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In the news Donut chain won’t open as planned in Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A popular national donut chain won’t be opening stores in the nation’s northernmost state as planned. Krispy Kreme in 2013 announced that its first Alaska store would open on March 1, 2015. But the opening will now be months away. Lafeea Watson with Krispy Kreme says in an email that the franchisee hasn’t broken ground yet, so there’s no possibility of a March opening. The franchisee, North to Alaska LLC, says it will have three stores in Anchorage and one in Wasilla.

Correction In a Feb. 26 article titled “Prisoner attack results in further charges,” the acronym CSO was incorrectly defined. It is a Court Services Officer. In a Feb. 19 article titled “Early kings run closed” the area of the Kenai River closed to early king salmon run fishing was listed incorrectly. It is downstream of Skilak Lake. The Clarion regrets the errors.

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In-stream flow comments open DNR accepting public feedback on Chuitna water reservation application By BEN BOETTGER Peninsula Clarion

On Feb. 23 the Alaska Department of Natural Resources announced that it would receive public comment on an application for legal protection of the flow of Middle Creek, a tributary of the west Cook Inlet’s Chuitna River. The application was made by the nonprofit Chuitna Citizen’s Coalition in 2009 in order to preserve the salmon habitat of Middle Creek against a proposed coal mining operation by Delaware-based

PacRim Coal that would de-water the creek and remove the streambed. An in-stream flow reservation is a water right granted to preserve the value of a body of water in its natural setting. The reservation can be granted for uses such as recreation, sanitation, navigation, and habitat protection — as in the case of Chuitna Citizens’ Coalition, which hopes to protect Middle Creek’s salmon spawning ground. During the 15-day comment period, ending on March 10, members of the public will be able to submit comments

on the proposed reservation via email, fax, or in person at DNR’s Anchorage office. The comment period is part of the adjudication process that DNR began in 2013 at the instigation of a state court after a lawsuit by the Chuitna Citizens’ Coalition regarding DNR’s inaction since their 2009 application. Judge Mark Rindner ruled that DNR must begin adjudicating the decision within 30 days of the ruling on October 14 of that year. Dave Schade, DNR’s Chief of Water Resources, will decide whether or not

to grant the in-stream flow reservation. Schade said that since the court ruling, he has been gathering information to complete the case file for the decision. “We now have complete files,” Schade said. “We’ve done analysis of the information that the applicant, Chuitna Citizen’s Coalition Inc., has submitted, so now we’re going out to public notice, so that people can view the file, add information, act in support of, object if they have any adverse position to take, and then we can do analysis of the informaSee STREAM, page A-10

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CPH looks for new electronic medical records system By RASHAH McCHESNEY Peninsula Clarion

Whether in response to looming deadlines for a federal mandate, or a push for better integration between off-campus clinics and the main campus, Central Peninsula Hospital is searching for a high-tech upgrade for its electronic medical records. Employees at Central Peninsula Hospital spent three weeks in February hearing from three vendors who are in competition to land a multi-million dollar contract to provide a new electronic health records system to replace the hospital’s 15-yearold system. Between the different de-

partments of the hospital, its clinics and the private clinics it supports, the hospital’s information technology manager estimates there are more than 100 different types of software contributing information to a patient’s medical record. “That system is old, it’s dated and we’ve got to do something new,” said CPH External Affairs Manager Bruce Richards. “(It) is a clunky system. There’s a lot of logging in and logging out and

if you want to get a picture of someone’s medical history, some of it might be over here and over there ... it’s not very conducive to good patient care. It’s time consuming.” The hospital’s main goal is to consolidate all of the information into one place — but it also must meet federal guidelines for “meaningful use” of certified electronic health record, or EHR, technology to avoid being penalized under a 2009 act that established an incentive program for certain health care providers to adopt new technology. CPH Information Services Director

Bob Wattam said the hospital’s current system, provided by a Massachusetts-based company called MEDITECH, meets the initial requirements to be certified for meaningful use. However as those requirements become more stringent, upgrades will be needed. Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, or ARRA, the meaningful use requirements are broken up into three phases. At their most basic, stage one requires the digitization of health records; stage two expands into quality measurement, clinical decision support

and information exchange; and stage three seeks to improve health outcomes for patients and populations, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services definitions. See SYSTEM, page A-10

Woman accused of assault sees trial delay By RASHAH McCHESNEY Peninsula Clarion

A Sterling woman accused of dragging a 14-year-old boy off of his bicycle and sexually assaulting him, may not see trial until late in 2015 after a Tuesday hearing revealed that her lawyer was not ready to proceed with the case. While Laurel Lee originally asked the judge to hold her lawyer, public advocate DinaMarie Cale, to a previously scheduled trial date in March — the hearing ended with Lee and Cale agreeing to a conference that would allow them to negotiate a later date.

Cale, who ran into scheduling difficulties with several cases Tuesday, said she would try to be prepared for the trial by July. During a hearing about a different case, Kenai Superior Court Judge Carl Bauman suggested that Cale work to be more timely with scheduling her cases. “There are only so many of this trial level that one person can be effective in doing in the amount of time that I’m being asked to do these trials,” Cale said. Bauman responded that perhaps Cale needed to trim back her case load.

During the hearing on Lee’s case, a lawyer from the district attorney’s office agreed to a later date but asked that there be no more continuances in the case if it were scheduled to go to trial in September. Lee, however, said she was unwilling to wait several months before trial — citing the state’s Criminal Rule 45 which gives defendants the right to a speedy trial. Under rule 45, a defendant charged with a felony, a misdemeanor, or a violation shall be tried within 120 days. However, there are exceptions for things like motions, examinations and hearings on

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competency. “I’m bankrupt. I’m paying $1,200 a month,” she said gesturing to the monitoring bracelets she must wear as one of the conditions of her release. Bauman said the monitoring was a condition of her release and that she could have chosen another avenue. “You don’t have to incur the expense. There’s room in jail ma’am,” he said. Lee was charged on Oct. 1, 2014 after Alaska State Troopers allege she forced a minor into the woods near the Sterling Highway and sexually assaulted him. She was charged with first-

degree sexual assault, kidnapping and second-degree sexual abuse of a minor. Lee faces between 20 to 99 years in prison with and up to $500,000 in fines under the first-degree charges. The sexual abuse of a minor charge carries a prison term of up to 10 years and a fine of up to $100,000. If convicted, she would have to register as a sex offender. Lee’s next scheduled court appearance is a trial call on March 11 at 2:30 p.m. Reach Rashah McChesney at rashah.mcchesney@peninsulaclarion.com.

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Phones could show what’s in food By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press

WASHINGTON — In the ever-complicated debate over labeling of genetically modified foods, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack offers this idea: Use your smartphone. Vilsack told members of Congress on Wednesday that consumers could just use their phones to scan special bar codes or other symbols on food packages in the grocery store. All sorts of information could pop up, such as whether the food’s ingredients include genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. “Industry could solve that issue in a heartbeat,” Vilsack said during a House hearing on agriculture spending. The Food and Drug Administration handles most foodpackage labeling, so Vilsack’s idea isn’t an official proposal. But the Agriculture secretary suggested it could head off the debate between the food industry and those who have pushed

for package labels that identify GMOs. He has mentioned the idea for bar codes before, but he said it could have new life as Congress becomes more involved in the issue. A Republican House bill would block state efforts to require GMO package labels, legislation that was introduced just as Vermont became the first state to require the labeling in 2014. That law will go into effect next year if it survives a legal challenge from the food industry. Labeling advocates aren’t signing on to Vilsack’s idea. Scott Faber, head of the national Just Label It campaign, says most consumers don’t have the know-how to use their phones to scan a bar code or so-called QR code, a commonly used scannable image. “Consumers shouldn’t have to have a high-tech smartphone and a 10-gigabyte data plan to know what’s in their food,” Faber said.

In response to those concerns, Vilsack has said in the past that there could also be instore scanners, like those that check prices now. Vilsack said some food companies have been receptive to the idea, though he didn’t name any. There’s some indication that food companies are mulling something similar. A spokesman for the Grocery Manufacturers Association, which represents the food industry, said the group is “actively discussing ways to further provide consumers with this important information.” Jeff Beckman, a spokesman for The Hershey Co., said the company is working on new ways it can make ingredient and nutrition information “more readily accessible through new technologies.” A spokeswoman for Nestle says that company is also part of a larger food industry discussion on the topic. The bar codes would likely be an industry, not government,

effort. An FDA spokeswoman said Vilsack’s idea is “not currently under discussion” at that agency. The FDA doesn’t require labeling for genetically modified foods and says they are safe. Genetically modified seeds are engineered to have certain traits, like resistance to herbicides or certain plant diseases. The majority of the country’s corn and soybean crop is now genetically modified, with much of that going to animal feed. Modified corn and soybeans are also made into popular processed food ingredients like corn oil, corn starch, high-fructose corn syrup and soybean oil. Consumer advocates pushing for the labeling say shoppers have a right to know what is in their food, arguing that not enough is known about the effects of the technology. They have supported several state efforts to require labeling, with the eventual goal of having a federal standard.

Carbon dioxide shown to trap heat in air By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer

WASHINGTON — Scientists have witnessed carbon dioxide trapping heat in the atmosphere above the United States, chronicling human-made climate change in action, live in the wild. A new study in the journal Nature demonstrates in realtime field measurements what scientists already knew from basic physics, lab tests, numerous simulations, temperature records and dozens of other climatic indicators. They say it confirms the science of climate change and the amount of heattrapping previously blamed on carbon dioxide. Researchers saw “the fingerprint of carbon dioxide” trapping heat, said study author Daniel Feldman of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California. He said no C

one before had quite looked in the atmosphere for this type of specific proof of climate change. Feldman and colleagues used a decade of measurements from instruments in Alaska and Oklahoma that looked straight up into the sky and matched what they saw with the precise chemical composition and heat fingerprints of carbon dioxide trapping heat. Scientists say carbon dioxide from the burning of coal, oil and gas is the chief cause of global warming. In doing so, the data show clouds, water vapor or changes in sun’s radiation are not responsible for warming the air, as some who doubt mainstream climate science claim, Feldman said. Nor could it be temperature data being tampered with, as some contrarians insist, Feldman said.

“The data say what the data say,” Feldman said. “They are very clear that the rising carbon dioxide is actually contributing to an increased greenhouse effect at those sites.”

The study is good technical work, said climate scientist Andrew Dessler of Texas A&M University, but it is expected — sort of like confirming gravity with a falling rock.

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Oil Prices Wednesday’s prices North Slope crude: $55.70, UP from $53.09 on Tuesday West Texas Int.: $48.58, UP from $50.39 on Tuesday

Peninsula Clarion, Friday, February 27, 2015

Phil Bryson Longtime Kenai resident Phil Bryson died Feb. 2, 2015 in Portland, Oregon. A memorial mass will be held 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28 at Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church in Kenai.

Community Calendar Saturday 8 a.m. • Alcoholics Anonymous As Bill Sees It Group, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Unit 71 (Old Carrs Mall). Call 398-9440. 9 a.m. • Al-Anon book study, Central Peninsula Hospital’s Augustine Room, Soldotna. Call 907-953-4655. 10 a.m. • Narcotics Anonymous PJ Meeting, URS Club, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. Noon • Homemade soup, Funny River Community Center. 7 p.m. • Narcotics Anonymous support group “Dopeless Hope Fiends,” URS Club, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. 8 p.m. • AA North Roaders Group at North Star Methodist Church, Mile 25.5 Kenai Spur Highway. Call 242-9477. 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.

Peninsula Clarion death notice and obituary guidelines:

Last year, the program provided items to 54 local students from Soldotna High, Cook Inlet Academy, Skyview High, River City Academy, Kenai Central High, Nanwalek, Port Graham, Susan B. English (Seldovia), and Nikiski High. It is housed at SoHi, Hospice to host presentation on living wills but is open to any peninsula high school students. Cinderella’s Hospice will be holding two presentations for “Five Wish- Closet is still taking donations of prom dresses, shoes, and aces.” Five Wishes is the first living will that talks about personal cessories. These can be dropped off to the main office at Solpreferences, needs, and wishes for health care decisions for you dotna High School between 8 a.m.-3 p.m. if/when the time comes that you are not able to make them on your own. Presentations are open to all and are scheduled for: — March 4 at the Kenai Senior Center, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Micciche to provide legislative update — April 14 at the Sterling Senior Center, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 Please join Sen. Peter Micciche at a Town Hall meeting p.m. March 6 at 5:30 p.m. at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly For more information or questions, please call the Hospice Chambers in Soldotna. Pizza and drinks will be available. Sen. office, 262-0453. Micciche will provide a mid-session legislative update and will welcome suggestions from constituents.

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Today 8 a.m. • Alcoholics Anonymous As Bill Sees It Group, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Unit 71 (Old Carrs Mall). Call 398-9440. 9:45 a.m. • TOPS #AK 196 meets at The Grace Lutheran Church, in Soldotna. Call Dorothy at 2621303. 10:15 a.m. • Visit the Soldotna Public Library for a 45-minute free “Yoga Strength” session. Set to modern music, this class makes for a perfect introduction to yoga or a fun addition to your existing routine. Bring your own mat! Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group at 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Suite 71 in the old Carrs Mall in Kenai. Call 262-1917. 8 p.m. • Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “It Works” at URS Club, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. • AA 12 by 12 at the United Methodist Church, 607 Frontage Road, Kenai. • Twin City Al-Anon Family group, United Methodist Church, 607 Frontage Road in Kenai. Call 907-953-4655.

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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. Pending service/Death notices are 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 are prepared by families, funeral homes, crematoriums, and are edited by our staff according to newspaper guidelines. The fee for obituaries up to 500 words with one black and white photo ranges from $50 to $100. Obituaries outside these guidelines are handled by the Clarion advertising department. Obituaries may be submitted to the Clarion with prepayment, online at www.peninsulaclarion.com, or by mail to: Peninsula Clarion, P.O. Box 3009, Kenai, Alaska, 99611. For more information, call the Clarion at 907-283-7551.

Amateur radio testing offered

The Moosehorn Amateur Radio Club will administer exams for entry level and upgrades fro Ham Radio Licenses starting at 6 p.m. March 5 at the Office of Emergency Management on Wilson Lane in Soldotna. Bring a photo ID and a copy of any existing license. A calculator is suggested, but not a programmable type or part of a smartphone. The March club meeting will be held following the exam session. For more information, contact Max at 907-394-2907 or email WA7B@aol.com.

Diabetes support group to meet On March 2, a type one diabetes support group will by held at Soldotna Hospital in the Denali room from 5-6 p.m. for type one diabetics of all ages and their friends or family. For more information, contact Mariah Prosterman at mariah. prosterman@g.kpbsd.org.

Idita-Swim at Nikiski Pool

Nikiski Pool’s annual Idita-Swim competition starts March 3-April 30. Come swim or water-walk your way to fitness all in the spirit of the Last Great Race. Every 50-yard lap swam or A modest garage sale for a ginormous reason: Help raise walked counts as 1 mile toward your trip to Nome. $20 admismoney to develop a vaccine for malaria (affordable and long sion fee includes an Idita-Swim T-shirt. lasting) and continue to educate and provide nets that are savCall 776-8800 for more information. ing lives. The garage sale is March 5, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., and March 6, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at Soldotna United Methodist Church, 158 S. Binkley. Donations are welcome. Call 283-7469 if you have Central Peninsula Habitat for questions. Humanity opens application period

Garage sale supports malaria vaccine effort

Habitat will be accepting applications for the 2015 home through April 1, 2015. The family will be selected based on need The Kenai Peninsula Chapter of Trout Unlimited’s popular for safe, affordable housing. Applicants must have sustainable fly tying night, Tie One On, is Tuesday, March 3, 6:30 p.m., at income and be willing to volunteer 500 hours during the build. Interested families who meet the minimum requirements should Main Street Tap and Grill in Kenai. call Habitat at 283-7797 for details and application. More information available online at hfhcentralpeninsula.org. Cardiac Support Group looks at sleep apnea

Tie One On with Trout Unlimited

The Cardiac Support Group will meet Monday, March 2, from 5:30-7:00 p.m. in the Redoubt Room Central Peninsula Parenting workshops available Hospital. Alysia from the CPH Cardio-Pulmonary Department Alaska Christian Ministries and South Central Parenting will be the guest presenter. The topic is Sleep Apnea, how it will offer Practical Positive Parenting weekly workshops from affects the body, and use of a CPAP machine. 6-8 p.m. on Tuesdays from March 3-April 21, with additional sessions April 28-May 21, at Peninsula Christian Center, 161 Farnsworth Boulevard in Soldotna. Workshops include family Cinderella’s Closet opening soon dinner and group study of family needs such as: child developCinderella’s Closet will be open March 24, 26, and 31 from ment; character development; communication challenges; fam2:30-5:30 p.m. in the theater dressing rooms at Soldotna High ily communication; behavior changes; positive discipline; and School. Look for the pink signs! This is a program to assist local challenging behaviors, with activities and care for children and ladies in need with free prom dresses, shoes, and accessories. teens. The cost is $35.00 per family. To register call 907-252Cinderella’s Closet has helped 396 ladies in the past 5 years. 9082.

LIO Schedule Wednesday 1:00 p.m. The House Judiciary Committee will sponsor a public hearing to discuss HB 79 Marijuana Regulation; Controlled Substance; Crimes; Defenses. Testimony by invitation only. Thursday The House Special Committee on Fisheries public hearing to discuss HB 103 Boards of Fish / Game Regulation Authority has been postponed. Thursday 3:00 p.m. The House Health & Social Services Committee will sponsor a public hearing for

a Presentation: Division of Public Assistance - Director Ron Kreher & Other Invited Guests and to discuss HB 59 Marijuana Concentrates. Testimony will be taken on HB 59. Friday 1:00 p.m. The House Judiciary Committee will sponsor a public hearing to discuss HJR 15 Honor Ted Stevens; Discipline Prosecutors and HB 79 Marijuana Regulation; Controlled Substance; Crimes; Defenses. Testi-

mony will be taken. Friday 3:15 p.m. The House Labor & Commerce Committee will sponsor a public hearing to discuss HB 32 Workers Comp: Controlled Substances Tests and HB 116 Extend Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. 3 minute testimony limit.

All teleconferences are held at the Kenai Legislative Information Office, 145 Main Street Loop No. 217, Kenai, unless otherwise noted. To confirm call 283-2030 or email Kenai.LIO@akleg.gov. To watch online go to http:// alaskalegislature.tv/.

