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Sunday, September 23, 2018 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Vol. 48, Issue 305

In the news Anchorage robbery suspect shot; police seek shooter ANCHORAGE — A man suspected of robbing an Anchorage tanning salon was shot by a person inside the business.

Anchorage police apprehended the robbery suspect and are seeking the shooter.

Police just after noon Friday took a call of shots fired on west Dimond Boulevard.

Investigators learned a man had robbed Sunsation Tanning Salon but was shot by a man inside. Both men fled.

Police found the robbery suspect in a vehicle near Dimond Boulevard and King Street. Police say he suffered a gunshot wound to the lower body that is not life-threatening.

Police are asking the public for information on the man who fired at the robbery suspect.

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Annexation opponents discuss next steps

By VICTORIA PETERSEN Peninsula Clarion

Borough Residents Against Annexation group met Thursday night to update attendees on the current efforts to stop annexation and to elect new leadership to the group’s board.

Since the group last met, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly passed a resolution on Sept. 4 that opposed the city of Soldotna from annexing adjacent land using the legislative review method and supported the city to hold a vote of affected areas.

At the Sept. 12 Soldotna City Council meeting, there was no formal response to the borough resolution.

“I think we’ll just let it ride out,” Mayor Nels Anderson said at the city council meet-

ing. “I don’t think it’s an issue we need to particularly respond to at this stage.”

Assuming the city will continue to draft their petition to the Local Boundary Commission, the group discussed where they should focus their energy now.

Former president of the group, Brian Olson, led the meeting. He said the resolution passed by the borough would carry some weight when and if the Local Boundary Commission comes to Soldotna to review the city’s annexation petition.

Matthew Lay, owner and operator of Big Dog Custom 4x4 and Auto, will be taking over for Olson as the group’s president. Lay has testified at several meetings against annexation. His business and home are in an area of poten-

Brian Olson, a former president of the Borough Residents Against Annexation, leads a meeting for the group on Thursday, near Kenai. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

tial annexation.

The group formed more than three years ago when the city of Soldotna was looking

more seriously at annexing adjacent areas. Olson said it formed as a grassroots group, comprised of friends and

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Fire and water: Kenai Central High celebrates homecoming Heavy showers didn’t keep students at Kenai Central High School from celebrating homecoming on Friday in Kenai. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

Fairbanks Wellness Court celebrates recovery

By SAM FRIEDMAN Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

FAIRBANKS — There’s an overlap between people recovering from drug and alcohol addiction and people who have been homeless, so it made sense that organizers and members of the Fairbanks Wellness

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State defends no-jail sentence in Anchorage assault ANCHORAGE— The Alaska Department of Law is standing by a judge’s no-jail sentence for an Anchorage man who offered a woman a ride and choked her until she was unconscious.

The Anchorage Daily News reports the sentence that Anchorage Superior Court Judge Michael Corey imposed on Justin Schneider drew public outrage Friday.

The statement from the state’s top prosecutor comes as a movement calling for Corey’s ouster is gaining momentum.

Schneider pleaded guilty to one count of felony assault. A kidnapping charge was dropped as part of the plea deal.

He received credit for the year he served under house arrest and will serve no additional time as long as he doesn’t violate the conditions of his probation.

Sexual assault advocates say the seemingly lenient sentence highlights a deeply flawed legal system.

neighbors with a common issue.

“Our only issue is we wanted the city to go the local option with a vote, and not with the legislative review process,” Olson told the group on Thursday night. “We think that’s a fair way to do it. You get to vote on something if you’re impacted.”

Members of the group said they felt the legislative review process was old fashioned and would like to see the law amended.

“It was great in the early days of the state, but these days things are pretty well defined as what’s what,” Olson said.

On June 13, the city of Soldotna unanimously passed a resolution to draft a petition to the Local Boundary Commis-

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Court chose to distribute food and clothing at a community event to celebrate recovery at the Golden Heart Plaza.

“When you see lives changing, look around you. This is what it’s all about. Most of us have laid on the street. Most of us have been drunk for days, months, years, drugged out,” said Montie Ford, the probation officer for the wellness court program and the impromptu emcee Sunday.

“I’m just thankful today that I’m standing with you. At least we’re standing right?”

About 30 people came out despite the rain, joining a 5-kilometer walk and a food and clothing giveaway to the Fairbanks homeless. Participants served up hot dogs and gave away bags of groceries and goods. This was the second year the event has taken place as part of the nationally designated Recovery Month. This year, the Fairbanks Wellness Court partnered with Interior Medication Assisted Treatment, an opioid treatment program.

With Ford’s encouragement, a half dozen people came forward to share their experiences

Fairbanks Wellness Court probation officer Montie Fords, right, embraces wellness court project coordinator Amy Bollaert during a wellness celebration at Golden Heart Plaza in Fairbanks on Sunday Sept. 16.

with drug and alcohol addiction, as well as with sobriety.

Their experience with sobriety ranged from six months to six years.

The Fairbanks Wellness Court is a diversion program for people facing drugs and driving under the influence charges in criminal court. People have the opportunity to have their criminal charges reduced if they successfully complete the 18-24 month program of monitoring and treatment. Since the program’s founding in 2007, 121

people have graduated.

Tim Willis, who manned the barbecue at Sunday’s event, came to Fairbanks from Glennallen in 2016 because of the wellness court program here.

He’d been an alcoholic for 34 years — since middle school — and hadn’t had any success with other treatment programs, despite nearly two decades of trying to get sober.

“Two and a half years ago I came to Fairbanks a pretty broken man,” he said.

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Summer traffic may be gone, but construction continues on Kenai Peninsula roads.

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities released an update on road construction projects underway on the Kenai Peninsula last week detailing what motorists should expect as construction season winds to a close.

The Kenai Spur Highway resurfacing from McKinley Street to Commerce Ave, milepost 12 to milepost 18, will continue through September with construction crews working nightly Monday to Friday.

Drivers should expect short delays and motorcyclists should use extreme caution, according to the DOT. Crews are also working on the Kenai Spur Highway from Sports Lake to Swires Road until the end of the season.

The resurfacing of Kalifornsky Beach Road from the Kenai Spur Highway intersection to Bridge Access will continue through the season.

Drivers should expect nightly operations with lane closures, flagging operations and the use of pilot cars daily from 8 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. the DOT said.

Construction on left-turn lanes and instersection lighting at Jim Dahler Road and Forest Lane will continue through October daily from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. The DOT warns motorists that there may not be a usable shoulder throughout the project, which includes milling and paving operations.

Construction from Skilak Lake to Sterling will continue through October with crews working shifts day and night.

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troopers to Rising oil prices haven’t hurt Alaska cite bear watchers the US economy so far who stop on bridges

By DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer

DALLAS — America’s rediscovered prowess in oil production is shaking up old notions about the impact of higher crude prices on the U.S. economy.

It has long been conventional wisdom that rising oil prices hurt the economy by forcing consumers to spend more on gasoline and heating their homes, leaving less for other things.

Presumably that kind of runup would slow the U.S. economy. Instead, the economy grew at its fastest rate in nearly four years during the April-throughJune quarter.

President Donald Trump appears plainly worried about rising oil prices just a few weeks before mid-term elections that will decide which party controls the House and Senate.

“We protect the countries of the Middle East, they would not be safe for very long without us, and yet they continue to push for higher and higher oil prices!”

Trump tweeted on Thursday.

“We will remember. The OPEC monopoly must get prices down now!”

Members of The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, who account for about one-third of global oil supplies, are scheduled to meet this weekend with non-members including Russia.

The gathering isn’t expected to yield any big decisions — those typically come at major OPEC meetings like the one set for December. Oil markets, however, were roiled Friday by a report that attendees were considering a significant increase in production to offset declining output from Iran, where exports have fallen ahead of Trump’s reimposition of sanctions.

OPEC and Russia have capped production since January 2017 to bolster prices. Output fell even below those targets

People wait in line as Travis Hall, right, and Brandon Deese, back, pump fuel from two tanker trucks at a convenience store in Wilmington, N.C. on Monday, Sept. 17. America’s rediscovered prowess in oil production is shaking up old notions about the impact of higher crude prices on the U.S. economy. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

this year, and in June the same countries agreed to boost the oil supply, although they didn’t give numbers.

Oil prices are up roughly 40 percent in the past year. On Friday, benchmark U.S. crude was trading around $71 a barrel, and the international standard, Brent, was closing in on $80.

The national average price for gasoline stood at $2.85 per gallon, up 10 percent from a year ago, according to auto club AAA. That increase likely would be greater were it not for a slump in gasoline demand that is typical for this time of year, when summer vacations are over.

The United States still imports about 6 million barrels of oil a day on average, but that is down from more than 10 million a decade ago. In the same period, U.S. production has doubled to more than 10 million barrels a day, according to government figures.

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“Because the U.S. now is producing so much more than it used to, (the rise in oil prices) is not as big an impact as it would have been 20 years ago or 10 years ago,” said Michael Maher, an energy researcher at Rice University and a former Exxon Mobil economist.

The weakening link between oil and the overall economy was seen — in reverse — just three years ago. Then, plunging oil prices were expected to boost the economy by leaving more money in consumers’ pocket, yet GDP growth slowed at the same time that lower oil prices took hold during 2015.

Other economists caution against minimizing the disruption caused by energy prices.

“Higher oil prices are unambiguously bad for the U.S. economy,” said Philip Verleger, an economist who has studied energy markets. “They force consumers to divert their income from spending on other items to spending on fuels.”

Since energy amounts to only about 3 percent of consumer spending, a cutback in that other 97 percent “causes losses for those who sell autos, restaurants, airlines, resorts and all parts of the economy,” Verleger said.

The federal Energy Information Administration said this month that the U.S. likely reclaimed the title of world’s biggest oil producer earlier this year by surpassing the output of Saudi Arabia in February and Russia over the summer. If the agency’s estimates are correct, it would mark the first time since 1973 that the U.S. has led the oil-pumping pack.

And that has made the impact

of oil prices on the economy a more complicated calculation.

When oil prices tumbled starting in mid-2014, U.S. energy producers cut back on drilling. They cut thousands of jobs and they spent less on rigs, steel pipes and railcars to ship crude to refineries. That softened the bounce that economists expected to see from cheaper oil.

Now, with oil prices rising, energy companies are boosting production, creating an economic stimulus that offsets some of the blow from higher prices on consumers. Oil- and gas-related investment accounted for about 40 percent of the growth in business investment in the AprilJune quarter this year.

Moody’s Analytics estimates that every penny increase at the pump reduces consumer spending by $1 billion over a year, and gasoline has jumped 24 cents in the past year, according to AAA. That is “a clear-cut negative,” but not deeply damaging, said Ryan Sweet, director of realtime economics at Moody’s.

“Usually with gasoline prices, speed kills — a gradual increase (like the current one), consumers can absorb that,” Sweet said.

Consumers have other factors in their favor, he added, including a tight job market, wage growth, better household balance sheets, and the recent tax cut.

Sweet said the boon that higher prices represent to the growing energy sector, which can invest in more wells, equipment and hiring, means that the run-up in crude has probably been “a small but net positive” for the economy.

“That could change if we get up to $3.50, $4,” he said.

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it. I can lay down on a blanket and freeze to death on it, or I can build a mansion on it.’”

Becca Brado, a community liaison for Interior Medication Assisted Treatment, has been sober for six years.

“My story is a lot like others,” she said. “I never felt like I fit in, and I found that when I used drugs, alcohol, I was able to relax and be with people more, but over time

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“They set a structure for me and totally left it up to me to whether I was going to do anything or not. When I graduated I said, ‘Wellness court pours a foundation for us, structure and stability. It’s up to each of us what we build on

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sion as the first step towards annexing adjacent areas. In that resolution, the council decided to go towards annexing seven of the original nine areas, some of which were modified. The administration is working on the draft as well as a transition plan that will address questions related to city services in affected areas.

Once the draft is complete it will be presented to the Soldotna City Council. Then, if it’s approved, it will be sent to the Local Boundary Commission for consideration.

If the petition is submitted to the Local Boundary Commission, members of the public will be welcomed for public comment. If the Local Boundary Commission approves the city’s petition, the decision to annex will be in the hands of

KODIAK (AP) — Alaska troopers said they will begin issuing citations to people found stopping on bridges on Kodiak Island to watch bears.

Kodiak Post Alaska State Troopers and Wildlife Troopers have responded to multiple calls this summer about drivers and pedestrians stopping on bridges and roads to see the bears, the Kodiak Daily Mirror reported Thursday.

People caught walking on highways, impeding traffic, or stopping and parking on bridges might be fined, troopers said.

Fines range from $25 to $60.

“We’re lucky we haven’t had anybody hit or seriously injured standing on those bridges,” Lt. Cornelius Sims said. “If you step out in front of a car, it’s not going to be a good day for you.”

This kind of behavior happens every summer, Sims said, but this year was the first time the state Department of Transportation posted signs on Kodiak Island bridges warning people not to linger.

Kodiak is the second largest

U.S. island after Hawaii Island and its brown bears, also known as grizzlies, grow huge by feeding on the abundant salmon.

Much of the island is covered by forest made lush by plentiful rain and a mild maritime climate. Fishing and hunting are draws for tourists. Kodiak also is home to the nation’s largest Coast Guard base by area.

About 1,000 Coast Guard personnel are stationed there.

Bears are usually more active in the evenings, making it riskier for people who stop, Sims said. The chances of traffic collisions increase when visibility is poor, and troopers have less staffing at that time of day to respond, he said.

With the end of salmon season nearing, there will likely be more bears around, resulting in more people stopping, Sims said. Most of the time people will move to a safe area when they’re asked, he said.

“Ninety-nine percent of the people, as soon as they point out the danger of them standing on the bridge, they realize right away,” Sims said.

Vandal prevents landing of medical flight at Alaska airport KASIGLUK (AP) — An emergency medical flight attempting to land at an Alaska village had to turn back because lights on the runway had been vandalized.

Someone broke 43 runway lights at the airport in Kasigluk, a village of 630 people about 26 miles (42 kilometers) northwest of Bethel, Alaska State Troopers said.

It was the latest incident in a recurring problem at rural airports, said Alaska Department of Transportation spokeswoman Shannon McCarthy.

The department has been working with communities to stress the importance of keeping infrastructure intact, she said.

Lights at Kasigluk were known to be working Tuesday night. The lights are activated when an aircraft approaches, McCarthy said.

On Wednesday, someone in the village needed a flight out.

At around midnight, a medical flight approached to pick up the patient but was unable to land because lights could not be activated.

McCarthy on Friday did not

know if the patient had been flown out during daylight hours.

Damage to the lights is estimated at $1,600. Troopers are asking witnesses with information to contact them.

The department has a person contracted for maintenance at the airport but duties do not include providing security. Like many rural Alaska airports, Kasigluk has no fence surrounding the runway.

The Transportation Department has worked on an education program with communities to protect airports, keep people off active runways and make the point that if airplanes cannot land, it’s detrimental to individuals and the entire community, McCarthy said. The department produced a coloring book to make the point visually to children.

“The message is, ‘Your airport is part of your safety and security, your well-being,’” McCarthy said.

Inclement weather in Bethel prevented department employees from reaching Kasigluk to make repairs and they hope to reach the village Monday, McCarthy said.

my dependence grew and it damn near ruined my whole life.”

Interior Medication Assisted Treatment is a branch of the Interior AIDS Association that was previously known as Project Special Delivery. The program treats opioid addictions with medications, including methadone, and more recently, Suboxone and Vivitrol.

In Fairbanks, Recovery Month events continue Tuesday with a screening of “The Anonymous People,” the 2013 documentary about people recovering from drug and alcohol addictions and the campaign to help people in recovery by breaking the social stigma against talking about addictions.

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milepost 61.3, the DOT said state lawmakers at the followdrivers will see a detoured ing legislative session. route. The detour will be in Olson said the issue of anplace for about four weeks, nexation should be on the Continued from page A1 according to the DOT, while minds of all borough residents, not just those in the seven af- access, where foaming and a pedestrian undercrossing to paving operations are taking the new Skyline Trailhead is fected areas. installed.

“Annexation will affect all place, the DOT said.

At the Skyline Trail at borough residents from a financial standpoint,” Olson said. “If Save U More gets annexed, you won’t be paying (a Freedom from Pain · Freedom to Live Life Fully 3 percent sales tax), you’ll be paying a (6 percent sales tax).

It will impact you whether you live out in Nikiski, or wherever. It’s going to affect your pocketbook.”

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Peninsula Clarion | Sunday, September 23, 2018 | A3 grounds in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge will be closed Community Wellness Convention starting Sept. 30. The closings are intended to allow sawyer Geneva Woods Health Supplies and Geneva Woods Pharmacrews time to fell dead standing spruce trees. The campgrounds cy proudly presents our second-annual “Community Wellness will remain closed until all hazard trees are removed. Both Soldotna Historical Society Fall Fling campgrounds will be available for the public for firewood start- Convention” at the Peninsula Center Mall Soldotna on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Everyone is invited to join The Soldotna Historical Society will host its Fall Fling on ing Oct. 9. us for this free, fun and informative community event! We have Saturday, Sept. 29 at the Donald E. Gilman Kenai River Center invited many local community exhibitors and speakers for this from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Speaker Carroll Knutson will present Refuge woodcutting permits great one-day event! The Alaska Health Fair group will be at the “History of Alaska Homesteading.” Contact Carmen at 2622791 for more information.

The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge is offering personal use event to provide health screenings and testing. No appointment firewood permits for several woodcutting locations around the necessary. Call Christie Gibbs (Geneva Woods) 907-262-2540 refuge. These permits are for collection of dead and downed or Betty Rieth (Alaska Health Fair) 907-278-0234.

Sterling community breakfast wood, beginning Oct. 9. Permits with maps and instructions can The Sterling Senior Center is serving breakfast on Saturday, be obtained beginning Oct. 9 at the Refuge Headquarters on Ski Homeschool fall fundraiser Sept. 29 from 9 a.m. to noon. Menu includes bacon, sausage, Hill Road in Soldotna. For further information, visit Kenai NaThe Kenai Peninsual Homeschool activities committee will ham, scrambled eggs, pancakes and biscuits and gravy. Every- tional Wildlife Refuge, or call (907) 262-7021. host a fall fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 20 from 11 a.m. to 6 one welcome. Adults $10. Children $5. All proceeds benefit the p.m. at Hope Community Resources in Soldotna. The event will center. Call 262-6808.

Food bank farmers market continues include a craft/vendor fair and silent auction. To be a vendor call 907-513-9469.

Due to continued harvesting of fresh produce, the Kenai PenKDLL membership drive insula Food Bank Farmers Fresh Market will continue operating The KDLL 91.9 FM Fall Membership Drive will be on air through September. Markets will take place on Tuesday, Sept. Narcan kits available at Kenai Public Health from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 11 and 12, featuring all-original, all- 18 and Tuesday, Sept. 25 from 3-6 p.m. For more information Heroin overdoses are on the rise in Alaska. Narcan is an easy local special programming and raffle prizes. For more informa- contact 262-3111. medication you can give to someone who is overdosing. It may tion, visit KDLL 91.9 FM on Facebook or www.kdll.org. save their life. Adults can get free Narcan nasal spray kits at the LeeShore board meeting Kenai Public Health Center at 630 Barnacle Way, Suite A, in Nikiski Senior Center fall fundraiser The LeeShore Center will be holding its monthly board Kenai. For additional information call Kenai Public Health at The Nikiski Senior Center will host its fall fundraiser on Sat- meeting at The LeeShore Center on Wednesday Sept. 26. The 335-3400. urday, Oct. 6. Tickets are $40 for prime rib or chicken cordon meeting is open to the public and begins at 6 p.m. For further bleu. Event will include live and silent acutions, a wall of guns, information call 283-9479. a raffle for 100,000 Alaska Airlines miles, and prizes. Doors open at 4 p.m. Dinner served at 6 p.m. Call 776-7654 for more Alaska Regional Convention of Narcotics information.

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Hospice volunteer training

Narcotics Anonymous XXXIV will host a weekend convention from Friday Oct. 5 to Sunday, Oct. 7 at the Lands End ReHospice of the Central Peninsula is currently registering sort in Homer. Go to akna.org for more information. for their upcoming volunteer training. Training will take place in the Denali Room of the Central Peninsula General Hospital. Oct. 5 at 5-9 p.m., Oct. 6 at 9 a.m.-5 p.m., October 12 at ‘Willy Wonka’ auditions 5-9 p.m., and Oct. 13 at 5-9 p.m. All dates must be attended to Kenai Performers will be holding open auditions for “Roald complete training. Lunch and snacks are provided. There is a Dahl’s Willy Wonka,” on Sept. 28, starting at 6 p.m. and finish$20 registration fee. This is a great way to find out more about ing at 9 p.m. and on Sept. 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Auditions our Hospice Program and give back to our community. Visit our are open to youth age 8 and above and adults. Please arrive 20 website www.hospiceofcentralpeninsula.com for more informa- minutes early to complete paperwork. All youth under 18 years tion and to register. of age must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. You

don’t have to prepare anything in advance or attend both days of auditions. Please wear comfortable clothing to move around in and bring your own water bottle. Location: 44045 Kalifornsky St. Francis by the Sea and Our Lady of Angels will host a Beach Road (backside of Subway). Performance dates are Feb. Blessing and Appreciation of the Animals on Sunday, Oct. 7 21-24, Feb. 28 and March 1-3. For more information Call Terri from 1-4 p.m. at 110 South Spruce Street in Kenai. Parking, at 252-6808 or Donna at 398-4205. coffee, hospitality and treats for all the animals will be available. All are welcome.

Blessing and Appreciation of the Animals

Kenai Peninsula Historical Association fall meeting

Dorothy Dera Wade Dorothy Dera Wade, age 85, passed away peacefully on September 12, 2018 in Soldotna, Alaska. She was born on July 2, 1933 in Georgia to Andrew and Mary (Winston) Dukes. Dorothy was a loving wife and mother. She will be greatly missed. Dorothy is preceded in death by her parents Andrew and Mary; daughter, Suzanna Moore; brothers, Earl Dukes, Jack Dukes, and Arthur Dukes. She is survived by her husband David Wade of Soldotna; daughters, Janice Moore of Soldotna, June Stucky of Lakeside, Oregon; many grandchildren, numerous great grandchildren and many friends. Dorothy will be laid to rest with in Fort Richardson Nation Cemetery. No services are scheduled at this time.

Auxiliary holiday bazaar vendor applications

The CPH Auxiliary is accepting vendor applications for the 14th Annual Holiday Bazaar and Bake Sale which will take place Nov. 1 and 2 in the Denali Room at the hospital. Interested parThe Kenai Peninsula Historical Association will hold its fall ties can pick up an application at the Care Package Gift Shop at meeting at the Donald E. Gilman Kenai River Center on Satur- the hospital. Applications are due returned to the gift shop no day, Oct. 6 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Speaker Betty Epps Arnett later than 4 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 28. will present “22 and the Mother of 11” about herr experiences as a housemother to 11 boys at the Jesse Lee Home in Seward.

Nikiski Senior Center bingo nights Contact Bill Nelson at 283-5194 for more information.

Bingo and Pulltabs are back at the Nikiski Senior Center!

Bingo and pulltabs will be on Saturday, Sept. 29 at 6 p.m. (doors Family Caregiver Support Program open open at 5 pm). Saturday bingos are potluck so bring your favorhouse and workshop ite dish! Call 907-776-7654 for more information.

