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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2014 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

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Brian Gabriel, Department of Transportation Station Manager, uses a plow to scrape spilled drilling mud from a portion of the Kenai Spur Highway on Tuesday near Mile 26 and Halliburton Road in Nikiski.

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JUNEAU (AP) — Gov. Bill Walker hopes to have all his appointments in place in the next several weeks. Walker took office Dec. 1, and so far has named a handful of permanent department heads, including Gary Folger, a Public Safety commissioner under former Gov. Sean Parnell kept on by Walker. Walker was asked Tuesday whether he planned to keep Mike Hanley in place as Education commissioner and Larry Hartig as head of the Department of Environmental Conservation. Both also served under Parnell. Walker said he wouldn’t read too much into Hanley and Hartig remaining in place but said he would consider retaining both. If Hanley is not asked to stay, the board of education would get involved. By law, the board would pick a new commissioner, subject to approval by the governor.

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Spilled mud raises concerns Drilling waste headed for monofill splashed along roadway By RASHAH McCHESNEY Peninsula Clarion

Several hundred gallons of drilling waste bound for the newly opened AIMM Technologies monofill site in Nikiski, splashed out of a truck, onto the Kenai Spur Highway and the parking lot of Charlie’s Pizza whose owner, Steve Chamberlain, fought hard to keep the state from granting a permit for the site. As reports of the slick mud coating the highway filtered through the community, several agencies and companies responded, including the Alaska Department of Transportation, the Department of Environmental Conservation, AIMM, and finally cleanup crews who

A crew cleans spilled drilling mud from the Kenai Spur Highway on Tuesday in Nikiski.

spent the evening shovelling While the circumstances mud from roadside ditches, surrounding the incident are vacuuming up the waste and not entirely clear, it is bewashing the highway. lieved to have happened be-

tween midnight and 7:40 a.m. on Tuesday when employees of Charlie’s Pizza reported to work. A DEC representative said the driver of a Chumley’s truck was delivering waste from a Cook Inlet Energy drilling site and likely hit the brakes hard enough to cause the muddy discharge to splash all over the road. “They didn’t even know it happened,” said DEC Environmental Program Specialist Don Fritz. The only site Cook Inlet Energy owns on the east side of Cook Inlet is the North Fork Unit and gas field located on the southern Kenai Peninsula, east of Anchor Point, which is about 80 miles from Nikiski. See MUD, page A-12

By KELLY SULLIVAN Peninsula Clarion

Soldotna’s period for Home Rule Charter Commission member candidates to submit nomination petitions opened Monday and will close 4:30 p.m., Dec. 19. Soldotna’s Special City Election for electing members is scheduled for February 3, 2015. The election will be cancelled if less than seven qualified candidates apply and are verified by the municipality, according to Alaska Statue Title 29, which defines how municipalities must adopt a city charter. “It is an interesting process because it encompasses so much,” said retired Kenai City Clerk Carol Freas, who is filling in for Soldotna City Clerk Shellie Saner until Monday. Only one packet had been received as of Tuesday, Freas said. Since that application has not been processed the candidate’s name may not yet be released, she said. Charter commission candidates must provide a nomination petition signed by at least See CHARTER, page A-12

Avalanche survivor says mountain gave warning FAIRBANKS (AP) — Michael Hopper and Erik Peterson heard warning sounds as they skied toward mountains in the eastern Alaska Range, but they thought they would be safe at higher elevations. As they crossed a gently sloping valley in relatively flat terrain on Saturday they heard “whomping,” the sound of a layer of snow collapsing. They

concluded it was snow settling into a creek bed. They heard it again later in ‘I saw what looked like a wave breaking steep terrain, just before an ava- like whitewater. It just instantaneously lanche killed Peterson, 35, and appeared on the slope horizon.’ buried Hopper, 63, for more than two hours. — Michael Hopper Hopper said he feels betrayed by the mountains he loves and thought he knew News-Miner reported. iar,” he said. “Maybe things are them better from trips along the “I may have gotten a little changing in ways none of us same route, the Fairbanks Daily too confident, a little too famil- expected.”

Hopper is co-owner of the nearby Black Rapids Lodge. He has skied in the mountains for 20 years. Peterson was a former assistant football coach at Delta Junction and West High in Anchorage and a former assistant track coach at Dimond High. They had previous outdoor See SIGNS, page A-12

Man arraigned on Volunteer effort brings Santa to sexual assault charge remote village of Shishmaref District Court. According to By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion

A cannery worker has been indicted on sexual assault charges in connection with a July incident that Alaska State Troopers allege occurred in Kenai. Rosendo Pallones, 39, of Anchorage, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in Kenai Superior Court Tuesday. A Kenai Grand Jury indicted Pallones on three counts of first-degree sexual assault on Friday. One charge of sexual assault in the first-degree was dismissed at a preliminary hearing on Nov. 26 in Kenai

court records, the charge was dismissed for having no probable cause. The Kenai District Attorney’s office re-filed a charge of first-degree sexual assault, an unclassified felony. If convicted, Pallones faces a minimum of 20 years in prison and a fine up to $500,000. According to a trooper affidavit, on July 25, troopers responded to a report of a sexual assault that took place at a bunkhouse that housed Snug Harbor Seafood cannery employees. A trooper stopped Pallones who was driving a green

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press

SHISHMAREF — Volunteers who brought Christmas to a remote Inupiat Eskimo community on Alaska’s western coast came bearing necessities like coats and school supplies as well as rare treats like apples, oranges and even ice cream. “’Cause everybody loves ice cream,” said 17-year-old Cheyenne Nayokpuk when AP Photo/Mark Thiessen asked why anyone living 25 miles south of the Arctic Circle This photo taken Dec. 6 shows a crying child unsure of what See SANTA, page A-5 to make of Santa Claus in Shishmaref.

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Scientists re-create what may be life’s first spark By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer

WASHINGTON — Scientists in a lab used a powerful laser to re-create what might have been the original spark of life on Earth. The researchers zapped clay and a chemical soup with the laser to simulate the energy of a speeding asteroid smashing into the planet. They ended up creating what can be considered crucial pieces of the building blocks of life. The findings do not prove that this is how life started on Earth about 4 billion years ago, and some scientists were unimpressed with the results. But the experiment does bolster the long-held theory.

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“These findings suggest that the emergence of terrestrial life is not the result of an accident but a direct consequence of the conditions on the primordial Earth and its surroundings,” the researchers concluded in the study published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The laser-zapping produced all four chemical bases needed to make RNA, a simpler relative of DNA, the blueprint of life. From these bases, there are many still-mysterious steps that must happen for life to emerge. But this is a potential starting point in that process. Scientists have been able to make these RNA bases other ways, using chemical mixes and pressure, but this is the first experiment to test the theory that the energy from a space crash could trigger the crucial chemical reaction, said lead author Svatopluk Civis of the Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry in Prague. Civis said the scientists used a laser almost 500 feet long

that for a fraction of a second zapped the chemical soup with an invisible beam. The power was so intense and concentrated that Civis said that for less than a billionth of a second, it was equivalent to the output of a couple of nuclear power plants. It produced what would be around a billion kilowatts of energy for that sliver of time over a fraction of an inch, generating heat of more than 7,600 degrees Fahrenheit, the researchers said. Some of the earliest life on Earth seemed to coincide with a period called the Late Heavy Bombardment, when the solar system’s asteroid belt was bigger and stray space rocks hit our planet more often, said study co-author David Nesvorny, a planetary scientist at the Southwest Research Institute in Colorado. At the time, asteroids were bombarding Earth 10 times more frequently than before or after. Outside experts were divided about the importance of the experiment.

Steve Benner, a prominent biological chemist at the Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution in Florida, said it is quite relevant because it produced the starting material that would have been around in an early Earth. But John Sutherland of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England, said the amount produced of one base was so small that the results don’t seem relevant. Other researchers also downplayed the work. An alternative theory of early life on Earth says that microbes arrived here from space aboard a comet or an asteroid — a sort of seed theory of life. Civis’ work bolsters what would instead be a fire theory of life. It is a theory of both creation and destruction. For this whole chemical reaction to work, the extreme energy from the asteroid collision would have had to break down molecules into less-complex chemicals, which then could reform into the more vital combinations.

Peninsula Clarion, Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Obituary Dolly Farnsworth Dolly Farnsworth, aged 92 of Soldotna passed away on Monday, Dec. 8, 2014. She was born in Holland, Texas on July 20, 1922 to Frances and John Mynarcik. From the time she was 2 years old until she was a freshman in high school she moved with her family from Texas to Minnesota and then on to Michigan, finally settling in Chesaning, Michigan, where she graduated from high school in 1940. She attended Cleary College in Ypsilanti, Michigan where she received an associate degree in accounting in 1942. During World War II she worked for Stinson Aircraft in their accounting department. In 1945 she moved to California where she met the Farnsworth family. She later followed Jack Farnsworth to Ft. Richardson, Alaska where they were married on Nov. 1, 1947. The following spring the two moved to Soldotna and began their life of homesteading, receiving the patent to their 160-acre homestead at the junction of the Sterling and Kenai Spur Highways in 1950, where she still lived until her passing. In 1959 she opened Soldotna Bookkeeping, acting as the City of Soldotna clerk’s office from the time it became a fourth class city in 1960 until 1967 when it became a first class city. Her staff of five would prepare up to 200 tax returns each year and also acted as headquarters staff for Homer Freightlines. During that period she also helped to found the Joyce K. Carver Memorial Library in Soldotna. In 1976 Dolly attended Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science in 1979. In 1965 she was the first woman to sit on the Kenai Peninsula Borough assembly. She has served on many boards since then including two terms on the Kenai Peninsula School Board from 1969 to 1975, three partial terms on the Soldotna City Council between 1972 and 1973 and again from 1983-1984, and the Central Peninsula General Hospital Board from 1992 to 2001. She was also Mayor of the City of Soldotna from 1984 to 1990. After resigning from the hospital board due to failing eyesight, Dolly devoted her time to her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jack Farnsworth; mother, Frances (Hudec) Mynarcik; father, John Mynarcik; brothers, Frank, Charles, John, Jerry and August; sisters, Martha and Elsie; and her grandson,

Shane Hutchings. She is survived by her children, Linda Hutchings, Mark Farnsworth, Nina Kersten and Nora Farnsworth; grandchildren, Mike Farnsworth, Shawn and Shea Hutchings, Wendy Gruber and Candice Nielsen Stenger; great-grandchildren, Devin and Olivia Hutchings, Deakin Hutchings and Kaiden Wilshusen, Kyle Clark and Cadance Stenger, and Ava and Sophia Gruber. A private burial will be held and a Celebration of Life will be announced at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorials in Dolly’s name may be given to the Soldotna Public Library (235 N Binkley St., Soldotna, AK 99669). Please visit www.alaskanfuneral.com for Dolly’s full obituary and to sign her guestbook.

Leona E. Broker Soldotna resident Leona E. Broker, 86, passed peacefully on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014 at her home in Soldotna with her family and a friend by her side. No services will be held per her request. Ms. Broker was born May 17, 1928 in Wagner, South Dakota to Frank and Clara Melmer. She moved to Alaska in 1963 where she lived in Tok, Palmer, and then finally Soldotna. She was a member of the ladies Auxiliary at the V.F.W. for many years in both Tok and Soldotna. She was also a member of the Moose Family Lodge in Kenai. Her family wrote, “Mom’s great cooking is a memory that we will never forget. She was very independent, very caring, very giving, and is leaving behind quite a few special friends. Lee will be loved and missed by all.” She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Robert, Wesley, and Leonard Melmer; youngest sister, Polly Walsh; former husband, Charles A. Broker and dear friend Phil Morin. She is survived by her daughter, Geralyn (Allen) Curtis of Anchorage; son, Kenneth (Kelly) Broker of Fairbanks, grandsons, Kenneth Ryan (Devon) Broker of Fairbanks, Tyler Broker of Tucson, Arizona; great-grandson, Kenneth Layne Broker of Fairbanks, sister-inlaw, Beverly Melmer of Geddes, South Dakota; and nephews and nieces, Bob, Rick, Janice and Lisa Melmer. Condolences may be sent to Geralyn (Broker) Curtis, P.O. Box 240993, Anchorage, Alaska 99624. Arrangements made by Peninsula Memorial Chapel & Crematory. Please sign Leona’s online guestbook at AlaskanFuneral.com.

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age, who have died. The local candle lighting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at the Christ Lutheran Church in Soldotna, as part of a 24-hour wave of light around the world to Orthopedic talks offered remember our children. Bring a photo of your Kenai Peninsula Orthopeadics and Dr. Hen- child to this memorial observance. For more ry Krull will offer a series of free community information call Brenda at 252-7030 or write orthopedic talks monthly at the KPO office, to tcfofthekenai@gmail.com. 291 N. Fireweed Street in Soldotna. Talks are from 5:30-6:30 p.m. The schedule includes: Thursday — Prevention of winter sports inju- MS Society meets ries; Jan. 15 — Snowmachine safety; Feb. 12 The MS Society meets on the second — Minimally-invasive orthopedic surgery. Thursday of each month. Its next meeting is from 12:30-2:30 p.m. Thursday at Heritage Holiday lighting contest in Nikiski Place in Soldotna. For more information call Terrie Butcher at 907-756-1282 or Tim Reed As part of the community beautification at 907-252-0432. plan, the Nikiski Community Council is promoting its annual holiday lighting contest, “Nikiski Night Lights.” The community is en- Kenai Watershed Forum couraged to “light up the winter nights” with hosts holiday celebration holiday displays and also to enter their neighToday from 4-7 p.m. the Kenai Watershed bors and local businesses into the contest. Forum will host an open house at the organiThree categories will be considered: business, zation’s headquarters in the Soberg Building, residential traditional and residential animat33129 Sterling Highway, at Soldotna Creek ed. Entry forms are available on the Council’s Park. Hot drinks & hors d’oeuvres with a side website at http://www.nikiskicc.com/, and the of holiday cheer. Please join us for a casual celNikiski Post Office. December 15 is the deadebration to reconnect with old friends and meet line to submit an entry, with judging to begin new and celebrate all the successes KWF has on December 16. Contest winners will be anseen this year. Please park at in the main parknounced on the Council’s website. Prizes are ing area at Soldotna Creek Park and follow the provided by Homer Electric Association and luminaries back to the building. There will be a Nikiski Community Council. Questions, nompick-up/drop-off area at the front door. inations and forms can be sent to nikiskiisbeautiful@gmail.com or Nikiski Community Council, P.O. Box 7011, Nikiski, AK 99635. Tryouts for volleyball team slated Questions? Call Bonita Miller at 776-8555. Peninsula Midnight Sun Volleyball Club is holding tryouts at Kenai Central High School Dec. 15-16 from 7:30-9:30 p.m. for its 18U, Compassionate Friends 16U and 14U teams. Practices are held two participate in candle lighting nights per week and tournaments take place The Compassionate Friends of the Ke- once or twice per month from January through nai Peninsula are joining with the 18th an- the end of March. For further information, nual Worldwide Candle Lighting to honor contact Heath McLeod at pmsalaska@outthe memories of all children, regardless of look.com.

