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Friday-Saturday, November 14-15 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

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CPH sees spike in influenza cases By RASHAH McCHESNEY Peninsula Clarion

Central Peninsula Hospital has confirmed 34 cases of influenza since the October start of the flu season. Eight of those patients ended up being hospitalized. Local health officials are urging Kenai Peninsula residents to get their flu shots as all of the reported cases were in-

fluenza A which is covered by this year’s vaccine. Infection control nurse Dana McDonald said the cases that had been confirmed were labidentified, though not all of them care from patients at the hospital. “Some were emergency or outpatient,” she said. The outpatient clinics in the area have their own testing regimes and may have seen cases that have not been reported to

the hospital, she said. Statewide, just over 470 people have tested positive for the flu, according to Alaska Division of Public Health weekly reports, the vast majority of cases have been Type A influenza. While the number of people who have tested positive for the flu is unusual for this time of the season, McDonald said, it won’t be clear until after the season if the number of report-

ed cases is higher than normal. “It usually peaks in December,” she said. “Who knows, this maybe our spike, or peak or then again, maybe it’s leading up to December being our peak.” The patients who are being treated at CPH are getting Tamiflu, but McDonald said prevention was still key to flu-fighting efforts. McDonald oversees infectious disease-bearing patients

ACS merges local stores

In the news Alaska leads nation in rapes according to new FBI statistics

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska led the nation in rapes per capita last year, according to statistics released by the FBI, and a revised definition of the crime means the numbers are grimmer than before. The FBI in data collected from Alaska law enforcement agencies counted 922 rapes last year, a rate of 125.4 per 100,000 residents. The rate is three times the national average. The previous definition of rape included only female victims. The FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting program now includes all genders. It also reflects the nonconsensual acts of sodomy and sex assaults with objects, said Kevin Donovan, assistant special agent with the Alaska FBI. Under the old definition, the number of rapes in 2013 would have been 644. The new definition provides the FBI with a more accurate understanding, Donovan said. “The changes broaden the scope of the previously narrow definitions by capturing data without regard to gender and including offenses in which physical force is not involved,” he said. “For example, instances in which offenders use drugs or alcohol or incidents in which offenders and victims are of the same gender are now counted as rape for statistical purposes.” The FBI crime report recorded 4,708 Alaska violent crimes in 2013. The majority, 3,128, were aggravated assaults.

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who are admitted to the hospital and works to keep healthcare workers from contracting the illness as they treat it. To keep from contracting the disease, McDonald said covering coughs and washing hands were important but also said people should avoid public places while ill. “The biggest thing that people can do to prevent the flu is to get vaccinated,” she said.

Kenai location will be open for more hours By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion

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Teaching tradition

Rochelle Adams, a Gwich’in Athabascan artist and language teacher from the villages of Beaver and Fort Yukon, does a beading demonstration on Thursday during the Kenai Peninsula College Kenai River campus Native Alaskan and Native American Heritage Month celebration in Soldotna. Adams will teach a class on beading at the campus during the spring semester.

Soldotna meets on home rule plans Voters to decide on a charter commission and its makeup in Feb. By KELLY SULLIVAN Peninsula Clarion

Qualified voters will decide on February 3, 2015, if Soldotna will form a charter commission, and if a commission is formed, who its members will be. Only one resident turned up at Wednesday’s public hearing for the ballot ordinance that was unanimously approved by city council. David Lynch said he wasn’t there to speak for against home rule, but to ask a few questions. Lynch was curious why both the option for creating a charter commission and electing its members would be on the same ballot. He said his concern was that it seemed unnecessary to have the commission candi-

Want a seat on the commission? Candidates must have been a qualified Soldotna voter for one year preceding the election and must receive 50 votes on a nomination petition. The filing period begins at 9 a.m. on Dec. 8 and ends at 4:30 p.m. on Dec. 19. dates up for election when the development of a charter may not even be approved. City Manager Mark Dixson said it was required by state law the ballot be set up that way. “That’s not under our control,” Dixson said. Only if voters approve the first section of

the ballot—whether or not to form a charter commission—will seven members be elected to it, said City Clerk Shellie Saner. Lynch also asked if home rule was being consideration because of the recent Alaska Supreme Court decision in Price v. Kenai Peninsula Borough et al. See VOTE, page A-10

HEA talks Grant Lake plans in Moose Pass Company to submit hydroelectric design program to feds in 2015 By BEN BOETTGER Peninsula Clarion

Despite changes to the proposed design of Homer Electric Association’s Grant Lake hydroelectric project, the project still drew mixed reactions after a Nov. 6 presentation in Moose Pass. The meeting was attended by HEA managers, research and design consultants working on the project, representatives from invited government agencies and Moose Pass residents. The presenters spoke for approximately an hour and a half, and a comment session followed. HEA spokesperson Joe Gallagher said the meeting included 23 members of the public, who came from Moose Pass, Seward,

Anchorage, Kenai, and Cooper Landing. “The presentation provided a summary of the extensive natural resource, engineering and licensing studies and analyses that have been undertaken the past two and a half years,” wrote Mike Salzetti, HEA’s Manager of Fuel Supply & Renewable Energy Development, in an email. “Special emphasis was placed on the documentation of study results and associated positive and negative impacts to the project area.” Grant Lake sits above Moose Pass in the Kenai Mountain range and releases its water into nearby Trail Lake through the steep and swift-flowing Grant Creek. HEA’s current plans call for water to be diverted from Grant Lake through a powerhouse, where it would generate five megawatts of elecC

tricity when running at full capacity, before being released halfway down Grant Creek’s mile-long course. The portion of Grant Creek upstream of the powerhouse would have a diminished water level as a result of the diversion. Salzetti said that HEA has been studying the impact of the proposed project since it began planning in 2009. As a result of simulations conducted by its engineers, current plans no longer include a dam at the mouth of Grant Creek, but rather a tower-like structure rooted in the lake bottom, known as a lake cap, through which water would enter the diversion tunnel. HEA plans to submit a draft See HEA, page A-10

The Alaska Communications retail store in Soldotna will be closing its doors Friday as the company looks to combine staff to its Kenai location. All employees from the Soldotna location on Warehouse Drive will transfer to Kenai store on the Kenai Spur Highway. The added staff capacity allows ACS to open on Sundays in Kenai and provide staff service for customers throughout the week, said Heather Cavanaugh, ACS Director of Marketing. Cavanaugh said the decision to close the Soldotna retail store wouldn’t impact customer’s services. Local technicians will still install ACS products in Soldotna. The Soldotna Radio Shack on the Kenai Spur Highway will continue as an ACS authorized agent that provides consumer wireless sales and services. Radio Shack is open Monday through Saturday. “We are closing the (Soldotna) store because we found that with our agent locations on the Kenai Peninsula, we did not need two stores,” she said. “Our business sales and service teams continue to call on customers locally, helping them find the communications solutions that fit them best.” The ACS warehouse in Soldotna will remain open. The excess retail space in the building will be turned into office space, Cavanaugh said. The Kenai ACS location opened in 2011. The 2,647-square-foot store features an interactive experience for customers with mobile broadband test stations. Inside, customers can experience live videoconferencing demonstrations and pay bills on a self-pay kiosk. The Kenai store will now be open Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and on weekends from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. ACS, Alaska’s first telecommunications company, is a provider of broadband and wireless internet with operations from data networks and fiber optic system that connect Alaska to the Lower 48. The company has faced increased competition in recent years. See ACS, page A-10

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AccuWeather 5-day forecast for Kenai-Soldotna

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Daylight Length of Day - 7 hrs., 31 min., 3 sec. Daylight lost - 4 min., 54 sec.

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24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. 0.00" Month to date ........................... 0.03" Normal month to date ............. 0.63" Year to date ............................. 17.75" Normal year to date ................ 16.11" Record today ................. 0.62" (1961) 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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As snow exits eastern New England, bands of heavy snow due to lake effect will continue today from the Upper Midwest to the central Appalachians. Snow, ice and cold rain will affect the Northwest.

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High ............................................... 42 Low ................................................ 33 Normal high .................................. 31 Normal low .................................... 15 Record high ........................ 45 (1970) Record low ....................... -14 (1973)

Anchorage 36/25

Bethel 44/37

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Talkeetna 36/15 Glennallen 15/-1

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Today’s activity: Moderate Where: Auroral activity will be moderate. Weather permitting, moderate displays will be visible overhead from Barrow to as far south as Talkeetna and low on the horizon as far south as Bethel, Soldotna and southeast Alaska.

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Anaktuvuk Pass 29/18

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Scientists predict more lightning strikes Because scientists forecast that the world may get about 7 degrees warmer by the end of WASHINGTON — Light- the century, based on current ning strikes in the United States carbon dioxide emission trends, will likely increase by nearly 50 percent by the end of the century as the world gets warmer and wetter, a new study says. While those conditions were already known to promote thunderstorms in general, the new work focused on lightning strikes themselves. Researchers calculated just how much lightning flashes increase as air warms, clouds fill with more energy from water vapor and rainfall intensifies. They concluded that for every degree Fahrenheit the world warms in the future, lightning strikes will go up nearly 7 percent. By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer

Oil Prices Wednesday’s prices North Slope crude: $78.87, down from $79.58 on Tuesday West Texas Int.: $77.18, down from $77.94 on Tuesday

Thursday Stocks Company Final Change Agrium Inc............... 99.76 -0.95 Alaska Air Group...... 56.24 +0.07 ACS...........................1.35 -0.03 Apache Corp........... 72.07 -1.63 AT&T........................ 35.61 +0.21 Baker Hughes.......... 58.75 +7.77 BP ........................... 40.67 -0.51 Chevron...................116.45 -1.20 ConocoPhillips......... 70.35 -0.85 ExxonMobil.............. 94.66 -0.72 1st Natl. Bank AK...1,675.00 — GCI.......................... 12.30 -0.05 Halliburton............... 53.79 +0.56 Harley-Davidson.......67.65 +0.54 Home Depot............ 99.00 +0.51 McDonald’s.............. 95.48 +0.15 Safeway................... 34.86 +0.02 Schlumberger.......... 94.85 -2.58 Tesoro...................... 70.99 -1.85 Walmart................... 82.94 +3.74 Wells Fargo.............. 53.39 -0.15 Gold closed............ 1,161.20 -1.15 Silver closed............ 15.62 -0.07 Dow Jones avg..... 17,652.79 +40.59 NASDAQ................ 4,680.14 +5.01 S&P 500................2,039.33 +1.08 Stock prices provided by the Kenai Peninsula Edward Jones offices. C

that comes to a 50 percent increase in lightning strikes, said David Romps. He’s the atmospheric scientist at the University of California Berkeley who

led the study. “When you used to have two lightning strikes, now you’ll have three,” Romps said. “It’s a substantial increase.”

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Obituaries James Michael Daly Soldotna resident James Michael Daly, 81, died peacefully on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014 of Alzheimer’s complications at Heritage Place in Soldotna. Memorial Mass will be held at noon Friday, Nov. 14, 2014 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, 222 W. Redoubt Ave. in Soldotna. Father Tom, O.M.I. will be officiating. A reception will follow the services at the church. Mike was born May 4, 1933 in New York City, the son of Arthur Patrick and Harriet Wagner Daly. After serving in the Army as a helicopter mechanic during the Korean War, he attained an engineering degree from City College of New York, and a Master’s degree from UC Berkeley, and eventually settled in Kirkland, Washington. His professional career as an aerospace engineer included work on the Viking Mars Landers, Pioneer, Voyager, Galileo and other space probes, and the Space Shuttle. He was actively involved with Catholic outreach services in the Kirkland area until his relocation to Alaska in 2008. Mike was preceded in death by his parents and his siblings John and Theodore Daly and Virginia Matthias. He is survived by his three children: Patrick Daly of Kenai, Matthew Daly of Washington State, and Christabel Choi of California; and five grandchildren: Conner, Illahe, Sadie, Ivy, and Martin. Arrangements made by Peninsula Memorial Chapel & Crematory. Please sign Mike’s online guestbook at AlaskanFuneral.com.

Lillian Marie Finzel Soldotna resident Lillian Marie Finzel, 91, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, at Heritage Place in Soldotna. A graveside service will be held at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland, Oregon at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014. Lillian was born Jan. 5, 1923 in Portland, Oregon, to Merle and Elsie (Unis) Norton. She grew up in the Sellwood neighborhood of Portland. She attended Sellwood Elementary and graduated from Girls’ Polytechnic High School in 1941where she played violin in the school orchestra. She moved to Alaska in 2012 and resided in Kenai with her daughter before moving to Heritage Place in 2013. She loved her role as a mother and homemaker, but before her marriage and after her children were grown, she worked as a telephone operator in Portland. Lillian sang in the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church choir for many years. She enjoyed going to the movies as a young woman and was especially fond of Esther Williams and Tyrone Power films. Lillian is survived by her daughter, Susan Olson, and sons Jack (Tobie), Ron (Terri) and Jeff (Lisa); eight grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Finzel, her son, Robert, and her sister, Arleen Norton Anderson Martin. Memorial donations in lieu of flowers may be sent to the charity of your choice. She will be buried with her husband at Willamette National. Arrangements made by Peninsula Memorial Chapel & Crematory. Please sign Lillian’s online guestbook at AlaskanFuneral.com. C

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Thomas E. Overman Thomas E. Overman, age 74, went home to with his Lord on Friday, Nov. 7, 2014. He was born July 14, 1940 in Greenwood, Wisconsin to Meric V. Overman and Evelyn J. Ericson-Overman. Tom graduated from Neillsville (Wisconsin) High School and later earned Bachelor of Arts in Education from University of Wisconsin and a Masters in Education from the University of Arizona. He taught in Green Bay, Wisconsin and also at Amphitheater High School in Tucson, Arizona. He moved to Alaska in 1968 and served as principal in Ninilchik from 1968 to 1970 and Seldovia from 1970 to 1979, and Associate Superintendant at Soldotna from 1979 to 1988. Tom retired from the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District in 1988 moving to Salome, Arizona in 1992 where he served as Superintendent at Bicentenial High School from 1992 to 1996. Tom is survived by his wife, Sharon Blakley Overman of Salome; sons, Karl (Susan) Overman of Tucson, Kurt (Lisa) Overman of Falls Church, Virginia, and Meric (Kathy) Overman of Chadds Ford, Pennslyvania; sister Kay Johnson of Neillsville; brother, Jerry (Lynn) Overman of Black River Falls, Wisconsin; and mother-in-law Helen G. Blakley; grandchildren, Kristina and Chase Overman of Tuscon, Angellena and Gabriella Overman of Falls Church, and Andrew, Adam and Alexa Overman of Chadds Ford. A memorial service will be scheduled at a later date. Friends may offer online condolences at www.wickenburgfuneralhome. com. Arrangements under the direction of Wickenburg Funeral Home & Crematory.

Ronald Kent Strand Ronald Kent Strand, also known as Hagar, of Soldotna, passed away in his home on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014 at age 65 from cardiac arrest. Ron was born in Rawlins, Wyoming on August 31, 1949. He grew up with his four brothers and sisters in Sterling, Colorado. As a young man Ron served his country in the Navy stationed aboard the U.S.S. Ranger. Ron moved to Alaska in 1981 from Farmington, New Mexico. Ron was a proud roughneck. Those who knew him remember his hard hat with horns and his nickname “Hagar the Whorrible.” With his big beard and his even bigger belly he was a fun loving guy who loved Alaska and all her bounty. He lived to fish and spend time outdoors, he was always happiest when his freezer was full of fish and moose. He lived life to the fullest an always on his own terms, we will all miss his laughter and his smile. He was preceded in death by his father, Robert Strand and his brother John Robert Strand. He is survived by his mother, Maryellen Strand; brother, Eric Strand; sisters, Kristina Thompson, Ardice Cramer, and Cheryl Hearne; sister-in-law, Kim Strand; brother-in-law, Pat Hearne; nieces, Stephanie Lowenstein, Clistia Greenslade, Ashley Cramer, and Mariah Flood; and nephews, Ole Strand and Maciah Hearne. Condolences may be address to Maryellen Strand, 708 Giltin Ct., Arlington TX 76006.

uaries to the newspaper. Obituaries may also be submitted directly to the Clarion with prepayment, online at www.peninsulaclarion.com, or by mail to: Peninsula Clarion, P.O. Box 3009, Kenai, Alaska, 99611. The deadline for Tuesday – Friday editions is 2 p.m. the previous day. Submissions for Sunday and Monday editions must be received by 3 p.m. Friday. We do not process obituaries on Saturdays or Sundays unless submitted by funeral homes or crematoriums. Obituaries are placed on a space-available basis, prioritized by dates of local services. For more information, call the Clarion at 907-283-7551.

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Around the Peninsula Tsalteshi offers ski season prep Saturday The Tsalteshi Trails Association offers a Ski Season Preparation event at 1 p.m. Saturday behind Skyview Middle School, including a waxing clinic with Beemun’s, a Tsalteshi Trails Map/Google Earth demonstration by Mike Crawford, and demonstration of preseason training exercises with Kent Peterson. It is free for active Tsalteshi Trails Association members, and $5 for nonmembers. To renew or initiate a membership, visit www.tsalteshi.org/about/join-us/.

Cyclocross bike race at Tsalteshi Sunday The Tsalteshi Trails Association will hold a Polar Vortex Cyclocross bike race at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Wolverine Trailhead off Kalifornsky Beach Road. Participation is free for active TTA members, and $5 for nonmembers. To renew or initiate a membership, visit www.tsalteshi.org/about/join-us/.

Coast Guard Auxiliary to meet The Kenai Flotilla of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary will conduct its monthly meeting on Nov. 15 at 10 a.m. at the Nikiski Fire Station #1, 44800 Kenai Spur Highway. The public is cordially invited. For more information, please contact the Flotilla Commander, 907-776-8522, or the Vice Flotilla Commander, 907-776-8457.

Derby team hosts hay maze Far North Derby and Ridgeway Farms are hosting a hay maze November 15-21, 2-5 p.m. on weekends, and 5-8 p.m. on weekdays. Tickets are $5 per person.

