Peninsula Clarion, September 18, 2014 by Sound Publishing

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Vol. 44, Issue 301

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In the news Lawsuit claims state erred in campaign action

ANCHORAGE (AP) — A civil lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges Alaska Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell erred in issuing an emergency order that ultimately allowed two gubernatorial campaigns to merge. The lawsuit filed in Anchorage Wednesday challenges Treadwell’s Sept. 2 order, which permitted independent gubernatorial candidate Bill Walker and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Byron Mallott to join tickets to provide a stronger challenge to Republican incumbent Sean Parnell. Frank McQueary, the rules chair for the Alaska Republican Party, told reporters Wednesday that the lawsuit wasn’t politically motivated. Plaintiff Steve Strait, a district chair in the Alaska Republican Party, said the goal of the lawsuit is to return the ballot to people who were legitimately on it and went through the process. Before Treadwell’s order, Mallott had been on a ticket with state Senate minority leader Hollis French, the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor. Walker was on a separate ticket, running with independent lieutenant governor candidate Craig Fleener. Treadwell’s decision allowed French and Fleener to be removed from the ballot. Mallott has since dropped his Democratic bid for governor and is now running for lieutenant governor on Walker’s ticket. To join campaigns, Walker dropped his membership in the Alaska Republican Party and reregistered as undeclared, a stipulation made by an Alaska Democratic Party committee when it voted to endorse the ticket.

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Report on Soldotna crash released Investigators say Rediske Air flight may have been overloaded By RASHAH McCHESNEY Peninsula Clarion

After more than a year of investigation, the National Transporation Safety Board released the details of its investigation into a July 2013 plane crash that killed 10 people, including Nikiski pilot Willy Rediske. While the NTSB hasn’t released its official finding of cause for the accident, several hundred pages of documents, including photos and descriptions of passenger cellphone video documenting the crash — have been released to the public. A final report will be

issued by the NTSB at a future date. The single-engine De Havilland Otter, Registered to Rediske Air Inc., of Nikiski, had nine passengers and one pilot aboard when it crashed late on a Sunday morning — killing all aboard. While there were no witnesses who saw the crash, the NTSB report contains interviews with witnesses who described the engine as having a high-pitched whine and one who said he saw black smoke coming from the plane’s exhaust plane as it took off. One witness, Janet Pope, said she heard a loud explosion after the plane took off and saw

the airplane engufled in flames. Pope called 911 and tried to get to the airplane, but was unable to do so because of the heat, according to her testimony. Three videos were recovered from cell phones belonging to victims of the crash. One video, at just over 3 minutes long, shows the craft taxiing down the runway, lifting into the air and crashing about 15 seconds later then catching fire about a minute later, according to the report. The cell phone video does not record any abnormal Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion engine sounds, according to the Investigators look at the wreckage of a fixed-wing aircraft that report. The plane was rated to carry crashed July 7, 2013 at the Soldotna Airport in Soldotna. The See REPORT, page A-8 NTSB has released a report on the crash.

$1,884 Residents have plans for dividend checks By DAN BALMER and KAYLEE OSOWSKI Peninsula Clarion

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion

Book ‘em

Barb Christian, of Kenai, arranges a box of books while setting up for the Friends of the Kenai Library book sale at The Home Gallery in the Old Carrs Mall Wednesday in Kenai. The sale begins Thursday at noon.

Gov. Sean Parnell on Wednesday announced the 2014 Permanent Fund Dividend would be $1,884 — more than double last year’s amount. The first dividends will be paid Oct. 2 for the approximately 510,731 applicants who signed up to receive direct deposit into their bank account. Another 88,186 residents will be mailed a check, according to a press release from the Office of the Governor. A total of 674,538 Alaskans applied for the dividend this year, which means a total distribution of $1.1 billion. The state saw an increase of approxiSee PFD, page A-8

Assembly candidates make their cases Candidates for Kenai district Sterling/Funny River, Homer highlight healthcare issues candidates discuss priorities By KELLY SULLIVAN Peninsula Clarion

With the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly District 2 seat up for grabs, candidates Grayling Bassett, Blaine Gilman and Jake Thompson made their case for the position at the Kenai Visitor and Cultural Center, Wednesday. The candidates are vying for the seat currently held by Hal Smalley, who will be term-limited out. The municipal election is Oct. 7. In their opening statements, Bassett, Gilman and Thompson iterated their close ties with the central Kenai Peninsula. Gilman, a local attorney, said raising his four children with his wife, Margaret Gilman, in Kenai, is responsible for what he hopes to accomplish through the Kenai assembly seat if elected. He emphasized his belief that developing stronger family units in the area will in turn build a stronger community. Thompson, who works for KSRM Radio Group as program director, also said his family has given him a sense of responsibility to create a better future for his two children and increased his desire to run of public office. He said he hopes he can assist in the borough’s fiscal responsibilities.

Bassett said his experience working within the local economy that includes the commercial fishing and oil and gas industries contributed to his specific political concerns over erosion abatement and “finding cost-effective solutions to local problems.” The first issue the candidates addressed was the viability of the current operating policy at Central Peninsula Hospital. Gilman said the current policy “needs to be tweaked.” Refusing to enter a transfer agreement with the Surgery Center of Kenai is minimizing the potential for other competition within the Kenai community, he said. Health care in the area needs a place for private sector competition, he said. Thompson said the current CPH policy is creating a monopoly. The hospital is operating more as a business concerned with profits and expenditures and less as a community hospital. Competition means better services and lower costs, he said. Bassett said he was unclear of the intricacies of the situation, but that there seemed to be misunderstandings among the public that should be cleared up. The candidates were asked for their responses to Proposition A, concerning borough animal control, and ProposiSee KENAI, page A-8 C M Y

By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion

With the election for Kenai Peninsula Borough assembly members less than three weeks away, two of the three candidates for the Sterling and Funny River district provided their insight on local issues Wednesday. The three candidates for District 5, LaDawn Druce, Stan Welles and Marty Anderson, have a combined 73 years of Alaska residency. The Sterling residents are running for the seat currently held by Charlie Pierce, who has termlimited out. Druce and Welles participated in a candidate forum at the Kenai and Soldotna Chambers luncheon Wednesday. Anderson did not attend. Druce brings a background of public school educator to the race. She is currently a school counselor at Ninilchik School, River City Academy and Soldotna High School. Druce was most recently president of the Kenai Peninsula Education Association, a position she held since 2008 before stepping down last July. She said the opportunity to travel to different schools throughout the borough gave her a unique perspective of the area. A couple years ago, Druce and her husband, Michael Druce, bought a

15-acre farm on Robinson Loop Road and started a family business, Alaska Summer Peonies. “I like to be involved and make a positive difference in the community,” Druce said. “I bring enthusiasm, energy and incredible work ethic. I support public schools and listen to all perspectives to make a good decision.” Welles, a retired Boeing aerospace engineer, said he would bring a lot of real world experience to the borough assembly along with experience in agriculture and erosion control. He said he is looking forward to celebrating his 50th wedding anniversary with his wife, Nikki Welles, in December. He said being a good assemblyman means stewardship of other people’s assets. “From an engineering background, I tend to be more analytical, looking for metrics to measure productivity as opposed to throwing more money at the issue,” Welles said. The candidates were asked if they supported or opposed the borough’s funding of non-departmental, or nonprofit, organizations. Welles said as a second class borough its function should be to determine what services are needed and justify for See STERLING, page A-8

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AccuWeather 5-day forecast for Kenai-Soldotna

Barrow 38/33

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Periods of rain

Mostly cloudy with a bit of rain

Mostly cloudy

Chance for a bit of rain

A couple of showers possible

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Hi: 58 Lo: 42

Hi: 56 Lo: 42

Hi: 54 Lo: 38

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

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

43 49 52 51

New Sep 23

Today 7:39 a.m. 8:17 p.m.

First Oct 1

Daylight

Length of Day - 12 hrs., 38 min., 43 sec. Moonrise Moonset Daylight lost - 5 min., 31 sec.

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

Tomorrow 7:41 a.m. 8:14 p.m.

Full Oct 8

Today 1:38 a.m. 6:10 p.m.

Readings through 4 p.m. yesterday

Nome 54/41

Temperature

Unalakleet McGrath 56/45 56/43

Last Oct 15 Tomorrow 2:44 a.m. 6:33 p.m.

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Kotzebue 55/46/c 55/46/c 53/45/pc McGrath 62/45/c 51/46/r 55/47/r Metlakatla 56/52/c 37/36/r 38/33/r Nome 53/43/pc 57/42/c 56/43/r North Pole 65/33/pc 54/48/r 54/46/r Northway 54/31/pc 51/48/r 58/45/r Palmer 57/46/c 60/44/pc 60/41/pc Petersburg 57/48/c 57/45/pc 58/37/r Prudhoe Bay* 40/35/c 54/48/r 57/44/r Saint Paul 55/45/sh 52/49/r 53/47/r Seward 51/47/r 65/37/pc 65/41/c Sitka 57/47/c 61/34/pc 59/38/pc Skagway 56/49/c 55/47/c 53/35/r Talkeetna 59/47/sh 52/44/c 57/37/r Tanana 63/32/pc 54/48/r 54/49/r Tok* 57/30/pc 62/51/r 56/46/r Unalakleet 55/43/pc 60/47/r 54/49/r Valdez 50/45/c 56/50/c 58/53/r Wasilla 57/46/r 50/41/r 44/39/c Whittier 52/48/c 56/46/r 58/43/pc Willow* 55/45/c 63/51/c 58/51/r Yakutat 54/47/r 58/47/c 57/45/pc Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

54/42/pc 56/43/r 58/52/r 54/41/pc 63/37/pc 57/37/c 57/45/r 55/50/r 40/34/c 53/45/sh 54/47/r 57/53/r 53/47/sh 57/43/r 58/41/r 57/35/c 56/45/c 54/44/r 56/45/r 53/48/r 56/45/r 57/49/r

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68/40/pc 70/60/t 79/61/pc 74/57/sh 81/66/pc 75/53/s 86/71/t 74/54/pc 84/57/pc 85/63/pc 82/59/pc 86/58/pc 73/50/s 60/40/pc 92/52/pc 84/70/t 72/52/s 77/60/sh 68/51/s 86/54/c 71/51/s

Dillingham 57/44

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24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. . 0.11" Month to date ........................... 2.70" Normal month to date .............. 1.79" Year to date ............................ 15.25" Normal year to date ................ 11.37" Record today ................. 1.09" (2012) Record for Sept. ............. 7.07" (1961) Record for year ............ 27.09" (1963)

Juneau 54/49

National Extremes

Kodiak 57/45

Sitka 57/53

(For the 48 contiguous states)

High yesterday Low yesterday

113 at Death Valley, Calif. 30 at West Yellowstone, Mont.

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Ketchikan 58/53

65 at Fairbanks and North Pole 24 at Eagle

Today’s Forecast

(Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation)

Heavy rain and flooding will center on New Mexico, Arizona and part of western Texas today. Spotty downpours will affect the Gulf coast. Some rain will fall in the coastal Northwest and in North Carolina.

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66/47/pc 81/66/c 73/52/s 68/35/pc 88/70/pc 72/49/s 89/57/pc 71/57/pc 65/45/pc 53/47/pc 81/66/r 74/63/c 69/49/t 64/43/s 83/53/pc 74/45/s 79/52/pc 90/75/s 81/70/t 70/50/s 88/67/t

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88/71/c 74/62/pc 89/78/pc 97/79/pc 86/63/pc 96/75/s 71/50/pc 77/63/c 92/77/t 90/69/pc 69/48/pc 77/55/pc 74/55/pc 89/73/pc 73/55/s 75/69/pc 92/69/c 80/57/pc 82/72/t 75/56/pc 89/78/t

90/70/t 74/62/t 87/78/c 98/72/pc 86/66/t 84/67/s 75/54/s 84/65/t 87/75/t 81/68/t 61/52/s 71/57/pc 78/56/pc 85/73/t 76/55/s 77/66/c 91/67/pc 74/62/c 91/72/t 76/57/s 94/79/t

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69/48/s 68/40/pc 77/59/sh 87/59/pc 83/52/pc 82/60/pc 88/62/t 91/75/t 81/71/pc 76/63/c 75/55/t 70/59/sh 74/62/c 79/55/pc 61/38/pc 88/74/t 77/66/t 83/69/r 89/69/t 78/61/pc 88/67/t

FAIRBANKS (AP) — A ballot measure that would raise Alaska’s minimum wage may sound good to voters but is “an infringement upon liberty,” an economics professor said in debating the merits of the proposal. “All the sudden, we have government telling us we can’t choose the wage at which we’re willing to work,” University of Alaska Fairbanks professor Sherri Wall said, adding later: “Be leery of other people making decisions for you, because we’re all best positioned to make decisions for ourselves.” Wall debated a sponsor of the initiative, former state labor commissioner Ed Flanagan, at a forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters of the Tanana Valley on Tuesday.

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Today Hi/Lo/W 86/77/t 78/65/pc 63/54/sh 103/72/s 73/56/pc 92/82/pc 79/62/s 84/48/s 76/61/t 76/57/t 55/39/c 75/53/t 56/36/pc 58/43/pc 81/61/t 81/67/pc 80/58/s 88/77/t 65/47/s 76/64/pc 67/57/sh

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Proposal to raise state minimum wage debated

North Slope crude: $97.91, up from $96.10 on Monday West Texas Int.: $94.88, up from $92.92 on Monday

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Valdez Kenai/ 54/44 Soldotna Homer

Cold Bay 54/46

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High ............................................... 55 Low ................................................ 46 Normal high .................................. 57 Normal low .................................... 39 Record high ........................ 67 (1969) Record low ........................ 23 (2004)

Kenai/ Soldotna 55/45 Seward 54/47 Homer 56/46

Anchorage 55/47

Bethel 56/43

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

From Kenai Municipal Airport

Fairbanks 65/41

Talkeetna 57/43 Glennallen 53/35

Today Hi/Lo/W

Unalaska 52/46

Internet: www.gedds.alaska.edu/auroraforecast

Almanac

* Indicates estimated temperatures for yesterday Today Hi/Lo/W

Today’s activity: Low Where: Auroral activity will be low. Weather permitting, low-level displays will be visible overhead from Barrow to Fairbanks and visible low on the northern horizon from as far south as Anchorage and Juneau.

Prudhoe Bay 40/34

Anaktuvuk Pass 47/33

Kotzebue 54/42

Sun and Moon

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Company Final Change Agrium Inc............... 93.15 +0.28 Alaska Air Group...... 46.16 -0.59 ACS...........................1.66 — Apache Corp............97.50 -0.32 AT&T........................ 35.02 +0.07 Baker Hughes...........67.59 -0.36 BP ........................... 46.23 — Chevron.................. 124.72 -0.24 ConocoPhillips......... 80.64 -0.11 ExxonMobil...............97.08 -0.35 1st Natl. Bank AK...1,726.00 — GCI...........................11.03 — Halliburton............... 66.24 -1.05 Harley-Davidson...... 62.37 -1.20 Home Depot.............91.22 +0.95 McDonald’s.............. 93.53 +0.22 Safeway................... 34.38 -0.03 Schlumberger......... 103.31 -1.65 Tesoro.......................61.81 -0.83 Walmart................... 76.24 -0.08 Wells Fargo.............. 52.51 +0.20 Gold closed............1,223.96 -11.63 Silver closed............ 18.55 -0.16 Dow Jones avg..... 17,156.85 +24.88 NASDAQ................ 4,562.19 +9.43 S&P 500................ 2,001.57 +2.59 Stock prices provided by the Kenai Peninsula Edward Jones offices. C

Flanagan said opponents of the last minimum wage hike in Alaska “predicted doom and gloom, but it didn’t happen.” He said gains were made in employment. The initiative, set to appear on the November ballot, would raise the minimum wage of $7.75 an hour by $2 an hour over two years and adjust it for inflation after that.

While relatively few people work right at the minimum wage, tens of thousands would be affected by an increase in the wage as employers need to become more competitive, Flanagan said. Wall said she assumed the initiative will pass “because it sounds good.” She said some people will be employed at the higher wage

and some people will lose jobs. Flanagan said an academic approach to pay doesn’t recognize the reality that low-income or entry-level workers often don’t have much say in what they’re paid, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported. “How voluntary is it? Workers are price takers — as economists like to say — and the price sucks right now,” he said.

