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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2014 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Vol. 45, Issue 38

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Sullivan wins Senate seat

Question Are you ready for some snow? n Yes, winter is no fun without it. n No, I’m enjoying this mild weather. To place your vote and comment, visit our Web site at www. peninsulaclarion. com. Results and selected comments will be posted each Tuesday in the Clarion, and a new question will be asked. Suggested questions may be submitted online or e-mailed to news@peninsulaclarion.com.

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press

JUNEAU — Republican Dan Sullivan spent Tuesday night checking in on election returns, hanging out with his family and watching the movie “Patton.” On Wednesday, he was on his way to Washington, D.C., as senator-elect, after defeating Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Mark Begich. While thousands of absentee and questioned ballots remain to be counted in Alaska, results from Tuesday’s count of about 20,000 ballots indicated that Begich could not overcome Sullivan’s lead, which stood at about 7,900. Begich refused to concede the race. His campaign manager reiterated what the campaign has been saying since election night last week — that Alaskans deserve to have every vote counted. More ballots will be counted starting Friday. Begich was not available for an interview Wednesday, said his spokesman, Max Croes. Sullivan said he was humbled by the support he received and ready to start his work. Organizational meetings are planned for Thursday, which is Sullivan’s 50th birthday.

In the news Troopers warn of underwear bandit in Kodiak

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KODIAK (AP) — An underwear bandit is actively stealing women’s undergarments in Kodiak. Alaska State Troopers say there’s been a rash of burglaries reported lately. People have returned to their homes to find items — mostly women’s underwear — missing. Fisherman Hannah Clark tells Kodiak radio station KMXT that she began noticing items had been moved around in her home when she returned from fishing trips last summer. But she didn’t connect those incidents to her missing underwear until she heard the news Wednesday. Clark says she can’t believe “there’s an actual underwear bandit.” Clark jokes at least the thief has good taste after taking her recent $150 shipment from Victoria’s Secret. Troopers refuse to release details since it’s an ongoing investigation. But they remind people to lock their homes.

Inside ‘When you start panicking, it makes things worse.You have to say your prayers. You have to use your experience.’ ... See page A-5

Learning process

Above: Carl Hatten, a Kenai Peninsula College-Kenai River Campus student, calibrates a pneumatic control valve for a conference in Anchorage on Wednesday in the Career and Technical Education Center in Soldotna. Photo by Kelly Sullivan/Peninsula Clarion

Right: Cat Walsh, an instrumentation student, builds a database Wednesday in the Career and Technical Education Center. Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion

See SENATE, page A-10

Safety committee suggested for inlet Cook Inlet RCAC presents findings in risk assessment report By BEN BOETTGER Peninsula Clarion

On Wednesday, Coast Guard Capt. Paul Mehler began his speech at the Cook Inlet Harbor Safety Committee Informational meeting by saying “Let’s be up front — we don’t have a Harbor Safety Committee yet. You might ask: if it’s not broke, what do we have to fix? But there is a point to trying to work smarter, trying to be efficient as

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the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, and the U.S. Coast Guard. A draft of the report was presented at Wednesday’s meeting, preceding a Coast Guard presentation advocating for a Harbor Safety Committee. The meeting was attended by nearly 50 people, including harbor operators, oil-spill responders, and representatives from fishing, conservation, transportation, and oil and gas

concerns. According to its executive director, Mike Munger, the Cook Inlet Regional Citizen’s Advisory Council is one of two advisory groups formed under the federal Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to represent citizen’s interest in policy-making related to crude oil transportation. The council commissioned the Cook Inlet Risk Assessment report in order to answer two questions: what is the risk of an oil spill in

the Cook Inlet? And what can be done to minimize the risk or impact of an oil spill? The council selected the consulting group Nuka Research to carry out the report, in part because Nuka had previously created a similar report for the Aleutian Islands. Tim Robertson, project manager for Nuka Research and one of the report’s authors, presented the findings. See REPORT, page A-10

CH2M Hill to sell Soldotna officials go paperless Alaska, Russia units Move intended to reduce paper use, staff time By RASHAH McCHESNEY Peninsula Clarion

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we can, trying to open communications.” Mehler was speaking of the possibility of a formal, dedicated group to reduce the risk of marine accidents — specifically, of oil spills — in Cook Inlet. Although such a group doesn’t presently exist, its creation is one measure recommended by the Cook Inlet Risk Assessment, a report commissioned in 2011 by the Cook Inlet Regional Citizen’s Advisory Council,

Colorado-based CH2M Hill on Wednesday announced that it would “explore strategic alternatives” for its business unit which covers Alaska and Sakhalin Island, in Russia. The company employs about 2,400 employees within that unit, according to its announcement. “The Alaska and Sakhalin oil and gas business, and its dedicated and experienced workforce, have made significant contributions to the growth and value of our company,” said CH2M Hill Energy President Rob Berra, according to the release. “It is a high-quality, well-run business with longstanding client relationships that we believe has strong future prospects. We intend to explore ‘win-

win’ options for our employees and clients.” Last year, the compnay closed its Kenai business unit because it did not have the volume of work to justify keeping the unit open. At that time, Director of Operations and Maintenance Denis LeBlanc said the company had about 1,300 people on its North Slope operations and 65 in Kenai. The Kenai assets did not sell in 2013 and LeBlanc said that property would be included in the 2014 sale. “We actually took it off the market,” he said. “It’s all part of the Alaska oil and gas and chemicals organization that’s being considered for sale.” The company has enlisted the help of Bank of America Merrill Lynch to assist in the transition, according to the release.

By KELLY SULLIVAN Peninsula Clarion

The city of Soldotna is expediting the move to paperless politics. For a recent Planning and Zoning Commission special meeting, each commissioner was handed a behemoth packet containing property plans, signatures and letters and the applicant’s filing and appeal for a daycare. “Our copier ran last Friday for just about eight hours straight printing out paper for that meeting,” said City Manager Mark Dixson. “There were probably just over 200 pages for each packet.” For that reason, Dixson instructed the City Clerk Shellie Saner to purchase the planning department a set of iPads ahead of the original C

‘Our copier ran last Friday for just about eight hours straight printing out paper for that meeting.’ — Mark Dixson, Soldotna city manager schedule. The allocation for the devices was included in the Planning and Zoning department budget for the 2015 Fiscal Year, reported City Planner Stephanie Queen in a March 3, 2014 commission meeting packet. “Packets for Planning and Zoning are getting to the point

where, not only for the copier, but for he staff time putting those packets together it takes us a lot of time and money,” Dixson said. “It would be more efficient just to put them on an iPad.” The city council is also budgeted to receive iPads, and the commission was scheduled to get their devices after the council, Dixson said. Soldotna is not the only local governing body going paperless. The Kenai Peninsula Borough listed their iPad purchase as one of the largest sources of savings in the 2014 fiscal year Efficiencies Report. Last year the Kenai Peninsula Borough gave Assembly members iPads for meetings, according to the 2014 fiscal year Efficiencies Report. See PAPER, page A-10

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AccuWeather 5-day forecast for Kenai-Soldotna

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Daylight Length of Day - 7 hrs., 35 min., 57 sec. Daylight lost - 4 min., 55 sec.

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Kenai/ Soldotna 43/20 Seward 44/25 Homer 47/32

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24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. 0.01" Month to date ........................... 0.03" Normal month to date ............. 0.59" Year to date ............................. 17.75" Normal year to date ............... 16.07" Record today ................. 0.39" (1987) Record for Nov. ............. 6.95" (1971) Record for year ............ 27.09" (1963) Snowfall 24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. .. 0.0" Month to date ........................... Trace Season to date ......................... Trace

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Ketchikan 41/28

54 at Homer -2 at Northway

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As frigid air holds in the Central and Northwest states today, cold air will expand into the East and South. Snow will fall near the Great Lakes. A cold storm with snow and ice will hit the Northwest.

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High ............................................... 49 Low ................................................ 40 Normal high .................................. 32 Normal low .................................... 16 Record high ........................ 49 (2014) Record low ....................... -12 (1973)

Anchorage 39/27

Bethel 43/35

Cold Bay 45/40

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Talkeetna 40/18 Glennallen 22/2

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Nome 40/31

Full Dec 6

Unalaska 43/40

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First Nov 29

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

Prudhoe Bay 25/18

Anaktuvuk Pass 31/22

Kotzebue 37/27

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Walker introduces transition co-chairs By RACHEL D’ORO Associated Press

ANCHORAGE — Bill Walker, the leading candidate for Alaska governor, introduced former state Sen. Rick Halford and Ana Hoffman of Bethel on Wednesday as co-chairs of his gubernatorial transition team. Walker, an independent, hasn’t been declared the winner in the race, but he has a 4,000vote lead over incumbent Republican Gov. Sean Parnell. At least 33,000 more votes will be tallied starting Friday. Walker said his team is being assembled in recognition of a constitutional deadline that

the governor be sworn in Dec. 1, not because of any knowledge about the outcome. “It seems to appear to be prudent to do what we’re doing,” he said. Parnell has not conceded to Walker. He told supporters in an email Wednesday that “this race is not over.” “With more than 30,000 ballots yet to be counted, there’s still no clear winner in our race,” Parnell wrote. With the possibility of a new administration, however, Walker said he had a discussion with Parnell recently, calling it a “good cordial conversation.” At the press conference,

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Home Depot............ 98.49 +0.35 McDonald’s.............. 95.33 +0.19 Safeway................... 34.88 -0.02 Schlumberger...........97.43 -0.93 Tesoro...................... 72.84 +0.12 Walmart................... 79.20 +0.19 Wells Fargo.............. 53.54 -0.04 Gold closed............ 1,160.30 -3.99 Silver closed............ 15.67 -0.05 Dow Jones avg..... 17,612.20 -2.70 NASDAQ................ 4,675.14 +14.58 S&P 500................2,038.25 -1.43 Stock prices provided by the Kenai Peninsula Edward Jones offices.

Walker and his Democratic running mate Byron Mallott introduced Halford, a Republican, and Hoffman, a Democrat and co-chair of the Alaska Federation of Natives board of directors. The team’s goal is to explore a range of broad topics facing a potential new administration and gather people from around the state to discuss pressing issues. The co-chairs said policy topics anticipated to be covered in the process include climate change, economic development, fisheries, consumer energy and corrections, as well as natural resources and revitalizing the Alaska Army National Guard in rural communities. Walker said possible replacements for administration officials will not be part of the process, adding it would be inappropriate to do that without a clear victory. As for the Dec. 15 due date for the governor’s budget, he said he would use Parnell’s budget as a starting

point. The candidates struggled to expound on what appears to be a vague transition process. Asked what the end result of the team will be, Mallott said that’s something the campaign had pondered, and added the goal is to hear Alaskans’ voices. “A transition is vague,” Halford said. “It’s particularly vague when you don’t have final results.” Walker’s lead has widened since his 3,000-vote edge over Parnell after the Nov. 4 general election. Parnell initially was considered the favorite in the race over Walker, who finished second behind Parnell in the 2010 Republican gubernatorial primary. Walker bypassed this year’s primary after opting to gather signatures to qualify as an unaffiliated candidate. The race tightened after Walker merged his campaign with that of Mallott, who won the Democratic gubernatorial primary in August.

Peninsula Clarion, Thursday, November 13, 2014

Obituary Jeffrey Scott Paneitz

Vigil for homeless youth planned

Jeffrey Scott Paneitz, 58, of Soldotna passed away after a brief illness on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014, surrounded by his family and loved ones. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12, 2014 at Peninsula Memorial Chapel’s Soldotna location, 35910 S. Jawle Street, Soldotna. Jeff was born on Jan. 28, 1956 to Vern and Beverly Paneitz in Fairbury, Nebraska. Jeff believed the most important thing in life was family. He drove the AlCan highway to Alaska alongside his brother and family in 1980, first settling in Anchorage and then in Soldotna. He was never far away from his family and those he loved and was always excited about birthdays, holidays, gatherings, and celebrated milestones. Although Jeff had no children of his own, he helped raise many and was known to all as uncle Jeff. He spent countless hours with his nieces and great-niece playing board games, watching movies, lighting fireworks, riding bicycles, attending school functions, and just playing outside while they were growing up. He had a very special place in his heart for his great-niece Sydney, and was never far from her since the day she was born. He was always generous with his time and love for his family and friends. Jeff worked very hard throughout his life in the oilfields of Alaska and as a Paver Operator building Alaska’s roads. He was employed over the years by many road construction companies, but found his work family at Alaska Road Builders for the past several years. He was a member of Local 302 Operating Engineers, Paver Operator. He is survived by his parents, Vern and Beverly Paneitz; brother and wife, Douglas and Gigi Zoubek; sister and husband, Tammy (Jim) Sylvester; nieces and their spouses, Zizi (Eric Hanson) Zoubek, Jacelle (Robert Gibson) Zoubek, Amanda (Bryan) Matherly; nephew, Christopher Reed; great-niece, Sydney Zoubek; and his extended family of friends: Natalie Merrick; Maryann Yerkes and her children, Jamie, Malcolm, and Sam; Travis Stubblefield and family; Mark Yerkes, and numerous others. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donating to your local animal shelter and hugging your loved ones. Condolences may be sent c/o Sydney Zoubek, 31125 Exit Avenue, Soldotna, AK 99669.

The Annual Candlelight Vigil for Homeless Youth and Families will take place today from 6-7 p.m. at Farnsworth Park in Soldotna. This years’ awareness event will feature guest speaker Dr. Steve Atwater, KPBSD Superintendent of Schools. There will also be a scholarship opportunity presented to high school students who attend. The vigil is an outdoor event — please dress warm. For more information, please contact Debbie Michael at dmichael@alaska.net or Kelly King at kking@kpbsd. k12.ak.us.

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Celebrate Alaska Native/Native American Heritage Month at Kenai Peninsula College

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and non-profits are invited to bring recyclable electronics in for free with the exception of monitors ($15/each) and televisions ($0.18/pound). Businesses and non-profits are asked to schedule an appointment to minimize congestion at the Central Peninsula Transfer Center. For more information, call 252-2773.

Trout Unlimited plans social Kenai Peninsula Chapter of Trout Unlimited is hosting a social on Friday at 6 p.m., at Mykel’s Restaurant, in their banquet room. Stop by and get to know your local chapter of Trout Unlimited, talk fishing, find out what the chapter has been up to this past year, and learn how to become involved with events to come. There will be free appetizers and door prizes. Everyone is welcome; need not be a member to attend.

Gaming day at Soldotna library

Kenai Peninsula College invites the public to to celebrate Alaska Native/Native American Heritage Month during the month of November. A free beadwork and fish skin basket demonstration by Rochelle Adams (a Gwich’in Athabascan artist) will take place today at noon and again at 6:00 p.m. at the Kenai River Campus McLane Commons in Soldotna. A free Denai’na language class will take place on Nov. 20, from 6:00-7:00 p.m. at the Kenai River Campus McLane Commons in Soldotna. For more information contact Diane Taylor at 907-2620328.

Visit the Soldotna Public Library Saturday for a day of strategy game playing and game testing from 1-5 p.m. in the Community Room. Be one of the few to game test the next big strategy game Serfs and Soldiers. Similar to the games “Settlers of Catan” and “Chess,” Serfs and Soldiers has you exploring for resources while defending your land using strategy and tactics. Light snacks will be provided. Settlers of Catan, Ages of Empires, Chess, and other games will be available for play. Don’t pass up the opportunity to help shape and form the prototype of this exciting game! For more information, call 907-262-4227.

