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In the news 3 more dead gray whales found in Alaska; state total at 10 ANCHORAGE — Three more gray whales have died in Alaska, bringing the total to 10 for 2019.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the latest dead animals were found in Southeast Alaska.

A fisherman Monday reported a dead floating gray whale near Wrangell. The U.S. Forest Service helped secure it to a beach.

Late Tuesday, a gray whale was spotted beached on the outer coast of Kruzof Island west of Sitka. It has substantially decomposed.

Also on Tuesday, a carcass was seen floating near Annette Island south of Ketchikan.

NOAA Fisheries last month declared an unusual mortality event for elevated gray whale strandings along the West Coast.

The agency says 167 gray whales have been found dead from Mexico to Alaska.

Police release name of victim in motorcycle homicide case ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police have released the name of a man killed on a motorcycle that was being chased by a stolen sport utility vehicle.

Thirty-six-year-old Christopher Lebert died early Wednesday morning. Police are investigating the case as a homicide.

The SUV was stolen Tuesday night at the Port of Alaska.

Patrol officers shortly after 12:30 a.m. Wednesday responded to a crash on Minnesota Parkway near 15th Avenue. Minnesota Parkway is the main north-south thoroughfare on the city’s west side.

They found Lebert dead and his motorcycle dragged some distance away.

The stolen SUV exited on the off-ramp leading to West High School and was found abandoned in a neighborhood southwest of the crash scene.

Police say the crash was not a hit-and-run.

They’re asking for witnesses with information to contact them.

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By Brian Mazurek Peninsula Clarion

Construction season continues on the central peninsula as all four major road renovation projects in the area move forward on schedule.

On the Sterling Highway between Sterling and Cooper Landing, crews from Granite Construction are working to improve road conditions from Mile 58 to 79. Major renovations, including shoulder widening and culvert replacement, are taking place, so motorists should be aware of delays. Pilot car and flagging operations are in effect between Mile 69 and 73, as well as between Mile 65 and 67, near the Watson Lake area. Crews will be active in these areas from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. Monday through Thursday and 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. on Friday and Sunday nights.

By Kat Sorensen Peninsula Clarion

A construction crew excavates along the Kenai Spur Highway on Tuesday, June 4.

(Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

Delays of up to 15 minutes are expected.

During the day, crews are working between Mile 59

and 63 near the eastern end of ground. Motorists should be Skilak Lake Road, as well as aware of flagging operations between Mile 69 and 71 near on this section of the highway.

See ROAD, page A2 the Peterson Lake Camp-

Seward will be hosting its first Seabird Festival this weekend from Friday to Sunday.

The inaugural event will include art and food vendors, kid activities, birding competitions, talks by bird experts and specific bird-watching boat tours.

Events will be held throughout town at the Alaska SeaLife Center, the K.M. Rae Building, Zudy’s Cafe, the Iditarod Memorial, the American Legion, Kenai See BIRD, page A3

Borough defunds tourism marketing council

By VICTORIA PETERSEN Peninsula Clarion

The Kenai Peninsula Tourism Marketing Council — a nonprofit, public-private partnership aimed at promoting the Kenai Peninsula as a “world class visitor destination”— was defunded Tuesday evening when the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly voted to sustain a budgetary,

line-item veto made by Mayor Charlie Pierce earlier that day.

Pierce vetoed the $100,000 in funding for the council, a June 18 memo to the assembly said.

Because of the veto, Pamela Parker, a board member of the tourism marketing council, said the organization’s website will go into disrepair, due to lack of funding for digital marketing. She said

search engine optimization and Facebook marketing will also cease without funds from the borough.

“I guarantee you, folks from Anchorage and out of state are not going to be seeing the Kenai Peninsula at the top of their search when they look for things to do in Alaska, and that is going to be a direct correlation to the funding that you just vetoed,” Parker

told the assembly Tuesday.

In his veto memo, Pierce said it was time for the borough to market itself in new ways.

“I believe it is time for the borough to go in a different direction by using a competitive solicitation process to hire an organization to market the areas of the borough outside of the cities,” the memo reads. “This would provide

an avenue to explore different options available for this marketing that include promoting other forms of economic development and a better understanding of borough functions.”

In his proposed FY 2020 budget, Pierce zeroed out the $100,000 marketing council funds provided in years past.

The assembly amended the See FUND, page A3

Lawmakers wary of Wasilla special session

By MARK THIESSEN and BECKY BOHRER Associated Press

WASILLA — When Gov. Mike Dunleavy called for the Legislature’s next special session to be held in Wasilla, some agreed with him that a change of venue would be good for lawmakers struggling to finish their work after a drawn-out five months at the state capital.

Others called it a means of intimidation or cited security and logistical concerns.

Now, the wait is on to see if the House and Senate heed Dunleavy’s call to do business July 8 in his conservative hometown.

It would be the first time an Alaska special session has convened outside the capital, Juneau, or the state’s largest city, Anchorage, where a few have been held.

Nationally, it’s rare for special sessions to be held outside state capitals, though committee hearings sometimes take

This Friday, June 14, photo shows Jeremy Price, a deputy chief of staff to Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy, showing reporters the cafeteria at Wasilla Middle School. (AP Photo/ Mark Thiessen)

place elsewhere. Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich, pitching it as a way to make government more accessible, gave most of his State of the State speeches outside of that state’s capital, after his first address at the

Statehouse was marred by protests.

Alaska’s Republican governor called the session so lawmakers can finalize this year’s payout to residents from the state’s oil wealth fund, a

New UAA chancellor visits Homer

By Michael Armstrong Homer News

Eight months into her job as University of Alaska Anchorage Chancellor, Cathy Sandeen has survived not just her first winter in Alaska, but crises that might have sent other cheechakos screaming back to the Lower 49 states.

Sandeen started out 2019 not just with the loss of accreditation for the UAA School of Education, but with a proposed budget from Gov. Mike Dunleavy that included a cut of $134 million or 40% of the state’s contribution to the University of Alaska funding.

“I didn’t expect as extreme a cut as in the gover-

University of Alaska Anchorage Chancellor Cathy Sandeen speaks last Friday, June 14, at the opening of the Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference at Land’s End Resort in Homer. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/ Homer News) nor’s original proposal,” Sandeen said in an interview with the Homer News. “I think the community understood the

ramifications and stood behind the university.”

Last weekend, Sandeen See UA, page A2

politically divisive issue that has been simmering for years and is nearing a boiling point.

The checks have been smaller for the past three years as political leaders struggling with a budget deficit strayed from a

formula in state law for calculating them.

If the law is followed as Dunleavy wants, this year’s check will be about $3,000.

The House, controlled by a bipartisan majority composed largely of Democrats, rejected a full payout during the first special session of the year, in Juneau, while the Republicanled Senate was more closely divided in not advancing a full payout.

Dunleavy warned of a change of venue if lawmakers didn’t complete their business during that session, suggesting as a potential site the Matanuska-Susitna region, where Wasilla is nestled about 40 miles north of Anchorage.

Wasilla made headlines more than a decade ago as the hometown of then-Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

Senate Minority Leader Tom Begich, an Anchorage See WARY, page A3

Sullivan, Murkowski ask to tap relief funds for seafood ANCHORAGE — Alaska’s congressional delegation said the state’s fishermen and seafood processors should be included in a federal trade war relief package, a report said.

Lawmakers asked the Trump administration to give its seafood industry access to $15 billion earmarked for farmers, The Anchorage Daily News reported Wednesday.

“Unjustified retaliatory” tariffs are eroding Alaska seafood’s market share in China, U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan and Rep. Don Young said in a June 11 letter.

The delegation wants Agriculture Secretary Sonny

Perdue to include Alaska seafood in the recent federal support package for U.S. agricultural products affected by the ongoing Chinese trade war.

“New market growth has stopped and Alaska seafood consumption has dropped,” the legislators wrote to Perdue.

China’s 25% tariff on Alaska salmon, pollock, cod and other fish implemented in July boosts the overall tariff to 32% on some fish species, they said.

Before the trade war began, China bought about $1 billion per year in seafood, the state’s largest privatesector employer.

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Crews are paving between Mile 65 and 69 from 8 p.m. to 9 a.m. every day, and there will be pilot car and flagging operations with delays of up to 20 minutes. As of Wednesday, paving will also be taking place between Mile 72 and 73 with similar delays.

Motorists should allow for 30 to 40 minutes of travel time through this stretch of the highway. In addition, poor visibility is expected between Mile 65 and 70 due to the proximity to the Swan Lake Fire. Construction is expected to continue through the season. For the latest information on this project, call 1-833206-4717.

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took a working vacation to attend the Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference, held June 14-18 at Land’s End Resort.

During her first trip to Homer and the Kachemak Bay Campus in her official role as the leader of UAA, Sandeen opened the conference at last Friday’s address by keynote speaker Diane Ackerman and welcomed the visiting faculty and attendees. Sandeen made a careful note to honor the Dena’ina people who lived on the north shore of Kachemak Bay before European contact.

Born in Oakland, California, and raised in the San Francisco Bay area, Sandeen spent 20 years working in administration with the University of California system at UC San Francisco, UC Santa Cruz and UC Los Angeles.

Sandeen took a two-year break from academia as vice president of innovation and education at the American Council of Education in Washington, D.C. Before coming to Alaska, she was chancellor of the University of Wisconsin Colleges and UW-Extension, working out of the Madison, Wisconsin campus. There she had a simi-

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tion project on the Sterling Highway is located between Mile 97 and 118, from Soldotna to Clam Gulch. Crews are still installing a large fish passage culvert at Crooked Creek and a temporary bridge has been placed to create a detour on Johnson Lake Loop Road.

Crews are currently working day and night between Mile 101 and 118. Motorists should be aware of possible delays and traffic restrictions at all times. This project is expected to be completed in October and includes shoulder widening and the installation of four large culverts at Slikok Tributary, Crooked Creek, Clam Gulch and Coal Creek. For the latest information on this project call 907-262-1042.

On the Kenai Spur Highway between Sports Lake and Swire Road from Mile 5 to 8,

crews from the Department of Transportation and Wolverine Construction are converting the highway into five lanes and constructing a new pathway.

Currently, crews are working off the highway from 8 a.m. to 7 pm., but motorists should be aware of construction vehicles entering and exiting the highway. Motorists should also expect pilot car and flagging operations with possible delays from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m.

There is a new traffic pattern on this section of the highway and reduced speed is advised. This project is expected to continue through the season. For the latest information on this project, call 907-262-0906.

Finally, crews are resurfacing the length of Beaver Loop Road in Kenai, as well as constructing turn lanes and a separated pedestrian pathway on the southern

side of the road. Currently, crews are finishing up the surveying and clearing operations, and the next phase will involve relocating utility infrastructure to the northern side of the road. Project Engineer Jason Baxley said that they will likely hold off on any major work until the end of dip netting season on July 31 to mitigate any traffic delays. In addition, Baxley will be holding an open house on July 9 at his project office on Beaver Loop Road to discuss with the community the timeline of the project and answer any questions or concerns. Construction is expected to last through the season, and for the latest information on this project, call 907-242-4889.

For regular updates on all the road construction projects in Alaska, visit www.alaskanavigator.org.

lar job as that of UAA Chancellor, working with branch campuses and connecting the research and resources of the university with rural areas.

The Wisconsin university system is centered around what’s called the Wisconsin Idea, where the boundaries of the university are those of the state, and the public is invested in the university.

“Everybody deserves to get the benefit of the university,” Sandeen said. “… I think it applies to Alaska, too.”

The Kachemak Bay Writers Conference is a good example of that, she said. The beauty of Kachemak Bay and the reputation of the conference allow it to attract world-class writers.

The conference also includes a public talk and reading by the keynote speaker and the annual Festival of Reading.

“It’s open to the whole community,” Sandeen said of the conference. “It’s the back and forth, relaxed attitudes — it’s what the university should be.”

As an example of how the community supports the university in return, Sandeen noted the $800,000 contribution in property taxes for the Kenai Peninsula College Service Area that also supports the Kachemak Bay Campus.

“Here in Alaska we don’t

see it in all community campuses,” Sandeen said. “It so happens KPC (Kenai Peninsula College) latched on to that idea.

I think it’s a smart investment.”

Before she came to Alaska, Sandeen had been exploring the idea of a nonfiction book on the college-bound decisions of rural youth in Wisconsin. That same issue could apply to Alaskans. She wants to look into the family, social and cultural dynamics of rural youth seeking a post-secondary education. Do they seek a four-year college degree? Do they get a vocational-technical degree?

Rural youth also face the prospect of, “I love my small town.

I respect the people there, but if I got to college, I might not go back,” Sandeen said.

“I really respect people in rural areas,” she said. “I’m not one to say everybody has to go to college.”

Sandeen stressed that education after high school doesn’t necessarily mean college.

“It’s all important. It all counts,” she said. “I am proud that UAA is a place — It’s unusual to have an institution that does everything from certificates to PhDs.” In terms of programs in the UAA system, that means keeping options flexible.

“How do we create pathways?” she asked. “Someone

gets a certificate, that’s academic credit. There’s an on-ramp to go to the next step.”

Despite economic uncertainty, applications for the fall semester are up at the UAA campuses, Sandeen said. They’re attracting students with grade-point averages of 3.5 and higher.

“These are students who can go anywhere but are choosing to stay,” she said.

The Legislature passed a university budget less drastic than the governor’s. It’s a split appropriation, with part going to the statewide office and the Anchorage and Fairbanks campuses and the rest to the University of Alaska Southeast and the community campuses.

That’s not a mandate for the university to restructure, but it’s an avenue the UA Board of Regents is looking at through a task force, Sandeen said.

“Everybody is really struggling with what’s the best structure,” she said.

The university also is sensitive about not placing too high a financial burden on students through steep tuition and fee increases.

“Our goal is to keep tuition affordable to students,” she said, noting that other states have increased tuition. “…I’m proud that in Alaska we definitely keep affordability at the forefront.”

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Travis K. Schreiner

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2:00 PM - June 29th 2019 300 Marydale Ave. Soldotna, AK Don, Angela and Shauna Schreiner invite you to a Celebration of Life for Travis Schreiner. We look forward to sharing our memories and sharing some great stories with family and friends about Travis and his many adventures growing up on the Kenai Peninsula.

A get together with food and refreshments is planned at Paradisos Restaurant in Kenai immediately following the Celebration.

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Democrat, said he sees Dunleavy choosing Wasilla as a way to intimidate legislators. He said the governor had an opportunity to work with legislators on a location that logistically made sense.

Begich’s brother, former U.S. Sen. Mark Begich, lost last year’s governor’s race to Dunleavy.

House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, an independent from the southwest Alaska fishing community of Dillingham, has cited logistical concerns with meeting in Wasilla, along with security worries.

Edgmon said he has received threatening calls and “angry, vitriolic” emails from people frustrated with lawmakers for not approving what they consider a “birthright” — a $3,000 dividend check. Many emails have come from the Matanuska-Susitna region, he said.

“It could be a very volatile environment,” Edgmon said.

Dunleavy’s administration has tried to allay concerns.

While the governor’s office has singled out some legislators for their position on the dividend and encouraged Alaskans to weigh in, Dunleavy has asked them to do so civilly.

