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September 2, 2018 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Vol. 48, Issue 287

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The final stretch

Taking root

Experimental planting produces barley in Cooper Landing Election results to be certified grew up doing it in Sweden, another have some spare space and organic maTuesday; Micciche, Carpenter high-latitude country. Cereal crops do terial left on the surface of a gravel pit grow in Alaska, but haven’t been a tra- after the Snug Harbor Road improvement leading after Friday count Something new is sprouting in Cooper ditional agricultural product on the Ke- project was done, it provided an opportu-

By ELIZABETH EARL Peninsula Clarion

Landing.

Perched on a hill in an old gravel pit on Snug Harbor Road, just under an acre of golden barley blows in the wind that sweeps through the valley. Walking through the field with a scythe and a bucket, Robert Gibson harvests it the traditional way — gathering a handful and with a skrish cutting it into a neat bundle.

This harvesting method is how he

nai Peninsula beyond for hay in the past.

Plus, Cooper Landing isn’t exactly suited for broad fields of grain like the Midwest, Gibson said.

“There is not any flat ground to do anything with in Cooper Landing,” he said.

This barley was an experiment started on a limited basis by the Kenai Peninsula Borough. When they discovered they’d

nity to experiment with a potentially new crop, said Marcus Mueller, the land management officer at the borough.

He said they reached out to the Plant Materials Center in Palmer and got some seeds for four different types of barley, each of which is suitable for different uses.

“Vegetation is one of our big See GROW, page A2

Robert Gibson of Cooper Landing picks barley by hand at a small barley field planted by the Kenai Peninsula Borough in a vacant gravel pit on Friday in Cooper Landing. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

By ELIZABETH EARL Peninsula Clarion

Candidates and voters will have to wait out the holiday weekend for the final results of the primary election to be certified.

The Alaska Division of Elections conducted its final 10-day count of absentee and questioned ballots Friday, though the state was still waiting on more election materials as of noon Friday, according to a press release from the Division of Elections. The plan is to work through the weekend and certify election results Tuesday, according to the release.

“While the Division’s goal was to certify (results) this weekend, we are working to ensure we give every detail the attention it needs to make sure Alaskans can feel fully confident in our final tally of the results,” said State Elections Director Josie Bahnke in the release.

Two primary elections on the central Kenai Peninsula have been too close to call until every last vote has been counted and certified. As of Friday, incumbent Sen. Peter Micciche was leading challenger Ron Gillham in the Republican primary race for the District O senate seat by 74 votes. Because there are no Democratic or third-party candidates running for the District O seat, the winner of the Republican primary will go unchallenged into

the general election Nov. 6 for that seat.

Neither Gillham nor Micciche could be reached for comment Saturday night. In a letter addressed to District O constituents posted on his Facebook page, Micciche said he was grateful for voters’ support in the election but is not “doing the end zone dance.” In response to concerns raised in the elections, he wrote that he would commit to repeal sections of the recent criminal justice reform bill Senate Bill 91 that were softer on crime and replace them with sections that would “hold criminals accountable.” He also wrote that he committed to restoring a full Permanent Fund Dividend and cutting waste from the state budget while fighting government expansion.

“It is very clear that many of the folks in District O, the people I answer to, want more of me,” he wrote. “Please know this: I hear you and have been hearing several key messages from folks during the campaign.”

In House District 29 — which covers the northern Kenai Peninsula from Nikiski to Seward — Ben Carpenter was leading Wayne Ogle by 12 votes in the Republican primary as of Friday. The winner will face Democratic nominee Shawn Butler, who ran unopposed in the Democratic See VOTE, page A9

From Kentucky to Soldotna, veterans come to fish — and heal

By ELIZABETH EARL Peninsula Clarion

When a group of veterans arrived from the Lower 48 to Alaska, some didn’t know each other from strangers. But now, nestled in a lodge in the back woods of Soldotna, they’ve tentatively built connections and friendships, linked by their shared experience as military service members, policemen, firefighters and paramedics.

For 11 seasons now, Chuck Reed has brought groups of veterans — both men and women — from Kentucky up to the Salmon Catch Lodge and other areas of Alaska as part of the Kentucky Wounded Heroes Project. It’s not the only event they do for veterans each year, but it’s one of the biggest.

The group started out as part

of the Wounded Warriors Project but spun off into its own nonprofit in 2012 to include police, paramedics and firefighters. Reed, who is a retired state trooper, said the members of those services share similar experiences and can understand one another.

He said he’s seen emotional changes in groups he’s worked with.

“It’s called purging,” he said.

“It does something in their systems. They let off steam. They just purge.”

Reed managed the lodge for a few seasons alongside owner Terry Johnson. During one of the summers, Johnson told Reed he could bring some of the members of the Wounded Heroes group up for some time at the lodge.

It’s not the only thing they

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do in Alaska — they head out in small planes to see the remoter parts of Southcentral Alaska, they meet up with friends in the Mat-Su Valley for a community barbecue, and they ride the Alaska Railroad out into Denali country. And of course, they hit the famous Alaska fishing streams. Many aspects of the trip, such as fishing trips and plane rides, are donated, bringing down the cost for the group.

Bryan Roach, who works with Reed to coordinate the program, said rather than conducting formal programming they try to provide a platform for people to network and talk about their experiences and trauma.

“We just sit there and everybody starts telling stories,” he A group of veterans visiting Alaska as part of the Kentucky Wounded Heroes project gather in said. “And it’s almost like you front of the Salmon Catcher Lodge on Friday in Soldotna. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula See VETS, page A2 Clarion)

Hands of Peace offers inmates alternatives to violence

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Since 1975, a Homer mother and daughter, Karen and More weather on page A10 Lisa Cauble, have been working in prisons with a simple and hopeful mission: teach some of the most hardened criminal offenders alternatives ‘They are undermining to violence. Next weekend, the the moderate forces in nonprofit Hands of Peace and The Alaska Training CooperaPalestine and Israel.’ tive will offer a workshop open ... See page A6 to the public titled “Conflict Resolution Skills: Alternatives to Violence Basic Workshop.”

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tier Community Services in Soldotna, the workshop presents conflict resolution skills to help people make choices to reduce conflicts in work and life.

The basic workshop is required for the advanced workshop. Since 2014, Hands of Peace has presented 60 basic and advanced workshops, many of them in Alaska Department of Corrections facilities, with the larger goal of teaching offenders ways to avoid violence. The workshops not only introduce offenders to alternatives to violence, but train offenders to be facilitators themselves and teach oth-

er prisoners. Civilian facilitators learn how to teach other facilitators inside and outside prisons. That’s the goal of the upcoming workshop, to train more volunteers so Hands of Peace can be expanded into other prisons.

“We don’t have the entire power,” Lisa Cauble said of the program. “We share that power in teaching others. …They (offenders) get to be on a team and work with us to provide the training to other inmates.”

Karen Cauble started working with alternatives to nonviolence in 1975 when she lived in Syracuse, New York.

Prisoners at Greenhaven State

Prison held Society of Friends meetings. Also known as the Quakers, the Christian faith is known for its pacifist beliefs.

Some prisoners, many of them lifers, had heard about the concept of alternatives to violence, and asked the Quakers to teach them.

“They said, ‘We need you to teach our young people. We need you to reach out to our brothers and and cousins so they don’t come into the prison,’” Karen Cauble said.

But then the Quakers “moved it up a notch,” she said. “They said, ‘We want you to teach others about See HANDS, page A2

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have offered and their donations to support the groups’ visits each year. Often, people will approach them when they wear shirts or hats identifying themselves as veterans and talk about their own experiences in the service, Reed said. They’ve built relationships with several local veterans as well, who sometimes join them. An estimated one in 10 Alaskans is a military veteran, with tens of thousands of active service members on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Fort Wainwright near Fairbanks and the other seven military bases in the state.

Dealing with trauma in service can hamper veterans from recovering for a long time. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs states that the rate of post-traumatic stress disorder diagnoses varies by service area, though estimates say between 11–20 percent of Iraqi war veterans and about 12 percent of Gulf War veterans experience PTSD in a given year, and about 30 percent of Vietnam War veterans experience PTSD in their lifetimes.

The disorder can exacerbate other mental health problems as well, according to the VA. About 10 percent of veterans were seriously injured at some point during service, with seriously injured veterans reporting a more difficult experience adjusting back to civilian life than those who weren’t injured, according to a 2011 Pew Research Center survey of more than 1,800 veterans.

For Michael Rayley, who served in Vietnam, it was years before he even talked about what he experienced. He is now the president of the Kentucky chapter of the Order of the Purple Heart and works with his local Veterans Affairs hospital.

“I never really talked about it once I got out,” he said. “It took me a long time.”

Next to him, veteran Don Parrish said it may be hard for them to talk about what they’ve been through, but it helps.