The Kenai Peninsula Family Caregiver Support Program will host an Open House & Workshop in the Blazy Mall, Suite # 209 Trapping and snaring orientation classes on Tuesday, Sept. 25 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. See how we may scheduled best serve you via access to our lending library, durable goods loan closet, gain information and assistance. Dani Kebschull The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge will hold its 2018 trapfrom Frontier Community Services’ Forget-Me-Not Adult Day ping orientation class and snaring seminar on Saturday, Oct. 27 Center will give a presentation at 11 a.m. Please call Sharon or from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Refuge Environmental Education Judy at (907) 262-1280, for more information on how we may Center on Ski Hill Road in Soldotna. To obtain a permit to trap help you. on the Refuge, it is mandatory to attend at least one Refuge trapping orientation. Trappers who have previously attended the trapping and snaring orientation do not need to re-attend; 100+ Women Who Care group however, all Refuge trappers are welcome. Starting October 5, The Soldotna/Kenai 100+ Women Who Care group will be trapping permits for the 2018-19 season will be available at the meeting Sept. 27 from 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. at the Don Gillman Kenai Refuge Headquarters, on Monday through Friday from 8 a.m.

River Center on Funny River Road. This will be our 3rd quarter until 4:30 p.m. For additional information, please contact Refmeeting. All members in good standing will have a chance to uge Officer Joe Williams at (907) 260-2852. pitch for a cause or nonprofit they support. Three names will be drawn — those three will make their pitch, and the group will vote on the cause that receives the funds from the meeting. All Kenai Peninsula College Council seeks new money stays local, for more information find us on Facebook. If you are a member, bring a friend! We hope to reach 100 women members very soon! To date, we have raised over $10,000!

Kenai Peninsula College is seeking interested community members to fill a Seward-area at-large seat and a Central PenCommunity transportation meeting insula-area at-large seat on its College Council. The boroughwide council serves as an advisory board to the college director Change 4 the Kenai will host a public meeting on commu- and advocates for the interests of the college to the community nity transportation needs on Oct. 9, 2018 from 3–5 p.m. at the and legislature; members serve 3-year terms. Seward area and Kenai Public Library. Call in number 1-888-392-4560 Code Central Peninsula residents interested in serving should submit 5749741. For more information, call 714-4521 or visit http:// a letter of interest and resume by Oct. 1, 2018 to: College Diwww.change4kenai.org/s-3-contest.html. rector, Kenai Peninsula College, 156 College Rd., Soldotna AK 99669. Interested individuals with questions can call 262-0318.

Marilyn Jean Vasilie Connell Marilyn Jean Vasilie Connell went to Heaven on September 15, with family by her side.

Marilyn was born in Pennsylvania in 1950. She came to Alaska in 1954 at the age of 3, with her parents, along with two younger siblings. They lived in Palmer where her youngest brother was born. The family moved to the Kenai Peninsula in 1968. She graduated from KCHS in 1969; and married Bill Connell that fall. They raised three sons. Marilyn got her college degree from Mat-Su Community College.

She was preceded into Heaven by her husband Bill, her grandparents, her father Mike Vasilie, and stepfather Norm MacLeod.

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What Others Say

Despite #MeToo, little has changed since Anita Hill’s testimony

What Others Say

Stop us when this sounds familiar:

A woman comes forward to allege sexual misconduct by a nominee to the United States Supreme Court. Her credibility and motives are attacked. She is invited to give testimony about some of the most painful moments of her life before a panel of unsympathetic men. And many simply dismiss her claims because she did not come forward sooner.

That’s what was happening in October of 1991 when Anita Hill alleged pervasive sexual harassment by her former boss, Clarence Thomas. And it’s what’s happening now after Christine Blasey Ford went public with her accusation that Judge Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her during a high school party in the early 1980s.

One of the Senators who mistreated Ms. Hill then is still on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and he hasn’t changed much. Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah claims to welcome further investigation into Ms. Ford’s accusations but in the same breath casts the matter in a political light, claiming it has been orchestrated by Democrats to deny Mr. Kavanaugh a seat on the court.

Twenty-seven years later, amid the #MeToo movement that has forced a reckoning about how little has changed since Ms. Hill’s testimony, we can do better.

Ms. Hill, now a law professor at Brandeis, has some excellent ideas for how. In an op-ed in the New York Times, she suggests a number of steps, including handing the initial investigation of the complaint not to the Senate, with its partisan interests and high pressure, but to an independent panel expert in such cases. We shouldn’t leave the truth to the mercy of people whose main concern isn’t the truth or fairness but the midterm elections. Ms. Hill also urged the committee to take more time with the matter than it now plans. If the standard was two weeks of consideration in 1991, how can it be just one in 2018?

Ms. Hill’s final admonition, that we should call Mr. Kavanaugh’s accuser by her name, is particularly poignant. What (political cartoonist) KAL depicted in 1991 was a group of thugs intent on treating Ms. Hill like a political prop to be beaten down in the name of Justice Thomas’ confirmation. A generation later, we can’t treat Christine Blasey Ford the same way.

The ‘he said, she said’ futility Even in their agony, all of those who despise anyone or anything having to do with Donald Trump at least can take some comfort in the ridicule that accompanies his every buffoonish action and the preposterously polluted stream of consciousness that spills out of the very impaired frontal lobe of his brain. He was at it again — not on Twitter, where he usually vents his spleen, but in an interview with Hill.TV. He was escalating his relentless attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who had the audacity to recuse himself and leave the president (meaning him) exposed to a Robert Mueller investigation to determine whether he cooperated with Vladimir Putin’s Russian government with its insidious influence over the election. “I don’t have an attorney general,” he complained. “It’s very sad.” What’s really sad, of course, is that Trump seems to believe that his Cabinet members are there to serve him and not the people of the United States. That is particularly outrageous when it come to the attorney general, who is the nation’s top law enforcement officer. Nothing in the AG’s job description states that he must have Trump’s back. But this chief executive believes, like any Mafia chieftain, that loyalty is the No. 1 qualification for his subordinates.

There are certainly indications that this assumption of absolute fealty extends to those he would put in place on the Supreme Court. Brett Kavanaugh’s record as a judge

showing extreme deference to the presidency in the constant tug of war over the country’s balance of power makes Kavanaugh the ideal Donald Trump nomination, particularly a Donald Trump who faces such Bob Franken legal challenges and with a Congress that might actually resist his abuses. Successfully pushing through Kavanaugh would mean that the nation’s highest court would be packed with his right wingmen.

In that regard, it’s a shame that Senate Republicans can ignore such substantive questions as the entire “advise and consent” process once again deteriorates into a “he said, she said” debate over whether Kavanaugh nearly raped a fellow teenager at a drunken party of students from private prep schools back in the 1980s. Even though the GOP senators publicly are, uh, groping to find ways to leave an impression that they are sensitive to the woman, now college professor Christine Blasey Ford, who is making that charge, they really are not.

Unsurprisingly the Trumpster doesn’t even try to hide his disdain for females who blow the whistle on male piggish behavior, tweeting: “I have no doubt that if the attack on Dr. Ford was as bad as she says, charges would

have been immediately filed with local Law Enforcement Authorities by either her or her loving parents.”

He and the Republican senators are hell-bent on rushing through Kavanaugh’s elevation to the high court before the midterm elections. Even so, the last-minute accusations of sexual assault raise important issues, just like the Clarence Thomas hearings brought workplace harassment to the forefront back in 1991. But all that overwhelmed the real debate about whether Thomas was qualified to assume a spot in the SCOTUS bench. Today, 27 years later, similar questions are raised as the “Me Too” movement has forced us to grapple with society’s unresolved struggles with sexual relations. Certainly, we can agree that such an assault like the one alleged about Brett Kavanaugh is reprehensible, that “boys will be boys” attitudes don’t cut it. But should such conduct by a high school kid with raging hormones ever be forgiven? By the way, Kavanaugh adamantly denies he ever did any such thing.

We will find almost no certain proof one way or the other. Brett Kavanaugh probably will become Justice Kavanaugh in spite of the fact he’s a predictable partisan and not the impartial judge he claims to be. Trump will have another protector in place. Kavanaugh’s only risk will be, like Jeff Sessions, he will never do enough to please his master, Donald Trump.

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— Lani Raymond, Homer He smiled back and said, “there aren’t many Borough Assembly! like that…” And I thought to myself, no sir, Every election is important, and the there aren’t.

— The Baltimore Sun, Sept. 19 Municipal Election in Homer on Oct. 2 Grocery store politics is almost here. A bumper sticker on my — Norm Olson, Nikiski car says “Voting is My Superpower!” I The trip to Fred Meyer today would believe this to be true, literally as well as break the monotony of the circus in govBy GARRY TRUDEAU humorously. It’s time to vote and then you ernment and take my mind off politics for a too can have this Superpower! while. But I found that it could not.

Considering the candidates running From the lobby I scanned the store. As E-mail: news@peninsulaclarion.com for the Borough Assembly, and for any I looked across the mountains of fruits and Write: Fax: job, experience is extremely important. vegetables some of them reminded me of Peninsula Clarion 907-283-3299 Willy Dunne served on the assembly from certain congressmen. There were lots of P.O. Box 3009 Questions? Call: 2015-2018, and the knowledge he gained fresh fruits and veggies in their own bin, Kenai, AK 99611 907-283-7551 from those years is huge. He understands and each looked just like another. Hairthe job, has developed the skills to do it dos in Congress matched the bushy tops The Peninsula Clarion welcomes very effectively, works efficiently with of bunched green veggies, and melons and letters and attempts to publish all all citizens, and already has the strate- squashes looked to me like those in Conthose received, subject to a few gies necessary to represent his district gress who have been on the vine a long, guidelines: well. District 9 has different needs and long time. The potatoes and coconuts stared n All letters must include the priorities than some other districts on the back at me with their little dark eyes. writer’s name, phone number and peninsula. (For one thing it is spread out I turned and grabbed a cart, and gave it a address. geographically: east of Homer to the end short push. Then I tried another, and anothn Letters are limited to 500 words of the Bay, across Kachemak Bay, north er. When I pushed each one, the shopping and may be edited to fit available almost up to Soldotna and then over al- cart reminded me of a congressman. The space. Letters are run in the order most to Seward.) first cart’s wheel chattered loudly as it ratthey are received.

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Willy has excellent communication one after that pulled to the left. Probably n Short, topical poetry should be skills to work with people. He is avail- party-loyal carts, I thought. submitted to Poet’s Corner and will able, taking the time to explain or answer I finally found one that did its job sinot be printed on the Opinion page. questions; he listens and always does re- lently and well. It had no political posters, n Submissions from other publicasearch to find answers or other options. stickers or bills pasted to it, and it carried tions will not be printed.

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Nation

NC river swirls with gray muck near flooded coal ash dump

Kavanaugh, Ford agree to testify on Thursday

By MICHAEL BIESECKER and ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press

WILMINGTON, N.C. — Gray muck is flowing into the Cape Fear River from the site of a dam breach at a Wilmington power plant where an old coal ash dump had been covered over by Florence’s floodwaters.

Forecasters predicted the water will continue to rise Saturday at the L.V. Sutton Power Station. Duke Energy spokeswoman Paige Sheehan said the utility doesn’t believe the breach poses a significant threat of increased flooding to nearby communities.

Sheehan said the company can’t rule out that ash might be escaping the flooded dump and flowing through the lake into the river.

No environmental regulators were at the scene to help catalog the potential harm to the Cape Fear, with officials citing unsafe conditions.

Mike Regan, secretary of the state Department of Environmental Quality, said Saturday that aerial video and photos of the site show “potential coal ash” flowing into the river.

“When the environment is conducive, we will put people on the ground to verify the amount of potential coal ash that could have left and entered those flood waters,” Regan said.

Floodwaters breached several points early Friday in the earthen dam at Sutton Lake, the plant’s 1,100-acre reservoir.

Lake water then flooded one of three large coal ash dumps lining the lakeshore.

The ash left over when coal

Gray muck floats on top of the Cape Fear River near the L.V. Sutton Plant near Wilmington, N.C. on Friday. Floodwaters breached a dam at the electricity generating plant on Friday and overtopped a coal ash dump, potentially spilling toxic materials into the river. (Peter Harrison/ Earthjustice via AP)

is burned to generate electricity contains mercury, lead, arsenic and other toxic heavy metals.

Duke said Friday the plant’s inundated basin contains about 400,000 cubic yards of ash.

The area received more than 30 inches of rain from former Hurricane Florence, with the Cape Fear River still rising and expected to crest Sunday and remain at flood stage through early next week.

Gray material the company characterized as “coal combustion byproducts” could be seen floating in the lake and river.

Earthjustice, an environmental advocacy group with a boat in the river, provided The Associated Press with images Friday

showing wide gray slicks in the water. A team member plucked a turtle from the muck and rinsed it off.

“Any big spill like this raises concerns about the impacts on the estuary ecosystem in the lower Cape Fear River,” said Pete Harrison, a staff attorney with Earthjustice on the boat.

“This is Duke’s third coal ash spill in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, and it looks like it’s the biggest yet.”

Environmental Protection Agency regional administrator Trey Glenn said Friday his staff was monitoring the situation at Sutton from the state Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh, about 150 miles north-

Hundreds mark Hurricane Maria anniversary near Trump resort

By ELLIS RUA Associated Press

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Dozens of vehicles slowly approached President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Saturday afternoon, blasting reggaeton and salsa as they drove by. They honked their horns and waved Puerto Rican flags draped from their car windows and trunks. They were on their way to a rally a few miles away to mark the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria.

Despite the scorching hot sun, hundreds of activists showed up at the Meyer Amphitheater in West Palm Beach.

Buses full of protesters came from as far as Miami and Orlando. The crowd was lively.

People spread out on the grass and walked around carrying posters that read “Respeta Mi Gente” (Respect My People) and “Justice for Puerto Rico.”

To one side of the stage, a giant blowup balloon of Trump depicted as a baby had been inflated. Crowds waited in line to take photographs in which they gave the orange balloon

the middle finger.

Event organizers encouraged those in attendance to vote in the midterm elections in November. Anyone with a microphone was constantly telling people to vote, to register to vote, and to spread awareness about voting.

“We’re honoring the lives that were lost,” said Marcos Vilar, the president and executive director of Alianza for Progress, one of the event organizers. “We are recognizing all the people that were displaced and are living here in South Florida, central Florida and throughout the state.”

Vilar believes that although Puerto Ricans are citizens, the current administration’s response to the aftermath of Hurricane Maria has proven that Puerto Ricans are not treated equally.

Nearly 3,000 people have died as a result of Hurricane Maria, according to a study conducted by the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University. The president has repeatedly rebuked the death toll.

Last week he tweeted that re-

searchers had inflated the numbers “like magic” saying the amount was “FIFTY TIMES LAST ORIGINAL NUMBER -NO WAY!” Trump was not at Mar-aLago during the event.

Florida Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson, who was in attendance, called the current situation in Puerto Rico “inexcusable” and characterized Trump’s comments as offensive. “How much more insults do (Puerto Ricans) have to take after being treated like they have?” he asked.

He also criticized the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s relief efforts, saying that their treatment of Puerto Ricans has been “cold-hearted” and that the agency must do more to provide displaced people with temporary housing assistance.

Nelson is locked in a tight re-election race with Republican Gov. Rick Scott, who must leave office because of term limits. The large Puerto Rican vote in Florida is seen as a crucial bloc in the state. Scott has visited Puerto Rico numerous times since the hurricane.

Tribal members settle abuse cases against Mormon church FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Four Native Americans who claimed they were sexually abused while enrolled in a nowdefunct Mormon church foster program decades ago filed paperwork to dismiss their cases after reaching financial settlements, a lawyer said.

Allegations have been made against the church by more than a dozen tribal members from the Navajo Nation and Crow Tribe of Montana.

Four cases recently were settled, three were settled last year and others reached agreements out of court. One case remains in Washington state.

The terms of the latest agree-

ments are confidential and include no admission of wrongdoing, said Craig Vernon, an attorney who represented the tribal members.

The cases were filed in Window Rock District Court on the Navajo Nation.

Vernon said he believed his clients would have prevailed in tribal courts, but federal courts were risky. He said his clients had mixed feelings about settling.

Eric Hawkins, a spokesman for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, declined comment. He said the settlement agreement prohibits any discussion about the terms.

The first of the lawsuits was filed by two Navajo siblings in 2016 in tribal court.

The lawsuits alleged tribal members were sexually abused between the 1960s and early 1980s in the Indian Student Placement Program, which put thousands of Native American children in Mormon foster homes in Utah, Idaho and New Mexico.

The voluntary program, aimed at giving children educational opportunities they didn’t have on the reservation, started in the late 1940s and ended around 2000.

The people accused of abuse were associated with host families, not church leaders.

west of the Sutton plant. He said dozens of EPA staff were scattered throughout the region impacted by Florence, checking on toxic waste sites and oil storage facilities.

He said EPA has offered to help North Carolina officials respond to the Sutton incident.

“As of this evening, North Carolina has not requested additional support,” he said.

With no regulators at the Sutton plant, it was left to Duke employees to collect water samples that would be tested in the company’s in-house lab.

Environmental groups also collected samples from the river that would be sent to a private lab.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Negotiators reached a tentative agreement Saturday for the Senate Judiciary Committee to hear testimony Thursday from Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault from decades ago, according to two people briefed on the matter.

Lawyers for Ford and bipartisan representatives of the committee came to the tentative agreement after a short phone call, said one of the people, who was not authorized to speak publicly and requested anonymity. The person said Kavanaugh would also appear.

Some details of the hearing, such as the order of their appearance, remained in negotiation.

Talks were expected to continue Sunday.

The tentative accord could bring to a close days of highstakes brinkmanship that have roiled Washington ahead of midterm elections and threated to jeopardize Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the court.

Tensions have been running on overdrive since Ford, a 51-year-old college professor in California, went public with her allegation that Kavanaugh assaulted her when they were at a house party in high school. Kavanaugh, 53, an appellate court judge, denied the allegation and said he wanted to testify as soon as possible to clear his name.

Ford initially indicated she wanted to tell her story to the committee, but talks dragged on as her lawyers negotiated terms of her appearance.

Republicans grew frustrated as Ford’s lawyers insisted on a hearing next Thursday rather

than Monday or even Wednesday and made other requests, some of which the committee chairman, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, rejected. Democrats, against the backdrop of the #MeToo movement, countered that Ford should be shown respect and given accommodation to tell her story.

As the talks continued, Grassley countered that he would end the standoff by scheduling a Monday vote on whether to recommend Kavanaugh’s nomination to the full Senate. Meanwhile, Republicans viewed Ford’s requests as a way to delay voting on President Donald Trump’s nominee.

Earlier Saturday, a senior official at the White House said Ford’s requests amounted to “a clever way to push off the vote Monday without committing to appear Wednesday.” The official was not authorized to publicly discuss the negotiations and spoke on condition of anonymity.

The White House views Ford’s potential testimony with trepidation, nervous that an emotional performance might not just damage Kavanaugh’s chances but could further energize female voters to turn out against Republicans in November.

Moreover, the West Wing aides who had urged Trump to remain muted in his response to the accusations worried about how the president might react if she ended up partaking in an hourslong, televised hearing. In a single tweet Friday, Trump broke his silence to cast doubt on Ford’s story in ways Republicans had been carefully trying to avoid.

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Militants attack Iran military parade, killing at least 25

By NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press

TEHRAN, Iran — Militants disguised as soldiers opened fire Saturday on an annual Iranian military parade in the country’s oil-rich southwest, killing at least 25 people and wounding over 60 in the deadliest terror attack to strike the country in nearly a decade.

Women and children scattered along with once-marching Revolutionary Guard soldiers as heavy gunfire rang out at the parade in Ahvaz, the chaos captured live on state television.

The region’s Arab separatists, once only known for nighttime attacks on unguarded oil pipelines, claimed responsibility for the brazen assault.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif blamed regional countries and their “U.S. masters” for funding and arming the separatists, issuing a stark warning as regional tensions remain high in the wake of the U.S. withdraw from the Iranian nuclear deal.

“Iran will respond swiftly and decisively in defense of Iranian lives,” Zarif wrote on Twitter.

The attack came as rows of Revolutionary Guardsmen marched down Ahvaz’s Quds, or Jerusalem, Boulevard. It was one of many around the country marking the start of Iran’s long 1980s war with Iraq, commemorations known as the “Sacred Defense Week.”

Journalists and onlookers turned to look toward the first shots, then the rows of marchers broke as soldiers and civilians sought cover under sustained gunfire. Iranian soldiers used their bodies at time to shield civilians in the melee, with one Guardsman in full dress uniform and sash carrying away a bloodied boy.

“Oh God! Go, go, go! Lie down! Lie down!” one man screamed as a woman fled with her baby.

In the aftermath, paramedics tended to the wounded as soldiers, some bloodied, helped their comrades to ambulances. Video obtained by

The Associated Press of the aftermath showed bodies of soldiers, some appearing lifeless, laying on the ground in pools of blood. One had a blanket covering him. A man screamed in grief.

The attack killed at least 25 people and wounded over 60, according to the state-run IRNA news agency. It said gunmen wore military uniforms and targeted a riser where military and police commanders were sitting. At least eight of the dead served in the Revolutionary Guard, an elite paramilitary unit that answers only to Iran’s supreme leader, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.

“We suddenly realized that some armed people wearing fake military outfits started attacking the comrades from behind (the stage) and then opened fire on women and children,” an unnamed wounded soldier told state TV. “They were just aimlessly shooting around and did not have a specific target.”

State TV hours later reported that all four gunmen had been killed, with three dying during the attack and one later succumbing to his wounds at a hospital.

President Hassan Rouhani ordered Iran’s Intelligence Ministry to immediately investigate the attack.

“The president stressed that the response of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the slightest threat would be harsh, but those who support the terrorists should be accountable,” IRNA reported.

Meanwhile, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei described the attack as exposing “the atrocity and viciousness of the enemies of the Iranian nation.”

“Their crime is a continuation of the conspiracies by the U.S.-backed regimes in the region which have aimed at creating insecurity in our dear country,” Khamenei said in a statement. “However, to their dismay, the Iranian nation will persist on the noble and prideful path they have taken and will — like before — overcome all animosities.”

World

Tanzania ferry death toll at 209

By TOM ODULA Associated Press

NAIROBI, Kenya — It was a stunning discovery. As rescue divers probed a capsized Tanzanian ferry two days after the disaster and the death toll soared past 200, a man was found in an air pocket, alive.

He was an engineer, regional commissioner John Mongella told reporters. As the badly overloaded ferry overturned on Thursday in the final stretch before reaching shore, the man shut himself into the engine room, the Tanzanian Broadcasting Corporation reported.

Video footage showed the man, barefoot and head lolling, carried quickly along a busy street by medical workers and military personnel as a siren wailed. His condition was not immediately known.

No further survivors were likely. Search efforts were ending so the focus could turn to identifying the dead, Tanzania’s defense chief Venance Mabeyo told reporters at the scene.

Mass graves were dug, and colorfully painted coffins arrived. Hundreds of family members and others waited quietly on the shore.

One woman dropped to her knees in the sand next to the covered body of her sister and wept.

“We have found him after three days and now we are transporting his body to Kamasi for burial,” said Temeni Katebarira, the brother of one victim.

Earlier in the day, workers continued to haul bodies from the water. Abandoned shoes were scattered on the sand.

“From morning till now we have retrieved more than 58 bodies. This includes both children and adults,” said Tropista-

Temi, a Red Cross volunteer.

“Because of the congestion we have not been able to do full totaling. Later, we will do a full tally.”

But the total number of deaths might never be known.

