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Homer man killed in Happy Valley crash A two-vehicle collision near Happy Valley killed a Homer man on Sunday.

Authorities pronounced Michael Franklin, 18, dead from his injuries at the scene. His family has been notified.

According to Alaska State Trooper spokesperson Ken Marsh, investigating troopers said they believe the crash happened as Franklin drove north near Mile 142 Sterling Highway and his green Subaru crossed into the oncoming lane, hitting a pickup truck driven by 39-year-old Garrett Bowley.

Troopers said Barrett tried to avoid hitting the Subaru but could not avoid the impact.

According to a press release from Anchor Point Fire and Emergency Medical Services Acting Chief Jon Marsh, EMTs and firefighters arrived at about 4:20 p.m. to find the Subaru engulfed in flames. Thirteen Anchor Point firefighters and EMTs responded with a rescue engine, a tanker, two ambulances and other vehicles. Ninilchik EMS also provided an engine, two ambulances and nine firefighters and EMTs. Initial attack crews knocked down the fire quickly.

Medics treated three patients from the truck with non-life threatening injuries and took them to South Peninsula Hospital.

A LifeMed helicopter and crew transported a patient with more critical injuries to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage.

Marsh said troopers did not find any initial indication that drugs or alcohol was involved in the crash. Toxicology tests were done, but results will not be known for about eight weeks. Marsh said no charges have been filed because the apparent at-fault driver, Franklin, died.

In a text alert sent at 4:52 p.m., troopers wrote that the highway was temporarily closed near Mile 142 Sterling Highway. In a followup text at 6:32 p.m., troopers wrote that a detour around the collision had opened the highway, about a 1 hour, 40 minute closure. Troopers closed the highway not only so firefighters could put out the fire and EMTs could treat the injured, but so the LifeMed helicopter could land in the road.

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Vote fails to override Dunleavy vetoes But legislators vow the fight over state funding isn’t over.

By Ben Hohenstatt Juneau Empire

A veto override vote Wednesday was always going to fail.

With only 14 senators and 24 representatives in attendance, there weren’t enough lawmakers at the Capitol Wednesday afternoon to undo Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s over $400 million in budget vetoes. However, while short of 45 votes, legislators opted to hold a symbolic vote that resulted in a 37-1 vote in favor of an override.

“We have to push back and say enough is enough,” said Rep. Steve Thompson, R-Fairbanks. “We have to tell the governor that we’re mad as hell and we’re not going to

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Rep. Tammie Wilson, R-North Pole, speaks against an override vote during a joint session of the Alaska Legislature at the Capitol in Juneau on Wednesday.

take it any more.”

That line drew applause from the legislators in the House chambers.

Dunleavy’s vetoes which would result in reduced funding for the University of Alaska, the elimination of the

Alaska State Council on the Arts, cutting school bond debt reimbursement in half among other slashes, were roundly

panned by lawmakers.

They attacked from the left, center and right.

Andi Story, D-Juneau, was among the lawmakers who compared the vetoes to a man-made natural disaster.

“We have a chance to stop this tidal wave of destruction,” Story said.

But the critique was bipartisan and bicameral.

“I am a true fiscal conservative, and I don’t take criticizing our governor lightly,” said Rep. Natasha von Imhof, R-Anchorage. “Sometimes you have to spend money now to avoid paying much more money later.”

She said while $3,000 Alaska Permanent Fund dividends may be good politics, it would be “really, really bad” policy.

Senate Minority Leader Tom Begich, D-Anchorage, said the vetoes are See Veto, Page A3

Dipnet fishery has quiet open

By Victoria Petersen Peninsula Clarion

Alaskans from across the state came to Kenai’s beaches today in hopes of netting some salmon from the mouth of the Kenai River. The Kenai River dipnet fishery opened today, and will run until July 31.

Only Alaskans who have lived in state for a year are allowed to participate in the personal use fishery.

Wednesday was windy and cloudy, and on the north beach dipnetters jumped with every wave to avoid getting splashed.

Eagle River resident Patsy Hardman has been dipnetting in Kenai before, but she doesn’t remember the waters being so rough.

“We’ve come out before and the water was way more calm,” Hardman said.

“I don’t know if there’s a storm coming.”

She said the waves were bringing in loads of debris, which is getting caught in nets.

“It’s bringing in a lot of junk,” she said.

The cooler temperatures also made it difficult to stay in the water, she said.

“I went out for a little bit,” she said. “The guys

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Katherine Green catches a flounder while dipnetting in the Kenai River on Wednesday, in Kenai.

are taller than I am, and normally I’m out there with them, but not today because it’s kind of cool.

We’ve been so hot in Eagle River, like almost 90

degrees.”

In two hours, Hardman said her family had caught two fish.

Dipnetting on the Kenai River is a family affair for

many. It’s April Worthington’s first time dipnetting in Kenai. Her family, which includes her husband and six children, traveled from Eilson Air Force Base in

Fairbanks.

“Fishing has been OK,” Worthington said. “We’ve only caught a couple, but See dipnet, Page A2

Local lawmakers split Advocates for homeless fear state budget cuts on session location

By Victoria Petersen

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After a chaotic day that included a citizen takeover of one special session, and a failed veto override vote at another, lawmakers are still divided on where the special session should be held.

On the peninsula, lawmakers are equally split on the issue. Rep. Ben Carpenter, R-Nikiski, and Sen. Peter Micciche, R-Kenai/Soldotna, did not attend either session. Carpenter asserted that the session should be held in Wasilla. Rep. Gary Knopp, R-Kenai/Soldotna, joined the Juneau contingent. Micciche defended the governor’s right to hold session in Wasilla, but said he would support an Anchorage session.

“It’s just kind of a mess,” Knopp said.

“We’ll get through tomorrow and go

from there to find a path forward.”

Gov. Mike Dunleavy last month called a special session in Wasilla after lawmakers were unable to complete their work during a 121-day regular session and a special session held in Juneau. Senate President Cathy Giessel, R-Anchorage, and House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, I-Dillingham, rejected Dunleavy’s call to convene in Wasilla, and called a Juneau special session, which began Monday.

Minority Republicans in the House called the move illegal. The Legislature’s top legal advisor has asserted that the governor does not have the constitutional power to compel the Legislature to meet outside the Capitol.

There were only 38 lawmakers present in the joint session in Juneau See local, Page A3

By Brian Mazurek Peninsula Clarion

Organizations working to end homelessness on the Kenai Peninsula are at risk of losing an essential source of funding as a result of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposed $440 million cuts to the state budget.

Among Dunleavy’s 182 line-item vetoes to the budget is a reduction to the Homelessness Assistance Program, or HAP grant, from $7.9 million to $950,000. The HAP grant is used by organizations across the state to provide emergency and transitional housing, as well as services to prevent homelessness and to rapidly re-house those who have been displaced. According to the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation’s website, HAP grant funds are awarded competitively to agencies

based on need. With a reduction in the grant’s funding by nearly 90%, agencies may soon be competing for scraps.

On the Kenai Peninsula, three agencies have traditionally received funding through the HAP grant: The LeeShore Center in Kenai, Love, INC in Soldotna and Haven House in Homer. Love, INC is the largest recipient of the grant and last year received $324,000, which is about 60% of their annual operating budget. Leslie Rohr, executive director of Love, INC, said that with such steep reductions in the grant’s total amount she doesn’t anticipate receiving any funds this year.

Without the HAP grant, Rohr said that many of the organization’s services will be eliminated.

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Swan Lake Fire slowed by cooler weather

By Brian Mazurek Peninsula Clarion

Tuesday on the Kenai Peninsula saw lower temperatures and rising humidity that resulted in a relatively quiet day for the Swan Lake Fire. The high pressure system that has caused hot and dry conditions is being pushed away by marine winds coming from the southwest, and those winds will improve air quality in Cooper Landing and the areas to the southeast of the fire, which had been experiencing heavy smoke conditions over the last few weeks.

For real-time air quality updates, visit http://tools. airfire.org and click on the “Monitoring PM2.5” tab to find readings. For smoke forecasts for all Alaska wildfires, visit UAFSMOKE at http://

Dipnet From Page A1

it’s only been a couple hours. It’s a lot of fun to come down here. My youngest is 7 and my oldest is 18, and the whole family can come.”

It was also Anchorage resident Katherine Green’s first time dipnetting Kenai. She said she and her husband traveled with a group of friends to fish for the day.

In about four hours Green caught one salmon and a flounder, while her husband had caught several salmon.

“It’s going OK,” she said.

“We plan to catch as many as we can, and the water is not too cold, which is nice.”

Anglers are reminded they cannot keep any king salmon, and those fish must be released immediately. Dipnetters are also reminded to not drive on the beach, and avoid disturbing the vegetation, which anchors the dunes and prevents erosion. The Central Peninsula Landfill accepts fish waste, free of charge, seven days a week.

Fish waste left on public

smoke.alaska.edu.

While the intensity of the blaze has lessened, it is still actively burning in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge east and northeast of Sterling.

According to a Wednesday update from the Northwest 13 Incident Management Team, the latest mapping of the fire puts it at 100,027 acres.

Areas within the fire’s perimeter are burning at varying intensities, and firefighters continue to work on extinguishing residual hot spots along the south and west edges.

Meanwhile the fire’s spread to the east has abated as it reaches more alpine and tundra vegetation that is resistant to burning. Firefighters have reduced the amount of potential fuels along the Skyline Trail and will be doing

the same along the Resurrection Pass Trail.

Motorists should be aware of potential delays along the Sterling Highway due to construction, smoke conditions, and activity from fire personnel. For current road conditions, visit http://511. alaska.gov. A temporary flight restriction is in effect over the area, and pilots can confirm current restrictions at http:// tfr.faa.gov.

In response to current extreme fire danger, all open fires are prohibited immediately, including campfires, until further notice, in Kenai Peninsula State Parks, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Kenai Fjords National Park and Chugach National Forest lands on the Kenai Peninsula.

Use of cooking stoves and gas grills is allowed. In addition,

Kenai Peninsula State Parks will allow the use of charcoal in contained cooking grills but these remain prohibited on other listed public lands.

Some facilities in the Skilak Lake recreation area remain closed. For the latest information on closures in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, call the Refuge Visitor Center at 907-260-2820 or visit http:// kenai.fws.gov.

The Resurrection Pass Trail in the Chugach National Forest has also been partially closed. For the latest information on Chugach closures and restrictions visit https://www. fs.usda.gov/news/chugach/ news-events.

For the latest information on the Swan Lake Fire, visit kpboem.com or call the incident management team at 208-391-3488.

and private property can attract bears and result in fines.

Primary access to Kenai North Beach is from South Spruce Street off the Kenai Spur Highway. There is a large, public parking area but space is limited.

Motorized vehicles on the beach to the left of South Spruce Street toward the Kenai River is prohibited.

Vehicular access, parking

and fires on beach to the right of South Spruce Street is allowed.

Access to the Kenai South Beach is off of Cannery Loop Road.

Dropping off is allowed at all locations. For a $10 fee per calendar day, dipnetters can be picked up or dropped off and park for up to 15 minutes while loading an unloading. Dipnetters can

upgrade a drop-off permit to any other permit in the same calendar day and receive $10 credit towards the new permit.

Day use parking is $20 a day, and overnight parking is $45, valid from noon until noon the next day.

Camping is available at all locations, except the dock, for a $25 fee.

Kathleen Sorensen contributed to this article.

Peninsula Clarion

Veto From Page A1

“soulless, mean-spirited and game-playing.”

Begich and Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, D-Sitka, also opined that it is wrong to tie conversations about the PFD to the budget.

“He (Dunleavy) has yet to present a plan that has mathematical integrity that gets you a $3,000 PFD,” Kreiss-Tomkins said.

Begich said he does not believe the governor has any intent to negotiate on the vetoes.

There was one vote against the override, from Rep. Tammie Wilson, R-North Pole.

While Wilson was the lone vote against overrides, she was lightly critical of the governor’s vetoes and said her vote should not be misconstrued as widespread support for all 182 line-item vetoes. Instead, she made the case for analyzing them one by one to find room for compromise.

Wilson also joined other lawmakers in calling for the Legislature to unify in one location — 22 lawmakers remained absent for Wednesday’s decisive vote with some appearing in photographs with the governor in Wasilla while the joint session went

Local From Page A1

Wednesday, with 22 Republicans in Wasilla or absent from the Capitol. Despite this, lawmakers in Juneau held a vote to override Dunleavy’s $440 million in budget vetoes.

The final vote was 37-1, with Rep. Tammie Wilson, R-North Pole, voting to sustain the vetoes.

The Legislature has until nearly midnight on Friday to override the vetoes.

Knopp voted against Dunleavy’s vetoes. He said a lot of good and heartfelt comments were heard in the chamber and legislators will try again Thursday — giving other members the opportunity to join them in Juneau.

Knopp said this has been a pretty devastating budget process. Portions of the budget are unfunded, and there’s a chance of federal dollars lapsing, he said.

“These are big issues not to be taken lightly,” he said.

“We’ll see if we can override and go from there.”

Carpenter joined other Republicans in Wasilla earlier this week, but was not present in the Matanuska Valley Wednesday. Carpenter said he had obligations at his home

on.

While Wilson said she did not care if they convened in Wasilla or Juneau, other legislators were much more pointed.

“This is the seat of government,” said Sen. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, during a press conference.

Others said they were troubled that lawmakers representing a combined population of over 200,000 were not present for such a critical vote.

“I’m sad because there’s not enough people in this room, these override votes are largely symbolic,” said Rep. Ivy Spohnholz, D-Anchorage.

“I’m sad that there are a group of people that got distracted by the red herring, by the bait and switch, that was put forth by our governor. The result will be a human-made disaster unless we find a way to do better by Alaskans.”

The hope is there will be more lawmakers present Thursday, said caucus leaders during press conferences following the joint session.

There is another joint session scheduled for 10:30 a.m. that would offer a chance for the Legislature to rescind their failed vote and re-vote on the matter.

Senate President Cathy Giessel, R-Anchorage, and House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, I-Dillingham each

said they’re unsure if that will happen.

But Giessel said the time was chosen specifically to allow lawmakers to make their way to the Capitol after a morning flight to Juneau.

“We’re giving them every opportunity,” Giessel said.

in Nikiski, where he operates a small farm. He said he plans to play the next couple weeks day by day.

“I’m following via text message with my counterparts down there, and will go down there when there’s an opportunity to vote,” he said.

Micciche is one of a handful of legislators who were previously excused from session during this time. Micciche said he is a commercial fisherman, and works in July, but is calling on his constituents to ask other lawmakers and the governor to come together and negotiate a compromise.

“Those negotiations should have taken place in February, March, April,” he said.

Micciche said lawmakers need to first settle the issue of where the Legislature should be. He said he’s convinced the governor has the authority.

“They could have gone to Wasilla to move it, and they didn’t,” Micciche said. “We have to work together.”

He said Anchorage seems like a suitable compromise.

“Everyone is frustrated,” Micciche said. “There’s still a lot of work to do. It has to happen.”

On Wednesday in Wasilla, a protest erupted at Wasilla Middle School, where the governor called the second special session. Tegan Hanlon, a reporter with the Anchorage

Daily News, was covering the protests in Wasilla on Twitter.

In videos posted to Hanlon’s Twitter, protesters could be seen calling the legislators to go to Juneau and override the vetoes. The protesters shouted “don’t hide, override!” and seized lawmakers seats inside the school’s gymnasium after lawmakers walked out of the gym.

“It looks like they had a pretty exciting day in Wasilla,” Carpenter told the Clarion.

Alaska Republican Party issued a press release Wednesday blasting protestors for disrupting the session.

“This afternoon in Wasilla, threatening, shrieking Democrat protesters and their ancillary leftist accomplices disrupted a peaceful session of Republican legislators who were considering budgetary matters pursuant to Governor Dunleavy’s instructions,” the release said. “We have seen these tactics used by similar mobs who injure conservatives around the country.

And now the Democrats have brought this type of indecent behavior to our great State.”

Legislators with excused absences include: Micciche, Rep. George Rauscher, R-Sutton, Sen. Shelley Hughes, R-Palmer, and Sen. David Wilson, R-Wasilla.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

What happens next?

In the immediate future, there will be an attempt to rescind and re-vote.

However, Edgmon said rescinding the vote would take the same 45-vote super majority as an override.

Unless lawmakers do make it to Juneau from Wasilla on evening or morning flights, that’s not going to happen.

If those efforts fail, both Edgmon and Begich alluded to other avenues legislators may take.

“We’re not done fighting,” Edgmon said.

Begich said he never declares this sort of war over until every last option has been exhausted.

Edgmon said the hope would be to somehow address concerns via other appropriation bills — the capital budget and the bill establishing the PFD. However, while he said it’s hoped those could help with negotiations, he did not specify what may be proposed or pursued.

