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3 found dead in glacer lake identified VALDEZ — Authorities have released the identities of three people found dead in the icy waters of a glacier-fed lake. The City of Valdez says among the dead were a German couple, Dr. Albercht Paul Thomas Schroder-Schroer and Maria Elisabeth Schroer, and a recreational guide, Austrian Manfred Brida. The three were found Tuesday in the water near the toe of the Valdez Glacier, about 100 miles east of Anchorage. One body has significant head trauma. City spokeswoman Sheri Pierce says the glacier is calving, or shedding ice. She says if the glacier released, it could cause significant trauma. The bodies have been transported to the state medical examiner’s office to determine the cause of death. Foul play isn’t suspected.

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Uncertainty reigns on campus Budget cuts have Kenai Peninsula College and the UAF Cooperative Extension Service considering their options. By Victoria Petersen Peninsula Clarion

Students at the Kenai Peninsula College will resume classes Aug. 26, despite uncertainty with the state budget. Director of the college, Gary Turner, said there is a lot up in the air right now involving the budget, and where the central peninsula’s community campus stands. “We’re waiting to see action from the Board of Regents,” Turner said. “We really want answers, but we’re being patient with the processes.”

The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension, which has a large presence on the Kenai Peninsula, also faces uncertainty amid state budget reductions. “(Budget reductions) will undoubtedly diminish services,” Milan Shipka, director of the UAF Cooperative Extension Service, said. “You can’t take a cut like that without services being reduced.” At this time, Shipka said it’s impossible to say what the effects of the budget cuts will be. He said the extension

service receives some money from the United States Department of Agriculture, but that money normally requires a match of state appropriation. “We can’t accept USDA money without the match,” Shipka said. “We may wind up with a larger reduction than others. It’s going to be noticeable.” The cooperative extension supports agricultural resources on the Kenai Peninsula, including 4-H groups, public agricultural material resources for local growers and farmers and resources for peony farmers, among other services. “With a few people, we cover a very broad swath of information needs on the

John Davies, chairman of the University of Alaska Board of Regents, speaks at a regents meeting, Tuesday, in Anchorage. (AP Photo/Dan Joling)

Kenai Peninsula,” Shipka said. “From what I hear, people are grateful for it.” Shipka said whatever resources the cooperative extension receives will go to

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The Nikiski Fire Department’s dive team poses for a photo at the Nikiski Fire Station #1 in Nikiski on Monday. From left: Angie Smith, TJ Cox, Kassidy Stock, Bryan Crisp, Stephen Robertson, Tyler Smith and Matt Quiner. Not present: Kole McCaughey.

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SITKA — A health care business group is preparing for the completion of a merger with an Alaska hospital system, officials said. Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium was expected to finalize its merger with Sitka Community Hospital Thursday, The Daily Sitka Sentinel reported Wednesday. “It’s ending with a whimper, not a bang,” said Rob Allen, outgoing CEO of Sitka Community Hospital. — Associated Press

It’s been a busy month for the dive team of the Nikiski Fire Department. In July, the dive team was called out to assist in two major operations: the recovery of a woman who drowned while swimming in the Moose River, and the retrieval of a potential murder weapon in the Kenai River. The Clarion sat down with members of the dive team on Monday to talk about those operations and to learn more about the training it takes to become a public safety diver. Eight of Nikiski’s firefighters and engineers make

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Nikiski Fire Department’s dive team talks training and recent operations

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4-year-old finds gun, shoots self ANCHORAGE — A 4-year-old girl suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound from a handgun left out for bear protection at an Alaska home. Anchorage police said the girl on Wednesday morning was visiting a home in Eagle River. The loaded handgun had been left on a kitchen counter out of concern for bears. The child was shot in the upper body and taken to an Anchorage hospital. Police say she is expected to survive. An adult and several other children were in the home when the girl was shot. Police say the case is under investigation.

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up the dive team: Kassidy Stock, Matt Quiner, TJ Cox, Stephen Robertson, Tyler Smith, Angie Smith, Kole McCaughey and Bryan Crisp. Crisp is the department’s current fire chief, and said that even though the dive team has been a part of the department since the 1980s, it was only recently that the team became what it is today. In 2015, Crisp was tasked by former Chief James Baisden to revamp the dive program from top to bottom and bring it into compliance with state regulations. Crisp and Robertson went to work acquiring all new diving equipment, and at

the same time they decided to get Robertson certified as a trainer. Robertson said that they knew they would be training a number of people once the team was back in operation, so giving him the capacity to fully train and certify all the new recruits would save the department a lot of time and money in the long run. Under Robertson’s instruction, all of the Nikiski divers are fully certified public safety divers and have each completed about 50 dives over two years of training. Angie Smith said that she has always wanted to be a diver. Smith grew up

swimming in Alaska lakes and was pushing to be on the dive team as soon as she started volunteering at the department. Smith participated in some of the preliminary training while still a volunteer, and once she got hired on full time she was able to finish her certifications. “I still haven’t done any diving in warm water, which might ruin Alaska for me,” Smith said. Her husband, Tyler Smith, said that he joined the team as a way to challenge himself and learn a new skill. Smith admitted See dive, Page A3

As fire crews wrap up their containment efforts for the Swan Lake Fire, the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge and the Chugach National Forest have reopened several trails, cabins and campgrounds for public use. On July 31, the Chugach National Forest lifted the emergency closure for Resurrection Trail, and all cabins along the trail except the Swan Lake cabin on West Swan Lake are available for rent. The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge has reopened the Skyline and Fuller Lakes Trails as of Aug. 1 after closing them for public safety and fire operations last month. Recreational visitors are encouraged to use caution when accessing these trails, especially in upper elevations where the Swan Lake Fire remains active. The Watson Lake, Peterson Lake, and Kelly Lake Campgrounds have reopened as of July 31. Mystery Creek Road and the Trapper Joe and Big Indian public use cabins remain closed to all public access. These closures will remain in effect until Aug. 31 unless rescinded earlier or extended for cause. For more information about the fire, call 208-391-3488.

Walruses appear early on shore as sea ice recedes By Dan Joling Associated Press

ANCHORAGE — Thousands of Pacific walruses have come to shore off the northwest coast of Alaska in their earliest appearance since sea ice has substantially receded. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Anchorage received a report that

several thousand walruses were gathered Tuesday on the barrier island off the coast of Point Lay, a Chukchi Sea village of 215 about 700 miles northwest of Anchorage, spokeswoman Andrea Medeiros said. “This is the earliest date that large numbers of walruses have been confirmed on shore at Point Lay,” she said in an email

response to questions, and the first time a herd has been seen as early as July. Sea ice along northern Alaska disappeared far earlier than normal this spring as a result of exceptionally warm ocean temperatures. Since 1981, an area more than double the size of Texas — 610,000 square miles — has become unavailable to Arctic marine mammals by

summer’s end, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center. Mature male walruses spent summers in the Bering Sea. Females and their young migrate north in spring, following the ice edge as it recedes into the Chukchi Sea. Sea ice allows immature walruses to rest as their mothers dive over the shallow continental shelf to eat

clams and snails. However, when ice recedes beyond the shelf over water more than 10,000 feet deep, walruses are forced to beaches to rest in Alaska and Russia. Federal biologists have documented herds as large as 40,000 animals in recent years. Young walruses are See walrus, Page A2

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for housing programs and homeless services, pre-K programs, behavioral health grants, Medicaid, and the University of Alaska. Recent data from the Alaska Children’s Trust indicate around 42,000 Alaska children live in households receiving some public assistance. The vetoes could have immediate impacts for hundreds of homeless and low-income children likely to lose shelter and early childhood education, providers said.

Walrus vulnerable when gathered in herds. The animals lie shoulder to shoulder. If startled by a polar bear, airplane or hunter, the herd stampedes into the safety of the ocean and young animals are crushed. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has notified the Federal Aviation

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for parents by limiting child care and education availability and access to dental care, counseling, psychiatric care, and addiction treatment, they said. “It’s the trickle-down effect of this, it’s way more than you can count with numbers,” Ben-Yosef said. Dunleavy spokesman Matt Shuckerow did not respond to a request for comment from the newspaper. The governor has repeatedly said the cuts are necessary to bring state spending in line with revenue.

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Administration, the U.S. Coast Guard, on by climate warming. and barge companies and airlines servThe Center for Biological Diversity ing Point Lay that walruses are in the that year petitioned to do the same for area, Medeiros said. walruses. The federal Marine Mammal ProtecHowever, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife tion Act prohibits the “take” of walrus, Service concluded in October 2017 that which includes disturbance from walruses are adapting and no one has human activity. proven that they need sea ice for birthSea ice usually melts to its summer ing, nursing and feeding. minimum sometime in September. The Center for Biological Diversity The federal government in 2008 listed sued to reverse that decision and the polar bears as a threatened species lawsuit is pending before a U.S. District THE KENAI STAFF IS NO LONGER because of diminished sea ice brought CourtVA judge in Anchorage.

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“What these cuts are doing is impacting every aspect of the system that can make it or break it for children and families from a health and well-being point of view,” said Tamar Ben-Yosef, executive director of the All Alaska Pediatric Partnership. A ripple effect could disrupt nutrition, school attendance, housing stability, health care access, and whether some children are placed in foster care or can earn a college degree, advocates said. The cuts also create difficulties

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Children could bear brunt of state budget cuts ANCHORAGE — A disproportionate share of the burden of budget cuts by Alaska’s governor could fall on children, officials said. Service providers said 17,000 low-income families could be affected, The Anchorage Daily News reported Wednesday. Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed line items equaling $444 million in reductions to Alaska’s operating budget in June. Cuts were made to funding

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that he wasn’t the best swimmer when he first started and said that he scored five out of a possible 20 points on his first swim test. “You get three points for putting your name down,” Robertson said. Smith embraced the challenge and got his sea legs, but his teammates still like to tease him about it. At 21 years old, TJ Cox is both the youngest member of the dive team and the youngest employee in the whole department. Cox said he found his passion for diving while snorkeling in Hawaii with his family as a kid and wanted to be able to spend extended periods of time underwater without holding his breath. Matt Quiner, meanwhile, has been diving since before Cox was born. Quiner has been trained in open-water diving since 1990 from his time serving in the Coast Guard. Quiner did some recreational diving on his own time, but didn’t join the Nikiski dive team until 2015 when Crisp brought it back to life. “My dad dove too and we watched a lot of Jacques Cousteau when I was a kid, so I always wanted to be a scuba diver,” Quiner said. Kassidy Stock also knew from a young age that he wanted to be a scuba diver, but when approached to join the dive team he said he took some time to mull over the decision and make sure he was doing it for the right reasons. “I’ve got three young daughters at home and (diving) can be a dangerous thing to do, so the competency of our instructor and knowing that I would get the proper training was a big factor in my decision,” Stock said. The Nikiski dive team recently became the only team in the state to be certified in both public safety diving and underwater criminal investigation, or

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voted eight to three to consolidate the university system into a single accredited University of Alaska. “Regents made their decision for providing the best way to serve Alaska’s students in the face of severe reduction in state funding,” a Tuesday press release from the university system said. During the Board of Regents meeting, University President Jim Johnsen said he believed the house is on fire, in reference to the university system. “You need to decide if the house is on fire or whether it’s just the toast burning,” Johnsen said at the meeting. “In my view, the house is on fire.” It is still unclear how a single accredited University of Alaska will look, but a subcommittee of the Board of Regents will develop a revised organizational structure for the university, by working with students, faculty and staff governance, the release said. The committee will be chaired by regent Mary Hughes, with regents Karen Perdue, John Bania, Andy

UCI. As it turns out, the UCI training could not have come at a more opportune time. It was barely a week after the team received the training that they were called out to recover the body of 18-year-old Yanting Jin, who disappeared while swimming with friends in the Moose River on July 8 Crisp said that it took the team about an hour and a half to find Jin’s body. The poor visibility in the water made it so that the divers could barely see more than 6 inches in front of them. Robertson said that time was a major factor in that operation. Even though the team knew it was unlikely that Jin was still alive when they arrived on scene, recovering her body was important in providing closure for the family. Just a few weeks after that incident, the Nikiski divers had their UCI training put to the test once again. After a suspect had been identified in the murder of two Kenai women on July 21, investigation led law enforcement to believe that the murder weapon had possibly been thrown into the Kenai River. On July 24, Kenai Police met with Crisp and Robertson to brief them about the investigation, and the two went to work that night determining possible locations where a gun might have drifted. “We didn’t want to search the whole Kenai River,” Robertson said. “We want to search a specific area or at least a hot spot where we think it’s going to be.” Crisp said that they first looked at the tide charts to determine where the waterline would have been at the time the gun was tossed into the river. They then visited the spot along the river where they thought the suspect might have thrown the gun and threw similarly weighted rocks into the water at various angles and distances to triangulate an approximate location to begin their search. The next morning at about 6 a.m., the whole dive team went to the spot

Teuber, Cachet Garrett and Dale Anderson serving as the committee members. Gov. Mike Dunleavy attended the Board of Regents meeting by telephone, and said he would be fully prepared to continue working with the university to lower its overhead and improve outcomes. “I hope we can come to an understanding on how we can become one of the best universities in the country,” Dunleavy said in the release. “We stand ready to work with the university.” Mike Barnhill, a policy director for the Office of Management and Budget, presented a proposal to the board that would reduce administration costs, delete the university’s research budget and state funds for the Museum of the North located at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. “I am troubled by the reckless suggestion we zero our research funding,” Board Chair John Davies said of the proposal in the release. “Even if that was an achievable goal, we certainly cannot get there in five years. We are not going to hold bake sales to operate the Sikuliaq.” The Kenai Peninsula Borough also helps provide

where they had determined the gun was likely to be based on their measurements. The spot was under the bridge on Bridge Access Road. Because it was in the middle of dipnetting season, other public safety agencies assisted with keeping the area clear during the investigation. After setting up a series of jackstays — rope lines connected to buoys and anchors that run along the bottom of the river — the team begin their search in pairs. After about two hours, the team’s estimates were proven right. Crisp was almost finished with one of his run throughs when he picked up something that didn’t quite feel like a rock or a dead fish. “I had to bring it about 2 inches away from my face before I realized ‘yep, that’s a gun,’” Crisp said. After retrieving the potential murder weapon, it was placed in a Tupperware container filled with river water to prevent it from rusting and sent off to the fingerprints and ballistics lab in Anchorage for analysis. Robertson said that a big part of underwater criminal investigation involves documenting everything and taking meticulous notes throughout the investigation. The team marked the exact location where the gun was recovered in case the scene needed to be recreated by a forensics team. “It’s important to do everything right, because we know it’s leading to a criminal case or a potential criminal outcome,” Robertson said. The divers conduct quarterly dives as a team to keep their skills sharp, and each member is free to use the equipment for practice on their off days. Robertson is also in the process of becoming certified as an instructor in underwater criminal investigation so that he can train other dive teams around the state to conduct thorough investigations in all of Alaska’s waterways.

funding for the Kenai Peninsula College. The borough is one of the only municipalities in the state to offer their community campus funding. This year, the borough contributed $800,000, which contribute to programs like the adult GED program and Jump Start, a tuition waiver program for high school students. Since 1992, the borough has provided the college with over $12 million. The college, founded in 1964, is responsible for all postsecondary education within the borough’s boundaries. With an average of 5,700 students enrolled annually, the college is the largest University of Alaska community campus and is even larger than the Juneau campus in enrollment and student credit hours. At Tuesday’s meeting, Johnsen said next steps include holding meetings with faculty, staff, students and community members throughout August.

