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Question Should portions of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge be opened to oil exploration? n No, the refuge should be protected as wilderness. n Yes, exploration should be allowed to proceed right away. n Exploration shouldn’t be banned forever, but now is not the right time. To place your vote and comment, visit our Web site at www. peninsulaclarion. com. Results and selected comments will be posted each Tuesday in the Clarion, and a new question will be asked.

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State to appeal M court decision in K school funding case JUNEAU (AP) — The state plans to appeal a court ruling that invalidated a requirement that local school districts help pay for education. The Department of Law, in a release, also said the state will request a stay of the ruling. It says that would ensure municipalities continue contributing until the case is decided by the Alaska Supreme Court or the school funding system is changed by the Legislature, another option. A judge in November found the contribution was a dedicated fund, violating a state constitutional provision. The lawsuit was filed by the Ketchikan Gateway Borough. Attorney General Craig Richards says Alaska has a history of local governments, the state and federal aid contributing to education. He says the state believes in the constitutionality of a system of shared support and local control.

Correction A story in Wednesday’s Clarion incorrectly listed the date of the next Board of Education meeting. It is Monday, Feb. 2. The Clarion regrets the error.

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Lawmakers wait for rewrite of marijuana regulations By MOLLY DISCHNER Associated Press

JUNEAU — Bills that would decriminalize small amounts of marijuana have been put on hold while lawmakers wait for a new draft that better reflects the intent of voters. During a joint session of the House and Senate Judiciary committees Wednesday, Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux, R-Anchorage, said the bills, versions of which were introduced in both the House and Senate, are being rewritten. The bills were intended to legalize 1 ounce or less of marijuana for adults 21 and older. But they raised concerns from marijuana legalization supporters and the state’s public defender agency. They said the method proposed for decriminalizing the drug didn’t match what voters asked for in approving an initiative that would legalize recreational use of pot. Amy Saltzman, a legislative staff member working on the bill, said lawmakers still want to pass a version of the bill by Feb. 24, when the marijuana initiative is set to take effect. Sen. Lesil McGuire, R-

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In this June 26, 2013 file photo, Alaska State Troopers and Nikiski paramedics respond to a standoff on Miller Loop Road during an incident that was characterized as an attempted murder. A group of community members in Nikiski is seeking support to form a service area board, in part because the entity could contract with law enforcement agencies to provide more police oversight in the area.

Police service area for Nikiski? Community group examines law enforcement options By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion

More than 10 years after Nikiski voters rejected the formation of a police service area, a similar ordinance is in the works and could be brought back on the October ballot. A Nikiski community action group tasked with evaluating law enforcement options

in response to rising property crime issues, received support from the Nikiski Community Council to work toward a proposition that, if approved, would organize a Nikiski law enforcement service area. The proposed service area would encompass the same boundaries as the Nikiski Fire Service Area, which covers 6,000 square miles including multiple industrial complexes

and extends out to the western shore of the Cook Inlet. Nikiski resident Ben Carpenter presented the results of the committee’s findings at a Nikiski Community Council meeting Monday at the Nikiski Senior Center. The committee requested a letter of support from the council and $500 that will go toward community meetings to educate people about the proposition.

While the group has met with the Alaska State Troopers and talked about reallocating more troopers to the area, Carpenter said that agency is focused on highway patrol and emergency response. If the community wants to properly address the drug problem that has fueled the rash of thefts, Nikiski needs its own police force, he said. See POLICE, page A-10

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Homeless Connect event returns to peninsula By BEN BOETTGER Peninsula Clarion

The fourth annual Homeless Connect Event will be held today at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. The event is produced by a coalition of local action groups, led this year by the United Way’s executive director Lisa Roberts. Roberts said that the organizations involved include the LeeShore Center, Kenai Peninsula Community College, the Bishop’s Attic thrift store, and the Kenaitze Indian Tribe. The organizers will gather a variety of aid workers at the sports center to provide free services for those struggling to escape homelessness and those struggling to avoid it. These services will include

haircuts and massages, food, medical and mental health care, the distribution of donated clothing, and information regarding housing, public benefits, employment services, resume creation and job interviewing, disability resources, and veteran services. Roberts said that approximately 60 people attended last year’s event. “This year we’re expecting more,” Roberts said. “Homelessness doesn’t necessarily go away. With the hardness of the economy and a lot of things that are going around, a lot of people are one paycheck away from being homeless. We see that it’s not really getting any better.” In addition to providing services, the event will contribute

to the knowledge of its nationwide parent organization, Project Homeless Connect. Upon arrival, attendees fill out information sheets to help generate statistics on the scope and nature of the homeless problem. “The reason we do this event is to get some numbers,” said Roberts. “The numbers that we collect here go into a major database throughout the country, so that (Project Homeless Connect) can keep track of what they think is going on. Homelessness is difficult because there are so many variables to it.” Roberts said that identifying these variables is important for both awareness of the problem and for finding solutions. “We put it into a format See EVENT, page A-10

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Rose Bezilla gives Anthony Griglione, of Soldotna, a massage during last year’s Project Homeless Connect event at the Kenai Mall on Jan. 28, 2014. Bezilla joined several other volunteers who served the area’s homeless population and connected them with a variety social service agencies. This year’s event is today the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex.

Revenue from traffic Hanley: Education will have citations fluctuates to be protected at some level By KELLY SULLIVAN Peninsula Clarion

Traffic citation fine collection accounts for a chunk of annual revenue for Kenai Peninsula municipalities — albeit a fluctuating one. The city of Soldotna approved $55,155 in revenue from traffic fines for their 2015 operating budget, said Soldotna Finance Director Melanie Imholte. The previous year $67,771 had been approved, she said.

In 2013, the Soldotna Police Department issued 1,031 citations, and 1,123 in 2014, Imholte said. The city does not compile this information in a way that will show what infractions the citations were issued for, she said. While the city issued fewer tickets in 2013, it collected nearly $12,500 more in revenue from citations that year. The city of Kenai spends nearly $3 million a year operating its police department, said See TRAFFIC, page A-10

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press

JUNEAU — State education commissioner Mike Hanley said the department, schools and districts will have to work to find efficiencies in light of the state’s budget deficit. But he said education will have to be protected at some level and expects there to be a conversation as to what that C

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level should be. Alaska faces a projected multibillion-dollar budget deficit amid a crash in oil prices. Gov. Bill Walker has said he wants to insulate education to the greatest extent possible, but he also has said

nothing is off the table as the state cuts costs. He said the state would continue to invest in education but not at the rate it could have when oil prices were much higher. He has proposed cutting about $50 million in additional aid to schools between fiscal years 2016 and 2017, $32 million of which was tagged for next year and $19 million for 2017, his office said. See SCHOOL, page A-10

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Cold weather birding a success By BEN PIERCE Bozeman Daily Chronicle

BOZEMAN, Mont. — In the treetops high above Gardner Park an uncommon visitor is flying about. Its short curved bill is built for feeding on seeds and fruit. Below, near the banks of Bozeman Creek, the bright red hulls of berries litter the snow. It’s these morsels of food, mountain ash berries, for which the pine grosbeak has come. The pine grosbeak, a robinsized finch, summers in the boreal forest of northern Canada, except for a small band extending south along the Rocky Mountains where the birds remain year-round. The male has a bright red head, gray breast and gray flanks. Around Bozeman, the pine grosbeak breeds near Hyalite Lake and Emerald Lake in Hyalite Canyon during the summer months. The birds move down into the foothills when the snow flies. For whatever reason, a flock of pine grosbeaks has moved out into the valley this winter and the birds have been regularly spotted around Gardner Park. It’s a thrill for winter birders like Robin Wolcott, a member of the Sacajawea Audubon Society and an editor for eBird, an online database for submitting bird sightings. “The pine grosbeak are feed-

ing on those mountain ash berries, but why they are down here this year I have no idea,” Wolcott said recently. “I’m not sure if pine grosbeak are irruptive, but maybe that is part of the equation as they only show up in the valley like this once every 10 years.” Irruptive bird migrations occur when there is an irregularity in the food supply. Pine grosbeak typically feed on the seed cones of conifer trees, but may also utilize alders, river birch and Douglas fir. “Irruption is a mass movement of birds that get into geographic areas you wouldn’t expect to see every year like a typical migration,” said John Parker of Sacajawea Audubon Society. “When it happens it is kind of exciting because it is unpredictable.” Winter birders looking for unusual birds often pursue irruptive species. Red crossbills, white-winged crossbills and hoary redpolls are irruptive species that have made an appearance in the Gallatin Valley this winter. While rare and irruptive species are undeniably appealing to avid birders, the winter also provides a great time to see a variety of more common but no less fascinating species. From red-tailed hawks to chickadees, there’s always a bird that piques the interest.

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Wolcott said birding during the winter requires a few changes from the warmer months. Instead of being keyed into bird song, Wolcott said birders must listen instead for calls. “Bird song is breeding behavior,” Wolcott said. “But birds have calls they make at other times of year that alert you to their presence. So we are still birding by ear, but winter birding tends to be a bit more visual. “In the spring you really want to be out there early because that is when the birds are most active,” Wolcott said. “In the winter they are foraging and talking all day. In the summer I am happy to be out at 6 a.m., but you couldn’t drag me out there in the winter.” The rise of eBird has made the process of locating birds a communal affair. Birders use the database to enter observations that can be viewed by others. Each entry includes the location, date, time and number of birds seen, along with optional notes added by birders. As an eBird editor, Wolcott reviews observations made by birders in Gallatin and Madison counties. She said rare sightings cause a buzz among the birding community the way an observation of two sandhill cranes in Belgrade did last Saturday.

The cranes, typically long gone by this time of the year, were spotted in flight near Dry Creek Road. “That was huge,” Wolcott said. “I know the birder that saw those cranes and he is a reliable source. It seems like there have been a lot of interesting sightings this winter.” Wolcott said eBird has revolutionized birding. “Instead of writing down an observation that disappears when I die, it is available to the public today and 100 years from now,” Wolcott said. “We all become contributors to the public knowledge and it is making real changes in the world.” Data from eBird has been used to monitor shorebirds in California’s Central Valley. Conservationists have used the data to identify farmers in the valley and paid them to flood their fields during migration periods, creating a benefit for the landowners and wildlife. Wolcott said contributing to eBird gives birders purpose, but experiencing nature and the chance to see something amazing are all the motivation she needs. “I love birding because it gets me outside and gets me exercise,” Wolcott said. “And there is always a rare bird out there and if you get it, it makes you a star.”

Rare Sierra Nevada Red Fox Spotted in Yosemite Park, first confirmed sighting SAN FRANCISCO — The first confirmed sighting of a rare Sierra Nevada red fox in Yosemite National Park in nearly a century has been confirmed by park officials. Park wildlife biologists who were on a backcountry trip to the far northern part of the park documented two sightings since early December. The Sierra Nevada red fox of California is one of the rarest mammals in North America, with likely fewer than 50 left. The nearest verified occurrences of Sierra Nevada red foxes have been in the Sonora Pass area, north of the park, where biologists say a small population was first documented in 2010. Prior to that, the last verified sighting of a Sierra Nevada red fox in that area was two decades ago. The species hasn’t been seen in the park in nearly 100 years. —Associated Press

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Obituaries Theodore L. Carson Jr.

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Theodore L. Carson Jr., 70, of Valrico, Florida passed away on Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. He was born in October, 1944 in Denver, Colorado to Theodore L. and Olivia (Olafson) Carson. Theodore spent most of his career as an Attorney at Law. He held memberships with Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Al Aska Shrine Temple, Master Mates and Pilots Union, the Colorado Bar, and the Alaska Bar, as well as the Free Masons. He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Cheryl Carson; his mother Olivia Carson; sons Theodore Lederer Carson III, and Stanley Patterson Voak Carson; daughters Christina Etchepare, Kimberly Wallenius, Andrea Worthington, and Theodore (Dori) Creek; grandchildren Matthew, Sadie, and Miranda Wallenius, Alexandria Sittman, Olivia Creek, and Theodore Carson IV; and brothers Miles Carson, and Brian Carson. A viewing will take place on Friday, Jan. 30, 2015 at Apostles Lutheran Church Brandon, Florida from 10-11 a.m. Funeral service will follow at 11 a.m. at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to: Borg Pioneer Memorial Home, 61 Borg Drive, Mountain, North Dakota 58262.

Gary S. Effenbeck Soldotna resident Gary S. Effenbeck, 58, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015 at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Arrangements are with Peninsula Memorial Chapel in Kenai.

Brown University’s founding dean of medicine dies at 92 PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The founding dean of Brown University’s medical school has died. Neuropathologist Dr. Stanley Aronson was 92. The university says Aronson died Wednesday in hospice care in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown President Christina Paxton says the medical school “and many of the statewide improvements in medical care delivery that grew along with it” began with Aronson’s arrival in Providence. She says Aronson was too humble to take credit but was pleased by the school’s growth and development. Aronson was a New York native. He moved to Providence in 1969. He launched the medical school in 1972 and was dean from 1973 to 1981. He co-founded the Home & Hospice Care of Rhode Island. Aronson wrote weekly columns in the Providence Journal, including one this month considering how changing attitudes toward death led to modern public health research. - The Associated Press

Peninsula Clarion death notice and obituary guidelines: The Peninsula Clarion strives to report the deaths of all current and former Peninsula residents. Notices should be received within three months of the death. We offer two types of death reports: Pending service/Death notices: Brief notices listing full name, age, date and place of death; and time, date and place of service. These are published at no charge. Obituaries: The Clarion charges a fee to publish obituaries. Obituaries are prepared by families, funeral homes, crematoriums, and are edited by our staff according to newspaper guidelines. Obituaries up to 300 words are charged $50, which includes a one-year online guest book memoriam to on Legacy.com. Obituaries up to 500 words are charged $100, which also includes the one-year online guest book memoriam. Tax is not included. All charges include publication of a black and white photo. Obituaries outside these guidelines are handled by the Clarion advertising department. How to submit: Funeral homes and crematoriums routinely submit completed obituaries to the newspaper. Obituaries may also be submitted directly to the Clarion, online at www. peninsulaclarion.com, or by mail to: Peninsula Clarion, P.O. Box 3009, Kenai, Alaska, 99611. Pre-payment must accompany all submissions not already handled by a funeral home or crematorium. Deadlines: Submissions for Tuesday – Friday editions must be received by 2 p.m. the previous day. Submissions for Sunday and Monday editions must be received by 3 p.m. Friday. We do not process obituaries on Saturdays or Sundays unless submitted by funeral homes or crematoriums. Obituaries are placed on a space-available basis, prioritized by dates of local services. Copyright: All death notices and obituaries become property of the Clarion and may not be republished in any format. For more information, call the Clarion at 907-283-7551.