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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. 11 a.m. • Redoubt Homemakers at Nikiski Fire Station No. 1. • Wee Read at the Kenai Com The fee for obituaries up to payment, online at www.peninsu- munity Library. Peninsula Clarion 500 words with one black and laclarion.com, obituary guidelines: white photo ranges from $50 to For more information, call the M Pending service/Death notices $100. Obituaries outside these Clarion at 907-283-7551. K are brief notices listing full name, guidelines are handled by the age, date and place of death; and Clarion advertising department. time, date and place of service. Obituaries may be submitted These are published at no charge. directly to the Clarion with pre-

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.

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A dwindling appetite for megaprojects The Ambler road. The Juneau road.

The Knik Arm bridge. The Susitna Dam. The Alaska Stand Alone Pipeline (ASAP), known colloquially as the “bullet line.” The large-diameter natural gas pipeline. Alaska has no shortage of capital-intensive megaprojects in the works, but now the state is scrambling to find funds to cover the basic needs for state operating expenses. As oil prices continue to dip, the fortunes of Alaska’s megaprojects are waning precipitously. The question of how many such projects the state can afford — if any — should be a focus of budgeting efforts in the coming months. As oil prices soared during the past decade, there seemed to be money for everything. The Susitna-Watana hydroelectric dam had been shelved during Gov. Bill Sheffield’s tenure in the 1980s — the victim of another downturn in the oil market. In 2008, surging revenues prompted Gov. Sarah Palin’s administration to restart work on the project. Gov. Sean Parnell was a strong supporter of the project, which promises to bring cheap, renewable electricity to half the state’s residents. But even before the price of oil began to drop like a stone, legislators started backing away because of the project’s $5 billion price tag. The proposed Ambler road would stretch 200 miles west from the Dalton Highway, providing access for mining companies to harvest copper, zinc, lead and silver on the south slopes of the Brooks Range. At an estimated cost of around $400 million, the road doesn’t have quite the sticker shock as bigger-ticket items like Susitna and the gas line projects. But it also would have less financial benefit to the state and its residents, as mineral extraction doesn’t provide substantive tax revenue for the state (mining provides tens of millions of dollars to state coffers, compared to several billion dollars in oil tax revenue) and use of the road would be restricted to commercial traffic and otherwise closed to the public. Each of the major capital projects the state is pursuing has trade-offs. The Juneau road could provide more reliable access to the state’s capital, but it’s also a lot of money to spend to shorten a ferry trip, as a link-up with the rest of the state road system still would be unfeasible. The Knik Arm bridge would ease Anchorage’s growing pains, but is a shorter commute to the MatanuskaSusitna Valley a more pressing need than, say, doing something about high energy prices in the Interior and rural communities? Natural gas line projects could provide a big payoff both in revenue, jobs and affordable energy for the state, but low oil prices make developing gas less attractive to producers, and the state must negotiate with North Slope leaseholders, a stumbling block for decades of efforts to build the line. With money and time both at a premium, it’s time to take a hard look at which of the state’s proposed mega-projects will provide the best return to the state and the greatest benefit to its people. We no longer have the luxury of having enough money to proceed down the track of constructing all projects at once — Gov. Bill Walker and the Legislature must weigh each carefully and continue forward with only those that pass the cost versus benefit test. — Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Dec. 8

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By GARRY TRUDEAU

No on State of the Union

There have been so many times when we’ve been looking at issues in the wrong way. This is one of them. When Republican representatives, led by Paul Broun (Never-Heard-of-Him from Georgia), demanded that President Barack Obama be denied an invitation to make a State of the Union address next month, it was viewed by many as a petulant reaction to the president’s sweeping immigration executive order. That’s probably because it was. Broun also was derided as just another conservative who simply can’t get it into his head that Mr. Obama legitimately holds the office, never mind the fact that he’s twice been elected. Again, there’s a lot to be said for that criticism. The whole birther stupidity is just more evidence that for whatever reason (well, we know one of the reasons ... racism), those on the far right refuse to believe that this guy is somehow the nation’s leader. Some of his fellow hardliners also are suggesting that funds be cut off for Air Force One, because to them, he obviously doesn’t deserve the trappings of the office. That’s how most of us have framed this latest flare-up, but maybe there’s a better way to look at it. Perhaps Congressman What’s-His-Name is doing us all, and that would certainly include the chief executive, a favor. I mean, how totally awkward it is

when POTUS schleps to Capitol Hill and stands in front of a bunch of raucous national leaders who noisily pretend they’re the slightest bit interested in the merits of what’s in the address. The only Bob Franken thing less sincere is the commentary from the various reporters covering the event as we pretend that it means anything whatsoever, which it rarely does. Believe me, after years of doing my breathless live shots before and after, I know about hyping State of the Union as the biggest thing since sliced bread; it’s not. The president knows it, the dignitaries in the audience know it (is “dignitary” the right word, since it suggests dignity?), and obviously the American people know it. What other explanation could there be for so many gravitating to one of the networks showing something else, like an infomercial for blenders or the latest action-packed documentary chronicling paint drying or grass growing. Anything but watching an hour in prime time of that circus in Washington. Sad to say, Speaker John Boehner was having none of this. He brushed off Rep. Whozis by taking a snarky shot at the pres-

ident: “Listen, the more the president talks about his ideas, the more unpopular he becomes. Why would I want to deprive him of that opportunity?” Cute. Of course, Boehner probably gets his jollies by being in all the shots as President Obama drones on about what he wants to accomplish that Republicans have no intentions of letting him. When you think about it, the GOPs have something in common with those blenders, given how they always slice-dice-puree the entire Obama agenda. So, as some quickly pointed out, he doesn’t have to give a speech; he can just send a letter to the Hill. No need for all that embarrassing ritual, at least not every year. All the Constitution specifies is that, “He shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.” Get that? “Time to time.” Let’s bag it in 2015. Maybe the year after, too, since we’ll be barely paying attention to anything but the silliness of the campaign to take over the next White House. Besides, with all the discord and anger, we don’t need a speech or even a letter to know the State of the Union. It stinks. Bob Franken is a longtime broadcast journalist, including 20 years at CNN.

Perry: Most people expect me to run By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press

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AUSTIN, Texas — Republican Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Tuesday he won’t make up his mind about running for president until the middle of next year, but he doesn’t feel pressure to announce sooner because most people expect that he will. “People think we’re going to run, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing,” Perry said in an interview with The Associated Press as he prepares to leave office next month after 14 years as governor. While a formal announcement may be a ways off, the longest-serving chief executive in Texas history sounded Tuesday like a candidate preparing for his next campaign. Perry cited his state’s low taxes, restrained regulatory climate and caps on civil lawsuit damages as the reasons behind Texas’ economic success. He argued the state’s record in creating jobs during his time in office can convince potentially skeptical supporters that he’s worth a second look after his short-lived 2012 presidential bid. Another Perry campaign will undoubtedly include numerous recountings of his “Oops” moment on a debate stage in 2011, when that word was all he could muster after he forgot the name of the third of three federal departments he’d promised to shutter if elected. Asked if those who supported him in 2012 might shy away this time given the results, Perry said: “I think people are going to make a decision based on what they see over the next couple of years, not what they saw four years ago. “There’s not going to be a lot of hope in this country,” Perry said, if people don’t have the ability to recover from their past mistakes. Perry also departs the governor’s mansion facing charges of felony abuse of C

power and the prospect that a court case could drag on for months and land him in prison. Yet Perry said he’s confident voters are willing to give him a second chance. Perry’s failed presidential campaign remains the only loss of his political career. He was the state’s powerful lieutenant governor when then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush was elected president, and he went on to win three terms. He has spent much of his final year as governor meeting privately with policy experts and traveling in the U.S. and abroad — an effort viewed by most as aimed at improving his White House credentials. In an email to supporters late Monday, Perry said he and his wife, Anita, “hosted more than one hundred business and political leaders from around the country in Austin” last week, describing attendees as both longtime supporters and new contacts. “I think people are responsive to a candidate that has proven that that they are substantially better prepared and reflecting,” Perry said. Perry was able to raise money with ease during the first months of his 2012 bid. But he refused to discuss Tuesday whether those same donors are willing to invest in him again, or whether they might be spooked by the allegations that his veto of state funding for public corruption prosecutors amounts to criminal abuse of power. “That’s a rather theoretical question and I don’t touch theoretical questions,” Perry said. Bill Miller, an Austin-based GOP consultant who has worked for both Perry and some of his opponents, said many top Texas donors who have supported the governor for years will continue to do so. But he added that Perry will have to win over those “beyond the base.” “He’s got to be a good candidate, show

them that he’s viable,” Miller said. “Last time the expectations were sky-high. Now they’re rock bottom.” Perry insists he’ll be a better prepared should he run again, ready to withstand the barrage from potential primary opponents ads featuring his “Oops” moment on a loop. “My job is to make sure that when you ask me about, ‘How does it feel to be humbled?’ that I very quickly get that answered,” Perry said. “And then talk about what’s going to be humbling: When we don’t have everyone in this country that deserves a job having a job.”

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Alaska Around Alaska Suspect arrested in Alaska prosecutor death

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Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott, left, and Gov. Bill Walker take questions from reporters prior to a holiday open house at the governor’s mansion on Tuesday in Juneau.

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would want the cold treat. The Operation Santa Program and the Alaska National Guard brought toys and other gifts to Shishmaref during the Saturday visit. It’s the 58th year the program has brought a little holiday cheer to remote Alaska villages, where poverty is widespread. “For some of these kids, if it weren’t for the toys we’re deliv-

ering, they might not get a toy or anything at Christmas,” said Maj. George Baker, divisional commander for the Salvation Army in Alaska. “In many respects, some of these village areas are almost like Third World villages, and a lot people don’t understand that,” he said. “You think we’re living in the United States, but for a lot of these folks, this makes Christmas for them. Were it not for (Operation) Santa, they might not have anything.” Besides Shishmaref, the other village that received a visit

this year was Newtok. Both are among Alaska’s most eroded villages; both have plans to relocate, with Newtok further along in the process. The National Guard provided a C-130 transport plane to take the volunteers, including a Salvation Army band, and gifts to Shishmaref, located about 600 miles northwest of Anchorage or about 100 miles east from Russia, across the Bering Strait in the Chukchi Sea. “There is a lot of need in Shishmaref,” school Principal Ralph Watkins said. “Having

ANCHORAGE — A former Washington state representative working as an assistant district attorney in Alaska was killed Monday night in a shooting. KTUU-TV reports 48-year-old Brian Sullivan died Monday night in a shooting at a home in Barrow, the northernmost community in the United States. North Slope Borough officials say a man was taken into custody. The suspect’s name was not immediately released. Deputy Attorney General for the Department of Law’s Criminal Division Rick Svobodny said Sullivan had worked for the state since the spring of 2012, Alaska Public Radio Network reported. “When I interviewed him actually for a job he was interested in moving to a rural community because he had served in the military overseas in the Middle East and enjoyed being in a place with a different culture, so he wanted to experience an Alaska Native community and specifically requested to go to Barrow,” Svobodny said. Interim North Slope Borough Police Department Chief Darryl Holman requested that Alaska State Troopers assist in the investigation and Fairbanks troopers were preparing to fly to Barrow. Sullivan on his website described himself

access to just some of your basic things is an event.” He said it takes effort to get to the village. For anyone wanting to get there from the Lower 48 states, it would require first a flight to Anchorage, followed by another airplane ride to Nome, followed by a smallplane ride to Shishmaref. It’s a big deal for someone to come in and bring gifts, he said. “It’s all the kids have been talking about for the last week,” he said. Some community members drove their snowmobiles to the

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as a military veteran who served as an Army judge advocate general. Sullivan served in the Washington state House from January 1997 to January 2001.

Fee changes proposed for Mendenhall Glacier area JUNEAU — The U.S. Forest Service is considering raising the fee to enter the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center in Juneau. The agency also is considering expanding the fee area beyond the visitor center to places popular with tourists, such as the Steep Creek and Photo Point trails, the viewing pavilion and restroom facilities. Those places represent investments in infrastructure, and raising the fee would allow for additional investments to be made, visitor center director John Neary said Tuesday. The agency cites declining budgets and an effort to improve the visitor experience as reasons for the proposed increase. Visitation has more than doubled since 1999, when the agency began collecting fees. The proposal would raise the daily fee to enter the center from $3 to $5 for people 16 and older. Season passes would go from $10 to $15, though those purchased after July 15 would be $10. Children under 16 would continue to have free passage. The Forest Service said in a news release that it plans to continue not charging fees in the winter. If approved, the fee increase would begin in May 2016. Comments are being taken through January.

airstrip to greet the arriving airplane and wave to Santa and Mrs. Claus as they got off. The honored couple rode in a pickup to the school for the big event, while other volunteers jumped in sleds and were pulled to town by snowmobiles. Before Santa and Mrs. Claus made their appearance, the children of Shishmaref welcomed the visitors with Alaska Native dances. The Clauses then arrived to a standing ovation from those in the packed gym, including the estimated 300 children who

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would receive gifts. Santa then met with every child — some more willing than others — before the children went down a line to receive a gift, backpack, a book and then ice cream. Nellie Okpowruk, 18, was among the students standing in a long line to see Santa and Mrs. Claus. As for her gift, she had something specific on her wish list. “I want a trip, a round-trip ticket to Oregon to see my cousin and her daughter,” she said with a giggle.