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around the peninsula Rock ’N The Ranch Music Festival at RustyRavin The RustyRavin will host its third annual music festival on Friday and Saturday, July 12-13 at Mile 12.5 of Kalifornsky Beach Road in Kenai. Listen to two great days of music from the Gasoline Lollipops of Colorado, Blackwater Railroad Company of Seward, H3, Juno Smile, Daddy’s Issue and The Melster Band! Free camping and parking for all paid concertgoers! The largest beer garden and dance area on the Kenai Peninsula along with food carts, craft vendors and great music! Music starts at 6 p.m. on Friday and ends at midnight. Saturday’s music starts at 2 p.m. and ends at midnight.

Adult ticket prices are $35 per day or $55 for a two day pass. Youth tickets are free for 15 and younger with a paying adult. Tickets are available from Eventbrite online or available at the gate. More information is available at 907-398-6935 or by going to: facebook.com/ RustyravinPlantRanch. All proceeds benefit the nonprofit Nuk It Un Sober Living in Kenai.

up on a new way to support local farmers and improve food security in our community. When shopping at the farmers markets, please consider buying an extra produce item to be donated to the food bank. There will be a donation station at each market for donated produce. Food bank staff will distribute the items to people in need. Thank you for supporting both our farmers and our food bank!

‘Wild Pecos Bill’

Kenai Performers Summer Drama Camp students present, “Wild Pecos Bill,” by R. Eugene Jackson. Two shows: Friday, July 12 at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday, July 13 at 2 p.m.

Admission is $5 at the door. Location: 44045 K-Beach Road (backside of Subway restaurant). For more information, call Terri at 252-6808.

Kenai/Nikiski Class of ’89 reunion

The 3rd annual Guns & Hoses charity softball game will take place on Friday, July 19 at 6 p.m. at the Oiler field in Kenai. All proceeds benefit the Nikiski Children’s Fund.

Kenai/Nikiski Class of ‘89 reunion will be held Friday, Aug. 9 at Kenai River Brewing company from 5:30-8 p.m. an dat Bridge Lounge at 8 p.m. same night. A potluck at Hilcorp Rec Site will be held Saturday, Aug. 10 at 11 a.m. Info: FB Kenai Peninsula Class of ‘89 or call 360-893-2750.

Fabric and craft materials sale

Annual summer book sale

Guns & Hoses softball game

The Kenai United Methodist Church is hosting an estate sale from the fabulous stash of Nancy Egbert. Nancy was an active community quilter, knitter and maker of crafts. Quilt fabric, yarn, patterns, doll making materials, scrapping, beading materials will all be available. The sale is Friday, July 12 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and Saturday, July 13 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. The Kenai United Methodist Church is located across from Wells Fargo.

Kidfest brings health and safety to Soldotna Peninsula Community Health Services of Alaska, along with the Soldotna Chamber’s Student Ambassador Program, is hosting KidFest on Saturday, Aug. 10 at the Peninsula Center Mall in Soldotna. This familyfriendly community event promotes health and safety for children returning to school.

Get the kids out of the house for an afternoon of educational activity booths and stations, car seat checkups, chances to win prizes and earn backpacks with basic school supplies with completed report card activity, a photo booth, and so much more! Admission is free, and the fun starts at 11 a.m. and ends at 3 p.m! For more information, visit pchsak. org/kidfest.

Salmon Run Series

Come enjoy running and the Tsalteshi Trails this summer during the Salmon Run Series. The five-race series is held Wednesday nights starting July 10. The routes are perfect for any type of runner or walker. Check our Facebook page for weekly trail routes and updates. All proceeds support Kenai Watershed Forum education programs. First race in 2019 is Wednesday July 10, last race is Aug. 7.

Farmers market donation station The Kenai Peninsula Food Bank and Cooperative Extension Service are teaming

The Annual Summer Book Sale at the Kenai Community Library will be held from Thursday, July 18 through Saturday, July 20.

The usual advance sale for members will be held Wednesday, July 17, from 4 to 6:30 pm.

As always, memberships may be purchased and used that evening.

PROPS Committee meeting

The Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council’s PROPS (Prevention, Response, Operations and Safety) Committee meeting will be held in Nikiski on Friday, July 12 at 10 a.m. at the Nikiski Senior Center, 50025 Lake Marie Avenue. The public is welcome to attend. For an agenda, directions or more information call 907-283-7222 or 800-652-7222.

Sterling Friday Flea Market

The Sterling Community Center invites you to our Summer community event, Sterling Friday Flea Market. On Friday, July 12, 19, 26 and Aug. 9 and 16. Open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The market is for crafters, fruit/vegetable vendors, merchandise vendors, and second-hand booths. 10-feet wide by 20-feet deep spaces for rent in parking lot for $10. Bring your own tents and tables or we have rentals: 6-foot table and one chair $10. Get a space at the Sterling Friday Flea Market anytime during the summer. If the weather is not cooperating vendors can come inside. All vendors and customers will have access to Sterling Community Center facilities and vending machines. Call for registration and information262-7224 or email scc@acsalaska. net.

Food for Thought

Join us in the Fireweed Diner at the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank, every Tuesday from 5-6 p.m. from June 11 through Sept. 10 for a meal and a time of learning about food and nutrition. RSVP to Greg Meyer, executive director, 907-262-3111 or gmeyer@kpfoodbank.org.

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INC services that are directly funded through the HAP grant. Because of the way the grant is distributed, Love, INC has been operating without these funds since June 30.

Rohr said that she is still accepting applications from anyone who walks in asking for help, but she has to tell those people that the funds they need will likely not be there. Rohr has been looking into potential substitutes to the HAP grant from the federal government and private foundations, but said that no individual grant comes close to the amount of funding received through HAP. Love, INC also partners with 48 churches around the peninsula, and Rohr anticipates having to rely on them more heavily for financial support. Rohr said that she understands the need to balance the state’s budget, but worries about both the immediate and long-term impacts these reductions will have on vulnerable Alaskans.

“This is more than pruning the branches,” Rohr said. “It’s taking the roots out.”

Meanwhile, the LeeShore Center — which provides assistance and emergency shelter to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault — is at risk of losing around $56,000 in annual funding.

Executive Director Cheri Smith said that the HAP grant pays for the security system and utility costs in their emergency shelter as well as the salary of a Direct Service

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Members of a workgroup to acquire a permanent emergency shelter on the Kenai Peninsula meet at Love, INC in Soldotna on Feb. 11.

Advocate. Smith said that this grant is the foundation of their annual budget, and while the amount may not be as much as other agencies receive, the money goes a long way.

Like Rohr at Love, INC, Smith hasn’t found an alternative source of funding to replace the HAP grant and anticipates an immediate impact to the LeeShore Center’s ability to provide emergency shelter and housing assistance.

“These cuts hit the people that need the most help,” Smith said.

Matt Shuckerow, spokesperson for Dunleavy, said that while programs like the HAP grant may provide important

services to people in the state, the state’s fiscal situation calls for significant reduction in government spending.

“In the years under a revenue picture that allowed it, we’ve been able to provide certain funding,” Shuckerow said. “However, based on the current fiscal reality, we have to make tough decisions.”

Aside from the limited housing services offered by Love, INC, LeeShore Center and other agencies, the peninsula currently has no permanent emergency shelter. A workgroup comprised of Rohr, Smith and representatives from other local nonprofits have been working over the

past year to acquire the location for one, but so far their efforts have yielded few results.

With the elimination of HAP grant funding looming over the agencies that provide housing assistance, Rohr said that it is more important than ever to get this proposed shelter off the ground and plans to start organizing more meetings within the next few months.

In the meantime, agencies like Love, INC and the LeeShore Center will have to look to the local community for support in order to continue providing the services that they have traditionally offered.

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alaska voices | Mark Begich

Do not let the dividend divide us

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ere we go again, another special session causing uncertainty and angst for all Alaskans all because our leaders have yet to provide a long-term solution for the Alaska Permanent Fund dividend and our budget issues.

As an Alaskan, a businessman, and a neighbor who cares about our shared future, I am deeply saddened by what is happening in our state. This kind of irresponsible, knee-jerk policymaking lacks any consideration for how we will take care of those who most need help or how our children will grow to build their own success here at home.

I continue to believe Alaska is the best place to live and I know our future could be filled with opportunities for young people if our leaders choose a responsible path forward.

You will be hard-pressed to find anyone who doesn’t support budget cuts — they are a tough, but necessary part of moving our state forward. But what the governor has proposed does not, in any way, put us on a path to success.

So, why would he suggest these wide-ranging, devastating cuts that will hurt Alaska families and businesses? The permanent fund dividend … and his next campaign slogan.

The governor has decided that above all else, he prioritizes providing a $3,000 permanent fund dividend. To those who still believe this sounds enticing, please consider what we will lose: senior benefits, access to quality education, access to health care, public safety in rural Alaska, and more.

These are not frivolous government expenditures, but rather essential state services that provide for Alaskans and reflect our character — who we are as people.

To those (and I believe they are a significant minority) who believe it is your God-given right to have a full PFD above all else, you are wrong. The PFD was designed as a means for all Alaskans to collectively share in the resources of our state and find success together. The governor’s plan to attack basic government services for thousands of Alaskans is counterintuitive to that sacred Alaska vision. We are standing at the edge of a steep cliff — of the governor’s making — that will devastate families and businesses and make the road to shared success for Alaskans long and unnecessarily difficult.

One simple solution, as I have offered before, is to take as much as you can from the Earnings Reserve Account and put it in the corpus of the fund so it is out of the hands of politicians and off the bargaining table. Then, create a formula that has a responsible, but meaningful amount that can be paid to Alaskans — ranging from $1,200-2,000. Then, constitutionally protect the formula so it isn’t up for debate every year. Simple and easy, but takes some guts to do. Let’s move on before our state is forced over the edge and we cannot recover.

This is just one idea, but there are other options for compromise that will set us on a path for a stronger future.

The governor’s plan is not one of those options.

We are facing a critical moment that will shape Alaska’s future and become part of our history as a people. Did we allow a distortion of a common-sense, shared Alaska vision like the PFD to supersede our responsibility to take care of one another or did we honor that vision by moving forward together and preparing ourselves for opportunity ahead?

To our leaders, if you are letting the permanent fund dividend divide us, you are undermining its very purpose. It is time to override the budget vetoes and get back to working for Alaskans.

To Alaskans, please continue to stand up and make your voices heard. Our leaders must hear from you because that is who they serve. There is simply too much at stake to stay silent. We must all work together to keep Alaska’s best days ahead of us.

Mark Begich is the current President & CEO of Northern Compass Group based in Anchorage. Previously he was a United States senator for Alaska and the Mayor of Anchorage.

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Remembering a man who made his mark

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oss Perot was not a large man: barely 5 feet, 6 inches tall, and maybe 150 pounds. But he was a giant.

Perot died in Dallas Tuesday at age 89. A family spokesman said the cause was leukemia.

He led an amazing life serving his country, amassing a fortune on his own and ultimately launching a thirdparty run for president in 1992 that wound up garnering 19 percent of the popular vote. It was the most successful third-party run since Teddy Roosevelt’s Progressive Party splintered off from President William Howard Taft’s Republican Party in 1912, throwing the election to Democrat Woodrow Wilson.

Perot may have had a similar effect in 1992, and the reverberations are still being felt today.

By any independent accounting, H. Ross Perot was quintessentially American, and unabashedly Texan.

Born Henry Ray Perot in Texarkana in 1930, Perot was a born fireball — he began earning money at age 7, and by the time he was 12 he was delivering his local newspaper, the Texarkana Gazette, on horseback and established a hugely successful route. It was a set piece in Perot’s life. He wasn’t the brightest student, but refused to be outworked. After two years at a junior

college, Perot earned an appointment to the Naval Academy. He became class president, graduating in 1953.

His 4-year stint in the Navy was too late for Korea and too soon for Vietnam. In 1957, he joined civilian life and began a Midas-like career. He started at IBM in Dallas, at one point selling his annual quota in three weeks.

The slowness of corporate life rankled him, so he quit, founding his own company — Electronic Data Systems — that became a mammoth force in the burgeoning computer industry. He made a fortune when EDS went public in 1968, becoming one of America’s wealthiest men.

He was a titan in business but had bigger ideas. He became not just a philanthropist, but an evangelist for causes he believed in, and one of those was care for veterans. In 1969, alarmed by reports of mistreatment of American POWs in Vietnam, he chartered two jets and filled them with food, medicine and supplies. The North Vietnamese turned him away, but he raised awareness. Even bolder was his rescue effort in 1979 in Iran, where he authorized a commando raid that freed two EDS employees from an Iranian prison and served as the basis for Ken Follett’s best-seller “On Wings of Eagles.”

And the money kept coming. GM

bought EDS for $2.6 billion in 1984, then paid Perot $750 million to go away two years later. So he started a new company, Perot Systems, in 1988. Dell bought that in 2009 for $3.9 billion.

But it was Perot’s foray into politics that has had lasting impact. Perot hated inefficiency, and saw it everywhere in Washington, D.C. George H.W. Bush was poised to get another four years against the Democrats, who settled on a governor from a small southern state: Bill Clinton.

Enter Perot. Bush was flailing, and while Clinton was a new voice, he wasn’t exactly a fresh one. Perot dazzled a disaffected electorate with his straight talk, his impeccable background and his penchant for success.

His populist manner in many ways was the precursor to Donald Trump, another political newcomer with a history of getting things done and saying exactly what was on his mind.

Perot took 20 million votes in 1992, although he didn’t win a single state.

Bush gained 38% and Clinton became president.

A 1996 run was substantially less successful, and Perot more or less gave up his political aspirations. But his impact remains.

— The Boston Herald, July 10

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‘It will not be easy’: Dems prepare for Mueller moment

By Mary Clare Jalonick and Lisa Mascaro Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Some are watching old video of his previous testimony. Others are closely re-reading his 448-page report. And almost all are worrying about how they’ll make the most of the short time they’ll have for questioning.

Robert Mueller, the Democrats know, will be tough to crack.

The stern, reticent former FBI director has said he won’t answer questions beyond what is in the report on Russia’s election meddling and the Trump campaign and possible obstruction of justice when he comes to Congress on July 17.

Mueller is expected to testify in front of the Judiciary and intelligence committees for two hours each, with time split evenly between Republicans and Democrats, though that timing is still a subject of negotiations. That means Democrats will have to be efficient and targeted in their attempts to extract information from the former special counsel and spotlight what they say are his most damaging findings against President Donald Trump.

“It will not be easy,” said Rhode Island Rep. David Cicilline, a Democratic member of the Judiciary Committee. He added: “We just have to be very smart about how we use the time and really give the special counsel the time to tell the story.”

Cicilline says he’s reading the report a second time, thoroughly, with an eye toward what he wants to ask.

Separately, a Democratic aide said staff members have been watching old videos of Mueller testifying as FBI director during the administrations of Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. They’re looking to see how he’ll act, the aide said, and they have noticed he gives minimal commentary when answering questions. The aide was not authorized to discuss internal preparations for the hearing and requested anonymity.

Wary of their challenging witness, Democratic members of the Judiciary Committee huddled Wednesday evening to discuss strategy for questioning Mueller, along with other topics. Exactly how the hearing will be structured is still being negotiated, members said as they emerged, but Democrats are expected to divvy up the questions in a methodical way Among the topics up for discussion as the hearing approaches: Should they work through the report step by step, or paint a general picture? Will every member be able to speak in the short time they have? And what can they do to best crystalize the findings of a report that they believe Americans haven’t read or absorbed?

New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, a member of the panel, says he expects Wednesday’s meeting will include “what the team strategy is going to be as we begin an intensive phase of preparation.”

Republicans seem to have given it less thought. Ohio Rep. Steve Chabot, a senior GOP member of Judiciary, said he hasn’t started preparing and expects little news from the event. He said Democrats are just “chasing their tails” and are aiming to placate base voters who want to see the Democratic House majority take on the president.

“It’s possible a few people could change their opinion, but overall I think it’s not likely,” Chabot said.

The Judiciary Committee is expected to focus on the second half of Mueller’s report, which details multiple episodes in which Trump attempted to influence the investigation. Mueller said he couldn’t exonerate the president on obstruction of justice.

The House’s intelligence panel, which will go second, will focus on the first half of the report, which details Russian interference in the presidential election. Mueller said there wasn’t enough evidence to establish a conspiracy between Russia and the Trump campaign, but detailed several

contacts between the two as well as the Trump campaign’s willingness to accept Russian help.

Under a deal struck with the committees, two of Mueller’s deputies — James Quarles and Aaron Zebley — are expected to meet with the panels in separate closed sessions after Mueller’s public hearing. But that might be in jeopardy as the Justice Department has pushed back on the arrangement, according to two people familiar with the negotiations. They requested anonymity to discuss the private talks.

