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SEPTEMBER 28, 2014 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Vol. 44, Issue 308

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‘Never stop training’

Firefighters wrap-up week-long conference with run, competition By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion

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(left) Chugiak Volunteer Fire and Rescue firefighter Joe Lindquist hands a stretcher to Tell Spragg, firefighter with the Petersburg Fire Department as the two work to pull a mock victim out of a wrecked car Friday during the 2014 Alaska Fire Conference. Dozens of firefighters opted for a 2-day extrication training class held at the Reddi Towing and Salvage yard in Kenai.

When a call comes in, first responders need to be ready for anything at anytime. The 2014 Alaska Fire Conference wrapped up Saturday with 250 firefighters from across the state on the Kenai Peninsula to receive fire training while also learning from national fire instructors. The theme of the conference was “Physical Preparedness and Operational Readiness,” two mantras firefighters live by, said keynote speaker Dave McGrail, assistant Chief from the Denver Fire Department. McGrail addressed the firefighters who attended at the opening ceremony Sept. 17 at Kenai Central High School.

He spoke about how firefighters can achieve excellence by building strong teams within their departments. Those teams must have the desire to serve, courage to act and ability to perform, he said. State and local politicians welcomed the firefighters at the opening ceremony and thanked them for their service. Lt. Governor Mead Treadwell, who lost his father in a fire, said his father opened a fire station on the last day he was alive. “Never stop training,” Treadwell said. “You are on the front lines protecting live and property. I encourage you to pay attention to what goes on in government. We know how important your needs are.” See FIRE, page A-2

Three compete in KPB mayor’s race ‘People ... know me and what I stand for’

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‘I’ve done a good job’

Being prepared for a natural disaster is at the top of his priority list. In the race for the Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor’s seat, Carrol Martin’s platform is to better protect borough residents against natural disasters and ensure they have the necessities to survive if an event were to cut the area off from suppliers. “A safe, secure food supply, wildfire remediation and green belt-parks and recreation work together as a 3-in-1 plan and the borough should be encouraging Kenai, Soldotna, the (Kenaitze Indian) Tribe and Alaska (Division of) Forestry to work together,” he wrote in an email. Martin is retired, but is an active volunteer in the community. He has a colorful past that has included a variety of work and life experience. “I’m (100) percent confident I can win as I have worked all Photos by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion over the Peninsula and many people in each community (left) Carrol Martin, Mike Navarre and Tom Bearup have all been campaigning for the Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor’s seat. See , page A-

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It’s incumbent upon me to go out ... to earn the respect and the respect of the people.’ Kenai Peninsula voters last elected him to office in 1979 as mayor of Soldotna. Now Tom Bearup, 67, is running for Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor. Between his time as the Soldotna mayor and now, Bearup has run for multiple offices in Arizona — most recently for Pinal County Arizona Sheriff

in 2012. The paper trail that ties Bearup, an Arizona native, and his family between the two states is extensive and shows that Bearup has spent much of his

His confidence in continuing in his current position is high. “I think that I’ll be re-elected because I believe that I’ve done a good job and I think that people are recognizing that,” said Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Mike Navarre. He said he has the most experience and believes that he is the best qualified to serve as borough mayor. “I carry out the responsibilities and I take the job seriously and I work hard at it,” he said. “I educate myself on the issues and I utilize the expertise that’s available to me.” Navarre, 58, said he is running again because he still has some things he would like to accomplish with the current management team, and if the borough elects a new mayor, Navarre is concerned the learning curve of the job will delay progress. “I think that anyone who hasn’t been in the position before would tend to underestimate the job and responsibilities that go along with it,” he said. Navarre was first elected as mayor in 1996 and then again in 2011. He thinks with relationships he has built in his positions, he can best influence stakeholder and legislative-level decisions on the Alaska LNG Project. The project proposes Nikiski as the site for a liquefied natural gas plant and terminal. “It takes a long time to build relationships,” he said. “I’ve been living in the community consistently my whole life, except for college and a couple years I spent in Fairbanks. … So I have a lot of good, strong contacts that I built at the state level, at the national level.” In the mid-1970s Navarre said he quit college and went to Fairbanks with a plan of getting a job on the North Slope. Instead, See NAVARRE, page A-10

adult life split between the two states. However, his most recent attempt at landing a public office in Arizona has led some to questions about his authenticity

Tom Bearup has a long and complicated history of public and private sector work between Alaska and his native state of Arizona. During the course of this mayoral campaign, a number of questions have been raised about it. Here are some of the facts:

Running for Sheriff Bearup and his wife, Adele Bearup, were in Mexico working with orphans in 2012, when he decided to run for sheriff See HiSTORY, page A-11

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as an Alaskan, Bearup said. “If you choose to live here, you should be an Alaskan,” he said. “If you have lived some place else and come here, you’re making that decision to come here and our time here has been about 15 years total.” It’s not the first time his residency qualifications have been questioned. He tried to run for Arizona House of Representatives in 1984, but hit a snag when it came to residency requirments. Arizona requires candidates for state legislature See BEARUP, page A-11

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North Star Fire Department volunteer firefighter Deandre Thompson discusses the logistics of lifting a bus off of a car with Tony Miles, a firefighter with the Kuparuk Fire Department and Alpine Fire Department firefighter Zach Martinez at an extrication training class during the 2014 Alaska Fire Conference in Kenai, Alaska. The extrication training classes were held at the Reddi Towing and Salvage yard in Kenai where owners cleared the yard and collected more than 30 donated cars for use in the classes.

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Seminars throughout the week included rapid intervention team training, during which firefighters simulated rescues in live fire exercises, and helicopter underwater egress training, during which attendees were submerged in a pool and had to escape from the helicopter cage. Throughout the conference, participants also had the opportunity to attend training for shipboard firefighting, fire truck operations, industrial firefighting, and rescue techniques like procedures for cutting up vehicles with extrication tools and swift water boat rescue exercises on the Kenai River. The conference attracted firefighters from all over the state, including remote villages from the North Slope Borough. Jimmie Kagak, from the Wainwright Volunteer Fire Department, said he enjoyed the opportunity to attend classes and hear from national instructors like McGrail and Chief Dennis Ruben from the Washington D.C. Fire Department. Kagak, a 20-year veteran firefighter, said he attended the conference to learn from his peers so he could bring the knowledge back home to share with his volunteers. Recruitment has been one of the biggest challenges, he said. The village of Wainright, is located 72 miles southwest of Barrow and has a population of about 550 people, according to the 2010 U.S. census. “It’s important to keep volunteers in the department engaged with positive training and help them advance in their career opportunities to get high training we don’t normally offer,” he said. “Here I get to meet up with friends and chiefs with years of experience. I just enjoy being around them and listen to what they have to say.” Florence Tagarook, from the Anaktuvuk Pass Volunteer Fire Department, said the entire conference experience with live training has been fun. “The training is serious

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know me and what I stand for,” he wrote. “No one has a more varied and successful career than I.” Martin, of Kenai, who moved to Alaska permanently more than 40 years ago, grew up on a farm in Colorado. There, he

business with people who have valuable skills to share,” she said. “All the classes I picked out are related to what I could see and need to be ready for. This has been a good trip with helpful instructors.” Kagak, said he took a training class on critical incident special management. He said he left the hands-on live training to the younger firefighters. “The managerial classes are good for me to learn from my peers,” he said. “Live training is valuable for the new guys. I was once a young buck wanting to prove myself. In this job you learn something new everyday.” On Thursday, a class on aircraft firefighting at the Beacon Training Center in Kenai demonstrated the proper techniques of aircraft fire suppression. Fairbanks Fire Department Chief Dan Grimes and Tommy Carver from the Kenai Fire Department instructed firefighters as they practiced suppression on jet engine fires from the exterior of a plane, to going inside and putting out fires in the cockpit and cabin. Carver said the scenario is unique because the fire path can be programmed and can go from one side of the cabin to overhead and will force firefighters to react and suppress the fires. Two hose teams of two approach the

fire and spray large volumes of water at a fiery blaze. Richard Lewis from the Kotzebue Fire Department said he took the aircraft fire training because his volunteer department also services Ralph Wien Memorial Airport, which is the only way people can access the small coastal community. “It is good to know how to fight an aircraft fire in the event an accident happens,” he said. “Now I know what to do and can bring that knowledge back to my department and educate those guys.” Lewis, who was a volunteer firefighter for two years but spent the last three as a paid staff firefighter, said firefighting in Kotzebue is difficult because the department has a small staff and the structures are not sturdy. The department hasn’t experienced a structure fire yet this year and deal with a lot of medical calls, he said. “With many old structures we focus on defensive fire suppression from the outside because inside the building may collapse,” he said. After a week of classroom learning and hands on training, the firefighters wrapped up the conference Saturday with a friendly competition. After a pancake breakfast at the Kenai Fire Department at Kenai Municipal Airport Station,

was the Cameron Carter Memorial 3.43 K run. Carter was a Central Emergency Services paramedic and one of four who died in a helicopter crash in 2007. The race was is 3.43 kilometers long to honor the 343 New York City firefighters who died on 9/11. Many participating firefighters ran in full gear with oxygen tanks and masks. Local teams from Nikiski and Kenai took on firefighters from Sitka, Girdwood and Kodiak in a timed firefighter skills competition. The first event pitted two firefighters against each other to see who can put all their gear on the fastest. During the next event, two challengers raced to see who could be the first to extinguish a barrel fire. Teams of four put their ladder set-up to the skills in the next event. Three firefighters ran with a ladder, set it up on a platform, lifted it up 30 feet in the air and stabilized the base while the fourth member climbed up to ring a bell. Representing the Kenai Fire Department was Battalion Chief Tony Prior and firefighters Sam Sathathite, Justin Horton and Scott Summers. The Nikiski Fire Department team was comprised of Steven Robertson, Elijah Deatherage, Olivia Hart, and Holly Behrens. The next event was a team relay that required each com-

petitor to hook up hose to a fire hydrant and connect three sets of hose that stretched 175 feet long, then run back and unhook the nozzles. The Nikiski and Kenai teams won their respective heads against Bayside Fire Department and Sitka Fire Departments. The final event asked the team of firefighters to flip over a 500-pound tire down one end and roll the tire around a course before resting it back at the starting spot. Deatherage, an on-call Nikiski firefighter said the competition was a fun way to end the week. Kenai Fire Chief Jeff Tucker said all the preparation lead-

ing up to the conference made for a successful week. He said the weather helped make the conference pleasant for all the traveling guests and the information learned will benefit communities around the state. Conference spokesperson Bud Sexton with the Nikiski Fire Department said next year’s conference will be in Seward. “Fire service training is everything,” Sexton said. “To be able to get exposure from all these individuals — who are all top notch trainers in their field — it is valuable.”

learned how to garden, feed animals, milk cows, shear sheep and irrigate pastures. “I can cut up a chicken in 13 seconds and clean fish, cut up pigs and cattle, wild game, etc. with comparable speed,” he wrote. He honed his talents working in a grocery store butcher shop during high school and continues to pass down his knowledge

by teaching 4-Hers and others these skills, he said. When he was younger, his mother taught him how to make bread and pies, which helped him while he worked at a restaurant during his first two years of college, he said. He also worked as a landscaper at Ft. Louse College in Durango, Colorado, where he received an associate degree. He then attended Adams State College in Alamosa, Colorado where he continued to do agriculture work and also worked in a potato chip plant. Martin graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business education and economics. He decide to continue at the college pursing a mater’s degree in elementary and secondary administration. During his educational pursuit, he met and married his wife, JoAnne Martin. After graduation, the couple moved to Metlakatla, Alaska, in 1963 and Martin taught junior high and high school business classes. Their oldest son Blair was born in nearby Ketchikan. It was there that Martin purchased and finished a 21-foot vessel and learned about boating. He also worked on a salmon fishing boat during the summer and expanded his commercial fishing experience. When the couple moved to Ninilchik, Martin worked as a setnetter. The Martins decided they

wanted to live in Alaska permanently, preferably on the Kenai Peninsula, so they moved back down to Colorado to work toward that dream, Martin wrote. He taught high school business courses and was a principal for two years. Martin was also part-owner of a private business college and data pro-

cessing business. In 1972, his wife was hired by the University of Alaska Extension Service as the home economics and 4-H agent in Juneau. While in Juneau, Martin taught at the UA Southeast. JoAnne Martin was transferred to the Kenai Peninsula and Kodiak District office in Homer

18 months later. When the Co- Y operative Extension opened an office in Kodiak, the Kenai Peninsula office was moved to the Kenai Peninsula College. Martin taught for one year at KPC. In 1975, the couple bought their current property on Kalifornsky Beach Road near

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Jessica Roper jumps off of Eagle Rock Friday as emergency personnel swam in the Kenai River for swift water boat training during the 2014 Alaska Fire Conference on the Kenai Peninsula.

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Obituaries Lars Rasmus Frostad Lars Rasmus Frostad, 74, of Kenai, Alaska and Mukilteo, Washington passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014 in Kenai. Lars and his twin brother, Knut, were born at home in Kenai, on Aug. 27, 1940 to Ole and Mary Frostad. They were the first set of twins to both survive on the Peninsula. Lars was baptized in the Russian Orthodox Church in Kenai. The family moved to Anchorage and eventually resided in Bellingham, Washington. Lars graduated from Bellingham High School in 1958. Lars joined the Ironworkers Union in 1959. He was dedicated to his occupation and made many lifelong friends during his 35-year career. He retired in 1994, however, he continued to enjoy social events with his Union Brothers. Lars was born into a commercial fishing family and was dedicated to this way of life. His knowledge of Cook Inlet and its fishery surpassed most anyone and other fishermen would often flock to him for advice, mentorship and his secrets of the trade. He taught many young boys to be men and didn’t give a second thought to his daughters fishing alongside him. Following in his father’s footsteps, he carried on the tradition of making the best sourdough hotcakes on the beach. Together with his father Ole, his children, other family and close friends, and now, daughter Sarah and her family they have continued this way of life on Salamatof Beach, where the Frostad family has been fishing for over 85 years. Lars was a highly competent and compassionate man and while he often wore a gruff face, he would do anything to help a family member or friend in need. One would often hear, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” and if you were lucky you might get an “atta girl” or “atta boy.” He was a very handy man, enjoyed projects of all kinds and was known to be able to fix most anything. While he was a man of great memory, anyone who knew him will always tell you about his note pad that fit perfectly in his chest pocket. Lars enjoyed watching baseball and supporting his grandkids at their sporting events. If he included you as a friend, you were very blessed. Lars is tremendously missed by all whom he crossed paths with in his rich life of hard work. He is preceded in death by his wife, Gene Ann Frostad, his son, Carl Frostad, his first wife, Sandra Frostad, his parents, Ole and Mary Frostad and his sisters, Lorraine Topping, Pat Frostad, and Jeanette Bird. Lars is survived by his children, Sarah and Jason Hudkins, Kathy and Louie Egashira, C

Lisa Davis, and Marcia Stewart; grandchildren, Gavin, Trenton and Shayla Hudkins, Josh Heying and Jamie Stewart; twin brother, Knut and Gerry Frostad; and nephew, Scott Frostad. Remembrances can be made in Lars’ name to: Kenai Peninsula Fisherman’s Association, 43961 Kalifornsky Beach Road Suite F, Soldotna, Alaska 99669 or www.kpfaalaska.org. A Celebration of Life will be held on his beloved Salamatof Beach in Kenai this coming summer.

Matthew R. Lott Matthew R. Lott, 87, longtime resident of Gordon, Wisconsin, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. He was surrounded by his children, many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Born in Keewatin, Minnesota, Matt joined the Navy as a young man and served in WWII. In 1975 he fulfilled a lifelong dream and moved his family, and many friends, to Kenai, Alaska. Upon retiring from the oilfield, Matt and his wife Tisha built a home in Gordon where they lived together until her death in 2009 after 60 years of marriage. Matt had a passion for life and lived it to its fullest until the day of his death. He touched many lives from Alaska to Florida and everywhere in between. He was a loving husband, great father and an awesome friend. For all who knew him, he was bigger than life and will be missed immensely. Matt is proceeded in death by his wife Patricia “Tisha”, his parents Matteo and Francis Lott, his brother Roland and his sister Theresa. He leaves behind his seven children, Ricki (Rob) Heffernen of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Patti Lott (Jim Donaldson) of Phoenix, Arizona, Theresa (Joseph) Dellinger, of Asheville, North Carolina, Matthew Lott Jr. (Karen) of Phoenix, Arizona, Jackie (Eddie) Taylor of Seldovia, James (Annalea) Lott of Kenai, and Michael John (Tasha) Lott of Kenai; his sisters, Corrine and Jean; and brother John; his 21 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and many, many dear friends all around the country. Matt will be laid to rest with his wife at the veterans cemetery in Spooner, Wisconsin at a later date.

Linda Kay Hordemann

Humphries will officiate. She will be laid to rest at the Soldotna Community Memorial Park. A celebration of life potluck will follow at the Alaska Roadhouse. Linda was born Nov. 5, 1956 in Battle Ground, Wash. She raised two children James Lee Musgrove and Lydia Dee Reynolds. She married Mark Hordemann, the love of her life, on Apr. 21, 2002, who has three children, Trevor, David and Candace. This was the most beautiful union any woman could have ever asked for. These two families became one. Linda was an amazing soul, who had gracious kindness, a beautiful heart and was most importantly the strength of our family. She was very passionate when it came to something or someone she believed in. She was active in politics and proud Republican. In 2000, she ran for Representative for District 9. Anyone who ever listened to Sound Off heard her voice. She loved horses and horseback riding, by herself and with family. She adored spending quality time with family and friends. She laughed, loved and blessed us with her kindness, grace and dignity. Linda was from a family of 11 children, eight girls and three boys and their spouses. They are Sandy and Pete Pevan, Michael and Barbara Reynolds, Lana and Kale Kuivikko, Kathy Reynolds, Lance and Debbie Reynolds, Carolyn and Brett Reid, Theresa and Gary Hansen, Scott and Amanda Reynolds, Laura and Ernie Pruette and Tracy and Ron Palm. Linda loved talking about growing up with this huge family and how special it was to her. She would always say, we always had our own baseball team, soccer team, babysitter, and most importantly, best friends. We always had each other. We were not allowed to have other friends as our parents would say we have given you 10 brothers and sisters, isn’t that enough? But we knew the truth, they didn’t want to feed any more kids. Linda so loved her grandchildren. Trevor and Frances gave her, KC Graham Hordemann, Lydia and Norris gave her Corbin James Reynolds, Candace and Steve gave her James Maurice Haugstad, and James and Stephanie gave her Landon Willis Musgrove. Linda was the most special auntie any niece or nephew could have ever had. She was always there for each and every one of them, whenever they needed her opinion, wisdom or kindness. They include, Robert, Richard

Lifelong Alaskan, Linda Kay (Reynolds) Hordemann, 57, entered her heavenly home Sept. 24, 2014, where she was greeted with open arms by her parents Clyde Willis and Doris Jane Reynolds and many other family members that awaited her arrival. Services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, at the Soldotna Church of God. Pastor Alan

and Tamara Pevan, Rachael, Andrew and Sara Reynolds, Sandra Goode, Tara Kuivikko, Julie Anderson, Luke Reynolds, Christine Cunningham, Katherine Uie, Elizabeth Giver, Mary Hamby, Jebadiah, Adam and Jason McCloud, Kerri Elliott, Clyde Reynolds II, Melissa Williams, Eric and Megan Pruett, Tiffany Palm and Courtney Paramore. She was also a greatauntie to 40 blessed children of the Reynolds clan. Rest in Peace Daughter, Wife, Mother, Sister, Auntie and Grandmother.

Kayla Ann Johnson Kenai resident Kayla Ann Johnson, 24, passed away Friday, Sept. 19, 2014 at her residence in Kenai. Graveside services will be held 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6, 2014 at the Kenai City Cemetery. Pastor Corbie Cross will officiate. Kayla was born Dec. 16, 1989 in Soldotna. She went to school in Kenai and graduated from Kenai Alternative High School a year early. Kayla was very artistic and into fashion. She was also very adventurous and free spirited. Kayla was very loved by her family and will be deeply missed by all who knew her. She was preceded in death by her mother, Bobbi Jean Rehder; grandmother, Kathy Ann Murphy; grandfather, Henry C. Johnson; greatgrandparents, Charlie and Pansy Hodsdon; uncle, Alan V. Johnson and her daughter’s father, Sterling Oskolkoff. Kayla is survived by her daughter, Starla Marie Oskolkoff; son, Kevin Parker Cabellero; her boyfriend, Eddie Cabellero and his son, Eddie; her father, Kevin V. Johnson; her grandfather, Carroll M. Murphy; stepmother, Susan Kellerby; sisters, Amee Gibson, Jenna Bakk and Cassandra Lee Barrett; stepsister, Kara Kellerby; her aunts, Lisa Netherton, Annette Barrett, Terri Turnbull; her uncle, Wayne Johnson; great-aunts and great-uncles of the Hodsdon family; many nieces and nephews; and her extended family, Bobbie, Arnold, and Zoya Oskolkoff and Chase Lee, Wendy Olson and her three children. Arrangements were by Peninsula Memorial Chapel in Kenai. Please visit her online guestbook at www.alaskanfuneral.com.