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Senate report: Harsh CIA tactics didn’t work By BRADLEY KLAPPER and KEN DILANIAN Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The United States brutalized scores of terror suspects with interrogation tactics that turned secret CIA prisons into chambers of suffering and did nothing to make America safer after the 9/11 attacks, Senate investigators concluded Tuesday. The Senate Intelligence Committee’s torture report, years in the making, accused the CIA of misleading its political masters about what it was doing with its “black site” captives and deceiving the nation about the effectiveness of its techniques. The report was the first public accounting of tactics employed after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and it described far harsher actions than had been widely known. Tactics included confinement to small boxes, weeks of sleep deprivation, simulated drowning, slapping and slamming, and threats to kill, harm or sexually abuse families of the captives. The report produced revulsion among many, challenges to its veracity among some lawmakers and a sharp debate about whether it should have been released at all. GOP Sen. John McCain, tortured in Vietnam as a prisoner of war, was out of step with some fellow Republicans in welcoming the report and endorsing its findings. “We gave up much in the expectation that torture would make us safer,” he said in a Senate speech. “Too much.” Five hundred pages were released, representing the executive summary and conclusions of a still-classified 6,700-page full investigation. President Barack Obama declared some of the past practices to be “brutal, and as I’ve

‘We gave up much in the expectation that torture would make us safer. Too much.’ — Sen. John McCain said before, constituted torture in my mind. And that’s not who we are,” he told the Spanishlanguage TV network Telemundo in an interview. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, the Democratic committee chairman whose staff prepared the summary, branded the findings a stain on the nation’s history. “Under any common meaning of the term, CIA detainees were tortured,” she declared, commanding the Senate floor for an extended accounting of the techniques identified in the investigation. The report catalogued the use of ice baths, death threats, shackling in the cold and much more. Three detainees faced the simulated drowning technique known as waterboarding. Many developed psychological problems. But the “enhanced interrogation techniques” didn’t produce the results that really mattered, the report asserts in its most controversial conclusion. It cites CIA cables, emails and interview transcripts to rebut the central justification for torture — that it thwarted terror plots and saved American lives. In a statement, CIA Director John Brennan said the agency made mistakes and has learned from them. But he also asserted the coercive techniques “did produce intelligence that helped thwart attack plans, capture terrorists and save lives.” George Tenet, who was CIA director at the time, said in an

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Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. is pursued by reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, as she arrives to release a report on the CIA’s harsh interrogation techniques at secret overseas facilities after the 9/11 terror attacks.

interview: “We know that the program led to the capture of al-Qaida leaders and took them off the battlefield, that it prevented mass casualty attacks and that it saved thousands of American lives.” Top Republicans, including Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, agreed. But not Democrat Harry Reid of Nevada, the Senate majority leader. He said, “It got us nothing except a bad name.” The report, released after months of negotiations with the administration about what should be censored, was issued as U.S. embassies and military sites worldwide fortified security in case of an anti-American backlash. Earlier this year, Feinstein accused the CIA of infiltrating Senate computer systems in a dispute over documents as relations between the investigators and the spy agency deteriorat-

ed, the issue still sensitive years after Obama ordered a halt to any such interrogation practices upon taking office. President George W. Bush approved the program through a covert finding in 2002, but he wasn’t briefed by the CIA about the details until 2006. At that time Bush expressed discomfort with the “image of a detainee, chained to the ceiling, clothed in a diaper and forced to go to the bathroom on himself.” After al-Qaida operative Abu Zubaydah was arrested in Pakistan in 2002, the CIA received permission to use waterboarding, sleep deprivation, close confinement and other techniques. Agency officials added unauthorized methods, the report says. At least five men in CIA detention received “rectal rehydration,” a form of feeding through the rectum. The report found no medical necessity for

Osama bin Laden bodyguard, was the first prisoner there. CIA interrogators found that after a month of sleep deprivation, he was a “broken man.” But the treatment got worse, with officials lowering food rations, shackling him in the cold and giving him a diaper instead of toilet access. Gul Rahman, a suspected extremist, received enhanced interrogation there in late 2002, shackled to a wall in his cell and forced to rest on a bare concrete floor in only a sweatshirt. The next day he was dead. A CIA review and autopsy found he died of hypothermia. Justice Department investigations into that and another death of a CIA detainee resulted in no charges. During one waterboarding session, Zubaydah became “completely unresponsive with bubbles rising through his open full mouth,” according to internal CIA records. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the 9/11 mastermind, received the waterboarding treatment 183 times. At one point, he was waterboarded for not confirming a “nuclear suitcase” plot the CIA later deemed a scam. Another time, his waterboarding produced a fabricated confession about recruiting black Muslims in Montana. After reviewing 6 million agency documents, investigators said they could find no example of unique, life-saving intelligence gleaned from coercive techniques — another sweeping conclusion that the CIA and Republicans contest. The report claims to debunk the CIA’s assertion its practices led to bin Laden’s killing. The agency says its interrogation of detainee Ammar al-Baluchi revealed a known courier was taking messages to and from bin Laden.

the treatment. At least three in captivity were told their families would suffer, with CIA officers threatening to harm their children, sexually abuse the mother of one man, and cut the throat of another man’s mother. Zubaydah was held in a secret facility in Thailand, called “detention Site Green” in the report. Early on, with CIA officials believing he had information on an imminent plot, Zubaydah was left isolated for 47 days without questioning, the report says. Later, he was subjected to the panoply of techniques. He later suffered mental problems. He wasn’t alone. In September 2002, at a facility referred to as COBALT— the CIA’s “Salt Pit” in Afghanistan — detainees were kept isolated and in darkness. Their cells had only a Associated Press writer Calbucket for human waste. vin Woodward contributed to Redha al-Najar, a former this report.

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No terrorism link seen in Jewish center stabbing By KAREN MATTHEWS and ULA ILNYTZKY Associated Press

NEW YORK — A man with a history of mental illness slipped into the headquarters of a major Jewish organization in Brooklyn in the middle of the night and stabbed an Israeli student in the head as he was studying in the library. Then, as the screaming, bloody victim was taken away, the attacker lunged at police with his knife and was shot and killed, authorities said. Calvin Peters, 49, could be seen on amateur video waving the knife inside the Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters in Crown Heights around 1:40 a.m. Tuesday after the attack on 22-year-old Levi Rosenblat. Rosenblat, wounded in the side of the head, was listed in stable condition. Police said the stabbing was not believed to be connected to terrorism. But it shook the Jewish community, still reeling over an attack on a Jerusalem synagogue by two Palestinian cousins last month that left four worshippers and an officer

dead. “The entire Jewish community is impacted by these cruel and senseless attacks,” said New York state Assemblyman Dov Hikind, whose Brooklyn constituents are largely Orthodox Jews. “How can we help but be reminded of the recent, horrible tragedy ... which left five innocent people dead?” At least one witness said he heard Peters repeatedly saying, “Kill the Jews!” according to Rabbi Chaim Landa, a ChabadLubavitch spokesman. Police were still interviewing witnesses but quoted Peters as saying instead, “I’m going to kill all of you.” The case was not immediately classified as a possible bias crime. Chabad-Lubavitch is a large, worldwide Hasidic movement that runs schools, synagogues and other institutions and reaches out to nonobservant Jews to encourage them to embrace their heritage and religious traditions. It is active on college campuses and in cities around the globe. Peters had wandered into the building earlier Monday and was ushered out, then returned

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Members of the Lubavitch community leave Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic headquarters being guarded by police officers, left, Tuesday, in New York.

after midnight and asked: “Do you have any books in English?” before he was escorted out again, police said. The building, which also contains a synagogue, is open 24 hours a day. Chabad-Lubavitch officials said security at the building was tightened after the stabbing. They would not say what measures were in place at the time of the attack. Devorah Halberstam, whose son Ari was killed in a 1994

shooting on the Brooklyn Bridge, said there is nothing more sacred in the community than shul, or synagogue. “This is where we feel the most safe, when our kids leave the house and we know they went to shul either to pray or to learn,” she said. “To know that something like that has happened and infiltrated within our own community is so troubling.” The jerky clip of the final confrontation posted online

showed Peters in a waist-length jacket and hat with a knife in his right hand, surrounded by officers with drawn weapons and Jewish students wearing traditional plain Orthodox clothing. Some of the students appeared to be trying to defuse the situation, urging Peters to calm down and asking officers not to shoot him. Peters eventually put the knife down at an officer’s urging and stepped away, but quickly picked it up again as the officer approached him, apparently to arrest him. Officers yelled at him repeatedly to drop the weapon as Peters moved around, and a single gunshot could be heard. The shooting itself took place outside camera range. Police said Peters had lunged at the officer with the 4½-inch blade. Chaim Grossbaum, a 19-year-old who was studying at the center, said Peters had put his knife down, then picked it up again, “and starts walking toward them, and then the cops shoot him.” Peters had a documented his-

tory of mental illness and had been arrested 19 times since 1982, most recently in 2006 for drugs, police said. Attorney Jeffrey A. St. Clair, appearing at the Peters family’s front door in Valley Stream, on Long Island, described him as bipolar. St. Clair said the family had no warning of an outburst. “Calvin Peters was a loving and devoted father,” he said. “And the family is quite frankly shocked and disappointed at what happened.” Next-door neighbor Lorraine McCartney called Peters as “a very nice man” who had attended parties in her backyard. “I would never believe that of him. Never,” she said. The Crown Heights neighborhood is home to a large ultra-Orthodox Lubavitch community and was the site of racially charged riots between Jews and blacks in 1991 following the fatal stabbing of a rabbinical student. In 2008, Pakistani gunmen attacked a Chabad center in Mumbai, India, as part of a rampage through the financial capital that left 166 people dead, six of them at the Jewish site.

IRS paid $6 billion in bogus child tax credits in 2013 By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The IRS paid at least $6 billion in child tax credits in 2013 to people who weren’t eligible to receive them, a government investigator said Tuesday. Payments went to families that mistakenly claimed the tax credit or claimed the wrong amount, as well as taxpayers who committed fraud, according to an audit by J. Russell George, the Treasury inspector general for tax administration. The audit highlights problems with a tax credit that

President Barack Obama has championed as a way to help low-income working families. Obama’s 2009 economic stimulus package temporarily expanded the credit to more families that don’t make enough money to pay federal income tax. These families receive the $1,000-per-child credit in the form of a tax refund. The report released Tuesday focused on payments to these families. The expanded tax credit expires at the end of 2017. Some Democrats in Congress tried to make it permanent as part of a package of tax breaks lawmakers are rushing to pass before

leaving town for the year. But those talks collapsed. For years the IRS has said the risk is low for improper payments related to the child tax credit. The report says that assessment is incorrect. “It is imperative that the IRS take action to identify and address all of its programs that are at high risk for improper payments,” George said in a statement. In a statement, the IRS said it “continues to aggressively explore new ways to detect and stop potentially fraudulent claims while maximizing the use of limited compliance re-

sources.” However, the agency said budget cuts are hurting compliance efforts. “IRS funding limitations severely hamper our efforts on these and other compliance areas,” the agency statement said. “Since 2010, the IRS budget has been reduced by $850 million and we have 13,000 fewer employees.” Earlier this year, the IRS said fewer agents are auditing tax returns than at any time since at least the 1980s. More than 36 million families claimed about $57 billion in child tax credits in 2013, ac-

cording to the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation. The inspector general’s report estimates that taxpayers improperly claimed between $5.9 billion and $7.1 billion in child tax credits that year. The report, however, does distinguish between fraud and credits that were claimed by mistake. Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah

criticized efforts to expand the tax credits without improving oversight. “Working families deserve responsible tax relief, not a broken system that wastes hard-earned dollars due to bureaucratic incompetence,” said Hatch, the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee.

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Around the World Lawmakers reach deal on $1.1 trillion spending bill, may add pension provision WASHINGTON — Time running short, Republicans and Democrats agreed Tuesday on a $1.1 trillion spending bill to avoid a government shutdown and delay a politically-charged struggle over President Barack Obama’s new immigration policy until the new year. In an unexpected move, lawmakers also agreed on legislation expected to be incorporated into the spending measure that will permit a reduction in benefits for current retirees at economically distressed multiemployer pension plans. Supporters said it was part of an effort to prevent a slow-motion collapse of a system that provides retirement income to millions, but critics objected vehemently. There was no immediate reaction from the White House to the bill. At 1,603 pages, the spending bill adheres to strict caps negotiated earlier between the White House and deficitconscious Republicans, and is also salted with GOP policy proposals. As described by unhappy liberals, one would roll back new regulations that prohibit banks from using federal deposit insurance to cover investments on some complex financial instruments.

Ukraine forces, rebels suspend hostilities DONETSK, Ukraine — Government troops and Russian-backed separatists largely suspended hostilities in east Ukraine on Tuesday, raising hopes of a lasting peaceful settlement in a conflict that has raged for seven months and claimed thousands of lives. The lull in fighting followed a proposal by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to hold a “day of silence” as a bid to revive a largely ignored cease-fire deal reached in September. The war has left more than 4,300 people dead, displaced hundreds of thousands and exhausted a nation struggling to stave off economic collapse. As Ukraine enters its long winter, when temperatures can drop below freezing for days if not weeks on end, combat fatigue is showing on both sides. Separatist rebel leaders have supported the truce, which appeared to be holding around the main rebel-held cities of Donetsk and Luhansk.

Law students seek exam delays amid Brown, Garner protests BOSTON — Minority students at three prestigious law schools say they want to delay final exams because they’ve been busy protesting grand jury decisions in the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of white police officers in New York City and Ferguson, Missouri, and haven’t had time to study. Student groups at Harvard Law School, Georgetown University Law Center and Columbia Law School say demonstrations and rallies over the Eric Garner and Michael Brown cases have prevented many students from adequately preparing for exams. Cities across the country have seen large-scale demonstrations since grand juries in both cases recently decided not to indict the police officers in the men’s deaths. A medical examiner says Garner, who had asthma, died after being placed in a chokehold by an officer on Staten Island. Brown was shot by an officer in a St. Louis suburb. — The Associated Press

World Greek stocks plummet Tuesday

Biggest plunge since 1987 based on fear of political crisis By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press

ATHENS, Greece — The Greek stock market had its biggest plunge since 1987 Tuesday as concerns mounted that the country is heading for a political crisis that could jeopardize its financial rescue program. The benchmark stock index in Athens dropped 12.8 percent after the conservative-led government brought forward the date of a presidential vote. If the vote in Greece’s parliament is inconclusive, investors fear it could lead to general elections and a possible victory for an opposition party that wants to modify the bailout. Investors also dumped Greek government bonds as they became more wary of the country’s ability to repay its debt. The main left-wing opposition party, Syriza, which is leading in the polls, has said it will demand a substantial cut to what Greece owes in rescue loans if it is elected. Megan Greene, chief economist at Manulife Asset Management, said that the country’s main creditors, the European Union and the International Monetary Fund, are not likely to go along with that. Greene said Syriza’s leader, Alexis

Tsipras, would probably end up falling in line. “The downside to that is that I think half his party will rebel as a result,” said Greene. That could lead to further political chaos and possibly another election, leaving the economy rudderless. Greek government bonds took a hit Tuesday. The yield on the 10-year bond jumped 0.84 percentage point to 7.98 percent as investors demanded to be paid more to loan money to Greece. Theodore Krintas, managing director of Attica Wealth Management, said that international investors, who account for up to 70 percent of daily transactions in the Greek market, opted to “just sell and get out.” “I think this explains the magnitude, the extent that we see the losses of the Athens stock exchange today,” Krintas said. Although Syriza has softened its rhetoric in the past, it hasn’t clarified whether it would resort to a default on the rescue loans. While that would lighten Greece’s debt burden, it could have other severe repercussions. It might, for example, spook international investors away from lending money to the country for years, hurting its ability to get back on its feet.

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Pedestrians walk past Greek flags for sale in central Athens, Tuesday. The Athens benchmark index tumbled 10.5 percent in midday trading Tuesday.

