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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2014 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

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Hunting, trapping, closed for the season By RASHAH McCHESNEY Peninsula Clarion

Koch said Kelley brings an educational background in planning and GIS that is going to be “extremely beneficial to the city.” “Kenai is on the cusp of significant development and I see many changes,” he said. “Someone who has educational training how to deal with development issues and economic issues is going to be very valuable.” Koch said Krizmanich, who was hired in January from Colorado, wasn’t a great fit for the position. “We ran in both directions,” he said. “We hadn’t been fortunate through several recruitments in the past. We were lucky enough to find someone

It’s the end of a cycle for lynx and area hunters of the short-tailed cat will likely not get another chance at them on the Kenai Peninsula until about 2020. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game sent a reminder in early November to hunters and trappers, in part because this year’s closure of the two game units on the Kenai Peninsula deviated from the way the lynx season has been restricted during previous years. Lynx, which are on roughly a six-year abundance cycle on the Kenai Peninsula, were typically taken primarily by trapping and snaring. In the past, when lynx trapping seasons were closed, hunting was still allowed because harvest by that method was minimal, said Fish and Game area biologist Jeff Selinger. During the 2008-09 lynx season, roughly 6 percent of the lynx harvested were shot, but by the 2013-14 season nearly 40 percent of the harvest was reported as being killed with a gun, according to Fish and Game data. “What we’ve seen recently is a real increase in people using the predator calls and an increase in predator calling in general,” Selinger said. The result of that renewed interest is a higher percentage of the lynx being shot rather

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See LYNX, page A-14

In the news Man arrested for women’s underwear thefts

ANCHORAGE (AP) — Alaska State Troopers say they have detained a man suspected of stealing women’s underwear during burglaries in Kodiak. KTUU-TV reports an 18-year-old was taken into custody Monday. Online court records early Tuesday didn’t indicate he had been formally charged. Troopers say the burglaries occurred over three months. Residents would return home to find items — mostly women’s underwear — missing. They had been alerted to keep their doors locked. The agency says the 18-year-old is suspected of breaking into seven homes and trying to get into three others. Officers called to investigate a report of a home invasion at 11:18 a.m. Monday saw a man running away. They learned the identity of a possible suspect, confirmed a description of his car and made an arrest.

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Good eats

Colleen Sonnevil serves Lisa Kendall a piece of pumpkin pie cheesecake during a nutrition class at the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank on Tuesday in Soldotna. On Tuesday, Sonnevil’s class had french onion soup and beer batter bread roll with swiss cheese melted on it and a chicken salad and pita bread. The class is offered Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. through Dec. 11. On Thursday, the group will be making beef stroganoff. For more information, call 262-3111.

New planner looks to clean up codes By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion

After two months on the job, new Kenai City Planner Matt Kelley has gone from the California sun to the land of the midnight sun. Kelley, 33, born and raised in the San Francisco Bay area, made the move to Alaska from Fort Bragg, California in July after his wife, Melissa Kelley, was hired at the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District. When he saw a vacancy for Kenai city planner, he said the position was an opportunity to put his coastal planning experience to use. He was hired as Kenai city planner in early September. Kelley has seven years of

county planning experience he gained from working for three counties in northern California. He started out as a planner in Shasta County, and then worked as a solid waste planner for Contra Costa County. In his last position, he was a coastal planner for Mendocino County, which has a population of about 87,000 people. He said it would be a welcome adjustment to transition from a county with a higher density population compared to a city with a population shy of 8,000 people. Kelley graduated from California State University Chico in 2006 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Geography with a concentration in Planning and

Development. He has a certificate in Geographic Information Systems Technology (GIS). Kelley Matt Kelley said the GIS portion of his job requires he maintains the citiy’s GIS land-use and development database, which includes water and sewer lines, subdivisions and zoning information. Kelley replaced Francis Krizmanich, who was not retained after his six-month probation period ended in July. Kenai City Manager Rick

Limits on driveway width at issue in Soldotna By KELLY SULLIVAN Peninsula Clarion

Soldotna resident Jerry Farrington has been trying to add 6 feet to his driveway for more than two years. Applications and appeals have bounced between the Kenai Peninsula Borough Board of Adjustment, Soldotna Planning

and Zoning Commission and city council in a series of public hearings and meetings concerning the width of Farrington’s personal parking space. “They say ‘no’ and I say ‘yes,’” Farrington said. “I am persistent in that respect.” Farrington said the continued request “is a matter of safety and convenience.” The

slope of his property makes entering and exiting his driveway unsafe during the winter months. There is no sidewalk along West Riverview Avenue, and street parking is unsafe for pedestrians, he said. “I understand the bureaucracy and paperwork, and that the city would want to know who has 24-foot driveways,”

Farrington said. “The city staff should have the ability to grant a driveway over 24 feet without having to go to the planning and zoning or city council.” City council member Linda Murphy proposed an ordinance (at the Nov. 12 city council meeting) that would increase the 24-foot limit to 30 feet wide. Both Murphy and Mayor

Nels Anderson said they were disappointed with the planning and zoning’s decision to deny the variance. Since Farrington submitted his first request in 2012, the commission had the option to recommend revisions to the city code twice, which would extend the 24-foot limit, but declined, See WIDTH, page A-14

Fairbanks increasing use of brine for slick roads By JEFF RICHARDSON Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

FAIRBANKS (AP) — Annual bouts of freezing rain in Interior Alaska have spurred road crews to use a tool that they wouldn’t have considered until recently — trucks loaded with massive tanks of salty brine. The Alaska Department of Transportation purchased a pair of roughly 2,000-gallon brine tanks three years ago and began using them consistently last year. Sand trucks also have been equipped with smaller tanks of brine, which blend it into the grit to help the sand better stick

to slippery roadways. Their use wouldn’t have been considered in Interior Alaska not long ago, when five straight months of sub-freezing temperatures were the norm. But winter drizzles have become a fairly common occurrence in the past decade, adding a new challenge for road maintenance. When a heavy dose of freezing rain covered Fairbanks in November 2011, Fairbanks roads never recovered. It was then that DOT officials realized something needed to be done. “That’s basically what’s driving this,” said Dan Schacher, the local DOT maintenance and operations supervisor. “We

lived with that ice for the rest of the year.” On Sunday through Tuesday, as temperatures crept above freezing, brining was occurring 24 hours per day to cover slippery spots near local railroad crossings and intersections. Crews paid special attention to a notoriously slick section of the Steese Highway between Chena Hot Springs Road and Farmers Loop that DOT workers have nicknamed “the luge.” The brine trucks are capable of dispensing as much as AP Photo/Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Erin Corneliussen 10,000 gallons of brine per day, spraying as much as 30 gallons In this Nov. 12 photo, a truck fit with a brine distributor tank spreads brine at the Department of Transportation in Fairper lane mile. See BRINE, page A-5 banks. C

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Kuskokwim 300 will be 12-dog race in 2015 BETHEL (AP) — Organiz- that decision,” Fansler said. $10,000 increase. ers of the Kuskokwim 300 sled The race is scheduled to beFansler said mushers exdog race have changed the rules gin Jan. 16. The total purse for pressing interest in running to reduce the number of starting the 2015 event is $120,000 — a include four-time Iditarod windogs from 14 to 12. The reduction stemmed from a desire by the race committee to encourage more local teams to run the full race, KYUK reported Tuesday. Some teams with midsize kennels don’t always have 14 dogs ready to go, race manager Zach Fansler said. Many large teams, however, use the race as a testing ground for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. “It does kind of give them two less dogs to look at, and that was something I think weighed very heavily on the minds of the board as they were making

Oil Prices Monday’s prices North Slope crude: $76.88, down from $77.17 on Friday West Texas Int.: $75.64, down from $75.82 on Friday

Tuesday Stocks Company Final Change Agrium Inc.............. 102.29 +2.44 Alaska Air Group...... 55.86 +1.00 ACS...........................1.30 -0.02 Apache Corp........... 72.07 -0.02 AT&T........................ 35.72 -0.13 Baker Hughes.......... 63.55 -1.68 BP ............................41.19 +0.29 Chevron...................115.47 -0.28 ConocoPhillips..........71.67 +0.25 ExxonMobil.............. 94.87 -0.24 1st Natl. Bank AK...1,665.00 -3.00 GCI.......................... 12.22 +0.08 Halliburton............... 48.54 -0.69 Harley-Davidson...... 68.81 +0.17 Home Depot............ 95.98 -2.05 McDonald’s.............. 96.41 +0.44 Safeway................... 34.78 +0.03 Schlumberger.......... 95.28 -0.35 Tesoro...................... 72.96 +0.59 Walmart................... 83.79 +0.22 Wells Fargo.............. 53.27 -0.17 Gold closed............ 1,197.10 +10.55 Silver closed............ 16.22 +0.07 Dow Jones avg......17,687.82 +40.07 NASDAQ................4,702.44 +31.44 S&P 500................ 2,051.80 +10.48 Stock prices provided by the Kenai Peninsula Edward Jones offices. C

ners Lance Mackey and Martin Buser, and Martin’s son Rohn Buser, who won last year’s Kuskokwim 300.

Peninsula Clarion, Wednesday, November 19, 2014

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. 10:30 a.m. • Bouncing Babies Storytime at the Soldotna Public Library. Call 262-4227. • Wee Read at the Kenai Community Library Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group at 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Suite 71 in the old Carrs Mall in Kenai. Call 262-1917. • TOPS group AK 222 Soldotna meets at Christ Lutheran Church, 128 Soldotna Ave. Call 260-1662. 5:30 p.m. • Weight loss and health support group, Christ Lutheran Church. Call 362-1340. 7 p.m. • Card games, Funny River Community Center. • Narcotics Anonymous support group “Clean Machine” at Central Peninsula Hospital’s Redoubt Room, 250 Hospital Place, Soldotna. Call 907-335-9456. • Alcoholics Anonymous “Into Action” group, 12X12 study meeting, VFW basement Birch Street, Soldotna, 907-262-0995. 8 p.m. • Al-Anon Support Group at Central Peninsula Hospital in the Augustine Room, Soldotna. Call 252-0558. The Community Calendar lists recurring events and meetings of local organizations.To have your event listed, email organization name, day or days of meeting, time of meeting, place, and a contact phone number to news@peninsulaclarion.com.

Play in NYC based on deadly Conn. school shooting NEW YORK (AP) — A new play about the massacre at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in will have a benefit reading in December in New York City to commemorate the second anniversary of the tragedy. Eric Ulloa’s “26 Pebbles,” which was adapted from transcripts of interviews with people touched by the shootings, will have a staged reading Dec. 15 at the Culture Project’s The Lynn Redgrave Theater. The director will be Igor Goldin, and prices range from $50-$150. Proceeds from the event will benefit a collection of charities chosen by residents of Newtown, Connecticut. The shooting, which left 20 first graders and six educators dead, occurred there on Dec. 14, 2012. The play’s producers are R. Erin Craig, La Vie Productions, James E. Cleveland, Randy Donaldson and Wolfstone Productions.

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about your child, you will fit right in with the parents group Special Parents Encouraging Amazing Kids. SPEAK’s monthly meeting is Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Donald Gilman Kenai River Center on Funny River Road across the street from the Elder law clinic at Soldotna library Soldotna airport. For more information contact Peggy Larson A free legal clinic for those who would like more informa- at 260-3621 or 394-6310, or email: peggysuelee@gmail.com. tion about Elder Law is scheduled for Nov. 19 at 5:30 p.m. in the Community Room at the Soldotna Public Library. You will learn about advanced health care directives, guardianship and Fun run to benefit St. Jude’s conservatorship, power of attorney, probate, and wills. AppliThe second annual Emma’s Run, an approximately 5-kilocations for Alaska Legal Services will be available if you are mter family fun run/walk, will take place at noon on Nov. 22, in need of assistance from an attorney. Sponsored by Alaska with the start/finish at the Kenai Visitors Center. Race day regisLegal Services Corporation. Questions? Call the Kenai ALSC tration is from 11-11:45 a.m. at the visitors center; $10 donation office 907-395-0352. to participate with the proceeds going to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. Find more information at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Emmas-Run-for-St-Jude/308002649388891.

Around the Peninsula

Recreation activities in Nikiski

— Aqua Zumba is on Tuesdays & Thursdays at Nikiski Pool, 9:30 a.m. — Community Hoop Shoot is Saturday, November 22nd, at the Nikiski Community Rec. Center. Support the food drive and bring a can of food. — Bicycle Spin Classes, Full Swing Golf, Open Gym, Teen Center, Nikiski Community Library, Toddler Story Time and Arts & Crafts all at the Nikiski Community Recreation Center. —Youth Hockey registration ongoing. Please call 776-8800 for more information.

Prostate cancer support group to meet

Celebrate Alaska Native/Native American Heritage Month at Kenai Peninsula College Kenai Peninsula College invites the public to to celebrate Alaska Native/Native American Heritage Month during the month of November. A free Denai’na language class will take place on Nov. 20, from 6:00-7:00 p.m. at the Kenai River Campus McLane Commons in Soldotna. For more information contact Diane Taylor at 907-262-0328.

Judo club hosts self defense class

There will be a meeting for men affected by prostate cancer The Sterling Judo Club is holding a free self defense class at 6 p.m. Thursday in the Augustine room at Central Peninsula Hospital. Family and friends are welcome. For information for women and girls (ages 8 and up) on Nov. 21, from 6-8 p.m. at Sterling Elementary School. The class is for women contact Jim at 260-4904. only and will be led by Sensei Katie Gibler. Participants are asked to wear loose clothing and to show up 15 minutes early. Trout Unlimited plans gatherings Mothers, daughters, and grandmothers are all encouraged to Kenai Peninsula Trout Unlimited’s “Tie One On” event is participate. For more information contact Sensei Robert Brink back for the winter season, the first event to be held on Dec. 2 at 907-242-9330 or at obobo1a@gmail.com. More information in Kenai at the Main Street Tap & Grill from 6-7:30 p.m. Free can be found on the Sterling Judo Club Facebook Page. fly tying instruction in a fun and comfortable environment, tyers of all ability levels, from brand new to advanced, and all Community choir forming ages are welcome. A new community choir, The Kenai Peninsula Singers, is Kenai Peninsula Trout Unlimited is hosting a free fly fishing movie night, “Flies, Film, and Foam” at Main Street Tap & Grill open to everyone who wants to be there, whether it is their first in Kenai on Dec. 12 from 6-8 p.m. Films are provided by the time singing or they sang at The Met. The choir will rehearse renowned fly fishing film experts at The Fly Fishing Film Tour every Tuesday night from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. in the Kenai Cen(F3T). The local KPTU chapter donated to a great cause, Casting tral High School choir room. Call or email for more details: for a Cure, in order to obtain these exciting fly fishing films, and 907-283-2125 or simjnissen@gmail.com. is excited to share them with you! This is a free event and seating will be first come-first serve. All ages are welcome to attend. Fish and Game advisory committee to meet For more information on these events visit https://www.faThe Kenai/Soldotna Fish and Game Advisory Committee cebook.com/TroutUnlimitedKenaiPeninsulaChapter or e-mail: will meet on Nov. 19 at the Cook Inlet Aquaculture building lokptroutunlimited@gmail.com. cated on K-Beach Road at 6:30 p.m. Agenda will include discussion of the Prince William Sound and Upper Susitna finfish SPEAK meets for discussion, support proposals. If time permits the committee will discuss Southeast ADHD, Spectrum, FAS, Downs, PT, OT, Autism, Develop- region Board of Game proposals. Elections to fill unoccupied mentally Delayed, IEP, Hearing Impaired, CP — if you have seats will be held in early December. For more information heard these terms or various others from the professional world contact Mike Crawford at 252-2919.

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Bin Laden documentary is tops for Fox

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By DAVID BAUDER AP Television Writer

NEW YORK — Fox News Channel’s two-part documentary on the former Navy SEAL who claims to have fired the shots that killed Osama bin Laden is the network’s most popular documentary ever. Reporter Peter Doocy’s interview with Robert O’Neill averaged just over three million viewers last Tuesday and Wednesday, the Nielsen company said. The second part had 3.37 million viewers, effectively tying with an edition of “The O’Reilly Factor” to be Fox’s most-watched show of the week. There’s still some confusion about the 2011 raid; Pentagon

officials say that it is not clear who fired the shot that killed the al-Qaida leader. Meanwhile, CBS’ effort to establish a new Hollywood awards show may have cost the network a ratings victory last week. Most weeks, CBS is the most popular network for its prime time programming, but was second behind NBC last week. On Friday, CBS gave its entire prime-time lineup to the inaugural broadcast of the Hollywood Film Awards and a post-awards show. For the night, the network averaged 3.6 million viewers, Nielsen said. On a typical Friday this season, CBS’ lineup of “The Amaz-

ing Race,” ‘’Blue Bloods” and “Hawaii Five-0” has averaged 10.7 million viewers. NBC also boosted its lineup with a stunt involving a shared storyline on “Chicago Fire,” Chicago PD” and “Law & Order: SVU. That, coupled with a special Wednesday edition of “The Voice,” helped the network boost its Wednesday night live viewership by three million over its season average. “North Pole,” part of an avalanche of holiday programming on the Hallmark Channel, reached more than 4 million viewers on Saturday night. The

same night, Lifetime’s musical portrait, “Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B,” reached 3.2 million viewers. For the week, NBC averaged 9.2 million viewers in prime time. CBS had 8.6 million, ABC had 7.6 million, Fox had 4.5 million, Univision had 3 million, the CW had 1.8 million, Telemundo had 1.2 million and ION Television had 1.1 million. ESPN was the week’s most popular cable network in prime time, averaging 2.99 million viewers.