The chairman of the intelligence panel, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said Tuesday said he wouldn’t discuss the details of those negotiations, but that the deputies have agreed to appear and “I have no reason to believe that will be unsuccessful.”

One issue that Judiciary members are expected to focus on is whether Mueller will state whether Trump would have been charged with a crime were he not president. Jeffries said that answer could “strike to the heart of why a prosecution or recommendation to prosecute wasn’t included in the report.”

Mueller said at a May news conference that charging a president with a crime was “not an option” because of longstanding Justice Department policy. But Democrats want to know more about how he made that decision, and when.

It’s unclear if he will go beyond his previous comments. Mueller, who was reluctant to testify at all, has been firm that he will stick to what’s already in the report.

Some lawmakers say that’s OK and just want to reach a broader audience of Americans who they fear have tuned out.

“This isn’t a question of creating a narrative,” said Florida Rep. Ted Deutch, another Democrat on the Judiciary Committee. “The narrative is already out there. It’s simply highlighting what is already there.”

Associated Press writer Michael Balsamo contributed to this report.

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Powell to Congress: Rate cut likely The Federal Reserve chairman’s remarks sent stock prices up, bond yields down and the value of the U.S. dollar lower on expectations of lower interest rates.

By Martin Crutsinger Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Pointing to a weaker global economy, rising trade tensions and chronically low inflation, Chairman Jerome Powell signaled Wednesday that the Federal Reserve is likely to cut interest rates late this month for the first time in a decade.

Delivering the central bank’s semiannual report to Congress, Powell said that since Fed officials met last month, “uncertainties around trade tensions and concerns about the strength of the global economy continue to weigh on the U.S. economic outlook.” In addition, inflation has dipped further below the Fed’s annual target level.

The chairman’s remarks led investors to send stock prices up, bond yields down and the value of the U.S. dollar lower on expectations of lower interest rates. The S&P 500 index briefly traded over 3,000 for the first time.

Testifying to the House Financial

Services Committee, Powell was asked, as he has been before, what he would do if President Donald Trump tried to fire or demote him. Powell offered the same terse reply he’s given in the past when asked about Trump’s attacks on his leadership and the president’s insistence that he has authority to remove the chairman: Powell said he intends to serve out his full four-year term, which ends in early 2022.

The president has repeatedly accused Powell and the Fed of keeping credit too tight for too long and of thereby holding back the economy and the stock market.

Most experts dispute Trump’s assertion that he has authority to either fire Powell or demote him from the chairman’s post, and his attacks have raised alarms that he’s undermining the Fed’s long-recognized independence from political pressure.

Powell’s description Wednesday of a more downbeat economic landscape led most economists to conclude that a quarter-point

rate cut is a virtual certainty at the Fed’s meeting in three weeks, with many forecasting further rate cuts to come. Some characterized a likely rate cut late this month as an “insurance policy” against an economic downturn.

“I think it will be the start of a series of rate cuts,” added Sung Won Sohn, economics professor at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. “Powell wants to provide fuel for the economy down the road.”

Expectations of a pending rate cut drew additional support Wednesday when the Fed released the minutes of its June 18-19 meeting. The central bank held rates unchanged then, but the minutes showed that some officials felt looser credit could soon be needed to address economic weakness.

Investors have collectively put the odds of a rate cut this month at 100%. The Fed’s benchmark rate stands in a range of 2.25% to 2.5% after it raised rates four times last year — action that incited the initial attacks on the Powell Fed from Trump.

In the prepared remarks he delivered Wednesday before taking questions from the House members, Powell made no

mention of the president’s criticism. He did thank Congress for the “independence” it has given the Fed to operate free of political intrusion. But later, in the questionand-answer period, several Democratic committee members offered support for Powell’s leadership and a rejection of Trump’s criticism.

Rep. Maxine Waters, who leads the committee, declared that “this president has made it clear that he has no understanding or respect for the independence of the Federal Reserve.”

Waters and other Democrats urged Powell to stand up to Trump’s attacks.

“Have no fear,” Rep. David Scott, D-Ga., told the chairman. “We in Congress, both Democrats and Republicans, have got your back.”

Powell’s remarks Wednesday began two days of his testimony on Capitol Hill. On Thursday, he will address the Senate Banking Committee.

At the moment, the U.S. economic landscape is a mixed one: The job market appears resilient, but economic growth is slowing. Many forecasters predict that growth has slowed to an annual rate of around 2% in the just completed April-June quarter.

Acosta defends Epstein sex-trafficking deal

By Jill Colvin and Richard Lardner Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Trying to tamp down calls for his resignation, Labor Secretary Alex Acosta on Wednesday defended his handling of a sex-trafficking case involving now-jailed financier Jeffrey Epstein, insisting he got the toughest deal he could at the time.

In a nearly hour-long news conference, Acosta retraced the steps that federal prosecutors took in the case when he was U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida a decade ago, insisting that “in our heart we were trying to do the right thing for these victims.”

He said prosecutors were working to avoid a more lenient arrangement that would have allowed Epstein to “walk free.”

“We believe that we proceeded appropriately,” he said, a contention challenged by critics who say Epstein’s penalty was egregiously light.

The episode reignited this week when federal prosecutors in New York brought a new round of child sex-trafficking charges against the wealthy hedge fund manager. And on Wednesday, a new accuser stepped forward to say Epstein raped her in his New York mansion when she was 15.

Jennifer Araoz, now 32, told “Today” she never went to police because she feared retribution from the well-connected Epstein.

She now has filed court papers seeking from Epstein in preparation for suing him.

While the handling of the case arose during Acosta’s confirmation hearings, it has come under fresh and intense scrutiny after the prosecutors in New York brought their charges on Monday, alleging Epstein abused dozens of underage girls in the early 2000s, paying them hundreds of dollars in cash for massages, then molesting them

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Labor Secretary Alex Acosta calls on a reporter during a news conference at the Department of Labor in Washington on Wednesday.

at his homes in Florida and New York. Epstein has pleaded not guilty to the charges; if convicted he could be imprisoned for the rest of his life.

Acosta’s lawyerly presentation was an effort to push back against growing criticism of his work in a secret 2008 plea deal that let Epstein avoid federal prosecution on charges that he molested teenage girls. A West Palm Beach judge found this year that the deal had violated the Crime Victims’ Rights Act because the victims were not informed or consulted.

He was also out to persuade President Donald Trump to keep him on the job as Democratic presidential candidates and party leaders called for his ouster.

Acosta insisted his office did the best it could under the circumstances a decade ago.

He said state authorities had planned to go after Epstein with charges that would have resulted in no jail time until his office intervened and pressed for tougher consequences, a contention that is supported by the record. The alternative, he said, would have been for federal prosecutors to “roll the dice” and hope to win a conviction.

“We did what we did because we wanted to see Epstein go to jail,” Acosta said. “He needed to go to jail.”

But Epstein only was given 13 months in a work-release program, which let him work out of the jail six days a week. Acosta said it was “entirely appropriate” to be outraged about that leniency, but he blamed that on Florida authorities. “Everything the victims have gone through in

these cases is horrific,” he said, while repeatedly refusing to apologize to them.

“I think it’s important to stand up for the prosecutors” in his old office, he said.

His account did not sit well with Barry Krischer, who was the Palm Beach County attorney during the case. Krischer, a Democrat, said Acosta “should not be allowed to rewrite history.”

Acosta’s South Florida office had gotten to the point of drafting an indictment that could have sent Epstein to federal prison for life. But it was never filed, leading to Epstein’s guilty plea to two state prostitution-related charges. In addition to the workrelease jail sentence, Epstein was required to make payments to victims and register as a sex offender.

Pelosi urges Democrats to unite over common goals

By Lisa Mascaro Associated Press

WASHINGTON — At a pivotal moment Wednesday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi stood before House Democrats with a lofty message and a stark warning.

The battle-born leader implored her majority, after days of high-profile public infighting, to focus on common goals — including defeating President Donald Trump — and to silence the sniping that threatens their fragile hold on power.

The lengthy closed-door session underscored the broader divisions between her centrist and liberal members — and between Pelosi and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez with her “squad” of star-power freshmen — that are testing party unity and reshaping Democrats ahead of the 2020 election.

“Without that unity, we are playing completely into the hands of the other people,” Pelosi said, according to a person who was in

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks to reporters following a House Democratic caucus meeting on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.

the meeting room but not authorized to talk publicly about the internal discussion.

“We’re a family and we have our moments,” Pelosi told colleagues. “You got a complaint?

You come and talk to me about it. But do not tweet about our members and expect us to think that that is just OK.” Then came the very Pelosi-like hammer to those who may want

to publicly attack the members who make up her majority: “Think twice,” she said. “Actually, don’t think twice. Think once.”

Ocasio-Cortez arrived late to the session and did not speak, according to a second person who attended the session.

But she didn’t need to. AOC, as she is called, had already delivered her own lengthy pre-buttal to The New Yorker in which she

decried the consolidation of power in Congress and urged her party to be bold about their priorities in ways that voters will hear.

“I think we became the party of hemming and hawing and trying to be all things to everybody,” said Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. “We’re too often afraid of our own values and sticking up for them. … And so one of the things that I wanted to do was to hold a strong line,” she said. “I don’t think we should be afraid of being the party of FDR. I don’t think we should be afraid of being the party of working people.”

The tension between the most powerful Democrat in the country and one of the party’s newest, most liberal members embodies a debate over how best, in style and substance, to defeat Trump and win the next election.

Six months into the House Democrats new majority, the flare-up is now challenging the House agenda and rippling across the campaign trail.

Scientists warn about ‘floodier future’

By Wayne Parry Associated Press

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The federal government is warning Americans to brace for a “floodier” future.

Government scientists predict 40 places in the U.S. will experience higher than normal rates of so-called sunny day flooding this year because of rising sea levels and an abnormal El Nino weather system.

A report released Wednesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts that sunny day flooding, also known as tidal flooding, will continue to increase.

“The future is already here, a floodier future,” said William Sweet, a NOAA oceanographer and lead author of the study.

The report predicted that annual flood records will be broken again next year and for years and decades to come from sea-level rise.

“Flooding that decades ago usually happened only during a powerful or localized storm can now happen when a steady breeze or a change in coastal current overlaps with a high tide,” it read.

The nationwide average frequency of sunny day flooding in 2018 was five days a year, tying a record set in 2015.

But the East Coast averaged twice as much flooding.

The agency says the level of sunny day flooding in the U.S. has doubled since 2000.

Nationwide, the agency predicted, average sunny day flooding could reach 7 to 15 days a year by 2030, and 25 to 75 days a year by 2050.

“We cannot wait to act,” said Nicole LeBoeuf, acting director of NOAA’s Ocean Service. “This issue gets more urgent and complicated with every passing day.”

Global sea levels are rising at a rate of about 3 millimeters a year, or about an inch every eight years, according to Rutgers University researchers, who predict that by 2050, seas off New Jersey will rise by an additional 1.4 feet.

The study noted floods interfering with traffic in northeast states, swamping septic systems in Florida and choking Delaware and Maryland coastal farms with saltwater over the past year.

Baltimore experienced 12 days of high-tide flooding from 1902 to 1936.

Within the last 12 months, it experienced an additional 12 days.

Robert Kopp, a leading climate scientist with Rutgers University, who was not involved in the study, said it confirmed many well-established trends.

“It’s simple arithmetic: If you have higher sea level, you will have tides causing flooding,” he said. “We’re not talking about disaster flooding. We’re talking about repetitive flooding that disrupts people’s lives on a daily basis.

It’s sometimes called ‘nuisance flooding,’ but it has real impacts and costs.”

The report cited the disruption of commerce in downtown Annapolis, Maryland, where parking spaces are lost to flooding. A 2017 study put the price tag on lost economic activity at as much as $172,000. The water table has risen to ground level and degraded septic systems in the Miami region, and farmlands in the Delmarva Peninsula in Delaware and Maryland have been damaged by salt water encroaching into planted areas.

High-tide flooding is causing problems including beach erosion, overwhelmed sewer and drinking water systems, closed roadways, disrupted harbour operations, degraded infrastructure and reduced property values — problems which “are nearly certain to get much worse this century,” the report read.

The report’s statistics cover May 2018 through April 2019.

The agency forecasts sunny-day flooding this year in Boston at 12 to 19 days (it had 19 last year). It predicted sunny-day flooding this year in New York (8 to 13 days, compared with 12 last year) Norfolk, Virginia (10 to 15 days compared to 10 days last year) Charleston, South Carolina (4 to 7 days, compared to 5 last year) Pensacola, Florida (2 to 5 days compared with 4 last year) Sabine Pass, Texas (6 to 13 days compared with 8 last year) and Eagle Point, Texas (29 to 40 days, compared to 27 last year).

West coast predictions included San Diego (5 to 9 days compared to 8 last year) Los Angeles (1 to 4 days compared to 5 last year) Humboldt Bay, California (6 to 12 days compared to 12 last year) Toke Point, Washington (9 to 21 days compared to 12 last year) and 2 to 6 days in Seattle, compared to 2 last year.

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World powers urged to reject Iran ‘extortion’ Associated Press VIENNA — The United States admonished world powers seeking to preserve a deal with Iran on its atomic program on Wednesday not to give in to “nuclear extortion” from Tehran, which has breached the pact’s limitations in recent days in an attempt to get them to provide economic incentives to offset American sanctions.

The U.S. requested the special board meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency after Iran announced last week that it had exceeded the amount of lowenriched uranium it is allowed to stockpile under limitations set in the 2015 nuclear deal. Since then, it also announced it has started enriching uranium past the 3.67% purity allowed, to 4.5%, and IAEA inspectors verified both developments.

By doing so, Tehran hopes to increase the pressure on the remaining members of the nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, to provide economic relief for American sanctions. It has set an early September deadline until it pushes limits further.

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U.S. Ambassador Jackie Wolcott waits for the start of the International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, on Wednesday.

Jackie Wolcott, the U.S. ambassador to international organizations in Vienna, told Iran and others in the room that Washington was open to “negotiation without preconditions” on a new nuclear deal, and that “the only path to sanctions relief is through such negotiations, not nuclear extortion.”

“We are committed to denying

Iran the benefits it seeks from these most recent provocations,” she said. “It is imperative that this misbehavior not be rewarded, for if it is, Iran’s demands and provocations will only escalate.”

U.S. President Donald Trump underscored the comments later, tweeting that the nuclear deal was “terrible” and threatened that “sanctions will soon be increased, substantially!” Trump has long rejected the deal, saying it was too generous to Tehran and did not address its involvement in regional conflicts.

Russian delegate Mikhail Ulyanov fired back at the meeting that the U.S. could not both reject the deal and call for Iran’s full implementation of it.

“Although for some reason they only refer to Tehran, in fact the United States, who are refusing to fulfill its own obligations under the nuclear deal, lost any right to demand this from others,” he said.

Iran’s representative, Kazem Gharib Abadi, stressed Iran’s nuclear program was for “peaceful purposes” and said his country was prepared to resume full implementation of the JCPOA, “commensurate with the implementation of the

commitments by all participants.”

At the same time he slammed the U.S. decision to withdrawal from the deal and reinstate sanctions, saying it was “neither legitimate nor legal” and should not be accepted by the international community.

“Due to costly and predictable consequences of sanctions, they should be seen as weapons of warfare and means of aggression,” he said. “Economic sanctions are, in fact, collective punishment of the ordinary people, contrary to the objectives and purposes of human rights, and should be considered as crimes against humanity.”

He later told reporters that if the U.S. was serious about wanting to negotiate with Iran, it should drop all sanctions.

“No country is ready to negotiate with a country that is putting a gun at its chest,” he said. He added, however, that the JCPOA itself was “not renegotiable.”

Since Trump withdrew from the nuclear accord, the restoration of heavy sanctions on Iran, including its oil industry, has exacerbated an economic crisis that has sent the currency plummeting.

UK envoy quits after leaked cables enrage Trump

By Danica Kirka and Jill Lawless Associated Press

LONDON — Britain’s ambassador to the United States resigned Wednesday after being branded a fool and made a diplomatic nobody

by President Donald Trump following the leak of the envoy’s unflattering opinions about the U.S. administration.

Storm clouds gathered over the trans-Atlantic relationship as veteran diplomat Kim Darroch said he could no longer do his job in Washington after Trump cut off all contact with the representative of one of America’s closest allies.

The break in relations followed a British newspaper’s publication Sunday of leaked documents that revealed the ambassador’s dim view

of Trump’s administration, which Darroch described as dysfunctional, inept and chaotic.