No one is sure how many people were on the overcrowded ferry, which officials said had a capacity of 101. It tipped as people returning from a busy market day with their goods prepared to disembark, while horrified fishermen and others watched.

Officials on Friday said at least 40 people had been rescued.

President John Magufuli has ordered the arrests of those

responsible. He said the ferry captain already had been detained after leaving the steering to someone who wasn’t properly trained, The Citizen newspaper reported.

“This is a great disaster for our nation,” Magufuli told the nation in a televised address late Friday, announcing four days of national mourning.

Pope Francis, the United Nations secretary-general, Russian President Vladimir Putin and a number of African leaders have expressed shock and sorrow.

The MV Nyerere, named for the former president who led the East African nation to independence, was traveling be-

tween the islands of Ukara and Ukerewe when it sank, according to the government agency in charge of servicing the vessels.

Accidents are often reported on the large freshwater lake surrounded by Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. Some of the deadliest have occurred in Tanzania, where aging passenger ferries often carry hundreds of passengers and well beyond capacity.

In 1996, more than 800 people died when passenger and cargo ferry MV Bukoba sank on Lake Victoria. And nearly 200 people died in 2011 when the MV Spice Islander I sank off Tanzania’s Indian Ocean coast near Zanzibar.

China summons US envoys over sanctions

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BEIJING — China summoned the American ambassador and the defense attache and recalled its navy commander from a U.S. trip to deliver a strong protest against economic sanctions Washington lodged over the purchase of Russian fighter jets and surface-to-air

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missile equipment.

The Defense Ministry said the U.S. had no right to interfere in Chinese military cooperation with Russia.

“We demand that the U.S. immediately correct the mistake and revoke the so-called sanctions, otherwise the U.S. must bear the consequences,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement.

The Foreign Ministry said that it had summoned Ambassador Terry Branstad.

The Central Military Commission, which commands the People’s Liberation Army, the world’s largest standing military, said that Huang Xueping, the commission’s deputy head for international military cooperation, had also summoned the acting U.S. defense attache on Saturday evening, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

Huang said China would immediately recall Shen Jinlong,

a Chinese navy commander currently in the U.S. attending a symposium, and would postpone a meeting scheduled for Sept. 25-27 in Beijing about a communication mechanism.

“The Chinese military reserves the right to take further countermeasures,” Huang was quoted as saying.

Washington says China’s purchase of the weapons from Rosoboronexport, Russia’s main arms exporter, violated a 2017 law intended to punish the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin for interfering in U.S. elections and other activities.

The action triggers a visa ban on China’s Equipment Development Department and director Li Shangfu, forbids conducting transactions with the U.S. financial system and blocks all property and interests in property involving the country within U.S. jurisdiction.

The U.S. State Department said Li’s office made a “significant transaction” involving the purchase of Su-35 combat aircraft in 2017 and S-400 surface-to-air missile systemrelated equipment this year.

The sanctions were enacted “to further impose costs on the Russian government in response to its malign activities,” it said. The U.S. will continue to “urge all countries to curtail relationships with Russia’s defense and intelligence sectors, both of which are linked to malign activities worldwide,” it said.

The Kremlin dismissed the sanctions as an “unfair” move to undercut Russia as a major arms exporter.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Friday that Russia views the new set of sanctions as an attempt to undermine the competitiveness of Russian arms exports and vowed to reciprocate.

Hong Kong opens high-speed rail link with mainland China HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong on Saturday opened a new high-speed rail link to inland China that will vastly decrease travel times but also raises concerns about Beijing’s creeping influence over the semi-autonomous Chinese region.

Costing upward of $10 billion and taking more than eight years to build, the system aims to transport more than 80,000 passengers daily between the Asian financial center of 7 million people and the neighboring manufacturing hub of Guangdong province.

The train travels the 26 kilometers (16 miles) through Hong Kong to Shenzhen across the border in China in just 14 minutes, down from about 1 hour currently. The through-train to Guangdong’s capital Guangzhou will take just over half an hour, about 90 minutes faster than current service.

Once across the border, pas-

sengers can link up with Chinese sprawling nationwide highspeed rail network serving more than 44 destinations, including Shanghai, Beijing and the western city of Xi’an.

Passengers will clear Chinese immigration at the line’s newly built West Kowloon terminus, the source of major legal controversy when it was revealed that mainland Chinese law would apply within roughly one-quarter of the station’s area.

Some opposition lawmakers argued the move would be a violation of the Basic Law, Hong Kong’s mini-constitution under which it retained its own legal system and civil liberties after reverting from British to Chinese rule in 1997. That guarantees Hong Kong the right to maintain rights such as freedom of speech and assembly — which are routinely violated on the mainland — until 2047.

Legal matters related to defense,

foreign affairs and national security fall under Beijing purview.

However, Beijing’s tight control over the city’s politics and a continuing crackdown on politicians calling for greater economy and democratic reforms have spurred worries about an erosion of Hong Kong’s remaining autonomy.

The Hong Kong legislature’s passage in June of the plan to allow Chinese law to apply at the railway terminus was a significant moment for the opposition, coming four years after mass street protests demanding reforms fizzled out amid Beijing’s intransigence. Pro-democracy legislators have been expelled and charges brought against more than 100 protesters.

Supporters of the provision, including the territory’s Beijingbacked Chief Executive Carrie Lam, defended it as promoting speed and convenience.

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Spend an afternoon poring over online apartment listings and you’ll see them: flashy ads urging you to “rent to own” a home instead of just renting.

The pictures look normal. The prices seem reasonable. But are rent-to-own houses legit? Yes – but there are aspects of these deals buyers need to be alert to, such as tricky contracts and the possibility of losing money, says David Mele, president of Homes.com.

How rent to own works Rent-to-own arrangements are complex, but starting one can be as simple as signing a lease. There’s just one important difference: the option-to-buy clauses. These clauses outline the terms of your purchase of the home when the lease ends, which is typically one to three years.

Beware of obligation-to-buy agreements, Mele says. Unlike an option to buy, there’s no flexibility if you change

your mind.

Either way, you’ll pay a certain premium on top of your monthly rent. The extra money is stashed, preferably in an escrow account, to become your down payment. Also, both agreements may lock in the purchase price: a boon if home prices rise, but a drawback if housing values dip after you sign.

Should you rent to own?

If you can’t qualify for a mortgage because of credit issues or lack of a down payment, a rent-to-own arrangement might get the homeownership process started sooner.

A rent-to-own property allows time to repair or establish your credit while your monthly premiums build equity in your future home, Mele says.

But you’ll still have to finance the rest of the purchase price when the lease ends, and, if you can’t, you’ll likely forfeit any premiums you paid on top of your rent. If you aren’t confident in your ability to get a mortgage in time, avoid rent-to-own homes.

How to avoid rent-to-own scams While renting to own is a real path to homeownership, be cautious. Scams abound and can cost you.

Use these tips to avoid sketchy deals: ❚ Research average market rents: Rent to own means paying extra each month, so anything below the going rental rate is a red flag. ❚ Don’t pay or offer personal info upfront: Scammers may ask for a deposit or sensitive information. Don’t provide either until you’ve seen the property. ❚ Inspect the seller and the home: Be sure the seller owns the home and is current on mortgage payments and property taxes. Have the home professionally inspected and appraised. ❚ Know what you’re signing: Getting out of a rent-to-own agreement is difficult, so carefully examine – or have an attorney review – the agreement before you sign it.

If you uncover a scam, report it to your state attorney general’s office or the Federal Trade Commission.

Delaying Social Security? Payoff takes time Find out how long it’d take to be worth the loss Christy Bieber The Motley Fool

You can claim Social Security benefits at age 62 – but should you? Many people, including experts from Stanford, argue for delaying as long as possible because benefits go up the longer you wait. And there are indeed plenty of good reasons to delay. Social Security provides a guaranteed source of income for life, so waiting a little longer to maximize benefits can make sense.

But while waiting entitles you to earn delayed retirement credits, it also means you miss out on years of money you’d have received. You’ll need a higher monthly income for many years to reach your break-even point.

To decide whether it makes sense to delay, it’s helpful to know how to calculate your break-even point and get a good idea of how long it might take for the delay to pay off for you. ❚ How long does it take for delaying Social Security benefits to pay off? The Social Security Administration uses a formula to calculate your standard benefit amount based on your average wages over 35 years, ad-

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justed for inflation. You’ll receive this standard benefit if you retire at full retirement age, which is 67 if you were born after 1960.

If you retire before, benefits are reduced by five-ninths of 1 percent per month for the first 36 months prior to FRA and an additional five-twelfths of 1 percent for each month before that. If you retire after FRA, benefits are increased by two-thirds of 1 percent for each month you delay until age 70.

To figure out how long it takes for you to break even by delaying Social Security benefits, calculate how much you’d

receive over the years if you claimed early, then divide this amount by the higher benefits you’d get if you delayed.

If you’d receive $1,050 monthly at 62, your annual income would be $12,600. If you claim at 62 instead of waiting until 67, you’d receive $63,000 over five years you wouldn’t have received had you delayed. Your monthly benefit, however, is 30 percent lower than it would’ve been had you waited. If you claimed at 67 and received $1,500 per month, your annual income would be $5,400 higher. To make up for the $63,000 missed, you’d need to receive this extra income for 11.7 years ($63,000/$5,400). Your breakeven point happens at age 78.6, 11.7 years after benefits started coming.

The math differs depending on your specific benefits and how early you claim or how long you delay. The chart at left provides an estimate of when you’d hit your break-even point at different ages, assuming a $1,500 benefit at a full retirement age of 67.

The annual benefits forgone don’t take cost-of-living adjustments into account. However, this provides an accurate estimate of years to break even because your COLA is based on a percentage of your initial benefit amount. This means your cost-of-living raise (if one is given) is proportionately lower if you start with a lower benefit.

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PERSONAL FINANCE

Consider why you spend what you do Budget decisions may be habits you must change Pete the Planner Peter Dunn USA TODAY

If you want to retire successfully but are starting from scratch at age 50, you need a plan. This is the second of a fourpart series on how to make it happen.

As the story goes, a young woman prepared the same holiday meal for her family every year. As always, she followed her grandmother’s recipe to a T. She’d buy a 5-pound ham, cut off 4 inches from one end of it, and then place it in the oven, following the time and temperature guidelines on the recipe card. After 10 years of preparing this crowd-pleaser for her family, the woman finally asked her mother about the significance of trimming 4 inches off the ham, saying that it seemed wasteful.

“Oh, honey, it’s because grandma didn’t have a big enough roasting pan,” her mother explained with a chuckle.

At age 50, there’s a reason your finances are the way they are. You spend X amount on groceries, Y amount on housing and transportation, and Z amount on gifts and vacations. But it’s likely you don’t remember why. Habits are that powerful.

You may be making the same nonsensical decision for years before realizing it didn’t make sense, it doesn’t make sense, and it won’t make sense for you to keep acting in the same manner.

If you want to retire successfully, even when starting from scratch at age 50, you must ask yourself why, over and over again. Why do you spend what you spend?

Your current financial standing (circumstance withstanding) is a product of bad answers to the question of why.

Alternately, the problem might be you’re not asking the why question correctly.

For example, asking, “Why do I spend 16 percent of my income on transportation?” may not be as good a question as, “Why do I spend 16 percent of my income on transportation when I

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have nothing saved for a looming retirement date?”

Simply additional context to the question can make all the difference.

A more relatable example: The amount of toilet paper you use normally is different from the amount of toilet paper you’ll use when it’s the last roll in the house. Context matters.

The money you earn now is a (small) part of what you will earn for the rest of your work career. It needs to be treated that way. A finite amount of income requires a more nuanced approach. Your current lifestyle must shrink.

Remember, your lifestyle will eventually have to shrink once you retire. I’m suggesting you just do it now. Live your retirement lifestyle right now. I’m talking about restricting your spending now to match your projected retirement income levels.

Once you truly understand your reality, pressing reset on your financial life

will be exhilarating.

Grab your budget. It’s time to ask yourself “Why?” the right way.

If we are following the plan that was outlined last week, you need to cut overall spending by at least 10 percent. It doesn’t matter whether you do this by cutting spending equally in each budget category or you manage some form of give-and-take between categories.

Trimming 10 percent from categories like food, clothing and entertainment will be relatively easy, while categories like housing, transportation and education will be much more difficult. And then there’s health care and utilities, which, frankly, seem impossible to curb.

Having been presented with this direction, one of three things will happen next. The first possibility is you will choose to shift your spending in several small areas such as food and shopping.

The second involves you hitting a gi-

ant reset button. People who choose this path move to a less expensive home, get rid of their relatively expensive car and destroy every other impediment to wealth-building.

The third option – inaction – is the choice I dread.

Being broke at 50, no matter how you got there, isn’t sad, shameful or telling on its own. Giving up and accepting your current reality as your permanent reality is a sad ending.

Next week: You want the actual numbers to prove all of this plan is possible. You’ll get them as I show you how your greatest asset (income) can turn into an asset that produces income.

Peter Dunn is an author, speaker and radio host, and he has a free podcast: “Million Dollar Plan.” Email him at AskPete@petetheplanner.com.

The views and opinions expressed in this column are the author’s and do not necessarily reflect those of USA TODAY.

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Slim pickings for small hands in big-phone world

Nation has 197 cities with median home value of $1M

Rob Pegoraro

David Lord

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You may need a bigger hand.

That’s one consequence of Apple’s new lineup of iPhones, in which the smallest screen available will be the 5.8inch display of the $999-and-up iPhone XS, with sizes increasing to 6.1 inches on the $749-and-up iPhone XR and 6.5 inches on the $1,099-and-up iPhone XS Max. Although the Max is slightly narrower than the iPhone 8 Plus, thanks to Apple whittling away the bezel around the display, the XS is a bit wider than the iPhone 8 it replaces as the smallest new iPhone. Meanwhile, Apple quietly discontinued the compact, 2016-vintage iPhone SE and its 4-inch screen.

That’s not good for fans of smaller smartphones. That demographic isn’t limited to people with smaller hands; larger devices are trickier to use onehanded, as you would while standing on a moving train or a bus, pushing a stroller or a shopping cart, or holding a beer.

One industry analyst put this in context of Apple seeking not the biggest share of the market but the most profitable slice of it – factoring in revenue from add-on services.

“There are people who prefer smaller phones, but most of those use the phone for calls and text messages,” said Carolina Milanesi of Creative Strategies. “Apple is not just focused on selling more phones, which might have led them to still make a small phone to get those users to upgrade.”

Research firm IHS Markit found that sales of 4-inch iPhones dropped from 13 percent of sales in the first quarter of 2017 to 5 percent in the second quarter of 2018 – but sales of 4.7-inch iPhones barely edged down from 49 percent to 47 percent over that period.

Milanesi said Apple’s software and that of many iOS developers assume bigger screens: “Most of the apps and even iOS 12 are now optimized for larger screens, which would make the experience of a smaller phone unpleasant.”

Android vendors have shown even

A recent Zillow report found that the average home costs around $1 million in 197 U.S. cities.

In 2018 alone, 23 cities have been added to the millionaires club. This reflects a trend in the U.S.: Homes are simply getting more expensive.

Unsurprisingly, most of these million-dollar homes are found in wealthy suburbs of popular cities. However, there are a few outliers that indicate home value growth is becoming a universal trend. Joining the list this year are cities such as Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina; Biltmore Forest, North Carolina; and Anna Maria, Florida.

The numbers keep climbing. Estimates show that the number of cities in which half of homes are valued over $1 million will reach an all-time high over the next year.

If you’re expecting to buy a home, here are a few options to consider to help support you in your journey.

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less interest in smaller phones than Apple, which once took pride in sticking with more compact devices. In July 2010, founder Steve Jobs mocked Android vendors for shipping hardware so large that “you can’t get your hand around it” – which at the time involved screens bigger than 41⁄2 inches.

“Android vendors moved away from small phones years ago,” said Avi Greengart, an analyst at GlobalData.

He observed in an email that Sony departed from its past habits by not introducing a compact version of its new XZ3 phone at the recent IFA tech trade show in Berlin. “If there was massive demand for a smaller premium phone, somebody would be filling it.”

IHS Markit’s data show a major jump in shipments of smartphones with 6-inch or larger displays: from 2 percent of smartphone shipments in the first quarter of 2017 to 23 percent in the second quarter of 2018.

Among the nationwide carriers, the smallest new smartphone seems to be Samsung’s Galaxy S9, with a 5.8-inch display and a width of 2.7 inches.

With screens now spanning almost a phone’s entire face, how much bigger can these things get? GlobalData’s Greengart said he recently inspected Huawei’s Honor Note 10, a Chinesemarket model with a 6.95-inch display.

“The rounded edges and lack of bezels make it surprisingly manageable,” he said. “None of these phones feel good when holding them up to your head to make phone calls, but who uses a smartphone for that?”

Higher values mean larger loans Naturally, as home prices increase, so will mortgage principals. For this reason, it is more important than ever to secure a mortgage with the lowest possible interest rate.

A mortgage rate tool allows you to compare different loan providers based on their rates and ensure your new home stays within an expected budget.

As a good rule of thumb, your monthly mortgage payment (including principal, taxes, interest and insurance) shouldn’t exceed 30 percent of your monthly income. To find the right option for you, shop around a bit.

There are countless mortgage programs available, and taking the appropriate time, with the right support, can help you find a perfect fit.

Consider renting If you’re living in a city experiencing

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extreme home value growth, buying a home may be out of reach. If that’s the case, consider renting as an alternative to homebuying. Renting can be a wise financial decision if you’re not in a position to secure an affordable mortgage quite yet.

However, as home values increase, rent prices will likely increase proportionately. This makes it more important than ever to have a solid credit score.

Your credit standing will be considered during the rental application process, and this score will be used to assess your reliability as a tenant.

Improving your credit score Whether you’re considering taking out a mortgage or planning to rent for a while longer, your credit score is a key contributor to long-term success. Your credit standing affects mortgage rates and will determine the types of properties you will be able to rent.

If you’re not confident that your current credit score can support the type of home you’d like, look into credit repair solutions.

Increasing your credit score can be as simple as disputing incorrect items on your credit report and can make the difference between affording your dream house or settling for second-best.

The trend of increased home value may slow over time, but it won’t be going away anytime soon. In the meantime, be prepared to do some credit-upkeep if you’re located in or near any booming U.S. city.

Peninsula Clarion | Sunday, September 23, 2018 | A9

Court reports The following judgments were recently handed down in Kenai District Court: n Joshua Crouse, 19, pleaded guilty to no motor vehicle liability insurance, committed June 10. He was fined $500 and a $50 court surcharge. n Posto Paul Lorenzo, Jr., 61, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to unlawful contact per court ordered, committed May 2. he was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered not to consume or buy alcohol for 12 months, ordered to comply with aftercare treatment, ordered to have no contact with victim, except as allowed by the domestic violence protective order, and was placed on probation for 12 months. n Posto P. Lorenzo, Jr., 61, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to violating condition of release, committed July 2. He was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered not to consume or buy alcohol for 12 months, ordered to have no contact with victim, except as allowed by the domestic violence protective order, and placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Jared John Leggett, 43, of Sterling, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree assault (causing fear of injury), committed June 13. He was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete an anger management program and follow all recommendations, ordered to pay restitution, ordered to have no contact with victim, and placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Valerie H. Leggett, 28, of Kasilof, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree theft, committed Jan. 19, 2017. She was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay restitution, forfeited all items seized, and placed on probation for six months. n Valerie Helen Leggett, 28, of Sterling, pleaded guilty to false information or report, committed Mar. 9, 2017. She was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, forfeited all items seized, and placed on probation for 12 months. n Robert Mamaloff, 32, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to violating condition of release, committed June 12. He was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to have no contact with Tesoro 2 Go in Kenai, and was placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Michael A. Powell, 25, currently of Wildwood Pretrial in Kenai, pleaded guilty to furnishing alcohol to a person under 21 years of age, committed June 15, 2015. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 150 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered not to consume of buy alcohol for two years, ordered to complete a substance/alcohol abuse assessment, concurrent with a felony treatment requirement in another case, forfeited all items seized, ordered to have no contact with victims in this case or with their parents, and was placed on probation for two year. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Christopher Thomas Saari, 25, of Sterling, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of negligent driving, committed June 6. He was fined $300 and a $10 court surcharge. n David Edward Ruffle, 27, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of disorderly conduct, committed Feb. 24. He was sentenced to one day in jail with all but time served suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge, ordered to pay restitution, ordered to remain in compliance with treatment requirements, and placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Robert James Mamaloff II, 32, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree theft (less than $250), committed Apr. 30. He was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended,

ordered to pay restitution, ordered to have no contact with Kenai Walmart, and placed on probation for six months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Robert James Mamaloff II, 32, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct, committed June 11. He was sentenced to one day in mail, credited for time served in another case and fined a $50 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Coleen Mari Eisele, 38, of Kasilof, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of disorderly conduct, committed Mar. 2. She was sentenced to time served and fined a $50 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

n Timothy Thomas Juliano, 34, of Nikiski, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Oct. 12, 2016. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail or under electronic monitoring with 27 days suspended, fined $2,000 with $500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and $66 for the first three days plus $14 for each additional day of monitoring ordered, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months, and placed on probation for 12 months. n Shelleen Lee Leritz, 26, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal trespass (upon premises), committed Jan. 20. She was fined a $50

court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay restitution, ordered to have no contact with Kenai Safeway, and placed on probation for six months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Tiffany A. Chilton, 30, of Anchorage, pleaded guilty to false information or report, committed June 4. She was fined $500 with $250 suspended, a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and placed on probation for 12 months. n Louis Stirling Davis, 60, of Anchorage, pleaded guilty to driving while license cancelled, revoked, or suspended, committed May 30. He was fined a $50 court surcharge and placed on probation for 12 months. n Bradly M. Luke, 24, of

Kenai, pleaded guilty to thirddegree theft, committed Apr. 30. He was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay restitution, ordered to have no contact with NAPA Auto Parts in Kenai, and placed on probation for 12 months. n Thomas L. Schanrock, 40, of Nikiski, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree assault (recklessly injure), a domestic violence offense committed June 21. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail with all but time suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered not to consume or buy alcohol for 24 months, ordered to complete a domestic violence intervention program, and placed on probation for 24

months. n Rachel Ann Thomas, 34, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal trespass (upon premises), committed Apr. 28. She was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to have no contact with Kenai Walmart, and placed on probation for 12 months. n Rachel Ann Thomas, 34, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to violating condition of release, committed June 9. She was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay restitution, ordered to have no contact with Soldotna Fred Meyer store, and was placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

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B Sunday, September 23, 2018

Sports

n Division III Houston tops Nikiski, Homer nips Seward Page B2

Kenai girls nab crown Calvert leads way at Division II level at Region 3 meet

By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion

With a chilling breeze rushing from a royal blue sky to whisk, roil and twirl the autumn-colored leaves, change was in the air Saturday at the Region 3 meet at Tsalteshi Trails.

Change was in the results, too, as all of the champions were different from last season.

That comes with an asterisk, though. The Kenai girls won a Region 3 title for the fourth straight season, but this one came at Division II, where the Kenai Central’s Jaycie Calvert leads Grace Christian’s Mazzy Jackson, and Kenai Central’s Kardinals moved from DiviBrooke Satathite and Summer Foster, early in the Division II girls race at the Region 3 meet sion I this season. The triumph Saturday at Tsalteshi Trails. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion) stopped Homer’s four-year run

on top of the region. Senior Jaycie Calvert, the Division II girls runner of the year, led the effort for her first region title.

