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In the news Fairbanks woman changes plea in shooting death of husband FAIRBANKS — A Fairbanks woman has changed her plea in the shooting death of her husband. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports 49-year-old Mary Edna Gansman on Monday pleaded guilty to seconddegree murder in the death of 66-year-old Steve Hallonen. The plea agreement calls for Gansman to serve 20 years in prison. Gansman will be sentenced Nov. 26. Investigators determined that Gansman shot Hallonen multiple times on Dec. 9, 2016, at their west Fairbanks home.
Military begins work on site to become new village BETHEL — The U.S. military has begun construction work on a site expected to become the new location of an Alaska village. KYUK-AM reported Wednesday that the U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps started work Tuesday at Mertarvik, a nearby site where the village of Newtok will be relocated. Officials in the village on the Ningliq River invited the U.S. Department of Defense to develop the area northwest of Bethel for its Innovations Readiness Training. Officials say the training allows reserve forces to practice setting up infrastructure in unfamiliar environments. Officials say military personnel will use the next 10 weeks to construct a gravel road, landfill, heavy equipment shop, and four homes in Mertarvik. — Associated Press
Fish count Anchor River kings • June 12 — 184 • 2019 YTD — 1,984 • 2018 YTD — 500
Kenai River early run kings • June 12 — 121 • 2019 YTD — 2,453 • 2018 YTD — 1,820
Russian River early run sockeye • June 12 — 8,209 • 2019 YTD — 21,974 • 2018 YTD — 757
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Gov calls special session in Wasilla By Alex McCarthy Juneau Empire
Alaska’s lawmakers are going back to school. An hour after the Legislature wrapped up its first special session, Gov. Mike Dunleavy called the Legislature into another session — one that will begin July 8 at Wasilla Middle School. The session is specifically for legislators to set an amount for this year’s Alaska Permanent Fund dividend, according to Dunleavy’s announcement. During the 29-day special session, the Legislature passed an operating budget that is $190 million lower than last year’s budget and passed a crime bill that increases sentences for many crimes. Lawmakers were unable to reach an agreement on the amount of the PFD, with both houses split on the issue. Dunleavy has said he will veto any dividend legislation that does not include a
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Swan Lake fire doubles overnight By Brian Mazurek Peninsula Clarion
Sen. Lyman Hoffman, D-Bethel, left, expresses his displeasure with Sen. John Coghill, R-North Pole, right, as Sen. Tom Begich listens, during debate on the capital budget in the Senate at the Capitol on Thursday. (Michael Penn/Juneau Empire)
$3,000 PFD for this year. A working group of four senators and four representatives began meeting this week to
start drafting recommendations for the Legislature on the future of the dividend. Legislators will also have
to reach an agreement about how to fund the state’s capital budget, which allocates monSee CALLS, page A2
Two hand crews have been dispatched to the Swan Lake fire after it nearly doubled in size overnight, reaching 6,951 acres as of Thursday morning. The fire was caused by lightning June 5 and is burning in a limited protection area of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. On Wednesday night the fire continued to spread, stretching west toward the burn scar of the 2017 East Fork fire. According to a June 13 update from the Division of Forestry, winds coming from the south on Wednesday pushed the fire further into the refuge and away from the Sterling highway. At its closest point, the See FIRE, page A3
New chef brings fresh menu to Cooper Landing By VICTORIA PETERSEN Peninsula Clarion
Chef Katherine O’LearyCole has only been in Alaska for two months, and her ambitious menu offers something fresh for diners at Cooper Landing’s Kingfisher Roadhouse. Nearly half of the food is vegetarian, with one whole side of the menu offering plant-based options, most of which could also be considered vegan or gluten-free. She was offered the job, her first chef de cuisine position, in January and spent every spare second she had planning out her menu. Her yearslong cooking career and love of plant-based foods influenced the menu. “My long history of being interested in plant-based foods started the moment it clicked in my 8-year-old brain that shrimp have a poop
Chef Katherine O’Leary-Cole, the newest chef at Cooper Landing’s Kingfisher Roadhouse, is pictured in Cooper Landing. (Photo courtesy of O’Leary-Cole)
line, because they were animals,” she said. “That’s it, I love animals. No meat, ever.”
Her stance on eating meat has since relaxed — she used to refuse things like chicken
stock and marshmallows — but now will occasionally indulge in a meat delicacy such
as sashimi or foie gras. “I gravitate towards plant-based meals, but will definitely eat a chicken entrée I mistakenly cooked for a wrong ticket pickup or eat a beef stew if my grandmother cooks it for Christmas,” she said. O’Leary-Cole didn’t go to culinary school, but she’s spent years in the kitchen. She previously worked at a restaurant in Arkansas, called Tusk and Trotter. She spent time teaching an Italianthemed wine pairing and vegetarian four-course dinner class at a culinary store in Arkansas. She planned a series of vegetarian openfire dinners as a pop-up restaurant that took place at her cabin. She traveled around to different cities working in the best restaurants she could find. She also volunteered to cook a vegetarian dinner for 300 guests to support her loSee MENU, page A3
Homer conference gathers authors from around nation By Michael Armstrong Homer News
This year’s 18th annual Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference brings together writers and readers of all ages from the Lower 49 states, Alaska and the lower Kenai Peninsula. Add to that group one very pregnant writer from Tooele, Utah. “I’m really excited,” said Phoebe J. Aubrey, who’s expecting a child on June 28. “I think if I weren’t I would chicken out.” Aubrey is one of about 17 people from the Outside visiting Homer this weekend for the meeting of writers, poets, readers and agents held June
Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference keynote speaker Diane Ackerman. (Photo provided; Sue Michlovitz)
15-17 at Land’s End Resort. Conference Coordinator Carol Swartz said that about 15% of the attendees are from
states like California, Colorado, Maryland, Hawaii and Georgia. Another 28% come from the lower peninsula,
Kiters to hit the beach By Brian Mazurek Peninsula Clarion
This Saturday, Kenai residents should keep an eye on the skies — not for birds, or planes, or even Superman, but for kites. The first-ever Kenai Kite Festival, organized by the City of Kenai, will be held at the Kenai North Beach via Spruce Street from noon to 2 p.m. Residents can bring their own kites
or come to the Kenai Library on Friday from 3 to 5 p.m. to make a diamond kite for free out of materials donated by Spenard Builders Supply. On Saturday, the first 50 kids to arrive will receive free kites donated by Walmart as well as free Kite Festival T-shirts. The idea for the festival was sparked by Kenai Library Director Mary Jo Joiner about three months
ago during a planning meeting with other city officials. “We were trying to come up with a way to highlight the fact that Kenai has a beach,” Joiner said. “And all of sudden the thought occurred to me — let’s fly kites!” Members from Alaskiters, a kite-flying club based in Anchorage, will be coming down to help See KITE, page A15
34% from Anchorage and the rest from elsewhere in Alaska. This year’s keynote speaker, writer and poet Diane Ackerman, will host a free public reading at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Mariner Theatre. An author of 24 works of poetry and nonfiction, Ackerman wrote “A Natural History of the Senses,” and is best known for her book, “The Zookeeper’s Wife,” which was made into a movie. Other conference faculty will read at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Alice’s Champagne Palace and at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Land’s End Resort. Reading Sunday are Kazim Ali, Christian Kiefer, Martha Amore, Rosemary McGuire, Barrie
Jean Borich, Elena Passarello and Erin Coughlin Hollowell. Reading Monday are Richard Chiappone, Ishmael Hope, Janet Lee Carey, Nancy Lord, Jamie Ford, Tess Taylor and BJ Hollars. Aubrey, 23, graduated this spring with a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. She applied for a Blessing/Kagel creative writing scholarship from BYU hoping to work with a mentor in writing. She got the form by mistake for a scholarship to attend a writing conference. She’s expecting her second biological child and also has a step-daughter with her See WRITE, page A15
Sterling Highway collision stalls traffic for 6 hours By Brian Mazurek Peninsula Clarion
An accident on the Sterling Highway Wednesday night brought traffic to a standstill for six hours, according to a June 13 dispatch from the Alaska State Troopers. On June 12 at about 8 p.m., troopers based in Anchor Point responded to a head-on collision that
occurred at Mile 126 of the Sterling Highway near Corea Bend between Ninilchik and Clam Gulch. According to the dispatch, witnesses on scene reported that a Monte Carlo drove into oncoming traffic and hit a Toyota. The Toyota reportedly swerved into a nearby guardrail to avoid the collision. The driver of the Monte See STALL, page A3
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ey for infrastructure projects around the state. The House voted Wednesday to approve the overall budget, but did not get enough votes to approve funding from the Constitutional Budget Reserve. Threequarters of the Legislature must vote to pull from that fund, and the House fell short of that, as the vote was 23-14 in favor. Legislators, as well as municipal leaders throughout the state, are in wait-and-see mode as they await possible governor vetoes on the operating budget. Speaker of the House Bryce Edgmon told media members Thursday that Dunleavy’s vetoes on the operating budget will affect how the Legislature can fund the capital budget. “We’ve not had a lot of communication with the governor or his staff,” Edgmon said, “so it’s been difficult at times to sort of put these pieces into place.” Concerns about Wasilla A legislative session has not happened outside of Juneau or Anchorage, and many in the Legislature are concerned about the logistics of holding a session in Wasilla. The main argument against
having a session in Wasilla is that the city is not designed to house a Legislature. In a recent interview, Sen. Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, said sessions should be held in Juneau because Juneau has the Capitol building and office space for lawmakers and their staff. Stevens said he was particularly concerned about Gavel to Gavel, a service through 360 North that live streams and archives floor sessions and committee hearings. “The biggest and most important thing to me is Gavel to Gavel,” Stevens said. “If we are here in the Capitol, Gavel to Gavel will cover us and the public will know what’s going on. If we go to Anchorage or Wasilla, we’re not going to have Gavel to Gavel.” The Legislative Affairs Agency put together a sixpage list of logistical concerns about a session at Wasilla Middle School in response to the governor’s proposal. In that response, LAA states that Gavel to Gavel would not be at the session in Wasilla under the governor’s proposal. The list was supplied to media members recently. Concerns include the lack of a setup for useful cameras and recording devices, referring back to poor recordings from a 2015 special session
in Anchorage. “The historical record and the people of Alaska deserve better than the spotty recordings of the 2015 Anchorage special session,” the memo states. The governor’s proposal includes that his office would have access to all of the school’s security cameras, according to the LAA response, which LAA stated is “not appropriate.” There are not sufficient sound systems for floor sessions, no setup for people to be able to teleconference into meetings, not enough plug-ins for phones and computers, poor cell and internet service, and there’s a lack of reasonable lodging nearby, according to LAA’s response. The response also includes a line saying there’s a way for the Legislature to get out of this. “The Legislature has a remedy if it does not agree with the location designated by the governor — the Legislature can adjourn from the special session without taking action,” the response states. Dunleavy has asserted that having a session on the road system will result in more face-to-face interaction between constituents and legislators. Dunleavy’s family has lived in Wasilla since 2004, according to his biography on the state’s website, and was
a state senator representing Wasilla. One legislator who agrees with him is Rep. David Eastman, R-Wasilla. “The people of Alaska feel betrayed and alienated by those in Juneau,” Eastman wrote in an email to the Empire. “It is important that the legislature conduct business on the road system as a step towards restoring rapport with the people and allowing the 700,000 Alaskans who don’t live in the Juneau Borough the opportunity to interact with their legislators in person during the legislative session.” Senate President Cathy Giessel, R-Anchorage, told the Empire recently that when the Legislature held a session in Anchorage in 2015, not many members of the public came. Sen. Jesse Kiehl, D-Juneau, said in an interview that even if people did show up, their opinions might not sway legislators, who are elected to represent their own communities. “None of my Anchorage colleagues vote based on the Juneau residents who have a protest on the steps, and none of my Nome or Bethel colleagues will vote based on a protest in Wasilla,” Kiehl said. “We’ll represent our constituents.”
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Tori Lynn Verba, born August 20, 2005 lived each day in the moment until being taken too early on June 10th. She was born in Soldotna, AK to Nathan and Rachael Verba, sister to Mollee and Alex. She will be remembered as the girl with a big heart that loved life. Tori lived each day to the fullest. Though being a small, petite, little lady, she never let that stand in her way. Always willing to try new adventures, able to take apart a snow machine, excel in sports and school. She did everything with a spunky ‘can do attitude’. She shared her love of sports with her sisters, constantly asking them to kick a soccer ball or pass the volleyball. Tori thought of everyone as her friend, always putting a smile on people’s faces. She had a generous heart and was willing to share with anyone. She was happiest when she was making something for someone or giving a gift. Tori will always be remembered for being a truly special girl in our lives. Proceeded in death by her great-grandparents Leonard & Ayrelou Farke, Antone and Dorothy Verba, William Hart, and Jess & Edna Evans. She is survived by her parents and sisters of Sterling, AK. Her Nana and Papa, Steve and Marlys Verba, Grandma Sherry and Grandpa Jess Evans, Great Grandma Hart. Uncles and Aunts, Justin, (Ann), Ethan, Devan, Kaitlyn and Hayden; Aaron, (Angel), Lucas, Kayden, Cody and Weston; Jared (Sara), Zachary and Breanna; Noelle, (John), Ava and Miranda; Katie, Austin; Anne (Dan), Emma and Owen, Jesse (Jen) Serena, Keegan, and Jaxon, Ethan (Jenna) Sophia, Madelyn, Olivia and Isabella; Charlie, Kaadence, Viviann, Christian, Carter and Bentley; Annie Hart, Ruthi Riley and numerous great aunts, uncles and cousins who will miss her. Please join us for two separate opportunities to celebrate her life. There is a Youth Prayer Service Friday June 14th at 3pm at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic church. A Celebration of Life for Tori will be Saturday June 15th at Our Lady of Perpetual Help at 1pm followed by a reception in Fireweed Hall. In Lieu of flowers the Tori Verba Memorial Sports Fund is being set up through Bridges Community Resource Network, Inc. Donations may be mailed to Bridges, Inc. at Box 1612 Soldotna, AK. 99669 or make a donation at any Wells Fargo Bank location into the Tori Verba Memorial Sports Fund. The funds will support local students play sports that Tori loved.