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every Tuesday night from 6:30 - 8 p.m. in the Kenai Central High School choir room. Call or email for more details: 907283-2125 or simjnissen@gmail.com.

Kenai Kennel Club’ Puppy Kindergarten class will start on MS Society meets Thursday, Jan. 29 at 6:30 p.m. The MS Society meets on the second Thursday of each Canine Good Citizen Class starts Saturday, Jan. 31 at 1:00 month. Its next meeting is from 12:30-2:30 p.m. Feb. 12 at p.m. Both classes run for six weeks and cost $60 per session. Heritage Place in Soldotna. For more information call Terrie For more information, visit www.kenaikennelclub.com. Butcher at 907-756-1282 or Tim Reed at 907-252-0432.

Library Friends plan book sale

Square dance classes on tap

The Soldotna Library Friends’ monthly book sale is ThursBeginning square dance classes will be held on Wednesday day from 2-7 p.m. in the basement of the Soldotna Public Li- nights from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Sterling Senior Center. Classes brary. A treasure trove of exciting reads for pennies. are open to participants of all ages. For more information, call Theresa Lusby at 360-790-1757, or the Sterling Senior Center at 907-262-6808. KPC hosts Career Day Kenai Peninsula College, Kenai River Campus will be hosting Career Day from 8:45 a.m. - noon on Friday. The event will provide a wide range of potential career directions. The public, KPC students, and area high school students will have the opportunity to choose from more than 60 different presenters who will be talking about preparing for and working in their chosen occupations. There will also be 22 businesses and organizations on hand offering information on job opportunities, internships and career training. For more information and to get a schedule for the event, please contact Krista or Nicole at 262-0337, or kltimlin@kpc.alaska.edu.

Hospice training offered 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 sessions are Jan. 31 and Feb. 7, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Registration is required. The cost is $25.00/person. For more information, call Hospice at 262-0453 or email Janice at hospice.admin@alaska. net.

Group Winter Picnic fundraiser for freestyle wrestling benefit

Free income tax help available This year, the AARP Tax-Aide volunteers will provide free tax preparation services at a new location, the Soldotna Public Library starting Feb. 5. Volunteers will be available Thursdays from 1-5 p.m. Volunteers available also Feb. 14, March 14, and April 11, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Items to bring: photo ID for all taxpayers; social security cards or ITIN cards for all persons listed on the tax return; copy of last year’s tax return; W-2 forms from each employer; unemployment compensation; SSA-1099 (Social Security); all 1099-Rs pension/annuity; all 1099 forms(INT, DIV, B, MISC); and documentation showing original purchase price of sold assets; a list of all deductible expenses(medical, contributions, mortgage interest, property taxes, medical/business miles); all forms showing federal income tax paid; Child care expenses information; written bank account information for direct deposit. New for 2014 taxes: bring health insurance information. Form 1095A for people who bought from the ACA marketplace; a list of who on your tax return had coverage and for which months; exemption certificate number if you have one; and taxable income information for dependents listed on return. You can also go to www.aarp.org/taxaide to find the dates, times and locations of a site near you.

Nikiski Freestyle Wrestling club will be having a Winter Picnic fundraiser Saturday at the Nikiski Community Center Alaska Judicial Observers seeks courtroom Banquet Room from 6-8pm. Beat those winter blues and come support Nikiski Wrestling! Pulled pork sandwiches, coleslaw, volunteers bakes beans and ice cream is on the menu. Tickets are $10/perAlaska Judicial Observers is looking for volunteers to obson (under 7 eat for free.) Dessert and outcry auction, minute serve in courtrooms. Volunteers must be able to take notes, to win it games and fun. complete paperwork and sit for up to two hours at a time. Volunteers are screened to ensure that they have not been a victim of a violent crime, have no criminal background and have no Community choir forming cases pending before the court. Volunteers go through up to 40 A new community choir, The Kenai Peninsula Singers, is hours of classroom and courtroom training and then are asked open to everyone who wants to be there, whether it is their first to evaluate for 8-10 hours per month in the Kenai courthouse. time singing or they sang at The Met. The choir will rehearse Call 907-646-9880 in Anchorage for more information.

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. 8:30 a.m. • TOPS AK No. 220 Kasilof weigh-in at CES Station 6, 58260 Sterling Highway. Meeting starts at 9 a.m. Call 262-7319 or 2523436. 10 a.m. • TOPS AK No. 164 Soldotna weigh-in at First Baptist Church, 159 S. Binkley. Meeting starts at 11 a.m. Call 262-7339. • Narcotics Anonymous PJ Meeting, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group at 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Suite 71 in the old Carrs Mall in Kenai. Call 262-1917. 5:30 p.m. • Free Seated Zumba Gold at the Kenai Senior Center. New participants, active older adults, and chair-bound or limited mobility participants are encouraged. 6 p.m. • Family Story Time (PreK and up) at the Soldotna Public Library in the Children’s Area. Bring the whole family out to listen to stories and sing songs. Younger and older siblings are always welcome with adult supervision. Call 262-4227. • AA Step Sisters women’s meeting at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, O’Neill Hall, 222 W. Redoubt, Soldotna. Call 262-2304.

• TOPS AK 20, Soldotna, weigh-in at Christ Lutheran Church, 128 North Soldotna Avenue, Soldotna. Meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. Call 262-1557. • Celebrate Recovery, Midnight Son Seventh-day Adventist church on the corner of Swires Rd. and Kenai Spur Hwy in Kenai. Dinner is at 6 p.m.; Recovery Lesson at 6:30 p.m.; Open Share groups at 7:15 p.m. Email rking4@mac.com or call 260-3292. 7 p.m. • Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “Dopeless Hope Fiends,” 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai.

• Square dance group at Ninilchik Senior Center. • Alcoholics Anonymous “Unity Men’s Group” meets downstairs the Salvation Army building in Soldotna. 8 p.m. • AA Attitude of Gratitude at URS Club, 405 Overland Drive. Call 283-3777. • AA North Roaders Group at North Star Methodist Church, Mile 25.5 Kenai Spur Highway. Call 242-9477.

• Alcoholics Anonymous Ninichick support group at United Methodist Church, 15811 Sterling Highway, Ninilchik. Call 907-5673574. The Community Calendar lists recurring events and meetings of local organizations. To have your event listed, email organization name, day or days of meeting, time of meeting, place, and a contact phone number to news@ peninsulaclarion.com.

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legends surrounding Alexander the Great. It’s a story a lot like the Sword in the Stone. In ancient Phrygia, there was a legend that whoever could untie an infamously complicated knot between a chariot and its yoke would become the next king of Phrygia. Alexander the Great took one look at the knot and cut it in half with his sword, solving the riddle at a stroke. Sometimes, the best solutions involve cutting out the problem. Alaska and Canada are involved in one such problem right now. The Alaska Marine Highway wants to build a new ferry terminal in Prince Rupert, British Columbia. The construction will be partially funded with federal money, which means a few strings are attached. One of those strings is a “buy American” clause. The steel and materials used in the project must be bought from an American source. Naturally, Canadians aren’t happy with this and have threatened consequences if the Marine Highway goes forward with the project anyway. Gov. Bill Walker could simply apply for an exemption from the “buy American” clause, but we think there’s a better solution. It involves cutting. The state of Alaska is facing a $3.5 billion revenue shortfall. It’s going to be looking for budget cuts. One of those cuts should be Prince Rupert. We’re not just talking about the new ferry terminal. We’re talking about cutting Prince Rupert as a stop on the Alaska Marine Highway. Cutting Prince Rupert would slice money from the Marine Highway’s budget, preserving funding elsewhere. The Marine Highway’s own traffic figures make the case for this cut. Since 2004, overall passenger and car traffic has risen in Southeast Alaska. In 2004, Marine Highway ferries embarked more than 240,000 passengers in Southeast. Included in that figure were 14,191 passengers from Prince Rupert. In 2013, the Marine Highway carried 254,437 passengers in Southeast Alaska. Fewer than 8,000 of them were picked up in Prince Rupert. Prince Rupert had about as many passenger embarkations as Petersburg, in fact. We would prefer no cuts to the Marine Highway budget, but that isn’t an option. The state’s budget cap is too wide to be bridged unless every department pitches in. Cutting service to Prince Rupert does not do a disservice to any Alaskans. Service to the Lower 48 will still be available through Bellingham. Prince Rupert does not offer anything that cannot be obtained through another port. As the state cuts its budget, we expect the Alaska Marine Highway to bear its share. If it comes down to a choice between Petersburg and Prince Rupert, we know which option we prefer. — Juneau Empire, Jan. 22

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By GARRY TRUDEAU

The White House’s Emily Post moment

The White House has now become a stickler for protocol, especially when it comes to relations between the two political branches. The new persnicketiness arises from House Speaker John Boehner’s invitation to Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu to speak before a joint session of Congress in March. The invite is being denounced as a major breach and new low in Washington because he didn’t, as had been the traditional practice with such invitations, coordinate with the White House. As far as violations of the separation of powers in the Obama era, it’s hard to see how this even comes close to registering. Maybe Emily Post wouldn’t approve, and with a different administration it would be worth honoring every courtesy, but we are far beyond that now. President Barack Obama has a notoriously piratical attitude toward Congress. He deliberately and gleefully trampled all over its role as the lawmaking branch, and cast aside his own as the executor of the laws. He has distorted the constitutional order to suit his whim, and now his allies are peeved that John Boehner made a wayward speaking invitation? According to David Rogers of Politico, the speaker’s office had tried to coordinate with the White House on a prior 2011 invitation to Netanyahu and got no response. More to the point: The speaker leads a coequal branch of government. He can invite or not invite anyone he

wants, up to and including the president, who is only invited to give the State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress as a matter of tradition. He can invite Phil Robertson or Neil deGrasse Ty- Rich Lowry son, the archbishop of Canterbury or the pope, just as he pleases. The speaker shouldn’t have to wait for White House sign-off for his invitations to address the House any more than the White House should coordinate with him whom it invites into the Oval Office. The invitation kerfuffle is all the more ridiculous because it involves a friend of the United States. David Rogers recounts a tussle over a potential invitation to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987; Democrats played with the idea of having him speak before Congress, before relenting. But Gorbachev represented a committed enemy — albeit one that was changing and on the verge of collapse — while Netanyahu represents an embattled ally. The context of Netanyahu’s visit is, of course, the nuclear talks with Iran. The administration is in a panic to get a deal with Iran, any deal. At this point, it doesn’t want to hear a discouraging word from anyone, least of all Netanyahu, who is such a powerful communicator. It’s not as though the

White House opposes on principle interventions by foreign leaders into our Iran policy. The same White House huffily standing on protocol over the Netanyahu invitation happily hosted British Prime Minister David Cameron a couple of weeks ago. At a press conference with President Obama, the British leader spoke out against a bill to impose further sanctions against Iran and even called members of Congress to argue against the idea. The legislation in question is bipartisan, and reasonable enough. Sponsored by Sens. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., and Mark Kirk, R-Ill., it would restore sanctions that have been loosened on Iran in the event there is no deal by the new June deadline for negotiations. And it would steadily tighten them thereafter. The White House is worried that the prospect of more sanctions will destroy its delicate dynamic with Iran, although Iran has continued to extend its tentacles in Yemen, Syria and Iraq without any fear of spooking us. In a congressional hearing last week, Sen. Menendez lambasted the administration line on the sanctions bill that “sounds like talking points that come straight out of Tehran.” That is from a leading foreignpolicy voice of the president’s own party. At least the unwelcome guest, Bibi Netanyahu, will be more polite. Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com.

Don’t blame oil tax reform for budget deficit Blaming oil tax reform for Alaska’s current budget deficit is just plain wrong. Our budget deficit today is a result of low oil prices, low oil production and overspending, not oil tax reform. A group of Native leaders, unions, businessmen and thousands of Alaskans who care deeply about Alaska’s long-term economic future led a three-year campaign to reform oil taxes to stop the decline of oil production. We spent an additional year defending against a referendum to repeal the new law, called SB 21. If we had not been successful, Alaska’s current deficit could be substantially worse. Here’s why: SB 21 raised the base tax rate but eliminated progressivity so taxes are lower under high oil prices but the state collects more revenue when prices are low. With oil less than $50/barrel, that means Alaska is in much better shape with the new tax law because today’s more predictable and stable tax policy encourages the oil industry to increase investment. More investment equals more oil. Secondly, the new tax law changed the way tax credits are issued. Now they are tied to production to provide incentives to put more oil in the pipeline, as opposed to the prior credits which were based on dollars spent. Many of the exploration credits are going to smaller or new companies that are actively seeking new oil, but have not yet reached the development stage. They are also going to Cook Inlet as well as the North Slope. If Alaska cuts back on these credits, we may receive a little more present revenue, but would sacrifice future revenue from the new oil that will result. As prices improve, Alaska will benefit from more oil. Even though we have a serious budget deficit problem this year, let’s consider the positives spurred by tax reform. Employment and spending by the oil industry is at record highs, caused by major C

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Jim Jansen is the Chairman of Lynden and a co-founder of the Make Alaska Cominvestment on the North Slope. This activ- petitive coalition. ity is slowing the production decline with renewed ability to reverse the decline and increase production. This gives Alaska opportunity for a sustainable, long-term economic future. It also keeps Alaskans emE-mail: news@peninsulaclarion.com ployed. Write: Fax: Oil tax reform was a very long and Peninsula Clarion 907-283-3299 difficult process, with thousands of P.O. Box 3009 Questions? Call: Kenai, AK 99611 907-283-7551 hours of testimony, public education and a huge effort by thousands of Alaskans. If we had failed, Alaska would not only The Peninsula Clarion welcomes face a larger budget deficit today, but the letters and attempts to publish all economy would be worse as the drilling those received, subject to a few activity in Alaska would be much less guidelines: vibrant, and there would be little chance n All letters must include the writer’s of stemming the production decline that name, phone number and address. averaged over 7 percent per year over the n Letters are limited to 500 words past decade. and may be edited to fit available Alaska’s economy needs a stable, comspace. Letters are run in the order petitive tax and regulatory environment they are received. and a partnership with the resource compan Letters addressed specifically to nies to encourage investment to reverse the another person will not be printed. production decline. There is no way that n Letters that, in the editor’s judgAlaska can tax our way to prosperity. ment, are libelous will not be Most of the talk recently has been printed. about production tax rates. The win-win n The editor also may exclude letfor Alaska is to increase new and old oil ters that are untimely or irrelevant production, resulting in increased royalto the public interest. ties, state corporate tax, property taxes and n Short, topical poetry should be production taxes. submitted to Poet’s Corner and will The Walker Administration, the Legisnot be printed on the Opinion page. lature and Alaskans statewide face serious n Submissions from other publicabudget challenges ahead. We need to contions will not be printed. tinue to work together to make tough decin Applause letters should recognize sions that will determine whether Alaska is public-spirited service and contribua place where our kids and grandkids can tions. Personal thank-you notes will live, work and prosper. not be published. At this critical time, it is imperative that