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Marijuana regulations need to be balanced There has been a flurry of headlines

regarding marijuana over the past week as lawmakers and regulators attempt to address the legalization of the drug for recreational use, which took effect Tuesday. There are a number of issues yet to be clarified, but it will require some give and take to come up with measures that everyone involved can live with. At the state level, the Legislature on Wednesday introduced a preliminary plan for regulating the commercial marijuana industry. According to the Associated Press, the bill details the types of marijuana-related business licenses that would be available, specifies that they can only be granted to Alaska residents and includes ways for communities to control local licensing decisions. Also this week, Alcoholic Beverage Control Board released a definition for “in public” — the voter initiative legalizing marijuana prohibits its use in public, but did not provide a definition — and lawmakers continue to work on measures to address personal use and state law. Meanwhile, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly voted down a measure that would have given voters the opportunity to weigh in on whether commercial cultivation should be allowed in the borough’s unincorporated areas, and the Soldotna City Council postponed a vote on an ordinance to regulate marijuana in the city. The Kenai City Council has a marijuana ordinance on its agenda for next week’s meeting. Already, some of the debates have been heated — when is the last time nine people testified on an issue before the assembly, never mind the 90 that commented on Tuesday? — as one side or another proposes an allor-nothing regulatory solution. However, the fact of the matter is that there are almost as many different viewpoints on marijuana as there are people in our community. The peninsula as a whole was evenly split on the legalization initiative in last November’s election. That means that developing regulatory measures is going to require some compromise, with reasonable restrictions and reasonable allowances. Outright bans are going to be met with opposition, as will a laissez-faire attitude from local governments. We encourage lawmakers, regulators and members of the community to continue to work toward regulations that protect communities but still allow for reasonable access to what is now a legal substance.

Letters to the Editor Submit your comment: Wild salmon or coal? The Chuitna River, home to all five species of wild Pacific salmon, needs your help. Between Feb. 23 and Mar. 10, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will accept comments from the public about Chuitna Citizens Coalition’s applications for Water Reservations for Middle Creek. Middle Creek is an important salmon spawning tributary of the Chuitna River in Upper Cook Inlet, where PacRim Coal proposes to strip mine through nearly 14 miles of wild salmon stream to send coal to Asian markets. We have a small window of opportunity to stop this now, once the first project is allowed it opens the door for many other projects, meaning many more miles of salmon bearing streams destroyed. The public comment period is only open for two weeks, and I hope that you will join me in asking Gov. Walker and DNR to protect water in streams for salmon and reject coal strip mining through salmon streams. Submit written comments by email (kimberly.sager@alaska.gov), fax (907‐269‐8904), or deliver to the Department of Natural Resources, 550 West 7th Avenue, Suite 1070, Anchorage, Alaska 99501‐3514 by March 10, 2015, before 5:00 p.m. to be considered. Keeping water in streams for salmon is important for subsistence, recreation, the commercial fishing industry, our economy, and our way of life in Alaska. Edgar Javier Guerron Orejuela Environmental Scientist Kenai Watershed Forum

Wishful thinking doesn’t change facts

Two recent letters to the editor printed in the Peninsula Clarion got my attention. On Wednesday, you printed a letter from Don Johnson critical of the Alaska Board of Fisheries, suggesting that recent appointees have not been “intelligent and good Alaskans,” and have a “special/conflict of interest.” While Mr. Johnson is not specific, I would take it to mean that he feels that his own “special/conflict of interest,” the commercial sport fishery guiding industry, is being slighted in favor of the remainder of the commercial fishing industry. Most Alaskans are aware that many of the fishing guides on the Kenai River are not fullyear residents. These folks should, if they are truly concerned about the welfare of the resource, be working for habitat protection and good fisheries management, and not taking actions such as trying to shut down the Cook Inlet set net fishery which has historically supported many families in this area so as to give their own industry a greater portion of the salmon that enter Cook Inlet. In Friday’s Clarion, a letter from Neil Robinson points out that Alaska’s Congressional delegation is acting unrealistically in attempting to get oil sales within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Their posturing is getting pretty old, in my opinion. Alaskans should understand that the Arctic Refuge (or “ANWR”, as it is commonly called) is federal land, and is a wildlife refuge. Oil and gas leasing can take place within wildlife refuges, if the Department of the Interior determines that this is not in conflict with the purpose for which that refuge was created; within the Arctic Refuge this has not happened, and is not likely to. It should be remembered that even back when we had a Republican “(The law) excessively restricts citizens’ basic rights, such as President, George W. Bush, and a Repubthe right to determine sexual affairs.” lican majority in both houses of Congress, — A South Korean court abolishing a 62-year-old law that bans extramarital affairs.

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“Thanks to Allah. I was thankful to ... get the win for Afghanistan.” — Samuillah Shenwari, who led Afghanistan’s cricket team to its first-ever World Cup victory.

Alaska should work on laws to save lives I read in the paper Feb. 10 that Democratic Rep. Harriet Drummond introduced legistation Monday that would give terminally ill patients the right to decide to end their lives. It’s time to stop all this nonsense. Every year millions of babies are aborted, and thousands of children are murdered and no one seems to do anything about that to make it better and now Harriet Drummond thinks we need another law to kill sick people. God created all people and he is the only one that has a right to take them home. It’s time to stand up Alaska and take back our state, from people that can’t even work on the laws that we have. Let’s work on the abuse and murder of children and then see how you do. I can’t believe what our state has become. How sad. Audrey Hoffman Sterling

Time to weigh in on salmon vs. coal Now is the time to tell the Department of Natural Resources what you think about the “Salmon vs. Coal” issue. A strip mine is being considered through 14 miles of the Chuitna River (yikes!). I, personally, will be submitting my comments to kimberly.sager@alaska.gov and will be asking the DNR and Gov. Walker to protect water in streams for salmon. Fish are, after all, practically a voting constituency in the state of Alaska. I hope you will join me in this effort. The public comment period ends on March 10 at 5 p.m., so it’s time to hustle! Thank you for reading my message! Sincerely, Kate Veh Soldotna

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the ANWR was not opened to oil and gas leasing. That President Obama has chosen to nominate portions of the Refuge for wilderness status is entirely within his rights; of course, I don’t expect this Congress will go along with that decision, but neither can Congress open the Refuge to oil and gas leasing on its own. Alaskans should inform themselves of the facts. Wishful thinking doesn’t accomplish anything. The facts are what they are, and no matter how much they may wish to, Alaskans can’t change them just by claiming they aren’t what they are. Jerry Brookman Kenai

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Applause Hospital Career Fair a benefit for KPBSD students On Feb. 24, KPBSD students from the central peninsula had the opportunity to attend the 2015 Hospital Career Fair (HCF) at Central Peninsula Hospital. The 93 students in attendance learned about careers in the Diagnostics, Therapeutic, Medical Information and Environmental fields. Hospital employees shared their passion and commitment to their chosen occupations and provided students valuable tips on how to prepare for careers in a hospital setting. Over lunch, Peninsula Job Center personnel provided an overview of the Alaska Career Information System and outlined how the program can be used to locate information on occupations, financial aid, and post-secondary institutions. Students were able to leave the event with information on potential scholarships, volunteer opportunities with the hospital, and suggestions for providing quality customer service. In addition, students gained real-world connections that can prove to be valuable in the development of student Personal Learning and Career Plans. Students were encouraged to follow up with their school counselors or career/college guides for more information on pursuing a career in the Health Sciences. The event was sponsored by Central Peninsula Hospital and the KPBSD Career and Technical Education department. Thank you to the HCF committee members and the hospital staff for their efforts! A special thanks to Debi Honer, Human Resources Director at the hospital, who was key to the success of the event. Sara Moore, District Counselor KPBSD Career and Technical Education

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Tougher rules approved for Internet providers By ANNE FLAHERTY Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Internet activists declared victory over the nation’s big cable companies Thursday, after the Federal Communications Commission voted to impose the toughest rules yet on broadband service to prevent companies like Comcast, Verizon and AT&T from creating paid fast lanes and slowing or blocking web traffic. The 3-2 vote ushered in a new era of government oversight for an industry that has seen relatively little. It represents the biggest regulatory shake-up to telecommunications providers in almost two decades. The new rules require that any company providing a broadband connection to your home or phone must act in the “public interest” and refrain from using “unjust or unreasonable” business practices. The goal is to prevent providers from striking deals with content providers like Google, Netflix or Twitter to move their data faster. “Today is a red-letter day for Internet freedom,” said FCC

Chairman Tom Wheeler, whose remarks at Thursday’s meeting frequently prompted applause by Internet activists in the audience. President Barack Obama, who had come out in favor of net neutrality in the fall, portrayed the decision as a victory for democracy in the digital age. In an online letter, he thanked the millions who wrote to the FCC and spoke out on social media in support of the change. “Today’s FCC decision will protect innovation and create a level playing field for the next generation of entrepreneurs — and it wouldn’t have happened without Americans like you,” he wrote. Verizon saw it differently, using the Twitter hashtag #ThrowbackThursday to draw attention to the FCC’s reliance on 1934 legislation to regulate the Internet. Likewise, AT&T suggested the FCC had damaged its reputation as an independent federal regulator by embracing such a liberal policy. “Does anyone really think Washington needs yet another partisan fight? Particularly a fight around the Internet, one

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Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler gestures near the end of a hearing for a vote on Net Neutrality, Thursday, at the FCC in Washington.

of the greatest engines of economic growth, investment and innovation in history?” said Jim Cicconi, AT&T’s senior executive vice president for external and legislative affairs. Net neutrality is the idea that websites or videos load at about the same speed. That means you won’t be more inclined to watch a particular show on Amazon Prime instead of on

Netflix because Amazon has struck a deal with your service provider to load its data faster. For years, providers mostly agreed not to pick winners and losers among Web traffic because they didn’t want to encourage regulators to step in and because they said consumers demanded it. But that started to change around 2005, when YouTube came online and Netflix

became increasingly popular. On-demand video began hogging bandwidth, and evidence surfaced that some providers were manipulating traffic without telling consumers. By 2010, the FCC enacted open Internet rules, but the agency’s legal approach was eventually struck down in the courts. The vote Thursday was intended by Wheeler to erase any legal ambiguity by no longer classifying the Internet as an “information service” but a “telecommunications service” subject to Title II of the 1934 Communications Act. That would dramatically expand regulators’ power over the industry and hold broadband providers to the higher standard of operating in the public interest. The FCC says it won’t apply some sections of Title II, including price controls. That means rates charged to customers for Internet access won’t be subject to preapproval. But the law allows the government to investigate if consumers complain that costs are unfair. Industry officials and congressional Republicans fought

bitterly to stave off the new regulations, which they said constitutes dangerous overreach and would eventually raise costs for consumers. The broadband industry was expected to sue. “With years of uncertainty and unintended consequences ahead of us, it falls to Congress to step in,” said Michael Powell, head of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association. GOP lawmakers said they would push for legislation, although it was unlikely Obama would sign such a bill. “Only action by Congress can fix the damage and uncertainty this FCC order has inflicted on the Internet,” Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, said in a statement. Also at stake Thursday was Obama’s goal of helping local governments build their own fast, cheap broadband. The FCC approved petitions by Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Wilson, North Carolina, to override state laws that restrict them from expanding their broadband service to neighboring towns.

US experiencing food ‘culture change’ By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Michelle Obama said Thursday that the U.S. has undergone a “culture change” in the five years since she started raising awareness about childhood obesity. But as she celebrated achievements on multiple fronts, the first lady also warned that the progress that’s been made is “incredibly fragile.” That’s because special interests “whose first priority is not our kids’ health” are “waiting for us to get complacent or bored and move on to the next trendy issue,” Mrs. Obama said at an annual health summit. She cited the fight over a recent child nutrition law as an example. AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana “Even today, some folks are First lady Michelle Obama speaks at the annual Building a still arguing that we just can’t Healthier Future 2015 summit in Washington, Thursday. afford to serve our kids healthy

food, that it’s too expensive,” she said in a reference to Obama administration requirements that more fresh produce and whole grains be served in schools. Many schools have adopted the standards but others contend they aren’t working and have lobbied Congress to weaken them. Schools must follow government nutrition rules if they accept federal reimbursements for free and reduced-price meals for low-income students. A massive spending bill passed at the end of 2014 eased some requirements for serving whole grains and reducing sodium content in school meals. Republicans now in control of both houses of Congress are expected to try to relax additional requirements this year when the overall law governing child nutrition policy, including school lunches, comes up for

renewal. Advocates say the standards are important because many children eat most of their meals away from home. “There are not enough voices talking about how, when we’re spending hundreds of billions of dollars treating obesity-related diseases, we can’t afford not to give our kids nutritious food,” Mrs. Obama said, urging advocates to “get in the game” like their opponents. “We need to be out there every day tweeting, Instagramming, myth-busting. We need to use every tool at our disposal: social media, marketing and advertising, even some old-

fashioned community organizing,” she said. Patricia Montague, chief executive of the School Nutrition Association, said the administration has said the new rules would cost schools an additional $1.2 billion this year. At the same time, more than 1 million fewer students are choosing to eat lunch at school each day, she said, reducing revenue. “We hope the first lady will speak up in support of SNA’s request for adequate funding for struggling school meal programs and flexibility to help school nutrition professionals plan healthy, appealing meals,” Montague said in a statement.

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Saudi man convicted in ‘98 US embassy bombings By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press

NEW YORK — A man prosecutors portrayed as one of alQaida’s early leaders was convicted Thursday of conspiracy in the deadly 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa following a trial that showcased the terror group’s early days. Khaled Al-Fawwaz stood expressionless, pursing his lips briefly, as the anonymous jury delivered its verdict after 2 1/2 days of deliberating. He could face life in prison, though his lawyers said he planned to appeal. Prosecutors said al-Fawwaz, a 52-year-old Saudi Arabian, was a close confidant of Osama bin Laden and made sure bin Laden’s death threats against Americans were heard and noticed worldwide in 1998. “From his onetime place at the top of al-Qaida’s membership list, Fawwaz now joins the long membership list of convicted, jailed terrorists,” U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement. With al-Fawwaz’s conviction, 10 defendants tied to the embassy bombings have been convicted or pleaded guilty, Bharara said. Al-Fawwaz’ lawyers said he was a peaceful dissident who had no part in al-Qaida’s violent plans. They saw the case as skewed by the passage of time and the drumbeat of news and fear about terrorism since the

Sept. 11 attacks. “Trying a pre-9/11 terror case in a post-9/11 world, blocks from the World Trade Center, ensured that Mr. alFawwaz could never receive a truly fair trial,” defense lawyer Bobbi Sternheim said after the verdict. As one of bin Laden’s “original and most trusted lieutenants,” al-Fawwaz led an al-Qaida Afghanistan training camp in the early 1990s, participated in a terrorist cell in Kenya and set up a media information office in London where he became bin Laden’s link to Western journalists, Bharara said. Al-Fawwaz disseminated bin Laden’s 1998 order to followers to kill Americans, a directive that was followed by the August 1998 embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, Bharara said. The attacks killed 224 people, including a dozen Americans. “Murderous words lead to murderous action,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas Lewin told jurors during the trial. An al-Qaida roster of original members lists bin Laden first and al-Fawwaz ninth, and 18 copies of bin Laden’s 1996 declaration of war — signed by bin Laden — were found in al-Fawwaz’s London apartment, prosecutors said. The roster was found in an al-Qaida leader’s home after 9/11, the

government said. Defense lawyers said alFawwaz sought only peaceful reform in his homeland. While he associated with bin Laden and some other al-Qaida members early on, al-Fawwaz was dismayed by bin Laden’s shift toward violence and wasn’t aware of any plots for bloodshed, Sternheim said. “We emphatically dispute that Khaled al-Fawwaz joined any violent conspiracy” against American citizens or property, she said. The monthlong trial unfolded in a heavily fortified courthouse where federal guards stood outside with machine guns and spectators had to pass through a special metal detector outside the courtroom. Jurors got a picture of alQaida in its infancy, when its members numbered in the hundreds and it plotted terrorist attacks that eventually drew the attention of criminal investigators a world away. Witnesses included an American former al-Qaida member who said bin Laden asked him in 1995 to kill Egypt’s president by ramming the president’s plane with bin Laden’s in midair. The New York Police Department’s counterterrorism and intelligence chief, John Miller, testified about meeting al-Fawwaz in London in 1998, when Miller was a TV news correspondent.

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In this Aug. 8, 1998 photo, the United States Embassy, left, and other damaged buildings in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, are shown on the day after it was bombed by terrorists. For the past three weeks, Khaled al-Fawwaz, a man portrayed by prosecutors as a key player in al-Qaida when it was in its infancy, has been on trial in New York for his part in the 1998 bombings of two American embassies in Africa.

Death of Missouri auditor an ‘apparent suicide’ By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich (shyk) is dead in what police are describing as an “apparent suicide” at his suburban St. Louis home. The shooting occurred just minutes after Schweich had called The Associated Press to invite a reporter to his home for an afternoon interview. Schweich said he wanted to go public with

accusations that the Missouri Republican Party chairman had made anti-Semitic remarks about him. The GOP chairman denied the accusations Thursday. Clayton police say paramedics responded to an emergency call at 9:48 a.m. and Schweich was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead from a single gunshot wound. The 54-year-old Schweich had been auditor since 2011 and had recently announced his candidacy for governor in 2016.

Pot fight between DC Mayor, Congress could cost city By BEN NUCKOLS Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The new mayor of the nation’s capital was hoping to get along fine with Republicans on Capitol Hill. Instead, they’ve threatened her with prison and she has accused them of acting like bullies in a showdown over legal pot that could end up costing District of Columbia residents dearly. Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser defied threats from Congress by implementing a voter-approved initiative on Thursday, making the city the only place east of the Mississippi River where people can legally grow and share marijuana in private. But Congress still has the final say over the city’s budget and laws, and the Republicans in charge seem determined to make Bowser pay. “We provide half a billion dollars (annually) to the District. One would think they would be much more compliant with the wishes of Congress,” Rep. Andy Harris, a Maryland Republican and one of the most vocal pot opponents, said in an interview Thursday.

Actually, the District received more than $670 million in federal funding last year to support its $11 billion budget. The federal money is earmarked for specific programs — including the city’s court system. Republicans will “find some areas where perhaps we have been very generous with the citizens of the District. That will all come with time,” Harris warned. Even top advocates of city autonomy are preparing for tough times on Capitol Hill. “I do believe it’s likely this is a short-lived victory,” said Kimberly Perry, executive director of D.C. Vote. “Members of the House are going to come after D.C. with a vengeance on appropriations for 2016.” Before Bowser announced that she wasn’t backing down, she spoke with the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah, and reiterated that her goal is not to defy Congress, but to honor the will of the voters, said her spokesman, Michael Czin. “A lot of reasonable people have a different view of this issue,” Bowser said Wednesday. “We believe that we’re acting lawfully.”

‘A lot of reasonable people have a different view of this issue. We believe that we’re acting lawfully.’ — Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser Chaffetz said Congress doesn’t want the District to become “a haven for smoking pot.” But Bowser has emphasized that the change to the marijuana law is limited in scope. While possession of up to 2 ounces of pot or up to three mature plants for use in the home is legal, buying or selling pot remains illegal, along with smoking in public and possessing marijuana on federal property. The main difference is that city police will no longer be handing out $25 civil fines for possession. When Republicans are in charge on Capitol Hill, their priorities often clash with leaders of the reliably liberal city, where three out of four registered voters are Democrats.

