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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska will send 10 National Guard members for aerial patrol operations along the U.S.Mexico border. Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy said the state will send the soldiers from an aviation unit for a six-month deployment beginning April 1. Dunleavy’s office says the soldiers will focus efforts in Arizona, near the border. The deployment comes following a request for volunteers through the National Guard Bureau. The soldiers will include helicopter pilots, crew chiefs, aircraft maintenance and support personnel. They will fly and maintain aircraft in Arizona brought in by Guard units in other states. Dunleavy previously offered President Donald Trump the use of the Alaska National Guard to patrol the border.

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Early results show no bond for field house By BRIAN MAZUREK Peninsula Clarion

Unofficial results from Soldotna’s special election are in and the ordinance that would have allowed the city to borrow $10 million for construction of the Soldotna field house appears to have failed by 21 votes, 289 to 268. Results may change after absentee and question ballots have been tallied. The election asked voters if the city should issue a $10 million dollar bond to fund the construction of the field house. The bond would be paid off with a temporary .5 percent increase in sales taxes. Early exit polling for the special election reflected how close of a

call the unofficial results are. Out of 50 people surveyed, 15 said they voted yes, 13 said they voted no and 23 did not wish to disclose their vote. People had many different reasons for voting the way they did. Most of those who voted yes said that they thought the field house would benefit the youth in the community. Others said that the elderly residents needed a warm place to exercise with their families in the winter. Of those who voted against it, some did not feel that the city could realistically afford to maintain the facility. Others said they had a problem with the decision being based on a special election, rather than See VOTE, page A2

A sign directing voters to the polling place sits outside city hall in Soldotna on Tuesday. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

Kenai Elks Lodge awards grant to hospital By BRIAN MAZUREK Peninsula Clarion

The Kenai chapter of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks recently received a grant from the Elks National Fund and in turn donated $3,750 to the Central Peninsula Hospital Foundation. The lodge began donating to the CPHF in 2012 and has since donated a total of $13,500, according to a press release. Lodge trustee Mary Jack-

son said that the purpose of their Elks Care Fund is to provide medical financial assistance for people who are under-insured or uninsured. Jackson said that CPHF is meant to help cover the cost of major issues like cancer treatment and the Elks Care Fund allows CPHF to offer financial assistance for a wider variety of medical care. Since the fund was first started, it has helped pay for medical equipment, physical rehabilitation session

and transportation costs for under-insured citizens. “Kenai Lodge #2425 is honored to continue to help our neighbors and community with the Elks Care Fund and work with the CPHF to make this program successful,” said Jackson. The Kenai lodge receives the grant each year by having a high enough average donation from each lodge member. This year the Kenai lodge averaged $42.85 in donations per member, See GRANT, page A2

Kenai Elks Lodge members (from left to right) Mary Jackson, Ken Cole, Trina Sanford and Ryan Huss-Green stand in front of the lodge’s signature mounted elk on Tuesday. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

Legislators vow to Kenai man accused of stealing power from HEA defend ‘vital’ rural By BRIAN MAZUREK Peninsula Clarion

A man in Kenai has been charged with allegedly damaging property and stealing electricity from Homer Electric Association. According to a March 4 affidavit, on Jan. 22 Alaska State Troopers responded to a call from a Kenai resident about power lines that had been cut on his property. The property owner said that Jeff Johansen, 43, had been living on his property with one other person. When the owner visited his property during the week of Jan. 14, he discovered his power box had been damaged and the connected

HEA investigators determined that the utility pole had been tampered with and that a makeshift wire was running from the pole to the trailer. — March 4 Kenai Court Affidavit power lines had been cut. Johansen allegedly admitted to the property owner that he was stealing power from HEA, which owns the utility pole near the property. The property owner reported the cut power lines to troopers as well as to HEA, who investigated the damage on Jan. 22. According to the affidavit, the

HEA investigator determined that the utility pole had been tampered with and that a makeshift wire was running from the pole to the trailer in which Johansen had been living. HEA also determined that Johansen had been a person of interest in a similar incident that occurred in December of 2017. See HEA, page A2

Ulsom maintains Iditarod lead, loses out on beaver mitts ANCHORAGE — Norwegian musher Joar Ulsom retook the lead in the world’s most famous sled dog race, but he missed out on a pair of mitts made out of beaver and a new musher’s hat. Frenchman Nicolas Petit was the first musher to reach the community of McGrath, winning the prizes made by locals. Ulsom, the defending champion, breezed into the checkpoint about 90 minutes later on Tuesday and immediately left to reclaim the lead in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race. See MUSH, page A2

Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race defending champion Joar Ulsom, of Norway, talks to fans before the ceremonial start of this year’s race Saturday, March 2 in Anchorage. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

energy fund and that she thinks a portion By MOLLIE BARNES Juneau Empire

One section of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposed budget for 2020 would hit rural Alaskans in an area where it hurts: energy. The Power Cost Equalization fund helps lower the cost of energy in rural Alaska communities. “This was a compromise reached in 1984, when the Legislature recognized that there was no answer to bring affordable power to rural Alaska,” said Meera Kohler, the president and CEO of the Alaska Village Electric Cooperative at a House Energy committee meeting on Tuesday. “We can’t afford to go back to annual battles for PCE. We need folks to understand how vital this program is.” Fuel cost since 1985 has gone up by 127 percent in 2017, but efficiency is also up 32 percent, Kohler said in her presentation. “Things have improved dramatically,” said Kohler. The most recent year’s funding was at $28 million. That is at 100 percent funding, Kohler said. The governor has proposed cutting this funding completely in his fiscal year 2020 budget. But Sen. Natasha von Imhof, R-Anchorage, said she can confidently say she, and several other legislators, will fiercely protect the PCE. She said that a more systematic, statewide approach needs to be taken. There are several associations that are doing good work in the field already, she said, such as the Alaska Energy Authority,

of the funding for the PCE should be used to leverage with different organizations on finding energy solutions for rural Alaska. She pointed to Kodiak’s use of more green energy as a good example. “Well, I can confidently say there are several legislators that are very protective of the PCE and will defend its continuing as is,” Von Imhof said in an interview with the Empire. “I happen to think that folding the PCE into the general fund is probably not the best choice moving forward, and I may look toward the choices that I described earlier as in being part of an effort to make a systematic and deliberative multi-year plan to address rural Alaska’s energy needs.” In 1977, oil first flowed down the pipeline. There was virtually no transmission system in Alaska, Kohler said. Diesel fuel was the primary energy source in all of Alaska, except Fairbanks, which relied on oil and coal. There was very little hydropower. After oil started flowing, studies were done to identify projects to reduce the cost of electricity throughout Alaska. Oil prices peaked in 1979 triggering the first power cost assistance program, which was a precursor to the PCE program as it is known today, Kohler said. “The PCE program is a political compromise made with rural Alaska resulting from billions in state spending on energy infrastructure continuing to pay dividends, by way of affordable and See RURAL, page A2

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waiting to put it on a regular ballot. One person said that a better idea would be to only implement the sales tax during summer months,

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The cost to repair the property owner’s power box was estimated at around $1000, while the cost of repairing the utility box owned was estimated to be $3853,

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which was the highest average among Alaska lodges, according to the press release. Lodge #2425 gives back to the Kenai community in other ways as well. Two weeks ago the lodge celebrated Senior Appreciation Day by inviting the local Pioneers of Alaska to a Hawaiian-themed dinner that they dubbed “Hula Alaska.” Seniors were treated to dinner and pineapple upside-down cake. Baseball players from a local high school helped serve the dinner along with members of the lodge. For Easter, the lodge will be celebrating by inviting everyone in the community to an Easter egg hunt, a

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The McGrath checkpoint is 311 miles (500 kilometers) into the nearly 1,000 mile (1,600 kilometer) race with 13 dogs. The race began Sunday north of Anchorage. The winner is expected in Nome, on Alaska’s western coast, next week.

when tourism is up. Economics impacts of the field house swayed voters both for and against the bond. Assuming the unofficial results hold, the fate of the Soldotna field house project remains unclear at this time. according to the affidavit. Troopers attempted to make contact with Johansen on Jan. 22, and again on Jan. 28, but were unable to locate him in either instance. A warrant for Johansen’s arrest was requested on March 4, and Johansen faces two counts of third-degree criminal mischief. jelly bean counting contest, a deviled egg contest and a free buffet. Jackson said that the lodge also supports local education by giving around $8,000 in scholarships to students in Kenai who wish to attend any form of secondary education, whether it’s at a university, vocational school, or community college. The Kenai Elks Lodge was formed in 1970 and currently has 225 active members.

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reduced power, to urban communities,” said Tiffany Zulkosky, D-Bethel, in an email to the Empire. “This program works to bring equity of state investment to all Alaskans and areas throughout the state.” Zulkosky said the PCE program has operated at reduced funding levels in previous years, recently for a 13-year period (from 19922005). Because the PCE credit is applied to utility rates, that are not changed as a result of the program and are established by cost actuals, any increased financial burden resulting from underfunding the program is borne by customers who may not have the resources to pay for it, she said. “This can compound harm to Alaskans, since delinquent accounts are at risk of losing PCE eligibility,” Zulkosky said. “As we heard this morning, PCE provides approximately 20 percent relief in energy costs to rural Alaskans and only 29 percent of all electricity sold in eligible communities receive PCE. This leaves an overwhelming

majority of Alaska individuals and entities without sustainable solutions or equity in state energy spending.” But Von Imhof, who cochairs the Senate Finance committee, said that she thinks a solution can be found that involves working together with private associations. “Part of the money that’s being spun off each year can still go help with communities’ energy needs and a third of the money could leverage with other companies to find innovative ways to combine green energy with diesel so that there is either wind or solar or hydro to help offset the diesel cost,” Von Imhof said. She expressed similar sentiments during the initial presentation of the governor’s budget by the Office of Budget and Management on Feb. 25. ”(Cutting the funding) seems very short-sighted,” Von Imhof said at the Feb. 25 meeting. “This does require a little more thought and planning. I think that we would be cutting our nose to spite our face to remove this fund, when the long term capability of this to help rural Alaska become more energy efficient is to me a better goal.”