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What Others Say

Numbers for Obamacare are confusing One of the Affordable Care Act’s

bothersome traits is its reliance on numbers to judge its success — and those numbers vary, depending on who provides them. That said, President Obama’s signature legislation is having a profound effect on health care in the United States. By any measure, more Americans have health insurance today than before the law went into effect — a 25 percent reduction in the uninsured this year, by most estimates. Obamacare may be a flawed law, but in that sense, it is working. Saturday marks the law’s second open-enrollment period — a critical phase in Obamacare’s growth. But here’s where the numbers begin to vary. On Monday, the Obama administration estimated that 9.1 million people would sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act by the end of 2015. That’s several million fewer than most independent projections and those of the Congressional Budget Office, according to The New York Times. The CBO’s estimate: 13 million in 2015. Anne Filipic, the president of the nonprofit Enroll America, which advocates for expanded health care coverage, told The Times that the White House had taken “a pragmatic, analytical approach” to its 2015 projections. It’s easy to understand why. Memories of Obamacare’s botched rollout and website issues haven’t fully subsided. What was to be the shining moment of Obama’s presidency was overwhelmed by a website that crashed under pressure. Months went by before the story about the Affordable Care Act wasn’t a story about an administration with a balky, ineffective online signup. Today, the Obama administration’s reserved projections are in sharp contrast to its bold predictions of the past. Understandable? Yes. But it’s a byproduct of previous mistakes, an administration that would rather undersell the law’s potential now instead of being forced to address missed goals tomorrow. As we’ve seen for the last six years, this White House hasn’t excelled at messaging and timing, especially on matters as important as the Affordable Care Act. Lowballing its projections on Obamacare may limit future disappointments, but it’s hardly the tact of a confident administration. — Anniston (Alabama) Star, Nov. 11

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The compromise subterfuge

Mitch McConnell and John Boehner’s Republicans may control Congress now, but it’s an open question as to whether McConnell and Boehner control their own party caucuses. That’s an important consideration, because as they try to work out their deals with the White House, at some point they’ll have to convince President Barack Obama and the Democrats that they can deliver enough of their members. They can negotiate whatever compromises they want, but if their people revolt because they didn’t get enough and reject the bargains, then they’re just wasting time even trying. There are all sorts of indications that they will not be able to guarantee the votes needed after the give-and-take is done. You have Ted Cruz in the Senate as well as his disciples in the House saying upfront that they’re not bending, and when it comes to giving up some of what they demand, they’re not interested. Meanwhile, for the Democrats, Barack Obama is at the tag end of his presidency and suddenly has decided on a “No more Mr. Nice Guy” approach. Even after his party got “shellacked” in the midterms, he’s taking it to the Republicans like he never has before. And they’re foaming at the mouth. The leaked plans to take executive action that would, among other things, stop the deportation of millions of people in this country illegally is causing their

heads to explode. McConnell and Boehner are spending all their energy to prevent their troops from doing something precipitous and stupid. There is a lot of noise from their people that they should retaliate Bob Franken by forcing a government shutdown, or something equally confrontational. Of course, they’d be playing right into the Democrats’ hands, at least the ones who are thinking ahead to 2016’s race to elect the next POTUS, but principle is principle, and they’re not about to let some lame duck quack the whip. On the face of it, talk of cooperation from both sides sounds like sanctimonious platitude. That’s because it is. The reality is that bipartisanship is a foolish fantasy floating in the toxic cesspool of Washington politics. The reality is that both sides have decided that the best tactic for the campaign wars is to litter the enemy’s road with land mines. There is, however, another Pollyannaish way to look at all the bombast bombshells. They may be little more than opening positions — ways of establishing harsh starting points at the edges before cooler heads tediously move close to middle ground. By

this faintly optimistic reckoning, unreasonable inflexibility really signals a willingness to ultimately resort to reasonable flexibility. McConnell and Boehner are not rookies in this game. They’ve been playing it for years. At the White House, POTUS has the advantage of counsel from VPOTUS Joe Biden, who spent decades wheeling and dealing in the Senate, with, among others, Mitch McConnell. So far, so good. But there are players on both sides who view any accommodation as total surrender. They’re usually the new guys in town, sent by the voters in Hooterville to stand up for their harsh views. Otherwise, they won’t get re-elected. Of course, they’re going to claim that they want to work for bipartisan solutions. It’s easy to say, but what’s left unsaid is their definition of compromise, which is that the other side caves in to all of their demands. That mindset makes statesmanship improbable. But sure, they may as well try. They need to do something in the next couple of years, in addition to shooting artillery. Besides, the nation has some serious problems that need addressing immediately. Not negotiating for real would be ruinously insane. Unfortunately that pretty much describes the situation up till now. Bob Franken is a longtime broadcast journalist, including 20 years at CNN.

U.S. has opportunity to focus on Arctic issues As Alaskans and the rest of America emerge from their election bunkers and turn on their televisions again, we are faced with another pressing issue of lasting importance: making the Arctic a national and international priority in a manner that benefits those who live in the far north. Five months from now, in April 2015, the United States will assume the chair of the Arctic Council, the intergovernmental forum among the eight nations with territory inside the Arctic Circle and that includes active participation of the Arctic indigenous groups, with ‘observer nations’ that range from Italy to South Korea. Having the Chair through 2017 means that the United States will have the opportunity to focus the world’s attention on our priorities for the Arctic. As evidenced by the 1,400 plus participants at the recent 2014 Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik, Iceland, it is clear that the Arctic conversation has gained momentum. Not only did the U.S. Special Representative for the Arctic, Admiral Papp, and I attend and speak, but so did the Chancellor of Germany and a senior Minister from Singapore. While many around the world are making the Arctic a priority, I left Reykjavik concerned that there is limited recognition by the international community of the needs of those who live in the Arctic. For many non-Arctic residents, the Arctic is a pristine, untouched environment that, like a snow globe on a shelf, must not be disturbed. It may come to news to some, but the Arctic is home to approximately four million people, and humans have been living, hunting, and working in the Arctic for thousands of years – since before the term “Arctic” was even coined to describe the region — harvesting the natural resources of the region and developing the land. A focus on climate change and its impact on the Arctic is certainly warranted, but it cannot be our sole focus, and it should not prevent those who live in the C

Next year we will be in the driver’s seat on policies, both nationally and internaoices tionally, that impact the Arctic. Let’s recognize the benefits as well as the challenges of the that come from being an Arctic nation and remember our responsibility to those who eninsula live in the region. After all, access to clean drinking water should not be too much to S en . L isa M urkowski ask for in the 21st century. Alaskans are by nature (and temperaArctic from developing the resources that ment) pioneering types, drawn to opportuare available within their region in order to nity and adventure. Let’s not let the rest of the world rush to the Arctic Frontier withcreate a better standard of living. As I noted in my remarks to the confer- out us. ence, as similar as the people of the Arctic Lisa Murkowski is Alaska’s senior senaare, there are really two different Arctics with different sets of needs. There is the tor in the U.S. Senate. Nordic Arctic of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland where the infrastructure is developed, multiple transportation options exist, and reliable telecommunications and E-mail: news@peninsulaclarion.com internet access is commonplace. Then there Write: Fax: is the Arctic in Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Peninsula Clarion 907-283-3299 P.O. Box 3009 Questions? Call: and parts Russia that still struggle to access Kenai, AK 99611 907-283-7551 clean drinking water, affordable energy, and essential services. In those areas, expansion of existing and new economic deThe Peninsula Clarion welcomes velopment remains the highest priority in letters and attempts to publish all order to provide hope for the sustainability those received, subject to a few of our communities, to retain the best and guidelines: the brightest in our remote villages, and to n All letters must include the writer’s help counter the high suicide and domestic name, phone number and address. abuse rates we experience. n Letters are limited to 500 words When the United States takes over as and may be edited to fit available chair of the Arctic Council, I am hopeful space. Letters are run in the order that our agenda will include support for the they are received. newly established Arctic Economic Counn Letters that, in the editor’s judgcil (AEC) that seeks to bring businesses toment, are libelous will not be gether with Arctic communities to promote printed. economic investment and benefit those who n The editor also may exclude letlive in the Arctic. Helping raise awareness ters that are untimely or irrelevant of the AEC within the United States, perto the public interest. haps through interactions with chambers n Applause letters should recognize of commerce across the country, will help public-spirited service and contribuincrease our collective knowledge and intions. Personal thank-you notes will terest — and investment — in the Arctic not be published. as a nation.

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Alaska Report on tribal youth urges action By RACHEL D’ORO Associated Press

ANCHORAGE — American Indian and Alaska Native children are exposed to violence at rates higher than any other social group in the nation, according to a new report that urges creation of a new Native American affairs office, additional federal funding and other measures to combat the problem. The report released Tuesday by a U.S. Department of Justice advisory committee reflects information gathered at public hearings across the country in 2013 and 2014. “We discovered something we’d known when we started — that this is an urgent problem that needs to be addressed,” committee co-chair and former U.S. Sen. Byron Dorgan of North Dakota said during a teleconference. Based on the public input and research, the committee assessed the effects of violence on tribal youth and came up

with an action plan. The report’s goal is to be a catalyst for action by Congress and the Obama administration, said Dorgan, who served as chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee until his retirement in 2010. “State and federal governments must recognize and respect the primacy of tribal governments,” the report said. According to the report, exposure to violence results in American Indian and Alaska Native children experiencing post-traumatic stress at three times the rate of the non-Native population. The task force compared the level of stress to that of veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq. The study says 75 percent of deaths among indigenous children between the ages of 12 and 20 are caused by violence, including homicides and suicides. Alaska Native children were singled out as having the worst conditions systemically for var-

ious reasons including Alaska’s vastness, remoteness and steep transportation costs, along with a lack of respect for tribal sovereignty. Among recommendations specific to the state, the report urges that more sovereignty be granted to Alaska Native tribes. Currently the only reservation in the state is the community of Metlakatla, in southeast Alaska. A key recommendation in the report is to establish a White House Native American affairs office to coordinate services affecting children, among other things. The committee also said increased mandatory funding and coordination between tribal, federal and state governments are crucial to reversing the trend. The funding process also should be streamlined and less administratively burdensome, task force members said. “We all have to come together to make this work,” said committee member Valerie Da-

vidson, with the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium. Dorgan said it’s difficult to predict how such recommendations as creating a new office to deal with the problem will be received in the new Republican-led Congress. “I think the series of recommendations in this report about children exposed to violence and about the help that we need to provide for these children will fall on the ears of Republicans and Democrats,” he said. “They must care about children.” The recommendations are a step forward in helping Native American children receive opportunities to succeed, said U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, a North Dakota Democrat and member of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. “Native children dealing with the dire effects of exposure to violence has truly reached pandemic levels — and it requires our immediate attention,” Heitkamp said in a statement.

State complains about building air quality

JUNEAU (AP) — Air quality tests have shown high levels of carbon dioxide and dust in a Juneau office building the state is leasing for about 160 employees. The state had been receiving complaints from employees about headaches and diesel fumes at the Bill Ray Center. The state has been leasing the building, owned by First National Bank, for $49,500 a month since March while a state building in Douglas is renovated, KTOO reported. Sunny Haight, administrative director of the state Department

of Fish and Game, started hearing complaints from employees in September. “Sometimes they’d say it was fumes, and sometimes it smelled like there was something burnt. Sometimes they’d say it was a chemical smell,” Haight said. Haight notified the Department of Administration, which handles leasing and facilities. The state initially contacted First National Bank on Sept. 15 and asked for an air-quality test, which the bank did not conduct. “When we started getting the complaints, we engaged with

various contractors to ensure that all the equipment in the building was operating at peak efficiency, to ensure that all equipment was working. And those contractors reported they did not recognize any smells inside the building,” said Cheri Gillian, a senior vice president with the bank. “Conducting an air-quality survey was not off the table; we just hadn’t arrived at that point.” The state hired a firm to conduct testing last month at a cost of about $8,000, Haight said. Results showed higher than normal levels of carbon dioxide.

“What has people concerned is the level that it’s at is very close to unacceptable,” Haight said. Results also showed elevated levels of dust in part of the building and indicated inadequate ventilation. The bank is building a new branch in an adjoining lot. Heavy equipment has been operating near the building’s fresh air intake. The state does not want employees working in areas where they don’t feel that they’re most productive or where there may be health concerns, Department of Administration spokesman Andy Mills said.

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had winter rain in three of the past four years, including a storm last November that knocked out power in much of the Interior. There were a few decades when winter rain was more common, most notably six examples during the 1960s. But Thoman noted that road conditions weren’t as big a factor then, since Fairbanks was a much more compact community. The Parks Highway, for example, didn’t exist. “Even though we’ve seen these cycles, it was in a much different cultural and social

environment,” Thoman said. The shift led DOT to explore the use of road brine, which is commonly used in the Upper Midwest. A pair of $35,000 brine tanks was purchased to add to the existing fleet of DOT vehicles. A machine that blends the saltwater solution cost an additional $130,000. Schacher said the brine was used sparingly the first year as crews experimented to figure out how it would work best in a low-humidity environment where the temperature rarely gets above freezing.

The Alaska University Transportation Center participated to research how to best use the solution in the Interior. Adding it to local roads before rains arrive has been found particularly effective, since it allows ice to be more easily peeled away. AUTC Director Billy Connor said that developing weather protocols has been a large part of the process. “We’ve been working on a decision model to let them know what to do at the right time,” Connor said. “That’s the important thing to know.”

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Periods of winter rains aren’t unprecedented in the Interior, but even longtime residents could understandably believe they almost never used to happen. National Weather Service meteorologist Rick Thoman calculated winter rain episodes of at least a tenth of an inch for roughly the past century and found only four examples from 1970 to 2000. In contrast, Fairbanks has

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Around Alaska Man found dead had sled dogs seized 1 day earlier ANCHORAGE — A man who was found dead in downtown Anchorage last week was under investigation after police seized 12 emaciated sled dogs from his Girdwood home. Anchorage police identified the man Tuesday as 50-yearold Dario Martinez, of Girdwood. His body was found hanging from a tree Thursday in an office building parking lot across Second Avenue from the entrance to the city’s coastal trail. One day earlier, animal control officers had found the 12 starving and thirsty dogs at his home. Another dog died of starvation. Alaska business records show Martinez owned a sled dog operation in Girdwood. The Alaska Dispatch News reports Martinez ran the Iditarod in 1999, finishing in 40th place. Alaska State Troopers say its animal neglect investigation is closed with Martinez’s death. Anchorage police say they have been unsuccessful in locating Martinez’s next of kin.

Court seeks update on redistricting case JUNEAU — The Fairbanks-area plaintiffs who sued over Alaska’s redistricting plan have appealed a judge’s decision awarding them more than $310,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs. Attorneys for George Riley and Ronald Dearborn had requested nearly $440,000, including about $120,000 in appellate fees. The appeal was made to the Alaska Supreme Court, which late last month put the appeal on hold, pending a possible settlement among the parties. The parties have been asked to report back to the court by Dec. 19. A lower court judge this summer ordered the Alaska Redistricting Board to pay about $296,000 in attorneys’ fees and nearly $17,000 in costs. In appealing, the plaintiffs questioned, among other things, whether the trial court erred in excluding appellate costs and in not awarding paralegal fees.

Vessel runs aground, twice, near Kodiak KODIAK — A man has been charged with driving under the influence after running a landing craft aground near Kodiak. Authorities arrested Edward Dyer after a crew member on Sunday reported that his skipper was intoxicated and the vessel had run aground near St. Herman Harbor. KMXT reports that Dyer faces additional misdemeanor charges of reckless endangerment and assault. A bail hearing was scheduled for Wednesday. After the Coast Guard released the vessel, its owner came to take possession and nearly made it through the channel before running aground on Near Island on Monday. The Coast Guard says the vessel has been refloated. — The Associated Press

The other advantage, Schacher said, is purely financial. He points to a 15,000-ton mountain of sand behind the DOT building. At $23 per ton, it’s not a cheap solution for dealing with slippery roads. A gallon of brine costs 18 cents, which is a relative bargain. Not only is the brine more effective, he said, but it doesn’t need to be swept off streets after breakup like sand does. “We’re dollar driven — we’ve got to do what we can as cheaply as we can,” Schacher said. Schacher said he’s had nu-

merous calls from motorists surprised at the sight of a brine truck in Fairbanks. Many people are concerned about the possibility of vehicle rust, but Schacher said it shouldn’t be a concern for modern vehicles at the volumes used in Fairbanks. Connor said evolving road conditions have become a reality as Alaska’s climate warms and that it’s important for maintenance crews to adapt. “With the changes we’re seeing in our climate, we just can’t do business as usual,” Connor said.

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Around the World As Ferguson decision nears, federal probe of police could bring deeper impact

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press

WASHINGTON — As local authorities in Missouri near the end of their investigation in the Ferguson shooting, a broader federal civil rights review could hold a greater potential to refashion the police department and bring long-lasting change. While a St. Louis County grand jury investigates the Aug. 9 shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown, the Justice Department is investigating, too. More than two months into its probe of the Ferguson department’s practices, the civil rights inquiry is focusing on use-of-force, stops and searches and possible patterns of discrimination in the ways that officers in the predominantly white department interact with the majority-black community. Results are likely months away and may do little quickly to mollify the community. But whether or not officer Darren Wilson ends up facing state or federal criminal prosecution, the civil rights investigation will continue. In similar cases, broad federal investigations of police departments have dictated changes in how officers carry out the most fundamental of tasks, from searching suspects to making traffic stops. “If the end goal of this is to ensure that no one’s civil rights get violated, that everyone is treated decently and their constitutional rights are protected, the best thing that can come out of this is an overall look at the department,” said David Weinstein, a former federal civil rights prosecutor in Miami. Outgoing U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has made the overhaul of troubled police departments among his civilrights priorities. In the past five years, the Justice Department has investigated some 20 police departments for problems that include treatment of the mentally ill, high numbers of officer-involved shootings and patterns of excessive force and racial bias. Police departments in Detroit, Seattle and New Orleans are among those that have committed to reforms.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Several feet of lake-effect snow paralyzed the Buffalo area Tuesday, forcing state troopers on snowmobiles to deliver blankets to stranded motorists on the New York State Thruway on a wintry day when temperatures fell to freezing or below in all 50 states. In a region accustomed to highway-choking snowstorms, this one is being called one of the worst in memory. Snow blown by strong winds forced the closing of a 132mile stretch of the Thruway, the main highway across New York state. Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz said about 140 vehicles were stuck. Troopers used snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles to deliver supplies, state police Capt. Ed Kennedy said. “Other than wishing they weren’t stuck in traffic, they’re warm and safe in their vehicles,” Kennedy said. Poloncarz was expecting the remaining motorists to be evacuated by nightfall because of plunging temperatures. Meteorologists say temperatures in all 50 states fell to freezing or below on Tuesday. They say the low temperatures

Natural gas, electricity more expensive as November falls into deep freeze, cold winter NEW YORK — The cold is back, and with it, rising heating bills. This winter was expected to bring much lower bills than last year because it wasn’t supposed to be so darn cold. Homeowners could go a little easier on the thermostat, and less fuel use would offset rising prices for natural gas and electricity, which generates heat for 88 percent of U.S. households. Then, descending from the Arctic, came a block of cold air nearly the size of the entire Lower 48. This month is now on track to be the coldest November since 1996. “It came in hard and strong, pretty impressive stuff,” says Matt Rogers, a meteorologist at the Commodity Weather Group, which forecasts weather and heating demand for energy companies. He notes that a cold November doesn’t necessarily lead to a colder winter. But it depletes fuel supplies and pushes prices up. And it just so happens most forecasters think January and February will also be colder than normal across most of the U.S.