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The Kenai Senior Center is open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday, and are open until 9:30 p.m. on Thursdays. Community meals are served Monday to Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cost for lunch is $7 suggested donation for individuals 60 or older, $14 for those under 60. Call 907-283-4156 for more information. —Walking Group, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9-10 a.m. —Beginning Spanish, Thursdays, 1 p.m. —Fred Meyer Shopping, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 1 p.m. —Anchorage Chamber Orchestra performance, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2 p.m. —7 Threats to Your Estate Plan, Thursday, Aug. 8, 9:3011:30 a.m. —KSC Picnic in the Senior Center Backyard, Friday, Aug. 9: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. —Card-making with Kimberley, Tuesday, Aug. 13: 3:30 p.m. —No-host to Sunrise Cafe in Cooper Landing, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 3:30 p.m. —Mystery Drive, Monday, Aug. 19, 12:30 p.m. —Caregivers Group, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 1-3 p.m. — Bi r t h d ay l u n c h, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 11:30 a.m. — Russian River Falls hike, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. —Ring-a-lings, lunchtime entertainment, Monday, Aug. 26, 11 a.m. —Old Timer’s luncheon, Thursday, Aug. 29, doors open at 10:30 a.m.

Kenai River Rotary of Soldotna The public is invited to attend our Tuesday meeting at Siam Noodles in Soldotna, at 6:30 p.m. Our guest speaker will be Magen James, executive director for the AK Coalition for Veterans & Military Families.For the month of August, our club will be doing a Community Project of planting small trees in the Soldotna area. For more details contact our Kenai River President, Kathy at 907-394-5195

Caregiver support meeting Sterling Senior Center will host Caregiver Support Meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 6 at 1 p.m. We will be discussing anticipatory grief and ambiguous loss issues in caregiving. Join us to share your experiences as a caregiver, or to support someone who is a caregiver. Call Sharon or Judy at 907-2621280 for more information.

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Flowers; Aug. 17, Counting Cords; Aug. 24, Harvest Time: Berries. PEEPs, Preschools Environmental Education Programs: Thursday, Aug. 15. Two sessions: 9 a.m. or 10:30 a.m. Ages 2-5. — Discovery Hikes in the Skilak Wildlife Recreation Area meet at the trailhead at 1 p.m. No pets please. Meet at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center, 33398 Ski Hill Road, Soldotna. Call 907-260-2820. Thursday, Aug. 1: Hideout, Aug. 15, Kenai River, Aug. 22, Hidden Creek; Friday, Aug. 2, Upper Kenai River, Aug. 9, Bear Mountain, Aug. 16, Burney’s, Aug. 23, Skyline; Saturday, Aug. 2, Bear Mountain, Aug. 10, Upper Kenai River. — Dena’ina Storytelling with Clara Swan: Saturday, Aug. 10, 1-2 p.m. — Saturday Wildlife Movies at the Visitor Center: Refuge Film, 11 a.m., noon, 2 p.m.; Features: 1 p.m. “Hummingbirds”; 3 p.m. “Moose, Life of a Twig Eater.” The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is committed to providing access to these events for all participants. Please direct all requests for sign language interpreting services, close captioning, or other accommodation needs to Refuge Visitor Center staff: 907-260-2820, TTY 800-877-8339 by close of business 7 days before each event.

Al-Anon support group meetings Al-Anon support group meetings are held at the Central Peninsula Hospital in the Kasilof Room (second floor) of the River Tower building on Monday at 7 p.m., Wednesday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 9 a.m. Park around back by the ER and enter through the River Tower entrance and follow the signs. Contact Tony Oliver at 252-0558 for more information.

Soldotna Elementary student registration Soldotna Elementary Schools new student registration will be held from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 8 and Friday, Aug. 9. Class Supply lists are available online at: http://soldotnaelementary. blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/. Class lists will be posted on Friday, Aug. 16 at 4 p.m. We will also be having our Open House for students and parents on Monday, Aug. 26 5:30-6:30 p.m. The office will be open Aug. 1. Call 260-5100 for more information.

Soldotna High School registration Soldotna High School Registration for new and 9th grade ONLY will be on Aug. 8 from 9 a.m.-12 p.m.

AKamerata String Quartet The Kenai Peninsula Orchestra presents chamber music concerts featuring the AKamerata Quartet, under the direction of Dr. Oleg Proskurnya from Anchorage, on Sunday, Aug. 4 at Faith Lutheran Church in Homer, and Monday, Aug. 5 at Christ Lutheran Church in Soldotna. Both concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 general admission, $15 Crescendo Club members, and youth 18 and under are free! Tickets are available at The Homer Bookstore, River City Books in Soldotna, and Already.read Books in Kenai.

9th Annual Salmonfest Music Fest The 9th Annual Salmonfest Music Fest Opens on Friday August 2-4 at the Ninilchik Fairgrounds on the Kenai Peninsula! 3 days of Fish, Love & Music with 65 bands on 4 stages over the weekend! Gates open at Noon on Friday with music throughout most hours over the weekend right up to the close Sunday evening! View the entire lineup of entertainment at Salmonfestalaska.org.

Soldotna Historical Society & Homestead Museum Board meeting, Monday, Aug. 5, at 4:30 p.m. at the museum, 461 Centennial Park Road. Questions? Carmen 262-2791.

25th Funny River Festival 25th Funny River Festival will take place FridaySunday, Aug. 2-4 at Funny River Community Center, 35850 Pioneer Access Road, 12 Mile Funny River Road. Bird Homestead Golf course.

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Mitch McConnell’s not a ‘Russian asset’

itch McConnell, the most phlematic man in American politics, rarely gets riled up. But on Monday the Senate Majority Leader let it rip in defense of his reputation, and we’re glad he did. Mr. McConnell was responding to a Democratic-media onslaught seeking to portray the Kentucky defense hawk as a toady for Russia. His offense is opposing some Democratic proposals to protect the 2020 election from foreign meddling. In particular he opposes attempts to nationalize election rules and ballot procedures that have been historically managed by the states. This is his long-held position and makes sense since a national system would be easier to hack than the systems of 50 states. But Mr. McConnell is running for re-election next year, and the left needs a villain for the failure of special counsel Robert Mueller to find collusion between Russia and the 2016 Trump presidential campaign. Enter #MoscowMitch, the hashtag that appeared on Twitter and was immediately picked up across the Democratic media landscape. “It started with the angry lies on MSNBC. The host lied and said that I’ve dismissed Russia’s interference in our 2016 election as, quote, a ‘hoax.’ Of course I’ve never said any such thing,” Mr. McConnell said on the Senate floor. “A few hours later came the Washington Post column. It was authored by Dana Milbank, a pundit who spent much of the Obama Administration carrying water for its failed foreign policies and excusing President Obama’s weakness on Russia.” The column was headlined, “Mitch McConnell is a Russian asset,” which the Senator rightly called “a shameful smear.” The truth is that Mr. McConnell has been far tougher on Vladimir Putin than most Democrats were across the Clinton, George W. Bush and Obama Administrations. He pushed for tougher sanctions on Russia than the Obama crowd wanted and he supported the Magnitsky Act that has allowed the U.S. to sanction Mr. Putin’s cronies. He has also supported the bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee investigation into Russian meddling in 2016. Republicans can’t count on a media phalanx to defend them from unfair attacks, so like Mr. McConnell they have to do it themselves. — The Wall Street Journal, July 29

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Alaska voices | Department of Revenue Commissioner Bruce Tangeman

Private sector is what drives an economy

espite what you might read in some recent media publications, Alaska’s economy is recovering. Jobs have increased every month since last year’s election, GDP is up by more than 3%, wages are climbing, and the private sector is showing a willingness to invest in Alaska. If you believed some of the recent doom and gloom headlines that have come out you’d think that state government is truly the economic driver of a state’s economy and without it, we are destined to fall off the cliff. In reality when looking at the entire operating budget and all fund sources, the reductions equate to about a 6% reduction from FY 2019 … hardly fiscal Armageddon for a state government that has been living comfortably for several decades. Fortunately, most Alaskans understand that the private sector, not the government, is what drives an economy. It’s true that Alaska’s private sector has been through the wringer the past four years but businesses large and small are starting to get back on their feet. A smaller, leaner more efficient government will help build confidence as these businesses make investment decisions in Alaska. While there has been a bit too much “the economy may never recover” rhetoric, it was good to see that Anchorage Economic Development Corporation (AEDC) recognized some of the great things that are happening in our economy. Some of the highlights include statewide cruise volumes increasing by 16.5% as well as new developments on the North Slope adding an estimated 350,000 barrels/day in the next few years. Alaska is and will continue to be a resource state and AEDC nailed it when they reported

North Slope investment is “an encouraging sign of optimism among producers.” Overall investment on the North Slope has increased from $4.4 billion in FY 2018 to a projected $5.5 billion in FY 2020. However these new developments will require multibillion dollars of additional investments by the private sector. We are realizing this rebound in investments is due in large part to the fiscal stability we’ve had in place for the past five years. Make no mistake, Alaska does not have the expertise or balance sheet to develop these resources. We will continue to rely on private sector investment to get our resources to market. They in turn must count on the state to put in place a stable budget that lives within its means. There was a substantial disconnect between how private sector and government reacted to the recent recession. The private sector was forced to react swiftly and immediately while government refused to face the reality of the recession. How can I say this? Just look at the actions taken over the past few years. Spending far outpaced annual revenue as we blew through $15 billion in our biggest savings account, the Constitutional Budget Reserve (CBR). At the same time family households and businesses small and large were forced to adjust their spending habits to adapt. During this time Alaska lost 12,000plus jobs of which a very small fraction were government jobs. Job losses are painful regardless of how they are funded but government was held harmless for the most part through the CBR spend down. It is more important than ever that we create a smaller governmental

footprint to adjust to our new revenue realities. Alaska does hold nearly $70 billion of reserves, almost 25% of which is in unrestricted accounts. Those financial assets generate nearly $4 billion per year in earnings and represent a potential source of funding should a temporary reduction in revenues cause cash flow troubles. That’s on top of over $2 billion of other state revenues that covers nearly half of the cost of running our state government. This means we have a coverage ratio that is the envy of almost any other government. I met with all three rating agencies (Moody’s, S&P, Fitch) last week and they certainly recognize the vast financial and natural resources with which Alaska is blessed. They also give the previous Legislature and governor kudos for passing SB 26 in 2018 — the Percent of Market Value (POMV) framework which accesses a portion of the Permanent Fund Earnings Reserve. However, they also correctly point to the statements made by those same politicians last year regarding SB 26 as only a “partial fix.” The PFD calculation has been faithfully followed for nearly 37 years. SB 26 is a 12-months-old law and incomplete by many legislators’ own admission. If there’s one thing that government can do to assist in this recovery it will be to get its fiscal house in order which will allow the recovery to continue. Alaska is blessed with tremendous resources and will rely on private sector capital to monetize our resources. An unbalanced state budget will ultimately lead to confiscation of hard earned private sector dollars. It is imperative that we reduce the government footprint to put our state on solid footing for generations to come.

Wealthy scam the system again

rom today’s edition of what-were-they-thinking?: Some affluent Lake County parents used the court system to transfer guardianship of their teenage children to other people solely to get access to college financial aid intended for the needy. This was apparently a legal process, though we hope the loophole is closed ASAP. Morally, it represents an unconscionable abuse. According to reporting by ProPublica and the Wall Street Journal, several dozen parents in well-off Chicago suburbs transferred guardianship of teens who were juniors or seniors in high school to friends or family members. The teens were then able to report only their own small income on financial aid forms, which allowed them to claim and receive money meant for poor students. The investigative arm of the U.S. Department of Education has suggested a possible fix, according to the Journal: tightening the language about legal guardianship in the Federal Student Aid handbook. This seems like a good start. University financial aid offices and college counselors also have a role to play in ending this abuse. And oh, yes: Parents and teens need to honestly report their financial circumstances. The college experience should be an accrual of life lessons. What does it teach teenagers when their parents sign them out of the family and ask them to declare poverty to position themselves for ill-gotten benefits? Like the “Varsity Blues” college admissions scandal that broke earlier this year, in which rich families were accused of bribing their kids into elite colleges, this is not a victimless act. Money is diverted from students in real need, as grant money does run out. This could make the difference between whether a low-income teen can afford to attend college or not. Court resources are wasted on nonsense guardianship requests that flout the intention of financial aid regulations. The Wall Street Journal found 38 similar incidents in a study of 1,000 probate cases in Lake County. The reporting described a Chicago-area woman with a household income of more than $250,000 a year who transferred guardianship of her then-17-year-old daughter to her business partner. Claiming only her $4,200 summer job earnings, instead of her parents’ income, the teen secured $20,000 in need-based aid, including a federal Pell Grant. Yes, taxpayers foot the bill for some of this. There is some credit due in this outrageous saga. Not to the “college consulting” company apparently involved, and not to the law firms who shepherded the guardianship requests. Rather, we salute the high school counselor, unnamed in the articles, who raised the issue after she smelled something rotten. And we applaud university officials who aren’t varnishing their words. “It’s a scam,” Andy Borst, director of undergraduate admissions at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, told ProPublica. True, that. — The Chicago Tribune, July 30

voices of the peninsula | Bob Bird

The preposterous ACLU lawsuit

ecently, I defended Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s token gesture of docking the judiciary’s administrative budget $344,000 — the amount that the courts unconstitutionally demand the Legislature pay out for abortion and related expenses. However, it was apparently a burr under the saddle for the Left. They have gratefully kept this issue in front of the polity. It is difficult to jog the false notions that most citizens — and lawmakers — have about the allegedly coequal branches of government. Most folks rightly would consider any constitution boring reading. A lawmaker, however, is sworn to uphold it. Note it is not to uphold the courts or their opinions, it is to uphold the constitution. Those can be two different things. And while governors and lawmakers might possess faulty judgment, so might the courts. They have every right to intervene. For any skeptical readers, I am afraid they will simply have to read the boring constitution. However, the collective legislative opinion is even more important than the courts’, and this would also include a governor’s, who has the power of enforcement. All take the same oath. When opinions conflict, the outcome will not be agreeable to all, but it would be constitutional, but only if we follow the rules: as Hamilton said, the courts possess neither

will nor force, but merely judgment. Let’s play chess. Don’t like a court’s opinion? Gov. Dunleavy has every right to refuse to enforce it, although a governor Tony Knowles did. Check. Don’t like a governor’s opinions? Vote him out of office, recall him, impeach him. Check. Don’t like a Legislature’s collective action? Vote them out as well, in two or four years. Checkmate. But the people can do none of this with unelected Supreme Court justices. The courts are now demonstrating that if they don’t like the way the chess game is proceeding, they use the childish trump card of sweeping their arm across the chess board and declaring victory. Argument from a partisan voice such as mine is not nearly as effective as the events that now unfold before all of us: a breathtaking power grab, confirming why courts are meant to be, and are constituted as such, the weakest of the three branches. Consider the following: The courts have lobbied the Legislature as a special interest group to restore their funding. If they have not directly induced the ACLU to sue the Dunleavy administration, we are not so stupid about the winks and nods that are unquestionably occurring. It will then go to the courts who will make the ruling in their own interest. The mainstream media will parrot the party line that the courts are

neutral referees, but few people will be fooled any more. The courts will expect it to be obeyed, just like their other judicial fiats. The most doltish citizen should now be able to see that seeking remedy through the courts when the courts themselves are an interested party should either be cheerfully ignored or, if somehow a governor’s veto is deemed to be unconstitutional, become an impeachable offense. Those who favor abortion rights yet still want to keep a balance of power, might consider putting aside their social and ideological baggage long enough to understand that it is the courts, not the governor, who are the constitutional enemies in this case. Liberals ought to imagine a hypothetical case of a future court ordering funding or taxation for private schools; or how about court-ordered new constitutional “rights” that recognize anyone under the age of 18 as voting citizens. As yet, no court can order a governor’s veto be to ignored, but that is exactly what they are trying to do. If this seems far-fetched, wait 10 minutes. But the Legislature can certainly impeach the courts. Perhaps it is time. Bob Bird was twice a U.S. Senate candidate, is a retired public school teacher and currently a radio talk show host on KSRM.