Peninsula Clarion, Thursday, September 18, 2014

Obituary John Seeman

Meditation Class and Tai Chi practice

John Seeman was born November 27, 1954 in Gaylord, Minnesota to Orlen and Jeanette Seeman. He passed into eternity Sept. 14, 2014 after a battle with colon cancer. John grew up in Minnesota, married Pat and they had three children, Krista, Kathryn and Joe. They moved to Anchorage as a young family. After their divorce in 1985, John seemed to fall off the grid, estranged from all. His life was on the streets of Anchorage for several years and was filled with alcohol and IV drugs. One day, a stranger gave him $100, and with this money he fled his lifestyle with a duffle bag and dog, Seward, left the drugs behind and vowed to himself to do better and had the determination to do just that. He moved to Homer in 1997 and within 3 weeks started his new job with Chux Cab as a driver. On his first day, he met his future wife, Linda Carew. With a beard that looked like an apron, 8 inches thick, down to his belly and looking like a brillo pad, it was not love at first sight for her. One day Linda told him she was going to stop driving a cab and moving back home to Nikiski. John had never been and after loading up her Ford Ranger, he and Seward followed in their old Subaru. In Nikiski, he got a job at Niro’s Pizza and Linda’s parents sold him a parcel of land with terms he could afford. This is where John put down deep roots, found the Lord, re-established relationships with his family and married Linda in September of 2000. He also worked for Alaska Cab, Tesoro (couple of turnarounds), worked on the LNG construction, Brown’s Electric and then Carlile after getting his CDL. He loved Carlile and dreamed of getting well enough to go back to work. While there, he made four good, highly valued friends, Rich, Gary, Amal and Juan. They made him smile, even at the end. Thank you to them; they are all of high caliber. He valued his relationships with his family, his church family, Linda’s daughter, Katie Hollisworth and his friends. He loved Nikiski and its people and cherished each moment with his children and grandchildren. John was preceded in death by his father, Orlen. He leaves behind his wife, Linda; daughters, Krista and husband Jay Caldwell of Minnesota and Kathryn and husband Leon of Anchorage; son, Joe and wife, Diana of Anchorage; his mother, Jeanette; sister, Peg both of Minnesota; brother Bill of Hawaii and Katie and husband, Ted of Anchor Point. Services will be held at 3 p.m. September 27, 2014 at Nikiski New Hope Fellowship. In lieu of memorial gifts, hug your loved ones, hold them close to your heart and do an act of random kindness for a stranger as it may change the course of their lives. Please get a colonoscopy as it can save you and your family from this devastating disease. Please sign John’s online guestbook at www.alaskanfuneral.com

Soldotna Community Schools presents two mind-body wellness events on Saturday, September 20. Meditation class is from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Learn and practice mindfulness with Ann Marina, author of Preserve Your Brain, at Soldotna Prep School library. Fee is $15. Wear comfortable clothing, and register at the door. Tai Chi practice begins at 1:30 p.m. for practitioners of Yang Long Form. Both events are free. For more information call 239-682-4575, or email yoganni@yahoo.com.

Betty (Glick) Ohse

Around the Peninsula

Longtime Kenai resident, Mrs. Betty (Glick) Ohse, 100, died Saturday, September 13, 2014 at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, September 18, 2014 at the Kenai City Cemetery. Memorial services will be held 2:00 p.m. Sunday, September 21, 2014 at The New Life Assembly of God Church in Kenai. Pastor Stephen Brown will be officiating. A reception will follow at the church. Salome Elizabeth Enck was born on November 7, 1913 to Samuel M. and Salome K. Enck in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. On July 31, 1932 she married Carl S. Glick Sr. They both studied to become ministers at the Assembly of God Green Lane Bible School. She was ordained by the Assembly of God, Inc., after pastoring the Psalms town Assembly of God Church for 18 years. In 1957 both she and her late husband received an appointment with Assembly of God, division of Home Missions to pioneer a church in Kenai, Alaska, a church which is still thriving. In 1962 she was widowed. In 1967 she married Fred S. Ohse and was widowed again in 1970. From 1977 to 1989 she worked for Salvation Army in Anchorage as a friendly visitor to the shut-ins. She is survived by her son, Carl S. Glick Jr. and his wife, Betty; granddaughters, Elizabeth R. McDermid and her husband, Bill; grandson, John R. Glick and his wife, Barbara; grandson, William J. (Bill) Glick and his wife, Becky; fifteen great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her sister, June Rose Wenger and her husband, Earl of Leola, Pennsylvania; brother, Chester S. Enck of Stevens, Pennsylvania and numerous nieces and nephews. Arrangements made by Peninsula Memorial Chapel & Crematory. Please sign Betty’s online guestbook at AlaskanFuneral.com.

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AmVets to meet AmVets Post 4, the AmVets Auxiliary and the AmVets Sons will hold their monthly meeting this Tuesday Sept. 16. The ladies meet at 6:30 p.m. and the men meet at 7 p.m. Meeting discussion will include the upcoming rummage sale at the Post Oct. 3 and 4. AMVETS Post 4 is located in the Red Diamond Center on K-Beach. For information please call 907-2623540.

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Your Amazing Brain, a free seminar, will be at Kenai Community Library on Thursday, Sept. 18 at 5:30 p.m. Learn about brain plasticity, and how to tune up your neural circuits. Ann Learn to swim in Nikiski Marina, author of Preserve Your Brain, shares ways to improve Registration for Nikiski Pool swim lessons starts Monday, energy, memory, coordination and mental clarity. Books availSept. 29 at noon with two sets of group swim lessons starting able for $10. For more information, call 239-682-4575 or email Oct.8, including beginners, advanced beginners, intermediates yoganni@yahoo.com. and tiny tots. Semi-private swim lessons start Dec. 3. Aqua Zumba starts in October, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Kickoff party at the Ninilchik Library Please call Nigel at 907-776-8800 for more information. Your Invited to the Ninilchik Imagination Library Kickoff Party! The Ninilchik Imagination Library is brought to you by Fourth annual Project Homeless Best Beginnings and Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library FounConnect volunteers needed dation. Stop by the Ninilchik Community Library to enroll your child ages birth to 5 on Friday, Sept. 19, from 4-7 p.m. The Kenai Peninsula’s upcoming 4th Annual Project Homeless Connect event will be held in January 2015. Planning for the event is currently being conducted and we’re looking for vol- Celebrate Public Lands Day unteers to assist in event planning and coordination. The next with Alaska State Parks Project Homeless Connect meeting will be held on Tuesday, Oct. Join Alaska State Parks on Sept. 27 to celebrate National 14 from 1:30-3 p.m. at the Kenai Public Health building, located behind Country Foods in Kenai. Please consider being a part Public Lands Day at their Kenai Headquarters Office located of our efforts to assist homeless individuals in our community! in Sterling. Volunteers will assist State Parks Staff in conductFor more information on how you can help, please email Holly ing light maintenance along a popular fishing trail and possible river restoration. The event will be located at 35850 Lou MorPalmer at coordinator@ppwca.com or call 907-398-7774. gan Road. Volunteers should arrive at 11 a.m. and meet in the Day Use Parking Area. The event will end around 2 p.m. Bring Caregiver support meeting scheduled water, snacks, work gloves, and depending on any recent rainKenai Peninsula Family Caregiver Support Program will hold- fall, rubber boots. For more information and to RSVP please ing their caregiver support meeting, Tuesday, Sept. 16 at the Ke- contact Jason Okuly at 262-5581 ext 28. nai Senior Center from 1-3 p.m. Topic for discussion, “Healthy Aging Awareness Month.” A support meeting is great time to Group for parents of children with special needs start taking care of yourself. Join other caregivers, for laughter or If you are a parent of a special needs child then this is the tears about the daily life as a family caregiver. Let us take care of group for you. Have you ever felt frustrated with schedules, apyou, so you can take care of your loved one. For more information about the program or support meetings, call Shelley or Judy pointments, and extra responsibilities that come with those special needs but love your child beyond imagination? Then you at 907-262-1280. really need to join us on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. The group meets at Kenai River Center (Donald Gilman Center) on Funny River Sign up for youth basketball Road across the street from Soldotna airport. SPEAK = Special Nikiski Youth Basketball coed registration deadline is Sept. Parents Encouraging Amazing Kids. For more information call 26 for third/fourth and fifth/sixth grade boys and girls. Please Peggy Larson 260-3621/394-6310 or email at peggysuelee@ gmail.com. call Tammy at 907-776-8800 for more information.

Community Calendar Today 8 a.m. • Alcoholics Anonymous As Bill Sees It Group, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Unit 71 (Old Carrs Mall). Call 398-9440. 8:30 a.m. • TOPS AK No. 220 Kasilof weigh-in at CES Station 6, 58260 Sterling Highway. Meeting starts at 9 a.m. Call 262-7319 or 2523436. 10 a.m. • TOPS AK No. 164 Soldotna weigh-in at First Baptist Church, 159 S. Binkley. Meeting starts at 11 a.m. Call 262-7339. • Narcotics Anonymous PJ Meeting, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group at 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Suite 71 in the old Carrs

Mall in Kenai. Call 262-1917. 5:30 p.m. • Free Seated Zumba Gold at the Kenai Senior Center. New participants, active older adults, and chair-bound or limited mobility participants are encouraged. 6 p.m. • AA Step Sisters women’s meeting at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, O’Neill Hall, 222 W. Redoubt, Soldotna. Call 262-2304. • TOPS AK 20, Soldotna, weigh-in at Christ Lutheran Church, 128 North Soldotna Avenue, Soldotna. Meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. Call 262-1557. • Celebrate Recovery, Midnight Son Seventh-day Adventist church on the corner of Swires Rd. and Kenai Spur Hwy in Kenai. Dinner is at 6 p.m.; Recovery Lesson at 6:30 p.m.; Open Share

groups at 7:15 p.m. Email rking4@mac.com or call260-3292. 7 p.m. • Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “Dopeless Hope Fiends,” 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. • Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “Sterling Group,” Moose River RV Park, Mile 81.5 Sterling Highway, Sterling. • Square dance group at Ninilchik Senior Center. • Alcoholics Anonymous “Unity Men’s Group” meets downstairs the Salvation Army building in Soldotna. 8 p.m. • AA Attitude of Gratitude at URS Club, 405 Overland Drive. Call 283-3777. • AA North Roaders Group at North Star Methodist Church, Mile 25.5 Kenai Spur Highway. Call 242-9477. • Alcoholics Anonymous Ninichick support group at United

Methodist Church, 15811 Sterling Highway, Ninilchik. Call 907-5673574. The Community Calendar lists recurring events and meetings of local organizations. To have your event listed, email organization name, day or days of meeting, time of meeting, place, and a contact phone number to news@ peninsulaclarion.com.

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Obscenity on the campaign trail As part of a court case in 1964, U.S.

Supreme Court justice Potter Stewart was asked to determine whether a film was pornographic or not. “I know it when I see it,” Stewart wrote in part, thus enshrining a phrase in America’s lexicon. Over Labor Day weekend, Sen. Mark Begich unveiled a new campaign ad for television. In it, a narrator identified as an Anchorage police detective stands in front of an Anchorage apartment building and describes the murder of two seniors and the sexual assault of their granddaughter. The crimes were allegedly committed by a man who received a shorter sentence than he should have for a previous offense committed when Begich’s opponent, Dan Sullivan, was attorney general. Had that man received a proper sentence, the ad concludes, those two seniors would still be alive. The problem is the ad isn’t true. Sullivan wasn’t attorney general when the mistake was made, and Begich’s stumble means the mud he meant to sling is now trickling down the front of his shirt. We know politics is a messy business. We know candidates will dig up dirt on each other. But, as justice Stewart said, we know an obscenity when we see it. Distorting the truth is obscene. Using a family’s suffering for political gain is even worse. At the request of the victims’ family, Begich’s political campaign pulled the offensive ad. Similarly, Sullivan’s campaign pulled a response ad. In the next month, we expect to see Sullivan try to tie Begich closely to President Obama. We expect to see Begich try to tie Sullivan to unpopular decisions he made while attorney general. We don’t expect to see much discussion of the issues facing the next U.S. Congress. That, unfortunately, is the biggest obscenity of them all. — Juneau Empire, Sept. 11

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On ISIS, Congress should vote

We have as close to a national consensus as possible in the war against ISIS. Polls show the public wants strong measures. Practically everyone on the political spectrum says the terror group should be destroyed, even Elizabeth Warren and Rand Paul. President Barack Obama has given a prime-time speech committing the country to a yearslong war. And yet Congress can’t bring itself to vote to authorize military action. President Obama doesn’t want to ask for an authorization, and Congress doesn’t want to be asked. Who says that no one can get along in Washington? When it comes to evading democratic accountability, the consensus is broad and deep. The advantages of an authorization are obvious. It would be an unmistakable statement of national will. It would communicate to our allies our seriousness. It would put everyone on record, so if the war goes badly it is harder for finger-in-the-wind members of Congress to bail out. Even more obvious is the alliance of convenience between President Obama and Congress to avoid a vote (except on the more limited mission of arming and training Syrian rebels). The president doesn’t want to be bothered, especially after his illfated quest for a vote to authorize bombing Syria last year (the effort seemed doomed before he pulled the plug). And Congress doesn’t want to bother, not with an election looming and not when a vote would require taking needless responsibility. So the president rummages around his

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“To be clear, if we reach the point where I believe our advisers should accompany Iraqi troops on attacks against specific ISIL The birds have it targets, I will recommend that to the president.” Here I sit next to the picture window — Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the watching Kelly dress down Ward Churchill Joint Chiefs of Staff, on whether American ground troops may and then Dinesh gives him a go also. Poor be needed to battle Islamic State forces in the Middle East. Ward, he sure can’t find much good in America or anything America has ever done in our history as a country. If you don’t watch Fox News, sorry to leave you out of the loop, but that’s not really what this story is about. By GARRY TRUDEAU It is Friday evening and as I look out the window, I am reminded that nature is far more enlightening than anything electronic. The birds ... robins, thrush, stellar jays and many others are busy feasting on natures table; they are everywhere and in great abundance. This seems to be the year of the bird. The ash tree berries are heavy on the limb and seem to have ripened early this year. The stellar jays have found unshelled peanuts somewhere in the neighborhood. As I observe the avian activities in the front yard, worm catchers and berry eaters alike, a big blue lands in the driveway with two whole unshelled peanuts. He drops one and stashes the other in a bush, then returns to the dropped one, grabs it and pushes it into the open end of a cyclone fence rail. Stocking up for a cold winter? The other morning while reading the Clarion, out of the blue lands a stellar jay on the window sill, mere inches away from my face. He stared and he stayed. We did eye contact and my wife looked over from her desk to watch the interaction between two early birds. God, I love these birds and the pause they give us from the harsh realities of this world. Some of them, perhaps in haste or berry intoxication, succumb to window crashes and other miscalculations of inexperience, but in the chain of events, the

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desk drawers searching for a legal basis for his war, while Congress mumbles and looks at its shoes. Such are the exertions of the nation’s political branches as they embark on a long fight against an Rich Lowry enemy of the United States. Even if it is unauthorized, the war against ISIS is not illegal. The president has the inherent authority as commander in chief to act against a threat to the United States, and Americans have been killed by ISIS. But Harvard Law School professor Jack Goldsmith points out the problem for the administration in asserting this view. Under the War Powers Resolution — a fetish of the left — Congress must authorize military action 60 days after it is undertaken. So, unless the administration wants to openly defy the resolution — as it did during the Libya War when it argued that the monthslong bombing campaign against Moammar Gadhafi didn’t constitute “hostilities” — it would still need congressional authorization. It prefers, then, to argue that the war has already been authorized. It is relying primarily on the 2001 authorization against those who “planned, authorized, committed, or aided” the Sept. 11 attacks, or “harbored” those who did. This has been taken

as a broad mandate to hit al-Qaida or alQaida-allied groups. Its application to ISIS is dubious, though. ISIS didn’t commit 9/11, and it is fighting al-Qaida rather than being allied with it. As backup, the administration says the 2002 authorization for the Iraq War still applies. This, too, is tenuous. The 2002 legislation authorized the president “to defend the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq.” The regime that constituted that threat is long gone, and President Obama declared the war over years ago. It wasn’t long ago that President Obama was a scold about how important it was for Congress to authorize military interventions. It wasn’t long ago that his administration considered the 2001 and 2002 authorizations dated and overly broad, and talked of their repeal. Now, he is happy to sidestep Congress by any legalistic parsing necessary. Just because the president doesn’t want to push for an authorization doesn’t mean Congress has to stand by the sidelines. Yet that is where it is happy to be. The fight against ISIS will be accompanied by fiery denunciations of the group’s barbarism and ringing statements of resolve. It will include everything, it seems, but a congressional vote of authorization. How pathetic. Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com.

So thank you for your continued covergentle white feline of the neighborhood age of an important topic for all Alaskans. does not mind. I appreciate your interest in highlighting Rod Berg the many newsworthy items that occur in Soldotna this area. Stephen P. Lesko, CEO Hope executive director Executive Director shares more of the story Hope Community Resources It is a genuine pleasure to see the Peninsula Clarion running stories about Hope Reader has questions Community Resources and our activities about candidate on the Kenai Peninsula (August 11, SepHaving done some research on the recent tember 10). Hope has provided services throughout Alaska for 45 years and today background of Tom Bearup, currently runover 1,400 individuals (children, adoles- ning for Kenai Peninsula Borough mayor, I cents and adults) and their families receive am interested in the reasons for his change community supports through nine regional in career focus. My research shows that he ran for Sheriff in Pinal County, Arizona in offices. In 2004, Hope opened an office on the 2012, after working in the Maricopa CounKenai Peninsula with six individuals and ty, Arizona Sheriff Department for several families. Hope currently supports over 150 years. Mr. Bearup was unsuccessful in that election and now is making his mayoral bid people in eight areas in this region. Recently, we celebrated a ground break- here. My questions are: How would his law ing for the new Kenai Community Center enforcement and campaign experiences in that the Peninsula Clarion covered (Sep- Arizona benefit the Kenai Peninsula Bortember 10). The coverage shared some, but ough? How can his experience as a sheriff’s deputy translate to a mayor’s duties? not all of the highlights from the event. Senator Peter A. Micciche and Mayor Would law enforcement be more important Mike Navarre’s presence at the event and than the assembly and public participation commitment to the project was inspiring model used here? Paula Standefer and not completely captured in the article. Kenai The Senator vowed that he would partner to help raise the community portion of the project before the next Legislative session in January. This is a significant commitment on the part of the Senator and we are extremely grateful for his offer of assisE-mail: news@peninsulaclarion.com tance. It will enable Hope to build the new Write: Fax: 4,500 square foot center in a timely and Peninsula Clarion 907-283-3299 cost effective manner allowing us to focus P.O. Box 3009 Questions? Call: on the individuals in the community who Kenai, AK 99611 907-283-7551 choose our supports. Additionally, Mayor Navarre commitn All letters must include the writer’s ted a cash donation from his business. name, phone number and address. It was inspiring to see the community n Letters are limited to 500 words coming together in so many different ways and may be edited to fit available to support a project of significance that space. Letters are run in the order will positively impact the lives of individuthey are received. als and families experiencing disabilities.