“It’s way better than to not,” he said.

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sit around a campfire and you start telling a story, and then the next person starts telling a story. If you wrote some of that stuff down, it’d be some of the most interesting books you’ve ever read in your life … (eventually) they realize that we’re not a threat, we’re just somebody who walked the same path or a similar path.”

The men who came up on the most recent trip to Alaska came from a variety of conflict zones and backgrounds. Rick Shropshire spent his career as a structure firefighter in Kentucky, while Bobby Pridemore served in Vietnam. They sat next to each other on the couch at Salmon Catcher Lodge on Friday and cracked a few jokes while relaxing before dinner.

Others were former gunship pilots or police officers.

Some of what they share is the language, they said — the military is rife with acronyms and jargon, and groups that share those experiences can talk about it using that language without having to explain.

They can also connect over a common type of service or experience. Roach said even when they have groups with differences, including of both genders and from different occupations, they can find commonality in understanding each other’s experiences. Reed said military veterans may have come out of the service and gone to work as police or firefighters.

“Most of the police officers and firefighters we deal with, they’ve been in the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps,” he said. “They just keep on.”

“They just keep on serving,” Roach added. “That was one of the things that I missed — you have all that camaraderie, and then once you get hurt, you’re put out.”

He credited Johnson, who buzzed around the lodge setting up dinner for the group Friday evening, as“our hero” Reach Elizabeth Earl at eeand said the group was grateful for all the hospitality Alaskans arl@peninsulaclarion.com.

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management tools in land management,” Mueller s aid.

“Groundcover is so important… we’re kind of learning how to be effective with that.

We’re gaining experience in doing planting generally, looking at doing how barley does — oftentimes oats are used for groundcover.”

This spring, they seeded the ground by hand and stood back, with relatively little cultivation, to see how things would shake out. Some of the species came up very effectively while another— the one best suited for beer brewing, unfortunately for hopeful craft breweries— didn’t do as well.

A week or two ago, Mueller let Cooper Landing residents know through the community newsletter the Cooper Landing Crier that there were harvest opportunities in the field. On Friday, Gibson brought in some of his harvest to the borough.

“I made a big bundle of it and brought that over to (Mueller),” Gibson said. “I would say (the grain) is about 90 percent mature right now.”

A lifelong farmer and rancher, Gibson moved to Alaska in the 1990s and served as the president of the Alaska Farm Bureau, working on issues related to agricultural land. He said he worked with Mueller over the winter about the plans for the barley planting and other issues related to agricultural land.

Barley is the largest cereal crop grown in Alaska, in part because of the low heat unit requirement for maturity, followed by oats, according to a 2009 crop profile from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

The vast majority of Alaska’s grains are grown in the Interior, largely in the Delta Junction region in the Tanana Valley. The grains are used largely by the agricultural industry as animal feed and bedding. Companies like Alaska Flour Company started producing barley flour in 2011 with Delta Junctiongrown grain, distributing flour to stores around the state.

Gibson said he used traditional harvesting methods on the small field in Cooper Landing because its size didn’t make machinery practical and demonstrated how to use scything, hand sickle and hand-picking methods that in-

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nonviolence.’ That changed the whole thing. Those men became facilitators in teaching.”

Karen Cauble grew up in San Diego, California, moved to New York, got married, then moved back to San Diego. She came up to Alaska in 1984 and started working as a school counselor for the Iditarod School District.

In 1990, other Alaskans heard about alternatives to nonviolence and Cauble’s work. In 1991 Cauble started Hands of Peace as a nonprofit. Her daughter, Lisa, had worked with her mother as a teenager in Syracuse, traveled a bit, and then worked with her mom again when she followed her up her in 1997. Lisa Cauble now lives in Anchorage, where she is director of training at the College of Health, University of Alaska Anchorage, a cosponsor of the alternatives to violence workshops.

Hands of Peace is now on its third contract with Department of Corrections to run alternatives to violence workshops. Linnie Einerson, supervising probation officer and program director at Wildwood Corrections Facility in Kenai, said in 2017 she was asked if Hands of Peace could do a pilot program at Wildwood. The program has had great success, Einerson said in a phone interview on Tuesday.

“From the time we had that first class the response from our offenders was amazing,” she said. “I kept getting written letters from our offenders — ‘please have them come back.’”

Initially, Einerson encouraged some long-term prisoners to take the class. The workshops are voluntary. She asked

TOP: Robert Gibson of Cooper Landing holds up a piece of two-row barley, which is used best in distilliation processes, on Friday at a small barley field planted by the Kenai Peninsula Borough in a vacant gravel pit in Cooper Landing,. (Photos by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion) ABOVE: Robert Gibson of Cooper Landing uses a hand sickle to cut barley grown in a vacant gravel pit on Friday in Cooper Landing.

dividuals growing small fields of grain could use to harvest it. An ardent gardener who grows many of his own vegetables and berries, Gibson said he’s interested in pursuing ways to increase agriculture on the Kenai Peninsula in the future.

Mueller said that was one of the goals of the experiment in Cooper Landing, both for purposes of managing the borough’s land portfolio and exploring another potential agricultural product on the Kenai Peninsula.

“We were (looking for an-

swers to) the basic question of whether a cereal crop would work,” he said.

one guy, “Are you mad at me for taking the class?” Einerson said he told her, no, that he had and other inmates had opened up to each other.

“There are people I have lived with for years who are incarcerated and I didn’t know anything about them,” she said the offender told her.

That’s the crux of the workshop: to build trust in inmates.

Karen Cauble said they do that by games, role playing and other exercises.

“We move around. We play games. We have fun. We have laughter,” she said. “That’s one of the things I promise them in our opening talk. I promise you laughter.”

Some exercises have a serious intent, Karen Cauble said, like role playing where they act out a scenario an offender might find when released. He’s at a barbecue with family and friends. Some of his old criminal friends show up and pressure him to do a drug deal.

How does he get out of it?

“I have seen this where the role players get so stuck in the emotions that they have it’s very, very hard to try to make a change in what they see is going to happen,” she said. “… What can this person do to make a change? And then we role play it again.”

Kate Rich, a Homer volunteer who has been a facilitator since the 1990s, said she volunteered to help make a difference. At first she was skeptical.

“How is all this kumbaya b.s. Going to help stop violence?” she said in an email.

But her attitude changed.

Rich said she’s seen people change right before her eyes.

“Sometimes it’s a small shift of someone’s perspective, but it’s meaningful — a little less anger or fear, a little more hope,” she wrote.

Einerson said she’s seen a change in the mood of prisoners, too.

“I see the inmates opening up to people they normally wouldn’t talk to,” she said. “I see it opening relationships as far as people who would never give them the time of day.”

Tempers can flare in prisons, Einerson said.

“The littlest things can get on their nerves. Sometimes it’s just over the remote control,” she said.

Once a situation came up where an inmate was spat on.

“He was able to walk away,” Einerson said.

He mentioned the incident in a Hands of Peace workshop.

“For him to be able to walk away from that is a good thing.

He’s a big guy. It could have turned bad.”

Hands of Peace has been so successful that now when Wildwood offers workshops, there’s a waiting list. Einerson offers the workshops first-come, first-served, with the first five men signing up in each wing getting admitted.

Offenders come from the pretrial to the sentencing sections.

Right now the program is limited to men, but its coordinators hope to eventually open it to women inmates. The program has become so popular that men wait by the door on

workshop days in hopes they can get in if someone doesn’t show up.

Karen Cauble said the inmates have embraced the change.

“When we walk into the prison in Wildwood, it has changed,” she said. “I’m talking about the heart here. …

There has been a change when we walk down the hallways, we’re sitting in the prison. We are doing this work. They are seeing the change.”

Rich shared a letter she got from one prisoner who took the workshop.

“I went into the workshop as a pessimist and I came out a changed person,” he wrote. “ … It was a real high and I’ve been doing it for two years and I love that feeling, and to see other people awakened in the workshops, to see their lives change.”

For information on signing up for the Sept. 7-9 workshops, visit https://www.aktclms. org/Training/Class/102592 or contact Lisa Cauble at 907264-6276 or email liast@alaskachd.org.

Victoria Petersen contributed report. Reach her at vpetersen@peninsulaclarion. com. Reach Elizabeth Earl at eearl@peninsulaclarion.com.

Reach Michael Armstrong at marmstrong@homernews. com.

Dr. Ben Morris, DPT

Physical Therapist with myofascial specialty

Peninsula Clarion | Sunday, September 2, 2018 | A3 outdoors. Free and open to the public; bring a friend! Refreshments some items in our silent and outcry auctions. Tickets are $28 for and sometimes door prizes are provided. Peninsula Grace Church, adults and $14 for children under 12.