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Who will lead Puerto Rico? Most residents have no clue; island’s governor to step down Friday By Danica Coto Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Less than 24 hours before Gov. Ricardo Rosselló was expected to leave office, Puerto Ricans had no idea who would replace him as political chaos threatened to paralyze the island with a constitutional crisis. Rosselló has promised to step down at 5 p.m. Friday in response to huge street protests by Puerto Ricans outraged at corruption, mismanagement and an obscenity-laced chat that was leaked in which the governor and 11 male allies made fun of women, gay people and victims of Hurricane Maria. “It’s frustrating. We’re in limbo,” said Jose Ramos, a taxi driver. “The island doesn’t have a path forward.” As one of his last acts, Rosselló put forward veteran politician and lawyer Pedro Pierluisi to fill the vacant secretary of state post, next in line for the governorship under the U.S. territory’s Constitution. Pierluisi is a former representative to the U.S. Congress seen by most ordinary Puerto Ricans as a conciliatory, relatively uncontroversial figure, unlikely to be met by continued street demonstrations. “I offered to take a step forward for Puerto Rico at this moment given my love for my country,” Pierluisi said. “My only loyalty as governor, if I have the support of legislators, is to the people of Puerto Rico. The Puerto Rican House of

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House leader Carlos Mendez Nunez speaks during a press conference regarding the nomination process for the next secretary of state, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Thursday.

Representatives is expected to vote on Pierluisi’s confirmation Friday afternoon. If he is rejected, Justice Secretary Wanda Vázquez automatically becomes governor as the next in the order of succession, even though she has said she would unwillingly accept the job. Some lawmakers said a House vote for Pierluisi would count as confirmation and allow him to assume the governorship. Opponents said he requires Senate approval, too, and they would sue to stop him becoming governor without that. “The situation could not be more complicated,” said Sen. José Antonio Vargas Vidot, an independent. “This is absurd, what we’re going through. We never thought something like this could happen.”

Rep. Rafael Hernández, a leader among opposition legislators, said he believes a “yes” vote by the House for Pierluisi on Friday would mean Vázquez becomes governor at 5 p.m. and Pierluisi her secretary of state. He said he would sue to stop any attempt to make Pierluisi governor, throwing the island into even more uncertainty. “We would go to the courts early Saturday or Friday afternoon,” he said. “Anything can happen.” Another obstacle for Pierluisi is Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz, who has said he would not vote for Rosselló’s nominee and wants to run for governor himself next year. Several legislators have said they prefer Rivera Schatz over

Pierluisi, but the Senate leader is a powerful figure deeply associated with Puerto Rico’s political and business elite and his elevation to the governorship could re-ignite popular outrage. Rosselló’s New Progressive Party holds majorities in both chambers of the legislature, meaning a united party could have easily named the next governor. Many Puerto Rican legislators were predicting that Pierluisi did not have the votes to be confirmed. But Rep. Gabriel Rodríguez Aguiló of the governing party said that an overwhelming number of constituents had called to ask for his confirmation. “We ran out of paper,” he said in reference to secretaries taking notes on the calls.

Trump tweets cause another market U-turn By Stan Choe Associated Press

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s tweets struck as quickly as a scythe Thursday and cut the legs out from not just a budding stock rally but several different markets. Within seconds of the president saying on Twitter that he plans more tariffs on Chinese goods, prices for stocks, gold and even measures of investors’ optimism screeched in a simultaneous U-turn. These new tariffs of 10% would go into effect Sept. 1 and affect goods and services from China that haven’t already been hit with tariffs of 25%. They would more directly affect consumer goods — retailers such as Best Buy tanked Thursday afternoon. If the tariffs go up another

step, to 25% on all Chinese imports, and remain for four to six months, Morgan Stanley economists say they expect a recession within nine months. Thursday marked the second straight day that markets made an immediate, 180-degree turn. On Wednesday, the trigger was investors’ disappointment in the Federal Reserve’s chairman, who didn’t commit in a press conference to as many future interest-rate cuts as investors had hoped for. But Thursday’s whiplash-inducing ride was even wilder. Among the day’s big moves: ■■ Broad U.S. stock indexes: The S&P 500 index was up as much as 1.1% in the morning following encouraging profit reports from several big companies. But it was down as much as 1.2% before ending the day 0.9% lower. ■■ Investor fear: One of the

GOP-controlled Senate confirms 13 more judges By Matthew Daly Associated Press

WASHINGTON — As the Senate departed for a five-week recess Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell hailed the chamber’s accomplishments, including a hardwon budget deal that staves off a possible government shutdown. But topping McConnell’s list were Senate votes this week confirming 13 of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees. The actions bring to more than 140 the number of judges confirmed by the Senate since Trump took office in 2017. Frustrated by delays in confirming dozens of lowerprofile nominees, McConnell, McConnell, R-Ky., and Senate Republicans rammed through a rules change this spring that cut back debate on most of Trump’s picks. The 13 judges approved

this week marks a decrease from the 19 judicial nominees Senate Republicans had planned to confirm before leaving Washington until September. Six other nominees are expected to get a vote once the Senate returns. Liberal activists decried the Senate votes and said Democrats should have worked harder to block the nominees or at least delay them. The batch of judges approved this week includes several who refused during their confirmation hearings to affirm that the Supreme Court decision in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education was correctly decided. The 1954 ruling declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional. Six of the 13 judges approved this week are from Texas, with two each from Illinois and Pennsylvania, and one each from Arizona, North Dakota and Oregon.

main ways to measure fear in the market is through an index that shows how much traders are paying for protection from upcoming swings in price for stocks. On Thursday morning, pre-tweets, the VIX index was down as much as 14.8%. Post-tweets: up as much as 20.7%. ■■ Bank stocks: Banks do well when they can lend money out at much higher interest rates than they’re paying for the cash they’re bringing in. But longer-term Treasury yields plunged Thursday as investors scrambled for safer investments, crimping banks’ potential profits. Bank of America went from being up 1.3% in the morning to being down as much as 4.3% after the tweets. ■■ Expectations for more rate cuts: On Wednesday afternoon, after the Fed had cut interest rates for the first

time in a decade, investors were nearly split on whether the central bank would follow up with another cut at its next meeting in September. Traders on Wednesday were pricing in a roughly 51% probability of a cut. Posttweets, those same traders said the probability had jumped to 70%. ■■ Retailer stocks: Shares of Best Buy, Gap and other retailers were some of the hardest hit on worries that higher prices for Chinesemade electronics and clothes will drag down their sales totals. Kohl’s sank 7.8%, and Macy’s lost 6.7%. ■■ Gold: When everything’s falling apart, investors often run for gold, thinking it’s the safest thing to own. Gold was down as much as 1.8% in the morning, but it jumped following Trump’s tweets and was up as much as 1.4% in the afternoon.

Central Peninsula Hospital Board of Directors is seeking qualified applicants for two [2] vacant position for a three-year term commencing January 2020. The CPH Board is committed to having an effective, sustainable governing board whose board members support and reflect the organizational needs and the board’s needs. The recruitment, selection and retention of board members are based upon the current and anticipated future concerns of the Hospital. As such, preference in selection will be given to applicants with demonstrated experience and background in the following areas: • Quality & Patient Safety • Finance • Community Relations The key competency we are always looking for is LEADERSHIP Any resident of the Central Kenai Peninsula Hospital Service Area, who is at least 21 years of age, is eligible to apply for Board membership. Applications and additional information on the Board can be obtained by calling 714- 4721, downloading copies from the CPGH Board website https://cpgh. civicweb.net or via email to tnettles@cpgh.org. Please return the completed application to: CPGH, Inc. Attn: Terri Nettles, CEO/Board Assistant 250 Hospital Place Soldotna, AK 99669

At rally, Trump laces into Democrats but avoids race CINCINNATI (AP) — President Donald Trump used a revved-up rally Thursday in Cincinnati to tear into the Democrats he has been elevating as his new political foils, attacking four liberal congresswomen of color and their party’s urban leaders, while also training fire on those he could be facing in 2020. But the president mostly avoided the racial controversy that has dominated recent weeks as he basked in front of the raucous crowd for nearly 90 minutes, unleashing broadside after broadside on his political foes. Trump, who had faced widespread criticism for not doing more to stop the chants of “Send her back” about Somali-born Rep. Ilhan Omar at a rally last month, seemed to want to avoid further furor, urging his supporters ahead of the rally to avoid the chant and largely sticking to a greatest hits performance. But while he did not mention Omar or her three colleagues by name in the opening moments of his Ohio gathering, the target of his attacks was unmistakable. “The Democrat party is now being led by four leftwing extremists who reject everything that we hold dear,” Trump said of Omar and her fellow House Democrats Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts. But the fleeting mention did not lead to further chants. Nor did an extended attack on Democratic leaders of urban areas, which Trump has laced into in recent days as part of his incendiary broadsides against Rep. Elijah Cummings and the majority-black city of Baltimore. “No one has paid a higher price for the far-left destructive agenda than Americans living in our nation’s inner cities,” Trump said, drawing cheers from the mostly white crowd in the packed arena on the banks of the Ohio River. “We send billions and billions and billions for years and years and it’s stolen money, and it’s wasted money.” The rally was the first for Trump since the “Send her back” chant at a North Carolina rally was denounced by Democrats and unnerved Republicans fearful of a presidential campaign fought on racial lines. In the early moments of Thursday’s rally, Trump declared, “I don’t want to be controversial.” He mostly stuck to it. With the eyes of the political world shifting from two days of Democratic debates to see if Trump would stoke racial anger, the president largely delivered his standard stump speech. But Trump, the most avid cable news viewer in the history of the office, could not resist delivering his review of the Detroit debates. “That’s was long, long television,” Trump said. “The Democrats spent more time attacking Barack Obama than they did attacking me, practically.” He mocked some of the leading Democratic contenders, reviving his nickname of “Sleepy” for Joe Biden, teasing Elizabeth Warren for claiming some Native American heritage and lashing the Democrats for their health care and immigration proposals. “The Democrats have never been so far outside the mainstream,” Trump claimed.

Today in History Today is Friday, Aug. 2, the 214th day of 2019. There are 151 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On August 2, 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait, seizing control of the oil-rich emirate. (The Iraqis were later driven out in Operation Desert Storm.) On this date: In 1610, during his fourth voyage to the Western Hemisphere, English explorer Henry Hudson sailed into what is now known as Hudson Bay. In 1776, members of the Second Continental Congress began attaching their signatures to the Declaration of Independence. In 1876, frontiersman “Wild Bill” Hickok was shot and killed while playing poker at a saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory, by Jack McCall, who was later hanged. In 1921, a jury in Chicago acquitted several former members of the Chicago White Sox baseball team and two others of conspiring to defraud the public in the notorious “Black Sox” scandal. Opera singer Enrico Caruso, 48, died in Naples, Italy. In 1922, Alexander Graham Bell, generally regarded as the inventor of the telephone, died in Nova Scotia, Canada, at age 75. In 1923, the 29th president of the United States, Warren G. Harding, died in San Francisco; Vice President Calvin Coolidge became president. In 1934, German President Paul von Hindenburg died, paving the way for Adolf Hitler’s complete takeover. In 1939, Albert Einstein signed a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt urging creation of an atomic weapons research program. President Roosevelt signed the Hatch Act, which prohibited civil service employees from taking an active part in political campaigns. In 1974, former White House counsel John W. Dean III was sentenced to one to four years in prison for obstruction of justice in the Watergate cover-up. (Dean ended up serving four months.) In 1980, 85 people were killed when a bomb exploded at the train station in Bologna, Italy. In 1985, 137 people were killed when Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 Tristar, crashed while attempting to land at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. In 2000, Republicans awarded Texas Gov. George W. Bush their 2000 presidential nomination at the party’s convention in Philadelphia and ratified Dick Cheney as his running mate. Ten years ago: A mystery from the 1991 Gulf War was finally solved as the Pentagon announced that the remains of missing Navy pilot Michael “Scott” Speicher (SPY’-kur) had been found. Catriona Matthew won the Women’s British Open for her first major title, beating Karrie Webb by three strokes. Five years ago: Dr. Kent Brantly, the first Ebola victim to be brought to the United States from Africa, was safely escorted into a specialized isolation unit at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, where he recovered from the disease. Author Billie Letts, 76, died in Tulsa, Oklahoma. One year ago: Pope Francis changed Catholic Church teaching on capital punishment, decreeing that the death penalty is “inadmissible” under all circumstances. Apple became the world’s first publicly-traded company to be valued at $1 trillion. The Trump administration proposed weakening Obama-era mileage standards designed to make cars more fuel efficient and less polluting. Today’s Birthdays: Actor Nehemiah Persoff is 100. Rock musician Garth Hudson (The Band) is 82. Singer Kathy Lennon (The Lennon Sisters) is 76. Actress Joanna Cassidy is 74. Actress Kathryn Harrold is 69. Actor Butch Patrick (TV: “The Munsters”) is 66. Rock music producer/drummer Butch Vig (Garbage) is 64. Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., is 62. Singer Mojo Nixon is 62. Actress Victoria Jackson is 60. Actress Apollonia is 60. Actress Cynthia Stevenson is 57. Actress Mary-Louise Parker is 55. Rock musician John Stanier is 51. Writer-actor-director Kevin Smith is 49. Actress Jacinda Barrett is 47. Actor Sam Worthington is 43. Figure skater Michael Weiss is 43. Actor Edward Furlong is 42. Rock musician Devon Glenn is 39. TV meteorologist Dylan Dreyer (TV: “Today”) is 38. Actress Marci Miller is 34. Singer Charli XCX is 27. Actress Hallie Eisenberg is 27. Thought for Today: “A beautiful soul has no other merit than its own existence.” -- Friedrich von Schiller, German author (1759-1805).

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South Korea says North launches more projectiles By Kim Tong-Hyung Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s military said North Korea fired unidentified projectiles twice Friday into the sea off its eastern coast in its third weapons tests in just over a week. The North’s increased testing activity is seen as brinkmanship aimed at increasing pressure on Seoul and Washington over the slow pace of

nuclear negotiations. Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the launches were conducted at 2:59 a.m. and 3:23 a.m. from an eastern coastal area but did not immediately confirm how many projectiles were fired or how far they flew. The North fired shortrange ballistic missiles on July 25 and conducted what it described as a test firing of a new multiple rocket launcher system Wednesday.

