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In the news Fort Wainright fined for EPA violation

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Army garrison in Fairbanks will pay nearly $160,000 to government regulators after being found in violation of an act designed to protect groundwater. Fort Wainwright will pay the Environmental Protect Agency after the garrison didn’t test for suspect leaks in underground tanks. The government says 19 of the 20 tanks holding liquids like gasoline, jet fuel, diesel, oil and antifreeze were out of compliance. Some tanks hold up to 30,000 gallons. The settlement comes after EPA inspections of the tanks in 2012 and 2013. No actual leaks were reported, but base officials wouldn’t have known if one occurred because there was no follow-up on tank-monitoring reports. EPA officials both the Fairbanks and Fort Wainwright drinking water supplies could have been at risk.

Sonar estimates Estimated early-run kings in the Kenai River: n Wednesday: 151 n So far: 299 Estimated Kenai River reds: n Wednesday: 9,240 n So far: 19,632

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Trail blazing Tinker Anderson drives a paver while Richie DiCarlo and Aarron Settje work to keep a pre-asphalt leveling material even on a new portion of a bicycle trail running along Kalifornsky Beach Road on Thursday in Kenai. NorthStar Paving and Construction plans to lay asphalt next week.

Borough considers animal control By KAYLEE OSOWSKI Peninsula Clarion

ber Brent Johnson to pose two advisory questions to voters: — Should the borough exercise limited animal control powers in unincorporated areas? — And should properties outside of cities pay a mill rate of 0.002 to pay for domestic animal rescue and care services?

Voters on Oct. 7 will be asked to advise the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly whether the borough should exercise animal control practices. At recent meetings, citizens have voiced concerns about abused and neglected animals Tim Colbath, who runs in unincorporated areas. At its Tuesday meeting, the Alaska’s Extended Life Aniassembly passed a resolution mal Sanctuary in Nikiski and sponsored by assembly mem- has been advocating for a solu-

tion for borough-wide animal neglect and abuse for about 16 years, said he is “tickled pink” that the issue will be on the ballot. Even though Colbath has been advocating for a program for years, he said his non-profit sanctuary won’t necessarily be the agency chosen to contract with the borough to enforce animal protection, if a program is enacted. But he plans to help raise awareness of the ballot proposition and educate voters

about what the program would be designed to do leading up to Election Day. He said while the question that will be posed to voters calls the program animal control, it doesn’t include animal licensing, registration and leash or confinement laws. “All it does is address the existing state statues for the minimum standards of care and where necessary help the people,” he said. See VOTERS, page A-12

Sockeye surge Fish and Game loosens restrictions on sport anglers, dipnetters on the Kasilof River By RASHAH McCHESNEY Peninsula Clarion

They’ve tried bringing the drift fleet closer to the Kasilof, the commercial setnet fishery was opened early, and now managers are adding newly liberalized personal-use dipnetters and sport anglers to the mix in

While an ordinance to amend personnel regulations for the City of Kenai was postponed for the second consecutive meeting, the council voted to include protections against sexual orientation based discrimination. Kenai City Manager Rick Koch asked that the council postpone the ordinance until Kenai City Attorney Scott Bloom returned from vacation as he had questions on language revisions to the employee handbook. Council member

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Gulls killed to clear Kenai runway

an attempt to slow the rush of Kasilof-bound sockeye salmon. While it is unclear how strong the final escapement will be, By DAN BALMER Alaska Department of Fish and Peninsula Clarion Game biologists said the fish were continuing show up in After 16 years of living 700 Clarion file photo/Rashah McChesney large numbers in the 17-mile In this July 2013 file photo, personal-use dipnetters fish near feet away from the Kenai Muglacial river. nicipal Airport runway, Les and See FISH, page A-12 the mouth of the Kasilof River. Susan Bradley have become accustomed to the sound of planes taking off. But a different sound has the couple concerned – gunshots. Shotgun blasts early in the morning intended to keep seagulls off the runway has disturbed the Bradley’s sleep Terry Bookey made an amend- with the amendment, several visions are made at a later date. at their home on Float Plane ment to add sexual orientation spoke against making any kind “If we aren’t going to dis- Road. The Bradley’s voiced their to the list of equal opportunity of amendment to the ordinance criminate against (an individuemployers. that needed revision. al’s) sex, (gender) then sexual concern to Kenai City Council “Sexual orientation is not a Council member Tim Na- orientation belongs in there as at Wednesday’s meeting and asked it to consider a quieter mandatory protected clause for varre said he was ready to vote well,” Marquis said. discrimination and it should the ordinance down altogether Bookey said the fact that the and more humane alternative. “We’re not cranks; we are be,” he said. “I don’t think and wait for the city manager city was updating discriminaanybody working for the city to bring back a clean ordinance tion clauses in its employee just squawking,” Les Bradley should be in fear of position after working with the city at- handbook he felt it was the ap- said. “Our concern is for the or harassment based on sexual torney. Council member Brian propriate time to be proactive. birds themselves and the noise preferences. They should be Gabriel said no amendments “This is a chance for this is rather bothersome.” Mary Bondurant, Kenai Mufree to live their lives.” should be made without the at- body here to make a point Bookey said he is not aware torney present. where their position is on a nicipal Airport manager, said of any discrimination among Vice Mayor Ryan Marquis very important social topic,” he the airport has seen heavy gull activity in June and didn’t recity staff and didn’t mean to said Bookey’s amendment sim- said. imply that it was an issue. ply adds sexual orientation to The amendment passed 4-3 ally know why. She said it’s possible the While none of the other the ordinance and didn’t need with no votes from Mayor Pat council members disagreed to be discussed again when reSee REGS, page A-12 See GULLS, page A-12

Sexual orientation protection added to list of possible changes in Kenai regs By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion

JUNEAU, Alaska — The chief of staff for the Alaska Veterans Affairs Health Care System said Thursday that recruitment of doctors and nurses is one of the biggest challenges the system faces. Cynthia Joe said this challenge isn’t exclusive to the VA in Alaska. But Alaska has no medical school, and while there are nursing programs, hospitals and clinics are often trying to pull from the same pool of candidates. Joe said the VA has been working to fill two vacant health-care provider positions at the VA’s Wasilla clinic and been relying on contract physicians and the Southcentral Foundation to help with patients. The VA is also recruiting for two primary care physicians at the clinic in Fairbanks, with the second provider about to leave, she said. At full strength, that facility would have three primary care physicians. The VA has added recruitment incentives, including offering to pay for moves and help with student loan costs, Joe said.

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Rainfall nearly sets records in Interior FAIRBANKS (AP) — Rain this week in Interior Alaska has fallen in near record amounts, weather officials said. The National Weather Service reported 3.31 inches of rain fell from Tuesday to midday Wednesday, making it the third wettest two-day period in 102 years of record keeping in Fairbanks, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported.

“To get that much rain in 36 hours in Fairbanks is a big deal,” National Weather Service hydrologist Ed Plumb. Meteorologist Rick Thomas said that’s only the fourth time in history with back-to-back days with more than an inch of rain each at Fairbanks International Airport. The rain ended late Wednesday afternoon, but prompted

flood warnings, watches or advisories for nearly every stream and river in the Interior. The flood gates at Moose Creek Dam were lowered Wednesday afternoon, restricting water to prevent flooding below the dam on the Chena River. That’s the second time in two weeks the gates have been lowered and the 22nd time

since the flood control project was built in 1979. The inundation came after the wettest June ever in the records books for Fairbanks. Weather officials said 3.56 inches fell during the month, but nearly all of it came down in the final two weeks of the month. Three major downpours flooded rivers and washed out roads.

Dow average tops 17,000 for first time By KEN SWEET AP Markets Writer

NEW YORK — The Dow Jones industrial average topped 17,000 for the first time Thursday, another in a string of records for the index that has lifted portfolios in a five-year bull market for stocks. The gain pushed the 118-year-old Dow, the oldest gauge for tracking stock prices, past its first 1,000-point milestone this year. The record came after another day of good news for the economy: The government reported surprisingly robust job gains in June, underscoring a recent trend of stronger hiring and healthy manufacturing. The Dow’s rise this year has been built on tiny gains, barely noticeable day by day, a stark contrast to last year’s bigger moves that drove the index up 27 percent. Thursday followed the recent script. The index rose

from the start of trading, but ended the day just half of percentage point higher. Trading was also extremely light. The market closed early ahead of the Fourth of July holiday. Investors also pushed the Standard & Poor’s 500 index within striking range of its round-number milestone — just 15 points from 2,000. “Right now the story is onward and upward,” said Neil Massa, senior trader at John Hancock Asset Management. On Thursday, the government reported that U.S. employers added 288,000 workers to their payrolls in June and the unemployment rate fell to 6.1 percent. The U.S. economy is now creating around 231,000 jobs each month in 2014, compared to roughly 194,000 a month last year. The jobs report is the latest piece of data to show the economy continues to improve steadily. On Wednesday, payroll

Thursday Stocks Company Final Change Agrium Inc................91.40 +0.12 Alaska Air Group...... 96.80 +0.99 ACS...........................1.78 — Apache Corp.......... 100.03 +0.18 AT&T........................ 35.84 +0.17 Baker Hughes.......... 75.06 -0.29 BP ........................... 53.15 -0.23 Chevron...................131.19 +0.96 ConocoPhillips......... 86.40 +0.54 ExxonMobil............. 102.59 +1.02 1st Natl. Bank AK... 1,740.00 +0.00 GCI...........................11.30 +0.29 Halliburton............... 70.97 +0.15 Harley-Davidson...... 68.46 +0.66 Home Depot............ 82.05 +0.07 McDonald’s............. 100.98 +0.45 Safeway....................34.01 -0.06 C

Schlumberger.......... 117.50 -0.23 Tesoro...................... 60.59 +0.06 Walmart................... 75.75 +0.13 Wells Fargo.............. 53.00 +0.34 Gold closed............ 1,321.31 -5.55 Silver closed.............21.15 -0.02 Dow Jones avg..... 17,068.26 +92.02 NASDAQ................4,485.92 +28.19 S&P 500................1,985.44 +10.82 Stock prices provided by the Kenai Peninsula Edward Jones offices.

Oil Prices Wednesday’s prices not available

processor ADP said private businesses added 281,000 jobs in June, up from 179,000 in May. Also this week, the Institute for Supply Management said the U.S. manufacturing expanded for the 13th consecutive month. Also helping stocks are solid corporate earnings and continued support from central banks. That has pushed prices higher despite a harsh U.S. winter and worries about fighting in Ukraine and Iraq.

The Dow rose 92.02 points to finish at 17,068.26. The S&P 500 closed up 10.82 points, or 0.6 percent, to 1,985.44 and the Nasdaq composite gained 28.19 points, or 0.6 percent, to 4,485.93. While the Dow’s passing of 17,000 is notable, most Wall Street professionals don’t focus on it. The vast majority of mutual funds and investors use the broader S&P 500 as their benchmark for how they are performing.

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Around the Peninsula Dog show returns to Soldotna The Kenai Kennel Club annual All Breed Dog Shows, Obedience, Rally and Agility Trial will take place July 10-13 at Skyview High School in Soldotna. Agility Trial begins at 8:30 a.m. July 10-12. Conformation and Obedience Events begin at 9 a.m. July 11-13. All events will end mid to late afternoon daily. Conformation Judging Program can be found at www.kenaikennelclub. Spectators are encouraged to bring their own seating and be prepared for changing weather. Dogs not entered in the event are not allowed on the grounds. For more information, visit www.kenaikennelclub.com.

Rotary Unity Run July 12 The annual Rotary Unity Run 10-mile and 5-kilometer race will be held July 12 along the Unity Trail between Kenai and Soldotna, hosted by the Soldotna and Kenai River Rotary clubs and Tsalteshi Trails Association. Meet at Soldotna High School for bus shuttles to the start lines, at Kenai Central High School for the 10-mile start and Peninsula Power Sports for the 5-kilometer start. Buses leave at 9 a.m. and races start at 9:30 a.m. Advance registration is available online at www.tsalteshi.org. Advance race entry is $30 for adults, $10 for youth 12 and under and $50 for families. Active TTA members get a $5 discount. Bib pickup is from 5 to 6 p.m. July 10 and 11 at SoHi. Race day registration and bib pickup is from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. July 12 at SoHi. T-shirts are included in race entry, with finisher prizes, raffle drawings and barbecue lunch at the finish line. Participants must finish by noon.

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be served from 9-10:30 a.m. For more information contact City for the oversight, monitoring, assessing and evaluation of oil spill prevention, safety and response plans, terminal and oil Clerk, Sandra Modigh at 283-8247. tanker operations, and environmental impacts of oil tanker and oil terminal operations in the Cook Inlet of Alaska. Nikiski Rec Center, Pool close for holiday The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90) includes a provision The Nikiski Community Recreation Center and the Nikiski calling for an annual review of Cook Inlet RCAC’s activities Pool Facility will be closed Friday in observance of the Inde- by the United States Coast Guard (USCG). This Recertification pendence Day Holiday. For more information please call 776- process is designed to ensure that Cook Inlet RCAC is meet8800. ing the mandates spelled out in OPA 90 and is representing the interests of the communities within the vicinity of the terminal operations.Public comment is now being accepted on the ReVolleyball skills camp registration open certification application. It may be viewed at www.regulations. All American Volleyball Camps and Peninsula Midnight Sun gov; online at www.circac.org; or at the Cook Inlet RCAC’s KeVolleyball Club are hosting a skills camp at Kenai Central High nai, Alaska office, 8195 Kenai Spur Highway. The deadline for School August 6-8. All American Volleyball Camps feature skill public comment to the USCG is July 16, 2014. Comments may instruction from top college, U.S. National Team, and profes- be submitted through the federal website above, by fax at 202sional players. AAVC conducts High School Camps throughout 493-2251, or in writing to: Rear Admiral Daniel B. Abel, Comthe country and has been coming to the Kenai Peninsula for 19 mander, 17th Coast Guard District, United States Coast Guard, years. Past coaches included Olympians and national college Play- c/o Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S. Department of ers of the Year. Camp is open to players entering grades 7-11 next Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, fall. Coaches will focus on skill instruction, but include drills that 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, D.C. 20590-0001. combine skills in game-like conditions. The coach to player ratio Letters should reference Docket Number USCG-2014-0414. is 1:12. Camp is limited to the first 48 applicants and is open to For more information, call the Cook Inlet RCAC at 907-283players from throughout the Peninsula. Camp will run from 9:00- 7222. 11:30 a.m. and 12:30-3:00 p.m. The cost is $170. Contact your high school or middle school coach, or Tracie Beck at tbeck@kpbsd. North Pen Rec hosts high-tech scavenger hunt k12.ak.us., to sign up. North Peninsula Recreation Service Area is having a free Geocache Contest on July 18. Competition starts at noon at the Volleyball tournament served up Nikiski Community Recreation Center. GPS required for parNorth Peninsula Recreation Service Area will host a 3 on 3 ticipation. Bring the whole family out to enjoy the outdoors and Volleyball Tournament on July 11 at 5 p.m. at the Nikiski Com- a technical scavenger hunt. For more information call NCRC munity Recreation Center. The volleyball tournament is a co-ed 776-8800 event; those 16 and older are welcome to join. Register by July 3. For more information call NCRC at 776-8800.

Kenai Central High School pool schedule set

Kenai Mayor Pat Porter invites you to her “First Saturday Coffee” on July 5, downstairs in city hall. Summer is in full swing and a perfect time to look around Kenai to offer ideas, solutions and concerns that will help make Kenai the community you want to be a part of. The coffee and morning pastries will

Kenai Central High School Pool is taking sign-ups for swim lessons. Sessions start: July 14 and July 28. Morning Lap swim (Monday-Friday) 6:30A.M. – 8:00A.M.. Open Swim (WednesThe Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council (Cook day, Thursday and Friday) 1:00 – 2:45P.M.. Phone number for Inlet RCAC) is a nonprofit corporation organized exclusively more information 283-7476

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

CIRCAC recertification public comment period open

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

will meet at the Nikiski Senior Center. Call instructor Mary Olson at 907-776-3745. 8 p.m. • Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “It Works” at URS Club, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. • AA 12 by 12 at the United Methodist Church, 607 Frontage Road, Kenai. • Twin City Al-Anon Family group, United Methodist Church, 607 Frontage Road in Kenai. Call 907-953-4655. Saturday 8 a.m.

• Alcoholics Anonymous As Bill Sees It Group, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Unit 71 (Old Carrs Mall). Call 398-9440. 9 a.m. • Al-Anon book study, Central Peninsula Hospital’s Augustine Room, Soldotna. Call 907-953-4655. 10 a.m. • Narcotics Anonymous PJ Meeting, URS Club, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. Noon • Homemade soup, Funny River Community Center. 7 p.m. • Narcotics Anony-

mous support group “Dopeless Hope Fiends,” URS Club, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. 8 p.m. • AA North Roaders Group at North Star Methodist Church, Mile 25.5 Kenai Spur Highway. Call 242-9477.

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We still hold these truths to be self-evident When in the Course of human events

it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. ... In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people. Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends. We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. — And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor. — In Congress, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America

Letters to the Editor Think carefully about Ballot Measure 1 So you want to repeal the oil tax incentive. Are you related to the people who killed the goose that laid the golden eggs? The oil companies have financed this great state for a lot of years, and have spent untold billions to do so. There are easier places to drill for oil than the Arctic, and I can assure you that if this agreement is repealed, they will move on and cease to invest in our economy. The oil companies need to make money in order to have the money to continue to explore and drill (at great risk). In business, it is necessary to understand what the rules are, and when they change, it is very unsettling and disturbing. Since the incentive went into effect, investment has increased and more is planned. To change the rules now would be like a breach of contract. Sure, we may make more money for the state right now, but down the road a ways, the pipeline will become less full, more money will be required to be provided by other entities (the tax-payers) and Alaska will no longer be in an enviable economic situation. Just think what our state would look like if the oil companies move elsewhere (like North Dakota). Do you really want to start paying a state income tax again? And give up your PFD? Please think objectively and vote no on Ballot Measure 1. Ken Covey Kasilof

Too much studying, not enough action Having worked for an oil company starting in 1955, I am amazed that every little aspect of building roads or sites to drill on the North Slope requires millions of more dollars when they have been studying it since the 1940s. All of the oil companies know exactly how to perform every operation to start pumping oil out of the ground. Billions of dollars have been paid out of tax money to pay the exorbitant wages, making so many people to do the same job over and over again. All they should have to do is lay out a map for a road and area to drill in and get to work. Paul D. Morrison Kenai

Alaska Native feels voice is drowned out As we celebrate the Fourth of July we recognize and value the checks and balances of all governmental entities that our founders established. Our founders also created a constructive process for redress of grievances for individuals. Minorities are still playing catch up. The question must be asked, where is the process of redress of grievances for Alaska Natives and American Indians? Where are the checks and balances within Tribal Self-Government entities? The Alaska Constitution Article 1 § 3 Civil Rights provides that no person is to be denied the enjoyment of any civil or political right because of race, color, creed, sex, or national origin. The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that no State may deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Apparently our elected representatives do not believe that the Fourteenth Amendment applies to Tribal Self-Government entities. As an Alaska Native I have a voice struggling to be heard but the convoluted process available to me smothers my voice and the voices of countless others. Is there a process for redress of grievance

in Indian Country (Tribal Self-Government)? The United States Federal Government entities that protect other minorities have told me that there is no process available to me for redress of grievance within the U.S. Federal Government. As citizens of the United States, Alaska Natives and American Indians lack equal protection under the law of their civil rights within Tribal Self-Government entities. Millions of federal dollars are funded to Tribal Self-Government entities. There must be a system in place with a clear road map that will ensure equal protection under the law for all citizens. Betty Jo Moore Sitka

Applause Soldotna seniors say mahalo for support Soldotna Senior Center’s Hawaiian Luau fundraiser was a great success and we would like to thank all of the wonderful volunteers and donors for their support. A huge thank you to all of our dedicated volunteers that worked tirelessly in many capacities decorating, selling tickets, soliciting donations, setting diningroom tables, chefs, kitchen aides, serving food and beverages, dishwashers, receptionist, lei greeters, and auction attendants. Where ever something needed done a volunteer was there to do it. We would like to thank Senator Peter Micciche for being our very entertaining and excellent auctioneer. A special thank you to all of our very generous donors including Aspen Hotel, Bailey’s Furniture, Sportsman’s Warehouse, Dana and Darlene Nichols, Trinity Greenhouse, Alaska USA Federal Credit Union, Poppy Lane Flowers, Wells Fargo Bank, River City Books, Dragonfly Gallery, Susan’s Bath & Body Boutique, Bucket’s Sports Grill, Kenai River Brewing Company, Jersey Subs, Odies-Bead-It, Katie MacLeod, Johnson’s Tire Service, Tesoro #203, St. Elias Brewing Company, Liz’s Cards & Gifts, Henry Kroll, Al & Bunny Chong, Ginger’s Restaurant, Ray & Pam Estes, Arby’s, The Corner Cafe, Frames & Things, Grand Burrito Restaurant, Gamas Designs, 4-D Carpet One, Acapulco Restaurant, PJ’s Diner, Don Jose’s Mexican Restaurant, Karlene’s Day Spa, Nikko Gardens, Fashionably Sassy, Dorothy Diamond, Mountain Magic Massage, Froso’s Restaurant, Sweeney’s Clothings, Beemun’s Variety, Shelley McManamy, Alaska Bolt & Chain, Kaladi Brothers, Betty Siemion, Kimmy Smith, Gourmet Deli, Hey Good Lookin’, Nita Douthit, Trustworthy Hardware, Spenard Builder’s Supply, Napa

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Auto Parts, Caribou Family Restaurant, and Donna Swaby. Another big thank you to KSRM and KBAY Radio Stations, and the Peninsula Clarion for their great media coverage. We attribute our annual Hawaiian Luau’s great success to all of our faithful volunteers and donors. We couldn’t do it without you! Thanks again everyone. Morris M. Breed President

Rainout doesn’t dampen spirits Frontier Community Services held its 11th annual World Series Baseball Event on Saturday, June 21st 2014, at the Kenai Little League fields. For the first time in the history of this event, we were officially rained out. Attendance was great in spite of the rain! Frontier Community Services would like to thank Governor Sean Parnell and his wife Sandy for attending our event and for participating in our Hall of Fame ceremony. The Governor presented the first two inductees, Joe Malatesta Sr., founder of the games, and Ken Duff, FCS Executive Director, with a plaque for their sportsmanship and leadership in developing the World Series annual event in 2004. Many thanks to the athletes who traveled from Homer and Seward in the pouring rain to play ball. It was an incredible day and we sincerely appreciate everyone’s efforts in making it happen. Thanks so much to the athletes, families, care givers and volunteers who attended and came ready to play in the rain! Even though we couldn’t play ball, athletes received their t-shirts, ball caps and team assignments as well as a trophy, medal and baseball autographed by the Peninsula Oilers. This is a special day for the people we serve and a good time was had by all! The goal of the World Series is to help people with developmental disabilities participate in the great American past time. FCS will continue to bring baseball to these individuals year after year. Batter up in 2015! Kathy Kenner Special Project Coordinator Frontier Community Services

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AK official testifies in voting rights trial ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A top Alaska elections official testifying in a federal Native voting rights trial disputed claims that villages with sizable populations of limited English speakers vote in lower proportions than elsewhere in the state. Division of Elections Director Gail Fenumiai took the stand Wednesday as the state’s last witness in the Voting Rights Act lawsuit filed by village tribal organizations and elders against her and other election officials. Fenumiai testified that most of the village precincts beat the state’s average turnout in the 2012 presidential election if only precinct-level turnout numbers were examined. Fenumiai’s office, however, provides more voter services in urban areas, such as easy access to early voting and absentee balloting. She said voters who cast absentee or early ballots aren’t counted in the turnout numbers of their home precincts. The plaintiffs say the state has failed to provide complete translations of voting materials into Native languages. Plaintiffs say the state lags behind the law for Yup’ik and Gwich’in speakers in three regions. The state contends its pro-

gram meets legal requirements, providing sample ballots and oral translations for some Native languages. Witnesses for the state have said it has gone out of its way to consult with tribal councils. Election officials have testified that if the state has failed some Native voters with limited English proficiency, it’s not for lack of trying. Officials say the state has been stood up and let down by translators and bilingual poll workers. Officials say that if they win the lawsuit, they would continue to improve language access. In her testimony, Fenumiai said the state’s average precinct turnout in the 2012 general election was 40.2 percent. In the village of Manokotak, where one plaintiff resides, the precinct turnout was 47.5 percent, according to Fenumiai. Villages with a majority nonNative population in the state’s interior had lower-than-average-turnout, she said. Fenumiai referred to a plaintiff’s legal documents that asserts that Native villages had “depressed participation rates” in 2012. “I think the precinct turnout information does not reflect that,” she said.