Deputy chief of staff Jeremy Price gave reporters a tour last week of Dunleavy’s recommended venue for the special session, Wasilla Middle School, showing off two gymnasiums with room for spectators that he said could accommodate concurrent House and Senate floor sessions. Self-locking doors were touted as security measures.

Cost estimates for holding a special session in Wasilla haven’t been publicly released.

“Juneau has a lot of costs all their own, and a whole lot fewer fast-food options,” said Republican Rep. David Eastman of Wasilla, where the state’s first Sonic drive-in restaurant is set to open in September.

Juneau’s downtown restaurant options, within walking distance of the Capitol, include a Subway sandwich shop.

Wasilla residents and officials see the special session as an opportunity for the region to flex its political clout.

The fast-growing MatanuskaSusitna Borough has a population of more than 100,000.

“We’re really progressing, but the rest of Alaska wants to ignore that or pretend it’s not happening,” borough manager John Moosey said. “We’re growing. Anchorage is not.”

Dunleavy touted the location as a selling point, saying it is within a five-hour drive of a large majority of the state’s more than 730,000 residents.

Juneau and the surrounding area, home to about 32,000 people, are not on the main road system. People have to fly or take a boat, like a state-run ferry, to get there.

There have been periodic efforts to move the capital or Legislature.

Jan Engan, who moved to Wasilla in 2014 to be closer to family, cited cost concerns with traveling to Juneau and said people in other states have easier access to their lawmakers. Engan used to work for state government in North Dakota.

Some in the region, sometimes referred to as the Mat-Su Valley, see the special session as a chance to shake off the “valley trash” slight used years ago by former state Sen. Ben Stevens, a Republican who is now a Dunleavy adviser. A 2004 editorial in the local newspaper said Stevens used the term in response to an email from an individual criticizing him. Stevens didn’t respond to an email from The Associated Press seeking comment for this story.

The Bearpaw River Brewing Co. recently resurrected the “Valley Trash” imperial blonde ale, using the recipe from the original brewery that closed.

The beer is sold in cans.

“The label is ironically classy, with cursive lettering,” owner and operations manager Jake Wade said.

Jessica Viera with the Wasilla chamber said too many people see the city as a place you pass through on your way somewhere else and don’t see its expansion.

“So, to have this kind of growth and then just be like, ‘Oh, well. Who cares about Wasilla?’ Well, we care about Wasilla because we love living here, playing here, working here. You can do everything.”

It remains unclear whether lawmakers will legislate there.

Legislative leaders have been discussing their options.

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Fjords National Park Visitor Center and Seward Brewing Company.

Some highlight events include an onshore birding competition, a seabird saluta-

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$100,000 back into the budget, before they passed it in May. In FY 2019, the borough provided the council with $100,000. In the FY 2018 budget, the borough supported the council with $305,980 in funds, and $340,00 in FY 2017.

Tuesday night, Assembly Vice President Dale Bagley moved to override the veto, saying he was disappointed the mayor cut the funding.

“We need to get more tourism here on the Kenai Peninsula,” he said.

Duane Bannock of the Uptown Motel in Kenai, was one of a couple of residents who urged the assembly to not override the veto.

“Public tax dollars have no place in subsidizing my advertising at the Uptown Motel,” he said. “When you take tax dollars and give them to a private organization and then the private organization uses those tax dollars to subsidize my competitors — ladies and gentlemen that’s what the mafia does. That’s what mafia insurance is and it’s wrong.”

Parker clarified for the assembly and audience about where borough money goes.

She says no money from the borough is used to create the visitor guide, but that it’s entirely funded by the council’s members and advertising sales.

“The $100,000 goes directly toward digital marketing, which was a directive we received last year,” she said.

“We are trying to reach inand out-of-state tourists while they’re Googling what to do in Alaska.”

Executive Director of the Kenai Peninsula Tourism Marketing Council, Dennis Meadows, spoke to the partnership the organization has with the borough.

“It’s a partnership,” he said. “It’s a partnership between the private sector — between those of us that believe in what we’re doing — and the public sector, because it affects us all.”

Around the Peninsula

Celebration of Life

Drawdown: Book to Action Climate Series

Please join the family of Bill Osborn for his Celebration of life on Tuesday, June 25th, 2:30 pm at the Kenai Senior Center.

Cook Inletkeeper and KenaiChange are excited to host the fourth event in our Drawdown: Book to Action Climate Series on Thursday, June 27 from 5:3-8 p.m.

This month’s topic is food and agriculture, and the event will include a local foods potluck; bring a dish to share!

We will meet at the new Inletkeeper Community Studio, at 35911 Kenai Spur Hwy, Suite 13. This series uses the bestselling book “Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming” to focus on climate action and local solutions. The series is held the fourth Thursday of each month. Past meetings covered energy and transportation. Future topics will include built environment, land use, and community action.

For more information contact laura@inletkeeper.org

tions yoga class, an overview of Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge and a keynote from Scott Hatch.

Hatch, a wildlife biologist, researches that population biology and feeding ecology of North Pacific seabirds.

For more information visit alaskasealife.org/sewardseabird.

Before taking a vote, assembly member Kelly Cooper spoke in support of dedicating money to tourism marketing, noting recent public comment regarding the recently passed bed tax.

“We heard the industry say ‘we want money to be dedicated to tourism,’” she said.

Assembly member Norm Blakeley said he would support the mayor’s veto. “(Visitors) come here anyhow,” he said. “They come here for one reason: to enjoy the fishing. I don’t think (the tourism marketing council has) ever proven to me that what they do shows any metrics that they really make a big difference.”

Pierce suggested putting the decision to offer funds to the tourism marketing council, the Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District and the Small Business Development Group up to the voters.

“Let’s put it on the ballot,” he said. “Let see if the voters in this community — whether they want their tax dollars to go to KPEDD, KPTMC, and then the small business development group. Let’s see how the voters feel about it. Let’s put it on the ballot.”

After the assembly voted to sustain the veto, Parker expressed her disappointment at the next opportunity for public comment.

“Charlie, I’m disappointed,” she said. “I think a lot of local business owners and a lot of students in the school system are going to be very disappointed when they start to see a decrease in that sales tax revenue and those visitors to the area. I believe you have just cut off that lifeblood to the peninsula. People might not be coming here because of the fish, but we’re telling them about all of the other wonderful things they can do while they’re here on the peninsula. They can hike. They can eat at a restaurant. They can walk the beach and look for starfish down in Homer.”

The mayor’s veto was narrowly sustained with a five to four vote. Six votes on the assembly are needed to override a veto.

Love Inc garage sale

Love Inc will hsot a garage sale coming up Friday and Saturday, June 28-29 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.. Saturday they will also have lemonade stand available. All profits go back into the community Helping Neighbors In Need!

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KP Young Adult Ministry

KP Young Adult Ministry is available at Ammo Can Coffee Thursday nights at 7 p.m. KP Young Adult Ministry is geared toward fostering the healthy Christian Community for young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 years old. For more information contact us through our Facebook Page KP Young Adult Ministry.

ARRL Field Day 2019

Join us for Field Day 2019 at Kenai Bluff, 225 Kenai Spur View Dr., on Saturday-Sunday, June 22-23. This event is an opportunity for amateur radio operators and others who are interested in practicing emergency communication, participating in an informal contesting and having fun. Come out to see how amateur radio can be invaluable during an emergency and see who you can contact. It is the most popular on-the-air operating event in amateur radio. All are invited to join the Moosehorn Amateur Radio Club, gear up and get in action. The equipment setup will occur mid-morning on Saturday, with operations continuing through early Sunday morning. Amateur license exams will be given on Saturday, 1 p.m. Contact Max at wa7b@aol.com to schedule.

Tumbledown House at Flats Bistro

KDLL Public Radio in Kenai has a benefit concert with San Fransisco band Tumbledown House at 9 p.m. Tuesday, June 25 at the Flats Bistro in Kenai. Tickets are $25, available online at www.kdll.org and at the Flats. More information is available at KDLL 91.9 FM on Facebook.

Caregiver Support Program Open House

The Kenai Peninsula Family Caregiver Support Program will host an open house in the Blazy Mall, Suite # 209 on Tuesday, June 25 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Drop by our office to see how we may best serve you via access to our lending library, durable medical equipment closet, gain information and assistance, or stop by to visit over coffee and a snack.

For more information, call Sharon or Judy at 907-262-1280.

Pebble mine demonstration

A demonstration in opposition to the Pebble Mine will take place on the evening of Wednesday, June 26 outside the office of Sen. Lisa Murkowski. We will meet at 5 p.m. at the Blazy Mall (44539 Sterling Highway, Soldotna) and walk to Soldotna Creek Park for Music in the Park at 6 p.m. Bring your own sign, or borrow one from us!

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The industry lost about $100 million of sales in China over the last six months, said Jeremy Woodrow, Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute executive director.

“That’s a big number, and a lot of this hasn’t played out yet,” he said.

A $5.5 million federal grant under a previous aid package benefiting farmers hurt by tariffs allowed the institute to open new markets in Asian countries outside China and in South America, Woodrow said.

“It took us about 20 years to build the Chinese market,” Woodrow said. “It will take time to move away from that market and diversify our international portfolio.”

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Serving the Kenai Peninsula since 1970 Jeff Hayden Publisher ERIN THOMPSON......................................................... Editor RANDI KEATON....................................... Circulation Director FRANK GOLDTHWAITE......................... Production Manager

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Summit highlights progress on Korean Peninsula issue Courtesy demands reciprocity.

After Kim Jong-un visited China four times in less than 10 months, President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to Pyongyang on Thursday and Friday.

This would be the first visit to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea by China’s top State leader since 2005.

Unlike the conventional practice — the Foreign Ministry usually briefs about Xi’s foreign trips in advance — this time his visit to Pyongyang was announced by the International Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee on Monday evening, highlighting the special significance attached to the trip.

That the Foreign Ministry has responded to questions on Xi’s possible visit to the DPRK several times since last year shows the high hopes the world has pinned on China leveraging its unique influence to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.

Yet both Pyongyang and Beijing apparently want more than that, as both define Xi’s visit, which has been arranged despite his busy schedule in June, as a crucial move to usher in a new chapter for their ties at their 70th anniversary, carrying forward the camaraderie and brotherhood forged through the historical sacrifice of lives and blood.

Given that both Xi and Kim are leaders of their parties, armies and countries, their meeting will deepen multipronged cooperation between the two sides. It is noteworthy no matter how external circumstances have changed; the two nations have maintained a high-level of mutual trust and mutual understanding as they have always pursued close cultural and people-to-people exchanges.

During his four visits to China, Kim was keen to draw lessons from China’s economic, technological and social development. The country has struck a good balance in promoting developments on all fronts through exploring a socialist path with Chinese characteristics, which appeals to the DPRK’s aspirations for independent development and its desire to improve its people’s livelihoods.

It is believed that Xi’s visit to the DPRK will present the opportunity for the two leaders to agree on some concrete cooperation projects based on the complementarity of the two economies.

Also, it is almost predictable, as Kim’s previous four visits to China have indicated, the two leaders will take the opportunity to further strengthen their strategic coordination on many regional and global issues concerning their common interests, particularly the denuclearization process of the peninsula.

Xi’s visit is expected to inject new vitality into the ongoing peaceful resolution of the Korean Peninsula issues, which is based on the conditions that Pyongyang’s core interests and security concerns are assured. Cherishing how far all relevant parties have come to reach this point and carrying forward the momentum of a political resolution to the peninsula denuclearization issue are in line with interests of all peoples.

— China Daily, June 17

Letters to the Editor:

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The Peninsula Clarion welcomes letters and attempts to publish all those received, subject to a few guidelines: n All letters must include the writer’s name, phone number and address. n Letters are limited to 500 words and may be edited to fit available space. Letters are run in the order they are received. n Letters addressed specifically to another person will not be printed. n Letters that, in the editor’s judgment, are libelous will not be printed. n The editor also may exclude letters that are untimely or irrelevant to the public interest.

UA is committed to preparing our future teachers A laska V oices S teve A twater Alaska desperately needs Alaskatrained teachers and in response to our growing teacher shortage, the University of Alaska has expanded its support of the recruitment, preparation and retention of our state’s PK-12 teachers.

To increase the recruitment and retention of teachers, the Alaska Statewide Mentoring Project (ASMP) provides mentor support, this year working with more than 150 early career teachers. UA supports Educators Rising, a national organization that helps steer high school students to the teaching profession.

More than 30 of our state’s school districts have Educators Rising activity with hundreds of Alaska students involved and thinking about becoming a teacher. UA is also offering and coordinating more professional development for teachers, and through the Alaska College of Education, we have stepped up its efforts to recruit, prepare and retain teachers for Alaska. But it has not been without its challenges.

Earlier this year the University of Alaska Anchorage School of Education lost accreditation for seven of its teacher preparation programs. Although the UA

Board of Regents decided to discontinue the school’s initial licensure programs, the board did not vote to close the UAA School of Education but rather to leave in place for now UAA’s advanced programs (e.g., graduate and endorsement programs).

The board’s decision provided the university the opportunity to design a revitalized program for students who want to become teachers via a suite of teacher education programs in Anchorage and around the state. That means Alaskans can study to become a teacher from anywhere in Alaska, and enjoy a consistent experience with quality faculty.

The education faculty and advisors from UAA, University of Alaska Fairbanks and University of Alaska Southeast are providing a personalized transfer experience for education students. For those in the Anchorage area that means becoming a teacher does not require a physical move to Fairbanks or Juneau — since January, close to 200 UAA students have transferred to UAS or UAF. The loss of accreditation was a setback for UA and the state, but it is a challenge that UA can overcome.

These UA-educated teachers are well prepared for their jobs, and most school principals who hire UA graduates agree. Our teaching programs are continually refined and students are taught to use local examples to explain concepts. For example, they would learn to use the layers of a snow pack outside of the classroom to explain density to

a science class. For that reason, and so many others, UA-educated teachers stay in Alaska at a much higher rate than do those educated Outside. Currently, 41% of teachers in our school districts earned their degree at UA, and several of our graduates have been named Teacher of the Year.

Our teachers are paving the way for the future of our state, and the university is fully committed to a future that recognizes the need for more locally trained educators. We are committed to reaching our goal of 90% of all teachers being UA-trained by 2025 — a goal our state needs us to attain. We encourage everyone to embrace this goal.

Regardless of where our students take their teacher preparation programs, I think it’s important that we tell these graduates that they are our future educators, that teaching is our society’s most important profession and that without good teachers and a strong public education system our social fabric would unravel.

While budget talks and labor negotiations might distract from the core purpose of teaching, let’s not lose sight of the fact that hard work has prepared our graduates for the classroom, our state’s overall well-being needs a well-educated population, and that is dependent on excellent teachers.

river front property on the Kenai River, owned by the state along Funny River Road, that a 5-acre parcel cannot be identified to construct a public boat launch that would not impact a platted subdivision.

At this time there isn’t a safe public boat launch site for boaters to use along Funny River Road. A public use boat launch site needs to be one that the residential community along Funny River Road can positively support.

families out of poverty, provide a down payment on a house, college tuition for kids, a new roof on a home, a used car, presents at Christmas time, a washer and dryer, a set of truck tires, school clothes for the kids, an emergency fund in a family’s bank account — the list can go on and on. No other program can do this.

