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Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies volunteer fair

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Vietnam Vets honored at KPC

A volunteer fair will take place on Thursday, April 18 and Friday, April 19 3-6:30 p.m. at Alaska Islands & Ocean Visitor Center. For people of ALL ages and abilities. Representatives from each organization will be welcoming you with answers, sign-up sheets and refreshments.

Food for Thought Series: Eat Better on a Budget The Kenai Peninsula Food Bank and UAF Cooperative Extension Service are partnering to offer a special program on Wednesdays during the month of April. Come join us on April 10 for a free, tasty, hot meal and a brief presentation, “Eat Better on a Budget.” Dinner from 5:30-6 p.m. Presentation from 6-7 p.m. RSVP to Greg Meyer at 907-262-3111 or gmeyer@kpfoodbank.org.

Kenai River Special Management Area Advisory Board meeting The Kenai River Special Management Area Advisory Board will meet on Thursday, April 11 at 5:30 p.m. at the Gilman River Center on Funny River Road, Soldotna. Agenda topics include committee and agency reports. The public is welcome to attend. If you have any questions about the meeting you can contact Jack Blackwell at 907-262-5581, Ext 21.

KPC Director Gary Turner Royce Bird Veteran’s Service Coordinator welcome Vietnam Vets on National Vietnam War Veterans Day.

For the second year, Kenai Peninsula College (KPC) hosted a commemoration ceremony at the Kenai River Campus in honor of National Vietnam War Veterans Day. Proclaimed in 2017, the local ceremony was created to honor the many Vietnam War Vets who live and have lived on the Kenai Penin-

sula. “We have a robust population of veterans utilizing the education benefits throughout the University of Alaska system as well as a large population of veterans that are not utilizing their benefits so we were honored to invite them all here to KPC on National Vietnam War Veterans

The 9th Annual Taste of the Kenai at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex March 30 was a sellout event. The event featured 23 vendors from Nikiski to Homer featuring their specialty offerings. “We expanded the event again this year to make it engaging and interactive. So we had something for everyone to participate in and it worked well,” said Dennis Meadows, KPTMC interim director. When the door prizes were given out and the

raffle winners claimed their prizes, the People’s Choice Awards were announced. Chosen for the Best NonAlcoholic beverage was Coca-Cola of Alaska. Best Libation was Alaska Berries and the People’s Choice for the Best Dessert was Oh Sweet Cheezus! Newcomers to the Taste of the Kenai competition from Nikiski was The TreeHouse

addressed that highlighted his family’s personal war experiences. Forty five years later, McHale feels that respect for the veterans who were never welcomed home and thanked for their service is changing. “Each year as more and more veterans return from See VETS, page A3

Restaurant, which took People’s Choice awards in two categories — Best Presentation and Best Entrée. “This was our first year and we had a blast it was a lot of fun,” said Harrison Deveer, after receiving the award. “We’ve been in business in Nikiski for 17 years, but have just opened the caterSee TASTE, page A3

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The Alaskan Sexual Assault rate is 2.5 times the national average. Child sexual assault in Alaska is almost six times the national average. For help, contact your local police or The LeeShore Center crisis line at: 283-7257

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Nikiksi community council meeting The Nikiski community council meting will take place Monday, April 8 at 7 p.m. at the Nikiski Senior Center on Lake Marie Street.

Day,” said Royce Bird, Veteran’s Service coordinator with an office at KPC. About a dozen Vietnam Vets showed up with their families and were presented with the National Vietnam Veteran lapel pin. Jim McHale, commander of Kenai Peninsula Chapter of the Order of the Purple and Vietnam War

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ANNOUNCEMENT

The April 24 PeninsulaClarionDispatch will be its final issue. The Dispatch (Good News Paper) was created by Paul and Nancy Gray in the mid 1980s, inspired by the Ann Murray song “A Little Good News.” The Grays transitioned their Buyer’s Guide into the Dispatch. They sold the weekly free paper a few years later to Morris Publishing, owners of the Peninsula Clarion, and for the last two decades the Dispatch has held true to Paul and Nancy’s vision of good news and the cry from the lyrics of Ann Murray’s song “One more sad story’s one more than I can stand. Just once how I’d like to see the headline say ‘Not much to print today, can’t find nothin’ bad to say.” And so from state fairs to new businesses, parades to Memorial Days, kids catching their first fish to local heroes going off to serve our country, the Dispatch never failed to find the good news that makes this the best place to live in all Alaska. A quarter century of history that’ll be remembered with photos that told the story of a place where people care and take care of their community. So long Dispatch and remember to keep shopping locally.

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Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia or wherever they may be serving in the world, they are being recognized and appreciated in a way they weren’t after Vietnam. But now I believe that is changing and we are giving proper honor to the living Vietnam Vet as well,” said McHale. Others recalled the first day they arrived in Vietnam and the last day. “There are a lot of days that you can never forget but those two days in particular are etched in our memories. But there are other days too you can never forget while you served there, such as when you lost friends and comrades who never came home or something special happened. It’s important to remember and never forget. There’s still

ing end up, so came here to showcase what we can do. We run the catering through mostly Facebook and Instagram and that’s the best way to message us to find out what we can do or call 907-776-8500. No event is too large or too small we do it all. Tonight, we had the jalapeno chicken, ribs or our prime rib,” added Melanie Deveer. The TreeHouse restaurant is located across from the Post Office in Nikiski in the strip mall. The other very prestigious award to win at the Taste of the Kenai is the selected only by a vote of the participating vendors and this year’s Vendor Choice Award went to Siam Noodles the restaurant recently opened in the former Sourdough Sal’s location across the Sterling Highway from

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Jim McHale Commander of Kenai Peninsula Chapter of the Order of the Purple and Vietnam War Vet brings the keynote address at KPC.

1,601 missing prisoners of war or missing in action from the Vietnam conflict and we shall never forget them.” And so it is that those who served and continue to serve our community and its freedoms were honored at KPC on Na-

tional Vietnam War Veterans Day. Thanks to Gary Turner and Royce Bird for the service they are providing at KPC all year long to our veterans. Royce Bird can be reached at KPC to learn more about veteran benefits at 907-262-0261.

Soldotna Trustworthy Hardware & Fishing. “It made us feel very good to be chosen among our peers. We love our customers and work hard to provide the best customer service and it shows that if you do good for the community they will give back to you. It’s a great feeling to know we are appreciated among the vendors that were here tonight especially in our first year of business,” said Charnchon Nammoon of Siam Noodles in an interview with the Dispatch. “We love to serve tasty foods that everyone can enjoy. We have different heat/spice levels and make it taste just right for you, I learned from my mother,” said owner Phatcharin Apaipha. “We do much more than noodle and soup bowls we have a many rice dishes and stir fries we have a large menu of appetizers. Our

customers enjoy the large selection and wide variety on our menu. Tonight we brought our chicken curry,” added Nammoon. You can find the entire menu for Siam Noodles on Facebook. Also at the Taste of the Kenai this year was a brand new business for the Peninsula known as “Snappy Turtle” — a photo op that specializes in custom onthe-spot photos. Owners Matt and Pam Parker, alias The Bagel Lady, introduced their new venture by offering participants and vendors photo memories to take home or post for the world to see more. You can learn more about the Snappy Turtle and what it can do for your wedding or event by getting in touch with the Bagel Lady now spreading love in photos and keeping the cream cheese on the bagels.

International Fly Fishing Film Tour

event will include a bake sale and lunch. Those interested cussion centered around age-related issues and driving. in renting a table to sell their wares may call the center at Please join us to share your experiences as a caregiver, 262-6808. or to support someone who is a caregiver. For more inContinued from page A1 formation, please call Sharon or Judy at (907) 262-1280. Kenai Peninsula Chapter of Trout Unlimited annual fundraiser will be Saturday eve- Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Game Pesticide training ning, April 27 at the Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Warden Camp Visitor Center in Kenai, Alaska. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Game Warden Camp will take place Saturday, May films start at: 6:30 p.m. This sell-out event will feature a Extension Service will offer pesticide applicator certi11 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. for current 5th, 6th, 7th graders. handpicked collection of fishing films, beverages from Kefication training April 9-11 in several Alaska communinai River Brewing (including a new beer brewed especially More information: Kelly_Modla@fws.gov or 907-260- ties. The training will take place by videoconference in for this event), a silent auction with a lot of fishing goodies, 2851. Registration packets can be picked up /returned Fairbanks, Delta Junction, Anchorage, Palmer, Soldotna and a night to remember! Tickets are limited and available at the the Visitor Center — space is limited & preregis- and other communities as requested. Classes will meet on-line: https://www.showclix.com/event/if42019kenaiak tration is required by April 20 (for T-shirt order). Cost from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with an exam scheduled after the or: https://www.facebook.com/events/308693573127156/. is $20 and includes lunch and a T-shirt. Investigate a training. The state requires certification for anyone who wildlife forensics crime scene and learn how to work a case, learn about wildlife management and enforcement, purchases, uses or sells restricted pesticides. CertificaTake-A-Break Ladies Night Out explore antlers, skulls and waterfowl ID. Practice out- tion is also required for anyone who acts as a pesticide “Hats on Parade, Tuesday, April 30 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. door survival and boating safety. Explore GPS/map and consultant, engages in the commercial or contract use Show your style with your own hat. Inspirational speaker compass, archery, and learn how drones are used as a of pesticides or supervises their use at a public location. A $75 fee for the training includes study materiRonna Martin, “There Is Hope.” Dinner $12. At the Solid wildlife management tool. als. Registration is available at http://bit.ly/PestInvasive. Rock Conference Center, Mile 90.5 Sterling Highway. For Participants are encouraged to become familiar with the reservations call Susan at 335-6789 or 440-1319. Caregiver support meeting materials and required math beforehand. For more inSoldotna Senior Center will host Caregiver Support formation and to request another training location, conSterling Senior Center garage sale Meeting: It’s National Distracted Driving Awareness There will be a multi-vendor Garage Sale at the Sterling Month on Tuesday, April 9 at 1 p.m. We will have dis- tact Phil Kaspari at 907-895-4215 or pnkaspari@alaska. edu. Senior Center April 12 and 13 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The

CHAMBER CALENDAR APRIL 2019

Soldotna Chamber of Commerce • 262-9814 2019 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Jim Stogsdill, President-Retired - Alaska State Troopers Pamela Parker, President Elect - Everything Bagels Mike Frost, Treasurer - First National Bank Ryan Kapp, Past President-Edward Jones Investments Becky Foster - Foster Construction Becky Hutchinson, Retired, Alaska USA FCU Courtney Stanley – A Cabin by The Pond & Loomis Sage Marketing Esther Chambers - CENTURY 21 Realty Freedom Realty Jerry Herring - Central Alaska Engineering Leslie Cottrell - Kenai River Suites & King Salmondeaux Lodge Tanya Lautaret-Homer Electric Association Jordan Chilson - Soldotna City Council Representative, City of Soldotna

Executive Director:....................................Shanon Davis Membership Development Coordinator ....Brandi Kerley Events & Programs Coordinator ...............Andy Heuiser Tourism & Education Coordinator .............Sara Hondel

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Karl Heinz - First National Bank of Alaska Bruce Jackman - Marathon Petroleum Corp Chris Finley - The Finley Group Penny Furnish - Stewart Title

Fred Braun - Jack White Real Estate-Kenai Dennis Swarner - Kenai Vision Jake Arness - Udelhoven Oilfield Systems Service Scott Hamman - Metal Magic All Hull - Petroleum Equipment & Services Mike Dye – NorthRim Bank

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10 Joint Chamber Luncheon - Alaska State Chamber Health Plan , Albert Fogle, Alaska State Chamber 12-1pm @ The Soldotna Regional Sports Complex

Kenai Peninsula Home Show

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In the news Man shot, killed on east side of Anchorage ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police say a man was shot and killed on the city's east side. Dispatchers shortly after 10:30 p.m. Monday took a call of shots fired on Taku Drive just south of the Glenn Highway. Responding officers found a man near the road who had been shot in the upper body. He was pronounced dead. The man's name and age were not immediately released. Homicide detectives are seeking witnesses in the shooting.

