that there are no easy games in football’s showcase, Brazil failed to beat Mexico for the first time at the World Cup, held Tuesday to a 0-0 draw in their second game in Group A. Belgium — a long-shot pick for the title — also struggled to break down Algeria, but got help off its bench to win 2-1 in Belo Horizonte. In steamy Cuiaba, an evenly matched and entertaining back-and-

forth contest ended Russia 1, South Korea 1. Substitutes scored all but one of the five goals on Tuesday, proving the importance of having a Plan B. All 32 teams have now played at least once. The Netherlands and Germany, which scored four Monday against Portugal, are the standouts so far. With Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant in the crowd of 60,342, Tuesday’s big surprise was Brazil’s failure to find the net in the northeastern city of Fortaleza. With Neymar rampant through the middle, Marcelo ever-willing to go forward and Oscar supplying passes and inventiveness, Brazil should be able to score almost at will. Time and again, Brazil’s yellow shirts swarmed over Mexico’s penalty box. But shots and passes went awry, Mexican goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa

made outstanding saves and Brazil is clearly missing a top-notch centerforward. Other attackers — Thomas Mueller for Germany, the Netherlands’ duo of Robin Van Persie and Arjen Robben, France’s Karim Benzema — all bought their scoring boots to Brazil, finding the net at least twice. Neymar also got two for Brazil in its opening 3-1 defeat of Croatia. But his teammate Fred is yet to get off the mark. Mistiming his run, the striker had a first-half effort disallowed for offside, didn’t weigh heavily on the game and was substituted in the second half. This was the second scoreless draw at this tournament, where goals have rained in. If goal scorers struggled Tuesday, it was also because goalkeepers had a good day. Before Tuesday, the first 14 matches saw an average of more than

3 goals per game — bettering the rate of all World Cups since Brazil’s first victory in 1958. But that dipped to 2.9 goals per game following Tuesday’s three matches. Ochoa’s seven saves in the tournament — six of them against Brazil — are the most by any goalie so far. He got an outstretched hand to Neymar’s superb first-half header. After another spectacular two-handed reflex save in the second half, batting away Thiago Silva’s header, Ochoa highfived a team-mate. Despite letting in two, Rais Mbolhi was impressive for Algeria, making six saves that put him just behind Ochoa. For Russia, Igor Akinfeev frustrated South Korea’s long-range attempts until the power of a 25-yard shot from substitute Lee Keunho seemed to surprise him and bounced out of his hands into the net.

Aleksandr Kerzhakov equaled up the score for Russia just three minutes after coach Fabio Capello put him in. Belgium looked anything but frightening in a first half where Algeria was more watchable than its brief appearance in 2010. Algeria moved and kept the ball well, looked to hit Belgium on the counterattack and took the lead from a penalty. Credit Belgium coach Marc Wilmots for turning things around. His second-half substitutions pushed aside the bus — two banks of four players — that Algeria had parked in front of goal. Dries Mertens and Divock Origi came off the bench to inject muchneeded speed and ideas. Wilmots’ other substitution, Marouane Fellaini, played better Tuesday than for Manchester United this season, planting himself in Algeria’s box.

US men excited, but ready for big Portugal match RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer

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Tampa Bay Lightning hockey player Nate Thompson holds a child up as he poses for a photo Tuesday in Kenai, Alaska.

Getting ice time with a big-time Tampa Bay’s Thompson, a local Alaskan, stops by for charity By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

Local hockey fans and young up-and-comers were treated to a chance to meet a national level talent Tuesday at the Kenai Multipurpose Facility ice rink. Any advice or stories they heard from him were just icing on the cake. Love In the Name of Christ (Love INC), a nonprofit organization that strives to “meet needs in our community through the resources of the churches,” teamed up with National Hockey League player Nate Thompson, a center for the Tampa Bay Lightning, to raise money to prevent homelessness. “They raise money for the homeless, and every dollar they raise, they double it,” Thompson said. “It’s for a great cause, no doubt.” Thompson, who was born and raised in Anchorage, made the most of his 2014 summer vacation to Alaska with his

wife, Cristin, and father, Robert, by visiting the Kenai Peninsula for the fundraiser and meeting with kids on the ice for pictures and autographs. The family are also planning on a few fishing trips as well. Before Thompson left for the day, a small group of hockey fans approached him and began asking questions. One asked, “Who’s the hardest player to skate against?” After a second, Thompson answered, “Milan Lucic is tough, but (Sidney) Crosby definitely is the toughest.” Many of the kids skating around were wearing typical NHL jerseys. Pittsburgh, San Jose, Detroit and the New York Rangers were all represented, but the most obvious jersey of choice was the blue and white No. 44 with which Thompson competes. Cameron Knowlton and Billy Voder, both 14-year-old incoming freshmen at Soldotna High School, showed up for the event. Both are also

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Jacob Begich gets his hair fixed by photographer Kelly Reilly as Tampa Bay Lightning hockey player Nate Thompson waits to pose for a picture with him, Tuesday in Kenai, Alaska.

aspiring high school talents. “I’m a goalie, so I don’t think he can give much advice,” Knowlton said. Both boys are Detroit Red Wings fans, but their allegiances were split Tuesday, as Knowlton donned a Tampa

Bay jersey for Thompson to sign, while Voder stuck with his Detroit garb. Voder is a regular at the ice rink, completing daily practice sessions for his Kenai Peninsula Hockey Association Bantam B Ice See ICE, page A-11

SAO PAULO (AP) — After arriving back at their rooms at 4:45 a.m., victorious American players skipped breakfast Tuesday, slept late, went for medical tests and turned their attention to Portugal. The U.S. opened the World Cup with a thrilling 2-1 win over nemesis Ghana on John Brooks’ 86th-minute goal. But Jozy Altidore, Clint Dempsey, Matt Besler and Alejandro Bedoya all got hurt to various degrees. Altidore, taken off on a stretcher after straining his left hamstring, appears unlikely to play against the Portuguese this weekend. “We’ve got to see how he now reacts the next couple days,” U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann said. “We’re full of hope that he comes back still in this tournament.” Players hope to become the first American team to win consecutive World Cup games since a 2-0 start at the very first tournament in 1930. “Woke up today, this morning, and you look at your Instagram and Twitter and you see the videos that people posted,” Bedoya said of fans back home celebrating Brooks’ goal. “It’s really cool, and I’m sure everybody feeds off this energy.” The match drew 11.09 million viewers on ESPN, a record for men’s soccer on the network. And after decades when U.S. soccer fans felt outnumbered — even at home games — players took notice of the raucous red, white and blue-clad crowd at Arena das Dunas in Natal. “It was an incredible feeling, the support we had from the fans in the stadium along with the fans in every part of the country. We felt that,” said midfielder Graham Zusi, whose corner kick was headed in by Brooks. “It just makes me want more of it.” But before the next game, the U.S. needs to heal a little. Dempsey, who set the tone when he scored 30 seconds in, had his nose broken by a shin to the face from defender John Boye when they battled for a header. Klinsmann expects him

to play Sunday in the Amazon rain forest capital of Manaus. “I don’t know how much a mask can protect him,” Klinsmann said. “It was tricky during the game. He barely could breathe. He struggled with that. But once it’s broken, it’s broken. It will take time to heal completely.” Dempsey will be paired up front either with Aron Johannsson, who was ineffective as Altidore’s replacement, or Chris Wondolowski. Besler, like Altidore, went for an MRI. The defender felt soreness in his right leg late in the first half and was replaced by Brooks for the start of the second. “Matt is no problem. All fine for the next game,” Klinsmann said. Bedoya was hobbling before Zusi replaced him in the 77th minute. He said he had a hip pointer, the reoccurrence of an old injury, then also cramped up in his hamstring. Portugal also has injury issues and will have to change the right side of its defense. Pepe was ejected in Monday’s 4-0 loss to Germany after he appeared to head butt Thomas Mueller. Right back Fabio Coentrao was taken off on a stretcher and forward Hugo Almeida limped off. Coentrao is out for the tournament. The U.S won its World Cup opener for only the third time in 10 tries, following a 3-0 victory over Belgium in 1930 and a 3-2 win against Portugal in 2002. The Americans advanced to the semifinals in 1930 and the quarterfinals in 2002. If the U.S. ties fourth-ranked Portugal and No. 2 Germany defeats Ghana, the Americans would head to their third match in prime position to advance. If the Americans and Germans win, the U.S. clinches with a game to spare. After delaying training by 45 minutes to wait out a huge traffic jam caused by Brazilians rushing home to watch the Selecao play Mexico, American subs practiced at Sao Paulo Futebol Clube’s Barra Funda complex Tuesday. Those who saw significant time Monday worked in the weight room and swimming pool.

