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TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2015 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Vol. 45, Issue 88

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North Road gravel site on hold

Question Should lawmakers be constitutionally prohibited from using the earnings of the Alaska Permanent Fund to pay for state government? n Yes n No To place your vote and comment, visit our Web site at www. peninsulaclarion. com. Results and selected comments will be posted each Tuesday in the Clarion, and a new question will be asked. Suggested questions may be submitted online or e-mailed to news@peninsulaclarion.com.

Borough drops plan to access material site By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion

tion) is one of the only districts doing something on this level.” The disorder is what Evensen refers to as an “everywhere issue.” Every single teacher at some point will teach a student that has FASD, she said. In 2009, Dr. Philip May proved between 2-5 percent of all live births had some level of the disorder. The Center for Disease Control in 2011 found approximately one in every 100 children will have FASD. “If you apply the higher end

While two groups have parallel plans to extend the North Road, a Kenai Peninsula Borough ordinance to fund a gravel pit access road to aid in the project construction was withdrawn from the Jan. 6 borough assembly agenda. The ordinance, sponsored by Mayor Mike Navarre, was to appropriate $668,000 from the Land Trust Fund to access the Suneva material site, located on 140 acres of borough property off Mile 32 of the Kenai Spur Highway. The borough and the Apache Alaska Corporation have separate plans to extend the Spur Highway beyond Captain Cook State Park and the gravel pit is in close proximity to the proposed project area. Before the ordinance could be introduced, Apache contacted the borough and notified them it hasn’t selected a material site for their project. If Apache proceeds with the purchase of material, it would assume responsibility for the road development to the gravel pit site. At the assembly finance committee meeting Jan. 6, Navarre said there is no need to build the access road unless Apache buys gravel from the borough. “In order to access the gravel pit, a different rightof-way needs to be built,” he

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In the news 2014 warmest on record for Alaska

FAIRBANKS (AP) — It wasn’t quite warm enough to hang up the parkas, but 2014 was the warmest year on record for Alaska, according to the National Weather Service. Based on information from the National Climatic Data Center, the National Weather Service Alaska said 2014 was warmer than 1926, the previous warmest year on record, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported. The agency made the announcement last week on its Facebook page. The National Climatic Data Center stores, monitors and assesses historical weather data from across the country. Climate data for Alaska has been kept since 1918. To figure out the warmest year, the center places temperatures from its Alaska monitoring stations and computes the statewide departure from the long-term average. The baseline for the longterm average is climate data from 1971 to 2000. The center ranks each year based on how the temperatures compared with temperatures throughout the entire historical record. Further information on average temperatures was not immediately available from the weather service. Nearly 200 weather monitoring stations gather data from Alaska locations. Most are operated by the Federal Aviation Administration.

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Welcome back

Kenai Peninsula College student advisers Shauna Thornton and Marsea Hansen welcome college students back to the Kenai River Campus Monday for the first day of classes after the winter break. Thornton, who is a member of the student union, said for the first week back they offer advice for students, help them locate their classes and provide free coffee all while being a familiar face to help students feel comfortable. KPC student Kristopher Butler is on the right.

Individualized learning expnded School district develops curriculum, training to address FASD By KELLY SULLIVAN Peninsula Clarion

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is continuing to expand and evolve outreach for students diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. Training and support programs have reached 400 educators, students and families since the school district identified the education concerning the disability as a priority three years ago, said Director of Pupil Ser-

‘It is very brave for a district to do this.’ — Deb Evensen vices Clayton Holland. A support group called, “Putting the FASD Puzzle Together for Success,” is organized “exclusively for parents who have a child with a FASD Diagnosis,” Holland said. The group is continuing to draw in more members at the start of 2015, Holland said.

Deb Evensen, who teaches and moderates FASD curriculum and training throughout the school district, said the level of education being taught in Kenai Peninsula schools surrounding the disability is almost unique. “It is very brave for a district to do this,” Evensen said. “This (Kenai Peninsula administra-

State transportation commissioner removed By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press

JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker’s administration asked for and received state transportation commissioner Patrick Kemp’s resignation Monday following Kemp’s defense of his department’s pursuit of the Juneau access road, a Walker spokeswoman said Monday. Spokeswoman Grace Jang

said Walker insists on having commissioners aligned with his decisions and policies. Kemp was a holdover from former Gov. Sean Parnell’s administration. He had planned to retire at the end of November but stayed on as acting commissioner after Walker was sworn in Dec. 1. Kemp said Monday that he wasn’t given a reason for his dismissal.

“They just called and said I could go now, so I’m going,” Kemp said in a brief telephone interview. John Binder, who has served as a deputy commissioner, was named acting commissioner, Jang said, adding that Walker plans to decide on a permanent commissioner by month’s end. Late last month, Walker halted new, non-obligated spending on six large-scale projects,

including the Juneau road and Knik Arm crossing, and asked that project managers report on the potential effects of delaying, suspending or terminating contracts. The state is facing multibillion-dollar budget deficits amid much lower than expected oil prices. Kemp defended the Juneau road project in a response memo to Walker’s budget director dated Jan. 5 and made public last

Friday. He attached a presentation given to lawmakers last year that he said showed the cost of ferry service is “highly disproportional” to the number of citizens served. Juneau is not connected to the road system and is accessible by air or water. State-run ferries provide transportation between Juneau and other Southeast communities. Kemp, See STATE, page A-9

Climber summits Denali solo By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota adventurer has succeeded in becoming the first solo climber to reach the summit of Alaska’s Mount McKinley in the month of January, his support team said Monday, citing a GPS tracking device. Lonnie Dupre, of Grand Marais, reached the 20,320foot summit of North America’s tallest peak at 2:08 p.m. Alaska time Sunday, said project coordinator Stevie Plummer. Dupre sent a text message

saying “All OK, Doing Well,” through a SPOT GPS messenger device that showed it was sent from the same coordinates as McKinley’s summit. Plummer then posted on the expedition website and on Dupre’s Facebook page a map generated by the SPOT system, which she said is “extremely accurate,” showing he had made it. She also said he sent a similar SPOT message about 3½ hours later showing he had successfully descended to his high camp at 17,200 feet. “He spent 10 minutes on the summit, took some photos,

then he realized exactly how high up he was and decided to head back down. I guess reality struck at that moment,” Plummer said while en route to Alaska to meet up with Dupre. Plummer spoke with Dupre on Monday, shortly after the climber re-established satellite phone contact for the first time in nearly a week. This was Dupre’s fourth attempt at a solo summit in January of Mount McKinley, also known as Mount Denali. The mountain’s notoriously treacherous winter weather forced See DENALI, page A-9 C

AP Photo/Lonnie Dupre

In this 2012 photo provided by climber Lonnie Dupre, Dupre takes a selfie during a failed attempt to climb the summit of Mount McKinley. Dupre’s support team said Monday that the Minnesota adventurer has succeeded in his fourth attempt to become the first solo climber to reach the summit.

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AccuWeather 5-day forecast for Kenai-Soldotna

Barrow -15/-21

Today

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Cloudy with a little rain

Breezy with periods of rain

Cloudy with a little rain

Periods of rain

Clouds and breaks of sun

Hi: 38 Lo: 31

Hi: 35 Lo: 32

Hi: 40 Lo: 32

Hi: 37 Lo: 26

Hi: 33 Lo: 25

The patented AccuWeather.com RealFeel Temperature® is an exclusive index of the effects of temperature, wind, Sunrise humidity, sunshine intensity, cloudiness, precipitation, Sunset pressure and elevation on the human body.

10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m.

26 31 34 34

Daylight Length of Day - 6 hrs., 26 min., 33 sec. Daylight gained - 3 min., 38 sec.

Alaska Cities Yesterday Hi/Lo/W

City Adak* Anchorage Barrow Bethel Cold Bay Cordova Delta Junction Denali N. P. Dillingham Dutch Harbor Fairbanks Fort Yukon Glennallen* Gulkana Haines Homer Juneau Ketchikan Kiana King Salmon Klawock Kodiak

Last Jan 13

Today 10:00 a.m. 4:27 p.m.

New Jan 20

Moonrise Moonset

Today 2:04 a.m. 12:10 p.m.

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Kotzebue 28/17/pc 43/34/c 39/31/r McGrath 17/9/pc 31/23/pc 36/29/c Metlakatla 48/41/r -14/-20/s -15/-21/s Nome 40/25/pc 27/19/pc 32/26/sn North Pole 22/16/pc 43/38/sh 42/33/sn Northway 13/12/c 48/27/sh 44/35/r Palmer 39/17/sf 18/11/pc 28/19/c Petersburg 45/34/r 12/1/pc 27/19/pc Prudhoe Bay* -10/-15/sn 37/34/sh 41/34/sn Saint Paul 40/38/pc 44/40/sh 42/37/sn Seward 49/31/r 25/23/pc 20/5/sf Sitka 50/45/r 10/3/pc 2/-15/s Skagway 39/34/r 23/22/c 30/19/sn Talkeetna 33/19/pc 20/19/c 21/14/sn Tanana 17/8/pc 37/33/r 42/38/r Tok* 14/9/c 52/32/r 44/38/r Unalakleet 32/27/pc 39/34/r 46/41/r Valdez 34/27/c 46/37/r 49/46/r Wasilla 39/14/sf 27/12/pc 7/-2/s Whittier 41/35/c 43/35/sh 45/31/sn Willow* 27/19/sf 47/37/r 49/43/r Yakutat 42/37/r 45/42/r 45/40/r Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

Unalakleet McGrath 26/22 22/10

Tomorrow 3:18 a.m. 12:30 p.m.

City Albany, NY Albuquerque Amarillo Asheville Atlanta Atlantic City Austin Baltimore Billings Birmingham Bismarck Boise Boston Buffalo, NY Casper Charleston, SC Charleston, WV Charlotte, NC Chicago Cheyenne Cincinnati

35/27/sn 45/31/r 33/23/pc 49/33/r 47/38/r 40/31/r 47/43/pc 38/31/sn 21/1/pc 54/46/r 3/-21/s 35/32/sn 38/34/sn 31/28/sn 22/19/sn 62/49/r 42/34/r 45/37/r 28/15/sn 20/19/c 37/34/r

13/-1/s 45/31/sn 36/24/c 40/31/c 49/36/r 34/23/pc 47/36/c 32/19/pc 28/18/s 45/36/c 19/9/pc 32/21/s 23/12/s 13/-3/s 30/13/pc 55/38/r 32/26/c 42/29/r 16/-1/s 32/13/pc 24/11/s

Today Hi/Lo/W 15/4/s 22/10/pc 48/45/r 29/21/s 20/6/sf 12/-1/c 37/28/c 46/41/r -15/-25/s 39/35/c 41/35/r 46/42/r 43/37/r 39/30/sn 15/5/pc 14/-2/c 26/22/pc 40/28/r 36/28/c 42/36/r 32/27/sn 45/37/r

High ............................................... 37 Low ................................................ 27 Normal high .................................. 24 Normal low ...................................... 8 Record high ....................... 41 (2003) Record low ....................... -40 (1972)

Kenai/ Soldotna 38/31 Seward 41/35 Homer 44/38

Precipitation

From the Peninsula Clarion in Kenai

24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. 0.00" Month to date ........................... Trace Normal month to date ............. 0.39" Year to date .............................. Trace Normal year to date ................. 0.39" Record today ................. 0.32" (1963) Record for Jan. ............. 3.03" (1980) Record for year ............ 27.09" (1963) Snowfall 24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. .. 0.1" Month to date ........................... Trace Season to date ............................ 7.7"

Anchorage 36/29

Bethel 32/26

Valdez Kenai/ 40/28 Soldotna Homer

Dillingham 41/34

Juneau 46/41

National Extremes

Kodiak 45/40

Sitka 46/42

(For the 48 contiguous states)

High yesterday Low yesterday

83 at Pompano Beach, Fla. -29 at Hazen, N.D.

State Extremes High yesterday Low yesterday

Cold Bay 42/33

Ketchikan 49/46

52 at Homer -25 at Nuiqsut

Today’s Forecast

(Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation)

An area of rain will affect northern Florida to southern Virginia today. Cold air will reach from the Midwest to the Northeast. Rain and mountain snow will fall on part of the Four Corners region.

World Cities Yesterday Today Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W

City Cleveland Columbia, SC Columbus, OH Concord, NH Dallas Dayton Denver Des Moines Detroit Duluth El Paso Fargo Flagstaff Grand Rapids Great Falls Hartford Helena Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Jackson, MS

31/28/sn 49/39/r 34/32/sn 31/15/sn 44/37/c 34/32/sn 29/22/sn 15/10/s 30/20/sn 4/-10/s 61/39/c -2/-16/s 44/32/r 26/24/sn 14/-3/sn 35/28/sn 26/17/sn 80/64/s 49/43/c 31/30/sn 58/50/c

16/-5/s 49/33/r 19/6/s 15/-7/pc 39/32/c 17/0/s 33/15/c 15/5/s 12/-5/s 8/4/s 50/33/c 13/5/pc 39/24/sf 14/-9/s 30/18/pc 21/4/s 28/11/pc 79/63/s 50/39/c 15/0/s 43/31/c

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Yesterday Today Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W

Jacksonville Kansas City Key West Las Vegas Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville Memphis Miami Midland, TX Milwaukee Minneapolis Nashville New Orleans New York Norfolk Oklahoma City Omaha Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix

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Fairbanks 20/5

Talkeetna 39/30 Glennallen 30/19

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Readings through 4 p.m. yesterday

Nome 29/21

Full Feb 3

Unalaska 41/36

Almanac From Kenai Municipal Airport

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Internet: www.gedds.alaska.edu/auroraforecast

Temperature

Tomorrow 9:59 a.m. 4:29 p.m.

