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Board of Fisheries gets filleted Board chair Johnstone resigns; governor appoints Maw By RASHAH McCHESNEY Peninsula Clarion

Alaska Board of Fisheries Chairman Karl Johnstone resigned Tuesday, and a longtime Cook Inlet commercial fisheries advocate has been nominated to replace him. Gov. Bill Walker named Roland Maw, of Kasilof, to the fish board after calling Johnstone to express his disappointment

with the board’s lack of public process during a recent meeting to vet candidates for commissioner of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, according to documents released by Walker’s administration. Johnstone’s resignation is effective Jan. 27. If confirmed by the Legislature, Maw’s term will end in 2018. Maw would be the first Cook Inlet commercial fisherman to serve on the

board since 1980. Walker asked for Johnstone’s resignation after a joint Board of Fisheries and Board of Game meeting during which members were supposed to select candidates for the Fish and Game commissioner. The boards were to forward a list of qualified candidates to the governor to select from for the position. The boards had five candi-

Chairman Karl Johnstone, center, runs a Alaska Board of Fisheries meeting at Centennial Hall in October. Photo by Michael Penn/ Juneau Empire

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JUNEAU (AP) — Plaintiffs in a voting rights lawsuit say the state fell short in providing outreach and ballot information to Alaska Native voters with limited English ahead of the November elections. Plaintiffs’ attorneys say while the state attempted to translate more documents than they had previously, there has been no change in the state’s approach to language assistance. They say there were no outreach workers available in 40 percent of Native villages in the three affected census areas. They say pre-election radio announcements were made in less than half the villages in the census areas. The filing comes as the two sides seek a possible settlement. A federal judge last September ordered the state take additional steps to provide voting materials to limited English-speaking Native voters ahead of the elections.

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1908 act provides funds for forest communities By IAN FOLEY Peninsula Clarion

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President Barack Obama is greeted on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday before his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress.

Obama unveils ambitious agenda Taxes on the wealthy, help for middle class outlined in speech By JULIE PACE AP White House Correspondent

WASHINGTON — Refusing to bend to the new Republican Congress, President Barack Obama unveiled Tuesday night an ambitious State of the Union agenda steeped in Democratic priorities, including tax increases on the wealthy, education and child care help for the middle class and a torrent of veto threats for the GOP’s own plans. In a shift from tradition, Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress was less a laundry list of new proposals and more an attempt to sell a story of a national economy emerging from the

“shadow of crisis.” He appealed for “better politics” in Washington and pledged to work with Republicans, but he showed few signs of curtailing or tweaking his own plans to meet the GOP’s platform. Instead, the president vowed to use his veto pen to strike down the Republican leadership’s efforts to dismantle his signature accomplishments, including his health care and financial reform laws. “We can’t put the security of families at risk by taking away their health insurance or unraveling the new rules on Wall Street or refighting past battles on immigration when we’ve got a system to fix,” Obama said in his hour-long address. “And if a bill comes to my desk that tries

to do any of these things, I will veto it.” The president sought out more common ground on foreign policy, pledging to work with Congress on a new authorization for military action against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, as well as legislation to guard against cyberattacks. In a rare move away from his own party, Obama also renewed his call for fast-tracking free trade agreements with Asia and Europe, generating more applause from pro-trade Republicans than skeptical Democrats. Obama’s address marked the first time in his presidency that he stood before a Republican-controlled Congress. Yet the See UNION, page A-12

Alaska’s already tight budget is set to get a little snugger for some communities dependent on national forests. At the end of last year, Congress failed to renew Secure Rural Schools funding, which had provided states and territories roughly $330 million annually. SRS funding was intended to offset the lack of funds received by communities dependent on income from national forests. According the Forest Service, between 80-85 percent of the SRS money each community received was used to help fund rural schools and roads, while the remaining money could be used toward special projects on federal land and county funds. Because SRS funding failed to pass, many states, including Alaska, will now receive money from the Twenty-Five Percent Fund Act of 1908, which had previously provided communities with a portion of 25 percent of the proceeds earned by national forests, before states started receiving SRS money. The need for funding is partly a result of local governments and communities being prohibited from collecting taxes on federal land. See FUNDS, page A-5

Liquor license protests Superintendent search underway lodged over unpaid taxes Depending on the pools and appoints all school disBy DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion

Three central Kenai Peninsula businesses are delinquent in paying taxes to the Kenai Peninsula Borough and the assembly on Tuesday approved an ordinance protesting a continuance of each establishment’s liquor license. Kenai’s Alaska Lanes and Little Ski Mo Drive In and the Copper Top Lounge in Soldotna are among five businesses under scrutiny for unpaid taxes. A sixth business was removed from consideration after bringing its tax delinquencies into compliance with borough code prior to Tuesday’s assembly

meeting, according to a memo from the borough finance department. Hooligans Lodging & Saloon Copper Top Lounge owes the most among the five businesses, with more than $41,000 in sales taxes due, according to a memo through borough Finance Director Craig Chapman. Hooligan’s owner Molly Blakeley-Poland said she is working on a payment plan and declined to comment on any details. Little Ski-Mo Drive In and Alaska Lanes have both been listed for sale. Mike Lott, owner of Ski-Mo Drive In said the

By KELLY SULLIVAN Peninsula Clarion

The search for the next Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent has begun. The application period opened Friday, and will close Feb. 16. The school district will be making the first announcement today, said school district spokeswoman Pegge Erkeneff. “The Board of Education is responsible for hiring the superintendent, and human resources is responsible for the position posting,” Erkeneff said. “The search will be advertised nationally.”

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of applications received, the school board will narrow down a list to interview between three and five candidates, Erkeneff said. The proceedings will be open the public, she said. The job description is determined by school district policy, and can be found within the policy manual. Qualifications require the applicant have a valid Alaska teaching and administrative certificate, a master’s degree with specializations, which are listed in the manual, and at least five years experience as a school administrator. The superintendent selects

trict employees serving under him or herself, which are subject to approval of the school board, according to school district policy. Desired qualities listed on the job advertisement include: experience and knowledge of the state, ability to work with the school board, ability to identify and select administrators, and advocate with legislators. The salary will be between $140,000 and $165,000 annually, according to the advertisement. The superintendent will receive a comprehensive benefits package, which will See SEARCH, page A-5

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Mysterious goo blamed in bird deaths By KRISTIN J. BENDER Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — The death of 100 birds in the San Francisco Bay Area has baffled wildlife officials who say the creatures’ feathers were coated with a mysterious substance that looks and feels like rubber cement. The birds began turning up on a beach Friday. Necropsies and lab tests will be done Tuesday, but results may not be known until later this week, California Department of Fish and Wildlife spokesman Andrew Hughan said. “We’ve never seen anything quite like it,” Hughan said. “So it’s a mystery for the moment.” Volunteers were slogging through mud and bog in the

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foggy, cold weather looking for dead surf scoters, buffleheads and horned grebes. The birds each weigh about 4 pounds and are roughly the size of a duck. Dead birds have turned up on shorelines, beaches and trails in the suburbs of San Leandro, Alameda and Hayward. “Volunteers are combing every inch of shoreline with their

eyes and binoculars, running down the beach with a 20-foot pole with a net attached to it trying to save a bird,” Hughan said. International Bird Rescue Interim Executive Director Barbara Callahan said she has never seen anything like the sticky gray goo in 20 years in the business. “The goo appears to be light gray in color and to me looks

like rubber cement that’s been played with all day and is sort of dirty,” she said. “It has very little smell.” Officials were investigating whether the substance could be polyisobutylene, which is sticky, odorless, largely colorless, and killed thousands of seabirds in the United Kingdom in 2013.

Peninsula Clarion, Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Grant to help states restore oak By MARK FREEMAN Medford Mail Tribune

COLESTIN, Ore. — For the vast majority of its 400-plus years, a mammoth black oak rising from a hill outside of the Colestin Valley has been a vibrant giver of life. Oak titmice would nest in its cavities while everything from black-tailed deer, woodpeckers and even Native Americans feasted on its bountiful acorn crop, but 60 years of bad neighbors have inflicted a heavy price. Douglas fir and Ponderosa pine seedlings encroached on its space, sapping its water until the fast-growing conifers over the decades grew above the oak’s canopy, commandeering its sunlight and snuffing out its leaves. “For this one, it’s almost too late,” says Marko Bey, executive director of the Ashland-based Lomakatsi Restoration Project. But treatment in the form of Lomakatsi crews dropping some of the offending firs, burning out the choking brush and replacing it with native grasses will invigorate this old oak, a remnant of the legacy trees that used to dominate Southern Oregon’s lowland landscapes. “We’re unearthing these treasures buried in here and bringing them back to life,” Bey says. “These legacy trees are what we’re trying to hang onto. We just want to give these oaks a chance.” About 3,000 acres of such oaks in Southern Oregon and Northern California will get that chance thanks to a $3 million federal grant Lomakatsi earned last week to tackle conifers encroaching on what’s left of prime oak habitat found largely on private land. The Klamath-Rogue Oak Woodland Health and Habitat Conservation Project was one of five Oregon projects that collectively received about $22 million of federal Farm Bill money through the federal Natural Resources Conservation Service’s Regional Conservation Partnership Program.

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Around the Peninsula Trout Unlimited shares fish tales Kenai Peninsula Trout Unlimited will meet Jan. 22 at 6:30 p.m. at Odie’s Deli in Soldotna. Bruce King will present “Welcome to Oz — Fishing Kamchatka,” and Edgar Orejuela will provide an elodea update. Join KPTU for a general meeting and learn about fishing some of the most remote and untouched waters of Russia’s legendary Kamchatka Peninsula as King tells his bow chasing tales. Share your fish stories from your favorite destination trip to close out the meeting. Everyone is welcome; need not be a member to attend.

Judo club accepting new members The Sterling Judo Club will be accepting new members starting on Jan. 20. The club meets every Tuesday and Thursday, at Sterling Elementary, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. (7 p.m. for younger participants). Members are welcome from all surrounding communities. There are no instructor fees or other monthly fees. Sterling Judo Club is a nonprofit organization and all instructors volunteer their time. Annual USJF membership is $50. The Sterling Judo Club is led by Sensei Robert Brink, 7th degree black belt, Founder of the Anchorage Judo Club, and former USJF President. For more information please contact Clayton Holland at 394-1823, or Sensei Bob Brink at 907-242-9330 or obobo1a@gmail.com. Information can also be found on the Sterling Judo Club’s Facebook Page.

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American, to World Music, to what the band has called “tribal funk.” Alaska Magazine called them “one of the 10 greatest Alaska artists of the millennium,” according to the band’s website. They have performed worldwide, including at the grand opening of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian, and were featured in the Discovery Channel’s “Flying Wild Alaska” series. Pamyua (pronounced bum’yo-ah) is an Inuit word that as a verb means “to request an encore of a drumsong or a dance.” As a noun, the word means “the tail of an animal, object or idea.” The Kenaitze Indian Tribe’s Yaghanen Youth Program offers activities that encourage academic achievement, respect for all people and cultures, and teach life skills in a safe and positive atmosphere. For more information about the program, contact Michael Bernard at (907)335-7290 or email him at mbernard@ kenaitze.org.

KPC presents Traditional Irish music winter concert The Irishmen are back on the Kenai, and everyone is welcomed to come together at a concert of traditional Irish music and folklore at KPC on Thursday, Jan. 22 at 7 p.m. in the Ward Building. Performers returning include: Dublin native John Walsh on the Tenor Banjo; vocals and Bouzouki by artist Pat Broaders; and Sean McComiskey on Button Accordian. This event is an annual kick-off for Spring semester, is free, and family friendly. Support for this event is made possible by the UAA Diversity Action Council, the KPC Showcase and the Damon Foundation, the KPC Student Union, and the KPC Multicultural Consortium. For more information: Diane at 2620328.

Hospice of the Central Peninsula is offering Hospice Volunteer Core Training 2015 at Christ Lutheran Church in Soldotna. Friday sessions are Jan. 30 and Feb. 6, 6-9 p.m. Saturday ses- Junior Achievement Raffle tickets available sions are Jan. 31 and Feb. 7, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Registration is reThe Kenai Junior Achievement Committee has put togethquired. The cost is $25.00/person. For more information, call er a raffle fundraiser for the 2014-2015 school year. Junior Hospice at 262-0453 or email Janice at hospice.admin@alaska. Achievement is the world’s largest organization dedicated to net. giving young people the knowledge and skills they need to own Tribal funk band “Pamyua” to perform in their economic success, plan for their future, and make smart academic and economic choices. Kenai Tickets are $10 each and all proceeds benefit Junior AchievePamyua will perform a concert at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. ment programs on the Kenai Peninsula. Winning tickets will be 24, 2015, in the Renee C. Henderson Auditorium at Kenai Cen- drawn on March, 21, 2015 at the Kenai River Brown Bears tral High School. The concert is a fundraiser for the Kenaitze hockey game. You need not be present to win. First place Indian Tribe’s Yaghanen Youth Program. Tickets will be avail- is $1,000, Second place is $600 and third place is $400. To able at the door or in advance at Kenaitze Indian Tribe offices, purchase tickets, please contact Janet Johnson at johnsoja@ and are $10 general admission for all ages. denalifcu.com or 907-257-1669 or Renee Rybak at r.rybak@ Music from the Anchorage-based band ranges from Native alaskausa.org or 907-395-4505.