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Nikiski community comes together Calls for a greater law enforcement

presence in an area are not new. In fact, the sentiment has been expressed not just in Nikiski, but in many communities around the state in response to a spate of crimes. We heard those calls this week from the Nikiski community after a series of burglaries has left residents angry, afraid or frustrated. During a community meeting Wednesday, residents vented some of those frustrations. While it’s not the first time the Nikiski community has requested a greater law enforcement presence, there are two important things to take away from Wednesday’s dialogue. The first is that the Alaska State Troopers are listening, and taking steps to address the issue. Trooper Captain Andy Greenstreet, the Soldotna detachment commander, said that troopers prioritize response to crimes against people over property crimes, and are spread thin across the Kenai Peninsula. However, he has assigned two experienced troopers to a crime suppression unit. With the Nikiski area growing, a long term solution will need to be developed, but the crime suppression unit is a good short term solution. The other thing worth noting — and this may be the more important thing — is that the community is ready and willing to come together on the issue, and that it is not going to tolerate or turn a blind eye to the situation. By and large, the majority of people who live in Nikiski care deeply about their community, as evidenced by the hundreds of people who turned out for the meeting. That commitment gives us hope that the situation will improve, because it doesn’t matter how many law enforcement officers are stationed somewhere if community members no longer care what’s going on in their community. Clearly, that’s not the case in Nikiski.

Quotable “Through it all, he’s shown a deep and abiding fidelity to one of our most cherished ideals as a people, and that is equal justice under the law.” — President Barack Obama speaking about Eric Holder, who announced his resignation Thursday. “Our 150-bed facility in Monrovia opens for just 30 minutes each morning. Only a few people are admitted, to fill beds made empty by those who died overnight.” — The president of Doctors Without Borders, Joanne Liu, speaking about Ebola at the United Nations meeting.

Use mercenaries to fight ISIS? On his Fox News show Monday night, Bill O’Reilly suggested using mercenaries to fight the Islamic State (ISIS) instead of U.S. ground forces, which President Obama has repeatedly vowed not to deploy. The use of mercenaries is as old as warfare itself. Alexander the Great used them. King George III hired German mercenaries to fight for the British in the American Revolution. Today mercenaries go by other names, like “contractor.” The president is to be commended for assembling a coalition that includes Arab states, but why are our European allies not part of it? Britain hasn’t sent planes, though British citizens have been killed by jihadists. An ISIS splinter group in Algeria claims to be holding a French national hostage and vows to kill him unless France halts its attacks on ISIS positions in Iraq, but France isn’t joining the president’s coalition to hit ISIS targets in Syria. Under O’Reilly’s scenario, mercenaries would be well paid and live under American rules of war and the Geneva Convention. They would solve a political problem for President Obama and his liberal base that wishes not to be a part of any Mideast conflict and, more importantly, it might be more effective in achieving the president’s goal of “degrading and destroying” ISIS far more than airstrikes alone. Daniel Trombly and Yasir Abbas are analysts with Caerus Associates, a research

and strategy firm based in Washington. In an article for The Daily Beast, they get to the heart of what’s wrong with a bombing-only strategy: “The more familiar but difficult medium- to long-term task Cal Thomas of degrading ISIS’s operational leaders and eventually its high leadership will take well-disciplined, organized ground forces to push out ISIS guerrillas entrenched among population centers where airpower cannot remove them. It also will take major improvements of the quality of intelligence, especially in Syria, where U.S. relationships are least developed and its forces are most unfamiliar with the local environment. Strategically, airpower will play a supporting role to efforts to organize and coordinate ISIS’s rivals on the ground to retake territory permanently and contain it as a regional threat. Even as ISIS’s rapid offensive gains have proved limited and vulnerable to modern air attack, the group’s capabilities as a defensive and clandestine guerrilla force — and its decentralized military structure — will deny foreign airpower a rapid or comprehensive victory in the long-term effort for its defeat.” What’s needed most is a change in

American and Western thinking. This war against a constantly shifting force of what is, despite denials by the president and Secretary of State John Kerry, a religiouspolitical virus, is likely to last years, perhaps decades. When American leaders stop trying to turn the motivations of fanatics into something other than what they are, only then will we start treating this war for what it is. All of the non sequiturs about Islam being a “peaceful religion” that has been “hijacked” by extremists is meaningless if members of the “peaceful religion” don’t rise up and defeat those fanatics they claim have misrepresented their faith. Though Arab states joining the coalition is a start, the fact that these nations are not yet providing ground forces to defeat these “apostates” and “heretics” tells us something. Are they afraid of ISIS and other Islamist groups? Do they share some of their goals? Either way, if Western civilization and its values of tolerance, freedom and religious pluralism are to survive, we have to make sure that ISIS does not. There can be no co-existence between good and evil. If good doesn’t triumph, evil will. Mercenaries might be an effective tool in defeating evil. Readers may email Cal Thomas at tcaeditors@tribune.com.

Protection against the protectors

“I want to take something special from Yankee Stadium. The view from shortstop here tonight is what I want to take.” How badly did the Secret Service foul — New York Yankee Derek Jeter in a news conference after things up when intruder Omar Gonzalez his final home game, with many fans still in their seats. managed to get inside the White House through an unlocked front door? Where do we begin? Do we start with the surveillance outside, which is supposed to stop anyone from jumping the fence, but frequently E-mail: doesn’t? Or do we marvel at how he sprintnews@peninsulaclarion.com ed 70 yards past several levels of supposed Write: Fax: protection, human and canine, and actually Peninsula Clarion 907-283-3299 got inside? And why was the door unlocked P.O. Box 3009 Questions? Call: to begin with? Or do we rewind to July, Kenai, AK 99611 907-283-7551 when Gonzalez initially came to the Secret Service’s attention and was interviewed by The Peninsula Clarion welcomes letters and attempts to agents when he was arrested in Virginia publish all those received, subject to a few guidelines: with weapons in his car and a map that inn All letters must include the writer’s name, phone numcluded the White House. That was just the ber and address. first time. There were other incidents that n Letters are limited to 500 words and may be edited to placed him on the agency’s radar screen. fit available space. Letters are run in the order they are And yet, for whatever reason, he managed received. to fly under the radar. The reason is plainly n Letters addressed specifically to another person will not and simply that the Secret Service screwed be printed. up, big-time. n Letters that, in the editor’s judgment, are libelous will Let me insert right here that as someone not be printed. who covered the White House for years as n The editor also may exclude letters that are untimely or well as through many campaigns, I have a irrelevant to the public interest. huge respect for the men and women who n Short, topical poetry should be submitted to Poet’s Corprotect the families of the president and ner and will not be printed on the Opinion page. vice president. They are tough, dedicated n Submissions from other publications will not be printed. and adept at maneuvering through the n Applause letters should recognize public-spirited sertreacherous territory between doing whatvice and contributions. Personal thank-you notes will not ever it takes and leaving as few bruised be published. feelings as possible. As a TV reporter, I

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traded elbows with them daily, trying to get as close to the story as we could. But elite though it is, the Secret Service is a law-enforcement agency, which means that its leaders are focused first and fore- Bob Franken most on their mission. Everything else is secondary. So it was true to form when, after this latest embarrassment, the first thing they did was to float the idea that maybe those who come to see the White House, “The People’s House,” should have to view it from farther away. Maybe those who now walk outside its wrought-iron gates should be placed behind barriers, or be screened by security before they’re allowed onto the pedestrian area. Never mind that it would impinge on the openness that is supposed to be such an American expectation, and never mind that somebody shouldn’t have forgotten the front door, police agencies will take whatever they can to make doing their jobs easier. It explains why local departments around the country are gobbling up all the armored war paraphernalia from the Pentagon for them to do their job. Or to overdo their job. It’s harder to operate on a street level, easier to use overwhelming brute

force, and civil liberties be hanged. While not law-enforcement entities exactly, the same mentality dominates the mindset of those who operate our intelligence agencies. So if, in the name of protecting the nation — the “homeland,” as they like to call it — from terrorist attack they master the technical ability to spy on each and every one of us, then sure, do it, sweep aside any consideration for the privacy that we naively had come to expect. Furthermore, anyone who exposes them should be arrested or, in the case of Ed Snowden, be forced to flee the country and hide out in Russia. We like to set the United States apart from countries like Russia, whose systems run roughshod over the concept of freedom. But a big threat to our ideals are those who are supposed to protect us, but who have become tunnel-vision zealots and need to be reined in. So to the Secret Service and the police forces and the intelligence agencies: Never lose sight of the fact that being a democracy is tough. It makes your work protecting it harder. But deal with it. Each time you successfully whittle away at our rights and freedoms, there’s a little bit less of our great country to protect. Bob Franken is a longtime broadcast journalist, including 20 years at CNN.

Alaska

Nuremberg mementos auctioned

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Around Alaska Party applies to take orphaned bear cubs

By RACHEL D’ORO Associated Press

ANCHORAGE — The old trunk was locked when it was found by auction house workers clearing a long-vacant home in Alaska that was about to be listed for sale. The collection crew’s members couldn’t find the key, so they broke the lock. Inside were yellowed papers and blankets. Personal stuff, they figured. Only back at the warehouse of Anchorage-based Alaska Auction Co. did they discover carbon copies of transcripts from the Nuremberg war-crimes trials. They also found a staff directory for the multinational tribunal that prosecuted scores of Nazi masterminds in those infamous trials, a translated letter to Nazi faithful that signs off with “Heil Hitler” and personal credentials and correspondence belonging to a lowly postwar stenographer who squirreled the mementos away for decades. The late Maxine C. Carr’s small collection was the featured lot in an auction of World War II relics scheduled to take place Saturday. “It was chilling, very chilling going through that paperwork. Very unsettling,” said Christine Hill, who has owned the auction house with her husband, Duane, for 30 years. The Carr collection was being auctioned as one lot, with no minimum bidding set. Several other private collections of mementos from that era also were being auctioned and include Nazi arm bands, German and Russian medals, and a tiny Hitler propaganda booklet. There also were plenty of Alaska artifacts, such as ivory carvings, old photographs, even black bear and coyote head mounts. Little is known about Carr’s time in Alaska, although a state

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FAIRBANKS — Biologists are trying to capture three black bear cubs orphaned when their mother was illegally killed in the Yukon River community of Galena last week. Two biologists from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game spotted all three Thursday night but only saw one Friday morning, department spokeswoman Cathie Harms told the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. The biologists would like to catch all three at once, she said. A party outside Alaska has applied to take the cubs, Harms said, but she didn’t say who because the application hasn’t been approved. The state vets people or institutions who want to adopt wild animals to make sure they are qualified to take care of them. The cubs will be euthanized if a home isn’t found for them because they’re unlikely to survive the winter on their own. It wouldn’t be appropriate to leave them in Galena because people have been feeding them, Harms said. This has been habituating the bears to human food. The mother was killed along a dike separating Galena’s old town and new town neighborhoods.

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This photo dated Sept. 19 in Anchorage shows a Nuremberg trial folder and other items that belonged to Maxine Carr, a stenographer assigned to cover the war-crimes trials after World War II.

fishing license was issued to her in 1951, when she was 29 years old. While in Alaska, she eventually used her married name, Maxine Sud, according state records. Carr died at least a decade ago, but it’s not clear exactly when she passed away. Her 91-year-old widower, Chand Sud, lives in an Anchorage assisted living facility. Through the auction house, he declined to comment to The Associated Press. Hill said the widower was surprised to learn about the documents, although he knew of her Nuremberg past. An old undated news article found among his wife’s possessions says Maxine Carr worked for 32 months on the International Military Tribunal staff in Nuremberg. In November 1945, the land-

mark Nuremberg trials began. Twelve of the 23 defendants, including Hitler aide Hermann Goering, were sentenced to death. Almost seven decades after the war, many institutions, including the Harvard Law School Library, have extensive collections of Nuremberg trial documentation, said Ed Moloy, curator of modern manuscripts at the Harvard library. While the Carr collection is interesting, it’s likely not particularly unique, he said. But it might appeal to a private collector who wants such documents that are not already housed in a repository such as the Harvard library, which has 600 linear feet of Nuremberg documents. “It’s very possible that people like Miss Carr, who was part of this pool of civilians

working to support the trials, ended up with extra copies or something and saved them for souvenirs,” Moloy said. “That’s what I would assume this collection is.” Last year, other Nuremberg documents surfaced in Israel at a flea market in Tel Aviv. That 500-page trove eventually ended up at auction, too, where they sold for a price tag in the $10,000 range. Personal correspondence found in the trunk also hints of dissatisfaction with her position as a clerk-stenographer with the Civil Aeronautics Administration for war-training service before the war trials started. Carr received a job rating of “fair” in 1944, and she filed an unsuccessful appeal to the Civil Service Commission to amend the evaluation to “very good.”

Public access around Kodiak Launch Complex limited KODIAK — The Army continues to restrict public access to Fossil Beach and other areas around the Kodiak Launch Complex one month after a rocket carrying an experimental strike weapon exploded after takeoff. Officials said the limits are in place for the public’s safety and to allow debris to be recovered, the Kodiak Daily Mirror reported. An Army detachment that handles explosive ordinance has already detonated pieces of explosive devices and solid rocket propellant found at the site, Army Space and Missile Defense Command spokesman John Cummings said in an email. A contract will be awarded to a company specializing in recovering debris to do more cleanup work, Cummings said. When the public may return to Fossil Beach will depend on how soon a contractor is hired and how long it takes to make the site safe for public access, he said. A military subcontractor will analyze samples to determine whether any soil or water was contaminated. The analysis will indicate what monitoring and cleanup efforts may be needed. The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation would eventually work with information supplied by the Army, said Jade Gamble, a project manager with the agency. Buildings serving Launch Pad 1 were damaged. Alaska Aerospace Corp., which operates the facility, has no estimate of how long repairs will take. — The Associated Press

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After sabotage, air travel system slowly recovers By JASON KEYSER Associated Press

CHICAGO — The nation’s air travel system slowly began to recover Saturday after an alleged act of employee sabotage at a large regional air traffic control center brought Chicago’s two international airports to a halt. At the height of the travel misery Friday, more than 2,000 flights in and out of O’Hare and Midway airports had been canceled, sending waves of travel disruption rippling across the country. Authorities say a contract employee started a fire Friday morning in the basement telecommunications room of a control center in the Chicago suburb of Aurora and then attempted to commit suicide by slashing his throat. Brian Howard, 36, of Naperville, was charged with destruction of aircraft or aircraft facilities, a felony. The FBI said Howard remains hospitalized and no court date has been scheduled. As of late Saturday after-

noon, total Chicago flight cancelations for the day stood at more than 780 — still a damagingly high number, but an improvement. Southwest Airlines, the dominant carrier at Midway, had hoped to resume a full flight schedule Saturday, but had to cancel all flights between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. CDT. The Federal Aviation Administration facility in Aurora, about 40 miles west of downtown Chicago, handles planes cruising at high altitudes through the air space as well as those just beginning to approach or completing a departure from airports in the Chicago area. It remained shut down Saturday, and its responsibilities have been transferred to centers in Cleveland, Indianapolis, Kansas City and Minneapolis. The FAA’s command center in Warrenton, Virginia, was also working to increase the traffic flow. The widespread disruption left some aviation analysts, travelers and politicians calling for a smoother backup plan and wondering how one person

could be in a position to wreak so much havoc. “Chicago O’Hare International Airport cannot be brought to a screeching halt,” said Republican Sen. Mark Kirk, of Illinois. “I want to see not only an immediate review by the FAA of the screening process at the Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center in Aurora, but also a report within 30 days outlining changes the FAA will make to prevent any one individual from having this type of impact on the heart of the United States economy.” An FAA spokeswoman did not immediately have a response, but an agency statement on Friday’s fire emphasized that air space management was immediately transferred to other facilities. The FAA said it conducts employee background checks on contract workers like Howard who have access to FAA facilities, information or equipment. Contract employees, like other staff at the Aurora facility, also must have their identification inspected by a perimeter guard

and must swipe their cards to gain access to the building. Howard entered the building around 5 a.m. Friday, and about 30 minutes later posted a suicide note on Facebook in which he apologized to loved ones for leaving “a big mess,” according to a federal criminal complaint. “Take a hard look in the mirror, I have,” the post says, according to the FBI special agent who prepared the complaint. “And this is why I am about to take out ZAU and my life.” ZAU is the three-letter designation for the Aurora facility. Minutes later, someone at the facility called 911 to report the fire. A relative who saw the Facebook post also alerted authorities. Paramedics followed a trail of blood past a gas can, two knives and a lighter and found the suspect slashing his throat, the complaint said. He also had cuts to his arms. One of the paramedics pulled the knife from his hands as the suspect called out, “Leave me alone,” according to the complaint. Howard worked at the fa-

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Ann Walden plays with her 15 month-old daughter Delphine while waiting in-line after their flight to Baton Rouge was delayed at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, Friday. All flights in and out of Chicago’s two airports were halted Friday after a fire at a suburban air traffic control facility sent delays and cancellations rippling through the U.S. air travel network.

cility for eight years and was involved with the facility’s communications systems. He was recently told he was being transferred to Hawaii. If convicted, he could be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison. The FAA was still assessing

the extent of the damage at the site, and it was unclear when operations there would be fully restored. On Saturday, workers began drying out equipment damaged by water from the building’s sprinkler system, the agency said.

New mom Chelsea Clinton celebrates baby daughter By KEN THOMAS Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton say they are “blessed, grateful, and so happy” to become grandparents. Their daughter, Chelsea, gave birth Friday night to her first child, Charlotte. Chelsea Clinton announced the news on Twitter and Facebook early Saturday, saying she and husband Marc Mezvinsky are “full of love, awe and gratitude as we celebrate the birth of our daughter, Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky.” The former president and first lady said in the statement on Saturday, “Chelsea is well and glowing. Marc is bursting with pride. Charlotte’s life is off to a good start.” The baby was born at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City,

where the Mezvinskys live. No other details of her birth were released by the family. The news comes as Hillary Clinton deliberates whether to run for the White House in 2016. She is the leading Democratic contender to succeed President Barack Obama, her 2008 campaign rival, and has said she expects to make a decision around the beginning of next year. The baby has been eagerly anticipated. Hillary Clinton has called the prospect of becoming a grandmother her “most exciting title yet.” She even has picked out the first book she intends to read to her grandchild, the classic “Goodnight Moon.” She has said she didn’t want to make any decisions about another campaign until the baby’s arrival, pointing to her interest in enjoying becoming a grandmother for the first time. Bill Clinton canceled a fundraising visit Saturday to Denver

for Democrats running for the Senate and governor, but he called in to an event for embattled Democratic Sen. Mark Udall to deliver his 11-minute speech by speakerphone. “I hope I get an excused absence,” he told the crowd. “You all know my family just

got a little bigger, and I figured people had the number “and that he hoped he wasn’t becomI should stay home where I’m they are related to me,” musing ing “a premature grandfather.” really needed.” Clinton has been eager to become a grandfather. During an event with former President George W. Bush in September, Clinton’s cellphone rang on stage and he joked that only two

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Police: Man accused in Oklahoma beheading is awake By TIM TALLEY Associated Press

OKLAHOMA CITY — A man who was shot after authorities say he beheaded one woman and attacked another at an Oklahoma food processing plant from which he had just been fired has regained consciousness and was interviewed by detectives Saturday. Alton Nolen, 30, remains hospitalized in stable condition after Thursday’s attack at the Vaughan Foods plant in the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, Police Sgt. Jeremy Lewis said. He said that Nolen will be charged Monday with first-degree murder and assault and battery with a deadly weapon and that he may also face federal charges. Meanwhile, a spokesman for an Oklahoma City Islamic group said Saturday that Nolen was a frequent worshipper at a mosque the group maintains and that he remembers the suspect as “a little weird.” “He was a nice, quiet, lowkey guy,” said Saad Mohammed, director of information for the Islamic Society of Greater

Oklahoma City. “He acted a little odd,” Mohammed said, though he added that Nolen’s behavior never raised any “red flags.” Mohammed said Nolen began worshipping at one of the group’s mosques in May. Lewis said Nolen was fired right before the attack, and that he then drove from the building that houses the company’s human resources department to its main distribution center. Once inside, he attacked 54-year-old Colleen Hufford with a knife in the center’s administrative office area, eventually severing her head, according to police. Nolen then repeatedly stabbed 43-year-old Traci Johnson before Mark Vaughan, a reserve sheriff’s deputy and the company’s chief operating officer, shot him, police said. Johnson was treated for her injuries at the University of Oklahoma Medical Center, where she was released Saturday, said Varina Shellman, clinical coordinator for the medical center. Lewis said Johnson was also interviewed Saturday.

Police learned Nolen was fired for “numerous reasons” involving “personnel issues,” Lewis said, adding that he didn’t know the specifics. Police asked the FBI to help investigate Nolen after coworkers told investigators he had recently started trying to convert several employees to Islam. Lewis said police asked the FBI to look into Nolen’s background because of the nature of the attack, which followed a series of high-profile videotaped beheadings by Islamic State militants. Mohammed said Nolen had attended services where sermons were delivered condemning such attacks. “In no way, shape or form did he represent Islam in this foolish act,” Mohammed said. In a statement, FBI Special Agent in Charge James E. Finch said the motive for the attack had not been determined, but that there is no reason to believe there was a threat to anyone else. “We don’t have any reason to believe there is any danger to the area,” Lewis said. According to Oklahoma

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Employees and friends wait behind a tape for word of loved ones as police investigate an incident at Vaughn Foods on Thursday in Moore, Okla. Police Friday a man who had been fired from the food processing plant beheaded a woman with a knife and was attacking another worker when he was shot and wounded by a company official.