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Business Five things for businesses to know

Health care Small business owners who bought employee health insurance policies before the end of 2013, sidestepping the law’s requirements for a year, could pay between 10 percent and 20 percent more when it’s time to renew, says Michael Stahl, chief marketing officer of HealthMarkets Inc., a broker based in North Richland Hills, Texas. They’ll also have to decide on plans. Policies issued under the law have significant changes including the requirement that pre-existing conditions be covered. Some owners may decide it’s better if workers purchase their own governmentsubsidized coverage on health insurance exchanges. Companies whose coverage took effect Jan. 1 of this year and complied with the law could see increases between 5 percent and 10 percent for 2015, Stahl says. Not all small business owners will have to make these decisions this year. Employers with 50 to 99 workers have until 2016. Companies with fewer than 50 workers are exempt.

Internet security

Home Depot Inc.’s news that it was hacked should prompt small businesses to improve Internet security, says Charles Tendell, CEO of Azorian Cyber Security in Denver. Small companies tend to be vulnerable to hacking because many don’t have strong Internet security. Businesses should install software designed to protect computers from viruses and what’s called malware, programs used to harm computers or steal information, Tendell says. If companies offer WiFi to customers or visitors, it should be separate from their operations. Owners should consider hiring an Internet security expert who can show them where their vulnerabilities are and suggest a solution, Tendell says. Owners should also train employees to help avoid hacking attacks.

New technology Businesses interested in accepting Apple Pay, the digital payment system linked to the new iPhone 6, will need to invest in equipment that processes contactless pay-

Odie to retire, introduce new Bead It owner Odie Pack, owner of Odie’s Bead It, is retiring. She is happy to announce that she has sold her bead store to Elizabeth and Abby Ward. The Wards will keep the store in its current location at 44619 Sterling Hwy No. 3 in Soldotna with the new name “Abby’s Beads & More.” Odie would love the opportunity to say farewell to her customers and introduce the new owner on September 17-19 from 10 a.m.6 p.m. AP Photo/The Paducah Sun, Allie Douglass, File

In this Nov. 30, 2013 photo, Brody Clark, 4, of Paducah, Ky., receives a Christmas treat from Jeinine Searcy while his family shops around The Chocolate Factory during Small Business Saturday in Paducah, Ky. Heath care, Internet security and new technology are among the list of things that small businesses need to be on top of over the next several months.

ments. Contactless payments are transactions made by tapping a smartphone, credit card or key fob on an electronic device. The iPhone 6 will be in stores starting Friday. Small business owners should also look ahead to October 2015, when credit and debit cards will be required to have embedded chips rather than magnetic strips, says Denee Carrington, an analyst with Forrester Research. Businesses will need new equipment to accept those cards, but the good news is they can already buy equipment that also processes contactless and swipe transactions. Microsoft is expected to release its Windows 9 operating system for laptop and desktop computers by early next year. But owners shouldn’t rush to buy it until they know whether it’s compatible with computers, hardware like printers and software they use to run their companies, says David Rosenbaum, president of Real-Time Computer Services, a technology services company in New York. If owners have aging PCs that need to be replaced before there are more answers about Windows 9, they’re better off getting machines with the better-known Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, Rosenbaum says.

tax in states where they don’t have a store or other physical locations. Under current federal law, online, phone and mail-order transactions are exempt from sales tax. The legislation has support in the Senate, which passed a preliminary bill earlier this year. It faces opposition in the House. The legislation is supported by retailers required to collect the tax. They can lose business to out-of-state retailers who don’t have to collect it. Small retailers contend it will cost them time and money to collect the tax.

Tax deductions

The size of companies’ 2014 tax bills will depend on whether Congress raises what’s called the Section 179 deduction. It allows small companies to deduct up-front rather than depreciate the cost of equipment like computers, vehicles, furniture and manufacturing machines. The deduction, set at $500,000 during 2013 to help businesses continue their recovery from the recession, fell to $25,000 for 2014. The House has voted to set the deduction permanently at $500,000. Senate leaders have opposed that increase. The House also voted to revive a tax break called bonus depreciation, which alInternet sales tax lows businesses to immediately deduct up After the November elections, Congress to 50 percent of the cost of property and could act on legislation that would force re- equipment. It also faces Senate oppositailers and other companies to collect sales tion.

Drugstores, retailers dive into vaccines By TOM MURPHY AP Business Writer

Walgreen provided enough flu shots last season to protect a population roughly twice the size of Los Angeles. CVS doled out more than 5 million, or double its total from a few years ago. And Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, offers flu shots at more than 4,200 of its U.S. stores that have pharmacies. The nation’s biggest drugstores and other retailers are grabbing larger chunks of the immunization market, giving customers more convenient options outside the doctor’s office to protect themselves against the flu, pneumonia and other illnesses. In fact, nearly half of all flu vaccines provided to adults are now administered in non-medical settings like drugstores or worksite clinics. But this push by retailers muscles into an area of health care that was once largely the domain of the family doctor. And that stirs some concern from doctors who want to stay tuned into the health of their patients and keep track of who has received a vaccine. Doctors often use flu shot appointments to ask patients about chronic conditions such as diabetes they may be treating, said Dr. Robert Wergin, a family physician in Milford, Nebraska, and president-elect of the American Academy of Family Physicians. “That relationship, knowing the patient, that’s important,” he said, adding that many doctor offices have worked to become more convenient by offering same-day appointments for flu shots. Retailers say their pharmacists can notify a customer’s primary care doctor that the patient had a flu shot, if the patient gives them the contact information,

Business News n The Soldotna Chamber of Commerce meets at noon on Tuesday at Froso’s Restaurant. A presentation from A.R.E. Alaska Resource Education is scheduled. RSVP to 2629814. n The Kenai Chamber of Commerce will not meet next week. n The Soldotna and Kenai Chambers of Commerce will host a joint luncheon at noon on Sept. 30 at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. A presentation on state Ballot Measure 3, the Alaska minimum wage increase, is planned. RSVP to 262-9814 or 283-1991.

NEW YORK — What do small business owners need to pay attention to this fall? Heath care, Internet Security and new technology make the list. Here are five things that small businesses need to be on top of over the next several months:

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and their expansion into vaccinations isn’t meant to replace a primary care doctor visit. “It’s all about providing our customers with access to affordable health care,” said Danit Marquardt, a Wal-Mart spokeswoman. Retailers, some of which also offer vaccinations against diseases such as yellow fever and chickenpox, don’t disclose how much they make off vaccines. They likely represent a small slice of overall profit, but their value extends beyond what they contribute to the bottom line. “The vaccine is, I think ... a good marketing tool to bring people in,” said Eric Keuffel, a Temple University health economist. The first flu shot Lynn Bruggemann got was an im-

pulse purchase she made in 2011 while visiting a CVS store to buy toothpaste and shampoo. It took about 15 minutes and was covered by her insurance. That convenience has brought the 50-year-old Wyckoff, New Jersey, resident back to drugstores every year since. “If you try to make an appointment at a doctor’s office, sometimes it’s forever to get an appointment,” she said. In 1999, only 22 states allowed pharmacists to administer flu shots. A decade later, all 50 permitted the practice, after the outbreak of swine flu, or the H1N1 virus. Drugstores, which had spent years opening locations nationwide, offered plenty of places for people to quickly get flu shots to guard against that glob-

al pandemic. Their stores are open on weekends and for longer hours during the day than a typical doctor’s office. Plus, they can give shots without appointments. “It really helped increase access to the pandemic vaccine,” said Dr. Carolyn Bridges, associate director for adult immunizations for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “That was, I would say, kind of the turning point.” The number of flu vaccines distributed in the United States has nearly doubled since 2000 to 134.5 million in the 2013 to 2014 season. Bridges said she isn’t sure how much of this growth can be attributed to retail locations, but research shows that easy access is a big factor in adults getting immunizations.

Builders to hold membership meeting The Kenai Peninsula Builders Association will be holding their September membership meeting today at 6:30 p.m. at Mykel’s Restaurant. Guest speaker will be Jack Hébert, CEO/President of the Cold Climate Housing Research Center in Fairbanks. Guests are welcome to attend. For more information or to RSVP, please call 283-8071.

Agricultural equipment for rent The Kenai Soil & Water Conservation District has a wide variety of agricultural equipment for rent, including manual and mechanized tools for soil preparation (Meri Crusher), tillage, re-seeding, planting, pesticide and fertilizer application and bale wrapping. For information, see the “Equipment Rental” page at www.kenaisoilandwater.org or call 283-8732 ext. 5.

Job Center hosts training The following job skills workshops will be offered at the Peninsula Job Center the week of Sept. 22: Monday, Sept. 22 — 10:30 a.m., Intro to ALEXsys and the Job Center; 2:30 p.m., Resume Writing Workshop. Tuesday, Sept. 23 — 11:30 a.m., CareerReady 101 Lab. Wednesday, Sept. 24 — 9 a.m., WorkKeys® Testing. Thursday, Sept. 25 — 3:30 p.m., Vocational Rehabilitation Orientation. Friday, Sept. 26 — No workshops offered. All workshop are free of charge to the public. Those interested in attending any workshops offered at the Peninsula Job Center can call 335-3010 or visit the job center located in Kenai at 11312 Kenai Spur Hwy., Suite No. 2. Business hours are Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. excluding state and federal holidays. You can also reserve space by clicking on the “Schedule Workshops” option located on the main screen in your ALEXsys account www.jobs.alaska.gov.

What’s new in your business? Have you opened a new business, moved to a new location, hired a new person or promoted an employee? The community wants to know, and so do we. Send us your information at news@peninsulaclarion. com, fax it to 907-283-3299, or drop it by the Clarion at 150 Trading Bay in Kenai. Questions? Call 907-335-1251. Business announcements may be submitted to news@ peninsulaclarion.com.

Social Security resumes mailing statements WASHINGTON (AP) — The Social Security Administration has resumed mailing statements to workers letting them know the estimated benefits they will get when they retire, the agency announced Tuesday. Social Security began phasing out mailed statements to most workers in 2011 to save an estimated $70 million a year. Instead, the agency directed workers to track their future benefits online using a secure website. Congress, however, passed a bill last year requiring Social Security to resume mailing the statements. The agency said Tuesday that many workers will now start receiving paper statements in the mail every five years, starting a few months before their 25th birthday. Once workers reach 60 they will get them every year.

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Nation & World

Around the World Dow Jones industrial average closes at record high; Fed maintains stance on rates NEW YORK — The Dow Jones industrial average is closing at a record high after the Federal Reserve maintained its stance on record-low interest rates. The Dow rose 24 points, or 0.2 percent, to close at 17,156 Wednesday, surpassing its previous high from July by 18 points. The blue-chip average rose as much as 89 points after the Fed kept the phrase “considerable time,” in referring to how long it would wait before raising interest rates. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index edged up two points, or 0.1 percent, to finish at 2,001. The Nasdaq rose nine points, or 0.2 percent, to 4,562. The Fed has held the short-term rates it controls close to zero for more than five years, which has helped stimulate the economy and fueled a bull market for stocks.

Doctor says Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has cancer in abdomen TORONTO — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is suffering from a rare and difficult cancer that will require aggressive chemotherapy, his doctor said Wednesday. Dr. Zane Cohen, a colorectal surgeon at Mount Sinai hospital, said Ford has a malignant sarcoma tumor. Ford has been hospitalized for a week with a tumor in his abdomen. Cohen said mayor will undergo chemotherapy within the next two days and that he will be treated with fairly intensive chemotherapeutic agents. He said the cancer is spreading and that they have found “a small nodule in the buttock” near the left hip. The mayor withdrew his re-election bid Friday as he undergoes treatment, dramatically ending a campaign he had doggedly pursued despite calls for him to quit amid drug and alcohol scandals and a stint in rehab. Doug Ford is running for mayor in his brother’s place.

Pennsylvania State Police: Ambush suspect belonged to military re-enactor group Schools closed, kids stayed inside and authorities chased down several false sightings Wednesday in their hunt for the suspect in a fatal ambush outside a rural Pennsylvania State Police barracks. Police released new details about the background of Eric Frein, a 31-year-old self-taught survivalist who authorities said recently shaved his head in a wide Mohawk, evidently as “part of the mental preparation to commit this cowardly act,” Lt. Col. George Bivens said Tuesday afternoon. Frein belonged to a military simulation unit based in eastern Pennsylvania whose members play the role of soldiers from Cold War-era eastern Europe, Bivens told reporters. “In his current frame of mind, Frein appears to have assumed that role in real life,” he said. Hundreds of law enforcement officials spent a fifth full day Wednesday looking for the gunman who concealed himself outside the Blooming Grove barracks late Friday and shot two troopers with a rifle, killing one and wounding the second. Police named Frein the suspect after finding his abandoned SUV, which contained his driver’s license and spent shell casings matching those at the crime scene.

Iraq nixes US ground troops By VIVIAN SALAMA and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press

BAGHDAD — Iraq’s new prime minister ruled out stationing U.S. ground troops in his country, chiding the international community Wednesday for inaction in Syria and lamenting the “puzzling” exclusion of neighboring Iran from the coalition being assembled to fight the Islamic State group. Haider al-Abadi has been embraced by the West as a more inclusive leader who might heal the internal rifts that have dismembered Iraq. But his forthrightness in an interview with The Associated Press — his first with international media — suggested a man capable of parting ways on vision and holding his ground. Al-Abadi praised the U.S. aerial campaign targeting the militants who have overrun much of northern and western Iraq and carved out a proto-state spanning the Syria-Iraq border, saying it has helped efforts to roll back the Sunni extremists. But he stressed that he sees no need for the U.S. or other nations to send troops into Iraq to help fight the Islamic State. “Not only is it not necessary,” he said, “We don’t want them. We won’t allow them. Full stop.” Instead, al-Abadi urged the international community to expand its campaign against the extremists in neighboring Syria, noting that militants coming under pressure in Iraq are retreating back into Syria. The comments provided a sharp rebuttal to remarks a day earlier by the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, who told the Senate Armed Services Committee that American ground troops may be needed to battle Islamic State forces in the Middle East if President Barack Obama’s current strategy fails. On Wednesday, the Republi-

‘Not only is it not necessary. We don’t want them. We won’t allow them. Full stop.’ — Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, Iraq can-controlled House voted to give the U.S. military authority to train and arm moderate Syrian rebels, with final approval expected in the Senate as early as Thursday. However, Obama emphasized anew that American forces “do not and will not have a combat mission” in the struggle against the militants. “As your commander in chief, I will not commit you and the rest of our armed forces to fighting another ground war in Iraq,” Obama told troops at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida. Last week, Obama outlined a plan that includes a broader military campaign in Iraq, increased support and training for Syrian rebel groups, and expanded airstrikes against the militants in Syria. Al-Abadi, a veteran Shiite lawmaker who spent 20 years in exile in Britain prior to the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, faces the enormous task of trying to hold Iraq together amid the growing security and political challenges. The Iraqi premier said that the Iraqi military will choose and approve targets, and that the U.S. will not take action without consulting with Baghdad first. Failure to do so, he warned, risks causing widespread civilian casualties as has happened in Pakistan and Yemen, where the U.S. has conducted drone strikes for years. “The only contribution the American forces or the international coalition are going to help us with is from the sky,” al-Abadi said. “We are not giving any blank check to the international coalition to hit any target in Iraq.” The Islamic State group was

Liberia’s president praises US Ebola aid, hopes it will spur other nations to chip in

District has military gear

MONROVIA, Liberia — People critically ill with Ebola languishing in an ambulance for hours as paramedics seek a place for them. Treatment centers filling up as soon as they are opened. The situation is so dire in Liberia that its president welcomed a U.S. pledge to send troops and treatment centers, but said much more needs to be done. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Wednesday urged the world community to redouble efforts to battle the disease, which could spread into other countries after already hitting five West African nations. “Our American partners realize Liberia cannot defeat Ebola alone,” Sirleaf said in a written statement. “We hope this decision by the United States will spur the rest of the international community into action ... The entire community of nations has a stake in ending this crisis.” Even as the promises of aid came, the risks of such help were underscored as yet another international health care worker fell ill while trying to help sick patients in Liberia. Doctors Without Borders — also known by its French acronym MSF — said the female French employee would be evacuated to a special treatment center in France after being placed into isolation on Tuesday. The infection marks the first time an international MSF worker has contracted Ebola. Six local staff have been infected, three of whom died, though it was not clear that they had become sick at work and may have contracted the virus from the communities where they lived.

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LOS ANGELES — School police departments across the country have taken advantage of free military surplus gear, stocking up on mine resistant armored vehicles, grenade launchers and scores of M16 rifles. At least 26 school districts have participated in the Pentagon’s surplus program, which is not new but has come under scrutiny after police responded to protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, last month with tear gas, armored military trucks and riot gear. Now, amid that increased criticism, several school districts say they’ll give some of the equipment back. Nearly two dozen education and civil liberties groups sent a letter earlier this week to the Pentagon and the Justice and Education departments urging a stop to transfers of military weapons to school police.