Community Calendar Today 8 a.m. • Alcoholics Anonymous As Bill Sees It Group, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Unit 71 (Old Carrs Mall). Call 398-9440. 10:30 a.m. • Bouncing Babies Storytime at the Soldotna Public Library. Call 262-4227. 11 a.m. • Wee Read at the Kenai Community Library. Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous re-

covery group at 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Suite 71 in the old Carrs Mall in Kenai. Call 262-1917. • TOPS group AK 222 Soldotna meets at Christ Lutheran Church, 128 Soldotna Ave. Call 260-1662. 5:30 p.m. • Weight loss and health support group, Christ Lutheran Church. Call 362-1340. 7 p.m. • Card games, Funny River Community Center. • Narcotics Anonymous sup-

port group “Clean Machine” at Central Peninsula Hospital’s Redoubt Room, 250 Hospital Place, Soldotna. Call 907-335-9456. • Alcoholics Anonymous “Into Action” group, 12X12 study meeting, VFW basement Birch Street, Soldotna, 907-262-0995. 8 p.m. • Al-Anon Support Group at Central Peninsula Hospital in the Augustine Room, Soldotna. Call

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Pete and the Pope

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Political, social controversy on the menu Americans love food. Now more than

Back at the beginning of my TV career, in Cleveland local news, on-camera minority reporters were few and far between. Our business was just discovering the imperative of diversity. We had just one on our staff, a guy named Peter. Pete taught me a lesson that I’ve remembered through the decades. The KKK was having a gathering in Cleveland, and, for some ridiculous reason, Pete was assigned to cover it. Pro that he was, he went to the event and ended up doing an interview with the grand dragon. Happily, the cameraman made sure to stay in a two-shot as the Klan guy described blacks as “beasts of burden” and “mules.” Imagine the impact of the image on the screen: Pete’s placid demeanor as he held the mike without outwardly reacting to the racist pig’s spewed hatred. It was a profoundly effective condemnation of bigotry. Sadly, it is not the way most of us usually react to deeply offensive attacks. Take the gratuitously malignant cartoons that the French magazine Charlie Hebdo routinely publishes ridiculing Islamic and other religions’ sensibilities in the most juvenile, gross ways. Of course, we know that violent assassins presenting themselves as Muslim extremists launched a murderous attack in response to the cartoons depicting Muhammad. They killed a dozen people and spawned other fatal assaults. Millions of us, to show our support for

ever, it’s a refuge from the world’s intractable difficulties — and a rich, tactile alternative to the arm’s-length enjoyments of the Internet. And with money the key to satisfying desires online and off, the sky’s the limit when it comes to luxury food. That’s why it’s no surprise that Californians still crave foie gras — despite the statewide ban that took effect two years ago. And that’s why it’s important that a federal judge kicked off the new year by blocking the enforcement of that ban. Holding that federal poultry law pre-empts the Golden State’s foie gras prohibition, Judge Stephen V. Wilson drew cheers from chefs up and down the coast — yes, even in activist redoubts like San Francisco. Perhaps cleverly, Judge Wilson effectively sidestepped the broader constitutional issues. But that left open a window of opportunity for groups like the Humane Society, which insist that foie gras is a simple animal-cruelty issue. Their plan is to convince the (notoriously activist) Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that its permissive interpretation of the interstate commerce clause should extend to protect the ban. Previously, the court had ruled that California could prohibit foie gras without running afoul of constitutional legal precedent, which has long enforced the free flow of products across state borders. If the Ninth Circuit agrees, it’s likely that the foie gras case will make its way up the judicial food chain — possibly to the Supreme Court. Either way, the controversy will feed the flames of the culture war, which now extends in more ways than one to what and how we eat. For evidence, simply recall the way that Huy Fong Foods’ Sriracha sauce became a political football, or the unending arguments over efforts to force kids to eat government-approved healthy meals. The more that food becomes a public health issue, an animal rights issue, or any one of our many bones of national contention, the more we’ll feel like there isn’t anyplace we can go to enjoy ourselves, relax or celebrate. Whatever the legal and ethical intricacies, that’s going to worsen America’s besieged, put-upon mentality When I was a little boy growing up — a painful loss not just for fun, but for freedom. in Anchorage, I knew just what to do if — Orange County Register, Santa Ana, California, I caught on fire: “Stop, drop, and roll.” I Jan. 13 knew because they taught me in school.

discussing ideas in an unrestricted way, quickly embraced the mantra “Je Suis Charlie” (“I Am Charlie”). But I want to change that to say “Je suis libre expression” (“I am free expression”), since after thinking Bob Franken about it, I don’t want to be associated with a publication or other performer who often trivializes the whole principle of open discussion with gratuitously offensive depictions of that which people hold sacred. They do it strictly for shock value and to add to the bottom line. Pardon the cliche, but I can despise what they say while defending to the death their right to say it. In this case, of course, death came to those who had decided to regularly cross the bad taste line — at the hands of murderous fanatics who crossed civilization’s line to indulge their own twisted protector-of-the-faith fantasies. Predictably, Islamaphobes everywhere were then sent into their own frenzies, as they used the unspeakable attacks to reinforce their long-held bigotry. They pointed out that millions of Muslims admit that they sympathize with the assailants or least understand what motivated them. This is sad, because there is no justification for impeding the articulation of ideas,

no matter how objectionable. Period. But the belief that somehow religion is set apart is not limited to Muslims. The pope himself has weighed in when he told reporters: “You can’t provoke. You can’t insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit.” If, for instance, said the pontiff, “someone speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to be punched.” I’ve never publically contradicted a pope before, but, Your Holiness, you are flat-out wrong. In a free society, you can insult the faith of others. Without being punched or, by extension, killed. It may be juvenile, it may be crude, it may be outrageously anti-social, but it’s allowed and in a perverse way celebrated even by those of us who, in our own conversation, try to adhere to loose rules of civilized discourse. Cheap shots are the tactics of fools, but being a fool is not a capital crime. Unfortunately, there are those homicidal zealots who might get the wrong message from the pope’s words, that violence is somehow justified, and frankly, he should have known that. Usually, the most devastating response to obnoxiousness is no response. That’s the lesson my colleague Pete taught me, and it should guide all of us. Bob Franken is a longtime broadcast journalist, including 20 years at CNN.

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Quotable “I don’t really care who he is. It doesn’t make him any exception. If you’re a racist, you’re always going to be a racist. And for him to want to erase it — I just think it’s wrong.” — Kristyn Atwood, who was among a group of mostly black elementary school students at whom Mark Wahlberg threw rocks and shouted racial epithets in 1986. Wahlberg is now seeking a pardon for his crimes.

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Just like they later taught me, “Just say no” to drugs. It was mandatory. What I didn’t know is what to do after I was raped when I was seven years old. I didn’t know what to do when the rapist threatened to kill me, and my parents, if I told. I didn’t know what rape was. I thought it was a freak occurrence, making me a freak. And so I didn’t tell. I kept it to myself for 25 years. I suffered in silence. The same as thousands upon thousands of Alaskan victims of childhood sexual abuse are suffering now, no matter what their age. Suffering without the tools they need to cope and expose their abusers. Abuse can be overwhelming. But, fortunately, the legislature is close to making real progress in giving Alaskan kids tools they need to stand up to this abuse. It’s time to pass “Erin’s Law.”

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A laska D avis H olthouse Erin Merryn made a strong impression when she shared her story with legislators last year in Juneau. Erin was sexually abused by a family member as a child. Now a leader in preventing abuse, she is determined to see all 50 states adopt “Erin’s Law.” Erin’s Law requires school districts to provide age-appropriate curriculum about personal body safety. It also gives teachers, staff, and administrators the tools they need to respond properly to allegations of child sexual abuse. Erin’s Law’s catchphrase is “Get Away, Tell Today.” That message cannot be spread or strength-

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ened enough. To that end, I implore you to contact your state representative. Urge them to pass Erin’s Law this legislative session. Nineteen states have passed Erin’s Law. Last year, Erin’s Law passed in the Alaska Senate, but failed to pass in the Alaska House of Representatives. With early bipartisan support, there’s no reason Erin’s Law can not become law early this year. Because abuse is not a freak occurrence. One in six boys. One in four girls. One in six boys and one in four girls in the United States are sexually abused, nine times out of ten by someone they know. We teach kids what to do if there is a fire, an earthquake, or another emergency. But, we must face the reality that more of these students will be harmed by sexual abuse than by these other threats. Teaching kids about personal body safety is essential to keeping them safe. Let your legislator know that it’s time to pass Erin’s Law. David Holthouse lives in Anchorage.

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Alaska Legislature gavels in for 2015 session By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press

JUNEAU — The Alaska Legislature convened Tuesday for a session expected to focus heavily on the state’s budget deficit, a shortfall that has been made worse by falling oil prices. The mood on the opening day was lighthearted and marked by ceremony with members elected last year sworn in by Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott. But the task at hand over the scheduled 90-day session — chipping away at a budget hole projected to be at least $3.5 billion this year and next — loomed large. “The issues we face as Alas-

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kans are significant, and they are likely to be history-making,” Mallott told representatives. Gov. Bill Walker and legislative leaders say they want to make cuts and find efficiencies within state government, while dipping into savings to help get by, before considering new taxes or tax increases. Sen. Pete Kelly, co-chair of the Senate Finance Committee, said this could end up being a time that is remembered as good for Alaska because it A survey asking Kenai Peninsula community members to weigh in on what traits they want in a superintendent will be launched today on the school district’s website, she said. The survey is anonymous, but will ask where the responder lives on the Kenai Peninsula, and what their relationship is to the school district, Erkeneff said. There will be an option for open comment on the survey as well, she said. Public comment forms may also be acquired at the George Navarre Kenai Peninsula Borough Administrative building in Soldotna. “It is not a vote,” Erkeneff said. “But it will help guide the school board in the decision making process.”

be determined based on experience. Interim Superintendent Sean Dusek has not yet announced whether he will be applying for the position, Erkeneff said. Dusek will maintain his current position until July 1, which is when the chosen candidate will take over, she said. The school board is aiming to make the final selection for the position in the first part of March, Erkeneff said. The immediacy of the decision will be based on how the interview process goes. In the meantime the school district is asking for feedback Reach Kelly Sullivan at kelly. from the public, Erkeneff said. sullivan@peninsulclarion.com.

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ANCHORAGE (AP) — Alaska State Troopers say a corrections officer sustained minor injuries during an attempted escape by two inmates at the Anchorage jail. Troopers were notified Sunday night that the officer was assaulted in the booking area. Corrections Department spokeswoman Sherrie Daigle says the inmates are men and the officer is a woman.

will force the state change how it operates. Kelly, R-Fairbanks, said abundant funds have always stalled talks on ways to curb spending. He said the goal now will be to improve the state’s finances while protecting vital services. Many lawmakers see the next best hope for new revenue in this oil-dependent state to be a major liquefied natural gas project, which would be years away, if it is built, and would require a huge investment from the state. Walker is expected to release specifics of his budget plan this week. The governor, who took office with Mallott on Dec. 1, is scheduled to address a joint

session of the Legislature, and Alaska residents, in the State of the State address Wednesday and the State of the Budget address Thursday. His budget director Pat Pitney said “small amounts that address key priorities” could be added to the stripped down capital budget Walker submitted as a placeholder last month. She didn’t elaborate. Despite a strongly worded opinion piece this month in which Walker said Alaska is expected to pay out $100 million more in oil and gas production credits than it takes in in oil taxes this year, Walker said he is not planning to reopen the oil tax debate.

He said the credit issue may be addressed in this session, but he said that may not involve legislation. Several lawmakers also have said the topic is worth discussing. He said sometimes it’s a matter of talking with the companies applying for credits or that have projects to make sure that what they’re doing is aimed at more production. He said he wants to make sure he understands the situation and doesn’t want to overreact. Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, said the oil tax system is out of balance, but he’s not planning an oil tax bill this session. “I guess it’s a political balancing act of when and if the admin-

istration wants to deal with it,” he said. Stedman opposed the current tax structure but also had problems with the system it replaced. The longer the state waits to make adjustments, the harder it will be, he said. The revenue issue will become more emotional as budget cuts are made, he said. He said you can’t get a good policy when you’re in “reactionary mode.” There are eight new members of the House and two new state senators, both of whom are former representatives. Republicans are in the majority in both chambers.

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ried about the SRS’s effect on the budget. “It will have no impact,” Chapman said. Last year, the Kenai Peninsula received $676,602 from SRS payments. The Juneau district received $728,907 and Anchorage received $93,039. The Twenty-Five Percent Fund Act takes the average of the receipts garnered from national forests over the course of seven years (on a rolling basis) and distributes the money to “counties situated in proportion to acreage of national forest in the affected counties,” according to the Forest Service’s Election and Allocation Guidelines. According to a United States Department of Agriculture press release, when the 1908 Act payments began to decrease decades ago due to the decline in timber sales, Congress felt it necessary to provide financial support to regions of California, Oregon and Washington that were reliant on the payments. The press release states that in 2000, Congress passed

the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act as a safety net for regions throughout the United States. In a press release, Sen. Lisa Murkowski wrote that SRS payments were an important stopgap to help ailing communities fund schools and roads, but finding a long-term fiscal solution was also imperative. “I will continue to work to ensure that our forested communities are made whole,” Murkowski wrote. “Over the coming year, though, we must also seek a better way to create healthy economies for communities that have traditionally worked our national forests. The best answer is both tried and true: a return to the active management of our national forests.” Murkowski, who supported

SRS payments, wrote about the difficulties of trying to get the act renewed. “The simplest explanation for the lack of SRS funding in our flurry of year-end legislation is that the program is increasingly difficult to fund, as the rising costs of resource restrictions collide head-on with an ever-tighter federal budget,” Murkowski wrote. “This outcome stands in stark contrast to the promise the federal government made — over a century ago — to actively manage our national forests and pay a quarter of the revenues from timber harvests to counties, parishes, and boroughs with forested land.”

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The money from the 1908 Act, however, is significantly lower than SRS funding. This year, the state of Alaska will receive $535,167 from the U.S. Forest Service as part of the 1908 Act. Together, 41 states and Puerto Rico will receive a total of $50,388,613. This is a stark contrast to the SRS money distributed in 2014, when Alaska received $14,244,726 and total money distributed to all states and territories was $300,048,590. While the lack of SRS funding could cause problems for some Alaska communities, the Kenai Peninsula Borough’s budget for this year shouldn’t be affected. Craig Chapman, finance director for the borough, said that the KPB doesn’t budget for SRS funding because of the possibility the payments may not come. Chapman said he isn’t wor-

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TransCanada takes steps to acquire land By GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press

LINCOLN, Neb. — The developer of the Keystone XL oil pipeline made good on its promise Tuesday to try to seize access to the Nebraska land it needs to finish the project — the first steps it’s taken since the state’s high court removed a major legal barrier. TransCanada employees said the company filed legal papers in nine Nebraska counties to invoke eminent domain for the land that’s needed to construct, operate and maintain the pipeline. The filings come just before the company’s two-year window closes Thursday. The pipeline still faces legal challenges in Nebraska, even though the state’s Supreme Court allowed the route to stand by default. Opponents have sued to try to prevent the Calgary, Alberta-based com-

pany from using eminent domain and to overturn the state pipeline-siting law that allowed ex-Gov. Dave Heineman to approve the route in 2013. The pipeline would carry an estimated 800,000 barrels of crude oil a day to Nebraska, where it would connect with existing pipelines headed for Gulf Coast refineries. By law, TransCanada can use the courts to force Nebraska landowners to sell access to their land. Company officials say they still need to acquire 12 percent of the total land easements from owners who have not yet reached a deal. Some holdouts have said they won’t negotiate no matter how much TransCanada offers. The company has acquired 100 percent of the private landowner easements in Montana and South Dakota, according to TransCanada’s Keystone projects land manager Andrew

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In this Jan. 16 photo, Ken Prososki, who opposes the Keystone XL pipeline, leans against his pickup along the route of the pipeline which is planned to go through his property, in Fullerton, Neb.

Craig. “This is all we have left,” Craig told The Associated Press. “... We think 88 percent voluntarily agreements in the last two years is a substantial success.”

Pipeline opponents argue that many of the landowners in Montana and South Dakota were “bullied” early in the process and told they had no other option. Craig said the company has

secured voluntary agreements with as many as 96 percent of the landowners in some of the remaining Nebraska counties. And he expects the company will sign agreements with at least half of the remaining landowners without having to use eminent domain. Those still willing to negotiate mostly have concerns about compensation and restoration of native grasslands that could take three to five years to regrow, Craig said. Jim Tarnick has received at least six offers — ranging from $30,000 to $58,000 — for his land on the route just south of Fullerton. TransCanada also sent the 39-year-old a letter and tried to call him last week after the court’s ruling. He opposes the pipeline and plans to continue fighting it, though he isn’t part of the new lawsuits. “If we can’t stop the project,

we at least have to do what’s best for us and future generations,” said Tarnick, who is concerned about the pipeline’s possible effects on groundwater and soil. “When they’re done with it, we’re going to be left with a pipe in the ground.” Environmentalists and other pipeline opponents argue that any leaks could contaminate water sources and the project would increase air pollution around refineries and harm wildlife. Supporters, including state and national Republicans and oil industry members, say those fears are exaggerated and argue that the pipeline would create jobs and ease the country’s dependence on foreign oil. President Barack Obama has downplayed the project’s benefits, and the White House has publicly threatened to veto legislation in Congress that would fast-track the project.