Department of Corrections re- officer. He also was convicted cords, Nolen served time in of cocaine possession with the prison and is on probation for intent to distribute in 2011. assault and battery of a police The records show that Nolen

has what appear to be religious tattoos, including one referencing Jesus and one in Arabic that means “peace be with you.”

Survivalist still evades police two weeks after cop’s death

CANADENSIS, Pa. (AP) — Authorities hunting for a survivalist suspected of killing a state trooper at a police barracks remained in the thick woods near his parents’ house Saturday to further narrow down the search area more than two weeks after the ambush. State Police Trooper Adam Reed said Saturday that investigators had no new details to release on the search for 31-yearold Eric Frein, who’s charged with killing Cpl. Bryon Dickson on Sept. 12 and seriously wounding another trooper outside the Blooming Grove barracks. Authorities said Friday that the hard drive of a computer used by Frein provides evidence he had been planning an attack for years. They said Frein’s In-

ternet searches included sites on how to avoid police manhunts. Authorities believe they have Frein contained within a 5-square-mile area around his parents’ home in Canadensis. He has been placed on the FBI’s Most Wanted list. Frein has managed to elude hundreds of law enforcement officials looking for him in the heavily wooded region of the Pocono Mountains, taking advantage of the difficult terrain to keep them at bay. He is believed to be armed with at least one high-powered rifle. “I suspect he wants to have a fight with the state police, but I think that involves hiding and running since that seems to be the way he operates,” State Police Lt. George Bivens said. “I expect that he’ll be hiding and

NIH to treat US doctor exposed to Ebola virus WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Institutes of Health is preparing to care for an American doctor who was exposed to the Ebola virus while volunteering in Sierra Leone. Out of what the agency called “an abundance of caution,” the physician is expected to be admitted to the special isolation unit at the NIH’s hospital near the nation’s capital as early as Sunday, for observation.

try to take a shot from some distance from a place of concealment, as he has done in the past.” Underscoring the danger they face as they pursue him, Bivens said Frein had experimented with explosives. Trackers are proceeding through the woods as though they are booby-trapped, he said. Police also think Frein might have a radio. A police dog picked up Frein’s scent several days ago and flushed him from his hiding place. But the distance was too great, and Frein was able to get away, the dense canopy providing cover from a police helicopter overhead, Bivens said Friday. Bivens said he remains confident police will catch their man — “at some point.”

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FBI along with various state police officers exit a wooded area at Buck Hill Falls in Barrett Township, Pa., where the search for Eric Frein continues Friday. Frein is suspected of fatally shooting a state trooper and wounding another at the Blooming Grove state police barracks two weeks ago.

NIH infectious disease chief Dr. Anthony Fauci wouldn’t discuss details about the patient but said that in general, an exposure to Ebola doesn’t necessarily mean someone will become sick. “When someone is exposed, you want to put them into the best possible situation so if something happens you can take care of them,” Fauci said. “NIH is taking every precaution to ensure the safety of our patients, NIH staff and the public,” said an agency statement.

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Court reports The following judgments were recently handed down in Superior Court in Kenai: n Kyle K. Bingham, 25, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree burglary and one misdemeanor count of fourth-degree assault, committed Aug. 26, 2012. He was sentenced to five years in prison (active time concurrent) with two years suspended (suspended time consecutive) on each of the counts of second-degree burglary and fined a $100 court surcharge on each count and a $200 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, forfeited all items seized except the Subaru, ordered, among other conditions of probation, not to consume alcohol to excess, not to use or possess any illegal controlled substances, including synthetic drugs, spice, bath salts and marijuana, to complete a substance abuse evaluation and comply with treatment recommendations, to have no contact with victims in this case, to be employed, actively seeking employment or actively engaged in school or vocational training while on probation and to submit to search directed by a probation officer, with or without probable cause, for the presence of controlled substances, drug paraphernalia or stolen property, On the misdemeanor count of fourth-degree assault, he was sentenced to 12 months in jail with 10 months suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended. He was ordered to pay cost of appointed counsel. All other charges in this case

were dismissed. n Jason Lee George Phipps, 19, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to second-degree burglary, committed April 15. Imposition of sentence was suspended and he was placed on probation for three years, fined $3,000 with $2,000 suspended, a $100 court surcharge and a $200 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and ordered, among other conditions of probation, not to consume alcohol at all, to have no contact with victim, to pay restitution, not to use or possess any alcoholic beverages or illegal controlled substances, including marijuana and synthetic drug such as spice or bath salts, not to reside where alcoholic beverages are present, not to enter any business establishment whose primary business is the sale of alcohol, to complete a substance abuse evaluation and comply with treatment recommendations and to be employed, actively seeking employment or actively engaged in school or vocational training while on probation. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Thomas Allen Eide, Jr., 24, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to second-degree theft â&#x20AC;&#x201C; access device, committed April 15, 2013. He was sentenced to 24 months in prison with 22 months suspended, fined a $100 court surcharge and a $200 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered, among other conditions of probation, not to use or possess and excessive alcoholic beverages or illegal controlled substances, including marijuana and synthetic drugs, to complete substance abuse and mental health evaluations and comply with treatment recommendations, to have no contact with Walmart

unless approved by the probation officer and victim, no have no contact with two other specifically named individuals, to submit to search directed by a probation officer, with or without probable cause, for the presence of controlled substances, drug paraphernalia, weapons or stolen property, to be employed, actively seeking employment or actively engaged in school or vocational training while on probation, ordered to pay cost of appointed counsel and was placed on probation for two years after serving any term of incarceration imposed. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Thomas A. Eide, Jr., 24, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree theft and one misdemeanor count of violating condition of release for a felony, committed Jan. 9, 2013. On count one, he was sentenced to 24 months in prison with 20 months suspended, fined a $100 court surcharge and a $200 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, forfeited all items seized, ordered, among other conditions of probation, not to consume alcohol to excess, not to use or possess any illegal controlled substances, including marijuana and synthetic drugs, to complete substance abuse and mental health evaluations and comply with treatment recommendations, to have no contact victim in this case (Wal-Mart) unless approved by probation officer and victim, no have no contact with co-defendants, to submit to search directed by a probation officer, with or without probable cause, for the presence of controlled substances, drug paraphernalia, weapons or stolen property and was placed on

probation for three years after serving any term of incarceration imposed. On count two, he was sentenced to three months in jail with three months suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge, forfeited all items seized and ordered to have no contact with co-defendants. The following judgments were recently handed down in District Court in Kenai: n Kenneth Eugene Beam, 41, of Kasilof, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree theft, committed April 19. He was sentenced to 50 days in jail with 45 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay restitution, ordered to have no contact with Soldotna Safeway and placed on probation for two years. n Kenneth Eugene Beam, 41, of Kasilof, pleaded guilty to third-degree theft, committed June 18. He was sentenced to 60 days in jail with 50 days suspended, fined $500 with $250 suspended, a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to have no contact with Kenai Three Bears and placed on probation for two years. n Michael Brookshire, 32, of Anchorage, pleaded guilty to sixth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed Sept. 26. He was sentenced to one day in jail (time served) and fined a $50 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Jeremy Scott Carroll, 25, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to driving while license cancelled, suspended, revoked or limited,

committed April 10. He was sentenced to 20 days in jail with 10 days suspended, may perform 80 hours of community work service in lieu of jail time, was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, had his license revoked for 90 days and placed on probation for one year. n Tosha Lee Checketts, 38, address unknown, pleaded guilty to violating a domestic violence protective order, committed Oct. 9. She was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 80 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and placed on probation for two years. n Clint L. Covey, 42, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of disorderly conduct, committed Oct. 28. He was sentenced to 10 days in jail with nine days suspended (all but time served suspended), fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and placed on probation for one year. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Rhiannon Leore Meudel Fiscus, 28, of Nikiski, pleaded guilty to violating conditions of release for a misdemeanor, committed July 6. Fiscus was fined a $50 court surcharge and placed on probation for one year. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Adam Ezekiel Furlong, 40, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to one count of driving under the influence and one count of fifth-degree criminal mischief â&#x20AC;&#x201C; damage under $250, committed Aug. 1. On the count of driving under the influence, he was sentenced to 150 days in jail with 130 days suspended, fined $4,000 with $1,000 suspended, a

$75 court surcharge, $1,467 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for one year and placed on probation for three years. On the count of fifth-degree criminal mischief, he was fined a $50 court surcharge, ordered to pay restitution and placed on probation for three years. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Teresa L. Latham, 54, of Nikiski, pleaded no contest to driving under the influence, committed Nov. 9. She was sentenced to 65 days in jail with 62 days suspended, fined $2,000 with $500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $330 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had her license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months and placed on probation for one year. n Hee Hwan Lee, 64, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to selling or giving alcohol to a drunken person, committed June 27. Lee was fined $250 and a $50 court surcharge. n Eric S. Mallett, 54, of Sterling, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed April 19. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 87 days suspended, fined $2,000 with $500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $330 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months and placed on probation for two years.

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Court reports The following judgments were recently handed down in District Court in Kenai: n Rebecca J. McGrane, 37, address unknown, pleaded guilty to third-degree theft, committed May 10. She was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay restitution and placed on probation for two years. n Keith Miranda, 41, of Kasilof, pleaded guilty to driving while license cancelled, suspended, revoked or limited, committed July 24. He was sentenced to 20 days in jail with 10 days suspended, may perform 80 hours of community work service in lieu of jail time, was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, had his license revoked for 90 days, ordered to pay cost of appointed counsel and placed on probation for one year. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Edward G. Morrill, Jr., 57, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to an amended charge or attempted fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed Jan. 30. He was sentenced to 320 days in jail with 310 days suspended, may perform 80 hours of community work service in lieu of jail time, was fined $1,000, a $50 jail surcharge and a $100 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, forfeited items seized and placed on probation for three years. n Melissa S. Powers, 34, of Anchorage, pleaded guilty to driving without a valid operator’s license, committed June 5. She was fined $300 and a $50 court surcharge. n Donald Joe Ruhl, 38, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of permit-

ting possession of alcohol to a person under 21, a violation committed June 30. He was fined $500 and a $10 court surcharge. n Esther Ruiz-Heathers, 46, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident – vehicle damage, committed July 9. She was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $100 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay restitution and placed on probation for one year. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Angela Marie Segura, 36, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to no motor vehicle liability insurance, committed May 18. She was fined $500, a $50 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge and forfeited items seized. n Angela M. Segura, 36, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to failure to obey a citation to appear in court, committed June 17. She was fined $150, a $50 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge. n Tyler P. Snodgrass, 28, of Wasilla, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed July 15. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 87 days suspended, fined $2,000 with $500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $330 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months and placed on probation for one year. n William Blue Vaudrin, 39, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Aug. 7. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 87 days suspended, fined $3,000 with $1,500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $330 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license re-

voked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months and placed on probation for one year. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Jeffrey W. Walker, 35, of Anchorage, pleaded guilty to sixth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed July 18. He was fined $150 and a $50 court surcharge and forfeited items seized. n Jennifer Joy Wilkes, 39, of Nikiski, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Nov. 2. She was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 87 days suspended, fined $3,000 with $1,500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $330 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had her license revoked for 90 days, ordered to pay cost of appointed counsel and placed on probation for one year. n Dylan Alan Leroy Zoske, 22, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of thirddegree theft, committed Sept. 1, 2013. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 80 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, forfeited items seized, ordered to have no contact with a specifically named person and placed on probation for three years. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Dylan Wayne Bellew, 20, of Nikiski, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed May 5, 2013. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 87 days suspended, fined $3,000 with $1,500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $300 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for 90 days, or-

dered ignition interlock for six months, forfeited items seized and placed on probation for two years. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Celia Judith Cortez, 23, of Anchorage, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of no valid operator’s license, committed July 26. She was fined $250, a $50 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge. n Jordan Richard Ferguson, 32, of Ninilchik, pleaded guilty to driving while license cancelled, suspended, revoked or limited, committed July 20. He was sentenced to 40 days in jail with 30 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, had his license revoked for 90 days, ordered to pay cost of appointed counsel and placed on probation for two years. The following judgments were recently handed down in Superior Court in Kenai: n Steven H. Bartolini, 37, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree forgery – legal documents, committed May 30, 2013. Imposition of sentence was suspended and he was placed on probation for three years, fined a $200 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay cost of appointed counsel and ordered, among other conditions of probation, to have no contact with a specifically named person, to perform 400 hours of community work service, to be employed, actively seeking employment or actively engaged in school or vocational training while on probation, to submit to search directed by a probation officer, with or without probable cause,

for the presence of controlled substances and stolen property, not to consume alcohol to excess, not to use or possess any illegal controlled substances, including synthetic drugs and marijuana, not to possess, apply for or obtain a medical marijuana card or act as a caregiver while under supervision, and to complete a substance abuse evaluation and comply with treatment recommendations. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Dylan J.R. Rowland, 32, address unknown, pleaded guilty to one count of seconddegree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed Dec. 17, 2012. He was sentenced to seven years in prison with two years suspended, fined a $100 court surcharge and a $200 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, forfeited items seized, except wallet, identification, credit cards and check from employer, ordered, among other conditions of probation, not to consume alcohol to excess, not to use or possess any illegal controlled substances, including synthetic drugs and marijuana, not to possess, apply for or obtain a medical marijuana card or act as a caregiver while under supervision, to complete a substance abuse evaluation and comply with treatment recommendations, to be employed, actively seeking employment or actively engaged in school or vocational training while on probation, to submit to search directed by a probation officer, with or without probable cause, for the presence of controlled substances, drug paraphernalia and evidence of controlled substance transactions and was

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placed on probation for three years after serving any term of incarceration imposed. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Gwendolyn Marie Wood, 38, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree theft, committee Dec. 19 She was sentenced to five years in prison with two years suspended, fined a $100 court surcharge and a $200 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay restitution, forfeited items seized, ordered, among other conditions of probation, not to consume alcohol to excess, to complete a substance abuse evaluation and comply with treatment recommendations, to have no contact with co-defendant or victims in this case, to submit to search directed by a probation officer, with or without probable cause, for the presence of controlled substances and paraphernalia and was placed on probation for five years after serving any term of incarceration imposed. All other charges in this case were dismissed. The following dismissals were recently handed down in District Court in Kenai: n A charge of driving while license cancelled, suspended, revoked or limited against Melissa S. Powers, 34, of Anchorage, was dismissed. Date of the charge was May 30. n A charge of fourth-degree assault against Evgeniya M. Samarina, 40, of Nikiski, was dismissed. Date of the charge was July 29. n A charge of fourth-degree assault against Cheslsey J. Topp, 26, of Soldotna, was dismissed. Date of the charge was July 12.

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in economics. He was the first in his family to graduate from college. Navarre then attended law school for about four weeks before decided that wasn’t what he wanted to do, so he returned to the Kenai. In 1984, he ran for the Alaska State House of Representatives. “(I) decided I would take a shot at it really with the idea, I think at the time, I thought I would lose, but then I’d be able to start at city council or assembly level and building my way up if I wanted to do something like that,” he said. He spent the next 12 years in the Legislature. “It was a great, great learning environment,” Navarre said. “It’s so interesting because you get inundated with information on a variety of areas and subjects, and not only that, you see human interaction and sort of human psychology at play because you see people at their very best and their very worst.” In the late 1980s, during the economy crash, Navarre said his father asked him to become further involved with the family business. Navarre put together a business plan for the family corporation. “We had to take a lot of risks because we were really a very small company at the time and under capitalized really because

we had just gone through the … recession in Alaska,” Navarre said. “But I put a plan together and we slowly started growing the business, buying the property taking some risks.” The family business, Zan Inc., now operates eight Arby’s and eight RadioShacks in Alaska. His life as a businessman is applicable to his job as mayor, he said. He looks at the information, listens to input and concerns from others and analyzes that against his own experience and education to determine the best decisions for the public. He said if he has made a decision, but additional information comes forward, he is not afraid to change direction. Between his first term as mayor and his current term, Navarre said the biggest change is probably health care with expanded services at the borough-owned hospitals — Central Peninsula and South Peninsula — bringing in more revenue. Rising health care costs have greatly impacted the borough’s budget with employee healthcare costs making up a large percentage of expenditures. He said the cost of health care is a “huge problem that he would like to engage the community in a conversation to develop a vision for health care. “How do we use (the hospitals) in order to try to help provide for the health care needs for our residents over the long-term?” he said. “And that’s something that there are so many vested interests

. .History

Bearup registered to vote in Arizona on Feb. 28, 2012 then filed for candidacy on May 23, Continued from page A-2 according to State of Arizona records. On the filing, Bearup of Pinal County, where their indicated that he would have daughter-in-law lived, he said. been an Arizona citizen for 50 years “next preceding my elecin health care … and so you can’t change it quickly.” Navarre said the Alaska LNG Project is another area the borough needs to pay close attention to particularly during the Environmental Impact Statement phase and the socioeconomic impacts and what the infrastructure needs will be. “If this construction project goes, it will be a big boom for a couple years,” he said “And then after the boom there’ll still be a growth in the population and ongoing long-term needs, which is what you really have to try to focus on, how you address those.” While the borough mayor’s job is time-consuming and can be thankless, Navarre said he thinks his father, former borough mayor George A. Navarre, would be proud of the job he’s done. Navarre said his father’s service was an inspiration for his own political career. If he isn’t re-elected, Navarre said he will find ways to fill his time. “I’m not expecting that and certainly, if that were to happen, I’d take a look at the things I want to do in both our family business and personally and start doing some of those,” he said.

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Martin taught for one year at KPC. In 1975, the couple bought their current property on Kalifornsky Beach Road near Bridge Access Road where Martin built their house, barn and a few other out buildings. Martin said he worked in education for 12 years total and in the oil and gas industry on the North Slope, Cook Inlet and the Kenai Gas Field for 17 years and farmed the entire time. At a mayor candidate forum hosted by the Kenai and Soldotna Chambers, Martin said education is an important part of economic development on the peninsula. He wrote that while he has benefited from his degrees, the value of a college education is over-exaggerated. “I have witnessed many successful people in the oil and gas industry where hard work and intelligence have taken them to the top without a degree,” he wrote. KPC has the “best oil and gas

tion.” The couple had been living in Alaska since 2006. According to the Arizona State Legislature, a candidate must provide a residence address or description of residence no less than 90 days before the Primary Election.

Bearup came in third out of four candidates at 10.95 percent of the votes. The election was held on Aug. 28, 2012. Bearup said they came “straight home” to

processing training in the world” and Alaska vocational Technical Center in Seward has the “best” food service training, he wrote. When his oldest children were in high school, more vocational programs were offered, Martin wrote, but as their younger two children entered high school, those options were beginning to dwindle. With and Alaska LNG Project liquefied natural gas plant and terminal expected to be constructed in Nikiski, he wrote that welders and other skilled workers will be needed for the project. In 1997 the Martins started bed and breakfast, which expanded into the Diamond M Ranch Resort. Martin wrote that his exten-

sive experience in fishing, oil and gas and tourism would help him to maintain a balance between the three industries if he is elected. The Martins adopted two of their children, Lisa and Jon. Lisa works for the Cooperative Extension Office and Jon works for Chevron managing “the best exploratory drilling platform in the Caribbean,” Martin wrote. Their youngest son, James, was killed in a plane crash in 1987. Martin annually runs the barbecue at the Kenai Central High School homecoming football game in his son’s memory. “The main thing (our kids) have taught us is that our children are our children and we love them no matter how they

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Alaska after the election. A Sept. 13, 2012 Facebook post made by “Teddie Bearup,” one of Bearup’s addresses on the social networking site, indicates that the couple left the state some weeks later. The post asks for donations to help with travel expenses for their trip back to Alaska. The signoff reads “Tom and Adele.” Bearup said part of the reason he ran for Pinal County Sheriff was because he needed a job and money. “I had a responsibility to pay some bills,” he said, referring to debt he said the Bearups had accumulated due to his medical issues. However, he said that’s not the case in his race for borough mayor.Bearup said he, and his wife, felt that he has “talent” he can bring to the job. “Number one, I’m a people person and I listen and I listen very carefully to people (and) what their needs are,” he said. He said his experience as a former Soldotna mayor, businessman, pastor, real estate broker and law enforcement

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to be state residents for three years and resident of the county they are seeking election from for at least one year immediately preceding election. The Bearups had moved back to Arizona in 1982. Bearup said it was unclear whether the three required years of state residency needed to be immediately before the election or if the time could be cumulative. It was determined that Bearup could not run because the time needed to be three uninterrupted years prior to election. Bearup was born in Arizona and moved to Alaska in the mid-1970s where he got a job as a cop with the Soldotna Police Department. He met his wife Adele, who is from Soldotna, and the two have nine children, 33 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

officer will also be useful as a have gotten the response that new borough leader, if elected. he did from the division,” she said. “(It) doesn’t mean just PFD because they applied, we paid Feb. 28, 2012 to Sept. 13, out the dividend. Once their 2012 adds up to more than 190 eligibility has gone through we days spent out of Alaska and have a system in place that indoesn’t account for time spent dividuals review records, if we in Mexico before Bearup reg- need additional information to istered to vote in Arizona. The determine eligibility, we would couple was unsure when they request that.” left for Mexico. Alaska statute doesn’t allow Bearup said he became an the division to release whether Arizona resident to run for or not an applicant received a sheriff, but his wife retained PFD, it only allows for release her Alaska residency. Records of applicants’ names. show he filed for the 2013 Permanent Fund Dividend, which Property tax requires Bearup to have been a The borough assessing deresident for all of the 2012 cal- partment was recently made endar year. aware of the possibility that To qualify for a PFD, an ap- Bearup may have been ineliplicant cannot have claimed gible for the 2012 residential residency elsewhere. Bearup property tax exemption, said said he filed for a PFD because Susan Guzman, exemption the Department of Revenue examiner with the assessing Permanent Fund Division told department. At that time the him to apply. He said he did not exemption applied to the first receive a dividend check that $20,000 and required property year. owners to occupy their home Sara Race, director of the for 183 days of the year. Permanent Fund Dividend DiThe residential exemption is vision, said typically, that is a one-time application that carwhat the division tells people ries over to the following years who are uncertain if they are unless the homeowner notifies eligible for the PFD. the department of a change in “I could see why he would residence or the department has

a reason to be suspicious of a possible ineligibility. Guzman said if it is determined that a resident did not qualify for a past granted exemption and a correction is warranted, the finance department reissues the tax bill with the corresponding bill rate for that year. She said the person who applies for the exemption, in this case Tom Bearup, must to meet the exemption requirements. Due to age, Bearup did not qualify for the senior citizen property tax exemption until 2013. He applied and was approved and the residential exemption was automatically increased to $50,000 in accordance with a voter-approved initiative. On the 2013 senior citizen exemption form, Bearup noted that he will not qualify for a 2013 PFD, but also marked that he did not apply, though PFD records show that he did.

