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September 9, 2018 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Vol. 48, Issue 293

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Begich comes out for salmon measure

By KEVIN GULLUFSEN Juneau Empire

Depending on who’s telling the tale, the Stand for Salmon ballot measure — up for a vote at the Nov. 6 general election — will either kill jobs or protect salmon habitat.

Friday favored the measure’s supporters.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mark Begich announced his support on Friday for Ballot Measure 1, the same day Juneau residents spoke for the measure by a tally of 13-4 at public testimony at the Alaska Capitol.

At testimony, a plea to read Michael O’Brien, owner of O’Brien Gardens and Trees, and his daughter Michelle LaVigueur taste test some apples on their farm on Tuesday in Nikiski. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

So much more than apples O’Brien Garden’s annual tasting event features the tastes of fall harvest

By VICTORIA PETERSEN Peninsula Clarion

There are more than 7,500 varieties of apples, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. Trying a new type of apple a day would take more than 20 years. But, Michael O’Brien has a head start.

On his Nikiski farm, O’Brien Garden and Trees, he’s experimented with nearly 500 different varieties of apples. He grows the apples both outside and inside high tunnels.

O’Brien doesn’t come from a farming

family, but he said he was born to do it.

“I think I was just born into it — not that it’s been in my family for generations — it’s just something I’ve always been interested in, ever since I was really small,” O’Brien said.

O’Brien was a master carpenter before he got his hands in the dirt. He started growing fruit trees in the ‘70s but moved to Nikiski shortly after to expand his property. In Nikiski, he built a homestead and a small orchard, which has now expanded to over 10 acres of orchards, fields and high tunnels.

While they focus on apples, O’Brien

Garden and Trees grows a hefty list of fruits and vegetables, including pears, rhubarb, raspberries, gooseberries, ornamental trees, strawberries, red and black currants, blueberries, tomato, cucumber, cauliflower, broccoli, carrots, beets, turnips, onions, garlic and much more.

“We’re so far beyond apples at this point,” O’Brien said. “We haven’t done a very good job promoting that.”

As a first-generation farmer, O’Brien said he likes to experiment with new plants and learn along the way.

“The mistakes we’ve made are See TREES, page A2

About 20 people showed up for a weekday morning public testimony. Most spoke in support of the Ballot Measure 1, which would add language to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s permitting processes for development on anadromous habitat.

Millions have been spent on both sides of the measure.

Opposition group Stand for Alaska has raised over $9 million, mostly from mines and the oil and gas industry.

Yes for Salmon, the group backing the bill, has raised $1,120,000.

Lindsay Bloom, who spoke in support of the measure, advised against listening to the spin on either side. Misleading talking points and advertising campaigns are distracting voters from doing what they should, she said: read the eight-page measure themselves.

“The spin that you’re hearing, the $10 million worth of advertising that’s been purchased on your TVs, your radios, your internet, pretty much everywhere you look — please just remember where that’s coming from, who’s paying for it and use your hearts and your minds to make your careful, soulful, thoughtful decision about what matters to you,” she said.

Retired fisheries biologist Roger Harding also spoke for the measure. He addressed the criticism that Ballot Measure 1 treats the entire state as fish habitat.

The measure puts the onus on developers to prove that they’re not building on certain anadromous fish habitat (anadromous fish, like salmon, live in both fresh and salt water).

Habitat managers in Alaska have to have “two fish in hand,” Harding said, to prove that a water body holds anadromous fish.

He called that the “gold standard,” for proving a water body holds anadromous fish.

But it’s costly.

“As you can imagine, this takes a fair amount of time and effort to send people out in the field and collect, trap fish,” Harding said.

Estimates vary, but about 50 percent of anadromous waters have been identified, Harding said. Much of the waters where biologists have two fish in hand are connected to water bodies that haven’t yet been studied. Instead of sending biologists See FISH, page A2

1 rescued from Lower Russian Lake by Fairbanks man’s Alaska Air National Guard in helicopter death goes One person was air-lifted from Lower Russian Lake by the Alaska Air National Guard and taken to Anchorage on Thursday.

The Alaska State Troopers contacted the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center to respond to a “distressed” individual near Lower Russian Lake, a lake about 4 miles up the Russian Lakes trail near Cooper Landing. The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center tasked the Alaska Air National Guard with the response, according to a press release from the Alaska National

Guard’s Office of Public Affairs issued Friday.

A Guardan Angel team — including a combat rescue officer and pararescueman — took off from Joint Base Elemendorf-Richardson in Anchorage in a HH-60G Hawk helicopter from 210th Rescue Squadron in response. The helicopter reached the person at the lake and flew to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, according to the release.

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unnoticed for years

By MICHELLE THERIAULT BOOTS Anchorage Daily News

This June 2016 photo shows Lower Russian Lake on the Russian Lakes Trail near Cooper Landing. (Clarion file photo)

Recount shows Carpenter wins in District 29; Gillham mounts write-in campaign in District O After Wayne Ogle requested a recount of the House District 29 Republican party primary, candidate Ben Carpenter is confirmed as the winner of the narrow race, a press release from the office of the state’s lieutenant governor said. There was a difference of 11 votes after the State Ballot Counting Review Board and members of the State of Alaska Division of Elections recounted the votes. The original count showed a difference of 12 votes.

In a contentious race for the District O seat, Sen. Peter Micciche won over Ron Gillham by 72 votes. Since the official election results were announced earlier this week, Gillham did confirm on Friday that he will launch a formal write-in campaign in the general election.

“So many people have come to me to ask me to do a write-in campaign,” Gillham said. “So I decided to go ahead and do it.”

—Victoria Petersen

ANCHORAGE — Neighbors figured the house had been abandoned, though some had a creeping feeling that might not be the case.

At the end of May, the Fairbanks North Star Borough had taken the deed of a dilapidated cabin on Red Fox Drive, a neighborhood of well-kept homes on big parcels of birch forest near the University of Alaska. The property taxes hadn’t been paid for years.

The property was owned by a man named Paul Pesika. Decades ago he had run a pioneering counseling nonprofit and worked for a powerful Fairbanks legislator in Juneau. Back then he was known as a charismatic outdoorsman with a wide circle of friends. They’d helped him build the cabin on his dream property on a hill above Fairbanks’ ice fog.

But 30 years ago he had become a hermit. The other residents of Red Fox Drive, mostly professors and other professionals who worked for the university, saw him only in glimpses.

The silver-haired man stopped emerging from his house to shovel the snow. A birch tree fell, blocking his driveway. The ancient silver Subaru he sometimes used to make midnight trips to the grocery store sat undisturbed.

People wondered, in passing, what had become of Paul Pesika.

This month, the truth came out: He hadn’t gone anywhere.

Pesika had killed himself years ago in the little cabin, but no one had noticed.

Undiscovered

No one knows quite when Pesika died.

Pesika stopped paying his property taxes in July 2014, according to the Fairbanks North Star Borough. The next month, he got his last delivery from the company that supplies water to homes without wells in the neighborhood. His vehicle registration expired around the same time.

Roy Corral, an old friend and roommate who now lives in See DEATH, page A2

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Oct. 13 at 1-3 p.m. Juneau callers can dial 586-9085.

Public testimony has been used to create an answer sheet for frequently asked questions about Ballot Measure 1. That’s available at https:// aws.state.ak.us/OnlinePublicNotices/Notices/Attachment. aspx?id=114005.

Begich backs measure Begich announced his support for Ballot Measure 1 with a Friday press release, citing economic reasons.

“In Alaska fish are a way of life, as well as $2 billion industry with over 30,000 jobs behind it. I have always been a staunch defender of subsistence rights and Alaska’s fish and that is why I watched carefully to see what would happen with the Supreme Court and Proposition 1,” Begich said. “I am proud to say that I am the only candidate for Governor who will truly stand for Alaska’s salmon and support Proposition 1. As Governor I will continue my proven record of protecting our natural resources while ensuring we are able to permit responsible development projects in a timely manner as I have done all my career whether in the public or private sector.”

A few hours after Begich announced his support, Republican candidate Mike Dunleavy sent out a press release saying he “stands tall” against Ballot Measure 1.

“Ballot Measure 1 threatens responsible resource development in the State of Alaska, a state whose very existence is predicated on its ability to development its resources. But Ballot Measure 1 goes further than that: It jeopardizes infrastructure in communities across the state, including rural Alaska, affecting everything from runways and wastewater treatment to road construction,” Dunleavy wrote in the release.

Gov. Bill Walker opposes the measure.

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out to every river and stream to catalogue the entire state, it makes more sense, Harding argued, to treat all the state’s water as anadromous fish habitat.

Four people spoke against Ballot Measure 1 on Friday.

Republican House District 34 candidate Jerry Nankervis said he worries for the future of Juneau’s economy if Ballot Measure 1 passes. Hecla Greens Creek mine and Kensington Mine are two of Juneau’s largest private sector employers.

Stricter habitat protections under new permitting law would jeopardize their ability to stay in business, Nankervis said.

“I believe it to be misguided, onerous and unnecessary … as a Juneau resident, I fear what this will do, or has the potential to do, to infrastructure projects in this community and some of our employers in this community,” he said.

When it floods in Seward, the airport runway is fish habitat, said Dorene Lorenz, who testified against the measure.

The ballot measure’s language is too unforgiving, she said.

“The framers of this act have good intentions,” Lorenz said, but Alaska is a big state, and Ballot Measure 1 wouldn’t fit all of it’s needs.

“When you put big ideas forward with state impact, you have to take the time to vet out unintended consequences like declaring airport runway as designated spawning habitat,” she said.

State law requires a minimum of two public hearings on the initiative in each of Alaska’s four judicial districts. A schedule for public testimony can be found at notice.alaska.gov/189769.

A statewide teleconference session for public testimony will take place on Saturday,

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generally done in duplicate, and in mass quantity,” O’Brien said. “A lot of the pitfalls have already occurred and we’re moving on from those.”

The farm is really a family affair. O’Brien’s daughter, Michelle LaVigueur, said that as a second generation farmer she’s got it made. “(The farm) is already ready for me,” LaVigueur said.

A sure sign of fall is the annual O’Brien apple tasting events, which have been happening for over 25 years, O’Brien said.

Although recently, O’Brien admits that folks get to try a lot more than apples.

“We’ve sort of changed it from apple tastings to fruit tastings,” O’Brien said. “We’ve expanded so much.”

There are two more apple tastings this year that will include nearly 30 varieties of apples and other fruit. The Sept.

16 tasting will feature seasonal cherries and the Oct. 7 tasting will include plums.

“We try to keep it limited because after a while people get apple-ed out and all the apples begin to taste the same,” O’Brien said. “We want (visitors) to make it through the total amount of apples that we offer because we want them to fill out an evaluation sheet to tell us what the majority of people liked.”

For LaVigueur, the apple tastings bring her back to her childhood, even though the event has expanded significantly since the early 90s.

“We’ve been doing these tastings since I was a little girl,” LaVigueur said. “When

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Eagle River, says he stopped by the property at least twice in the last four years while on trips to Fairbanks. The place looked abandoned. No one answered the door.

In 2016, someone called the Alaska State Troopers to ask for a welfare check at the Red Fox Drive property. They hadn’t seen their neighbor in a while, the agency said. A trooper went to the house.

“It appeared abandoned and the driveway was unplowed,” said troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters. The trooper didn’t have enough information that something was wrong to go inside, she said.

“We can’t just make entry into a house because someone else is concerned,” Peters said.

Two other neighbors said they thought about calling for a welfare check but never did.

Finally, at the end of May, 1768 Red Fox Drive appeared on a list of houses that the borough had taken over for nonpayment of taxes. The property was to be auctioned off and sold. On June 13, a borough official went out and posted a notice on the door — but didn’t go inside.

Potential bidders started showing up in the neighborhood, peeking at the house.

Finally, on Aug. 12, Pesika’s next-door neighbor walked inside the cabin to check out the property and found him long dead, apparently of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Paul Pesika’s death unsettled both the people who were close to him long ago and the neighbors who lived in shouting distance but never knew him. It has brought up big questions about friendship, neighborliness, mental illness and a value Alaskans take seriously, privacy.

To Pesika’s old friend, Frank Gold, a retired University of Alaska psychology professor, all the questions boil down to one big one: How could this happen?

Promising beginnings

Pesika was a young man when he arrived in Fairbanks sometime in the late 1960s or early 1970s, his old friends say.

But nobody can quite recall his early history: Was he stationed at Fort Wainwright? They remember that he may have come from California.

Like many others in town at the time, he’d come to reinvent himself. He was estranged from his family, said Gold.

Pesika, about 6 feet tall with looks people compare to a young Sean Connery, quickly became involved in Fairbanks

O’Brien Gardens and Trees is a family affair operated by owner Michael O’Brien, with help from his daughter Michelle LaVigueur and her children, including Wyatt LaVigueur on Tuesday, Sept.

4, in Nikiski, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

the farm was back at the homesite, and we were just doing the outside apples, we would do tastings for the public. They’ve definitely gotten lot bigger.

Last year we did a tasting and it was raining, but we probably got about 75 people.”

LaVigueur said their largest tasting event last year was attended by over 200 people. She said they are hoping to offer people a chance to make memories and a product they can’t find in any store.

“It’s just not me doing this because I enjoy it,” O’Brien said. “It’s for the people on the whole peninsula, and in the whole state. It pretty much affects everyone. (The farm) really means family. My children all had their certain trees. When

city life, running a pioneering youth drop-in center downtown and later a drug and alcohol counseling center with Gold.

He fell in with an outdoorsy, young, adventurous circle of friends, said Corral, a photographer. People were drawn to him, said Sherry Faught, another member of the circle who now lives in Salcha.

“He was handsome, he was pleasant, he was fun to be around,” she said.

In the early 1970s, Pesika bought the land on Red Fox Drive and began building a house with the help of his friends.

“It was perfect, above the ice fog,” Corral said. “He liked his privacy.”

Pesika shifted to work in politics, becoming a legislative aide for a powerful Fairbanks state senator, Don Bennett. He was known as a dealmaker who could operate in Juneau during the session and then smoothly transition to the simple, spartan, outdoors lifestyle he aspired to on his land in Fairbanks, Corral said.

But despite his success, there were signs that something was fraying in Pesika’s mind.

He and Corral were on a winter skiing trip in Denali National Park in the late 1970s when Pesika made a statement that startled his friend.

“We were skiing toward the river and Paul all of a sudden stopped and said, ‘Did you hear that?’” Corral said. “And I said, ‘What?’ And he said Jesus’ voice talking to us.’”

He began to tell friends about his fear that radio transmissions were infiltrating his mind, that he was being tracked by government agencies, that the CIA would take him in the night to Anchorage, where they would use his powers of detection to locate enemy submarines.

It was obvious that Pesika was suffering from signs of mental illness, said Corral.

But no one could convince him to seek professional help, Gold said.

He worked for the borough in the 1980s, at one point as an aide to the mayor. By the late 1980s he began cutting himself off.

His friends continued to drop by the house on Red Fox Drive, where Pesika now spent most of his time. But the handsome political operative and outdoorsman they knew had become deeply paranoid.

He was fastidious about shoveling his driveway but would barely respond to a hello, said Carol Norton, a soft-spoken neighbor who lives in a log home across the road.

Then even Pesika’s smallest interactions with the wider world ceased.

I’m gone Michelle will offer the same thing to her children. It’s something that is lifelong. It’s not a toy. It means something to (people that visit) because of the memories they shared.”

And for O’Brien, working his farm comes down to passion and legacy.

“These trees will outlive us,” O’Brien said. “There are a lot of rewards, but as a farm, it’s never about the money.”

People can visit with the O’Brien’s and purchase produce and trees at their U-Pick events at 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, at the Farmer’s Fresh Market from 3 - 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 11. They will also have a booth set up at the Kenai Visitors Center from

10 a.m. - 5 p.m. on Saturdays through September. Catch the farm set up at the Harvest Moon Local Food Festival from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept.

15 in Soldotna Creek Park.

Their tastings will be at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 16 and then on Oct. 7. Check their Facebook page for updated information on the Oct. 7 tasting.

The tastings are $5 for adults, and $3 for children 12 and younger.

O’Brien will also be also be conducting a workshop for the Central Peninsula Garden Club at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 11, Peninsula Church, 44175 KBeach Road.

Reach Victoria Petersen at vpetersen@peninsulaclarion. com.

This Aug. 28, 2018 photo shows a view from the road of Paul Pesika’s property in Fairbanks. (Michelle Theriaut Boots/Anchorage Daily News via AP)

“I’d go by the door and yell his name. It was locked. No one would come to the window,” Corral said. “He’d have a black flag hanging at his window and then I knew things were getting bad.”

Eventually it became unpleasant — even scary — to approach the house, said Faught.

She remembers last seeing Pesika in the early 1990s. No one interviewed for this story remembers interacting with him after that era.

It’s a mystery to them how he continued to pay for expenses, even for his austere lifestyle: property taxes, the water he needed to have delivered to his house and the fuel to heat it through the long, frigid winters.

‘It appears abandoned’

Robert Prince, a professor of documentary filmmaking at the University of Alaska, moved in next door to Pesika eight years ago and never met him.

On Aug. 12, Prince, his wife and his mother walked over to check out the neighbor’s house beyond a thick stand of birch, cranberries and wild roses. The house was in a state of gentle decay.

The driveway up from the road was being overtaken by saplings. Birds had nested in the eaves. Fireweed had crept into the planters. Mushrooms had sprouted on the back deck.

A windsock that read “Alaska” twisted limply from the front porch.

The door was unlocked, Prince said. It was dark as midnight inside. Almost every window had been covered with sheets of insulation. Prince used his phone as a flashlight.

He made his way down a dark hallway and into a room that looked like a tidy bunker.

Canned food was stacked on a desk. A bed was made. And in the corner, a wicker chair. In it, Pesika — dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The horror-movie details aren’t necessary to share. But it was obvious that the body had been there for years, Prince said.

He called police right away.

Pesika’s old friends have

been calling each other. Some feel guilty. Living and letting live is an Alaskan value, they say, and maybe particularly a Fairbanks value. But at what cost?

Corral thinks Pesika may have run out of money to pay for heat, water and taxes and given up.

How long had he been there?

Corral thinks four years — around the time he stopped getting water delivered and paying his taxes. He says the medical examiner told him they’d have to use dental records to positively identify the body. He’s trying to locate any of Pesika’s living relatives.

No one from the circle of friends in the 1970s can remember if he had siblings, or where exactly he came from, Gold said.

Part of what makes the story so unsettling is how close to society Pesika was living, by Alaska standards, Corral said.

His house was nearly visible from the road. It was not even an area of Fairbanks where people moved to get away from it all, but was a neighborhood with good elementary schools and an easy commute to the university.

“We all feel terrible about letting that happen to a neighbor,” said Norton. “This is supposed to be a ‘we know our neighbors’ sort of place.”

Prince sees it as the culmination of a long and sustained effort to be forgotten by the world.

“This is not something your average person could pull off.

You have to be so cut off from so many people for that long,” Prince said. “You have to never talk to anybody for years, and never bump into anybody.”

And it turns out people did stop by. Pesika had not been totally forgotten. But nobody took the next step, to force the way into the house. People worried he might have a gun. He’d made it so clear that he wanted to be left alone, people did.

“What’s the lesson behind this?” Corral said. “It’s that we should take care of each other better.”

He sighed.

“I regret that I didn’t break

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Rowan Jean Hagan Rowan Jean Hagan passed away Saturday, August 25, 2018 in Soldotna, Alaska at the age of 14.

She was born in Fairbanks, Alaska to Laron Hagan and Rachael Schulze on October 1, 2003.

Rowan was so dear to our hearts. She brought us so much joy and her very presence lent us so much light. She will forever be missed and will always be remembered and celebrated for her amazingly gracious and generous heart and spirit.

She is preceded in death by her great-grandfather Ed Schulze and her grandmother Kate Schulze.

Rowan is survived by her loving mother Rachael Hagan and her partner Laurence Hannahs of Kenai, AK; father Laron Hagan of Soldotna, AK; sister Ayla Hagan of Kenai, AK; grandparents Mark and Dawn Schulze of Duluth, MN, Debbie Hagan of Hollister, CA and Troy Hagan of Winlock, WA; and great-grandmother Marilyn Schulze of Duluth, MN. A celebration of Rowan’s life was held at 1 p.m. on Friday, September 7, 2018 at Peninsula Memorial Chapel in Kenai, AK. Please send any flowers to 5839 Kenai Spur Hwy, Kenai, AK 99611.

Bettie Lou Davis

Around the Peninsula Potters’ guild offers classes The Kenai Potters Guild will be offering a pottery class beginning on Sept. 14. The class will meet on Friday evening from 6–9 p.m. for eight weeks. The cost of the class is $225. This class will be taught by the Laura Faeo. For more information or to sign up call Laura at 776-4008.

The Kenai Peninsula Food Bank to host gala The Soup Supper Gala will be held at the Soldotna Sports and Recreation Center on Sept. 15. Doors open at 5 p.m. Buy-It-Now from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Buy a raffle ticket for your chance to win two Alaska Airlines tickets. There will be games, music, locally made soups, craft beers, wine, live and silent auction items and so much more!

Kenaitze suicide awareness talk The Kenaitze Indian Tribe will host safeTALK suicide awareness and prevention training on Sept. 11 at the Dena’ina Wellness Center from 9–11 a.m. This free workshop is open to the community. SafeTALK training is appropriate for community members 15 and older. No prior experience is necessary. Training materials will be provided. Suicide is preventable, and participants will learn how to make a difference with life-saving skills. For more information, call Dagmar Mayer at 335-7514 or email dmayer@ kenaitze.org.

Nikiski Recreation Center activities —The Nikiski Pool will be closed for annual maintenance from September 3–24. The pool will reopen Sept. 26 for our normal winter hours. For more information, please check our Facebook page or our website.

—Fall swim lessons: Swim lesson registration will begin Monday, September 24 at noon. Classes are offered for: Beginners, Advanced Beginners, Intermediates, Semi-Privates, Tiny Tots and Log Rolling. For more information, call 7768800 — Youth flag football: 4th-8th grade boys and girls flag football season begins August 20 and will run through September. Games are held Monday and Thursday nights at the Nikiski Community Recreation Center Fields. For more information, please call 776-8800.

— Artsy toddler time: Nikiski Community Recreation Center will be hosting and Artsy Toddler Story time on Tuesday, Sept. 4 at 11 a.m. for 2-5 year olds. Kids will get to do an art project based on a story read during the event. For more information, please contact 776-8800.

— Toddler time: The Nikiski Community Recreation Center will be hosting Toddler Time on Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays from 11am-12:30pm. For more information, please contact 776-8800.

— Women’s league basketball: Games will be held on Tuesday &/or Friday nights with games beginning in September. For more information, call 776-8800.

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Bettie Lou Davis, age 74 passed away peacefully on August 23, 2018 at her home in Clam Gulch, Alaska.

She was born in Greenwood, Mississippi on September 3, 1943 to W.L. and Annie (Daves) Cates. After high school, she worked as a hairdresser at the Rivera Casino in Las Vegas. She enjoyed dressing hair for some celebrities, including Diana Ross.

She always had a hug and a kind encouraging word whenever or wherever you saw her. She was unselfish and a true giver from the heart. Bettie never judged you but accepted you.

Bettie was a true Proverbs 31 woman. She read the Bible daily and was a prayer warrior. That is how she started every day.

Bettie was a hard worker. She never knew the meaning of the word “quit.” Bettie went along with any crazy adventure Howard asked her to do no matter how ridiculous, scary or dangerous it was. She went with Howard from Las Vegas, NV to Anchorage, AK, to Dutch Harbor/Unalaska, AK, then back to Anchorage and finally to Clam Gulch, AK. She lived a full, exciting and beautiful life. Bettie loved angels and collected them. Bettie also liked teapots and having tea parties. If you came to the house she would put on a pot of tea and have some kind of goody or cookies to go with it. She taught her grandbabies how to have proper tea parties from the time they were young. She loved with all her heart, her body, her soul and her spirit.