Experts say the North is demonstrating its frustration over planned U.S.-South Korea military exercises and stalled nuclear negotiations with the United States, and its weapons tests could intensify if negotiations do not proceed rapidly over the next few months. By firing weapons that directly threaten South Korea but not the U.S. mainland or its Pacific territories, North Korea also appears to

be dialing up pressure on Seoul and testing how far Washington will tolerate its bellicosity without actually causing the nuclear negotiations to collapse, analysts say. North Korea’s state media has said leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday supervised the first test firing of a new multiple rocket launcher system he said would soon serve a “main role” in his military’s land combat

operations and create an “inescapable distress to the forces becoming a fat target of the weapon.” The report by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency differed from the assessment by South Korea’s military, which had concluded Wednesday’s launches were of two short-range ballistic missiles. On July 25, North Korea fired two short-range

ballistic missiles that Seoul officials said flew 370 miles and as high as 30 miles before landing in the sea. North Korea said those tests were designed to deliver a “solemn warning” to South Korea over its purchase of high-tech, U.S.-made fighter jets and the planned military drills, which Pyongyang calls an invasion rehearsal. The North also tested short-range missiles on May 4 and 9.

Walloped by heat wave, Greenland sees massive ice melt By David Rising Associated Press

BERLIN — The heat wave that smashed high temperature records in five European countries a week ago is now over Greenland, accelerating the melting of the island’s ice sheet and causing massive ice loss in the Arctic. Greenland, the world’s largest island, is a semiautonomous Danish territory between the Atlantic and Arctic oceans that has 82% of its surface covered in ice. The area of the Greenland ice sheet that is showing indications of melt has been growing daily, and hit a record 56.5% for this year on Wednesday, said Ruth Mottram, a climate scientist with the Danish Meteorological Institute. She says that was expected to expand and peak Thursday before cooler temperatures slow the pace of the melt. More than 11 billion U.S. tons of ice was lost to the oceans by surface melt on Wednesday alone, creating a

net mass ice loss of some 217 billion U.S. tons from Greenland in July, she said. “It looks like the peak will be today. But the long-term forecast is for continuing warm and sunny weather in Greenland, so that means the amount of the ice loss will continue,” she said Thursday in a telephone interview from Copenhagen. The scope of Wednesday’s ice melt is a number difficult to grasp. To understand just how much ice is being lost, a mere 1 billion tons — or 1 gigaton — of ice loss is equivalent to about 400,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools, the Danish Meteorological Institute said . And 110 billion U.S. tons corresponds to a 0.01 inch rise in global sea levels. Mottram said since June 1 — roughly the start of the ice-loss season — the Greenland ice sheet has lost 240 gigatons (240 billion metric tons) this year. That compares with 290 gigatons lost overall in the 2012 melt season, which usually goes

through the end of August. A June 2019 study by scientists in the U.S. and Denmark said melting ice in Greenland alone will add between 2 to 13 inches to rising global sea levels by the year 2100. If all the ice in Greenland melted — which would take centuries — the world’s oceans would rise by 23 feet, 7 inches, the study found. The current melting has been brought on by the arrival of the same warm air from North Africa and Spain that melted European cities and towns last week, setting national temperature records in Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Britain. In Russia, meanwhile, forest fires caused by hot, dry weather and spread by high winds are raging over nearly 11,580 sq. miles of territory in Siberia and the Russian Far East — an area the size of Belgium. The smoke from these fires, some of them in Arctic territory, is so heavy it can

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This aerial view shows melt-water lakes on the edge of an ice cap in Nunatarssuk, Greenland, on June 22.

easily be seen in satellite photos and is causing air quality problems in towns and some cities, including Russia’s third-largest city, Novosibirsk. Residents want the Russian government to do more to fight the blazes. Greenland has also been battling a slew of Arctic wildfires, something that Mottram said was uncommon in the past.

In Greenland, the melt area this year is the secondbiggest in terms of ice area affected, behind more than 90% in 2012, said Mark Serreze, director of the Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado, which monitors ice sheets globally. Records go back to 1981. A lot of what melts can later refreeze onto the ice sheet, but because of the

conditions ahead of this summer’s heat wave, the amount of ice lost for good this year might be the same as in 2012 or more, according to scientists. They noted a long build up to this summer’s ice melt — including higher overall temperatures for months — and a very dry winter with little snow in many places, which would normally offer some protection to glacier ice. “This is certainly a weather event superimposed on this overall trend of warmer conditions” that have increasingly melted Greenland ice over the long term, Serreze said. Compounding the melt, the Greenland ice sheet started out behind this year because of the low ice and snow accumulation, said Snow and Ice Data Center scientist Twila Moon. With man-made climate change, “there’s a potential for these kind of rates to become more common 50 years from now,” Moon said.

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OTTAWA — A Trump administration plan to let Americans legally import cheaper prescription drugs from Canada is causing concern among Canadians who that fear it could cause shortages of some medications — as well as surprise by officials who say they weren’t consulted about a possible influx of U.S. drug-buyers. The plan is a “clear and present danger” to the health and well-being of Canadians who need prescription medications, said John Adams, the volunteer chairman of the Best Medicines Coalition, a nonprofit organization representing 28 national patient organizations. Adams told The Canadian Press the existing supply of drugs in Canada is not always sufficient to meet the current needs of Canadians, let alone a sudden surge in demand

from south of the border. Diabetes Canada is one of more than a dozen organizations that urged the Canadian government to safeguard the country’s drug supply. “It’s clear to us that whatever measures need to be put in place to prevent, for example, large-scale importation by online pharmacies or large-scale importation by large U.S. states, has to be put in place because Canada is not structured to produce an amount of medications required for a population that size,” Kimberley Hanson, executive director of Diabetes Canada, told the CBC. The Trump administration’s announcement also came as a surprise to Canadian health officials. Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor’s office said while U.S. and Canadian officials have “mutual interest” in fostering lower drug prices, details of Wednesday’s

announcement by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar were not discussed beforehand. “While we’re aware of ongoing state-led initiatives to import Canadian drugs, we weren’t consulted on specifics,” the office said in a statement. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged Thursday that Health Canada will ensure there is a “steady and solid supply” of medications for Canadians. The Trump administration said Wednesday it will create a way for Americans to legally import lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada for the first time, reversing years of refusals by health authorities at a time of public outcry over high prices for lifesustaining medications. The plan still has to go through regulatory approval and could face court challenges from drugmakers.

Syria agrees to Idlib cease-fire By Albert Ah and Edith M. Lederer Associated Press

DAMASCUS, Syria — Syria’s government said it has agreed to a conditional cease-fire starting late Thursday in northwestern Syria, according to state media. Government troops and allied Russia warplanes have been carrying out a threemonth offensive against the rebel’s last stronghold, which has displaced hundreds of thousands and has targeted health facilities and other infrastructure. The decision came hours after U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres authorized an investigation into attacks on health facilities and schools in the rebel-held enclave, following a petition from 10 members of the U.N.

Security Council. The offensive in Idlib and surrounding areas has unfolded since April 30, displacing more than 400,000 people and killing hundreds. Images of attacks on health facilities and residential homes were reminiscent of the peak of the violence in the eight-year conflict. International rights groups, western countries and the U.N. had appealed for a cease-fire. Around 3 million people are living in the rebel-held area. A war monitoring group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said there was no sign of a cease-fire. It said intense clashes continued on the southern edge of the rebel stronghold. The Syrian decision, announced in state media through an unnamed military official, said the

cease-fire is conditional on the rebel’s retreat 12.5 miles deep and away from demilitarized areas that ring the stronghold, which were agreed to in a cease-fire deal reached last September. Idlib was supposed to be a de-escalation zone under the agreement signed between Russia, a key Syrian government ally, and Turkey, which backs the opposition. The rebel stronghold is dominated by al-Qaida-linked militants and other jihadi groups. The Syrian military official didn’t offer a timeline for applying the condition. Failure to implement the retreat and disarmament of militants was one of the reasons why the September cease-fire collapsed. At the time, the retreat was for up to 15 miles in some areas.

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Rural churches search for place in changing world By Madeline Heim Winona Daily News

WINONA, Minn. — After a few days of sweltering heat broke with an afternoon storm, the bells rang at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Rollingstone as parishioners passed through its doors for Saturday mass. Formed by immigrants of Luxembourg who settled in the area, the church recently celebrated its 150th birthday in June. The roughly 400-member congregation — of which about 100 show up for the weekend service and a quarter of that for daily mass — is proud of the community that fills the pews, from the littlest squirming child to the gray-haired old guard. The congregation cracked their hymnals and fixed their attention on Tammy Schmit, who began to lead them in song. “I don’t sing karaoke, I don’t go to the bar and sing,” said Schmit, who has been a cantor at Holy Trinity since she was 17. “But when I look out to the people and they’re all singing with me … it makes me feel good.” Like many who attend Holy

Trinity, Schmit has a long history with the church. It’s where her parents were married, where she received her First Communion, where she and her husband, Mark, held their wedding and where her two sons, now 19 and 25, were baptized. It’s a family. “I can’t imagine going anywhere else,” she told Winona Daily News . The sentiment is true at so many of the rural churches that dot this stretch of the Mississippi River, many of whom have congregations even smaller than Holy Trinity. People like to worship with friends, to show up to a place that misses them when they’re gone. As much as the churches serve as a cornerstone of their community, however, the world around them is changing. Family farms are less viable, people leave the rural town they grew up in for an urban center and attitudes toward religion have shifted, presenting churches with new challenges as they define themselves and their futures. In Rollingstone, the population has dropped from close to 800 in

church briefs Kasilof Community Church Food Pantry

Blvd, (behind Salvation Army Store) in Soldotna. Open to kids ages 5-12. Call 262-7416 for more information.

Kasilof Community Church Food Pantry starts Wednesday, June 5 and every Wednesday from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. for residents in the community who are experiencing food shortages. The pantry is located in the church office building next to the Kasilof Mercantile, about mile 109 on the Sterling Highway. All are welcome. Nonperishable food items may be dropped at this same location Monday-Thursday from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Contact the church office for more information at 262-7512.

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KP Young Adult Ministry is available at Ammo Can Coffee Thursday nights at 7 p.m. KP Young Adult Ministry is geared toward fostering the healthy Christian Community for young adults between the ages

Power Kyd Live! kid crusade will take place Sunday, Aug. 18 from 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. at Peninsula Christian Center, 161 Farnsworth

ABC Life Choices will host a 5K Run & Walk on Saturday, Aug. 3 at Soldotna Bible Chapel at 300 W. Marydale Ave. Registration time 8:30 a.m. Start time 10 a.m. Registration is free. T-shirts and brunch provided. Donations appreciated. Mens, womens, kids divisions. All ages welcome. Questions contact Kris at 907-283-9062 or kharris@ abclifechoices.org.

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Parishioners gather for Mass at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Rollingstone, Minnesota, on July 20.

2000 to 664 in 2017, according to U.S. census data. Their community school closed last year, they lost a local bar and they’ll soon be losing a bank. Though fewer are Catholic today than when she was growing up, Schmit said, the church still acts as a gathering place for a little town that doesn’t have a lot. Still, always lurking is the specter of “oratory status,” a classification meaning the church is locked

up during the week and has no regular priest. The Diocese of Winona-Rochester conducts a sweep of its parishes every five to 10 years to assess whether oratory status is needed, according to the Rev.Chinnappa Pothireddy, who has presided over the Rollingstone congregation for the past two years after moving to the U.S. from India. Holy Trinity will stay open, he

of 18 and 25 years old. For more information contact us through our Facebook Page KP Young Adult Ministry.

and Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. or on Sunday from 9 a.m. until noon. For more information call 262-4657.

Clothes Quarters open

United Methodist Church Food Pantry

Clothes Quarters at Our Lady of the Angels is open every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. the first Saturday of every month from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call 907-283-4555.

Soldotna Food Pantry open weekly The Soldotna Food Pantry is open every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for residents in the community who are experiencing food shortages. The Food Pantry is located at the Soldotna United Methodist Church at 158 South Binkley Street, and all are welcome. Non-perishable food items or monetary donations may be dropped off at the church on Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The Kenai United Methodist Church provides a food pantry for those in need every Monday from 12:30-3 p.m. The Methodist Church is located on the Kenai Spur Highway next to the Boys and Girls Club. The entrance to the Food Pantry is through the side door. The Pantry closes for holidays. For more information contact the church at 907-283-7868.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help sets place at table A Place at the Table, a new outreach ministry of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, Soldotna continues to offer a hot meal and fellowship and blood

said, but the two other parishes for which he preaches — St. Mary Church in Minneiska and St. Paul Church in Minnesota City — will enter into oratory status in a few years. “We have less baptisms and more funerals,” Pothireddy said. “It’s not a decrease in faith. People have faith.” If not a decrease in faith, then perhaps the role faith plays in society that is changing, said Pastor Greg Ferriss, who leads St. John’s United Church of Christ in Fountain City, Wisconsin. Ferriss’s congregation is about 200 members that he has led for the past decade, though the church itself was founded in the late 1800s. It’s a mix of older folks and younger families, and many have returned to church as a different season in their life begins: a retirement, a child being born or one going off to college, for example. “A lot of people used to go to church because everyone did,” Ferriss said. “Most people sitting in my pews now, generally speaking, have some real faith questions that they want to play with, as opposed to, ‘I can get on the PTA if I’m here.’”

pressure checks to anyone interested. The meal is the second, third and fourth Sunday of each month, from 4-6 p.m. at Fireweed Hall, located on campus at 222 West Redoubt Avenue, Soldotna. The Abundant Life Assembly of God church, Sterling, will be joining us in this ministry and providing a hot meal on the second Sunday of the month at 4-6 p.m. at Fireweed Hall. The Soldotna Church of the Nazarene will offer the meal on the third Sunday of each month. Our Lady of Perpetual Help will offer on the fourth Sunday of each month. Our Lady of Perpetual Help would like to invite other churches who would like to join this ministry to perhaps pick up one of the other Sunday evenings in the month. Call 262-5542. Submit announcements to news@peninsulaclarion. com. Submissions are due the Wednesday prior to publication. For more information, call 907-283-7551.

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Church of Christ

Soldotna Church Of Christ

Mile 1/4 Funny River Road, Soldotna

209 Princess St., Kenai 283-7752 Pastor Stephen Brown Sunday..9:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.................6:30 p.m. www.kenainewlife.org

Peninsula Christian Center

161 Farnsworth Blvd (Behind the Salvation Army) Soldotna, AK 99669 Pastor Jon Watson 262-7416 Sunday ....................... 10:30 a.m. Wednesday..................6:30 p.m. www.penccalaska.org Nursery is provided

The Charis Fellowship Sterling Grace Community Church

Dr. Roger E. Holl, Pastor 907-862-0330 Meeting at the Sterling Senior Center, 34453 Sterling Highway Sunday Morning ........10:30 a.m.

262-2202 / 262-4316 Minister - Nathan Morrison Sunday Worship ........10:00 a.m. Bible Study..................11:15 a.m. Evening Worship ........ 6:00 p.m. Wed. Bible .................... 7:00 p.m.

Kenai Fellowship Mile 8.5 Kenai Spur Hwy.