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. 9:45 a.m. • TOPS #AK 196 meets at The Grace Lutheran Church, in Soldotna. Call Dorothy at 262-1303. 10:15 a.m. • Visit the Soldotna Public Library for a 45-minute free “Yoga Strength” session. Set to modern music, this class makes for a perfect introduction to yoga or a fun addition to your existing routine. Bring your own mat! Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group at 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Suite 71 in the old Carrs Mall in Kenai. Call 262-1917. 12:30 p.m. • Well Elders Live Longer exercise (W.E.L.L.) will meet at the Nikiski Senior Center. Call instructor Mary Olson at 907-776-3745. 8 p.m. • Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “It Works” at URS Club, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. • AA 12 by 12 at the United Methodist Church, 607 Frontage Road, Kenai.

• Twin City Al-Anon Family group, United Methodist Church, 607 Frontage Road in Kenai. Call 907-953-4655. Saturday 8 a.m. • Alcoholics Anonymous As Bill Sees It Group, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Unit 71 (Old Carrs Mall). Call 398-9440. 9 a.m. • Al-Anon book study, Central Peninsula Hospital’s Augustine Room, Soldotna. Call 907-9534655. 10 a.m. • Narcotics Anonymous PJ Meeting, URS Club, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. Noon • Homemade soup, Funny River Community Center. 7 p.m. • Narcotics Anonymous support group “Dopeless Hope Fiends,” URS Club, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. 8 p.m. • AA North Roaders Group at North Star Methodist Church, Mile 25.5 Kenai Spur Highway. Call 242-9477.

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Every vote is worth waiting for While the rest of the country has

moved on from the 10-day old Nov. 4 general election, Alaska’s Division of Elections workers have been carefully counting thousands of absentee and questioned ballots cast during the election. More than 220,000 votes were counted during the first round of vote counting immediately following Tuesday’s general election, but some 50,000 remained to be counted and the results of some key races in the state depended, or still depend on the final numbers. The division has set a target election certification date of Nov. 28, a full 24 days after election days. While some have complained at the length of time it takes Alaska to certify its elections, we think the process is a good example of what can be accomplished in a state of Alaska’s size and diversity. The Division of Elections has a daunting task, one that requires ensuring the votes from an off-the-roadsystem village of 50 count just as much as those cast by Kenai Peninsula, Anchorage and Juneau residents. It can take a long time for those votes to pour in and, as Sen. Mark Begich has said several times when pressed to concede in his race against Dan Sullivan — one that has been called in Sullivan’s favor, though all of the votes have yet to be tallied — every vote counts. And Begich has a reason to drag his feet; those votes counted after election day have changed the course of a race in the past. In 2008, Begich was behind in the vote count in his race against Sen. Ted Stevens. He was declared the winner several days later by less than 4,000 votes. In 2010 Sen. Lisa Murkowski won her seat as a writein candidate and that election wasn’t called until 15 days after election day. Her opponent, Joe Miller, said the same thing to the New York Times then that Begich is saying now: “It’s never over until the count is done.” While the race between Begich and Sullivan for the Senate has already been called by the Associated Press in Sullivan’s favor, there are other races in the state that have yet to be decided. Gubernatorial candidates Bill Walker and Sean Parnell are separated by about 1.6 percent or 4,000 votes. Walker holds the lead currently. One unknown for the division is the number of ballots that were cast at the nearly 200 absentee in-person voting locations in the state, several of which were established in villages and rural areas for the first time in 2014. That means people who’ve never voted. While Gail Fenumiai, elections director, told the Alaska Dispatch News that many of those had arrived at regional offices already, others may not arrive for days. It can be frustrating, in an age of instant information, to wait for ballots to arrive weeks after an election has been classified as “over” in the minds of the general public, but it is part of Alaska’s charm that it works to make every voice heard, even if millions have to wait to listen. We applaud the efforts of the Division of Elections and we hope they’re rewarded with a higher voter turnout as residents of the state learn that their votes can affect the outcomes of races that are important to the state.

Letters to the Editor Americans have lost understanding of liberty As the governorship of Alaska teeters on the final ballot count, I wonder, will it make a difference on liberty and freedom? Alaskans adore money. We all want some and understand that fossil fuels brings the best opportunities. Is having money to purchase things really what freedom is all about? In the 1850s there was an honest discussion concerning freedom and liberty. Many people of color were slaves on the plantation. Their ability to produce goods and services was owned by another. 100 percent of their labor was taken in turn for safety, roof over their heads and food on their plates. Just as long as they submitted to the authority over them, all was good. Are we any better today? Who owns our labor? What percentage of our labor can be taken by government and still be free? Corporations, dictating to governments, tell the people to turn over more and more of our labor to take care of us and keep us safe. Oil corporations run Alaska as the “banks too big to fail/jail” run the federal government. We have become no different than the black slave of 1850. Except the slave master today, has not yet taken all our labor in return for safety, roof over our head and food on our plates. Just wait. 100 percent of your labor is owned by the government. The IRS decides how much to take today and tomorrow will take more. The national debt will be paid for. If not by the collection of 100 percent of our labor today then 100 percent of the labor of our children and grandchildren. We have lost the understanding of freedom and liberty in Alaska and throughout our nation. Ray Southwell Nikiski

A special thanks to the Kenai Fire Department. While driving by the station this week my son, Luke, asked me to stop. We went in to see if they could say hello to my son. What a nice surprise when we were invited in! Firefighter Pete talked to my son and showed him the fire trucks. That trip later prompted a family discussion about fires in the house, what to do and where to go, and a “home” fire drill. Thank you Kenai Fire Department. Katy Rice Kenai

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KPC celebrates traditional values, culture and spirit

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Fire department visit inspires home safety discussion

launched a celebration of Alaska Native/Native American Heritage month. Our campus experienced a celebration that embraced traditional values, culture, and spirit of Alaska Native and Native Americans. This rich celebration will continue every Thursday in November up to Thanksgiving. Thank you to the Kenaitze Indian Tribe for embracing this event on our campus, to Sandy Wilson for her culinary talents reflected in the delicious fry bread, to the UAA Diversity Action Council, and to everyone who contributed to this event. Diane Taylor, Learning Center Director, and Sondra Shaginoff-Stuart, Rural & Native Student Services Coordinator

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New Jersey pig crate bill gets attention in Iowa By JILL COLVIN Associated Press

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NEWARK, N.J. — There are not that many pigs in his home state. But there are millions in the early presidential voting state of Iowa. And that’s making for a tough decision for Chris Christie, who is both New Jersey’s governor and a potential presidential candidate. Christie has until early December to decide whether to sign a bill that would ban pig farmers in the state from using devices called gestation crates, or metal cages, that are so small that pregnant pigs can’t turn around. The bill has the overwhelming support of Republican and Democratic state lawmakers in New Jersey, where it would have little-to-no impact — the state’s roughly 300 pig farms don’t regularly use the crates. But Christie’s decision is being watched closely in Iowa, the nation’s largest pork producer and home of 2016’s first presidential nominating contest. In particular, Christie has received pressure from Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, whose relationship he has carefully cultivated and who could prove a crucial ally in the early-voting state if Christie decides to run. Branstad, a Republican who won easy reelection last Tuesday, is ardently opposed to the restrictions and told The Associated

Press he called Christie to urge him to reject the bill when an earlier version landed on his desk last year. “I called him to tell him how bad I thought it would be and how the people that are involved in pork production, that really understand this, feel this would be very bad,” said Branstad, who argued the crates provide protection to baby pigs that could be crushed to death by older pigs that fall over. He said the two discussed the new legislation again when Christie attended Branstad’s pre-election birthday bash fundraiser last month. “I just think, unfortunately New Jersey’s a state that doesn’t raise a lot of hogs. There’s a lot of misinformation,” Branstad said. Advocates of the change, however, argue the crates are cruel to pregnant pigs that aren’t at risk of crushing piglets yet to be born. Matthew Dominguez, a public policy manager at the Humane Society, said breeding females can spend up to four years in the crates on some farms, which is “not only unnecessary, but incredibly detrimental” to their mental and physical health. “There’s no reason other than potentially Iowa why he would veto this bill,”

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young people at the light by Safeway and McDonald’s in Soldotna with signs thanking veterans for their service on Veterans Day. As a Vietnam veteran, you made my day. Thomas Stepnosky Kenai

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he said. While New Jersey’s pig population pales in comparison to states like Iowa — the United States Department of Agriculture estimates there were 9,000 pigs in New Jersey at the end of 2013, including about 700 breeding sows — he said the bill was aimed at ensuring the practice did not spread. Christie vetoed an earlier version of the bill last year, saying the decision should be left to his Department of Agriculture. “The proper balancing of the humane treatment of gestating pigs with the interests of farmers whose livelihood depends on their ability to properly manage their livestock best rests with the state’s farming experts — the State Board and the Department,” he wrote in his veto message. The new bill puts more control in the department’s hands. A spokesman for the governor’s office declined to comment except to say the bill remains under review. This time, the Humane Society has also organized a more visible campaign, with letters from celebrities like Danny DeVito, Bob Barker and Bill Maher and displays across the state. They also commissioned a poll trying to show that Iowa GOP caucusgoers would view Christie more favorably — not less — if he signed the bill into law, which they shared with his staff.

By GARRY TRUDEAU

Alaska 13 emaciated dogs seized from Girdwood home ANCHORAGE — Animal control officers have seized 13 emaciated dogs from a home in Girdwood. KTUU-TV reports officers on Wednesday also found a dog at the home that had died and may have starved to death. Animal shelter spokeswoman Laura Atwood says the animal control office received a tip by email that the dogs were being neglected. Officers accompanied by Alaska State Troopers visited the home Wednesday afternoon. Troopers say they are investigating the matter as a possible animal cruelty case but have not filed charges. The 13 dogs were taken to the animal shelter for care.

State office seeks veterans’ input in survey ANCHORAGE — Alaska officials are seeking input from veterans in a needs assessment project with the University of Alaska Anchorage. Department of Military and Veterans Affairs officials say they are working with UAA’s Institute of Social and Economic Research to identify top issues for veterans through a survey. Officials say the surveys were sent to 3,000 Alaska veterans and another 1,900 were sent to veteran posts for distribution. The ISER survey is sponsored by the Alaska Office of Veterans Affairs. Officials say veterans’ identities will be confidential and used to generate reports.

Man gets 15 months for escaping with 11 days left ANCHORAGE — An Oklahoma man who escaped from an Anchorage halfway house with only 11 days left to serve now faces another 15 months of jail. Forty-one-year-old Jerome Dwight Dale of Tulsa was sentenced Wednesday for escape in U.S. District Court in Anchorage. Dale was serving out a federal prison sentence for a prior escape conviction from Georgia at the Cordova Center in Anchorage. His family had relocated to Anchorage, and he was to transition to living with them when his term was up. But on Aug. 18, staff at the halfway house couldn’t find him. But U.S. Marshals did four days later and took him into custody. Chief U.S. District Court Judge Ralph Beistline told Dale at sentencing the latest escape was “senseless, stupid and consistent” with his prior history.

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JUNEAU — Reference room hours and services are being limited at the Alaska State Library’s Historical Collections. This is to allow for the majority of the collections to be moved to a vault in the new state libraries, archives and museums building in Juneau. — The Associated Press

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press

JUNEAU — Officials are expecting a much smoother rollout of the federally run online insurance marketplace than during last year’s initial open enrollment. Enroll Alaska, a broker that was established to help people sign up for private health insurance, is not expecting the same technological glitches that plagued the site after it launched in October 2013. Enroll Alaska went into the first enrollment period with a goal of signing up tens of thousands Alaskans, but it wound up enrolling only a fraction of that goal. Joshua Weinstein, president of Northrim Benefits Group, said Enroll Alaska has continued enrolling individuals in policies since the first enrollment period closed earlier this year, through qualifying life events like marriages or births. The broker has watched as the site has improved and provided feedback on how to make it work better, he said. Enroll Alaska is a division of Northrim Benefits Group. One bit of unchartered territory with the new open enrollment period that starts on Saturday will be the renewal

‘We have a strong focus on member retention since our members will receive notices this week about rate increases as a result of the risk profile of our membership.’ — Melanie Coon, Premera spokeswoman process, Weinstein said. People who bought plans last year can be automatically renewed, but he said those plans might not be right for them anymore. He recommends that consumers consider their options and update the information about their income, which could affect whether they receive federal subsidies to help pay for their plans. Open enrollment is set to run from Saturday through Feb. 15. Those who don’t get coverage face a penalty. People do not have to go through a broker and can sign up on their own. Two providers offer plans on Alaska’s exchange — Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield and Moda Health. Alaska’s Division of Insurance has approved rate increases for the coming year for those companies ranging from 22 percent to 29 per-

cent across all plans for Moda and 35 percent to 40 percent for Premera, citing factors such as the relatively small market, which has to support its claims, and high claims in the first half of 2014. The division was working to finalize rates for insurers not on the exchange. It’s reasonable to think that people might be more open to looking at plans on the exchange with the website working better, particularly those who are eligible for subsidies, Premera spokeswoman Melanie Coon said Thursday. The company also sees a potential in new customers who didn’t enroll last year or had extended prior plans, she said. “We have a strong focus on member retention since our members will receive notices this week about rate increases as a result of the risk profile of

our membership,” Coon said in an email. Premera has urged the state to create a supplemental reinsurance program to help stabilize the market and spread high medical costs across the entire insured market. Cherise Fowler, outreach and enrollment coordinator with the Alaska Primary Care Association, said subsidies should help offset the cost increases. Nearly 13,000 Alaskans signed up for coverage during the prior enrollment period, which ran from Oct. 1, 2013, to March 31. About 88 percent of those who selected plans received subsidies, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported in May. For those who don’t qualify for subsidies, the increases could be hard to swallow, said Aimee Crocker, operations manager with Enroll Alaska. The broker is helping people enroll in plans either on or off the exchange, she said. Since October 2013, Enroll Alaska has enrolled an estimated 3,000 Alaskans in coverage, Crocker said. The broker would like to see those individuals reenroll in plans and possibly enroll an additional 500 to 1,000 people.

Juneau service agency struggles to stay open JUNEAU (AP) — A longtime Juneau service agency is in debt and struggling to remain open amid staff resignations and layoffs. The nonprofit Southeast Alaska Guidance Association is also in the process of moving from its main shop and office. Acting board chairman Matt Smith said members are fighting to keep the agency running, but he doesn’t know if it will be operating after this year. George McGuan, who joined the board in March, said members told him the association was $250,000 in debt.

“I was blown away. I was like, OK, we’re a non-profit. How are we $250,000 in debt? And they just kind of seemed like, ‘well, that’s how we operate,’” McGuan said. The agency, founded in 1986, has programs that bring AmeriCorps volunteers to the state, and McGuan said that’s how he first came to Juneau in 2005. He said the debt goes back many years but the organization began to unravel this year, with the departure of the board president and several staff members.

The board initially tried to find a replacement for the executive director position, but the search has stopped, McGuan told KTOO in a story Wednesday. SAGA has been looking for another organization to take over its AmeriCorps members. Its AmeriCorps program Connections is funded through Sep-

tember. The agency board also isn’t sure if SAGA can continue to operate an outdoor education and retreat facility in Juneau.

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Around the World Comet lander Philae ends up in cliff’s shadow, posing a problem for solar panels BERLIN — A shadow was cast — literally — across Europe’s historic mission to land on and explore a comet. Scientists said Thursday the landing craft not only bounced twice, it also came to rest next to a cliff that’s blocking sunlight from its solar panels. The good news is that the lander Philae is stable and in good health: Its scientific instruments have already begun gathering reams of data to send back to Earth, including the first pictures taken from the surface of a comet. The bad news is that its useful lifetime may now be much shorter. With just a day or two left before the lander’s primary battery is exhausted, scientists were considering what acrobatic maneuvers to risk in order to get the solar panels out of the shadows so they can keep Philae going for a few more months. The first photos sent back to Earth revealed the comet’s rocky terrain, including an image that showed one of the lander’s three feet in the corner of the frame. They indicate that Philae’s instruments are working properly, said JeanPierre Bibring, the lander’s lead scientist at the European Space Agency.

Liberia president to end Ebola state of emergency; Mali reports 4th death in capital MONROVIA, Liberia — Liberia’s president said Thursday she is lifting a state of emergency imposed to control an Ebola outbreak that has ravaged the country, as Mali reported a fourth person now believed to have died of Ebola in its capital. Also Thursday, Doctors Without Borders announced that accelerated clinical trials will be launched in West Africa to speed the search for a treatment for the virus that has killed more than 5,000 people. In a nationwide address, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said enough progress has been made to lift emergency measures but added that the move does not mean the outbreak is over. There have been fewer Ebola cases in Monrovia, the capital, though fresh hotspots have emerged. One of those is near the border with Sierra Leone, which along with Guinea has also been hit hard by the disease. Liberia’s emergency measures closed schools, banned large public gatherings, shut some markets and allowed the government to restrict people’s movements. Schools remain closed, but officials are discussing how and when to reopen them. Meanwhile, a hospital spokesman in Bamako, Mali’s capital, confirmed Thursday that a girl has become the fourth suspected Ebola victim there.

Ex-CEO who oversaw W.Va. mine that exploded, killing 29 workers, indicted on charges CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The former CEO who oversaw the West Virginia mine that exploded, killing 29 people, was indicted Thursday on federal charges related to a safety investigation that followed the worst U.S. coal mining disaster in 40 years. — The Associated Press

IS, al-Qaida reach accord in Syria By DEB RIECHMANN Associated Press

ISTANBUL — Militant leaders from the Islamic State group and al-Qaida gathered at a farm house in northern Syria last week and agreed on a plan to stop fighting each other and work together against their opponents, a high-level Syrian opposition official and a rebel commander have told The Associated Press. Such an accord could present new difficulties for Washington’s strategy against the IS group. While warplanes from a U.S.-led coalition strike militants from the air, the Obama administration has counted on arming “moderate” rebel factions to push them back on the ground. Those rebels, already considered relatively weak and disorganized, would face far stronger opposition if the two heavy-hitting militant groups now are working together. IS — the group that has seized nearly a third of Syria and Iraq with a campaign of brutality and beheadings this year — and al-Qaida’s affiliate in Syria, known as the Nusra Front, have fought each other bitterly for more than a year to dominate the rebellion against Syrian President Bashar Assad. The Associated Press reported late last month on signs that the two groups appear to have curtailed their feud with informal local truces. Their new agreement, according to the sources in rebel groups opposed to both IS and Nusra Front, would involve a promise to stop fighting and team up in attacks in some areas of northern Syria. Cooperation, however, would fall short of unifying the rival groups, and experts believe any pact between the two sides could easily unravel. U.S. intelligence officials have been watching the groups closely and say a full merger is not expected soon — if ever. A U.S. official with access to intelligence about Syria said the American

AP Photo/Raqqa Media Center of the Islamic State group, File

In this undated image a Syrian opposition group, on June 30, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, fighters from the al-Qaida-linked Islamic State group parade in Raqqa, Syria. In the early dawn of Nov. 2, militant leaders with the Islamic State group and al-Qaida gathered at a farm house in northern Syria and sealed a deal to stop fighting each other and work together against their opponents, a prominent Syrian opposition official and a rebel commander said. Such an alliance could be a significant blow to struggling U.S-backed Syrian rebels.

intelligence community has not seen any indications of a shift in the two groups’ strategy, but added that he could not rule out tactical deals on the ground. The official insisted on anonymity because he said he was not authorized to speak publicly about the subject. According to a Syrian opposition official speaking in Turkey, the meeting took place Nov. 2 in the town of Atareb, west of Aleppo, starting at around midnight and lasting until 4 a.m. The official said the meeting was closely followed by members of his movement, and he is certain that an agreement was reached. The official said about seven top militant leaders attended. A second source, a commander of brigades affiliated with the Western-backed Free Syrian Army who is known as Abu Musafer, said he also had learned that high-ranking members of Nusra and IS met on Nov. 2. He did not disclose the exact location, but said it was organized by a third party and took place in an area where the FSA is active.