This event is open to the public. For tickets, reservations, or 44175 Kalifornsky Beach Road (at mi. 19.5, across the road from information, please contact the Senior Center at 907-262-2322.

Craig Taylor Equipment) Nikiski community council meeting Membership and general club information is available at www.

The Nikiski Community Council will be meeting Monday, Sep- cenpengardenclub.org, on facebook, or contact Renae Wall, cenRegistration open for English as a Second tember 3 at 7 p.m. at the Lake Marie Nikiski Senior Center on Holt- pengardenclub@gmail.com.

Language classes Lamplight Road. All residents of the Nikiski community are invited to attend.

The KRC Learning Center is holding fall registration for nonPotters’ guild offers classes native speakers of English seeking to enhance their language and The Kenai Potters Guild will be offering a pottery class begin- work-readiness skills. Students may register anytime, MondayPride Dancers return ning on Sept. 14. The class will meet on Friday evening from 6–9 Thursday, from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. in the KRC Learning Center, room The Native Pride Dancers, an indigenous dance group based in p.m. for eight weeks. The cost of the class is $225. This class will St. Paul, Minnesota, will return to Kenai for a high-energy perfor- be taught by the Laura Faeo. For more information or to sign up 191, Brockel Building on the Soldotna campus of KPC. Evening registration will be held on Thursday, Sept. 6 until 7:30 p.m. All mance at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 5, at Kenai Middle School. call Laura at 776-4008. classes are free and begin Monday, Sept.10. The English as a SecAdmission is free and the event is open to the community. ond Language program is designed to meet the needs of adults The Kenai Peninsula Food Bank to host gala wishing to become more fluent English speakers. Students may Kenai Historical Society meeting take classes in basic English, reading, vocabulary, and workplace The Soup Supper Gala will be held at the Soldotna Sports and readiness to further enhance their English proficiency to pursue Kenai Historical Society will meet on Sunday, Sept. 9 at 1:30 at Recreation Center on Sept. 15. Doors open at 5 p.m. Buy-It-Now the Kenai Visitor Center. A potluck dinner will precede the business from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Buy a raffle ticket for your chance to win two college and career opportunities.

All ESL classes are free, and students may enroll at any time. meeting. After the meeting, Ray Rowley will be the speaker. The Alaska Airlines tickets. There will be games, music, locally made Stop by the KRC Learning Center, Brockel room 191, to register meeting is open to the public. Bring your favorite dish to share and soups, craft beers, wine, live and silent auction items and so much today!

For more information, contact Bridget Clark, (907) 262join us to hear Ray speak about the old days in Kenai. For more more!

0327, or bmclark2@alaska.edu. information call June at 283-1946.

Around the Peninsula

First Annual Hospice Root Beer Fun Run

Kenaitze suicide awareness talk

First Annual Hospice Root Beer Fun Run will be held on Saturday, Sept. 8 at 10 a.m. at Soldotna Creek Park. Early registration is encouraged and is available at hospiceofcentralpeninsula.com.

There will be a .5K Dash and a 1.6K Race and Root Beer as our treat. Bring the whole family and join us. If you don’t want to run, come along as a cheerleader! Contact Lee at 262-0453 for questions or additional information.

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.

Become a Red Cross volunteer!

Nikiski Recreation Center activities

Our volunteers touch lives in the community every day. They are the heart and soul of the Red Cross and represent every age, gender, religion, race and ethnicity. There are so many ways you can help.

Start your Red Cross story today. The Red Cross will host a Kenai Peninsula New Volunteer Open House on Friday, Sept. 7 from 6-8 p.m. in Central Peninsula Hospital’s Denali Room. Call 907-2322698 or email pam.laforest@redcross.org.

—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 776-8800 — 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 7768800.

— 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 7768800.

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

—Open gym nights: Teen Center, Monday– Friday, 2:30–8 p.m.

Full Swing Golf, Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–8 p.m

Public health center closed Monday The Kenai Public Health Center will be closed Monday for Labor Day. The center will reopen Tuesday at 8 a.m.

Kenai Public health Center offers several services, including child immunizations, Well Child exams, TB tests and birth control.

For more information call 335-3400 weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Kennel club holding dog agility trial The Kenai Kennel Club is holding a dog agility trial Sunday and Monday at the Kenai Little League Ball Field on Spruce Street in Kenai. Both days start at 9 a.m. and end in the afternoon.

Dog agility is a sport where a handler directs a dog through a course with jumps, tunnels and contacts, such as an A-frame and teeter, with limited or no mistakes. Only dogs entered in the trial are allowed at the event.

Spectators are encouraged to bring something to sit on and be prepared for changing weather.

Suicide awareness walk in Kenai The second annual Kenai Out of the Darkness Community Walk, an event to raise awareness and funds for suicide prevention, is Saturday, Sept. 8 at the Dena’ina Wellness Center, 508 Upland Street in Kenai. Check-in and registration on the day of the walk begins at noon at the Dena’ina Wellness Center. There will be an opening ceremony at 12:45 p.m., with the walk to start at 1 p.m.

Participation is open to the community. There is no registration fee for the walk, but participants are encouraged to fundraise. Those raising $150 by Sept. 8 will receive an Out of the Darkness Walk T-shirt. Register in advance at www.afsp.org/kenai. Online registration closes at noon on Friday, Sept. 7. Participants also may register in person at the walk. For more information, contact Audré Gifford at 907-335-7355 or agifford@kenaitze.org.

New Kenai River rotary meeting place Every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month, the Kenai River Rotary Club will meet at Siam Noodles in Soldotna.

Soldotna Senior Center fundraiser Soldotna Senior Center’s Fall Round-Up will be held on Saturday, Sept. 8, starting at 5:30 p.m. Come and enjoy a hearty prime rib dinner with all the trimmings, featuring the famous boot stomping, hand clapping, get-up-and-dance music of the Spur Highway Spankers. There will be door prizes, a grand door prize, and awe-

Harvest Moon Farm Tour Wondering what it takes to produce and sell food on the Kenai Peninsula? On Saturday, Sept. 8, tour three local farms that have met the challenge in unique ways. Taste a variety of Alaska Grown wines to complete the tour. This tour, sponsored by Kenai Soil & Water Conservation District and Kenai Local Food Connection, is the special kick-off event for Harvest Moon Local Food Week.

Tickets: $50, include a wine tasting at Alaska Berries. See the full schedule of Harvest Moon events at www.KenaiLocalFood.org.

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What Others Say

South Korea, U.S. must maintain ties to counter nuclear threat Diplomatic maneuvering has been intensifying

between the United States, which is calling for denuclearization, and North Korea, which is trying to stall proceedings. To make progress on the nuclear issue, it is imperative for the international community, including China and South Korea, to maintain pressure by enforcing sanctions against Pyongyang.

U.S. President Donald Trump has directed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to cancel his planned visit to North Korea. Trump also said, “At this time … I feel we are not making sufficient progress with respect to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.”

The bilateral negotiations have deadlocked because the North ramped up its tactic of giving priority to its calls for the lifting of sanctions and security guarantees for its regime while delaying denuclearization.

The International Atomic and Energy Agency has compiled a report, confirming that the North has been proceeding with nuclear development programs, including the continued operation of nuclear-related facilities in Yongbyon in North Korea’s northwestern region.

This is a move that runs counter to a commitment for the “complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula,” which was made by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea, during his June summit with Trump, and thus cannot be overlooked.

Pyongyang should proceed with formulating a road map for its abandonment of nuclear weapons while standing at the start line for denuclearization by reporting all its nuclear arms and development programs.

North Korea, which gives weight to obtaining U.S. guarantees of security for its regime, has been persistently calling for an early declaration of the end of the Korean War. The United States has already made a concession of canceling its joint military exercises with South Korea. Washington should not comply with the North’s demand for a declaration of the war’s end as long as it does not take any concrete action toward denuclearization. … … A matter of concern is that South Korean President Moon Jae In leans toward promoting exchange and cooperation with the North.

It has been agreed by the two Koreas that Moon will visit Pyongyang in September to confer with Kim. Emphasizing that the development of the South-North relations is the only driving force for denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, Moon has disclosed his intention to hold within this year a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a railway and a highway linking the two Koreas.

The Moon administration is expediting efforts to open a South-North joint liaison office in Kaesong, North Korea.

By establishing a close relationship between the two Koreas, Moon likely has the ulterior motive of bolstering the South’s position as a mediator between the United States and North Korea.

If cooperation with the North is pushed ahead with no progress seen in denuclearization, it may cause disarray in the U.S.-South Korea relationship. Moon should be aware that as things stand now, there is a limit to the progress that can be made in relations with the North.

Seoul has prosecuted South Korean firms for smuggling North Korean coal, an item banned by U.N. Security Council resolutions. The action came about when allegations of smuggling were highlighted by a Security Council expert panel on sanctions.