Gingerbread house contest under way

The Kenai/Soldotna Fish and Game Advisory Committee will meet on Nov. 19 at the Cook Inlet Aquaculture building located on K-Beach Road at 6:30 p.m. Agenda will include discussion of the Prince William Sound and Upper Susitna finfish proposals. If time permits the committee will discuss Southeast region Board of Game proposals. Elections to fill unoccupied seats will be held in early December. For more information contact Mike Crawford at 252-2919.

The Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Ceter presents the 2nd annual Gingerbread House Contest. The contest is free to enter. Entries may be dropped off at the visitor center through Saturday. Prizes will be awarded in three ages groups: 12 and under; 13-17; and 18 and over. Houses will be on display Nov. 18-Dec. 20. For more information or to register, call 283-1991.

Electronics recycling available

Fish and Game advisory committee to meet

Pinochle club has new venue

The Pinochle Club, formerly from Kasilof, will be playOn Saturday, ReGroup is planning an Electronics Recycling ing at Hooligans Bar & Restaurant in Soldotna Saturdays at Event from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Central Peninsula Landfill on the 12:30 p.m. Bring a partner and come along for some winter Sterling Highway. The event is free for households. Businesses fun. Questions? Cal Jay Vienup at 907-252-6397.

Community Calendar Today 8 a.m. • Alcoholics Anonymous As Bill Sees It Group, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Unit 71 (Old Carrs Mall). Call 398-9440. 8:30 a.m. • TOPS AK No. 220 Kasilof weigh-in at CES Station 6, 58260 Sterling Highway. Meeting starts at 9 a.m. Call 262-7319 or 2523436. 10 a.m. • TOPS AK No. 164 Soldotna weigh-in at First Baptist Church, 159 S. Binkley. Meeting starts at 11 a.m. Call 262-7339. • Narcotics Anonymous PJ Meeting, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group at 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Suite 71 in the old Carrs Mall in Kenai. Call 262-1917. 12:30 p.m. • The local chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society

meets at Heritage Place in Soldotna, 232 Rockwell Ave. Call Lindy at 262-4724. 5:30 p.m. • Free Seated Zumba Gold at the Kenai Senior Center. New participants, active older adults, and chair-bound or limited mobility participants are encouraged. 6 p.m. • Family Story Time (PreK and up) at the Soldotna Public Library in the Children’s Area. Bring the whole family out to listen to stories and sing songs. Younger and older siblings are always welcome with adult supervision. Call 262-4227. • AA Step Sisters women’s meeting at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, O’Neill Hall, 222 W. Redoubt, Soldotna. Call 262-2304. • TOPS AK 20, Soldotna, weigh-in at Christ Lutheran Church, 128 North Soldotna Avenue, Soldotna. Meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. Call 262-1557.

• Celebrate Recovery, Midnight Son Seventh-day Adventist church on the corner of Swires Rd. and Kenai Spur Hwy in Kenai. Dinner is at 6 p.m.; Recovery Lesson at 6:30 p.m.; Open Share groups at 7:15 p.m. Email rking4@mac.com or call 260-3292. 7 p.m. • Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “Dopeless Hope Fiends,” 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. • Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “Sterling Group,” Moose River RV Park, Mile 81.5 Sterling Highway, Sterling. • Square dance group at Ninilchik Senior Center. • Alcoholics Anonymous “Unity Men’s Group” meets downstairs the Salvation Army building in Soldotna.

8 p.m. • AA Attitude of Gratitude at URS Club, 405 Overland Drive. Call 283-3777. • AA North Roaders Group at North Star Methodist Church, Mile 25.5 Kenai Spur Highway. Call 242-9477. • Alcoholics Anonymous Ninichick support group at United Methodist Church, 15811 Sterling Highway, Ninilchik. Call 907-5673574. The Community Calendar lists recurring events and meetings of local organizations. To have your event listed, email organization name, day or days of meeting, time of meeting, place, and a contact phone number to news@ peninsulaclarion.com.

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Alaska must close voting loophole Alaska has a voting loophole big

enough to cause problems. State officials and members of the Legislature must close it to safeguard our electoral process. The problem is this: You don’t have to physically live here to vote here. To be clear, we’re not talking about snowbirds who migrate south each winter and then return, students studying Outside or military personnel who are deployed overseas or transferred to a new assignment. No, this is something different. According to voter registration requirements, someone can become an Alaska voter after just 30 days. If they move elsewhere, have the “intent” to return and don’t register to vote elsewhere, they may continue voting in Alaska elections. Forever. Our state has stricter regulations for who gets a Permanent Fund Dividend than for voting. Residents who permanently move to another state are no longer residents. They don’t pay local taxes or volunteer with local groups, and they are far more likely to be uninformed about local and statewide issues than those who physically live here. In Washington, a voter must be a resident of the state for at least 30 days before the election. In Oregon, current residency also is required. Alaska’s voter requirements appear unique, but not in a good way. Outside groups are willing to spend tens of millions of dollars to sway our elections. Tens of thousands of voters mail in ballots each year. Statewide races can be swung by just a few thousand votes. These are the ingredients for manipulation — even if no one has yet used the recipe and we don’t think it will be used, the threat is there. Regardless of this loophole’s ability to influence elections, it simply isn’t right. It reduces the ability of local people to affect local issues. We don’t know where the ballots are coming from, how long some voters have been absent from the state, or whether an Outside interest group is willing to abuse Alaska’s voting loophole to decide an election. We’d rather not find out. Alaska should align its voter eligibility requirements to follow its PFD requirements. Those who don’t spend enough time in Alaska to qualify will still have the right to vote, it just won’t be here. The rest of us who have a stake in the outcome should be the ones to decide. — Juneau Empire Nov. 9

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By GARRY TRUDEAU

Extortion as conciliation

In a fit of postelection modesty, President Barack Obama is offering not to take executive action to amnesty millions of illegal immigrants — provided Republicans do his bidding on immigration. It is extortion as conciliation. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie often invites comparisons to “The Sopranos,” but it is President Obama who is making a tactic out of the HBO mob drama his major postelection initiative. His bipartisan outreach now ends with a pointed “Or else ...” This offer Republicans can’t refuse includes the stipulation that the president will revoke his executive action in the event they pass legislation to his liking. How generous of him. We should all be pleased that he isn’t threatening Republican leaders with the release of compromising photos — yet. Obama’s tack on immigration speaks to a president who is out of sorts and out of step, and recognizes his own political impotence. Unable to build a political case for one of his chief second-term priorities, he has to fall back on executive usurpation. Prior to the election, the president delayed his threatened amnesty — perhaps legalizing millions of immigrants — because it might harm Democrats. It still became an election issue, with Republicans hammering away at it and winning resoundingly. Even a relative dove on immigration like Cory Gardner, the Republican senator-elect from Colorado, opposed the Obama executive action. This electoral rebuke might give a less

highhanded president pause. Not President Obama. He rules from an Olympian height above mere election results and mere constitutional constraints on his power. The president says that he’d still “pre- Rich Lowry fer” that Congress itself change the immigration laws. For him, this is a positively Madisonian expression of respect for the American constitutional scheme. President Obama is distressed that the Senate passed an immigration bill by a wide, bipartisan margin and the House refused to take it up. Fine. That is his right. He has legitimate means to respond. For one, he could have barnstormed the country for amnesty during the election campaign, seeking to defeat officeholders and candidates who don’t share his view on immigration. This is how legislative majorities are built. Of course, he was too unpopular even to appear in most parts of the country, let alone convince anyone of anything. With the election past, he can still build the political case for an amnesty and pressure House Republicans to act. If he could turn up the political heat enough, he might make House Speaker John Boehner buckle. This is highly unlikely, though, given that the country is not up in arms demanding an even laxer immigration system.

When it comes down to it, fiat is the only means for President Obama to reliably get his way. His promised executive action is a substitute for democratic politics, not an exercise in it. He says we can no longer wait on immigration, but the reason that Republicans obtained so much leverage over the issue in the first place is that President Obama didn’t make it a priority in his first two years in office, when Democrats had large congressional majorities. Other things were more important to him. He preferred to wait. Now that Republicans, too, prefer to wait, he considers it an intolerable provocation. No matter how frustrated the president is, there is no Chagrined and Impatient Clause in the Constitution that allows him to effectively make his own laws when he is irked at Congress. If so, Congress would have been neutered at the beginning. American presidents have been irked at Congress for as long as there have been presidents and a Congress. What President Obama is threatening is not only politically graceless — a rude gesture at the public, as Ron Fournier of the National Journal puts it — it is a profound distortion of the mechanisms of American government. But in a political environment defined by the reaction to his ideological overreach and misgovernment, blackmail is all he’s got. Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com.

GOP sets sights on Reid in 2016 By DONNA CASSATA Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans, riding high after capturing the majority, said Wednesday that a top priority in 2016 will be defeating Democratic leader Harry Reid. “It’s not just about being in the majority, it’s about expanding the majority at this point,” Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., told reporters. “We’ll do whatever it takes to make that happen.” Heller, who is seeking the chairmanship of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said the effort would be “just business.” The GOP won handily on Election Day, tightening its grip on the House and regaining control of the Senate after eight years. Republicans knocked off Democratic incumbents in Arkansas, North Carolina, Colorado and Alaska, where the latest vote count showed Dan Sullivan prevailing over Sen. Mark Begich, and claimed a handful of open seats. The GOP could hold as many as 54 seats next year, as three-term Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu is considered the underdog

Quotable “These women have become victims because of the target-based approach to population control.” — Brinda Karat of the All India Democratic Women’s Association, on at least 12 women who have died from sterilization surgery in India. “Yesterday I was wearing sandals and a short-sleeve shirt, and today I’m wearing

Told that Wicker says he has the votes for the chairmanship, Heller said, “He’s a lot more cocky than I am. It’s an uphill in her Dec. 6 runoff against Republican battle. He’s got seniority, but I’m not disRep. Bill Cassidy. counting anything at this point and nor In 2016, Republicans will be trying to should he.” protect 24 seats to the Democrats’ 10. Heller said he and other Republicans have spoken to Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, who easily won another term last week, about E-mail: news@peninsulaclarion.com challenging Reid. “I think he’ll want to assess and we’ll Write: Fax: Peninsula Clarion 907-283-3299 give him a little time to do that,” Heller P.O. Box 3009 Questions? Call: said of Sandoval. Kenai, AK 99611 907-283-7551 Other potential challengers are newly elected Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison and Rep. The Peninsula Clarion welcomes Joe Heck. letters and attempts to publish all Heller faces Mississippi Sen. Roger those received, subject to a few Wicker in the race for chairmanship of the guidelines: committee responsible for electing Repubn All letters must include the writer’s licans to the Senate. The Nevada senator name, phone number and address. wasted no time in trying to drum up votes n Letters are limited to 500 words among the incoming class of GOP senaand may be edited to fit available tors. Heller escorted Sen.-elect Thom Tillis space. Letters are run in the order of North Carolina into Minority Leader they are received. Mitch McConnell’s office and chatted with n Letters addressed specifically to several of the newly elected. another person will not be printed. McConnell held a meeting for the inn Letters that, in the editor’s judgcoming class. ment, are libelous will not be printed. a coat and scarf and turtleneck and sweatn The editor also may exclude letters that are untimely or irrelevant shirt and gloves.” to the public interest. — Patsy Kimmel of Billings, Montana, n Short, topical poetry should be on the sudden drop of temperatures submitted to Poet’s Corner and will in the Upper Midwest. not be printed on the Opinion page. n Submissions from other publica“Having other adults decide what legal tions will not be printed. item we’re not allowed to consume just n Applause letters should recognize makes you wonder: If this passes, what public-spirited service and contribucould be next? Sugar? Bacon?” tions. Personal thank-you notes will — Shopkeeper Brian Vincent in not be published. Westminster, Massachusetts, on the town’s tobacco ban proposal.

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Dangling workers rescued from World Trade Center By JAKE PEARSON Associated Press

NEW YORK — Two window washers trapped on a dangling scaffold nearly 70 stories up the new 1 World Trade Center tower were rescued Wednesday by firefighters who sawed through a window to reach them. The washers were stuck for nearly two hours before their dramatic rescue, as New Yorkers looked on from the ground and people around the country watched on live TV. The scaffold accident, which officials said was caused by a malfunctioning cable, happened little more than a week after workers began moving into the nation’s tallest building. It was unclear whether the scaffold had been used on the 1,776-foot, 104-story skyscraper before or whether anything about the building’s design complicates working a scaffold there. Officials stressed that firefighters had trained for various emergencies at the tower, the centerpiece of the rebuilt World Trade Center. The window washers’ ordeal

began on the lower Manhattan building’s south side at around 12:40 p.m. when one of the platform’s four cables abruptly developed slack, Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro said. The open-topped platform tilted sharply and swayed slightly in the wind between the 68th and 69th floors, he said. “It suddenly went from horizontal to nearly vertical,” he said. Officials haven’t determined what caused the cable problem. The cables are controlled from the scaffold vehicle, the fire commissioner said. About 100 firefighters rushed to the skyscraper, some of them lowering ropes from the roof so the workers could secure themselves and a two-way radio for them to communicate, Nigro said. The workers also were harnessed to the platform. Firefighters first used diamond cutters to saw through part of a two-layered, more than inch-thick glass window on the 68th floor. They shattered the thick glass in place, then carefully pulled the broken pieces into the building. Firefighters also began inch-

ing another scaffold down the building as a backup rescue plan, but they were able to bring the workers to safety through the roughly 4-by-8-foot window hole by 2:30 p.m. “It was a fairly straightforward operation,” said Battalion Chief Joseph Jardin, who oversees the fire department’s special operations. Firefighters generally seek to cut out windows to make such rescues, but Nigro noted the trade center’s thick glass: a double-paned inner layer and an outer pane. “And, of course, they were 68 stories up,” he said. “That presented a little bit more of a challenge.” The workers had mild hypothermia but seemed otherwise OK, Nigro said. They were taken to a hospital to be checked out. People on the ground had been moved back in case glass began flying. Office workers and construction workers streamed onto a nearby street, their necks craning to watch the scaffold as it waved in the wind. Window washer Ramon Castro, who stood with the on-

lookers before the rescue, said he hoped the workers were able to stay calm. “When you start panicking, it makes things worse,” he said, adding that he had encountered dangerous situations on the 22nd and 25th floors of other buildings. “You have to say your prayers. You have to use your experience.” Carol Thomas and Lisa Cogliano, who work for an insurance company, were returning to their nearby office from a meeting. “It’s horrific,” Cogliano said. The silvery skyscraper, which rose from the ashes of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attack, reopened last week to 175 employees of magazine publisher Conde Nast. About 3,000 more Conde Nast employees are expected to move in by early next year, eventually occupying 25 floors of the $3.9 billion tower. Steps away from the new tower are two memorial fountains built on the footprints of the decimated twin towers, a reminder of the more than 2,700 people who died in the Sept. 11 attack.

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This photo shows a window washer’s gondola as it hangs from 1 World Trade Center, in New York, Wednesday. Police official, John Miller, said the partially collapsed scaffolding hung at “a 75-degree angle.”