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E-Cigarettes a ‘health threat’ Vanderbilt rape

verdicts support other victims

By FENIT NIRAPPIL Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California health officials Wednesday declared electronic cigarettes a health threat that should be strictly regulated like tobacco products, joining other states and health advocates across the U.S. in seeking tighter controls as “vaping” grows in popularity. The California Department of Public Health released a report saying e-cigarettes emit cancer-causing chemicals and get users hooked on nicotine but acknowledging that more research needs to be done to determine the immediate and long-term health effects. “E-cigarettes are not as harmful as conventional cigarettes, but e-cigarettes are not harmless” said California Health Officer Ron Chapman. “They are not safe.” New generations of young people will become nicotine addicts if the products remain largely unregulated, Chapman said. Last year, 17 percent of high school seniors reported using e-cigarettes, known as vaping, according to the report. “Without action, it is likely that California’s more than two decades of progress to prevent and reduce traditional tobacco use will erode as e-cigarettes re-normalize smoking behavior,” the report says. E-cigarettes heat liquid nicotine into inhalable vapor without the tar and other chemicals found in traditional cigarettes. A cartridge of nicotine can cost anywhere from $5 to $20 dollars and can be reused. California banned the sale of e-cigarettes to minors in 2010, but the report raises concerns about children consuming liq-

By SHEILA BURKE Associated Press

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Geoff Braithwaite, owner of Tasty Vapor, exhales vapor after using an electronic cigarette Wednesday in Oakland, Calif. California health officials on Wednesday declared electronic cigarettes a health threat that should be strictly regulated like tobacco products, joining other states and health advocates across the U.S. in seeking tighter controls as “vaping” grows in popularity.

uid nicotine with flavors such as cotton candy and gummy bear. Reports of children under 5 with e-cigarette poisoning jumped from seven in 2012 to 154 last year. The California report says e-cigarettes emit as many as 10 toxic chemicals, but advocates say there is no evidence those substances are released at dangerous levels. “Despite the health officer’s false claims, there is ample evidence that vaping helps smokers quit and is far less hazardous than smoking,” Gregory Conley, president of the e-cigarette advocacy group American Vaping Association, said in an email. “Smokers deserve

truthful and accurate information about the relative risks of different nicotine products, not hype and conjecture based on cherry-picked reports.” The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is also proposing regulations that include warning labels and ingredient lists on e-cigarettes, although enactment could take years. California health officials are calling for restrictions on the marketing and sale of e-cigarettes and protections against accidental ingestion of liquid nicotine. A state senator introduced legislation this week that would regulate e-cigarettes as tobacco products and ban their use in

public places such as hospitals, bars and schools. A similar bill was defeated last year over opposition from tobacco companies. Chapman, the health official, would not take a position on specific legislation, but said his department would be rolling out an e-cigarette awareness campaign with possible television and radio advertisements. E-cigarettes have become more visible as they grow in popularity and commercials for the products air in places where traditional cigarette ads have been banned. Businesses related to e-cigarettes, including vaping lounges, are rapidly popping up in cities across California.

Oil spill cleanup expected to slow By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press

BILLINGS, Mont. — The struggle to recover 30,000 gallons of oil from a pipeline spill into Montana’s Yellowstone River is expected to grind to a near-halt in coming days as warmer weather makes ice on the river increasingly dangerous, state regulators and a company spokesman said Wednesday. Because of brittle ice, crews trying to recover oil trapped beneath the Yellowstone could be pulled off the river as early as Thursday, said Bonnie Lovelace with the Montana Department of Environmental Quality. Monitoring of the river would continue, and any oil that washes up along the riverbank still could be cleaned up, said Bill Salvin, spokesman for pipeline owner Bridger Pipeline

LLC of Wyoming. The monitoring area includes a 90 mile-stretch of the river between the spill site south of Glendive to just across the North Dakota border. Roughly 1,200 gallons of oil have been recovered from the river so far, Salvin said. The 12-inch pipeline broke Jan. 17 after a section of the line became exposed beneath the river for undetermined reasons. It was the second oil spill into the Yellowstone since 2011, when an Exxon Mobil pipeline break during flooding fouled an 85-mile stretch of the river with 63,000 gallons of crude. In a Wednesday interview, Montana Department of Environmental Quality Director Tom Livers defended preparations made by regulators for another accident in the wake of the 2011 spill.

But he said the latest spill shows periodic company surveys of pipeline river crossings remain inadequate. The Poplar Pipeline that broke upstream of Glendive, temporarily fouling the city’s water supply, was last surveyed in 2011. It was determined at the time to be buried eight feet beneath the river. Livers said his agency plans to consult with federal pipeline safety officials about inspecting other pipeline crossings to see if more are at risk. But he was unsure if that could happen before spring runoff causes rivers to rise, putting any other exposed lines at risk. After the Exxon spill, a safety council established by thenGov. Brian Schweitzer released a series of recommendations meant to guard against another spill. Livers acknowledged at

least two of those recommendations were not met: Maintaining an updated map of the state’s pipeline network through an agreement with federal officials who collect the information, and holding twice-yearly public meetings about pipeline safety with the directors of the state Departments of Transportation, Environmental Quality and Natural Resources and Conservation. Still, Livers said the “most substantive” of the recommendations were enacted, including an expansion of the state’s spill response capabilities and training for state personnel. “I would say it was a surprise (that the Poplar Pipeline broke) but we were not caught off guard,” Livers said. “We were way more ready for it as opposed to (the Exxon spill) when we were figuring it out as we went along.”

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The gang-rape conviction of two former Vanderbilt University football players sends signals out in every direction. To the two young men, Tuesday’s verdicts show that being drunk out of your mind doesn’t excuse criminal behavior. Once doted on as potential Southeastern Conference football stars, Cory Batey and Brandon Vandenburg could be sentenced to decades behind bars. Even as first-time offenders, they could spend the prime of their athletic lives in a Tennessee prison. The two remaining defendants alleged to have joined Batey and Vandenburg in the dorm room attack, former players Jaborian McKenzie and Brandon Banks, probably helped themselves by cooperating with authorities, but their consequences loom much larger now that their former teammates have been found guilty. University officials, experts on sex crimes and survivors of sexual assault at Vanderbilt and all over the country hope the verdict’s loudest signal goes out to women suffering in silence — telling them that justice is possible without destroying their own lives in the process. Most college sex assaults don’t turn out this way. A recent Justice Department study found that 80 percent of campus rapes went unreported between 1995 and 2013, compared to 67 percent in the general population. The victim said she hopes her experience will encourage others to discuss how to end campus rapes. “I want to remind other victims of sexual violence: You are not alone,” she said in a statement read by one of the prosecutors. “You are not to blame.” In this case, the evidence was overwhelming. Jurors saw university surveillance video and the players’ own graphic cellphone images that put them at the scene. Vandenburg could be heard laughing and encouraging the attack on video he shared while it was happening. Testimony showed that he passed out condoms during the June 23, 2013 attack. Charging all four players with rape even though not all of them engaged in the act itself sends a strong message about holding people accountable, said Jane Stapleton, a University of New Hampshire professor who runs bystander intervention programs at campuses. Only two players were accused of raping the student, but all four were charged with it because prosecutors held them criminally responsible based on their actions that night. The trial provided a rare opportunity to see what rape really looks like, experts on sexual violence said. “There’s no shortage of rape and sexual assault cases being put out in the media, but very rarely do we hear all the graphic details of a sexual assault,” said Rachel Freeman, vice president of programs at the Sexual Abuse Center of Nashville. And unlike so many other rape cases, this wasn’t a matter of “he-said/she-said.” The video made it obvious the woman was unconscious and totally incapable of consenting, so it was impossible to suggest that she was somehow to blame, Freeman said. The woman testified that the last thing she remembered was Vandenburg giving her drinks at a Nashville nightspot — and that she woke up the next morning in his dorm room, feeling sick and injured. To this day, she has no memory of the attack, she told jurors. Rumors swirled around campus, but she didn’t learn what had happened until well after police came to her.

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Autopsy wanted after police murder By SADIE GURMAN and P. SOLOMON BANDA Associated Press

DENVER — The mother of a 17-year-old girl who was shot and killed by Denver police said Wednesday that she wants a second, independent autopsy because she doesn’t trust the official investigation into the death of her daughter. The demand by Laura Sonya Rosales Hernandez came as the Denver Police Department and an independent city official who monitors the agency disclosed that separate investigations were underway into policies regarding officers shooting at moving vehicles. The Monday shooting of Jessica Hernandez was the fourth time in seven months that a Denver officer fired at a vehicle after perceiving it as a threat. Police have said two officers fired after Hernandez drove a stolen car into one of them. A passenger in the car disputed that account, saying police opened fire before the vehicle struck the officer. Police said none of the five people in the car was armed. “I want another autopsy on my daughter so we can know how much damage they did,” Hernandez said, speaking in Spanish inside the trailer home where her daughter lived with five siblings. “I want to know, how did this happen? I want to know everything.” The U.S. Supreme Court has held that officers may not use deadly force to stop a fleeing suspect unless the person is believed to pose significant physical harm. Still, policies vary among agencies, and some depart-

‘If you were to shoot at the driver you would have an unguided missile, basically,’ — Chuck Wexler, executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum

ments have banned or discouraged the practice. The Albuquerque Police Department, for example, ordered officers in June to stop shooting at moving vehicles after a Justice Department report found a pattern of excessive force. The Cleveland Police Department changed its policy before federal investigators concluded its officers too often used unnecessary force. In Denver, the Police Department and Independent Monitor Nicholas Mitchell are both looking at how national standards compare to Denver’s policy, which allows officers to fire at moving cars if they have no other reasonable way to prevent death or serious injury. Denver’s policy urges officers to try to move out of the way rather than fire. “An officer threatened by an oncoming vehicle shall, if feasible, move out of the way rather than discharging a firearm,” it says. The reviews will look at several cases in which Denver officers fired at cars they considered to be deadly weapons. Those cases include the fatal shooting of Ryan Ronquillo, 21, who officers said tried to hit them with his car outside a funeral home in July. Prosecutors have declined to file charges in that case. Experts say shooting and

disabling a driver can send a car out of control. “If you were to shoot at the driver you would have an unguided missile, basically,” said Chuck Wexler, executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum, which suggests departments forbid officers from shooting at moving vehicles unless there’s another deadly threat involved, such as a weapon. Police officials identified the officers in the shooting of Hernandez as Daniel Greene, a 16-year-veteran, and Gabriel Jordan, a 9-year-veteran. Jordan suffered a fractured leg, department spokesman Sonny Jackson said, declining to comment further about details of the case. Hernandez’s mother said her daughter made a mistake by “grabbing” a car that did not belong to her but didn’t deserve to pay with her life. “How much do they need to investigate?” she asked. “It’s all done. They did it. They killed her. All I want is justice.” A passenger in the car, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of safety concerns, said Hernandez lost control of the vehicle because she was unconscious after being shot. Prosecutors promised a thorough probe of the shooting as a small group of angry protesters

demanded swift answers and called for a special prosecutor to investigate the death. The shooting occurred amid a national debate about police use of force fueled by racially charged episodes in Ferguson, Missouri, and New York City. Investigators in the Denver case will be relying on witnesses and police accounts because the department has only just started to buy body cameras for its officers, and those involved were not yet outfitted. Denver doesn’t use in-car dashboard cameras, either, which experts consider a best practice for accountability but can be costly for larger departments. The shooting happened after police determined a suspicious vehicle in an alley had been stolen, Chief Robert White said. The two officers opened fire after Hernandez drove into one of them as they approached the car on foot, police said. The passenger said officers came up to the car from behind and fired four times into the driver’s side window as they stood on the side of the car, narrowly missing others inside. Witnesses said officers with their guns drawn then pulled people out of the car, including Hernandez, who they handcuffed and searched. Her mother criticized the way police handled her after she was shot. “They dragged her on the floor and threw her down like a piece of garbage,” she said. Both officers involved in the shooting have been placed on routine administrative leave pending the investigation.

N. Korea may be restarting nuke plant By FOSTER KLUG Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea may be attempting to restart its main nuclear bomb fuel reactor after a five-month shutdown, a U.S. research institute said Thursday. If true, the finding, which is based on recent commercial satellite imagery, will be an added worry for the United States and the North’s neighbors. This comes at a time of increasing animosity over recent U.S. sanctions against the North and Pyongyang’s fury about a U.N. push to punish its alleged human rights abuses. Activity at the 5-megawatt Nyongbyon reactor is closely watched because North Korea is thought to have a handful of crude nuclear bombs, part of its efforts to build an arsenal of nuclear tipped missiles that could one day hit America’s mainland.

Nyongbyon, which has produced plutonium used for past nuclear test explosions, restarted in 2013 after being shuttered under a 2007 disarmament agreement. It has been offline since August. Possible signs in satellite imagery from Dec. 24 through Jan. 11 show that the reactor is in the early stages of being restarted. Signs include hot water drainage from a pipe at a turbine building that indicates steam from the reactor and growing snow-melt on the roofs of the reactor and turbine buildings. The U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, however, said that since the recent observation period was only about two weeks, it’s too soon to reach a definitive conclusion about what’s happening and more monitoring is

needed. The institute’s website, 38 North, published the findings. Nyongybon can likely produce about one bomb’s worth of plutonium per year. A uranium enrichment facility there could also give it a second method to produce fissile material for bombs. It is not clear if North Korea has yet mastered the technology needed to make warheads small enough to be mounted on missiles. Each nuclear test presumably moves its scientists closer toward that goal. North Korea has said it is willing to rejoin international nuclear disarmament talks last held in 2008, but Washington demands that it first take concrete steps to show it remains committed to past nuclear pledges. The United States also re-

jected a recent North Korean offer to impose a temporary moratorium on its nuclear tests if Washington scraps its annual military drills with Seoul; Pyongyang claims those drills are invasion preparation. The U.S. called the linking of the military drills, which it says are defensive and routine, with a possible nuclear test “an implicit threat.” Always rocky ties between Pyongyang and Washington dipped lower because of a recent Hollywood movie depicting the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The U.S. blames the North for crippling hacking attacks on the movie’s producer, Sony, and subsequently imposed new sanctions on the country, inviting an angry response from Pyongyang, which has denied responsibility for the cyberattacks.