Mr. Billy John Brewer, 84, of Clovis, New Mexico died Tuesday, June 4, 2019 in Amarillo, Texas. He was born August 21, 1934, in Dimmitt, Texas to Erman and Opal Brewer. He graduated High School in Kemp, Texas in 1953. He met and married the love of his life, Margaret Ann on Aug. 4, 1956, in Clovis. He went to work for SPS Co. water department in 1958, which later became New Mexico American Water Company where he worked until retiring in 1999 as Operations Manager. Family members said he had a heart of gold and was a fun-loving and quick-witted man that always saw the best in everybody. He was a devoted husband, father and the world’s greatest grandfather. He is preceded in death by his parents; his wife of over fifty years Margaret, and his sister, Cissy Heckaman. He is survived by his son, Barry Brewer, (formally from Kenai) of Las Vegas, Nevada; daughter, Beverly Brewer of Clovis; three granddaughters, Alicia Maltby (Shawn) of Anchorage, Alaska; Kamela Brewer of Las Vegas, Nevada; Kelsey McLeod (Austin) of Wasilla, Alaska; four great-grandsons, Dylan, Carson, Trevor and Trey Maltby; a brother, Danny Brewer of Nikiski, Alaska; a sister, Peggy Henson (Jim) of Clovis; and many nieces, nephews, greatnieces and great-nephews. A graveside ceremony will follow the memorial service. Services will be officiated by Wayne Boydstum. Burial will be at Lawn Haven Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be Steve Wilson, Gordon Wilson, Danny Riley, Tommy Underwood, Bill Autry and Bill Howell. Honorary Pallbearers are Arley Crooks, Bruce Pollard and Darryl Holland. Memorial Contributions may be made to the American Lung Association or Medical Center League House of Amarillo, Texas. Arrangements are by Steed-Todd Funeral Home.
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Carlo, an unidentified man, had to be cut free from the vehicle by emergency responders. The driver was medevaced to a hospital in Anchorage and the passenger of the Monte Carlo, identified as Megan Middleton, 26, of Soldotna, was
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fire is 2.7 miles north of the highway and 5.5 miles northeast of Sterling. The Gannet Glacier and Pioneer Peak hand crews arrived on Thursday to begin securing the southwest corner of the fire and prevent it from spreading closer to populated areas. The fire continues to burn through pockets of black spruce and reduce the buildup of hazardous fuels in an area that has not experienced a natural fire since 1947.
taken to a local hospital. The driver of the Toyota was uninjured. That section of the Sterling Highway was closed from around 8 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. while troopers investigated and cleaned up the scene of the accident. According to the dispatch, Anchorage police are assisting troopers in identifying the driver of the Monte Carlo.
A smoke advisory is still in effect on the Sterling Highway between Mile 65 and 75. Motorists are advised to slow down, turn headlights on and use caution driving through the area. According to the update from the Division of Forestry, alternate driving routes have been identified by the fire managers in the event that smoke or flames prevent travel along this section of the highway. Visit www.akfireinfo. com or www.kpboem.com for the latest public information regarding this and other wildfires on the peninsula.
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cal culinary school. When plans in Arkansas fell through, O’LearyCole had no obligations, and sought a new adventure in Alaska. “I was trying to think ‘what is the coolest thing I could do with job, my life, my work?’ and I thought ‘I’m going to go to Alaska,’” she said. “I had heard tidbits here and there from people who’d come up for seasonal jobs and how beautiful it was.” The very first Alaska job ad she found was Dominic Bauer’s, owner of Kingfisher, which has been in Cooper Landing for over 20 years. Offering as many vegetarian options on a menu in Alaska as O’Leary-Cole has comes with its challenges. At the restaurant she was working at in Arkansas, which she says was in a somewhat rural area, she said she got food deliveries every day of the week, and several grocery stores to choose from if something was needed last minute. In Cooper Landing, her closest fully stocked grocery store is an hour away and produce orders come only once a week. “When that produce gets here, often it has traveled thousands of miles, resulting in much higher food costs, lower quality produce and lower en-
vironmental sustainability,” she said. “As a chef committed to the idea of offering a diverse plant-based menu alongside traditional roadhouse fare such as burgers, pot pies and brownies with ice cream, these produce challenges simply mean that it’s time to get creative.” She’s also challenged herself with creating vegetarian dishes meat eaters will be interested in. “While only a small portion of the population may consider themselves strictly vegetarian, there are many more people that consider their health and the health of the environment when they make their dining choices,” she said. “It’s time for mainstream restaurants and chefs to move past hummus, salads and portabella mushrooms as the only choice for those looking for an alternative to meat.” She said she’s been surprised how those plant-based options are being received. She said close to half of customers order off the vegetable-based menu. O’Leary-Cole also pulls some inspiration for her menu from her southern heritage, like her cornbread with bacon jam. Kingfisher is only open for the season and come September, the restaurant will shut its doors and O’Leary-Cole will return to the Lower 48, where she’ll pick up her van in Seattle and drive cross-country. She said she’s planning to return next summer.
the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex on Saturday, June 15. Pride in the Park event will take place from 1-5 p.m. at Soldotna Creek Park. Potluck, activities, food trucks and more.
Heritage Place will host a Recycled Treasures Sale for When is it time for a long-term facility? our Comfort Campaign fundraiser on Friday, June 14 and Kenai Senior Center will host a Caregiver Support meetSaturday, June 15 at 232 W. Rockwell Ave. in Soldotna. ing on Tuesday, June 18 at 1 p.m. Meeting topic: “When Annual Endowment Fundraiser Dinner is it time fora long-term facility?” We will discuss factors to indicate the time may be right to consider the additional The event will be held this Friday, June 14 at the Ninisupport of an assisted living home or nursing home for more lchik Senior Center. Doors open at 4 p.m. for wine and care. Please join us to share your experiences as a caregiver, or to cheese tasting, with prime rib dinner starting at 5 p.m. Cost support someone who is a caregiver. For more information, call is $30/person. There will be live and silent auctions featurSharon or Judy at 907- 262-1280. ing wonderful desserts, pies, and great merchandise and lots of fun. Tickets on sale now at the Center 66265 Aspen Ave, Rhubarb-Palooza Ninilchik. Contact 907- 567-3988. The Kenai Peninsula Food Bank is hosting a free Rhubarb-
Free health seminar
International Biocare Hospital and Wellness Center is having a free health seminar at the Challenger Learning Center Friday, June 14 at 6:30 p.m. at 9711 Kenai Spur Highway. The presentation is by Dr. Rodrigo Rodriguez. He will be speaking about cancer, stem cells, the importance of gut health, diet and other health related issues.There is no charge. Contact or questions: Rick and Phoebe Abbott, 907-262-9143.
Rock’n the Ranch 2019 Music Festival
Rock’n the Ranch at the Rusty Ravin 2019 Music Festival will take place Friday-Saturday, July 12-13 at Rusty Ravin Plant Ranch at Mile 12.5 K-Beach Road. Friday’s event runs 6 p.m. to midnight. Saturday 2 p.m. to midnight. Featuring Gasoline Lollipops, Blackwater Railroad Company, H3, Juno Smile, Harpdaddy, Ghost the World, The Caper. Admission: one-day $35, two-day $55. Kids under 15 free with a parent.
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Palooza event (aka rhubarb juicing). The public is invited to bring trimmed and clean rhubarb to the Food Bank during the Farmers Market, June 25 from 3-6 p.m. Bring any amount of rhubarb — small or large. There will be rhubarb juice samples to taste and Cooperative Extension Service publications available on growing and using rhubarb. For more information contact the Cooperative Extension Service Office at 907-262-5824.
Summer Solstice Music Festival
Fun Under the Midnight Sun Summer Solstice Festival will take place Friday, June 21 from noon-9 p.m. at the Diamond M Ranch Resort. Featuring an amazing lineup of talent from across the state and beyond. Headliner will be Meghan Linsey from season 8 of NBC’s “The Voice.” Also featuring Mike Morgan, The Pepper Shakers, Ben Jamin, the MikaDayShow and more. Proceeds to benefit Matti’s Farm, “Connecting generations through agriculture and education.” This will be fun for the whole family. $10 for adults, $5 for youth, $25 for the whole family. Visit https://www.facebook.com/events/477572906107254/?active_ tab=about or https://youtu.be/vRvbSZSNP28.
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Dr. Al Gross will be at the Planned Parenthood Health On Tuesday, June 18 from 12-4 p.m. at VFW POST 10046 Clinic on Thursday, June 20 from 5:30-7 p.m. to meet and at 134 N Birch Street in Soldotna, the VFW state service officer talk with the public. Gross is an independent, who is considwill help members and veterans learn how to get their benefits ering a run for the US Senate in 2020, a lifelong Alaskan, through the VA. Not a member yet? Check out the post. orthopedic surgeon, dad and commercial fisherman. He is an advocate for health care reform, supports Planned Parenthood and a woman’s right to make her own reproductive choices.
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Taking a more robust look at benefits, risks of CBD If you believe the hype, one little
bottle of CBD contains miracles. It treats diabetes; reduces stress; alleviates chronic pain and anxiety; even cures acne. Trouble sleeping? Panicky pet? CBD to the rescue. All that, and so much more — at a bargain price as low as $40 for some formulas. This potent potable also comes mixed into body lotions, bath salts, coffee, smoothies, gummy bears, chocolate, cheese pizza, and dog biscuits. The fad for cannabidiol, or CBD, has clearly gone mainstream. From virtually nothing a few years ago, sales of the cannabis-related compound have exploded into a billion-dollar market. CBD’s true believers tout one miraculous health claim after the next. In light of the wide dissemination of these beliefs, CBD claims deserve careful scrutiny from the Food and Drug Administration — and some attention from state regulators, too. Despite its ubiquity, CBD is still largely an unresearched substance in the United States. Exaggerated or unproven claims need to be challenged, and the industry shouldn’t be permitted to introduce CBD into food products until the compound is better understood. CBD is the nonintoxicating, natural molecule extracted from the cannabis plant. CBD is found in marijuana, of course, but it’s also present in hemp, the related plant whose cultivation in the US was legalized by Congress in December. Its proven medical uses are confined to a drug the FDA approved last summer to treat two rare forms of pediatric epilepsy. It’s the first — and only — medicine derived from cannabis that has been green-lighted by the federal agency. Because CBD is already sold as a drug, federal law technically bans its use in food and drink that crosses state lines. “Selling unapproved products with unsubstantiated therapeutic claims is not only a violation of the law, but also can put patients at risk, as these products have not been proven to be safe or effective,” Scott Gottlieb, then the FDA commissioner, wrote in a statement when hemp production was legalized. But enforcement is largely left to states, where it has been uneven. Earlier this year, New York City health officials banned bakeries and restaurants from selling food and beverages with CBD. Ohio and Maine have also moved proactively. In Massachusetts, though, the sale of products containing hemp-derived CBD is still loosely regulated. For instance, the state has not addressed sales of food and drink made with CBD. But it has at least issued guidance for commercial growers and processors of industrial hemp. Among other things, the state Department of Agricultural Resources requires producers to label any product they make for human consumption that contains CBD with a warning stating the product is derived from industrial hemp, that it “has not been analyzed or approved by the FDA,” and that it “has not been tested or approved by the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources.” Now, maybe adding CBD to food is safe. And maybe it really can deliver medicinal benefits. But sorting through the safety and efficacy claims requires a more muscular FDA role. Last month, the FDA held a muchawaited hearing on how to regulate CBD consumer products and got an earful on the need for a science-based approach to regulation. “Currently, states are struggling with the lack of sound scientific research available in CBD and long-term health impacts, including those to children,” said a Virginia state official. Most medical experts agreed that CBD holds potential medicinal properties, but more clinical trials are needed before allowing the hemp extract to be added to food and drink. The hazy legal status of hemp-derived CBD until December, coupled with lack of funding, deterred studies in the past. Now researchers need to determine how different doses affect consumers; how CBD affects children; how it interacts with medical conditions and medications; how it affects pregnant women; whether long-term use carries risks; and if the purported benefits are scientifically verifiable. None of which is to say that CBD itself should be banned. Coke is still available, after all; the company just no longer claims that the beverage cures headaches and upset stomach. … — The Boston Globe, June 7
Private sector offers solutions to health care woes A laska V oices G reg L oudon When it comes to healthcare costs in Alaska, it is all about dollars and cents. Continuing to study and discuss a government-run Health Care Authority (HCA) or State of Alaska managed pooling for Alaska school districts, as proposed in Rep. Sarah Vance’s HB 156, will cost Alaskans more dollars and doesn’t make much sense. While I agree there is urgency in cutting health care costs, the government does not have the capacity or capability to lower health care prices in the way that private sector experts do. An example of what can happen is 1,500 miles south in Washington state, where mandatory pooling of all public school district employees will cost $800 million more than was initially expected. That’s more than a 35% increase from what was budgeted and hundreds of millions of dollars being spent on health care costs that could be used to lower class sizes or provide other opportunities for students. Another example is in Oregon, where those school districts that do not participate in its state-run pooling program offer better wages and benefits than those participating in the state-run pool. Lawmakers like Rep. Vance and Gov. Mike Dunleavy deserve credit for wanting to find ways to save money on health care spending in order to invest in areas like public safety, economic innovation, and education. While a state-run HCA or pooling is a
well-intentioned idea, every prior attempt at something similar has failed to achieve intended goals, ending up with higher overall costs and more cumbersome government oversight. The state does not have the expertise, staff, or political independence to successfully onboard more people into its health plans. How many new employees will be required to serve the new plan-holders? How will the designated agency withstand the political pressures of powerful interest groups looking to benefit from these additional covered individuals? Adding more bureaucracy will lead to cost increases at a time when there is a concerted need to cut state spending. However, there are positive efforts taking place in the private sector that are driving costs down. One nonprofit example is the Pacific Health Coalition (PHC), which represents more than 45 health plans across Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. Members represent a variety of Alaskans, including firefighters, health care workers, teachers, and engineers. It is open to almost all of Alaska’s small businesses. PHC covers 250,000 people, with 110,000 in Alaska alone. Its members aggregate spending power to save a combined $500 million a year in health care costs compared to typical hospital and provider fees. Since PHC is a nonprofit organization, the savings are repaid to PHC’s member plans, protecting them from sudden increases to their premiums and co-pays. PHC is run by a small staff of industry experts, who are strong negotiators able to keep politics out of the process. This structure creates innovation and opportunity, including a new partnership between PHC and Aetna that allows businesses as small as two people to participate in and
take advantage of PHC’s considerable purchasing power and expertise. This new option will provide cost savings for Alaska’s private employers. In addition to this partnership, PHC has also adapted to offer inhouse services to its members in order to provide convenient care and keep costs low. PHC hosts and manages health fairs throughout Alaska each fall. In 2018, 19 health fairs were held in 11 cities (five cities in Alaska), providing flu shots and preventive screenings to over 7,000 people. Best of all, it’s not just PHC. There are several other organizations like it, health care trusts and associations that innovate and protect their members while creatively lowering prices. Private sector organizations, like PHC and its peers, have the flexibility needed to make an impact on Alaska’s health care costs. Unlike a state-run organization, they can adapt and work on innovative solutions and partnerships that make a difference in Alaska. With help from private sector organizations and the state, we can foster a better healthcare system in Alaska together. Greg Loudon is the health plan consultant for the Pacific Health Coalition. A lifelong Alaskan and Alaska Native, Greg has 23 years of industry experience with insured and self-insured health plans, collectively bargained groups, multiemployer groups, flexible benefit plans and complex insurance issues including alternative risk financing and direct contracting for health networks. He is a member of the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans and the National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU).