According to Abu Musafer, two decisions were reached: First, to halt infighting between Nusra and IS and second, for the groups together to open up fronts against Kurdish fighters in a couple of new areas of northern Syria. The Nusra Front has long been seen as one of the toughest factions trying to oust Assad in a civil war estimated to have killed more than 200,000 since 2011. The Islamic State group entered the Syria war in 2012 from its original home in Iraq and quickly earned a reputation for brutality and for trying to impose itself as the leading faction in the rebellion behind which all pious Muslims should unite. Al-Qaida initially rejected IS’s claims to any role in Syria, and Nusra and other factions entered a war-withina-war against it. But the Islamic State group swelled in power and became flush with weapons and cash after overrunning much of northern and western Iraq over the summer. According to the opposition official, the meeting included an IS representative, two em-

issaries from Nusra Front, and attendees from the Khorasan Group, a small but battle-hardened band of al-Qaida veterans from Afghanistan and Pakistan. Also reported present at the meeting was Jund al-Aqsa, a hard-line faction that has sworn allegiance to IS; and Ahrar alSham, a conservative Muslim rebel group. The official said IS and the Nusra Front agreed to work to destroy the Syrian Revolutionaries Front, a prominent rebel faction armed and trained by the United States and led by a fighter named Jamal Maarouf. They agreed to keep fighting until all of the force, estimated to be 10,000 to 12,000 fighters, was eliminated, the official said. During the meeting, IS also offered to send extra fighters to Nusra Front for an assault it launched last week on Westernbacked rebels from the Hazm Movement near the town of Khan al-Sunbul in northern Syria, the official said. IS sent about 100 fighters in 22 pickup trucks but Nusra ended up not needing the assistance, he said, because Hazm decided not to engage in the fight. Sixty-five Hazm fighters defected to Nusra, he said. Tom Joscelyn, an American analyst who tracks terror groups for the website Long War Journal, said he hasn’t seen any messaging that would confirm that the two groups have formally joined forces on the battlefield. But he said there has been information emerging before the reported Nov. 2 meeting “that would seem to fit in with that being what they were driving at. There has been a big push on the al-Qaida side to get this (alliance) through.” If they work together, the jihadis will be more effective in Syria, he said. “If there is less blood being spilled against each other and they don’t have to worry about that, that’s going to make it easier for the jihadis to go after Assad or any Western-backed forces.”

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Ukraine: Security deteriorating in rebel-held east By PETER LEONARD Associated Press

KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine warned Thursday that the security situation is steadily worsening in the country’s rebel-held east as separatist fighters move closer to government forces. One official said he feared an attack soon by Russian forces. A cease-fire agreed upon in September between the proRussian rebels and Ukraine’s government in Kiev has been violated daily, especially around areas coveted by both sides like the airport in the eastern city of Donetsk. National Security and Defense Council spokesman Andriy Lysenko said the Russian army is massing troops, includ-

ing air defense units, near the border. Ukraine for months has accused Russia of directly supplying the separatist forces. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich denied the Ukrainian charge. “There have been and are no military movements across the border or, all the more, any presence of our troops in the southeast of Ukraine,” he said Thursday in Moscow. Ukraine’s warnings of possible renewed hostilities follow multiple recent observations of large military convoys on the move around the country’s eastern separatist-controlled areas. Trucks transporting troops, ammunition, fuel and large-caliber artillery systems have been

seen traveling primarily in the direction of Donetsk, the main rebel-held city. Ukraine and NATO have said they believe the equipment has been delivered from Russia, although they have yet to provide conclusive evidence for that. Monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe watching two Russian-Ukrainian border crossings have noted an increase in military-clad people traveling across the border in the past week. “The (observer teams saw) 665 men and women in military-style dress crossing the border in both directions. This is the highest number observed so far,” the OSCE said in a report Wednesday.

House speaker and next Senate leader natural allies By ERICA WERNER Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell joined House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio on Thursday at the pinnacle of the congressional and Republican power structures in Washington — two establishment deal-cutters, each on occasion frustrated by the other’s inability to rein in their party’s most zealous ideologues. The pair, formally selected Thursday to lead their party’s new majority control of Congress, will be charged with guiding Republicans on Capitol Hill for the final two years of President Barack Obama’s presidency. Their success or failure could determine whether the GOP can take back the White House in 2016. McConnell, 72, is taciturn and rarely cracks a smile. “Why don’t you get a life?” he joked to photographers trying to snap photos of him after he was unanimously chosen by his Senate GOP colleagues Thursday to serve as the new majority leader starting in January. Boehner, 64, is gregarious, chain-smoking, perpetually tan and fanatical about golf, which

McConnell does not play. But both are seasoned pragmatists steeped in the ways of Washington. They’ve served together in leadership roles for the past eight years and hail from the same region of the country. Republicans hope their political similarities will help them to avoid conflicts that have emerged in past relationships between a speaker and Senate majority leader of the same party, due to the inherent tensions between the majority-rule House and the slower-moving Senate where minority members have numerous rights. “With these two guys I don’t see that being a problem,” said Sen. Chaxby Chambliss, R-Ga., “They’re both pragmatic politicians, they’re good about setting their priorities and doing things that they know are realistic and not things that are out of reach.” Their relationship is about to be tested like never before. Days into Congress’ lameduck session, conservatives newly emboldened by last week’s election already have served notice that their cooperation is not guaranteed. They announced this week they want to use upcoming must-pass

spending bills to block Obama from taking executive action to curb deportations of immigrants in the country illegally. Both McConnell and Boehner have stood down tea party challenges in the past, and emerged with a tighter grip on the reins of power after navigating the fiscal cliff and last year’s 16-day partial government shutdown over Obamacare. Pragmatists warn of the potential for another shutdown but some of the party’s most committed ideologues are looking how McConnell and Boehner handle immigration as an early test of their leadership. “The will of the conference is clearly very conservative. The election, what we heard from the American people, was clearly a very conservative message,” said Rep. Matt Salmon, R-Ariz., who’s leading the House effort to block Obama on immigration. “So my guess is that if they want to carry that leadership beyond the next term and win the White House, that we will not march in place, that we will be bold, that we will put difficult things on the president’s desk and not just second-guess what he is willing to sign.”

Its observer team saw a van Tuesday marked “Cargo 200” — the Russian military code for soldiers killed in action — crossing from Russia into Ukraine and returning later that same day. Lysenko, the Ukrainian spokesman, said hostilities have surged in Luhansk, one of two regions bordering Russia where separatists have been waging battle for six months. Government positions in the area have come under repeated rebel rocket and artillery attacks in the last day, he said. The Interfax-Ukraine news agency cited Zoryan Shkiryak, an adviser to Ukraine’s Interior Minister, as saying Thursday that he anticipated an imminent attack by Russian forces.

“We can indubitably confirm that the probability of another incursion remains quite high and we should be ready for this,” Shkiryak was quoted as saying. Speculation about a planned separatist assault has been swirling in Ukrainian media following a news report citing unnamed rebel commanders as saying an offensive would begin Sunday. Ukrainian authorities say residential areas are being increasingly targeted by rebel attacks. Two residents in Zolote, a village in the Luhansk region, were hospitalized with shrapnel wounds Wednesday, Lysenko said. Officials in Kiev are particularly worried about De-

baltseve, an eastern town on the main road linking Donetsk and Luhansk that is almost entirely surrounded by separatists. It has come under sustained shelling in the past few weeks. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, who has pinned hopes for enforcing the truce on the OSCE monitors, handed over 10 armored vehicles to the group Thursday. In addition to battling the rebels, Ukraine is struggling to spur its flagging economy and fight galloping inflation. The central bank said inflation has reached 19.8 percent this year and the national currency, the hryvnia, has lost 59 percent of its value against the dollar over the same period.

Vatican installing showers for homeless By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press

VATICAN CITY — Homeless people around the Vatican are getting more than just handouts from charitable passers-by. They’re getting a shower. The pope’s chief alms-giver, Monsignor Konrad Krajewski, says three showers will be installed in the public restrooms off Bernini’s Colonnade in St. Peter’s Square to cater to homeless men and women. Krajewski, whose small acts of charity in Francis’ name are well known, told La Stampa’s Vatican Insider website that he came up with the idea after meeting a homeless man named Franco while coming home from confession one day. Krajewski said he offered to take Franco to dinner after learning it was his 50th birthday, but he declined because of his stench. “I brought him with me anyway. We had Chinese,” Krajewski was quoted as saying. “While we were at the table, he told me that

you can always find something to eat in Rome. But what is missing are places to wash yourself.” Krajewski told reporters last year that he envisages his work as the papal “almoner” as being a hands-on extension of Pope Francis, who as cardinal used to visit the slums of Buenos Aires and minister to the homeless. Since Francis can no longer do so in person, he tasked Krajewski with carrying out “emergency” acts of charity in his name. Krajewski’s coffers are funded by the sales of papal parchments, hand-made certificates with a photo of the pope that the faithful can buy for a wedding, baptism, priestly ordination or other occasion, with the name of the recipient and an apostolic blessing written in calligraphy. Recently his office has been the target of criticism from shopkeepers and artisans around the Vatican who make the parchments. They have been told that starting Jan. 1, the Vatican is reserving the business for itself, to better fund Francis’ charitable efforts.

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Religion

Taming the beast behind your teeth H so.

ave you said something you regret? You’re not the first to do

Through the centuries, careless and cutting words have wounded hearers and brought regret to those who spoke them. Churches have been divided, family ties broken and friendships torn apart by unkind words harshly spoken. One of the saddest stories of the power of wounding words I have heard relates to a marriage that suffered a verbal blow shortly after the wedding. The couple stayed together for years, but the husband never recovered from a cutting comment made by his bride and named this as one of the main causes of their ulti-

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mate divorce. The Bible calls the tongue a fire that can cause hellish destruction (James 3:5). Experience agrees. In his book, “The Tongue — Angel or Demon?” George Sweeting warned: “A fiery tongue is like a burning match in a gasoline tank. The tongue ignites a great fire. A word of hate inflames opposition. A mocking word incites bitterness. An evil word may kindle a career of sin. A foul

Church News Sterling Petencostal Church hosts Fall Festival The Sterling Pentecostal Church is sponsoring a Fall Festival today at the Sterling Community Center. It will be an exciting time for the kids with games, prizes, candy, and food. The activities begin at 3:30 p.m. and will continue to 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome for a fun family night.

The Liberty Quartet to perform Sterling Baptist Church and Soldotna Bible Chapel are hosting gospel music performers The Liberty Quartet in concert at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Soldotna Bible Chapel. There is no charge for admission; a freewill offering will be taken up. This is the group’s only concert scheduled on the Kenai Peninsula this year.

Bazaar to benefit mission projects 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. to 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.

Enjoy Blue Grass music at Kenai United Methodist Church Musicians and listeners are invited to a Blue Grass session at the Kenai United Methodist Church Sunday from 1:00-4:00 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 Front-

word heard on the streets, in the shop, in the school, may start fires burning within until nothing is left but ashes. “Contentious tongues have hindered the work of God a thousand times over. Critical tongues have broken the hearts and health of many pastors.” On the other hand, the tongue has immense potential for good. Most of us remember when someone has come along at a critical time in our lives with just the right words to help us through some difficulty. Looking back, we know this was no chance encounter. These encouragers arrived right on time because this was part of God’s plan and the result of His love. We have all spoken words we’d like to recall. Sometimes we’ve

made enemies or offended people when we didn’t intend to do so. But these verbal blunders do not mean we’re to live with regret for the rest of our lives, the victims of our own voices. We can be forgiven … and change. Consider Peter. Three times, just before the crucifixion, he denied that he even knew his Lord and emphasized these three infamous denials with profanity. Still, his troubling lapse of faith and shameful conduct did not render him useless for life. The same tongue that had been profane under pressure demonstrated the proof of his faith when surrendered to God, making him one of the most influential spokesmen of the first century church.

So there is hope for you. God forgives and wants to become the Lord of your language. You’ve not been able to control your unruly tongue, but God can. He will cause your words to heal instead of hurt, to build up rather than tear down. But this change must begin in your heart. When God is in control of your life, that wild beast caged behind your teeth will be tamed and you won’t have to live with regret anymore. Roger Campbell is an author, a broadcaster and columnist who was a pastor for 22 years. He can be reached at rcministry@ameritech.net.

age Road in Kenai. For more information call Jim Evenson at your walk in the fruit of the Spirit; 5. Law of the Spirit of Life 776-8060. in Christ. For information call Bev at 776-8022 or 398-7311 or Paulette at 252-7372.

Scandanavian dinner at Homer church

Faith Lutheran Church in Homer will host its annual Scandi- Calvary Baptist kids club meets navian dinner Saturday at 5 p.m. Call 907-235-7600 to reserve Calvary Baptist Church has resumed its Awana Kids Club tickets. The dinner includes live entertainment and a menue of on Sunday evenings. The group meets at Kenai Middle School Swedish meatballs, lutefisk, fresh lefse and pickled herring and from 5:15-7:30 p.m. All kids, ages 3 through sixth grade, are more. welcome. See the Calvary Baptist Awana web page for further details and Club schedule: calvarykenai.org/awana.

Apostolic Assembly taking cookie orders

United Methodist Church provides food pantry

The Apostolic Assembly of Jesus Christ is taking orders for its annual Christmas cookie box sale. Assorted Christmas cookThe Kenai United Methodist Church provides a food pantry ies are for sale by pre-order only. The cost is $5 per dozen, or $4 for those in need every Monday from noon to 3 p.m. per dozen for ordes of 20 dozen or more. Call Liz at 262-5525 The Methodist Church is located on the Kenai Spur Highway or Diane at 262-1714 by Dec. 4 to place an order. Cookies will next to the Boys and Girls Club. The entrance to the Food Panbe ready for pick-up or delivery on Dec. 10. try is through the side door. The Pantry closes for holidays. For more information contact the church office at 283-7868 or email kumcalaska@gmail.com. First Baptist hosts

women’s Bible study

Clothes 4 U at First Baptist Church

A nine-week women’s Bible study on I and II Thessalonians, First Baptist Church Soldotna, located at 159 S. Binkley called “Children of the Day” by Beth Moore is under way at the First Baptist Church of Kenai. The group begins with lunch at Street, is re-opening its Clothes 4 U program. It is open on the noon, a video and discussion. Childcare is available. For more second and fourth Saturday of each month from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. All clothing and shoes are free to the public. information, call Carole at 283-7772 or Kassy at 283-7672.

Bible study with Nikiski Aglow

Clothes Quarters open weekly

Nikiski Aglow meets each Saturday morning from 9-11 a.m. at the Nikiski New Hope Christian Fellowship, Mile 23 North Road. All are welcome to attend. Aglow International is founded on prayer and compassionate outreach. It is global in ministry vision, yet rooted in small groups. Nikiski Aglow is hosting the DVD teaching of Graham Cooke with “Game Changers.” The five themes are: 1. How you are known in heaven; 2. Establishing your internal overcomer; 3. Mind of Christ; 4. Reinventing

Clothes Quarters at Our Lady of the Angels Church is open every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and the first Saturday of every month from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call 907-283-4555.