State will use federal trails money for deferred maintenance ANCHORAGE— State parks officials say federal grants aimed at improving Alaska trails will be used to address deferred maintenance on trails in the state park system. Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation director Ricky Gease says the agency estimates a need of $4.5 million to address a backlog of maintenance. That would take three years of available federal grand funding. — Associated Press

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Lawmakers tackle budget Dunleavy impatient, unhappy with House By ALEX MCCARTHY Juneau Empire

On the second floor of the Alaska State Capitol on Tuesday, the House of Representatives began its slow slog through its budget proposal. One floor above them, Gov. Mike Dunleavy declared his impatience with the pace of the House’s progress. Dunleavy, speaking to media members in his conference room about the budget process and his recent roadshow, said the House Finance Committee disappointed him with its relatively small proposed cuts. “Some would say it’s a step in the right direction, but that’s like taking one step and you’ve got a hundred yards to go to get a touchdown,” Dunleavy said. “Surely they’re pointed toward the goal line, but it’s far short of what we

Soldotna police warn of phone scam By BRIAN MAZUREK Peninsula Clarion

Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks during a press conference at the Capitol on Tuesday. (Michael Penn/Juneau Empire)

need.” The House Finance Committee all but ignored Dunleavy’s cuts-heavy budget proposal, starting its process instead with a

budget management plan for this fiscal year put together by former Gov. Bill Walker. The members of the House Finance Committee put forth a budget

that includes about $10.2 billion in government spending, compared with Dunleavy’s proposed budget of about $8.8 billion See BUDGET, page A2

The Soldotna Police Department is warning people about a phone scam that may be directed toward peninsula residents. Lt. Duane Kant said on Tuesday that a local Kenai Peninsula resident reported receiving a phone call on April 6 from someone claiming to be an officer from the Soldotna Police department. “The resident was told that they had an outstanding warrant for their arrest and in order to take care of the warrant, the resident needed to immediately go See SCAM, page A3

Barr: Redacted Mueller report coming ‘within a week’ By ERIC TUCKER and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr told Congress Tuesday he expects to release his redacted version of the special counsel’s TrumpRussia investigation report “within a week,” while Democrats criticized his handling of the long-awaited document and demanded he turn it over in full. Barr bluntly defended his dealing with the report and said portions must remain hidden to comply with the law. He said he could be open to eventually releasing some of the redacted material after consulting with congressional leaders, but maintained he had no plans to seek a judge’s approval to disclose grand jury material. Democrats, he said, were “free to go to court” on their own to ask for it.

In his first appearance on Capitol Hill since taking office, and amid intense speculation over his review of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia report, Attorney General William Barr, left, speaks with an aide as he appears before a House Appropriations subcommittee to make his Justice Department budget request, Tuesday, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler said he could issue subpoenas “very quickly”

if Robert Mueller’s report is released with redactions after Democrats failed “to reach an accommodation

with the attorney general under which we would see the report and the underlying evidence.” He said of

Barr: “He has been unresponsive to our requests.” The attorney general appeared before a House appropriations subcommittee to discuss his department’s budget request — normally a sleepy affair — but Democrats, in particular, were more interested in asking questions about the report. While opening the hearing, subcommittee Chairman Jose Serrano of New York called it “the elephant in the room.” Barr wouldn’t discuss the substance of the special counsel’s investigation into possible connections between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, but he did explain some of what to expect when the report is released: He said the redactions will be color-coded and accompanied by notes explaining any decisions to withhold information. “This process is going See BARR, page A2

Seward takes step toward more UAF power plant to begin transparency for employee records operations in May By KAT SORENSEN Peninsula Clarion

Seward City Council enacted an ordinance that allows public access to payroll information through public records request. The ordinance was unanimously approved at Monday night’s meeting and will allow interested members of the public to submit a request for payroll history for city employees.

“What this code change will not do is list all city employee income online … This is an attempt to bring our city code closer in line to what state law is,” said Councilmember Suzi Towsley, who introduced the ordinance. “… What this change will do is make it possible for the public, taxpayers and rate payers to use our (public records request) system to submit requests for individual em-

ployees’ payroll records. It will bring Seward into closer alignment with state law and it will bring a tool back to rate payers and citizens to engage and hold accountable our appointed officials.” Before the ordinance, payroll records were exempted from public record requests. In comparison, the State of Alaska does not exempt payroll. See STEP, page A3

FAIRBANKS (AP) — A university power plant in Fairbanks is scheduled to start commercial operations in May, six months behind its original target date, officials said. The University of Alaska Fairbanks’ heat and power plant is having equipment tested to make sure it is ready for operations, according to Doug Smith, a project manager for contracting firm Haskell-Davis Joint

Venture, the Daily NewsMiner reported Monday. The boiler fired on coal for the first time in December, and in early March the plant was running at 100% capacity, Smith told the Energy for All Alaska Task Force in Fairbanks last week. “When the plant runs, it runs quite well,” Smith said. Required equipment testing is about 40% comSee UAF, page A3

Juneau to look into onsite marijuana use By BEN HOHENSTATT Juneau Empire

The future of onsite marijuana consumption in Juneau is hazy, but it could be getting clearer. The City and Borough of Juneau Committee of the Whole voted Monday evening to explore the possibility of changing city or-

dinance to allow eating edibles and smoking marijuana at authorized locations. “I want to pursue it, I want to analyze it, I want to see if it’s viable,” said Deputy Mayor Maria Gladziszewski. “I want to give people who come here on ships a legal place to do what’s legal.” The exploration comes in

the wake of the state’s decision to allow onsite consumption at marijuana distributors that have to apply for a special onsite use endorsement and devise plans that meet security, ventilation and other standards and pass muster with the Marijuana Control Board. The committee’s decision to explore allowing on-

site use of edibles and smoking of marijuana was made via two separate votes. The edible vote passed 7-2 with Assembly members Mary Becker and Loren Jones voting against the idea. The smoking vote was closer — 5-4. Becker and Jones also voted against that, and they were joined by Mayor Beth Weldon and

Assembly member Michelle Bonnet Hale. Assembly members Carole Triem, Rob Edwardson, Wade Bryson, Alicia Hughes-Skandijs and Gladziszewski voted in favor of it. “We’ll be talking about those again,” Gladziszewski said. There was much disSee USE, page A3

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along very well and my original timetable of being able to release this by midApril stands,” Barr said. Congress, the White House and the American public have been anxiously waiting for Barr to release the report since special counsel Mueller concluded his investigation and sent it to the attorney general more than two weeks ago. Justice Department officials are scouring the nearly 400page document to remove grand jury information and details relating to pending investigations, among other materials. Democrats say they will not accept any redactions. At Tuesday’s hearing, Democrats said they were concerned that a four-page summary letter of the report’s main conclusions Barr released last month portrayed the findings in an overly favorable way for President Trump. The let-

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in state spending, according to statistics from the nonpartisan Legislative Finance Division. The committee’s budget would result in a lower Permanent Fund Dividend than the governor’s proposed budget as well, as the House budget would use Permanent Fund money for state government — as is allowed in Senate Bill 26, passed last session. Dunleavy expressed displeasure about that in his press conference and on Twitter. Representatives gathered on the House floor for about three hours Tuesday to start proposing amendments to the budget. Only one amendment passed. Rep. Sara Rasmussen, RAnchorage, proposed cutting about $33,000 from

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ter said that Mueller did not find a criminal conspiracy between Russia and Trump associates in the 2016 campaign, and that Barr did not believe the evidence in the report was sufficient to prove the president had obstructed justice. Barr said “the letter speaks for itself” and revealed that he gave Mueller an opportunity to review the letter but the special counsel declined. Rep. Nita Lowey, the Democratic chairwoman of the full Appropriations Committee, said she was taken aback that Barr had reduced Mueller’s report to a four-page letter in just two days. “Even for someone who has done this job before, I would argue it’s more suspicious than impressive,” Lowey said, referring to Barr’s first tenure as attorney general in the early 1990s. Barr said, “I felt I should state bottom-line conclusions, and I tried to use special counsel Mueller’s own language in doing that.” Asked about reports that

members of Mueller’s legal team were unhappy with his handling of the report, Barr said he suspected any discontent may have reflected their desire to put out more information. Republicans defended Barr, with Alabama Rep. Robert Aderholt comparing Democrats’ questions to theories surrounding President John F. Kennedy’s 1963 assassination. “So many of the questions here today have gone toward a grassy knoll conspiracy theory,” Aderholt said. Across the Capitol, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he had no concerns with the handling of the report: “I think it really comes down to a question of whether you trust Bill Barr or not. And I do.” Barr said in the summary released last month that Mueller did not reach a conclusion on whether the president obstructed justice, instead presenting evidence on both sides of the question. Barr said he and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein decided

that the evidence was insufficient to establish obstruction. Facing the intensifying concerns from Democrats that he may have whitewashed Mueller’s findings, Barr has moved to defend, or at least explain, his handling of the process since receiving the special counsel’s report. He said in a March 29 letter that he did not intend for his brief summary of Mueller’s main conclusions to be an “exhaustive recounting” of his work. He is likely to be asked to further explain himself at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing Wednesday, though it’s unclear how much more he will say. At one point in the House hearing, he tried to cut off any more questions on the subject. “I’m not going to discuss it any further until after the report is out,” he said. Barr said he would elaborate at hearings scheduled by the House and Senate Judiciary committees at the beginning of next month.

the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Commission. That office helps connect students with financial aid opportunities and helps families with affording educational resources, according to its website. As of 4 p.m. Tuesday, the House had yet to tackle any major items in the budget proposal, such as the elimination of the school construction debt reimbursement program. Eliminating that program, which helps municipalities afford school construction and renovation projects, was the most widely criticized action the House Finance Committee took in its amendment process. Local leaders in Anchorage and Juneau were particularly vocal about the elimination of the program. Losing the program could cost the City and Borough of Juneau $7.1 million for next year, according to a

CBJ news release. Most of the time on the floor Tuesday was spent fielding proposed amendments from Wasilla Republican Rep. David Eastman. Eastman proposed nine amendments about everything from union contracts to sex education to the Alaska Court System’s website. None of the amendments passed. Dunleavy spoke at length Tuesday morning about how he hopes the House and eventually the Senate will pay attention to his proposed crime bills and constitutional amendments. The amendments are focused on protecting the PFD, requiring that a new tax be put in front of voters and establishing a spending cap. He said he wasn’t happy that the House began with a prior governor’s budget instead of his proposal, and said the House Finance

Committee’s proposal is “an incomplete fix,” and used Bill Murray as an example of what he thinks can happen if the Legislature doesn’t do something drastic this session in regard to cutting the budget. “In other words, we want to get rid of this Groundhog Day concept of the budget,” Dunleavy said. “We do the same thing every year, we have the same arguments, the same discussions and we get a budget for one year and then we stumble to the next year.” Dunleavy, who met with Senate leaders Tuesday, said he hopes that side of the Legislature will be more friendly to his proposals. “We’re hoping that the Senate can get more in line with the idea of large reductions and a permanent fiscal plan through constitutional amendments,” Dunleavy said.

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but that’s not the case anymore,” Kant said. Kant made it clear that any actions taken by the Soldotna Police Department in regards to outstanding arrest warrants would not be conducted over the phone in such a manner. Kant added that any potential scams of this nature should be reported to the police so that they can gather as much information as possible about the potential scammers. People can also go to ic3.gov, the internet crime complaint center, to report any phone or internet scams to the FBI. Kant offered a final piece of advice to anyone that thinks they are the victim of a phone scam: “If they’re asking for money, go ahead and hang up.”

purchase a large amount of gift cards and provide the unknown caller with the ID numbers of those gift cards,” Kant said. The caller reportedly asked for gift cards for Google Play, the app store for Android devices. Only one person has reported this scam to police so far, according to Kant. Kant said that the unknown caller identified themselves as a member of the Soldotna Police Department and even used the name of one of the officers. The caller also managed to disguise their phone number and make it appear as if the call was coming from the Soldotna Police Department. The Soldotna Police De“Caller ID used to be a partment’s non-emergency way to identify fake calls, line is 907-262-4455.

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“Council bringing Seward City Code into alignment with state law, while practicing openness by allowing access to payroll/salary database information for public officials, helps to establish and foster better trust between citizens and the City

. . . UAF Continued from page A1

plete and the project is expected to finish within its $248 million budget, he said. About eight significant complications have delayed commercial operations, including design flaws in part of the boiler and incorrectly fitted or defective parts that needed replacement, Smith

of Seward,” according to Towsley’s letter introducing the ordinance. Public comment at Monday’s meeting was overwhelmingly supportive of the ordinance. “The majority of the citizens of Seward want transparency and the majority of the people of Seward want fair treatment,” said Ristine Casagrande. “And I think that making payroll public knowledge is a good step.” said. Officials are still awaiting final reports assessing an electrical failure in the transformer that runs the plant’s variable frequency drive, but the failure was unusual and appeared to be a manufacturer flaw, Smith said. The plant’s safety record to date ranks above the national Occupational Safety and Health Administration average, Smith said.