Church 283-7682

Classes All Ages ........10:00 a.m. Worship Service.........11:15 a.m. Wed. Service ................ 7:00 p.m. www.kenaifellowship.org

Episcopal

50750 Kenai Spur Hwy (mile 24.5) 776-7660 Sunday Services Bible Study..................10:00 a.m. Morning Worship ......11:00 a.m. Fellowship Meal....... 12:30 p.m. Afternoon Worship ... 1:30 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study.................... 7:00 p.m

Nazarene

Connecting Community to Christ (907) 262-4660 229 E. Beluga Ave. soldotnanazarene.com Pastor: Dave Dial Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. Wednesday Dinner & Discipleship 6:00 p.m.

Funny River Community Lutheran Church

North Star United Methodist Church

Andy Carlson, Pastor Missouri Synod 35575 Rabbit Run Road off Funny River Rd. Phone 262-7434 Sunday Worship ........11:00 a.m. www.funnyriverlutheran.org

St. Francis By The Sea

110 S. Spruce St. at Spur Hwy. - Kenai • 283-6040 Sunday Services Worship Service.........11:00 a.m. Eucharistic Services on the 1st & 4th Sundays

283-6040

Christ Lutheran Church (ELCA)

Mile ¼ Kenai Spur Box 568, Soldotna, AK 99669 262-4757 Pastor Meredith Harber Worship ............11 a.m. & 6 p.m. Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month

Sterling Lutheran Church LCMS 35100 McCall Rd. Behind Sterling Elementary School Worship: Sunday .... 11:00 a.m. Bill Hilgendorf, Pastor 907-740-3060

Non Denominational

Mile 25.5 Kenai Spur Hwy, Nikiski “Whoever is thirsty, let him come”

776-8732 NSUMC@alaska.net Sunday Worship ..........9:30 a.m.

300 W. Marydale • Soldotna 262-4865 John Rysdyk - Pastor/Teacher Sunday: Morning Worship ................9:30 a.m. Sunday School....................11:00 a.m. Sunday Evening Worship ..6:00 p.m.

Star Of The North Lutheran Church L.C.M.S.

You Are Invited! Wheelchair Accessible

Lutheran

Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Methodist

Dustin Atkinson, Pastor Sponsor of the Lutheran Hour 216 N. Forest Drive, Kenai 283-4153 SUMMER SCHEDULE Worship Service.........10:00 a.m.

Nikiski Church Of Christ

Catholic 222 W. Redoubt, Soldotna Oblates of Mary Immaculate 262-4749 Daily Mass Tues.-Fri. .................... 12:05 p.m. Saturday Vigil ........... 5:00 p.m. Reconciliation Saturday................4:15 - 4:45 p.m. Sunday Mass ............ 10:00 a.m.

Mile 91.7 Sterling Hwy. 262-5577 Minister Tony Cloud Sunday Services Bible Study..................10:00 a.m. Morning Worship ......11:00 a.m. Evening Worship ....... 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Service Bible Study.................... 7:00 p.m

Lutheran

Southern Baptist Non Denominational Kalifonsky Christian Center

Mile 17 K-Beach Rd. 283-9452 Pastor Steve Toliver Pastor Charles Pribbenow Sunday Worship .......10:30 a.m. Youth Group Wed. ..... 7:00 p.m. Passion for Jesus Compassion for Others

Kenai Bible Church

604 Main St. 283-7821 Pastor Vance Wonser Sunday School..............9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship ........11:00 a.m. Evening Service .......... 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Service .... 6:30 p.m.

North Kenai Chapel Pastor Wayne Coggins 776-8797 Mile 29 Kenai Spur Hwy

Sunday Worship...................10:30 am Wed. Share-a-Dish/Video.....6:30 pm

College Heights Baptist Church

44440 K-Beach Road Pastor: Scott Coffman Associate Pastor: Jonah Huckaby 262-3220 www.collegeheightsbc.com

Sunday School .......9:00 & 10:30 a.m. Morn. Worship .......9:00 & 10:30 a.m. Sunday Evening - Home Groups. Nursery provided

First Baptist Church of Kenai

12815 Kenai Spur Hwy, Kenai 283-7672 Sunday School..............9:30 a.m. Morning Worship ......10:45 a.m. Evening Service .......... 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Prayer ..... 6:30 p.m.

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Big comeback pushes Bucs past Oilers Staff report Peninsula Clarion

The underdog Peninsula Oilers learned another painful lesson as to why the Anchorage Bucs are the top team in the Alaska Baseball League in 2019, losing a wild roller-coaster playoff opener Thursday night at Mulcahy Stadium in Anchorage. The Oilers blew a six-run lead, allowing seven unanswered runs late to fall 7-6 and give the Bucs a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three semifinal series. Game 2 begins tonight at 7 p.m. at

Mulcahy as an elimination game for the Oilers. If the Oilers win Friday, Saturday will become a winner-take-all Game 3, with the winner moving on to the Top of the World Series. In the other semifinal series, the Anchorage Glacier Pilots took a 1-0 lead over the Mat-Su Miners with a 5-1 win. Oilers head coach Kyle Brown stayed optimistic in pointing out that the season isn’t over yet. “The message to the guys was, ‘Well, that sucked,’” Brown said in a postgame interview on 1140 AM.

“But the beautiful thing is we get to do it again tomorrow.” After going up 6-0, all runs coming in the sixth inning, the fourthseeded Oilers looked to be on their way to pulling an upset on the topseeded Bucs, particularly after the way Peninsula starter Jake Adams mowed down batters in the first five innings. However, the Bucs steadily picked at the lead, scoring three runs in the bottom of the sixth and four more in the seventh. Anchorage’s Chad Castillo capped

the comeback with a two-run double to take the lead at 7-6. Adams struck out nine over the first five scoreless innings for the Oilers, but struggled to start the sixth and ended up allowing three runs on five hits. “I thought our pitching was good, Jake Adams threw the ball very well through five, and I thought he got a little tired in the sixth,” Brown said. “The walks came later in the game, but the most important thing is when you give this team the opportunity to score, they produce. They don’t miss

those crucial pitches.” Adams loaded the bases on three straight walks before being pulled with no outs on the board. Reliever Giancarlo Servin allowed a sac fly by Taishi Nakawake and a basesloaded walk by Blake Paugh to cut the lead further to 6-3, but got out of the inning with the lead. Calvin Farris entered on the mound in the bottom of the seventh, allowing two base runners for Justin Cook to score one on an RBI single, See oilers, Page A10

Fangio leads Broncos despite kidney stone By Barry Wilner AP Pro Football Writer

CANTON, Ohio — For a while Thursday, Vic Fangio didn’t know if his longawaited debut as a head coach would happen in the Hall of Fame game. Fangio finished team meetings, then headed to a hospital because of a kidney stone. Though determined to lead his new team, the Denver Broncos, against Atlanta, “I didn’t know if I would make it.” He did, and he was made a winner thanks to a late rally. Fangio, an NFL assistant coach for nearly two decades, saw a late interception set up rookie Juwann Winfree’s 15-yard touchdown catch, and his team edged the Falcons 14-10 to open the NFL’s preseason. Yes, it was an exhibition game — the real first test comes Sept. 9 at Oakland. Still, Fangio was getting his chance to run a team. So this truly was a debut. “Winning has cured more things than penicillin,” joked Fangio, who still had not passed the stone when he met with the media after the game. “Nobody is doing backflips and cartwheels like in the regular season.” Trey Johnson’s interception of Matt Schaub’s pass after the Atlanta backup quarterback was pressured set up Denver at the Falcons 38 with 5:21 remaining. A 14-yard pass interference call on fourth down against Rashard Causey kept Denver in it, but the Broncos were hurt by a holding penalty against rookie Ryan Crozier. Unfazed, rookie Brett Rypien hurled a pass into the right corner of the end zone,

where it was deflected and Winfree latched onto it with 1:26 remaining. “Trey made a nice play at the end, and Winfree made an acrobatic catch,” Fangio said. “It’s always good to be here for this game. It’s always great to be around great ex-players and owners.” Fangio also became the first coach to utilize the new rule allowing challenges of pass interference calls. Late in the second quarter, Linden Stephens was called for a 43-yard defensive penalty. Officials upheld the call. “I made a statement I’d be the first to throw the flag on defensive pass interference,” said Fangio, one of the premier defensive coordinators the league has seen. Both teams had eight-play first-half drives for touchdowns. Denver’s was finished by Khalfani Muhammad’s 3-yard run up the middle. Atlanta tied it with a precise two-minute drill guided by first-year quarterback Kurt Benkert, who is seeking a backup job to Matt Ryan. Benkert took the Falcons 61 yards in 1:17, hitting running back Brian Hill with a 3-yard touchdown pass. Benkert conducted another impressive series in the third period, going 56 yards in 12 plays to Giorgio Tavecchio’s 27-yard field goal for a 10-7 lead. Benkert headed to the locker room early in the fourth quarter with a toe injury. He went 19 of 34 for 185 yards. Otherwise, it pretty much was a slopfest marred by dropped passes, penalties and missed assignments. Then again, how much can be expected in such an early preseason game?

A pair of tents sits at the Infinity Pools above the Tutka Backdoor Trail on July 9, 2019. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Taking time for Tutka Backdoor “ 21 miles and 6,000 feet of climb? In four days?” The scene was the lobby of the Kenai Visitor and Cultural Center in midApril, immediately following a KDLL Adventure Talk on the Tutka Backdoor Trail. I bumped into a frequent hiking companion and she was thinking the same thing. We had recently done a 20-mile, 3,900-foot hiking and skiing adventure in a single day. “I’d think it would be one or two days,” she said. “I’m not much for spending a lot of time in camp.” The Tutka Backdoor Trail,

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under construction since April 2016, is the Kenai Peninsula’s newest option for a long trek. It starts in Tutka Bay, which is across Kachemak Bay from Homer, and travels 21 miles to Taylor Bay on the Gulf of Alaska side of the Kenai Peninsula. The trail is being built by Ground Truth Trekking, a nonprofit headquartered in Seldovia. One of

the presenters at the KDLL talk was Bretwood “Hig” Higman, executive director and co-founder of Ground Truth Trekking. He warned of river crossings, navigational challenges, steep rock and snow. He said that some areas were still an “adventure trail.” He advised that some even found packrafts and ice axes necessary. But when my hiking companion, another experienced hiker and I headed out for five days on Tutka Backdoor Trail in early July, the thinking was we’d get to Taylor Bay and back. We’d

heard dire warnings about trails before. They rarely panned out. On Day 1, even with a wrong turn costing us an hour and an extra 1.8 miles of hiking, we cruised through the first 9.2 miles in 5 hours and 30 minutes. We’d be at Taylor Bay by tomorrow. Then came the first major stream crossing, and two positives combining to make a negative. The positives? My last crust ski in Homer this year came on May 9. And the weather on Day 1 of our hike See office, Page A9

Rethinking nonnative species in a human-driven world W

White sweetclover is now managed as an invasive species in Alaska. Ironically, it was introduced as both forage and for erosion control, and was actually cultivated for cold-hardiness by a University of Alaska agronomy professor. (Photo provided by Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)

ow. In the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s 20192020 hunting regulations, mule deer and white-tailed deer can now be harvested. These two nonnative species appear to be here to stay. Mule deer are moving in from the Yukon Territory, recently seen near Skagway, Tok, Delta Junction and Fairbanks. White-tailed deer are probing our border with British Columbia, observed recently around Hyder and Haines. It’s strange how sometimes we accept novel species without blinking. In this case, deer are expanding their distribution northward and westward as the climate warms, a response that some would describe as natural because it’s unassisted by humans, but others would say is unnatural because the climate is warming due to human activities. Sometimes we deliberately introduce species. More than 30 species of big game, furbearer and game birds have been transplanted in Alaska by various agencies and organizations. Some of

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these are novel species such as Roosevelt elk from Washington State and plains bison from Montana. Several forestry programs have deliberately introduced novel tree species to Alaska, of which the most widely dispersed are Siberian larch, lodgepole pine and Scotch pine. A couple years ago, I informally inventoried exotic trees planted in urban areas on the Kenai Peninsula and recorded over 60 tree species including oaks, maples, ash, elms and even dawn redwood. In contrast, there are only 14 native tree species on the peninsula. Sometimes we fight species. To date, $3.2 million has been spent combating elodea, the first freshwater invasive plant to establish in Alaska. Elodea was likely first introduced here when somebody decided to dump their aquarium into the nearest lake. And consider that we spend

a lot of money eradicating northern pike from the Kenai Peninsula, a species deliberately (and illegally) introduced from populations, presumably in the Yukon River drainage where it is native. Yet the peninsula is also the recipient of ruffed grouse and Arctic grayling, two other species native to Alaska but not to the Kenai Peninsula. Sometimes we try to prevent species from even arriving here. The Alaska Division of Agriculture lists 14 prohibited and restricted noxious terrestrial plants, and has banned the importation of elodea and three other aquatic invasive plants without a permit. ADF&G prohibits felt sole boots for fishing to prevent introducing New Zealand mudsnails, Didymo (rock snot) and whirling disease. The U.S. Department of Agriculture requires travelers entering Alaska from a foreign country to declare fruit, vegetables, plants and plant products, meat and meat products, animals, birds and eggs. An interesting twist is the

deliberate introduction of a novel parasitoid wasp, collected in Alberta, as a biocontrol agent for ambermarked birch leafminer, which was accidentally introduced to Alaska from Europe in the 1990s, whereupon it started damaging our native birch. What was thought to be Lathrolestes luteolator, the wasp which kills birch leafminer in Europe, was released right here in the Fred Meyer parking lot in 2007. The irony is that later that year, the species released turned out to be a different wasp, Lathrolestes thomsoni, a new (previously undescribed) species to science. What a tangled web we weave! If these distinctions between what is “bad” and what is “good” seem a bit arbitrary and a little confusing, I’d be the first to agree with you. We place value on salmon and big game so transplanted species that jeopardize these resources are generally suspect, but not always. See refuge, Page A9

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Cardinals top Cubs, take over 1st place ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jack Flaherty struck out nine in seven strong innings and Matt Wieters hit a three-run homer as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 8-0 Thursday in a matchup of NL Central leaders. The Cardinals won two games in the three-game set and claimed first in the division, a game ahead of Chicago. The Cubs have lost four of six overall and 11 of their last 16 on the road. Flaherty (5-6) allowed just one hit and walked two in recording his first win since May 14, a span of 79 days and 12 starts. The right-hander held the Cubs without a hit until newcomer Nicholas Castellanos singled to right with two out in the sixth. Wieters capped off a fourrun, sixth-inning outburst with a three-run homer off Derek Holland. Jose Martinez, Kolten Wong and Yairo Muniz had RBI singles for the Cardinals.

ASTROS 7, INDIANS 1 CLEVELAND — Gerrit Cole pitched one-run ball over seven innings and extended his winning streak to a careerbest nine games as Houston beat Cleveland, spoiling the home debut of Yasiel Puig and the return of Danny Salazar. Cole (13-5) gave up four hits, all in the first four innings, and struck out four for Houston. Alex Bregman, Michael Brantley and Yordan Alvarez drove in two runs apiece, while George Springer hit his MLB-leading eighth leadoff home run and scored three times. Bregman went 3 for 3 with a solo homer. Puig doubled off the wall in the fourth and went 1 for 3 with a stolen base in his first game since being acquired from Cincinnati. Franmil Reyes, who came over from San Diego in the same threeteam trade, had a single in four at-bats.