For example, Congress has prohibited the District from spending any money on abortion, except for a two-year stretch when Democrats controlled the House and Senate as well as the White House. When the abortion restriction was restored in 2011, then-mayor Vincent Gray led a sit-in outside the Capitol and was arrested. Bowser, then a D.C. Council member, also was arrested in that protest, but she complained that it didn’t accomplish anything and pledged a more collaborative, less headline-grabbing approach. What she’s finding, though, is that collegiality also depends on who runs the committees. Gray had a cordial relationship with the previous oversight committee chairman, Rep. Dar-

rell Issa. He supported what District leaders call “budget autonomy,” allowing the city to spend its local tax revenue without authorization by Congress. But Chaffetz and other Republicans say Bowser could face prison for violating a federal law barring agencies from spending any unappropriated money. It’s a clear signal that the District can’t expect to win

more independence. “Mr. Issa had a more pragmatic perspective and was willing to hear us out, work with us and not be public about the battles,” said Janene Jackson, who was Gray’s liaison to Congress and is now a lobbyist with Holland & Knight. “This is a very public difference of opinion. The letter stated severe consequences. It does not bode well.”

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Militants abduct Christians, smash ancient artifacts By ZEINA KARAM and SINAN SALAHEDDIN Associated Press

BEIRUT — Islamic State militants seized more Christians from their homes in northeastern Syria in the past three days, bringing the total number abducted by the extremist group to over 220, activists said Thursday. At the same time, the extremists also released a video showing the continued destruction of the heritage of the lands under their control. It depicted men using sledgehammers to smash ancient Mesopotamian statues and other artifacts in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul. The video, coinciding with mounting fears over the fate of the captive Christian Assyrians in Syria, sent a fresh wave of dread across the region, particularly among minorities who feel targeted by the group. “Daesh is wiping Assyrian heritage in Mosul, and at the same time wiping them geographically from the face of the Earth,” said Osama Edward, director of the Assyrian Network for Human Rights in Syria. He referred to the Islamic State by its Arabic acronym. About 200 Assyrians and other Christians gathered in a church east of Beirut in solidarity with the victims in Syria and Iraq. Some cried openly. One man held a banner that read: “We will not surrender, we will not be broken.” A few young men said they were preparing to go to Syria to fight and help their brethren defend their homes against the Islamic State group.

The destruction of artifacts in the Mosul museum is part of a campaign by IS extremists who have destroyed a number of shrines — including Muslim holy sites — to eliminate what they view as heresy. They also are believed to have sold ancient artifacts on the black market in order to finance their bloody campaign in the region. In the video released Thursday, militants used sledgehammers and drills to smash and destroy several large statues, which are then shown chipped and in pieces. The five-minute video also shows a black-clad man at an archaeological site in Mosul, drilling through and destroying a winged-bull — an Assyrian protective deity — that dates to the 7th century B.C. The video was posted on social media accounts affiliated with the Islamic State group. Although it could not be independently verified by The Associated Press, it appeared to be authentic, based on knowledge of the Mosul Museum. A professor at the Archaeology College in Mosul confirmed to the AP that the two sites depicted in the video are the city museum and a location known as Nirgal Gate, one of several gates to the capital of the Assyrian Empire, Ninevah. “I’m totally shocked,” Amir al-Jumaili said by phone from outside of Mosul, Iraq’s secondlargest city. “It’s a catastrophe. With the destruction of these artifacts, we can no longer be proud of Mosul’s civilization.” Very few of the museum pieces are not genuine, he said. Irina Bokova, director general of the U.N.’s culture agency

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Assyrians citizens hold placards from left to right, with Arabic that reads, “we will not surrender, we will not be broken,” “the Christians of the east are being slaughtered in a new massacre,” and, “Jesus protect your oppressed people, protect your people in Syria, Iraq and the Orient,” during a sit-in for abducted Christians in Syria and Iraq, at a church in Sabtiyesh area east Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday. Islamic State militants snatched more hostages from homes in northeastern Syria over the past three days, bringing the total number of Christians abducted to over 220 in the one the largest hostage-takings by the extremist group, activists said Thursday.

UNESCO, said in a statement that she was “deeply shocked” at the video. She said she asked for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council be convened “on the protection of Iraq’s cultural heritage as an integral element for the country’s security.” “I condemn this as a deliberate attack against Iraq’s millennial history and culture, and as an inflammatory incitement to violence and hatred,” Bokova said. Mosul and surrounding Nineveh province fell to the militants in June 2014 after Iraqi security forces melted away.

In their push, the extremists captured large parts of both Iraq and neighboring Syria. They declared a self-styled caliphate on territories that are under their control, killing members of religious minorities, driving others from their homes, enslaving women and destroying houses of worship. The Iraqi region under the control of the extremists has nearly 1,800 of the country’s 12,000 registered archaeological sites, and the militants appear to be out to cleanse it of ideas they consider un-Islamic, including library books, relics and even Islamic sites consid-

ered idolatrous. “The so-called Assyrians and Akkadians and others looked to gods for war, agriculture and rain to whom they offered sacrifices,” said a man in the video, referring to groups that that left their mark on Mesopotamia for more than 5,000 years in what is now Iraq, eastern Syria and southern Turkey. Islamic State militants ransacked the Central Library of Mosul in January, smashing the locks and taking about 2,000 books, while leaving only Islamic texts. Days later, militants broke into University of Mosul’s library and built a bon-

fire out of hundreds of books on science and culture, destroying them in front of students. “Is this how Assyrians who gave civilization are rewarded?” asked Edward from his base in Stockholm. “What is all this hate?” Among the most important sites under the militants’ control are four ancient cities: Ninevah, Kalhu, Dur Sharrukin and Ashur, which at different times were capitals of the mighty Assyrian Empire. The Assyrians first arose around 2,500 B.C. and once ruled from the Mediterranean coast to what is now Iran. In Syria, fears mounted over the fate of the abducted Christians, with at least 220 now being held captive, according to activists. An Assyrian in Beirut whose parents and sister were among a dozen relatives abducted said he called his father’s mobile phone Monday and got a man who said: “This is the Islamic State.” The man then briefly put the Assyrian’s father on the line, and he said in a terrified voice not to worry, that they were being treated well. His relatives’ mobiles have since been shut off. The Beirut resident spoke on condition of anonymity because he feared for his relatives’ lives. The abductions began Monday, when militants attacked a cluster of villages along the Khabur River, sending thousands of people fleeing to safer areas. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the militants picked up dozens more Assyrians from 11 communities near the town of Tal Tamr in the next few days.

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By MATTHEW PENNINGTON M Associated Press

WASHINGTON — China is expanding its outposts in the South China Sea to include stationing for ships and potential airfields as part of its “aggressive” effort to exert sovereignty, the U.S. intelligence chief said Thursday. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper was speaking at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on worldwide threats. His comments underscore U.S. concern over land reclamation activi-

ties that could fuel tensions between China and its neighbors over disputed islands and reefs. “Although China is looking for stable ties with the United States it’s more willing to accept bilateral and regional tensions in pursuit of its interests, particularly on maritime sovereignty issues,” Clapper said. He described China’s claims traced by a so-called nine-dash line — a rough boundary covering more than 80 percent of the South China Sea — as “exorbitant.” The U.S. is not a claimant of territory in the South China

Sea but does claim a national interest in the peaceful resolution of the disputes in a region crucial for world trade. China says its territorial claims have a historical basis and objects to what it consider U.S. meddling. Sen. John McCain, the committee’s Republican chairman, displayed commercial satellite imagery showing expansion of the Chinese-occupied Gaven Reef in the Spratly Islands in the past year. He said China’s expansion could allow it to employ weaponry, including antiair and other capabilities.

Clapper said China was still in a construction phase so it was unclear what weaponry or forces it might deploy there. He said such Chinese activities in the past year-and-a-half, combined with oil drilling near disputed islands that caused conflict with Vietnam, was a “worrying trend.” The Center for Strategic

and International Studies last week said Vietnam, Malaysia and Taiwan have over the years modified existing land masses in the South China Sea, and the Philippines is planning to upgrade an airport and pier on an island it occupies. But among the claimants, China is unusual in how it has been “dramatically changing the size and struc-

ture of physical land features,” the think tank said. China has had a troop and supply garrison at Gaven Reef since 2003, but it began significant construction there last year, building a new artificial island, more than 18 acres in size. The main building on the new island appears to have an anti-aircraft tower, the center said.

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Ukraine, rebels start pulling back weapons

Around the World Masked militant ‘Jihadi John’ identified as a London-raised university graduate LONDON — The world knows him as “Jihadi John,” the masked, knife-wielding militant in videos showing Western hostages being beheaded by the Islamic State group. On Thursday he was identified as a London-raised university graduate known to British intelligence for more than five years. The British-accented militant from the chilling videos is Mohammed Emwazi, a man in his mid-20s who was born in Kuwait and raised in a modest, mixed-income area of west London. No one answered the door at the brick row house where Emwazi’s family is said to have lived. Neighbors in the area of public housing projects either declined comment or said they didn’t know the family. British anti-terror officials wouldn’t confirm the man’s identity, citing a “live counterterrorism investigation.” But a well-placed Western official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak publicly, confirmed he is Emwazi. One man who knew Emwazi portrayed him as compassionate, a description completely at odds with the cruelty attributed to him.

House Republicans eye new approach to avoid Homeland Security partial shutdown WASHINGTON — Sounding a likely retreat, House Republicans weighed short-term funding Thursday to prevent a partial shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security while temporarily leaving in place Obama administration immigration policies they have vowed to repeal. Under the emerging proposal, the agency would receive funds with no strings attached for perhaps three weeks. The House would also approve a separate measure to allow normal agency operations through the end of the budget year on Sept. 30, but only in exchange for immigration-related concessions from the White House. There was no immediate reaction from the White House. Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid earlier in the day did not rule out accepting a short-term funding bill if the House cleared it. Without legislation signed into law by the weekend, an estimated 30,000 Homeland Security employees would be furloughed beginning Monday. Another 200,000 would be expected to work without pay. Many Republicans have said they fear they would pay a political price for even a partial shutdown at the department, which has major responsibilities for anti-terrorism. The proposal under consideration by House Republicans marked a retreat from their longstanding insistence that no money be approved for Homeland Security as long as President Barack Obama’s immigration directives remained in place. Yet it followed by a few days an announcement by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that he was moving to decouple the two issues.

Republicans seek the perfect candidate for 2016 — is anyone the total package? WASHINGTON — Let’s say, for a moment, that America has given you the job of picking the perfect candidate for president. Good luck, Mr. or Ms. Voter, deciding what they’ve got to have — and what they can do without. There are all sorts of things to start the list: leadership, vision, charisma, communication skills and foreign policy cred. And more: fundraising prowess, authenticity, empathy, a keen understanding of the presidency and maybe a little familiarity with running for the office. And even more: good looks are always a plus, even if people don’t want to admit it. For many, being an “outsider” is a must at a time when “Washington” is on the outs with a lot of people. Where do you even start? For Republicans, you can’t do much better than this week’s Conservative Political Action Conference. There are as many as two dozen GOP hopefuls eyeing the party’s nomination in 2016, and many of them will be offering themselves at CPAC as the perfect prom date for conservatives in search of a winning candidate. — The Associated Press

By PETER LEONARD and VADIM GHIRDA Associated Press

KIEV, Ukraine — Warring parties in Ukraine took a major stride toward quelling unrest in the country’s east Thursday with the declared start of a supervised withdrawal of heavy weapons from the front line. Ukrainian and separatist officials have noted a sharp decline in violence, although the chances of a long-lasting settlement remain clouded by lingering suspicions. While announcing the pullback, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry warned that it would revise arms withdrawal plans in the event of any attacks. “Ukrainian troops are in a state of total readiness to defend the country,” it said in a statement. The pullback was supposed to have started over a week ago under a peace deal agreed upon earlier this month by the leaders of Russia and Ukraine to end the fighting in eastern Ukraine that has killed nearly 5,800 people since April. The intensity of fighting has declined notably in recent days, despite daily charges by both sides that the other is violating the Feb. 15 cease-fire. Rebels in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions insist they have spent the last few days drawing back their heavy weapons — a claim not yet verified by independent observers. Donetsk separatist leader Alexander Zakharchenko mir-

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Workers prepare to cut glass sheets to be used for fixing the broken windows of the hospital in Debaltseve, Ukraine,Thursday. After weeks of relentless fighting, which inflicted severe damage to most buildings the embattled Ukrainian rail hub of Debaltseve fell last week to Russia-backed separatists.

rored Ukrainian willingness to immediately resort to combat if provoked. “Military equipment will be returned to their positions. Any attacks on our cities and villages will be nipped in the bud,” he said. The press office for Ukrainian military operations in the east said in a statement that government forces on Thursday started moving 100 mm anti-tank guns back the 25-kilometer (16-mile) minimum stipulated by the peace deal. AP journalists in the southeastern government-held port city of Mariupol on Thursday saw weapons matching that description heading away from the front. Near Olenivka, a town south of the rebel-held stronghold of

Donetsk, AP journalists saw rebel forces moving at least six 120 mm self-propelled howitzers from the front line. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, which has hundreds of monitors in the region, has not yet reported on the progress of the withdrawal. In Rome, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said he welcomed indications of reduced fighting, but repeated claims that Russia has supplied separatists with large quantities of weapons. “Russia has transferred in recent months over 1,000 pieces of equipment — tanks, artillery, advanced air defense system — and they have to withdraw this equipment and they have to stop supporting the separat-

ists,” Stoltenberg told reporters Thursday. Russia denies that it arms the rebels. Michael Bociurkiw, a spokesman for the OSCE monitoring mission, said the weapons withdrawal requires both sides to inventory their arms and provide details about how and where they are to be relocated. “It’s not enough to be invited to follow the removal process part of the way. It has to be complete,” he said. “It’s not a shopping list, you cannot pick and choose.” Ukraine’s military said Thursday its positions had not been shelled the previous night, but military spokesman Col. Andriy Lysenko spoke of isolated armed confrontations, including near Donetsk. The rebels claimed Tuesday to have begun their heavy weapons pullback, but that has not been independently confirmed. Eduard Basurin, spokesman for the separatist forces, told the Russian TV station LifeNews that withdrawals from five locations were planned for Thursday, monitored by the OSCE. The locations he named included Olenivka, where AP journalists saw the 120 mm self-propelled howitzers being moved. “The OSCE mission has been provided with all the documents they requested, which detail where equipment would be transported from and in which direction,” Basurin told LifeNews.

Explosions in Nigerian towns in north kill at least 34 By AHMED SAKA and HARUNA UMAR Associated Press

JOS, Nigeria — Explosions in Nigeria’s north central city of Jos and the northeastern town of Biu over the past two days have killed at least 34 people, witnesses said Thursday. Residents say at least 15 people were killed in two bomb explosions at a bus station and motor park in the city of Jos. Iliyasu Aliyu, a resident there, told the Associated Press he heard a “loud sound” after finishing evening prayer and heard another blast moments later. He said he counted at least 15 bodies. Another resident Mark Lipdo told AP the first explosion went off at a bus stop near a university. The second bomb detonated near a motor park, he said. On Wednesday, a suicide bombing in the northeast Nigerian town of Biu killed about 19 people and injured 17. The bodies and remains of about 20 people were brought to the hospital in the town in Borno state after

the attack, said Nasiru Buhari, a member of the Civilian Joint Task Force, formed by residents to fight against Boko Haram. The suicide bomber may have been heading toward Biu market, but could not get past security points set up by the Civilian JTF, witnesses said. A security official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not permitted to speak to the press, confirmed the bombing. On Thursday, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan

made an unannounced visit to Mubi in the northeastern Nigerian state of Adamawa, and met with soldiers and the traditional ruler there. The Nigerian military reclaimed Mubi in November after Boko Haram fighters had seized it in October. The President’s visit to the former Boko Haram stronghold comes a day after the Nigerian army chief visited Baga, another town that was previously overtaken by Boko Haram. Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minima later told journalists that resi-

dents displaced by Boko Haram should be able to return to vote in the March 28 presidential election. President Jonathan is in the midst of a close re-election bid, running against ex-military ruler Muhammadu Buhari. Nigerian defense officials have announced recent victories in the fight against the insurgents, claiming to have recaptured towns across the embattled northeast, where Boko Haram’s insurgency has displaced an estimated 1.6 million.

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The best flavors are produced naturally

ometime in the last couple of years I discovered that I prefer soda made with real sugar. Up to that point, beyond the guilty feeling that it was incredibly unhealthy, I was not accustomed to thinking much about the contents of my favorite soda. Then, unexpectedly, the soft drink industry (seemingly all at once) began marketing alternatives to famous name sodas made with sugar as opposed to the much more ubiquitous corn syrup. Because I’m a bit of a sucker for new things, I gave them a try, and I realized that I could notice a significant difference between the sugar and corn syrup versions of my favorite soda. It’s amazing how one subtle change can leave such a huge difference in a flavor.

and long-lasting. So, of course, we try hard to manufacture the right flavor. We try to manage exterior factors like our conversational skills and our appearance to try to leave the right first (or second or third) Rev. G rant Parkki impression. As many food compaA great taste will leave a lasting nies are now discovering, however, memory, and a strong desire to expe- the best flavors are the ones that are rience it again. A bad taste can also produced naturally. leave a lasting memory, as anyone In the Bible, the Apostle Paul who has ever discovered the expiratalks about the flavor that we should tion of date of their milk the hard way be producing in our lives: Fruit of can attest. the Spirit. The Book of Galatians is a Our lives can also have a flavor letter Paul wrote to directly address — a lingering effect that can stay in some problems that he observed in the hearts of all those we come in the community of believers there. As contact with. Just like our sense of Paul was unraveling and confronting taste can immediately detect a flavor, the drama in the church, he wrote the impression we leave on the lives “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, around us is often both immediate joy, peace, forbearance, kindness,

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Church Briefs Stations of the Cross service at Our Lady of Perpetural Help Join Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, 222 West Redoubt Ave. in Soldotna, for a “Lenten Journey: Stations of the Cross” with an infusion of music, led by Deacon Dez and Dr. Cindy Martinez today at 7 p.m. A Soup supper will take place from 6-7 p.m. in Fireweed Hall. Donations will be accepted for Heifer International. The Martinezes have been involved in music ministry for over 28 years, sharing their music through concerts across the U.S., youth conferences and retreats. Call the parish office at 262-5542 for further information.

goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.” (Galatians 5:22-26) Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control are all are fruit: the natural result of a life lived by the Spirit — a life submitted to God and allowing Him to work inside of us. When we try to imitate these flavors, it comes off as artificial, like cherry-flavored candy as opposed to actual cherries. People can sense fake kindness as quickly as we can sense

Soldotna Food Pantry open weekly The Soldotna Food Pantry is open every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for residents in the community who are experiencing food shortages. The Food Pantry is located at the Soldotna United Methodist Church at 158 South Binkley Street, and all are welcome. Non-perishable food items or monetary donations may be dropped off at the church on Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. or on Sunday from 9 a.m. until noon. For more information or if you have questions, please call 262-4657.