Yankees take 14th straight home win, Tanaka wins 11th The Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Masahiro Tanaka gave up a home run to Jose Reyes on the first pitch of the game, then earned his major league-high 11th victory as the New York Yankees beat Toronto 3-1 Tuesday night for their 14th straight home win over the Blue Jays. Brett Gardner hit a two-run homer off the right-field foul pole and the Yankees sent the AL East leaders to their seventh loss in 10 games. Tanaka (11-1) struck out 10 in six innings and left with an AL-best 1.99 ERA. The Japanese rookie has made 14 starts this season — he’s gone at least

six innings in every outing and never permitted more than three earned runs. Dellin Betances worked two innings and David Robertson closed for his 17th save. Pitching about 50 miles from his Long Island hometown, Blue Jays rookie Marcus Stroman (3-2) threw 98 pitches in 3 2-3 innings on a sticky night. RED SOX 2, TWINS 1 BOSTON (AP) — Brock Holt scored both Boston runs, Jon Lester weathered a shaky start and pitched six-plus strong innings as the Red Sox held off Minnesota. Lester (8-7) has a winning record for the first time this season.

The Red Sox have won two straight Lucroy homered twice, including a and four of six. grand slam in an eventful seventh inning, to lead Milwaukee past Arizona. PHILLIES 5, BRAVES 2 Lucroy’s slam to center came ATLANTA (AP) — Ryan How- on Brad Ziegler’s first delivery afard homered and Kyle Kendrick won ter Arizona reliever Evan Marshall consecutive starts for the first time in was ejected for hitting Ryan Braun 11 months for Philadelphia. with a pitch. The Phillies, winners of two straight and six of eight, got a solid MARINERS 6, PADRES 1 start from Kendrick (3-6), who had gone 2-11 in his previous 20 SEATTLE (AP) — Robinson starts since last Aug. 11. Kend- Cano hit a two-run homer and Jerick allowed six hits and two runs sus Montero got his first big league with one walk and six strikeouts in homer in more than a year to help seven innings. Seattle sweep a two-game set with San Diego. Roenis Elias (6-5) allowed BREWERS 7, three hits and struck out six withDIAMONDBACKS 5 out a walk in seven strong innings. PHOENIX (AP) — Jonathan Dominic Leone and Danny FarC

quhar each pitched an inning in four runs, and rookie Matt Shoerelief. maker remained unbeaten as a starter as Los Angeles beat Cleveland. ROYALS 11, TIGERS 4 Trout’s three-run homer in the DETROIT (AP) — Alex Gor- fifth broke a 3-all tie and capped a don and Mike Moustakas homered four-run inning. He added a leadas part of a seven-run second in- off homer in the seventh. ning, and Kansas City took over first place in the AL Central with MARLINS 6, CUBS 5 its ninth straight victory. MIAMI (AP) — Garrett Jones Gordon and Moustakas hit tworun shots off Max Scherzer, and hit a three-run homer in the sevKansas City has won the first two enth inning and Miami rallied to games of this four-game series em- beat Chicago. Adeiny Hechavarria started the phatically. Marlins’ seventh with a bunt single for his fourth hit. Rafael Furcal had a ANGELS 9, INDIANS 3 two-out, two-run single in the fourth CLEVELAND (AP) — Mike for his first RBIs since 2012. Trout homered twice and drove in See MLB, page A-11

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Sports Briefs Manziel agrees to terms with Browns CLEVELAND (AP) — Johnny Football has some NFL money to rub between his fingers. Johnny Manziel agreed to a contract with the Cleveland Browns on Tuesday, becoming the fourth of the team’s six draft picks to do so. Terms were not immediately available. The former Heisman Trophy winner will enter training camp next month as Cleveland’s No. 2 quarterback behind veteran Brian Hoyer, who has been limited during offseason practices while recovering from offseason knee surgery Browns coach Mike Pettine has stressed that Manziel has some catching up to do, but has made it clear that Hoyer’s lead was not “insurmountable.” The Browns moved up in last month’s draft to select the popular and polarizing Manziel with the No. 22 overall pick. Manziel rubbed his fingers together when he walked onto the stage during the draft, his signature “money” gesture that has endeared him to some fans and annoyed others critical of his reputation for partying. Manziel went 20-6 in two seasons at Texas A&M, where he became the first freshman to win the Heisman and earned the “Johnny Football” nickname for his dynamic playmaking abilities.

Fitzpatrick named Texans’ QB HOUSTON (AP) — The Texans have a starting quarterback. Now they need star wide receiver Andre Johnson back in the fold. New coach Bill O’Brien named Ryan Fitzpatrick the starter, an announcement overshadowed somewhat by Johnson’s absence Tuesday on the first day of a mandatory three-day mini-camp. Johnson hasn’t participated in any of the team’s voluntary offseason workouts and said last month that he wouldn’t attend these workouts, either. On Tuesday, he missed the opening day of workouts that are the last before training camp in late July. Fitzpatrick signed with the team in the offseason a day before Matt Schaub was traded to the Raiders and O’Brien made him compete with the three other quarterbacks on the roster for the starting job.

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Hawks. “I do like five sessions a day, and my coach Vince (Redford) told me about it,” Voder said. Knowlton, who plays for the Under-16 Midget team, said his family is friends with Dr. Robert Thompson, Nate’s father. “(Thompson) just seems like a regular guy,” Knowlton said. “It’s pretty cool.” Dr. Thompson said Love INC has a focus to make a difference in people’s lives and to share the gospel, but without words, never putting pressure on anybody. “In February or March of this year we had to stop taking requests for the first time, because we didn’t have any money to do what we needed to do,” the elder Thompson said. “The first 10 days of the month, we took requests and spent the rest of the month trying to help them, and so the need is much greater than what people realize.” Thompson said Love INC is very responsible about how help is given out, keeping track of who is receiving assistance, how they are being helped, and how many times they are receiving aid, so that recipients are not making the rounds to gobble up precious funds. “It helps people with electric and gas bills, it prevents homelessness, most poverty issues,” he said. “It’s a hand up, not a handout.” The 29-year-old Thompson is a 2003 graduate of Dimond, and was a part of the 2001 Lynx squad that won the state championship. Even before he ended his high school career, Thompson was playing for the Seattle Thunderbirds of the Western Hockey League, and was drafted in the sixth round (183rd overall) in the

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2003 NHL Entry Draft by the Boston Bruins. Thompson made his NHL debut in October 2006 with Boston. He also played for the New York Islanders for a little more than a season before being claimed on waivers by Tampa Bay in January of 2010. During the 2012-13 lockout-shortened NHL season, Thompson competed for part the Alaska Aces season in the Eastern Conference Hockey League, helping the team to a 49-15-4 regular season record before returning to the national scene. Thompson’s Lightning failed to make it out of the Stanley Cup Eastern Conference quarterfinals this year, suffering a 4-0 sweep to the Montreal Canadiens, but Thompson said he is still able to enjoy getting back to Alaska. “My dad lives in Soldotna and is a big part of the charity, and obviously hockey and Kenai go together. It’s pretty big here, so anytime you can use myself as an example, as a guy from Alaska, it’s good. “It’s fun to come out here and talk to people and take pictures.” Thompson’s family has lived in Alaska for 31 years, and his father has been a Kenai Peninsula inhabitant for the last 11 years. “We spend a lot of time here and we all like to come down and fish,” Thompson said. As a product of Alaska, Thompson also said he enjoys being the role model for any younger hockey players who may be looking to play in the big leagues someday. “When I was a kid, when there was a hometown guy that did well in the NHL or college, it was someone you could look up to,” Thompson said. “I think the biggest thing I’ve told them is to work hard and have fun. It’s a pretty simple ingredient and it works.”

World Cup GROUP A GP W D L GF GA Pts Brazil 2 1 1 0 3 1 4 Mexico 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 Cameroon 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Croatia 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 Thursday, June 12 At Sao Paulo Brazil 3, Croatia 1 Friday, June 13 At Natal, Brazil Mexico 1, Cameroon 0 Tuesday, June 17 At Fortaleza, Brazil Brazil 0, Mexico 0 Wednesday, June 18 At Manaus, Brazil Cameroon vs. Croatia, 2 p.m. Monday, June 23 At Brasilia, Brazil Cameroon vs. Brazil, 12 p.m. At Recife, Brazil Croatia vs. Mexico, 12 p.m. Nether. Chile Australia Spain

GROUP B GP W D L GF GA Pts 1 1 0 0 5 1 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 0

Friday, June 13 At Salvador, Brazil Spain 1, Netherlands 5 At Cuiaba, Brazil Chile 3, Australia 1 Wednesday, June 18 At Porto Alegre, Brazil Australia vs. Netherlands, 8 a.m. At Rio De Janeiro Spain vs. Chile, 11 a.m. Monday, June 23 At Curitiba, Brazil Australia vs. Spain, 8 a.m. At Sao Paulo Netherlands vs. Chile, 8 a.m. GROUP C GP W D L GF GA Pts Colombia 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 Ivory Co. 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 Japan 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 Greece 1 0 0 1 0 3 0

France Switz. Ecuador Honduras

GROUP E GP W D L GF GA Pts 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0