Israeli move in east Jerusalem draws United States concern By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press

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JERUSALEM — Israeli authorities gave preliminary approval Wednesday to build 200 homes in a Jewish area of east Jerusalem, a move that threatened to push Israelis and Palestinians deeper into conflict after weeks of unrest over the city’s holiest sites. The announcement came hours before U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was scheduled to arrive in neighboring Jordan on a mission aimed in part at restoring calm. A State Department spokeswoman said Washington was “deeply concerned” by the decision. Much of the recent violence has stemmed from tensions surrounding Jerusalem’s hilltop complex that is revered by Muslims and Jews. The collapse of U.S.-brokered peace talks, Israel’s war last summer in the Gaza Strip against the Islamic militant group Hamas, and continued Israeli settlement construction in east Jerusalem have added to the distrust. Brachie Sprung, a spokeswoman in the mayor’s office, said city officials approved

200 homes in the Ramot area. Sprung said it was just a preliminary stage of the planning process — meaning construction would be years away. She also said city officials approved an additional 174 homes for construction in an Arab neighborhood. To Israelis, the announcement was relatively harmless. Ramot is a sprawling development already home to about 70,000 people, and most Israelis assume the area will remain part of Israel under any future peace agreement. In the current tense climate, however, any Israeli construction for Jewish areas of east Jerusalem is potentially explosive. Israel captured east Jerusalem in 1967 and annexed the area in a move that is not recognized internationally. The Palestinians claim east Jerusalem as their capital. They consider all Israeli construction there to be illegal settlement activity — a position that is backed by the international community. About 200,000 Jewish Israelis live in developments like Ramot that ring east Jerusalem to help cement Is-

raeli control. The Israeli announcement came before Kerry’s scheduled meeting in Jordan with King Abdullah II and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to discuss the situation in Jerusalem. There was no immediate plan for Kerry to travel to Israel. “We are deeply concerned by this decision, particularly given the tense situation in Jerusalem, as well as the unequivocal and unanimous position of the United States and others in the international community opposing such construction in east Jerusalem,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in Washington. “These decisions to expand construction have the potential to exacerbate this difficult situation on the ground, and they will not contribute to efforts to reduce the tension,” she added. Under a longstanding arrangement, Jordan holds custodial rights over Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem, including the compound known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary. It is the third-holiest site in

Islam and the most sacred place in Judaism. Jews are permitted to visit, but prayer by non-Muslims is banned. Increased visits by Jewish worshippers to the site, which also includes the Al-Aqsa Mosque, have raised concerns among Muslims that Israel is secretly trying to take it over. The tensions have boiled over into violent demonstrations and deadly Palestinian attacks that have killed six people in recent weeks. The fatal shooting by police last weekend of an Israeli Arab protester in northern Israel as he appeared to be walking away from the officer has worsened the atmosphere. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted that Israel has no plans to change the arrangements at the holy site, but his pledges have done little to bring calm. Abbas accused Netanyahu this week of leading the region into a “religious war.” Netanyahu responded by calling Abbas a liar and accusing him of incitement. The harsh rhetoric reflects more than personal animosity between the two leaders. Both appear to be pandering to their

political bases of support at a sensitive time. Abbas, after nearly a decade in office and several failed rounds of peace talks, has little to show for his efforts. He also is facing a challenge from Hamas. Fiery rhetoric is an easy way to appeal to his public at a time when many Palestinians believe Israel is not serious about negotiating a peace deal that would end a half-century of Israeli military occupation and establish an independent Palestinian state. The official Palestinian media is filled with reports about Israeli hard-liners calling for legalized prayer on the Temple Mount and visits to the compound by Jewish worshippers, as well as denials of the Jewish connection to the site. “Our correspondent reported that settlers invaded the mosque in small groups and toured the place with leaders explaining to them mythical accounts about the alleged Temple Mount,” the state-run Wafa news agency said Wednesday. In the latest unrest, an attack Wednesday on a mosque in a West Bank village ignited a

fire that destroyed its first floor. Residents blamed local Jewish settlers. Israeli police said someone threw a Molotov cocktail at an ancient synagogue in the Israeli-Arab town of Shfaram late Tuesday night, causing light damage. The U.S. condemned the West Bank mosque attack, Psaki said, adding: “We believe that such hateful and provocative actions against a place of worship are never justified.” Netanyahu is shoring up his hard-line credentials at a time when his coalition is looking increasingly unstable and he faces a primary in his Likud Party next year. Economics Minister Naftali Bennett, leader of the ultranationalist Jewish Home Party and perhaps Netanyahu’s most formidable rival, has accused the government of being too soft in its response to the unrest. Housing Minister Uri Ariel, also of the Jewish home, has called for Jews to be allowed to pray inside the compound. An advocate of increased Jewish access to the site was shot and seriously wounded by a Palestinian gunman last month.

Gasoline to average under $3 in 2015, US government says By JONATHAN FAHEY AP Energy Writer

NEW YORK — The average price of gasoline will be below $3 a gallon in 2015, the government predicted Wednesday. If the sharply lower estimate holds true, U.S. consumers will save $61 billion on gas compared with this year. In a monthly report, the Energy Department reduced its forecast for global oil prices next year by $18 a barrel to $83. Weakness in the global economy will crimp demand for oil, while production in places like the U.S. keeps rising. The result: Drivers will pay $2.94 per gallon on average in 2015, 45 cents lower than this year. Based on expected gasoline consumption, that’s a savings of $60.9 billion. That may not seem like a lot in the context of a $17.5 trillion U.S. economy, but economists say it matters because it immediately gives consumers more money to spend on other things. Consumer spending accounts for 70 percent of the U.S. economy. “It would be a reversal of the trend over the last few years where consumers can’t stretch a dollar far enough,” says Tim Quinlan, an economist at Wells Fargo. Quinlan says the price of gasoline is one of the three big drivers of consumer confidence, along with stock prices and the unemployment rate. “Lately all three are moving in the right di-

rection,” he says. The average gasoline price in the U.S. has fallen for 48 straight days and is at its lowest point since December of 2010, according to AAA. That was also the last full year when the average came in below $3 a gallon. Drivers are now paying $2.92 per gallon on average, AAA says. Late fall is often when the price of gas hits its low for the

year. The government is now saying that these prices aren’t just a low point, but instead will be the norm next year. Adam Sieminski, administrator of the Energy Information Administration, the Energy Department’s statistical arm, attributed the lower pump prices to lower prices for crude oil and weak fuel demand. The EIA did hedge its bet on lower oil prices though,

as it cautioned that OPEC could cut production in order to push prices higher. The global price of crude has fallen by $35 a barrel, or 30 percent, since late June and closed at $80.38 Wednesday. Oil production around the world has been strong in recent years. A boom in the U.S. has pushed domestic production up 70 percent since 2008. At the same time, demand for fuels

is growing more slowly than expected in Asia and Europe because of weak economic growth. The U.S. economy is faring relatively well, but more fuel-efficient cars and changing driving habits are keeping domestic gasoline demand low. The EIA expects demand to fall slightly next year despite the lower pump prices. The EIA also slightly low-

ered its prediction for growth in U.S. oil production because lower prices will force some drillers to cut back. Production is expected to reach 9.4 million barrels a day in 2015, down from a previous estimate of 9.5 million barrels per day. Still, that would be an increase of 4 percent over this year and the highest domestic crude production since 1972.

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Myanmar troubles jeopardize Obama goal

Around the World European Space Agency says it has landed a spacecraft on a speeding comet — a first DARMSTADT, Germany — Landing with a bounce after traveling 4 billion miles, a European spacecraft made history Wednesday by successfully reaching the icy, dusty surface of a speeding comet — a cosmic first designed to answer big questions about the universe. The landing by the washing machine-sized crafter after a decade-long journey required immense precision, as even the slightest error could have resulted in stellar calamity. Indications were that the spacecraft touched down almost perfectly, save for an unplanned bounce, said Stephan Ulamec, head of the lander operation. “Today we didn’t just land once. We maybe even landed twice,” he said with a chuckle. Ulamec said thrusters that were meant to push the lander, called Philae, onto the surface, and harpoons that would have anchored it to the comet failed to deploy properly. Initial data from the spacecraft indicated that it lifted off again, turned and then came to rest.

Regulators fine 5 banks $3.4 billion for attempted foreign exchange manipulation LONDON — Traders with nicknames like the “Three Musketeers” and the “A-Team” plotted over Internet chat rooms to manipulate currency markets for years, profiting at the expense of clients — and then congratulating themselves for their brilliance — regulators said Wednesday, as they fined five banks $3.4 billion. Using profanity-laced banter, the traders coordinated their financial positions in the multi-trillion dollar currency market, securing profits for those inside their circles. “YESsssssssssss,” one of them wrote in a chat message. “Yeah baby” and “nice work gents....I don my hat,” wrote others, according to documents of their exchanges. Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC Bank and UBS agreed to settlements totaling almost $3.4 billion with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, U.K. Financial Conduct Authority and Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority. The British regulator said Barclays remains under investigation. “Today’s record fines mark the gravity of the failings we found, and firms need to take responsibility for putting it right,” said Martin Wheatley, chief executive of the FCA. “They must make sure their traders do not game the system to boost profits.” Meanwhile, a U.S. Treasury Department agency announced it was fining three of the biggest U.S. banks — JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp. and Citigroup Inc. — a total $950 million for failing to prevent misconduct in their foreign-exchange trading operations.

Eye on future climate treaty, US and China strike emissions deal, prod others to act BEIJING — A groundbreaking agreement struck by the United States and China is putting the world’s two worst polluters on a faster track to curbing the heat-trapping gases blamed for global warming. With the clock ticking on a worldwide climate treaty, the two countries are seeking to put their troubled history as environmental adversaries behind them in hopes that other nations will be spurred to take equally aggressive action. The U.S., a chief proponent of the prospective treaty, is setting an ambitious new goal to stop pumping as much carbon dioxide into the air. China, whose appetite for cheap energy has grown along with its burgeoning economy, agreed for the first time to a self-imposed deadline for when its emissions will top out. However, it wasn’t clear how either the U.S. or China would meet their goals, nor whether China’s plan to allow its emissions to grow until peaking in 2030 would negate any reductions in the U.S. The dual announcements from President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping, unveiled Wednesday in Beijing, came as a shock to environmentalists who had pined for such action but suspected China’s reluctance and Obama’s weakened political standing might interfere. In Washington, Republicans were equally taken aback, accusing Obama of dumping an unrealistic obligation on the next president. In fact, the deal had been hashed out behind the scenes for months. U.S. officials said U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry floated the idea during a visit to China in February, and Obama followed up by writing Xi in the spring to suggest that the world’s two largest economies join forces.

WHO says more than 5,000 have now died of Ebola, Mali records 3 new deaths BAMAKO, Mali — More than 5,000 people have died in the Ebola outbreak that is ravaging West Africa, the World Health Organization reported Wednesday, marking another grisly toll in the epidemic. This is the largest Ebola outbreak ever recorded, with more than 14,000 people sickened, the vast majority in the West African countries of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. There are some signs that the rate of new infections may be slowing overall in Guinea and Liberia, but there are still areas of those countries where transmission remains high, and they are surging in Sierra Leone, the health agency said Wednesday. While the response to Ebola is ramping up, it is still insufficient: In Sierra Leone, for instance, less than 40 percent of cases are in isolation, according to WHO estimates. Worryingly, the virus has continued to pop up in new places, both within the most affected countries and outside their borders. The most recent example is a new Ebola cluster that Malian authorities reported Wednesday — an alarming setback as the country tries to limit the epidemic ravaging other West African nations. A nurse working at a clinic in the Malian capital Bamako died Tuesday, and tests later showed she had Ebola, Communications Minister Mahamadou Camara said Wednesday. Two other people are also believed to have died of Ebola, though no tests were ever done on them to confirm the disease: an imam, whom the nurse treated at the Bamako clinic, and a friend who came to visit the man there.

Reports of drones flying near manned planes and airports are up dramatically WASHINGTON — More than a million small drone aircraft have been sold in the past few years, and a growing number of them are turning up in the skies near airports and airliners, posing a risk of collision. Reports of drone sightings near other planes, helicopters and airfields are reaching the government almost daily, say federal and industry officials. It’s a sharp increase from just two years ago when such reports were still unusual. Many of the reports are filed with the Federal Aviation Administration by airline pilots. But other pilots, airport officials and local authorities often file reports as well, said the officials, who agreed to discuss the matter only on the condition that they not be named because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly. — The Associated Press

By JULIE PACE AP White House Correspondent

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar — For President Barack Obama, Myanmar’s stalled progress on promised political and economic reforms is jeopardizing what was to be a crowning achievement for his foreign policy legacy. Obama arrived in Myanmar’s capital of Naypyitaw on Wednesday amid persistent questions about whether the government would follow through on its pledges — and whether the U.S. had made too many overtures to the long-isolated country too soon. Myanmar won wide sanctions relief from Obama after its sudden and unexpected shift from a half-century of military rule, but there’s little certainty about the country’s future. “Progress has not come as fast as many had hoped when the transition began,” Obama said in an interview with Myanmar’s The Irrawaddy magazine. “In some areas there has been a slowdown in reforms, and even some steps backward.” White House officials say Obama has always been realistic about the challenges ahead for Myanmar, a country that in many cases lacks the infrastructure and capacity to enact the reforms its leaders have outlined. But critics of the administration’s policy say the U.S. gave up its leverage too quickly by rewarding the government for

‘With so many avenues for pressure lost, it can indeed seem like the U.S. doesn’t have a lot of cards left to play.’ — John Sifton, Asia director, Human Rights Watch promises rather than results. “With so many avenues for pressure lost, it can indeed seem like the U.S. doesn’t have a lot of cards left to play,” said John Sifton, the Asia director at Human Rights Watch. Critics also contend that the president got caught up in the notion that opening Myanmar to the outside world would be a central part of his legacy as America’s self-proclaimed Pacific president. Indeed, a successful democratic transition would fit neatly into Obama’s broader Asia strategy, which includes deepening U.S. political and economic partnerships in the region, particularly with countries seen to share America’s values. The so-called pivot to Asia has raised concerns in China — Myanmar’s neighbor and largest trading partner — that the U.S. is seeking to contain Chinese influence. Despite Obama’s hopes for Myanmar, optimism within the administration has faded somewhat since the president’s trip here in 2012. He was the first sitting U.S. president to visit the country, and aides still fondly recall the massive crowds that

lined the streets to watch his motorcade pass. Yet there’s little question Myanmar has failed to make good on the promises its leaders made to Obama during that short visit. More than any other issue, White House officials say it’s Myanmar’s persecution of minority Rohingya Muslims in the Rakhine state that threatens to alienate the U.S. and other nations that have been drawn to the country. Attacks by Buddhist extremists since mid-2012 have left hundreds of Rohingya Muslims dead and 140,000 trapped in dire conditions in camps. With presidential elections in Myanmar looming next year, the status of the Rakhine state has become mired in politics. The Rohingya are deeply disdained by many in Myanmar, and most officials dare not publicly call for better treatment, not even the country’s pro-democracy hero Aung San Suu Kyi. Obama planned to meet with Suu Kyi at the end of his trip. First he was holding talks with Asia-Pacific leaders, then meeting with the country’s President

Thein Sein. White House officials have acknowledged that Obama almost certainly wouldn’t be visiting Myanmar at this point had the country not been hosting the Asia-Pacific summits that he had pledged to attend as president. Beyond concerns about the Rakhine state, the U.S. is warily watching the lead-up to Myanmar’s presidential election next year. The country’s constitution currently bans Suu Kyi from participating in the election. The U.S. has sought explicitly aligning itself with a potential Suu Kyi candidacy, and Ambassador Derek Mitchell called her inability to run for the presidency “strange.” Obama’s schedule here clearly signals his preferences, given that he is holding his news conference in Myanmar with Suu Kyi, not the country’s current president. The administration argues that the mere promise of a broader Myanmar relationship with the U.S. gives Obama leverage. American businesses are waiting for more political certainty before investing in Myanmar, officials say, and there are still U.S. sanctions that have not been repealed. “The United States can best move that forward by engagement,” said Ben Rhodes, Obama’s deputy national security adviser. “If we disengage, frankly I think that there’s a vacuum that could potentially be filled by bad actors.”