In setback for drone industry, NTSB says aircraft regulations apply to use of drones WASHINGTON — The government has the power to hold drone operators accountable when they operate the remote-control aircraft recklessly, a federal safety board ruled Tuesday in a setback to small drone operators chafing under Federal Aviation Administration restrictions. The National Transportation safety Board, which hears appeals of Federal Aviation Administration enforcement actions, ruled that small drones are a type of aircraft and fall under existing FAA rules. — The Associated Press

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People attempt to move a vehicle out of the middle of the road along Lake Michigan Drive, Tuesday, in Grand Rapids., Mich. Michiganians are shivering after a pre-winter cold weather system with gale-force winds broke temperature records and dumped up to foot and a half of snow.

were more reminiscent of January than November. In New Hampshire and elsewhere, icy roads led to accidents. Lake-effect storms in Michigan produced gale-force winds and as much as 18 inches of snow, and canceled several flights at the Grand Rapids airport. Schools closed in the North Carolina mountains amid blustery winds and ice-coated roads. In Indiana, three firefighters were hurt when a semitrailer hit a fire truck on a snowy highway. In Atlanta, tourists Morten

and Annette Larsen from Copenhagen were caught offguard by the 30-degree weather as they took photos of a monument to the 1996 summer Olympics at Centennial Olympic Park. “It’s as cold here as it is in Denmark right now. We didn’t expect that,” Larsen said, waving a hand over his denim jacket, buttoned tightly over a hooded sweatshirt. In Buffalo, Brian Krzeminski watched the snow pile up outside the south Buffalo convenience store where he worked

overnight and served free coffee to the motorists and pedestrians who came in off the city streets to get out of the blinding snow. “There are people that came out to get a few things. We had some people who came in just to get a 30-pack of beer, which is kind of odd,” he said. “We’ve had EMTs whose ambulance got stuck. I’m constantly seeing cars get stuck.” The National Weather Service warned that the snow, generated by cold air blowing over the warmer Great Lakes, would continue through Wednesday and could eventually total 6 feet in places. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo deployed 150 member of the National Guard to help clear snow-clogged roads and remove abandoned vehicles. “We have tried to get out of our house and we are lucky to be able to shovel so we can open the door. Basically, that’s it, open the door,” said Linda Oakley of Buffalo. “We’re just thinking that in case of an emergency we can at least get out the door. We can’t go any further.” “All around us, it’s a solid four feet of snow that is so thick and so heavy you can hardly move it with a shovel,” said Oakley, whose son Todd was with her, unable to make it to work just three miles away.

Time to vote on Keystone: Yes or no on pipeline By DAVID ESPO, and DINA CAPPIELLO Associated Press

WASHINGTON — In the run-up to a razor-thin vote, Sen. Mary Landrieu beseeched fellow Democrats on Tuesday to provide the support necessary to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, the massive project at the center of a fierce environmental dispute and her own uphill struggle for a new term from Louisiana. The three-term Democrat made her pitch privately as the White House signaled ever more strongly that President Barack Obama would veto the legislation if it clears Congress — and Republicans vowed to make the project’s approval a priority when they take control of the Senate in January. “I wish the Senate would have followed the lead of Congressman Cassidy and his

House colleagues in approving Keystone years ago. It’s just common sense,” Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell said in advance of the scheduled vote. If there was no passage Tuesday night, “a new majority will be taking this matter up and sending it to the president,” McConnell said. Rep. Bill Cassidy is Landrieu’s opponent in a Dec. 6 runoff election. He was the lead sponsor of an identical bill that cleared the House last week. The pipeline legislation unified Republicans. All 45 members of the rank and file supported the legislation to end years of study and delay and approve its construction. It divided Democrats, though. While Obama opposes the measure, likely 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton has repeatedly refused to take a position. Most recently, her spokesman did not

respond to two requests over the weekend to do so. Among Senate Democrats, 14 had publicly announced their support for the bill in the hours before the vote, but several whom Landrieu had hoped would provide the critical 60th vote needed for passage had not stepped forward. Among retiring lawmakers. Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia, Tim Johnson of South Dakota and Tom Harkin of Iowa all said in advance they would oppose the bill. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine,

who opened the door on Monday to becoming the 60th vote, slammed it shut a few hours later. Several Democrats said the issue was discussed at some length at a weekly closed-door meeting of the party’s senators. Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, a supporter of the bill, said Landrieu pointed out that “this vote is going to happen, whether it happens now or it happens in January, same outcome, so why not do it now? She brought it to a head.”

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Small twin-engine cargo plane crashes into Chicago home By JASON KEYSER Associated Press

CHICAGO — A small twinengine cargo plane crashed into a home on Chicago’s southwest side Tuesday, killing the pilot but sparing a couple who were asleep just inches away. The Aero Commander 500B slammed nose-down into the front of the home around 2:40 a.m., punching through the ground floor into the basement and leaving about a third of the aircraft, including the tail, sticking straight out of the redbrick home. “The wreckage was about 8 inches away from them,” Assistant Chicago Fire Department Commissioner Michael Fox said of the home’s two residents. “It’s very lucky. They were in a bedroom next to the living room and the living room

is gone.” Both told first responders they were fine and refused any medical attention. After stabilizing the house, crews recovered the body from the wreckage. No one else was on board. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office did not immediately release the pilot’s name. The pilot reported engine trouble shortly after taking off from Midway International Airport and asked to return to the airport. But the plane crashed about a quarter mile short of the runway, said Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory. Fire crews found aviation fuel leaking from the wreck but there was no fire or explosion, and the airframe was mostly intact, investigators said.

“So we’re confident we’re not dealing with any type of inflight breakup or some scenario like that,” said National Transportation Safety Board investigator Tim Sorensen. The NTSB expects to have a preliminary accident report within a week, followed by a final report in about a year. The airport is closely bounded by densely populated neighborhoods. Those living near the crash site said the impact shook houses. Luz Cazares, 62, who lives next door, ran to check on the neighbors she’s known for more than 20 years, fearing that the couple in their 80s did not survive. “When I saw the plane in the wall I was thinking, ‘Oh my God, something happened to them,’” she said. She called out for them,

jumped a fence and found them just inside the backdoor. The woman was asking, “What happened? What happened?” Cazares said. She helped her to safety, while a police officer aided the woman’s husband. “(I was) so happy, so happy,” Cazares said. The pilot had been intending to fly to Ohio State University Airport in Columbus, Ohio. The aircraft was built in 1964 and owned by Central Airlines Inc. of Fairway, Kansas, according to an FAA aircraft registry. Central said it was cooperating with investigators but still gathering information and did not know if the plane was carrying cargo. Investigators also did not yet know if any cargo was on board, NTSB spokesman Terry Williams said.

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Police and fire officials walk near a small twin-engine cargo plane that crashed into a home on Chicago’s southwest side early Tuesday. The Aero Commander 500 that had taken off from Midway International Airport slammed into the front of the home and plunged into the basement. Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford says two occupants of the home were unhurt. The pilot was killed in the crash.

Fracking to be permitted in George Washington National Forest By BROCK VERGAKIS Associated Press

NORFOLK, Va. — Environmentalists and energy boosters alike welcomed a federal compromise announced Tuesday that will allow fracking in the largest national forest in the eastern United States, but make most of its woods off-limits to drilling. The decision was highly anticipated because about half of the George Washington National Forest sits atop the Marcellus shale formation, a vast underground deposit of natural gas that runs from upstate New York to West Virginia and yields more than $10 billion in gas a year. The federal management plan reverses an outright ban on hydraulic fracturing that the U.S. Forest Service had proposed in 2011 for the 1.1 million-acre forest, which includes the headwaters of the James and Potomac rivers. Those rivers feed the Chesapeake Bay,

which is the focus of a multibillion-dollar, multistate restoration directed by the Environmental Protection Agency. A total ban would have been a first for Amberica’s national forests, which unlike national parks are commonly leased out for mining, timber and drilling. But some environmentalists were pleased that at least some balance was struck between energy development and conservation. “We think the decision shows the Forest Service listened to the local community,” said Sarah Francisco, leader of the Southern Environmental Law Center’s national forests and parks program. “The vast majority of the forest is protected in this decision.” With both sides lobbying hard, Virginia’s Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe told his climate change panel in September that federal officials had assured him fracking was off the table. “I won’t allow it as long as I’m governor,” he said. But the final word rested

with Ken Arney, a regional Forest Service manager. And by Tuesday afternoon, well after the decision was announced, the governor wasn’t commenting. “We think we’ve ended up in a much better place, which is we are allowing oil and gas drilling,” said Robert Bonnie, the undersecretary for national resources and environment at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversees the Forest Service. “From a policy perspective, the Forest Service allows fracking on forest lands throughout the country. We didn’t want to make a policy decision or change policy related to fracking,” Bonnie told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. The new plan eliminates the potential for oil and gas leases on 985,000 acres where they could have been granted, and permits drilling only on 167,000 acres with existing private mineral rights and 10,000

acres already leased to oil and gas companies. The private mineral rights are scattered throughout the forest, which hadn’t updated its management plan since 1993. This lobbying fight was mostly over principle, since no energy company has wanted to actually drill on the land they’re leasing, Bonnie acknowledged. “The economic value of these reserves is very low. We’ve had very little interest on oil and gas on the forest,” Bonnie said. Also, more environmental analysis and public comment would be encouraged before any drilling is approved, the Forest Service said. Fracking enables the extraction of oil and gas from otherwise marginal shale deposits by injecting water mixed with chemicals and sand or gravel deep underground at extremely high pressure. Environmental groups fear the drilling and its waste could pollute mountain streams that directly provide drinking water

to about 260,000 people in the Shenandoah Valley. Another 2.7 million people in Northern Virginia and Washington get part of their drinking water from the forest. “The risks of fracking are well documented, from water, air and climate pollution to the industrialization of special places,” Glen Besa, director of the Sierra Club’s Virginia chapter, said in a statement. “Unfortunately, these risks remain for the existing leases in the forest. While the leases may be low value, they are certainly high risk.” Opponents also argued that the trucks, wells and other infrastructure that would come with gas drilling are incompatible with the forest’s primary attractions of hiking, fishing,

hunting, camping, tourism and its abundant wildlife. The forest includes a section of the Appalachian Trail and attracts more than 1 million visitors annually. The American Petroleum Institute maintains that hydraulic fracturing can be done safely and without risk to groundwater, but the science has not been conclusive. “Natural gas is an enormously versatile fuel that helps power our nation’s economy. Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing is helping to unlock the tremendous economic and job creation benefits that Virginians, and all Americans, need and want,” Virginia Petroleum Council Executive Director Michael Ward said in a statement.

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Israel vows harsh response to synagogue attack By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press

JERUSALEM — Israel vowed harsh retaliation Tuesday for a Palestinian attack that killed five people and left blood-smeared prayer books and shawls on the floor of a synagogue in Jerusalem — an assault that sharply escalated already-high tensions after weeks of religious violence. The attack during morning prayers in the west Jerusalem neighborhood of Har Nof was carried out by two Palestinian cousins wielding meat cleavers, knives and a handgun. They were shot to death by police after the deadliest assault in the holy city since 2008. Four of the dead were rabbis and one was a police officer who died of his wounds hours after the attack. Three of the rabbis were born in the United States and the fourth was born in England, although all held dual Israeli citizenship. Five others were wounded. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the attack, the first time he has done so in the wave of deadly violence against Israelis. But he also called for an end to Israeli “provocations” surrounding Jerusalem’s shrines that are sacred to both Muslims and Jews. President Barack Obama called the attack “horrific” and without justification, urging cooperation from both sides to ease tensions and adding that too many Israelis and Palestinians have died in recent months, Tuesday’s attack, however, appeared to mark a turning point, with the gruesome scene in a house of worship shocking a nation long accustomed to violence. The government released a

photo of a meat cleaver it said came from the crime scene. Government video showed blood-soaked prayer books and prayer shawls in the synagogue. A pair of glasses lay under a table, and thick streaks of blood smeared the floor. “I saw people lying on the floor, blood everywhere,” said Yosef Posternak, who was at the synagogue in the quiet neighborhood that has a large community of English-speaking immigrants. “People were trying to fight with (the attackers) but they didn’t have much of a chance,” Posternak told Israel Radio. In one of Israel’s first acts of retaliation, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the demolitions of the homes of the attackers. But halting further violence could prove to be a tough challenge as police confront a new threat: Lightly armed assailants from annexed east Jerusalem who hold residency rights that allow them to move freely throughout the country. Netanyahu condemned the deaths of the “innocent and pure Jews.” In a nationally televised address, he accused Abbas of inciting the recent violence and said the Palestinian leader’s condemnation of the attack was insufficient. Hamas, the militant Palestinian group that runs the Gaza Strip, praised the attack. In Gaza, dozens celebrated in the streets, with some offering trays full of candy. The U.S.-born victims were identified as Moshe Twersky, 59, Aryeh Kupinsky, 43, and Kalman Levine, 55. The Israeli Foreign Ministry said the British man was Avraham Goldberg, 68, who immigrated to Israel in 1993. It described the four as “rabbis,” an honorific title in the

‘People were trying to fight with (the attackers) but they didn’t have much of a chance.’ — Yosef Posternak, Jew at the synagogue

ultra-Orthodox world given to men who are considered pious and learned. Twersky, a native of Boston, was the head of the Toras Moshe Yeshiva, a seminary for English-speaking students. He was the son of Rabbi Isador Twersky, founder of Harvard University’s Center for Jewish Studies, and a grandson Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, a luminary in the world of modern Orthodox Jewry. Thousands of people attended a joint funeral for Kupinsky, Levine and Goldberg before sundown— held outside the synagogue where they were killed. In recent weeks, Jerusalem has seen its worst sustained bout of violence since a Palestinian uprising a decade ago. Palestinian assailants have carried out a pair of deadly attacks by ramming their cars into crowded train stations, while a gunman shot and seriously wounded a Jewish activist who has campaigned for greater access to the holy site. The hilltop compound, in Jerusalem’s Old City, has been at the heart of the tensions. It is revered by Jews as the Temple Mount, the site of the ancient Hebrew temples. For Muslims, it is the Noble Sanctuary, home to the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the iconic gold-topped Dome of the Rock.

Under a longstanding arrangement, Jews are permitted to visit but not to pray. A growing number of visits by Jewish worshippers, many who seek the right to pray there, has drawn Muslim accusations that Israel is secretly trying to take over the site and sparked violent clashes between young Palestinians and Israeli police. Netanyahu has repeatedly said he will not change that arrangement, but the violence has spread beyond Jerusalem, with deadly stabbings in Tel Aviv and the West Bank last week, while the fatal shooting of a young Arab protester in northern Israel by police — apparently as he was walking away from an officer — has added to the tensions. Late Tuesday, several hundred Jewish youths marched through downtown Jerusalem, blocking traffic and chanting, “Death to Arabs.” Police reported at least 10 arrests. Police identified the synagogue attackers as Ghassan and Oday Abu Jamal, cousins from the Jabal Mukaber neighborhood in east Jerusalem. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the assailants were killed in a shootout with police that left one officer critically wounded. He said police were still trying to determine how the men had chosen their

target. Mohammed Zahaikeh, a social activist in Jabal Mukaber, said he did not know whether the cousins were politically active. He said Ghassan was 27, married with two young children and worked in a clothing store. Oday, 21, was not married and was an interior decorator. He said both men were quiet, and residents were surprised by the attack. Clashes later broke out outside the assailants’ home, where dozens of police officers had converged. Residents hurled stones at police, who responded with tear gas and stun grenades. Residents said 14 members of the Abu Jamal family were arrested. The violence has created a special security challenge for Israel. Where Palestinian violence has traditionally been carried out by organized militant groups based in the West Bank or Gaza, most of the recent attacks have been done by perpetrators from east Jerusalem acting on their own. Israel captured east Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war and later annexed the area, while the Palestinians claim it as their capital. Although the annexation is not internationally recognized, the more than 200,000 Arab residents of east Jerusalem have Israeli residency rights that allow them to move freely throughout the country. In contrast, West Bank residents and Gazans need Israeli permission to enter. “There is no solution in the world of intelligence to the problem of a lone wolf who de-

cides in the morning to launch an attack in the afternoon,” said Cabinet Minister Yaakov Peri, a former director of the Shin Bet internal security agency. He said the “only solution is very strong deterrence,” such as swiftly demolishing the homes of attackers. Netanyahu has vowed to revive the policy of home demolitions, which Israel halted in 2005 after determining it wasn’t an effective deterrent. Israeli officials have reversed their opinion, and Netanyahu has ordered stepped-up demolitions. The Israeli leader flew to Jordan last week for talks with King Abdullah II, who holds custodial rights over the Jerusalem mosque compound. The two men agreed to take steps to lower tensions at the holy site. But on Monday, rumors spread that a Palestinian bus driver had been killed by Jewish assailants. Although forensics experts ruled the death a suicide, Palestinian youths clashed with Israeli police. Israeli media reported Tuesday that Yoram Cohen, the current Shin Bet head, told lawmakers in a closed meeting that Abbas was not interested in inciting Palestinians to use violence against Israelis. Cohen tied his assertion to his belief that widespread Palestinian violence against Israelis would undermine Abbas’s political standing, the reports said. The attack was the deadliest in Jerusalem since a Palestinian assailant killed eight students at a Jewish seminary in March 2008.

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UN push against North Korea on rights moves ahead By CARA ANNA Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS — The world’s boldest effort yet to hold North Korea and leader Kim Jong Un accountable for alleged crimes against humanity moved forward Tuesday at the United Nations, where a Pyongyang envoy threatened further nuclear tests. The U.N. General Assembly’s human rights committee approved a resolution that urges the Security Council to refer the country’s harsh human rights situation to the International Criminal Court. The non-binding resolution now goes to the General Assembly for a vote in the coming weeks. China and Russia, which hold veto power

on the council, voted against it. The resolution was inspired by a groundbreaking U.N. commission of inquiry report early this year that declared North Korea’s human rights situation “exceeds all others in duration, intensity and horror.” The idea that their young leader could be targeted by prosecutors sent North Korean officials on a furious effort to derail the effort. North Korea sent a sharp warning in comments before the vote. Trying to punish it over human rights “is compelling us not to refrain any further from conducting nuclear tests,” said Choe Myong Nam, a foreign ministry adviser for U.N. and human rights issues. His colleagues gave no details on

that threat. Choe also accused the European Union and Japan, the resolution’s co-sponsors, of “subservience and sycophancy” to the United States, and he promised “unpredictable and serious consequences” if the resolution went forward. The European Union quickly issued a statement welcoming the support of 111 countries in the vote. Nineteen countries voted against, and 55 abstained. Human rights groups quickly turned their attention to China and Russia, which could block any Security Council move. “No Security Council country, including China, can deny the horror endured by so many North Koreans,” Kenneth

Roth, director of Human Rights Watch, said in a statement just after the vote. “The time has come for justice.” North Korea and its allies have argued that a resolution that targets a single country would set a dangerous precedent and that other developing countries could be singled out, too. The resolution says the commission of inquiry report found grounds to believe that crimes against humanity have been committed under policies “established at the highest level of the State for decades.” It calls for targeted sanctions against the people who appear to be most responsible. The commission of inquiry earlier warned Kim Jong Un that could include

him. Cuba proposed an amendment that would have stripped out the tough language on the ICC, but the committee’s member countries voted that down earlier Tuesday. The mere possibility that its leader could be targeted by prosecutors has put North Korean officials, once dismissive of human rights issues, on edge. In recent weeks, it dangled the possibility of a visit by the U.N. human rights chief, among other attempts at outreach. But in the chamber Tuesday, the tone shifted. A North Korean foreign ministry adviser, Kim Ju Song, was witnessed trying to get a U.N. official to eject Shin Dong-Hyuk, a young

man who fled North Korea and has since spoken out against the Pyongyang regime. The commission of inquiry report was based on interviews with dozens of people like Shin who had fled and detailed abuses including starvation and a system of harsh prison camps containing up to 120,000 people. North Korea has accused people who cooperated with the commission of inquiry of lying, and it produced a video showing Shin’s father in North Korea condemning him. But Shin, who bowed to Japan’s ambassador in thanks after the vote, said North Korea’s attempt to intimidate him and others backfired. “This was an overwhelming defeat,” he said.