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Robert Louis “Bob” Robert Louis “Bob” Scott passed away peacefully Scott passed away peacefully on Monday, Feb. 11, 2019 at on Monday, Feb. 11, 2019 at home in Kenai, Alaska. home in Kenai, Alaska. As Bob wished, no As Bob wished, no memorial service will be memorial service will be held. He never cared to held. He never cared to be the center of attention. be the center of attention. Bob’s ashes will be spread Bob’s ashes will be spread later this year in Sea Otter later this year in Sea Otter Sound where he grew up Sound where he grew up along with his brothers. along with his brothers. Bob was born in Bob was born in Ketchikan, Alaska on July 19, Ketchikan, Alaska on July 19, 1936 to Louis G. and Lyda 1936 to Louis G. and Lyda (Smith) Scott. Bob was raised (Smith) Scott. Bob was raised on El Capitan Island north of Ketchikan on a family owned on El Capitan Island north of Ketchikan on a family owned island. From an early age he helped on the family fox and island. From an early age he helped on the family fox and mink farm, El Capitan Fur Farm. When fox and mink farms mink farm, El Capitan Fur Farm. When fox and mink farms were no longer profitable his father converted the farm to were no longer profitable his father converted the farm to a fish cold storage naming the new business Tokeen – Ice a fish cold storage naming the new business Tokeen – Ice and Cold Storage, this is where Bob started his lifelong and Cold Storage, this is where Bob started his lifelong fishing career. Bob’s school days were spent working and fishing career. Bob’s school days were spent working and being home schooled. He and his brother Tom were the being home schooled. He and his brother Tom were the only kids on the Island at that time. When Bob became the only kids on the Island at that time. When Bob became the age for high school he was sent to family friends in Grants age for high school he was sent to family friends in Grants Pass, Oregon and finished graduating from high school in Pass, Oregon and finished graduating from high school in Burlington Washington. After high school, he returned to Burlington Washington. After high school, he returned to the South Eastern Alaska working in the fishing and logging the South Eastern Alaska working in the fishing and logging Communities and during the off-season driving trucks in Communities and during the off-season driving trucks in Washington and Canada. In the late 60’s, Bob took a job Washington and Canada. In the late 60’s, Bob took a job as manager of Pelican Cold Storage. He loved Pelican and as manager of Pelican Cold Storage. He loved Pelican and the lifelong friends that he made there. Bob moved from the lifelong friends that he made there. Bob moved from Pelican to Anchorage as Plant manager for Whitney Fidalgo Pelican to Anchorage as Plant manager for Whitney Fidalgo Seafood’s in the early 70’s. His time with Whitney took him Seafood’s in the early 70’s. His time with Whitney took him to fishing communities throughout Alaska. He loved the to fishing communities throughout Alaska. He loved the time spent in those old cargo airplanes and made lifelong time spent in those old cargo airplanes and made lifelong friends wherever he traveled. In the early 80’s Bob was friends wherever he traveled. In the early 80’s Bob was asked to come down to Kenai and take over management asked to come down to Kenai and take over management of Salamatof Seafoods, one of the fish processing plants of Salamatof Seafoods, one of the fish processing plants that had gone into bankruptcy during this time. He signed that had gone into bankruptcy during this time. He signed a two-year contract. He had so much fun working with a two-year contract. He had so much fun working with creditors, fisherman and politicians that at the end of his creditors, fisherman and politicians that at the end of his contract he made and implemented plan to purchase as contract he made and implemented plan to purchase as much stock as he could to become a major stockholder. much stock as he could to become a major stockholder. Salamatof Seafoods was the only fish processing plant Salamatof Seafoods was the only fish processing plant that went into bankruptcy to come out and be profitable. that went into bankruptcy to come out and be profitable. In 2012 he retired and Salamatof was sold to Pacific Star In 2012 he retired and Salamatof was sold to Pacific Star Seafoods. Seafoods. In retirement, Bob enjoyed helping friends with In retirement, Bob enjoyed helping friends with special projects, breakfasting with friends and giving orders special projects, breakfasting with friends and giving orders to Kelly as he built our house especially the electrical and to Kelly as he built our house especially the electrical and heating phases. heating phases. Bob was a life member of Pioneers of Alaska Bob was a life member of Pioneers of Alaska Men’s Igloo #33 of Kenai Alaska and the Kenai Elks Lodge Men’s Igloo #33 of Kenai Alaska and the Kenai Elks Lodge #2425. Past board member of C-Fab and YRC and had #2425. Past board member of C-Fab and YRC and had served on a committee or two with the City of Kenai. Bob served on a committee or two with the City of Kenai. Bob did not believe in Hobbies. He devoted his time to work, did not believe in Hobbies. He devoted his time to work, family and friends. His family thinks his hobby was “staying family and friends. His family thinks his hobby was “staying on top of and implementing the technological advances on top of and implementing the technological advances in the fish industry, mentoring the next generation of fish in the fish industry, mentoring the next generation of fish processors and not to forget his love of strong-minded processors and not to forget his love of strong-minded dogs”. dogs”. Gail Phillips a close friend summed Bob up so well Gail Phillips a close friend summed Bob up so well “Bob Scott was a person who valued friendships above all “Bob Scott was a person who valued friendships above all else, not only in his Southeast Alaska communities, but else, not only in his Southeast Alaska communities, but throughout the State of Alaska, the Lower 48 and in many throughout the State of Alaska, the Lower 48 and in many foreign countries. Friendships with Bob lasted a lifetime. In foreign countries. Friendships with Bob lasted a lifetime. In all his relationships - whether in business or personal, Bob all his relationships - whether in business or personal, Bob ‘s word was his bond and one never had to doubt that he ‘s word was his bond and one never had to doubt that he would be true to his word. Bob loved all things Alaskan – would be true to his word. Bob loved all things Alaskan – not only the fishing industry, but the development, politics not only the fishing industry, but the development, politics and progress of Alaska as we grew into Statehood.” and progress of Alaska as we grew into Statehood.” Bob did not have an address book. He had a very elaborate Bob did not have an address book. He had a very elaborate phonebook he always carried and kept in touch and cared phonebook he always carried and kept in touch and cared for all his friends and family- especially his brother Tom for all his friends and family- especially his brother Tom who no matter how busy either was talked several times a who no matter how busy either was talked several times a week. week. Bob was preceded in death by his mother, Lyda Bob was preceded in death by his mother, Lyda (Smith, Scott) Bachman, father, Louis G. Scott, brother and (Smith, Scott) Bachman, father, Louis G. Scott, brother and sister-in-law, Thomas “Tom” and Jacqualyne “Jackie” Scott. sister-in-law, Thomas “Tom” and Jacqualyne “Jackie” Scott. He is survived by his devoted beloved companion Audrey; He is survived by his devoted beloved companion Audrey; daughters, Robin (Mike) Wittenberg of Bonny Lake, Wash., daughters, Robin (Mike) Wittenberg of Bonny Lake, Wash., Kimberly and Heidi Scott of Granite Falls, Wash.; step Kimberly and Heidi Scott of Granite Falls, Wash.; step daughters, Deni (Scott) Pennison of Nikiski and Andrea daughters, Deni (Scott) Pennison of Nikiski and Andrea (Karl) Groethe of San Francisco; grandchildren, Audra (Karl) Groethe of San Francisco; grandchildren, Audra (Mathew) Carreno, Trevor Wittenberg of Bonny Lake, (Mathew) Carreno, Trevor Wittenberg of Bonny Lake, Wash., Devin (Taylor and their daughter Scarlett) Pennison Wash., Devin (Taylor and their daughter Scarlett) Pennison and Andrew Pennison of Nikiski, Bryce Groethe of San and Andrew Pennison of Nikiski, Bryce Groethe of San Francisco; brothers, Dale Scott, Goldendale, Wash. and Francisco; brothers, Dale Scott, Goldendale, Wash. and Ted (Adriane) Bachman, Eagle River; and many Nieces and Ted (Adriane) Bachman, Eagle River; and many Nieces and Nephews. Nephews. Memorial donations may be made to Nikiski Memorial donations may be made to Nikiski Neighbors, Box 8122, Nikiski, Alaska 99635 or remember Neighbors, Box 8122, Nikiski, Alaska 99635 or remember Bob when you take a friend to lunch at Louie’s. Bob when you take a friend to lunch at Louie’s.

Kenai Soil & Water Board Meeting The monthly meeting of the Kenai Soil & Water Conservation District’s Board of Supervisors will be held Wednesday, Mar. 6, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m, at the District office located at 110 Trading Bay, Suite 140. For information, call 283-8732 x5.

Wild and Scenic Film Festival Join the Kenai Watershed Forum at Snug Harbor Seafoods on K-Beach for the Wild and Scenic Film Festival on Saturday, March 23 from 6-9 p.m. This year’s films combine stellar filmmaking, beautiful cinematography and first-rate storytelling to inform, inspire and ignite solutions and possibilities to restore the earth and human communities while creating a positive future for the next generation.The Wild & Scenic Film Festival is a fundraiser for the Kenai Watershed Forum and a way to support our mission of working together for healthy watersheds on the Kenai Peninsula. Price is $25, includes a Cooper Landing Brew, food and fun!

Employment Service Office in Kenai, or from local high school career counseling offices. Applications will be accepted from March 4 through April 12. All applications must be received at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters on Ski Hill Road by 4:30 p.m. (close of business), on April 12. The positions will be filled via a random selection process and selected applicants will be notified by phone no later than April 26. Youth will work 40 hours each week from June 3 through July 26, and receive $9.90 per hour. Job duties will include trail maintenance and rehabilitation, cabin restoration, campground maintenance, litter collection, biological assistance, and visitor information services. For additional information, please contact the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge office during regular business hours at (907) 262-7021.

Saving and Storing Seeds for Your Garden

Dr. Pat Holloway, Professor Emeritus of Horticulture at UAF will present a lecture on how to harvest, handle, save, and store flower, vegetable, and native plant seeds for later use in your garden on Tuesday, March 12 from 7–8:30 p.m. at Peninsula Grace Church, 44175 Kalifornsky Beach Road (at Mile 19.5, across the road from Craig Taylor Equipment) in Soldotna. Free and open to the Farm Bureau Annual Meeting public; bring a friend! Refreshments and sometimes door Kenai Peninsula Chapter of the Alaska Farm Bureau prizes. Membership and general club information is availwill hold its Annual Meeting at 6 p.m., Thursday, March able at www.cenpengardenclub.org, on facebook, or con7 at the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Building on K-Beach tact Phyllis Boskofsky at cenpengardenclub@gmail.com. Road. All Farm Bureau members and those wishing to join should attend. For Zoom sign on information, email KPC College Council meeting kpchapterfb@gmail.com. Kenai Peninsula College Council meeting scheduled Soldotna Historical Society & Homestead The College Council will hold their next meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 7 at KPC’s Kachemak Bay Museum board meeting Campus in Homer in Pioneer room 202. The College Soldotna Historical Society & Homestead Museum Council is advisory in nature and members are recruited board meeting will take place Tuesday, March 5 at 8:30 from all sectors of the Kenai Peninsula to provide ina.m. at the Fine Thyme Cafe. Questions? Carmen 262-2791 put to KPC administration. The meeting is open to the public. For a copy of the agenda, contact the director’s assistant at 262-0318 or visit this link: http://www.kpc. KPC Showcase presents: Letters From alaska.edu/about/college_council/reports/. Happy Valley: Memories of an Alaska

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KPC Showcase presents: Letters From Happy Valley: Memories of an Alaska Homesteader’s Son, an evening with Alaskan author Dan Walker on Thursday, March 7 at 6:30 p.m. at McLane Commons. Fifty years after leaving the family homestead in Happy Valley, Dan Walker unexpectedly received a shoebox full of letters penned in 1958 by his parents as they traveled north from Sugar Tree Ridge, Ohio, to build a new life on the Last Frontier. The letters ignited Walker’s memory and he remembered how, as a small boy, he watched with wonder as his family built a home, harvested moose, and learned the ways of the north country. A quiet thread of melancholy weaves through Walker’s story as he remembers how his father’s untimely death forced their large family to leave behind the life he loved.

Parents experienced with raising children with Chronic Medical Conditions and Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities are needed as MAP volunteers to help Mentor, Advocate and Partner with new parents in similar situations. Please join our volunteers in providing free Parent-to-Parent support in our community. Register for training this week by visiting https://www.stonesoupgroup.org/event/mentor-advocate-partner-map-trainingsoldotna/ or call 907-953-8480 to inquire about more information on how you can help.

Girl Scout Reunion Tea Current and former Girl Scouts in Service Unit 941, formerly named Kalgin Service Unit on the Kenai Peninsula, are invited to a Girl Scout Reunion Tea to observe the 60th Anniversary of our Service Unit on Sunday, March 31 from 2:30-5:30 p.m. at Soldotna Methodist Church, Binkley Street. Bring your Scouting memorabilia. For more info contact Rosemary Pilatti at 907-776-8916 or wrangell86@gmail.com.

Free In-Person Tax Preparation Available Free income tax return preparation is available again this year at the Soldotna Library from Feb. 9 to April 13. This AARP Foundation-sponsored program is open to low-and moderate-income taxpayers of all ages, with special attention to those age 60 and older. AARP membership is not required. Call 907-420-4308 to schedule an appointment. For more information, email taxprepsoldotna@gmail.com.