Forensics expert to testify at Ferguson grand jury By JIM SALTER Associated Press

ST. LOUIS — A private forensic pathologist who performed an autopsy on Michael Brown will testify before the grand jury deciding whether to charge the Ferguson police officer who shot him, the attorney for Brown’s parents said Wednesday. Attorney Benjamin Crump confirmed that former New York City Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Michael Baden is scheduled to testify Thursday. A spokesman for St. Louis County prosecutor Bob McCulloch declined comment. Messages seeking comment were left with Baden. Crump said Brown’s parents are pleased Baden will testify, but skeptical about the process. “Their reaction was that they want the jury to hear from an independent witness not associated or controlled by the police department,” Crump said. “They feel that all the local authorities are going to work together to try to exonerate the killer of their child.” Brown’s parents were in Geneva, where the U.N. Committee Against Torture is hearing testimony this week about U.S. policies. “It’s very important for the family, making a powerful step toward justice,” Michael Brown Sr. said at a press conference there. “We need your help. That’s why we’re here.” The younger Brown was shot in the St. Louis suburb of Fer-

guson on Aug. 9 after Officer Darren Wilson, who is white, ordered Brown, who was black, and a friend to stop walking in the street. The shooting of the unarmed 18-year-old led to sometimesviolent protests and the St. Louis region is bracing for renewed unrest once the grand jury decision is announced. Activists want Wilson charged with murder, but the grand jury could choose manslaughter or no charges at all. At a press conference Wednesday, St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley acknowledged significant anxiety in the region as the announcement approaches and urged people to remain calm. “Take a deep breath, stand back and calm down,” he said. Tension has been fueled by leaks suggesting the grand jury, which has been meeting since Aug. 20, has already made a decision. McCulloch on Monday called the leaks “rank speculation” and said the grand jury was still hearing evidence. A decision is expected this month Fordham Law School professor Jim Cohen questioned why Baden is being called so late in the proceedings. “That makes me concerned about the whole presentation to the grand jury,” Cohen said. “If they (prosecutors) didn’t present this medical examiner’s testimony and report, it does suggest it was not a balanced presentation.” Baden performed his autopsy in August at the request

of Brown’s family. His findings and those of the St. Louis County Medical Examiner’s office seemed to differ on one key point: Baden said there was no gunpowder residue on Brown’s body, indicating he was not shot at close range, though he said at the time he wasn’t given access to Brown’s clothing and the residue could be there. The county autopsy report showed that one wound, to Brown’s thumb, was at close range. Wilson told investigators he felt threatened while fighting with Brown from inside a police SUV, where an initial gunshot was fired, accord-

ing to information provided to several news outlets by people described as familiar with the investigation, but not otherwise identified. Those same accounts said Wilson told investigators that after Brown fled the vehicle, he turned around in a threatening manner, prompting Wilson to fire the fatal shots. But some witnesses said Brown had his hands up. The Justice Department, which is investigating, performed a third autopsy. Those results have not been released. Crump said Baden has asked to review several other pieces of evidence before he testifies.

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Nikiski, Homer head off to state volleyball Mariners enter tournament as Region III champs, while Bulldogs start as No. 3 seed from SSC By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

The Homer and Nikiski volleyball squads both punched their tickets to the Class 3A state championship tournament with big wins last Saturday, and both share the same goal of winning a state championship. But the road to the postseason has looked very different for the two schools. The Class 3A state tournament gets under way today with a slate of six matches at the Wells Fargo Sports Complex and the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage. Homer — the top seed out of the Southcentral Conference — and Nikiski — the No. 3 seed — start with morning games against formidable competition. Homer surprised a few folks with a 3-1 upset of No. 1 Grace Christian in Saturday’s Region III championship match, while Nikiski came back from an opening day loss to earn its state spot in the third-place game. Homer entered the weekend with a 7-5 record in Southcentral Conference play in 2014, better than Nikiski’s 6-6 mark, but much further behind the 11-1

showing Grace had put up. “We definitely felt good about winning the championship,” said Homer coach Beth Trowbridge. “They worked really hard and I felt like we earned it. “But we’re not necessarily feeling like the favorites, I think we just feel like we played better than Grace, and played to our potential. It boosted our confidence, if anything.” A conference title does not mean anything heading into the state tournament, where the big dogs reign supreme. Since 2010, Mt. Edgecumbe and Grace Christian have made the Class 3A state championship their own playground, meeting the final match each of the last four years, with both squads winning two titles apiece. Nikiski coach Stacey Segura hopes to change that this year. “It’s about time for someone new,” she said. Nikiski opens up with Mt. Edgecumbe, the top seed from the Southeast Conference, and Segura said Braves are one of a few teams she sees as the favorite to win it all, along with Grace, Monroe-Catholic and Valdez. The Mariners begin their assault with

a matchup against the second seed from the Western Conference, the Nome Nanooks. The state championship game is set for 1 p.m. Saturday, with the last remaining team from the winner’s bracket meeting up against the final team standing from the loser’s “second chance” bracket. If the latter of the two teams wins, an “if necessary” championship game will be played at roughly 2:45 p.m. “I think Grace is gonna be going after Homer again,” Segura said. “I just hope the third place seed kind of keeps us out of the spotlight. I hope other schools overlook us.” Segura said Homer winning the Southcentral tournament over Grace didn’t really come as a surprise. “I knew Homer would do their homework and study Grace,” she said. “They earned that game, they worked hard. Once they (won) that second game, Grace kind of slowed, and the intensity kind of settled down a bit.” Before the championship game on Saturday, Homer had to beat Anchorage Christian Schools for the chance to move on to the Region III title game, and did so with a resounding three-

game sweep. But more importantly, it represented the Mariner’s first state berth since 2003. “I don’t know if it has,” Trowbridge said. “I think everybody realizes that it’s a pretty neat thing and a neat way to end the season, but we’ve been trying hard as coaches to not build it up too much and give them any unnecessary pressure.” Trowbridge has been the coach of the Homer volleyball team before the school dropped down from the Class 4A level, and was with the team the last time the Mariners went to state. The veteran coach said her squad is experienced and mature enough to handle the big pressure situations. It’s because of their patience and willingness to be coached that the Mariners have gotten this far, said Trowbridge. “That’s been their goal, to win state, and they know they have to work really hard,” Trowbridge said. “They’re willing to be patient and work on skills they need to work on to be a better team. At the Region III tournament, the Mariners got big games out of outside hitter Larsen Fellows and middle hitter

Kyla Pitzman, which will again be important against the team they open the state tournament with today at 11:15 a.m. — Nome, a team that Homer has not played in years. “I don’t know anything about them,” Trowbridge admitted. “We’ve seen other teams in their conference come out and play strong, like Barrow, and I know the western teams have strong serving and are strong defensively, because they’re not always the tallest.” Nikiski sealed its fate Saturday in the Region III tournament with a dominating straight-sets victory over Cordova in the third-place game — the winner-takes-all match that decided which team goes to state and which team goes home. “I was really pleased with how well we worked together,” said Nikiski coach Stacey Segura. “We really worked hard to make sure we were consistent, and that creates so much less stress for us coaches.” The Bulldogs may have been lucky just to have been in the tournament third-place game. After an extended October slump See STATE, page A-8

Griffin charged KEN RITTER Associated Press

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Los Angeles Clippers star Blake Griffin is facing a misdemeanor battery charge stemming from a scuffle with a man at a Las Vegas Strip nightclub, according to court records obtained Wednesday. The 25-year-old Griffin is due for arraignment Dec. 8 before a Las Vegas justice of the peace on a charge that could get him up to a year in jail if he is convicted. The criminal complaint was filed Friday, and a summons was issued for his arrest. The Clippers were aware of the complaint, team spokesman

Seth Burton said, but had no immediate comment. It wasn’t immediately clear if Griffin had a Las Vegas lawyer handling the case. Las Vegas police said last month that they were investigating a man’s claim that Griffin attacked him early Oct. 19. The complaint lists the victim as Daniel Schuman. An attempt to reach Schuman by telephone wasn’t immediately successful. The celebrity news website TMZ quoted Schuman saying that Griffin grabbed his neck, took his cellphone and slapped him after he took a photo at Tao nightclub at the Venetian resort.

Ducks top Kings The Associated Press

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Ryan Kesler netted two thirdperiod goals and scored again in the shootout, leading the Anaheim Ducks past the Los Angeles Kings 6-5 on Wednesday night in the first Freeway Faceoff of the season. Ryan Getzlaf scored the tying goal with 1:39 left in regulation as Anaheim survived a dramatic finish to the Southern California rivals’ first meeting since the Kings beat the Ducks in seven grueling second-round playoff games last spring. Marian Gaborik and Justin Williams scored third-period goals for the defending Stanley Cup champions, who blew a two-goal lead in the final six minutes of regulation. Jakob Silfverberg scored his first goal of the season before putting a shootout goal past Jonathan Quick, who stopped 44 shots for Los Angeles. Anze Kopitar scored his first penalty-shot goal and matched

Drew Doughty with a goal and an assist apiece for the Kings. Jason LaBarbera made 14 saves for Anaheim after relieving Frederik Andersen, stopping Jeff Carter and Kopitar in the shootout. MAPLE LEAFS 6, RUINS 1 TORONTO (AP) — Phil Kessel scored twice, and Toronto tallied four goals during a nine-minute stretch to chase Vezina Trophy-winner Tuukka Rask and rout Boston. Kessel now has 10 goals this season. Morgan Rielly, Tyler Bozak, James van Riemsdyk and Peter Holland also scored for the Maple Leafs. Jonathan Bernier made 25 saves despite not being tested much. Rask allowed four goals on 16 shots before being replaced by backup Niklas Svedberg in the second period. Dennis Seidenberg scored Boston’s only goal.

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New Orleans Pelicans guard Eric Gordon (10) goes to the basket against Los Angeles Lakers center Jordan Hill (27) in the first half of an NBA basketball game in New Orleans, Wednesday.

Pelicans send Lakers to 1-7 Reeling Los Angeles squad continues to freefall to start season The Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Anthony Davis had 25 points, 12 rebounds and six blocked shots, and the New Orleans Pelicans pulled away from the reeling Los Angeles Lakers for a 109-102 victory Wednesday night. Tyreke Evans had 19 points and 11 assists for New Orleans. Ryan Anderson and Jrue Holiday each added 17 points. Kobe Bryant scored 33 on 10-of-28 shooting, one night

after setting the NBA record for most missed field goals in a career. Carlos Boozer had 16 points and Jeremy Lin 15 for the Lakers, who dropped to 1-7. The Lakers were as close as 63-60 in the middle of the third quarter, but the Pelicans closed the period on a 22-12 run that included nine points from Holiday. New Orleans outscored Los Angeles 60-34 in the paint and shot 54.9 percent compared to

41.7 percent for the Lakers. ROCKETS 113, TIMBERWOLVES 101 MEXICO CITY (AP) — Dwight Howard had 22 points and 10 rebounds, James Harden scored 23 points and added 10 assists, and Houston beat Minnesota in the NBA’s first regularseason game played south of the border since 1997. Howard, who missed the Rockets’ only loss of the season Saturday against Golden State, came back strong. He was 9 of 16

from the field and blocked four shots in 33 minutes. Trevor Ariza had 19 points and Kostas Papanikolau scored a career-high 14 for the Rockets (7-1), who tied Memphis for the best record in the Western Conference. With point guard Ricky Rubio sidelined indefinitely after spraining his left ankle last Friday, the Timberwolves lost their third in a row. Corey Brewer scored 18 points for Minnesota. The teams played without a problem nearly a year after a See NBA, page A-8

Kershaw, Kluber named Cy Young award winners BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Everyone expected Clayton Kershaw to pitch a shutout, and he did — a unanimous choice for the NL Cy Young Award. Corey Kluber edging out Felix Hernandez for the AL pitching prize, that was no sure thing. Now, the big question: Is Kershaw the Most Valuable Player, too? “I can’t even really fathom it happening,” Kershaw said on a conference call Wednesday, shortly after winning his third Cy Young in four seasons. Kershaw led the majors in victories and ERA and threw a no-hitter, going 21-3 with a 1.77 ERA for the NL West champion Los Angeles Dodgers. The 26-year-old lefty with a wicked curveball will find out Thursday if he’s the first NL pitcher to sweep the MVP and Cy Young honors since Bob Gibson in 1968. “I think a lot of things probably

have to go right,” Kershaw said, adding, “there are so many people out there who don’t think a pitcher should win.” Pittsburgh center fielder Andrew McCutchen, who won the NL MVP last year, and Miami slugger Giancarlo Stanton are competing against Kershaw for honor. “Everybody’s going to have an opinion” on the position player-vs.pitcher debate, Kershaw said. His thought? “I don’t really have an opinion either way,” he said, diplomatically. “I think most valuable is such a tough thing to assess,” he said. Kershaw won the Cy Young for the second year in a row, getting all 30 first-place votes in balloting by members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Johnny Cueto of Cincinnati was second with 112 points, followed by Adam Wainwright of St. Louis (97) and World Series MVP Madison Bum-

garner of San Francisco (28). Voting was completed before the postseason began. Kershaw went 0-2 with a 7.82 ERA in a Division Series loss to St. Louis, leaving him at 1-5 with a 5.12 ERA in his playoff career. “For me, personally, the season didn’t end the way I wanted to,” Kershaw said. Kluber’s dominant second half helped him draw 17 of 30 first-place votes and 169 points, while Seattle ace King Felix got 13 firsts and 159 points. Chris Sale of the Chicago White Sox was third with 78 points. “I think I’m definitely surprised,” said Kluber, who “just assumed” Hernandez would win. Nicknamed “Klubot” for his stoic demeanor, his plans after the announcement were far from flashy. “Probably go home and give my daughters a bath,” he said. A 28-year-old righty, Kluber went 18-9 to tie for the AL lead in wins. He had a 2.44 ERA in his first full major C

league season and 269 strikeouts, two behind league leader David Price. Kluber had consecutive 14-strikeout games in September, not done since Arizona’s Randy Johnson in 2004. He became Cleveland’s fourth Cy Young winner, joining Gaylord Perry (1972), CC Sabathia (2007) and Cliff Lee (2008). “To have your name mentioned along with theirs in certain categories is humbling,” Kluber said. Hernandez, who won the AL award in 2010, went 15-6 with a league-leading 2.14 ERA. He struck out 248 in 236 innings. “I don’t know what to say. That was tough,” Hernandez said. “A little disappointed.” Kershaw won the major league season opener in Australia on March 22, then a strained upper back put him on the disabled list for the first time in his seven-year career. Once he returned, he kept looking more and more like his friend,

Dodgers Hall of Fame lefty Sandy Koufax. Kershaw joined Koufax as one of nine pitchers with at least three Cy Youngs. Roger Clemens leads the list with seven. The previous pitcher with a unanimous win was Detroit’s Justin Verlander, who took the AL Cy Young and MVP in 2011. A year earlier, Philadelphia’s Roy Halladay unanimously won the NL Cy Young. Verlander is among six AL pitchers to take the Cy Young and MVP since Gibson’s NL sweep nearly a half-century ago. Kershaw became the first pitcher to lead the majors in ERA for four straight years. He topped baseball this season in complete games and was best among starters in strikeouts per nine innings and WHIP (walks plus hits per inning). He struck out 239 in 198 1-3 innings, three behind NL co-leaders Stephen Strasburg and Cueto.