Some suggested it could cause the country to fall out of the euro union. Greece’s president is a figurehead with minimal political clout. But the election requires a super-majority that would include backing by some lawmakers from the overall hostile opposition, which appears beyond the reach of the struggling governing coalition. If three successive votes, from Dec. 17-29, prove fruitless, general elections must be called by early February, nearly a year and a half ahead of schedule. In a televised address Tuesday, Prime Minister Antonis

Samaras nominated Stavros Dimas, a senior figure in his conservative party and former EU commissioner for the environment, as the government’s presidential candidate. Opposition parties said they would not back him, or any candidate the government puts forth, to force national elections. Syriza’s Tsipras said the final presidential vote, on Dec. 29, would signify the end of the governing coalition’s “catastrophic” austerity policies. “At last, this year we will have every reason to wish a Happy New Year,” he said.

Frenchman held 3 years by al-Qaida freed By SYLVIE CORBET and LORI HINNANT Associated Press

PARIS — A Frenchman held for more than three years by alQaida’s North African branch was freed Tuesday, days after two of the men implicated in his abduction were reportedly released from a prison in Mali. Negotiations among the governments of Niger, Mali and France led to freedom for Serge Lazarevic, 51, who was described by the French president as in “relatively good health” despite his long captivity. Tuesday’s release, greeted with joy among many in France, stands in contrast to

the attempted rescue in Yemen last weekend that ended in the deaths of two hostages —an American and South African — held by al-Qaida. Lazarevic was now en route to Niamey, the capital of Niger, French President Francois Hollande said as he thanked Niger’s president for helping to free the Frenchman. “We no longer have any hostages in any country of the world and we should not have any,” Hollande added. Hollande’s government insists it pays no ransoms and

does not exchange prisoners, although in September he acknowledged for the first time that “other countries have done so to help us.” President Barack Obama last month ordered a review of the U.S. response to citizens being taken hostage abroad after the deaths of several Americans held by Islamic extremists. But the Obama administration said the review will not include changing the policy against ransoms. “You have a choice between the policy of Mr. Obama, which

appears to be not to negotiate and to see hostages killed, and a position of negotiating without admitting it,” Alain Marsaud, a conservative French lawmaker, told the BFM television network. “It’s true that we negotiate, we pay, and we try to get results .... There isn’t a single Frenchman who believes Mr. Lazarevic was freed because Mr. Hollande has nice eyes.” Another Frenchman kidnapped in Mali in November 2011 along with Lazarevic, Philippe Verdon, was found dead in July 2013.

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Training delays Cuban doctors from fighting Ebola By MICHELLE FAUL Associated Press

CONAKRY, Guinea — The Cuban doctors were all fired up and raring to get to work: Fidel Castro had praised their commitment and urged them to work even with American troops who might otherwise be considered the enemy, and President Raul Castro came to the airport to wish them well in their mission to fight Ebola in West Africa. That was more than two months ago. In Guinea, where the current outbreak started, 37 Cuban doctors, nurses and epidemiologists hang around a hotel pool, holding daily meetings to bolster their morale, crowding around a computer to learn more about the theory of Ebola treatment, and even trying on their protective suits and masks. “We really thought we would arrive one day and get to work the next, but the reality is different,” Cuban team leader Dr. Carlos Castro told The Associated Press in Conakry, the capital. Training is the problem, he explained. All 256 Cubans sent to West Africa at the beginning of October had received weeks

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In this photo taken Nov. 7, Cuban doctors and nurses wait by a UN car outside their hotel in Conakry, Guinea. Over 250 Cuban medical staff were sent to west Africa two months ago to help fight Ebola, but most are still waiting to work, hampered by the lack of training, according to Cuban team leader Dr. Carlos Castro in the Guinea capital.

of instruction at home, including about protective measures and equipment. They were expected to get another two or three weeks of “immersion” training in an Ebola treatment center working with patients, Castro said. Guinean officials said lan-

guage was one of the issues, with the Cubans speaking Spanish and their hosts French. Up to now, only Doctors Without Borders has trained medical workers in Guinea on how to effectively care for Ebola patients and at the same time avoid getting infected them-

selves. By the end of November, 622 health care workers had been infected with the Ebola virus and 346 of them died, according to the World Health Organization. One of the Cubans in Guinea died less than a month after ar-

riving and celebrating his 60th birthday, but he did not die of Ebola. Jorge Juan Guerra Rodriguez died of a severe bout of malaria, Castro said. Doctors Without Borders, which has taken the lead in treating patients from the start of the epidemic, long has complained that it is overstretched. Three months ago it urged states with biological disaster response capacity to urgently intervene and “to dispatch trained personnel in their numbers.” Last week it warned of an inadequate response “encumbered by serious bottlenecks in terms of staffing.” Foreign governments have focused on financing and building treatment centers, leaving staffing to charities and local health workers who do not have the expertise, the medical group said. “Training people to safely operate Ebola case management facilities and carry out other necessary activities takes weeks of theoretical and handson training ... this bottleneck has created major delays,” said the organization. Doctors Without Borders has been trying to train 12 health workers there every two weeks, but has not always managed

this, said Dr. Moumie Barry, who is in charge of training at Guinea’s Ebola coordination center. Guinea is about to open its own training center, using Guineans trained by Doctors Without Borders, and is organizing to train six of the Cuban doctors using two interpreters, he said. Two Cubans already have been trained by the medical aid group. But at this rate, it would take months to train the entire crew. Twelve health workers from Mali also will train at the Guinea center since Mali does not have any facility to train them, said Barry. There has also been a delay in deploying Cuban doctors in Sierra Leone, with only about 60 of 165 Cubans there in the field, said Castro, leader of the Cuban doctors in Guinea. Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Health would say only that some of the Cubans there are working while others still are being trained, according to spokesman Sidie Yayha Tunis. He said the Cubans are being trained at a center run by the ministry, and did not mention any language problems though his country is English-speaking.

Nut rage: First class Korean Air Flight delayed over spat By YOUKYUNG LEE AP Business Writer

SEOUL, South Korea — Forget dust-ups over reclining seats in economy class. There’s a new and exclusive twist on inflight anger: Nut rage in first class. A recent Korean Air flight was delayed when its chairman’s daughter, who was also vice president responsible for cabin service at the airline, ordered a senior crew member off the plane. The crime? Allowing her and other passengers in the pointy end of the aircraft to be served bagged macadamia nuts instead of nuts on a plate. The executive, Cho Hyun-ah, resigned Tuesday amid a storm of public criticism in South

Korea. The airline had earlier excused her behavior even as it apologized for inconveniencing passengers. South Korean media reported this week that the flight from New York to Incheon, South Korea, returned to the gate after Cho told the head of the cabin crew to leave the plane. The reports said Cho quarreled with crew in the first-class cabin and the flight departed 20 minutes late. Cho, 40, is the oldest child of Korean Air’s chairman, tycoon Cho Yang-ho. Her two siblings are also executives at South Korea’s largest airline. The incident caused an uproar in South Korea where it was seen as an example of over-mighty behavior by the offspring of the moneyed

elite. The South Korean economy is dominated by family-controlled conglomerates known as chaebol. Family members often wield greater influence over major companies than shareholders and executives with no blood ties to the founding family. The Cho family owns about 10 percent of Korean Air Lines Co., part of a business empire than spans the travel, logistics, hotel and leisure industries. Korean Air confirmed that Flight 86 was delayed at John F. Kennedy airport on Dec. 5 due to the nut incident. But the company said the decision to disembark the crew member was made by the flight’s captain. South Korea’s government

said it is investigating whether Cho violated aviation safety law. Cho could face legal action if the probe shows that she interrupted the flight or endangered safety by using threats, her status or violence. Korean Air said Tuesday before Cho’s resignation that it was “natural” for her to fault the crew’s ignorance of procedures. The airline’s cabin crew is required to ask first-class passengers whether they want nuts, partly to avoid serving them to people with allergies. The nuts

also should have been served on a plate. The airline said it will step up training to improve customer service and safety. Cho was not available for comment. People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy, a civic group, said it would file a complaint against Cho with prosecutors. “The anger and the concern from the public were so big because safety and procedures related to important services were simply ignored” due to Cho’s status, the group said.

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In this Sept. 2014 photo, Cho Hyun-ah, Korean Air’s vice president, answers reporters’ question in Incheon, west of Seoul, South Korea.

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Sports

Kardinals notch slim dual win over Stars

Kenai grapplers take five pins en route to 45-36 dual victory over improved Soldotna team By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

Over the years that Soldotna’s Neldon Gardner and Kenai Central’s Stan Steffensen have faced each other as coaches on the wrestling mat, the rivalry has been intense but fun. Tuesday night at Soldotna Prep School, an old chapter was revived as the Kardinals grabbed a 45-36 dual win over the Stars, sans rubber chicken. “We have a middle school tournament every year, and the winners get that as a prize,” explained Steffensen. “I was waiting for (Gardner) to throw out the rubber chicken.” Because the two coaches haven’t competed in the Soldotna Prep wrestling room at the high school level in quite some time, Steffensen’s expectations were not unfounded. The two coaches are also involved in the local borough middle school squads, and the annual tournament has been contested for over a decade.

Of Kenai’s six actual match wins Tuesday night (not including forfeits), five came in the form of pins. The 30 points that were accrued from those wins proved to be crucial after the slow start that Kenai endured. The night started with Jesse Littrell of SoHi pinning Kenai’s Shayna McKinley 1:22 into the 120-pound match. Littrell’s win was followed by two straight forfeited matches that put Kenai in an 18-0 hole right off the bat, but Matt Vandermartin answered the call to score the Kardinals’ first points of the night, locking SoHi’s Ryan Winter in a half nelson just 72 seconds into his match to secure the six points. “That was important,” Steffensen said. “You could tell when the gym was getting excited.” Next up, Paul Steffensen of Kenai — coming off the first loss of his high school career last weekend — used a similar pin to beat SoHi’s Bechler Metcalf in 33 seconds. Paul’s brother, Ellery, pulled off

the pin on SoHi’s Bailey Blumentritt, although it took more clock management than raw power to do so. Coach Steffensen said Blumentritt has been ranked in the top four on AKmat.org for most of the season, and Tuesday’s match with Steffensen could very well end up as the region championship pairing in February. Ellery’s victory left the two schools tied at 18-18, with another tough matchup looming in the 160-pound division. Soldotna’s Hunter Bourgeois (160 pounds) staved off a potential loss with a quick pin of Kenai’s Keyshawn McEnerny, who was competing with a hand injury sustained at the NorthSouth duals last weekend in Anchorage. Before Bourgeois’ pin, McEnerny held a 7-3 edge in points. The winner of the 170-pound match — Jaden Kissee — collected the six points for Kenai in his first-ever varsity match, pinning SoHi’s Mason Castagnier 33 seconds into the second round.

Following that breakthrough moment, Kenai senior Dylan Carter produced one of the gutsiest performances of the night, eking out a 7-3 win over Ashton Mahan for the 182-pound crown with limited vision. Referees were forced to put a halt to the action early in the contest when Carter suffered a gash to his forehead that drew blood. After five minutes, Carter returned to center mat with a bandage wrap on his head that was cut off just above his eyes. At the time, Carter held a 2-0 advantage over Mahan, who quickly used a pair of escapes to tie it up at two apiece. However, Carter fought back and scored the winning points in the final four minutes to win the round. “A little inspiration there,” Steffensen said. “In a close match like that, it’s pin or get pinned.” Carter’s decision was worth three points, giving Kenai a slight 27-24 lead. Soldotna gained the lead right back with two forfeit wins, putting the Stars ahead

36-27, but a pin by Zach Koziczkowski over Dalton Best in the 285-pound bout closed the gap once again. The go-ahead win was earned by a SoHi forfeit in the 106-pound division, as Tyler Vaughn of Kenai showed up with no one to wrestle. The swing in points put the Kards up 39-36, which they held the rest of the way. Soldotna will compete at this weekend’s Alaska Duals at South Anchorage High School, while Kenai will be taking the weekend off. Tuesday at Soldotna

1. Kenai Central, 45 points; 2. Soldotna, 36. 98 pounds — double ff.; 106 — Tyler Vaughn, Ken, ff. win; 113 — Natalie Chavez, Ken, ff. win; 120 — Jesse Littrell, Sol, pin Shayna McKinley, Ken, 1:22; 126 — Seth Hutchison, Sol, ff. win; 132 — Anthony Long, Sol, ff. win; 138 — Matt Vandermartin, Ken, pin Ryan Winter, Sol, 1:12; 145 — Paul Steffensen, Ken, pin Bechler Metcalf, Sol, :33; 152 — Ellery Steffensen, Ken, pin Bailey Blumentritt, Sol, 4:14; 160 — Hunter Bourgeois, Sol, pin Keyshawn McEnerny, Ken, 2:34; 170 — Jaden Kissee, Ken, pin Mason Castagnier, Sol, 2:33; 182 — Dylan Carter, Ken, dec. Ashton Mahan, Sol, 7-3; 195 — James Gallagher, Sol, ff. win; 220 — Taylor Macrae, Sol, ff. win; 285 — Zach Koziczkowski, Ken, pin Dalton Best, Sol, 1:52.

Kenai holds off Homer hockey Kards goalie O’Lena continues trend of clutch performances Staff report Peninsula Clarion

AP Photo/Mark Duncan

Kenai senior Nate O’Lena stood tall for the Kardinals in goal Tuesday night as Kenai knocked off the Homer Mariners 2-1 for their first win of the season in Homer. O’Lena survived a barrage of shots in the third period of the North Star Conference tilt to secure the win with over 30 saves for the night. The game followed a weekend in which O’Lena had 120 saves between three games against Wasilla, Palmer and Colony. Kenai (18) lost all three contests. Kenai’s Dalton Dosko scored the game winner with 1:02 left on a Homer power play late in the second period, which ultimately became the only period of play with scor-

ing. Cody Arbelovsky scored the first goal of the night just over a minute into the second frame to put Kenai ahead, but Homer’s Anton Kuzmin knotted it up at one apiece just three minutes later. From there, it took nearly 10 minutes before Dosko found the puck and scored the shorthanded goal. Homer had a 5-3 advantage in the opening minutes of the third period, but Kenai warded off all attacks to preserve the win. Homer’s Riley Swanson ended with 18 saves in net. Kardinals 2, Mariners 1 Kenai Homer

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1st period — no scoring. 2nd period — 1. Kenai, Arbelovsky, PP, 1:02; 2. Homer, Kuzmin, 4:02; 3. Kenai, Dosko (unassisted), SH, 13:39.

Toronto Raptors’ Amir Johnson, right, goes up for a rebound against Cleveland Cavaliers’ Kevin Love, center, and Tristan Thompson in the second half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, in Cleveland. The Cavaliers won 105-101.

Blackhawks get LeBron leads Cavs to victory 35 points — including clutch 3 — by James puts Cavs ahead 7th straight win By The Associated Press

CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James scored 35 points, including a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 48 seconds remaining, and the Cleveland Cavaliers rallied to beat the Toronto Raptors 105-101 on Tuesday night for their eighth straight victory. James’ jumper from the top of the key gave Cleveland a 102-99 lead and tied him with Mark Price for the franchise record for 3-pointers at 802.