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Police reports n On Oct. 10 at 9:02 p.m., the Alaska Bureau of Highway Patrol, Kenai Peninsula Team, stopped a gold 2002 GMC pickup on Crooked Creek Road for speeding. Investigation revealed that driver Clayton Nelson, 20, of Kasilof, had a warrant outstanding for his arrest. He was arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial without bail, pending arraignment. n On Oct. 11 at 8:23 p.m., the Alaska Bureau of Highway Patrol, Kenai Peninsula Team, stopped a green 1995 Chevrolet pickup near Mile 109 of the Sterling Highway for defective equipment. Bryan Gheen, 38, of Kasilof, was identified as the driver. Investigation revealed that his license was revoked for driving under the influence. He was issued a misdemeanor citation for driving while license revoked. n On Oct. 12 at about 3:20 p.m., the Alaska Bureau of Highway Patrol, Kenai Peninsula Team, stopped a gray 1995 Dodge van for defective equipment on Johnson Lake Road. Adam Leo Levi Moxley, 25, of Soldotna, was identified as a passenger. Investigation revealed that he had a warrant outstanding for his arrest. He was arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial without bail, pending arraignment.

n On Oct. 14 at 2:48 a.m., Soldotna police stopped a vehicle on the Sterling Highway at Warehouse Drive, after a REDDI (Report Every Dangerous Driver Immediately) report was received. Brad Johnson, 56, of Kenai, was arrested for felony driving under the influence of alcohol, felony chemical test refusal, and driving on a revoked license and taken to Wildwood Pretrial without bail. n On Oct. 14 at 2:52 a.m., Soldotna police contacted the driver of a vehicle parked in the Safeway parking lot after a REDDI (Report Every Dangerous Driver Immediately) complaint was received. Harold R. Gore, 40, of Tomball, Texas, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol, chemical test refusal, and driving while license revoked and taken to Wildwood Pretrial on $1,500 bail. n On Oct. 14 at 9:05 p.m., Soldotna police responded to the Aspen Hotel for a report of an intoxicated male, who had confronted two hotel guests with a handgun. Richard Ramstad, 22, of Wasilla, was arrested for two counts of third-degree assault and fourth-degree misconduct involving weapons and was taken to Wildwood Pretrial without bail. n On Oct. 14 at 11:54 p.m., Soldotna Alaska State Troopers responded to a call about a disturbance on Lowe Court

in Soldotna. On site, troopers conducted interviews and determined that fourth-degree assault (domestic violence) had occurred. Tamara Dock, 21, of Togiak, was arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility. n On Oct. 14 at 7:49 p.m., the Alaska State Trooper Bureau of Highway Patrol, Kenai Peninsula Team, responded to a motor vehicle collision at Mile 45 of the Sterling Highway in Cooper Landing. Investigation revealed that Roy Cornelius, 66, of Fairbanks, was driving a 2014 International semi-truck northbound on the highway, when an oncoming car made him have to take evasive action to avoid a collision. The semi-truck struck a guardrail, causing a hole in the gas tank. An estimated 15 gallons of diesel fuel spilled from the tank. The guardrail sustained major damage for about 75 feet. No injuries were reported, and the driver reported wearing his seat belt. The Department of Environment Conservation was notified of the spill. The damage to the vehicle is estimated at $1,000. n On Oct. 15 at 6:05 p.m., Alaska State Troopers Criminal Suppression Detail was conducting a follow-up investigation into a suspicious GMC motorhome, where stolen property had previously been recovered. The motorhome was stopped on Birch Street near the intersection

with Third Avenue in Kenai. As a result of the traffic stop, Thomas Dorman, 48, of Kenai, was arrested for fourth-degree and sixth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance and a probation violation. Dorman was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility and held without bail. The vehicle Dorman was operating was released to a friend at the scene. n On Oct. 15 at 3:18 p.m., Kenai police received a report of an intoxicated person, who was not wearing a shirt, walking in the roadway on Peninsula Avenue. Officers responded and contacted Valerie G. Haney, 63, of Kenai. Haney was arrested for violating conditions of release and taken to Wildwood Pretrial. n On Oct. 15 at 6:55 p.m., Soldotna police responded to Fred Meyer store for a trespassing complaint. Michael Parker, 23, of Soldotna, and Lisa Hileman, 19, of Soldotna, had both been previously trespassed from the store. Parker was also found to be in possession of methamphetamine. Parker was arrested for fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance and second-degree criminal trespass and was taken to Wildwood Pretrial without bail. Hileman was arrested for second-degree criminal trespass and taken to Wildwood Pretrial on $250 bail. n On Oct. 16 at 4:08 p.m., the Alaska Bureau of Highway

Patrol, Kenai Peninsula Team, stopped a silver 2012 GMC car near Mile 96 of the Sterling Highway for speeding. After investigation, Masonn Byrd, 20, of Kenai, was issued a misdemeanor citation for driving while license revoked. n On Oct. 17 at 6:07 p.m., the Alaska Bureau of Highway Patrol, Kenai Peninsula Team, stopped a maroon 1996 Chevrolet pickup near Mile 3 of the Seward Highway for a traffic violation. Investigation revealed that driver Jesse Atherton, 23, of Seward, had an outstanding warrant for his arrest. He was arrested and taken to the Seward Jail on $500 bail. n On Oct. 17 at 9:33 p.m., Alaska State Troopers Dispatch received a 911 call from an address near Mile 4 of Kalifornsky Beach Road, Kasilof. The report indicated that a male and a female were attempting to steal a vehicle from the property. Alaska State Troopers Criminal Suppression Detail responded toward the scene and eventually located a white 1996 GMC Astro Van near Mile 105 of the Sterling Highway. Investigation resulted in the arrest of Esperanza Torres, 22, of Anchorage, for driving while license suspended and failing to insure vehicle. Torres was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility on $1,000 bail. The vehicle Torres was operating was impounded, pending

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service of a search warrant. Two additional occupants of the white van were released from the scene. Investigation into the incident continues. n On Oct. 17, Alaska State Troopers Criminal Suppression Detail conducted a traffic stop on a white GMC Astro Van near Mile 105 of the Sterling Highway. The Astro Van was stopped as a result of a report of an attempted theft from an address near Mile 3.5 of Kalifornsky Beach Road in Kasilof. As a result of the stop, the van was impounded from the scene and held at the Alaska State Troopers Post pending investigation. On Oct. 31, Alaska State Troopers Criminal Suppression Detail, with the help of the Alaska State Troopers Patrol Division, arrested Shawn Seaman, 29, of Anchorage, Travis Longbotham, 31, of Kenai, and Esperanza â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hopeâ&#x20AC;? Torres, 22, of Kenai, for first-degree burglary and second-degree theft, both charges stemming from the original attempted theft report made Oct. 17. All three were taken to Wildwood Pretrial and held without bail. n On Oct. 17 at 11:18 p.m., Kenai police made a routine traffic stop near the Kenai Spur Highway at South Spruce Street. Contact with the driver resulted in Levi F. Cabrido, 22, of Kenai, being arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial on a charge of driving under the influence.

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license application for its current dam-less design to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the national power plant licensing agency, in February 2015. HEA held a previous meeting in Moose Pass in 2010, when it was beginning to plan the studies it would conduct in preparation for an application for its FERC license. At that meeting, HEA officials solicited input on what studies should be done to accurately assess the positive and negative effects of the project. Some attendees expressed strong concerns over whether or not the project’s potential environmental impact was justified by the benefit it might offer. One such attendee was Michael Cooney, a forestry consultant in Moose Pass who attended both the 2010 and 2014 meetings. He spoke against

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the project in 2010, eventually submitting letters of opposition to the HEA Board of Directors, the commission, and the Alaska Energy and Electrical Cooperative. “HEA’s redesign of the project to eliminate the dam and retain just the lake tap has lessened the scale of environmental impacts to the lakeshore and uplands, but has done nothing to mitigate the effects of the project on downstream resources, particularly fish and aquatic organisms,” Cooney wrote in an email. “There are still impacts associated with varying the lake’s natural levels and almost totally dewatering the upper half of Grant Creek.” After seeing the results of HEA’s most recent research, Cooney believes that the Grant Lake project’s impact on fish remains insufficiently studied. “Since 2009, I have asked that fisheries studies determine the annual production of juvenile salmon (particularly sockeye) from Grant Creek as a way of gauging and documenting

The investments made into its network and information technology solutions department are to capture the potential in the growing IT market. As a result broadband growth helped the ACS reduce its debt and the company saw 19 percent fourth quarter growth year-overyear for business revenue and up 15 percent for consumer revenue, according the Journal article. ACS released its thirdquarter finances earlier this month and predicts more than $300 million in expected revenue for 2014 and a $92 million in net profit this year. “We are working to make consumer and business communications on the Peninsula world class,” Cavanaugh said.

Verizon’s recent rollout to the Alaska market, along with national chain AT&T have lessened its foothold in Alaska. After eight years of declining revenue and debt, ACS decided to merge with General Communications Inc. in 2013 and combine its infrastructure into the Alaska Wireless Network. In March, ACS reported a $15.7 million decrease in fourth quarter revenue compared to the prior year, which the company attributed to the Alaska Wireless Network transition, according to an Alaska Journal of Commerce article. Cavanaugh said the company has focused its business Reach Dan Balmer at growth in broadband internet daniel.balmer@peninsulaservices and have made investments to be the leading clarion.com broadband provider.

‘HEA’s redesign of the project to eliminate the dam and retain just the lake tap has lessened the scale of the environmental impact to the lakeshore and uplands, but has done nothing to mitigate the effects of the project on downstream resources, particularly fish and aquatic organism. ’ — Michael Cooney, Moose Pass the Creek’s contribution to the Kenai River watershed which supports substantial commercial, sport, personal use and subsistence fisheries — studies to date have not even attempted to address this question, and consultants at the most recent meeting were unable to answer the question,” Cooney said. After a two-year lull in his efforts to stop the project, Cooney said he would resume his attempts to get it shut down. Jeff Hetrick, co-owner of the Inn at Tern Lake, a hotel approximately 12 miles outside of Moose Pass, said that he has attended all of HEA’s public meetings. “I learn more at each meeting,” Hetrick wrote in an email.

“HEA did a good job of presenting their work. I’m generally in favor of the project. But I have some reservations and fish isn’t one of them. My concern is the viewscape of transmission lines and how and who will manage the newly created access to Grant Lake.” Construction and maintenance of the Grant Lake project will require a road to access the site from Seward Highway. HEA has not yet decided whether to allow public access to this road. “I think the meeting went well, however some of the audience didn’t understand that it was supposed to informational not public testimony,” Hetrick said of the Nov. 6 meeting. “I

plan on reviewing the (draft) application when released and will likely have a bunch of questions. I believe HEA’s biggest obstacle to garner community support is going to be (the issue of) how does Moose Pass benefit from the project. They will need to figure some mitigation for the community.” Sue McClure represents Seward and Moose Pass in the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly. She was also on the assembly in 2010 during HEA’s previous Moose Pass presentation, after which McClure and former borough mayor Dave Carey called for the assembly to formally oppose HEA’s development of Grant Lake. The proposal was voted down 6-2.

McClure didn’t personally attend the November 6 meeting, but sent a representative. “It sounds quite like it was back in (2010),” McClure said. “About the same number of people in attendance, about the same amount of presentation, and just about the same negative sentiment. I don’t think anything’s changed because of their scaling down the project, in terms of the protests about it.” “I’m not going to do any kind of resolution or anything,” McClure said. “I don’t think that would be productive.”

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has been unable to make exceptions to city commission rulings without meeting extensive requirements set by state law, he said. Anderson was referring to the current situation with Soldotna resident Jerry Farrington, who was denied approval for a driveway expansion by the Planning and Zoning commission. The fastest way to remedy the issue was completed by council member Linda Murphy

who submitted an ordinance that would increase the amount of driveway space residents can expand on their property. “We want to get rid of those (state laws) and let the city set those up rather than be functioning under those rules, which I find to be onerous and non-applicable in a personal manner,” Anderson said. Council member Keith Baxter spoke with Lynch, and said Lynch was eligible to be on the commission if he wished to run

for a seat. If approved the commission will have one year from the date of the election to bring forward a charter before voters, Saner said Mayor Nels Anderson said he hopes that city employees and city council members will consider serving on the commission.

erator to Tuluksak in western Alaska. The Alaska Energy Authority has located a generator and plans to transport it to the village, along with a technician, agency spokesman Jeremy Zidek said. The community of nearly 400 has been without electricity since a power-plant failure last Friday. Replacement parts have been ordered, plant manager Willie Phillip has said. The outage is occurring as temperatures are above freez-

ing and warmer than usual, so there are no weather-related emergency concerns at this point, Zidek said. Residents have expressed concerns, however, about food spoiling, and emergency managers are working with nongovernment food-resource partners to supply replacement food in response to any spoilage. Once the backup generator is on the ground, it can be hooked up and operational within a few hours, Zidek said.

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The decision could lead to a repeal by voter approval of the Kenai Peninsula Borough food-tax that allows Soldotna to collect a year-round tax on non-prepared food items. Anderson said that was not the case. Another reason for the consideration is that the council

State to send generator to village with no power BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — Alaska emergency responders are planning to send a backup generator to a village that has been without power for nearly one week. The state Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management is working on the plan to transport the gen-

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The equipment that will arrive is a temporary generator designed to operate outside, and it will be used until more permanent repairs can be made at the power plant, he said. The outage has not affected classes at the village school, which has its own generator. The school could serve as an emergency evacuation center if necessary, Zidek said. Tuluksak residents have been sharing whatever power sources they have, he said. C

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Homer, Nikiski thrown into losers’ bracket Bulldogs lose to Mt. Edgecumbe; Mariners beat Nome, lose to Monroe Catholic Staff report

After the opening day at the Class 3A state volleyball tournament in Anchorage, both Peninsula teams were relegated to the second-chance consolation bracket. Homer split a pair of games Thursday, while Nikiski lost its lone game, meaning both teams will have to stay perfect if they want to have a shot at Saturday’s championship game. Nikiski was swept by Mt. Edgecumbe, losing with scores of 25-13, 25-11 and 25-16. With the loss, the Bulldogs were sorted into a matchup today against Barrow, 11 a.m. at the Alaska Air-

lines Center. Nikiski will have to win four games between Friday and Saturday to have a shot at the 3A state championship. Homer — the newly crowned Southcentral Conference champs — began Thursday with a three-game sweep over Nome, winning with scores of 25-10, 25-11 and 25-12, putting the Mariners into the quarterfinal round. “We just came out really strong, we served tough from the get-go,” said Homer coach Beth Trowbridge. “We gained confidence early, and things were clicking for us. Nome

just couldn’t take it away from us.” Larsen Fellows was awarded player of the game, recording seven kills. Teammate Kyla Pitzman had eight kills, Jane Rohr notched six kills, Maryhana Bowe put up six aces, Maggie Larue had 10 digs and four aces, and McKi Needham provided 29 assists. Later, in the quarterfinal match, Homer was swept by Monroe Catholic with scores of 25-23, 25-19 and 25-21. Trowbridge said she thought the key difference was Homer’s struggle with passing, adding that the change in venue from the Wells Fargo Complex to the Alaska Air-

lines Arena may have played a role. “We didn’t play like we could,” Trowbridge said. “We couldn’t find a good rhythm, we played nervous and stiff and had trouble stringing together points.” The Rams had also just finished off a 3-0 sweep of defending state champion Grace Christian earlier in the day. Against Monroe, Larue notched seven digs, helping her to the player of the game award. Needham helped out with 18 assists, Rohr had seven kills and a pair of blocks, Fellows had five kills, Pitzman added four kills, and Malina Fellows had three

aces. Trowbridge said Monroe’s tough serving also played a big role, as the Mariners lost a number of points on unreturned balls. “We have to keep playing like we’re right in there with all the teams,” Trowbridge said. “There’s no reason we can’t fight our way through it. We’re 1-1 right now, so we feel pretty good about that.” Homer will play 3 p.m. Friday at the Alaska Airlines Center against the winner of a morning match between Nikiski and Barrow. “We feel OK about either of those matchups,” Trowbridge added.

Powerlifting comes to area Kenai Central to host state high school championships By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion

Photos by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion

Nikiski’s Andrew Pennison, in the 152-pound weight class, works against Dillingham’s Darren Napoli on Thursday at Nikiski High School in Nikiski.

During the autumn crosscountry season, central Peninsula sports fans had the chance to witness one of the nation’s top runners in Kenai Central senior Allie Ostrander. Improbably, this Saturday at Kenai Central, sports fans have a chance to get a look at some homegrown, international-caliber powerlifting talent. Kenai Central junior Cipriana Castellano and Soldotna sophomore Robin Johnson will headline the field at the first Alaska High School Powerlifting Championships. Both lifters made their mark on the sport at the USA Powerlifting Raw National Cham-

pionships in Aurora, Colorado, in late July. At that meet, Castellano set American records with her opening lifts in each lift contested — squat, bench press and deadlift. She qualified for the International Powerlifting Association Raw Classics Championships in Finland in June 2015 and the Arnold Sports Festival in March 2015 in Columbus, Ohio. At Raw Nationals, Johnson also qualified for the International Powerlifting Association Raw Classics Championships. She set American records in squat, bench and overall total. Rob Schmidt, the Alaska state chairperson for USA Powerlifting, said both Castellano See LIFT, page B-4

Grappling coaches return home Kershaw, Trout Kenai Central’s Steffensen, Soldotna’s Gardner take over old mat rooms win MVP awards By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

The feeling of coming home after a long time away can overwhelm even the most resolute of people. For the coaches of the two large-schools prep wrestling teams on the Peninsula, the feeling was shared as they have stepped back into their old proving grounds. As the high school season gets underway this weekend for the Kenai Central and Soldotna wrestling teams, changes have transpired that have seen old faces reunite with old places. Kenai Central wrestling coach Stan Steffensen was able to move his Kardinals squad out of the “Kenai cage” as they called it, and back into the old wrestling room at the school, located above the pool area. The Kards haven’t used

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the room for wrestling in over four years, but after a postseason move that included swapping the weightlifting equipment for mats, the gang is back. “That is cool,” Steffensen said. “We just have a little specialness about it, I mean, how do you explain it? It’s really awesome. You’re back home.” Steffensen added that the names of past Kenai wrestling champions adorn the walls of the room, names that Steffensen coached going as far back as the ’80s. “When I first started coaching here, this is where we were,” Steffensen said. “Being back in the room is super,

A few squads warmed up for a big weekend of wrestling on the Kenai Peninsula with dual meets Thursday. Nikiski will host the Peninsula Duals, which will include about 15 teams, today and Satursuper good.” For Soldotna coach Neldon Gardner, the wait had been even longer. Gardner took over the SoHi program this season after 24 years at Skyview High School, and has moved back into his old room. “It’s a good change, and I actually feel like I’ve come

day. This also marks the first time the small schools will wrestle with the big schools this season. The tourney starts with matchup duals today. Those duals start at 2:30 p.m., with the last duals going off at 7 p.m. See DUAL, page B-4

home,” Gardner said. The room that Gardner and the Stars have moved into has in recent years been used as the mat room for the Soldotna Preparatory School. It’s a room in which Gardner has coached many middle school grapplers that eventually made their way to competing See HOME, page B-4

BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer

NEW YORK — For once, Clayton Kershaw was glad to see a long shutout streak end. Kershaw became the first pitcher to win the National League MVP award since Bob Gibson in 1968, coasting to an easy victory Thursday. “A little bit of shock, honestly,” the Dodgers ace said on a conference call. “I guess I never really anticipated to win that.” A day after unanimously taking the NL Cy Young Award, Kershaw completed a Los Angeles sweep. A little earlier, Angels outfielder Mike Trout was a unanimous pick for the AL MVP. Trout had been blanked in his bid the past two years, finishing second both times to Detroit slugger Miguel Cabrera. The 23-year-old Trout was the

youngest unanimous MVP pick in major league history. “Just anxious throughout the day,” Trout said of the waiting period. “I knew the experience I had the last two years. It helped me with it.” Trout, the MVP of the AllStar game in July, and Kershaw both led their teams to West division titles. In August, they finally faced each in a regularseason game — Trout singled, doubled and struck out looking at Dodger Stadium. Someday, they hope to meet in October. “I think in the future we’re going to contend for the World Series, year in and year out,” Kershaw said. To do that, they want to improve in the playoffs. Kershaw went 0-2 with a 7.82 ERA against St. Louis in the Division Series, leaving him 1-5 with a 5.12 ERA in the postseason. See MVP, Page B-4

A very happy return Gessert has been on scoring spree since rejoining Bears By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion

Quick. What are the top three questions Kenai River Brown Bears coach Geoff Beauparlant is asked by colleges considering his players? Strength? Nope. Speed? Not so much. Skating ability? That doesn’t make the list either. “The top three questions that I’m asked as a coach at our level, whether it be by a Division I or III program, are work ethic, character and leadership,” the coach said. And that’s why Beauparlant is betting that 19-year-old forward Jack Gessert will not be back with the Bears in his final year of junior eligibility next season. “He has the whole package,”

Kenai River seeks consistency By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion

The Kenai River Brown Bears will continue their search for consistency when the Minnesota Magicians come to the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex for 7:30 p.m. games tonight and Saturday. Bears head coach Geoff Beauparlant said a Kenai

River fan living out of town recently told him, “You guys are all over the place.” “It’s true,” Beauparlant said. “You never know what you’re going to get. We’re working on preaching consistency, staying focused on the task and finding that chemistry we need. “When it does finally click, we are going to be a See BEARS, page B-4

the coach said. “He has the aca“He’s college-ready.” demics piece, the size Division After serving as a captain I teams look for, he skates well in his final year at the Midget Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion even on the big rink and he’s level, the 6-foot-2, 205-pound an extremely intelligent hockey forward was drafted by Kenai Kenai River Brown Bears’ Jack Gessert watches a scramble at the Minnesota Wilderness goal See RETURN, page B-4 in late October at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna. player. C

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Habs top Bruins for 4th straight victory By The Associated Press

MONTREAL — Max Pacioretty had two goals, Dale Weiss scored on a penalty shot, and the Montreal Canadiens beat the rival Boston Bruins 5-1 on Thursday night for their fourth straight win. Lars Eller and Jiri Sekac also scored for Montreal (12-4-1), which benefited from Sergei Gonchar’s debut after he was acquired Tuesday in a trade with Dallas. Dougie Hamilton scored a powerplay goal for Boston (10-8-0), which lost badly for a second game in a row after a 6-1 setback in Toronto on Wednesday night. The Bruins were playing a third game in four nights.