RAYS 9, RED SOX 4 BOSTON — Rookie lefthander Brendan McKay struck out seven, Mike Zunino and Austin Meadows homered, and Tampa

Bay completed a three-game sweep over Boston. The Rays have won four straight and hold the AL’s final wild card by a half-game over Oakland. Boston fell 3 1/2 games behind Tampa Bay. The Red Sox lost their fourth straight and fell 10 1/2 games behind the AL East-leading Yankees. Tommy Pham had two RBI singles and Jesús Aguilar singled and scored twice in his debut for the Rays. Eric Sogard also had two hits for the Rays. McKay (2-1) got his second win in the majors, holding Boston to three runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings. Xander Bogaerts went 4 for 4 with two homers, and Mookie Betts also homered for the Red Sox.

PHILLIES 10, GIANTS 2 PHILADELPHIA — J.T. Realmuto hit a three-run homer and fell a triple shy of the cycle, Cesar Hernandez and Roman Quinn also went deep, and Philadelphia beat San Francisco. Jake Arrieta pitched twohit ball into the fifth but was pulled after 71 pitches because of a bone spur in his right elbow. He allowed two runs — one earned — and four hits, striking out five in four-plus innings. Jose Alvarez (2-2) and three relievers tossed five scoreless innings. Giants starter Dereck Rodriguez (4-6) gave up seven runs — four earned — and eight hits in three innings.

MARLINS 5, TWINS 4 MIAMI — Newly acquired Minnesota reliever Sam Dyson blew a three-run lead in the ninth inning, then Harold Ramirez hit a leadoff homer in the 12th to make Miami a winner. Dyson, acquired from San Francisco on Wednesday, faced four batters and didn’t retire any of them, allowing two walks and two hits before being pulled. The Marlins tied it with three runs, and Ramirez homered in the 12th, connecting off Cody Stashak (0-1) to avert a three-game sweep. Ramirez also doubled home a run in the second.

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Consider that although deer may represent a new species to harvest, they are also a vector for new tick species, tick-borne diseases, and chronic wasting disease, all of which threaten moose in Alaska. We sometimes deliberately introduce plants and animals that we like, even when we know they cause harm. How many European bird cherry trees grow in the Kenai-Soldotna area, although Anchorage banned their sale two years ago because cyanide

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was clear, beautiful and hot. The negative? All that snowpack that kept me skiing late into spring was now liquifying in the mountains and gushing down the river. So the height of the river was a challenge, but the real problem was our lack of experience and knowledge in that situation. We knew about locking arms and using trekking poles for balance, but we didn’t know about how to read the water and the river bottom to find the safest way across. Luckily, on the morning of Day 3, we ran into Erin McKittrick, director and co-founder of Ground Truth Trekking. She gave us a brief lesson on crossing the stream. When we still looked skeptical, she pointed out a 10-year-old had just crossed that morning. Yes, the water had been a bit lower early in the day, but it was McKittrick’s knowledge that made it possible to cross. It was the first of some extremely humbling moments. Later in Day 3, at the top of Tutka Pass and about halfway to Tayor Bay, a

St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Jack Flaherty throws during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs on Thursday in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Max Kepler led off the game with his 30th homer and Byron Buxton drove in two runs with his 30th double for the Twins.

METS 4, WHITE SOX 0 CHICAGO — Zack Wheeler tossed seven innings of fourhit ball, Robinson Canó drove in two runs with a homer and double and New York beat Chicago for its seventh straight win. Wilson Ramos also drove in a run as the Mets completed a three-game sweep of the White Sox and won their 13th of 17 overall. Chicago has dropped eight of nine and is 4-16 since the All-Star break.

ATHLETICS 5, BREWERS 3 OAKLAND, Calif. — Matt Chapman hit a two-run home run off struggling closer Josh Hader (1-5) in the eighth and Oakland beat Milwaukee. Chad Pinder also went deep

in their bark kills moose? Similarly, night crawlers are sold at local bait shops even though their invasion into the boreal forest will ultimately change the ecological system in ways more dramatic and permanent than fire or insects. In a rapidly warming climate, we know most native species will move generally northward in latitude and upward in elevation. However, species move at different rates based on their dispersal mechanisms, reproductive rates and topographic obstacles, which is what contributes to high extinction rates. Some conservationists have begun talking about facilitating these

friend of ours caught up to us, relaxedly, freshly and comfortably ambling along as if a helicopter had just dropped him off around the corner. He had started from Tutka Bay that morning. He was familar with the trail, having hiked from Taylor Bay to Tutka Bay last year. It was a stark reminder of how much time we lost to route-finding and scouting. As long as I’m embarrassing myself, I’ll give the best example. Returning to Tutka Bay on Day 4, we were trying to find a better way around a troublesome “pinch point” in the river valley below the pass. Our new route put us on a cliff about 30 feet above the river, needing to find a way down to complete the bypass of the pinch point. My hiking companion, who becomes Alex Honnold when there are alders on a cliff, insisted there was a safe way down. “No way,” I said. We circled back, taking our original route through the pinch point, and, an hour and 15 minutes later, arrived back at the cliff that I had declared impossible to scale. Looking at it from below, there sure seemed to be an easy way up and down that cliff, just like my companion said. So I tried it. I scrambled

and Mark Canha added three hits to help the A’s win their fourth in five games. Christian Yelich doubled to extend his hitting streak to a career-high 19 games for Milwaukee. Mike Moustakas added two hits, and Trent Grisham had a sacrifice fly in his major league debut with the Brewers. Blake Treinen (6-3) retired three batters to win, and Liam Hendriks pitched the ninth for his 10th save.

BLUE JAYS 11, ORIOLES 2 BALTIMORE — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit two of Toronto’s five home runs to back a solid performance by fellow rookie Trent Thornton in a win over Baltimore. Randal Grichuk, Danny Jansen and Billy McKinney also homered for the Blue Jays, who tied a season high with their fourth straight win. Guerrero’s homers included an impressive 450-foot shot off Dylan Tate in the eighth

distributional shifts by translocating species to novel locations. The problem is that nonnative species are moving, too, often much faster than native species because humans are generally the primary vector of the former. So even as we may wonder about the colonization of the Interior by mule deer or Southeast Alaska by fisher, there are now 598 nonnative species in Alaska. Here on Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, we have documented 2,183 species, of which 5% are nonnative. Of these 105 nonnative species, 90% are of Eurasian origin. Why does any of this matter? It means that as species “reassemble”

up and down the cliff and returned, sheepishly, in less than two minutes. She had been right. What didn’t feel right was not getting to Taylor Bay, not even getting within 8 miles of Taylor Bay. I’m used to getting to my intended hiking destination, but Tutka Backdoor made me realize how much I rely on the intel of others and the choice of friendly terrain. We didn’t have great maps of the Tutka Backdoor Trail, partially because we hadn’t picked up a nice map produced by Ground Truth Trekking, partially because it’s hard to have a map of a trail that is not yet finished in many areas. The terrain also is tricky, with many routes that look doable quickly turning dangerous, especially in a remote area with balance and agility compromised by heavy packs. The trail is quickly getting easier. When we got back, McKittrick posted on Facebook a run she had done through the whole route, with GPS coordinates available to download. In the last week of July, a group of volunteers organized by Ground Truth Trekking cut a trail through the pinch point that had so mystified us. I’m glad we didn’t have the GPS coordinates or the new trail.

inning. Toronto reinstated Thornton (4-7) from the 10-day injured list for elbow inflammation, and he allowed one run and five hits without a walk over six innings. Trey Mancini hit his 25th home run, a solo shot in the eighth for Baltimore.

BRAVES 4, REDS 1 ATLANTA — Freddie Freeman hit a three-run homer, Adam Duvall went deep and Max Fried pitched six strong innings to lead Atlanta past Cincinnati in a game that was cut short by heavy rain. Fried threw one pitch in the top of the seventh before a line of strong thunderstorms swept across SunTrust Park. Nearly two hours after play was halted, lightning continued to crackle across the sky and sheets of rain turned the warning track into a muddy mess. With no sign of the storm letting up, the game was finally called. Fried (12-4) breezed to this

in a changing climate, nonnative species, many of them from continents other than North America, are more readily available to be part of that new assemblage. It has literally altered the evolutionary potential of ecosystems to adapt in our new world. It also creates tension between the disciplines of climate adaptation, very much in its infancy, and conventional invasive species management. I’m deeply involved in both professional communities and I recognize a need for better communication and sharing of ideas to find a middle ground. When all is said and done, what’s

Not only did Tutka Backdoor force us to explore our limitations, it also forced us to explore valleys, mountains, streams and glaciers both for route-finding and pure pleasure. The quarter moon rising

third straight win, surrendering just four hits. Reds starter Anthony DeSclafini (6-6) trailed 3-0 before he got his first out.

DODGERS 8, PADRES 2 LOS ANGELES — Rookie Will Smith hit his first career grand slam, and Clayton Kershaw passed Sandy Koufax on the Dodgers’ career strikeouts list while throwing six strong innings in Los Angeles’ win over San Diego. Cody Bellinger hit his first homer in two weeks and added a two-run double for the major league-leading Dodgers (72-39). Matt Beaty had an RBI double. Hunter Renfroe hit his 30th homer and Manny Machado had an RBI single for the Padres. Kershaw (10-2) recorded five strikeouts, giving him 2,397 for his career. He struggled with five walks and gave up one hit in every inning.

the difference between a mule deer that walks into the state from Canada, an Amur maple sold by the 4-H in Soldotna but considered invasive in Minnesota, or lodgepole pine seedlings given away by the DNR for planting in the aftermath of a spruce bark beetle outbreak? It is not simply an ecological decision, but one that has deep roots in societal values. Dr. John Morton is the supervisory biologist at Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. Find more Refuge Notebook articles (1999–present) at https:// www.fws.gov/refuge/Kenai/community/refuge_notebook.html.

at sunset through notched mountains while camping at the Tundra Playground. The purest field of lupine I’d ever seen. Floating on my back while swimming in the Infinity Pools, staring up at pointy peaks all around. Even a

disputed wolverine sighting. All this would have never happened if we cruise straight through to Taylor Bay. 21 miles and 6,000 feet of climb? In four days? That’s not enough time.

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cutting the gap to 6-5. Cook was then picked off first by Farris for a crucial second out, but Castillo had the last laugh for the Bucs with a two-run double to complete the comeback. Holding a one-run lead, the Bucs brought in their most feared closer, Winthrop University right-hander Colton Rendon, who retired Fein, Vasquez and Paul Steffensen in order to seal the win. Earlier, the Oilers loaded the bases in the top of the third with one out against Bucs starter Evan Taylor but couldn’t bring in runs after a strikeout from Skyler Messinger and a ground-out by Jaiden Fein. In the top of the sixth, the Oilers finally broke through.

Peninsula Clarion Adam Dapkewicz stopped the scoreless tie with a twoout single, then Travis Bohall drew a bases-loaded walk to force in another run. Bobby Goodloe provided the biggest hit with a basesclearing single to smash it open at 5-0 on a grounder that bounced off first base, allowing Goodloe to reach second. Connor McCord then ripped an RBI single to an outfield gap to push it to 6-0. The Bucs then marched back with seven unanswered runs, starting immediately in the bottom of the sixth on a Ryan Sullivan home run. Goodloe finished 2 for 3 and McCord went 2 for 4 to lead the Oilers from the plate, while Bohall, Vasquez and Dapkewicz each notched a hit. Sullivan ended up 3 for 5 to lead the Bucs.

Buhai takes lead M I LTO N K E Y N E S, England (AP) — Ashleigh Buhai of South Africa shot a 7-under 65 to take a onestroke lead in the first round of the Women’s British Open on Thursday. Buhai finished just ahead of Japan’s Hinako Shibuno and American Danielle Kang, who each had a bogey in rounds of 66. “In my last few tournaments I’ve had three good rounds and one not so good round, so I’m hoping this is the week I can do four good rounds,” said Buhai, whose best finish this year is a tie for 11th. “The last few weeks I have been just trying to stay mellow and keep everything in check, and it seems to be helping.” Top-ranked Jin Young Ko, seeking her third major title

of the year after winning last week’s Evian Championship in France, was well positioned after a 68. “I’m not tired yet,” Ko said. “I will do my best for this week, and then I had just great playing today, so I’m just happy.” Buhai, who has never won on the LPGA Tour, made her only bogey on the par-5 11th but responded with three straight birdies on Nos. 14-16. Her best previous British Open finish was a tie for 30th in 2017. “I had a bit of a wobble in the middle of my round, and to finish with three birdies and come in strong — I had a goal when I saw the lead was 6 to get to 7, so I holed like a 30-footer on the 16th hole and that got me to 7,” she said.

Parks, Youngren win 4th Salmon Run race Staff Report Peninsula Clarion

Jason Parks put a stop to Bradley Walters’ winning streak Wednesday at the Salmon Run Series, winning the 5-kilometer race at the Tsalteshi Trails in a time of 17 minutes, 35.9 seconds. Walters entered the night having won the previous three races in the five-week series, but finished third in 19:11.5, behind runner-up finisher Jordan Theisen in 17:55.5. Megan Youngren won the women’s race in 22:13.7, ahead of women’s runnerup Jordan Strausbaugh in 23:49.4. The popular Wednesday night running series will wrap up next week with one last 5K race, followed by a barbecue.

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Wednesday at Tsalteshi Trails 1. Jason Parks, 17:35; 2. Jordan Theisen, 17:55; 3. Bradley Walters, 19:11; 4. Karl Danielson, 20:01; 5. Anchor Musgrave, 20:52; 6. Alex Young, 21:51; 7. Megan Youngren, 22:13; 8. Sean Babitt, 22:26; 9. Avrey Willets, 22:30; 10. Jordan Strausbaugh, 23:49; 11. Kevin Garske, 23:53; 12. Tanis Lorring, 24:05; 13. Kevin Lauver, 25:07; 14. Tucker Mueller, 25:19; 15. Jeffrey Helminiak, 25:33; 16. Megan Anderson, 26:04; 17. Cameron Blackwell, 26:14; 18. Larry Tews, 26:30; 19. Chad Arthur, 26:40; 20. James Latimer, 26:50; 21. Ryan Marquis, 26:57; 22. Benjamin Brown, 27:10; 23. Tony Mika, 27:41; 24. Katie Delker, 27:52; 25. Rob Larson, 28:28. 26. Kellie Arthur, 29:21; 27. Hannah Delker, 29:52; 28. Jamie Nelson, 30:12; 29. Rachel Babitt, 30:14; 30. Raylie Allemann, 32:08; 31. Olivia Kobylarz, 32:10; 32. Khloey Bedunnah, 32:11; 33. Elizabeth Appleby, 32:19; 34. Sondra Stonecipher, 32:38; 35. Katrina Cannava, 32:42; 36. Hugh Garske, 32:49; 37. Karalyn Veihdeffer, 33:06; 38. AnnMarie Rudstrom, 33:14; 39. Lance Hughes, 33:18; 40. Eden Alioto, 36:06; 41. Frank Alioto, 36:07; 42. Madilyn Veihdeffer, 36:32; 43. Ariana Cannava, 36:32; 44. Rebecca Rampton, 37:31; 45. Tina Hensley, 37:33; 46. Rich Stables, 37:50; 47. Stephanie Kobylarz, 38:18; 48. Brett Sturman, 39:11; 49. Micah Allemann, 40:00; 50. Marly Perschbacher, 40:22. 51. Jeff Perschbacher, 40:22; 52. Mattie Johnston, 40:36; 53. Rhee Stables, 40:37; 54. Kandi Barcus, 42:05; 55. Maria Sweppy, 43:09; 56. Denali Tucker, 43:16; 57. Gabbie Tews, 50:32; 58. Amelia Mueller, 50:33; 59. Marcus Mueller, 50:35; 60. Meg Mueller, 50:35; 61. Lance Spindler, 55:59; 62. Kristy Stoll, 57:45; 63. Suzanne Alioto, 57:53; 64. Heidi Stoll, 57:54; 65. Amy Milburn, 57:55; 66. Lori Nelson, 1:00:31; 67. Lisa Martinson, 1:17:00.

