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New alcohol rules deemed overreach Clarified regulations could put an end to fundraisers, community events in local breweries.

By Victoria Petersen Peninsula Clarion

Proposed changes from the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board could halt state breweries and distilleries from hosting First Friday events,

fundraisers, beer dinners and other community gatherings.

Under current state statute, local breweries and distilleries with manufacturing licenses are barred from allowing onsite live entertainment, TVs, pool tables, darts, dancing, video games, game table or “other recreational or gaming opportunities.”

The board is now seeking to clarify what “entertainment” and “other recreational opportunities” mean, according to a July 9 memo from

Director of the state Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office Erika McConnell.

“The board directed staff to strengthen the language to better reflect the legislative intent that these licenses are manufacturers, not retailers,” the memo read.

A revised proposal from the board aims to define entertainment and other recreational opportunities as festivals, games and competitions, classes, public parties, presentations or performances and other types of

organized social gatherings that are advertised to the general public.

Bill Howell, author of “Alaska Beer: Liquid Gold in the Land of the Midnight Sun” and a professor at the Kenai Peninsula College, said he sees the proposed regulations as more government overreach. Howell said other states, like Maine, find ways to promote their local breweries and distilleries. He said in Alaska the state See rules, Page A2

Fire delays deliveries across the peninsula

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By Victoria Petersen

Teachers and school district staff could strike as soon as mid-September after Tuesday’s negotiating session ended without a contract deal.

The Kenai Peninsula Education Association and the Kenai Peninsula Education Support Association announced Wednesday a potential strike date of Sept. 16.

The associations slated Sept. 16 as the earliest a strike may take place, but the announcement is not a notification that a strike will happen, President of the Kenai Peninsula Education Association David Brighton said.

Employees in the district have been without a new contract for 559 days and collective bargaining meetings between the district and two employee associations have hit a standstill.

Tuesday night, the associations sat down with the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District in hopes of reaching an agreement. After about two hours, the groups left the table with requests for more information, but no contract.

For over a year, contract negotiations between the school district and the associations have stalled on the rising cost of health care. On May 22, more than 75% of peninsula educators and staff voted to support a walkout.

“This step represents just how serious of an issue health care is to our educators and their families,” Brighton said in the associations’ announcement. “Until the district comes to the table with a realistic proposal that won’t bankrupt families for using their own health

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and Michael Armstrong Homer News

during Fiscal Year 2020.

Moriarty said that the oil and gas industry operates primarily in the Cook Inlet and the North Slope.

There are also three refineries in the state: The Marathon refinery in Nikiski and two refineries owned by Petro Star in Valdez and the North Pole.

Looking to the future, Moriarty said that the North Slope is set to experience a “renaissance” in terms of renewed growth in production within the next decade. Moriarty said that this past year was the most successful season in terms of exploration that the state has seen in over 15 years. As part of the presentation, Moriarty shared a map of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA) that illustrated the various projects being proposed in the area.

Companies like Oil Search and

The Swan Lake Fire has been growing for over a week now, causing delays and closures on the Sterling Highway between Cooper Landing and Sterling. The traffic stops, some of which have been nearly 24 hours long, have delayed delivery trucks carrying grocery store necessities.

Dusty Steinbeck, the owner of Country Foods IGA, said the road closures have caused delays of delivery trucks on both sides of the highway. He said the longest delay the store had was Sunday, Aug. 18 when the road was closed for over 20 hours.

The delivery was supposed to come in Sunday, but shelves didn’t get stocked until Monday night.

Last week, at Fred Meyer, five trucks were held up in the Sterling Highway Road closure, Jeffery Temple, director of corporate affairs for Fred Meyer, said.

He said the company is monitoring the road closures.

Road closures are continuing to impact deliveries into this week. The Kenai Peninsula College apologized to students over Facebook, Tuesday afternoon, because a delivery truck carrying required textbooks hadn’t made it to the college.

In Homer at Save-U-More grocery store, on Friday, manager Mark Hemstreet said the Sterling Highway road closures and delays affected deliveries from Anchorage, especially of perishable items like bread and eggs and soft drinks and alcohol.

“We received no delivery Monday (Aug. 19),” he said. “The Monday delivery showed up Tuesday night.

We’re almost two days behind. We’re just getting caught up now.”

When news got out of road closures on Monday, sales spiked, Hemstreet said.

“We had a really good day Monday.

We probably had about 10-15% higher sales. Some of it was back to school and some of it was panic buying, I think,” he said. “… That added to the problem. We didn’t get deliveries and then we sold out. It was like a hurricane.”

Save-U-More also gets a weekly delivery from the Lower 48 that arrives in Anchorage on Sunday and is delivered to Homer on Tuesday. That shipment didn’t arrive until Thursday morning, Aug. 22. The delayed shipments also threw a wrench into SaveU-More work schedules. Stockers did other tasks when shipments didn’t come in and then when shipments came they had to unload two trucks instead of one.

“They just had to work longer hours, a little bit of overtime,” Hemstreet said. “… It’s interesting for them. They pulled it off. … As of today we’re back on schedule until further notice.”

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Haze from Swan Lake Fire smoke can be seen over Kenai National Wildlife Refuge near the corner of the Sterling Highway and Funny River Road on Wednesday in Soldotna.

Dense smoke blankets area

By Brian Mazurek Peninsula Clarion

A wind shift to the southeast sent dense smoke to communities on the western side of the peninsula Wednesday, including Kenai, Soldotna, Nikiski and Sterling.

The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation issued an air quality advisory in the morning for the peninsula that anticipated “unhealthy” with periods of “very unhealthy” air quality for Soldotna Wednesday, with “unhealthy” conditions forecast for Thursday.

Wednesday afternoon the winds shifted to the west, bringing heavy smoke back to Cooper Landing — which was projected to have “unhealthy” to “hazardous” air quality due to proximity to the fire

Wednesday and Thursday, according to the advisory.

People should avoid prolonged outdoor activities, especially children, the elderly and those with existing health conditions when air quality reaches “unhealthy.” Everyone should avoid prolonged or heavy exertion when conditions reach “very unhealthy,” and avoid any outdoor activities when conditions become “hazardous.”

As wind patterns shifted on the peninsula, fire crews from the Great Basin Incident Management Team began addressing additional areas along the Swan Lake Fire’s perimeter.

In a 9 a.m. live update Wednesday morning, Operations Section Chief Jeff Surber laid out the plans for the day and the areas of the fire’s perimeter that will be the focus of the day’s

operations. The latest mapping of the fire puts it at 160,033 acres.

Surber said that crews have begun monitoring the northwestern perimeter of the fire by air to keep an eye out for any fire growth in that area.

Crews stationed along the western perimeter of the fire are continuing to reinforce the western control line, and the fire has not grown any closer to Sterling since the control line was established. Surber said that crews in the area and infrared flights are reporting less and less heat in the area every day.

A large column of smoke originating near the Hidden Lake Campground was visible from the Sterling Highway Tuesday. In response to this activity, crews conducted aerial See smoke, Page A6

Alaska could see decades of increased oil production, says industry rep

By Brian Mazurek Peninsula Clarion

Soldotna Chamber of Commerce members last week got an update on the future of oil and gas in the state at their first joint luncheon since July.

At the Wednesday, Aug. 21 luncheon, Kara Moriarty, President and CEO of the Alaska Oil and Gas Association, broke down the industry’s outlook for the next couple of decades and addressed the renewed conversation around tax credits for oil companies.

Moriarty started the presentation by speaking about a new initiative from the oil and gas association that highlights the individuals working in the industry. A Facebook Page for Alaska Oil and Gas features videos and testimonials that “celebrate the people and the pride and the petroleum industry.”

“It may seem funny to you in Kenai that we need to do something like

this, but you’re an unusual community compared to the rest of the state because the industry really is right in your backyard,” Moriarty said.

“We’re trying to provide an opportunity for the rest of Alaska to see what life is really like for those of us who live and work in the industry.”

Moriarty also highlighted the statewide economic impact of the oil and gas industry. According to data from the McDowell group, the industry provides over 103,000 direct jobs and more than $6 billion in wages each year. When including indirect jobs, the McDowell study showed that the oil and gas industry represents about one-third of all jobs in Alaska.

In addition, information compiled by oil and gas association and presented to the Alaska House Resources Committee in May showed that the industry provided $3 billion dollars in total revenue to the state and local governments

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finds ways to reign in their locally made beer and liquor industry.

“Brewery taprooms serve as a very important community need,” Howell said. “These are good members of the community trying to do positive things for the community.”

Under current regulations for manufacturing licensees, Howell said he wouldn’t be allowed to host a book signing event at the brewery.

The proposed regulations wouldn’t have allowed for the Kenai River Brewing Company to host their August Brewery to Bathroom 0.5K run, benefiting Relay for Life and the American Cancer Society.

Doug Hogue, owner of the Kenai River Brewing Company, said he also sees the proposed regulations as additional

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24 hours ending 4 p.m. yest. . 0.00" Month to date .......................... Trace Normal month to date ............ 2.40" Year to date ............................. 5.26" Normal year to date ................ 9.29" Record today ................ 0.77" (1982) Record for August ....... 5.39" (1966) Record for year ........... 27.09" (1963)

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government overreach.

“The restrictions will essentially shut down what we do for the community,” Hogue said.

“Charity runs we do, events we do for numerous nonprofits — it’s a pretty poor decision by the AMCO board.”

Hogue said residents should contact the Alcohol Beverage Control Board and their local representatives to raise their concerns.

Sen. Peter Micciche, R-Kenai/Soldotna, said he’s working on getting in touch with board members and staff at the Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office to better understand the objectives with the proposed clarifications.

Micciche said he would support breweries and distilleries.

“Breweries and distilleries are already adequately restricted and in some cases too restricted,” Micciche said. “I’m not interested in more restrictions.”

The proposed change is open to public comment through 4:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4.

Residents can email the board at amco.regs@ alaska.gov to submit comments.

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Fall craft fair and bake sale

around the peninsula

The Nikiski Senior Center will host a fall craft fair and bake sale on Saturday, Sept. 21 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at 50025 Lake Marie Ave. Contact 907-776-7654. Space available. $10 per day/no table. $15 per day/table included.

Soldotna Senior Center Fundraiser

Sterling Senior Center breakfast

The Sterling Senior Center will be serving breakfast on Saturday, Aug. 31, from 9 a.m.noon. Menu includes bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, pancakes, and biscuits and gravy.

Cost is $10 for adults and$5 for children. Further questions, call 262-6808.

Old Timers lunch

Old Timers Luncheon will take place Thursday, Aug. 29 at the Kenai Senior Center.

Suggested donation $7. Doors open at 10:30 a.m. Turkey dinner at 12 p.m.

Pathway of Poetry, Poetry Contest

Calling for Entries! Pathway of Poetry, Poetry Contest, theme “Man’s Best Friend.”

Winning poems will be displayed on a trail in Daubenspeck Family Park, which is also the home of the future Kenai Dog Park. Adults 18 years or older are invited to participate. Deadline is Monday, Sept. 30 Notifications will be Saturday, Oct. 12 at the Kenai Pumpkin Festival. Registration forms are available at: Kenai Senior Center and Kenai Community Library or online at www.kenai.city/parksrec/page/parksand-recreation-forms. For additional information call 907-283-8262. This Poetry Contest is brought to you by the Kenai Parks, Recreation

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The Grog Shop in Homer also had similar delivery delays, said owner Mel Strydom. The business has three locations, the main store and warehouse on Pioneer Avenue, the Rum Locker in Old Town Homer and the Grog Shop East on East End Road. Strydom said one delivery was delayed about four or five hours and another was delayed a day, with a Thursday delivery pushed back to Friday.

“Those were big deliveries, both of those,” he said.

Strydom said that because he keeps a good stock at his warehouse, the road closures or delays didn’t cause shortages.

“We never ran out,” he said.

Like Save-U-More, the Grog Shop saw an increase in sales, Strydom said.

“The first day of the road closure (Aug. 19) … I had a lot of people here,” he said. “I won’t say panic buying.

My sales were up 25% that day. They heard the road was closed. They had to get the important items — it was like a Friday on a Monday.”

The road closure and smoke also has affected hotels, restaurants and other tourism businesses. At Land’s End Resort at the end of the Homer Spit, the road closure worked both

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insurance, we’ll continue to move towards the strike we voted on in May.” Since 2017, the district has provided employees with two options for health care benefits, which include a high-deductible plan and a traditional plan. Employees pay 10% of the costs for the high-deductible plan, and 15% of the costs for the traditional plan.

During Tuesday’s negotiations, Jesse Bjorkman, a

& Beautification, Kenai Community Library, Kenai Senior Center and Friends of the Kenai Community Library.

It’s time again for the Soldotna Senior Center’s Fall Roundup fundraiser! Please join us for an evening of fun-filled music and dancing with the Spur Highway Spankers. Saturday, Sept. 7, doors open at 5:15 p.m. A Prime Rib dinner with all the fixin’s is on the menu. Silent auctions and outcry auctions will wrap up this fundraising shindig! Door prizes, fiddling, dancing, vittles, who could ask for more? Tickets are $28 for cowboys and cowgirls, $14 for little ‘uns under 12. All proceeds will support senior services and programs at the Soldotna Senior Center.

Revival Services

The Soldotna Pentecostals are having Revival Services with evangelist Rev. Eli Hernandez on Wednesday-Saturday, Aug. 28-31 and Sunday, Sept. 1 at 11 a.m. Located in the Structures Building upstairs. 224 #201 Kenai Ave., Soldotna.

Contact Mike Mendenhall at 252-9889 or look us up online at Soldotnapentecostals@yahoo. com.

Stomp out Stigma Color Run

5K Color Run or Walk to STOMP OUT STIGMA of Addiction will take place Saturday, Aug. 31 at 11:30 a.m.- 2 p.m. at Soldotna Creek Park. Public event by Change for the Kenai.

ways, said general manager Lea Miller.

“We’ve seen some plusses and minuses,” she said. “We’ve seen people who haven’t been able to leave and they’ve extended their stay.”

Others who couldn’t make it also canceled. Some called ahead and others just failed to show up. Miller said Land’s End has been working on a case-by-case basis to meet customer needs.

“I’m trying to be as optimistic for my team and customers as possible,” she said. “I’m expressing everything as ‘a glass half full.’”

The road closure meant some shortages in food at the restaurant as well as delays in supplies like linens. Some staff who had drive up to Anchorage last weekend for shopping also got stuck. A few called in sick or went home early because of health issues caused by days with heavy smoke, such as Wednesday.

The air quality is better now on the Spit with the sea breezes.

“It’s a relief. It’s an oasis,” Miller said. “It’s quite comfortable out here.

The deck is great.”

The road closures and smoke also have impacted other tourist businesses. At Ashore Water Taxi, which runs boat trips in Kachemak Bay to the popular Kachemak Bay State Park hiking trails and camping spots, business has dropped dramatically, said

teacher at Nikiski Middle/ High School and a negotiator for the associations, told the district that health care costs on the Kenai can’t compete with districts statewide. He said average monthly premiums for last year’s high-deductible plan in the Anchorage School District was $139 and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District was $165. In the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, those averages jump to $458 a month, he said.

The district is facing budget uncertainties from the state and a potential loss

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Rotary spruce tree planting

The River Rotary will be planting spruce trees in collaboration with the City of Soldotna. Those interested in helping to plant the hundreds of trees Saturday, Aug 31. or Monday, Sept. 1 contact our Rotary president, Kathy at 907-3945195. This activity is weather dependent, please call ahead. It will be at Swift Water campground in Soldotna.

Fall Train Stop Market at Whistle Hill The Fall Train Stop Market on Whistle Hill will be held Friday-Saturday, Sept. 6-7 from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. This two-day outdoor market features over 20 vendors from the Kenai Peninsula and Anchorage areas. Addie Camp Dining Car will be open with a limited menu.

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“We’ve had probably 30% more cancellations since the road has been opening and shutting the last two or three weeks now,” she said.

Heavy smoke days also meant canceling water taxi trips to trail heads at higher elevations in the park.

“There were a few days ago it was super dense,” Seguela said. ” We did end up discouraging people from going. You’re not going to have the view and be breathing hard.”

People have canceled, been delayed or rebooked. Normally in the last weeks of August between the start of school and Labor Day, business picks ups slightly as transient summer workers take their own vacations before heading home. Homer also gets an influx of European travelers taking vacations during their traditional August holiday.

“Essentially we’ve just lost all of our business. It’s just died off,” she said.

“I think that this is because of the announcement the road is open but don’t drive. They’re turning around or not just coming down.”

Business does slow down toward the Labor Day holiday, “but not this much,” Seguela said.

The Labor Day weekend usually brings one last burst of business from Anchorage and other travelers.

of revenue due to less enrollment, they said Tuesday.

“The fact the district isn’t getting the revenue by the state to pay the people what they want to be paid doesn’t mean we’re being disrespectful and that we don’t value the people,” Jones said at Tuesday’s meeting.

Some educators, like Soldotna High School history teacher Nathan Erfurth, say they’re very frustrated.

“I’m very frustrated by it personally,” Erfurth said.

“A lot of people are. If (the process is) making progress it certainly isn’t fast enough.

Every time we walk out of these (negotiation meetings)

“It will be interesting to see if they actually make it,” she said.

Debbie Speakman, executive director of the Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center, said she also has seen tourism slow down.

“It’s earlier than we like to see,” she said. “It’s taken a hit on our tourism and lodging especially.”

With the fires up north closing or delaying travel on the Parks Highway and then on the Sterling Highway, some people have canceled their entire Alaska trips, Speakman said.

If their trip had a Denali visit along with a Kenai Peninsula visit, they canceled both.

“On the flip side we’ve had people having to stay over,” she said. “There’s been that mix on top of it all.”