“The current situation is making it impossible for me to carry out my role as I would like,” Darroch said in his resignation letter. He had been due to leave his post at the end of the year.

In the leaked documents, he called the Trump administration’s policy toward Iran “incoherent,” said the president might be indebted to “dodgy Russians” and raised doubts about whether the White House “will ever look competent.”

“We don’t really believe this administration is going to become substantially more normal; less dysfunctional; less unpredictable; less faction riven; less diplomatically clumsy and inept,” one missive said.

Prime Minister Theresa May and

other British politicians praised Darroch, condemned the leak — and criticized Trump’s intemperate comments, if only implicitly. Pointedly, however, Boris Johnson, considered the front-runner to replace May as prime minister, did not defend the ambassador after Trump’s tirade.

Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Johnson’s rival for the post, said Wednesday it was “absolutely essential that when our diplomats do their job all over the world … we defend them.”

“We had a fine diplomat who was just doing what he should have been doing — giving a frank assessment, a personal assessment of the political situation in the country that he was posted (to) — and that’s why I defended him,” he told reporters.

“And I think we all should.”

Speaking at a conference on

media freedom, Hunt also criticized Trump’s verbal attacks on journalists.

“I wouldn’t use the language President Trump used, and I wouldn’t agree with it,” he said. “We have to remember that what we say can have an impact in other countries where they can’t take press freedom for granted.”

Darroch announced his decision the morning after a televised Conservative leadership debate between Hunt and Johnson. During the debate, Hunt vowed to keep Darroch in the post, but Johnson — his predecessor as foreign secretary — notably did not support the British envoy.

“I think it’s very important we should have a close partnership, a close friendship with the United States,” said Johnson, whom Trump has praised in the past.

Today in History Today is Thursday, July 11, the 192nd day of 2019. There are 173 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On July 11, 1972, the World Chess Championship opened as grandmasters Bobby Fischer of the United States and defending champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union began play in Reykjavik, Iceland.

(Fischer won after 21 games.)

On this date: In 1798, the U.S. Marine Corps was formally re-established by a congressional act that also created the U.S. Marine Band.

In 1804, Vice President Aaron Burr mortally wounded former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton during a pistol duel in Weehawken, New Jersey. (Hamilton died the next day.)

In 1859, Big Ben, the great bell inside the famous London clock tower, chimed for the first time.

In 1914, Babe Ruth made his Major League baseball debut, pitching the Boston Red Sox to a 4-3 victory over Cleveland.

In 1915, the Chicago Sunday Tribune ran an article titled, “Blues Is Jazz and Jazz Is Blues.” (It’s believed to be one of the earliest, if not the earliest, uses of the word “jazz” as a musical term by a newspaper.)

In 1937, American composer and pianist George Gershwin died at a Los Angeles hospital of a brain tumor; he was 38.

In 1952, the Republican National Convention, meeting in Chicago, nominated Dwight D. Eisenhower for president and Richard M. Nixon for vice president.

In 1955, the U.S. Air Force Academy swore in its first class of cadets at its temporary quarters at Lowry Air Force Base in Colorado.

In 1960, the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee was first published by J.B. Lippincott and Co. In 1979, the abandoned U.S. space station Skylab made a spectacular return to Earth, burning up in the atmosphere and showering debris over the Indian Ocean and Australia.

In 1995, the U.N.-designated “safe haven” of Srebrenica (sreh-brehNEET’-sah) in Bosnia-Herzegovina fell to Bosnian Serb forces, who then carried out the killings of more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys.

The United States normalized relations with Vietnam.

In 2017, emails released by Donald Trump Jr. revealed that he’d been told before meeting with a Russian attorney during the presidential campaign that the Russian government had information that could “incriminate” Hillary Clinton. MSNBC “Morning Joe” host and former Republican congressman Joe Scarborough announced that he was leaving the Republican party, partly because of its loyalty to President Donald Trump.

Ten years ago: During a visit to sub-Saharan Africa, President Barack Obama addressed Ghana’s Parliament, where he challenged the continent of his ancestors to shed corruption and conflict in favor of peace. Funeral services were held in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for former NFL star Steve McNair, who had been shot to death in Nashville a week earlier by Sahel Kazemi (sah-HEHL’ kah-ZEE’-mee), who then took her own life.

Five years ago: House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky., said that President Barack Obama’s $3.7 billion emergency request to deal with tens of thousands of unaccompanied children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border was too big to get through the House, as a growing number of Democrats rejected policy changes Republicans were demanding as their price for approving any money. Tommy Ramone, 65, a co-founder of the seminal punk band the Ramones and the last surviving member of the original group, died in New York.

One year ago: At a NATO summit in Brussels, President Donald Trump declared that a gas pipeline venture had left Germany’s government “captive to Russia,” and questioned the necessity of the NATO alliance. John Schnatter, the founder of Papa John’s, resigned as chairman of the board of the pizza chain, and apologized for using a racial slur during a conference call in May. Porn star Stormy Daniels was arrested at an Ohio strip club, accused of touching and being touched by patrons in violation of state law; prosecutors dropped the charges hours later, saying the law had been improperly applied.

Today’s Birthdays: Actress Susan Seaforth Hayes is 76. Singer Jeff Hanna (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is 72. Ventriloquist-actor Jay Johnson is 70. Actor Bruce McGill is 69. Singer Bonnie Pointer is 69. Actor Stephen Lang is 67. Actress Mindy Sterling is 66. Former boxer Leon Spinks is 66. Actress Sela Ward is 63. Reggae singer Michael Rose (Black Uhuru) is 62. Singer Peter Murphy is 62. Actor Mark Lester is 61. Jazz musician Kirk Whalum is 61. Singer Suzanne Vega is 60. Rock guitarist Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi) is 60. Actress Lisa Rinna is 56.

Rock musician Scott Shriner (Weezer) is 54. Actress Debbe (correct) Dunning is 53. Actor Greg Grunberg is 53. Wildlife expert Jeff Corwin is 52. Actor Justin Chambers is 49. Actress Leisha Hailey is 48. Actor Michael Rosenbaum is 47. Pop-rock singer Andrew Bird is 46. Country singer Scotty Emerick is 46. Rapper Lil’ Kim is 44. Actor Jon Wellner is 44. Rock singer Ben Gibbard is 43. Rapper Lil’ Zane is 37. Pop-jazz singer-musician Peter Cincotti is 36. Actress Serinda Swan is 35. Actor Robert Adamson is 34. Actor David Henrie is 30. Actor Connor Paolo is 29. Tennis player Caroline Wozniacki is 29. R&B/pop singer Alessia Cara is 23.

Thought for Today: “Life is a lot like jazz -- it’s best when you improvise.” -- George Gershwin (1898-1937).

Ukrainian Presidential Press Office

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, center, visits the “new safe confinement” shelter that spans the remains of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant’s Reactor No. 4, in Chernobyl, Ukraine, on Wednesday.

Ukraine unveils Chernobyl’s massive radioactive dust shelter Associated Press KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday inaugurated a giant structure built to confine radioactive debris at the nuclear reactor that exploded in Chernobyl in 1986.

The confinement structure for the Chernobyl nuclear power plant’s Reactor No. 4 cost almost $1.7 billion to build, and the entire project cost about $2.5 billion.

The complex construction effort to secure the molten reactor’s core and 200 tons of highly radioactive material took nine years to complete under the auspices of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Officials have described the shelter as the largest moveable land-based structure ever built, with a span of 843 feet and a total weight of over 40,000 tons.

Reactor No. 4 at the plant in what was then Soviet Ukraine exploded and burned on April 26, 1986, spewing radioactive dust across Europe in the world’s worst nuclear accident.

Thirty workers died either from the explosion or from acute radiation sickness within several months. About 600,000 people had exposure to radiation at elevated levels while fighting the fire at the plant or working to clean up the contamination.

The accident exposed millions in the region to dangerous levels of radiation and forced a permanent evacuation of about 350,000 people from hundreds of towns and villages in Ukraine and Belarus.

The disaster’s eventual death toll has been subject to speculation and dispute, but the World Health Organization’s cancer

research arm has estimated that 9,000 people were to die of exposure-related cancer and leukemia if Chernobyl disaster’s health effects follow a similar pattern to the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings.

The new confinement structure was designed to safeguard radioactive debris and prevent further crumbling of the reactor. A section of the machine hall collapsed in 2012.

To finance the containment structure, the EBRD managed a fund with contributions from 45 countries, the European Union and the bank’s own resources. Ukraine contributed about $112 million.

Deputy project manager Victor Zalizetskyi, who has been part of construction and repairs at the Chernobyl plant since 1987, said he was “filled with pride” that he got to work on a job “that has such a big importance for all humankind.”

However, Zalizetskyi expressed concern in an interview last week that war-torn Ukraine might struggle to cover the maintenance costs for the reactor’s new enclosure.

He noted that costly and complicated work such as dismantling unstable sections of the power plant still needs to be done.

“It looks like Ukraine will be left alone to deal with this structure,” he said. “The work is not done yet, and we need to think about how to finance this project in the future.”

Zelenskiy promised Wednesday that Ukraine would offer broader access to Chernobyl to scientists, environmental experts and tourists. “Chernobyl is a unique place on the planet where nature is reviving after a major technological catastrophe,” he said.

Around the World Hong Kong protesters to continue after bill declared ‘dead’ HONG KONG — Hong Kong protest leaders opposed to the administration of Chief Executive Carrie Lam said Tuesday that they will continue their demonstrations, even after Lam declared the effort to amend a highly contentious extradition bill “dead.”

Protesters are persisting in their demands for the bill to be formally withdrawn and an investigation opened into heavyhanded tactics used by police against demonstrators. Hundreds of thousands have joined the monthlong protests, expressing growing concerns about the steady erosion of civil rights in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory.

“We cannot find the word ‘dead’ in any of the laws in Hong Kong or in any legal proceedings in the Legislative Council,” protest leaders Jimmy Sham and Bonnie Leung said in statements in English and Cantonese.

“So how can the government tell us that we should preserve our rule of law, when (Lam) herself does not use the principle of the rule of law,” the two said.

The protest leaders also said Lam was being hypocritical in claiming to have met demonstrators’ demands without actually speaking to them directly.

Endangered animals seized in French sting PARIS — Police and customs officials have carried out the most widespread anti-wildlife-trafficking operation ever in a joint global operation that’s led to the seizure of thousands of endangered animals and the arrest of nearly 600 suspects.

The World Customs Organization and Interpol said Wednesday that in June they conducted nearly 2,000 seizures in a historic joint operation that helped local authorities round up nearly 10,000 live turtles and tortoises, nearly 1,500 live reptiles, 23 live apes, 30 live big cats, hundreds of pieces of elephant tusk, half a ton of ivory and five rhino horns.

“It’s landmark. It’s the first time such a large joint network has been mobilized — across 109 countries,” Interpol’s wildlife expert Henri Fournel told The Associated Press. “What we lacked in tackling wildlife crime was a concerted network and this is what we have now,” he added.

Interpol released searing images from the global trafficking haul: Thousands of protected tortoises crawling over each other in a dark container in Kazakhstan; an inquisitive-looking white tiger cub concealed in a pick-up in Mexico; and elephant tusks lined up symmetrically on the ground in Kenya.

In a statement, Interpol Secretary General Juergen Stock said: “Wildlife crime not only strips our environment of its resources, it also has an impact through the associated violence, money laundering and fraud.” The illegal wildlife trade is a multibillion dollar industry, authorities say.

Operation Thunderball, which operated out of Interpol’s innovation complex in Singapore, led to the arrest of 582 suspects, it said.

Top US and Russian diplomats meet, make no visible progress MOSCOW — Senior diplomats from the United States and Russia met in Helsinki on Wednesday to search for ways to ease tensions between Moscow and Washington, but didn’t report any immediate progress, with Venezuela a sticking point.

The U.S. State Department said that Under Secretary for Political Affairs David Hale and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov “discussed U.S.Russia relations and the impact of regional challenges in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.”

Ryabkov said he and Hale discussed the situation in Venezuela among other issues during Wednesday’s meeting, but failed to reach common ground. He emphasized that Russia doesn’t have any troops in Venezuela, but periodically has to send experts there and sees no need to discuss it with Washington.

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Oilers lose out in pitching duel with Pilots Staff report Peninsula Clarion

In the middle of a pitcher’s duel Wednesday night at Mulcahy Stadium, the Peninsula Oilers came out on the losing end.

The Oilers lost 2-0 to the Anchorage Glacier Pilots in Alaska Baseball League play, with a two-run home run off the bat of Anchorage’s Jordan Brandenberg spelling the difference.

Troy Melton pitched six shutout innings for the Pilots, scattering six hits and issuing one walk with one strikeout. Anderson Needham finished the final three frames in relief for the Pilots, walking five but keeping the Oilers off the board without a hit.

The Oilers also got a dazzling performance on the mound. Brian Woo followed up a stellar showing on Tuesday night by teammate Connor

McCord with another quality start for the Oilers. Woo struck out six in six scoreless innings of three-hit ball, walking just two. The outing lowered Woo’s season ERA to 2.40, The Oilers (12-20) dropped 10 games behind the ABL-leading Anchorage Bucs (21-9), but they stayed ahead of the cutoff line for the ABL playoffs. The Oilers sit fourth in the standings, two games ahead of the Chugiak/Eagle River Chinooks (9-21).

The Pilots finally broke the stalemate with a two-out, two-run homer in the seventh inning by Brandenberg, whose shot came after a double

by Alex Baeza.

Steven Ordorica and Robbie Knowles both tossed an inning in relief, with Ordorica giving up Brandenberg’s two-run blast. Knowles retired all three batters he faced in the eighth.

The Oilers put two on with one out

in the top of the ninth, but in their last stand, could not score as Jonah Henrickson popped out and Paul Steffensen grounded out to end the game.

Overall, the Oilers stranded nine men on base, while the Pilots left just three on.

Bobby Goodloe and Travis Bohall both notched two hits on the night to lead the Oilers. Goodloe went 2 for 2 with two walks, while Bohall finished 2 for 3.

Leonard, Paul officially join Clipper show

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer

LAS VEGAS — Paul George and Kawhi Leonard are now officially with the Los Angeles Clippers, moves that bring both of them back to their native Southern California.

It might not be forever: Both can become free agents in only two years.

The Clippers completed their blockbuster trade with the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday, acquiring George for guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, forward Danilo Gallinari and five firstround draft picks — along with the chance to swap draft places in two other years.

“Paul George is one of the greatest two-way players in our game,” Clippers President Lawrence Frank said.

“He is both an elite scorer and a relentless defender whose versatility elevates any team.

When you have the opportunity to acquire a contributor of his caliber, you do what it takes to bring him home.”

George can become a free agent again in 2021 if he chooses to exercise that option, and Leonard will be in the same situation as well.

A person with knowledge of the situation said that the deal Leonard signed Wednesday is a three-year max that could be worth nearly $110 million, though the third season is at Leonard’s option. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the Clippers did not release contract terms.

The Athletic first reported the three-year term and option provision in Leonard’s deal. When Leonard decided that he was leaving Toronto for the Clippers last week, he and the team had talked about a four-year max worth $141 million — but this move, which would make Leonard a free agent after his 10th season, gives

him the maximum amounts of flexibility and future earning power.

“This is a historic moment for our organization and our fans,” Frank said. “We are grateful and honored that Kawhi Leonard has decided to come home and join the L.A. Clippers. Kawhi is a peerless two-way player, a relentless worker and a natural fit for the serious, professional culture our group has established.”

Another major deal got completed Wednesday: Klay Thompson, who will miss part of next season while recovering from a torn ACL, signed his five-year deal to stay with Golden State for nearly $190 million — the largest free-agent one agreed to this summer.

Portland’s Damian Lillard signed a $196 million extension that begins in two years, but he wasn’t a free agent. The Warriors also waived Shaun Livingston, who was part of all five of their NBA Finals teams over the last five seasons.

“He has been a tremendous credit to the Warriors organization and our community for the last five years,” Warriors co-chairman and CEO Joe Lacob said of Livingston.

Leonard will cost the Clippers a lot of money.

George is costing them a lot of money and a lot of picks.

The Clippers surrendered their first-rounder picks in 2022, 2024 and 2026, plus sent ones for 2021 and 2023 that were obtained through Miami, to Oklahoma City to complete the George trade.

Oklahoma City also ha s the right to swap first-round picks with the Clippers in 2023 and 2025.

“From the time that Paul and his representation made us aware of what had been transpiring and their subsequent request, our focus as an organization was identifying the best paths for our future,” Thunder general manager Sam Presti said.

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The pack rides during the fifth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 175.5 kilometers (109 miles) with start in SaintDie-Des-Vosges and finish in Colmar, Wednesday.