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sometimes out of state — can provide mental health care or, with the assistance of an on-site nurse, medical care and exams. Nearly 90 percent of VA patients live within an hour of a VA facility, Joe said. The VA also has partnered with community health providers around the state as part of an effort that has helped rural veterans remain in their local communities for care and, during the last year, has contributed to substantially lower appointment wait times for new patients, Joe said. U.S. Sen. Mark Begich, DAlaska, has pointed to the partnerships as a model for other VA systems and said he is proud

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Joe made her remarks while visiting the VA clinic in Juneau. The brightly lit facility, located in the federal building downtown, is the newest and smallest of the VA clinics in Alaska, clinic manager Elizabeth Bochynski said. It opened in 2010. The clinic has one doctor and traditional examination rooms. But it also has space for tele-health consultations, in which doctors at remote sites —

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Two gulls join several others at the base of a boat launch near Poacher’s Cove where a fish-cleaning station was being used to clean a king salmon Tuesday in Soldotna.

of the service the VA in Alaska provides. But he said there is room for improvement. At a meeting with veterans Thursday, Begich heard complaints about attitude problems within the VA, difficulty getting requested appointments, and hassles with disability claims. He said a concern he had with the location of the Juneau clinic was that people had to go through security to reach it. He liked one veteran’s suggestion that there be a rating system for doctors outside the VA system who work with veterans, Begich said. There has been renewed national focus on the VA system

amid allegations of problems, including delayed medical care, at VA facilities across the country. Begich, who sits on a conference committee on veterans’ issues, said in an interview that the discussion at Thursday’s meeting would have been much different if Alaska had the problems with waiting lists that have been seen elsewhere. But he acknowledged recruitment concerns, saying there are wage caps for primary care doctors in the VA system and those doctors often can make more money elsewhere. There can’t be a one-sizefits-all approach in addressing

the problems nationally, Begich said. Murkowski, who also has met with veterans, has expressed concern with staffing at the VA clinic in Wasilla and asked the VA’s inspector general to look into the quality of care provided there. She was unavailable for comment Thursday, but her spokesman, Matthew Felling, said by email that the challenges with recruiting and holding onto health care providers tracks with concerns Murkowski’s office has heard. “But the reason we have asked for the VA investigation is to take the most thorough look

at Alaska’s challenges to see if there are other contributing factors beneath the surface, even intangibles, that are difficult to determine through the snapshot audit we saw recently,” he said. A federal audit released last month found the vast majority of medical appointments for veterans were scheduled within 14 days at the Alaska Veterans Health Care System in Anchorage. The Anchorage facility was the only Alaska VA facility looked at, and the audit provided a snapshot-in-time look. Joe said there is good, ongoing staff training when it comes to scheduling.

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Fourth comes early in Boston

Veteran dies waiting Festivities, fireworks moved up to beat approaching storm for ambulance in VA hospital cafeteria By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press

BOSTON — With the season’s first hurricane bearing down on New England, Boston was preparing Thursday night to stage the Boston Pops Fourth of July outdoor concert and fireworks show, one of its signature events. The event, which airs nationally and draws more than half a million visitors to the capital city, was moved a day earlier when it became clear that the region would feel the brunt of Hurricane Arthur on Independence Day. The severe weather has prompted the cancellation of July 4th events in coastal Massachusetts, particularly in the summer retreats of Cape Cod and the islands south of Boston, where a tropical storm warning has been issued. Weather for the rest of the holiday weekend, however, promises to be seasonably sunny and hot. Local officials are warning beachgoers, though, about the likelihood for high waves and strong undertow. But on Boston’s Esplanade along the Charles River Thursday evening, there were few hints of the gathering storm. Temperatures were in the high 80s and there were few clouds in sight. Sailboats glided in the waters nearby. Concertgoers, some of whom had lined up outside the park as early as noon, were more concerned with heat and strong sun. “We could use a few clouds, actually,” said Marek Morawski, a Connecticut resident who secured a spot for him and his wife, Dee, under a row of shady trees and with a clear view of the concert hatch shell.

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Children waves flags before a concert at the Hatch Shell on the Esplanade in Boston, Thursday, July 3, 2014. The annual Boston Pops Fourth of July concert was moved up a day because of potential heavy rain ahead of Hurricane Arthur.

A number of concertgoers said they were visiting Boston for the first time and had planned their trip specifically to catch the concert. “We watch it on the TV every year, so we figured we’d see it in person,” said Mercedes Przecioski, a Phoenix, Arizona, resident who arrived in Boston early Thursday morning with her husband, Steve, and daughter, Vanessa. “Coming from Phoenix, we’re happy for rain,” said Przecioski. “We haven’t seen it in six months.” Orlando, Florida, residents Bob and Diane Rindfuss said changing the day for the concert and fireworks show meant they’d have more time to tour the city. “Now we got a day to do something nice,” said Bob Rindfuss. “But inside. Maybe

a museum or the aquarium. We haven’t thought that far.” Concertgoers who staked out an early seat in the park were treated to the sounds of the Beach Boys and Broadway star Megan Hilty as they ran through their soundcheck Thursday afternoon. Typically, the Boston Pops holds a rehearsal show the day before the actual concert that draws thousands to the Esplanade. Thursday’s headliners will be joined by the Boston Children’s Chorus and the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra The concert has been delayed in the past because of threatening weather during a performance, and the fireworks have been rescheduled. Moisture bands ahead of the storm are expected to bring rain

and thunderstorms to the state, with gusty winds and possible storm surge on Cape Cod and Nantucket. The National Weather Service said sustained winds of 35 to 45 mph are expected to begin early Friday evening, with gusts up to 50 mph, as Arthur passes between 70 and 80 miles south of Nantucket Friday night. A storm surge up to 2 feet is possible with some coastal erosion. “I think that for the most part it’s another storm, but you never know what can happen. Being the Fourth of July weekend, things seems to be magnified,” said Rocky Fox, who owns the Chicken Box nightclub on Nantucket. “People like storms and they like to be in a bar when they hit. I don’t know why, but I’ll take it.”

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A veteran who collapsed in an Albuquerque Veteran Affairs hospital cafeteria — 500 yards from the emergency room — died after waiting 30 minutes for an ambulance, officials confirmed Thursday. It took a half an hour for the ambulance to be dispatched and take the man from one building to the other, which is about a fiveminute walk, officials at the hospital said. Kirtland Air Force Medical Group personnel performed CPR until the ambulance arrived, VA spokeswoman Sonja Brown said. Staff followed policy in calling 911 when the man collapsed on Monday, she said. “Our policy is under expedited review,” Brown said. That policy is a local one, she said. The man’s name hasn’t been released. News of the man’s death spread Thursday at the Raymond G. Murphy VA Medical Center among veterans who were visiting for various medical reasons. Lorenzo Calbert, 65, a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, said it was sad that a fellow veteran had to die so close to where he could have received help. “There’s no reason for it,” he said. “They have so many workers. They could have put him on the gurney and run faster than that ambulance.” Paul Bronston, a California emergency-room physician and chair of Ethics and Professional Policy Committee

of the American College of Medical Quality, said it may sound ridiculous that staff had to call 911 but that practice is the standard at hospitals. Typically, an ambulance would arrive faster, and other factors can stall workers trying to rush patients to the emergency room on foot, he said. “The question I would have (is) ... was there an AED (automated external defibrillator) on site as required?” he said. Bronston said 90 percent of those who collapse are afflicted by heart problems and an AED could help them. It was not known what caused the man to collapse or whether an AED was nearby. The death comes as the Department of Veterans Affairs remains under scrutiny for widespread reports of long delays for treatment and medical appointments and of veterans dying while on waiting lists. A review last week cited “significant and chronic system failures” in the nation’s health system for veterans. The review also portrayed the struggling agency as one battling a corrosive culture of distrust, lacking in resources and ill-prepared to deal with an influx of new and older veterans with a range of medical and mental health care needs. The scathing report by Deputy White House chief of staff Rob Nabors said the Veterans Health Administration, the VA sub agency that provides health care to about 8.8 million veterans a year, has systematically ignored warnings about its deficiencies and must be fundamentally restructured.

What’s behind the new airport security measures? By KEN DILANIAN Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is implementing tighter security measures at foreign airports that have direct flights to the U.S. out of concern that al-Qaida is trying to develop a new and improved bomb that could go undetected through airport security. Some questions and answers about the enhanced security measures: Q: What’s behind the move to enhance security for overseas flights bound for the U.S.? A: The unspecified new security measures, planned a month ago, are a response to intelligence suggesting that bomb makers from al-Qaida’s Yemen affiliate, known as alQaida in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, have linked up with the al-Qaida-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra, or the Nusra Front, in Syria to work together on bombs that can be slipped past airport security. Q: AQAP has been trying to

blow up U.S. airliners for years. What is different today? A: U.S. officials have two new areas of concern. Thousands of Westerners, including Americans and Europeans, have traveled to fight government forces in Syria, including some who have joined up with the Nusra Front, which the U.S. considers a terrorist organization. Many of those people can board flights to the U.S. without visas. U.S. and European intelligence agencies track such people and sometimes put their names on no-fly lists, but they don’t know all the names. Second, U.S. intelligence has observed new linkages between AQAP, which possesses sophisticated bomb-making expertise, and the Nusra Front, including AQAP operatives traveling to Syria. There appear to be indications that AQAP’s bomb makers are testing new designs for devices that can get past airport security, as their previous devices have done. U.S. officials say the new threat is not related to Iraq or the extremist group fighting there.

Q: What’s the history of AQAP’s attempts against U.S. aviation? A: AQAP has successfully placed three nonmetallic bombs on U.S.-bound airliners, none of which detonated. Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab smuggled an underwear bomb onto a Detroit-bound passenger jet in December 2009, but it did not detonate, and he is serving life in prison. Two other bombs were found hidden in printer cartridges on U.S.-bound cargo planes in 2010. Q: What else is known about AQAP and bombs? A: The underwear and printer bombs are believed to have been the work of Saudi militant Ibrahim al-Asiri, who is often described as a master bombmaker. U.S. officials say he is continually trying to perfect his craft. The U.S. obtained a more recent design for an underwear bomb after an operation by various intelligence agencies in 2012 that placed an agent in Yemen who won AQAP’s trust and smuggled out the device. Al-Asiri is believed to have

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Passengers queue at the security checkpoint at the RheinMain airport in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday. U.S. intelligence officials are concerned that al-Qaida is trying to develop a new bomb that could go undetected through airport security.

trained others, so the threat is not limited to him alone. In 2009, al-Asiri’s brother, Abdullah, blew himself up in the Jeddah office of Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, then Saudi Arabia’s interior minister. The bomb, believed built by Ibrahim

al-Asiri, has been described as having been either hidden in a body cavity or his underwear. Nayef was unhurt. Q: What is the U.S. doing to counter the threat? A: The CIA and the military work closely with the Yemeni

government on counterterrorism operations and run parallel drone strike campaigns in Yemen. The most recent drone strike in Yemen was reported to have occurred on June 14, killing four militants. Yemeni forces have conducted a series of ground operations in recent months, capturing and killing AQAP militants. But AQAP remains a potent force, and its operatives recently released a video in which they talked about targeting American airplanes, said a Yemeni official who would not speak publicly because he was not authorized to be quoted. The U.S. is not known to have undertaken lethal operations against al-Qaida figures in Syria. The Obama administration has condemned both the Bashar Assad government and the extremist militants fighting it. The CIA has been running a covert program to arm and train moderate Syrian rebels, but the Nusra Front has been the most successful fighting force in the rebel movement.

Positive numbers, but politicians hedge their bets By JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Does anyone in politics dare talk up the economy? Apparently not. After five months of steady job growth and with unemployment hitting a six-year low, the reaction in Washington Thursday was a collective “Yeah, but ...” Across the political spectrum, liberals and conservatives still found reason to despair and point fingers — a function of election-year politics, beenthere-before skepticism and honest perceptions by many Americans that the recovery has yet to improve their lives. Consider this from Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota: “Too many working families are still treading water. Our focus now must be

on solutions that strengthen the middle class and give more hardworking Americans a fair shot by raising the minimum wage, making college more affordable, and investing in workforce training.” And this from Republican Party Chairman Reince Priebus: “We’re glad to see some Americans found work last month, but we can’t rest until jobs are easy to find. That’s why Republicans have passed dozens of jobs bills in the House of Representatives. Sadly, Democrats in Washington, D.C., have other priorities.” Even President Barack Obama, who would be eager to take credit for an economy on the mend, felt compelled to throw in a dampening caveat as he drew attention to the 288,000 jobs created in June, to the lower, 6.1 percent unem-

ployment rate and to the fastest job growth since 1999. “As much progress as has been made, there are still folks out there who are struggling,” he said Thursday. “We still have not seen as much increase in income and wages as we’d like to see. A lot of folks are still digging themselves out of challenges that arose out of the Great Recession.” To be sure, there are real economic reasons to be wary, or at least not euphoric, over the most recent report. The labor market remains weak, with a labor force participation rate stuck at 62.8 percent, the lowest since 1978. Construction jobs reached their highest level since June 2009 but are still more than 1.7 million jobs below their 2006 peak, according to an analysis of jobs numbers by the AssoC

ciated General Contractors of America. Moreover, hiring has tended to be predominantly in lowwage jobs, leading to stagnant wage growth, and the number of hours worked per week has not changed. Gains in paychecks are small enough that they can be wiped out by inflation. “The headline number masks the lingering structural weakness in the U.S. labor market,” said Lindsey Piegza, a chief economist at the Sterne Agee brokerage house. “Even if we saw June’s rate of job growth every month from here on out, we still wouldn’t get back to health in the labor market for another 2 1/2 years,” said Heidi Shierholz of the liberal Economic Policy Institute. More important, beyond those statistics, are public perceptions of the economy.

An Associated Press-GfK poll in May, found that the share of those surveyed who called the economy “good” stood at 34 percent, while 65 percent described it as poor. That’s about the same as it has been all year, though slightly above where it was during the partial government shutdown in October. Few expected improvement in the economy over the next 12 months, and more expected it to get worse. The perceptions have a partisan hue, as well. Economic confidence as measured by Gallup found Democrats had the highest and Republicans the lowest. In the face of that, politicians are not likely to cheer an economic number. “In the voting booth, economic perception beats economic statistics every time,” said Republi-

can pollster Whit Ayres. What’s more, Democrats and Republicans want to blame each other for not enacting policies they say would create more jobs. So Obama complains about Republicans not increasing the minimum wage and Republican House Speaker John Boehner says Obama has failed to lead on issues such as trade and workplace flexibility. “In order for us to make real progress, the president must do more than criticize,” Boehner said. With the economy still emerging as the top issue of the day with a plurality of voters, each side will continue to brand the other as uncompromising obstructionists. And even if the economic trends show improvement, the fall campaign season may be coming too quickly to change the battleground.

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Corporations as people a real concept By NANCY BENAC Associated Press

WASHINGTON — There may be more to that “we the people” notion than you thought. These are boom times for the concept of “corporate personhood.” Corporations are people? Mitt Romney got mocked during the 2012 presidential campaign for the very idea. But it turns out the principle has been lurking in U.S. law for more than a century, and the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling, gave it more oomph this week when it ruled that certain businesses are entitled to exercise religious rights, just as do people. Justice Samuel Alito, writing for the court’s majority, said protecting the religious rights of closely held corporations, which are often small, familyrun businesses, “protects the religious liberty of the humans who own and control them.” In its ruling, the court said closely held corporations with religious objections cannot be forced to pay for their employees’ insurance coverage for contraception, as required under President Barack Obama’s health care law. Four years earlier, the corporations-as-people idea got another big boost when the court voted 5-4 to expand the free speech rights of businesses and labor unions by striking down limits on their political spending. That unleashed a massive flood of private money into political campaigns. The rulings have triggered renewed debate over the idea of corporations as people, which surfaces in legal cases stretching back to the 1880s. There are wonky legal discussions about the differences between “artificial persons” (cor-

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This June 30 file photo shows customers walking into a Hobby Lobby store in Oklahoma City.

porations) and “natural persons” (the kind with flesh and blood). TV comics riff on the notion that fake people have more rights than real people. There’s a petition drive to amend the Constitution to ensure that “inalienable rights belong to human beings only.” All of this calls for a brief reality check: Corporations really aren’t people. Everyone knows this. Even Romney, who was criticized for being out of touch when he famously told a protester that “corporations are people, my friend.” The point the GOP presidential candidate was trying to make was that raising taxes on corporations would affect real people because “everything corporations earn ultimately goes back to people.” The Supreme Court was reasoning in a similar vein when it ruled that the real people who run closely held corporations should be able to exercise religious rights just as do individuals. Alito, in his ruling, described the concept of corporate personhood as “a familiar legal fiction” that retains its usefulness. “It is important to keep in

mind that the purpose of this fiction is to provide protection for human beings,” he wrote. But Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in her dissent, zinged Alito and the majority for “an expansive notion of corporate personhood.” She said the “startling breadth” of the court’s ruling could clear the way for corporations to opt out of all sorts of other legal requirements if they can cite a religious objection. Hillary Rodham Clinton, a potential Democratic candidate for president in 2016, voiced similar concerns. “Just think about this for a minute,” she said. “It’s the first time that our court has said that a closely held corporation has the rights of a person when it comes to religious freedom.” Some opponents of the ruling see the expanding view of corporate personhood as a legal fiction run amok. They say the latest court ruling could encourage corporations to try to claim greater rights in other areas as well — arguing against cruel and unusual punishment if they think a fine is too big, for example, or even seeking a corporate right

to bear arms. The courts already have extended to corporations Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable searches but have declined to provide them Fifth Amendment protection from self-incrimination. After the Supreme Court’s 2010 campaign finance ruling, attorney Burt Neuborne lamented: “At the rate the court is going, soon we will be able to be adopted by a corporation. Maybe even marry one.” Now, Neuborne calls the latest court ruling “an immense perversion of the Constitution. Robots don’t have rights, trees don’t have rights, and neither do corporations.” He warned that the ruling could backfire against corporations if the court goes too far in extending individual rights to businesses. Breaching the wall between corporations and their shareholders, he said, could ultimately make corporations liable for the actions of their shareholders and vice versa. For example, if Hobby Lobby, one of the companies that sued against covering some forms of contraception, owed someone money, its creditors might try to go after the shareholders, he said. “I suspect there’s going to be trouble in paradise down the road,” said Neuborne, who wrote a brief for the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University’s School of Law arguing against extending religious rights to businesses. Attorney John Bursch, a former Michigan solicitor general, said it makes sense that corporations have some of the same rights as individuals. After the court extended free-speech rights to corporations, “it’s not a big leap to say that a First Amendment protection with respect to religious liberty would also apply to a corporation,” he said.