Overall this summer, tourist numbers have been decent, Speakman said, “especially because a majority of our visitors come from around the state.”

At the end of the tourist season, that’s different.

“People aren’t coming down and spending that last weekend, that last hurrah down here,” Speakman said.

Miller said the wildfires and road closures are part of the challenges of running a business in Alaska.

“You kind of have to ad lib when situations like this come around,” Miller said. “We’re good at being creative with the resources we have and pulling together as a team.”

we’re trying to figure out how our families and our friends’ families are going to be affected and it’s not adding up to be good. Everyone is very concerned.”

Megan Murphy, a school counselor at Soldotna High School, has been attending many of the open negotiation meetings. She said she feels like they’ve reached a stalemate.

“I think both sides are trying, but I feel like there’s a lot of frustration,” Murphy said. “I think people are ready. I think in general, the community — everybody wants to see a solution. We’re not seeing as much forward

movement as we’d like from the district and that’s frustrating a lot of people.”

Murphy said it’s hard to go years without a contract. She said she wants health care in the district to be at a similar rate to other districts in the state.

“I get it, there is a lot of financial issues that are happening right now that are problematic,” Murphy said. “I think the district and all of us could work together. We just haven’t gotten there yet.”

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Soldotna duplex catches fire

By Brian Mazurek Peninsula Clarion

Central Emergenc y Services responded to and successfully put out a structure fire in Soldotna Wednesday morning.

At about 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday an on-duty Alaska State Trooper reported a fire along the Sterling Highway, according to an Aug. 28 press release from the Kenai Peninsula Borough’s Central Emergency Services. Firefighting crews arrived on scene within eight minutes of receiving the call and found that a two-story wood frame duplex located between Boundary Street and Mayoni Street had smoke and flames coming from the western side of the building in the upstairs unit.

Firefighters immediately went to work to extinguish the flames, and by about 3:12 a.m. they had the flames under control. By 4:19 a.m. the incident commander reported the fire as out. A total of 18 CES personnel, including several volunteers, responded to assist with suppression efforts. CES Deputy Chief Dan Grimes said that CES personnel have been assisting with the Swan Lake Fire operations but were present at the station when the structure fire occurred.

The resident of the unit and state troopers on scene said that everyone made it out of the building, and no injuries were reported. According to the press release, the resident of the upstairs unit used two personal fire extinguishers to clear a path through the flames and made it to the outside staircase via the second-floor deck.

The downstairs unit sustained no smoke or flame exposure, and no one was inside the downstairs unit at the time of the fire.

The cause of the fire is accidental, the press release said.

The investigation determined that a smoker appliance placed on the second-story deck caught fire, which then spread to the exterior of the structure. Grimes said that the occupant of the upstairs unit reportedly fell asleep with the smoker on. The case is closed, Grimes said, but the exact details of how the smoker caught fire are still being investigated.

charter and alternative schools and distance delivery programs. District employees cannot be fired for participating in a legal strike. Associations are required to notify the superintendent 72 hours in advance. The superintendent will notify staff, parents, community partners, contractors and others of the strike’s start date.

The district and the associations are emailing each other with specific information requests and from there will determine a time to meet again in the near future, the district’s communications liaison Pegge Erkeneff said.

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International pressure can force change K

udos are in order for world leaders who reacted quickly to forest fires in the Amazon that are so intense soot-darkened skies have turned day into night in Sao Paulo, Brazil’s largest city thousands of kilometres away.

On Monday, the Group of Seven nations announced a $20 million (U.S.) aid package to help the Amazon countries fight those fires.

And Canada, a G7 member, further announced it would commit an additional $15 million to fighting the fires and send water bombers to regions of Brazil and Bolivia to help douse the flames.

Those are crucial steps considering the massive forest, often referred to as the Earth’s “lungs,” provides 20 per cent of the world’s oxygen.

So far this year there have been over 40,000 forest fires in Brazil’s Amazon, a 79 per cent increase over the same period in 2018. Those currently raging must be extinguished.

But, sadly, those aid packages won’t stop future fires from being lit in a forest that is home to three million species of plants and animals unless world leaders can convince Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, to change his ways.

That’s because the fires raging across Brazil’s rainforest are a result of the actions of loggers, miners and farmers who have received the message loud and clear from Bolsonaro that he supports their business activities over efforts to protect the rainforest.

Indeed, the right-wing populist leader was elected in 2018 on a promise to ditch protections for the rainforest — and for the one million Indigenous people who live within it.

And he has put his money where his mouth is, rolling back protections and reducing the budgets to enforce environmental laws.

Critics say that has emboldened businesses, which are now setting the fires to clear the land for farming or mining.

Meanwhile, loggers are cutting down trees in previously protected areas.

The few protections that are still in place are actually an improvement over Bolsonaro’s original plan to completely do away with the environment ministry.

That limited course correction wasn’t because the Brazilian president suddenly realized the importance of protecting the rainforest. It was a result of pressure from the country’s agricultural businesses, which rightly feared that a complete gutting of environmental protections would incite a worldwide boycott of Brazilian products.

And by so blatantly putting mining and forestry interests ahead of protecting the rainforest and its inhabitants, Bolsonaro is still leading his country towards a similar end.

So far, European Union leaders in France and Ireland have threatened to block a trade deal with Brazil, which was 20 years in the making, if Bolsonaro does not take action to protect the rainforest.

And a statement issued at the G7 summit by more than 50 Indigenous groups and environmental organizations calls for governments around the world to strengthen import restrictions on beef, soy, minerals and other products that originate from areas affected by deforestation.

Further it asks all governments to conduct due diligence before investing in the Amazon to ensure human rights and environmental protections are not being violated.

On Friday, in the face of intense pressure from the G7 leaders, Bolsonaro suddenly reversed course and proclaimed “a profound love and respect for the Amazon.”

Indeed, he went so far as to say that “protecting the rainforest is our duty,” and dispatched the military to help fight forest fires.

That’s quite a turnaround given all his previous actions.

Regardless of the motivations for that, it shows he’s not immune to potential boycotts or political pressure.

Now all world leaders must continue to hold his feet to the fire to ensure his change of heart results in a permanent change of policy.

— The Toronto Star, Aug. 26

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voices of the peninsula | Tim Steinberg

Marine debris has a lasting effect on ocean life M

y adventure begin with Jaden, my friend from Denver Colorado. Jaden came to Alaska to visit and help with the marine debris cleanup left over from the results of a tsunami from Japan. In early 2011, an earthquake in Japan caused a tsunami that dumped an unprecedented amount of marine debris on the West Coast of the United States and Gore Point, Alaska.

Gore Point has always been known to be a collector of marine debris due to its location and currents. On our own act of volunteerism, we flew from Homer to Gore Point in a floatplane and landed at Gore Lake to assist with cleanup efforts. We camped in tents at Gore Lake for five days.

It’s not just my opinion but fact that marine debris has a lasting and ill influence on the ocean and marine life. They find birds starving because they accidentally ate something that might have been food or ingested something that might have been in the food they were eating. Either way, the debris can cause a dangerous blockage. Mammals are perishing because of ingesting plastics.

Marine debris has multiple sources: ocean-based and land-based. Oceanbased sources include fishing vessels

(commercial and private), platforms such as oil and gas, to cargo and cruise ships. Land-based sources include storm water discharges, intentional or unintentional littering or dumping on land or in rivers that can wash out to sea and from extreme natural disasters. The debris from all of these sources can be blown, swept, dumped or driven to the sea. It has devastating effects on marine life and plants.

An Ocean Conservancy study found that the top items collected during annual cleanups are cigarette butts, food wrappers, plastic beverage bottles, bottle caps, straws/stirrers, plastic grocery bags, glass beverage bottles, beverage cans, plastic cups and plates. Plastic debris is a growing problem, and finding a way to reduce it or eliminate it along with finding alternatives is a globally recognized environmental issue that many organizations are trying to solve.

During our time at Gore Point we collected 15 bags of debris consisting of netting, plastic buoys, and numerous commercial fishing items. In addition, I found a Japanese vacuum and a 5-meter electrical pole; entire households were washing up on the beach from Japan.

As a 35-year professional photographer and budding artist, I created sculptured art pieces with the debris that I collected. After photographing the art pieces, I dismantled the “art” and bagged the debris. In the end we took five bags with us on the float plane and left ten bags on the beach berm for the Gulf of Alaska Keeper to pick up.

I found this experience very fulfilling. I routinely volunteer to keep the Alaska coastlines clean and beautiful. During the summer months I run kayak trips to the Prince William Sound, Kenai Fjords, and Kachemak Bay State Park. It is very heartbreaking to be on the water and find marine debris and animals who have suffered as a result.

Marine debris is a rising problem and shows no sign of reduction unless there is human intervention on our part. I feel if we stand locally and continue to fight statewide, we can reduce the effect that marine debris has on the environment. Only by being involved can we help lessen and being cautious of how we dispose of our trash in the future.

Tim Steinberg is a Homer photographer, artist and marine debris cleanup volunteer.

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Dem attitudes on impeachment vary widely

By Mary Claire Jalonick Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Impeach Trump? For Democrats, the answer is complicated.

While more than 130 House Democrats — more than half the caucus — have come out in favor of an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, according to a tally by The Associated Press, those numbers don’t reflect the whole story.

The number of Democrats who would actually vote to recommend articles of impeachment, at this point, is significantly smaller.

The picture has been complicated further by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler’s insistence, beginning in late July, that the panel is already conducting impeachment proceedings. Since then, some Democrats have endorsed Judiciary’s work on impeachment without taking a position on whether to vote to begin an official inquiry.

The varying sentiments will be critical as Democrats decide the next steps this fall. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has repeatedly counseled caution, telling Democratic colleagues on a call last week that “the public isn’t there on impeachment” and the case needs to be as strong as possible.

A breakdown of where the Democrats stand:

The right now Democrats A handful of the most liberal Democrats in the caucus have been pushing for impeachment since Trump was elected. Texas Rep. Al Green has been lobbying to remove the president since 2017, and has already forced three impeachment votes on the House floor. The most recent vote, in July, failed by a lopsided 332-95 vote.

The right now group also includes the self-described “squad” of

freshmen Democrats: Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan. Tlaib has introduced a resolution to begin the impeachment process; it has 17 co-sponsors.

The proceed quickly Democrats Members of the House Judiciary Committee have been at the forefront of calls for an inquiry. The committee, which oversees impeachment and other hot-button issues like guns and immigration, often attracts some of the caucus’ most liberal members.

Democrats on the panel were among the first to start pushing Pelosi last spring, with many saying after the release of former special counsel Robert Mueller’s report that the House needed to formally consider impeachment.

“Here in Judiciary we are on the front line,” Pennsylvania Rep. Madeline Dean said in May, after she called for an impeachment inquiry. “And I believe that our caucus is counting on us to inform them, day by day.”

The impeachment calls from the Judiciary committee in the spring were soon amplified by many Democrats in the most liberal districts.

The reluctant but supportive Democrats As the list of inquiry supporters grew, some Democrats from less liberal districts joined the calls. But they were more cautious.

“I believe my constituents sent me to Congress, in part, because of my reputation for being thoughtful and deliberate,” Virginia Rep. Jennifer Wexton, a freshman from a swing district, said in July. “I did not run for office with the purpose of impeaching the president, but I did take an oath to

uphold and defend the Constitution.”

Illinois Rep. Lauren Underwood hails from a district that supported Trump in 2016. “Let me be clear,” she said in a statement this month supporting the Judiciary panel’s investigation. “No one wins when Congress is compelled to investigate impeachment or bring about articles of impeachment. This is a tragedy for our country.”

Others made clear that while they support an inquiry, they do not support impeachment, at least for now.

“While they may sound the same, an impeachment inquiry is not the same thing as supporting impeachment,” said California Rep. Harley Rouda, also a freshman from a swing district. “In fact, my hope is that opening an inquiry will allow Congress to gather the information we need to conclude these investigations without impeaching the president, which would only serve to further divide the country.”

The wait and see Democrats There are still more than 100 House Democrats who have not called for an inquiry. Many of them are following the lead of Pelosi, who is supportive of Nadler’s committee but has repeatedly said they need to wait until the facts are in to hold any votes.

Among those still holding back is California Rep. Adam Schiff, the chairman of the intelligence panel. That committee is also investigating Trump and Russian intervention in the 2016 election.

Still, some of Pelosi’s closest allies, and members of Democratic leadership, have called for an official investigation. New Mexico Rep. Ben Ray Luján, third in line behind Pelosi, this month became the highest-ranking Democrat in the House to call for an inquiry.

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Dorian aims for U.S., causes limited damage in Caribbean

By DÁnica Coto Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Dorian caused limited damage in the northern Caribbean as it left the region and gathered strength late Wednesday, setting its sights on the U.S. mainland as it threatened to grow into a Category 3 storm.

Power outages and flooding were reported across the U.S. Virgin Islands, the British Virgin Islands and the Puerto Rican islands of Vieques and Culebra after Dorian hit St. Thomas as a Category 1 storm.

“We’re happy because there are no damages to report,” Culebra Mayor William Solís told The Associated Press, noting that only one community lost power.

Meanwhile, Dorian caused an island-wide blackout in St. Thomas and St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and scattered power outages in St. Croix, government spokesman Richard Motta told the AP. In addition, the storm downed trees and at least one electric post in St. Thomas, he said, adding that there were

no reports of major flooding so far.

“We are grateful that it wasn’t a stronger storm,” he said.

There were no immediate reports of damage in the British Virgin Islands, where Gov. Augustus Jaspert said crews were already clearing roads and inspecting infrastructure by late Wednesday afternoon.

Dorian had prompted U.S. President Donald Trump to declare a state of emergency Tuesday night and order federal assistance for local authorities.

At 5 p.m. EDT, Dorian was located 45 miles northwest of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said it had maximum sustained winds of 80 mph while moving northwest at 14 mph.

The Hurricane Center said the storm could grow into a dangerous Category 3 storm as it pushes northwest in the general direction of Florida.

Dennis Feltgen, a Hurricane Center meteorologist in Miami, said Dorian may grow in size and could land

anywhere from South Florida to South Carolina on Sunday or Monday.

“This will be a large storm approaching the Southeast,” he said.

People in Florida were starting to get ready for a possible Labor Day weekend strike, with county governments along Florida’s east-central coast distributing sandbags and many residents rushing to warehouse retailers to load up on water, canned food and emergency supplies.

“All Floridians on the East Coast should have 7 days of supplies, prepare their homes & follow the track closely,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said in a tweet. Later Wednesday, he declared a state of emergency for the counties in the storm’s path.

A hurricane watch and tropical storm warning remained in effect for Puerto Rico, with Dorian expected to dump 4 to 6 inches of rain with isolated amounts of 8 inches in the eastern part of the island.

However, Puerto Rico seemed to be spared any heavy wind and rain, a huge

relief to many on an island where blue tarps still cover some 30,000 homes nearly two years after Hurricane Maria. The island’s 3.2 million inhabitants also depend on an unstable power grid that remains prone to outages since it was destroyed by Maria, a Category 4 storm.

Ramonita Torres, a thin, stooped, 74-year-old woman who lives by herself in the impoverished, flood-prone neighborhood of Las Monjas in the capital of San Juan, was still trying to rebuild the home she nearly lost after Maria but was not able to secure the pieces of zinc that now serve as her roof.

“There’s no money for that,” she said, shaking her head.

Several hundred customers were without power across Puerto Rico by Wednesday evening, according to Ángel Figueroa, president of a union that represents power workers.

Police said an 80-year-old man in the northern town of Bayamón died on Wednesday after he fell trying to climb up to his roof to clear it of debris ahead of the storm.

Farmers’ loyalty to Trump tested over new corn-ethanol rules

By Steve Karnowski, Scott McFetridge and Julie Pace Associated Press

LACONA, Iowa — When President Donald Trump levied tariffs on China that scrambled global markets, farmer Randy Miller was willing to absorb the financial hit. Even as the soybeans in his fields about an hour south of Des Moines became less valuable, Miller saw longterm promise in Trump’s efforts to rebalance America’s trade relationship with Beijing.

“The farmer plays the long game,” said Miller, who grows soybeans and corn and raises pigs in Lacona. “I look at my job through my son, my grandkids. So am I willing to suffer today to get this done to where I think it will be better for them? Yes.” But the patience of Miller and many other Midwest farmers with a president they mostly supported in 2016 is being put sorely to the test.

The trigger wasn’t Trump’s China tariffs, but the waivers the administration granted this month to 31 oil refineries so they don’t have to blend ethanol into their gasoline.

Since roughly 40% of the U.S. corn crop is turned into ethanol, it was a fresh blow to corn producers already struggling with five years of low commodity prices and the threat of mediocre harvests this fall after some of the worst weather in years.

“That flashpoint was reached and the frustration boiled over, and this was the straw that broke the camel’s back,” says Lynn Chrisp, who grows corn and soybeans near Hastings, Nebraska, and is president of the National Corn Growers Association.

“I’ve never seen farmers so tired, so frustrated, and they’re to the point of anger,” says Kelly Nieuwenhuis, a farmer from Primghar in northwest Iowa who said the waivers were a hot topic at a recent meeting of the Iowa Corn Growers Association. Nieuwenhuis said he voted for Trump in 2016, but now he’s not sure who he’ll support in 2020.

While Iowa farmer Miller saw Trump’s brinkmanship with China as a necessary gamble to help American workers, the ethanol waivers smacked to him of favoritism for a wealthy and powerful

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Farmer Randy Miller is shown with his soybeans Aug. 22 at his farm in Lacona, Iowa. Miller, who also farms corn, is among farmers unhappy with President Donald Trump over waivers granted to oil refineries that have sharply reduced demand for corn-based ethanol. Miller called it “our own country stabbing us in the back.”

industry — Big Oil. “That’s our own country stabbing us in the back,” Miller said. “That’s the president going, the oil companies need to make more than the American farmer. … That was just, ‘I like the oil company better or I’m friends with the oil company more than I’m friends with the farmer.’”