Senator Reid urges President Obama to act quickly on immigration By ERICA WERNER Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday that President Barack Obama should take executive action as quickly as possible to remake the nation’s immigration system. It was a shift from last week when Reid said Obama should wait to act until Congress had completed work on must-pass spending legislation to fund the government into next year. “I believe that when the president decides to do his ex-

ecutive order, he should go big, as big as he can,” Reid told reporters on Capitol Hill, adding that he had spoken with Obama on Monday. “I said he should do something as quickly as he can.” However, other Democrats suggested Obama should wait, amid some concern that Obama’s unilateral action on immigration could impede progress on a spending bill that Congress must pass by Dec. 11 to keep the government running. “She doesn’t want anything to get in the way of getting an

omnibus approved,” said Vincent Morris, spokesman for Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., without commenting on timing. “I wish he would let the process work for a few months before he did this,” said Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont. The White House has not said when Obama will act, but activists and Democrats expect it could come as early as this week. The president is expected to take administrative steps to protect as many as 5 million people in the country illegally

from deportation, and grant them work permits. The planned move has infuriated Republicans fresh off midterm victories in which they retook the Senate and increased their majority in the House. GOP lawmakers in the House and Senate huddled Tuesday to weigh possible responses, with party leaders aiming for a solution that avoids a government

shutdown. House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky., advanced a new approach at a GOP meeting Tuesday morning. Called “rescissions,” it would allow Congress to pass the full-year spending bill favored by Rogers and other leaders, and then later go back and delete funding for specific programs, trying to undo

Obama’s action that way. Another approach would be to extend full-year funding for most government programs but to try to single out the Homeland Security divisions that would be responsible for paying for Obama’s executive action, and fund them only on a short-term basis, or make their funding contingent on stopping Obama’s action.

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n On Nov. 1 at 7:53 p.m., Alaska Wildlife Troopers conducted a traffic stop on a 1990 grey Toyota 4 Runner in Anchor Point for a moving violation. Investigation that Francesca Trippe, 51, of Anchor Point, was operating the vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. She was arrested for driving under the influence and taken to the Homer Jail on $500 bail. n On Nov. 1 at 1:02 a.m., Kenai police responded to a local business to a report of a vehicle accident and that the driver was walking away from the scene. Kenai police arrived on scene and located the suspected driver, Dennis M. Craft, 43, of Kenai. After investigation, Craft was arrested for driving under the influence and taken to Wildwood Pretrial. n On Nov. 1 at 2:02 p.m., Kenai police contacted Timothy J. Fitzpatrick, 28, of Kenai, at a residence on Second Street. Fitzpatrick had an outstanding warrant for his arrest for failure to comply with an Alcohol Safety Action Program requirement on the original charge of petition to revoke probation. He was arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial. n On Nov. 1 at 4:22 a.m., Soldotna police received a report of disturbance in River Terrace RV Park. Officers later contacted David L. Davidson, 54, of Soldotna, and arrested him for fourth-degree assault and two counts of disorderly conduct. He was taken to Wildwood Pretrial and held without bail. n On Nov. 1 at 10:56 p.m., Soldotna police contacted Shawn Lewis, 45, of Soldotna, and arrested him on an outstanding warrant. He was taken to Wildwood Pretrial on $150 bail. n On Nov. 2 at 3:19 p.m., Kenai police received a report of a possible shoplifter at a local business. Kenai police arrived and contacted Breann Huff, 21, of Soldotna. After investigation, Huff was arrested on three counts of fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance and one count of sixth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance and was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility.

Police reports n On Nov. 2 at 5:24 p.m., Soldotna police responded to Swiftwater Park for a suspicious vehicle. A passenger, Austin Hibbert, 18, of Kenai, was found to be in possession of marijuana. He was issued a criminal citation for sixthdegree misconduct involving a controlled substance and released. n On Nov. 2 at 9:15 a.m., Michael Preston Hoaglund, 23, of Sterling, was arrested by Soldotna based Alaska State Troopers on charges of third-degree assault (domestic violence), fourth-degree assault (domestic violence) and an outstanding $500 arrest warrant for failure to appear for arraignment on the original charge of no insurance. Hoaglund’s charges stem from an investigation on Oct. 31, when troopers responded to a residence off Robinson Loop for a report that Hoaglund had assaulted a female and fled the scene. Hoaglund was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility without bail. n On Nov. 3 at about 11:30 p.m., Alaska State Troopers responded to a disturbance at a residence off Sunset Drive in Kasilof. Investigation revealed that one of the people involved in the disturbance, Anthony Brittain, Jr., 32, of Kasilof, had an outstanding arrest warrant. Brittain was arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility without bail for failure to selfremand on an unrelated charge. n On Nov. 3 at 11:23 p.m., Soldotna troopers responded to a report of a possible disturbance at a residence in Nikiski. On arrival, troopers contacted Emelda Olson, 37, of Nikiski. Investigation revealed that Olson had assaulted a family member and damaged some dinnerware, which was valued at less than $50.00. Olson was arrested for fourth-degree assault (domestic violence) and fifth-degree criminal mischief (domestic violence) and taken to Wildwood Pretrial without bail. n On Nov. 3 at about 9:20 p.m., Soldotna police contacted Debra Miller, 28, of Soldotna, and arrested her on an outstanding warrant for failure to appear.

Miller was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility on $2,500 bail. n On Nov. 3 at 6:41 a.m., Kenai police conducted a traffic stop on the Kenai Spur Highway near Gill Street. Christopher M. Chappell, 47, of Soldotna was arrested for driving while license revoked and sixth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance and taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility. n On Nov. 3 at 9:01 a.m., Kenai police responded to Stellar Drive on a trespassing report. Christopher D. Stroh, 29, of Kenai, was arrested for first-degree criminal trespass, domestic violence related, and violating conditions of release and was taken to Wildwood Pretrial. n On Nov. 4 at 4:29 p.m., Alaska State Troopers with the Bureau of Highway Patrol, Girdwood Team, stopped a 1992 Subaru Legacy near Mile 108 of the Seward Highway for an equipment violation. Paul Anthony Byers, 56, of Anchor Point, was found to be driving while his license was suspended. Byers was issued a misdemeanor Alaska Uniform Citation to later appear in court and was released on scene. n On Nov. 4 at about 10:40 p.m., Alaska State Troopers responded to Holt Lamplight Road in Nikiski regarding a vehicle collision with a moose. Investigation revealed that a 1995 Chevy truck, driven by a 16-year-old male, of Nikiski, had struck a calf moose as it was crossing the road. All three occupants of the vehicle were wearing their seat belts and were not injured. The moose was killed in the collision. The vehicle was not driven from the scene, as it suffered extensive damage to the front end. n On Nov. 4 at 8:15 a.m., Soldotna based troopers received a report of a theft of several LED light bars from vehicles and a boat in the area of River Hills in Kenai. Investigation is ongoing and anyone with information regarding this case is asked to contact Soldotna State Troopers at 262-4453. n On Nov. 5 at about 5:40 p.m., the Kenai Police Department received a report of a possible impaired driver that had hit the building when leaving the American Legion.

An officer located the suspect vehicle at a nearby apartment building. Trudy D. Stillwell, 62, of Kenai, was arrested for driving under the influence and breath test refusal and was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility. Steven W. Mesa, 52, of Kenai, was present during the officer’s interaction with Trudy Stillwell. At one point, Mesa yanked Stillwell backwards into an apartment and slammed the apartment door shut. When the officer knocked on the door to speak with Stillwell, Steven Mesa made threats that he was going to get a gun. The officer identified himself again through the door and Mesa stated he was going to shoot through the door and advised the officer he was loading his gun. Steven Mesa eventually stepped out and was arrested for fourth-degree assault on a police officer and second-degree hindering prosecution and was also taken to Wildwood Pretrial. n On Nov. 5 at 9:15 a.m., Soldotna based Alaska State Troopers responded to a residence off Kingery Road in Nikiski for a report of a burglary and theft of welding equipment and tools. Investigation is ongoing and anyone with information regarding this case is asked to contact Soldotna based Alaska State Troopers at 262-4453 or Crime Stoppers. n On Nov. 5 at 2:05 p.m., Ronald Kent Strand, 65, of Soldotna, was arrested by Soldotna based Alaska State Troopers for violating a domestic violence protective order, after an investigation into a report he had made calls to a female, in violation of a long term protective order. Strand was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility without bail. n On Nov. 12 at 4:07 p.m., Crown Point Alaska State Troopers conducted a traffic stop on a maroon Ford F150 for an equipment violation at about Mile 56 of the Sterling Highway. Investigation revealed that Steven Eagle, 30, of Soldotna, was driving the vehicle with a revoked California license. The vehicle was towed at the owner’s request. Eagle was arrested and taken to the Seward Jail on $500 bail for driving while license revoked.

Police seek new leads in fire death FAIRBANKS — Tests on the clothing of a man found burned to death in Fairbanks shed little new light on the case, and Alaska Native leaders and city officials are making a new plea for witnesses to come forward. Fairbanks police continue to investigate the death of John Druck Wallis, 59, a homeless man found on fire on Jan. 1, 2013, in the lobby of the downtown post office, where he had been sleeping. Workers from a nearby restaurant extinguished the fire, but Wallis died four day later at a Seattle hospital. Clothing worn by Wallis had been sprayed with a fire extinguisher. The Alaska state crime lab would not accept the clothing for testing. But Fairbanks Mayor John Eberhart over the summer asked police to send the clothing to a private crime lab that specializes in fire investigations. At a news conference Monday, Eberhart said Wallis’ clothing contained a solvent, but the test results were inconclusive and of limited use, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported. The chemical found is “commonly found in clothing,” Assistant Fire Chief Ernie Misewicz said. “Through time, we get substances on our clothing that normal washing doesn’t get rid of,” he said. “The information from the lab was such that they found some material. But through the investigation there’s no way to tell when it got onto the clothing and how it actually contributed to the fire.” Investigators were told a man with dark clothing had sat next to Wallis. They are hoping someone will come forward who visited the post office the day Wallis’ clothes caught on fire. Darlene Herbert, a cousin of Wallis, urged police to speak to homeless people in Fairbanks about the case. Speculation, she said, focused on one person.

Mobile home fire critically injures woman ANCHORAGE — A woman was critically injured early Tuesday in a fire that destroyed a mobile home in east Anchorage. KTUU-TV reports firefighters at 12:30 a.m. were dispatched to the 2200 block of Muldoon Road and found a double-wide trailer in flames with smoke pouring out of windows. Firefighters rushed in and pulled the injured woman out. The woman’s daughter escaped by crawling out a window. Firefighter Casey Johnson says firefighters heard explosions inside that may have been ammunition blowing up.

Police seize drugs worth $110,000 ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police are announcing a major drug seizure in a weekend operation by the department’s Special Assignment Unit. KTUU-TV reports police Friday night seized drugs with a street value of about $110,000 from a home on Rocky Mountain Court near Russian Jack Park. Police say officers found 24 grams of heroin, 101 grams of cocaine and 683 grams of methamphetamine. Police say the seizure disrupted the business of a supplier to 100 customers. Police arrested a 39-year-old woman and a 33-year-old man. Online court records Monday did not indicate that they had been formally charged. — The Associated Press C

Peninsula Clarion, Wednesday, November 19, 2014

The following judgments were recently handed down in District Court in Kenai:

n Steven Eugene Griglione, 46, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of no valid operator’s license, committed March 13. He was fined $150, a $50 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge. n Michael R. Inman, 44, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed March 15. He was sentenced to 140 days in jail with 120 days suspended, fined $5,000 with $2,000 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $1,467 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for one year, ordered ignition interlock for 12 months, ordered into treatment at Serenity House and placed on probation for three years. n Caitlin M. Martin, 30, of Kasilof, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Feb. 23. She was sentenced to 120 days in jail with 117 days suspended, fined $3,000 with $1,500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $330 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had her license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months and placed on probation for two years. n Dennis Scott Poston, 57, of Kasilof, pleaded guilty to one count of driving under the influence, one count of false information or report to a peace officer and one count of driving while license cancelled, suspended, revoked or limited, committed April 28. On count one, he was sentenced to 360 days in jail with 340 days suspended, fined $6,000 with $3,000 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $1,467 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for one year, ordered ignition interlock for 12 months forfeited items seized, ordered to pay restitution, ordered to have no contact with two specifically

Court reports named individuals and placed on probation for three years. On the count of false information or report, he was sentenced to 40 days in jail with 35 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, forfeited items seized and placed on probation for three years. On the count of driving while license cancelled, suspended, revoked or limited, he was sentenced to 40 days in jail with 30 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, had his license revoked for 90 days, forfeited items seized and placed on probation for three years. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n James Allan Scettrini, 60, of Anchor Point, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Jan. 18. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 87 days suspended, fined $3,000 with $1,500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $330 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months and placed on probation for one year. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Lonnie Lamar Stanford, 62, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Sept. 3. Stanford was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 87 days suspended, fined $2,000 with $500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $330 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months and placed on probation for one year. n Brian W. Stillings, 45, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of no valid operator’s license, committed July 30. He was fined $150 and a $50 court surcharge. n Dianna Pebble Westover, 34, of Sterling, pleaded guilty

to an amended charge of harassment, committed July 10. She was sentenced to 40 days in jail with fined a $50 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Loyd W. Ashouwak, 52, of Old Harbor, pleaded guilty to driving without a valid operator’s license, committed May. 10. He was fined $150 and a $50 court surcharge. n Luke P. Burow, 21, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of third-degree theft, committed July 31. He was sentenced to 330 days in jail with 300 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, ordered to pay restitution and cost of appointed counsel and placed on probation for three years. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Eric Wynn Castro, 53, of Anchorage, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of reckless driving, committed June 29. He was sentenced to 40 days in jail with 35 days suspended, may perform 40 hours of community work service in lieu of jail time, was fined $500, a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, had his license revoked for 30 days and placed on probation for one year. n Dareius D. Copeland, 23, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of attempted fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed May 14. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 85 days suspended, may perform 40 hours of community work service in lieu of jail time, was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, forfeited items seized, ordered to pay cost of appointed counsel and placed on probation for two years. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Robert Eugene Coulman, 44, of Sterling, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of driving without a valid operator’s license, committed June 5. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 85 days suspended, may perform 40 hours of community work service in lieu of jail time, was fined a $50 court sur-

charge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, forfeited marijuana and marijuana pipe seized and placed on probation for one year. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Angela Idzinski, 21, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of reckless driving, committed May 14. She was sentenced to 60 days in jail with 59 days suspended, may perform eight hours of community work service in lieu of jail time, was fined $1,000 with $500 suspended, a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had her license revoked for 30 days, ordered to pay cost of appointed counsel and placed on probation for one year. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Jasper D. Morris, 77, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to driving without a valid license, committed May 25. He was fined $150 and a $50 court surcharge. n George Nyce, 71, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Sept. 8. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 87 days suspended, fined $2,000 with $500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $330 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months and placed on probation for one year. n Tyler J. Reid, 24, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of no motor vehicle liability insurance, reduced from a misdemeanor charge to a minor offense, committed March 17. Reid was fined $500 and a $10 court surcharge. n Ryan Michael Reining, 43, of Wasilla, pleaded guilty to one count of driving under the influence and one count of driving in violation of a restricted license, committed Sept. 17. On the count of driving under the influence, he was sentenced to 150 days in jail with 145 days suspended, fined $2,000 with $500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $330 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete

Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for 90 days and placed on probation for three years. On the count of driving in violation of a restricted license, he was sentenced to 20 days in jail with 10 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge, ordered to pay cost of appointed counsel and placed on probation for three years. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Collin M. Reutov, 20, address unknown, pleaded guilty to violating weekly fishing periods in the drift gillnet fishery, Cook Inlet Area, a violation committed July 23. He was fined $1,500 and a $10 court surcharge. n Danna Michelle Roselius, 47, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Aug. 30. She was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 87 days suspended, fined $2,000 with $500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $330 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had her license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months and placed on probation for one year. n Sandra Marie Rimer, 56, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to driving while license cancelled, suspended, revoked or limited, committed Nov. 8. She was sentenced to 30 days in jail with 20 days suspended, may perform 80 hours of community work service in lieu of jail time, was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, had her license revoked for 90 days and placed on probation for two years. n Nicholls C. Sloan, 28, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to one count of third-degree theft and one count of violating conditions of release for a felony, committed July 20. On the count of third-degree theft, he was entenced to 90 days in jail with 60 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay restitution, ordered to have no contact with victim of victim’s residence, forfeited items seized except personal items and was placed on probation for one year. On the count of violating conditions of release, he was sentenced to

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10 days in jail and fined a $50 court surcharge. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Terrie Lynn Vennenberg, 56, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of negligent driving, a minor offense committed Sept. 4 She was fined $300 and a $10 court surcharge. n Jason Lee Calone, 29, of Anchor Point, pleaded guilty to driving in violation of instruction permit, committed Aug. 16. He was sentenced to 10 days in jail (time served), fined a $50 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge and placed on probation for one year. n John J. Curry, 42, of Anchorage, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of driving without a valid license, committed Nov. 28. He was sentenced to 40 days in jail with 30 days suspended, may perform 80 hours of community work service in lieu of jail time, was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and placed on probation for two years. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Michael Scott Dean, 33, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to driving without a license, committed Nov. 24. He was fined $150 and a $50 court surcharge. n Charles G. Dupuis, 31, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to one count of driving under the influence and one count of driving while license cancelled, suspended, revoked or limited, committed Sept. 4. On count one, he was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 160 days suspended, fined $4,000 with $1,000 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $1,467 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for one year, ordered ignition interlock for 12 months, ordered not to possess, consume or buy alcohol for three years and placed on probation for three years. On count two, he was sentenced to 20 days in jail with 10 days suspended, may perform 80 hours of community work service in lieu of jail time, was fined a $50 court surcharge and, concurrent with count one, a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and placed on probation for three years. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