Calvert’s mother, Maria, was Division II coach of the year along with Grace Christian’s Tara Edwards.

For the Division II boys, Grace took down defending region champion Anchorage Christian Schools for its first title since 2013. The individual race and runner of the year honors belonged to Lions sophomore Tristian Merchant.

The Division I girls race saw a historic change as the Palmer girls won their first title since 1989. The effort was led by an individual win from Moose freshman and runner of the year

Katey Houser.

Finally, the Division I boys race saw Kodiak reclaim region supremacy. The Bears had won 15 straight crowns before Wasilla, temporarily, stopped the dominance last season.

Colony sophomore Lane Meier won the individual race and runner of the year, while Wasilla’s Lesley Varys was Division I coach of the year.

Division II girls Calvert became the seventh Kenai girls region champion in the last eight years, following Allie Ostrander from 2011 to 2014, Riana Boonstra in 2015 and Addison Gibson in See RUN, page B4

Kenai’s Zach Burnett (left) evades a tackle by Kodiak’s Micah Bartel Saturday afternoon against Kodiak at Kenai’s Ed Hollier Field. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Kenai, Soldotna notch homecoming victories

By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

With their playoff hopes hanging in the balance, the Kenai Central football team came up clutch when they needed it most.

The Kardinals rolled to a

41-22 victory over Kodiak on Saturday afternoon at a gusty Ed Hollier Field to keep their state playoff hopes alive.

At 1-1 in the Northern Lights Conference, Kenai can force a three-way tie atop the NLC standings with a win over Soldotna (2-0 confer-

ence) next weekend. Eagle River currently sits second at 2-1 in conference.

“It was a big win, a big confidence booster for the boys as well,” said Kenai head coach Dustin Akana. “It’s a game where they saw that if Soldotna running back Aaron Faletoi finds room to run against the Service Cougars defense See HOME, page B2 Saturday afternoon at Justin Maile Field. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Bears finish 2-2 at Showcase Staff report Peninsula Clarion

The Kenai River Brown Bears won Friday and Saturday in Blaine, Minnesota, to finish 2-2 in the North American Hockey League Showcase and improve to 4-2 overall.

Friday, the Bears halted a two-game losing streak by notching a 4-1 victory over the Shreveport (Louisiana) Mudbugs, the defending Robertson Cup champions. Saturday, Kenai River came from behind twice to down the Brookings (South Dakota) Blizzard 4-3 in a shootout.

“I’m really proud of this team,” Kenai River head coach Josh Petrich said after Saturday’s game. “We got off to a little bit of a slow start, but they were just resilient. Games that we lost last year we have found ways to win.”

Petrich also is proud to have been a part of the Showcase.

The stats are not in for this year, but last year the event had a scout from every NHL team, 58 of 60 Division I teams, 58 of 84 Division III teams and every team in the United States Hockey League.

Friday, the Bears bounced

back after a tough Thursday loss.

“It was a great job of rebounding by the guys,” Petrich said. “I thought we played well enough to earn the victory (Thursday), we just couldn’t solve the goalie.”

Kenai River goalie Dennis Westergard made 45 saves to thwart the Mudbugs (3-3 overall), while Shreveport goalie Richie Parent stopped 26.

While Petrich did not think the shots were quite that lopsided, he did say Westergard was solid between the pipes.

“He was smooth and he controlled the flow of the game,” Petrich said. “He didn’t really give up many rebounds, and the ones he did our boys picked up and did a good job.”

In addition to great goaltending, the Bears were great on special teams, finishing 2 for 4 with the extra man while holding the Mudbugs to 0 for 3.

“I just liked our eagerness,” Petrich said. “We were quick to pucks. We beat them to races.

We just worked.

“I think that’s going to be a theme of what I say this year.

We’ve played 15 periods and Soldotna senior Carsen Brown sets up a shot for a teammate I’m very pleased with 14 of Friday night against Anchorage Christian at the Soldotna Prep See BEARS, page B3 gym. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

SoHi volleyball sweeps weekend

By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

The first set Friday night in the Soldotna Prep gym went easily enough for the Stars volleyball team.

The second was much rougher, but it provided a lesson for SoHi not to fall into a trap.

“I put them in a different position,” said SoHi head coach Sheila Kupferschmid. “It took a mental and focus adjustment.”

The Stars won the nonconference match 3-1 with scores of 25-8, 17-25, 25-22 and 2513. Soldotna competes at the Class 4A level while ACS is a Class 3A program.

SoHi returned Saturday to notch a homecoming weekend sweep by defeating Grace Christian with scores of 25-21, 25-20 and 25-23.

The two wins pushed SoHi to 9-1 overall this year as the Stars continued their hot streak thanks to a high-energy offense.

Ituau Tuisaula led the way with 10 kills, while junior Bailey Leach racked up eight kills to go with two blocks.

Leach said the good chemistry of the team in the earlier weeks of the season helped lead

the Stars back after losing the second set to ACS. “We’ve connected a lot more this year,” Leach said. “So once we started to click, we kept coming.”

Leach battered the Lions defense with shots from the middle of the net, while Tuisuala blasted ACS from an outside position that she has made her own in recent games. Aliann Schmidt added seven kills of her own from the middle. Senior Carsen Brown set up much of the power with 33 assists on the night.

The Lions had an answer of their own with middle hitter Morgan Merriner, a junior who pulled out some big points for ACS. After a dominant win in the first set, SoHi struggled to take command in set two, dropping balls and finding the net on several occasions as ACS took a 13-8 lead. SoHi began to rally back and tied it at 15-all, but a serve into the net by Holleigh Jaime sparked three unanswered points by ACS, who finished on an 8-1 kick to win the set and tie the match up.

“ACS woke up,” Kupferschmid said, adding that the LiSee NET, page B3

B2 | Sunday, September 23, 2018 | Peninsula Clarion

Houston tops Nikiski, Homer beats Seward

By JEREMIAH BARTZ Frontiersman.com

HOUSTON — Fireworks filled the sky above Houston High School on Friday night. It’s an annual show that comes minutes after the final horn of the school’s homecoming game.

But this year, the fireworks were even more appropriate.

The Hawks were celebrating school history.

With a 34-8 win over Nikiski, the Hawks earned their first outright conference title and extended their winning streak to a program-record six games. Houston will also now host a playoff game for the first time since 2002.

“They’re pretty excited overall,” Houston head coach Glenn Nelson said by phone late Friday night.

Houston was in the driver’s seat in the race toward the Division III playoffs with Peninsula Conference wins over Homer, Ketchikan and Seward.

But a Houston loss to Nikiski could

have led to an eventual three-way tie at the top of the standings. A threeway tie means a coin flip decides with two teams advance to the playoffs, and which team is out.

“We wanted to make sure we were in charge of what happened to us,” Nelson said.

The Hawks improved to 6-1 overall and 4-0 in Peninsula Conference play, and now can boast their first conference title. Houston earned a share of the conference title in both 2002 and 2006.

Nikiski was eliminated from the playoff race with the loss. The Bulldogs dropped to 3-4 overall and 1-2 in conference. Ketchikan (2-1 in conference) also officially punched its playoff ticket with the Nikiski loss. Even with a loss to Seward next week, the Kings hold the tiebreaker against the other two teams in the conference (Homer and Nikiski) that could still finish 2-2.

Houston scored twice during a twominute span early in the first to take a

14-0 lead.

“We’ve been preaching all week, come out fast,” Nelson said.

The Hawks led 28-0 at halftime.

Nikiski notched its lone touchdown late in the game.

Homer 21, Seward 20

184 yards, made it 13-0 Homer with 9:09 left in the third quarter.

Then Seward’s offense started showing signs of life, with Gabriel Schrock rolling in from 7 yards out to make it 13-6 headed into the final quarter.

With 8:30 left in the game, Shane Sullivan, who led Seward with 97 rushing yards, cut the lead to 13-12 with a 2-yard scamper.

Homer answered right back with an 8-yard dash to paydirt by Jadin Mann.

Just as importantly, Kalugin ran in the two-point conversion for a two-score lead.

Seward got the first score when Christopher Kingsland caught a 42yard strike from Tommy Cronin with 1:45 left, then cut the lead to 21-20 on a conversion run by Sullivan.

But the Mariners would be able to run out the clock.

The host Homer football team grabbed a 13-0 lead against Seward and held on Saturday for their first victory of the year.

The Mariners’ rushing attack was the difference in the homecoming contest, rolling up 300 yards on 43 carries to the 179 yards on 42 carries of Seward. Homer improves to 1-2 in the Peninsula Conference and 1-6 overall, while Seward falls to 1-1 and 3-3.

The Mariners took a 6-0 lead into halftime when Anthony Kalugin, who rushed for 66 yards and passed for 98 more, scored with 3:44 left until the Contact Mat-Su Valley Frontiersbreak. man editor Jeremiah Bartz at sports@ Noah Fisk, who led all rushers with frontiersman.com.

Friday Mariners 21, Seahawks 20 Seward 0 0 6 14 — 20 Homer 0 6 7 8 — 21 2nd Quarter Hom — Kalugin 2 run (pass failed), 3:44.

3rd Quarter Hom — Fisk 14 run (Gaona kick), 9:09.

Sew — Schrock 7 run (run failed), 5:54.

4th Quarter Sew — Sullivan 2 run (pass failed), 8:30.

Hom — Mann 8 run (Kalugin run), 4:33.

Sew — Kingsland 42 pass from Cronin (Sullivan run), 1:45.

Sew Hom First downs 13 20 Rushes-yards 42-179 43-300 Passing yards 61 98 Comp-att-int 3-10-0 4-12-0 Return yards 0 -50 Punts-avg 4-17.5 1-53.0 Fumbles 0-0 1-1 Penalties 4-30 10-75 INDIVIDUAL STATS Rushing — Seward: Freiberg 18-50, Muallay 3-0, Cronin 2-3, Sullivan 11-97, Schrock 8-29. Homer: Kalugin 16-66, Konev 2-31, Fisk 19-184, Mann 6-19.

Passing — Seward: Cronin 3-10-0—61. Homer: 4-12-0—98.

Receiving — Seward: Kingsland 3-61. Homer: Konev 2-51, Fisk 2-47.

Kenai’s Zach Burnett (21) finds an opening in the defense Saturday afternoon against Kodiak at Kenai’s Ed Hollier Field.

(Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

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they execute and play the way we coach them, they will have success, and they did just that.”

Titus Riddall led the offensive attack Saturday with five touchdown runs of 7, 7, 10, 50 and 36 yards out to finish with 203 total ground yards on 17 carries. Tyrone McEnerney also scored for Kenai to end with 73 yards, while Braedon Pitsch and Kaden McKibben both hauled in interceptions on defense.

“They all stepped it up, they were doing their job,” Akana said. “They were playing great, those have been our leaders since day one.”

Overall, Kenai picked up 371 rushing yards on 50 carries as a team. Kardinals QB Connor Felchle also dished out 13 air yards on 5 of 7 passing.

Kenai went up 14-0 in the first quarter on a pair of Riddall scores before the Bears were able to answer with a Micah Bartel touchdown with 7:13 left in the second quarter.

A two-point conversion cut the lead to 14-8.

McEnerney got into the end zone for Kenai late in the quarter to put Kenai ahead 22-8 at halftime.

Kodiak was concocting a third-quarter drive when Bears quarterback Micah Arndt lobbed up a third-down pass, only for it to be picked off by Pitsch at midfield. The interception resulted in Kenai driving down to the red zone and scoring on a Riddall rumble up the middle from 10 yards out, putting Kenai up 28-8 with 4:38 left in the third quarter.

Kodiak continued to fight

as Arndt found receiver Gerald Ekin on a 25-yard touchdown pass that almost resulted in another pick by Pitsch, who got caught with Ekin behind him with room to score.

The Ekin score and the Bartel two-point run cut Kenai’s lead to 28-16 with 47 seconds left in the third quarter, but the Kards responded with another Riddall run, this one a 50-yard breakaway through the defensive line on the first snap of the drive that put Kenai up 35-16.

Yet again, Kodiak answered back, as Arndt connected with Bartel just 40 seconds into the fourth quarter on a long catchand-run to slash Kenai’s lead to 35-22.

However, the dagger came with 9:43 left when Riddall broke through the defense once more for a 36-yard scramble.

From there, the Kardinals defense stuffed Kodiak on a fourth-down attempt at midfield with just over 7 1/2 minutes to play, and the Kenai offense drained the clock with a long drive that brought the home team to Kodiak’s 15-yard line, only to be stuffed with 3:39 to play, effectively sealing the win.

McKibben picked off Arndt with 3:20 to go.

Soldotna 57, Service 13 SoHi scored the first 36 points in the first half en route to a dominating home victory Saturday over the Division I Cougars at Justin Maile Field.

While the Stars were not able to clinch the Northern Lights Conference crown due to Kenai’s win over Kodiak, SoHi will have a chance to do so next week with a win over the Kardinals on their home field. A win would deliver SoHi

Soldotna’s Tyler Morrison tackles Service running back Ben Faulkner Saturday afternoon at Soldotna’s Justin Maile Field. (Photo

by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

a record 13th consecutive NLC title.

SoHi QB Jersey Truesdell scored three touchdowns runs in the first half, then added two passing scores in the second to finish with five total TDs on the day and 115 rush yards. Aaron Faletoi scored twice on the ground for 128 yards and Zach Hanson brought down both of Truesdell’s TD passes.

Overall, the SoHi running game had its most productive outing of the season, getting 514 team rush yards on 56 carries. Wyatt Medcoff led the way with 181 rush yards on 18 carries.

Hanson took up the spot of Soldotna junior tight end Galen Brantley III, who went down with a leg injury in the first half and sat on the bench the rest of the day. Brantley III will likely sit out next week vs. Kenai, ac-

cording to Stars head coach Galen Brantley Jr. Truesdell got the Stars on the board first with a scoring rumble on SoHi’s opening drive of the game, then added another 28-yard TD run with 4:11 left in the quarter to make it 14-0 Soldotna.

Led by QB Jason Villanueva-Kaeo, the Cougars drove downfield to SoHi’s 4-yard line, only for Villanueva-Kaeo to throw an interception to SoHi defensive back Cy Updike in the end zone early in the second quarter.

The pick led to an 80-yard SoHi drive that was capped by a one-yard push into the end zone by Truesdell at the 6:22 mark of the second, putting SoHi up 21-0.

After a Service three-andout, Faletoi broke off a 22-yard rush to push the lead to 28-

0, and it continued to widen with a third Truesdell run on the next possession, a 30-yard score with 1:08 to play before the half.

The Cougars finally finished a drive at the end of the first half to put points on the board.

Villanueva-Kaeo burst through for a 6-yard TD with 14 seconds left that led to a 36-7 halftime score.

Soldotna made up for it on its first drive of the second half as Wyatt Medcoff exploded for a 62-yard run less than two minutes after the break.

Saturday STARS 57, COUGARS 13 Service 0 7 0 6 —13 Soldotna 14 22 21 0 —57 First quarter Sol — Truesdell 14 run (Truesdell kick), 8:21 Sol — Faletoi 28 run (Truesdell kick), 4:11 Second quarter Sol — Truesdell 1 run (Truesdell kick), 6:22

Sol — Faletoi 22 run (Truesdell kick), 2:38 Sol — Truesdell 30 run (Morrison pass from Truesdell), 1:08 Ser — Faulkner 6 run (Williams kick), :14 Third quarter Sol — Medcoff 62 run (Truesdell kick), 10:19 Sol — Hanson 14 pass from Truesdell (Truesdell kick), 9:11 Sol — Hanson 16 pass from Truesdell (Truesdell kick), 4:29 Fourth quarter Ser — Faulkner 1 run (kick failed), 10:45 Sol Ser First downs 20 14 Rush yds 56-514 31-132 Pass yds 30 132 Comp-att-int 2-2-0 16-25-2 Return yds 2-34 8-100 Punts 1-33.0 4-36.0 Fumbles-lost 1-0 0-0 Penalties 3-30 3-35 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing — Soldotna: Medcoff 18-181, Faletoi 12-128, Truesdell 11-115, Metcalf 5-42, Taylor 1-19, O’Reagan 3-17, Jaime 2-10, T. Johnson 2-5, C. Johnson 2-(-3).

Service: Faulkner 25-85, Villanueva-Kaeo 4-23, Hostetter 1-7, Williams 1-4.

Passing — Soldotna: Truesdell 2-2-2—30.

Service: Villanueva-Kaeo 10-18-0—93, Williams 6-7-0—39.

Receiving — Soldotna: Hanson 2-30. Service: Guevara 11-58, Helgeson 1-40, Johnson 2-21, Bailey 1-10, Faulkner 1-3.

Top 25 football: Coaches try quarterback switches

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer

Making a quarterback switch with a good team can be a tricky maneuver.

But sometimes good isn’t good enough.

No. 8 Notre Dame made the move Saturday at Wake Forest. No. 21 Miami did the same, with the relative ease you might expect against Florida International. Meanwhile, the QB rotation continued at No. 3 Clemson — though it’s becoming more obvious the Tigers’ best quarterback isn’t the starter.

Fighting Irish coach Brian Kelly insisted all week both Brandon Wimbush, who started the first three victories for the Notre Dame, and backup Ian Book would play against Wake Forest , one of the worst pass defense teams in the country. Well, he lied—

which is pretty typical when it comes to quarterback controversies.

Book started and had a career game with 325 yards passing, two touchdowns and no interceptions and Notre Dame’s offense had its best game of the season. Credit Kelly for making the move — or maybe ask what took so long? But it was only four weeks ago that Wimbush got a game ball from Kelly after playing solidly in the opener against Michigan.

“I didn’t sleep great last night, because that’s a pretty big decision to make when you’re 3-0 and your quarterback that was leading your football team was 13-3 as a starter,” Kelly said.

“But I had a lot of confidence in Ian and I thought our offense played to the level that it was capable of. That certainly showed itself today.”

Is that it for Wimbush, a senior and slick runner who has never quite

overcome his accuracy issues? Notre Dame may still find his skills useful in the coming weeks against No. 7 Stanford and No. 13 Virginia Tech. For now, pencil in Book.

Miami coach Mark Richt started Malik Rosier, who was coming off a big game against Toledo, but went to redshirt freshman N’Kosi Perry early against FIU . Perry tossed three touchdowns. It was a little surprising Rosier held on to the job in the offseason after he slumped so badly at the end of last season. Perry has more upside, but wasn’t ready. Maybe he is now, just as the Hurricanes enter ACC play.

“It’s not like Malik has done anything wrong by any means,” Richt said. “He’s done a lot of great things for us but the other guys are beginning to mature to the point where we want to see what they can do.”

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney

has been steadfast in saying the plan is to play both returning starter Kelly Bryant and fab freshman Trevor Lawrence. It seems the real plan is to develop Lawrence while taking advantage of Bryant’s experience — and not slighting the senior. Against Georgia Tech , Lawrence threw four touchdown passes. Clemson looks like a far more dangerous offense when the Lawrence is flashing his future firstround draft pick talent. For a team with national championship hopes, Lawrence is the player best suited to get the Tigers there.

OH, DUCK No. 20 Oregon simply gave away what would have been a huge victory against No. 7 Stanford , thanks in large part to two ghastly fumbles.

Lost in the Ducks’ gag will be the

performance of Justin Herbert, who was brilliant, going 26 of 33 for 346 yards. The junior made big-time throw after big-time throw and showed off uncanny athleticism and mobility for 6-foot-6 and 235 pounds.

The Ducks are not likely to have many more marquee games this season in the Pac-12 and the nonconference schedule was flimsy. Oregon could still have a big year, but it will be tough for Herbert to make a serious run at the Heisman while Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa and Ohio State’s Dwayne Haskins are putting up huge numbers for playoff contenders in high-profile games late in the season.

Don’t feel too bad for Herbert. His big night is likely to come in April at the NFL draft because he looks like a great candidate to be the first quarterback taken.

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ons were able to take advantage of SoHi’s younger subs entering the game. “When you substitute in volleyball, if they’re not your typical nucleus, there’s a struggle.”

The beginning to match three saw more of the Stars struggle to find a groove. More shots landing in the netting and on the floor saw the lead exchange hands numerous times, and Kupferschmid eventually called timeout with ACS up 149.

However, the Stars began to turn things around starting with a strong kill point by Tuisaula that tied the set at 16 apiece.

Leach added consecutive points on strikes to force an ACS timeout that capped a 10-3 SoHi run.

“The first one went so easy that we kind of shut down and didn’t play our game,” Leach said. “But we really picked each other up and stayed posi-

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them.”

Kenai River used its power play to get on the board with 4:23 left in the first period.

Eagle River’s Sutton McDonald scored on assists from Michael Spethmann and Markuss Komuls, who was just getting started on a one-goal, two-assist night.

“We got a power-play goal from Sutton and we just rolled from there,” Petrich said.

Komuls struck 6 minutes, 35 seconds, into the second period on assists from JJ Boucher and Thomas Walker.

Then with 5:46 to play in the second, Alex Klekotka made it 2-0 on the power play with helpers from Owen Arfstrom and Eagle River’s Zach Krajnik.

Just under 30 seconds later, Jack Johnson answered with Shreveport’s lone goal of the night, but that would be all Westergard would allow.

Petrich said he asks his team for 100 percent for 55 minutes, because bad stretches of the game will happen. He said the last five minutes of the second period was that bad stretch, but the defense and Westergard managed to keep the lead at two goals.

Johan Bok, assisted by Komuls, iced the game for Kenai River with an empty-netter.

“I didn’t think Mark played very well the last two games,” Petrich said. “He’s at the point where he’s thinking about a scholarship.

“I just asked him, you be you. They’re going to like you.

You don’t have to be different than that.”

Arfstrom, the Bears’ second-round pick in the NAHL Draft, recently joined the team from the Muskegon (Michigan) Lumberjacks of the United States Hockey League. He is 6-foot-5, 220 pounds, and in his last year of junior eligibility.

Saturday, the Bears sent the Blizzard to 1-1-1-1 by twice coming back from deficits.

Just 28 seconds into the game, Justin Daly put the Bears up when he scored on assists from Logan Ritchie and Jack Conroy. But that momentum slowed when the Bears took a penalty and Brookings scored on the power play then even strength for a 2-1 lead after the first.

“The fourth game of the Showcase comes down to a

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‘The first one went so easy that we kind of shut down and didn’t play our game.

But we really picked each other up and stayed positive.’

— Soldotna’s Bailey Leach wins over the Grizzlies on Saturday at Soldotna Prep.

Aliann Schmidt led the attack with 12 kills and Brittani Blossom notched seven aces to go with 13 digs. Bailey Leach knocked down nine kills, while Carsen Brown had 37 assists.

“We played a very good defensive Grace team, they kept themselves in the ballgame because of their defense,” Kupferschmid explained. “Defensively they were very good, but our kids came out to play. We played well and kept balls in on serves and swings.”

Kupferschmid praised the defensive effort of Brown Soldotna 3, and Jaime, and said Blossom Grace Christian 0 stepped up her service game The Stars pulled off the week- with 15 points against the Grizend sweep with three close set zlies. tive.”

ACS got as close as 22-21, but never could overcome the SoHi power as the Stars took set three to go up 2-1 in the match.

The fourth set was characterized by strong serving by sophomore Sierra Kuntz, who helped the Stars out to an 11-7 lead before the Lions called timeout. Kupferschmid also credited sophomore Hosanna Van Hout for a strong service game.

SoHi finished the set on a 5-1 run and clinched the victory on a service point by Leach.

will to work and who wants it more,” Petrich said.