Mom accused of setting baby afire held on $500K bail By SEAN CARLIN Associated Press

MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. — A New Jersey woman accused of dousing her newborn daughter with accelerant, setting her on fire and leaving her in the middle of a road said little in her first court appearance Tuesday, appearing on video to answer to a murder charge. Hyphernkemberly Dorvilier, 22, was read the charge by Supe-

rior Court Judge Philip Haines. He maintained her $500,000 bail, which was set after police found the baby in flames Friday night in the middle of a Pemberton Township road and arrested the woman. Dorvilier was found with a can of WD-40 and a lighter in her jacket pocket; the baby had third-degree burns over about 60 percent of her body, investigators said in court documents released by Burlington County

prosecutors Tuesday. The judge said the alleged crime is in the “high range of seriousness, without a doubt.” Dorvilier said she was planning to hire a private attorney. Haines said that if she were to post bail, she would not be released until a psychiatric evaluation was presented to the court. When the infant was found, it still had the umbilical cord and placenta attached, investi-

gators said. Prosecutors haven’t specified a motive. There was no answer at the two-story yellow house where Dorvilier lived with her mother and sister on a quiet suburban street in Pemberton, a town of about 28,000. Police were responding to a call about a fire on the road in the township, about 30 miles east of Philadelphia. When they arrived, they found a neighbor holding Dorvilier down on the

ground and the baby wrapped in a smoldering towel and paper, according to the court documents. “The defendant was interrupted in the act of committing the crime,” Deputy First As-

sistant Prosecutor Jim Ronca said. The baby was alive and breathing when she was flown to a hospital in Philadelphia, but died two hours later, authorities say.

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Around the World Canadian special forces perform ground role in Iraq, directing coalition airstrikes TORONTO — Canadian special forces in northern Iraq have been helping Kurdish peshmerga fighters by directing coalition airstrikes against Islamic State extremists — work generally considered risky because it means they are close to the battle against the group. The Canadians’ efforts complement those of the United States, which has conducted the vast majority of the airstrikes against the Islamic State group. But in their new role, the Canadians are performing a task that so far the U.S. has been unwilling to do. Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has repeatedly said the U.S. would consider directing attacks from the ground but that it has not done so. Brig. Gen. Mike Rouleau, the commander of Canadian special forces, said his soldiers have directed 13 strikes. Canada has 69 special forces soldiers in Iraq in what the Canadian government has called an advising and training role. Rouleau said they do about 80 percent of their training and advising well behind the front lines and about 20 percent right at the front lines.

Seeking billions in BP penalties, feds revisit Gulf oil spill’s environmental, social turmoil NEW ORLEANS — Images of oil-coated birds and testimony about “widespread sociocultural harm” opened the third phase of a trial to establish penalties BP must pay under the federal Clean Water Act for spilling millions of barrels of crude into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. The government wants the oil giant to pay another $13.7 billion for harming not just the birds and fish, but the business climate and social fabric of coastal communities. The pollution caused by the Deepwater Horizon explosion not only killed wildlife, but disrupted livelihoods and exacerbated economic inequality across the Gulf states, anthropologist Diane Austin testified Tuesday. She based her findings on interviews with more than 1,300 people — not only fishermen who derive their living from the Gulf, but bankers and business owners of all kinds. Even florists described a sudden drop in orders after the spill, she said. Harm was widespread because so much of life along the coast depends on both fishing and energy production, both of which were upended while BP struggled for 87 days to cap the crude gushing from the undersea Macondo well.

4 men in Paris court are 1st to face terror attacks charges PARIS — French anti-terror prosecutors sought Tuesday to charge four men in connection with the attacks in Paris that left 20 people dead, which would be the first suspects charged in the country’s bloodiest terrorist attacks in decades. The four men awaited an anti-terror judge’s decision early Wednesday on whether to open preliminary investigations against them. The possible charges were expected just hours before the French government was to unveil new measures aimed at helping head off future attacks, giving police more power to tap phones, monitor Web sites and force Internet companies to block messages of hate posted online. — The Associated Press M

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CINCINNATI — Tons of concrete and steel covered the southbound lanes of a major artery Tuesday after an overpass collapse during demolition work left one worker dead, a tractor-trailer driver injured and police considering what the potential toll might have been had the accident occurred amid heavy traffic. The removal of debris from Interstate 75 began Tuesday afternoon and was expected to take 24 to 48 hours. Ohio transportation authorities will then assess the pavement where the section of overpass deck landed Monday night with what a resident described as an earthshaking thud. The Ohio Department of Transportation said it’s difficult to predict how long pavement repairs might take without seeing the damage. Cincinnati Police Chief Jeffrey Blackwell said casualties could have been much higher had the accident occurred at a

busy time on the interstate that carries more than 178,000 vehicles a day through the area some 5 miles north of the Ohio River. Authorities identified the worker who was killed as Brandon William Carl, 35, of Augusta, Kentucky. The Hamilton County coroner’s office will do an autopsy to determine cause of death; Cincinnati fire officials said the body was recovered from rubble with the help of air bags and special equipment early Tuesday morning, about four hours after the accident. The name of the tractortrailer driver wasn’t released immediately. He was taken to a hospital with what were described as minor injuries. His truck slammed into the overpass as the debris landed. “In a matter of seconds his fate would have probably been different,” Blackwell said. Transportation officials said heavy equipment was being used to separate the concrete deck from structural steel when

the span fell. Gary Middleton, acting deputy director of the Ohio transportation department’s southwest Ohio district, said it was a “routine operation” being carried out by a major contractor. Westerville, Ohio-based Kokosing Construction was doing the demolition under a nearly $91 million contract for a three-year project meant to improve traffic capacity and safety in a busy stretch of I-75. The company had a good safety track record, federal regulators said. The cause of the accident is under investigation. “I would say there any number of possibilities,” Middleton said. The overpass once carried a ramp that had been a left-hand exit from northbound I-75 and carried traffic over the southbound lanes to Hopple Street. It was replaced by a new ramp that exits to the right from northbound 75 near the University of Cincinnati. Middleton said Kokosing is

a “very safety-conscious” contractor with high ratings. The company didn’t immediately respond to messages left Tuesday. The firm is responsible for debris cleanup and could be assessed damages for forcing lane closures and other work, Middleton said. Kokosing also could face fines and other disciplinary action by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which was investigating the work-related death. Suburban commuters headed downtown were diverted to Interstate 71 south, where traffic slowed Tuesday morning. Motorists headed to Kentucky could take the Interstate 275 loop around the city. Southbound side streets also were congested. The construction project had been scheduled for completion in June 2016. Planned northbound I-75 closures for work Tuesday night were postponed. A nearby resident said the collapse rattled his house.

Jury selection starts in theater shooting trial By SADIE GURMAN and DAN ELLIOTT Associated Press

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — The first time James Holmes appeared in court, he wore chains and an orange jail jumpsuit and looked dazed, with his hair dyed a comic-book shade of orange. As the first day of jury selection ended Tuesday in the Colorado theater shooting case, it was a far different Holmes at the defense table: The jail uniform was replaced with khakis, an untucked blue shirt with white stripes and a blue blazer. His hair, now a dark brown, was neatly trimmed. Later in the day, he wore a different shirt. The former graduate student whose attorneys acknowledge that he opened fire at a midnight “Batman” movie back in 2012 also had a curly, medium-length beard and wore oval-shaped

reddish glasses. No restraints were visible, though the judge had ordered him to be tethered to the floor in a way the public couldn’t see for the trial. Holmes’ more conventional appearance was an indication that the case was drawing closer to the time when a jury would see the defendant accused of killing 12 people and wounding

70 others at a suburban Denver theater. But first attorneys have to sort through thousands of potential jurors. Court officials initially summoned a jury pool of 9,000 people, the largest in the nation’s history. But that figure later fell to about 7,000 after some summons could not be delivered and some people were excused.

The pool will be winnowed to a handful in the weeks ahead. It could take until June to seat the jurors and alternates for a trial that might last until October. Holmes, who has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to murder and attempted murder charges, could get the death penalty if convicted.

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Japan weighs ransom in Islamic State threat By JON GAMBRELL and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press

CAIRO — The Islamic State group threatened to kill two Japanese hostages within 72 hours, demanding a $200 million ransom in a video posted online Tuesday that showed a knife-brandishing masked militant standing over the two kneeling captives. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was traveling in the Middle East, vowed to save the men. But with his military only operating in a self-defense capacity at home, Abe faces a hard choice: openly pay the extremists or ask an ally like the United States to attempt a risky rescue inside Syria. Tuesday’s video, released via militant websites associated with the Islamic State group, mirrored other hostage threats the extremists have made. In it, the captives, 47-year-old Kenji Goto and 42-year-old Haruna Yukawa, were shown in orange jumpsuits with a rocky hill in the background, a black-clad militant standing between them. The scene resembles others featuring five hostages previously beheaded by the Islamic State group, which controls a third of Iraq and Syria. Speaking in English with a British accent, the militant demanded $200 million for the men’s release and appeared to link the ransom to a pledge Abe made Saturday of nonmilitary aid to help the government of Iraq and to assist Syrian refu-

gees who have fled the Islamic State’s brutality. “To the prime minister of Japan ... you willingly have volunteered to take part in this crusade,” said the masked man, who looked and sounded like the militant shown in other filmed beheadings. “And to the Japanese public: Just as your government has made the foolish decision to pay $200 million to fight the Islamic State, you now have 72 hours to pressure your government in making a wise decision, by paying the $200 million to save the lives of your citizens,” he said. “Otherwise, this knife will become your nightmare. Japanese officials said they would analyze the video to verify its authenticity, though Abe offered no hesitation as he pledged to free the men. “Their lives are the top priority,” the Japanese leader told journalists in Jerusalem as he wrapped up a six-day visit to the Middle East. “Extremism and Islam are completely different things.” Abe and others in his government declined to say whether they would pay a ransom, though Abe dispatched his deputy foreign minister, Yasuhide Nakayama, to Jordan to seek the country’s support in resolving the hostage crisis. Agreeing to the Islamic State group’s demands would run contrary to allies like the U.S. and Britain, which have a strict policy of not paying ransoms. The State Department had

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This image taken from an online video released by the Islamic State group’s al-Furqan media arm on Tuesday, purports to show the group threatening to kill two Japanese hostages that the militants identify as Kenji Goto, left, and Haruna Yukawa, right, unless a $200 million ransom is paid within 72 hours.

no immediate comment on whether the U.S. was urging Japan not to pay. Secretary of State John Kerry planned to speak later with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida on the hostage crisis, spokeswoman Jen Psaki said. In a statement, she said the U.S. “strongly condemns ISIL’s threat to murder Japanese citizens,” and called for the immediate release of all hostages. “The United States is fully supportive of Japan in this matter. We stand in solidarity with Japan and are coordinating closely,” the statement said. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also called for the immediate release of the Japanese hostages and all other captives. Though Abe has said he wants a more-muscular Japanese military, he has ruled out

sending troops overseas and Japan’s constitution, drafted during the American occupation following World War II, commits the country to pacifism. That would put the onus on partners like the U.S. to attempt any hostage rescue. In early July, U.S. special forces launched a secret raid into Syria to try to free American hostages held by the Islamic State group, killing several militants, but finding no captives. The two Japanese hostages said nothing during the video. Goto is a respected Japanese freelance journalist who went to report on Syria’s civil war last year.”I’m in Syria for reporting,” Goto wrote in an email to an Associated Press journalist in October, before he was abducted. “I hope I can convey the atmosphere from

where I am and share it.” Yukawa, the founder of a private security company, was kidnapped in Syria in August after going there to train with militants, according to a post on a blog he kept. Nobuo Kimoto, an adviser to Yukawa’s company, told Japanese television station NHK that he had worried “something like this could happen sooner or later.” Tuesday’s video marks the first time the Islamic State group has publicly demanded cash. The extremists requested $132.5 million from hostage James Foley’s parents and political concessions from Washington, though neither was granted, U.S. authorities say, and Foley was subsequently beheaded. They asked for a similar amount for two other American hostages, authorities have said. The Islamic State group has suffered recent losses in U.S.led airstrikes, and with global oil prices down, their revenue from selling stolen oil has dropped. The extremists also have made money from extortion and robbing banks during its August offensive in Iraq. Before the oil price drop, the Islamic State group made as much as $2 million a day selling pilfered oil, and used the funds to pacify as many as 8 million people living in its self-declared caliphate, said Greg Ohannessian, an analyst at the Dubaibased Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis. “Now with oil dropping by 60 percent, that is going to

be cutting into their income,” Ohannessian said. “That is definitely going to have an impact on their capacity to maintain the population.” The group released some 200 mostly elderly Yazidi hostages in Iraq over the weekend, fueling speculation by Iraqi officials that the group didn’t have the money to care for them. Besides Foley, the Islamic State group has beheaded American hostage Peter Kassig, Israeli-American Steven Sotloff, and British captives David Haines and Alan Henning. The group has also shot dead hundreds of captives — mainly Syrian and Iraqi soldiers — and has celebrated its mass killings in graphic videos. The extremists still hold British photojournalist John Cantlie, who has appeared in other extremist propaganda videos, and a 26-year-old American woman. U.S. officials have asked that the woman not be identified out of fears for her safety. This is Abe’s second Mideast hostage crisis since becoming prime minister. The first came two years ago when al-Qaidaaffiliated militants attacked an Algerian natural gas plant, killing 37 foreigners, including 10 Japanese. Seven Japanese workers survived. What Abe and others in Japan fear is a replay of 2004, when followers of Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi beheaded a Japanese backpacker, Shosei Koda, over the country sending troops to Iraq to do humanitarian work.