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Next Puppy Kindergarten class starts April 18 at 6 p.m. Minimum Age: 12 weeks and must show proof of two puppy vaccinations. Call Sylvia at 398-8241 to pre-register. Seldovia Summer Solstice Music Festival will be cel- More info is on our website www.kenaikennelclub.com unebration its 20th year with a very special appearance of The der Training Classes. Sahanas Brothers with Susan Lansford and Tumbledown House Band over the solstice weekend of June 20-23 in Sel- Women in the Law dovia. Tickets are $49, adults. $16, teens. Under 12, free. Women in the Law, Saturday, April 27 from 1-4 p.m. The The En Plein Air Art Festival will be happening throughout Kenai Community Library and the Kenai Peninsula Bar Asthe weekend where local and visiting artists display their im- sociation are partnering to show the 2018 film on the early pressions of Seldovia. A silent auction will be the culmina- efforts of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and litigants to advance gention of the weekend. Visit Seldovia Summer Solstice Music der equality through the 14th amendment. Following the Festival on Facebook, or Seldoviaartscouncil.net. movie, local female attorneys will share their experiences with law in our unique State and facilitate a discussion about Virtual tour of the Tutka Backdoor Trail the movie. Movie snacks will be provided by the Kenai PenKDLL Adventure Talks brings you a virtual hike of the insula Bar Association. Kenai Peninsula’s newest long-distance backpacking route, the Tutka Backdoor Trail. Trail coordinator Bretwood “Hig” Fishing Vessel Drill Conductor Training Higman and Eric Clarke, with Kachemak Bay State Park, The Alaska Marine Safety Education Association (AMwill share photos, maps and stories of the trail work so far SEA) will offer a Fishing Vessel Drill Conductor class in and plans for the future. Tune in to KDLL 91.9 FM at 10 Seward, Alaska on April 29, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at AVTEC, a.m. April 17 for an on-air interview with Hig and Eric about 809 Second Avenue. The class is free to commercial fishplanning and permitting the trail. Then come to their live ermen, thanks to support from the Alaska Department of photo presentation at 6:30 p.m. April 17 at the Kenai Visitors Commerce, Community & Economic Development, the and Cultural Center. Admission is free for KDLL members National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health, and or $5 for nonmembers. For more information, contact Jenny AMSEA members. The cost is $175 for all others. Interat 283-8433 or email jneyman@kdll.org. ested mariners may register online at www.amsea.org or call (907) 747-3287. Bernie and the Believers

Seldovia Summer Solstice Music Fest

Triumvirate Theatre, KDLL Public Radio and the Alaska State Council on the Arts present a concert by Bernie and the Believers, who were featured in an NPR Tiny Desk Concert. The band is touring to raise awareness of ALS disease and raising funds for the end-of-life-care of their friend and songwriter, Bernie. Bernie and the Believers will perform a live, on-air concert at 2 p.m. April 18 on KDLL 91.9 FM and play at Triumvirate Theatre at 7 p.m. April 18. Advance tickets are available at triumviratetheatre.ticketleap.com.

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8 a.m.: The House Education Committee will hold a public hearing to discuss Confirmation: Alaska Board of Education & Early Development. Testimony will be taken. 3:30 p.m.: The Senate Resources Committee will hold a public hearing to discuss Confirmation: Board of Fisheries - Gerad Godfrey, Israel Payton, Karl Johnstone & Marit Carlson-Van Dort. Testimony will be taken.

Thursday, April 11 10 a.m.: The House Special Committee on Fisheries will hold a public hearing to discuss Confirmation: Board of Fisheries - Gerad Godfrey, Israel Payton, Karl Johnstone & Marit Carlson-Van Dort. Testimony will be taken. 3 p.m.: The House Health & Social Services Committee will hold a public hearing to discuss HB 96 Pioneers’ Home and Veterans’ Home Rates, SB 37 Renewal of Vaccine Assessment Program, Confirmation: Mental Health Trust Authority Board of Trustees and Confirmation: Commissioner Adam Crum, Dept. of Health & Social Services. Testimony will be taken.

Friday, April 12 8 a.m.: The House Education Committee will hold a public hearing to discuss Confirmation: Professional Teaching Practices Commission - Todd Smoldon, Tammy Van Wyhe, Janine Todd & Chris Reitan. Testimony will be taken. 9 a.m.: The Senate Finance Committee will hold a public hearing to discuss SB 20 Appropriations: Operating Budget / Loans / Funds. Testimony will be taken. 1 p.m.: The House Resources Committee will hold a public hearing to discuss Confirmation: Board of Game - Allen “Al” Barrette & Orville Huntington. Testimony will be taken. 3:30 p.m.: The Senate Resources Committee will hold a public hearing to discuss Confirmation: Board of Game - Allen “Al” Barrette & Orville Huntington and SJR 10 Completion Of University Land Grant. Testimony will be taken.

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Food for Thought: Eat Better on a Budget

The Kenai Peninsula Food Bank and UAF Cooperative Extension Service are partnering to offer a special program on Wednesdays during the month of April. Come join us on April 10 for a free, tasty, hot meal and a brief presentation, “Eat Better on a Budget.” Dinner from 5:30-6 p.m. Presentation from 6-7 p.m. RSVP to Greg Meyer at 907-262-3111 or gmeyer@kpfoodbank.org.

Join KDLL Public Radio for the Carhartts & Xtratufs Ball — a dressed-down event to celebrate spring. Featuring live bluegrass music from Big Chimney Barn Dance, food from the Schnitzel Bomber, beer from Kenai River Brewing, wine from Alaska Berries, auctions, raffles and a wall of “guns.” Prizes for whoever wears the most beat-up Carhartts KPC Showcase: Indigenous author and and Xtratufs, plus Carhartt and Xtratuf storytelling. General academic Dr Vincent Olsen-Reeder admission is $20, or $15 for KDLL members. For more inNew Zealand-based indigenous author and academic formation, visit KDLL 91.9 FM on Facebook, or contact Dr Vincent Olsen-Reeder will present to the public Friday, Jenny at 283-8433 or jneyman@kdll.org. April 12 at 7 p.m. in the Mclane Commons at Kenai PenSelf-defense clinician returns to peninsula insula College. His talk is entitled: Writing Notches on my Ladies of all ages from eleven years old and up are wel- Koroua’s Walking Stick. The KPC Alaska Native Studies come to join in a class on self-defense. Sensei Kati Gibler, Club will welcome everyone by sharing their Yup’ik dancthe popular self-defense teacher and member of the Sterling ing and a new Dena’ina Song. Free and open to the public. Judo Club, returns for another annual Kenai Peninsula area Kenai River Special Management Area wide clinic. The two hours of self-defense techniques and Advisory Board meeting situational awareness instruction will take place on Friday The Kenai River Special Management Area Advisoevening, April 12 from 6 to 8 p.m. Sterling Elementary School gym has been made available for this special ladies ry Board will meet on Thursday, April 11 at 5:30 p.m. at of the community only clinic. Sensei Gibler is a third-degree the Gilman River Center on Funny River Road, Soldotna. judo black belt and first-degree ju jutsu black belt. She has Agenda topics include committee and agency reports. The been studying the martial arts with her family under Sen- public is welcome to attend. If you have any questions about sei Bob Brink and others going back to 1985 at Anchorage the meeting you can contact Jack Blackwell at 907-262Dojo. She runs a judo program in Las Vegas as a satellite 5581, Ext 21. program of the Sterling Judo Club. International Fly Fishing Film Tour

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The Peninsula Points on Prevention and Change 4 the Kenai welcome you to visit us at the Peninsula Center Mall April 20 from 12-4 p.m during the Easter Egg Hunt. We will be providing information about making our community a safer place and have activities to promote connecting with your neighbors. There will chances to win prizes and drawings for gift cards. For more information contact the Prevention Coordinator at 395-7269.

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cussion already about the possibility of both onsite consumption of edibles and smoking marijuana. Jones said no one is going to want to sit in an approved space and wait an hour or two for edibles to kick in, and Becker said she was not in favor of breaking

the federal prohibition on marijuana in general. “I’m going to vote no on the edibles, and if the smoking comes up, I will vote so adamantly no the whole city will hear me,” Becker said. Jones also said no one is going to get busted for eating an edible candy in public, so changing the ordinance seems unnecessary. Triem and Alicia HughesSkandijs each said marijuana consumption should be

Kenai Peninsula Chapter of Trout Unlimited annual fundraiser will be Saturday evening, April 27 at the Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center in Kenai. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., films start at: 6:30 p.m. This sell-out event will feature a handpicked collection of fishing films, beverages from Kenai River Brewing (including a new beer brewed especially for this event), a silent auction with a lot of fishing goodies, and a night to remember! Tickets are limited and available on-line: https://www.showclix.

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Serving the Kenai Peninsula since 1970 Jeff Hayden Publisher ERIN THOMPSON......................................................... Editor DOUG MUNN........................................... Circulation Director FRANK GOLDTHWAITE......................... Production Manager

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Not the time to change daylight saving time Daylight saving time is back —

and it’s possible it could not be going away in the future. The issue is fraught with surprising controversy. Since the introduction of modern daylightsaving time as an emergency measure during the 20th century’s two world wars, many countries have been adjusting the clock one hour ahead in spring and winding it back by one hour during fall. … Daylight saving time’s current schedule in the United States was established by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which extended summer time from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November, shrinking standard time to just four months of the year. But there are moves to change that. Already people living in Arizona, Hawaii and the U.S. territories do not change their clocks. And South Carolina lawmakers are considering abandoning the time change also. The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved a bill that would keep the state on daylight-saving time all year — no falling back an hour in the fall and springing forward an hour in the spring. More than two dozen states are considering similar measures. The change would require altering federal law, which allows states to opt out of daylightsaving time but not the opposite in opting out of standard time. Two U.S. senators want to remove the decision-making. A measure introduced by Sen. Marco Rubio and Rep. Vern Buchanan, both of Florida, would make daylight-saving time permanent nationwide. The federal proposal makes sense as different times in different states pose problems. Consider that a change by South Carolina and not Georgia and/or North Carolina would effectively put the Palmetto State in a different time zone for part of the year. Changing time twice a year is far less a headache than would be figuring out what time it is in different states based not only on their time zones but whether their elected leaders decide to adopt full-time daylight time year-round. Unless a national change is made to adopt standard time all year or daylight time yearround, count us among those believing the twice-yearly time change should remain. — The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg, March 25

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Climate change is all around us

I believe conservative columnist Cal Thomas recently missed the mark when he declared young people are indoctrinated to become environmental activists and that “climate change is simply the latest fad, like tattoos and body piercing.” It’s true, millions of young people across the planet are peacefully expressing their concern over the state of our rapidly warming planet. Perhaps the concerns of young people arise from the fact that they read a newspaper without skipping the science articles. Perhaps they also know they will bear the brunt of the social and economic chaos headed our way unless we move, quickly, to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions. In Soldotna, when I was growing up in the ’50s, first frost usually blackened our potatoes and zucchini by the time we took the bus to the territorial school in Kenai on the day after Labor Day. September offered glorious autumn sunshine and frosty nights, perfect for berry picking and jam-making. The seasonal fragrance of highbush cranberries and the smell of silt-covered spawned-out salmon caught in grassy divots along the riverbank wrinkled our noses. November brought ice skating on lakes and the Kenai River froze up tight between Thanksgiving and Christmas and slumbered until April. January often remained at -35 degrees for two or three weeks, sometimes interrupted by a warm chinook wind that brought temperatures above freezing for a couple of days. Winter was not easy, especially before we got electricity. When the weather occasionally dipped to -45 degrees people basically hunkered down

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P eninsula P eggy M ullen and fed the woodstove. If they had to go to work, folks got creative. Batteries and/or drained oil were brought indoors overnight. The invention of ‘starter fluid’ (which was squirted directly into the carburetor) was welcomed, and often quite exciting to watch. In the mid-1950s HEA brought power and when plug-in block heaters were invented stress levels dropped across the peninsula. By St. Patrick’s Day, a warm spring would mean canning up the remaining moose meat, hung outdoors, which had become sensitive to sunny afternoons. Breakup happened in April and school grounds were often muddy until late May, when we were released to help with planting gardens with seeds that had to produce within 90 days. We have now witnessed great changes. We are losing our winter. Last November saw temperatures in the 40s and spring came nearly a month early. The river froze over thinly and briefly, for only a couple of weeks, lacking enough days at zero or below to hold. Warmer weather is making the peninsula drier. We have lived through two major forest fires since 2014 and bark beetles are back with a vengeance. A few of our longtime family friends are having difficulty acknowledging climate change and our individual and collective contributions to

it. In the ’50s, people driving to Anchorage could still glimpse Portage Glacier from the highway. A scientist recently studying melting glaciers in Iceland found a certain amount of denial among people she interviewed. She concluded that the devastating “contemplation of loss plays a strong part in answering why some Icelanders, produce and cling to, contrary narratives of glacier change. It makes it easier than taking a hard look at what is quite unthinkable.” But if we have noticed changes in the climate where we live, and if we are willing to believe the scientific evidence, there is much that can be done. First, we can identify changes, great or small, that we can make in our own lives. Then we can join with our neighbors to see what we can accomplish together. I have found the antidote to my personal “climate despair” to be climate action. Many Alaskans feel a strong sense of responsibility to everyone’s children and grandchildren. People of all ages are invited to join us at the Soldotna Library on the last Thursday of the month, at 5:30 p.m., to discuss hopeful, positive actions we can take locally. April 25th’s topic is Energy. We will be exploring what might be possible in our area, with a panel of local experts, informed by the work of scientists who produced the book of climate solutions known as Drawdown. Contact laura@inletkeeper.org for more information. If you would like to help with the Earth Day celebration planned for Saturday, April 20, 1-4 p.m. at the Soldotna Library get in touch with evaknutson@gmail.com.