The Los Angeles Unified School District — the nation’s second largest school district covering 710 square miles and enrolling more than 900,000 students — said it would remove three grenade launchers it had acquired because they “are not essential life-saving items within the scope, duties and mission” of the district’s police force. But the district plans to keep the 60 M16s and a military vehicle — known as an MRAP — used in Iraq and Afghanistan that was built to withstand mine blasts. District police Chief Steve Zipperman told The Associated Press that the M16s are used for training, and the MRAP, which is parked off campus, was acquired because the district could not afford to buy armored vehicles that might be used to protect officers and help students in a school shooting.

established in Iraq but spread in early 2013 to Syria, where it grew exponentially in the chaos of that country’s civil war. Following its success in Syria, the extremist group’s fighters — including many Iraqi nationals — rampaged across northern and western Iraq in June, seizing a huge swath of land and sending tremors across the Middle East. The group now controls territory stretching from northern Syria to the outskirts of Baghdad, where it has established an Islamic state, or caliphate, ruled by its harsh interpretation of Islamic law. The U.S. has rejected cooperating with Syrian President Bashar Assad in the Obama administration’s expanded campaign against the Islamic State. The White House has long called Assad’s rule illegitimate and demanded he step aside. Al-Abadi, however, said that Iraq doesn’t have the luxury of refusing cooperation with Damascus, and instead pushed for some sort of coordination. “We cannot afford to fight our neighbor, even if we disagree on many things,” al-Abadi said of the Assad regime. “We don’t want to enter into problems with them. For us, sovereignty of Syria is very important.” “The fight will go on unless ISIL is hit in Syria,” he added, using an acronym for the group. “This is the responsibility of the international community — on top of them the United States government — to do something about ISIL in Syria.” The two countries, both of which are allies of Iran, appear to already be coordinating on some level, and Iraq’s national security adviser met Tuesday with Assad in the Syrian capi-

tal, where the two agreed to strengthen cooperation in fighting “terrorism,” according to Syria’s state news agency. The CIA estimates the Islamic State group now has some 20,000 to 31,000 fighters in Iraq and Syria, while a senior Iraqi intelligence official put the number even higher, saying more than 27,600 militants are believed to be operating in Iraq alone, about 2,600 of them foreigners. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief the media. Since the American aerial campaign began, Iraqi and Kurdish security forces, backed by U.S. airstrikes, have retaken the strategic Mosul Dam, along with several small towns. French reconnaissance planes left from al-Dhafra air base in the United Arab Emirates on Monday as part of France’s commitment to provide aerial support to the Iraqi government. Iranian-backed militias have provided much of the muscle for Iraq’s government as the national military has struggled. The Shiite militias played a key role recently on the ground in the Iraqi town of Amirli, where they were crucial in ending a siege by Islamic State fighters. The U.S. hopes to pull together a broad coalition to help defeat the extremist group, but has ruled out cooperating with Iran or Syria, which both view the Islamic State group as a threat. Both countries were excluded from a conference this week in Paris that brought the U.S., France and other allies together to discuss how to address the militant threat, prompting al-Abadi to question their vision. “I actually find it puzzling that we hold a conference in Paris to help Iraq and to fight terrorism and ... the biggest neighbor of Iraq — Iran — is excluded,” he said. “That puts me as prime minister in a very difficult position.”

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House grudgingly approves arms for Syrian rebels By DAVID ESPO and DONNA CASSATA Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled House voted grudgingly to give the administration authority to train and arm Syrian rebels on Wednesday as President Barack Obama emphasized anew that American forces “do not and will not have a combat mission” in the struggle against Islamic State militants in either Iraq or Syria. The 273-156 vote crossed party lines to an unusual degree in a Congress marked by near ceaseless partisanship. Top Republican and Democratic leaders backed Obama’s plan seven weeks before midterm elections, while dozens of rankand-file lawmakers in both parties opposed it. The provision was added to spending legislation that will ensure the federal government operates normally after the Sept. 30 end of the budget year. Final approval is expected in the Senate as early as Thursday. Even supporters of the military plan found little to trumpet.

“This is the best of a long list of bad options,” said Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va. One Republican supporter noted the measure includes strict limits on Obama’s authority. “Members on both sides of the aisle are very concerned that too much of Congress’ warmaking power has gone to the president,” said Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma. Obama’s remarks and similar comments Wednesday by House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California seemed designed to reassure liberal lawmakers that the new military mission would be limited. Only a day earlier, Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, drew widespread attention when he told Congress he might recommend the use of U.S. ground combat forces if Obama’s current strategy fails to stop the militants. Across the political aisle from the president and Pelosi, Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California swung behind the plan. Yet many other Republicans ex-

‘Members on both sides of the aisle are very concerned that too much of Congress’ warmaking power has gone to the president.’ — Rep. Tom Cole, Oklahoma pressed concerns that it would be insufficient to defeat militants who have overrun parts of Syria and Iraq and beheaded two American journalists. In all, 85 Democrats and 71 Republicans voted to deny Obama the authority he sought. The measure passed on the strength of 159 votes from Republicans and 114 from Democrats. GOP lawmakers took solace in the short-term nature of the legislation. It grants Obama authority only until Dec. 11, giving Congress plenty of time to return to the issue in a postelection session set to begin in midNovember. While the military provision was given a separate vote in the House — to tack it onto the spending bill — it seemed unlikely there would be a yes-

or-no vote in the Senate on Obama’s new military strategy to train rebel forces in Saudi Arabia to be used in conjunction with potential U.S. airstrikes. Instead, the Senate is likely to vote only once on the legislation that combines approval for arming and training rebels with the no-shutdown federal spending provisions. Officials put a $500 million price tag on Obama’s request to train and equip rebels. The cost generated virtually no discussion among lawmakers, who focused instead on the possible consequences of a new military mission not long after America ended participation in wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Testifying before a Senate Committee, Secretary of State John Kerry said the forces seek-

ing to create an Islamic state “ must be defeated. Period. End of story.” There was little, if any dissent on that, but debate aplenty about the best way to accomplish it. “We simply don’t know if somewhere down the line it will turn our guns back against us,” said Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Calif., giving voice to a fear that rebels seeking the removal of Syrian president Bashar Assad would eventually prove unreliable allies. Republican Rep. Tom McClintock of California expressed a different concern. “Committing insufficient force in any conflict is self-defeating, and airstrikes alone cannot win a war,” he said. Dempsey’s day-old remarks had staying power. U.S. troops “will support Iraqi forces on the ground as they fight for their own country against these terrorists,” Obama told officers in Florida at U.S. Central Command, which oversees American military efforts in the Middle East. He added, “As your commander in chief, I will not commit you and the rest of our

armed forces to fighting another ground war in Iraq.” Vice President Joe Biden said in Iowa that Gen. Dempsey’s “conclusion is that it is not needed now.” Biden added: “We’ll determine that based on how the effort goes.” Pelosi said the House action “is not to be confused with any authorization to go further. ... I will not vote for combat troops to engage in war.” In Baghdad, Iraq’s new prime minister told The Associated Press in an interview that his government wants no part of a U.S. ground combat mission. “Not only is it not necessary; we don’t want them. We won’t allow them,” Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said. The measure also renews the charter of the Export-Import Bank, which helps finance purchases of U.S. exports. That postpones until next June a battle between tea party forces opposing the bank and business-oriented Republicans who support it. The legislation also includes $88 million to combat the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa. The bill passed on a vote of 319-108.

Online sleuths aid police probe into gay couple’s beating By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — Police searching for a group of people suspected in the beating of a gay couple got an outpouring of help from Twitter and Facebook users, who located a photo of the clean-cut young men and women at a restaurant and helped match names to faces. Attorneys representing a number of those seen in the video notified police they would bring in their clients to tell their side of the story, a police spokesman, Sgt. Eric

Gripp, said. He didn’t know if any had been interviewed by late Wednesday. A security video of the group strolling downtown was posted by police Tuesday and set the online community to work. Within hours, a Twitter user posted a photo of the welldressed men and women gathered at a restaurant on the night of the attack. Social media users soon figured out which restaurant, used Facebook to find people who had “checked in” there, and started coming up with the names of those pictured. “This is how Twitter is sup-

posed to work for cops,” Detective Joe Murray tweeted late Tuesday as the crowd-sourced investigation exploded online. “I will take a couple thousand Twitter detectives over any one real detective any day.” “Love the outpouring of social media sleuthing happening in our city tonight! Let’s keep it up!” another department posting said. The victims, a gay couple in their late 20s, were held down, punched and beaten after they bumped into a group of about a dozen people on the street Thursday night, just blocks

from a part of town known affectionately as “the Gayborhood.” Members of the group hurled gay slurs as the men were pummeled, police said. One man was left with a broken eye socket and a wired jaw, while his partner had bruises and a black eye. A defense lawyer, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he had not been formally retained, suggested the fight could have stemmed from random contact, not bias. Pennsylvania’s hatecrimes law, in any case, doesn’t cover crimes motivated by a

person’s sexual orientation. The lawyer said he was contacted by a potential client early Tuesday, before police posted the video. He said the group consisted largely of working professionals. Philadelphia police routinely seek the public’s help with criminal investigations through Twitter, YouTube, a department website and other online forums. Murray, a Twitter pioneer within the department who is prone to effusive shout-outs, later updated his tweets to thank the detectives involved and to

note that no one had been arrested. “Let’s be clear here,” he tweeted. “Detectives have done a ton of work and have a lot more to do. (Not a law & order episode).” Officer Christine O’Brien, a police spokeswoman, said Wednesday that security videos and social media have helped the department solve many cases over the years. “While it’s great how many people are coming forward — and we want to encourage them to do that — it’s not unusual,” she said.

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By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press

EDINBURGH, Scotland — For Scots, Wednesday was a day of excitement, apprehension, and a flood of final appeals before a big decision. In a matter of hours, they will determine whether Scotland leaves the United Kingdom and becomes an independent state. A full 97 percent of those eligible have registered to vote — including, for the first time, 16- and 17-year-olds — in a referendum that polls suggest is too close to call. A phone poll of 1,373 people by Ipsos MORI, released Wednesday, put opposition to independence at 51 percent and

support at 49 percent, with 5 percent of voters undecided. That means neither side can feel confident, given the margin of error of about plus or minus three percentage points. Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, himself a Scot, told a No campaign rally that the quiet majority of pro-Union Scots “will be silent no more,” while pro-independence leader Alex Salmond urged voters to seize a democratic opportunity 307 years in the making. In its final hours, the battle for Scotland had all the trappings of a normal election campaign: “Yes Scotland” and “No, Thanks” posters in windows, buttons on jackets, leaflets on street corners and megaphone-

topped campaign cars cruising the streets blasting out Scottish songs and “Children of the Revolution.” But it is, both sides acknowledge, a once-in-a-generation — maybe once-in-a-lifetime — choice that could redraw the map of the United Kingdom. The gravity of the imminent decision was hitting home for many voters as political leaders made passionate, final pleas for their sides. More than 4.2 million people are registered to vote in the country of 5.3 million people. Cathy Chance, who works for Britain’s National Health Service in the Scottish capital, Edinburgh, said she would leave Scotland if it became in-

dependent. “I don’t want to live under a nation that’s nationalistic,” she said. “I don’t think the world needs another political barrier.” On the other side, Yes campaigner Roisin McLaren said she was finally letting herself believe independence might be possible. “My family has campaigned for independence for

a long, long time, and it’s always been a pipe dream,” the Edinburgh University student said as she knocked on doors in a last-minute effort to convert wavering electors. “Just in the last few days it’s seemed possible, within reach. I can almost taste it.” Politicians on both sides expressed confidence in the Scottish public, but uncertainty

rippled below the surface. Opinion polls have failed to put either side decisively ahead. Bookmakers, however, told a different story. A winning 1 pound bet on Yes would pay out 5 pounds from many bookies, while the same pound would return just 1.20 pounds from a winning wager on No. One firm, Betfair, has already paid out on a No win.

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tion B, vote-by-mail elections. Both are advisory votes. Gilman said he doesn’t feel bound to the outcomes of the advisory votes on the two propositions. Advisory votes exist because assembly members don’t want to make hard decisions, he said. “That’s why you are elected — to make hard decisions,” Gilman said. Bassett said he feels his opinion is not relevant on the issue of animal control, because he doesn’t live in the affected area. He said voteby-mail elections would be helpful for residents who work out of town and it would be a

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justify for taxpayers the need for service. If there is no profit incentive and it is more cost effective for a private sector to provide similar services, that is the course of action he would pursue, he said. “Don’t fund irresponsibility but consider competitive bids,” he said. Druce said she supports nonprofits like Central Area Rural Transit System and the Kenai Peninsula Tourism Marketing Council because they provide an important need in the community. “Tourism and economic development are important because they sustain a healthy community environment,” she said. Kelly Cooper, who is running unopposed for the Homer district, also participated in the candidate forum. She said she would have liked a challenger because debate brings good dialogue and gives voters a choice. Cooper supported funding for non-profits but said if people want these services to remain, compromises would need to be made to pay for them through taxes. On the issue of health care,

positive addition to the system already in place. Thompson said he is against both propositions, saying the Alaska State Troopers handle animal abuse cases and the borough doesn’t need to spend government dollars. The additional expense of sending out ballots for vote-by-mail elections was unnecessary. “I like my sticker and candy when I vote,” Thompson said. The candidates were also asked to address long-term issues such as environmental protection and how the borough should be spending taxpayer money, specifically on non-departmental agencies. They were asked whether they support or oppose funding of non-departmental organizations. Gilman said the borough’s decisions on how to

spend money should be limited to road maintenance, garbage and education. Thompson said funding organizations such as the Central Area Rural Transit System, which helps people get around the area is beneficial. Thompson said the issue was the taxpayer’s decision. In response to the contention between property rights and stream protection resulting from the anadromous stream protection ordinance, Thompson said there needs to be a revision that is more favorable to the property owners, but still protects the environment. Gilman said the Kenai and Kasilof Rivers need protection, but there is need for industry development that will create more jobs and he is concerned

the candidates were asked if they supported the current operating policy of Central Peninsula Hospital and if the community would benefit from more healthcare services available on the peninsula. Druce said she supports the policy as she understands it but felt it continually needs to be looked at to make necessary changes. As for making health services more conveniently located for patients to access it, she said she is hesitant to know how more health facilities would impact the budget if the cost could be more prohibitive than for people to go outside the area to receive services. Welles said while he has a steep learning curve on the hospital operating policy, he has concerns that he will research. On the idea of more competing health services, he said the example of the Surgery Center of Kenai has tied the borough government’s hands because the center’s surgical payment rates are cheaper but are not allowed to compete with the CPH. Cooper is on the South Peninsula Hospital Board, which is responsible for a budget of $53 million and provides a healthcare service area of 15,000 people. Cooper said she supported the current hospital operating

policy whaich has worked well to this point, but with healthcare reform changes would be on the horizon. On the two propositions that will appear on the Oct. 7 ballot, Druce and Welles had different views. Proposition A is an advisory vote that has two parts, asking weather the borough should exercise limited animal control in non-incorporated areas and if the borough should impose a mill rate of 0.02 on properties outside of cities to pay for domestic animal rescue and care. Both Druce and Welles said they were against funding animal control. While Druce said the proposition has a good intention she felt it could be handled in a different way. Welles said the components of animal control should remain in the hands of law enforcement. Proposition B, is an advisory vote on whether the borough should conduct voteby-mail elections. Druce said she supported the measure with the intention to get more people voting. In 2011, only 13 percent of registered voters in Funny River and 19 percent of Sterling residents voted, she said. “That is unfortunate and not acceptable,” she said. “If this increases the incentive for more

Search suspended for missing Juneau boater JUNEAU (AP) — A search for a Juneau man whose boat was recovered motoring in circles off Auke Bay has been suspended, the Coast Guard announced Wednesday. Paul Keithahn, 52, had not left an itinerary for his trip on his 32-foot boat, the Spellbound, the Juneau Empire reported. The Spellbound was spotted Monday, under power but making circles near Coghland Island, which faces Auke Recreational picnic area. A Coast Guard crew boarded the pleasure boat and found no one at the wheel. “They found a cellphone aboard with no other sign of anyone being there,” said Coast

Guard Petty Officer Shawn Eggert said. The boat was towed to Auke Bay and turned over to Juneau police, who searched it Tuesday. A Coast Guard search for Keithahn began Monday afternoon. Keithahn’s wife, Julie A. Hamilton, told the agency she had not heard from her husband since Saturday. She tried sending him texts Monday, she said, and received no response. A 25-foot Coast Guard response boat and the cutter Liberty searched by water and a helicopter searched by air. Dogs and handlers from Southeast Alaska Dogs Organized for Ground Search canvassed Coghland Island and neighboring islands. A Coast Guard announcement Wednesday said 190 square miles were searched over 32 hours before the search was suspended.

about the layers of regulations — borough, state and federal — discouraging development. Bassett said coming to an agreement would be a challenge on dealing with issues of private properties and communal resources. “I don’t like having canned solutions to solve problems that might come up,” Bassett. “The best way to get around that is to have community dialogue and accountability for representatives, with large investments coming up we need to think about what kind of community do we want to have and quality of like we want to keep.