But let’s take the emotion out of the debate and look at the facts. PFD cuts are inequitable and regressive, taxing lower income households disproportionately at a much higher rate than upper income households. It places the cost burden of funding government exclusively on Alaska residents, with Alaska families carrying the heaviest cost burden. It hurts the poor, vulnerable, children, and seniors on a fixed income. PFD cuts remove money from the economy, reduces household income, and hurts private sector businesses.

Why is the most beneficial program that reaches ALL Alaskans, and all future Alaskans being prioritized as the one to cut? Why are so many legislators on both sides of the aisle pushing for PFD cuts that will hurt the very same groups and causes they advocate for?

Why aren’t other revenue options being considered? Are legislators are trying to protect the highest income earners in the state from an income tax? Maybe.

Maybe it’s past time to expand the scope of this conversation. Maybe legislators need to start analyzing various revenue options instead of limiting the conversation to PFD cuts — the most regressive, harmful option to middle and lower income Alaska families. And maybe it’s time to put this debate behind us forever by protecting the dividend in the constitution for all future Alaskans.

Maybe then, we can finally find a revenue option that’s fair, equitable and acceptable to the majority of Alaskans.

Steve Atwater is the executive dean of the Alaska College of Education at the University of Alaska.

Letters to the Editor Why no boat launch?

As president of the Clearwater Homeowners’ Association Board of Governors, I would like to take this opportunity to address an issue that has negatively impacted the Funny River Community for over 30 years. That being, the lack of a public boat launch for the 2,145 residential lot property owners of this 36-mile corridor.

Last year, a member of the homeowners association briefed the board of governors and their general membership at the Annual Homeowners’ Meeting about the possibility of a public boat launch operated by the Alaska State Parks at the confluence of the Funny and Kenai rivers. A boat launch at this location would significantly impact, in a negative way, the quality of life of our association members.

The association owns in common the recreational property directly across from the Funny River Park proposed public use boat launch site. After discussion at the Annual Homeowners’ meeting, it was determined that for the benefit of all individuals owning property on these two rivers and all inland property owners, we would not oppose a public use boat launch.

Now we are being advised that the state park staff has objected to this site and intends to once again study the need for a public boat launch for all residents and visitors in the Funny River community. The State of Alaska, Division of Parks and Recreation, has studied this need for over 15 years and has never brought forward a plan that has been favorably received by the community.

It’s been the position of the Clearwater Homeowners’ Association that any public boat launch serving the residents of Funny River Road cannot not negatively impact an established platted subdivision.

It’s hard to believe that of the 470plus acres and 15,068 feet of running

— Doug Morgan, president of Clearwater Homeowners’ Association

A baseball man passes, but his legacy lives on They buried a baseball man a few weeks ago. Ron Malston was a valuable asset for the city of Kenai. He was also my friend. Many tributes were given to Ron at his funeral. Ron, along with Dwayne Gibson, Max Swearingen and Wayne Dunworth, were instrumental in bringing to the Kenai Peninsula the baseball Oilers. The Oilers since have won three national championships.

They continue to give our area the best in summer college baseball. Thank you, Ron. Thank you, Ruth.

— Richard Hultberg, Kenai

Taking the emotion out of the PFD debate It’s difficult to remove the emotion from the PFD debate because of how significantly and directly beneficial it is to all Alaskans, especially Alaska families. No matter where you live in this frontier, the dividend has significantly, and uniquely impacted your life. The PFD allows each individual and family to put those funds toward their own unique set of needs. No other program can do this. No other program can lift

— Catherine Felt, Kenai

Nation

Trump summons security team, calls Iran attack ‘big mistake’

By DEB RIECHMANN Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump declared Thursday that “Iran made a very big mistake” by shooting down a U.S. surveillance drone over the Strait of Hormuz and gathered top national security officials at the White House to discuss options.

Asked earlier in the day about a U.S. response to the attack, the president said pointedly, “You’ll soon find out.” But he also suggested that shooting down the drone was a foolish error rather than an intentional escalation of the tensions that have led to rising fears of open military conflict.

“I find it hard to believe it was intentional, if you want to know the truth,” Trump said at the White House. “I think that it could have been somebody who was loose and stupid that did it.”

The downing of the huge, unmanned aircraft , which Iran portrayed as a deliberate defense of its territory rather than a mistake, was a stark reminder of the risk of military conflict between U.S. and Iranian forces as the Trump administration combines a “maximum pressure” campaign of economic sanctions with a buildup of American forces in the region.

On Thursday, Iran called the sanctions “economic terrorism,” insisted the drone had invaded its airspace and said it was taking its case to the United Nations in an effort to prove the U.S. was

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Hope Hicks blocked from answering more than 150 questions

By MARY CLARE JALONICK, ERIC TUCKER and LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Former top White House adviser Hope Hicks was blocked by President Donald Trump’s lawyers from answering questions more than 150 times in a combative interview with the House Judiciary Committee this week, according to Democrats who released a 273page transcript on Thursday.

Hicks refused to answer any questions related to her time working for President Donald Trump after he was elected, following orders President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister from White House lawyers.

Justin Trudeau in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, in Washington. (AP Administration lawyers even Photo/Evan Vucci) blocked a question about He cast it as “a new wrin- threats to international ship- where Hicks’ desk was lolying about the aircraft being over international waters. It kle … a new fly in the oint- ping and free flow of com- cated in the White House — but eventually allowed her to accused the U.S. of “a very ment.” Yet he also said “this merce,” he said.

The Trump administration answer questions about the dangerous and provocative country will not stand for it, that I can tell you.” has been putting increasing weather on her first day of act.”

On Capitol Hill, leaders economic pressure on Iran for work and where she regularly The drone — which has a wingspan wider than a Boe- urged caution to avoid escala- more than a year. It reinstated ate lunch. (It was cloudy, and ing 737 — entered Iranian air- tion, and some lawmakers in- punishing sanctions following she ate at her desk.)

The transcript of Wednesspace “despite repeated radio sisted the White House must Trump’s decision to pull the warnings” and was shot down consult with Congress before U.S. out of an international day’s interview is a taste of the agreement intended to limit court battle to come. The White

by Iran, acting under the U.N. taking any actions.

Shortly before Trump Iran’s nuclear program in ex- House declared that Hicks was Charter which allows selfdefense action “if an armed spoke, Air Force Lt. Gen. Jo- change for relief from earlier “absolutely immune” from discussing her time working attack occurs,” Iran’s U.N. seph Guastella, commander sanctions.

The other world powers at the White House because of Ambassador Majid Takht Ra- of U.S. Central Command vanchi said in a letter to the air forces in the region, took who remain signed on to the separation of powers between a more pointed view of the nuclear deal have set a meet- the legislative and executive U.N. secretary-general.

Trump, who has said he shootdown in an area where ing to discuss the U.S. with- branches.

House Judiciary Committee wants to avoid war and nego- Trump has blamed Iran for at- drawal and Iran’s announced plans to increase its uranium Chairman Jerrold Nadler, Dtiate with Iran over its nuclear tacking shipping vessels.

“This attack is an attempt stockpile for June 28, a date N.Y., told White House lawyers ambitions, appeared to play down the significance of the to disrupt our ability to moni- far enough in the future to per- that the immunity assertion is “absolute nonsense as a matter tor the area following recent haps allow tensions to cool. shootdown.

of law.”

Later, he told the lawyers, after one of the objections: “I think we’ll win in court on that one, but there’s no point in wasting time on that now.”

Hicks did answer questions about her time before and after she worked in the White House.

But she declined to answer questions about her work for the president, with the White House lawyers who were present declaring “objection” over and over and over again.

“As a former senior adviser to the president, I’m following the instructions from the White House,” she said.

Hicks showed flashes of humor in her exchanges with the Democrats who have been itching to investigate her longtime boss — at one point she jokes that she “had to get one in” after informing them she was in high school in 2005 — but much of the interview was tense.

Republicans said repeatedly that they felt the interview was a waste of time. They also chastised Democratic members who the Republicans said were taking prohibited photos of Hicks and live-tweeting the events inside the room.

“Now, if this is the way we want to play it, we’ve now proven that this is nothing but a political stunt,” said Georgia Rep. Doug Collins, the top Republican on the panel.

The interview frustrated Democrats who had hoped to get more information about several episodes that special counsel Robert Mueller reviewed for obstruction of justice.

Migrant children describe neglect at Texas border facility

By CEDAR ATTANASIO, GARANCE BURKE AND MARTHA MENDOZA Associated Press

EL PASO, Texas — A 2-year-old boy locked in detention wants to be held all the time. A few girls, ages 10 to 15, say they’ve been doing their best to feed and soothe the clingy toddler who was handed to them by a guard days ago. Lawyers warn that kids are taking care of kids, and there’s inadequate food, water and sanitation for the 250 infant, children and teens at the Border Patrol station.

The bleak portrait emerged Thursday after a legal team interviewed 60 children at the facility near El Paso that has become the latest place where attorneys say young migrants are describing neglect and mistreatment at the hands of the U.S. government.

Data obtained by The Associated Press showed that on Wednesday there were three infants in the station, all with their teen mothers, along with a 1-year-old, two 2-year-olds and a 3-year-old. There are dozens more under 12. Fifteen have the flu, and 10 more are quarantined.

Three girls told attorneys they were trying to take care of the 2-year-old boy, who had wet his pants and no diaper and was wearing a mucussmeared shirt when the legal team encountered him.

“A Border Patrol agent came in our room with a 2-year-old boy and asked us, ‘Who wants to take care of this little boy?’ Another girl

In this Wednesday, May 22 file photo migrants mainly from Central America guide their children through the entrance of a World War II-era bomber hanger in Deming, N.M. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio, File)

said she would take care of him, but she lost interest after a few hours and so I started taking care of him yesterday,” one of the girls said in a legal declaration.

Law professor Warren Binford, who is helping interview the children, said she couldn’t learn anything about the toddler, not even where he’s from or who his family is. He doesn’t speak.

Binford described that during interviews with children in a conference room at the facility, “little kids are so tired they have been falling asleep on chairs and at the conference table.”

She said an 8-year-old taking care of a very small 4-year-old with matted hair

couldn’t convince the little one to take a shower.

“In my 22 years of doing visits with children in detention I have never heard of this level of inhumanity,” said Holly Cooper, who co-directs University of California, Davis’ Immigration Law Clinic and represents detained youth.

The lawyers inspected the facilities because they are involved in the Flores settlement, a Clinton-era legal agreement that governs detention conditions for migrant children and families. The lawyers negotiated access to the facility with officials, and say Border Patrol knew the dates of their visit three weeks in advance.

Many children the lawyers interviewed had arrived alone

at the U.S.-Mexico border, but some had been separated from their parents or other adult caregivers including aunts and uncles, the attorneys said.

Government rules call for the children to be held by the Border Patrol for no longer than 72 hours before they are transferred to the custody of Health and Human Services, which houses migrant youth in facilities around the country.

Government facilities are overcrowded and five immigrant children have died since late last year after being detained by Customs and Border Protection. A teenage mother with a premature baby was found last week in a Texas Border Patrol processing center after being held for nine days by

the government.

In an interview this week with the AP, acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner John Sanders acknowledged that children need better medical care and a place to recover from their illnesses.

He urged Congress to pass a $4.6 billion emergency funding package includes nearly $3 billion to care for unaccompanied migrant children.

He said that the Border Patrol is holding 15,000 people, and the agency considers 4,000 to be at capacity.

“The death of a child is always a terrible thing, but here is a situation where, because there is not enough funding … they can’t move the people out of our custody,” Sanders said.

The arrival of thousands of families and children at the border each month has not only strained resources but thrust Border Patrol agents into the role of caregivers, especially for the many migrant youth who are coming without parents.

But children at the facility in Clint, which sits amid the desert scrubland some 25 miles southeast of El Paso, say they have had to pick up some of the duties in watching over the younger kids.

A 14-year-old girl from Guatemala said she had been holding two little girls in her lap.

“I need comfort, too. I am bigger than they are, but I am a child, too,” she said.

Children told lawyers that they were fed oatmeal, a cookie and a sweetened drink in the morning, instant noodles for lunch and a burrito and cookie for dinner. There are no fruits

or vegetables. They said they’d gone weeks without bathing or a clean change of clothes.

A migrant father, speaking on condition of anonymity because of his immigration status, told AP Thursday that authorities separated daughter from her aunt when they entered the country. The girl would be a second grader in a U.S. school.

He had no idea where she was until Monday, when one of the attorney team members visiting Clint found his phone number written in permanent marker on a bracelet she was wearing. It said “U.S. parent.”

“She’s suffering very much because she’s never been alone.

She doesn’t know these other children,” said her father.

Republican Congressman Will Hurd, whose district includes Clint, said “tragic conditions” playing out on the southern border were pushing government agencies, nonprofits and Texas communities to the limit.

“This latest development just further demonstrates the immediate need to reform asylum laws and provide supplemental funding to address the humanitarian crisis at our border,” he said.

Dr. Julie Linton, who cochairs the American Academy of Pediatrics Immigrant Health Special Interest Group, said CBP stations are not an appropriate place to hold children.

“Those facilities are anything but child friendly,” said Dr. Julie Linton. “That type of environment is not only unhealthy for children but also unsafe.”

Officials: Rain, high reservoir releases to mean wet summer

By Margery A. Beck Associated Press

OMAHA, Neb. — The continued threat of rain and higher-than-normal reservoir releases into the Missouri River will hamper the draining of floodwaters in fields and plans to repair more than 100 levee breaks after devastating spring floods.

Officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

and the National Weather Service said Thursday during a news conference that while water levels on the river have dropped below flood stage in most places, rain over the next week could lead to some parts of the river rising as much as 2 feet from Rulo, Nebraska, to where it meets the Mississippi River in St. Louis.

Increased reservoir releases are also keeping swamped land from drying out. The

Corps reiterated Thursday that releases from Gavins Point Dam on the Nebraska-South Dakota border will remain at 75,000 cubic feet per second until next Thursday, when officials plan to drop that amount to 70,000 cubic feet per second. That’s still about twice the normal amount for this time of year.

Normal releases from Gavins Dam might not be seen again until November,

officials have said.

Officials with the Corps’ Omaha and Kansas City, Missouri, divisions acknowledged that the increased reservoir releases were hampering efforts to close scores of levees broken in March during historic flooding in the Missouri River Basin that caused significant damage in Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas.

“It has made things more difficult, yes,” said Matthew

Krajewski with the Omaha division.

Of the 47 levee breaks seen in Nebraska and Iowa, only seven have been closed, Krajewski said. In Kansas and Missouri, none of the 64 levee breaks have been repaired, Mike Dulin with the Corps’ Kansas City division said.

“We have not been able to access those areas yet due to continued high water,” Dulin

said.

He said it will likely be “well into the summer” before crews can even access breached levees along the river in far northwestern Missouri. Other breaks further downstream in Kansas and Missouri north of Kansas City should be accessible sooner, he said.

“But there’s no guarantees on that as long as the water is high,” Dulin said.