First Jan 26

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

Prudhoe Bay -15/-25

Anaktuvuk Pass 0/-14

Kotzebue 15/4

Sun and Moon

RealFeel

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66/57/t 32/18/s 83/74/c 62/49/pc 43/38/sh 66/53/pc 39/36/r 48/37/sh 80/75/t 43/32/i 19/12/sn 5/-3/s 47/41/r 72/59/sh 38/35/sn 60/36/r 35/28/c 20/7/s 79/63/t 38/33/sn 67/57/pc

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36/32/r 33/24/sn 49/42/pc 18/5/sn 53/40/pc 63/43/pc 40/36/sh 56/34/pc 67/59/pc 62/47/pc 40/24/sf 52/40/pc 5/-3/s 32/26/c 31/29/sn 76/69/t 28/19/s 67/52/sh 37/31/c 42/35/r 33/19/pc

22/12/s 18/1/s 50/34/pc 32/10/pc 48/23/s 63/38/pc 39/24/pc 50/39/c 67/50/s 61/45/s 42/25/sn 49/36/pc 10/8/pc 33/24/pc 8/-5/s 76/62/sh 25/19/pc 65/43/s 35/23/pc 35/25/pc 28/22/pc

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Today Hi/Lo/W 86/73/pc 53/44/s 77/62/pc 58/35/s 50/40/pc 59/52/r 54/39/pc 85/59/s 48/37/pc 55/33/pc 11/-5/sn 72/43/pc 0/-14/s 37/28/sn 49/41/r 58/44/s 39/24/pc 85/76/t 83/73/t 50/37/s 45/34/pc

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Minnesota exercise instructor turns 100

Clarion Question Results The Clarion question for last week was:

ST. PAUL, Minn. — A 100-year-old exercise instructor says the secret to longevity is an attitude of gratitude. St. Paul resident Lauretta Taggert celebrated her tripledigit birthday this week. Taggert says she doesn’t let her age slow her down — she’s been an exercise instructor for the past 15 years.

How do you feel about the low price of oil?

Results are not scientific

— The Associated Press

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Mountain View Elementary The PTA will be meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 13 at 3:45 in the Library. The Mountain View Site Council will meet Jan. 15 at 4:00 p.m. in the Library. Included in the agenda will be a presentation by the Kenai Police Department on the shift in KPBSD and local law enforcement agencies preparation for, and response to, violent intruders in our schools. The program being initiated is called ALICE which is an acronym for the strategies of Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate. These strategies are not necessarily used in that order. The main idea of ALICE is that in the event of an intruder in our schools the current lockdown procedure is not enough to ensure the safety of our students and staff; multiple response options are needed and those in harm’s way should make their own decisions. This meeting is open to the public. Pajama day is Friday, Jan. 16. Monday, Jan. 19 is a vacation day. There is no school for students.

Nikiski North Star Elementary Parents are welcome to attend our PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention Support) meeting on Friday, Jan. 23 at 8:00 a.m. This meeting will allow parents an opportunity to give input on issues concerning our school. If you need further information, please call the school office at 776-2600. Congratulations to the following students for achieving Perfect Attendance for the first semester: Xavier Rogerss, Levi Ellis, Logan Williams, Levi Crawford, Ethan Ellis, Logan Nicks, Thayne Quiner, Holley Benner, Nolan Boehme, Giaseena Nicks, Liam O’Brien, Julia Smith, Elyshia Benner, Brady Bostic, Sydney Junkert, Celina Martinez, Liam Quiner, Savanna Stock and Trista Apted. The following students achieved Outstanding Attendance for the first semester: Mya Akers, Lilly Anderson, Brooklyn Biamonte, Jamie Bond, Niles Broussard, Bryce Dederick, Brody Dupuis, Serenity Freeman, Griffin Gray, Rucca Gray, Kaiden Grimshaw, Rachel Hansen, James Hemphill, Patrick Henry, Destiny Langston, Jakeup Martin, Justin Martin, Alexander Martinez, Shannon Pitt, Francis Scott, Eli Settlemyer, Candace Simpson, and C

Tyler Treider. Congratulations to all! There will not be any school on Monday, Jan. 19. It is a vacation day for staff and students.

Redoubt Elementary Jan. 13 — PTA Meeting at 3:45 p.m., child care available. Jan. 14 — Site Council Meeting at 3:45 p.m. Jan. 19 — No School – Vacation Day Jan. 23 — Fun Fest Feb. 4 — Early Release Day for students – 1:45 p.m. Feb. 28 — Winter Carnival, noon – 4:00 p.m. Yearbooks are on sale; $15.00 to pre-order. Make checks payable to Redoubt Elementary. Yearbooks will arrive in May. Order forms have been sent home with students. Box Tops Winners last week were: Micah Porter, Urijah Walden, Katelyn Morrison & Claudia Martinez. Keep those Box Tops for education coming, weekly drawings are held so don’t forget to have your child put their name on the back of each Box Top and turn them in at school. Fun Fest will be held Janu. 23 from 3:30-5:00 p.m. Permission slips have been sent home with students. The cost to attend the Fun Fest is $4.00 per student. Volunteers are needed for this event, please call the school if you would like to help with this event. Redoubt’s Third Annual “Winter Carnival” is Feb. 28. This event is open to the community. Come join us for an afternoon of fun. There will be door prizes, raffles, games, and a silent auction. Don’t miss the opportunity to dunk Mr. Pothast in the dunk tank. If you would like to volunteer to help at the carnival please call the school office. Maybe you own a business and wish to make a donation of goods or services for the auction, if so, please contact the school office. Themed basket items are being collected from each classroom for the silent auction, please contact your child’s teacher for the theme of their classroom basket. A complete list will be printed in the school weekly newsletter. Watch the weekly school newsletter for additional raffles and information about the carnival. Raffle tickets are currently on sale for $20.00 each. First place – iPad 64GB, Second Place – 2 RT tickets to Anchorage on Grant Aviation, and Third Place Toshiba Tablet 8GB. The drawing will be at the Winter Carnival on Feb. 28. Only 450 tickets will be sold. Stop by the school office to purchase your tickets. We are looking for volunteers for our Fun Fest and Winter Carnival. If you would like to help with these events we would be happy to have you join us. All volunteers must complete the online school district volunteer form. If you have questions or need assistance with this process please call the school office.

Peninsula Clarion, Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Obituaries

questions, call the Kenai Peninsula Borough Solid Waste Department at 907-262-9667.

Elaine Joyce O’Dell

Prostate cancer support group meets

On Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015, Elaine Joyce (McGahan) (Lincoln) O’Dell, died at The Hospice at the Chaplaincy in TriCities, Washington at the age of 71. She described her fight against endometrial cancer as a “miraculous adventure” that gave her opportunities to make many cherished new friends, be encompassed by the Love of her Savior, and experience changes in her life and heart that only Christ can bring. Elaine’s death was truly a homecoming. Elaine was born to Margaret and Kenneth McGahan on March 23, 1943, in Germfast, Michigan. She moved with her family from Cooks, Michigan, to homestead in Nikiski, in May 1955. She graduated Kenai Central High School in 1960 and was Miss Kenai the same year. Elaine was married to Hal Lincoln (1961-1976) and to John O’Dell (1978-1983), and was proud of the accomplishments and lives of all four of her children. After moving to Alaska, Elaine lived much of her life in Nikiski, but also lived in: Seattle, Washington; Kodiak (1967-1976); Tri-Cities, Washington; and her RV traveling mostly in the Southwest desert. Elaine retired from her long-time job as expediter clerk at Nikiski’s OSK dock facility to enjoy exploring the open highway with her RV. Elaine was generous, loquacious, and never met a stranger. Hugs were her favorite things. She also loved white carnations, butterflies, and the color teal. She loved painting and creating artistic crafts and beautiful things; goldpanning; playing cribbage and other games with friends and family; visiting for hours; reading; and playing all kinds of word games. Elaine was known for her carefully coordinated outfits and attention to small details. While receiving treatment in Tri-Cities, she drew strength from her friends at Columbia Foursquare Church and the promises of her Lord: “‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.’” Elaine is succeeded by her children, Deb (Garry Nolan) McDonald, Danae Powell, Dan (Jennifer) Lincoln, and Donita (Justin Stewart) O’Dell; her grandchildren, Donita, Derek, Jennifer, Andy, Jordan, and Emily; her siblings, Norm (Lois) McGahan, Richard (Karen) McGahan, Jack (Betty) McGahan, Dale (Donna) McGahan, Carol (Beaver) Broussard, and Margie DeShong; her sisters of the soul, Dottie Poulos and cousin Eunice Witalec; and many other cousins, nieces, nephews, in-laws, and cherished friends. She was predeceased by her parents, Margaret and Kenneth McGahan and siblings, Ila Davidson, William “Billy” McGahan, Sharon Otis, and Marvin “Butch” McGahan. A celebration of life will be held in Nikiski in August 2015. In lieu of flowers or cards, donations in honor of Elaine may be sent to Southeast Alaska Organization for Animals (www. akSOFA.org) at PO Box 33226, Juneau, AK 99803. Elaine’s children wish to express deep gratitude to her doctors and treatment teams over the last two years, as well as the staff and volunteers at The Hospice at The Chaplaincy for their skilled and compassionate care and support at end of life.

There will be a meeting for men affected by prostate cancer Hospice of the Central Peninsula is offering Hospice Volunat 6 p.m. Thursday in the Redoubt room at Central Peninsula teer Core Training 2015 at Christ Lutheran Church in Soldotna. Hospital. Family and friends are welcome. For information Friday sessions are Jan. 30 and Feb. 6, 6-9 p.m. Saturday sescontact Jim at 260-4904. sions are Jan. 31 and Feb. 7, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Registration is required. The cost is $25.00/person. For more information, call Hospice at 262-0453 or email Janice at hospice.admin@alaska. Parents of children with special net.

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Sterling resident Clyde Sterling, 85, died Friday, Jan. 9, 2015 at Heritage Place in Soldotna. Services will be announced and a full obituary published at a later date. Arrangements are with Peninsula Memorial Chapel & Crematory.

Peninsula Clarion death notice and obituary guidelines: The Peninsula Clarion strives to report the deaths of all current and former Peninsula residents. Notices should be received within three months of the death. We offer two types of death reports: Pending service/Death notices: Brief notices listing full name, age, date and place of death; and time, date and place of service. These are published at no charge. Obituaries: The Clarion charges a fee to publish obituaries. Obituaries are prepared by families, funeral homes, crematoriums, and are edited by our staff according to newspaper guidelines. Obituaries up to 300 words are charged $50, which includes a one-year online guest book memoriam to on Legacy.com. Obituaries up to 500 words are charged $100, which also includes the one-year online guest book memoriam. Tax is not included. All charges include publication of a black and white photo. Obituaries outside these guidelines are handled by the Clarion advertising department. How to submit: Funeral homes and crematoriums routinely submit completed obituaries to the newspaper. Obituaries may also be submitted directly to the Clarion, online at www.peninsulaclarion.com, or by mail to: Peninsula Clarion, P.O. Box 3009, Kenai, Alaska, 99611. Pre-payment must accompany all submissions not already handled by a funeral home or crematorium. Deadlines: Submissions for Tuesday – Friday editions must be received by 2 p.m. the previous day. Submissions for Sunday and Monday editions must be received by 3 p.m. Friday. We do not process obituaries on Saturdays or Sundays unless submitted by funeral homes or crematoriums. Obituaries are placed on a space-available basis, prioritized by dates of local services. Copyright: All death notices and obituaries become property of the Clarion and may not be republished in any format. For more information, call the Clarion at 907-2837551.

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Has your dream of what parenthood was supposed to be like been turned upside down because of the huge responsibilities of caring for a special needs child? Do you love your child to pieces but sometimes feel like all the fun in your life has disappeared? Being the parent of a special needs child can be both the most exhausting and the most rewarding thing you will ever do in your life. Special Parents Encouraging Amazing Kids meets this Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Kenai River Center on Funny River Road across the street from the Soldotna airport. For more information call Peggy Larson 260-3621 or 394-6310 or email peggysuelee@gmail.com.

Hospice training offered

‘Try it once’ with Change Club To help you achieve your fitness goals in 2015 the Central Peninsula Change Club is offering a series called Try It Once. The first class is “Lap Swimming for Fitness,” to be held Jan. 20, 6-8 p.m., at the Nikiski Pool. This one-time class for beginners will teach you the basics of swimming for fitness including designing an effective workout, and pool etiquette. Cost is $10 per person and limited to 15 participants. Goggles and swim caps will be provided. Contact Cooperative Extension Service at 262-5824 to register or for more information. Registration deadline is January 15.

CERT training starts in February

Tickets on sale for Hospice wine tasting event

The next session of Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training begins Feb. 13 in Soldotna and takes place each Saturday through Feb. 28. This program trains people from all walks of life on disaster preparedness and basic response skills in case of an emergency or disaster on the Peninsula. Classes are held in Soldotna and pre-registration is required. Visit www. kpb.us/emergency for complete schedule and to sign up or call 262-2098. All classes are free of charge.

Hospice of the Central Peninsula presents its Winter Wine Taste Event on Feb. 14 at the Fireweed Fellowship Hall at the Catholic Church in Soldotna at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are availableat the Hospice office. The evening will be filled with many gourmet appetizers and dessert along with paired wines for each course. If you would like to volunteer to help the evening of the event or would like to donate an item for the auctions, contact Hospice. Call Mary Green at 398-1600 or call the Hospice office at 262-0453 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Thursday for more information.

Hazardous waste disposal day scheduled The next hazardous waste disposal day is Saturday, January, 17 from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Central Peninsula Landfill. The Kenai Peninsula Borough’s hazardous waste program gives households and small businesses the opportunity to properly dispose of hazardous waste and chemicals. All businesses must pre-register with Emerald Alaska. Households with more the 55 gallons of waste must also pre-register. Emerald Alaska manages this event; the Kenai Peninsula Borough provides the location. To pre-register and/or for specific waste disposal questions, call Emerald Alaska at 877-375-5040. For general

Orthopedic talks offered Kenai Peninsula Orthopaedics and Dr. Henry Krull will offer a series of free community orthopedic talks monthly at the KPO office, 291 N. Fireweed Street in Soldotna. Talks are from 5:30-6:30 pm The schedule includes: Jan. 15 — Snowmachine safety; Feb. 12 — Minimally-invasive orthopedic surgery. Submit community announcements to news@peninsulaclarion.com.