Please, tax us! I represent Growing Alaskan Leaders, a group of over 100 parents who live and work in Alaska and who deeply love this state. We value diversity and personal freedom, and we know that helping each other is the Alaska way of life. We want an Alaska we can live in, raise our children in, and that will be even better for our children than it has been for us. We are deeply concerned about the budget proposed by Gov. Mike Dunleavy and the effect it would have not only on our children, but on our communities and the Alaska that we love. We know we are in a difficult fiscal situation — a recession with 39 straight months of job losses, and only a small amount left in the Constitutional Budget Reserve. As a result, we strongly support taking a different approach. Specifically, we believe we need new revenue to fund state government, including instituting a progressive income tax (which would be less harmful to families with children than cutting the PFD would be), and reexamining our oil tax credit system. Alaska offers so much to us and our families but we know it does not come for free. Not only do we want services for ourselves but we, as a group of Alaska families, strongly believe that all families and Alaskans should have access to those services. This comes at a price and we are willing and wanting to pay the price. Please tax us.

A laska V oices S ara D ykstra We cannot have a functioning state if we are losing thousands of jobs, closing health care clinics due to the loss of federal Medicaid funds, and stripping away early childhood, K-12, health care access and social services. Our state constitution requires that we provide a free and adequate education for all children and the proposed budget would seriously undermine that requirement. With our current funding, Alaska’s education system already is not competitive with other states. The proposed cuts to both our K-12 and university system would be devastating, and have long-term effects on our state and its residents. Further, how well children do in school is predicted by their opportunities in the first five years of life. Currently, in a state with some of the least affordable child care and lowest preschool attendance, only 30 percent of our children are kindergarten-ready. We need to be increasing early childhood support (which research has found to have a $7-$17 return investment) rather than zeroing them out.

As parents of young children, we know how sensitive this period of brain development is, and how important state investment is at this age. In addition, we are from communities all over Alaska, and stand with our sisters and brothers in rural Alaska who will be devastated by defunding the Alaska Marine Highway System, and the change to the power cost equalization fund. Children in rural Alaska deserve access to food, power and transportation, just as those in larger communities do. We are actively working to support kids and families now, but we also want to ensure we have a state our kids want to live in once they’re adults. The governor’s budget will increase the brain drain that Alaska already experiences, and, as numerous nonpartisan economic analyses have found, will plunge us further into a recession. The time is now to put Alaskans before politics, to stand up against the governor’s proposed budget and to create a budget that prioritizes healthy families and communities, supports successful schools and builds the basis for a healt hy economy. It’s also the time to start doing the hard work of finding new revenue to keep Alaska a wonderful place to raise our families. Sara Dykstra lives in Anchorage.

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Nation/World Feds charge 2 dozen in billion dollar Medicare scam By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Federal agents on Tuesday broke up a billion dollar Medicare scam that peddled unneeded orthopedic braces to hundreds of thousands of seniors. Two dozen people were charged, including doctors accused of writing bogus prescriptions. The Justice Department said the scheme relied on overseas call centers to pry Medicare numbers from beneficiaries. Authorities also announced charges against owners of call centers, telemedicine firms and medical equipment companies that shipped unneeded back, shoulder, wrist and knee braces. Profits from the scheme were laundered through

offshore shell companies and then used to buy highend cars, yachts and luxury homes here and abroad, officials said. Medicare’s anti-fraud unit said it’s taking action against 130 medical equipment companies implicated. The companies billed the program a total of $1.7 billion, but not all of it was paid out. The loss to Medicare was estimated at more than $1.2 billion. The Health and Human Services inspector general’s office said the fastmoving scam was fueled by kickbacks among the parties involved. The FBI, the IRS and 17 U.S. attorney’s offices took part in the crackdown. “The telemedicine we are talking about is basically a tele-scam,” said Gary

9 leaders of Hong Kong pro-democracy protests found guilty

In this photo law enforcement officers, take part in arrests in Queens, N.Y. (Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General via AP)

Cantrell, who oversees fraud investigations for the HHS inspector general’s office. “We are not talking about the use of advanced technology to provide bet-

ter access to care.” Officials said the scam was detected last summer as complaints from beneficiaries poured in to the Medicare fraud hotline.

Border chaos forces truckers to wait hours, sometimes days By CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — To deal with a surge of migrating Central American families, the Trump administration has reassigned so many inspectors from U.S.-Mexico border crossings that truckers are waiting in line for hours and sometimes days to get shipments to the United States. Truckers have been sleeping in their vehicles to hold spots in line in Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas. The city brought in portable toilets, and an engine oil company hired models in skintight clothing to hand out burritos and bottled water to idled drivers. “My family doesn’t recognize me at home anymore,” Jaime Monroy, a trucker who lives in Ciudad Juarez, said after sleeping overnight in his cabin with

A row of trucks wait to cross the border with the United States in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. (AP Photo/Christian Torres)

a truck full of wooden furniture. “I leave at 3 in the morning and come back at 10 at night.” The waits are a reminder that even though President Donald Trump walked back his threat to close the border, the administration has created significant impediments for truckers, travelers and shoppers with its redeployment of customs agents.

Business leaders are starting to lose patience as they struggle to get products to American grocery stores, manufacturers and construction sites. “This is a systemwide issue,” said Paola Avila, chairwoman of the Border Trade Alliance, a group that advocates for cross-border commerce. All along the 2,000-mile border, wait times have increased.

“There’s no point in redirecting commerce elsewhere. There’s no solution. Everyone’s feeling this.” The traffic congestion comes as a growing number of families from Central America have been arriving at the border in recent months, overwhelming the federal government. So far, the administration has reassigned 541 border inspectors to other jobs, including processing migrants, providing transportation and performing hospital watch for migrants who require medical attention. It is unknown when they will return to their regular duties. Border inspectors, who are trained to screen people and cargo for smuggling, are now serving as aides to Border Patrol agents, learning data entry for asylumseeker paperwork and shuttling migrants to hospitals, shelters and transportation hubs.

Putin: Russia knows Mueller probe ‘gave birth to a mouse’

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking at a plenary session of the International Arctic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky) By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and IRINA TITOVA Associated Press

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday mocked U.S.

special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Kremlin interference in the 2016 presidential election, saying “a mountain gave birth to a mouse.” In his first comments

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since Mueller finished his probe, Putin sought to cast the 22-month investigation as a failure and disregarded the special counsel’s exposure of a Russian operation to put Donald Trump in the White House. “It was clear for us from the start that it would end like this,” the Russian leader said as the Trump administration and Congress sparred over making Mueller’s stillconfidential investigation report public. Attorney General William Barr wrote in a summary of Mueller’s report that the special counsel found no evidence the Trump campaign “conspired or coordinated” with the Russian government to influence the election.

However, Mueller uncovered evidence of a Kremlin operation to interfere with the 2016 vote. He charged 12 Russian military intelligence officers with breaking into Democratic Party computers and the email accounts of officials with Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Another indictment detailed Russia’s use of phony social media accounts to spread divisive rhetoric and to undermine the U.S. political system. Putin on Tuesday nevertheless repeated Moscow’s across-the-board disavowals of election meddling, with or without participation from the Trump campaign. He also reiterated that the Russian government had no contact with Trump when he visited Moscow as a businessman.

HONG KONG — A Hong Kong court found nine leaders of 2014 pro-democracy demonstrations guilty Tuesday on public nuisance and other charges, a verdict that activists say likely presages more restrictions on free expression in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory. Those convicted included law professor Benny Tai, retired sociology professor Chan Kin-man and pastor Chu Yiu-ming. Two current lawmakers, one former lawmaker, two student leaders and a political activist were also found guilty. The nine were leaders of the nonviolent “Occupy Central” campaign to demand the right of the city’s population to choose its own leader rather than merely approve a candidate picked by Beijing. “Hong Kong courts, by labeling peaceful protests in pursuit of rights as public nuisance, are sending a terrible message that will likely embolden the government to prosecute more peaceful activists, further chilling free expression in Hong Kong,” Maya Wang, senior China researcher at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement. Prior to the verdict’s announcement, Chan said he and the others had no regrets for their actions but were chiefly concerned with the movement’s legacy. While the verdicts will have an impact on the individuals, “we are more concerned about how this movement will be recognized by the people of Hong Kong,” Chan said. Hong Kong’s biggest popular protest in recent years, also known as the umbrella movement, laid siege to government headquarters and paralyzed Hong Kong’s financial district for 79 days. Thousands staked out encampments on major thoroughfares. Several hundred were arrested. The movement fizzled without winning concessions from the Hong Kong government for free elections and the pro-democracy movement has struggled to retain a high profile in recent years. More than 100 supporters, some raising yellow umbrellas that were a symbol of the protests, gathered Tuesday at the courthouse in the West Kowloon district.

Heavy rains cause floods, kill at least 10 in Rio de Janeiro RIO DE JANEIRO — Heavy rains killed at least 10 people and left a trail of destruction in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, raising questions about the city’s preparedness to deal with recurring extreme weather. Torrents of water gushed down streets, sweeping up cars and uprooting trees after rains that began around rush hour Monday evening. Rains slowly weakened by Tuesday evening, but Mayor Marcelo Crivella said the city was still in “crisis” mode, the highest of three levels. Schools were closed and people urged to avoid nonessential traffic until further notice. City officials said 6 inches of rain fell in just four hours Monday night, more than the average for the whole month of April. The botanical garden neighbourhood, a tourist destination, was one of the most badly hit areas, receiving 9 inches in a 24-hour period. Local television stations showed firefighters in that neighbourhood wading through knee-deep water pulling a small boatload of children evacuated from a schoolbus on a flooded street. Sirens sounded in 20 flood-prone areas of the city, alerting people to make their way to pre-established safe spaces. But no alarm was given in the Babilonia slum, which sits on a hill behind the iconic Sugarloaf mountain. The fire department said two women there died in a mudslide, and local residents complained about the lack of warning. The mayor, acknowledging the city’s lack of preparedness for the deluge, said sirens did not sound in Babilonia because the water had not reached the minimum threshold to activate the alarms. He said officials would look into lowering this threshold in the future. Hillside slums are particularly vulnerable to mudslides and city officials said more than 100 communities in Rio have been identified as having “high geological risks.” Crivella said Rio has plans to improve safety, but complained of a lack of federal funding. The mayor said a recent study carried out by the city identified about 200,000 road potholes and rainwater networks that needed fixing. — The Associated Press

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Earthy spinach and nutty cheese star in this brunch

About Easter dinners Growing up in the 1940s and 1950s On a farm in Northern Colorado Easter dinner was always planned at least two weeks ahead of time on the farm where we grew up. Mom planned the menu, drove into town in her old pea green Dodge and shopped at Steal’s Market. She drove the 14 miles back home, put paper sacks loaded with groceries away, and began baking cookies, pies, bread and rolls. She would put the baked goods in the freezer and begin thinking about the china, the silverware and serving dishes that she would need for Easter dinner. Dinner was served at 1 o’clock and the leftovers were served for supper at 6. On Good Friday — usually a half a day of school, or spring vacation — was the day we colored Easter eggs. Mom would have me wash and hand dry all the china and silverware and tack on the dining room table beside the heavily starched linen tablecloth, which she had washed on Monday in the old wringer washing machine, starched in a tub of starch water, and hung on the line to dry. Our Easter dresses and Dad’s white shirt were also washed and heavily starched. The tablecloth and other starched clothes were brought in from the line, sprinkled with water, rolled up and put in a basket to be ironed on Tuesday. Mom taught me how to iron, and in later years, when I had a family of my own, I took in ironing, and babysat two small children. I loved to iron standing in front of the old black and white TV, watching Bette Davis movies. I still like to iron. (I also loved making my two girls Easter dresses, applying the lessons I had learned in Home Ec and on Mom’s old Singer sewing machine. On Saturday, the day before Easter at the farm, the whole house was cleaned from top to bottom and “tarnished.” (My little sister, Elaine, called polishing the furniture tarnishing). We were assigned different jobs. After our job was See ANNIE, page A7

This undated photo provided by America’s Test Kitchen shows Breakfast Strata in Brookline, Mass. (Steve Klise/America’s Test Kitchen via AP) By America’s Test Kitchen THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Earthy spinach and nutty cheese star in this brunchworthy strata. Ideally, this savory makeahead bread pudding should be rich enough to satisfy without being overindulgent. And, since strata is such a great make-ahead dish, it should also be straightforward to put together. Unfortunately, too many recipes for strata are soggy and laden with excessive custard and filling ingredients. Looking to create a go-to breakfast or brunch casserole, we first considered the bread. Whole dried bread slices had the best texture and appearance, and buttering them added richness. Spinach, shallot, and Gruyere complemented each other perfectly for the filling, and we sauteed the vegetables to remove excess moisture and

prevent the casserole from becoming waterlogged. Weighting down the assembled strata overnight improved its texture we found that two 1 pound boxes of brown or confectioners’ sugar, laid side by side over the plastic wrap, made ideal weights. One hour is minimum, but you could do it overnight to bake the strata the following morning. The recipe can be doubled and assembled in a greased 13-by 9-inch baking dish increase the baking time to 1 hour and 20 minutes. Substitute any semisoft melting cheese, such as Havarti, sharp cheddar, or Colby for the Gruyere.