United Methodist Church provides food pantry

The Kenai United Methodist Church provides a food pantry for those in need every Monday from noon to 3 p.m. The Methodist Church is located on the Kenai Spur Highway next Calvary Baptist Church has resumed its Awana Kids Club to the Boys and Girls Club. The entrance to the Food Pantry is on Sunday evenings. The group meets at Kenai Middle School through the side door. The Pantry closes for holidays. For more from 5:15-7:30 p.m. All kids, ages 3 through sixth grade, are information contact the church office at 283-7868. welcome. See the Calvary Baptist Awana web page for further details and Club schedule: calvarykenai.org/awana.

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Clothes 4 U at First Baptist Church

Bible study with Nikiski Aglow

First Baptist Church Soldotna, located at 159 S. Binkley Street, is re-opening its Clothes 4 U program. It is open on the Nikiski Aglow meets each Saturday morning from 9-11 a.m. second and fourth Saturday of each month from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Nikiski New Hope Christian Fellowship, Mile 23 North All clothing and shoes are free to the public. Road. All are welcome to attend. Aglow International is founded on prayer and compassionate outreach. It is global in minisClothes Quarters open weekly try vision, yet rooted in small groups. Nikiski Aglow is hosting the DVD teaching of Graham Cooke with “Game Changers.” Clothes Quarters at Our Lady of the Angels Church is open The five themes are: 1. How you are known in heaven; 2. Es- every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and the first Saturday tablishing your internal overcomer; 3. Mind of Christ; 4. Rein- of every month from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, venting your walk in the fruit of the Spirit; 5. Law of the Spirit call 907-283-4555. of Life in Christ. For information call Bev at 776-8022 or 3987311 or Paulette at 252-7372. Submit announcements to news@peninsulaclarion.com.

the difference between sugar and corn syrup. Rather than trying to manufacture the right flavor in our lives, let’s try to cultivate the right fruit. I’d like to invite you to invest in your relationship with God, and know that his Spirit can create a perfect flavor in and through us! Rev. Grant Parkki is the Christian Education Associate Pastor at Kenai New Life. Kenai New Life is located at 209 Princess Street in Kenai, with Sunday services at 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., with programs for children, youth, and adults at 6:30 on Wednesday evenings. You can find out more about the church and its ministries at kenainewlife.org.

Retired Oregon judge has conducted 5,000 weddings By ALEXA ARMSTRONG Statesman Journal

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — It’s been a long time since Richard Barber sentenced a criminal for robbery, assault or murder, but the retired Marion County circuit judge keeps active in one area of a jurist’s duty. Barber — by his own count — officiated his 5,000th wedding this month. Over the course of a 40-plus-year career, that’s about two a week, on average. “That’s 10,000 people,” he said. “Not every judge likes to do weddings, but I enjoyed it.” He has been collecting copies of marriage licenses and keeping track of how many weddings he has performed during his career, which began in 1973 when he was appointed as a judge by Gov. Tom McCall. Barber, of Salem, presided over his most recent wedding on Feb. 13 when he performed a ceremony for David Guiterrez Jr. and Serena Treuchier in the gazebo in Bush’s Pasture Park. He also officiated Melinda and Cameron Ellis’ wedding on Aug. 3, 2013, also in Bush’s

Pasture Park. The couple has since moved to Minnesota. “That’s amazing how many weddings he’s done,” Melinda said in an email. “That’s really cool.” Melinda said Barber met with them the day before the rehearsal and walked them through some of the traditions because they had not been to many weddings before. “We wanted a simple and sweet ceremony, and the ceremony was perfect,” Melinda said. “He put a little of his own words in so it was unique from the standard ceremony.” Barber and his wife, Sallie, have been married for more than 60 years. Together they have five children, and yes, Barber did officiate two of their marriages. “That was very special,” he said. There were also a few weddings that weren’t so special. “I married a few people in jail, and in each case they deserved one another,” he said. He also performed ceremonies at the Oregon State Penitentiary and the Oregon State Hospital.

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tion we have at hand.” After the end of the 15-day comment period, Schade will analyze the information against criteria for water use given in Alaska statute, which he said include “the benefit to the applicant, the effect on economic activity, the effect on fish and game resources, the effect on public recreational opportunities, the effect on public health, (and) the effect of loss of alternate uses that might be made in a reasonable time.” Schade that he will be seeking new information through the comments, in order to have the most complete set of data in his case file when making his decision. “It’s an extensive file now,” Schade said. “I’ve lost count of the documents. If you laid the files on their side, and added in everything, it would be over a foot of paperwork at this point.” Schade said the file will be publicly available at his Anchorage office, and that he “would

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Central Peninsula Hospital is certified for stage one and currently in the process of certifying for stage two of the meaningful use standards, Wattam said. The hospital began its search in November by hiring a contractor, Health System Informatics, to run the search and selection process for a vendor. Ultimately, three companies, Cerner Corporation, MEDITECH and Epic Systems were given the opportunity to submit proposals. Hospital employees where then tasked with coming up with a name for the new system. “The whole project has now become (known as) Echo,” Richards said. In addition to naming it, hospital employees also developed a series of requirements for the system — everything from how

love to have people look at the file, and if anything’s missing, point out what’s missing, so we can have as complete and accurate a file as we can.” Schade said that a lack of information — specifically, the incomplete state of PacRim’s application for its mining permit — was his reason for delaying the start of the adjudication process between 2009 and 2013. Schade said that the validity of PacRim’s mining permit (currently pending) would have been a factor in weighing the competing usages of PacRim and the Chuitna Citizen’s Council. “I would have preferred to be adjudicating these reservations of water (the in-stream flow decision), and the traditional water-right applications (from PacRim) concurrently,” said Schade. “Then I would have better information. ... Since we were ordered to move forward, I will have to make certain assumptions and consider that as fact, i.e that there’s a competing project that will be able to get its macro-permit.” In weighing the competing usage rights of PacRim and the Chuitna Citizen’s Council,

Schade said he will have to assume “that PacRim Coal will get its permits.” “What I won’t know is, what are the stipulations of those permits?” Schade said. “What are the balances that will be set with those? So I’m going to have to make certain assumptions and look at worst-case scenarios and best-case scenarios, and kind of make a decision based on the best information available.” Schade elaborated on what information he would hope to have about the competing interest if the mine permitting process had been completed before adjudication. “I’m hoping that we’ll have better information on some of the potential value of the economics of the (coal-mining) project,” Schade said. “We haven’t got a detailed mine analysis or proposal yet, so that leaves us kind of up in the air about the final design and how they plan to operate and how that might impact this decision.” When asked how an instream flow reservation on Middle Creek would alter PacRim’s ongoing permitting pro-

What is an EMR system? An EMR, electronic medical record, is an electronic repository of a patient’s health information. It includes patient demographics data, progress notes, medication, medical history and other health information. Some systems have tools to support decision-making by clinicians like highlighting abnormal lab results or providing diagnostic decision trees and guiding doctors through their choice of orders to treat patient illnesses. Central Peninsula Hospital listed several requirements in its request for proposals including a system that could handle accounts payable information, decision support and reporting, document imaging, nonmedication orders, integration with outpatient clinics, patient access, scheduling and supply chain functions. the login screen would look, to which fields needed to be available to input patient data. Wattam said the departments came up with about 5,000 requirements. One big requirement, Wat-

tam said, was better communication between the main campus of the hospital and its clinics. “Right now, we don’t have a lot of bi-directional information going between the hos-

cess, Schade said, “I can put it this way: this is a yes or no question. I cannot give the instream flow reservation in the mine-site area and also give a water right to PacRim.” PacRim declined to comment for this article. Bob Shavelson, executive director of environmental nonprofit Cook Inletkeeper, which assisted Chuitna Citizen’s Coalition in its application for the in-stream flow reservation, said that his group has applied for an 45-day extension to the comment period because “a 15-day comment period is not enough time for Alaskans to understand the complexities of this issue and write meaningful comments.” “There’s a variety of elements here,” Shavelson said. “It’s not just a simple ‘yes I support this.’ There should be a meaningful rationale, and it’s going to take Alaskans a little bit of time to understand what this is.” Shavelson said that the information submitted to DNR required extensive research by Cook Inletkeeper. “The applications are very involved,” Shavelson said. “You

have to provide information on the flows in these water-bodies, the variations in these flows, the fish populations that are supported in those areas, and the other public resource values that come with it. It’s not just about fish. It’s about habitat for all the fish and wildlife that exist in these areas, because the coal company has applied for dozens and dozens of water right applications that would drain this whole very wet area and completely change the hydrology and the geology.” Shavelson said that Cook Inletkeeper had no anticipation of which way the decision would go. “DNR has put out the applications and they’re going to weigh the comment and they’re going to make a decision that hopefully reflects the public interest,” Shavelson said. “We believe that the public interest tilts strongly towards sustainable salmon populations instead of a one-time use of giving away a very productive ecosystem for coal-mining.” Schade said that if the extended comment period is granted, “the shortest timeline (for the decision) would be “45

pital and the clinics. We want to have better communication through the physician offices and the hospital ... so when the patient goes to the clinic, their record will be seen at the hospital. Really, that’s kind of the whole goal is to get our data more centralized.” The hospital is also working to improve its patient portal which allows patients to access their medical information via the hospital’s website. After the vendors spend time showing off the potential new software, hospital staff have the chance to grade the systems and, Wattam said, hopefully a frontrunner will emerge. Richards estimates the project could cost the hospital between $5-$15 million to implement, depending on the hardware upgrades that are needed and how the hospital chooses to implement the new system. In addition to the up-front cost of implementing the new system, ongoing maintenance

costs have the potential to cost several hundred thousand to millions of dollars a year. Richards said the hospital could pay anywhere from $500,000 to $1 million a year in maintenance. “Traditionally industry standard is 8-12 percent of the cost of the software,” he said. “That’s licensing, support, all of it and it’s a negotiable thing, it’s one of those things that we’re right in the middle of determining.” Before any contracts are signed, the hospital will have to bring the project to the borough assembly for approval. Wattam said the hospital would like to have a vendor selected and a final price by April, though details about when the hospital would implement the new program are still up in the air. “It’s anywhere from 6 months to probably 18 months, depending on how much we try to accomplish,” Wattam said. Reach Rashah McChesney at rashah.mcchesney@peninsulaclarion.com.

days and 30 days thereafter.” If one of the interests involved calls for an appeal of his decision, Schade said that “it could go up to 45 days and 6 months thereafter.” Alaska is one of the few states, along with Arizona and Nevada, to grant in-stream flow reservations to private groups and individuals rather than making them exclusive to state agencies. However, no such privately-held reservation has yet been granted in Alaska. DNR’s previous in-stream flows have gone to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Bureau of Land Management, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. If granted, the reservation of the Chuitna Citizens’ Coalition will be the first issued to a private group, although Schade that other in-stream reservation applications are awaiting adjudication by DNR from nongovernmental organizations, tribal organizations, and individuals. Reach Ben Boettger at ben. boettger@peninsulaclarion. com.

State study involves pregnancy tests placed in Alaska bars ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A state-funded study launched in Alaska involves offering free pregnancy tests at 20 bars across the state. The University of Alaska Anchorage study aims to bring awareness to the problem of fetal alcohol syndrome disorders in Alaska.The Peanut Farm Bar and Grill in Anchorage has the first pregnancy test dispenser, located in the ladies’ restroom. Alaska lawmakers approved the two-year, $400,000 study, which is designed to determine if women will stop drinking if they find out they are pregnant. C

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CIA boys triumph Nikolaevsk nabs victory in girls game By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

The Nikolaevsk girls may have let a golden opportunity slip through their fingers at last year’s state tournament, but the Warriors look to be back and ready to try again. Nikolaevsk completed a perfect eight-win Peninsula Conference campaign Thursday at Cook Inlet Academy with a 34-25 victory over the Eagles. With its seventh-straight win, Nikolaevsk bumped its final overall record to 16-2. “I knew it was gonna be tough,” said Nikolaevsk coach Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion Bea Klaich. “I have a lot of Cook Inlet Academy’s Ashleigh Hammond avoids a steal from Nikolaevsk’s Megan Hickman on respect for CIA, but I told our Thursday at Cook Inlet Academy in Soldotna. girls, I know they (CIA) have

some losses this season, but don’t let that fool you. They’re gonna be ready for us.” The win gave the Warriors a season sweep over CIA. In the first meeting of the year, Nikolaevsk edged CIA 38-37 in double overtime. While the game was the regular season finale for Nikolaevsk, CIA still has work to do. The Eagles travel to play Seldovia today and finish off the year against Nanwalek on Saturday. Nadejda Gordeev provided a late offensive boost by scoring eight points and grabbing a team-high 15 rebounds. Gordeev hit two late buckets in the fourth quarter that allowed the Warriors to seal the win.

Megan Hickman led the Warriors in scoring with 13 points. Senior Madison Orth led CIA with 11 points, while fellow senior captain Ashleigh Hammond added six and sophomore Danielle Hills returned from injury to post seven points. The Eagles were also missing junior Kendra Brush to injury, a crucial piece of their starting lineup. In what started as a defensive lockdown, the Warriors failed to hit a single shot in the first quarter, scoring one point. Helpfully though, the Eagles weren’t hitting much either, as they scored four points. Klaich offered a simple explanation for the early offensive See PREP, page B-2

Cavs defeat Golden State By The Associated Press

CLEVELAND — LeBron James scored a season-high 42 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Golden State Warriors 110-99 on Thursday night for their 18th victory in 20 games. James added 11 rebounds, outplaying fellow MVP candidate Stephen Curry and leading Cleveland past the team with the NBA’s best record for its 11th straight home victory. Curry scored 18 points, but had only six after the first quarter and was 5 of 17 from the field. David Lee led Golden State (4411) with 19 points. James was out with knee and back injuries when the teams met Jan. 9, a 112-94 win for Golden State. Although the four-time MVP hit 15 of 25 from the field Thursday, the back apparently is still an issue. James stretched out on the floor instead of sitting on the bench when he had a rest in the

fourth quarter. Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving, who scored 24 points, left the game in the third quarter with an injury to his left shoulder, but returned early in the fourth. Kevin Love added 16 points for the Cavaliers. SUNS 117, THUNDER 113, OT PHOENIX — Russell Westbrook scored 39 points in his 12th career triple-double but missed what would have been the gametying layup with 5.7 seconds left in overtime, and Phoenix snapped Oklahoma City’s seven-game winning streak. In an intense matchup of point guards, Phoenix’s Eric Bledsoe just missed a triple-double with 28 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists. Westbrook missed his first eight shots and finished 12 of 38, 1 of 10 from 3-point range, but scored 31 in the second half and overtime of his fourth triple-double this season.

Scott Davis stays near Iron Dog lead Cory Davis scratches in Unalakleet Staff report

Soldotna’s Scott Davis and his partner, Aaron Bartel of Anchorage, stayed near the top of the field in the Iron Dog on Thursday. As of Thursday night, Davis was listed in fourth place in the race, but in reality he was in second place. Willow’s Cody Barber and Brett Lapham, a pair of rookies, were listed in first place, but they blew through Unalakleet, where the top runners were taking a 10-hour layover, and instead took their layover in Kaltag. They arrived there at 6:22 p.m. Willow’s Shane Barber and Wasilla’s Ryan Sottosanti also pushed to Kaltag and took their layover there.

The gamble was that a blizzard would keep the top runners from advancing very fast, and the push to Kaltag would them ahead of the worst of the storm. Unalakleet is 95 miles from Kaltag. Wasilla’s Scott Faeo and Palmer’s Eric Quam were the first to Unalakleet, declaring their layover at 1:19 p.m. Davis, the seven-time champ, and partner Aaron Bartel of Anchorage arrived in Unalakleet at 1:53 p.m. Soldotna’s Cory Davis and Ryan Simons of Alberta got to Unalakleet at 6:23 p.m. and scratched, joining Peninsula competitors Ashley Wood and Mark Carr on the scratch list.

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Kaillee Skjold drives the lane in a game against Western Washington.

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5 former Soldotna players find a spot in college basketball By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

Soldotna High School is an institution of less than 800 students with a basketball program that won a single state championship in the 1990s. Go ahead and take a guess on how many of its players have taken their talents to the college hardwood in the last five years. With five former alumni currently playing at the college level, the SoHi hoops program has turned out to be a small gold mine of talent in recent years. Since 2010, the Stars have

sent off a quintet that includes 2010 graduate Boomer Blossom, 2012 grad Evan Withrow, 2013 grad Kaillee Skjold and 2014 grads Katelynn Kerkvliet and Julie Litchfield. So where did this explosion of skill come from? Skjold, who is in the midst of her sophomore campaign with Division II University of Alaska Fairbanks, believes it can be traced to the athletic culture that has been cultivated by both coaches and parents alike. Photo provided by UAA/Sam Wasson “I think there was a group of students there that grew University of Alaska Anchorage’s Boomer Blossom looks for up together,” Skjold said via an opening during a game between UAA and Pacific on Nov. See STARS, page B-4 26, 2014, in the GCI Great Alaska Shootout.

Second-half surge Jackstadt hits his stride after Christmas break By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion

This year for Christmas, Kenai River Brown Bears forward Alex Jackstadt got his game back. After an offseason and early part of the season spent in transition, Jackstadt, a 5-foot-7, 155-pound 20-year-old, made his much anticipated return to the Brown Bears on Oct. 24, but put up just six points in 18 games and was a minus-26. Then came Christmas, and a resurgence. After the holiday break, Jackstadt has put up 15 points in 19 games. Even more impressive, he is a minus-1 during that time, while the Bears have been outscored by 47 goals over the same period. Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Jackstadt said it took the two weeks of ChristBrown Bears forward Alex Jackstadt waits for the puck Friday against the Johnstown (Pennsyl- mas to settle down after all that had happened to vania) Tomahawks at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. him in the offseason and early season. C

In the 2013-14 season, Jackstadt played for the Fargo (North Dakota) Force of the Tier I United States Hockey League. He played well enough to earn a scholarship to the University of Alaska Anchorage, but USHL teams can have only four 20-year-olds on the roster. With a bunch of players set to turn 20 on the team, Jackstadt knew he’d have to find another league when UAA decided it didn’t want him to start playing until the 2015-16 season. Jackstadt ended up with the Powell River Kings in Powell River, British Columbia, but was traded to Kenai River after just six games there. “When I was traded from Powell River back to Kenai, I didn’t get a chance to see my family and connect with them,” said Jackstadt, who grew up in Anchorage, but whose parents, Stephen and Lillian Jackstadt, have since moved to San Diego. “I drove back all by myself. See BEARS, page B-2

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Bears keep fighting for playoff lives By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion

The Kenai River Brown Bears face the Keystone Ice Miners tonight and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in a twogame series crucial to the Bears’ playoff chances. The Brown Bears (14-34-2) are five points behind the Minnesota Magicians in the race for the final playoff spot out of the North American Hockey League Midwest Division. The Bears have 10 games remaining, including four at home, while the Magicians have 12 games left, including seven at home. “We’re not going to catch the Magicians in one game, or even two for that matter,” Kenai River head coach Geoff Beauparlant said. “Our goal is to get a point or two and slowly creep back. “We know there’s not a lot of time, and that will mean more urgency in our players and our systems.” Saturday, the Bears snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 6-5 overtime victory over the Johnstown (Pennsylvania) Tomahawks. Kenai River had led 5-1 in the second period. The Bears had lost to the Tomahawks 3-1 on Friday due to a great game by goalie Ryan Bednard, who helped the NAHL Selects beat Team USA 17U 3-2 in a shootout Tuesday at the Top Prospects Tournament. Like the Tomahawks, Beauparlant said the Ice Miners can sit back and play defense until a great opportunity arises. “We have to stay patient and stick with what works,” Beauparlant said. “I thought we did that for the most part Friday and we definitely did that Saturday until it unraveled a little bit. “But the bulk of that Saturday was learning how to win, because we haven’t won so many.” The Ice Miners are 24-19-5 and in third place in the North Division.