Space station receives late Christmas gift By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A shipment of much-needed groceries and belated Christmas presents finally arrived Monday morning at the International Space Station. The SpaceX company’s supply ship, Dragon, pulled up at the orbiting lab two days after its liftoff from Florida. Station commander Butch Wilmore used a robot arm to grab the capsule and its 5,000 pounds of cargo, as the craft soared more than 260 miles above the Mediterranean. The space station’s six astro-

nauts were getting a little low on supplies. That’s because the previous supply ship — owned by another company — was destroyed in an October launch explosion. NASA scrambled to get equipment lost in the blast aboard Dragon, as did school children who rustled up new science projects. Then Dragon was stalled a month by rocket snags; it should have gotten to the space station well before Christmas. Mission Control joked about missing not only the December shipment date, but Eastern Orthodox Christmas on Jan. 7 as well for the three Russian crew member. There are also

Community Calendar Today 8 a.m. • Alcoholics Anonymous As Bill Sees It Group, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Unit 71 (Old Carrs Mall). Call 398-9440. 10:30 a.m. • Take Off Pounds Sensibly, for all ages, meets at the Kenai Senior Center. For more information call 907-283-3451. • Toddler Story Time (18 Months-PreK) in the Children’s Area at the Soldotna Public Library. Get up and get moving with stories, songs, and silly fun that encourages your toddler’s language skills! For more information, call 907-262-4227. Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group at 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Suite 71 in the old Carrs Mall in Kenai. Call 262-1917. • Kenai Bridge Club plays party bridge at the Kenai Senior Center. Call 907-252-9330 or 907283-7609. 1 p.m. • National Family Caregiver Support Group meets at the Sol-

dotna Senior Center. Call Shelley at 907-262-1280. • Free Seated Zumba Gold at the Kenai Senior Center. New participants, active older adults, and chair-bound or limited mobility participants are encouraged. • Stress Relief QiGong Practice in the Community Room at the Soldotna library. Enjoy meditation to restore balance to the entire body. Easy and fun exercises. No previous experience or level of physical ability necessary. Parents and children are welcome! With Duane Gibson. 4 p.m. • LEGO Club (Ages 6 and up) on Tuesdays in the Community Room at the Soldotna Library. Tell your stories and build your world with Legos. Bring a friend with you and let your imagination go wild. Adult supervision needed for those under the age of 10. 5:30 p.m. • Nikiski Senior Service Area board meets at the Nikiski Senior Center, 50810 Island Lake Road. Call 907-776-7654 for more information.

two Americans and an Italian on board. “We’re excited to have it on board,” said U.S. astronaut Wilmore said. “We’ll be digging in soon.” He’s especially eager to get more mustard. The station’s condiment cabinet is empty. NASA is paying SpaceX and Orbital Sciences Corp. for shipments. Orbital’s rockets are grounded until next year, however, because of its launch accident. SpaceX — the only supplier capable of returning items to Earth — is picking up as much slack as it can. Russian and Japan also plan deliveries this year.

SpaceX is still poring over data from Saturday’s attempt to land the rocket on a floating barge, the first test of its kind. After the first stage of the Falcon rocket peeled away as planned following liftoff, it flew back to a giant platform floating off the Florida coast. The guidance fins on the booster ran out of hydraulic fluid, however, right before touchdown, and it landed hard and broke into pieces. The California company’s billionaire founder, Elon Musk, was encouraged nonetheless and plans another rocket-landing test next month.

6 p.m. • Weight Watchers, Woodruef Building, 155 Smith Way, Soldotna. Doors open at 5:15; joining members should arrive by 5:30; Getting Started session for newcomers at 6:30. Call 907-2624892. 6:30 p.m. • Narcotics Anonymous “Speaking of Solutions” group at Central Peninsula Hospital, Redoubt Room, Soldotna. 7 p.m. • Lost & Found Grief Self Help Group at Christ Lutheran Church, 128 Soldotna Ave. For more information, call 907-420-3979. 8 p.m. • Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “It works” at URS Club, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. • AA North Roaders Group Step and Traditions Study at North Star Methodist Church, Mile 25.5 Kenai Spur Highway. Call 907-242-9477. • Alcoholics Anonymous Ninichik support group at United Methodist Church, 15811 Sterling Highway, Ninilchik. Call 907-5673574.

The Community Calendar lists recurring events and meetings of local organizations. To have your event listed, email organization name, day or days of meeting, time of meeting, place, and a contact phone number to news@ peninsulaclarion.com.

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Public should play role in city manager selection process As the Homer City Council proceeds

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with the difficult job of finding a new city manager, it should resolve to make the selection process as open as possible and involve the public as much as possible. In fact, there’s no reason there should be any secrecy surrounding the hiring of a new manager. This position arguably is the most powerful within the city, and residents have a vested interest in being both informed about those who apply and being a part of the selection process. Alaska law provides clear guidelines regarding the meetings of “governmental units,” of which the city of Homer is one. These guidelines (in AS 44.66.312) should be uppermost in the minds of the council and the City Manager Selection Committee as they consider who the city’s next manager will be: (a) It is the policy of the state that (1) the governmental units mentioned in AS 44.62.310 (a) exist to aid in the conduct of the people’s business; (2) it is the intent of the law that actions of those units be taken openly and that their deliberations be conducted openly; (3) the people of this state do not yield their sovereignty to the agencies that serve them; (4) the people, in delegating authority, do not give their public servants the right to decide what is good for the people to know and what is not good for them to know; (5) the people’s right to remain informed shall be protected so that they may retain control over the instruments they have created; ... (b) AS 44.62.310 (c) and (d) shall be construed narrowly in order to effectuate the policy stated in (a) of this section and to avoid exemptions from open meeting requirements and unnecessary executive sessions. A 1982 Alaska Supreme Court decision reinforces the principle that executive sessions do not serve the best interest of the public when positions of “high public office” are being filled. In City of Kenai v. Kenai Peninsula Newspapers Inc., a challenge by the Peninsula Clarion of executive sessions to discuss applicants for a city manager’s position, the court said, “Ordinarily an applicant’s reputation will not be damaged by a public discussion of his or her qualifications relating to experience, education and background or by a comparison of them with those of other candidates.” In addition, the applicants for city manager should have no expectation of privacy with regard to their applications, and we appreciate the city making available to the public the resumes and applications of those seeking the position. As noted in the 1982 Supreme Court decision on this issue, city managers “have substantial discretionary authority. The qualifications of the occupants of such offices are of legitimate public concern. Disclosing the names and applications of applicants allows interested members of the public, such as the newspapers here, to verify the accuracy of the representations made by the applicants, and to seek additional information which may be relevant to the selection process.” It’s good news that selection committee plans to provide more clarity about the process during its Jan. 14 meeting. Our hope is that the process will be a model for open government and those applicants who place the highest priority on open government will rise to the top for consideration. We can think of no reason for the council or selection committee to limit access to information about applicants or close the selection process in any way, but, if they do, they need to cite the appropriate laws that allow them to operate out of the public’s eye. And they need to do so before they close the doors on public participation. Homer’s next city manager and the citizens of Homer will have a much better relationship if there’s public involvement in the hiring, and it’s not an arranged marriage. For a how-to, the council could borrow from the process the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District uses in hiring principals, which includes the public sitting in on interviews with applicants, submitting questions to be asked and even weighing in with their top pick. As it moves forward in filling this key position, the council and selection committee would do well to remember the manager not only works closely with the council but also the citizens the council serves. — Homer News, Jan. 8

Is Paris burning?

The late Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist for the Los Angeles Times, Paul Conrad, frequently used religious symbols to illustrate his point of view. Conrad drew the ire of some readers whenever he used the Star of David or a cross in his drawings. Letters to the editor denounced him, but to my knowledge no one showed up at the newspaper to kill him. This is the difference between radical Islam and other faiths. Jews and Christians have been targets of persecution, but with rare exceptions in modern times those faiths do not encourage, or tolerate, murder in the name of God. Were he alive today, I wonder if Conrad would draw a cartoon that depicts the Prophet Mohammed in a bad light — or any light — following the terrorist murders last week in Paris. The latest, but most certainly not the last, terrorist attack in Paris is part of a much larger problem exacerbated by Western governments and Western thinking. It is delusional to think that by allowing people into our countries with little or no experience in religious diversity, tolerance, freedom of the press and democracy they will want to become like us. We think they will “catch” democracy, study war no more and beat their weapons into ploughshares. Instead they use our freedoms to promote oppression, intolerance and censorship. Those who have left countries where few, if any, Western virtues are practiced are not going to be “converted” to faith in democracy. Homegrown terrorists like the Paris killers, are part of the same breed, which wishes to destroy societies they regard as wicked, claiming they are “just obeying orders” from their god. The Charlie Hebdo killers, identified as Cherif Kouachi and his brother Said, were, after two days, cornered in a print shop in Dammartin-en-Goele and killed in the standoff. They wanted to die as martyrs. They died as murderers. The West’s “reach out” strategy has failed to modernize the anti-modernists, not only in France, but in Germany and

England where enclaves of radical Muslims live according to their own laws in “no go” zones. Are we now stuck with the consequences of our wrongheadedness? Can nothing be done to reverse Cal Thomas the trend? Is there no other strategy than to denounce murder “in the strongest possible terms” and pretend that Islam in whatever shade one wishes to color it has no responsibility for things done in its name? As usual, it is left to the United States to take the lead, but we are not. Our leaders won’t even call these mass murders by their right name. If the perpetrators claim Islam inspires and motivates them, what right do we have to contradict them? President Obama is emptying Guantanamo prison of the remaining terrorists to fulfill a campaign promise. In doing so he is not fulfilling his oath of office to defend the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. According to the Associated Press, in 2008, Cherif Kouachi “had been sentenced to three years in prison in Paris for helping to funnel prospective jihadi fighters from France to Iraq. He

served 18 months, with the remainder of his sentence suspended.” He then returned to the “battlefield” — happy to die there. Said Kouachi reportedly traveled to Yemen in 2011, which raised a red flag with the French government, but, according to the Wall Street Journal, the intelligence services were forced to stop monitoring the brothers when funding ran out. We should be attacking terrorist training camps in Yemen where the Paris shooters reportedly were trained. We should also outlaw all radical groups with ties to terrorism, confiscate their money and deport non-U.S. citizens. In the 1966 film, “Is Paris Burning?,” a German agent during World War II is sent to the French capital with orders to set Paris ablaze should the Allies enter the city. He refuses and as Paris is liberated, a caller from Berlin asks, “Is Paris burning?” In 2015, the answer is “not yet,” but the match was lit years ago and the combustible material is everywhere, provided by aggressive and expanding radical Islam. What will France, the rest of Europe and the U.S. do to extinguish what has now become a flaming torch? Readers may email Cal Thomas at tcaeditors@tribune.com.

New Congress brings new hope for Alaska For the first time in eight years, Republicans control both chambers of Congress. While our eight-vote majority in the Senate is not enough to unilaterally overcome filibusters or presidential vetoes, it is enough to restore regular order and actual debate on important issues. The changes we are bringing to the Senate — including longer work weeks and an open amendment process – will create opportunities for bipartisan coalitions to promote policies that strengthen Alaska and our nation. In this new Senate, Alaska will hold the gavels of both the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee. The combination of these powerful positions provides a singular opportunity for us to pursue policies that protect and strengthen Alaska’s rightful role as an American energy powerhouse. These new positions are critical for creating a bright future for our families. We now hold the gavels of the panels with both policy and spending authority over the federal agencies that control more than 60 percent of the public lands in our state. I will continue to be a tireless advocate for Alaskans — on a life-saving road for King Cove, increased access to our federal lands, offshore oil production, monetizing our natural gas resources, the responsible development of the Arctic coastal plain, and more — except now, federal officials will have no choice but to listen. Alaska’s natural resources are vital to our prosperity. That is why it’s in our interest to make our energy supplies as abundant, affordable, clean, diverse, and secure as possible. The best way to achieve these goals is to lead by example and encourage inclusive debate in both the committee and subcommittee. Bipartisanship and the flexibility to create solutions where perhaps none existed before are important, and I stand ready to

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A laska S en . L isa M urkowski work with federal agencies to create opportunities in Alaska. But that collaborative spirit ends when President Obama’s policies restrict access or stifle Alaskans. The greatest single issue of concern for many Alaskans is the high cost of energy. The good news is that we now have a unique opportunity to revisit our energy policies. Congress has not passed comprehensive energy legislation since 2007. Much has changed in the intervening years. It’s time to reimagine our energy policies and ensure that Alaska once again has a prominent role — as a source of supply for our nation, and a testbed for promising new technologies. As chairman I will pursue an aggressive energy and public lands agenda that promotes Alaska’s economic independence and self-reliance, all while respecting our environment. Implementing policies of abundance will help us finally access our rich resources. That includes the NPR-A — which has become a petroleum reserve in name only under President Obama — the waters of the outer continental shelf, the forests of Southeast, and many other areas where access has been prohibited. Promoting abundance is just the first step to making energy affordable. We must also look to energy efficiency to reduce costs for families and communities. From Kotzebue to Metlakatla and from Bethel to Eagle, improved energy efficiency for public buildings and homes offers a real opportunity to reduce energy bills. Voluntary programs rather than more government

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regulation is key to success. We must look for ways to continue building on the investments the Denali Commission and state of Alaska have made in energy for our communities and our people. Sadly, too many in Washington see policy as a pathway to protect Alaska from the people that live there. This attitude is especially visible in the current state of Arctic policy, where studies rather than investment is driving the agenda. With the United States taking over the Arctic Council this year, we must use our new leadership role to promote policies that respect the wishes of the Alaskans who call the Arctic home — and allow them to build lasting economies and create opportunities for their children. Low oil prices are creating a level of uncertainty about state revenues and some may want to look to Washington, D.C. for short-term answers, but lasting solutions will not come from another federal program. Instead they will come from policies that provide new access, facilitate new production, and finally achieve economic independence. With a restored Senate and key chairmanships, Alaska is well served in the 114th Congress. We should all be excited by the opportunities ahead. Sen. Lisa Murkowski is Alaska’s senior senator and chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the Interior Appropriations Subcommittee. She has been a member of the energy committee since 2002.

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Business Business News Chambers set schedules n The Soldotna Chamber of Commerce’s annual community awards celebration is at noon today at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. RSVP to 262-9814. Chamber members receive two complimentary tickets; additional tickets are $20. n The Soldotna Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon Jan. 20 at Froso’s Restaurant in Soldotna. An Emergency Management update is planned. RSVP to 262-9814. n The Kenai Chamber of Commerce next meets at noon Jan. 21 at the Kenai Visitors Center. RSVP to 283-1991.

Clarion press operator, carrier recognized The Peninsula Clarion recently recognized one of its press operators and one of its carriers for their efforts. Eric Trevino, a press operator at the Clarion since 2010, recently was given the Fred Anglebrandt Extra Mile Award, periodically given to an employee who best exemplifies going above and beyond their duties. Trevino was recognized for always Trevino doing more than is expected of him, and for his outstanding team attitude. Jim Nelson was recognized as an outstanding carrier for the Clarion. Nelson delivers papers in the Kasilof area and has not missed a day in 12 years as a contractor for the Clarion. Nelson makes the circulation department’s work easier because of his consistency, accuracy and his attitude. If there is a Clarion employee or contractor who you would like to recognize for going above and beyond their duties, stop by the office at 150 Trading Bay Road, Suite 1, in Kenai, or call 907-283-7551.

Builders to hold membership meeting The Kenai Peninsula Builders Association will be holding their January membership meeting on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Mykel’s Restaurant. Guest speaker will be Rick Roeske, Executive Director of the Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District. Guests are welcome to attend. For more information or to RSVP, please call 283-8071.