Around the Nation Attorney General nominee Lynch defends Obama but would chart own course WASHINGTON — Confronting skeptical Republicans, attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch pledged a new start with Congress and independence from President Barack Obama Wednesday, even as she defended the president’s unilateral protections for millions of immigrants in the country illegally. “If confirmed as attorney general, I would be myself. I would be Loretta Lynch,” the nominee told her Senate confirmation hearing as Republicans showered criticism on the current occupant of the job, Eric Holder. They said Holder was contemptuous of Congress and too politically close to Obama, and repeatedly demanded assurances that Lynch would do things differently. “You’re not Eric Holder, are you?” Texas Republican John Cornyn, one of the current attorney general’s most persistent critics, asked at one point. “No, I’m not, Sir,” Lynch responded with a smile. It was a moment that summed up a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that was often more about Obama and Holder than about Lynch, who is now the top federal prosecutor for parts of New York City and Long Island. If confirmed, she would become the nation’s first black female attorney general.

Mobile ad wins drive Facebook to finish 2014 with stronger-than-expected earnings and revenue NEW YORK — For the seventh quarter in a row Facebook beat profit and revenue forecasts, continuing to win more mobile advertising revenue as most users shift to using the site on smartphones and other portable devices. The world’s biggest online social network said Wednesday that advertising revenue jumped 53 percent to $3.59 billion for the fourth quarter — with mobile ad revenue representing 69 percent of the total. That percentage has grown steadily in each quarter of this year. Facebook’s massive user base also continued to climb. It had 1.39 billion monthly active users at the end of the year, up 13 percent from a year earlier. Daily users totaled 890 million, up 18 percent. Mobile monthly active users jumped 26 percent to 1.19 billion.

Sheriffs expand concerns about Waze traffic app, complain it interferes with tickets WASHINGTON — Sheriffs said Wednesday that Google’s popular Waze traffic app is making it harder to nab speeders, adding to earlier police complaints that a feature in the software that lets drivers warn others about nearby police activity is putting officers’ lives at risk. The National Sheriffs’ Association had previously focused its campaign against Waze on police safety after the fatal shootings of two New York police officers in December. It broadened its campaign with a new statement criticizing Google’s software as hampering the use of speed traps. The trade association said radar guns and other speed enforcement techniques have reduced highways deaths. “This app will hamper those activities by locating law enforcement officers and puts the public at risk,” the group said. In the Waze app, which operates like a free GPS navigation tool, users can tag the locations of parked police vehicles, accidents, congestion, traffic cameras, potholes and more, so that other drivers using Waze are warned as they approach the same location. In a twist, the newly expressed concern about speeding is also Google’s own defense of its software. —Associated Press

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IS releases message from hostage BEIRUT (AP) — The Islamic State group released a message late Wednesday purportedly by Japanese hostage Kenji Goto, extending the deadline for Jordan’s release of an Iraqi would-be hotel bomber linked to al-Qaida. Earlier in the day, Jordan had offered a precedent-setting prisoner swap to the Islamic State group in a desperate attempt to save a Jordanian air force pilot the militants purportedly threatened to kill, along with a Goto. The audio recording, in English, says the Jordanians must present Sajida al-Rishawi at the Turkish border by sunset Thursday, or Jordanian pilot Mu’as al-Kasaseabeh will be killed. The Associated Press could not independently verify the contents of the recording which was distributed on Twitter by IS-affiliated accounts. On Wednesday, the pilot’s father met with Jordan’s king who he said assured him that “everything will be fine.” King Abdullah II faces growing domestic pressure to bring the pilot home. However, meeting the Islamic State’s demand for the release of a would-be hotel bomber linked to al-Qaida would run counter to the kingdom’s hardline approach to the extremists. Efforts to release al-Kaseasbeh and Goto gained urgency with the release late Tuesday of a purported online ultimatum claiming the Islamic State group would kill both hostages

SHEAR YASHUV, Israel — The Lebanese militant Hezbollah group fired a salvo of missiles at an Israeli military convoy in a disputed border area Wednesday, killing two soldiers and triggering deadly clashes that marked the most serious escalation since the sides’ 2006 war. The flare-up, which also left a U.N. peacekeeper dead, added to the regional chaos brought on by neighboring Syria’s civil war. Hezbollah indicated the attack was in retaliation for a deadly Israeli strike on its fighters inside Syria earlier this month. The violence sparked fears in both countries of yet another crippling war between the two foes. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Israel would respond “force-

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Around the World Jordan offers prisoner swap to Islamic State in bid to save pilot held by militants

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A man comforts the wife of Jordanian pilot, Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh, who is held by the Islamic State group militants, during a protest in front of the Royal Palace in Amman, Jordan, Wednesday. Jordan on Wednesday offered a precedent-setting prisoner swap to the Islamic State group in a desperate attempt to save a Jordanian air force pilot the militants purportedly threatened to kill, along with a Japanese hostage.

within 24 hours if the al-Qaidalinked prisoner was not freed. The scope of a possible swap and of the Islamic State group’s demands also remained unclear. Jordanian government spokesman Mohammed alMomani said Jordan is ready to trade the prisoner, an Iraqi woman convicted of involvement in deadly Amman hotel bombings in 2005, for the pilot. Al-Momani made no mention of Goto. Any exchange would set a precedent for negotiating with the Islamic State militants,

who in the past have not publicly demanded prisoner releases. Jordan’s main ally, the United States, opposes negotiations with extremists. The release of al-Rishawi, the al-Qaida-linked prisoner, would also be a propaganda coup for the militants who have already overrun large parts of neighboring Syria and Iraq. Jordan is part of a U.S.-led military alliance that has carried out airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria and Iraq in recent months. Participation in the alliance

is unpopular in Jordan, and the capture of the pilot has only exacerbated such sentiments, analysts said. “Public opinion in Jordan is putting huge pressure on the government to negotiate with the Islamic State group,” said Marwan Shehadeh, a scholar with ties to ultra-conservative Islamic groups in Jordan. “If the government doesn’t make a serious effort to release him, the morale of the entire military will deteriorate and the public will lose trust in the political regime.”

Hezbollah fires missile salvo, kills 2 By ARIEL SCHALIT and ZEINA KARAM Associated Press

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fully,” and the military fired artillery shell barrages that struck border villages in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah responded with rocket fire on Israeli military positions. The Israeli military said five anti-tank missiles hit the soldiers as they were traveling near Mount Dov and Chebaa Farms, along a disputed tract of land where the borders of Israel, Lebanon and Syria meet. The soldiers were in two unarmored white vehicles without military insignia when they were struck from a distance of about three miles (five kilometers) away, according to Lt. Col. Peter Lerner, an Israeli military spokesman. Israeli media aired footage showing the charred, smoldering vehicles after the strike, which also wounded seven Israeli soldiers. At U.N. headquarters in New York, spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the U.N. peace-

keeper, a Spaniard, was killed in cross-fire after rockets were fired at Israeli positions and Israeli forces responded. He said the cause of death was under investigation. However, Spain’s ambassador to the U.N. blamed Israel for the death of the peacekeeper, identified as 36-year-old Cpl. Francisco Javier Soria Toledo. “It was because of this escalation of violence, and it came from the Israeli side,” Spanish Ambassador Roman Oyarzun Marchesi told reporters at U.N. headquarters. He did not elaborate. However, Lebanese security officials said earlier that the peacekeeper was killed by Israeli shelling that struck near a U.N. base inside Lebanon. They spoke on

condition of anonymity in line with regulations. The Security Council, meeting in an emergency session, condemned the peacekeeper’s death in the strongest terms and offered its deepest sympathies. In a statement, Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said that he conveyed Israel’s condolences for the death in a conversation with his Spanish counterpart. The dead Israeli soldiers were identified as Capt. Yochai Kalangel, 25, and Sgt. Dor Chaim Nini, 20. In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki condemned the Hezbollah attack and expressed support for Israel’s “legitimate right to selfdefense.”

AMMAN, Jordan — Jordan offered a precedent-setting prisoner swap to the Islamic State group Wednesday in a desperate attempt to save a Jordanian air force pilot the militants purportedly threatened to kill, along with a Japanese hostage. Late Wednesday, the pilot’s father met with Jordan’s king who he said assured him that “everything will be fine.” King Abdullah II faces growing domestic pressure to bring the pilot home. However, meeting the Islamic State’s demand for the release of a would-be hotel bomber linked to al-Qaida would run counter to the kingdom’s hard-line approach to the extremists. Efforts to release the pilot, Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh, and Japanese journalist Kenji Goto gained urgency with the release late Tuesday of a purported online ultimatum claiming the Islamic State group would kill both hostages within 24 hours if the al-Qaida-linked prisoner was not freed. By Wednesday evening, there was no word on the fate of the hostages and no sign a swap was underway. In a possible indication of a holdup, Jordan’s foreign minister wrote on his Twitter account that Jordan had not received evidence the pilot was alive and healthy.

Ukraine rebels say new victory within grasp DONETSK, Ukraine — Separatist forces in eastern Ukraine said Wednesday they have almost fully encircled government forces in a town that hosts a strategic railway hub, putting them within grasp of a decisive new victory. Eduard Basurin, the deputy commander of the separatist forces, said the highway linking the town, Debaltseve, to other government-held areas has now fallen into rebel hands. The encirclement of the town has not, however, been fully executed, Basurin said. Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko confirmed Debaltseve is surrounded on two flanks and is being heavily targeted with Grad multiple rocket launchers. Other officials denied government forces were close to folding and said separatist claims were exaggerated. Debaltseve is one of multiple flashpoints that have flared up across eastern Ukraine since the start of the month, when full-blown fighting between Russian-backed rebels and government forces erupted anew following a month of relative tranquility. Since the conflict started in April, it has claimed more than 5,100 lives and displaced over 900,000 people across the country, according to Ukraine government estimates. Advances by separatist forces threaten to definitively torpedo the chances of reviving an internationally brokered peace deal reached in September that established a line of contact between the warring sides. That agreement was signed in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, by rebel leaders and representatives from Ukraine, Russia and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. —Associated Press

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Brown Bears tender Eubank Bears look for Former Kenai Central standout will get shot at home junior team By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion

In order to have an opportunity to play at home, Kenai’s Jake Eubank had to leave home. Eubank has been tendered by the Kenai River Brown Bears for next season. The tender does not mean Eubank has the team made, but it does mean the Bears have exclusive North American Hockey League rights to him. Eubank joins Ross Hanson as a former Kardinals skater tendered by the Bears for next season. “It’s been a pretty big deal to me,” Eubank said by phone. “It’s been a lifelong goal of mine to play at home, and now I have the opportunity to play at home. “I’ve still got to try out and make the team.”

Eubank, the son of Terry and Tawni of Kenai, would have been a senior at Kenai Central this school year, except he elected to go play hockey for the Pikes Peak Miners in Colorado Springs, Colorado. “Being away from home is difficult,” Eubank said. “There’s a lot of negatives to it. But the billet family I live with here is a good family.” Eubank said he has been able to develop because his season started in August and could go through March, depending on how the Miners do in the postseason. The Miners 18U AAA team plays in two leagues. In the Colorado league, Eubank has six goals and four assists in 13 games. In the North American Prospects Hockey League, Eubank has 10 goals and nine assists in 23 games to lead the team in goals and points.

Eubank was a lethal scorer for Kenai Central, but Bears head coach Geoff Beauparlant said Eubank would need to develop more areas of his game for the NAHL. “We had him out to skate last year and this year, and we really like that he was able to get into a program like Pikes Peak that demands a lot of players,” Beauparlant said. “He’s been able to play competitive hockey nine months out of the year.” Eubank has used all that time to improve. Beauparlant said Greg Vanover and Bob Nolette with Pikes Peak do a great job developing players. Alec and Evan Butcher played at Pikes Peak, and Hanson also is currently with the Miners. “I’ve worked on foot speed, and using my body more,” Eubank said. “I’m a bigger guy, so I’ve learned to use my

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body better driving to the net instead of shooting from the By JEFF HELMINIAK perimeter.” Eubank, who is 18 and will Peninsula Clarion have two more years of junior eligibility starting next year, After snapping a 14-game said he is hoping to follow in losing streak by taking two of the footsteps of current Bears three from the Coulee Region forward Zack Zulkanycz, an(Wisconsin) Chill last weekother Kenai Central product. end, the Kenai River Brown “I’d go to a lot of their Bears will look to keep games,” Eubank said. “I used to that momentum this weekplay with Zack in high school, end against the Wenatchee so I’ve kept tabs on him.” (Washington) Wild. He got to skate for three days The Bears and Wild play of practice over Thanksgiving at 7 p.m. today, 7:30 p.m. with the Bears. Friday and 7:30 p.m. Satur“He was solid, but he had day at the Soldotna Regional some spurts where the pace afSports Complex. fected him,” Beauparlant said. “It’s another great chal“For the most part, he fit in as lenge for us, as every weekan affiliate. “His foot speed increased, and his compete level increased. roster.” He still has a little bit of a ways Beauparlant said Eubank to go. He needs a good offsea- could even see time with the son to solidify a place on the Bears this season. He is on

end is, but it’s a different challenge,” Kenai River head coach Geoff Beauparlant said. “They are a young team that improves over the course of a year. They play an up-tempo style, and if you’re not ready and patient, they’ll bite you.” Bears, who are 3-3-1 against the Wild this year, are 13-26-2 in the North American Hockey League, and two points behind the Minnesota Magicians for the final playoff spot out of the Midwest Division. The Wild are 1618-7, good for fifth in the South Division.

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the list of affiliate players, and whether he plays with the Bears will be determined by how long the season of Pikes Peak lasts.