Carolina lost for the second time in three games since winning four straight. Elias Lindholm scored Carolina’s goal on the power play. Winnipeg backup goalkeeper Michael Hutchinson earned the win with 22 saves. Cam Ward finished with 34 saves.

AVALANCHE 4, RANGERS 3, SO

NEW YORK — Nathan MacKinnon scored the tying goal in the third period and then connected in the shootout as the Avalanche rallied for a victory over the Rangers. MacKinnon started the tiebreaker with a goal, and Alex Tanguay added one in the third round. Semyon Varlamov stopped Mats Zuccarello and then Lee Stempniak on the final attempt as Colorado won for the first time in three games on a fourgame trip. JETS 3, HURRICANES 1 Matt Duchene had a goal and assist, and RALEIGH, N.C. — Blake Wheeler Tanguay also scored for the Avalanche, scored two goals and had an assist, and the who had dropped four of five. Varlamov Jets beat the Hurricanes. stopped 30 shots. The Jets, who are in the middle of a five-game road trip, won for the fifth time SHARKS 2, LIGHTNING 1 in seven games and bounced back from a TAMPA, Fla. — Antti Niemi made 32 shutout loss. They’ve gone 7-1-2 in their saves and added an assist as the Sharks last 10 games.

beat the Lightning. Joe Thornton and Tyler Kennedy scored for the Sharks, who are 2-2 on a seven-game road trip. Niemi improved to 5-0-1 against the Lightning. Tampa Bay got a goal from Steven Stamkos, and Ben Bishop stopped 37 shots. The Lightning are 0-1-1 since their six-game winning streak was snapped.

WILD 6, SABRES 3 ST. PAUL, Minn. — Nino Niederreiter had his first career three-goal game and backup goalie Niklas Backstrom stopped 25 shots as the Wild broke out of a scoring slump for a victory over the Sabres to snap a four-game skid. The Wild have been missing leading scorer Zach Parise since Nov. 4. He’s out with a concussion and Minnesota scored just two goals in three straight losses without him. After Rasmus Ristolainen scored his first of the season just 1:03 in for Buffalo, the teams combined for three goals in a 17-second span midway through the period. Minnesota’s Ryan Carter opend the spurt. Seven seconds later, Niederreiter got his first and 10 seconds after that Buffalo’s

Dolphins take down Bills STEVEN WINE AP Sports Writer

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — When Miami Dolphins rookie receiver Jarvis Landry dived into the end zone for a fourth-quarter touchdown, he was just getting started. A replay review upheld the score, and Landry then sprinted up and down the sideline in a celebration of redemption. Landry bounced back from a potentially disastrous fumble, and the Dolphins ended a streak of three consecutive losses to Buffalo, overcoming a third-quarter deficit to win 22-9. “It was great to swing the tide,” Landry said. “It was good not to be the little brother.” Ryan Tannehill shook off five sacks to throw late touchdown passes of 7 yards to Brandon Gibson and 8 yards to Landry. Tannehill went 26 for 34 for 240 yards, and Lamar Miller rushed for 86 yards. Miami trailed 9-3 before outscoring their AFC East rivals 19-0 over the final 18 minutes. The Dolphins improved to 6-4, their best record after 10 games since 2008. “To stay over the .500 mark, to win in the division

and to beat the Bills, it’s a good night,” defensive tackle Jared Odrick said. “You have to start playing good football this time of the year,” coach Joe Philbin said. The Bills, trying to end a 14-year playoff drought, fell to 5-5 with their second loss in a row. “I’m tired of it, we’re all tired of it, and we know the fans are tired of it,” safety Aaron Williams said. “It hurts.” Stymied by Buffalo’s front four in recent meetings, the Dolphins had scored one touchdown in 33 possessions against the Bills before late TD drives of 80 and 63 yards. That was quite a rally by a team that hadn’t won a close game all season. Otherwise stout defense did the heavy lifting for Miami, which scored a safety on a penalty. Quarterback Kyle Orton had an unproductive night and injured a toe late in the game. “We need to try to get better, and it starts with the quarterback,” Orton said. He didn’t say whether his injury was serious. The Bills, ranked last in the NFL in red-zone touchdown efficiency, mounted grinding drives of 67 and 85 yards on

their first two possessions. But Miami held them to a field goal each time, and those were their best TD chances. The Bills have reached the end zone once in their past nine red-zone trips. “In the first half we had two drives we didn’t finish,” coach Doug Marrone said. “In the second half we just didn’t play well.” With the Dolphins leading 12-9, Landry lost a fumble on a kick return, but their defense again dug in, and former Miami kicker Dan Carpenter missed a 47-yard field goal try. He made earlier attempts of 33, 21 and 46 yards. The Dolphins, also ranked poorly in red-zone efficiency, missed chances early themselves. They came away with three points from trips inside the 20 on their first two possessions, and didn’t reach the end zone until 42 minutes into the game. Miami led 10-9 before scoring a safety when Kyle Orton was flagged for intentional grounding from the end zone. Under pressure from Olivier Vernon, Orton threw a pass that landed closer to the Bills sideline than to any player.

Zemgus Girgensons evened the score. Leon Draisaitl, Jordan Eberle and Jeff Kyle Brodziak and Jared Spurgeon also Petry responded for the Oilers (6-9-2) who scored for Minnesota. Former Wild center have lost two in a row. Torrey Mitchell for the Sabres.

BLUES 4, PREDATORS 3

FLAMES 5, COYOTES 3

ST. LOUIS — Paul Stastny scored on a deflection with 5 minutes, 54 seconds left to lift the Blues over Nashville St. Louis has won nine of 10. The Predators had a three-game winning streak snapped. Stastny tipped in a shot from Kevin Shattenkirk to break a 3-all tie. Vladimir Tarasenko, T.J. Oshie and Carl Gunnarsson also scored for the Blues.

CALGARY, Alberta — Paul Byron scored twice to break out of a scoring funk, and the Flames beat the Coyotes. David Jones, Mark Giordano and Sean Monahan also scored for Calgary (10-62), while Sven Baertschi added two assists, his first points of the season. Shane Doan, Antoine Vermette and Joe Vitale scored for Arizona (6-9-1), which has lost three straight.

SENATORS 4, OILERS 3, OT

STARS 2, KINGS 0

EDMONTON, Alberta — Mike Hoffman scored a pair of goals, including the overtime winner, and the Senators snapped a three-game skid by beating the Oilers. Hoffman sent a shot from the slot under the arm of Oilers goalie Ben Scrivens 2:39 into overtime to secure the win for the Senators, who wasted a 3-0 lead. Alex Chiasson and Milan Michalek also scored for the Senators (8-4-4) who are 3-1-2 in their last six outings.

LOS ANGELES — Kari Lehtonen posted his first shutout of the season with 27 saves, and the Stars got goals from Ryan Garbutt and Jason Spezza in a victory over the Kings. The highlight of Lehtonen’s 28th career shutout was an acrobatic glove save the 11-year veteran made while diving across the crease to rob Jarret Stoll at the edge of the crease at 13:16 of the second period.

Gasol, Bulls retire Raptors By The Associated Press

TORONTO — Pau Gasol had a season-high 27 points and 11 rebounds, Derrick Rose scored 20 points before leaving with a sore left hamstring, and the Chicago Bulls beat the Toronto Raptors 100-93 on Thursday night. Jimmy Butler scored 21 and Mike Dunleavy had 14 as the Bulls won for the sixth time in seven games and snapped Toronto’s five-game winning streak in the matchup of teams with the best records in the Eastern Conference. Both teams are 7-2. Rose stumbled on a drive to the basket late in the fourth and was replaced by Dunleavy with 1:53 left, taking a seat at the end of the bench. MAVERICKS 123, 76ERS 70 DALLAS — Dirk Nowitzki scored 21 points while playing only 20 minutes and Dallas had its largest victory ever while keeping Philadelphia winless. The 53-point margin for Dallas surpassed its 50-point win over the New York Knicks in January 2010. At 0-8, Philadelphia is the only NBA team without a victory. The only time the 76ers have gone deeper into a season before winning a game was 1972-73, when they lost their first 15 games, accord-

ing to STATS.

GRIZZLIES 111, KINGS 110 MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Courtney Lee scored on a lob pass as time expired to cap a furious fourth-quarter rally, and Memphis came from 26 points down to beat Sacramento. The outcome wasn’t decided until after a lengthy review by officials who were trying to determine if the inbounds pass from Vince Carter with less than a second left was tipped by the Kings, and also to determine if Lee got the shot off before the horn sounded. Mike Conley led Memphis with 22 points and 11 assists, while Marc Gasol had 20 points. Lee’s reverse layup gave him 16 points on 6-of-9 shooting.

WARRIORS 107, NETS 99 OAKLAND, Calif. — Klay Thompson scored 25 points, Draymond Green had 17 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, and Golden State snapped a two-game losing streak by beating Brooklyn. Stephen Curry added 17 points and five assists as the hot-shooting, turnover-prone Warriors slowly started to cut down on mistakes. They shot 45.6 percent from the floor and had just 11 turnovers.

Peninsula Clarion, Friday, November 14, 2014

Sports Briefs Despite no snow, Tsalteshi offers packed weekend The Tsalteshi Trails Association is not letting the lack of snow slow it down, offering a pair of events this weekend. Saturday, the association will hold a Ski Season Preparation event at 1 p.m. at Skyview Middle School, including a waxing clinic with Beemun’s, a Tsalteshi Trails Map/Google Earth demonstration by Mike Crawford, and demonstration of preseason training exercises with Kent Peterson. It is free for active TTA members, and $5 for nonmembers. To renew or initiate a membership, visit www.tsalteshi.org/about/join-us/. Sunday, the association will hold a Polar Vortex Cyclocross bike race at 2 p.m. at the Wolverine Trailhead off Kalifornsky Beach Road. Participation is free for active TTA members, and $5 for nonmembers.

Peterson to have hearing Monday NEW YORK — Adrian Peterson will have a hearing via conference call on Monday about possible reinstatement with the Minnesota Vikings. The hearing will be handled by Shyam Das, an arbiter used by the NFL and NFLPA under the collective bargaining agreement reached in 2011. Through the players’ union, Peterson entered a non-injury grievance regarding when his paid leave on the commissioner’s exempt list is supposed to end. Lawyers representing the union and the NFL will discuss the grievance. Peterson has been on that list since Sept. 18 following his indictment for felony child abuse in Texas. The running back pleaded no contest last week to a lesser charge of misdemeanor reckless assault, freeing him from the court system provided he fulfills his probation terms.

Browns’ Gordon set to return Monday BEREA, Ohio — For two months, suspended wide receiver Josh Gordon has passed Browns offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan in the hallway and had the same conversation. “I always ask him how many days, and he always knows the exact number,” Shanahan said. It’s down to just a few. Gordon’s 10-game suspension for repeated violations of the NFL’s drug policy is set to end Monday, when the Pro Bowler will be allowed to rejoin his teammates after being exiled since September.

NFLPA wants to change conduct policy NEW YORK — The NFL players’ union wants to negotiate with the league in changing the personal conduct policy. In a memo sent to each NFLPA player representative and executive board member, and obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday, the union cites the NFL’s “mismanagement” of several incidents, including the Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson cases. The memo contends the league has “inconsistencies that have led to the lack of credibility and damage to our brand.” The union says the league has not complied with the labor agreement reached in 2011 in regard to personal conduct discipline. The memo mentions “imposed superficial changes to the adjudication process,” apparently referring to Commissioner Roger Goodell installing stronger punishment for first-time offenders of the policy. An NFL spokesman noted in an email to The Associated Press that “the personal conduct policy and its predecessors have been in place since 1997. They have never been the subject of collective bargaining and the union has never before claimed that they should be. The union knows this, which is why it has made no proposals on the personal conduct policy.” — The Associated Press C

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Scoreboard Football NFL Standings AMERICAN CONFERENCE East New England Miami Buffalo N.Y. Jets South Indianapolis Houston Tennessee Jacksonville North Cleveland Cincinnati Pittsburgh Baltimore West Denver Kansas City San Diego Oakland

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PA 198 180 204 265

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NATIONAL CONFERENCE East Philadelphia Dallas N.Y. Giants Washington South New Orleans Carolina Atlanta Tampa Bay North Detroit Green Bay Minnesota Chicago West Arizona Seattle San Francisco St. Louis

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Thursday’s Game Miami 22, Buffalo 9 Sunday’s Games Minnesota at Chicago, 9 a.m. Seattle at Kansas City, 9 a.m. 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. Open: Baltimore, Dallas, Jacksonville, N.Y. Jets Monday’s Game Pittsburgh at Tennessee, 4:30 p.m. All Times AST

First Quarter Mia_FG Sturgis 38, 6:40. Buf_FG Carpenter 33, :13. Second Quarter Buf_FG Carpenter 21, 3:26. Third Quarter Buf_FG Carpenter 46, 6:26. Mia_Gibson 7 pass from Tannehill (Sturgis kick), 2:18. Mia_Team safety, 1:03. Fourth Quarter Mia_Landry 8 pass from Tannehill (Sturgis kick), 11:35. Mia_FG Sturgis 32, 3:01. A_71,573. Buf Mia First downs 13 24 Total Net Yards 237 330 Rushes-yards 19-54 24-125 Passing 183 205 Punt Returns 1-11 0-0 Kickoff Returns 3-75 2-47 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 22-39-0 26-34-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-10 5-35 Punts 2-37.0 3-41.0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-2 Penalties-Yards 7-70 4-30 Time of Possession 27:38 32:22 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Buffalo, Dixon 10-35, B.Brown 6-14, Watkins 1-3, Orton 2-2. Miami, Miller 15-86, Dan. Thomas 5-23, Tannehill 4-16. PASSING_Buffalo, Orton 22-390-193. Miami, Tannehill 26-34-0240. RECEIVING_Buffalo, Hogan 7-74, B.Brown 7-57, Watkins 3-32, Woods 2-15, Dixon 2-13, Gragg 1-2. Miami, Landry 5-46, Clay 5-31, M.Wallace 4-38, Hartline 3-55, Williams 2-38, Gibson 2-13, Miller 2-12, Sims 2-11, Tannehill 1-(minus 4). MISSED FIELD GOALS_Buffalo, Carpenter 47 (WL).

College scores SOUTH Hampton 40, Bethune-Cookman 35 North Alabama 24, West Alabama 16 MIDWEST Cincinnati 54, East Carolina 46 SOUTHWEST UTSA 12, Southern Miss. 10 FAR WEST Southern Cal 38, California 30

Basketball NBA Standings

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EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

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

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WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division Memphis 8 1 Houston 7 1 Dallas 6 3 New Orleans 4 3 San Antonio 4 3 Northwest Division Portland 6 3 Oklahoma City 3 6 Utah 3 6 Minnesota 2 5 Denver 1 6 Pacific Division Golden State 6 2 Phoenix 5 3 L.A. Clippers 4 3 Sacramento 5 4 L.A. Lakers 1 7

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Thursday’s Games Memphis 111, Sacramento 110 Chicago 100, Toronto 93 Dallas 123, Philadelphia 70 Golden State 107, Brooklyn 99 Friday’s Games Milwaukee at Orlando, 3 p.m. Denver at Indiana, 3 p.m. Miami at Atlanta, 3:30 p.m. Cleveland at Boston, 3:30 p.m. Utah at New York, 3:30 p.m. Minnesota at New Orleans, 4 p.m. Detroit at Oklahoma City, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at Houston, 4 p.m. Charlotte at Phoenix, 5 p.m. San Antonio at L.A. Lakers, 6 p.m. Saturday’s Games Orlando at Washington, 3 p.m. Utah at Toronto, 3:30 p.m. Atlanta at Cleveland, 3:30 p.m. Indiana at Chicago, 4 p.m. Detroit at Memphis, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. Brooklyn at Portland, 6 p.m. San Antonio at Sacramento, 6 p.m. Phoenix at L.A. Clippers, 6:30 p.m. Charlotte at Golden State, 6:30 p.m. All Times AST

Winnipeg at Nashville, 3 p.m. Washington at St. Louis, 4 p.m. Ottawa at Calgary, 6 p.m. All Times AST

Hockey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 17 12 4 1 25 45 43 Tampa Bay 17 11 4 2 24 61 46 Toronto 16 9 5 2 20 53 43 Ottawa 16 8 4 4 20 45 41 Boston 18 10 8 0 20 49 48 Detroit 15 7 3 5 19 40 37 Florida 13 5 4 4 14 24 31 Buffalo 18 3 13 2 8 24 66 Metropolitan Division Pittsburgh 14 10 3 1 21 55 32 N.Y. Islanders 15 10 5 0 20 48 42 Washington 15 7 5 3 17 49 44 N.Y. Rangers 16 7 6 3 17 47 50 Philadelphia 14 7 5 2 16 45 43 New Jersey 16 7 7 2 16 43 50 Carolina 15 5 7 3 13 36 47 Columbus 15 4 10 1 9 38 55

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division St. Louis 16 Nashville 16 Winnipeg 17 Chicago 16 Minnesota 15 Dallas 16 Colorado 18 Pacific Division Anaheim 17 Vancouver 17 Calgary 18 Los Angeles 17 San Jose 18 Edmonton 17 Arizona 16 NOTE: Two points overtime loss.