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Sports

NFL sits Peterson for rest of season Vikings running back is at center of argument between league, NFLPA By The Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS — Adrian Peterson’s dispute with the NFL reached another level when the league suspended Minnesota’s star running back without pay for at least the rest of the season. As his representatives initiated an appeal, Peterson remained at the center of an escalating argument between the league and the NFL Players Association over the player discipline process. Commissioner Roger Goodell told Peterson on Tuesday he will not be considered for reinstatement before April 15 for his violation of the NFL personal conduct policy. Peterson pleaded no contest Nov. 4 to misdemeanor reck-

less assault in Texas for injuries to his 4-year-old son with a wooden switch. The NFLPA quickly called for a neutral arbitrator to handle an appeal and sharply rebuked the league for what it labeled as inconsistency and unfairness in determining the discipline. The NFL’s words were even stronger, with a nearly 1,600-word statement spelling out the conditions for Peterson’s return to the field and describing the reasons for the punishment. The NFL said Peterson would stay on the special exempt list and continue to be paid during the appeal process, but the union’s attempt to at least temporarily reinstate him failed. The grievance

filed against the league last week was overturned Tuesday by the arbitrator who heard the arguments, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation. Bailey signs with Broncos, retires ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Champ Bailey said goodbye to the NFL on Tuesday after signing a ceremonial one-day contract with his beloved Denver Broncos. Bailey retired at age 36 with a cornerback-record dozen Pro Bowl selections, more interceptions (52) than any

active player and no regrets. ganization” while bringing a swift end “Until my last snap I tried to be the to the latest chapter in Blount’s inbest on the field,” Bailey said. “We all creasingly nomadic career. get old in this game.” Bowman ready to practice Blount’s early exit costs him his SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Steelers job Francisco 49ers linebacker NaVorro PITTSBURGH — LeGarrette Bowman was scheduled for his first Blount’s early exit Monday night cost practice of the season Tuesday, offithe volatile running back his job. cially opening a 21-day window durThe Pittsburgh Steelers cut Blount ing which the team can decide whethon Tuesday, less than 24 hours after he er to activate him or send him to the jogged off LP Field with the clock still injured reserve list. running in a 27-24 victory over the The three-time All-Pro sustained Tennessee Titans. Coach Mike Tomlin a major injury to his left knee in last called the decision to part ways with season’s NFC championship game Blount “in the best interest of the or- against the Seattle Seahawks.

Lakers notch rare victory By The Associated Press

ATLANTA — Kobe Bryant scored 28 points and the Los Angeles Lakers won for only the second time this season, beating the Atlanta Hawks 114109 Tuesday night. Bryant’s biggest shot came with 1:11 remaining, when he backed in against Thabo Sefolosha and made a fadeaway jumper despite being fouled. Bryant slapped hands with a fan on the front row and completed the three-point play, giving the Lakers a 108-102 lead. PELICANS 106, KINGS 100 SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Anthony Davis had 28 points and nine rebound to help New Orleans to the road win. Ryan Anderson hit four 3-pointers and scored 22 points for the Pelicans, who outscored the Kings 31-15 in the third. Tyreke Evans had 18 points, and Eric Gordon scored 17. DeMarcus Cousins had 24 points and 17 rebounds for Sac-

ramento, which dropped to 3-2 at home. Darren Collison added 13 points and 11 assists, and Jason Thompson finished with 15 points and nine rebounds.

BUCKS 117, KNICKS 113 MILWAUKEE — Ersan Ilyasova had 20 points, and the rebuilding Bucks climbed above .500 for the first time in more than a year. Zaza Pachulia added season highs of 14 points and 13 rebounds for Milwaukee, which improved to 6-5 on the year. It was the first time the team had a winning record since March 20, 2013, when it was 34-33.

JAZZ 98, THUNDER 81 SALT LAKE CITY — Alec Burks had 20 points and a careerhigh 14 rebounds, and the Jazz beat the reeling Thunder. Enes Kanter added 16 points and a season-high 15 boards for Utah, which enjoyed a 55-44 edge on the glass. Trey Burke scored 11 of his 17 points in the second half, and finished with nine assists.

Alabama, Oregon, FSU gain control No. 4 playoff spot up for grabs RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer

With just three weeks until the College Football Playoff committee releases its final rankings, Alabama, Oregon and Florida State seem to be in control of their championship chances. Keeping winning and the Crimson Tide, Ducks and Seminoles should be in. The race for the fourth and final spot in the playoff is shaping up to be a tussle between four teams. Alabama jumped from fifth to first after handing previously undefeated and top-ranked Mississippi State its first loss on Saturday. The Bulldogs slid to fourth. Oregon remained in second place and Florida State in third. The Seminoles are the only undefeated team left in a Big Five conference. Florida State fans might not

be happy about how their team is being treated, but the Seminoles appear to be safe if they can keep winning right through the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game. Same goes with Alabama in the Southeastern Conference and Oregon in the Pac-12. After that, things get complicated. Mississippi State is followed by TCU, which slipped to No. 5 after a closer-than-expected win against Kansas on Saturday. Ohio State moved up two spots to No. 6, ahead of TCU’s Big 12 rival Baylor. The Bulldogs play Vanderbilt on Saturday but finish the regular season at Ole Miss, giving them a chance for another resumeboosting victory. They could use it because their best wins from early in the season (LSU, Texas A&M and Auburn) have been tarnished a bit lately.

AP Photo/Michael Conroy

Kentucky’s Karl-Anthony Towns, center, Kansas’ Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk, left, and Kansas’ Jamari Traylor dive for a loose ball in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Indianapolis on Tuesday.

Kentucky blows out Kansas By The Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS — Dakari Johnson scored 11 points, Andrew Harrison had 10 and No. 1 Kentucky used a dominant defense to blow out No. 4 Kansas 72-40 in Tuesday night’s Champions Classic. The Wildcats (3-0) shot just 43.1 percent from the field, but they were so good on defense that it didn’t matter. Kansas (1-1) shot just 19.6 percent from the field and was 15 for 27 at the line in the storied program’s worst offensive performance since a 6145 loss to Kentucky on Dec. 1, 1998.

contain Okafor, the nation’s top Fred VanVleet had 15 points rebound and then made a reverse freshman who didn’t disappoint and Darius Carter added 12 for layup 40 seconds in. in one of the premier early-sea- the Shockers (2-0). son showcases.

No. 9 VIRGINIA 75, S. CAROLINA STATE 55

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Malcolm Brogdon and Justin Anderson scored 17 points each and No. 9 Virginia closed the first half on a 22-6 run and beat South Carolina State. It was the 13th consecutive victory at home for Virginia (30), which has coasted in each of its first three games. A big halftime margin once again allowed coach Tony Bennett to substitute liberally and experiment with his lineup for much off the second half. Anthony Gill added 11 No. 4 DUKE 81, No. 19 points and Mike Tobey had 10 MICHIGAN STATE 71 before taking seats early in favor INDIANAPOLIS — Quinn of younger players. Cook scored 19 points and Jahlil Okafor had 17 to lead Duke past No. 11 WICHITA ST. 71, Michigan State. The Blue Devils (3-0) have MEMPHIS 56 won each game this season by double digits. SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Ron Michigan State was led by Baker scored 21 points to lead Brendan Dawson with 18 points No. 11 Wichita State to a win over and Travis Trice with 15. But Memphis, pushing the Shockers the Spartans (1-1) couldn’t get regular-season win streak to a enough stops and struggled to nation-leading 33 games.

No. 15 VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH 87, TOLEDO 78 RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Commonwealth pulled away in the final three minutes to register a hard-fought victory over Toledo. Senior Treveon Graham and junior Melvin Johnson each scored 22 points to lead the Rams (2-0), who finally took control of the game with nine unanswered points down the stretch.

No. 16 SAN DIEGO ST. 53, NO. 25 UTAH 49 SAN DIEGO — JJ O’Brien had a strong second half and finished with 12 points and 11 rebounds, helping San Diego State to a victory against Utah in a matinee between cold-shooting teams that had a crazy final 47 seconds. O’Brien, who played for Utah as a freshman, had no points and three rebounds in the first half, and SDSU trailed 18-17 at the break. The Aztecs looked like a different team in the second half, starting when O’Brien grabbed a

No. 20 OHIO STATE 74, MARQUETTE 63

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Kam Williams scored 15 points and Shannon Scott added a careerbest 14 assists to lead Ohio State past Marquette. Amir Williams had 12 points and Marc Loving scored 10 for the Buckeyes (2-0), who shot 65 percent from the field (32 of 49) — including 8 of 15 on 3-pointers. Steve Taylor Jr. had 20 points for the Golden Eagles (1-1), who fell behind early and could never catch up.

No. 21 NEBRASKA 82, CENTRAL ARKANSAS 56 LINCOLN, Neb. — Terran Petteway scored 23 points, Shavon Shields added 16 and Nebraska shook off a sloppy first half to beat Central Arkansas. Tai Webster had 11 of his 13 points in the second half for the Cornhuskers (2-0), who turned the game into a rout after leading their opponent from the Southland Conference by only five points shortly after halftime.

Red Wings’ Howard pitches shutout against Blue Jackets By The Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Jimmy Howard made 28 saves for his 19th career shutout, and Tomas Tatar and Tomas Jurco each had a goal and an assist to lift the Detroit Red Wings past the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-0 on Tuesday night. Gustav Nyquist, Riley Sheahan and Darren Helm also scored and Brendan Smith added two assists to help Detroit snap a three-game road winless skid. The Red Wings scored twice on the power play and put the game out of reach with three third-period goals. PENGUINS 4, CANADIENS 0 MONTREAL — Marc-Andre Fleury made 27 saves for his league-leading fourth shutout of the season as Pittsburgh snapped Montreal’s six-game winning streak. Beau Bennett and Steve Downie had first-period goals for the Penguins, and

Brandon Sutter and captain Sidney Crosby each scored in the second. Pittsburgh has now won 10 of its last 11.

ISLANDERS 5, LIGHTNING 2

KINGS 5, PANTHERS 2 LOS ANGELES — Jeff Carter had a power-play goal and an assist during Los Angeles’ four-goal second period, and Jonathan Quick made 30 saves in the Kings’ victory over Florida. Kings defensemen Matt Greene and Robyn Regehr both scored rare goals during the defending Stanley Cup champions’ highest-scoring period of the season.

UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Cal Clutterbuck, Mikhail Grabovski and Ryan Strome scored in the second period to lift the New York Islanders. Brock Nelson and Casey Cizikas also scored and Jaroslav Halak stopped 26 shots for the Islanders, who got a measure SABRES 4, SHARKS 1 of revenge for a 5-2 loss at Tampa on Saturday that snapped their five-game winBUFFALO, N.Y. — Brian Gionta had ning streak. two goals and an assist in leading Buffalo past San Jose in front of a sparse, snowstorm-depleted crowd. BRUINS 2, BLUES 0 Nicolas Deslauriers and Brian Flynn BOSTON — Tuukka Rask made 33 also scored for Buffalo, which won its saves for his first shutout of the season and eighth straight against San Jose, dating Boston Bruins snapped a six-game home to the 2009-10 season. Jhonas Enroth losing streak against St. Louis. stopped 20 shots over the final two periPatrice Bergeron and Torey Krug ods after replacing starter Michal Neuvirth scored for the Bruins, outshot 33-17. Rask who sustained a lower body injury in the earned his 24th career shutout. first period. C

Perreault and Mark Scheifele scored less than 2 minutes apart early in the second period to lift Winnipeg past New Jersey. PREDATORS 9, MAPLE LEAFS 2 Michael Frolik added a goal late in the TORONTO — Taylor Beck scored third to seal the victory. twice as Nashville routed Toronto. HURRICANES 6, STARS 4 Filip Forsberg, Calle Jarnkrok, Roman Josi, Eric Nystrom, Mike Ribeiro, Derek DALLAS — Eric Staal had two thirdRoy and Colin Wilson also had goals for period goals and an assist to lead Carolina. Nashville. Shea Weber had three assists The Hurricanes overcame a 2-0 deficit for Nashville, which led 8-0 in the third with four second-period goals. The last of period. those chased Stars goalie Kari Lehtonen from the game. He stopped 12 of 16 shots in nearly 36 minutes on the ice. CAPITALS 2, COYOTES 1, OT GLENDALE, Ariz. — Eric Fehr put in FLAMES 4, DUCKS 3, SO a rebound at 3:16 of overtime to lift Washington. CALGARY, Alberta — Sean Monahan Fehr got his stick on a deflected shot scored the decisive goal in a shootout to from teammates Brooks Orpik and slid the lift Calgary over Anaheim. puck past Arizona goalie Mike Smith as Dennis Wideman scored twice in reguthe Capitals ended a two-game skid. lation and Jiri Hudler also had a goal for the Flames, who trailed 2-0 after two periods and won their third straight. Jonas Hiller JETS 3, DEVILS 1 finished with 24 saves through overtime in WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Mathieu his first game against his former team.

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Sports Briefs Ireland drills US in soccer DUBLIN — After watching the United States go winless in four straight games for the first time since he took over as coach three years ago, Jurgen Klinsmann had a harsh assessment of the Americans’ post-World Cup performances. “They have to learn emotionally how to digest a World Cup, and a lot of our players really had big problems digesting those extreme emotions,” the U.S. coach said after Tuesday night’s 4-1 exhibition loss to Ireland. “They dropped 20, 30 even 40 percent in performances in their club environment. Many of the Europeans lost their starting spot. Many other players in MLS or wherever went down 30, 40 percent in their performances and this is because they didn’t know how to deal with all these emotions and all that recognition and all the compliments in the world that came after the World Cup.” “In a certain way it’s human,” Klinsmann acknowledged. “I mean, it’s understandable.” But the former World Cup champion player made clear this shows “we are not there yet. We have quite a way to go.” Since advancing to the round of 16 at the World Cup and losing 2-1 to Belgium in extra time, the Americans won 1-0 at the Czech Republic, allowed late goals in draws against Honduras and Ecuador, and lost to Colombia and the Irish. Klinsmann used most of his World Cup veterans while also giving six players debuts. He wasn’t pleased with the old guard.

Woods criticizes Jenkins article Tiger Woods criticized Hall of Fame golf writer Dan Jenkins on Tuesday for a parody in which Jenkins fakes an interview with him and covers topics from his reputation as a bad tipper to his failed marriage to his six-year drought in the majors. The online headline of the Golf Digest column is “My (Fake) Interview with Tiger,” with an asterisk to add, “Or how it plays out in my mind.” The print edition of the magazine has “fake” in parentheses on the cover, but not in the headline above the column. Woods rarely goes public with his criticism of stories written about him. But on Tuesday, he wrote a guest column for Derek Jeter’s new website, www.theplayerstribune.com, which is a forum for athletes to connect directly with fans. The title of Woods’ column was “Not True, Not Funny.” He said the fake interview “fails as parody, and is really more like grudge-fueled piece of character assassination.” Jenkins, who has been covering the majors for more than 60 years, was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2011. While he has covered all the greats dating to Ben Hogan, he never was granted a private interview with the 14-time major champion early in Woods’ career.

FIFA files criminal complaint GENEVA — The latest twist in FIFA’s World Cup bid corruption case has landed on the desk of Switzerland’s attorney general. FIFA filed a “criminal complaint” against unnamed individuals on Tuesday, calling on Swiss federal prosecutors to investigate money transfers connected to the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding contests that were won by Russia and Qatar. The unexpected move comes five days after FIFA had welcomed a “degree of closure” on the case. “In particular there seem to be grounds for suspicion that, in isolated cases, international transfers of assets with connections to Switzerland took place, which merit examination by the criminal prosecution authorities,” FIFA said in a statement. The significance of the dramatic-sounding request by FIFA President Sepp Blatter for a criminal investigation was far from clear. But FIFA said Swiss attorney general Michael Lauber will get all 430 confidential pages of American prosecutor Michael Garcia’s report. — The Associated Press

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Basketball

Wyoming 61, Western St. (Col.) 46

Men’s Major Scores

Women’s Major Scores

EAST

Canisius 63, Lehigh 51 Columbia 70, Wagner 56 Cornell 58, Colgate 52 Georgetown 78, Texas A&M-CC 62 La Salle 60, Quinnipiac 58 New Hampshire 84, Thomas (Maine) 36 Rider 73, Penn 57 UMass 77, Manhattan 68, OT

Army 68, Stony Brook 59 Bryant 72, Vermont 55 Buffalo 88, St. Francis (Pa.) 80 Fordham 61, Mount St. Mary’s 37 Providence 78, Brown 69 Quinnipiac 87, Hampton 59 Rutgers 74, Northeastern 60 Saint Joseph’s 78, Temple 74, OT

SOUTH Baylor 69, South Carolina 65 Coastal Carolina 82, Columbia International 51 Davidson 86, Campbell 51 Duke 81, Michigan St. 71 E. Kentucky 115, Kentucky Christian 35 ETSU 111, Virginia-Wise 66 FIU 53, Stetson 52 Georgia 80, Stony Brook 70 Georgia Southern 86, Trinity (Fla.) 49 Georgia Tech 66, Alabama A&M 46 Grambling St. 55, Lyon 49 Jackson St. 66, Jacksonville 57 Kentucky 72, Kansas 40 LSU 69, Texas Tech 64, OT Marshall 87, WVU Tech 65 McNeese St. 90, Louisiana College 63 Murray St. 68, Middle Tennessee 49 New Orleans 88, Pensacola Christian 61 Northeastern 76, Florida St. 73 Old Dominion 63, Richmond 57 Presbyterian 82, Piedmont 72 S. Illinois 84, Tennessee St. 67 UNC Wilmington 84, UNC Greensboro 72 VCU 87, Toledo 78 VMI 124, Johnson 42 Virginia 75, SC State 55 Wichita St. 71, Memphis 56 William & Mary 56, Howard 49 Wofford 86, Iona 73 MIDWEST Butler 70, Chattanooga 48 Cent. Michigan 75, Youngstown St. 63 Chicago St. 102, Indiana-Northwest 51 DePaul 80, Drake 62 Kent St. 62, Malone 52 Minnesota 76, W. Kentucky 54 Nebraska 82, Cent. Arkansas 56 North Dakota 76, Mayville St. 39 Ohio St. 74, Marquette 63 SE Missouri 86, HannibalLaGrange 49 Saint Louis 69, Indiana St. 56 Xavier 97, Long Beach St. 74 SOUTHWEST Buffalo 74, Texas-Arlington 68 Incarnate Word 94, Huston-Tillotson 63 N. Iowa 79, Stephen F. Austin 77, OT Oklahoma St. 91, NW Oklahoma St. 45 FAR WEST BYU 91, UALR 62 Boise St. 72, Montana 67, 2OT Cal Poly 65, San Francisco St. 44 Colorado 90, Auburn 59 High Point 62, Hawaii 54 Oregon St. 86, Corban 62 Portland St. 84, Willamette 63 Saint Mary’s (Cal) 83, New Mexico St. 71 San Diego St. 53, Utah 49