News and Politics Sarah Sanders leaving White House job; governor run ahead? By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press
WASHINGTON — White House press secretary Sarah Sanders, whose tenure was marked by a breakdown in regular press briefings and questions about the administration’s credibility, as well as her own, will leave her post at the end of the month, President Donald Trump announced Thursday. Trump said he’s encouraging her to run for governor when she returns home to Arkansas, where her father once held the job. Sanders is one of Trump’s closest and most trusted White House aides and one of the few remaining who worked on his campaign, taking on the job of advocating for and defending a president who had his own unconventional ideas about how to conduct the people’s business. At an unrelated White House event, Trump described Sanders as a “warrior” as he called her to the stage. Sanders, appearing emotional, said serving Trump has been “the honor of a lifetime” and pledged to remain one of his “most outspoken and loyal supporters.” Sanders, who is married and has three young children, later told reporters she wanted to spend more time with her family, but did not rule out running for public office. “I learned a long time ago never to rule anything out,” said Sanders, 36. She was the first working mother and just the third woman to be named
White House press secretary. Under her roughly two-year tenure as chief spokeswoman for the White House, daily televised briefings led by the press secretary became a relic of the past after Sanders repeatedly sparred with reporters who aggressively questioned her about administration policy, the investigation into possible coordination between Trump’s campaign and Russia or any number of controversies involving the White House. Sanders has not held a formal briefing in more than three months — since March 11— and said she does not regret scaling them back. Instead, reporters were left to catch her and other administration officials on the White House driveway after their interviews with Fox News Channel and other networks. Trump also has made it a habit to regularly answer reporters’ questions in a variety of settings, most notably on the South Lawn before boarding the Marine One helicopter. Sanders often sought to justify the lack of formal briefings by saying they were unnecessary when journalists could hear from Trump directly. Behind the scenes, Sanders worked to develop relationships with reporters, earning the respect and trust of many of those on the beat. Still, her credibility had come under question after she succeeded Sean Spicer, Trump’s first press secretary, in mid-2017 in the high-profile role. The Russia report released by spe-
cial counsel Robert Mueller in April revealed that Sanders admitted to investigators that she had made an unfounded claim about “countless” FBI agents reaching out to express support for Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey in May 2017. Sanders characterized the comment as a “slip of the tongue” uttered in the “heat of the moment.” She faced similar questions last year after Rudy Giuliani, one of Trump’s personal attorneys, surprised the White House by saying on national TV that Trump had reimbursed his then-fixer Michael Cohen for the $130,000 Cohen had paid porn actress Stormy Daniels to keep quiet during the campaign about an alleged past sexual encounter with Trump. Trump has denied Daniels’ claim. The White House had failed to disclose the reimbursement. Sanders said she didn’t know anything about the repayment until Giuliani disclosed it. Sanders told reporters Thursday that she had informed Trump earlier in the day of her decision to step down. Her staff learned the news shortly before Trump tweeted, “After 3 1/2 years, our wonderful Sarah Huckabee Sanders will be leaving the White House at the end of the month and going home to the Great State of Arkansas.” Trump added that “she would be fantastic” as Arkansas governor. Sanders said she’s had people “begging” her to run for governor for more than a year.
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Tankers struck near Strait of Hormuz; US blames Iran By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press
DUBAI, United Arab Emirate — The U.S. blamed Iran for suspected attacks on two oil tankers Thursday near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, denouncing what it called a campaign of “escalating tensions” in a region crucial to global energy supplies. The U.S. Navy rushed to assist the stricken vessels in the Gulf of Oman off the coast of Iran, including one that was set ablaze. The ships’ operators offered no immediate explanation on who or what caused the damage against the Norwegian-owned MT Front Altair and the Japanese-owned Kokuka Courageous. Each was loaded with petroleum products, and the Front Altair burned for hours, sending up a column of thick, black smoke. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. assessment of Iran’s involvement was based in part on intelligence as well as the expertise needed for the operation. It was also based on recent incidents in the region that the U.S. also blamed on Iran, including the use of limpet mines — designed to be attached magnetically to a ship’s hull — to attack four oil tankers off the nearby Emirati port of Fujairah and the bombing of an oil pipeline in Saudi Arabia by Iranianbacked fighters in May, he said. “Taken as a whole these unprovoked attacks present
a clear threat to international peace and security, a blatant assault on the freedom of navigation and an unacceptable campaign of escalating tension by Iran,” Pompeo said. He provided no evidence, gave no specifics about any plans and took no questions. At the United Nations, the United States asked for closed Security Council consultations on the tanker incidents later Thursday. Iran denied being involved in the attacks last month and its foreign minister called the timing of Thursday’s incidents suspicious, given that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was meeting Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran. Pompeo noted that Abe had asked Iran to enter into talks with Washington but Tehran “rejected” the overture. “The supreme leader’s government then insulted Japan by attacking a Japanese-owned oil tanker just outside Iranian waters, threatening the lives of the entire crew, creating a maritime emergency,” Pompeo added. Iran previously used mines against oil tankers in 1987 and 1988 in the “Tanker War,” which saw the U.S. Navy escort ships through the region. Regardless of who is responsible, the price of a barrel of benchmark Brent crude spiked as much as 4% immediately after the attack, showing how critical the region remains to the global
An oil tanker is on fire in the sea of Oman, Thursday. (AP Photo/ISNA)
economy. “The shipping industry views this as an escalation of the situation, and we are just about as close to a conflict without there being an actual armed conflict, so the tensions are very high,” said Jakob P. Larsen, head of maritime security for BIMCO, the largest international association representing ship owners. The suspected attacks occurred at dawn Thursday about 40 kilometers (25 miles) off the southern coast of Iran. The Front Altair, loaded with the flammable hydrocarbon mixture naphtha from the United Arab Emirates, radioed for help as it caught fire. A short time later, the Kokuka Courageous, loaded with methanol from Saudi Arabia and Qatar, also called for help. The U.S. Navy sent a destroyer, the USS Bainbridge, to assist, said Cmdr. Joshua Frey, a 5th Fleet spokesman. He described the ships as being hit in a “reported attack,” without
elaborating. In Washington, senior U.S. officials said the U.S. had photographed an unexploded mine on the side of one of the tankers. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter, said the U.S. will reevaluate its presence in the region and is considering a plan to provide military escorts for merchant ships. Frontline, the firm that operates the Front Altair, told The Associated Press that an explosion was the cause of the fire. Its crew of 23 — from Russia, the Philippines and Georgia — was safely evacuated to the nearby Hyundai Dubai vessel, it said. BSM Ship Management said the Kokuka Courageous sustained hull damage and its 21 Filipino sailors had been evacuated, with one suffering minor injuries. All 21 were placed aboard the Bainbridge, according to Lt. Col. Earl Brown, a spokesman for the U.S. Central Command.
Memphis police urge calm after black man’s killing, unrest By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police appealed for calm in a tense Memphis neighborhood Thursday where about 35 officers were injured by a rock-throwing crowd following a black man’s shooting death by U.S. marshals on a fugitive task force. Elected officials condemned the violence, and the police chief pleaded for patience while the shooting is investigated. But unanswered questions left many people angry as they bitterly recalled a litany of police-involved shootings around the country. Shortly after the task force shot 20-year-old Brandon Webber early Wednesday evening, people began to gather in the area and their numbers swelled as some livestreamed the scene on social media. Memphis police initially responded in street uniforms, then returned in riot gear as people began throwing rocks and bricks. Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said about 35 officers were injured, raising the number significantly
A man identified as Sonny Webber joins a standoff as protesters take to the streets of the Frayser community in Memphis, Tenn. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian via AP)
from the 24 reported earlier. He said six needed hospital treatment. During the nighttime unrest, officers cordoned off several blocks in the Frayser neighborhood north of downtown and arrested three people. By 11 p.m., officers had used tear gas and most of the crowd dispersed, police director Michael Rallings said. The police director implored residents to wait until the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, or TBI, finishes its investigation. He appealed for people to refrain from violence and from spreading possible
misinformation about the shooting. “I need everyone to stay calm,” Rallings said. After Webber was shot as marshals were trying to arrest him Wednesday evening, Strickland said, protesters threw rocks and spit on police, injuring officers who responded. Separately, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said through a spokesman that the shooting would be fulling investigated. Lee’s press secretary, Laine Arnold, also said in a statement that the crowd’s actions “are not representative of the community but we stand firmly against acts
of lawlessness that threaten the safety of our neighborhoods.” On Thursday morning, officers on horseback patrolled, and lines of police cars with flashing blue lights were parked along the street and a helicopter flew overhead. Webber’s home is in a residential area of the working-class neighborhood of north Memphis. By Thursday afternoon, the police presence was minimal, with two police cars parked in front of a nearby fire station. No uniformed officers were visible. About 20 people stood outside of Webber’s onestory house, and others gathered nearby. One woman wept loudly and hugged a man as she cried. The Rev. Andre E. Johnson said he was standing among the protesters when tear gas was released Wednesday night. He said he heard no police order to disperse. “All of a sudden, tear gas came out, and of course, people then began to disperse,” Johnson said, adding his eyes and throat stung.
Prosecutors drop Flint water charges, promise fresh probe DETROIT — Prosecutors dropped all criminal charges Thursday against eight people in the Flint water crisis and pledged to start from scratch the investigation into one of the worst man-made environmental disasters in U.S. history. The stunning decision came more than three years — and millions of dollars — after authorities began examining the roots of the scandal that left Flint’s water system tainted with lead. Michigan Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud, who took control of the investigation in January after the election of a new attorney general, said “all available evidence was not pursued” by the previous team of prosecutors. Officials took possession this week of “millions of documents and hundreds of new electronic devices, significantly expanding the scope of our investigation,” Hammoud and Wayne County prosecutor Kym Worthy said in a statement. The efforts “have produced the most comprehensive body of evidence to date related to the Flint water crisis,” they said, putting investigators “in the best possible position to find the answers the citizens of Flint deserve.” Hammoud’s team recently used search warrants to get state-owned mobile devices of former Gov. Rick Snyder and 66 other people from storage. Among those who had charges dismissed: Michigan’s former health director, Nick Lyon, who was accused of involuntary manslaughter for allegedly failing to alert the public in a timely fashion about an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease when Flint was drawing improperly treated water from the Flint River in 2014 and 2015. The dismissal came a day before a judge planned to announce whether a 2018 decision to send Lyon to trial would stand. Dropping the charges with just hours to spare killed the possibility of an adverse ruling and still gives prosecutors the freedom to haul Lyon into court again. Nonetheless, defense attorney Chip Chamberlain said they “feel fantastic and vindicated.” “We’re confident that a just and fair investigation, done properly, will yield no evidence of any criminal wrongdoing,” he said. Hammoud said she would not speak to reporters until after a June 28 town hall-style meeting with Flint residents. Her boss, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, said a “fearless” team was still on the case. “Justice delayed is not always justice denied,” Nessel said in a statement. Some residents were skeptical. “We don’t know if new charges will be filed,” LeeAnne Walters, who is credited with exposing the lead contamination, told The Associated Press. “It feels kind of degrading, like all that we went through doesn’t matter. Our city was poisoned, my children have health issues and the people responsible just had all the charges dropped against them.” While waiting for a new pipeline to bring water from Lake Huron, Flint, a majority-black city of 100,000, pulled water from a river without treating it to reduce corrosive effects on old pipes. Lead contaminated the distribution system in a community where 41% of residents are classified by the government as living in poverty. Because of its poor finances, Flint was being run by financial managers appointed by Snyder. The uproar over water quality reached a peak by fall 2015, when a doctor reported high levels of lead in children, which can cause brain damage. Some experts also have linked the water to Legionnaires’ disease, a type of pneumonia caused by bacteria that thrive in warm water and infect the lungs. People can get sick if they inhale mist or vapor, typically from cooling systems. Flint’s water no longer comes from the river and has significantly improved, but some residents are so distrustful that they continue to use bottled water. The criminal probe began in 2016, when Bill Schuette was attorney general. He hired a Detroit-area lawyer, Todd Flood, as special prosecutor. Andy Arena, the former head of the FBI in Detroit, was a key investigator. No one is behind bars. Seven of 15 people charged pleaded no contest to misdemeanors. Their records will eventually be scrubbed clean. Charges were pending against eight people, including former Michigan chief medical executive Eden Wells and two men, Gerald Ambrose and Darnell Earley, who were state-appointed emergency managers in Flint. Like Lyon, Wells was charged with involuntary manslaughter. — The Associated Press
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Religion
Cleansing our Lives V oices of F aith D r . R oger E. H oll
The bible tells the story of Jesus cleansing the temple in Matthew 21:12-13: 12 And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves. 13 And He *said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’; but you
are making it a robbers’ [a] den.” When Jesus drove the merchants out of the temple and turned over the tables of the money changers, He was pronouncing His divine judgment on the corruption in the temple. Christ relied on scripture as the basis of His judgment. In fact, Jesus entered the Temple in Jerusalem that day on a divine mission. The day before, it was Palm Sunday. Jesus had entered Jerusalem on a donkey and was hailed by the people who laid down their clothes and palm branches in the road ahead of Him,
Church Briefs Methodist minister farewell The congregation of the Kenai United Methodist Church will be saying goodbye and “God speed” to their minister Bailey Brawner. Sunday, June 16 will be Pastor Brawner’s last Sunday before moving to California. She has been appointed to the Mission Hills United Methodist Church. The farewell worship service will be held at 11:30 a.m. at the church located across from Wells Fargo Bank. A potluck will follow the service. All are welcome to attend.