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11 3 3 25 47 37 12 5 0 24 53 47 10 6 2 22 55 48 8 5 4 20 42 38 9 7 2 20 53 51 6 9 2 14 43 58 6 9 1 13 40 56 for a win, one point for

Thursday’s Games Colorado 4, N.Y. Rangers 3, SO Winnipeg 3, Carolina 1 Montreal 5, Boston 1 San Jose 2, Tampa Bay 1 St. Louis 4, Nashville 3 Minnesota 6, Buffalo 3 Calgary 5, Arizona 3 Ottawa 4, Edmonton 3, OT Dallas 2, Los Angeles 0 Friday’s Games Columbus at Philadelphia, 3 p.m. New Jersey at Washington, 3 p.m. Pittsburgh at Toronto, 3:30 p.m. Chicago at Detroit, 3:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Florida, 3:30 p.m. Arizona at Vancouver, 6 p.m. Saturday’s Games Carolina at Boston, 9 a.m. Minnesota at Dallas, 10 a.m. Anaheim at Los Angeles, Noon Toronto at Buffalo, 3 p.m. Philadelphia at Montreal, 3 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Tampa Bay, 3 p.m. Colorado at New Jersey, 3 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 3 p.m. San Jose at Columbus, 3 p.m.

Transactions BASEBALL National League NEW YORK METS — Agreed to terms with 1B Brandon Allen on a minor league contract. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Agreed to terms with LHP Elvis Araujo on a one-year contract and with INF Andres Blanco, OF Brian Bogusevic, INF-OF Russ Canzler, INF/OF Chase d’Arnaud, OF Jeff Francoeur, C John Hester, OF Darin Mastroianni and OF Xavier Paul on minor league contracts. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Suspended Los Angeles Lakers G Ronnie Price one game for hitting New Orleans G Austin Rivers on the side of the head with his right forearm as Rivers elevated for a layup during a Nov. 12 game. UTAH JAZZ — Assigned G Toure’ Murry to Idaho (NBADL). FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed defensive coordinator Todd Bowles a three-year contract extension through the 2017 season. DENVER BRONCOS — Placed LB Nate Irving on injured reserve. Claimed LB Todd Davis off waivers from New Orleans. HOCKEY National Hockey League ST. LOUIS BLUES — Activated F T.J. Oshie from injured reserve. VANCOUVER CANUCKS — Recalled D Bobby Sanguinetti from Utica (AHL). SOCCER Major League Soccer MLS — Named Jane Sexton senior communications coordinator. LA GALAXY — Signed D Robbie Rogers to a multiyear contract extension. COLLEGE ABILENE CHRISTIAN — Named Lee De Leon director of athletics. CHATTANOOGA — Named Kenneth Jones as director of compliance and Rob Robinson associate athletics director for business affairs. MONMOUTH (NJ) — Signed men’s basketball coach King Rice a three-year contract extension through 2019. OAKLAND — Named Padraic McMeel senior associate athletic director for external affairs.

Russia, Qatar cleared to stage World Cup GENEVA (AP) — A longawaited day of judgment on World Cup hosts Russia and Qatar turned into another day of FIFA disarray. Nearly four years after FIFA chose Russia and Qatar to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups,

the football body’s ethics judge exonerated the two countries of any corruption in their winning bids and cleared them to stage the sport’s showpiece tournament. The ruling by German judge Joachim Eckert came despite

evidence of some improper conduct by eight of the nine bids. Eckert’s report was denounced by critics as a whitewash and harshly contested by the American prosecutor who led the investigation. Prosecutor Michael Garcia

said he would appeal Eckert’s decision to close the case, saying it was based on “materially incomplete and erroneous” interpretation of his own findings — 430 pages of investigative work sealed by FIFA from public scrutiny.

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River and played in 58 games as a rookie in the 2013-14 season, notching 13 goals and 18 assists. After almost making the United States Hockey League, which is a step up from the North American Hockey League, Gessert returned to the Bears six games into this season. In the 13 games since, he has 13 goals and three assists to lead the team in goals and points. “He’s just kept his game simple,” Beauparlant said. “He’s willing to go in the tougher areas and he’s been a consistent worker. “The big thing I’ve been trying to get across to all the guys is success comes with hard work and attention to detail, and those are things that Jack does extremely well.” Gessert said he is more physically prepared for the junior season, during which a player can only hope to maintain strength and speed. The time for getting stronger and faster is in the offseason. “I went into summer training knowing what I had to get better at,” said Gessert, the son of John and Susan Gessert of Novi, Michigan. “I worked hard on getting stronger and faster, and I was on the ice a lot more than in past summers.” Beauparlant said it is impossible to

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and Johnson will set international records when they get to international competition. “There’s no exaggerating what those girls are doing,” Schmidt said. “They are global elite teenage female powerlifters. “You could plop them down in Wisconsin or Texas or in the middle of Russia, where powerlifting and strength sports are part of the culture, and these two would still beat everybody.” Castellano, Johnson and Soldotna senior Zach Hallford — who won’t be competing Saturday — are a big reason Kenai Central is hosting the state championships. “Both Robin and CC were taught by Jeff Baker at Kenai Central,” Schmidt said. “He provided me with the inside support from a school necessary to put on a meet of this kind for the first time.” Schmidt said there have been powerlifting competitions in Alaska for 30 years, but there has never been a high school championship. With the huge state high school championships in Wisconsin and Texas floating in his head, Schmidt has been mulling over how to put on high school championships for five years now. The powerlifting talent on the central Peninsula finally showed him the way. As of midweek, there were 15 powerlifters signed up, mostly from the Peninsula, particularly Kenai Central.

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The MVP and Cy Young prizes don’t “take the sting away of what happened in the playoffs,” Kershaw said. Trout went 1 for 12 in a three-game sweep by Kansas City in his first playoff try. “It’s tough to do. You have all these expectations, you want to do so good,” he said. The awards voting was completed by the end of the regular season. Kershaw breezed past Miami bopper Giancarlo Stanton and Pittsburgh outfielder Andrew McCutchen to become Most Valuable Player. While Detroit pitcher Justin Verlander won the AL MVP in 2011, no one on the NL side had done it for nearly a half-century. There was plenty of everyday player-vs.-pitcher MVP debate before this announcement. Kershaw had acknowledged “there are so many people out there who don’t think a pitcher should win.” But the 26-year-old lefty again dominated the hitters — Kershaw led the majors in wins and ERA while going 21-3 with a 1.77 ERA and throwing a nohitter. Kershaw got 18 of 30 firstplace votes and 355 points in balloting by members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. He drew nine sec-

fully prepare the body for going up a level in hockey, whether that be to juniors or college. “That second year at the junior level or college level is a really big year,” the coach said. “You go into the offseason knowing what to expect as a player.” While just missing out on the USHL can be tough for some players, Gessert embraced the challenge of coming back to the Peninsula. And he lucked out when his billet family from last season, Chris and Melissa Kline of Soldotna, had an opening to welcome him back into the home. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” Gessert said. “How many people can say they’ve lived in Alaska? “I’ve been fortunate enough to live here two years now, and I’m really blessed to live with such a great family.” Beauparlant said Gessert has bought in on the ice as well. “He believes in Kenai River,” the coach said. “He believes the program can get him where he wants to go.” About three weeks ago, Beauparlant named Gessert an assistant captain. “It surprised me a little bit, but I appreciated coach Beauparlant and (assistant coach Rory) Dynan honoring me with the assistant captainship,” Gessert said. “I’m trying to work hard leading the team and acting as a role model to some of the younger play-

Schmidt said he has talked to other state chairpersons and has heard 15 is a good number with which to start. There are 10 girls and five boys signed up, which Schmidt partially attributes to the presence of Castellano and Johnson. He said the number of boys may be low due to apprehension of getting shown up by Castellano and Johnson. A big weekend on the prep wrestling scene, with all the Peninsula’s top wrestlers at the Peninsula Duals at Nikiski, also doesn’t help. “The flip side is a lot of the competitors are friends with Robin and CC,” Schmidt said. “They’re excited with what they are doing and engaged in a sport that celebrates empowerment. “A lot of girls are looking at that and saying, ‘I want to be strong too.’” The meet will be in the Kenai Central gym and admittance is free. It is expected to last from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Schmidt also will be giving a powerlifting clinic at The Fitness Place at 5 p.m. Saturday. The cost is $25 for members and $50 for nonmembers. The clinic, which will cover squat, bench press and deadlift, is limited to 30 people and is already half full. Contact The Fitness Place to sign up. Schmidt said the high school meet and the clinic are part of his effort to grow powerlifting in the area. Schmidt also will be coming back for an all-ages powerlifting meet in March. “I hope by coming down twice a year over the next couple of years that I can develop the knowledge and expertise so the sport can sustain itself on the Kenai,” he said. ond-place votes, one third and pair of fourths. “To be a pitcher and win the MVP, it’s pretty awesome,” he said. Stanton got eight first-place ballots and 298 points. He led the NL with 37 homers and was second with 105 RBIs, and missed the last 17 games for the fourth-place Marlins after being hit in the face by a fastball. McCutchen got four firsts and 271 points in his bid to win the award for the second straight year. He hit .314 with 25 home runs and 83 RBIs for the wild-card Pirates. Six AL pitchers have won the MVP since Gibson took it for the Cardinals. Before Gibson, seven pitchers had won the NL MVP, a list that includes Hall of Famers Sandy Koufax, Carl Hubbell and Dizzy Dean. The AL MVP has been won 12 times by pitchers, starting when it was first presented in 1931 to Lefty Grove. Kershaw won the major league season opener in Australia on March 22, then missed more than a month when a strained upper back put him on the disabled list. Featuring sharp breaking pitches, Kershaw came back to win his second straight NL Cy Young and third in four years. Kershaw led the big leagues in complete games and was best among starters in strikeouts per nine innings and WHIP (walks plus hits per inning).

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tough team to play against.” The Bears enter the series in last place in the North American Hockey League Midwest Division. Kenai River is 8-11-0, good for 16 points, while the Minnesota Wilderness and Coulee Region (Wisconsin) Chill are tied for third with 19 points. The Magicians are in second at 11-8-0, for 22 points. The teams have played twice this year, and as has become typical with the Bears, the results varied greatly. The Magicians won the first game 6-4 and lost the second 5-1. Beauparlant said to expect highpaced games. “They have some high-end skill and some well-coached guys that can really razzle-dazzle you,” Beauparlant said. That skill really shows up on the power play, where the Magicians ers.” Gessert, a left wing, also has quickly developed a nice relationship on the ice with Maurin Bouvet, a center. “Our styles complement each other,” Gessert said. “We’re having a lot

are tops in the league with a 25.8 percent conversion rate. The Bears appeared to have found some consistency, winning three of four before heading to Fairbanks last weekend. But the Ice Dogs notched 9-1 and 8-5 victories. “I thought we prepared well and came in with a good game plan,” Beauparlant said. “I thought we executed well, especially early in both games. “We didn’t pay enough attention to detail and our goaltending was below average throughout the series. You can’t let a team like Fairbanks get on a roll.” Beauparlant said multiple personnel changes early in the season, plus injuries and suspensions, have not helped consistency. Forward Colton Fletcher will be out tonight due to suspension, while forward Nick Klishko will sit with an injury. That means the Bears again will not have the preferred 12 forwards and six defensemen in the lineup,

probably instead opting for 11 forwards and seven defensemen. At the same time, Beauparlant said the team must learn to adjust. “The guys that succeed at the next level, at college, are the guys that show they are adaptable and can work within the system,” he said. Notes: Beauparlant said the entire Brown Bears organization sends its condolences to Ice Dogs general manager Rob Proffitt, whose father, Randy, passed away Monday in Detroit. … The Bears spent two hours outside the Arby’s in Kenai and Soldotna on Tuesday honoring veterans for Veterans Day. Next weekend will be military appreciation weekend at the sports complex. “It’s an important piece — that our players realize how much our veterans have sacrificed for hundreds of years for our freedom and continued safety in the U.S.” … Tonight will be Sportsman’s Warehouse night, while Saturday will be Stanley Chrysler night.

of success playing with each other.” While Gessert said his start has drawn the interest of a few schools, he is more concerned with leading the team at this point. The Bears have been inconsistent this year, but Gessert said that will

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change. “I want to see us come together even more,” he said. “Once we come together and start playing as a team, we’re really going to excel and start rising through the standings pretty quickly.”

Jan. 30 and 31 at Soldotna High, which will determine the six individuals from each weight Continued from page B-1 class that qualify for the Class 4A state tournament, scheduled for Feb. 6 and 7 at Bartlett High with the high school team. But the last time he coached School in Anchorage. high-schoolers there? A full quarter century has passed. KENAI KARDINALS Starting in 1983, Gardner Stan Steffensen said his curtook an assistant coaching job at Kenai, but also spent time as rent roster has at least 20 grapplers, which will likely fluctuan assistant at SoHi. It was at Soldotna Middle ate after eligibility checks. Steffensen said some of the School that he became head coach, and he split head-coach- excitement heading into this ing duties with the middle season comes from the returnschool and at former Skyview ing wrestlers that competed at High. He also taught classes at the Alaska USA Wrestling state Soldotna Middle School, and tournament in Wasilla in May. Competing for the local Ketook on physical education as well in the later years, but re- nai Kaveman club, Paul Steffensen and Dylan Carter won tired from teaching in 2006. When Gardner sent in a re- the “triple crown” of wrestling, quest to Soldotna principal claiming titles in all three styles Todd Syverson earlier this year of the sport — Greco-Roman, to use the room again for the freestyle and folkstyle. Paul current crop of high-schoolers, won his matches in the Cadet the answer was yes. Gardner division at 138 pounds, and added that it is a great way to Carter won in the Junior divicombine the ninth-graders and sion at 160 pounds. Coach Stefthe rest of the grades together fensen added that Kyle Hunter also did well in the 182-pound for practices. “I actually got the keys back division. Paul Steffensen won a state to the school again, the old office I had for P.E.,” Gardner championship in February at said. “There are the same old the 126-pound level as a freshlocker rooms, it’s all there. man, capping off a 36-0 season When I walk into the old teach- with a state tournament that er’s lounge, I get reminiscent consisted only of pins. This year, Steffensen is back as a about those days.” But wrestling is a sport that sophomore, and will be comdoesn’t give competitors a lot of peting in either the 138-pound time to be nostalgic. Thus, both or 145-pound divisions. “I think he’s ready to go out, coaches are quickly focusing on the upcoming season, which wrestle hard and have fun,” begins this weekend with the Stan said. “He’d like to win as many matches as he can, and Peninsula Duals. Kenai starts today with a he’s looking really good in the 2:30 p.m. matchup with Seward room.” Paul’s brother Ellery is and a 4 p.m. date with Bethel. Soldotna will start at the same also back as a senior at the times with Homer and Nikiski. 145-pound division, and is The results determine Satur- looking to reclaim a state championship after finishing second day’s matchups. The season then continues last year. Steffensen won a state with the popular Lancer Smith crown his sophomore year at Invitational in Palmer next 138 pounds. Hunter is the only other reweekend. The Northern Lights Confer- turning state placer from last ence tournament will be hosted year, when he took fourth place

at 182 pounds. Hunter is a senior this year. Overall, the Kards return a large senior class, something that coach Steffensen said will help the team overall. “We have a good group of seniors that have been around, and it’s kind of fun, kind of different,” Steffensen said. “We’re just enjoying being around each other, and that’ll help the guys move through the season and have a good year.” The tentative wrestlers in each weight division currently looks like this; freshman Tyler Vaughn and sophomore Natalie Chavez at 106 pounds, senior Shayna McKinley at 120, senior Matthew Vandermartin at 132 (a returning state qualifier), senior Micha Lankford at 138, sophomore Keyshawn McEnerny at 145, senior Gunner Smith at 152, senior Ryan Glenzel at 160, Carter at 170, and junior Zach Koziczkowski at 285 pounds.

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Tristen Evan (113), Gage Hoffman (120), Brandon Evans (126), Aaron Olsen (132), Sven Williams (145) and Kane Gillilan (220). The Mariners got wins from Timmy Woo (138 pounds), Tristan Cook (152) and Matthew Pollack (195).

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Saturday, the duals tournament starts at 8 a.m. and the final dual will be at 5:30 p.m. Dillingham took a 27-15 dual victory Thursday over Nikiski in a dual between the two schools. Dillingham took five match wins while Nikiski took four, but the Wolverines had four pins, while the Bulldogs had none.