Sterling Community Rec Center Daily Event Schedule February —Pickleball: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 10 a.m.-12 p.m. —Weight room: Open 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and 4-6 p.m. Monday-Friday (Free weights, squat rack, rowing machine, cardio bikes, tread mill, elliptical, and yoga balls/ mats) —Zumba: Mondays at 6 p.m. —Teen Center: Air hockey, fosse ball, video games, Wi-Fi, and gym time. —Home school gym time: Fridays at 12-2 p.m. —After school red program: 3:30-5:30 p.m. Monday to Friday. Registration anytime Call for information 907-262-7224. Adults $3 per visit, seniors $2 per visit, teens $2 per visit, and children $1 per visit

Land Management Division letters of interest The Kenai Peninsula Borough’s Land Management Division is calling for letters of interest from people looking for new agricultural land. The hope is that people will share some details that the borough can use to inform the program design. The kinds of major points officials think would be helpful in a letter include the size and general location needed, along with any other criteria that would be essential for the person’s production plans, and maybe an indication of the time frames that people are thinking if they were to take on an area of land with production goals. Letters should be addressed to KPB Land Manager, 144 North Binkley St., Soldotna AK 99669. More information can be found at kpb.us/land

Peninsula Clarion death notice and obituary guidelines: The Peninsula Clarion strives to report the deaths of all current and former Peninsula residents. Notices should be received within three months of the death. Pending service/Death notices are brief notices listing full name, age, date and place of death; and time, date and place of service. These are published at no charge. Obituaries are prepared by families, funeral homes, crematoriums, and are edited by our staff according to newspaper guidelines. The fee for obituaries up to 500 words with one black and white photo ranges from $50 to $100. Obituaries outside these guidelines are handled by the Clarion advertising department. Funeral homes and crematoriums routinely submit completed obituaries to the newspaper. Obituaries may also be submitted directly to the Clarion with prepayment, online at www.peninsulaclarion.com, or by mail to: Peninsula Clarion, P.O. Box 3009, Kenai, Alaska, 99611.

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Sullivan: Opportunities for Alaska in new Congress Last week, I gave my annual address to the Alaska Legislature. It’s a speech I look forward to each year, providing a platform to discuss the opportunities and challenges we all face together. As I told the Legislature, I know that these are tense times for our state as we’re grappling with shrinking budgets. But I’m optimistic that by continuing to enact good policies at the federal level and bringing investment dollars home to Alaska, the economic dynamism and job growth the Lower 48 is now experiencing will hopefully be coming our way soon. Why do I believe this? First, we’ve successfully opened federal lands in Alaska for responsible resource development, including the 1002 area of ANWR. This, combined with several new discoveries and developments on the North Slope, all point to the potential for billions of dollars of new investment, significant increases in TAPS throughput and state revenues, and hundreds, if not thousands, of good-paying Alaska jobs. The North Slope energy renaissance is real, and our state’s long recession looks as if it has ended at the drill bit. Second, in just the past three and a half years, Senator Murkowski, Congressman Young and I have secured over $1.3 billion for military construction in Alaska—including the F-35s to Eielson and a new missile field at Fort Greely. This is good for America’s national security, and it’s good for Alaskan workers and families. Further, as Chairman of the subcommittee in charge of the Coast Guard, we are undertaking a major re-capitalization of the Coast Guard fleet. This includes more ships and aircraft throughout Southeast Alaska. Just last week, Congress appropriated $53 million for the infrastructure to support these new Alaska vessels. And, we are at long last making real progress on icebreakers. In this year’s defense bill, I secured a provision that authorized the scheduled purchase of six Polar-class icebreakers and, just this month, Senator Murkowski played a key role in the appropriation of close to $700 million for the building of what will be the first of many of these polar security cutters. Of course, it’s not only energy resources and the military that drive our economy. It’s tourism, it’s federal infrastructure dollars, it’s our fisheries. In all of these areas, the trend lines point to a stronger Alaska economy. Finally, we have an Administration in D.C. that wants to help Alaska realize its full economic potential. Not only have they have worked to open up access to federal lands in our state for resource development, as well as for public safety, like the King Cove Road, they have also helped our veterans get access to health care. In the Marine Corps, we have a saying: “Protect what you’ve earned.” When it comes to the new House majority in Washington, D.C., many of our important achievements for Alaska might come under attack. Let me assure you, Congressman Young, Senator Murkowski and I will fight to protect what we’ve earned. But I’m confident, even with the new House majority in Congress, we can build on the bipartisan successes we’ve already had for Alaska and America, such as cleaning up our oceans and beginning to lower the cost of health care. Further, in the past few years, Congress has passed significant legislation to address our nation’s opioid and addiction crisis that will bring billions of dollars to the states—as well as significant funds for our rural communities and Native Health Organizations—to provide treatment and prevention and strengthen enforcement efforts. I’m heartened that we may finally be turning the corner in Alaska with opioid deaths beginning to decline. But we still have much work to do as this crisis rips apart families and communities. A final area of bipartisan cooperation that I will be focusing on in the new Congress involves combating sexual assault and domestic violence in Alaska and throughout the country. I reminded our legislators in Juneau that almost ten years ago, we all spearheaded the Choose Respect initiative. Posters were taped to school walls, marches were held, people began to talk more openly about the issue, perpetrators were given harsher sentences, public service announcements to change our culture of abuse filled the airwaves, and a whole host of lawyers began providing their services to survivors, free of charge. I urged everybody in the Legislature that it was time to reenergize this campaign in Alaska. This is an issue that affects all of us—all races, all income levels, all ages, in all corners of our state. It saps our creativity and our energy. It leaves deep, permanent scars across generations. We have such tremendous potential as a state. But we simply will not realize it if we don’t stop this abuse. If men don’t stop this. In the new Congress, I intend to take key elements of Choose Respect to the national level. Last September, my bill called the POWER Act—which will provide more free legal services to victims and survivors throughout the country—was signed into law. But we have more work to do. I’ve been working with my colleagues on a series of bills that we’re calling the “Choose Respect initiative” which, among other things, aims to provide a statutory right to counsel for victims. Think of this. If you’re a perpetrator—a rapist, a stalker—and you’re charged, you get a lawyer, paid for by the government, under the Constitution’s 6th Amendment. If you’re a victim, you get nothing. We should change this through statute to provide legal representation to all victims of sexual assault and domestic violence. Studies show that the best way for a survivor to break out of the cycle of violence is to get her a lawyer. — Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, is a U.S. Senator.

Sanders, Clinton rivalry hard to overcome By JUANA SUMMERS and BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press

NEW YORK — Bernie Sanders was minutes away from walking onto a Brooklyn stage last weekend to launch a second presidential campaign that he insisted would be all about the future. The problem: Some of his allies were still fighting Hillary Clinton. Shaun King, the activist and writer who was introducing the Vermont senator, hinted at what might have been had Sanders won the 2016 Democratic nomination. “In 2016, like so many of you, I campaigned hard for Bernie to be president. And to this day, I still believe that he would have beaten Donald Trump,” King told a cheering crowd gathered on a snowy college lawn and waving signs with the same logo that Sanders’ campaign used in 2016. The 2020 Democratic primary may be in full swing, but the bruising 2016 contest between Sanders and Clinton never ended for some. In the opening days of Sanders’ latest campaign, Clinton’s supporters have warned that he will drag the party to the extreme left and have threatened to reveal unsavory details about him. Sanders and some of his backers have been strikingly dismissive of the first woman to be a major party’s presidential nominee. In the process, the entire Democratic field risks getting bogged down in the last campaign instead of positioning themselves to beat President Donald Trump.

In this March 2, 2019, photo, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks as he kicks off his second presidential campaign in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The 2020 Democratic primary may be in full swing, but the bruising 2016 contest between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton never ended for some. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

“One of the biggest cliches in politics is that elections are about the future, not the past, and there’s a reason that cliches are cliches — because they’re true,” said Mo Elleithee, a former Clinton spokesman who now leads Georgetown University’s Institute of Politics and Public Service. “To sit here and relitigate what happened in the 2016 Democratic primary means we’re not talking about the 2020 Democratic primary. How’s that good for anybody?” But the 2016 campaign — and all the fallout from its surprise result — isn’t going away without a fight. Trump lamented on Twitter on Tuesday that he won’t be able to take on Clinton for a second time after she ruled out running for president again. Sanders, a self-de-

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scribed democratic socialist, sought to move past the ambiguity over his party affiliation by signing a Democratic National Committee pledge to seek the presidency as a Democrat and govern as one if he’s elected. And in recent interviews, Sanders has sought to deflect criticism that he divided the party and contributed to Clinton’s loss by painting himself as a relentless surrogate for the 2016 nominee, something he doesn’t think he gets enough credit for. The 2016 hangover is following some candidates on the campaign trail. Pressed in Iowa this weekend about why she didn’t back Sanders in 2016, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts encouraged Democrats to “keep our focus on how we’re going to win in 2020.”

It’s the long-simmering feud between the Clinton and Sanders camps that’s proving the hardest to overcome. In 2016, Sanders and his supporters said the primary was stacked against them because of perceived favoritism among Democratic leaders toward Clinton. Her backers argued that Sanders left her bruised heading into the tough fall campaign against Trump. Those lingering hard feelings have been amplified by a debate among Democrats in the Trump era over whether the ambitious liberal proposals championed by Sanders could backfire. Bill and Hillary Clinton don’t believe Sanders can beat Trump, according to people who have spoken to them and requested anonymity to discuss private conversations.

Letters to the Editor My 2 cents! My 2 cents! I am backing Governor Dunleavy 100 percent. The PFD was made bluntly clear by Clem Tillion!!!! It belongs to us! Citizens of AK! My hope is for full PFD and payback! Thought the Governor’s idea is WISE and should be followed! Sincerely, John Nott

Stray dogs are a problem Saturday afternoon my husband returned home to find two stray dogs in our yard. Walking around he discovered that they had viciously attacked my daughter’s alpaca. The animal was still alive but barely. It was a grisly sight. There are no large animal veterinarians available to us and the damage was extensive. It was necessary for my daughter to request that her valuable fiber animal be put down. My husband has talked with the Troopers. We are within our rights to dispatch (kill those dogs in case someone doesn’t understand) in defense of our property. Strays are a problem all over the Peninsula. Don’t bother to say, “My dog wouldn’t do that.” Yes, it will attack domestic animals. Through the years I have seen many breeds of dogs attack livestock and even other dogs. Packs of dogs are dangerous. Keep your dog at home and under control. It is not safe in my neighborhood. Montine Hightower Longmere Lake area

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Alabama’s tornado victims range in age from 6 to 89

Kayla Causey sifts through the debris while helping her mother retrieve personal items after a tornado destroyed her home in Beauregard, Ala. (AP Photo/David Goldman) By KIM CHANDLER and JAY REEVES Associated Press

BEAUREGARD, Ala. — The youngest victim was 6, the oldest 89. One extended family lost seven members. The 23 people killed in the nation’s deadliest tornado in nearly six years came into focus Tuesday with the release of their names by coroner. They included 6-yearold Armando Hernandez Jr., known as “AJ,” torn from his father’s arms two days after singing in his first-grade class musical; 10-year-old Taylor Thorn-

ton, who loved horses and was visiting a friend’s home when the twister struck; and David Wayne Dean, 53, nicknamed “Roaddog” because of his love for Harley-Davidson motorcycles. “Just keep those families in your prayers,” Lee County Coroner Bill Harris said, two days after the disaster. The search for victims, pets and belongings in and around the devastated rural community of Beauregard continued amid the din of beeping heavy machinery and whining chain saws. But Sheriff Jay Jones said the list of the missing had shrunk from dozens to just seven or eight.