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Shiite rebels shell Yemen president’s home By AHMED AL-HAJ and MAGGIE MICHAEL Associated Press

SANAA, Yemen — Shiite rebels shelled thåe residence of Yemen’s leader and swept into the nearby presidential palace Tuesday in what a top army commander said was an unfolding coup. President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi — an important U.S. ally in the fight against the highly lethal Yemeni branch of al-Qaida that claimed responsibility for the newspaperoffice attack in Paris — was unharmed, authorities said. But his grip on power appeared increasingly precarious. The Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, took over the capital Sanaa in September as part of åIt was unclear whether they intend to seize power altogether or allow the internationally backed president to remain in office. In a lengthy speech aired by the group’s TV network, rebel leader Abdel-Malek al-Houthi said that “all options are open”

and that the escalation “has no ceiling” if Hadi does not speed up implementation of a U.N.brokered peace deal. That deal would grant the Houthis greater power over a commission that has been assigned to draft a new constitution and outline a new federal system. Critics of the Houthis say they are using the U.N. deal as a pretext to seize more power. In Washington, U.S. officials said the rebel violence å undermining American military and intelligence operations against the al-Qaida branch, which claimed to have carried out the attack on the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo earlier this month that left 12 people dead in Paris. Washington has long viewed the Yemeni branch, known as Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, as the global terror network’s most dangerous affiliate. On Tuesday, after an emergency meeting, the U.N. Security Council called for a lasting cease-fire and condemned the

violence. In a statement approved by all 15 members, the council asserted that Hadi “is the legitimate authority.” The Houthis appear determined to redraw a 2012 road map backed by Arab Gulf states and the West that compelled then-President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down following months of Arab Spring-inspired protests against his three-decade rule. The Houthis’ expansion into Sunni-dominated areas of the country threatens to inject sectarianism into what until now has been mainly a struggle for power. Al-Qaida, which is at war with the Houthis and Hadi’s forces, stands to benefit. The latest escalation began early Monday, when heavy fighting broke out around the presidential palace and Hadi’s residence, and the Houthis seized control of state-run media. The fighting left at least nine people dead and 67 wounded, Deputy Health Minister Nasser Baoum said. A cease-fire took effect by

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Houthi Shiite Yemeni stand guard in front of a building damaged during recent clashes near the presidential palace in Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday. Yemen’s U.S.-backed leadership came under serious threat Monday as government troops clashed with Shiite rebels near the presidential palace and a key military base in what one official called “a step toward a coup.”

the end of the day following hours of negotiations, but the truce broke down Tuesday afternoon when Hadi’s residence came under heavy shelling, ac-

cording to Yemeni officials. Information Minister Nadia al-Sakkaf posted on her Twitter account that armed forces positioned on rooftops began bom-

barding the president’s house. Hadi was inside the heavily guarded residence at the time but was not harmed, officials said.

Shelling in eastern Ukraine kills at least 6 civilians By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV, and PETER LEONARD Associated Press

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DONETSK, Ukraine — Shelling in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk killed at least six civilians Tuesday, as fighting intensified between government and rebel forces. AP reporters saw the bodies of two people who were killed while waiting for a bus in the separatist-held city of Donetsk. Separatist authorities said another person died from an attack elsewhere in the city. Regional authorities loyal to the government said six people in total, including the three counted in Donetsk, had died throughout the day. Fighting spiked over the weekend in the bitter battle for control over Donetsk’s nowshattered airport. The level of artillery exchanges has abated since that peak.

In an effort to kick-start a peace process, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier invited his counterparts from France, Russia and Ukraine to a meeting in Berlin on Wednesday to discuss the crisis in eastern Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov plans to attend, the ministry said in Moscow. The resurgence in fighting during the last few days led “to a threatening situation,” Steinmeier said in Berlin. Negotiating stakes for the warring parties hinge on the terms of a cease-fire deal drawn up in September in the Belarusian capital, Minsk. Agreement was ostensibly reached over a line of contact between the opposing forces, although that has been insufficient to prevent continued fighting. A new truce reached in December swiftly unraveled after the New Year and culminated

with the confrontation that is still continuing at Donetsk airport and in surrounding areas. Separatists insist they are entitled to control over the terminal, which now remains little more than a smoldering shell, while Ukraine says the Minsk deal makes no provisions for the airport. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, which was a party to the September deal, on Tuesday issued a declaration calling for an immediate, new cease-fire and for full implementation of the previous agreement. At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said that de-escalation of the conflict will be the main topic at the meeting which will take place in Berlin on Wednesday. He said that Ukraine intelligence reports show that around 2,000 troops entered Ukrainian territory and participated in

combat operations. “With this type of approach we will never ever reach deescalation” he said. Ukraine’s military spokesman Andriy Lysenko earlier Tuesday

said Russia this week boosted separatist numbers with two battalions, comprising 400 troops each. He didn’t detail how that figure was obtained. Russian defense ministry

spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov called claims that troops had been sent into Ukraine as “absolute nonsense,” according to Russia’s Interfax news agency.

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Sports

Timmy Smithwick beats buzzer, Fort Yukon By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

The Fort Yukon boys had rebounding and a vicious defensive press, but the Cook Inlet Academy boys had Timmy Smithwick. Smithwick, a junior, nailed a long 3-pointer at the buzzer to give CIA a thrilling 50-49 nonconference win over Fort Yukon on Tuesday night at Cook Inlet Academy. Smithwick scored the Eagles’ final 20 points — including all in the fourth quarter — to end up with a game-high 27, and brought down 15 rebounds for good measure. “Our strategy was pretty much just to get it down low,” Smithwick said. “We just ran our offense and I saw the double-team so I cut back to the 3-point line and luckily Andrew Hammond saw me there for the assist.” Freshman Johnny Smithwick chipped in 11 points, and Riley Smithwick, a senior, added eight. Overall, the Smithwick brothers combined for 46 of CIA’s 50 points. “The thing I was most impressed with (Timmy) is his rebounding,” said CIA coach Justin Franchino. “We knew, especially in this game, was how outsized we were, and tonight was no exception.”

Franchino said Fort Yukon is one of the top teams that his squad will see at the Class 1A level, and the height of several players was key to their success. Fort Yukon outrebounded CIA 17-6 on the offensive glass. “The reason they stayed in that game in the fourth (quarter) was because of their putbacks,” Franchino said. Cook Inlet, which had not played Fort Yukon since 2012, moved to 4-2 overall this season. CIA led 38-34 heading into the fourth quarter, but Franklin and Jerry Carroll led a suffocating defensive press by Fort Yukon to put the visitors back in front in the late stages. Jerry Carroll broke through the CIA defense for a go-ahead layup with 13 seconds remaining in the game to put Fort Yukon up 49-47. CIA wasted no time getting the ball back inbounds, racing up the court for a final shot with Andrew Hammond handling the ball. Hammond found Smithwick in the backcourt, and he released the ball with a defender in his face as the buzzer sounded to send the crowd and his teammates into a wild frenzy. “It felt like forever,” Smithwick said about the final second. “It’s kind of one of those things, everybody’s

screaming and once you shoot, it’s just quiet, and it feels like a lifetime.” Smithwick said the farther away from the 3-point line he stands on the offensive half of the court, the more accurate he typically is. Tuesday’s game-winner came from at least 6 feet away from the arc. “The closer to the line the less accurate I am, I think,” he said. “At lunchtime, we shoot around from deep for fun, and I guess it just works.” Prior to the dramatic finish, CIA had let an early eight-point lead in the first half slip away, due mostly to turnovers and Fort Yukon’s ability to get points from offensive rebounds. CIA led by as much as 12-4 in the first quarter, but Fort Yukon dragged itself back into the game with points from Jerry Carroll, who led his team with 20 points. Fort Yukon led 20-19 at halftime, and the two teams continued to battle through a third quarter that saw the lead traded six times. No team led by more than three points until the final 23 seconds of the frame. Johnny Smithwick notched a pair of layups on consecutive possessions for CIA, including a go-ahead shot with 4:58 left in the third quarter to put the Eagles up 30-28, but from that point on, older brother Timmy took control

to score the remaining 20 points for CIA. “The thing that I told them was that the sign of a champion is somebody who, even when you make mistakes and don’t play perfect, you dig down deep and find a way to win,” Franchino said. “That’s what we did tonight.” CIA girls 39, Fort Yukon 24

pull up so that we can set those things and run through those things multiple times before taking a shot, but the execution of those offenses is still suspect.” The home team staked out a 12-2 lead after one quarter, then stretched it to 23-4 with 3:45 to play in the second frame. However, six unanswered points by Fort Yukon in the final 3:27 of the half resulted in a 23-10 halftime lead for CIA. In the third quarter, Fort Yukon tried to continue the charge, but fell short with an abundance of mistakes and turnovers, all of which Brush and Hills feasted on for transition buckets. “Kendra has a really great game,” Leaf said. “She had the confidence to shoot from outside, but more importantly, she was working well from down low getting rebounds.” The closest Fort Yukon got to CIA in the second half was 12 points. Fort Yukon was led by Aquinnah Tramblay’s 10 points.

The Eagles cruised to a home win over the visiting Fort Yukon squad, which suited up only six players. Junior Kendra Brush scored a gamehigh 16 points for CIA, including 12 in the first half. Sophomore teammate Danielle Hills added 12. Even with the win, CIA coach Kenny Leaf said there are still improvements to be made for the 5-1 Eagles. “We did not execute well, but it’s something that we’re aware we need to do,” said CIA coach Kenny Leaf. “We’re going up to Delta tomorrow to play a tournament with some 3A schools, so we know we need to execute offensively.” Leaf said the Eagles tend to play Nikiski JV girls 41, Ninilchik 39 well against high-pressure defenses, The host Bulldogs came back in but Fort Yukon turnovers were what allowed CIA to pull away. the fourth quarter for a nonconference “We purposefully try to set our- victory Tuesday. selves up with that,” Leaf said. “We See HOOPS, page A-11

Iditarod organizers consider move to Fairbanks ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A lack of snow in Southcentral Alaska has organizers of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race pondering whether to move the start of the grueling 1,000-mile competition from Willow to Fairbanks. The event begins with a ceremonial start March 7 in Anchorage. Dog teams carrying passengers make a leisurely 11mile run from downtown to an airstrip on the city’s east side. Actual racing begins a day

later and usually starts in Willow. The trail takes mushers and dogs through the Alaska Range, down the Yukon River and along the Bering Sea coast to the old gold rush town of Nome. Race organizers in 2003 moved the start of the race to Fairbanks on the north side of the Alaska Range because of low snow and poor trail conditions. They were criticized for not doing so last year. Norwegian musher Robert Sorlie, who won the race in

Soldotna hockey holds off Homer Staff report

The Soldotna hockey team held off host Homer 3-2 in Northstar Conference action Tuesday. The win moves Homer and Soldotna to identical 2-6-1 marks in the league, but the Stars currently hold the tiebreaker due to head-to-head action. Homer and Soldotna tied their other conference game this year, while SoHi went 2-1 in nonleague contests against the Mariners. Soldotna goalie Billy Yoder, with 26 saves on 28 shots, played a major role in holding off the Stars, who jumped to a 3-0 lead. At the end of the second period, the Stars had that 3-0 lead and were on a power play due to a five-minute major when Homer earned a penalty shot. Yoder turned aside the bid by Garrett Butcher. Early in the third period, SoHi was on another power play when Owen Delehanty got a breakaway, but was turned aside. Those two saves would loom large. With 7 minutes, 46 seconds, left in the game, SoHi committed a turnover and Dmitry Kuzmin scored the goal to cut

the gap to 3-1. Then with 7:10 to play, Homer went on a five-minute major power play. Tim Blakely scored with 4:08 to play for a 3-2 lead, then Yoder made another huge save as the power play expired. He then held the fort for the last 2:10 for the victory. SoHi had taken a 2-0 lead in the first period on goals by Bobo Lott, the first unassisted and the second assisted by Ty Fenton and Coel Nelson. In the second period, with 12:25 to play, Kenny Flanders, on assists from Levi Hensley and Fenton, scored just as a SoHi power play was expiring for a 3-0 lead. Markian Polushkin made 13 saves on 16 shots for Homer. Tuesday Stars 3, Mariners 2 Soldotna Homer

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NFL investigates Pats By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer

The NFL says its investigation into whether the New England Patriots used under-inflated footballs in the AFC championship game is ongoing after a report Tuesday night claimed the league found 11 balls were not properly inflated. Troy Vincent, the NFL’s executive vice president for football operations, told The Associated Press that the “investigation is currently underway and we’re still awaiting findings.” Vincent was responding to an ESPN report that cited anonymous league sources saying 11 of the Patriots’ 12 allotted

game footballs were underinflated by 2 pounds per square inch of air. ESPN did not say how that occurred. Vincent said earlier Tuesday he expected the probe to be concluded by the end of the week. The last thing the NFL wants after a difficult season off the field is a potential cheating scandal that disrupts Super Bowl week. New England faces Seattle on Feb. 1 in Glendale, Arizona. The Patriots, who beat Indianapolis 45-7 for the AFC title, said they were cooperating with the league, and a Seahawks spokesman said the team would defer to the league on the matter.

2005, survived a harrowing trip through the Dalzell Gorge and Farewell Burn in the Alaska Range. “They should not send people out there. It’s not safe,” said Sorlie, a firefighter, while in Nikolai. “I’ve never been so scared before in my life.” Race marshal Mark Nordman is watching current trail conditions closely, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported (http://bit.ly/15sCMKr). One big storm could change

everything, he said. “Plan A is going over the Alaska Range. That’s still what we’re working on,” he said. “And with the reception we had in 2003, we would hope Fairbanks would be excited if Plan B would need to happen.” The Dalzell Gorge and the Farewell Burn need more snow, he said. There also might be open water on the Yukon River above Galena, Nordman said. From Unalakleet on the Bering Sea coast, there’s a thin snow-

pack too, he said. Temperatures rose last year after the decision was made to use the traditional route, Nordman said. The Iditarod Trail Committee will decide in mid-February whether the race will follow its normal route or restart in Fairbanks. Lead time is needed because mushers drop off food at checkpoints and race officials must plan logistics, Nordman said. There’s pressure from loca-

tions along the traditional route to keep it, Nordman said. Cities and businesses along the traditional route want organizers to stick to the usual trail, Nordman said. “When we don’t come through a village, it’ll be a big hit,” he said. “But they all realize. They see it every day. Their travel is harder because of the lack of snow in some places.” Nordman added his ultimate responsibility is to the dogs and mushers. C

Scoreboard Hockey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF Tampa Bay 48 30 14 4 64 156 Detroit 47 27 11 9 63 139 Montreal 45 29 13 3 61 123 Boston 47 25 16 6 56 124 Florida 44 20 14 10 50 107 Toronto 47 22 22 3 47 139 Ottawa 45 18 18 9 45 122 Buffalo 47 14 30 3 31 89 Metropolitan Division N.Y. Islanders 46 31 14 1 63 151 Pittsburgh 45 26 12 7 59 136 N.Y. Rangers 44 27 13 4 58 134 Washington 46 24 13 9 57 137 Philadelphia 48 19 22 7 45 130 Columbus 44 20 21 3 43 113 New Jersey 47 17 22 8 42 107 Carolina 46 16 25 5 37 98

GA 127 119 106 118 122 146 125 167 129 114 106 120 146 138 134 120

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Nashville 45 30 10 5 65 137 104 St. Louis 46 29 13 4 62 148 111 Chicago 46 29 15 2 60 145 106 Winnipeg 47 25 14 8 58 131 117 Dallas 46 21 18 7 49 144 151 Colorado 47 19 18 10 48 122 135 Minnesota 46 20 20 6 46 128 137 Pacific Division Anaheim 46 30 10 6 66 133 121 Vancouver 45 26 16 3 55 124 114 San Jose 47 24 17 6 54 127 130 Calgary 46 25 18 3 53 133 119 Los Angeles 46 20 14 12 52 127 122 Arizona 46 16 25 5 37 105 156 Edmonton 47 12 26 9 33 109 158 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Y Houston 29 13 Dallas 29 13 San Antonio 27 16 New Orleans 20 21 Northwest Division Portland 31 11 Oklahoma City 21 20 Denver 18 24 Utah 14 27 Minnesota 7 33 Pacific Division Golden State 33 6 L.A. Clippers 28 14 Phoenix 25 18 Sacramento 16 25 L.A. Lakers 12 30