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Brooklyn at Golden State, 6:30 p.m. All Times ADT

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Toronto 7 1 Brooklyn 4 3 Boston 3 4 New York 2 7 Philadelphia 0 7 Southeast Division Washington 6 2 Miami 5 3 Atlanta 4 3 Charlotte 3 5 Orlando 3 6 Central Division Chicago 6 2 Cleveland 3 3 Milwaukee 4 4 Indiana 3 6 Detroit 2 6

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Wednesday’s Games Washington 107, Detroit 103 Atlanta 100, Utah 97 Indiana 81, Miami 75 Oklahoma City 109, Boston 94 Orlando 97, New York 95 New Orleans 109, L.A. Lakers 102 Phoenix 112, Brooklyn 104 Portland 130, Denver 113 Houston 113, Minnesota 101 Thursday’s Games Sacramento at Memphis, 4 p.m. Chicago at Toronto, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at Dallas, 4:30 p.m.

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EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Tampa Bay 16 11 3 2 24 Montreal 16 11 4 1 23 Toronto 16 9 5 2 20 Boston 17 10 7 0 20 Detroit 15 7 3 5 19 Ottawa 15 7 4 4 18 Florida 13 5 4 4 14 Buffalo 17 3 12 2 8 Metropolitan Division Pittsburgh 14 10 3 1 21 N.Y. Islanders 15 10 5 0 20 Washington 15 7 5 3 17 Philadelphia 14 7 5 2 16 N.Y. Rangers 15 7 6 2 16 New Jersey 16 7 7 2 16 Carolina 14 5 6 3 13 Columbus 15 4 10 1 9 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Nashville 15 10 3 2 St. Louis 15 10 4 1 Chicago 16 9 6 1 Winnipeg 16 8 6 2 Minnesota 14 7 7 0 Dallas 15 5 6 4 Colorado 17 4 8 5 Pacific Division Vancouver 17 12 5 0 Anaheim 16 10 3 3 Calgary 17 9 6 2 Los Angeles 15 8 4 3 San Jose 17 8 7 2 Arizona 15 6 8 1 Edmonton 16 6 9 1 NOTE: Two points for a win, point for overtime loss.

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Wednesday’s Games Anaheim 6, Los Angeles 5, SO Toronto 6, Boston 1 Thursday’s Games Colorado at N.Y. Rangers, 3 p.m. Winnipeg at Carolina, 3 p.m. Boston at Montreal, 3:30 p.m. San Jose at Tampa Bay, 3:30 p.m. Nashville at St. Louis, 4 p.m.

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game between the San Antonio Spurs and Timberwolves was canceled because a short circuit in a generator room sent smoke and fumes inside the Mexico City Arena during warmups.

PACERS 81, HEAT 75 MIAMI (AP) — Chris Copeland scored 17 points and put Indiana ahead to stay on a layup with 43 seconds left, and Roy Hibbert had 16 points and 15 rebounds to help the undermanned Pacers beat Miami. Donald Sloan added 15 points for Indiana, which has won two straight after a 1-6 start. Dwyane Wade scored 20 for Miami, which trailed by seven in the fourth quarter before tying the game twice but never recapturing the lead. The Pacers outrebounded Miami 53-28, and the Heat missed 10 of 18 free throws. Chris Bosh was held to a season-low nine points on 3-for-13 shooting. Miami had three late shots at the lead, but a jumper by Luol Deng missed, Hibbert blocked a dunk attempt by Deng, and Bosh airballed a 3-pointer.

Buffalo at Minnesota, 4 p.m. Arizona at Calgary, 5 p.m. Ottawa at Edmonton, 5:30 p.m. All Times ADT

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TRAIL BLAZERS 130, NUGGETS 113 DENVER (AP) — Damian Lillard had 27 points and a seasonhigh nine assists as Portland used a huge first half to hand skidding Denver its sixth straight defeat. The Trail Blazers led 84-50 at halftime, one basket from matching the team record for points in a half (86) set against Golden State on Jan. 5, 1986. Portland showed no signs of fatigue, despite expending plenty of energy the night before in coming back from a 23-point deficit to hold off Charlotte at the buzzer. Robin Lopez scored 15 of his 19 points in the decisive first half. LaMarcus Aldridge finished with 12.

WIZARDS 107, PISTONS 103 WASHINGTON (AP) — John Wall had 27 points and 11 assists as Washington held off Detroit. The teams traded the lead on five consecutive baskets before Wall’s jumper with 1:11 to play put the Wizards ahead 101-100. Marcin Gortat, who had 13 points and 14 rebounds, dunked with 38 seconds to play, giving Washington a three-point lead. Rasual Butler had 18 points for the Wizards. His two free throws with 4 seconds to play put Wash-

Cincinnati at New Orleans, 9 a.m. Denver at St. Louis, 9 a.m. Houston at Cleveland, 9 a.m. Atlanta at Carolina, 9 a.m. Tampa Bay at Washington, 9 a.m. San Francisco at N.Y. Giants, 9 a.m. Oakland at San Diego, 12:05 p.m. Detroit at Arizona, 12:25 p.m. Philadelphia at Green Bay, 12:25 p.m. New England at Indianapolis, 4:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 17 Pittsburgh at Tennessee, 4:30 p.m. All Times ADT

Transactions BASEBALL American League KANSAS CITY ROYALS С Agreed to terms with INF Ryan Roberts and LHP Joe Paterson on minor league contracts. MINNESOTA TWINS С Named Gene Glynn third base coach and Rudy Hernandez assistant hitting coach and signed them to oneyear contracts. NEW YORK YANKEES С Agreed to terms with LHP Jose De Paula on a one-year contract. TORONTO BLUE JAYS С Acquired 2B Devon Travis from Detroit for OF Anthony Gose. National League CHICAGO CUBS С Claimed RHP Donn Roach off waivers from San Diego. LOS ANGELES DODGERS С Agreed to terms with SS Frank Sanchez, SS Edwin Reyes and C-INF Jerson Dometilia on minor league contracts. PITTSBURGH PIRATES С Acquired C Francisco Cervelli from the New York Yankees for LHP Justin Wilson. WASHINGTON NATIONALS С Signed bench coach Randy Knorr, pitching coach Steve McCatty, hitting coach Rick Schu, third base coach Bobby Henley, first base coach Tony Tarasco, bullpen coach Matt LeCroy and defensive coordinator/advance coach Mark Weidemaier to 2015 contracts. FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS С Signed DE

Bryan Johnson from the practice squad. CHICAGO BEARS С Signed WR B.J. Cunningham and G Antoine McClain to the practice squad. CLEVELAND BROWNS С Signed LB D.J. Smith to the practice squad. MINNESOTA VIKINGS С Signed TE Ryan Otten to the practice squad. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS С Activated WR Joseph Morgan from the suspended list. Placed S Vinnie Sunseri on injured reserve. Signed RB Brian Leonard and S Jamarca Sanford. Released C Eric Olsen. NEW YORK GIANTS С Placed RB Michael Cox on injured reserve. Signed RB Orleans Darkwa from Miami’s practice squad. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS С Placed TE Zach Miller on injured reserve. Signed LB Allen Bradford from Cleveland’s practice squad. Released LB L.J. Fort from the practice squad. Placed RB Demitrius Bronson and DE Julius Warmsley on the practice squad/injured reserve list. Signed FB Stanley Havili, DE Ryan Robinson and RB Cierre Wood to the practice squad. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS С Signed CB C.J. Wilson from the practice squad. Signed LB Jeremy Grable and G Jeremiah Warren to the practice squad. HOCKEY National Hockey League MINNESOTA WILD С Reassigned D Jonathon Blum and F Stephane Veilleux to the Iowa (AHL). MONTREAL CANADIENS С Assigned D Jarred Tinordi to Hamilton (AHL). SOCCER USL PRO ARIZONA UNITED С Signed MF Jose Cuevas to a multiyear contract. COLLEGE BARUCH С Named Artem Gorbachevskiy director of operations for the men’s and women’s tennis. LA SALLE С Named Andrew McGlynn video coordinator for the men’s basketball program.

ington ahead 107-103. Butler to lose 104-100. This time, they made seven of his eight field goal trailed 85-84 midway through the attempts. final period before taking control. Carmelo Anthony scored 27 points for the Knicks, who were held THUNDER 109, to 19 in the fourth quarter and still CELTICS 94 haven’t reached 100 this season. BOSTON (AP) — Reggie Jackson had 28 points and eight assists, HAWKS 100, JAZZ 97 and Anthony Morrow scored 28 to ATLANTA (AP) — Paul Milllift injury-riddled Oklahoma City sap had 30 points and 17 rebounds, over Boston. It was the second win in six and Jeff Teague added 17 points to games for the Thunder, who are help Atlanta beat Utah. Kyle Korver’s 3-pointer from missing stars Kevin Durant and the left wing with 58 seconds to Russell Westbrook. Jackson, a standout at nearby play put the Hawks up 100-97 Boston College from 2008-11, and marked the game’s 18th lead posted his big game a night after change. Alec Burks finished with 22 scoring a career-high 29 in a loss points and Derrick Favors scored at Milwaukee. Rajon Rondo just missed his 20 for the Jazz. Utah led by eight with 4:34 second triple-double of the season with 20 points, 12 assists and nine remaining, but the Jazz failed to rebounds. Avery Bradley added 17 score again, missing their final points for Boston, which had won seven shots. its last two.

MAGIC 97, KNICKS 95 NEW YORK (AP) — Evan Fournier scored a career-high 28 points and Orlando bounced back from a poor finish with a good one, handing New York its sixth straight loss. Nikola Vucevic added 20 points and 13 rebounds for the Magic, who led by 11 after three quarters in Toronto a night earlier, only

SUNS 112, NETS 104 PHOENIX (AP) — Gerald Green came off the bench to score 28 points and Phoenix erased a 19-point deficit to beat Brooklyn. Isaiah Thomas added 17 points in a reserve role for the Suns. In addition to his scoring, Green came up with a steal that led to a fast-break layup and three-point play by Goran Dragic for a 106-99 lead.

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left Nikiski grasping for life in the Southcentral Conference, the odds of a state berth — let alone staying alive in the region tournament — began to quickly fade. Segura said it was a tough time for the team, as they struggled to figure out why the wins suddenly stopped coming. “It became about whether they showed up and worked hard,” Segura said. “The big thing has been make sure you work hard now so you don’t really have to later. If you’re down two games because you didn’t show up and play, you’re going to have to work really hard to win three games.” However, the snapping point came in late October in a nonconference match against Kenai Central. Nikiski beat the Kards in five sets, and did so in style, as the Bulldogs rallied back from an 0-2 deficit by winning the final three games, including the final all-or-nothing set. “That slump put us on that side of winning or losing, and it made them see it,” Segura said. “Once they got that win against Kenai, it changed things around.” After the clutch victory over Kenai, the Bulldogs managed to find new life and finish the regular season strong enough to claim the fifth seed at the Region III tournament. “I think it showed we were a young team and had a lot of work we needed to do,” said senior libero Laura Hufford. “The communication and chemistry was at a low point, but it came back in our game against Kenai. I mean, halfway through that game, I think we decided we’d play hard no matter what.” Nikiski senior setter Rachel Thompson added that the key factor at the time had been not the oncourt play, but rather the intangibles. “We decided as a team that night, we had a long heart to heart talk, no coaches involved, and we just talked about what was going wrong,” Thompson said. “I think that fixed it. We came back with team unity.” Thompson is one of four players remaining from the 2012 Nikiski squad that went to state, and said the tight-knit nature of the current squad has helped to improve the crucial elements of a good volleyball team. In a sport in which communication and chemistry form the main backbone to winning teams, the closeness that the Bulldogs have exhibited have helped carry the team. “I think we had more volleyball IQ on that team, because we had more seniors then, but we’re so close now,” Thompson said. “It’s like a family type

situation, and I love that. I’ve learned you have to cherish those moments at state.” Of the four players from the previous state team, only Thompson and Hufford actually return with on-court playing experience from the 2012 big dance. If they seem a bit nervous this time, they have good reason. They’ve been in this exact position before. Nikiski begins its tournament with a 9:45 a.m. matchup with the top seed from the Southeast Conference, the Mt. Edgecumbe Braves. In 2012, the matchup was identical, and the Braves came away with a 3-1 win to propel themselves to the 3A state title that year. Of course, Nikiski was a much different squad then, and Segura was only in her first year as a volleyball coach. “Now, I feel like I have a little more experience with what to expect,” Segura explained. “I had a team then that didn’t have as much chemistry, but a lot of great athletes. This year, I think the girls may not be the best hitters, but they have really good chemistry, and that’s exciting.” In the 2012 meeting between the two schools, Segura put Hufford in as a late addition at libero. “It was an interesting experience,” Hufford recalled. “It was my sophomore year and I didn’t play a lot of varsity. In fact I didn’t go to regions, and coach put me in last second. I was a little rattled. “But this time, I’ve had this position for two straight seasons.” Thompson and Hufford both realize that in order to slow the Braves down, a lot of focus will be put on Mt. Edgecumbe senior Taryn White, a powerful outside hitter that has been the driving force behind the Braves’ string of championship runs. “Taryn White is a phenomenal hitter,” Hufford said. “We’ll be matching our rotation to have a strong blocker, depending on where she goes. If she puts it down on the short court, it’s anybody’s ball to block.” Thompson pointed to Nikiski sophomore Ayla Pitt as the leading candidate that will have to deal with White the most. Pitt, the leading blocker for the Bulldogs, may have her hands full on Nikiski’s front line, but coach Segura said the experience and leadership of Thompson and Hufford has helped her all year. “You can see it rubs off on the other girls,” Segura said about the two seniors. “The other girls see that and idolize that and I think it’s important. Two years ago, we lost two games and were done. “This year I told the girls we want to prove to other teams we belong.”

Taveras confirmed to have been drunk at time of crash DIONISIO SOLDEVILA Associated Press

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals rookie outfielder Oscar Taveras was drunk at the time of his fatal car crash last month in his Caribbean homeland, an of-

ficial in the Dominican Republic said Wednesday. Tessie Sanchez, a spokeswoman for the Dominican attorney general’s office, told The Associated Press toxicology reports showed Taveras had a blood-alcohol level five times the country’s legal limit when

he lost control of his car Oct. 26 on a highway in the tourist region of Puerto Plata. The 22-year-old Taveras was “legally intoxicated when he crashed,” Sanchez said. “Until we have the opportunity to review the official report, we cannot confirm details,”

Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak said in a statement. “While we are still working to obtain the facts, it won’t change the fact that this is a terrible tragedy. We have an obligation to use this as an opportunity to educate our players that they must take responsibil-

ity for themselves both on and off the field,” he said. Taveras hit .239 with three homers and 22 RBIs in 80 games this year. He homered against the Giants in his major league debut on May 31. He also had a big solo drive in the seventh inning of Game 2 in

the NL Championship Series against San Francisco. Taveras was a teenager when he signed with the Cardinals as an international free agent in 2008. Before this season, he was ranked the No. 3 overall prospect by MLB.com and Baseball America.