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World

Pig disease spreading in Asia

By HAU DINH and SAM McNEIL Associated Press

HANOI, Vietnam — Asian nations are scrambling to contain highly contagious African swine fever, with Vietnam culling 2.6 million pigs and China reporting a million dead in an unprecedentedly huge epidemic some fear is out of control.

Smaller outbreaks have been reported in Hong Kong, Taiwan, North Korea, Cambodia and Mongolia after cases were first reported in China’s northeast in August. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization reported in its weekly update on Thursday the infections had reached Laos.

With pork supplies dwindling as leading producer China and hard-hit Vietnam destroy huge numbers of hogs and tighten controls on shipments, prices have soared by up to 40% globally and caused shortages in other markets.

“This is the largest animal disease outbreak in history,” said Dirk Pfieffer, a veterinary epidemiologist at the City University of Hong Kong.

“We’ve never had anything like it.”

In South Korea, where diets rely heavily on pork, there is concern an outbreak could

EU leaders fail to agree on 2050 climate goal

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN and RAF CASERT Associated Press

Pork is on display for sale at a market in Hanoi, Vietnam, Thursday. (AP Photo/Hieu Dinh)

hurt an industry with 6,300 farms raising more than 11 million pigs.

African swine fever is harmless to people but fatal and highly contagious for pigs, with no known cure.

Since last August, 1 million pigs have been culled in China. It has reported 139 outbreaks in all but two of its 34 provinces, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization says.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasts China’s total hog herd will shrink by 18% this year to 350 million

animals, the lowest since the 1980s. This year’s Chinese pork output might fall by up to 35%, according to Rabobank, a Dutch bank.

Vietnam reported in midMay that 1.2 million pigs, or about 5% of its total herds, had died or been destroyed.

FAO said Thursday that the number has risen to 2.6 million, and Vietnam said military and police officers were mobilized to help contain the outbreak.

Rabobank expects Vietnamese pork production to fall 10% this year from 2018.

The mass culling in Vietnam could sink many farmers deeper into poverty, said Wantanee Kalpravidh, a regional coordinator of FAO’s Emergency Center for Transboundary Animal Disease.

Last month, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc urged authorities to prevent the disease, which has spread to 58 of 63 provinces, from escalating into an epidemic.

Vietnam’s farm ministry reports it has so far culled 8% of its 30 million pigs.

BRUSSELS — European Union leaders failed Thursday to back a plan to make the bloc’s economy carbon neutral by 2050 in spite of promises to protesters across the continent to fight harder against climate change.

Ahead of a U.N. meeting in the fall, the proposal was relegated to a non-binding footnote in the final statement of Thursday’s summit of EU leaders in Brussels.

“For a large majority of Member States, climate neutrality must be achieved by 2050,” the footnote read.

However, for the change in approach to become an official target, all 28 EU countries need to back the change.

The non-decision showed the rift between the western member states and the eastern nations on climate change.

According to French president Emmanuel Macron and several other diplomatic sources, 24 countries including Britain, France and Germany supported the initiative, but were held back by Poland and three other nations which heavily depend on a fossilfuel economy.

Discussions dragged out

and delayed the leaders’ dinner by two hours, Macron said.

“Because we refused to weaken the text,” he said. In the end though, no unanimity could be found.

Environmental group Greenpeace said European leaders blew the chance to agree a deal and called on the EU to organize an emergency meeting before the U.N. summit in New York in September.

“This is a black day for climate protection in Europe,” said Greenpeace spokesman Stefan Krug. “A small number of eastern European countries prevented Europe’s impasse on climate protection from being broken.”

“The climate strikes by tens of thousands of students and the election choices of millions of Europeans for more climate protection were ignored,” he said.

The protests are part of the ‘Fridays for Future’ rallies that have been held regularly across Europe for almost a year and which urge political leaders to act more decisively against global warming.

Krug said that not only did EU members fail to set a concrete target for 2050, he noted that the bloc’s old goal for 2030 remains in place even though it was agreed before the Paris climate accord four years ago.

North says Kim, China’s Xi discussed Korean Peninsula issues BEIJING (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping held broad discussions over the political situation surrounding the Korean Peninsula and called for stronger bilateral ties in the face of “serious and complicated changes” in the region, the North’s state media said Friday.

The Korean Central News Agency said the leaders reached “shared understanding” on the issues they discussed but the report did not give any specifics on the stalled nuclear negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang over disagreements in exchanging sanctions relief and disarmament.

“The supreme leaders …. broadly exchanged their opinions on the political situation of the Korean Peninsula and other serious international and regional issues,” the KCNA said. They assessed that deepening their relationship was in line with the

In this Thursday photo, provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Pyongyang International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/ Korea News Service via AP)

“mutual interest of the two countries in face of serious and complicated changes in the environment and would

be favorable for the region’s peace, stability and development.”

Chinese state media ear-

lier reported that Kim told Xi he is waiting for a desired response from Washington and the U.S. should meet North

Korea halfway to “explore resolution plans that accommodate each other’s reasonable concerns.”

Xi said his government is willing to play a constructive role in the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

“The international community expects the U.S. and North Korea to continue to talk and achieve results,” he said, according to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV. Xi and Kim attended a dinner reception and a mass games performance later Thursday, the reports said.

Xi later Friday concludes the first visit to North Korea by a Chinese president in 14 years.

He is expected to meet with President Donald Trump next week in Japan and could pass him a message from Kim about the nuclear negotiations.

Xi’s two-day state visit to North Korea, announced just three days ago, began with the synchronized pomp of all

major events in the country.

About 10,000 cheering people and a 21-gun salute greeted Xi and senior Chinese officials at an arrival ceremony at Pyongyang’s airport.

The CCTV evening news showed Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, waving to the crowd after emerging from their Air China plane, then being greeted by Kim and his wife, Ri Sol Ju, before receiving flowers and watching goose-stepping troops march by.

The crowd stood in tight formations, waving flowers and chanting slogans to welcome Xi. Other people lined the roads and cheered from overpasses as Xi’s motorcade traveled to central Pyongyang, where he joined Kim in an open-top vehicle.

They waved to crowds as they rode to the square where the embalmed bodies of Kim’s grandfather and father, the first two leaders of North Korea, lie in state.

Mexico, El Salvador to cooperate on reducing migration

By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press

TAPACHULA, Mexico — Mexico and El Salvador signed a cooperation agreement Thursday that includes a $30 million Mexican donation for reforestation in the Central American nation,

amid increased pressure from the United States to slow a surge of migrants toward the U.S. border.

The project to reforest some 124,000 acres (50,000 hectares), with the expected creation of 20,000 jobs, was presented as Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele

met his counterpart Andrés Manuel López Obrador in southern Mexico, where tens of thousands of mostly Central American migrants have crossed into the country this year fleeing poverty and violence.

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putting into effect a deal on irregular immigration reached with Washington to head off stiff tariffs President Donald Trump threatened to slap on all imports from Mexico.

López Obrador said plans similar to the El Salvador agreement are in the works for Guatemala and Honduras, the other two countries that make up Central America’s Northern Triangle. He believes creating more opportunities there is the key to avoiding more migration.

“A region that is going to set an example for the world,” López Obrador said, adding that migration control cannot come only through “the use of force, only coercive measures, closing borders, but through understanding the root of the problem and seeking solutions.”

His government, however, has begun deploying some 6,000 National Guard agents to support police and soldiers on immigration enforcement as stipulated in the agreement with Washington.

Shortly after he spoke, and just a couple of miles away, Associated Press journalists witnessed immigration agents take three groups of immigrants, about two-dozen in all, into custody and load them into vans in the presence of uniformed National Guard.

While the arrival of mi-

grants to Mexico’s southern border appears to have slowed somewhat in recent days with the anticipated arrival of National Guard forces, some continued to trickle in.

Development plans could take a long time to have an effect, and migrants from Bukele’s own country interviewed

by The Associated Press expressed skepticism that things will get better any time soon.

Less than 12 miles from where the presidents spoke, a Salvadoran man who asked to be identified as just Brilo because of safety concerns boarded a rudimentary raft and crossed the Suchiate River that makes up the frontier between Guatemala and Mexico.

“I have heard that the president was going to come and sign an agreement so that we can all work,” he said upon reaching the Mexican side.

“That is not the problem. It is the gangs, the crime, that is the only thing there is in El Salvador.”

Luis Antonio Vázquez, a 23-year-old Salvadoran, agreed.

“It’s not only about finding work there,” he said. “It’s also because they extort you if you have a job.”

In his eyes, the Guard deployment “may give us all security, but it also may not let through many of those who

flee to avoid being killed.”

Bukele took office June 1 and shares López Obrador’s view on the need to create opportunities in Central America.

He said the agreement with Mexico will be “a light that will illuminate many parts of the world.”

“Brothers working united, we can do so much more,” Bukele continued.

He has also promised a crackdown on gangs in El Salvador following a spate of police and military killings, and on Thursday officers and soldiers began a deployment in commercial areas of the Salvadoran capital’s historic center and 11 other municipalities with a gang presence.

Some 80% of gangs’ revenues are said to come from extortion, and Justice Minister Rogelio Rivas said the offensive seeks to strangle financially “the terrorist groups.”

Carlos Vindel a 24-yearold driver from El Salvador who was waiting to request asylum in the southern Mexican city of Tapachula, worried that could only make things worse.

“Now that President Nayib Bukele is hitting them hard, things are going to become more critical,” said Vindel said. “There will be more violence because the gangs always respond.”

Peninsula Clarion | Friday, June 21, 2019 | A7

Religion V oices of F aith M itch G lover

Summer solstice is here.

Earth’s tilt on its axis puts the northern hemisphere closest to the sun and we benefit with long daylight hours. The opposite will occur six months from now. It’s amazing how daylight gain or loss can be measured to the second each day as reported by the Clarion. Hebrews 1:3 explains that God is “upholding all things by the word of his power.”

When God said, “Let there be light,” he was

speaking into existence the phenomenon of natural light. It was more than just illumination. A study of physics will reveal the many astonishing properties of light.

In creation, light and darkness were divided and called day and night. The solar system was established with its accuracy of orbits and revolutions for each planet and moon. At night, in the darkness, is when we see more of celestial creation; stars, planets, meteors, comets, galaxies, northern lights, etc.

It is an amazing display of light or reflected light.

The record of creation in Genesis chapter one

Church Briefs Lucy Barton to Preach Retired United Methodist minister Lucy Barton will be preaching during the 11:30 a.m. service at the Kenai United Methodist Church on Sunday, June 23. The texts for the morning are Genesis 2:4b-15 and Matthew 25:14-30. The title of her message: “Now? Always!”

The congregation will be singing “For the Beauty of the Earth,” “We All Are One in Mission” and “Take My Life and Let It Be.” The Kenai United Methodist Church is located across the street from Wells Fargo Bank. This friendly church welcomes you.

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

Lots of light!

says the Spirit of God moved in the darkness.

This is especially true in the spiritual realm. When Jesus declared, “I am the light of the world,” it was spiritual light he was emphasizing.

We honored fathers last Sunday. (One little boy explained Father’s Day as being like Mother’s Day only we don’t spend as much on the gift.) They were recognized for their faithfulness, work, compassion, providing for their families, and so on. God is called “the Father of lights” in James 1:17. From him come gifts that are good and perfect.

He doesn’t change and is always providing light.

Many factors contribute to spiritual blindness. Satan’s subtle influence attempts to thwart the “light of the glorious gospel of Christ” from shining in peoples’ lives. However, the same God who commanded light to shine in creation can shine in our hearts with a spiritual light that is powerful. This light gives “the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ” (2 Corinthians 4:4-6).

While the disciples walked with Jesus during his ministry on earth, they saw many examples of light being declared and shared. When his death on the cross caused

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.

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.

Submit announcements to news@peninsulaclarion. com. Submissions are due the Wednesday prior to publication. For moreinformation, call 907-283-7551.

such darkness, they experienced the opposite reaction when the resurrection came to light. In fact, light was emphasized by the appearance of the angels at the empty tomb who are described by the Gospel writers as shining, white, white as snow, light, and like lightning.

Peter, the outspoken disciple, especially felt the emotions of despair and rejoicing. The dark days following his denial of the Lord were replaced by the light of life when he preached on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2:38). In a letter he later wrote, he recounted the experience of seeing Jesus glorified in

dazzling white. He wrote of “a light that shineth in a dark place.” He appealed that the “day star arise in your hearts,” not the sun but the Son of God (2 Peter 1:16-19).

It’s important that no matter when the sun rises, early or late in the day, we make sure the day star arises in our hearts. This is a light that cannot be extinguished.

Mitch Glover is pastor of Sterling Pentecostal Church. Sunday services include Bible classes for all ages at 10 a.m. and worship service at 11 a.m.

Bible study is Thursday at 7 p.m. Visit sterlingpentecostalchurch.com.

Notre Dame celebrates 1st Mass since devastating April fire PARIS — The archbishop wore a hard-hat helmet, burnt wood debris was still visible and only about 30 people were let inside, but Notre Dame Cathedral on Saturday held its first Mass since the devastating April 15th fire that ravaged its roof and toppled its masterpiece spire.

Exactly two months after the blaze engulfed the landmark Gothic building in the French capital, the service was celebrated by Paris Archbishop Michel Aupetit in a chapel behind the choir, a place confirmed by construction experts as safe.

French Culture Minister Franck Riester said this week the cathedral remains in a “fragile” state, especially its vaulted ceiling, which is still at risk of collapsing.

For security reasons, only about 30 people — mainly priests, canons and church employees — were admitted inside the cathedral for the service, while Aupetit and others wore construction worker’s helmets. Some of the workers rebuilding the church were also invited.

Other worshippers could watch the Mass live on a Catholic TV station. The video showed some burnt wood still in the church but a famous statue of the Virgin and Child appeared intact behind wooden construction planks.

The annual Dedication Mass commemorated the cathedral’s consecration as a place of worship.

“This cathedral is a place of worship, it is its very own and unique purpose,” Aupetit said.

One French priest called the service “a true happiness, full of hope.”

“We will rebuild this cathedral. It will take time of course — a lot of money, lot of time, lot of work — but we will succeed,” Father Pierre Vivares told The Associated Press outside the cathedral. “Today it’s a small but a true victory against the disaster we have had.”

It is still unclear when the cathedral will reopen to the public.

— The Associated Press

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Sports O ut of the

O ffice M ichael A rmstrong

Camping glues bond for life

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t was by a happy accident that while camping I met the woman who eventually became my wife. Jenny and I met in one of those life flukes where two random souls come together and become attracted to each other. I became more fond of Jenny because, among other things, she camped.

I really, really love camping, and so does Jenny.

I love living — for a few days, at least — without the creature comforts of running water, electricity and central heating. I love being in nature, in forest or tundra or by beaches. I love the spontaneous community, each family in a defined campsite and united by adventure. I love the gear and gadgets, the complicated tents or clever motor homes and vans. I love cooking on an open fire or a stove. I love watching the light fade in the Alaska summer and setting a schedule by twilight.

I love not worrying about nice clothes and having ragamuffin hair.