In 1979 Bearup was elected as Soldotna mayor, but he did not finish his term and returned to Arizona in 1982, after a brief time in Anchorage. Bearup said he was nominated to be the U.S. Ambassador to South Korea, but didn’t get the position, so they decided to move to Arizona. In Arizona, Bearup got his real estate license and broker’s license. He became an advance man for former President Ronald Reagan, an administrative job where he organized the

president’s visits to various locations, he said. In 1994, the Bearups founded Family Bible Fellowship and Academy, a non-profit ministry corporation. From 1993 to 1997 Bearup worked for the Maricopa County Arizona Sheriff’s Office as chief executive officer under Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was found guilty of racial profiling in federal court in 2013. Arpaio has also been accused of mishandling sex crimes. “I left (the Maricopa Coun-

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Bankruptcy The Bearups filed for bankruptcy in Alaska in 2010, and while the case was dismissed after the judge, Herb Ross, wrote that the two were abusing the process — he wrote that they were “basically sincere,

decent people caught in a tough financial place.” At issue with the filing was the couple’s non-profit ministry from the bankruptcy case. Tom Bearup was entitled to a salary from Family Bible Fellowship and Academy and never drew it. The church had at least $650,000, which was not reported as an asset, according to the bankruptcy report. In addition, the church assumed the Bearup’s student loans, about $89,000, which had not been paid down at the time of the bankruptcy filing. The judge wrote that student lenders had been attempting to collect since 1993. When the Bearup’s monthly mortgage was paid, the academy footed the bill, according to the report. The exact details of the Bearups financial decline are unclear and the judge wrote their their testimony “seems to raise more questions than it answers.” The Bearups filed for bankruptcy after Alaska Loan Services began foreclosing on their home when they stopped paying their mortgage in 2009. Tom Bearup had become ill in 2008 and testified his illness was the cause of the family’s

“dire financial straits,” according to the report. Adele Bearup testified in the bankruptcy proceedings that her daycare had begun losing clients toward the end of 2009 due to “adverse market dynamics.” She said she tried to advertise and promote her business, but ultimately closed it in 2010. In their bankruptcy schedules, the Bearups originally claimed only the $1,084 Bearup received monthly from Social Security. The U.S. Trustee insisted their schedules were amended to include a $2,031 monthly payment received on a mobile home the couple sold and a $217.50 monthly income from their PFDs. The Bearups expenditures were listed at $4,574 per month, according to the report. Due to Bearup’s bad health, the report states his work prospects outside of ministry were dismal. Adele’s, however, were “bright.” Bearup said the couple is paying off their debts.

ty Sheriff’s Office) because I didn’t agree with some of the things that were going on,” he said. “And whenever you don’t agree, you have two choices you either leave or you stay and turn your head. I didn’t want to turn my head.” Bearup said the people that died in custody, the major lawsuits and the feeling that he was “intimidated to cover some things up” lead to his decision to quit. In 2000 and 2004 Bearup ran for sheriff of Maricopa County

against Arpaio and lost both times. In 2006, Bearup said he and Adele moved back to Alaska full-time. The couple owns property at Mile 91 of the Sterling Highway where, in their garage, they have conducted religious mission services and hosted functions for veterans. The suicide of their son, who was a veteran suffering from Posttraumatic stress disorder, encouraged the Bearups to “choose joy” in their life and help veterans in Alaska, he said.

“You can see me today,” Bearup said. “This is why I’m motivated. If I can get through this kind of stuff, I’m going to bring some tenacity to (the mayor’s job) to find solutions to work hard.” Bearup said he thinks he has an “excellent chance” of being elected as borough mayor. “It’s up to the voters,” he said. “They’re going to pick whoever they want. It’s incumbent upon me to go out … to earn the respect and the vote of the people.”

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AccuWeather 5-day forecast for Kenai-Soldotna

Barrow 36/32

Today

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Sunny

Sunny; breezy in the afternoon

Plenty of sunshine

Sunshine

Partly sunny

Hi: 55 Lo: 35

Hi: 52 Lo: 36

Hi: 50 Lo: 34

Hi: 51 Lo: 33

Hi: 51 Lo: 35

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.

47 54 57 57

First Oct 1

Today 8:03 a.m. 7:46 p.m.

Full Oct 8

Daylight

Length of Day - 11 hrs., 43 min., 33 sec. Moonrise Moonset Daylight lost - 5 min., 31 sec.

Alaska Cities Yesterday Hi/Lo/W

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 8:05 a.m. 7:43 p.m.

Last Oct 15

Today 1:35 p.m. 9:28 p.m.

Readings through 4 p.m. yesterday

Nome 46/31

Temperature

Unalakleet McGrath 48/34 49/31

New Oct 23 Tomorrow 2:42 p.m. 10:10 p.m.

Yesterday Hi/Lo/W

City

Kotzebue 41/32/r 54/37/c 52/46/c McGrath 51/25/s 56/36/pc 53/38/s Metlakatla 56/55/r 31/26/sn 36/32/c Nome 48/30/r 51/30/s 51/33/c North Pole 47/21/pc 52/45/pc 52/42/pc Northway 42/17/c 54/42/r 57/35/c Palmer 52/30/pc 44/24/pc 43/26/pc Petersburg 57/48/r 43/19/pc 43/28/s Prudhoe Bay* 37/20/s 61/32/s 55/37/s Saint Paul 54/36/c 52/46/pc 52/45/pc Seward 58/43/r 50/29/s 46/28/pc Sitka 62/55/r 37/28/pc 40/25/pc Skagway 53/48/r 38/17/r 47/26/c Talkeetna 63/31/pc 36/19/sn 49/26/pc Tanana 45/20/s 54/45/r 54/48/r Tok* 42/17/c 55/41/sh 55/34/s Unalakleet 45/27/pc 55/48/r 54/49/r Valdez 51/42/c 57/55/r 58/51/r Wasilla 57/36/pc 47/39/r 43/37/c Whittier 50/39/c 54/34/pc 56/34/s Willow* 54/34/pc 62/56/r 58/49/r Yakutat 54/49/r 52/48/r 58/42/s Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

46/36/c 49/31/pc 57/50/r 46/31/r 42/23/s 42/26/r 53/34/s 56/48/r 36/30/sn 53/42/c 56/36/s 56/48/r 54/48/r 58/32/s 43/27/pc 42/26/c 48/34/r 55/37/pc 52/31/s 54/41/pc 55/31/s 54/43/r

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81/48/s 79/59/pc 78/56/s 74/62/pc 78/65/pc 80/53/s 81/69/c 81/52/s 66/57/c 81/66/pc 87/55/s 66/54/c 81/60/s 80/52/s 75/48/pc 82/68/sh 81/54/pc 78/59/pc 79/54/pc 83/53/s 82/60/pc

82/57/s 79/58/c 76/57/s 73/60/c 72/65/sh 79/55/s 88/64/pc 80/59/s 51/45/r 73/67/r 61/45/c 69/54/sh 84/62/s 78/57/s 63/43/c 81/71/c 79/58/pc 77/63/c 78/54/pc 73/48/pc 81/59/pc

High ............................................... 57 Low ................................................ 37 Normal high .................................. 53 Normal low .................................... 36 Record high ....................... 59 (2003) Record low ......................... 17 (1956)

Kenai/ Soldotna 55/35 Seward 56/36 Homer 55/34

Precipitation

From the Peninsula Clarion in Kenai

24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. 0.00" Month to date ........................... 3.99" Normal month to date ............. 2.92" Year to date ............................ 16.54" Normal year to date ............... 12.50" Record today ................. 1.18" (1960) Record for Sept. ............. 7.07" (1961) Record for year ............ 27.09" (1963)

Anchorage 53/38

Bethel 51/33

Valdez Kenai/ 55/37 Soldotna Homer

Dillingham 55/37

Juneau 54/49

National Extremes

Kodiak 58/42

Sitka 56/48

(For the 48 contiguous states)

High yesterday Low yesterday

95 at Death Valley, Calif. 30 at Bodie State Park, Calif.

State Extremes High yesterday Low yesterday

Cold Bay 52/42

Ketchikan 58/51

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US-led strike hits fighters attacking Syria town By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press

BEIRUT — U.S.-led coalition warplanes struck Islamic State fighters in Syria attacking a town near the Turkish border for the first time Saturday, as well as positions in the country’s east, activists and a Kurdish official said. The Islamic State group’s assault on the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani has sent more than 100,000 refugees streaming across the border into Turkey in recent days as Kurdish forces from Iraq and Turkey have raced to the front lines to defend the town. Nawaf Khalil, a spokesman for Syria’s Kurdish Democratic Union Party, or PYD, said the strikes targeted Islamic State positions near Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, destroying two tanks. He said the jihadi fighters later shelled the town, wounding a number of civilians. The United States and five Arab allies launched an aerial campaign against Islamic State fighters in Syria early Tuesday with the aim of rolling back and ultimately crushing the extremist group, which has created a proto-state spanning the Syria-Iraq border. Along the way, the militants have massacred captured Syrian and Iraqi troops, terrorized minorities in both countries and beheaded two American journalists and a British aid worker. The latest airstrikes came as Syria’s Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem told the Lebanonbased Al-Mayadeen TV that airstrikes alone “will not be able wipe out” the Islamic State

group. Speaking from New York where he is attending the U.N. General Assembly, al-Moallem said in remarks broadcast Saturday that the U.S. should work with Damascus if it wants to win the war. “They must know the importance of coordination with the people of this country because they know what goes on there,” al-Moallem said. The U.S. has ruled out any coordination with President Bashar Assad’s government, which is at war with the Islamic State group as well as

Western-backed rebels. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the coalition’s strikes near Kobani came amid heavy fighting between the Islamic State group and members of the Kurdish force known as the People’s Protection Units, or YPK. The Britain-based group, which relies on activists inside Syria, had no immediate word on casualties from Saturday’s strikes. The Observatory reported Friday that 13 civilians have been killed by the strikes since they began.

US struggles to blunt Syria rebel anger at strikes By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press

BEIRUT — The U.S. is struggling to counter anger among the Syrian opposition, where many believe that the air campaign against extremists in the country is only helping President Bashar Assad and that Washington is coordinating with Damascus, despite American insistence it backs the rebel cause. Since the U.S.-led campaign of air raids and missile strikes in Syria began last Tuesday, American officials — many of them Arabicspeaking — have been making appearances on Arab TV stations, explaining U.S. goals. They have repeatedly denied any cooperation with the Syrian government and say Washing-

ton still seeks Assad’s removal. But the messaging seems to be making little headway. The anger among the opposition over the air campaign points to a central difficulty in the U.S. strategy: The main aim of the international coalition it has assembled is to defeat the Islamic State group — which has taken over much of Syria and neighboring Iraq — but in Syria it is Assad’s government that is best placed to benefit from blows to the extremists. Most Syrian rebel factions sharply oppose the Islamic State extremist group and have lost hundreds of fighters trying to prevent it from taking over territory. The Free Syrian Army, an umbrella group of relatively moderate rebel factions, has welcomed the air campaign. See ANGER, page B-4

Kurdish fighter Majid Goran told the Associated Press by telephone from Kobani that two bombs were dropped over the nearby village of Ali Shar, at 6 a.m. (0300 GMT), but that the positions they struck were empty. Turkey’s Dogan news agency reported Saturday that the sound of heavy fighting could be heard from the Turkish border village of Karaca. The agency said Kurdish forces retook some positions they had lost to the Islamic militants a few days ago. It did not cite a source for the report. Dozens of people wounded in the fighting arrived in Turkey for treatment on Saturday, it said. Another Kurdish fighter, Ismet Sheikh Hasan, said the Turkish military on Saturday night retaliated after stray shells landed on Turkish territory, firing in the Ali Shar region. He said the Turkish action left Kurdish fighters in the middle of the crossfire. He said that on Friday, the Islamic militants were attacking the Kobani area from the east with tanks and artillery, advancing on Ali Shar and Haja. He said some 20 people were killed, including Kurdish fighters and civilians, while another 50 people were wounded. The fighting around Kobani sparked one of the largest single outflows of refugees since Syria’s conflict began more than three years ago. The Syrian Kurdish forces have long been one of the most effective fighting units battling the Islamic State, but the tide has turned in recent weeks as the Islamic militants have attacked with heavy weapons likely looted from neighboring Iraq. See STRIKE, page B-4

Army unit in Mexico killings has past controversy By PETER ORSI and KATHERINE CORCORAN Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — An army officer and seven soldiers who face disciplinary action for their participation in the killing of 22 people in rural southern Mexico belong to an army battalion with a history of incidents. The Mexican Defense Department said the eight were involved in the June 30 incident in San Pedro Limon, an encounter that the military initially reported as a shootout but that a witness has described as a massacre. They belong to the 102nd Infantry Battalion of the 22nd Military Zone in Mexico state, according to media reports and two people with knowledge of the case who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak to the press. The battalion is based in San Miguel Ixtapan in the remote southwestern part of the state, about an hour’s drive north of where the killings happened. The area is said to be controlled by La Familia cartel, though it is also land where rival drug gangs have been fight-

ing for territory. The battalion was in the news last December when members shot four employees of the town of Arcelia in nearby Guerrero state, including the director and deputy director of municipal transportation, as they drove on a rural road returning from a shooting range. Arcelia is also the hometown of several of those killed in the June shootout. Media reports said the employees, who were carrying rifles and dressed in hunting camouflage, were mistaken for criminals. A sergeant, a corporal and two soldiers were arrested. The 102nd was also in the spotlight in February 2012. Citing legal documents, the newspaper Reforma reported that throughout 2010 and into early 2011, soldiers in the battalion took money to inform La Familia of their operations. Six people, including two officers, were charged. The latest incident was initially reported as a firefight on June 30 in which 22 suspected criminals were killed and one soldier was wounded. The official version came into ques-

tion when The Associated Press visited the scene days later and found no signs of a prolonged battle. Last week, a woman who says she witnessed the events told the AP that only one person died in an initial gunbattle and that the rest were shot after surrendering. The witness said the dead included her 15-year-old daughter, Erika Gomez Gonzalez, who had been wounded in the leg and was lying on the ground when she was killed. The newspaper La Jornada published photos Friday showing bloody bodies, purportedly in the immediate aftermath of the shooting, with investigators and military personnel still at the scene. The bloodstains on the cinderblock wall, evidence markers and debris shown in the pictures match those that AP journalists photographed days after the deaths were reported by the army. Among the dead in the photographs is a girl lying on her back in the manner that the witness described. Erika Gomez’s brother identified her in the photograph, lying next to an

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In this Thursday, July 3, 2014, file photo, state police stand inside a warehouse where a black cross covers a wall near blood stains on the ground, after a shootout between Mexican soldiers and alleged criminals on the outskirts of the village of San Pedro Limon, in Mexico state, Mexico. Mexico’s Defense Department said Thursday that an army officer and seven soldiers have been detained in connection with the killing of 22 people.

assault rifle, by her bloody and mud-covered clothing. “I bought her that T-shirt,” Saddam Guzman Gomez told the AP. “It’s not true that she was shooting. They planted that gun. It looks like she was crawling.” Many of the dead are shown sprawled beside the wall of the warehouse. All pictured are

holding or lying near assault rifles, which in some cases appear propped against the bodies. Most have mud on their knees, indicating they may have been kneeling or lying face down. A plain yellow envelope containing the photos on a USB memory stick was sent anonymously on Wednesday to MVT, a local news agency in Mexico

state, said the agency’s director, Mario Vazquez. He checked the photos with those his agency took the day of the shooting and concluded it was the same scene. The officer and seven soldiers face disciplinary action for their participation, but the army has remained mum on what roles they played.

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Volcano erupts in Japan; 7 missing, 40 injured By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press

TOKYO — A volcano in central Japan erupted in spectacular fashion on Saturday, catching mountain climbers by surprise and injuring at least 40 people who were stranded in areas that rescue workers have been unable to reach. Another seven people were missing. The injured were in mountain lodges, because they were unable to descend 3,067-meter (10,062-foot) Mount Ontake on their own, said Sohei Hanamura, a crisis management official in Nagano prefecture. Thirtytwo people had serious injuries, including at least seven who lost consciousness. Police, fire and military rescue workers were trying to approach the area on foot, after deciding that the ash in the air made it too dangerous to use helicopters. Hanamura said seven people were reported missing on the mountain. Lodge managers were famil-

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The Observatory said other coalition airstrikes targeted Islamic State compounds in the central province of Homs and the northern regions of Raqqa and Aleppo. The group said 31 explosions were heard in the city of Raqqa, the group’s de facto capital, and its suburbs. Max Blumenfeld, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command, said the U.S. airstrikes “don’t target food or anything else than can be used by the civilian population.” But he said that until the military reviews images from planes that participated in the strikes, he could not rule out that silos were hit. He said the airstrikes are aimed at specific Islamic State targets such as command and control centers, transportation and logistics, and oil refineries, “but not food that could have an impact upon the civilian population.”

iar with first aid procedures and were communicating with rescue officials in town, he said. The volcano erupted shortly before noon on a clear autumn day, spewing large white plumes of ash high into the sky and sending people on the mountainside fleeing. The eruption continued into the night, blanketing the surrounding area in ash. About 250 people were initially trapped on the slopes, but most had made their way down by Saturday night, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported. Some were in shelters set up in four nearby towns. One witness told NHK that the eruption started with large booms that sounded like thunder. In a YouTube video, shocked climbers can be seen moving quickly away from the peak as an expanding plume of ash emerges above and then engulfs them. Many of those who made it down emerged with clothes and

backpacks covered in ash. They reported being engulfed in total darkness for several minutes. Mikio Oguro, an NHK journalist who was on the slope on an unrelated assignment, told the station that he saw massive smoke coming out of the crater, blocking sunlight and reducing visibility to zero. “Massive ash suddenly fell and the entire area was totally covered with ash,” he said by phone. He and his crew had to use headlamps to find a lodge. “My colleagues later told me that they thought they might die,” Oguro said. Two Jetstar flights headed to Tokyo’s Narita International Airport diverted to Kansai International Airport in western Japan as a precaution. Japan’s meteorological agency raised the alert level for Mount Ontake to 3 on a scale of 1 to 5. It warned people to stay away from the mountain, saying ash and other debris could fall up to 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) away.

“Our targets are structures that combatants would use,” he said. Blumenfeld later said the U.S. did target what he called an Islamic State grain storage facility on Tuesday near Boukamal, a town close to the Iraqi border which was seized by the Islamic State group earlier this year. In recent days coalition warplanes had struck oil-producing facilities in eastern Syria in a bid to cut off one of the Islamic State group’s main revenue streams — black market oil sales that the U.S. says generate up to $2 million a day. The coalition striking Syria includes Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain and Jordan, and the strikes are an extension of the U.S. campaign in neighboring Iraq. Near the capital Damascus, Syrian troops meanwhile entered the once rebel-held northeastern suburb of Adra after days of clashes, Syrian state TV said. The advance came two days after troops captured the nearby Adra industrial zone.

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But resentment is high among the opposition that, after ignoring their pleas for greater help against Assad for years, Washington finally took action only to counter radicals it sees as a danger to U.S. interests. What particularly alarmed the Syrian opposition is that in the opening salvo of the assault, U.S. warplanes also hit positions of the Nusra Front, an alQaida affiliate that is also one of the strongest rebel factions battling Assad’s troops. U.S. officials say the strikes aimed to take out an al-Qaida cell that was a threat to the United States or Europe — but rebel factions saw an important ally being pounded by the Americans. Civilian deaths — around a dozen according to activists — have added to the anger. In several opposition-held towns in the northern Syrian provinces of Aleppo and

AP Photo/Kyodo News

Dense fumes are spewed out from several spots on the slope of Mt. Ontake as the volcano erupts in central Japan Saturday. Mt. Ontake erupted Saturday, sending a large plume of ash high into the sky and prompting a warning to climbers and others to avoid the area. Japanese broadcaster NHK, citing local authorities, said there were reports of injuries, but no word on their severity.