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Tuesday’s Games Oklahoma City 94, Miami 86 San Antonio 109, Denver 99 Wednesday’s Games New York at Philadelphia, 3 p.m. Miami at Charlotte, 3 p.m. Utah at Cleveland, 3 p.m. Indiana at Atlanta, 3:30 p.m. Orlando at Detroit, 3:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at New Orleans, 4 p.m. Toronto at Memphis, 4 p.m. Dallas at Minnesota, 4 p.m. Oklahoma City at Washington, 4 p.m. Portland at Phoenix, 5 p.m. Brooklyn at Sacramento, 6 p.m. Houston at Golden State, 6:30 p.m. All Times AST

Men’s Scores EAST Harvard 66, Bryant 57 Michigan 54, Rutgers 50 Syracuse 69, Boston College 61 SOUTH

Tuesday’s Games Edmonton 5, Washington 4, SO Detroit 5, Minnesota 4, SO N.Y. Rangers 3, Ottawa 2, OT Philadelphia 3, Pittsburgh 2, OT Montreal 2, Nashville 1, OT Tampa Bay 4, Vancouver 1 Chicago 6, Arizona 1 Boston 3, Dallas 1 Wednesday’s Games Toronto at Ottawa, 3 p.m. Chicago at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. Columbus at Winnipeg, 5 p.m. Boston at Colorado, 6 p.m. Calgary at Anaheim, 6 p.m. Los Angeles at San Jose, 6:30 p.m. All Times AST

Davidson 77, Dayton 60 Georgia 69, Mississippi 64 Kentucky 65, Vanderbilt 57 LSU 79, Florida 61 McNeese St. 63, Abilene Christian 56 Sam Houston St. 62, Nicholls St. 39 Tennessee 66, South Carolina 62

Basketball

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NBA Standings

Texas A&M-CC 88, Northwestern St. 76 FAR WEST

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Toronto 27 14 Brooklyn 17 24 Boston 13 26 Philadelphia 8 33 New York 6 36 Southeast Division Atlanta 34 8 Washington 29 13 Miami 18 23 Charlotte 17 25 Orlando 15 29 Central Division Chicago 27 16 Cleveland 22 20 Milwaukee 21 20 Detroit 16 26 Indiana 15 28

MIDWEST Green Bay 78, Ill.-Chicago 55 Illinois St. 64, Drake 56 Iowa St. 77, Kansas St. 71 Milwaukee 67, Wright St. 41 Nebraska 52, Minnesota 49 Valparaiso 77, Youngstown St. 62 Wisconsin 82, Iowa 50

Pct GB .659 — .415 10 .333 13 .195 19 .143 21½ .810 — .690 5 .439 15½ .405 17 .341 20 .628 — .524 4½ .512 5 .381 10½ .349 12

San Diego St. 77, Air Force 45 Utah St. 70, Nevada 54

Women’s Scores EAST Brown 67, NJIT 39 Fairfield 57, St. Peter’s 47 Temple 83, Cincinnati 50 SOUTH Coastal Carolina 50, Campbell 40 High Point 72, Gardner-Webb 57 Presbyterian 71, Charleston Southern 40 Radford 67, UNC Asheville 65 Tulane 73, Tulsa 34 Winthrop 63, Liberty 58 MIDWEST SIU-Edwardsville 60, SE Missouri 48

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division Memphis 29 12 .707

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No major team scores reported FAR WEST No major team scores reported

Tennis Australian Open Seeds

Tuesday At Melbourne Park Melbourne, Australia Men First Round Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Aljaz Bedene, Slovenia, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. Stan Wawrinka (4), Switzerland, def. Marsel Ilhan, Turkey, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2. Kei Nishikori (5), Japan, def. Nicolas Almagro, Spain, 6-4, 7-6 (1), 6-2. Milos Raonic (8), Canada, def. Illya Marchenko, Ukraine, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3), 6-3. David Ferrer (9), Spain, def. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-0, 6-3. Feliciano Lopez (12), Spain, def. Denis Kudla, United States, 3-6, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, 10-8. Roberto Bautista Agut (13), Spain, def. Dominic Thiem, Austria, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (5). Fabio Fognini (16), Italy, lost to Alejandro Gonzalez, Colombia, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4. Gael Monfils (17), France, def. Lucas Pouille, France, 6-7 (3), 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4. Gilles Simon (18), France, def. Robin Haase, Netherlands, 6-1, 6-3, 6-4. John Isner (19), United States, def. Jimmy Wang, Taiwan, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-4. Alexandr Dolgopolov (21), Ukraine, lost to Paolo Lorenzi, Italy, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2. Julien Benneteau (25), France, lost to Benjamin Becker, Germany, 7-5, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4. Pablo Cuevas (27), Uruguay, lost to Matthias Bachinger, Germany, 7-6 (1), 6-3, 6-1. Santiago Giraldo (30), Colombia, def. Jan Hernych, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. Fernando Verdasco (31), Spain, def. James Ward, Britain, 2-6, 6-0, 7-6 (6), 6-3. Women First Round Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Alison Van Uytvanck, Belgium, 6-0, 6-4. Petra Kvitova (4), Czech Republic, def. Richel Hogenkamp, Netherlands, 6-1, 6-4. Agnieszka Radwanska (6), Poland, def. Kurumi Nara, Japan, 6-3, 6-0. Caroline Wozniacki (8), Denmark, def. Taylor Townsend, United States, 7-6 (1), 6-2. Dominika Cibulkova (11), Slovakia, def. Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1. Flavia Pennetta (12), Italy, lost to Camila Giorgi, Italy, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. Andrea Petkovic (13), Germany, lost to Madison Brengle, United States, 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-3. Jelena Jankovic (15), Serbia, lost to Timea Bacsinszky, Switzerland, 6-1, 6-4. Venus Williams (18), United States, def. Maria-Teresa TorroFlor, Spain, 6-2, 6-2. Alize Cornet (19), France, def.

Zhang Shuai, China, 6-3, 6-2. Sam Stosur (20), Australia, def. Monica Niculescu, Romania, 6-4, 6-1. Garbine Muguruza (24), Spain, def. Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, 7-5, 6-0. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (25), Czech Republic, def. Timea Babos, Hungary, 6-4, 6-4. Elina Svitolina (26), Ukraine, def. Yulia Putintseva, Kazakhstan, 6-3, 7-5. Casey Dellacqua (29), Australia, def. Yvonne Meusburger, Austria, 6-4, 6-0. Varvara Lepchenko (30), United States, def. Vitalia Diatchenko, Russia, 6-3, 6-3.

Transactions BASEBALL American League DETROIT TIGERS — Agreed to terms with LHP Omar Duran, Cs Miguel Gonzalez and Manny Pina, INFs Jeffry Marte and Josh Wilson, OF Xavier Avery and RHPs Alberto Cabrera, Rafael Dolis, Joel Hanrahan and Tim Melville on minor league contracts. HOUSTON ASTROS — Agreed to terms with OF Colby Rasmus on a one-year contract. NEW YORK YANKEES — Traded RHP Gonzalez Germen to Texas for cash considerations. National League MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Designated 1B Hunter Morris for assignment. PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Designated INF Jake Elmore for assignment. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association DETROIT PISTONS — Recalled G Spencer Dinwiddie and F Luigi Datome from Grand Rapids (NBADL). MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES — Reassigned G Jordan Adams, F-C Jarnell Stokes and G Russ Smith to Iowa (NBADL). NEW YORK KNICKS — Signed F Lou Amundson to a second 10-day contract. FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Named Roman Oben director of youth and high school football. BALTIMORE RAVENS — Named Marc Trestman offensive coordinator. CHICAGO BEARS — Named Vic Fangio defensive coordinator, Sam Garnes assistant defensive backs coach, Dave Magazu offensive line coach and Derius Swinton II assistant special teams coach. CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed DB Micah Pellerin to a future contract. GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed S Jean Fanor, CB Tay GloverWright, LBs Adrian Hubbard and Joe Thomas, C Joe Madsen, RB Rajion Neal, OLB Joe Thomas, OT Jeremy Vujnovich, G Josh Walker and WR Myles White to future contracts. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed TE Erik Swoope, DT Kelcy Quarles, RB Jeff Demps, S Winston Guy, LB Carlos Fields, DEs Gannon Conway and Tyler Hoover and WRs Josh Lenz, Kadron Boone and Ryan Lankford to future contracts. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS —

Named Doug Marrone assistant head coach and offensive line coach. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Signed QB Terrelle Pryor, LB Jo Jo Dickson, FB Spencer Ware, TEs Brandon Barden and Adam Schiltz, DTs Hebron Fangupo and Jerel Worthy, OTs Curtis Feigt and Derek Sherrod, LSs Brandon Hartson and Jorgen Hus, Gs Ricky Henry and Jarrod Pughsley, CBs Aaron Hester and Deji Olatoye and WRs Armon Binns, Corbin Louks, Da’Rick Rogers and Fred Williams to future contracts. NEW YORK JETS — Named Chan Gailey offensive coordinator. OAKLAND RAIDERS — Named Bill Musgrave offensive coordinator and Brad Seely special teams coordinator. WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Named Joe Barry defensive coordinator. HOCKEY National Hockey League CAROLINA HURRICANES — Assigned D Ryan Murphy to Charlotte (AHL). DALLAS STARS — Reassigned F Curtis McKenzie to Texas (AHL). EDMONTON OILERS — Named Bob Green director of player personnel. FLORIDA PANTHERS — Reassigned F Vincent Trocheck to San Antonio (AHL). NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Assigned F Joe Whitney to Albany (AHL). SAN JOSE SHARKS — Placed F Tommy Wingels and D Justin Braun on injured reserve. Loaned D Mirco Mueller to Worcester (AHL) on a conditioning assignment. Recalled D Dylan DeMelo from Worcester (AHL). OLYMPIC SPORTS U.S. ANTI-DOPING AGENCY — Announced middle distance runner Quintaveon Poole has accepted a six-month sanction for an anti-doping rule violation after testing positive for a prohibited substance. SOCCER Major League Soccer CHICAGO FIRE — Traded G Kyle Reynish to New York for a 2016 third-round SuperDraft pick. LA GALAXY — Re-signed D Dan Gargan. SPORTING KANSAS CITY — Announced the departure of F Claudio Bieler by mutual agreement. COLLEGE NCAA — Granted Florida TE Jake McGee a sixth year of eligibility. ARKANSAS — Named Vernon Hargreaves linebackers coach. CHATTANOOGA — Named Tony Brown defensive line assistant, Shawn Bryson running backs coach and Rod West corners and dimes coach. MICHIGAN — Named Jay Harbaugh tight ends coach and assistant special teams coach. SOUTH CAROLINA_Named Steve Eigenbrot associate athletics director for development. SYRACUSE — Named Kelly Lawrence women’s assistant soccer coach. WISCONSIN — Named Daronte’ Joes defensive backs coach and Tim Tibesar outside linebackers coach. WOFFORD_Named Greg Gasparato inside linebackers coach.

Peninsula Clarion, Wednesday, January 21, 2015

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Flyers fight way past Pens Kentucky nips By The Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — Claude Giroux scored 3:57 into overtime, lifting the Philadelphia Flyers over the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 in a fight-filled game Tuesday night. After a throwback clash that featured one ejection and 93 penalty minutes, perhaps this one should have been decided by the judges’ scorecards rather than goals. Philadelphia wing Zac Rinaldo was tossed and faces a likely suspension for plowing Kris Letang into the glass. Flyers All-Star and NHL scoring leader Jake Voracek threw a series of fists in his first fight of the season. And Pittsburgh forward Steve Downie gave a flippant wave to a jeering crowd as he skated to the locker room after his role in a brawl. LIGHTNING 4, CANUCKS 1 TAMPA, Fla. — Alex Killorn had two goals, Valtteri Filppula added a goal and an assist, and Tampa Bay took over the top spot in the Eastern Conference with a victory over Vancouver. Brian Boyle also scored for the

Lightning, who lead the New York Islanders by one point in the East. Ben Bishop stopped 27 shots in Tampa Bay’s eighth straight home win.

Alex Ovechkin scored twice in the opening 14 minutes for the Capitals, who held leads of 2-0, 3-1 and 4-2 before the Oilers made one final push during the final 5 minutes of regulation.

games with an upper-body injury and had to be sharp early as Mike Fisher broke in alone. Price made 37 saves.

By The Associated Press

BLACKHAWKS 6, COYOTES 1

RANGERS 3, SENATORS 2, OT

RED WINGS 5, WILD 4, SO

NEW YORK — Carl Hagelin deflected in Derek Stepan’s slick backhand pass 2:55 into overtime to give New York a comeback victory over Ottawa. The Senators had the better of the chances in the extra session, but Hagelin put the winner behind goalie Craig Anderson as the Rangers won their third straight and 16th in 19 games heading into the NHL All-Star break.

DETROIT — Gustav Nyqust and Pavel Datsyuk scored in a shootout, and Detroit outlasted Minnesota after the Wild rallied from three goals down in the third period. Detroit won for only the second time in nine shootouts this season and came away with its fifth consecutive victory overall. Nyquist also scored in regulation, but the Red Wings blew a 4-1 lead in the third.

CHICAGO — Andrew Shaw broke out of a scoring slump with two goals to help Chicago beat struggling Arizona. Patrick Kane had a goal and two assists, and rookie Teuvo Teravainen had a goal and an assist as the Blackhawks got back on track after dropping two in a row and three of four. Kane’s goal in the second was No. 200 for his career, and Teravainen had his first multipoint game in the NHL.

OILERS 5, CAPITALS 4, SO

CANADIENS 2, PREDATORS 1

BRUINS 3, STARS 1

WASHINGTON — Teddy Purcell scored the decisive goal in a shootout after Edmonton rallied from a two-goal deficit late in regulation, and the Oilers ended Washington’s seven-game home winning streak. Purcell beat Capitals goalie Braden Holtby in the fourth round of the shootout after Viktor Fasth stopped Eric Fehr. The victory was the 12th in 47 games for Edmonton and only the fourth on the road.

MONTREAL — P.K. Subban scored on a power play 4:09 into overtime, lifting Montreal over Nashville in the last game for both teams before the All-Star break. Alex Galchenyuk also scored for the Canadiens (29-13-3). Mike Ribeiro scored for Nashville (30-10-5), which failed to win following a loss for the first time in 14 tries this season. Carey Price was back in the Montreal net after missing two

DALLAS — Tuukka Rask made 36 saves, and Dougie Hamilton had a goal and an assist to lead Boston past Dallas. Hamilton assisted on Gregory Campbell’s second-period goal that broke a 1-all tie, then scored on a third-period power play. Rask allowed the game’s first goal by Vernon Fiddler at 6:46 of the second. Loui Eriksson tied it at 14:17 of the second before Campbell gave the Bruins the lead at 18:27.