Match wins for Dillingham went to Tanner Savo (106 pounds), Triston Chaney (113), Ben Dunaway (145), Darren Napoli (160) and Braden Timurphy (182). Nikiski got wins from TJ Cox (120 pounds), Nathan Carstens (160), Tylor Handley (160) and Tyler Litke (220). In Homer, the reigning state champions Bethel Warriors claimed a 46-36 dual victory on the strength of five pins over Homer on Thursday. Thomas Dyment (98 pounds), Mathew Hunter (106),

SOLDOTNA STARS Gardner said one of the biggest changes to this year’s SoHi squad is the number of volunteers. At Skyview, Gardner said he typically had about four to five people helping on the team. This year, all three Skyview assistants made the jump to Soldotna to add to the SoHi staff, which has resulted in 10 fulltime helpers. According to Gardner, there are about 36 athletes on the roster, so the help will be put to use. “I’m coaching the identical way I’ve coached since 1983,” Gardner said. “My philosophy hasn’t changed. “We’re started with the basics and running through all that, but the challenges are the ninth-graders get out (of class) 20 minutes before the others get out.” Another thing Gardner has had acclimate himself to is the different season of largeschools wrestling. In the recent

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unknown — Napoli, Dil, p. Pennison, Nik, 4:48; 106 — Savo, Dil, p. Medetov, Nik, 3:49; 113 — Chaney, Dil, dec. Smith, Nik, 4-2; 120 — Cox, Nik, tec. Hansen, Dil, 17-2 4:08; 145 — Dunaway, Dil, p. Castro, Nik, 4:00; 160 — Carstens, Nik, dec. Schlagel, Dil, 3-1; 160 — Handley, Nik, md. Napoli, Dil, 15-1; 182 — Timurphy, Dil, p. Hupp, Nik, 1:53; 220 — Litke, Nik, dec. Smeaton, Dil, 9-6.

years he spent at Skyview, the Class 1-2-3A state tournament has been contested in December, but the 4A tournament is contested in February. “It’s a little shorter window, but the second season goes a little longer because of the Christmas break,” Gardner said. Because of that, the former Skyview athletes have also had to become accustomed to a later season. Instead of preparing for a season-ending tournament in December, the grapplers new to SoHi are now facing a longer period of competition leading up to the state tournament in February. “I’ve got kids coming up to me asking, ‘Hey coach are we doing two-a-days now?’” Gardner said, referring to the two practice sessions a day that the Panthers would schedule. “I have to say, ‘No, it’s a longer season.’” A few reigning state champions from Skyview are now competing for SoHi, including senior Austin Craig at 113 pounds and junior Seth Hutchison at 120 pounds. Gardner said he expects both athletes to do very well this year at the 4A level. Last year, Craig claimed his first state title at 106 pounds at the Class 1-2-3A meet, while Hutchison won the 113-pound title, his second straight state crown. Other returning state qualifiers include senior Ryan Winter at 132 pounds, senior Bailey Blumentritt at 152, senior Hunter Bourgeois at 152, senior Ashton Mahan at 170, junior Sage Hill at 195, and junior Dalton Best at 285. Gardner listed the rest of the tentative spots of leading wrestlers in each weight class as the following — freshman Anthony Long at 126 pounds, sophomore Talon Musgrave or freshman Logan Schrader at 138, senior Eli Damon or freshman Bechler Metcalf at 145, senior James Gallagher and junior Mason Castagnier at 182, and junior Taylor Macrae at 220. Bethel 46, Homer 36

98 — Dyment, Bet, p. Moseley, Hom, :31; 106 — Hunter, Bet, p. Blaine, Hom, 2:37; 113 — Evan, Bet, p. Martin, Hom, 1:24; 120 — Hoffman, Bet, dec. Brant, Hom, 5-3; 126 — Evans, Bet, p. Cavasos, Hom, 1:47; 132 — Olsen, Bet, dec. Rios, Hom, 3-2; 138 — Woo, Hom, p. Greenwood, Bet, 3:09; 145 — Williams, Bet, md. Richburg, Hom, 154; 152 — Cook, Hom, p. Larson, Bet, 5:51; 160 — King, Hom, for; 170 — Wells, Hom, for; 182 — Francisco, Bet, for; 195 — Pollack, Hom, p. Pekar, Bet, 1:00; 220 — Gillilan, Bet, p. Rios, Hom, 3:50; 285 — Brock, Hom, for.

Exhibition matches Homer vs. Voznesenka

138 — Johnson, Hom, md. Sanarov, Voz, 12-3; 145 — Kalugin, Voz, tec. Cudaback, Hom, 29-11 2:00; 152 — King, Hom, p. Anufriev, Voz, 1:08; 170 — Wells, Hom, p. Basargin, Voz, :31.

Federer makes quick work of Murray LONDON (AP) — Roger Federer blew away Andy Murray 6-0, 6-1 to finish the ATP Finals round-robin unbeaten, and hand Murray his worst defeat in seven years in front of his home crowd on Thursday. Federer, the most successful player at the year-end championship with six titles, equaled Ivan Lendl’s record of 12 semifinal appearances in winning his group ahead of Japanese C

debutant Kei Nishikori. “I knew I was qualified, so maybe I went in a bit more relaxed,” Federer said. “It’s not the way I thought it was going to go, but there’s always next year for Andy.” It was a ruthless win for Federer, and humiliation for Murray, who last won only one game in 2007 at Miami, against Novak Djokovic. “It was a tough night. I’ve

lost slam finals and stuff, which has been very tough,” Murray said. “But in terms of the way the match went, it was not ideal from my side of the court, far from it.” In the other group, Djokovic will be guaranteed the year-end No. 1 ranking for the third time in four years if he beats Tomas Berdych on Friday. Going into the last round-robin matches, all four players can still make it

to the semis; U.S. Open champ Marin Cilic takes on Australian Open champ Stan Wawrinka. Before playing Murray, the second-seeded Federer had already secured a semis berth after Nishikori defeated David Ferrer 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 in the afternoon. That left Murray needing to defeat the 17-Grand Slam champion in straight sets to make it to the last four at the O2 Arena and thwart Nishikori.

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arlier this week, while mining the Internet for material to use in this column, I learned that earthworms are now considered an invasive species in Alaska. I’d never considered it before, but earthworms aren’t native to Alaska and other places that were under glaciers during the last Ice Age. Since then, whatever plants and animals that learned to live in these places did so without help from worms. In recent times, however, worms have been brought in from other places, including Europe and Asia, and worrisome things are happening. At least 15 species of invasive worms are now in Minnesota. At least 7 of these species have invaded the state’s hardwood forests, where they feed on fallen leaves. This “duff” is — or I should say was — habitat for ferns and wild flowers, the most obvious things that have gone missing since the worms came. Biologists believe that the soil in areas heavily infested by worms could become impacted and subject to erosion. As a result, degradation of forest productivity and fish habitat could occur. Who’da thunk worms could be a problem? I’ve always had a fondness for worms. We had lots of them where I grew up, near the Skagit River in Western Washington. My first fish, a rainbow trout, fell for a worm dangling from a bent-pin “hook” on the end of a piece of string. As a teenager, I gathered worms for bait at every opportunity. While weeding Mom’s flower beds, I was collecting worms. When visiting my grandparents’ farm, I dug worms behind the barn. When I needed worms quick, such as after school in late fall, I’d get them at the home of one of my fishing buddies. The kitchen sink at his house drained onto the ground, and there were always worms near that smelly outfall. I shudder now to think of what other organisms lurked there, but the place did attract worms. As a teenager, I flirted with danger to get nightcrawlers, the king of worms. Like small snakes, “crawlers” can grow to more than 9 inches long. They can burrow more than 6 feet down. One healthysized crawler cut into pieces would catch several fish, so they were worth whatever effort it took to get a few. Crawlers didn’t come easy. The best hunting is after a rain or heavy dew, when the slimy, reddish-gray beasts like to squirm to the surface to feed. We’d spot them with a flashlight, a glint of slime in the wet grass. They’d still be partly in their holes, and would start down if they detected you. Pull too hard, and they’d break, but slow, steady pressure would pull them free. The hunting was best on the well-groomed lawns of homes in the nicer part of town. I don’t know how people felt about kids prowling around outside their houses in the middle of the night, but I know how the kids felt. Scared. See PALMER, page C-2

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Hoard, conquer or build Soldotna couple offers session to playtest their new medieval strategy game By RASHAH McCHESNEY Peninsula Clarion

There are three ways to win a new strategy game from Soldotna’s Shea and Donica Nash: hoard all of the gold in the land, build the best fortress around, or invade and conquer your opponent’s land. Each session of Serfs & Soldiers is a mixture of strategy and luck and the gameplay has piqued the interest of gamers from several states. Now, the couple hopes to get through the last few rounds of playtesting and revising the rule book before launching a crowdfunded campaign to massproduce the board game. Both games are resource-based which means players must find and spend resources to progress. In Serfs & Soldiers, that means that players must collect wheat, gold, wood, meat and iron to build new assets and gain control of the land. Donica, Shea and a cousin Braden Nash have been developing, testing and inviting friends to play the game for about a year. “We played it by ourselves for awhile and then included friends and family and then started branching out last spring,” Donica Nash said. “Our cousin, who has been helping us with marketing, took it to a board game convention in Idaho. We’re trying to get feeback from the various people who play it and get a perspective of what people want.” Each player gets his or her own board which is set up like a grid. That grid is lined up with an opposing player’s grid and then the battle begins. “You’re face to face with people, you’re playing it like chess, you’re combating another person,” Donica Nash said. The artwork, board and original pieces were all designed and built by Shea and Donica Nash, though there have been a few upgrades since then. The couple got their cards and boards and game tokens professionally printed before sending out versions of the game to various parts of the country to be tested. “We have one in Kentucky, one in Washington, one in Oregon and one in Idaho,” Donica Nash said. “It’s pretty cool. We’re getting the feedback of people who are touching our game. We made every little piece by hand. There are people who, we have no idea who they are, but they’re out there playing our game. It’s fun and exciting to see.” For Shea Nash, the idea for Serfs & Soldiers has been bouncing around in his brain since about 2006. Though, he said, playing Settlers of Catan with his family growing up influenced his idea of what would be a fun game. He preferred the game Risk, which allows players to conquer the world. “I had a gaming group that would get together and play games every weekend in Washington, where I lived. I crafted this one and it’s basically like a realtime strategy game for the computer, but simplified and made really basic for playing as a board game,” he said. The game has a medieval feel with serfs doing all

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A Kasilof setnet crew on a break plays Serfs and Soldiers between picks. (Left) Wesley Tullis Jr., Delissa Severson, Jonathan Hane , and, Shea Nash.

If you go: Serfs & Soldiers will be available for plat at International Game Day at the Soldotna Public Library, 235 N. Binkley, on Saturday from 1-5 p.m. in the Community Room. of the work and armored soldiers fighting all of the battles. The game player fulfills the role of a lord. The final game started to come together as he sat on commercial salmon fishing boat in Bristol Bay, Shea Nash said. “We tried four or five different versions that all failed terribly and then I gave up for awhile,” he

said. “I had some downtime and I worked it out and developed the strategy of the game.” Currently, the gameplay runs at about 45 minutes, though Shea Nash said he’d like to see people play it several times in a row. “If, at the end of the game they think ‘oh man, I could have won if I would have done this, I want to play again’ that’s the kind of thing that I want,” he said. “I want people to kind of grow with this game and just want to develop a strategy and have fun.” The couple will be presenting Serfs and Soldiers at the Soldotna library on Saturday and part of that debut will include new, sturdier wooden pieces; a gift from a Soldotna man who played the game and wanted to help. Aaron Gordon said he knew the family and played the game during the summer when Donica Nash’s sister invited him to try it out. See GAME, page C-2

Fat bikes go where no bicycle has gone before By JOHN HENNESSY The Spokesman-Review

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The first thing people notice: The tires, wider than the forearms of most grown men. Then, the inevitable first question: Where’s the motor? The fat bike — a seemingly typical mountain bike frame with tires ranging from 3.7 to 4.8 inches wide — owes its origin to Fairbanks, Alaska. In 1987, Simon Rakower was working as tech support for the Iditabike — a 160-mile race through snowy, rugged terrain. In order to meet the needs of participants, he welded together two rims and sewed two tire carcasses to create something entirely new and utilitarian. The larger tires, with greater traction and more flotation, allowed racers to traverse the packed snow trails. Where most mountain bikes might’ve sunk inches deep, these new tires (later referred to as “Snow

Cats”) could glide along without a hitch. Over time, the design of a bike with fat tires evolved, allowing cyclists new territories and new seasons to explore. Manufacturers saw an increasing demand, and sought to meet it. Today, fat bikes range from 22 to 30 pounds (depending on the frame’s material) and are produced by top bike manufacturers such as Surly, Trek, Salsa and Specialized. The wider tires allow for precise mitigation of tire pressure — 6-8 psi for snow or sand and a sturdier 28-30 for more rigid landscape. The fat bike affords cyclists the opportunity to travel previously unimaginable routes — through snow, over sand, and for some, back in time. “You feel like a kid,” explained Spokane attorney and biking enthusiast Dan DeRuyter. “I take my dog out See BIKES, page C-2

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In this Oct. 21 photo, Ruk Kuchenbecker takes some jumps at the Beacon Hill jumps at Camp Sekani, in Spokane, Wash. The fat bike – a seemingly typical mountain bike frame with tires ranging from 3.7 to 4.8 inches wide – owes its origin to Fairbanks, Alaska.

Progress on eradicating elodea from the Kenai Peninsula R efuge N otebook John M orton

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Biologists from Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Homer Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD), Alaska Department of Natural Resources and SePRO stage 20-lb pails of pelleted fluridone for the second treatment of Stormy Lake in September 2014. The Fairbanks SWCD also participated to learn more about how to eradicate elodea from Chena Slough and Lake.

am fascinated by how plants and animals are named. Elodea, the first submersed freshwater invasive plant to infest Alaska, was named by the famous French botanist André Michaux. Michaux was first sent to the U.S. in 1785 by Louis XVI. After the misguided French king was beheaded, Thomas Jefferson asked Michaux to lead another American expedition in 1793. Michaux collected several specimens in the Midwest that he later assigned to the new genus Elodea, meaning “marshy” in Greek. Photo by C. Anderson /Is it working? Elodea does indeed grow in marshy habitat. But On the left, a typical rake sample of elodea from Beck Lake during surveys where introduced outside its native range, elodea in 2013. Kenai National Wildlife Refuge photo can also turn otherwise clear lakes into marshy habitat due to several unusual traits. It’s incredibly fac- On the right, a rake sample 13 weeks after Beck Lake was treated with fluSee REFUGE, page C-2 ridone in 2014. C

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when it first snows. He loves it — it (my fat bike) is hilarious as far as he’s concerned.” DeRuyter bought his first fat bike — a Salsa Mukluk II — during a family vacation at Jackson Hole in 2012. DeRuyter — who spends as much time as possible, no matter the season, riding his fat bike solo, with friends or his wife — has pedaled everywhere from Riverside State Park to Schweitzer to West Yellowstone to the coastal sand dunes of Manzanita, Oregon. “Traction is not an issue,” he explained. “The gearing in these things is so complementary that you can climb things in Riverside Park that I can’t do on my mountain bike . It’s remarkable. I climb them faster, at a lower heart rate, than I do on my mountain bike. “If you ride around here in the mud in the spring on your mountain bike, you’re looking at the ground. You’re studying the corners. You’re focused on the trail — you’re looking for the gravel and the sand as you go around corners. On a fat bike, because you’ve got a bigger patch, you’re not as focused on the trail. It’s a more relaxed ride.” Fat bikes make it so riders don’t have to omit a season from their calendar. Although packed snow is best — the single-file path of a snowshoer or the tracks of a snowmobile — it is possible to romp through 6-8 inches of snow. “It depends on how heavy it is,” DeRuyter explained. If the snow is wet and deep enough to where the bike’s bottom bracket is dragging, riding becomes very difficult. DeRuyter does warn while fat biking in Palisades or Riv-

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erside State parks to be careful of glare ice. “These things without studs don’t hold up to glare ice any better than a regular bike.” Last year, DeRuyter entered the annual JayP’s Backyard Fat Pursuit race in West Yellowstone. While he had trained for local winter conditions, the West Yellowstone climate caught him a bit offguard. He toughed out 10 hours of 60 kilometers with no water or food, since they had frozen in the 5-degrees-below-zero weather. He hopes to go back this year. “This race — this is where fat biking is going,” he said. “I’m going to do it again. I’m going to be smarter.” While cyclists are reaching new speeds on fat bikes, other riders are using its design to cross great distances. Rich Shauvin, 58, of Spokane, rode the 2,571 miles of the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route — from Antelope Well, New Mexico to Banff, Alberta — on his fat bike last year. He started planning his trip a year prior and had many things to consider, including whether to take his full-suspension mountain bike or his Salsa Mukluk II. “Fewer things can go wrong with the fat bike,” Shauvin explained. “They have mechanical brakes, as opposed to hydraulic breaks, which most mountain bikes have.” “With four-inch tires, you have a quite a bit more control with the ride you want. If you’re on a highway, you can pump them up to 30 pounds and zip right along. If you’re on rough terrain, you get down to six pounds and it’s a real soft ride.” Shauvin makes the analogy between a fat bike and a pack mule.

as bait for sport fishing in fresh water, but the law says nothing about live worms, which Continued from page C-1 are readily available in stores and online. On one hand, the Department of Fish and Game Anyhow, while studying includes worms in a list of up on worms, I came across a ways to catch trout and Dolly column in the Clarion (Aug. Varden. On the other hand, 6, 2010) that said earthworms the agency’s website states: have invaded the Kenai “Invasive species can change Peninsula. The author, Kenai ecosystems by altering habitat National Wildlife Refuge composition, increasing wildbiologist Matt Bowser, wrote fire risk, competing with native that octagonal-tailed worms are already so well distributed species for food and territory, changing existing predator/ on the Kenai Peninsula that “their eventual colonization of prey relationships, reducing productivity, or otherwise the peninsula’s forests seems disrupting natural habitat inevitable.” functions. In doing so, invasive Worms arrive in Alaska by several means. Worm cocoons species pose one of the greatest threats to biological diversity.” can lodge in vehicle tires. The state needs to get over Worms and their cocoons can its wishy-washiness about occupy potted plants, garden soil and compost, all of which worms. If they’re a proven gets moved. Worms intention- threat, it should be illegal to buy, possess or import them. ally are put in gardens and Let’s make it happen, legislaworm “farms.” Anglers buy live worms, then throw out the tors. It’s not that worms are the ones they don’t use, and some only bait. I’m willing to consurvive. fine my use of them to stories Bowser says, “To prevent the spread of red marsh worms, of my youth. By the way, did nightcrawlers, and other exotic I ever tell you about the time my brother and I almost won worms, I would recommend a Darwin Award by making a that live worms should not be used as bait and should not be “worm getter” out of a wire coat hanger and an extension dumped out on the ground.” cord? Alaska has been ambivalent about the worm invasion. Les Palmer can be reached Under present Alaska regulations, live fish may not be used at les.palmer@rocketmail.com.