Though we might not realize it at the time, in relationships we have deal breakers. For me, camping is one of them. If you’re a happy camper, you embrace a life of adventure, nature, a little hardship and spontaneity.

That pretty much describes most Alaskans, or at least the ones who stay here. The degree to which someone dives into this lifestyle says much about them — that’s the happy part.

Jenny and I met at Nilnunqua, an archaeological dig for a field school with the University of Alaska Anchorage. I had been working on my master of fine arts in writing, and a field school seemed like a good way to knock off a few elective credits.

Jenny studied anthropology and sociology. We helped excavate a Dena’ina fishing site with a curious Chugach Eskimo component on the banks of the Kenai River near the confluence of the Moose River.

Archaeology professors like to test their students, and one test is, “Can you endure living outdoors in primitive conditions for six weeks?” In other words, “Can you camp?” At Nilnunqua, that meant pitching a tent in the woods near the site.

We pretty much aced that one.

For extra credit, one day off during the dig Jenny and I slipped away to Homer and camped on the Spit. Some tourist snapped a photo of us cooking crab in a tiny backpacking stove one claw at a time.

I started camping as a boy. Our family didn’t camp deliberately, but as a way for a family of six to stretch their travel budget on their way to somewhere else. My first memorable trip we drove from Florida to California in our 1959 Oldsmobile station wagon. We’re talking primitive camping, too, an old, heavy, green, canvas, pop-up tent, discount store sleeping bags, a Coleman stove and an aluminum ice box.

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Nikiski lifter joins Team USA

By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

Three years ago, Nikiski’s Billie Denison dipped her toes into the sport of powerlifting as an avenue to self-improvement.

Now, the former Alaska state powerlifting champion is reaching a new pinnacle of her career, joining Team USA to compete on the North American level.

Denison was recently invited to lift for Team USA for the upcoming International Powerlifting Federation/North American Powerlifting Federation North American Regional championships in San Jose, Costa Rica, from Aug. 5 to 11, where she will lift in the equipped category.

“I didn’t expect it so soon,” Denison said in a recent interview. “It’s always been this huge, someday, kind of goal.”

From there, Denison will travel to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for the Bench Press Nationals to compete the last week of August.

Denison will lift over two days, the first in the raw division and second in the equipped division.

Denison recently made the move from raw lifting to equipped lifting, which utilizes a squat suit, knee wraps, a bench shirt and a deadlift suit to help lift more weight compared to the raw category.

The Bench Press National meet is a qualifier for the IPF Bench Press Worlds in Pilsen, Czech Republic, but for now, Denison is focused on her August schedule.

Team USA granted Denison a spot on the team on the strength of two big competitions in the first half of 2019 — the Southern New England Open in Uncasville, Connecticut, on Jan. 19, and the USA Powerlifting Open Nationals in Lombard, Illinois, on May 10.

Denison’s performances there turned heads and put her name on the head coaches nomination roster, which was decided by a committee who believed Denison could represent the USA in all aspects of competition.

Denison’s current lifting coach, Zac Cooper, said her inclusion on the national team speaks volumes about the type of competitor and individual she is.

“It’s an honor anytime to be part of an international team,” Cooper said. “If you’re accepted, it demonstrates your ability and the organization believes in your integrity and ability to compete.

“The most integral part is you have the organization’s confidence that you’re drug free.”

Cooper is a national team coach and 21-year powerlifting veteran who owns his own

company, Cooper Training Institute (CTI). The Fort Lauderdale, Florida, based company serves around 30 athletes from 17 states, providing one-on-one coaching via the internet.

Denison said the North American Regional championships are a huge next step in climbing the powerlifting ladder, while Bench Press Nationals are a qualifying meet to Bench Press Worlds.

Denison’s meteoric rise has taken her from a little-known prodigy trying to figure out her passion in life, to now one of the top positions in the state powerlifting order, Alaska State Chair, a position Denison took over in February.

In addition to her competitive appearances, Denison also rose from a state-certified powerlifting referee to a nationally certified position in just two years. She has since worked four national championship meets, including the nationally attended International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness Arnold Sports Festival.

Denison became co-Chair of Alaska Powerlifting last October with Ryan Carillo, who had been the Chair for about 18 months, and also works as a meet director.

Denison ran her first state championship in May. In working as a meet director and state chair, Denison said she

has seen a side of powerlifting that has given her a new appreciation and passion for the sport.

“It’s fun,” she said. “I enjoy that more than I enjoy competing.”

The 2008 Nikiski grad, now a mother of two, began her journey into the sport in spring 2016.

Having taken weightlifting classes in high school, Denison had a vague grasp on the competition side of it.

But she picked it up as a way to challenge herself, and it would be an understatement to say things have taken off. In November 2016, she won a weight class championship at the USA Power Lifting Northwest Regional meet in Spokane, Washington, and the next year walked off with the 2017 Alaska State Championship in the raw open 72-kilogram class, and was awarded Best Overall Female.

Denison also competed at 2017 Raw Nationals, her first big meet on a national stage. In all, the Nikiski lifter has competed in nine meets since picking up the sport.

The fast start to her promising career was put on hold, however, as Denison chose to take a hiatus from competition, a 14-month break from Oct. 2017 to Jan. 2019.

See LIFT, page A10

Miners nip Oilers Staff report Peninsula Clarion

US players celebrate after teammate Tobin Heath scored their side’s second goal during the Women’s World Cup Group F soccer match between the United States and Sweden at the Stade Oceane in Le Havre, France, Thursday. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

US dominates Sweden

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer

LE HAVRE, France — The United States is showing just how fiercely it is prepared to defend its Women’s World Cup title.

The Americans faced their toughest test of the tournament on Thursday night and dominated in a 2-0 victory over Sweden, the rivals that stunned them in the last Olympics.

The U.S. went undefeated in the group stage, posting wins against Thailand and Chile before beating the Swedes, all without conceding a goal. It is the first time the Americans have shut out all their group opponents in the World Cup. They also scored a group-stage record 18 goals.

“We come here, we want to win, all the time,” goalkeeper Alyssa Nae-

her said. “Every game we come out with that mentality: We want three points, we want to score goals, we want shutouts. That’s something we take pride in.”

Lindsey Horan scored within the first three minutes, the fastest goal of this tournament. The United States went up 2-0 on an own goal off Jonna Andersson in the 50th minute.

Already assured a spot in the round of 16 before the game, the United States finished atop its group and will head to Reims to face Spain on Monday. Sweden will play Canada in Paris.

The meeting was the first tournament game between the two teams since the quarterfinals of the 2016 Olympics. The Swedes bunkered in on defense and advanced on penalties after a 1-1 draw, handing the

United States its earliest-ever exit from the Olympic tournament. Former U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo called the Swedes “cowards” for the defensive stand, a comment that effectively ended her career with the U.S. team.

“We’ve been part of some very big games against them, and we haven’t beaten them in a major tournament in a while. So it feels good that we can go into this tournament and we can play well against a quality side and get a result,” defender Becky Sauerbrunn said.

The United States pounced on Thailand in its opener, winning 13-0 and drawing criticism for celebrating every goal even when the game was well in hand. The Americans had a more staid performance against Chile on Sunday in Paris, winning 3-0.

For a second straight night, the Peninsula Oilers and Mat-Su Miners found themselves in a pitchers duel.

And, for a second straight night, the threetime defending Alaska Baseball League champion Miners walked away with a victory, this time on a game-ending single by Aaron Walters to win 3-2, extending Mat-Su’s win streak to six games.

The win for the Miners clinched the current fourgame series with the Oilers with a game left to play, tonight at 7 p.m. at Hermon Brothers Field in Palmer.

The ABL-leading Miners (9-5) took a half-game lead over the Anchorage Bucs (8-5) in the standings, while the Oilers (5-9) dropped four games behind with their third straight loss.

The Miners loaded the bases in the bottom of the ninth with no outs, after an error by centerfielder Keith on a dropped fly put the leadoff runner on second and Tyler Porter and Erik Webb both drew walks to juice the bases.

Two batters later, Walters drove a single into the outfield to end the game.

The finish overshadowed great outings by both starting pitchers. For the Miners, Kyler Bush struck out eight in six innings of work, givSee OILERS, page A10

Where do black and brown bears occur?

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A black bear sow with two cubs leave a barbed-wire exclosure designed to snag their hair. (Photo provided by Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)

cience is more than the five-step method we learn about in grade school — science is a philosophy of questions.

As a budding graduate student who is interning at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, I am beginning my training in that philosophy by asking questions about species distributions and interactions. Knowing where species live is essential to effective conservation, and species’ distributions can depend just as much on other animals as they do on their habitat.

R efuge N otebook C ullen A nderson Just imagine a food web with all the organisms that live in an area as diverse as the Kenai Peninsula – it gets pretty complicated. But animals interact in more ways than just eating one another.

Some species compete for similar resources. Competition can be a strong driver of animal distributions across

an area.

Competitive exclusion between brown and black bears is well-documented wherever the two species overlap. In my graduate research, I will explore to what degree brown bears influence the spatial distribution of black bears on the Kenai Peninsula. I plan on doing so by constructing occupancy models from bear hair data.

So what is an occupancy model? Occupancy modeling is used to assess the proportion of sites occupied See BEARS, page A9

Peninsula Clarion | Friday, June 21, 2019 | A9

Hot Yanks topple struggling Astros

By The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Gary Sánchez, Gleyber Torres and DJ LeMahieu homered in a hurry, connecting in a six-run fourth inning that powered the New York Yankees past the Houston Astros 10-6 on Thursday night for their sixth straight win.

Edwin Encarnación hit his ALleading 23rd home run, and second since being acquired by New York from Seattle, as the Yankees handed Houston its season-worst fifth loss in a row.

The Astros dropped a matchup of division leaders despite Jake Marisnick’s two home runs and solo drives by Alex Bregman and rookie Yordan Álvarez.

Sánchez opened the fourth with his 22nd homer. With rain falling, Torres connected for a three-run jolt off rookie Framber Valdéz (33). LeMahieu tagged reliever Chris Devenski for a two-run homer and a 6-0 lead. The inning included two delays — a short break to fix the mound and a 37-minute stoppage when the showers fell too hard.

NATIONALS 7, PHILLIES 4 WASHINGTON — Anthony Rendon and Victor Robles homered in a four-run sixth inning, and the Nationals completed a three-game sweep of Philadelphia.

Rendon led off the sixth with a tiebreaking drive against Nick Pivetta (4-2). Kurt Suzuki also went deep for the Nationals, who earned their first three-game sweep of the season. This victory followed a doubleheader win on Wednesday and postponements Monday and Tuesday. After sinking to 19-31 on May 23, Washington has used a 17-7 surge to get within two games of .500 (36-38) for the first time since April 28.

Jean Segura and Jay Bruce hit solo homers for the Phillies, who have lost four straight and eight of 10.

REDS 7, BREWERS 1 MILWAUKEE — Jose Iglesias homered and drove in four runs, Tanner Roark allowed one run — a homer

by major league leader Christian Yelich — over six solid innings and Cincinnati earned its fifth straight victory.

Iglesias followed a two-out triple

by Yasiel Puig with his fifth homer to put the Reds up 5-1 in the fifth. He also singled in two runs in the first.

Nick Senzel hit his seventh homer for the Reds.

Roark (5-6), who had lost three consecutive starts and five of his last six, allowed three hits, struck out seven and hit three batters. Jared Hughes followed with two scoreless innings and Zach Duke finished.

Yelich, the reigning NL MVP, opened the fourth with his 28th homer, sending a 2-2 pitch from Roark 462 feet to right to extend his hitting streak to 17 games, matching his career high.

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Brian Anderson also went deep and drove in two runs for the Marlins, who earned a split of the four-game series.

Rookie infielder Tommy Edman homered for the Cardinals, who rallied from 4-1 and 5-3 deficits.

Riddle connected off Andrew Miller (3-3) with one out for a 7-5 lead.

Jarlin Garcia (1-0) got the win with two innings of relief, and Sergio Romo closed for his 13th save in 14 chances. He gave up a two-out RBI double to Yadier Molina, but ended the game by picking off pitcher Jack Flaherty at second base. Flaherty was pinch-running for Molina.

ROCKIES 6, DIAMONDBACKS 4 PHOENIX — Chris Iannetta’s two-run, bases-loaded single in the 10th lifted the Colorado Rockies to a victory that completed a three-game sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Iannetta, a former Diamondbacks catcher, singled off the center-field wall against Yoshihisa Hirano (3-4) with one out to drive in Ian Desmond and Brendan Rodgers. The Rockies had tied it at 4 on Tony Wolters’ pinch-hit RBI single in the ninth off Arizona closer Greg Holland.

Scott Oberg (5-0) got the win with two scoreless innings in relief, but had to pitch out of jam in the bottom of the 10th when the Diamondbacks loaded the bases with one out. He got Ildemaro Vargas to fly out, and then struck out David Peralta swinging to end the game.

Charlie Blackmon and Desmond homered for the Rockies, who have won eight in a row over the Diamondbacks. Nolan Arenado left with a bruised left big toe after fouling a ball off his foot.

CHICAGO — Cubs top pitching prospect Adbert Alzolay tossed four innings of dazzling relief in his major league debut and the offense broke through with a six-run third to beat New York.

Javier Báez homered and tripled, and Anthony Rizzo hit a two-run double as the NL Central leaders improved to 26-12 at Wrigley Field.

Rookie slugger Pete Alonso hit his 25th homer and Todd Frazier connected for the 200th of his career for the Mets, who dropped to 15-26 on the road. Before the game, they fired pitching coach Dave Eiland and bullpen coach Chuck Hernández — but it made little difference on this night.

Alonso tied Dodgers star Cody Bellinger (2017) for most homers by an NL rookie before the All-Star break. Alonso also is one shy of the Mets’ rookie mark set by Darryl Strawberry in 1983.

Alzolay (1-0) replaced starter TyBLUE JAYS 7, ler Chatwood to begin the fifth. The ANGELS 5 right-hander struck out five and didn’t allow a hit until Frazier’s leadoff homTORONTO — Billy McKinney’s er in the ninth. Steve Cishek got three two-run homer in the bottom of the outs for his seventh save.

10th lifted the Blue Jays over the Los Angeles Angels to avoid a four-game MARLINS 7, CARDINALS 6 sweep.

Randal Grichuk singled with one ST. LOUIS — JT Riddle hit a two- out and McKinney, who entered the run homer in the 11th, Zac Gallen was game as a pinch-runner in the eighth effective in his major league debut inning, went deep off Ty Buttrey (4-4) and the Miami Marlins edged the Car- in his first at-bat since being recalled dinals. from Triple-A Buffalo on Tuesday. It

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was McKinney’s fourth homer of the season.

Nick Kingham (1-0) pitched a scoreless top of the 10th to get the win.

The Blue Jays led 5-3 before the Angels pulled within one on Luis Rengifo’s RBI single to shallow in the top of the sixth, and tied it on Albert Pujols’ sacrifice fly in the seventh.

Rengifo, who homered earlier in the game, finished with three hits, three RBIs and two runs scored.

DODGERS 9, GIANTS 8 LOS ANGELES — Kyle Garlick, Austin Barnes and Joc Pederson each hit a two-run homer to help the Dodgers hold off the San Francisco Giants.