The coach said both teams are tired and the ice is not good because each ice sheet gets four games per day. So Petrich was really happy his team was able to come back.

In the second, the Bears evened the score when Andy Walker scored on assists from Krajnik and Spethmann.

Brookings went up 4:36 into the third when former Brown Bears player Gabe Wahl had his third assist of the night, but Filip Karlsson, assisted by Klekotka and Arfstrom, tied it on the power play with 9:18 left in the game.

In the shootout, Arfstrom and Wasilla’s Porter Schachle scored and Westergard stopped the first two shooters to quickly end it. Westergard had 23 saves, while Alex Mosquera stopped 45 for Brookings.

“I thought we were the better team but you’re not rewarded all the time,” Petrich said.

“I’m proud of this group for getting two points.”

The Bears play Friday and Saturday at the Springfield (Illinois) Jr. Blues before their home opener Oct. 5 at 7:30 p.m. against the Chippewa (Wisconsin) Steel.

Friday Brown Bears 4, Mudbugs 1 Kenai River 1 2 1 — 3 Shreveport 0 1 0 — 1 First period — 1. Kenai River, McDonald (Spethmann, Komuls), pp, 15:37. Penalties — Shreveport 1 for 2:00.

Second period — 2. Kenai River, Komuls (Boucher, T. Walker), 6:35; 3. Kenai River, Klekotka (Artstrom, Krajnik), pp, 14:14; 4.

Shreveport, Johnson (Stoia), 14:43. Penalties — Kenai River 2 for 4:00; Shreveport 3 for 6:00.

Third period — 4. Kenai River, Bok (Komuls), en, 19:37. Penalties — Kenai River 2 for 4:00; Shreveport 1 for 2:00.

Shots on goal — Kenai River 11-10-9—30; Shreveport 14-15-17—46.

Goalies — Kenai River, Westergard (46 shots, 45 saves); Shreveport, Parent (29 shots, 26 saves).

Power plays — Kenai River 2 for 4; Shreveport 0 for 3.

Saturday Brown Bears 4, Blizzard 3 Kenai River 1 1 1 0 1 — 4 Brookings 2 0 1 0 0 — 3 First period — 1. Kenai River, Daly (Ritchie, Conroy), 0:28; 2. Brookings, Schuett (Wahl), pp, 4:32; 3. Brookings, Rotenberg (Wahl, Meininger), 6:40. Penalties — Kenai River 2 for 4:00; Brookings 3 for 6:00.

Second period — 4. Kenai River, A. Walker (Krajnik, Spethmann), 8:05. Penalties — Kenai River 2 for 4:00.

Third period — 5. Brookings, Rotenberg (Wahl, Krogman), 4:36; 6. Kenai River, Karlsson (Klekotka, Arfstrom), pp, 10:42.

Penalties — Kenai River 1 for 2:00; Brookings 4 for 16:00.

Overtime — none. Penalties — none.

Shootout — Kenai River (Arfstrom G, Schachle G); Brookings (Magnavite NG, Rotenberg NG).

Shots on goal — Kenai River 12-20-142—48; Brookings 9-8-8-1—26.

Goalies — Kenai River, Westergard (26 shots, 23 saves); Brookings, Mosquera (48 shots, 45 saves).

Power plays — Kenai River 1 for 6, Brookings 1 for 5.

Tiger takes lead ATLANTA (AP) — Tiger Woods made it look and sound as if he had never been gone.

More than turning back time, every hole seemed like the one before Saturday at the Tour Championship. A tee shot striped down the middle of the fairway. The clean strike of an iron as he held his pose. A sonic boom of the cheers from around the green.

Another birdie.

“I got off to an ideal start,” Woods said. “And the next thing you know, I was off and running.”

With the most dynamic golf he has played all year,

“They could not contain her on the back line,” Kupferschmid said. “She was very effective today.”

Soldotna will face NLC opponent Colony next weekend in a pair of road contests.

Woods built a five-shot lead in seven holes before he cooled from there, settled for a 5-under 65 that gave him a threeshot lead over Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose and an ideal chance to end this comeback season with a moment that has defined his career.

Winning.

Woods has the 54-hole lead for the first time since his last victory in 2013 at the Bridgestone Invitational. He has never lost an official tournament when leading by more than two shots going into the final round, and his closing record with the lead is 42-2 on the PGA Tour.

Homer 3, Seward 2 The Mariners pulled out an intense five-set victory Saturday over Seward to pick up a Southcentral Conference win in Homer.

Homer went up 2-0 in the match with scores of 25-12 and 25-10 before Seward rallied back to win back-to-back sets at 25-21 and 25-17, forcing the deciding fifth game, which Homer won 15-12.

Kelli Bishop fueled the Mariners offense with nine kills to go with 11 digs, while Brianna Hetrick provided 21 assists and 13 digs. Karmyn Gallios also put down nine kills and 14 digs, while Marina Carroll had four kills, two blocks and nine digs, Tonda Smude notched four kills and three blocks and Timber Davis scored 11 service points.

Soldotna teammates Carsen Brown (left) and Bailey Leach combine to put a block on Anchorage Christian’s Morgan Merriner (8) Friday night at the Soldotna Prep gym. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Scoreboard Baseball AL Standings

East Division W L Pct GB x-Boston 105 50 .677 — y-New York 95 59 .617 9½ Tampa Bay 86 68 .558 18½ Toronto 71 84 .458 34 Baltimore 44 110 .286 60½ Central Division x-Cleveland 86 68 .558 — Minnesota 71 83 .461 15 Detroit 63 92 .406 23½ Chicago 61 93 .396 25 Kansas City 53 102 .342 33½ West Division z-Houston 97 57 .630 — Oakland 94 61 .606 3½ Seattle 85 69 .552 12 Los Angeles 75 80 .484 22½ Texas 65 89 .422 32 z-clinched playoff berth x-clinched division y-clinched wild card Friday’s Games Chicago White Sox 10, Chicago Cubs 4 N.Y. Yankees 10, Baltimore 8 Tampa Bay 11, Toronto 3 Boston 7, Cleveland 5 Kansas City 4, Detroit 3 Texas 8, Seattle 3, 7 innings Houston 11, L.A. Angels 3 Oakland 7, Minnesota 6, 10 innings Saturday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 3, Baltimore 2, 11 innings Toronto 5, Tampa Bay 2 Detroit 5, Kansas City 4 Chicago Cubs 8, Chicago White Sox 3 Cleveland 5, Boston 4, 11 innings Houston 10, L.A. Angels 5 Seattle 13, Texas 0 Oakland 3, Minnesota 2 Sunday’s Games Baltimore (Cobb 5-15) at N.Y. Yankees (Happ 16-6), 9:05 a.m.

Tampa Bay (Snell 20-5) at Toronto (Borucki 4-4), 9:07 a.m.

Kansas City (Keller 8-6) at Detroit (Norris 0-5), 9:10 a.m.

Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 12-11) at Chicago White Sox (Rodon 6-6), 10:10 a.m.

L.A. Angels (Skaggs 8-8) at Houston (Morton 15-3), 10:10 a.m.

Seattle (LeBlanc 8-4) at Texas (Perez 2-6), 11:05 a.m.

Minnesota (Gibson 8-13) at Oakland (Cahill 6-3), 12:05 p.m.

Boston (Velazquez 7-2) at Cleveland (Plutko 4-5), 3:05 p.m.

All Times ADT

NL Standings

East Division W L Pct GB x-Atlanta 87 68 .561 — Philadelphia 78 76 .506 8½ Washington 78 77 .503 9 New York 72 83 .465 15 Miami 61 93 .396 25½ Central Division Chicago 90 64 .584 — Milwaukee 88 67 .568 2½ St. Louis 86 69 .555 4½ Pittsburgh 78 75 .510 11½ Cincinnati 66 90 .423 25 West Division Los Angeles 86 69 .555 — Colorado 84 70 .545 1½ Arizona 79 76 .510 7 San Francisco 72 83 .465 14 San Diego 62 93 .400 24 x-clinched division Friday’s Games Chicago White Sox 10, Chicago Cubs 4 Milwaukee 8, Pittsburgh 3 N.Y. Mets 4, Washington 2 Miami 1, Cincinnati 0, 10 innings Atlanta 6, Philadelphia 5 St. Louis 5, San Francisco 3 Colorado 6, Arizona 2 San Diego 5, L.A. Dodgers 3 Saturday’s Games Atlanta 5, Philadelphia 3 St. Louis 5, San Francisco 4, 10 innings Washington 6, N.Y. Mets 0 Pittsburgh 3, Milwaukee 0 Chicago Cubs 8, Chicago White Sox 3 Miami 5, Cincinnati 1 Colorado 5, Arizona 1 L.A. Dodgers 7, San Diego 2 Sunday’s Games Cincinnati (Lorenzen 3-1) at Miami (Richards 3-9), 9:10 a.m.

Milwaukee (Miley 5-2) at Pittsburgh (Kingham 5-6), 9:35 a.m.

N.Y. Mets (Matz 5-11) at Washington (Fedde 2-3), 9:35a.m.

Philadelphia (Nola 16-5) at Atlanta (Sanchez 6-6), 9:35 a.m.

Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 12-11) at Chicago White Sox (Rodon 6-6), 10:10 a.m.

San Francisco (Suarez 7-11) at St. Louis (Mikolas 16-4), 10:15 a.m.

Colorado (Freeland 15-7) at Arizona (Godley 14-10), 12:10 p.m.

San Diego (Lucchesi 8-8) at L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 5-3), 12:10 p.m.

All Times ADT

Blue Jays 5, Rays 2 TB Tor.

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Glasnow, Kolarek (7), Stanek (7), Alvarado (8) and Sucre; Pannone, Tepera (7), Clippard (8), Giles (9) and McGuire, D.Jansen.

W_Pannone 4-1. L_Glasnow 2-7.

Sv_Giles (24). HRs_Tampa Bay, Sucre (1), Pham (6). Toronto, Tellez (3).

Yankees 3, Orioles 2, 11 inn.

Bal. NY

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Hess, M.Castro (6), T.Scott (8), Givens (9), Fry (11) and Joseph, Wynns; Lynn, Green (6), A.Chapman (7), Betances (8), Britton (9), Holder (10), Kahnle (11) and G.Sanchez. W_Kahnle 2-0. L_Fry 0-2. HRs_New York, Voit (11), Hicks (26).

Tigers 5, Royals 4 KC De.

Vancouver 4 1 3 0 2 9 16 Los Angeles 4 0 3 1 1 10 19 Anaheim 3 0 3 0 0 5 17 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.

Pirates 3, Brewers 0

Friday’s Games N.Y. Islanders 3, Philadelphia 2, OT Carolina 5, Washington 1 Chicago 5, Ottawa 2 Toronto 5, Buffalo 3 Tampa Bay 5, Nashville 1 St. Louis 3, Columbus 0 Winnipeg 4, Calgary 3, OT Saturday’s Games Pittsburgh 7, Columbus 3 Minnesota 7, Colorado 0 Tampa Bay 5, Nashville 2 Toronto 3, Buffalo 2 Detroit 4, Boston 3, OT N.Y. Islanders 5, N.Y. Rangers 2 Montreal 3, Ottawa 2 Florida 4, Dallas 3, OT Arizona 6, Anaheim 1 Calgary 5, Vancouver 2 Vegas 5, San Jose 4, SO Sunday’s Games Detroit at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m.

St. Louis at Columbus, 11 a.m.

Edmonton at Winnipeg, 4 p.m.

All Times ADT

Mil. Pit.

Indians 5, Red Sox 4, 11 inn.

Bos. Cle.

001 100 020 00—4 8 1 021 100 000 01—5 12 1

Porcello, R.Scott (6), B.Johnson (7), Kelly (10), Pomeranz (11) and Swihart; Clevinger, O.Perez (6), A.Miller (7), Hand (8), Edwards (9), T.Olson (10) and Gomes.

W_T.Olson 2-1. L_Pomeranz 2-6.

HRs_Boston, Swihart (2), Devers (19).

Mariners 13, Rangers 0 Sea. Tex.

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Gonzales, Vincent (7), Duke (8), Grimm (9) and Zunino; Minor, Claudio (5), Pelham (7), Colon (8), Curtis (8), Butler (9) and Kiner-Falefa. W_Gonzales 13-9.

L_Minor 12-8. HRs_Seattle, Gordon (3), Zunino (20), Cano (9).

Astros 10, Angels 5 LA Hou.

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Barria, Bedrosian (6), Alvarez (6), H.Robles (7), J.Anderson (8), Buttrey (8), Parker (8) and Briceno, J.Hudson; Verlander, Pressly (7), Rondon (8), J.Smith (8), McHugh (8), R.Osuna (9) and B.McCann, Maldonado. W_McHugh 6-2.

L_Buttrey 0-1. HRs_Los Angeles, Trout (38). Houston, Altuve (13).

Athletics 3, Twins 2 Min. Oak.

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1 0

De Jong, Vasquez (5), Drake (5), Littell (6), Duffey (8), Rogers (8), Hildenberger (9) and Astudillo; Fiers, Familia (7), Buchter (7), Rodney (8), Treinen (9) and Lucroy.

W_Treinen 9-2. L_Hildenberger 4-5. HRs_Oakland, Semien (13).

Cubs 8, White Sox 3 Chi. Chi.

200 030 003—8 9 101 010 000—3 8

1 1

Lester, Edwards Jr. (6), Chavez (7), Wilson (8), Cishek (9) and Contreras; Giolito, Frare (7), I.Hamilton (8), Scahill (9), J.Gomez (9) and K.Smith. W_ Lester 17-6. L_Giolito 10-12. HRs_ Chicago, Baez (34). Chicago, Anderson (20).

Braves 5, Phillies 3 Phi. Atl.

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2 0

Arrieta, De Los Santos (3), Loup (5), L.Garcia (6), Rios (7), Morgan (8), Dominguez (8) and Ramos; Foltynewicz, Biddle (8), Brach (8), Venters (8), Vizcaino (9) and Suzuki. W_Foltynewicz 12-10. L_Arrieta 10-10. Sv_Vizcaino (16).

Cardinals 5, Giants 4, 10 inn.

SF SL

001 000 300 0—4 11 0 011 000 200 1—5 8 4

D.Rodriguez, Dyson (7), Watson (8), Black (9), Melancon (10) and A.Garcia, Hundley; Wainwright, D.Hudson (7), C.Martinez (9) and Molina. W_C.Martinez 8-6.

L_Melancon 0-3. HRs_St. Louis, O’Neill (9), Molina (19).

Nationals 6, Mets 0 NY Was.

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0 0

Oswalt, Blevins (6), Bashlor (7), T.Peterson (8) and Plawecki; Voth, Grace (6), J.Miller (7), Cordero (8), A.Williams (9) and Wieters. W_Voth 1-1. L_Oswalt 3-3.

HRs_Washington, Wieters (7), Turner (18).

Marlins 5, Reds 1 000 000 010—1 6 000 203 00x—5 7

2 0

DeSclafani, Garrett (6), Romano

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Davies, Woodruff (5), Cedeno (6), T.Williams (6), Soria (7), Jennings (8), J.Barnes (8) and Kratz; T.Williams, Ri.Rodriguez (7), Crick (8), Vazquez (9) and Stallings. W_T.Williams 14-9. L_Davies 2-7. Sv_Vazquez (36).

100 100 011—4 6 0 101 100 02x—5 12 0

Junis, Newberry (7), Hammel (8) and Viloria; Zimmermann, Jimenez (8), Greene (9) and J.McCann. W_Jimenez 5-4. L_ Hammel 3-14. Sv_Greene (31).

HRs_Kansas City, Gordon (12), Perez (27). Detroit, Mahtook (9).

Cin. Mia.

(6), Stephens (7), Wisler (8) and Barnhart; J.Urena, J.Garcia (6), Wittgren (7), Conley (9), Steckenrider (9) and Realmuto. W_J. Urena 8-12. L_DeSclafani 7-7. Sv_ Steckenrider (5). HRs_Cincinnati, Guerrero (1). Miami, Dean (4).

Rockies 5, Diamondbacks 1 Col. Ari.

004 000 001—5 8 000 010 000—1 3

0 1

Senzatela, Ottavino (8), W.Davis (9) and Iannetta; Corbin, Delgado (4), Sherfy (6), Bracho (7), Chafin (8), Boxberger (9) and Avila.

W_Senzatela 6-6. L_Corbin 11-7.

HRs_Arizona, Pollock (19).

Dodgers 7, Padres 2 SD LA

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Soccer MLS Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L T Pts Atlanta U. FC 19 5 6 63 New York 18 7 5 59 NY City FC 14 8 8 50 Columbus 13 9 8 47 Philadelphia 13 12 4 43 12 14 4 40 Montreal D.C. United 9 11 8 35 New England 8 10 11 35 8 15 6 30 Toronto FC Chicago 7 15 7 28 Orlando City 7 18 4 25

GF GA 65 36 55 32 52 39 39 38 41 45 42 47 48 48 43 45 50 57 43 54 40 66

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W L T Pts S.Kansas City 15 7 6 51 Los Angeles FC 14 7 8 50 FC Dallas 14 6 8 50 13 9 8 47 Portland Real Salt Lake 13 11 6 45 13 10 5 44 Seattle Vancouver 11 10 7 40 LA Galaxy 10 11 8 38 Minnesota U. 10 16 3 33 Houston 8 13 8 32 Colorado 6 17 6 24 San Jose 4 18 8 20 NOTE: Three points for victory, for tie.

GF GA 54 34 57 43 47 37 46 45 49 49 37 29 46 54 54 59 43 57 47 43 32 55 45 63 one point

Saturday, September 22 Los Angeles FC 2, San Jose 0 New York 2, Toronto FC 0 Atlanta United FC 2, Real Salt Lake 0 Chicago 2, New England 2, tie Columbus 2, Colorado 1 Houston 0, Orlando City 0, tie New York City FC 1, Montreal 1, tie Minnesota United 3, Portland 2 Sunday, September 23 Sporting Kansas City at Philadelphia, 9 a.m.

FC Dallas at Vancouver, 3 p.m.

Seattle at LA Galaxy, 3 p.m.

All Times ADT

Hockey NHL Preseason EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 5 4 0 1 9 17 11 Toronto 4 4 0 0 8 16 7 Detroit 3 3 0 0 6 11 7 Montreal 4 3 1 0 6 13 10 Buffalo 4 2 2 0 4 12 11 Florida 4 2 2 0 4 12 15 Tampa Bay 4 2 2 0 4 12 13 Ottawa 4 0 4 0 0 6 16 Metropolitan Division N.Y. Isl. 6 4 2 0 8 15 12 Phil.5 3 1 1 7 16 12 Carolina 3 3 0 0 6 15 3 Pittsburgh 3 1 1 1 3 11 9 N.Y. Rang.

3 1 2 0 2 10 14 Columbus 4 1 3 0 2 8 15 New Jersey 3 0 2 1 1 4 9 Washington 4 0 3 1 1 6 17

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Dallas 3 2 0 1 5 11 8 Winnipeg 3 2 1 0 4 9 11 St. Louis 3 2 1 0 4 9 7 Nashville 4 2 2 0 4 13 13 Chicago 3 1 2 0 2 8 10 Minnesota 4 1 3 0 2 11 8 Colorado 2 0 2 0 0 1 12 Pacific Division Vegas 4 4 0 0 8 24 9 Edmonton 3 3 0 0 6 18 9 Arizona 4 3 1 0 6 16 13 Calgary 6 2 2 2 6 20 21 San Jose 3 2 0 1 5 15 9

Football NFL Standings AMERICAN CONFERENCE East Miami New England N.Y. Jets Buffalo South Jacksonville Tennessee Indianapolis Houston North Cincinnati Cleveland Baltimore Pittsburgh West Kansas City Denver L.A. Chargers Oakland

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Thursday’s Games Cleveland 21, N.Y. Jets 17 Sunday’s Games New Orleans at Atlanta, 9 a.m.

Buffalo at Minnesota, 9 a.m.

Denver at Baltimore, 9 a.m.

Indianapolis at Philadelphia, 9 a.m.

Cincinnati at Carolina, 9 a.m.

San Francisco at Kansas City, 9 a.m.

Green Bay at Washington, 9 a.m.

Oakland at Miami, 9 a.m.

N.Y. Giants at Houston, 9 a.m.

Tennessee at Jacksonville, 9 a.m.

L.A. Chargers at L.A. Rams, 12:05 p.m.

Chicago at Arizona, 12:25 p.m.

Dallas at Seattle, 12:25 p.m.

New England at Detroit, 4:20 p.m.

Monday’s Games Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, 4:15 p.m.

All Times ADT

Major College Scores EAST Albany (NY) 35, St. Francis (Pa.) 28< Bryant 49, Robert Morris 46< Buffalo 42, Rutgers 13< CCSU 24, Fordham 13< Colgate 45, Lafayette 0< Columbia 23, Georgetown 15< Dartmouth 34, Holy Cross 14< Penn 30, Lehigh 10< Princeton 51, Monmouth (NJ) 9< Sacred Heart 41, Wagner 14< Stony Brook 36, Richmond 10< Syracuse 51, UConn 21< UMass 49, Charlotte 31< Villanova 49, Bucknell 7< West Virginia 35, Kansas St. 6< Yale 30, Cornell 24< SOUTH Alabama 45, Texas A&M 23< Alcorn St. 56, MVSU 20< Appalachian St. 72, GardnerWebb 7< Auburn 34, Arkansas 3< Campbell 42, Shaw 0< Chattanooga 27, Samford 20< Clemson 49, Georgia Tech 21< Coastal Carolina 30, LouisianaLafayette 28< Duke 55, NC Central 13< E. Kentucky 23, SE Missouri 14< ETSU 29, Furman 27< Elon 31, Charleston Southern

22< Florida 47, Tennessee 21< Florida A&M 31, Savannah St. 13< Florida St. 37, N. Illinois 19< Grambling St. 34, Alabama St. 0< Jacksonville St. 48, Tennessee Tech 20< James Madison 51, William & Mary 0< Kennesaw St. 70, Clark Atlanta 13< Kentucky 28, Mississippi St. 7< LSU 38, Louisiana Tech 21< Maryland 42, Minnesota 13< Memphis 52, South Alabama 35< Miami 31, FIU 17< Mississippi 38, Kent St. 17< Morgan St. 16, NC A&T 13< NC State 37, Marshall 20< Nicholls 27, Sam Houston St. 7< Norfolk St. 17, SC State 7< North Alabama 37, Azusa Pacific 35< North Carolina 38, Pittsburgh 35< North Texas 47, Liberty 7< Notre Dame 56, Wake Forest 27< Old Dominion 49, Virginia Tech 35< Presbyterian 41, Bluefield South 10< South Carolina 37, Vanderbilt 14< South Florida 20, East Carolina 13< Southern Miss. 40, Rice 22< Southern U. 29, Alabama A&M 27< Stetson 19, Marist 14< The Citadel 38, Mercer 31< Troy 35, Louisiana-Monroe 27< UT Martin 37, Austin Peay 7< Virginia 27, Louisville 3< W. Carolina 52, VMI 50< W. Michigan 34, Georgia St. 15< MIDWEST Cent. Michigan 17, Maine 5< Cincinnati 34, Ohio 30< Dayton 42, Davidson 21< Georgia 43, Missouri 29< Howard 41, Bethune-Cookman 35< Idaho St. 25, North Dakota 21< Iowa St. 26, Akron 13< Miami (Ohio) 38, Bowling Green 23< Michigan 56, Nebraska 10< Michigan St. 35, Indiana 21< N. Dakota St. 38, Delaware 10< N. Iowa 44, Hampton 0< Ohio St. 49, Tulane 6< Purdue 30, Boston College 13< Tennessee St. 41, E. Illinois 40< Toledo 63, Nevada 44< Truman St. 34, Valparaiso 20< W. Kentucky 28, Ball St. 20< Wisconsin 28, Iowa 17< SOUTHWEST Arkansas St. 27, UNLV 20< Baylor 26, Kansas 7< Houston 70, Texas Southern 14< New Mexico St. 27, UTEP 20< Oklahoma 28, Army 21, OT< Prairie View 62, Ark.-Pine Bluff 13< SE Louisiana 30, Lamar 24< SMU 31, Navy 30, OT< Stephen F. Austin 24, Abilene Christian 21< Texas 31, TCU 16< Texas Tech 41, Oklahoma St. 17< UTSA 25, Texas St. 21< FAR WEST Arizona 35, Oregon St. 14< BYU 30, McNeese St. 3< E. Washington 70, Cal Poly 17< Illinois St. 35, Colorado St. 19< Montana 41, Sacramento St. 34< Montana St. 43, Portland St. 23< N. Arizona 31, S. Utah 23< Stanford 38, Oregon 31, OT< UC Davis 44, Idaho 21< Washington 27, Arizona St. 20< Weber St. 45, N. Colorado 28<

Transactions BASEBALL American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Reinstated INF Leury Garcia from the 10-day DL. DETROIT TIGERS — Transferred RHP Michael Fulmer to the 60day DL. Selected the contract of 3B Harold Castro from Toledo (IL).