Sunday, June 15 At Brasilia, Brazil Switzerland 2, Ecuador 1 At Porto Alegre, Brazil France 3, Honduras 0 Friday, June 20 At Salvador, Brazil Switzerland vs. France, 11 a.m. At Curitiba, Brazil Honduras vs. Ecuador, 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 25 At Rio De Janeiro Ecuador vs. France, 12 p.m. At Manaus, Brazil Honduras vs. Switzerland, 12 p.m. GROUP F GP W D L GF GA Pts Argentina 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 Iran 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 Nigeria 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 Bos.-Herz. 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 Sunday, June 15 At Rio De Janeiro Argentina 2, Bosnia-Herzegovina 1 Monday, June 16 At Curitiba, Brazil Iran 0, Nigeria 0 Saturday, June 21 At Belo Horizonte, Brazil Argentina vs. Iran, 8 a.m. At Cuiaba, Brazil Nigeria vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 25 At Salvador, Brazil Bosnia-Herzegovina vs. Iran, 8 a.m. At Porto Alegre, Brazil Nigeria vs. Argentina, 8 a.m. GROUP G GP W D L GF GA Pts Germany 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 Uni. States 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 Ghana 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 Portugal 1 0 0 1 0 4 0

Saturday, June 14 At Belo Horizonte, Brazil Colombia 3, Greece 0 Sunday, June 15 At Recife, Brazil Ivory Coast 2, Japan 1 Thursday, June 19 At Brasilia, Brazil Colombia vs. Ivory Coast, 8 a.m. At Natal, Brazil Japan vs. Greece, 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 24 At Fortaleza, Brazil Greece vs. Ivory Coast, 12 p.m. At Cuiaba, Brazil Japan vs. Colombia, 12 p.m.

Monday, June 16 At Salvador, Brazil Germany 4, Portugal 0 At Natal, Brazil Ghana 1, United States 2 Saturday, June 21 At Fortaleza, Brazil Germany vs. Ghana, 11 a.m. Sunday, June 22 At Manaus, Brazil United States vs. Portugal, 2 p.m. Thursday, June 26 At Brasilia, Brazil Portugal vs. Ghana, 8 a.m. At Recife, Brazil United States vs. Germany, 8 a.m.

GROUP D GP W D L GF GA Pts Costa Rica 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 Italy 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 England 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 Uruguay 1 0 0 1 1 3 0

Belgium Korea Russia Algeria

Saturday, June 14 At Fortaleza, Brazil Uruguay 1, Costa Rica 3 At Manaus, Brazil England 1, Italy 2 Thursday, June 19 At Sao Paulo Uruguay vs. England, 11 a.m. Friday, June 20 At Recife, Brazil Italy vs. Costa Rica, 8 a.m. Tuesday, June 24 At Belo Horizonte, Brazil Costa Rica vs. England, 8 a.m. At Natal, Brazil Italy vs. Uruguay, 8 a.m.

Tuesday, June 17 At Belo Horizonte, Brazil Belgium 2, Algeria 1 At Cuiaba, Brazil Russia 1, South Korea 1 Sunday, June 22 At Rio De Janeiro Belgium vs. Russia, 8 a.m. At Porto Alegre, Brazil South Korea vs. Algeria, 11 a.m. Thursday, June 26 At Curitiba, Brazil Algeria vs. Russia, 12 p.m. At Sao Paulo South Korea vs. Belgium, 12 p.m. All Times ADT

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Tuesday’s Games Seattle 6, San Diego 1 Washington 6, Houston 5 L.A. Angels 9, Cleveland 3 N.Y. Yankees 3, Toronto 1 Kansas City 11, Detroit 4 Baltimore 7, Tampa Bay 5 Boston 2, Minnesota 1 Chicago White Sox 8, San Francisco 2 Oakland 10, Texas 6 Wednesday’s Games Kansas City (Guthrie 3-6) at Detroit (Smyly 3-5), 9:08 a.m. Baltimore (Gausman 2-1) at Tampa Bay (Cobb 2-4), 9:10 a.m. Minnesota (Gibson 6-5) at Boston (Lackey 8-4), 9:35 a.m. San Francisco (Hudson 7-2) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 5-1), 10:10 a.m. Texas (Tepesch 2-2) at Oakland (Gray 6-3), 11:35 a.m. Houston (Feldman 3-4) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 3-4), 3:05 p.m. Toronto (Buehrle 10-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Whitley 2-0), 3:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 7-6) at Cleveland (Masterson 4-5), 3:10 p.m. Seattle (F.Hernandez 8-2) at San Diego (Cashner 2-6), 6:10 p.m.

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Tuesday’s Games Seattle 6, San Diego 1 Cincinnati 6, Pittsburgh 5 Washington 6, Houston 5 Miami 6, Chicago Cubs 5 Philadelphia 5, Atlanta 2 Chicago White Sox 8, San Francisco 2 St. Louis 5, N.Y. Mets 2 Milwaukee 7, Arizona 5 L.A. Dodgers 4, Colorado 2 Wednesday’s Games Philadelphia (R.Hernandez 2-5) at Atlanta (Harang 5-5), 8:10 a.m. Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 2-1) at Miami (Eovaldi 4-2), 8:40 a.m. N.Y. Mets (Colon 6-5) at St. Louis (Lynn 7-4), 9:45 a.m. San Francisco (Hudson 7-2) at

Chicago White Sox (Sale 5-1), 10:10 a.m. Cincinnati (Simon 9-3) at Pittsburgh (Volquez 4-5), 3:05 p.m. Houston (Feldman 3-4) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 3-4), 3:05 p.m. Milwaukee (Garza 4-4) at Arizona (Miley 3-6), 5:40 p.m. Colorado (J.De La Rosa 6-5) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 6-2), 6:10 p.m. Seattle (F.Hernandez 8-2) at San Diego (Cashner 2-6), 6:10 p.m. All Times ADT

Transactions BASEBALL MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Suspended Colorado RHP Nick Masset three games and fined him and Atlanta RHP David Carpenter undisclosed amounts for throwing at batters during a game last week. American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES Reinstated RHP Miguel Gonzalez from the 15-day DL. Designated RHP Josh Stinson for assignment. BOSTON RED SOX Designated OF Grady Sizemore for assignment. Recalled OF Garin Cecchini from Pawtucket (IL). Agreed to terms with OF Derek Miller, C Alex McKeon, SS Hector Lorenzana, 3B Jordan Betts, 1B Sam Travis and RHPs Michael Kopech, Chandler Shepherd, Kuehl McEachern and Brandon Show on minor league contracts. CLEVELAND INDIANS Agreed to terms with OF Bradley Zimmer, 1B Bobby Bradley and RHPs Cameron Hill and Grant Hockin on minor league contracts. DETROIT TIGERS Agreed to terms with OF Derek Hill and Michael Gerber; RHPs Spencer Turnbull, Jack Fischer. Gabe Hemmer Jacob Butler Nate Fury Gage Smith Joseph Pankake Paul Voelker Josh Heddinger and Adam Ladwig; SSs Will Kengor and Garrett Mattlage; LHPs Kenton St. John, Trent Szkutnik and Tyler Ford; Cs Grayson Greiner and Michael Thomas; 1B Corey Baptist; 3B Will Maddox; and 2B Brett Pirtle and Ross Kivett on minor league contracts. NEW YORK YANKEES Optioned C John Ryan Murphy to Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre (IL). Reinstated C Francisco Cervelli from the 60day DL. OAKLAND ATHLETICS Placed LHP Drew Pomeranz on the 15day DL. Optioned SS Jake Elmore to Sacramento (PCL). Recalled RHP Evan Scribner from Sacramento. Agreed to terms with SS Trace Loehr on a minor league contract. TEXAS RANGERS Recalled LHP Aaron Poreda from Round Rock (PCL). Optioned LHP Robbie Ross, Jr. to Round Rock. Agreed to terms with 1B Carlos Pena and RHP Austin Pettibone on minor league contracts. Assigned Pena to Round Rock. TORONTO BLUE JAYS Reinstated OF Colby Rasmus from the 15-day DL. Optioned OF Anthony Gose and RHP Steve Delabar to Buffalo (IL). Recalled INF Munenori Kawasaki from Buffalo. National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS Optioned RHP Will Harris to Reno (PCL). Recalled RHP Mike Bolsinger from Reno. ATLANTA BRAVES Placed RHP David Carpenter on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Pedro Beato