Pederson’s insurance homer ended up saving the Dodgers, who had a 9-4 lead going into the ninth before the Giants rallied. Their first five batters got on, including a two-run double by Brandon Crawford and RBI singles by Mike Yastrzemski and Stephen Vogt to get San Francisco within a run before the Dodgers’ defense came up big.

First baseman Cody Bellinger threw to third on Tyler Austin’s bunt to get Vogt. Center fielder Alex Verdugo chased down Buster Posey’s line drive and made a diving catch, and Garlick caught Brandon Belt’s fly ball near the warning track in right for the final out.

Kenley Jansen was charged with a run and two hits, but was able to hang on for his 22nd save. JT Chargois (1-0) allowed a run in two innings.

RANGERS 4, INDIANS 2 ARLINGTON, Texas — Elvis Andrus homered and had an RBI triple to back another impressive home start

by Mike Minor as the Rangers earned a series split.

Minor (7-4) limited the Indians to three hits and one run over eight innings after they had scored 10 runs each of the last two nights. The lefty struck out four and walked three while throwing 70 of 110 pitches for strikes.

Danny Santana went deep in the Rangers’ eighth, his third homer in the four-game series and seventh overall. Andrus immediately followed with his seventh homer, his first since May 12 at Houston.

They also teamed up for the first two Texas runs. Andrus tripled to right-center in the first inning after

with Alaska and stayed.

Gert kept visiting, traveling 10 times up the Alaska Continued from page A8 Highway in her lifetime.

One summer Gert stayed Jenny’s family were with us in Homer, parking supercampers, though. She her Winnebago motor home and her parents belonged in our driveway. to the Soy City Campers, I became a supercamper a group out of Decatur, my first summer in Alaska Illinois. The Stroyecks when I got a job working as camped most weekends and an archaeological aide for a bit more upscale than the the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Armstrongs.

Service through the Young Jenny’s family proAdult Conservation Corps gressed from a tent trailer program. That summer I to a big travel trailer. When found myself in absolute Jenny’s dad died, she and wilderness in the middle of her mom, Gert, got a Volk- the Arctic National Wildswagen Westfalia camper life Refuge 10 miles from van. After Jenny went off Demarcation Bay. to college, her mom, Gert, If you want rugged progressed to motor homes. camping, Lorenz’s OverThat’s how Jenny came look pretty much set the to Alaska. She and her standard for me. We had mom visited one summer one big cook tent, smaller to work at Camp Kushtaka, sleeping tents and slit now Camp K, the Camp trenches. You know you’re Fire camp near Cooper a supercamper when you Landing. Jenny fell in love poop over a slit trench,

swatting mosquitoes and hoping that mammal coming over the ridge is a caribou and not a grizzly bear.

Camping has become the glue that affirms the bond of our marriage. For a wedding present, Gert helped us buy a 1986 VW Westfalia camper van. We drove all over Southcentral Alaska, exploring every little campground we could find.

Alaska doesn’t have the best facilities, but oh my do we have incredible views.

When we moved to Homer, we lived in the Wondervan for two months while we built our first cabin. Lots of people whine about living in a small dry cabin, but when you go from camping in a van to a roof with four walls and a wood stove, life looks pretty good.

Our old VW died, and we shifted back to tent camping. Tent camping brings you back to the

basics. You will get wet or a little damp, and after a while aging backs don’t do so well on foam mattresses on the ground.

That’s why we now have another VW camper van, a 1993 Eurovan weekender pop-up. In honor of Jenny’s mom, we named her Gerty.

Gerty has a foam mattress, a little table, and more pep than the old VWs. As I write this I am sitting in Gerty, parked on the Homer Spit after a night camping. Jenny and her Homer Bookstore partner, Sue, are camping on the Spit for the Kachemak Bay Writers Conference. They sell books at the conference, and with four days of staffing the table, decided it made sense to just stay there at the Homer Campground in Sue’s RV. Last Friday night I had to cover the keynote address.

Rather then drive home, I spent the night on the Spit

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of brown bear hair to see to what degree brown bears may competitively exclude black bears.

Occupancy studies rely on this presence-absence perspective. I want to identify black bear spatial patterns across the Kenai rather than track individual bears or estimate their population size, although that work is being done too.

In this case, in a paper subsequently published in the Journal of Wildlife Management, Dr. Morton and his colleagues estimated almost 600 brown bears on the Kenai Peninsula in 2010 based on another modeling approach called markrecapture.

Black bear hair data could be used to estimate the number of black bears using a mark-recapture model as well. In fact, genetic analysis of the collected hair identified 511 individual black bears, but since every single black bear wasn’t detected, we know there are many more.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game estimates 3,000 black bears may live on the Kenai Peninsula, but that number could be grossly off.

That estimate was based

on a mark-recapture study of black bears in two relatively small areas on the Kenai Lowlands during a year with high moose productivity, potentially overestimating the black bear population when extrapolated to the much larger and more diverse Kenai Peninsula landscape. Conversely, black bear densities in the Sitka spruce rainforest on the eastern side of the peninsula may be higher than in the lowlands, so the extrapolated population estimate could be low.

All in all, understanding how many bears we have, where they live and how the two species interact is crucial to effectively managing both species on the Kenai.

The most important part of conservation science (and graduate school), however, is to keep asking questions.

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by a species across an area given that the species is imperfectly detected.

In 2010, supervisory refuge biologist John Morton led an interagency effort to estimate the brown bear population on the Kenai Peninsula. They arrayed 144 hair traps in a grid across the Kenai refuge and Chugach National Forest.

The “traps” were triangular, barbed-wire exclosures around a false carcass cache scented with a cow bloodfish oil lure. When bears step under or over the double-stranded wire in their effort to get to the “cache,” their hair (and DNA) is left on the barbs.

The “traps” were checked five times each during June, meaning there were five opportunities for bear hair to be snared at each trap. Occupancy models depend on these repeated assessments of species presence or absence, since odds of detection can change over time.

In total, over 11,000 hair samples were collected from both brown and black bears. After an initial sort by

color, bears were identified by species, sex and individuals from their hair DNA. However, those data are not a perfect representation of bears around each survey site. Imperfect detection can result from false positives and false negatives.

In this case, some false negatives (not detecting a bear when it was actually present at a site) were practically guaranteed.

Some bears never entered the exclosure, a behavioral phenomenon called “trap shy.” Some bears likely entered but did not leave any hair, while others entered the exclosures and left hair, but the samples were inadequate for genetic analysis.

A false positive (detecting a bear when it was actually not present) is possible if a hair sample was visually identified as a black bear when it was actually a brown bear.

Occupancy models will allow me to look at where we found black bear hair and where we didn’t to examine how black bear presence depends on certain habitat features, such as distance from the hair station to the nearest salmon stream. Additionally, I can use the presence or absence

Cullen Anderson is a biological intern at Kenai National Wildlife Refuge this summer. He will be a graduate student in Natural Resource Science at Washington State University this fall. Find more Refuge Notebook articles (1999–present) at https://www.fws.gov/ refuge/Kenai/community/ refuge_notebook.html.

Santana had doubled and stolen third base. Andrus raced home on a wild pitch by Shane Bieber (6-3) that ricocheted off catcher Kevin Plawecki and went several feet in front of the plate.

Shawn Kelley worked the ninth for his ninth save in 13 chances after giving up a leadoff homer to Carlos Santana.

ROYALS 4, TWINS 1 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Alex Gordon had a two-run single and Lucas Duda added an RBI single as the Royals jumped on Jake Odorizzi in the first inning and beat the Minnesota Twins.

Glenn Sparkman (2-3) gave up just one run and five hits in a season hightying seven innings. He walked one and struck out three. Duda, had two hits and scored a run to help the Royals win for the fourth time in five games.

Jake Diekman pitched a perfect eighth, and Ian Kennedy got the last three outs for his ninth save in 11 opportunities.

MARINERS 5, ORIOLES 2 SEATTLE — Domingo Santana hit his third home run in two days, Wade LeBlanc gave the Mariners a boost on the mound after another rough outing by an opener. Santana’s homers helped the Mariners win backto-back games for the first time since May 13-14 against Oakland.

The Orioles have lost eight straight, and have just three wins in June.

Santana tied it at 2 with a homer off Orioles starter Dylan Bundy (3-9) in the sixth inning. Kyle Seager and Mac Williamson followed with RBI singles. The home run came a day after Santana hit two homers to fuel a sweep-averting Seattle victory over Kansas City.

ATHLETICS 5, RAYS 4 OAKLAND, Calif. — Matt Chapman hit a three-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Athletics stunned the skidding Tampa Bay Rays.

Frankie Montas pitched eight innings of one-run ball for the A’s, who rallied for their fourth straight win and seventh in eight games after Tampa Bay took a 4-1 lead with three in the top of the ninth.

with our dog, Leia.

Next weekend we’ll go camping again. It’s our anniversary, and it has become something of a tradition for us to celebrate

a life of love the way it began: camping.

Reach Michael Armstrong at marmstrong@ homernews.com.

Today in History Today is Friday, June 21, the 172nd day of 2019. There are 193 days left in the year. Summer begins at 11:54 a.m. Eastern time.

Today’s Highlight in History: On June 21, 1964, civil rights workers Michael H. Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James E. Chaney were slain in Philadelphia, Mississippi; their bodies were found buried in an earthen dam six weeks later. (Forty-one years later on this date in 2005, Edgar Ray Killen, an 80-year-old former Ku Klux Klansman, was found guilty of manslaughter; he was sentenced to 60 years in prison, where he died in January 2018.)

On this date: In 1377, King Edward III died after ruling England for 50 years; he was succeeded by his grandson, Richard II. In 1788, the United States Constitution went into effect as New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify it.

In 1834, Cyrus Hall McCormick received a patent for his reaping machine.

In 1942, German forces led by Generaloberst (Colonel General) Erwin Rommel captured the Libyan city of Tobruk during World War II. (Rommel was promoted to the rank of Field Marshal; Tobruk was retaken by the Allies in November 1942.) An Imperial Japanese submarine fired shells at Fort Stevens on the Oregon coast, causing little damage.

In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Miller v. California, ruled that states may ban materials found to be obscene according to local standards.

In 1977, Menachem Begin of the Likud bloc became Israel’s sixth prime minister.

In 1982, a jury in Washington, D.C. found John Hinckley Jr. not guilty by reason of insanity in the shootings of President Ronald Reagan and three other men.

In 1988, “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” a comedy fantasy starring Bob Hoskins that combined live action and legendary animated cartoon characters, premiered in New York.

In 1989, a sharply divided Supreme Court ruled that burning the American flag as a form of political protest was protected by the First Amendment.

In 2001, a federal grand jury in Alexandria, Va., indicted 13 Saudis and a Lebanese in absentia for the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 American servicemen. Death claimed actor Carroll O’Connor at age 76 and blues musician John Lee Hooker at age 80.

In 2002, one of the worst wildfires in Arizona history grew to 128,000 acres, forcing thousands of homeowners near the community of Show Low to flee.

In 2013, President Barack Obama nominated James Comey, a Bushera Justice official, to head the FBI, succeeding Robert Mueller. The Food Network said it was dropping Paula Deen, barely an hour after the celebrity cook posted the first of two videotaped apologies begging forgiveness from fans and critics troubled by her admission to having used racial slurs in the past.

Ten years ago: Newsweek reporter Maziar Bahari was among hundreds of people arrested during the Tehran government’s crackdown on nationwide protests over Iran’s disputed presidential election. (Bahari was released nearly four months later.)

Five years ago: An armed South Korean soldier fled after killing five of his comrades and wounding seven at an outpost near the North Korean border. (The soldier, identified only as Sgt. Yim, was captured two days later.) Gerry Conlon, 60, who was unjustly imprisoned for an Irish Republican Army killing and inspired the Oscar-nominated film “In the Name of the Father,” died in Belfast.

One year ago: First lady Melania Trump visited with migrant children during a brief stop at a Texas facility housing some children separated from their parents at the border; she caused a stir when she left Washington wearing a green, hooded military jacket with lettering that said, “I really don’t care, do u?” Pulitzer Prize-winning conservative columnist and pundit Charles Krauthammer died at 68; he had said a year earlier that he was being treated for a tumor in his abdomen.

Today’s Birthdays: Composer Lalo Schifrin is 87. Actor Bernie Kopell is 86. Actor Monte Markham is 84. Songwriter Don Black is 81. Actress Mariette Hartley is 79. Comedian Joe Flaherty is 78. Rock singer-musician Ray Davies (The Kinks) is 75. Actress Meredith Baxter is 72. Actor Michael Gross is 72. Rock musician Joe Molland (Badfinger) is 72. Rock musician Don Airey (Deep Purple) is 71. Rock musician Joey Kramer (Aerosmith) is 69. Rock musician Nils Lofgren is 68. Actress Robyn Douglass is 67. Actor Leigh McCloskey is 64. Cartoonist Berke Breathed is 62. Actor Josh Pais is 61.Country singer Kathy Mattea is 60. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown is 59. Actor Marc Copage is 57. Actress Sammi Davis is 55. Actor Doug Savant is 55.

Country musician Porter Howell is 55. Actor Michael Dolan is 54. Writerdirector Lana Wachowski is 54. Actress Carrie Preston is 52. Actress Paula Irvine is 51. Rapper/producer Pete Rock is 49. Country singer Allison Moorer is 47. Actress Juliette Lewis is 46. Actress Maggie Siff is 45. Musician Justin Cary is 44. Rock musician Mike Einziger (Incubus) is 43. Actor Chris Pratt is 40. Rock singer Brandon Flowers is 38. Britain’s Prince William is 37. Actor Jussie Smollett is 37. Actor Benjamin Walker is 37. Actor Michael Malarkey is 36. Pop singer Kris Allen (TV: “American Idol”) is 34. Pop/rock singer Lana Del Rey is 34. Actor Jascha Washington is 30. Country musician Chandler Baldwin (LANCO) is 27. Pop singer Rebecca Black is 22.

Thought for Today: “In America, to look a couple of years younger than you actually are is not only an achievement for which you are to be congratulated, it is patriotic.” -- Cynthia Propper Seton, American writer (19261982).

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“I needed to learn,” she explained. “It definitely takes an emotional skill set to compete, and I always have had a lot of intensity but I didn’t know how to apply that on the platform. I had to learn how to reign it in and use it for positive gain, so it was just overwhelming.”

During her break, Denison continued lifting, but another hurdle presented itself. Denison was sidetracked with emergency gallbladder surgery last November, meaning she couldn’t lift for four weeks.

For someone accustomed to following a rigorous training schedule, and for someone who takes bountiful joy in pushing herself on a daily basis, the time off recovering was a frustrating experience.

It was around that time that Denison considered diving into Cooper’s program and letting him coach her back to full glory.

“I knew getting back on the platform was a big thing, and I needed it to be a good experience,” Denison said.

Denison had previously received coaching advice from Nikiski’s Jerem Feltman, a longtime powerlifting coach who owns Anvil of Crom Power and Strength, which is specifically suited for serious powerlifters. Denison also worked briefly with Wasilla coach Ross Leppala, who has since relocated down to the states.