Alaphillippe stays in yellow jersey Tour de France expected to see contenders on challenging stage 6

By JOHN LEICESTER AP Sports Writer

COLMAR, France (AP) — With fourtime winner Chris Froome out, nursing broken bones, two of the big questions at this Tour de France have been whether other contenders who’ve long ridden in his shadow will now be more willing to attack and who, on his team, will fill the vacuum left by the British rider’s absence.

On Thursday, the Tour is expecting some answers.

A fiercely steep climb on Stage 6, with an eye-popping 24% gradient at the top, should separate genuine contenders for the Tour title from also-rans.

On the 7-kilometer (4-mile) uphill to the Planche des Belles Filles ski station, scaled with legs already stinging from a succession of climbs earlier in the day, there’ll be no hiding places for riders who aren’t in tip-top shape.

For riders looking to profit while Froome recovers from a horrific crash in training, the hairpin bends among dense woods often thick with mushrooms in autumn will be their chance

to make a mark, to stamp their authority on the race as Froome did so often when roads went uphill at previous Tours.

“We will find out a lot,” defending champion Geraint Thomas said. “It will be a challenge.”

One of those challenges could come from within Thomas’ own team, in the shape of lithe Colombian climber Egan Bernal.

With Froome out, Thomas and Bernal have been promoted to co-leaders at Ineos. But that precarious balancing act between two contenders for a title that only one of them can win in Paris on July 28 could start to fall apart if one of them seriously struggles and is left behind by the other.

The particular sharpness of the final climb would appear, on paper, to be more suited to Bernal, as suggested when he got a five-second jump on Thomas on a much shorter but also quite steep incline at the end of Stage 3. By no means a disaster for Thomas, it was still a possible harbinger for Thursday’s far longer and taxing final ascent.

“That sort of climb favors the punchy, pure climbers, Egan for one,”

Thomas acknowledged.

Although only riding his second Tour, Bernal is wowing his teammates.

Luke Rowe, who rode with Froome for three of his Tour wins, says Bernal has the same “pit-bull mentality.”

“They want to go out there and they want to rip the legs of people. They’ve just got that tenacious mentality, and Egan has that,” he said.

For French rider Julian Alaphilippe, Stage 6 will be another day to savor in the canary-yellow jersey, after he held onto the overall race lead on Stage 5.

But Alaphilippe is not a pure climber.

More the explosive, instinctive type, Alaphilippe may struggle to keep up with mountain specialists like Bernal should they go full-gas.

Or he may not. Because it’s not as long, high or arduous as even tougher climbs lurking in the Alps and Pyrenees, he might cling on as the first French rider in yellow for five years.

And the climb could fizzle rather than pop, playing to Alaphilippe’s hand, if top title contenders decide to hold back, preferring to save their biggest battles for decisive climbs in Week 3.

Federer, Nadal set for 1st Wimbledon meeting since 2008

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer

WIMBLEDON, England — All these years later, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will meet again at Wimbledon for the 40th installment of their terrific rivalry — and first at

the All England Club since their memorable 2008 final.

“Such a long time,” Nadal said.

They moved on to the semifinal showdown everyone’s been thinking about since the tournament draw by each overcoming a tough opening

set Wednesday.

A 4-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 victory over Kei Nishikori gave the No. 2-seeded Federer his 100th match win at the All England Club, the first man to reach that total at any Grand Slam tournament. Not long after that ended on Centre

Court, the No. 3-seeded Nadal finished off Sam Querrey 7-5, 6-2, 6-2 at No. 1 Court.

Friday’s other semifinal will draw far less attention: No. 1 Novak Djokovic, the defending champion, against No. 23 Roberto Bautista Agut, never before this far at a major.

Looking ahead to what comes next for himself, Federer said: “Obviously, I know people always hype it up.”

Well, why shouldn’t they?

These are, after all, two of the greatest players in tennis’ long history, winners of more

Grand Slam titles than any other men. Of Federer’s 20, a record eight came at Wimbledon. Of Nadal’s 18, 12 came at the French Open, where he routed Federer in the semifinals last month.

That gave Nadal a 24-15 See BALL , Page A8

Dexheimer wins Birch Ridge Pro-Am tourney Zac Cowan

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he only thing hotter than the temperatures on Monday was the golf during the 2019 State Farm Pro Am and Skins Game, sponsored by Nancy Field at State Farm. With highs of 88 degrees, it was all we could do to stay cool, but the grounds crew at Birch Ridge Golf Course delivered an excellent surface to play on.

The greens at Birch Ridge are the best in the state, rivaling year-round courses in the states. This allowed for a great competition between pros and ams alike. For the pros, it came down to a tie for first place between

Aaron Dexheimer and Beau Forrest, with 68’s. They proceeded to play four playoff holes, tying all of them, that led to a 100-yard wedge off between them. In the end, Aaron “Baby Dex” Dexheimer beat out Beau for the win. Coming in third place was Brandon Kaiser with a 70 and there was a tie for fourth between Rob Nelson and Derek O’Neill with 75’s. It was a great competition on a beautiful day.

The amateurs also had a great showing, with many scores in the low to mid 70’s. First gross went to Palmer’s Dave Matthews (not the singer) with a blistering 71. Second place went to Anchorage and the Valley’s Heath Martin with a 74 and third to Adam Baxter with a 75. The

net division was taken by local sports fishing guide Monte Roberts with a 59, and there was a tie for second place between JD Mitchell of Palmer and Gary Davis of Soldotna with 65’s.

Things really started to heat up with the All Alaskan Skins Game in the evening. All nine pros and one am (Eddie Sibolboro) went out in two-man teams. Here is how they broke down — Aaron Dexheimer/ George Collum, Zac Cowan/Beau Forrest, Brandon Kaiser/James Contreras, Bill Engberg/Derek O’Neill, Rob Nelson/Eddie Sibolboro. Everyone came out hot, with Aaron and Beau driving hole 1. Ultimately it carried over with birdies.

On hole 2, Zac Cowan hit a bomb

to just short of the green, setting up Beau Forrest to hit a wedge in there to two feet and the first skins were won. Hole 3 was won by Bill Engberg and Derek O’Neill, playing the hole perfectly down the fairway and making a four-footer for eagle. Aaron Dexheimer and George Collum played hole 4 well, leaving with a birdie and their first skin. With firm and fast conditions, both Beau and Aaron hit their drivers and went over the green, with Aaron’s ball creeping into the bushes beyond. Beau’s drive stayed just short and Zac chipped up to one foot, winning another skin for the duo. Hole 6 was pushed with pars, which setup hole 7 to yield a nice double skin. Beau nearly

chipped on in from the back of the green, but James Contreras made a 15-footer for birdie for him and Brandon Kaiser to win two skins.

On hole 8, George Collum left his tee shot out to the right, but partner Aaron hit an amazing flop shot that went in for the two. Beau hit a chip from just off the green, but the flag rejected the ball, giving Aaron and George another skin. Hole 9 carried over with pars, after a near miss from Beau for the birdie. The 10th hole became sudden death, and after James hit a wedge shot to about 10 feet, Brandon managed to make the putt for birdie, winning the biggest See GOLF, Page A8

US women’s soccer honored at ESPY awards

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer

LOS ANGELES — The U.S. women’s national soccer team celebrated its Women’s World Cup victory on both coasts Wednesday, honored with a ticker-tape parade in New York City before jetting to the West Coast and collecting trophies at The ESPYS in the evening.

Alex Morgan won female athlete of the year and shared the best team award with her soccer mates.

“Sorry, but this is probably the second-best trophy we won this week,” Morgan said jokingly, hoisting her individual trophy.

As she got up from the front row, Megan Rapinoe’s black tuxedo jacket opened and exposed her left breast, which was caught by cameras showing the in-house feed of the show. An ABC spokesperson said the show would be further edited for the Mountain and Western time zones.

“I’ve dropped the F-bomb on every stage the last four days, so we’ll just spare you that,” Rapinoe told the audience.

Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks won male athlete of the year at the show honoring the past year’s top athletes and moments in sports.

“This is all about hard work.

When you believe in your dreams this can happen,” Antetokounmpo said. “Hopefully, if I keep working hard there’s more to come.”

Comedian Tracy Morgan presided over the show at Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles.

Alex Morgan thanked ESPN

for its recent deal to carry NWSL games.

“When the World Cup is behind us, it is the professional league that we need to continually lift up and grow,” she said. “Investment in women and girls should not only occur on the playing fields but in more storytelling of badass, amazing women who continue to show that we are more than just athletes.”

Sandra Bullock announced the best team award, saying, “All those in favor of equal pay say aye.”

The U.S. women’s team is suing to receive pay equal to their male counterparts.

“Keep fighting for equality,” Billie Jean King told the team from the stage earlier in the show.

Carli Lloyd informed the crowd the team had its hair and makeup done during the flight from New York.

“We look pretty fabulous, I think,” she said.

Lloyd added, “It’s been an incredible journey. Here’s to the next World Cup.” Other athletes acknowledged the Women’s World Cup victory from the stage, including Drew Brees, winner for best record-breaking performance.

“It’s going to be in history forever,” new New Orleans Pelicans player Lonzo Ball said on the red carpet. “I don’t even watch soccer and I watched it. That means a lot.”

Zion Williamson, the No. 1 pick in last month’s NBA draft, earned best college athlete honors for his one-and-done season at Duke.

“Wish I could have stayed a second year, but I had other things to do,” a smiling Williamson said.

Bouton dies at 80 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. (AP) — Jim Bouton, the former New York Yankees pitcher who shocked and angered the conservative baseball world with the tellall book “Ball Four,” has died.

He was 80.

Bouton’s family said he died Wednesday at the Great Barrington home he shared with wife Paula Kurman.

He fought a brain disease linked to dementia and was in hospice care. Bouton also had two strokes in 2012.

Published in 1970, “Ball Four” detailed Yankees great Mickey Mantle’s carousing, and the use of stimulants in the major leagues. Bouton’s revealing look at baseball off the field made for eye-opening and entertaining reading,

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career edge head-to-head,

but he paid a big price for the best-seller when former teammates and players and executives across baseball ostracized him for exposing their secrets. He wasn’t invited to the Yankees’ OldTimers’ Day until 1998.

Throwing so hard that his cap often flew off his head, Bouton was 21-8 with six shutouts in 1963 — his second season in the majors and his only year as an All-Star — and went 18-13 with four more shutouts in 1964. The Yankees lost the World Series both years, with Bouton losing his lone start in 1963 in New York’s loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers, and winning twice the following year in the Yankees’ loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.

including 10-3 at the Slams.

But that one was on the red clay Nadal rules. This one is on Federer’s territory: grass.

This is their fourth matchup at Wimbledon — and first

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scoreboard BASEBALL

National League

East Division W L 54 37 47 42 47 43 40 50 33 55 Central Division Chicago 47 43 Milwaukee 47 44 St. Louis 44 44 Pittsburgh 44 45 Cincinnati 41 46 West Division Los Angeles 60 32 Arizona 46 45 San Diego 45 45 Colorado 44 45 San Francisco 41 48

Atlanta Washington Philadelphia New York Miami

Pct GB .593 — .528 6 .522 6½ .444 13½ .375 19½ .522 — .516 ½ .500 2 .494 2½ .471 4½ .652 — .505 13½ .500 14 .494 14½ .461 17½

Friday’s Games Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 10:20 a.m.

Washington at Philadelphia, 2:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Boston, 3:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Miami, 3:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Milwaukee, 4:10 p.m.

Arizona at St. Louis, 4:15 p.m.

Cincinnati at Colorado, 4:40 p.m.

Atlanta at San Diego, 6:10 p.m.

American League

East Division

W L New York 57 31 Tampa Bay 52 39 Boston 49 41 Toronto 34 57 Baltimore 27 62 Central Division Minnesota 56 33 Cleveland 50 38 Chicago 42 44 Kansas City 30 61 Detroit 28 57 West Division Houston 57 33 Oakland 50 41 Texas 48 42 Los Angeles 45 46 Seattle 39 55

Pct GB .648 — .571 6½ .544 9 .374 24½ .303 30½ .629 — .568 5½ .488 12½ .330 27 .329 26 .633 — .549 7½ .533 9 .495 12½ .415 20

Thursday’s Games Houston at Texas, 4:05 p.m.

Friday’s Games Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 3:05 p.m.

Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 3:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Boston, 3:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Cleveland, 3:10 p.m.

Houston at Texas, 4:05 p.m.

Detroit at Kansas City, 4:15 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Oakland, 6:07 p.m.

Seattle at L.A. Angels, 6:07 p.m.

All Times ADT

TENNIS

Wimbledon

Wednesday All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club (seedings in parentheses): Men’s Singles Quarterfinals Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. David Goffin (21), Belgium, 6-4, 6-0, 6-2.

Roberto Bautista Agut (23), Spain, def. Guido Pella (26), Argentina, 7-5, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.

Rafael Nadal (3), Spain, def. Sam Querrey, United States, 7-5, 6-2, 6-2.

Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def.

Kei Nishikori (8), Japan, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4.

BASKETBALL

WNBA Standings

EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB Washington 9 5 .643 — Connecticut 9 6 .600 ½ Chicago 7 8 .467 2½ New York 7 8 .467 2½ Indiana 6 10 .375 4 Atlanta 4 10 .286 5 WESTERN CONFERENCE Las Vegas 10 5 .667 — Minnesota 9 6 .600 1 Phoenix 7 6 .538 2 Los Angeles 7 7 .500 2½ Seattle 8 8 .500 2½ Dallas 5 9 .357 4½

Wednesday’s Games Atlanta 78, Connecticut 75 Phoenix 91, Washington 68 Las Vegas 74, Indiana 71 Minnesota 73, Chicago 72 Thursday’s Games No games scheduled Friday’s Games Los Angeles at Indiana, 3 p.m.

Minnesota at Atlanta, 3:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Connecticut, 4 p.m.

New York at Chicago, 4 p.m.

Dallas at Seattle, 6 p.m.

All Times ADT

CYCLING

Tour de France

Wednesday At Colmar, France Fifth Stage A 109.1-mile hilly ride near the German border from Saint-Dié-desVosges to Colmar, with a pair of Category 2 climbs sandwiched by a pair of Category 3s 1. Peter Sagan, Slovakia, Bora-Hansgrohe, 4:02:33.

2. Wout Van Aert, Belgium, JumboVisma, same time.

that won’t come in the final.

Federer beat Nadal for the 2006 and 2007 titles, but Nadal won the championship 11 years ago in a 9-7 fifth set as dusk descended.

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3. Matteo Trentin, Italy, MitcheltonScott, same time.

4. Sonny Colbrelli, Italy, Bahrain-Merida, same time.

5. Greg Van Avermaet, Belgium, CCC, same time.

6. Julien Simon, France, Cofidis, same time.

7. Michael Matthews, Australia, Sunweb, same time.

8. Nils Politt, Germany, Katusha Alpecin, same time.

9. Jasper Stuyven, Belgium, TrekSegafredo, same time.

10. Julian Alaphilippe, France, Deceuninck-QuickStep, same time.

11. Xandro Meurisse, Belgium, WantyGobert, same time.

12. Edvald Boasson Hagen, Norway, Dimension Data, same time.

13. Alberto Bettiol, Italy, EF Education First, same time.

14. Guillaume Martin, France, WantyGobert, same time.

15. Alexey Lutsenko, Kazakhstan, Astana, same time.

16. Omar Fraile, Spain, Astana, same time.

17. Fabio Felline, Italy, TrekSegafredo, same time.

18. David Gaudu, France, GroupamaFDJ, same time.

19. Warren Barguil, France, ArkeaSamsic, same time.

20. Daryl Impey, South Africa, Mitchelton-Scott, same time.

Also 30. Joey Rosskopf, United States, CCC, same time.

64. Tejay van Garderen, United States, EF Education First, same time.

92. Ben King, United States, Dimension Data, 8:16.

148. Chad Haga, United States, Sunweb, 16:58.

Overall Standings

(After five stages) 1. Julian Alaphilippe, France, Deceuninck-QuickStep, 18:44:12.

2. Wout Van Aert, Belgium, JumboVisma, :14.

3. Steven Kruijswijk, Netherlands, Jumbo-Visma, :25.

4. George Bennett, New Zealand, Jumbo-Visma, same time.

5. Michael Matthews, Australia, Sunweb, :40.

6. Egan Bernal, Colombia, Ineos, same time.

7. Geraint Thomas, Britain, Ineos, :45.

8. Enric Mas, Spain, DeceuninckQuickStep, :46.

9. Peter Sagan, Slovakia, Bora-Hansgrohe, :50.

10. Greg Van Avermaet, Belgium, CCC, :51.

11. Michael Woods, Canada, EF Education First, same time.

12. Wilco Kelderman, Netherlands, Sunweb, same time.

13. Thibaut Pinot, France, GroupamaFDJ, :52.

14. Rigoberto Urán, Colombia, EF Education First, :53.

15. Tejay Van Garderen, United States, EF Education First, same time.

16. Sonny Colbrelli, Italy, BahrainMerida, :56.

17. Matteo Trentin, Italy, MitcheltonScott, :57.

18. David Gaudu, France, GroupamaFDJ, same time.

19. Rudy Molard, France, GroupamaFDJ, same time.

20. Nicolas Roche, Ireland, Sunweb, 1:00.

Also 72. Joey Rosskopf, United States, CCC, 5:52.