James scored 10 points in the fourth quarter as Cleveland rallied from a 10-point deficit early in the period. Dion Waiters scored 18 points and Kevin Love had 17. Jonas Valanciunas and Terrence Ross each scored 18 for Toronto. Kyle Lowry added 16, but only scored two in the fourth quarter as he was hounded defensively by Cavaliers guard Matthew Dellavedova. Toronto shot 14 for 21 in

the first quarter and led 63-55 at halftime. Valanciunas had a strong first half with 14 points and nine rebounds. GRIZZLIES 114, MAVERICKS 105

over Miami, was 9 of 14 from the field and 12 of 13 from the line as Memphis won its second straight. Zach Randolph had 17 points and 13 rebounds, while Tony Allen scored 13 points.

TRAIL BLAZERS 98,

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — PISTONS 86 Marc Gasol scored 30 points, AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) Mike Conley added 22 and the — LaMarcus Aldridge had 23 Grizzlies withstood 18 Dallas points and 11 rebounds, Wesley 3-pointers. Gasol, who was limited to Matthews scored 19 points, and only two points in Sunday’s win See NBA, page A-11

By The Associated Press

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane scored in a shootout, and the Chicago Blackhawks rallied late to earn their seventh straight victory with a 3-2 win over the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday night. Bryan Bickell and Duncan Keith had goals in regulation for Chicago, whose winning streak matches the NHL high for this season. Scott Darling made 22 saves, including two stops in the shootout.

The loss spoiled the first NHL start for Devils goalie Keith Kincaid, who made 37 saves. Jordin Tootoo and Stephen Gionta scored for New Jersey. and Steve Bernier added two assists for the Devils, who were trying for back to back wins. BLUE JACKETS 3, FLYERS 2, OT COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Kevin Connauton scored his See NHL, page A-11

Panthers QB Newton hospitalized after car accident By TOM FOREMAN Jr. Associated Press

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Panthers say quarterback Cam Newton suffered fractures in his lower back in a car crash in Charlotte. Panthers spokesman Charlie Dayton said Tuesday outside a hospital that Newton had no other internal injuries and that he would stay overnight for observation. Television footage showed Newton on a stretcher being placed in an ambulance. The Panthers said he was in fair condition at Carolinas Medical Center. Photos from The Charlotte Observer showed the 25-year-old Newton smiling as he was attended to by an officer on the ground. A black pickup truck that CharlotteMecklenburg police spokesman Robert Tufano said Newton was driving was overturned on the roadway with debris scattered all over the street. The roof was caved in and a tow truck later was hauling it away. Another car that appeared to be involved in the crash

had front end damage. Police were investigating how the crash happened on a bridge that crosses busy I-277 in the shadow of Bank of America Stadium, where the Panthers play. Newton has 2,800 yards passing this season with 16 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. He also has rushed for 425 yards and 3 touchdowns to lead the Panthers to a 4-8-1 record. An Atlanta native, Newton led the Auburn Tigers to a national championship in 2010. As word of the accident spread online, NFL players started sending good wishes on social media. “Praying for @CameronNewton,” Oakland Raiders defensive end Justin Tuck tweeted. Newton threw three touchdown passes in Carolina’s 41-10 win over the New Orleans Saints on Sunday, his best game in nearly a month-anda-half. He also broke a string of eight straight games with an interception. The win put the Panthers back in the playoff hunt, one-half game behind the Atlanta Falcons and New Orleans Saints (both 5-8).

Newton was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2011 NFL draft and was the franchise’s starter right away. He has only missed one game this season, the opener at Tampa Bay. Newton has one year left on his rookie contract after the Panthers picked up a $15 million option for 2015. The Panthers have repeatedly said Newton is a guy they view as their franchise quarterback moving forward. Bu it has been a rough year the twotime Pro Bowler. After the Panthers fell at home to the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC divisional playoffs in January, Newton had ankle surgery in March that sidelined him for all but one of the team’s spring practices. He returned for the start of the training camp, but then suffered another setback when he fractured his ribs during a preseason game against the New England Patriots. The injuries forced Newton to miss Carolina’s season opener. He has said he’s not been close to 100 percent all season. C

Newton is 23-31-1 as an NFL starter in the regular season and 0-1 in the playoffs. Derek Anderson is the team’s backup quarterback and would be first in line to replace Newton if he is unable to play Sunday against Tampa Bay (210). Anderson started and led Carolina to a season-opening victory against the Bucs.

Manziel named starter CLEVELAND (AP) — Johnny Football’s days as a backup are over this season. He’s getting his chance to start. Rookie quarterback Johnny Manziel will make his first NFL start Sunday against Cincinnati, replacing the slumping Brian Hoyer as Cleveland tries to pump life into its sagging playoff hopes. After moving up in May’s draft to get him and waiting seven months as he learned and watched from the sideline, the Browns are finally setting one of college football’s most captivating players loose with three games left in

the season. Browns coach Mike Pettine made the expected switch on Tuesday after meeting with his staff and general manager Ray Farmer, then informing both quarterbacks. Many Browns fans have wanted the change for weeks as they watched Hoyer fumble away his dream job. Pettine said in a statement that the switch isn’t about Hoyer or Manziel, but about the Browns. “We are trying to get the offense to perform at a higher level,” he said. “Johnny has worked very hard to earn this opportunity and it will be very important for every member of the offense to elevate their play for us to obtain our desired result.” Manziel’s debut start will come in Cleveland’s final home game, against a Bengals team Hoyer beat on Nov. 6. Manziel will try to show the Browns he can be the franchise quarterback they’ve coveted for two decades. Manziel is the Browns’ 21st starting quarterback since 1999. “I’ve tried to spend my entire season learning what it takes to become a

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Scoreboard basketball

College scores

NBA Standings

Bryant 80, Army 73 Hartford 79, Holy Cross 61 John Jay 83, CCNY 80 LIU Brooklyn 83, Maine 70 Louisville 94, Indiana 74 NJIT 68, St. Francis (NY) 66 Navy 84, VMI 66 New Haven 70, Post (Conn.) 63 Pace 66, Queens (NY) 61 Penn 59, Marist 42 Philadelphia 63, Chestnut Hill 49 Rutgers 60, New Hampshire 56 Saint Joseph’s 68, Loyola (Md.) 42 Villanova 73, Illinois 59 York (NY) 79, Lehman 67

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Toronto 16 6 Brooklyn 8 11 Boston 7 12 New York 4 19 Philadelphia 2 18 Southeast Division Atlanta 14 6 Washington 14 6 Miami 10 11 Orlando 9 14 Charlotte 5 15 Central Division Cleveland 13 7 Chicago 12 8 Milwaukee 11 12 Indiana 7 14 Detroit 3 19

Pct GB .727 — .421 6½ .368 7½ .174 12½ .100 13 .700 — .700 — .476 4½ .391 6½ .250 9 .650 — .600 1 .478 3½ .333 6½ .136 11

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division Memphis 17 4 Houston 16 4 San Antonio 15 6 Dallas 16 7 New Orleans 10 10 Northwest Division Portland 17 4 Denver 9 12 Oklahoma City 8 13 Utah 6 16 Minnesota 4 16 Pacific Division Golden State 18 2 L.A. Clippers 15 5 Phoenix 12 11 Sacramento 11 11 L.A. Lakers 6 16

.810 — .800 ½ .714 2 .696 2 .500 6½ .810 — .429 8 .381 9 .273 11½ .200 12½ .900 — .750 3 .522 7½ .500 8 .273 13

Tuesday’s Games Cleveland 105, Toronto 101 Portland 98, Detroit 86 New Orleans 104, New York 93 Oklahoma City 114, Milwaukee 101 Memphis 114, Dallas 105 Miami 103, Phoenix 97 Utah 100, San Antonio 96 L.A. Lakers 98, Sacramento 95 Wednesday’s Games Washington at Orlando, 3 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Indiana, 3 p.m. Boston at Charlotte, 3 p.m. Philadelphia at Atlanta, 3:30 p.m. Brooklyn at Chicago, 4 p.m. New Orleans at Dallas, 4 p.m. Portland at Minnesota, 4 p.m. New York at San Antonio, 4:30 p.m. Houston at Golden State, 6:30 p.m. Miami at Denver, 6:30 p.m. All Times ADT

EAST

SOUTH Evansville 65, Belmont 62 King (Tenn.) 91, Tusculum 52 Louisiana-Monroe 82, Northwestern St. 74 Pikeville 82, Ohio Mid-Western 61 Sewanee 77, Covenant 64 Winthrop 96, Mars Hill 51 MIDWEST Creighton 90, South Dakota 88, 2OT Dayton 56, Bowling Green 52 Dubuque 85, Bethany Lutheran 62 E. Michigan 45, Michigan 42 Iowa 67, Alcorn St. 44 Iowa St. 73, UMKC 56 Kansas St. 50, Bradley 47 Milwaukee Engineering 66, Maranatha Baptist 59 Notre Dame 93, Mount St. Mary’s 67 Ripon 76, Beloit 68 S. Dakota St. 62, Saint Louis 55 Wichita St. 77, Seton Hall 68 Xavier 66, IUPUI 43 SOUTHWEST Baylor 77, Texas A&M 63 TCU 80, Furman 69 FAR WEST Arizona 87, Utah Valley 56 Boise St. 78, Adams St. 49 Idaho St. 67, Grand Canyon 51 San Jose St. 74, Saint Katherine 63 UC Davis 80, E. Illinois 70

hockey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP Detroit 28 Tampa Bay 29 Montreal 30

W 17 18 18

L OT 6 5 8 3 10 2

Pts 39 39 38

Toronto 27 15 9 3 Boston 28 15 12 1 Florida 26 11 8 7 Ottawa 27 11 11 5 Buffalo 28 10 16 2 Metropolitan Division Pittsburgh 27 18 6 3 N.Y. Islanders 28 19 9 0 Washington 27 13 10 4 N.Y. Rangers 26 12 10 4 New Jersey 29 11 13 5 Philadelphia 27 9 13 5 Columbus 27 10 15 2 Carolina 27 8 16 3

33 31 29 27 22 39 38 30 28 27 23 22 19

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Chicago 28 19 8 1 Nashville 27 18 7 2 St. Louis 28 18 8 2 Winnipeg 29 15 9 5 Minnesota 26 15 10 1 Dallas 28 10 13 5 Colorado 28 9 13 6 Pacific Division Anaheim 29 18 6 5 Vancouver 29 18 9 2 Calgary 29 17 10 2 San Jose 30 15 11 4 Los Angeles 28 14 9 5 Arizona 28 10 15 3 Edmonton 28 7 16 5 NOTE: Two points for a win, point for overtime loss.

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Tuesday’s Games Chicago 3, New Jersey 2, SO Columbus 3, Philadelphia 2, OT Buffalo 1, Los Angeles 0 Toronto 4, Calgary 1 Montreal 3, Vancouver 1 Washington 5, Tampa Bay 3 Minnesota 5, N.Y. Islanders 4 Winnipeg 5, Dallas 2 Nashville 3, Colorado 0 San Jose 5, Edmonton 2 Wednesday’s Games Toronto at Detroit, 4 p.m. Edmonton at Anaheim, 6 p.m. All Times ADT

Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES С Assigned INF Steve Lombardozzi and LHP Pat McCoy outright to Norfolk (IL). BOSTON RED SOX С Assigned INF/OF Jemile Weeks outright to Pawtucket (IL). CHICAGO WHITE SOX С Traded RHP Chris Bassitt, C Josh Phegley and INFs Rangel Ravelo and Marcus Semien to Oakland for RHPs Jeff Samardzija and Michael Ynoa. CLEVELAND INDIANS С Designated RHP Bryan Price for as-

signment. DETROIT TIGERS С Named Mike Maroth pitching coach of Toledo (IL); Mike Henneman pitching coach of Erie (EL); Jorge Cordova pitching coach, Nelson Santovenia hitting coach and Jason Schwartzman trainer of Lakeland (FSL); Mark Johnson pitching coach, Phil Clark hitting coach adn T.J. Obergefell trainer of West Michigan (MWL); Carlos Chantres pitching coach and Chris Vick trainer of Connecticut (NYP); Jaime Garcia pitching coach of the GCL Tigers; Ramon Zapata hitting coach, Carmelo Jaime infield coach, Sandy Acevedo outfield coach, Soilo Perdomo coach and Luis Reyes trainer of the DSL Tigers; Scott Fletcher minor field infield coordinator; and Steve Chase minor league strength and conditioning coordinator. OAKLAND ATHLETICS С Designated RHP Jorge de Leon for assignment. National League CHICAGO CUBS С Traded RHPs Jeferson Mejia and Zack Godley to Arizona for C Miguel Montero. LOS ANGELES DODGERS С Traded C Drew Butera to the L.A. Angels for a player to be named or cash considerations. SAN DIEGO PADRES С Agreed to terms with INF Clint Barmes on a one-year contract. WASHINGTON NATIONALS С Named Tommy Shields co-minor league field coordinator. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Fined Utah C Enes Kanter $25,000 for throwing his mouthpiece into the spectator stands during Monday’s game. FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS С Signed WR Tobais Palmer to the practice squad. CINCINNATI BENGALS С Placed LB Vontaze Burfict on injured reserve. Activated QB A.J. McCarron from the non-football injury list. CLEVELAND BROWNS С Released DL Christian Tupou from the practice squad. Signed DB Kendall James to the practice squad. MIAMI DOLPHINS С Placed S Louis Delmas on injured reserve. Signed LB Jake Knott from the practice squad. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS С Released WR Joe Morgan. OAKLAND RAIDERSСWaived LB Jamar Chaney. SAN DIEGO CHARGERS С

Signed P Mat McBriar. Re-signed C Jeff Baca to the practice squad. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS С Placed TE Vance McDonald on injured reserve. Actiated LB NaVorro Bowman from the PUP list. TENNESSEE TITANS С Placed CB Blidi Wreh-Wilson on injured reserve. Signed OL Jamon Meredith. WASHINGTON REDSKINS С Released LBs Steve Beauharnais and Everette Brown adn CB Greg Ducre. Signed LB Trevardo Williams from the practice squad, LB Ja’Gared Davis from Kansas City’s practice squad and RB Michael Hill and LB Justin Jackson to the practice squad. HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL С Suspended Winnipeg F Evander Kane two games for boarding during Sunday’s game. Fined N.Y. Islanders F Anders Lee $2,286.29 for elbowing during Saturday’s game. ANAHEIM DUCKS С Agreed to terms with G Ilya Bryzgalov on a one-year contract. CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS С Assigned F Joakim Nordstrom to Rockford (AHL). Activated F Patrick Sharp from injured reserve. NEW JERSEY DEVILS С Placed F Patrik Elias on injured reserve, retroactive to Dec. 6. Recalled G Keith Kinkaid and F Reid Boucher from Albany (AHL). Assigned G Scott Clemmensen to Albany. SAN JOSE SHARKS С Recalled F Melker Karlsson from Worcester (AHL). TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS С Assigned F David Broll and D Matt Finn from Toronto (AHL) to Orlando (ECHL). COLLEGE HAWAII С Announced the resignation of athletic director Ben Jay, effective at the end of June. IOWA С Announced senior associate athletic director and senior women’s administrator Jane Meyer will be reassigned outside the athletic department. LOUISVILLE С Announced the NCAA cleared freshman F Shaqquan Aaron to begin playing after sitting out nine games for receiving housing-related extra benefits. MICHIGAN С Announced junior WR Devin Funchess will enter the NFL draft. SYRACUSE С Announced junior S Durell Eskridge will enter the NFL draft. WISCONSIN С Announced freshman D Keegan Ford has left the men’s hockey team.