Obama under pressure to visit Mexico border By JULIE PACE and ERICA WERNER Associated Press C

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is facing mounting calls from Republicans to take a firsthand look at the immigration emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border, putting him on the spot concerning what he has called the “humanitarian crisis” of tens of thousands of unaccompanied children flooding in from Central America. “If he doesn’t come to the border, I think it’s a real reflection of his lack of concern of what’s really going on there,” declared Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a possible GOP presidential candidate in 2016. The White House said Thursday that Obama currently has no plans to visit the border when he travels to Texas next week, primarily to fundraise for Democratic congressional candidates. A trip to the border could result in awkward optics for the president, who would be unlikely to meet with youngsters he’s seeking to deport and would risk upsetting

immigration advocates who oppose the deportations if he were to meet with border patrol agents or other law enforcement. Administration officials say that Perry and other Republicans are merely trying to score political points rather than working to resolve a major problem. But the political concerns aren’t so easily dismissed for Obama. The border crisis has put him in the difficult position of asking Congress for more money and authority to send the children back home at the same time he’s seeking ways to allow millions of other people already in the U.S. illegally to stay. The White House also wants to keep the focus of the debate in this midterm election year on Republican lawmakers whom the president has accused of blocking progress on a comprehensive overhaul of America’s immigration laws. Obama announced this week that, due to a lack of progress on Capitol Hill, he was moving forward to seek out ways to adjust U.S. immigration policy without congressional approval.

Obama’s options for that range from relatively modest changes in deportation procedures to broader moves that could shield millions of people in the U.S. illegally from deportation while giving them temporary authorization to work here. Immigration advocates emerged from a meeting with Obama this week convinced that the president was at least considering the more aggres-

sive approach. “He’s totally flipped from doing everything possible to give Republicans the space to get to ‘yes’ to doing everything possible to cement the reputation of the GOP as antiimmigrant and to bolster the Democratic Party’s image as the party that’s for them,” said Frank Sharry, executive director of America’s Voice, a leading advocacy group.

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Around the Nation VA says patient access improving WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs says it has reached out to nearly 140,000 veterans in the past two months to get them off waiting lists and into clinics for medical appointments. Acting VA Secretary Sloan Gibson revealed the number Thursday as the VA released new audit figures showing improved patient access at 731 VA hospitals and clinics nationwide. The audit of patient access information is the third released by the VA in the past month as the agency responds to a national outcry over reports of patient deaths and treatment delays at VA facilities across the country. Audits of 731 VA hospitals and clinics also were released June 9 and June 19. As of June 15, about 46,000 veterans waited at least 90 days for their first VA medical appointments, the agency said. That’s down from 57,000 who waited more than 90 days as of May 15. An additional 7,000 veterans had never gotten an appointment for VA care, despite seeking one over the past decade, the VA said. That’s down from about 64,000 veterans who did not get appointments as of May 15. Despite the improvements, Gibson said veterans in many communities still are waiting too long to receive needed care. The VA provides health care to nearly 9 million enrolled veterans.

High court grants Wheaton College plea WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court on Thursday allowed, at least for now, an evangelical college in Illinois that objects to paying for contraceptives in its health plan to avoid filling out a government document that the college says would violate its religious beliefs. The justices said that Wheaton College does not have to fill out the contested form while its case is on appeal but can instead write the Department of Health and Human Services declaring that it is a religious nonprofit organization and making its objection to emergency contraception. The college does provide coverage for other birth control. Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor said they would have denied Wheaton’s request and made the college fill out a form that enables their insurers or third-party administrators to take on the responsibility of paying for the birth control. The order follows the high court’s decision on Monday giving Hobby Lobby Inc. and other businesses with religious objections the ability to opt out of paying for birth control for women covered by their employee health plans. The Obama administration had already offered a way out of paying for the contraceptives to faith-affiliated charities, colleges and hospitals. They must fill out the document known as Form 700 that enables their insurers or third-party administrators to take on the responsibility of paying for the birth control. The employer does not have to arrange the coverage or pay for it. Insurers get reimbursed by the government through credits against fees owed under other provisions of the health care law. Wheaton and dozens of other nonprofits have sued over the form, which they say violates their religious beliefs because it forces them to participate in a system to subsidize and distribute the contraception. The court said it was not ultimately deciding the issue Thursday and noted that it is likely to take up the nonprofits’ cases at some point. — The Associated Press

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World

Kurdish leader urges independence referendum By RYAN LUCAS Associated Press

BAGHDAD — The leader of Iraq’s Kurdish north called on lawmakers in the self-rule region’s parliament to take the necessary steps toward holding a referendum on independence, a move that would likely spell the end of a unified Iraq. Iraq’s largely autonomous Kurdish territory has long been a beacon of stability and prosperity, while much of the rest of the country has been mired in violence and political turmoil. But the Sunni insurgent blitz that has engulfed Iraq in recent weeks has provided an opening to Iraq’s Kurds to seize long-disputed territory and a better chance than ever of achieving the goal of their own country. Massoud Barzani, the president of the Kurdistan Regional Government, told the region’s legislature in a speech Thursday to set up an electoral commission to “hurry up” and prepare for “a referendum on self-determination.” “We will be in a better position and we will have better (political) weapons in our hands. But how we will do this?” he said. “What kind of steps there will be? For this, you have to study this issue and take steps in this direction. It is time to

decide about our self-determination and not to wait for other people to decide about us Barzani spoke behind closed doors. The Associated Press obtained a video and audio of the address. The Kurdish region’s militia, known as peshmerga, has seized territory in recent weeks, including the city of Kirkuk and the surrounding oil-rich area, amid the chaos of the Sunni militant offensive, led by the extremist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The jihadi group’s growing strength has caused jitters across the region, particularly in neighboring Jordan, Iran and Saudi Arabia. A U.S. defense official said Thursday that Saudi troops are massing along its border with Iraq in response to the extremist group’s advance toward the kingdom’s frontier. The official said countries in the region are nervous about their security and are moving to protect their borders. The official was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly so spoke on condition of anonymity. In northern Iraq, the militants released 32 Turkish truck drivers who were captured when the extremists overran the city of Mosul, Turkey’s foreign minister said.

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Food is distributed in a mosque for displaced Iraqi families from Mosul and other areas, in Irbil, a city in the Kurdish controlled north 217 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq.

Speaking to reporters in Ankara, Ahmet Davutoglu said the truckers were heading toward Irbil, the capital of the semi-autonomous Kurdish region, and would be flown later to Turkey. The drivers were well, although one may need special treatment, he added, without elaborating or giving any details about their release. Militants seized the truckers

June 9 in Mosul, Iraq’s secondlargest city. Three days later, they took another 49 people from the Turkish consulate in the city. Davutoglu said efforts were underway to secure the release of the Turks still in captivity. “The critical process continues,” he said. “Our prayers and our efforts will go on for the rest of them and, God willing,

we will share such good news about them too as soon as possible.” The militants’ takeover of Mosul was the opening act of a bold offensive that has brought much of northern and western Iraq under their control. The assault has eased in recent days since encountering stiffer resistance in Shiite majority areas. The rapid pace of the advance

took the Iraqi government and international community by surprise, as the country’s military melted away in the face of the onslaught. It also left 46 Indian nurses stranded at a hospital in the militant-held northern city of Tikrit. The nurses are safe but are being forced to move to a new area controlled by the militants, according to Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesman Syed Akbaruddin. He also said 40 Indian construction workers abducted two weeks ago near Mosul were still being held, but were unharmed. Across the border in Syria, meanwhile, the al-Qaida splinter group seized several towns and villages as well as the country’s largest oil field on Thursday as rival factions gave up the fight, Syrian activists said. The new developments effectively expand and consolidate areas held by the group — which has shorted its name to the Islamic State — in territory straddling the border between the two conflict-ridden countries. Frazer reported from Ankara, Turkey. Associated Press writers Mehmet Guzel in Istanbul, Lolita C. Baldor in Washington and Barbara Surk in Beirut contributed to this report.

Ukraine’s president shakes up military leadership By DAVID McHUGH Associated Press

KIEV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko shook up his faltering military Thursday, appointing a new defense minister and top general while speaking angrily about the years of decay and corruption that left the forces unable to deal effectively with the well-armed eastern insurgency. His tougher tone, analysts say, reflects public pressure to continue the fight against the insurgents in the regions bordering Russia— even with a rickety military that’s had little success. Poroshenko denounced the “complete collapse” of the government’s ability to supply the armed forces in a sometimes angry, finger-wagging speech in parliament.

He won quick approval for his choice of former top police official Valery Heletey as defense minister, replacing Mikhailo Koval. He also tapped Lt. Gen. Viktor Muzhenko as chief of the military’s general staff and Yury Kosyuk, an agriculture magnate and one of Ukraine’s richest men, to oversee defense issues in the presidential administration and to help “purge the army of thieves and grafters.” Accusations of corruption have been rife as Kiev’s operation against the rebels continues. “Today the revival of the army is starting from scratch, an army which is capable of fighting and winning,” Poroshenko said in parliament. Poroshenko’s shakeup underscores the complex job he faces of making peace overtures and at the same time suppressing

the insurgency that threatens to tear his country apart or create a permanent twilight zone beyond government control. Other pressures come from outside: Ukraine and the West say Russia is helping arm the rebels and letting its citizens cross the border to fight, while key allies France and Germany are pushing Poroshenko to pursue talks over attacks. The president’s forceful words and demeanor contrasted with his emphasis on starting a peace process voiced in his inaugural address June 7. He declared a unilateral cease-fire for 10 days in hopes rebels would lay down their arms and join talks. But the cease-fire was repeatedly violated and ultimately expired. Foreign ministers from Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France are pushing to get talks going again by Saturday, with

the aim of achieving a ceasefire honored by both sides. Rebels in the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, where more Russian speakers live, have declared independence and occupied government buildings. The insurrection, in which more than 400 people have died, started after

pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych was driven from office by a protest movement among people wanting closer ties with the European Union instead of Russia. Russia called Yanukovych’s ouster a coup by radical nationalists and seized Ukraine’s Russian-speaking Crimea region.

Poroshenko was elected in a special election May 25 to replace Yanukovych and faces high expectations. “The level of impatience in society is very high,” said Alyona Getmanchuk, director of the Institute of World Policy research institute in Kiev. “They want to see results.” C

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Town still recovering from train crash

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The downtown of Lac-Megantic, Quebec, remains closed June 10 as crews work at the clearing and decontamination a year after an oil-filled train screeched off the tracks and exploded killing 47 people.

Gagne had bought and renovated four years ago. His determination to open a new bar just feet from his old one has become a symbol of hope. Yet Gagne says he struggles every day with grief and anger, haunted by thoughts of the last moments of his friends and employees. Gagne had left the bar just 45 minutes before the train slammed into it in the early hours of that Saturday. He had just treated a group of friends to a round of drinks. They were all killed, along with three of his bartenders, the members of the band playing that night and the tenants who lived upstairs. “I do that every day — think of all the people I’ve lost,” said Gagne, a 35-year-old father of three with a sturdy build and chin-strap beard, now known throughout Canada. Gagne hopes the new MusiCafe — a more modern construction with floor-to-ceiling glass windows — will open in September at the end of a new main street, hastily built by the government. Insurance is covering some of the estimated $1.6 million cost of the bar and a construction company, BONE Structure, has also contributed. But Gagne said funding expected from the Quebec government has not arrived, delaying the project. For now, his half-built

patio overlooks the rumble of the disaster zone. Other new storefronts remain empty. Tenants like Alex Lapointe, who lost his Italian restaurant in the accident, complain that bureaucratic delays are tying up compensation payments. Just $25 million in insurance payouts have been made available for wrongful death, personal injury, property damage, fire suppression and environmental impact. But with the completion of the sale of the bankrupt railroad responsible for the accident, attention is turning to the creation of a settlement fund with hundreds of millions of dollars. The Quebec government is footing the bill for the cleanup but has submitted claims against the defunct railroad at the heart of the disaster, Montreal Maine and Atlantic, as well as Irving Oil, the company that was going to refine the oil being transported. Life is returning fitfully. An ice cream shop has emerged as a new gathering place, even if “it lacks a little character,” said longtime resident Louise Tardif. Claude Grenier, a photographer who lost his office in the accident, opened a gallery across the street from the fenced off area. At his opening, Grenier displayed photographs of the downtown before it was erased. One showed a group

playing hockey on an iced-over stretch of the main road, a winter tradition. “The downtown had so much energy,” said Grenier. “I never considered moving. This is where I want to live.” In May at the town courthouse, three railway employees were charged with 47 counts each of criminal negligence, including engineer Thomas Harding, who is accused of failing to set enough brakes on the train. The men are set to appear in court in September. Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway was also charged. Trains, which provide a crucial link for many businesses in the town’s industrial park, already began transporting non-hazardous materials last December. John Giles, president and CEO of Central Maine and Quebec Railway, which bought the defunct company, told The Associated Press in May he plans improve the rail lines over the next two years with a goal of resuming oil shipments in 18 months. The announcement angered many in Lac-Megantic. City officials are pushing for the company, along with the federal and provincial governments, to foot the bill for a new track that would circumvent the downtown.

Google cuts search result links in Europe By JUERGEN BAETZ Associated Press

BRUSSELS — Google’s removal of search results in Europe is drawing accusations of press censorship, as stories from some of the continent’s most prominent news outlets begin vanishing. The U.S. internet giant said Thursday it is getting 1,000 requests a day to scrub results. The U.S. firm must comply with a May ruling from the European Union’s top court that enables citizens to ask for the removal of embarrassing personal information that pops up on a search of their names. Among links to vanish were stories on a soccer referee who resigned after a scandal in 2010, French office workers making post-it art, a couple having sex on a train and a lawyer facing a fraud trial.

Around the World Israel rushes forces to border with Gaza

By BENJAMIN SHINGLER Associated Press

LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec — Backhoes and bulldozers are still digging out oil-seeped soil and pavement in the center of this lakeside Quebec town. Where the post office, public library and restaurants once stood, there is only the clanging of machinery kicking up dust over the emptiness. It is the daily soundtrack of a town fighting to rise up from one of the worst railway disasters in North American history. A year has passed since a runaway oil train slid quietly down a hill in the middle of the night and derailed in a series of explosions that obliterated a large swath of downtown LacMegantic, killing 47 people. Paved roads and new buildings remain a long way off in the fenced-off disaster zone. The damage to the surrounding river system hasn’t been fully made public, and the environmental cleanup alone will cost at least $200 million. Upsetting many townspeople, oil trains could soon rumble through the town again. “It’s a challenge for us to commemorate something that doesn’t yet belong to the past,” said Father Steve Lemay, the parish priest at St. Agnes Church, a stone building overlooking the disaster site. “We’re still in the midst of the tragedy.” This weekend, the town of 6,000 people will mark the anniversary of the July 6, 2013, accident that prompted Canada and the U.S. to tighten regulations and phase out old tanker models. There will be special Roman Catholic masses, a 47-minute candlelight walk and the unveiling of a monument etched with the names of those killed. Many townspeople aren’t ready for it. “I’m sure the images of those final hours will come back, all those flames,” said Yannick Gagne, owner of a popular bar where an estimated 30 people were killed. Just outside the clean-up zone, Gagne is building a new bar. Musi-Cafe had been the heart of the town’s nightlife, with its two-dozen beers on tap and cozy, wood-paneled decor inside a red-brick building that

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At least three British media outlets, including the Guardian newspaper and public broadcaster BBC, said Google notified them search results in Europe would not contain some links to their publications. “It is the equivalent of going into libraries and burning books you don’t like,” Daily Mail Online publisher Martin Clarke said. BBC Economics Editor Robert Peston said the removal of his 2007 blog post, which was critical of Merrill Lynch’s thenCEO Stan O’Neal, means “to all intents and purposes the article has been removed from the public record, given that Google is the route to information and stories for most people.” The company is only starting to implement the ruling on the “right to be forgotten” and so far the numbers are small:

The Guardian cited six articles, the BBC said one critical blog entry was removed, while the Mail Online saw four articles hit. Several German media contacted Thursday said they had not yet received notifications from Google. “It’s not yet really clear what the magnitude of this is,” cautioned Joel Reidenberg of Fordham University, currently a visiting professor at Princeton University. “Google may be choosing to go overboard to essentially create a debate about censorship.” The company said it had received more than 70,000 removal requests by the end of June. Each application on average seeks the removal of almost four links, meaning its experts have to individually evaluate more than a quarter-million pages. Google does not explain the

decision to remove a link or say who requested it. The company is not disclosing how many appear to fall into areas the court specified as potentially objectionable: results that are “inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant.”

JERUSALEM — The Israeli military rushed additional forces to its southern border with the Gaza Strip on Thursday, vowing to halt a growing wave of rocket fire from the Palestinian territory, while new clashes erupted in east Jerusalem in response to the death of an Arab boy who Palestinians say was killed by Israeli extremists. Israel said the show of force on the Gaza border was a defense measure. But persistent rocket fire raised the prospects of a tough Israeli response, with the military saying more than 40 rockets or mortar shells were fired from Hamas-controlled Gaza on Thursday. Tensions have been high since three Israeli teenagers were abducted in the West Bank on June 12, sparking a massive manhunt that ended with the discovery of their bodies early this week. Israel has blamed Hamas for the abductions and launched a crackdown on the Islamic militant group in the West Bank, drawing rocket attacks out of Gaza and Israeli airstrikes in a near-daily cycle of retaliation. The situation deteriorated further on Wednesday after the burned body of a Palestinian youth, whose identity was confirmed Thursday as Mohammed Abu Khdeir, was found in a forest after he was seized near his home in east Jerusalem. The Palestinians accused Israeli extremists of killing the teen in a revenge attack over the deaths of the Israeli youths. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tried Thursday to calm the situation, condemning Abu Khdeir’s killing and vowing to find the attackers.

Japan to lift some sanctions on North Korea TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took a tentative step toward improved relations with North Korea on Thursday by announcing his government will lift some of its sanctions in response to the North’s decision to re-open a probe into the fate of at least a dozen Japanese believed to have been abducted by North Korean agents decades ago. Abe said he was satisfied that a North Korean investigation committee has the mandate to carry out a serious investigation into the abductions, though previous deals with the North have fallen through. Japan will continue to abide by U.N. sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear and missile programs. “We have determined that an unprecedented framework has been established, where an organization that can make decisions at a national level ... will be at the forefront of the investigations,” Abe said. “However, this is only a start. We are determined to do everything we can, with a renewed effort, toward a comprehensive resolution.” Abe’s decision is to be formally approved by his Cabinet on Friday, after the committee holds its first meeting. The announcement follows talks between North Korean and Japanese negotiators in Beijing earlier this week. North Korea’s state media put out their first report on the talks shortly after Abe’s announcement, saying the North’s negotiators briefed their Japanese counterparts on the composition of the committee and how it will work.

Unfinished overpass collapses in Brazil SAO PAULO — An overpass under construction collapsed Thursday in a World Cup host city, killing at least two people and trapping a commuter bus, two construction trucks and a car, Brazilian authorities said. Nineteen people were reported injured. The incident took place on a main avenue, the expansion of which is one of the infrastructure improvement projects planned for the World Cup but like most urban transportation projects related to the tournament was not finished on time for the event. There was no word of any tourists being among the casualties. A woman who was driving a commuter bus trapped by the overpass died, said Capt. Federico Pascual of the Belo Horizonte fire department. An official in the mayor’s office said a second person died, raising the death toll to two. The official said 19 people were known to be injured so far. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to talk to the media about the incident. — The Associated Press

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Religion

‘Give thanks in all circumstances’ I

t’s time once again to celebrate our nation’s independence! Will you do so with parades, picnics, parties or prayers? Will you gather with family or friends or maybe spend some time alone? There is much to be thankful for and few things are of greater benefit than giving thanks whenever and however possible. Yet what about the things that make us miserable? Our nation actually has a misery index and it can be found at www.miseryindex. us. In the early 1970s an economic adviser to President Johnson came up with the idea. Arthur Okun simply said to add the unemployment rate to the rate of inflation and the number would tell us how awful

Voices of R eligion R ick C upp the nation felt. In May our number was 8.43. Compare that number to the highest, 21.98 in June of 1980, and the lowest, 2.97 in July of 1953. There is, however, a serious flaw with the index of misery. It focuses on what is really only one factor, the economy. It uses tunnel vision to single out one part of the myriad joys of living in our land. When we narrow our pleasures and focus to only one part of life we can become

obsessed and addicted and lose our happiness. For example, consider the pleasures of riding a bike. It is fun to get outdoors, grab some sunshine, get some exercise, go fast, view the scenery, and feel the wind in your face. But some serious bikers have narrowed their pleasure to one thing: going fast. And so one rider posted his downhill time on the website Strava. On a downhill stretch in the Berkeley Hills area near San Francisco, on a route with many blind curves and a speed limit for cars set at 30 mph he posted the course record achieving a top speed of 49.3 mph on his bike. A few days later another Strava

user posted a time that beat him by 4 seconds. He then repeated his attempt 13 days later. He lost control, hit an SUV, flew 40 feet through the air and died a few days later in the hospital. Narrowing his pleasures to only one thing led to an obsession that could not be satisfied. So it is with our nation and with life. A person can become so consumed with one failure or one loss or one disappointment that he or she loses all joy. Tunnel vision closes in and sunshine disappears. It can happen in a marriage, a job, a relationship or even in something as big as an entire nation. This July 4 let’s pray for a widening of our pleasures. Let’s pray for a vision that is capable of seeing

the whole picture. Give thanks for the good and pray for help to see it and for help to make it through the bad. The advice of the Bible is well worth hearing at any time of the year. “Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1Thessalonians 5:16-18. Rick Cupp is Minister of the Kenai Fellowship, Mile 8.5 Kenai Spur Highway, 283-7682. Sunday Bible Classes are at 10:00 a.m.; Worship 11:15 a.m. Wednesday meal is at 6:15 p.m.; Worship at 7:00 p.m.