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though the NTSB investigator found that estimate to be too low, according to the report. The flight was destined for the Bear Mountain Lodge and included two families from Greenville, South Carolina including Melet and Kim Antonakos and their children Olivia, Mills and Ana, and Chris and Stacey McManus and their children, Meghan and Connor. On the day of the flight, the families had been scheduled to fly to the lodge on two of Rediske Air’s smaller planes, however a flight with the Otter had been canceled and Willy Rediske, president of the small aviation company, decided to use the plane to transport the group together, according to the report.

a maximum of 8,000 pounds and the NTSB estimated the flight’s weight to be somewhere between 6,020 pounds to about 8,040 pounds, according to its weight study. However, the report clarifies that the actual weight and balance of the airplane during the flight could not be accurately determined due to limited factual data, including the destruction of much of the cargo in the post-crash fire. Six scenarios were included in the report, each generating differKelly Sullivan can be ent weights and in half of those reached at kelly.sullivan@pen- scenarios, the plane would have been overweight. insulaclarion.com. In addition to the passengers and their gear, the plane Rashah McChesney can be was also carrying at least 300 reached at rashah.mcchesney@ people to vote, I am in favor.” pounds of cargo for the lodge, peninsulaclarion.com. Welles said vote by mail is expected to cost the borough the program began six years $46,000 and he heard testimony ago. of people concerned about votThe permanent fund has er fraud being more prevalent seen a 71 percent increase since with a mail-in ballot. He said Continued from page A-1 2009 when the recession saw he couldn’t in good conscience applicants from 2013, accord- the balance dip under $30 bilvote for the proposition. lion. By June 30, 2014, the fund Druce and Welles both said ing to the release. Sarah Clinton, of Clam had grown to $51.2 billion. In they didn’t feel bound to adviGulch, had heard estimates 2013, eligible Alaskans resory votes. “I feel it is ironic one of the prior to the announcement and ceived a check of $900, accordadvisory votes on the ballot expected it to be about $1,600. ing to the release. “It was a good surprise,” “I want to congratulate the is about voting,” Druce said. “When you have less than 30 she said about the more than staff and trustees of the Perpercent of borough voters, even $1,884 PFD. Clinton usually manent Fund Corporation on if the advisory vote is clear, you spends her check on credit card meeting the financial challengonly have 30 percent of voices bills and a little bit of fun. This es of the last 5 years and for year, she plans to use some of building Alaskans’ fund into a represented.” Welles said he has come the money during her vacation legacy we can all be proud of. I also want to extend my thanks across many people in the com- to Florida with her friends. Kathryn Tomrdle, of Kenai, to the Department of Revenue munity who are “pissed off” at politicians and have given up is going to save her PFD for re- staff who processed the many on participating in the election tirement like she usually does. applications,” Governor Parnell “We’re very boring; we just said. process. This year is the 33rd divi“Unfortunately they don’t put it away,” she said. Jennifer Joseph, of Soldot- dend paid to Alaskans. An inrecognize that their abdication of their responsibility to na, plans to use her PFD to “get dividual who qualified for all participate in the governance caught up until next year.” She of the dividends to date has of their freedom will lead to a plans to spend the money on received $37,027.41. Followloss of their freedom,” he said. childcare costs for her kids and ing the 2014 dividend payment, He illustrated his point with an bills. She said this year’s higher the total funds paid to Alaskans equation: “100 percent minus amount will help with expenses since inception of the dividend program, will total more than voter turnout equals a percent- even more than usual. According to a press release $21.9 billion. age of freedom lost. Have we not lost about 80 percent of our from the governor’s office, the Pick.Click.Give. program had Reach Dan Balmer at daniel. freedom?” 26,850 applicants go online and balmer@peninsulaclarion.com Reach Dan Balmer at dan- pledge approximately $2.8 mil- and Kaylee Osowski at kaylee. iel.balmer@peninsulaclarion. lion to 511 nonprofit groups. osowski@peninsulaclarion. That’s the highest total since com. com.

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Vikings owner admits mistake in Peterson case Wilf owns up to team move to activate Peterson ahead of Sunday game against New Orleans JON KRAWCZYNSKI AP Sports Writer

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Hours after reversing course and benching Adrian Peterson indefinitely, Minnesota Vikings owner Zygi Wilf said Wednesday that the team “made a mistake” in bringing back their superstar running back following his indictment on a felony child-abuse charge in Texas. “We made a mistake and we need to get this right,” he said at a crowded news conference. “It is important to always listen to our fans and the community and our sponsors. Our goal is always to make the decision we feel is right for the Minnesota Vikings ... We want to be sure we get this right.” Wilf and his co-owner brother,

Mark Wilf, announced their decision around 2 a.m. Eastern after concluding it was best for the Vikings and for Peterson, their All-Pro workhorse who has played his entire NFL career with Minnesota and is accused of injuring his 4-year-old son by spanking him with a wooden switch earlier this year. The organization put Peterson on the exempt-commissioner’s permission list, meaning he is off the active roster while he deals with his legal affairs. General manager Rick Spielman would not put a timeframe on when Peterson might be back. “Until these legal matters are resolved, that he will remain on this exemption list,” he said. A day-and-a-half earlier, the Vikings said Peterson would rejoin the

team after missing Sunday’s loss to New England. The backlash to that announcement was significant. The Vikings had at least one major sponsorship suspended. Several prominent NFL advertisers, including AnheuserBusch, expressed concern about the league’s recent off-the-field problems, which include former Ravens running back Ray Rice and the indictment of Peterson. The governor was critical. Fans were angry. Castrol Motor Oil, Special Olympics Minnesota and Mylan Inc. all severed ties with Peterson. Twin Cities area Nike stores pulled Peterson’s jerseys from its shelves and the team canceled an appearance at a children’s home. Mark Wilf dismissed the suggestion that Peterson was barred strictly

because of sponsor concerns. “Absolutely not,” he said. “We value our partners, our sponsors, our community and especially our fans. In the end, it really is about getting it right. We made a mistake.” Peterson’s agent, Ben Dogra, said the decision was “the best possible outcome given the circumstances.” “Adrian understands the gravity of the situation and this enables him to take care of his personal situation,” Dogra told The Associated Press. “We fully support Adrian and he looks forward to watching his teammates and coaches being successful during his absence.” The NFL Players Association said it had worked with Peterson and the team to resolve “this unique situation. “Adrian Peterson made a decision

to take a voluntary leave with pay to take care of his personal and legal issues,” the union said. “We support this decision and hope the best for him and his family.” Peterson has an Oct. 8 court appearance scheduled in Montgomery County, outside of Houston, on a felony charge of injury to a child. Peterson has taken responsibility for the incident, insisting he meant no harm and alluding to similar punishment he endured from his parents while growing up in Palestine, Texas. Peterson hasn’t appeared publicly since the grand jury indictment, but in a statement this week he said he’s met with a psychologist and acknowledged there are “alternative ways of disciplining a child that may be more appropriate.”

Brown Bears drop Showcase game Staff report Peninsula Clarion

The Kenai River Brown Bears lost their opening game Wednesday of the 2014 North American Hockey League Showcase in a 5-2 contest to the Corpus Christi Ice Rays in Blaine, Minnesota. Anthony Cortese scored a hat trick for the Ice Rays, tallying goals in the first period (10 minutes, 18 seconds) and the second (6:27 and 16:58). Corpus Christi teammate Nathan Bryer scored the other two goals, both coming in the third period. Kenai River twice responded with a game-tying goal. Gustav Berglund took advantage of a Brown Bears powerplay to score with 2 1-2 minutes left in the first period, getting help from Matt Rudin and Chris Usov. After Corpus Christi score early in the second frame, Nate Colwell answered back with a goal, getting an assist from Tyler Andrews.

Cortese scored the gamewinner with 3:02 left in the second period. Zach Quinn took the loss in goal for Kenai River, saving 18 of 23 shots. Both teams split evenly on shots on goal with 23 apiece. The Brown Bears will face the Lone Star Brahmas today at 2 p.m. ADT. Wednesday

Ice Rays 5, Brown Bears 2 Corpus Christi Kenai River

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1st Period — 1. Corpus Christi, Cortese (LeLievre, Kelly), 10:18; 2. Kenai River, Berglund (Rudin, Usov), PP, 17:30. Penalties — Corpus Christi 2 for 4:00. 2nd Period — 3. Corpus Christi, Cortese (Laburn, Lomsnes), PP, 6:27; 4. Kenai River, Colwell (Andrews), 9:23; 5. Corpus Christi, Cortese (Kelly, Bryer), 16:58. Penalties — Kenai River 1 for 2:00. 3rd Period — 6. Corpus Christi, Bryer (Kelly), 5:21; 7. Corpus Christi, Bryer (unassisted), 17:28. Penalties — Kenai River 1 for 2:00; Corpus Christi 1 for 2:00. Shots on goal — Kenai River 8-8-7—23; Corpus Christi 10-7-6—23. Goalies — Kenai River, Quinn (23 shots, 18 saves); Corpus Christi, Lindgren (23 shots, 21 saves). Power plays — Kenai River 1 for 3; Corpus Christi 1 for 2.

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Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher C.J. Wilson throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Wednesday in Anaheim, Calif.

Angels claim AL West title Stanton sidelined LA Late collapse by Oakland gives Angels 1st West title since 2009 RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Injured Miami Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton won’t play again in the majors this season because of last week’s beaning. Stanton was hit in the face by a fastball from Milwaukee’s Mike Fiers last Thursday. Stanton sustained facial fractures, dental damages, cuts that required stitches and two black eyes. Marlins president of baseball operations Mike Hill said Stanton also had concussion symptoms but has been given neurological clearance. “It’s the whole healing process, the healing of the bones and the swelling,” Marlins manager Mike Redmond said before Wednesday’s game against the New York Mets. “There’s just not enough time for it to properly heal, and for him to get medically cleared to be able to play.” Miami opens a seven-game homestand Thursday, then closes the season at Washington from Sept. 26-28. “As much as we all would have loved to have him back, we knew that it just ran out of

schedule,” Hill said. Stanton had said he hoped to play again this year and on Tuesday posted a photograph that showed a marked improvement from last week. Hill said dental procedures are “the bulk of the work that is remaining.” “He told me he can open his mouth 60 percent now,” Hill said. “The slices in the food that he has to cut, they’re in halves now. They were in quarters a few days ago.” The 24-year-old is a top candidate for the NL MVP award. His 37 home runs still are the most in the NL, and he was leading the majors with 105 RBIs when he was hurt. Hill said Stanton might be able to get some at-bats in at the instructional league in Florida, which runs through the first week of October. Stanton could wear a protective flap on his helmet, similar to the one Atlanta’s Jason Heyward has used since he was hit in the face by a pitch from the New York Mets’ Jonathon Niese on Aug. 21 last year. “That’s probably for down the road,” Redmond said. “I would definitely say he would probably try that.”

The Associated Press

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Angels clinched the AL West title Wednesday night, getting seven dominant innings of onehit ball from C.J. Wilson in a 5-0 victory over the Seattle Mariners. C.J. Cron hit a three-run homer for the major leagueleading Angels (95-57), who wrapped up their first division crown since 2009 when Oakland lost to Texas about an hour after Los Angeles’ game ended. The Angels had already secured a playoff spot Monday. They have won 12 of 14. Howie Kendrick sparked the Angels’ five-run rally in the seventh by scoring from first base when Chris Denorfia misplayed David Freese’s single to right for an error. Los Angeles’ surge broke up a pitchers’ duel between Wilson and Seattle rookie James Paxton, who traded zeros until the seventh. Wilson (13-9) earned his third straight victory, striking out seven and allowing just

four baserunners in a major improvement from recent starts. Paxton (6-3) yielded four hits and had eight strikeouts for the Mariners, who have lost six of eight. Seattle managed just one hit and is two games behind Kansas City and Oakland for the second AL wild card. RANGERS 6, ATHLETICS 1 OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Sean Doolittle allowed a threerun homer to J.P. Arencibia during a six-run ninth inning, and Oakland lost to the last-place Texas Rangers. It was the fourth blown save in 25 chances for Doolittle (1-4) this season. The bearded closer’s meltdown on the mound negated a stellar start by Jeff Samardzija and ended Oakland’s two-year reign as AL West champions. The Los Angeles Angels clinched the division with their win and the loss by the A’s. Oakland dropped into a tie with Kansas City for the AL’s top wild card. Sam Fuld’s single in the fifth

drove in Oakland’s only run. a full count against closer AddiRobbie Ross (3-6) got the final son Reed (1-6). Pablo Sandoval five outs for the win. walked with one out, Brandon Crawford singled for his fourth hit and pinch-hitter Brandon Belt ROCKIES 16, DODGERS 2 walked, setting up Duffy. Sergio Romo (6-4) pitched DENVER (AP) — Justin Morneau tied a season high with one inning, and Duffy batted for six RBIs — five in an eight-run him. Santiago Casilla got his 17th first inning against spot starter save. Crawford had an RBI double Carlos Frias — and Colorado in the second for a 1-0 lead. routed Los Angeles. Andrew Chafin, making just The loss left the NL West-leading Dodgers two games ahead of his second major league start, tied it in the Arizona second with an San Francisco. Morneau had a three-run hom- RBI single off Madison Bumgarer and a two-run single in the first ner. The hit came in Chafin’s first to help the Rockies chase Frias big league at-bat. (0-1) after just two outs. Morneau and Carlos Gonzalez are the only YANKEES 3, RAYS 2 Colorado players to drive in five ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) runs in an inning. Morneau had three hits and a — Derek Jeter ended an 0-for-28 sacrifice fly, raising his average to slump that was the second-worst .320 and leaping over Pittsburgh’s of his career, and New York beat Josh Harrison for the NL batting Tampa Bay. The retiring Yankees captain lead. Charlie Blackmon went 5 lined a single off Alex Cobb leadfor 5 with a solo homer. ing off the sixth inning. Jeter had an 0-for-32 stretch in April 2004. GIANTS 4, Jeter, who lives in nearby DIAMONDBACKS 2 Tampa, went 1 for 4 and scored a PHOENIX (AP) — Pinch-hit- run in his final game at Tropicana ter Matt Duffy had a tiebreaking Field. He got a loud ovation from single in the ninth inning for San the announced crowd of 26,332 before grounding out in his last Francisco. See MLB, page A-10 Duffy’s one-out hit came on

Time to say adios to golf season Winston punished for remark This year’s golf season was lots of fun at Bird Homestead. We had lots of new golfers for ladies night and men’s night. We had a great group of juniors for our junior golf program, and lots of fun tournaments. Thank you for everyone who contributed to this successful and fun golf season. We look forward to seeing everyone again next year, and even more new faces. The last association meeting for the year is this Saturday, September 20 at 11 a.m. All association members are urged to join. If you are interested

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in joining the Bird Homestead Golf association next year, feel free to call the clubhouse to inquire about the meeting dates for next season. Fun Fact Thursday Alaska has the shortest golf season of all the states (Well I think that’s true, but it’s based on my own statistics).

KAREEM COPELAND Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Jameis Winston will be a spectator in the first half of Florida State’s showdown against Clemson Saturday after making “offensive and vulgar” comments about women — the latest embarrassment in a growing list of poor decisions off the field. Florida State interim President Dr. Garnett S. Stokes and athletic director Stan Wilcox announced in a joint statement Wednesday that the quarterC

back also will undergo internal discipline, but did not provide details of the punishment. Several students tweeted Winston stood on campus Tuesday and shouted a lascivious comment about female anatomy that may have derived from an internet meme. The 20-year-old Winston addressed his inappropriate comments before Wednesday’s practice at his weekly press conference, saying: “I have to tone it down.” The Heisman Trophy winner has made similar comments after previous incidents and Flor-

ida State seems to be growing less tolerant of his discretions. While playing for the Florida State baseball team, he was suspended for three games and completed 20 hours of community service after acknowledging he stole $32 worth of crab legs from a local grocery store in April. Before the football season, he said he had matured, learned what it takes to be a leader and understood that he needed to be more careful in his personal life. The school president and AD admonished him Wednesday for doing just the opposite.

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Pct GB .576 — .500 11½ .490 13 .477 15 .461 17½ .553 — .536 2½ .520 5 .464 13½ .447 16 .566 — .553 2 .464 15½ .408 24 .401 25

Wednesday’s Games Colorado 16, L.A. Dodgers 2 San Francisco 4, Arizona 2 Pittsburgh 9, Boston 1 Miami 4, N.Y. Mets 3 Atlanta 3, Washington 1 Chicago Cubs 3, Cincinnati 1 St. Louis 2, Milwaukee 0 Philadelphia 5, San Diego 2 Thursday’s Games Boston (Workman 1-9) at Pittsburgh (Cole 9-5), 3:05 p.m. Washington (G.Gonzalez 8-10) at Miami (Hand 3-7), 3:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 15-8) at Chicago Cubs (Wada 4-3), 4:05 p.m. Milwaukee (Lohse 12-9) at St. Louis (S.Miller 10-9), 4:15 p.m. Arizona (Nuno 0-6) at Colorado (Flande 0-5), 4:40 p.m. Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 9-12) at San Diego (Erlin 3-4), 5:10 p.m.

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McCarthy, Betances (8), Dav. Robertson (9) and B.McCann; Cobb, Riefenhauser (7), Balfour (7), Jo.Peralta (9) and Hanigan, Casali. WСMcCarthy 7-4. LСCobb 9-8. SvСDav.Robertson (37). HRsСTampa Bay, Longoria (22). Twins 8, Tigers 4 Det. Min.