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Portland earned its fifth straight victory. Detroit lost its 13th in a row, one short of the franchise record set in 1979-80 and tied in 1993-94. Those were both aging teams, with the second group marking the end of the Bad Boys era at the Palace. The current Pistons haven’t had a winning season or won a playoff game in seven years.

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Tyreke Evans scored 27 points, Anthony Davis had 18 and the Pelicans handed the reeling Knicks their ninth straight loss.

THUNDER 114, BUCKS 101 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Kevin Durant scored 23 points in his first home game of the season, leading Oklahoma City to the victory.

HEAT 103, SUNS 97

PHOENIX (AP) — Chris Bosh scored 10 of his 34 points in the fourth quarter, including seven JAZZ 100, SPURS 96 straight down the stretch, and MiSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — ami snapped a four-game losing Derrick Favors scored 21 points, streak. Gordon Hayward added 20 and Utah snapped a nine-game losing LAKERS 98, KINGS 95 streak. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kobe Bryant scored nine of his 32 points PELICANS 104, KNICKS 93 in the final 3:14, leading the LakNEW ORLEANS (AP) — ers’ fourth-quarter comeback.

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JETS 5, STARS 2

DALLAS (AP) — Winnipeg rookie Adam Lowry scored twice in the second period to lead the first goal of the season at 1:58 Jets over Dallas. of overtime to lift Columbus past Philadelphia for its fourth MAPLE LEAFS 4, straight win. FLAMES 1 Boone Jenner scored in his caTORONTO (AP) — Jonathan reer-best fourth straight game, and Scott Hartnell also had a goal. Ser- Bernier stopped 32 shots, James van Riemsdyk scored the winning gei Bobrovsky made 19 saves. goal early in the second period, and Toronto topped Calgary. Continued from page A-10

WILD 5, ISLANDERS 4

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Nino Niederreiter tapped in the go-ahead goal with 4:33 left and capped a furious comeback by Minnesota in a win over the New York Islanders. The Wild trailed 3-0 after the first period and 4-1 at the second intermission, but they were fired up midway through the game.

SABRES 1, KINGS 0

CANADIENS 3, CANUCKS 1 MONTREAL (AP) — Tomas Plekanec scored the go-ahead goal late in the third period to lead Montreal over Vancouver. Before the game, the Canadiens honored the late Jean Beliveau with a video tribute, moment of silence, and lengthy standing ovation.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Tyler PREDATORS 3, Ennis’ third-period, power-play AVALANCHE 0 goal lifted Buffalo to a win over DENVER (AP) — Filip ForsLos Angeles Kings on Tuesday By RONALD BLUM vid Robertson, Chicago acquired then the coming weeks, we’ll be Miguel Montero, who is owed night. berg scored 2:23 in and added a late assist, and Pekka Rinne earned AP Sports Writer starting pitcher Jeff Samardzija able to fill a couple more voids in $40 million over the next three his third shutout of the season as from the Oakland Athletics as part our roster.” seasons, to the Chicago Cubs CAPITALS 5, Nashville blanked Colorado. While Jon Lester’s talks on the for a pair of prospects. SAN DIEGO (AP) — The of a six-player trade.

White Sox get Samardzija, Cubs get Lester

Chicago White Sox are making the biggest moves at the winter meetings, trying to regain relevance in the AL Central after losing 188 games over two seasons. Hours after reaching a $46 million, four-year deal with closer Da-

“In our mind we’re not finished yet,” White Sox general manager Rick Hahn said Tuesday. “We still know we have some other areas we need to improve and we’re hopeful that in the coming days, and if not the coming days,

free-agent market still seemed to be creating a logjam for other starting pitchers, the Chicago teams were busy in the trade mart. In the day’s other significant swap, the Arizona Diamondbacks sent All-Star catcher

Coming off consecutive playoff appearances that followed a 20-year drought, the Pittsburgh Pirates agreed to a $39 million, three-year deal to keep left-hander Francisco Liriano.

LIGHTNING 3

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Braden SHARKS 5, OILERS 2 Holtby made 33 saves, Alex OvechSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Joe kin scored twice to break out of a four-game drought, and Washing- Pavelski scored two goals, and San ton beat Tampa Bay to complete a Jose bounced back from a loss at Edmonton to win the back end of perfect three-game road trip. the home-and-home set.

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The slick drilling waste mixed with melting snow and mud on the road and spread for several hundred feet on the Kenai Spur Highway and into the Charlie’s Pizza parking lot before DOT personnel restricted traffic to one lane Tuesday afternoon and began cleanup. DOT station manager Brian Gabriel used a snow plow on a DOT pickup truck to scrape the bulk of the mud out of the road and onto the shoulder before Emerald Alaska Inc. spill cleanup services crews arrived with a pump truck, a pressure washer and several workers to clean up the road. Chamberlain and AIMM representative Scott Anderson spent several minutes going over how the company would respond to the incident — though AIMM left the cleanup to the company responsible for the mess. When cleanup crews arrived, Anderson and Fritz told them that Chamberlain’s parking lot would also need to be cleaned and suggested that the gravel should be taken out of the front part of the parking lot to mitigate the spread of the waste. Fritz said the waste was “pretty benign” and that Cook Inlet Energy had offered to turn over data safety sheets on all of the compounds contained in the mud. “This is from a gas well, they’re not drilling for oil. So there’s no oil involved here,” Fritz said. Chamberlain, who spent most of his time inside of the restaurant serving pizza to a

50 qualified voters, according to the Charter Commission Candidate Filing Packet. As an alternative, state statute requires the candidate must gather signatures that amounts to 10 percent of the votes cast in the municipality’s last election if that number equates to less than 50 required signatures. Soldotna’s last election was Oct. 7, 2014, which received 857 total votes, according to the Charter Commission Candidate Filing Packet. Nominees must also complete an information form including a photograph of themselves and a 200-word statement, according to the filing packet. Packets are available online or at Soldotna City Hall in the Clerk’s office, Freas said. Forms are free. Eligible candidates must have been qualified to vote in Soldotna for one year preceding the charter commission election on Feb. 3, according to Reach Kelly Sullivan at kelthe filing packet. ly.sullivan@peninsulaclarion. All elected candidates will com. adhere to State of Alaska Cam-

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Honda Passport that matched the vehicle description of the suspect who left the scene of the crime on Kalifornsky Beach Road. Pallones stated to troopers he was on the beach drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana with a friend when he received a

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Don Fritz, environmental program specialist with the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, photographs a pile of drilling mud that was spilled on the Kenai Spur Highway on Tuesday in Nikiski.

lunchtime rush of customers, said he was angry about the whole incident. “These issues were brought up before and my concern is that they’re just getting started putting stuff in there and right away, the first load to go in there causes an issue,” he said. “We nailed it, basically — the people who were speaking against (the monofill site) and saying this was going to happen.” Chamberlain said customers had been driving through the mud all day and had tracked it into his parking lot and restaurant and he was worried that the substance would end up in his well, which is located near the entrance of the lot. He also took issue with several chunks of wood and debris

that he said fell from the truck transporting the waste. “That’s not supposed to be in there, you’re violating your permit,” he said to Anderson as the two stood in front of the pizzeria. “If those things go into the pit and get covered in thousands of pounds of waste — they’ll pierce right through your liner.” Chamblerlain later said he hoped that someone learned a lesson from the whole incident. “I feel (my property) is now contaminated and they need to clean it all up, every drop, and get clean gravel. Scrape it up ... move on and be more responsible,” he said. “It’s a learning process for them. ... They fix the problem, at no expense to

text from a woman inviting him to hang out with her and two other coworkers. After three people in the group left to get ready for work, Pallones was left with the woman, according to the report. Pallones stated he gave the woman a back massage and then started to touch her genitals and didn’t stop when she asked. When one of the friends came into the room she told troopers she saw Pallones “on

top of her having sex with her and she was crying and saying ‘no’,” according to the affidavit. The alleged victim said everyone had left to get ready for work but Pallones returned to her room two minutes later and asked if she had any snacks. He then started to rub her back and rub her genitals. She stated that she told Pallones ‘no’ and resisted but he was stronger than her and

me, clean it up as best as they possibly can and learn from it because it’s going to be cheaper this way. If they do it right, in the future it’ll be cheaper in the end.” As the sun set over the nearby Cook Inlet, Gabriel and several other members of DOT continued to reroute traffic and worked with Emerald crews to scrape the road clean. “They’ll sweep up as they can and hopefully as they pres- Continued from page A-1 sure wash it, it’ll take some of that slickness off the surface. adventures together, includBut, we’ll follow up with some ing an attempt to climb Mount Hayes. sand,” Gabriel said. The first whomping sound Rashah McChesney can be they heard in the foothills Satreached at rashah.mcchesney@ urday was a little unnerving, Hopper said, but not enough to peninsulaclarion.com. make them stop. At the higher elevation, on an estimated 30-degree grade, pulled her pants off and started they spotted another danger to rape her until one of the co- sign: Hard pack snow beneath workers came into the room six inches of loose snow. It was and he left, according to the evidence of a weak layer that report. could move. Pallones is in custody at They changed course and Wildwood Pretrial Facility. headed for a west-facing ridge His next court date is Jan. 30, but heard another “whomp.” 2015. Peterson was ahead of Hopper and turned around to ask HopReach Dan Balmer at dan- per if he heard it. iel.balmer@peninsulaclarion. “As he said that, I looked upcom. slope about 20 feet,” Hopper said. “I saw what looked like a

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paign Disclosure Laws, according to the filing packet. This includes submitting reports of all contributions and expenditures made during the election period. Freas said the filing process is extensive. It is vital applicants allot the proper amount of time for completing their packets, she said. Candidates should aim to acquire more than the minimum number of required signatures, Freas said. It is important to make sure the voter signing a petition is qualified to vote within city limits, she said. “Sometimes people may have moved and not yet changed their legal address,” Freas said. The Soldotna City Council unanimously approved the election for the commission on Nov. 12. If qualified city voters chose to elect a commission, the group has one year to prepare and propose home rule charter for an existing municipality, according to state statute. The proposed charter must be signed by a majority of the members of the commission.

wave breaking like whitewater. It just instantaneously appeared on the slope horizon.” They had set off an avalanche about 600 feet above them. It carried Hopper 150 feet down the slope. When he stopped, his face and right arm were free but the rest of his body was encased in snow. He scraped snow away with his free arm, loosened his left arm and dug himself out after two hours. Peterson had landed about 10 feet up the slope. The avalanche covered his head and he could not breathe. His body has not been recovered because the mountain remains unstable. Hopper dug out his skis and descended to the Richardson Highway, where a passing motorist assisted him. Peterson’s dog, Rowdy, a Labrador-spaniel mix, disappeared in the avalanche and is presumed dead. C

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About 2 weeks before Christmas On a farm in northern Colorado 1940’s TO 1955

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pon the delivery of the Christmas tree to the Cactus Hill Grade School where my brothers, John and Jim, my sisters, Ginger and Elaine and I went to school in all 8 grades, preparations were going on at home to have a tree brought into the house so we could decorate it. As usual my Mom was most particular about the size and the fullness of the tree. We lived to far from the mountains to go get us one, which I think my Dad did just once - he always bought one in town at a big lot where trees by the hundreds were stored for people to compare, pick or reject until they found just the right one. Dad became an expert at finding just the right tree after several mistrials. Bringing it home in his old pickup, for the inspection and approval of “The Mom,” he would go get his little saw, hammer and a hand full of nails and pieces of wood. He sawed off the base of the tree. He made a four legged stand and pounded the nails into the bottom of the tree so it would stand straight and not fall down. Then he twisted baleing wire (ever so handy, always) onto the base and around the tree trunk to make it secure. Mom would spread out a big white double sheet, just in case the tree would shed some of its needles. It was placed “just so” in the corner of the living room after our Dad would ever so carefully, tote the big tree into the house so as not to shed pine needles or brush something off a shelf. One year, because the air is so dry in Colorado, the trees tend to dry very soon and start shedding its needles, Mom had read or been told to put the tree in a bucket of sand that was moistened. So Dad proceeded to do as Mom directed...placed the bucket of sand in the corner of the living room - got the tree and stabbed and pushed (muttering under his breathe) and shoved the tree down into the wet bucket of sand...Awhaa! Success! We all stood back to see if it was straight and “Mom approved.” Right before our eyes the tree started to lean-lean, then flopped right out of the bucket - sand and pine needles flew everywhere ! The tree went kerplopp and with a shiver it finally lay silent on the sheet. Dad in his utter dismay, muttering again something we did not understand, gathered up all four corners of the sheet and dragged the tree, bucket and all, out the front door. Mom ran for the big old Hoover vacuum cleaner. We were pretty little and I cannot really remember if Dad salvaged the tree or he had to go tree hunting again. I smile at the looks that he gave Mom and the one stern expression on Moms face. Finally, the tree was “just so” in the corner - the next move was

To make rolls, bread dough is cut into quarters, then the quarters are cut into four equal pieces to make 16 rolls. Rolls are completely baked when they have reached an internal temperature of 190 degrees, as measured by an instant read thermometer.

Homemade fresh-baked rolls

As I’ve mentioned before, I only use my bread machine for making bread dough. Everything gets tossed into the machine’s canister and then the machine works its magic. Once the dough cycle is complete, I take it from there and happily so, because making bread is something I enjoy doing. And, while I enjoy making bread, I like making rolls even more, particularly from recipes as easy as the ones offered here. Rolls can be created from most bread recipes, with the process for making them simple and straightforward. The dough is divided into equal pieces, rolled into balls and then placed into a cake pan for baking. The recipes for Buttermilk-Honey Rolls and Soft White Rolls are both started in a bread machine and finished by hand, with their dough being exceptionally easy to work with and elastic. King Arthur Flour’s recipe for Big Batch Quick Dinner Rolls is an equally uncomplicated recipe, yielding 24 rolls, but instead of a bread machine, a stand mixer can be implemented for mixing dough. Homemade, hot-from-

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the-oven rolls are a treat any time of the year, but never more so then during the holidays. As the slogan says, “nothin’ say lovin’ like somethin’ from the oven” – especially when it’s something made by you. Sue Ade is a syndicated food writer with broad experience and interest in the culinary arts. She has worked and resided in the Lowcountry of South Carolina since 1985 and may be reached at kitchenade@yahoo. com.