“We’ve got piles of rubble that we are searching just to make sure,” said Opelika Fire Chief Byron Prather Jr. “We don’t think we’ll find nobody there, but we don’t want to leave any stone unturned.” Four children were killed, ages 6, 8, 9 and 10. Prather said the mother of 6-year-old AJ rushed to the scene Sunday in distress. “She just said her child was swept from the father’s arms,” Prather said. “A mother’s love for her child. How do you tell a mom that she can’t go look for her child? She went and tried to find her child, like everybody else.” Dean’s body was found by his son in a neighbor’s yard after the twister demolished his mobile home. “He was done and gone before we got to him,” said his sobbing widow, Carol Dean, who was at work at Walmart when the storm hit. “My life is gone. He was the reason I lived, the reason that I got up.” The tornado was an EF4 with winds estimated at 170 mph (274 kph) and carved a path of destruction up to nine-tenths of a mile (1.4 kilometers) wide in Alabama, scraping up the earth

in a phenomenon known as “ground rowing,” the National Weather Service said. It traveled a remarkable 70 miles or so through Alabama and Georgia, where it caused more damage. Ninety people were injured in the Beauregard area, authorities said. Most have been released from the hospital. President Donald Trump said he will visit Alabama on Friday to see the damage. “It’s been a tragic situation, but a lot of good work is being done,” he said at the White House. Along the two-lane country road where some of the victims died, firefighters used heavy machinery to overturn pieces of houses that were blown into a gulley. A car sat atop the remains of one house. A red-brick foundation was all that was left at another lot. The search took its toll around Beauregard, an unincorporated area of roughly 10,000 people near the Georgia line. Church chaplain Ike Mathews walked down a road lined with broken trees and debris as he went to check on members of his congregation and emergency workers.

Attorney General Barr won’t recuse from Mueller probe By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr will not recuse himself from overseeing the special counsel’s Russia probe after consulting with senior ethics officials, the Justice Department said Monday. The officials advised Barr against recusal from Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible coordination between Russia and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said. “Consistent with that advice, General Barr has decided not to recuse,” Kupec said in a statement. During his confirmation hearing in January, Barr sought to assuage concerns that he might disrupt or upend Mueller’s investigation as it reaches its final stages. Some Democrats had raised those concerns, citing a memo Barr had sent to Justice Department and White House lawyers in which he criticized Mueller’s investigation for the

way it was presumably looking into whether Trump had obstructed justice. Barr downplayed the memo during his confirmation hearing, saying it was narrowly focused and shouldn’t be read that he has prejudged the investigation. Barr vowed during the hearing to consult with ethics officials about whether he should recuse himself, but told senators the decision would ultimately be his to make under Justice Department guidelines. Barr also stated without hesitation that it was in the public interest for Mueller to finish his investigation and that he wanted to release as much information as he can about Mueller’s investigation to Congress and the public. Under Justice Department guidelines, Mueller will provide a confidential report to Barr that explains his decisions to pursue or decline prosecutions. Barr will then prepare his own report that would be released to Congress. He has said he intends to share some information with the

Around the Nation As 2020 nears, pressure grows to replace voting machines ATLANTA — Time and money are running short for states to replace aging or inadequate voting machines before the 2020 presidential primaries, according to a report released Tuesday. State and local election officials in 31 states say they want to replace their voting equipment before the elections, but the vast majority said they don’t have enough money to do so, according to The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU’s School of Law. “We basically have this year and then it’s too late,” said Lawrence Norden, deputy director of the center’s Democracy Program and author of the report. It can take months to decide on replacement machines, secure the funding, develop security protocols, train workers and test the equipment. States received $380 million in election security grants from Congress last year, but experts have said that’s merely a down payment on what is needed. Pennsylvania received $13.5 million from the federal government, but that’s just a quarter of what it would cost to switch to voting machines that use paper ballots, said J. Alex Halderman, director of the Center for Computer Security and Society at the University of Michigan. “Without further federal assistance, we risk that new equipment and other critical improvements won’t be in place for many years,” Halderman said in congressional testimony last month. “With the 2020 election on the horizon, the next major target for foreign cyberattacks, we need to act before it’s too late.” In 2016, Russian hackers are believed to have targeted the nation’s voting systems, searching for vulnerabilities. The nation’s intelligence community has said there is no evidence of votes being changed, but warn of the continuing danger posed by foreign governments interested in undermining U.S. elections. Congressional efforts to send more election security money to the states have yet to gain momentum despite some bipartisan support. The most urgent concern centers on the 12 states that use, either statewide or in certain local jurisdictions, electronic voting machines that do not produce a paper record so voters can verify their choices before they cast their ballot. Experts say these machines are vulnerable and that hackers could manipulate the outcome without detection.

Hillary Clinton rules out 2020 rematch with Donald Trump

Attorney General William Barr speaks to the National Association of Attorneys General in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/ Jacquelyn Martin)

public, though it’s unclear whether Mueller’s actual report will ever be made public. Former FBI Director James Comey, whose firing is among the things being investigated by the special counsel’s office, said in an op-ed in The Washington Post on Monday that “providing detailed information about a completed investigation of intense public interest has long been a part of Justice Department practice.” “Every American should want a Justice Department

guided first and always by the public interest,” Comey wrote. “Sometimes transparency is not a hard call.” The president had assailed and ultimately pushed out his first attorney general, Jeff Sessions, for recusing himself from Mueller’s investigation because of Sessions’ work with the Trump campaign.

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Around the World Counterterror police examine 3 explosive devices in London LONDON — Three small explosive devices in plastic mailing bags arrived at offices for two London airports and at a train station Tuesday, and Irish police said they were helping British counterterrorism police with the investigation. London’s Metropolitan Police Service said the devices found near London’s Heathrow and City airports and at Waterloo Station “appear capable of igniting an initially small fire when opened.” A staff member did unseal the bag sent to an office building on Heathrow’s grounds, “causing the device to initiate,” the police department said. Part of the package burned, but no one was injured, police said. The Compass Centre was evacuated as a precaution. The building is not close to passenger terminals at Heathrow, Britain’s busiest airport, and flights were not affected. The Heathrow property is where the first of the three explosive devices was discovered at about 9:55 a.m. Transportation police received a call at 11:40 a.m. after another suspicious package turned up in the mail room at busy Waterloo Station. The last was found just after noon at the administration building for City Airport, a much smaller commercial airport. No one had opened either of those packages. The Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command “is treating the incidents as a linked series” and “keeping an open mind regarding motives,” the department said in a statement.

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Granny Annie: Travelling with Bernie This delightful story is worth repeating, as my dear traveling companion’s birthday is this month. We never ever have a dull moment while we are on our great adventure to Colorado, always having a smile and a word of wisdom. Enjoy! About Bernie and airplanes and airports: 1992 Nikiski, Alaska and Colorado Have you ever had a dear friend that is such a delight to be around? Have you ever flown with that friend to go on a wonderful trip? Did you have so much fun that you wind up laughing every time you mention “Bernie and airports.” Everyone should take a trip with Bernie! What fun … Well, almost! “Hi Bernie! I’m going to see my mom and sister in Boulder, Colorado and see the rest of the Colorado family. Do you want to go with me?” Bernie lived in Colorado before her husband, King, moved her unwilling body, soul and mind to Alaska — what an unhappy lady! It was so hard for her to adjust. She had such good friends in Colorado. I am so happy they moved to this area because my life has not been the same since! “Oh sure,” she replied. “That would be so much fun. When?” We planned all the details and made the reservations. The day finally came for us to leave. (P.S. Bernie now lives in Nikiski in a beautiful house on a lake, built by King, and loves and enjoys everything about Alaska.) We flew out of Kenai on a small airplane with way too much luggage, the bulk of which we had transferred straight through to Denver. We also each had carry-on with “wheelies” that you pushed, pulled and shoved around. We also had great BIG purses with long straps that slung over our shoulders, weighted down with too much junk inside. Arriving in Anchorage was uneventful, after all, what can happen on a 20 minute flight? When you get off a small airplane in Anchorage, after they stop, they open the door and you are on your own. You have to retrieve your own carry-on out of the luggage compartment of the small airplane and wheel it into the airport. You become the luggage handler See ANNIE, page A8

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Skip delivery and make pizza at home - in a skillet By America’s Test Kitchen THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Making pizza at home is gratifying, and it almost always tastes better than what you can get from delivery. But achieving a pizza with a crisp crust in the home oven can also be a real challenge. You need to stretch the dough carefully, preheat a heavy baking stone, and then swiftly slide the topped dough round into a hot oven, making sure the pizza maintains its shape. In searching for a foolproof method for cooking pizza whenever the mood struck, we found that making truly great pizza is a breeze in a skillet. Our dough came together quickly in the food processor after we let it rise, we rolled it thin and then transferred it to a cool oiled skillet, where we topped it with a fast no-cook sauce and slices of fresh mozzarella cheese. We placed the skillet over a hot burner to get it good and hot and to set the bottom of the crust. Once the crust began to brown, we simply slid the skillet into a 500-F oven. In the oven, the hot skillet functioned like a pizza stone, crisping up our crust in just minutes and melting the cheese. We’ve featured a Margherita pizza topping here, adorning the sauce and cheese with just a sprinkle of basil. But if you’d like a more substantial topping for your pizza, feel free to sprinkle pepperoni, sauteed mushrooms, or browned sausage over the cheese before baking just be sure to keep the toppings light or they may weigh down the thin crust and make it soggy. The sauce will yield more than is needed in the recipe extra sauce can be refrigerated for up to one week or frozen for up to one month.

SKILLET PIZZA Servings: 8 (Makes two 11-inch pizzas) Start to finish: 2 3/4 to 3 1/4 hours (Rising time: 1 1/2 to 2 hours) Dough: 2 cups (11 ounces) plus 2 tablespoons bread flour 1 1/8 teaspoons instant or rapid-rise yeast 3/4 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil 3/4 cup (6 ounces) ice water Sauce and Toppings: 1 (28-ounce) can whole peeled tomatoes, drained with juice reserved 5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 teaspoon red wine vinegar 1 teaspoon dried oregano 1/2 teaspoon salt

This undated photo provided by America’s Test Kitchen shows skillet pizza displayed in Brookline, Mass. (Carl Tremblay/America’s Test Kitchen via AP)

1/4 teaspoon pepper 8 ounces fresh mozzarella cheese, sliced 1/4 inch thick and patted dry with paper towels 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil For the dough: Pulse flour, yeast, and salt in food processor until combined, about 5 pulses. With processor running, add oil, then water, and process until rough ball forms, 30 to 40 seconds. Let dough rest for 2 minutes, then process for 30 seconds longer. Transfer dough to lightly floured counter and knead by hand to form smooth, round ball, about 30 seconds. Place dough seam side down in lightly greased large bowl or container, cover tightly with

plastic wrap, and let rise until doubled in size, 1 1/2 to 2 hours. (Unrisen dough can be refrigerated for at least 8 hours or up to 16 hours let sit at room temperature for 30 minutes before shaping) For the sauce and toppings: Process tomatoes, 1 tablespoon oil, garlic, vinegar, oregano, salt, and pepper in clean, dry workbowl until smooth, about 30 seconds. Transfer mixture to 2-cup liquid measuring cup and add reserved tomato juice until sauce measures 2 cups. Reserve 1 cup sauce set aside remaining sauce for another use. Adjust oven rack to upper-middle position and heat oven to 500 F. Grease

12-inch oven-safe skillet with 2 tablespoons oil. Transfer dough to lightly floured counter, divide in half, and cover loosely with greased plastic. Press and roll 1 piece of dough (keep remaining piece covered) into 11-inch round of even thickness. Transfer dough to prepared skillet and reshape as needed. Spread 1/2 cup sauce over dough, leaving 1/2-inch border around edge. Top with half of mozzarella. Set skillet over high heat and cook until outside edge of dough is set, pizza is lightly puffed, and bottom of crust looks spotty brown when gently lifted with spatula, about 3 minutes.

Transfer skillet to oven and bake pizza until edges are brown and cheese is melted and spotty brown, 7 to 10 minutes. Using potholders, remove skillet from oven and slide pizza onto wire rack let cool slightly. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon basil, cut into wedges, and serve. Being careful of hot skillet, repeat with remaining oil, dough, 1/2 cup sauce, remaining mozzarella, and basil. ——— Nutrition information per serving: 322 calories 152 calories from fat 17 g fat (5 g saturated 0 g trans fats) 20 mg cholesterol 657 mg sodium 30 g carbohydrate 2 g fiber 3 g sugar 10 g protein.