Nikolaevsk boys crush Nanwalek chipped in nine points each. Xavier Romanoff scored eight points for Nanwalek, The Nikolaevsk boys routed which was playing with the Nanwalek 49-10 Wednesday bare minimum of five players. night in a Peninsula ConferWednesday boys ence matchup. Warriors 49, Eagles 10 Leading 22-8 at halftime, Nikolaevsk 11 11 22 5 —49 Nikolaevsk burst out of the Nanwalek 2 6 0 2 —10 gate in the third quarter with 22 NIKOLAEVSK (49) — K. Molodih 5 0-0 10, points, while holding the Eagles Trail 2 0-0 4, Whaley 0 0-0 0, Yakunin 2 0-0 5, N. Fefelov 1 0-0 2, Gordeev 0 0-0 0, F. completely scoreless. Molodih 4 0-2 10, J. Fefelov 4 1-2 9, Kalugin Kalenik and Felemon Molo- 4 1-2 9. Totals 22 2-6 49. dih scored 10 points apiece to NANWALEK (10) — Romanoff 3 2-3 8, Jim0 0-0 0, Bales 1 0-0 2, Huntsman 0 0-0 lead a balanced scoring effort my 0, Ukatish 0 0-0 0. Totals 4 2-3 10. for the Warriors, while Jonah 3-point goals — Nikolaevsk 3 (F. Molodih 2, Fefelov and Anfim Kalugin Yakunin). Fouled out — none. Staff report Peninsula Clarion

Hawks keep up winning streak By The Associated Press

ATLANTA (AP) — Paul Millsap had 28 points and 15 rebounds, five other Atlanta players scored in double figures, and the Hawks stretched their franchise-record winning streak to 17 games in a row with a 113-102 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night. Atlanta (38-8) has won 31 of 33 and leads the Eastern Conference by a commanding seven games. This was a bit tougher than expected against the struggling Nets, who kept it close most of the way. The Hawks pulled away in the final quarter, leading by as many as 15. Millsap finished off Brooklyn’s last run with a 3-pointer from the corner with 2:34 remaining, pushing Atlanta to a 109-98 edge. Joe Johnson led the Nets with 26 points. It wasn’t enough to prevent Brooklyn’s 11th loss in 13 games, a slide that has knocked the team out of the top eight in the Eastern Conference. CAVALIERS 99, TRAIL BLAZERS 94

liams scored 27 points and the Toronto Raptors made a season-high 17 3-pointers in a victory over the slumping Sacramento Kings.

SPURS 95, HORNETS 86 SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Tony Parker scored 17 points and the San Antonio Spurs overcame another lethargic third quarter to beat the Charlotte Hornets.

NUGGETS 93, PELICANS 85 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Arron Afflalo scored 18 points and the Denver Nuggets snapped a seven-game losing streak.

KNICKS 100, THUNDER 92 NEW YORK (AP) — Carmelo Anthony had 31 points and 10 rebounds, Lance Thomas scored a season-high 17 points against his former team and the New York Knicks beat the Oklahoma City Thunder.

ROCKETS 99, MAVERICKS 94

HOUSTON (AP) — Josh Smith scored 18 points and James Harden added 17 as the Houston Rockets CLEVELAND (AP) — Kyrie used a balanced scoring effort to Irving scored a career-high 55 outlast the Dallas Mavericks. points, breaking the arena record while LeBron James watched from the bench and leading the TIMBERWOLVES 110, Cleveland Cavaliers to their eighth CELTICS 98 straight win. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kevin Irving took over with James sidelined with a sprained right Martin scored 21 points in his first wrist. He buried a 3-pointer with game in more than two months and 6.4 seconds left to break a 94-94 Gorgui Dieng added 16 points and tie, grabbed a rebound off a missed 14 rebounds to lift the Minnesota 3-pointer by Portland’s Damian Timberwolves over the Boston Lillard, and as many in the crowd Celtics. chanted “M-V-P” and James danced near the bench, Irving CLIPPERS 94, JAZZ 89 dropped two free throws with 2.1 seconds remaining to seal the win. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Jamal Crawford scored 21 points and the Los Angeles Clippers used 76ERS 89, PISTONS 69 a fourth-quarter rally to beat the PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Rob- Utah Jazz. ert Covington scored 19 points, Michael Carter-Williams had 14 SUNS 106, WIZARDS 98 points and 10 assists, and the Philadelphia 76ers snapped a six-game PHOENIX (AP) — Goran losing streak. Dragic scored 20 points to lead

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Madison Keys of the U.S. chases down a shot to her compatriot Serena Williams during their semi final match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday.

Williams tops Keys in Open semis No. 1 women’s player to face No. 2 Sharapova in Aussie final By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Serena Williams weathered a barrage of big serves and heavy groundstrokes early and needed nine match points before beating Madison Keys 7-6 (5), 6-2 to set up an Australian Open final against second-seeded Maria Sharapova. Top-ranked Williams, bothered by a cold in recent days, dominated the second set of the all-American semifinal, breaking Keys’ serve twice. The 19-year-old Keys, playing in her first Grand Slam semifinal, saved seven

match points on serve in a penultimate game that lasted more than 11 minutes. Williams kept her cool, wasting one match point on her serve before closing with an ace to reach her 23rd major final. “She pushed me really hard the first set ... and I had to really dig deep mentally to get through that,” Williams said, pausing to cough. “It was a little frustrating, I had like nine or 10 match points and couldn’t close it out. That doesn’t happen so much. She played like she didn’t have anything to lose.” Sharapova, who beat No. 10-seeded Ekaterina Makarova 6-3, 6-2 in an all-Russian

semifinal earlier Thursday to reach her fourth Australian Open final, has lost her last 15 head-to-head matches to Williams. Her only two wins in their 18 career meetings were at Wimbledon and the tourending championship in 2004. “I think my confidence should be pretty high going into a final of a Grand Slam no matter who I’m facing and whether I’ve had a terrible record, to say the least, against someone,” Sharapova said. “It doesn’t matter. I got there for a reason. I belong in that spot. I will do everything I can to get the title.” Williams, an 18-time major winner, is back in the final

here for the first time since winning her fifth Australian title in 2010. And her semifinal win ensured she will retain the top ranking, regardless of the outcome of the final. The 33-year-old American said she was nervous at the start, and it showed. Keys broke her serve to open and dictated many of the longer rallies with her heavy ground strokes, forcing Williams to defend more than usual. Keys, who beat Venus Williams in the quarterfinals to reach a Grand Slam semifinal for the first time, had control until she was broken in the sixth game.

No. 8 Notre Dame upsets No. 4 Duke By The Associated Press

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Jerian Grant had 23 points and 12 assists and No. 8 Notre Dame made two shots in the final 67 seconds as the shot clock ran out to beat No. 4 Duke 7773 Wednesday night. Grant lost control of the ball, picked it up at the free throw line and got a shot off just in time to give the Irish a 73-70 lead with 67 seconds left. After Quinn Cook hit a pair of free throws, Grant looked as though he was holding for a shot. But he fired it over to Steve Vasturia in the corner for a 3-pointer, giving the Irish a 76-72 lead. Grant thenblocked a layup attempt to end the threat by Duke. The win keeps Notre Dame five Phoenix players in double (20-2, 8-1 Atlantic Coast Configures and the Suns held on to RAPTORS 119, KINGS 102 beat the worn-out Washington ference) in second-place in the TORONTO (AP) — Lou Wil- Wizards. league. l Duke (17-3, 4-3) is off C

The Big 12-leading Jayhawks Ron Baker added 16 points as to its worst start in league play since opening the 1995-96 sea- (17-3, 6-1 Big 12), who had as much the Shockers (19-2, 9-0 Missouri as a 13-point lead early, found them- Valley) shot just 41 percent from son 3-4.

selves down after TCU scored the the floor and 43 percent from the first seven points after halftime. free throw line. VanVleet and BakNo. 6 ARIZONA 90, er were a combined 16 of 28 from OREGON 56 the floor. The rest of the team was No. 10 LOUISVILLE 81, 6 of 26. TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Gabe BOSTON COLLEGE 72 York scored 16 points, Brandon BOSTON (AP) — Chris Jones Ashley added 13 and No. 6 AriNo. 18 N. IOWA 59, scored 28 points, including a pair zona put on an offensive show to SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 52 of 3-pointers after Boston Coldismantle Oregon. lege cut a 10-point deficit to one, After routing Oregon earlier this CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — season behind its defense, Arizona and Louisville held on to beat the Paul Jesperson matched his sea(19-2, 7-1 Pac-12) ran away from Eagles. son-high with 13 points and Seth Jones scored 10 of the Cardi- Tuttle also had 13 to keep Northern the Ducks a second time with one of its best offensive performances nals’ next 12 points after BC cut Iowa in the hunt for the Missouri the lead to 62-61 with just over 5 Valley Conference title with a win of the season. minutes left. over Southern Illinois. The Panthers (19-2, 8-1 MisNo. 9 KANSAS 64, TCU 61 souri Valley) rallied from their No. 12 WICHITA STATE 58, FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — fifth halftime deficit of the season LOYOLA 47 Frank Mason III scored 16 points and stay a game back of No. 12 with a couple of key shots in the WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Fred Wichita State. Northern Iowa hosts go-ahead run and Kansas held VanVleet scored a career-high 27 Wichita State on Saturday at the on for a victory at TCU after his points to lead Wichita State to a McLeod Center. missed free throws. 58-47 win over Loyola.

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Sports Briefs Homer swimmer Olesch claims medals Former Homer swimmer Dana Olesch captured three wins and a runner-up result Friday in a dual swim meet between Division III opponents Beloit College and University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. Olesch claimed individual golds in the women’s 100-yard butterfly (with a time of 1:03.46) and the 200 fly (2:30.04), while also helping the Beloit women’s 200-yard freestyle relay squad to a victory by more than six seconds. Beloit was also a part of the second-place 200 medley relay team.

Kobe officially done for year EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Kobe Bryant is officially done for the season after having surgery to repair his torn right rotator cuff Wednesday. The Los Angeles Lakers also made it official that their superstar doesn’t believe his career is finished.

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This is a crucial stretch for the Bears’ playoff hopes, because nine of their next 11 games are at home. Bears notes: The rosters for the NAHL Top Prospects Tournament have been announced. The event is Feb. 23 to 24 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Last season, 180 scouts attended the event, representing almost every NHL and NCAA Division I team. Over one-third of the players at the event last season ended up with a Division I opportunity. Maurin Bouvet, Jack Gessert and Tyler Andrews will

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored twice to take the NHL lead in goals, Braden Holtby recovered from a mini-slump to get his fifth shutout of the season, and Sidney Crosby had one of his worst faceoff nights as the Washington Capitals broke a four-game losing streak with a 4-0 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday. Ovechkin had a tip-in goal in the first period and then scored during a power play in the second. His 29 goals are one more than Rick Nash and Tyler Seguin. Eric Fehr and Mike

basketball NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Toronto 31 15 Brooklyn 18 27 Boston 16 28 New York 9 37 Philadelphia 9 37 Southeast Division Atlanta 38 8 Washington 31 16 Miami 20 25 Charlotte 19 27 Orlando 15 33 Central Division Chicago 30 17 Cleveland 27 20 Milwaukee 23 22 Detroit 17 30 Indiana 16 31

Pct GB .674 — .400 12½ .364 14 .196 22 .196 22 .826 — .660 7½ .444 17½ .413 19 .313 24 .638 — .574 3 .511 6 .362 13 .340 14

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represent the Bears on the Midwest Division team, while Tanner Schachle will skate with the NAHL Selects. … The Bears held a moment of silence for the passing of an onice official at Sunday’s game. The league has released more information about the death of Ben Allison, a 20-year-old who officiated in the NAHL and NA3HL. Allison passed away Tuesday after being struck by a hit-and-run drunk driver while walking to school at Illinois State University. He is survived by parents Melissa and Tim. … Friday night will be GCI Night, while Saturday will be Alaska Waste Night. Both will feature prizes and giveaways.

Caps rout Pens By The Associated Press

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Southwest Division Memphis 33 12 Houston 32 14 San Antonio 30 17 Dallas 30 17 New Orleans 24 22 Northwest Division Portland 32 14 Oklahoma City 23 23 Denver 19 27 Utah 16 30 Minnesota 8 37 Pacific Division Golden State 36 7 L.A. Clippers 32 14 Phoenix 27 20 Sacramento 16 28 L.A. Lakers 12 34

.733 — .696 1½ .638 4 .638 4 .522 9½ .696 — .500 9 .413 13 .348 16 .178 23½ .837 — .696 5½ .574 11 .364 20½ .261 25½

Wednesday’s Games Philadelphia 89, Detroit 69 Cleveland 99, Portland 94 Toronto 119, Sacramento 102 Denver 93, New Orleans 85 Houston 99, Dallas 94 Minnesota 110, Boston 98 Atlanta 113, Brooklyn 102 New York 100, Oklahoma City 92 San Antonio 95, Charlotte 86 L.A. Clippers 94, Utah 89 Phoenix 106, Washington 98 Thursday’s Games Milwaukee at Orlando, 3 p.m. New York at Indiana, 3 p.m. Denver at Memphis, 4 p.m. Chicago at L.A. Lakers, 6:30 p.m. All Times ADT

Men’s College Scores

Rhode Island 64, Fordham 63 Stony Brook 72, Hartford 66 SOUTH Clemson 68, NC State 57 Florida St. 82, Wake Forest 76, 2OT Georgia Tech 70, Miami 50 James Madison 88, Delaware 82 LSU 64, South Carolina 58 Memphis 70, East Carolina 58 Mississippi 79, Mississippi St. 73 Morehead St. 82, Austin Peay 69 Radford 84, Charleston Southern 77 Richmond 86, Duquesne 55 SMU 63, South Florida 52 Temple 86, UCF 62 UNC Asheville 74, Longwood 64 UNC Wilmington 82, Elon 65 William & Mary 100, Hofstra 79 Winthrop 75, Coastal Carolina 68 MIDWEST Creighton 77, St. John’s 74 Drake 69, Bradley 57 Illinois St. 67, Missouri St. 57 N. Iowa 59, S. Illinois 52 Notre Dame 77, Duke 73 Oakland 84, Wright St. 76, OT Purdue 83, Indiana 67 S. Dakota St. 86, Nebraska-Omaha 64 Seton Hall 80, Marquette 70 Wichita St. 58, Loyola of Chicago 47 SOUTHWEST Houston 59, Rice 48 Kansas 64, TCU 61 Oklahoma 81, Texas Tech 36 FAR WEST Air Force 66, San Jose St. 52 Arizona 90, Oregon 56 Arizona St. 73, Oregon St. 55 Stanford 84, Washington 74

Women’s College Scores EAST Duquesne 76, St. Bonaventure 63 Lafayette 58, Colgate 56 Lehigh 76, Bucknell 61 Rider 56, Siena 49 UConn 87, East Carolina 32 UMBC 71, Binghamton 55 SOUTH Dayton 76, Richmond 62 Fordham 66, Davidson 45 Jacksonville St. 73, E. Kentucky 53 UT-Martin 64, Tennessee St. 58 VCU 70, George Mason 66