Clothes Quarters open weekly Clothes Quarters at Our Lady of the Angels is open every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. the first Saturday of every month from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call 907-283-4555.
Kasilof Community Church Food Pantry Kasilof Community Church Food Pantry starts Wednesday, June 5 and every Wednesday from 11 a.m.2 p.m. for residents in the community who are experiencing food shortages. The pantry is located in the church office building next to the Kasilof Mercantile, about mile 109 on the Sterling Highway. All are welcome. Non perishable food items may be dropped at this same location Monday thru Thursday from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Contact the church office for more information at 262-7512.
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. Nonperishable food items or monetary donations may be dropped off at the church on Tuesday from 10a.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 call 262-4657.
shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David: blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord; hosanna in the highest!” But the next day, Jesus is turning over the tables and seats of the money changers and scattering the doves and other animals sold for temple sacrifice. The priests, merchants and Passover worshippers scattered. Jesus was quoting Old Testament scripture from Isaiah 56:7, saying, “Even those I will bring to My holy mountain and make them joyful in my house of prayer.”
Jeremiah 7:11 says, “Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of robbers in your sight?” By referencing these scriptures, Christ is demonstrating His commitment to divine scripture. Then He pronounces His judgment upon the corruption He sees in the temple. What was the corruption Jesus was cleansing? Under the auspices of Annas the High Priest, merchants were given franchises in the temple. They charged the worshipers 25% to exchange their money to the denominations and cur-
United Methodist Church Food Pantry The Kenai United Methodist Church provides a food pantry for those in need every Monday from 12:30-3 p.m. The Methodist Church is located on the Kenai Spur Highway next to the Boys and Girls Club. The entrance to the Food Pantry is through the side door. The Pantry closes for holidays. For more information contact the church at 907-283-7868.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help sets place at table A Place at the Table, a new outreach ministry of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, Soldotna continues to offer a hot meal and fellowship and blood pressure checks to anyone interested. The meal is the second, third and fourth Sunday of each month, from 4-6 p.m. at Fireweed Hall, located on campus at 222 West Redoubt Avenue, Soldotna. The Abundant Life Assembly of God church, Sterling, will be joining us in this ministry and providing a hot meal on the second Sunday of the month at 4-6 p.m. at Fireweed Hall. The Soldotna Church of the Nazarene will offer the meal on the third Sunday of each month. Our Lady of Perpetual Help will offer on the fourth Sunday of each month. Our Lady of Perpetual Help would like to invite other churches who would like to join this ministry to perhaps pick up one of the other Sunday evenings in the month. Call 262-5542.
‘Celebrate Recovery’ at Peninsula Grace Church Celebrate Recovery meets each Wednesday, from 6:30-8 p.m., at Peninsula Grace Church, 44175 Kalifornsky Beach Rd., Soldotna, upstairs in room 5-6 in the worship center. Celebrate Recovery is a Biblically based 12-step program that provides a safe place to share your hurts, habits and hang-ups, in a Christ-centered recovery atmosphere. Questions? Contact: 907-598-0563. Submit announcements to news@peninsulaclarion. com. Submissions are due the Wednesday prior to publication. For moreinformation, call 907-283-7551.
rencies used in temple offerings. In addition, under Levitical law, any animal approved by priests could be offered in the temple; however, the Chief Priests made sure that if the bird or animal was not bought from the temple merchants that it would be rejected. Worshipers had to pay ten times the value of the animal from the merchants. This is why Jesus called this activity a “Robber’s Den.” Jesus wanted the temple to be a house of prayer. But the merchants were sullying the holiness of God by making it a robber’s den.
We need to ask ourselves: Is our life honoring to God’s holiness, or are we sullying God’s holiness? We need to examine our lives to make sure that we are honoring God in how we live our lives. Are we too greedy or selfish? Are we keeping the Sabbath? Is our language always honoring to the God we serve? What do you need to cleanse from your life today? Dr. Roger E. Holl is the pastor of Sterling Grace Community Church. Sunday morning worship service is held at 10:30 a.m. at the Sterling Senior Center.
Jimmy Carter, after hip surgery, back teaching Sunday school ATLANTA — Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter talked about his recent health setback and his conversation with President Donald Trump, as he returned to teaching Sunday school in Georgia for the first time since breaking his hip. Carter told people gathered at the Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains that he and his wife, Rosalynn, have nursing care at home and are doing fine. He thanked those present for their prayers and good wishes. The 94-year-old Carter broke his hip last month at his home when he fell while leaving to go turkey hunting. He subsequently had hip replacement surgery. The former first lady also was hospitalized around the same time for what Carter said was initially thought to be a stroke, but turned out to be less serious. A devout Christian, Carter regularly teaches Sunday school in Plains, drawing hundreds of visitors for each session. But he had to cancel plans to teach after hip surgery. People began gathering at midnight to hear Carter, and by 8 a.m., a line wrapped around the church despite pouring rain, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. “We wanted to pay tribute for all of the work he has done,” Glenda Morris-Robinson told the newspaper. “It is so wonderful to see a true servant leader. He was remarkable.” Morris-Robinson, a pediatrician from Atlanta, drove down with her daughter, Gabriella, who flew in from New York City just for the occasion. Carter said he recently wrote to Trump to explain how the Carter administration had tried to address economic friction with Japan, and Trump called him. “He was very gracious,” Carter said, adding Trump expressed his appreciation for Carter’s letter as well as admiration for the former president. “The main purpose of his call was to say very frankly to me on a private line that the Chinese were getting way ahead of the United States in many ways,” Carter said. He said he told Trump the U.S. has been in constant war for years, spending trillions of dollars, while China has invested in projects such as high speed rail that benefit its people. — The Associated Press
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Sports T angled U p in B lue K at S orensen
Just playin’ I
learned how to play a new card game. Pinochle, according to Wikipedia, is a trick-taking, AceTen card game played with a 48card deck originally derived from the game bezique. It’s a trick and meld type game, both words that I learned in my first game, and subsequently relearned in the next few games as well. There’s a whole vocabulary associated with the game that is as new to me as the different combinations and ways to win. Starting off, I had a hard time holding all 15 cards in my hand! It’s a far cry from the poker games of my childhood. Most of the time, I was playing Texas hold ‘em with my parents, and your two cards never have to leave the table. The bidding process is familiar, though, although I still have a hard time not bluffing. I always want to get the kitty and decide the trump, so why not keep bidding? With pinochle, my hand is full of cards … until it’s not. I still feel wary about displaying a portion of my cards for those to see when I lay down my meld. Even after six months of playing a regular-ish game of pinochle, I keep a trusty explanation of meld points by my hand and refer to it often. And that’s just the beginning! After the meld, I have to start thinking of tricks, which card to lead and more. I’ve played a handful of games, with one win under my belt thanks to a double pinochle that my opponent kindly pointed out. Wait. How many points is that worth? A lot, or so I’m told. And I’m told that there are a trove of card games and board games out there that I’ve never played. I took a double take when someone asked me if I knew how to play euchre. Play it? I didn’t even know how to spell it until writing this column. Growing up, if we weren’t playing the card basics, I was more of a word game girl. Give me a good game of Scrabble over a cup of coffee and I’ll be happy, even if I lose on a triple word PINOCHLE. But, since moving to Alaska, I’ve learned more new games than a game shelf can handle — pinochle is just one block in the Jenga tower. I’ve expanded my Settlers of Cataan world to involve cities See BLUE, page A9
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Recreation
Raptors’ rapture Toronto dethrones Golden State By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer
OAKLAND, Calif. — Kawhi Leonard raised his arms high in triumph and celebrated Canada’s first NBA championship. “We the North!” is now “We the Champs!” Leonard and the Toronto Raptors captured the country’s first major title in 26 years with their most remarkable road win yet in
the franchise’s NBA Finals debut, outlasting the battered and depleted two-time defending champion Golden State Warriors 114-110 on Thursday night in a Game 6 for the ages. “I wanted to make history here. That’s what I did,” a soaking wet Leonard said, ski goggles perched on his forehead and sporting a fresh black champions hat. See NBA, page A10
Toronto Raptors forward Kawhi Leonard celebrates after the Raptors defeated the Golden State Warriors in Game 6 of basketball’s NBA Finals in Oakland, Calif., Thursday. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
Chinooks stifle Oilers By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion
Peninsula Oilers pitcher Jake Fenn delivers to the Chugiak-Eagle River Chinooks on Thursday at Coral Seymour Memorial Park in Kenai. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
For a second straight night, the Peninsula Oilers struggled to find home plate as they lost 4-1 Thursday to the Chugiak/ Eagle River Chinooks at Coral Seymour Memorial Park in Alaska Baseball League play. In a replay of Wednesday’s home opener, the Peninsula bats faced tough times getting baserunners home, leaving 10 men on base for the second night in a row against a team that the Oilers crushed 11-4 just three days prior. The Oilers are 2-5 in the league, while the Chinooks are 3-4. Oilers head coach Kyle Brown said he wanted to see better plate approaches in the coming days. Thursday’s game was the second in a row the Oilers failed to score in the first seven innings. “Scoring early, it just changes the dynamic of the game,” Brown said. “That pitcher is now uncomfortable coming out for the second inning, and getting to the bullpen (early) is huge.” The Oilers came out ready, loading the bases
with one out in the bottom of the first, but Damon Keith struck out and Jaden Fein grounded out to end the frame and keep it scoreless. “They were on the ropes, it was the same thing in the first inning, you’ve got to capitalize on that,” Brown said. “That pitcher was trying to find his groove, he didn’t have a groove and he basically said, ‘Hey here’s bases loaded with one out’, and we didn’t capitalize on that mistakes. It’s unfortunate that right now we’re going through that funk.” Six Oilers had base hits, all singles from Camden Vasquez, Damon Keith, Jonathan Villa, Skyler Messinger and pinch hitters Bobby Goodloe and Calvin Farris. Goodloe’s two-out, pinch-hit single in the bottom of the eighth would ultimately be the only Oilers run scored. Michael Barker escaped the early jam in the first inning to pitch five scoreless frames for the Chinooks, scattering four hits and walking three with two strikeouts. The final four innings were shared by relievers Tyler O’Clair, Tyler Wynkoop, See OILERS, page A10
Angels’ Ohtani hits for cycle By The Associated Press
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Shohei Ohtani became the first Japanese-born player to hit for the cycle, helping the Los Angeles Angels beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-3 Thursday night after a delay caused by a power outage. Ohtani hit a three-run homer in the first inning and completed the feat with a single in the seventh. He is the eighth Angels player to hit for the cycle and the first since Mike Trout on May 21, 2013. Albert Pujols also homered for the Angels, becoming the sixth player ever with 200 home
runs in each league. He hit 445 in 11 seasons with St. Louis and has 200 in eight years with the Angels, including 12 this season. He led off the third with a double and tripled in the fifth before Pujols’ home run. A two-out single in the seventh completed the cycle in just four plate appearances, and fans at Tropicana Field gave him a standing ovation. The game was held up 36 minutes by a power delay in the fourth with the Angels leading 3-0. Yarbrough (5-3) gave up five runs and five
hits (all for extra bases) in six innings, striking out four. Angels starter Tyler Skaggs (5-6) pitched five innings, giving up three runs and seven hits while striking out five in the Angels’ third straight win. BRAVES 6, PIRATES 5 ATLANTA — Josh Donaldson drove in the tiebreaking run in Atlanta’s five-run fifth inning to win his rematch with Joe Musgrove (4-7), and the See MLB, page A10
Monitoring wetland change on the Kenai
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Efforts are underway to see if vegetation such as cloudberry, sphagnum moss and low bush cranberry, common species in Kenai Peninsula peatlands, can be identified by their reflectance with remote-sensing technology. (Photo provided by Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)
or the past year I’ve been sitting in a university office in Eastern Pennsylvania staring at maps of the Kenai Peninsula. The maps show the peninsula striped by eight slender (1,000-feet wide) red ribbons, extending north-south. These stripes show where NASA flew an airplane campaign with instruments aboard that gathered information about the surface below. These instruments, LiDAR and a spectrometer, produced images of the landscape and its vegetation — images in which each pixel is not just a color but a small treasure trove of cached data. It came as a pretty big surprise to me that NASA flies aircraft other than rockets, or that they’re interested in understanding not just outer space but the inner space envelope that is our earth’s atmosphere. But NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center does exactly that. It was staff from the Goddard Center who flew the flight lines in August 2014. The LiDAR instruments onboard the airplane collect information about the height of what’s on the ground by sending down a laser pulse, and measuring the time it takes for the pulse
R efuge N otebook H eidi C unnick to reach the first object in its path and bounce back. That return pulse is the “the first return.” The pulse fragments when it hits that first object and a portion of the pulse continues downward hitting lower objects. The final object the pulse hits is usually the ground and is called “the last return.” We can calculate the distance that pulse traveled by knowing its speed (the speed of light) and the time it took to travel down and back. Now multiply that by millions of pulses and we can see how LiDAR creates a 3D image of the height of everything it flies over. LiDAR lets us map the height of vegetation from high canopied forests to low-lying wetlands. The second instrument, a spectrometer, takes an image of the reflectance that an object gives off. To think about this spectral-reflectance concept it’s helpful to recall that everything on
earth absorbs and reflects light. Our dark clothing absorbs light while our white clothes reflect more light. If we extend this idea to colors, and think about how plants appear green because they actually reflect wavelengths in the green region of the spectrum, we can start to envision how everything on earth has its own “spectral profile.” Why is this NASA data special? First, the images are “high resolution,” meaning each pixel in the image represents a 1-meter-square patch on the ground. Secondly, the LiDAR and hyperspectral data were collected simultaneously so we know with a high degree of confidence that it tells us both the height of the materials and gives us a highly detailed spectral profile of what’s in any meter-square pixel. Put these together, and we have a powerful tool for potentially understanding, over a vast spatial area, exactly what vegetation is on the Kenai landscape. By now you might be asking yourself, who cares? Plants are plants, right? We’re glad to have them, the caribou are glad to have them, the See REFUGE, page A9
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moose are glad to have them. But why do we care which plants are where? This is where the complexity of plants comes into play. Plants don’t just sit on the earth’s surface, but exist in a highly complex web of processes at the earth-atmosphere interface. When the type of plants dominating a space changes, transi-
Peninsula Clarion | Friday, June 14, 2019 | A9 tions for instance from a forest to a grassland, then the amount of water in the soil, the pH, the temperature, and the microorganisms in the soil also shift. All this shifting can impact everything on the land from its relative risk of fire, to how much carbon is stored in the soil, to how well the environment suits the animals that live there. As a graduate student at Lehigh University, my research centers specifically on vegetation changes in peatlands. Peatlands are wetlands, often dominated by sphag-
Walker would take less than supermax deal CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Three-time NBA All-Star Kemba Walker said he would consider taking less money than he is eligible to make to stay with the Charlotte Hornets if that means helping them build a winning team. Because Walker was named to an All-NBA team this season, the Hornets can offer him a five-year “supermax” contract worth up to $221 million — significantly more than the five-year, $190 million deal had he not been named AllNBA. Other NBA teams can only offer a fouryear deal worth $140 million when free agency begins June 30. “Yeah, why not? I would take less, for sure,” Walker said Thursday during his youth basketball camp at Ardrey Kell High School in Charlotte. The eight-year NBA veteran said the Hornets remain his first priority, but he said he’s “pretty sure” he will meet with other interested teams before making a decision on his future. The 29-year-old Walker said he’s eager to hear what other teams have to offer. “That all factors in (to my decision) when I sit down with the teams and hear what guys have to say,” Walker said. “I think that will all come into play. I’m not really sure right now. Like I said Charlotte is my first priority and I have to see what (the Hornets) have to offer, as well as other teams.”