She worked hard in the world of men. She also worked hard for the kingdom of heaven. She knew she was not made for this world. She knew she was going home. Bettie wanted nothing more than her friends and family to accept Jesus as their Savior and go to heaven.

Bettie was beautiful on the inside and out, simple, blessed and kind. She was completely loved by her husband, looked up to and respected by her children and was close and had an unbreakable bond with her grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her husband Howard Davis, Jr.; her sister Hazel Faye Hawk; her brother Boe Cates,; and her parents, W.L. and Annie Cates. Bettie is survived by her daughter Deborah L. Davis-Presley of Clam Gulch, AK; her

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Mallott must ensure election integrity The voting irregularities discovered after

the primary election vote in House District 15 down in Anchorage might seem to be a distant issue of no concern to Interior residents.

Election integrity, however, is a matter of statewide importance. Problems can occur anywhere in Alaska if our method of conducting elections isn’t as secure as it should be.

The current controversy surfaced mere days ago and is on the Republican side of the Aug. 21 statewide primary.

In that race, incumbent Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux trailed first-time candidate Aaron Weaver by three votes after Election Day. Mr. Weaver reportedly did little campaigning, but apparently he didn’t need to because Rep. LeDoux was drawing sufficient criticism from Republican constituents due to her decision after the 2016 election to join a coalition with House Democrats and therefore help create a ruling majority in that chamber. The Alaska Republican Party had urged her defeat in the August primary.

When absentee, questioned and early votes were counted, however, Rep. LeDoux soared to a lead of 113 votes.

She received 158 of the 193 ballots that were counted later.

The lopsided outcome of those ballots prompted complaints that some sort of fraud might have occurred. Division of Elections workers noticed problems.

Among the irregularities that have surfaced in House District 15: —Seven absentee ballot applications were received from people who, state records indicated, were deceased, according to the Division of Elections. The division did not send ballots in response to those applications.

—An usually high number of people whom elections workers were unable to contact about absentee ballot applications that were returned to the Division of Elections came from District 15. “In every election, some absentee ballots mailed out by the division are returned by the post office as undeliverable,” states a Monday news release from the Division of Elections. “What raised suspicions in this election cycle is that of those voters that the division was not able to reach, over 50 percent (40 out of 70) were from House District 15.”

—The Anchorage Daily News reported that 17 people listed the same trailer in an East Anchorage mobile home park as their home address when applying for an absentee ballot. Fourteen more did the same for another trailer in the park, the newspaper reported. Anchorage television station KTVA also reported multiple applications from the same residence. Residents stated that some of the people who listed the park as their address do not live in the park.

Division of Elections officials are expected to certify the election outcome in the next few days after a review of all results by the bipartisan State Ballot Review Board.

Ensuring the integrity of our elections is vital to ensuring the sustainability of our democracy. To that end, Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott, whose principal duty is to oversee the Division of Elections, must make sure that anyone who intended to commit fraud in the District 15 election is prosecuted, and he must convince Alaskans that the outcome of the forthcoming November election will be conducted in a fair manner.

American slapstick This is one of those “good news, bad news” situations. First, the good news: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has communicated his continuing trust in President Donald Trump to make good on their deal, whatever it is. POTUS reciprocated by going to Twitter to thank Kim for his “unwavering faith.”

Now the bad news: Faith in Trump is wavering big-time in his own administration. If we can’t trust Bob Woodward, who wrote in his new book that Trump’s top aides go to huge lengths to block his craziest decisions, then perhaps we can believe Mr. or Ms. Anonymous, described by The New York Times only as “a senior official in the Trump administration.” With his or her identity shielded, this secret person — presumably a higher-up somewhere in Trumpland — has described in a Times oped a scary state of chaos, constantly created by the man who is the chief executive, that his top aides try to alleviate by all manner of chicanery, or as the anonymous one put it, “thwarting Mr. Trump’s more misguided impulses until he is out of office.”

Pretty scary, right? But it gets worse: “Given the instability many witnessed, there were early whispers within the cabinet of invoking the 25th Amendment, which could start a complex process for removing the president. But no one wanted to precipitate a constitutional crisis.” I don’t know what’s more frightening: that they actually considered going that route, or that they decided not to. The guy’s clearly certifiable.

True, reporters frequently agree to go on “deep background” to gather information for their stories. Bob Woodward’s book is full of “deep background” material. But this is for news reports. In this case, the book is an extended report, based on facts. In the Times, this was a piece reflecting a point of view in a section of the paper that is supposed to be devoted to signed opinion. Although it is not unheard of to shroud a writer’s identity when his or her life would be in danger for sharing a vital perspective, it is exceedingly rare for obvious reasons.

Plus, it’s awkward as all get-out. Every reporter, including those at the Times, immediately scrambled to out the nameless “senior official.” Among the clues, the use of the word “lodestar,” meaning a guiding light. Who commonly uses that word? Vice President Mike Pence, for one. Pence immediately denied he was the author. In fact, nearly every major domo in the administration did, so many denials that Sept. 6 should go down in history as “D-Day 2.”

The brawl even overshadowed the shadow-boxing on Capitol Hill as Brett Kavanaugh bobbed and weaved his way through the Senate committee hearing on his nomination for Supreme Court justice.

All the while, loud demonstrators tried to disrupt things.

Meanwhile, Kim in Pyongyang has some ideas on how to end all the Washington chaos. President Trump gives some indication he’d love to hear them.

Qualified Kavanaugh facing hostile Democrats

Since Robert Bork’s “borking” 30 years ago, Senate Judiciary Committee hearings for a high court nominee by a Republican president have become predictable.

Democrats, who favor a “living Constitution,” meaning whatever they think the founding document ought to say, are pitted against “originalists,” who believe the —Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Sept. 1, 2018 document speaks for itself and should be taken as something only slightly less compelling than holy writ.

The hearings for Brett Kavanaugh are following the script with one addition.

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That cloak and dagger opus came right on the heels of excerpts from Bob Woodward’s book released by The Washington Post, where he works, that describes the freak show that is the Trump White Bob Franken House. It’s called “Fear,” and the details certainly are fearsome. They also are strikingly similar to the covert commentary that followed by one day the publication of the Bob Woodward excerpts (let us not forget that the Post and Times are serious competitors).

Needless to say, Trump, already crazed by the Woodward revelations and all the other stuff that subjects him daily to ridicule, went absolutely ballistic with the op-ed by someone who works for him.

“TREASON,” he tweeted, and he was reported to be screaming at everybody in sight. Certainly, The New York Times had drawn blood. But the decision to publish an unsigned opinion was drawing condemnation not just from the president, but from many in journalism, the ones he dismisses as “enemies of the people.” In this case, they joined a large number of politicians wondering whether the Times had made a mistake in allowing the name of the author of such an incendiary column to be concealed. In case you’re wondering, I share those doubts.

them. The Republican majority likely has enough votes to confirm Kavanaugh and might even get a Democrat or two on board, especially those who face tough re-election bids in states that Trump Cal Thomas won.

If “impeccable” defines anything, it defines Judge Kavanaugh’s record as a jurist. While Democrats and the secular progressives who have recently organized demonstrations against his confirmation will try to paint him as a die hard, right-wing ideologue, his record says otherwise.

Kavanaugh issued more than 300 opinions as a judge on the D.C. Court of Appeals, most of which appeared noncontroversial at the time. That he read the law correctly can be seen in the Supreme Court’s endorsement of his positions — 13 in the cases that were appealed to that bench. While Democrats on the Judiciary Committee complain they haven’t received all the documents they wanted — clearly a slowdown tactic — their staffs have reviewed more documents than any previous nominee to the Supreme Court.

The real focus of these hearings for Democrats will be on social issues and whether Kavanaugh believes all Supreme Court rulings are sacrosanct and must be respected. Primarily that means abortion, same-sex marriage and the remnants of Obamacare.

Using that argument, the Dred Scott

decision that decided African-Americans had less value than whites and Plessy v.

Ferguson, which said separate but equal facilities were OK by the Constitution, would still be the law of the land. When one is headed in the wrong direction, the worst decision is to keep going, instead of turning around.

Will Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) allude to Kavanaugh’s Catholic faith during the hearings? She did at last year’s confirmation hearing for Amy Coney Barrett to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Feinstein employed an old anti-Catholic stereotype that claims Catholics are unable to separate church and state because they place their religious allegiances before their oath to the Constitution.

Favorite lines on opening day: “The Senate is the conscience of America,” uttered by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.). Say what? And Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), claiming that people in his state ask him, “Are we going to be all right?”

Kavanaugh enjoys bipartisan support outside the Senate, but that won’t matter.

It’s all about politics now, not the Constitution or the law. Kavanaugh is likely to win confirmation, but the behavior of some senators may further sour the public’s view of Washington.

Whether the hearings will affect voter turnout in November is unknown. Pollsters predict doom for Republicans, but their record of failure with past forecasts (note the 2016 election) does not give them much credibility.

Readers may email Cal Thomas at tcaeditors@tribpub.com.

Nation Catholics demand change after scandals

By AMY FORLITI Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS — The day after a grand jury report revealed that Roman Catholic clergy in Pennsylvania molested more than 1,000 children over decades, Adrienne Alexander went to Mass at a Chicago church and waited for the priest to say something about the situation.

He didn’t. And that left Alexander fuming. So she went on Facebook to vent — then organized a prayer vigil in Chicago that became the catalyst for similar laity-led vigils in Boston, Philadelphia and other cities nationwide.

Alexander is among countless Catholics in the U.S. who are raising their voices in prayer and protest to demand change amid new revelations of sex abuse by priests and allegations of widespread cover-ups.

They are doing letter-writing campaigns and holding prayer vigils and listening sessions in an effort to bring about change from the pews, realizing it’s up to them to confront the problem and save the church they love after years of empty promises from leadership.

“I think it’s important that the large body hears from us,” Alexander said. “We actually make up the church.”

Their grassroots efforts are gaining momentum. In the last week more than 39,000 people have signed their names to a letter demanding answers from Pope Francis himself.

Another effort, sponsored by reform groups, has seized upon the “Time’s Up” and #MeToo movements and is organizing events across the country this weekend under the CatholicToo hash tag.

Some of the efforts are calling for specific reforms, such as laity-led investigations and transparency, while others are still brainstorming solutions. One woman in Michigan founded a website to make it easy for anyone to speak up and write to church officials.

SAN FRANCISCO — Engineers set to sea Saturday to deploy a trash collection device to corral plastic litter floating between California and Hawaii in an attempt to clean up the world’s largest garbage patch in the heart of the Pacific Ocean.

The 2,000-foot (600-meter) long floating boom was being towed from San Francisco to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch — an island of trash twice the size of Texas.

The system was created by The Ocean Cleanup, an organization founded by Boyan Slat, a 24-year-old innovator from the Netherlands who first became passionate about cleaning the oceans when he went scuba diving at age 16 in the Mediterranean Sea and saw more plastic bags than fish.

“The plastic is really persistent and it doesn’t go away by itself and the time to act is now,” Slat

Around the Nation Police lieutenant to plead guilty to illegal sale of 100-plus guns

In this Sept. 7 photo, Adrienne Alexander poses for a photo under Chicago’s el train track in downtown. Alexander is among countless members of the Catholic laity in the U.S. who are raising their voices in prayer and protest to demand change amid new revelations of sex abuse by priests and allegations of widespread cover-ups. Alexander organized a prayer vigil in Chicago, and became a catalyst for similar laity-led vigils in Boston, Philadelphia and other cities nationwide. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

“I’ve never seen anything like this before,” Marjorie Murphy Campbell, a civil and canon lawyer in Park City, Utah, said of the laity’s engagement.

She said many Catholics feel they have no choice.

“You either have to get involved now, because you cannot trust the bishops to solve this themselves, or you leave. … It’s our job to help the mother church get through this.”

The actions come as the church is facing a global crisis over clergy abuse following the scathing Pennsylvania grand jury report and the pope’s removal of ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick from public ministry amid allegations McCarrick sexually abused a teenage altar boy and preyed upon adult seminarians decades ago.

Francis wrote a letter to Catholics in August, saying the laity must help end the clerical culture that has placed priests above reproach. He then found

himself immersed in the scandal amid claims that he knew about allegations against McCarrick in 2013, but rehabilitated him anyway.

A collective of individual Catholic women last week wrote a letter urging Francis to deliver answers. The letter, which had more than 39,000 signatures by Friday, declared “we are not second-class Catholics to be brushed off while bishops and cardinals handle matters privately.”

“In short, we are the Church, every bit as much as the cardinals and bishops around you,” the letter said.

Robert Shine, a Catholic in Boston and vice president of the Women’s Ordination Conference, said he believes Catholics are now ready to confront what’s been happening in the church and talk about how they can be involved in reform, reflecting a broader trend in the U.S. with

people getting more active in protests. Other denominations have been struggling with the issue as well.

“People are less willing to look the other way … This new consciousness and new honesty about politics is sort of being transferred to the Catholic Church as well.”

Miriel Thomas Reneau of Ann Arbor, Michigan, founded a website to make letterwriting easy. Her site lists the names and addresses of local dioceses and includes templates for people to write letters to church leaders.

Others are withholding donations in protest. Legatus, an association of Catholic businessmen, announced it would put its annual tithe to the Holy See in escrow. Thousands of people have also signed a statement that calls on Catholic bishops in the U.S. to consider resigning as a public act of repentance.

Boom will corral Pacific Ocean’s plastic trash

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press

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said, adding that researchers with his organization found plastic going back to the 1960s and 1970s bobbing in the patch.

The buoyant, U-shaped barrier made of plastic and with a tapered 10-foot (3-meter) deep screen, is intended to act like a coastline, trapping some of the 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic that scientists estimate are swirling in that gyre but allowing marine life to safely swim beneath it.

Fitted with solar power lights, cameras, sensors and satellite antennas, the cleanup system will communicate its position at all times, allowing a support vessel to fish out the collected plastic every few months and transport it to dry land where it will be recycled, said Slat.

Shipping containers filled with the fishing nets, plastic bottles, laundry baskets and other plastic refuse scooped up by the system being deployed Saturday are expected to be back on land within a year, he said.

Before the launch, Slat said

he and his team will pay close attention to determine if the system works efficiently and withstands harsh ocean conditions, including huge waves. He said he’s most looking forward to a ship loaded with plastic coming back to port.

“We still have to prove the technology… which will then allow us to scale up a fleet of systems,” he said.

The Ocean Cleanup, which has raised $35 million in donations to fund the project, including from Salesforce.com chief executive Marc Benioff and PayPal cofounder Peter Thiel, will deploy 60 free-floating barriers in the Pacific Ocean by 2020.

“One of our goals is to remove 50 percent of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in five years,” Slat said.

The free-floating barriers are made to withstand harsh weather conditions and constant wear and tear. They will stay in the water for two decades and in that time collect 90 percent of the trash in the patch, he added.

George Leonard, chief scientist of the Ocean Conservancy, a nonprofit environmental advocacy group, said he’s skeptical Slat can achieve that goal because even if plastic trash can be taken out of the ocean, a lot more is pouring in each year.

“We at the Ocean Conservancy are highly skeptical but we hope it works,” he said. “The ocean needs all the help it can get.”

Leonard said 9 million tons (8 metric tons) of plastic waste enter the ocean annually and that a solution must include a multipronged approach, including stopping plastic from reaching the ocean and more education so people reduce consumption of single use plastic containers and bottles.

“If you don’t stop plastics from flowing into the ocean, it will be a Sisyphean task,” Leonard said, adding that on September 15 about 1 million volunteers around the world with collect trash from beaches and waterways as part of the Ocean Conservancy’s annual International Coastal Cleanup.

LOS ANGELES — A former Southern California police lieutenant who also acted as a department spokesman has agreed to plead guilty in connection with the illegal sale of more than 100 guns, prosecutors said Friday.

Former Pasadena Police Lt. Vasken Gourdikian of Sierra Madre signed an agreement with prosecutors to plead guilty on Sept. 20 to dealing in firearms without a license and lying during a gun purchase.

Prosecutors say Gourdikian used his job to get around California’s strict gun laws to resell at least 108 guns between 2014 and 2017.

As an officer, they say Gourdikian was able to buy socalled “off-roster” handguns, which aren’t available to the public and aren’t listed in a catalog of certified handguns maintained by the state.

Although police officers aren’t prohibited from selling off-roster guns to members of the public, Gourdikian “made a business of dealing firearms without a license, in part, by abusing exemptions made available to him under California law as a sworn peace officer,” according to the plea agreement.

Gourdikian resigned in March after a 22-year career.

Mark Werksman, Gourdikian’s attorney, said his client didn’t’ realize he was breaking the law “but sees now that’s what he did.”

Gourdikian is a firearms enthusiast who had a large and growing collection for his own personal use, and inadvertently became an unlicensed firearms dealer by buying and selling so many guns in a relatively short period of time, Werksman said, calling his client’s actions “a regulatory crime.”

“If he had gone out and gotten a $25 license to be a firearms dealer, none of this would have happened,” he said.

Prosecutors say they plan to request a prison sentence of 30 months but Werksman said he’ll be asking that Gourdikian get probation.

Powerful hurricane may hit US East Coast next week MIAMI — The U.S. East Coast could be hit with a powerful hurricane next week as Tropical Storm Florence continues to strengthen as it moves toward the mainland, forecasters said Saturday.

Florence is expected to become a major hurricane by Monday, the National Hurricane Center said, adding that “a significant phase of intensification” is expected late Saturday.

The Miami-based weather center said although the storm could intensify to a Category 4 hurricane by midweek, its path was still unclear.

“Florence is forecast to be a dangerous major hurricane near the southeast U.S. coast by late next week, and the risk of direct impacts continues to increase,” the hurricane center said Saturday.

Officials in the Carolinas warned residents to prepare and to brace for impact.

In South Carolina, Gov. Henry McMaster declared a state of emergency Saturday to give his state time to prepare for the possible arrival of the storm. McMaster emphasized that there’s no way to know yet when and where the storm will hit land, or when evacuations might be called.

On Friday, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency and urged residents to use the weekend to prepare for the possibility of a natural disaster.

“We are entering the peak of hurricane season and we know well the unpredictability and power of these storms,” Cooper said.

The U.S. Navy is making preparations this weekend for its ships in the Hampton Roads area to leave port. The U.S. Fleet Forces Command said in a news release Saturday that the ships will get ready in anticipation of getting under way Monday to avoid storm damage.

Adm. Christopher Grady said in a statement that the decision was based on Florence’s current track, which indicates the area could see strong sustained winds and storm surges.

—The Associated Press

Volunteers last year collected about 10,000 tons of plastics worldwide over two hours, he said.

Leonard also raised concerns that marine and wildlife could be entangled by the net that will hang below the surface. He said he hopes Slat’s group is transparent with its data and shares information with the public about what happens with the first deployment.

“He has set a very large and lofty goal and we certainly hope

it works but we really are not going to know until it is deployed,” Leonard said. “We have to wait and see.”

The system will act as a “big boat that stands still in the water” and will have a screen and not a net so that there is nothing for marine life to get entangled with and a an extra precautionary measure, a boat carrying experienced marine biologists will be deployed to make sure the device is not harming wildlife, Slat said.

Sen. Susan Collins keeps mum on Kavanaugh vote as pressure grows

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press

PORTLAND, Maine — The end of contentious confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has shifted the focus back to potential swing votes like Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine.

If Collins votes yes, then he is likely confirmed. She and Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska probably would have to both vote “no” for Kavanaugh to be blocked.

In keeping with her deliberative approach, Collins has kept mum about how she’ll vote.

Still, she’s sent signals that Kavanaugh cleared a hurdle by telling her that Roe v. Wade establishing abortion rights is settled law. A spokeswoman for Collins said Saturday that

a recently released email from Kavanaugh — in which he disputed that all legal scholars see Roe as settled — didn’t contradict what he told the senator because he wasn’t expressing his personal views.

The pressure is intense.

Democrats argue that President Donald Trump picked Kavanaugh because he will vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision. Liberal groups are running TV ads encouraging the senator to reject the nomination.

People from across the country have mailed about 3,000 coat hangers to her office, symbolizing back-alley abortions that took place before they became legal.

And activists have pledged to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to fund an opponent to Collins if she votes in favor of the president’s nomination.

She is up for re-election in 2020.

Collins, a centrist who fought the GOP effort to junk the Affordable Care Act, is used to being in the hot seat.

“I always wait until after the hearings are complete before making a decision, and I’ll do so in this case as well,” she told The Associated Press in an interview.

It’s a similar story in Alaska.

Murkowski, who also supports abortion rights, is reviewing Kavanaugh and won’t announce her vote before his nomination goes to the Senate floor. “Basically, she’s still vetting the new information that’s coming out,” said her spokeswoman, Hannah Ray. Collins, for her part, is following the same process she used with GOP nominees John Roberts, Samuel Alito and

Neil Gorsuch, and Democratic nominees Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan.

“I have voted for Justice Sotomayor, and I’ve also voted for Justice Alito,” she said, referring to justices at the opposite ends of the ideological spectrum. “I respect the fact that one of my jobs is to determine whether or not the candidate is qualified for the court, has the requisite experience, and has the judicial temperament, as well as respect for precedence,” she added.

While she’s never voted against a Supreme Court nominee, Collins has vowed to reject a candidate who’s hostile to the Roe v. Wade ruling. She said Kavanaugh told her during their face-to-face meeting that he views the 1973 decision as established legal precedent.

But Kavanaugh said in a

2003 email while working for the administration of President George W. Bush some legal scholars may view the idea of precedent differently and that the Supreme Court “can always overrule its precedent.” Kavanaugh said that the comment did not reflect his personal views, but “what legal scholars might say.”

In Durham, Mindy Woerter said she traveled to Washington to meet with Collins and tell her about an abortion she had because the fetus she was carrying had a fatal anomaly.

“We need to make sure that we preserve that right in the future,” she said. “A lot of people in Maine would be disappointed if she decided to vote for Kavanaugh.”

Collins insists she’s still deciding. She said she was surprised when many groups

reacted reflexively against Kavanaugh’s nomination, without due consideration.

“I was shocked when many of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle took a position on the nominee before his identity was even known. That’s just extraordinary,” she said.

Outside observers remember when all senators took a more deliberative approach. “There’s a lot to like in that kind of a process,” said University of Maine professor Mark Brewer.

Collins, who’s not up for reelection until 2020, voted last month to preserve funding for Planned Parenthood a day after the same organization rallied in Washington to encourage her to vote against Kavanaugh. On Thursday, the group delivered letters to her office in Bangor.

“I’ve learned not to expect a ‘thank you,’” Collins said.

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World

Prime minister: Greece on road to recovery

Death toll rises, flights resume, power back in Japan quake

By DEMETRIS NELLAS and COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press

THESSALONIKI, Greece — Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras painted an optimistic vision Saturday night of a Greece that has emerged from eight years of financial austerity imposed by creditors and is on the road to economic recovery.

Laying out his economic program for the coming year in a speech at Greece’s largest trade fair, Tsipras said he will seek to keep lowering the unemployment rate that peaked at nearly 28 percent in 2013, raise wages and cut some taxes.

And in an unusual gesture for a leftist politician who has spent far more time protesting outside the U.S. Embassy than in meeting with U.S. officials, Tsipras emphasized Greece’s close relations with America, calling it “a country with which we are tied in a strong strategic partnership and in common struggles for shared values.”

For the first time, a guest, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, addressed the trade fair’s Saturday evening gathering, which normally hears only Greece’s prime minister set out his economic policy goals.

Ross also noted the closeness of U.S.-Greek ties, and he praised Greece for meeting its defense spending commitments in the trans-Atlantic alliance. “We would like to see other NATO countries fulfill their engagements in the same way,” he said.