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struggle. “It’s CIA,” she quipped. “They just get in our head.” But Nikolaevsk finished strong, scoring more points in each of the last two quarter than the first half total. Trailing 11-9 at halftime, Nikolaevsk came out strong in the third quarter, with three straight points from Serafima Kalugin that gave the Warriors a lead. Orth responded by drawing two fouls from Nikolaevsk that resulted in free points. Nikolaevsk answered back a second time with an eight-point run that resulted in a 22-13 lead with 23 seconds left in the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, Nikolaevsk won the rebounding battle when CIA was looking to claw back. Gordeev, who according to coach Klaich, had been averaging about four minutes a game this year, came on strong just when the Warriors needed her. Klaich said Gordeev’s first full game was against Ninilchik last week. Gordeev twice sunk a floater that pushed the lead to a two-possession advantage. Free throws from Kilina Klaich and Hickman iced the game in the final 18 seconds. CIA boys 61, Nikolaevsk 47 It’s no secret who the CIA boys weapon is. Timmy Smithwick hit double digits in points scored before the first quarter was up Thursday against Nikolaevsk, ultimately ending up with 32 to lead the Eagles to a conference victory. Smithwick, a regular visitor to the 30-point scoring range, led CIA to a season sweep of Nikolaevsk. The Eagles beat the Warriors with the same margin of victory — 14 points — in late January. “We’re playing mentally strong,” said CIA coach Justin Franchino. “I’ve talked

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“Over the break, I got a chance to see my family, reconnect with them, and settle down and let myself know everything will be OK. I came back a little more confident, and in a little better shape.” Jackstadt said the return of Kenai’s Zack Zulkanycz from the USHL right after the break also helped. The two started playing together the summer before their eighth-grade years. “It was nice to have a familiar face and friend,” said Jackstadt, who stays with Zack’s mother and father, Lisa and Dan Zulkanycz. “It really felt like old times again.” Part of those old times were the days before the 2012-13 season, when Zulkanycz had graduated for Kenai Central and Jackstadt had graduated from East High in Anchorage and both were just trying to make the Brown Bears. “We’ve been doing this together since Day 1,” Zulkanycz said. “The year we both made the team as rookies, on the ride I would tell him, ‘We’re going to take it one day at a time and we’re in this together.’” Both made the team and got to experience the rapid rise of the Bears at the end of the season, when the Bears collected 30 points in their last 23 games. Jackstadt was a big part of that, notching 18 points in the last 19 games.

Beauparlant said Tyler Fernandez, who has 31 points, can make great plays with the puck on his stick. He also said goalies Alex Blankenburg and Nick Kossoff are solid. The Bears lost 5-2 and 3-2 in a shootout to the Ice Miners in Pennsylvania, and Beauparlant said Blankenburg stole that second game.

about being in control of your emotions, your body and your mind. We struggled with that early in the season, but what makes me so proud right now is we’re staying composed and working hard as a team for four quarters.” Freshman teammate and brother Johnny Smithwick also chipped in 10 points. Smithwick started hot by scoring 11 in the first quarter to give CIA a quick 21-10 lead by the waning seconds of the frame. “What he’s doing now is he’s taking better shots, he’s working into the offense with his team and playing much better with his teammates,” Franchino said. “He’s putting four solid quarters together.” Franchino added that although Timmy is consistently the top points scorer on the team, senior captain and older brother Riley Smithwick is “the rock on the team.” Riley began senior night in appropriate fashion, starting the scoring with an arcing 3-pointer 13 seconds into the game. After building up a doubledigit lead, CIA’s shots began missing in the second quarter. It allowed the Warriors to get back in the game with several precise floaters from Jonah Fefelov and Neil Gordeev. Combined with the perimeter threat that Nikit Fefelov brought to the court, CIA began to find itself stretched pretty thin. Nikolaevsk cut the lead to 29-27 on a pair of free throws from Felemon Molodih with 1:33 left in the first half, which led to a halftime score of 3428. In the third quarter, however, CIA found two advantages. One was Timmy Smithwick, who helped build the gap back up with three big shots off of Nikolaevsk turnovers, including a trey four minutes through the frame that put the Eagles up 40-30. Another thing that helped was Gordeev being caught in foul trouble, which forced Nikolaevsk coach Steve Kla-

He then had one of the most important goals in franchise history, tallying on the power play in Game 2 for the game-winner as the Bears beat the Fairbanks Ice Dogs 2-1 in Fairbanks for Kenai River’s first-ever playoff victory. Jackstadt would go on to have three points as the Bears lost the series in five tight games. Kenai River head coach Geoff Beauparlant got a chance to watch Jackstadt’s rise that season as a Fairbanks assistant. “I just remember that tenacity, that when he’s moving his feet he’s a good hockey player,” Beauparlant said. “Most players are, but him even more so. “I just remember him putting on a lot of pressure and cutting down the time and space available. He was able to create a lot of turnovers and make things happen.” Zulkanycz said Jackstadt didn’t even monitor the USHL draft that summer, so Zulkanycz had to call his teammate and let him know he’d been drafted by the Force. Jackstadt had four goals and 10 assists in 58 games for the Force. “The first game I played with Fargo was against Sioux City and the whole team was (Division I) committed — all 20 guys playing,” Jackstadt said. “I thought, ‘Wow, I can’t believe I’m playing against these kind of teams.’” Jackstadt said his linemate was Mike Babcock, the son of the Detroit Red Wings coach. He said the league was a little out of his comfort

Beauparlant has been at the Top Prospects tournament with players Jack Gessert, Tyler Andrews, Maurin Bouvet and Tanner Schachle. He said the players competed hard at the tournament and drew college attention. He also said assistants Rory Dynan and Joel Christianson ran the other players through their paces back

ich to pull him off the court. Gordeev, who is averaging a double-double this year with 12 points and 10 rebounds per game, was charged with his fourth foul early in the fourth quarter. “When he’s not in the game, we miss his athleticism,” Klaich said. “We were hoping for someone else to step up and fill the gap to give him a couple minutes to catch his breath. We still lost some intensity.” Riley Smithwick sank a free throw with 2:14 left to play that put CIA up 55-43, effectively icing the game. Klaich could not offer an explanation on why Nikolaevsk came out flat in the third quarter. “I wish I knew,” Klaich said. “The energy and passion seemed to take a drop in the second half, and we had a few turnovers that hurt us.” CIA’s last big test of the regular season comes today when they play Seldovia on the road, the only conference team that the Eagles have not beaten. Franchino said a win would go a long way in building his squad’s confidence. “I know that’s true, but tomorrow will hopefully help prove that,” Franchino said. Seward girls 41, ACS 38, OT The host Seahawks came back to earn an overtime win Thursday in Southcentral Conference play. The Seahawks outscored the Lions 9-2 in the fourth quarter to put the game in overtime. Then Seward won the overtime 10-9. Maria Jackson had 14 points to lead the Seahawks, while Kiana Clemens had 11. Seward boys 67, ACS 64 The host Seahawks outscored the Lions 16-8 in the third quarter to provide the difference in Thursday’s Southcentral Conference victory. Ronnie Jackson led a balanced attack for the Seahawks with 15 points, while Alex Pah-

zone, but he worked hard every day to make sure he stuck. And sure, he did his fair share of wondering what it would have been like to stay with the Brown Bears as his Anchorage childhood friend, Alec Butcher, skated his way to NAHL MVP honors. “Of course. We joked about it all the time,” Zulkanycz said. “What if we had Jackstadt, Butcher and Albin (Karlsson) on a line? I bet if Butcher had Jacksy passing him the puck, they both would have led the league. They would have been co-winners of the MVP.” But Jackstadt said he obviously doesn’t regret his decision to play at the highest level he could. Division I commitments come easier at the USHL level, and that allowed Jackstadt to fulfill a childhood dream and commit to UAA. “Growing up my learn to skate was at UAA,” Jackstadt said. “My dad was a professor at UAA. Being a Seawolf was a dream from Day 1. I didn’t think it was possible.” The only snag was UAA wasn’t quite ready for Jackstadt this season. “The coaching staff made that decision,” Jackstadt said. “I, of course, wanted to go in. But playing a couple more years never hurts.” The problem came when Jackstadt tried to find a fit for this year. Fargo was out, so he tried Powell River. He liked his coaches and billet family, but he said he was jumping from line to line and even getting scratched for some games. Plus, league rules actually kept Jackstadt

home. “The practices have been hardworking and there’s been a lot of battles even though we’ve been down a couple of guys,” Beauparlant said. Kenai River will remain without the services of forward Evan Butcher, while forward Cameron Cook is dayto-day with a chest contusion.

from using the stick he liked. “When they said I was getting traded back to Kenai, I was pretty relieved,” Jackstadt said. But he still had plenty of adjusting to do. Jackstadt’s Brown Bears coach in 2012-13, Oliver David, had moved to the USHL and Beauparlant had taken over. With Zulkanycz still in the USHL, Jackstadt was without any of his old teammates. Beauparlant was also expecting Jackstadt to play a different role than he had in the USHL and BCHL. “When he came back he was letting go of the puck too soon,” Beauparlant said. “He kind of got in a rut where all he was doing was dump and chase, where we wanted him to keep the puck and make plays.” But now Beauparlant said Jackstadt is back to playing at the level of a player with a Division I commitment. “I’ve kind of gone full circle, from the NAHL to the USHL to the BCHL and back here,” Jackstadt said. “It’s been a good and fun journey, and it’s been a blessing to end up back here and get a chance to play in Anchorage. “I couldn’t be happier and I hope the team figures something out.” The Bears are 3-21-1 in their last 25 games, but Beauparlant said Jackstadt has done his best to keep the locker room upbeat. “Alex Jackstadt is the nicest kid I’ve ever met,” Zulkanycz said. “Anyone would second he’s the nicest kid in the world. He’s a kind-hearted, great kid, and I’m lucky to have him as a friend.”

Notes: This is parents’ weekend, with billet parents getting honored at the first intermission Friday and those parents in town getting honored during the first intermission Saturday. … Saturday will be Stanley Ford night. The event will feature trucks on the ice and a T-shirt toss into the crowd.

no had 12 and Michael Marshall and Rhett Sieverts added 10 apiece. Homer girls 51, Grace Christian 30 The host Mariners cruised past the Grizzlies on Thursday in Southcentral Conference play. Madison Akers had 19 points to lead the Mariners, while Larsen Fellows added 10. For Grace, Mary Hogan had 11. Grace boys 66, Homer 65 The visiting Grizzlies edged the Mariners in nonconference play Thursday. For Grace, Trevor Osborne and Ryan Sheldon had 14 points apiece, while Tobin Karlberg had 13 points and Daniel Vanderweide added 10. Jaruby Nelson poured in 27 for Homer, while Sheldon Hutt had 17 and Kenneth Schneider added 12. Thursday girls Warriors 34, Eagles 25 Nikolaevsk 1 CIA 4

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NIKOLAEVSK (34) — Ki. Klaich 0 1-4 1, Kr. Klaich 1 0-1 2, Fefelov 1 0-0 2, Johnson 0 0-0 0, Kalugin 3 1-1 8, Gordeev 4 0-2 8, Dorvall 0 0-0 0, Hickman 5 3-8 13. Totals 14 5-16 34. CIA (25) — Delon 0 0-0 0, Carey 0 0-0 0, Hills 3 1-2 7, Lyons 0 1-2 1, Hammond 2 2-4 6, McGahan 0 0-0 0, Orth 3 5-10 11. Totals 8 9-18 25. 3-point goals — Nikolaevsk 1 (S. Kalugin). Fouled out — none. Seahawks 41, Lions 38 ACS 6 17 Seward 4 7

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ANCHORAGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS (38) — Bowden 4 3-3 12, Land 1 0-0 2, Williams 1 0-1 2, Carr 6 1-4 13, Thibedeaux 4 1-4 9. Totals — 16 5-13 38. SEWARD (41) — Anderson 0 2-2 2, Honebein 1 0-0 2, Jackson 4 2-2 14, Baldwin 0 1-2 1, Lipanskas 2 1-2 5, Perea 2 2-4 6, Clemens 4 2-5 11. Totals — 12 10-16 41. 3-point goals — ACS 1 (Bowden); Seward 5 (Jackson 4, Clemens). Team fouls — ACS 19, Seward 16. Fouled out — Williams, Perea. Mariners 51, Grizzlies 30 Grace Homer

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GRACE CHRISTIAN (30) — VanderWeide 1 2-2 4, Hagen 4 1-2 9, Ma. Shamburger 0 0-0 0, Hogan 4 3-3 11, Logan 1 0-0 2, Lindfors 0 0-0 0, Laker 1 0-0 2, Mi. Shamburger 1 0-0 2. HOMER (51) — Reutov 1 0-0 2, Alexander 1 1-2 3, Ramirez-Clark 1 0-0 2, Akers 8 3-3 19, Fellows 5 0-0 10, Waclawski 3 0-0 8,

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Nikolaevsk’s Nadejda Gordeev dribbles the ball around Cook Inlet Academy’s Danielle Hills on Thursday at Cook Inlet Academy in Soldotna. Stafford 3 0-0 7, Kann 0 0-0 0, Cole 0 0-0 0. Totals — 22 4-5 51. 3-point goals — Homer 3 (Waclawski 2, Stafford). Team fouls — Grace 6, Homer 12. Fouled out — none. Thursday boys Eagles 61, Warriors 47 CIA 21 Nikolaevsk 12

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CIA (61) — A. Hammond 2 0-0 4, B. Hammond 0 0-0 0, R. Smithwick 2 4-6 9, Miller 0 0-0 0, Barlow 2 0-0 4, J. Smithwick 4 1-2 10, Solie 1 0-0 2, T. Smithwick 15 0-0 32. Totals 26 5-8 61. NIKOLAEVSK (47) — K. Molodih 2 2-3 6, Trail 0 0-0 0, N. Fefelov 3 1-2 8, Gordeev 3 0-0 7, F. Molodih 3 4-6 11, J. Fefelov 6 0-0 15, Kalugin 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 7-11 47. 3-point goals — CIA 4 (T. Smithwick 2, J. Smithwick 1, R. Smithwick 1); Nikolaevsk 6 (J. Fefelov 3, Molodih 1, Gordeev 1, N. Fefelov 1). Fouled out — none. Seahawks 67, Lions 64 ACS 16 Seward 20

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ANCHORAGE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS (64) — Huckabay 6 0-1 17, Miller 1 0-0 2, Bronson 1 0-0 2, Scott 0 0-0 0, Nilson 5

4-8 14, Kohotech 4 4-6 12, Auble 6 2-4 17. Totals — 23 10-18 64. SEWARD (67) — Jacobson 0 0-0 0, Berry 2 1-2 6, Marshall 3 2-2 10, A. Pahno 4 3-5 12, Zweifel 0 0-0 0, Wolfe 6 0-0 14, Sieverts 5 0-0 10, N. Pahno 0 0-0 0, DeBoard 0 0-0 0, Jackson 3 7-8 15. Totals — 23 13-17 67. 3-point goals — ACS 7 (Huckabay 4, Auble 3); Seward 8 (Marshall 2, Wolfe 2, Jackson 2, Berry, A. Pahno). Team fouls — ACS 19, Seward 16. Fouled out — none. Grizzlies 66, Mariners 65 Grace Homer

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GRACE CHRISTIAN (66) — Osborne 5 2-2 14, Shamburger 0 0-0 0, McGovern 2 0-0 5, Nieder 1 1-2 3, Vanderweide 4 2-2 10, Murray 3 0-0 7, Karlberg 5 3-5 13, Sheldon 7 0-3 14. Totals — 27 8-14 66. HOMER (65) — B. Beachy 1 0-0 2, Reutov 3 0-0 7, Schneider 5 1-1 12, Nelson 11 0-0 27, Etzwiler 0 0-0 0, Brown 0 0-0 0, Tedesco 0 0-0 0, Knisely 0 0-0 0, Trowbridge 0 0-0 0, Rainwater 0 0-0 0, Hutt 7 3-5 17. Totals — 27 4-6 65. 3-point goals — Grace 4 (Osborne 2, McGovern, Murray); Homer 7 (Nelson 5, Schneider, Reutov). Team fouls — Grace 7, Homer 14. Fouled out — none.

Bulls are optimistic Rose will play this season CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bulls are optimistic Derrick Rose will suit up again this season and that surgery Friday on his right knee won’t sideline him the rest of the way. The organization sounded upbeat that the procedure to repair a medial meniscus tear won’t prevent the star point guard from suiting up again this season.

“Yeah, the hope is that he will,” executive vice president of basketball operations John Paxson said Thursday at a team charity event when asked if he expects Rose to play this season. “We’ve still got over two months in the regular season. We’re all hoping that (happens).” The timeline for the 2011 MVP’s return will be determined after the operation. But the Bulls clearC

ly are hoping it won’t take as long this time. “I don’t want to speculate until he goes in, but we’re certainly hopeful,” general manager Gar Forman said. President and chief operating officer Michael Reinsdorf added: “We feel for Derrick. He’s put so much effort into his various comebacks. We’re hoping this is just a minor setback.”

Rose played in only 10 games last season before having surgery for a similar injury in November 2013, cutting short his long-awaited comeback from a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. He had the meniscus reattached in that operation. This time, team physician Dr. Brian Cole will perform a meniscectomy, which involves removing the damaged cartilage, instead.

Blackhawks blank Panthers By The Associated Press

SUNRISE, Fla. — Corey Crawford earned his second shutout of the season in the Chicago Blackhawks’ 3-0 win over the Florida Panthers on Thursday night. Brandon Saad and Teuvo Teravainen scored goals before Jonathan Toews added an empty-netter with 46.8 seconds left. Canadiens 5, Blue Jackets 2 COLUMBUS, Ohio — Carey Price made 25 saves to extend his franchise-best road winning streak to 10 games. P.K Subban had a goal and two assists, rookie Jacob De La Rose scored twice, Andrei Markov had a goal and an assist, and Max Pacioretty also scored. Montreal got its seventh win in 10 games and 11th in the last 13 on the road.