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Week 11: Law of averages hits once again By NOLAN ROSE For the Peninsula Clarion

The Law of Averages continues to confound the Sultan of Sides. Another near .500 week (7-6 ATS) leaves the column at 81-65-1 for the year. A number of bizarre results a week ago foiled what could have been a positive mark. Siding with the Cincinnati Bengals, Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Carolina Panthers proved particularly startling. Have you ever seen a quarterback play worse than the Bengals Andy Dalton last Thursday? Dalton was impossibly bad. If the Red Rocket had my psyche on the ropes, the Pittsburgh Steelers meltdown in New York knocked me out. The Steelers losing to the New York Jets is inexplicable. As if my confidence hadn’t suffered enough I was on the Panthers side in the week’s final contest, which seemed like a good idea until the game started. Somehow in between that mess of picks we found a couple of winners to salvage the week. There are better days ahead with a number of great games on the NFL schedule. The Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins start the week in a matchup of AFC playoff hopefuls. Sunday’s games of note include the Seahawks-Chiefs, Patriots-Colts, Eagles-Packers, and Lions-Cardinals. You can even set your NFL Ticket dial to the Bucs-Redskins if you want to make your eyes vomit. The NFL is all about providing its audience with options! Buffalo Bills @ MIAMI DOLPHINS -6

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Thursday night kicks off week 11 with an interesting matchup of AFC East rivals. The Dolphins and Bills are traditionally preparing for draft day come November, but oddly both teams sit at 5-4, still in the thick of the playoff race. This contest amounts to an elimination game. I don’t see the loser reaching ten wins. The likely number needed to earn a playoff berth. The edge goes to the home side. Ryan Tannehill has performed admirably at Quarterback in recent weeks, and the once meager Dolphins defense more closely resembles sharks on Sunday. Dolphins win 24-13

MINNESOTA VIKINGS @ Chicago Bears -3.5 Ha! Da Bears are a field goal plus favorite in a professional football game? Impossible! If the Bears were playing the Minnesota Golden Gophers I would consider the home side, but it’s the Vikings coming to town. Incredibly, Chicago has been outscored 80-7 in the first half of their last two contests… Wow. That’s called quitting. Sports enthusiasts are left with no choice but to fade the Bears until signs of competence emerge. Vikings win 30-23 HOUSTON TEXANS @ Cleveland Browns -3.5 Ryan Mallett is getting his first NFL start this Sunday for the Houston Texans after years of backing up Tom Brady in New England. Former QB Ryan Fitzpatrick, a Harvard graduate, undoubtedly could solve a rubrics cube more efficiently than his replacement, but Mallett can throw ball further than 15 yards, which is sure to help the Texans passing attack. Call me stubborn, but I still don’t think the Cleveland Browns are a good football team. Texans win 20-17 SEATTLE SEAHAWKS @ Kansas City Chiefs -1 I’m jumping all over the chance to back the defending Super Bowl Champions without laying a point. The Seahawks have won three straight to resurrect their postseason hopes led by the re-discovery of Marshawn Lynch. Beast Mode was in full force last Sunday leading the Seahawks to a franchise record 350 yards rushing against the New York Giants. Of course, the Chiefs aren’t the Giants. Kansas City, riding a four game winning streak, is a quality side. In a close game Russell Wilson gains an edge over his counterpart Alex Smith. Seahawks win 17-14 ATLANTA FALCONS @ Carolina Panthers -1.5 Cam Newton is a terrible quarterback. It’s one thing to stink on Monday Night Football, with a national audience watching, it’s another thing to get badly outplayed by “The Sanchize”. At this

point retiring is an honorable option for the embattled Newton. Atlanta is hardly watchable, making this one of the least interesting games in recent memory. I’m contractually obligated to make a selection in each NFL game. Falcons win 28-21 CINCINNATI BENGALS @ New Orleans Saints -7.5 As bad as Cam Newton was last Monday night the Bengals Andy Dalton was much worse against the Cleveland Browns. Dalton was awful. My girlfriend could have played better. In fact, Dalton’s performance may have been the worst I’ve ever seen. Small children were injured watching it. That’s how bad it was. I’ve been wrong on the Saints all year. I’m confident siding with the Bengals is a colossal error, but taking the Saints minus a touchdown seems like a reach. Saints win 28-24 Tampa Bay Bucs @ WASHINGTON REDSKINS -7 For as much as the NFL likes to boast about parity the Tampa Bay Bucs make for a great rebuttal. Tampa is a horrendous football team that can ill afford a victory this weekend. Currently the 1-8 Bucs are racing towards a bottom two finish. The Oakland Raiders are the only team with a worse mark, and the Raiders already have a young quarterback they want to build around. If Tampa can continue to lose they should be positioned to select a quarterback with a pulse in next year’s NFL Draft. Redskins win 30-17 DENVER BRONCOS @ St. Louis Rams +10 The NFL is providing us with another doozy when the Denver Broncos visit the St. Louis Rams. Facing Denver’s illustrious quarterback, Lord Manning, can be a daunting task, so the Rams are returning to the Shaun Hill experiment, citing that the move gives them the best chance to win. Let me repeat that, Shaun Hill gives the Rams the best chance to win against Peyton Manning. This could get real ugly. Broncos win 41-10 SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS @ New York Giants +4.5 The San Francisco 49ers are the

NFL’s version of the Walking Dead. Jim Harbaugh and his many alternate personalities just won’t die. Now, with many of its top players set to return from injury or suspension, the Bay Area Boys are poised to make a postseason push. Stick a fork in Tom Coughlin and the New York Giants. The only excitement surrounding New York City football is which team, the Jets or Giants, will fire their head coach first. 49ers win 30-14 OAKLAND RAIDERS @ San Diego Chargers -10.5 The San Diego Chargers were 5-1 and looked the part of a legitimate Super Bowl contender a month ago. Things change quickly in the NFL. Three straight defeats leave the Chargers on the brink of missing the playoffs. Fortunately, for lightning bolt fans, a much needed bye week is being followed by a matchup with the winless Oakland Raiders. The Raiders are the cure for losing streaks and there are no known side-effects! When will the Davis family finally relent and move the team to San Antonio, Los Angeles, or Afghanistan? The United States government should take notice. Why water-board the enemy when you can force captured terrorists to watch Oakland Raider football games? Chargers win 30-20 Philadelphia Eagles @ GREEN BAY PACKERS -6.5 As great as Mark Sanchez was for the Eagles on Monday Night I still want to see more before I confidently side with Philadelphia. The assumption is the Carolina Panthers ineptitude played a huge role in the quarterback’s success. If the Prince of Pick’em has ever been sure of anything in his life it’s that Aaron Rodgers and the Packers will provide a much stiffer challenge for Sanchez this Sunday. The Packers outscored the Bears 147-0 in the first half last week. That’s only a minor exaggeration. Packers win 38-27 DETROIT LIONS @ Arizona Cardinals -1.5 The Arizona Cardinals are hosting the Detroit Lions in a mid-November

showdown that could determine the top seed in the NFC playoffs. That’s a line that’s never been uttered in the history of human civilization! You never root for injuries, but from a Seahawks fan perspective, the Desert Bats losing quarterback Carson Palmer could be the leak that sinks the ship and allows Seattle back into the NFC West Division race. Detroit has won three straight games with scores on their final possession. It’s been a remarkable turnaround for a franchise that had mastered the art of losing in stunning fashion. Lions win 20-17 New England Patriots @ INDIANAPOLIS COLTS -2.5 The Chowder Heads aren’t going to go 14-2 this season and with a daunting schedule ahead of them it’s doubtful the Patriots stay at the top of the AFC. That regression towards the mean begins this week in Indiana. Andrew Luck has been nothing short of spectacular since I traded him off my fantasy team for Russell Wilson and Demaryius Thomas a month into the season. Obviously, I’m a huge Seattle homer, I readily admit that, but with Thomas involved and the opportunity to get my favorite teams quarterback I couldn’t pass up the opportunity. Luck has crushed me for my lack of loyalty. I have no greater fear than a Seahawks-Colts Super Bowl when the young wunderkind would surely put the final nail in my coffin! Colts win 30-27 PITTSBURGH STEELERS @ Tennessee Titans +6.5 The Pittsburgh Steelers provided a brilliant example of why picking NFL games ATS is nearly an impossible endeavor. After three straight wins, including 94 combined points scored against the Indianapolis Colts and Baltimore Ravens, the Steelers travelled to New York to play the hopelessly pathetic Jets. The Jets aren’t capable of scoring 94 points in an entire season! Surely Pittsburgh would cruise to an easy victory. Wrong. The Steelers fell 20-13. Pittsburgh gets another featherweight this week. Can the Steelers rebound from such a dismal performance? The Sultan of Sides says they can. Steelers win 24-10

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In an interview during a layover Wednesday, Sullivan said he was interested in serving on the commerce committee, given the importance of fisheries to the state. He also expressed interest in the environment and public works committee, where he said there would be opportunities to address one of the issues he campaigned on — the “overregulation of our economy” — and possibly the armed services committee. Sullivan is a Marine Corps reservist and served as an assistant secretary of state in President George W. Bush’s administration. He also has served as a state attorney general and natural resources commissioner. He acknowledged there will be a lot of competition for committee slots. “That’s why it’s important for me to get down there and start working it,” Sullivan said. As a senator, he said he would pursue policies of less government and more freedom, taking advantage of U.S. energy opportunities and protecting the most vulnerable in society, including women and children and veterans. During the campaign, Begich touted his rise in seniority since being elected in 2008, a rise aided by retirements, deaths and the ouster of longer-serving members. He serves with Alaska’s senior senator, Republican Lisa Murkowski, on the Senate Appropriations Committee. Begich noted that no state has ever had two members from the same party on that committee at the same time. Sullivan said he didn’t want to rehash the campaign. But he said clout only goes so far where

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there is a Senate majority leader and administration uninterested in allowing Alaskans to seize the opportunities in their state. Murkowski herself questioned what Alaskans had gained from having a Democratic senator serving while a Democratic president was in office. While the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge remains off limits to drilling — despite longstanding support for development from Alaska’s congressional delegation — Begich noted progress toward development offshore in the Arctic and in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. With Republicans regaining control of the Senate during this month’s elections, Murkowski is set to become the new chair of the Senate energy committee and chair of the Interior appropriations subcommittee, panels seen as important for Alaska. Republicans here, as in other parts of the country, made the election a referendum on Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid and President Barack Obama, who are unpopular in the state, and at seemingly every turn sought to tie Begich to them. Jim Lottsfeldt, who was treasurer of a pro-Begich super PAC called Put Alaska First, said he thought Begich ran a good campaign and did quite well considering the antiObama wave that swept across the country. There are far more registered Republicans in Alaska than Democrats, though independents comprise the largest bloc of voters. Lottsfeldt said if the race was about who would be the best senator, Begich would have won. But he said he knew if it became a referendum on national politics that would be trouble. sembly member was $19.95 plus the cost of the devices, according to the report. The shift in resource utilization helped the Borough save $327,500 last year. Because the process of purchasing the iPads through the city’s Information Technology department is not complete, the expense for the switch is not finalized, Saner said.

In the report Borough Clerk Johni Blankenship said the switch saved the borough $14,000 annually. Putting documents on iPads saved paper, photocopy costs and reduced staff labor from four full workdays to two full work-days for Reach Kelly Sullivan at kelputting packets together. ly.sullivan@peninsulaclarion. The cost of software per as- com.

Girl struck by car walking to bus stop By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion

A 9-year-old girl was hit by a car while she was walking to a bus stop on Poppy Ridge Road Wednesday. Alaska State Troopers first responded to the accident, which occurred shortly after 7:30 a.m. The girl had minor injuries and was taken to Central Peninsula Hospital by Central Emergency Services personnel. The driver of a Ford F-150, Tracy Cunningham, of Soldotna, was traveling down Poppy Ridge Road approaching Bonita Avenue when she observed a child in dark clothing walking in the middle of her lane. Cunningham attempted to swerve into the ditch to avoid the girl, but the driver’s side mirror struck the girl, according to a troopers report.

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Nuka’s survey of vessel traffic in the Cook Inlet discovered that 80 percent of the inlet transits made that year had been done by only 15 vessels, which Robertson referred to as the Inlet’s “frequent flyers.” “That is a huge advantage to safety in the environment that we operate in, because we have people that are working here and coming back time and time again,” Robertson said. Other elements of the study included a survey of spill cause and frequency, a simulation of response times to drifting vessels in danger of running aground, and an estimation of the impacts of seven hypothetical disaster scenarios involving different volumes of different spilled material in different locations of the inlet. The report concluded with recommendations for oil spill prevention and mitigation. These include enhanced training for ship crews, the expansion of cellular coverage, and greater emergency towing capacity in the southern region of the inlet, where the report concluded that such capacity was lacking. A larger change, intended to reduce the risk of oil spills

Troopers didn’t issue Cunningham a citation. Kenai Peninsula Borough Health and Safety Officer Brad Nelson said there is no sidewalk on Poppy Ridge Road and the girl was wearing all black clothes while it was still dark out. He said the driver didn’t see her until the last second but did her best to avoid hitting the girl directly. In response to the incident, the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District issued a press release asking parents to make sure their children are visible at bus stops and while walking or riding bikes. The release suggested that students wear reflective tape and bright clothing while traveling to and from school in the dark to increase visibility. Reflective tape is available from Kenai Peninsula Safe Kids and can

be placed on jackets, backpacks and caps. The school district will review the incident regarding the location of bus stops and routes to school and take corrective action if necessary, according to the release. School officials and community members have expressed safety concerns in the Poppy Ridge Road area with students walking to the nearby Kenai Peninsula College Kenai River Campus and K-Beach Elementary School along the same route. Recently, the Kenai Peninsula Borough appropriated a state grant of $463,100 to extend a lighted paved pathway on Poppy Lane from Kalifornsky Beach Road to Poppy Ridge Road to the college. Superintendent Steve Atwater the school district has

worked with Alaska Christian College and KPC for three years to request state funding for the lighted pathway before the borough received capital funding for the project in April. Atwater said, in a previous Clarion interview, he is anxious to see project completed because so many students from the neighborhood walk to school in that area and he is concerned for children’s safety. Nelson said he has heard of complaints in the area but CES has not had many responses to pedestrians hit in the Poppy neighborhood. Troopers encouraged drivers to keep headlights clean of debris, watch for students and drive slow in school zones.

by reducing the number of oil tankers, is the creation of a pipeline across Cook Inlet from the Drift River Oil Terminal to the refinery in Nikiski. Although RCAC is strongly encouraging these measures, it has neither the authority nor the budget to implement them, “These are recommendations, and it’s up to industry to take those recommendations,” Munger said. He noted, however, that the RCAC will promote its recommendations by encouraging organizations operating in the Cook Inlet to band together for the formation of a Harbor Safety Committee. “This will be the vehicle to move a lot of those recommendations forward,” Munger said, of the proposed committee. Laying a foundation for that committee was the purpose of the Coast Guard presentation that followed Robertson’s report. The Coast Guard sent three members to the meeting to host this discussion. Coast Guard Lt. Eugene Chung outlined a possible structure for a Harbor Safety Committee made of voting and

non-voting members, in which the Coast Guard would belong to the latter category. In the former category he listed “port authorities, vessel owners, pilots, shipyards, labor, state and local agencies, recreational boaters, and the general public.” “It’s not another regulatory body,” Chung said. “It’s industry players, as well as the public, getting together with state and federal agencies, to come up with non-regulatory solutions.” During the comment period following the Coast Guard presentation, state Sen. Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna, asked what the specific purpose of the group would be. “We’ve got the RCAC, we’ve got many NGOs (non-governmental organizations), agencies, various independent groups in various stages of organization, a lot of committees, a lot of things we have to do,” Micciche said. “What’s the goal? We’re all interested in safely operating our waterway ... but is there potential for a group to be somewhat counterproductive?” In response, Mehler emphasized the flexibility of the Har-

bor Safety Committee’s collaborative framework, saying that it would suit the specific needs of its members. Having an organized group such the Harbor Safety Committee, Mehler said, would improve the Coast Guard’s ability to serve Cook Inlet users. “When you can justify a regulatory change or implementation based on the needs of a community that is going to be served by it, it makes my job easy,” Mehler said. “As the result of marine casualties, lawmakers want to put regulations out and make change. Accidents are going to happen, and if we, as users of the waterway, can have a bigger impact on mitigating and preventing those accidents, to come in with good standards instead of knee-jerk reactions and policies that are overarching over the entire industry ... we can move forward with being smart, and say what are the most important priorities for Cook Inlet.”