BREAKFAST STRATA WITH SPINACH AND GRUYERE Servings: 4-6 Start to finish: 2 hours 15 minutes (plus 1 hour

refrigeration time) 8-10 (1/2 inch-thick) slices French or Italian bread 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened 4 shallots, minced Salt and pepper 10 ounces frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry 1/2 cup dry white wine 6 ounces Gruyere cheese, shredded (1 1/2 cups) 6 large eggs 1 3/4 cups half-and-half Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 225 F. Arrange bread in single layer on rimmed baking sheet and bake until dry and crisp, about 40 minutes, flipping slices halfway through baking. Let bread cool slightly, then spread 2 tablespoons butter evenly over 1 side of bread slices.

Meanwhile, melt remaining 2 tablespoons butter in 10-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add shallots and pinch salt and cook until softened, about 3 minutes. Stir in spinach and cook until warmed through, about 2 minutes transfer to bowl. Add wine to now-empty skillet and simmer over medium-high heat until reduced to 1/4 cup, about 3 minutes set aside to cool. Grease 8-inch square baking dish. Arrange half of bread slices, buttered side up, in single layer in dish. Sprinkle half of spinach mixture and 1/2 cup Gruyere over top. Repeat with remaining bread, remaining spinach mixture, and 1/2 cup Gruyere to make second layer. Whisk eggs, reduced wine, half-and-half, 1 teaspoon salt, and pinch pepper together in bowl, then

pour evenly over top of bread and cheese in dish. Cover dish tightly with plastic wrap, pressing it flush to surface. Weight down strata and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 325 F. Meanwhile, let strata sit at room temperature for 20 minutes. Unwrap strata and top with remaining 1/2 cup Gruyere. Bake until edges and centre are puffed and edges have pulled away slightly from sides of dish, 50 to 55 minutes. Let casserole cool for 5 minutes before serving. ——— Nutrition information per serving: 547 calories 276 calories from fat 31 g fat (17 g saturated 1 g trans fats) 292 mg cholesterol 930 mg sodium 40 g carbohydrate 3 g fiber 8 g sugar 24 g protein.

Creamy beans are the perfect foil to briny, chewy shrimp By America’s Test Kitchen THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Northern Italians combine their beloved white, or cannellini, beans with a seemingly infinite variety of ingredients. Shrimp and white beans may seem like an unusual combination, but it is utterly traditional. The dish consists of beans lightly cooked with shrimp, vegetables, and herbs until the flavours blend. The combination works to great effect the sweetness of the mild, creamy beans is the perfect foil to the briny, chewy shrimp. Canned beans passed muster and are the heart of this dish, but the shrimp play the starring role. We looked for a cooking method that would boost the flavour of the shrimp and found that searing on the stovetop worked best. We seasoned the shrimp with sugar, salt, and pepper, then added them to a smoking-hot skillet.

Within a minute and a half, they were perfectly cooked, seared on the outside as if they’d been grilled and moist on the inside. We also briefly cooked red onion, red bell pepper, and garlic, which kept their flavours fresh and their texture appealingly crunchy. Tasters loved arugula in this dish as opposed to herbs like basil and rosemary. Its gentle peppery bite successfully married all of the other flavours. Although we prefer this dish warm, it may be eaten chilled as a salad or antipasto. The cooking time is for extra-large shrimp (about 21 to 25 per pound). If using smaller or larger shrimp, be sure to adjust the cooking time as needed.

SHRIMP WITH WHITE BEANS Servings: 4 Start to finish: 30 minutes 1 pound extra-large

shrimp (21 to 25 per pound), peeled and deveined Pinch sugar Salt and pepper 5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 red bell pepper, stemmed, seeded, and chopped fine 1 small red onion, chopped fine 2 garlic cloves, minced 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes 2 (15-ounce) cans cannellini beans, rinsed 2 ounces (2 cups) baby arugula, chopped coarse 2 tablespoons lemon juice Pat shrimp dry with paper towels and season with sugar, salt, and pepper. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in 12-inch nonstick skillet over high heat until just smoking. Add shrimp to skillet in single layer and cook, without stirring, until spotty brown and edges turn pink on first side, about 1 minute. Off heat, flip shrimp and let sit until opaque

throughout, about 30 seconds. Transfer shrimp to bowl and cover to keep warm. Heat remaining 1/4 cup oil in now-empty skillet over medium heat until shimmering. Add bell pepper, onion, and 1/2 teaspoon salt and cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in garlic and pepper flakes and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Stir in beans and cook until heated through, about 5 minutes. Add arugula and shrimp along with any accumulated juices and gently toss until arugula is wilted, about 1 minute. Stir in lemon juice and season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve. ——— Nutrition information per serving: 421 calories 177 calories from fat 20 g fat (3 g saturated 0 g trans fats) 143 mg cholesterol 860 mg sodium 35 g carbohydrate 10 g fiber 5 g sugar 26 g protein.

This shows Shrimp with White Beans in Brookline, Mass. (Daniel J. van Ackere/America’s Test Kitchen via AP)

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finished, Mom would inspect and redo most of it. The piano and the Continued from page A7 dining room table and chairs, and a buffet that held all the silverware and china were in the dining room. I was responsible for polishing all of the dining room furniture. I can still smell lemon-scented Johnson’s furniture polish. Mom went over my polishing job because I used an excessive amount of polish. Saturday night was bath night. Mom curled my white, straight-as-a-string hair with bobby pins, and later those little pink rollers. Ginger had thick auburn curly hair. Then we polished our shoes, with the help from Dad. Then planned exactly what we were going to wear for Easter church services. I can remember how excited I was to crawl into nice clean-smelling sheets and blankets so I could go to sleep real fast, because the Easter bunny was going to leave us beautiful Easter baskets on Sunday morning. Somehow the Easter bunny hid all of those colored eggs around the house for us to find. Then it was time to get dressed and go to church. After a quick breakfast — usually bacon and eggs, fried potatoes and toast, milk and juice — we were allowed to get dressed in our “Easter Sunday Go To Meeting Clothes” (Dad’s words). Mom took the bobby pins or the pink rollers out of my hair and combed and brushed it. She put barrettes or ribbons in our hair and for a few years we wore Easter hats, which I adored. I felt so grown up! My brother wore a suit and starched white shirt and tie just like Dad. He also had a felt hat he wore (just like dad). We were lined up at the kitchen door, inspected one more time by our Mother, and sent off to church with Dad. Mom went to church with us, all dressed up, with a hat, several times on Easter and Christmas, but after my little brother Jim and sister Elaine were born, she stopped going. Her excuse was she had too much to do to get Easter dinner on the table after church. She really did!! She had to put the huge ham in the oven, bake the sweet potatoes so they could receive brown sugar, butter, maple syrup and marshmallows at the last minute for Easter dinner. We always had company for Easter dinner, usually Grandma and Grandpa and uncles, Mom and Dad and later years cousin from Greeley who were Dad’s nephew and wife. After dinner and dessert, the kids could eat the candy from our Easter baskets, which got shared with Dad. It was a great holiday, treated like the great day of the Resurrection. So many happy Easter memories. And how did you celebrate your Easter Sunday, growing up?

LEMON BREAD (A 1930s recipe) This is so easy and so good, better the next day! 6 tablespoons butter melted 1 cup sugar 2 eggs 1/2 cup milk 1 rind of a lemon grated or 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 heaping teaspoon baking powder 1 1/2 cups flour 1/2 cup slivered almonds or pecans Mix in order given. Bake in two loaf pans for 1 hour at 305 degrees. Let stand 15 minutes and turn out on rack and while still warm spoon over juice from one lemon combined with 1/2 cup powdered sugar.

GRANDMA JULIA’S SOUR CREAM CHEESECAKE From page 221 of my “Cookin’ on the Homestead,” in a section called Susan’s Recipe Box. ( I do not know who Julia is). Graham cracker crumbs, about 24 cracker squares. 1/3 cup melted butter (I added 1 tablespoon sugar) Press firmly in a springform cake pan. Bake in 325 degrees preheated oven for 10 minutes. Meanwhile beat the following in mixer bowl: 3 8-ounce packages cream cheese at room temperature. 1 1/4 cups sugar 3 eggs 1 pint sour cream 1/2 cup flour

2 tablespoons vanilla Juice of 1 lemon Beat cheese until soft and no lumps. Add the sugar and eggs. Beat well. Add sour cream, flour and vanilla and lemon juice. Mix well. Pour into prepared pan and Bake 325 degrees (yes) for 1 hour. Turn off oven and do not open door and leave in oven for 1 more hour. Chill and serve. Sever with favorite topping. We like Strawberries.

QUICK STRAWBERRY POUND CAKE This is from my cookbook “Cookin’ at the Homestead,” page 159 1 cup fresh strawberries, crushed 1 package strawberry Jell-O, dry 1 box white cake mix 2 cups oil 4 eggs Combine the ingredients in a large mixer bowl and beat for 3 minutes. Pour into well-greased and floured tube pan. Bake at 325 degrees (yes) for 45 to 55 minutes. Cook on rack for 20 minutes and invert and place on cake plate. Drizzle with glaze. Decorate if you want with sliced strawberries. GLAZE 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar 1/4 cup melted butter 1/4 cup mashed strawberries Pour over slightly warm cake. Let set to cool. This cake freezes easily.

Forget white rice or even brown rice. Try red rice tonight

Bell peppers and onions help boost white fish’s taste

This undated photo provided by America’s Test Kitchen shows Braised Cod Peperonata in Brookline, Mass. (Steve Klise/America’s Test Kitchen via AP)

A brief stovetop braise is the perfect way to cook delicate white fish like cod, since it keeps the fish moist and silky while creating a sauce at the same time. To give the mild fillets a boost of flavour, we paired them with a Spanish-style peperonata, a combination of cooked bell peppers and onions, to which we added tomatoes, wine, paprika, and fresh thyme for depth of flavour. We then simply nestled the cod right into the pepper mixture and covered the Dutch oven. The sauce infused the fish fillets as they braised and protected them from the heat so they stayed tender. Haddock and hake are good substitutes for the cod.

BRAISED COD PEPERONATA Servings: 4 Start to finish: 1 hour 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra for serving 1 onion, halved and sliced thin 2 red bell peppers, stemmed, seeded, and sliced thin Salt and pepper 4 garlic cloves, minced 2 teaspoons paprika 1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained 1/2 cup dry white wine 1 teaspoon minced fresh thyme or 1/4 teaspoon dried 4 (6- to 8 ounce) skinless cod fillets, 1 to 1 1/2 inches thick 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil Sherry or balsamic vinegar Heat oil in Dutch oven over medium heat until shimmering. Add onion, bell peppers, and 1/2 teaspoon salt and cook until vegetables are softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in garlic and paprika and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Stir in tomatoes, wine, and thyme and bring to simmer. Season cod with salt and pepper. Nestle cod, skinned side down, into pot and spoon some of sauce over fish. Cover, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook until fish flakes apart when gently prodded with paring knife and registers 140 F, about 10 minutes. Season sauce with salt and pepper to taste. Sprinkle with basil and vinegar, and drizzle with extra oil before serving. ——— Nutrition information per serving: 346 calories 81 calories from fat 9 g fat (1 g saturated 0 g trans fats) 99 mg cholesterol 507 mg sodium 15 g carbohydrate 3 g fiber 8 g sugar 43 g protein. — The Associatedc Press

This undated photo shows Red Rice and Quinoa Salad in Brookline, Mass. (Carl Tremblay/America’s Test Kitchen via AP) By America’s Test Kitchen THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Regular white rice aromatic basmati chewy, healthful brown rice and even rustic wild rice are common pantry items. But there’s one rice variety that doesn’t get enough play: red rice. Red rice sports—surprise—a red husk, and it has a nutty flavour and is highly nutritious. For a rice and grain salad that was colorful, hearty, and a little out of the ordinary, we mixed this healthful rice with nutty quinoa, cooking both in the same pot using the pasta method. We gave the rice a 15-minute head start and then added the quinoa to the pot to ensure that both grains were done at the same time. Then we drained them, drizzled them with lime juice to add bright flavour, and let them cool. Next, we looked for ingredients that would make this salad fresh and a little sweet. We added dates and orange segments for sweetness (and used some of the orange juice in our dressing). Cilantro and red pepper flakes added a fresh bite and a bit of spiciness to round it out. If you buy unwashed quinoa (or if you are unsure whether it’s washed), be sure to rinse it before cooking to remove its bitter protective coating (called saponin).