SOUTH Florida Gulf Coast 97, FIU 49 Florida St. 103, Bethune-Cookman 34 Georgia Southern 78, Jacksonville 65 Jacksonville St. 64, Alabama 62 Liberty 69, VCU 53 Morgan St. 90, Wesley 50 NC A&T 63, UNC Asheville 46 NC State 70, Charlotte 63 New Hampshire 78, Howard 68 Northwestern St. 69, Louisiana Tech 57 Presbyterian 120, Allen 45 Virginia Tech 60, Norfolk St. 49 Wake Forest 89, Tennessee Tech 62 MIDWEST Akron 82, N. Iowa 73 Bowling Green 80, Iona 59 Creighton 88, S. Dakota St. 81 DePaul 101, Bradley 77 IPFW 90, Grace 51 IUPUI 66, E. Illinois 44 Illinois 66, Robert Morris 48 Indiana 81, Valparaiso 49 Iowa St. 84, Drake 67 Kansas 69, Texas Southern 44 Kansas St. 65, UMKC 36 North Dakota 83, Milwaukee 76 Youngstown St. 68, Kent St. 49 SOUTHWEST Oklahoma 100, Lamar 73 Texas Tech 81, Texas St. 77, OT UALR 61, Missouri St. 48 FAR WEST Boise St. 70, New Mexico St. 45 California 76, Nevada 54 Gonzaga 88, Idaho St. 63 San Diego 60, Cal St.-Fullerton 54

NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Toronto 8 2 Brooklyn 4 6 Boston 3 6 New York 3 9 Philadelphia 0 10 Southeast Division Washington 7 2 Miami 6 5 Atlanta 5 5 Orlando 5 7 Charlotte 4 7 Central Division Chicago 8 3 Cleveland 5 4 Milwaukee 6 5 Indiana 4 7 Detroit 3 8

Pct .800 .400 .333 .250 .000

GB — 4 4½ 6 8

.778 .545 .500 .417 .364

— 2 2½ 3½ 4

.727 .556 .545 .364 .273

— 2 2 4 5

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division Memphis 10 1 Houston 9 2 Dallas 8 3 New Orleans 6 4 San Antonio 6 4 Northwest Division Portland 8 3

.909 .818 .727 .600 .600

— 1 2 3½ 3½

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Utah 5 Denver 3 Oklahoma City 3 Minnesota 2 Pacific Division Golden State 8 L.A. Clippers 5 Sacramento 6 Phoenix 6 L.A. Lakers 2

7 7 9 7

.417 .300 .250 .222

3½ 4½ 5½ 5

2 4 5 5 9

.800 .556 .545 .545 .182

— 2½ 2½ 2½ 6½

Tuesday’s Games L.A. Lakers 114, Atlanta 109 Milwaukee 117, New York 113 Utah 98, Oklahoma City 81 New Orleans 106, Sacramento 100 Wednesday’s Games Boston at Philadelphia, 3 p.m. Dallas at Washington, 3 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Orlando, 3 p.m. Charlotte at Indiana, 3 p.m. San Antonio at Cleveland, 3 p.m. Memphis at Toronto, 3:30 p.m. Phoenix at Detroit, 3:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Brooklyn, 3:30 p.m. New York at Minnesota, 4 p.m. Oklahoma City at Denver, 5 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Houston, 5:30 p.m. All Times AST

Hockey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF Montreal 20 14 5 1 29 55 Tampa Bay 20 13 5 2 28 73 Boston 20 12 8 0 24 53 Detroit 18 9 4 5 23 50 Ottawa 17 8 5 4 20 47 Toronto 19 9 8 2 20 58 Florida 16 6 5 5 17 35 Buffalo 20 5 13 2 12 34 Metropolitan Division Pittsburgh 17 13 3 1 27 64 N.Y. Islanders 18 12 6 0 24 59 Washington 18 8 7 3 19 52 N.Y. Rangers 18 7 7 4 18 50 New Jersey 19 8 9 2 18 47 Philadelphia 16 7 7 2 16 51 Carolina 18 6 9 3 15 43 Columbus 18 6 11 1 13 44

GA 51 54 49 42 45 60 42 69 35 52 50 58 56 53 55 64

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Nashville

18 12 4

2 26 52 37

St. Louis

18 12 5

1 25 49 35

Winnipeg

20 10 7

3 23 40 43

Chicago

18 10 7

1 21 51 36

Minnesota

17 10 7

0 20 50 39

Colorado

6 8

5 17 47 61

Dallas

6 9

4 16 53 67

Pacific Division Anaheim

20 11 4

5 27 54 50

Calgary

20 12 6

2 26 63 53

Vancouver

18 12 6

0 24 53 52

Los Angeles 19 10 5

4 24 50 42

San Jose

21 10 9

2 22 57 57

Arizona

8 9

2 18 48 59

Edmonton

6 10

2 14 44 60

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Tuesday’s Games Calgary 4, Anaheim 3, SO Boston 2, St. Louis 0 N.Y. Islanders 5, Tampa Bay 2 Detroit 5, Columbus 0 Buffalo 4, San Jose 1 Nashville 9, Toronto 2 Pittsburgh 4, Montreal 0 Winnipeg 3, New Jersey 1 Carolina 6, Dallas 4

Washington 2, Arizona 1, OT Los Angeles 5, Florida 2 Wednesday’s Games Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Vancouver at Edmonton, 4 p.m. All Times AST

Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB — Suspended free agent OF Dayton Alexander 76 games after a positive test positive for metabolites of Methandienone and Methyltestosterone and free agent OF Ben McQuown 50 games for a second positive test for a drug of abuse under the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Singed RHP Oliver Drake. CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Agreed to terms with LHP Zach Duke on a three-year contract. CLEVELAND INDIANS — Agreed to terms with RHP Shaun Marcum and RHP Dustin Molleken on minor league contracts. HOUSTON ASTROS — Agreed to terms with OF Alex Presley on a one-year contract. SEATTLE MARINERS — Named Pat Listach manager of Tacoma (PCL). TEXAS RANGERS — Named Tony Beasley third base coach. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Agreed to terms with C Russell Martin on a five-year contract. National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Named David Finley vice president, amateur & international scouting, Galen Carr director of player personnel, Jeff Pickler special assistant, pro scouting & player development and Jack Cressend as pitching crosschecker. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Named Frank Cacciatore coach at Reading (EL); Greg Legg manager, Rob Ducey coach and Steve Schrenk pitching coach for Clearwater (FSL); Shawn Williams manager and Nelson Prada coach for Lakewood (SAL); Pat Borders manager at Williamsport (NYP); and Brian Sweeney pitching coach of GCL Phillies. PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Agreed to terms with Collin Balester, LHP Jeremy Bleich, RHP Deolis Guerra, RHP Brad Lincoln, INF Gustavo Nunez, RHP Blake Wood, RHP Felipe Gonzalez, RHP Marek Minarik, RHP Tyler Sample and OF Junior Sosa on minor league contracts. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association HOUSTON ROCKETS — Assigned G Nick Johnson to Rio Grande Valley (NBADL). FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Suspended Minnesota RB Adrian Peterson for the remainder of the season for violating the NFL personal conduct policy. ARIZONA CARDINALS — Placed TE Troy Niklas on injured reserve. Signed TE Matthew Mulligan. ATLANTA FALCONS — Signed DT Ricky Havili-Heimuli to the practice squad. CAROLINA PANTHERS — Activated FB Mike Tolbert from the

injured reserve/return list. Signed WR-CB De’Andre Presley from the practice squad. Waived WR Jason Avant. Placed OT Nate Chandler on injured reserve. CHICAGO BEARS — Signed WR-KR Marc Mariani to a twoyear contract. Waived S Ahmad Dixon. CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed LB Terrell Manning to the practice squad. Released LB Justin Jackson from the practice squad. CLEVELAND BROWNS — Waived RB Ben Tate. Signed LB Zac Diles. Re-signed DL Jacobbi McDaniel to the practice squad. Signed LB Scott Solomon to the practice squad. Released LB D.J. Smith from the practice squad. DALLAS COWBOYS — Released G Jeff Baca and LB Will Smith from the practice squad. Signed LB Keith Smith and CB Robert Steeples to the practice squad. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed KR Josh Cribbs and TE Weslye Saunders. Placed RB Ahmad Bradshaw on injured reserve. Waived LB Victor Butler. Signed RB Michael Hill to the practice squad. Released WR Eric Thomas from the practice squad. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed RB Dominique Williams to the practice squad. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Placed WR Brandin Cooks and S Rafael Bush on injured reserve. Waived RB Edwin Baker. Signed LB Moise Fokou. Signed CB Terrence Frederick from the practice squad. Signed S Pierre Warren from Minnesota’s practice squad. PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Released RB LeGarrette Blount. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Released T Andrew McDonald and S Steven Terrell. Signed C Lemuel Jeanpierre and DT Travian Robertson. HOCKEY National Hockey League CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Reassigned D Stephen Johns to Rockford (AHL). Recalled F Joakim Nordstrom and D Adam Clendening from Rockford (AHL). COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Assigned D Frederic St. Denis to Springfield (AHL). DALLAS STARS — Recalled D Jyrki Jokipakka from Texas (AHL). DETROIT RED WINGS — Reassigned RW Martin Frk from Grand Rapids (AHL) to Toledo (ECHL). FLORIDA PANTHERS — Recalled F Rocco Grimaldi from San Antonio (AHL). MINNESOTA WILD — Assigned G Josh Harding to Iowa (AHL). SOCCER Major League Soccer CHICAGO FIRE — Agreed to terms with MF Patrick Nyarko. COLUMBUS CREW — Exercised the 2015 contract options with G Steve Clark, G Matt Lampson, G Brad Stuver, D Chad Barson, D Waylon Francis, D Ben Sweat, D Tyson Wahl, D Josh Williams, MF Romain Gall, MF Kevan George, MF Hector Jimenez, MF Ben Speas, MF Tony Tchani, DP Federico Higuain, F Adam Bedell and F Aaron Schoenfeld. COLLEGE RANDOLPH — Named Kara Matthews volleyball coach.

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the bottom and residential on top. “I think it would work really well, especially along the Kenai Spur Highway,” he said. Kelley said at some point in 2015 the planning and zoning department would begin creating a new comprehensive plan after Kenai voters rejected the last plan last October. He said his role through that process will be project manager. He will look to facilitate public hearings. He said getting the public involved early in the process would be essential so the document is something the entire community can feel comfortable with. Kelley said he is also familiarizing himself with the transitional housing ordinance the council postponed at a September meeting to allow him time to review the progress the commission made on the document. He said he will need to schedule a work session with the council and planning and zoning commission to see what areas of the code need to be improved. One of the things that attracted him to Kenai was the beautiful landscape along the coast of Cook Inlet. He said he enjoyed walks with his wife along the California coast and would like to see a trail built along the Kenai River that connects Old Town and along Bridge Access Road. Kelley said while his job is applicant driven, his focus is to serve the public and help applicants through the permit process. “I worked under a wise planner that told me, ‘We are here to guide people along their hopes and dreams,’” Kelley said. “If someone bought a piece of property, their goal is to develop it but they may not know how to get there. Our job is to help them get to that point. If people want to build a house or subdivide property I look at myself as a guide to help them go through the process.”

local who had skills important to us.” Kelley said he is getting acclimated to the position by reviewing zoning codes, planning ordinances and code enforcement. His first priority is to update the current subdivision regulations, which are outdated, he said. In California he said planners deal with storm water management and try to keep it on site. He said he would look to bring that into the new subdivision ordinance and look at how other parts of the state have written their subdivision plans and borrow from them. “There is a lot of room for improvement in the subdivision ordinance,” he said. “Alaska state statutes require timelines for how long it takes to process things. I will work to clean up areas of the ordinance and expand on storm water and street design.” Koch said an update to subdivision regulations has been high on his priority list for a long time. “In 10 years we have seen little in subdivision development but we are seeing it now,” he said. “Two 40-lot subdivisions are going through the process now. In order to provide better, clear direction to developers so they don’t get surprised and we don’t find conflicts, we need to get things done.” With the anticipation of future growth in Kenai, Kelley said as a pre-emptive measure he is looking at the zoning plan and believes there is room for additional residential development in the northeastern area of city limits. Further development depends on expanding infrastructure and potentially moving city water and sewer to adequately serve those areas, he said. He said he also thinks there is room for infill development with parcels within the city that are underdeveloped and older buildings that could be Reach Dan Balmer at danrenovated or torn down and iel.balmer@peninsulaclarion. converted to mixed-use with com. a commercial office space on

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than snared or trapped. “So, before, when we had a handful of lynx taken during the hunting season, I could leave that open ... but I can no longer afford to keep the hunting season open when the trapping season is closed,” Selinger said. Lynx populations are tied to snowshoe hare populations which are its largest food source. When hare populations become scarce, lynx populations drop within a few years as well, Selinger said. While there are no population estimates for hares or lynx

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according to Oct. 8 planning and zoning commission documents. The commission found the limit “was a widely accepted standard that serves a valid purposed and recommended no change,” according to the document. The city council also voted down an amendment to the code in October 2013 that would have increased the width limit to 30 feet, according to the packet. The commission continues to conclude that Farrington’s request does not meet all eight zoning standards required for a

on the Kenai Peninsula, biologists monitor the population by surveying hunters and trappers and looking for signs of snowshoe hares in the area, Selinger said. The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge keeps data on the snowshoe hare population and Selinger said Fish and Game uses refuge data in addition to its own, to determine when the seasons should be closed. Lynx aren’t the only predator population tied to hares. “When the hares go high, you see more avian predators and you see more coyotes,” Selinger said. Hunters will still be allowed to harvest snowshoe hares. “Typically the harvest levels (of hares) never reach a point

The harvest peaked during the 2011-12 season when 456 were reported killed on the Ke2008-09 — 100 nai Peninsula. 2009-10 — 278 Selinger said the hare popu2010-11 — 433 lation was expected to rebound 2011-12 — 456 and would benefit from the 2012-13 — 400 same recent changes in the en2013-14 — 151 vironment as area moose be2014-15 — 1 (incidental) cause the two populations share — Data from the Alaska a food source. Department of Fish and “In the winter they’re browsGame on the number of ing on twigs and they’re eatlynx snared, trapped or shot ing bark,” he said. “So, when on the Kenai Peninsula people say the wildfire will make good habitat for moose where we’re afraid that they’re — it should be good habitat for going to supress that popula- hares as well because they eat tion,” Selinger said. the same things.” The last six-year cycle of abundance for lynx resulted Rashah McChesney can be in some of the highest har- reached at rashah.mcchesney@ vests on record for the animal. peninsulaclarion.com.

variation, he said. He said the standards are set by the state, and some do not apply in his case. Commission member Colleen Denbrock said the commission’s purpose is to uphold city code, according to the Oct. 8 planning and zoning commission meeting packet. Changes need to be made by city council, because the commission does not have that authority. Following the final appeal to the commission, Farrington said he called each one of the city council members to ask for support. Murphy followed up their conversation by proposing an amendment to city code, he said. Farrington said he is interested in how his request would be met if the city were operat-

ing as a home-rule city. Anderson said issues such as the driveway expansion are some of the reasons the city is looking to move from first class general-law to home-rule, at the Nov. 12 council meeting. He said the laws were too prohibitive for the council to make exemptions in unique cases such as Farrington’s. State law and local ordinances define the powers, duties and functions of general-law cities, according to the Alaska Department of Commerce. First class cities may exercise powers not prohibited by law. “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-ap-

Around Alaska Assemblywoman: Anchorage should opt out of pot sales ANCHORAGE — An Anchorage assembly member wants the city to opt out of the commercial marijuana trade. The Alaska Dispatch News reports Assemblywoman Amy Demboski of Eagle River — who has announced she’s running for mayor — will introduce an ordinance to ban commercial marijuana establishments. Alaska voters Nov. 4 approved a measure to legalize recreational use of pot and it prevailed with 51 percent of the vote in Anchorage according to results so far. The ballot measure allows communities to prohibit businesses that sell marijuana and Demboski says she’s introducing

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plicable in a personal manner,” Anderson said in a previous Clarion article. Farrington said he will attempt to get his name on the Feb. 3 special election ballot as a charter commission candidate. Commissioners will be responsible for drafting the charter the city would adopt if voters approve the move to home-rule. The public hearing for amending the Soldotna Municipal Code to increase the maximum driveway width allowed in a residential district to 30 feet will be at 6 p.m. on Jan. 14, 2015. Reach Kelly Sullivan at kelly.sullivan@peninsulaclarion. com.

an ordinance to do so. She says the city shouldn’t be a guinea pig for commercial marijuana in Alaska. She said she wants to see how regulations are developed and then decide whether to opt back in.