The Environmental Protection Agency last month kept its annual target for the level of corn ethanol that must be blended into the nation’s gasoline supply under the Renewable Fuel Standard at 15 billion gallons (56.78 billion liters) for 2020. That was a deep disappointment to an ethanol industry that wanted a higher target to offset exemptions granted to smaller refiners. Those waivers have cut demand by an estimated 2.6 billion gallons (9.84 billion liters) since Trump took office.

At least 15 ethanol plants already have been shut down or idled since the EPA increased waivers under Trump, and a 16th casualty came Wednesday at the Corn Plus ethanol plant in the south-central Minnesota town of Winnebago. The Renewable Fuels Association says the closures have affected more than 2,500 jobs.

The 31 new waivers issued this month came on top of 54 granted since early 2018, according to the association. While the waivers are intended to reduce hardships on small oil refiners, some beneficiaries include smaller refineries owned by big oil companies.

The administration knows it has a problem. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said at a farm policy

summit in Decatur, Illinois, on Wednesday that Trump will take action to soften the effects. He would not say what the president might do or when, but said that Trump believes the waivers by his EPA were “way overdone.”

Geoff Cooper, head of the Renewable Fuels Association, said the heads of the EPA and Agriculture Department and key White House officials have been discussing relief, and that his group has been talking with officials involved in those conversations. He said they’ve heard the plan may include reallocating the ethanol demand lost from the exempted smaller refiners to

larger refiners that would pick up the slack, but many key details remain unclear, including whether the reallocation would apply in 2020 or be delayed until 2021.

“Anything short of that redistribution or reallocation is not going to be well received by farmers, I’ll tell you that,” Cooper said.

The White House referred questions to the EPA, where spokesman Michael Abboud said only that the agency would “continue to consult” on the best path forward.

Another example of the tensions came last week when the U.S. Agriculture Department pulled its staffers out of the ProFarmer Crop Tour, an annual assessment of Midwest crop yields, in response to an unspecified threat. The agency said it came from “someone not involved with the tour” and that Federal Protective Services was investigating.

Despite farmers’ mounting frustrations, there’s little evidence so far that many farmers who backed Trump in 2016 will desert him in 2020. Many are still pleased with his rollbacks in other regulations. Cultural issues such as abortion or gun rights are important to many of them. And many are wary of a Democratic Party they see as growing more liberal.

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Agency boss: Past support for U.S. land sales is ‘irrelevant’ BILLINGS, Mont. — A newly appointed Trump administration official said his past support for selling federal lands is “irrelevant,” after his selection to oversee an agency managing nearly a quarter-billion public acres in the U.S. West drew a backlash from conservationists and lawmakers. Acting Bureau of Land Management Director William Perry Pendley this week moved to disavow his longtime advocacy for federal land sales amid continued criticism over his appointment. The Wyoming native has previously accused government agencies of illegally blocking ranchers, miners and oil and gas companies from profiting off publicly owned range and forest. He argued in a 2016 National Review article that the “Founding Fathers intended all lands owned by the federal government to be sold.”

Sen. Gillibrand says she’s ending 2020 bid

WASHINGTON — Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand is dropping out of the presidential race. The 52-year-old New York senator announced her decision Wednesday on Twitter as her campaign, which once looked to ride strong #MeToo credentials, was plagued by low polling and fundraising struggles. She had failed to meet thresholds for required numbers of donors and polling to qualify for the September debate in Houston. Gillibrand was appointed to the Senate in 2009 to fill the seat vacated by Hillary Clinton.

She was vocal on curbing sexual harassment and promoting equal pay for women and family leave, making those and defending abortion rights the core of her presidential bid. But Gillibrand also was the first Senate Democrat to call for Minnesota Sen. Al Franken’s resignation and says that alienated donors and some voters.

Woman cleared of murder after 35 years in prison gets $3 million RENO, Nev. — A woman who spent 35 years in prison for a Nevada murder she didn’t commit before she was exonerated by DNA evidence on a crime-scene cigarette butt will get $3 million in a partial settlement of a federal civil rights lawsuit, her lawyer said Wednesday. Cathy Woods, 68, will continue to seek additional damages from the city of Reno and former detectives she accuses of coercing a fabricated confession from her while she was a patient at a Louisiana mental hospital in 1979, according to her lawyer, Elizabeth Wang. Woods was released from prison in 2015 when new evidence linked the 1976 killing of a Reno college student to an Oregon inmate, Rodney Halbower, who has since has been convicted of two San Francisco Bay Area slayings that happened during the same period.

around the world 26 killed in fiery attack on bar

COATZACOALCOS, Mexico — Gang members burst into a bar, blocked all the exits and then started a fire that killed 26 people and injured about a dozen others, Mexican officials said Wednesday. Authorities said the attack in the Gulf coast city of Coatzacoalcos late Tuesday apparently was overseen by a man who had been recently arrested but released. "The criminals went in, closed the doors, the emergency exits, and set fire to the place," President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said at his daily morning news conference. Veracruz state police said the attack targeted the "Bar Caballo Blanco," or "White Horse Bar." It advertised "quality, security and service," private rooms for $7.50 "all night," ''sexy girls" and a pole dance contest. It is located just off a busy commercial street in Coatzacoalcos, a city whose main industry has long been oil and oil refining.

UK's Johnson moves to suspend Parliament ahead of Brexit LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson maneuvered Wednesday to give his political opponents even less time to block a chaotic no-deal Brexit before the Oct. 31 withdrawal deadline, winning Queen Elizabeth II's approval to suspend Parliament. His critics were outraged.

Though Johnson previously had refused to rule out such a move, the timing of the decision took lawmakers — many of whom are on vacation — by surprise. Johnson insisted he was taking the step so he could outline his domestic agenda, and he shot down the notion that he was curbing debate, saying there would be "ample time" to discuss Brexit and other issues. Lawmakers reacted with fury, including John Bercow, speaker of the lower House of Commons, who was not told in advance of Johnson's plan.

— Associated Press

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BP’s departure could leave a big hole for Alaska nonprofits

By Becky Bohrer Associated Press

JUNEAU — BP’s plan to pull out of Alaska could leave a big hole for nonprofits and other programs that benefited from the oil giant’s donations and its employee volunteers.

BP on Tuesday announced it would sell its Alaska assets to Hilcorp in a deal expected to close next year. BP, which has had a decades-long presence in the state, said it employs about 1,600 people in Alaska.

Its footprint has extended beyond the North Slope, where it has interests in Prudhoe Bay, other developments and the trans-Alaska pipeline.

Its philanthropy has included support for student scholarship and teacher honors, summer engineering programs, community cleanups and other initiatives. Employees were encouraged to volunteer and serve on boards.

The BP Energy Center in Anchorage offered free day-time meeting

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water drops and constructed dozer lines near the campground. Structure protection tools, including pump and sprinkler systems, are in place at Kelly Lake, Engineer Lake and Upper Ohmer cabins, as well as the Skilak Guard Station and the Hidden Lake Pavilion.

To the east of the campground, crews have completed mop up efforts and constructed a dozer line from Skilak Lake Road south

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Hilcorp are looking to infield developments in the NPRA, and Moriarty said that if all goes according to plan, oil production could increase

space to nonprofits and community groups, said Tamera Lienhart, director of community affairs for BP Alaska.

Meg Baldino, a BP spokeswoman, said the center will be left as a gift to Alaska. Details on who would run the center remained unclear.

Cassandra Stalzer, a vice president with United Way of Anchorage, said Alaska — with its small population — has a “pretty thin philanthropic layer,” with few foundations of size that broadly support “the general good” or social service projects, and not a lot of wealthy people who have taken leading philanthropic roles.

“So BP has been, for many years, one of the most significant players in philanthropy as a whole for the state,” she said.

Since 1998, Stalzer said BP and its employees have provided $22 million to her organization for community programs.

She said she thinks there has been a greater focus on the role of nonprofits in community health through this year’s state budget

debate and now the expected departure of BP. Often nonprofits are seen as “nice-to-have extras,” but they provide important services, such as housing and mental health programs, she said.

“This could be a quality of life moment for us where we need to figure out what it is that we really value and stand for,” she said. United Way continues to press ahead and hopes people take this as an opportunity to get involved, she said.

Laurie Wolf, president and CEO of The Foraker Group, which helps build up nonprofits, said BP’s long history and breadth of giving has been notable.

BP reported donating more than $3 million to Alaska community organizations in 2017, with its employees supporting hundreds of education and community groups and youth teams. Baldino said the 2018 figure was $4 million.

The company has had rough spots. In 2011, BP’s Alaska subsidiary agreed to pay a $25 million penalty after a spill five years earlier

of crude oil from BP pipelines on the North Slope.

State Sen. Bill Wielechowski, an Anchorage Democrat, acknowledged BP’s contributions but also said the company has looked out for its corporate interests. He said BP has been in “harvest mode” at the aging Prudhoe Bay and hasn’t explored on the North Slope for years.

“I don’t wish them any ill will at all but the reality is, they have a different business model and Alaska just doesn’t fit in their model right now,” he said.

BP said its planned sale was part of an effort to divest $10 billion in assets this year and next. The sale to Hilcorp was valued at $5.6 billion.

Kara Moriarty, president and CEO of the Alaska Oil and Gas Association, said there are unknowns, including what will happen with employees.

“We don’t know what’s going to happen to corporate contributions. But we do know that both companies have demonstrated

commitment in the past, and I have no doubt that’s going to continue,” she said.

Hilcorp spokesman Justin Furnace said plans for the BP workforce “will develop as we determine how we will integrate the acquisition into Hilcorp’s existing operations.”

By email Wednesday, he said giving back is important to Hilcorp and its employees, citing volunteerism, sponsoring Future Leaders of America scholarships and employee dollars and companymatched funds supporting Alaska charities.

Lisa Parady, executive director of the Alaska Association of Secondary School Principals, said BP for years has been generous in providing student scholarships through a partnership with her organization.

She said she’s hopeful Hilcorp will consider programs BP has supported “that have a significant impact on the lives of our students, and certainly we’ll be reaching out to them to ask them to consider continuing with this program.”

to the Kenai River. Surber said that no advancement is predicted in this area.

Along the fire’s southeastern perimeter, four crews are pushing the containment line further into areas of lighter fuel near Surprise Creek in an effort to limit the fire’s growth toward Cooper Landing from the south side of the highway.

As of 8 p.m. Wednesday, Cooper Landing remained in level 2 “SET” mode, which is not an order to evacuate but advises that residents should make all the preparations necessary to evacuate if the situation calls for it.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School

District announced Wednesday night that school for Cooper Landing K-12 students would be closed until Monday, Sept. 3 at the earliest.

The Sterling Highway remained open Wednesday afternoon, with one lane and pilot cars between Mile 40 and 71. OEM reported delays of up to three or four hours and advised motorists to be prepared with water and food.

On Monday night, the fire crossed the Resurrection Pass Trail into Slaughter Ridge, prompting the OEM to put Cooper Landing in “SET” status. Crews are working from Trout Lake to combat the

parts of the fire that crossed that containment line along Resurrection Pass Trail, but smoke conditions on Wednesday prohibited aerial resources from being used.

A swing shift crew working from 10 a.m. to midnight will create an additional contingency line north of Cooper Landing to limit the potential of the fire spreading south from its current location near Slaughter Ridge.

Structure protection crews continued to work within the community of Cooper Landing by installing sprinklers and hose lines around homes and businesses. In addition,

a night-shift crew consisting of four fire engines will conduct patrols along the Sterling Highway to keep an eye out for any new fire behavior.

Active fire behavior remains likely until there is a significant change in the weather pattern. A low-pressure weather pattern could come into the area this weekend, which would bring cooler temperatures and precipitation as early as Friday night. Precipitation on and off is possible through the middle of next week. For the latest information on fire activity, visit kpboem.com or call the borough’s call center at 907-262INFO (4636).

significantly.

“Now all of those fields aren’t going to come online all at the same time,” Moriarty said. “But if they are all successful … we could honestly see in five to seven years a couple hundred thousand more barrels being produced.”

On Tu e s d a y , BP

announced that it would be selling all of its interests in Alaska to Hilcorp for $5.6 billion. Moriarty told the Clarion yesterday wthat the news of the sale bolstered the notion that companies are committed to increase production both on the North Slope and in Prudhoe Bay.

PCHS is proud to introduce

John Fetchero III, D.O. and welcome him to our Medical Team!

“I have no doubt Hilcorp will do everything they can to expand BP’s existing operations, and this is another opportunity to see what they can do with Prudhoe Bay,” she said.

Looking at the long-term outlook for the industry, the impending lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) could also mean a huge boost in production for the next generation of oil and gas.

The federal Energy Information Administration recently updated their longterm outlook for oil and gas production to account for potential production in ANWR. According to information from the Energy Information Administration, even without production in ANWR the U.S. has become the largest petroleum producer in the world, passing Saudi Arabia in 2018.

The U.S. currently produces about 12 million barrels of oil per day and is also the world’s largest producer of natural gas, producing more than 110 million cubic feet per day.

Moriarty said that with a successful lease sale, by 2040 there could be rates of production as high as 1 million barrels a day in ANWR alone. Moriarty said that this increase in production is necessary to meet a global increase in demand for oil and natural gas.

The International Energy Association’s 2018 World Energy Outlook outlines the potential for oil demand to increase steadily over the next few decades, with demand peaking at 106 million barrels per day in 2040. The increased demand is expected to come primarily from countries in the Asia Pacific region.

To end her presentation, Moriarty spoke about the latest initiative to reform the current tax structure in Alaska in regards to the oil and gas industry. On Aug. 16, an application was submitted for a ballot initiative called the Fair Share Act that would increase the state’s share of revenues from oil production by increasing taxes on oil companies and eliminating the per-barrel tax credit

that is currently in place.

The per-barrel credit, enacted through the Legislature in 2013 with the passage of SB 21, acts as a tax deduction for oil production that is adjusted as the price of oil fluctuates. Moriarty said that the goal of the per-barrel credit is to keep the tax rate competitive when oil prices are low, and the credit diminishes based on rising price.

Prior to the passage of SB 21, oil production was taxed at a flat 35%. According to a presentation by Alaska’s Department of Revenue to the House Resources Committee on April 22 of this year, the effective production tax rate with the per-barrel credit has averaged about 24% since fiscal year 2014.

“I’m an Alaskan, I’ve got three kids in school, I understand the state has a serious fiscal challenge,” Moriarty said. “So some think this a really easy fix, we can just go get a billion or two from the oil and gas industry, but in the end that will not be the long-term solution and we’ll be worse off long-term than in the short-term.”

Today in History

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907-262-3119.

We offer a sliding fee scale to those who qualify based on family size and income regardless of insurance coverage.

We accept most insurance plans, including private health insurance, Veterans, Medicaid, Denali KidCare, and Medicare.

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Today is Thursday, Aug. 29, the 241st day of 2019. There are 124 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Aug. 29, 1944, 15,000 American troops of the 28th Infantry Division marched down the Champs Elysees (shahms ay-lee-ZAY’) in Paris as the French capital continued to celebrate its liberation from the Nazis.

On this date: In 1814, during the War of 1812, Alexandria, Virginia, formally surrendered to British military forces, which occupied the city until September 3.

In 1862, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing began operations at the United States Treasury.

In 1877, the second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Brigham Young, died in Salt Lake City, Utah, at age 76.

In 1957, the Senate gave final congressional approval to a Civil Rights Act after South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond (then a Democrat) ended a filibuster that had lasted 24 hours.

In 1958, pop superstar Michael Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana.

In 1965, Gemini 5, carrying astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles “Pete” Conrad, splashed down in the Atlantic after 8 days in space.

In 1966, the Beatles concluded their fourth American tour with their last public concert, held at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.

In 1972, swimmer Mark Spitz of the United States won the third of his seven gold medals at the Munich Olympics, finishing first in the 200-meter freestyle.

In 1982, Academy Award-winning actress Ingrid Bergman died in London on her 67th birthday.

In 1996, the Democratic National Convention in Chicago nominated Al Gore for a second term as vice president.

Earlier in the day, President Bill Clinton’s chief political strategist, Dick Morris, resigned amid a scandal over his relationship with a prostitute.

In 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast near Buras, Louisiana, bringing floods that devastated New Orleans.

More than 1,800 people in the region died.

In 2008, Republican presidential nominee John McCain picked Sarah Palin, a maverick conservative who had been governor of Alaska for less than two years, to be his running mate.

Ten years ago: Funeral services were held in Boston for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, who was eulogized by President Barack Obama; hours later, Kennedy’s remains were buried at Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington. Eight people were found beaten to death at a mobile home in Glynn County, Georgia; family member Guy Heinze (hynz) Jr., who reported finding the bodies, was later convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole. Space shuttle Discovery and seven astronauts blazed into orbit on a flight to the international space station.

Five years ago: A federal judge threw out new Texas abortion restrictions that would have effectively closed more than a dozen clinics statewide in a victory for opponents of tough new anti-abortion laws sweeping across the U.S. (The Supreme Court later struck down parts of the Texas anti-abortion measure as an “undue burden” on access to abortion.)

One year ago: Sen. John McCain was remembered as a “true American hero” at a crowded service at the North Phoenix Baptist Church after a motorcade carried McCain’s body from the state Capitol. Kanye West apologized on a Chicago radio station (WGCI) for calling slavery a “choice.” The government reported that the economy had grown at a strong 4.2 percent annual rate in the April-June quarter, the best showing in nearly four years. Paul Taylor, a towering figure in American modern dance, died at a New York hospital at the age of 88.