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and knights. I’ve blasted some fireworks in Hanabi. I’ve played hundreds of unique games of Fluxx and even exploded some kittens. On the flip side of the die, I’ve been able to share some of my own knowledge after finding a backgammon board at the thrift store. But every time I learn a new game I wonder how it got in front of me, and I think there is something genuinely Alaskan about games. The state is known for bringing people from all over the country and world, throwing tons of childhoods and experiences into one area. It’s a melting pot of games! And everyone is asked to show off the games in their arsenal because, well, sometimes the only thing you can rely on up here for group entertainment is a deck of cards. From wonky internet connections to a night spent in a remote cabin, it’s important to have some sort of game on hand. This weekend, I’m sticking to what I know instead of pinochle. Hallie and I are planning another round of Scrabble at a cabin in Humpy Cove. Let’s hope I can get all the right tiles for VICTORY.
num-moss or sedges, where the pace of vegetation decomposition is slower than the rate of vegetation accumulation. Over time, thick layers of decomposed plant deposits build up. And these deposits of plant material hold tremendous amounts of carbon. In fact, northern latitude peatlands cover just 3% of the earth’s surface but hold about 30% of the world’s soil carbon. This means the soils on the Kenai Peninsula and elsewhere in most of Alaska serve as a critical global carbon repository.
The third week of the Run Into Summer race series went to 10-year-old Karalyn Veideffer Tuesday night
breathing, breathtaking landscape. I’m ready to go out and look at vegetation on the ground. I’ll be trying to turn those data into something useful. Some sort of knowledge that can help keep the Kenai its ageless, beautiful self. Heidi Cunnick is a PhD candidate in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA. Find more Refuge Notebook articles (1999-present) at https:// www.fws.gov/Refuge/Kenai/community/Refuge_notebook.html.
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Basketball NBA Playoffs FINALS (Best-of-7) Toronto 4, Golden State 2 Thursday, May 30: Toronto 118, Golden State 109 Sunday, June 2: Golden State 109, Toronto 104 Wednesday, June 5: Toronto 123, Golden State 109 Friday, June 7: Toronto 105, Golden State 92 Monday, June 10: Golden State 106, Toronto 105 Thursday, June 13: Toronto 114, Golden State 110
WNBA Results
Thursday’s Games Indiana 76, Dallas 72 Friday’s Games Seattle at Washington, 3 p.m. Connecticut at Minnesota, 4 p.m. Los Angeles at Phoenix, 6 p.m. New York at Las Vegas, 6:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games Chicago at Indiana, 3 p.m. Atlanta at Dallas, 4 p.m. New York at Los Angeles, 6 p.m. All Times ADT
Baseball AL Standings
East Division W L Pct GB New York 41 26 .612 — Tampa Bay 41 27 .603 ½ Boston 36 34 .514 6½ Toronto 25 43 .368 16½ Baltimore 21 47 .309 20½ Central Division Minnesota 45 22 .672 — Cleveland 34 33 .507 11 Chicago 33 34 .493 12 Detroit 25 40 .385 19 Kansas City 22 46 .324 23½ West Division Houston 46 23 .667 — Texas 36 32 .529 9½ Oakland 35 34 .507 11 Los Angeles 34 35 .493 12 Seattle 29 43 .403 18½ Thursday’s Games Minnesota 10, Seattle 5 Toronto 12, Baltimore 3 Boston 7, Texas 6 L.A. Angels 5, Tampa Bay 3 Kansas City 7, Detroit 3 Chicago White Sox 5, N.Y. Yankees 4 Friday’s Games Boston (Rodriguez 6-4) at Baltimore (Cashner 6-2), 3:05 p.m. Cleveland (Plutko 2-1) at Detroit (Carpenter 1-3), 3:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Heaney 0-1) at Tampa Bay (Snell 4-5), 3:10 p.m. Texas (TBD) at Cincinnati (Mahle 2-6), 3:10 p.m. Kansas City (Keller 3-8) at Minnesota (Gibson 6-3), 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 3-3) at Chicago White Sox (Giolito 9-1), 4:10 p.m. Toronto (Sanchez 3-7) at Houston (Cole 5-5), 4:10 p.m. Seattle (Gonzales 6-6) at Oakland (Bassitt 3-2), 5:37 p.m. Saturday’s Games L.A. Angels at Tampa Bay, 9:10 a.m. Boston at Baltimore, 12:05 p.m. Toronto at Houston, 12:10 p.m. Cleveland at Detroit, 2:10 p.m. Kansas City at Minnesota, 3:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Chicago White Sox, 3:10 p.m. Texas at Cincinnati, 3:10 p.m. Seattle at Oakland, 5:07 p.m.
NL Standings
East Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 40 29 .580 — Philadelphia 38 30 .559 1½ New York 33 34 .493 6 Washington 31 37 .456 8½ Miami 24 42 .364 14½ Central Division Milwaukee 39 29 .574 — Chicago 38 30 .559 1 St. Louis 33 33 .500 5 Cincinnati 30 36 .455 8 Pittsburgh 30 38 .441 9 West Division Los Angeles 46 23 .667 — Arizona 37 33 .529 9½ Colorado 36 32 .529 9½ San Diego 33 36 .478 13 San Francisco 28 38 .424 16½ Thursday’s Games N.Y. Mets 4, St. Louis 4, susp. Atlanta 6, Pittsburgh 5 Arizona 5, Washington 0 Colorado 9, San Diego 6 L.A. Dodgers 7, Chicago Cubs 3 Friday’s Games N.Y. Mets 4, St. Louis 4, innings, susp. Arizona (Ray 5-3) at Washington (Scherzer 4-5), 3:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Brault 2-1) at Miami (Richards 3-6), 3:10 p.m. St. Louis (Ponce de Leon 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Matz 5-4), 3:10 p.m. Texas (Chavez 2-2) at Cincinnati (Mahle 2-6), 3:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Pivetta 4-1) at Atlanta (Fried 7-3), 3:20 p.m. San Diego (Quantrill 1-2) at Colorado (Hoffman 1-3), 4:40 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 7-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Hill 3-1), 6:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Davies 7-0) at San Francisco (Pomeranz 1-6), 6:15 p.m. Saturday’s Games Arizona at Washington, 12:05 p.m. Milwaukee at San Francisco, 12:05 p.m. Pittsburgh at Miami, 2:10 p.m. St. Louis at N.Y. Mets, 3:10 p.m. Texas at Cincinnati, 3:10 p.m. Philadelphia at Atlanta, 3:20 p.m. San Diego at Colorado, 4:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs at L.A. Dodgers, 5:10 p.m. All Times ADT
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Veideffer wins Run Into Summer Staff report Peninsula Clarion
A first step in understanding how to keep the carbon in the soil and to protect wildlife habitats is to understand where and why vegetation is changing. I will use statistical modeling to compare the 2014 NASA imagedata, to image-data NASA plans to collect (over the same locations) later this summer. My goal is to use this high-resolution data to quantify where and how vegetation has changed on the Kenai over the past five years. Now the paper maps I’ve been staring at for so long are a living,
in old town Kenai. Veidef- month of June, with races fer won the 5-kilometer race starting at the Kenai Visitor in 28 minutes, 54 seconds, and Cultural Center. while Madilyn Veideffer took 1. Karalyn Veideffer, 28:54; 2. Madilyn second in 34:37. Veideffer, 34:37; 3. Laura Sanborn, The race series runs ev- 34:43; 4. Maria Sweppy, 36:53; 5. Hammer, 38:23; 6. Penny Furery Tuesday evening in the Kathy nish, 44:38.
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Boyd, C.Torres (5), Adams (7) and Greiner; Bailey, Lopez (7), McCarthy (8), W.Peralta (9), Kennedy (9) and Maldonado. W_Bailey 5-6. L_Boyd 5-5. Sv_Kennedy (6). HRs_Kansas City, Lopez (1).
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Musgrove, Hartlieb (5), Neverauskas (7) and E.Diaz; Teheran, Toussaint (7), Swarzak (7), Blevins (8), Jackson (9) and B.McCann. W_Teheran 5-4. L_Musgrove 4-7. Sv_Jackson (10).
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Rockies 9, Padres 6 SD 200 110 101—6 13 1 Col. 320 101 20x—9 13 1 Strahm, Perdomo (4), G.Reyes (6), Wisler (7), Stammen (8) and Allen; Gray, Diaz (7), Oberg (8), W.Davis (9) and Wolters. W_Gray 6-5. L_Strahm 2-6. HRs_San Diego, Machado 2 (12). Colorado, Blackmon 2 (14), Story (16).