She also said while Feltman has continued to be a constant source of support and mentorship, she wanted to try Cooper’s methods after seeing what she liked.

“I knew it would be for me,” she said.

Cooper and Denison’s paths had crossed several times at national meets, and she admired Cooper’s process for training and preparing for competition.

Cooper said Denison’s vision and motivation made her an easy candidate for his program, which is designed to pander to the individual, sending out personalized programs to set up the lifter for success in the sport.

“There’s a certain special quality we look for and Billie had it,” Cooper said.

Nine weeks after her gallbladder was removed, and just five weeks after she resumed her training schedule, Denison bought the plane ticket to fly to Connecticut for the Southern New England Open. Her lifts there were enough to qualify Denison for Open Nationals in May. Cooper said the idea behind bringing Denison across the country to compete was based on an idea that he preaches to college students. As an adjunct professor at Massachusett’s Fitchburg State University, the kinesiology and exercise physiology grad teaches that the longer an athlete spends away from the game, the less likely they will return.

“Billie was doing a great job on the program, indicating that she was ready for a peak,” he said. “I told her, ‘You need to get back on the platform, you’ve been away for a long time.’

“We figured this will give us a great shortterm target to show us she can do this and is ready, the program’s working, and she’s ready to get out there and set some personal records.”

Denison rose to the occasion in Connecticut, then went on to finish fourth in the 72kilo open equipped class at Open Nationals in May in only her second time ever lifting in the equipped class.

Now Denison will set her sights on August, when she will step onto the lifting platform with Team USA colors, just three years after blossoming in Nikiski.

“Billie is a great example of what our sport is capable of,” Cooper said. “It’s transforming lives, and she’s faced some adversity in life on different levels, and she’s an example of what sport can do when she puts her mind to it and gives it her all.

“This is just a stop along the way for her.”

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ing up two runs on three hits and one walk, and for the Oilers, Jake Fenn gave up just two hits in five frames, allowing two runs and four

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Soccer Women’s World Cup FIRST ROUND GROUP A W L T GF GA Pts x-France 3 0 0 7 1 9 x-Norway 2 1 0 6 3 6 x-Nigeria 1 2 0 2 4 3 South Korea 0 3 0 1 8 0 x-advanced to second round GROUP B x-Germany 3 0 0 6 0 9 x-Spain 1 1 1 3 2 4 x-China 1 1 1 1 1 4 South Africa 0 3 0 1 8 0 x-advanced to second round GROUP C x-Italy 2 1 0 7 2 x-Australia 2 1 0 8 5 x-Brazil 2 1 0 6 3 Jamaica 0 3 0 1 12 x-advanced to second round

6 6 6 0

1 3 4 7

9 4 2 1

GROUP E x-Netherlands 3 0 0 6 x-Canada 2 1 0 4 x-Cameroon 1 2 0 3 New Zealand 0 3 0 1 x-advanced to second round

2 2 5 5

9 6 3 0

GROUP F x-United States 3 0 0 18 0 x-Sweden 2 1 0 7 3 Chile 1 2 0 2 5 Thailand 0 3 0 1 20 x-advanced to second round

9 6 3 0

SECOND ROUND Saturday, June 22 Germany vs. Nigeria, 7:30 a.m.

Norway vs. Australia, 11 a.m.

Sunday, June 23 England vs. Cameroon, 7:30 a.m.

France vs. Brazil, 11 a.m.

Monday, June 24 Spain vs. United States, 8 a.m.

Spain vs. Canada, 11 a.m.

Tuesday, June 25 Italy vs. China, 8 a.m.

Netherlands vs. Japan, 11 a.m.

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MLS Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L T Pts GF GA Philadelphia 9 4 4 31 31 20 Montreal 8 7 3 27 21 28 D.C. United 7 4 6 27 23 18 Atlanta 8 5 2 26 19 11 New York 7 6 3 24 27 19 NY City FC 5 1 8 23 23 17 Toronto FC 5 6 4 19 26 25 Orlando City 5 7 3 18 22 21 Chicago 4 6 6 18 24 23 Columbus 5 9 2 17 16 24 New England 4 8 4 16 17 33 Cincinnati 3 11 2 11 14 33

WESTERN CONFERENCE Los Angeles FC 11 1 4 37 39 13 LA Galaxy 9 6 1 28 22 19 Seattle 7 4 5 26 26 21 Houston 7 3 3 24 21 14 FC Dallas 6 6 4 22 22 22 Minnesota U. 6 7 3 21 23 25 Real Salt Lake 6 8 1 19 21 27 San Jose 5 6 4 19 23 27 Vancouver 4 6 6 18 17 20 S. Kansas City 3 5 7 16 26 27 Colorado 4 9 3 15 25 34 Portland 4 7 2 14 19 26 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Saturday, June 22 LA Galaxy at Cincinnati, 3:30 p.m.

Real Salt Lake at Chicago, 4 p.m.

Toronto FC at FC Dallas, 4 p.m.

Colorado at Vancouver, 6 p.m.

Houston at Portland, 7 p.m.

Sunday, June 23 Sporting Kansas City at Columbus, 1:30 p.m.

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Basketball WNBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE W 8 5 6 4 2 3

L Pct GB 1 .889 — 2 .714 2 3 .667 2 5 .444 4 5 .286 5 6 .333 5

WESTERN CONFERENCE Seattle

walks with two strikeouts.

Mat-Su’s Grant Sloan picked up the win for the Miners by pitching the top of the ninth scoreless with one hit and one strikeout.

Jack White had two scoreless innings in between with one hit and one strikeout.

For Peninsula, Drew

4 .500 4 .500 5 .444 5 .286 5 .286

½ ½ 1 2 2

Thursday’s Games Dallas 69, Phoenix 54 Washington 95, Las Vegas 72 Friday’s Games Atlanta at Connecticut, 3:30 p.m.

Indiana at Chicago, 4 p.m.

Los Angeles at Seattle, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games New York at Minnesota, 4 p.m.

Dallas at Las Vegas, 6:30 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Washington at Atlanta, 9 a.m.

Connecticut at Chicago, 2 p.m.

Los Angeles at Phoenix, 2 p.m.

Indiana at Seattle, 3 p.m.

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Baseball AL Standings

GROUP D x-England 3 0 0 5 x-Japan 1 1 1 2 Argentina 0 1 2 3 Scotland 0 2 1 5 x-advanced to second round

Connecticut Chicago Washington Indiana Atlanta New York

4 4 4 2 2

5 4 .556

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East Division W L Pct GB New York 47 27 .635 — Tampa Bay 43 32 .573 4½ Boston 41 35 .539 7 Toronto 27 48 .360 20½ Baltimore 21 54 .280 26½ Central Division Minnesota 48 26 .649 — Cleveland 39 35 .527 9 Chicago 35 37 .486 12 Detroit 26 44 .371 20 Kansas City 26 49 .347 22½ West Division Houston 48 28 .632 — Texas 40 35 .533 7½ Oakland 40 36 .526 8 Los Angeles 38 38 .500 10 Seattle 33 46 .418 16½ Thursday’s Games Texas 4, Cleveland 2 N.Y. Yankees 10, Houston 6 Toronto 7, L.A. Angels 5, 10 innings Kansas City 4, Minnesota 1 Oakland 5, Tampa Bay 4 Seattle 5, Baltimore 2 Friday’s Games Houston (Peacock 6-4) at N.Y. Yankees (Paxton 4-3), 3:05 p.m.

Detroit (Boyd 5-5) at Cleveland (Bauer 5-6), 3:10 p.m.

Toronto (Thornton 2-5) at Boston (Sale 3-7), 3:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Lopez 4-7) at Texas (Jurado 4-3), 4:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Canning 2-3) at St. Louis (Wacha 4-3), 4:15 p.m.

Minnesota (Perez 7-3) at Kansas City (Junis 4-6), 4:15 p.m.

Tampa Bay (TBD) at Oakland (Anderson 0-1), 6:07 p.m.

Baltimore (TBD) at Seattle (Leake 6-6), 6:10 p.m.

Saturday’s Games L.A. Angels at St. Louis, 10:15 a.m.

Minnesota at Kansas City, 10:15 a.m.

Toronto at Boston, 12:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Oakland, 12:07 p.m.

Baltimore at Seattle, 12:10 p.m.

Detroit at Cleveland, 12:10 p.m.

Houston at N.Y. Yankees, 3:15 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Texas, 5:05 p.m.

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NL Standings

East Division W L Pct Atlanta 44 31 .587 Philadelphia 39 35 .527 Washington 36 38 .486 New York 35 40 .467 Miami 27 46 .370 Central Division Chicago 41 33 .554 Milwaukee 40 35 .533 St. Louis 38 36 .514 Cincinnati 35 38 .479 Pittsburgh 33 40 .452 West Division Los Angeles 51 25 .671 Colorado 40 34 .541 San Diego 38 37 .507 Arizona 38 38 .500 San Francisco 31 42 .425

GB — 4½ 7½ 9 16 — 1½ 3 5½ 7½ — 10 12½ 13 18½

Thursday’s Games Colorado 6, Arizona 4, 10 innings Washington 7, Philadelphia 4 Miami 7, St. Louis 6, 11 innings Chicago Cubs 7, N.Y. Mets 4 Cincinnati 7, Milwaukee 1 L.A. Dodgers 9, San Francisco 8 Friday’s Games N.Y. Mets (Vargas 3-3) at Chicago Cubs (Darvish 2-3), 10:20 a.m.

Atlanta (Keuchel 0-0) at Washington (Strasburg 7-4), 3:05 p.m.

Miami (Alcantara 3-6) at Philadelphia (Nola 6-1), 3:05 p.m.

San Diego (Lauer 5-6) at Pitts-

Thorpe was the hard-luck loser, giving up the winning run after 2 1/3 innings of relief. Thorpe was tagged with only two hits and two walks with one strikeout. Heath Olive worked a scoreless inning of relief for the Oilers with two hits and one walk.

Like Wednesday, the

burgh (Musgrove 4-7), 3:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Gray 3-5) at Milwaukee (Anderson 3-1), 4:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Canning 2-3) at St. Louis (Wacha 4-3), 4:15 p.m.

San Francisco (Samardzija 3-6) at Arizona (Clarke 1-2), 5:40 p.m.

Colorado (Marquez 7-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Buehler 7-1), 6:10 p.m.

Saturday’s Games L.A. Angels at St. Louis, 10:15 a.m.

N.Y. Mets at Chicago Cubs, 10:20 a.m.

Miami at Philadelphia, 12:05 p.m.

San Diego at Pittsburgh, 12:05 p.m.

Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 12:10 p.m.

Atlanta at Washington, 3:15 p.m.

Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, 3:15 p.m.

San Francisco at Arizona, 6:10 p.m.

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Rangers 4, Indians 2 Cle. 000 001 001—2 5 1 Tex. 200 000 02x—4 8 0 Bieber, Clippard (7), A.Cole (8), Hand (8) and Plawecki; Minor, Kelley (9) and Mathis. W_Minor 7-4. L_Bieber 6-3. Sv_Kelley (9).

HRs_Cleveland, Santana (15).

Texas, Andrus (7), Santana (7).

Mets 10, Astros 6 Hou. 000 021012— 6 12 NY 000 620 20x—10 12

0 0

Valdez, Devenski (4), James (5), Rondon (6), Armenteros (7) and Chirinos; Green, Cortes Jr. (3), Kahnle (6), Hale (7), A.Chapman (9) and Sanchez. W_Cortes Jr. 2-0. L_Valdez 3-3. Sv_A.Chapman (20). HRs_Houston, Bregman (21), Marisnick 2 (8), Alvarez (5). New York, Torres (17), Encarnacion (2), Sanchez (22), LeMahieu (9).

Blue Jays 7, Angels 5, 10 inn.

LA 020 011 100 Tor. 310 010 000

0—5 12 2—7 12

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Suarez, T.Cole (6), L.Garcia (7), Bedrosian (8), H.Robles (9), Buttrey (10) and Garneau, Lucroy; Richard, Law (6), Biagini (6), Mayza (6), Hudson (7), Giles (9), Kingham (10) and Maile. W_Kingham 2-1. L_Buttrey 4-4. HRs_Los Angeles, Rengifo (2). Toronto, Sogard (7), Hernandez (7), Gurriel Jr. (9), McKinney (4).

Royals 4, Twins 1 Min. 100 000 000—1 5 3 KC 300 100 00x—4 10 0 Odorizzi, Stewart (5) and Garver, Astudillo; Sparkman, Diekman (8), Kennedy (9) and Maldonado.

W_Sparkman 2-3. L_Odorizzi 103. Sv_Kennedy (9). HRs_Minnesota, Polanco (11).

Athletics 5, Rays 4 TB 000 001 003—4 6 1 Oak. 000 010 004—5 7 0 Morton, Pagan (7), Castillo (9) and Zunino; Montas, Treinen (9), Buchter (9), Trivino (9) and Phegley. W_Trivino 3-5. L_Castillo 1-5.

HRs_Tampa Bay, Pham (11).

Oakland, Chapman (17), Profar (10).

Mariners 5, Orioles 2 Ba. 200 000 000—2 Se. 010 003 10x—5

4 9

0 1

Bundy, Phillips (6), Fry (7), Givens (8) and Severino; Scott, LeBlanc (1), A.Adams (8), Elias (9) and Narvaez. W_LeBlanc 4-2. L_Bundy 3-9. Sv_Elias (8). HRs_Seattle, Narvaez (11), Santana (16).

Rockies 6, Diamondbacks 4, 10 inn.

Col.100 110 001 Ar. 100 003 000

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1 0

Hoffman, Bettis (3), Estevez (6), McGee (7), Diaz (8), Oberg (9) and Iannetta; Ray, Chafin (7), Lopez (8), G.Holland (9), Hirano (10) and Joseph. W_Oberg 5-0. L_Hirano 3-4. HRs_Colorado, Blackmon (17), Desmond (10). Arizona, Walker (13).

Nationals 7, Phillies 4 Ph. 000 210 100—4 9 0 Was. 120 004 00x—7 10 0

two sides matched wits with scoreless innings for a fast-paced game, and it took until the bottom of the fourth for runs to score, as the Miners loaded the bases with one out and Drew Williamson came through with an RBI single for a 1-0 lead.

Kody Huff added a sac fly to center for a 2-0 Mat-Su edge.

The Oilers answered with two runs to tie it in the sixth, relying on the speed of Kenai product Paul Steffensen to score. Steffensen

Pivetta, E.Ramos (6), E.Garcia (7), Hammer (8) and Realmuto; Fedde, Grace (4), Guerra (6), Rainey (7), Suero (8), Doolittle (9) and Suzuki. W_Guerra 1-0.

L_Pivetta 4-2. Sv_Doolittle (16).

HRs_Philadelphia, Bruce (6), Segura (7). Washington, Suzuki (8), Rendon (17), Robles (11).

Cubs 7, Mets 4 NY 012 000 001—4 7 0 Chi. 006 000 10x—7 7 1 Lockett, Pounders (3), Font (4), Gsellman (7), Nogosek (8) and W.Ramos; Chatwood, Alzolay (5), Cishek (9) and Contreras. W_Alzolay 1-0. L_Lockett 0-1. Sv_Cishek (7). HRs_New York, Frazier (7), Alonso (25). Chicago, Baez (18).