103. Ben King, United States, Dimension Data, 23:25.

174. Chad Haga, United States, Sunweb, 39:51.

Tour de France Stages

July 6 — Stage 1: Brussels_Brussels, flat, 120.9 miles (194.5 kilometers) (Stage: Mike Teunissen, Netherlands; Yellow Jersey: Teunissen) July 7 — Stage 2: Brussels Palais Royal_Brussels Atomium, team time trial, 17.1 (27.6) (Jumbo-Visma; Teunissen) July 8 — Stage 3: Binche_Épernay, hilly, 133.6 (215) (Julian Alaphilippe, France; Alaphilippe) July 9 — Stage 4: Reims_Nancy, flat, 132.7 (213.5) (Elia Viviani, Italy; Alaphilippe) July 10 — Stage 5: Saint-Dié-desVosges_Colmar, hilly, 109.1 (175.5) (Peter Sagan, Slovakia; Alaphilippe) July 11 — Stage 6: Mulhouse_La Planche des Belles Filles, mountain, 99.7 (160.5) July 12 — Stage 7: Belfort_Chalonsur-Saône, flat, 142.9 (230) July 13 — Stage 8: Mâcon_SaintÉtienne, hilly, 124.3 (200) July 14 — Stage 9:

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Sunday, Feb. 10 — x-Advance Auto Parts Clash, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Jimmie Johnson) Thursday, Feb. 14 — x-Duel 1 at Daytona, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Kevin Harvick) Thursday, Feb. 14 — x-Duel 2 at Daytona, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Joey Logano) Sunday, Feb. 17 — Daytona 500, Daytona Beach, Fla. (Denny Hamlin) Sunday, Feb. 24 — Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, Hampton, Ga. (Brad Keselowski) Sunday, March 3 — Pennzoil 400, Las Vegas (Joey Logano) Sunday, March 10 — TicketGuardian 500, Avondale, Ariz. (Kyle Busch) Sunday, March 17 — Auto Club 400, Fontana, Calif. (Kyle Busch) Sunday, March 24 — STP 500, Martinsville, Va. (Brad Keselowski) Sunday, March 31 — O’Reilly Auto Parts 500, Fort Worth, Texas (Denny Hamlin) Sunday, April 7 — Food City 500, Bristol, Tenn. (Kyle Busch) Saturday, April 13 — Toyota Owners 400, Richmond, Va. (Martin Truex Jr.) Sunday, April 28 — Geico 500, Talladega, Ala. (Chase Elliott) Monday, May 6 — Gander RV 400, Dover, Del. (Martin Truex Jr.) Saturday, May 11 — Digital Ally 400, Kansas City, Kan. (Brad Keselowski) Saturday, May 18 — x-Monster Energy Open, Concord, N.C. (Kyle Larson) Saturday, May 18 — x-Monster Energy All-Star Race, Concord, N.C. (Kyle Larson) Sunday, May 26 — Coca-Cola 600, Concord, N.C. (Martin Truex Jr.) Sunday, June 2 — Pocono 400, Long Pond, Pa. (Kyle Busch) Monday, June 10 — FireKeepers Casino 400, Brooklyn, Mich. (Joey Logano) Sunday, June 23 — Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sonoma, Calif. (Martin Truex Jr.) Sunday, June 30 — Camping World 400, Joliet, Ill. (Alex Bowman) Sunday, July 7 — Coke Zero Sugar 400 (Justin Haley) Saturday, July 13 — Quaker State 400, Sparta, Ky. Sunday, July 21 — Foxwoods Resort Casino 301, Loudon, N.H. Sunday, July 28 — Gander RV 400, Long Pond, Pa. Sunday, Aug. 4 — Go Bowling at The Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y. Sunday, Aug. 11 — Consumers Energy 400, Brooklyn, Mich.

Saturday, Aug. 17 — Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, Bristol, Tenn.

Sunday, Sept. 1 — Bogangles’ Southern 500, Darlington, S.C. Sunday, Sept. 8 — Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard, Indianapolis Sunday, Sept. 15 — South Point 400, Las Vegas Saturday, Sept. 21 — Federated Auto Parts 400, Richmond, Va. Sunday, Sept. 29 — Bank of American ROVAL 400, Concord, N.C. Sunday, Oct. 6 — MENCS race, Dover, Del. Sunday, Oct. 13 — 1000Bulbs.com 500, Talladega, Ala. Sunday, Oct. 20 — Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas City, Kan. Sunday, Oct. 27 — First Data 500, Martinsville, Va. Sunday, Nov. 3 — AAA Texas 500, Fort Worth, Texas

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“Well, we have a lot of infor- previous occasions, one of mation on Rafa, and so does them claimed the title. he about us,” Federer said. “So T h e re w e re s o m e you can either dive into tactics shaky moments for each and all that stuff like mad for Wednesday. two days — or you’re just “The beginning,” Federer going to say: ‘You know what? said, “was brutal.”

It’s grass-court tennis and I’m The eighth-seeded Nishigoing to come out there and kori jumped out to an early play attacking tennis.’ And if edge by breaking in the very he can defend that, that’s too first game, enough to give him good. And if Curious? he can’t, well, that set. then, that’s good for me.”

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Saint-Étienne_Brioude, hilly, 105.9 (170.5) July 15 — Stage 10: Saint-Flour_Albi, flat, 135.1 (217.5) July 16 — Rest: Albi July 17 — Stage 11: Albi_Toulouse, flat, 103.8 (167) July 18 — Stage 12: Toulouse_Bagnères-de-Bigorre, mountain, 130.2 (209.5) July 19 — Stage 13: Pau_Pau, individual time trial, 16.9 (27.2) July 20 — Stage 14: Tarbes_Tourmalet Barèges, mountain, 73.0 (117.5) July 21 — Stage 15: Limoux_Foix Prat d’Albis, mountain, 115.0 (185) July 22 — Rest: Nîmes July 23 — Stage 16: Nîmes_Nîmes, flat, 110.0 (177) July 24 — Stage 17: Pont du Gard_ Gap, hilly, 124.3 (200) July 25 — Stage 18: Embrun_Valloire, mountain, 129.2 (208) July 26 — Stage 19: Saint-Jean-deMaurienne_Tignes, mountain, 78.6 (126.5) July 27 — Stage 20: Albertville_Val Thorens, mountain, 80.8 (130) July 28 — Stage 21: Rambouillet_Paris Champs-Élysées, flat, 79.5 (128) Total — 2,162.6 miles (3480.3 km)

skin of all and putting his duo on top. It was an excellent display of golf, sportsmanship and community, and we can’t wait for next year!

A huge thank you to our title sponsor, Nancy Field with State Farm. Just as the slogan suggests, she has been a good neighbor for the last three years, and with her support, we are able to host a great tournament.

Another thank you to the Birch Ridge Golf Association for providing financial and volunteer support.

They handled the food and setup, and things went very smoothly because of their involvement.

Shoutout to Mike Chenault for being the cook for the day!

Here is a full breakdown of the scores and skins game: Professional Scores

Aaron Dexheimer,68 This project has been funded in part by the Department of Interior, United States Fish andForrest,68 Wildlife Beau Service, Department of Fish and Game, Clean Vessel Act under assistance agreement number Brandon Kaiser,70 F15AP01007 to the Department of Environmental Conservation through the Alaska Clean Water Actions Rob Nelson,75 Derek O’Neill,75 George Collum,76 Zac Cowan,77 James Contreras,78 Bill Engberg,84

Amateur Gross Scores

Dave Matthews,71 Heath Martin,74 Adam Baxter,75 Nick Beeson,76 Monte Roberts,79 Gary Davis,80 Mike Hollingsworth,81

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Sunday, Nov. 10 — MENCS race, Avondale, Ariz.

Sunday, Nov. 17 — Ford EcoBoost 400, Homestead, Fla. x-non-points race

Points Leaders

Through July 7 1. Joey Logano, 700 2. Kyle Busch, 682 3. Kevin Harvick, 625 4. Brad Keselowski, 613 5. Martin Truex Jr., 597 6. Denny Hamlin, 588 7. Chase Elliott, 585 8. Kurt Busch, 564 9. Alex Bowman, 534 10. Aric Almirola, 512 11. Ryan Blaney, 508 12. William Byron, 498 13. Jimmie Johnson, 474 14. Kyle Larson, 473 15. Clint Bowyer, 444 16. Ryan Newman, 443 17. Daniel Suarez, 440 18. Erik Jones, 430 19. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 398 20. Paul Menard, 390

TRANSACTIONS

BASEBALL American League HOUSTON ASTROS — Sent RHP Joe Smith to Corpus Christi (PCL) for a rehab assignment.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Sent RHP Jharel Cotton to Stockton (Cal) for a rehab assignment.

SEATTLE MARINERS — Signed RHPs Michael Limoncelli, Anthony Tomczak and Dutch Landis to minor league contracts.

TEXAS RANGERS - Assigned INF Patrick Wisdom outright to Nashville (PCL).

National League CINCINNATI REDS — Optioned INF/ OF Josh VanMeter to Louisville (IL).

LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Optioned 1B Matt Beaty to Oklahoma City (PCL). Reinstated SS Corey Seager from the 10-day IL. MIAMI MARLINS — Sent RHP Tayron Guerrero and 1B Martin Prado to Jupiter (FSL) for rehab assignments.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Assigned RHP Deolis Guerra outright to San Antonio (PCL).

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Signed OF Tommy Jew to a minor league contract.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association DALLAS MAVERICKS — Signed G Seth Curry. Re-signed F Maxi Kleber.

LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS — Signed F Kawhi Leonard.

MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES — Declined to match Memphis’ offer sheet to G Tyus Jones.

OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER — Traded F Paul George to the L.A. Clippers for G Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, F Danilo Gallinari and first-round draft picks from 2021-24 and 2026.

PHILADELPHIA 76ERS — Signed Fs Tobias Harris and Al Horford.

WASHINGTON WIZARDS — Signed G Isaiah Thomas.

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Suspended Tampa Bay Buccaneers CB Ryan Smith without pay for the first four games of the regular season for violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancers.

HOCKEY National Hockey League LOS ANGELES KINGS — Signed F Alex Iafallo to a two-year contract.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Signed F Aliaksei Protas to a three-year, entry-level contract.

SOCCER Major League Soccer NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION — Acquired F Gustavo Bou by transfer from Club Tijuana (Liga MX-Mexico).

PHILADELPHIA UNION — Signed coach Jim Curtin to a multi-year contract extension.

USL Championship USL — Suspended Sacramento D Dekel Keinan, Orange County D Walker Hume, Ottawa M Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé, Hartford D Kyle Curinga, Memphis D Marc Burch, Real Monarchs M Ricardo Avila, San Antonio D Ebenezer Ackon, Tacoma M Jesse Daley, Fresno M Jackson and F Jaime Chavez, Tulsa D Fredlin Mompremier and M Brayan Reyes and New Mexico M Juan Guzman and F Kevaughn Frater one game.

COLLEGE CUMBERLAND, TENN. — Named Kyle Allen sports information director.

SAN FRANCISCO — Announced men’s basketball G Damari Milstead is transferring from Grand Canyon.

beyond reproach. His volleys vibrant. His returns were timed so well, and struck so violently, that one knocked the net-rushing Nishikori’s racket plum out of his hands.

And Federer’s serve? Sure, he faced break points, but he never allowed 2014 U.S. Open runner-up Nishikori to convert another.

“Overall, I’m just very happy how I’m hitting the ball,” Federer said. “Feel good off the baseline, too, which is clearly going to be important, maybe, for the next match.”

Yeah, maybe.

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This image released by PBS shows characters, from left, Tooey, voiced by Sequoia Janvier, Trini, voiced by Vienna Leacock and Molly, voiced by Sovereign Bill, in a scene from the animated series “Molly of Denali.” The animated show, which highlights the adventures of a 10-year-old Athabascan girl, Molly Mabray, premieres July 15 on PBS Kids.

In a first for U.S., Alaska Native girl leads animated kids TV show

By Rachel D’Oro ANCHORAGE — Princess Daazhraii Johnson grew up eating dried salmon and moose-head soup — foods labeled weird by other kids who had no understanding of her culture and traditions.

Now the Fairbanks woman and other Alaska Natives are presenting their world to a general audience with “Molly of Denali,” the nation’s firstever children’s series featuring indigenous leads.

The animated show, which premieres July 15 on PBS Kids, highlights the adventures of a 10-year-old Athabascan girl, Molly Mabray.

Her family owns the Denali Trading Post in the fictitious community of Qyah, whose residents are both Native and non-Native.

“We have an opportunity with this show, with ‘Molly of Denali,’ to inform and to show us in a positive and respectful light,” says Johnson, creative producer of the series and a member of an Athabascan group, Neets’aii Gwich’in.

Her family has roots in Arctic Village, Alaska, but she grew up all over the state, she says, including summers spent with her grandmother in the Gwich’in village of Fort Yukon.

Native Americans voice the indigenous characters in the series, which is co-produced

by Boston-based WGBH and animation partner Atomic Cartoons in collaboration with Alaska Native advisers and script writers.

Molly is voiced by 14-yearold Sovereign Bill of Auburn, Washington. Bill, who auditioned for the role after hearing about it through a Seattle-based Native youth theatre group, is a member of the Muckleshoot Indian tribe in Washington and the T’ak Dein Taan clan of the Tlingit tribe from the southeast Alaska community of Hoonah.

Bill said her mother was deeply touched by one of the stories in the hourlong premiere: a look at Molly’s grandfather, who left his traditional drum with a friend way back in his youth.

Molly goes on to find the friend and drum in another community, using clues in an old photo of her grandfather and his friend to search the internet.

It turns out the grandfather had given up singing along with the drum after he was sent away — as scores of Native children once were — to boarding school, where students were prohibited from practicing their tribal songs amid language suppression efforts. The story ends with the grandfather reconnecting with those cherished traditions.

Bill said her maternal grandmother also had been sent away to boarding school. Given her family’s background, Bill’s mother was nearly brought to tears because of the story’s “good message,” the teen said.

“It’s able to pass on that message through a kind and loving and kid-friendly way,” she said. “But it’s still

teaching and it’s still giving those important values.”

As for Johnson’s childhood food favourites, dried fish makes an appearance in the show. What about moosehead soup? “Not yet,” Johnson says with a laugh.

Following the longer premiere, the 30-minute show will run mornings seven days a week, according to WGBH executive producer Dorothea Gillim. PBS ordered 38 half-hour episodes besides the premiere, with 13 episodes set for the first rotation.

Each episode also includes a short video featuring real Alaska Native children living life in a vast state populated by multiple Native groups with their own diverse cultures and languages.

Gillim said she long wanted to do a show featuring a store that’s a social centre for locals, like a local store of the Rochester, New York-based Wegmans grocery chain was for her growing up in that city. And WGBH co-creator Kathy Waugh always wanted to do one on an outdoorsy girl. The store became a trading post when the creators decided to place it in Alaska after hearing that then-President Barack Obama visited the state in 2015.

PBS gave the green light for a pilot on the concept.

That prompted the nonNative creators to reach out to indigenous experts in Alaska, creating a team of cultural advisers for the pilot and, ultimately, the series.

“We knew immediately

that we needed to partner with Alaska Natives to develop it so that it was truly authentic,” Gillim said.

Among those advisers is Anchorage resident Rochelle Adams, a Gwich’in Athabascan linguist who still lives part time in the tiny Yukon River village of Beaver in Alaska’s interior, where people continue to live a subsistence lifestyle, hunting for moose and black bear.

In 2016, Adams and other advisers met with Gillim for two days in Fairbanks in what Adams describes as an intensive time fleshing out the characters and their community. Adams said she hopes the series educates the world amid so many misconceptions about the state and Alaska Natives.

Each episode contains two stories introducing children to various cultures, people and places through Molly, her dog Suki, her Native friend Tooey and AfricanAmerican friend Trini, whose family moved to Alaska from Texas. To reflect the community’s fictitious location near Denali, North America’s tallest mountain, Molly’s family is Gwich’in, Koyukon and Dena’ina — three Athabascan groups among 11 with ties to the region, Adams said.