Idlib, protesters emerged from mosques after Friday prayers to denounce the strikes. “The Nusra Front came to help us when the whole world abandoned us,” read one banner carried in the town of Maaret al-Numan, according to videos and photos of the protests posted online by activists. “America is shelling civilians and left the killer of civilians,” read a banner, referring to Assad, carried by a boy in the town of Maaret Musreen. On Friday, the top U.S. military officer, Gen. Martin Dempsey, said the U.S. and its allies are taking every precaution to limit civilian casualties, but said some are inevitable. Other banners at the protests denounced Arab nations participating in the U.S-led air campaign, calling them “enemies of the Syrian people, not friends.” Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Jordan and Qatar — all backers of the rebels — have carried out or given logistical support to the airstrikes. “I was with the strikes and now I changed my mind,” said one op-

position activist from the central city of Homs who is currently in neighboring Turkey. “They are attacking civilians, leaving the regime alone and attacking the Nusra Front, who were fighting against Daesh,” he said, using the Arabic acronym of the Islamic State group. The activist spoke on condition of anonymity for security reasons. The suspicion runs deep among the opposition that Washington is coordinating with Assad’s government despite repeated denials. Damascus has been happy to present itself as working with the U.S. Hours after the strikes began, Syria’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Damascus’s envoy to the U.N. was informed about the attacks hours in advance. Assad voiced his support for “any international anti-terrorism effort” and said Syria is continuing to fight a war against “extremist terrorism in all its forms.” “Washington and its allies are in the same trench with the Syrian army in fighting terror-

ism,” the pro-government newspaper Al-Watan proclaimed in a headline. Ahmad al-Masalmeh, an opposition activist in the southern province of Daraa, said, “we keep hearing American officials saying that they refuse to coordinate with Assad and that he will not be a partner in the war against terrorism... In reality there is complete and full coordination.” Speaking to The Associated Press via Skype, al-Masalmeh said Assad’s forces are not shooting at the warplanes and that government air raids cease whenever there are airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition, hinting that they are informed in advance not to fly. U.S. officials deny such claims. “We never coordinated with the Syrian government and our stance toward the Syrian government did not change,” State Department spokesman Ryan Gliha told Lebanon’s leading LBC TV in fluent Arabic. He said Damascus was informed of the strikes through the U.N. channel but “we did not ask for permission.”

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Kards subdue Mariners Kenai Central wraps up spot in medium-schools playoffs By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion

The Kenai Central Kardinals take down Homer’s Eric Hill on Saturday at Kenai Central High School.

A punishing ground offense and a stout, opportunistic defense pushed Kenai Central to a 41-6 homecoming victory over Homer on Saturday at Ed Hollier Field in Kenai. With the victory, the Kardinals sew up a playoff spot by moving their Northern Lights Conference record to 2-0 and their overall record to 3-3. Soldotna and Kenai will play for the NLC title Saturday. Homer falls to 2-5 overall and 0-3 in

the league, and sees an official end to playoff hopes. The Kardinals controlled the ground, and thus controlled the game. Kenai rushed 50 times for 331 yards, while Homer rushed 15 times for negative 9 yards. Throw in four Homer turnovers to none for Kenai, and the Kards pulled all the drama out of a pleasant-side-ofbrisk autumn afternoon. “I’m happy with the win,” Kenai Central coach John Marquez said. “We controlled the ball and obviously the turnovers went our way.” Senior running back Chase Logan

led the way for Kenai on the ground, picking up 141 yards and three scores on 21 carries. Logan and junior fullback Andrew Welborn, who had 69 yards on seven carries, each scored twice in the first half as Kenai went to the break with a 28-0 lead. Kyle Foree, who rushed 14 times for 93 yards, had the other score for the Kardinals. Marquez said Royal Brown was forced into line action due to an injury to Zach Koziczkowski, and Tanner See KENAI, page C-4

Ostrander gets sweep Homer girls snap 24-year drought while Seward boys also nab win Staff report

It was already known coming into Saturday’s Region III meet in Kodiak that a few of the nation’s fastest runners would be showing up, so it was no real surprise when seniors Allie Ostrander of Kenai Central and Levi Thomet of Kodiak broke the course records at Bear Val-

ley Golf Course. Ostrander pummeled the old girls record of 19:50 — held by Denali Foldager of Seward — by over two minutes, winning in a time of 17 minutes, 48 seconds. Thomet slashed 36 seconds off the old boys mark — held by Jake Parisien of See RUN, page C-2

Bears wrap up weekend split Staff report

The Kenai River Brown Bears topped the Minnesota Magicians 5-1 on Saturday in Richfield, Minnesota, to earn a weekend split. The Bears move to 3-5 in the North American Hockey League, good for third place in the Midwest Division. The Magicians, at 4-2, are in second place. Kenai River coach Geoff Beauparlant thought it was a big victory for his team to cap a 2-4 road trip. The next six games for the Bears are in Soldotna. “It’s a big win going into a three-week homestand with a bye week,” Beauparlant said. “It goes a long way in getting things off on the right foot.” Defenseman Tyler Andrews,

who leads the Brown Bears with nine points, got the lone goal of the first period on assists from Maurin Bouvet and Matt Rudin. Beauparlant said Andrews and Gustav Berglund, who had a pair of assists, continue to do a good job leading the team. In the second period, Jack Murphy, on an assist from Danny O’Donnell, and Tanner Schachle, on assists from Jack Gessert and Jacob Gerson, put the Bears up 3-0. Murphy, who played for the Magicians last season but was not protected, got credit for the game-winner. With 7:01 in the second, Brandon Loven scored for the Magicians for a 3-1 game. “I think we played a comSee BEARS, page C-2

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The Soldotna Stars bring down West Valley’s Joshua Cummings on Saturday at Soldotna High School.

Stars pass West Valley’s test By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

The Soldotna Stars got the challenge that they wanted on the football turf Saturday for homecoming. It looked to be the makings of a great game. The opening drive ended in a goal line stand by West Valley, which proceeded to quickly drive downfield. But in the end, the Stars wrapped it up with their traditional style — a running clock. Soldotna took down the

Wolfpack with a 67-30 victory to move its season record to 6-0 and extend the winning streak to 26 games. “Told ya they had some athletes,” said Soldotna coach Galen Brantley Jr. after the game. The win sets up a winnertake-all matchup with longtime rival Kenai Central next Saturday for the Northern Lights Conference crown. Three touchdowns in less than six minutes proved to be the difference, as the Stars managed to turn a one-score game midway through the

second quarter to a four-score game by halftime. “It was just play hard, come out hot, smack them in the mouth,” said junior Drew Gibbs. “They’ve been playing spread teams all year and they’re not used to downhill football teams.” In a clash of styles, Soldotna’s running game outclassed West Valley’s aerial attack. Sophomore quarterback Zach Lester completed 18 of 28 pass attempts for 244 yards and two touchdowns, 136 of those yards going to Dv’nn Cooks (69) and Xavier

Jones (67). SoHi was led on the ground by junior Drew Gibbs with 176 yards and four touchdowns. “It was just momentum,” Gibbs said. “We knew if we kept running hard and got a few stops on ‘D,’ this is how it’d be. I gotta thank that Oline.” SoHi senior Ty Fenton added 158 rushing yards as well. The Stars amassed 505 total ground yards. West Valley coach Kyle Allison said the previous two games his team played — a See STARS, page C-4

Kenai netters notch big NLC win vs. Wasilla By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion

The Kenai Central volleyball team has worked hard on doing things like club volleyball, quick sets and jump serves that make for competitive teams in the Northern Lights Conference. The one area where the Kardinals needed a breakthrough was belief, and that watershed moment may have come Friday in a 25-23, 25-23, 19-25,

21-25, 15-10 victory over Wasilla. The Kardinals move to 3-4 overall and 1-3 in the league, while Wasilla falls to 1-2 and 0-2. Kenai had just one victory in the league last year, and no victories in the league the year before that. All that losing is tough to rinse from the system. “They really are their own worst enemy,” Kenai coach Tracie Beck said of her squad. “They trip themselves

up. “It’s hard to teach the kids how to win against the big teams in the state.” The Kards had a golden opportunity for a breakthrough win slip through their fingers Wednesday, when they lost a five-setter to Palmer. Beck said after that match that Kenai had Palmer in Games 4 and 5, but didn’t know how to finish. After a disappointing sweep at the

hands of Colony on Thursday, the Kards got the conference win in front of a raucous homecoming crowd Friday. “I don’t think it should have gone to five, but we pulled it out at the end,” said Kenai’s Kiana Harding, who had 11 kills and an ace. “Emotionally, mentally and physically, it was an amazing experience.” After Kenai rode early leads to victories in the first two games, Wasilla

coach Josie Cannon did some successful tinkering with her personnel. What particularly worked was putting outside hitters Amber Sizemore, who had 20 kills, and Andraia Bella together. Wasilla won two games to attempt the tough process of digging from an 0-2 hole. “It’s very hard to get out of that hole,” Cannon said. “You have to be See VOLLEY, page C-3

Bulldogs overwhelm Barrow By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

Nikiski football coach Ted Riddall does not hide his disdain for high school homecoming weekend. The week of activities and social gatherings can play a prominent role in distracting players, which can easily lead to losing a game that should have been won. So this year, Riddall gave his players a number to shoot for: 21. Put 21 points on the board in their first three possessions, and everyone can go home happy. The Bulldogs did just that Friday night en route to a 57-12 victory over Greatland Conference opponent Barrow at Nikiski High School. “I won’t complain about it,” Riddall said. “It’s hard to have young men not be distracted.”

The win also moved Nikiski’s conference record to 4-1, putting the Bulldogs in a favorable position heading into next weekend’s regular season finale at Seward, another 4-1 team. The winner of that game will earn home field advantage in the first week of the smallschools playoffs. “We challenged the kids to start fast, because if you don’t, and the other team gets some belief and they hang around, you’re not where you want to be,” Riddall said. Riddall said he set the goal at 21 points after what happened three weeks ago against the Eielson Ravens. After staking out a 14-point lead early in that game, Nikiski turned the ball over on downs just yards away from scoring, and Eielson followed up with a quick scoring run from Anthony Griffith

to close the gap. From there, Griffith went wild, leading Eielson to a 5234 victory while setting a new state record with 516 rushing yards. Riddall said after that bitter defeat, his team learned not to let any opportunities slip through the cracks again. “It would have changed the complexion of the game,” he said. “Not that we would’ve been guaranteed to win, but they (Eielson) were already kind of feeling it ... so you score a third time on them and get one more stop, and the wheels start to come off.” Friday, Nikiski rolled to the win with its trademark running game, getting 446 ground yards while holding the Whalers to 133 rushing yards. Also, Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion keeping with the trend of recent Barrow’s David Elavgak is swept off his feet during a game against the Nikiski Bulldogs on See DOG, page C-4 Friday in Nikiski. C

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plete hockey game from the net on out,” Beauparlant said. “That was for 50 to 55 minutes. There was a six- to seven-minute stretch when it was 3-1 where we kid of got on our heels, but we weathered the storm. “That gave us the confidence going into the third to close the game out.” Gessert had a pair of goals in the third period, with Berglund getting a pair of assists and Jack Nickels and Rudin adding assists. “I liked how Jack (Gessert) competed around the net to finish,” Beauparlant said. “He scored a big powerplay goal to make it 4-1.” The coach also was happy with the debut of goaltender Josh Creelman, who had 32 saves to the 24 of Minnesota netminder Vaughan Ahrens. “I think he made the saves he needed to make,” Beauparlant said of Creelman. “He made two really spectacular saves post to post.” Beauparlant also was happy with the way the penalty kill bounced back,

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Palmer, who still holds the boys 3,200-meter record in track — to win in 16:03. Ostrander and Thomet were also both named Class 4A Athlete of the Year on the girls and boys side, respectively. The victory gave Ostrander a clean sweep in her high school career, while the win for Thomet was his third. The Soldotna girls finished tied for first with Colony in the team standings with each squad holding 50 points, but the Knights were credited with the team title on the tiebreaker, which is decided between each school’s sixth varsity runner. The difference between the two tiebreaking runners was 34 seconds. Junior Olivia Hutchings took second place — and also nearly broke the standing girls course record — with a time of 19:52. Teammates Dani McCormick finished fifth in 20:19, and Daisy Nelson took 10th in 20:55. The Kenai girls finished third with 57 points to qualify both Kardinals teams to next week’s state championship meet in Anchorage, something that Kenai coach Teri Ostrander said was very special for her daughter, Allie. “It’s her senior year and the entire girls team is going to state with her,” Teri said via phone from Kodiak. “Other than our two seniors, we have a young team, and they’re all really appreciating the moment.” The Kenai boys qualified a team to state for the thirdstraight year. Ostrander said the community support at the race was overwhelming. The meet was the first region meet there since 2005. “It was nasty, windy, rainy, cold, and there were throngs of people out there cheering,” Ostrander said. “It’s a huge event for regions there.” As far as the Kardinals competing with the likes of Soldotna and Colony for a state championship, Ostrander said it may be a bit out of reach, but anything is possible. “We’ve got another week to work on that,” she said. “I’m not gonna write it off.”

keeping the Magicians scoreless in three tries after Minnesota went 2 for 3 Friday. The Bears lost a special teams special Friday night. In a game that featured ties at 1, 2, 3 and 4, plus four power-play goals and three short-handed goals, the Magicians notched a 6-4 victory. “It was just the nature of the game,” Beauparlant said of all the strikes on special teams. “It was up and down, and an exciting hockey game. “When you have both teams wrapped up in that, that’s when those opportunities present themselves.” Things started innocently enough Friday, with a Loven goal giving Minnesota a 1-0 lead after the first period. Then came a back-and-forth second period when seven goals were scored, six on special teams. After Bouvet tied the game at 1 on a short-handed goal, Tony Uglem came right back on the power play for a 2-1 lead. Sam Carlson, assisted by Berglund and Andrews, tied it at 2 on the power play, but Jack Christensen scored short-handed for a 3-2 lead. Gessert, assisted by Berglund and

With a course that was plagued by rain, it made for a deceptively difficult race, as the grass softened up and sapped additional energy from racers. It only made the resulting record times that much more impressive. In the Class 3A meet, the Homer girls used a 1-2 finish to claim the team championship, scoring a low of 35 points, ahead of Seward and Grace Christian, while Seward took the boys team title with 38 points to runner-up Grace Christian’s 62. Megan Pitzman won the girls race — and her second straight 3A girls athlete of the year award — with a winning time of 20:30, outsprinting her teammate Molly Mitchell by nine seconds. “That was a close race between those two,” said Homer coach Bill Steyer. “They were running together for all except the last 400 meters. They were shoulder to shoulder.” Steyer said the girls championship was the first one for the Homer girls in 24 years, before any runner on the team was born.

Andrews, tied it at 3, but Kane Durment scored at even strength for a 4-3 lead. Andrews then scored short-handed, assisted by Christopher Usov and Bouvet, for a 4-4 game headed into the final period. “We had the opportunity for a few more in the second period, but then again they had opportunities too,” Beauparlant said. The Bears outshot the Magicians 15-11 in the final frame, but a powerplay goal by Marc Michaelis and an even-strength strike from Durment proved to be the difference. “We didn’t manage the puck well, and that led to a penalty and the fifth goal,” Beauparlant said. “Once they were up a goal, we didn’t do a good job staying with the game plan.” Zach Quinn had 26 saves for the Bears, while Ahrens had 41 for the Magicians. “Quinn wasn’t sharp and it cost us a bit,” Beauparlant said. Kenai River was 2 for 6 on the power play, while Minnesota was 2 for 3. Beauparlant said Andrews and Berglund were solid on defense, while Carlson and Bouvet earned plaudits

“It’s definitely a sense of accomplishment,” Steyer said. “We’ve been working toward this the last few years, and were so close last year with Grace. We had to take that in stride, and what was great was that nobody gave up and we went back to work.” Steyer was also presented with the 3A coach of the year award. Ruby Lindquist led the Seward girls with a third-place finish in 20:55. Michael Todd won the 3A boys race with a time of 17:53, while Seward’s Hunter Kratz finished second in 17:57 and teammate Michael Marshall took third. Jared Brant led Homer with a fifth-place finish in 18:21. Class 4A

Boy athlete of the year — Levi Thomet, Kodiak Girl athlete of the year — Allie Ostrander, Kenai Coach of the year — Rhonda Knopp, Colony Boys Team — 1. Kodiak 32; 2. Wasilla 70; 3. Kenai 78; 4. Palmer 110; 5. Colony 103; 6. Soldotna 118. Individual 1. Levi Thomet, Kod, 16 minutes, 03 seconds; 2. Jonah Theisen, Ken, 16:48; 3. Jor-

Winston rallies Seminoles By The Associated Press

RALEIGH, N.C. — Jameis Winston threw for 365 yards and four touchdowns in his return from a suspension, and No. 1 Florida State rallied from 17 down to beat North Carolina State 56-41 on Saturday night. The Heisman Trophy winner directed four straight second-half touchdown drives to help the reigning national champions fight through and extend the nation’s longest active winning streak to a program-record 20 games. Rashad Greene caught 11 passes for 125 yards and the go-ahead score for the Seminoles (4-0, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), while Karlos Williams ran for three scores — the last with 2:07 left to seal it. C

on offense. Notes: With the Tier I United States Hockey League trimming down its rosters, the Bears have added several players. Creelman has been added, while Sean Healy has been released. Also, Gessert and Nathan Colwell have returned to the team after being cut by USHL squads. Making the final cut in the USHL is Kenai Central product Zack Zulkanycz, who will play for the Dubuque (Iowa) Fighting Saints. The Bears have to be down to 23 players by Oct. 1. “It’s going to be a difficult decision,” Beauparlant said. “A lot of players put themselves in the forefront tonight.” Also, Kenai River forward and Wasilla product Schachle is on the NHL Central Scouting “C” list, meaning he is thought to be a fourth-, fifthor sixth-round possibility in this summer’s NHL draft. Friday Magicians 6, Brown Bears 4 Kenai River Minnesota

dan Theisen, Ken, 17:32; 4. Keith Osowski, Kod, 17:37; 5. Michael Parnell, Kod, 17:39; 6. Quincy Fuller, Was, 17:41; 7. Aaron Swedberg, Sol, 17:46; 8. Travis Cooper, Ken 17:49; 9. Justin Gentz, Was, 17:49; 10. Jack Hannah, Kod, 17:49; 11. Tracen Knopp, Col, 17:52; 12. Levi Fried, Kod, 17:56; 13. Richie McKinney, Kod, 17:57; 14. Colton Pulver, Was, 17:58; 15. Dakota PetersonThompson, Col, 17:58; 16. Hadyen Foster, Pal, 18:06; 17. Ryan Kavalok, Pal, 18:06; 18. Lane Reed, Was, 18:08; 19. Tyler Daniel, Col, 18:14; 20. Cameron Jensen, Pal, 18:18; 21. Dawson Knopp, Col, 18:19; 22. Daniel Shuler, Sol, 18:23; 23. Sam Loyer, Was, 18:27; 24. Isaak Bell, Was, 18:27; 25. Anthony Rubina, Kod, 18:30; 26. Karl Greathouse, Was, 18:44; 27. Levi Michael, Sol, 18:45; 28. Johnie Burton, Pal, 18:46; 29. Josiah Alverts, Pal, 18:56; 30. Koby Vinson, Sol, 19:17; 31. Ian Ashley, Ken, 19:18; 32. Brenner Musgrave, Sol, 19:32; 33. Shane Larrow, Sol, 19:36; 34. Karl Danielson, Ken, 19:36; 35. James Butler, Ken, 19:46; 36. Josh Shuler, Sol, 19:55; 37. Robert Haan, Col, 19:58; 38. Tristan Landry, Ken, 20:03; 39. Kamber Lucas, Col, 20:28; 40. Zach Zmuda, Col, 20:34; 41. Levi Natwick, Pal, 20:36; 42. Josh Klina, Pal, 20:38 Girls Team — 1. Colony 50; 2. Soldotna 50; 3. Kenai 57; 4. Kodiak 99; 5. Palmer 109; 6. Wasilla 130. Individual 1. Allie Ostrander, Ken, 17:48; 2. Olivia Hutchings, Sol, 19:52; 3. Jill Bowker, Col, 20:04; 4. Alex Mathis, Col, 20:14; 5. Dani McCormick, Sol, 20:19; 6. Riana Boonstra, Ken, 20:26; 7. Ruby Woodings, Pal, 20:40; 8. Riley Burroughs, Was, 20:45; 9. Ithaca Ann Bergholtz, Ken, 20:47; 10. Daisy Nelson, Sol, 20:55; 11. Zoe Bigley, Kod, 20:56; 12. Melissa De Guzman, Kod, 21:22; 13. Cathelyne Powers, Col, 21:23; 14. Elisabeth Bowker, Col, 21:31; 15. Sadie Fox, Sol, 21:32; 16. Coleen Geraghty, Col, 21:35; 17. Addison Gibson, Ken, 21:38;

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First period — 1. Minnesota, Loven (Christensen, Durment), 11:43. Penalties — Kenai River 3 for 8:00; Minnesota 2 for 4:00. Second period — 2. Kenai River, Bouvet (un.), sh, 1:45; 3. Minnesota, Uglem (Becker, Colford), pp, 3:22; 4. Kenai River, Carlson (Berglund, Andrews), pp, 4:48; 5. Minnesota, Christensen (Brierly), sh, 11:44; 6. Kenai River, Gessert (Berglund, Andrews), pp, 14:05; 7. Minnesota, Durment (Colford, Uglem), 15:21; 8. Kenai River, Andrews (Usov, Bouvet), sh, 15:49. Penalties — Minnesota 4 for 8:00. Third period — 9. Minnesota, Michaelis (Becker), pp, 7:43; 10. Minnesota, Durment (Michaelis, Delaney), 14:07. Penalties — Minnesota 1 for 2:00. Shots on goal — Kenai River 9-21-15—45; Minnesota 9-12-11—32. Goalies — Kenai River, Quinn (32 shots, 26 saves); Minnesota (45 shots, 41 saves). Power plays — Kenai River 2 for 6; Minnesota 2 for 3. Saturday Brown Bears 5, Magicians 1 Kenai River Minnesota

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First period — 1. Kenai River, Andrews (Bouvet, Rudin), 15:52. Penalties — Kenai River 1 for 2; Minnesota 2 for 4:00. Second period — 2. Kenai River, Murphy (O’Donnell), 2:35; 3. Kenai River, Schachle (Gerson, Gessert), 4:19; 4. Minnesota, Loven (Heppner, O’Brien), 12:59. Penalties — Kenai River 1 for 2:00. Third period — 5. Kenai River, Gessert (Berglund, Nickels), sh, 13:37; 6. Kenai River, Gessert (Rudin, Berglund), 16:05. Penalties — Kenai River 2 for 4:00; Minnesota 3 for 6:00. Shots on goal — Kenai River 9-9-11—29; Minnesota 11-13-9—33. Goalies — Kenai River, Creelman (33 shots, 32 saves); Minnesota, Ahrens (29 shots, 24 saves). Power plays — Kenai River 0 for 4, Minnesota 0 for 3.