‘Traction is not an issue. The gearing in these things is so complementary that you can climb things in Riverside Park that I can’t do on my mountain bike . It’s remarkable. I climb them faster, at a lower heart rate, than I do on my mountain bike. — Dan DeRuyter, Spokane attorney and biking enthusiast

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pieces were just made out of clay with a cookie cutter, so sometimes they would fall over and they were not perfectly shaped,” he said. “The rest of the game looks like a professionally made game.” So, Gordon enlisted the help of a friend who works with wood and the two got nearly 100 wooden pieces made to fit with the eight new game sets. “Now, (Shea) has two or three days left to get those sanded and painted and ready by Saturday,” Gordon said with a laugh. “I think it’ll look a lot nicer with wooden pieces than clay ones.”

“The first time we played, I was just learning as we went. So, I was making moves and she would tell me if it was legal. We played it maybe two or three times there on the spot and then I actually borrowed it for the weekend and played it with a couple of other people...I ended up playing it like 10 times in three or four days,” Gordon said. Gordon said he met Shea Nash for the first time in November and wanted to contribute something to the project. Rashah McChesney can “I heard that he was makbe reached at rashah.mcing eight more sets to play chesney@peninsulaclarion. this weekend ... some of the com

“It’s really stable,” he said. “You sit up a little bit higher. It handled the weight well. I probably had about 75 pounds on there.” In his shirt pocket, Shauvin carried a spot tracker the size of a deck of cards, which sent out a GPS signal, allowing his wife to check his location on her phone. He had named his bike “Rocinante,” the horse of classic literary character Don Quixote. In the book of the same name, the horse serves as a mirror image for its rider — a creature past its

prime, undertaking an adventure beyond his capabilities. “I’ve spent my whole life passing on opportunities for ‘life adventures,’” Shauvin said. “The day I left was really hard. Once I started pedaling, that euphoric feeling came over me and it didn’t bother me at all being in the desert. It became an adventure.”Over the course of 69 days, through torrential rain, gusting sands and elevations up to just the way it makes me feel to nearly 12,000 feet, Shauvin sible at each stop. “The exercise I get out of internally, the euphoric feeling lost 25 pounds despite loading up on as many calories as pos- mountain biking is a byproduct I get,” Shauvin said.

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contact but not roots beneath the sediment. In Stormy Lake, where elodea grew unhindered most of the summer before being treated on July 23, the population had not yet been significantly affected by herbicidal action when surveyed in mid-September. Although many strands were showing pink tips (a sign of necrosis), elodea fragments were everywhere in Stormy, even washed up on yellow pond-lily pads. The good news is that with fluridone uptake occurring under the ice, we expect elodea to continue dying over the winter. Sometime in February, we’ll auger through the ice to take water samples for assaying fluridone concentrations. After the ice goes out in May, we’ll resample our 150 sites for elodea. No promises, but I anticipate that elodea will be all but gone in Beck and Daniels Lakes, and very sparse in Stormy Lake, by next spring. Scheduling of the third herbicide treatment in 2015 depends on what we find about fluridone concentrations and elodea populations after ice-out, but it will likely be in late June. Despite great progress, it ain’t over ‘til the fat lady sings or, in this case, until elodea is gone, gone, gone. Even after elodea is no longer detected on our 150 sites, we will survey extensively elsewhere to ensure it no longer occurs on the Kenai Peninsula.

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ile at dispersing, reproducing asexually from just a plant fragment. It’s marvelously prolific, continuing to photosynthesize under the ice after native plants have senesced. And, unlike most native plant species that have evolved to occupy specific depths or one stratum in the water column, the perennial elodea can root into the bottom substrate as deep as 30 feet and send continuous strands to the top of the water column where it spreads across the water’s surface. Its growth can be so hyper-abundant that boat traffic is impeded and lakeshore property values drop, and the biological oxygen demand so great that salmon and other fish are deprived of oxygen. Elodea represents an enormous economic and ecological threat to aquatic and fisheries resources of the peninsula, particularly in the 4,000 or so lakes and ponds of the Kenai Lowlands. For these reasons, partners in the Kenai Peninsula Cooperative Weed Management Area decided that elodea had to be eradicated from the peninsula after it was first detected in Stormy Lake in September 2012. During summer 2013, surveys of 69 high-risk lakes confirmed that the current elodea distribution on the peninsula is constrained to just three lakes north of Nikiski. Stormy Lake is co-managed by Alaska State Parks and the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. Beck and Daniels Lakes, with many private landowners, drain into Bishop Creek, which wanders in and out of the Refuge enroute to the Cook Inlet. This past winter, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Homer Soil & Water Conservation District, Alaska Department of Fish & Game, Alaska State Parks, Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association, UAF Cooperative Extension Service, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Kenai Watershed Forum and a few dedicated Daniels Lake residents developed a plan that detailed how this eradication was to come about.

To monitor treatment efficacy, we established 50 sites in each of the three lakes (150 sites total). Pre- and posttreatment elodea populations were measured in late May and early September, respectively. We chose to work primarily with fluridone — a selective, systemic herbicide that inhibits carotene formation, a plant pigment needed for photosynthesis, thereby preventing the formation of sugars necessary to sustain elodea. Working closely with SePRO, the manufacturer of fluridone products sold under the trade name Sonar, we developed a prescription that calls for four treatments over a 3-year period (2014-16). We applied the first two treatments to each of the three infested lakes this summer. Beck and Daniels Lakes were first treated in early June. We applied both liquid and slow-releasing pelleted fluridone in Beck Lake. In Daniels, because elodea has not yet spread throughout the lake, we applied both pelleted fluridone and diquat, a nonselective contact herbicide, to five treatment areas that total less than 100 acres of the 640-acre lake. Stormy Lake was also treated with both fluridone formulations, but not until late July due

to delayed funding. We then applied a second round of pellets to all three lakes in mid-September, with the expectation that very low concentrations (< 8 ppb) of fluridone under the ice would continue to have herbicidal effects on elodea all winter. To monitor treatment efficacy, we established 50 sites in each of the three lakes (150 sites total). Pre- and post-treatment elodea populations were measured in late May and early September, respectively. So how are we doing? For two lakes, the results were spectacular. Thirteen weeks after the first treatment, elodea occurrence in Beck Lake (the most infested of the 3 lakes) decreased from 70 percent to 12 percent of sites, with average abundance declining by 87 percent. In Daniels Lake, elodea occurrence decreased from 22 percent to ZERO — not a fragment was found! But this dramatic outcome is likely due (at least in part) to diquat, which kills exposed plants on

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KPC WANTS YOU TO TEACH! KENAI PENINSULA COLLEGE/UAA KENAI, AK Come join a family-friendly, innovative work environment. The Kenaitze Indian Tribe has opened our Dena'ina Wellness Center, featuring an integrated model of care. Employees at Kenaitze Indian Tribe deliver health, social service, education and tribal court services to tribal members, Alaska Native/American Indian people and others. Kenaitze Indian Tribe is recruiting for the following Full Time Positions: Technical Writer The functions includes a wide range of responsibilities to help advance written communications within tribal operations, between tribal operations and tribal members, between tribal operations and customers, and between the tribe and its governmental and non-governmental partners. Projects include writing for a weekly employee newsletter, writing articles covering a diverse range of topics for tribal and customer newsletters, writing content for the tribe's website and social media operations, writing reports and executive summaries for internal and external presentations and audiences, writing for program promotional and educational pamphlets, and maintaining a calendar of tribal events. Accounts Payable Specialist Is responsible for the accounts payable function of the Tribe's accounting department including management of the Tribe's credit card program. Benefits include Holidays, Paid Time Off, Extended Sick Leave, Medical/Dental/Life & Accidental Death Insurance, 401(k) For the job descriptions or to apply visit our web site at http://kenaitze.applicantpro.com. For questions call 907-335-7200. P.L. 93-638 applies

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ADULT BASIC EDUCATION INSTRUCTOR Kachemak Bay Campus (KBC) in Homer is looking for an exceptional individual to serve as Adult Basic Education instructor in math, reading, writing, GED test preparation and ESL in an individualized and classroom format. This is a term 9 month position, 32 hours per week, starting Jan. 5. $22.68 per hour, grade 78, step 1, benefits and tuition waivers available. See list of responsibilities, qualifications and to apply online:

CERTIFIED NURSE’S AIDE INSTRUCTOR (SOLDOTNA) KPC is looking to hire an exceptional individual to teach the CERTIFIED NURSE’S AIDE Course PART-TIME at our Soldotna location. Required Qualifications: RN degree (minimum), at least two years nursing experience, of which at least one year is in the provision of a long-term care facility and have completed a course in teaching adults and/or experience in teaching adults or supervising nurse aides. Interested? Visit the KPC website, http://www.kpc.alaska.edu/employment/ Apply to the adjunct job posting Call 262-0317 for additional information. An EEO/AA employer and educational institution

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General Employment Kenai Peninsula Borough is recruiting for a HALF-TIME RECORDS/MICROGRAPHIC TECHNICIAN Under the general direction and supervision of the deputy borough clerk, the Records/Micrographics Technician is responsible for the preparation, microfilming, storage and retrieval of borough and school district documents. Recruitment closes 11/18/14 at 5:00 p.m., ADT. A complete job description, including salary and benefits, and instructions to apply on-line, can be found at: http://agency.governmentjobs.com/kenaiak/default.cfm

General Employment CITY OF SOLDOTNA EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

POLICE OFFICER Wage Range 15 Starting Wage $26.49hr-$37.70hr D.O.E. The City of Soldotna is recruiting for a full time grant funded Police Officer, and a regular full time Police Officer. These positions serve the City of Soldotna as Peace Officers in the administration of laws and ordinances. Becoming a member of the Public Safety Employees Association is a requirement of the positions. A complete job description and application packet is available on the City's website http://www.ci.soldotna.ak.us/jobs.html. Please submit a City application, F-3, Cover Letter and Resume to Human Resources at 177 N. Birch Street, Soldotna, by fax 1-866-596-2994, or email tcollier@ci.soldotna.ak.us by 4:30 p.m., November 21, 2014. First review will be November 4, 2014. The City of Soldotna is an EEO employer.

General Employment CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA Position Vacancy FULL TIME PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHER Pay $23.42 per hour. THE PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHER performs duties to coordinate public safety (Police, Fire and EMS) response. Position announcement, job description and application are available through the Alaska Job Center Network, (907) 335-3010. Submit application packet by December 1st, 2014 to Peninsula Job Service, 11312 Kenai Spur Hwy, Kenai, AK 99611. The City of Kenai is an equal opportunity employer. For more information about the City of Kenai, visit our homepage at www. ci.kenai.ak.us.

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By bringing together medical, dental, and behavioral health services, PCHS offers highquality, coordinated care for the entire family. PCHS has Full-time hire position for

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Positions will be open until filled. Job description and application available online at www.pchsak.org Careers Please send cover letter, resume & application to: Human Resources, 230 E. Marydale Ave., Suite 3, Soldotna, AK, 99669 or fax to 907/260-7358. PCHS is an equal opportunity employer.

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Planning ahead is best advice for Thanksgiving volunteers DEAR ABBY: Thanksgiving is fast approaching and I would like to share some advice with your readers from someone who has volunteered in shelters for many years. 1. Please do NOT volunteer on Thanksgiving. It’s the day most people volunteer, and there are always more volunteers than homeless people. 2. If you want to make donations, please drop them off a few days before or a few days after. It will allow the shelter time to store all the donations and to take an inventory of what is still needed. 3. Shelters need not only food, but also paper goods such as plates, napkins, toilet paper and plastic utensils. 4. Because refrigerator space is limited, don’t bring anything that must be refrigerated. 5. Most shelters pay rent, water, electric and telephone bills and lease office equipment, etc. A check or cash donation is ideal. It’s also tax deductible. If in doubt, call ahead (at least a week in advance) and ask what is needed. — YEAR-ROUND VOLUNTEER DEAR VOLUNTEER: Kudos to you for so generously giving your time to help others who are in need. I’m sure my readers will appreciate your insight.

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friend. No matter where her husband is — at home, at a friend’s, walking into a store or walking around town — he’s always dropping his pants to tuck in his shirt. One of these days someone is going to think he’s flashing and have him arrested. His wife is afraid it DEAR ABBY: Our son will happen. and daughter-in-law were My friend has made comments to him about it, but married last year at a courthe still continues. Please give me some advice because house. They are now planning someone else may have the same problem, and it may a “real” wedding. Our daughsave another family from this embarrassment. ter-in-law thinks we should — A FRIEND IN ST. PAUL pay for the rehearsal dinner, DEAR FRIEND: Your friend’s concerns are leand my husband thinks he Abigail Van Buren gitimate. A man dropping his pants in a public place isn’t required to. Please help is, to say the least, attention-getting. If his concern with this dilemma. Are we expected to pay for a rehearsal dinner since they have is really that his shirts creep up, suggest that your friend talk to a tailor — many cleaners have them been married a year already? — NEW MOTHER-IN-LAW IN OHIO in their shops — about how to prevent the problem DEAR MOTHER-IN-LAW: Celebrations of this from happening. During a Minnesota winter, she kind are GIFTS. Regardless of what your daugh- could save him from catching pneumonia from the ter-in-law is saying, they are not mandatory. While bottom up. she may expect you to pay for the dinner, no rule of Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also etiquette requires you to do it. Please tell your husband I said to hang onto his known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www. wallet. DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA DEAR ABBY: I’m writing you on behalf of a 90069.

HHHH Your words this morning will make others smile. Do not start a deep conversation with someone who seems relatively depressed. You could find it difficult, but know that it’s necessary to let this person work through his or her problem without your help. Tonight: TGIF! CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHH You have much more going for you than you might realize. Listen to someone’s ideas about your finances. You might want to take a gamble, but you also could be concerned with the risk. Remain direct in your dealings. Tonight: Treat a friend to munchies. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH You’ll get what you want, but part of what you receive could be disappointing. Perhaps your expectations have been too high. Regardless, you quickly will see the right path, so you aren’t likely to experience a letdown. Tonight: Your charm and magnetism attract many people. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH Continue to maintain a low profile if you want to keep the peace while gaining information. Someone who says little might make you and others feel uneasy. Be direct in what you say, but try to avoid any conflicts at this point. Tonight: Follow your instincts. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH You will want to brainstorm with a creative friend who tends to think outside the box. This person might not come up with a conclusive statement or idea immediately, but just give him or her some time. You’ll be pleased with the outcome. Tonight: Find a reason to celebrate.

By Leigh Rubin

By Eugene Sheffer

Planning ahead and knowing what is needed make perfect sense.

Hints from Heloise

Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars A baby born today has a Sun in Scorpio and a Moon in Leo. HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, Nov. 14, 2014: This year you will be encouraged to be calmer, especially when handling a lot of responsibilities. You will gain in stature, and others will become more respectful. Your ability to transform difficult situations into workable ones marks your attitude. If you are single, you will seek the right mate. Enjoy dating, but avoid making any commitments until you are absolutely sure you want to be with the person in question. If you are attached, the two of you could become involved in a public commitment; this activity easily will bond you much closer together. LEO adds to the fun of the moment. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH You know you could handle a difficult encounter, but you might prefer to avoid it. If you can, leave work early in order to maximize the moment. Your fun and lively personality is likely to make others look forward to greeting the weekend. Tonight: Play the night away. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH Recognize how much you need to do and how much you are willing to do. Your awareness of a loved one’s desire for your help might encourage you to be more available. Someone you deal with regularly could be difficult. Help this person figure out a solution. Tonight: Head home. GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Your determination helps you plow a path to success. Others could find you to be somewhat distant at the moment. Don’t be surprised if you get some odd responses from friends. Hold up the mirror to understand their reactions. Tonight: Someone is delighted to see you! SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Make a point of finding an expert. You might benefit from speaking with a source who often is filled with suggestions. However, you also could be overwhelmed by the seemingly endless chatter. Be grateful for the ideas. Tonight: Consider taking off for the weekend. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Those close to you might be overwhelming in how they want to run the show. Free yourself up for a less demanding pace. One key person will let you know that you are indispensable by the end of the day! Tonight: Out with a favorite person. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH You’ll accept a lot of responsibilities, but the pressure might be very difficult to handle. Friends will want to help, but they are likely to need some direction from you. Rarely are others so available to be at your beck and call. Enjoy the moment! Tonight: Clear your desk first. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH You could be blocked when reaching out to someone. Watch a tendency to take this person’s unavailability personally, as it could be a communication problem. Remain confident and direct. Tonight: Off to the gym, then decide.

Make moss take a hike Dear Heloise: I have a patio on the lower level of our house that is covered by a large deck. Every fall, this porch is covered with bright green moss — even the ground around the porch is covered. What can you suggest that will remove this thick covering of moss? — Nancy S., Knoxville, Tenn. A tried-and-true Heloise hint! Moss can be ugly, but it’s easy to scare away and keep away! First, scrub off as much as possible with a brush. You can use a stiff broom, or a push broom if the patio is a large space. The next step? Kill it! You can use full-strength (5 percent), cheap white or apple-cider vinegar. I just pour it on the driveway, let it sit about 30 minutes, scrub and let dry. No need to rinse. Please see the photo of my driveway where I tested some vinegar at www.Heloise.com. The other option? Regular (not scented) household bleach (6 percent sodium hypochlorite) and water. The suggested ratio is 1/2 cup bleach to 1 gallon of water. Stronger is NOT better, according to the manufacturers and experts in the field. Apply and let work for at least five to 10 minutes, scrub again and rinse off. If there is vegetation where the runoff might go, do rinse with water first to avoid any damage to the plant life. — Heloise Send a great hint to: Heloise P.O. Box 795000 San Antonio, TX 78279-5000 Fax: 1-210-HELOISE Email: Heloise(at)Heloise.com

SUDOKU

By Tom Wilson

Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. The difficulty level of the Conceptis Sudoku increases from Monday to Friday.

Previous Puzzles Answer Key

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Garfield

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Take It from the Tinkersons By Bill Bettwy

Tundra

Shoe

By Chad Carpenter

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Mother Goose and Grimm

By Michael Peters

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