Reach Dan Balmer at daniel.balmer@peninsulaclarion. com.

Reach Ben Boettger at ben. boettger@peninsulaclarion. com.

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What’s Happening Best Bets n Kenai Peninsula College will host closing reception and demonstration for the “Twisted and Forged” exhibit by Brad Nichols. The reception is today from 4:30-6:00 p.m.; Brad will also give an artist’s talk as well. Brad’s studio demonstration this Friday, 9 a.m.-noon, 104 Ward; open to the public; no charge!

Events and Exhibits n “Looking for Inspiration,” a fiber art exhibit by Jan Wallace, is on display for November at the Kaladi coffee shop on Kobuk. Reception is 4:30-6 p.m. today. Kenai River Brewing hosts “A Plethora of Pair Paintings” by Sarah Glaves, a collection of fun mixed media, watercolor, and collage work. Runs through Dec. 1. n The Peninsula Art Guild is hosting two exhibits in November at the Kenai Fine Arts Center, 816 Cook Ave., Old Town Kenai, the Annual Watercolor Exhibit and the SoHi Art Club Exhibit. Art Center hours are noon-5 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday. Call 283-7040 for information. n Musicians and listeners are invited to a Blue Grass session at the Kenai United Methodist Church Sunday from 1 -4 p.m. Blue Grass enthusiasts should enter through the side door. The music occurs in the downstairs Fellowship Hall. The church is located across the street from Wells Fargo Bank at 607 Frontage Road in Kenai. For more information call Jim Evenson at 776-8060. n The third annual Recycled Runway Design Competition is Saturday at 3 p.m. in the Cooper Landing Community Club. Create a fashion forward garment with accessories from materials that are used, post-consumer, or on the way to a landfill. Sign up by Nov. 10 by filling out the entry form and sending it to CooperLandingRecycle@gmail.com. A complete list of rules and the registration form can be found at www.facebook.com/CooperLandingRecycle. Free to all ages. Hosted by AmeriCorps. n A new community choir, The Kenai Peninsula Singers, is open to everyone who wants to be there, whether it is their first time singing or they sang at The Met. The choir will rehearse every Tuesday night from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Kenai Central High School choir room. Call or email for more details: 907-283-2125 or simjnissen@gmail.com.

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n Veronica’s Cafe in old town Kenai has open mic from 6:309 p.m. Friday, and live music with The Charmers Daughters Saturday at 6:30 p.m. n Join Steve and Fern Holloway for karaoke every Saturday night at the Kenai Moose Lodge. Singing starts at 9 p.m. and everyone is welcome. n An all acoustic jam takes place every Thursday. The jam is at Christ Lutheran Church in Soldotna on the first Thursday of the month, and at the Kenai Senior Center during the rest of the month. Jam starts at 6:30 p.m. n AMVETS Post 4 is open to all military veterans and their families for support and camaraderie. Join us for Friday night tacos, or Saturday night steaks with Karaoke. Sunday afternoon its super hamburgers. Not a member? Stop by and we can show you how to become a part of this special veteran’s organization. AMVETS is located in the Red Diamond Center next door to IDEA Schools. n Sharpen your dart skills with a fun tournament every Sunday during the season at the AmVets in the Red Diamond Center. The number of players will determine the game. Sign up begins at 1:00 p.m. For more information call 262-3540. n Odie’s Deli in Soldotna has live music Friday from 6-8 p.m. and Pub Quiz night every Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. n The Bow bar in Kenai has karaoke at 9 p.m. Thursdays and live music Fridays, Saturdays at 10 p.m. n Hooligans Saloon in Soldotna has poker Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 5:30 p.m. and live music Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. n The Duck Inn on Kalifornsky Beach Road has karaoke at 9 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, and DJ Arisen on Saturdays. n Mykel’s in Soldotna has live music Thursdays from 6-9 See ARTS, page B-2

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The First Moon Walk Sophia Garbowski

That phallic rocket poised Towards the moon “Eagle” awaited a warm embrace From atomic fuel for thrust and power To send it out in space Encased within two men or three Collins, Armstrong and Aldrin You’ll see space suits clumsily hide These supermen who will take this ride How far away it used to seem To ever go there was just a dream Among the stones and dust on the moon How could lovers ever roam We’ve sung our songs of June and moon Now romance must take a trip Encased in space suits in This rocket ship Eagles never cold dare To follow Apollo there Poems must include the writer’s name, phone number and address. They should be kept to no more than 300 words. Submission of a poem does not guarantee publication. Poems may be e-mailed to news@peninsulaclarion. com, faxed to 283-3299, delivered to the Clarion at 150 Trading Bay Road or mailed to P.O. Box 3009, Kenai, AK 99611.

Detroit Symphony launches 1st educational webcast By JEFF KAROUB Associated Press

DETROIT — The Detroit Symphony Orchestra took a tour of more than 400 schools Wednesday in its hometown and beyond, but the road trip was a virtual one. Orchestra officials launched the first in a series of educational webcasts with two back-to-back performances that were viewed in 300 Detroit schools and 125 others nationwide — reaching about 40,000 students. The Classroom Edition is an extension of Live from Orchestra Hall, the free symphony webcast that launched in 2011 and now is watched in more than 100 countries. The goal of the new grant-funded, three-year series is to bring the webcasts to students by holding them during the day and incorporating interactive lesson plans for teachers. “This is ingenious,” said Jonathan Walker, dean of kindergarten through fourth-grade students at University Yes Academy, one of Detroit’s participating schools. “It broadens their horizons, and it exposes them to something that they’re typically not exposed to,” he added. “I hope it sparks something and maybe one day they’ll want to join (the orchestra), or maybe it will spark an interest in music.” The premiere of “An American Adventure” was hosted by actor and Detroit native Damon Gupton and featured the debut of assistant conductor Michelle Merrill. And it was, in fact, live from Orchestra Hall. The series is also an evolution of the orchestra’s Educational Concert Series,

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Mary-Kate Boyles, 7, gets lost in the music during a webcast by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra to students at Yes Academy Wednesday, Nov. 12, in Detroit. Boyles said, “This was the first day I’ve ever heard it. It was beautiful.” which brings Detroit students to see the orchestra. That continues, but officials recognized that some students will not come and it would be important to go to them. Paul Hogle, the ensemble’s executive vice president, said the funding will allow the orchestra to produce two webcasts in each of the three seasons. The series was developed with people who worked on the Public Broadcasting Service series “Sesame Street” and “3-2-1 Contact.”

Kristana Spearman, a 10th-grader at University Yes, said she usually listens to hip-hop and rap and gets her classical from “elevators and restaurants.” But the performance gave her new perspective and interest in the form. “I really like how they’re combining different things. ... I didn’t know you could do all that,” said Spearman, 16, who previously “tried” to play sax and cello. “It never seemed to work for me but I might try again,” she said.

Rain, rain, please go away Bookworm Sez Rain, rain, go away. That chant never worked when you wanted it to, did it? Yes, the rain eventually stopped and the sun eventually shined but, in the meantime, many of your childhood plans were ruined. Still, a little rain never killed anyone – or did it? Find out in “H2O” by Virginia Bergin. Your first official kiss should be one that’s memorable – and for fifteen-year-old Ruby Morris, hers absolutely was. Just not for the reasons you’d think. There she was at Zak’s party, in his parents’ hot tub with Caspar McCloud, the boy she’d had a crush on forever. It was exactly like a movie kiss: Caspar scooted over, put his arm around her, and it actually happened – until Zak’s dad, Barnaby, yanked

everybody inside, screaming something about the water, and it started to rain. That was weird. Nobody could understand what Barnaby was babbling about, and nobody was scared one bit. But then Caspar went outside because his MP3 player was on the lawn, getting wet. He was bloody when he came back in. It was the rain. The rain was the whole reason there were bodies everywhere, as Ruby learned later, after Zak’s mother tried to get Caspar to the hospital, after Zak’s mom picked up a damp towel and started to sweat, after she dropped Ruby off at home. Ruby learned that it was poisonous bacteria-filled rain, after her mom tossed the neighbor some medicine and accidentally got wet, then touched Ruby’s baby brother… Ruby’s step-father, Simon, tried to do See RAIN, page B-2

“Interstellar” is grand in scope, beautifully realized R eeling It In C hris J enness “Interstellar” Paramount Pictures 2 hour, 49 minutes There’s just no pleasing some people. Christopher Nolan’s latest is an ambitious sci-fi epic of just the sort that sci-fi nerds have been clamoring about for years. “Interstellar” is grand in scope, beautifully realized, and tackles big ideas without sacrificing a certain amount of action and thrills. Is it perfect? No, there are things about it that don’t work, a few plot holes here and there, and a few concepts that don’t really pan out as well as they could have, but the movie is so rich and massive in scale that these little issues are, for me anyway, unimportant. And for the majority of critics, Nolan has knocked it out of the park, almost making up for, in my opinion anyway, the over-cooked, over-blown “Dark Knight Rises.” But for those sci-fi nerds, those film-geek bloggers who have been hyping this movie for the last year, suddenly, Christopher Nolan is a hack. Suddenly “Interstellar” is three-hours of nonsensical C

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This photo released by Paramount Pictures shows, Matthew McConaughey, left, and Anne Hathaway, in a scene from the film, ‘”Interstellar,” from Paramount Pictures and Warner Brothers Pictures, in association with Legendary Pictures.

cheese and anyone who thinks otherwise has obviously been duped. This must be the secret hell of being one of these übergeeks: if the very thing that you thought was cool suddenly gains mainstream acceptance, you must immediately decry that thing as pat and lame and not worthy of your ohM

so-valuable time. To them I say, “this is the movie you wanted. If you don’t like it, why don’t you climb out of your parent’s basement and you go make the ultimate sci-fi adventure and we’ll see how far you get.” I’m sure Christopher Nolan doesn’t need See REEL, page B-2

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In socialist Venezuela, Barbie for the masses By HANNAH DREIER Associated Press

CARACAS, Venezuela — Socialism has embraced Barbie, just in time for Christmas. Mothers, grandmothers and beaming little girls are grabbing armfuls of the dolls in toy stores across Caracas, taking advantage of the government’s order that large chains sell the plastic figurines at fire-sale prices during the holiday shopping season. No sooner had saleswoman Crystal Casanova begun mounting a display of gleaming pink boxes on a recent weekday than a horde of women descended. Soon, she and her co-workers were letting customers grab the Barbies straight out of the Mattel-stamped cardboard cartons. Within minutes, the entire stock was gone, with the dolls selling for as little as 250 bolivars — $2.50 at the widely used black market conversion rate. Venezuela’s socialist government has long imposed price

caps on essential products, from milk to laundry detergent, and threatened merchants who hoard goods or sell them at unfairly high margins with jail time. Now President Nicolas Maduro is making the Barbie doll, often derided by leftists as a training tool for capitalist consumerism, a highlight of this year’s “Operation Merry Christmas,” which he presented as an effort to prevent speculators from ruining the holidays. Maduro’s mentor, the late President Hugo Chavez, once denounced “the stupidity of Barbie” and called for Venezuela to develop its own iconic children’s toys. Feminists, too, criticize the doll for presenting an unhealthy image of the female body, though in Venezuela, a land of beauty queens and abundant plastic surgery, it’s an image many women strive to meet. The toy isn’t the only product affected by the initiative. Across town from the Barbie

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bonanza, the government is selling big-ticket products directly to shoppers at a fraction of what they usually cost. Hundreds of Venezuelans have been camping out for a shot at buying plasma TVs, computers and refrigerators at a government-run fair that began this month. It’s the second year that the administration has sponsored this kind of Christmas special. Business leaders say that mandatory discounts on products sometimes force retailers to sell at a loss, discouraging imports and feeding shortages, though retailers declined to comment on the case of the Barbies. Government inspectors allege the stores are speculating with unfairly high prices, taking advantage of people’s need to buy Christmas presents. For shoppers contending with chronic shortages, hour-long checkout lines and the world’s highest inflation, the sporadic price cuts are a rare bright spot that even critics of Chavez’s socialist ideology can enjoy. Andrea Alberto, a 22-yearold student, managed to nab a stack of dolls for her stunned-

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Shoppers look at the selection of Barbie dolls for sale at a store in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday. Venezuelans are grabbing armfuls of the dolls in toy stores across Caracas, taking advantage of the government’s mandate that large chains sell the plastic figurines at fire-sale prices during the holiday shopping season.

looking 3-year-old, under whose arm she’d tucked an “I Can Be Cheerleader” Barbie, complete with sparkling pompoms. Last year, she had to pay dearly to put a brand-name doll under the tree. The more elaborate Barbie models go for 3,500 bolivars — three week’s

pay for someone earning minimum wage. “It’s his fault we’re in this mess, but I guess I have to admit I am benefiting from Chavismo right now,” Alberto said, laughing with her friends. Maria Gonzalez, who lives in one of Caracas’ hillside slums, snagged two deeply

discounted “Spa to Fab” Barbies, which go for $19.50 in the U.S. Her grandchildren love the dolls, she said, but she could never afford to buy them any. “They’re going to be so excited,” she said, and then went back to see if she could find a third box.

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with Robb Justice, and Fridays and Saturdays from 6:30-9:30 p.m. with Bob Ramponi and Dave Unruh. n The Duck Inn will have live music from 7 to 10 p.m. every Wednesday with Robb Justice and Trio. n The Pinochle Club, formally from Kasilof, will be playing at Hooligans Bar & Restaurant in Soldotna. Starting with a play day on Saturday Oct. 4 at 12:30 p.m. League will start on Sat. Oct. 11. Bring a partner and come along for some winter fun. Questions? Cal Jay Vienup at 907-252-6397. n The Performing Arts Society will present UAA professors Dr. Armin Abdihodzic, guitar, and Zach Milliman, tenor, in two school concerts on Wednesday Oct. 22, at Soldotna High School and Nikiski Middle-High School will be the venues. Music teachers Kent Peterson, Vernel Schneider and Kristen Dillon will be hosting the events. For more information, please call 283-3024.

Markets, fairs and bazaars n The Sterling Senior Center annual fall bazaar and bake sale is Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m-4 p.m. Handmade items and baked good will be available. Call the Center at 262-6808 or Glenda Graham at 262-2943. n Lutheran Women’s Missionary League members and members from the South Alaska Chapter of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans are hosting a Christmas Bazaar to help fund mission projects locally, nationally and internationally Saturday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Star of the North Lutheran Church, 216 N. Forest Drive in Kenai. Baked goods and craft items will be available for sale to provide funds for mission projects. For more information call 283-4153. n The SoHi Arts and Crafts Fair is 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Soldotna High School Commons. The event is a fundraiser for the Soldotna High School football team. n The Kenai Fine Arts Center annual arts and crafts fair will be held again at the Kenai Central High School Nov. 28-29. The fair includes more than 220 vendors with room for a few more. To rent a booth call Joyce at 260-5996. Santa Claus will be at the fair on Nov. 28 and Nov. 29 at Kenai Central High School. n The Peninsula Center Mall craft food fair is Nov. 21-22. Call 252-3292. n The 4th Annual Black Friday Bazaar will take place on Nov. 28-29 at the Challenger Learning Center in Kenai. For vendor information email: bazaar@douthits.com. n The Central Peninsula Hospital Auxiliary Annual Holiday Bazaar will be held Dec. 4 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Dec. 5 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The bazaar will be held in the Denali Conference Room at the hospital. n Nikiski Community Recreation Center is now taking vendor registration for annual Christmas Craft Fair on Dec. 13. For additional information, please call 776-8800.

Films n Call Orca Theaters at 262-7003 for listings and times. n Call Kambe Cinemas at 283-4554 for listings and times.