Mark your calendars for Soldotna Church of God’s annual Destiny Conference July 12-20; you won’t want to miss this wonderful opportunity of fellowship. Kids VBS will also be held July 13-20, featuring weird animals. For more information call the church at 262-4729. Church services are held at 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., and 6 p.m. on Sundays and Wednesday night classes for men, women, teens, and kids are held at 6:45 p.m.

worship begins at 9:30 a.m. Kenai United Methodist Church Food Pantry open weekly is located at 607 Frontage Road across from Wells Fargo The Soldotna Food Pantry is open every Wednesday from Bank in Kenai. Their worship service begins at 11:30 a.m. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for residents in our community who may be All are welcome. experiencing food shortages. The Food Pantry is located at the Soldotna United Methodist Church at 158 South Binkley Street. Vacation Bible schools Non-perishable food items or monetary donations may be n Birch Ridge Community Church will have Vacation Bible dropped off at the church Tuesdays 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., WednesSchool on August 4-8 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Our theme is Flight days 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. or 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays 9 a.m. to School, and kids ages 4-5th grades are welcome. Call 260-6705 12 noon. Thank you for your support. for more information. n Ninilchik Community Vacation Bible (non-denomination- United Methodist Church al) Camp will be held July 7-11, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Kenai Peninsula Fair grounds. Ages 4-15 years. Snacks pro- provides food pantry vided. Call Grace Huhndorf at 907-394-3714 to register or for The Kenai United Methodist Church provides a food paninformation. try for those in need every Monday from noon to 3 p.m. The n Vacation Bible School will be held July 7-11 at Peninsula Methodist Church is located on the Kenai Spur Highway next Grace Brethren Church, located at mile 19.5 on Kalifornsky to the Boys and Girls Club. The entrance to the Food Pantry Beach Road. This free VBS is offering classes for kids ages 2 is through the side door. The Pantry closes for holidays. For through fifth grade. Come check out the awesome live band, more information contact the church office at 283-7868 or email cool weird animals theme, and delicious snacks! VBS is 6-8 kumcalaska@gmail.com. p.m. each night.

Methodist churches to celebrate communion in song

Apostolic Assembly of Jesus Christ plans carnival

Church Briefs Nikiski Church of the Nazarene celebrates 40 years The Nikiski Church of the Nazarene celebrates the 40th anniversary on Sunday. Join us as we remember our history and cast vision for the future as a part of the Nikiski and Kenai communities. Worship celebration is at 10:45 a.m. with lunch at 12:15 p.m. A newly remodeled early childhood area (nursery) will also be dedicated and opened.

Soldotna Church of God plans events

Kari Mohn and Dorothy Wagoner will be leading the worship on Sunday at North Star United Methodist and Kenai United Methodist churches in a service focused on Holy Communion hymns in the United Methodist Hymnal. Kari will provide the background of the hymn and Dorothy will provide the accompaniment. Retired United Methodist minister Lucy Barton will serve the sacrament of Communion. United Methodists provide an open Communion table serving anyone who wishes to partake. Grape juice is used so those who wish to avoid alcohol and youth and children can participate. North Star United Methodist Church is located at mile 25.5 on the Kenai Spur Highway in Nikiski. Their Sunday

Clothes 4 U at First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church Soldotna, located at 159 S. Binkley Street, is re-opening its Clothes 4 U program. It is open on the Apostolic Assembly of Jesus Christ Sunday School is second and fourth Saturday of each month from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. hosting a free end of the summer Carnival 10:30 a.m. to All clothing and shoes are free to the public. 11:30 a.m. August 24 where kids can participate in fun activities like a cupcake walk, face painting, build your own Clothes Quarters open weekly picture frames, and also enjoy hot dogs, chips and ice cream. Clothes Quarters at Our Lady of the Angels Church is open Register by August 22. The carnival will be at Apostolic Assembly of Jesus Christ Sunday School (Mile Post 89 on every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and the first Saturday Sterling Highway – turn right on Murray Lane by Zimco of every month from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call 907-283-4555. Construction). For more information, contact Tracey at 262-1423 or Sherry Submit church announcements to news@peninsulaclarion. at 262-0853 for registration. If kids need a ride to AAJC Sunday com. School, please call Jeremiah at 398-1184.

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Daredevil sport of ‘parkour’ adapted for seniors By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer

LONDON — On a recent morning in London, Lara Thomson practiced spinning on benches, swinging from metal bars and balancing off raised ledges — all elements of a daredevil discipline known as “parkour.” What was unusual about the scene is that Thomson is 79 and all of her classmates are over 60. They are members of a unique weekly class for seniors in a sport more commonly known for gravity-defying jumps than helping people with arthritis. Invented in the 1980s in France, parkour is a sport usually favored by extremely nimble people who move freely through any terrain using their own strength and flexibility, often using urban environments such as benches, buildings and walls as a type of obstacle course. It’s also known as free running. The London parkour class of about a dozen students is taught by two instructors who have adapted the sport’s main

elements to a level that can be handled even by those over 60 who have replacement joints or other medical conditions. “I wondered whether it was a government plot to get rid of old people when I heard about the class,” Thomson joked. She said she has balance problems and that the class helps her feel more confident about getting around. “Being able to get outside and do silly things like hugging trees is great,” she said, referring to a stretching exercise. While most fitness classes aimed at seniors focus on calmer activities such as dance or yoga, experts say parkour is a reasonable, if unorthodox, option. “When I first heard about this, I had a picture in my mind of elderly people jumping off of walls and I thought there was no way this could be appropriate,” said Bruce Paton, a physical therapist who works with the elderly at the Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health at University College London. He is not connected to the program. “But when you look at the things they’re doing, it’s actually quite gentle and could

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In this June 17 photo, George Jackson, 85, an army veteran and former boxer swings on monkey bars as he participates at a parkour class for seniors at a park in south London.

increase their strength and flexibility to help them with their daily activities.” Still, Paton said parkour could potentially be dangerous for people with serious heart problems and warned anyone with a joint replacement or muscle weakness should be careful. The parkour instructors said

everyone who takes the class fills out a health form and they are particularly careful to dissuade participants from doing too much; several students have artificial joints, arthritis or a pacemaker. “Every single technique in parkour can be changed so that anyone can do it,” said Jade Shaw, artistic director of

Parkour Dance, who teaches the class. The parkour sessions initially began as a pilot project last year and Shaw is hoping to get more funding to expand it further. For now, the classes are free and held at a Tibetan Buddhist center in South London. “I think it’s very beneficial and I’m hoping we’ll soon

have a lot more older people bouncing around the parks,” she said. David Terrace, a health and fitness expert for the charity Age U.K., said any efforts to get older people more active should be welcomed. He said adaptations have been made to other sports to help the elderly exercise more, such as turning soccer into walking soccer and building customized boats to accommodate wheelchairs for sailing. “There’s no age limit for exercise, it’s just about the individual and what they feel comfortable doing,” he said. At 85, George Jackson is the oldest participant in the London parkour class. “I really enjoy it and wish I could do more,” said Jackson, an army veteran and former boxer. “I just sometimes forget how old I am and that I can’t do certain things.” He said he struggles with a swollen ankle and knee but that the class has helped. “I was limping around before and now I can walk straight,” Jackson said. “But I still don’t plan to jump off of anything higher than a bench.”

Hop to it: Plant what you need for home brewing beer By DEAN FOSDICK Associated Press

You don’t need a garden to succeed as a home brewer, but growing your own ingredients is a flavorful step up. Much of the creativity involved in crafting a custommade beer starts with the plants you select. “The modern palate pretty much demands some hops in beer, but beyond that, there’s a lot of choices available,” says Dennis Fisher, an organic farmer from Winterport, Maine. Fisher, who with his broth-

er Joe wrote a popular reference book for beginners, “The Homebrewer’s Garden” (Storey Publishing, 1998), says one of the most satisfying aspects of home brewing is producing some or all of your own ingredients from scratch. “Scratch brewing,” the brothers wrote, “refers to the cultivation, preparation and use of hops, barley, malts and other non-barley grains, and adjuncts ranging from fruits to herbs to vegetables.” Growing your own ingredients ensures that the products are as organic, fresh and unique

as possible. Homegrown also is cheaper than store-bought, the Fishers say. The four basic ingredients needed for brewing are malt (malting provides the fermented sugar that yeast feeds on to produce alcohol), hops (reduces spoilage and balances the sugar’s sweetness with a bitter flavor), brewer’s yeast and water (about 90 percent of beer’s content). “Hops are a particularly good (garden) choice because they thrive almost anywhere,” says Dennis Fisher. “They are also a great addition to a land-

scape — big, attractive columns of greenery.” If the water from your tap tastes good, then it also should taste good in the beer you make, Fisher says. “But if it’s chlorinated, then you need to let it stand overnight to allow the chemicals to outgas before brewing with it.” Adjuncts, in homebrew speak, are plants used to replace or complement hops to give beers distinctive flavors, odors and colors. “Just about any flower you can eat can be made into a beer,” says Rebecca Kneen, an organ-

ic farmer and writer from Sorrento, British Columbia, who wrote about backyard brewing in the new “Groundbreaking Food Gardens,” By Niki Jabbour (Storey Publishing). “It’s useful to experiment with them all though to determine how much should be used and when they should be added,” Kneen says. Some common and not so common home brewer’s garden adjuncts include: — Herbs: (Bittering) Sage, horehound, gentian, yarrow. (Flavoring) Juniper, rosemary, ginger, oregano, mint, thyme.

(Aromatic) Lavender, lemon balm, chamomile. — Flowers: Nasturtiums, wild roses, scented geranium leaves, daylilies and marigolds. — Vegetables and fruits: Rhubarb, blackberries and elderberries, pumpkin, chili peppers, sorghum, apples. “We like to add spruce tips to some beers,” Fisher says. “It’s more of a wild-gathered than homegrown adjunct that in Colonial times was a hops substitute.” For more about growing hops in home gardens, see: http://www.oregonhops.org/ culture2.html

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seagulls like to warm their feet on the pavement or the discovery of grasshoppers in the nearby grass has attracted them to the spot. She said airports statewide have had to deal with similar problems of birds on the runway. Les Bradley, a retired pilot, said he understands the airport’s intention with what they refer to as “lethal enforcement,” that keep birds from getting sucked into the planes’ engines in the interest of safety. He said the shooting has occurred for about a week and the airport has become a “warzone.” On one occasion, Susan Bradley counted 40 shots fired at about 6 a.m. “Birds are going to the dump in body bags,” Susan Bradley said. “Something must be done.”

Bondurant said airport personnel do not use lethal means unless they have to. In response to the instance the Bradley’s referred to Bondurant said the control tower dispatched Kenai Police to remove seagulls from the runway before an early morning departure because they respond after hours. Bondurant said the airport follows Federal Aviation Administration regulations and part of the policy is to make sure flight safety is the No. 1 priority. “Aviation and wildlife do not mix,” she said. “We will keep an eye on the situation and look for alternatives, but the methods in place have been effective.” In the past the city enlisted the help of a dog to chase birds off the runway but she said a mile and a half runway and numerous other taxiways is too much ground for one dog to cover. The airport has also used pyrotechnics to scare birds off but fireworks could cause a fire, she said. “With how many gulls we’ve

had they would take off in five or six different directions,” Bondurant said. “Gulls can be stubborn.” Bondurant said the problem may resolve itself when dipnet season starts and all the seagulls flock to the beach to scavenge the fish waste. Les Bradley said the shotgun sounds have scared off neighborhood dogs. Part of the reason the noise is louder is because the trees in front of his house that served as a buffer between the airport light and noise were cut down to comply with FAA standards. The police called the Bradley’s to warn them when they will be shooting. Les Bradley said he appreciates the compromises the city has taken and hopes it will find a better alternative. “We have a lot of seagulls that visit the Kenai flats,” he said. “The more they shoot down, more will take their place.” Reach Dan Balmer at daniel. balmer@peninsulaclarion.com

Plane returns to Seattle with chanting passenger SEATTLE (AP) — Officials say a man who was loudly chanting on an Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle to Hawaii made the other passengers uncomfortable and prompted the crew to return and drop him off with law enforcement at Sea-Tac Airport. Airlines spokeswoman Nancy Trott says the captain made the right decision for safety Wednesday night. Trott says the man was removed without

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The majority of animal abuse and neglect cases in the borough can be addressed without Alaska State Trooper intervention, such as situations where a dog is roaming a neighborhood and stealing food from pet owners’ bowls, he said. “It gives the people somebody to call … where the animal is then taken and it’s got

incident about 9:30 p.m. Flight 877 resumed with 178 passengers and landed at 1:16 a.m. local time Thursday at Kona. Trott didn’t know what the man was chanting or why. She says the crew tried to reason with him without success. Sea-Tac spokesman Perry Cooper says the man was not arrested. He was taken back to the terminal with the suggestion he rebook his travels on another carrier.

medical care it needs and is put up for adoption,” he said. While troopers are the current go-to agency for animal control cases outside of cities, allowing the borough to contract out an entity for animal protection would lift that responsibility from troopers. Troopers would become involved if, for example, an animal control officer visited a property where animal abuse or neglect was suspected and the owner threatened the officer or

warrants needed to be acquired to rescue an animal. The cost of the program would be $3 annually for property outside of cities assessed at $150,000. According to the resolution, a 0.002 mill rate would generate about $95,000 for the program. “That’s less than a cheeseburger or a gallon of gas … and the money is going straight to the animals,” Colbath said. While Colbath thinks the proposition has enough public support to move forward, he

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area of beach available to fishing. “When we get large crowds, sometimes they spread out down the beach into areas that are actually closed to dipnetting,” Begich said. “This expansion should help because people can go upriver.” A map can be found on page 15 of the sportfishing regulation book for Southcentral Alaska. Similar measures were taken during the 2013 season, though Begich said they were implemented about a week later in the season. During 2013, more than 489,000 Kasilof sockeye salmon avoided being caught and escaped into the river, about 100,000 more than the upper end of the river’s escapement goal. Commercial area biologist Pat Shields said the strong showing of sockeye salmon this early in the season wasn’t necessarily an indicator of the size of the run which Fish and Game forecasted to be about 1.1 million fish. “It is possible this run could only be 1 million or 900,000 but for it to be that, it would have to be really early — six to seven days early,” Shields said. We would say it looks like it’s going to be above forecast.”

Managers expanded the area available to dipnetters while upping the bag and possession limits in the sport fishery. With temperatures forecasted to reach the 70s, a federal holiday and the newly liberalized regulations starting today, the two user groups are poised to make a dent in a run that is 4,000 fish short of making its escapement goal with more than a month left to count. In the sport fishery, anglers may keep six sockeye per day with twelve in possession through August 7, while dipnetters will be allowed to fish from the mouth of the river to the Sterling Highway Bridge. Dipnetting from a boat is allowed from the Fish and Game markers on the beaches upstream to Fish and Game markers about three miles upstream. While the area for dipnetters to use has expanded, Fish and Game area management biologist Robert Begich said personal-use fishers should be mindful of the boundaries at Rashah McChesney can be reached at the mouth of the Kasilof River which mark the rashah.mcchesney@peninsulaclarion.com

. . . Regs Porter, Navarre and Gabriel. Porter said her vote was not against sexual orientation but in the manner of making an amendment without the attorney available to answer questions. The ordinance will be brought back before the council at the August 20 meeting. In other business, the council approved 11 ordinances and four resolutions. Among them the council officially appropriated five state capital grants that totaled $4.6 million dollars. Legislative grants for a new south beach access road and new city equipment storage building totaled $1.9 million each. The ordinances also in-

clude $250,000 for improvements to the Kenai Recreation Center, $400,000 for a replacement fire engine, $200,000 for wastewater treatment plant upgrades and renovations design. Porter said each of the projects were vital to the city and applauded the efforts of Kenai City Manager Rick Koch who worked with the local legislators to secure capital money. Koch said he hopes some of the preliminary work for construction on the south beach access road will begin later this summer with the road completed next summer. As for the new equipment storage facility, which will be built next to the new city shop, Koch said the city will put the whole $1.9 million into constructing as big a building as possible to store as much heavy equipment inside as possible.

“Parking our equipment inside will save the city a lot of money by being able to extend the life of our equipment fleet,” he said. The council also passed an ordinance that changed how they approve the renewal of liquor licenses by moving it from action/approval to the consent agenda. Bookey sponsored the ordinance. He said the city used to handle liquor licenses on the consent agenda and would like to see them do so again. Among the four resolutions passed, the council approved the purchase of a new police car and awarded an agreement for the design of the wastewater treatment plant improvements.

does think push against implementing limited animal control will come from voters who don’t want the borough to fund non-profits. But, he said, funding a nonprofit to provide an animal protection program is not comparable to other non-profits or

non-departmentals that the borough currently funds. “People keep trying to lump a contractor that would be hired in this program as the same kind of non-departmental funding for a non-profit that everybody else is doing,” Colbath said. … “And it’s not comparable be-

cause (other borough-funded non-profits are) not giving the borough methodology to enforce state statutes.”

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Calm down. Average up. New mental approach shows promise for Oilers outfielder Sandlin By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion

Everybody in the Alaska Baseball League is working on something, whether it be a new position, perfecting the changeup or driving the ball to the opposite field. Peninsula Oilers outfielder Jake Sandlin is working on a new mental approach to the game. Thus far, the approach is paying dividends. Nine games into the Oilers’ season, Sandlin was hitting just .161. And those nine games were all against nonconference competition, which generally is fortunate to play even .500 ball against ABL foes. But since then, facing mostly ABL pitching, Sandlin had raised his average to .315 heading into Thursday’s

game against the Chugiak-Eagle River Chinooks. Also heading into that game, he had at least two hits in four of his last five games. “I can’t really put it all on one thing,” Sandlin said. “The one thing is I am trying to play the game as calm as possible. I’m trying to think as little as possible.” Oilers head coach Kyle Richardson notes that some other factors in Sandlin’s surge are getting accustomed to the ABL and getting back in the groove with his swing. Sandlin plays at Division II Georgia College, and Division II schools end their seasons a little earlier. Sandlin’s last game before coming to Alaska was on May 17. But Sandlin, an outfielder who hit .365 for the Bobcats this season as a

redshirt sophomore, said the seeds for his summer success may have been planted late in his college season, when he started experimenting with a calmer approach to the game. For those who know Sandlin, a more laid-back approach is news, because he is anything but mellow. “He’s all over the place,” said Oilers pitcher Tyler Gibson, who lives with Sandlin in the host home of Glen Marquis of Kenai. “He has tons of energy. “He’s a great guy to be around. If you are in a bad mood, he always has something to try and cheer you up.” But, though he is loath to admit it, Sandlin said he may have learned something by watching his brother, Nick, put together an incredible junior See CALM, page B-4

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Peninsula Oilers centerfielder Jake Sandlin returns to the dugout at the end of the first inning in Thursday’s home game against the Chugiak-Eagle River Chinooks at Coral Seymour Memorial Park.

Yankees snap 5-game skid By The Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS — Carlos Beltran gave the foundering Yankees a jolt with a three-run homer Thursday night, lifting Masahiro Tanaka to his major league-leading 12th win and helping New York end a season-worst five-game skid with a 7-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins.

player called out.

TIGERS 8, RAYS 1 DETROIT — Max Scherzer allowed two hits in eight outstanding innings, and Detroit backed its star right-hander with three early homers.

ANGELS 5, ASTROS 2

ANAHEIM, Calif. — David Freese hit a two-run double, Matt Shoemaker pitched in and out of trouble for six innings, and Los OAKLAND, Calif. — Sonny Angeles won the opener of a fourGray allowed four hits over seven game series. innings to bounce back from his worst start of the season for OakORIOLES 5, RANGERS 2 land. The Blue Jays scored their only BALTIMORE — Steve Pearce run with the help of an odd replay had a career-high four hits and challenge by manager John Gib- drove in two runs, and Wei-Yin See MLB, Page B-4 bons, who wanted to have his own

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Blackburn plots Oilers come back, top Chinooks athletic career Peninsula Oilers third baseman Alex Rubanowitz is caught stealing at second base in the second inning in Thursday’s game against the the Chugiak-Eagle River Chinooks at Coral Seymour Memorial Park.