Amid increasing uncertainty over whether China, the major backer of the Kim regime, has been enforcing sanctions strictly, South Korea must not be allowed to participate in the widening of a hole in the network of U.N. sanctions against the North.

Good grief, bad grief!

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” The oldies are the goodies, particularly when they outlast their obsolescence deadline, which these days is perhaps about an hour ago. Arguably these are even worse times than the mid-19th century, when Charles Dickens wrote his “Tale of Two Cities.”

In the 21st century, we have effectively divided into two countries, separated by impenetrable fortifications. President Donald Trump heads up the hordes on the right.

Those on the left are led by, well, actually they’re not really led by anyone. That’s a big part of their problem: All they really do is focus their utter contempt on Trump.

He’s constantly making that easy for them.

With the latest legal setbacks for Trump and his cartel, the Trump enemies cling to the hope that he’ll somehow be run out of office. However, their mood darkens the moment they review their track record.

Trump is, after all, president of the United States, a concept they couldn’t even fathom until he had pulled it off, leaving them in the dust of despair.

“How could this happen?” they wailed.

And they still do, each and every time he tap-dances around the stinky mess he makes.

How could it happen? Let us count the ways: For starters, there was the elitist candidate, Hilary Clinton, whose qualifi-

really that good at introspection, so when they desperately tried to relate to all those put off by their pretentiousness, they scurried to their Kindles and read “Hillbilly Elegy” so they could comprehend the motivations of the millions of Trumpsters. After that, they felt that they had done all they needed to do to comprehend what makes the bourgeoisie tick. Then they returned to their safe spaces. By the way, “Hillbilly Elegy” is about a grossly dysfunctional Appalachian family. It had nothing to do with the mass of Americans who were so fed up and frightened that they voted for Donald Trump because he convinced them he was not part of the corrupt establishment.

Many of the anti-Trump forces are stuck in the depression phase. Other than their protest rallies, they sulk in their bubbles.

They’ll never move to acceptance, the final stage.

The question is whether they’ll overcome their usual complacency and actually condescend to vote in November. If they do not and decide that Trump is in such trouble that control of Congress will be a cakewalk, they’ll get another pie in the face. Their dreams of rescue by Bob Mueller will be dashed. Donald Trump will stay in office. They, in short, will have blown it.

To quote Charles Dickens one more time, “the spring of hope” will become “the winter of despair.

The Catholic Church sex abuse scandal

Sexual scandals and inappropriate behavior are as old as the bible. I give you (1 Corinthians 5:1) in which Paul writes: —The Japan News, Aug. 26, 2018 “It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that even pagans do not tolerate: A man is sleeping with his father’s wife.”

In more modern times, there have been sex scandals involving TV evangelists E-mail: from Aimee Semple McPherson in the ’20s news@peninsulaclarion.com to Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart in the Write: Fax: ’80s. And there have been more recent exPeninsula Clarion 907-283-3299 amples, too, Ted Haggard, Bob Coy, Bill P.O. Box 3009 Questions? Call: Gothard.

Kenai, AK 99611 907-283-7551 But at least those scandals involved adults; what has happened within the RoThe Peninsula Clarion welcomes letters and attempts to man Catholic Church involves children publish all those received, subject to a few guidelines: and for that reason it is the greater sin. n All letters must include the writer’s name, phone numA Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, grand jury ber and address. released a report after a two-year investin Letters are limited to 500 words and may be edited to gation into six of the state’s dioceses and fit available space. Letters are run in the order they are found 301 “predator priests” who were received. “raping little boys and girls.” n Letters addressed specifically to another person will It is not the first time such allegations not be printed. have been made, but it may be the first time n Letters that, in the editor’s judgment, are libelous will the allegations have been so exhaustively not be printed. detailed, including the naming of priests n The editor also may exclude letters that are untimely or and their alleged victims. irrelevant to the public interest.

In Ireland, where Pope Francis visited n Short, topical poetry should be submitted to Poet’s last week and issued another apology (but Corner and will not be printed on the Opinion page. took no responsibility) for un-priestly ben Submissions from other publications will not be printed. havior, more stories surfaced detailing n Applause letters should recognize public-spirited serwhat happened to unwed mothers and vice and contributions. Personal thank-you notes will not their babies seven decades ago in a home be published. created for girls and women who became

Letters to the Editor:

cations were so superior to Trump’s that it shouldn’t have been a contest for her, except she appeared to place herself so much higher — I believe “high and mighty” is the phrase— that she really couldn’t relate Bob Franken to the rabble below, the ones she called “deplorables.”

But she was just the chief elitist, most of whom couldn’t possibly get their hands dirty dealing with the “great unwashed.”

(For those who care, that disparaging term for common folks was used by columnist H.L. Mencken in the 1920s. Actually, he stole it from 19th-century British novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton. For those who do not care, please disregard this message.)

When the effete suffered the agony of defeat, they zoomed right into the KublerRoss stages of grief: Their first stop was denial, as in “This is just a bad dream.” When they woke up to realize that the nightmare was here to stay, they settled on anger. That lasted until their first latte of the morning after. Once they absorbed their shot of caffeine, it was on to the bargaining stage, as in “I need to understand this, so it never happens again.” Unfortunately, they are not

pregnant out of wedlock. The girls and women were abused, their babies either buried in the home’s yard, or forcibly taken from them to be adopted, all this from a church that claims to be “pro-life.”

Cal Thomas Writes the Irish Examiner: “Between 1991 and 2011, the numbers of atheists, agnostics, and those with no religion in Ireland increased more than four-fold to 277,237. This group included 14,769 children of primary school age and 14,478 of secondary school age.”

Is it any wonder?

Last Sunday, the former top Vatican diplomat in the United States, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, a frequent critic of Pope Francis, released an 11-page letter in which he claimed the Vatican hierarchy has been complicit in covering up for some abusers and their protectors. Vigano claims Pope Francis knew about accusations that Cardinal Theodore McCarrick had sexually abused seminarians for years before the public learned about it and that when those accusations became public he refused to punish McCarrick, instead allowing him to choose powerful American bishops.

During a brief meeting with reporters on his return to Rome, the Pope was asked

if Vigano had informed him in 2013 about Cardinal McCarrick’s record of abuse and whether his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, had sanctioned the cardinal as Vigano claims. The New York Times reported Francis did not deny it, saying he would not “dignify” the allegations with a response.

The Catholic Church and the Pope’s few defenders have said much of this behavior took place years ago and is only now coming out. There should be no statute of limitations when it comes to sins within any church, including attempts to cover them up.

Surely the Catholic Church’s leadership is familiar with(James 3:1): “Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.” Then there is this command from God Himself: “you must purge the evil from among you.”

(Deuteronomy 17:7) If that isn’t enough for the Catholic Church to purge these evil priests and those who covered for them, they might consider the words of Jesus, who they presume to serve: “If anyone causes one of these little ones — those who believe in me — to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.” (Matthew 18:6) Readers may email Cal Thomas at tcaeditors@tribpub.com.

Nation

DeVos: No plans to fund arming teachers

Peninsula Clarion | Sunday, September 2, 2018 | A5

Around the Nation

By MARIA DANILOVA Associated Press

Racist robocalls mock Florida’s black Democratic gubernatorial candidate

WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says she has “no intention of taking any action” regarding any possible use of federal funds to arm teachers or provide them with firearms training.

DeVos’ comments came Friday after a top official in her department, asked about arming teachers, said states and local jurisdictions always “had the flexibility” to decide how to use federal education funds.

Frank Brogan, assistant secretary of elementary and secondary education, said arming educators “is a good example of a profoundly personal decision on the part of a school or a school district or even a state.”

President Donald Trump and DeVos have said schools may benefit from having armed teachers and should have that option.

DeVos said Friday that “Congress did not authorize me or the Department to make those decisions” about arming teachers or training them on the use of firearms.

Her comments were in a letter to Virginia Rep. Bobby Scott, the top Democrat on the House committee overseeing education, and were posted by the department on Twitter.

“I will not take any action that would expand or restrict the responsibilities and flexibilities granted to state and local education agencies by Congress,” DeVos wrote.

Democrats and education groups have argued, however, that the funds are intended for academics, not guns.

DeVos heads a federal commission on school safety that was formed after the deadly Valentine’s Day shooting at a Florida high school.

An early draft of the commission’s report recommends

Racist phone calls mocking Florida’s black Democratic gubernatorial nominee appear to be from a white supremacist podcast that has also taken credit for inflammatory robocalls in Iowa and California.

In the recorded calls, someone falsely identifying himself as Andrew Gillum speaks in a racist, old-time minstrel dialect while asking voters for their support. The calls, which according to the Gillum campaign started Friday, are said to be paid for by The Road to Power — an Idaho-based video podcast.