N. Illinois 67, Bowling Green 50 Ohio 72, Akron 60 SIU-Edwardsville 87, Austin Peay 67 South Dakota 82, Denver 56 W. Michigan 83, E. Michigan 56 SOUTHWEST Cent. Arkansas 63, Northwestern St. 46 Texas Tech 73, West Virginia 57 Tulsa 74, SMU 58 FAR WEST Air Force 83, San Jose St. 80 Colorado St. 83, Boise St. 82 Fresno St. 57, San Diego St. 50 UNLV 75, Nevada 52 Wyoming 86, Utah St. 51

hockey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Detroit 48 28 11 9 65 144 123 Tampa Bay 49 30 15 4 64 158 131 Montreal 46 30 13 3 63 126 108 Boston 48 25 16 7 57 126 121 Florida 45 20 15 10 50 111 127 Toronto 49 22 23 4 48 143 152 Ottawa 46 19 18 9 47 126 128 Buffalo 48 14 31 3 31 90 171 Metropolitan Division N.Y. Islanders 47 32 14 1 65 155 130 Pittsburgh 48 27 13 8 62 143 124 Washington 48 25 14 9 59 144 124 N.Y. Rangers 45 27 14 4 58 135 110 Philadelphia 49 20 22 7 47 134 149 Columbus 46 21 22 3 45 117 145 New Jersey 48 18 22 8 44 109 135 Carolina 47 17 25 5 39 102 122

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Nashville 46 31 10 5 67 141 107 St. Louis 46 29 13 4 62 148 111 Chicago 48 30 16 2 62 151 112 Winnipeg 49 26 15 8 60 138 122 Colorado 49 20 18 11 51 128 141 Dallas 47 21 19 7 49 146 154 Minnesota 47 21 20 6 48 130 138 Pacific Division Anaheim 48 32 10 6 70 143 124 San Jose 48 25 17 6 56 131 132 Vancouver 46 26 17 3 55 124 118 Calgary 48 26 19 3 55 140 126 Los Angeles 48 21 15 12 54 133 129 Arizona 47 16 25 6 38 108 160 Edmonton 48 12 27 9 33 110 160 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Detroit at Tampa Bay, 3:30 p.m. Columbus at Florida, 3:30 p.m. Nashville at St. Louis, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Calgary, 5 p.m. Buffalo at Edmonton, 5:30 p.m. Anaheim at San Jose, 6 p.m. All Times ADT

Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER С Suspended New York Yankees SS Tyler Palmer (GCL) 50 games after testing positive for Amphetamine, Arizona RHP Felipe Perez (Hillsboro-NWL) and Pittsburgh 1B Kevin Ross (West Virginia-SAL) 50 games each for second positive tests for a drug of abuse and free agent RHP Raymond Hanson 80 games after testing positive for the performance-enhancing substance Furosemide, all violations of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES С Designated C Mike Ohlman for assignment. Named Jim Misudek as manager of media relations. CHICAGO WHITE SOX С Agreed to terms with INF Gordon Beckham on a one-year contract. Designated OF Dayan Viciedo for assignment. HOUSTON ASTROS С Announced Jeff Bagwell will be an instructor at spring training. National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS С Named Joe Carter special assistant to the general manager. ATLANTA BRAVES С Agreed to terms with OF Dian Toscano on a four-year contract. Designated OF Jose Constanza for assignment. LOS ANGELES DODGERS С Agreed to terms with RHP Ben Rowen and LHP Erik Bedard on minor league contracts. NEW YORK METS С Agreed to terms with RHP Jenrry Mejia on a one-year contract. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES С Announced David Montgomery will assume the position of chairman and Bill Giles will take the position of chairman emeritus. PITTSBURGH PIRATES С Traded OF Travis Snider to Baltimore for LHP Stephen Tarpley and a player to be named. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association MILWAUKEE BUCKS С Signed G Jorge Gutierrez to a 10-day contract. UTAH JAZZ С Signed F Chris Johnson to a 10-day contract. Women’s National Basketball Association

SEATTLE STORM С Traded F Camille Little and G/F Shekinna Stricklen to Connecticut for the third and 15th picks in the 2015 draft. FOOTBALL National Football League BALTIMORE RAVENS С Signed P Richie Leone to a future contract. Named Chris Hewitt defensive backs coach, Matt Weiss cornerbacks coach, Drew Wilkins defensive coaching assistant, Richard Angulo tight ends coach, Mike Macdonald defensive assistant and Andy Bischoff offensive quality control coach. DENVER BRONCOS С Named Wade Phillips defensive coordinator, Brian Pariani tight ends coach and Joe Woods defensive backs coach. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS С Signed P Kasey Redfern to a future contract. WASHINGTON REDSKINS С Named Matt Cavanaugh quarterbacks coach. HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL С Fined N.Y. Islanders F Cal Clutterbuck fined $2,000 for diving/embellishment during a Jan. 19 game against Philadelphia. ARIZONA COYOTES С Recalled F Brendan Shinnimin from Portland (AHL). COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS С Placed LW Jeremy Morin on injured reserve. DALLAS STARS С Reassigned D Jyrki Jokipakka to Texas (AHL). FLORIDA PANTHERS С Recalled D Alex Petrovic from San Antonio (AHL). MINNESOTA WILD С Recalled F Raphael Bussieres from Alaska (ECHL) to Iowa (AHL). NEW JERSEY DEVILS С Activated F Tuomo Ruutu from injured reserve. MOTORSPORTS INDYCAR С Named Brian Barnhart race director. SOCCER Major League Soccer NEW YORK RED BULLS С Acquired MF Sacha Kljestan from Anderlecht (Belgium) with its MLS allocation order. National Women’s Soccer League SKY BLUE FC С Waived MF Nanase Kiryu. COLLEGE OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE С Named Scott Krapf assistant commissioner for championships. BARTON С Named Daniel Claytor men’s and women’s assistant golf coach. MONTANA С Named Brian Doyon women’s volleyball coach.

MIDWEST Green scored in the third. EAST Ball St. 72, Miami (Ohio) 55 Wednesday’s Games Holtby, who had allowed four Albany (NY) 47, Vermont 44 Cent. Michigan 65, Kent St. 63 New Jersey 2, Toronto 1, SO goals in each of his last three Binghamton 68, UMBC 56 Detroit 59, Youngstown St. 58 Washington 4, Pittsburgh 0 68, Lehigh 62 E. Illinois 75, Murray St. 59 Los Angeles 4, Chicago 3 starts, stopped 27 shots to blank Bucknell Drexel 65, Northeastern 60 Kansas 61, Iowa St. 56 Thursday’s Games the Penguins for the second time Lafayette 59, Colgate 54 Kansas St. 52, Oklahoma St. 51, Boston at N.Y. Islanders, 3 p.m. in a little over a month. Pittsburgh Louisville 81, Boston College 72 OT Montreal at N.Y. Rangers, 3 p.m. 64, American U. 54 Memphis 56, Cincinnati 44 Winnipeg at Philadelphia, 3 p.m. hasn’t scored on Washington in Navy New Hampshire 63, Maine 58 Michigan St. 72, Indiana 57 Arizona at Toronto, 3:30 p.m. 120 minutes this season. Penn St. 63, Minnesota 58 Minnesota 75, Penn St. 64 Dallas at Ottawa, 3:30 p.m. Crosby received an injection last week to treat a lower-body injury that caused him to miss the shootout and New Jersey rallied James van Riemsdyk scored on goals and an assist, and Los Angeles after losing seven of eight. Andrew Shaw scored the tieone game as well as the NHL late to extend Toronto’s losing streak a breakaway in the third period, roared back in the final minutes to and Jonathan Bernier made 22 snap its four-game losing streak with breaking goal early in the third peAll-Star game, and he wasn’t to a season-high seven games. Cory Schneider made 29 saves saves in Toronto’s loss. a victory over Chicago. riod for the Blackhawks, who had the usual Sid.

through overtime and handled both Toronto shootout attempts as DEVILS 2, the Devils won for the fifth time in KINGS 4, BLACKHAWKS 3 eight games (5-2-1). Defenseman MAPLE LEAFS 1, SO LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jake Adam Larsson scored the tying Muzzin scored the tiebreaking goal NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Jacob goal with 2:50 left in regulation. with 3:37 to play, Jeff Carter had two Josefson and Patrik Elias scored in

Tyler Toffoli tied it with 6:11 left for the defending Stanley Cup champions, who made a dynamic rally in their first game back after stumbling into the break in ninth place in the Western Conference

won four straight regular-season games over Los Angeles. Jonathan Quick made 26 saves, thwarting a huge Blackhawks surge in front of Los Angeles’ net in the final minute.

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“In order to conduct law enforcement agencies within a second-class borough, a service area has to be created,” Carpenter said. “This is going to require an increase in our taxes. We know that. We don’t like it but we also realize if we are going to solve our own problems, we are going to have to pay for it.” To finance a police service area, the proposition would ask Nikiski voters to accept a 1.5 mill increase that would generate $2.2 million dollars. The group settled on that figure after looking at the Seward Police Department, which they saw as a comparable coverage area. The Seward Police Department has nine police officers and an annual operating budget of $1.8 million. Carpenter said a cheaper option that could be handled under a service area would be to contract protection out to another law enforcement agency. A 1.5 mill increase would result in an extra $150 per $100,000 assessed value for each taxpayer. The service area would be run by five elected board members, who could submit a recommendation for a chief law enforcement officer to the borough mayor for appointment. Nikiski resident Sue Tauriainen said she supported the idea of a service area. Her home and neighborhood had been burglarized in the past, she said. “I know we need police officers here and $150 a year doesn’t seem like a whole lot,” she said. Nikiski resident Michele Hartline asked if the committee looked into the feasibility of a volunteer community patrol group rather than funding a service area. Carpenter said an expanded neighborhood watch program still wouldn’t increase response time in the event of a crime. Nikiksi Community Council President Fred Miller said when the council formed in 2000, they sent out a survey and police protection was the third ranked item of neighborhood concern. “The problem has not gone away,” he said. As a non-profit, Miller said the council cannot make a resolution to accept a service area because the authority is not within their charter. The council can make a recommendation to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly, he said. Assembly member Wayne Ogle, who represents Nikiski, said he would introduce an ordinance, similar to what the assembly approved in 2004 to establish a police service area. Ogle said he has until August to introduce the ordinance for it to make the borough election in October. In 2004, the assembly passed an ordinance to establish a Nikiski police service area by an 8-1 vote. That ballot measure proposed one mill increase to generate $1.3 million to cover the start-up cost. The proposition failed with 65 percent of 1,303 voters against the tax increase. Ogle said times have changed considerably. With a population now of more than 7,000 people in Nikiski and the growth of

commercial and industrial businesses, he said the need for more police protection is acute. The assembly passed a resolution at the Jan. 20 meeting that requested that Department of Public Safety Commissioner Gary Folger reallocate trooper personnel and put in a trooper post in Nikiski. Ogle said he is hoping to travel to Juneau in the near future and have a discussion with Folger in person about his thoughts on an increased trooper presence in Nikiski. Trooper E-Detachment Commander Capt. Andy Greenstreet said he continues to meet with borough assemblymen about what resources troopers can provide to the Nikiski area, but the decision to reallocate troopers is made by the commissioner. He said the uncertainty in the department’s budget and how it would affect their efforts is a challenge. Last fall, Greenstreet formed the property crime suppression unit, a team of troopers Casey Hershberger and Matt Ezell, who concentrated investigations to combat the drug and burglary problems in the unincorporated areas of the central Kenai Peninsula. With the help of community involvement the unit has put together successful cases and made “great progress,” he said. “I hope to build on those successes and give the support the community needs,” Greenstreet said. Ogle said if a service area were formed that doesn’t necessarily mean Nikiski would get its own police department. Service area board members could opt to contract out to another law enforcement agency. The city of Kenai would be the closest agency. “(Kenai was) not enthused about it from a practical standpoint,” Ogle said. “They have enough on their plate.” Ogle said while troopers have made great progress in Nikiski, the volunteer efforts of community members like Ann Krogseng to rally support to work toward solutions in their community makes a big impact. “Everybody looks to government to solve problems,” he said. “The work the committee has done to make things better and doing their part is commendable.”

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where we can put it out into the public,” Roberts said. “It also goes to the housing authorities, so that they can keep track of these numbers as well. It’s all about the numbers.”

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Anchorage, and chairwoman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has said that legislators are looking at creating a new marijuana control board to help draft some of the marijuana regulations, an option provided in the initiative.

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Kenai Finance Director Terry Eubank. “How much did the City ‘make’ from traffic fines for 2013 and 2014 is a pretty easy question to answer,” Eubank said. “The city made nothing.”

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Lawmakers called for that additional spending as part of an education bill passed in the last session. Walker also proposed reducing the level of advanced funding for education for 2017 by 10 percent. In an interview, Hanley said he, like other commissioners, proposed agency cuts. Given education is a major piece of Alaska’s operating budget, he said it’s hard to move the needle much on spending without considering cutting one-time aid or formula spending. He said the state must be strategic about cuts it makes to education so that it doesn’t suffer setbacks. “If we have created a system that causes a loss of opportunity for students, you just don’t get that back,” he said.

When asked how many volunteers are involved in the event, Roberts replied “hundreds.” She said that donations the group had received were also abundant. “We just went through a hundred garbage bags of donated clothing,” said Roberts. “There were 16 of us, and it took us an hour and a half to get

through all the donations that were given to us. And some of that stuff still has the tags on it. Beautiful.” Roberts said that the problem of homelessness on the Kenai Peninsula will require increased attention in the future. “We want this event to get bigger every year,” Roberts said. “Because I’m with United Way,

I want to see this event grow into the south peninsula and the north peninsula so we’ve got all our bases covered. I really would like to see Homer have one of these events, and I’d like to see one in Seward as well.”

Cindy Franklin, executive director of the state’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, said during the hearing that a hybrid approach, where such a board shared administrative staff and resources with the ABC board, was supported by Gov. Bill Walker in a December meeting. If a marijuana board is intended to deal with enforcement, which the ABC board

does, Franklin said it should be created in this first decriminalization bill, not in a commercialization bill planned for later in the session. The initiative did not give the board the ability to enforce regulations. In the meantime, Franklin said the ABC board is considering using its emergency rulemaking process to create a regulation defining what a public place is, to make it clear where

marijuana is prohibited. Supporters of marijuana legalization also testified at Wednesday’s hearing and raised their concerns about the old draft of the bill. Karen O’Keefe from the Marijuana Policy Project, which supported the ballot measure legalizing marijuana, said she appreciated that it was being rewritten.

In 2014 the Kenai Police Department issued 602 tickets, which resulted in $43,938 in revenue. In 2013, the police department issued 695 tickets that totaled $57,105 in revenue, Eubank said. Each city has ordinances in their city codes that distinguish the fee schedule revenue that goes to the state and to the city, said Kenai Lieutenant David

Ross. Offenses not listed, such as DUIs and seatbelt violations, don’t contribute revenue to the cities, he said. Both municipalities organize collection data differently, Imholte said. “Aside from the Permanent Fund Dividend garnishments that the City of Soldotna files for and receives, the Kenai Courthouse collects the majority of

the remaining ticket fines we receive each year,” Imholte said. “This differs from the way that the City of Kenai does things.” Kenai’s legal department functions for the city as the Kenai Courthouse functions for Soldotna, Imholte said.