Skip the commercially made corned beef and do it at home By America’S Test Kitchen THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

You can make a decent corned beef dinner by buying a corned beef brisket, simmering it in a pot of water for a few hours, and adding vegetables at the end of cooking. But you can make superb New England-style corned beef if you skip the commercially made stuff and “corn” the meat yourself. When this curing process is done properly, the meat isn’t just generically salty it’s seasoned but balanced, with complex flavour thanks to the presence of aromatics and spices. Although the process takes several days, we found that it’s almost entirely hands-off: After a six-day soak in a brine made with both table and pink curing salt, and fla-

voured with sugar, whole spices, and garlic, the seasonings had penetrated to the core of the meat. To break down the brisket’s collagen, we gently simmered the meat in a low oven, adding carrots, potatoes, and cabbage to the pot while the meat rested so that they simmered briefly in the seasoned cooking liquid. Pink curing salt No. 1, which can be purchased online or in stores specializing in meat curing, is a mixture of table salt and nitrites it is also called Prague Powder No. 1, Insta Cure No. 1, or DQ Curing Salt No. 1. In addition to the pink salt, we use table salt here. If using Diamond Crystal kosher salt, increase the salt to 1 1/2 cups if using Morton kosher salt, increase to 1 1/8 cups. Choose a uniformly

thick brisket. The brisket will look grey after curing but will turn pink once cooked. This recipe requires refrigerating the brined brisket for six days.

HOME-CORNED BEEF AND CABBAGE Servings: 8-10 Start to finish: 4 hours (not including days of brining) Corned Beef: 3/4 cup salt 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 2 teaspoons pink curing kosher salt No. 1 1 (4 1/2-to-5 pound) beef brisket, flat cut, fat trimmed to 1/8 inch 6 garlic cloves, peeled 6 bay leaves 5 allspice berries 2 tablespoons black peppercorns 1 tablespoon coriander

seeds Vegetables: 6 carrots, peeled, halved crosswise, thick ends halved lengthwise 1 1/2 pounds small red potatoes, unpeeled 1 head green cabbage (2 pounds), uncored, cut into 8 wedges For the corned beef, dissolve salt, sugar, and curing salt in 4 quarts water in large container. Add brisket, 3 garlic cloves, 4 bay leaves, allspice berries, 1 tablespoon peppercorns, and coriander seeds to brine. Weigh brisket down with plate, cover, and refrigerate for 6 days. Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 275 F. Remove brisket from brine, rinse, and pat dry with paper towels. Cut 8 inch square triple thickness of cheesecloth. Place remaining 3

garlic cloves, remaining 2 bay leaves, and remaining 1 tablespoon peppercorns in centre of cheesecloth and tie into bundle with kitchen twine. Place brisket, spice bundle, and 2 quarts water in Dutch oven. (Brisket may not lie flat but will shrink slightly as it cooks.) Bring to simmer over high heat, cover, and transfer to oven. Cook until fork inserted into thickest part of brisket slides in and out with ease, 2 1/2 to 3 hours. Remove pot from oven and turn off oven. Transfer brisket to large ovensafe platter, ladle 1 cup of cooking liquid over meat, cover, and return to oven to keep warm. For the vegetables, add carrots and potatoes to pot and bring to simmer over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low, cov-

er, and simmer until vegetables begin to soften, 7 to 10 minutes. Add cabbage to pot, increase heat to high, and return to simmer. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer until all vegetables are tender, 12 to 15 minutes. While vegetables cook, transfer brisket to cutting board. Slice brisket against the grain into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Return brisket to platter. Using slotted spoon, transfer vegetables to platter with beef. Moisten with additional broth and serve. ——— Nutrition information per serving: 462 calories 224 calories from fat 25 g fat (8 g saturated 0 g trans fats) 102 mg cholesterol 1726 mg sodium 19 g carbohydrate 5 g fiber 7 g sugar 41 g protein.

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Bernie stops flat in her tracks inside the door of the terminal, turns to me Continued from page A7 and says, “These darn purses are in the way! Here let me show you what we will do so they don’t hang off our shoulder and hurt our backs.” She grabbed my long-strapped purse and began to wind it around the handle of the wheeled carry-on. She unclipped one of the clips that shortens the purse handle and cinched it tight to the handle of the carry-on. Houdini could have not gotten that undone, let alone some purse snatcher. She did the same with hers. Happy as a lark, and both of us jabbering to each other, we arrived inside the big Anchorage airport. She stopped short again, takes a left into the cafeteria and said “I’m hungry are you?” Before I could say yes or no, she pushed her luggage into the slot-lane, ordered fruit, a roll and juice. I did the same but wanted coffee. She pushed, pulled and shoved her wheelie luggage to the check stand. She fished around in her purse, tied to her wheelie luggage, got out her money and paid for her food. I look at my purse tied up in Houdini knots and could not get my hand into my purse to get my money! I started untangling the darn thing, ending up unclipping the long strap tied to the luggage, to which the big purse starts to fall onto the floor. I was left standing there with my hand high in the air over my head, hanging onto the long strap to get my purse off the floor. I bent down, retrieved my purse, paid for the food and apologized to the waiting crowd behind me. By then I was just a little bit embarrassed and a whole bunch aggravated! I pushed, I pulled, I shoved the wheelie luggage through the little slot-lane past the cash register. I got to a little table just as my purse fell on the floor again, with me holding the end of the long strap. I jerked up on it so it would not hit the floor and retrieved the thing again! I flopped it on a little table, trying to get my red-faced self composed and my wheelie luggage, my purse and long strap back in order. I looked to see where my friend Bernie was. She was hiding over in the corner next to a booth, laughing so hard she had her legs crossed with tears running down her face. She tried to point at me but all she did was break out in loud laughter. She bent over and went into hysterical laughter again and that made everybody turn and look at her and then back at me. I looked back at what she thought was so darn funny. When I did, I looked right into the eyes of a gentleman peeking over a newspaper, sitting at the same table I had slammed my purse down on. The poor man immediately hid behind the paper and Bernie started laughing again. I slung the wayward purse over my shoulder with the end of the strap and tried to push, pull and shove the darn luggage thing over to her. By that time she was in the booth with her head on the table in a total laughing heap. I started to sit down and get out of the limelight when I realized I had left my food on the poor gentleman’s table. I went to retrieve the food off the table and the poor gentleman was GONE! I shuffled back towards the laughing Bernie. She tried several times to tell me what happened through her hooting and laughing, tears streaming down her face. It seems that I had yanked on the purse strap at the cash register and slung it around, just missing the poor gentleman at the table by inches. He pulled the newspaper down and looked at me unsuspectingly. Then he pulled his paper back up and hid. I never even saw him! When I slammed the purse down on his table, never realizing he was within inches of me, he peeked over his paper again — that is when I finally saw him! Bernie saw the whole thing and all she could do was laugh. She never came to my rescue! I finally saw the humor in my slinging, flying purse and started to laugh uncontrollably, which triggered Bernie’s giggle button again and we were both a hysterical mess. I don’t think we even ate, we just laughed. Then it was time to push, pull and shove the wheelie luggage to the gate so we could finally be on our way Seattle. We were taking a side trip to see my good friend, JoAnne, who had abandoned me several years ago, after living in Alask,a to move back to Buckley Washington. It was going to be so good to see her. Next week in Colorado: My mom and her purple hat and Bernie and our return trip at the Denver Airport.

Monkey Bars S’posed to be heart friendly and a big hit at our annual Labor Day picnic. One and two thirds cups mashed ripe banana — about five bananas (one and two thirds) Three fourths a cup brown sugar One fourth a cup of oil One fourth a cup milk Two large eggs Two tsp vanilla One tsp each baking soda and cinnamon One fourth tsp salt One and three fourths cups flour One cup mini chocolate chips (we had the regular kind and Elaine put half the bag in the batter and sprinkled the other half bag over the top — yummm) Bake at 350 degrees in a foil-lined and buttered 15 by 10 baking pan – kind of like a cookie sheet. Leave the foil sticking out over the pan 2 inches at both ends so you can lift the cookies out of the pan. Method: mash bananas, sugar, oil, eggs, vanilla, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in large bowl until mixed thoroughly. Stir in flour until just blended and stir in half the chocolate chips. Spread batter in pan and sprinkle remaining chips over top. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until tooth pick comes out clean. Cool completely on rack. Hold foil at both ends and put on cutting board, Cut lengthwise into four strips and then cut each strip in 10. 80 calories per bar, 13 carbo, 1 gram fiber, 3 gram fat, 1 gram sat. fat, 11 chol, 52 sodium RULES FOR COOKING FISH: The rule of thumb for cooking fish is to measure the thickest part of the fish and cook 3 to 5 minutes per pound. For example, if it measures four inches deep at the thickest part, cook at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Or, if cooking in a cast iron skillet, 10 minutes on each side, watch and test for doneness after you have flipped your fish over and cook for 10 minutes longer. You are looking for moist on the inside. Never, never overcook fish. Simply serve with butter and garlic or sour cream and snipped dill weed. Sour cream and grated cucumber is elegant, but the ever popular tartar sauce or catsup and horseradish is great too.

GRANDPA’ S BEANS Bernie’s dad used to make this whenever they were invited to a potluck dinner. She uses the slow cooker and leaves them to cook overnight so the flavors mingle. One half pound ground beef Salt and pepper to taste One half pound bacon, fried and chopped One half cup onion chopped One half cup brown sugar One half cup ketchup

One tbsp vinegar One can lima beans, drain off half the liquid One can pork and beans One can kidney beans Brown meat and add onions. Season with salt and pepper. Add remaining ingredients. Mix well. Put in crock pot on low overnight and up to 12 hours – stir occasionally, or put in a 350 degree oven for two hours.

BERNIE’S OVEN ROASTED POTATOES Two pounds unpeeled potatoes – cut in wedges Two tblsp olive oil One tblsp fresh rosemary chopped One half tsp garlic salt One fourth tsp black pepper One half tsp paprika Place potatoes in ungreased 13 by 9 pan Drizzle with oil Sprinkle with garlic, rosemary, salt and pepper. Toss to coat Bake uncovered 450 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes until potatoes are golden and tender.

BERNIE’S SALMON CAKES Bernie says that her husband, King, eats these like candy. One jar of canned salmon – or about two cups of left over salmon One egg Three tbsp mayonnaise Two tbsp sweet pickle relish Three tbsp minced onion One fourth cup fine dry bread crumbs One tbsp olive oil Mix all ingredients together except oil. Form patties and fry in hot oil in frying pan. Fry patties till crispy on both sides. Great with horseradish sauce. Left over patties makes great fish sandwiches.

BASIL SALAD DRESSING This requires fresh basil. This herb grows well in Alaska’s warm, long days. One cup sour cream One cup buttermilk One fourth cup Parmesan cheese Three tblsp fresh basil – minced or two tblsp dried, sprinkle with very small amount of water. One half tsp onion salt One half tsp garlic salt One eighth tsp celery salt Pinch of red pepper Combine all ingredients. Cover and chill at least one hour. Serve over those fine, red Alaska tomatoes, picked right from the greenhouse and sliced over torn bib lettuce. Sprinkle with cracked black pepper

Irish brown soda bread that’s hearty and easy to make By America’s Test Kitchen THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Irish brown soda bread is a hearty, wholesome loaf that tastes as good with a helping of scrambled eggs as it does with a smear of salted butter or tangy marmalade. And not only is this humble bread versatile, it’s also simple to prepare. We mimicked the wheaty, nutty flavour and rustic crumb imparted by hard-to-find Irish wholemeal flour by combining whole-wheat flour with wheat bran and wheat germ. Cutting this mixture with all-purpose flour and a touch of sugar helped bal-

ance out the strong wheat flavour. The addition of baking powder guaranteed a nicely risen loaf, but we also included baking soda for added browning and the characteristic mineral tang we love in soda breads. Acidic buttermilk contributed even more tangy flavour. Finally, to force the soft dough to rise upward rather than outward, we baked our bread in a cake pan. Our favourite whole-wheat flour is King Arthur Premium. To ensure the best flavour, use fresh whole wheat flour. Wheat bran can be found at natural foods stores or in the baking aisle of your supermarket.