Brandon Dubinksy and Marko goal night since March 23, 2011. Dano scored for Columbus, and David Savard had two assists. CurMaple Leafs 3, Flyers 2 tis McElhinney finished with 22 saves as the Blue Jackets lost their TORONTO — In their first fourth straight. game without the traded David Clarkson, Jonathan Bernier made 47 saves and the Maple Leafs beat Rangers 4, Coyotes 3 Philadelphia. The win came mere NEW YORK — Lee Stempniak hours after the Leafs dealt Clarkbroke a tie with 2:14 left, netting son to the Columbus Blue Jackets his second goal of the game, and for injured winger Nathan Horton. Chris Kreider also scored twice. Phil Kessel, Tyler Bozak and In sending the Coyotes to their Dion Phaneuf scored for Toronto. eighth straight loss, Stempniak backhanded in a rebound of his Blues 2, Jets 1, SO own shot on the doorstep. That gave the Rangers their fourth conWINNIPEG, Manitoba — Alsecutive win and 11th in 14 games exander Steen got the winning goal (11-1-2). in the shootout. Vladimir Tarasenko also scored in the tiebreaker for the Blues. Patrik Berglund had Sabres 6, Canucks 3 St. Louis’ score in regulation, and BUFFALO, N.Y. — Torrey Brian Elliott finished with 30 saves Mitchell scored a pair of goals for through overtime. Buffalo. It was Mitchell’s first goal Mark Scheifele had the tying since Nov. 22, and his first multi- goal in the third period and An-

drew Ladd scored in the shootout for the Jets. Michael Hutchinson stopped 28 shots.

Wild 4, Predators 2 NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Nino Niederreiter scored two goals, and the Wild handed the Predators only their fourth regulation loss on home ice this season.

Senators 1, Kings 0 LOS ANGELES — Andrew Hammond made 35 saves to earn his second consecutive shutout in his fourth career start, and the Senators snapped the Kings’ eightgame winning streak.

Red Wings 3, Sharks 2 SAN JOSE, Calif. — Luke Glendening scored with 1:15 remaining, completing a comeback victory for the Red Wings.

Scoreboard Hockey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L Montreal 61 40 16 Tampa Bay 62 37 19 Detroit 60 34 15 Boston 60 29 22 Florida 61 26 22 Ottawa 59 26 23 Toronto 61 25 31 Buffalo 62 19 38 Metropolitan Division N.Y. Rangers 60 38 16 N.Y. Islanders 62 40 20 Pittsburgh 61 35 17 Washington 62 33 19 Philadelphia 62 26 25 New Jersey 61 25 27 Columbus 60 26 30 Carolina 59 22 30

OT Pts GF GA 5 85 167 135 6 80 203 167 11 79 176 156 9 67 158 158 13 65 145 172 10 62 167 161 5 55 170 185 5 43 120 207 6 2 9 10 11 9 4 7

82 190 148 82 200 173 79 176 152 76 184 156 63 164 181 59 137 161 56 157 189 51 134 159

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Nashville 62 41 14 7 89 188 147 St. Louis 61 39 18 4 82 190 152 Chicago 62 37 20 5 79 183 146 Winnipeg 63 31 20 12 74 174 170 Minnesota 61 32 22 7 71 173 160 Dallas 61 27 25 9 63 191 202 Colorado 61 26 24 11 63 161 175 Pacific Division Anaheim 62 38 17 7 83 182 174 Vancouver 61 35 23 3 73 174 162 Los Angeles 60 29 19 12 70 162 153 Calgary 61 33 24 4 70 174 158 San Jose 62 30 24 8 68 173 177 Arizona 62 20 35 7 47 137 210 Edmonton 62 18 34 10 46 142 206 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Thursday’s Games St. Louis 2, Winnipeg 1, SO Buffalo 6, Vancouver 3 N.Y. Rangers 4, Arizona 3 Montreal 5, Columbus 2 Toronto 3, Philadelphia 2 Chicago 3, Florida 0 Minnesota 4, Nashville 2 Ottawa 1, Los Angeles 0 Detroit 3, San Jose 2 Friday’s Games Boston at New Jersey, 3 p.m. Calgary at N.Y. Islanders, 3 p.m. Washington at Carolina, 3 p.m. Chicago at Tampa Bay, 3:30 p.m. Colorado at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Anaheim, 6 p.m. Saturday’s Games Buffalo at Florida, 11 a.m. Detroit at Nashville, 11 a.m. Carolina at N.Y. Islanders, 1 p.m. New Jersey at Columbus, 1 p.m. Arizona at Boston, 1:30 p.m. Toronto at Montreal, 3 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Colorado, 6 p.m. St. Louis at Edmonton, 6 p.m. Ottawa at San Jose, 6 p.m. All Times AST

Atlanta 45 Washington 33 Miami 25 Charlotte 23 Orlando 19 Central Division Cleveland 37 Chicago 36 Milwaukee 32 Detroit 23 Indiana 23

12 25 31 32 40

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22 22 25 34 34

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WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division Memphis 41 15 Houston 39 18 Dallas 39 21 San Antonio 34 23 New Orleans 30 27 Northwest Division Portland 37 19 Oklahoma City 32 26 Utah 21 35 Denver 20 37 Minnesota 13 43 Pacific Division Golden State 44 11 L.A. Clippers 37 21 Phoenix 31 28 Sacramento 20 35 L.A. Lakers 15 41

.732 — .684 2½ .650 4 .596 7½ .526 11½ .661 — .552 6 .375 16 .351 17½ .232 24 .800 — .638 8½ .525 15 .364 24 .268 29½

Thursday’s Games Cleveland 110, Golden State 99 Phoenix 117, Oklahoma City 113, OT Friday’s Games Washington at Philadelphia, 3 p.m. Cleveland at Indiana, 3 p.m. Orlando at Atlanta, 3:30 p.m. Golden State at Toronto, 3:30 p.m. New York at Detroit, 3:30 p.m. Charlotte at Boston, 3:30 p.m. Miami at New Orleans, 4 p.m. Minnesota at Chicago, 4 p.m. Brooklyn at Houston, 4 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 4 p.m. Utah at Denver, 5 p.m. San Antonio at Sacramento, 6 p.m. Milwaukee at L.A. Lakers, 6:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at Portland, 6:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games Detroit at Washington, 3 p.m. Atlanta at Miami, 3:30 p.m. Toronto at New York, 3:30 p.m. Memphis at Minnesota, 4 p.m. Brooklyn at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. San Antonio at Phoenix, 5 p.m. Milwaukee at Utah, 5 p.m. All Times AST

Men’s Scores EAST

NBA Standings

Bryant 77, CCSU 69 Delaware 58, Drexel 44 Rider 63, Monmouth (NJ) 60 Robert Morris 91, Wagner 59 Sacred Heart 90, Fairleigh Dickinson 85 St. Francis (NY) 74, LIU Brooklyn 69, OT St. Francis (Pa.) 63, Mount St. Mary’s 60 Temple 66, Houston 54

EASTERN CONFERENCE

SOUTH

Basketball Atlantic Division W L Toronto 37 20 Brooklyn 23 32 Boston 22 33 Philadelphia 12 45 New York 10 46 Southeast Division

Pct GB .649 — .418 13 .400 14 .211 25 .179 26½

Austin Peay 64, SIU-Edwardsville 61 Campbell 65, Winthrop 50 Chattanooga 86, VMI 82, 2OT E. Kentucky 63, Jacksonville St. 57 Elon 72, Northeastern 65 Furman 53, W. Carolina 49

Gardner-Webb 91, Charleston Southern 81 Georgia Southern 77, Appalachian St. 58 High Point 75, UNC Asheville 71 Liberty 80, Radford 69 Louisiana Tech 77, UTEP 60 Louisiana-Monroe 75, South Alabama 57 Marshall 87, FIU 69 Morehead St. 86, Tennessee Tech 73 Murray St. 65, E. Illinois 57 N. Kentucky 78, Kennesaw St. 53 Presbyterian 80, Coastal Carolina 69 SMU 66, Memphis 57 Southern Miss. 70, UTSA 66 The Citadel 74, ETSU 73 UNC Greensboro 81, Samford 67 UT-Martin 69, Tennessee St. 52 Vanderbilt 73, Tennessee 65 W. Kentucky 71, FAU 68 Wofford 76, Mercer 72 MIDWEST Chicago St. 74, Grand Canyon 70 Green Bay 72, Ill.-Chicago 67 IUPUI 71, W. Illinois 66 Milwaukee 61, Wright St. 58 Minnesota 96, Michigan St. 90, OT N. Arizona 85, North Dakota 75 Nebraska-Omaha 73, IPFW 67 Ohio St. 81, Nebraska 57 Purdue 92, Rutgers 85 UMKC 69, Utah Valley 50 SOUTHWEST Arkansas St. 81, Texas-Arlington 80 North Texas 81, Charlotte 65 Old Dominion 63, Rice 54 Oral Roberts 74, N. Dakota St. 58 Texas St. 67, Troy 61 UALR 92, Georgia St. 83 FAR WEST Arizona 82, Colorado 54 BYU 82, Portland 69 CS Northridge 82, Cal St.-Fullerton 72 E. Washington 92, Montana St. 68 Gonzaga 59, San Diego 39 Idaho 92, Montana 87, 2OT N. Colorado 77, S. Utah 67 Pacific 64, Santa Clara 57 Saint Mary’s (Cal) 84, San Francisco 53 Stanford 75, Oregon St. 48 UC Irvine 63, Cal Poly 56 UC Santa Barbara 74, UC Davis 60 Utah 83, Arizona St. 41

Women’s Scores EAST Albany (NY) 65, Hartford 50 Fairfield 74, Iona 62 Maine 61, UMBC 41 Mass.-Lowell 72, Vermont 64 Monmouth (NJ) 84, Manhattan 67 Ohio St. 88, Penn St. 70 Quinnipiac 91, Rider 53 Rhode Island 68, Saint Louis 53 St. Peter’s 66, Marist 58 Stony Brook 68, Binghamton 59 SOUTH Appalachian St. 66, Georgia Southern 39 Auburn 70, Vanderbilt 58 Charlotte 71, North Texas 46 Florida 53, Alabama 49 Florida St. 72, NC State 52 George Washington 81, Richmond 69, OT

Georgia Tech 71, Duke 62 Louisiana-Monroe 45, South Alabama 38 Louisville 77, Boston College 60 Marshall 74, FIU 50 Maryland 83, Indiana 72 McNeese St. 98, Lamar 77 Mississippi 58, LSU 57 New Orleans 68, Nicholls St. 63 North Carolina 72, Virginia 70 Northwestern St. 71, SE Louisiana 60 Old Dominion 83, Rice 68 South Carolina 69, Mississippi St. 50 Syracuse 60, Clemson 55 Tennessee 70, Georgia 59 UNC Wilmington 71, Delaware 68, OT W. Kentucky 85, FAU 74 Wake Forest 60, Miami 59 William & Mary 84, Coll. of Charleston 55 MIDWEST Dayton 69, UMass 60 Green Bay 70, Oakland 55 Iowa 78, Wisconsin 74 N. Dakota St. 87, Denver 68 Nebraska-Omaha 70, IPFW 61 Northwestern 80, Rutgers 60 Notre Dame 87, Pittsburgh 59 S. Dakota St. 69, W. Illinois 49 South Dakota 69, IUPUI 53 Wright St. 74, Detroit 59 SOUTHWEST Arkansas St. 64, Texas-Arlington 60 Cent. Arkansas 64, Sam Houston St. 56 Kentucky 56, Arkansas 51 Missouri 70, Texas A&M 69 Southern Miss. 61, UTSA 59 Stephen F. Austin 58, Incarnate Word 44 Troy 75, Texas St. 59 UALR 56, Georgia St. 39 FAR WEST BYU 65, Portland 63 CS Northridge 65, Cal St.-Fullerton 53 Cal Poly 68, UC Davis 52 California 74, Oregon 59 Grand Canyon 73, Chicago St. 49 Hawaii 47, Long Beach St. 46 Montana 81, Idaho 68 Montana St. 63, E. Washington 53 N. Arizona 72, North Dakota 68, 2OT N. Colorado 88, S. Utah 66 Pacific 87, Santa Clara 75 San Diego 75, Gonzaga 62 San Francisco 65, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 63 Stanford 69, Oregon St. 58 UC Irvine 57, UC Santa Barbara 47 UCLA 74, Washington St. 69 Utah Valley 61, UMKC 51, OT Washington 60, Southern Cal 48

Transactions BASEBALL American League OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Claimed RHP Chad Smith off waivers from Detroit. Placed RHP Taylor Thompson on the 60-day DL. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Agreed to terms with LHP Johan Santana on a minor league contract. BASKETBALL National Basketball

Association MIAMI HEAT — Signed F Michael Beasley to a 10-day contract. Women’s National Basketball Association LOS ANGELES SPARKS — Resigned G/F Alana Beard. FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Resigned OT Bradley Sowell to a one-year contract. Signed CB Damond Smith. ATLANTA FALCONS — Released RB Steven Jackson. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Agreed to terms with QB Matt Hasselbeck on a one-year contract. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Released TE Anthony Fasano. SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Terminated the contract of LB Jarret Johnson. TENNESSEE TITANS — Announced the retirement of OT Michael Roos. WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Named Dave Ragone offensive quality control coach. HOCKEY National Hockey League ARIZONA COYOTES — Recalled G Louis Domingue from Portland (AHL). Assigned G Mike McKenna to Portland. BOSTON BRUINS — Assigned G Adam Morrison from Providence (AHL) to South Carolina (ECHL). CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Traded D T.J. Brennan to Toronto for F Spencer Abbott and assigned Abbott to Rockford (AHL). COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Traded RW Adam Cracknell to St. Louis for future considerations, and RW Nathan Horton to Toronto for RW David Clarkson. DALLAS STARS — Recalled G Jack Campbell from Idaho (ECHL) to Texas (AHL). MONTREAL CANADIENS — Reassigned F Stefan Fournier from Hamilton (AHL) to Wheeling (ECHL). NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Traded RW Jaromir Jagr to Florida for a 2015 second-round draft pick and a 2016 third-round draft pick. Recalled G Maxime Clermont from Orlando (ECHL) to Albany (AHL). SOCCER Major League Soccer NEW YORK CITY FC — Signed M Connor Brandt. NEW YORK RED BULLS — Named Chris Armas assistant coach. SEATTLE SOUNDERS — Signed Ms Amadou Sanyang and Duncan McCormick. North American Soccer League SAN ANTONIO SCORPIONS — Signed F Marvin Chavez. COLLEGE BROWN — Announced the resignation of women’s hockey coach Amy Bourbeau. HOBART — Promoted quarterbacks coach Jon Drach to offensive coordinator. MISSISSIPPI STATE — Extended the contract of Dan Mullen football coach four years. OKLAHOMA STATE — Named Greg Adkins, Marcus Arroyo and Jason McEndoo assistant coaches and Bill Clay and Darrell Wyatt analysts within the program.

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Sports Briefs Peterson takes step toward comeback In NFL limbo for the last five-plus months, Adrian Peterson’s future with the Minnesota Vikings is still in question. The path toward resolution of his status has been cleared. The league-union clash over the personal conduct policy, though, has only cranked up. Commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL were handed a second high-profile legal defeat Thursday, when U.S. District Judge David Doty overruled league arbitrator Harold Henderson’s December denial of the six-time Pro Bowl running back’s appeal. Doty ruled that Henderson “failed to meet his duty” in considering Peterson’s punishment, for the child abuse charge that brought national backlash for the league on the heels of the bungled handling of the assault case involving former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice. Doty said the league cannot retroactively apply the standards of its new, tougher personal conduct policy to an action by Peterson that occurred before the policy was in place. The league suspended Peterson through at least April 15 under the new standard that arose from the furor over the handling of the assault involving Rice. But Doty said in his 16-page ruling that Henderson “simply disregarded the law of the shop and in doing so failed to meet his duty” under the collective bargaining agreement.

Herman leads Honda Classic PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Playing in America for the first time this year, Rory McIlroy’s first shot was a 2-iron out of play. A relentless wind with gusts that approached 35 mph provided a rude welcome to just about everyone Thursday at the Honda Classic except for Jim Herman, who somehow made it around PGA National without a bogey for a 5-under 65 and a one-shot lead. McIlroy managed to salvage a tough day with by holing a 30foot birdie putt and two-putting for birdie on the 18th hole for a 3-over 73. It was his highest opening-round score to par since a 3-over 74 at The Barclays seven months ago. And he didn’t seem too bothered. The world’s No. 1 player was competing for the first time since he won in Dubai a month ago. And he wasn’t alone. He played with Dustin Johnson, who birdied his last two holes for a 77, and Phoenix Open winner Brooks Koepka, who shot a 78.

— The Associated Press

Gonzaga wins By The Associated Press

SPOKANE, Wash. — Przemek Karnowski scored 11 of his 14 points in the second half, Domantas Sabonis added 11 off the bench, and No. 3 Gonzaga overcame a sluggish first half to beat San Diego 59-39 on Thursday night for its 22nd straight victory. NO. 7 ARIZONA 82, COLORADO 54 BOULDER, Colo. — Stanley Johnson scored 11 of his 15 points in the second half and Arizona beat struggling Colorado. Kaleb Tarczewski scored 14 points on his 22nd birthday and Gabe York also had 14 points for the Wildcats. Arizona has won five straight and can clinch

the Pac-12 title with a win at Utah on Saturday. NO. 13 UTAH 83, ARIZONA STATE 41 SALT LAKE CITY — Delon Wright scored 12 points to help Utah rout Arizona State. The Utes (22-5, 12-3 Pac12) put away the game in the first half with a 41-9 advantage. Center Jacob Poeltl finished with eight points, six rebounds and six blocks. NO. 21 SMU 66, MEMPHIS 57 MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Nic Moore scored 14 of his 16 points in the second half and SMU pulled away to beat Memphis.