Today’s Birthdays: Actress Betty Lynn (TV: “The Andy Griffith Show”) is 93. Movie director William Friedkin is 84. Actor Elliott Gould is 81. Movie director Joel Schumacher is 80. Actress Deborah Van Valkenburgh is 67. Former Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew is 64. Dancer-choreographer Mark Morris is 63. Country musician Dan Truman (Diamond Rio) is 63. Actress Rebecca DeMornay is 60. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch (GOR’-suhch) is 52. Singer Me’Shell NdegeOcello (n-DAY’-gay-OH’-chehl-oh) is 51. Rhythm-and-blues singer Carl Martin (Shai) is 49. Actress Carla Gugino is 48. Rock musician Kyle Cook (Matchbox Twenty) is 44. Actor John Hensley is 42. Actress Kate Simses is 40. Rock musician David Desrosiers (Simple Plan) is 39. Rapper A+ is 37. Actress Jennifer Landon is 36.

Actor Jeffrey Licon is 34. Actress-singer Lea Michele is 33. Actress Charlotte Ritchie is 30. Actress Nicole Gale Anderson is 29. MLB pitcher Noah Syndergaard (SIHN’-dur-gahrd) is 27. Rock singer Liam Payne (One Direction) is 26.

Thought for Today: “Be yourself. The world worships the original.” -- Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982).

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Thursday, August 29, 2019

Peninsula Clarion

BP’s departure could leave a big hole for Alaska nonprofits

By Becky Bohrer Associated Press

JUNEAU — BP’s plan to pull out of Alaska could leave a big hole for nonprofits and other programs that benefited from the oil giant’s donations and its employee volunteers.

BP on Tuesday announced it would sell its Alaska assets to Hilcorp in a deal expected to close next year. BP, which has had a decades-long presence in the state, said it employs about 1,600 people in Alaska.

Its footprint has extended beyond the North Slope, where it has interests in Prudhoe Bay, other developments and the trans-Alaska pipeline.

Its philanthropy has included support for student scholarship and teacher honors, summer engineering programs, community cleanups and other initiatives. Employees were encouraged to volunteer and serve on boards.

The BP Energy Center in Anchorage offered free day-time meeting

Smoke From Page A1

water drops and constructed dozer lines near the campground. Structure protection tools, including pump and sprinkler systems, are in place at Kelly Lake, Engineer Lake and Upper Ohmer cabins, as well as the Skilak Guard Station and the Hidden Lake Pavilion.

To the east of the campground, crews have completed mop up efforts and constructed a dozer line from Skilak Lake Road south

Oil

From Page A1

Hilcorp are looking to infield developments in the NPRA, and Moriarty said that if all goes according to plan, oil production could increase

space to nonprofits and community groups, said Tamera Lienhart, director of community affairs for BP Alaska.

Meg Baldino, a BP spokeswoman, said the center will be left as a gift to Alaska. Details on who would run the center remained unclear.

Cassandra Stalzer, a vice president with United Way of Anchorage, said Alaska — with its small population — has a “pretty thin philanthropic layer,” with few foundations of size that broadly support “the general good” or social service projects, and not a lot of wealthy people who have taken leading philanthropic roles.

“So BP has been, for many years, one of the most significant players in philanthropy as a whole for the state,” she said.

Since 1998, Stalzer said BP and its employees have provided $22 million to her organization for community programs.

She said she thinks there has been a greater focus on the role of nonprofits in community health through this year’s state budget

debate and now the expected departure of BP. Often nonprofits are seen as “nice-to-have extras,” but they provide important services, such as housing and mental health programs, she said.

“This could be a quality of life moment for us where we need to figure out what it is that we really value and stand for,” she said. United Way continues to press ahead and hopes people take this as an opportunity to get involved, she said.

Laurie Wolf, president and CEO of The Foraker Group, which helps build up nonprofits, said BP’s long history and breadth of giving has been notable.

BP reported donating more than $3 million to Alaska community organizations in 2017, with its employees supporting hundreds of education and community groups and youth teams. Baldino said the 2018 figure was $4 million.

The company has had rough spots. In 2011, BP’s Alaska subsidiary agreed to pay a $25 million penalty after a spill five years earlier

of crude oil from BP pipelines on the North Slope.

State Sen. Bill Wielechowski, an Anchorage Democrat, acknowledged BP’s contributions but also said the company has looked out for its corporate interests. He said BP has been in “harvest mode” at the aging Prudhoe Bay and hasn’t explored on the North Slope for years.

“I don’t wish them any ill will at all but the reality is, they have a different business model and Alaska just doesn’t fit in their model right now,” he said.

BP said its planned sale was part of an effort to divest $10 billion in assets this year and next. The sale to Hilcorp was valued at $5.6 billion.

Kara Moriarty, president and CEO of the Alaska Oil and Gas Association, said there are unknowns, including what will happen with employees.

“We don’t know what’s going to happen to corporate contributions. But we do know that both companies have demonstrated

commitment in the past, and I have no doubt that’s going to continue,” she said.

Hilcorp spokesman Justin Furnace said plans for the BP workforce “will develop as we determine how we will integrate the acquisition into Hilcorp’s existing operations.”

By email Wednesday, he said giving back is important to Hilcorp and its employees, citing volunteerism, sponsoring Future Leaders of America scholarships and employee dollars and companymatched funds supporting Alaska charities.

Lisa Parady, executive director of the Alaska Association of Secondary School Principals, said BP for years has been generous in providing student scholarships through a partnership with her organization.

She said she’s hopeful Hilcorp will consider programs BP has supported “that have a significant impact on the lives of our students, and certainly we’ll be reaching out to them to ask them to consider continuing with this program.”

to the Kenai River. Surber said that no advancement is predicted in this area.

Along the fire’s southeastern perimeter, four crews are pushing the containment line further into areas of lighter fuel near Surprise Creek in an effort to limit the fire’s growth toward Cooper Landing from the south side of the highway.

As of 8 p.m. Wednesday, Cooper Landing remained in level 2 “SET” mode, which is not an order to evacuate but advises that residents should make all the preparations necessary to evacuate if the situation calls for it.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School

District announced Wednesday night that school for Cooper Landing K-12 students would be closed until Monday, Sept. 3 at the earliest.

The Sterling Highway remained open Wednesday afternoon, with one lane and pilot cars between Mile 40 and 71. OEM reported delays of up to three or four hours and advised motorists to be prepared with water and food.

On Monday night, the fire crossed the Resurrection Pass Trail into Slaughter Ridge, prompting the OEM to put Cooper Landing in “SET” status. Crews are working from Trout Lake to combat the

parts of the fire that crossed that containment line along Resurrection Pass Trail, but smoke conditions on Wednesday prohibited aerial resources from being used.

A swing shift crew working from 10 a.m. to midnight will create an additional contingency line north of Cooper Landing to limit the potential of the fire spreading south from its current location near Slaughter Ridge.

Structure protection crews continued to work within the community of Cooper Landing by installing sprinklers and hose lines around homes and businesses. In addition,

a night-shift crew consisting of four fire engines will conduct patrols along the Sterling Highway to keep an eye out for any new fire behavior.

Active fire behavior remains likely until there is a significant change in the weather pattern. A low-pressure weather pattern could come into the area this weekend, which would bring cooler temperatures and precipitation as early as Friday night. Precipitation on and off is possible through the middle of next week. For the latest information on fire activity, visit kpboem.com or call the borough’s call center at 907-262INFO (4636).

significantly.

“Now all of those fields aren’t going to come online all at the same time,” Moriarty said. “But if they are all successful … we could honestly see in five to seven years a couple hundred thousand more barrels being produced.”

On Tu e s d a y , BP

announced that it would be selling all of its interests in Alaska to Hilcorp for $5.6 billion. Moriarty told the Clarion yesterday wthat the news of the sale bolstered the notion that companies are committed to increase production both on the North Slope and in Prudhoe Bay.

PCHS is proud to introduce

John Fetchero III, D.O. and welcome him to our Medical Team!

“I have no doubt Hilcorp will do everything they can to expand BP’s existing operations, and this is another opportunity to see what they can do with Prudhoe Bay,” she said.

Looking at the long-term outlook for the industry, the impending lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) could also mean a huge boost in production for the next generation of oil and gas.

The federal Energy Information Administration recently updated their longterm outlook for oil and gas production to account for potential production in ANWR. According to information from the Energy Information Administration, even without production in ANWR the U.S. has become the largest petroleum producer in the world, passing Saudi Arabia in 2018.

The U.S. currently produces about 12 million barrels of oil per day and is also the world’s largest producer of natural gas, producing more than 110 million cubic feet per day.

Moriarty said that with a successful lease sale, by 2040 there could be rates of production as high as 1 million barrels a day in ANWR alone. Moriarty said that this increase in production is necessary to meet a global increase in demand for oil and natural gas.

The International Energy Association’s 2018 World Energy Outlook outlines the potential for oil demand to increase steadily over the next few decades, with demand peaking at 106 million barrels per day in 2040. The increased demand is expected to come primarily from countries in the Asia Pacific region.

To end her presentation, Moriarty spoke about the latest initiative to reform the current tax structure in Alaska in regards to the oil and gas industry. On Aug. 16, an application was submitted for a ballot initiative called the Fair Share Act that would increase the state’s share of revenues from oil production by increasing taxes on oil companies and eliminating the per-barrel tax credit

that is currently in place.

The per-barrel credit, enacted through the Legislature in 2013 with the passage of SB 21, acts as a tax deduction for oil production that is adjusted as the price of oil fluctuates. Moriarty said that the goal of the per-barrel credit is to keep the tax rate competitive when oil prices are low, and the credit diminishes based on rising price.

Prior to the passage of SB 21, oil production was taxed at a flat 35%. According to a presentation by Alaska’s Department of Revenue to the House Resources Committee on April 22 of this year, the effective production tax rate with the per-barrel credit has averaged about 24% since fiscal year 2014.

“I’m an Alaskan, I’ve got three kids in school, I understand the state has a serious fiscal challenge,” Moriarty said. “So some think this a really easy fix, we can just go get a billion or two from the oil and gas industry, but in the end that will not be the long-term solution and we’ll be worse off long-term than in the short-term.”

Today in History

We have providers accepting new patients in Soldotna and Kenai. (including Medicare) You can find out more about our providers at pchsak.org Call today for your appointment!

907-262-3119.

We offer a sliding fee scale to those who qualify based on family size and income regardless of insurance coverage.

We accept most insurance plans, including private health insurance, Veterans, Medicaid, Denali KidCare, and Medicare.

Supporting Your Health!

Today is Thursday, Aug. 29, the 241st day of 2019. There are 124 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Aug. 29, 1944, 15,000 American troops of the 28th Infantry Division marched down the Champs Elysees (shahms ay-lee-ZAY’) in Paris as the French capital continued to celebrate its liberation from the Nazis.

On this date: In 1814, during the War of 1812, Alexandria, Virginia, formally surrendered to British military forces, which occupied the city until September 3.

In 1862, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing began operations at the United States Treasury.

In 1877, the second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Brigham Young, died in Salt Lake City, Utah, at age 76.

In 1957, the Senate gave final congressional approval to a Civil Rights Act after South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond (then a Democrat) ended a filibuster that had lasted 24 hours.

In 1958, pop superstar Michael Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana.

In 1965, Gemini 5, carrying astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles “Pete” Conrad, splashed down in the Atlantic after 8 days in space.

In 1966, the Beatles concluded their fourth American tour with their last public concert, held at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.

In 1972, swimmer Mark Spitz of the United States won the third of his seven gold medals at the Munich Olympics, finishing first in the 200-meter freestyle.

In 1982, Academy Award-winning actress Ingrid Bergman died in London on her 67th birthday.

In 1996, the Democratic National Convention in Chicago nominated Al Gore for a second term as vice president.

Earlier in the day, President Bill Clinton’s chief political strategist, Dick Morris, resigned amid a scandal over his relationship with a prostitute.

In 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast near Buras, Louisiana, bringing floods that devastated New Orleans.

More than 1,800 people in the region died.

In 2008, Republican presidential nominee John McCain picked Sarah Palin, a maverick conservative who had been governor of Alaska for less than two years, to be his running mate.

Ten years ago: Funeral services were held in Boston for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, who was eulogized by President Barack Obama; hours later, Kennedy’s remains were buried at Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington. Eight people were found beaten to death at a mobile home in Glynn County, Georgia; family member Guy Heinze (hynz) Jr., who reported finding the bodies, was later convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole. Space shuttle Discovery and seven astronauts blazed into orbit on a flight to the international space station.

Five years ago: A federal judge threw out new Texas abortion restrictions that would have effectively closed more than a dozen clinics statewide in a victory for opponents of tough new anti-abortion laws sweeping across the U.S. (The Supreme Court later struck down parts of the Texas anti-abortion measure as an “undue burden” on access to abortion.)

One year ago: Sen. John McCain was remembered as a “true American hero” at a crowded service at the North Phoenix Baptist Church after a motorcade carried McCain’s body from the state Capitol. Kanye West apologized on a Chicago radio station (WGCI) for calling slavery a “choice.” The government reported that the economy had grown at a strong 4.2 percent annual rate in the April-June quarter, the best showing in nearly four years. Paul Taylor, a towering figure in American modern dance, died at a New York hospital at the age of 88.

Today’s Birthdays: Actress Betty Lynn (TV: “The Andy Griffith Show”) is 93. Movie director William Friedkin is 84. Actor Elliott Gould is 81. Movie director Joel Schumacher is 80. Actress Deborah Van Valkenburgh is 67. Former Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew is 64. Dancer-choreographer Mark Morris is 63. Country musician Dan Truman (Diamond Rio) is 63. Actress Rebecca DeMornay is 60. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch (GOR’-suhch) is 52. Singer Me’Shell NdegeOcello (n-DAY’-gay-OH’-chehl-oh) is 51. Rhythm-and-blues singer Carl Martin (Shai) is 49. Actress Carla Gugino is 48. Rock musician Kyle Cook (Matchbox Twenty) is 44. Actor John Hensley is 42. Actress Kate Simses is 40. Rock musician David Desrosiers (Simple Plan) is 39. Rapper A+ is 37. Actress Jennifer Landon is 36.

Actor Jeffrey Licon is 34. Actress-singer Lea Michele is 33. Actress Charlotte Ritchie is 30. Actress Nicole Gale Anderson is 29. MLB pitcher Noah Syndergaard (SIHN’-dur-gahrd) is 27. Rock singer Liam Payne (One Direction) is 26.

Thought for Today: “Be yourself. The world worships the original.” -- Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982).

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Wildfire reshuffles prep football schedule

After week of cancelled games, unpredictable highway status prompts teams to move venues, opponents

By Joey Klecka Peninsula Clarion

The persistence of wildfire smoke from the Swan Lake Fire hanging in the air and the unpredictable travel situation through Cooper Landing has made for another weekend of uncertainty for peninsula sports programs.

After a weekend that saw most high school events on the peninsula cancelled, including four of five varsity football games, the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District will determine whether to keep the travel restriction on local teams after additional meetings are held Thursday, according to KPBSD Director of Communications Pegge Erkeneff.

Meanwhile, schools have already taken matters into their own hands by shuffling the schedule for week 3 of the football season.

Instead of hosting its home

opener Friday night against South Anchorage, the Soldotna Stars will now be flying up to Anchorage for a Saturday game against the Wolverines. SoHi head coach Galen Brantley Jr. said game time has not been determined yet, but guaranteed that the Stars will be playing a week 3 game against top-ranked Div. I team South. One week ago, SoHi’s plans to make the trip to Fairbanks for a game against West Valley fell through, leaving a hole in the schedule.

“It’s almost a relief a decision’s been made,” Brantley Jr. said. “I feel like we’ve gone through every scenario over and over again.”

Kenai Central is still a go to host the Lathrop Malamutes for its home opener Saturday at 1 p.m., but since Lathrop is supposed to be driving down from Fairbanks for the game, Kardinals head coach Dustin Akana is uncertain if their opponents will make it.

“I see and hear the reports. It’s not looking too great,” Akana said. “But we’re trying to remain positive and do what we can.”

The biggest shuffle of all rearranged the Div. III schedule. Nikiski was slated to host Valdez for a Friday night contest, and Homer was scheduled to travel to Fairbanks to play Monroe Catholic Friday, but now both peninsula teams will instead face each other for a Friday night nonconference showdown.

Monroe Catholic set things in motion Wednesday by backing out of its scheduled home game against Homer, opting instead to a nonconference game with Valdez.

That change forced the change for the two peninsula schools.

Nikiski will now host Homer Friday night at 7 p.m. The two teams are also still scheduled to play in week 7, meaning that Homer and Nikiski will play twice this year.

Friday’s game will not count in the

conference standings while their Sept. 28 contest will.

Nikiski head coach Paul Nelson said the schedule changes combined with the slew of indoor practices due to unhealthy air quality has made for a difficult start to the prep season.

“It’s been a little bit of a struggle,” Nelson said. “It’s hard, it just doesn’t feel like football practice.

The kids are upset the schedule’s been altered.

“I’m really glad the schedule worked out, but it’s been a rough week … but you do what you can?”

In the last 10 days, the Swan Lake Fire has eaten up an additional 58,000 acres after flaring up due to continued drought and high winds on the peninsula. With the communities of Sterling and Cooper Landing keeping a close watch on potential evacuation calls and pilot car operations ensnaring highway traffic, high school sports teams

have been dissuaded from traveling down for events.

The KPBSD called for a travel restriction Aug. 21, which barred any and all teams driving through the Cooper Landing corridor and canceled all outdoor sports events on the peninsula.

Last week, Kenai had its home opener with Eielson cancelled, and Akana said if Kenai were to miss a second consecutive home game, the group that would suffer the most is the senior class.