The department will slim down as much as it can and do its part, Hanley said. Walker has asked the departments of education and labor and the university system to take a holistic look at post-secondary education as part of an effort to share resources, find greater efficiencies and do things in a different way. Walker also asked commissioners to tell him what their departments would look like in four years if their budgets were 25 percent smaller than now. Hanley said he understands what Walker proposed and appreciates that he wants to protect education. But he said at some point, the governor, lawmakers and the department will have to decide they can’t go lower on school funding. “I think that that just becomes the collective conversation when we start considering the impacts and every legislator comes with their mind around

‘here’s the impact to my district,’” Hanley said. “I think we get to a point where we say, I’m not comfortable with going lower. But it’s not for me to say what that line is. It’s this wrestling that we’re all going to have to do in the midst of this budget context — what do we do with this?” It’s important to get a handle on costs and make sure the state is funding education in the best way possible and getting the best return on its investment, Hanley said, though he said the return is hard to measure. He said he doesn’t think it’s shortsighted for him to say “this is something we have to protect to a level.” “We have to protect it more than some other areas for the sake of our responsibility to our next generation,” he said. Some lawmakers have raised concerns with Walker’s proposal. The president of a teachers’ union in the state, NEA-Alaska,

called on Walker and lawmakers to keep the $32 million in place for next year “to lessen the impact of future budget cuts” on students. Senate Minority Leader Berta Gardner, D-Anchorage, said the question should not be how much should the state spend on education but what does it take to get the outcomes the state needs, like increased graduation rates and decreased dropout rates. Rep. Lynn Gattis, R-Wasilla, has proposed repealing a requirement that students take a college or career readiness test to get a high school diploma. The test provision was included in last year’s education bill, along with a provision calling for the department to cover the cost of a test for each high school student who needs to take one. A Gattis aide said Gattis is interested in cuts that don’t specifically affect the classroom.

Reach Ben Boettger at ben. boettger@peninsulaclarion. com.

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What’s Happening Best Bets n The Kenai Peninsula Orchestra is proud to participate in the Link Up program in conjunction with Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute. Students from Nikiski-North Star Elementary, Mountain View Elementary, Kaleidoscope School, K-Beach Elementary, Ninilchik School, Chapman School, West Homer Elementary, McNeil Canyon Elementary and Fireweed Academy, along with several private string students will be performing on stage with the Kenai Peninsula Orchestra for “The Orchestra Sings.” Students in grades 3–5 are given the opportunity to join the orchestra in this highly participatory program, in which they learn to sing and play an instrument in the classroom and perform with a professional or community orchestra from their seats at a culminating concert. Orchestras across the country and around the world are also taking part in Link Up. Performances are Friday at 7 p.m. at the Homer Mariner Theater at Homer High School and Saturday at 3 p.m. in the Renee C. Henderson Auditorium at Kenai Central High School. Admission is free; donations to the orchestra gratefully accepted.

Same place, whole new view Artist returns home with different perspective

Events and Exhibits n The Triumvirate Theatre is bringing some winter magic to the Kenai Penisnula: a “Frozen” Sing-Along! Come watch “Frozen” on the new big screen and follow the bouncing snowflake to sing along to all your favorite “Frozen” hits! Three shows only, this Saturday at 1:00, 4:00, and 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $5/students and $10/adults. Get your tickets at the door or online on our Facebook page or at www.triumviratetheatre.org. n The Peninsula Art Guild is ‘calling for artists’ to submit up to two of their own original pieces of artwork by the Feb. 28 deadline for the March 2015 Biennial Judged Art Exhibit at the Kenai Fine Arts Center in Old Town Kenai. For details call 741-8011. Art Center hours are noon-5 p.m., WednesdaySaturday. n Kaladi Brothers on Kobuk has a new exhibit entitled “Seafaring & Navigate” by Mark Keene. It will be on display for the month of January. n The Rarefied Light photography exhibition is on display in the Gary Freeburg Gallery at Kenai Peninsula College’s Kenai River Campus. n An art show sponsored by Friends of the Soldotna Library is hanging in the Soldotna Library with the theme of Winter Wonderland. The art will be on display through Feb. 2. Please stop by and drink in the richness of the art. If anyone is interested in purchasing any of the art pieces, the Friends recieve a 20 percent commission which is used for library program support. The librarians have contact information for the artists. The next art show, on display from Feb. 4-April 6 is themed “Alaskan Landscape.” n Celebrate the art of local art teachers at the Kenai Fine Arts Center, 816 Cook Ave. across from the Oilers Bingo Hall In Old Town Kenai. Art from local teachers will be featured through Jan. 30. C

Entertainment n A community choir, The Kenai Peninsula Singers, is open to everyone who wants to be there, whether it is their first time singing or they sang at The Met. The choir will rehearse every Tuesday night from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Kenai Central High School choir room. Call or email for more details: 907283-2125 or simjnissen@gmail.com. n A bluegrass jam takes place on the first Sunday of the month at from 1-4 p.m. at the Mount Redoubt Baptist Church on South Lovers n The Flats Bistro on Kalifornsky Beach Road has live music with Garrett Mayer on Tuesdays from 6:30-8:30 p.m. and Raymond Machen-Gray on Mondays from 6:30-8:30 p.m. n Veronica’s Cafe in old town Kenai has open mic from 6:30-9 p.m. Friday, and live music Saturday at 6:30 p.m. n An all acoustic jam takes place every Thursday. The jam is at Christ Lutheran Church in Soldotna on the first Thursday of the month, and at the Kenai Senior Center during the rest of the month. Jam starts at 6:30 p.m. n AMVETS Post 4 is open to all military veterans and their families for support and camaraderie. Join us for Friday night tacos, or Saturday night steaks with Karaoke. Sunday afternoon its super hamburgers. Not a member? Stop by and we can show you how to become a part of this special veteran’s organization. AMVETS is located in the Red Diamond Center next door to IDEA Schools. n Sharpen your dart skills with a fun tournament every Sunday during the season at the AmVets in the Red Diamond Center. The number of players will determine the game. Sign up begins at 1 p.m. For more information call 262-3540. n Odie’s Deli in Soldotna has live music Friday from 6-8 p.m. and Pub Quiz night every Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. n The Bow bar in Kenai has karaoke at 9 p.m. Thursdays and live music Fridays, Saturdays at 10 p.m. See HAPPENING, page B-2

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We left the plow there in the field Where Dad died that April day. We sold the horses and the cows And gave the pig away. We begged our Mother to go with us, But she begged us there to stay. And we found her holding the dinner bell And buried her in May. Poems must include the writer’s name, phone number and address. They should be kept to no more than 300 words. Submission of a poem does not guarantee publication. Poems may be e-mailed to news@peninsulaclarion. com, faxed to 283-3299, delivered to the Clarion at 150 Trading Bay Road or mailed to P.O. Box 3009, Kenai, AK 99611.

By BEN BOETTGER Peninsula Clarion

Shortly before leaving her hometown of Soldotna for an extended college study trip to New Zealand, Kaitlin Vadla injured her knee. “I couldn’t do anything outside that I really loved, and I started to feel sad,” Vadla said. “So I took a painting class, and it was just what I needed.” The Kenai Peninsula College class taught Vadla to paint with acrylics, which has now become one of her major pursuits. A collection of Vadla’s paintings, featuring expressively colorful impressionistic depictions of Alaska animals and ecosystems, is now on display at the Flats Bistro on Kalifornsky Beach Road, where they will remain until late February. Flats owner Luke Thibodeau said that Vadla is the third artist his walls have hosted since he opened the restaurant in June 2014. “The artist we pick has to be mutually beneficial,” Thibodeau said. “Kaitlin’s art is perfect. It’s a bunch of different sizes, it’s vibrant, it’s very colorful, and it has an Alaskan theme, which is something else we look for.” Vadla, who works as a community organizer for the non-profit ecological research and advocacy group Cook Inletkeeper, said that her painting ties into her larger concerns in a way that surprised her. “I guess the pieces of a person’s life always connect,” Vadla said. “When I came back from New Zealand (in 2013) I didn’t Photos by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion really intend to stay in Alaska. Then I got Above, Kaitlin Vadla looks at her paintings while talking to a reporter on Wednesday the job at Cook Inletkeeper ... it’s funny. at The Flats Bistro in Kenai. Top, “Palette Knife Red,” by Vadla, on display at The Flats I never thought I’d live and work in the Bistro. See ARTIST, page B-2

‘Sniper’ an expertly crafted film R eeling It In C hris J enness “American Sniper” Warner Bros. 2 hours, 22 minutes Clint Eastwood has certainly paid his dues as a director. He’s had hits and he’s had misses, but rarely has he had a film like “American Sniper,” highly anticipated before it came out, widely panned by the critics upon release, and then unexpectedly lauded by both audiences and the Oscars (it garnered six nominations including Best

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In this image released by Warner Bros. Pictures, Kyle Gallner, left, and Bradley Cooper appear in a scene from “American Sniper.”

Picture and Best Actor, though Eastwood ing film, not because of its complexity, but was shut out of the director’s race.) for its straightforward — some would even The reaction to the film isn’t exactly say simplistic — point of view. Frustrating, surprising. “American Sniper” is a frustratSee MOVIE, page B-2

‘The Magician’s Lie’ an entertaining read

bracadabra. Now you see it. Now you don’t because a good magician knows to hide his props behind his fingers, beneath her clothes, in his pockets. And yet we flock to see that sleight of hand, the illusions, the chance to be awe-struck, entertained, and fooled. Now you see it. Now you don’t. And in the new novel “The Magician’s Lie” by Greer Macallister (c.2015, Sourcebooks, $23.99, 320 pages), the only thing she’s hiding is the truth. Officer Virgil Holt figured his life was over. Just that week, he’d learned that the bullet he carried in his body could kill him at any time. Once the sheriff found out, he’d strip Virgil of his badge; he’d lose his wife, his home, everything he’d worked for. So when a dead man was found in a theater basement, gruesomely chopped in half, Virgil almost wished he could trade places. But then something happened that could save him: Virgil captured The

The Bookworm Sez Amazing Arden, illusionist, wife of the dead man. Virgil had seen her stage show. He knew she cut men in two and he had her now, triple-handcuffed to a jailhouse chair. He wanted a confession but instead, Arden began telling Virgil a story … Once, long ago when she was called Ada, her mother taught her to dance and she had big plans. Then a cousin ruined everything by throwing Ada off a beam onto a barn floor. Just before fleeing for her life, she learned of her own healing powers. As a runaway, Ada took a job as a kitchen maid where she met a boy and fell in love; he took her to New York, then broke her heart. Shortly afterward, she found work with a magic show, the owner of which taught Ada everything about illusion, and about pleasing a crowd. Ada See BOOK, page B-2

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n Hooligans Saloon in Soldotna has poker Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 5:30 p.m. and live music Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. n The Duck Inn on Kalifornsky Beach Road has karaoke at 9 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, and DJ Arisen on Saturdays. n Mykel’s in Soldotna has live music Thursdays from 6-9 p.m. with Robb Justice, and Fridays and Saturdays from 6:30-9:30 p.m. with Bob Ramponi and Dave Unruh. n The Duck Inn will have live music from 7 to 10 p.m. every Wednesday with Robb Justice and Trio. n The Pinochle Club, formerly from Kasilof, plays at Hooligans Bar & Restaurant in Soldotna Saturdays at 12:30 p.m. Questions? Call Jay Vienup at 907-252-6397.

community where I grew up. But each day I’m here, I love it more and more. To be frank, it’s unexpected.” In an artist’s statement accompanying the exhibit at the Flats, Vadla said that she came back to Alaska with “a changed perspective after living overseas.” “When I left Alaska before going to college, I thought: there’s just so much world out there that I just couldn’t be happy and full in a small town like Soldotna, Alaska. I’m sort of ashamed that I thought that, because I’m very challenged and fulfilled here.” What changed her mind, Vadla said, was “coming back and working here. Trying to tie together all of these pieces — what’s happening in the Legislature versus what’s happening in someone’s backyard, versus what I believe is in the best interest of Alaska’s future, what I hope to see here. There are all these things I care about here that I didn’t realize I cared about so much.” Reach Ben Boettger at ben. One of Vadla’s largest paint- boettger@peninsulaclarion. “Lanky Calves,” by artist Kaitlin Vadla, on display at The Flats ings is a map of the Cook Inlet com. Bistro in Kenai.

Markets, fairs and bazaars n The Nikiski Senior Center at 50810 Island Lake Road will hold their spring bazaar on March 27 and 28 (Friday and Saturday). Vendors may reserve a table at $10 per day/per table by calling the Nikiski Senior Center at 776-7654 and asking for Loretta.

Films n Call Orca Theaters at 262-7003 for listings and times. n Call Kambe Cinemas at 283-4554 for listings and times.

Down the Road n The Pratt Museum in Homer is open Tuesday-Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. For more information and a schedule of events, visit www.prattmuseum.org. Submissions may be emailed to news@peninsulaclarion. com. The deadline is 5 p.m. Mondays.