MINNESOTA TWINS — Selected the contract of C Juan Graterol from Rochester (IL). Transferred RHP Ervin Santana to the 60-day DL. National League CHICAGO CUBS — Selected the contract of INF Mike Freeman from Iowa (PCL).

FOOTBALL National Football League BALTIMORE RAVENS — Waived OL Jermaine Eluemunor and WR Janarion Grant. Signed CB Robertson Daniel and WR Tim White from the practice squad.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Waived DL Ifeadi Odenigbo.

Signed LB D’Juan Hines from the L.A. Chargers’ practice squad.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Released LB Terence Garvin.

Signed DB Tyvis Powell from the practice squad.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Waived WR Breshad Perriman.

Signed RB Kapri Bibbs from the practice squad.

B4 | Sunday, September 23, 2018 | Peninsula Clarion

Soldotna’s Jordan Strausbaugh tucks in behind Wasilla’s Allison VanPelt and Palmer’s Katey Houser early in the Division I girls race at the Region 3 meet Saturday at Tsalteshi Trails. (Photo

by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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That string of success is no coincidence, because each group has a chance to see what it takes to win. Calvert learned a lot from watching Gibson, who had a very successful cross-country season as a senior due to all the work she put in during the summer.

“Addison really inspired me last year,” Calvert said.

“She had an amazing year, especially for her team. I wanted to do the same thing as a senior, so I put in as much work as I could.”

Calvert attended the Steens Mountain Running Camp in Oregon this summer and needed every bit of that summer base to hold off defending Division II state champ Autumn Daigle of Homer.

Calvert won at 19 minutes, 22 seconds, while Daigle was next at 19:39.

At the two-kilometer mark, Calvert said the lead group was in a pack and she was able to pull away. Daigle, a junior, made up ground late in the race, but Calvert was able to hold off Daigle with a strong kick.

Daigle also said she was hampered late in the race by a big blister on her right toe that came from wearing her new shoes in a race for the first time.

“I forgot you had to break in shoes,” she said.

All of this just adds intrigue to another showdown next weekend at state. Calvert has not lost to a Division II runner all season.

“She’s like incredible,” Daigle said of Calvert. “I want to get her. It’s about what you eat and how you feel physically on that day.

“I feel like we’re pretty much the same, but obviously she was ahead of me at regions.”

The Kardinals put all of their scoring runners in the top 12 to stay perfect this season against Division II competition.

Senior Brooke Satathite continued a late-season surge by finishing third in 19:58.

Freshman Logan Satathite was seventh, freshman Summer Foster was ninth and freshman Leah Fallon was 12th.

“It’s just been amazing what they’ve been able to do,” Brooke Satathite said of her freshmen teammates. “They haven’t been able to replace all of the seniors we lost, but they definitely made up for what we lost.”

The top four teams qualified for state. Kenai was first at 32, Grace was next at 39, Homer followed at 52 and ACS took fourth at 115.

Division II boys Merchant, just a sophomore, had the fastest time of the day at 15:46, a new personal record. When the Tsalteshi Invitational was held on this same course in August, Dimond’s Santiago Prosser won at 15:45.

“God let me do that,” Merchant said. “He blessed me

with a gift. I couldn’t do any of this without him. I was praying the whole race.”

Kenai sophomore Maison Dunham ran 16:41 to finish third, while Grace senior Gabe Martin was in second at 16:31. Dunham had finished second at the Division I level in the region as a freshman.

“I don’t know if 3A is better than 4A, but we’re in a pretty competitive region,” Dunham said.

Dunham said he didn’t train as much as he should have this summer, but hard work in practice has gotten him back in form. Dunham’s best time as a freshman was 16:37. He said he’s excited to have a runner like Merchant in the region.

“He’s going to give me a lot of motivation to train and try and keep up with him next year,” Dunham said. “Maybe at state, but probably not.”

Dunham also helped lead the Kenai boys to their first state appearance since 2014.

The Kardinals finished fourth with 80 points, edging out Seward’s 91 for the state berth. Grace won with 36 points, while ACS was second with 64 and Luciano Fasulo’s fourth-place finish led Homer to third at 73 points.

Though the Seahawks did not qualify as a team, Max Pfeiffenberger was able to secure a state spot by finishing ninth at 17:10. The Nikiski boys also finished sixth, notable because the Bulldogs have had trouble putting together a full team in recent seasons.

Division I girls Palmer freshman Katey Houser held off Wasilla senior Allison VanPelt to lead the Moose to their first girls team title since 1989. Houser clocked in at 18:47, while VanPelt was two seconds behind.

“She’s a beast,” Houser said of VanPelt. “She had me until three kilometers. I thought to myself, ‘Do you want this? Yes, you want this. Then go get it.’”

Houser surged ahead of VanPelt then, but had to hold off VanPelt’s ferocious kick.

“I was scared, for sure,” she said.

The team title is icing on the cake. Palmer, with four of the top six finishers, won with 31 points, while Soldotna was second at 55 and Colony was third at 61. The top three make state at the Division I level, so the Stars will make their first appearance since 2015.

“I think our strength is our team dynamic,” Houser said.

“We all support each other so much.”

Soldotna freshman Jordan Strausbaugh made her debut at regions by finishing third at 20:08. Strausbaugh said her goal was to get fourth place, but three-quarters of the way through the course, she saw the opportunity to move up to third and took it.

Strausbaugh drew inspiration from Houser’s performance.

“She’s super fast,” Strausbaugh said. “I’m going to try and train this summer to see if I can maybe catch up to her.”

Division I boys Meier was able to get the

victory at his home away from home, running 16:30 to top the 16:49 of runner-up Paul Winegeart of Kodiak. Meier travels to Kasilof each July to work as a set-netter. While there, he runs on the beach to stay in shape, but also squeezes in runs and bike rides at Tsalteshi Trails.

“I knew this was possible if nothing bad happened,” said Meier, who gradually took control of the race after one kilometer. “I’ve been doing what the coaches say, and we have some of the best coaches around.”

Makbeb Denbrock led Soldotna by finishing fourth in a personal-best 16:57.

“I tried to stay with the leaders as long as I could because I knew that would get me a fast time,” Denbrock said. “I stayed with them as long as I could, but they were fast.”

SoHi coach Ted McKenney said it was a neat team race because four teams had taken turns beating each other this year. Kodiak won at 52, while Colony was next at 55 and Soldotna grabbed the final state berth at 73. While the Stars return to state, Palmer missed a berth with 80 points.

“We did what we could,” said McKenney, whose boys missed a first team title since 2001. “We didn’t have two of our top seven on the boys side, but we got both teams to state.”

Region 2 meet After the Region 3 meet concluded at Tsalteshi Trails, Nikolaevsk hosted the Region 2 meet.

The boys race saw three Kenai Peninsula runners make it to state by finishing in the top 10.

Nikolaevsk freshman Justin Trail finished second running 18:49 to lose out to the 18:24 of champion Andrew Stringfellow of Nenana. Nikolaevsk coach Steve Klaich said Stringfellow, the boys runner of the year, put up fast times in past years, but didn’t have a 5K on athletic.net this year so he was a bit of a wild card.

“It was great competition,” Klaich said. “They battled throughout. That’s the kind of competition Justin needs.”

Trail’s brother, Michael, finished third at 19:36 for his third state berth in four years.

Port Graham’s Eli Moonin also made state by finishing seventh in 21:31. Michael Trail had finished 11th to just miss state last season.

“He worked really hard this year, so it was nice to see it pay off,” Klaich said of Michael Trail.

The final peninsula finisher in the boys race was Tyson Breedlove of Port Graham, who was 22nd in 41:50.

The girls race saw one peninsula runner make it to state.

Cordova’s Anika Witsoe won at 21:52 and was runner of the year, while Nikolaevsk’s Isabelle Hickman returns to state after running 25:29 to finish seventh. Nikolaevsk’s Sophie Klaich just missed out, taking 11th at 27:37.

“Sophie was one spot out coming off ACL surgery, so I’m absolutely thrilled,”

Grace Christian’s Gabe Martin leads Kenai Central’s Maison Dunham and the pack down a hill Saturday in the Division II race at the Region 3 meet at Tsalteshi Trails. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Klaich said of the June 2016 operation.

The Cordova girls and boys won the sportsmanship awards.

Region 3 meet Saturday at Tsalteshi Trails Division II GIRLS Team scores: 1. Kenai, 32; 2. Grace Christian, 39; 3. Homer, 52; 4. Anchorage Christian Schools, 115.

Individual five-kilometer results 1. Calvert, Ken, 19:22; 2. Daigle, Hom, 19:39; 3. B. Satathite, Ken, 19:58; 4. Jackson, Gra, 20:12; 5. Miller, Hom, 20:25; 6.

Annett, Gra, 20:35; 7. L. Satathite, Ken, 20:39; 8. Ellis, Gra, 20:45; 9. Foster, Ken, 20:55; 10. Coverdell, Gra, 20:57; 11.

Lash, Gra, 21:02; 12. Fallon, Ken, 21:11; 13. Hatton, Hom, 21:22; 14. McLaughlin, Gra, 21:26; 15. Holmes, Hom, 21:30; 16.

Lindquist, Sew, 21:41; 17. Stephan, Red, 21:50; 18. Morgan, Gra, 22:02; 19. Anderson, Hom, 22:11; 20. Reimers, ACS, 22:22; 21. Super, Hom, 22:23; 22. Carey, Hom, 22:43; 23. Stockton, Ken, 22:44; 24. Bohlman, ACS, 22:47; 25. Salzetti, Ken, 22:59.

26. Parks, ACS, 23:22; 27. Tedrick, ACS, 23:39; 28. Cooney, Sew, 23:51; 29. Smallwood, ACS, 24:18; 30. Fuller, ACS, 24:20; 31. Hankins, Sew, 24:42; 32. Smith, ACS, 24:48; 33. Brueckner, Sew, 25:16; 34. Nolan, Red, 25:29.

BOYS Team scores: 1. Grace Christian, 36; 2.

ACS, 64; 3. Homer, 73; 4. Kenai, 80; 5.

Seward, 91; 6. Nikiski, 189.

Individual five-kilometer results 1. Merchant, ACS, 15:46; 2. Martin, Gra, 16:31; 3. Dunham, Ken, 16:41; 4. Fasulo, Hom, 16:47; 5. L. Fritzel, Gra, 16:52; 6 (tie). Kniegge, Gra, Knapp, Hom, 17:01; 8.

Parks, ACS, 17:09; 9. Pfeiffenberger, Sew, 17:10; 10. Kopp, Gra, 17:13; 11. Lindquist, Sew, 17:21; 12. Rich, Hom, 17:23; 13.

Wethington, Gra, 17:23; 14. Hamilton, Ken, 17:26; 15. Davis, ACS, 17:28; 16. Metzger, Gra, 17:38; 17. Smith, ACS, 17:47; 18. Mueller, Ken, 18:06; 19. Nilson, Sew, 18:12; 20.

C. Fritzel, Gra, 18:16; 21. Stockton, Ken, 18:17; 22. Beachy, Hom, 18:18; 23. Robinson, ACS, 18:19; 24. Roberts, Ken, 18:21; 25. Deboard, Sew, 18:22.

26. O’Hara, ACS, 18:34; 27. Koster, Sew, 18:35; 28. Reutov, Hom, 18:46; 29. Cross, Ken, 18:58; 30. McMurray, Sew, 19:09; 31. Mattingly, Hom, 19:10; 32. Cline, Hom, 19:11; 33. Ingalls, Sew, 19:14; 34. White, Ken, 19:49; 35. McCollum, Nik, 20:20; 36.

Brotzman, Hou, 20:39; 37. Tedrick, ACS, 21:07; 38. Yourkoski, Nik, 21:30; 39. Smith, Nik, 22:15; 40. Van Natta, Hou, 24:25; 41.

Wilkinson, Hou, 24:25; 42. Gilmartin, Nik, 26:27; 43. Yerkes, Nik, 30:23.

Division I GIRLS Team scores: 1. Palmer, 31; 2. Soldotna, 55; 3. Colony, 61; 4. Wasilla, 105; 5. Kodiak, 108.

Individual five-kilometer results 1. Houser, Pal, 18:47; 2. VanPelt, Was, 18:49; 3. Strausbaugh, Sol, 20:08; 4. Ortiz, Pal, 20:18; 5. Wright, Pal, 20:31; 6. Nowers, Pal, 20:51; 7. Bushey, Col, 20:54; 8. Spaic, Col, 20:58; 9. Arthur, Sol, 21:02; 10. Lorring, Sol, 21:06; 11. Bustillos, Col, 21:09; 12.

Novak, Col, 21:13; 13. Ruffner, Sol, 21:17; 14. Fagan, Kod, 21:17; 15. Kalytiak, Pal, 21:30; 16. Eufemio, Kod, 21:51; 17. Copp, Pal, 21:53; 18. Boucher, Was, 21:56; 19.

Arreola, Pal, 21:59; 20. Burns, Sol, 22:05; 21. Blackwell, Sol, 22:22; 22. Griffin, Kod, 22:28; 23. Bell, Col, 22:37; 24. Smith, Col, 22:44; 25. Apthorp, Was, 22:52.

26. Denison, Col, 22:54; 27. Parnell, Kod, 22:57; 28. Rachels, Was, 23:00; 29. Christiansen, Kod, 23:25; 30. Deering, Col, 23:29; 31. Glover, Kod, 23:30; 32. Bres-

hears, Was, 23:31; 33. Steiner, Was, 23:34; 34. Christiansen, Kod, 24:11; 35. Lee, Was, 24:17.

BOYS Team scores: 1. Kodiak, 52; 2. Colony, 55; 3.

Soldotna, 73; 4. Palmer, 80; 5. Wasilla, 86.

Individual five-kilometer results 1. Meier, Col, 16:30; 2. Winegeart, Kod, 16:49; 3. Owens, Pal, 16:54; 4. Mak. Denbrock, Sol, 16:57; 5. Block, Col, 17:05; 6.

Marbrey, Kod, 17:09; 7. Walters, Sol, 17:11; 8. Maclean, Pal, 17:12; 9. H. Hayes, Was, 17:22; 10. L. Hayes, Was, 17:25; 11. Chilton, Sol, 17:33; 12. Iverson, Col, 17:34; 13.

Gruner, Kod, 17:39; 14. Seto, Kod, 17:40; 15. Reem, Pal, 17:41; 16. Fraker, Was, 17:42; 17. Birbilas, Kod, 17:48; 18. Waterhouse, Col, 17:48; 19 (tie). Hubert, Kod, Good, Col 17:49; 21. Bolton, Kod, 17:50; 22. Greathouse, Was, 18:07; 23. Menard, Col, 18:12; 24. Harris, Sol, 18:13; 25. Streit, Col, 18:14.

26. Hartman, Pal, 18:18; 27. Musgrave, Sol, 18:20; 28. Miller, Pal, 18:26; 29. Logsdon, Was, 18:34; 30. Larson, Was, 18:39; 31.

Owens, Pal, 18:40; 32. Walling, Pal, 18:44; 33. Reynolds, Sol, 19:03; 34. Rooney, Was, 19:10; 35. Mal. Denbrock, Sol, 19:19.

Today in History Today is Sunday, Sept. 23, the 266th day of 2018. There are 99 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 23, 1955, a jury in Sumner, Mississippi, acquitted two white men, Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam, of murdering black teenager Emmett Till. (The two men later admitted to the crime in an interview with Look magazine.)

On this date: In 1780, British spy John Andre was captured along with papers revealing Benedict Arnold’s plot to surrender West Point to the British.

In 1806, the Lewis and Clark expedition returned to St. Louis more than two years after setting out for the Pacific Northwest.

In 1889, Nintendo was founded in Kyoto, Japan, as a playing card company.

In 1846, Neptune was identified as a planet by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle (GAH’-luh).

In 1926, Gene Tunney scored a ten-round decision over Jack Dempsey to win the world heavyweight boxing title in Philadelphia.

In 1952, Sen. Richard M. Nixon, R-Calif., salvaged his vice-presidential nomination by appearing on television from Los Angeles to refute allegations of improper campaign fundraising in what became known as the “Checkers” speech.

In 1957, nine black students who’d entered Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas were forced to withdraw because of a white mob outside.

In 1962, “The Jetsons,” an animated cartoon series about a Space Age family, premiered as the ABC television network’s first program in color.

In 1987, Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., withdrew from the Democratic presidential race following questions about his use of borrowed quotations and the portrayal of his academic record.

In 1999, the Mars Climate Orbiter apparently burned up as it attempted to go into orbit around the Red Planet.

In 2001, President George W. Bush returned the American flag to full staff at Camp David, symbolically ending a period of national mourning following the 9/11 attacks.

In 2002, Gov. Gray Davis signed a law making California the first state to offer workers paid family leave.

Ten years ago: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (ah-muhDEE’-neh-zhahd) accused what he called “a few bullying powers” of trying to thwart his country’s peaceful nuclear program and declared in a speech before the U.N. General Assembly that “the American empire” was nearing collapse. A 22-year-old gunman opened fire at his trade school in Finland, killing 10 people before fatally shooting himself.

Five years ago: Facing possible firing, Lois Lerner, the Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the agency’s tea party scandal, retired. An Egyptian court ordered the banning of the Muslim Brotherhood and the confiscation of its assets. After 20 consecutive years of losing, the Pittsburgh Pirates clinched at least a National League wild card when they beat the Chicago Cubs 2-1 and Washington lost to St. Louis 4-3. (The Pirates’ year came to an end as they lost to the St. Louis Cardinals in a division series that went the full five games.)

One year ago: President Donald Trump tweeted that NBA star Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors was no longer invited to the White House because Curry had said he didn’t want to make such a visit with his championship team; NBA star LeBron James responded with a tweet calling Trump a “bum” and saying, “Going to the White House was a great honor until you showed up!” Large amounts of federal aid began moving into Puerto Rico to help communities still without fresh water, fuel, electricity or phone service in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.

Today’s Birthdays: Singer Julio Iglesias is 75. Actor Paul Petersen (TV: “The Donna Reed Show”) is 73. Actress-singer Mary Kay Place is 71.

Rock star Bruce Springsteen is 69. Director/playwright George C. Wolfe is 64. Rock musician Leon Taylor (The Ventures) is 63. Actress Rosalind Chao is 61. Golfer Larry Mize is 60. Actor Jason Alexander is 59. Actor Chi McBride is 57. Country musician Don Herron (BR549) is 56. Actor Erik Todd Dellums is 54. Actress LisaRaye is 52. Singer Ani (AH’-nee) DiFranco is 48. Rock singer Sarah Bettens (K’s Choice) is 46. Recording executive Jermaine Dupri is 46. Actor Kip Pardue is 42. Actor Anthony Mackie is 40. Pop singer Erik-Michael Estrada (TV: “Making the Band”) is 39. Actress Aubrey Dollar is 38. Actor David Lim is 35. Pop singer Diana Ortiz (Dream) is 33. Actress Cush Jumbo is 33. Actor Skylar Astin is 31.

Tennis player Melanie Oudin (oo-DAN’) is 27.

Thought for Today: “Ours is a problem in which deception has become organized and strong; where truth is poisoned at its source; one in which the skill of the shrewdest brains is devoted to misleading a bewildered people.” -- Walter Lippmann (1889-1974).

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A different kind of stash A few weeks ago, my bride picked up a chest cold that was so nasty her coughs and sneezes began to register on seismic meters in Anchorage.

Luckily, her temperature didn’t soar to a point where spoons bent when she opened her mouth for a dram of cough medicine, although she did start plowing through enough tissue to threaten allegedly sustainable forests.

Her malady became wicked enough that we considered requiring our dogs to don surgical masks while her vocalizations degraded so much that the only lifeform on the planet that could understand her was our neighbor’s goose. So, she scribbled a note.

“Chill out Honeybear, this malaise is nowhere as bad as that attack of gunk that hit you after a trip to the Lower 48 a few years back. You were so pathetic that you jumped on Amazon to check out their selection of urns and called Turk to see if he Volunteers with the local and National Association of Realtors, the Soldotna rotary and the City had a stash of his “medicinal brew” avail- Of Soldotna gather at the 3 Friends Dog Park in Soldotna on Friday to install built-in seating in able. Remember?” the park’s entryway. (Photo courtesy of Connie Hocker) How could I forget? She has a better memory capacity than Google and a faster retrieval capability.

It went like this.

After I put out my plea, Turk arrived about an hour later, hauled in his bag of home remedies, took one look, and prescribed his infamous and secretive potion.

“This stuff will clear your sinuses, kill every germ in your throat, sweat the fever The Soldotna Senior Center held their Fall Roundup on Saturday, Sept. 8. I Gallery, 4D Carpet One, Sweeney’s Clothing, Barb Trombley, Alaska Best out of your pores and professionally clean want to personally thank all our volunteers who helped pull this event off. As Transit Mix, Arbys, NAPA, Ken Laing, Beemun’s Kenai River Brewing Comthe plaque off your teeth.” He rumbled. you may know, the Fall Roundup is one of our biggest fundraisers of the year. pany, Bearly Threaded Quilting Too, Aspen Hotel, Walgreens, Gladys Routh, “If you don’t mind, I’ll use your microThis was my first experience with this event and what a doozy it was. Just to River City Books, CadRe Feed, Sue’s Bath and Body Boutique, GAMAS, wave to heat this concoction up. Don’t name some of the key players: Estelle Parks and Dorothy Diamond, who went O’Reilly Auto Parts, Holiday Gas Station, Fine Thyme Café, Don Jose’s Reswant any open flames near this brew when out soliciting donations for our silent and outcry auctions and door prizes; Ed taurant, Buckets Sports Grill, Jersey Subs, Nita Douthit, Katie MacLeod, Carit gets to bubblin.”