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The Peninsula Oilers came back from a 4-0 deficit in the final three innings to top the Chugiak-Eagle River Chinooks 5-4 on Thursday at Coral Seymour Memorial Park in Kenai. The Oilers move to 6-6 in the Alaska Baseball League and move 2 1-2 games in back of the American League-leading Anchorage Bucs, pending a late game Thursday in Anchorage. Alex Rubanowitz propelled the Oilers to victory, finishing 3 for 5 and getting both of his RBIs with a two-run double in the eighth inning that put the Oilers ahead to stay. “I think it’s going to turn our season around,” Rubanowitz said of the victory in a postgame interview on 1140 AM. “We can start winning a few games in a row.” Zachary Freeman came

on in relief in the eighth inning for the Chinooks. He quickly got the first two outs of the inning, but Drake Zarate reached on an error and Jake Sandlin walked. Zarate and Sandlin then moved up on a passed ball with Rubanowitz at the plate. Rubanowitz fouled off four pitches before striking a double just out of the reach of the shortstop. “He left one up and I got it,” he said. The Chinooks struck first in the third inning against starter Nick Rogowski, who gave up four runs in five innings. With one out, Josh Altmann singled. The Oilers got the second out, but the Chinooks continued the rally as Kyle Conkle walked. Steven Pollex then doubled to score Altmann and Conkle. Jackson Cramer then followed with a double of his own to bring

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Peninsula Oilers left fielder Jordan Sanford slides into second base on a ground ball hit by shortstop Mylz Jones in the fourth inning of their game against the Chugiak-Eagle River Chinooks at Coral Seymour Memorial Park.

home Pollex. two away, Altmann singled In the fourth inning, the to score Roark. Chinooks stretched the lead The Oilers began to battle to 4-0. With one out, Griffith back with three runs in the Roark doubled. Then, with See OILERS, page B-4

The last time Soldotna’s Paige Blackburn was competing for a spot in the 2012 Summer Olympic games, she was a bright-eyed, bushy-tailed college kid riding on hope and enthusiasm to qualify. These days, the former Alaska high school state champion is gearing up for another run with time on her side. In May, Blackburn was promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant in the United States Air Force, an achievement preceded by her move to the Hawaiian island of Oahu in January. There, Blackburn is planning her next steps to her athletic career as a javelin and discus thrower. It’s all part of a long buildup to the 2016 Summer Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro. “It’s been a big learning experience,” Blackburn said by phone from the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam facility. “In

2012, I was kinda at the bottom of the (U.S.) trials, and was one of the youngest, but I am way more prepared now.” The 2009 Soldotna High School graduate will put her greater experience to the test in a competitive meet in Hawaii at the end of this month. Blackburn graduated from the Air Force Academy in 2012, the same summer she attempted to qualify for the London games. After coming up short, she continued on to compete at the North America, Central America and Caribbean (NACAC) Under-23 Championships in Guanajuato, Mexico. “That was my first exposure to big-time competition,” Blackburn recalled. The 2012 Mountain West Conference javelin champion finished 22nd in the 2012 U.S. Olympic trials, not quite enough to gain her a spot on the national team, but as a First Lieutenant in the Air Force staSee TRACK, page B-4

As summer heats up, so do events at Birch Ridge Golf Course

he pace of play is starting to pick up at Birch Ridge with a number of tournaments and events upcoming. The All-Alaska Pro-Am and Skins Game is set to take place July 14. The pro-am is a longtime favorite of golfers from all over state. Club professionals bring teams of amateurs down from Anchorage, the Matanuska-Susitna valleys, and as far away as Fairbanks to compete in this tournament. While pros generally bring a full complement of amateurs there’s still a need for local golfers to round out teams. If you’re interested in participating in the All-Alaska ProAm please contact the pro shop and have your name added to the waiting list. We’ll work to pair local amateurs with pros from around the state. The first Wine Wednesday of the 2014 season is set to take place on Wednesday (hence the name), July 16. Wine Wednesdays have quickly become a favorite of local adult

duffers on the Kenai Peninsula. The event is highlighted by a wine sampling hosted by Gene “A Lady’s Best Friend” Diamond. Following the sampling golfers receive group instruction on all things golf! It’s a wonderful time and Gene is simply amazing. Participation is limited to the first 24 golfers to sign up at the pro shop and spots are going fast! Don’t hesitate to get your name on the list. Wine Wednesdays are a perfect fit for all types of golfers. Weekend warriors, scratch golfers and beginners alike will enjoy what Wine Wednesday has to offer. The 30th Peninsula Senior Amateur is scheduled for July 19 and 20. The Birch Ridge Golf Association, organizers for the event, are working hard on putting the final details together. Registration forms should be available to golfers in the pro shop by the weekend. July 21 and 22, Birch Ridge plays host to the Alaska Junior. This will

B irch R idge G olf R eport N olan Rose mark the first time the Alaska Junior Golf Association has held one of its “major” events on the Kenai Peninsula. For more information on these tournaments and events, or others later in the summer, please call the golf course. Our surly, motley, yet still lovable crew of grass aficionados have the greens in absolutely beautiful condition. The summer sun has firmed the golf course up nicely and quickened the pace of the putting surfaces. Rolling the rock simply doesn’t get much better than right now. With a number of tournaments and events on the calendar to pair with a bright and sunny forecast, July is shaping up to be a wonderful month of golf for our C

community of ball chasers! Old Folks Golf A large flock of old people sought the greenest pasture they could find in Soldotna on Monday morning to wage battle for senior golf supremacy. In all, 21 golfers hit the course, but dramatically only one could leave as champion. Tom “Bombs Over Baghdad” Boedeker blew the field away thanks to a spontaneous eruption of great golf shots. Sid “Vicious” Cox was Tom’s nearest competitor, claiming closest-to honors at the sixth and eighth, but even Sid’s eccentric play wasn’t good enough finish near the lead. “Dandy” Dan Mortenson rolled in the long putt at the ninth signaling to his golfing enemies that he wouldn’t go down quietly, not without a fight! Tuesday Morning Ladies League The dazzling dames were back Tuesday morning for another riveting week of lady vs. lady golf action.

Sally “Sweet Thang” Tachick hit one of the better shots in the history of Birch Ridge, easily capturing closestto honors at the sixth. Tanna “First Lady” Chenault and Leona “Eye of the Tiger” Jackson displayed equally dominant form. The dynamic duo dispatched their competitors with ease en route to a T-1 gross finish. Cheryl “The Hammer” Hammarstrom claimed low net. Thursday Night Couples The lovebirds fell victim to some terribly rainy conditions last Thursday, leading to play being postponed. Golf Joke of the Week Fred called his friend in tears. “I can’t believe it,” he sobbed. “My wife has strayed, she left me for my golfing partner.” “Get a hold of yourself, man,” said his friend. “There are plenty of other women out there!” “Who’s talking about her?” said Fred. “He was my only golf buddy that I could ever beat!”

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NBA teams start slowly TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer

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Brazil’s Neymar practices during a training session the day before the quaterfinal World Cup soccer match between Brazil and Colombia in Fortaleza, Brazil, Thursday.

Neymar vs. Rodriguez

Spotlight shines brightly on 22-year-old soccer stars

TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer

FORTALEZA, Brazil — Brazil striker Neymar and Colombia playmaker James Rodriguez have led their teams to the World Cup quarterfinals, dominating the attention and the scoring. The 22-year-old stars will go head-to-head when Brazil plays Colombia on Friday, when only one will get the chance to continue his run at the tournament. Wearing the No. 10 jerseys, both have lived up to expectations so far, enough to be included in discussions about the tournament’s best players along with established stars such as Lionel Messi and Arjen Robben. Neymar has been decisive for Brazil, scoring four goals in four matches. Rodriguez has been crucial for Colombia with his tournament-leading five goals and creativity in attack. “I already knew that James was a great player,” Neymar said. “And now he has been showing his talent at the World Cup.” Rodriguez has been one of the tournament’s sensations so far and has helped Colom-

bia get over the absence of star striker Radamel Falcao, who missed the tournament because of a knee injury. It didn’t take long for Rodriguez to become the focal point of a Colombia team that won all of its four matches seemingly without any real difficulty. “It’s not easy to achieve what I’ve done, but my view is that when you have a dream and you really pursue it and picture things like this happening, then it can become a reality,” Rodriguez told FIFA. com. “If you want something and you work hard for it, then it can happen.” The Monaco player scored in each match, including two against Uruguay in the second round, and has been voted player of the match three times. One of the goals against Uruguay is already considered one of the best of the tournament so far. He chested the ball and quickly turned to fire a powerful shot over the goalkeeper from the top of the penalty area. Rodriguez had already scored a stunning goal against Japan in the group stage, flicking the ball over the goalkeeper after getting past a defender with a nifty move inside the

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Colombia’s James Rodriguez plays with a ball during a training session the day before the World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Colombia and Brazil in Fortaleza, Brazil, Thursday.

box. “James is outstanding despite also being young,” Neymar said. “He has been showing that he is a great player and needs to be congratulated for the tournament that he has been having. But I hope his run ends now and that Brazil advances.” The Brazilian forward came to the tournament amid a lot more hype than Rodriguez, already knowing that he was carrying the responsibility of leading his team to the title on home soil. Neymar scored twice in the difficult 3-1 opening win over

Croatia, then added two more in the 4-1 rout of Cameroon in the group stage. The Barcelona star also showed his cool by calmly converting his penalty in the tense shootout against Chile in the second round. “I don’t know who will play better, I just hope that Brazil comes out on top,” Neymar said, referring to his duel with Rodriguez. “I’ve already said before the World Cup started that I don’t care about being the best player or the top scorer, all I want is to win the title. If I don’t play well but Brazil wins, I’ll still be happy.”

Germany-France conjures 1982 Collision between Schumacher, Battiston lives in World Cup infamy STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer

RIO DE JANEIRO — When Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer embarked on a series of hair-raising dashes out of his area in the second-round win over Algeria, it would have struck a chord with French football fans of a certain vintage. Thoughts no doubt returned to one of the most shocking collisions in World Cup history, which occurred in the 1982 semifinal between West Germany and France and involved another goalkeeper’s excursion off his line. Harald Schumacher’s airborne challenge on Patrick Battiston, which knocked the France defender unconscious and broke his jaw but went unpunished, still raises anger and emotion in France — particularly as West Germany went on to win that match in a penalty shootout thanks to the saves of Schumacher. Predictably, the incident has been one of the major talking points ahead of the countries’ clash in the World Cup quarterfinals on Friday. It will be their fourth

meeting on football’s biggest stage, with Germany also winning the most recent head-to-head in 1986 in the semifinals. “Tomorrow we will write a new page of history,” France coach Didier Deschamps said when asked about the hurt of 1982 and ‘86. “We will try to make it as pleasant as possible.” Under the headline of “A Classic Match,” top-selling French sports newspaper L’Equipe used its front page Wednesday to detail the step-by-step process of Schumacher’s aerial collision with Battiston. Clearly, the episode hasn’t been forgotten in France but many of country’s players weren’t even born when that game took place. And they aren’t using it as motivation. “As far as we are concerned, we live in the present,” France’s 26-year-old goalkeeper Hugo Lloris said. “There is a long history between both nations but we will concentrate on our own match and we want to write our own history.” Germany is playing in the quarterfinals for a ninth straight World Cup and also reached at least the semifinals of the

last two European Championships. But there is a growing feeling that a young and dynamic France team can bring down its more experienced opponent. With Germany’s defense stretched — and sometimes shambolic — this tournament, that’s a department the French will aim to exploit at Rio’s Maracana stadium. Ponderous and porous, the German back line also features center backs playing as full backs, allowing Algeria’s speedy forwards to cause havoc in the Round of 16 match that Germany won 2-1 in extra time. That’s why Neuer was called on so many times to race out of his area and play the “sweeper” role, rescuing his defenders. “There were some matches that were a bit more complicated,” Deschamps said of Germany, also referring to the group-stage 2-2 draw with Ghana. “But this is a very solid team, very calm, with strong individual players. They like ball possession. To impose a certain rhythm, a certain style of play.” “I have a lot of respect for Germany,” Deschamps added. “The team is at a higher level, at least on paper.”

MIAMI — At this time four years ago NBA free agency was a circus. LeBron James was joining Twitter and Chris Bosh was offering regular updates on his free-agent wooing. It’s a touch different this time around. Teams are holding their cards very close in most cases, Miami’s “Big 3” of James, Bosh and Dwyane Wade are basically silent on their plans and the overwhelming majority of free agents don’t seem to be anywhere close to finding a team for next season. Then again, no one signs until July 10. Here’s a primer on where things stand: TOUR DE MELO: He’s in Chicago, he’s in Houston, he’s in Dallas and on Thursday, Carmelo Anthony visited Los Angeles. He was also going to meet with the Knicks while in LA, and there’s still the possibility that Anthony will end up right back where he started with New York. Whatever happens, the Melo Watch is the story of free agency so far. There have been some slipups along the way, most notably what the Rockets were thinking by plastering images of Anthony wearing Jeremy Lin’s number (Lin, who remains a Rocket for now, wasn’t impressed). Anthony-tothe-Lakers might be a long shot, but it would seem his wife, La La, has a name made for L.A. LOWRY STAYING: The top free-agent point guard isn’t free anymore. Kyle Lowry agreed to a four-year, $48 million deal late Wednesday night, meaning he will be staying in Toronto and continuing to lead a young Raptors team that was a break or two away from getting to the second round of the playoffs

this past season. WHO’S LEFT? Besides the Miami trio of James, Bosh and Wade, there are still tons of quality players out there. Pau Gasol is getting interest from a number of teams, including Oklahoma City. Lance Stephenson is negotiating with Indiana, which probably still remains the frontrunner to retain the guard. Greg Monroe and Chandler Parsons are expected to get nice pay raises next season, regardless of where they are, and Luol Deng seems like he’d fit with a number of teams who actually have some money to spend. ‘BIG 3’ UPDATE: The first two days of free agency came and went without really a peep from the Heat or any of their players from the last four runs to the NBA Finals. The ‘Big 3’ are all tweeting, sure — but it’s almost entirely limited to the World Cup or their kids. No hints on basketball moves, yet. And Pat Riley has remained quiet, like always. Clearly, teams aren’t waiting around for the Heat to make moves, but there’s still a sense that when the Miami dominoes start moving, things leaguewide will start happening in a hurry. As for James, he posted a vacation photo of himself smiling and standing among family Thursday afternoon at an undisclosed location. If he’s anxious, it’s not showing. NAMES TO WATCH: Jason Kidd left Brooklyn in infamous fashion but many eyes are on player movement, and with good reason. It might seem odd in some circles that names like Paul Pierce, Josh McRoberts, Spencer Hawes, Shawn Marion, Jordan Hill and NBA Finals hero Boris Diaw aren’t getting more attention. Look for that to change, quickly.

Earnhardt wants Daytona double JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — It had been 31 years since a driver won both Daytona races in the same season when Jimmie Johnson pulled off the Sprint Cup Series sweep. A year later, his teammate wants to complete the feat. But for Dale Earnhardt Jr. to win the Coke Zero 400, he can’t race the way he did at Talladega Superspeedway in May. The Daytona 500 winner went to Talladega thinking he’d win another restrictor plate race, but instead finished 26th in a performance that still haunted him Thursday when he showed up at Daytona International Speedway. “It’s embarrassing man, I hate to talk about it,” Earnhardt said before the first of two practice sessions for Saturday night’s race. “The way we ran and what I chose to do at the end of the race was just uncharacteristic really of anybody that is in the field trying to compete. I just got really frustrated with the way things were working out for us and lost sight of the overall big picture and what you’re out there trying to do and who all is out there depending on you to do what you need to do. I learned some lessons.” He’ll attempt to apply the lessons in the 400-miler Saturday night, where he’ll most likely race hard and try to lead much the same way he did when he won the season-opening Daytona 500. The February race had a frantic

pace because of a rain stoppage that lasted 6 hours, 22 minutes. When the racing resumed, Earnhardt was determined to win his second Daytona 500. Earnhardt led six times for a race-high 54 laps — all after the rain delay — and ended a 55race losing streak that dated to 2012 with the win. But at Talladega, he wasn’t at all the same racer. Earnhardt led 26 laps early and gambled he’d have no trouble making it back through the traffic when he was shuffled to the rear. When it became clear he had his work cut out for him, Earnhardt opted to take it easy and nurse his Chevrolet home for a clean finish. Fans were livid. “I think I got real selfish at Talladega and what the result and how the result affected anyone I never took into account,” he said. “I really just was out there thinking more about me and what I thought and what I wanted to do and how frustrated I was. “I forgot that there’s a team behind me depending on me and a lot of fans there to see us race and show up to spend their hard earned money. Definitely was a difficult thing to go through.” Earnhardt has eight wins at plate tracks — four behind Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jeff Gordon for the active-driver lead. Johnson, who goes into Saturday night with three wins in the last six races, believes his teammate has a shot at the sweep. Before Johnson did it last year, the last driver to sweep Daytona was Bobby Allison in 1982.

Blixt starts strong in title defense at Greenbrier Classic By The Associated Press

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Jonas Blixt’s memory of raising the trophy last year carried over to a strong start at the Greenbrier Classic. The defending champion shot a 6-under 64 on Thursday to take a onestroke lead over former Stanford star Patrick Rodgers and seven others at Old White TPC. Blixt tied for second in the Masters but missed the cut in three of his last four starts. Returning to The Greenbri-

er resort brought him back to a comfort zone. Starting on the 10th hole in the morning with little wind, Blixt had six birdies on his front nine and made the turn at 5 under. Six of the Swede’s eight birdies came on putts of 10 feet or less. He also chipped in from the rough for birdie on No. 16. “The golf course is in perfect shape, like last year,” Blixt said. “You come back with a bunch of confidence knowing that you won here before. “If I can get my putter to work the

way it did today, I felt like I hit the ball on line every time, and it could be a really good week.” Rodgers is looking to make his third straight cut since turning pro. He holed a 118-yard wedge for eagle on the par-4 first hole — his 10th hole of the day. After the round, he was back on the driving range. “Being a new pro out here, you’re always trying to figure out and establish your routines,” Rodgers said, “and mine is just kind of cool down after C

the round and working on the things I felt like I can improve, and hopefully be ready for tomorrow.” Also at 65 under were Chris Kirk, D.A. Points, James Hahn, Jason Bohn, Joe Durant, Jim Renner and Danny Lee. Steve Stricker, who has wife Nicki carrying his bag this week, was among eight player at 66. Jimmy Johnson, his regular caddie, was already scheduled to carry Chris Kirk’s bag when Stricker became a late entry at The Greenbrier.

Stricker is playing only his eighth tour event this year. He’ll compete again next week at John Deere and is leaning against going to the British Open unless he has one or more high finishes before then. FRENCH OPEN S A I N T- QU E N T I N - E N - Y V E LINES, France — American Kevin Stadler shot a 7-under 64 in his French Open debut to take a one-stroke lead over Germany’s Marcel Siem.

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Rousey turns MMA stardom to film stardom GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer

LOS ANGELES — Ronda Rousey is constructing her escape hatch out of mixed martial arts, even if she’s not planning to use it just yet. The UFC bantamweight champion has turned her celebrity and charisma into a budding career as an action film star. Many MMA fighters dream about it, but Rousey is actually doing it: With upcoming parts in “The Expendables 3,” the newest “Fast and Furious” chapter and the “Entourage” movie, she’s seeking success outside the cage even while her fighting career is near its peak. Rousey has little down time between Bulgarian film sets and endless training back home in Los Angeles, but she isn’t looking to relax while her window of opportunity is open. “There’s really not much of a model for this,” Rousey said. “I’m making it up as I go along, and I think we’re really starting to find a groove and a way for it to work without me falling

asleep in traffic again. That’s not good.” When Rousey (9-0) makes her fourth title defense against Alexis Davis at UFC 175 on Saturday, she isn’t the main event in the biggest show of the summer. Rousey honestly prefers sharing the bill at big events, this time with middleweight champion Chris Weidman’s title defense against Lyoto Machida. On the big screen, Rousey won’t always be satisfied with occasional supporting roles. She wants to be a star, preferably in a series of action adventures that could keep her occupied well after her MMA career ends. “One of my goals with the whole movie thing is I want to just be able to have my own franchise, and I feel like that’s something that doesn’t happen overnight,” Rousey said. “That’s something you have to put a lot of thought into. Yeah, it would probably be extremely difficult for me to play Queen Elizabeth in some film, but I feel like a franchise is a great fit for me, because then I could find something that just fits me being myself. And then I would

just have to continue to be myself, and I know I’m good at that.” For all of Rousey’s outside interests and attention, her last two months have been focused on Davis (16-5), a Canadian expert in jiu-jitsu with a five-fight winning streak. Rousey is an enormous favorite, but she has yet to take an opponent lightly in the sport she took up professionally just over three years ago. “My sister is getting married, and the whole day I’m going to be thinking about beating Alexis,” Rousey said. “Anything that comes up that should make me super-excited, I really do not have the capacity to enjoy until I beat Alexis.” Rousey made back-to-back films in 2013, but her bout with Davis is her third fight in just over six months. She has enjoyed the chance to get into a training groove after learning that ring rust is real when she returned in December from that 10-month absence and mildly struggled to finish off Miesha Tate. But Rousey showed a tough chin in that bout, and her tight schedule has kept her focused

Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, File

In this May 18, 2014, file photo, Jason Statham, Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes and Ronda Rousey ride a tank during a photo call for The Expendables 3 at the 67th international film festival in Cannes, southern France.

on improving the weaker aspects of her game. Rousey’s Olympic-caliber judo skills and signature armbar submission hold are still vicious, yet her

coaches are impressed by her improvements in striking. In the future, Rousey would prefer to fight twice per year, devoting the rest of her time

to a film career. She also still dreams of a fight against Gina Carano, another rising actor whose MMA career inspired Rousey to step into the cage.

A look at the key stages in this year’s Tour de France SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer

LEEDS, England — With more mountain stages, only one time trial, and cobblestones on the menu, there’s an exciting smorgasbord of routes in store on the Tour de France. The three-week race, which starts on Saturday in Leeds, features only 33.5 miles of time-trialing, all on the Tour’s penultimate stage between Bergerac and Perigueux. This could disadvantage defending champion Chris Froome of Britain, who beat his main rival, Alberto Contador, in both of last year’s individual time trials. “Given the structure of the Tour this year and the diversity of all the different challenges — we’ve got the

cobbles, we’ve got these tricky stages up here north, and we’ve got 5 summit finishes, we’ve got a 54-kilometer time trial — it’s not possible to say that this guy is going to win,” Froome said on Thursday. Here’s a look at five stages where the Team Sky leader and other contenders could win, or lose, the race: STAGE 5: Wednesday, July 9, Ypres, Belgium, to Arenberg Porte du Hainaut, France: At 155.5 kilometers (97 miles), this stage is not particularly long. But it features nine patches of cobblestones, many of them familiar in the joint-jarring Paris-Roubaix one-day race. The key for the big guns will be to stay at the front of the pack to avoid crashes on a treacherous and dusty terrain usually tackled at a frenetic pace. Punctures are

Sports Briefs Stock cars hit Twin Cities this weekend There will be circle track racing at Twin Cities Raceway on Friday and Saturday. The races are $10 general admission, or $5 for seniors, students and youth. Veterans get in free, as do those account holders who bring their GCI account bill. Gates open at 3 p.m., qualifying is at 4 p.m. and races begin at 6 p.m. Races will be in stock cars, legends, late models, trucks and sprint cars, depending on participants. Twin Cities Raceway is at Mile 6.5 of the Kenai Spur Highway, across from Beaver Loop Road.

Rotary Unity Run set for July 12 The annual Rotary Unity Run 10-mile and five-kilometer race will be held July 12 along the Unity Trail between Kenai and Soldotna, hosted by the Soldotna and Kenai River Rotary clubs and Tsalteshi Trails Association. Meet at Soldotna High School for bus shuttles to the start lines, at Kenai Central High School for the 10-miler and Peninsula Power Sports for the 5K. Buses leave at 9 a.m. and races start at 9:30 a.m. Advance registration is available online at www.tsalteshi.org. Advance race entry is $30 for adults, $10 for youth 12 and under and $50 for families. Active TTA members get a $5 discount. Bib pickup is from 5 to 6 p.m. July 10 and 11 at SoHi. Race-day registration and bib pickup is from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. July 12 at SoHi. T-shirts are included in race entry, with finisher prizes, raffle drawings and barbecue lunch at the finish line. Participants must finish by noon.