AK-CESCL storm water training program offered

The Kenai Watershed Forum is sponsoring two Alaska certified erosion and sediment control lead training sessions Feb. 9-10 in Soldotna. This training explains the erosion process and how to obtain and comply with the EPA NPDES Construction General Permit. The course will describe the key elements of a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan and stormwater Best Management Practices. This is a requirement for people who work on Alaska DOT roads. Other people who may need this certification include commercial and residential builders, project engineers, natural resource managers and anyone responsible for creating, maintaining or evaluating a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan.

Caribou Family Restaurant 2 receives award Caribou Family Restaurant 2 has been selected for the 2014 Best of Soldotna Award in the Family Restaurants category by the Soldotna Award Program. Each year, the Soldotna Award Program identifies companies that have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and our community. These exceptional companies help make the Soldotna area a great place to live, work and play. Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2014 Soldotna Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the Soldotna Award Program and data provided by third parties.

Farm business workshops slated Kenai Soil & Water Conservation District invites current and prospective farm business owners to attend one of three educational workshops entitled “Flowers, Fruit & Vegetables: Profitable Opportunities in Alaska.” Presenters Jeff Tranel and John Hewlett of RightRisk, LLC (Colorado) will teach participants how to assess and manage the unique risks of farm businesses with crop insurance, good records and other risk management tools; how to calculate annual profits and longterm return on investment; and how to manage farm income taxes. Sessions are Jan. 26 from 9 a.m. to noon at Homer Public Library and Jan. 26 from 6 to 9 p.m., at Kenai Community Library. There is no charge to attend, but registration is required. To register for Kenai Peninsula locations, contact Heidi Chay at 283-8732 ext. 5 or kenaiswcd@gmail.com.

Applications due for Dream Big Small Business of the Year Awards Program Applications are due by Feb. 2, 2015 for the Dream Big Small Business of the Year Awards Program. There are many businesses here on the Kenai Peninsula that could qualify for this award, so submit your application. There is a great chance to win $10,000 to help you with your business in 2015. The Dream Big Small Business of the Year Award, sponsored by Sam’s Club, celebrates the success of small business and honors its contributions to America’s economic growth. This is a chance to win a $10,000 cash prize and gain national recognition for your business! Are you a small business owner with a unique story to tell? If so, then we want to hear from you! The winner, and the 7 regional finalists, and 100 Blue Ribbon winners will be acknowledged on June 9 during America’s Small Business Summit in Washington, D.C. Eligible small businesses can apply by completing the application form, found at https://www.uschamber.com/americas-small-business-summit-2015/dream-big-award. The application fee is $25 for U.S. Chamber of Commerce members and $150 for non-members. The $150 fee includes a one-year Small Business Alley Level Membership to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Business announcements may be submitted to news@ peninsulaclarion.com.

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Cupcakes on the crazy side Nikiski baker uses unique recipes in her wares By IAN FOLEY Peninsula Clarion

For the last four years, Sierra Lehl of Nikiski has been creating unusual gourmet cupcakes. Wanting to share her affection for unique culinary treats, she opened her own bakery, 1 Crazy Cupcake. Lehl first started making cupcakes from scratch when her daughter needed them for a school celebration. She said that the initial results weren’t promising. “The first (cupcakes) turned out horribly,” Lehl said. “They were awful.” Instead of getting discouraged, Lehl said that she needed to prove to herself that she could make something amazing, so she started baking in her free time. She enjoyed it so much that she quit her previous job last September to focus on her baking business full time. To ensure she remains interested, Lehl has experimented with an array of cupcake flavors including maple bacon, peanut butter and jelly, root beet float and s’mores. More typical flavors are also available. “It’s always different,” Lehl said. “It’s always a challenge, so I really enjoy that. It keeps me entertained. I offer so many different flavors and (they’re all) so completely different. It’s not run of the mill.” Lehl said that sometimes people are

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Some of Sierra Lehl’s cupcake creations.

perfect before it leaves the door,” Lehl said. “(I want to make sure) it tastes great and looks great. Then I can sell it. I’ve thrown away so many cupcakes it’s not even funny. It’s ridiculous.” Recently, Lehl began making cupcakes containing various beers and liquors. “My margarita cupcake is my favorite,” Lehl said. “I try to use top-shelf liquors. For the margarita, I use the 1800 (Tequila) Silver, and it’s fantastic. The taste of the tequila in the frosting and I put a tiny little bit of salt on it and lime — it’s wonderful.” Lehl is also open to new cupcake ideas from customers. “I’d really love people to do that,” she said. “It keeps me interested and keeps me going. If somebody calls and says, ‘My son really likes Doritos and Mountain Dew together,’ you know, I’d really love to try and make a Doritos and Mountain Dew cupcake.” In the future, Lehl envisions having a food truck to help her sell treats in places as far as Homer and maybe even try to cater events. As for the origin of the company’s name? “I’m kind of nuts and crazy,” Lehl said. “And the cupcakes — some of the flavors are crazy and fun.”

hesitant to try some of the unique flavors, but when they try them, they are often swayed. Lehl distributes her baked goods by pickup, delivery or through Tammy’s Flowers and Gifts in Soldotna. While there are several ways to procure her unique cupcakes, Lehl said that only the best ones are made available. Reach Ian Foley at Ian.foley@peninsu“Every order — I want to make sure it’s laclarion.com.

More card reader options for businesses By JOSEPH PISANI AP Business Writer

NEW YORK — Small business owners looking to ditch traditional credit card readers have more options than ever. Online retailers Amazon and Etsy are just two of the latest companies to offer mobile credit card readers to small companies, joining the likes of Square, PayPal and Intuit. Mobile credit card readers are small devices that stick into a smartphone or tablet and allow credit cards to be swiped and accepted from anywhere. Small business owners say mobile readers can be cheaper than traditional instore credit card readers, which often charge higher fees. Dr. Greg Werner, a chiropractor in New York, ditched his traditional credit card reader for Square four years ago to save money. Werner has two offices, one in Manhattan and the other in Eastchester, New York. His prior credit card reader company charged his business about $50 a month for each machine. Werner now has a Square at each office that he plugs into his iPhone or iPod Touch. The device itself is free, but it takes 2.75 percent of every swipe. Werner’s old credit card reader charged about 1.7 percent for each swipe for most credit cards, plus an additional 15 cents. Swiping an American Express card cost about a percent more. He estimates that he’s saved several thousand dollars since making the switch. The device has also been a hit with Werner’s patients, who like that Square emails them receipts. “My patients love it,” he says. Since starting in 2009, Square had become one of the largest mobile credit card reading companies on the market. Square no longer discloses how many businesses use its device, but in 2012 the company put that number at more than 2 million businesses. And for the first time earlier this month, it processed more than $100 million in sales in a single day.

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This Jan. 6 photo shows mobile credit card readers that connect into a smartphone, or tablet, and let business owners accept credit card payments, in New York. In the top row, from left, are readers from Chase Bank, Spark Pay, and PayPal. Bottom row, from left, are readers from Pay Anywhere, Square, and Etsy.

Businesses need to do the math to see if using a mobile credit card reader is cheaper than a traditional one, says Todd Ablowitz, president of payments consulting company Double Diamond Group. Bigger businesses that accept a lot of credit card payments may find traditional credit card terminals cheaper in the long run. They charge monthly fees, but they generally take a smaller percentage of each transaction, sometimes below 2 percent, says Ablowitz. Mobile readers make sense for online businesses that rarely sell goods in person. Ruthie Youngman, the owner of jewelry company LoveYourBling, mostly sells her handmade baubles on LoveYourBling. com and online marketplace Etsy.com. But she occasionally heads to craft fairs and other events, which is when she brings Square’s device with her. Without the ability to accept credit cards, she would miss out on potential sales. “People just don’t carry cash anymore,” Youngman says. Small business owners should also be aware of change coming to credit card industry this year. Credit card issuers will start making cards with

PC sales decline leveling off SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Despite some glimmers of recovery, the personal computer industry is still struggling with declining sales, according to two market reports issued Monday that show global PC shipments fell in 2014 for the third year in a row. One research firm, Gartner, estimated shipments actually increased 1 percent in the fourth quarter. Using different methods, a second firm calculated that shipments fell 2.4 percent in the fourth quarter, but that’s not as bad as the 4.8 percent decline that researchers at International Data Corp. had forecast for the period. Sales actually improved for several of the world’s biggest computer-makers, including Lenovo, Hewlett-Packard and Dell, which gained market share from smaller manufacturers in the last quarter. C

computer chips that are supposed to make it tougher for hackers to steal credit card numbers and other information.

The chip-based cards can be dipped into a terminal, instead of being swiped. In October, merchants that don’t update their credit card terminals to accept chip-based cards will be expected to pay the cost of any fraud that occurs on one of the cards. Square is already taking pre-orders for a reader that can accept cards with chips. The new reader, which will cost $29, can also swipe cards, and the free swipe-only device will continue to be available. Square’s competitors haven’t announced plans yet, but many expect to offer a reader than accepts chip-based cards in the future. Not all card issuers will be offering chip-based cards right away, Ablowitz says, so small businesses will have to decide if they want to make the switch based on how many chip-based cards their customers start to use.

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Nation & World 6 terror suspects may be at large

Around the World Divers find both black boxes in AirAsia crash, but only 1 retrieved from bottom of Java Sea PANGKALAN BUN, Indonesia — Divers retrieved one black box Monday and located the other from the AirAsia plane that crashed more than two weeks ago, key developments that should help investigators unravel what caused the aircraft to plummet into the Java Sea. The cockpit voice recorder was found hours after officials announced that the flight data recorder had been pulled from beneath a piece of the aircraft’s wing and brought to the sea’s surface, said Suryadi Bambang Supriyadi, operation coordinator for Indonesia’s national search and rescue agency. He said the voice recorder was about 20 meters (66 feet) away from the data recorder but remained lodged beneath heavy wreckage, and divers were struggling to free it at a depth of 32 meters (105 feet). Searchers began zeroing in on the location a day earlier after three Indonesian ships picked up intense pings from the area, but they were unable to see the devices due to strong currents and poor visibility. The two instruments, which emit signals from their beacons, are vital to understanding what brought Flight 8501 down on Dec. 28, killing all 162 people on board.

Once cautious in promoting the recovery, Obama now a full-throated cheerleader WASHINGTON — For most of last year, President Barack Obama tempered his pitch on the economy: It may be improving, he would say, but millions of Americans had yet to benefit from the rebound. But now that caveat is gone, replaced by a bullish new message as Obama marches into his second-to-last year. “American resurgence is real,” he says. “Don’t let anybody tell you otherwise.” Despite multiple signs the recovery is indeed taking hold, some are saying otherwise, from conservatives to liberals in the president’s own Democratic Party who point to stagnant wages and a yawning income gap between rich and poor. The clashing messages reflect Obama’s need to boost his economic credentials and establish a post-recession legacy, and the desire by lawmakers to push their divergent economic policies. Obama’s retooled message, which he is unfurling as he approaches his Jan. 20 State of the Union address, comes as the public begins to warm toward the economy. An AP-GfK poll last month found negative perceptions of the economy overall are down compared with four years ago, with 57 percent describing it as “poor” compared with 83 percent who did in November 2010.

Pakistani school reopens nearly a month after Taliban massacred 150 students and staff PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Pakistani children returned on Monday to the school where Taliban gunmen killed 150 of their classmates and teachers last month, clutching their parents’ hands tightly in a poignant symbol of perseverance despite the horrors they had endured. It was the first time the school had reopened since the assault and security was tight. The nation has been reeling from the Dec. 16 terrorist attack in Peshawar — one of the worst Pakistan has experienced. The violence carried out by seven Taliban militants put a spotlight on whether the authorities can end the stubborn insurgency that kills and maims thousands every year. The massacre also horrified parents across the nation and prompted officials to implement tighter security at schools. For Peshawar parents like Abid Ali Shah, Monday morning was especially painful as he struggled to get his sons ready for school, something his wife used to do. She was a teacher at the school and was killed in the violence. Both of his sons attended the school. The youngest was shot in the head but survived after the militants thought he was dead. “A hollowness in my life is getting greater. I am missing my wife,” Shah said. He said he had wanted to shift his children to a different school or city but decided not to because they still have to take exams this spring: “Everything is ruined here, everything.”

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press

PARIS — As many as six members of a terrorist cell involved in the Paris attacks may still be at large, including a man who was seen driving a car registered to the widow of one of the gunmen, police officials said Monday. Two French police officials also told The Associated Press that authorities were searching the Paris area for the Mini Cooper registered to Hayat Boumeddiene, the widow of Amedy Coulibaly. Turkish officials say she is now in Syria. The disclosures came as France deployed 10,000 troops to protect sensitive sites — including Jewish schools and neighborhoods — in the wake of the attacks last week that killed 17 people last week. Brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi, as well as Coulibaly, their friend who claimed ties to Islamic extremists in the Middle East, died Friday in clashes with police. One of the police officials said the cell consisted of about 10 members, and that “five or six could still be at large.” He

‘A little girl was telling me earlier that she wanted to live in peace and learn in peace in her school.’ — Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve did not provide their names. The other said the network was made up of about eight people and included Boumeddiene. One of the other men believed to be part of the network has been seen driving Boumeddiene’s car around Paris in recent days, the two officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the investigation with the media. They cautioned that it was not clear whether the driver was an operative, involved in logistics, or some other, less violent role in the cell. One of the officials also said Coulibaly apparently set off a car bomb Thursday in the town of Villejuif, but that it did not receive significant media attention at the time because no one was injured. Prime Minister Manuel Valls said the manhunt is urgent be-

cause “the threat is still present” after the attacks that began Wednesday with 12 people killed at the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo by gunmen the police identified as the Kouachi brothers. Authorities said Coulibaly killed a policewoman Thursday and then killed four people at a kosher supermarket Friday before all three attackers were slain in two nearly simultaneous clashes with security forces around Paris. Paris’ Marais district — one of the country’s oldest Jewish neighborhoods — was filled with police and soldiers by midday Monday. About 4,700 of the security forces would be assigned to protect France’s 717 Jewish schools, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said. “A little girl was telling me earlier that she wanted to live in peace and learn in peace in her

school,” Cazeneuve as on a visit to a Paris Jewish classroom, where the walls were covered with children’s drawings of smiling faces. “That’s what the government, that’s what the Republic, owes to all the children in France: security in all schools, especially in the schools that could be threatened,” he added. The children listened and waved both Israeli and French flags. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the Paris kosher grocery where four of the hostages were killed Friday. Volunteers, meanwhile, recited prayers over the bodies of some hostage victims as they were prepared for burial by the Jewish Burial Society in Paris. Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said the nationwide deployment of troops would be completed by Tuesday and would focus on the most sensitive locations. “The work on these attacks, on these terrorist and barbaric acts continues ... because we consider that there are most probably some possible accomplices,” Valls told BFM television.