Outlining his achievements, Tsipras said that 300,000 new jobs have been added in the three years since he took power at the depth of Greece’s economic crisis and that the long-declining economy is expected to grow 2.5 percent in 2018.

He said he wants the jobless rate to drop from the current 19 percent to 10 percent over the next five years and Greek

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U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, right, sits next to Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, left, ahead of a speech by the Prime Minister at Thessaloniki International Trade Fair, at the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018. U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on Saturday inaugurated a trade fair in recession-weary Greece, where the government is pushing for overseas investment but faces mass protests after years of plummeting living standards. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

debt to reach investment grade within two years. He promised to lower the corporate tax rate, expand welfare spending, provide tax breaks to lure back university-educated young people who migrated, raise the minimum wage and restore collective bargaining on wages. He also promised retroactive pay raises to the police, military and judiciary.

Addressing the contentious issue of further pension cuts committed to by his government under pressure from creditors, Tsipras said he thinks the government’s budget surplus targets can be achieved without more cuts in pensions but added that he will discuss this with the EU later in the year.

Greece last month ended

its third international financial bailout and now must return to markets that have been rattled by financial concerns and a jump in borrowing rates in nearby Italy.

Earlier Saturday, Ross inaugurated the annual trade fair, with Tsipras at his side.

The United States is the featured country at this year’s event, hosting exhibits from major corporations including tech giants Microsoft, Cisco, Facebook, Google and IBM. Greek-U.S. bilateral trade totals more than $2 billion annually. Ross said U.S. corporations want to boost commerce with Greece, a longstanding NATO ally that is also in talks to intensify military cooperation with the U.S. The chairman of the U.S.

Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Joseph Dunford, visited Greece earlier in the week and said he discussed the possibility of expanded base access for the U.S. military in Greece as well as training cooperation.

The cooperation reflects a shift in regional alignments, with Greece’s neighbor Turkey seeking closer ties to Russia amid strains in its relationship with the United States.

An estimated 6,000 nationalists protesting Greece’s agreement with neighboring Macedonia that ended a 27year dispute on the latter’s name clashed with police along Thessaloniki’s waterfront deep into the night. Police also clashed briefly with about 3,000 extreme leftists at a separate demonstration.

SAPPORO, Japan (AP) — Japanese rescue workers and troops searched Saturday for the missing for a third straight day in a northern hamlet buried by landslides from a powerful earthquake. Power was restored to most households and international flights resumed to the main airport serving the Hokkaido region.

The Hokkaido government said Saturday that 30 people are dead or presumed dead and nine remain missing. All but three of the victims are in the town of Atsuma, where landslides crushed and buried houses at the foot of steep forested hills that overlook rice fields.

Toyota Motor Corp. announced that it would suspend nearly all its production in Japan on Monday. Toyota makes transmissions and other parts in Hokkaido and also has suppliers on what is the northernmost of Japan’s four main islands.

The magnitude 6.7 earthquake that struck about 3 a.m. on Thursday knocked out power to the entire island of 5.4 million people, swamped parts of a neighborhood in the main city of Sapporo in deep mud and triggered destructive landslides.

Backhoes were removing some of the solidified mud to clear a road in Kiyota ward on the eastern edge of Sapporo.

In parts of Kiyota, the earth gave way as it liquefied, tilting homes and leaving manhole covers standing one meter (three feet) in the air. In parking lots, cars were still stuck in mud that reached part way up their wheels.

The return of electricity came as a huge relief for residents. About half of Hokkaido got power back Friday, and all but 20,000 households had power Saturday morning.

“It was a relief that it was back yesterday evening, but it feels it took time,” said 66-year-old Sapporo resident Tatsuo Kimura, adding that the blackout was a reminder “of how important electric power is in our life.”

Serbian leader says resolving Kosovo conflict ‘very hard’ GAZIVODE, Kosovo (AP) — Serbia’s president said Saturday that an agreement resolving his country’s dispute with Kosovo will be difficult to achieve given European opposition to remaking borders in the Balkans region.

President Aleksandar Vucic said that Serbia wants to be on friendly terms with Kosovo, but doesn’t recognize its 2008 declaration of independence.

Vucic is in Kosovo for a two-day visit. Speculation surfaced in recent weeks that the countries were headed toward normalized relations and might exchange territory.

The land swap idea has drawn opposition based on concerns the exchange would produce demands for similar deals in the volatile region.

“It will be very hard for us to reach any kind of agreement,” Vucic said while visiting Serb-populated northern Kosovo. “Serbia cannot accept the imposed decisions from 2008.”

—The Associated Press

Thousands in France, California say ‘no’ to climate change PARIS (AP) — More than 18,000 people marched Saturday in Paris as part of an international mobilization to show popular support for urgent measures to combat climate change in advance of a San Francisco summit.

Crowds overflowed a plaza in front of City Hall before marching east to the Place de la Republique, carrying an urgent message that it’s up to the public to put global warming at the top of the political agenda.

“Planet in Danger,” read some banners.

Activists around the world encouraged “Rise for Climate” protests before the summit taking place Sept.12Sept. 14. California’s governor proposed the event after President Donald Trump vowed to pull the U.S. out of a landmark 2015 climate accord.

The international agreement was negotiated in

France, and the French capital’s march was more successful than ones held Saturday in other French cities or elsewhere in Europe.

Thousands of people took to the streets of San Francisco, marching about 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) from the city’s piers to City Hall. Demonstrators banged drums, sang and hoisted signs that said “Rise for climate justice” and “Not a penny more for dirty energy.”

They called for politicians to spearhead a transition to 100 percent renewable energy.

Police estimated that 18,500 took part in the Paris march, while organizers put the number at some 50,000.

Several hundred people gathered in France’s southern port city of Marseille. Several dozen called for an end to the use of fossil fuels outside London’s Tate Modern art gallery.

Only about two dozen showed up in Barcelona, Spain.

The front-page of France’s

daily Liberation newspaper featured a call from 700 French scientists for the government to “move from incantations to acts to move toward a carbon-free society.”

The language was a reference to French President Emmanuel Macron’s use of the phrase “Make our planet great again,” a takeoff on Trump’s “Make America Great Again” campaign slogan.

The signing scientists also called for “strong and clear political choices” and said “solutions are available.”

The march in Paris, organized with the theme “Change the system, but don’t change the climate,” was both festive and serious.

One protester, Manuel Bibes, denounced the plastic that inundates daily life. Another, Rodgrigo de la Vega criticized the practice of driving down the road to buy bread.

“There is no Planet B,” a sign read.

Thousands of people gather in front of Paris town hall during a protest, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018.

Demonstrators in cities across France and Europe were marching on Saturday as part of a global day of protest ahead of a climate action summit this month in San Francisco, California.

(AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Egypt court sentences 75 to death, 45 to life over 2013 sit-in

By HAMZA HENDAWI Associated Press

CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced 75 people to death, including top leaders of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, for their involvement in a 2013 sit-in protest by Islamists that was broken up by security forces in an operation that left hundreds dead.

In a case involving 739 defendants facing charges ranging from murder to damaging property, the court also sentenced to life in prison the head of the Brotherhood, Mohammed Badie, and 46 others.

Mahmoud Abu Zaid, a photojournalist known as “Shawkan” whose detention has been decried by rights groups at home and abroad, received five years in prison. He was detained in August 2013, meaning that he should walk free within days for time served.

Several mass trials of Islamists that yielded dozens of death sentences have been held in Egypt since 2013, when the military, then led by President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, removed an Islamist president who hails from the Brotherhood, which has since been outlawed and designated a terror group. Some

of the death sentences have been overturned on appeal.

The trials and death sentences have consistently drawn scathing criticism from rights groups at home and abroad, which have branded the process as a mockery of justice.

On Saturday, Amnesty International condemned the sentences of the latest mass trial, which it described as “disgraceful.”

“The Egyptian authorities should be ashamed. We demand a retrial in an impartial court and in full respect of the right to a fair trial for all defendants, without recourse to

the death penalty,’ said senior Amnesty official Najia Bounaim. The London-based rights group also noted that not a single member of the security forces faced legal proceedings over what it called the massacre that took place when police broke up the sit-in on Aug. 14, 2013.

The sit-in at a square in a Cairo suburb was staged by supporters of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi of the Brotherhood. He became Egypt’s first freely elected president in 2012 but was ousted in July 2013 by the military following days of street

protests calling on him to step down.

It is widely believed that breaking up the sit-in along with another one across Cairo, also staged by Islamists, left an estimated 900 people dead.

One of Morsi’s sons, Osama, and 22 other defendants received 10-year jail terms on Saturday, while 374 were sentenced to 15 years and 215 to five years. Osama Morsi, a lawyer, was arrested in 2016.

Proceedings were dropped against five defendants who have died since the trial began.

Saturday’s convictions, which can be appealed, are the

latest chapter in a crackdown waged by authorities against government critics the scale of which has not been seen in living memory in Egypt.

Since Morsi’s ouster, authorities have jailed thousands of Islamists along with some of the secular, pro-democracy activists behind a 2011 popular uprising that forced autocrat Hosni Mubarak to step down after 29 years in power. The crackdown has also enforced tighter controls over the media as well as civil society groups, rolling back most of the freedoms won by the 2011 uprising.

Peninsula Clarion | Sunday, September 9, 2018 | A7 FINANCIAL PRIORITIES Nearly 28 million people think getting the new iPhone is worth going into debt for, according to a survey from website WalletHub. It also found that 19 percent of those surveyed would rather have unlimited phone data than an excellent credit score.

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Your home’s value might be determined for tax purposes with the most recent purchase price, or by a blanket assessment of a neighborhood’s estimated property values. That value is then multiplied by a percentage, often called a millage, to calculate your taxes owed. Depending on the state, property values may be revisited every year, or much less frequently.

“In some states, in theory, they haven’t revalued since 1967. They take that value and somehow extrapolate it forward for inflation or this, that and the other,” says John A. Cocklereece Jr., an attorney for Bell Davis & Pitt in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

When tax assessments aren’t adjusted frequently, “values can get way out of hand a lot quicker and stay that way a lot longer,” he adds. Admittedly, that can work for you – or against you.

It may take a trip to your tax assessor’s office to compare your home’s assessed tax value to nearly identical properties nearby to see if your home is valued fairly.

When your assessment is wrong

Freezes and automatic increases

Even jurisdictions that reappraise values often can get it wrong.

“That absolutely can happen,” says Debra Bawcom, senior property tax consultant at Texas Protax in Austin, Texas. Your property might be incorrectly valued if a jurisdiction has documented the wrong number of bedrooms, bathrooms or square footage in your house, she adds.

If you think there’s an error in your assessment, the first step is to call your local tax assessor and explain your concerns. If this conversation convinces you that an appeal is worthwhile, ask what the process is.

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In some states, senior homeowners or residents with low-to-moderate incomes may be eligible for property tax freezes, capping the property tax or future rate increases. And most tax authorities grant a “homestead exemption” – a tax discount if the property is your primary residence.

If home values are increasing where you live, property tax rates should be falling, Bawcom says. If not, you’re being hit with an automatic tax bill increase. An individual appeal may help, but you’ll need to rally community support for a millage-rate decrease.

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Matthew Frankel USA SNAPSHOTS©

Many jurisdictions limit the hearing of appeals to a period following the issuance of new tax notices.

Information you may need to gather in your effort to win an appeal can include: ❚ An independent appraisal of your home and property. ❚ Original construction plans. ❚ Comparable recent sale prices on nearby homes similar to yours.

Question: The current bull market recently became the longest in history, and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq are at all-time highs. Should I stop putting new money into the stock market?

Answer: It’s true the present bull market is the longest in history. Furthermore, by several indicators, the market is expensive in a historical context. For example, the so-called “Buffett indicator,” which is an expression of total stock market capitalization as a percentage of GDP, has never been higher.

Even so, this doesn’t mean you should stop investing. For one thing, it’s impossible to time the top of the market. Just because this bull market is the longest in history doesn’t mean it

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won’t keep climbing. It’s entirely possible that the S&P 500 could rise by another 10 percent, 20 percent or even more before a correction comes.

Having said that, now may be a good

time to make some defensive investments. For example, stocks with strong track records of dividend growth tend to do better than their non-dividend-paying counterparts during downturns. Real estate investment trusts (REITs), utility stocks and consumer staples are also generally defensive types of investments.

With stocks like these, you’ll be taking steps to limit your downside risk if the market takes a turn for the worse, but you’ll also be putting your money to work and setting yourself up for income and profit if the market continues to make new highs.

As a final thought, it’s never a bad time to invest from a long-term perspective. Even if you had invested in the S&P 500 at its 2007 peak before the financial crisis hit, you’d be sitting on a 140 percent total return right now.

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emember when getting a hot pizza delivered to your door felt special? (OK, it still does.) Now you can spice up that pie with regular deliveries of hot sauce, or subscribe to nonfood items like neckties, razors, underwear, makeup, dog toys,

mystery books – even slime. ❚ These subscription-box services can allow you to try out new types of goods and bypass shopping errands.

They can also wind up costing you a lot of money. Here’s how to keep spending on subscription boxes in check.

Before you buy a subscription ❚ Identify your motive. Consider whether aggressive marketing swayed you toward a subscription you wouldn’t have otherwise bought. Ads for trendy services may show up repeatedly in social media and targeted emails. Constant exposure can be persuasive.

“We only have so much resolve,” says Kit Yarrow, consumer psychologist and author of “Decoding the New Consumer Mind: How and Why We Shop and Buy.” “When we say ‘no’ to ourselves five times, we feel better about saying ‘yes’ the sixth time.” The idea of getting packages in the mail has quite a pull, too.

Before you sign up, “identify a reason (for subscribing) beyond the allure of having something delivered to your door,” says Nicole Leinbach Reyhle, founder of Retail Minded, an industry blog and publication, and an author of “Retail 101: The Guide to Managing and Marketing Your Retail Business.”

For example, the subscription may

save you money or time, like diaper deliveries for busy parents.

Or maybe a service exposes you to products unavailable in your area, like designer clothes, Reyhle says. If you feel good about your reasoning, then it’s time to do some homework. ❚ Scrutinize the service. Research as much as possible about a subscription before committing.

Examine the terms to see if you can cancel at any time or if signing up means you’re on the hook for a year, Reyhle says. Services that offer a free trial get bonus points. ❚ Read reviews. Look for customer reviews on the service’s website, Facebook page and Yelp, Reyhle says.

For Yelp, you may have better luck searching “razor subscription Yelp” or “Dollar Shave Club Yelp” on Google rather than searching within the Yelp website.

Try the same for reviews on Reddit by Google-searching the product or subscription name, along with “Reddit.”

Once you’ve subscribed ❚ Evaluate the value of each delivery.

When you subscribe to a service, you typically agree to have your credit or debit card charged automatically for each new delivery. As Yarrow puts it, you don’t feel the “pain of payment” for each box, like you would if you had to locate your wallet, pull out your card or cash and agree to its cost. “(Subscribers) logically know they’re paying for this product,” she says. “But emotionally, it feels like they’re getting free goodies in the mail.”

Then “inertia sets in,” Yarrow says.

You continue the subscription because, well, you’ve already subscribed.

To fight this mindless spending, set a reminder for a few months into the service “to re-evaluate the benefit of the subscription,” Yarrow says. Or try treating each new box as a “fresh spending experience,” she says, and ask yourself if its contents were worth the monthly cost. “The minute you have doubt,” she says, “take action.” ❚ Prepare to move on. Canceling is just no fun. So if it helps, bring on the rewards. For example, promise yourself ice cream or a bubble bath if you unsubscribe. You deserve a treat for making a smart money decision.

After all, you probably only need so many hot sauces or pairs of underwear.

Whatever product you’ve subscribed for, “in most situations, eventually you have enough,” Yarrow says. “Sooner than (consumers) think, they’re going to have to pull the plug.”

Clockwise from left: YaDoggie is a subscription service for dog-related products. With Prime Wardrobe, Amazon will ship you clothes to try on before paying. Cheesemonger Box offers artisan cheeses from America and Europe as gifts or with a monthly subscription. And Hatchery offers boxes of artisan goodies.

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Promise yourself ice cream or a bubble bath if you unsubscribe. You deserve a treat for making a smart money decision.

Don’t look back in sorrow; plan for your retirement now Create budget so ‘wants’ don’t crowd out ‘needs’

those saving for retirement who want to avoid feeling regret?

count at your local bank.

A person’s bank “likely has information online, or better yet, people you can call or stop in to a branch, to get more information,” she says.

Set goals and develop a budget

Robert Powell Columnist USA TODAY

Frank Sinatra had regrets – though too few to mention.

That’s not the case, however, for many people saving for retirement.

Americans harbor a number of regrets about past spending – especially on short-term pleasures – which prevent them from saving more for retirement, according to a recent survey published by Charles Schwab that examined the attitudes and behaviors of 1,000 401(k) participants nationwide.

Specifically, two-thirds of 401(k) participants wish they had spent less in the past to save more for retirement, especially on short-term pleasures like meals out, expensive clothing, new cars and vacations, according to Schwab.

But survey respondents don’t regret spending on things that contribute to long-term success and happiness, such as housing, weddings, student loans and tuition for their children.

So, what advice do experts offer to

The best way to avoid spending “regret” is to have a really clear picture of what your goals are and how you’re achieving them, says Angela Fontes, who focuses on economic decisionmaking and consumer behavior at the research organization NORC at the University of Chicago.

“There are a number of great online tracking tools that allow people to allocate specific budget amounts to individual categories such as ‘eating out’ or ‘clothing,’ ” she says. “Using these types of tools would help people clearly understand their financial choices before they make them, instead of regretting things after the fact.”

To prevent short-term purchases and overspending, develop a budget that limits purchases of nonessential items, says Victor Ricciardi, the co-editor of Financial Behavior: Players, Services, Products, and Markets. “Remember, the purchases of today will result in having less money in the retirement of tomorrow,” he says.

Stephen Wendel, the head of behavioral science at Morningstar, says regret

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shows that people want to have done better and usually want to do better in the future.

“It, unfortunately, doesn’t mean the problem will be solved,” he says. “People need concrete tools to help overcome the gap between intention and action.”

Some of the tools are obvious. Don’t opt out of automatically enrolling in your employer-sponsored retirement plan, and do have your contribution automatically escalated.

If you don’t have an employer-sponsored retirement plan, Fontes recommends opening a retirement account, such as an individual retirement ac-

Other tools to avoid or lower regret are less obvious.

Morningstar’s Wendel recommends using a technique that behavioral scientists call prospective hindsight.

“Imagine you’re in the future, and a particular event has already happened,” Wendel says. “For example, you’ve retired, and you don’t have the money you need; things aren’t going so well. Explain why this happened.”

The technique involves a change in perspective: You’re in the future, looking back at something that happened.

“It then asks people to tell the story of what led up to the outcome,” he says.

With this technique, he says, you would “feel future regret now and change course before you end up spending money in a way you’d regret.”

Robert Powell is editor of TheStreet’s Retirement Daily at www.retirement. thestreet.com and contributes regularly to USA TODAY. Email Bob at rpowell@allthingsretirement.com

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Anchor River bridge to be closed for repairs

By MICHAEL ARMSTRONG Homer News

The Anchor River Bridge, or Bridge No. 910, will be closed starting next Monday for repairs to the bridge abutment.

In a press release, the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities announced the Old Sterling Highway will be closed between the Anchor Point Road and the Kenai Peninsula Borough Waste Transfer site from 8 a.m. Monday, Sept.

10, to 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21.

The exact date of the closure may vary due to changes in weather and other conditions.

Wood timbers that hold up the abutment, or approaches to the old steel bridge, have rotted. Crews will replace the timbers with concrete support.

Ultimately the bridge will need replacing, DOT officials have said. Motorists can access the Anchor Point Road from the Old Sterling Highway, about a 10-mile detour from Anchor

Point.

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities apologizes for any inconvenience, and thanked people for their patience, the press release stated.

For more information, call during regular business hours the Homer office at 235-5218 and district headquarters at 907-262-2199.

The bridge was originally supposed to be closed for repairs earlier this summer, but

after peninsula legislators objected to the closure becuase of summer traffic, DOT delayed the planned work until the fall, when the traffic has lessened.

In this May 2016 photo, an angler casts a line for king salmon in the Anchor River beneath the old Sterling Highway bridge in Anchor Point.

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities plans to close the bridge for repair work starting Monday.

Around Alaska Highway re-routed to protect Dalton Highway from moving debris ANCHORAGE — Alaska highway workers have moved the Dalton Highway away from a gigantic mass of frozen debris that is oozing down a hillside so that the road doesn’t get T-boned by the so-called blob.

The roughly mile-long frozen debris lobe — consisting of dirt, ice and trees — threatens to bulldoze away a section of the road more than 200 miles north of Fairbanks in three to four years, transportation officials said.

Motorists were re-routed onto the new gravel road starting Aug. 31, the Anchorage Daily News reported Friday.

The project cost the state about $2 million, said Jeff Currey, a materials engineer with the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities.

The lobe is essentially a slow-motion permafrost landslide and measured up to 90 feet thick and 850 feet wide last year.

The work means it will be 20 or so years until the blob may threaten the road again.

Most motorists who depend on the highway are truck drivers delivering supplies to the North Slope oil fields —which in turn pays for most state services — making the highway a critical conduit for Alaska’s economy.

The state had considered many options to stop the lobe from encroaching the two-lane highway — including blowing it up, building a bridge around it and dismantling it before deciding to realign 4,000 feet of road.

The old road is still in place as an experiment designed to inform transportation managers about the threat other lobes across the state could cause.

experts agree:

ocean problems are causing declining salmon runs Salmon declines are due to problems in the ocean and Ballot Measure 1 will do nothing to fix that.

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Historic barge fuel shipment reaches North Slope ANCHORAGE — An Alaska company says changing ice conditions in the North Slope area have allowed it to make a bulk fuel delivery to Prudhoe Bay by barge for the first time.

KTUU-TV reported Thursday that Colville Inc. says that the single trip carried 2 million gallons of fuel.

The fuel took 70 hours to unload before it was moved to a tank farm in the community of Deadhorse.

A statement by Colville says that fuel for North Slope oil field operations is typically delivered over land by trucks pulling 53foot tankers from a refinery in Valdez to Deadhorse, a roughly 850-mile trip.

Colville says it makes 2,000 of those trips each year, each hauling nearly 10,000 gallons of diesel.

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Kenai girls stay perfect Kardinals stay on top of Division II competition Staff report Peninsula Clarion

The Kenai Central girls cross-country team stayed undefeated against Division II competition by winning the Division II race at the Palmer Invitational on Saturday.

The Kardinals, led by a victory by senior Jaycie Calvert, scored 36 points to edge out the 41 of Grace Christian.

Calvert won the five-kilometer race in 19 minutes, 2 seconds, while Mazzy Jackson of Grace was second at 19:12.

Also for the Kardinals, Logan Satathite was fourth at 20:25, Brooke Satathite was seventh at 21:06, Leah Fallon

was 12th at 21:44, Katie Stockton was 14th at 21:49 and Maria Salzetti was 24th at 22:59.

The Kenai Central boys finished third in the Division II race. Grace won with 30 points, while Anchorage Christian Schools had 44 points and the Kards checked in with 70.

Tristian Merchant of ACS won the 5K race at 16:07, while Maison Dunham led the Kardinals by finishing fourth at 17:12.

Also for Kenai, Joe Hamilton was 12th at 18:01, Tucker Mueller was 14th at 18:08, Samuel Roberts was 27th at 18:49, Evan Stockton was 28th at 18:49, Luke Cross was 30th at 19:07 and Wyatt White was

34th at 19:28.

Homer’s Fasulo, Daigle win Homer Invite Homer’s Luciano Fasulo and Autumn Daigle won the Homer Invitational on Friday on the Homer Spit.

The flat course allows for fast five-kilometer times. Fasulo won at 16 minutes, 51 seconds, while Daigle was at 19:35.