from Gwinnett (IL). LOS ANGELES DODGERS Agreed to terms with RHP Trevor Oaks on a minor league contract. MILWAUKEE BREWERS Traded LHP Brad Mills to Oakland for cash considerations. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES Sent 3B Cody Asche to Lehigh Valley (IL) for a rehab assignment. PITTSBURGH PIRATES Agreed to terms with C Kevin Krause, INF Erik Forgione and OFs Connor Joe, Jordan Luplow and David Andriese. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS Agreed to terms with 3B Danny Diekroeger on a minor league contract. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Optioned OF Daniel Carbonell to Salem-Keizer (NWL). BASKETBALL National Basketball Association MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES Named Sam Mitchell assistant coach. FOOTBALL National Football League CLEVELAND BROWNS Agreed to terms with QB Johnny Manziel. Released WR Earl Bennett. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS Signed DL Seali’i Epenesa. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS Announced the retirement of CB Eric Wright. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS Released OT Emmett Cleary and LB Steven Jenkins. TENNESSEE TITANS Agreed to terms with WR Derek Hagan and RB Bishop Sankey. Released WR Lamont Bryant. HOCKEY National Hockey League BUFFALO SABRES Placed LW Ville Leino on unconditional waivers. DALLAS STARS Bought out the contract of D Aaron Rome. MONTREAL CANADIENS Agreed to terms with F Dale Weise on a two-year contract extension. SAN JOSE SHARKS Signed G Alex Stalock and F Mike Brown to two-year contracts. VANCOUVER CANUCKS Placed LW David Booth on unconditional waivers. SOCCER Major League Soccer MLS Named Sal Della Monica director of communications. COLLEGE ARMY Named Kristen Waagbo women’s lacrosse coach. BALL STATE Announced the NCAA has granted immediate eligibility to men’s basketball transfer Jeremiah Davis III. LA SALLE Named Andrew Kroger women’s assistant volleyball coach. MARIST Named Mike Maker men’s basketball coach. MARQUETTE Announced F Gabe Levin has transferred from Loyola Marymount. MINNESOTA STATE-MANKATO Named Bryan Schmid defensive line coach. NORTHERN KENTUCKY Announced women’s basketball G Shar’Rae Davis is transferring from Youngstown and F Rebecca Lyttle from Michigan. PENN STATE Announced the resignation of athletic director David Joyner, effective Aug. 1. PRINCETON Named Ron Fogarty men’s hockey coach. STEPHEN F. AUSTIN Announced F Bobby King will transfer from Florida A&M. THIEL Named Kelly Barzak women’s volleyball coach.

ton opened a six-game homestand two-run home runs, John Danks bullpen blew a three-run lead. with a win over Houston. pitched effectively into the seventh inning and the White Sox snapped ATHLETICS 10, a four-game losing streak.

DODGERS 4, ROCKIES 2

RANGERS 6

LOS ANGELES (AP) — HanREDS 6, PIRATES 5 ley Ramirez homered before leavORIOLES 7, RAYS 5 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Todd ing with a hand injury, and Zack ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Greinke pitched Los Angeles to a Frazier led off the ninth inning with a tiebreaking homer, lifting Cincin— Chris Davis hit a replay-delayed win over Colorado. nati past Pittsburgh after the Reds’ grand slam to lead Baltimore past Tampa Bay. CARDINALS 5, METS 2 Davis was awarded a slam off Erik Bedard (3-5) during a five-run ST. LOUIS (AP) — Michael third-inning after a video review Wacha escaped a pair of jams with showed his drive struck the foul strikeouts, Yadier Molina hit his pole. He reached second base on first homer in nearly four weeks an opposite-field shot down the and St. Louis won for the eighth left-field line. time in nine games.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Derek Norris homered and drove in five runs, Stephen Vogt was 3 for 3 with two RBIs and Oakland held off Texas for its third win in four games.

NATIONALS 6 ASTROS 5

WHITE SOX 8, GIANTS 2

WASHINGTON (AP) — AnCHICAGO (AP) — Gordon thony Rendon doubled twice and Beckham and Dayan Viciedo hit drove in three runs, and Washing-

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vious skull and crossbones on the clams,” Castrodale said. All locally harvested shellfish — including clams, mussels, oysters, geoducks and scallops — can contain PSP, which cannot be cooked, cleaned or frozen out of shellfish, according to the release. Shellfish from restaurants and stores must be purchased from certified growers that are required to have their products regularly tested, according to a DEC fact sheet. Wilkinson said DHSS is asking recreational clam diggers to be careful when harvesting and to seek immediate care if they exhibit any symptoms. He said doctors are required to report PSP to the state. The Kachemak Bay Research Reserve tests razor clams, butter clams and mussels on south Kenai Peninsula beaches and plans to dig clams in Clam Gulch to test for toxins, Castrodale said. Results should take about a week. The toxins can cause death in as little as two hours, according to the release. “Our position is (clams are) just not safe,” Wilkinson said. Paralytic shellfish poisoning is considered a public health emergency. Suspected cases must be reported immediately to the Section of Epidemiology by health care providers at 907269-8000 during work hours or 800-478-0084 after hours.

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State epidemiologist Louisa five sorties over the course of Castrodale said symptoms of a week. Shifts began at 8 p.m. PSP vary, but typically start and sometimes lasted 26 hours with numbness around the straight, he said. mouth and tongue and difficulTogether they were able loty breathing. cate 100 hotspots, said Rayjan Wilkinson said if the toxin Wilson, senior systems engiis strong enough it can stop the neer at ASUASI. lungs from working and cause Wilson said he was responsideath. He said there is no treatble for a pivotal component for ment for PSP; victims must the missions. Once on location, wait for it to pass. In extreme Wilson designed a software cases a respirator and oxygen program that translated the masks are used. GPS points of the infrared imThis case involved razor ages retrieved by the ScanEagle clams and possibly butter clams into readable data in a matter of that were dug about 1.5 miles hours. down the beach near the big “Think of translating sometower in Clam Gulch, accordthing from Spanish to English,” ing to a DHSS press release. Wilson said. The person did not seek When an area was spotted medical care and no food was holding a higher temperature left over to test for toxins, Casthan the surrounding area on trodale said. The toxin did pass the infrared camera, an image through the individual’s syswould be taken, Wilson said. tem. The individual has since In one instance a bear was recovered, she said. interpreted as a hotspot, Rogers Incidence of toxic shellfish depends on how much algae blooms contaminate the clams, Castrodale said. According to a Division of Environmental Continued from page A-1 Health fact sheet, clams and mussels absorb and expunge PST at different rates and retain overseas markets. The players the toxins for different lengths changed, too, causing Parnell of time. One beach can have to conclude that terms of the safe or no levels of the toxin, act did not fit with the project and another beach might have under consideration. levels high enough to make Reach Dan Balmer at danSome lawmakers questioned someone sick. iel.balmer@peninsulaclarion. TransCanada’s role in the liq“It is tricky. There are no ob- com. uefied natural gas project and whether they were involved to avoid a potential legal fight that Sandahl said. could arise from terminating the Jeff Pfile, the property man- license the company held under ager of the apartment, called the inducement act. The adminisContinued from page A-1 police on June 5 to report he tration defended TransCanada’s hadn’t heard from the family in inclusion in an arrangement in covered in the search only that a week, Sandahl said. which the company would own it is expansive. The Kenai Police Depart- at least part of the state’s interPolice first received a call ment and supporting agen- est in the pipeline and gas treaton May 31 for a welfare check cies remain committed to the ment plant, saying the company from a neighbor that said the effort of locating the missing brought expertise to the table and family had not been seen in persons, Sandahl said. Any- would help shoulder costs. four days. A Kenai police offi- one with information regardThe arrangement also was cer responded to the residence ing this missing person case billed as an amicable end to the on California Avenue and is requested to call the Kenai relationship under the inducedidn’t get an answer at the door. Police Department at 907- ment act, with the understandThe complainant thought they 283-7879. ing the parties would move to might be out of town, Sandahl terminate the license following said. The officer observed the Reach Dan Balmer at dan- execution of a new agreement. black pickup at the residence at iel.balmer@peninsulaclarion. The termination agreement the time of the welfare check, com. was dated June 9.

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said. In another, a lake was indentified, Wilson said. Resolution of the camera equipment caused the misidentifications. Each morning the teams provided the information to the Alaska Division of Forestry, Wilson said. The Alaska Interagency Incident Management Team used the information for decisionmaking regarding where to focus firefighting efforts the following day, said spokesman Terry Anderson said. Anderson worked on the Rim Fire, in California in August 2013, where the California Air National Guard deployed an MQ-1 Predator to help map and provide real time images of the wildfire. Civilian controlled UAV missions have a long ways to go before funding and regulations catch up with the military’s arsenal supporting UAV humanitarian missions, Division of Forestry Air Operations Supervisor Ty Miller said. “It is a step toward the fu-

ture,” Miller said. “I am very has existed for a decade, Alaska’s UAV industry is minimally optimistic.” developed, Wilson said. No instate companies manufacture The endless parts for the repurposed milipossibilities tary vehicles, he said. Whatever the human mind However, the possibilities can imagine is a possibility for for non-conflict UAV use are the use of UAV technology, vast, Parker said. Miller said. Parker advocated using In the weeks following the UAVs for rescue efforts and Funny River Horse Trail fire conservation, Wilson proposed Rogers traveled from Alaska to taking ash samples of erupting Washington, D.C., to Iceland to volcanoes to monitor where the Spain for worldwide meetings plumes are headed and watchon the fast-evolving technology ing ice flows in the Arctic. Rogof unmanned aircraft. ers suggested tracking animal One hurdle that was made populations. apparent during the Funny Significant technological deRiver Horse Trail wildfire, was velopments, funding and regua lack of regulations in place lations need to be addressed, for operating manned and un- but the Funny River Fire Horse manned vehicles in the same Trail wildfire was another step airspace, Rogers said. toward non-conflict operations While working on the edge of UAVs, Wilson said. of the Funny River Horse Trail In the end it won’t be about wildfire, the UAV flew at night the UAVs, but the data they can because the central Kenai collect, Wilson said. Peninsula airspace is clear of manned aircraft after 11 p.m., Kelly Sullivan can be Rogers said. reached at kelly.sullivan@penWhile the ACUASI program insulaclarion.com.