“This is reprehensible — and could only have come from someone with intentions to fuel hatred and seek publicity,” Gillum campaign spokesman Geoff Burgan said in a statement. Burgan said it’s unclear how widespread the calls have been, but that he’s only heard reports of them in Tallahassee, where Gillum is mayor.

Gillum’s Republican opponent, U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, is not affiliated with the podcast behind the calls. His campaign spokesman, Stephen Lawson, called them “absolutely appalling and disgusting.”

“And hopefully whoever is behind this has to answer for this despicable action,” Lawson said in a statement.

Florida’s gubernatorial contest was racially charged even before the robocalls. During an appearance on Fox News after Tuesday’s primaries, DeSantis called Gillum — who is seeking to become Florida’s first black governor — an “articulate” candidate, but said “the last thing we need to do is to monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist agenda with huge tax increases and bankrupting this state.” DeSantis’ campaign later said the congressman was not referring to Gillum’s policies, not himself personally.

In Iowa , anti-immigrant robocalls from The Road to Power began Tuesday — two days after the funeral of Mollie Tibbetts, a University of Iowa student who authorities say was abducted and killed by a man believed to be in the U.S. illegally.

In California, The Road to Power took credit for antiSemitic robocalls targeting Democratic U.S. Rep. Mark DeSaulnier in July. DeSaulnier’s Republican opponent, John Fitzgerald, a Holocaust denier, wrote a July 11 post on his campaign website condemning the calls, saying they came from “a despicable, hate-filled person/organization who openly degrades ethnic groups in their podcasts and website …”

The podcast has been linked to a man who, according to police in the Idaho city of Sandpoint, was responsible for distributing racist CDs in a high school parking lot in December. That man, identified by police as Scott D. Rhodes, denied distributing the CDs when officers confronted him, according to The Spokesman-Review . Rhodes is also known by the surname Platek.

In this May 31, 2018 photo, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks during a visit of the Federal School Safety Commission at Hebron Harman Elementary School in Hanover, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

that states and communities determine “based on the unique circumstances of each school” whether to arm its security personnel and teachers to be able to respond to violence.

The draft’s section on training school personnel was reviewed

by AP. That approach, the draft says, “can be particularly helpful” in rural districts where the nearest police unit may be far away. Other recommendations included employing school resource officers and ensuring they worked closely with the rest of the school staff.

In an interview with The Associated Press Thursday, Brogan cited the “school marshal” program in Texas where school employees can volunteer to carry weapons on campuses after undergoing training. Educators from some remote rural schools also told the panel that they rely on armed school personnel be-

cause the police may take too long to arrive. Others, however, argued that arming teachers is dangerous and could make schools feel like prisons.

Brogan said the Every Student Succeeds Act, a bipartisan law that shifts education authority to states, provides about $1 billion in annual funding for various school needs, including 20 percent specifically set aside for school safety.

“The people at the local level who’ve been there for years could make the decisions about what services to purchase, what equipment to buy to fulfill the general broad obligations laid out in that law,” he said.

It would be up to Congress, not the U.S. Department of Education, to place any restrictions or barriers to use those funds for purposes not currently in the law, a department spokeswoman said.

The debate arose earlier this

month after a small rural school district in Oklahoma and the state of Texas asked the department to clarify what the funds can be used for.

“The position is: You have the language … the language was written specifically to and always interpreted to mean ‘this is your money,’” Brogan said.

Democratic lawmakers and teachers blasted the idea, accusing the Trump administration of acting in the interests of the National Rifle Association, and several congressmen called for legislation that would prohibit the use of those funds for guns.

Senator Patty Murray, the top Democrat on the Senate commission overseeing education, said on Twitter that she was ”extremely disappointed that (DeVos) is moving forward with this awful plan to allow federal funds to be used to arm

Judge Kavanaugh’s carefully constructed life

By CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s life seems as carefully constructed as the Supreme Court arguments he will hear if he is confirmed to the high court. He checks all the boxes of the ways of Washington, or at least the way Washington used to be.

He’s a team player — the conservative team — stepping up to make a play at key moments in politics, government and the law dating to the Bill Clinton era and the salacious dramas of that time.

Yet in a capital and a country where politics has become poisonously tribal, Kavanaugh has tried to cover his bases, as Washington insiders have long done. He’s got liberal friends, associates and role models. He was a complicated figure in the scandal-ridden 1990s, by turns zealous and restrained as an investigator.

If he wins confirmation, he’ll be seated with Justice Elena Kagan, the Obama-era solicitor general who hired him to teach at Harvard when she was dean of the law school, as well as with

his prep school mate, Justice Neil Gorsuch. Kavanaugh’s law clerks have gone on to work for liberal justices. He’s served with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in mock trials of characters in Shakespeare plays, a night out from the real-life dramas.

Amateur athlete, doer of Catholic good works, basketballcoaching dad, Yale degrees, progression from lawyer to White House aide to judge — it’s all there in a rarefied life of talent and privilege, though strikingly not one of great personal wealth.

The only skeleton in Kavanaugh’s closet that the White House has owned up to is as American as apple pie.

Spending on baseball games helped drive him into debt one year, the White House said. He’s also been ribbed for hoarding gummy bears when he worked as an aide to President George W. Bush. Because Republicans are not releasing critical documents for the Senate hearings that begin Tuesday, it remains to be seen if anything else is rattling around.

To critics, like Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee lining up to question him, Kavanaugh’s collegial disposition

is “Much Ado About Nothing” (Kavanaugh’s 2012 mock trial for Washington’s Shakespeare Theatre Company, Ginsburg presiding).

“From the notorious Starr report, to the Florida recount, to the president’s secrecy and privilege claims to post-9/11 legislative battles including the Victims Compensation Fund, to ideological judicial nomination fights, if there has been a partisan political fight that needed a very bright legal foot soldier in the last decade, Brett Kavanaugh was probably there,” New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, now Senate Democratic leader, said in 2006 hearings that preceded Kavanaugh’s confirmation as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

His judicial record since?

With some ideological mashup, it’s been conservative in the main, reflecting views that could swing the court right on abortion, gay rights, executive power and more for decades to come.

Kavanaugh heads into the hothouse of confirmation hearings representing the hopes of President Donald Trump and the right that he will do just that. One

question from senators, whether expressed or implied, will be how far the apple fell from the tree.

E. Edward Kavanaugh, 77, was a fixture in the Washington influence game years before Trump began calling it a swamp.

Brett Kavanaugh’s dad lobbied for the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association, the national trade group for companies making personal care products.

He fought against government regulation and advocates who wanted cosmetics-testing stopped on animals, calling those activists “zealots who cannot comprehend that a child’s life is more important than a dog’s.”

“He is known by my colleagues in Congress as a straight shooter,” Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch said of Brett Kavanaugh’s father in supporting the son’s confirmation as a federal judge in 2006. “In this case, the apple did not fall far from the tree.”

Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, who tangled with the dad in hearings over potential health risks of cosmetics, finds the son’s record on regulation also troubling. “You don’t have to look at his genes,” Wyden told

Funeral held for 6 of 10 children killed in Chicago neighborhood fire CHICAGO — Six white caskets were arranged in a semicircle during the funeral for six of the 10 children who died in Chicago’s worst fire in over a decade.

The funeral held Saturday at Our Lady of Tepeyac Catholic Church honored five siblings and a cousin killed in the Aug. 28 apartment fire .

They were 14-year-old Cesar Contreras, 13-year-old Nathan Contreras, 11-year-old Xavier Contreras, 5-year-old Ariel Garcia, 3-month-old Amayah Almaraz and their cousin, 14-year-old Adrian Hernandez.

The Chicago Sun-Times reports family members wore white T-shirts with the airbrushed names of the children during the funeral. Arrangements are pending for the four other children killed in the fire.

Investigators say the fire started in the rear of the apartment building during a sleepover. The cause is under investigation.

City officials issued more than 40 code violations Friday against the building’s owner.

—The Associated Press

The Associated Press. “Just look at his record.”

An AP review of Kavanaugh’s dozen years on the D.C. appeals court and his wider public record shows him opposed to a variety of regulations, on greenhouse gases and more, as well as to the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau established after the 2008 financial crisis, and to administration policies that circumvent Congress and risk “a runaway executive branch.” Yet he is deferential to

the presidency, an approach that raises questions about whether he would protect special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible coordination between Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia if that matter came before the high court.

His mother, Martha Kavanaugh, went on to become a prosecutor and state judge in Maryland, where Kavanaugh was raised as an only child, attending Georgetown Preparatory School as Gorsuch did.

Study shows health, reaction-time declines in wildland firefighters

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press

BOISE, Idaho — Randy Brooks’ son had a request three years ago: What could his dad do to make wildland firefighting safer?