In the boys race, Homer’s Eyoab Knapp was second at 16:55 while Soldotna’s Lance Chilton was third at 17:05. For the girls, Homer’s Brooke Miller was second at 19:54, while Athletes from Homer High School and Soldotna High School lead a pack of cross-country runSoldotna’s Jordan Strausbaugh ners in the girls five-kilometer race during the Homer Invitational on Friday on the Homer Spit See RUN, page B3 in Homer. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

Nikiski football nips Seahawks SoHi wins, Kenai Central loses Staff report Peninsula Clarion

When it came down to crunch time, the Nikiski Bulldogs showed up when they needed to.

Nikiski pulled out a 14-8 overtime win over Seward in Peninsula Conference action Saturday afternoon in Seward, lifting their record to 3-2 overall and 1-1 in conference, while the Seahawks dropped to 2-3 overall and 0-1 in conference.

Seward led 8-0 at halftime, but the Bulldogs broke through a shutout with a Sam Berry touchdown run with less than two minutes left in the game, Justin Creech collides with the outside wall Friday night in the Late Model feature event at Twin City Raceway in Kenai.

(Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Racing under lights gets wild

By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

The action around Justin Creech’s battered dirt Late Model was frenetic in the fading daylight at Twin City Raceway in Kenai. The impact the car took to the metal barrier surrounding the track in the Late Model feature race was significant enough to require a new front bumper.

Luckily, the crucial suspension parts of the car were salvageable, and Creech realized the good news after inspecting the car with his guys.

“Oh yeah, we’ll be back out here (Saturday),” the veteran racer promised.

Creech had just stuffed his car into the backstretch wall on a late restart in the Late

Models feature race, a 25-lap capper to another wild night of racing that 3/8-mile dirt oval, and the quick repair job by the group of friends helped ensure another night of racing for the No. 88 machine.

The season-ending weekend of night racing that began Friday provided a perfect opportunity for local race car drivers to prove their craft against the talents of out-oftown racers like Creech and his fellow Matanuska-Susitna valleys kin.

During a summer of low car counts that have seen the Late Model class dropped many weekends, the big, powerful cars got to do their thing on the dirt on an actionpacked night of racing.

In the end, Palmer’s Mike

Braddock stole the show with in the No. 1/2 machines. a clean three-race sweep of Competing in his fifth year the Late Model class, holding of Late Model racing, Bradoff local drivers Al Ulman in dock said he had to deal with the No. 74 and Sean Endsley See RACE, page B3

See PREP, page B2

SoHi, Kenai, Seward netters sweep on road Staff report Peninsula Clarion

Aaron Creech (4) spins out in the Legends feature race Friday night at Twin City Raceway in Kenai. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

and converted the all-important two-point play to tie the game at 8-all.

Seward got the ball back but Nikiski defensive back Noah Litke picked off Seahawks QB Tommy Cronin to give Nikiski a chance to win it, but the Bulldogs were denied by the Seward defense before regulation ended.

In overtime, Nikiski got the ball first and started on Seward’s 10-yard line. Once again, Berry came through with the touchdown run on fourth down to give Nikiski the lead.

Seward got its chance to win the game with the ball on Niki-

Tuisaula each had 14 kills and three blocks. Bailey Leach had 10 kills, while Leach and Brittani Blossom each had three aces. Carsen Brown added 35 assists.

Saturday, the Stars won another defensive battle 25-16, 24-26, 36-34 and 25-20. And once again, Kupferschmid said McGillivray came in during the third set and was instrumental in the win.

Tuisaula had 17 points and 14 kills, while Blossom and Holleigh Jaime each had 14 points. Also, Leach had 11 kills, Jaime had seven digs and Brown had 34 assists.

The Soldotna volleyball team defeated Palmer on Friday and Saturday to move to 4-0 in the Northern Lights Conference at 6-0 overall.

Soldotna coach Sheila Kupferschmid said the theme of the matches was Palmer’s tough defense and great ball control making things tough for the Stars.

Friday, Soldotna came from behind for a 25-18, 18-25, 2125, 30-28 and 15-3 victory.

Kupferschmid said Kalyn McGillivray came in during the third set at setter and was instrumental in leading the Stars Kenai Central sweeps on back. In the pivotal fifth game, road McGillivray scored 13 points in Kenai Central improved a row on her serve. to 4-0 overall and 2-0 in the See BUMP, page B4 Aliann Schmidt and Ituau

Brown-Gold Game draws a crowd

By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion

On a gorgeous, late-summer night on a Kenai Peninsula rife with hunting, fishing and hiking opportunities, a group of about 10 fans showed up at 5 p.m. at the Kenai Multi-Purpose Facility to tailgate for the Kenai River Brown Bears’ annual Brown-Gold Game.

By 6:30 p.m., 200 fans had made their way to the rink and the night of head coach Josh Petrich was already made.

“That’s the reason I wanted to come here,” Petrich said after Gold defeated Brown 3-2. “The community is second to none.

“They show up and support the team no matter what.”

Based on social media and casual interactions with community members at places like his bank, Petrich thought the Bears might get a pretty good turnout for the scrimmage even though the squad has missed the North American Hockey League playoffs the past four years.

He said the crowd, which came to kick the tires on this year’s team before the season opener at the Janesville (Wisconsin) Jets on Friday,

shows the Bears continue to make inroads on connecting with the community. The coach said the team continues to do things to help cement that connection, such as helping longtime supporter Art Karvonen move last week and also holding a canned food drive Friday night.

“You saw the growth in the fan base last season,” Petrich said. “We want to make the Brown Bears the thing to do in the winter.”

The scrimmage was the last chance for players to make an impression before the roster was cut down to 25 players Saturday morning. Petrich said the official roster will be released in the middle of the week.

Emils Ezitis and Filip Karlsson had the goals for Brown, while Andy Warhoftig, Cody Moline and Alex Stuckert tallied for Gold.

One player who will not be on the final roster is Sacha Guillemain, who was traded for assets to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (Pennsylvania) Knights last week. Guilleman played in 56 games for the Bears last year, tallying seven goals and 22 assists.

“It’s a better opportunity for him,” Petrich said. “All these kids have goals and aspirations.

“We granted him a better chance of

reaching those somewhere else.”

Petrich said it is not easy to replace Guillemain’s production but the BrownGold Game was a positive sign.

“At the Brown-Gold Game this year, compared to last year, there was a lot more skill and a lot more plays being made,” the coach said.

Petrich said the roster is deeper and more experienced. He said another change is the team is solid from the defensemen on out instead of the forwards back in, as was the case last season.

An experienced fan base watching the team embark on its 12th season knows a lot can’t be read into the game, and Petrich agreed that nothing major changed Friday.

“Our No. 1 goal is still to make the playoffs,” he said. “We’d also like to have six players make Division I commitments, and we already have phone calls coming in.”

And Division I coaches attending the scrimmage.

New University of Alaska Anchorage head coach Matt Curley drove down for the scrimmage along with assistant Mark Phalon.

“We have a significant interest in the NAHL,” Curley said. “We want to track the league this season. We have See PUCK, page B4

Justin Daly of the Gold and Filip Karlsson of the Brown compete for the puck Friday during the Brown-Gold Game at the Kenai Multi-Purpose Facility.

(Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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ski’s 10, but Michael Eiter ended the game with a pick to secure the victory.

“It was a stressful game,” said Nikiski head coach Paul Nelson. “It was hot and long, both sides were dying in that heat.”

Under clear skies that raised the temperatures in the normally cool and cloudy seaside town, Nelson said the Bulldogs showed determination to win against a Seward squad that matched up very closely.

“They kept battling, and kept trying and finally came through in the end,” Nelson said. “It was an awesome game. Seward played phenomenal.

“It’s probably the hottest I’ve ever seen Seward in my life.”

The win was crucial for Nikiski, which suffered a loss to Ketchikan in its conference opener last weekend.

Soldotna 55, Eagle River 19 The Stars scored 49 unanswered points after giving up an openingdrive touchdown to pick up their first win in Northern Lights Conference play this year.

The victory pushed SoHi to the top of the NLC at 1-0 and 4-1 overall, while the previously undefeated Wolves fell to 3-1 overall and 0-1 in

conference.

Wyatt Medcoff powered the Stars to the win with three first-half touchdowns, leaving SoHi up 21-7 at halftime.

In a battle between the top two teams in the NLC — both teams were also ranked first and second in the ASBN weekly polls — it was the Wolves striking first. Eagle River quarterback Ryan Adkins opened the scoring late in the first quarter with a 1-yard QB sneak to give Eagle River the lead.

“We knew going in there, there was a chance if we didn’t play well, they’d hang around,” said SoHi head coach Galen Brantley Jr. “But we made some adjustments and the kids started making plays.”

Medcoff scored on an 8-yard scamper to tie it up with 10:26 left in the second quarter, then gave SoHi the lead for good with a big defensive play, grabbing an interception for a 28-yard pick-six with 4:43 left in the first half. Brantley Jr. said the interception return was helped by an increase in pressure the SoHi defense began putting on Adkins.

“That was really the momentum swinger in the game,” Brantley Jr. said about the interception return. “Once he made that play, we felt like we had it all the way.”

Medcoff scored again, on offense, with a 7-yard touchdown run with 26 seconds to play until the half. Soldot-

na led 21-7 at the break. Medcoff had 138 yards by halftime.

Medcoff scored his fourth touchdown of the day to begin the third quarter, putting SoHi up 28-7, and the Stars decided to try an onside kick with success. Brantley Jr. said the onside kick decision came down to pure success rate.

“We were having a tough time in kickoff coverage,” he said. “They were returning it to midfield, so it was more out of our own inadequacies in kickoff coverage.”

Aaron Faletoi made good on the onside kick with a 54-yard rumble into the end zone for a 35-7 lead, and Hudson Metcalf later caught a 5-yard touchdown pass from Jersey Truesdell to make it 42-7 with 6:32 left in the third quarter. SoHi was able to score 21 points in a span of 3:38 in the third.

Faletoi added his second TD run of the day early in the fourth quarter, and Austin Escott put a bow on the day with a scoring run late in the game.

West Valley 44, Kenai 6 The Kardinals fell in a nonconference meeting with Division II opponent West Valley Saturday afternoon in Fairbanks.

Titus Riddall scored the only points for Kenai in a loss that dropped the Kardinals to 2-3 overall on the season, with their first NLC matchup yet to

come. Kenai will travel to play Eagle River next Friday night.

Kenai head coach Dustin Akana said the Kards were able to make some big plays, but mental errors and missed assignments dogged the team throughout the contest.

“We’re beating ourselves,” Akana said. “That’s what it came down to, way too many mental errors.”

Zach Burnett, Tucker Vann and Riddall provided the Kenai attack with a boost, with Burnett gaining 46 yards on six carries, Riddall getting 44 yards on 12 touches and Vann going 48 yards on seven.

Kenai QB Connor Felchle went 6 for 14 for 44 passing yards, and Kayden Daniels chipped in 20 yards on 2-for-3 passing. Burnett caught the lion’s share of those with 43 yards on four catches.

The Wolfpack opened the game with consecutive touchdown drives that put the home team up 16-0 before Kenai answered. Preston Damario burst through for a 74-yard run to the 1-yard line, then scoring on the next play just 57 seconds into the game.

West Valley QB Maurice Maiden ran in for the two-point play.

Maiden then connected with Zach Campbell on a 37-yard touchdown strike.

Riddall’s one-yard scoring run with six minutes left in the first quarter put Kenai behind 16-6, but that would be all the offensive scoring the Kards

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

Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 9 a.m.

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Washington at Arizona, 12:25 p.m.

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Eielson 63, Homer 6 The winless season continued for the Mariners with a tough loss Saturday in Fairbanks in a rematch of last year’s Division III state semifinals.

Homer dropped to 0-5 overall.

Homer QB Anthony Kalugin provided the only points for the Mariners with a pass to Prokopy Kohnev.

Homer head coach Walter Love wrote in a text that the Mariners executed better than last week’s 59-0 loss to Houston, but an illness ravaging the football team made for a tough day.

Love said he left two players home due to sickness, and five total were ill, forcing him to pull three starters out by the second quarter.

“Rough game, but better,” Love wrote. “Put my JV in (the) third quarter. They made a good show.”

Homer will host Ketchikan next weekend. The Kings (3-1) sit second in the Peninsula Conference standings.

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Maiden answered for the Wolfpack with an 81-yard touchdown rumble, and the deficit grew to 22-6 for Kenai.

A punt return gave West Valley a 30-6 lead at halftime.

“When we’re in the right spots and disciplined with position, we stopped them,” Akana said. “But just the mental mistakes here and there is what got us.”

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Baseball AL Standings

East Division W L Pct GB Boston 97 46 .678 — New York 89 53 .627 7½ Tampa Bay 77 64 .546 19 Toronto 64 78 .451 32½ Baltimore 41 101 .289 55½ Central Division Cleveland 81 61 .570 — Minnesota 64 77 .454 16½ Detroit 59 83 .415 22 Chicago 56 86 .394 25 Kansas City 47 94 .333 33½ West Division Houston 89 53 .627 — Oakland 86 57 .601 3½ Seattle 78 64 .549 11 Los Angeles 70 72 .493 19 Texas 61 81 .430 28 Friday’s Games Toronto 3, Cleveland 2, 11 innings Tampa Bay 14, Baltimore 2 Detroit 5, St. Louis 3 Houston 6, Boston 3 Minnesota 10, Kansas City 6 L.A. Angels 5, Chicago White Sox 2 Oakland 8, Texas 4 N.Y. Yankees 4, Seattle 0 Saturday’s Games Houston 5, Boston 3 Oakland 8, Texas 6 Cleveland 9, Toronto 8 Tampa Bay 10, Baltimore 5 Detroit 4, St. Louis 3 L.A. Angels 12, Chicago White Sox 3 Kansas City 4, Minnesota 1 N.Y. Yankees 4, Seattle 2 Sunday’s Games Cleveland (Clevinger 11-7) at To-

ronto (Pannone 1-1), 9:07 a.m.

Baltimore (Rogers 1-1) at Tampa Bay (Stanek 2-3), 9:10 a.m.

St. Louis (Gant 6-5) at Detroit (Fulmer 3-10), 9:10 a.m.

Kansas City (Kennedy 1-8) at Minnesota (Littell 0-2), 10:10 a.m.

L.A. Angels (Heaney 8-9) at Chicago White Sox (Lopez 5-9), 10:10 a.m.

Texas (Jurado 2-4) at Oakland (Cahill 6-3), 12:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 7-6) at Seattle (Ramirez 2-3), 12:10 p.m.

Houston (Keuchel 11-10) at Boston (Porcello 16-7), 4:05 p.m.

All Times ADT East Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 78 64 .549 — Philadelphia 74 67 .525 3½ Washington 70 72 .493 8 New York 64 77 .454 13½ Miami 56 86 .394 22 Central Division Chicago 83 58 .589 — Milwaukee 81 62 .566 3 St. Louis 78 64 .549 5½ Pittsburgh 71 71 .500 12½ Cincinnati 61 82 .427 23 West Division Colorado 78 63 .553 — Los Angeles 77 65 .542 1½ Arizona 76 66 .535 2½ San Francisco 68 75 .476 11 San Diego 56 88 .389 23½ Friday’s Games Chicago Cubs at Washington, ppd.

Cincinnati 12, San Diego 6 Pittsburgh 5, Miami 3 Detroit 5, St. Louis 3 Philadelphia 4, N.Y. Mets 3 Milwaukee 4, San Francisco 2 L.A. Dodgers 4, Colorado 2 Arizona 5, Atlanta 3 Saturday’s Games Pittsburgh 5, Miami 1 Washington 10, Chicago Cubs 3, 1st game Cincinnati 7, San Diego 2, 7 innings Detroit 4, St. Louis 3 Milwaukee 4, San Francisco 3 N.Y. Mets 10, Philadelphia 5 Atlanta 5, Arizona 4, 10 innings Colorado 4, L.A. Dodgers 2 Chicago Cubs at Washington, late Sunday’s Games Philadelphia (Velasquez 9-10) at N.Y. Mets (deGrom 8-8), 9:10 a.m.

St. Louis (Gant 6-5) at Detroit (Fulmer 3-10), 9:10 a.m.

Chicago Cubs (Montgomery 4-5) at Washington (Fedde 1-3), 9:35 a.m.

Miami (Brigham 0-1) at Pittsburgh (Williams 12-9), 9:35 a.m.

San Francisco (Bumgarner 5-5) at Milwaukee (Davies 2-5), 10:10 a.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Wood 8-6) at Colorado (Anderson 6-7), 11:10 a.m.

Atlanta (Toussaint 1-1) at Arizona (Ray 5-2), 12:10 p.m.

San Diego (Nix 2-3) at Cincinnati (Reed 0-2), 12:10 p.m.

All Times ADT

Astros 5, Red Sox 3 021 200 000—5 11 0 100 010 001—3 10 1

Morton, James (6), Pressly (8), R.Osuna (9) and Maldonado; Rodriguez, Workman (4), Poyner (6), Thornburg (8) and Vazquez. W_ Morton 14-3. L_Rodriguez 12-4.

Sv_R.Osuna (15). HRs_Houston, Maldonado (4), Bregman (30).

Boston, Bogaerts (21).

Athletics 8, Rangers 6 Tex. Oak.

012 100 020—6 9 200 021 12x—8 9

1 0

Mendez, M.Perez (5), Claudio (7), Butler (7), Martin (8) and Chirinos; E.Jackson, Kelley (4), Gearrin (5), Hendriks (6), Trivino (7), Rodney (8), Buchter (8), Treinen (9) and Lucroy. W_Buchter 4-0.

L_Martin 1-4. Sv_Treinen (37).

HRs_Texas, Beltre 2 (12), Profar (16). Oakland, Pinder (11), Olson (25), Davis (41).

Indians 9, Blue Jays 8 Cle. Tor.

001 071 000—9 11 0 021 022 100—8 18 1

Plutko, Otero (5), T.Olson (6), Ramirez (6), O.Perez (7), Tomlin (8), C.Allen (9) and R.Perez; Reid-Foley, Shafer (5), Leiter Jr. (6), Mayza (7), Clippard (8), Guerrieri (9) and Jansen, Maile. W_Tomlin 1-5. L_Reid-Foley 1-3. Sv_C.Allen (26). HRs_Cleveland, Perez (2), Brantley (15). Toronto, Tellez (1), Grichuk 2 (21).

Rays 10, Orioles 5 Bal. TB

Royals 4, Twins 1 KC Min.

000 001 300—4 8 000 000 001—1 1

0 0

Lopez, W.Peralta (9) and S.Perez; Berrios, Duffey (7), Vasquez (7), Curtiss (8), Reed (9) and Garver.

W_Lopez 2-4. L_Berrios 11-11.

Sv_W.Peralta (9).

Angels 12, White Sox 3

NL Standings

Hou. Bos.

D.Castillo, Yarbrough (2), Stanek (5), Kolarek (6), Roe (7), Alvarado (7), Schultz (8), Kittredge (9) and Ciuffo, Sucre. W_Yarbrough 145. L_Hess 3-10. HRs_Baltimore, Nunez (4).

001 200 200— 5 11 1 410 002 30x—10 14 1

Hess, Scott (6), P.Fry (7), Wright Jr. (7), Givens (8) and Sisco;

LA Chi.

303 000 006—12 17 0 101 100 000— 3 8 2

Shoemaker, Bedrosian (6), H.Robles (7), J.Anderson (8), Johnson (9) and F.Arcia, Hudson; Shields, Bummer (5), Minaya (5), Frare (7), I.Hamilton (8), J.Fry (9), Vieira (9) and K.Smith. W_Shoemaker 2-0. L_Shields 6-16. HRs_ Los Angeles, Trout 2 (33).

100 010 101—4 8 001 010 000—2 4

1 0

Lynn, Robertson (8), Betances (9) and Au.Romine; F.Hernandez, Armstrong (5), Vincent (7), Colome (8), Cook (9), Duke (9) and Zunino. W_Lynn 9-10. L_Vincent 3-3. Sv_Betances (3). HRs_New York, McCutchen (2), Romine (10). Seattle, Zunino (19).

Tigers 4, Cardinals 3 SL Det.

000 000 012—3 200 100 001—4

4 6

2 0

Flaherty, Poncedeleon (6), Cecil (8), Brebbia (8), Norris (9) and Pena, Kelly; Boyd, Wilson (8), Stumpf (8), Greene (9) and Greiner. W_Greene 4-6. L_Norris 3-5. HRs_St. Louis, Ozuna (21), DeJong (17).

Pirates 5, Marlins 1 Mia. Pit.

000 000 010—1 010 201 10x—5

5 9

2 1

Chen, Graves (5), Hernandez (7), Guerra (8) and Holaday; Nova, Neverauskas (7), Kingham (8) and Stallings. W_Nova 8-9. L_ Chen 6-10. HRs_Pittsburgh, Bell (10).

Reds 7, Padres 2, 7 inn.

SD Cin.

000 200 0—2 5 070 000 x—7 8

0 0

Erlin, Stock (4), Perdomo (6) and Hedges; Harvey, Hughes (7) and Casali. W_Harvey 7-8. L_Erlin 3-6.

HRs_San Diego, Hosmer (15).

Cincinnati, Votto (10).

Nationals 10, Cubs 3 Chi. Was.

000 000 102— 3 9 300 005 20x—10 6

3 0

J.Garcia, Kintzler (1), De La Rosa (3), R.Rosario (6), Norwood (6), Chatwood (7) and Contreras, T.Davis; Scherzer and Wieters.

W_Scherzer 17-6. L_J.Garcia 3-7.

Brewers 4, Giants 3 SF Mil.

000 001 020—3 6 100 210 00x—4 5

0 1

Stratton, W.Smith (8) and Ar.Garcia; G.Gonzalez, Knebel (6), Soria (8), Cedeno (8), Jeffress (8) and Pina. W_G.Gonzalez 8-11. L_Stratton 9-9. Sv_Jeffress (10). HRs_San Francisco, Jones (2). Milwaukee, Yelich (28), Shaw (28).

Mets 10, Phillies 5 Phi. NY

000 002 201— 5 14 0 033 102 01x—10 11 0

Eflin, Eickhoff (4), A.Davis (5), E.Ramos (6), Morgan (6), L.Garcia (6), Arano (7), Avilan (8) and W.Ramos; Syndergaard, Blevins (7), Gsellman (8) and Nido.

W_Syndergaard 11-3.

L_Eflin 9-7. HRs_Philadelphia, Hoskins (29). New York, Frazier (17), Conforto (22).

Rockies 4, Dodgers 2 LA Col.

000 010 001—2 6 001 120 00x—4 7

0 0

Buehler, Venditte (7), Rosscup (8), Fields (8) and A.Barnes, Grandal; Freeland, Oberg (7), Ottavino (8), W.Davis (9) and Iannetta. W_Freeland 14-7. L_Buehler 6-5. Sv_W.Davis (39). HRs_Los Angeles, Taylor (15). Colorado, Blackmon (24), Iannetta (10).

Braves 5, Diamondbacks 4, 10 inn.

Atl.

110 000 010 1—4 5 4

Soccer MLS Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L T Pts New York 17 7 4 55 Atlanta U. FC 16 5 6 54 NY City FC 14 8 7 49 Columbus 12 8 7 43 Philadelphia 12 11 4 40 Montreal 11 14 3 36 New England 8 10 9 33 D.C. United 8 11 7 31 Toronto FC 7 14 6 27 Orlando City 7 17 3 24 Chicago 6 15 6 24

GF GA 50 29 56 33 51 38 35 34 39 41 37 45 40 42 43 44 45 52 40 62 37 52

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Yankees 4, Mariners 2 NY Sea.

Ari.

Teheran, Brach (7), Venters (8), Winkler (8), Carle (8), Biddle (9), Sobotka (9), Minter (10) and Suzuki; Buchholz, McFarland (7), Diekman (8), Hirano (9), Chafin (10), Andriese (10) and Mathis, J.Murphy. W_Sobotka 1-0. L_Chafin 1-5. Sv_Minter (13). HRs_Atlanta, Suzuki (12).