Around Alaska Parnell signs bill to help finance mine projects JUNEAU — Gov. Sean Parnell has signed legislation allowing up to $270 million in financing for two southeast Alaska mine projects. SB99 also would allow the Alaska Energy Authority to loan the City and Borough of Sitka up to $18.6 million for the Blue Lake hydro project. The bill, from Anchorage Sen. Lesil McGuire, originally proposed technical changes. It was rewritten with amendments pushed by Sitka Sen. Bert Stedman to include financing for the hydro project and proposed mines on Prince of Wales Island, near Ketchikan. It would authorize the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority to issue up to $145 million in bonds to finance infrastructure and construction costs of the proposed BokanDotson Ridge rare-earth project. It would allow for up to $125 million in financing for the proposed Niblack mine.

renovated recycling center. The 11 a.m. ceremony will be held in the newly renovated building located just west of the Animal Care building in Palmer. The building is named the Regional Resource Recovery and Training Park, and renovations were made possible by funding from the federal, state and borough governments, among other sources. The 23,600-square-foot building features a new baler and an enclosed, residential drivethru area for people dropping off materials to be recycled.

Washout cancels some passenger train service

ANCHORAGE — Southbound passenger train service from Anchorage has been canceled after high water caused a 80-foot washout of the track near Portage. The Alaska Railroad says in a release that the washout is at Skookum Creek, located between Luebner Lake and Portage. It has caused the railroad to cancel the Coastal Classic train between Anchorage and Seward on both Tuesday and Wednesday while repairs are being made. Passengers will take buses instead. Ribbon-cutting planned for The Glacier Discovery train also will have Palmer recycling center a route change because of the washout. The PALMER — A ribbon-cutting ceremony is train will stop at Whittier instead of continuing planned Wednesday near Palmer by the Val- on to Spencer and Grandview whistlestops. — The Associated Press ley Community for Recycling Solutions for its C

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hat is your idea of the perfect brownie? Maybe you’ve already found it, and maybe you’re still looking. Perhaps, one of these will end your search. Cookbook authors Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito, of Brooklyn’s famed Baked Bakery, believe that brownies should not be “cakey,” but slightly fudgy – and never frosted. Bev Shaffer, author of “Brownies to die for: The Complete Guide for Brownie Lovers,” writes “I want deep, dense chocolate brownies – slightly underbaked so they melt on the tongue, and you can close your eyes when you eat them.” And, Renée Behnke, author of Memorable Recipes to Share with Family and Friends,” wrote of cream cheese-laden “Black and

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White Cocoa Bars,” “I loved them because they were light compared to so many brownies and bar cookies, so I could always eat two.” Whether you are looking to bake a small batch of brownies in an eight-inch square pan, or enough to feed a crowd from a recipe designed

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for a jellyroll pan, none of these brownies will disappoint. Before you get started, here are two brownie-baking tips to keep in mind. First, when measuring flour, if a recipe doesn’t specify otherwise, be sure to measure your flour by spooning it into a dry measuring cup, leveling the flour with the flat end of a knife. And, secondly, watch your brownies carefully near the end of the shortest bake time called for in the recipe. Brownies should never be overbaked. Sue Ade is a syndicated food writer with broad experience and interest in the culinary arts. She has worked and resided in the Lowcountry of South Carolina since 1985 and may be reached at kitchenade@yahoo.com.

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Brownie bliss includes, clockwise from upper left, Renée Behnke’s “Black and White Cocoa Bars” (from “Memorable Recipes to Share with Family and Friends”), Matt Lewis’ “Deep Dark Brownies” (courtesy of cookbook authors Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito of Brooklyn’s Baked Bakery) and Bev Shaffer’s “Colossal Brownies” (from “Brownies to die for! The Complete Guide for Brownie Lovers”

“Memorable Recipes” author Renée Behnke, along with her husband, Carl, purchased the original Sur La Table store in Seattle’s Pike’s Peak Market in 1995. Today Behnke is president emeritus of Sur La Table, which has grown to more than 75 stores nationwide and 22 cooking class programs. Her recipe for “Black and White Cocoa Bars” is included among the book’s 140 extraordinary recipes.

Recipe courtesy Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito of Brooklyn’s Baked Bakery; http://www.bakednyc.com/ ¾ cup all-purpose flour* tional until well combined. Add eggs 1 tablespoon best-quality and vanilla and continue stircocoa powder, preferably ValPreheat oven to 350 de- ring until well incorporated rhona grees. Butter an 8 x 8-inch and mixture no longer appears ¼ teaspoon salt square baking pan. Line with grainy. Sift flour mixture over ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted parchment paper and butter batter, and stir until just combutter, plus more for pan parchment. In a medium bowl, bined. Stir in chocolate chips, ¾ teaspoon instant espresso sift together flour, cocoa pow- if using. powder der and salt; set aside Pour batter into prepared 5 ounces semisweet chocoIn a large, heavy-bottomed baking pan; smooth top with late, finely chopped saucepan, combine butter and the back of a wooden spoon or ¾ cup granulated sugar espresso. Place over low heat a spatula. Bake until a tooth¼ cup light-brown sugar and stir until butter has melt- pick inserted in the center 3 large eggs ed. comes out with a few moist 1 teaspoon pure vanilla exAdd chocolate, and stir con- crumbs, 28 to 30 minutes. Be tract stantly until mixture is smooth, sure not to over bake. Let cool ¾ cup (4½ ounces) semi- about 2 minutes. Remove completely on a wire rack. sweet chocolate chips, op- from heat, stir in both sugars Cut into 9 brownies.

Recipe courtesy “Memorable Recipes to Share with Family and Friends,” by Renée Behnke with Cynthia Nims; cookbook cover design by Gretchen Scoble, photography by Angie Norwood Brown/Andrews McMeel Publishing, www.andrewsmcmeel.com. “When I was a teenager, a friend of my mother made a version of these cookie bars. I loved them because they were light compared to so many brownies and bar cookies, so I could always eat two. You can use any type of nuts, such as walnuts or hazelnuts, in place of the pecans I use here. The neighbor who inspired this recipe had a huge walnut tree in the yard, so all the cookies made in their house had walnuts.” – Renée Behnke

1¾ cups all-purpose flour 1½ cups confectioners’ sug-

1 cup unsalted butter, cut into pieces and chilled ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder 8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened

condensed milk 1 egg 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract ¾ cup chopped, toasted pecans ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Combine the flour, sugar, butter and cocoa powder in a food processor and pulse until the mixture has the texture of coarse crumbly sand. Scoop 2 cups into a medium bowl and set aside. Press the remaining flour/ cocoa mixture evenly across the bottom of a 9 x 13-inch baking dish. Bake for 15 minutes. Set aside to cool. Keep the oven set at 350 degrees. Beat the cream cheese in a standing electric mixer with the paddle attachment until fluffy. Working at

medium-low speed, gradually beat in the condensed milk until smooth. Add the egg and vanilla extract and mix well. Pour into the cooled crust. Add the nuts and chocolate chips to the reserved flour/cocoa mixture, and stir to evenly mix. Sprinkle over the cream cheese mixture and press it gently into the cream cheese (or I sometimes swirl it in gently with a small spoon). Bake for about 30 minutes, until firm to the touch and lightly browned around the edges. Let cool before cutting into squares. Do-Ahead Tips: These can be made 1 to 2 days in advance. Because of the cream cheese, they should be refrigerated if made more than a couple hours in advance. The flavor will be best if allowed to come to room temperature before serving Makes 16 to 20 bars.

The recipe for “Deep Dark Brownies” calls for best quality cocoa powder, preferably Valrhona brand. Compared to popular Hersey’s brand cocoa (bottom right, background), French-made Valrhona cocoa is considerably deeper in color and more intense in flavor.

Recipe source: “Brownies to die for! The Complete Guide for Brownie Lovers”, by Bev Shaffer; Pelican Publishing Company, www.pelicanpub.com. 6 ounces unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped 2 ounces bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped 1 cup butter, softened to room temperature 3 cups granulated sugar 6 large eggs, lightly beaten 1¾ cups unbleached, allpurpose flour (Measure flour by stirring flour in the bag or container to lighten it, then gently spoon flour into a dry measuring cup and level it off with straight –edged utensil)

1½ teaspoons pure vanilla double boiler from heat, and extract carefully wipe bottom (so none ½ teaspoon salt of the moisture steams up into 2 cups large pecan pieces, the chocolate mixture). Whisk toasted* in butter, sugar and eggs until blended. Blend in flour, vanilla Heat oven to 350 degrees. and salt. Stir in pecan pieces. Lightly grease a 15½ x 10½ Spread into prepared pan. Bake jellyroll pan. for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a For the brownie base: cake tester or toothpick insertCombine the chocolates in a ed in the center comes out with double boiler set over simmer- a few moist crumbs attached. ing water. Stir often, over low Cool pan completely on a wire heat, until mixture is melted rack. Cut into colossal size and smooth. Remove top of pieces. Makes about 1 dozen.