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D.Price, Alburquerque (6), K.Ryan (6), Ji.Johnson (7), Coke (8) and Holaday, J.McCann; Gibson, Pressly (7), Duensing (8), Tonkin (8), Burton (9) and K.Suzuki. WСGibson 12-11. LСD.Price 1412. Indians 2, Astros 0 Cle. 000 101 000—2 7 1 Hou. 000 000 000—0 2 1 Carrasco and Y.Gomes; Oberholtzer, Foltynewicz (8) and J.Castro. WСCarrasco 8-5. LСOberholtzer 5-12. Royals 6, White Sox 2 Chi. KC

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Sale, Cleto (6), Snodgress (7), Lindstrom (8) and Flowers; Ventura, W.Davis (8), G.Holland (9) and S.Perez. WСVentura 13-10. LСSale 12-4. HRsСKansas City, L.Cain (5), A.Escobar (3). Angels 5, Mariners 0 Sea. LA

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Paxton, Farquhar (7), Leone (7) and Sucre; C.Wilson, J.Smith (8), Street (9) and Iannetta. WСC.Wilson 13-9. LСPaxton 6-3. HRsСLos Angeles, Cron (11). Pirates 9, Red Sox 1

Rockies 16, Dodgers 2 L.A. 000 000 011— 2 6 2 Col. 801 321 01x—16 21 1 Frias, Elbert (1), Correia (3), Coulombe (6), C.Perez (7), Y.Garcia (8) and Federowicz; J.De La Rosa, Nicasio (7), Scahill (8) and Rosario, Ja.Williams. W_J.De La Rosa 14-11. L_Frias 0-1. HRs_Los Angeles, Barney (3). Colorado, Morneau (16), Blackmon (18), B.Barnes (8). Giants 4, D-Backs 2 S.F. 010 010 0 02—4 6 1 Ari. 010 010 0 00—2 9 0 Bumgarner, Machi (7), Romo (8), Casilla (9) and Susac; Chafin, Delgado (7), E.Marshall (8), A.Reed (9), Stites (9) and Gosewisch. W_Romo 6-4. L_A.Reed 1-6. Sv_Casilla (17). Marlins 4, Mets 3 Mia. 210 000 100—4 11 0 N.Y. 000 020 010—3 8 0 H.Alvarez, M.Dunn (7), A.Ramos (7), Hatcher (8), Cishek (9) and Mathis; Gee, Edgin (7), C.Torres (7), Familia (8), Mejia (9) and T.d’Arnaud. W_H.Alvarez 11-6. L_Gee 7-8. Sv_Cishek (37). Braves 3, Nationals 1 Was. 000 010 0 00—1 5 1 Atl. 000 003 0 0x—3 7 0 Treinen, Detwiler (6), Barrett (7), Blevins (8) and S.Leon; A.Wood, D.Carpenter (7), J.Walden (8), Kimbrel (9) and Bethancourt. W_A.Wood 11-10. L_Detwiler 2-3. Sv_Kimbrel (44). HRs_Washington, Souza Jr. (1). Cubs 3, Reds 1 Cin. 100 000 0 00—1 7 0 Chi. 020 000 01x—3 5 0 Corcino, Villarreal (6), M.Parra (7), Ju.Diaz (8) and Barnhart; Hendricks, Strop (8), H.Rondon (9) and W.Castillo. W_Hendricks 7-2. L_Corcino 0-1. Sv_H.Rondon (25). Cardinals 2, Brewers 0 Mil. 000 000 0 00—0 7 1 S.L. 000 000 20x—2 3 0 Fiers, Duke (8) and Lucroy; Wainwright and Y.Molina. W_Wainwright 19-9. L_Fiers 6-3. Phillies 5, Padres 2

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Buchholz, S.Wright (5), M.Barnes (6), Hembree (8) and Vazquez; F.Liriano, Ju.Wilson (7), Axford (8), J.Gomez (9) and R.Martin, C.Stewart. WСF.Liriano 6-10. LСBuchholz 8-9. HRsСPittsburgh, G.Polanco (7), N.Walker (21), I.Davis (11).

Hamels, Diekman (8), Giles (9) and Ruiz; Stults, R.Alvarez (5), Wieland (6), Campos (8), A.Torres (9) and Rivera. W_Hamels 9-7. L_ Stults 7-17.

Rangers 6, Athletics 1

NFL Standings

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Thursday, Sep. 18 Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 4:25 p.m. Sunday, Sep. 21 Dallas at St. Louis, 9 a.m. Minnesota at New Orleans, 9 a.m. San Diego at Buffalo, 9 a.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 9 a.m. Houston at N.Y. Giants, 9 a.m. Tennessee at Cincinnati, 9 a.m. Baltimore at Cleveland, 9 a.m. Green Bay at Detroit, 9 a.m. Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 9 a.m. Oakland at New England, 9 a.m. San Francisco at Arizona, 12:05 p.m. Denver at Seattle, 12:25 p.m. Kansas City at Miami, 12:25 p.m. Pittsburgh at Carolina, 4:30 p.m. Monday, Sep. 22 Chicago at N.Y. Jets, 4:30 p.m. All Times ADT

Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB С Suspended umpire Joe West one game for grabbing the jersey of Philadelphia RHP Jonathan Papelbon during a Sept. 14 game against Miami. Suspended Toronto RHP Marcus Stroman six games and fined him an undisclosed amount for intentionally throwing a pitch in the head area of Baltimore C Caleb Joseph during a Sept. 15 game. American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES С Selected the contract of INF Christian Walker from Norfolk (IL). BOSTON RED SOX С Recalled OF Bryce Brentz, OF Rusney Castillo, INF-OF Garin Cecchini, LHP Edwin Escobar, RHP Heath Hembree and C-1B Ryan Lavarnway from Pawtucket (IL). MINNESOTA TWINS С Signed a four-year player development contract with Chattanooga (SL) through the 2018 season. National League COLORADO ROCKIES С Announced a four-year player development contract with Albuquerque (PCL) through the 2018 season and a two-year working

agreement with New Britain (EL) through the 2016 season. LOS ANGELES DODGERS С Announced they will change its Triple-A affiliation to Oklahoma City (PCL) next year. Signed a two-year working agreement with Tulsa (Texas) through the 2016 season. MILWAUKEE BREWERS С Announced a four-year player development contract extension with Biloxi (SL) through the 2018 season and a two-year PDC extension with Brevard County (FSL) through the 2016 season. SAN DIEGO PADRES С Extended their player development contract with Fort Wayne (MWL) for two years through the 2016 season. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA С Suspended Denver F-C J.J. Hickson five regular-season games for violating the terms of the NBA/NBPA Anti-Drug Program. HOUSTON ROCKETS С Acquired G Jason Terry and 2015 and 2016 second-round draft picks from Sacramento for G-F Alonzo Gee and G Scotty Hopson. MIAMI HEAT С Promoted David Fizdale to assistant head coach. Named Keith Smart and Juwan Howard assistant coaches; Chris Quinn and Dan Craig assistant coaches for player development; Octavio De La Grana player development coach and director of minor league operations; Brandon Gilliam assistant trainer and director of rehabilitation; Wes Brown assistant trainer and Eric Foran assistant strength and conditioning coach. MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES С Signed F Glenn Robinson III. NEW YORK KNICKS С Signed F Orlando Sanchez. FOOTBALL National Football League NFL С Announced a new performance-enhancing drug policy, reducing the four-game suspensions of Denver WR Wes Welker, Dallas DB Orlando Scandrick and St. Louis WR Stedman Bailey to two games. CAROLINA PANTHERS С Placed DE Greg Hardy on the exempt/ commissioner’s permission list. CHICAGO BEARS С Signed TE Blake Annen, CB Jordan Sullen and WR Chris Williams to the practice squad. CINCINNATI BENGALS С Activated CB Chris Lewis-Harris. MINNESOTA VIKINGS С Placed RB Adrian Peterson on the exempt/commissioner’s permission list. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS С Re-signed DB Daxton Swanson to the practice squad. HOCKEY National Hockey League ARIZONA COYOTES С Named Ron Rolston and Jim Roque to the pro scouting staff. EDMONTON OILERS С Named David Pelletier skating coach. SAN JOSE SHARKS С Signed D Justin Braun to a five-year contract extension through the 201920 season. SOCCER Major League Soccer TORONTO FC С Named Dan Calichman assistant coach.

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three more than the 31-year-old had previously in his entire career. Pearce, who also connected Tuesday night in the division-clinching victory, has seven RBIs in his last two games.

at-bat in the seventh. Brandon McCarthy (7-4) allowed two runs and four hits in PIRATES 9, RED SOX 1 seven innings. Dellin Betances and PITTSBURGH (AP) — GregDavid Robertson, who got his 37th ory Polanco, Neil Walker and Ike save, completed a five-hitter. Davis homered and Pittsburgh beat Boston to maintain its grip on the ROYALS 6, WHITE SOX 2 second National League wild-card spot. KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Polanco and Walker hit solo Lorenzo Cain hit a three-run hom- homers off Boston starter Clay er, Nori Aoki kept up his tear at Buchholz (8-9) and Davis drilled a the plate and Kansas City roughed three-run shot to center off Steven up Chicago ace Chris Sale to cut Wright. The Pirates have won 10 Detroit’s AL Central lead to a half- of 12. game. The Royals will face the Tigers in a weekend series in Kansas BRAVES 3, NATIONALS 1 City. ATLANTA (AP) — Three runs scored on Christian Bethancourt’s TWINS 8, TIGERS 4 single in the sixth inning and Atlanta beat Washington, a day after MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Dan- the Nationals wrapped up the NL ny Santana tripled, doubled and East title. drove in two runs and the MinneSteven Souza Jr. hit his first casota beat Detroit. reer homer for the Nationals. Kyle Gibson (12-11) recovered from a rough start to pitch Minnesota to its second straight win. CUBS 3, REDS 1

CARDINALS 2, BREWERS 0 ST. LOUIS (AP) — Adam Wainwright posted his 19th win, pitching a shutout as St. Louis beat Milwaukee to hold its 2 1/2-game edge in the NL Central. Wainwright (19-9) worked around seven hits and tied for the major league lead in wins and shutouts.

INDIANS 2, ASTROS 0 HOUSTON (AP) — Carlos Carrasco threw a two-hitter with a career-high 12 strikeouts to lead Cleveland past Houston. Yan Gomes had an RBI single in the fourth inning and a run-scoring triple in the sixth. Carrasco (8-5) walked one in his first career complete game. His previous best for strikeouts was 10 on Sept. 2 at Detroit, and his longest outing had been 8 2-3 innings on Sept. 7 at the Chicago White Sox.

ORIOLES 6, BLUE JAYS 1 BALTIMORE (AP) — Steve Pearce homered twice and drove in four runs and AL East champion Baltimore beat Toronto for a threegame sweep. Pearce hit a solo shot in the third inning and a three-run drive in the fifth. He has 20 homers this year,

CHICAGO (AP) — Kyle Hendricks kept up his impressive rookie season, pitching seven strong innings to help Chicago beat Cincinnati for a series sweep. Chris Valaika, Ryan Kalish and Luis Valbuena each had a run-scoring hit as the Cubs won their third straight. They improved to 38-36 at Wrigley Field despite being 16 games under .500 overall.

MARLINS 4, METS 3 NEW YORK (AP) — Henderson Alvarez ended a three-start winless streak, and Miami beat New York to finish a trying 10game trip in which they lost AllStar slugger Giancarlo Stanton to a season-ending injury when he was hit in the face by a pitch. The Marlins built a 3-0 lead in the first two innings against Dillon Gee (7-8) and held on to open a two-game lead over the Mets for third place in the NL East. New York (73-80) must go 8-1 to avoid a sixth straight losing season, one shy of the franchise record.

PHILLIES 5, PADRES 2 SAN DIEGO (AP) — Cole Hamels dominated San Diego again as Philadelphia ended a three-game losing skid. Hamels (9-7) struck out nine in seven innings and allowed one C run.

Pigskin Pick‘em

Peninsula Clarion, Thursday, September 18, 2014

By NOLAN ROSE For the Peninsula Clarion

defeated. Will the Buffalo Bills run the table and finish 16-0? That’s still in play as crazy as it sounds. Nobody had the Bills at 2-0 through two weeks. We don’t know how long injured stars like Robert Griffin, Jamaal Charles, and A.J. Green will be out of action. There’s virtually no limit to the unknownunknown. What we do know is that the list of things I don’t know is a known-unknown. OK, I’m confused. Maybe using the Donald Rumsfeld method to make sense of things was a poor course of action. Let’s just move on...

Last week’s 4-12 record against the spread was the worst mark in this columns history! Ouch. What planet am I on? I’m still feeling dizzy from the rear-end kicking the NFL handed me, but the football calendar waits for no man. All we can do is take a huge whiff of smelling salt, and forge ahead to week three, burdened by an unsightly 13-19 ATS total. The road to redemption is simple, re-evaluate everything we thought we knew about the NFL in 2014. We’ll do so by using our favorite Donald RumsTampa Bay Bucs @ feld Secretary of Defense strat- ATLANTA FALCONS -6.5 egy. There are three categories, Abandon ship! The pirate ship “The Known-Known”, “The Known-Unknown”, and “The is taking on water after the Bucs dropped two straight at home to Unknown-Unknown”. The Known-Known

We knew the Seattle Seahawks, Denver Broncos, and New England Patriots would be good and despite a couple early season blips on the road these teams “look” like they’ll still be relevant four months from now. The Jacksonville Jaguars are still terrible at football. So are the Oakland Raiders. At least there’s some sanity left in the NFL. The Known-Unknown

Through two weeks I still don’t have a great feel for expected contenders in Green Bay, San Francisco, and New Orleans. The Saints are an inexplicable 0-2, blowing late leads in both affairs. Colin Kaepernick looks like a shell of the average quarterback he was two years ago, and the CheeseHeads were grated two weeks ago in Seattle before sneaking by Geno Smith and the New York Paper Airplanes at home last Sunday. C

start the year. Tampa pinned its hopes on passing gypsy Josh McCown, but so far the results have not been positive. Atlanta was flying high after a dramatic opening week win against the New Orleans Saints. A win that doesn’t look nearly as impressive now in light of the Saints early season struggles. The Falcons offense was grounded by a professional Cincinnati Bengals defense last Sunday. Divisional games on a short week are always challenging to predict. Falcons win 24-16

San Diego Chargers @ BUFFALO BILLS -2.5

The lowly Buffalo Bills are favorites over a San Diego Chargers team that just topped the defending Super Bowl Champion Seattle Seahawks? How can this be?! The Chargers will be the hot side in this contest. Vegas books know where the money will land and siding with the books is rarely fool’s gold. The Bills have enough pop on offense with Sammy Watkins and C.J. Spiller to puts points on the board against a good but not The Unknown-Unknown great Chargers defense. Circle the Are the Arizona Cardinals wagons! Bills win 27-23

and Carolina Panthers really this good? I thought both teams DALLAS COWBOYS @ would take a step backwards St. Louis Rams +2.5 this season after losing several contributors at key positions, Has Cowboys coach, Jason Garbut both enter week three un- rett, finally realized the formula for

keeping quarterback Tony Romo upright in a safe passing position? Running back DeMarco Murray has carried the pig 51 times for 285 yards in two contests. Averaging a whopping 5.6 yards per carry. Those are numbers that would make Emmitt Smith proud. With defenses focused on stopping the run, Romo will likely complete passes to his own team, something he has famously struggled with at times during his career. The Rams won’t be able to keep up on the scoreboard with third string quarterback Austin Davis under center. Cowboys win 28-17

WASHINGTON REDSKINS @ Philly Eagles -6.5

dropped its first two contests. An opening week loss in Atlanta is passable, but letting the Cleveland Browns drive the length of the field in the final minute for a gamewinning field goal? Inexplicable. Which Matt Cassel will be playing quarterback for the Vikings this week? The bad one or the terrible one? We won’t even go into the Adrian Peterson mess and how that will affect the team’s performance. Saints win 38-14

Tennessee Titans @ CINCINNATI BENGALS -7 I love this Bengals team in the regular season. Andy Dalton will choke in the playoffs, but we don’t have to worry about that for months! The Bengals can run the football and they have an underrated defense. Remember, this Titans team was carved at home last Sunday by Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys. If the Titans fall behind early and become a onedimensional passing offense look out. Things could get ugly. Bengals win 30-9

Robert Griffin is out with a dislocated ankle. The Redskins season is over! That’s what the Twitterverse would have you believe. To borrow a phrase from Lee Corso, “not so fast!” All the doom and gloom is missing the point. Griffin isn’t very good. At least the hobbled ghost of Griffin’s past isn’t. I don’t anticipate any dropoff going with backup Kirk Cousins at quarterback. The Eagles look fantastic, Baltimore Ravens @ opening the year 2-0, but there is CLEVELAND BROWNS +2 some kind of cosmic force workBelieve in the Browns! Actuing against the embattled Griffin in Washington. Cousins playing well ally don’t do that, that wouldn’t be would seal his fate. Redskins win smart, but maybe this Cleveland team isn’t as awful as initially an30-27 ticipated? Somehow the Browns, minus Josh Gordon, Ben Tate, and HOUSTON TEXANS @ Jordan Cameron on offense put New York Giants +2.5 26 points on the board last SunThe New York Giants will find day. Do that again this week and a way to lose this football game. the Browns will move to 2-1 on This Giants team has that kind of the year. Baltimore looked great feel to it. One week the defense against the rival Pittsburgh Steelwill fall apart, the next Eli Man- ers last Thursday, but traveling to ning will complete more balls to Cleveland will be their first road the opponent than his own receiv- test of the season. Ravens passer ers. Houston is led by Harvard Joe Flacco has a tendency to follow graduate Ryan Fitzpatrick which is up good performances with duds. great for solving math equations, If Flacco struggles the Browns but not always conducive to win- could pull off the mild home upset. ning football games. However, the Browns win 24-21 formula has the Texans at 2-0 after two weeks of play. Texans win 24Green Bay Packers @ 20