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phone from Fairbanks. “I’ve played with some of them since we were little … it’s the same with the boys, we all played little kid basketball.” Skjold, an emergency management major who holds a junior standing, is averaging 8.8 points per game this year for the Nanooks, fourth-highest on her team, and up from 7.7 ppg last year as a freshman. She has also seen gains in rebounds per game (grabbing 6.4 this year, up from 4.6 last year), minutes per game (28.2, up from 20.9) and has over twice as many starts this year (19) as last year (9). Skjold picked up the sport at a young age, having grown up in a hoops-crazy household that included older sisters Heidi and Kjersten Skjold, both of whom played for legendary Ninilchik coach Dan Leman. “I learned a lot of what he had to teach them,” Skjold said about Leman. Skjold also attributed much of her formative training to middle school coach Phil Sheridan at the Boys and Girls Club. But on the playground, the one kid that she often found herself matched up against in those early days and which drove her to be better on the court ultimately became her teammate at Soldotna High, Julie Litchfield. “The incorporation of sports into the high school experience taught me teamwork, dedication, and leadership,” Litchfield wrote in an email, echoing the remarks of her former teammate. “At least on the girl’s side, Soldotna helped us grow as players because we were put on the court as freshman. This forced us to mature and handle pressure quickly because we were already playing against the best teams in the state. Coach (Doug) Blossom was helpful in that he called any college coach as a reference for me.” Litchfield committed to George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon, last spring, and in her freshman year has averaged 3.7 minutes per game coming off the bench for a team that just completed a perfect 25-win regular season record. It marks only the third perfect season in Bruins history. It’s a season that has seen Litchfield gain a new understanding of team, which in turn has led to success. It’s been a season that has shaped Litchfield into an improved role player. “The style of our team is fast paced and aggressive,” Litchfield wrote. “I walked into a very good program and although I will always work hard to change my role in the future, I think it’s important to accept where I’m at and do the best I can be to make my team better.” Skjold recalled her days as an adolescent competing for fun against her friend. “Her defensive tenacity so annoying,” Skjold said about Litchfield. “She was the one you never want to have guard you, she’s in your face all the time.” As the pair entered high school, they found themselves matching up with each other, not against. “(Skjold) is an excellent player and she can think through the game well,” Litchfield wrote. “I don’t think anyone ever doubted her success at the (collegiate) level.” The duo would eventually be paired on the same Stars team with Katelynn Kerkvliet and Kelci Benson to create a fearsome foursome that would help bring the SoHi girls back into the spotlight on the statewide level. “I think we communicated to the younger groups at SoHi that this is something that we want,” Skjold said. “We want to be known for academics, effort and competition. I’m really proud of what we accomplished.” Skjold, Litchfield and Kerkvliet were all multisport athletes as well. All three played volleyball in the fall, and in the spring, Skjold brought her speed to the track team while Kerkvliet and Litchfield proved a dominant force on the soccer pitch. When basketball season rolled around, head coaches Mark Tuter and Doug Blossom were there to polish the players’ talents and push them to excel on the court and off it. Tuter handed over the reigns of the girls team to Blossom following the 2010-11 campaign,

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Katelynn Kerkvliet looks for an open teammate while playing for University of Mary.

‘I think there was a group of students there that grew up together. I’ve played with some of them since we were little … it’s the same with the boys, we all played little kid basketball.’ — Kaillee Skjold, University of Alaska Fairbanks basketball but Tuter and Blossom combined for three state trips in a four-year span, with a best finish of fourth in 2014. “They were big encouragers,” Skjold said. “(Tuter) saw potential and so did Blossom … they really pushed us to accept the challenge of being a competitive team, a team that plays for region championships and competes at state. “They pushed an identity on us, and that was something Soldotna really had to fight for. We didn’t walk into a winning program at first.” The SoHi girls also produced finishes of sixth in 2012 and tied for seventh in 2011. Soldotna could have been to state four straight years, except a last-minute correction in the Win Percentage Index standings forced the Stars out of the 2013 state tournament a day after being told they were in. The addition of Kerkvliet to the Skjold and Litchfield tandem in 2011 helped the skill set develop further by adding a post presence. It continued into the senior year of Kerkvliet and Litchfield, when they brought home a fourth-place finish at state, the best result by the SoHi girls since 2003. “Kerkvliet definitely stepped up our senior season and provided us with a post presence several other teams lacked and I’m glad she has the opportunity to play at school this year,” Litchfield wrote. Skjold said Kerkvliet’s addition allowed her to change her game up, as the 6-foot-1 center left Skjold more as a perimeter threat to opposing teams. “Katelynn is a perfectionist,” Skjold said with a laugh. “She wants to do things right and be successful, and she’s a very competitive player.” Kerkvliet committed to the University of Mary hoops squad in Bismarck, North Dakota, last spring. The Marauders play at the NCAA Division II level and won a national championship in 2000. Over the past 20 years, the team has posted only two losing campaigns. Standing as the third-tallest on the Marauders, Kerkvliet’s post game has not diminished, but it certainly has been tweaked. “I’ve learned a lot of post moves I’ve never done before,” she said. “I had to adjust to those. I have a role on the team.” It’s a style of play that Kerkvliet credits Skjold for, adding that her former teammate’s intensity pushed her to continually improve. “It was a lot more serious (in high school), Kaillee had us on our case,” Kerkvliet said. “They definitely were just a pleasure to play with, they were dedicated and passionate about their game. Some people would just be messing around in practice, but they were there to be serious.” Heeding the advice of coach Blossom, Kerkvliet stayed serious once she earned a spot at the University of Mary.

“(Blossom) warned me that college is another step up,” she said. “If I played, I would have to adjust to learn to play at the college level.” Kerkvliet is averaging over six minutes of playing time per game as a bench player, as well as 3.5 points and 1.7 rebounds. As well as each of them have fit into their new roles, the former prep trio have not forgotten where they began their journey, nor will they ever. “I knew I would miss my SoHi teammates as soon as my senior season ended,” Litchfield wrote. “I love them both,” Skjold added. In the two years preceding the SoHi girls run of prosperity, the Stars were already making an imprint on the state hoops scene. The SoHi boys partook in the big dance two years in a row, and effectively kicked off Soldotna’s six-year run of success with a berth in the 2009 championship game, where they ultimately lost. The Stars also finished fifth at the 2010 tournament. Evan Withrow and Boomer Blossom were a part of both teams, and both have gone on to collegiate success. Blossom, the son of coach Doug Blossom, is a 6-foot2 senior guard for the UAA Seawolves, and ranks among the bottom half of his team in height. But don’t let that fool you. “I’m not a very athletic guy by any means, I’ve just gotta be able to guard and stay in front of these guys,” Blossom said. A science of technology major, Blossom has come into his own at UAA as a scrappy player that also exhibits exquisite ball control. Blossom dished out 27 assists last year while committing only one turnover all season in 253 total minutes. He went the final 20 games without a giveaway, and was also voted Best Defensive Player by his teammates. Perhaps it was a change in scenery that helped Blossom find his style of play. In 2012, the college sophomore transferred to Minnesota State Community and Technical College in Fergus Falls. In Minnesota, Blossom was often matched up to guard the other team’s best player. “I had to play a lot bigger role on that team,” Blossom said. “The style was different too. As a junior college it was more fast paced, it was different because the guys were playing more for themselves, they were a little more selfish.” Boomer (whose given name is Brendon) enjoyed a productive season in Minnesota with 11.7 points and 7.9 rebounds in 25 games, helping the Spartans to a 20-8 record and one game shy of the national tournament. The sophomore also shot 44 percent from the floor and 35 percent from beyond the arc. But on defense, he remained just as frustrating. “I would say I’m mostly C

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Julie Litchfield throws up a shot from beyond the arc for George Fox University.

defensive-minded,” Blossom said. “When I go out there, my playing style is busting my butt on the defensive end, and coach trusts me when I’m guarding guys.” In high school, Boomer’s production on offense wasn’t too shabby, either. As a senior at SoHi, Blossom posted an average of 20 points and seven boards per game. Blossom helped guide the Stars to the infamous 2009 Alaska state final against the Dimond Lynx, where SoHi put up a valiant fight in a 55-52 double-overtime loss. “That’s the reason the 2010 team was successful, he was our energy,” Withrow said about his former teammate. “He knew how to get the spark going.” But with college scouts in attendance at the state tournament, Blossom believes it was that kind of state success that helped bridge the gap between collegiate coaches and Peninsula athletes. “If players tell a college coach, ‘I made it to state the last two years,’ he’ll know he’s on a good team,” Blossom said. Blossom also noted that coach Matt Johnson, a former college player himself, provided a mental edge to a team that became the first in its history to make it to a state hoops final. “He kind of brought a college-type attitude,” Blossom said. “He knew what it took to play, he’s an intense guy but fun guy.” Withrow, a freshman on the team that played for the state title, saw his breakout moment come the next year, as a sophomore. It was Blossom’s senior year, and after qualifying to the big dance on the heels of a third-place finish at the region tourney, the Stars drew a first-round matchup at state with none other than Dimond. Withrow stepped up with 29 points to help the Stars claim revenge over the Lynx in another double-overtime class, hitting 8-of-10 from the 3-point line. Withrow credits coach Johnson as being instrumental to helping him reach that high point. When he graduated in 2012, Withrow had a commitment to play at South Dakota School of Mines in Rapid City, a Division II Independent school. There, Withrow is pursuing a major in mechanical engineering. Withrow redshirted his freshman year, got playing time last year, but had to take on a medical redshirt status after a nagging hip injury forced

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Evan Withrow takes the ball to the hoop for the South Dakota School of Mines.

him to get surgery in November. A second procedure was done this month as well, but the good news is he still has three years of eligibility left with the Hardrockers. “I was kind of bummed,” Withrow said. “Last summer I thought I made huge strides, I was getting quicker and more athletic, but right at the end of summer I knew something was wrong with me. “But my coach said if I can play defense, there’s a spot on the floor for me.” Before his injury last year, Withrow saw playing time in events that served as exhibition games for South Dakota. In a span of eight games, Withrow said he averaged about 20 points, including a high of 31. That prompted Hardrockers coach Jason Henry to take a closer look at getting Withrow extended minutes on the court. That process still hasn’t been easy, especially when his injury cropped up. “Everybody is big and everybody is athletic,” Withrow said. “The speed of the game is way faster.” Known as a talented shooter in his days at Soldotna, Withrow’s long-range threat did not go unnoticed outside of the coaching staff. “I just remember him against Dimond, he comes off

the bench and makes (eight) 3s,” Blossom said. “He always was a threat.” Withrow returned the kind words for his friend. Two years younger than his old teammate, Withrow described Blossom as a different person when he steps onto the court. “Boomer is a goofball, that’s the only word to describe him,” Withrow said. “But when it comes to basketball, the kid’s a machine, and what’s awesome about him is he’s a really good rebounder. He’s obviously a great shooter but one of the better rebounding guards.” Now entering his senior season, Blossom is hoping to return home by enrolling in the Kenai Peninsula College paramedic program either this fall or the next. If he does, the possibility of seeing a return of the glory years may be out there. Blossom said he may be persuaded by his father, Doug, to get back into the swing of things at SoHi with an assistant coaching role for the Stars. Of course, that may be an easier decision to make when his younger sister Brittany enters high school with a chance at joining the hoops team. “I bet somehow he’ll wrap me up with coaching them,” Blossom said, laughing. “If I was betting, I’d say yes.”

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Clams and kings

ot many years ago, if you wanted razor clams, you simply drove to the beach. Clams were plentiful, the digging was easy, and getting a limit of 60 was a cinch. No more. When I went last summer, I found only one small clam. On the way home, I had to buy a package of frozen clams so I could make chowder. Earlier this week, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) announced by Emergency Order (EO) that, effective Mar. 1, 2015, the beach from the mouth of the Kenai River to the southernmost tip of the Homer Spit will be closed to the taking of all clam species for the remainder of the year. In 2014, the abundance of mature sized razor clams found at Clam Gulch and Ninilchik South was 89 and 82 percent, respectively, below the 1991-2012 average. From 2009 to 2014, the harvest was comprised of fewer age classes, and the younger age classes have become predominant. In other words, most clams found now are small ones. The cause of the decline in the number of large clams is unknown. Poor spawning success, poor settling success or both are possibilities. The only thing the state can do is to stop all harvest until the species recovers. This closure of what once was one of the best places on earth to dig razor clams closely follows the announcement of a closure of what once was one of the best places to catch a king salmon. On Feb. 19, ADF&G announced by EO that the Kenai River would be closed to fishing for king salmon — including catch-and-release — from May 1 to June 30, just as it was closed in 2014. To ensure adequate escapement of early-run kings into the river, closing the river to all fishing is the right thing to do. The optimal escapement goal is 5,300 to 9,000 kings. The pre-season forecast for this year’s run is only 5,265. If this forecast is realized, the 2015 run will rank as the next to the poorest return in the past 30 years. The poorest return was in 2014. According to the EO, Kenai River king salmon stocks are experiencing a period of low productivity and, since 2009, below average run strength, a trend anticipated to continue this year. The cause of this low productivity, like that of the razor clams, is unknown. However, unlike the closure of all razor clam harvest for the entire year, the state is stopping the the harvest of Kenai River kings only in May and June, then lets it begin on July 1. If the run is in trouble, why allow a harvest at all? Well, the short answer is to spread conservation efforts equally between sport and commercial fisheries. To give the long answer, I’d have to try to explain the various convoluted salmon management plans, and See PALMER, page C-2

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In this Jan. 24 photo, a worker from the Chile’s Antarctic Institute sits on the snow on Robert Island, part of the South Shetland Islands archipelago in Antarctica. NASA uses the remoteness of Antarctic to study what people would have to go through if they visited Mars. The dry air also makes it perfect for astronomers to peer deep into space and into the past.

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press

DECEPTION ISLAND, Antarctica — Earth’s past, present and future come together here on the northern peninsula of Antarctica, the wildest, most desolate and mysterious of its continents. Clues to answering humanity’s most basic questions are locked in this continental freezer the size of the United States and half of Canada: Where did we come from? Are we alone in the universe? What’s the fate of our warming planet? The first explorers set foot in Antarctica 194 years ago hunting 19th century riches of whale and seal oil and fur, turning tides red with blood. Since then, the fist-shaped continent has proven a treasure chest for scientists trying to determine everything from the creation of the cosmos to how high seas will rise with global warming. “It’s a window out to the universe and in time,” said Kelly Falkner, polar program chief for the U.S. National Science Foundation. For a dozen days in January, in the middle of the chilly Antarctic summer, The Associated Press followed scientists from different fields searching for alien-like creatures, hints of pollution trapped in ancient ice, leftovers from the Big Bang, biological quirks that potentially could lead to better medical treatments, and perhaps most of all, signs of unstoppable melting. The journey on a Chilean navy ship along the South Shetland islands and vulnerable Antarctic Peninsula, which juts off the continent like a broken pinky finger, logged 833 miles (1,340 kilometers) and allowing the AP team a firsthand look at part of this vital continent. Antarctica conjures up images of quiet mountains and white plateaus,

but the coldest, driest and remotest continent is far from dormant. About 98 percent of it is covered by ice, and that ice is constantly moving. Temperatures can range from above zero in the South Shetlands and Antarctic Peninsula to the unbearable frozen lands near the South Pole. As an active volcano, Deception Island is a pot of extreme conditions. There are spots where the sea boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit (100 degrees Celsius), while in others it can be freezing at below 32 (0 degrees Celsius). And while the sun rarely shines on the long, dark Antarctic winters, nighttime never seems to fall on summer days. While tourists come to Antarctica for its beauty and remoteness, scientists are all business. What they find could affect the lives of people thousands of miles away; if experts are right, and the West Antarctic ice sheet has started melting irreversibly, what happens here will determine if cities such as Miami, New York, New Orleans, Guangzhou, Mumbai, London and Osaka will have to regularly battle flooding from rising seas. Antarctica “is big and it’s changing and it affects the rest of the planet and we can’t afford to ignore what’s going on down there,” said David Vaughan, science director of the British Antarctic Survey. Often, scientists find something other than what they were looking for. Last year researchers calculated that ice on the western side of the continent was melting faster than expected. Last month, scientists researching vital geology in that melting were looking a half mile under the ice in pitch dark and found a surprise: fish a half foot (15 centimeters) long and shrimp-like creatures swimming by their cameras. Geologists are entranced by Antarctica’s secrets. On a recent scientific expedition led by Chile’s Antarctic InSee KEY, page C-2

In this Jan. 22 photo, a Gentoo penguin feeds its baby at Station Bernardo O’Higgins in Antarctica. “To understand many aspects in the diversity of animals and plants it’s important to understand when continents disassembled,” said Richard Spikings, a research geologist at the University of Geneva. “So we’re also learning about the real antiquity of the Earth and how (continents) were configured together a billion years ago, half a billion years ago, 300 million years ago,” he said, adding that the insights will help him understand Antarctica’s key role in the jigsaw of ancient super continents.

In this Jan. 22 photo, Chilean Navy officers push away ice by moving their boat in circles as they approach the Aquiles navy ship where they will pick up international scientists and take them to Chile’s scientific Station Bernardo O’Higgins in Antarctica.

Finding a meaningful name for the bronze moose in Kenai

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The bronze statue of a bull moose at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge’s new Visitor Center needs a name.

have a confession. I am terrible with remembering people’s names. I can remember the Latin names of trees, insect, animals, and even recite lines from movies that I watched years ago, but I have trouble recalling if the guy that lives down the street is named Kevin or Steve. Perhaps it is because Latin names are consistent. Every black spruce looks (for the most part) like another black spruce. But Scotts, Leahs, Michelles, Garys, and Candaces all look different. Knowing the common and scientific names of plants and animals is an important part of my job. When I share nature with the public, the most common question I get is, “what is the name of this?” There is power in naming and knowing how to identify things in nature. Once we learn to distinguish species from others, we begin to see that plant or animal, noticing it more often than before. The first time someone showed me what elderberry C

R efuge N otebook M att C onner looked like, I later realized it was in the woods behind my house but I had never noticed it before. So, my Kenai friends, I need your help with a name. We will be unveiling a new bronze statue at our visitor center opening in May. The life-sized Kenai bull moose sculpture is sure to be a favorite photo opportunity for all visitors and residents to the Kenai area. As this will become a beacon for our visitors and community, we are asking for your help in giving this statue a name. This is an important moment for the Kenai Peninsula and finding a name that captures just the right sentiment is complicated. Not a name like “Mike the Moose,” but something

more meaningful like “Spirit of the Refuge” or “Sentinel of Kenai.” Picking the right name can be challenging so let me give you a little history to better prepare you for this assignment. The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge was originally named the Kenai National Moose Range in 1941. But, in 1980, the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) changed the name and purposes of the refuge to include the conservation of all wildlife (and fish!) populations and habitats in their natural diversity. This expanded purpose is well represented in the new exhibit hall. Just as moose served as early inspiration for land protection here on the Kenai, this statue will inspire future visitors as they begin their exploration of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. It represents and signifies the Refuge’s history, original purpose and early name before Congress passed ANILCA. See REFUGE, page C-2

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stitute, Richard Spikings, a research geologist at the University of Geneva, wielded a large hammer to collect rock samples in the South Shetlands and the Antarctic Peninsula. Curious members of a penguin colony on Cape Legoupil watched as he pounded on slabs of black granite and diorite rising out of the southern ocean. By the end of the two-week trip, his colleagues had jokingly begun calling him “Thor.” “To understand many aspects in the diversity of animals and plants it’s important to understand when continents disassembled,” Spikings said. “So we’re also learning about the real antiquity of the Earth and how (continents) were con-

‘This is one of the more extreme places where you could expect to find life. It’s even here.’ — Ross Powell, Northern Illinois University scientist figured together a billion years ago, half a billion years ago, 300 million years ago,” he said, adding that the insights will help him understand Antarctica’s key role in the jigsaw of ancient super continents. With names like Rodinia, Gondwana and Pangaea, scientists believe they were significant landmasses in Earth’s history and were periodically joined together through the movement of plates. Because there is no local industry, any pollution captured in the pristine ice and snow is

from chemicals that traveled from afar, such as low levels of lead found in ice until it was phased out of gasoline, or radiation levels found from aboveground nuclear tests thousands of miles away and decades ago by the U.S. and the Soviet Union, Vaughan said. The ice tells how levels of carbon dioxide, the heat-trapping gas, have fluctuated over hundreds of thousands of years. This is also the place where a hole in the ozone layer, from man-made refrigerants and aerosols, periodically parks for a couple months

In this Feb. 1 photo, Holy Trinity church stands illuminated at Russia’s Bellinghausen station on King George Island in Antarctica. Holy Trinity is the world’s southernmost Eastern Orthodox Church.