Dupree, Linda Wade, and Al Chong for prepping the feast; our kitchen help- ibou Family Restaurant, Vickie Graham, Donna Swaby, Cornerstone Books Turk meant well, but I was having ers, Fred Erickson, Janet Stacy, Dody Coligan, Sherry Reeve, Carrie Rossini, & Supplies, Everything Bagels, Barbara Romaine, Gracie Holmberg, Kaladi second thoughts after watching him add Sue Ashford, and Pat Ullom,; auction runner Carl Whitworth; our President Brothers, Shelby Dykstra, Alyeska Tire, Acapulco Restaurant, King Salmon ingredients including cayenne pepper, George Parks, who jumped in to the dish room and hardly came out, except Restaurant, Jan Fena, Trustworthy Hardware, Dorothy Diamond, Margaret garlic, Echinacea powder, concentrated to bid in the auctions; our setup and cleanup crews, which included Christine Phelps, Frames & Things, Dave & Kitty Thompson, Dana Nichols, Golden lemon, a bunch of really weird looking Williams, Nita Douthit, Gladys Routh, Carolyn Prince, Margaret Johnson, International Restaurant, Dody Tachik, Carolyn Prince, Dolly Hills, and Harherbs and a huge slug of some dark liqand Bunny Chong, and many of those mentioned earlier; our auctioneer, Sen- vey (Butch) Douthit. uid essence from a tall brown bottle into a ator Peter Micciche; and Ken Losser, who I would personally be lost without, Also, big thanks to all of you who bid on our auction items. I heard rumors large ceramic stein. for keeping everything moving in the right direction. These events, which that this might have been our best Roundup yet! Thank you all for your genAfter slowly stirring the mess for a help keep our organization running to provide services to area seniors, would erosity! couple of minutes, he heated the potion — John Walker, Executive Director not be possible without all of you. Volunteers git’er’dun! until it was steaming, then advised me to Soldotna Area Senior Citizens, Inc Thanks also to all the merchants and individuals who donated items for our don a pair of wood stove gloves to handle auctions and door prizes. These merchants and individuals include Dragonfly the mug.

“What’s the matter Turk? The tankard too hot to handle?” I croaked.

“Nope.” He said with a grin. “Just don’t want ya to get any of that @*%+ on your skin.”

I pondered if I still had time to call the doc.

“Don’t drink any just yet.” He continAn Alaska gardener’s fall and Rethink your lawn ued. “Just put your nose over it and deeply winter to-do list Consider rethinking the inhale.” lawn.

Americans spend over At first, nothing happened. Then I felt After a prolific growing season with harvest $30 billion (yes, billion) a year a slight burning sensation that swept so complete a gardener’s list is not quite done. on their lawns. Eight hundred deep into my head that my ears popped To help keep on task the Cooperative Extenmillion gallons of gas to cut and my eyes rolled. Suddenly, I could sion Service has updated the fall and winter grass and 70 million pounds breath and hear without feeling like I was to-do list. This helpful publication reminds us of chemicals are dumped on plugged up worse than a sludge-choked of tasks to reduce insect overwintering areas, help winterize perennials, lawns to kill weeds or pests storm drain. prepare for next spring and more. Your local Cooperative Extension Sereach year. The mowers emit as much hydrocarbon in an hour as a car “Ease up bro.” Turk counseled. “Your vice is your year round resource for a variety of topics, visit us today at: driven 50 miles. Where there’s lawn there aren’t any trees, shrubs or face is redder than a baboon’s butt and a http://www.uaf.edu/ces/districts/kenai/ lot less pretty to look at.” other plants offering food or habitat for wildlife, cooling shade and to find this publication and more or stop by and see us on K-Beach “Thanks a lot bubba, your intellect is better carbon storage. Consider making small changes, maybe startRoad between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. We are “Learning for Life.” rivaled only by garden tools. Now what?” ing where the lawn isn’t doing so well. Plant native plants — they’re I squeaked. adapted to the local environment. Plant similar plants in different Get info on wild game processing “Take a deep sip and let it slowly slide spots to see how well they do. Plant trees — they up the value of down your throat. Try not to scream or your real estate. There is lots of gardening information nearby: the If you are fortunate enough to have harvested a moose this year, Exyou might power-hurl a blast that’ll melt Cooperative Extension Service, Libraries, and Garden Clubs. This is tension can help with the processing and preserving of your wild game. the seals around your bedroom’s wina great time of year to reconsider the lawn.

“Canning Caribou, Deer & Moose, Making Jerky and Making Sausage dows.” I just glowered and followed his We all make a difference, each and everyone of us. at Home” are but a few of the free publications available at the Exorders. tension Office. To obtain your copy these publications and more, stop When the solution hit my raw esophaby and see us on K-Beach Road between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday Information provided by ReGroup, a nonprofit educational group, gus, I felt like a fire-eater experiencing an through Friday. You can also access our online library of publications formed in 1989 to develop public awareness of waste reduction, reill-timed hiccup. I fully expected to see at: http://cespubs.uaf.edu/. use, and recycling benefit on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula. ReGroup tendrils of smoke spiral out of my nose. meets September through May, every third Monday of the month at Immediately thereafter, everything 6:30 p.m. at Hope Community Center on Princeton Avenue off Kawent pleasingly numb and I no longer lifornsky Beach Road. Find ReGroup on Facebook or contact at rehad the urge to cough up my kidneys and groupkenaipeninsula@gmail.com. other important intestinal units. I even had most of my voice back.

“Man, what in the hell is in that stuff?”

I huffed.

—Raspberry Pi Club: Friday, Oct. 5 at 4 p.m. Come Join us at the Kenai Community Library events Turk mumbled. “It’s a clandestine library to create games, inventions, learn how to program, make music family recipe. Mom would hang my hide —Do you like LEGOs? Why not join us to build LEGO creations with Sonic Pi, meet new friends, and more! Whether you want to hone on a wall if I told anyone. The women on based on new themes each week and inspired by children’s books! Lego your skills or are learning about Pi’s for the first time, the Raspberry Pi her side of the family have passed the poMakers, Mondays from 4–5 p.m. Designed for children ages 6-12; chil- club is the perfect place for you! tion on for generations. She taught it to dren under 8must be accompanied by an adult. -Wee Read Story Time, me because I’m an only child and have an Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. Designed for children ages0-3. Every Tuesday aversion to being skinned.” enjoy a program full of stories, songs, finger play and more! No registra- Soldotna Public Library activities “Nevur minded.” I burped as my jaw tion required.

For more information, contact the library at Soldotna Public Library went numb and I suddenly felt the need —Chess Club, Mondays at 4 p.m. Get ready to ROOK the HOUSE at 262-4227. for a significant nap. every Monday! Do you like playing Chess, or would you like to learn —YA Café, every Wednesday at 4 p.m., for middle school and high He just nodded and walked out the how? The Kenai Community Library is proud to offer a casual program school students. Snacks provided. door. for chess players of all ages and levels. Chess boards will be provided.

—Toddler story time, 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays, for children ages 18 I woke up about three hours later and -Preschool Story Time, Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m.Designed for children months to 3 years. — Bouncing babies storytime, 10:30 a.m. Wednescalled him. ages 3-5. Every Wednesday enjoy a program full of stories, songs, move- days, for children up to 18 months.

“Thanks man. That junk was astoundment and more! No registration required.

—Preschooler story time, 10:30 a.m. Thursdays, for children 3 to 5 ing. I don’t have a clue why it worked, but —American Girl Club: Monday, Sept. 24 at 4 p.m. Join us at the Ke- years old. it did.” nai Community Library for our monthly American Girl Club! We will —LEGO Brick Club, 4 p.m. Tuesdays. Tell your story and build a “No problem bro. We call it Wild Turbe making a lunch box and water bottle for your doll! Bring your doll world with LEGO. Adult supervision needed for children under 10. key Tea.” (doesn’t have to be an American Girl) or use one of ours! The doll house —Everyday Computer Skills for Beginners: Fridays at the Soldotna Needless to say, my wife would never will be out for everyone to play with. Meets at the same time and place Public Library, Sept. 14–Nov. 2 at 12:30, Tuesdays and Wednesdays at go near that stuff, much less his milder as LEGO Club.

Kenai Peninsula College from Sept. 11–Oct. 31 at 12:30 p.m. option of a Southern Comfort smoothie.

—Fermented Dill Pickles Workshop: Thursday, Oct. 4 at 4 p.m. Come —Do you want to learn how to use a computer or the internet, but just She’s a medicine cabinet buff. learn how to make delicious and tangy lacto-fermented dill pickles! Not don’t know where to start? We’re offering free courses in partnership Can’t say that I blame her, but I’m still only are the probiotics wonderful for your digestive health but this meth- with KPC focusing on learning how to use computers for everyday tasks keeping around a jar of the high-octane od keeps the pickles crunchy and fresh! Must pre-register at the front such as using documents, finding information online, filling out forms, version just for respiratory emergencies. desk. Class size limited to 10 participants. and connecting with friends and family through email or social media.

Nick can be reached at ncvarney@ gmail.com.

A shout-out to Senior Center volunteers

Learning for Life

The Recycling Bin

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Dear Heloise: It’s tempting to BRING ALONG THE FAMILY DOG when visiting family and friends, because boarding a pet can get expensive.

Hints for visiting with your pet: 1. Is your dog thoroughly housebroken?

Food-aggressive or shy? Does your pet need to be crated if you go out?

2. Make sure your pet is welcome.

3. You are responsible for messes your pet makes.

4. Have copies of your pet’s vet records.

5. Make sure your pet is microchipped.

6. Bring your pet’s food with you.

-- Peggy H. in San Antonio It’s a great time for a weekend getaway, when the leaves are turning. Bring your pets, if it will work for all, for fall!

-- Heloise PET PAL Dear Readers: Lesley in San Antonio shared a picture of her sweet, smiling 16-yearold Milo, a Beagle mix. He’s the best companion, and has brought joy and love into her life.

SIZE MATTERS

Hints from Heloise

Dear Heloise: To your readers: Please think To see Milo and our other Pet Pals, visit about what size an outdoor plant will become, www.Heloise.com and click on “Pet of the and plant accordingly.

Week.”

That little tree will become a 50-foot giant -- Heloise that will cover your neighbor’s roof.

The vine will find its way to your neighWINDSHIELD WARRIOR bor’s eaves.

The creeping ground cover will creep its Dear Heloise: I discovered a cloudy haze on the inside of my car windshield. I tried com- way over to your neighbor’s yard.

Anything deciduous will shed its leaves. mercial glass cleaner, only to smear the haze!

I write this out of personal experience and I thought, “I know what Heloise would suggest -- vinegar!” I used white vinegar with frustration. I enjoy reading your column in a microfiber cloth and then wiped the wind- The (Vancouver, Wash.) Columbian.

-- A Reader, via email shield again with plain water. It worked perfectly -- the haze was gone!

BUTT OUT! I enjoy reading your column in my local paper, the Kirksville (Missouri) Daily ExDear Heloise: I am a trash collector for my press! Thank you for all your excellent hints planet. A common thing found on our beach: and advice. cigarette butts.

-- Janene M., via email As I walk my dogs, I use their doggie bags Janene, isn’t vinegar a dream? It’s cheap, to pick up cigarette butts. I’m planning to get available, nontoxic and safe, and I’ve used it tin buckets to fill with sand, and I’ll attach a throughout my career. You’re right on track laminated sign: “Put your butts here -- save with the microfiber cloth -- no lint left behind! the planet.”

-- Heloise -- Marilyn A., Santa Monica, Calif.

New York Times Crossword “UH, WHAT?” 1 Like a bull in a china shop 7 Blue 11 Band whose songs are featured in a hit 2001 musical and 2018 movie 15 Tube tops 19 Where Hemingway wrote “The Old Man and the Sea” 20 Instrument whose name sounds like a rebuke of Obama’s dog 21 Case load?

22 River that formed an extension of the Mason-Dixon line 23 One who’s just moved from Portland?

26 Bit of baseball gear 27 “Jeez, I heard you already!”

28 Number 29 Game played with a dog 30 Peak 31 Tennis great who wrote the 2009 tellall “Open” 32 Major science journal 33 Satchel for a guy 35 Convert a morgue worker into a spy?

37 Google ____ 38 Pre-euro currency 39 Smooch 40 Leave gobsmacked 41 Common plural verb 42 Staple of many a “Real Housewives” episode 44 One of the Leewards 48 LeBron basketball sneaker, e.g.?

51 Foe in “Wonder Woman” 55 – – – 56 Ready for the recycling bin 57 Field trip chaperone 59 Surrender 60 Celebrity chef Oliver 61 Hunger for 62 Will of “Arrested Development” 64 Determined to do 65 Flower said to cover the plains of Hades 68 Brand of 33-Down 69 Intense blowback against a signature Trump policy proposal?

72 Large mobile devices, to use a modern portmanteau 74 Hair net 75 Amazon threat 76 Muppet eagle 79 Highest draft category 80 Garbage barge 81 Tour de France setting

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87 Bender 89 “Present!”

90 Like more 91 Gulf mogul 92 Rulers during the Time of Troubles 93 Jewish mysticism 94 Harmonized 98 Triple-A requests 99 Nickname for a superserious congressman?

101 Trainer of Rey in “The Last Jedi” 102 Eager 103 Fixtures in every Vegas casino 104 Ontario city across the river from Buffalo, for short 105 Craftsy online store 106 Cay 107 For takeout 108 Exemplar of cruelty

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-- “BAD GUY” GIRLFRIEND DEAR B.G.G.: Before moving out and walking away, have another discussion with Mason. Ask him if he envisions a future with all three of you in it, and what that means. And while you’re at it, ask him why he feels he needs Ryan’s $500 since both of you are working and there should be no reduction in his lifestyle if Ryan moves out. In fact, there should be an improvement if you split all the bills. If Mason still can’t agree to part with Ryan, then move out

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4 Hungarians, by another name 5 Noses around 6 Northerner 7 One of the Gilmore Girls 8 Old sports org. with the Kentucky Colonels 9 U.S. food giant 10 Suck-up 11 Red with embarrassment 12 Fad toy of the 1990s 13 Tendency 14 What’s better when it’s fine?

15 Awaken 16 Yellowfin 17 Workers who are always retiring?

18 “Take that!”

24 Strain 25 Tweet, e.g.

29 Language of Omar Khayyam’s “Rubáiyát” 31 Glows 32 Caution on an airplane wing 33 Dip for mozzarella sticks 34 Affecting radically 35 x 36 Biceps exercise 37 Attack on a big scale

Man’s loyalty to roommate jeopardizes his relationship DEAR ABBY: I have been in a relationship with “Mason” for almost two years. I moved in with him a few months back, and things have been very good between us. I know he’s The One, and I’d marry him right now if he’d ask.

My problem is his roommate, “Ryan.”

Mason has hinted about a proposal in the near future, which is something I used to want until recently, when I brought up a concern of mine about his roommate.

Ryan has lived with Mason for more than 10 years. Ryan is a grown, healthy man who hasn’t had a regular job during the entire 10 years he’s lived with my boyfriend. Mason says he depends on Ryan’s $500 monthly rent payment to keep up with the lifestyle he’s used to having. I want to go further in our relationship without a third person, but when I brought it up, I was made out to be the bad guy and accused of not liking Ryan -- which I consider a red flag.

Would it be unfair to break up with Mason because he’s so fond of -- and dependent upon -- his longtime friend/ roommate and the $500 rent? I don’t want to give him an ultimatum. I adore him and wish he was as fond of me as he is his roommate. I want us to depend on each other and experience life like a normal couple without a third party. We both work, and I’m starting to resent Ryan, who I feel has no intention of moving on. Should I move out and walk away because I find it weird?

L A T E

and walk away because he’s already taken.

DEAR ABBY: My mother has dementia. My sister came to visit. The day after she left to return to Georgia, I noticed a picture was missing from the wall. When I Abigail Van Buren called and asked her about it, she said it was “her inheritance” and Mom had given it to her “a long time ago.” I think it was stealing. Mom has no idea it’s gone. What do you think?

-- THROWN IN MICHIGAN DEAR THROWN: If it wasn’t theft, your sister would have discussed it with you before she took the picture rather than “disappear” the item.

However, in the interest of family harmony, it’s important to carefully pick your battles.

I wish you had mentioned who will be in charge of your mother’s estate after her death. Because you live closer to her, I assume it will be you. If it’s a family lawyer, in the interest of a fair division of the assets, that person should be notified so the picture can be properly appraised.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby. com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

For everything you need to know about wedding planning, order “How to Have a Lovely Wedding.” Send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $7 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby, Wedding Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. (Shipping and handling are included in the price.)

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38 Uncool 42 Gig for an aspiring electronic musician 43 Root word?

44 Citation 45 What “…” may represent 46 What “#” means in chess notation 47 Slim 49 Surrendered 50 “Take a hike!”

52 Like an uncorrupted file 53 Academy Awards prop 54 Popular Belgian brews, informally 58 Hurt 60 Ballet jump 63 Music genre at a rave 64 Provider of green juice?

65 Bother 66 Put away 67 Vietnamese broth-and-noodles soup 70 “Yeah, right” 71 Academy Awards prop 73 Garden toilers 76 Saliva

77 Words from a T.S.A. agent before a pat-down 78 Punk rock hairstyles 80 Guarantee 81 U.S.P.S. package status 83 Purchase at a sports stadium 84 Sophisticated 85 How whiskey is often served 86 Financially solvent 87 Blue man group?

88 Something made to be destroyed 91 Where soccer was invented: Abbr.

93 Hitchcock triple feature?

94 Should that be the case 95 “Hey ____” (start of a phone voice command) 96 R&B great Redding 97 A bit of disputin’ from Putin?

99 Chairlift item 100 Clickable tag on BuzzFeed beside “LOL” and “WTF”

Jaqueline Bigar’s Stars HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018: This year you often feel as if you are in the middle of some crosswinds. You can see reasons to go in whatever direction you would like. Perhaps you need to base your decisions on different criteria than you have in the past. If you are single, you could meet someone quite endearing.

You frequently experience a push-and-pull effect with this person. If you are attached, the two of you enjoy change and are willing to take risks. You both also are likely to make some changes to your day-to-day life. PISCES encourages you to dream.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH You might have planned today as a day for some solitude. You could get lonely by midday, though suddenly you are off in dreamland experiencing nirvana. Whether this state is real or in your imagination makes little difference.

Keep the pace relaxed. Tonight: Enjoy the quiet.

This Week: The Full Moon on Monday pushes you directly into the limelight.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH You will zero in on a friend. You also will be eyeing a long-term goal. Someone might not agree with you, but that hassle doesn’t seem to bother you! You have the strength of personality to be independent. Inspiration leads you down an intriguing path. Tonight: Out late.

This Week: You might have difficulty getting into the week.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH Tension revolves around you and your long-term desires. Touch base with an elderly family member or a wise older friend. This person’s feedback helps you clarify and put words to your ideas. Feelings might be intensifying with a loved one. Tonight: You are full of energy!

This Week: Zero in on what you desire.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHHH Reach out to someone you care a lot about.

This person might be at a distance, but when you speak, you feel as if you live next door to each other. Discuss getting together in the near future -- the sooner, the better. Tonight: Go where your mind can wander and be free!

This Week: Tension builds to the boiling point.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHHH One-on-one relating takes you down a new path. At first, you might be cautious or resistant, but the grass is green on this path, and you’ll soon begin to move quickly. Others will appreciate it if you keep conversations on an individual level. Tonight: Be part of a duo.

This Week: Monday’s Full Moon encourages you to break past self-imposed restrictions.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHHH Defer to others for now. You might have some strong feelings as to how you need to proceed. Still, get

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Dogs make the grade

By Dave Green

feedback from a close personal friend. If something is as good as it seems, go with it. A loved one might need your support. Tonight: Wherever you are, a party erupts.

This Week: You might want to keep conversations light and easy.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH You cannot put off a project any longer, even if you want to. If you don’t want someone’s flak, you need to handle a situation or project around your home. Be smart and clear it out, adjusting your plans if need be. Tonight: Relax in a bubble bath, or schedule a massage.

This Week: You might get an earful from a partner.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH You could be tied up in a personal situation that you find depleting and perhaps debilitating. You normally handle such matters with ease, but a recent bout of depression or feeling less than great could be coloring your perspective. Tonight: Get into a fun game.

This Week: Clarify your opinions in a way that others can identify with.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH Don’t push someone too hard and think that you can get away with it. Stay focused on the big picture, which could involve work as well as friends. The people in your life might be difficult. Remember the importance of staying on track. Tonight: The only answer is “yes.”

This Week: Your creativity emerges as you face problems.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Your perspective could change after you move away from the rainy cloud that’s above you. Whatever turned your thinking toward the negative can be identified and eliminated. Avoid someone who creates hassles for you. Tonight: You could find yourself suddenly overspending.

This Week: Pressure builds at home.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH Keep to your budget at all costs. You have gone through a lot of changes, and it appears that you have several adjustments to make. You know what feels right, and you realize when you go overboard, even if you refuse to admit it. Tonight: Please tame yourself, for your own sake.

This Week: Others hear your message loud and clear.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHHH No one questions that you feel on top of the world; you make it quite apparent. Your magnetism, smile and energy draw people toward you. You might wonder what it would be best to do under the present circumstances.

Don’t overthink this issue. Tonight: Embrace the moment.

This Week: You might want to curb your innate impulsiveness.

BORN TODAY Singer/songwriter Ray Charles (1930), singer/songwriter Bruce Springsteen (1949), rapper Jermaine Dupri (1972)

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Founded by Betty Debnam

Lice Aren’t Nice

photo © Martin Bowra | Dreamstime.com

Mini Fact: Adult head lice are about 2 to 3 mm long.

A special fine-toothed comb can be used to remove lice and nits from the hair.

photo courtesy CDC

It’s not about dirt

photo © Ian Allenden | Dreamstime.com

Some people believe that people who get lice are dirty. This is not true. In fact, it is just the opposite.

Lice like clean hair. It is harder for them to cling to dirty, oily hair.

Lice infest children more than adults. This is probably because kids have more contact with one another than adults do. They are more likely to come in contact with each other while playing, for example.

Girls are more likely to get lice than boys.

Girls usually have longer hair, which means it may touch other hair more often.

What lice are

A louse is a type of insect with no wings.

When there is only one, it is called a louse.

More than one are called lice.

Different kinds of lice live on different kinds of hair. They don’t usually move from one type to another.

For example, human head lice would not be happy living on your pet. They don’t live on other body hair, either. They like fine hair that grows fairly close to other hairs.

What to do

Lice are hard to get rid of. Lice products sold without a prescription will probably not get rid of all the lice on someone’s hair. Head lice have probably developed resistance to these products.

If people get head lice, they may need a special shampoo from the doctor. They can also use a nit comb to remove nits and live lice. This treatment takes a lot of work.

The most important thing to do is to remove live lice and nits from the hair.

According to experts, it is not as important to wash all bedding, stuffed animals and clothing. Lice cannot usually live for more than 12 hours away from a person’s hair.

What lice do

A louse is a type of parasite. A parasite is a plant or animal that lives in or on another living creature. This being is called a host. The parasite feeds off the host and gives nothing back. Some parasites may harm their hosts.

Head lice do not harm humans.

Lice suck blood from the host’s body. They need to feed every hour and a half.

The bloodsucking causes itching and irritation in the person infested with lice.

People can sometimes feel the insects crawling through their hair.

Preventing lice

To avoid getting lice, try not to share hats, scarves, helmets or hairbrushes with other kids. At slumber parties or when playing, try not to have head-to-head contact with other kids. Lice can’t fly, but they can move from one head to another.

A growing problem

A female louse may attach an oval-shaped egg to a person’s hair about one-half inch from the scalp. That spot is where the best hatching temperature is.