IRISH BROWN SODA BREAD Servings: 10 (one loaf) Start to finish: 1 hour (plus 1 hour cooling time) 2 cups (11 ounces) whole-wheat flour 1 cup (5 ounces) all-purpose flour 1 cup wheat bran 1/4 cup wheat germ 2 teaspoons sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 2 cups buttermilk Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 375 F. Lightly grease 8 inch round cake pan. Whisk whole-wheat flour, all-

This undated photo provided by America’s Test Kitchen shows Irish brown soda bread displayed in Boston. (Carl Tremblay/America’s Test Kitchen via AP)

purpose flour, wheat bran, wheat germ, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt together in medium bowl. Add buttermilk and stir with rubber spatula until all flour is moistened and dough forms soft, ragged mass. Transfer dough to counter and gently shape into 6 inch round (surface will be craggy). Using serrated knife, cut 1/2 inchdeep cross about 5 inches long on top of loaf. Transfer to prepared pan. Bake until loaf is lightly browned and centre registers 185 F, 40 to 45 minutes, rotating pan

halfway through baking. Invert loaf onto wire rack. Reinvert loaf and let cool for at least 1 hour. Slice and serve. To make ahead: This bread is best when served on the day it is made, but leftovers can be wrapped in plastic wrap and stored at room temperature for up to 2 days. ——— Nutrition information per serving: 192 calories 27 calories from fat 3 g fat (1 g saturated 0 g trans fats) 5 mg cholesterol 556 mg sodium 35 g carbohydrate 5 g fiber 4 g sugar 8 g protein.

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Sports

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No. 4 Duke hangs on to beat Wake Forest DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — RJ Barrett scored 28 points and No. 4 Duke held on to beat Wake Forest 71-70 on Tuesday night after Chaundee Brown’s jumper rimmed out at the buzzer. Tre Jones added 13 points for a sluggish Duke team missing star freshman Zion Williamson for a fourth straight game with a sprained right knee. The Blue Devils (26-4, 14-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) overcame 41 percent shooting and a 16-for-26 showing from the free-throw line to win their 10th straight in the in-state series. The Blue Devils trailed by 10 with 16 minutes remaining and never led by more than three until the final three minutes.

Brown had 21 points and 10 rebounds for Wake Forest (11-18, 4-13), which closed within 69-68 with 43.9 seconds left. Duke bled the shot clock before the lefthanded Barrett hit a right-handed jumper in the lane to put the Blue Devils up by three with 17.3 seconds remaining.

which won its sixth straight game and went unbeaten on the road in the league for the first time since 2008. Ky Bowman had 23 points and nine rebounds, and Nik Popovic scored 20 for Boston College, which has not beaten the Tar Heels in 12 tries since 2010. The Eagles (14-15, 5-12) have lost four of five overall, and eight of their last 11.

NO. 3 NORTH CAROLINA 79, BOSTON COLLEGE 66

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Keldon Johnson scored 22 points and Tyler Herro added 20 to send Kentucky past KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ad- Mississippi. miral Schofield scored 18 points in his final home game, and Tennessee PJ Washington had 13 points — all notched its 26th straight home victory. in the second half — to help the WildTennessee (27-3, 15-2 Southeast- cats (25-5, 14-3 Southeastern Conferern Conference) moved into sole ence) ward off a tough challenge from possession of first place in the SEC, the Rebels. a half-game ahead of No. 10 LSU, Ole Miss (19-11, 9-8) has lost which plays at Florida on Wednesday. three straight and four of five. The

BOSTON (AP) — Luke Maye had 17 points and a career-high 20 rebounds to lead North Carolina over Boston College and preserve the Tar Heels’ hopes for a regular-season conference title. Cameron Johnson had 22 points and 12 rebounds for Carolina (255, 15-2 Atlantic Coast Conference),

The regular season ends Saturday when Tennessee visits Auburn and LSU hosts Vanderbilt. If the teams finish in a tie, LSU would get the No. 1 seed in the SEC Tournament next week because it beat Tennessee in their only meeting.

Rebels trimmed their deficit to 78-76 with six seconds left, but Immanuel Quickly made two free throws to put the game out of reach.

NO. 6 KENTUCKY 80, MISSISSIPPI 76

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Kenny Goins scored 21 of his careerhigh 24 points in the first half and Matt McQuaid had a career-best 22, leading Michigan State past Nebraska. Aaron Henry scored a seasonhigh 15 points, and Cassius Winston matched his season low with eight points. The Spartans (24-6, 15-4 Big Ten) close the regular season against No. 7 Michigan (26-4, 15-4) at home Saturday night. The Cornhuskers (15-15, 5-14)

NO. 5 TENNESSEE 71, MISSISSIPPI STATE 54

NO. 9 MICHIGAN STATE 91, NEBRASKA 76

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Theisen earns Rockets topple Raptors scholarship

Houston wins 6th straight, snaps Toronto’s home win streak

Staff report Peninsula Clarion

TORONTO (AP) — James Harden scored 35 points, Gerald Green had 11 of his 18 in the fourth quarter and the Houston Rockets beat the Toronto Raptors 107-95 on Tuesday night. Eric Gordon and Austin Rivers each scored 13 points as the Rockets won their sixth straight, matching a season high. Kawhi Leonard scored 26 points and Serge Ibaka had 10 points and 15 rebounds for Toronto. Pascal Siakam had 17 points, and Danny Green 14 as the Raptors had their sevengame home winning streak snapped. Harden, the NBA’s leading scorer, made 12 of 30 shots, including three of nine from long range. He was perfect at the foul line, hitting all eight of his attempts. CELTICS 128, WARRIORS 95 OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Gordon Hayward scored 30 points off the bench, Kyrie Irving had 19 points and 11 assists, and Boston ran away from the Golden State early in a game that turned testy with the two-time defending champions down big. Jayson Tatum scored 17 points for the Celtics, who came in having lost five of six since the All-Star break. Stephen Curry provided a bright spot with 23 points and four 3-pointers on a night Splash Brother Klay Thompson sat out with soreness in his right knee.

Houston Rockets guard James Harden (13) shoots over Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry (7) during the second half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday in Toronto. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP) (7 of 10 overall) and paced an offense that shot 64 percent in the half and led 7064. He had been seriously slumping — going 23 of 81 overall over his last seven games and hitting 15 3s. Redick had his first 20-point game since Feb. 10 against the Lakers.

76ERS 114, MAGIC 106

PACERS 105, BULLS 96

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — JJ Redick hit six 3-pointers and scored 26 points to break out of a slump and lead Philadelphia over Orlando. Redick was 5 of 6 from 3-point range in the first half

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Bojan Bogdanovic scored 27 points, Darren Collison added 22 and Indiana beat Chicago. Indiana was looking to build momentum head-

ing into a crucial 11-game advantage in the period. stretch during which the Pacers will play Oklahoma City and Denver twice each TIMBERWOLVES 131, THUNDER 120 and visit Milwaukee, Golden State and Boston. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Karl-Anthony Towns had 41 points and 14 rebounds GRIZZLIES 120, TRAIL BLAZERS 111 as Minnesota spoiled Paul George’s return to the OklaMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) homa City lineup. — Mike Conley scored 19 of Towns has 182 points his career-high 40 points in over his last five games, the fourth quarter as Mem- the best five-game stretch phis used a late rally to beat in team history. He fell one Portland. point shy of tying his season Conley made six of his high. seven shots in the fourth as The Timberwolves, who Memphis erased a nine-point snapped a three-game skid, Portland lead in the final have won all three meetings quarter with a 38-25 scoring against the Thunder.

Jonah Theisen, a 2015 graduate of Kenai Central High School and now a senior at Black Hills State University in Spearfish, South Dakota, has earned an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. “I’m extremely grateful to be able to receive this amazing scholarship to continue my education towards a PhD in Chemistry,” Theisen said in a statement released by Black Hills State. “It is very rewarding knowing my hard work in both athletics and academics is paying off.” The NCAA gives out just 126 scholarships across all of its divisions every year. The scholarships go to students who do well academically and athletically and are in their final year of NCAA athletics. The scholarship is so hard to get that Theisen is the first to do it at Black Hills State, a Division II school. “It’s really exciting to have Jonah be awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship, our first one ever at BHSU,” said faculty athletic representative, Dan Durban, in a released statement. “Student athletes across all sports and all three NCAA divisions are eligible to apply for this award, making it one of the most competitive of the NCAA scholarships

available. “That Jonah rose to the top of this group to be selected for the award is a testament to his outstanding achievements in both academics and athletics, and his commitment to community service.” Theisen is a physical science major with a 3.889 grade-point average. He has been on the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference All-Academic First Team four times and has been on the Honor Roll three times. In 2016, Theisen won the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the NCAA Division II Track and Field Championships. He has been to nationals in cross-country three times, with his best finish — 14th place in 2018 — earning him All-American honors. Theisen also is headed to his fourth national championships in indoor track. He will compete in the distance medley relay. He was on the 2016 team that finished third in the nation, earning more AllAmerican honors. Also on this year’s distance medley relay are Jonah’s brother and fellow 2015 Kenai Central graduate, Jordan Theisen, and Kodiak graduate Levi Fried. Jordan runs the 1,200, Tristan Hepp runs the 400, Fried runs the 800 and Jonah closes in the mile. The race is Friday at 4 p.m. AST at Pittsburgh State University in Pittsburg, Kansas.

Harper and Trout? CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Now pitching for the Philadelphia Phillies, Bryce Harper. The new Phillies slugger has again lobbied for superstar Mike Trout to join the franchise in 2021, a possible violation of Major League Baseball’s tampering rule. Trout, a two-time AL MVP with the Los Angeles Angels, grew up near Philadelphia, attended the Phillies victory parade in 2008 as a 17-year-old and has season tickets for the Eagles. The 27-year-old outfielder is set

to become a free agent after the 2020 season. “If you don’t think I’m gonna call Mike Trout to come to Philly in 2020, you’re crazy,” Harper told SportsRadio 94WIP in Philadelphia on Tuesday. The Phillies gave Harper a 13-year contract last week, the largest deal in baseball history at $330 million. Harper told team owner John Middleton he’s willing to help the team recruit free agents and sell them on playing for a winner in Philadelphia.

Kucherov ties club record, sends Lightning to another win TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Nikita Kucherov tied the Lightning’s single-season points record with a pair of assists to lead Tampa Bay to a 5-2 victory against the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday night. Kucherov’s two points gave him 108 on the season to tie the single-season mark set by Vincent Lecavalier in the 2006-07 season when he finished with 52 goals and 58 assists. The league-leading Lightning improved to 14-1-2 in the past 17 games. Steven Stamkos scored his 34th goal of the season and 382nd of his career and is one shy of tying Lecavalier’s career franchise re-

cord. Brayden Point, Adam Erne and Yanni Gourde also scored for Tampa Bay. Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 30 saves for his 10th consecutive victory and improved to 11-0-2 in his past 13 starts. Blake Wheeler and Jacob Trouba scored for Winnipeg, which fell to 2-3 in the past five games.