18. Molly Erickson, Sol, 21:48; 19. M.E. Meyerhofer, Col, 22:05; 20. Halaia Barnett, Kod, 22:23; 21. Samantha Contreras, Pal, 22:27; 22. Mallory Arnold, Kod, 22:36; 23. Emily Werner, Sol, 22:39; 24. Alex Bergholtz, Ken, 22:46; 25. Jordan Burroughs, Was, 22:55; 26. Rya Berrigan, Pal, 22:58; 27. Elliese Wright, Pal, 22:58; 28. Allison Qualls, Pal, 23:04; 29. Riley McLellan, Was, 23:19; 30. Kellie Arthur, Sol, 23:22; 31. Jocelyn Kopsack, Col, 23:29; 32. Amber Pell, Was, 24:07; 33. Eva Bingham, Pal, 24:17; 34. Honey Rose Macatuno, Kod, 24:24; 35. Raen Barcelon, Kod, 24:24; 36. Kayla Munday, Was, 24:26; 37. Emily Wright, Pal, 24:32; 38. Mackenzie Lindeman, Ken, 24:44; 39. Katie Cooper, Ken, 24:47; 40. Arielle Himelbloom, Kod, 26:41.

Ben Sobek, ACS, 19:37; 24. Jaime Rios, Hom, 19:38; 25. Denver Waclawski, Hom, 19:39; 26. John Cosgrave, Grace, 19:42; 27. Jens Knutson, Hou, 19:49; 28. Timothy Stoorza, ACS, 19:54; 29. Etienne Kinne, Hou, 19:58; 30. Shaun Quinn, ACS, 20:10; 31. Luke Coverdell, ACS, 20:11; 32. Austin Brandt, Cordova, 20:17; 33. Elan Carroll, Hom, 20:49; 34. Kade Taylor, Hou, 21:01; 35. Cody Greene, Valdez, 21:53; 36. Dillon Newell, Hou, 22:02; 37. Ferdinand Sison, Cordova, 22:21; 38. Gavin Wallis, Nikiski, 22:29; 39. Wesley Colapietro, Valdez, 23:19; 40. James Hancock, Valdez, 23:52; 41. Joshua Hartman, Hou, 24:14; 42. Aaron McCollum, Nikiski, 24:35; 43. Ben Wray, Cordova, 24:39.

Class 3A

Team — 1. Homer 35; 2. Seward 50; 3. Grace Christian 70; 4. Anchorage Christian 92

Boy athlete of the year — Michael Todd, Anchorage Christian Girl athlete of the year — Megan Pitzman, Homer Coach of the year — Bill Steyer, Homer Boys Team — 1. Seward 38; 2. Grace Christian 62; 3. Homer 72; 4. Anchorage Christian 84; 5. Houston 130. Individual 1. Michael Todd, ACS, 17:53; 2. Hunter Kratz, Sew, 17:57; 3. Michael Marshall, Sew, 18:11; 4. Andrew Spencer, Hou, 18:20; 5. Jared Brant, Hom, 18:21; 6. Trent Fritzel, Grace, 18:25; 7. Zach Hamberger, Cordova, 18:35; 8. Jordan Beachy, Hom, 18:36; 9. Daniel VanderWeide, Grace, 18:45; 10. Seth Brewi, Sew, 18:57; 11. Thomas Zweifel, Sew, 18:59; 12. Paxson Berry, Sew, 19:04; 13. Josh Miller, ACS, 19:04; 14. Nick Snow, Grace, 19:06; 15. Jacob Davis, Hom, 19:09; 16. Ethan Isaacson, Grace, 19:10; 17. Wyatt Brown, Grace, 19:21; 18. Brandon Moore, Sew, 19:23; 19. Blake Bennett, ACS, 19:24; 20. Brandon Beachy, Hom, 19:25; 21. Dylan Gillespie, Sew, 19:34; 22. Tobin Karlberg, Grace, 19:34; 23.

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Individual 1. Megan Pitzman, Hom, 20:30; 2. Molly Mitchell, Hom, 20:39; 3. Ruby Lindquist, Sew, 20:55; 4. Sara Hamberger, Cordova, 20:58; 5. Brook Wedin, Sew, 20:59; 6. Tessa O’Hara, ACS, 21:22; 7. Alex Mosley, Hom, 21:24; 8. Cheyenne Applegate, Grace, 21:27; 9. Alice Pfeiffenberger, Sew, 21:37; 10. Amy Hatter, Grace, 21:47; 11. Tanner Ealum, ACS, 21:56; 12. Aurora Waclawski, Hom, 22:00; 13. Ziza Shemet Pitcher, Hom, 22:01; 14. Harmony Wayner, Grace, 22:04; 15. Lauren Evarts, Hom, 22:19; 16. Ashley Guernsey, Sew, 23:08; 17. EmmaLee Moore, Sew, 23:23; 18. Allie Jarvis, Grace, 23:32; 19. Audrey Rosencrans, Hom, 23:49; 20. Katrina Wood, Grace, 23:58; 21. Josephine Braun, Sew, 24:14; 22. Elizabeth Balsan, ACS, 24:25; 23. Anna Jarvis, Grace, 24:34; 24. Iris Anderson, Sew, 24:48; 25. Courtney Mitchell, ACS, 24:57; 26. Alex Durazo, Grace, 24:58; 27. Katy Merioles, Valdez, 25:13; 28. Becca Land, ACS, 26:24; 29. Cori Pegau, Cordova, 27:39; 30. Mickey Connor, ACS, 29:22; 31. Lynelle Jones, ACS, 29:47.

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perfect the rest of the match. “We were perfect in three and four, but not in five.” Harding said the problems for the Kards in the third and fourth games were more with the head than with the hands. “Volleyball is just a mind game,” she said. “You have to have composure and find your way out of it.” Beck said the Kards come out playing well, but then focus too much on their mistakes. “We have to understand life is about mistakes,” Beck said. “We have to grow from them and learn from them. We can’t get to the point where we’re afraid to make mistakes.” In Game 5, Sierra Hall, who had three kills, served out two points and Abby Beck, who had 13 assists, four kills and an ace, served out three points as the Kards bolted to a 6-2 lead. Wasilla had a hard time generating momentum after that. With the score 9-4, the Warriors put together a marathon point where they somehow scraped up a ball inches from the floor, but Alli Steinbeck put the Kards up 10-4 with a kill. At that point, the Kenai football team filed in after practice and made the gym even louder in favor of Kenai. “That’s always a thing when we come to Kenai,” Cannon said. “They have very loud fans.” Harding scored the last two points for the Kards with a kill. “Our goal is to make it to state, and that’s what we kept saying in the huddle,” Harding said. Jamie Bagley had 32 digs for Kenai, while Amber Walters had eight assists and Emily Koziczkowski had two kills. For Wasilla, Ashlyn Dorn had seven kills, Brooke Queripal had six kills, Peyton Mobley had 42 assists and four aces, and Courtney Anthoney had five aces. WASILLA 3, SOLDOTNA 2

The Stars came within two points of sweeping the weekend series against the Valley teams in the Northern Lights

Conference, coming up short Saturday against the Warriors with scores of 23-25, 25-21, 16-25, 25-19 and 13-15. After beating Palmer 3-1 on Thursday, Soldotna swept Colony 3-0 Friday before facing Wasilla Saturday. “I think fatigue just became a bit of a factor,” Kupferschmid said. “But I am so proud of them, they are fighters, and we didn’t always have the best execution but the hustle and effort was there.” Kupferschmid said the fifth set came down to staking out an early lead, something that Wasilla was able to do first. “We got in a hole early but we managed to claw back,” Kupferschmid said. “Skylar sent them a great serve, but they passed the kill to their center and that was it.” Hayley Ramsell led the Stars with 11 kills and five blocks, Ashe provided 25 digs and seven service points, Makenna Rosin had nine kills and seven blocks, Hayley Miller had eight kills and four blocks, Bailey Rosin recorded 13 digs and six service points, and Lindsey Wong had nine digs and six service points. “I’m really pleased with the three-day Valley stand,” Kupferschmid said. “I hope this springs us forward to even more success.” SOLDOTNA 3, COLONY 0 SoHi eased its way to a straight-sets sweep Friday against the Knights, winning with scores of 25-21, 25-12 and 25-14. “It was just, wow,” Kupferschmid said of her team’s execution. “We had great speed and control, and Hayley Ramsell just had a monster game.” Ramsell racked up 20 kills to go along with five blocks and four service points. Teammates Skylar Shaw had six kills and five service points, Makenna Rosin added five kills and six blocks, Alex Ashe and Lindsey Wong each had seven service points, Hayley Miller recorded six service points and five blocks, and Bailey Rosin had three kills and service points each. SoHi will be on the road in the coming days, with games in Homer on Tuesday and Kodiak on Friday and Saturday.

CIA soccer takes tourney Staff report

The Cook Inlet Academy coed soccer squad continued its winning ways Saturday at the 2014 Alaska Christian Schools Athletic Association tournament, crushing Birchwood Christian School 8-0 in championship game. The win boosts the Eagles’ season record to 15-0, and continues a long winning streak of

at least 40 games dating back two years. Senior captain Riley Smithwick made the most of the last home game of his career by scoring two first-half goals, while brother Timmy Smithwick racked up four goals himself, bringing his five-game tournament total to an amazing 16 goals. Johnny Smithwick added a

pair of goals and Andrew Hammond rounded out the scoring with a strike of his own for the Eagles. CIA also defeated Lumen Christi and Birchwood Christian School on Friday, with game scores of 6-0 and 9-0, respectively. Johnny Smithwick contributed a pair of goals against Lumen Christi. CIA also got scor-

ing strikes from Madison Orth, Andrew Hammond and Connor Leaf. The shutout was the sixth of the season for CIA, as Brady Hammond and John Grossl combined for the effort. Timmy Smithwick took CIA to new heights in Friday’s win over Birchwood Christian by scoring six goals. Hammond added two and Johnny Smithwick had one.

Scoreboard Baseball AL Standings

East Division W L Pct x-Baltimore 95 66 .590 New York 83 78 .516 Toronto 83 78 .516 Tampa Bay 77 84 .478 Boston 71 90 .441 Central Division z-Detroit 89 72 .553 z-Kansas City 88 73 .547 Cleveland 84 77 .522 Chicago 73 88 .453 Minnesota 70 91 .435 West Division x-Los Angeles 98 63 .609 Oakland 87 74 .540 Seattle 86 75 .534 Houston 70 91 .435 Texas 67 94 .416 z-clinched playoff berth x-clinched division

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Friday’s Games Cleveland 1, Tampa Bay 0 Toronto 4, Baltimore 2 Minnesota 11, Detroit 4 Houston 3, N.Y. Mets 1 N.Y. Yankees 3, Boston 2 Oakland 6, Texas 2 Kansas City 3, Chicago White Sox 1 Seattle 4, L.A. Angels 3 Saturday’s Games Boston 10, N.Y. Yankees 4 Toronto 4, Baltimore 2 Tampa Bay 2, Cleveland 0 Minnesota 12, Detroit 3 N.Y. Mets 2, Houston 1 Chicago White Sox 5, Kansas City 4 Texas 5, Oakland 4 Seattle 2, L.A. Angels 1, 11 innings Sunday’s Games Tampa Bay (Cobb 10-8) at Cleveland (House 4-3), 9:05 a.m. Baltimore (M.Gonzalez 9-9) at Toronto (Dickey 14-12), 9:07 a.m. Minnesota (Gibson 13-11) at Detroit (D.Price 14-12), 9:08 a.m. Houston (Tropeano 1-2) at N.Y. Mets (B.Colon 14-13), 9:10 a.m. N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 4-5) at Boston (Buchholz 8-10), 9:35 a.m. Kansas City (Ventura 14-10) at Chicago White Sox (Bassitt 1-1), 10:10 a.m. Oakland (Gray 13-10) at Texas (N.Martinez 5-11), 11:05 a.m. L.A. Angels (Cor.Rasmus 3-1) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 14-6), 12:10 p.m. End of Regular Season, All

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East Division W L Pct x-Washington 95 66 .590 Atlanta 78 83 .484 New York 78 83 .484 Miami 77 84 .478 Philadelphia 73 88 .453 Central Division z-St. Louis 89 72 .553 z-Pittsburgh 88 73 .547 Milwaukee 82 79 .509 Cincinnati 75 86 .466 Chicago 72 89 .447 West Division x-Los Angeles 93 68 .578 y-San Francisco 87 74 .540 San Diego 77 84 .478 Colorado 66 95 .410 Arizona 64 97 .398 z-clinched playoff berth x-clinched division y-clinched wild card

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Friday’s Games Washington 4, Miami 0, 1st game Philadelphia 5, Atlanta 4 Miami 15, Washington 7, 2nd game Houston 3, N.Y. Mets 1 Pittsburgh 3, Cincinnati 1 Chicago Cubs 6, Milwaukee 4 St. Louis 7, Arizona 6, 10 innings L.A. Dodgers 7, Colorado 4 San Diego 4, San Francisco 1 Saturday’s Games Cincinnati 10, Pittsburgh 6, 10 innings Washington 5, Miami 1 San Francisco 3, San Diego 1 Atlanta 4, Philadelphia 2 Milwaukee 2, Chicago Cubs 1 N.Y. Mets 2, Houston 1 Arizona 5, St. Louis 2 L.A. Dodgers 6, Colorado 5, 12 innings Sunday’s Games Houston (Tropeano 1-2) at N.Y. Mets (B.Colon 14-13), 9:10 a.m. Pittsburgh (Cole 11-5) at Cincinnati (Cueto 19-9), 9:10 a.m. Atlanta (Russell 0-2) at Philadelphia (Hamels 9-8), 9:35 a.m. Miami (H.Alvarez 12-6) at Washington (Zimmermann 13-5), 9:35 a.m. Chicago Cubs (Ja.Turner 5-11) at Milwaukee (Fiers 6-4), 10:10 a.m. San Diego (Erlin 4-4) at San Francisco (Heston 0-0), 12:05 p.m. Colorado (Bergman 3-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 16-8), 12:10 p.m. St. Louis (Wainwright 20-9) at Arizona (Collmenter 11-8), 12:10

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Football College Scores EAST Akron 21, Pittsburgh 10 Albany (NY) 42, Columbia 7 Bowling Green 47, UMass 42 Bucknell 20, Cornell 7 Buffalo 35, Miami (Ohio) 27 CCSU 38, Rhode Island 14 Colgate 19, Georgetown 0 Colorado St. 24, Boston College 21 Fordham 45, Holy Cross 16 Harvard 22, Brown 14 Lafayette 35, Wagner 23 Maine 27, Towson 24 Monmouth (NJ) 28, Lehigh 21 New Hampshire 52, Dartmouth 19 Northwestern 29, Penn St. 6 Notre Dame 31, Syracuse 15 Princeton 56, Davidson 17 Rutgers 31, Tulane 6 San Diego 20, Marist 16 St. Francis (Pa.) 80, Va. Lynchburg 0 Temple 36, UConn 10 Villanova 41, Penn 7 W. Kentucky 36, Navy 27 William & Mary 27, Stony Brook 21, OT Yale 49, Army 43, OT SOUTH Alabama A&M 42, MVSU 20 Alabama St. 38, Texas Southern 3 Alcorn St. 56, Southern U. 16 Auburn 45, Louisiana Tech 17 Bethune-Cookman 34, Florida Tech 33 Campbell 34, Valparaiso 24 Charleston Southern 47, Charlotte 41, OT Chattanooga 38, Samford 24 Clemson 50, North Carolina 35 Coastal Carolina 31, Elon 3 Delaware 30, James Madison 23, OT Delaware St. 35, Savannah St. 10 FAU 41, UTSA 37 FIU 34, UAB 20 Florida St. 56, NC State 41 Georgia 35, Tennessee 32 Jacksonville St. 52, Murray St. 28 Kentucky 17, Vanderbilt 7 LSU 63, New Mexico St. 7 Louisiana-Monroe 22, Troy 20 Louisville 20, Wake Forest 10 McNeese St. 61, Arkansas Tech

7 Mercer 27, VMI 24 Miami 22, Duke 10 Mississippi 24, Memphis 3 Missouri 21, South Carolina 20 NC A&T 38, Howard 22 Norfolk St. 15, Morgan St. 14 Rice 41, Southern Miss. 23 SC State 17, Hampton 10 SE Missouri 31, UT-Martin 27 Tennessee St. 27, Florida A&M 7 The Citadel 37, Gardner-Webb 14 Virginia 45, Kent St. 13 Virginia Tech 35, W. Michigan 17 W. Carolina 35, Furman 17 Wofford 49, Virginia-Wise 15 MIDWEST Baylor 49, Iowa St. 28 Illinois St. 55, Austin Peay 6 Indiana St. 38, Liberty 19 Iowa 24, Purdue 10 Jacksonville 35, Butler 7 Kansas St. 58, UTEP 28 Maryland 37, Indiana 15 Michigan St. 56, Wyoming 14 Minnesota 30, Michigan 14 N. Iowa 50, Tennessee Tech 7 Nebraska 45, Illinois 14 Ohio 34, E. Illinois 19 Ohio St. 50, Cincinnati 28 S. Illinois 34, W. Illinois 17 SE Louisiana 63, Incarnate Word 7 Texas 23, Kansas 0 Toledo 42, Cent. Michigan 28 Wisconsin 27, South Florida 10 SOUTHWEST Abilene Christian 59, Houston Baptist 14 Cent. Arkansas 52, Nicholls St. 18 Grambling St. 26, Prairie View 20 Jackson St. 33, Ark.-Pine Bluff 30, OT Sam Houston St. 42, Lamar 10 TCU 56, SMU 0 Texas A&M 35, Arkansas 28, OT Texas St. 37, Tulsa 34, 3OT FAR WEST Air Force 28, Boise St. 14 California 59, Colorado 56, 3OT E. Washington 37, UC Davis 14 Idaho St. 44, Sacramento St. 24 Montana 38, N. Colorado 13 Montana St. 29, North Dakota 18 N. Arizona 38, Cal Poly 35 Nevada 21, San Jose St. 10 S. Utah 31, Weber St. 28 San Diego St. 34, UNLV 17 South Alabama 34, Idaho 10 Southern Cal 35, Oregon St. 10 Stanford 20, Washington 13

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Sunday’s Games Green Bay at Chicago, 9 a.m. Buffalo at Houston, 9 a.m. Tennessee at Indianapolis, 9 a.m. Carolina at Baltimore, 9 a.m. Detroit at N.Y. Jets, 9 a.m. Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 9 a.m. Miami vs. Oakland at London, 9 a.m. Jacksonville at San Diego, 12:05 p.m. Philadelphia at San Francisco, 12:25 p.m. Atlanta at Minnesota, 12:25 p.m. New Orleans at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. Open: Arizona, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Denver, Seattle, St. Louis Monday’s Game New England at Kansas City, 4:30 p.m. All Times ADT

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Wortham entered the line when Chris Lawson was injured during the game. He said both did a great job of allowing the Kards to still gain yards. By bottling up the Homer rushing attack, Kenai was able to turn the Mariners into a onedimensional team. Quarterback Sheldon Hutt gamely went 13 for 28 for 194 yards, with two interceptions and one scoring strike. “He has really grown into his role as a leader,” Homer coach Josh Fraley said of Hutt. “He took some flat out shots from Jace Baker and kept on getting up.” Baker, also an outside linebacker, kept getting the green light to blitz. He said the tackle kept knifing down to leave him isolated on a running back. Most times, Baker would beat that running back. Other times, the running back would miss the assignment and Baker would nearly bend Hutt in half with blind-side hits. Baker said he has always respected Hutt, and this game only heightened that feeling. “He still gets the job done,” Baker said. “I know from experience how hard it is to get back up and get into the flow of things again.” With Hutt under center, the Mariners were able to move the ball, but the Kards kept Homer off the board until late in the game due to turnovers. Chase Gillies had a pair of second-half interceptions for the Kardinals, while Logan and Tyler Montague had fumble recoveries. Tom Randall also blocked a field goal for the Kards. While Marquez said the offense could have been crisper, he was happy with the defense.