Former Olympian writes of being sexually assaulted By The Associated Press Former Olympian Ashley Wagner says she was sexually assaulted by another figure skater in 2008 when she 17. The three-time national champion wrote in USA Today on Thursday that John Coughlin climbed into her bed after a party at a skating camp and began kissing and groping her. Coughlin was 22 at the time and took his life in January at 33. Wagner says she was “absolutely paralyzed in fear.” Wagner won an Olympic team bronze medal in 2014 and is now retired from competitive skating. She says she feared speaking out earlier because she competes in a sport where judges determine success. She told the newspaper two factors helped change her mind — the emergence of the #MeToo movement and Coughlin’s coaching suspension in January by the U.S. Center for SafeSport, an organization dedicated to protecting young athletes from abuse.

USA Today also reported that Coughlin’s former pairs partner from 2004-07, Bridget Namiotka, posted on Facebook in May that Coughlin “sexually abused” her for two years. Wagner said soon after that night in 2008 she told two people close to her about what happened. USA Today spoke to one of those, who confirmed her account but was not identified because of the “sensitivity of the topic.” Wagner said she spoke with officials at U.S. Figure Skating in February. In a USFS statement released to the newspaper, spokeswoman Barbara Reichert said: “What happened to Ashley should not happen to anyone, period. Ashley is incredibly strong; not just to have the courage to come forward with her story, but to share her experience publicly to help others. Ashley recently spoke at U.S. Figure Skating athlete safety seminars and her experience and message of empowerment had a profound impact on skaters and their parents.”

Garber celebrates 20 years By Ronald Blum AP Sports Writer

NEW YORK — Don Garber keeps a fireman’s hat in his office. “When you’re running a business like this, you are a fireman. You’re putting out fires every day,” he said. Garber’s 20th anniversary as Major League Soccer’s commissioner is Sunday, and the league’s challenge these days is growth, an upward trajectory that will be boosted when the U.S. co-hosts the World Cup in 2026. He was senior vice president of the NFL’s international division when he was hired in 1999 to replace Doug Logan, who had run the league since its launch in 1996. MLS has doubled in size to 24 teams under Garber’s leadership, plays primarily in soccer specific stadiums and maintains an average attendance

among the top 10 soccer leagues in the world. Yet, it has not caught up with the NBA or NHL for television attention and averages fewer viewers on U.S. Englishlanguage television than the Premier League, despite more favorable time slots. “When I hear stuff from my bosses at ESPN saying we’re not going to show that game because we can make more money putting a 5-year-old rerun of the World Series of Poker on, then we got a big problem,” said former U.S. goalkeeper Kasey Keller, an ESPN analyst. Now 61, Garber recalls being approached about MLS at an NFL owners meeting or a Super Bowl by Robert Kraft and Jonathan Kraft, owners of the New England Patriots and New England Revolution. Having launched with 10 teams in 1996, the league jumped to 12 in 1999.

But average attendance had dropped from 17,000 to 14,000. “I could remember like it was yesterday the opening press conference in New York and the reaction, much of it negative, to me taking the job,” Garber recalled. “I expected when I took the job that the soccer community would be excited about a young, experienced sports marketing executive coming over and taking over this fledgling soccer league. I realized quickly that soccer is a unique sport and it took a while to really earn the credibility and the respect of all the constituents. I remember walking home from that press conference and saying, oh my goodness, what did I get myself into?” Garber pushed owners to get rid of Americanizations such as keeping time on

scoreboards and breaking ties with shootouts in which players dribbled at goal from 35 yards. Garber pushed owners to cut Miami and Tampa Bay ahead of the 2000 season for a period of consolidation. MLS had three owners for 10 teams for much of 2003; Phil Anschutz’s Anschutz Entertainment Group operated up to six teams at one point. Twenty-five owners have entered the league since Garber became commissioner, and no owner has had an investment in more than one team since 2015. Expansion started in 2005 and shows no sign of ending. Nashville and David Beckham’s Miami start play next year, Austin in 2021 and at least three more teams are planned. The current expansion fee is $200 million. Twenty teams play in stadiums built for soccer or remodeled for the sport.

Leaf uses his story to help others By Rob Maaddi AP Pro Football Writer

Ryan Leaf spent most of his time in prison alone and angry until a military veteran persuaded the former No. 2 overall NFL draft pick to stop self-loathing long enough to help fellow inmates learn to read. Now the once-star college quarterback who is widely considered the biggest bust in league history is helping former players adapt to retirement and hopefully cope far better than he did. Leaf’s personal life spiraled out of control after his pro

career ended and his addiction to painkillers led him to spend 32 months in prison after an arrest in 2012. His dramatic turnaround began with a challenge from his prison cellmate who had served in Afghanistan and Iraq. “He got on me one day about how I didn’t understand the value that I had, not only to the men in there but for when I got out and he confronted me on it,” Leaf told The Associated Press. “He suggested we go down to the prison library and help prisoners who didn’t know how to read. Many times somebody tried to help me be

constructive and I just pushed them away. I don’t know why in this moment I chose to go. It was begrudgingly. I still envision myself walking down the hallway complaining about it.” But Leaf, wearing his red prison jumpsuit, went anyway. He had no idea helping other men would benefit him. “Watching men in a place where you’re not supposed to show vulnerability be vulnerable and ask for help because they couldn’t read, I was blown away by it and it affected me,” he said. “I realized I was being of service to another human being for the

first time in my life and I knew that was going to have to be the foundation of who I was when I got out or nothing was going to change.” So when league executive Tracy Perlman reached out to Leaf this spring with an offer to become an NFL Legends Community coordinator, his career came full circle. “The NFL Legends Community is the epitome of service,” Leaf said. “This isn’t about promoting you anymore. It’s about promoting something bigger than you. And that’s exactly what that young veteran and prison afforded me when I needed it most.”

N.Y. Mets (Matz 6-6) at Pittsburgh (Williams 3-4), 3:05 p.m. Cincinnati (Wood 0-0) at Atlanta (Gausman 3-6), 3:20 p.m. San Francisco (Anderson 3-3) at Colorado (Lambert 2-2), 4:40 p.m. Washington (Ross 0-3) at Arizona (Ray 9-7), 5:40 p.m. San Diego (Lauer 5-8) at L.A. Dodgers (May 0-0), 6:10 p.m. Saturday’s Games Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 10:20 a.m. Miami at Tampa Bay, 2:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Philadelphia, 3:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Pittsburgh, 3:05 p.m. Cincinnati at Atlanta, 3:20 p.m. San Francisco at Colorado, 4:10 p.m. Washington at Arizona, 4:10 p.m. St. Louis at Oakland, 5:07 p.m. San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, 5:10 p.m. All Times ADT

Buffalo 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Miami 0 0 0 .000 0 0 New England 0 0 0 .000 0 0 N.Y. Jets 0 0 0 .000 0 0 South Houston 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Indianapolis 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Jacksonville 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Tennessee 0 0 0 .000 0 0 North Baltimore 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Cincinnati 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Cleveland 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 .000 0 0 West Denver 1 0 0 1.000 14 10 Kansas City 0 0 0 .000 0 0 L.A. Chargers 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Oakland 0 0 0 .000 0 0 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Dallas 0 0 0 .000 0 0 N.Y. Giants 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Philadelphia 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Washington 0 0 0 .000 0 0 South Carolina 0 0 0 .000 0 0 New Orleans 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Tampa Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Atlanta 0 1 0 .000 10 14 North Chicago 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Detroit 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Green Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Minnesota 0 0 0 .000 0 0 West Arizona 0 0 0 .000 0 0 L.A. Rams 0 0 0 .000 0 0 San Francisco 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Seattle 0 0 0 .000 0 0

on the 10-day IL, retroactive to Wednesday. Optioned 1B AJ Reed to Charlotte (IL). Recalled OF Ryan Cordell from Charlotte. CLEVELAND INDIANS — Designated SS Eric Stamets for assignment. Optioned OFs Greg Allen and Jake Bauers to Columbus (IL). Reinstated RHP Danny Salazar from the 60-day IL. DETROIT TIGERS — Sent 2B Josh Harrison to Toledo (IL) for a rehab assignment. TAMPA BAY RAYS — Placed 2B Joey Wendle on the 10-day IL. Reinstated OF Kevin Kiermaier from the 10-day IL. Recalled LHP Brendan McKay and RHP Jose De Leon froim Durham (IL). Traded OF Joe McCarthy to San Francisco for LHP Jacob Lopez. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Reinstated RHP Trent Thornton from the 10-day IL. Selected the contract of RHP Jason Adam from Buffalo (IL). National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Designated LHP Luiz Gohara for assignment. Sent RHP Jacob Webb to Gwinnett (IL) for a rehab assignment. CHICAGO CUBS — Optioned INF/OF Robel Garcia to Iowa (PCL). CINCINNATI REDS — Selected the contract of OF Aristides Aquino from Louisville (IL). COLORADO ROCKIES — Optioned RHP Joe Harvey to Albuquerque (PCL). LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Added LHP Adam Kolarek to the active roster. Optioned LHP Caleb Ferguson to Oklahoma City (PCL). MIAMI MARLINS — Optioned OF Jesus Sanchez to New Orleans (PCL). Recalled RHPs Tyler Kinley and Kyle Keller from New Orleans. Reinstated 3B Jon Berti from the 10-day IL. Sent RHP Drew Steckenrider to Jupiter (FSL) for a rehab assignment. MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Optioned RHPs Ray Black, Corbin Burnes and Jake Faria to San Antonio (PCL). Selected the contract of OF Trent Grisham from San Antonio (PCL). ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Optioned RHP Daniel Ponce de Leon to Memphis (PCL). SAN DIEGO PADRES — Optioned LHP Robbie Erlin to El Paso (PCL). Recalled RHP Trey Wingenter from El Paso. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Optioned SS Mauricio Dubon to Sacramento (PCL). Designated RHP Dan Winkler for assignment. Placed OF Alex Dickerson on the 10-day IL. Selected the contract of LHP Sam Selman from Sacramento. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER — Waived F Patrick Patterson. FOOTBALL National Football League CAROLINA PANTHERS — Signed S Tre Boston to a one-year contract. CLEVELAND BROWNS — PK Phil Dawson announced his retirement. LOS ANGELES CHARGERS — Waived TE Daniel Helm. Waived/injured WR Fred Trevillion. Signed DT Dee Liner. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Claimed G Tyler Catalina off waivers from Washington. Waived G Tiano Pupungatoa. NEW YORK JETS — Agreed to terms with C Ryan Kalil. OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed DT Anthony Rush. Claimed WR Jordan Lasley off waivers from Baltimore. Waived WR Brian Burt. TENNESSEE TITANS — Added LB Jordan Williams and DL Chris Nelson. Waived S Jonathan Crawford and LB Gimel President. WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Waived RB Elijah Wellman. Signed LB Garrett Sickels. HOCKEY National Hockey League BUFFALO SABRES — Agreed to terms with F Remi Elie on a one-year, two-way contract. NEW YORK RANGERS — Bought out the final two seasons of D Kevin Shattenkirk’s contract. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS — Announced Matt Cullen is joining the hockey operations department in a player development role. LACROSSE National Lacrosse League BUFFALO BANDITS — Signed D Mitch de Snoo to a two-year contract. SAN DIEGO SEALS — Agreed to terms with Fs Dennon Armstrong and Jules Heningburg, Ts Pat Harberson and Dalton Lupul, D Drew Belgrave and Tor Reinholdt and G Nick Damude. SOCCER Major League Soccer CHICAGO FIRE — Traded the rights to D Andrew Gutman and a 2020 third-round draft pick to Cincinnati for general allocation money. NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION — Loaned F Justin Rennicks to North Carolina (USL Championship). SPORTING KC — Signed F Luis Martins. VANCOUVER WHITECAPS — Signed G Chituru Odunze and transferred him to Leicester City (Premier League-England). Agreed to terms with F Lucas Venuto. National Women’s Soccer League CHICAGO RED STARS — Signed G Mackenzie Arnold. COLLEGE CONFERENCE CAROLINAS — Named Claude Alewine associate commissioner. OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE — Named Trevor Reeves director of compliance and institutional services. AUGUSTA — Announced sophomore men’s basketball C Tyshaun Crawford is transferring from Georgia Southern. EAST CAROLINA — Named Jason Dietrich pitching coach. GUILFORD — Named Nicolle Holcomb assistant sports information director. TENNESSEE TECH — Named Amanda Smith assistant men’s and women’s golf coach. Announced the retirement of Bonnie Graham softball coach. THIEL — Named Caryn Sibiskie women’s assistant volleyball coach. UNLV — Named Alik Sarkisian men’s and women’s diving coach. VIRGINIA TECH — Announced defensive coordinator Bud Foster will retire after the 2019 season. WISCONSIN — Named Alando Tucker interim assistant men’s basketball coach.

scoreboard Basketball WNBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Connecticut 15 6 .714 — Washington 13 6 .684 1 Chicago 11 9 .550 3½ New York 8 12 .400 6½ Indiana 7 15 .318 8½ Atlanta 5 16 .238 10 WESTERN CONFERENCE Las Vegas 14 7 .667 — Los Angeles 12 8 .600 1½ Seattle 12 9 .571 2 Minnesota 10 10 .500 3½ Phoenix 10 10 .500 3½ Dallas 6 15 .286 8 Thursday’s Games Connecticut 68, Phoenix 62 Dallas 87, New York 64 Los Angeles 76, Las Vegas 68 Friday’s Games Washington at Seattle, 6 p.m. Saturday’s Games Chicago at Atlanta, 3 p.m. Minnesota at Indiana, 3 p.m. Las Vegas at Dallas, 4 p.m. Sunday’s Games Connecticut at New York, 11 a.m. Seattle at Los Angeles, 1 p.m. Washington at Phoenix, 2 p.m.

Astros 7, Indians 1 Houston Cleveland

G.Cole, H.Rondon (8), J.Smith (8), Devenski (9) and Maldonado; Salazar, Clippard (5), A.Cole (7), T.Olson (7), Wittgren (8) and Perez. W_G.Cole 13-5. L_Salazar 0-1. HRs_Houston, Bregman (27), Springer (25). Blue Jays 11, Orioles 2 All Times ADT

AL Standings W 68 63 59 44 36

L 39 48 51 67 72

Toronto Baltimore

002 114 012—11 14 0 000 010 010—2 8 0

Thornton, Boshers (7), Adam (8), Law (9) and Jansen; Wojciechowski, Yacabonis (5), Tate (6), Bleier (9) and Sisco. W_Thornton 4-7. L_Wojciechowski 2-4. HRs_Toronto, McKinney (8), Grichuk (18), Jansen (9), Guerrero Jr. 2 (13). Baltimore, Mancini (25).