Guentzel took a lead pass from Sidney Crosby and slipped a backhand by Roberto Luongo for his second goal of the night and 33rd this season. Pittsburgh picked up two vital points as it tries to create some breathing room in its pursuit of a playoff berth. Crosby finished with a goal and two assists on the night he became the 48th player in NHL history to reach 1,200 points. Matt Murray had 32 saves for the Penguins.

coach Barry Trotz his 800th win. Brock Nelson, Anders Lee, Devon Toews and Ross Johnston scored in regulation to help the Islanders recover after giving up a two-goal lead in the third period and snap a two-game skid. Robin Lehner stopped 21 shots before leaving with an injury late in the third period. Thomas Greiss came on, stopped both shots he faced through overtime and denied Thomas Chabot and Bobby Ryan in the shootout.

stopped both New Jersey attempts to give Columbus the win. Atkinson also scored the Columbus goal in regulation. Bobrovsky had 29 saves as the Blue Jackets beat the Devils for the seventh straight time, including all four this season.

BRUINS 4, HURRICANES 3, SO

BOSTON (AP) — David Krejci scored 1:46 into overtime, and Boston ended Carolina’s five-game winning PENGUINS 3, streak. ISLANDERS 5, BLUE JACKETS 2, PANTHERS 2, OT Jake DeBrusk had a goal and an asSENATORS 4, SO DEVILS 1, SO sist, setting up the game-winner after PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jake UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — JorNEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Cam At- making a steal in the corner and sending Guentzel scored on a breakaway 2:44 into overtime to lift Pittsburgh past dan Eberle and Mathew Barzal scored kinson and Artemi Panarin scored in a crossing pass to Krejci in the slot. in the shootout and New York gave the shootout and Sergei Bobrovsky Florida. See NHL, page A10

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have lost four in a row and 11 of 13 in what might be Tim Miles ‘ final season as their coach.

MINNESOTA 73, NO. 11 PURDUE 69 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Amir Coffey matched his career with 32 points, making two free throws with 2.5 seconds left to seal Minnesota’s victory over Purdue. The win gives the Gophers a boost for an NCAA Tournament berth and spoiled the Boilermakers’ bid for an outright Big Ten title. Carsen Edwards scored 22 points and Ryan Cline added 19 for Purdue (22-8, 15-4).

OKLAHOMA 81, NO. 13 KANSAS 68 NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Kristian Doolittle had 24 points and 11 rebounds and Oklahoma ended Kansas’ run of Big 12 regular-season titles at 14 years. The last time Kansas didn’t at least tie for the conference crown, Oklahoma State won it outright in 2003-04. Now, Kansas State and Texas Tech remain in contention for the championship. Brady Manek scored 21 points and Rashard Odomes added 12 for Oklahoma (19-11, 7-10 Big 12).

NO. 14 FLORIDA STATE 73, NO. 15 VIRGINIA TECH 64, OT TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — M.J. Walker scored nine of his 11 points after halftime, including a critical 3-pointer in overtime, and Florida State rallied from a 14-point halftime deficit. Mfiondu Kabengele scored 13 points in the second half and overtime and Florida State improved to 15-1 at home this season and tied the program record with 12 Atlantic Coast Conference wins.

NO. 17 NEVADA 90, AIR FORCE 79 AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) — Jazz Johnson scored a career-high 27 points and hit seven of his team’s 13 shots from 3-point range in leading Nevada. Cody Martin added 18 points and twin brother Caleb contributed 16 as the Wolf Pack (27-3, 14-3 Mountain West Conference) beat Air Force for a seventh straight time. Jordan Caroline finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds against Air Force (13-16, 8-9). It was his 17th double-double of the season.

NO. 19 BUFFALO 82, OHIO 79 ATHENS, Ohio (AP) — Jeremy Harris scored 20 points as Buffalo locked up the MidAmerican Conference regular-season title and a top seed in the conference tournament. Nick Perkins and CJ Massinburg each chipped in 17 points as the senior-laden Bulls (27-3 overall, 15-2 MAC) won the conference title for the second straight year and tied the school record for wins set last year when the team advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Scoreboard basketball NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 46 19 .708 — Philadelphia 41 23 .641 4½ Boston 39 26 .600 7 Brooklyn 33 33 .500 13½ New York 13 51 .203 32½ Southeast Division Charlotte 29 34 .460 — Miami 29 34 .460 — Orlando 30 36 .455 ½ Washington 26 37 .413 3 Atlanta 22 43 .338 8 Central Division x-Milwaukee 48 16 .750 — Indiana 42 23 .646 6½ Detroit 31 31 .500 16 Chicago 18 47 .277 30½ Cleveland 16 48 .250 32 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division Houston 39 25 .609 — San Antonio 36 29 .554 3½ New Orleans 30 36 .455 10 Dallas 27 36 .429 11½ Memphis 26 40 .394 14 Northwest Division Denver 42 21 .667 — Oklahoma City 39 25 .609 3½ Portland 39 25 .609 3½ Utah 36 27 .571 6 Minnesota 30 34 .469 12½ Pacific Division Golden State 44 20 .688 — L.A. Clippers 37 29 .561 8 Sacramento 32 31 .508 11½ L.A. Lakers 30 34 .469 14 Phoenix 14 51 .215 30½ x-clinched playoff spot Tuesday’s Games Indiana 105, Chicago 96 Philadelphia 114, Orlando 106 Houston 107, Toronto 95 Memphis 120, Portland 111 Minnesota 131, Oklahoma City 120 Boston 128, Golden State 95 Wednesday’s Games Dallas at Washington, 3 p.m. Miami at Charlotte, 3 p.m. Minnesota at Detroit, 3 p.m. Cleveland at Brooklyn, 3:30 p.m. San Antonio at Atlanta, 3:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Chicago, 4 p.m. Utah at New Orleans, 4 p.m. New York at Phoenix, 5 p.m. Boston at Sacramento, 6 p.m. Denver at L.A. Lakers, 6:30 p.m. All Times AST

College Scores EAST Albany (NY) 73, Binghamton 58 Boston U. 71, Loyola (Md.) 63 Holy Cross 79, Lafayette 74 New Hampshire 60, Maine 53 North Carolina 79, Boston College 66 Rhode Island 86, Saint Joseph’s 85, OT Stony Brook 68, Hartford 63 Vermont 74, Mass.-Lowell 57 SOUTH Auburn 66, Alabama 60 Charleston Southern 71, SC-Upstate 52 Duke 71, Wake Forest 70 Florida St. 73, Virginia Tech 64, OT Hampton 77, Longwood 71 Kentucky 80, Mississippi 76 Miami 76, Pittsburgh 63 Presbyterian 106, UNC-Asheville

Today in History Today is Wednesday, March 6, the 65th day of 2019. There are 300 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 6, 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Dred Scott v. Sandford, ruled 7-2 that Scott, a slave, was not an American citizen and therefore could not sue for his freedom in federal court. On this date: In 1475, Italian artist and poet Michelangelo was born in Caprese (kah-PRAY’-say) in the Republic of Florence. In 1836, the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, fell as Mexican forces led by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna stormed the fortress after a 13-day siege; the battle claimed the lives of all the Texan defenders, nearly 200 strong, including William Travis, James Bowie and Davy Crockett. In 1912, Oreo sandwich cookies were first introduced by the National Biscuit Co. In 1933, a national bank holiday declared by President Franklin D. Roosevelt aimed at calming panicked depositors went into effect. Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak, wounded in an attempt on Roosevelt’s life the previous month, died at a Miami hospital at age 59. In 1944, U.S. heavy bombers staged the first full-scale American raid on Berlin during World War II. In 1953, Georgy Malenkov was named premier of the Soviet Union a day after the death of Josef Stalin. In 1964, heavyweight boxing champion Cassius Clay officially changed his name to Muhammad Ali. In 1970, a bomb being built inside a Greenwich Village townhouse by the radical Weathermen accidentally went off, destroying the house and killing three group members. In 1983, in a case that drew much notoriety, a woman was gangraped atop a pool table in a tavern in New Bedford, Massachusetts, called Big Dan’s; four men were later convicted of the attack. In 1995, “The Jenny Jones Show” taped an episode on same-sex crushes during which Jonathan Schmitz learned his secret admirer was an acquaintance, Scott Amedure; three days later, Schmitz fatally shot Amedure, later telling police that Amedure had embarrassed him on national TV. (Schmitz was sentenced to 25 to 50 years in prison for second-degree murder but was released on parole in August, 2017; the episode was never included in the “Jenny Jones” syndication package, but did air on Court TV.) In 2008, a Palestinian killed eight students at a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem before he was slain; Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip praised the operation in a statement, and thousands of Palestinians took to the streets of Gaza to celebrate. In 2016, former first lady Nancy Reagan died in Los Angeles at age 94. Ten years ago: The government reported the jobless rate reached 8.1 percent in Feb. 2009. While acknowledging an “astounding” number of job losses, President Barack Obama told critics of his $787 billion economic recovery plan in Columbus, Ohio, that it was saving jobs and said, “I know we did the right thing.” NASA’s planet-hunting spacecraft, Kepler, rocketed into space on a voyage to track down other Earths in a faraway patch of the Milky Way galaxy. Five years ago: Ukraine lurched toward breakup as lawmakers unanimously declared they wanted to join Russia and planned to put the decision to voters; President Barack Obama condemned the move and the West imposed the first real sanctions against Russia. Actresssinger Sheila MacRae, 92, died in Englewood, New Jersey. One year ago: Top economic adviser Gary Cohn announced that he was leaving the White House after breaking with President Donald Trump on trade policy. Nashville Mayor Megan Barry, a one-time rising star in the Democratic Party, resigned after pleading guilty to cheating the city out of thousands of dollars to carry on an affair with her bodyguard. Schoolteachers in West Virginia announced an end to a nine-day walkout after state lawmakers approved a 5 percent pay raise. Today’s Birthdays: Former FBI and CIA director William Webster is 95. Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is 93. Danceractress Carmen de Lavallade is 88. Former Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova is 82. Former Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond, R-Mo., is 80. Actress-writer Joanna Miles is 79. Actor Ben Murphy is 77. Opera singer Dame Kiri Te Kanawa is 75. Singer Mary Wilson (The Supremes) is 75. Rock musician Hugh Grundy (The Zombies) is 74. Rock singer-musician David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) is 73. Actress Anna Maria Horsford is 72. Actor-director Rob Reiner is 72. Singer Kiki Dee is 72. Fox News reporter John Stossel is 72. Composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz is 71. Rock singer-musician Phil Alvin (The Blasters) is 66. Sports correspondent Armen Keteyian is 66. Actor Tom Arnold is 60. Actor D.L. Hughley is 56. Country songwriter Skip Ewing is 55. Actor Shuler Hensley is 52. Actress Connie Britton is 52. Actress Moira Kelly is 51. Actress Amy Pietz is 50. Rock musician Chris Broderick (Megadeth) is 49. Basketball Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal is 47. Country singer Trent Willmon is 46. Country musician Shan Farmer (Ricochet) is 45. Rapper Beanie Sigel is 45. Rapper Bubba Sparxxx is 42. Actor Shawn Evans is 39. Rock musician Chris Tomson (Vampire Weekend) is 35. Actor Eli Marienthal is 33. Actor Jimmy Galeota is 33. Rapper/producer Tyler, the Creator is 28. Actor Dillon Freasier is 23. Actress Savannah Stehlin is 23. Actress Millicent Simmonds (Film: “Wonderstruck”) is 16. Thought for Today: “Le sens commun n’est pas si commun.” (Common sense is not so common.) -- Voltaire, French author and philosopher (1694-1778).