Prosecutor questions Pistorius’ story PRETORIA, South Africa — Oscar Pistorius armed himself and took other methodical steps before he killed his girlfriend, the chief prosecutor said Thursday, trying to cast doubt on the athlete’s account that he reacted instinctively to a perceived intruder. Prosecutor Gerrie Nel made the argument while cross-examining sports physician Wayne Derman, who testified that the Paralympian acted on a “fight or flight” impulse in which he chose to confront what he thought was an attacker because his disability prevented him from fleeing. Derman has treated Pistorius for years. Pistorius, 27, says he killed Steenkamp by mistake, thinking there was a dangerous intruder in his home. He shot her through a closed toilet door while on his stumps. The prosecution says he intentionally killed the 29-year-old model after the couple had a Valentine’s Day argument last year. Under questioning from defense lawyer Kenneth Oldwadge, Derman drew a contrast between Pistorius’ past triumphs as a sprinter crossing the finish line with raised arms with the daily, severe limitations that he endured because of his disability. “You’ve got a paradox of an individual who is supremely able, and you’ve got an individual who is significantly disabled,” said Derman, who has worked with South African Olympic and Paralympic teams. He noted that Pistorius’ anxieties included concern about flying. “He has a specific fear of being trapped somewhere without being able to move very rapidly,” said Derman, a professor of sport and exercise medicine at the University of Cape Town. Derman said Pistorius has an extremely anxious nature, a condition that partly stems from the amputation of his lower legs when he was 11 months old. Pistorius was born without fibulas, the slender bones that run from below the knee to the ankle. The defense wants to show that the athlete had a deep sense of vulnerability because of his disability and a long held fear of crime, and it was a factor in what he has described as a mistaken shooting. During cross-examination, Nel said Derman was giving “character evidence” rather than “expert evidence” and questioned whether the witness was capable of giving testimony that would work against Pistorius’ defense. — Staff and wire reports

also frequent on cobblestones, and can end a rider’s hopes of winning the race. Both Froome and Contador have carefully reconnoitered the stage, with the Spaniard having a final workout on the 15 kilometers (10 miles) of cobblestones this week. “Sensations over the cobbles have been very good,” Contador said. STAGE 10: Monday, July 14, Mulhouse to La Planche des Belles Filles: The first major test in the mountains. The 161.5-kilometer (100-mile) stage finishes in the ski resort where Froome got his first Tour stage win two years ago. It features seven tough climbs and a hilltop finish with a patch of supersteep, 20-degree gradient. STAGE 14: Saturday, July 19, Grenoble to Risoul: The Queen stage of the Tour. This 177-kilometer (110-

mile) ride features two classic mountain passes, the Col du Lautaret and the Col d’Izoard, and ends with a summit finish in the Alps. The ascent to the ski resort is not the most difficult of the race, but riders will have been worn out by 31 kilometers (19 miles) on the slopes of the two mythical mountains beforehand. STAGE 17: Wednesday, July 23, Saint-Gaudens to Saint-Lary (Pla d’Adet): The penultimate day in the mountains is a short 124.5-kilometer (77-mile) ride through the Pyrenees that will offer no rest to the peloton. After 50 relatively flat kilometers, the riders won’t stop climbing and descending over three category 1 ascents — the Col du Portillon, Col de Peyresourde and Col de Val Louron-Aze

— before the last climb to Pla d’Adet, which is so hard that it is defying cycling’s ranking system for climbs. The race’s final top three are likely to be known at the finish line. STAGE 20, Saturday, July 26, Bergerac to Perigueux: At 54 kilometers (33.5 miles), it is one of the longest time trials in recent Tour history. On the eve of the mostly ceremonial finale on Paris’ Champs-Elysees, the race-against-the-clock will be decisive if the mountains haven’t been already. The distance and the rolling terrain make the stage difficult. After three weeks of racing, expect the TT specialists like Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland and Tony Martin of Germany to be challenged. Fatigue could also take its toll on the main contenders.

Scoreboard All Times ADT

Soccer

Tennis

World Cup QUARTERFINALS Friday, July 4 At Rio de Janeiro France vs. Germany, 8 a.m. At Fortaleza, Brazil Brazil vs. Colombia, Noon Saturday, July 5 At Brasilia, Brazil Argentina vs. Belgium, 8 a.m. At Salvador, Brazil Netherlands vs. Costa Rica, Noon All Times ADT

MLS Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA S. Kansas City 7 5 4 25 22 14 D.C. 7 5 4 25 22 17 New England 7 6 2 23 22 21 Toronto FC 6 4 3 21 18 16 New York 4 5 7 19 24 24 Columbus 4 5 7 19 18 18 Philadelphia 4 7 6 18 25 28 Houston 5 10 2 17 16 32 Chicago 2 4 9 15 23 26 Montreal 3 7 5 14 16 26

WESTERN CONFERENCE Seattle 11 3 2 35 Colorado 7 5 4 25 Real Salt Lake 6 3 7 25 FC Dallas 6 7 5 23 Vancouver 5 3 7 22 Los Angeles 5 3 5 20 Portland 4 5 8 20 Chivas USA 4 7 5 17 San Jose 4 7 4 16 NOTE: Three points for victory, for tie.

33 23 23 18 25 22 28 28 25 22 17 11 28 28 16 26 15 16 one point

Wednesday’s Games Chicago 1, Toronto FC 1, tie Chivas USA 1, San Jose 0 Friday’s Games New York at Houston, 4:30 p.m. Philadelphia at FC Dallas, 5 p.m. Columbus at Colorado, 5:30 p.m. New England at Real Salt Lake, 6 p.m. Portland at Los Angeles, 7 p.m. Saturday’s Games D.C. United at Toronto FC, 3 p.m. Seattle FC at Vancouver, 6 p.m. Montreal at Chivas USA, 6:30 p.m. All Times ADT

Basketball WNBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Atlanta 11 5 .688 Chicago 8 9 .471 Indiana 8 9 .471 Connecticut 8 10 .444 Washington 7 11 .389 New York 6 11 .353

GB — 3½ 3½ 4 5 5½

WESTERN CONFERENCE Phoenix Minnesota San Antonio Los Angeles Tulsa Seattle

12 3 .800 13 5 .722 9 9 .500 7 9 .438 7 10 .412 7 12 .368

— ½ 4½ 5½ 6 7

Thursday’s Games Tulsa 96, Connecticut 83 Minnesota 91, San Antonio 84 Los Angeles 70, Seattle 56 Friday’s Games No games scheduled Saturday’s Games San Antonio at Indiana, 1 p.m. Washington at Atlanta, 3 p.m. Connecticut at Tulsa, 4 p.m. Chicago at Seattle, 6 p.m.

Wimbledon

Thursday At The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club London Purse: $42.5 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Grass-Outdoor Singles Women Semifinals Petra Kvitova (6), Czech Republic, def. Lucie Safarova (23), Czech Republic, 7-6 (6), 6-1. Eugenie Bouchard (13), Canada, def. Simona Halep (3), Romania, 7-6 (5), 6-2.

Baseball AL Standings

East Division W Baltimore 46 Toronto 47 New York 42 Boston 38 Tampa Bay 38 Central Division Detroit 48 Kansas City 44 Cleveland 41 Chicago 40 Minnesota 38 West Division Oakland 52 Los Angeles 48 Seattle 47 Texas 37 Houston 36

L 39 40 42 47 50

Pct .541 .540 .500 .447 .432

GB — — 3½ 8 9½

34 40 43 46 46

.585 .524 .488 .465 .452

— 5 8 10 11

33 36 38 48 51

.612 .571 .553 .435 .414

— 3½ 5 15 17

Thursday’s Games Baltimore 5, Texas 2 Detroit 8, Tampa Bay 1 N.Y. Yankees 7, Minnesota 4 Oakland 4, Toronto 1 L.A. Angels 5, Houston 2 Friday’s Games Baltimore (Mi.Gonzalez 4-5) at Boston (Lester 9-7), 9:35 a.m. N.Y. Yankees (Whitley 3-2) at Minnesota (Gibson 7-6), 11:10 a.m. Toronto (Stroman 4-2) at Oakland (Milone 6-3), 12:05 p.m. Kansas City (Ventura 5-7) at Cleveland (Tomlin 5-5), 3:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Cobb 3-6) at Detroit (Smyly 4-7), 3:08 p.m. Seattle (Elias 7-6) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 7-1), 3:10 p.m. Texas (Darvish 8-4) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 5-4), 3:10 p.m. Houston (Keuchel 8-5) at L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 8-6), 5:05 p.m. Saturday’s Games N.Y. Yankees at Minnesota, 10:10 a.m. Seattle at Chicago White Sox, 10:10 a.m. Tampa Bay at Detroit, 12:08 p.m. Kansas City at Cleveland, 2:05 p.m. Baltimore at Boston, 3:15 p.m. Texas at N.Y. Mets, 3:15 p.m. Houston at L.A. Angels, 6:05 p.m. Toronto at Oakland, 6:05 p.m. All Times ADT

NL Standings

East Division W Atlanta 47 Washington 46 Miami 41 New York 37 Philadelphia 37 Central Division Milwaukee 51 St. Louis 46 Pittsburgh 44

L 38 38 44 48 48

Pct .553 .548 .482 .435 .435

GB — ½ 6 10 10

35 .593 40 .535 41 .518

— 5 6½

Cincinnati 43 Chicago 37 West Division Los Angeles 49 San Francisco 47 San Diego 38 Colorado 36 Arizona 36

41 .512 7 46 .446 12½ 39 38 47 50 51

.557 — .553 ½ .447 9½ .419 12 .414 12½

Thursday’s Games St. Louis 7, San Francisco 2 Philadelphia 5, Miami 4 Arizona 10, Pittsburgh 2 L.A. Dodgers 3, Colorado 2 Friday’s Games Chicago Cubs (Hammel 7-5) at Washington (Roark 7-5), 7:05 a.m. Philadelphia (R.Hernandez 3-7) at Pittsburgh (Cole 6-4), 1:05 p.m. San Francisco (M.Cain 1-6) at San Diego (Stults 2-11), 2:40 p.m. Milwaukee (Lohse 9-2) at Cincinnati (Simon 10-3), 3:10 p.m. Texas (Darvish 8-4) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 5-4), 3:10 p.m. Miami (Eovaldi 5-3) at St. Louis (Lynn 8-6), 3:15 p.m. Arizona (Collmenter 7-4) at Atlanta (E.Santana 6-5), 3:35 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 9-2) at Colorado (Jurrjens 0-0), 4:10 p.m. Saturday’s Games Miami at St. Louis, 10:15 a.m. Chicago Cubs at Washington, 12:05 p.m. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 12:05 p.m. Arizona at Atlanta, 12:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 12:10 p.m. Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 12:10 p.m. San Francisco at San Diego, 3:15 p.m. Texas at N.Y. Mets, 3:15 p.m. All Times ADT

Orioles 5, Rangers 2 Tex. 000 110 000—2 7 0 Bal. 001 020 20x—5 12 0 S.Baker, Poreda (5), Rowen (7), Cotts (7), Sh.Tolleson (8) and Gimenez; W.Chen, Matusz (7), O’Day (7), Z.Britton (9) and Hundley. W_W.Chen 8-3. L_S.Baker 0-2. Sv_Z.Britton (12). HRs_Texas, Choo (8).

Tigers 8, Rays 1 TB 100 000 000—1 2 0 Det. 510 101 00x—8 15 0 Bedard, C.Ramos (3), Yates (6) and Hanigan; Scherzer, C.Smith (9) and Avila. W_Scherzer 103. L_Bedard 4-6. HRs_Detroit, Kinsler (11), V.Martinez (21), Tor. Hunter (10).

Yankees 7, Twins 4 NY 000 040 300—7 10 0 Min. 101 001 100—4 9 0 Tanaka, Betances (8), Dav.Robertson (9) and McCann; P.Hughes, Duensing (7), Swarzak (8) and K.Suzuki. W_Tanaka 12-3. L_P. Hughes 8-5. Sv_Dav.Robertson (19). HRs_New York, Beltran (9), Ze.Wheeler (1).

Athletics 4, Blue Jays 1 Tor. 010 000 000—1 5 1 Oak. 020 000 02x—4 6 0 Dickey and Thole; Gray, Otero (8), Doolittle (9) and Vogt. W_Gray 8-3. L_Dickey 6-8. Sv_Doolittle (12).

Angels 5, Astros 2

Hou. 002 000 000—2 8 0 LA 100 400 00x—5 9 0 Oberholtzer, Veras (7) and J.Castro; Shoemaker, Jepsen (7), Grilli (8), J.Smith (9) and Iannetta. W_Shoemaker 6-2. L_Oberholtzer 2-7. Sv_J.Smith (10).

Cardinals 7, Giants 2 SL SF

200 301 100—7 14 1 001 001 000—2 7 2

C.Martinez, S.Freeman (6), Maness (7), Motte (9) and Y.Molina; Bumgarner, J.Gutierrez (6), Petit (7), J.Lopez (9) and Posey. W_C. Martinez 2-3. L_Bumgarner 9-6. HRs_St. Louis, Jh.Peralta (12).

Phillies 5, Marlins 4 Phi. 000 003 002—5 9 0 Mia. 001 010 020—4 10 0 K.Kendrick, Diekman (8), Papelbon (9) and Rupp, K.Hill; Hand, Hatcher (6), Da.Jennings (7), Morris (8), Cishek (9) and Saltalamacchia. W_Diekman 3-2. L_ Cishek 4-4. Sv_Papelbon (19).

Diamondbacks 10, Pirates 2 Ari. Pit.

000 003 007—10 13 0 001 100 000—2 10 1

McCarthy, O.Perez (6), E.Marshall (7), Ziegler (8), Stites (9) and M.Montero; Worley, J.Hughes (8), Frieri (9), J.Gomez (9) and R.Martin. W_McCarthy 3-10. L_Worley 2-1. HRs_Arizona, D.Peralta (3).

Dodgers 3, Rockies 2 LA 001 100 001—3 6 1 Col. 000 010 010—2 9 0 Greinke, Jansen (9) and A.Ellis; F.Morales, Kahnle (6), Masset (8), Hawkins (9) and Rosario. W_Greinke 11-4. L_Hawkins 2-2. Sv_Jansen (26).

Transactions BASEBALL COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE — Suspended N.Y. Yankee RHP Alfredo Aceves (Scranton/WilkesBarre-IL) 50 games after a second positive test for a drug of abuse in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Released LHP Scott Downs. CLEVELAND INDIANS — Agreed to terms with 1B Michael Papi on a minor league contract. HOUSTON ASTROS — Agreed to terms with SSs Juan Pineda and Ozziel Sanchez on minor league contracts. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Optioned RHP David Carpenter to Arkansas (TL). NEW YORK YANKEES — Optioned INF Yangervis Solarte to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Selected the contract of INF Zelous Wheeler from Scranton/WilkesBarre. Designated INF Dean Anna for assignment. Agreed to terms with RHP Edgmer Escalona on a minor league contract. OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Designated LHP Jeff Francis for assignment. Reinstated LHP Eric O’Flaherty from the 60-day DL. TAMPA BAY RAYS — Optioned LHP Jeff Beliveau to Durham (IL).

Recalled 1B Vince Belnome from Durham. National League COLORADO ROCKIES — Optioned LHP Christian Friedrich to Colorado Springs (PCL). Reinstated 3B Nolan Arenado from the 15-day DL. LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Optioned INF Carlos Triunfel to Albuquerque (PCL). Recalled INF Erisbel Arruebarrena from Albuquerque. MIAMI MARLINS — Assigned OF Brent Keys outright to Jacksonville (SL). Placed RHP Tom Koehler on paternity leave. Reinstated LHP Brad Hand from the 15-day DL. MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Sent RHP Jim Henderson to the AZL Brewers for a rehab assignment. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Agreed to terms with RHPs Sebastian Nunez and Junior Fernandez, SS Starlin Balbuena and 2B Esequeil Delgado on minor league contracts. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Sent SS Ehire Adrianza to Fresno (PCL) for a rehab assignment. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Assigned 1B/3B Greg Dobbs outright to Syracuse (IL). BASKETBALL National Basketball Association GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS — Named Alvin Gentry, Ron Adams, Luke Walton, Jarron Collins and Bruce Fraser assistant coaches. FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Suspended Indianapolis WR LaVon Brazill for the 2014 season and Miami DE Dion Jordan and Kansas City OL Rokevious Watkins four games for violating the league’s substance-abuse policy. Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Released DB Korey Banks. HOCKEY National Hockey League ARIZONA COYOTES — Named Darcy Regier senior vice president and assistant general manager and signed him to a multiyear contract. BUFFALO SABRES — Signed D Tyson Strachan to a one-year contract. CAROLINA HURRICANES — Agreed to terms with D Tim Gleason on a one-year contract and RW Jared Staal and D Michal Jordan on one-year, two-way contracts. DALLAS STARS — Named Derek Laxdal coach of Texas (AHL). NEW YORK RANGERS — Agreed to terms with F Nick Tarnasky. TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS — Signed F Petri Kontiola to a oneyear contract. SOCCER MLS — Suspended FC Dallas F Fabian Castillo four games and fined him an undisclosed amount for his actions during the June 11 game. COLLEGE BROWN — Announced the resignation of Dave Schwarz men’s tennis coach. DARTMOUTH — Named women’s rowing coach Wendy Bordeau senior associate athletics director. EAST CAROLINA — Named Jeff Palumbo assistant baseball coach and recruiting coordinator. MEMPHIS — Named Blake Smart men’s golf coach.

B-4 Peninsula Clarion, Friday, July 4, 2014

Bouchard, Kvitova reach Wimbledon final HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer

LONDON — Eugenie Bouchard could have lost her focus after the fourth game of her Wimbledon semifinal Thursday, when play was delayed for five minutes during Simona Halep’s medical timeout for a left ankle injury. Bouchard also could have gotten sidetracked when action was halted again, smack-dab in the middle of a tiebreaker, because an ill spectator was being attended to in the Centre Court stands. And everything really could have unraveled for Bouchard later, as she let match point after match point slip away. Able to steel herself time and again, the singular-of-purpose Bouchard became Canada’s first Grand Slam finalist by beating French Open runner-up Halep 7-6 (5), 6-2 at the All England Club. “I’m able to not worry about the distractions,” the 20-year-old

Bouchard said. “What I do well is I really don’t let it get to me or affect me.” In only her sixth major tournament, the 13th-seeded Bouchard will play for the championship Saturday against 2011 Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova. The sixth-seeded Kvitova defeated No. 23 Lucie Safarova 7-6 (6), 6-1 in the first all-Czech women’s Slam semifinal. “I know how (it feels) when you hold the trophy,” Kvitova said, “so I really want to win my second title here, and I will do everything (so) I can.” Waiting in a hallway before walking on court, Kvitova and Safarova chatted, a pair of longtime friends who train at the same club back home. From 6-all in the tiebreaker, Kvitova won 31 of 48 points the rest of the way, using her overpowering serve and forehand that work so well on grass to improve to 6-0 against Safarova. In a year that zero American men or women reached Wimbledon’s round

of 16 for the first time in 103 years, another Canadian, Milos Raonic, will try join Bouchard as a finalist. The men’s semifinals Friday are old guard vs. new guard matchups: seven-time champion Roger Federer against Raonic, and top-seeded Novak Djokovic against Grigor Dimitrov. As of now, the 24-year-old Kvitova is the only man or woman born in the 1990s to win a Grand Slam title. If Bouchard becomes the second, she also would be the youngest major champion since Maria Sharapova was 19 at the 2006 U.S. Open. “It’s what I’ve worked so long for,” Bouchard said, without a hint of irony. Yes, Bouchard is clearly in a hurry — and, by the looks of her muted post-victory reaction, didn’t appear all that thrilled to get past the thirdseeded Halep, who twisted her ankle in the early going and got it taped by a trainer. “I feel like my job is not done here,” Bouchard said, “so there’s no need for

a huge celebration.” Taking the ball early while standing at the baseline, ending points quickly with flat groundstrokes, she reached the semifinals at the Australian Open and French Open this year before losing to the eventual champions. “I totally feel like I belong,” Bouchard said. Halep led 3-2 in the tiebreaker when chair umpire Kader Nouni noticed something was wrong with a woman in a lower-tier seat — it was the warmest day of the tournament, topping 75 degrees (24 Celsius) — and waved both players to the sideline. After a four-minute break, Halep went ahead 4-2. But on the next point, Bouchard hit a net-cord winner — “a lucky ball,” Halep called it. Bouchard took four of the next five points, too, closing the set with a swinging forehand volley. “I lost, a little bit, my concentration,” Halep acknowledged. Her opponent did not. “She’s pretty calm, always com-

posed,” said Bouchard’s mother, Julie Leclair, who sat two seats away from Bouchard’s pal, “Big Bang Theory” actor Jim Parsons, in the player’s guest box. “She’s been working for this since she was 4 1/2 years old,” Leclair said. “She just goes out every day, trying to be the best she can be.” Bouchard’s first match point came while ahead 5-1 in the second set, and Halep serving at 15-40. A fan yelled, Bouchard tried to call time and let her guard down, allowing Halep to hit an 81 mph (131 kph) ace. Bouchard tried to persuade Nouni to let them replay the point, but he didn’t. Two more match points came and went in that game. Then, serving for the match, Bouchard wasted two more chances to end things, before finally converting her sixth match point with a 99 mph (160 kph) service winner. “It’s not, like, a surprise to me,” Bouchard said. “I expect good results like this.”