To Brooks, a professor at the University of Idaho’s College of Natural Resources who deals with wildland firefighting, it was more of a command.

His son, Bo Brooks, is a wildland firefighter who a few days earlier during that 2015 fire season fled a wall of flames that killed three of his fellow firefighters in eastern Washington.

The result of the conversation was an online survey that drew some 400 firefighters who mostly identified mental and physical

fatigue as the primary cause of injuries to firefighters who are often confronted with a changing, dangerous environment.

But a self-selecting online survey is not necessarily representative of what’s happening in the field. So Randy Brooks decided to apply some science.

That led to an ongoing health-monitoring study involving wrist-worn motion monitors and body composition measurements that last year found health declines and deteriorating reaction times among firefighters as the season progressed.

“A lot of them face peer pressure to perform all the time,” Brooks said. “Others feel pressured to protect natural resources and structures at all costs.”

Some 19,000 firefighters are

currently in the field fighting nearly 40 large wildfires. Fourteen firefighters have died this year as wildfires have scorched about 3,500 square miles (9,000 square kilometers) and destroyed some 3,000 homes.

The study last year found firefighters lost muscle mass but gained fat based on body-composition testing before and after the season.

The firefighters also wore a wrist device called a Readiband from a company called Fatigue Science. The device keeps track of how many hours of sleep a person gets. Formulas developed by the U.S. military then calculate fatigue, based on a lack of sleep. That’s used to predict alertness and reaction times, which get worse as fatigue lev-

els rise.

Firefighters in the field can get as little as six hours of sleep or less each night. The devices found that not only did reaction times falter as firefighters remained longer on a fire before getting a mandatory break, Brooks said, but firefighters also tended to take longer to recover as the season progressed. Sometimes, fatigue levels reached a level that suggested reaction times slowed down so much it took firefighters twice as long to react.

Brooks said his initial thoughts are that wildland firefighters might need better nutrition to stay fit and mentally sharp. But last year’s study had only nine firefighters. Brooks this year has expanded the study

to 18 firefighters, 16 men and two women. They’re smokejumpers, meaning they parachute from airplanes to fight fires.

Brooks said that next year he hopes to have about 100 firefighters and include hotshot crews, a ground-based wildland firefighter that can, like smokejumpers, be deployed on a national basis.

Smokejumpers in the study often eat pre-made meals.

Brooks wants to find out if maybe those meals are behind some of the puzzling results from last year’s study, such as a loss in muscle mass.

Hotshots, meanwhile, can return to a central spot where they get prepared food supplied by the U.S. Forest Service. That

agency has done extensive research on what it takes to keep wildland firefighters fueled, and contractors who supply the meals must meet Forest Service nutritional guidelines.

Forest Service health experts have even followed firefighting crews to take blood samples to check glucose levels, which can indicate alertness.

Joe Domitrovich, an exercise physiologist with the Forest Service’s National Technology and Development Program in Missoula, Montana, said that experiment led the agency to change gears and recommend firefighters snack during their shifts to keep glucose levels up.

“It’s critical for cognitive function as well as physical movement,” he said.

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Palestine condemns US funding cut for refugee agency

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press

JERUSALEM — The Palestinians on Saturday condemned the U.S. decision to end its decades of funding for the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, calling it an attack on the Palestinian people and accusing the Trump administration of trying to remove sensitive core issues from the negotiating table as it says it is preparing a Mideast peace initiative.

The announcement raised new questions about the viability of any future U.S. peace plan.

President Donald Trump’s Mideast team, led by his adviser and son in law Jared Kushner, have been working on their plan for about a year and a half but have not said when it will be made public.

The Palestinians accuse the U.S. of being unfairly biased in favor of Israel, citing a series of steps by the White House.

Trump has recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital over Palestinian objections and last week cut $200 million in development aid to the Palestinians.

Friday’s decision cut an additional $300 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, which serves millions of Palestinian refugees and their descendants across the region.

The Palestinians say these steps are aimed at imposing outcomes for two of the most sensitive issues in the conflict — the fate of contested Jerusalem and the plight of Palestinian refugees — without negotiations.

“What is the American administration doing? They are pre-empting, prejudging issues reserved for permanent status,” said Saeb Erekat, the chief Palestinian negotiator.

“They are undermining the moderate forces in Palestine and Israel,” he added. “Those elements that want to achieve peace peacefully based on a two-state solution are being destroyed.”

He said extremists across the region had been given “gifts.”

UNRWA was established after the war surrounding Israel’s establishment in 1948 to aid the 700,000 Palestinians who fled or were forced from

Balloon poking fun at Mayor Sadiq Khan flies over London

In this Wednesday photo, girls sit inside a classroom at an UNRWA school during the first day of a new school year in Gaza City. A spokesman for the Palestinian president says the American decision to cut funding for the U.N. agency aiding Palestinian refugees is “an attack on the rights of the Palestinian people.” The U.S. supplies nearly 30 percent of the total budget of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency, or UNRWA, and had been demanding it carry out significant reforms. The decision cuts nearly $300 million of planned support. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

their homes. Today, it provides education, health care and social services to some 5 million Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, as well as Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. The agency is also a major employer in the Palestinian areas.

The U.S. in recent years has supplied nearly 30 percent of UNRWA’s budget. But early this year, it suspended roughly $300 million in planned assistance, pending a review. Friday’s decision formally cut that money, as well as future assistance to the agency.

In a statement, the U.S. called the agency an “irredeemably flawed operation.” It said the U.S. was no longer willing to pay for a “very disproportionate share” of UNRWA’s costs and criticized what it called the agency’s “fundamental business model and fiscal practices” and its “endlessly and exponentially expanding community of entitled beneficiaries.”

The statement largely echoed Israeli claims that UNRWA

perpetuates the conflict by promoting an unrealistic Palestinian demand that refugees have the “right of return” to longlost homes in what is now Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said UNRWA should be abolished and its responsibilities taken over by the main U.N. refugee agency.

In Lebanon on Friday, the U.N. refugee agency’s commissioner, Filipo Grandi, ruled out taking on the Palestinian refugee issue. “No! The Palestinians in the region are the responsibility of UNRWA,” he said.

UNRWA’s spokesman, Chris Gunness, said the agency expressed “deep regret and disappointment” with the U.S. decision. He rejected “in the strongest possible terms” the U.S. accusations that its operations are flawed.

“These very programs have a proven track record in creating one of the most successful human development processes and results in the Middle East,” he said.

The European Union, the largest contributor to UNRWA with its member states, urged the U.S. to reconsider its “regrettable decision.” It said it would continue its assistance to the agency and discuss funding alternatives with other partners.

The U.S. budget cuts have already hit UNRWA hard. In an interview with The Associated Press last month, UNRWA’s commissioner, Pierre Kraehenbuehl, said his agency only had enough money to operate its hundreds of schools through the end of September.

He said he is planning a major fund-raising campaign to keep operations afloat.

He also rejected Israeli arguments that UNRWA perpetuates the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He said his agency operates under a mandate approved by the U.N. General Assembly and that the refugee issue must be resolved as part of a broader solution to the overall conflict.

Amsterdam: ‘Terrorist motive’ alleged in stabbing

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press

AMSTERDAM — A 19-year-old Afghan citizen had a “terrorist motive” for allegedly stabbing two Americans at the main train station in Amsterdam, city authorities in the Dutch capital said Saturday.

Amsterdam police shot and wounded the suspect after the stabbings Friday at Central Station. The local government said hours later it appeared the people injured weren’t targeted for a specific reason, but added that investigators had not ruled out terror as an aim or any other possibilities.

After the U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands identified the victims as American tourists Saturday, Amsterdam City Hall

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gave an update.

“Based on the suspect’s first statements, he had a terrorist motive,” the city administration said in a statement that did not elaborate on what the statements were or how they showed intent.

The wounded Americans were recovering in a hospital from what police termed serious but not life-threatening injuries. Their identities have not been released. The suspect, who was identified only as Jawed S. in line with privacy rules in the Netherlands, also remained hospitalized.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte confirmed on Twitter that the investigation focused Saturday on exploring the extremist ideas that allegedly inspired the train station attack.

The Netherlands’ counterterror chief, Dick Schoof, tweeted that the country’s threat level would remain at number four on a scale that tops out at five.

“Sadly, this reprehensible act fits into the current threat assessment,” he said.

W. had a residency permit from Germany. German authorities searched his home and seized data storage devices that would be analyzed as part of the investigation, the city government statement said.

He was scheduled to be arraigned during a closed-door hearing with an investigating judge on Monday. Dutch officials did not disclose the charges he could face.

A statement issued late Friday by Amsterdam’s city coun-

cil said the Americans did not appear to have been victims of a targeted attack. Amsterdam authorities also said Friday that it appeared from initial inquiries that the victims weren’t chosen for a clear reason.