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Ninilchik led 9-8 after one quarter and 19-17 at halftime. The Wolverines then stretched the lead to 29-24 after three quarters, but Nikiski won the last period 41-39. Brittany Perry had 18 points for Nikiski, while Avery Kornstad pitched in 12. For the Wolverines, Jordan Finney pumped in 20 points. Ninilchik boys 65, Nikiski JV 43

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CIA (39) — Delon 1 0-0 2, Carey 1 0-1 2, Taplin 0 0-0 0, Hills 4 4-4 12, Brush 7 0-0 16, Lyons 0 0-0 0, Hammond 1 0-3 2, Orth 2 1-2 5. Totals 16 5-10 39. FT. YUKON (24) — Tramblay 4 2-4 10, Vandyke 1 2-4 4, Cadzow 1 1-2 3, Engler 0 0-1 0, Peter 3 0-0 7, Strom 0 0-0 0. Totals 9 5-11 24. 3-point goals — CIA 2 (Brush 2); Fort Yukon 1 (Peter). Fouled out — Tramblay, Peter. Bulldogs 41, Wolverines 39 Ninilchik Nikiski

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NINILCHIK (39) — Delgado 3 2-8 8, Appelhanz 1 0-0 2, Cooper 0 0-0 0, Sinclair 2 1-2 5, Goins 0 1-2 1, Finney 10 0-2 20, Mi. Clark 1 1-1 3. Totals — 17 5-15 39. NIKISKI (41) — Perry 6 5-6 18, Vollertson 1 0-0 2, Pitt 1 1-2 3, E. Tiner 0 0-0 0, Kornstad 4 4-6 12, Epperheimer 0 0-0 0, A. Tiner 0 0-0 0, Jackson 1 0-0 2, Litzen 0 0-0 0, Porter 0 0-2 0, Feltman 2 0-0 4. Totals — 15 10-16 41. 3-point goals — Nikiski 1 (Perry). Team fouls — Ninilchik 14, Nikiski 14. Fouled out — none. Tuesday boys CIA 50, Fort Yukon 49 CIA Ft. Yukon

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CIA (50) — A. Hammond 1 0-0 2, B. Hammond 0 0-0 0, R. Smithwick 3 0-2 8, Miller 0 0-0 0, Barlow 0 0-0 0, J. Smithwick 5 0-0 11, Solie 1 0-0 2, T. Smithwick 11 4-5 27. Totals 21 4-7 27. FT. YUKON (49) — Peter 1 0-0 2, Dayton 0 0-1 0, F. Carroll 4 2-4 11, Tremblay 1 0-1 3, Fields 0 0-2 0, Jones 0 0-0 0, Solomon 5 3-4 13, P. Tremblay 0 0-0 0, J. Carroll 9 1-2 20. Totals 20 6-14 49. 3-point goals — CIA 4 (R. Smithwick 2, J. Smithwick 1, T. Smithwick 1); Fort Yukon 3 (F. Carroll 1, J. Tremblay 1, J. Carroll 1). Fouled out — none. Wolverines 65, Bulldogs JV 43 Ninilchik Nikiski

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NINILCHIK (65) — Koch 0 0-0 0, Appelhanz 1 2-2 5, Presley 8 7-14 23, Mireles 8 0-1 16, Geppert 1 1-2 4, Bartolowits 1 0-0 2, Fidow 1 0-0 2, Pasqua 0 0-0 0, McGinnis 0 0-0 0, White 6 1-3 13. Totals — 26 11-22 65. NIKISKI (43) — Perry 3 0-6 6, Bridges 0 0-0 0, Litke 1 0-0 2, Braswell 0 0-0 0, Okamoto 1 0-0 2, Johnson 6 4-8 16, Dohse 1 0-0 2, Ellis 1 0-0 2, Sepeda 3 1-2 7, Carstens 3 0-2 6. Totals — 19 5-18 43. 3-point goals — Ninilchik 2 (Appelhanz, Geppert). Team fouls — Ninilchik 16, Nikiski 21. Fouled out — none.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky twin guards Aaron and Andrew Harrison combined for 11 points down the stretch that were key in helping the top-ranked Wildcats hold off pesky Vanderbilt 65-57 on Tuesday night. The Wildcats (18-0, 5-0 Southeastern Conference) didn’t lead by double digits until early in the second half, and that 45-33 advantage lasted briefly as the Commodores (11-7, 1-4) began answering from the perimeter to stay within several possessions of Kentucky. DAVIDSON 77, No. 22 DAYTON 60 DAVIDSON, N.C. — Freshman Peyton Aldridge had 22 points and senior Tyler Kalinoski added 21, and the sharpshooting Davidson Wildcats knocked off Dayton for their first win over a ranked opponent this season.

Davidson was 12 of 23 from 3-point range, helping to erase a 26-point loss to Richmond three days earlier.

No. 6 WISCONSIN 82, No. 25 IOWA 50 MADISON, Wis. — Frank Kaminsky had 13 points and 11 rebounds, and Wisconsin relied on tough defense to rout Iowa. Sam Dekker added 17 points and eight boards for the Badgers (17-2, 5-1 Big Ten), who won their second straight since losing starting point guard Traevon Jackson to a foot injury.

No. 9 IOWA STATE 77, KANSAS STATE 71 AMES, Iowa — Monte Morris hit a floater with 37 seconds left and Iowa State held off Kansas State, moving into a tie for first place in the Big 12. Jameel McKay had 15 points off the bench for the Cyclones (14-3, 4-1), who joined No. 11 Kansas atop the league. Iowa State beat Kansas in Ames 8681 on Saturday.

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dates but ultimately chose to interview just one, Acting Commissioner for Fish and Game Sam Cotten. Board of Fisheries members voted unanimously to quash Maw’s application without interviewing him. Its members gave no indication as to why they were doing so, despite a unanimous vote from Board of Game members to interview the commercial drift fisherman. The vote prompted House Speaker Mike Chenault, R-Nikiski, to write a letter to Walker requesting a review of the meeting. “Was the decision to forward Speaker Cotten’s name made prior to the meeting? That’s how it could be interpreted based on the actions of the

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shift in the political landscape has also been accompanied by a burst of economic growth and hiring, as well as a slight increase in Obama’s once-sagging approval ratings — leaving the White House to see little incentive in acquiescing to Republicans. After ticking through signs of the rising economy, the president turned toward Republicans sitting in the chamber and said with a wink, “This is good news, people.” The centerpiece of Obama’s economic proposals marked a shift away from the focus on austerity and deficit reduction that has dominated his fiscal fights with Republicans. In a direct challenge to GOP economic ideology, Obama called for increasing the capital gains rate on couples making more than $500,000 annually, to 28 percent. The president’s tax plan would also require estates to pay capital gains taxes on securities at the time they’re inherited and slap a fee on the roughly 100 U.S. financial firms with assets of more than $50 billion. Much of the $320 billion

Fish Board,” wrote Chenault. “I’m just asking the governor to carefully review the Board’s actions and think about how their lack of an open and transparent public process looks to us legislators, user groups and the public.” Reaction was swift, the Walker administration contacted Maw on Monday to discuss his appointment. Walker contacted Johnstone on Tuesday as the Board of Fisheries chairmen was heading to Wrangell for a board meeting. “Today, I spoke with Chair Karl Johnstone and expressed my sincere disappointment in the recent lack of process demonstrated by the Board of Fisheries,” wrote Walker in a letter to Chenault. The resignation will come one day after the board meeting in Wrangell is scheduled to adjourn. “I expect the Board of Fish-

eries to hold a fair, transparent, and public process when selecting candidates. ... It is apparent to me that it is time for a change on the Board of Fisheries,” Walker wrote. Johnstone, whose term was set to be up in June of 2015, confirmed in an email Tuesday that he had resigned his position after being told by Gov. Walker that his name would not be submitted to the Legislature for reappointment. “I offered to step down if it would assist him in getting someone else in place and up to speed,” Johnstone wrote. Coming right on the heels of Johnstone’s resignation, Walker’s office announced that it had appointed Cotten to the Fish and Game commissioner’s position. Maw said he has not drawn a salary from the United Cook Inlet Drift Association — a commercial fisheries advocacy

group — for months and no longer owns a commercial drift fishing permit in the Upper Cook Inlet. Johnstone, a retired Alaska Superior Court Judge has been on the Board of Fisheries since 2008 when he was nominated by then-Gov. Sarah Palin. He wrote that it had been a privilege to serve on the board and that he saw several issues ahead for the remaining six members. “The (Board of Fisheries) faces significant challenges in helping rural Alaskans in the Interior get their subsistence needs met and will be challenged in deciding whether to develop State water pollock fisheries or continue to use federal regulations in State waters.”

in new taxes and fees would be used for measures aimed at helping the middle class, including a $500 tax credit for some families with two spouses working, expansion of the child care tax credit and a $60 billion program to make community college free. He also has called for expanding paid leave for workers and moved on his own to lower a mortgage insurance premium rate that could attract new homebuyers. “Will we accept an economy where only a few of us do spectacularly well?” Obama asked. “Or will we commit ourselves to an economy that generates rising incomes and chances for everyone who makes the effort?” The president’s proposals seemed more about giving his party a platform in the 2016 election than outlining a realistic legislative agenda. Even before the president’s address, Republicans were balking at his proposals and painting a far less rosy picture of the economy. “We see our neighbors agonize over stagnant wages and lost jobs. We see the hurt caused by canceled health care plans and higher monthly insurance bills,” said Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, who delivered the Republican response. House Speaker John Boeh-

ner, R-Ohio, said Obama’s economic initiatives weren’t just “the wrong policies, they’re the wrong priorities: growing Washington’s bureaucracy instead of America’s economy.” With an eye on a swirl of foreign policy challenges, Obama defended his decision to return to military action in Iraq and also authorize airstrikes in Syria. He said Congress could “show the world that we are united in this mission” by passing a new resolution formally authorizing the use of force against the Islamic State group. As the U.S. eyes a March deadline for a framework agreement with Iran on its disputed nuclear program, the president vowed to veto any effort by Congress to pass new sanctions legislation. Such a step, he said, “will all but guarantee that diplomacy fails — alienating America from its allies and ensuring that Iran starts up its nuclear program again.” The president also heralded his unilateral move last month to normalize diplomatic relations with Cuba after a half-century of animosity, and he urged lawmakers to follow his lead by lifting the economic embargo on the communist island. Yet the guest boxes in the House chamber underscored the sensitive

politics that hang over efforts to overhaul the long-standing U.S. policy toward Cuba. Among the guests sitting with first lady Michelle Obama was Alan Gross, the American man who spent five years in a Cuban prison and was released as part of the deal to end the freeze between Washington and Havana. In a nod to the concerns of Cuban dissidents and pro-democracy advocates, House Speaker John Boehner’s guest was Jorge Luis García Pérez, who spent 17 years in a Cuban prison. Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio brought Rosa Maria Paya Acevedo, whose father was a well-known Cuban dissident who was killed in a car accident that his family believes was suspicious. Obama appeared at ease throughout the address, adlibbing at times and responding to the audience reaction. As he neared the end of his speech, he declared, “I have no more campaigns to run.” As Republicans erupted in laughter, Obama retorted, “I know, because I won both of them.”

Reach Rashah McChesney at rashah.mcchesney@peninsulaclarion.com.

Associated Press writers Nedra Pickler, Josh Lederman, Jim Kuhnhenn and Stacy A. Anderson contributed to this report.

Cotten appointed Fish and Game commissioner Alaska Gov. Bill Walker on Tuesday appointed Sam Cotten to serve as commissioner of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Cotten, who is currently serving as the interim director of the department, was the only name forwarded to the governor for selection after a joint Board of Fisheries and Board of Game meeting to select suitable candidates for the position. Cotten competed with four other candidates for the position, but was the only one Board of Fisheries and Board of Game members interviewed. He is a former legislator and has served on the North Pacific Fishery Management Council. In addition, Walker appointed Chris Hladick as commissioner of the Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development and Ronald Taylor as the Department of Corrections Commissioner, according to a news release from the Governor’s office. All three appointments will have to be confirmed by the Legislature. — Rashah McChesney

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for sale for more than a year and the asking price is $600,000. Liedes said this has been a difficult month after his wife, Johanna Liedes, passed away on the first of the year. He said she was the bookkeeper and he has since brought in an accountant to help straighten things out. “We have been late on liquor payments before,” Liedes said. “I’m doing what I can to figure things out.” Alaska Lanes owes the borough nearly $10,000 in sales and real property taxes. Starvin Marvin’s Pizza in Homer and Terry’s Fish & Chips in Seward are also delinquent in tax payments to the borough.

restaurant has been closed since the end of 2013. Lott, who owned the business for about 15 years, said he is looking to make a life change. “I’m moving on to bigger and better things,” he said. Ski-Mo Drive In owes more than $2,300 to the borough in delinquent taxes. Mark White, realtor at Ron Moore Realty Co. said they have asked $95,000 for the restaurant located on the Kenai Spur Highway with all assets included. White said he expects an offer from a potential buyer later this week. Alaska Lanes owner Ken LieReach Dan Balmer at dandes said the bowling alley locat- iel.balmer@peninsulaclarion. ed on the Spur Highway has been com.

Walker halts eminent domain for bridge JUNEAU (AP) — Gov. Bill Walker has stopped the state transportation department from seizing the land occupied by a sandwich shop in Anchorage for a bridge project that may be put on hold. Walker last month halted all new, non-obligated spending on six major projects, including the Knik Arm crossing while he evaluated whether or how to proceed with them in light of the state’s tough budget situation. C Y

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ur Mother complied a genealogy-heritage type book that has wonderful history and pictures of our life on the farm. Some pages have the past history of her family and Dads. She has years and dates that I rely on almost every week when I write an article for this paper. I appreciate her tiny hand writing and the years and dates that she remembered. It is like a time-lock of our past and seems most sad, as a few years latter she developed Alzheimer’s. If she had not done all the three or four years work it took to write this book, we would not have the rich time capsule of our childhood. When I want to write certain things that I remember, but do not know the details and datesI find her wonderful tiny hand writing in this big book of memories and details, so beneficial. Everyone should have such a rich history of their past! She did not use a type writer or a computer, she hand wrote each word! One of my first memories, the old cook stove. It kept us warm and kept us fed and kept Dad busy hauling coal and corn cobs into the house so we all could stay warm and fed. He also had to hear Mom say, “Now John, don’t get that on the floor!” And when he dug the ashes out as Saturday morning chore, Mom was right there watching to see how careful he should be not to get “those ashes on my clean floor!” The old worn linoleum was spotless, scrubbed on her hands and knees and then waxed with Johnson Floor Polish. And don’t you even dare come in her house with your shoes on!! We learned all these little rules early in life. As I told in my earlier article, Dad was the keeper of the stove and was the first to get up and shove corn cobs, a few sticks and sometimes a little straw and a layer of coal on top, into the belly of the big black monster in the corner. We all lovingly gathered around the warmth to get dressed on cold Colorado morning. The stove came to life and did what it was supposed to do - warm us - warm the house and feed us! The smell of coffee perking was our alarm clock. The smell of bacon or sausage frying and biscuits in the oven was our calling card to get in our places at the big wooden table. Mom scurried around and Dad every once in a while poked more See ABOUT, page B-2

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“Soup’s On” Sounds M’mm M’mm Good My idea of the perfect meal in winter is soup. Served from a tureen set in the middle of the supper table, it can be as formal or relaxed a dish as you wish, depending on the kind of soup you choose to prepare. Eyeing some above-average looking cauliflower and cabbage at the market recently, I decided I would make a peasant-style vegetable soup, so I also picked up carrots, celery, sweet onions, red potatoes and a big fat bunch of parsley. Pasta is good in vegetable soup, as are beans, so some fettuccine nests and dried Great Northern beans went into my basket, too, along with a new packet of yeast for making flatbread to go with the soup. By the time I got home from the market, the weather was turning nasty – gray sky, cold temperatures and rain – a good day for soup, I thought. I started the bread first, and then, while the dough was going through its first rise, put together the soup, smooth sailing

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K itchen A de S ue Ade after the vegetables were prepped. While the bread dough was rising for the second time, I cooked the pasta. A meal consisting of soup and bread would be on the table soon and shouting out “soup’s on” will sound good, especially in January. Sue Ade is a syndicated food columnist with broad experience and interests in the culinary arts. She has resided and worked in the lowcountry of South Carolina since 1985 and Photos by Sue Ade unless otherwise indicated may be reached at kitchenade@ya- Soup is everybody’s favorite cold-weather dish, especially when it’s vegetahoo.com, or by calling 683-0375. ble soup containing add-ins, such as beans and pasta. For a special treat, serve soup with homemade naan flatbread, bottom right.