Soft White Rolls

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During the holidays, especially, fresh-baked homemade rolls are as welcome at the dinner table as they are on buffets for making things like smoked ham sandwiches. Pictured bottom, left to right, are Big Batch Quick Dinner Rolls, Buttermilk-Honey Rolls and Soft White Rolls.

Recipe adapted from a recipe by King Arthur Flour for White Bread. This recipe is started in a bread machine, but finished by hand 1 cup, plus 2 tablespoons lukewarm water ¼ cup vegetable oil 3 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour 1¼ teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons granulated sugar ¼ cup nonfat dry milk ¼ cup potato starch 3 tablespoons King Arthur Flour Cake Enhancer (optional)* 2 teaspoons rapid rising, bread machine or instant yeast (For the purposes of this recipe, I used SAF-Instant brand yeast.)

Butter for rubbing on top of rolls Baker’s Joy Baking Spray Spray the canister of your bread machine lightly with Baker’s Joy. Pour water and oil into the canister. In a mixing bowl, combine flour, salt, sugar, dry milk, potato starch and cake enhancer (if using). Pour flour mixture on top of the water and oil. Make an indentation in the center of the dry ingredients with your finger and add the yeast, being careful not to let it come in contact with the liquid. Set your bread machine on the

“dough” cycle and process. When cycle completes, remove dough from canister and knead for a few seconds on a lightly floured surface. Divide dough into quarters, then cut quarters into 4 even pieces. Roll pieces into balls, then place balls in an 8-inch, lightly greased cake pan, spacing evenly. Loosely cover pans with a tea towel and allow to rise in warm place, free of drafts, about 1 hour or until rolls are expanded and puffy looking. Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or until golden brown and the interior of the rolls

registers 190 degrees on an instantread thermometer. (If tops of rolls are over-browning before they are done, cover loosely with aluminum foil during baking.) Remove pan to a wire rack. While rolls are still hot, lightly rub tops with a stick of butter, just until coated (This will give you a soft crust.) Makes 16 rolls.*King Arthur Flour Cake Enhancer is a product sold by King Arthur Flour (www.kingarthurflour.com; 1-800 827 6836) that may be used in cake batters and bread dough to make cakes and loaves softer, moister and stay fresher longer.

Buttermilk-Honey Rolls (Started in a breach machine, but finished by hand) 1¼ cups buttermilk, warmed 3 tablespoons butter, melted 3 tablespoons honey 3¼ cups King Arthur Unbleached Bread Flour ¼ teaspoon baking soda 1½ teaspoons salt 3 tablespoons King Arthur Flour Cake Enhancer (optional)* 1½ teaspoons rapid rising, bread machine yeast or instant yeast (For the purposes of this recipe, I used SAF-Instant brand yeast) Butter for rubbing on top of rolls Baker’s Joy Baking Spray

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Spray the canister of your bread machine lightly with Baker’s Joy. Combine buttermilk, butter and honey, then pour into the canister. In a me-

dium mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, soda, salt and cake enhancer (if using). Pour flour mixture on top of the buttermilk mixture. With your finger make an indentation in the flour and carefully pour in yeast. (Do not allow yeast to come into contact with liquid). Start machine on dough cycle. When cycle completes, remove dough from canister and place on a lightly floured surface. Knead for a few seconds. Divide dough into quarters, then cut quarters into 4 even pieces. Roll pieces into balls, then place balls in an 8-inch, lightly greased cake pan, spacing evenly. Loosely cover pans with a tea towel and allow to rise in warm place, free of drafts, about 1 hour or until rolls are expanded and puffy looking. Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for 20

to 25 minutes, or until golden brown and the interior of the rolls registers 190 degrees on an instant-read thermometer. (If tops of rolls are overbrowning before they are done, cover loosely with aluminum foil during Soft and billowy, it’s nearly impossible to eat just one baking.) Remove Buttermilk-Honey Roll. pan to a wire rack. kingarthurflour.com; 1-800 827 6836) While rolls are still hot, lightly rub top with a stick of but- that may be used in cake batters and ter, just until coated (This will give you bread dough to make cakes and loaves a soft crust.) Makes 16 rolls. *King softer, moister and stay fresher longer. Arthur Flour Cake Enhancer is a prodSee ROLLS, page B-2 uct sold by King Arthur Flour (www.

Virginia brewery taps 300-year-old beer recipe By MICHAEL FELBERBAUM Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va. — What do you get when you combine water, American persimmons and hops and ferment it with yeast? A beer based on a 300-year-old recipe scribbled in a cookbook kept by Virginia’s prominent Randolph family. Ardent Craft Ales in Richmond recently brewed “Jane’s Percimon Beer” unearthed

from the book in the Virginia Historical Society’s collections from the 1700s that contains food, medicinal remedies and beer recipes. The formula for the Colonial-era concoction is one of thousands of alcoholic recipes in the society’s collection that provide a glimpse into what Virginians and others were drinking in the 18th century and other points in history. “You can feel a connection across time when you’re

‘With a lot of these recipes, the real fun of it is trying to figure out where the little pieces of wisdom hid in the recipes.’ — Tom Sullivan drinking something that maybe hasn’t been drunk for a couple hundred years,” said Paul Levengood, president and CEO of the Virginia Historical Society,

a privately funded nonprofit that collects, preserves and interprets the state’s history. “It’s a fun way to bring the past into the present.” C

As one would expect, the process of brewing the beer was dramatically different from the techniques and equipment used in modern-day brewing. Where current recipes include very specific instructions on the amount of ingredients and timing, the handwritten formula of just a few short sentences contains no detailed instructions or quantities. The first trial run using about 17 pounds of persimmons yielded only three gallons

of beer. “With a lot of these recipes, the real fun of it is trying to figure out where the little pieces of wisdom hid in the recipes,” said Tom Sullivan, who brewed the beer with fellow Ardent Craft Ales co-owner Kevin O’Leary. “If you’re making this stuff for yourself and your family and drinking it all the time, you bet your bottom dollar the end product was good.” See BEER, page B-2

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

SUGAR COOKIES This is a recipe I got from Lois McGahan. She called it…

Annie’s Sugar Cookies I have used this over and over for several years. They melt in your mouth! In the summer I sprinkle cinnamon and sugar on them. In the winter, crushed peppermint sticks or crushed lemon drops are so delicious. Frosting is another option. 1 cup powdered sugar 1 cup white sugar 1 cup butter room temp 1 cup vegetable oil Cream in mixer Add: 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla, or lemon or almond extract

Beat until fluffy Add: 4 cups flour - one cup at a time 1 tsp each,cream of tartar, baking soda and salt Mix well. Chill at least one hour. I make ahead of time and freeze. Roll in small balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten with the bottom of a glass dipped in sugar. Sprinkle on your favorite topping. Bake at 350 ° for about 10 minutes until lightly browned. The recipe will yield four pans of six rolls each, so you can bake what you need and freeze the rest if desired.

ANNIE’S ORANGE WHITE CHOCOLATE CHIP DELIGHTS

Big Batch Quick Dinner Rolls

This IS MY recipe. I took all the ingredients that I like in a cookie and applied it to the basic rich cookie dough. My cookie tester, Bob says” Yumm those are keepers.” 2/3 cup butter 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup white sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon grated orange rind Mix until fluffy: Add: 1/3 cup of concentrated frozen orange juice - no need to thaw. Mix until light and fluffy In a small bowl mix with a fork: 1 1/2 cup flour 1/4 tsp soda 1/2 teas salt With mixer running on low, slowly add the dry ingredients in and mix one minute.

Recipe source: King Arthur Flour, www.kingarthurflour.com

Add: 1 1/2 cups old fashion oatmeal. Slowly mix one more minute. Remove from mixer stand and fold in: 1 12oz pkg of white chocolate chips 1 cup of coconut 1/2 cup crushed walnuts or pecans Drop on a greased cookie sheet - do not crowd. Bake at 350° for 15 to 20 minutes. Variations: In place of white chips use chocolate chips — in place of walnuts, use macadamia nuts, Bet you cannot eat just one!! Find both of these recipes in my cookbook “Eat Dessert First” page 65.

OLD FASHION BREAD PUDDING I love bread pudding. I collect the recipes. Of all the fancy ways of baking bread pudding, this is still my favorite, because it is so simple! Good to take to Church suppers and Christmas parties Heat: 1/2 cup crushed walnuts (op) 2 cups of milk 1 tsp cinnamon 1/4 cup butter 1/2 tsp nutmeg 1/2 cup sugar Stir lightly and pour into a buttered 1 1/2 Pour over: quart casserole dish or buttered 9 X13 pan. 4 cups of dry bread cubes in a large bowl: Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon and Stir and let set to cool, about half hour. bake 350° for 40 to 55 minutes. Add: Serve with thick cream, whipped cream or 2 eggs, slightly beaten ice cream. 1/4 tsp salt Call me! I will be right over! 1/2 cup raisins or Craisins

½ cup lukewarm water 2 cups warm milk (100 to 110 degrees) 3 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons sugar 1 tablespoon salt 2½ tablespoons yeast, instant preferred 6 to 7 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour

Combine the water, milk, butter, sugar, salt and yeast in a large bowl, or the bowl of your stand mixer. Stir well and let sit for 6 to 8 minutes, or until you see the yeast begin to foam. Add 5 cups of flour and mix by hand or with the paddle attachment until the dough forms a rough, shaggy mass. The dough will not form a ball at this point, but will be just shy of coming together. Add flour, ½ cup at a time and blend with the dough hook until a smooth ball begins Bake the rolls for 20 to 25 minutes or until to form. Knead by hand for about 10 minutes, or by machine for 4 to 5 minutes until a soft, smooth golden brown and an internal thermometer reads ball of dough is formed. The dough should feel 190 degrees. You can brush the baked rolls with melted butter if desired. Serve warm, store leftelastic and slightly tacky to the touch. overs in a plastic bag for up to 3 days. If you Lightly spray your work bowl with cooking want to freeze the unbaked buns, place in the spray and place the dough in the bowl. Spritz the pans as described in step 6 and allow to rise for top of the dough with spray as well and cover 10 minutes. Wrap airtight and freeze for up to lightly with plastic wrap or a shower cap. Let 4 weeks. To bake, thaw overnight in the fridge, rise for 20 minutes at room temperature or until then unwrap and bake as directed.

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he series is written by a 44 year resident of Alaska, Ann Berg of Nikiski. Ann shares her collections of recipes from family and friends. She has gathered recipes for more that 50 years. Some are her own creation. Her love of recipes and food came from her Mother, a self taught wonderful cook. She hopes you enjoy the recipes and that the stories will bring a smile to your day. Grannie Annie can be reached at anninalaska@gci.net

for Dad to get a step stool, put it in the closet, reach way back in the darkness and pull out the big box of Christmas tree decorations. By then the “fluff and fur” and had died down and we all had fun putting the lights on and miles of rope, tied together Cookbooks make great gifts! in various lengths. My favorite The “Grannie Annie” Cook Book Series includes: “Grannie Annie’s Cookin’ on the Woodstove”; was putting the ornaments in “Grannie Annie’s Cookin’ at the Homestead”; “Grannie Annie’s Cookin’ Fish from Cold Alaskan Wa- specific place on the branches. A few years we put tinsel on ters”; and “Grannie Annie’s Eat Dessert First.” They are available at M & M Market in Nikiski.

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Co-Owner of Ardent Craft Ales, Kevin O’Leary, takes a sample of Persimmon beer at the facility in Richmond, VA., Dec. 2. Ardent Craft Ales is tapping into the Virginia Historical Society’s collections to serve up a 300-year-old beer made with persimmons from a cookbook from the 1700s. The beer recipe is one of several in the society’s collection that provide a glimpse into what Virginians and others were drinking in the 18th century.

the dough is full and puffy. Gently deflate the dough and pat out to a rough rectangle about 8 inches by 12 inches. Cut the dough into 4 long strips, then cut each strip into 6 portions for a total of 24 dough balls. Shape into round balls as you would shape meatballs, using your cupped hands to roll the dough. Spritz your hands with cooking spray to prevent sticking. You can place the rolls into any of the following pans, wellgreased or lined with parchment paper: one halfsheet baking pan or 2 quarter-sheet pans. Two 13 x 9 x 2-inch pans; or 8 or 9-inch round baking pans, or a combination of any of these pans. After the rolls are in the pans, cover again with your plastic wrap and let rise at room temperature for another 20 to 25 minutes, or until well rounded and full looking. If you are baking now, preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

And how does it taste? The light peach-colored concoction conjures touches of sweetness and tangerine-like notes from the persimmons and just a whisper of spiciness from the English Golding hops. The libation is considered a table beer, clocking in at an extremely easy-drinking 3 percent or less of alcohol by volume. That would be pretty typical of alcoholic beverages of the time that were enjoyed with many meals. In 1790, annual per-capita alcohol consumption for those over age 15 was 34 gallons of beer and cider, five gallons of distilled spirits and one gallon of wine, according to US government figures cited in an article in the “Colonial Williamsburg” history magazine. Unlike alcohol that was boiled and fermented, water at that time included high levels of bacteria that sickened

the tree to Moms utter disgust. She did not like the mess they made and how they tended to grab you if you walked to close to the tree, because of the static dry air. I have never bought tinsel and probably never will ! I see it is available again ! Tree decorated, lights twinkling, it was time for a glass of milk with Dad. Sometimes Mom made hot cocoa - hot milk - cocoa and sugar stirred until all was dissolved. It was so good. Dad had his glass of milk with chocolate cake mashed into the glass. If he had hot

cocoa he would have some of Moms cookies lined up in front of him and he would “dunk” them in his cup of cocoa. We all followed suite, trying to “slurp” a little louder than the other. My Dad was the loudest “slurpper.” Mom would act like that was not the “thing to do” and tried to have a stern look on her face, but I think I detected a smile once in a while! Next week: Making popcorn balls for Santa to give away at the Christmas pageant.

‘That’s the great thing about Virginia, right? You’re tripping over (history) every day and you don’t even realize it sometimes.’ — Tom Sullivan those who drank it. Sullivan said the brewery hopes to comb through other recipes in the society’s collection and create other beers from Virginia rich beer history. And with craft beer gaining consumer interest across the country, Levengood said the partnership presents an opportunity to discuss alcohol production and consumption throughout history. Archaeologists recently uncovered the remains of what is likely an 18th century brewery on the campus of the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg. Officials at the nation’s second oldest college say the discovery will allow them to tell a broader story about

campus life in the Colonial era that involved the interaction of slaves, Native Americans, faculty and students. And beer caves built in 1866 along the James River in Richmond were listed on the National Register of Historic Places earlier this year. The brick and granite remnants were from the James River Steam Brewery founded by David G. Yuengling Jr., son of the founder of “America’s Oldest Brewery” in Pottsville, Pa., the year after the fall of Richmond to Union troops. “That’s the great thing about Virginia, right? You’re tripping over (history) every day and you don’t even realize it sometimes,” Sullivan said.