The egg hatches after seven to 10 days. When an egg hatches, the empty louse egg is called a nit. photo © Skypixel | Dreamstime.com

You and your family may have had to deal with head lice — the itchy, microscopic insects that love human hair.

More kids are infested with head lice than ever before. Experts believe this is because kids are with other kids so much, in day care, classrooms and after-school activities. Experts think between 6 and 12 million American kids get head lice each year.

Let’s get ahead of lice with some information about these little bloodsucking critters.

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Resources On the Web:

• bit.ly/MPlicefaq • youtu.be/kAE458NjsrQ

The Mini Page® © 2018 Andrews McMeel Syndication Based on materials originally produced and/or created by Betty Debnam.

Try ’n’ Find

Mini Jokes

Words that remind us of lice are hidden in this puzzle.

Some words are hidden backward or diagonally, and some letters are used twice. See if you can find: BRUSH, CLEAN, COMB, EGG, GIRLS, HAIR, HAT, HEAD, HELMET, HOST, HUMANS, INFEST, INSECT, IRRITATION, ITCH, LICE, LOUSE, NIT, PARASITE, PEST, SCARF, SHAMPOO, TREATMENT.

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Larry: What do you call a head louse on a bald person?

Lars: Homeless!

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Eco Note Climate change is affecting environments worldwide.

Forests, grasslands, deserts and oceans are heating up. Scientists fear that climate change will change weather patterns worldwide. Dry areas could be hit by severe droughts, while wet areas could see more flooding. Extreme weather events, such as hurricanes and massive snowstorms, are becoming more common. This suggests climate change may already be taking effect.

• 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese • 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil

What to do: 1. Cook tortellini according to package directions, then drain. Heat pasta sauce in a saucepan over medium heat.

2. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add tortellini and cook for 2 minutes, stirring frequently, until golden brown. Add bread crumbs and Parmesan and toss to coat. Cook for 1 minute to heat through.

3. Spoon warm pasta sauce onto individual plates. Arrange pasta over sauce and top with basil. Serves 4.

Adapted from “The Robin Takes 5 Cookbook for Busy Families” with

permission from Andrews McMeel Publishing (andrewsmcmeel.com).

7 Little Words for Kids Use the letters in the boxes to make a word with the same meaning as the clue. The numbers in parentheses represent the number of letters in the solution. Each letter combination can be used only once, but all letter combinations will be necessary to complete the puzzle.

1. ringing clock that wakes you (5) 2. hammer or saw (4) 3. what a cat’s claws do (7) 4. it has swings and slides (10) 5. colorful plastic shoes (5) 6. most sneakers have them (5) 7. where art is displayed (7)

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You’ll need: • 12 ounces cheese-filled tortellini • 1 cup pasta or pizza sauce of your choice • 2 teaspoons olive oil • 1/4 cup reduced-sodium dry bread crumbs

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Toasted Tortellini

* You’ll need an adult’s help with this recipe.

Cook’s Corner

adapted with permission from “50 Things You Should Know About the Environment” by Jen Green, © QEB Publishing Inc.

For later: Look in your newspaper for articles about other types of pests.

Teachers:

For standards-based activities to accompany this feature, visit: bit.ly/MPstandards. And follow The Mini Page on Facebook!

Answers: alarm, tool, scratch, playground, Crocs, laces, gallery.

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To protect pollinators, go easy on the fall garden cleanup

This Sept. 2 photo shows a brush pile taken near Langley, Wash. The pile is an example of a gardener trying to provide wintertime protection for a variety of wildlife species in his yard, including pollinators. (Dean Fosdick via AP)

Time to rake up the yard, deadhead the perennials and till the vegetable garden? Not so fast.

Popular opinion is swinging toward letting things stay just as they are through winter — decayed and drab but serviceable.

Displaying a messy yard may not win any good-neighbor awards, but entomologists say our vital but dwindling insect pollinator populations would be much better off.

“People are increasingly recognizing the value of having good habitat throughout the seasons,” said Deborah Landau, a conservation ecologist with the Maryland/D.C. chapter of the Nature Conservancy.

“Sometimes it’s hard to make the connection with the insects you see in the garden in the warm months with the dried litter remaining when it cools, but it’s important to keep that structure going through winter,” Landau said.

Such structure includes standing stalks of dead plants, especially under flower heads, where butterflies seek shelter. It also includes layers of leaf litter that collect to protect larvae, egg masses, hibernating wild bees, dormant spiders and many other beneficial insects.

“Cavity-nesting bees may have made their home in old canes of raspberries and perhaps some ornamental grasses,” said Rebecca Finneran, a consumer horticulture educator with Michigan State University Extension.

“These two items usually are not cleaned up until spring anyway, but they also can be preserved by placing them (upright) in an out-of-the-way location such as behind a compost pile, and the larvae will still hatch.

“The main thing is not to destroy the stems,” she said.

Pollinator cautions aside, which autumn landscape chores are most important, and which can safely be left until spring?

Build a priority list. Consider: — Giving your yard at least one last soaking before reeling up the hoses for winter.

— Planting a cover crop and adding new perennials including bulbs, trees and shrubs at a time when fall moisture can help establish their root systems.

— Removing ailing plants to help with disease control during the upcoming planting season.

— Not disturbing bare soil where many wild bee species, including bumblebees, overwinter in small nests. “Many of our ground-nesting species will not be bothered by a general cleanup, but I will tell you that I had bumblebees working my late-blooming coral bells up until frost,” Finneran said.

— Delaying tilling. Put nature to work through winter with earthworms.

— Postponing pulling up your summer annuals and chrysanthemums until spring.

They’ll trap whatever leaves blow by, creating their own enriching mulch while shielding insects.

“What I tell people concerned about how things might look is just clean up in the front yard and let things go in the back,” Landau said. “Remove any layers of material from the garden that might have fungus in it. But if it’s simply dead, leave it alone.”

Brush piles are great wintertime protection for a variety of wildlife species, and the more you can leave them untouched, the better, she said. “Otherwise, you might unearth or squash insect larvae.

“Leave at least a little corner of the property intact,” Landau said. “Any little bit will help since you have insects living in your garden the year-round.”

——— Online: For more about caring for pollinators, see this brochure from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: www.fao.org/fao-stories/article/ en/c/1127922/ You can contact Dean Fosdick at deanfosdick@netscape.net

RIGHT AT HOME: Furniture with ports and plugs to connect you

By KIM COOK Associated Press

We’re a nation of multi-taskers, often keeping an eye on our phones or other devices even while lounging on the sofa watching television.

And those devices need power. Who wants to keep getting up to plug stuff in when you’re bingeing a great show, reading a good book or otherwise chilling?

Turns out, you don’t have to. Furniture makers are responding to our multi-tasking lifestyle with seating and surfaces featuring integrated sockets and USB ports. All you have to do is position your chair or table within range of a wall plug to keep the juice flowing, and then you can tap into the furniture’s power source.

On some pieces, the power access is in an armrest or base panel, while others have it built into the legs, side panels or drawers.

Another clever hiding spot: lamp bases. Lamps Plus has many options, including the Karla table lamp from 360 Lighting, with a sleek brass or polished-steel column. A pair of Ledger mercury-glass table lamps also come equipped with USB ports.

Or consider Ikea’s Varv floor lamp, with a sleek adjustable base that let you charge a phone just by resting it on the charging pad. There’s an additional USB port built into the lamp.

Room & Board has several smart-looking pieces for various rooms. A classic Parsons bed has ports and plugs on both sides of the headboard. The iron frame comes in a range of colors, including fun ones like red, green, pink, ocean and blue.

The Portica end table comes both standard and C-shaped, which can be useful for tight spaces.

Choose your own top: glass, quartz or marble composite, or woods like walnut, maple, spalted sugarberry and ash.

Designers have tackled the clunky traditional recliner, coming up with some sleeker, more stylish versions. At Room & Board, find the Ellison, Dalton and Harper, which all come in a fine-grained leather and are available with USB ports.

The designers at Gjemeni tackled both connectivity and comfort with a collection of comfy leather chairs and sofas that have charging plugs as well as adjustable backs, so you can turn each piece into a seat, a lounger or even a bed.

At Wayfair , Brayden Studio’s ash wood Keiper nightstand has a rustic modern vibe that would make it work as a side table anywhere; dual ports sit discreetly on the back.

Get the party started and keep it plugging along with AllModern’s Sobro coffee table. Available in black, white or wood finishes, the table is equipped not only with outlets and ports, but a built-in fridge, speakers and LED mood lights around the base. Operate everything from the tabletop; no apps required.

Also at AllModern, the LeeAnne slipper chair in black or white leatherette has a three-port USB panel on its side.

Ikea’s pert little Nordli nightstand has a hidden shelf for a power bar, and a groove up the leg to tuck in the cord. Simpler still is the Seljie nightstand, with a cutout in the back panel to run a power-bar cord into the drawer.

If you prefer retrofitting existing pieces, there are options. In the bedroom, consider Studio 3B’s fourpiece bed-lift set; the lifts raise a bed 7 inches, and one of the legs houses two grounded outlets plus two USB ports.

From Legrand comes a port-and-plug power bar you can screw or clamp onto any edge to create connected furniture; the black or white/gray unit comes with a 6-inch cord.

This photo provided by Room & Board shows the Portica end table from Room & Board, which comes both standard and in a C-shaped version, which can be useful for tight spaces. Choose your own top: glass, quartz or marble composite, or woods like walnut, maple, spalted sugarberry and ash. (Room & Board via AP)

US home sales were flat in August

By JOSH BOAK AP Economics Writer

WASHINGTON — U.S. sales of existing homes were unchanged in August, as a shortage of houses priced at less than $250,000 — a level considered to be affordable for the middle class — has become a drag on the real estate market.

The National Association of Realtors said Thursday that homes sold last month at a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 5.34 million. Existing home sales have fallen 1.5 percent during the past 12 months.

Price gains are moderating, and the total number of sales listings is increasing, a marked change from roughly three years’ worth of annual declines in inventory. But the sales momentum is increasingly concentrated on homes worth more than $500,000, while sales of homes worth less than $250,000 have tumbled over the past year.

Still viewed as a foundation for the U.S. middle class, home ownership has become a challenge for many Americans as prices have been rising at a faster pace than incomes for roughly the past five years. The relative robust job market has boosted demand over the past year, yet borrowing costs have shot up and created affordability pressures that are relegating many wouldbe buyers to the sidelines.

“A strong economy is no longer enough to prop up home buying demand,” said Cheryl Young, a senior economist at the real estate company Trulia. “Home buyers are sensing that the market is near or at an apex and many are pulling back to see when prices may finally begin to tip in their favor.”

There were 1.92 million existing homes for sale at the end of August, up from 1.87 million a year ago.

In this 2018 file photo, a sign shows a house sold in North Andover, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

The median sales price in July increased 4.6 percent from a year ago to $264,800. Home prices are no longer climbing as quickly as they did in 2017 and 2016, although the gains are still greater than average wage growth.

Sales rose last month in the Northeast and Midwest, but they fell in the South and West.

Nationally, there has been a 1.7 percent decline in the sale of homes priced between $100,000 and $250,000 in the past year. But the sale of homes worth more than $1 million has jumped by 11.8 percent, a sign that the greater concentration of wealth among the top sliver of

households is reshaping how the U.S. housing market operates.

Higher mortgage rates also appear to be a drag on sales.

This week, the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage charged an interest rate of 4.65 percent, according to mortgage buyer Freddie Mac. The average has jumped from 3.83 percent a year ago because of the solid economic growth, rising government debt and intensifying showdown between China and the United States on trade, said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist.

D2 | Sunday, September 23, 2018 | Peninsula Clarion

More than just glass boxes: Modernist homes vary by region

By KATHERINE ROTH Associated Press

Anyone who imagines that modernist houses across the United States are a homogeneous collection of sleek glass boxes may want to look again.

At its best, modernism has always meant to commune with the landscape and reflect the lifestyle of each homeowner. So modernist homes in the United States have tended to reflect regional differences, say the authors of two new books on the movement.

“Most people think of modernist architecture as simplified forms — minimalist boxes, as it were, incorporating the latest technology. Once you delve deeper though, you see that they differ greatly from one region to another, reflecting local landscapes and cultures,” says David Sokol, author of “Hudson Modern: Residential Landscapes” (The Monicelli Press, June 2018).

“They share a common spirit, but New Canaan modernism is utterly different from Fire Island modernism . and then you go to Sarasota, Florida, or Palm Springs, or the Midwest and you see utterly different approaches,” he says.

Meanwhile, in “Texas Made/Texas Modern: the House and the Land” (The Monicelli Press, October 2018, photos by Casey Dunn), author Helen Thompson shows how architects in Dallas, for example, adapted European modernism to the topography, climate and culture of Texas.

“If ever there was an architectural movement that sprang from local identity and the joy of discovery, Texas regionalism is it,” she says.

Whether in Texas or New York’s Hudson Valley, modernist architects make use of local materials and take into account local lifestyles and climates, while adhering to a common respect for the landscape, clean lines and casual living.

The results couldn’t be more different.

“The colder, more streamlined version is what most people associate with modernism, but it’s had a whole different side that gets lost in that image of things,” Thompson says. “A lot of environments can’t support a glass-box look.

And people want homes with some warmth.”

“The Texas centennial was in 1936 and people were reconsidering what Texas meant. Texans love shiny new things and have never been short on ego, and Modernist homes really started speaking to people. It was a whole period of new freshness,” she explains.

Unlike modernism elsewhere in the country, Texans favored hand-crafted details, and local features like thick walls made of Mexican-style “Saint Joe brick”; screened-in porches; patios; and narrow connectors between spaces known as “dog trots.”

“They felt like modernism needed to look like it belonged where it was,” she says.

And while modernist homes in Texas are about communing with the outdoors, Thompson says, “A big sliding glass door may not be what you’d want in Texas. Large overhangs that provide shade, and hallways that work their way toward outdoor spaces tend to be more enticing.”

In the woodsy Hudson River Valley in the Northeast, on the other hand, the aesthetic is quite different. Winters can be long and cold,

summers muggy, and many of the architects and homeowners live, or have lived, in nearby New York City.

“Glass doesn’t do the greatest job of keeping out the weather. And sometimes what you want is some opacity and some solid surfaces, to feel protected from the elements,” Sokol says.

“There’s a poetic and a spiritual need as well. If there’s a snowstorm brewing outside you might not want to be in a glass house. And it gets hot there in the summer.”

He points out that even Philip Johnson’s iconic Glass House, in New Canaan, Connecticut, was designed alongside a less famous and cozier Brick House.

Hudson modern homes tend to include timber and stone, either locally sourced or evoking the local environment. They tend to relate to the largely agricultural landscape and architecture around them, and many are designed as a counterpoint to life in New York City — they’re often designed as country houses for city dwellers.

“It’s really hard to understand what Hudson modern is without understanding what New York City is,” Sokol says.

“These houses are all typically modern because they’re high-tech and emphasize a close connection between indoors and outdoors, but they also have this sense of coziness and respect for history that’s very particular to this area,” he says.

“When you realize that modernism is about rethinking certain rules, about saying, ‘This is who I am and I don’t apologize for it’ and embracing your own particular lifestyle and landscape, then you realize just how diverse modernist homes must be,” he explains. “There’s a house for every self, and, of course, for every region.”

This undated photo provided by The Monacelli Press shows the inside of architect Steven Holl’s home in the Hudson Valley. This is a sitting room on the home’s second floor and is featured in the book “Hudson Modern: Residential Landscapes” by David Sokol. (Paul Warchol/The Monacelli Press via AP)

This undated photo provided by The Monacelli Press shows a hunting blind/writing studio in a house in Henley, Texas designed by Lemmo Architecture & Design. The studio’s roof is a rocky fill to blend in with the surrounding terrain and is featured in the book “Texas Made/ This undated photo provided by The Monacelli Press shows a guest house in the Hudson Valley Texas Modern: the House and the Land” by designed by Desai Chia Architecture and is featured in the book “Hudson Modern: Residential Helen Thompson. (Casey Dunn/The Monacelli Landscapes” by David Sokol. (Paul Warchol/The Monacelli Press via AP) Press via AP)

Steps to a more organized, functional garage Organization can help homeowners transform their homes into less cramped, more spacious oases without forcing them to finance potentially expensive expansion projects.

Homeowners who park in their driveways may find that their garages have become crowded, cluttered spaces in which searching for tools can feel like scouring a haystack in search of a needle. Organizing a garage can create extra room in a home while affording homeowners the chance to protect their vehicles from the elements. Homeowners who want to turn their garages into something more than cluttered storage units can employ the following strategies to transform these largely overlooked areas into more valuable spaces.

• Choose the right day. Garages tend to be separate from the rest of the homes they’re a part of, meaning the only way to organize a garage is to first remove all items from the garage and into the driveway. Because items removed from the garage will be exposed to the elements, homeowners should choose a day that’s temperate and sunny to clean their garages. If possible, homeowners should opt to organize their garages in late spring, summer or early fall when there are additional hours of daylight. This protects homeowners from having to work in the dark should the job take lon-

ger than they initially anticipated.

• Discard or donate duplicate items. Duplicate items are some of the main culprits behind cluttered garages. As garages gradually become more cluttered, homeowners may buy tools they already have simply because they cannot find their original tools. When organizing the garage, create separate piles for duplicate tools, placing still-useful items in a pile that can be donated to neighbors, local charities or organizations and another pile for old tools that are no longer useful.

• Host a garage sale. Homeowners who want to organize their garages and make a buck at the same time can host garage sales. Make only those items that are still functional available for purchase, and let neighbors and bargain hunters do the bulk of your organization work for you.

• Designate areas of the garage for certain items.

Once the items that won’t be going back into the garage have been sold, donated or discarded, organize the garage by designating areas for certain items, making sure to separate items that can pose safety risks. For example, store kids’ bicycles and outdoor toys in a corner of the garage that is opposite the corner where potentially dangerous items such as power tools and gas cans will be stored.

Keep the center of the garage open for vehicles.

• Periodically park cars in the garage. Homeowners who are comfortable parking their vehicles in their driveways can improve their chances of maintaining organized garages over the long haul by periodically parking in the garage. Doing so not only prevents the gradual buildup of

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Maintaining an organized garage can help homeowners make more practical use of the space in their homes.

Peninsula Clarion | Sunday, September 23, 2018 | D3

Wendy Williamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; new hot topic: Helping substance abusers

By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer

NEW YORK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Talk show diva Wendy Williams feels lucky to be alive after more than a decade of cocaine abuse and now wants to help others be present in their own lives.

Williams has been giving back through the Hunter Foundation, created with husband Kevin Hunter, since 2014. The two recently added a new anti-drug initiative, BeHere.org. Their goal is to raise $10 million in five years to fund such things as drug treatment facilities and research, the latter focused on K2. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very pretty packaging,â&#x20AC;? Williams told The Associated Press recently of the popular and potentially deadly synthetic marijuana. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It looks like a pack of Pop Rocks. The kids are smoking it. Adults smoke it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just a city thing. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an easy access thing. You can walk into a bodega and grab a loaf of bread and some K2.â&#x20AC;?

Williams detailed her own drug abuse in her 2003 memoir, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Wendyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Got the Heat,â&#x20AC;? written with Karen Hunter. Williams began, as many do, as a cocaine dabbler. Her habit grew to 3 grams a day over a decade in broadcasting, first in radio.

She said she quit on her own without the use of rehab or any assistance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I woke up one day and said, you know, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never been arrested. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never shamed my family by being arrested,â&#x20AC;? Williams told the AP. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My job has never fired me, although they looked in my eyes and they knew I was high, but I was also making great ratings so they chose to just deal with it. â&#x20AC;Ś I woke up and I said, let me move along with my life.â&#x20AC;?

Substance abuse and addiction are discussed and dealt with much more openly today, but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a long way to go before complete acceptance, she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People are embarrassed. People donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to talk about it. People ignore the family member whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always five sheets into the wind, as

This 2018 image taken from video shows talk show host Wendy Williams during an interview in New York. (AP Photo)

they say. For people who get clean, sometimes itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s difficult for them to admit that they were a substance abuser because thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a stigma,â&#x20AC;? Williams said.

Williams recalled some of her own lows. She passed out in the bathroom of a radio station where she was working overnights years ago, returning for a visit recently while promoting her TV show to notice the baseboard she had knocked off the wall was still missing. She had sneaked out of the studio to use cocaine during a long song.

Losing that job, she said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;would have been a big wake up call.â&#x20AC;?

Getting clean led to bigger things, including her transition from radio to TV. Williams celebrated her 54th birthday in July

and began the 10th season of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Wendy Williams Showâ&#x20AC;? earlier this month, complete with a fresh take on her theme song done by Fergie. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I cannot believe that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been on this long,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not because we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a good show but because people are so impatient.

People are very, very impatient, particularly during daytime TV. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a more intimate time to be with people. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re drinking their coffee, they still have their robe on. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the friend whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s invited into their home, but they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just invite anyone. They gave me a chance.â&#x20AC;?

Williams celebrated her birthday with a fundraising bash to support Be Here. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel wonderful and kicky,â&#x20AC;? she said of the 54-year mark. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like to lie about my age.

I hate that people are still lying about their age.â&#x20AC;?

Cold weather outdoor entertaining Outdoor entertaining has never been more popular. As more and more homeowners turn their homes into their own personal oases, extending the party outdoors has become a bigger priority.

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Experiment with growing edibles indoors Foodies find it hard to beat vine-ripened tomatoes plucked right out of a garden. Other edibles, such as fresh lettuce for a small luncheon salad or a handful of fresh parsley right out of a pot to add to a marinade, also add a lot to meals.

The convenience and flavor of freshly grown edibles propels many home gardeners to grow produce and herb gardens in their yards. But those short on outdoor space may be happy to learn that many edibles grow equally as well indoors as outdoors.

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Breaking bad habits is seldom easy. But adults who commit to changing their ways can overcome even the worst of habits.

D4 | Sunday, September 23, 2018 | Peninsula Clarion

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SAVE $300

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SAVE $675

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Product Rewards Plan.

The installers did an amazing job replacing my three bedroom windows.

It was set up as a two-day job, but they were able to get it done in one.

They worked through the rain and snow and made sure my house was spotless when they were done. Thank you for such a great job!

- Liz C., Renewal by Andersen customer, Homer, AK

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1 Renewal by Andersen of Alaska is a locally owned and operated company. Restrictions and conditions apply, see your local representative for details. Cannot be combined with prior purchases, offers, or coupons. No adjustments to previous orders. Offer not available in all areas. Minimum purchase of 2 units required to qualify for promotional offer. Monetary discount applied by retailer representative at the time of contract execution. Offer only available as part of our Instant Product Rewards Plan, all homeowners must be present and must purchase during the initial visit to qualify. No Money Down No Payments No Interest for 12 months available to well-qualified buyers on approved credit only. Not all customers may qualify. Higher rates apply for customers with lower credit ratings. Financing not valid with other offers or prior purchases. Renewal by Andersen of Alaska is an independently owned and operated retailer and is neither a broker or a lender. Any finance terms advertised are estimates only and all financing is provided by third-party lenders unaffiliated with Renewal by Andersen retailer under terms and conditions directly set between the customer and such lender, all subject to credit requirements. Renewal by Andersen retailers do not assist with, counsel, or negotiate financing other than providing customers an introduction to lenders interested in financing. This Renewal

by Andersen location is an independently owned and operated retailer. License #1015195. “Renewal by Andersen” and all other marks where denoted are marks of Andersen Corporation. ©2018 Andersen Corporation. All rights reserved. ©2018 Lead Surge LLC. All rights reserved.