RED RICE AND QUINOA SALAD Servings: 4-6 Start to finish: 45 minutes 3/4 cup red rice Salt and pepper 3/4 cup prewashed white quinoa 3 tablespoons lime juice (2 limes) 2 oranges 1 small shallot, minced 1 tablespoon minced fresh cilantro plus 1 cup leaves 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 6 ounces pitted dates, chopped (1 cup)

Bring 4 quarts water to boil in large pot over high heat. Add rice and 1 tablespoon salt and cook, stirring occasionally, for 15 minutes. Add quinoa to pot and continue to cook until grains are tender, 12 to 14 minutes. Drain ricequinoa mixture, spread over rimmed baking sheet, drizzle with 2 tablespoons lime juice, and let cool completely, about 15 minutes. Meanwhile, cut away peel and pith from oranges. Holding fruit over bowl, use paring knife to slice between membranes to release segments. Cut segments in half crosswise. If needed, squeeze orange

membranes to equal 2 tablespoons juice in bowl. Whisk 2 tablespoons orange juice, remaining 1 tablespoon lime juice, shallot, minced cilantro, and pepper flakes together in large bowl. Whisking constantly, slowly drizzle in oil. Add rice-quinoa mixture, dates, orange segments, and remaining 1 cup cilantro leaves, and toss to combine. Season with salt and pepper to taste, and serve. ——— Nutrition information per serving: 348 calories 96 calories from fat 11 g fat (1 g saturated 0 g trans fats) 0 mg cholesterol 397 mg sodium 62 g carbohydrate 7 g fiber 25 g sugar 6 g protein.

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Put the potatoes, onion, and butter into the pan and add enough water to cover. Bring to a boil and cook, in a rolling boil, until the potatoes are soft and most of the water has cooked off. Then add the remaining ingredients; salt and pepper to taste. Cook at a low simmer until the fish is done, then serve. Do not boil this soup or the milk will separate. If the milk does separate, simply drain off the liquid and blend it in a blender. This will restore the consistency.

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Magic abruptly resigns as Lakers’ president By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer

LOS ANGELES — Magic Johnson abruptly quit as the Los Angeles Lakers’ president of basketball operations Tuesday night, citing his desire to return to the simpler life he enjoyed as a wealthy businessman and beloved former player before taking charge of this tempestuous franchise just over two years ago. Johnson didn’t tell owner Jeanie Buss or general manager Rob Pelinka about his shocking decision before he announced it in front of reporters about 90 minutes before the final game of the Lakers’ sixth consecutive losing season. Los Angeles was 37-

44 heading into its game against Portland, missing the playoffs yet again despite the offseason addition of LeBron James. “I want to go back to having fun,” Johnson said before fighting off tears. “I want to go back to being who I was before taking on this job. We’re halfway there with LeBron coming (last summer). I think this summer, with that other star coming in, whoever is going to bring him in, I think this team is really going to be in position to contend for a championship with the growth of the young players.” Johnson didn’t directly tie his decision to the future of Luke Walton, but the third-year coach was widely expected to be fired by Johnson. Without using names,

Johnson repeatedly mentioned Buss’ affinity for Walton, who was in place before Johnson got the job in February 2017, and Johnson’s desire not to cause upheaval between the owner and her chosen coach. “(On Wednesday) I would have to affect somebody’s livelihood and their life,” Johnson said. “And I thought about it and I said, ‘That’s not fun for me. That’s not who I am.’ And then I don’t want to put her in the middle of us, even though she said, ‘Hey, you can do what you want to do.’ I know she has great love for him and great love for me.” Johnson and Buss had a threehour meeting Monday about the direction of the 16-time NBA cham-

pion Lakers, who haven’t made the postseason since 2013. Magic claimed he didn’t finalize his decision until Tuesday morning. “Somebody is going to have to tell my boss, because I know she’s going to be sick,” Johnson said. “But I knew I couldn’t face her face-to-face and tell her.” Buss didn’t attend the Lakers’ season finale, although Johnson waited by the executive parking area at Staples Center in hopes of seeing her. Buss tweeted her reaction at halftime. “Earvin, I loved working side by side with you,” Buss wrote. “You’ve brought us a long way. We will continue the journey. We love you.” Clearly blindsided by John-

son’s announcement, the Lakers also issued a team statement at halftime. “There is no greater Los Angeles Laker than Earvin Johnson,” it said. “We are deeply grateful to Magic for all that he has done for our franchise as a player, an ambassador and an executive. We thank him for his work these past two years as our President of Basketball Operations and wish him, (wife) Cookie, (children) Andre, EJ and Elisa all the best with their next steps. He will always be not only a Lakers icon, but our family. As we begin the process of moving forward, we will work in a measured and methodical fashion to make the right moves for the future of our organization.”

SoHi boys soccer gets redemption over Homer SoHi, Homer girls end in 3-all draw By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion

Tuesday’s Peninsula Conference soccer game between the Soldotna and Homer boys at Soldotna High School provided a lesson in early season vs. postseason. In the early season, everybody can be happy due to possibility. In the postseason, only one side rejoices due to finality. The last time the Stars and Mariners met on this pitch was mid-May last year, when a 2-1 victory on penalty kicks in the Peninsula Conference finals sent Homer through to state and ended Soldotna’s shot at state. Tuesday, the Stars rolled to a 3-0 victory to improve to 1-0 in the league and 1-2 overall. Homer falls to 0-1 and 0-1. In girls action down in Homer, the Stars scored late to secure a 3-3 tie against the Mariners. On both sides in the boys contest, last year was a distant memory and the focus was squarely on the young season. “It’s a new year, a new team, a new story,” Homer coach Warren Waldorf said. Soldotna head coach David Holmes is in his first year at the helm. He was more concerned about how his squad has looked in losses to West Valley and West High in Anchorage than a game last season in which he played no role. “We came in here today and turned things around,” Holmes said. “We played like the team I know, communicating and keeping possession. “I feel a lot better now than I did earlier in the day.” Sophomore scoring sensation Josh Heiber showed teams will find trouble if they focus too much on him by dishing off all three of the game’s assists. Just over two minutes into the game, Heiber crossed the ball to senior Kaleb Swank, who came to Soldotna this season from California. Swank rose and placed a See GOAL, page A9

Soldotna’s Austin Escott, Levi Rosin, Dylan Walton and Kaleb Swank stand in the wall against Homer’s Austin Shafford in front of Soldotna goalie Tyler Johnson on Tuesday at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Wade nets 30 in final home game MIAMI (AP) — Dwyane Wade scored 30 points in the tribute-filled final home game of his career, and the Miami Heat defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 122-99 on Tuesday night. Bam Adebayo scored 19, Justise Winslow scored 16 and Hassan Whiteside added 15 for the Heat, who were eliminated from playoff contention when Detroit beat Memphis — a result that went final during the third quarter of the MiamiPhilly game. Wade’s career will end Wednesday in Brooklyn, when Miami plays its regular-season finale. He checked out for the last time with 1:02 left, embracing teammates and his son Zaire — who was on the Heat bench. MAVERICKS 120, SUNS 109 DALLAS (AP) — Dirk Nowitzki scored a season-high 30 points and Dallas celebrated the final home game of the 40-year-old’s record 21st season with the same franchise. After the game, Nowitzki announced his retirement. The 14-time All-Star had the first eight Dallas shots and scored his team’s first 10 points in the first three minutes and passed his previous season

high of 21 on a 3-pointer early in the third quarter. Dallas’ season finale, and possibly the career-ender for Nowitzki, is Wednesday night in San Antonio.

TRAIL BLAZERS 104, LAKERS 101 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Maurice Harkless hit a corner 3-pointer at the buzzer, and Portland secured home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs with a win over Los Angeles, a few hours after Magic Johnson abruptly resigned as the Lakers’ president of basketball operations. Johnson shocked the Lakers with his announcement about 90 minutes before tipoff of the last game in the Lakers’ sixth consecutive losing season. The Hall of Fame guard had been in charge of the Lakers for just 26 months, and his departure throws the 16-time NBA champion franchise’s offseason into turmoil even before it began.

WARRIORS 112, PELICANS 103 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — DeMarcus Cousins had 21 points and 12 rebounds, and Golden State beat New Orleans in a game in which Warriors guard Stephen Curry left with a mild foot sprain. The Warriors announced that Curry, who played the first nine minutes of the game, was

held out the rest of the night as a precaution. The game also likely marked the end of the Anthony Davis era in New Orleans. The disgruntled All-Star missed his seventh straight game with what the team has officially listed as back spasms. Damion Lee matched his career high with 20 points for Golden State. Former Pelican Quinn Cook scored 19 points. Christian Wood had 26 points and 12 rebounds for the Pelicans, who lost 13 of their last 16 games. Jahlil Okafor scored 30 points and Ian Clark 20 for New Orleans.

PISTONS 100, GRIZZLIES 93 DETROIT (AP) — Andre Drummond had 20 points and 17 rebounds and Ish Smith matched a season high with 22 points, helping Detroit rally from a 22-point deficit. Detroit can clinch a postseason bid by closing the regular season with a win Wednesday night at New York.

JAZZ 118, NUGGETS 108 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Donovan Mitchell matched his career high with 46 points as Utah topped Denver. Rudy Gobert had 20 points and 10 rebounds, Derrick Favors scored 16 points and Joe See NBA, page A9

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Ingles added 10 points and 13 assists as Utah won its last eight regular-season home games.

THUNDER 112, ROCKETS 111 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Paul George hit the game-winning 3-pointer with 1.8 seconds left, and Oklahoma City rallied from 14 points down in the fourth quarter to beat Houston. Russell Westbrook had 29 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists for his 33rd triple-double of the season and George added 27 points for the Thunder, who won their fourth straight.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kawhi Leonard scored 20 points and Toronto closed its regular season with a win over Minnesota. Fred VanVleet scored 16 points, and Chris Boucher had a career-high 15 points and 13 rebounds off the bench for the Raptors, who finished the regular season at 58-24.

KNICKS 96, BULLS 86 CHICAGO (AP) — Dennis Smith Jr. scored 25 points, Mitchell Robinson added eight points and 17 rebounds and New York escaped the possibility of finishing with its worst-ever record by winning back-to-back games for the first time since February. With one game remaining, the Knicks (17-64) can only tie for the worst season in franchise history. A loss to the Detroit Pistons, who are seeking to lock up a playoff spot, would give New York a record matching only its ugly 2014-15 campaign.

HORNETS 124, CAVALIERS 97 CLEVELAND (AP) — Kemba Walker scored 23 points and Charlotte kept its late-season playoff push going with a win over Cleveland. The Hornets (39-42) had to win to have any chance of beating out Detroit and Miami for the No. 8 spot in the Eastern Conference. Charlotte did its part and must now beat Orlando at home on Wednesday and hope the Pistons (39-42) lose in New York to clinch its first playoff berth in three years.

CELTICS 116, WIZARDS 110 WASHINGTON (AP) — Terry Rozier scored 21 points and was one of five Boston players to score in double figures in a meaningless game for both teams.

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header just over the glove of Homer keeper Tucker Weston. “He climbed the ladder for that one,” Soldotna assistant Erik Dolphin said. “It was a pretty finish.” Junior Alex Montague has been a sure finisher for the Stars and he showed what he can do with the extra space created by Heiber with a pair of goals to finish off the Mariners. After Montague banged a shot off the side post in the seventh minute, he converted a through ball from Heiber in the 29th minute. “It was tough to sit at 2-0,” Holmes said. “It gives a false security.” Holmes could finally rest easier with just over three minutes left in the game, when Heiber fed Montague a long ball on a counterattack and Montague finished. In addition to the fine attacking by Swank, Heiber and Montague, Holmes credited the play of Tyler Johnson and Kobe Miller. Johnson pitched a shutout in the net while filling in for the injured Hunter Woodward. Miller also was a big part of that goose egg for his work on Homer’s dangerous Eyoab Knapp. Though on the losing end, Waldorf also was happy with his team. “We were focused on the process today, we weren’t focused on the result,” he said. “We played well. We had some chances.” The Mariners were without three starters. Waldorf said the work of Knapp, a sophomore, on the outside was a pleasant surprise. “We weren’t sure how he would hold up in a game,” the coach said. Waldorf also was happy with the center of his midfield and defense. Austin Shafford and Dexter Lowe