Key US military command’s key sites hacked By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Hackers claiming to work on behalf of Islamic State militants seized control of the Twitter and YouTube sites of the military’s U.S. Central Command on Monday. The Pentagon swiftly suspended the sites and said it appears that no classified material was breached. The hacker group appears to be the same one that is under FBI investigation for hijacking the websites or Twitter feeds of media outlets in the last month, including a Maryland television station and a New Mexico newspaper. The Central Command Twitter site was filled with threats that said “American soldiers, we are coming, watch your back.” Other postings appeared to list names, phone numbers and personal email addresses of military personnel as well as PowerPoint slides and maps. Most of the material was labeled “FOUO,” which means

Iran’s influence in Iraq solidifies as it eclipses US in helping fight Islamic State militants BAGHDAD — In the eyes of most Iraqis, their country’s best ally in the war against the Islamic State group is not the United States and the coalition air campaign against the militants. It’s Iran, which is credited with stopping the extremists’ march on Baghdad. Shiite, non-Arab Iran has effectively taken charge of Iraq’s defense against the Sunni radical group, meeting the Iraqi government’s need for immediate help on the ground. Two to three Iranian military aircraft a day land at Baghdad airport, bringing in weapons and ammunition. Iran’s most potent military force and best known general — the Revolutionary Guard’s elite Quds Force and its commander Gen. Ghasem Soleimani — are organizing Iraqi forces and have become the de facto leaders of Iraqi Shiite militias that are the backbone of the fight. Iran carried out airstrikes to help push militants from an Iraqi province on its border. The result is that Tehran’s influence in Iraq, already high since U.S. forces left at the end of 2011, has grown to an unprecedented level. Airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition have helped push back the militants in parts of the north, including breaking a siege of a Shiite town. But many Iraqis believe the Americans mainly want to help the Kurds. Airstrikes helped Kurdish forces stop extremists threatening the capital of the Kurdish autonomous zone, Irbil, in August. But even that feat is accorded by many Iraqis to a timely airlift of Iranian arms to the Kurds.

Obese preschoolers slim down in Head Start study; focus on nutrition, activity CHICAGO — Head Start programs have been shown to help poor children do better in school, but they may also help them fight obesity, a study suggests. During a year of Head Start preschool, obese and overweight children were much more likely to slim down than comparison groups of kids. The study involved almost 44,000 preschool-aged children in Michigan and the researchers, from the University of Michigan, acknowledge it has weaknesses. But they say the potential benefits are important because obesity is so hard to treat and affects low-income children disproportionately. — The Associated Press

“For Official Use Only,” but none of it appeared to be classified or sensitive information, suggesting the hackers did not breach classified material. One of the documents appeared to be slides developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln Laboratory, a federally funded research and development center focused on national security. The slides appeared to depict what it called “scenarios” for conflict with North Korea and China. “This is little more than a prank or vandalism. It’s inconvenient and it’s an annoyance. But that’s all it is,” said Col. Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman. “It in no way compromises our operations in any way shape or form.” Warren said Pentagon officials are in contact with Twitter and YouTube to ensure that military passwords and other security for such public websites are adequate. The tweets came shortly after U.S. Central Command posted its own tweets about the

U.S. and partner nations continuing to attack Islamic State terrorists in Iraq and Syria and one repeating a report that said France will deploy an aircraft carrier to the fight. The hackers titled the Central Command Twitter page “CyberCaliphate” with an underline that said “i love you isis.” And the broader message referred to the ongoing airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria and threatened, “We broke into your networks and personal devices and know everything about you. You’ll see no mercy infidels. ISIS is already here, we are in your PCs, in each military base.”

It added: “US soldiers! We’re watching you!” The intrusion on the military Twitter account carried the same logo, CyberCaliphate name and photo that appeared on the Albuquerque Journal’s website in late December when one of its stories was hacked. And earlier this month, it appeared that the same hackers breached the Journal’s Twitter account and also took over the website and Twitter feed of WBOC-TV in Salisbury, Maryland. The FBI at the time acknowledged it was looking into the Albuquerque case, and WBOC said it was also in contact with the agency.

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OSU tops Ducks for true national title By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer

ARLINGTON, Texas — Ohio State can add the newest version of the national championship trophy to a case that already has a bunch of the old ones. The Buckeyes’ third-stringer matched Oregon’s Heisman winner as Cardale Jones led Ohio State past Marcus Mariota and the Ducks 42-20 in the first College Football Playoff national championship game Monday night at the $1.2 billion home of the Dallas Cowboys. Behind their bullish backup quarterback and the relentless running of Ezekiel Elliott, the Buckeyes (14-1) completed a remarkable in-season turnaround with a dominating performance against the Ducks (13-2). “The chase is complete,” Ohio State coach Urban Meyer said. “It’s done. It’s over. They accepted their final mission, their final assignment and their final directive, and they did it. That was our whole mantra this last couple of weeks. A job well done, and we’re very grateful.” Ohio State began the first major college football playoff as the fourth and final seed, and as a team that faced questions about whether it belonged at all. It was a team that never would have had a chance to win a title under the old postseason system. No question about it now: Ohio State is the truest champion big-time football has ever crowned, showered by golden confetti as its band played “Hang on Sloopy” when the clock hit 0:00. Meyer’s Buckeyes overcame two injured Heisman contenders and one awful early season loss at home to Virginia C

On Tap Peninsula high school sports Tuesday Basketball Soldotna girls at Homer, 6:30 p.m. Soldotna boys at Homer, 8 p.m. Kenai boys at Seward, 7:30 p.m. Kenai girls at Seward, 6 p.m. Ninilchik girls at CIA, 5 p.m. Ninilchik boys at CIA, 6:30 p.m. Nikiski JV girls at Nikolaevsk, 5 p.m. Nikiski JV boys at Nikolaevsk, 6:30 p.m. Thursday Hockey Palmer at Homer, 7:30 p.m. Colony at Kenai, 4:45 p.m. Wasilla at Soldotna, 7:15 p.m. Basketball Wasilla Lake girls at Ninilchik, 6 p.m. Wasilla Lake boys at Ninilchik, 7:30 p.m. Nikiski Tip-Off Tournament Houston girls vs. Kotzebue, 2:45 p.m. Houston boys vs. Kotzebue, 4:15 p.m. Dillingham girls vs. Nikiski, 5:45 p.m. Dillingham boys vs. Nikiski, 7:15 p.m. Friday Hockey Colony at Homer, 7:30 p.m. Wasilla at Kenai, 1:45 p.m. Palmer at Soldotna, 4:15 p.m. Wrestling Kenai, Soldotna at Glenn Vandergaw Invitational Basketball Dimond girls at Soldotna, 6 p.m. Bartlett boys at Soldotna, 7:30 p.m. Seward girls, boys at Bethel, TBA Ninilchik girls at Seldovia, 6 p.m. Ninilchik boys at Seldovia, 7:30 p.m. Wasilla Lake Christian boys at Nikolaevsk, 6 p.m. Nikiski Tip-Off Tournament Dillingham girls vs. Houston, 2:45 p.m. Dillingham boys vs. Houston, 4:15 p.m. Kotzebue girls vs. Nikiski, 5:45 p.m. Kotzebue boys vs. Nikiski, 7:15 p.m. Saturday Hockey Wasilla at Homer, 7:30 p.m. Palmer at Kenai, 1:45 p.m. Colony at Soldotna, 4:15 p.m. Wrestling Kenai, Soldotna at Glenn Vandergaw Invitational Skiing Besh Cup at Fairbanks Basketball Eagle River boys at Soldotna, 1:30 p.m. Dimond girls at Kenai, 3 p.m. Bartlett boys at Kenai, 4:30 p.m. Seward girls, boys at Bethel, TBA Wasilla Lake girls at CIA, 1 p.m. Wasilla Lake boys at CIA, 2:30 p.m. Nikiski Tip-Off Tournament Kotzebue girls vs. Dillingham, Noon Kotzebue boys vs. Dillingham, 1:30 p.m. Houston girls vs. Nikiski, 3 p.m. Houston boys vs. Nikiski, 4:30 p.m. Sunday Skiing Besh Cup at Fairbanks

Tech to win their first national title since 2002. Back then, the Bowl Championship Series decided the top team at the end of the season — usually. Before that, it was up to The Associated Press and coaches’ polls to sort out which team was best, with a little help from the bowls. The Buckeyes have three of those championships, too. And Meyer now has three, adding this one for his home state team to the two he won for Florida. It’s taken just three seasons in Columbus for Meyer to put the Buckeyes — and the Big Ten — back on top, with a team that looks built to last. Elliott, a sophomore, ran for 246 yards and four touchdowns on 36 carries. In the last three games against Wisconsin, Alabama and Oregon, Elliott had 696 yards rushing. “It was our dream. It came true,” Elliott said. “With all the stuff we went through to get here, it’s just crazy. It doesn’t feel real.” Jones, who took over three games ago for the injured J.T. Barrett (who had taken over at the start of the season for the injured Braxton Miller), passed for 242 yards and a touchdown and ran for score. The 250-pound third-year sophomore proved he could keep up with Mariota — at least on this night. Mariota passed for 333 yards and two touchdowns, but the Ducks’ warp-speed spread offense missed too many red-zone opportunities and couldn’t unleash its running game against linebacker Darron Lee and an Ohio State front seven stacked with future NFL draft picks. Even with the benefit of four Ohio State turnovers, the Ducks were held to their lowest point total of the season, four touchdowns below their aver-

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Ohio State’s Ezekiel Elliott celebrates his touchdown run during the first half of the NCAA college football playoff championship game against Oregon on Monday in Arlington, Texas.

age coming in. Oregon has done just about everything as it has blossomed into a national power over the last two decades, but it will likely continue the search for its first national championship without Mariota. Barring a major surprise, the junior is likely to turn pro — though he wouldn’t talk about his upcoming draft decision Monday night. Elliott scored the game’s last

three touchdowns, finishing off the rout with a 1-yarder with 28 seconds left. While Elliott slipped and darted through the Ducks, Jones pushed them around and shook them off. When Jones surged and spun his way into the end zone with 4:49 left in the second quarter it was 21-7 Ohio State and the O! H! I! O! chant made the dome in North Texas sound like the horseshoe in Columbus. The

Ducks were facing their largest deficit of the season. If there was any concern that fans wouldn’t travel to the championship game in the new postseason system, the packed house at the home of the Dallas Cowboys, awash in Buckeyes’ scarlet and Ducks’ yellow, put that to rest. The crowd of 85,689 was as charged as any BCS national championship game. The Ducks’ fans awoke early in the third quarter.

Ohio State was driving on the first possession of the second half toward more points when Jones’ pass bounced off Jalin Marshall’s chest and into the arms of Danny Mattingly for Ohio State’s third turnover. Unlike the first two Oregon takeaways, the Ducks turned this one into points in a hurry. Mariota hit Byron Marshall on a slant and he streaked 70 yards for a touchdown, barely breakSee TITLE, Page A-8

Fox, Broncos agree to part ways By The Associated Press

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — John Elway is looking for a new coach after agreeing to part ways with John Fox following Denver’s latest playoff meltdown. Fox won the AFC West all four of his years in Denver, but each of those seasons ended in ugly fashion in the playoffs, culminating with Sunday’s 2413 upset by Indianapolis. Fox might already have something in the works with another franchise — he didn’t shoot down a pregame report Sunday night that he could be

available if the Broncos lost. Neither Fox nor Elway would say what was discussed Monday when they met other than it was time to split up. So, Fox is out after going 49-22 in Denver, including the playoffs, following a 78-74 record in nine years with the Carolina Panthers, counting the postseason. Just how hurt was Manning? ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — If Peyton Manning’s injury was worse than he let on, his team-

mates sure didn’t see it. In the aftermath of his poor playoff performance in the Broncos’ 24-13 loss to Indianapolis, Manning said the right thigh bruise he suffered Dec. 14 at San Diego lingered but wasn’t bad enough to sideline him. On Monday, ESPN, citing two people it didn’t name, reported that Manning played with a “torn” quad muscle, the severity of which he had tried to conceal. However, two people with knowledge of Manning’s health told The Associated Press it was

“a strain,” as the team had characterized it all along. They both spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the subject. Unger, Maxwell should be fine for Seahawks RENTON, Wash. — The Seattle Seahawks expect center Max Unger and cornerback Byron Maxwell to be fine for Sunday’s NFC championship game versus Green Bay. Seattle coach Pete Carroll said Monday that Unger ap-

peared to be fine after having the back of his legs rolled up on in the fourth quarter of the Seahawks’ win over Carolina on Saturday. The concern was that Unger had re-aggravated a high-ankle sprain. “I think he’s come out OK,” Carroll said. “Very fortunate on that one.” Maxwell was ill last week and was limited to just four snaps on special teams in part because he didn’t have the stamina to stay on the field for more than just one play at a time.

High-scoring Flyers scorch Lightning By The Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — Jake Voracek was one of five Flyers to score in the second period, leading Philadelphia to a 7-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday night. Voracek, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, Mark Streit and Brayden Schenn all scored in a 6 minute, 52-second span in the second to chase goalie Evgeni Nabokov and help the Flyers match a season high in goals. Michael Raffl also scored in the five-goal period. Voracek boosted his NHL-best point total to 52. Claude Giroux, who turned 27, had two assists to give him 34 on the season and match his teammate for the league lead. Voracek and Giroux were named NHL All-Stars over the weekend.

Even with the All-Star duo enjoying sensational game-winning goal, moving him past Peter Bondra for first seasons, the Flyers entered the game 14th in the East- place in franchise history. Ovechkin also now has scored a goal in six of his last seven games. ern Conference. CAPITALS 2, AVALANCHE 1

KINGS 2, MAPLE LEAFS 0

WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin scored a tiebreaking power-play goal late in the second period to help the Capitals beat the Avalanche. Jay Beagle also scored and Braden Holtby stopped 31 shots to earn his 21st victory for the Capitals. Alex Tanguay scored for the Avalanche, and Semyon Varlamov finished with 36 saves. Ovechkin snapped a shot past Varlamov from left circle after passes from Troy Brouwer and Nicklas Backstrom with 2:14 left in the second period. It was Ovechkin’s 74th

LOS ANGELES — Martin Jones made 19 saves in his seventh career shutout, and Anze Kopitar scored in the opening minute of the Kings victory over the Maple Leafs. Marian Gaborik got an empty-net goal to seal Jones’ third shutout in his last four starts for the defending Stanley Cup champions, who snapped their three-game skid with just their second victory in seven games. Jonathan Bernier stopped 18 shots by his former Los Angeles teammates in the Maple Leafs’ third game under interim coach Peter Horachek.