The local government said Saturday it had no immediate plans to beef up security in the city, saying the swift action by police “shows that Amsterdam is prepared for this kind of incident.”

A passerby’s dramatic photo showed two police officers pointing guns at a man in blue jeans and sneakers lying on the ground inside a train station tunnel.

Earlier Saturday, the U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands confirmed that the two people injured Friday were Americans

LONDON — Protesters seeking to oust London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Saturday launched a giant balloon over Parliament Square depicting him dressed in a yellow bikini.

A small group of supporters watched the inflatable take to the skies, and the crowd cheered and shouted, “higher, higher, higher” as the balloon was launched.

Protesters believe Khan has failed to curtail street crime in London, and some wore T-shirts reading “Make London safe again.”

Organizers had raised more than 58,000 pounds ($75,000) to create the blimp in a protest against Khan’s policies.

It was meant as a rebuke to Khan, who backed protesters’ right to launch a giant balloon depicting U.S. President Donald Trump as an angry baby during his July visit to Britain.

Organizer Yanny Bruere said Saturday’s protest was set up “in retaliation” for the Trump blimp.

“I think a certain amount of respect should be afforded to the leader of the free world and the greatest ally the U.K. has,” he said.

Khan, London’s first Muslim mayor, has been repeatedly criticized by Trump for his handling of security and crime in the British capital.

The bikini is a reference to an advertisement Khan banned from the city’s transport network that showed a young woman in a skimpy yellow bikini asking, “Are you beach body ready?”

He said the weight loss ad was demeaning, but opponents argued banning it was an attack on free speech.

Egypt’s president ratifies law to monitor social media CAIRO — Egypt’s presidency has ratified a controversial legislation imposing regulations on social media that is says aims to crack down on fake news.

The law, published in the country’s official gazette on Saturday, places social media accounts with over 5,000 followers under the supervision of the top media authority, which can block them if found to be disseminating false news.

In August, the president ratified an anti-cybercrime law empowering authorities to order the blocking of websites that publish content considered a threat to national security.

Amnesty International criticized both legislations in a July statement saying they “give the state near-total control over print, online and broadcast media.”

Egypt has regularly jailed journalists as part of a crackdown on dissent since the 2013 military overthrow of an elected but divisive Islamist president.

Mexican city tells police to ignore most sex in public GUADALAJARA, Mexico — It’s now less risky to get frisky — in public — in Guadalajara.

Mexico’s second-largest city has made it harder to police sexual activity in places like parks, alleys, entertainment venues and cars by ordering cops to look the other way most of the time.

Proponents say the change protects the publicly amorous from being shaken down by bribe-hungry officers, a common practice, while critics worry that it could encourage lewd acts in full view of people just going about their day.

Under the modification to the Policing and Good Government Code passed in August, public sexual acts continue to be an administrative offense, sanctioned by a fine or brief detention. The change is that officers can only intervene in such dalliances if they’ve received a specific complaint from a third party who feels uncomfortable.

“The only thing we added is that for police to detain that couple, a citizens’ request is required,” said Guadalupe Morfin, a city councilor who proposed the measure. She argued that it would discourage police corruption, refocus officers on more serious offenses and not lead to any increase in lewd behavior.

“Nobody wants there to be people having sex in public in sight of boys and girls,” Morfin said. “That is not educational.

It is troublesome.”

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visiting the Netherlands when they were stabbed at the station.

Ambassador Pete Hoekstra issued a written statement saying U.S. Embassy officials had been in touch with the victims or their families.

“We wish them a speedy recovery and are working closely with the City of Amsterdam to provide assistance to them and

their families,” Hoekstra said.

Central Station is a busy entry and exit point for visitors to Amsterdam, with regular trains linking it to the city’s Schiphol Airport. Friday is one of the busiest days of the week for train travel as tourists arrive for the weekend.

The station is patrolled by armed police and other security staff.

German police end anti-immigrant march envisioned as far-right springboard

By ADAM PEMBLE and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press

CHEMNITZ, Germany — Police in eastern Germany halted an anti-migration protest march that emboldened far-right activists started Saturday hoping would launch a nationwide movement capable of challenging the political establishment.

A trio of nationalist groups held separate daytime rallies in the city of Chemnitz over the Aug. 26 killing of a German citizen, allegedly by migrants from Syria and Iraq. The two largest groups also organized a joint nighttime march, thinking a broader force might emerge from the display of unity and take hold.

If the number of people who attended is any gauge, the envisioned far-right movement was in the earliest of embryonic

stages. It drew about 4,500 participants, Saxony state police reported before citing security concerns as the reason for ending the event early.

The demonstrators screamed and whistled angrily as officers broke up the protest.

The march was stopped several times along the way as counter-protesters blocked the route and the police officers deployed to keep them and the marchers apart flooded into the street.

The counter-protesters numbered about 4,000, the state police said.

The opposing camps clashed in Chemnitz on Monday, the day after the fatal stabbing of the 35-year-old German citizen and the arrests of the migrants on suspicion of manslaughter.

Scenes of vigilantes chasing foreigners in the city’s streets have shocked people in others parts of Germany since then.

Police, at times, were unable

to control the earlier protests and clashes.

Leaders of the two groups that combined forces on Saturday night cultivated a different image for the “mourning march,” wearing dark suits and carrying white roses.

However, the mood at the event bringing together previously isolated clusters of nationalists — from lawmakers to Hitlersaluting skinheads — darkened as the sun set. People from both ends of the political spectrum could be seen drinking beer and shouting slurs at police.

The tension in the air reflected the polarization over Germany’s ongoing effort to come to terms with an influx of more than 1 million refugees and migrants seeking jobs since 2015.

The right blames Chancellor Angela Merkel’s decision to allow in hundreds of thousands of asylum-seekers from war-torn

countries like Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan for multiple problems.

Some far-right supporters argued before the killing in Chemnitz that migrants are responsible for an increase in serious crimes, especially attacks on women.

The anti-migrant sentiment has been particularly strong in Saxony state, traditional strongholds of groups that sought to inspire a nationwide movement on Saturday night: the Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West, or PEGIDA, and the far-right Alternative for Germany party, which has won seats in federal and state parliaments with an anti-Muslim platform.

While the share of foreigners residing in Saxony remains below Germany’s national average and displays of Nazi symbols are outlawed across the shamemarked country, far-right sympathizers mobilized with exceptional speed on the night of the

Chemnitz slaying and the days after.

German Justice Minister Katarina Barley said Saturday that authorities should investigate the role of networks from the radical far right in spearheading the week’s protests.

“We do not tolerate that right-wing extremists infiltrate our society,” Barley told weekly newspaper Bild am Sonntag.

“It’s about finding out who’s behind the mobilization of far-right criminals.”

Local police appeared to have been caught unprepared when the slaying triggered the protests, which attracted crowds openly engaging in Nazi veneration and devolved into violence.

The protests were sparked by a fatal stabbing early Sunday morning of a 35-year-old German man, Daniel Hillig. Two asylum-seekers, a 22-year-old Iraqi and a 23-year-old Syrian,

have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter.

German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer, known for his anti-migrant stance, said Saturday that he understood why “the people in Chemnitz and elsewhere are upset about the brutal killing” but added “there’s no excuse for violence,” Funke Media Group reported.

“We need a strong state and we have to do everything politically to overcome the polarization and division of our society,” Seehofer stressed.

While anti-migrant protests took place in Germany before, especially during the early 1990s, a strong and vocal opposition usually was there to provide a counterforce. Artists organized concerts to raise awareness, and ordinary citizens lined up in miles-long human chains to protest violence against newcomers.

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Only 70 percent of parents are saving money for college, according to new research from Fidelity. It was 72 percent two years ago. Only 29 percent of parents plan to fully pay for their kids to go to college (down from 43 percent two years ago). Parents now expect to pay just 62 percent of their children’s total college costs (down from 70 percent two years ago).

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retirement, it’ll be worth less than you might think. The reason is inflation, and it affects how you plan for the future.

Here’s what inflation is ...

Broadly speaking, inflation is the increase in overall prices for goods and services in an economy. You’ll need more money tomorrow to buy the same things you buy today.

“Inflation is the silent killer of your financial plan,” says Derek Brainard, manager of education services at AccessLex Institute, a nonprofit that helps law students understand their finances.

When putting away money for retirement, Brainard says, “you might need to be saving a lot more than you think because of inflation.”

The long-term average rate of inflation is between 2 and 4 percent annually, based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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You can’t stop inflation, but you can make your money work better for you: ❚ Invest for retirement with a 401(k) or IRA: You might already do this, but you might not know why it matters: These accounts are your best bet for earning long-term returns that beat inflation.