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Southwest Division y-Houston 53 29 .646 — x-San Antonio 47 34 .580 5½ Dallas 33 48 .407 19½ New Orleans 33 49 .402 20 Memphis 32 49 .395 20½ Northwest Division y-Denver 53 28 .654 — x-Portland 52 29 .642 1 x-Utah 50 31 .617 3 x-Oklahoma City 48 33 .593 5 Minnesota 36 45 .444 17 Pacific Division z-Golden State 57 24 .704 — x-L.A. Clippers 47 34 .580 10 Sacramento 39 42 .481 18 L.A. Lakers 37 45 .451 20½ Phoenix 19 63 .232 38½ x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference Tuesday’s Games Boston 116, Washington 110 Charlotte 124, Cleveland 97 Detroit 100, Memphis 93 Miami 122, Philadelphia 99 Golden State 112, New Orleans 103 New York 96, Chicago 86 Toronto 120, Minnesota 100 Dallas 120, Phoenix 109 Utah 118, Denver 108 Oklahoma City 112, Houston 111 Portland 104, L.A. Lakers 101 Wednesday’s Games Chicago at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Dallas at San Antonio, 4 p.m. Detroit at New York, 4 p.m. Golden State at Memphis, 4 p.m. Indiana at Atlanta, 4 p.m. Miami at Brooklyn, 4 p.m. Oklahoma City at Milwaukee, 4 p.m. Orlando at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Denver, 6:30 p.m. Sacramento at Portland, 6:30 p.m. Utah at L.A. Clippers, 6:30 p.m. All Times ADT

hockey NHL Playoffs FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Wednesday, April 10 Columbus at Tampa Bay, 3 p.m. Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders, 3:30 p.m. St. Louis at Winnipeg, 4 p.m. Dallas at Nashville, 5:30 p.m. Vegas at San Jose, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 11 Toronto at Boston, 3 p.m. Carolina at Washington, 3:30 p.m. Colorado at Calgary, 6 p.m. All Times ADT

are in the center of the midfield, while Avram Salzmann and Clayton Beachy are in the middle on defense. The coach also liked the work of Tom Gorman up top and on the outside of the midfield. With no junior varsity game Tuesday, Waldorf was happy to get all his players some varsity time. While the inexperience showed, he also said the players learned quickly from their mistakes. Soldotna 3, Homer 3 SoHi freshman Rhys Cannava scored in the final two minutes of the game to end the Peninsula Conference contest in a tie. SoHi is 0-1-1 overall and 0-0-1 in the league, while Homer is 0-0-1 and 0-0-1. “Our season started like it did last year, with a 1-1 tie to Soldotna,” Homer coach Mike Tozzo said. “Last year, we had a great team, and we have a really great team this year too. “If we can keep this momentum and keep playing the way we did today, the sky’s the limit for us.” The Mariners grabbed a 1-0 lead just three minutes in when Laura Inama scored on an assist from Kappa Reutov. “I was shocked, honestly, at how well we came out playing,” Tozzo said. “I don’t want it to sound like I didn’t think we could do that, but that’s not normally the way we come out.” Midway through the half, Reutov scored on an assist from Sela Weisser. Tozzo said those are both freshmen so that bodes well for the future. Tozzo said it doesn’t take letting off the pressure much for a great team like Soldotna to come back, and he said his team did just that as the Stars had the game tied midway through the second half. Journey Miller scored on an assist from Ryann Cannava and Rhys

East Division W L Pct GB Tampa Bay 9 3 .750 — Baltimore 5 6 .455 3½ New York 5 6 .455 3½ Toronto 4 8 .333 5 Boston 3 9 .250 6 Central Division Cleveland 7 3 .700 — Minnesota 6 3 .667 ½ Detroit 7 4 .636 ½ Chicago 3 7 .300 4 Kansas City 2 8 .200 5 West Division Seattle 11 2 .846 — Houston 7 5 .583 3½ Los Angeles 6 6 .500 4½ Oakland 7 8 .467 5 Texas 5 6 .455 5 Tuesday’s Games Cleveland 8, Detroit 2 Toronto 7, Boston 5 Tampa Bay 10, Chicago White Sox 5 Oakland 13, Baltimore 2 Minnesota 14, N.Y. Mets 8 Houston 6, N.Y. Yankees 3 Seattle 6, Kansas City 3 Arizona 5, Texas 4 L.A. Angels 11, Milwaukee 8 Wednesday’s Games Cleveland (Bauer 1-0) at Detroit (Boyd 0-1), 9:10 a.m. Tampa Bay (Glasnow 2-0) at Chicago White Sox (Lopez 0-1), 10:10 a.m. Oakland (Montas 1-1) at Baltimore (Straily 0-0), 3:05 p.m. Minnesota (Odorizzi 0-1) at N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 0-1), 3:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Paxton 1-1) at Houston (McHugh 1-1), 3:40 p.m. Seattle (Kikuchi 0-0) at Kansas City (Fillmyer 0-0), 4:15 p.m. Texas (Lynn 0-1) at Arizona (Ray 0-1), 5:40 p.m. Milwaukee (Woodruff 1-0) at L.A. Angels (Pena 0-1), 6:07 p.m.

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East Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 7 3 .700 — Atlanta 7 4 .636 ½ New York 6 4 .600 1 Washington 5 5 .500 2 Miami 3 8 .273 4½ Central Division Milwaukee 8 4 .667 — Pittsburgh 5 4 .556 1½ St. Louis 6 5 .545 1½ Chicago 3 7 .300 4 Cincinnati 2 8 .200 5 West Division Los Angeles 8 4 .667 — San Diego 7 5 .583 1 Arizona 6 5 .545 1½ San Francisco 4 8 .333 4 Colorado 3 9 .250 5 Tuesday’s Games Cincinnati 14, Miami 0 Washington 10, Philadelphia 6, 10 innings Minnesota 14, N.Y. Mets 8 St. Louis 4, L.A. Dodgers 0 Atlanta 7, Colorado 1 Arizona 5, Texas 4 San Francisco 7, San Diego 2 L.A. Angels 11, Milwaukee 8 Wednesday’s Games Atlanta (Gausman 1-0) at Colorado (Hoffman 0-0), 11:10 a.m. San Diego (Margevicius 0-1) at San Francisco (Rodriguez 1-1), 11:45 a.m. Miami (Richards 0-1) at Cincinnati (Mahle 0-0), 2:40 p.m. Washington (Hellickson 0-0) at Philadelphia (Pivetta 1-0), 3:05 p.m.

Cannava scored on an assist from Meijan Leaf. Less than three minutes later, Reutov drew a penalty kick and Eve Brau converted for a 3-2 lead. “We started playing a lot better,” Tozzo said. “After the penalty kick, we were playing like we did in the first half.”

Minnesota (Odorizzi 0-1) at N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 0-1), 3:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Maeda 2-0) at St. Louis (Flaherty 0-0), 3:45 p.m. Pittsburgh (Lyles 0-0) at Chicago Cubs (Darvish 0-1), 4:05 p.m. Texas (Lynn 0-1) at Arizona (Ray 0-1), 5:40 p.m. Milwaukee (Woodruff 1-0) at L.A. Angels (Pena 0-1), 6:07 p.m. All Times ADT

Indians 8, Tigers 2 Cle. 120 021 200 —8 8 1 Det. 100 010 000 —2 8 2 Kluber, Otero (7), Olson (8), Edwards (9) and R.Perez; Zimmermann, Hardy (5), Garrett (7), Stumpf (8), VerHagen (9) and Greiner. W_Kluber 1-2. L_Zimmermann 0-1. HRs_Cleveland, Bauers (1), Miller (1), Perez (1), Martin (1).

Blue Jays 7, Red Sox 5 Tor. 002 300 101 —7 10 2 Bos. 110 002 010 —5 8 0 Shoemaker, Mayza (6), Dan.Hudson (6), Biagini (8), Giles (9) and Jansen; Sale, Thornburg (5), Hembree (7), Workman (7), Walden (8), M.Barnes (9), Brewer (9) and Vazquez. W_ Shoemaker 3-0. L_Sale 0-3. Sv_ Giles (3). HRs_Boston, Betts (3), Moreland (4).

Rays 10, White Sox 5 T.B. 131 200 012 —10 13 0 Chi. 002 000 0 30 — 5 7 0 Morton, Font (6), Stanek (8), Alvarado (8), Kolarek (9) and Perez; E.Santana, Banuelos (4), J.Ruiz (8), Frare (8), Fry (9) and W.Castillo. W_ Morton 2-0. L_E.Santana 0-1. HRs_ Tampa Bay, Garcia (1), Meadows (3), Lowe (2). Chicago, Moncada (3).

Athletics 13, Orioles 2 Oak. 050 000 143 —13 1 4 0 Bal. 000 000 200 — 2 7 1 B.Anderson, Trivino (7), Hendriks (8) and Phegley; Means, Phillips (4), Bleier (7), M.Castro (8) and Severino. W_B.Anderson 3-0. L_Means 1-1. HRs_Oakland, Profar (1), Semien (2).

Astros 6, Yankees 5 N.Y. 100 002 000 —3 5 1 Hou. 011 000 13x —6 11 0 Loaisiga, Tarpley (4), Cessa (5), Holder (6), Green (7), Kahnle (8) and Romine; Cole, H.Rondon (8), Osuna (9) and Chirinos. W_H.Rondon 1-0. L_Green 0-2. Sv_Osuna (4). HRs_New York, Voit (3). Houston, Altuve (3).

Mariners 6, Royals 3 Sea. 101 200 200 —6 15 1 K.C. 101 000 100 —3 8 0 Gonzales, Brennan (7), Swarzak (9) and Narvaez; Junis, Sparkman (5), Diekman (7), Lovelady (8), W.Peralta (9) and Maldonado. W_Gonzales 4-0. L_Junis 1-1. Sv_Swarzak (2). HRs_Seattle, Bruce (7).

Twins 14, Mets 8 Min. 014 101 034 —14 17 0 N.Y. 012 000 104 — 8 11 1 Gibson, Hildenberger (5), May (6), Mejia (7), Parker (7), R.Harper (8), De Jong (9) and Garver; deGrom, Lugo (5), Avilan (7), Gsellman (8), Vargas (9) and d’Arnaud.

Rhys Cannava, assisted by Sierra Kuntz, still managed to break through. Tozzo said goalie Ali McCarron was superb and there was nothing she could do about the goal. He added it was just a case of a great player on a great team refusing to lose.

W_Hildenberger 2-0. L_deGrom 2-1. HRs_Minnesota, Polanco (2), Rosario (2), Garver 2 (2), Schoop 2 (2). New York, Nimmo (1), Conforto (3), Alonso 2 (5).

D-Backs 5, Rangers 4 Tex. 220 000 000 —4 8 1 Ari. 001 000 103 —5 9 1 Minor, C.Martin (8), Leclerc (9) and Mathis; Greinke, Hirano (7), Andriese (8) and Murphy. W_Andriese 2-0. L_Leclerc 1-1. HRs_Arizona, Ahmed (1), Murphy (2), Dyson (2).

Angels 11, Brewers 8 Mil. 030 230 000 — 8 10 0 L.A. 600 110 12x —11 12 1 F.Peralta, Albers (4), Claudio (5), Wilson (7), Petricka (8) and Grandal; Harvey, Bard (5), Bedrosian (7), L.Garcia (8), C.Allen (9) and Lucroy. W_Bedrosian 1-0. L_Claudio 0-1. Sv_C.Allen (3). HRs_Milwaukee, Moustakas (4), Grandal 2 (3). Los Angeles, La Stella 2 (3).

Reds 14, Marlins 0 Mia. 000 000 000 — 0 4 1 Cin. 101 207 30x —14 16 1 J.Urena, Chen (6), Brice (8) and Alfaro; L.Castillo, Lorenzen (8) and Barnhart. W_L.Castillo 1-1. L_J.Urena 0-3. HRs_Cincinnati, Schebler (2), Suarez (2), Farmer (2), Winker (1), Kemp (1).

Nationals 10, Phillies 6 Was. 100 001 301 4 —10 14 0 Phi. 004 200 000 0 — 6 9 1 (10 innings) Strasburg, Ross (5), Grace (7), Barraclough (9), Doolittle (9) and Gomes; Nola, Dominguez (7), Neris (8), E.Ramos (9), Alvarez (9) and Realmuto. W_Doolittle 3-0. L_Alvarez 0-1. HRs_Washington, Kendrick (1), Soto (2), Gomes (1), Robles (3). Philadelphia, Franco (4), Harper (4).

Cardinals 4, Dodgers 0 L.A. 000 000 0 00 —0 7 1 S.L. 102 010 00x —4 6 1 Stripling, Ferguson (6), Chargois (7), Y.Garcia (8) and A.Barnes; Dak. Hudson, Brebbia (5), Gant (7), Mayers (8), A.Miller (8), Leone (9) and Molina. W_Brebbia 1-0. L_Stripling 0-1. HRs_St. Louis, Goldschmidt (6).

Braves 7, Rockies 1 Atl. 010 400 011 —7 12 1 Col. 000 100 000 —1 6 0 Fried, Jackson (7), Sobotka (8), Biddle (9) and Flowers; Marquez, B.Shaw (6), Dunn (7), Oh (8), Almonte (9) and Wolters. W_Fried 2-0. L_Marquez 1-1. HRs_Atlanta, Swanson (4), Acuna Jr. (4).