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Wife’s birthday gag gift turns out to be a turn-on called her names and he beat me up. I called the police, he was arrested, jailed, and I filed for divorce. It has been six years and I have moved on, but I’m still angry over their cheating. They got married and invited mutual friends who knew of their affair. All of them attended the wedding. When I questioned a few of them about why they didn’t Abigail Van Buren tell me he was cheating on me, they said it was “none of their business.” (Oddly enough, those people thought nothing of socializing with the cheaters.) I’d like to know how many of your readers would tell someone their spouse was cheating. I know I would, because affairs aren’t innocent fun. Just to add to the end of my story, my ex and his DEAR ABBY: I was married for six years and trophy wife are now divorcing after three years of marhad three children with my husband. He always said riage. The reason? He caught her cheating! he hated people who cheat on their spouse, but then — THE EX-MRS. IN ILLINOIS he had an affair with a married co-worker, a woman DEAR EX-MRS.: These “friends” may not have who had three kids. We had a huge argument about it. I told you because they either didn’t want to get in-

volved, or they had already chosen whose side they planned to be on. I suspect many readers will want to chime in on your question. And I also suspect that, unlike years ago when folks opted to remain silent, the majority will say they feel the spouse has a right to know because they would want to be told. DEAR ABBY: Please provide advice on hugging a woman without it seeming like I am more interested in experiencing a free feel of her breasts than in just hugging her. Any help or suggestions will be appreciated. — HEALTHY AMERICAN MALE DEAR H.A.M.: If you are hugging women you don’t have much of a relationship with, your intention could be misconstrued. If you think your attempt to be warm and friendly might be regarded as making a pass, then you shouldn’t do it, or you may be considered less a “healthy American male” than a creepy lecher. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www. DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars A baby born today has a Sun in Sagittarius and a Moon in Leo. HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014: This year you open up to more adventure, which allows your creativity to surge. You easily could become known as an “idea person.” You always seem to land on your feet, even if you give in to your innate impulsiveness. If you are single, you will have your pick of suitors. Your biggest dilemma will be choosing whom to date. If you are attached, your sweetie might be taken aback at times by your spontaneity. Indulging him or her with tokens of your affection will help. LEO makes a delightful playmate. 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) HHHHH A friend could be hot under the collar as of late, particularly today. A vague sense of confusion surrounds a project, yet someone you respect adds clarity. This person is full of ideas; brainstorm with him or her more often. Tonight: Midweek break. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH Venus, your ruling planet, changes signs and helps you see the big picture. Travel could be part of your life in the next few weeks. Do not get yourself into a rigid situation or become involved with an unusually controlling individual. Tonight: Head home early. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHHHYou’llchoosetherightwords and naturally say the right thing. Nevertheless, someone might de-

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ity, even if it means having to avoid a family member. Your understanding marks your interactions. Someone close to you will admire the way you handle this matter and will let you know in his or her own way. Tonight: Till the wee hours. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH You will want to approach a matter differently, as you suddenly might be able to see the whole issue in a new light. It’s possible that you won’t be able to convince someone else of the usefulness of your plans. Count on going alone on this path. Tonight: Let your mind wander. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHHYou might enjoy being closer to a loved one. A family member or domestic situation could add some stress to your interactions. Worry less, and go forward. You’ll be able to handle this matter in a creative way. Time is on your side. Tonight: Make time for a close friend. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHHYou could be unusually assertive, and others might be having a strong reaction. Understand that you are triggering these reactions; they are not occurring from out of the blue. Use caution with funds when your mind is elsewhere. Tonight: Say “yes” to an offer. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH “All work and no play” could be a difficult goal to accomplish. In fact, it might be impossible to rein in your imagination today. Your effectiveness could be enhanced if you opt to give yourself a healthy break. Tonight: Run some errands on the way home.

Where do pine nuts come from? Dear Heloise: When dining recently, I had a dish with pine nuts. When I looked for them in the grocery store, I noticed how pricey they are. Why are they so expensive, and do they come from actual pine trees? — Charlotte W. in Indiana Yes, Charlotte, they really come from the pine cones of a pine tree! The seeds (yes, they are seeds, NOT nuts) are inside the cones. This is why they are not cheap - it takes a lot of effort to get these tasty little nuggets to market! The cones are harvested, dried and processed so the “scales” (sort of like pulling off the leaves of an artichoke) come open and the seeds can be removed. Pine nuts have a very sweet and nutty flavor. They are used in pesto sauces, added to cookies and other baking items, or tossed in salads. Usually they are heated and roasted to bring out their flavor. Do store them in the refrigerator. — Heloise Clean sink Dear Heloise: When washing my face in the evening, I put the stopper in the sink. When done, I add a squirt of soap and wash out the sink. A quick rinse, and it stays clean all the time. — Deni A., Midland, Texas Cornbread dressing Dear Heloise: Bake cornbread dressing in muffin tins without paper liners. More people can enjoy the crust, and the leftovers are easily frozen. — Hazel D., via email

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DEAR ABBY: A few months ago, I turned 50 and my co-workers held a small celebration. When we celebrate birthdays, we all have agreed to regift an item (usually a gag gift). One of my presents was a black leather miniskirt and matching vest. I never planned on wearing it, but my husband, “Tom,” and I were invited to an ‘80s-themed Halloween party and I didn’t want to spend a lot of money on a costume, so we decided to go as a rock star and his groupie. I left work early to get ready for the party. When Tom arrived home, he couldn’t keep his eyes or hands off me. We never made it to the party and had the best sex we’d had in years. Before that night, our love life had been practically nonexistent. Abby, please remind readers to always keep intimacy in their relationships. Apparently, Tom and I just needed to be creative and spice things up a little. — HAPPIER IN PENNSYLVANIA DEAR HAPPIER: That’s a great suggestion. Now I know why your jack-o’-lantern was smiling.

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Preparing the Salvation Army Thanksgiving dinner is a Soldotna Rotary family project. Page 2

Santa returns via KFD ladder truck in electric light parade.

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Stanley Ford gives a Christmas moose a lift in the electric light Judges select CARTS electric light parade Peanuts float as 1st place winner. parade.

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elves served homemade cookies and McDonald’s hot chocolate. Then after their Claus consultation they dipped their hand in green paint and made a print on the hand painted Christmas tree that will be on display throughout the holidays at the KVCC, “It was a new idea this year! The kids loved it and really turned out very lovely,” said Kenai Mayor Pat Porter, “There must be over 300 hand prints making up the tree.” As Santa was making his list and checking it twice, thousands of shoppers from all over the Peninsula and Anchorage toured the Kenai Fine Art Guilds two day craft fair that drew a record of over 200 artisans and vendors who set up in every hall, gym and cafeteria space available. By six o’clock the crowds again converged on Kenai City streets along Frontage Rd. for the electric light parade. Early birds who were able to get a parking space set up chairs and wrapped children in blankets

Slumberger float takes 2nd place with lit-up penguins fishing.

for the event. The winning entry in the electric light parade this year went to CARTS whose float featured Snoopy as the Red Barron atop his dog house with Charlie Brown and other Peanuts character. Slumberger’s giant tractor trailer with penguins and polar bears took second and C&C Horse Adventures was third. “It was our biggest crowd ever, of course Mother Nature blessed us with one of the mildest Christmas Comes to Kenai weekends ever and with the nice temperatures everyone came out to participate. It’s so exciting to hear the KCHS Drumline from like a mile away when the parade starts followed by all the awesome floats and fire trucks then after the parade Horse Adventures take 3rd place electric light parade as Christfolks gathered around the big mas Comes to Kenai. bonfire it was just a wonderful way to start this joyous time of the year and my thanks to everyone who participated and made it such a great success for everyone,” said Mayor Porter. See PHOTOS , page A-4

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Soldotna Rotarians & families prepare Thanksgiving dinner for over 150 at Salvation Army community free feed.

FNBA kicks off Salvation Army Kettle season & Soldotna Rotary prepares Thanksgiving Dinner Early Thanksgiving morning a group of Soldotna Rotary Club families and friends gathered at the Salvation Army Church in Kenai to prepare the annual free community dinner with turkey and all the trimmings. “Lots of hands makes for light work! And we probably had about thirty different families represented here this morning,” said Rotarian David Wartinbee, KPC professor of biology, who has coordinated the cooking of the meal for over a decade. Kelly Keating’s family started the event then passed it on to the Rotary Club as the event grew according to Salvation Army envoy Craig Fanning. Fanning estimated that over 150 folks turned out for the Thanksgiving dinner, “It was a great time. Some year’s we’ve had 25 people and up to 200 so we prepare for a couple hun-

dred because we want to send left overs home with everyone. Leftovers are the best part of Thanksgiving,” said Fanning. The day after Thanksgiving is another big day for Fanning and the Salvation Army as they begin their annual Kettle drive that supports their many community service projects throughout the year. The Salvation Army Red Kettle drive has been a hallmark of the S.A. since the first kettle drive in San Francisco in 1891 to raise funds for a Christmas dinner for the poor. Charlie Weimer of First National Bank Alaska and loan officer Aurora Agee kicked off the 2014 kettle campaign by placing the first check of $500 into the Kettle Friday morning amongst the bevy of Christmas trees that will adorn the Soldotna Branch thanks to Dale Dolifka and his wife Rhoda.

“Our branch has been in town for 30 years and I’ve been here that long and this is our way of remembering those folks like Vern Gerhke who rang the bell every year for the Salvation Army and get the season of giving off to a good start. When you give to the Salvation Army you know the money will get to where it is needed and our contribution will help buy toys and clothes for families in need in our community,” said Weimer. The Kettle drive has become a friendly competition between the Kenai, Kenai River and Soldotna Rotary Clubs to see who can collect the most while ringing the bells. Kenai Rotarians were on top last year winning the coveted brass bell trophy, but Fanning made no predictions who would win this year, “I can predict that what all three

Rotary Clubs will bring in this year will account for one third of my budget, so their standing kettle is huge for us,” said Fanning. He is concerned about giving this year, because overall the community’s economy is doing better, “We expect that when the economy is an up economy and people are doing better they tend to think that everybody is doing better, so the result is that they don’t give quite as much as when the economy is down. However, there is a core of our community that even though some of us that are doing better, some are doing worse because costs like electricity and gas have gone up and if you’re on a fixed income that hasn’t gone up so the need in our community hasn’t diminished even though we’re doing better overall,” said Fanning.

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Kassi of Kelsi’s Kloset celebrates 1st Anniversary with big savings KCHS Kardinal grad Kassi Kiel, daughter of Peninsula Brown Bear’s manager Nate Kiel celebrates her first anniversary as owner/buyer of the popular Kelsi’s Kloset in Kenai. Kassi named her store after her sister Kelsi and says the Kiel family likes the letter “K” and hockey, “I’ve been a hockey fan all my life and my two year old son is already on the ice too,” Kassi told the Dispatch. She says her business didn’t start with the idea of owning her own boutique for women’s fashions and accessories but through an on line business she started, “I never expected to own a clothing store, it all started on Facebook through the Peninsula Clothing Closet where I started selling my own things and that turned into a consignment store on line which led to selling all new women’s clothing and accessories and then I opened my retail outlet here at Kelsi’s Kloset in Kenai a year ago. It makes me very happy to have been able to come home where I grew up and be close to my family, but I’m also very glad to have something to offer the community in the way of a personal shopping experience here locally,” said Kassi. Kelsi’s Kloset carries women’s clothing and accessories including jewelry, scarves, designer jeans and well-known

name brand apparel for regular and plus size women. Kelsi’s Kloset will offer daily specials throughout the month of December and this weekend will offer many 1st Anniversary Sale specials Friday and Saturday December 12th and 13th. “As we approach our one year anniversary, we would like to thank everyone for their continued support throughout the year. Without our new and existing customers none of this would be possible. Kelsi’s Kloset has made huge strides over this last year thanks to all of you. We look forward to the coming years. In an effort to show our appreciation, we will be having a one year anniversary special sale on Friday and Saturday, for these two days only everyone will receive 20% off everything storewide; plus additional deals that you don’t want to miss but will have to be present to know about. We hope to see you here and we will also like you to join us for refreshments throughout our two day anniversary celebration.” Kelsi’s Kloset Kassi of Kelsi’s Kloset celebrates 1st Anniversary with big savings. is located on the Kenai Spur Highway just past Arby’s heading toward Nikiski and is open 10:00am – 6:00pm Monday and 9:00am – 7:00pm Tuesday through Saturday including their anniversary celebration this Friday and Saturday.

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The Working Man’s Store offers “Be A Voice” apparel Daughter of homesteader Ken Slater, Sioux Mann was recently inspired to design a patriotic logo of a tattered American flag with the word “RETURN” across the field of blue that she hopes will start a national movement. “I see things that are changing and sometimes my heart breaks and I felt like there was something I needed to do. I thought we all have a voice and our voice can be many things and expressed in many ways, but the bottom line is we still live in the greatest country in the world and we need to return to the things that have never been broken in the first place like honor, respect and loyalty,” Sioux told the Dispatch in an interview. Mann has put her “Be A Voice” logo on hoodies and t-shirts to which is attached a card with the “Homesteader Creed,” she wrote which states, “Being a daughter of a homesteader, my folks, sis and I came to Alaska two months after it became a state. We were raised to love God and country, honor elders, help neighbors and respect

others. We prayed before meals. We knew what ‘family’ meant. We love the land and the Home of the Brave. We played outside instead of being entertained. We were spanked or grounded if we broke the rules. We attended school where we pledged allegiance to the flag every morning. We studied the basics of reading, writing and arithmetic; learned healthy boundaries and good citizenship. Why change something that isn’t broken? “Be A Voice! “As my Dad says ‘We are blessed, gal,” wrote Sioux. “Be A Voice” apparel is available locally at Sweeney’s Clothing and Soldotna Trustworthy Hardware & Fishing. “I believe the logo is telling a story and we are proud of Sioux and to carry her shirts. One person’s voice can make a difference when we unite and work together to better our community, state and nation,” said Sweeney. You can follow Sioux Mann’s movement on Facebook at “Designed by Sioux” and watch for her webSioux Mann, Duke & Sweeney want you to show America’s colors and Be a Voice this holiday season. site that will be coming soon.

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Waterfront Property CLASS ACT ON KENAI RIVER. 3072Sq.ft., 3-bedroom, office, huge rec. room on 1-acre, quality construction, fish dock & 1200sq.ft. shop. MLS#14-15646 $639,000. McKay Investments Co. (907)260-6675

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Apartments, Furnished 1-LARGE ROOM FULLY FURNISHED Soldotna, quiet setting, includes utilities. (907)394-2543.

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MACKEY LAKE 2-Bedroom, 1.5-bath. Quiet, washer/dryer, garage, storage, gas. Very nice. nonsmoking, no pets. $1050 plus, utilities., 262-7084, 398-3327. STERLING Small, 2-bedroom, washer/dryer, $800/ month, plus utilities, gas, tax $15, $900 deposit. No smoking/ pets. (907)262-6093.

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