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Soccer Women’s World Cup FIRST ROUND GROUP A Monday, June 17
France vs. Nigeria, 11 a.m. South Korea vs. Norway, 11 a.m. GROUP B Thursday, June 13 China 1, South Africa 0 Monday, June 17 Germany vs. South Africa, 8 a.m. China vs. Spain, 8 a.m. GROUP C Thursday, June 13 Australia 3, Brazil 2 Friday, June 14 Jamaica vs. Italy, 8 a.m. Tuesday, June 18 Australia vs. Jamaica, 11 a.m. Italy vs. Brazil, 11 a.m. GROUP D Friday, June 14 Japan vs. Scotland, 5 a.m. England vs. Argentina, 11 a.m. GROUP E Saturday, June 15 Netherlands vs. Cameroon, 5 a.m. Canada vs. New Zealand, 11 a.m. GROUP F Sunday, June 16 Sweden vs. Thailand, 5 a.m. United States vs. Chile, 8 a.m All Times ADT
Transactions BASEBALL American League MINNESOTA TWINS — Recalled RHP Fernando Romero from Rochester (IL). Optioned RHP Ryan Eades to Rochester. NEW YORK YANKEES — Placed 1B-DH Kendrys Morales on the 10-day IL, retroactive to June 12. Recalled LHP Nestor Cortes Jr. and OF Mike Tauchman from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). SEATTLE MARINERS — Signed RHP George Kirby and LHP Brandon Williamson. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Recalled RHP Justin Shafer from Buffalo (IL). Placed RHP Elvis Luciano on the 10-day IL. Acquired RHP Nick Kingham from the Pittsburgh for cash considerations. Transferred RHP Ryan Tepera to the 60-day IL. Signed RHPs Alek Manoah, Alex Nolan and Jackxarel Lebron; OF Will Robertson and SS Glenn Santiago to minor league contracts. National League CHICAGO CUBS — Placed RHP Carl Edwards, Jr. on the 10-day IL, retroactive to June 10. Recalled LHP Tim Collins from Iowa (PCL). COLORADO ROCKIES — Reinstated LHP Mike Dunn from the 10-day IL. Optioned LHP Phillip Diehl to Albuquerque (PCL). LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Activated INF Matt Beaty from the 10-day IL. Placed INF Corey Seager on the 10-day IL, retroactive to June 12. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Acquired UTL Brad Miller from the New York Yankees for cash. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Recalled LHP Génesis Cabrera from Memphis (PCL). Placed RHP Ryan Helsley on the 10-day IL. SAN DIEGO PADRES — Reinstated LHP Matt Strahm from the 10-day IL. Optioned RHP Robert Stock to El Paso (PCL). WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Signed RHPs Tyler Dyson, Hunter McMahon, Davis Moore, Amos Willingham, Tyler Yankowsky and Dylan Beasley; SSs Jackson Cluff, J.T. Arruda, Junior Martina and Jack Dunn; Cs Andrew Pratt, Mason Doolittle and Allan Berrios; OFs Jake Randa and Kevin Strohschein; 3Bs Jake Alu and
Jaylen Hubbard; 1B Parker Quinn; LHP Troy Stainbrook and 2B Anthony Gomez. BASKETBALL Women’s National Basketball Association DALLAS WINGS — Re-signed F-C Megan Gustafson. FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Released CB David Amerson. CHICAGO BEARS — Signed OL Jordan McCray. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Agreed to terms with CB Kenny Moore II on a four-year contract extension. Signed DE Obum Gwacham. Waived DT Chunky Clements. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Signed WR Tre McBride and DT Kalani Vakameilalo. Waived LB Nick DeLuca and LS Christian Kuntz. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Signed K Harrison Butker to a five-year contract extension. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Acquired TE Michael Roberts from Detroit for an undisclosed draft pick. NEW YORK JETS — Signed CB Mark Myers. Waived S John Battle. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Named Howie Roseman executive vice president/general manager, Max Gruder assistant director of pro scouting, Ameena Soliman player personnel coordinator and James Gilman quantitative analyst. Promoted Andy Weidl to vice president of player personnel, Ian Cunningham to assistant director of player personnel, Brandon Brown to director of pro scouting, Bryce Johnston to director of football administration, Katie David to football operations director, Casey Weidl to director of scouting operations, Matt Holland to senior pro scout, Chris Nolan to player personnel scout, and Ed Miller and Craig Blake to assistant equipment managers. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed S Mike Edwards. TENNESSEE TITANS — Agreed to terms with TE Ryan Hewitt. Waived TE Keith Towbridge. WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Promoted Cole Spencer and David Whittington to national scouts and Matt Evans to college scoutSoutheast region. Named Harrison Ritcher college scout-Southwest region; Peter Picerelli and Ron Rose college scouts-Northeast region; Connor Barringer football strategy analyst and Tyler Claytor a scouting assistant. SOCCER National Women’s Soccer League WASHINGTON SPIRIT — Signed M Grace Cutler to a National Team replacement contract. COLLEGE FLORIDA GULF COAST — Promoted Ali Rogers to women’s assistant soccer coach. Named Shannon Murphy women’s assistant basketball coach. KENTUCKY — signed men’s basketball coach John Calipari to a 10-year contract extension through 2029. WASHINGTON — Named Elliott Cribby associate head baseball coach, pitching Coach and recruiting coordinator.
Today in History Today is Friday, June 14, the 165th day of 2019. There are 200 days left in the year. This is Flag Day. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 14, 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a measure adding the phrase “under God” to the Pledge of Allegiance. On this date: In 1775, the Continental Army, forerunner of the United States Army, was created. In 1777, the Second Continental Congress approved the design of the original American flag. In 1940, German troops entered Paris during World War II; the same day, the Nazis began transporting prisoners to the Auschwitz (OWSH’-vitz) concentration camp in German-occupied Poland. In 1943, the U.S. Supreme Court, in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, ruled 6-3 that public school students could not be forced to salute the flag of the United States. In 1968, Dr. Benjamin Spock and three other peace activists were convicted in Boston of conspiring to encourage young men to evade the draft during the Vietnam War. (The verdicts were later overturned by an appeals court.) The Iron Butterfly single “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” was released by Atco Records. In 1982, Argentine forces surrendered to British troops on the disputed Falkland Islands. In 1985, the 17-day hijack ordeal of TWA Flight 847 began as a pair of Lebanese Shiite (SHEE’-eyet) Muslim extremists seized the jetliner shortly after takeoff from Athens, Greece. In 1986, death claimed Broadway librettist Alan Jay Lerner in New York at age 67; Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges in Geneva at age 86; and “Wild Kingdom” host Marlin Perkins in suburban St. Louis at age 81. In 1990, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld, 6-3, police checkpoints that examined drivers for signs of intoxication. In 1993, President Bill Clinton nominated Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1999, About 15,000 NATO peacekeepers spread out across Kosovo, including a convoy of about 1,200 U.S. Marines. In 2017, a rifle-wielding gunman opened fire on Republican lawmakers at a congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia, wounding House Whip Steve Scalise (skuh-LEES’) and several others; the assailant died in a battle with police. Fire ripped through the 24-story Grenfell Tower in West London, killing 71 people. Ten years ago: The Los Angeles Lakers won their 15th championship, beating the Orlando Magic 99-86 in Game 5 of the NBA finals. Anna Nordqvist shot a 4-under par 68 to become the second rookie in a row to win the LPGA Championship. Bob Bogle, 75, lead guitarist and co-founder of the rock band The Ventures, died in Vancouver, Washington. Five years ago: President Barack Obama forced union workers in Philadelphia’s commuter rail strike to return to the job, granting Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett’s request to create a presidential emergency board to mediate the contract dispute. Pro-Russia separatists shot down a Ukrainian transport plane, killing all 49 people on board. Afghans braved threats of violence and searing heat to vote in a presidential runoff (Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai was eventually declared the winner). One year ago: A Justice Department watchdog report on the FBI’s handling of the Hillary Clinton email probe criticized the FBI and its former director, James Comey, but did not find evidence that political bias tainted the investigation. AT&T and Time Warner completed their merger, one of the biggest media deals ever, two days after a federal judge approved the combination. Betting on professional sports became legal in New Jersey; the state had fought for eight years against a federal law that limited sports betting to Nevada, Delaware, Montana and Oregon. Attorney General Jeff Sessions cited the Bible in defending the border policy that was separating children from parents; he said the Apostle Paul had commanded that the laws of government should be obeyed because “God has ordained them for the purpose of order.” Today’s Birthdays: Actress Marla Gibbs is 88. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., is 80. Country-rock musician Spooner Oldham is 76. Rock singer Rod Argent (The Zombies; Argent) is 74. President Donald Trump is 73. Singer Janet Lennon (The Lennon Sisters) is 73. Rock musician Barry Melton is 72. Rock musician Alan White (Yes) is 70. Actor Eddie Mekka is 67. Actor Will Patton is 65. Olympic gold medal speed skater Eric Heiden (HY’-dun) is 61. Jazz musician Marcus Miller is 60. Singer Boy George is 58. Rock musician Chris DeGarmo is 56. Actress Traylor Howard is 53. Actress Yasmine Bleeth is 51. Actor Faizon Love is 51. Actor Stephen Wallem is 51. International Tennis Hall of Famer Steffi Graf is 50. Actor Sullivan Stapleton is 42. Screenwriter Diablo Cody is 41. Actor Lawrence Saint-Victor is 37. Actor Torrance Coombs is 36. Actor J.R. Martinez is 36. Actor-singer Kevin McHale is 31. Actress Lucy Hale is 30. Pop singer Jesy Nelson (Little Mix) is 28. Country singer Joel Crouse is 27. Actor Daryl Sabara is 27. Thought for Today: “The flag of the United States has not been created by rhetorical sentences in declarations of independence and in bills of rights. It has been created by the experience of a great people, and nothing is written upon it that has not been written by their life. It is the embodiment, not of a sentiment, but of a history.” -- President Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), in an address delivered on June 14, 1915.
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Stephen Curry missed a contested 3-pointer in the waning moments before Golden State called a timeout it didn’t have, giving Leonard a technical free throw with 0.9 seconds left to seal it. Leonard, the NBA Finals MVP for a second time, then got behind Andre Iguodala for a layup as the buzzer sounded, but it went to review and the basket was called off before Leonard’s two free throws. That only delayed the celebration for a moment. When it actually ended, the typically stoic Leonard could let it all out. A Canadian team — and we’re not talking hockey here — stood on top of one of the traditional major sports leagues for the first time since the Toronto Blue Jays won the 1993 World Series. Serge Ibaka pulled his head up through the hoop by the Golden State bench as the crowd chanted “Warriors! Warriors!” after a sen-
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Braves completed a four-game sweep. The Braves have won seven straight to pass Philadelphia for the NL East lead. The Phillies and Braves open a threegame series on Friday night.
CARDINALS 4, METS 4, 8 1/2 INNINGS, SUSPENDED NEW YORK — The game between St. Louis and New York was suspended because of rain moments after Harrison Bader hit an RBI double with two outs in the top of the ninth inning that made it 4-all. Play will resume Friday at 6:10 p.m. beginning in the bottom of the ninth. That will be followed by the regularly scheduled game between the teams.
DODGERS 7, CUBS 3 LOS ANGELES — Cody Bellinger, Max Muncy and David Freese hit two-run homers to back Clayton Kershaw as Los Angeles beat Chicago in the opener of a four-game series. The NL West-leading Dodgers rallied from a 3-0 deficit after Kyle Schwarber and Kris Bryant hit leadoff homers for the Cubs in the early innings.
sational send-off at Oracle Arena. Curry walked away slowly, hands on his head on a night Splash Brother Klay Thompson suffered a left knee injury and departed with 30 points. Fred VanVleet rescued the Raptors down the stretch with his dazzling shooting from deep to score 22 points with five 3s off the bench, while Leonard wound up with 22 points. Kyle Lowry scored the game’s first eight points and finished with 26 in all to go with 10 assists and seven rebounds. Fans poured into the streets in Toronto, screaming and honking horns after the Raptors pulled off a third straight win on Golden State’s home floor that said goodbye to NBA basketball after 47 seasons. And the Raptors did it with the very kind of depth that helped define Golden State’s transformation into a dynasty the past five seasons. This time, the Warriors were wounded. Golden State already was down two-time reigning NBA Finals MVP Kevin Durant, who had sur-
Lopez hit his first major league homer in the stadium where he played college ball, Homer Bailey (5-6) allowed two hits in six shutout innings and Kansas City beat Detroit in the first big league regular season game played in Nebraska. The game at TD Ameritrade Park coincided with the buildup to the College World Series, which begins Saturday. All eight CWS teams were among the sellout crowd of 25,454 and participated in a pregame ceremony with the major league teams.
WHITE SOX 5, YANKEES 4 CHICAGO — Leury García hit a tiebreaking solo homer off Adam Ottavino (2-2) in the seventh inning, and Chicago rallied to beat New York. Tim Anderson also connected in Chicago’s fourth win in five games, and four relievers combined for 3 1/3 innings of three-hit ball. Batting in the top two slots in the lineup, García and Anderson combined for four hits and five RBIs.
TWINS 10, MARINERS 5
MINNEAPOLIS — Nelson Cruz homered and had three RBIs, utility infielder Ehire Adrianza’s hustle keyed a sixrun sixth for Minnesota. Cruz homered in the third and added a two-run single in the sixth when Adrianza helped key the rally. Max Kepler led off with a walk, and Adrianza singled Kepler to RED SOX 7, third. Mariners right-hander RANGERS 6 Brandon Brennan (2-6), on in BOSTON — Xander Bo- relief, threw wildly past first gaerts hit a solo homer in the trying to pick off Adrianza. seventh inning, Boston’s fifth long ball of the game, and the Red Sox rallied from a five-run ROCKIES 9, PADRES 6 deficit to beat Texas. DENVER — Charlie Five players homered for Blackmon homered twice to Boston, which outlasted Texas back a 10-strikeout start from to earn a split of the four-game Jon Gray (6-5), and Colorado series. The finale lasted 4 beat San Diego despite two hours, 6 minutes. homers from Manny Machado. Blackmon added a two-run triple and finished with four DIAMONDACKS 5, RBIs. Trevor Story also homNATIONALS 0 ered for the Rockies, who have WASHINGTON — Zack won 11 of 12 at Coors Field. Greinke took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and Arizona BLUE JAYS 12, beat Washington. ORIOLES 3 Alex Avila and Jarrod Dyson homered for Arizona, which BALTIMORE — Lourdes has won seven of eight. Gurriel Jr. homered to ignite a seven-run sixth inning, Cavan Biggio went deep twice and ROYALS 7, TIGERS 3 Toronto had 17 hits while beatOMAHA, Neb. — Nicky ing Baltimore.
gery Wednesday for a ruptured right Achilles tendon. Then, the Warriors lost Thompson — and they couldn’t overcome just one more heartbreaking injury. “A lot of bad breaks in the finals, to be honest,” Raptors coach Nick Nurse said. “Like us, they kept on playing. We just had to keep on playing no matter who was out there. And I think they were super intense high-level games and both teams desperately trying to win.” This thrilling back-and-forth game featured 18 lead changes, nine ties and neither team going ahead by more than nine points. Curry scored 21 points but shot just 6 for 17 and went 3 of 11 on 3s. Iguodala added 22 for his biggest game this postseason as the Warriors did everything until the very last moment to leave a lasting legacy at Oracle. Thompson provided his own dramatic memory. He injured his knee when fouled by Danny Green on a drive at the 2:22 mark of the third, was helped off the court and walked partially down
a tunnel toward the locker room, then — shockingly — re-emerged to shoot his free throws before going out again at 2:19. He didn’t return and left the arena on crutches. “More than the what-ifs is just feeling bad for the players involved. Injuries are always part of the NBA season — any professional sport, injuries play a huge role,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. “It’s just the nature of these injuries, the severity of these injuries. And we’ll know more about Klay. But we can sit here and say, well, if this hadn’t happened or that hadn’t happened, that doesn’t matter. What matters is Kevin Durant is going to miss next season with an Achilles tear and Klay suffered a knee injury.” In their best Bay Area version of Jurassic Park — Toronto’s jampacked gathering spot to cheer the Raptors — hundreds of red-clad fans stayed long after the game ended to watch the Larry O’Brien trophy ceremony. They waved the Maple Leaf and sang “O Canada” just as they did here after winning previously this series.