Minnesota Vikings @ NEW ORLEANS SAINTS -9.5 I have no clue. The Saints were a strong play to battle for the number one seed in the NFC just a few weeks ago, but those hopes are in real jeopardy after the team

looked like molded cheese for the first six quarters of the season before rallying in the second half to top the paper airplanes a week ago. Favor the home side in a coin flip. Lions win 33-28

Denver will be fired up to avenge last year’s Super Bowl flop and San Diego laid a blueprint for how to beat Seattle a week ago. Denver can mimic the Chargers game plan, of course executing it in Seattle will be far more challenging. There’s a little bit of anti-jinx polINDIANAPOLIS COLTS @ icy in play here, but I’m taking the Jacksonville Jags +7 Broncos and the points. Seahawks After falling to the Philadelphia win 27-24 Eagles, the Colts have lost two games in a row for the first time in KANSAS CITY CHIEFS @ wunderkind quarterback Andrew Miami Dolphins -5 Luck’s career. Of course, the Colts Last season’s darlings, the have played as tough a schedule as any team in the NFL having faced Kansas City Chiefs, are in danger the Denver Broncos and the Eagles of falling back to mediocrity on already. Fortunately, for the Colts the heels of a 0-2 start to the year. playoff aspirations, the road to hoe Now the Chiefs head to Miami is about to get much easier. Jack- with star running back Jamaal sonville is awful at American foot- Charles’ injury status unknown. ball. After racing out to a 17-0 lead The Dolphins will be without in their opener the Jungle-Kittens their top rusher as well, Knowhave been outscored 75-10. Colts shon Moreno has been ruled out with an elbow injury. I wouldn’t win 30-7 buy stock in either team. Dolphins win 17-14

OAKLAND RAIDERS @ New England Patriots -14.5

The Oakland Raiders...Great uniforms, fantastic logo, rabid fans, terrible football team. I fully expect the Brady Bunch to smash Oakland into oblivion, but it’s just too early in the year to lay more than two touchdowns. Against all logic and reason I’m siding with the Silver and Black. Patriots win 28-14

San Francisco 49ers @ ARIZONA CARDINALS +3

It’s hard to pass on the Desert Bats plus a field goal at home. Even if we don’t know who the Cardinals will have under center when they host their NFC West rivals, the San Francisco 49ers next Sunday. Does it matter? Arizona’s defense has been fantastic and the 49ers are hardly clicking on all cylinders. There is something funky with Colin Kaepernick. He looks amateur at times locking on to a single receiver before throwDETROIT LIONS -1 ing the ball to the opposing team. Last Sunday, in a battle of vi- Cardinals win 21-14 cious cats, the Carolina Panthers made the Detroit Lions look like DENVER BRONCOS @ kittens chasing a laser light. DeSeattle Seahawks -4.5 troit heads home this week to host their rivals from the NFC North, Anytime Seattle plays at home the Green Bay Packers. The Pack- you’ve got to be confident, but ers are hard to judge. Green Bay I’m concerned about this matchup.

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Pittsburgh Steelers @ CAROLINA PANTHERS -3.5 The Carolina Panthers might be the biggest surprise of the season so far. After trading or releasing every wide receiver that had caught a pass from Cam Newton over the off-season I thought the Panthers would take a step backwards, but through two weeks the team looks very strong. Pittsburgh survived their opening week matchup against the Cleveland Browns before stumbling in Baltimore a week ago. Asking an aging Steelers team to travel to Carolina and get a win is a reach. Panthers win 24-10

CHICAGO BEARS @ New York Jets -2.5 Geno Smith and the New York Jets return home to face the Chicago Bears on Monday Night Football. If you follow this column you already know how I feel about Geno Smith. Jay Cutler and the Bears offense appeared to find their rhythm in the second half of last week’s surprise victory over the San Francisco 49ers. If the Bears can get an adequate performance from their defensive front seven they’ll win this football game. Bears win 30-23

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Autumn abundance Photos and story by RASHAH McCHESNEY Peninsula Clarion

As the days grow cooler and the last of the summer swell of tourists leave town, anglers looking for a calmer experience on Kenai Peninsula will still find plenty of opportunity for silver salmon, steelhead and rainbow trout and Artic char and Dolly Varden.

Freshwater fishing Traditional run timing shows coho salmon to be moving through inlet streams through October, while resident species of freshwater fish continue to provide opportunity for patient anglers. Coho fishing is expected to be good in both the Kenai and Kasilof Rivers through September, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, while fishing conditions on the Kenai River have recently improved for rainbow trout. Bait and treble hooks can be used while fishing in Skilak Lake and in the mainstem Kenai River from the Upper Killey River down to the mouth of the Kenai at Cook Inlet until the closure of coho salmon sea-

Top right: Two sport anglers fish for silver salmon as the sun rises over the Kenai River Sept. 1, in Soldotna, Alaska. Top left: Molly Dischner, of Anchorage, shows off a freshly caught coho salmon Sept. 1, on the Kenai River. Right: Two guided coho salmon fishing trips take off from the Pillars Boat Launch September 11, 2014 in Soldotna. Bottom: A group moves into a popular silver salmon fishing spot on the Kenai River September 7, 2014 near Funny River. Left: Randy Dayton, of Idaho, pulls his line in to release a pink salmon August 6, 2014 in Soldotna.

son Nov. 30. On the Kasilof River, early morning fishing for coho salmon is usually the most successful, though anlgers are restricted to single-hook, no bait and artificial lures. For anglers looking to target steelhead trout on the Kasilof River, chances of a catch are low, but the fishery is open. Steelhead may not be removed from the water before being released.

Marine fishing Feeder king salmon can be targeted year round in Kachemak Bay, and popular spots include Point Pogibshi, Bluff Point, the islands around Eldred Passage and other spots on the south side of the bay, according to Fish and Game. Halibut fishing is possible, but slows substantially in the fall season as larger halibut migrate further offshore. Slack tide fishing for halibut is usually the best bet, according to Fish and Game, and using herring, octopus, squid or salmon heads works well for enticing the fish. Rashah McChesney can be reached at rashah.mcchesney@ peninsulaclarion.com

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What’s Happening Events and Exhibits n The Kenai Fine Arts Center has issued a call for artists for its October 2014 Experimental Exhibit. Call Joy, 283-0515, if you have questions. n Frontier Community Services and the Kenai Senior Connection Inc. are hosting their annual fundraising Murder Mystery Dinner Theater. There will be two dinner shows only, Sept. 26 and 27 at the Kenai Senior Center. This year’s audience participation play is titled “Murder by Magic.” On the menu is fruit/cheese/cracker platter, chicken Wellington, zucchini/ red pepper/mushroom medley, rosemary baby potatoes, roll and strawberry crepes. Doors at the Kenai Senior Center will open at 6:00, dinner will be at 7:00 and the show will start at 8:00. Tickets are $40 per person and are available at Charlotte’s Restaurant in Kenai and River City Books in Soldotna. For more information, please call the Kenai Senior Center at 283-4156 or Frontier Community Services at 262-6331. n Triumvirate Theatre will be holding stained glass classes for kids 7th through 12th grade starting September 11th at Triumvirate North five miles north of Kenai. Two time slots are available, one at 3p.m. and one at 4p.m. on Thursdays. The instructor is Sandy Stevens and the class is free. A $50 deposit will be required but returned when the student completes the class attendance requirements. Space is extremely limited. First come first serve. If you are interested please email Joe Rizzo at hereliesdrama@hotmail.com. This program funded in part by the Alaska State Council on the Arts. n Voices of Alaska Wilderness Art Show celebrating the 50th anniversary of Wilderness with this state-wide travelling art show by artists in residence from around Alaska. The opening reception will be held Friday Oct. 3 at the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center. For more information about the show contact Michelle Ostrowski at 907-260-2839.

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n Veronica’s cafe in old town Kenai, this Friday we have our always fun open mic starting at 6:30 p.m. and on this Saturday we have the wonderful and comical The Crowshoes will be playing from 6:30-9 p.m. so come in and enjoy our home made food, desserts and coffees that are heavenly, come and enjoy one of the many great nights at Veronica’s Cafe. n Join Steve and Fern Holloway for karaoke every Saturday night at the Kenai Moose Lodge. Singing starts at 9 p.m. and everyone is welcome. n An all acoustic jam takes place every Thursday. The jam is at Christ Lutheran Church in Soldotna on the first Thursday of the month, and at the Kenai Senior Center during the rest of the month. Jam starts at 6:30 p.m. n AMVETS Post 4 is open to all military veterans and their families for support and camaraderie. Join us for Friday night tacos, or Saturday night steaks with Karaoke. Sunday afternoon its super hamburgers. Not a member? Stop by and we can show you how to become a part of this special veteran’s organization. AMVETS is located in the Red Diamond Center next door to IDEA Schools. n Odie’s Deli in Soldotna has live music Friday from 6-8 p.m. and Pub Quiz night every Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. n The Bow bar in Kenai has karaoke at 9 p.m. Thursdays and live music Fridays, Saturdays at 10 p.m. n Hooligans Saloon in Soldotna has poker Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 5:30 p.m. and live music Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. n The Duck Inn on Kalifornsky Beach Road has karaoke at 9 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, and DJ Arisen on Saturdays. n Mykel’s in Soldotna has live music Thursdays from 6-9 p.m. with Robb Justice, and Fridays and Saturdays from 6:30-9:30 p.m. with Bob Ramponi and Dave Unruh. n The Duck Inn will have live music from 7 to 10 p.m. every Wednesday with Robb Justice and Trio. n Musicians and listeners are invited to a Blue Grass Jam at the Kenai United Methodist Church Sunday, September 21 See ARTS, page B-2

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Outside authors talk about love for Alaska By KELLY SULLIVAN Peninsula Clarion

From coping with severe family illnesses to a love of Alaska and a passion for writing Christian fiction, co-authors Tracie Peterson and Kimberley Woodhouse have bonded over their specific commonalities. On their nine-stop, September book tour through Alaska the pair spent time at the Joyce K. Carver Memorial Library in Soldotna to speak about their individual paths that brought them to the same professionstorytelling. Woodhouse, began her portion of the talk with the story of her daughter Kayla. Kayla who suffers from Hereditary Sensory Autonomic Neuropathy, which means she has trouble registering pain, nonfunctional sweat glands and a Chiari Malformation of the brain, where her cerebellum tonsils hang down into her spinal cord and as a result put painful pressure on her spine, she said. “Everybody’s gone through something junky in their life,” Woodhouse said. “I bet everyone in this room has been through something junky.” Taking care of her daughter’s needs shaped not only her family life, but the way Woodhouse tells stories and which stories she tells, she said. After publishing a book she co-wrote with Kayla about her

disease, and a book detailing her family’s experience receiving a home through ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” TV program, Woodhouse met who she calls the “prolific writer, Tracey Peterson,” she said. Peterson was not only her favorite writer, but also willing and wanting to work personally with Woodhouse. “Peterson has taught and guided many other authors,” Woodhouse said. “She has never been too good for any of them.” Since meeting, the two developed a strong friendship and co-authored a depression-era novel set in Alaska, titled “All Things Hidden.” The story is about a young girl named Gwyn Hillerman living in rural Alaska in 1935, Peterson said. The character of Dr. Jeremiah Vaughan loses his medical license and then loses his engagement to Gwyn’s sister, Sophia, she said. The U.S. government sends a group of families to Alaska and Gwyn’s father, Dr. Hillerman, asks Jeremiah to join his practice, Peterson said. Gwyn and Jeremiah eventually fall in love, but that soon too becomes threatened. While Peterson is based in Montana, and Woodhouse lives in Colorado, the two made the trip to Alaska many times through out the course of writ-

ing their novel together. Visiting is only one part of the writing experience, Peterson said. She learned to ride a stagecoach, assisted in a calf birthing that took place in a 30 degrees below zero day and has role played with her husband to get into the stories. Both Peterson and Woodhouse supplemented their lectures with very person, vivid recreations of real life experiences. Peterson began writing because her mother was trying to

get her to be quiet in church. As she grew up, she fell in love with story and books were everything with 106 books written, and 103 of them have been published. “With my books, I want to entertain, educate and encourage the reader,” Peterson said. “When an author can do that in a book they’ve really accomplished something.” Kelly Sullivan can be reached at kelly.sullivan@peninsulaclarion.com

Behind the scenes with animal actors Bookworm Sez You love your pooch very much – but she’s no Lassie. If, in fact, you pulled a Timmy and fell into a well, you’re sure your dog would probably go chase butterflies. She couldn’t find help if it was attached to a bone; seriously, there are days when she doesn’t even come when she’s called. Maybe the problem is that you just haven’t found what motivates her. In the new book “Animal Stars” by Robin Ganzert, PhD and Allen & Linda Anderson, you’ll read about Hollywood critters, trainers, and how you can teach old dogs new tricks. When watching modern Hollywood fare, you might think that wild action scenes with animals are somehow computer generated or edited. It’s safer that way, right?

The truth is that what you see today is 90 percent real, and 99.98 percent safe. That’s because, back in 1939, things were too real, there was a “horrific disregard for animal safety” on at least one set, and a terrified horse died. In 1940, the American Humane Association convinced the movie industry to make sure things like that never happened again; from then on, an AHA representative was consulted and on-set during scenes when animals were acting. But before any animal star gets on the set, its trainer knows exactly what to expect, script-wise and from the animal. Horse trainers prize equines that are easy to work with, and every day can be Take Your Horse to Work Day. Those who train large animals like bears and monkeys have their charge’s tolerance in mind, and aren’t shy about speaking up when that tolerance is at its limits. Dog trainers understand what See SEZ, page B-2

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Fall By Dee Rusin, Kenai

Fall is here How do I know The wind blew in Through the trees Bending low Leaves changing colors Some kind of slow While evergreens faithfully stand The fields of fireweed A flood of bloom Soon will be replaced By darkness and gloom Ice and snow Small animals scramble Over here and there Filling there pouches Hiding food everywhere For winter Migrating birds Stop for a snack Then take to the air To join with the pack Flying south Enjoy the days bathed in the sun Since fall is now here You know what will come Winter Poems must include the writer’s name, phone number and address. They should be kept to no more than 300 words. Submission of a poem does not guarantee publication. Poems may be e-mailed to news@peninsulaclarion. com, faxed to 283-3299, delivered to the Clarion at 150 Trading Bay Road or mailed to P.O. Box 3009, Kenai, AK 99611.

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This image shows Jeff Bridges, left, and Brenton Thwaites in a scene from “The Giver.”

Memories color true horrors in perfect society “The Giver” The Weinstein Company 1 hour 37 minutes In a world where every new Young Adult novel is inspiring not just a series of its own, but a trilogy of big budget films, it was probably inevitable that they would eventually get around to “The Giver,” a relatively thin novel by Lois Lowry from 1993 that has been a staple of middle school English classes since it came out. Twenty years on, it’s easy to see where newer tales, particularly the “Divergent” series, gets many of their ideas. With so many of these stories out there, though, we’re seeing a kind of YA

R eeling It In C hris J enness malaise - “Divergent” didn’t do nearly as well as expected, and other hopefuls such as the southern gothic “Beautiful Creatures” and epic fantasy series “The Mortal Instruments” and “Percy Jackson” have all fizzled mightily at the box

office. I wasn’t expecting all that much from “The Giver,” with that in mind, but I was pleasantly surprised, at least for a little while. “The Giver” is set in a far-flung future, long after the world has experienced some terrible, self-inflicted catastrophe. In response, “The Community” has been set up where there is nothing aberrant, nothing different at all. There is no color, but there is also no pain, no hate, no anger, no fear - it’s a perfect utopia, which in literary terms means that there is a perfect dystopia hiding just underneath. Jonas, in the film a boy of probably eighSee REEL, page B-2

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Bill Cosby to loan art collection to Smithsonian By BRETT ZONGKER Associated Press

WASHINGTON — After amassing a private collection of African-American Art over four decades, Bill Cosby and his wife Camille plan to showcase their holdings for the first time in an exhibition planned at the Smithsonian Institution. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art announced Monday that the entire Cosby collection will go on view in November in a unique exhibit juxtaposing AfricanAmerican art with African art. The collection, which will be loaned to the museum, includes works by such leading AfricanAmerican artists as Beauford Delaney, Faith Ringgold, Jacob Lawrence, Augusta Savage and Henry Ossawa Tanner. The Cosby collection of more than 300 African-American paintings, prints, sculptures and drawings has never been loaned

‘It’s so important to show art by AfricanAmerican artists in this exhibition, To me, it’s a way for people to see what exists and to give voice to many of these artists who were silenced for so long, some of whom will speak no more.’ — Bill Crosby or seen publicly, except for one work of art. “It’s so important to show art by African-American artists in this exhibition,” Cosby said in a written statement. “To me, it’s a way for people to see what exists and to give voice to many of these artists who were silenced for so long, some of whom will speak no more.” Cosby, 77, is a comedian, actor and author best known for the smash hit TV show he crafted, “The Cosby Show,”

which aired on NBC from 1984 to 1992. The groundbreaking show featured a successful black family. He later starred in a CBS sitcom and is now in talks with NBC for a new extended-family sitcom with Cosby as the patriarch. The new project could air in 2015. The exhibit “Conversations: African and African-American Artworks in Dialogue” will open Nov. 9 and will be on view through early 2016 in Washington. It will be organized by

themes, placing pieces from African artists in the Smithsonian collection near similar works from African-American artists in Cosby’s collection. Curators said it will explore ideas about history, creativity, power, identity and artistry. Some highlights include rare 18th and early 19th-century portraits by Baltimore-based artist Joshua Johnston, explorations of black spirituality in the 1894 piece “The Thankful Poor” by Henry Ossawa Tanner and Cosby family quilts. “The exhibition will encourage all of us to draw from the creativity that is Africa, to recognize the shared history that inextricably links Africa and the African diaspora and to seek the common threads that weave our stories together,” said Museum Director Johnnetta Betsch Cole, in announcing the exhibit. The exhibition of Cosby’s collection is part of the African art museum’s 50th anniversary.