That level of storyline attention is a long way from Adams’ childhood, when she never saw anyone like her or her family depicted in pop culture.

“All I saw was people that didn’t look like us,” she said.

“So working on this has been such an honour for me.”

Review: Civilization declines in new Eisele novel

By Lincee Ray Associated Press

“The Lightest Object in the Universe” (Algonquin Books),

by Kimi Eisele What would happen if the world experienced a global economic collapse? Imagine a time when the electrical grid fails, cellphones are dormant and the flu is as dangerous as the plague. In “The Lightest Object in the Universe,” author Kimi Eisele explores how humanity would have to evolve, relying on hope and love to ultimately sustain humankind.

Without a school of students to educate, high school teacher Carson decides to trek across the United States on foot in search of Beatrix. Even though they had only spent a few days together before the collapse, he never forgot her.

He knows the journey will be very long and extremely dangerous, but Carson feels that facing these uncertain times with be easier with Beatrix by his side.

Along the way, Carson meets an interesting cast of characters. Gangs of ruthless children resort to violence in search of food.

Forward-thinking individuals band together on bicycles to form a letter-carrying service.

He also encounters several droves of families who travel in packs, determined to make it to The Center, a place for new beginnings. Pastor Jonathan Blue uses radio airwaves to broadcast the promise of a brighter future.

As a historian, Carson is interested in Blue’s unique broadcasting method. He’s also suspicious. If The Center holds the solution for all mankind, why is it cloaked in mystery?

Beatrix wonders the same thing. She uses the resources and talents from the individuals left in her town to bombard the airwaves, just like Blue.

Instead of propaganda, she presents practical advice and her own brand of hope for all who listen.

Eisele places the fate of Carson and Beatrix’s love story in the hands of a young girl named Rosie Santos.

Her choices will ultimately decide if Carson’s journey ends happily ever after. Will Rosie fall into the darkness of the collapse, or will she persevere and be the lightest object in the universe?

■■ Soldotna Progress Days will take place Friday, July 26-Sunday, July 28 at Soldotna Creek Park.

Saturday: 11 a.m.: Progress Days Parade starts. Line up at the So-Hi parking lot at 9 a.m. Route: Daown Marydale to Brinkley.

Register at SolotnaChamber. com; 11 a.m.-5 p.m.: vendor and food booths open at Soldotna Creek Park; 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.: Soldotna Rodeos at Soldotna Rodeo Grounds on K-Beach; 7 p.m.: Rock on the River Concert, featuring 36 Crazyfists, with special guests Distance Defined and Thera. Tickets $25. Purchase at rockontheriver19.brownpapertickets.com or at the gate. Sunday: Noon-5 p.m.: vendor and food booths open at Soldotna Creek Park. Live music, food, fun activities. City of Soldotna free community picnic; 2 p.m.: Soldotna Rodeo, Soldotna Rodeo Grounds on K-Beach ■■ The Kenai Peninsula will celebrate its 2nAd Annual Disability Pride Celebration on Saturday, July 20 at the Soldotna Creek Park from 12-4 p.m. This is a national event, which celebrates the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act. ■■ The Kenai United Methodist Church is hosting an estate sale from the fabulous stash of Nancy Egbert. Nancy was an active community quilter, knitter and maker of crafts. Quilt fabric, yarn, patterns, doll making materials, scrapping, beading materials will all be available. The sale is Friday, July 12 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and Saturday, July 13 from 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. The Kenai United Methodist Church is located across from Wells Fargo.

■■ “Ferrous and Fiber” is featured at the Kenai Fine Art Center through July. The Kenai Fine Art Center is located across from the Oiler’s Bingo Hall and next to the Historic Cabins. 283-7040, www. kenaifineart.com. “Ferrous and Fiber” will hang until July 27.

■■ The Annual Summer Book Sale at the Kenai Community Library will be held from Thursday, July 18 through Saturday, July 20. The usual advance sale for members will be held Wednesday, July 17, from 4 to 6:30 pm. As always, memberships may be purchased and used that evening.

■■ Kenai Performers Summer Drama Camp students present, “Wild Pecos Bill,” by R. Eugene Jackson. Two shows: Friday, July 12 at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday, July 13 at 2 p.m. Admission is $5 at the door. Location: 44045 K-Beach Road (backside of Subway restaurant). For more information, call Terri at 252-6808.

■■ Soldotna Parks & Recreation and The Yoga Yurt are excited to offer free yoga in the park in June and July. This is a gentle flow yoga for all skill levels on Fridays from 6-7:15 p.m. at Farnsworth Park in Soldotna. Farnsworth park is located at 148 S Birch Street and yoga will happen rain or shine so dress accordingly. For more information call 262-3151.

■■ The Sterling Community Center invites you to our Summer community event, Sterling Friday Flea Market. On Friday, July 12, 19, 26 and Aug. 9 and 16. Open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The market is for Crafters, fruit/vegetable Vendors, Merchandise Vendors, and Second Hand booths. 10-feet wide by 20-feet deep spaces for rent

in parking lot for $10. Bring your own tents and tables or we have Rentals: 6ft table and one chair $10. Get a space at the Sterling Friday Flea Market anytime during the summer. If the weather is not cooperating vendors can come inside. All vendors and customers will have access to Sterling Community Center facilities and vending machines. Call for registration and information262-7224 or email scc@acsalaska.net.

■■ Join us in the Fireweed Diner at the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank every Tuesday from 5-6 p.m., beginning June 11 through Sept. 10 for a meal and a time of learning about food and nutrition. June 11: What’s for Dinner? with Shelby Dykstra, dietetic intern; June 18: “What I have on Hand” Meal Planning with Amorette Payment, SNAP-ED nutrition educator; June 25:Bring the Kids! with Shelby Dykstra, dietetic intern.

RSVP to Greg Meyer, executive director, 907-262-3111 or gmeyer@ kpfoodbank.org.

■■ The RustyRavin will host its third annual music festival on Friday and Saturday, July 12-13 at Mile 12.5 of Kalifornsky Beach Road in Kenai. Listen to two great days of music from the Gasoline Lollipops of Colorado, Blackwater Railroad Company of Seward, H3, Juno Smile, Daddy’s Issue and The Melster Band! Free camping and parking for all paid concertgoers! The largest beer garden and dance area on the Kenai Peninsula along with food carts, craft vendors and great music!

Music starts at 6 p.m. on Friday and ends at midnight. Saturday’s music starts at 2 p.m. and ends at midnight. Adult ticket prices are $35 per day or $55 for a two day pass. Youth tickets are free for 15 and younger with a paying adult. Tickets are available from Eventbrite online or available at the gate. More information is available at 907-398-6935 or by going to: facebook.com/RustyravinPlantRanch. All proceeds benefit the nonprofit Nuk It Un Sober Living in Kenai.

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■■ Acapulco, 43543 Sterling Highway in Soldotna, has live music at 5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.

■■ A bluegrass jam takes place on the first Sunday of the month at from 1-4 p.m. at the Mount Redoubt Baptist Church on South Lovers Loop in Nikiski.

■■ Veronica’s in Old Town Kenai has Open Mic from 6-8 p.m. Friday. Call Veronica’s at 283-2725.

■■ The Alaska Roadhouse Bar and Grill hosts open horseshoe tournaments Thursday nights at the bar on Golddust Drive. For more information, call 262-9887.

■■ An all acoustic jam takes place every Thursday. The jam takes place at Christ Lutheran Church in Soldotna on the first Thursday of the month, and at the Kenai Senior Center during the rest of the month. Jam starts at 6:30 p.m.

■■ Odie’s Deli in Soldotna has live music Friday from 6-8 p.m. and Pub Quiz night every Wednesday from 6-8 p.m.

■■ AmVets Post 4 has reopened in its brand new building on Kalifornsky Beach across from Jumpin’ Junction. Eligible veterans and their families are invited to stop by to find out more about AmVets and their involvement in the Veteran community. For members and invited guests, Friday night dance to “Running with Scissors,” and Saturday Burn your own steak and karaoke with Cowboy Don.

Poet’s

Corner My Birthday July

By Bonnie Marie Playle That special day that I was born; two months early, from alcohol I was torn.

In 1954 and only 3lbs., 7ozs., what would my life be?

I was taken under the Wing, safe and secure, for all the world to see.

My sign is Cancer, the crab; and the element is water.

Down thru time it’s been proven, I am the King’s daughter.

I was born on the cusp of Cancer and Leo. Both signs are generous and loving, this we know.

I have the flower of Larkspur which means large heart.

Every part of July has its’ loving part.

July has a birthstone of Ruby, which means love and compassion.

Both these traits are always in fashion.

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“The Lightest Object in the Universe,” a novel by Kimi Eisele.

My life started with my Grandmother; she nurtured and cared for me like none other.

I was a happy, petite little girl, without a care in the world.

As time went on, I thrived and I blossomed always knowing, by the Creator; I’m never forgotten.

I pray and write; and of God, I NEVER lose sight.

So all of you born in July lest you forget; always be humble and willing to give.

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In ‘Stuber,’ a buddy comedy runs on fumes

By Jake Coyle The Associated Press

If you’re going to see one comedy starring Kumail Nanjiani as an Uber driver, please make it the 2017 film he co-scripted, “The Big Sick.”

In “Stuber,” Nanjiani is again behind the wheel of a compact ride-sharing vehicle, but this time, the comedy is running on fumes and the company (Zoe Kazan in “The Big Sick,” Dave Bautista in “Stuber”) isn’t nearly as good.

Stu is nicknamed “Stuber” by his obnoxious boss at a sporting goods store in a nod to his side gig. He’s conscripted by Bautista’s Vic, a Los Angeles police detective temporarily blinded by LASIK surgery, to drive him around town. Vic can hardly see, but he’s hell-bent on pursuing the most lethally acrobatic drug dealer you’ve ever seen (Iko Uwais of “The Raid”) who months ago killed Vic’s partner.

Stu, desperate for a five-star rating, is reluctantly sucked into a “Beverly Hills Cop”like buddy action comedy that quickly turns violent and a little shrill. Nanjiani and Bautista, the hulking former wrestler best known as Drax in the “Guardians of the Galaxy” films, make a suitably odd pair. Stu is sensitive and nerdy, and desperate for his best friend (Betty Gilpin) to take him seriously as a romantic partner. Vic is gruff and bumbling and often appears almost literally as a bull in a china shop.

Tripper Clancy’s script — a kind of comic version of Michael Mann’s “Collateral,” with Tom Cruise as a contract

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Dave Bautista, left, and Kumail Nanjiani in a scene from “Stuber.”

killer and Jamie Foxx as his cabbie — crafts a hardly novel running dialogue of masculinity. Occasionally, it hits just right, like when Nanjiani summarizes their dynamic: “You’re built for justice. I’m built for brunch.” But most of the time, it flails around in a stale routine. During a fight at

the sporting goods store, Stu exclaims: “Real men cry!”

The movie’s premise is one long Uber ad, but it’s a clever enough buddy comedy setup, and both Nanjiani and Bautista are good comic performers. So what’s missing here? Part of the trouble is that Bautista is playing too much

to type (the twist on his brilliant Drax is that he’s lovably emotional), and few actors benefit from having their eyes taken from them.

That leaves most of the comedy to Nanjiani, and he does an admirable job trying to give the material a lift.

But director Michael Dowse

(“Goon”) struggles to find the right tone, leaning more into slapdash action scenes than jokes. Any chance of sustained chemistry between the two leads recedes in the rearview mirror.

“Stuber,” a 20th Century Fox release, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association

of America for violence and language throughout, some sexual references and brief graphic nudity. Running time: 105 minutes. Two stars out of four.

——— Follow AP Film Writer Jake Coyle on Twitter at: http:// twitter.com/jakecoyleAP

MAD magazine leaving newsstands after 67-year run

By Rachel Lerman Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — MAD, the long-running satirical magazine that influenced everyone from “Weird Al” Yankovic to the writers of “The Simpsons,” will be leaving newsstands after its August issue. Really.

The illustrated humor magazine — instantly recognizable by the gap-toothed smiling face of mascot Alfred E. Neuman — will still be available in comic shops and through mail to subscribers.

But after its fall issue it will just reprint previously published material.

The only new material will come in special editions at the end of the year.

DC, the division of Warner Brothers that publishes the magazine, said MAD will pull from nostalgic cartoons and parodies published over the magazine’s 67-year run.

As Neuman would say, “What, me worry?” Worry not, for MAD has more than 550 issues packed full of political parodies and edgy humor

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In this 2017 file photo the face of Alfred E. Neuman is framed by attendees at the DC booth during Comic-Con International in San Diego, Calif.

to pull from.

The magazine s et itself apart as a cultural beacon for decades with its unabashed tendency to make fun of anything and

push conventional boundaries. One of MAD’s best known comic series, Spy vs.

Spy, featured two spies with beak-like faces and big eyes — costumes that are still

regularly worn on Halloween.

It even seemingly parodied fellow popular magazine Playboy, with its Fold-In feature that appeared in nearly every issue. But instead of featuring

scantily-clad models, the Fold-In printed — what else?

— another joke.

DC will keep publishing MAD special collections and books.

Illustrators and comedians, including one-time guest editor Yankovic, mourned the magazine’s effective closure.

“It’s pretty much the reason I turned out weird,” he wrote on Twitter.

Josh Weinstein, a writer and producer of “The Simpsons” — which has referenced MAD many times — thanked the magazine on Twitter for its inspiring effect on eras of comedy.

“There was a moment in so many of our childhoods where you were the greatest thing ever,” he wrote.

Comedian Harry Shearer, the voice of several characters on “The Simpsons,” cracked on Twitter: “An American institution has closed.

And who wants to live in an institution?”

When President Donald Trump referred to Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg as Neuman,

while insisting he wouldn’t be fit to serve as president, the 37-year-old candidate said he had to Google the reference.

“I guess it’s just a generational thing,” Buttigieg told Politico. “I didn’t get the reference.”

Cartoonist Evan Dorkin, who worked for MAD, wrote on Twitter that the magazine was long a source of happiness and inspiration for him.

“I hope we provided some smiles to some readers of the past 12 yrs,” he wrote.

The magazine changed as its circumstances did, he wrote, including when the magazine began printing advertisements in 2001 and when it moved from New York City to Burbank, California, at the end of 2017. That move warped MAD’s identity, Dorkin said.

MAD was long a venue for comic artists and cartoonists to grow artistically and shape national conversation.

Well-known names such as Al Jaffee, Harvey Kurtzman and Mort Drucker were associated with the magazine for decades.

Brazilian bossa nova pioneer Joao Gilberto dies at 88

By Marcelo Silva De Sousa Associated Press

RIO DE JANEIRO — Joao Gilberto, a Brazilian singer, guitarist and songwriter considered one of the fathers of the bossa nova genre that gained global popularity in the 1960s and became an iconic sound of the South American nation, died on Saturday, his son said. He was 88.

Joao Marcelo said his father had been battling health issues though no official cause of his death in Rio de Janeiro was given. “His struggle was noble. He tried to maintain his dignity in the light of losing his independence,” Marcelo posted on Facebook.

A fusion of samba and jazz, bossa nova emerged in the late 1950s and gained a worldwide following in the 1960s, pioneered by Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim, who composed the iconic The Girl From Ipanema that

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In this 2004 file photo, Brazilian composer Joao Gilberto performs at Carnegie Hall, in New York.

was performed by Gilberto and others. His wife Astrud Gilberto made her vocal debut in the song.

Self-taught, Gilberto said he discovered music at age 14 when he held a guitar in his hands for the first time. With his unique playing style and modern jazz influences, he created the beat that defined

bossa nova, helping launch the genre with his song “Bim-Bom.” By 1961, Gilberto had finished the albums that would make bossa nova known around the world: “Chega de Saudade,” ”Love, A Smile and A Flower,” and “Joao Gilberto.” His 1964 album Getz/Gilberto with

U.S. saxophonist Stan Getz sold millions of copies.

“It was Joao Gilberto, the greatest genius of Brazilian music, who was the definitive influence on my music,” singer Gal Costa wrote on social media. “He will be missed but his legacy is very important to Brazil and to the world.”

Born in Bahia in northeastern Brazil, Gilberto moved to Rio de Janeiro at a young age.

He was influenced by U.S. jazz greats and recorded songs in the United States where he lived for much of the 1960s and 1970.

Over his career he won two Grammy awards and was nominated for six, and the U.S. jazz magazine DownBeat in 2009 named him one of the 75 great guitarists in history and one of the five top jazz singers.

An entire subsequent generation of Brazilian musicians, including Gilberto Gil, Chico Buarque and Caetano Veloso, are considered his disciples.

Journalist and bossa nova expert Ruy Castro called the death of Gilberto a “monumental” loss.