Down the Road n The Pratt Museum in Homer is open Tuesday-Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.. For more information and a schedule of events, visit www.prattmuseum.org. Submissions may be emailed to news@peninsulaclarion.com. The deadline is 5 p.m. Mondays.

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his best. There was once a time when she and Simon didn’t get along. He was bossy and tried to get her to learn the dumbest things. Usually, he made her roll her eyes til they hurt, but when the rain came down in sheets and there was nothing left in the house to drink, Simon was the one who figured out how to get water. When he died, too, Ruby decided she’d miss him but she hadn’t time to waste. She was terribly, horribly thirsty and besides, there was no way everybody could be dead, right? Her father lived in London and he was probably okay, right? And so, she found a car and started to drive… Confession Time: at first, I was no fan of “H2O.”

Author Virginia Bergin’s catalyst of a bacteria-laden asteroid is a bit of a cliché and Ruby is initially quite hard to take as she immediately, urgently launches into a tale that tumbles out like spillage. I wasn’t expecting that but, as you’ll come to see pretty quickly, abruptness is exactly what’s needed to fully feel this story. By the middle of the book, the lack of preamble was hardly an issue; as Ruby dodged raindrops and hysteria, I was busy flipping pages and thinking OMG, OMG, oh-my-goodness, what next?! While this is an excellent book for teens ages fourteen and up, I think adults will enjoy it, too. Don’t walk past it, if you’re a fan of post-Apocalyptic novels because “H2O” is definitely not all wet.

Marilyn’s lost love letters to be auctioned By JOHN ROGERS Associated Press

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — It’s no secret Joe DiMaggio loved Marilyn Monroe. The baseball great cried at her funeral and for 20 years had flowers placed at her crypt several times a week. The public displays were unusual for the famously stoic and private DiMaggio. Now, his heartbreak over the breakup of their marriage will get a rare public airing when “Marilyn Monroe’s Lost Archives” goes up for bid at Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills next month. “I love you and want to be with you,” DiMaggio said in one pained letter to Monroe from the collection, written when she announced she was filing for divorce after a matter of months in 1954. “There is nothing I would like better than to restore your confidence in me.” The 300 items also include love letters from Monroe’s third and final husband, playwright Arthur Miller. There’s also a handwritten letter from Monroe to Miller in which the woman who was arguably Hollywood’s greatest sex symbol muses about her many insecurities. DiMaggio wrote in his letter that he learned Monroe was leaving him when he saw her make the announcement on television. “My heart split even wider seeing you cry in front of all these people,” he wrote in the letter addressed to “Mrs. Joe DiMaggio” and mailed special delivery. Other letters in the collection come from such friends as Clark Gable, Cary Grant and Jane Russell, the latter imploring Monroe in 10 neatly handwritten pages to give her marriage to DiMaggio another chance. “It really gives you the chills

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me to defend him, but I’ll do it anyway. Matthew McConaghey plays Cooper, an ex-test pilot turned farmer in the near future. Nolan wisely refrains from giving us a start-date, but it would seem that within a few generations from now, environmental disaster will have struck the earth, rendering the breadbasket of America a giant dustbowl, and seeing the majority of the few people left alive turning to farming. Crops are failing and going extinct one by one and now corn comprises the majority of the food supply. Coop, now a widower, raises his two children on a large, but ultimately failing, farm with the help of his aged father-in-law, played by John Lithgow. Coop’s world-view is science-based, and rational, a The Bookworm is Terri rarity in a world looking for any Schlichenmeyer. Email her at philosophical lifeline to help it survive. When Coop’s daughter bookwormsez@gmail.com.

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This Friday photo shows part of a three-page handwritten letter and original envelope postmarked Oct. 9, 1954 from baseball legend Joe DiMaggio to Marilyn Monroe on display at Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills, Calif. The letter is among the 300 items that are part of “Marilyn Monroe’s Lost Archives” that go up for bid at Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills on Dec. 5-6, 2014.

when you read some of the stuff and see the intimacy and the personal nature of it,” said auction curator Martin Nolan, who spent nine months organizing and cataloging the collection. Auction owner Darren Julien estimates the pieces could fetch $1 million or more, noting a watercolor Monroe painted and planned to give to President John Kennedy went for $80,000 at an estate auction nine years ago. Monroe’s “collectability” has skyrocketed in recent years, driven in part by deep-pocketed Asian and European collectors with a fondness for American pop-culture artifacts, he said. The fact that the centerpiece of this collection is not just celebrity tchotchkes but deeply personal artifacts is also expected to fuel interest. “We anticipate a lot of fans will be here. They’ll fly in from all over the world,” said Julien, who will put the items on dis-

play to the public at his Beverly Hills gallery for four days before they go on the block Dec. 5-6. Monroe, who died of a drug overdose at age 36 in 1962, willed “The Lost Archives” to her mentor, the legendary acting coach Lee Strasberg. He gave it to a friend he trusted would take proper care. That friend’s family, which Julien said wants to remain anonymous, obviously met Strasberg’s expectations. Many of the letters look as pristine as the day their authors wrote them. “Please, if I’ve ever made you cry or made you even more sadder, ever for a second, please forgive me, my perfect girl. I love you,” Miller wrote in a pencil-scribbled P.S. at the bottom of a typewritten letter. In a reply to one of his missives, Monroe takes issue with what the author of “Death of a

Salesman” had called her nobility in handling a difficult childhood followed by public adulation that nearly crushed her. “In other words, there was no choice to make, the same road was always before me,” she wrote. “So for you to speak of my nobility, it really wasn’t so noble.” She went on to say: “It’s doubly difficult to understand that you, the most different, most beautiful human being, chose me to love.” Other items in the collection include a 19-minute reel of a movie made for Monroe after her final picture, 1961’s “The Misfits,” wrapped. It shows her frolicking happily at the beach with co-star Gable and others. Notably, there’s also a framed letter she kept on her coffee table from costume designer Cecil Beaton, who assured her she really was a fine actress.

Murph complains of hearing a poltergeist in her room, he tells her not to be scared, but rather to investigate. Investigate she does and discovers a bizarre trick of gravity that, with the help of a secret code, leads her and her father to a secret NASA base where they find Michael Caine’s Dr. Brand building a ship to the stars. For the past several decades, these scientists and astronauts, working in secret, have been working on finding a new home for the human race. Earth is done, Brand tells us. A worm hole, an interdimensional tunnel through space and time, has been placed by someone, potentially Murph’s poltergeist, out past Saturn, revealing twelve potentially habitable worlds for mankind to settle on. A different astronaut has been sent to each of these worlds, to personally investigate, each knowing full well that they will likely never be heard from again. Three of those astronauts have been sending back a signal and now Brand wants Coop, the great-

est pilot he’s ever seen, along with Brand’s daughter and two others, to travel to the wormhole and visit as many of the three planets as possible, to assess conditions and rescue the stranded astronaut. The journey will be long, many years long, and will require periods of hyper-sleep to accomplish. Murph, at eleven, cannot understand the concept of the end of the world, but she can comprehend the loss of her father, and his leaving hits her with a blow she never fully recovers from. The more I look back on this movie the more I enjoyed it. The acting is top-notch with Anne Hathaway, Casey Affleck, and Jessica Chastain rounding out an all-star cast. The visuals are stunning. I can only imagine what it must look like in IMAX, an experience we on the peninsula are yet to receive. The ideas are big, covering everything from quantum mechanics to the dimensional reality of love and how it can affect time and space. Sure,

some stuff doesn’t make sense, but it’s that way in any big idea movie, if you pick hard enough. For example, if inter-dimensional beings could set up a wormhole and lead the human race through gravitational clues to find it, why couldn’t they just tell us which of the twelve planets would be best? There are other issues in the third act that stretch plausibility, but there’s also great drama on both intimate and grand scales, awesome space vistas and an adventure that stretches between galaxies. So what if not every piece lines up? Sometimes big ideas are messy, and if we want smart, grown-up science fiction in the tradition of “2001,” we’re just going to have to put up with a certain amount of implausibility. I, for one, am up for the ride. Grade: A“Interstellar” is rated PG-13 for adult themes, frightening situations and brief language. Chris Jenness is a freelance graphic designer, artist and movie buff who lives in Nikiski.

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2008 Chevy Sierra, White Truck WY Lic. #48183 Vin#1GCHK23668F195099 located at 50610 Littmitz Ave. Kenai, AK has been abandoned during the time period of September 15, 2013 to October 16, 2014. If you wish to claim this vehicle as a lein holder or family member, please contact Henry D. Braswell via certifed mail at the above address by December 13, 2014 PUBLISH: 10/23, 30, 11/6, 13, 2014

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AGENDA Kenai Peninsula Borough Road Service Area Board November 18, 2014 Assembly Chambers, Kenai Peninsula Borough 144 N. Binkley Street, Soldotna, AK 99669 ITEM A: Call to Order Regular Meeting 7:00 p.m. ITEM B: Roll Call and Establishment of Quorum ITEM C: Approval of Agenda ITEM D: Approval of Minutes: October 21, 2014 Road Service Area (RSA) Board Meeting ITEM E. Correspondence ITEM F: Public Comments and Presentation for items not on the agenda (limit 5 minutes per person): 1. Autumn Gold Drive and D Meadow Drive Maintenance ITEM G: Public Hearings: G.1. Action Items: 1. Approve Royal Place Site Pro ject Specific Design 2. Exception Request to Road Construction Standards for Kenai Spur Highway Extension 3. Exception Request to Road Construction Standards for Northern Pike Boulevard G.2. Resolutions: 1. RSA Resolution 2014-13 Recommending Road Projects for the 2015 Federal Priorities ITEM H: Other: H.1 New Items: None H.2 Board Requests: None ITEM I: RSA Director Report: 1. RSA Equipment: Condition, Service and Usage 2. Financial Report 3. Right of Way Regulation 4. Capital Improvement Project Update ITEM J: Board & Staff Comments: ITEM K: Notice of Next Meeting: January 13, 2015, at 7:00 P.M., Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly Chambers, 144 N. Binkley Street, Soldotna, AK 99669 ITEM L: Adjournment Invited to attend are all members of the public. If you would like to speak at the meeting, please call the Road Service Area office at 262-4427 (toll free within the Borough 1-800-478-4427) or email: abeeson@kpb.us. Web site:www.borough.kenai.ak.us/Roads

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Public Notices VACANCY NOTICE Kenai Peninsula Borough Planning Commission Rural District Vacancy Notice is hereby given that there is a vacancy on the Kenai Peninsula Borough Planning Commission for the Northwest District of the Borough as defined by Ordinance 2001-29. This vacancy was created by a resignation whose term will expire in July 2017. A map depicting the Planning Commission districts is posted on the Planning Department web site. Persons interested in serving must be qualified voters and reside within the district for which they are applying. Appointments will be made by the Mayor and are subject to Assembly confirmation. A letter of application or a completed application form must be submitted to the Planning Department on or before December 12, 2014. Application forms are available in the Planning Department and on the Planning Department's web site at http://www.borough.kenai.ak.us/images/ KPB/PLN/Plan_Comm/pcapp.pdf.

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Man is slow to join wife and daughters after move DEAR ABBY: My four girls and I recently moved from Texas to Florida to help out my in-laws. My husband, “Jeff,” made a big deal about not wanting to move without a job, so he stayed behind. Now I feel like a single parent, and even though I hide it from my daughters, I am depressed. I haven’t been able to find work, and Jeff says he doesn’t want to come here for several more months. My husband and I have been together 14 years, and this is tearing me up inside. He seems to be treating this issue as a joke. I suspect he likes not having the responsibility of a wife and kids. Our youngest is 6 months old and she’s growing up without her daddy! Please help me figure this out. — LONELY AND DEPRESSED DEAR LONELY: How long has this been going on? Three weeks? Three months? Tell your husband that because you can no longer tolerate being separated, you are moving back to Texas. Be sure to mention that the responsibility of helping HIS parents should not be yours alone. Your concerns about your baby girl are valid. She should be bonding with both her parents right now — and the separation may make it more difficult for her.

old niece to suicide. Needless to say, it has been very hard on the family, especially her father, who is my brother. The two of them were inseparable. Her mother has been playing the “perfect mother” card since then, even though all they did was fight. Her latest move has the entire family appalled. “Mom” is planning a birthday party for my niece, with a DJ and everything, Abigail Van Buren even though she never had one for her while she was alive. We are all worried about my brother’s state of emotional well being and how he will respond once he finds out. How do I approach her with my concerns and put a stop to the party? — APPALLED AUNT IN THE EAST DEAR APPALLED: You shouldn’t and you can’t. Have a talk with your brother about this and suggest grief counseling for himself and his wife if they haven’t already had any. The poor woman may be planning to have the party out of guilt because DEAR ABBY: Last February we lost my 14-year- she didn’t host one while her daughter was alive,

or because her relationship with the girl wasn’t a good one. She may also be unable to accept that her child is gone and not thinking rationally. What a sad situation. DEAR ABBY: My wife cleans our hand-held vacuum in the kitchen sink. I think this particular appliance is probably the dirtiest one in the house and should be cleaned outside, not in the kitchen sink where food is prepared. She says she cleans the sink thoroughly afterward. I’m grossed out by the whole thing. What do you think? — PEEVED UP NORTH DEAR PEEVED: I think you’re grossed out by the IDEA that your hand-held vacuum is the dirtiest appliance in the house, but please calm yourself. People wash all kinds of things in the kitchen sink — children, pet dishes, the soles of shoes. As long as your wife cleans and sanitizes the sink afterward, you should be safe. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars A baby born today has a Sun in Scorpio and a Moon in Leo. HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014: This year you often find that you are more content than you have been in the recent past. Allow greater give-andtake between you and others. You are comfortable being the silent, intense Scorpio; however, events seem to push you into the limelight. You will become more poised and comfortable in front of others. If you are single, you will draw many people to you. Come fall 2015, a friendship could develop into more. If you are attached, the two of you like being out together. Add more romance to the tie, and plan a special trip. LEO always wants to be on center stage. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH Shutting down your imagination could be nearly impossible. Make a point of tapping into this innate resource when an issue arises. Know that you will find a way past an immediate problem or hassle. Your efforts will bring much adulation. Tonight: Plan the weekend. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH You seem to be coming from a very secure place, but you might want to be less involved in a certain situation. You might fantasize about getting rid of your stress. A friend could be upset about not having enough time with you. Strive to make time for him or her. Tonight: Happily at home. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH You are likely to want to ex-

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Prepping for Old Man Winter Dear Readers: As the weather begins to cool off, start thinking about some preparations you can make for the Winter Season. Regular upkeep of your house can help reduce your energy bills and maintain the value of your home. Here are some hints just for you: * Ensure that the attic is properly insulated, particularly in older homes. * Look for drafts and leaks around doors and windows. * Have the heating system inspected during the fall. * Look over heating ducts for leaks. * Weatherstrip doors and windows, even that obscure attic door. — Heloise Safe light Dear Heloise: With Halloween over, there will be plenty of glow sticks for sale. Buy some and keep them on hand for times when the electricity may go out because of a storm or other event. Just snap them, and you have enough light to see for several hours without worrying about batteries running down or candles burning. — Kathy M., via email Birthday gift Dear Heloise: My sister-in-law came up with this hint: Instead of buying an expensive greeting card for a birthday to put with a gift, buy a magazine the person would like for the same price! Write a quick message on it with a marker. The magazine will be read and not just tossed! — A.F., via email Send a money-saving or timesaving hint to Heloise, P.O. Box 795000, San Antonio, TX 78279-5000, or you can fax it to 1-210-HELOISE or email it to Heloise(at)Heloise.com. I can’t answer your letter personally but will use the best hints received in my column.

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