“It’s really taking a toll on the seniors,” he said. “If our game with Lathrop is cancelled, that’s two home games right there that our seniors won’t be able to play. I just feel bad for the seniors, this is their season and the fire is kind of killing it.”

Seward, which was able to make the trip to Valdez last Saturday for a football game, is scheduled to go on the road to play Redington in the Mat-Su Valley Thursday evening.

Phillies pound out 17 hits, hammer Pirates to stay close in wild card race PHILADELPHIA (AP) — J.T. Realmuto had three hits, including a homer and a triple, Corey Dickerson also went deep and the Philadelphia Phillies got 17 hits in a 12-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night.

Cesar Hernandez contributed three hits and three RBIs. Rhys Hoskins doubled, tripled and drove in a run to help the Phillies stay close in the NL wild-card race.

Every position player who started for the Phillies had at least one hit and RBI. Starling Marte homered and had three hits for Pittsburgh, and Josh Bell hit a two-run shot.

Pirates rookie Bryan Reynolds, who began the day leading the NL in batting, went 0 for 3 to snap his seven-game hitting streak and drop his average to .330.

Vince Velasquez (6-7) went five innings and allowed two runs on five hits with five strikeouts and no walks.

YANKEES 7, MARINERS 3 SEATTLE (AP) — Aaron Judge hit the 101st homer of his career, Gary Sanchez, DJ LeMahieu and Mike Ford also went deep, and New York completed a three-game sweep of Seattle.

Sanchez hit a towering two-run homer in the first.

Ford snapped a 2-2 tie with his sixth home run in the past 14 games, and Judge broke the game open with a two-run shot as part of New York’s four-run fifth inning.

LeMahieu added his 23rd of the season in the ninth.

James Paxton (11-6) gave up just one hit but was done

after five innings due to control problems. Paxton issued a season-high five walks.

RED SOX 7, ROCKIES 4 DENVER (AP) — Xander Bogaerts went deep twice as Boston extended its home run streak to 18 games in a win over Colorado.

It’s the third-longest streak in franchise history. Boston’s best run was 22 straight games with a homer in 2016.

BREWERS 4, CARDINALS 1 MILWAUKEE (AP) — Keston Hiura homered and drove in three runs, Jordan Lyles turned in another strong start and Milwaukee snapped St. Louis’ six-game winning streak.

The NL Central-leading Cardinals had won 15 of 18 and were trying for a threegame sweep. The Brewers ended a three-game skid.

DODGERS 6, PADRES 4, 10 INNINGS SAN DIEGO (AP) — Kiké Hernández scored the tiebreaking run on shortstop Luis Urias’ throwing error with two outs in the 10th inning and Los Angeles beat San Diego after Kenley Jansen blew his seventh save on a wild pitch in the ninth.

The Dodgers’ magic number for clinching their seventh straight NL West title is down to nine. They took two of three from the Padres after losing two of three to the New York Yankees at Dodger Stadium last weekend.

Djokovic deals with pain, Federer faces slow starts NEW YORK (AP) — Maybe, just maybe, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer are feeling some lingering after-effects of their historic Wimbledon final last month.

For Djokovic, it’s in the form of a left shoulder that is hurting right now and probably contributed to slowerthan-usual serves in the U.S. Open’s second round Wednesday night.

For Federer, it’s in the form of slow starts: He’s lost the opening set each of his first two matches at Flushing Meadows for the first time in 19 times he’s entered the Grand Slam tournament.

If they’re going to reprise their rivalry late next week in the semifinals, both will need to improve.

Djokovic was repeatedly visited by a trainer for shoulder massages at changeovers during a ragged 6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-1 victory over 56th-ranked

Juan Ignacio Londero of Argentina. Djokovic is a righty, of course, but he uses his other hand both for ball tosses on serves and on his two-fisted backhand — and both were less effective for stretches. w“I was definitely tested.

This is something I’ve been carrying for a quite a while now,” said Djokovic, who repeatedly shook his left arm between points while serving in his first-round match Monday and did that again this time. “It wasn’t easy playing with the pain and you have to fight and hope you get lucky with some shots.”

Even though he won for the 35th time in his past 36 Slam matches, including in a fifth-set tiebreaker against Federer at the All England Club on July 14, the Serb looked uncomfortable and went away for stretches, including trailing 3-0 in the second set.

INDIANS 4, TIGERS 2 DETROIT (AP) — Jason Kipnis homered twice and Francisco Lindor also went deep to lift Cleveland to another win over Detroit.

Cleveland is 14-1 against the last-place Tigers this year, and that’s a big reason the Indians are firmly in the postseason hunt.

BRAVES 9, BLUE JAYS 4 TORONTO (AP) — Freddie Freeman hit his 36th home run and drove in a pair of runs, Matt Joyce homered and had two RBIs and Atlanta beat Toronto.

Ronald Acuña Jr. added a two-run double as the NL East-leading Braves snapped a two-game losing streak and won for the ninth time in 11 games.

CUBS 10, METS 7 NEW YORK (AP) — Kyle Schwarber hit one of Chicago’s three homers against a

scoreboard BASEBALL

National League East Division

W L Atlanta 81 54 Washington 74 58 Philadelphia 69 63 New York 67 65 Miami 47 85 Central Division St. Louis 73 59 Chicago 71 61 Milwaukee 68 65 Cincinnati 63 69 Pittsburgh 56 77 West Division Los Angeles 88 47 Arizona 67 66 San Francisco 65 67 San Diego 61 71 Colorado 59 75

Pct GB .600 _ .561 5½ .523 10½ .508 12½ .356 32½ .553 _ .538 2 .511 5½ .477 10 .421 17½ .652 _ .504 20 .492 21½ .462 25½ .440 28½

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Hunter Dozier homered before driving in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, Ryan O’Hearn also went deep and Kansas City held on to beat Oakland.

Tim Hill (2-0) tossed two perfect innings in relief of Jakob Junis for the Royals, and Ian Kennedy survived a harrowing ninth inning to pick up his 23rd save.

Pct GB .652 _ .567 11½ .537 15½ .400 34 .331 43 .614 _ .586 3½ .455 21 .351 35 .300 41 .649 _ .576 10 .485 22 .474 23½ .418 31

Yankees 7, Mariners 3 200 040 001—7 11 1 000 200 001—3 3 0

Paxton, Green (6), Ottavino (8), Gearrin (9) and G.Sánchez; Sheffield, Wisler (5), Bass (6), LeBlanc (7) and T.Murphy. W_Paxton 11-6. L_Sheffield 0-1.

HRs_New York, G.Sánchez (30), Ford (9), Judge

REDS 5, MARLINS 0 MIAMI (AP) — Aristides Aquino tied a National League rookie mark with his 13th home run this month, powering Anthony DeSclafani and Cincinnati Reds over Miami.

Eugenio Suarez hit his 38th homer, connecting in the fourth straight game for the Reds.

NATIONALS 8, ORIOLES 4 WASHINGTON (AP) — Max Scherzer struck out eight to reach the 200 mark for an eighth straight season, Kurt Suzuki homered and drove in four runs and Washington beat Baltimore.

Scherzer allowed two runs and six hits over 4 1/3 innings. Wander Suero (5-7) followed Scherzer as the National won for the sixth time in seven games.

ASTROS 8, RAYS 6 HOUSTON (AP) — George

(18), LeMahieu (23). Seattle, K.Seager (18).

Cleveland Detroit

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Civale, Goody (8), Hand (9) and R.Pérez; Zimmermann, G.Soto (7), B.Farmer (8), J.Jiménez (9) and Hicks. W_Civale 2-3. L_B.Farmer 5-5. Sv_Hand (32).

HRs_Cleveland, Kipnis (16), Lindor (24). Detroit, D.Lugo (3).

Twins 8, White Sox 2 Minnesota Chicago

032 000 030—8 12 0 100 100 000—2 9 1

Odorizzi, T.May (7), Stashak (8) and Garver; Detwiler, Cordero (5), Herrera (7), J.Fry (8), Santiago (8) and W.Castillo. W_Odorizzi 14-6. L_Detwiler 2-4. HRs_Minnesota, Schoop (21), Garver (24).

Astros 8, Rays 6 Tampa Bay Houston

010 200 102—6 7 1 000 300 32x—8 10 0

Yarbrough, D.Castillo (7), Drake (8) and Zunino; Cole, Harris (7), R.Osuna (9) and Maldonado. W_ Harris 4-1. L_D.Castillo 2-8. HRs_Tampa Bay, Choi (12), Adames (17). Houston, Gurriel (27).

Royals 6, Athletics 4 Oakland Kansas City

200 020 000—4 8 0 002 011 20x—6 9 0

Roark, Treinen (7), Diekman (7), Buchter (8) and Herrmann; Junis, Hill (7), Kennedy (9) and Viloria.

W_Hill 2-0. L_Treinen 6-5. Sv_Kennedy (23). HRs_ Oakland, Semien (24), Canha (23). Kansas City, H.Dozier (23), O’Hearn (10).

Rangers 3, Angels 0 Texas Los Angeles

Wednesday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 7, Seattle 3 Cleveland 4, Detroit 2 Washington 8, Baltimore 4 Atlanta 9, Toronto 4 Kansas City 6, Oakland 4 Houston 8, Tampa Bay 6 Minnesota 8, Chicago White Sox 2 Boston 7, Colorado 4 Texas 3, L.A. Angels 0 Thursday’s Games Cleveland (Clevinger 9-2) at Detroit (Norris 3-10), 9:10 a.m.

Oakland (Bassitt 9-5) at Kansas City (Sparkman 3-9), 9:15 a.m.

Minnesota (Berríos 10-7) at Chicago White Sox (Cease 3-6), 10:10 a.m.

Tampa Bay (TBD) at Houston (Greinke 14-4), 10:10 a.m.

Seattle (Hernández 1-4) at Texas (Lynn 14-9), 4:05 p.m.

All Times ADT

New York Seattle

ROYALS 6, ATHLETICS 4

Indians 4, Tigers 2

Wednesday’s Games Milwaukee 4, St. Louis 1 L.A. Dodgers 6, San Diego 4, 10 innings Philadelphia 12, Pittsburgh 3 Cincinnati 5, Miami 0 Washington 8, Baltimore 4 Chicago Cubs 10, N.Y. Mets 7 Atlanta 9, Toronto 4 Boston 7, Colorado 4 Thursday’s Games Chicago Cubs (Lester 10-9) at N.Y. Mets (deGrom 8-7), 3:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Wood 1-3) at Miami (Yamamoto 4-5), 3:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Williams 6-6) at Colorado (González 0-5), 4:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 12-4) at Arizona (Kelly 9-13), 5:40 p.m.

San Diego (Paddack 7-7) at San Francisco (Rodríguez 5-6), 5:45 p.m.

American League East Division

W L New York 88 47 Tampa Bay 76 58 Boston 72 62 Toronto 54 81 Baltimore 44 89 Central Division Minnesota 81 51 Cleveland 78 55 Chicago 60 72 Kansas City 47 87 Detroit 39 91 West Division Houston 87 47 Oakland 76 56 Texas 65 69 Los Angeles 64 71 Seattle 56 78

stunned Noah Syndergaard, and the Cubs built an early nine-run lead before closer Craig Kimbrel held off New York in the ninth.

Nicholas Castellanos and Ian Happ also took Syndergaard (9-7) deep in the worst start of the 2016 All-Star’s career. Syndergaard allowed 10 runs and three homers — both his most in the majors — and was pulled after three miserable innings.

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Clase, Jurado (2), Montero (8), Leclerc (9) and Trevino, Mathis; Sandoval, Del Pozo (6), Middleton (6), Buttrey (7), Bedrosian (8), No.Ramirez (8), L.Garcia (9) and K.Smith. W_Jurado 7-10. L_Del Pozo 1-1.

Sv_Leclerc (9).

Nationals 8, Orioles 4 Baltimore Washington

001 012 000—4 9 1 500 030 00x—8 13 0

Wojciechowski, Bleier (5), Tate (5), Ynoa (7), Scott (8) and Sisco; Scherzer, Suero (5), Rainey (6), Ja.Guerra (7), Rodney (8), Dan.Hudson (9) and Suzuki. W_Suero 5-7. L_Wojciechowski 2-7.

HRs_Baltimore, Sisco (7), C.Davis (10). Washington, Suzuki (14).

Braves 9, Blue Jays 4 Atlanta Toronto

050 000 301—9 11 0 000 211 000—4 10 1

Foltynewicz, L.Jackson (5), C.Martin (7), Greene (8), Blevins (9) and Cervelli, Flowers; Waguespack, Gaviglio (4), Adam (6), Ne.Ramirez (7), Boshers (9) and D.Jansen. W_L.Jackson 8-2. L_Waguespack 4-2. HRs_Atlanta, Joyce (5), F.Freeman (36).

Red Sox 7, Rockies 4 Boston Colorado

002 030 101—7 12 0 000 120 100—4 11 1

E.Rodríguez, J.Taylor (6), Walden (7), M.Barnes (8), Workman (9) and C.Vázquez; Lambert, Howard (5), Tinoco (5), Estévez (7), Parsons (8) and Wolters.

W_E.Rodríguez 16-5. L_Lambert 2-5. Sv_Workman (9). HRs_Boston, Martinez (32), Bogaerts (30), Devers (28).

Brewers 4, Cardinals 1 St. Louis Milwaukee

000 001 000—1 7 1 110 100 01x—4 6 0

Flaherty, Brebbia (7), Webb (8), Leone (8) and Molina; Lyles, Ju.Guerra (6), Hader (8) and Grandal. W_Lyles 9-8. L_Flaherty 8-7. Sv_Hader (26).

HRs_St. Louis, Wong (10). Milwaukee, Hiura (16).

Phillies 12, Pirates 3

Pittsburgh Philadelphia

000 201 000—3 9 2 021 052 11x—12 17 0

M.Keller, Y.Ramirez (5) and Stallings; Velasquez, A.Davis (6), E.Garcia (8) and Realmuto, Knapp.

W_Velasquez 6-7. L_M.Keller 1-3. HRs_Pittsburgh, Bell (34), Marte (23). Philadelphia, Dickerson (9), Realmuto (20).

Cubs 10, Mets 7 Chicago New York

622 000000 —10 12 1 100 050010—7 14 1

Hendricks, Phelps (5), Ryan (6), Cishek (7), Wick (7), Kimbrel (9) and Caratini; Syndergaard, Sewald (4), Brach (6), Ed.Díaz (8), Avilán (9) and Ramos.

W_Ryan 4-2. L_Syndergaard 9-7. Sv_Kimbrel (12).

HRs_Chicago, I.Happ (5), Schwarber (31), Castellanos (20). New York, McNeil (16), J.Davis (17).

Reds 5, Marlins 0 Cincinnati Miami

300 100 010 —5 7 0 000 000 000 —0 4 0

DeSclafani, Gausman (8) and Barnhart; Alcantara, J.García (7), Brigham (8), K.Keller (9) and Holaday.

W_DeSclafani 9-7. L_Alcantara 4-12. HRs_Cincinnati, Aquino (13), E.Suárez (38).

Dodgers 6, Padres 4 Los Angeles San Diego

030 000010 2—6 9 0 200 000011 0—4 5 1

(10 innings) Maeda, Kelly (6), Y.Garcia (7), Kolarek (7), P.Báez (8), K.Jansen (9), Sadler (10) and Ru.Martin; Wingenter, Perdomo (2), Strahm (5), Baez (6), Stammen (7), A.Muñoz (9), Yates (10), Margevicius (10) and Hedges, Mejía. W_K.Jansen 4-3. L_Yates 0-5. Sv_ Sadler (1). HRs_San Diego, Hosmer (20).

SOCCER

MLS Standings Eastern Conference

W L T Pts GF GA Atlanta 15 9 3 48 46 30 Philadelphia 14 8 6 48 51 41 New York City FC 13 5 8 47 48 33 New York 12 11 5 41 47 42 D.C. United 10 10 9 39 36 38 New England 10 9 8 38 40 46 Montreal 11 14 4 37 42 53 Toronto FC 10 10 7 37 43 44 Orlando City 9 12 7 34 35 36 Chicago 8 12 9 33 43 42 Columbus 8 15 6 30 32 43 Cincinnati 5 19 3 18 27 64 Western Conference Los Angeles FC 19 3 5 62 74 28 Real Salt Lake 13 10 4 43 40 34 Seattle 12 8 7 43 42 40 LA Galaxy 13 11 3 42 38 41 Minnesota 12 9 6 42 44 37 San Jose 12 10 5 41 45 43 FC Dallas 11 10 7 40 44 37 Portland 11 11 4 37 42 40 Sporting Kansas City 9 11 7 34 40 45 Houston 9 14 4 31 38 48 Colorado 7 14 6 27 43 54 Vancouver 6 14 9 27 29 50 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Wednesday, August 28 Montreal 2, Vancouver 1 Saturday, August 31 Colorado at New York, 3 p.m.

Chicago at Columbus, 3:30 p.m.

D.C. United at Montreal, 3:30 p.m.

Toronto FC at New England, 3:30 p.m.

Atlanta at Philadelphia, 3:30 p.m.

Cincinnati at FC Dallas, 4 p.m.

Houston at Sporting Kansas City, 4:30 p.m.

New York City FC at Vancouver, 6 p.m.

Real Salt Lake at Portland, 6:30 p.m.

Orlando City at San Jose, 6:30 p.m.

All Times ADT

BASKETBALL

WNBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB x-Washington 22 8 .733 — x-Connecticut 21 9 .700 1

Springer broke a tie with a bloop RBI single in a threerun seventh inning and Houston rallied to beat Tampa Bay and extend its winning streak to six.