200 000 010 2—5 11 2

FC Dallas 14 6 7 49 S. Kansas City 14 7 6 48 Los Angeles FC 13 7 7 46 Real Salt Lake 13 10 5 44 Portland 12 7 8 44 12 9 5 41 Seattle Vancouver 11 9 7 40 LA Galaxy 10 10 8 38 Minnesota U. 9 15 2 29 Houston 7 13 7 28 6 15 6 24 Colorado San Jose 4 15 8 20 NOTE: Three points for victory, for tie.

47 37 49 33 54 42 48 46 40 36 35 27 45 52 51 54 38 52 43 42 31 50 41 52 one point

Wednesday, September 5 New England 1, New York City FC 0 Saturday, September 8 D.C. United 1, New York City FC 1, tie Sporting Kansas City 1, Orlando City 0 Portland 2, Colorado 0 Wednesday, September 12 Minnesota United at D.C. United, 3:30 p.m.

ADT

Tennis US Open

NEW YORK (AP) — Results Saturday from the U.S. Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center (seedings in parentheses): Women’s Singles Final Naomi Osaka (20), Japan, def.

Serena Williams (17), United States, 6-2, 6-4.

Basketball WNBA Playoffs

Finals (Best-of-5; x-if necessary) Seattle 1, Washington 0 Friday, Sept. 7: Seattle 89, Washington 76 Sunday, Sept. 9: Washington at Seattle, 11:30 a.m.

All Times ADT

Transactions BASEBALL American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Placed RHP Michael Kopech on the 60day DL. Selected the contract of RHP Rob Scahill from Charlotte (IL).

DETROIT TIGERS — Released LHP Josh Smoker.

HOUSTON ASTROS — Reinstated RHP Charlie Morton from the 10-day DL. OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Recalled RHP Chris Bassitt from Nashville (PCL).

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Assigned RHP Mike Hauschild outright to Buffalo (IL).

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Reinstated RHP Zack Godley from paternity leave.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Sent RHP Dennis Santana to Rancho Cucamonga (Cal) for a rehab assignment.

NEW YORK METS — Selected the contract of C Jose Lobaton from Las Vegas (PCL). Transferred RHP Bobby Wahl to the 60-day DL. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Recalled C Andrew Knapp and 3B Mitch Walding from Lehigh Valley (IL).

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Sent RHPs Michael Wacha and Mike Mayers to Memphis (PCL) for rehab assignments.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association CLEVELAND CAVALIERS — Signed G David Nwaba to a oneyear contract.

DALLAS (AP) — Tyron Woodley sent Darren Till to the canvas with a right hand early in the second round. It took him several minutes to finish off the English fighter and defend his welterweight title at UFC 228 on Saturday night.

Woodley beat Till on a second-round submission, his fourth title defense and first in more than a year after he was roundly booed and even criticized by UFC President Dana White in his previous win in the 170-pound mixed martial arts division.

Ostrander takes Sundodger Invite Staff report Peninsula Clarion

Allie Ostrander, a 2015 graduate of Kenai Central High School, and the Boise State cross-country team got their season off to a successful start Saturday at the Sundodger Invitational at Lincoln Park in Seattle.

Both the Broncos men’s and women’s teams swept the titles.

Ostrander won the six-kilometer race in 20 minutes, 21.70 seconds, while teammate Clare O’Brien was about five seconds back. The Boise State men won the first seven spots in the field for a perfect score, while the women went 1-2-3-4-7.

Boise State returns to competition on Sept. 28 at the Wisconsin Nuttycombe Invitational in Madison for a preview of the national championship course.

Hunting slows down golfing for just a bit

H

unting season is upon us, so for a couple of weeks golfing slows down, but in spite of that nine Senior Men showed up on Monday and they played a three-man scramble.

The team of George Stein, Sid Cox and Darell Jelsma were the winners. Second place went to Mike Hollingsworth, Gary Davis and John Davis, while third place was Earl Mathis, Tim Bowser and Gary Dawkins. The greenie at the sixth went to Gary Dawkins and at the eighth went to Darell Jelsma. Tim Bowser had the longest putt.

Tuesday, only four ladies showed up — Margaret Stanley, Rita Geller, Denise Cox and Chiya Bazan. Chiya won both low gross and low net.

On a beautiful Wednesday night, 14 men played a team scramble and the winners were Steve Hammarstrom, Steve Griglione, Jakob Brown

1963

B irch R idge G olf R eport P at C owan and John Davis. Second in a card-off went to Robert Stiver, Tom Maloney, Bill Haese and Mark Baker. The long drive was performed by Jeff Selinger and closest to on No. 6 was Tom Maloney and on No. 8 was Jeff Selinger.

The pure birdie went to Tom Maloney.

The last Par 3 Challenge of the year was played on Saturday, so results will be in next week’s column.

The final tournament of the year is the Cold Weather Classic, a two-person, manwoman team playing a Scotch Double (alternate shot) format. Call the pro shop for more info or to sign up.

WRESTLERS REUNION! Jerry Harvey will be hosting a reunion of wrestlers who were coached by Jerry Near.

Coach Near started the wrestling program at KCHS in Kenai, AK, in 1963. In his very first year, he had two state champions, Jerry Harvey (133) and Jim Volentine (145). As a team, we finished 2nd in the state, losing only to West Anchorage.

Quite a feat for a new program and coach! In 1966 we were the first team to defeat West, who dominated wrestling.

So bring your families down to beautiful Islamorada in the Florida Keys and show Coach Near how much we appreciate what he did for us and the Kenai area!

Dates of Reunion: December 1st to December 5th For more information: Jerry Harvey at jharvey25@icloud.com | 305/414/8322 Jerry Near at jnear@gci.net | 907-262-4461 For travel assistance: travelexpertsak@gmail.com | 907-398-0309

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was third at 20:05.

Seward freshmen-sophomore boys win ACS Challenge The Seward freshmen-sophomore boys won the ACS 3K Class Challenge on Friday at Cheney Lake in Anchorage.

The Seahawks scored 29 points in the race, while Grace Christian was second at 45.

Tristian Merchant of Anchorage Christian Schools won at 9:54, while Seward’s Neil Lindquist was second at 10:11.

Also for Seward, Max Pfeiffenberger was fifth at 10:28, Trey Ingalls was 10th at 11:19, Cody Bryden was 13th at 11:25, Samuel Koster was 15th at 11:33, Clayton Peterson was 26th at 12:09, Sam Paperman was 34th at 13:01 and Grant Hinders was 38th at 13:41.

Malina Fagan of Kodiak won the freshman-sophomore girls race at 13:00. For Seward, Lucy Hankins was eighth at 14:11, Gaia Casagranda was

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challenging track conditions all night, as an ever-changing dirt track went from dusty to muddy all night.

“With dirt it’s not as consistent as asphalt,” Braddock said.

“The car has to be more adaptable. We had a good car.”

Braddock controlled the field from the front in the first heat and feature races, but the second heat saw him come from the back to win. Braddock made the pass with a move around Endsley as the two raced to the white flag with a lap and a half to go. The move paid off after more than five laps of trying to pass Endsley.

Endsley also raced in the AStock class Friday night in the car owned by his father, Chris.

The elder Endsley won the first two heats, but Sean ended up taking the A-Stock feature despite a run-in with the lapped car of Mady Stichal.

After taking a solo spinout in the opening laps of the feature, Endsley flaunted his speed out front while leading, but with nine laps to go, Endsley rearended the No. 95 of Stichal, who moved high up the track the same time Endsley did.

Endsley hung on to win comfortably over the No. 2 of Keith Jones.

In the Late Model division, Braddock led flag to flag in the first heat of the day as competitors behind him had to choke their way through a dust storm as a dry track led to clouds of suffocating dust that left only the race leader in clean air. The dry conditions left many drivers

10th at 14:14 and Maranatha Brueckner was 13th at 14:48.

Gabe Martin of Grace won the junior-senior boys race at 10:02. For Seward, Bjorn Nilson was 16th at 11:32, Brendan McMurray was 24th at 12:00 and Justin McMurray was 35th at 12:51.

Mazzy Jackson of Grace won the junior-senior girls race at 12:08. For Seward, Sadie Lindquist was sixth at 13:16 and Sophia Dow was 32nd at 16:17.

Homer Invitational

Friday on the Homer Spit Boys individual five-kilometer results 1. Luciano Fasulo, Hom, 16 minutes, 51 seconds; 2. Eyoab Knapp, Hom, 16:55; 3.

Lance Chilton, Sol, 17:05; 4. Bradley Walters, 17:28; 5. Mekbeb Denbrock, 17:44; 6.

Clayton Beachy, Hom, 18:17; 7. Jack Harris, Sol, 18:41; 8. Nathanael Johnson, Sol, 18:44; 9. Anchor Musgrave, Sol, 19:04; 10.

Daniel Reutov, Hom, 19:11; 11. Chance Reynolds, Sol, 19:24; 12. Austin Cline, Hom, 19:29; 13. Bryan McCollum, Nik, 19:57; 14. Devin Wise, Hom, 20:10; 15. Joseph Yourkoski, Nik, 20:37; 16. Seth Inama, Hom, 22:44.

Girls individual five-kilometer results 1. Autumn Daigle, Hom, 19:35; 2. Brooke Miller, Sol, 19:54; 3. Jordan Strausbaugh, Sol, 20:05; 4. Tanis Lorring, Sol, 20:40; 5.

Sienna Carey, Hom, 21:39; 6. Cameron Blackwell, Sol, 21:39; 7. Jordan Ruffner, Sol, 21:40; 8. Ellie Burns, Sol, 21:48; 9.

Kaylin Anderson, Hom, 21:58; 10. Ryann Cannava, Sol, 22:26; 11. Victoria Denison, Sol, 22:44; 12. Kara Super, Hom, 22:52; 13. Mariah McGuire, Hom, 23:29; 14. Zoe Stonorov, Hom, 23:47.

racing almost blindly through the thick dust.

Creech had collided earlier with the No. 47 of Jason Doyle as the two raced into turn 3, and the contact cut down Creech’s left rear tire.

Quick work by his crew of mechanics meant Creech was able to get back out on track before the green flag waved again, keeping him on the lead lap.

However, the new left rear tire didn’t see much time, as Creech took the green flag in last place and slid wide exiting turn 2, smacking the outside barrier, which sent his car headfirst into the metal wall.

“I got too high and got to the edge of that fluff,” Creech explained.

With a crumpled front end, Creech still managed to shoo away track workers and limp the No. 88 back into the pits.

A two-time track champion at Palmer’s Alaska Raceway Park, the 42-year-old Creech said this weekend was his first in a dirt Late Model. Creech said he has raced all types of cars on both pavement and dirt, but the Late Models on dirt was a new experience.

“They drive totally different,” he said. “The rear end is hard to manage, and I’m new to the setups.”

The dusty conditions early in the night gave Creech a nice introduction to the discipline.

It only got worse for the Legends class, which got their first heat started before the water truck could wet the dirt surface down.

Bryan Barber took two out of three Legends wins, including the feature, in his traditional No. 88 machine. Barber said the biggest challenge he battled

Homer senior Luciano Fasulo crosses the finish line of the 5K men’s Spit Run tot take first place in the cross-country Homer Invitational on Saturday on the Homer Spit in Homer. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

Race leader Sean Endsley (1/2) rear ends the lapped car of Mady Stichal in the A-Stock feature race Friday night at Twin City Raceway in Kenai. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

all night was gear problems, as his car repeatedly shifted into third gear when he needed fifth.

Barber said he was able to make the pass in the feature race while dealing with the issue.

“I made that pass as I was downshifting,” he said.

The only race Barber didn’t win was the second heat, when he started last in the 10-lap inverted field. Barber showed speed throughout the dash, but was held up by slower traffic on several occasions.

“Everyone was making mistakes in front of me,” Barber explained. “They kept hitting me, and I struggled with it.”

In a two-lap dash to decide heat two, a battle for the lead between David Kusmider in the No. 55 and Aaron Creech in the No. 4 went sour as Kusmider attempted the pass in turn 1, only to slam on the brakes when

Jon Jenson (left) and Jason Doyle spin out while racing for the lead Friday night in a Late Model heat race at Twin City Raceway in Kenai. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Creech threw a block, causing the field to stack up and Barber to spin out on the backstretch.

In the 20-lap Legends fea-

ture, Barber was taken out by Creech on the first lap battling for the lead, but the No. 88 suffered minimal damage and

Barber rallied to take the lead with a nifty pass on the outside of Kusmider on the backstretch with 12 laps to go.

No. 3 Georgia makes statement on road in South Carolina

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer

Two weeks into the season and it is already tempting to ponder another Georgia-Alabama game in Atlanta with big stakes.

The loudest statements are made on the road and No. 3 Georgia made quite a racket on Saturday. The Bulldogs coasted past No. 24 South Carolina in a game that was supposed to represent the toughest test among East Division competition for the Bulldogs.

If that is the case, just pencil in Georgia for the SEC championship at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Dec. 1. The Bulldogs have their annual rivalry game against No. 7 Auburn in November and that trip to Death Valley to face No. 11 LSU in midOctober could prove tricky. But if Saturday was any indication, Georgia has a gear that few will be able to match.

The Bulldogs come with waves of

talent and speed everywhere. Receiver Mecole Hardman here. Running back D’Andre Swift there. Cornerback Deandre Baker returning a pick for six.

Safety Richard LeCounte hitting everything.

Georgia’s performance seemed even more impressive compared with how No. 2 Clemson had to fight and claw to win at Texas A&M . That’s not a knock at the Tigers. They showed their championship mettle against a team that was making one remarkable play after another. Clemson has now won 23 of its last 28 one-possession games since 2011.

But when you make it look easy in hostile territory the way Georgia did, it is notable.

Any thought Georgia might take a step back — even just a small one — after its breakout 2017 should be dismissed. The Bulldogs, who lost the national championship game to the Tide last season, are looking more and more like what they strive to be: Ala-

bama East.

While Georgia should cruise to an SEC East title, Alabama could have some work to do.

The SEC West has posted five nonconference victories against Power Five teams (two from the ACC, two from the Big 12 and one from the Pac12) by a combined score of 178-84, including No. 18 Mississippi State running all over Kansas State . Add to that A&M giving Clemson all it could handle and the SEC West has been the best. Though Arkansas might get relegated .

gan , giving some sign that things are getting better for the Jayhawks under fourth-year coach David Beaty. Don’t expect many more Ws for Kansas this season, but Rutgers comes to Lawrence next weekend. Two in a row?

Kentucky’s accomplishment was even more stunning because it came in Gainesville, where the Wildcats had not won since 1979. First-year coach Dan Mullen is not likely to lose the Gator faithful so quickly, but this one has to sting. Even Will Muschamp and Jim McElwain were able to keep the streak going against Kentucky.

The best two college football teams FOOTBALL SCHOOLS in Florida might be playing in the Kansas had not won a road games American Athletic Conference: UCF since 2009, losing 46 straight. Ken- and USF. tucky had not beaten Florida since 1986, losing 31 straight to its SEC HEISMAN TALK East rival.

On the same day, those two basketEarly Heisman Trophy hype can ball blue bloods got off the schneid. be fleeting at best. But the new startKansas thumped Central Michi- ing quarterbacks for No. 4 Ohio State

and No. 1 Alabama are putting up eyepopping numbers.

We are all familiar with Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa, national championship game hero and winner of the most interesting quarterback competition in the country.

Through two games Tagovailoa has thrown for 555 yards and six touchdowns in just 35 attempts (25 completions). That’s 15.9 yard per attempt and a TD every six passes.

Ohio State’s Dwayne Haskins has been equally ridiculous: 546 yards and nine touchdowns in 53 attempts (44 completions). That’s 10.3 per attempt to go with a touchdown pass every six throws.

Alabama coach Nick Saban has never had a quarterback like Tagovailoa. Ohio State coach Urban Meyer has not had a quarterback like Haskins since he coached Alex Smith at Utah.

It will be interesting to so how much the coaches allow for the quarterbacks to compile gaudy stats.

Owens, Aldridge, Showalter thrive at Gauntlet Staff report Peninsula Clarion

Soldotna rider Tyle Owens took the overall victory in Saturday’s Tsalteshi Gauntlet bicycle race.

Owens prevailed over a field of 33 in the three-hour endurance race that features no set course. Instead, riders are tasked with creating their own route that they believe to be the most efficient. Racers are assigned a number, then must visit every one of eight checkpoints scattered throughout the trail system and rip out the

corresponding page before returning back to the race start to deliver their pages.

Owens completed four laps of the course in a time of 2 hours, 55 minutes, 9 seconds, beating Tony Eskelin 2 minutes, 23 seconds. Eskelin also completed four laps, with a time of 2:57:32, and Owens grabbed seven pages on his final lap while Eskelin got six. Riders were allowed to finish their final lap without grabbing all pages, as long as they crossed the finish line under the three-hour limit.

Brian Beeson took third in 2:58:51, racing four laps and taking five pages on his final lap.

Morgan Aldridge won the women’s race in a time of 2:56:46, completing three laps and getting three pages on her final lap. Cassie Collins took second among women in 2:52:57 with three laps and one page.

Landen Showalter was the top youth rider, beating runner-up Ethan Hogue by a lap with a time of 2:56:40. Showalter completed three laps, while Hogue rode two laps in 2:50:23.

1. Tyle Owens, 2:55:09, 4 Laps, 7 Pages; 2. Tony Eskelin, 2:57:32, 4 Laps, 6 Pages; 3. Brian Beeson, 2:58:51, 4 Laps, 5 Pages; 4.

Jordan Chilson, 2:55:00, 4 Laps, 3 Pages; 5. Jamie Nelson, 2:56:13, 4 Laps, 1 Page; 6. Mark Forbes, 2:56:00, 4 Laps; 7. Morgan Aldridge, 2:56:46, 3 Laps, 3 Pages; 8. Cassie Collins, 2:52:57,

3 Laps 1 Page; 9. Landen Showalter, 2:56:40, 3 Laps, 1 Page; 10.

Rob Carson, 2:57:43, 3 Laps, 1 Page; 11. John Tabor, 2:57:52, 3 Laps, 1 Page; 12. Jen Tabor, 2:57:52, 3 Laps, 1 Page; 13. Dave Edwards Smith, 2:58:23, 3 Laps, 1 Page; 14. Jen Showalter, 2:51:30, 3 Laps; 15. Ethan Hogue, 2:50:23, 2 Laps, 3 Pages; 15. Robert Carson, 2:50:23, 2 Laps, 3 Pages; 17. Patty Moran, 2:57:10, 2 Laps, 3 Pages; 17. Kelly Sederholm, 2:57:10, 2 Laps, 3 Pages; 17.

Jane Adkins, 2:57:10, 2 Laps, 3 Pages; 27. Cindy Miller, 2:57:10, 2 Laps, 3 Pages; 21. Madison McDonald, 2:59:26, 2 Laps, 2 Pages; 22. Jeff McDonald, 2:55:40, 2 Laps, 1 Page; 22. Dana McDonald, 2:55:40, 2 Laps, 1 Page; 24. Tristan Davis, 2:55:45, 2 Laps, 1 Page; 24. John Davis, 2:55:45, 2 Laps, 1 Page; 24. Tanner Furlong, 2:55:45, 2 Laps, 1 Page; 27. Darryl Kincaid, 2:20:26, 2 Laps; 28.

Alicia Driscoll, 2:58:11, 2 Laps; 29. Lauri Lingafelt, 2:51:28, 1 Lap, 4 Pages; 29. Sandi Crawford, 2:51:28, 1 Lap, 4 Pages; 31. Jon Iannoccone, 2:56:30, 1 Lap, 1 Page (Hidden Book Cheese Winner); 32. Carl Kincaid, 1:38:57, 5 Pages; 33. Jared Kincaid, 1:38:57, 5 Pages.

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Justin Daly of the Gold brings the puck up against Findlay Wood of the Brown on Friday in the Brown-Gold Game at the Kenai Multi-Purpose Facility. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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a team in our backyard and a team in Fairbanks and we want to take advantage of it.”

Curley likes the type of player the NAHL produces.

“This league is very similar to our league, with hard-nosed players who had to scrap and

claw to work their way up to play college hockey,” he said.

Curley also likes the idea of recruiting players for whom Alaska is not an unknown.

“The first question we ask players is, ‘Have you ever been here?’” he said. “Coach Phalon and I had never been here until we were fortunate enough to get this opportunity.

“It’s an easy place to fall in Filip Karlsson of the Brown, Preston Weeks of the Gold and Emils Ezitis of the Brown battle for the puck Friday in the BrownGold Game at the Kenai Multi-Purpose Facility. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion) love with.”

Palmer girls, Kodiak boys win Homer Invitational Staff report Peninsula Clarion

The Palmer girls and Kodiak boys won the Homer Invitational on Friday and Saturday at Homer High School.

The Moose girls rolled up 65 points to defeat runner-up Soldotna by seven, while the Bears boys scored 120.5 to swamp the rest of the field, which was led by the 73.5 of Kenai.

On the girls side, Homer’s Madison Story had a big meet, winning the 200-yard freestyle and 100 backstroke and also helping the 200 medley relay, also including Alia Bales, Adeline Berry and Sailey Rhodes, to victory.

The SoHi girls also won a relay, with Sydney and Alex Juliussen teaming with Madelyn Barkman and Madelyn Brennan for the victory. Barkman also won the 50 free-

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Southcentral Conference by going on the road and defeating Redington on Friday and Houston on Saturday.

Friday, the Kards cruised past the Huskies 25-16, 25-20 and 25-10.

“The girls just got off the bus and took care of business one point at a time,” Kenai head coach Tracie Beck said.

Bethany Morris had eight kills and five aces, while Jaiden Streiff had 22 digs and five kills, and Lexi Reis had five kills.

Saturday, the Kards prevailed in a tense 23-25, 25-15, 25-21, 18-25 and 15-13 affair at Houston.

“Our passing was on and when our passing is on it lets us get in our offense,” Beck said.

“When we can pass, it’s kind of fun. We get to play volleyball and run our offense.”

Kailey Hamilton had 28 assists and three aces for Kenai, while Kaylee Lauritsen had 21 assists and four aces. Also,

style, while Sydney Juliussen touched first in the 100 freestyle.

Also from the peninsula, Seward’s Lydia Jacoby won the 200 IM in 2:19.44 and Kenai’s Rachael Pitsch won the 500 freestyle.

On the boys side, Kenai tasted victory in the 200 freestyle relay, with Savaii Heaven, Trevor Bagley, Owen Rolph and Koda Poulin swimming to the win. Rolph also won the 100 butterfly, while Heaven won the 100 backstroke and Poulin won the 500 freestyle.

Also from the area, Soldotna’s Kylin Welch took the diving event and Homer’s Clayton Arndt won the 100 freestyle.

41; 6. Kenai, 31; 7. Wasilla, 19; 8. Seward, 16.

200-yard medley relay — 1. Homer (Bales, Story, Berry, Rhodes), 2:03.81; 2. Soldotna, 2:04.01; 3. Colony, 2:04.72; 4. Palmer, 2:06.54; 5. Seward, 2:13.00; 6.

Soldotna, 2:17.23.

200 freestyle — 1. Madison Story, Hom, 2:05.24; 2. Leslie Spear, Kod, 2:06.44; 3. Gretchen Snelders, Pal, 2:07.19; 4.

Ellyse Russell, Pal, 2:10.06; 5. Riley Reese, Ken, 2:12.94; 6. Taylor Nelson, Col, 2:15.41.

200 IM — 1. Lydia Jacoby, Sew, 2:19.44; 2. Devon Cummiskey, Kod, 2:25.28; 3.

Alexis Mattson, Col, 2:26.48; 4. Ashtyn Petersen, Pal, 2:29.80; 5. Madison Snyder, Sol, 2:30.32; 6. Sydney Juliussen, Sol, 2:30.41.