Forest Service urges safety near glacier JUNEAU — The U.S. Forest Service is cautioning residents to be safe when visiting the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area. The agency, in a release, said it is impossible to predict lake ice stability regardless of temperatures or ice thickness. It recommends people stay away from the glacier’s terminus, including ice caves and icebergs. The Forest Service said the popular Mendenhall Glacier ice cave has deteriorated significantly over the past year, possibly due to heavy rains and summer melting, leaving it vulnerable to collapse. — The Associated Press C

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henever there was a family get-together at Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter or some birthdays, my uncles, Les and Marvin and cousins Corky, Pete and Shirley and my sisters and brothers would be shooed outdoors to play games. Physical games! No TV, no iPad, or Pod...no computers and no Playstation finger excursing games, that take up most of the kids time these days. We put on wool snow pants and wool coat to match. The boots that sometimes were to big for us, sometimes with bread wrapper inside to keep your feet dry and mittens or sometimes socks with bread wrappers over them. We played with sleds and making snow men depending on how much snow and how wet it was. We usually ending up with a snow ball fight contest. Eating snow was a past time too. Thanksgiving and Easter we played Kick the Can, Annie Annie Over, Keep Away, I Spy. One occasion we played Keep Away in the plowed field that had big hard dirt clods in it. My uncles at either end and me in the middle. They told me (I was about 8) that I had to jump up and catch the dirt clod. OK I said. One of my uncles heaved the big lump of dirt and half of it fell off and smacked me right in the nose and both eyes. I had blood running out of my nose and into my mouth full of dirt. My mother thought I had my teeth knocked out. She finally shook me and told me to stop screaming! Then she turned around and gave her brothers a tongue-lashing. We never did play keep away after that...not in the plowed field anyway. I had two black eyes and a black and blue nose and a big cut on my lip - dad told me, teasingly, I was a pretty sight. At Christmas we played with new sleds and trying to find a hill big enough to slid down. Yes, sure in the flat land of northern Colorado we built our own out of snow and pieces or wood from dads scrap pile. Thanksgiving at grandpa and grandma’s we played in the cherry and apple orchard...Hide and Seek, Catch Me If You Can..running and in and out of the trees. When we were completely “pooped” Grandma or Mom would call us in for dessert. What good times and how grateful I am to have grown up in an era that my kids do not know and the kids of today think we are a little old and yes, old fashioned. We are but it still was fun and full of memories! And what games did you play growing up?

o matter how much we indulge ourselves on Thanksgiving with turkey and all the fixings, we still seem to find room for dessert. Anything made with apples or pumpkin is fitting for the occasion, and if we can find time to throw in a handful of pecans or sweeten up some winter squash, so much the better. Apple Dumplings, that is apples stuffed with sugar and spice and cloaked in pastry, are actually easier to prepare than apple pie and a pumpkin cheesecake, with its gingersnap cookie crumb crust and crunchy pecan praline topping, could become the new tradition on your holiday dessert table. A smooth and creamy butternut squash pie, fragrant and filled with the fall flavors of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cloves, is noteworthy for its hint of honey – local, of course, a gift from long-time friend of my family, Bluffton’s Vicki Nash. And, should you wish to dress up the crust of your pie, nothing could be more festive than to adorn it with a garland of cutout pastry “leaves.” If there’s a single day of the year when it’s

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most meaningful to treat ourselves and those we love to special celebratory foods, Thanksgiving would be it. Savory or sweet, it’s all good, and dessert, like icing on a cake, just makes it better. Sue Ade is a syndicated food writer with broad experience and interest in the culinary arts. She has worked and Photos by Sue Ade unless otherwise noted resided in the Lowcountry of South Carolina since 1985 and may be Apples, pumpkin, pecans and squash offer a bounty of options for Thanksgiving desserts. Clockwise, from upper left, are Apple Dumplings with reached at kitchenade@yahoo.com. Spiced Sauce, Pumpkin Cheesecake with Gingersnap Crust and Pecan Praline Hash topping and Cream and Honey Butternut Squash Pie.

If you’re short on time, use a quality pre-made crust for making apple dumplings.

4 (3-inch) McIntosh apples, cored and peeled Pastry for 1 (9-inch) pie crust, homemade or pre-made 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened ½ teaspoon cinnamon ¼ teaspoon apple pie spice 1 8 / teaspoon nutmeg Pinch salt 1 cup unsweetened apple juice ½ cup granulated sugar 1 tablespoon spiced rum (optional) Demerara, or other coarse-grained sugar, for sprinkling on top of apples Ice cream for serving Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly butter a 13 x 9-inch baking dish. Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface, trimming to a 14-inch square; cut the square into four even 7-inch squares. In a small mixing bowl, combine the brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, apple pie spice, nutmeg and salt into a paste. Remove half of the past mixture into a small saucepan; set saucepan aside. (You will use one portion of the paste for filling apples and the other for

making the sauce.) Cut apples in half. Supporting apples halves with your fingers, fill each apple center with an equal amount of the paste mixture remaining in the mixing bowl. Place each filled apple in the center of the dough square. Fold the corners to center of the top of each apple and pinch the edges together (moisten with some water, if needed) to seal the seams. Place the dumplings in the prepared baking dish, at least 1 inch apart; set dish aside. Add the apple juice, granulated sugar and rum (if using) to the saucepan containing the paste mixture. Over medium heat, bring mixture to a boil, stirring until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and pour sauce over apples. Sprinkle tops with Demerara sugar. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until golden brown. Serve warm in individual serving bowls with ice cream, spooning sauce from baking dish over all. Makes 4 servings. *Kitchen Ade note: to keep apples from turning brown after they are peeled, place them in a bowl of ice water with a splash of lemon juice. Drain apples and dry with paper towels before using

1 cup gingersnap cookie crumbs ¼ cup (½ stick) butter (melted), plus more for greasing pan ¼ cup granulated sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon 2 (8-ounce), plus 1 (3-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened 1 (8-ounce) container sour cream 2 cups light brown sugar, packed 2 tablespoons flour 2 teaspoons vanilla 6 large eggs 1 teaspoon nutmeg 1 teaspoon cinnamon ½ teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons milk 1 (15-ounce) can pumpkin Pecan Praline Hash (recipe follows) Pan of boiling water for the oven* Position oven racks in the center and bottom section of the oven. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Generously butter the bottom and sides of a 10inch springform pan. Mix gingersnaps crumbs with granulated sugar and cinnamon, then combine crumb mixture with melted butter; press crumbs onto bottom of pan. With an electric mixer on medium speed, mix the cream cheese, sour cream, brown sugar, flour and vanilla until well combined. Lower speed, adding eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add nutmeg, cinnamon and salt; mix well. Blend in pumpkin and mix until no streaks of pumpkin remain. Pour pumpkin mixture into prepared pan. Place a pan on the bottom shelf of the oven, then fill the pan with boiling water. Place the cheesecake on the center rack and bake for 1½ hours, or until a knife inserted in the center of the cheesecake comes out clean. Let

cool, then store in refrigerator. Allow cheesecake to come to room temperature before serving, garnishing with Praline Pecan Hash. Makes 1 (10inch) cheesecake. *Kitchen Ade note: The pan of water produces moisture in the oven and will help to keep the cheesecake from developing a crack. If your cake still cracks, do not be alarmed; the cake will be topped with Pecan Praline Hash before serving.

1 large egg white 1 tablespoon water ½ cup light brown sugar, packed 1 tablespoon granulated sugar 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1½ cups coarsely chopped pecans Non-stick cooking spray Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Lightly spray a rimmed cookie sheet with non-stick cooking spray. Mix the granulated sugar and cinnamon; set aside. Line a second baking sheet with aluminum foil; set aside. Lightly beat egg white and water in a medium mixing bowl until foamy. Add brown sugar, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Add pecan pieces, tossing to coat. Spread pecan mixture on prepared baking sheet. Stirring occasionally, bake pecans until they are golden brown. Remove pecans from oven and with two forks, stir to loosen nuts from baking sheet. Remove nuts to aluminum-foil lined baking sheet and sprinkle with reserved sugar and cinnamon mixture. Cool nuts completely on sheet. When cool, store pecans in an airtight container for up to two weeks. Makes about 1½ cups.

RIGHT: A gingersnap cookie crumb crust, a spiced cream cheese and sour cream filling and the crunch of pecans makes this pumpkin cheesecake Thanksgiving dessert worthy.

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May you and yours have a Blessed Thanksgiving.

Blighted harvest drives olive oil price pressures BY BARRY HATTON Associated Press

BEJA, Portugal — If your favorite bottle of Mediterranean olive oil starts costing more, blame unseasonable European weather — and tiny insects. High spring temperatures, a cool summer and abundant rain are taking a big bite out of the olive harvest in some key regions of Italy, Spain, France and Portugal. Those conditions have also helped the proliferaAP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino tion of the olive fly and olive In this Nov. 13, 2014 photo, damaged olives hang in the grove moth, which are calamitous belonging to Augusto Spagnoli, an oil producer from Nerola, 50 blights. The shortfall could transkilometers (31 miles) away from Rome.

late into higher shelf prices for some olive oils and is dealing another blow to southern Europe’s bruised economies as they limp out of a protracted financial crisis. “The law of supply and demand is a basic law of the market,” said Joaquim Freire de Andrade, president of growers’ association Olivum in Portugal’s southern Alentejo region, the country’s olive heartland. “It’s a tough year.” Olive oil is big business in southern European Union countries. They are the source of more than 70 percent of the world’s olive oil, bringC

ing export revenue of almost 1.8 billion euros ($2.2 billion) last year. The United States imported just over $800 million of that. For some European growers, this year’s harvest is a bust. In Spain, the world’s biggest producer, the young farmers’ association Asaja says 2014 is “another disaster” after a calamitous harvest two years ago. Spain’s output is forecast to plunge by more than 50 percent, with a drop of at least 60 percent in the southern Andalucia region. Several factors have combined to hurt Spain. Trees are

exhausted after last year’s bumper harvest. Also, unusually high spring temperatures choked flowering. On top of that, some producers are battling swarms of olive flies and moths. Consumers are already paying 1 euro a liter more for their olive oil, Asaja president Luis Carlos Valero says, though he doesn’t anticipate a hefty price jump. For celebrated Italian olive oil producers, “this is the worst year in memory,” said Pietro Sandali, head of the Italian olive growers’ consortium, UnSee OLIVE, page B-2

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Cream and Honey Fresh Butternut Squash Pie

Grannie Annie is the author of Grannie Annie Cookbook series, featuring Alaskan recipes and stories

HONEY MUSTARD DRESSING We love this for “dunks-n-dips” as well on green salad 1/4 cup yellow mustard Store in a jar or bottle in refrigerator. 1 1/2 cups apple cider vinegar Shake well before using. 1 1/3 cup honey Makes about 4 cups of dressing 1 cup salad oil 1/4 tsp white pepper From a great book I use frequently Gradually whisk in a medium mixing “Kachemak Kitchens bowl the above ingredients A taste of Homer”

LOUISE’S CANDIED SWEET POTATOES My good friend Pat sent this recipe to me It is her mother Louise Linscomb’s recipe 1 cup sugar Place in layers in a shallow pan. Put a table1/2 cup butter-plus butter for top of pota- spoon of melted butter-sugar on each slice. toes Add 4 tablespoons hot water and bake at Sweet potatoes 350° for 45 minutes, basting while baking. 4 Tblsp water Place pats of butter and sprinkle sugar over Melt 1 cup sugar and 1/2 cup butter. top before baking - Pat uses coarse sugar. Boil medium-sized potatoes; when almost done, peel, slice about 1/3 to 1/4 inch slices.

A border of cutout pastry “leaves” makes a festive garland for the crust of Cream and Honey Fresh Butternut Squash Pie.

1½ cups mashed cooked butternut squash, or 1 (15-ounce) can pumpkin 1 cup heavy cream 2 tablespoons honey, preferably local 2 large eggs, lightly beaten ¾ cup granulated sugar 1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon ½ teaspoon salt ½ teaspooon ground ginger ¼ teaspooon ground nutmeg, plus more for garnish ¼ teaspooon ground cloves Pastry for 1 (9-inch) unbaked pie shell. Note: if you wish to add a decorative border around the crust of the pie, you will need pastry for two unbaked pie shells, as well as an egg wash (recipes follows.) Whipped cream for garnish

desired. Due to the soft, creamy texture of this pie, it is best served chilled. (Store leftover pie in the refrigerator.) Makes 1 (9-inch) pie. I have had this recipe for a long time-so good! *Kitchen Ade note: If you wish to add a decorative border around the crust of the pie, you In a large bowl mix the following Bake for 45 minutes or until middle is set will need a second crust for making pastry cut1 box of Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix and golden brown. Sprinkle cheese on top outs. To make a border, first trim your pie shell 1 15oz can whole kernel corn - drained and return to oven for 5 minutes until cheese evenly with the rim of the pan. Once the pastry is 1 15oz can cream-style corn melts. Let set 5 minutes and dig in!! trimmed, press it firmly around edge with tines 1/2 cup melted butter of a fork. (To prevent sticking, dip fork in flour, 1 cup sour cream Gather up all ingredients you will need for as needed.) Using the additional pastry, make 1/2 cup diced onion Thanksgiving baking. But most of all have fun cutouts with a small cookie cutter. Moisten the 1/2 cup red or green or combination diced and enjoy your preparations. It was a year ago rim lightly with an egg wash, then slightly overbell pepper that Susan and all her friends and me baked lap the cutouts around the crust. Brush cutouts 1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese or cookies for Fireweed Christmas Open House. with the egg wash. Now, pour the filling into the cheddar of your choice for topping What great memories we have from all our crust. Bake left over cutouts, if desired, to decoHeat oven 350°. Mix all ingredients except friends as they came smiling through the Firerate the center of the pie by placing them on an the cheese. Pour into a well butter casserole weed Gift Shop door. Thank you everyone! ungreased cookie sheet. Brush the cutouts with dish. egg wash and bake in a 375-degree oven until Preheat oven to 400 degrees. With an electric lightly browned, watching them closely so that mixer set to medium speed, mix cream, honey they do not burn. he series is written by a 47 year resident of Alaska, Ann Berg of Nikiski. Ann shares eggs, sugar, cinnamon, salt, ginger, cloves and her collections of recipes from family and friends. She has gathered recipes for more nutmeg. Lower speed and mix in squash, mixing Egg Wash that 50 years. Some are her own creation. Her love of recipes and food came from until well combined. Pour filling into pie shell her Mother, a self taught wonderful cook. 1 egg and bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes. At this She hopes you enjoy the recipes and that the stories will bring a smile to your day. ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract point, place a shield over the top of the crust to prevent it from over browning. Reduce heat to Whisk together the egg and vanilla. Using a 325 degrees and bake pie for an additional 45 Cookbooks make great gifts! minutes, or until knife inserted in center comes brush, gently brush mixture onto the edges of the The “Grannie Annie” Cook Book Series includes: “Grannie Annie’s Cookin’ on the Woodstove”; out clean. Cool pie on a wire rack. Garnish pie crust. “Grannie Annie’s Cookin’ at the Homestead”; “Grannie Annie’s Cookin’ Fish from Cold Alaskan Wa- with whipped cream and a dusting of nutmeg, if ters”; and “Grannie Annie’s Eat Dessert First.” They are available at M & M Market in Nikiski.

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Making the most of a make-ahead turkey gravy

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By SARA MOULTON Associated Press

‘I’d never seen this and the older folks said they’d never seen such a proliferation of flies.’

For the home cook, Thanksgiving can be the most stressful day of the year. The crux of the problem is not only the extravagant length of the menu, but the need to serve every dish piping hot at exactly the same moment, a problem made all the more acute by the fact that the oven is probably going to be hogged by the big bird for most of the day. What’s a cook to do? I’ll offer two pieces of advice. First, keep in mind that the turkey will stay rip-roaring hot for up to an hour after you pull it from the oven. This gives us ample time to use the oven to cook the stuffing or pies. Secondly, many dishes can be made a day ahead. The obvious candidates are casseroles and stuffing. But there’s another do-ahead you may not have considered — the gravy. Here’s how it’s done. It’s the day before Thanksgiving. Start by making a stock. Ideally, your turkey will have defrosted enough by then to allow you to extract the package of giblets and the neck from inside the bird’s cavity. (Sometimes it’s placed under the skin flap at the bottom of the bird). You should also cut off the last joint of the turkey wings. Combine all these parts in a pot with chicken broth and vegetables and simmer for several hours. (But leave out the liver, which would make your stock bitter. Instead, saute it up as a little snack for yourself while you cook.) Starting with chicken broth rather than water seriously amps the flavor, but you’re welcome to use water. Then again, if making turkey stock from scratch strikes you as too much trouble, just omit this step and start your gravy with store-bought chicken broth. How much gravy do you need? I recommend 1/2 cup per person, which should ensure that there’ll be plenty left over. If you’re having eight folks at the big meal, you’ll need to start with a quart of stock. To turn the stock into gravy, it must be thickened. The for-

— Laurent Belorgey, producer aprol. The group expects a 35 percent drop in national production this year. After heavy spring and summer rain, some growers didn’t bother to harvest their meager crop. For some who did, the volume is low and the quality is poor. “This crop is not to be remembered. This is a crop to be forgotten in every aspect,” said Augusto Spagnoli, an organic olive grower from Nerola, about 50 kilometers from Rome, as he stood amid his 10,000 trees, some of which are more than 1,600 years old. The bulk price for extra virgin oil from the benchmark Bari region has soared to 6 euros a kilogram — up from 2.7 euros this time last year. French growers say they face their most daunting crisis since a big freeze in 1956 decimated olive groves. This year’s harvest was initially expected to fetch some 5,000 metric tons of olive oil but it may reach only 1,500 metric tons, according to the Interprofessional French Olives Association. The big culprit there is a fly the size of a small ant. The fly pricks olives and places larvae inside, and the maggots tunnel through the fruit. The flies have long been a problem for olive oil producers, but the scale this year has astonished farmers. “I’d never seen this and the older folks said they’d never seen such a proliferation of flies,” said producer Laurent Belorgey, part of a third generation of olive growers at the 19th-century Domaine de la Lieutenante, south of Avignon. In Beja, 180 kilometers

(110 miles) southeast of the Portuguese capital Lisbon, producers deploy satellite technology on their hightech farms these days but after generations they are still fighting age-old enemies: the olive fly and a fruit fungus that turns olives brown and makes them shrivel like prunes. Both blights have struck hard this year. Portuguese growers are doing what the French have done: harvesting earlier and faster than usual before any more is lost. Since mid-October, a month earlier than usual, crews have been hurrying through the long ranks of olive trees that stretch to the horizon. The workers follow a low, agile, space-age-looking vehicle that clamps the tree trunk and shakes it, briefly making the tree shimmer in a silver-green blur. Long black netting on the ground catches the falling olives. Though less damaged, the younger fruit also yields less oil. “Farmers will be earning less this year,” said Freire de Andrade, the Olivum association president. Greek growers, however, anticipate windfall profits. Greece is the world’s thirdlargest producer and is set to more than double its annual output, to 300,000 metric tons. That is good news for farms in places such as Crete and the southern Peloponnese region where Greece’s acute financial crisis in recent years had left growers short of cash for maintenance and investment. The predicted shrinkage in EU output should also be offset in part, experts say, by Spanish stocks left over from last year’s record yield.