Rose grabs US Open lead which wants a smooth ride after four years of various mishaps in the U.S. Open. The idea was to start safe and make the course progressively more difficult, and a forecast of dry weather for the week should make that easier to control. This was the day to take advantage, especially with a cool, overcast sky for most of the day. Rose knew the record because he was watching when Rickie Fowler had a birdie putt for a 65 earlier in the day. Fowler missed and had to settle for a 66. He was tied with Aaron Wise and two others who had big finishes. Xander Schauffele caught a break when his tee shot on the 18th caromed off the rock edge of the left fairway, setting up a 12-foot eagle. Louis Oosthuizen finished on No. 9 by holing a bunker shot for a birdie. It felt almost as good as the wedge he holed from 95 yards for eagle on No. 11. Woods took advantage of the scoring holes with three birdies, but there was one blunder — a tee shot he hooked on the par-3 fifth that smacked off the cart path into gnarly, deep grass some 20 yards behind the edge of the bleachers. He blasted that out beyond the green and made double bogey. After two straight birdies, he finished with 11 straight pars for a 70. “Pebble Beach, you have the first seven to get it going, and after that it’s a fight,” Woods said. “I proved that today. I was trying to just hang in there today. Rosey proved the golf course could be had.”
Two-time defending champion Brooks Koepka proved the opening holes could be had. He was 4 under with his birdie on the par-5 sixth hole and appeared to be on another major mission until a few errant tee shots into nasty rough, a few missed putts and a few bogeys. Even so, he had few complaints about his 69 to begin his bid for a record-tying third straight U.S. Open. “I didn’t shoot myself out of it,” Koepka said. “I’m right there. I feel like if I get off tomorrow to a good start, I’m right back into it.” Phil Mickelson, in another U.S. Open quest to complete the career Grand Slam, didn’t feel he was out of it either, despite only two birdies in his round of 1-over 72, which included a 22-inch par putt that he missed. Woods also had a oneshot lead when he had his opening 65 in 2000, a lead he stretched to six shots after the second round, 10 shots after the third and 15 shots at the end, a record for major championships. But only 17 players were under par in the first round of 2000. For this U.S. Open, in these relatively soft conditions, 39 players broke par. Perhaps more telling about the course, and depth of talent compared with two decades ago, there were 17 eagles. That’s the most for any round at any U.S. Open, breaking the record of 13 set in 1983 at Oakmont. The eagles included Callum Tarren holing out from a bunker on No. 10, the hardest hole at Pebble, and Rory Sabbatini making a hole-in-one
on No. 12. No one was expecting a breeze the rest of the week. “It’s a very soft start to a U.S. Open, which is a good thing,” Rory McIlroy said after a 68, his first sub-70 round at the U.S. Open since he won at Congressional in 2011. “They can do whatever they want with from here. It’s not as if you’re starting with a course that’s in the condition like a Sunday, and then you get three days and it sort of starts to get away from you.” Scott Piercy, who bogeyed the 18th for a 67, was the first player to get everyone’s attention when he was at 5 under through six holes. Graeme McDowell saw the score when he walked off the 10th green at the start of his round and quipped to his caddie, “All the USGA radios are going off and they’re saying, ‘Turn off the water — NOW!’” McDowell won the last U.S. Open at Pebble Beach in 2010 when it was so difficult he made only one birdie in the final round and no one broke par for the week. Even as he saw low scores on the board — he had a bogey-free 69, one of 27 rounds in the 60s — McDowell feared what was to come for those falling into a comfort zone. “Careful what you wish for, because I think we’re going to see it come the weekend,” McDowell said. “I don’t think level par wins this week,” he said. “Careful what you wish for, because I think we’re going to see it come the weekend.” For one day, Pebble Beach was paradise.
up no earned runs. Brown said 24 of the Oilers’ 27 outs came against Continued from page A8 the fastball, with the other three on offspeed pitches. “They fed us fastballs toCorbin Barker and Justin Fox, with each guy giving day, they pounded us away,”
Brown said. “Like I said, we just didn’t execute. It comes down to that, plain and simple.” Jake Fenn went four innings in starting for the Oilers, giving up three runs on four hits and two walks, while whiffing three. Jacob Reed and Steven Ordorica finished the game, with Reed giving up a run on two hits in two innings, and Ordorica pitching two scoreless innings. The loss also left the Oilers 1-2 against the Chinooks this year, with the road team winning all three games. The Oilers spanked Chugiak 11-4 Monday at Lee Jordan Field, but have lost consecutive games to start the team’s first home stand of the summer. Chugiak head coach Jon Groth said players coming up to Alaska in the opening week or two of the season created a haphazard start to the season with the coaching staff figuring out where and how to use arms. “This is our second time through our rotation now,” Groth said. “That first week, we were kind of ‘Johnny Wholestaffing’ it, getting guys an inning here, inning there, getting their feet wet. We’re kind of in our rota-
tion now.” The Chinooks took the first lead in the second inning on a Jake Collins RBI single after Ethan English led off with a double. Chugiak scored twice more in the top of the fourth when Haden Keller advanced to third on a twobase error pickoff attempt that got away from first baseman Jaden Fein. Keller scored on an RBI groundout by English, and J. Paul Fullerton added a third run on a towering RBI double to center field. Keller finished 2 for 4. Brandon Cody led off the fifth with a triple to the right-center gap and Keller scored him on an RBI bloop single for a 4-0 lead. The Oilers loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom of the fifth, but Drew Thorpe grounded out to end it. The Oilers finally got on the board in the bottom of the eighth after a leadoff two-base error for Servin turned into a run by a twoout, pinch-hit RBI single by Bobby Goodloe. The Oilers went quietly in the ninth with only a one-out single from pinchhitter Calvin Farris to show for it.
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PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Justin Rose closed out his opening round with three straight birdies to lead the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, which was all he could want. He got a little more. Rose knew what was at stake when he stood over a 12-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole in twilight Thursday from watching the telecast some six hours earlier, and from seeing Tiger Woods standing on the edge of the green. “I was thinking, ‘This would be kind of cool doing it front of the great man himself,’” Rose said. Make the putt and he not only had the lead, he would tie the U.S. Open record at Pebble Beach for the lowest round, a 6-under 65 posted by Woods in 2000 during his record romp. Rose lightly pumped his fist when it fell and soaked up the moment. In a gentle start to the toughest test in golf, Rose had a one-shot lead on a day so accommodating that more than three dozen players broke par. “I wouldn’t say it’s exhilarating, because I feel like my mindset is I am in a 72-hole tournament,” Rose said. “This is just a very small step toward outcome. So you don’t feel that buzz that you would on a Sunday, but you can’t help but look around over your shoulder and ... damn, this is Pebble Beach. Shot 65 and you’re in the U.S. Open. It’s a cool moment. Whatever transpires the rest of the week, it was a cool moment.” It was an ideal start for Rose and for the USGA,
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Lowry’s hot start was almost fitting. It was the Toronto guard who got shoved on the sideline in Game 3 by Warriors minority owner Mark Stevens, now banned by the league and team for a year. The Raptors, in their 24th season of existence, rallied from two games down to beat the Bucks in the Eastern Conference finals then took down the mighty Warriors on their home floor to deny Golden State a three-peat. The Raptors went 8 for 32 on 3s in a 106-105 Game 5 defeat as the Warriors staved off elimination Monday in Toronto. They started 5 of 6 from long range in this one and finished 13 of 33 and converted 23 of 29 free throws. Curry and these Warriors never, ever count themselves out. Yet down 3-1 in their fifth straight NBA Finals, they didn’t have the health it took to win the past two titles and three of the past four against LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. “This five-year run’s been awesome but I definitely don’t think it’s over,” Curry said.
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With It to the Max Home Mack ‘G’ Mouse ‘G’ The Loud The Loud Smarter Than Smarter Than Henry Dan- Henry Dan- Henry Danger All That The Substi- Full House ‘G’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ (:35) Friends (:10) Friends (:45) Friends House ‘Y7’ House ‘Y7’ ger ‘G’ ger ‘G’ (N) ‘G’ (N) ‘G’ tute (N) ‘G’ ‘PG’ ‘PG’ ‘14’ (3:40) “Finding Nemo” (2003, Children’s) Voices of Albert (:10) “The Incredibles” (2004, Children’s) Voices of Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel (8:50) “The Lion King” (1994, Children’s) Voices of Matthew (10:55) “Hercules” (1997) Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould. L. Jackson. Animated. A former superhero gets back into action. Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones. Voices of Tate Donovan. (3:00) 90 Day Fiancé: Hap- 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? “Into the Lion’s Den” 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way “All in the Name of Love” Four Americans have found love 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever 90 Day Fiance: The Other pily Ever After? ‘PG’ Debbie gives Colt heartbreaking news. ‘PG’ abroad. 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Wealthy man’s companion is shut out of family holidays the backbone to insist you be included suggests to me that your relationship appears to be a one-way street. The way to get past this would be to make sure you are saving enough money (if you haven’t) to tide you over until you find a Abigail Van Buren job after his death. In the meantime, allow yourself enough personal time to cultivate relationships with people who won’t ignore you during holidays. It’s important that you not become more isolated and disconnected than you are. If you are religious, your own church might be a place to start.
DEAR ABBY: My husband is the biggest procrastinator I have ever known. He has piles of things lying around that need his attention and projects that need to be finished but get put off day after day. When I remind him of what needs doing, he accuses me of nagging, so I have stopped reminding him. But it’s boiling inside of me. It has gotten worse since he retired. Also, there are the hours he spends on his iPad.
-- BEYOND FRUSTRATED IN OHIO DEAR BEYOND: What’s going on is unfair to you. If this is your husband’s pattern, then he needs to know how angry you are about it. That isn’t nagging; it is venting. Because he has gotten worse since his retirement, he may need to be seen by his doctor to ensure it isn’t caused by a health problem. I’m sorry you didn’t mention what kinds of projects your husband is procrastinating about finishing. If they are minor repairs or handyman things, consider hiring someone to finish them. If they are financial, your accountant may be able to recommend someone. Please consider what I am telling you. The only thing you shouldn’t do is continue to tolerate this. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
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Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, June 14, 2019: This year, you will grow and evolve in a new direction. Sometimes you might not be comfortable traveling a new path, but you will do it. If single, you could fall into an intense yet difficult time. Do not commit. There are better things around the corner. If you’re attached, the two of you go through periods when you are distant, and you might even experience a coldness between the two of you. In between, warmth flows. A SCORPIO can help you understand why the distance periods exists. You can change the tone of your interactions. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH You might not be aware of the dreams you had, but you probably will wake up in a good mood. Deal with joint finances and partnership matters at present. Follow your instincts. Tonight: Put 100% into the moment. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH You sense when you meet a powerhouse and need to deal with this person’s energy. How you handle a key matter could change once you start up a conversation. You gain unusual insights. Tonight: Flow with another person’s energy. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH You have a lot to deal with, like it or not. You could evolve to a new perspective and want to get more feedback or test an idea on another person. You could get a negative response at first. Tonight: Let your hair down. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Emotions seem intense, and you are more than willing to deal with a problem. Investigate opportunities and see what comes forth. You might decide to head in a new direction if the problem appears unresolvable. Tonight: Know that you do not need to be alone. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH You are fiery, especially when dealing with a cold or grumpy individual in your life. You cannot seem to get this person off his or her pedestal. Perhaps you need to leave this person there and bypass him or her. He or she needs to decide to change. You cannot force this person to do anything. Tonight: Order in. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
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HHHHH Communicate the bottom line when dealing with a friend or relative close by. Avoid gossip, or at least identify it as what it is. A child or loved one could seem remote. Let this person decide when he or she wants to warm up. Meanwhile, do your thing. Tonight: At a favorite spot. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHHH You could be quite busy trying to determine the end results of a complex situation. If more people than just you are involved, you might not be able to handle the matter as you would like. Everyone seems to want his or her opinions to be taken seriously. Tonight: Indulge and order in from a favorite spot. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHHH Others seem to have to jump over barriers and blockages. At this point in time, you have no such challenges. You remain confident, knowing what is acceptable and why you have made the choices you have. Tonight: Whatever knocks your socks off. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH You might feel drained. A financial problem could also be compounding your less-than-great mood. Being grumpy might not help, but in a way it will help you work through your feelings. Tonight: Try an early bedtime. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Much activity surrounds a special friendship or a long-term goal. Note all the support you receive from others. Express your appreciation for it. In any case, you will open up to a new idea, which could be more workable. Tonight: Only where there are crowds. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH You might want to do something quite different than you have of late. Your ability to get past a problem not only helps you but encourages others to be more creative -- in your case, in the workplace. Tonight: Burning the midnight oil. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Reach out for a loved one at a distance, as you have of late. You naturally learn a lot when dealing with this person. Understand where he or she is coming from. Rest assured, this person experienced life differently from you. Tonight: Follow the music. BORN TODAY President Donald Trump (1946), musician Boy George (1961), actress/singer Lucy Hale (1989)
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DEAR ABBY: I am a platonic friend and parttime caregiver of a wealthy gentleman. I now reside in his residence out of necessity. We respect each other, and neither of us intends to be anything more than friends. My problem is his family. They know I exist, but refuse to get to know me. They do not allow me to accompany him to holiday events at their homes, even at his request. His sister, the matriarch and a devout Catholic, has been verbally and emotionally abusive to me. My friend believes it’s all about his money, and they consider me a threat. I always feel hurt and rejected on these special occasions. I have no family of my own, and I’m alone on holidays most of the time. How can I overcome this hurtful situation? His nieces and nephews never call him or invite him to dinner in between holidays. Neither of us has children, so he is loyal to his relatives above all else. How do I get past the rejection?