Castro wrote in his book “The Wave that Built in the Sea” that Gilberto loved soccer and was a fan of the Fluminense club, whose games he liked to watch with a guitar in his hands.

“He managed to create a mystique about him abroad, being who he was and not even speaking English,” he told the Globo television station.

The musician had spent his final years wrapped in legal troubles, debts and disputes with his children. His last live performance was in 2008 and he canceled a commemorative show to mark his 80th year because of health problems.

With little interest in giving interviews, he’d become known as the “reclusive genius” in the streets of Leblón, the neighborhood in a southern part of Rio where he lived but was seldom seen.

His funeral is to be held on Monday. He is survived by three children.

Singer Daniela Mercury called Gilberto a “genius who revolutionized popular Brazilian music. He taught us how to sing in the most beautiful way in the world.”

“Go in peace, maestro,” she wrote.

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Friendship ends after birthday party joke goes wildly wrong DEAR ABBY: I recently I’m no longer allowed attended a friend’s party around the family. that was being given to I feel I should’ve been celebrate their son’s 18th informed of the child’s birthday. I thought it orientation being such an would be cheeky and fun important aspect of his ... to buy him a risque card or rather, “their” identity, from an adult boutique, and tried to explain it thinking everyone would was an honest mistake get a good laugh, and and would never happen we’d have something again. My friend said the Dear Abby to roast the young man damage was done, and Jeanne Phillips with. When he opened they can’t forgive that the card, he had this look kind of arrogance and of horror on his face, ran out of the blatant disrespect for “their” gender room all teary-eyed and went directly identity and sexual orientation. to his bedroom. His mother picked Was I insensitive for not asking up the card and immediately asked first, or should the parents have me to leave. I was really embarrassed taken the initiative to inform me so but unsure about the reason.

I wouldn’t make such an egregious I gave them a week or so to cool error in what I assumed was a welloff. I called back only to be informed rounded friendship? Any advice by the mother that I had violated her would be great. son’s sanctity of sexual orientation — WANTING TO because he identifies as a “they” and SCREAM IN EUGENE “prefers androgynous boys to womDEAR WANTING: I think one lesen.” She went on to explain that as a son to be learned here is that some result of my “indiscriminate sexism,” people are not comfortable with

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sexual humor. Another is that it is a mistake to assume that everyone is straight or cisgender.

I’m sorry that the young person was embarrassed. Your apology should have been directed at them, not their mother. But since the mother has now decreed you persona non grata, you will have to accept it. It’s unfortunate. The family overreacted.

What could have been handled as a simple teachable moment was blown out of proportion.

caused arguments.

My thinking is, if she’s not going to take care of the house, she should get a job and help with the finances.

The money she gets from the day care doesn’t go toward the household. She considers it her spending money.

I am ready to bounce and find greener pastures. I have tried talking to her, but she ignores my complaints and plays the victim. We have already tried counseling. It doesn’t work because she goes back to her normal self afterward. Help!

DEAR ABBY: I am about to blow — PEEVED IN THE PACIFIC my top! I am a married father of two DEAR PEEVED: Marriage is supin the military who works 12 hours posed to be a partnership and, from daily to support my family. My wife what you have written, your wife is and I are college grads and have been unwilling to contribute to it. I can’t married five years. For those years we change her and neither can you. have maintained residence in Hawaii. Because counseling hasn’t resolved My wife doesn’t work and tries to run your obvious lack of compatibility, it’s a day care that is mildly successful. time to consult a lawyer.

Our home is always dirty because, as she puts it, she is not a housemaid.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail She doesn’t cook often either. Many Van Buren, also known as Jeanne times I come home so tired I can’t Phillips, and was founded by her see, and the house is a mess. This has mother, Pauline Phillips.

Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars

ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH Relate individually to others, avoiding a meeting, if possible. The results you will gain from one-on-one talks will be far more conclusive than you would get otherwise. Your sense of humor comes through and helps others calm down and evaluate. Tonight: With an adored friend.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH You could be trying to be more forthright and direct with

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH To no one’s surprise except yours, exhaustion marks your actions, work and decisions. The best solution would be to take the day off.

You might not like the end results, but in the long run, you’re better off.

Tonight: Nap and then get as much done as possible.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHHH What you find challenging, another person could find boring. Don’t make a big deal of these differences; they add to your uniqueness. Your philosophical outlook might be very different from most people’s. Tonight: Let off steam.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHHH You could be in the position of making an important decision that you would prefer to postpone. Discussions easily could short-circuit. Choose your words with care. If expressing anger or frustration, know that you need to be careful. Tonight: Happy at home.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) HHHHH A situation could easily go south if you don’t choose your words with care. Understand your limitations, though a lot could be cleared up if you do opt for a chat.

The other party might be highly receptive. Tonight: Touch base with a loved one.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19) HHHH Open up to new possibilities as they appear. You might want to rethink a particular hassle that might have reappeared in your life.

Focus on your long-term goals and you cannot go wrong. Your smile helps melts others’ barriers. Tonight: Where the crowds are.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHHH You could be taken aback by all that is going on. Oneon-one relating could hold an unusual surprise for you. You also might note how very possessive you can be about a certain person. Is that behavior interfering with the bond between you? Tonight: Be as open as possible.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH Look at the trends at the moment. You could feel as if someone is pushing you in a certain direction. Consider the long term and what you deserve. You will know what to do. Tonight: Keep smiling.

All will work out.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHHH Your intensity often pushes people away. They might be overwhelmed, yet on the other hand, those who enjoy this quality cannot get close enough. Be as open as possible when having an intense conversation. Tonight: You can do (nearly) no wrong.

HHHH You might want to clear certain judgments that might not be valid but are automatic on your part. You don’t have the control you desire to handle a certain personal matter at this time. Tonight: Go where you can listen to great music.

HHH If you need to close down and take time off, by all means

aware that a man on a bicycle can come by you in a crowd, grab your purse right out of your hand and be gone in a flash! Hang on tight to your bag, and keep it zipped. — Melanie T. in Illinois BACK-TO-SCHOOL CLOTHES Dear Heloise: It’s not quite time for back to school yet, but when shopping for clothes for my kids, I bring them along. I allow them to have a say in what is purchased. If they don’t like it, they won’t wear it.

Of course, there are boundaries -short shorts, crop tops and muscle shirts are a “no,” but we compromise on a T-shirt with a favorite band on it.

— Jessica M. in Ohio WHITE PEPPER AND BLACK PEPPER Dear Readers: Have you tried white pepper instead of black pepper in your cooking? White pepper is more intense and hotter than black pepper.

But hold on to your wallet: White pepper can be three times the price! — Heloise

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21)

hints from heloise Dear Heloise: What’s the best way to SAFELY WASH GREENS? I love a fresh, delicious salad this time of year. — Kelly T. in San Antonio Kudos, Kelly, for eating greens! Here are a few hints: ■ Wash greens immediately before eating, not when you first bring them home.

■ From a head of lettuce, bunch of spinach or stalk of kale, cut fork-size pieces (1 inch) and submerge in a bowl of cold water.

■ Give it time for the dirt particles (it comes from the earth, after all) to fall to the bottom of the bowl (about 15 minutes).

■ Reach in and grab the greens and transfer to a colander. DON’T dump the bowl into the colander; you’ll redeposit sediment back over and into the greens.

■ Either spin-dry in a lettuce spinner or blot dry in paper or cloth toweling. — Heloise THE BIG GRAB Dear Heloise: Please make sure your readers are

do. You could be stunned by what comes out. Be careful if you lose your temper; you might say something you will regret later. Tonight: Make plans for the weekend.

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This year, your intensity and creativity point to some intriguing happenings, success and more satisfaction. If single, romance intensifies from fall onward. Those at the correct age could meet Mr. or Ms. Right. If attached, you enjoy your significant other more and more as the days go by. Many of you could be greeting new additions to your family. For some, it could be a new pet. For others, it could be a baby.

Use care if you don’t want a new addition. SCORPIO intrigues you and encourages you to take a risk.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult

a key associate, but he or she might not understand what is happening.

You will find that others are clearly challenging. Work with the unexpected. Greet change positively.

Tonight: Sort through invitations.

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Dipnetting is here!

The dipnet fishery opened Wednesday and will run through July 31.

By Kat Sorensen Peninsula Clarion

The Kenai River dipnet fishery opened yesterday, and will run through July 31, welcoming droves of personal use dipnetters to the shores of the Kenai beaches.

Only Alaska residents with a personal use permit are allowed to participate in the fishery, which allows people to wade into the river with a net and scoop up fish for their freezers.

Anglers are reminded that they cannot keep king salmon, and that they must be released immediately.

On July 7, more than 12,000 late-run sockeye salmon were counted at river mile 19 of the Kenai River. Over 58,000 sockeyes have passed through already this year, in comparison to about 32,000 last year.

While dipnetting on the Kenai beaches, be sure to stay off the dunes, don’t drive on the beach and avoid disturbing the vegetation. The vegetation anchors the dunes, which in turn help prevent erosion.

And remember, the tides can be fast! Dipnetters on the shore should be cognizant of the tidal shifts, which can create unexpected hazards.

A successful fishing trip is usually coupled with a big clean up.

To avoid fines and attracting bears, dipnetters should not discard fish waste on public and private property. The Central Peninsula Landfill accepts fish waste free of charge, seven days a week.

Dipnetters can access the beaches from the north or south.

Primary access to Kenai North Beach is from South Spruce Street off the Kenai Spur Highway.

There is a large, public parking area but space is limited. Motorized vehicles on the beach to the left of South Spruce Street toward the Kenai River is prohibited. Vehicular access, parking and fires on

Fish Counts Kenai River Sockeye Total: 79,691 July 7 — 12,621 July 6 — 9,093 July 5 — 8,460 Kenai River Late-Run King Salmon: Total: 1,252 July 8 — 199 July 7 — 163 July 6 — 260 Russian River Sockeye: Total: 114,760 July 8 — 3,094 July 7 — 3,663 July 6 — 1,228

Tides Thursday Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion

Annie Cromwell of Anchorage brings in a sockeye salmon while dipnetting on the north beach in Kenai in June 2017.

beach to the right of South Spruce Street is allowed.

Access to the Kenai South Beach is off of Cannery Loop Road.

Dropping off is allowed at all locations. For a $10 fee per calendar day, dipnetters can be picked up or dropped off and park for up to 15 minutes while loading an unloading. Dipnetters can upgrade a drop-off permit to any other permit in the same calendar day and receive $10 credit towards the new permit.

Day use parking is $20 a day, and overnight parking is $45, valid from noon until noon the next day.

Camping is available at all locations, except the dock, for a $25 fee.

Beyond dipnetting, fishing for sockeye salmon on the Russian River has continued to produce fair results. Bag limits returned to three fish per day and six in possession on Sunday. Kasilof River sockeye is fair, but expected to improve.

King salmon on the Kenai River is slow, with high water conditions and debris in the water. The Kasilof River king salmon fishing is better, but still just fair.

Rainbow trout fishing on the middle and Upper Kenai River is reported to be excellent and there are plenty of local lakes to catch rainbow trout, Arctic char, landlocked salmon and Arctic grayling. Be sure to check recent trail closures due to the Swan Lake Fire before heading out.

Mud Bay offers chance at halibut fishing — without the puking

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esterday, I ran across some very cool couples from down San Antonio way who were travelling around the state chasing spectacular vistas and fish.

They were firing lures mainly from the shorelines of rivers and lakes but were also interested in trying their luck from the two rigid-hull inflatables they were towing around on trailers.

They had used the rigs in freshwater lakes but were apprehensive about saltwater sojourns because anything higher than half-foot seas turned most of the flatlanders green as a fresh kale smoothie and transmuted the group into world-class power hurlers sporting an appalling lack of grace and accuracy when it came to hammering the water rather than their clueless spouses.

They were hoping for a tip as to where they might get the slightest shot at some fresh halibut fillets without having to hit the seafood section of some mega mart, so I suggested that they try banging some ’buts in Mud Bay and shared a story that I’ve written about before.

When I was working in the high north and still young enough to stand up without every joint in my body popping like miniature seal bombs, a fishing bro offered to take me on a halibut safari in his small skiff.

I was a bit circumspect about heading out into the bay in the modest craft until he told me that the run was only a quick jaunt from the mouth of the harbor northeast to his “clandestine hot spots.” Knowing him, if I didn’t go along, he’d flap his arms and squawk like a goosed chicken every time he ran into me in public so I signed on.

The trip turned into trips and

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Unhinged alaska Nick Varney some of the best action I’ve ever experienced with salmon rods, basic rigging and bait herring.

We’d usually head out before low slack then anchor up with a scent bag attached to the rope in about 16 feet of water to await the arrival of the tide line. As the current started to roll, so did the action. The fish were undersized at first, but still nifty to catch and release with the tackle we were using.

Things got more exciting as the water level changed and more fish swept into the area attracted by our submerged odiferous gunk bag and bait fish schools.

Slamming 10 to 40-pound flatfish with salmon tackle in shallow water is addicting. There’s no heavy haul up because all they can do is run straight away from you at high speed and the fight is on. They’ll even rocket out of the water like silvers occasionally, but mostly it’s similar to tangling with a king.

I told them to search for significant drop-off holes and anchor up on the edge because the halibut will lurk under the lips of the slopes to ambush prey being carried along with the tide.

I warned them not to expect too much this time of year because the seabirds haven’t been pounding bait balls yet inside the Mud.

They mulled over their options and decided to take a crack at least nailing something within a few minutes of land while ensuring their consumed snacks didn’t end up as projectile threats to innocent sea creatures cruising the area.

Well, the Texans did just fine and emailed me that they had boarded three flats that evening weighing 11 to 18 pounds, and they only thing they hurled were expletives when they lost a ’but, then added how much they are enjoying Alaska.

I’ll bet they are. It has to be great to be able to finally stretch out and move around a bit when you are in a state twice as big as the one you came from.

Now let’s take a look at some off the state’s weekly fishing report for Week of July 9 - July 15.

Freshwater fishing: Dolly Varden counts into the Anchor River have really increased over the last few days which should improve fishing. Early morning or during the last couple hours of the incoming tide are the best times to take a crack at them. Try using beads, streamers, small spinners and spoons.

Salmon: King trolling has remained slow with the blackmouths being scattered throughout Kachemak Bay. Fishing the nearshore waters near Whiskey Gulch in Cook Inlet has also been slow for those chasing chinook.

Anglers are intercepting large numbers of pink salmon in the Point Pogibshi area. Well, isn’t that special?

The average IQs of the ocean critters swimming around out there just plummeted to near zero.

There are sockeye accessible in both China Poot Bay and Tutka Bay Lagoon and weighted-hook flingers are having moderate success with

snagging. Pinks are also starting to arrive in Tutka Bay lagoon to annoy the reds.

Halibut: Halibut fishing has continued to be good in offshore locations in Cook Inlet and outer Kachemak Bay. Some patient piscatorians have had success within Kachemak Bay east of the Homer spit.

A hunk of herring on a circle hook is the standard approach to luring in the flats, but lead-head jigs with grub tails tipped with obnoxious smelling fish-gork will enhance your chances of enticing the ’buts to take part in a fine dining experience.

Action at the Nick Dudiak Lagoon has gone to slow simmer after the Snagamania Fest ended at midnight of the seventh.

The Hole’s mayor, Tom, reports that some guys were catching silvers on outside and in the channel on Sunday. The coho are running a bit small at around 4-5 pounds. Some jumpers looked to be 8-plus pounds, and there is still a herd of nice kings swimming around escorted by numerous jacks.

The silver run is slowly picking up, so hopefully a big pulse is on its way and the lagoon won’t start steaming in this heat. This is not the way to enjoy poached salmon.

Other: China Poot personal use dipnet fishery has been jumpin’ for most residents making the trip across Kachemak Bay. The action should continue to fire on all cylinders over the next week.

Jig popping on the outer North Gulf Coast last week for lingcod was sweet with some nice butt-uglies landed. If you make the trip, expect to catch rockfish and halibut while drifting for lingcod over rock pinnacles. It’s hard to beat that scenario.

63/52 High tide 12:03am (19.60ft) Low tide7:09am (2.20ft) High tide 12:59pm (16.50ft) Low tide 7:04pm (4.45ft)

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63/50 High tide 1:04am (19.63ft) Low tide 8:18am (1.34ft) High tide 2:14pm (16.87ft) Low tide 8:10pm (5.00ft)

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63/50 High tide 2:01am (19.87ft) Low tide9:17am (0.39ft) High tide 3:18pm (17.66ft) Low tide 9:10pm (5.06ft)

Sunday

64/50 High tide 2:54am (20.24ft) Low tide 10:06am (-0.45ft) High tide 4:10pm (18.53ft) Low tide 10:02pm (4.81ft) (Tide information for Kenai River Entrance)