50 freestyle — 1. Madelyn Barkman, Sol, 26.92; 2. Ashleigh Nicholson, Kod, 27.32; 3. Alia Bales, Hom, 27.46; 4. Maria Beck, Pal, 27.83; 5. Lindsay Musgrave, Pal, 28.02; 6. Julia Anderson, Ken, 28.32.

Diving — 1. Jayde Chan, Was, 219.90; 2.

Carrie Mayer, Was, 183.10; 3. Chloe Hartman, Pal, 178.40; 4. Elianah Micael, Kod, 164.90; 5. Sayuri Seto, Kod, 160.90; 6.

Ansley Thornton, Col, 159.65.

100 butterfly — 1. Devon Cummiskey, Kod, 1:03.06; 2. Adeline Berry, Hom, 1:06.29; 3. Gretchen Snelders, Pal, 1:07.61; 4. Lydia Jacoby, Sew, 1:10.44; 5.

Dea Sustaita, Sol, 1:15.77; 6. Ally Ferguson, Pal, 1:17.39.

100 freestyle — 1. Sydney Juliussen, Sol, 57.78; 2. Riley Reese, Ken, 57.87; 3. Ellyse Russell, Pal, 59.00; 4. Ashleigh

Nicholson, Kod, 1:00.60; 5. Maria Beck, Pal, 1:00.91; 6. Lindsay Musgrave, Pal, 1:01.11.

500 freestyle — 1. Rachael Pitsch, Ken, 6:00.31; 2. Madison Snyder, Sol, 6:11.85; 3. Emily Hubert, Kod, 6:12.04; 4. Joscelyn Barrette, Was, 6:14.78; 5. Savannah Geffken, Pal, 6:14.85; 6. Katie Creglow, Sol, 6:16.12.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Soldotna (S. Juliussen, Barkman, Brennan, A. Juliussen), 1:49.21; 2. Kenai, 1:53.00; 3. Colony, 1:59.18; 4. Palmer, 2:01.25; 5. Wasilla, 2:02.27; 6. Seward, 2:02.69.

100 backstroke — 1. Madison Story, Hom, 1:02.48; 2. Taylor Nelson, Col, 1:08.90; 3.

Kameela Fletcher, Pal, 1:11.51; 4. Josephine Rogness, Col, 1:12.45; 5. Darby McMillan, Sol, 1:13.24; 6. Addi Rogers, Kod, 1:14.68.

100 breaststroke — 1 (tie). Alexis Mattson, Col, Leslie Spear, Kod, 1:11.62; 3.

Ashtyn Petersen, Pal, 1:16.78; 4. Madelyn Barkman, Sol, 1:17.20; 5. Olivia Beck, Pal, 1:23.18; 6. Katie Laasch-Gray, Col, 1:24.21.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Kodiak (Cummiskey, Hubert, Nicholson, Spear), 3:57.23; 2. Palmer, 4:00.30; 3. Homer, 4:07.80; 4.

Kenai, 4:10.51; 5. Colony, 4:12.31; 6. Soldotna, 4:13.52.

Morris had 17 kills, Streiff had Grizzlies 19-25, 25-19, 26-24 16 kills and Reis had 14 kills. and 25-17.

“All weekend, we played Nikiski splits with South- flat,” Segura said. “We weren’t central Conference foes playing our best game ThursThe Nikiski volleyball team day and Friday, but we were split with Southcentral Confer- able to play through it. ence foes on a road trip, de“That stuff showed up whenfeating Anchorage Christian ever we were tested today. It Schools on Friday before los- caught up with us.” ing to Grace Christian on SatLast season, the Bulldogs urday. The squad is now 2-1 in were perfect in the conference the Southcentral Conference regular season only to lose to and overall.

Grace in the conference chamFriday, the Bulldogs notched pionship. a 25-18, 25-12 and 25-11 victory.

“We’re humbled by the loss “We played a little flat and and we can come back and made a few silly mistakes here work on it,” Segura said. “Last and there,” Nikiski coach Sta- year, we couldn’t do that during cey Segura said. “We were able the season.” to power through those using Carstens had 11 kills, while some of our experience.”

Bostic had 10 kills. Clark had Kaycee Bostic had seven 20 digs, while Jeffreys and kills, while Bethany Carstens Angela Druesdow each had 10 and Emma Wik each had five digs. Carstens had five blocks, kills. Wik had five aces, while while Bostic had one. Wik led Kelsey Clark had four aces. the team with 15 assists, while Clark led in digs with 15, Johnson added seven. Finally, while America Jeffreys had Druesdow and Johnson each 10. Carstens had three blocks, had two aces. while Bostic added two blocks.

Finally, Kaitlyn Johnson had 13 Homer splits with Southassists, while Emma Wik had central Conference foes 11 assists.

The Homer volleyball team Saturday, Nikiski fell to the finished 1-1 on a Southcentral

Conference road trip Friday and Saturday.

Friday, Grace notched a 2426, 23-25, 31-29, 25-20 and 1715 win over Homer.

The top players for Homer in the game were Brianna Hetrick with six kills, 29 assists, nine digs and five aces; Kelli Bishop with 12 kills and 13 digs; Karmyn Gallios with 14 kills, a block, eight digs and an ace; and Marina Carroll with seven kills, seven blocks, eight digs and six aces.

Saturday, the Mariners bounced back by defeating ACS 20-25, 25-20, 25-15 and 25-18.

Hetrick had 23 assists, two kills, seven digs and two aces; while Gallios had 10 kills, four digs and an ace. Also for Homer, Carroll had seven kills, five digs, a block and three aces; and Tonda Smude had nine kills, four blocks and three aces.

Homer Invitational

Saturday at Homer High School GIRLS Team scores: 1. Palmer, 65; 2. Soldotna, 58; 3. Kodiak, 55; 4. Homer, 45; 5. Colony,

BOYS Team scores: 1. Kodiak, 120.5; 2. Kenai, 73.5; 3. Homer, 42; 4. Wasilla, 29; 5. Soldotna, 23; 6. Colony, 19; 7. Palmer, 16; 8.

Seward, 5.

200 medley relay — 1. Kodiak (Jensen, Carver, Dumm, Skonberg), 1:43.76; 2.

Seward sweeps Southcentral Conference road trip The Seward volleyball team went 2-0 on a Southcentral Conference road trip, sweeping Houston on Friday and Redington on Saturday.

Osaka tops Serena for 1st major NEW YORK (AP) — The events and the arguing and the booing that would make this a U.S. Open final unlike any other began when Serena Williams’ coach made what she insisted was an innocent thumbs-up, but the chair umpire interpreted as a helpful signal.

It was the second game of the second set Saturday, in a packed Arthur Ashe Stadium, and Williams’ bid for a record-tying 24th Grand Slam title already was in real trouble because she was being outplayed by firsttime major finalist Naomi Osaka.

Chair umpire Carlos Ramos warned Williams for getting coaching during a match, which isn’t allowed. She briefly disputed that ruling, saying cheating “is the one thing I’ve never done, ever.” A few games later, Williams received another warning, this time for smashing her racket, and that second violation cost her a point, leading to more arguing.

Eventually, Willams called Ramos “a thief,” drawing a third violation — and costing her a game.

“I have never cheated in my life!” Williams told Ramos. “You owe me an apology.”

Soon, Osaka was finishing off a 6-2, 6-4 victory that made her the first player from Japan to win a Grand Slam singles title. That is not, however, what will be remembered about this chaotic evening.

With jeers bouncing off the arena’s closed roof, both players — the champion, Osaka, and the runner-up, Williams — wiped away tears during a trophy ceremony that was awkward for everyone involved.

“I just feel like I had a lot of emotions,” Osaka said, “so I had to kind of categorize what was which emotion.”

Williams whispered something to Osaka and wrapped an arm around her shoulders.

“I felt, at one point, bad, because I’m crying and she’s crying. You know, she just won. I’m not sure if they were happy tears or they were just sad tears, because of the moment. I felt like, ‘Wow, this isn’t how I felt when I won my first Grand Slam.’

I was like, ‘Wow, I definitely don’t want her to feel like that,’” said Williams, who missed last year’s U.S. Open because her daughter, Olympia, was born during the tournament. “Maybe it was the mom in me that was like, ‘Listen, we’ve got to pull ourselves together here.’”

This was the only the latest in a series of high-profile conflicts with match officials for Williams at Flushing Meadows. It all dates back to 2004, when an incorrect call during a quarterfinal loss to Jennifer Capriati was cited as the main reason for the introduction of replay technology in tennis.

Homer, 1:50.92; 3. Wasilla, 1:56.58; 4.

Kenai, 1:58.13; 5. Kodiak, 1:58.43; 6.

Colony, 1:58.95.

200 freestyle — 1. Gage Egdorf, Kod, 1:51.02; 2. Savaii Heaven, Ken, 1:52.51; 3. Ethan Evans, Sol, 1:55.74; 4. Patrick Peralta, Kod, 1:59.30; 5. Jacob Hengen, Kod, 2:05.21; 6. Kaeson Dalrymple-Sorenson, Pal, 2:05.79.

200 IM — 1. Ian Rocheleau, Kod, 2:08.88; 2. Konnor Kolberg, Col, 2:11.80; 3. Koda Poulin, Ken, 2:11.84; 4. Teddy Handley, Hom, 2:17.93; 5. Jackson Krug, Kod, 2:18.17; 6. Dominic Alioto, Ken, 2:23.64.

50 freestyle — 1. Camren Hancock, Was, 22.68; 2. Clayton Arndt, Hom, 23.20; 3.

Connor Spanos, Sew, 23.68; 4. Nathan James, Kod, 23.73; 5 (tie). Anders Hocum, Kod, Owen Rolph, Ken, 24.47.

Diving — 1. Kylin Welch, Sol, 244.80; 2. Eli Krozel, Col, 226.45; 3. Sam Skolnick, Sol, 219.15; 4. Cole Johnson, Pal, 203.30; 5. Joe Cooper, Col, 140.85; 6. Rio Shemet Pitcher, Hom, 95.05.

100 butterfly — 1. Owen Rolph, Ken, 56.37; 2. Konnor Kolberg, Col, 57.68; 3. Gage Egdorf, Kod, 58.40; 4. Teddy Handley, Hom, 58.88; 5. Peter Anderson, Ken, 1:01.52; 6. Skyler Rodriguez, Hom, 1:02.08.

100 freestyle — 1. Clayton Arndt, Hom, 50.93; 2. Nathan James, Kod, 51.62; 3.

Jackson Krug, Kod, 53.50; 4. Teddy Fussell, Was, 54.20; 5. Trevor Bagley, Ken, 56.35; 6. Sorin Sorensen, Ken, 56.73.

500 freestyle — 1. Koda Poulin, Ken, 5:17.67; 2. Jacob Hengen, Kod, 5:40.92; 3. Dominic Alioto, Ken, 6:01.14; 4. Aidan Skonberg, Kod, 6:05.34; 5. Theo Castellani, Hom, 6:06.38; 6. Alex Jensen, Kod, 6:29.77.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Kenai (Heaven, Bagley, Rolph, Poulin), 1:35.60; 2. Homer, 1:37.20; 3. Kodiak, 1:39.17; 4. Wasilla, 1:43.98; 5. Palmer, 1:54.40; 6. Kodiak, 1:55.35.

100 backstroke — 1. Savaii Heaven, Ken, 55.61; 2. Ian Rocheleau, Kod, 57.70; 3.

Ethan Evans, Sol, 58.33; 4. Patrick Peralta, Kod, 1:01.76; 5. Camren Hancock, Was, 1:02.77; 6. Connor Spanos, Sew, 1:04.26.

100 breaststroke — 1. Anders Hocum, Kod, 1:03.82; 2. Trevor Bagley, Ken, 1:09.76; 3. Wesley Dumm, Kod, 1:10.17; 4. Miles Laughlin, Was, 1:10.49; 5. Nick Carver, Kod, 1:11.47; 6. Sorin Sorensen, Ken, 1:16.59.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Kodiak (Krug, Egdorf, Rocheleau, James), 3:28.55; 2.

Kodiak, 3:53.22; 3. Palmer, 3:54.28; 4.

Kenai, 3:55.51; 5. Soldotna, 4:08.26.

Today in History Today is Sunday, Sept. 9, the 252nd day of 2018. There are 113 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 9, 1850, California became the 31st state of the union.

On this date: In 1543, Mary Stuart was crowned Queen of Scots at Stirling Castle, nine months after she was born.

In 1776, the second Continental Congress made the term “United States” official, replacing “United Colonies.”

In 1919, some 1,100 members of Boston’s 1,500-man police force went on strike. (The strike was broken by Massachusetts Gov. Calvin Coolidge with replacement officers.)

In 1942, during World War II, a Japanese plane launched from a submarine off the Oregon coast dropped a pair of incendiary bombs in a failed attempt at igniting a massive forest fire; it was the first aerial bombing of the U.S. mainland by a foreign power.

In 1948, the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) was declared.

In 1956, Elvis Presley made the first of three appearances on “The Ed Sullivan Show.”

In 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the first civil rights bill to pass Congress since Reconstruction, a measure primarily concerned with protecting voting rights and which also established a Civil Rights Division in the U.S. Department of Justice.

In 1971, prisoners seized control of the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, New York, beginning a siege that ended up claiming 43 lives.

In 1976, Communist Chinese leader Mao Zedong died in Beijing at age 82. JVC unveiled its new VHS videocassette recorder during a presentation in Tokyo.

In 1986, Frank Reed, director of a private school in Lebanon, was taken hostage; he was released 44 months later.

In 1991, boxer Mike Tyson was indicted in Indianapolis on a charge of raping Desiree Washington, a beauty pageant contestant. (Tyson was convicted and ended up serving three years of a six-year prison sentence.)

In 1997, Sinn Fein (shin fayn), the IRA’s political ally, formally renounced violence as it took its place in talks on Northern Ireland’s future. Actor Burgess Meredith died in Malibu, California, at age 89.

Ten years ago: President George W. Bush announced he would keep U.S. force strength in Iraq largely intact until the next administration, drawing rebukes from Democrats who wanted the war ended and a bigger boost of troops in troubled Afghanistan. Asif Ali Zardari (AH’-seef ahLEE’ zahr-DAH’-ree), the widower of assassinated former Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto, took office as Pakistan’s president.

Five years ago: Four days of vehicular gridlock began near the George Washington Bridge when two of three approach lanes from Fort Lee, New Jersey, were blocked off; the traffic jam was later blamed on loyalists to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie over the refusal of Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich to endorse Christie for re-election. (Christie denied any prior knowledge of the lane closures.) Rafael Nadal won his 13th Grand Slam title and second at the U.S. Open by withstanding Novak Djokovic with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 victory.

One year ago: Hurricane Irma hammered Cuba with punishing winds and rain as it headed toward the Florida Keys and the southeastern United States; hundreds of shelters opened in Florida for people looking to escape the potentially deadly winds and storm surge. Dutch officials said Irma had damaged or destroyed 70 percent of the homes on St. Maarten in the Caribbean, leaving it vulnerable to the approach of Hurricane Jose.

Sloane Stephens beat her close friend Madison Keys 6-3, 6-0 at the U.S. Open in the first Grand Slam final for both. Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water” won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival.

Today’s Birthdays: Actress Sylvia Miles is 84. Actor Topol is 83.

Rhythm-and-blues singer Luther Simmons is 76. Singer Inez Foxx is 76.

Singer Dee Dee Sharp is 73. Rock singer-musician Doug Ingle is 72.

College Football Hall of Famer and former NFL player Joe Theismann is 69. Rock musician John McFee (The Doobie Brothers) is 68. Actor Tom Wopat is 67. Actress Angela Cartwright is 66. Musician-producer Dave Stewart is 66. Actor Hugh Grant is 58. Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., is 55.

Actor-comedian Charles Esten (formerly Chip) is 53. Actress Constance Marie is 53. Actor David Bennent is 52. Actor Adam Sandler is 52. Rock singer Paul Durham (Black Lab) is 50. Actress Julia Sawalha is 50. Model Rachel Hunter is 49. Actor Eric Stonestreet is 47. Actor Henry Thomas is 47. Actor Goran Visnjic (VEEZ’-nihch) is 46. Pop-jazz singer Michael Buble’ (boo-BLAY’) is 43. Latin singer Maria Rita is 41. Actress Michelle Williams is 38. Actress Julie Gonzalo is 37. Neo-soul singer Paul Janeway (St. Paul & the Broken Bones) is 35. Actress Zoe Kazan is 35. Author-motivational speaker-businessman Farrah Gray is 34. Contemporary Christian singer Lauren Daigle is 27. Country singer-songwriter Hunter Hayes is 27.

Thought for Today: “To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.” -- Helen Rowland, American writer, journalist and humorist (1876-1950).

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Along for the ride It’s our senior year.

I mean, it’s not really my senior year — I graduated from high school twenty-something years ago. (And if a think about the math, it’s actually almost 30.)

But it’s my son’s senior year, and it’s been surprising to me just how much my wife and I feel like we’re along for the ride.

Of course, anyone who has raised a child has been along for the ride to one extent or another.

But somehow, this year feels a little different — there’s more to it than simply making sure he gets out the door reasonably close to on time each morning.

Sometimes, being along for the ride has been literal. This weekend, for example, I am off to Fairbanks for the second time in five weeks for a high school football game. I’ve always tried to be supportive of my children’s endeavors, and in the past, I’ve felt pretty good about making it to Homer or Seward for a swim meet or cross-country ski race.

But I don’t think I’ve gone any farther than Anchorage for an event before, nevermind twice in a season.

Speaking of trips to Fairbanks, it has sometimes felt like we’ve been more than just along for the ride, especially when it has come to our son’s college search. In fact, there have been times where we’ve felt like we’re the ones driving the car — and working as the pit crew, too.

But after that first game in Fairbanks, we dragged him over to the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus. There wasn’t a whole lot going on at the time — it was a few weeks before the start of the fall semester — but I’m glad to say something clicked, and his attitude about what comes next has gone from ambivalence to genuine interest. I guess being there in person makes it all more real, even though it means another trip to Fairbanks in a month or so for a weekend campus visit.

To be honest, I might be just as excited about what he gets to do in college. Like I said, it feels like my senior year, too.

We’ve also been along for the ride figuratively. I still remember the emotional ups and downs of high school myself. At one point a few games back, it looked like my son was getting chewed out after a play didn’t go so well. He looked upset on the sideline, and was a little down after the game. It was one of those character-building opportunities we hope our kids get from co-curricular activities, and I think my son felt a little better when my mother mentioned to him that I had my share of character-building throughout my high school career.

For a long time, it seemed strange to me how much recognition parents seem to get during their kid’s senior year. To me, there were times when it almost distracted from what the kids have accomplished.

But as we get into our senior year, it feels a little more reasonable. After all, we’ve worked pretty hard to get our kids to this point in their lives, too. My wife is already starting to get a little misty at the prospect of all the lasts — last games, last homecoming dance, last text message about forgetting his lunch.

We parents will have the privilege of being introduced at various “senior night” events and activities. We’ll get a rose or a card or maybe even a hug.

They don’t give diplomas to parents, and we might not be able to walk across the stage with our son when he receives his — but we’ll definitely be along for the ride.

Will Morrow lives in Kenai.

Reach him at wkmorrow@ptialaska.net.

Community Learning for Life

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The Recycling Bin

An Alaska gardener’s fall and winter to-do list

There’s recycling, and then there’s precycling

After a prolific growing season with harvest complete a gardener’s list is not quite done.

To help keep on task the Cooperative Extension Service has updated the fall and winter to-do list. This helpful publication reminds us of tasks to reduce insect overwintering areas, help winterize perennials, prepare for next spring and more. Your local Cooperative Extension Service is your year round resource for a variety of topics, visit us today at: http://www.uaf.edu/ces/districts/kenai/ to find this publication and more or stop by and see us on K-Beach Road between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. We are “Learning for Life.”

Precycling is reducing waste by attempting to avoid bringing items which will generate waste into the home or business. For example, if 70 million Americans bought a halfgallon plastic coated carton of milk every week, rather than 2 quarts, then 41.6 million pounds of paper discards and 5.7 million pounds of plastic discards would be reduced annually. This change from 2 quarts to a 1/2 gallon would save $145.6 million on packaging each year.

This month’s winner: Free drawing for the berry book

Congratulations Lynda Moore — August’s winner of Extension’s free drawing! If you would like to enter to win the book: Using Alaska’s Wild Berries & Other Wild Edibles, come to UAF/Cooperative Extension Office located on K-Beach Road, fill out the form and drop it in the box.

It’s that simple!

Submitted by Janice Chumley, UAF Cooperative Extension Service, Research Technician

We all make a difference, each and everyone of us.

Information provided by ReGroup, a nonprofit educational group, formed in 1989 to develop public awareness of waste reduction, reuse, and recycling benefit on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula. ReGroup meets September through May, every third Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at Hope Community Center on Princeton Avenue off Kalifornsky Beach Road. Find ReGroup on Facebook or contact at regroupkenaipeninsula@gmail.com.

The award-winning Sterling Judo Club is recruiting new members.

Sterling Judo Club recruiting members The Sterling Judo Club is a local sports recreation program for most ages meeting at the Sterling Elementary School Gym during the school year.

Judo is a wholesome Olympic sport, means of self-defense, and a great recreational activity for most members of the family. It is also a means of getting at least four hours of exercise each week.

For some of the younger members judo is also a helpful way to gain self confidence, improved self control and learn about respect for others.

Registration for the new beginners’ class will run from September 11 through Sept. 20. The youngest members will need to be at least 8 years old. Teens and adults may register and begin instruction any time although everyone interested is encouraged to start with the new beginners now.

The next youngsters beginning signup should occur in early January 2019.

To register it will be necessary for a parent or adult participants to come to the class any Tuesday or Thursday evening between 5:45 and 8 p.m.

There is no charge to participate in the program although there is an annual registration required by our national judo organization to cover program insurance, sanction, etc. This non-refundable annual fee is $80. There may be some limited assistance available for anyone interested but who may not presently have sufficient resources to cover the registration or uniform costs.

The Sterling Judo Club members.

For more information visit the Sterling Judo Club’s Face Book page or contact one of the Clay Holland at 394-1823, Bob Ermold, or one of Gibler, Bob Ermold, Marcus and Terre Lee and class teachers: Senseis Bob Brink at 242-9330, our other board members, including Sensei Kati Carrie Fairbanks.

Around the Peninsula Kenai Historical Society meeting Kenai Historical Society will meet on Sunday, Sept. 9 at 1:30 at the Kenai Visitor Center. A potluck dinner will precede the business meeting.

After the meeting, Ray Rowley will be the speaker. The meeting is open to the public. Bring your favorite dish to share and join us to hear Ray speak about the old days in Kenai. For more information call June at 283-1946.

New Life Assembly of God classes

Garden club to discuss growing fruit The Central Peninsula Garden Club monthly program on Sept. 11 at 7 p.m. will be “Growing Fruit Inside and Out,” presented by Mike O’Brien, owner of O’Brien Garden & Trees. Mike O’Brien is known to many of us as “the fruit tree guy in Nikiski.” He sells fruit, fruit trees and fruit products from his farm O’Brien Garden & Trees. On Tuesday, Sept. 11, O’Brien will share his expertise with us about growing fruit, both inside a green house or high tunnel and outdoors. Free and open to the public; bring a friend! Refreshments and sometimes door prizes are provided. Peninsula Grace Church, 44175 Kalifornsky Beach Road (at mi. 19.5, across the road from Craig Taylor Equipment) Membership and general club information is available at www.cenpengardenclub.org, on facebook, or contact Renae Wall, cenpengardenclub@ gmail.com.

The Kenai New Life Assembly of God church is offering the following two classes this fall on Wednesdays, Sept. 12–Dec 19 at 6:30 p.m. at Kenai New Life Assembly of God 209 Princess St.. Childcare provided. Register at office@kenainewlife.org or call 907-283-7752.