Reds 7, Brewers 1 Cin. 300 020 200—7 10 1 Mil. 000 100 000—1 5 1 Roark, Hughes (7), Duke (9) and Barnhart; Nelson, F.Peralta (6), Claudio (8), Albers (9) and Grandal. W_Roark 5-6. L_Nelson 0-2.

HRs_Cincinnati, Senzel (7), Iglesias (5). Milwaukee, Yelich (28).

Marlins 7, Cardinals 6, 11 inn.

Mia.000 102 110 SL 000 010 220

02—7 11 01—6 16

0 1

Gallen, Brice (6), Chen (7), N.Anderson (7), Quijada (7), Guerrero (8), J.Garcia (9), Romo (11) and Alfaro, Holaday; Wainwright, Gallegos (6), Brebbia (7), Webb (8), Hicks (9), Gant (10), Miller (11) and Molina. W_J.Garcia 1-0. L_Miller 3-3. Sv_Romo (13). HRs_Miami, Anderson (9), Riddle (3). St. Louis, Edman (1).

Dodgers 9, Giants 8 SF 000 010 304—8 9 LA 100 501 20x—9 16

0 2

Bumgarner, Gott (4), D.Holland (5), S.Dyson (7), Melancon (8) and Posey; Urias, Chargois (4), Stripling (6), Sborz (8), Jansen (9) and Barnes. W_Chargois 1-0. L_ Bumgarner 3-7. Sv_Jansen (22).

HRs_San Francisco, Yastrzemski (4). Los Angeles, Barnes (5), Pederson (20), Garlick (2).

Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Reinstated OF Dwight Smith, Jr. from the 10-day IL. Designated RHP Dan Straily for assignment.

Placed LHP John Means on the 10-day IL, retroactive to June 17.

Recalled RHP Evan Phillips from Norfolk (IL).

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Signed OF Jacob Scavuzzo to a minor league contract.

DETROIT TIGERS — Optioned OF Victor Reyes to Toledo (IL).

Reinstated RHP Jordan Zimmermann from the 10-day IL. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Placed C Kevan Smith on 10-day IL, retroactive to June 19. Selected the contract of C Dustin Garneau from Salt Lake (PCL). Announced RHP Cody Allen cleared waivers and was unconditionally released.

MINNESOTA TWINS — Optioned RHP Sean Poppen to Rochester (IL). Recalled RHP Kohl Stewart from Rochester.

NEW YORK YANKEES — Released RHP Danny Farquhar.

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Placed 3B Yandy Diaz on the 10-day IL. Recalled 3B Daniel Robertson from Durham (IL).

TEXAS RANGERS — Optioned LHP Joe Palumbo to Nashville (PCL). Designated LHP Drew Smyly for assignment. Selected the contract of LHP Locke St. John from Nashville. Recalled LHP Kyle Bird from Nashville.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Reinstated RHP Ken Giles from the 10-day IL. Optioned RHP Justin Shafer to Buffalo (IL).

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Signed OF Corbin Carroll; SS Glenallen Hill Jr.; C Oscar Santos, LHPs Blake Walston, Andrew Saalfrank and Nick Snyder; and RHPs Brennan Malone, Drey Jameson, Ryne Nelson, Conor Grammes, Bobby Ay and Austin

got on base with a grounder and stole two more to reach third, and Camden Vasquez brought him in on an RBI single to halve the lead. Damon Keith then tied it up on an RBI double.

The Miners loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom of the sixth, but a Josh Bristyan grounder that went to second baseman Victor Carlino ended up ending the inning on a fortuitous play, as Miners baserunner Drew Williamson collided with Carlino

Pope to minor league contracts.

ATLANTA BRAVES — Placed LHP Sean Newcomb on the 7-day IL. Recalled RHP Huascar Ynoa from Gwinnett (IL).

CHICAGO CUBS — Recalled RHP Adbert Alzolay from Iowa (PCL). Designated LHP Tim Collins for assignment. Signed 2B Bryce Windham; 3B Ryan Reynolds; INFs Jacob Olson and Grayson Byrd; LHPs Bryan King, Adam Laskey and Davidjohn Herz; OFs Manny Collier, Zac Taylor, Nelson Maldonado and Darius Hill; and RHPs Cayne Ueckert; Chris Kachmar, Alex Moore, Tanner Dalton, Hunter Bigge, Brad Deppermann, Josh Burgmann and Chris Clarke to minor league contracts.

COLORADO ROCKIES — Placed INF Trevor Story on the 10-day IL. Recalled INF Brendan Rogers from Albuquerque (PCL).

MIAMI MARLINS — Sent OF Peter O’Brien to Jupiter (FSL) for a rehab assignment.

NEW YORK METS — Fired pitching coach Dave Eiland and bullpen coach Chuck Hernández.

Named Phil Regan interim pitching coach, Ricky Bones interim bullpen coach and Jeremy Accardo pitching strategist. Recalled RHP Walker Lockett from Syracuse (IL). Optioned LHP Daniel Zamora to Syracuse.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Sent LHP Adam Morgan to Reading (EL) for a rehab assignment.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Signed OF Jase Bowen and RHP Ryan Harbin to minor league contracts.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Activated RHP Adam Wainwright from the 10-day IL. Optioned RHP Daniel Ponce de Leon to Memphis (PCL). Removed INF Yairo Muñoz from the paternity list and placed him on the restricted list.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Signed LHP Chris Wright; Cs Brandon Martorano and Matt Malkin; 1B Garrett Frechette and Connor Cannon; 2B Carter Aldrete and Nolan Dempsey; SSs Dilan Rosario, Simon Whiteman and Jeff Houghtby; 3B Jorge Samuel and Tyler Wyatt; OFs Grant McCray, Armani Smith, Harrison Freed, Najee Gaskins and Javeyan Williams; and RHPs Nick Morreale, Cole Waites, Kanoa Pagan, Taylor Rashi, Evan Lumbert, Nick Avila, Brooks Crawford and Justin Crump to minor league contracts.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Returned RHP Austin Voth to Fresno (PCL). Signed RHP Jackson Rutledge to a minor league contract.

BASKETBALL USA BASKETBALL — Named Dan Hughes, Cheryl Reeve and Jen Rizzotti assistant women’s national team coaches.

National Basketball Association ATLANTA HAWKS — Traded the 41st pick in Thursday’s draft to Golden State for a 2024 secondround pick and cash.

FOOTBALL National Football League CHICAGO BEARS — Signed DB Duke Shelley.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS — Signed G Ryan Miller, D Korbinian Holzer and C Derek grant to one-year contracts.

VANCOUVER CANUCKS — Signed D Alex Edler to a two-year contract extension.

ECHL WORCESTER RAILERS — Resigned D Connor Doherty to a one-year contract.

SOCCER Major League Soccer PHILADELPHIA UNION — Signed F Andrew Wooten.

COLLEGE EAST CAROLINA — Named Christa Saunders assistant swimming and diving coach.

FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON — Named Rob DiToma baseball coach.

MISSOURI-KANSAS — Accepted an invitation to rejoin the Summit League.

NEW MEXICO — Named Dan McHale men’s assistant basketball coach.

on the basepaths, gaining an obstruction call to end it.

The Miners put a runner on third with one out in the seventh inning after a double by Webb, but couldn’t bring Webb home as Thorpe induced a popout and ground-out to end the threat.

The Oilers will wrap up their four-game series with the Miners tonight at 7 p.m., then start a three-game series with the Chugiak-Eagle River Chinooks Saturday at 7 p.m.

Pelicans take Zion with top pick

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer

NEW YORK — Zion Williamson plays with force and ferocity, a Hulk in hightops who looks as though he’d never show a soft side.

Draft night proved otherwise.

Williamson was the No. 1 pick of the New Orleans Pelicans — a surprise to nobody who watched basketball this past season. But afterward he couldn’t hide his emotions, even though he along with everyone else knew what would happen Thursday night.

“Because I love the game

of basketball,” he said. “You can hear people say things like, ‘Oh, that it was likely I was going to go No. 1.’ But I guess you don’t know until you actually go through it. Hearing my name called and I was able to make it on stage without a tear, shake the commissioner’s hand, but in the interview my mom was standing beside me, and my emotions just took over.”

There might be tears of joy in New Orleans, too, after the Pelicans were able to get the Duke powerhouse who is considered one of the most exciting prospects in years.

The 6-foot-7, 285-pounder compiled a college career worth of highlights into just one season, becoming the third freshman to be voted player of the year by The Associated Press.

His assault on the rims made him a favorite of college basketball fans, but his game is more than just dunks. Williamson averaged 22.6 points and 8.9 rebounds while shooting 68% from the field.

Wearing a white suit, he hugged members of his family and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver after his name was called first at Barclays Center.

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Waiter’s effort at small talk explodes into savage tirade To have asked whether your SIL was pregnant was a blunder, which I am betting was reflected in his tip. While I appreciate your brother’s desire to “protect” his wife, he accomplished nothing positive by creating a scene and em- Abigail Van Buren barrassing the family.

Because you mentioned that this has happened before and may happen in the future, it’s time for “the family” to suggest he get professional help for his anger issues. If this is how he behaves in public, I shudder to imagine what he’s like in private.

DEAR ABBY: When my son was 9 he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. He is now a college grad. Because I couldn’t fix his diabetes, I have tried to fix everything else in his life, and it hasn’t been pretty.

He was home for a visit the day his graduate school application was due. I bulldozed him into taking some punctuation advice

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an old routine. Tonight: Make it personal and cozy.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH Pace yourself; follow your routine. You want to clear out whatever you must. Stay more upbeat and positive than you have been until now. You’ll see the power of positive thinking once more.

Tonight: Pushing until you’re too tired to continue.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH A child or friend often serves as a muse for you. Once you and this person start talking and sharing some thoughts, ideas flash across your mind.

Brainstorm with the person you’re with.

Tonight: Don’t hold back.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH Stay close to home or at least readily available. Expect to create a great rapport among you and your roommates or family. In the next few days, news might come forth from someone from afar. Tonight: Go for a drive.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH Break past a problem by not being restrained due to a possible change of direction. You might not be sure which way is the most feasible. Brainstorm with a dear friend. Then you’ll know what to do. Tonight: Hang out.

APRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH You could be uptight about a personal matter, but you also might be choosing not to share what’s going on.

Others wonder what’s ailing you. Use caution around a financial investment.

Tonight: Make sure that your budget can meet this weekend’s demands.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHH Others seek you out. You might wonder why you’re the subject of so much attention. Nevertheless, don’t get thrown off by that attention; just continue with your plans. Tonight: You might have a reason for celebration.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Pressure builds, at least in your mind. You want to cover or protect a certain area that won’t be touched by potential uproar. Because you have a lot of ground to cover, you could be tired.

Tonight: Make it early.

BORN TODAY Philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre (1905), Duke of Cambridge Prince William (1982), American whistle-blower Edward Snowden (1983)

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Added advice for Alaska RV trip Dear Heloise: This is in response to your published letter from Samantha H. regarding an RV TRIP TO ALASKA with her two boys.

While you gave excellent advice, here is some additional information for her: First of all, this is the trip of a lifetime. Does she plan on using the Alaska Highway (formerly called the Alcan) to go there? I highly recommend it. There are plenty of interesting places to stop along the way, like Liard Hot Springs, which is a great place to rest for a day, or the Sign Post Forest, which will take about an hour to see. The Alaska Highway is not just a road to get to Alaska; it’s an experience in itself.

However, they need to gas up whenever they see a gas station -- even if they have half a tank! Gas stations are few and far between.

-- Judy V., Waynesboro, Va. Judy, that’s a very good idea to make certain they aren’t stranded in a remote area. To that I would also like to add that an emergency road kit with flares and flashing lights might come in handy. Better safe than sorry.

-- Heloise EASY CLEANUP Dear Heloise: My wife complained when I trimmed my beard because I left a mess in the sink. Now I use newspaper, spread over the sink and counter (one wide, two-page sheet will do). After I trim, I just fold up the newspaper and toss it away.

-- M.J., Warren, Vt.

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Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, June 21, 2019: This year, you might be unusually buoyant and happy. Nevertheless, your constant search for new information keeps your mind alert. You’ll also always have a sensitive and caring side. If single, you often feel challenged by the people you date. You like and encourage openness but cannot always handle the negative side of this trait. Try to appreciate the comments for what they offer. If you’re attached, you and your partner connect on many different levels and add to the excitement that seems to exist between you. Give each other space to grow and evolve, but remain close. AQUARIUS can be a challenging friend.

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 A friend at a distance often revives your energy when you speak to each other. Today is no different. You feel lucky to have this person in your life. He or she also helps you keep your mind open to new ideas. Tonight: Where the action is.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH You could be unusually tired and withdrawn. You’ve been quite social and seem to be a lot freer with your energy. An energy sag might not surprise anyone who has been around you this week. Tonight: A loved one attempts to perk you up.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH You have mixed feelings about a career matter or your role in a key project. You’ll handle whatever you must and do it well. Eye your long-term professional goals. Tonight: Treat a dear friend or loved one to dinner.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You could be on top of an issue; however, is this your opinion? An event or conversation could suggest otherwise. Try to lose your rose-colored shades and take a hard look at what’s happening. Tonight: Spend it with your favorite person.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHHH You could be in the position of trying another approach or doing something very different. A child or loved one might try to get your attention.

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on his letter of intent that turned out to be wrong. A few months later a rejection letter arrived, and I’m afraid my grammatical error caused it. I’m afraid his dreams were dashed because he trusted me. He doesn’t think the mistake had anything to do with the rejection, but I suspect he’s trying to protect my feelings because he’s such a nice person.

How important is perfect grammar on a grad school letter of intent? If my son has an above-average GPA, research experience, above-average GRE scores, but a grammatical error in his essay, could that one error put him out of contention?

-- TRYING TO MEDDLE NO MORE DEAR TRYING: I seriously doubt that a misplaced comma would cause your son to be rejected from graduate school if he had all the other necessary qualifications. Listen to what he’s telling you, stop flogging yourself and, from now on, quit trying to bulldoze him and let him fly on his own. There is nothing to feel guilty about. With practice, you’ll get the hang of it.

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DEAR ABBY: Last week I was out with my family of 13 for dinner. My sister-in-law was sitting relaxed in her chair, stretching her back and extending her stomach. The waiter came over and, trying to make small talk, asked her, “What’s the occasion? Are you pregnant?” My sister-in-law isn’t pregnant, but her posture may have suggested it.

Well, my brother, her husband, went off on the man, calling him names, swearing, and causing a loud, uncomfortable scene.

We all agreed the waiter was stupid to ask the question, but wasn’t my brother wrong here? He embarrassed all of us, and I don’t think there was any malicious intent on the part of the waiter. My brother stands behind his outburst and insists he wasn’t wrong.

This has happened before, and I’m sure it will happen in the future. What’s your suggestion for a better way to handle a situation like this, so maybe I can get through to my brother?

-- LOST MY APPETITE IN GEORGIA DEAR LOST: The waiter should have quit winners after he asked if your party of 13 was celebrating a special occasion.

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