“There was no spottiness in our defense,” Marquez said. “They came out and did what we are known for.” The Montague fumble recovery was one of two feelgood moments late in the game. Marquez said Montague, a senior, was seeing his first action on the field. “There’s wins and losses, but it’s things like that we’re all here for,” Marquez said. “He’ll remember that moment for the rest of his life.” Ditto for Ian Lowe, who caught a 26-yard touchdown from Hutt in the final minute of the game. Fraley said Lowe was just cleared to play from a separated shoulder two days ago. Fraley didn’t want to play Lowe, but injuries forced his hand. The coach said the senior is his most dedicated player. Saturday marked his first varsity touchdown. “You could see how excited all the kids were for him,” Fraley said. Saturday Kardinals 41, Mariners 6 Homer Kenai

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1st Quarter Ken — Logan 8 run (Vest kick), 7:18. 2nd Quarter Ken — Logan 6 run (Vest kick), 11:49. Ken — Welborn 5 run (Vest kick), 4:24. Ken — Welborn 1 run (Vest kick), 1:15. 3rd Quarter Ken — Logan 8 run (kick failed), 9:50. 4th Quarter Ken — Foree 3 run (Creighton kick), 10:57. Hom — Lowe 26 pass from Hutt (run failed), 0:40. First downs Rushes-yards Passing yards Comp-att-int Return yards Punts Fumbles Penalties

Hom 8 15-(-9) 194 13-28-2 0 5-27.0 5-2 7-35

Ken 12 50-331 8 2-6-0 123 1-22.0 1-0 11-95

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing — Homer: Hutt 8-(-24), Fisk 3-0, Hill 4-15. Kenai: Logan 21-141, Foree 1493, Welborn 7-69, Baker 7-27, Gillies 1-1. Passing — Homer: Hutt 13-28-2—194; Kenai: Baker 2-6-0—8. Receiving — Homer: Croft 3-30, Fisk 2-9, Swoboda 3-41, Seay 1-16, Hill 1-22, McKenna 2-50, Lowe 1-26. Kenai: Gillies 1-6, Logan 1-2.

Euros take control GLENEAGLES, Scotland (AP) — Justin Rose swept that magical putter into the air before his ball even reached the hole, and he punched his right fist when it dropped for a birdie. Just like at Medinah, the final match in the Ryder Cup on Saturday gave Europe another big boost of momentum going into the last round. Only this time, Europe didn’t really need it. Rose capped off a remarkable Saturday for himself and his team. That 6-foot putt on the 18th hole at Gleneagles was enough to give Rose and Martin Kaymer a half-point, giving Europe a 10-6 advantage and leaving it on the cusp of another Ryder Cup victory. That was the same score two years ago, except that Europe was in dire need of a comeback. Now it is worried about com-

placency. “This job is far from finished,” Europe captain Paul McGinley said. “We’re in great position, but we’ve got a lot of work to do tomorrow.” Rose teamed with Henrik Stenson to make a record 12 birdies in 16 holes in fourballs. Equally important was getting something — even a half — in foursomes against America’s refreshing rookie tandem of Jordan Spieth and Patrick Reed. “Any glimmer of momentum that they had — say they win that match — they take something with them into the locker room,” Graeme McDowell said. “And that’s what happened to us at Medinah. That’s why that putt for Justin was so huge, because it gave them nothing to take away this evening.”

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picked Lester off at the Soldotna 13-yard line. From there, it took SoHi eight plays to go 87 yards for the first points of the game, a 7-yard run on a pitch to Drew Gibbs. “That was a huge momentum change early in the game,” Brantley Jr. said. “We stalled, they were rifling down the field, picking up huge chunks, and getting that second chance early was huge.” Another big moment came early in the second quarter, after a nine-play, 81-yard West Valley drive resulted in a short Cummings touchdown run, and a fiveplay, 53-yard Soldotna drive ended in a short Gibbs touchdown. The Wolfpack used a mix of running and passing plays to get out to midfield, where they eventually found themselves with a fourth-and-1 situation on the SoHi 49-yard line. Cummings was handed the ball, moved right into seemingly open space, but instead found a suffocating wall of Soldotna defenders. The defensive play gave SoHi the ball with half a field to work with. “You know how hard it is to get those stops, and to stop a team like that with that offensive firepower was big,” Brantley Jr. said. From midfield, SoHi used big runs from Fenton and Gibbs to find the red zone, where quarterback Brooks Furlong took the ball on a wide route to score from 8 yards out, pushing the lead to 21-7. Brantley Jr. said the biggest adjustment SoHi had to make was with West Valley’s speed. With state track sprinters like

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pair of wins over Juneau and Palmer — went a long way in boosting the Wolfpack’s energy. “We came out to play,” Allison said. “We traveled all this way, we’re gonna come down here and play with the same style we’ve been playing all season.” Just to illustrate that the game was closer than the scoreboard showed, West Valley recorded more first downs (20) than Soldotna (14). “Some of the things I think that came easier with other teams wasn’t there,” Allison said. “I think our O-line wasn’t getting to that next level, and they did a couple things to confuse them up front.” After Soldotna took the ball down to the West Valley 3-yard line on the opening drive of the game, the Wolfpack pulled off a rarity in stopping the Stars in their tracks. “It was frustrating to move the ball down the field, and then have a couple mental breakdowns,” Brantley Jr. said. “It’s not real characteristic of us. If you give us three tries in a short-yardage situation, you know, we’re designed for that.” From there, Cummings and Lester helped to move the ball with a few big gains, eventually putting West Valley at the Soldotna 22. But the momentum quickly shifted when senior Jared Chavez jumped the offensive route and

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Barrow’s Tony Dunbar nabs a first down during a game against the Nikiski Bulldogs on Friday in Nikiski.

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weeks, Nikiski was able to gain yardage through the air, as junior quarterback Cade Anderson threw for 102 yards and added a touchdown for good measure. Leading the home charge was senior Christian Riddall, who scored five touchdowns on 300 rushing yards. Riddall credited the offensive linemen for opening gaps for him to get by the Barrow line. “Those holes were huge, I could drive a semi through them,” Riddall described. “It was awesome.” The win also reversed a recent trend of homecoming losses for Nikiski. Before Friday, the Bulldogs were riding a three-year homecoming winless streak, the last win coming in 2011, when Riddall was a freshman. “This was pretty important to us,” Riddall said. Last year, the Bulldogs fell short to Monroe Catholic on homecoming night in a contest that ultimately resulted in Nikiski missing out on the top seed in the playoffs. That too was a reason to start fast and never look back. “That puts the other team in a hole real fast, and makes us feel good,” Riddall said. “And then we just keep ticking.” The very first snap of the game saw Riddall take the handoff and rumble 59 yards to the end zone to put the Bulldogs up six just 11 seconds in. After stopping Barrow on

Cooks and Cummings, the SoHi defense had its hands full all day long. “Those guys are phenomenal and we had to change some of our angles to catch them,” Brantley Jr. said. “(Cummings) is the hardest runner I’ve seen,” Gibbs added. “He’s gonna be one of the best backs in the next couple years.” On the ensuing possession, West Valley took the ball 63 yards to the end zone, ending with a spectacular catch from 17 yards out by Brandon Joyner, who grabbed the ball while sandwiched between two SoHi defenders. The touchdown left the Wolfpack trailing 21-14 with 6:36 left in the half. However, Soldotna answered by moving the ball 80 yards in three plays that took all of 33 seconds, ending with a Mason Prior plunge from 5 yards out. West Valley punted on its next possession, and Furlong found Drew Fowler on a 52-yard pass on the next Soldotna play that went down to the 1-yard line. Gibbs followed the big play up with his third score of the game. “I thought the second quarter was really what decided the outcome of the game,” Brantley Jr. said. Just minutes later, Soldotna got the ball back after Dylan Ackerman caught an interception with West Valley in the red zone, which ultimately resulted in a 24-yard scoring catch by senior Bailey Blumentritt from Furlong with 23 seconds left in the half. Blumentritt compiled 104 offensive yards for SoHi, adding a rushing touchdown for C

downs, Nikiski went 51 yards in four plays that ended with a 5-yard Corin Cooper score. But Barrow was able to make use of its experienced passing attack to cut back against Nikiski. On the Whalers’ ensuing possession, they drove 65 yards in eight plays, ending in a 6-yard slant pass from quarterback Makana Ahgeak to Tony Dunbar. That cut the deficit to 14-6. “It was hard because he was enough of a passer but they also had enough of a running game that if you play into coverage, they could throw underneath and make some counters and draws,” said coach Riddall. The next possession saw Nikiski achieve its 21-point goal, getting a 17-yard run from Dylan Broussard. On the next Barrow drive, the Whalers ended up fumbling near midfield, which gave Nikiski another opportunity to score. Riddall did just that on the first play of the second quarter, taking the ball 31 yards to the house. Once again, Barrow responded with a long drive which ended in a turnover. This time, it was Broussard who read Ahgeak’s pass better than the Barrow receivers. “I was just doing my job,” Broussard said. “The ball came to me, I picked it up, ran it back. “You don’t really know what’s gonna happen, you just watch it and react.” Broussard ended the day with 124 offensive yards, including a touchdown and the interception. Ahgeak ended the day throwing four interceptions,

twice to senior Rickie Smith and another to Luke Johnson. It was the fifth pick by Johnson in the last three games. Ahgeak completed 16 of 37 passing attempts for 136 yards, but Barrow coach Brian Houston was left lamenting what might have been without the turnovers. “It’s been our problem all season,” Houston said. “If we can cut down the turnovers, we’ll be in the game. You can’t throw three or four picks a game, give them a short field, and expect to win. Not against these guys.” Houston said the bulk of Ahgeak’s throws were right where they needed to be, but a few tipped balls ended up in the hands of a Nikiski defenseman. “We gotta work on some of the mechanics with him,” Houston said. “Once we get that squared away, we’ll be OK.” Nikiski came up with one more crucial play before the half. Standing with their backs 20 yards from their own end zone, the Bulldogs were facing a Barrow drive with less than a minute on the clock. On fourth down from the Nikiski 20, Ahgeak tossed a short pass to Dunbar, but Johnson got there first to intercept it. “I told Luke to drop deeper,” coach Riddall said. “Give me another 3 or 4 yards on your drop, and he did it.” On the very next offensive play by Nikiski, Riddall shot right through the middle for a 79-yard touchdown with less than two ticks remaining on the clock.

“I shot through the line, the linemen were blocking, and took off looking to the left and right, no one was there,” Riddall said. “Everyone was still at the line of scrimmage.” Coach Riddall later praised the efforts of his linemen on both sides of the ball, saying it was a tough day against a persistent Barrow squad. “My hat’s off to (Barrow), they came in playing for a playoff spot, too,” coach Riddall said. Friday Bulldogs 57, Whalers 12 Nikiski Barrow

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing — Nikiski: Riddall 14-300, Cooper 8-45, D. Broussard 7-72, Castro 3-6, Cutsforth 3-8, Smith 1-15. Barrow: Elavgak 16-108, Ahgeak 2-12, Adams 3-12, Mathews 1-1. Passing — Nikiski: Anderson 6-9-0—102, I. Johnson 1-1-0—10. Barrow — Ahgeak 16-37-4—136. Receiving — Nikiski: D. Broussard 2-57, Carstens 1-30, Riddall 1-8, Cooper 1-7, Cutsforth 1-10. Barrow: Dunbar 8-93, Tuai 4-28, Ahgeak 1-6, Mathews 1-5, Ponce de Leon 2-5.

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Soldotna’s Ty Fenton leaps to gain more yards as West Valley’s Marquece McCrae tackles him Saturday at Soldotna High School.

good measure. “We just knew on homecoming week that we had to get this win, and without a win I doubt any of us would go to the dance,” Gibbs said. “We just had to do it for our fans.” On the same drive, Tim Duke was injured as he leapt up for an acrobatic catch near midfield, falling with a West Valley defender on his leg. Coach Brantley Jr. said the early indication is that he suffered a strain, and was held out of the rest of the game for precautionary measures. Saturday Stars 67, Wolfpack 30

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing — Soldotna: Gibbs 17-176, Fenton 12-158, Blumentritt 4-76, Chavez 4-66, Furlong 4-21, Prior 2-9, Jones 1-1, Urban 1-(-1). West Valley: Cummings 16-174, Lester 12-1. Passing — Soldotna: Furlong 5-8-107-1, Gibbs 0-1-0—0. West Valley: Lester 18-28244-2. Receiving — Soldotna: Fowler 1-46, Duke 2-33, Blumentritt 2-28. West Valley: Cooks 5-69, Jones 6-67, Sudduth 3-56, Joyner 3-40, Cummings 1-12.

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hold a trip to Anchorage in the same esteem as a “pick up poop patrol” in a heavily populated elephant compound. So, when my wife announced that we had to head to the burg for a mid-week, pre-op referral and out-patient surgery that would encompass a three-day time frame, I sprang into action. A quick Google search reflected that shootouts in the mini-metropolis were down to the level of Tijuana on a slow night and a summation of the latest road rage reports indicated the highest level of occurrences were on the weekends. Those two bits of information saved us from having to borrow Turk’s old surplus armored car that gets around 2.1 mile per gallon and sports a top speed that couldn’t out run a sloth with congenital hips problems. Relieved that it wouldn’t take us a day and a half to get there plus a ton of gas, we launched toward the concrete-slab-by-the-sea with a suitcase, our rescue mini-mutt, credit cards, and a side arm that could take out a stretch Hummer full of drive-by shooters at a rap concert. We hadn’t made an Anchorage run in over five years and it turned out to be a stunning ride in perfect weather. Once we started the drift down into the area of Cooper Landing the fall colors became intense erupting into molten gold trees fired by the sun while lifeless fireweed stalks undulated in the wind like dying red lava cooling on the mountain sides. Clouds swirled and gently nudged into each other around lofty peaks then collapsed into rivers of mist that cascaded down gullies to settle as pillows of fog in the valleys below. Swans cruised in small elegant flotillas of grace across Tern Lake while trying to teach their young cygnets the basics of appearing dignified. It was like a jumbo sized version of Homer with a heaping side of grandeur until about ten miles out of A City when things started smelling like I had stuck my head up an exhaust pipe and it got worse. By the time we hit the cut off to the medical clinic I was ready to head to the nearest emergency room for a pure oxygen infusion and blood detoxification. My wife, on the other hand, ignored my drama especially when she caught me signaling the dog to play dead and pointed the way to the doctor’s office. Once there, I figured I’d go inside and get some real fresh air. Nope. The building’s first two floors were being renovated and the place smelled like a glue factory had exploded so I went back to the truck, sealed the windows and fired up the air conditioner. Just as I was feeling smug the cur had a gastronomical event that caused me temporary loss of sight and an inadvertent gurgle/gasp reflex resulting in an unseemly exit from the vehicle while carpet bombing the area with oaths so appalling nearby trees dropped their foliage. It was going to be a long three days. The day of the surgery we had to be at the facility for pre-op procedures at 06:30 which was an excellent time because most the city’s motor maniacs were still skulking in their development housing waiting for some mysterious signal that would launch them into immediate gridlock at 07:05. During the meeting with the doctor and the prep squad we were informed that I should expect to cool my heels in the waiting room for around three hours which was inclusive of her recovery room time. No big deal. I had a great book and since the hospital had a parking garage right next door, I’d sit in the truck and read while monitoring the dog that, in turn, would sit there giving me a death stare until her mistress returned, confirming that I hadn’t abandoned her at some homeless shelter. The wait was somewhat uneventful other than the elderly gentleman who worked for about 45 minutes trying to get into a vehicle next to me when his key fob wouldn’t release the locks. After he called AAA, he detected a baby seat in the back and realized he hadn’t participated in that particular activity for over thirty years. His car was on the opposite side of mine. I don’t know what that kindly looking senior was bellowing when he exited the garage but it looked like he had blown an upper denture and his nose hairs were smoking. Things went well and on the way to the hotel I was amazed how calmly my bride handled my risk avoidance defensive driving techniques as I negotiated construction zones and invasion-size clusters of drivers storming through intersections like they were late for a tasting party at the newest meth lab. My admiration was somewhat tempered though when I realized the pills the doctor had prescribed had her observing my maneuvering skills while orbiting the planet Semistoned. The next day the ride to Homer was a wet one but when you’re headed the right way it doesn’t seem to matter. Plus the mountain vistas displayed their new fall line up of rain-bathed blue ice fields and a series of light scarf styles of termination dust wrapped gently around the mountain crests. Maybe we should make the trip more often. Nick can be reached at ncvarney@gmail.com.

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News and Notes Kenai Central High School student wins Tesoro scholarship

Recipients like DeVito are eligible to renew their scholarships for up to three years, provided they maintain at least a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale (or equivalent). In all, Tesoro Corp. awarded a $4,000 Tesoro could provide DeVito up to scholarship to Rylee DeVito, a $16,000 toward her education. graduate of Kenai Central High School in Kenai. DeVito is one of 50 children of Share community Tesoro employees and retirees to information here receive a scholarship this year. In Has a new addition to your all, Tesoro awarded $200,000 in scholarships to help these deserv- family just arrived? Where in the ing students attend accredited two- world is your military person and and four-year colleges and univer- what are they up to? Got a new graduate, dean’s list student or an sities across the United States. “We understand the value of award-receiving youth? Do you have a news event, aceducation, and obtaining a college degree is a critical first step in many tivity or fundraiser you need to let careers,” said Tesoro President and the community know about? Send CEO Greg Goff. “Outstanding em- it to us! Email your community events ployees drive our success today, and our need for top talent will only to news@peninsulaclarion.com, increase as we continue to grow. We fax it to 283-3299, drop it off at the are proud to support the futures of Clarion office in Kenai at 150 Trading Bay Drive (Monday through these exceptional young adults.” DeVito will attend Idaho State Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) or University this fall, majoring mail your information to us at P.O. in teacher education. She is the Box 3009, Kenai AK 99611. Events, wedding, engagement daughter of Aleja DeVito, an employee at Tesoro’s Kenai Refinery. and birth submissions may not be

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Making life easier for older dogs and cats By KIM COOK Associated Press

Just as there are lots of products on the market to help ease the aches, pains and mobility issues of human old age, so there is a good selection of such products for senior dogs and cats, as well.

Easy lifting Arthritis is one of the most common problems for dogs and cats as they age. “Give ‘em a boost,” says Amy Shojai, a certified animal behavior consultant in Sherman, Texas, and author of “Complete Care for your Aging Cat” and “Complete Care for your Aging Dog” (Cool Gus Publishing, 2010). “Cats love high spots to snooze and lounge, but may not be able to manage the leap. Move a chair or even a cardboard box close to a window or bed to give them a leg up.” Ramps and stairs make it easier for older pets to access beds, sofas, countertops and window seats. There are folding, carpeted ramps that can go in the car or be easily stored. Solvit makes a high-traction ramp that attaches to stairs or the lift of an SUV to help arthritic dogs. The collapsible, ultralight design makes it handy for travel or car errands. And at home, carpeted or upholstered portable pet stairs can be positioned wherever a pet needs to go up or down. Look for ones that sit firmly on the ground, with a good wide stair base. Many come in a range of materials to coordinate with your decor. (www.wayfair.com ) Pets with hip or back problems might appreciate having their food bowl raised up off the floor. Raised dishes in frames made of metal, wood, plastic or ceramic ease the strain on aging necks. Some can be height-adjusted.

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In this photo provided by Wayfair.com, folding steps like these help ease the transport of elderly pets and can be conveniently stored at home or in your vehicle.

friends on a soft, Sherpa-fleece-covered mattress. (www.kohls.com ) For pets having trouble climbing onto anyBody temperature thing, including a thick pet bed, a lower-to-the“Heating pads and beds soothe achy arthri- floor sleep zone may be the answer. Homegoods tis and help older pets become more flexible,” has less dense yet still comfy dog beds in faux says Shojai. “A heating pad slipped under- furs. (www.homegoods.com ) neath the small pet’s regular bed or blanket may do the trick.” Keep them sipping The Lectro Kennel electric pad can be tem“Older pets — especially cats — don’t alperature adjusted. (www.petco.com ) If overheating is the issue, consider the Cool ways drink as much water as they should. Pet Pet Pad. It’s gel-filled and activated by the water fountains that aerate the water make it animal’s weight, staying cool for three to four taste better and encourage water intake,” Shojai hours. You can place it in a crate or car, on the says. Major pet chains stock several varieties. Better boxes floor, or on a bed to help ease overheating or Aging cats might need bigger litter boxes or inflammation. (www.allmodern.com) Cruise control ones with lower sides for better access and aim, Older pets can still enjoy fresh-air outings with says Dr. Louise Murray, vice president of the Sleep tight the help of some clever transport devices. Shojai ASPCA Animal Hospital in New York City. Memory-foam mattresses and pillows have says a big beach towel can be employed as a sling Lucky Champ, for instance, has a roomy one with a low entry ramp. (www.luckychamp.com) been a boon to pets. Six inches of foam covered to help a dog from a prone position, but she also Shojai suggests “a plastic, low-sided, shirt- in microfiber and fleece makes a cozy snooze likes the range of available locomotion assists. box storage container. And add an extra potty spot in the Great Paw Triple Support Orthope- Adjustable wheelchairs and body harnesses are available at www.k9carts.com . Go for a walk or or two; ensure at least one is on each side of the dic Pillow. (www.allmodern.com ) Kohl’s stocks the Happy Hounds dog bed, jog with a pet stroller; many are equipped with house or floor.” You can find dog and cat diaper pants and capacious enough for large breeds but eas- weather screens, and some with removable carripads at www.seniorpetproducts.com if inconti- ily accommodating two or three diminutive ers. (www.theuncommondog.com) nence is a problem.