—DivorceCare: A 13 week class for those who are separated or going School immunizations available through divorce.

Before school starts is a great time to talk to your healthcare provider —Single&Parenting: A 13-week class for those who are experiencing or your local public health center to make sure your child’s vaccinations parenting alone. are current. For more information call Kenai Public Health Center at 3353400.

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61 Showdown in cinema 65 Mork’s planet 66 Brightly colored blazer 67 Obie-winning playwright Will 68 “What is it?”

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DEAR ABBY: After 23 years together, my wife, after spending time with her grown children, brought home photos of her deceased former husband. The photos that bother me are the ones in which they are hold- Abigail Van Buren ing hands. He was the stepfather to her now-middle-aged children. They had 19 years together, and he had a daughter who became my wife’s stepdaughter.

The stepdaughter posted on social media that she missed her dad. My wife expressed the same feelings and said she thinks about him, too. When my wife posted those sentiments on the internet, everyone could read it. Those pictures and feelings bother me.

Am I wrong for being angry about this?

-- UPSET IN CALIFORNIA DEAR UPSET: It’s time to grow up and accept that your wife was married -- I presume happily -- before her former husband’s death. If you want a healthy marriage, stop competing with a dead man. For her to express solidarity with her former stepdaughter was no reflection on her love for or her marriage to you. Your feelings are not all that unusual, but you are wrong to be angry. If you need reassurance, ask your wife for it, and I’m sure she’ll give it to you. Because she once loved another man doesn’t mean she doesn’t love you.

TO MY JEWISH READERS: At sundown tonight, Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, begins. At this time of solemn introspection, I would like to wish you all “L’shana tova tikatevu” -- may you be inscribed in the Book of Life and have a good year.

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.

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Daughter’s bratty behavior drives her mother to tears DEAR ABBY: I recently traveled to Germany to help my 19-year-old daughter settle in for her semester of study abroad.

I was in tears the entire trip home, not because I was sad to leave her, but because she kept lashing out at me for anything from using a cotton swab to following proper directions exiting the train, to asking simple -- but, in her mind, ridiculous -- questions.

This is not new behavior. Her brother has also observed her overreactive behavior to minor things.

I treated her and her roommate to dinners out and stocked her apartment with groceries, in addition to making significant financial contributions toward her tuition.

I’m also splitting the cost of her monthly rent with her dad.

I feel hurt, like she regards me as only an ATM. She wouldn’t even let me use her European electrical adapter to charge my phone before leaving for the airport.

Should I convey how hurt I feel and, if so, what are your suggestions? I feel if I have a phone conversation, she will sigh, tell me she doesn’t have time for this or accuse me of being a killjoy. If I put it in a letter, I’ll feel like a coward, but it will allow me to express my feelings without interruption or protest.

-- UNAPPRECIATED IN VERMONT DEAR UNAPPRECIATED: Frankly, I’m surprised you weren’t crying because you recognized your part in creating the self-entitled monster your daughter has become. You should have put a stop to it when she first started “overreacting” with rude, insensitive and ungrateful behavior.

By all means write her a letter, and when you do, tell her she behaved shamefully, it was hurtful, and that you will no longer tolerate it. Be sure she understands she will not get another penny until you receive an apology and assurances that you won’t be subjected to that kind of abuse again. Continue practicing tough love until you see real changes in your daughter’s attitude. It’s the only kind of language she will understand.

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Dear Heloise: My fine hair flies out with static electricity when I brush it. I’ve found that rubbing my hair with a fabric softener Dear Heloise: I save store flyers and fold a sheet makes it more manageable. few pages in my purse and also store some un-- Dr. Mary J., Katy, Texas der my sink. Sure saves money on toilet paper for wrapping unmentionables.

CANE AND ABLE -- Sara, via email Dear Heloise: My cane is good for more Glad you mentioned it! Yes, these items than stability: I use it to push my laundry basshould never be flushed. What else is on the ket from the bedroom to my laundry area, to “No-Flush List”? Dental floss, facial tissue, pull the clothes from the back of the dryer, paper towels, “flushable” wipes, cotton balls and to move clothes if they get stuck in the and swabs. washer’s agitator.

-- Heloise I also use it to smooth out the blankets SPILLED PILL when making my bed. I use the crook end to pull things out from under the bed or chair.

Dear Heloise: I found an old pill in the botI even have been known to shake it at a tom of my purse. I wasn’t going to take the naughty grandchild! Love your column. pill anyway, but there was a number on it. I put -- Big Red, via email that number into a search engine online, and Readers, the primary importance is your balit told me the name of the medication. Good ance. Make sure you can do these tasks safely. to know!

-- Heloise -- Tamara W. in Salt Lake City

Last Sunday’s Crossword Answers

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Always be cautious of medication that you’re not sure of the expiration date.

-- Heloise

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Dear Readers: DOGS are intelligent, but just how smart they are is now coming to light.

Experts have found that a dog can be as smart as a 2-year-old child!

Dogs can learn upward of 250 words, similar to a 2-year-old. The smartest breeds are border collies, poodles and German shepherds; we’ve taught these particular breeds to be sage, the experts believe. Hound dogs, like beagles, tend to score lower.

Dogs understand social structure, too (they are pack animals), and they even show moods such as happiness and anger, but not so much complex emotions.

Experts agree: Dogs are smarter than we thought they are!

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Jaqueline Bigar’s Stars HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018: This year could be unusually significant if you use your energy well when opportunities appear. You seem more desirable to others. People naturally seek you out. An idealistic goal could appear and easily can be manifested. If you are single, you are likely to attract several potential suitors. Curb a tendency to be too me-oriented. If you are attached, you need to be sensitive and attentive to your sweetie; it isn’t just about you. A fellow VIRGO makes you uncomfortable with his or her criticism.

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 find that a loved one goes out of his or her way to make you smile. You could be confused about the message the other party wants to convey. Use your nurturing style and sense of timing to uncover the feelings that motivate this person. Tonight: Enjoy the moment.

This Week: Expect a setback or two, but know that you can easily bypass them.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH A friend or loved one expresses his or her feelings about you. You beam as you feel acknowledged and cared about. Those around you might want to be closer to you and make plans with you. Do not be fearful. Tonight: Adjust your plans accordingly.

This Week: You might believe others are speaking a different language from yours.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH You sense that you would be better off reading your Sunday paper over a favorite meal. Do not allow pressure to intrude on this special time. You might want to change the topic if someone should insist on discussing money. Don’t think of anything stressful. Tonight: Keep it low-key.

This Week: Your creativity emerges when you hit an obstacle.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHH This is the day that you finally decide to get something off your chest. Hopefully you can find the person who needs to hear this message. The conversation you have could mark a new beginning between the two of you. Tonight: You have a reason for celebration.

This Week: Eventually you deal with what you must.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH You have an innate quality of wanting to indulge others and make them feel good. Confusion could greet you first, as you might receive an unexpected reaction. Know that you might not be reading the situation clearly. Step back and detach. Tonight: Make it your treat.

This Week: You take a risk, and it works out.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH Use today’s New Moon in your sign to make some decisions or resolutions, and they are likely to work out. You need

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to reach out to someone you care about who doesn’t seem to understand you. Try to clarify your feelings to this person. Tonight: Go for what you want.

This Week: Use your good sense and ignore pie-in-the-sky daydreams.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH You seem to be able to empower yourself by taking some time alone. As social as you can be, you also need periods for centering and reflection. Passions run high when you share time with a loved one. You know how to indulge this person. Tonight: At a favorite place.

This Week: Now is the time to make a request.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH When an invitation involving your friends appears, there is only one answer: yes. You might find a get-together relaxing. You also will be able to get a better read on one person who is quite important to you. Be willing to change your plans if necessary. Tonight: Out among the crowds.

This Week: Lie low until you no longer can hold back.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH You clearly need to visit with an older friend or relative. Even if you feel as though the relationship is off, you have the unique opportunity to make way for a new beginning. If you need to work, clear the air with a boss. Tonight: Meet others for dinner at a new restaurant.

This Week: Meetings on Monday or Tuesday seem to have high energy.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH You might be changing so much that what appealed to you a month ago no longer does. Take the opportunity to look at taking classes or advancing your knowledge in your chosen field. You could be playing with the idea of traveling.

Tonight: Let your mind wander.

This Week: Your request is someone else’s pleasure.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH One-on-one relating draws in more information than you thought was available. You might have some questions, so feel free to ask them. If you don’t, you probably will regret it later. Your relationship with a special person might be changing.

Adjust accordingly. Tonight: Be a duo.

This Week: Take action, but only after you have checked out every possibility.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH Understand what is happening with others. You might not have been as conscious as you have needed to be about key members of your family. Listen to what they share. Encourage others to open up, and allow them to experience more security. Tonight: Accept an invitation.

This Week: Work with a partner.

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NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND ELECTION TO SELL UNDER DEED OF TRUST Trustee’s Sale No: 070460-AK This NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND ELECTION TO SELL is given by CLEAR RECON CORP, as Successor Trustee under that certain Deed of Trust executed by GARY J MORGAN AND KIMBERLEY D MORGAN, HUSBAND AND WIFE, as Trustor, to FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, as Trustee, in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS INC., SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR MORTGAGE RESEARCH CENTER, LLC DBA VETERANS UNITED HOME LOANS, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, as Beneficiary, dated 7/25/2014, recorded 7/28/2014, as Instrument No. 2014-006050-0, in the KENAI Recording District, State of Alaska. The beneficial interest in the Deed of Trust has been assigned to PINGORA LOAN SERVICING, LLC and the record owner of the property is purported to be GARY J. MORGAN AND KIMBERLEY D. MORGAN. Said Deed of Trust covers real property situated in said Recording District, described as follows: LOT 2, BLOCK 1, STERLING HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION ADDITION NO. 1, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT THEREOF, FILED UNDER PLAT NUMBER 76-155, RECORDS OF THE KENAI RECORDING DISTRICT, THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, STATE OF ALASKA. Commonly referred to as: 35450 GREETING CT, STERLING, AK 99672 APN: 06349012 A breach of the obligation which said Deed of Trust secures has occurred in that Installment of Principal and Interest plus impounds and/or advances which became due on 1/1/2018 plus late charges, and all subsequent installments of principal, interest, balloon payments, plus impounds and/or advances and late charges that become payable.. By reason thereof, and under the terms of the Note and Deed of Trust, the Beneficiary has declared all sums so secured to be immediately due and payable, together with any trustee fees, attorney fees, costs and advances made to protect the security associated with this foreclosure. The sum owing on the obligation good through 8/7/2018 is $220,757.58 as follows: Unpaid Principal Balance: $213,060.29 Interest: $6,005.61 Late Charges: $212.68 Beneficiary Advances: $1,479.00 TOTAL REQUIRED TO PAYOFF: $220,757.58 If the default has arisen by failure to make payments required by the trust deed, the default may be cured and the sale may be terminated if: 1. Payment of the sum in default, other than the principal that would not be due if default had not occurred, and attorney and other foreclosure fees and costs actually incurred by the beneficiary and trustee due to the default is made at any time before the sale date stated in this notice or to which the sale is postponed; and 2. If Notice of Default has been recorded two or more times previously under the same trust deed and the default has been cured the trustee does not elect to refuse payment and continue the sale.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to demand of the Beneficiary, the Trustee hereby elects to sell the above described real property to satisfy the obligation, together with all accrued interest and all costs and expenses, at public auction, for cash, to the highest and best bidder, at the 3RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT: Inside the Lobby of the Boney Courthouse located at 303 “K” Street, Anchorage, AK 99501, on 11/15/2018, at 10:00 AM. Beneficiary will have the right to make an offset bid at sale without cash. Anyone having an objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the same.

DATED: 8/7/2018 CLEAR RECON CORP 4375 Jutland Drive San Diego, California 92117 Phone: 866-931-0036 Shella Domilos, Authorized Signatory for Trustee Pub: 8/19,26,9/2,9/2018 820233 Auction September 22, 2018 11 AM- 2 PM @ K Beach Stor Mor 47160 Princeton Ave Soldotna AK 99669

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PUBLIC NOTICE Green Infrastructure for Coastal Resilience Training Notice is hereby given; the Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve will be hosting a Green Infrastructure for Coastal Resilience training on Tuesday, September 11, 2018, beginning at 9:30 a.m. at the Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center, 95 Sterling Hwy, Homer, Alaska. A field site visit will take place on Wednesday, September 12, 2018, beginning at 12:00 p.m. at the Kenai River Center, 514 Funny River Rd, Soldotna, Alaska.

A quorum of City Council Members and/or Planning and Zoning Commission Members may be in attendance, however no action will be taken.

Jamie Heinz, CMC, City Clerk Publish: 09/09/18

Member Service Representative Kenai and Soldotna Branches Member Service Representative Alaska’s largest credit union is seeking a Member Service Representative. Selected applicants must provide prompt, professional, helpful, knowledgeable and courteous member service. Responsibilities include performing teller, member service activities and loan activities, as well as meet sales goals through cross sales of credit union products and services. The credit union strives to provide employees with a comfortable working atmosphere, career opportunities and financial security in the form of competitive compensation and comprehensive benefit programs.

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT KENAI In the Matter of the Estate of: EDWARD YOUON LEE Deceased Case # 3KN-18-00189 PR NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that Aloha Linda Lee has been appointed personal representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Dated this 7th day of August, 2018. /s/ Aloha Linda Lee 35165 Glacier Ave Sterling AK, 99672 Pub: 8/26,9/2,9/9/2018 823157 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT KENAI In the Matter of the Estate of BONNIE KAY GRAVELEY, Deceased.

Case No. 3KN-18-00195 PR NOTICE TO CREDITOR NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must be presented to the undersigned Personal Representative of the estate, at DOLIFKA & ASSOCIATES, P.C., ATTORNEYS AT LAW, P.O. Box 498, Soldotna, Alaska, 99669.

DATED this 22th day of August, 2018.

PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES /s/ARTHUR VERN GRAVELEY Pub: 8/26,9/2,9/9/2018 823097

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To view full announcement and apply go to our website at www.spbhs.org

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CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA Position Vacancy Administrative Assistant III. Pay $25.17 per hour plus excellent benefits. This is a full- time (40 hours/week) year-round position that will include regularly scheduled evening hours. The Kenai Community Library provides an excellent opportunity to work in a team environment while serving the community.

A college degree is required with a minimum of three years’ of increasingly responsible administrative support experience involving a high level of public contact. A Masters Degree in Library Science or Library Information Science is desirable. Position announcement, job description and application are available through the City of Kenai Job Opportunities page at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/kenai.

Position closes September 10, 2018.

The City of Kenai is an equal opportunity employer.

For more information about the City of Kenai, visit our home page at www.kenai.city.

EDITOR - The Peninsula Clarion has an immediate opening for an Editor in Kenai, Alaska. This is not an entry-level position. The successful candidate must have a demonstrated interest in local political and cultural affairs, possesses excellent writing and verbal skills, experience editing reporters’ copy and other submitted materials and be proficient in designing and building pages with Adobe InDesign. Must represent the newspaper in the community and know the value and have experience with social media. Must lead, motivate, and mentor the editorial staff.

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New Marijuana Product Manufacturing Facility License Red Run Cannabis Cultivators, LLC is applying under 3 AAC 306.500(a)(l) for a new Marijuana Product Manufacturing Facility license, license #12764, doing business as RED RUN CANNABIS CULTIVATORS, LLC, located at 12516 Kenai Spur Hwy, Ste A, 99611, United States.

Interested persons may object to the application by submitting a written statement of reasons for the objection to their local government, the applicant, and the Alcohol & Marijuana Control office (AMCO) not later than 30 days after the director has determined the application to be complete and has given written notice to the local governmnet, Once an application is determined to be complete, the objection deadline and a copy of the application will be posted on AMCO’s website at https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/amco. Objections should be sent to AMCO at marijuana.licensing@alaska.gov or to 550 W 7th Ave, Suite 1600, Anchorage, AK, 99501.

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Founded by Betty Debnam

Beyond Our World

Mini Quiz-a-Roonie

Mini Fact:

Test your explorer knowledge with this quick fill-in-the-name game.

NASA photo by Edwin E. Aldrin Jr.

Astronauts are still learning about outer space and other planets.

1. Astronaut Ne_ _ A_ _s_ _o_ _ learned to fly when he was just 16 years old. He was the first person to walk on the moon.

NASA photo by Michael Edward Fossum

Experts have found evidence of a settlement he and his crew built in Newfoundland, Canada.

Leif was the son of a famous explorer and fighter, Erik the Red. Christopher Columbus made four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean between 1492 and 1506. He explored the West Indies and along the coast of South and Central America. His discoveries led This painting of Christopher Europeans to new lands.

Good explorers

The best explorers have: Curiosity about the unknown.

Courage to face danger and hardship and not turn back, unless it is wise to do so.

Modern explorers

Wisdom to know when it is too dangerous to continue.

Determination to solve mysteries in spite of any difficulties they might face.

Salesmanship to convince sponsors to help pay for their expeditions.

Early explorers such as Christopher Columbus got help from a country’s rulers. Modern explorers might get help from universities or businesses.

Columbus was made in 1519.

4. Astronaut Ei_ _en C_ _ _ins was the first woman to serve as commander of a Space Shuttle mission (in 1995).

Resources

The human body. Using advanced tools such as DNA testing, scientists learn about us.

photo by Steven Pavlov

This statue of Leif Erikson stands in Seattle at the Shilshole Bay Marina.

Journalist N_ _ _ ie B_ _’s real name was Elizabeth Cochrane, but she wrote under a pen name. In 1889, she made a trip around the world in 72 days.

Some people think humans have discovered everything there is to find. But modern explorers are looking at: Outer space. However, few explorers actually get to go there. Many stay on Earth, designing probes and gathering information.

The oceans, which are the least known places on Earth and are 99 percent still unexplored. Explorers use new technology to find shipwrecks and life forms no one knew existed.

Early explorers

Leif Erikson, a Viking born in Iceland, landed in North America in about 1002.

2. Frenchman Ja_ qu_ _ C_ _st_ _ _ explored deep within the ocean.

He also invented a type of underwater breathing gear called the Aqualung.

NASA photo by Robert Markowitz

Are you curious about the world around you? Do you enjoy solving mysteries?

Do you like to explore your backyard or neighborhood?

This week, The Mini Page learns about famous explorers.

On the Web:

• kids.cousteau.org

Rainforests, where experts say there are thousands of species of plants and animals still undiscovered.

At the library:

• “Explorers” by Andrea De Porti

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 explorers are hidden in this puzzle. Some words are hidden backward, and some letters are used twice. See if you can find: L N S P A C E F D L

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Eco Note The rare sight of a southern right whale frolicking in New Zealand’s Wellington Harbor forced officials to postpone the city’s annual fireworks display for a week. The untimely arrival of the whale coincided with the Maori new year celebration known as Matariki. Experts worried that the flashes and sounds of the fireworks could cause the whale to harm itself or the boats in the harbor loaded with people. adapted with permission from Earthweek.com

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Cook’s Corner

For later: Where would you like to explore? Share your ideas with your family or friends.

Quiz-a-Roonie Answers: 1. Neil Armstrong; 2. Jacques-Yves Cousteau; 3. Nellie Bly; 4. Eileen Collins.

ASTRONAUT, BEYOND, BODY, COLUMBUS, CURIOSITY, DETERMINATION, DISCOVERY, ERIKSON, EXPLORE, INVENTOR, JOURNALIST, MYSTERY, OCEAN, RAINFOREST, SALESMANSHIP, SPACE, WISDOM.

Ed: Where did Columbus first land in America?

Emily: On his feet!

Teachers:

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Answers: YouTube, battle, canal, buttons, crashes, drone, among.

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Sunday, September 9, 2018

G ardening D ean F osdick

When to plant bulbs in the fall? Science, nature offer clues

This undated file photo shows spring-blooming tulips growing beneath a split rail fence near New Market, Va. (Dean Fosdick via AP)

To ensure that bulbs planted in the fall will bloom in early spring, timing is important.

Plant too soon and the bulbs might rot in rain-saturated ground. Plant too late and they won’t have time to build enough energy for flowering.

A soil thermometer is a more accurate tool than a calendar. The best time to plant bulbs varies according to where you live and what the weather has been like approaching autumn.

Fall seasonal benchmarks are being questioned, however, with winters seemingly becoming shorter, said Debby Horwitz, a horticulturist with American Gardens, a landscape, architecture and construction firm in Elmhurst, Illinois.

“It used to snow in the Chicago area in November when I was a kid,” Horwitz said. “That hasn’t happened here in a long time. If you get ahold of any bulbs in December, go ahead and plant them.”

Bulbs perform best when planted in soils that have cooled to 55 degrees or lower. Horticulturists recommend that you plant them in holes three times the height of the bulbs deep.

“Sometimes the (planting) rules don’t matter,” said Mark Konlock, director of horticulture for the Green Bay (Wisconsin) Botanical Garden. “You can dig a big hole and simply chuck them in there. You don’t even have to put them right side up. Gardening with bulbs is easier than you might think.”

The most popular bulbs for fall planting include daffodils, crocus, snowdrop, hyacinth, tulips, scilla, fritillaria, allium, irises and gladiolus.

“It’s always best to do it at the appropriate time,” said Tim Schipper, founder and owner of Colorblends, a wholesale bulb company in Bridgeport, Connecticut. “The more chilling they get, the better the quality of the bloom and the longer their stem length.”

Refrigerate bulbs for a time before planting if you live in the South, he said. “Everywhere else, it’s plant whenever you feel winter coming on.”

By that he means taking your fall planting cues from nature. Here are some natural markers gathered from Colorblends customers who contend it’s time to place bulbs in the ground when: — Fall leaf colors have moved just past peak.

— Squirrels are digging in acorns as fast as they can.

— Birds are flocking up for their southward migration.

— You begin smelling wood smoke from neighborhood stoves and fireplaces.

— You start turning on the heater in your car.

— Your kids start asking for gloves, or you wake in the middle of the night suddenly needing a blanket.

“One of the benchmarks that works best for me is when I see frost on the windshield,” Schipper said. “I also pay attention to the fall foliage, to the hostas when they lay down, and I follow the crickets. It’s time to plant when they become quiet and they can barely get their violins going.”

Whatever the timing, bulbs are capable of taking a great amount of abuse, Horwitz said.

“We’ve planted daffodils in ground frozen solid,” she said. “One of our guys cut through the earth with a pick axe while I placed the poor little things in the ground and covered them the best I could with clumps of frozen dirt.

“It was December. They came up great the next spring.”

ASK A DESIGNER: Creating a perfectly cozy place to read

By MELISSA RAYWORTH Associated Press

We decorate our homes in order to enjoy them. For book lovers, adding a cozy and welllit space dedicated to reading can be the perfect finishing touch.

Most homes, of course, don’t have a spare room for use as a library. But interior designers often carve out one section of a living room, sunroom or master bedroom as a dedicated reading area, says designer Pamela Harvey.

Harvey, who splits her time between design projects in Florida and in the northern Virginia/ Washington, D.C., area, says that where you put a reading space depends on your habits.

Are you seeking a spot that’s private and silent, or would you rather have an open, airy reading space to share with family members?

Here, she and two other interior designers — Kansas City-based Jaclyn Joslin, founder of Coveted Home, and Bethesda, Maryland-based Kelley Proxmire — suggest ways to create a perfectly luxurious space, even on a budget.

CREATIVE LOCATIONS Joslin has helped two clients turn unused formal dining rooms into multi-use spaces. Although the rooms are used by the whole family, she says, “in both homes we added nice comfy chairs for the adults to sit in and read.”

Proxmire added a reading space to a home office for a woman who wanted her kids to cuddle up and read while she worked.

She has also creatively repurposed spare closets, a trick that’s especially useful in children’s bedrooms. For one client, she removed closet doors, added a padded bench seat across the width of the closet, and then added a wallmounted light fixture. Built-in drawers underneath the seat and shelf space above mean the closet still offers storage.