mula is 2 tablespoons each of fat and flour for every cup of liquid. So, a quart of stock (4 cups) will require 1/2 cup (one stick) of butter and 1/2 cup of flour, preferably Wondra. Introduced in 1963, Wondra is “instant” flour formulated to help prevent lumps. (It also does a splendid job as a coating for fish or meat in a sauteed dish.) If you can’t find Wondra, allpurpose flour will do. Flour tastes raw unless you cook it both before and after you add the liquid. So start by melting the butter in a saucepan, adding the flour, and cooking it for several minutes. Heat the stock to roughly the same temperature as the roux (the flour-butter mixture) before mix them together. In my experience, this step gets me that much closer to lump-free perfection, though there is no hard rule about the temperature of the liquid. What’s beyond dispute is the importance of mixing well and constantly when you do combine the roux and the liquid. The right tool for the job? A flat whisk. It helps you get into the corners of the saucepan where the roux tends to stick. Don’t have one? A wooden spoon or rubber spatula with a squared corner also works. To maximize the flour’s thickening ability, it must be heated to no less than 200 F. Then let the gravy simmer for at least as many minutes as you have tablespoons of flour. Season it, then place a sheet of parchment paper or plastic wrap on the gravy’s surface to prevent a skin from forming while it cools, then chill it. On the great day itself, after you’ve transferred the turkey to a platter to rest, you should “marry” the gravy to the pan drippings by deglazing the bottom of the pan (with all those tasty bits) using wine, broth or water. Then add your makeahead gravy and heat it up. Phew! Simple, right? At the very least, this strategy saves you the stress of having to conjure up a boatload of gravy at the critical moment. More importantly, I think the gravy tastes even better when made

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Make-ahead turkey gravy The turkey stock used in this gravy recipe takes a few hours to make, but it is mostly hands off. It can be done up to several days ahead of time and refrigerated. The gravy itself also can be prepped ahead up to the point of needing the roasted turkey drippings, then quickly finished just before serving. Don’t feel like making your own turkey stock. Use chicken stock and start the recipe at the “To prepare the gravy” stage. When stirring the gravy, a flat whisk is the best tool for the job. But if you don’t have one, a wooden spoon or rubber spatula with a squared corner should work just as well to let you get into the corners of the pan. Start to finish: 4 hours (30 minutes active) Servings: 8 For the stock: The giblets, neck and wing tips from 1 turkey 4 cups low-sodium chicken broth or water 1 small yellow onion, coarsely chopped 1 small carrot, halved lengthwise 1 celery rib, halved lengthwise 1 small parsnip, halved lengthwise 1 sprig fresh thyme 1 sprig fresh parsley 1 bay leaf 1 teaspoon whole black peppercorns For the gravy: 1/2 cup turkey fat (skimmed from the stock) or butter 1/3 cup Wondra flour or allpurpose flour Salt and ground black pepper 1 cup dry white wine (optional) To prepare the stock, in a small to medium saucepan over medium-high heat, combine the giblets, neck and wing tips with the chicken broth. Bring to a boil, then immediately reduce to a simmer, skimming and discarding the scum that rises to the surface. After about 20 minutes, when there is no more scum

rising to the surface, add the onion, carrot, celery, parsnip, thyme, parsley, bay leaf and peppercorns. Return to a simmer and cook, adding water as needed to maintain the level, for 3 to 4 hours. Set aside to cool. Once cooled, skim off and reserve any fat that accumulates on the surface. Strain the stock and discard the solids. Set the stock aside. To prepare the gravy, if your stock has been chilled, heat it just to a simmer. In a medium skillet over medium-low, heat the turkey fat until melted. If you don’t have a full 1/2 cup of fat from making the stock, substitute butter for the missing fat. Add the flour and whisk until the roux (the butter-flour mixture) looks like wet sand, about 2 to 3 minutes. Add the warm stock in a stream, whisking or stirring, and bring it to a boil. Turn down the heat and simmer the gravy, stirring occasionally, for 8 minutes. Don’t worry if the gravy seems thick, you will be adding more liquid when you finish it. Season with salt and pepper. Let cool slightly, transfer to a bowl and cover the surface of the gravy with kitchen parchment. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and chill until ready to use. When the turkey is cooked and resting on a platter, it is time to finish the gravy. Pour off any fat from the roasting pan, then place the pan over 2 burners. Heat the pan over medium heat. Add the wine, if using, or a cup of chicken broth or water to the pan and simmer, scraping up the brown bits with a metal spatula, until the liquid is reduced by half. Add the make-ahead gravy, stirring, and some of the juices from the turkey resting platter. Simmer the gravy in the pan until it is reduced to the desired consistency. Season with salt and pepper. Nutrition information per serving: 170 calories; 110 calories from fat (65 percent of total calories); 12 g fat (8 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 35 mg cholesterol; 7 g carbohydrate; 1 g fiber; 1 g sugar; 2 g protein; 130 mg sodium.

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Mom wonders how to deal with children’s sexual play DEAR ABBY: Last weekend some family members were at my mom’s house for a meal. My 6-year-old son and my cousin’s 4-year-old daughter were playing in the room my mom had set up for the grandkids. When I went to check on them, I noticed the bathroom door was closed, so I knocked. My son answered, sounding rather panicked. I asked if “Jenny” was in there with him. He said no, then opened the door, but he looked scared, as if he knew he had done something wrong, and glanced nervously at the closed shower curtain. Sure enough, there was Jenny, standing in the tub with her bathing suit around her ankles trying to get it back on. I told her to put her clothes on and took my son outside to speak with him. “Rory” admitted they were showing each other their private parts and had touched and rubbed them. I asked him why and where he learned how to do that, and he implied it was his idea! Abby, he has never seen any adult movies, magazines, love scenes, or caught me or anyone else in the act. Why on earth would this be on his mind at such a young age? Do you think he needs counseling? — WORRIED MOM IN CALIFORNIA DEAR WORRIED MOM: No. Playing doctor is a game children have played ever since curiosity was born. I think you need to talk to your child’s

pediatrician and ask if this behavior is normal at this age. DEAR ABBY: I have had very few female friends in my life. I have a hard time relating to other women. My fiance doesn’t approve of me having close friendships with other men. I recently met a lesbian couple whose company I en- Abigail Van Buren joy. My fiance doesn’t like us being friends because “they are trying to turn me gay.” Abby, this is ridiculous. I have never been attracted to women, and these ladies have never brought up the possibility that I may be lesbian, as they know I am straight. How can I make my fiance come to terms with our friendship? I’m thinking of calling off the engagement. — STRAIGHT GIRL IN THE SOUTH DEAR STRAIGHT GIRL: Has it become clear to you yet how insecure and controlling your fiance appears to be? Straight people are not “turned

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Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars A baby born today has a Sun in Scorpio and a Moon in Libra if born before 9:31 p.m. (PST). Afterward, the Moon will be in Scorpio. HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014: This year you will need to confirm agreements — not once, but several times. If you have an important conversation with someone, don’t be surprised if you have to repeat it all over again. Your patience will be an important factor in making this year work for you. If you are single, you meet people with ease. Someone you meet while out and about could be important to your life’s history. If you are attached, the two of you will need to work on your communication. Once you do, a vast array of feelings are likely to be exposed, which will result in greater closeness and more understanding between you. A fellow SCORPIO might not have the same vision as you. 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 Your initial reaction to a situation could be anger or frustration. Reach out to a creative person who loves swapping ideas with you. You might discover that the two of you are capable of solving the world’s problems! Tonight: Favorite person, favorite place. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH You might have to justify your reaction to an emotional inquiry. Remain centered in a discussion involving a matter in your daily life. Please note what makes you happy, and base more of what you do on creating greater contentment. Tonight: Have a long-overdue chat.

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11/19/14

Local Vets honored for their service on Veterans Day Crystal Stonecipher is the new owner/stylist of Hey Good Lookin. Page 3

Disco recalled at KPBA Flashback to the 70’s celebration. Page 4

For several years members of the American Legion, VFW Post 10046, Alaska Order of the Purple Heart, Amvets post 4, and the local 40&8 have carried on the tradition that began near a century ago to remember and honor all American veterans past and present. On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, about 160 veterans, family and community members from Kenai and Soldotna gathered Tuesday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex to show their appreciation to all veterans and their families. Following the posting of the Colors Aurora Borealis 6th grader Katie Delker, standing in for Maddi Micciche, sang a stirring rendition of the National Anthem. The local salute to veterans began on Monday with a special dinner hosted by the Kenai Senior Center for vets, with a live broadcast of stories from those who have served. WWII Army nurse Mary Quesnel now 93 told of her war time experience and her recent Honor Flight trip back to Washington D.C. During the return flight the vets were surprised with a “Mail call” something that has always been important to those in military service away from home.

Veterans and families gather for Veterans Day ceremony at 11:00am on the 11th day of the 11th Month.

In Mary’s mail was a copy of a Playboy magazine, “My husband had identical twin cousins and prior to the Vietnam war only one of them could serve so the other stayed home and in his brother’s mail call package we included all kinds of goodies and my husband would occasionally include a Playboy magazine which he said was

the best thing we could have sent over and much better than the chocolate covered ants my kids would send over, so for my mail call on the Honor Flight the boys included a Playboy for me and we all had a great laugh, it was a fun moment,” recalled Quesnel. Navy veteran Preston “Nick” Nelson, Commander of the Mil-

Renewable Energy draws attention at HEA Energy Efficiency & Conservation Fair. Page 5

New scam made its way to Alaska A new scam that sends out bogus newspaper subscription renewal notices has made its way to Alaska from the Lower 48. The Federal Trade Commission has warned customers to watch out for the renewal bills in the mail that operate under the name Publishers Billing Center. Scammers in California and Ohio have sent out fake subscription mailings to collect subscription payments. At least one Alaska Dispatch News reader received a fake bill that totaled nearly $400, according to the Newspaper Association of America. Any customers that receive ”notice of renewal/new order” bills in the mail that claims the recipient could receive a favorable price, when the price is actually higher than the annual subscription. Peninsula Clarion Circulation Manager Randi Keaton said no customers on the Kenai Peninsula have been affected but the scam has reached people in Anchorage. “It’s not just hitting customers but random people,” she said. “People should be skeptical of these notices if it has a different mailing list.” Keaton said Clarion mail subscriptions are sent to P.O. Box 3009 Kenai, Alaska. The bill should not come from another company or another name. The Clarion is owned by Morris Publishing Group, a media company based in Augusta, Ga. Keaton said other warnings to watch for are misspellings on the invoice and to check the account number. “Our accounts all have “KEN” in front,” she said. NAA reports the scammers are operating under more than 40 names, including Circulation Billing Services, Publishers Billing Emporium, Readers Payment Service and Associated Publisher Network. Keaton encouraged anyone concerned to call the circulation department at 283-3584. C

itary Order of the Purple Heart, thanked the audience for coming out in support of those that have served and said they work year round to support vets and their families in any way they can. “The whole family serves when one member is overseas so to me we have 230,000 veterans in Alaska. Mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters who’ve

all experienced anguish while their sons and daughters are overseas in the combat zone. I think about them every day. To me they are my heroes too.” The Purple Heart fraternal organization helps veterans in the community and their families get the care they need, he said. See VETS, page A-6

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Crystal Stonecipher celebrates the grand re-opening of her Friends & family turn out to congratulate Crystal Stonecipher new owner of Hey Good Lookin. Hey Good Lookin Beauty Spa & Supply.

Hey Good Lookin’ has a new “Good Looking” owner

The place you’ve become familiar with where you can “Come as you are and leave as you want to be” has a new owner. Crystal Stonecipher and her husband Nathan celebrated a grand re-opening last week of the Peninsula Beauty Supply known as “Hey Good Lookin,” on the Kenai Spur Hwy in Soldotna. “I’ve been a stylist for a year now and a customer of Michelle’s for a long time and she came by and offered to sell me the business and after discussing it with my husband we decided it was a great opportunity for our family, so we decided to go for it,” Crystal told the Dispatch in an interview. “I’m very proud of her,” added her husband Nathan, “She wanted something that would allow her to be able to attend all the kids’ activities as they grow up and this was a perfect fit.” Hey Good Lookin has a professional staff of four stylists that do it all, “Brazilian blow outs, perms, color, cuts, styles and we also have a total of three nail techs that will do all the pedicures, manicures, acrylic

Crystal & Nathon Stonecipher the new owners of Hey Good Lookin on the Kenai Spur Hwy in Soldotna.

nails and all the fun stuff that let you express what you want to be,” said Crystal. Peninsula Beauty Supply will continue to fully stock a large retail area with all the professional products you have come to depend on at Hey Good Lookin, “We’ll be changing the look a little but will be carrying the same lines and adding a few new ones including some new men’s products to the retail area. The community really turned out today to wish us well and we really appreciate all the love and support the community, friends and family have shown us and in return we pledge to meet all your beauty needs for women, men and children from cradle to grave,” she said. Walk-ins are always welcome at Hey Good Lookin they are open MondaySaturday 9:00am – 7:00pm and Sunday 11:00am-6:00pm or you can call for an appointment 907-262-4000.

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Bobbi England of Kenai Catering welcomes Flashback to the 70’s KPBA celebration.

KPBA members celebrate 35th Anniversary with a Flashback to the 70’s.

KPBA charter member Paul Moses was their Soldotna City Councilman in ’79.

KPBA members celebrate 35th Anniversary with a Flashback to the 70’s with dinner.

More KPBA members celebrate 35th Anniversary with a Flashback to the 70’s.

KPBA celebrates 35th Anniversary with a Flashback to the 70’s

Many things have changed on the Kenai Peninsula since 1979 the year The Kenai Peninsula Builders Association (KPBA) began the first such association for builders on the Peninsula. The inaugural president was Jess Hall, “We felt we needed to create an organization to work with the various political entities within the borough. There was a lot of growth at that time and we felt we needed to have some local representation and influence for home buyers because there was no specific group looking out for their interests so we organized the KPBA to be that voice,” said Hall. Charter member and Soldotna City councilman back in the day recalled, “At one of the meetings Tom Schaafsma said that Alaska Housing was coming in with a nine percent loan, down for twelve percent and he thought we could really do well with that. That was exciting stuff for us back then,” recalled Paul. Moses now retired from Spenard Builders Supply was also well known as the prophet of the Home Show, accurately predicting the building season forecast from year to year. Go-

ing forward with a new boom on the horizon incoming KPBA president Randel Nelson said, “We need to get the word out the importance of using registered and certified contractors because with a boom may come the fly by nights. So things are changing and the work for the KPBA is never done,” said Nelson. The attire for the evening and the anniversary theme “Flashback to the ‘70’s” made for a great costume party according to Cindy Rombach, KPBA executive officer, “What better way to celebrate 35 years than by having a 70’s party! We were so pleased with the excitement and participation from our membership, and the incredible 70’s costumes that walked through the door. We had everything from disco queens, coneheads, hippies, flower children, photo booth fun, live music and dancing, great food, and disco drinks. The highlight of the evening was a video presentation entitled ‘KPBA – Through the Years.’ There were a lot of laughs and a few tears as slide after slide spotlighted 35 years

of fun, laughs, and great work in the community from Home Shows, community projects, fundraisers, golf tournaments, meetings, and faces come and gone since 1979. The evening awards included the naming of the prestigious “Builder and Associate of the Year” and the “President’s Award”. Honored as “2014 Builder of the Year” was Jake Denbrock, SND Enterprises LLC. “2014 Associate of the Year” was Penny Furnish,

Stewart Title. Jake and Penny were selected in honor of their outstanding leadership this past year, and tireless efforts on behalf of KPBA. The “2014 President’s Award” recipient was Jerry Rombach, Cook Inlet RCAC. Jerry was selected by President Jake Denbrock in recognition of his volunteer efforts at KPBA events. It was truly a one of a kind and memorable evening. The last two slides of the video presentation said it

best, “For thirty five years, the KPBA has been the voice of the building industry on the Kenai Peninsula. We are proud of who we are, what we stand for, and the many things we have accomplished together. More im-

portantly, we are proud of the friendships we have cultivated and shared. We honor our charter and longtime members, and thank them for their support through the years,” said Rombach.

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HEA’s LED Lucy congratulates student winners of Energy Conservation Contest.

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LED Lucy congratulates more contest winners.

HEA Energy Fair presents Energy Efficiency & Conservation contest winners

Homer Electric Association (HEA) held its 6th annual Energy Efficiency & Conservation Fair at Kenai Middle School November 1st. “The turn-out was fabulous and all in all it was a great day at both the Fair in Kenai and Homer, with more vendors than ever before, nearly 30 this year and they had really great information for our members. We really appreciate the vendors because they are the ones investing their time and that of their employees to provide the information during the Fairs,” reported HEA spokesperson Joe Gallagher. One of the highlights of the Energy Fair was the presentation of the winners of the Energy Efficiency student contest. The competition was open to students throughout the borough in grades 1-8 with different age group activities. “Students were asked to answer grade level-specific prompts regarding efficient use of electric energy in the form of a coloring contest, poem, song, game and a speech. We received over 185 entries this year. Congratulations to the following students in the North Service area for their participation and creative

contest entries: Kindergarten and Grade 1 – Coloring Contest North Service Area First Prize: Daniel Steffensen – Connections Second Prize: Sienna Lautaret – Soldotna Montessori Charter School Third Prize: Irene White – K-Beach Elementary School Grades 2 & 3 – Acrostic Poem North Service Area First Prize: Luke McGee – Connections Second Prize: Morgan Lemm – K-Beach Elementary Third Prize: Maggie Grenier – Nikiski North Star Elementary Grades 4, 5 & 6 – Song Lyrics or Game North Service Area First Prize: Jacolynn Hightower – Connections Second Prize: Ivy Daly –Kaleidoscope Third Prize: Hayden Hanson – Kaleidoscope Grades 7 & 8 – Speech North Service Area First Prize: Emily Hightower – Connections

Second Prize: Dominic Alioto – IDEA Home School,” reported HEA’s Tanya Lautaret who coordinated the contest. “One of the goals of the Energy and Conservation Fair is to draw in our youth the future generation so they can learn about energy conservation and how the cooperative serves them. HEA is committed to energy efficiency awareness and responsibility for our future and we are making progress. Of course a huge thank you to all our sponsors that included ConocoPhillips, Tesoro, Hilcorp, SBS, KPBA, AK Housing Finance, Browns Electric and Home Depot all financially helped us put the Fair on and that’s what makes it a community wide event,” said Gallagher.

Gary’s Renewable Energy showcases solar system that feeds back to the grid at HEA Energy Fair.

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. . . Vets Continued from page A-1

Keynote speaker Col. Jim Holliday said every veteran has a story to tell of how ordinary Americans are compelled by events across the world to do extraordinary things. As the community placed poppies and wreaths in remembrance of veterans no longer with us, VFW member Herb Stettler recited Lt. Col. John McCrae’s poem, “In Flanders Fields.” The ceremony concluded with a 21gun salute, playing of taps and a closing benediction. Learn more about how veterans are receiving all-expense paid trips to Washington D.C. to visit war memorials by going to www. lastfrontierhonorflight.com VFW SVC Anne Toutant greets Vets at annual ceremony.

Brown Bears Hockey team demonstrates for veterans on the Sterling Hwy, Soldotna.

Ceremonial Rifle team fires Rifle Salute on Veterans Day.

Mt. View Elementary school choir sing patriotic songs at Kenai Senior Center pre-Veterans Day celebration.

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