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after this summer.” Richardson had Sandlin in mind for the leadoff spot all along, and was happy to put him there once he started hitting. “Every team needs a spark plug,” Richardson said. “He’s always laughing and talking. With him, there’s never nothing to talk about. Sometimes, it can even be a little much.” But Richardson said there a few in the clubhouse who can tame Sandlin when he gets too boisterous. His act doesn’t wear thin because it is genuine. “I don’t try to be anything,” Sandlin said. “I’m past that point in life. I’m not trying to impress people. “What you see is what you get. I don’t have a filter. Sometimes that’s good and sometimes that’s bad.” As part of his effort to focus on the game ahead and not games past, Sandlin has even given up his devotion to checking stats. “I’ve always been a stat rat and my dad’s always been a stat rat,” Sandlin said. “I’m not even keeping up with it. I’m just worried about the next day.” Alaska has been the perfect place to tinker with his new approach. With all the travel when the team is on the road and outdoors activities to pursue while at home, it’s easy to not dwell on the past. Sandlin said his desire to play in the ABL was planted by one of his college coaches. “He’s been all over the world, and he said the one place he wanted to coach was Alaska,” Sandlin said. “He said he wanted to coach in Alaska because of the scenery, because of the tradition and because the talent is top-notch.” After redshirting, Sandlin played summer ball in Kentucky. Last year, he attended school in summer, but he was thrilled when the opportunity came to play with the Oilers this summer. “After playing in Kentucky, I told my coach, ‘The next time I go to play summer ball, I want it to be as challenging as it can be,’” Sandlin said. While he is not worried about individual stats, team stats are another matter. Sandlin’s casual manner of conversation changes the most when he is asked what his goal is for the rest of the summer. “I would love to win the Alaska Baseball League,” he said. “People remember winners. At the end of the day, that’s what counts — winning.” As for declaring his new approach a success? That wouldn’t be in keeping with his new approach. “Hopefully, it will be one of those things I look back on one day and remember it,” he said. “But I’m just taking it day by day. What happened yesterday isn’t as important as what I could do today.”

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Peninsula Oilers third baseman Alex Rubanowitz lines a pitch into right field for a single in the first inning in Thursday’s game against the Chugiak-Eagle River Chinooks at Coral Seymour Memorial Park.

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sixth inning. Ethan McGill and Nick Thurman began the inning with singles, then Shane Armstrong came in for Thomas Altimont on the mound. McGill would come in to score on an error by the shortstop, then Thurman and Mylz Jones would score on a double by AJ Hernandez. The Oilers bullpen made the comeback possible. Chad Rieser had two scoreless innings, while Nolan Sheridan and Jeff Paschke each had a scoreless inning. Sheridan got the win and Paschke

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Chen shut down Texas again as Baltimore completed a four-game sweep.

DODGERS 3, ROCKIES 2 DENVER — Zack Greinke pitched eight solid innings and Juan Uribe hit the go-ahead single

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tioned in Hawaii, Blackburn is working pretty hard these days. Starting at 5 a.m. and going until late dinnertime, Blackburn detailed a typical day in her life as “a grind.” “I go work out for two hours, shower, go to work all day, get off at five, drive to the University of Hawaii, and I’m down there until it’s too dark to practice more, then I drive another forty minutes home,” she listed. The hard work evidently paid off. Last summer, she finished seventh in the javelin event at the U.S. National Track and Field meet in Des Moines,

picked up the save. The Oilers host the MatSu Miners at Seymour Park at 7 p.m. today and 3 p.m. Friday. Oilers notes: Vince Belnome, who played for the Oilers in 2008, made his Major League Baseball debut Thursday night. Belnome hit .239 in 44 games for the Oilers. Belnome served as the designated hitter for the Tampa Bay Rays and finished 0 for 3 with two strikeouts as the Rays lost 8-1 to the Tigers and Max Scherzer. Thursday Oilers 5, Chinooks 4 Chinooks AB R H BI Oilers AB R H BI Ardt 2b 5 0 0 0 Sdln cf 3 1 0 0 Almn ss 4 1 2 1 Rbwz 3b 5 0 3 2 Clns dh 3 0 0 0 McGl 1b 4 1 1 0

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2B — Pollex, Cramer, Roark, Rubanowitz, Hernandez. SH — Sanford. SB — Altmann, Rubanowitz, Jones. CS — Rubanowitz. LOB — Chinooks 6, Oilers 10. IP H R ER BB SO Chinooks Altimont 5 5 2 2 3 4 Armstrong 2 2 1 0 1 3 Freeman, L 1 1 2 0 1 1 Oilers Rogowski 5 5 4 4 5 0 Rieser 2 0 0 0 0 2 Sheridan, W 1 1 0 0 0 0 Paschke, S 1 0 0 0 0 1 PB — Murphy 2. P-S — Altimont 9561, Armstrong 45-27, Freeman 23-16, Rogowski 102-53, Rieser 23-16, Sheridan 8-6, Paschke 9-6. T — 2:34.

Alaska Baseball League Standings W L Pct. GB Overall American League Bucs 10 5 .667 -- 16-7 Oilers 6 6 .500 2.5 15-7-2 Panners 2 4 .333 3.5 12-5 National League Pilots 12 7 .632 -- 14-8 Miners 10 7 .588 1 14-8-1 Chinooks 3 14 .176 8 5-16 Thursday, July 3 Goldpanners at Bucs, late Oilers 5, Chinooks 4 Friday, July 4 Goldpanners at Chinooks, 5 p.m. Pilots at Bucs, 7 p.m. Miners at Oilers, 7 p.m. Goldpanners at Chinooks, 7 p.m. Bucs at Pilots, 9 p.m. Saturday, July 5 Miners at Oilers, 3 p.m. Bucs at Pilots, 7 p.m. Goldpanners at Chinooks, 7 p.m.

in the ninth inning for Los Ange- alta had three hits, including a two-run homer, and drove in four les. runs to help Arizona avoid a series CARDINALS 7, GIANTS 2 sweep. Arizona scored three runs in the SAN FRANCISCO — Jhonny sixth and seven in the ninth. Peralta hit a two-run homer, Carlos The Pirates are 0 for 8 in chancMartinez earned his second win as es to sweep opposing teams this a starter, and St. Louis beat reeling season. They looked primed to get San Francisco. their first sweep as starter Vance Worley retired the first 12 batters he faced and carried a no-hitter DIAMONDBACKS 10, into the sixth inning. PIRATES 2 Ender Inciarte broke up WorPITTSBURGH — David Per- ley’s no-hit bid with an RBI

single with one out in the sixth. Peralta followed with his third home run of the year which barely cleared the 21-foot-high fence in right field and gave Arizona a 3-2 lead.

Iowa, with a career-best throw of 52.97 meters (173 feet, 9 inches). Going into the championships, Blackburn was ranked eighth in the discus throw. Earning personal bests in both events in 2013 — 57.39 meters (188 feet, 3 inches) in the discus — spurred her to attack her athletic career with a renewed vigor. “Before last year, I wasn’t sure if I wanted to throw postcollegiate,” Blackburn said. “It was kind of an experiment. It was super successful and way more than I expected, so it put my heart into a longer commitment.” Blackburn recently submitted paperwork to join the Air Force World Class Athlete Program, which provides the op-

greater recovery methods, and Blackburn said that as a seasoned athlete of 24 years old, she has learned to prepare and train more effectively. “As I get older, I’ve learned so much about better ways to train,” she said. “I’ve learned how to peak later in the season, because in college you’re just starting out and getting stronger.” Blackburn said when it comes time to make her Olympic qualifying attempt in 2016, she will be 26, an ideal age to be hitting her peak. “I think I read that the average age for throwers (in the Olympics) is 28, so with smart training, I should be close to (making it),” she said. “I definitely feel super optimistic about it.”

portunity for athletes to train for national and international competitions. Many involved in the program end up trying out for the Olympics. The only problem for Blackburn has been the recovery time that has put her back a bit after suffering a sacroiliac joint injury from a javelin throw in the fall. “That really hurt me, it set me back,” she said. “I’ve started throwing again in February, and hopefully I’ll be fully recovered for this next meet in July.” The injury that Blackburn had involved the joint connecting the sacrum and ilium bones of the pelvis, reducing her ability to explode in a proper throwing motion. However, with greater experience comes C

PHILLIES 5, MARLINS 4 MIAMI — Ben Revere scored the go-ahead run when Miami second baseman Donovan Solano bobbled a grounder in the ninth, and Philadelphia rallied to snap a six-game losing streak.

season for Greenbrier High School in Evans, Georgia. Nick went 13-0 with a save this season, and Jake said that 13 wins was the most in the nation for a prep pitcher this season. “My brother is a lot different from me,” said Jake, the son of John and Daisy of Evans. “He is a fiery competitor, but he is definitely more laid-back.” So, heaven forbid, is he taking after his little brother? “I don’t want to say it because he’ll get a big head and he’ll definitely get on me after reading this, but I have learned from watching him,” Jake said. In all earnestness, Jake said he is extremely proud of his brother, saying, “He’s way better than I am.” On the Georgia College website, he says the highlight of his sporting career was watching 12-year-old Nick hit the home run that won the Dixie Youth National Championship. As the big schools start recruiting Nick, Jake said jealousy is the last thing on his mind. “I’m proud of what he’s doing,” Jake said. “It’s the highlight of my life. I’m prouder of what he’s doing than of anything I’m doing right now.” In addition to his brother’s influence, Sandlin also has learned from watching some of his Oilers teammates. “Some of the guys are pretty laid-back, and coach Richardson is pretty calm,” Sandlin said. “I’ve let some of that rub off on me.” Gibson said that Sandlin did show patience during his early season struggles. “He just said, ‘Baseball always pays you back,’” Gibson said. “He said he would start hitting, and he has caught fire. He’s hitting the crap out of the ball.” Richardson said Sandlin, who has been moved to the leadoff spot, is a good hitter because of his ability to drive the ball to all fields. He said when most hitters try to go to their weak field, the ball merely squirts off their bat. Wherever Sandlin hits the ball, it is hit solidly. “If you try and get ahead of him by going outside, he’s happy to take his single by going to the opposite direction,” Richardson said. “But if he gets ahead in the count and can turn on the ball, he can take you out of the park.” Perhaps a measure of Sandlin’s hyperactivity is that despite his effort to stay calm, energy is the first thing that others mention when asked about him. “He grows on you,” Richardson said. “At the beginning, it’s ‘Who is this kid? What is his deal?’ But then you figure him out. I’m going to miss him

Jordan gets suspension DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — Dion Jordan of the Miami Dolphins has been suspended for the first four games of the season after testing positive for a stimulant prohibited under the NFL’s policy on use of performance-enhancing substances. The Dolphins announced the suspension Thursday. In a statement released by the team, Jordan took “full re-

sponsibility” for the positive test. “I recently learned from the NFL that I tested positive for stimulants that are banned under the NFL policy,” Jordan’s statement read. “I worked carefully with my advisors and the union to investigate the test results, and I take full responsibility for the test results.”

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n Tuesday, July 1, I fished for Kenai River king salmon for the first time in three years. My expectations were low, and they were fully realized. The poor king salmon runs of recent years apparently haven’t improved. I was skunked. As I’ve reached the so-called Golden Years, one of the many things that has happened is that I can recall times that were truly, unarguably better. Like some other things about being old, this one is half-blessing and half-curse. In the 1970s and 1980s, Big Eddy was one of my favorite places to fish for kings, but it’s been years since I pulled one out of there. As we back-bounced our way through the hole Tuesday, I felt myself wishing the fishing was just half as good as it used to be. In 1978, while I was building my house in Sterling, I fished at Big Eddy almost every day of the king salmon season. Most days, I caught a king. I gave salmon to everyone I knew. It wasn’t because I was such a good fisherman, but more because there were so many kings, and so little competition for them. In those days, you could anchor in part of Big Eddy without getting yelled at or attacked, so when few boats were on the river, I anchored. Outboards were noisier then, so the quiet was nice. Millionaires’ summer homes didn’t dominate the east-bank skyline, as they do now. Sitting in the sun on a warm June day, watching the water, the birds and the tip of my fishing rod was paradise. Sometimes I couldn’t find anyone to go with me, so I fished alone. When you fish alone, you have more time to observe and to think. With no distractions, your mind can accomplish amazing feats. In my Clarion column of May 20, 1988, I wrote about one day at Big Eddy: “I’m fishing in my favorite spot, and the fish are here, too. I’ve spent so much time here that I know when kings are in this hole. I can’t explain how I know. I just know. And catching one is just a matter of waiting.” That day, I almost caught the biggest king I’ve ever had on a line. For a few seconds, it was actually See PALMER, page C-2

Shawn Schooley, one of the designers of the new singletrack mountain bike trail, rides on the Mosquito Trail at Tsalteshi Trails Wednesday in Soldotna.

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ountain bikers have a new trail to shred on the central Kenai Peninsula. After three weeks of cutting through moss, roots and fallen trees, volunteers have finished a mile-long singletrack through the woods at Tsalteshi Trails. The Tsalteshi Trails Association has teamed up with mountain bike enthusiasts in the development of the singletrack. project coordinator Nic Larson along with his wife Natalie Larson, Shawn Schooley and a small army of volunteers started the project in early June to accommodate a growing interest. “We wanted to develop at mounSalmon Cycle tain bike specific Series on deck trail that locals can ride after work,” The Tsalteshi Nic Larson said. Trails Association “The plan is meant presents the Salmto be family friendon Cycle Series, offly in keeping with road bicycle races the Tsalteshi Trails on Thursday in July vision.” and August starting The one-way singletrack — the July 10 at 6 p.m., first of three planned with new routes each sections — is about week. Cost is $5 per 18-20 inches wide race or free for TTA and starts on the members. Find more snowshoe trail at the information at www. Kalifornsky Beach tsalteshi.org. Road Tsalteshi Trails entrance. The trail weaves through the wooded area of the Wolverine loop. While the first section starts out relatively flat, after riders cross the Wolverine Trail and enter back into the woods, they will come across several banked turns and hills, which necessitate some technical riding. Larson said he has done trail building research and has strived to create a sustainable trail with minimal environmental impact. Volunteers have cleared out the dead trees to beautify the path. “The track follows the contour of the land,” Nic Larson said. “It’s a nice easy ride that puts you in touch with nature.” See TRAIL, page C-2

Live cam shows Arctic snowy owl, chicks in nest By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press

ANCHORAGE — A high-definition camera trained on a burrow near the nation’s northernmost city is allowing researchers and any bird viewer with an Internet connection an unfettered view into the nesting den of an Arctic snowy owl. The camera went live this week and is trained on the nesting site where as many as six chicks are beginning to emerge from a burrow near Barrow, Alaska, on the coast of the Arctic Ocean.

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Red salmon swim in a Kenai Peninsula stream.

Researcher Denver Holt of the Owl Research Institute in Charlo, Montana, is in the 23rd year of a longterm study of the owls and their main prey, brown lemmings, over a 100-square mile area on the tundra of northern Alaska. “You’re not able to watch the birds 24/7, even with 24 hours of daylight,” he said by telephone from Barrow on Wednesday. “By having the camera, it just opens up another avenue and more periods of time we’re able to look and record.” The camera is the latest addition in the Pearls of the Planet offerings of explore.org, the media division of the

Annenberg Foundation, which provides live feeds from cameras directed on wildlife across the world. Another popular Alaska camera feed on explore.org also went live this week, featuring the brown bears at Katmai National Park and Preserve as the bruins patrol the river and attempt to catch salmon at Brooks Falls. “These live cams are about more than providing an incredible view of bears or owls during an amazing part of their season,” Charles Annenberg Weingarten, explore.org founder and Annenberg Foundation vice president, said in a statement emailed to The As-

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A ptarmigan in full winter white color.

sociated Press. “What we are doing is building out the zoos of the future, where animals run wild and people from everywhere can feel connected to the experience,” he said. It’s also intended to be an interactive experience with Katmai rangers, Holt and others associated with different cameras interacting with viewers on the explore website. The camera trained on the snowy owl is allowing Holt glimpses into the daily lives of the birds, like noting how many times a male will bring See OWL, page C-2

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Alaska’s state flower, the bright blue alpine forget-me-not.

Nature wears its red, white and blue for the Fourth

n an effort to commemorate and celebrate our nation’s birthday, it is with deep honor that I may present an Alaskan patriotic take on ‘Ole Glory. Independence Day may not have high contrast firework displays here in the Last Frontier, but we do have unbelievably stunning examples of Red, White and Blue. July means the sockeye season is in full swing, and the coloration of our red salmon is awe-inspiring. The salmon’s coloring is due to the consumption of krill, an oceanic crustacean with a high concentration of carotenoids. Carotenoids are pigments that give rise to a myriad of different colors ranging from soft yellows to brilliant oranges to vibrant reds. Carotenoids are found throughout nature: in leaves (for example, when the green chlorophyll pigment degrades in the fall, the carotenoid pigments are espe-

cially apparent in the changing color of the leaves) to even our own skin. These carotenoid pigments are found in the body of the crustaceans, which the salmon then consume and accumulate in their muscles. This trait is also shared with members of four other genera of salmonid fish. However, what sets apart our Sockeye is that as the salmon approach the spawning ground, they absorb many of their scales, and those scales that do remain are translucent. The underlying red color of the skin is now what is visible. Sexual selection over a generational time frame may have further impacted the extent in which the Sockeye’s red coloration has become what it is today: truly a breathtaking beauty of our Kenai Peninsula waters. Currently in July, Alaska’s state bird, the Willow Ptarmigan, has a plumage of light brown. This non-migratory bird

R efuge N otebook J ennifer Peura in winter molts its feathers to an almost pure white display, save for their black tail feathers. The seasonal molt is triggered because of thyroxin, a hormone produced by the bird’s thyroid gland. These hormonal changes within the ptarmigans are stimulated by end of breeding season, which coincides with the beginning of snow cover. As with all species of birds that molt, when the ptarmigan changes its feathers it does so in a symmetrical pattern which will keep its body balanced and does not encumber flight. The quills of the ptarmigan’s summer C

brown feathers, which may be thought of as its breeding plumage, will begin to loosen with hormonal changes, and then the winter white plumage starts to grow. The now camouflaged ptarmigan has a greater chance for survival by evading predators in the snow. This Independence Day weekend bursts of color can be seen not just in the sky, but also in the flora that is around us for many wildflowers are in bloom. Alaska’s most beloved flower, the Alpine Forget-Me-Not, blooms with a graceful and elegant sky blue. The blue pigmentation helps attract animals that will pollinate the flowers. In addition to this brilliant blue color, the scent, which is present in the evening, helps attract pollinators. Forget-me-not is found in various places around the refuge, and can be seen up around the Swanson River area, as well as along trails off Skilak

Lake Road. I hope you enjoy the holiday weekend, and in particular, that you may get to enjoy Alaska’s red, white and blue - whether it’s flipping a sockeye, admiring our ptarmigan, or stumbling upon one or our Alpine Forget-MeNots, which Thoreau wrote it most eloquently of a sister species to our forget-me-not: “The mouse-ear forget-me-not, Myosotis laxa, has now extended its racemes very much, and hangs over the edge of the brook. It is one of the most interesting minute flowers. It is the more beautiful for being small and unpretending; even flowers must be modest.” Jennifer Peura is a biological intern at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. For more information about the Kenai Refuge, visit our webpage at http:// www.fws.gov/refuge/kenai/.

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in my landing net. That fish was too heavy for me to lift into the boat, and too wild for me to hold in a net, and it got away. I remember feeling glad it escaped. The previous day, I had hooked seven kings, and had been unable to get even one to the boat. I’d caught a lot of kings before, but those fish were so large and so fresh from the saltwater, they tore up my fishing gear and sent me home with my tail between my legs. They forced me to change several things about the way I’d been gearing up for kings. I remember fishing the Kenai with a young Clarion reporter, Tim Hubert. We’d caught our limits of sockeyes and were running up-river, past Big Eddy, when I noticed that no one was fishing there. Tim had never back-bounced for kings, so I suggested we try it while we had Big Eddy to ourselves. On our first pass through the hole, I ran the boat

and coached him on how to back-bounce. We were halfway through when he hooked a king. With Tim running the boat and me fishing, I hooked a king on the next pass through the hole. Both fish were in the 50-pound class, dime-bright and full of fight. We’d been at Big Eddy for maybe 15 minutes, tops. While anchored at Big Eddy in 1977, two of us hooked and boated two big kings inside of 20 minutes, a 68-pounder and a 72-pounder. I hope these recollections don’t come across as bragging. It was the fishing in those days that was great, not me. I can tell stories for hours about this one fishing hole, so it’s no wonder I get nostalgic about it. But it’s not what it used to be, and it hasn’t been for years. On Wednesday, while we fished there for two hours, at least 40 people were fishing either at or within sight of Big Eddy, and I saw only one king hooked. I’m not the only one yearning for yesteryears. Les Palmer can be reached at les.palmer@rocketmail.com.

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This June 2014 photo released by explore.org shows an owl sitting near the site of the explore.org live camera set up in Barrow.

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food to the female to monitoring the eating habits of both parents. The microphone on the remotely controlled camera allows researchers to hear what is happening. “Some of the stuff might be science for the sake of science, like how often does she sleep?” he said. But he gets excited by the answer. “It’s just phenomenal to me that these females sit on the nest and they appear to sleep

very little,” he said. “They’re constantly vigilant for potential threats to the nest, predators.” He said it’s fascinating to see the females take breaks from the eggs and chicks, possibly to go to the bathroom, to stretch, to just get away for a little Mom time. “We’re learning how often she just might take a break from her parental duties, but she’s always nearby,” Holt said. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is also a partner in the snowy owl project. Online: explore.org www.owlinstitute.org www.birds.cornell.edu

Yosemite celebrates 150th anniversary YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Yosemite National Park on Monday marked 150 years since President Abraham Lincoln signed an act protecting the park for generations of visitors. The celebration included a groundbreaking to launch a project restoring the Mariposa Grove, which consists of 500 mature giant sequoia trees that are among the oldest living organisms in the world. National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis said the anniversary should be a reminder of the ancient treasures within the park. “We stand in awe among these giant trees that are thousands of years old and are reminded about the importance of protecting our natural resources so that future generations can experience what John Muir called ‘nature’s forest masterpiece,’” Jarvis said. Lincoln signed the Yosemite Grant Act on June 30, 1864, in the midst of the Civil War. The act protected Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove “for public use, resort and recreation.” The law was the first in the nation’s history allowing for a scenic natural area to be set aside.