Tempers flare as Rockets cruise past Nets By The Associated Press

NEW YORK — James Harden scored 30 points, carrying Houston on a night when Dwight Howard did little after fighting with Kevin Garnett, and the Rockets beat the slumping Brooklyn Nets 113-99 on Monday. Garnett was ejected in the first quarter after head-butting Howard in the face and throwing the ball at him, while Howard received a technical foul after appearing to punch or slap Garnett in the neck. Howard had a quiet night otherwise, finishing with eight points and five rebounds, but the Rockets didn’t need much in the middle while dominating from the outside with 16 3-pointers in 40 attempts. Mason Plumlee scored a career-high 24 points for the Nets, who lost their

sixth straight. Houston has won four in a row, all by double digits, and blew away a Nets team that had held its previous eight opponents under 100 points, the longest streak in the NBA this season. PISTONS 114, RAPTORS 111 TORONTO — Brandon Jennings had 34 points and 10 assists, and Detroit won for the ninth time in 10 games. Greg Monroe had 22 points and 10 rebounds as the Pistons snapped a four-game losing streak against Toronto. Jodie Meeks scored 11 of his 13 points in the fourth quarter and Jonas Jerebko had eight of his 10 in the final period. Jonas Valanciunas scored a career-best 31 points and had 12 rebounds for the Raptors, who lost for the fifth time in six games. Kyle Lowry had 10 points and 12 assists, C

Greivis Vasquez scored 16 and Lou Wil- and 14 rebounds, and Derrick Rose had 18 liams had 15. points and seven assists. Andre Drummond also had a double-double in Detroit’s sixth consecutive road win, CELTICS 108, PELICANS 100 finishing with 10 points and 14 rebounds.

MAGIC 121, BULLS 114 CHICAGO — Nikola Vucevic had 33 points and 11 rebounds, and the Magic snapped a six-game losing streak. Orlando shot a season-high 59 percent from the field in its first win in Chicago since an 83-82 victory on Dec. 16, 2013. The Magic had lost three in a row and 12 of 15 against the Bulls since the start of the 2010-11 season. Victor Oladipo also scored 33 points for the Magic. Vucevic was 16 for 24 from the field in his NBA-best 23rd double-double of the season. Pau Gasol paced Chicago with 28 points

BOSTON — Jared Sullinger had 27 points and 10 rebounds for Boston, and rookie Marcus Smart nailed a key 3-pointer in the closing minute. The Celtics won for the third time in their last 12 games. Jae Crowder scored 22 points, Marcus Thornton had 13 and Brandon Bass finished with 12. Anthony Davis led the Pelicans with 34 points, nine rebounds and four assists. Eric Gordon scored 21 points, and Tyreke Evans had 19 points and eight boards. Clinging to a 101-100 lead, Avery Bradley’s shot was blocked by Davis in the lane, before Smart nailed a 3 from the left corner, falling into the seats as the shot swished through the basket with 39.7 seconds left.

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Konrad survives 16-hour swim Former Dolphin fell from boat By STEVEN WINE AP Sports Writer

PLANTATION, Fla. — The former NFL fullback entered the room with a wobble in his walk, and needed assistance climbing a podium so he could face a media throng and discuss his death-defying 16-hour swim to shore. Rob Konrad sipped from a bottle of water, his efforts to rehydrate ongoing four days after the episode. His wife sat at his side rubbing his leg in support, and tears welled in their eyes as he spoke Monday. “Happy to be here,” he began with a wry smile. “I shouldn’t be here,” he said later, his voice cracking. The 38-year-old Konrad’s escape was a testament to willpower and world-class athleticism. The first reports of his adventure last week received worldwide attention. Even endurance swimmer Diana Nyad was impressed. “It’s an incredible story,” Nyad said. “Taking his life in his hands and deciding he was going to save himself, I admire him.” Konrad, who played for the Miami Dolphins from 1999 to 2004, had been around boats since his childhood on Boston’s North Shore. So he knew what it meant when he fell off his 31foot Grady-White while fishing alone nine miles from land. “A boater’s nightmare,” he said. He swam to Palm Beach, covering a distance of 27 miles before ringing the doorbell of an oceanfront home for help at 4:30 a.m. Thursday. The U.S. Coast Guard last week provided a brief summary of the events. Konrad, still weak after several days in the hospital for treatment of hypo-

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ing the goal line before nonchalantly dropping the ball. Moments later, another Ohio State turnover. Jones looked a little bit like Florida State’s Jameis Winston in the Rose Bowl as the ball just slipped from his hands trying to throw under pressure. Oregon recovered in deep in Ohio State deep territory. The Buckeyes held and this time the Ducks sent Aidan Schneider out to kick a 23-yard

thermia and dehydration, held a news conference to fill in the details. They were hard to believe, he and his wife agreed. “It was a miracle he made it home,” Tammy Konrad said. Her husband said he was taking his boat for servicing last Wednesday and decided to do a little fishing along the way. He had caught a large fish and was tending to the rod when a large wave hit, flipping Konrad into the ocean. His boat was on autopilot and headed east. There were no other boats in sight. Konrad wasn’t wearing a life preserver. It was 12:30 p.m. “I realized I was in some real trouble,” he said. Konrad quickly decided to swim toward shore, although he figured the trip would take more than 10 hours, and feared succumbing to hypothermia or cramps after two or three hours. The ocean temperature was in the low 70s — far from frigid, but a lot colder than his body temperature. So Konrad decided he’d better keep moving. He took off his shirt and began alternating between a breaststroke and backstroke. He said he’s not much of a swimmer, but Nyad figures his football experience made a big difference. “We’re not really talking about a swimming story. We’re talking about a survival story,” Nyad said. “I’m sure his background as an athlete — toughness, having resolve, knowing things are going to be painful — were the saving grace for him.” Konrad said he got bit “by a whole bunch of stuff.” A shark circled before moved along. “There was a lot of stuff glowing at night, probably some jellyfish,” he said. field goal to make it 21-20. In the first half Oregon, which goes on fourth down — especially near the goal line — more than most teams, passed on the field-goal attempt on fourth-and-goal from the 3 and Thomas Tyner was stopped a yard short of the goal line. Suddenly, an extra three points looked as if it could come in handy for the Ducks. But by the time Elliott went in from 2 yards out with 9:44 left in the fourth to make it 3520, it was moot. The rest of the night turned into a Buckeyes Bash.

Scoreboard Basketball The AP Top 25

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 11, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking: Record Pts Prv 1. Kentucky (63) 15-0 1,623 1 2. Virginia (2) 15-0 1,561 3 3. Gonzaga 16-1 1,446 6 4. Duke 14-1 1,432 2 5. Villanova 15-1 1,358 8 6. Louisville 14-2 1,264 5 7. Wisconsin 15-2 1,200 4 8. Utah 13-2 1,185 9 9. Kansas 13-2 1,100 12 10. Arizona 14-2 1,037 7 11. Iowa St. 12-2 922 17 12. Notre Dame 15-2 903 13 13. Wichita St. 14-2 832 15 14. Maryland 15-2 801 11 15. North Carolina 12-4 719 18 16. West Virginia 14-2 627 14 17. VCU 13-3 578 20 18. Oklahoma 11-4 485 16 19. Arkansas 13-2 431 23 20. Texas 12-4 345 10 21. Seton Hall 13-3 298 19 22. Baylor 12-3 278 21 23. N. Iowa 14-2 212 — 24. Oklahoma St. 12-3 132 — 25. Wyoming 15-2 71 — Others receiving votes: Ohio St. 70, Michigan St. 67, Dayton 55, Providence 17, Indiana 15, LSU 12, St. John’s 10, Alabama 7, Georgetown 7, NC State 6, Green Bay 3, Syracuse 3, Butler 2, Oregon 2, San Diego St. 2, TCU 2, Colorado St. 1, Davidson 1, Hofstra 1, Old Dominion 1, SMU 1.

USA Today Top 25 Poll

The top 25 teams in the USA Today men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 11, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Kentucky (31) 15-0 799 1 2. Virginia (1) 15-0 768 3 3. Gonzaga 16-1 713 7 4. Duke 14-1 698 2 5. Villanova 15-1 659 8 6. Wisconsin 15-2 604 4 7. Louisville 14-2 587 5 8. Utah 13-2 556 11 9. Arizona 14-2 548 6 10. Kansas 13-2 521 13 11. Maryland 15-2 455 9 12. Notre Dame 15-2 439 12 13. Iowa State 12-2 418 16 14. Wichita State 14-2 390 15 15. West Virginia 14-2 330 14 16. North Carolina 12-4 328 17 17. VCU 13-3 244 21 18. Oklahoma 11-4 202 18 19. Arkansas 13-2 196 25 20. Texas 12-4 184 10 21. Seton Hall 13-3 170 19 22. Northern Iowa 14-2 135 23 23. Baylor 12-3 116 22 24. Oklahoma State 12-3 51 — 25. Ohio State 13-4 47 20 Others receiving votes: Michigan State 35, Wyoming 28, Indiana 25, St. John’s 25, Dayton 22, Colorado State 20, Georgetown 19, Providence 16, Old Dominion 10, Stanford 10, Alabama 8, San Diego State 6, LSU 5, SMU 4, Syracuse 4, N.C. State 2, Mississippi 1, Rhode Island 1, Saint Mary’s 1.

The Women’s Top 25

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 11, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking: Record Pts Prv 1. South Carolina (28) 16-0 868 1 2. UConn (7) 14-1 846 2 3. Baylor 14-1 777 5 4. Louisville 15-1 728 6 4. Texas 13-1 728 3 6. Tennessee 14-2 722 7

Sports Briefs Ronaldo is FIFA Player of Year ZURICH — Cristiano Ronaldo hopes his third FIFA Player of the Year award brought him closer to being remembered as one of soccer’s all-time greats. The Portuguese forward, who led Real Madrid to its record 10th European title, received 37.66 percent of votes of national team coaches and captains and selected media to add to the FIFA awards he won in 2008 and 2013. He matched Zinedine Zidane and “I want to become one of the greatest players of all time,” Ronaldo said through a translator during Monday night’s acceptance speech. “Of course, this requires a lot of effort and I hope to get there.” Messi, the Argentine star forward on Barcelona, was second in voting with 15.76 percent, just ahead of goalkeeper Manuel Neuer (15.72), who helped Germany to the World Cup title. Ronaldo scored 61 goals last year for club and country, and set a Champions League season record with 17. On hearing his name read out by French great Thierry Henry, the 29-year-old Ronaldo closed his eyes, dipped his head and smiled before walking to the stage.

Grizzlies, Celtics, Pelicans complete deal MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Grizzlies hope Jeff Green can boost their offense and give them an edge in the tight Western Conference race after acquiring the forward from Boston in a three-team trade approved Monday. In the trade, the Grizzlies sent forward Tayshaun Prince to Boston and forward Quincy Pondexter to New Orleans. The Grizzlies also received point guard Russ Smith, a 2014 second-round pick, from New Orleans, and a traded player exception. The Pelicans sent Austin Rivers, the 10th overall pick in 2012, to Boston in the deal. Memphis also gave a 2015 second-round pick to New Orleans and a protected future first round pick to Boston.

Reed comes back to win at Kapalua KAPALUA, Hawaii — Four shots behind with four holes to play, Patrick Reed made two birdies and holed out from 80 yards for an eagle Monday, and then closed out his unlikely rally by making an 18-foot birdie putt to beat Jimmy Walker in a playoff at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions. The PGA Tour started a new year without a host of big names, but got a compelling finish at Kapalua. Reed charged back into the picture with his eagle on the 16th hole, a shot that spun back toward the hole and hit the pin before dropping. After three-putting from 100 feet just off the green for bogey on the 17th, he two-putted from 80 feet for birdie on the par5 closing hole for a 6-under 67. — The Associated Press C

7. Notre Dame 15-2 8. Maryland 13-2 9. Oregon St. 14-1 10. Kentucky 14-3 11. Texas A&M 15-3 12. North Carolina 15-2 13. Stanford 12-4 14. Arizona St. 15-1 15. Mississippi St. 18-1 16. Duke 11-5 17. Nebraska 12-3 18. Georgia 15-2 19. Princeton 17-0 20. Florida St. 15-2 21. Oklahoma St. 11-3 22. Iowa 12-3 23. Minnesota 14-2 24. Rutgers 12-4 25. Syracuse 11-5

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Others receiving votes: W. Kentucky 78, Chattanooga 49, Miami 41, Washington 24, South Florida 21, Iowa St. 19, Northwestern 18, Green Bay 14, Long Beach St. 7, St. John’s 7, Seton Hall 6, California 5, DePaul 4, George Washington 2, Ohio St. 2.