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tions are needed for ringed and bearded seals, which already are losing habitat because of climate warming. “It’s where the rubber hits the roads in terms of actual protections,” she said. Ringed and bearded seals live in the Bering and Chukchi seas. Though their numbers have not declined, they were listed as threatened in 2012 because of projected sea ice loss. The state of Alaska, oil industry groups and others sued in two lawsuits and the listing was vacated. However, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals last year reversed those decisions and said long-range data dem-
onstrating a species decline is not required to adopt conservation policies to prevent the decline. “If you wait until their demise is certain, it’s too late,” Jeffers said Thursday. Ringed seals are the smallest and most numerous of Alaska’s ice seals and the main prey of another threatened species, polar bears. Ringed seals thrive in completely ice-covered Arctic waters because they maintain breathing holes with thick claws. After snow covers breathing holes, females excavate snow caves on sea ice. Inside those lairs, they give birth to
pups that cannot survive in ice-cold water until weeks later when they have grown a blubber layer. Early breakup of sea ice, less snow and even rain threatens lairs, exposing pups to polar bears, Arctic foxes and freezing temperatures. Bearded seals get their name from short snouts covered with thick, long, white whiskers. Bearded seals give birth and rear pups on drifting pack ice. NOAA Fisheries officials announced Wednesday that at least 60 ice seals, including ringed, bearded and spotted seals, have been found dead this week on coastlines north and south of the Bering Strait. The cause has not been determined. The agency declared an unusual mortality event following abnormal molting and deaths of ice seals and walruses from 2011 to 2016. A definitive cause was not identified. The agency estimated that 657 seals were affected over those six years. Biologists confirmed symptoms in 233 dead and stranded seals, 179 seals killed by hunters and 245 live seals checked in health assessments.
nizers will include competitions and workshops in the future. During the planning for the event, the organizers hit an unexpected snag in their line — getting FAA approval to fly the kites in an occupied airspace. Joiner said it was a bit of a hurdle and
caused some delay in finalizing the event. Joiner and the others did eventually get the approval, so the kites are cleared for takeoff. For anyone who will not be on Kenai North Beach Saturday, there are a few spots in town that will offer a good view of the kites in
the air: Erik Hansen Scout Park, Meeks trailhead, the Bridge Access Viewing Platform and Kenai South Beach. For more information about the Kite Building Workshop on Friday or the Kite Festival on Saturday call the Kenai Library at 907-283-4378.
up for the summer season. Land’s End Resort helped her with a discount when she explained her situation. Swartz said Land’s End also helps out the conference in general with room donations for visiting conference faculty and other support. Recently moved to Tooele, Aubrey said she hasn’t been able to connect with any other writers in her town. The author of two self-published, contemporary adult novels, she said she’s hoping to connect with an agent and get more established in her career. “This is my first writers’ conference,” she said. “I think one of the most valuable parts of a conference is networking. I’m excited to go to a new place all by myself and strike up relationships.” That’s one of the attractions of the writers’ conference, Swartz said: the community of writers it creates,
something people mention on feedback forms. “Every year people talk about the sense of community, the networking,” she said. “The accessibility to writers, major internationally known poets and essayists and novelists you can just walk up to.” Unique to the conference is how attendees keep coming back year after year. One Ninilchik writer, Vicky Steik, has been every year but one. Another writer who came to the first conference in 2002 is coming back this year. About half of this year’s attendees have been to a previous conference, Swartz said. The conference also isn’t just for writers, but for readers, too, she said. “The conference strives to offer something for readers: to discuss literature and meet writers,” Swartz said. Knowing how babies can surprise mothers and don’t
always come on schedule, Aubrey said she’s contacted midwives at Homer Birth and Wellness should she go into labor in Homer. “My first kid, I had him in our laundry room,” she said. “I like the out-of-hospital experience.” Aubrey said she will take measures to avoid having an early birth, like not walking much and drinking lots of water. If the birth happens early, her husband is OK with attending by Skype, she said. “It’s a dream come true,”
build kites on Friday as well as give demonstrations for the crowd Saturday afternoon. Joiner said that if the event is successful, the orga-
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husband, Jerry Aubrey. The timing worked out between graduation and her due date. “I had to be a little selective because of the due date,” she said. “It was really close but I couldn’t pass it up.” She found out about the Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference in a Google search. Swartz said other attendees heard about it through posters, word of mouth, recommendations and an article in Poets & Writers. “The Kachemak Bay conference really stood out,” Aubrey said. “It was a great location and had a great lineup of speakers — and it was affordable.” Aubrey said she miscalculated on room rates, though, and didn’t realize prices went
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Around Alaska Alaska lawmakers OK retroactive allowances JUNEAU — Alaska legislators will be able to collect retroactively an allowance for days they were in Juneau for the special session before the operating budget passed. The Legislative Council authorized the payments Thursday. The council’s chairman, Sen. Gary Stevens, says lawmakers can decide if they want to claim the $302 a day allowance. A state law says if an operating budget is not passed by the 121st day the Legislature is in session, lawmakers cannot collect the allowance until the budget passes. An attorney for the Legislature says nothing in that law prohibits the council from authorizing retroactive payments. The 121st day, the last day of the regular session, was May 15. The special session started May 16. The budget passed Monday. Legislators who live in Juneau aren’t eligible for the allowance.
University of Alaska Fairbanks athletic director steps down FAIRBANKS — The athletic director of the University of Alaska Fairbanks is stepping down, officials said. Sterling Steward Jr. will leave the university after eight months as athletic director, Fairbanks television station KTVF reported Tuesday. Steward plans to pursue other opportunities in the Lower 48, specifically in the south, said Keith Champagne, vice chancellor for student affairs. Champagne will take over the athletic director role while continuing to serve as the head of the student affairs department. “In addition to Vice Chancellor Champagne’s experience in student affairs, he has a solid background in athletics. I am confident that under his leadership UAF athletics will grow,” University of Alaska Chancellor Dan White said in a statement Tuesday. Champagne previously served as interim athletic director at Central Washington University. — Associated Press
she said of attending the writers’ conference. “I couldn’t have done it without a scholarship and people’s help.” Swartz said the writers’ conference still has space available. People can register online through today at http://writersconference.homer.alaska.edu and on Friday at the conference. They also can call the Kachemak Bay Campus at 235-7743. The writers’ conference is sponsored by the University of Alaska Anchorage, Kenai Peninsula College, Kachemak Bay Campus. The conference also
gets in-kind or financial support from Alaska Airlines, First National Bank Alaska, Caroline Musgrove Coons Endowment, The Atwood Foundation, University of Alaska, the Homer Bookstore, the Homer News, KBBI, Usibelli Foundation, University of Alaska Anchorage, Kachemak Bay Campus-Kenai Peninsula College, as well as many individual donors. Reach Michael Armstrong at marmstrong@homernews. com.
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ANCHORAGE — An environmental group sued the Trump administration Thursday for failing to designate critical habitat for two species of seals that rely on sea ice off Alaska’s northwest coast. The Center for Biological Diversity sued the Department of Commerce and the National Marine Fisheries Service for not designating critical habitat for threatened ringed and bearded seals. Agency spokeswoman Julie Speegle said by email the agency does not comment on ongoing litigation. Designation of critical habitat for a threatened species is required by the Endangered Species Act a year after a listing. Federal agencies that authorize activities such as oil drilling within critical habitat must consult with wildlife managers to determine if threatened species will be affected. Centre for Biological Diversity attorney Emily Jeffers, who drafted the lawsuit, said by phone from Oakland, California, that additional protec-
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New network for first responders raises concern among media By RACHEL D’ORO Associated Press
ANCHORAGE — The police chief of Alaska’s largest city hurried out of the department’s glass building after the ground began to shake. Phone lines jammed and even police radios were spotty after a major earthquake, but his cellphone was recently equipped with a national wireless network dedicated to first responders. Anchorage Police Chief Justin Doll was able to reach other officials who had the new high-speed connection after the 7.1 magnitude quake last year caused widespread damage. It proved to be a trial run in Alaska for the FirstNet network, which Doll and other commanders had just signed on to test with their personal cellphones. The crucial calls made possible by FirstNet helped first responders set up an emergency operations center and coordinate the response to the Nov. 30 earthquake. “It was just random chance that we had started sort of testing this a little bit right before the earthquake happened,” Doll said. “I felt a lot more confident rolling it out to the whole agency after we had that kind of trial by fire with the earthquake with just a few phones. I was like, ‘This actually works.’” Anchorage police officially opted in to the service in January, joining thousands of public safety agencies nationwide that can use the connection during emergencies and for everyday work like communicating by smartphone, routing offi-
Anchorage Police Officer T. Scott Masten works a shift equipped with a wireless hotspot device on his patrol car laptop Wednesday, in Anchorage. Anchorage police are among public safety agencies across the country that are tapped into FirstNet, a new national wireless network dedicated to first responders. (AP Photo/Rachel D’Oro)
cers to calls and looking up suspect information in the field. Agencies also can tie the network to apps, including a push-to-talk option that turns cellphones into high-tech walkie-talkies. In Alaska, the network is seen as an emerging tool to connect emergency responders in a massive state with scores of tribal villages far removed from roads. High-speed internet has been built up in remote areas in recent years, but connecting rural communities is still a significant challenge, even with FirstNet. The network is secure, encrypted and off limits to the public. But it has raised concerns among media advocates that the secrecy shields police and others from scrutiny as more agen-
cies cut access to their traditional radio communications. Both FirstNet and AT&T, which runs the high-speed system, say it’s up to subscribers to open aspects of the network. The communications giant didn’t know any agencies that have done so. Launched last year, the network was established by Congress in 2012 after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, when some police and fire departments couldn’t communicate over incompatible radio systems. The First Responder Network Authority, an independent federal entity, oversees it with AT&T, which plans to invest $40 billion over its 25-year government contract.
The U.S. was the first to roll out a governmentbacked wireless network for first responders. Nations like Australia, South Korea, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom are studying FirstNet as they look to create similar services, spokeswoman April Ward. Verizon has rolled out a similar service for first responders not tied to the government but would not say how many agencies have signed up. More than 7,250 departments nationwide have joined FirstNet, AT&T said. “I would say it’s the most important network in our country because it’s serving our first responders who are taking care of us every day,” said Chris Sambar, AT&T’s
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senior vice president for FirstNet. More than half of the system has been completed, Sambar said. In Alaska, the five-year goal is to build the network to cover more than 90% of the population, but that still amounts to less than half of the state’s far-flung tribal lands, according the FirstNet plan for Alaska. A half dozen rural hubs for scores of villages will be covered. For now, nothing replaces Alaska’s mobile radio network, said John Rockwell, a state official who worked on the plan. “I really believe in FirstNet,” he said. “It’s just not there yet.” In cities like Anchorage, police have issued FirstNetlinked cellphones to officers and equipped laptops in patrol cars with mobile hotspots. During a recent shift, Anchorage Officer T. Scott Masten used the network to look up photos that confirmed the identity of a man found sleeping in a car in a church parking lot. Previously, officers would have to drive to a substation to get that information. “It makes my job easier; makes it much more efficient,” Masten said. In Seattle, firefighters use FirstNet for dispatch and for transmitting patient health care information, among other things. Port St. Lucie, Florida, police use it on multiple devices with no failures yet, Police Chief Jon Bolduc said. He’s interested to see how it holds up in an emergency. The small community of Whiteville, North Carolina, lost all connections except
for FirstNet when Hurricane Florence hit last September, city emergency manager Hal Lowder said. Even FirstNet started slowing down when officials tried to send large amounts of data, so they turned to an option available to all subscribers: equipment that turns a satellite signal into an LTE cell tower. Whiteville officials relied on the push-to-talk app to communicate when all other systems were down. Lowder said the app doubles as a patrol radio system — at a fraction of the cost. “It worked perfectly, even at slow speeds,” he said. FirstNet isn’t urging responders to give up traditional radios, but that’s the direction the market is heading, CEO Ed Parkinson said. There’s already a trend toward silencing police radios for the public. A growing number of agencies, including Anchorage police, have cut access to scanner radio traffic, citing safety concerns. The move eliminates a traditional resource and oversight tool for journalists and others. FirstNet’s lack of public scrutiny is raising concerns about further erosion to freedom of information rights. J. Alex Tarquinio, president of the Society of Professional Journalists, believes a government-sanctioned service should include a portion that’s open to the media. “The government has an obligation — because this is a public service — to find a way to provide that information to journalists, so journalists can continue to cover incidents and emergency response in a timely way,” Tarquinio said.
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