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Nic Larson said they walked the snowshoe trail with Bill Holt, the Tsalteshi’s trail maintenance manager, and flagged the path. With the help of Schooley, a professional downhill racer who has experience in trail building, they were able to cut the first section and use top soil already there for the track. Over time bike tires will pack down the trail and make for a smoother ride, Nic Larson said. Schooley said the singletrack is aptly named Mosquito Trail. “We put in quite a few hours building the trail and probably got half our blood drained in the process,” Schooley said with a laugh. “We donated a lot of blood out there.” Schooley worked on the banked corners, which he said help create a safer trail and give riders a variation. As the trail continues the path has switchbacks that make it easier for riders to climb. He said navigating the trail requires some technical skills, like leaning on a turn to keep momentum going. Brad Carver, Beemun’s Bike and Ski Loft manager, said with the closest singletrack an hour’s drive away in Cooper Landing, the area was in need of a closer riding option. “This is mainly mountain bike country. We have the land, we just don’t have the trails,” Carver said. “We have had the interest for a long time. There is a real need in the community. The time is right and it would be a great asset to the community.” Carver collected six pages of names of people who volunteered to help construct the trail. Beemun’s donated trailbuilding tools like chainsaws and weed whackers to dig out the moss and roots to clear a path. Carver said he hopes the sin-

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Lexi Larson eases her way down a banked turn on the new Mosquito Trail singletrack mountain biking trail Wednesday at Tsalteshi Trails in Soldotna.

gletrack project gets momentum going for the development of more tracks in the area. For now, trail is on hold until a revised multi-use trail plan can be finalized and paperwork can be filed with the Kenai Peninsula Borough Land Management office, said Tsalteshi Trails board member Mike Crawford. The trail lease needs to be amended to add another multiuse element. Crawford said once the paperwork is submitted to the borough, on July 6 the board will vote to approve the plan and work can move forward. While Tsalteshi Trails is known for ski use, Crawford said the board has looked for other ways to use the trails in the summer. A few months ago the idea of transforming snowshoe-specific trails to be more bike friendly gained traction among board members. “The energy and excitement the project is generating is a beautiful thing,” he said. “It is a

learning experience and a great opportunity to attract a new user group to the trails.” Marcus Mueller, borough land management officer, said he provided input to the board and will work with them on an amended lease to designate the trail a multi-use trail for biking in the summer and snowshoeing in the winter. Crawford said the trail crossing intersections can be dangerous and so part of the amended plan includes visibility and signs to warn trail users to go as slow as possible to make the trails safe for all users. The uphill section of the singletrack goes through a trail crossing, which will help bikers maintain a safe speed. “Nic and Nat have a tremendous and clear vision for a family friendly ride so everyone can enjoy it,” Crawford said. The second section of singletrack was put on hold until the trail association work plan is revised. This section will weave between Bear Trail into

a more hilly and tricky terrain. Next summer, work on the final section, which deviates from the snowshoe trail will continue. In total, Nic Larson said the singletrack when completed will be about three miles long. He said the last section will be challenging to clear because volunteers will need to cut through new terrain to follow the upper section of the snowshoe trail. Schooley said having a singletrack at Tsalteshi adds variety like the trails at Resurrection Pass and Crescent Lake in Cooper Landing, which are popular among mountain bike riders. “I love doing community projects that promote the sport,” he said. “Everybody involved is passionate about mountain biking and that makes it all the more enjoyable.” Reach Dan Balmer at daniel.balmer@peninsulaclarion. com.

Wildlife managers try to divert musk oxen NOME (AP) — Alaska wildlife officials have turned to an unusual source in efforts to persuade a herd of musk oxen to leave this Bering Sea coastal town for good. Bear urine. Some suspect the large shaggy animals are seeking refuge in Nome because of brown bears, Alaska Department of Fish and Game wildlife biologist Tony Gorn told KNOM. “We routinely, almost daily now, move musk ox. But then they come back,” Gorn said. “So, this is an attempt to maybe put out some type of deterrent to prevent them from coming in so close to town.” The musk oxen began moving a few weeks ago into Nome, famous for being the finish line for the nearly thousand mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race every March. Their presence has caused some problems, especially with pets. In June, two of the musk oxen were run off by a homeowner chasing them with a pickup after the animals tried to ram a dog pen. Wildlife officials have tried shooting rubber bullets at the musk oxen and setting off fire-

works, but the only thing that seems to provide temporary relief is moving them out of town on foot. Then they come back. Gorn said it may be time to try the bear urine. The Seward Peninsula’s musk oxen population has declined 13 percent a year, Gorn said. There isn’t a current brown bear population estimate, but he finds the hypothesis compel-

ling. “Some of the groups, at least, of musk ox are moving close to town because they’re trying to find a bear-free zone. So really the idea is to make it appear like there may be bears in the local area and maybe they would move back out,” Gorn said. “It’s absolutely not tested yet, but it’s worth a try.”

He has placed bear urine in a few small containers where the musk oxen have been problematic to see if that drives them out. However, he’s not sure how well the scent is carrying given Nome’s windy, wet climate. For anyone wondering where or how one can acquire bear urine, Gorn says: “Well, you can buy it commercially. The Internet’s a wonderful thing.”

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KENAI RIVER FRONT HOME. World-Class SALMON FISHING out your back door! 5-Bedroom, 3-Bath Ranch home, att, heated 4+ car gar. Open kitchen, dining/ living area with 5 picture windows all with views of the river! 112' RIVER frontage. 48' Aluminum dock with fish cleaning table/ sink/ water. Nat. Gas heat, Wood stove, Automatic backup generator. Landscaped yard with Fire Pit/ view of the Kenai Mtns. For MORE INFO See: KENAIRIVERDREAM.blogspot.com Call: (907)252-4671 $749,000. FSBO

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Commercial Property BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Assisted Living business for sale. Charming log construction on leased building. Owner retiring. 8 rooms fully occupied. Could be increased to 16. Soldotna location. 12 cap rate at $578,625. MLS#14-121 McKay Investment (907)260-6675 MIXED USE BUILDING 7 Offices, 2-bedroom apt., and pizza restaurant. Ideal for owner occupant for the offices and commercial rentals as well. Highway Frontage in Soldotna. 7200sq.ft. for $631,000. ($88. per Sq.Ft.) MLS #13-15371 McKay Investment (907)260-6675

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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NIKISKI 3-Bedroom, 2.5-baths, large kitchen with island, wood burning stove, 2-car garage. approximately 2000sqft., on 2 acres. Very peaceful, a lot of wildlife. $310,000. (907)776-8487, (907)394-1122 KENAI KEYS PRICE REDUCTION 4-Bedroom, 2-bath in gated community, with boat launch a stoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s throw. ABOVE the flood plain. Contemporary and scrupulously maintained 2 level home. A steal at $315,000. NOW $295,000. MLS# 12-12227 McKay Investment Co.

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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 20 ACRES Strawberry Road Sell for appraisal. $25,000. (907)283-4945 KENAI RIVER/

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Homes 4-BEDROOM 1.5-Bath, Soldotna near schools. Washer/dryer. Storage Shed. No smoking/ pets. $1,270. per month plus tax and utilities. (907)252-4970. ON KASILOF RIVER. Log home furnished 2-bedroom, 1.5-bath, garage, basement. $1,150. month, utilities included. (907)262-7405 WHY RENT ????? Why rent when you can own, many low down & zero down payment programs available. Let me help you achieve the dream of home ownership. Call Now !!! Ken Scott, #AK203469. (907)395-4527 or cellular, (907)690-0220. Alaska USA Mortgage Company, #AK157293.

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Very popular salmon fishing area w/ appx 135ft of river frontage in one of the most exclusive neighborhoods on the river. Open floor plan with soaring ceilings. Beautiful fir flooring, hickory cabinets,custom doors, lots of windows. MLS# 13-13132 $625,000

Mile 10, Beaver Creek hole. (2 Homes) Chalet is 1040sf 2 bd 1 bath. Cabin 572sf 1 bd 1 bath, cabin built in 2001. Pride of ownership. Location is one of the most popular fishing area’s. Both have good monthly rental income and/or summer daily cabin rentals. New decks, permitted floating dock. 2 pole barns and shed. MLS# 14-2123 $480,000

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DOW ISLAND Best View on the Kenai River, 2.05 ac., 125+ft of river frontage.2 bed, 2 bath, 1696sf home and 16x16 bunkhouse. “Move-In Ready”. Knotty pine interior, redwood decks, well and holding tank. MLS# 13-10570 $349,999

4.53 AC OF PRIVACY Great location, close to all fishing. Two story home with 896sf attached garage and a 1536sf shop. Sunroom with jacuzzi, large master bedrm and bath. Open floor plan with lots of windows. Landscaped, Greenhouse. MLS# 12-2239 $249,900

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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 UAA is an AA/EO Employer and Educational Institution.

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Homer Electric Association, Inc., is seeking a highly motivated individual to fill an Assistant Engineering Services Supervisor in our Kenai office. The Assistant Engineering Services Supervisor is responsible for assisting in providing inspections of design and construction of HEA/AEEC Transmission and Distribution lines and equipment; assist in monitoring compliance with engineering and construction standards as well as development of standards; assist Engineering Services Supervisor to review work orders, staking sheets and procedures for these activities; maintain processes for accounting and material reconciliation; coordinate with government, local agencies and other utilities for sharing graphics information and joint graphics standards; and provide backup support for customer service complaints to the Engineering Services Department. The successful candidate will demonstrate an Associates Degree in surveying/civil engineering, or related field. Additionally, five years of related work experience is required. An additional four years of related experience may be substituted for the degree requirements. Applications may be completed on line at http://homerelectric.applicantpro.com/jobs If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact Human Resources at (907) 235-3369 or hr@homerelectric.com. HEA is an Equal Opportunity Employer; Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled.

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Peninsula Hearing Services, Inc. has an opening for a part/full time medical receptionist. Experience in computers, medical terminology, phones, scheduling, filing, verifying insurance eligibility. Must be able to multi-task and work well with the public. Attention to detail and able to meet deadlines. Must be able to work well under pressure in a busy workplace with little or no supervision. Monday – Thursday, 6- 7 hours per day. Salary DOE. Bring resume to Peninsula Hearing Services at 105 Shady Lane, Soldotna, Alaska. No phone calls please. Only serious applicants need apply.

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For more information contact Peninsula Clarion Circulation Dept. (907)283-3584

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Peninsula Clarion 150 Trading Bay Road, Kenai The Peninsula Clarion is an E.O.E.

General Employment LOOKING FOR Hardworking people to fill

Customer Service positions in Soldotna & Kenai. Resume & References Call Brenda (907)394-8220

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 July 9, 2014. EOE

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Human Resources Director/ Business Office Manager

PENINSULA CLARION, KENAI, ALASKA An exciting opportunity has become available at the Peninsula Clarion newspaper in Kenai, Alaska. We are looking for an individual who has a strong employee relations background, a strategic mindset and the desire to work in an industry that is fast-paced, community-focused and endlessly evolving. HR Director/Business Office Manager serves as strategic partner to the Publisher and is responsible for overall supervision and planning for the business office, provides timely and useful information to management and prepares and maintains the operating and capital budgets, in addition to fulfilling the human resources function for the newspaper. DUTIES: As Strategic Partner to the Publisher___________ • Prepares profit analysis for new/existing products/ services • Monitors and forecasts business performance • Supervises the business office • Prepares and monitors budget and expenses • Hires/Trains/Evaluates staff, including new hire orientation and exit interviews • Responsible for bi-weekly payroll data entry • Responsible for proper controls and security of all personnel files • Assists managers with employee relations issues • Handles employee communications • Responsible for all compliance with state and federal laws pertaining to employment issues (FMLA, HIPPA, Unemployment Insurance, COBRA, etc.) • Seeks ways to streamline and make work more efficient through process changes and the use of technology Maintain Internal Controls____________________ • Complies with Morris policies and procedures • Assists with periodic Internal Audits • Fosters control issue awareness throughout the organization • Provides timely and useful Information to the Management Team • Responsible for financial closing and reporting • Supervises human resources activities such as ensuring accuracy of employee data, overseeing timekeeping administration, supporting managers by supplying information, resources and advice • Prepares the Operating and Capital Budgets (This is not an exhaustive list of duties, but represents key responsibilities.) Kenai, Alaska, with its natural beauty and abundance of wildlife, has the nickname “Alaska's Playground.” Whether you enjoy fishing, golf, wildlife viewing, hunting, or hiking, Kenai has it all. The City of Kenai boasts of wonderful views of the mouth of the Kenai River, Cook Inlet, miles of sandy beaches and three active volcanoes. With a population of approximately 7,000, the city is the largest community on the Kenai Peninsula. REQUIREMENTS Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or equivalent plus 3+ years of accounting experience Experience in human resources a plus. Qualified candidates may submit a resume to: jobs@morris.com

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General Employment BUSY MEDICAL OFFICE Seeking clerk with Billing skills. Apply to: Blind Box #A310 c/o Peninsula Clarion PO Box 3009 Kenai, AK 99611 MEN/ WOMEN WANTED Phone sales $10- $12/ Hour. (907)395-0651 Mike Leave message.

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Furniture BATIKART QUILT made by, Duchess of Leander, TX, measures 77x61". $325-. Call 907-250-7575. The colors exude ENERGY. Great workmanship. It can be hung by attached sleeves on the back from two different directions.

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

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Bids

Pork's Torques & Tranny Part's.

We Build & Sell Torques Converters and Transmission Parts for all makes & models of automatic Transmissions.foreign & Domestic, stock, modified stock, performance and sever duty. Give us a call 907-373-4401 or check us out on the Web at porkstorques.com or visit us at 491 Lucille st. in Wasilla. And like on Facebook !!!

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HC 15 The Ninilchik Traditional Council is seeking General Contractor's w/residential endorsement to construct a single level handicapped accessible ranch style home in Anchor Point. Indian Preference applies. Contractor must pay Tribal Wage Rate, must obtain proposal packet, do an on-site visit, and attend the Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference. Bid opens July 1, 2014 @ 9am and closes July 30, 2014 @ 5pm. Please contact Diane Reynolds, Procurement Officer for a bid packet @ (907) 567-3313. PUBLISH: 7/1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 2014

Bids REQUEST FOR BIDS HOMER ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC. CPSC FENCE REPLACEMENT

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Homer Electric Association, Inc. (HEA) seeks bids from qualified contractors for a chain-link fence replacement project at HEA's Central Peninsula Service Center (CPSC) at 280 Airport Way, Kenai, AK. Bids will be for a single lump-sum fixed price contract, with Additive Alternates to increase the scope. The project cost is estimated to be between $100,000 and $ 250,000. HEA will not be responsible for any costs incurred while developing a bid. Deadline for receipt of bids will be 3:00 p.m. Thursday 10 July 2014. Bid Bond of ten per cent (10%) of bid amount must accompany all bids, and a Contractor's Bond for performance and payment in a penal sum of 100% of bid amount shall be required of the successful bidder. Bids will remain open for fifteen calendar days after opening. Period of performance will be 75 days following NTP. To obtain a bid package please contact HEA's Project Engineer, Bruce Shelley at (907) 335-6226 or by email bshelley@homerelectric.com PUBLISH: 6/25, 29, 7/4, 2014

350 Vortec Cratemotor, Turbo 350 transmission, runs great, very reliable, new battery, lots of extras. $17,000. OBO (907)378-8862

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Public Notices NOTICE OF INFORMATIONAL TARIFF FILING Alaska Waste - Kenai Peninsula, LLC d/b/a Alaska Waste (Alaska Waste) hereby gives notice that TA56-714 was filed with the Regulatory Commission of Alaska (Commission) on June 30, 2014. With this informational tariff revision, Alaska Waste increases its roll off rates for its Homer roll off customers. Alaska Waste expects this tariff filings will become effective for bills rendered on or after July 31, 2014. The current and new roll off rates are shown below: Description Roll Off Customers rates will vary from

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Door Hardware The Kenai Peninsula Borough Maintenance Department hereby invites qualified firms to submit a firm price for acceptance by the Borough for the Schlage door hardware. Bid documents may be obtained beginning July 4, 2016 at the Maintenance Department, 47140 E. Poppy Lane, Soldotna, Alaska 99669 (907-262-1661). Bid documents may also be downloaded from the web at: http://purchasing.borough.kenai.ak.us/ Opportunities.aspx One (1) complete set of the bid package are to be submitted to the Kenai Peninsula Borough, Purchasing and Contracting Department. These forms must be enclosed in a sealed envelope with the bidder's name on the outside and clearly marked: BID: Door Hardware DUE DATE: July 17, 2014, no later than 2:00 PM

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New Rate $108.00-$270.00

A copy of this informational tariff filing can be reviewed at the offices of Alaska Waste between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. at 47323 Merrywood Avenue, Soldotna, Alaska 99669 or you may email comments to the attention of Aaron Bradley at AaronB@WasteConnections.com. This filing may also be inspected at the offices of the Commission at 701 West 8th Avenue, Suite 300, Anchorage, AK 99501, (907) 276-6222. Any person may file comments on the tariff revision with the Commission at the address above or via email to rca.mail@alaska.gov and include a statement that you have filed a copy with Alaska Waste. To assure that the Commission has sufficient time to consider the comments prior to the revisions taking effect, it is suggested that your comments be filed no later than July 16, 2014. Individuals or groups of people with disabilities, who require special accommodations, auxiliary aids or service, or alternative communication formats, please contact Joyce McGowan at (907) 276-6222, toll-free at 1-800-390-2782, or TDD at (907) 276-4533. Dated this 30th day of June, 2014. PUBLISH: 7/4, 2014

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now the brakes have come on for me. Gene doesn’t understand my sudden change of attitude, and frankly, neither do I. Do I have only two choices — accept him for who he is or find someone who follows a more conventional schedule? I love him so much that leaving would be very hard to do. — WANTS A NORMAL LIFE DEAR WANTS: It would be interesting to know what Gene does for a living. Does he work in a casino? Show business? It’s possible your change in attitude has come about because you now realize that you might be livDEAR ABBY: I have been Abigail Van Buren ing his unconventional lifestyle for the rest of your dating “Gene” for three years, life. Compromises you could make on a temporary living together for a year and a half. We’re both divorced and love each other very basis can seem daunting when you see they’ll be permanent. much. If you need someone who lives his life on a norOur biggest problem is, he doesn’t keep a “normal” schedule. Gene eats at odd hours, exercises at the mal schedule, one of you will have to make some strangest times and will stay awake ‘til the wee hours changes. You will either have to accept this as your of the morning, then crash for a day or so. He seems future or Gene will have to change his lifestyle. Beunfazed by this wackiness. He’s responsible, holds a cause he seems to thrive on the schedule he’s living good job and comes from a terrific family, but his hab- on, the adjustment may be very difficult for him. its are taking a toll on me. TO MY READERS: Have a happy, healthy and There are days when I want him home for dinner, or I want to cuddle with him. I want a normal schedule. safe Fourth of July, everyone! — LOVE, ABBY This is tricky because I have accepted his lifestyle and

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HHHHHYourimaginationcouldsupport you in becoming the center of the party or barbecue. Your sense of humor will come out when dealing with friends and loved ones. How you handle a problem could determine how the rest of the day goes. Tonight: Let the fun begin. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You might want to see a situation differently from how others see it. Be aware of how much of it is fantasy and how much is reality. Distorting a situation ultimately could cause a problem. Surround yourself with music and people. Tonight: Watch the light show. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH You could be more in touch with your feelings than you realize. Understand your limits within your immediate circle. Try to work through an issue. Check out several parties, if that’s what you want to do. Enjoy old friends, but have fun making new ones, too. Tonight: Out late. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH You might want to indulge a friend or loved one for no other reason than it’s what you want to do. You’ll enjoy just watching the other party’s reaction. Do not hesitate to stop at a barbecue or two and visit with friends and family members. Tonight: Enjoy the fireworks. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Your smile and caring will light up a loved one’s face. You could have a similar reaction from your friends as well. Dote on all the people you want to dote on. Maximize the moment. Avoid getting into a tiff with a loved one. Tonight: Out till the wee hours. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

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Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars A baby born today has a Sun in Cancer and a Moon in Virgo if born before 5:32 a.m. (PDT). Afterward, the Moon will be in Libra. HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, July 4, 2014: This year you see a situation far differently. Your willingness to adjust and change direction allows more positive happenings to occur. You also are likely to see far more money make its way into your bank account. If you are single, you could meet someone special at any point, starting right now. Though this person might not be Mr. or Ms. Right, you will enjoy your time together. If you are attached, the two of you will make a major purchase together. Detach more often, rather than get into arguments. LIBRA is always gracious. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH You’ll have a spring in your step as you greet the day. A confrontation with someone could mar the moment, if you let it. A loved one might need a certain amount of support and feedback. Be careful, as this person tends to be needy. Tonight: Celebrate the good old USA! TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHYou’ll wake up and realize what you need to do. Detach, and you will see how you can enjoy yourself more. You could discover that others will be happy to pitch in. Recognize what is going on with a friend. Check in with this person. Tonight: Let the party go on. GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

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DEAR ABBY: Two years ago I was involved in an unhealthy relationship for me and my children. Despite what everyone said, I gave him the benefit of the doubt. He ended up assaulting me and my kids. For two months I struggled with depression, and I admit I wasn’t the responsible parent I should have been. Child Protective Services took the children. I hold myself accountable for my actions and my failure. My parents are angry with me because of poor choices I made in the past and treat me like the black sheep of the family. Granted, my mother, brother and I all have issues stemming from the past, but I’m tired of playing the guilt card, tired of playing the victim and tired of not having my family back me up at a time when I need their support to regain custody of my kids. I miss my family and what good times we did have. How do I even begin to put the pieces back together on a very broken family? — THE BLACK SHEEP DEAR BLACK SHEEP: Fixing your broken family is something all of you must be willing to work on together, or it won’t be successful. Because your mother and brother are unwilling, what you need to do is start fixing yourSELF. Regaining custody will depend upon your ability to establish your independence, support your children and yourself financially, and start counseling

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