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young son, to thank him for saving his life in Iraq. Kyle’s inability to face the problems he’s experiencing manifest in an extreme aversion to hearing what the man, a recent amputee, has to say. There’s nothing overt in the scene, but the fear and panic in our hero’s eyes speak volumes. There are critics I’ve read who suggest that the film does nothing but venerate Kyle, but Cooper and Eastwood bring a lot of small, subtle touches to humanize him. My main complaint about the film is that it does not go further in exploring the real costs and dangers of PTSD. Again, I realize this is based on an autobiography and that Chris Kyle does not appear to have felt he suffered from the disorder, despite what is shown in Bradley Cooper’s performance. The horrible irony of Kyle’s death, murdered by a disturbed veteran he was attempting to counsel, should serve to shine a spotlight on this debilitating condition, but here is presented as a sad footnote. I was very impressed with “American Sniper,” and even enjoyed it at times. Eastwood is a masterful director and Bradley Cooper gives a laudable performance. Despite a few minor issues, the film is a fitting testament to the life of a true hero. I cannot, however, recommend this film without reservation. The horrors of war are what they are, and nothing Clint puts up on the big screen can match the grotesquery that men visit upon each other. That said, this film includes a scene of the torture and murder of a child that I very much wish I could unsee. The scene was disturbing enough for me that I can’t really tell if it was over the top or appropriate, but if you decide to see this mostly excellent film, be forewarned. Grade: A“American Sniper” is rated R for gruesome war violence and pervasive language.

however, doesn’t equate to bad. “Sniper” is expertly crafted and packs a real emotional punch, no matter your politics. Chris Kyle is a simple Texas boy — loves his mama, calls his daddy sir, loves to rodeo and chase cowgirls, and is, above all, a proud American. This is about as deep as the movie goes into the character’s emotional background, but those who are looking for a deeper — read: more critical — portrait of the man who would eventually become the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history should look elsewhere. “American Sniper” is based on Kyle’s autobiography, coming from the point of view of a man who remained proud of himself and his country ‘til the day he died. We’re more used to modern war films coming from a critical perspective — one that decries the horrors of war and the shortsightedness of the people in charge. Eastwood never shies from the horrors, but his hero, and his film, never seriously question the mission. The film takes us briefly into Kyle’s childhood, but spends most of its time in the last decade or so of his life, through SEAL training and four tours in Iraq, a wife and two kids, and a difficult re-entry into society made better by an opportunity to help wounded veterans. While the tale ostensibly sticks with Kyle’s amiably macho perspective, Eastwood fleshes the story out in between the lines — other soldiers struggling with what they’ve been through, the very real cost to innocent civilians in Iraq, the difficulties in balancing a relationship and a family while serving multiple tours abroad. Bradley Cooper, long a champion of getting this story told, does an excellent job as Chris Kyle, dialing back his trademark snark and keeping it sincere. Cooper is able to convey a lot with quiet unease. Chris Jenness is a freelance One of the film’s best scenes graphic designer, artist and has a wounded vet approach- movie buff who lives in Nikiski. ing Kyle, back home with his

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last century, “The Magician’s Lie” proves, like any good stage show, that our brains can Continued from page B-1 easily deceive us: never mind the characters, we readers grew to crave applause. don’t truly know if Arden is When the man she loved spinning a fable or giving an came back into her life, Ada alibi. I’m still reeling from the became Arden, famous for her possibilities myself, because daring stage shows. She was in author Greer Macallister’s love, and happy until everyconjured up the kind of novel thing changed, all because of a that pulls readers in, shakes us fire and a chance meeting that up, and leaves us feeling sawed nearly killed her. in two. She was a victim. She didn’t That, and the lingering kill her husband. She didn’t sense of having just been know who did. happily duped, makes this one At least that’s what she said very satisfying novel and you … know you want it. Go now, So you might be a little find “The Magician’s Lie,” gullible. You know when and watch your time disapsomeone’s fibbing — more or pear. less. But the one thing you’ll know for sure when you read The Bookworm is Terri this book is that you’ve got a Schlichenmeyer. Email her at winner in your hands. bookwormsez@yahoo.com. Set around the turn of the

in which the watershed area is depicted as an aura of red and yellow. She said that this painting was connected to her environmental work. “I love maps, and I love the shape of boundaries that are not political,” Vadla said. “Cook Inlet watershed is the purview of the Cook Inletkeeper organization. So part of it is this new area that was suddenly what I was meant to be looking out for. I think it looks like a body part almost. People are intimately connected to the land in Alaska.” Vadla said that she hopes her paintings will communicate “how vibrant life is.” “There are moments when we drive across the (Kenai River) flats and see the light changing,” Vadla said, describing the subject matter she seeks. “You’ve driven across the flats a million times, but for whatever reason the clouds are really dark grey and there’s this strip of yellow light underneath, and they just go so well together, and you see this place that you’ve driven by a hundred times in a whole new way.”

Rookie advertisers gamble on Super Bowl By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer

NEW YORK — More Super Bowl ad rookies will be trying to score a touchdown this Sunday. There will be 15 new Super Bowl advertisers this year, the most since 2000, before the economy fell into what would be the first of two recessions since. Advertising experts say the rookie interest in Super Bowl ads is a positive sign that companies are feeling good in the most recent economic recovery. New advertisers like Carnival cruises and Skittles candy are hoping to capitalize on the massive size of the Super Bowl audience: The game is advertising’s greatest showcase, with more than 110 million people expected to tune in to watch to the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots. And more than the sheer size of the audience, ad experts say new advertisers also are hoping to draw from the goodwill people feel toward Super Bowl ads. But at about $4.5 million for a 30-second spot, advertising during the Super Bowl is a huge gamble too. Some first time advertisers succeed in becoming a household name: Godaddy.com established itself with a racy Super Bowl spot 11 years ago. But others misfire: Groupon’s first and only Super Bowl effort in 2011 aimed to be a tonguein-cheek take on public service announcements, but was criticized for being insensitive “If you need go get a huge audience you can get it here,” said Kelly O’Keefe, a professor at VCU Brandcenter in Richmond, Va. “There will be more losers than winners as there are every year. But for the brands who manage it well it can be a great place to reach consumers.” Here some Super Bowl rookies you’ll see on Sunday:

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This image provided by Mars shows a portion of the company’s Skittles television ad scheduled to run during Super Bowl XLIX on Sunday. Skittles became an official NFL sponsor this season, and decided to advertise during the big game for the first time.

presence at NFL games thanks to Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch’s professed love of the candy. Lynch has been a fan of the chewy candies since he was a kid playing sports, and fans throw Skittles candy on the field when Lynch makes a big touchdown run. Skittles became an official NFL sponsor this season, and decided to advertise during the big game for the first time — even before they knew the Seahawks would be playing in the big game, said Matt Montei, senior marketing director for confections at Wrigley. The 30-second ad focuses on how Skittles settles differences. Teaser ad: http://youtu.be/ tqvSTAZRbCk

Cruising ahead

Carnival Corp., the world’s largest cruise company, is trying to boost the image of cruises with its first ever Super Bowl ad after several years of bad publicity from illnesses on cruise ships and the Costa Concordia wreck in 2012. “We want to start a new conversation about cruising,” said Ken Jones, vice president of corporate marketing for Carnival. The company created six ads sweet deal and let people vote on them onSkittles has had a major line. One ad shows the fairytale

Entertainment News Ventura won’t see ‘American Sniper’ MINNEAPOLIS — “American Sniper” is tops at the box office but don’t expect to see former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura lining up at a theater for it. Ventura, a former Navy SEAL, won $1.8 million in a defamation lawsuit last year against the estate of the late Chris Kyle, the SEAL protagonist of the movie, which has sparked debate over whether snipers should be considered heroes. Ventura said Wednesday he won’t see the film partly because Kyle is no hero to him. “A hero must be honorable, must have honor. And you can’t have honor if you’re a liar. There is no honor in lying,” Ventura told The Associated Press from his winter home in Baja California, Mexico. He also noted that the movie isn’t playing there. Ventura also dismissed the movie as propaganda because it conveys the false idea that Iraq had something to do with the 9/11 attacks. “It’s as authentic as ‘Dirty Harry,’” he said, referring to fictional movie series starring Clint Eastwood, the director of “American Sniper.”

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moments that happen during a cruise and features “cruise virgins” talking about their first time on a cruise. Only one will air on Super Bowl Sunday, but the company isn’t saying which one.an Ad contest: http://www.carnivalmarketingchallenge.com

Sticking like glue Chances are, the name Loctite doesn’t spring to mind when you think of glue. Loctite, part of consumer products group Henkel, will try to change that in its Super Bowl spot. Henkel started an ad campaign for Loctite in May with the theme, “Win at Glue,” including an ad featuring people dancing around in Loctitebranded fanny packs. Loctite’s 30-second Super Bowl ad could expand on that theme. Pierre Tannoux, Loctite’s director of marketing, said the company wanted to break out of the way the category is normally advertised “in a very expected, boring way, in expected places.” Online: https:// www.youtube.com/ watch?v=sMMr9EMZX7U

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Funny business Wix.com, which hosts customizable web sites, said its 30-second Super Bowl is right for the company right now: it went public in 2013 and has been growing its user base. Now it’s ready to reach a broader audience. The ad shows retired NFL players like Terrell Owens and Brett Farve starting humorous fictional businesses post NFL-- Owens, for example, starts a pie company. Extended version of the spot: https://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=P5SB1Ypy1EM&feature =youtube

added a top draw to its catalog: the “Harry Potter” series. Oyster announced Thursday that it had reached an agreement with J.K. Rowling’s representatives for rights to the seven Potter books, plus three Hogwarts Library stories. Susan L. Jurevics, the CEO of the authorized Pottermore website, told The Associated Press that the goal was to give as many readers as possible “access to the imagination of J.K. Rowling.” Some leading publishers have resisted offering works to Oyster, Scribd and other streaming outlets, which typically charge under $10 a month for unlimited e-reading, out of concern that sales would be hurt.

Shop owner makes deflated chocolate football CANONSBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania candy maker is getting a big kick out of the New England Patriots’ scandal over some deflated footballs. The (Washington) Observer-Reporter reports that Bill Sarris had his Canonsburg staff make a chocolate football with a big dent in the side. It’s not for sale, but he posted it on Facebook as a joke. It’s named the Bradie ball. That’s B-R-A-D-I-E to avoid any legal issues. The picture’s caption says, “Net weight 13 lbs ... Oops! We meant 11.2 lbs.” The Patriots and quarterback Tom Brady have been accused of using underinflated footballs in the AFC Championship game. They play Sunday in the Super Bowl. — The Associated Press

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Woman’s love for boyfriend doesn’t spill over to his son DEAR ABBY: I am in a great relationship with a wonderful man, “Kevin.” He loves me very much and we get along well. I have three kids — two with special needs — and Kevin loves them and treats them like his own. He also has a son, age 6, who has cystic fibrosis. I love Kevin and can see myself marrying him. The problem is, I don’t think I like his son. He’s a good kid, cute and funny, but I don’t feel “love” for him. I’m affectionate with my own kids, but I have to force myself to be with this boy. I am easily irritated by him and sometimes just don’t want to be bothered. I know this sounds terrible, but I don’t know what I should do. I don’t want to end my relationship with Kevin because I’m so in love. But is it fair to stay with him if I don’t love his son, too? — IN CONFLICT IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA DEAR IN CONFLICT: Frankly, it depends upon whether you can learn to love the boy. You say you don’t like him. Why not? Is the reason valid? Is he mean, dishonest, spoiled or too needy? Or could it be that he’s a living reminder that your boyfriend once loved another woman? If your relationship is to work, you may need an attitude adjustment. Can you focus on the positive

qualities the boy has? That would be a good first step. If not, then for everyone’s sake, end the relationship now.

it might help you to overcome your shyness. Sometimes when people work together for a worthy cause they forget about themselves and their insecurities. I hope you will give it a try — if only so you won’t be grounded.

DEAR ABBY: I am 12 and my mom is part of a church group (Unitarian). She recently told me she is taking me to her church where they are making pies for the homeless. Even though this is a Abigail Van Buren nice act, I don’t want to be a part of it (mainly because I am very shy around new people). When I told my mom, she said she thought I was being rude and inconsiderate, and that she would make me come and ground me if I didn’t go. Is there any way I can explain it to her better? — SHY KID DEAR SHY KID: If you have already told your mother the reason is your shyness, then I can’t think of a way to state it more clearly. She may feel that your help in the project is urgently needed, which is why she’s insisting. Or, she may feel that

DEAR ABBY: Our waitress in a mid-level chain restaurant was friendly and helpful, but her tongue was pierced with a stud. It impaired her speech, making her hard to understand and it was visible every time she spoke. We are pretty liberal about most things, but it was difficult for us to enjoy our meal. Would it have been OK for us to ask for a different waitress? — PUT OFF IN TENNESSEE DEAR PUT OFF: Yes. If you preferred that another server help you, it was within your rights to ask for one or ask to be moved to a table in another section of the restaurant.

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Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015: This year you have the ability to act with unusual quickness and clarity. Often, you will make exactly what you feel is the best, or most efficient, decision. Some people could distance themselves from you because of this unpredictable behavior. You also can be rather direct in conversations. If you are single, you are likely to meet someone who makes your heart throb. You will need to understand what exists between you. If you are attached, the quality of your home life becomes more important, as you both will enjoy spending quality time together. Do not lose the playful quality in your life that your sweetie adores. GEMINI makes you feel silly and free. 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) HHHHYou’ll make sense out of what is unclear to others. People seem relieved to hear what you have to share. Be careful, as someone around you might be acting in a provocative manner, possibly behind the scenes. Your instincts will initiate a talk. Tonight: Chat time! TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHYou might be more possessive than you realize. You also might veil your actions by emphasizing the friendship that lies between you and another person. The real issue seems to be determining what kind of friendship you want. Tonight: Do something just for you. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH You tend to work with vague

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHHH Togetherness remains a theme between you and a special person. How much you choose to share with others will be up to you. Your imagination could distort a situation. Try to eliminate an emotional response for now. Tonight: Opt to work as a team. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHHDefertoaverydominantfriend or associate. This person tends to come up with morsels of information that you cannot ignore. His or her mind works very differently from how yours works. Know when to call a halt to a cyclical conversation. Tonight: Ask provocative questions. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH You will remain on top of a personal matter and draw unusual results if you follow a hunch. Use caution with your funds, and try not to make any financial commitments right now. You could be surprised by a situation involving your home. Tonight: Try slowing down. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHHYour imagination seems to affect your actions as well as others’ responses. Be aware of how you could be coloring many different situations, and don’t make any formal decisions. Someone who knows you well could surprise you. Tonight: Be naughty and nice. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH You might be stuck in your own head, rather than participating in the actual events happening around you. The issue you are attempting to resolve remains significant, at least to you. Listen to your sixth sense, and you’ll gain a surprising insight. Tonight: At home.

Old Stuffed Toys Can Bring New Joy Dear Heloise: I’m trying to clean out my granddaughter’s room and would like to get rid of some of her many STUFFED ANIMALS. Some still have the tags on them (never played with), and others are slightly used, but in good shape. I would like to donate them, but some places won’t take them. I know you will know if anyone does. — Donna in San Antonio Donna, your heart and head are in the right place to pass on cuddly stuffed animals. You may have to do some footwork and call individual charities or shelters directly. Most groups do accept new stuffed toys. Used toys may be considered a health issue for some. There are a multitude of groups that accept ones that have been washed and are in good shape. — Hugs, Heloise P.S.: Call an animal shelter, too. Shelters love stuffed toys for their “residents,” and I can assure you, the dogs and cats (well, maybe not the cats!) don’t care if they are not pristine. LESS OIL TOIL Dear Heloise: After emptying the bottle of cooking oil, before you recycle it, wad up a paper towel and stick it in the top of the bottle. Turn the bottle upside down (prop if necessary), and after a while, all the rest of the oil is on the paper towel. — Shirley D., Kingsport, Tenn. Shirley, a good way to use the last of the oil to grease a baking pan. Plus, it helps keep oil out of landfills (it can add up, if you think of how many plastic bottles get thrown in the trash) and from clogging up municipal wastewater systems. — Heloise

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