Alex Bregman had three hits and an RBI and Yuli Gurriel hit a two-run homer for Houston.

TWINS 8, WHITE SOX 2 CHICAGO (AP) — Jonathan Schoop hit two homers and drove in four runs, Mitch Garver also connected and Minnesota beat Chicago for its fourth straight win.

RANGERS 3, ANGELS 0 ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Ariel Jurado pitched six innings of two-hit ball to earn his second victory since June, and Delino DeShields reached over the center field fence to make a spectacular homer-stealing catch as Texas beat Los Angeles.

x-Chicago 18 12 .600 4 Indiana 11 19 .367 11 New York 9 21 .300 13 Atlanta 7 22 .241 14½ WESTERN CONFERENCE x-Las Vegas 19 12 .613 — x-Los Angeles 18 11 .621 — x-Minnesota 16 15 .516 3 x-Seattle 15 15 .500 3½ Phoenix 14 15 .483 4 Dallas 9 20 .310 9 x-clinched playoff spot Thursday’s Games Los Angeles at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Chicago, 8 p.m.

All Times ADT

TRANSACTIONS

BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Sent DH Mark Trumbo to Norfolk (IL) for a rehab assignment.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Sent RHP Carson Fulmer to Charlotte (IL) for a rehab assignment.

HOUSTON ASTROS — Placed RHP Brad Peacock on the 10-day IL. Recalled RHP Cy Sneed from Round Rock (PCL).

MINNESOTA TWINS — Recalled RHP Randy Dobnak from Rochester (IL).

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Optioned 3B Michael Brosseau to Durham (IL). Recalled RHP Jose De Leon from Durham.

National League COLORADO ROCLIES — Recalled LHP Sam Howard from Albuquerque (PCL). Optioned RHP Rico Garcia to Albuquerque.

MIAMI MARLINS — Placed RHP Jordan Yamamoto on the 10-day IL. Recalled RHP Robert Dugger from New Orleans (PCL).

NEW YORK METS — Released 2B Ruben Tejada.

Assigned OF Aaron Altherr outright to Syracuse (IL).

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Optioned RHP Parker Markel to Indianapolis (IL). Recalled RHP Yefry Ramirez from Indianapolis.

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Claimed OF Nick Martini off waivers from Oakland. Sent OF Franchy Cordero to the AZL Padres 2 for a rehab assignment.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Placed RHP Hunter Strickland on paternity leave. Recalled C Spencer Kieboom from Harrisburg (EL).

FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Signed PK Stephen Hauschka to a two-year contract extension.

DETROIT LIONS — Signed RB James Williams.

HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed LB Brennan Scarlett.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Traded CB Nate Hairston to the N.Y. Jets for a 2020 sixth-round draft pick.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Acquired OL Jermaine Eluemunor from the Baltimore Ravens for an undisclosed draft pick.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Waived/injured LB Josh Smith.

HOCKEY National Hockey League CAROLINA HURRICANES — Signed G Cam Ward to a one-day contract and announced his retirement.

SOCCER USL Championship USLC — Suspended Bethlehem F Faris and New Mexico M Saalih Muhammad three games and Atlanta M Andrew Carleton, Austin M Sonny Guadarrama, Bethlehem F Sergio Santos, Birmingham D Razak Cromwell, M Zach Herivaux and D Mikey Lopez, El Paso M Richie Ryan, Loudon M Nelson Martinez, Louisville City M Magnus Rasmussen, Nashville D Forrest Lasso, Phoenix D Doue Mala, Portland F Foster Langsdorf and D Nathan Smith, Saint Louis M Oscar Umar and Swope Park M Alexsander Andrade and coach Paulo Nagamura one game.

COLLEGE NCAA — Granted immediate eligibility waivers to Tennessee DL Aubrey Solomon, Iowa WR Oliver Martin and Georgia Tech DB Myles Sims.

FLORIDA GULF COAST — Promoted women’s basketball video coordinator Sydnei McCaskill to director of women’s basketball operations.

MEMPHIS — Men’s basketball F Isaiah Stokes has transferred from Florida.

NEBRASKA — Suspended WR Andre Hunt and TE Katerian Legrone indefinitely.

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Book tries to show how U.S. democracy hurt Native Americans

By Russell Contreras Associated Press

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A new book by a noted historian attempts to show how expanding American democracy hurt Native Americans in the early days of the nation and how tribes viewed the young United States as an entity seeking to erase them from existence.

University of Oregon history professor Jeffrey Ostler’s just-released “Surviving Genocide: Native Nations and the United States from the American Revolution and Bleeding Kansas” argues that the emergence of American democracy depended on the taking of Native lands.

Leaders of the fledgling nation also felt that removing Native Americans from the ancestral land — by any means necessary — was key to allowing an expanding and poorer white population to move west, the historian writes.

Ostler said he based his book on 30 years of research by other scholars in the field of Native American studies, but wanted to do

a large survey of how tribes saw the looming U.S. threat.

“If I ask my students, ‘Why did we have an American Revolution?’ They’ll say ‘Taxation without representation,’ ” Ostler said. “But a very significant issue among the leaders of the American Revolution was that the British were blocking the colonists’ access to western lands.”

Future President Thomas Jefferson would even write from France that the U.S. needed a constant supply of land to grow while ignoring the people who already lived there, Ostler said.

Ostler’s book is the first of two volumes on Native American history.

The book comes as scholars and writers are challenging narratives around American history and how it hurt people of color.

These efforts are drawing criticism from some conservative columnists.

Most recently, The New York Times Magazine published a series of essays called The 1619 Project earlier this month around the 400th anniversary marking the beginning of American slavery. The writers argue that

African Americans were the true “perfecters of this democracy” in the U.S. by continually fighting for the nation’s ideals of equality and against the legacy of slavery.

Columbia University history professor Karl Jacoby called Ostler’s book an exciting work in Native American history. Jacoby said it would counter the romantic story portrayed in such recent books like David McCullough’s “The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West.”

Historians, scholars and activists took to social media accused McCullough of romanticizing white settlement and downplaying the pain inflicted on Native Americans.

“Ostler’s book is very different and gives a much more complex and accurate story about what happened,” Jacoby said.

Ostler said he is working on finishing his second volume of “Surviving Genocide” which will cover the how Native Americans responded to attempts to remove and kill them in New Mexico, Arizona and the Pacific Northwest.

Courtesy of Yale University Press

“Surviving Genocide: Native Nations and the United States from the American Revolution and Bleeding Kansas,” authored by University of Oregon history professor Jeffrey Ostler attempts to show how expanding American democracy hurt Native Americans in the early days of the nation and how tribes viewed the young United States as an entity seeking to erase them from existence.

Fall Movie Preview

By Jake Coyle Associated Press

NEW YORK — When 20th Century Fox greenlit James Mangold’s “Ford v. Ferrari” — an original movie with a nearly $100 million budget — the director’s agent had some advice.

“Enjoy this,” Mangold recalled him saying.

“This will be the last one of these you ever make.”

“Ford v Ferrari,” which viscerally recounts the efforts of an automotive designer (Matt Damon) and a race car driver (Christian Bale) to build a Ford that could beat Ferrari at the Le Mans 24-hour race in 1966, has a lot going for it: big-name movie stars, a director coming off an Oscar-nominated hit (“Logan”) and a marathon, nearly hour-long racing finale. But it doesn’t have what typically scores such a large budget in today’s Hollywood: franchise-making IP (intellectual property). It might as well be a unicorn.

“With the amount of mergers and streaming operations coming up to speed, I think there’s a real question whether the theatrical film is really just the tentpole. Independent films are struggling. Even mainline dramas are struggling to find an audience,” said Mangold, who has been a regular filmmaker at Fox, which Disney acquired earlier this year.

“In that sense, we’re a throwback film,” he continues. “We’re a modern movie in all the senses of modern storytelling, modern technology, modern sensibility. But we’re trying to do something that I really miss seeing in the movies, which is a movie for grown-ups that’s entertaining and thought-provoking and moving and isn’t selling you the same

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Matt Damon stars in “Ford v. Ferrari,” in theaters Nov. 15.

old thing.”

And this fall movie season, in particular, Mangold is far from alone. Oscar season always brings a welcome wave of originality after the reboots, remakes and sequels of summer. But this fall is especially rich in big,

audacious bets on original films that will try to invigorate movie theaters with the most time-tested of methods: megawatt movie stars, genre twists, innovation.

The stakes are high. As the opportunities for adult-skewing movies made with scale

calendar Events and exhibitions ■■ Stitches of Love is a quilt group that makes quilts for kids and other local services, such as hospice, Love INC, Heritage Place and others. We are having a “Potholders” sale, Saturday, Aug. 31 at Fred Meyer south entrance from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

■■ The Fall Train Stop Market on Whistle Hill will be held FridaySaturday, Sept. 6-7 from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. This two-day outdoor market features over 20 vendors from the Kenai Peninsula and Anchorage areas. Addie Camp Dining Car will be open with a limited menu. Brew@602 will be open from 7 a.m.-6 p.m. with their full menu of coffee and waffles. Whistle Hill is located at 43540 Whistle Hill Loop in Soldotna. Look for the railroad cars!

For more info, visit our Facebook page, “The Train Stop Market.”

■■ The River Rotary will be planting spruce trees in collaboration with the City of Soldotna. Those interested in helping to plant the hundreds of trees Saturday, Aug 31. or Monday, Sept. 1 contact our Rotary president, Kathy at 907-394-5195. This activity is weather dependent, please call ahead. It will be at Swift Water campground in Soldotna.

■■ Kenai Fine Art Center will host an indigo dyeing workshop 12-4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 31. Group size limit 10. $100 workshop fee — Supplies included. Instructor: Elissa Pettibone from Homer.

Registration deadline: Aug. 28, 5 p.m. Contact 907-283-7040, www.kenaifineart.com.

■■ Kenai Historical Society will meet Sunday, Sept. 8, for their annual membership meeting at Kenai Visitors Center. Potluck dinner at 1:30 p.m. Bring a dish to share and your summer stories.

Speaker to be announced later. For more information call June at 283-1946.

■■ Kenai Local Food Connection is accepting vendor applications for its Harvest Moon Local Food Festival, to be held 10 a.m.-6 pm, Saturday, Sept. 14 at Soldotna Creek Park in Soldotna. It’s the Kenai Peninsula’s biggest local food celebration of the year with live music, strolling performers, free kids’ activities, food demonstrations and the popular Fermentation Station. The festival is open to vendors of food (grown, harvested or made in Alaska); medicinal/wellness/personal care products made from locally grown or wild-harvested ingredients; food trucks featuring local ingredients; and educational booths relevant to the purpose of the festival. The rate is $30 per 10’ x 10’ tent space. The vendor application is on-line at https://www.kenailocalfood.org/projects. For more information, call Heidi at 907-283-8732 x 5.

■■ The Annual Fireweed Guild FiberFest will be held on SaturdaySunday, Sept. 28-29 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m., at the Soldotna Sports Center. Join us to celebrate natural fibers — from sheep, alpacas, llamas, rabbits, musk ox, goats and even dogs! See the many products produced from these fibers by talented Alaska artists.

There will be classes for adults and free children’s activities, fiber vendor booths along with a fiber animal exhibit and sheep shearing demo. Local food trucks will be present outside the venue for a tasty lunch or snack. Bring your spinning wheel or your knitting/ crochet project and join the Fiber Friends Circle and socialize with other fiber enthusiasts! The entrance is free and there will be a raffle to win some beautiful hand-made fiber products. Come meet local artists and show your appreciation for Alaska’s fiber industry. For inquiries, contact Nancy at 252-4863.

■■ Sterling Community Center FallFest 2019: Mark your calendar for our Fall Craft and Vendor Fair on Saturday, Oct. 26, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Open to the public. There will be vendors, local crafts, food and drink, craft workshops, and much more! To reserve a space or for more information, please call 907-262-7224 or stop in Monday-Friday between 9:00 a.m. and noon, 38377 Swanson River Road, Sterling.

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

■■ Kenai Performers announces auditions for two, separate productions! “LOST IN YONKERS” by Neil Simon. Directed by Cheri Johnson. Friday, Sept. 6, 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, noon-2 p.m. Auditions for adults (characters are two men in their mid-30s to mid-40s, two women in their mid-30s to mid-40s, one woman in her late-60s to mid-70s and two teens, characters are boys 13 and 15. TEENAGE BOYS NEEDED for this play! No audition preparation needed. Auditions will consist of cold reading selections of the script. Grandmother character has a German accent and all other cast members will have a New York/Brooklyn accent.

Please come 15 minutes early to complete paperwork. Youth 18 years and under require a parent or guardian’s signature. Performance dates: Nov. 15-17 and 22-24. For more information, you may email cherij@gci.net or call Terri at 907-252-6808. “CHITTY

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dwindle, the pressure rises on those that do get that once-in-a-blue-moon greenlight to excel. Following the success of Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time … in See movies, Page A9

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Corner How Sails Your Soul?

In years before I wandered far Following sun and charted star Seeking a rendezvous with God Sailing the sea and trekking the sod.

The journey to God led to this: This one fact in truthfulness: That the Lord of all spheres, encompassing all Is as close as hearing God’s soft call.

Now Sun of my life, thy brightness shine On these Spheres of body and soul That wait on Thee, this vessel of mine To be filled till I be made whole.

Tis Christ now the Captain of my bark Who sails my life as Noah his ark.

His mercy that saved me from the dead And His love to insure the course ahead.

Tho’ storms may break upon my bow,

My soul may shake as billows roll!

But never God’s loving promise void That through the storm He Captains my soul.

Till traveling cease and yearning release When I set foot on eternity’s shore.

And there on that plain I shall remain With my Good Captain to live evermore.

That old ship of mine was left far behind Rotting in drydock ‘neath earth’s cold sod.

But this new craft of mine will sail the divine Upon the limitless seas of my God. It all ends there, where it began, This journey of life, love, pain, gain, and loss I have finished the course, and looking back, It all began at the foot of the Cross.

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‘Angel Has Fallen’ and thankfully so has the franchise

By Lindsey Bahr Associated Press

There is a certain mindless pleasure in the “Fallen” movies.

Watching Gerard Butler muscle his way through increasingly preposterous obstacles as a Secret Service agent can be amusing and oddly transfixing at the same time. It’s mass entertainment that makes a courtesy stop in theaters before ascending to its true calling: Endless cable reruns.

But whatever this franchise got away with in “Olympus Has Fallen” and then, miraculously, in the totally unnecessary and very unintentionally silly sequel “London Has Fallen,” it’s clear that the well has run dry on this idea and character. Butler and the filmmakers sleepwalk their way through “Angel Has Fallen ,” the third, and hopefully last, visit with agent Mike Banning. This time, the powers that be have decided to make Banning a fugitive. He’s on the run after being falsely accused of orchestrating an assassination attempt on U.S. President Trumbull (Morgan Freeman) that kills 18 Secret Service Agents and leaves the commander in chief in a coma.

There is a dizzying amount of plot thrown at “Angel Has Fallen.”

Banning has a toddler daughter with wife Leah (Piper Perabo, subbing in for Radha Mitchell in the thankless “worried wife” role) and he’s considering scaling back from dangerous field work for the sake of his family and his own health after too many concussions on the job. The Oval Office is having issues with someone leaking false information to the press, not to mention the looming threat of Russia who we’re told meddled in a recent election in the “Fallen” world. And then there’s the private contractors, like Banning’s old military friend Wade Jennings (Danny Huston), who are longing for the good old days of lucrative wars and government contracts. Oh and Nick Nolte, playing Banning’s estranged father, Clay, is living off the grid in the woods and having some regrets about leaving his wife and young child some years ago.

These threads are all thrown together in this kitchen sink of a movie that is unforgivably dull for having so much going on at all times — and I haven’t even had the opportunity or reason to

“Angel Has Fallen” H Rating: R, for violence and language throughout mention that this film also has Tim Blake Nelson playing the vice president and Jada Pinkett Smith as the FBI agent who is leading the hunt for Banning. It’s too much and too little at the same time and neither absurd nor exciting enough to maintain an audience’s interest for two hours.

Nolte is the only real saving grace as the wild-eyed and paranoid Vietnam veteran living in his little bunker in the West Virginia woods. He’s the only one having fun with this material, but even so gets unceremoniously demoted for the final set-piece (although he does pop up again in a bizarre and kind of funny postcredits scene that has more spirit in two minutes than the entirety of “Angel Has Fallen”). Everyone else is either too serious or too bored or some joy-killing combination of the two.

Directing this time is Ric Roman Waugh, a stuntman and

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Gerard Butler (left) and Morgan Freeman star in “Angel Has Fallen.”

actor turned director whose most high-profile outing in that capacity was the 2013 Dwayne Johnson vehicle “Snitch.” He also shares script credit with Matt Cook (“Patriots Day”) and veteran Robert Mark Kamen (“Taps,” ”The Karate Kid”). But this movie has none of the personality that you would expect from those filmmakers. The action itself feels oddly low budget and claustrophobic. Quick shots of a semi truck’s headlights and a

gloved finger pulling a trigger are ineffectively used to create suspense too many times. And for all its hot topics, “Angel Has Fallen” doesn’t have much to say about military veterans, Russian interference or the lifetime effects of brain trauma. It just plops those buzz word concepts into the movie and moves on to the next shootout.

It might still be passable for cable, but this series has sadly fallen into unwatchable territory.

Harvard librarian Hester Thursby returns in ‘Missing Ones’

By Oline H. Coghill Associated Press

“The Missing Ones”

by Edwin Hill The pain that remains following a traumatic event is never easy to overcome, often influencing one’s behavior and life choices, as Edwin Hill shows in his second novel about Harvard librarian Hester Thursby. The intense “The Missing Ones” poignantly looks at the fragility of emotional health and the pitfalls of trying to make a fresh start.