Pct GB .676 — .421 9½ .361 11½ .194 17½ .125 21½ .784 .676 .432 .385 .341

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WESTERN CONFERENCE .711 .703 .684 .605 .486

Women’s Scores EAST Columbia 45, NJIT 38 Mount St. Mary’s 54, CCSU 50 Robert Morris 86, Wagner 47 SOUTH Chattanooga 47, Furman 40 Mercer 74, UNC-Greensboro 73 Morgan St. 72, Md.-Eastern Shore 62 Samford 60, W. Carolina 50 Southern U. 77, Jackson St. 61 MIDWEST Evansville 86, Bradley 46 VCU 59, Saint Louis 54 SOUTHWEST No major team scores reported No major team scores reported

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division Houston 27 11 Memphis 26 11 Dallas 26 12 San Antonio 23 15 New Orleans 18 19 Northwest Division Portland 30 8 Oklahoma City 18 19 Denver 17 20 Utah 13 25 Minnesota 5 31 Pacific Division Golden State 29 5 L.A. Clippers 25 13 Phoenix 22 18 Sacramento 16 21 L.A. Lakers 12 26

FAR WEST No major team scores reported

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NBA Standings Atlantic Division W L Toronto 25 12 Brooklyn 16 22 Boston 13 23 Philadelphia 7 29 New York 5 35 Southeast Division Atlanta 29 8 Washington 25 12 Miami 16 21 Charlotte 15 24 Orlando 14 27 Central Division Chicago 26 13 Milwaukee 20 19 Cleveland 19 19 Indiana 15 24 Detroit 14 24

66 Lamar 66, Texas A&M-CC 64 UTSA 68, Texas-Pan American 43

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Monday’s Games Detroit 114, Toronto 111 Houston 113, Brooklyn 99 Boston 108, New Orleans 100 Orlando 121, Chicago 114 Tuesday’s Games Atlanta at Philadelphia, 3 p.m. San Antonio at Washington, 3 p.m. Minnesota at Indiana, 3 p.m. Cleveland at Phoenix, 5 p.m. Golden State at Utah, 5 p.m. Dallas at Sacramento, 6 p.m. Miami at L.A. Lakers, 6:30 p.m. All Times AST

Men’s Scores EAST Brown 88, Lyndon St. 42 Monmouth (NJ) 55, Rider 54 SOUTH Alabama St. 88, MVSU 76 Alcorn St. 72, Grambling St. 70 Coastal Carolina 70, Campbell 67 Delaware St. 79, Howard 76 Hampton 78, Florida A&M 63 Md.-Eastern Shore 78, Morgan St. 53 NC Central 58, Savannah St. 40 Norfolk St. 79, Bethune-Cookman 55 SC State 52, NC A&T 50 Sam Houston St. 72, SE Louisiana 59 Southern U. 60, Jackson St. 52 MIDWEST No major team scores reported SOUTHWEST Incarnate Word 97, New Orleans

Hockey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 44 27 13 4 58 143 118 Montreal 41 26 12 3 55 111 95 Detroit 42 22 11 9 53 117 106 Boston 43 22 15 6 50 113 111 Florida 40 20 11 9 49 100 105 Toronto 43 22 18 3 47 137 132 Ottawa 41 17 16 8 42 110 113 Buffalo 43 14 26 3 31 81 147 Metropolitan Division N.Y. Islanders 42 28 13 1 57 131 116 Pittsburgh 41 25 10 6 56 122 98 Washington 42 23 11 8 54 125 106 N.Y. Rangers 39 24 11 4 52 124 95 Philadelphia 43 17 19 7 41 119 129 Columbus 40 18 19 3 39 104 131 New Jersey 44 15 21 8 38 96 124 Carolina 42 13 24 5 31 88 112

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Nashville 41 28 9 4 60 125 93 Chicago 43 28 13 2 58 134 95 St. Louis 42 26 13 3 55 136 105 Winnipeg 43 21 14 8 50 113 109 Colorado 43 18 17 8 44 113 124 Dallas 41 18 16 7 43 126 135 Minnesota 41 18 18 5 41 111 121 Pacific Division Anaheim 43 27 10 6 60 121 118 Los Angeles 43 20 13 10 50 121 112 Vancouver 40 23 14 3 49 113 104 San Jose 43 22 16 5 49 116 118 Calgary 43 22 18 3 47 123 114 Arizona 41 16 21 4 36 97 136 Edmonton 43 10 24 9 29 97 145 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Monday’s Games Philadelphia 7, Tampa Bay 3 Washington 2, Colorado 1 Los Angeles 2, Toronto 0 Tuesday’s Games Tampa Bay at Boston, 3 p.m. Detroit at Buffalo, 3 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at N.Y. Rangers, 3 p.m. Minnesota at Pittsburgh, 3 p.m. Colorado at Carolina, 3 p.m. Edmonton at St. Louis, 4 p.m. Vancouver at Nashville, 4 p.m. Florida at Winnipeg, 4 p.m. Ottawa at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. San Jose at Arizona, 5 p.m. All Times AST

Football No. 5 OHIO ST. 42, No. 3 OREGON 20 Ohio St. 14 Oregon 7

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First Quarter Ore_Lowe 7 pass from Mariota (Schneider kick), 12:21. OSU_Elliott 33 run (Nuernberger kick), 4:36. OSU_Vannett 1 pass from C.Jones (Nuernberger kick), 1:08. Second Quarter OSU_C.Jones 1 run (Nuernberger kick), 4:49. Ore_FG Schneider 26, :48.

Third Quarter Ore_Marshall 70 pass from Mariota (Schneider kick), 11:23. Ore_FG Schneider 23, 6:39. OSU_Elliott 9 run (Nuernberger kick), :00. Fourth Quarter OSU_Elliott 2 run (Nuernberger kick), 9:44. OSU_Elliott 1 run (Nuernberger kick), :28. A_85,689. OSU Ore First downs 28 20 Rushes-yards 61-296 33-132 Passing 242 333 Comp-Att-Int 16-23-1 24-38-1 Return Yards 40 0 Punts-Avg. 3-42.0 6-40.0 Fumbles-Lost 3-3 1-0 Penalties-Yards 5-30 10-76 Time of Possession 37:29 22:31 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Ohio St., Elliott 36246, C.Jones 21-38, Samuel 1-6, C.Smith 1-3, Marshall 2-3. Oregon, Tyner 12-62, Mariota 10-39, Freeman 10-22, Marshall 1-9. PASSING_Ohio St., C.Jones 1623-1-242. Oregon, Mariota 24-371-333, Lockie 0-1-0-0. RECEIVING_Ohio St., Marshall 5-52, M.Thomas 4-53, C.Smith 2-76, Vannett 2-9, D.Smith 1-45, Samuel 1-8, Elliott 1-(minus 1). Oregon, Marshall 8-169, Baylis 5-25, Stanford 4-61, Lowe 3-55, Nelson 2-21, Tyner 2-2.

Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Agreed to terms with RHP Tommy Hunter on a one-year contract. CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Agreed to terms with OF Dayan Viciedo on a one-year contract. NEW YORK YANKEES — Named Jeff Pentland hitting coach, Joe Espada third base coach and Alan Cockrell assistant hitting coach. Reassigned third base coach Rob Thomson to bench coach and bench coach Tony Pena to first base coach. OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Agreed to terms with RHP Jesse Chavez on a one-year contract. SEATTLE MARINERS — Named Pat Listach manager of Tacoma (PCL); Aaron Reis performance coach of Bakersfield (Cal); Matt Corvo trainer of Clinton (MWL); Scott Burgett performance specialist of the AZL Mariners; and Jose Guillen coach of the DSL Mariners. National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Named Scott Radinsky pitching coach and Johnny Washington coach of Oklahoma City (PCL); Matt Herges pitching coach and Leo Garcia coach of Tulsa (TL); Bill Simas pitching coach and Rafael Ozuna coach of Rancho Cucamonga (Cal); Glenn Dishman pitching coach, Jay Gibbons hitting coach and Luis Matos coach of Great Lakes (MWL); John Shoemaker manager, Bobby Cuellar pitching coach, Darryl Brinkley hitting coach and Fumi Ishibashi coach of Ogden (Pioneer); Jack McDowell manager, Greg Sabat pitching coach, Aaron Bates hitting coach and Gil Velazquez coach of the AZL Dodgers; Clayton McCullough minor league field coordinator; Damon Mashore minor league hitting coordinator; Brady Clark minor league outfield/baserunning coordinator; and Kremlin Martinez lower-level minor league pitching rover. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Agreed to terms with RHP Jeanmar Gomez on a minor league contract. PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Named Jamey Carroll special assistant to the baseball operations staff. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES — Traded F Tayshaun Prince and a project-

ed future first-round draft pick to Boston and G/F Quincy Pondexter and a 2015 second-round draft pick to New Orleans. Boston sent F Jeff Green to Memphis. New Orleans sent G Russ Smith and a 2014 second-round draft pick to Memphis and G Austin Rivers to Boston. MIAMI HEAT — Signed G Tyler Johnson to a 10-day contract. NBA Development League RIO GRANDE VALLEY VIPERS — Acquired G/F Glen Rice Jr. Released G Tristan Carey. Traded the returning player rights to G Maalik Wayns to Delaware for the returning player rights to C Hamady N’Diaye. FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Named Rex Ryan coach. DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed CB Robert Steeples, OT John Wetzel, WRs Reggie Dunn and Chris Boyd and LBs Troy Davis and Will Smith to future contracts. DENVER BRONCOS — Announced coach John Fox will not return next year. HOCKEY National Hockey League DETROIT RED WINGS — Reassigned RW Martin Frk from Grand Rapids (AHL) to Toledo (ECHL). LOS ANGELES KINGS — Recalled F Nick Shore from Manchester (AHL). Placed F Tanner Pearson on injured reserve. MONTREAL CANADIENS — Recalled F Stefan Fournier from Wheeling (ECHL) to Hamilton (AHL). TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS — Recalled F William Nylander from Sweden and assigned him to Toronto (AHL). WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Recalled G Justin Peters from Hershey (AHL). Reassigned G Pheonix Copley to Hershey. SOCCER Major League Soccer D.C. UNITED — Signed M/D Markus Halsti. COLLEGE BIG WEST CONFERENCE — Announced the retirement of coordinator of baseball umpires Dale Williams, effective at the end of the 2015 season. INTERCOLLEGIATE TENNIS ASSOCIATION — Announced the retirement of executive director and CEO David Benjamin, effective in July. CHARLOTTE — Announced the resignation of volleyball coach Gokhan Yilmaz. FORDHAM — Named Mike Sowter men’s tennis coach. GEORGE WASHINGTON — Named Jeremy Williams women’s assistant soccer coach. LOUISVILLE — Suspended S Terrence Ross from the football team. MICHIGAN — Named Greg Mattison defensive line coach and Kevin Tolbert director of football strength and conditioning. NYU — Named Meaghan Kenny C men’s and women’s assistant golf Y coach. OKLAHOMA — Named Lincoln Riley offensive coordinator. PENN STATE — Suspended G John Johnson from the men’s basketball team. PRINCETON — Named Sean Driscoll women’s soccer coach. TROY — Named Rafael Horton football strength and conditioning coach. Promoted Richard Shaughnessy to director of strength and conditioning. UAB — Signed men’s basketball coach Jerod Haase to a two-year contract extension through the 2018-19 season.

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as Positive Behavior Interventions, he said. “The district understands that you have to teach the behaviors you expect,” Holland said. “These are all our kids and that is what we continually try to embrace and foster and cultivate through out the district.” Eventually Evensen will not be consulting with the school district, Holland said. By that time, the goal is to have built a foundation among school administration, staff, teachers, students, families and community members so that the education and training is self-sustaining, he said. There are still misconceptions and misinformation about FASD that will hopefully be changed with education such as the programming implemented in the borough school district, Evensen said. For example, 19 of every 20 children with FASD do not have the classic facial features associated with the disability, she said. The features would only become obvious if a mother drank alcohol during certain days of her pregnancy when the fetus’ face is actually developing, Evensen said. However, every single time a fetus is exposed to alcohol, their brain structure is altered, she said. The long term hope is that there will be no need for specialized education for FASD, Evensen said.

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ministration. Last September, the borough sent letters of support for the project from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Corps of Engineers and Kenai Watershed Forum to FHA. “Instead of it being a slamdunk now FHA has to sign off on it,” he said. “Now it’s a more difficult threshold to meet but DOT is still optimistic they can get it primarily for the support from local agencies.” Apache is in the design process to construct a similar 7.5mile road for oil and gas exploration on Tyonek owned-land. The proposed road would continue from the end of the Spur Highway to Otter Creek in the Gray Cliffs subdivision. Apache spokesperson Lisa Parker said Apache has applied for permits with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Because road construction would be undertaken on wetlands, the company is working with the Corps to complete a federal Clean Water Act Section 404 wetlands permit. The Corps public comment period for the project ends Jan. 21. Then the Corps has up to

of the statistic to this district, said. “There is no need for us to that is more than 400 students,” build this road because we can’t Evensen said. do the (North Road) project Because the support group is this year and Apache has not in its beginning stages, Evensyet made a determination. We en said she is asking that any may end up getting both roads parent wishing to join has had built.” their student given an official The borough’s project is diagnosis. She advocates for on hold while administration children receiving as early on works with the Alaska Departas possible. ment of Transportation to obAn early diagnosis can mean tain a categorical exclusion, a better prediction of how sucwhich would bypass the cost of cessful someone with FASD an environmental impact study. will be in his or her adult life, The borough has $5 million in Evensen said. A student who federal funds earmarked for is able to receive specialized the project and cannot proceed education and understanding until they receive a categorical in their social life will be better exclusion. able to advocate for their own Borough Chief of Staff Paul needs, she said. Ostrander said to get a cat“If you can work with kids egorical exclusion, the project who have FASD you can work needs to fit in a listed category with anyone,” Evensen said. depending on how environmenFASD fits in with other tally sensitive the area is. He disabilities such as Attention said after much deliberation Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, from officials in Juneau, DOT Holland said. Students with determined the project didn’t cognitive, brain-based differmeet the requirements and will ences may need additional atnow have to seek concurrence tention in the classroom if they with the Federal Highway Adare not retaining information, he said. his descent back to camp in Sometimes, educators may about 3½ hours instead of the feel that a student experiencing normal nine. trouble understanding material Continued from page A-1 Plummer had expected Duhas behavioral issues, Holland pre to rest Monday, but she said said. The school district’s focus him to turn back in 2013, 2012 he called her from 14,200 feet on FASD is one way to decrease while making his way to his the amount of misbehavior and Reach Kelly Sullivan at kel- and 2011. Plummer said Dupre told her camp for the night some 3,000 need for disciplinary action, in ly.sullivan@peninsulaclarion. he left his camp at 17,200 feet feet below, she said. addition to other programs such com. for the final climb at 4 a.m. SunThe mountain is in Denali day. She said the winds started National Park. Climbers are remanent commissioner anyway, whipping up, so he completed quired to register with the Nabut the letter provided the timing to ask Kemp to step down, Continued from page A-1 she said. Kemp said the letter was in the memo, said the cost of truthful and said he thought ferry service is a “perpetual that’s what the administration Regulators pause licensing process for dam drain” on state budgets. wanted. There was no editorial“Only by intervening with izing, just facts, he said. JUNEAU — Federal regulators have agreed to put on hold initially high capital highway The road project would prothe licensing process for a massive proposed dam in southexpenditures is this ongoing vide access further north from central Alaska as the state decides how, or whether, to move operating and capital replace- Juneau but still require short forward with the project. ment cost of ferries lessened,” ferry rides to connect travelThe Alaska Energy Authority, or AEA, requested the Fedhe wrote. ers to Haines or Skagway. The eral Energy Regulatory Commission suspend the schedule for The department also raised Knik Arm bridge would con60 days pending further notice on plans for the Susitna-Watana concerns that the state could nect Anchorage to land near dam. AEA has been pursuing the project for the state. have to repay federal funds if Point MacKenzie in the MataGov. Bill Walker last month directed that new, non-obligated it ended work on the road and nuska-Susitna Borough. Knik Arm bridge before those projects are completed. So far, nearly $100 million in federal money has gone toward the projects. The department said the Federal Highway Administration was researching whether the federal government would need to be immediately repaid if the projects were indefinitely delayed. The federal agency has said it expects the state to “move expeditiously” on both projects, given delays under prior governors, the department said. Both projects are controversial. Kemp said in the memo that both represent cost-effective opportunities to improve transportation. But critics question the cost. Jang said the letter showed that Kemp was not aligned with Walker’s priorities. It wasn’t just the letter, she said. The administration planned to appoint a new per-