Economist divides parents as drifters vs planners By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press

NEW YORK — When it comes to pregnancy and childrearing, behavioral economist Isabel V. Sawhill sees a cultural divide between the planners and the drifters. The senior fellow at the Brookings Institution argues in a new book, “Generation Unbound: Drifting into Sex and Parenthood without Marriage,” that the act of not becoming pregnant until one is ready would save billions of dollars and help ensure that children are born into families with the means and motivation to care for them. The book, from Brookings Institution Press, is out Thursday. A conversation with Isabel V. Sawhill: AP: The premise of your book seems to be that unplanned pregnancies and births are bad for the economy, bad for our culture? Is that what you’re arguing? Sawhill: I’m arguing more centrally that it’s not good for children. Their life prospects are being undermined by too many young adults drifting into relationships, pregnancy, childbearing, rather than waiting until they’re ready to be parents. We may have always known that to be true but we have not been practicing it. Sixty per-

cent of all births to young unmarried adults, I’m talking about people under the age of 30, are unplanned, unintended. AP: On the one hand you support all the personal choices and freedoms we now have in terms of sex, contraception and forming families, but you then argue that drifting into parenthood is a bad idea. Can you explain that a little bit? Sawhill: The children born under those circumstances are going to have constrained life chances, and it’s going to be stressful for their parents as well, and it’s often going to produce a single-parent family that is going to struggle both economically and in other ways. I think that many single parents are doing a heroic job of raising children on their own. It’s just a very hard thing to do. You have half as much time and often half as much money as you would have if you had joined forces with another person. AP: Can you talk specifically about the impact on families, governments, schools, etc. from a high rate of pregnancies and births, not just among teens because as you noted the teen birth rate is going down, but among unmarried women in their 20s? When did that start happening? Sawhill: The teen birth rate has come down dramatically, and the fact that we’ve had some success there makes me somewhat optimistic C

that we can have success with a slightly older group as well. But the problem of unplanned birth outside of marriage has shifted up the age scale. It’s now a major problem amongst 20-somethings in the United States. Over half of all births to women under 30 are outside of marriage and most of those births are unintended. AP: Can you address why social policies to reduce what you call too-early unplanned births have been ignored or sidelined, and where that fits into what you describe as a “demographic tide of family breakdown.” Sawhill: We had a huge transformation in our society from one that was based primarily on the idea that if you had children you should have them within marriage. And that worked reasonably well. Now marriage seems to be disappearing because, among other things, much greater opportunities for women, their ability to support themselves and their desire for autonomy and their ability to achieve that autonomy. They don’t need marriage in the way they used to. That to me is the biggest factor, but there are some others, such as the fact that men, less skilled men in particular, are struggling in today’s labor market, aren’t doing as well and therefore have all kinds of problems and don’t look terribly marriageable to the women that they might partner with.

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friend of mine won’t eat anything homemade and brought for a party or other social gathering. “I’ve seen how women don’t wash their hands after they go to the bathroom,” she explained. Women? She should visit men’s restrooms! Well, you know what I mean.... We’ve all seen people who don’t practice the best personal hygiene in the bathroom, but I feel we have to trust them enough to have washed their hands before baking a batch of chocolate chip cookies. We can only hope, else the potluck and the office party are doomed. I’m surprised they’ve lasted this long in a world of a different contagion each year. It’s not as though people don’t have the chance to be clean. Many public restrooms operate on the honor system. They have toi-

lets that flush automatically. They habits. provide soap and water that shoot The guys in the meat or proout with the wave of a hand so duce department at the grocery you don’t have to touch the faucet, store. The preparers, cooks and then paper towels or air dryers that servers in a restaurant. The folks activate with another wave. on the assembly line as they Then all you have to do is get construct your two all-beef patout the door without touching the ties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, handle, which is easy unless the pickles, onions on a sesame seed Glynn Moore door opens inward, in which case bun. you’re back to where you started, As with any link in the food germwise. chain, it might be best to forget facts and The only thing left out of the cleanliness live life one day at a time. equation is human laziness. Hello, pleased Otherwise, we might turn out like to meet you, but I’m not shaking your hand; Howard Hughes, who was germaphobic I don’t know where it’s been. and every other kind of phobic and never It’s wise not to even think of these touched anyone or anything. I’d hate to feel things, because when we get down to it, the repulsed at the image of a juicy hamburger food we eat has been touched by others, because someone prepared it for me. and we can only guess as to their hygienic Speaking of the food we eat, a big

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courage to come out and be direct about it. If you want peace and quiet in your life, find a man who appreciates what you have to offer, doesn’t make false accusations and treats you well. You’ll find what you’re looking for after you tell Abigail Van Buren Spencer you’re NOT drunk, you’re NOT crazy and you’re not in love with him anymore, so GOODBYE.

DEAR ABBY: I have been having a problem with my husband ever since his mom died. All he talks about is how much he misses her and how he wants to die. I loved his mother like she was my own, but it has been a year since she went, and I’m getting tired of the attitude and the behavior he displays. He is so mean now that I am thinking of leaving him because I can’t take it anymore. Can you help? — TIRED OF IT DEAR TIRED OF IT: It is one thing to grieve for a deceased loved one, and quite another to say you wish you could join the person. Your husband is “stuck” in his grieving process and needs professional intervention. Please urge him to get help. Was he always mean and abusive? If the answer is yes, by all means give serious thought to getting away. If not, tolerate it a little longer — providing he’s willing to adDEAR ABBY: My boyfriend of five years, mit he needs to talk to someone and follows “Spencer,” has always been very sweet — un- through. til this year. This year he has become verbally abusive, telling me I’m a drunk (I don’t drink Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buliquor) and insane. (No one else says there is ren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was anything insane about my behavior.) Spencer founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Confrequently tells me my opinions prove I’m a tact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. “jerk.” Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. Until this year, I have been deeply in love with him. I know his verbal attacks on me are To order “How to Write Letters for All unwarranted. All I want is some peace and qui- Occasions,” send your name and mailing et. Please advise. address, plus check or money order for $7 — BEATEN DOWN IN L.A. (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby — Letter BookDEAR BEATEN DOWN: Your boyfriend let, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054is showing all the signs of a man who wants 0447. Shipping and handling are included in out of a relationship, but doesn’t have the the price.

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Husband craves companionship after wife enters nursing home DEAR ABBY: My wife is in a nursing home and will be for a long time. While I was caring for her at home, I was very lonely. She wasn’t there for me except to demand that I do this and that. I did what I could to keep her happy, but nothing worked. I had no life of my own. My life was wrapped around her and doing the best I could to take care of her. I did all the chores that were required to keep the home running. Would it be wrong to find a lady friend to do a few things with, like have dinner, go to a movie or just for a ride in the country or to the beach? My son thinks I shouldn’t do it, but he doesn’t know how lonely I am, nor do the other kids in the family. — NO LIFE OF MY OWN DEAR NO LIFE: You’re asking me a question no one can decide FOR you. Much depends upon the quality of your marriage before your wife became ill. You promised to love and cherish her until death do you part. If she’s still in her right mind, you owe it to her to be there for her to the extent that you can — just as she would be if you were sick and in a nursing home. You should discuss all of this with your children. While it is important that you spend enough time with your wife to ensure that she’s being well cared for, you are also entitled to have a life. Some husbands WANT to spend every possible minute at their wife’s bedside, while others do what you are contemplating. Only you can look into your heart and decide what would be best for all concerned, because it may affect your entire family.

festival just wrapped up downtown, and I noticed one thing when I read a list of the various dishes from many nations: In any culture, people eat basically bread loaded with meat and, more often than not, cheese. In the United States, that means cheeseburgers and hot dogs and pizza. In Latin American countries, there are tamales, burritos, enchiladas, empanadas and the like. There were Chinese dumplings. Greek gyros. German bratwurst on a roll. And so on, from all around the globe. Add rice – the truly universal dish – and you have lunch anywhere you travel. We are the world after all. Nevertheless, world, please wash your hands before we eat.

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Jaqueline Bigar’s Stars A baby born today has a Sun in Libra and a Moon in Scorpio if born before 8:50 p.m. (PDT). Afterward, the Moon will be in Sagittarius. HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014: This year you see life with renewed vitality. Your immediate circle of friends expands, and you enjoy your new pals a lot. If you are single, you will want a friendship as well as a relationship. It could be difficult to find someone who knows how to mix both successfully, but you will! If you are attached, the two of you often can be found with your friends. You will have the ability to manifest a mutual long-term goal. Both you and your partner could be very excited! SAGITTARIUS knows how to help you relax. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH You might spend a lot of time with one particular person today. By late afternoon, you will want to spread your wings. You will be quite content to go off to the movies or stop in on a jam session. You need some time to let your mind wander. Tonight: Opt for some exotic cuisine. This Week: You have a vision of what needs to happen. Follow it. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH You have the ability to draw others out. Your charisma might make you feel overwhelmed, as so many people seek you out. You would prefer to be on a one-onone level with a special person. Tonight: Add some spice to your life. This Week: First get all the facts, then negotiate. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH Pace yourself, and know how much you need to do. You will get as much done as you want, but expect to be distracted later by a loved one or dear friend. Take off for a leisurely dinner together. Tonight: Love the moment. This Week: Others seem to be doing your work. Don’t complain. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHHH Know what you expect from a new friend.This person might not meet the bar you have set, as it is very high. Relax a little, and give him or her some space. Go off and do something you really enjoy. Invite a dear friend along. Tonight: Let the party begin. This Week: Plan on putting 100 percent into whatever you are doing. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH You might need some time at home to finish up a project or to get some more R and R. Be aware of an effort you must make toward a family member. This interaction will be crucial to preserving your relationship. Tonight: Make the most of the moment. This Week: Use your ingenuity to move past a problem. C

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH You are likely to say what you mean, and people might be disconcerted by what they hear. Let it go. They probably do need to hear your words. Visiting with friends might be nice, but you will want to head home earlier than usual. Tonight: Make a favorite dessert. This Week: By Wednesday, you will come out of your cocoon. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Understand that what is important to you at this very moment might not be important to someone else. Accept that fact and relax. You will have a better time together as a result. Touch base with a neighbor and catch up on his or her news. Tonight: Hang out with a friend. This Week: Make calls and schedule a get-together. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Indulge yourself. Your mood seems to be so much more relaxed than usual, and you will draw a loved one into some fun. Don’t forget to join friends, as they have planned a get-together for a while. You won’t want to miss all the fun and laughter. Tonight: Out late. This Week: You might be too aware of how much a choice will cost. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH You will need all the rest you can get today. Be a couch potato. Enjoy reading the paper. Take a nap or two. By later today, be ready to take the world by storm. Others will be delighted to see you in this mood. Tonight: And your weekend begins ... now! This Week: Have a long-overdue chat. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Accept an invitation that throws you in the middle of the raving crowds, some of whom will be your friends! You’ll enjoy the change of pace. Someone you meet today could be more important to you than you realize. Tonight: Get some much-needed sleep. This Week: Not until Wednesday will you be ready to handle a problem. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH You could be overwhelmed by a responsibility, but you will fulfill it. You won’t have a question in your mind about what to do afterward. You always know where your friends are, and that is where you will be. Tonight: Let the party begin! This Week: Friendship is the name of the game. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Take an overview of recent events. You suddenly could recognize that you missed someone’s expression of his or her caring. You might want to backtrack and find this individual. Read between the lines a little more often. Tonight: Start thinking about tomorrow. This Week: Expect to shoulder extra responsibilities through Tuesday.

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Boat Supplies/ Parts USED 506 TWN DISC blown TAMD61A Volvo many parts, turbo, starter injector pump, cooler, alternator, etc. $2,500. (907)567-3334

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Notice to Creditors IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT KENAI In the Matter of the Estate of RONALD LEE MULLEN, Deceased.

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Case No. 3KN-14-153 PR/E NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented to the undersigned Personal Representative of the estate, at DOLIFKA & ASSOCIATES, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, P.O. Box 498, Soldotna, Alaska, 99669. DATED this 16th day of September, 2014. PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE GARY MULLEN PUBLISH: 9/21, 9/28, 10/5

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT KENAI In the Matter of a Change of Name for:

) ) ) SANDRA KAY UDELHOVEN-TAYLOR, ) Current Name of Adult ) Case No: 3KN-14-00758CI Notice of Petition to Change Name A petition has been filed in the Superior Court (Case # 3KN-14-00758CI) requesting a name change from (current name) SANDRA KAY UDELHOVEN-TAYLOR to SANDRA KAY UDELHOVEN. A hearing on this request will be held on OCTOBER 31, 2014 at 9:00 p.m. at Courtroom 6, Kenai Courthouse, 125 Trading Bay Drive, Suite 100 Kenai, AK.

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Mini Spy

Mini Spy is helping some postal inspectors at work. See if you can find: q envelope q fan q bird q funny face q word MINI q letter A q pencil q letter B q wrench q sailboat q letter E q basket q saw q needle

Postal Inspectors

Protecting Our Mail

A U.S. Postal Service truck in Massachusetts. The USPS uses more than 200,000 vehicles to deliver mail.

What kinds of crimes involve the mail? Our Postal Service makes it simple for us to share items and information. We can easily send a letter, a bill for payment or a package to someone. But this convenient service also makes it easy for criminals to abuse the system. Crimes involving our mail system include: • Fraud. Customers may receive mail that promotes a dishonest scheme trying to scam them out of money. • Theft. Items may be stolen from mailboxes. This could include packages, or it might be a letter that has private

information in it. That information could be used to steal from the person it was sent to. • Shipping illegal items. People may try to send illegal drugs or other items through the mail. • Mail terrorism. Dangerous materials can be sent through the mail, such as bombs or poisons. Postal inspectors investigate these types of crimes and educate the public and Postal Service employees about how to identify fraudulent or dangerous mail and stay safe.

Freddie Prinze Jr. is the voice of Kanan in the new Disney XD animated series “Star Wars Rebels.” He has acted in several movies, including the “Scooby-Doo” films, as well as in many TV shows. He has been a voice actor in several video games. He has been a producer and director for World Wrestling Entertainment. Freddie, 38, was born in Los Angeles. He grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and spent his summers in Puerto Rico with his grandmother. When he was a kid, he acted in a children’s theater in Albuquerque. He enjoys tap dancing, martial arts, swimming, running marathons and collecting comic books. He speaks Spanish and English. Freddie supports charities such as those helping kids with AIDS.

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Trusting the mail When you get a letter or package in the mail, aren’t you excited to open it? Most of us look forward to receiving something. People don’t expect attacks through the mail. They trust that an item received by mail is safe for them to open. Experts say that violent attacks through the mail are unusual. For instance, over the history of the Postal Service, fewer than 10 pieces of mail have been found to have a dangerous chemical or biological substance. Still, an explosive or dangerous chemical sent through the mail could hurt many people at once. The Postal Inspection Service works with managers of mailrooms at big companies and government offices and with postal employees to teach them how to identify a suspicious package. It also protects post offices and their employees and customers from theft and assault.

Inspectors at Work

photo by Daniel Afzal, U.S. Postal Service

photo by Allen McHenry, courtesy U.S. Postal Inspection Service

Postal Inspectors Mark Viggiano (left) and Gregory Botti examine the Sea Bright, New Jersey, post office after a power outage following Superstorm Sandy in 2012.

Would you like to work as a postal inspector? Here are some of the jobs you might do.

Postal Inspectors Brenda Redman (left) and Kelly Pacheco gather and preserve prospective evidence at a crime scene. photo courtesy U.S. Postal Inspection Service

Postal police officers help protect customers and employees at post offices all around the country.

Postal police • Provide security for post offices, mostly in urban areas.

Inspectors

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You’ll need: • 16 cups apple juice or cider • 1 cup red cinnamon candies What to do: 1. Heat juice and candies in a saucepan over medium heat until candies are dissolved. Serves 16. You will need an adult’s help with this recipe. from The Mini Page © 2014 Universal Uclick

Sometimes the most important clues are the tiniest. Forensics Specialist Jennifer Jones analyzes envelopes at the National Forensics Laboratory using special lighting and a magnifying glass.

Wendy Daley - Artist

Mini Jokes

All the following jokes have something in common. Can you guess the common theme or category? Mary: If a postal carrier drops a letter in the mud, what do you call it? Millie: Blackmail! Maurice: What are the best letters to read when it’s hot? Monty: Fan mail! Manny: Why was the letter wet? Mark: Because there was postage dew! from The Mini Page © 2014 Universal Uclick

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The Mini Page thanks Lynn Heidelbaugh, curator at the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum, for help with this issue.

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After a natural disaster such as a hurricane, post offices may be damaged, and mail can be lost. At these times, victims really depend on receiving paychecks or money from insurance companies. Postal inspectors help to return service to normal. They make sure the mail is delivered where it should be, restore equipment to working order, and re-route the mail when needed to avoid the damaged area.

Lucy Lien - Associate Editor

This X-ray image is part of a hands-on exhibit in the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum. Postal photo courtesy U.S. Postal Inspection Service inspectors are trained to distinguish safe packages from those that could be hazardous. This image reveals a shape, density, wiring and switch that suspiciously look like a pipe bomb.

The Mini Page Staff Lisa Tarry - Managing Editor

In October 2001, government officials and members of the media began receiving letters with a deadly bacteria dusted on them. Anthrax is the disease caused by the bacteria. Twenty-two people were infected, and five people died. Two different post offices, along with part of the U.S. Capitol, had to be cleaned and fumigated after contaminated mail passed through their mail processing machines.

In 1991 in Alaska, a mail bomb killed a man and injured his wife. The bomb was sent to their son by three people who helped a convicted murderer plan and build the bomb for revenge. Postal inspectors worked with the Anchorage Police Department in solving the crime.

Forensic specialists

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Case history: Anthrax

Case history: Mail bomb

• Investigate crimes. • Analyze documents and chemicals. • Prevent crimes. • Collect fingerprints from crime • Provide information to the public scenes. about identity theft and mail fraud.

Betty Debnam - Founding Editor and Editor at Large

Rookie Cookie’s Recipe

Anthraxlaced letters mailed to members of Congress and the national media were deposited in this Princeton, New Jersey, collection box. The box has a dusty coating from the decontamination process.

Disasters and emergencies

Special events Imagine you wanted to send a fan letter to a favorite athlete during the Super Bowl next February. Did you know the Postal Service operates temporary post offices during big events, such as the Olympics or political conventions? The Postal Inspection Service helps to set up these temporary offices and make sure they are safe. Inspectors work with employees of these offices to train them how to screen, or check, the mail.

Dangerous Mail

photo courtesy U.S. Postal Inspection Service

The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

When mail was carried on horseback or by stagecoach, criminals could easily attack. Mail at that time might have included large amounts of cash or other valuables. Keeping the routes safe was important. Benjamin Franklin, the postmaster general, appointed William Goddard as the first postal surveyor in 1776. In 1880, the title “post office inspector” was first used.

photo courtesy Smithsonian National Postal Museum

photo by Joseph Barillari

What was in your mailbox today? Was there something special for you? You may not have thought much about how letters and packages leave one location and arrive at another. The U.S. Postal Service moved 22 million pieces of mail every hour in 2013! Mail is delivered to about 153 million addresses in the United States. With all that mail moving around every day, postal inspectors have a big job: protecting post office employees, equipment and customers from attacks and crime. This week, The Mini Page talks with a curator at the “Behind the Badge” exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum in Washington, D.C., to learn more about this special job.

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Words that remind us of postal inspectors are hidden in the block above. Some words are hidden backward or diagonally, and some letters are used twice. See if you can find: ANTHRAX, ATTACK, CRIME, DISASTER, FORENSICS, FRAUD, ILLEGAL, INSPECTOR, LETTER, MAIL, PACKAGE, POLICE, POSTAL, SCAM, SERVICE, TEMPORARY, TERRORISM, THEFT, TRUST, VALUABLES. from The Mini Page © 2014 Universal Uclick

Ready Resources The Mini Page provides ideas for websites, books or other resources that will help you learn more about this week’s topics. On the Web: • bit.ly/1AVB535 At the library: • “Working at the Post Office” by Katie Marsico • “How It Happens at the Post Office” by Dawn Frederick • “Sincerely Yours: Writing Your Own Letter” by Nancy Loewen

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