In addition to her career as a librarian, Hester has a knack for finding missing people. But the results of her investigation

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Hollywood,” there’s reason for optimism.

“I do think we have to sort of fight back at this practice of overwhelming the market with the blockbuster,” Martin Scorsese, whose gangster epic “The Irishman” was bankrolled by Netflix after all the major studios passed, said in an interview earlier this summer .

The franchise films and sequels have far from receded. On tap in the coming months are “Frozen 2” (Nov. 22), “Joker” (Oct. 4) “Maleficent 2: Mistress of Evil” (Oct. 18) “Terminator: Dark Fate” (Nov. 1), “Charlie’s Angels” (Nov. 15) and “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” (Dec. 20).

But many of the season’s most anticipated movies — “Ford v Ferrari” (Nov. 15), “The Irishman” (Nov. 1), the Brad Pitt space adventure “Ad Astra” (Sept. 20), Marielle Heller’s “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” (Nov. 22), with Tom Hanks as Mr. Rogers — will be seeking audiences as much as they are awards.

Some are aiming to chart a new way forward for movies by not just relying on throwback thrills but literally turning back the clock.

“The Irishman,” which Netflix has shelled out a reported $200 million to make, features digitally “de-aged” versions of Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. In Ang Lee’s “Gemini Man” (Oct. 11), Will Smith, playing an assassin, faces off with a clone of himself, 25 years younger.

Lee, who experimented with

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CHITTY BANG BANG,” Music and Lyrics

by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B Sherman. Adapted for the Stage by Jeremy Sams. Directed by Terri Zopf-Schoessler and Donna Shirnberg. Friday, Sept. 13, 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, 10 a.m.-noon.

12 featured roles (8 men, 2 women, 1 boy, 1 girl: Baron Bombast/Lord Scrumptious and Baroness Bombast/Head Secretary

in the Agatha-nominated “Little Comfort” have left her emotionally paralyzed, unable to force herself to go to work or to allow Kate, her 4-year-old ward, to attend kindergarten. Hester has been raising Kate since her mother, Daphne, abandoned her. No one knows where Daphne is. Hester’s link with — and love for — Kate is strong as Daphne is Hester’s best friend since college and the twin sister of her live-in boyfriend, Morgan Maguire.

Hester and Kate spend their days roaming their hometown of Somerville, Massachusetts, and hiding their absences from work and school from Morgan and their friends.

3-D on “Life of Pi” and high-frame rates on “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk,” believes the evolution of digital cinema is the future.

“You have to change the whole ecosystem, change what it is to go into a theater,” says Lee, whose latest is in 3-D and filmed at 120 frames-per-second, rather than 24.

“You’re not watching somebody else’s story. You’re experiencing a story. It’s more immersive. Your attitude toward it is different. It’s a different language.”

“Gemini Man” will be major test-case for those possibilities that could, potentially, remake the theatrical experience years after the promises of a 3-D revolution largely fizzled.

“It’s hard to duplicate in the living room, let alone on a smart phone. Eventually I’d like to see theaters change, the format of theater: the size, the shape. And I hope someday some smart person can figure out a way to get rid of those glasses,” says Lee, chuckling. “What we’ve done here is a new baseline for digital cinema, I believe.”

Heller (“The Diary of a Teenage Girl,” ”Can You Ever Forgive Me?”) is more focused on the communal aspect of moviegoing, something that could be quite powerful for “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.” Heller is quick to caution that her film, based on Tom Junod’s 1998 Esquire article, isn’t a traditional biopic but dramatizes the relationship between Rogers and a skeptical visiting journalist (Matthew Rhys), who functions as a kind of stand-in for cynics everywhere.

“At its best, it’s a collective human experience we get to have in making these movies and a

are double-cast) plus, ensemble of kids, inventors, soldiers, townspeople and an English crowd. Please wear comfortable clothing to move in and bring your own water bottle. Audition will consist of singing a song that all will learn, and a simple choreographed movement routine. No need to prepare anything ahead. You can read character descriptions & voice ranges if you go to www.mtishows.com and enter Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in the search bar.

Please come 15 minutes early to complete paperwork. Youth 18 years and under require a parent or guardian’s signature.

Performance dates: Feb.21-23, 28-29, and

Fear and tension permeate the small community of Finisterre Island, eight miles off the coast of Maine, where children have gone missing, only to be found unharmed days later. The island’s residents aren’t welcoming to outsiders, even to those seasonal tourists whose money is the area’s lifeblood. The island also “brings people from away looking to disappear,” and Finisterre offers plenty of hiding places, especially the dilapidated Victorian house that attracts addicts and drifters. Annie is one of those squatters who live in the Victorian house, but her fear of her past — and the island’s residents — increases daily as she uncovers others’ secrets.

“The Missing Ones” seamlessly alternates between Hester’s inner turmoil and the residents who live on Finisterre where the librarian eventually arrives to help.

Hill creates believable interior chaos in Hester, who seems powerless to control her anxieties, leading her to make bad decisions. Hill’s talent for storytelling translates well to Finisterre, where many lead lives of quiet desperation fueled by unresolved ambitions, unfulfilled love and unpredictable resentment.

Hill’s affinity for creating realistic characters with complicated personalities and suspenseful plots shines in “The Missing Ones.”

collective human experience we get to have seeing these movies in theaters,” says Heller, who shot the film, with her young family in tow, around Rogers’ hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. That included filming at Fred Rogers Studio, where “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” was shot.

Just as last year’s hit documentary “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” ($22.8 million in ticket sales) proved, audiences are eager to reconnect with kind-hearted altruism of Fred Rogers.

“There’s a reason that everybody feels so connected to him right now,” says Heller. “I don’t know, some collective consciousness thing where we all want Mr. Rogers in our life right now — myself included.”

There are many other freshly original films on tap, too, including the Donna Tartt adaptation “The Goldfinch” (Sept. 13), the stripper revenge tale “Hustlers” (Sept.

13), Steven Soderbergh’s Panama Papers satire “The Laundromat” (Sept. 27), Robert Eggers’ mad monochrome tale of 1890 lighthouse keepers “The Lighthouse” (Oct. 18), the Lena Waithe-penned black outlaw drama “Queen and Slim” (Nov. 27), Noah Baumbach’s divorce chronicle “Marriage Story” (Nov. 6), Kasi Lemmons’ Harriet Tubman biopic “Harriet,” Edward Norton’s Jonathan Lethem adaptation “Motherless Brooklyn” (Nov. 1) and “Parasite” (Oct. 11), Bong Joon Ho’s Palme d’Or-winning class satire.

The most affection ode to moviegoing might come, ironically enough, from Netflix. “Dolemite Is My Name” (Oct. 4) stars Eddie Murphy as Rudy Ray Moore during the making of the 1975 Blaxploitation classic “Dolemite.”

A handful of filmmakers will also, for a moment at least, be stepping off the franchise treadmill. In “Jojo Rabbit” (Oct. 18),

Taika Waititi will break from “Thor” installments for a madcap Nazi satire in which he, himself, co-stars as Adolf Hitler. In “Knives Out” (Nov. 27), Rian Johnson’s follow-up to “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” the writer-director crafts an elaborate Agatha Christie-inspired whodunit.

“It wasn’t a break in the sense of ‘Oh God, I’ve got to get out this Star Wars machine.’ It was kind of just the next thing I wanted to do,” says Johnson, who initially planned “Knives Out” as his follow-up to 2012’s “Looper.”

“But there was something really nice about the contrast of doing a very dialogue-based movie. I could hire all these fantastic actors and give them a lot of words. It’s just been an essential part of ‘Star Wars’ that to some degree you’re always trying to figure out the simplest way to say any thought,” says Johnson, who’s also developing a new “Star Wars” trilogy. “In that way, it ended up being a really invigorating and exciting film to make coming off of ‘Star Wars.’”

And there are few more delicious acting showcases than a murder mystery. The ensemble cast includes Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis, Lakeith Stanfield, Toni Collette and Michael Shannon.

“You’re going to see big movie stars just having the time of their lives up on the screen,” says Johnson. “There was something really appealing about having a character-based movie that wasn’t based on some heavy character arc but character-based in terms of a bunch of fun characters.”

It’s often said that the new movie star is IP. This fall, movie stars might be the new movie stars.

March 1, 2020. For more information call Donna at 907-398-4205. ALL auditions will be held in our space at 44045 Kalifornsky Beach Road location (backside of Subway restaurant).

The House at The Place on Friday, Aug. 30 starting at 8 p.m.

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

■■ The Alaska Roadhouse Bar and Grill hosts open horseshoe tournaments Thursday nights at the bar on Golddust Drive.

For more information, call 262-9887.

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

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

■■ AmVets Post 4 has reopened in its brand new building on Kalifornsky Beach across from Jumpin’ Junction. Eligible veterans and their families are invited to stop by to find out more about AmVets and their involvement in the Veteran community. For members and invited guests, Friday night dance to “Running with Scissors,” and Saturday Burn your own steak and karaoke with Cowboy Don. ■■ The Bow bar in Kenai has karaoke at 9 p.m. Thursdays.

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Tom Hanks stars as Mister Rogers in “A Beautiful Day In the Neighborhood,” in theaters Nov. 22.

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

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

■■ The Mika Day Show will be Rocking

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NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND SALE NAMING TRUSTEE: FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY TRUSTORS: SHAWN P. CORN and AMBER D. OLSON BENEFICIARY: SHARLENE MARSHAL OWNER OF RECORD: SHAWN P. CORN and AMBER D. OLSON

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS CITY OF SOLDOTNA 177 NORTH BIRCH STREET SOLDOTNA, ALASKA 99669 Phone 907•262•9107

Said Deed of Trust was executed on the 21st day of September, 2016, and recorded on the 22nd day of September, 2016, Serial No. 2016001064. Said Deed of Trust has not been assigned by the Beneficiary.

Said documents having been recorded in the Seward Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, describing: LOT FIFTY-SIX (56), CLYDE KING SUBDIVISION, according to the official plat thereof, filed under Plat No. S-20, Seward Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska.

EXCEPTING THEREFROM that portion conveyed to the STATE OF ALASKA, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS by Warranty Deed recorded October 12, 1970 in Book 34D at Page 153.

The physical address of the real property described above is 33587 Nash Road, Seward, Alaska 99664.

The undersigned, being the original, or properly substituted Trustee hereby gives notice that a breach of the obligations under the Deed of Trust has occurred in that the Trustors have failed to satisfy the indebtedness secured thereby: THIRTY-EIGHT THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY AND NO/100TH DOLLARS ($38,250.00), plus interest, late charges, costs, attorney fees and other foreclosure costs actually incurred, and any future advances thereunder. Said default may be cured and the sale terminated upon payment of the sum of default plus interest, late charges, costs, attorney fees and other foreclosure costs actually incurred, and any future advances thereunder, prior to the sale date. If Notice of Default has been recorded two or more times previously and default has been cured, the trustee may elect to refuse payment and continue the sale. Upon demand of the Beneficiary, the Trustee elects to sell the above-described property, with proceeds to be applied to the total indebtedness secured thereby.

Said sale shall be held at public auction at the ALASKA COURT SYSTEM BUILDING, 125 TRADING BAY DR., #100, KENAI, ALASKA, on the 1st day of October, 2019, said sale shall commence at 11:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as possible, in conjunction with such other sales that the Trustee or its attorney may conduct.

DATED this _____ day of _______________, 2019.

FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY By: Kristi Larson Title: Authorized Signer Pub: August 15,22,29 & Sept 5, 2019 869648

The City of Soldotna hereby invites qualified firms to provide proposals for professional design services for the Soldotna City Hall Re-roof Design.

The scope of work includes providing roofing system conservation recommendations, reviewing the existing condition of the roof, reviewing and incorporating approved recommendations into designs and details, demolition plan preparation, bid document preparation, construction administration and closeout and warranty services. The scope of the construction project is to re-roof the 6,841 square foot City Hall multi-level roof, located at 177 N. Birch St., Soldotna, Alaska.

The successful design firm will be required to submit proof of professional and business licensure, insurances, and tax certification as noted in the RFP. The RFP does not commit the City to award a contract, nor to pay any of the costs incurred in the preparation and submission of proposals in anticipation of a contract. The City of Soldotna reserves the right to waive irregularities and accept or reject any or all proposals.

Six (6) complete sets of the proposal package are to be submitted to the City of Soldotna at address shown above. These forms must be enclosed in a sealed envelope with the proposer’s name on the outside and clearly marked: PROPOSAL: Professional Design Services Soldotna City Hall Re-roof Design DUE DATE: Proposals and forms must be delivered to the above address no later than 12:00 PM 9/13/2019.

A pre-proposal conference will be held on September 4, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at the Soldotna City Hall address shown above. Attendance is not mandatory but is strongly recommended.

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT KENAI In the Matter of the Estate of ROBERT LEE GREEN, Deceased.

Case No. 3KN-19-00177 PR NOTICE TO CREDITOR NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed 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 the undersigned Personal Representative of the estate, at DOLIFKA & ASSOCIATES, P.C., ATTORNEYS AT LAW, P.O. Box 498, Soldotna, Alaska, 99669.

DATED this 14th day of August, 2019.

PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE /s/ROBERT D. GREEN Pub:August 15, 22 & 29, 2019 869793

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EMPLOYMENT Are you ready to help others in need while living a rural lifestyle? If so, a great opportunity awaits.

Hope Community Resources, Inc. has an immediate opening for a Shared Live-in Care Provider (Shared Home Alliance Coordinator) in the Soldotna/Sterling area. Hope is seeking a committed care provider that is willing to work in a community environment to ensure the health and joy of two residents who experience intellectual and developmental disabilities. The SHAC provides leadership to the operations of an assisted living home and involves providing hands-on support for the residents in all activities of daily living and community inclusion opportunities. The ideal candidate will have experience working with individuals who experience a disability, be energetic, and health-conscious.

The Home Alliance Coordinator position offers medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits.

If you are interested in working for an organization that cares, apply online at www.hopealaska.org.

Applications can also be submitted at our Soldotna office located at 47202 Princeton Ave.

LOCATE GREAT BARGAINS

The project documents may be obtained from the City of Soldotna beginning August 27, 2019 for a non-refundable fee of $20.00. An additional non-refundable fee of $10.00 will be required if mailing is requested. Project documents may be downloaded from the City of Soldotna web site at www.soldotna.org. To receive project addendums, you must be on the planholders list.

To be placed on the planholders list, please contact Suzanne Lagasse either by phone (7141241) or email (slagasse@soldotna.org).

Downloading projects from the City web site does not automatically put you on the planholders list.

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!!!Labor Day Weekend, 4 Family Garage Sale!!! **Arts/crafts/sewing supplies**, Furniture/Beautiful and rare **vintage dishware**/shelving/large tent/many household items. Many treasures at this one, it might be the best garage sale you ever go to. We are selling a lot of great items. **Artists,Crafters, and Sewing enthusiasts, this one is for you**. August 30-September 1st, from 9AM-5pm. 44536 Carver Drive, off Strawberry Road.

Apartment for Rent Near Longmere Lake 2 bed, furnished, w/d all utilities paid, $950 +$350 deposit, no pets 907-398-9695

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The Middle “Happy Feet” (2006) Voices of Elijah Wood, Robin Williams. Animated. An “The Parent Trap” (1998, Children’s) Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson.

The 700 Club “Sixteen Candles” (1984, (51) F ‘PG’ emperor penguin expresses himself through tap-dancing.

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Duhamel. Sam Witwicky holds the key to defeating an ancient Decepticon.

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Stowe. Army investigators probe an officer’s brutal slaying.

(3:00) College Football UCLA at Cincinnati. From Nippert (:15) College Football Utah at BYU. (N) (Live) (:15) SportsCenter (N) (Live) (:15) SportsCenter (N) (Live) College Football UCLA at (34) E Stadium in Cincinnati. (N) (Live) Cincinnati.

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Walken. A bodyguard takes revenge on a girl’s kidnappers.

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Last Man Last Man Standing Standing Northern Nights Mattress (N) (Live) ‘G’ Wife Swap “Gillette/Turner” Wife Swap “Tassie/Tyson” Wife Swap “Ridgely/Corrao” A cowgirl swaps with a subur108 252 Meticulous home vs. traveling Women trade homes and carnival. ‘PG’ families. ‘PG’ banite. ‘PG’ Law & Order: Special VicLaw & Order: Special VicLaw & Order: Special Vic105 242 tims Unit ‘14’ tims Unit “Closet” ‘14’ tims Unit ‘14’ The Big Bang The Big Bang Chasing the Cure “Chasing the Cure 104” American Dad ‘14’ 139 247 Theory ‘PG’ Theory ‘PG’ (N) (Live) ‘14’

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“Harry Potter” Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘PG’ Amer. Dad Amer. Dad Amer. Dad Amer. Dad Burgers Burgers Burgers Burgers Seinfeld Seinfeld Seinfeld Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Amer. Dad Amer. Dad Seinfeld Seinfeld Seinfeld Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Amer. Dad Amer. Dad Seinfeld Seinfeld Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘PG’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Big Bang Big Bang Seinfeld Seinfeld Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Friends ‘14’ Amer. Dad Amer. Dad Charmed ‘14’ Supernatural ‘14’ Supernatural ‘14’ Supernatural ‘14’ Supernatural ‘14’ Supernatural ‘14’ “The Replacements” (2000) Keanu Reeves.

Charmed ‘PG’ Supernatural ‘14’ UEFA- Football Matchday UEFA Champions League Soccer UEFA Supernatural ‘14’ Supernatural ‘14’ Supernat.