LEFT: Sometimes it’s just plain fun to make eye-popping, immense, larger-than-life brownies.” – Bev Shaffer C

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

About Ben’s boat wreck

MOOSE AND MUSHROOM STIR FRY 1 cup water chestnuts - the sliced ones 1 cup sliced celery 1 cup diced green or red bell pepper 1 cup sliced onions 1/2 pound of fresh sliced mushrooms - and if you happen to find Morels this time of year - they are excellent in this recipe! 3 pounds of moose sirloin or beef if you prefer, cut in thin strips - partially freeze for easy cutting 1/2 teas ground ginger or prefer 1/2 teaspoon fresh grated ginger 1 tblsp sugar A splash of Sherry or beef broth

Corn oil or Olive oil A purchased stir fry sauce or soy sauce Dads voice and leaned over the This should be stir fried in a wok - howboat and threw up! ever I do not own one anymore so I use my en and wife, Nadene All of us on our knees, cast iron skillet. Heat a small amount of oil and son, Robbie, moved down between the trailer and and add ginger and vegetable one at a time and to Alaska from Lubthe bus, grabbed Ben’s hand quickly sauté-transfer to owl and keep warm. bock, Texas in the late 1960’s and started pulling him out. Add a splash of sherry, although not necesto cash in the oil pipe line. He was wedged under the bus, sary, reduces the amount of oil you use. I use Ben was an excellent welder. next to the exhaust pipe. As beef broth. He and Robbie adapted well we were crawling backwards, Sauté the meat last and when brown return to the work and fun in Alaska. I stated that “I think he’s OK.” the vegetable to the pan and add the stir fry or Poor Nadene tagged along so Ben crawled out, rolled over the soy sauce. Serve over fried or fluffy white she would not miss anything. and sat up. “Hell, Yes, I’m OK! rice or soft noodles. Her job was to scream and I jest need to kick start ma’ scold!! They all had the deep heart, and then I ma’ gonna’ Texas accent. The jovial Ben kick that kid so hard he will be Grannie Annie with his ever and always stoa wearin’ his ear on his butt! ries, sent smiles to everyone he ROBBIE, what ya trin’ to do… between the yellar bus and talked with. kill off yr’ole Dad?” Robbie the trailer tire, the boat moBen built flat bottom river turned totally to jelly, blubtor roaring wide open. Robboats in his “exter” time. We bering and crying, white as a Our friend Judy makes a recipe similar to this spent a lot of time at Big Lake bie finally got the motor shut sheet, trying to climb out of the 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt 1 pound of smoked salmon, diced down. That’s when we heard in his boat, water skiing (not boat. He was saying over and 1/4 teas marjoram 1 each, yellow and red bell pepper diced him screaming at the top of his over, “I’m sorry Dad, I’m sorry me!) picnicking and running 1/4 teas black pepper 1/2 cup chopped walnuts lungs. “I kilt ma’ Dad! I kilt around the lake visiting with Dad. Are ya’ OK?” 1 teas soy sauce 1/2 cup wild rice ma’ Dad! OH! NO! What did I all the other boaters on the Ben looked at the white1/2 teas grated lemon peel 1 cup brown rice do? I kilt him – I kilt him!” lake. faced, rubber legged Robbie, 4 green onions sliced fine Rinse the rice and cook as directed on packThen he started sobbing un- “Wall, ya’ know what? I bet We had spent a long week 1 large close of garlic minced age. Drain off any liquid left and cool slightly cruising around the lake and it controllably with his head on I aint’ as scared as you are – Stir together and pour over warm rice. Chill. in large bowl. Stir together the following: the steering wheel of the boat. huh?” Robbie grabbed his Dad was time to go home to Eagle Before serving add peppers, salmon and walNadene was in the bus, River. Robbie, Ben’s youngest and gave him a big hug and nuts. Serve on individual lettuce lines plates. 16 year old son, had been bug- getting things locked down started crying all over again. 4 to 6 servings DRESSING and ready to move out. She ging Ben to let him load the Ben had seen the boat come 2 tblsp red wine vinegar heard the loud ruckus and the boat on the trailer. flying at him, he ducked just at “Wall, I-uh, guess ya’ ain’t boat slam into the back of the the boat hit the trailer, knockbus, jolting it forward. She gonna larn no younger.” Ben ing him to the ground so hard came screaming out of the bus, it wedged him under the bus. said, continuing with instruction on how you load a boat on scolding, “Wat ya’ all a-doin? Everyone was standing around 1/2 head of lettuce- tear in large piece’s and 2 tblsp chili sauce or ketchup. a trailer. “Now, son, ya’ circle Ya’ jest knocked me off ma’ in shock, when Ben said to Naplace on large salad platter 2 tblsp each chopped green bell pepper and feet… Robbie! Shut Up! How dene, “Dang, woman, I gotta’ round and line yr-self up with Cooked assorted seafood-halibut, shrimp, green onion this here trailer hitch, give her did ya’ DO that?” lose some weight. I got stuck salmon, scallops and crab 1 tblsp each chopped green olives and green Robbie looked at his Mom a little goose, then shut her tighter-n-wedge under there – 3 hard boiled eggs cut in quarters olive juice and started screaming “I kilt down and she’ll glide right in NADENE! STOP crying – I’m 2 large tomatoes, cut in quarters or 1/2 teas lemon juice thar on that thar trailer. You be Dad – I just kilt Dad!” Nadene OK!” eighth’s 1/2 teas minced garlic took off screaming around the careful son.” The stress level dropped 1 cucumber sliced A sprinkle of black pepper and a pinch of back of the boat. “Whar is he, and they proceeded to get the Ben climbed on the trailer 1/2 red onion sliced in rings cayenne pepper hitch, hooked up to the old-old whar is he?” We were getboat unwedged. It was sitting 2 sliced avocados Combine and chill for several hours. Asting ready to get in our motor “yallar” school bus that was tilted sideways between the Pass the home made Louis Dressing semble salad and pour dressing over salad and Bens motor home, to get things home just as all this took place bus and the trailer. One of LOUIS DRESSING pass to the eager salad munchers. and witnessed the boat flying ready for Robbie to glide the the many bystanders by then, 1/2 Cup mayonnaise Hard rolls and real butter go well as does through the air. We took off boat onto the trailer. Robsuggested they just unhook 2 tblsp sour cream garlic bread. This is an excellent salad for 4 running for the back of the bus the boat from the bus and let bie carefully circled around, 2 tblsp milk to 6 people. lined up the boat, Ben guiding and trailer. Then I stopped, if fall. Ben was not too keen frozen in place, I did not want on that, because there was him with one hand, hangto see a dead body, especially ing on with the other hand. already some damage to the Ben’s! Robbie glided into position, boat, but that is what they Nadene started screaming getting ready to “give her a finally had to do. Then they he series is written by a 44 year resident of Alaska, Ann Berg of Nikiski. Ann shares little goose.” Ben yelled “yar a “Ben! Ben! Whar’ ya’ at? Ben! pulled the boat backwards her collections of recipes from family and friends. She has gathered recipes for more Ben!” Nadine was screaming little crook-it.” Robbie thinks into position on the trailer and that 50 years. Some are her own creation. Her love of recipes and food came from her over and over at the top of her secured it with ropes and tie he said “back off” and in his Mother, a self taught wonderful cook. lungs, bent over looking for confusion of trying to please downs. She hopes you enjoy the recipes and that the stories will bring a smile to your day. his Dad, instead of pulling the Ben. Poor Robbie stopped going Grannie Annie can be reached at anninalaska@gci.net A voice came from under throttle back, he pushed the with his Dad and his boat, the bus, “SHUT UP WOMAN! and shortly after that, Ben and throttle full forward! Get me outta’ here! Shut UP The boat jumped out of Nadene split up and she went Cookbooks make great gifts! Nadene!” We ran over and the water, up onto the boat back to Texas. She said there dropped down on our knees trailer, slightly sideways to was too much excitement in The “Grannie Annie” Cook Book Series includes: “Grannie Annie’s Cookin’ on the Woodstove”; the right, hit the back of Ben’s and looked under the bus at Alaska and if she was gonna’ “Grannie Annie’s Cookin’ at the Homestead”; “Grannie Annie’s Cookin’ Fish from Cold Alaskan Waold yellar bus, glanced off and Ben screaming again “Shut have a fatal heart attack, she ters”; and “Grannie Annie’s Eat Dessert First.” They are available at M & M Market in Nikiski. up Nadene!” Robbie heard his wanted to be at home in Texas! got wedged “catty-wompus” Year 1972 Big Lake, Alaska

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Craft brews are mixing it up on the cocktail scene By MICHAEL FELBERBAUM Associated Press

get in other mixing spirits,” he says. For example, malty or fruity beers add a sweet element to a cocktail, hoppy beers add bitter and floral notes, and stouts can add a chocolate or roasted flavor. Here are a couple of craft cocktail recipes for your July Fourth festivities. They would be a fine way to celebrate your freedom from plain-old light beers.