Farmhouse Vegetable Soup 3 quarts chicken stock, homemade or store-bought 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons olive oil 3 medium onions, chopped 4 stalks celery (with leaves), chopped 4 medium carrots, peeled and cut into ¼-inch coins 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 teaspoon dried thyme 1 teaspoon brown sugar 1 (28-ounce) can whole tomatoes with juice 2 meaty ham hocks 8 small red new potatoes, scrubbed and quartered 1 small head cauliflower, broken in bite-size florets ½ medium head cabbage, coarsely chopped Handful parsley sprigs, chopped, plus more for garnish 2 bay leaves 2 cups cooked Great Northern beans 1 (12-ounce) box Fettuccine pasta nests, or pasta of choice, cooked ac-

The only side needed with a bowl of steaming soup is bread.

cording to package directions Salt and pepper In a large Dutch oven, heat butter with olive oil over medium heat. Sauté onions, celery, carrots and garlic until onion and celery are softened, about eight minutes. Do not brown. Stir in thyme, sugar, and cook five minutes more. Stir in tomatoes and juice, breaking up tomatoes with the back of a spoon. Add broth and bring to a boil. Lower heat, adding ham hocks, potatoes, cauliflower, cabbage, parsley and bay leaves and simmer for 30 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Stir in beans and cook 15 minutes more. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Remove ham hocks and bay leaves from soup. (If you wish, trim the meat from the ham hocks and place back into the soup pot.) Place some of the cooked fettuccine in individual serving bowls, ladling soup over the pasta and garnishing with parsley, if desired. Makes 8 generous servings.

Naan Bread Recipe courtesy Allrecipes.com, www.allrecipes.com Submitted by: Mic 1 (.25-ounce) package active dry yeast 1 cup warm water ¼ cup granulated sugar 3 tablespoons milk 1 large egg, beaten 2 teaspoons salt 4½ cups bread flour 2 teaspoons minced garlic (optional) ¼ cup butter, melted In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Let stand about 10 minutes, until frothy. Stir in sugar, milk, egg, salt and enough flour to make a soft dough. Knead for 6 to 8 minutes on a lightly floured surface, or until smooth. Place dough in a well-oiled bowl, cover with a damp cloth and

set aside to rise. Let it rise 1 hour, until the dough has doubled in volume. Punch down dough, and knead in garlic. Pinch off small handfuls of dough about the size of a golf ball. Roll into balls, and place on a tray. Cover with a towel and allow to rise until doubled in size, about 30 minutes. During the second rising, pre-heat grill to high heat. At grill side, roll one ball of dough out into a thin circle. Lightly oil grill. Place dough on grill, and cook for 2 to 3 minutes, or until puffy and lightly browned. Brush uncooked side with butter, and turn over. Brush cooked side with butter, and cook until browned, another 2 to 4 minutes. You can use an indoor grill or cast iron-skillet for making naan bread. Remove from grill, and continue the process until all the naan has been preSee SUE ADE, page B-2 pared. Makes 14 servings.

Try fondue

Want Valentine’s Day ease that still impresses? Marshmallows dients. If you can’t find it, it’s easy to Pound cake, cut into cubes or make your own. Add about 1 cup of fresh or frozen (thawed) mango chunks sticks Angel food cake, cut into cubes or Worried your kitchen skills may not to the blender and puree. Strain the pusticks be up to pulling together something ree, then proceed with the recipe. In a small saucepan over medium, impressively decadent for Valentine’s heat the mango puree and butter until Day? Fear not. A pricy restaurant meal Fondue duo of chocolatesimmering and the butter has melted. isn’t your only option. mango and five-spice Remove the pan from the heat and add We created this delicious, yet simthe chocolate and honey. Allow to sit ple pair of fondue sauces to be easy caramel sauces for 2 minutes, then stir with a rubber for even the most clueless cook. But Start to finish: 40 minutes spatula until smooth. Set aside, but we didn’t sacrifice the wow-factor in Servings: 4 keep warm. the process. Warm chocolate-mango For the chocolate fondue: In another small saucepan over meand five-spice caramel sauces are any1/2 cup mango puree dium, heat the half-and-half until it thing but ordinary. For ease, we pair 2 tablespoons unsalted butter them with purchased items for dipping 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, simmers. Add the caramels and fivespice powder, then cook, stirring con— biscotti, pound cake, fresh berries, chopped stantly, until the caramels are melted whatever inspires you. 3 tablespoons honey and the mixture is smooth. And while fondue pots are nice, For the caramel fondue: Transfer the two mixtures to 2 they aren’t essential. You also can offer 1/2 cup half-and-half small serving bowls. Set on a platter these sauces in small serving dishes. If 5 ounces caramels (about 17 to 18 surrounded by the various items for they get too cool, just pop them in the pieces) dunking. Alternatively, set up 2 heated microwave for a few seconds. 1/2 teaspoon five-spice powder fondue pots according to product diThe only slightly unusual ingrediFor dunking: rections and pour the dipping sauces AP Photo/Matthew Mead ent on this menu is the mango puree. Wafer cookies into those. This Jan. 5 photo shows a fondue duo of chocolate mango and five spice It’s usually sold in the grocer’s freezer Fresh berries Serve immediately. section alongside the Hispanic ingrecaramel sauces in Concord, N.H. Biscotti By ALISON LADMAN Associated Press

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

ANNIE’S MINESTRONE SOUP I cannot not throw anything away and usually freeze little bags of left-overs so I can throw it away later. I do use the leftover spaghetti sauce and the noodles for this wonderful tasting soup. 2 cups of left over spaghetti sauce* or a small can of spaghetti sauce-any flavor 1 can of diced tomatoes - any flavor - but watch for salt content 1 can of beef broth - watch salt content 1/2 cup chopped onion 3 cloves of garlic diced 1 pkg of Italian frozen vegetables that contains squash plus other assorted vegetables 1 can of red, kidney,black or cannelloni beans - rinsed 2 sliced Italian sausages, cut lengthwise in fourths and then sliced thin -op

1 cup of cooked spaghetti noodles-sniped with scissors in 1 inch pieces Adjust seasoning 1/4 cup chopped spinach - op My own spaghetti sauce* has browned sausage and hamburger in it but you can use any type of the wonderful canned spaghetti sauces you like. In a large soup pot, place all ingredients except noodles and spinach, simmer 30 minutes Add the remaining ingredients. Adjust seasoning, garlic salt and pepper, basil and oregano if needed. Simmer 5 minutes. Ladle into big bowlspass the Parmesan cheese and warm garlic bread.

SALMON PATTIES

The secret’s out. When you crave soup, and there’s just no time to fuss, try Best-Kept Secret Soup.

Best-Kept Secret Soup Recipe courtesy “Recipes & Menus from the Dallas Junior Forum” 1 (15-ounce) can chili 1 (11-ounce) can shoe peg corn 1 (10-ounce) can condensed vegetable-beef soup 1 (10-ounce) can condensed tomato soup 1 (10-ounce) can tomatoes with green chilies 1 (14-ounce) can stewed tomatoes 1 package corn chips

So good hot off the skillet or cold, to snack on. 1 pint of salmon with the dark pieces and skin removed. (Feed that to the kitties and doggy) OR 2 cups of cooked salmon (or halibut) will do also In a large bowl combine the salmon with: 1/2 cup of crushed cracker crumbs or bread crumbs 1 egg 1/2 teas lemon pepper 1 tblp lemon juice 1/4 cup each finely diced onion and celery

Combine the chili, corn, canned soups, tomatoes with green chilies and stewed tomatoes in a saucepan and mix well. Cook until heated through, stirring constantly. Place the corn chips in each serving bowl. Ladle the soup over the chips. Serves 8. Kitchen Ade note: If sodium is a concern, use low-sodium alternatives. If soup seems too thick after preparing, thin with water, as needed.

1 tblsp olive oil based mayonnaise Small shakes of the following: Pepper, garlic salt, dry parsley. A pinch of cayenne pepper Mix with a fork until well combined. Note: I make small two inch in diameter patties so I can snack on these great tasting patties, or put two on a toasted sour dough muffin with mayo, lettuce and slice of dill pickle. Make the patties to your liking and sauté in iron skillet with small amount of oil and a dot of butter until well browned. Good winter snack!

BIG CHUNK CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES This is my version. It took me a couple years to get this right. I do not know why I venture to any other cookie recipe! Always good! In a large bowl: 1 cup of brown sugar 1 cup of white sugar 2 cubes -1 cup at room temp, butter 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla Mix with fork or mix in a mixer bowl until smooth and fluffy In another bowl combine: 3 1/2 cups flour 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda Pinch of salt Combine with fork Add one half at a time to butter/sugar mixture.

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coal down into the stove so we all could have memories such as these. I do remember at an early age the taste of home churned butter and Moms jelly on biscuits and the taste of wonderful home cured bacon and home made sausage. Dad poured us cold milk to drink out of the old ice box and he poured a big glass for himself. Ice boxes are another memory I have. Ours sat at the other end of the kitchen, not very big, white and black. You were not to ever open it unless you knew exactly what you wanted - because it would melt the ice that was supposed to last a week until the ice man came. We loved to see him because in the summer he would chip off big pieces of ice with his long ice pick, for each one of us. Sonny, Ginger and me would go around sucking on it like it was the best piece of candy in the world.

When all incorporated add: 1 pkg of Bakers German Sweet Chocolate - unwrapped, placeed on paper plate or chopping board and chop into small pieces 1 pkg of milk chocolate chips 1/2 cup walnuts - op Form small walnut sized balls and place on cookie sheet. Bake for 12 to 14 minutes, but watch closely. Let set on cookie sheet a few minutes and transfer to rack to cool. I made one batch Saturday and Bob got three, I ate ?? and gave the rest away - I had to make more Sunday!! Half batch in the freezer! ENJOY!

I still feel that cold on my hands and lips and the cold dripping down our elbows and onto our clothes. Sometimes Mom would give us a wash cloth to hold the ice in our hands, sometimes not. We had names for all the men that helped us in our young life.The Ice Man. The Water Man who delivered water to us and put in it our cistern every month. The Milk Man, not to bring us milk, but to pick it up in the cans full of milk that Dad got up so early to milk cows and fill. The cans were loaded on a “milk cart” and Dad would push it out to the road so The Milk Man could load it on his truck and take it to Poudre Valley Creamery in Fort Collins. That is why the ice cream cone we got every Sunday after Sunday school and Church tasted so good - it was from Dads cows. The Neighbor Man, The Mail Man. We never had given names for any of them. Oh and yes, The Grocery Man. Memories are most pre-

cious and molded my life into what it is today. The series is written by a 47 year resident of Alaska, Ann Berg of Nikiski. Ann shares her collections of recipes from family and friends. She has gathered recipes for more that 50 years. Some are her own creation. Her love of recipes and food came from her Mother, a self taught wonderful cook. She hopes you enjoy the recipes and that the stories will bring a smile to your day. Grannie Annie can be reached at anninalaska@gci. net

Cookbooks make great gifts! The “Grannie Annie” Cook Book Series includes: “Grannie Annie’s Cookin’ on the Woodstove”; “Grannie Annie’s Cookin’ at the Homestead”; “Grannie Annie’s Cookin’ Fish from Cold Alaskan Waters”; and “Grannie Annie’s Eat Dessert First.” They are available at M & M Market in Nikiski.

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This Jan. 19 photo shows chicken with tangy artichoke and mushroom sauce in Concord, N.H.

Date night-friendly chicken that won’t tie you to the stove By MELISSA D’ARABIAN Associated Press

Fifteen years ago, I made the first of what would become thousands of meals for my husband, Philippe. Back then, it was our fifth date, and he was visiting my tiny Parisian apartment for the first time, where we planned an evening of binging on episodes of “Friends” on the VCR. For our date, I wanted to make something special, but also simple. I didn’t want to be stuck in the kitchen, worried about executing a complicated, unforgiving dish. I needed something that oozed effortless culinary prowess, but that didn’t look like I was trying too hard to impress quite yet. In the words of that show’s Monica Geller, I wanted a meal that said, “I’m breezy.” I made a tried-and-true dish I knew I could do with my eyes closed — my 4-step chicken. Four-step chicken is a versatile recipe that can be made with whatever you have in the pantry. First, you dredge and saute the chicken. Next, you saute some veggies. Then you deglaze the pan with some liquid. Finally, you finish up the sauce. Done. The chicken I made that night was a lemony piccatastyle dish, with some added items like mushrooms and artichoke hearts. It was the perfect balance of something a little special, but super easy to manage after a long day of work. This also happens to be a great

date night dish because it packs lots of flavor without using onions or garlic. The version I’m sharing today has an extra ingredient: tangy, creamy low-fat Greek yogurt. Greek yogurt is a staple in the healthy kitchen because it is full of protein, yet is relatively low in calories. It’s a great stand-in for sour cream and heavy cream, and even just a spoonful of it added to dressings, sauces and soups adds a luscious creaminess that makes me forget I’m eating healthy. And this chicken dish will do just that, for you and your date.

Chicken with tangy artichoke and mushroom sauce Canned or frozen artichoke hearts are fine in this recipe. Just avoid the marinated variety. Start to finish: 30 minutes Servings: 4 1 pound thinly-sliced chicken cutlets Salt and ground black pepper 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided 2 tablespoons butter, divided 8 ounces mixed or button mushrooms, sliced 14-ounce can quartered artichoke hearts, drained 1/4 cup dry white wine 1 cup low-sodium chicken broth

3 tablespoons lemon juice 1/2 cup low-fat plain Greek yogurt 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley Season both sides of the chicken cutlets with salt and pepper. Place the flour in a bowl, then dredge each cutlet through to lightly coat. In a heavy saute pan over medium-high, heat 1 tablespoon of the oil and 1 tablespoon of the butter. When the butter has melted, add the chicken cutlets and cook until golden and crusty on both sides and just cooked through, about 2 to 3 minutes per side. Transfer the cutlets to a platter and cover with foil. Return the saute pan to the heat and add the remaining oil and butter. When the butter has melted, add the mushrooms and a pinch of salt. Cook until the mushrooms start to soften, about 3 minutes, then add the artichoke hearts. Continue cooking until the mushrooms are tender, another 5 to 6 minutes. Add the wine, broth and lemon juice and stir to deglaze the pan, scraping up any brown bits stuck to the pan. Let the sauce bubble, stirring, for 1 to 2 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat, then adjust seasoning. Place the yogurt in a small bowl and whisk in about 1/3 cup of the mushroom sauce. Whisk the yogurt back into the sauce in the pan. Pour the sauce over the chicken, sprinkle with parsley and serve.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that KNUT FROSTAD has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be presented to the personal representative, c/o Faulkner Banfield, P.C., 8420 AIrport Boulevard, Suite 101, Juneau, AK 99801-6924 or filed with the Superior Court for the State of Alaska, Third Judicial District at Kenai, Alaska.