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how fisheries managers use and misuse them, and I have neither the desire nor the ability to try to do that in this column. However, here’s my opinion: The state continues to allow the harvest of Kenai River king salmon despite the dangerously low spawning escapements of recent years because the sport-fishing industry has become such an aggressive force in the fish wars. Hundreds of fishing guides, lodge owners, B & B owners, retail stores and other business owners now have a financial stake in whether or not king salmon fishing is allowed on the Kenai. Dependence upon the king salmon portion of the tourism pie has spread throughout our communities, even to city, borough and state governments. As a result, intense political pressure is applied to everyone who has a hand in regulating our fisheries, from local fish and game advisory committees, to the Alaska Board of Fisheries, to ADF&G, to the Legislature and to the Governor. Woe be unto anyone who would try to limit the number of Kenai River guides, close the Kenai to the harvest of kings in July, allow east-side set netters to fish when they might net a king, or to keep set netters

from fishing when they could be catching other species. I firmly believe that when a species is as much at risk as king salmon are now, none should be harvested. If that means closing the rivers and keeping the east-side set nets out the water, so be it. After a dismal return of early-run kings last year, ADF&G opened the Kenai to harvest on July 1. In the first five days of July, only 838 kings came into the river. These fish, as well as any early-run fish that were trying to spawn in the lower river, were subjected to 19 days of harvest before managers finally closed the river. Even after they knew the run was in trouble, they continued to allow catch-and-release of kings. Finally, on July 26, they closed the Kenai to all fishing for kings for the last five days of the season. At the same time, they allowed eastside set netters to fish, thus further reducing the number of kings that escaped to spawn. As a result of these “conservation” measures, the Kenai River ended up with the poorest return of king salmon on record. This year, if the dismal king salmon forecast comes to pass for the Kenai, I hope fishery managers do the right thing. All fisheries should be shut down until the runs recover.

and causes trouble. It happens when sunlight creeps back to Antarctica in August, triggering a chemical reaction that destroys ozone molecules, causing a hole that peaks in September and then closes with warmer weather in November. Exploring Antarctica is something Chilean Alejo Contreras, 53, began dreaming about as a teen after reading Robert Falcon Scott’s journal of his journey to the South Pole. When Contreras finally got to the South Pole in 1988, he stopped shaving his beard, which today hangs down to his chest and often goes every which way, similar to his explorations. Antarctica is “like the planet’s freezer,” said Contreras, who has led 14 expeditions to the continent. “And none of us would dare litter the ice.” Because of the pristine nature of the bottom of the world, when a meteorite lands here it stays untouched. So researchers find more meteorites, often from nearby Mars, including one discovered nearly 20 years ago which had scientists initially thinking, incorrectly, they had found proof that life once existed on Mars. This is a place with landscapes out of an alien movie set. NASA uses the remoteness of the continent to study what people would have to go through if they visited Mars. The dry air also makes it perfect for astronomers to peer deep into space and into the past. During a recent trip to Deception Island, Peter Convey, an ecologist for the British Antarctic Survey who has been visiting Antarctica for 25 years, braved heavy rain, near freezing temperature and winds of more than 20 knots to collect samples of the spongy green and brown mosses that grow in patches on

In this Jan. 20 photo, wooden arrows show the distances to various cities near Chile’s Escudero station on King George Island, Antarctica. Thousands of scientists come to Antarctica for research. There are also non-scientists, chefs, divers, mechanics, janitors and the priest of the world’s southernmost Eastern Orthodox Church on top of a rocky hill at the Russian Bellinghausen station.

the ash of the volcanic island’s black rock mountains. He was looking for clues in their genetics to determine how long the species have been evolving on Antarctica, in isolation from other continents. “I’ve been lucky and I’ve gone to the middle of the continent, so I’ve been isolated from the next human being for 400 to 500 kilometers (250-300 miles),” Convey said. In this remoteness are odd life forms, raising hope that life might once have existed in other extreme environments such as Mars or is even now hidden below the ice of Jupiter’s moon Europa. “This is one of the more extreme places where you could expect to find life. It’s even here,” said Ross Powell, a Northern Illinois University scientist who in January was using a remote-controlled submarine deep under the ice in another part of Antarctica to figure out about melting, when

the unusual fish and shrimp-like creatures swam by. About 4,000 scientists come to Antarctica for research during the summer and 1,000 stay in the more forbidding winter. There are also about 1,000 nonscientists — chefs, divers, mechanics, janitors and the priest of the world’s southernmost Eastern Orthodox Church on top of a rocky hill at the Russian Bellinghausen station. But the church on the hill is an exception, a glimmer of the world to the north. For scientists, what makes this place is the world below, which provides a window into mankind’s past and future. “Antarctica in many ways is like another planet,” said Jose Retamales, the director of the Chilean Antarctic Institute, while aboard a navy ship cruising along Deception and the other South Shetland islands. “It’s a completely different world.”

Tickets sell out for train from downtown Denver to slopes cursion from downtown Denver to Winter Park, according to spokesmen for the resort and DENVER — All 400 tickets Amtrak. The response helps build the were sold within 12 hours for a one-day, roundtrip ski-train ex- case for resuming a regular alter-

native to increasingly congested roads, they said Thursday. But Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari added that a number of questions would have to be answered first, including how

often service would run, how much it would cost and whether enough rail cars would be available given that ski season parallels several busy holiday travel periods.

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nificance of the Refuge’s cabin program. Who will find the words that capture the meaning of the moose? The winning name could come from anyone! Perhaps it will be a child, angler, hiker, hunter, nature photographer or maybe even my neighbor Kevin … or was his name

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If you are someone who is good with names, email me your suggestions at matt_conner@fws.gov by March 13. A judging committee will select the winning name from a list of all of the name suggestions. At the grand opening the winner will be announced and awarded a miniature faux bronze statue of the moose as their prize. Also at the opening in May, Refuge rangers will discuss the design and concept of the new facility and share the story of the creation of the new center. The theme behind the new exhibit hall is “Icefield to Ocean,” a nod to the Refuge’s broad mix of habitat types. Icefield, tundra, boreal forest, wetlands and rivers are all represented. It’s why the Kenai Peninsula is often called “Alaska in Miniature.” There is a newly restored cabin behind the visitor center and the cabin crew will visit with the public about the resLes Palmer can be reached toration process and historical at les.palmer@rocketmail.com. significance of the cabin. The

Refuge has restored several historic cabins and maintains 16 cabins available for the public to use. The latest restoration behind the visitor center is the Elwell cabin, which was originally located at Upper Russian Lake and was relocated to the new visitor center as a means to share with the public the sig-

Matt Conner is the Visitor Services Manager at Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. You can find more information about the Kenai Refuge at http://kenai.fws.gov or http://www.facebook.com/kenainationalwildliferefuge.

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The City of Soldotna has an immediate opening for a regular full time Buildings Maintenance Technician in the Streets and Maintenance Department. This position performs tasks related to the operation and maintenance of the City including: public buildings, streets, storm drainage systems, parks, the Soldotna Municipal Airport, and other work as assigned. Review the complete job description at: http://ci.soldotna.ak.us/jobs.html. Must submit City application, resume and cover letter to: Human Resources at: 177 N. Birch Street, Soldotna, by email: tcollier@ci.soldotna.ak.us, or fax 866-596-2994 by 4:30 p.m., March 13, 2015. The City of Soldotna is an EEO employer.

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KENAI, AK Come join a family-friendly, innovative work environment. The Kenaitze Indian Tribe has opened our Dena'ina Wellness Center, featuring an integrated model of care. Employees at Kenaitze Indian Tribe deliver health, social service, education and tribal court services to tribal members, Alaska Native/American Indian people and others. Kenaitze Indian Tribe is recruiting for the following Full Time Position: GENERAL LEDGER CLERK The General Ledger Clerk, under the supervision of the Controller, reconciles purchasing cards monthly, enters cash receipts and journal entries. Provides support for accounts payable, payroll, accounts receivable, and other accounting functions of the Tribe's accounting department as needed. Benefits include Holidays, Paid Time Off, Extended Sick Leave, Medical/Dental/Life & Accidental Death Insurance, 401(k) For the job description or to apply visit our website at http://kenaitze.applicantpro.com. For questions call 907-335-7200. P.L. 93-638 applies

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CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA Position Vacancy DRIVER Pay $10.05 per hour. The Driver is a permanent part-time position, working 14 hours per week for the City of Kenai Senior Center. The Driver operates a City vehicle in order to bring seniors from their home to the Senior Center, various medical appointments, and shopping. This position requires daily contact with senior citizens, the public and other City employees. The applicant must be 18 years or older, have two years' experience working with the public or senior population. Must provide DMV drivers record and pass a state background check. Position announcement, job description and application are available through the Alaska Job Center Network, (907)335-3010. Submit resume and City of Kenai application form by March 6th , 2015 to Peninsula Job Service, 11312 Kenai Spur Hwy., Kenai, AK 99611. The City of Kenai is an equal opportunity employer. For more information about the City of Kenai, visit our home page www.ci.kenai.ak.us.

PCHS has Full-time hire position for EVENT COORDINATOR, Greater Soldotna Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Information Center. The successful applicant must have excellent customer service skills and attention to detail, have the ability to plan and organize large community events, manage multiple projects, be able to anticipate project needs, discern work priorities, meet deadlines, and be willing to work occasional evenings and weekends. Qualifications required are: High School Diploma, 1-2 years event planning experience preferred, but willing to make exceptions for the right candidate, experience in fundraising, exceptional organizational and project management skills, exceptional communication skills, proficiency in the Microsoft suite of products (i.e. PowerPoint, Excel, Publisher and Word). Ability to work independently and contribute in a team environment. Previous work experience in a Chamber of Commerce is desirable, as well as experience working for a non-profit organization. Salary is D.O.E. with benefits. Mail resumes to: Tami Murray, Soldotna Chamber of Commerce, 44790 Sterling Hwy., Soldotna, AK 99669 OR email: Director@soldotnachamber.com Application period closes March 6, 2015

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Sleepwalker’s restless habit has turned into a nightmare DEAR ABBY: I am engaged to “Tony,” whom I have known since first grade. We live with his mother under the same roof, but in separate rooms. Tony is perfect in every way except one: He’s a restless sleeper. Sometimes he wakes up shouting. He has fallen down the stairs and woken up in different rooms. He talks in his sleep as well. I thought I could live with it, but a month ago things changed. I came home late and he was sleeping downstairs. I think he thought I was an intruder. He woke up and ran at me. He started trying to hit me and was shouting. I was screaming and crying, “Honey!” over and over to wake him up. He says he would never hurt me, but when he ran at me, it was clear he didn’t recognize me. For a week after that, I slept with a barricade against my door. Now I’m terrified of him when he’s asleep. I know it’s only a matter of time before we move out on our own and will be sleeping in the same room, or trying. How can I get over this fear or help him to sleep more soundly? — COWERING IN CALIFORNIA DEAR COWERING: You can help your fiance by getting him to a sleep disorder specialist, because that’s his problem. Frankly, I am surprised he hasn’t seen one before now. His doctor can refer him, or he can go online to find one near you. Please

don’t wait until something like this happens again, or he hurts himself falling down stairs while sleepwalking. DEAR ABBY: We are a group of 10 friends, all retirees from the same large organization. We meet for lunch every few weeks and enjoy talking amongst ourselves about people we knew and Abigail Van Buren situations that took place in our old jobs. A supervisor many of us had work issues with is about to retire. We are concerned that it’s only a matter of time until she approaches us and wants to join our lunch group. We have thought about saying it’s “looseknit” and “we have no formal time or place,” but that’s not exactly true, and we’re sure she wouldn’t be deterred by that. I wish I had the nerve to tell her the group is for us rank-and-file employees — no supervisors allowed. Because we may run into her from time to time once she is retired, we want to be gracious but assertive

about our refusal to have her join us. Advice? — GROUP MEMBER IN THE SOUTH DEAR GROUP MEMBER: If the woman approaches you (keep in mind that your worries may not materialize and you may not be asked), remember she’s no longer your supervisor and can no longer affect your life in any way. If she asks if she can join you, you should tell her no. And if she asks why, explain it to her exactly as you explained it to me. It’s the truth. (As we sow, so shall we reap.) DEAR ABBY: Does a male in his own home, walking around bare-chested, have to put a shirt on when someone is going to enter the home from the outside? — DAVE IN FLORIDA DEAR DAVE: If there is any question that the person entering your home might be offended, out of consideration, you should cover up. A close friend or family member might not mind, but it’s better to err on the side of caution. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www. DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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Tonight: Hang out with friends. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHHYoucouldbeexhaustedbythe mere idea of everything that needs to be handled. Do not take a situation for granted. Be willing to deal with a higher-up. A conversation will help everyone loosen up and worry less about their expectations. Tonight: A force to be dealt with. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You have an opportunity to reach out to someone you really care about. You could be taken aback by news that heads your way. Be willing to hold off on making any judgments, and just watch how the situation unfolds. Tonight: Listen to great music. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH Use your instincts with a partner. Listen to what this person says, as he or she has more insight than you do. Debate the pros and cons of a situation with an associate. You could hear some anger from someone who doesn’t feel as if he or she is in the loop. Tonight: Say “yes.” VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHHYou might want to pull in closer in a certain friendship. Your way of handling others will be low-key yet effective. You could discover that a key associate, partner or friend seems to be on the warpath. Try to stay neutral. Tonight: TGIF with the gang. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH You could be taken aback by someone’s anger. You have gone beyond your normal limits in order to make an adjustment, yet you’ll understand where the other party is coming from. Be true to your image. Tonight: Meet up with pals to start the weekend.

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Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars A baby born today has a Sun in Aquarius and a Moon in Gemini if born before 4:50 a.m. (PST). Afterward, the Moon will be in Cancer. HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, Feb. 27, 2015: This year you switch back and forth from being highly intellectual to being very moody. Others often don’t know who they are speaking to, as your temperament is subject to big swings. You are very energetic and hard to stop. Use care with your finances. If you are single, you meet a lot of people with ease. Keep dating until you meet Mr. or Ms. Right. This special person could enter your life sometime from mid-August on. If you are attached, your significant other will evolve into a more caring and optimistic person. Curb spending if possible, as you two easily could go overboard. CANCER can be overly emotional, yet he or she still seems to home in on what is important. 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) HHH You could be very touchy this morning, and you’ll let others know. Listen to your sixth sense, especially as you might have to backtrack and make amends. You are likely to be overwhelmed by the amount of emotional activity that surrounds you. Tonight: Get home ASAP. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH You know what words to say and how to say them. You might want to run an idea past a friend before you decide to move forward with it. Your intuition seems to be right-on at the moment. Make plans to get together with a loved one.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Try to detach, especially if you feel as if a lot of friction is surrounding you. Someone will not try to hide his or her frustration. The words you hear are not a reflection of your behavior; others simply might be cranky. Tonight: Try a new spot with a close friend. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH A partner has a way of taking control whenever he or she feels like it, and today is no different. One-on-one relating with this person will be interesting, as he or she can be highly intellectual and emotional at the same time. Tonight: Decide where you’ll have the most fun. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHHYou could be more in tune with a situation than the other party involved would like you to be. Stay centered, and give this person some space. You might not want to put a lot of energy into handling this issue, so let others take the reins. Tonight: Accept an invitation. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH You have a way of making an impression on others. Right now, however, what you do will have very little to do with impressing anyone and more to do with clearing out some important tasks. Others might be pleased with how you project yourself. Tonight: Just relax. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH You might want to ask more questions before you concede a point. Understand what is happening with a child or loved one, though he or she might not be willing to open up. Read between the lines to find out what is going on. Tonight: Let fun happen.

Can quilt be cleaned at home? Dear Heloise: Can a feather down quilt be cleaned at home safely? I live in a rural area with no dry cleaners. Any help is appreciated. — E. Gall, Hot Springs, S.D. Yes, you can clean it at home; most do not have to be dry-cleaned. If there is a laundry facility near you, it probably will have large-capacity washers and dryers. This job can be done there quicker and more easily than at home. Most important: Check to be sure the seams are secure. If the quilt was handmade, or is very old, DON’T put it in a top-load washing machine — it just may fall apart! Do check the care label. You should be able to use a washing machine. Do wash it by itself. Do use mild laundry liquid detergent and the delicate cycle. Do use an extra rinse or two to remove all the soap. Do place it in the dryer alone. Do dry on low temperature for longer time, not on high heat for less time. — Heloise Travel hint Dear Heloise: My family does a lot of traveling by car. Everyone is responsible for his or her luggage, pillows and anything taken into a motel room. You “pack out what you packed in” every day. Mom and Dad are not housekeepers; the kids must pick up, clean up and keep the room neat. Trash is discarded every time we stop for gas or supplies, not at the end of the day! The kids draw cards to see who gets to ride shotgun, and they can trade if they want to. — Ma and Pa Plus Four from New England P.S.: Oh, yes, the grown-ups’ two votes outweigh all others!

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Did you know? Protecting Your Home From the Harsh Winters

Alaska provides plenty of opportunities to spend time outdoors in the summer months. As a homeowner, now is the time take a look at your home’s exterior and tackle the preparations that will make it ready to handle the harsh realities of winter. One of the worst culprits for damage to your home’s exterior is water. Moisture can penetrate paint and cause bubbles, cracking, discoloration and more. The best way to minimize water’s wear and tear on your home is with a quality paint job.

Follow these simple steps: Start with a good cleaning. Wipe out mildew with a commercial mildew remover, paying close attention to eaves, porches and near the ground. Power wash your existing siding and scrape loose paint. Once the surface is dry, seal the surface with a solid undercoat. This “Primer” is similar to paint, but designed to seal porous surfaces such as wood or brick. A layer of primer goes a long way in preventing water from seeping through your final paint layer – and into

your home. In areas where mildew had been present, consider special primers that contain a mildewresistant finish. Keep an eye on the clock. While its’ important to let your primer set, waiting too long before applying your topcoat color opens the door to cracking and peeling. Some folks in Alaska tend to start a project and get sidetracked with things like a salmon run. Normally your primer requires a few hours to set. If you do find yourself “lured” away from your project for longer than two weeks, you will need to go back and clean the primed surface to remove any dust that may have settled. Doing so will ensure a smooth, and durable topcoat. If the project seems a little larger than you are ready to commit to, check out the Peninsula Clarion’s daily Service Directory located in the classifieds section. You can find professional contractors that will get the job done while you go and play!

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