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Charmed ‘PG’ Supernatural ‘14’ Supernatural ‘14’ Supernatural ‘14’ Bones ‘14’ Bones ‘14’ “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” (2017) Charmed ‘PG’ Supernatural ‘14’ Supernatural “Pilot” ‘14’ Supernatural ‘14’ Bones ‘14’ Bones ‘14’ Bones ‘14’ Bones ‘14’ 2019 U.S. Open Tennis First Round. From the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y. (N) (Live) SportsCenter (N) (Live) MLB Baseball 2019 U.S. Open Tennis First Round. From the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y. (N) (Live) U.S. Open 2019 U.S. Open Tennis Second Round. From the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y. (N) (Live) U.S. Open 2019 U.S. Open Tennis Second Round. From the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y. (N) (Live) College GameDay (N) College Football 2019 U.S. Open Tennis Third Round. From the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y. (N) (Live) SportsCenter (N) (Live) College Football SportsCenter (N) (Live) Outside NFL Live (N) (Live) College Football Live (N) High Noon Question Around Interruption U.S. Open U.S. Open SportsCenter (N) (Live) Outside NFL Live (N) (Live) College Football Live (N) High Noon Question Around Interruption SportsCenter (N) (Live) WNBA Basketball SportsCenter (N) (Live) Outside NFL Live (N) (Live) College Football Live (N) High Noon Question Around Interruption SportsCenter (N) (Live) NFL Live SportsCenter (N) (Live) Outside NFL Live (N) (Live) College Football Live (N) High Noon Question Around Interruption U.S. Open U.S. Open SportsCenter (N) (Live) Outside NFL Live Football SpoCenter High Noon Question Around Interruption U.S. Open U.S. Open The Rich Eisen Show (N) (Live) ‘PG’ Paid Prog.

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Mom walks fine line amid safety and fear for daughter DEAR ABBY: I have that bond. Please help, two beautiful daughters, Abby. ages 3 and 4. My concern — PROTECTIVE IN is that my younger PENNSYLVANIA daughter is very friendly.

No matter where we go, DEAR PROTECTIVE: she says “hi” to everyone Your daughter appears she sees, strangers to be a lovely little girl. included. With all her I agree you shouldn’t positive energy, she has dampen her outgoing the type of personality and affectionate nature.

Dear Abby that attracts attention She should not be Jeanne Phillips when she walks into walking around by herself a room. I love her for without supervision. that, but I’m also worried she’s too Explain to her what appropriate friendly. behavior is and is not. This is an Some of our neighbors are male, ongoing conversation that includes and she wants to hug them and sit more information as she is able on their laps. This alarms me, and to understand it. Ultimately, you I’m not sure what to do. With how are her parent, and you must things are nowadays, you never determine what is appropriate in know who you can trust. I don’t want her interactions with ALL people, to dampen her confident and upbeat regardless of gender. disposition, but I want to teach her why it’s not OK to do this. Sometimes DEAR ABBY: How do I deal with I wonder if she does it because her a friend who constantly stays on father isn’t in the picture, so when her cellphone (texting, talking or she sees an older man, she wants using video chat) every time we get

together? She puts her phone on video chat in the car and talks to some guy (Note: She’s already in a relationship.), and in restaurants she keeps her phone on the table and it rings, which is annoying. She also talks on the phone in public places, making others around glance over at her, yet she doesn’t turn it off.

She spent the last 40 minutes of a recent 1 1/2-hour bus trip we took, seated next to each other, on her phone. There was a sign nearby that read, “Cellphone use unless in an emergency situation is prohibited,” and the passenger in front of us kept turning around to glare at her.

She was oblivious! I once told her I don’t talk on my phone if I’m with someone. She asked me how I did that and when I shut my phone off, she commented, “I can’t do that”!

What do I do, Abby?

— OFFENDED IN MASSACHUSETTS DEAR OFFENDED: Your friend appears to be not only inconsiderate

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of you and others around her, but also addicted to her cellphone. Allow me to share what I would do: I would spend my time with friends who choose to be fully present when in my company.

DEAR ABBY: How long should a new wife wait to be introduced to her husband’s adult child because the adult child doesn’t know what to say to his young children about who I am?

— WAITING IN THE WEST DEAR WAITING: You should have been introduced to your husband’s family long before you became the new wife, which would have been far easier for all concerned. What the young children should be told is: “I have wonderful news! ‘Pop-pop’ got married to a very nice lady. He was so sad when he was by himself, and now he isn’t alone anymore.

Isn’t that great?” The news should be delivered with a big smile and maybe even ice cream to celebrate.

Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars

ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH Pace yourself and you will accomplish a lot. You have a conversation that you find applicable to the question at hand. The unexpected occurs during a serious conversation. If you find yourself getting fussy, take a break. Go for a walk. Tonight: Head home and run errands.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH Your creativity emerges early on when you have an important conversation involving a child

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH Basics do count, and you seem anchored. You or someone you live with could be unusually fussy and demanding. A new beginning comes from left field. You hardly know whether to jump in or check it out first. Tonight: Go for easy.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You have a lot going for you, more than you realize. Being verbal could be more important than you realize. Get back to basics. Make sure you are on the same plane as the other party. Tonight: Ask questions. You will learn a lot.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH You might note that you feel more possessive than you do normally. You wonder why you are proceeding as you have with this internal conflict. Try to deal with your possessiveness before it controls you. Tonight: Do some shopping on the way home.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

Dear Heloise: Is a special cream for my neck necessary?

— Mary J., Fort Wayne, Ind. Mary, the skin on our necks can be more delicate and thinner, and therefore lose elasticity and show aging more quickly, but most experts agree: Treating the face, neck and decollete (upper chest) as one entity works well.

Good-quality cleansers, toners and SPF lotions and creams work fine on this section of your body.

Protection from the sun helps a lot.

— Heloise

PANKO PRIMER Dear Readers: I’m sure you’ve heard the term “panko.” Here’s a primer: Panko breadcrumbs were originally used in Japanese cuisine. The bread they come from has no crust. This results in a lighter and crispier feel

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Read between the lines with others. You might notice what is not being shared is more significant.

You could approach this issue in several ways. However, do nothing until you are sure of yourself. Tonight: A child or loved one proves challenging yet fun.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH Know when to pull back and do less. You could find out that somehow a certain situation or project is not developing as you might like. Have a discussion with an associate or partner and listen carefully. Consider all remedies but hold off for a while. Changes are lurking.

Tonight: Make it a personal night.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHH One-on-one relating draws a strong result. You might wonder what might be best for you.

You also might consider what you need to do in order to draw a key person’s understanding and support.

Listen to this person’s concerns.

Tonight: In the whirlwind of the moment.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH You might want to see a personal matter handled. However, you need to weigh the pros and cons.

A friend does not hesitate to tell you what he or she is thinking. You could be surprised by this person’s suggestions. Tonight: Where people can be found.

HHHH Defer to others. You often have great ideas, but others find you less precise or explicit as they might want you to be. Welcome questions and encourage others to make suggestions, too. Tonight: Say yes to an offer.

HHHH Take charge and deal with a boss or authority figure. Listen to what is being shared and work

and taste, and a less greasy end result.

Panko breadcrumbs work especially nicely on seafood.

— Heloise

BEST BET FOR BUTTER Dear Heloise: Do I need to refrigerate butter?

— Melody T. in Houston Melody, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (www.usda.gov), butter should be refrigerated in its original packaging until you are ready to use it.

After use, cover the stick of butter and place it back into the refrigerator.

Butter is mostly fat (less likely to be besieged by bacteria, unlike a mostly water product), so softening the butter before a meal on the countertop is fine.

— Heloise

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through an unusual suggestion.

Know that an associate or friend might not be as steady or loyal as you might wish. Tonight: Take the lead making plans.

HHHH You sense that timing is working for you. You feel empowered and energetic. If you have a difficult situation to deal with, make an overture to clear the air and find some common ground. The unexpected continues to open new doors and ways of thinking. Tonight: Conjure up a dream.

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This year could be exceptional if you rely on your intellect and precision. Others often seek you out to get your opinion and approach to certain situations. If single, your need for details could evolve into a fussiness that pushes away a potential suitor. Recognize the impact of this behavior. If attached, the two of you need to accept the other’s idiosyncrasies. Maintain humor and remember your caring rather than fussy details. VIRGO often becomes uptight. Work on relaxation techniques.

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

or project. You might not recognize the importance of this exchange until later. The unexpected keeps life lively. Tonight: Get into weekend mode.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019:

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Alas, poor Thrasher — it’s time for Nick’s revered fishing rod to retire

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s the summer teeters on the border’s edge of August and September, I have come to the solemn conclusion that I must retire my favorite piscatorian partner, Thrasher.

I have mentioned the brute before so you probably know that Thrasher is my ageless fishing rod and a close buddy to another vital tool in my arsenal, a prime-time tackle box that some mockingly refer to as Grunge.

To be upfront, if you were to observe my unique casting techniques, it wouldn’t be that hard to figure out how the pole ended up being pinned with its nickname.

I had initially intended to label the potential fish killer “The Club” until I found out some of my fishing partners threatened to spread a rumor that I was using a car antitheft device as a fishing rod.

Over the years, Thrasher has taken on lake trout, mean tempered kings, no-holds-barred silvers, hefty halibut in Mud Bay, p.o.’d steelhead and unseen things that would probably have attempted to sink the skiff if the line hadn’t snapped before the bottom feeding mutants surfaced.

Thrasher toughed it out throughout those aforementioned challenges, but time catches up with us all. It has been suffering from increasingly failing eyes, loose joints and a deeply worn cork handle that’s now a Duct Tape covered memory.

It has hung in there through the years as a peerless landing guide for countless reels as it fought whatever I’ve hooked into without fail, but, sadly, its time has finally come, because of me.

The antiquated rig was primetime ugly and had as many nicks and scars as an aging journeyman

boxer, but the elderly pole still had some longevity left until I backed over it in the dark last weekend.

Not cool. My absent-mindedness managed to snap it into three gnarly looking pieces that a wand repair specialist at Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry would have deemed an unfeasible task.

Thrasher now lies in the bed of my truck looking like a forlorn triptych display of what used to be, but I understand that I have to quickly move on because the silvers are getting feisty in the low waters of the Anchor and there are indications of steelies in the shadows.

So, it’s definitely time now to take a look at the fishing report for week of Aug. 27 - Sept. 2.

Personal Use The Kachemak Bay Personal Use Coho Salmon Gillnet Fishery closed on Saturday, Aug. 24. All permit holders are reminded to return their personal use permits

by Sept. 3.

Freshwater Fishing Silver fishing in the Anchor and Ninilchik rivers, and Deep Creek slowed a bit last weekend, but the early morning bite was still good enough to hook into a few in the lower sections.

Coho hunting may pick back up with the larger tides this week.

Anglers were successful drifting eggs under a bobber. Try flashy spinners such as a silver bladed Vibrax, if eggs aren’t cutting it for you.

The water in the lower Kenai Peninsula streams is extremely low. Dolly Varden fishing has been really slow during the day. There

are plenty of dollies schooled up in the upper sections of the Anchor River near the bridge on the south end of the North Fork Road. Try fishing the dawning hours. Pegged beads, little spinners and spoons all work well.

Update: As of Tuesday, Aug. 27, silver fishing has ramped up to being good in the Anchor River along with early morning, nifty Dolly action continuing up river.

Steelhead trout will start entering all of these streams in low numbers over the next couple weeks. Expect steelie fishing to peak in mid-September and continue through October. Beads pegged above a hook is the most popular way to target steelhead, but jigs fished under a bobber or swinging flies can be very effective as well.

Aug. 31 is the last day for bait and multiple hooks.

Saltwater Fishing Salmon Trolling for king and silvers picked up by Silver Ridge and Point Pogibshi last week. Try a variety of presentations to decide what’s working best at the moment, including trolling without a flasher, using spoons and herring, and varying the length of the leader.

A shorter leader will produce a tighter, faster action behind a flasher than a long leader will.

Fishing for silvers in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon has slowed to almost a death roll.

Halibut Halibut are still being nailed closer to the spit and in the inner bay, but the most reliable action continues to be in outer Kachemak Bay, the Cook Inlet, and around the corner from Point Pogibshi.

Heat stressing, killing salmon

By Mary Catharine Martin Salmonstate

From the Koyukuk River, to the Kuskokwim, to Norton Sound, to Bristol Bay’s Igushik River, unusually warm temperatures across Alaska this summer led to die-offs of unspawned chum, sockeye, and pink salmon. Warm waters also sometimes this summer acted as a “thermal block” — essentially a wall of heat salmon don’t swim past, delaying upriver migration.

Stephanie Quinn Davidson, the Director of the Yukon Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, took a team of scientists along 200 miles of the Koyukuk River to investigate a dieoff of chum salmon at the end of July. The team counted 850 dead, unspawned chum — and that, she said, was a minimum count.

“We were boating, going about 35 or 40 miles per hour, and we know we missed a lot,” she said.

“On a boat going by relatively fast, we were probably getting at most half the fish and at the least about ten percent of the fish.”

Locals to the area said this same thing happened four or five years, ago, she said, but not to the scale it did this year.

She attributes the deaths to heat stress.

“We cut open the fish, looked for any size of disease, infections,

parasites … By all indications, these fish looked healthy,” she said. “They didn’t have any marks on them, or any sign of disease or stress otherwise. And the die-off event coincides with the week of heat we had.”

The total run was more than 1.4 million chum, she said, with some arriving before the warm weather event.

“We definitely had chum salmon spawn,” she said. “And have chum salmon continue to make it to spawning grounds. There are salmon that made it through.

Hopefully they’ll pass those genes on that allowed them to persist.”

In the Kuskokwim, according to KYUK, there was a die-off of salmon having “heart attacks” due to the warmer than usual water along the ocean.

In Norton Sound, large numbers of pink salmon were observed dead before spawning, according to KNOM. Conservation organization Cook Inletkeeper put out a release July 10 noting that on July 7, stream temperatures on the Deshka were 81.7 degrees Fahrenheit — more than five degrees above the previous highest-recorded temperature in that location, according to science director Sue Mauger. In the Deshka, the warm water created a thermal block that prevented the

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Mauger said she and others are in the middle of an intensive fiveyear temperature survey on the Deshka to figure out the location of the river’s cold waters, which could serve as refuges during climate change.

“We have so many different types of systems (in Alaska) with different hydrologies,” Mauger said.

“Some are fed by glaciers, some by snowpack, some by groundwater … and the joy of salmon is how diverse their life histories are, to capitalize on all that different habitat … but when you’re hitting temperatures in the 80 degrees, there’s no doubt fish are in high stress, and if they’re surviving they must be hitting cold water refugia.”

Even Bristol Bay, which experienced its second highest harvest of sockeye salmon ever, at 43.1 million, experienced at least one die-off.

Nushagak/Togiak Area Management Biologist Timothy Sands said there was a large die-off of sockeye on the Igushik River. After hearing reports, he received a video from a boater around July 20 of dead, unspawned sockeye lining the banks of the river.

He has seen a thermal block in that river prevent salmon from migrating upstream before, in 2016.

Weekend Almanac Thursday Unhinged alaska Nick Varney Fishermen have been successful launching small boats from the beach at Whiskey Gulch and targeting halibut within a mile of shore. Using a chum bag can help to put ‘buts on the feed.

Other Saltwater Fishing Lingcod and nonpelagic rockfish stalkers continue to roll well outside of Kachemak Bay for the best action. The most consistently prolific lingcod chasers normally drift over rocky pinnacles working jigs.

If you are after black rockfish, try jigging and trolling near prominent points of land. You will find the larger fish and more dependable fishing near Point Pogibshi and beyond. Pelagic rockfish can also often be found near Bluff Point and Dimond Creek.

Emergency Orders Please review the Emergency Orders and News Releases below in their entirety before heading out on your next fishing trip.

Emergency Order 2-RCL-7-0119 and 2-RCL-7-02-19 closed all eastside Cook Inlet beaches to clamming for all species from the mouth of the Kenai River to the southernmost tip of the Homer Spit for 2019.

For additional information, please contact the Alaska Department of Fish and Game Homer office at 907-235-8191.

Nick can be reached at ncvarney@gmail.com if he isn’t still scrounging around in the cellar for Thrasher’s back-up rod that’s so old that it might not survive an energetic strike by frenzied smolt much less a coho.

Sun and clouds 65/42 High tides: 3:48 a.m. 22.77 ft 4:45 p.m. 22.03 ft Low tides: 10:43 a.m. -3.00 ft 10:58 p.m. 0.84 ft (Tide information for Kenai River Entrance)

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High tides: 4:38 a.m. 24.14 ft 5:25 p.m. 23.36 ft Low tides: 11:26 a.m. -4.11 ft 11:43 p.m. -0.82 ft (Tide information for Kenai River Entrance)

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Central peninsula fishing report Wildfires have put a damper on fishing on the Kenai River.

The Swan Lake Fire has forced the closure of the Kenai River Special Management Area between Cooper Landing state boat launch to Skilak Lake, Jim’s Landing, Sportsman’s Landing, Russian River Ferry Service and the Russian River Campground, including Russian River public use cabins, Skilak Lake Road, other public use cabins, and adjacent recreational trails in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge and Chugach National Forest areas.

But, away from Cooper Landing, the coho salmon fishing is improving. Cohos on the Kasilof are fair, according to the Alaska Department of Fish & Game, and fishing on the Swanson River should improve in the coming weeks.

Coho fishing in Seward has been good, with some fish getting picked up closer to town, but the bulk of the fishing is to be had out past Caines Head.

Many anglers hoping to reel in a halibut are picking up cohos, meaning anglers should be fishing deep for coho salmon.

Mostly cloudy 63/46

High tides: 5:26 a.m. 24.88 ft 6:04 p.m. 24.17 ft Low tides: 12:08 p.m. -4.45 ft

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— Kathleen Sorensen, Peninsula Clarion

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