Giants 7, Padres 2 S.D. 000 000 110 —2 7 0 S.F. 060 100 00x —7 7 0 Lucchesi, Erlin (5), Warren (8) and Hedges; Holland, Gott (8), Melancon (9) and Posey. W_Holland 1-1. L_Lucchesi 2-1. HRs_San Diego, Renfroe (4).

transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB — Suspended Pittsburgh

RHP Chris Archer five games and fined him an undisclosed amount for intentionally throwing a pitch at Cincinnati’s Derek Dietrich. Suspended Cincinnati OF Yasiel Puig two games and Cincinnati manager David Bell one game and fined them undisclosed amounts for their aggressive actions during the incident. American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Placed RHP Nate Karns on the 10-day IL and RHP Alex Cobb on the 10-day IL, retroactive to April 6. Recalled RHP Evan Phillips from Norfolk (IL). BOSTON RED SOX — Optioned INF Tzu-Wei Lin to Pawtucket (IL). Reinstated 2B Dustin Pedroia from the 10-day IL. CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Optioned OF Ryan Cordell to Charlotte (IL). Selected the contract of RHP Ervin Santana from Charlotte. CLEVELAND INDIANS — Placed RHP Mike Clevinger on the 10-day IL, retroactive to Monday. Recalled RHP Nick Wittgren from Columbus (IL). OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Sent RHP Chris Bassitt to Las Vegas (PCL) for a rehab assignment. SEATTLE MARINERS — Placed RHP Chasen Bradford on the 10-day IL. Recalled RHP Erik Swanson from Tacoma (PCL). National League COLORADO ROCKIES — Placed OF David Dahl on the 10-day DL, retroactive to Monday. Recalled OF Yonathan Daza from Albuquerque (PCL). LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Placed LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu on the 10day IL. Recalled RHP JT Chargois from Oklahoma City (PCL). Sent LHP Clayton Kershaw to Tulsa (TL) for a rehab assignment. NEW YORK METS — Signed OF Bradley Marquez to a minor league contract and assigned him to Columbia (SAL). PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Sent C Elias Diaz to Indianapolis (IL) for a rehab assignment. SAN DIEGO PADRES — Assigned RHP Chris Rowley to El Paso (PCL). BASKETBALL National Basketball Association DALLAS MAVERICKS — Announced the retirement of F Dirk Nowitzki. LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS — Claimed G Rodney McGruder off waivers from Miami. WASHINGTON WIZARDS — Signed Gs Jordan McRae and Tarik Phillips. FOOTBALL National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS — Signed DE Adrian Clayborn to a one-year contract. BUFFALO BILLS — Signed DE Eddie Yarbrough to a one-year contract. CINCINNATI BENGALS — Resigned CB Tony McRae to a oneyear contract. DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed DE DeMarcus Lawrence to a five-year contract through 2023 and DT Shakir Soto. LOS ANGELES CHARGERS — Named La’Roi Glover assistant defensive line coach and Chris Caminiti senior coaching assistant. MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed G Michael Dunn, LBs Jayrone Elliott and Tyrone Holmes, RB Kenneth Farrow, OT Jaryd Jones-Smith, WR Reece Horn and DT Joey Mbu. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed DE Karter Schult.

Today in History Today is Wednesday, April 10, the 100th day of 2019. There are 265 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 10, 1865, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, a day after surrendering the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House, said farewell to his men, praising them for their “unsurpassed courage and fortitude.” On this date: In 1866, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was incorporated. In 1912, the British liner RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton, England, on its ill-fated maiden voyage. In 1916, the Professional Golfers’ Association of America was founded in New York. In 1925, the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel “The Great Gatsby” was first published by Scribner’s of New York. In 1932, German President Paul Von Hindenburg was re-elected in a runoff, with Adolf Hitler coming in second. In 1947, Brooklyn Dodgers President Branch Rickey purchased the contract of Jackie Robinson from the Montreal Royals. In 1962, Stuart Sutcliffe, the Beatles’ original bass player, died in Hamburg, West Germany, at age 21. In 1968, “In the Heat of the Night” won best picture of 1967 at the 40th Academy Awards; one of its stars, Rod Steiger, was named best actor while Katharine Hepburn was honored as best actress for “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.” In 1971, a table tennis team from the United States arrived in China at the invitation of the communist government for a goodwill visit that came to be known as “ping-pong diplomacy.” In 1981, imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands was declared the winner of a by-election to the British Parliament. In 1998, the Northern Ireland peace talks concluded as negotiators reached a landmark settlement to end 30 years of bitter rivalries and bloody attacks. In 2010, Polish President Lech Kaczynski (lehk kah-CHIN’-skee), 60, was killed in a plane crash in western Russia that also claimed the lives of his wife and top Polish political, military and church officials. Ten years ago: Police in Tracy, California, arrested Sunday school teacher Melissa Huckaby in connection with the death of 8-year-old Sandra Cantu, whose body had been found in a suitcase. (Huckaby eventually pleaded guilty to kidnapping and murdering her daughter’s playmate; she was sentenced to life without parole.) French Navy commandos stormed a sailboat held by pirates off the Somali coast, freeing four hostages; however, one hostage was killed in the operation. Five years ago: A bus carrying 44 students from Southern California for a free tour of Humboldt State University on the state’s far north coast collided with a FedEx tractor-trailer near Orland; five students and three adult chaperones died, along with the drivers. A woman was taken into custody after throwing a shoe at Hillary Clinton as the former secretary of state began a Las Vegas convention keynote speech; the shoe missed. KISS, Nirvana and Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band were ushered into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. CBS named Stephen Colbert to succeed the retiring David Letterman as host of the “Late Show.” One year ago: During five hours of questioning from a U.S. Senate panel, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg batted away accusations that he had failed to protect the personal information of millions of Americans from Russians intent on upsetting the U.S. election, though he conceded that Facebook needed to work harder to make sure the tools it creates are used in “good and healthy” ways. The international chemical weapons watchdog said it was sending a fact-finding mission to a Syrian town where a suspected chemical gas attack had taken place over the weekend. Today’s Birthdays: Actor Max von Sydow is 90. Actress Liz Sheridan is 90. Football Hall of Famer John Madden is 83. Reggae artist Bunny Wailer is 72. Actor Steven Seagal is 67. Folk-pop singer Terre Roche (The Roches) is 66. Actor Peter MacNicol is 65. Actress Olivia Brown is 62. Rock musician Steven Gustafson (10,000 Maniacs) is 62. Singer-producer Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds is 61. Rock singer-musician Brian Setzer is 60. Rock singer Katrina Leskanich (les-KAH’-nich) is 59. Actor Jeb Adams is 58. Olympic gold medal speedskater Cathy Turner is 57. Rock musician Tim “Herb” Alexander is 54. R-and-B singer Kenny Lattimore is 52. Actor-comedian Orlando Jones is 51. Rock musician Mike Mushok (Staind) is 50. Rapper Q-Tip (AKA Kamaal) is 49. Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is 45. Actor David Harbour is 44. Blues singer Shemekia Copeland is 40. Actress Laura Bell Bundy is 38. Actor Harry Hadden-Paton is 38. Actress Chyler Leigh is 37. Pop musician Andrew Dost (fun.) is 36. Actor Ryan Merriman is 36. Singer Mandy Moore is 35. Actor Barkhad Abdi (BAHRK’-hahd AHB’-dee) is 34. Actress Shay Mitchell is 32. Actor Haley Joel Osment is 31. Actress Molly Bernard (TV: “Younger”) is 31. Country singer Maren Morris is 29. Actor Alex Pettyfer is 29. Actress-singer AJ (AKA Amanda) Michalka (mish-AL’-kah) is 28. Actress Daisy Ridley is 27. Singer-actress Sofia Carson is 26. Actress Audrey Whitby is 23. Actress Ruby Jerins is 21. Thought for Today: “Work is something you can count on, a trusted, lifelong friend who never deserts you.” -- Margaret Bourke-White, American photojournalist (1904-1971).

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LEGALS NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND SALE NAMING TRUSTEE: FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY TRUSTOR: THOMAS C. CARVER, an unmarried person BENEFICIARY: ESTATE OF HERMAN E. FANDEL OWNER OF RECORD: THOMAS C. CARVER, an unmarried person Said Deed of Trust was executed on the 25th day of May, 2017, and recorded on the 1st day of June, 2017, Serial No. 2017-003880. Said Deed of Trust has not been assigned by the Beneficiary. Said documents having been recorded in the Kenai Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, describing: LOT ONE (1) AND LOT (2), BLOCK FOUR (4), INLET VIEW SUBDIVISION - FIRST REVISION, according to the official plat thereof, filed under Plat No. K-1515, Records of the Kenai Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska. The physical address of the real property described above is 702 Lawton Dr., Kenai, Alaska 99611. The undersigned, being the original, or properly substituted Trustee hereby gives notice that a breach of the obligations under the Deed of Trust has occurred in that the Trustor has failed to satisfy the indebtedness secured thereby: FOUR HUNDRED FIFTEEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED NINETY-SEVEN AND 40/100TH DOLLARS ($415,497.40), plus interest, late charges, costs, attorney fees and other foreclosure costs actually incurred, and any future advances thereunder. Said default may be cured and the sale terminated upon payment of the sum of default plus interest, late charges, costs, attorney fees and other foreclosure costs actually incurred, and any future advances thereunder, prior to the sale date. If Notice of Default has been recorded two or more times previously and default has been cured, the trustee may elect to refuse payment and continue the sale. Upon demand of the Beneficiary, the Trustee elects to sell the above-described property, with proceeds to be applied to the total indebtedness secured thereby. Said sale shall be held at public auction at the ALASKA COURT SYSTEM BUILDING, 125 TRADING BAY DR., #100, KENAI, ALASKA, on the 14th day of May, 2019, said sale shall commence at 11:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as possible, in conjunction with such other sales that the Trustee or its attorney may conduct. DATED this 6th day of February, 2019. FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY By: KRISTI A. LARSON Title: Authorized Signer 302 Kenai Recording Feb 7, 2019 Serial No. 2019-000919 Pub: March 20, 27, April 3 & 10, 2019 839063

LEGALS CORRECTION - REGULAR LIQUOR LICENCE TRANSFER JFS INC, d/b/a LOG CABIN LIQUOR located at 37133 Funny River Rd, Soldotna, AK 99669 is applying for transfer of a Package Store Liquor License AS 04.11.150 Liquor License to Vitus Energy LLC, d/b/a Vitus Energy LLC, located at 39050 Sterling Hwy, Soldotna AK, 99669. Interested persons should submit writte comment to their local governing body, the applicant and to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board at 550 West 7th Ave. Suite 1600, Anchorage, AK 99501. Pub: April 10, 2019 851983

LEGALS IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT KENAI In the Matter of the Estate of: JEFFREY T. CLONTS Deceased Case # 3KN-18-00070 PR NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that Margaret K Lupton has been appointed personal representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Dated this 5th day of April, 2018. /s/ Margaret K Lupton PO Box 201 Sterling, AK 99672 Pub: 4/3,4/10 & 4/17, 2019 851122

Senior Branch Services Specialist Alaska’s largest credit union is seeking a Senior Branch Services Specialist to provide branch assistance to area branches, introduce new products and services, assist in providing and conducting training to branch employees with an emphasis on providing accurate, warm, friendly, efficient member service and cross sales of all credit union products and services including loans.The credit union strives to provide employees with a comfortable working atmosphere, career opportunities and financial security in the form of competitive compensation and comprehensive benefit programs. Detailed job descriptions can be accessed at www.alaskausa.org Apply online! Equal Opportunity Employer

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CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA Position Announcement

Police Officer Starting pay rate for a Police Officer is $33.74. Applicants are required to possess at least an Associate’s Degree from an accredited college or university or a minimum of two (2) years of police, military or law enforcement related employment experience. Complete position announcement, job description and application materials are available through the NEOGOV, https://www.governmentjobs.com/ careers/kenai Recruitments close as noted on each job posting. The City of Kenai is an equal opportunity employer. For more information about the City of Kenai, visit our home page at http://www.ci.kenai.ak.us

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EMPLOYMENT Our high tech friendly practice is looking for an experienced financial/dental insurance coordinator to join our team. A fun, independent and dependable person with dental experience is preferred. Must be able to collect money, audit accounts accurately, check insurance benefits, write insurance letters and talk to patients daily about finances. Being familiar with Dentrix and Medicaid is a plus but not required. Wage DOE

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WEEKDAYS MORNING/AFTERNOON A (3) ABC-13 13 (6) MNT-5 5 (8) CBS-11 11 (9) FOX-4 4 (10) NBC-2 2 (12) PBS-7 7

8 AM

CABLE STATIONS

(20) QVC

137 317

(23) LIFE

108 252

(28) USA

105 242

(30) TBS

139 247

(31) TNT

138 245

(34) ESPN 140 206

(35) ESPN2 144 209

(36) ROOT 426 687 (38) PARMT 241 241

M T W Th F M T W Th F M T W Th F M T W Th F M T W Th F M T W Th F M T W Th F M T W Th F M T W Th F

M T (43) AMC 131 254 W Th F M T (46) TOON 176 296 W Th F

(47) ANPL 184 282 (49) DISN

(50) NICK (51) FREE (55) TLC

9 AM

M T 173 291 W Th F M T 171 300 W Th F

180 311

M T 183 280 W Th F

(6) MNT-5

(8) CBS-11 11 (9) FOX-4

(10) NBC-2

(12) PBS-7

4 PM

(20) QVC

137 317

(23) LIFE

108 252

(28) USA

105 242

(30) TBS

139 247

(31) TNT

138 245

(34) ESPN 140 206 (35) ESPN2 144 209 (36) ROOT 426 687 (38) PARMT 241 241 (43) AMC

131 254

(46) TOON 176 296 (47) ANPL 184 282 (49) DISN

173 291

(50) NICK

171 300

(51) FREE

180 311

(55) TLC

183 280

(56) DISC

182 278

(57) TRAV 196 277 (58) HIST

120 269

(59) A&E

118 265

(60) HGTV 112 229 (61) FOOD 110 231 (65) CNBC 208 355 (67) FNC

205 360

(81) COM

107 249

(82) SYFY

122 244

Cops ‘PG’

303 504

^ HBO2 304 505 + MAX

311 516

5 SHOW 319 546 8 TMC

329 554

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