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Public Notices DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations for Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska and Incorporated Areas The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency has issued a preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), and where applicable, Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report, reflecting proposed flood hazard determinations within Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska and Incorporated Areas. These flood hazard determinations may include the addition or modification of Base Flood Elevations, base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area boundaries or zone designations, or the regulatory floodway. Technical information or comments are solicited on the proposed flood hazard determinations shown on the preliminary FIRM and/or FIS report for Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska and Incorporated Areas. These flood hazard determinations are the basis for the flood plain management measures that your community is required to either adopt or show evidence of being already in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program. However, before these determinations are effective for floodplain management purposes, you will be provided an opportunity to appeal the proposed information. For information on the statutory 90-day period provided for appeals, as well as a complete listing of the communities affected and the locations where copies of the FIRM are available for review, please visit FEMA's website at www.fema.gov/plan/prevent/fhm/bfe, or call the FEMA Map Information eXchange (FMIX) toll free at 1-877-FEMA MAP (1-877-336-2627).

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Swinging parents undermine values taught to their kids DEAR ABBY: A short time ago, I discovered my parents are “swingers.” I had picked up my mother’s phone to take a picture and an incoming text caught my attention. When I read it and investigated further, I learned the truth. I don’t mind what they do with their marriage, and I respect their choices. However, my siblings and I were raised in a strict Christian home. My parents taught us the opposite of what they are doing. Now I feel they are hypocrites. How can they tell me to act a certain way when they don’t practice what they preach? I’m not sure if I should talk to them about it or drop this entirely. Help! — DISILLUSIONED DAUGHTER DEAR DAUGHTER: What exactly do you mean when you “investigated further”? If it means you searched the history in your mother’s phone, you crossed the same line children do when they search through the drawers and closets of a parent’s bedroom looking for things that are none of their business. Before labeling your parents as hypocrites, please remember that they raised you with basic values that are shared by the majority of people. If they have “strayed from the path,” it’s their choice

— and it may have happened AFTER they taught you your good Christian values. I think you should talk to your mother about what you did and what you found. If you do, she may have a few more lessons to impart. DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are avid sports fans and have season tickets Abigail Van Buren to several sporting events. Our seats are in the middle of a row. Before we go to our seats, we check to see which way has fewer people seated so we disturb the fewest possible. We also try to leave our seats only during halftime or between innings and always apologize for disturbing anyone. However, I am bothered that we are forced to climb over certain individuals who don’t stand up to let us by. Sometimes I feel I’m almost bumping into the folks in the row ahead of us. Is there a rule of etiquette that states that people should stand to allow others to get by? I don’t want to

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Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars A baby born today has a Sun and Moon in Aquarius. HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015: This year your playfulness might need to subside a bit, as unexpected events and potential misunderstandings become a possibility. Be willing to go the extra mile. Try to let go of angry words based on false premises. If you are single, you’ll offer your friendship to many different people. However, your gestures sometimes might be taken as meaning more. You easily could meet someone who knocks your socks off in the next 12 months. If you are attached, the two of you might want to open up to a new beginning together. Use caution with joint finances. AQUARIUS is loyal but critical. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH You could feel focused, but you quickly will discover how off communication seems to be. Be careful, as a misunderstanding is likely to take place. Stay on track, and understand that others simply might not be getting the message. Tonight: Where the action is. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH You might feel as if you are doing the right thing by assuming the lead. However, you quickly could find out otherwise. Try to avoid getting stuck in the position of feeling as if you are the only one who is right. Let others have a say. Tonight: Paint the town red. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH Do your best to stay centered. How you deal with others could

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A date with your pantry Dear Heloise: Here is how to be sure that the food in your PANTRY is edible and not expired — with only about 15 minutes of work per year! On Jan. 1, 2015, I wrote a “15” on top of every can and box in the pantry. If I found any food with a “14” written on it, that meant it was there a year ago in January of 2014. I separated that food, checked the expiration dates and will try to use it up as soon as I can. Now, when I reach a can that has no handwritten number, I know that it has been purchased during the current year. There is no more wondering, “How long has this been here?” This gives me peace of mind and only takes 15 minutes of effort. — Kathy P. from the Upper Peninsula in Michigan SEND A GREAT HINT TO: Heloise P.O. Box 795000 San Antonio, TX 78279-5000 Fax: 210-HELOISE Email: Heloise(at)Heloise.com VEGGIE SCRUB GLOVES Dear Heloise: I read the question from Jim in Indiana regarding washing fruits and vegetables (Heloise here: Jim asked how to “wash” them, and the answer was with plain, running water — no soap or detergent — while rubbing them with your hands or a paper towel). I use a pair of exfoliating gloves found in any drugstore or discount store. They make scrubbing vegetables and fruit quick and easy by removing grit, grime, peach fuzz, etc., without harming the skins. I keep a pair in the kitchen dedicated to just this purpose. I never miss your column. — Sylvia P., San Angelo, Texas

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Before a record crowd of 215 the Soldotna Chamber of Commerce (SCC) honored local individuals and businesses last week at their 56th Awards Celebration. “The combination of a free lunch and not competing with other weekend activities has made for capacity turnouts,” explained SCC executive director Michelle Glaves. Glaves, former advertising director for the Peninsula Clarion announced that she would be leaving her post at the Chamber and starting a new business with her husband in the near future. Topping this year’s award recipients for Business of the Year was Tesoro Alaska, a business and refinery that started in Nikiski and has tripled in recent years with facilities in Washington, California, North Dakota and Utah. In an interview Cameron Hunt, new Nikiski

plant manager said, “On behalf of the 220 hardworking, very intelligent employees in Nikiski it’s a pleasure to receive this award. I inherited this wonderful team from James Tangaro, who inherited it from Steve Hanson and Rod Cason, Mark Necessary and Glen Jackson. The plant has had only six managers since its beginning and I’m aware that I’m standing on the shoulders of giants and I’m very proud to be part of the community now. This is a very special place to work, I’ve been in and out of 20 some refineries in my career in the lower 48 and there is no place like this. I get the honor of receiving the award, but they are ones that have earned it,” said Hunt. Tesoro had a zero recordable injury or day away from work in the year 2014. Small Business of the Year

Award went High Mark Distillery in Sterling after just barely two years since their start up. “It was a huge surprise and I couldn’t be prouder to hold that title this year because there are so many small businesses here that are so deserving and that makes it very humbling for me,” said owner Felicia Keith-Jones. “The truth is that I could have gone anywhere in the world to start my distillery, because people enjoy a fine beverage all over the world. However, I choose the Soldotna/Kenai area because of the community. The truth is this is a wonderful, fantastic place to raise a family, which is what I do and it’s also an exciting place to start a business because we are continually growing here and there is no limit to the high achievement we can accomplish here,” she said.

LEFT: Soldotna Chamber executive director Michelle Glaves bids farewell to the SCC staff.

This year’s Person of the Year is Scott Walden, director of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Office of Emergency Management. When Walden first came to Alaska he worked in construction and law enforcement after having a background in fire and emergency medical services in the lower 48. After working in law enforcement in Kenai and Seward he returned to Kenai where he worked in the fire department until he retired in 2005. Later that year he was asked to come to the Borough to work in emergency management, “And I’ve been there ever since,” he told the Dispatch. Regarding the handling of last year’s Funny River Horse Trail fire he said, “The work that has been done over the last decade in that area really made a difference in the end for getting that fire under control. State Forestry

did an excellent job running the battle and I think we can attribute the fact that we didn’t lose any residential structures or any serious injuries in a fire of that magnitude was due to the skill, training and planning of the firefighters that were out there. The decade of work showed its worth,” he said. Other award recipients included: Commitment to Customer Service – Eric Dahlman of Sportsman’s Warehouse, Excellence in Profession – Rhonda Johnson with Alaska USA Mortgage, Pioneer Award – Ron and Kathy Sexton with Trinity Greenhouse, Government and Civic Affairs – Speaker of the House Mike Chenault and Volunteer of the Year - Steve Horn Professor at KPC. See PHOTOS, page A-3

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The Flats Bistro hosts local artist solo show

Vadla’s polar bear in “Displacement” waves at dinner goers at The Flats Bistro. Friends & family joined Kaitlin at the opening of her show at The Flats.

As the old year passed and the new one arrived, the art on the walls of The Flats Bistro on K-Beach Rd. remained and shall through February. The solo artist show opened with a reception December 4th and rapidly became popular with holiday diners. The local artist Kaitlin Vadla, a Soldotna High School grad and 2002 Caring for the Kenai winner later earned her degree from Gonzaga University; 0then studied and traveled abroad before returning home last year. “In college, I wondered what I’d do when I grew up. Offering guidance, a professor shared this quote from Howard Thurman: ‘Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.’ I’m still not sure what I’ll do when I grow up, but I do know that painting makes me feel alive. I also know that Alaska – the light, the seasons, the mountains, the people, the sea – makes me feel alive. This show is a celebration of Alaska, a celebration of my own changed perspective on Alaska after living overseas, and a celebration of finding the meaningfulness and challenge I sought abroad right here at home,” she said. Her acrylic creations of Vadla on display at The Flats Bistro appear to have been commissioned especially to fit Bistro’s décor and express an Alaskan experience with international flavor. “You always bring everything that you are to the brush stroke at the moment you’re in it, but what is great about painting is that when you are doing it everything else falls away and what results is a joyful expression of life. Some of them tell a story about Alaska and what I love about this place and what I hope for the future of Alaska and what will not be included in the future of Alaska. It’s great to have a place as lovely as the Bistro for artists to hang their work and my pieces are available as well as prints for sale,” she said. A closing reception is being planned at the Flats the end of February. Vadla is also involved with a movie that was made locally called “Chuitna-More than Salmon on the Line,” which will premier February 3rd at the Triumvirate North Theatre before being shown around the State. The premier will also feature food and beverages with entertainment by the Robb Justice Band, “We hope everyone will join us there and at the closing reception at The Flats the end of February.”

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CPH Auxiliary awards $2,500 scholarship for lactation specialization Thanks to the Auxiliary at Central Peninsula Hospital (CPH), Laura Williams, an obstetrics technician will be able to become a lactation consultant after receiving specialized training in Anchorage. Following her training Williams says she will return to continue services for local moms, “I’ve been interested since Kris Waycum, a nurse in our department who is a lactation consultant with a passion for breast feeding, came to me saying she would be retiring in November and wanted someone to carry on in her place. So I stepped

up and she took me under her wing and has been supporting me through the process,” she said. According to Williams about one third of mothers have problems with breast feeding, “We know that statistically and then new moms always need some help. To make the process work isn’t as easy as you might think. The baby has to do certain things; the mom has to do certain things and once they meld together we get healthy moms and healthy babies.” Williams said the scholarship will help cover the expenses of the training and living expenses

that would have been difficult for her to meet without the assistance. At a special check presentation last week Jim Childers, CPH volunteer coordinator explained how the auxiliary raised the funds and chose Williams as a recipient. “Most of the funding for our scholarships come from the gift shop here at the hospital. The gift shop is run solely by volunteers, from the purchasing to sales, and bookkeeping. Seventy percent of that business comes from CPH employees, so we focus our scholarships on those who will

bring back their services here to our community rather than funding scholarships for those who will take their training and services to other places outside. Laura was a perfect candidate for our mission that starts here at the hospital and ends here at the hospital,” said Childers. “The Auxiliary has committed its resources to help the hospital, and work more closely with the Central Peninsula Health Foundation. We have budgeted more money to help the hospital and Heritage Place purchase equipment which will increase the patient’s or resident’s care.

CPH Auxiliary presents Laura Williams with flowers & big check to continue her education specialty.

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The Scholarship fund was also increased significantly to $8,000 for senior students, and another $10,000 for Employees scholarships in 2015,” he said. According to Childers, last year the Auxiliary teamed up with the Central Peninsula Health Foundation to purchase a Lucas Compression CPR System which cost $17,000. This has helped in the Emergency Department to give consistent and continued compressions freeing up staff and guaranteeing proper compressions. At the same time, the team bought 2 slider chairs for HP residents

which lock, decreasing the chance for falls when a resident stands. Williams encouraged moms to learn more about the services by calling CPH, “Right now we’re only open four hours a week on Wednesday’s but we hope to expand as time goes on but mothers in need please call and we’ll even come in on our days off, any day any time,” said Williams. There are many opportunities to volunteer at the hospital. If you would like more information please contact Jim Childers, Volunteer Coordinator at CPH.

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Local Special Olympic bowlers claim the “Gold” at State tournament.

Local Special Olympic bowlers claim the “Gold” at State tournament It’s been five years since local Special Olympic bowlers have gone on to the State Tournament and returned with the first place trophy. Special Olympic bowling coach Tina Strayhorn is proud of her team, “It’s been exciting and everyone is so happy to have earned the gold medal and brought the championship trophy back to Kenai,” she told the Dispatch at a pizza party celebration recently at the Alaska Lanes Family Bowling Center in Kenai. “This was my first time to coach a winning state team and it was wonderful. All our bowlers came out to celebrate the victory because all our bowlers share in the championship, not just those who went to state. They’d have loved to go of course and train hard but they are so happy for everyone on the Central Penin-

sula who participated and won the championship that everyone shares in this victory,” she said. Kenai Mayor Pat Porter was on hand to congratulate all the bowlers and brought bunches of balloons to the celebration and said they had made everyone in Kenai proud of their achievement. Local Special Olympic athletes will now move into the swimming and basketball season. Anyone with special needs can learn about participating in the local programs by looking up Central Peninsula Special Olympics on line, “There is a participation form there that has to be filled out and all athletes need a physical that tells us they are able to participate in the sport. We will have a registration for swimming and basketball in the next few weeks

and will send out notices and put the information in the paper,” said Strayhorn. You may also donate on line and according to Strayhorn any donations given to the Central Peninsula Special Olympics goes to our local athletes and stays here on the Peninsula. “This is all done at no cost to the athletes, from facility expenses or travel expenses, we do all our own fund raising the largest of which is our annual torch run. We are always looking for volunteers, basketball and swimming coaches and we have a place for anyone who wants to help out. And of course our appreciation to all the local businesses and police and fire fighters who help throughout the year, without you none of these smiles and achievements would be Kenai Mayor Pat Porter congratulates Special Olympic bowling team for winning the State Championship. possible.”

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