59 Tennessee 71, Mississippi St. 54 VCU 71, George Mason 36 MIDWEST Akron 91, Bowling Green 67 Buffalo 82, Ohio 79 Butler 71, Xavier 66 E. Michigan 68, Ball St. 61 Green Bay 82, Ill.-Chicago 77 Kent St. 75, Miami (Ohio) 66 Michigan St. 91, Nebraska 76 Minnesota 73, Purdue 69 N. Illinois 89, Cent. Michigan 86 Toledo 76, W. Michigan 57 Wichita St. 72, East Carolina 55 Wright St. 71, IUPUI 56 SOUTHWEST Abilene Christian 72, Stephen F. Austin 58 Oklahoma 81, Kansas 68 South Carolina 71, Texas A&M 54 FAR WEST Nevada 90, Air Force 79 Utah St. 100, Colorado St. 96, OT

Women’s College Scores EAST Duquesne 106, Rhode Island 69 Saint Joseph’s 61, George Washington 49 SOUTH Davidson 74, St. Bonaventure 49 Florida Gulf Coast 61, Stetson 42 Liberty 61, North Alabama 48 Lipscomb 72, Kennesaw St. 69 North Florida 54, NJIT 46 UMass 86, George Mason 80 MIDWEST Dayton 65, La Salle 38 IUPUI 60, N. Kentucky 44 Saint Louis 58, Richmond 49 Wright St. 83, Oakland 60 SOUTHWEST Texas 62, TCU 48 Texas Tech 88, Oklahoma 82

hockey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 67 51 12 4 106 263 176 66 40 17 9 89 198 164 Boston Toronto 66 41 21 4 86 239 188 67 36 24 7 79 204 194 Montreal Buffalo 66 30 28 8 68 190 211 66 28 26 12 68 209 227 Florida Detroit 66 23 33 10 56 182 227 Ottawa 67 23 38 6 52 199 251 Metropolitan Division Washington 66 38 21 7 83 226 208 N.Y. Islanders 66 38 21 7 83 192 161 Carolina 66 36 23 7 79 199 180 Pittsburgh 66 35 22 9 79 229 204 Columbus 66 37 26 3 77 205 198 Philadelphia 66 32 26 8 72 201 219 N.Y. Rangers 66 27 28 11 65 190 219 New Jersey 67 25 33 9 59 189 225

WESTERN CONFERENCE Nashville Winnipeg St. Louis Dallas Minnesota Colorado Chicago Calgary San Jose Vegas Arizona

Central Division 69 39 25 5 83 207 184 66 39 23 4 82 224 198 65 34 25 6 74 187 181 66 34 27 5 73 167 170 67 32 27 8 72 186 196 67 29 26 12 70 220 211 66 27 30 9 63 220 250 Pacific Division 66 41 18 7 89 234 192 66 39 19 8 86 238 206 67 36 26 5 77 201 187 66 32 29 5 69 177 186

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Chris Wanger and Patrice Bergeron also scored for the Bruins, who have earned at least a point in 17 straight games. Jaroslav Halak stopped 35 shots for Boston. Sebastian Aho scored twice

Edmonton 66 29 30 7 65 187 216 Vancouver 66 27 30 9 63 180 206 67 26 32 9 61 147 204 Anaheim Los Angeles 66 24 34 8 56 159 210 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.

Tuesday’s Games Columbus 2, New Jersey 1, SO Pittsburgh 3, Florida 2, OT Boston 4, Carolina 3, OT N.Y. Islanders 5, Ottawa 4, SO Tampa Bay 5, Winnipeg 2 Nashville 5, Minnesota 4, SO Dallas 1, N.Y. Rangers 0 Anaheim 3, Arizona 1 Colorado 4, Detroit 3, OT Montreal 3, Los Angeles 1 Wednesday’s Games Washington at Philadelphia, 3:30 p.m. Toronto at Vancouver, 5 p.m. St. Louis at Anaheim, 6 p.m. Calgary at Vegas, 6:30 p.m. All Times AST

racing NASCAR Cup 2019 Schedule (winners)

NASCAR Cup Points

Sunday, Feb. 10 — x-Advance Auto Parts Clash (Jimmie Johnson) Thursday, Feb. 14 — x-Duel 1 at Daytona (Kevin Harvick) Thursday, Feb. 14 — x_Duel 2 at Daytona (Joey Logano) Sunday, Feb. 17 — Daytona 500 (Denny Hamlin) Sunday, Feb. 24 — Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 (Brad Keselowski) Sunday, March 3 — Pennzoil 400 (Joey Logano) Sunday, March 10 — TicketGuardian 500, Avondale, Ariz. Sunday, March 17 — Auto Club 400, Fontana, Calif. Sunday, March 24 — STP 500, Martinsville, Va. Sunday, March 31 — O’Reilly Auto Parts 500, Fort Worth, Texas Sunday, April 7 — Food City 500, Bristol, Tenn. Saturday, April 13 — Toyota Owners 400, Richmond, Va. Sunday, April 28 — Geico 500, Talladega, Ala. Sunday, May 5 — MENCS race, Dover, Del. Saturday, May 11 — MENCS race, Kansas City, Kan. Saturday, May 18 — x-Monster Energy Open, Concord, N.C. Saturday, May 18 — x-Monster Energy All-Star Race, Concord, N.C. Sunday, May 26 — Coca-Cola 600, Concord, N.C. Sunday, June 2 — Pocono 400, Long Pond, Pa. Sunday, June 9 — FireKeepers Casino 400, Brooklyn, Mich. Sunday, June 23 — Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sonoma, Calif. Sunday, June 30 — Camping World 400, Joliet, Ill. Saturday, July 6 — Coke Zero Sugar 400, Daytona Beach, Fla. Saturday, July 13 — Quaker State 400, Sparta, Ky. Sunday, July 21 — Foxwoods Resort Casino 301, Loudon, N.H. Sunday, July 28 — Gander Outdoors 400, Long Pond, Pa. Sunday, Aug. 4 — Go Bowling at The Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y. Sunday, Aug. 11 — Consumers Energy 400, Brooklyn, Mich. Saturday, Aug. 17 — Bass Pro

for Carolina. Justin Williams also scored for the Hurricanes, and Curtis McElhinney finished with 34 saves.

DUCKS 3, COYOTES 1 GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Adam Henrique and Troy Terry scored power-play goals in the third period, Anaheim ended Arizona’s NHL-long

Shops NRA Night Race, Bristol, Tenn. Sunday, Sept. 1 — Bogangles’ Southern 500, Darlington, S.C. Sunday, Sept. 8 — Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard, Indianapolis Sunday, Sept. 15 — South Point 400, Las Vegas Saturday, Sept. 21 — Federated Auto Parts 400, Richmond, Va. Sunday, Sept. 29 — Bank of American ROVAL 400, Concord, N.C. Sunday, Oct. 6 — MENCS race, Dover, Del. Sunday, Oct. 13 — 1000Bulbs. com 500, Talladega, Ala. Sunday, Oct. 20 — Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas City, Kan. Sunday, Oct. 27 — First Data 500, Martinsville, Va. Sunday, Nov. 3 — AAA Texas 500, Fort Worth, Texas Sunday, Nov. 10 — MENCS race, Avondale, Ariz. Sunday, Nov. 17 — Ford EcoBoost 400, Homestead, Fla. x-non-points race Through March 3 1. Joey Logano, 133 2. Kevin Harvick, 131 3. Denny Hamlin, 127 4. Kyle Busch, 121 5. Brad Keselowski, 115 6. Kyle Larson, 102 7. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 99 8. Martin Truex Jr., 98 9. Erik Jones, 98 10. Kurt Busch, 95 11. Aric Almirola, 92 12. Alex Bowman, 85 13. Clint Bowyer, 83 14. Chase Elliott, 81 15. Ryan Blaney, 69 16. William Byron, 66 17. Jimmie Johnson, 65 18. Daniel Suarez, 63 19. Ryan Newman, 62 20. Paul Menard, 61

transactions BASEBALL MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL — Ratified a two-year player transfer agreement with Liga Mexicana de Beisbol (Mexico). American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Reassigned LHPs Bernardo Flores and Jordan Guerrero, INF Nick Madrigal and OFs Luis González and Blake Rutherford to minorleague camp. DETROIT TIGERS — Assigned RHP Casey Mize to minor league camp. TEXAS RANGERS — Signed LHP Jarret Martin to a minor league contract. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Designated OF Dwight Smith Jr. for assignment. Signed RHP Clay Buchholz to a one-year contract. National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Agreed to terms with OF/1B Cody Bellinger on a one-year contract. NEW YORK METS — Optioned RHPs Chris Flexen, Franklyn Kilome and Drew Gagnon to minor league camp. Reassigned Cs Colton Plaia and Patrick Mazeika; INF Gavin Cecchini; LHPs P.J. Conlon, David Peterson and Anthony Kay; and RHPs Ryder Ryan, Corey Taylor, Stephen Vil-

six-game winning streak. Jakob Silfverberg had a goal and an assist for the Ducks, who had scored only seven goals while losing five of their previous six. Lawson Crouse scored his career-high 11th goal for the Coyotes, who had won the first four games of a season-long seven-game homestand.

PREDATORS 5, WILD 4, SO NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ryan Johansen scored the lone goal in a shootout and Nashville got its second win against Minnesota in three nights. Johansen also got the gamewinner in the fourth round of a shootout Sunday when the Predators edged the Wild 3-2 in Minnesota. This time, he scored after Kyle Turris, Ryan Ellis and Filip Forsberg all were stopped.

AVALANCHE 4, RED WINGS 3, OT DENVER (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon scored 2:29 into overtime and also had an assist to help Colorado rally past skidding Detroit. MacKinnon’s 34th goal of the season gave Colorado two valuable points in the Western

lines and Josh Torres to minor league camp. Named Jessica Mendoza baseball operations adviser. BASKETBALL Women’s NBA LOS ANGELES SPARKS — Signed C Rachel Hollivay. FOOTBALL National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS — Announced the resignation of defensive line coach Bryant Young. Named Jess Simpson defensive line coach. BUFFALO BILLS — Signed DT Jordan Phillips to a one-year contract. CAROLINA PANTHERS — Signed LB Jared Norris to a twoyear contract. CHICAGO BEARS — Released LB Sam Acho. DETROIT LIONS — Signed DE Romeo Okwara to a two-year contract extension. HOUSTON TEXANS — Released CB Kevin Johnson. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed DT Margus Hunt to a contract extension. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Re-signed OT Donovan Smith to a three-year contract and LB Devante Bond. HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS — Recalled C Sam Steel and D Jacob Larsson from San Diego (AHL). CALGARY FLAMES — Assigned D Michael Stone to Stockton (AHL) for conditioning. NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Activated RW Stefan Noesen from injured reserve. NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Recalled Fs Josh Ho-Sang and Michael Dal Colle from Bridgeport (AHL) on an emergency basis. OTTAWA SENATORS — Assigned F Aaron Luchuk from Belleville (AHL) to Brampton (ECHL). TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS — Signed G Garret Sparks to a one-year contract extension. SOCCER Major League Soccer CINCINNATI — Loaned F Rashawn Dally to Memphis (USL). NEW YORK CITY FC — Loaned G Jeff Caldwell to Memphis (USL) for the duration of the 2019 season. PHILADELPHIA UNION — Signed M Jamiro Monteiro from Metz (Ligue 2-France). TENNIS World TeamTennis WTT — Announced it is adding expansion franchises in Las Vegas and Orlando for the upcoming season. PHILADELPHIA FREEDOMS — Named Judy Murray director of player personnel and community engagement. COLLEGE OKLAHOMA CITY — Named Andy Crabtree associate head golf coach. PENN STATE — Named Ryan Snyder assistant director of strategic communications. THE CITADEL — Named Ryan McLaughlin assistant women’s soccer coach.

Conference wild-card chase. The Avalanche kept pace with Dallas and gained a point on Minnesota, which lost in a shootout at Nashville.

STARS 1, RANGERS 0 DALLAS (AP) — Ben Bishop made 28 saves in his 28th career shutout, John Klingberg scored a second-period goal and Dallas beat New York. Dallas won its third straight to move one point ahead of Minnesota for the first wild card from the Western Conference. Klingberg provided the offense 1:16 into the second period. He took a cross-ice pass from Miro Heiskanen at the blue line, skated to the top of the right circle and sent a wrist shot into the net off the left goalpost.

CANADIENS 3, KINGS 1 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Carey Price tied Jacques Plante for most career wins by a Montreal goalie, making 26 saves in a victory over Los Angeles. Price won his 314th game in 611 appearances for the Canadiens, matching the total Plante had in 556 games with the team.

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