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Habitat division director for Fish and Game let go JUNEAU (AP) — The director of the Department of Fish and Game’s habitat division is being replaced. Gov. Bill Walker accepted the resignation of Randy Bates on Monday. Acting Fish and Game Commissioner Sam Cotten says Bates was among the employees asked to offer resignation letters when Walker came into office. Cotten says the Walker administration wants to see the public involved in decision making. But he said the division’s approach to area management plans did not seem to fit with that philosophy of having public input and debate before a plan is created or revised. Cotten says there are a number of area plans pending for which the administration plans to take a fresh look and engage the public. A replacement for Bates has not been named. C

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120 days, or April 15, when it can deem Apache’s application complete, she said. After that time Parker said Apache is hopeful to receive a construction permit from the borough road service to begin to clear a path for the road this summer. “There are no guarantees but we are confident we will get approved before the borough,” Parker said. “Should our project not proceed, the borough is using federal funds. Both are still going down parallel paths and if one doesn’t go as planned, the other can still go forward.” Parker said Apache has talked with the borough about using the Suneva pit as a potential material site, but has not landed on a particular site. “It’s an option but there are other material sites,” she said. The borough planning commission granted a material site permit, which allows the borough to develop the site. According to a memo from Marcus Mueller, Borough Land Management Officer, and Craig Chapman, Borough Finance Director, Apache has expressed interest in purchasing approximately 130,000 cubic yards of material for this project from

the Suveva material site. The royalty rate for sand and gravel is $3.25 per cubic yard. Based on Apache’s request its total purchase from the borough would be $422,500. The borough planned to make the access road bid process contingent on Apache securing funds for their project. The $668,000 figure is based on an engineer’s estimate, according to the memo. Navarre said the timing of the ordinance was contingent on either entity moving forward in the North Road project. If Apache determines not to go forward this year, the borough will wait until a more opportune time to develop access to the material site. “The building of the road and use of gravel could be used to make our match for federal funds to accomplish the North Road extension,” Navarre said. “If we do that and Apache doesn’t go forward then we start working on how we approach that project so we can get it underway next year.”

tional Park Service, which lets park officials keep an accurate list of summit attempts and successes, said park spokeswoman Maureen Gualtieri. Their list shows 16 people have summited McKinley in winter, but nobody solo in January, and six deaths have resulted from those attempts. Gualtieri said Dupre would be added after he checks in with

park officials at a ranger station. She said the park doesn’t require proof, but that Dupre’s GPS device appeared to be working properly and that she was confident they’ll recognize his feat once he comes off the mountain. Weather permitting, Dupre’s support team expects to pick him up sometime this weekend.

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funding for the dam and other big-ticket projects be halted to allow a review of the projects. An AEA spokeswoman says the authority is looking at options that would preserve the state’s investment while preserving future license potential.

Young sworn in for 22nd term in U.S. House JUNEAU — U.S. Rep. Don Young has been sworn in to serve his 22nd term in Congress. Young, who is the longestserving Republican in the U.S. House, missed the start of the new Congress last Tuesday following the death of his brother. He took his oath of office on Monday and said he takes great pride in serving the people of Alaska. — The Associated Press

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FINANCIAL Auctions Business for Sale Financial Opportunities Mortgage/Loans

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Finance & Accounting

BUSINESS OFFICE ASSISTANT The Peninsula Clarion newspaper has an opening for a Business Office Assistant. Experience in a business office environment, excellent customer service skills, knowledge of PC platform as well as proper grammar and spelling skills are a must. Accounting experience preferred but not required. The ideal candidate must be able to multitask, meet deadlines, be able to work individually and in a team environment, and have a positive atti tude. This person will do data entry, billing, filing and basic accounting functions among other duties. This is a full-time position with benefits. Salary DOE. Interested parties can submit an application by mailing it to: Peninsula Clarion Attn: Teresa Mullican PO Box 3009 Kenai, AK 99611 Email resumes to: teresa.mullican@peninsulaclarion.com NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE The Peninsula Clarion is an equal opportunity employer. Applications are available at our offices on 150 Trading Bay Road in Kenai.

General Employment

KENAI, AK Come join a family-friendly, innovative work environment. The Kenaitze Indian Tribe has opened our Dena'ina Wellness Center, featuring an integrated model of care. Employees at Kenaitze In dian Tribe deliver health, social service, education and tribal court services to tribal members, Alaska Native/American Indian people and others. Kenaitze Indian Tribe is recruiting for the following Full Time Position: OPTOMETRIST The Optometrist is responsible for the efficient and effective delivery of clinical services to our Un'ina (customers). Optometrist examines patients' eyes, test their sight, give advice on visual problems and prescribe and fit spectacles or contact lenses when needed. The Optometrist is trained to recognize diseases of the eye, such as glaucoma and cataracts, as well as general health conditions such as diabetes. Optometrist will refer patients to medical practitioners when necessary, as well as sometimes sharing the care of patients with chronic conditions. The Optometrists is accountable to ensure their practice is operated as specified in grants and contracts in accordance with applicable statutes and regulations, the Tribes' polices and procedures, and professional ethics. Benefits include Holidays, Paid Time Off, Extended Sick Leave, Medical/Dental/Life & Accidental Death Insurance, 401(k) For the job description or to apply visit our website at http://kenaitze.applicantpro.com. For questions call 907-335-7200. P.L. 93-638 applies

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The Peninsula Clarion newspaper has an opening for a Classified Inside Sales Representative. Experience in a business office environment, excellent customer service skills, knowledge of PC and Mac platforms as well as proper grammar and spelling skills are a must. The ideal candidate must dress professionally, be able to multitask, meet deadlines, do data entry and have a positive attitude. This person will answer incoming and make outgoing calls and must be able to work individually and as part of a team. This is a full-time position with benefits. Interested parties can submit an application by mailing it to: Peninsula Clarion Attn: Leslie Talent PO Box 3009 Kenai, AK 99611 E-mail resumes to: leslie.talent@peninsulaclarion.com

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE The Peninsula Clarion is an equal opportunity employer. Applications are available at our office on 150 Trading Bay Road in Kenai.

Homes

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RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AVAILABLE FOR RENT: ALASKA 1st REALTY 44045 Kalifornsky Beach Rd., Soldotna www.Alaska1stRealty.com, e-mail; Alaska1stRealtyInc@gmail.com, phone: (907)260-7653

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Oil & Refinery

PROJECT MANAGER Trihydro Corporation has an opening for a Project Manager in Soldotna, AK. Applicants must have a BS in Geology or Civil/Env Engineering and ten years of relevant experience. Applicants with refinery, petrochemical, or upstream oil and gas experience and professional certification are preferred. Duties will include project management, technical report preparation, field work, health and safety compli ance, oversight of field crews performing general environmental services, client/business development, and oversight of operation activities for groundwater remediation systems. The selected applicant will oversee the delivery of work scope, schedule, budgets, and client expectations within an active petroleum refinery. Additionally, the selected applicant will assist in the development of a Trihydro office in the Soldotna area. Applicants must have a clean driving record. Applicants must live or be available to relocate to the Kenai Peninsula. Excellent technical writing, client management, and Microsoft Office computer skills are required. Submit application, resume and cover letter at: www.trihydro.com Trihydro is an EEO/AA employer.

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Employment

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Apartments, Unfurnished COLONIAL MANOR (907)262-5820 Large 1-Bedroom, Walk-in closet, carport, storage, central location. Onsite manager. DUPLEX APARTMENT with awesome fenced yard! 2 bed 1 bath on Walker Lane, Kenai. 1 car garage, W/D in unit. $600 deposit and $1,250 per month includes gas, water, and trash. Tenant pays electric. Pets additional $250 deposit. Call Ryan 907.394.1764. REDOUBT VIEW Soldotnaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best value! Quiet, freshly painted, close to schools. 1-Bedroom from $625. 2-Bedroom from $725. 3-Bedroom, 2-bath, from $825. No pets. (907)262-4359.

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SOLDOTNA 4-PLEX Furnished 2-Bedroom, washer/dryer. $925. includes utilities. (907)394-4201, (907)394-4200. EFFICIENCY 1-Person basement unit Downtown Kenai, quiet, adult building. No smoking/ pets, $575. including tax/ utilities. Security deposit/ lease. (907)283-3551.

ASIAN MASSAGE Please make phone ring! Call anytime (907)741-0800

Duplex KENAI 2-Bedroom, 1-bath, washer/dryer, Gas paid, $800. plus tax. $800. deposit. No pets. No smoking. (907)252-1060

Homes 3-BEDROOM, 2-Bath over size 2-car garage. Sterling, 4 miles to Soldotna. No smoking/pets. W/D $1,450. month plus utilities, (907)394-3939, (907)262-3806. STERLING Small, 2-bedroom, washer/dryer, $750/ month, plus utilities, gas, tax $15, $700 deposit. No smoking/ pets. (907)262-6093.

Manufactured/ Mobile Homes NIKISKI 3-Bedroom, $950 per month. Pets allowed, includes utilities. Call (907)776-6563. PRIVATE 4 BEDROOM Mobile Home with large Lean to. Very private with beautiful views. Pets on approval only. No smoking inside 500.00 fine. You pay electricity, gas and phone. New flooring throughout. Come and take a look. Have photos on phone.

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says they certainly wouldn’t act that way in public if they were really seeing each other on the sly. Do you think I’m being overly sensitive about this? — DISRESPECTED DEAR DISRESPECTED: I don’t think you’re being overly sensitive. That it’s “innocent” is beside the point. Because you have told them that their touchyfeely demonstrations of affection for each other offend and embarrass you, out of respect for you, they should cut it out.

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able observing instead of acting in the morning. By the afternoon, you’ll feel as if you want to take the lead. A loved one indirectly could serve as your muse. Turn your focus to a creative project for now. Tonight: All smiles. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHHHListentonews,andbeready to move forward. You can respond to someone’s request by offering to help him or her make a hard decision. It might be difficult to make a judgment call, but just follow your instincts. Someone of interest could surprise you. Tonight: Early to bed. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH You could be taken aback by a boss or older relative’s wishywashy stance. You might be at your wits’ end with a difficult roommate or loved one. You know when you have had enough. Understand when it is time to pull away from the uproar. Tonight: Maintain a sense of humor. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHHUnpredictabilitymarkswhat you do and why you do it. Someone close to you could make demands that will send you into a tizzy. This person tends to see what you had not even thought of. Be open to change; you will appreciate the results. Tonight: Let it all hang out. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHHH You will come to an understanding far more quickly if you detach and remain a little less invested in the outcome. Use caution with your funds. You could go to extremes or become careless. You won’t want to see the ramifications if you do. Tonight: Feed your mind.

New gift might need some coverage Dear Readers: Did you receive (or buy) a pricey piece of electronics, such as a new television, cellphone or DVD player, or lovely jewelry? You probably need to insure that added item. Most folks don’t think about it, but now is the time to contact your insurance agent to see if you need to add a floater or adjust your policy. A special floater covers property that you lose or that is damaged, whether in your home or away. Maybe a wedding ring falls down the sink at home, or while on vacation! Or that special camera gets broken by mishap beyond repair. Contact your insurance company today to find out what you may need to do to be covered. — Heloise Medication hints Dear Readers: In a recent column, a reader wrote about being asked to bring prescription bottles to every doctor visit. Other readers shared their hints: * Carol J. in Texas wrote: “When my mother lived with me, I kept a copy of her medications list on the refrigerator in case of an emergency. It could be retrieved quickly by the ambulance crew to take to the hospital.” * Eleanore J. in New Hampshire wrote: “I always keep a copy of my and my husband’s medical list, including doctors, medical histories and medications. I keep each list in a small, plastic bag, ready in case of emergency anywhere.” * Becky H. in Texas wrote: “I have one son who is a firefighter, and another is a paramedic. They insist that I carry a list of my medications, with dosage. I carry this in an outside pocket of my purse. Firefighters and paramedics DO NOT like to go through a patient’s purse or wallet to find medical information.”

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Pet Tails Tribes join effort to keep grizzlies protected By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press

BILLINGS, Mont. — Leaders of American Indian tribes in the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains have joined an effort to retain federal protections for grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is expected to decide this year whether it will move to lift protections for the roughly 1,000 grizzlies that scientists say live in the Yellowstone region of Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. The campaign to enlist tribal backing for continued protections is being coordinated in large part by wildlife advocates. Organizers say more than two dozen tribes have signed on with resolutions and other declarations of support. Tribal leaders cited their ancestral connection to the Yellowstone area and the cultural importance of grizzly bears to their people.

“Any move to delist the sacred grizzly bear on this ancestral landscape must involve consultation with the affected Tribal Nations,” wrote Ivan Posey, a member of the Eastern Shoshone and chairman of the Montana Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council, in a letter last month. Lifting protections and allowing state-sponsored hunting “not only represents a threat to tribal sovereignty, but also contravenes the American Indian Religious Freedom Act,” Posey said. The council includes representatives from 11 tribes. Tribal leaders from Idaho, South Dakota, North Dakota and Oklahoma have submitted similar letters through an advocacy group known as Guardians of Our Ancestors’ Legacy, or GOAL. Federal grizzly recovery coordinator Chris Servheen said letters seeking comment were sent in April to four tribes in Wyoming and Idaho but none responded. The four tribes that received the Fish and Wildlife

Service letters were identified by the agency’s tribal liaisons as having a direct interest in grizzlies in the Yellowstone region, Servheen said. “We would welcome their input and ideas, and we asked for the input and ideas,” he said. Grizzlies received federal protections in the Lower 48 in 1975 after getting wiped out across much of their range. The Yellowstone region is home to one of the largest remaining populations.

The region’s bears temporarily lost protections in 2007 before they were restored by a federal judge. No tribes raised concerns during that time, Servheen said. Lifting protections would transfer jurisdiction over grizzlies to states that have said they would likely allow some trophy hunting of the animals. Wildlife managers have said hunt quotas would be kept small because of the size of the population and the bears’ low rate of reproduction.

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