Bars around the country are tapping into the trend of mixing artisanal brews with hard liquor to create new, refreshing cocktails. Can’t see how it works? How about a bold stout blended with white chocolate liqueur? Or maybe a mojito made with blonde ale and rum? Beer as a mixer isn’t new, but it has seen an uptick in recent years, fueled largely by the flourishing market of excellent Rickey brew craft beers, according to bar Start to finish: 5 minutes consultant Jacob Grier, who’s Servings: 1 publishing a book on beer cock1 ounce lime juice tails next year called “Cocktails 1 ounce gin on Tap.” 1/4 cup fresh raspberries Beer is a versatile ingredi8 ounces raspberry lambic, ent that “offers tons of different possibilities that you wouldn’t chilled

In a pilsner glass, combine the lime juice, gin and raspberries, using the back of a spoon to crush the raspberries. Fill with raspberry lambic, then stir gently just to combine. (Recipe by Alison Ladman)

Black cream Start to finish: 5 minutes Servings: 1 1 ounce Godiva liqueur 1 ounce coffee liqueur 4 ounces cream soda, chilled 4 ounces dark stout In a tall glass, combine the Godiva and coffee liqueur. Slowly pour the cream soda down the side of the glass, followed by the stout. AP Photo/Matthew Mead

(Recipe by Alison Ladman)

This April 7, photo shows a rickey brew, right, and a black cream cocktail in Concord, N.H.

Judge rejects challenge to Indiana cold beer law By CHARLES D. WILSON Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana shoppers can forget about picking up cold beer with their groceries after a federal judge opted against loosening restrictions on where the chilled beverage can be sold. Instead, consumers who want a cold one will have to keep making a separate stop at a liquor store after the supermarket or convenience store, or go out to a bar or a restaurant. Federal Judge Richard L. Young ruled Monday that the

state has legitimately drawn a line by allowing only liquor stores to sell cold beer. Expanding the sale of cold beer beyond liquor stores, taverns and restaurants would make Indiana’s alcoholic beverage laws “tougher to enforce” by creating many more outlets at which minors could purchase cold beer, Young wrote in his 33-page ruling. “Indiana’s legislative classifications, which serve to limit the outlets for immediately consumable cold beer, is rationally related to the legitimate goals of Indiana’s alcoholic beverage

laws,” Young wrote. “Opening this market to others without restriction is not.” But the Indiana Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association called the law “irrational, discriminatory and outdated” and said in a statement that it plans to keep trying to loosen the restrictions. Executive Director Scot Imus said Tuesday the association hasn’t decided whether to file an appeal, but that isn’t the only option. “And of course, there is always the Legislature,” Imus C

said. The group filed the lawsuit last year, arguing that the restrictions on cold beer sales are discriminatory and don’t allow for a fair marketplace. It also noted that while convenience stores can’t sell cold beer, they can sell cold wine that sometimes contains twice the alcohol content. “This causes confusion among customers,” the association said. Young, however, said that liquor stores, taverns and restaurants are subject to much stricter regulations than con-

venience stores and groceries. And although the convenience store association claimed that liquor stores were more likely than convenience stores to violate state alcohol laws, Young said the state could rationally believe that “limiting the sale of immediately consumable cold beer to package liquor stores furthers its legitimate goal of curbing underage restriction of alcohol.” He noted that there were far fewer liquor stores than convenience stores or groceries in Indiana, “which naturally results in fewer outlets in the state to

purchase cold beer.” The Indiana Association of Beverage Retailers supports the current law, maintaining that grocery and convenience stores don’t have the age restrictions liquor stores do on who can enter and the requirement to hire clerks with state liquor licenses. The group didn’t immediately have any additional comment Tuesday. The Indiana attorney general’s office, which defended the state law, said the proper place to fight the restrictions was the Legislature, not the courts.

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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

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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)

STERLING AREA SENIOR CITIZENS 34453 Sterling Highway Sterling, Alaska 99672 (907) 262-6808 Fax (907) 262-3883

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 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.

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General Employment Manager Risk Management, Kenai Peninsula Borough. Under the general direction of the department director or designee, the Manager - Risk Management is responsible for administering and managing risk management and related functions including the direct management and 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.

3 Laboratory work for individual with biology and/or chemistry background. Includes laboratory duties and transcription documentation.

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.

4 In addition to the above full-time positions we are also looking for High school or College students looking for summer employment. Hours vary. Opportunity for continued employment during school year. Call (9O7)262-3557.

General Employment CITY OF SOLDOTNA EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Utility Provisional Operator, Operator I or II Non-Exempt

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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.

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UDELHOVEN OILFIELD SYSTEM SERVICES, INC.

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UOSS is a merit shop construction contractor that has served the Kenai Peninsula and Alaska for over 40 years. We are accepting applications for current openings on the Kenai Peninsula for 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.

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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

Glazier/Glass- Merchant

at Lakeshore Glass, Homer, AK. Established glass shop looking for additional employee to install windows in homes, boats, autos, some garage door installation also. Carpentry skills helpful, glass experience a big plus. Employer will train the right person. Great trade to learn, advancement potential. Drug test, resume and references required. 1371 Lakeshore Dr. Homer 99603 (907)235-8505 lakeshoreglass@alaska.net

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for work offshore and onshore including overtime. Wage DOE. If you want to become a part of an established company that puts their employees first, conducts their business with integrity, makes safe execution a priority, and shares success with their employees along with a great benefits package then we want to hear from you. Please send a copy of your resume with work history and any other information to kenaireception@udelhoven.com or fax 907-283-5929.

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Mental Health Clinician Frontier Community Services is a Soldotna based non-profit agency providing in-home services to people experiencing a disabling condition. Duties of the position include providing clinical services and oversight, program development and implementation and use of AKAIMS electronic medical records. Masters Degree in Psychology, Social Work or related field required. Licensed or working towards state licensure preferred. The successful candidate will work with the office team, in addition to being required to respond to emergencies occurring after hours and on holidays.

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

Land 1.7 to 2 ACRE LOTS. Holt Lamplight & Miller Loop. GAS, ELECTRIC & borough maintain roads. Owner financed , 10% down, 8% interest, 10 years. $29,500. (907)776-5212 2.11 ACRES West Poppy Lane. Partially cleared, Utilities hooked up. (907)262-2211, (907)252-8053, (907)252-9946.

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Two story home has 2,576sqft. living area, 728sqft. garage; 4-bedrooms, 5-bathrooms, vaulted ceilings, radiant floor heat (both floors) & a two story fireplace/woodstove area that is the centerpiece of living/dining room. Large living room windows, southern exposure, high efficiency gas furnace keeps the heating bills down. Five star energy rating. Underground utilities, well with excellent water quality & flow. Finishing touches to be selected are flooring, cabinets, appliances, countertops, stairway hardwoods & bathroom tile/sinks/baths/toilets. Can be sold As Is, or can be finished to owners specifications for additional costs. Six miles from Soldotna, towards Sterling, on Forest Lane. Quiet subdivision with covenants. $126 per sqft. for living area, $76 per sqft. for garage. AS IS price $380,000. Ross Baxter, Century 21/ Freedom Realty (907)398-7264 MLS#14-8451

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3-Bedroom, 2 1/2-bath 2466sq.ft. home for sale. Located on K-Beach between Kenai & Soldotna on the Kenai River. This home has an 1100sq.ft. attached garage and work shop area, storage shed, paved driveway and established lawn with sprinkler system. The view is gorgeous with the mountains, kenai flats, Kenai river and the city of Kenai. Enjoy watching the amazing wild life from the comfort of your home including eagles, moose, caribou, coyotes, seals and the occasional bear and beluga sightings. Asking $599,000. (907)283-5447 or (907)398-6885.