Add pillows to the padded seat and a curtain for privacy, Proxmire says, and you’ve got the perfect place for a child to curl up and get lost in books.

And if your reading space must be in a common area, you can still have a measure of privacy. Try adding a decorative screen or strategically placed bookcase that functions as a room divider. That’s “a great way to carve out a little space in a corner of a room for a retreat-like feeling,” Joslin says.

LAYERED LIGHTING Build in “the flexibility to have different levels of light” in your reading space, Harvey says.

She suggests a mix of table lamps, floor lamps and small reading lamps.

“Task lamps work really well,” she says.

Joslin agrees: “I love floor lamps that are sleek and minimal that can be tucked under or right next to the chair to provide direct light for reading,” she says. “Swing arm wall sconces are also a great option for a reading nook.”

Along with plenty of spots to plug in all this lighting, don’t forget to have enough outlets for chargers if you’ll be reading on a digital device, Harvey says.

This undated photo provided by Sherry Moeller shows an upper level seating area in a home designed by Pamela Harvey in McLean, Va. A bar cart placed near a comfortable window seat provides a place for a reading lamp and a spot to rest a mug or glass, creating a cozy reading nook with plenty of natural light. (Angie Seckinger/Sherry Moeller via AP)

ALL THE RIGHT ELEMENTS Reading chairs don’t have to be expensive.

But they must be comfortable.

“A chair large enough to curl your legs up into is the ultimate comfy zone for reading,” Joslin says, “so choosing chairs with arms and styles that don’t skimp on seat space is key.”

And no matter how comfortable and large your reading chair may be, all three designers suggest including an ottoman or footstool so that your legs can be stretched out and elevated.

“Drink tables next to the chairs are also a priority item, along with a few cozy throw blankets strewn about,” Joslin says.

Keep these items within arm’s reach so you won’t have to get up once you’ve settled in to read. You’ll also want to keep reading material easily at hand.

“If you’re tight on floor space,” Joslin says, “try some wall-mounted shelving to display books or a very utilitarian yet still stylish vertical bookcase.”

Consider adding a small rolling bar cart or even a wet bar if your budget and space permit, Harvey says.

“Maybe you’ll want a glass of scotch or maybe it’s a coffee bar,” she says. Whatever your preference, having these items in your reading space adds to the sense of luxury.

This undated photo provided by Sherry Moeller shows a home library designed by Kelley Proxmire in Washington, D.C. An ottoman helps turn a comfortable chair into the perfect place for reading. (Angie Seckinger/Sherry Moeller via AP)

This undated photo provided by Sherry Moeller shows a reading area on a Florida screened porch designed by Pamela Harvey. Reading nooks can be outdoors. (Colleen Duffley/Sherry Moeller via AP)

leather or some tweed/wool type fabric and a LIBRARY STYLE DOESN’T HAVE TO chaise lounger if there is room.”

But Proxmire says you don’t have to be limitBE DARK AND MASCULINE ed to dark paneling and leather upholstery. Have If you have enough space and love a tradi- fun with soft or bold colors and cheerful prints if tional “library” look, Joslin says, then “go full they’ll bring you joy. tilt with a sliding ladder, wing chairs in either

Homebuilder stocks in slump as home sales slow

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer

A slowdown in U.S. home sales is weighing on homebuilder stocks.

Most of the builders are down more than 15 percent this year, even as the broader market has been on a milestone-setting run. The S&P 500, the market’s benchmark index, is up about 8 percent for the year.

Builder shares were already having a rough year as investors worried that rising mortgage rates could dampen sales. Those jitters appear to have been well-founded. A recent batch of weak housing data suggest the housing market is losing momentum, despite an otherwise solid economy.

“The slowdown in activity is really related to prices,” said BTIG homebuilding analyst Carl Reichardt, adding he expects many builders to report slow or flat earnings growth next year.

A growing economy and job market have boosted demand for housing, but higher mortgage rates and a tight inventory of homes on the market has made affordability a challenge for many would-be buyers.

Sales of new U.S. homes slumped 1.7 percent in July, the second straight monthly decline. Sales of previously occupied homes have fallen four months in a row.

Builders have been aggressively raising prices for several quarters amid increased costs for lumber, steel and other building materials.

The industry has also been grappling with escalating cost for labor and land.

The average sales price of a new home climbed 5.8 percent in July from a year earlier to $394,300.

“The consumer is resisting that to some degree,” Reichardt said.

What does the weaker housing data bode for homebuilder shares?

Investors need to balance the slowdown in housing with trends that favor builders: A strong economy and persistent need for housing.

“That tension is creating an uncertain environment for the stocks,” Reichardt said. “Absent new positive or negative change points, the stocks are probably adequately discounting this uncertainty.”

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Early results boost hopes for historic gene editing attempt PHOENIX — Early, partial results from a historic gene editing study give encouraging signs that the treatment may be safe and having at least some of its hoped-for effect, but it’s too soon to know whether it ultimately will succeed.

The results announced Wednesday are from the first human test of gene editing in the body, an attempt to permanently change someone’s DNA to cure a disease — in this case, a genetic disorder called Hunter syndrome that often kills people in their teens.

In two patients who got a medium dose of the treatment, urine levels of large sugar compounds that are hallmarks of Hunter syndrome had fallen by half, on average, four months later — a possible sign the treatment is working.

Two others who got a low dose have seen little change in these sugars so far.

There’s no way to know yet whether the change in the middle-dose patients is due to the gene editing or something else, but the fact their sugars have declined consistently since treatment suggests it might be.

“I cannot absolutely say it’s a treatment effect” but the drop is “really encouraging,” said the study leader, Dr. Joseph Muenzer of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. The main goal of early treatment studies is to test safety, though researchers also look for hints that the therapy is working. Muenzer gave the results at a conference in Greece and consults for the treatment’s maker, Californiabased Sangamo Therapeutics.

The company’s president,

Dr. Sandy Macrae, said tests in about five months will reveal more, but the change in the middle-dose group so far “looks really good.”

“The most rational explanation for this is that what we hoped was going to happen has happened,” he said.

Several independent experts agreed.

“The results are exciting” and suggest that the gene editing is working to some degree, without safety concerns so far, said Dr. Howard Kaufman, a Boston scientist and member of a National Institutes of Health panel that reviewed the study before it began.

Dr. Matthew Porteus, a genetics expert at Stanford University who consults for two other companies developing gene therapies, said more time is needed to see how the patients’ immune system continues to react to the treatment and whether the effects last, but added, “I would be excited about continuing to push along” based on these results.

HOW IT WORKS Gene editing is intended as a more precise way to do gene therapy, to knock out a bad gene or supply a good one that’s missing. Doctors hope it will give a way to address a host of diseases that can’t be treated well now.

In November, a Phoenix-area man with Hunter syndrome, Brian Madeux, became the first person to test this inside the body. He lacks a gene that makes an enzyme that breaks down certain large sugar compounds called GAGs. These build up in cells and cause havoc throughout the body.

Through an IV, Madeux

received many copies of a corrective gene and a geneediting tool called zinc finger nucleases to help put it in a precise spot in his DNA. He was one of the two patients given a very low dose of the treatment, because this firstin-human testing called for extreme caution.

EARLY RESULTS In Madeux and the other low-dose patient, levels of the tell-tale sugar compounds in urine rose 9 percent on average after four months. Muenzer said it’s hard to know whether this is a significant change; little is known about the biology of these compounds, including whether they fluctuate during the day or before or after meals.

A liver biopsy on one patient given a low dose of the therapy found no evidence that the gene editing had occurred, but Sangamo scientists said this dose is far below the level at which such signs had been detected in research on primates.

Two other patients were given a middle dose that was twice what the first two patients received. Their GAG levels declined by 51 percent after four months, on average.

Two of the main types of these sugars that accumulate in tissues declined 32 percent and 61 percent, respectively.

It is not yet known if declines like these can improve patients’ health or slow the progression of the disease.

“This is not proof that this is a successful therapy yet, that these patients had enough gene editing to now supply them with the enzyme they need for the rest of their life,”

In this Aug. 13 photo, Brian Madeux interacts with research nurse Chrishauna Lacy at his home in New River, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Muenzer said.

But he said an important goal was met: the treatment seems safe. There were two serious side effects — one patient was hospitalized for bronchitis and another for an irregular heartbeat — but those were deemed due to their disease and pre-existing conditions, not the gene treatment.

Blood tests did not detect the missing enzyme. Company scientists said this could be because any that was being made was rapidly used by cells rather than getting into the bloodstream — an explanation some outside experts agreed with.

What counts, they said, was seeing the result of enzyme activity, the drop in sugars.

NEXT STEPS

Two more patients have been given the highest dose being tested — 10 times the starting dose — for a total of six patients in the study. The next step is to start taking patients off the weekly enzyme treatments they’ve been receiving to see if the gene therapy has changed their bodies so they make enough of the enzyme themselves.

More results are expected at a medical meeting in February.

“We need to see sustained levels for this to be practical. If this only works for six months, that’s not very beneficial,” Muenzer said. “Time’s going to tell.”

In an interview at his home in Arizona last month, Madeux, 45, told The Associated Press he volunteered for the study in hope of being able to stop

the weekly, three-hour enzyme infusions, but also to help find a treatment for future generations with the disease.

“I’m old and having Hunter’s has done a lot of damage to my body,” Madeux said.

“I’m actually pretty lucky I’ve lived this long.”

——— Marilynn Marchione can be followed at http://twitter.com/ MMarchioneAP .

——— This Associated Press series was produced in partnership with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science Education. The AP is solely responsible for all content.

The many uses for vinegar around the home and garden Check your kitchen pantry and you will probably find a bottle of vinegar. While this substance can add much-needed tang to favorite recipes and even improve the leavening function of some baking ingredients, its power extends far beyond the kitchen.

Many are surprised upon learning how much vinegar can do. A sour-tasting liquid that contains acetic acid, vinegar can be used as a cleaning product and an influential ingredient in many recipes. Vinegar also is relatively inexpensive, making it a cost-effective home staple.

If you are ready to get more from that versatile vinegar in your kitchen pantry, explore the following ways to put it to use.

film from shower doors and tile surfaces. Remove stubborn toilet bowl stains as well. Corrosion and hard water can clog showerheads, and by soaking the shower nozzle in vinegar overnight, you can dislodge any material.

You can rely on vinegar when cleaning up around your home office as well. Vinegar can help clean sticky scissor blades or remove ballpointpen marks from surfaces. A vinegar-and-water solution can be used to clean keyboards and other electronic equipment.

Apply with a damp cloth rather than spraying the solution directly onto the electronics.

prepared foods may help you to eat less.

Vinegar is handy for relieving the pains associated with sunburns and jellyfish stings. Dot irritated areas with vinegar to relieve pain and itching.

Because vinegar can act as an antibacterial, gargling it can alleviate some throat ailments.

Even if it can’t prevent illness, a vinegar gargle can soothe throat soreness. Apple cider vinegar also may help soothe an upset stomach. Use two tea-

spoons of the vinegar to one cup of water.

Some people have used vinegar to soften skin and remove corns from feet. It also may dissolve warts. Be sure to check with a doctor before using vinegar to verify its safety

with regard to your particular situation.

In addition to each of these uses, vinegar is handy in the laundry room, helping to remove stains and rinse detergents from fabrics more easily.

Lawn and garden Vinegar makes an effective weed deterrent and can kill grass that grows between the cracks on sidewalks and driveways.

Acid-loving plants, such as rhododendrons or azaleas, can benefit from a little vinegar mixed in when watering.

If you want to keep ants at bay, use vinegar when cleaning outdoor patio furniture or spray it around areas that are susceptible to ant infestations. You may find the ants steer clear of the smell.

Cleaning

Vinegar is an effective cleaning fluid, perhaps best known for producing streak-free windows. Vinegar also can dissolve dirt from painted walls and remove grime from woodwork.

By boiling 1⁄4 cup of white distilled vinegar in the microwave with a cup of water, you can loosen splattered-on food and deodorize the appliance.

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The world is full of hightech children’s toys. But there’s a movement afoot to bring back some simpler playthings — ones that invite kids to explore the outdoors, and tap into their ingenuity, creativity and sense of play in ways that don’t involve an app or a download.

Design company Kikkerland has partnered with Dutch designers Chris Koens and Ramon Middelkoop on a line of nature-inspired toys they call Huckleberry. There’s a shatterproof magnifier, a flower press frame, braided leather with a magnetic closure for making a flower necklace, a fishing kit, and the duo’s favorite item, a little propeller-equipped boat motor that runs on a AAA battery. Why is it their favorite?

“It’s totally up to the kids to decide what kind of boat to make and what materials to use,” says Koens. “You can carve a piece of wood or repurpose a plastic bottle that otherwise would’ve gone to a landfill. That’s very exciting.”

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Also at Magic Cabin is a set of 12 or 18 soft, flexible, colorful silicone connectors called Stick-lets. Use them to join twigs and branches, and make shapes, forts or even animal habitats.

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How to spot an unhealthy tree Perhaps because they can live for so many years, trees have a way of falling down homeowners’ landscaping priority lists. Trees also tend to be big and strong, so it’s no surprise that they often are overlooked in favor or other areas of a lawn and garden that don’t seem so strong in the face of Mother Nature.

But trees are susceptible to damage and disease, and homeowners who learn to recognize symptoms of such problems can prevent them from escalating and reduce the risk that the trees will cause damage to their properties. The following are just some of the ways homeowners can determine if their trees are unhealthy. Homeowners who suspect they have a tree that poses a safety risk should contact a professional tree service for an immediate inspection and steer clear of the tree until an inspection has been performed.

• Check around the base of the tree. The base of a tree may offer some telltale signs that the tree is unhealthy. Soil that is cracked or raised at the base of the tree may be indicative of a tree that has started to uproot.

If you recognize any cracking or if the soil is raised, look at the tree to see if it is leaning.

If the soil is cracked or raised because it is uprooting, then the tree might have already started to lean in the opposite direction of the cracking or raised soil.

• Examine for fungus. The growth of fungus on the tree trunk or close to it may be

a sign that the tree is rotting or decaying. Fungal growth, such as a sudden population of mushrooms, around the base of the tree is another sign of decay. If the wood behind fungal growth crumbles easily, then homeowners should call a professional tree service, as the fungal problem on the tree has likely already been festering for quite some time.

• Look for cavities on the trunk. Cracks and cavities on a tree may not be an emergency, but especially deep cracks and cavities may be indicative of a structural problem. Multiple cracks and cavities also serve as red flags.

• Look for dead wood. It may sound simple, but dead wood poses a threat to the tree and anyone who happens to spend time in its vicinity. Dead wood snaps easily, and falling dead wood can harm anyone unlucky enough to be beneath the tree when the dead wood snaps. Dead wood branches won’t bend in the wind, and such branches frequently fall off of trees when strong gusts of wind come along. Dead branches either won’t have leaves or the leaves will be brown (dead pine branches will have brown needles).

• Weak connections. Unhealthy trees often have weak

connections between their branches and their trunks. If branches don’t appear to be strongly connected to the tree bark, call a tree service to determine a solution. The tree might not be on its way out, but you may have to take steps to strengthen the connections so branches are not at risk of falling.

Unhealthy trees can pose a significant safety hazard on a property. Homeowners who learn to recognize the signs of unhealthy trees can do something to prevent dying trees from damaging their homes.

How to build your home bar Many people enjoy opening their homes to friends or family. In fact, according to the National Eating Trends survey and custom research by the NPD group, in 2016 the average person ate 38 meals at other people’s homes.

Knowing how to cook, set the mood and entertain is increasingly important for many homeowners. Installing and outfitting a home bar can provide guests with the features of a night out, only without the crowds or bar tabs that come at the end of the night. A home bar is a place where hosts and their guests can gather and enjoy great conversation. Such a spot also can serve as a neighborhood hangout — a smart choice for those who want to indulge safely and not have to drive home afterward.

Creating a home bar need not be a difficult project. By investing in basic equipment, stocking up on preferred liquors and gaining some mixology expertise, hosts can impress and entertain their guests.

Fresh herbs and recently picked ingredients can add flavor to any meal. A home chef can even improve the flavor of store-bought or prepared foods with an herb garnish that can transform otherwise bland dishes into something you’ll want to eat again and again.

Harvesting fresh herbs is easy for homeowners who have gardens right in their backyards. However, everyone does not have a backyard, and even those that do might find their gardens threatened by changing seasons or unwanted critters.

When gardens are moved indoors, the bounty of fresh ingredients continues no matter the date on the calendar.

Herb gardens are perhaps some of the easiest gardens to cultivate indoors because they don’t require large pots or much space. The plants themselves are relatively compact, and it only takes a pinch of herbs to give a meal some extra flavor.

When growing herbs indoors, your indoor growing area must have adequate light to simulate the longer days of summer; otherwise, the plants may go dormant.

It’s ideal to have a southern exposure on the herbs, with at least eight hours of sunlight per day. If you do not live in a particularly sunny locale, consider supplementing the plants with grow lights, which will provide the full spectrum of light the plants need to thrive.

Indoor air can become

too dry for herbs, so you will need to compensate by providing humidity. While there may be added humidity in a kitchen greenhouse window, it still may not be enough to keep the plants healthy.

Think about misting the plants daily to create some extra humidity, or place herb pots on top of a water-filled tray with pebbles so the evaporating water will add moisture without making the roots soggy.

Insects are another threat to indoor gardens because there is no cold weather to inhibit the hatching of insect eggs. Soil from outdoors may be more susceptible to insects that are already living in the dirt. Instead of soil from outside, use packaged soil or a nonsoil alternative that will hold moisture without the added risk of bugs.

If small insects appear, use a mist of soapy water to kill the bugs without harming the plants or making the herbs unfit for eating.

Group herbs together according to their watering needs to make maintenance that much easier.

New sprouts generally need more water than established plants.

Prune the herbs as needed for recipes. If the herbs experience a growth spurt, trim some of the plants and freeze the herbs for later use.

Many indoor herb gardeners begin by growing parsley, chives, oregano, and basil, but you can experiment with just about any herb.

Transform bathrooms with technology

Establish a bar setup

cluding plumbing and electricity if you need outlets for plugHome bars can range from ging in appliances. Wet bars are rolling carts to built-in wet bars ideal in dens, renovated garages to a single tray of items. Space and finished basements. in a home will dictate the kind of bar homeowners can have. Stock up on equipment Rolling bar carts are popular A new home bar requires and versatile, and they can be barware and glassware. Varikept stationary or rolled in and ous drinks are best served in out of a room as needed. If a requisite glassware and prebar cart is open, organization is pared with the right equipment. key, as you don’t want it to look A home bar will benefit from a unkempt.

A full-blown wet bar will muddler, jigger, cocktail shakrequire more construction, in- er, strainer, ice cube trays, and bar spoon. Glassware can in-

clude short glasses, tall glasses and wine glasses with stems.

Martini glasses provide a chic look and are practical for those who prefer cosmopolitans and martinis.

Fill it with spirits No bar is complete without alcohol and mixers. Homeowners can buy the types of spirits they love and complete their bars with the basics for mixing. When stocking a bar, keep in mind that everything does not have to be top-shelf.

Vodka, gin, tequila, rum, and whiskey are some of the more popular spirits. Simple syrup, fresh fruit, club soda, cola, and bitters are examples of versatile mixers.

Entertaining guru Martha Stewart says to have enough supplies on hand for guests. Expect each person to have three drinks (requiring three glasses), use a pound of ice, and three cocktail napkins per two-hour party. Don’t forget to also have nonalcoholic items on hand for those who don’t imbibe.

Protect pipes from freezing this winter Freezing pipes are a concern for homeowners who live in cold climates. When temperatures dip below freezing, the risk that pipes will freeze rises. Should a pipe burst, the damage that results can be extensive and costly.

Any pipe can freeze, but those that are directly exposed to the cold are the most vulnerable. These include pipes that feed outdoor hoses, swimming pool supply lines, pipes in unheated indoor rooms (i.e., basements or garages), and any pipes that run close to the outdoors through uninsulated walls. Water expands as it freezes, and that expansion can place pressure on whatever is trying to contain it — including pipes.

To avoid serious damage, homeowners need to prepare for the arrival of colder weather and be smart about how they protect pipes.

• Drain water from swimming pools and water sprinkler supply lines prior to the onset of cold weather. Drain water

How to tend to an indoor herb garden

before freezing temperatures arrive, and don’t forget to drain outdoor garden hoses and store them inside after watering season has come and gone.

• Close indoor water valves that feed outdoor spigots/bibs.

Open the spigot outside to allow water to drain out. Keep the outside valve open so that any water that has accumulated will continue to drain and expand outward without damaging the pipe. An insulated bib dome also can help prevent frozen pipes.

• Open cabinet doors to allow heat to reach pipes inside of cabinets. Keep the doors open to spaces that may not be heated or insulated as well as other areas of the home so that heat can find its way inside. Consider wrapping these pipes with an insulating material as well, such as heat tape or pipe sleeves.

• Maintain a consistent thermostat temperature. Ensure the temperature inside your home does not drop below 55 F; otherwise, problems can arise. Use

a programmable thermostat to keep the house comfortable even when you are not home.

Individuals who are traveling should set the thermostat so that it will keep the home at the recommended temperature to avoid frozen pipes.

• Open one faucet. When it is very cold outside, particularly at night, let water slowly drip from one faucet to prevent freezing.

Choose the sink that is furthest from where water enters the house so water is flowing

through all of the pipes to reach that faucet.

• Increase insulation around where pipes enter the house.

Use insulating foam to seal any drafts where pipes enter the house from the outdoors.

Frozen pipes cannot always be avoided. Therefore, it is important that everyone in the household knows how to shut off the main water valve in the event a pipe bursts. This can prevent expensive damage to a home.

Technology is infiltrating every room of the house.

Many new home buyers are millennials, and this techsavvy demographic covets technological innovations.

A recent survey by Better Homes & Gardens Real Estate indicates 77 percent of Generation X and Y home buyers want their homes equipped with the tech capabilities they have grown accustomed to. Many of these involve smart innovations, including those that can transform one of the most private rooms in the house — the bathroom.

Automated home theater rooms and Wi-Fi-enabled home security systems have become the norm, but what tech improvements are available to make the powder room more in touch with today’s digital lifestyle? According to the home improvement resource The Spruce, bathrooms have the most potential of any rooms to be improved with technology.

The following are just some of the bathroom gadgets and gizmos no one should resist before giving a try.

• Automatic faucets: Infrared sensors have been helping keep public restrooms more hygienic for years. The same technology can be used in home bathrooms to curtail water waste and keep faucets and sinks from becoming infested with germs. In addition, faucets with built-in timers can be programmed to set tasks for brushing teeth or washing your face.

• Musical shower: Instead of having to blast the volume on the portable speaker you use in the bathroom, a wireless speaker is built into

some showerheads. This enables those who like to sing in the shower or listen to podcasts while washing up to enjoy this luxury effortlessly.

• Smarter weight management: Bathroom scales have gone high-tech as well, with various options enabling users to measure weight, BMI and body fat percentage before sending the data wirelessly to a phone, tablet or computer. This can put you in greater control of fitness goals.

• High-tech toilets: Borrowing ideas from bidets and trends around the world, modern toilets do not require hands or paper. These toilets have temperature-controlled water, spritzing wands and air dryers to clean and sanitize. Self-cleaning toilets help busy professionals save time and are ideal for those who always want their bowls as clean as possible. And if you desire extra comfort, toilet seat warmers are available, while LED lights can make nighttime restroom visits easier.

• Soaking tubs: As fast as stand-alone showers were introduced to the modern bathroom, tubless designs have been replaced with streamlined soaking tubs. Tubs come with different features, including chromatherapy, which employs colored lights to enhance mood. Air baths are controlled electronically and provide different levels of sensation for those who are skipping the hot tub.

Round out these innovations with automated lights, chilled medicine cabinets and aromatherapy, and your bathroom will indeed become a technological spa.