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from 1-4:00 p.m. Blue Grass enthusiasts should enter through the side door. The Jam is held in the downstairs Fellowship Hall. The church is located across the street from Wells Fargo Bank at 607 Frontage Road. For more information call Jim Evenson at 776-8060. n The Vagabond Inn will host the Palmer classic rock band “Braided River” Friday September 19 at 9 p.m.

Markets, fairs and bazaars n Kenai’s Saturday Market is open every Saturday through Sept. 13. It is held in the grassy area across the parking lot from the Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center. The market will include very talented folks selling beautiful Alaskan Arts & Crafts. Fresh vegetables will start showing up about the middle of June. Vendor rates are as low as $20 per Saturday and spaces are limited, so pick up an application at the Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center or call Harold at 283-1991. n A new farmers’ market in downtown Ninilchik is open Saturdays, featuring homegrown plants and veggies, a wide variety of crafts, handmade artisan sea salt and dog cart rides. It will be across from the Kenai Peninsula State Fairgrounds. Vendors are needed! For an application or information call Michelle Hogan 299-4999. Cost for a booth is $25 for the season or $5 per day. n The Farmers Fresh Market is open every Tuesday, 3-6 p.m., in the parking lot of the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank on KBeach Road at Community College Drive. The market features local food producers and a kids’ activity booth. For updates on what is in season, see the Farmers Fresh Market page on Facebook. Interested vendors can contact Market Manager Dan Funk at 382-0210. n The Soldotna Wednesday Market is open Wednesdays from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Peninsula Center Mall. n Table space is available for the 2nd Annual Craft Bazaar at Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church in Kenai on Friday, October 10th 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturday, October 11th 10 a.m.4 p.m. Any questions or for a table space application please contact Karen at (907) 350-0843 or Joan at (907) 283-2020 n The Sterling Community Center invites artists, crafters, and vendors to participate in its Fall Craft & Vendor Fair to be held Saturday, October 18, 2014, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the SC Center. $30 for a space, $10 to rent a table. Limit 1 vendor per product line. Early registration going on now for Sterling, Soldotna, and Kenai-area vendors. Open registration for all vendors begins Sept. 15. Visit www.sterlingcommunityclub. com for a registration form, or stop by the Sterling Community Center in person. Call 262-7224 or email sterlingcommunityclub@live.com for more information.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A website created by the Lincoln Arts Council is aiming to catalog pieces of public art throughout the city. It was recently launched to coincide with the installation of a new sculpture, Ascent, which will be displayed downtown at Tower Square, the Lincoln Journal Star (http:// bit.ly/ZmMevg ) reported. The interactive website currently features 92 pieces of art and

was created by college interns throughout several summers. Arts Council Director Deb Weber hopes Lincoln residents will help the group add other pieces of art that it missed. People can submit photos of the public artwork to be uploaded to the Public Art Lincoln website. “We want to embrace all of the art in our community,” she said. The website is a virtual

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Allen & Linda Anderson give movie and TV fans plenty of insight on today’s animal actors and the people who make sure those awesome stunts you see are pulled off without a hitch. The behind-the-scenes peeks you’ll get are fun to read and hints for teaching your own critter are definitely helpful. I was less-than-impressed by the brief messages from human stars scattered throughout this book, however. They seemed to me to be rather like thankyou notes dashed off to a dotty great-aunt: perfunctory, and awfully lame. That bugged me, but not enough to put this book down which means you should pick it up. Animal lovers of all stripes, I think, will enjoy “Animal Stars” pretty well.

makes Woofie want to work. Snake handlers know that you can’t train a snake. To teach an animal to work in Hollywood takes patience; trainers like Bobby Lovgren, Nicholas Toth, Mathilde de Cagny, and Thomas Gunderson use the word again and again. Get inside your dog’s head. Know your cat’s heart. Understand that some critters (like badgers) are going to take much more effort to teach. With nondomestic animals, know that escape is a possibility. And try to make training fun; nobody likes it when work’s a drudge. So you say your favorite star happens to wear fur all day, all The Bookworm is Terri night. Then “Animal Stars” is going to delight you – mostly. Schlichenmeyer. Email her at Authors Robin Ganzert and bookwormsez@gmail.com.

guide to the city’s artwork, featuring a photo gallery, maps and information, as well as a spot to submit feedback. The council hopes residents and visitors will use the website to plan their own art tours. Lincoln residents are blessed to live in a place that values public art, Weber said, and the city is smart to promote it because it attracts tourism. “Public art creates a sense

of place within a community. It inspires the community. People feel a sense of prosperity when they have beautiful things to inspire them,” she said. A list compiled by the city for insurance purposes shows its art, most of which was donated, is worth an estimated $5.1 million. Other pieces are owned by the University of Nebraska and are on display on its Lincoln campus.

Barbra Streisand, the feminist, sings on By MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer

NEW YORK — Barbra Streisand’s new album of duets only includes male singers, but it wasn’t a conscious effort to exclude females. “Everyone we asked was ... busy,” Streisand said. The performer almost scored one major diva: Beyonce. “She had her people try to do a track of one of the songs from my movie, ‘A Star is Born,’ and it just, we didn’t have the time to finish it, to get it right,” she said. “We had to release the album. Maybe someday we’ll do a duet because she’s so great.” “Partners,” released Tuesday, features Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder, John Mayer, John Legend and Babyface, who produced the album. In a recent interview with The Associated Press, Streisand talked about music, directing, women’s right and politics. nnn AP: Would you do an album full of female duets next? Streisand: (Pauses) Possibly. I loved singing with Celine (Dion) and Donna Summer. AP: What was the energy like in the studio for you and your guests? Streisand: We were all nervous. Everybody was saying to me, “I’m nervous singing with you!” And I said, “Whoops, Films I’m nervous singing with you.” ...I love that kind of nervousness. You know somen Call Orca Theaters at 262-7003 for listings and times. thing’s being done for posterity. I guess n Call Kambe Cinemas at 283-4554 for listings and times. that’s why I like making movies, too, because it lasts. AP: How have you maintained your Down the Road voice over the years? n The Pratt Museum in Homer is open from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. daily. Streisand: I don’t drink. I don’t like the For more information and a schedule of events, visit www.pratt- taste of liquor. I like beer sometimes. I museum.org. can do half a shot of vodka with tonic, but it’s always like medicine to me, alcohol. Submissions may be emailed to news@peninsulaclarion.com. I don’t drink wine even. Maybe that has The deadline is 5 p.m. Mondays. something to do with it. I smoked when I was 10 years old, you know on the streets,

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This undated handout image provided by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art and part of the William H. and Camille O. Cosby Collection, shows an oil on canvas work by Henry Ossawa Tanner, entitled The Thankful Poor. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art says Monday that the entire William H. and Camille O. Cosby Collection will go on view in November in an exhibit juxtaposing African-American art with African art.

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teen, though in the novel one of eleven, has been selected to be the Community’s next “Receiver of Memory” - basically the person tasked with knowing all the awful stuff about the past so that no one else has to. But what Jonas comes to realize, under the tutelage of the previous Receiver (Jeff Bridges), now known as the Giver, is that the past had lots of good in it, including joy, compassion, generosity, and love. As his training progresses, Jonas begins to see things in ways that he never had before, most importantly his former best gal pal, Fiona. But as our hero begins to get closer to not only Fiona, but also to an unwanted baby that his family is caring for, his newfound C

on the rooftops in Brooklyn because my stepfather smoked ... gave it up when I was 12. AP: Was it weird singing along with Elvis Presley’s vocals on “Love Me Tender”? Streisand: No, it just felt right. It felt natural. I met him. I talked to him. I wanted him for a movie. AP: What movie? Streisand: It was “A Star is Born” many, many years ago. His career was slightly in decline, he was overweight and I thought he was perfect to play that part. ...It was fun to talk to him. He was talking about the process of how people don’t understand that you need time and quiet before you perform. And he was talking about a girl in his life who doesn’t understand that, and I said, “Oh you really have to explain that and tell her it’s not personal; it’s just that you need to be quiet before you go onstage.” But it was lovely to share these stories with each other. AP: Are you planning to do more movies? Streisand: I like directing. I’m planning to direct a move and also be in a couple of things maybe that I’ve meant to do over the years. AP: Are you happy to see more female directors on the scene? Streisand: Well, the problem is there aren’t more. I swear to God I read a survey a few months ago, like less than 6 percent of women are directing films today, and that was (the same as) in the time I did “Yentl.” AP: Why do you think that is? Streisand: I think women are still treated as second-class citizens. We still don’t get equal pay. Thank God I am in the music industry, so it’s a bit different, but I’m fortunate in that way. The average woman doesn’t get the same pay; she gets 77 cents on the dollar that a man gets. I’m so involved in women’s heart disease and try-

awareness begins to alert the suspicions of the Chief Elder, played with a measured menace by Meryl Streep. Things come to a head, but just when things seem darkest, the Giver reveals a plan that just might save them all. The first half of “The Giver” is surprisingly good. Young Brenton Thwaites does a good job as Jonas, and I was taken in by the love story between he and Fiona, despite the fact that it’s a complete departure from the book. Director Philip Noyce, better known for gritty political actioners like the Harrison Ford Jack Ryan duo “Patriot Games” and “Clear and Present Danger,” wisely decides to display much of the film in a kind of grayish sepia tone that describes members of the Community’s world view. Much as happens in the, frankly, better film “Pleasantville,” when the color finally

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ing to raise awareness and funds; Even in medical research, women are not treated equally. The research on women’s hearts is done in the last 50 years on men. ...So since women are 51 percent of the population I think we should really have that represented in Congress as well. AP: Speaking of politics, have you spoken to Hillary Clinton whether she’ll run for president? Streisand: I would love her to run. I think we have advanced with Obama, and I think people are giving him a hard time, which is not fair because this Affordable Care Act is working and it’s going to help a lot of people. But it’s like Greek tragedy, you know, they always try to bring down the gods, bring down the kings, bring down the leaders.

begins to appear, the impact is effective. Thwaites’ chemistry with Bridges, again chewing his dialogue in a bizarre accent, is very good and the simple story takes its time to gradually reveal the true horrors going on in this supposedly perfect society. Unfortunately, as the action begins to ramp up, so does the tempo, and the second half of the film feels as if it’s just rocketing by. The subtlety and careful character development are cast aside and much of the final portion of the story is shown almost in montage format. It really felt less like the second half of the movie as it did a quick-cut teaser reel of the next one - kind of like a “Next time on ‘The Giver!’” promo. When the film finally comes to its climax, most of my buy-in was squandered and what should be a very emotional encounter is merely

blah. The final scenes of the film, ambiguous in the novel, are just confusing here and pretty much drained the last of my enthusiasm. The film shifts so dramatically that I wonder if there was some kind of studio intrusion. The film is short, barely over an hour-anda-half, and could easily have benefited from another twenty minutes or so, if not more. It’s disappointing that this classic adaptation could start so strong and end so poorly. I know Jeff Bridges, a big proponent of literacy, was instrumental in getting this film made. Maybe what he had to give just wasn’t enough. Grade: C “The Giver” is rated PG-13 for mature themes and brief scenes of violence. Chris Jenness is a freelance graphic designer, artist and movie buff who lives in Nikiski.

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Daughter appalled by callous treatment of her dad’s ashes stepmother’s first husband, inviting you in to see it was beyond insensitive on her part. The only bright side I can see to this is that you’re now in possession of your beloved father’s ashes, and you will probably never have to see her again.

parent, you are not sending your little girl off to stay with complete strangers. Make it a point to meet and talk with the parents of the girls who are having the sleepovers. If that’s not possible, your ex should do it so you can both be assured that the party will be properly supervised. You should also make sure your daughter knows that she can talk to you anytime about ANYTHING and you will listen, answer her questions and support her. I assume that Lindsey’s mother has already DEAR ABBY: I am the started the dialogue about the facts of life. Talk to father of an 8-year-old daugh- Abigail Van Buren your ex about your concerns and ask what she has ter, “Lindsey.” She is my discussed with Lindsey about boundaries, inapproworld. Her mom and I split priate touching and that Lindsey knows she can when Lindsey was 2. She has remarried. We are all come to either of you if anyone makes her uncomcivil, and things are good. fortable. Lindsey is getting to the age in which sleepovers at The most effective way to protect a child is to friends’ houses are happening, which is fine because ensure that there is open, comfortable communicaI know a few of them and their parents. I’m worried tion on any subject. about the fathers or older brothers of the ones I don’t know. How do you ask or tell an 8-year-old about the Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also dangers of pedophiles without scaring her? This is my known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her biggest fear. mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www. — DAD IN LOUISIANA DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA DEAR DAD: I assume that, as a conscientious 90069.

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planation from the bank, a partner or whoever else might be involved. Listen to feedback from a loved one or a neighbor, as this person tends to see situations differently from how you see them. Tonight: Hang out. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You could encounter a problem with a real estate matter or some issue involving your domestic life. Once you open up conversation, you will see the solution and act on it. Be willing to go out of your way to treat a loved one. Buy a token of affection. Tonight: Indulge a little. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH You’ll want to assume a low profile during the day. When asking questions, your observations might be more important than the responses you receive. Others will open up and speak more if you are less talkative and more receptive. Tonight: Stay out late. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH Listen to a friend’s news.You might believe that he or she has left out some important facts, but recognize that you can get more information only when you know more about the situation. Use caution with money, and count your change. Tonight: Make weekend plans. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH You have a tendency to worry too much and create problems where there are none. You might have to shoulder some extra responsibility. Don’t allow these tasks to become a part of your daily life. You are just doing someone else a favor — period. Tonight: Be playful. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Keep your eye on the long

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term, and don’t let your emotions take over right now. You need to take another look at a personal situation. Intellectual pursuits are very possible, as long as you tap into your creativity. Welcome a different perspective. Tonight: Follow the music. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHHYou might want to touch base with a close friend or loved one before acting on what you deem a “good idea.” Though you might not be ecstatic about some of the feedback, your idea will get a practical new look. Tonight: Plan a concert, a trip or some other weekend happening. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH You will enjoy letting others carry the ball for you. The experience could prove to be enlightening for both them and you. Understand what motivates you to take the lead so often; you might be far more controlling than you realize. Tonight: Go along with a suggestion. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHYou are determined to get done two days’ worth of work in one. Be careful, because new information could head your way that might force you to backtrack and do what you believed was already done. Recognize your limitations. Tonight: Happily fancy-free. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Continue to tap into your imagination to discover what might be the best way to forge ahead with a project. Discuss your ideas with a trusted adviser or counselor. Understand what is happening with a child and/or loved one. Tonight: Let the fun begin.

A ‘grate’ cleaning solution Dear Heloise: Can you please tell me an easy way to clean the grates on my gas stove? No matter what I do, they still turn black from all the cooking grease and grime. — Diane T. in Texas To clean your stove grates, you will need some plastic bags and ammonia. Place the grates in the plastic bags, followed by a few tablespoons of ammonia. Seal the bags tightly and let them sit in the sink overnight. The grime and grease will come off or be loosened, but any remaining can be cleaned with a scouring pad, hot water and soap. My only caution is when you open the bags, be very careful, because the fumes will be pungent and can be harmful. Open windows and keep the room as ventilated as possible while you finish cleaning. Do this on a regular basis to keep up with them. — Heloise Covered luggage Dear Heloise: While cleaning out my closet, I found I had lots of hangers with bags on them from the dry cleaners. I also noticed how dusty our luggage was. I cleaned the luggage, took the bags off the hangers and taped the top opening closed. Then I slipped the bags over the luggage. It has worked really well, and the bags slip on and off so easily that it’s a snap. Just remember to keep these bags away from pets and small children. — Donna F. in Nebraska Paper-plate storage Dear Heloise: One of your readers suggested storing paper plates in a cake carrier, and it works! Now I have more room in my pantry without having to look at the bulk paper plates in the corner! — Barbara P. in California

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ABBY: My dad died in April after a brief illness. Before he passed, my stepmother encouraged him to donate his body to science because she is to be buried with her first husband, and she didn’t want the expense of burying Dad. I went to pick up my father’s ashes as she requested. When I got there, she invited me into her bedroom to see that she had made a shrine to her first husband, who had died three years before she and Dad were married. The one photo she had of Dad was 2 inches by 3 inches, and was the one from his memorial invitation. With a broken heart I made my way to the door. Abby, she was married to my dad for 30 years. He supported her, took care of her, and worked to the age of 75 to keep her happy — and that was a task! As I reached the front door, I remembered what I was there for in the first place — my dad’s ashes. They were still in the UPS wrap, in a bench that he kept his shoes and boots in by the door. Seriously, who does that? — GRIEVING DAUGHTER IN NEW YORK DEAR GRIEVING DAUGHTER: Please accept my deepest sympathy for the loss of your father. Unless he spent the entire 30 years of his marriage sharing his bedroom with the shrine to your

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