Baseball East Division New York Tampa Bay Boston Toronto Baltimore Central Division Minnesota Cleveland Chicago Kansas City Detroit West Division Houston Oakland Los Angeles Texas Seattle

100 100 230—7 11 0 000 100 000—1 6 0

Pct GB .636 — .568 7 .536 10½ .396 26 .333 32½

66 42 63 45 46 60 40 70 32 72

.611 — .583 3 .434 19 .364 27 .308 32

70 40 62 48 56 54 54 54 47 64

.636 — .564 8 .509 14 .500 15 .423 23½

Thursday’s Games Miami 5, Minnesota 4, 12 innings N.Y. Mets 4, Chicago White Sox 0 Oakland 5, Milwaukee 3 Toronto 11, Baltimore 2 Houston 7, Cleveland 1 Tampa Bay 9, Boston 4 Friday’s Games Boston (Rodriguez 13-4) at N.Y. Yankees (Paxton 5-6), 3:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Nova 6-9) at Philadelphia (Vargas 6-5), 3:05 p.m. Toronto (TBD) at Baltimore (Brooks 2-4), 3:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Pena 8-3) at Cleveland (Clevinger 5-2), 3:10 p.m. Detroit (Alexander 0-1) at Texas (Lynn 13-6), 4:05 p.m. Kansas City (Sparkman 3-7) at Minnesota (Perez 8-4), 4:10 p.m. Seattle (Kikuchi 4-7) at Houston (Miley 9-4), 4:10 p.m. Saturday’s Games Boston at N.Y. Yankees, 9:05 a.m., 1st game Miami at Tampa Bay, 2:10 p.m. Boston at N.Y. Yankees, 3:05 p.m., 2nd game Chicago White Sox at Philadelphia, 3:05 p.m. Toronto at Baltimore, 3:05 p.m. Kansas City at Minnesota, 3:10 p.m. L.A. Angels at Cleveland, 3:10 p.m. Seattle at Houston, 3:10 p.m. Detroit at Texas, 4:05 p.m. St. Louis at Oakland, 5:07 p.m. All Times ADT

Rays 9, Red Sox 4 Tampa Bay Boston

130 003 011—9 12 0 200 010 100—4 10 0

McKay, Drake (6), N.Anderson (8), Pagan (9) and Zunino; Cashner, Dar.Hernandez (6), Brewer (7), Hembree (9) and Leon. W_McKay 2-1. L_Cashner 10-6. HRs_Tampa Bay, Zunino (6), Meadows (17). Boston, Betts (19), Bogaerts 2 (25). Marlins 5, Twins 4 Minnesota Miami

100 210 000 000—4 9 1 010 000 003 001—5 11 0

(12 innings) Pineda, Duffey (7), Romo (8), Dyson (9), Rogers (9), R.Harper (10), Stashak (11) and J.Castro; Yamamoto, Conley (7), Kinley (8), J.Garcia (9), Quijada (10), Brigham (11) and Holaday. W_Brigham 1-0. L_Stashak 0-1. HRs_Minnesota, Kepler (30). Miami, Ramirez (7). Yankees 4, White Sox 0 New York Chicago

010 003 000—4 8 0 000 000 000—0 4 1

Wheeler, Avilan (8), Familia (9) and Ramos; Cease, Osich (8), Fulmer (9) and Castillo. W_Wheeler 8-6. L_Cease 1-4. HRs_New York, Cano (10). Athletics 5, Brewers 3 Milwaukee Oakland

100 100 100—3 7 0 001 000 13x—5 6 1

C.Anderson, Guerra (7), Hader (8), Jackson (8) and Grandal; Bailey, Diekman (7), Treinen (8), Hendriks (9) and Taylor. W_Treinen 6-3. L_Hader 1-5. Sv_Hendriks (10). HRs_Oakland, Pinder (9), Chapman (24). Phillies 10, Giants 2 San Francisco Philadelphia

000 020 000—2 10 1 032 410 00x—10 12 3

D.Rodriguez, Suarez (4), Selman (5), Gustave (6), Coonrod (8) and Vogt; Arrieta, Alvarez (5), Parker (6), R.Suarez (7), Nicasio (9) and Realmuto, Knapp. W_Alvarez 2-2. L_D.Rodriguez 4-6. HRs_ Philadelphia, Quinn (2), Hernandez (8), Realmuto (15). Braves 4, Reds 1, 7 inn.

NL Standings East Division Atlanta Philadelphia Washington New York Miami Central Division St. Louis Chicago Milwaukee Cincinnati Pittsburgh West Division Los Angeles San Francisco Arizona San Diego Colorado

W L 65 45 57 51 57 51 53 55 42 65

Pct GB .591 — .528 7 .528 7 .491 11 .393 21½

58 50 57 51 57 53 50 57 47 61

.537 — .528 1 .518 2 .467 7½ .435 11

72 55 54 50 50

.649 — .505 16 .495 17 .463 20½ .459 21

39 54 55 58 59

Thursday’s Games Miami 5, Minnesota 4, 12 innings Philadelphia 10, San Francisco 2 N.Y. Mets 4, Chicago White Sox 0 Oakland 5, Milwaukee 3 St. Louis 8, Chicago Cubs 0 Atlanta 4, Cincinnati 1, 7 innings L.A. Dodgers 8, San Diego 2 Friday’s Games Milwaukee (Davies 8-4) at Chicago Cubs (Quintana 8-7), 10:20 a.m. Chicago White Sox (Nova 6-9) at Philadelphia (Vargas 6-5), 3:05 p.m.

Cincinnati Atlanta

010 000 0—1 4 1 300 001 x—4 8 1

DeSclafani, Peralta (6), Dav.Hernandez (6) and Barnhart; Fried and McCann. W_Fried 12-4. L_DeSclafani 6-6. HRs_Atlanta, Duvall (5), Freeman (26). Cardinals 8, Cubs 0 Chicago St. Louis

000 000 000—0 1 0 100 104 11x—8 14 0

Lester, Holland (6), Brach (7), Phelps (7), Chatwood (8) and Contreras; Flaherty, Webb (8), Mayers (9) and Wieters. W_Flaherty 5-6. L_Lester 9-7. HRs_St. Louis, Wieters (10). Dodgers 8, Padres 2 San Diego Los Angeles

011 000 000—2 8 0 010 005 20x—8 11 0

Lucchesi, Wingenter (6), Morejon (7) and Hedges, Mejia; Kershaw, Kelly (7), Floro (8), Y.Garcia (9) and W.Smith. W_Kershaw 10-2. L_Lucchesi 7-6. HRs_San Diego, Renfroe (30). Los Angeles, Smith (6), Bellinger (35).

Football NFL Standings East

AMERICAN CONFERENCE W L T Pct PF PA

Thursday’s Games Denver 14, Atlanta 10 Thursday, Aug. 8 Indianapolis at Buffalo, 3 p.m. N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants, 3 p.m. Jacksonville at Baltimore, 3:30 p.m. Tennessee at Philadelphia, 3:30 p.m. New England at Detroit, 3:30 p.m. Washington at Cleveland, 3:30 p.m. Atlanta at Miami, 3:30 p.m. Houston at Green Bay, 4 p.m. Carolina at Chicago, 4 p.m. Denver at Seattle, 6 p.m. L.A. Chargers at Arizona, 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9 Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 3:30 p.m. Minnesota at New Orleans, 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10 L.A. Rams at Oakland, 4 p.m. Cincinnati at Kansas City, 4 p.m. Dallas at San Francisco, 5 p.m. All Times ADT

Soccer MLS Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Philadelphia 11 7 6 39 41 36 Atlanta 11 9 3 36 38 29 D.C. United 9 6 9 36 31 26 New York City FC 9 3 8 35 36 24 New York 10 9 4 34 39 34 Montreal 10 11 3 33 31 38 New England 9 8 6 33 34 39 Toronto FC 9 9 5 32 38 38 Orlando City 7 11 5 26 30 33 Columbus 7 14 3 24 24 36 Chicago 5 10 9 24 34 35 Cincinnati 5 16 2 17 22 53 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Los Angeles FC 15 3 4 49 59 23 Seattle 11 6 5 38 33 28 LA Galaxy 12 9 1 37 30 31 San Jose 11 7 4 37 39 33 Minnesota United 10 7 5 35 38 30 FC Dallas 9 8 6 33 31 26 Portland 9 8 4 31 35 32 Real Salt Lake 9 9 4 31 30 30 Houston 9 10 3 30 32 35 Sporting Kansas City 6 9 7 25 33 39 Vancouver 4 11 9 21 23 41 Colorado 5 12 5 20 33 45 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Saturday, August 3 LA Galaxy at Atlanta, 1 p.m. Toronto FC at New York, 2 p.m. FC Dallas at Orlando City, 3:30 p.m. Los Angeles FC at New England, 3:30 p.m. Vancouver at Cincinnati, 4 p.m. Chicago at Houston, 5 p.m. Montreal at Colorado, 5 p.m. Columbus at San Jose, 6 p.m. New York City FC at Real Salt Lake, 6 p.m. Sunday, August 4 Portland at Minnesota United, noon Philadelphia at D.C. United, 3:30 p.m. Sporting Kansas City at Seattle, 6 p.m. All Times ADT

Transactions

BASEBALL COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE — Suspended Pittsburgh RHP Keone Kela 10 games, Cincinnati LHP Amir Garrett eight games, Cincinnati manager David Bell six games, Pittsburgh INF José Osuna five games, Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle two games and Cincinnati RHP Jared Hughes, Pittsburgh RHP Kyle Crick and Cleveland OF Yasiel Puig three games for their actions during Tuesday night’s game. American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Traded RHP Dan Straily to Philadelphia for cash. CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Placed 3B Yoan Moncada

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If submitting a proposal in hard copy five (5) complete sets of the proposal package must be submitted to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Purchasing and Contracting Department, 47140 E Poppy Lane, Soldotna, Alaska 99669. If submitting a hard copy proposal, these forms must be enclosed in a sealed envelope with the proposer’s name on the outside and clearly marked: PROPOSAL: RFP20-002 Vacation and Short Term Rental Monitoring DUE DATE: September 9, 2019 no later than 4:00 PM

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Project Name: Alaska Regional Fire Training Center Building Rehabilitation Pre-Bid Meeting: August 14th, 2019 at 1:00 pm at City Hall Council Chambers Site Visit / Tour of Site Last Day for Questions: August 21th, 2019 4:00 pm, local time. Bid Due Date and Time: August 29th, 2019 by 2:00 pm local time. Project consists of the Rehabilitation of various Building Components at the Alaska Regional Fire Training Center located at 450 Daubenspeck Circle, Kenai, AK 99611. Scope of Work includes mechanical, electrical, controls, flooring, and roof replacement. All interested parties, including Disadvantaged Business Enterprises, are encouraged to submit bids. The City of Kenai will not exclude bidders on the grounds of race, color, creed, national origin, or sex. Persons with a disability who need special accommodations concerning this advertisement for bid should contact Public Works at City Hall at the above address and telephone number. Special Note: The time line above is fixed and will not be extended. Owner urges Bidders to review documents and submit questions early. Funding for this project is contingent upon the timeline indicated. Bidders should contact the Public Works Department at (907) 283-8236 to be placed on the plans holders list. Questions may be submitted to publicworks@kenai.city. Bids must be delivered in a sealed envelope clearly marked with the project name to the Public Works Department at the address above. Bid documents can be obtained on the City of Kenai website at www.kenai.city or at City Hall for a non-refundable fee of $150.00 including sales tax for each set of documents. This contract will be subject to the provisions of the Federal Davis Bacon and State of Alaska Title 36 Wage and Hour Administration Pamphlet Statutes and Regulations and will require 100% performance and payment bonds. AD Publish: August 2, 2019

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Alaska Steel Company is looking for a Class B delivery driver/warehouse man. You will work at our Kenai location. You will be responsible for daily steel deliveries within Kenai/Soldotna/Sterling areas. Applicant will be also required to work in the warehouse as needed on a daily basis. This is a minimum 40 hour per week position. Weekend Overtime is required Applicants must be able to demonstrate an outstanding attitude and great work ethic along with strong customer service skills. Applicant should have a minimal amount of Overhead Crane and Forklift experience and be familiar with Steel and Aluminum products. Applicants must undergo an extensive Background check. Benefits: Vacation pay after one year of full time employment. Health, dental and life insurance after 60 days from date of hire. 401k plan with generous matching available after 180 days of employment for eligible employees. Apply in person at Alaska Steel Co. 205 Trading Bay Rd. Kenai AK. 99611 You can also get a copy of our Application on our website. www.alaskasteel.com All applicants must provide a copy of their current driving record and a resume at time of application. No Phone Calls Please. Job Type: Full-time

Apply in person at Alaska Steel Co. 205 Trading Bay Rd. Kenai AK, 99611. You can also get a copy of our Application on our website. www.alaskasteel.com No Phone Calls Please.

Proposals may also be submitted electronically following the submission process through BidExpress.com.

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Alaska Operating Engineers/Employers Training Trust will not discriminate against apprenticeship applicants or apprentices based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), sexual orientation, genetic information, or because they are an individual with a disability or a person 40 years old or older. Alaska Operating Engineers/Employers Training Trust will take affirmative action to provide equal opportunity in apprenticeship and will operate the apprenticeship program as required under Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations, part 30.

Alaska Steel Company is looking for an inside sales rep with some sales and customer service experience. We have been in business for over 35 years and are Alaska’s largest distributor of metal goods. Hours Monday through Friday 8 am to 5 pm, 40 hours p/wk, full time position. Great benefits, health, dental, vacation, paid holidays and weekends off. Applicants must pass a pre-employment background check and drug screening. Salary DOE. Work Skills -Computer Skills -Organized -Task oriented -Thirst for product and industry knowledge

Proposal packets may be obtained beginning August 2, 2019 at http://www.kpb.us/purchasing/opportunities. Hard copies can be picked up at the Finance Department located at 144 N Binkley Street, Soldotna, Alaska, (907) 714-2170.

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Associate Planner Planning and Zoning Wage Range 14 $28.18/hr.-$36.44/hr. Non-Exempt The City of Soldotna has an immediate opening for a regular full-time Associate Planner in the Planning and Zoning department. Under the direction of the Director of Economic Development and Planning, this position performs a range of professional level urban design and planning work. This position will focus on responsibilities and tasks such as administrative land use, sign and other permit reviews, maintaining the City’s geographic information system, code enforcement, customer service, development standards research, and providing support to upper level planners. A complete job description is available on the City’s website at www.soldotna.org/jobs. Must submit City application, resume and cover letter to Human Resources at 177 N. Birch Street, Soldotna, by email lmetcalf@soldotna.org, or fax 866-596-2994 by 5 p.m., August 13, 2019. The City of Soldotna is an EEO employer.

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT KENAI In Matter of the Estate of BRENA EILEEN RYDEEN, Deceased. Case No. 3KN-19-00116PR NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed domiciliary foreign personal representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented to BETHANY S MOORE, Domiciliary Foreign Personal Representative of the estate, 750 Brookmere Dr, Edmonds, WA 98020 or be filed with the Court at 125 Trading Bay Drive, Suite 100, Kenai AK 99611-7717. DATED this 24th day of July, 2019, at Edmonds, WA. /s/ BETHANY S MOORE Domiciliary Foreign Personal Representative Pub: July 26, August 2 & 9, 2019

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