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STOLEN: SET NET Gear. 16'-8' dual axle trailer with four totes containing 8 set nets and parts for a Johnson motor were stolen this springafter May from the Pac Star Boat Yard, Kenai. Please contact with any info for recovery. A reward is offered. (907)690-3465

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15' Willie Drift Boat with trailer. Comes with ors & locks seats & more. $5,600. Call (907)388-0362. 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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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that Jeanne Scott has been appointed personal representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent 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. DATED June 6, 2014. Jeanne Scott PO Box 1155. Sterling, AK 99672 PUBLISH: 6/11, 18, 25, 2014

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Bids INVITATION TO BID CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS PANORAMA AVENUE AND MELODY LANE #N1PAN FISHERMANS ROAD, MORNING CIRCLE, RHINES ROAD AND CAPRYL ROAD #N1FIS LOTHROP PARK DRIVE, IVY AVENUE AND BLUFF DRIVE #W5LOT The Kenai Peninsula Borough Road Service Area hereby invites qualified firms to submit a firm price for acceptance by the Borough for Road Capital Improvement Projects:

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Panorama Avenue and Melody Lane #N1PAN (N. Kenai) • Fishermans Road, Morning Circle, Rhines Road and Capryl Road #N1FIS (N. Kenai) • Lothrop Park Drive, Ivy Avenue and Bluff Drive #W5LOT (Ninilchik) Projects consist of furnishing all labor, materials, and equipment to upgrade these roads. Projects include subgrade modification, drainage, clearing, ditching and roadbed widening. Pre-bid conferences will be held at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Road Service Area office, 47140 East Poppy Lane, Soldotna, Alaska for Road Capital Improvement Projects:

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MELODIE SYMINGTON DBA ODIE’S DELI located at 44315 Sterling Hwy Soldotna AK 99669 is applying for transfer of a Restaurant/Eating Place AS 04.11.100 liquor license to PS241, LLC DBA Odie's. 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: 6/18, 25, 7/2, 2014

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Public Notices CITY OF SOLDOTNA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING June 25, 2014 The Soldotna City Council will conduct a public hearing on June 25, 2014, on the following ordinances: Ordinance 2014-019 - Amending Soldotna Municipal Code (SMC) 2.20 Officer's and Employee's Bond Requirements to Include Provisions for Appointment and Confirmation of a Second Vice Mayor (Bos) Ordinance 2014-020 - Enacting Soldotna Municipal Code Chapter 2.26 Entitled “Financial Disclosure Requirements” Adopting Municipal Officials and Candidate Financial Disclosure Requirements that will be Immediately Effective if the Voters Exempt Municipal Officials and Candidates from the Public Officials Disclosure Requirements Under AS 39.50 at the October 7, 2014 Regular Election (City Manager) Ordinance 2014-021 - Submitting the Question of Whether the City Shall Establish and Adopt Financial Disclosure Forms and Guidelines for City of Soldotna Municipal Officials and Candidates and Exempt Municipal Officials and Candidates of Soldotna from the Requirements of the State Financial Disclosure Laws (AS 39.50) (City Manager) Ordinance 2014-022 - Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations by $1,150,000 in the Utility Fund and $1,150,000 in the Miscellaneous Capital Projects Fund for the Water Reservoir Construction Project (City Manager) City council meetings commence at 6:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chamber, 177 N. Birch St., Soldotna, Alaska.

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Lake front home with float plane accessibility. Quiet lake home for someone with many interests --- landscaping; animal raising (barn, tack room, chicken coop) art/handicraft studio (26 X 26) that could become separate bedrooms; lake for sailing, canoeing, kayaking, swimming; float plane accessible; two bedroom apartment for B & B; two car, heated garage; many, many possibilities. This unusual home is built into a hillside. The unique house kept expanding up the hill. All three stories are at ground level,with the main floor handicapped accessible. Windows everywhere. You live with nature. Built as close as possible to 5 Star requirements and to be as maintenance free as possible. It has cement siding, vinyl windows and storm doors. Seven miles south of Soldotna. Priced for sale this summer at $367,000. For appointment to see this home call Ruth at (907)262-9619 or Sharilyn at 5 Star (907)252-3163

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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

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Free family caregivers kit should be in every home this important information to my readers. It is important because accepting this kind of responsibility should not be done without fully understanding what it will entail. The publications you sent to me — and will send to my readers — provide an illuminating overview of the responsibilities involved. Readers, this year’s Abigail Van Buren packet is not to be missed, particularly if you have aging relatives or a friend who may need you to handle his/her affairs, even for a short period of time. These booklets are offered free of charge and include the “Managing Someone Else’s Money” series of publications, which cover Power of Attorney and Managing Trusts, Property and Benefits. They are written in plain English and are in an easy-to-understand format. Also included is a pamphlet on using medications wisely. Did you know that 125,000 people die each year because they didn’t take their medication as directed

— and many more get sick because they didn’t properly follow the directions on the label? (I didn’t.) Another pamphlet shares information on recognizing and avoiding health scams, so you and your loved ones can watch out for miracle devices and cures that really ARE too good to be true. But wait! There’s more ... You will also receive a copy of the 2014 Consumer Action Handbook, which contains not only information you need to make the best decisions about what you buy and the service providers you use, but also a sample complaint letter to help you get results. To order this free kit, go to promotions.usa.gov/ dearabby. You can also order the kit by calling 888878-3256 weekdays 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern time, or by writing: Family Caregivers Kit, Pueblo, CO 81009. Every household in the country should have this information on hand “just in case,” so order a kit for yourself and more to share. — LOVE, ABBY Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. Hints from Heloise

Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars A baby born today has a Sun in Gemini and a Moon in Pisces. HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Wednesday, June 18, 2014: This year you often feel pressured by superiors and their expectations. You might be far more capable than you realize. Take a risk and go out on a limb; be willing to do something out of your comfort zone. If you are single, you’ll attract someone from work or from a commitment. Be aware of the problems you could encounter by mixing your private life with your public image before jumping in. If you are attached, you are likely to enjoy being around your significant other more often. PISCES can irritate you, as you can’t read him or her clearly. 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 You’ll wake up with a new perspective. A dream might have provided a solution to a problem. When you initially present this idea, you could receive a negative response. After a lively discussion, however, an agreement is likely to be reached. Tonight: As you would like it. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHHYouseethepotentialinseizing the moment. You know what is possible, and you’ll try to move forward in a progressive manner. A suggestion that you initially had doubted will prove to work. Be willing to give credit where credit is due. Tonight: Continue as you have. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHHYourpensivesidewillemerge,

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HHHH You might want to create a new beginning. Your ability to manifest much more of what you desire will materialize. You could be sitting on some anger that might trigger a strong reaction when dealing with foreign elements. Tonight: Indulge your imagination. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH You’ll be involved with a deceptive situation that surrounds your home and/or a family member. As a result, you could have difficulty rooting out the cause. Ask questions, and the answers might change your thinking. Use care with your finances. Tonight: Head home. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Make a point to help others (as well as yourself) understand a confusing project or idea. Your outlook could change once you grasp what is being said. You might not want to assume the lead here, so let someone else step in. Tonight: Don’t let someone else’s frustration get to you. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH You’ll see through a ruse, but whether you decide to let others in on it will depend on several factors. Consider the cost of keeping this deception to yourself. A friend could be involved, but you might prefer that he or she figures it out without your help. Tonight: Out late. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH You seem to know the right way to go. Your creativity will point to the correct path for an emotionally trying situation. A friend could reverse his or her support with a critical issue. Trust yourself and your decisions. Tonight: Be the lead player.

Flour ... 00 Flour Dear Heloise: The other day, I saw a recipe for making pizza dough, which I love to do. It used something called “00 FLOUR.” What exactly is that, and where can I find it? My local grocery stores did not have it. — M.T. in California This 00 flour is an Italian flour. The “00” is how the ground flour is classified, with the number “00” representing the finest grind. The reason this type of flour is used in pizza dough is because of its texture, which makes it very easy to work with, and because of its low gluten content. This helps make pizza crust light and soft. If you cannot find it in your main grocery store, try a specialty grocery store, or order the flour online. — Heloise Peeling potatoes Dear Heloise: I read your column every day in the (Steubenville, Ohio) Herald-Star. My hint came to me while I was peeling potatoes with a vegetable peeler, a chore I don’t like to do. I retrieved my apple corer/parer from the cupboard. It’s the kind you force into one end of the apple (potato, in this case) and then turn the handle and the apple (potato) is peeled. As it goes through, the core is removed. It works great on potatoes, and an extra benefit is that the now-skinless potato is in the form of a twisty fry. I either put it in boiling water to cook for mashed potatoes, or the fry can be deep-fried for a homemade treat just like at restaurants. It’s fast, easy and quick to clean up. — Rose G. in Ohio

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DEAR ABBY: Helping a parent or other adult relative handle their finances and health care can be a challenging gift to give. You want to honor their wishes and respect their boundaries, while at the same time acting in their best interest. But it can be hard to know where to begin and whom to trust, and you always wonder if you’re forgetting something. To help your readers carry out this important role, the Federal Citizen Information Center created the free Family Caregivers Kit. It features publications from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that explain how to manage a loved one’s money and protect seniors from scams. And it also contains publications from the FDA’s Office of Women’s Health to keep track of medications and learn to use them safely. The kit is full of practical tips that give caregivers the confidence they need to manage a loved one’s affairs. Abby, thanks for sharing the free Family Caregivers Kit. From one daughter to another, you know how important it is to stand up and support family members through life’s challenges. — SARAH CRANE, ACTING DIRECTOR, FEDERAL CITIZEN INFORMATION CENTER DEAR MS. CRANE: Thank you for offering

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