Investing in stocks through brokerage accounts such as 401(k)s and IRAs has led to an average return in the past century of about 10 percent annually. When you factor in inflation, that leaves the real return clos-

er to 6 to 8 percent. ❚ For short-term savings, find a high-yield certificate of deposit: Some online banks and credit unions have one-year CDs with annual percentage yields higher than 2 percent and five-year CDs with APYs over 3 percent. These federally insured accounts lock up funds for a fixed period; they’re best for money you don’t need for months or years.

Keep emergency fund separate Dana Twight, a Seattle-based certified financial planner and owner of Twight Financial Education, says, “Your emergency fund’s purpose is not to beat inflation.” Rather, it’s for easy access to money when you need it. A regular savings account is easier to withdraw from than a CD or investment account.

An emergency fund should cover three to six months of living expenses, but “that’s based on the costs today,” Brainard says. “It’s important to revisit that (number) every single year.”

Should I worry about inflation?

A little inflation is not bad.

“Around 2 percent” is generally an acceptable rate, according to the Federal Reserve. And it helps stave off deflation, which is when prices and even wages can fall, which happened during the Great Depression.

How much will you get from Social Security if you earn $100,000 – or any other amount, for that matter? It’s a good question. After all, about 50 percent of married elderly Social Security beneficiaries and 71 percent of unmarried ones get 50 percent or more of their income from Social Security, per the Social Security Administration.

Here’s how much people making $100,000 annually might get from Social Security, along with how you can find out what you can expect to reap from the program. ❚ How much will you get? You can find out what you can expect to receive in retirement by setting up a my Social Security account with the SSA. That’s also where you can change your address, review the SSA’s record of your past earnings to make sure they’re correct, check the status of your application for benefits, request a replacement Social Security card (if you meet certain criteria), request a replacement Medicare card, start or change the direct depositing of your benefit payments, and get a replacement SSA-1099 or SSA-1042S form for tax purposes – among other things. Setting up an account is a smart thing to do. (It can also prevent identity theft and headaches, if you set up your account before a scammer does so for you, pretending to be you.) ❚ What those earning $100,000 might collect: There’s no single answer; it will depend on factors such as your age and when you start collecting your benefits, not to mention your precise earning history. (You may have earned low salaries for 20 years before starting to earn $100,000 annually.)

Here’s a little more insight into Social Security benefits: The average Social Security retirement benefit was recently $1,413 per month, or about $17,000 per year. Why so low? Because relatively few people earn that $100,000 annually. The median net compensation in the U.S. was around $30,500 in 2016, per the SSA. If your earnings have been above average, though, you’ll get more money out of the Social Security program than most people. The recent maximum monthly Social Security benefit for those retiring at their full retirement age was $2,788. (That’s about $33,500 a year.)

The Social Security website has its own online calculator to help you estimate your benefits, though it likely won’t be as precise as setting up your “my Social Security” account.

Benefits by year, age Here’s a rough idea of Social Securty benefits, using an online calculator: Age Born in today

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Health care costs ruin couple’s finances Pete the Planner Peter Dunn USA TODAY

Dear Pete: It’s too late for me. I’m 89 and my husband and I have been retired for 19 years. We started out with about $2 million, enough for us to live to age 120, so they said. We never took out more than our required minimum distribution (RMD). Two years ago the health effects of Parkinson disease’s on my husband became severe enough that he needed expensive full-time care. We had never purchased long-term care insurance, as my husband thought he could self-insure and that he was invulnerable. I can no longer afford to live to 120. I think you should stress getting this insurance while you are young and it is relatively inexpensive. I am now taking out more than my RMD to pay the bills and count myself lucky that I have generous children. – Joan Dear Joan: Thank you for sharing this story. Sometimes we forget how true wisdom is acquired. It comes from experience, from pain, and from victories.

It comes from making mistakes. And it comes from good people such as you who are willing to bare their soul and their finances to warn others.

I guarantee, after reading your story, numerous people will take action and protect their finances against the astronomical costs of long-term care.

You should extend yourself some grace, too. The reality is that everyone, no matter how well-planned their finances are, finds themselves in situations where life happens. You had your finances planned out to keep you going to age 120. And although our health doesn’t get better as we age, no one expects to face Parkinson’s and the expenses that disease entails.

Most people should explore longterm care insurance, especially if they are concerned about their assets being diverted entirely to their medical care, thus leaving the rest of their family’s obligations unfunded.

There are two primary types of longterm care coverage people should know

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about. The first is traditional coverage.

It’s a ridiculous name considering that the concept of long-term care coverage is only a few decades old. Under the traditional arrangement, a person pays premiums, usually starting in their 50s or 60s, and then files a claim, which typically begins to pay after a 90-day waiting (elimination) period. The policy continues to pay based on the length of coverage purchased and the amount of daily benefit purchased.

For instance, if you need to go into an assisted living facility (or in-home care), you must pay for those services out of pocket for 90 days. That is called an elimination period. It’s basically a time deductible. If you still need services after the elimination period, the policy begins to pay based on the daily benefit purchased. This daily amount can vary greatly, but don’t be surprised to see this benefit at more than $200 per

day. The policy continues to pay this hypothetical $200 a day as long as your benefit period lasts. It could be two years, could be five years, or it might even be for the rest of your life.

As you can imagine, all of these variables affect what you’ll pay the insurance company on a monthly basis. And these types of policies can also unexpectedly increase in price.

If the thought of paying into a policy month after month and finding you have nothing to show for it if you don’t actually file a claim frustrates you, then you’re not alone. The long-term care industry has recently acknowledged this frustration and created a more modern insurance solution – hybrid policies.

These products are also called assetbased long-term care.

These types of policies make more sense to me. Instead of simply purchasing long-term care, you would purchase

a multiuse product such as a life insurance policy with long-term care benefits or an annuity with long-term care benefits. With these products, you don’t have to root for a claim to feel vindicated in your purchase decision. If you go your entire life without filing a claim, you will still hold something of value. If you plan on exploring long-term care options, start with these types of products.

If you choose to ignore the possibility that you will need long-term care, or you choose to not prioritize it, then you may share Joan’s reality. You don’t want that for yourself, Joan doesn’t want that for you, and neither do I. Peter Dunn is an author, speaker and radio host, and he has a free podcast: “Million Dollar Plan.” Email him at AskPete@petetheplanner.com. The views and opinions expressed in this column are the author’s and do not necessarily reflect those of USA TODAY.

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Some carriers’ switches make new ones costlier Rob Pegoraro Special to USA TODAY

When all four of the nationwide wireless carriers rewrote their unlimited-data wireless plans over the past few weeks – making them more complex and, in their cheaper forms, more limited – they didn’t really retire their older plans.

Although new customers can’t decline these new offerings from AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon, subscribers to their old plans can keep them, just as they could through earlier changes.

That’s not always a good thing – the unlimited-data plans that AT&T and Verizon once sold, now each $90 factoring in unlimited-texting-and-calling packages, cost more than their latest unlimited options. But in certain other situations, holding on to a grandfathered plan can save serious cash.

For example, if you switched to an unlimited-data plan in late February 2017, after Verizon’s return to selling uncapped data goaded its rivals into sweetening their unlimited deals, you probably have a better bargain than what you’d get today. If so, ignore your carrier’s enticements to switch.

T-Mobile, for instance, offered unlimited data plus HD video streaming and 10 GB of LTE mobile-hotspot use for $70 – taxes and fees included. Today, that would cost $85.

As recently as January, Sprint offered unlimited data with HD streaming and 10 GB of hotspot for just $60; now that’s $70, although it does up the hotspot quota to 15 GB. Verizon’s unlimited deal then cost $80 and also included 10 GB of hotspot use; the closest equivalent now runs $85, except with 15 GB of hotspot use.

AT&T, however, has cut the price of its hotspot-enabled unlimited-data option from $90 to $80, and that’s persisted through the last round of changes.

But many users still find that limited-data plans work better –their allotments more than cover their data consumption, something you can check by consulting your bill, but they cost $20 or $30 a month less. AT&T and Verizon even sell them to new customers.

A survey of 1,176 subscribers released in July by the research firm Cowen and Company found that only 56.3 percent of them were on unlimited plans. At AT&T and Verizon, both of which still offer cheaper limited plans to new customers, the figures were 53.4 percent and 47.5 percent, versus 80.2 percent of Sprint subscribers and 85 percent of T-Mobile’s.

“There have been periodic efforts by carriers to move them from legacy plans,” analyst Jeffrey Moore, founder of Wave7Research, wrote in an email.

But they’ve made little difference, he added. “You’d be surprised how many Verizon and AT&T customers are still on shared data plans.”

He noted one case of enthusiasts profiting especially well from a longgone option, the “Framily” shared-usage plan Sprint launched in 2014 that let you build a group of up to seven unrelated people to max out the per-line discount on either 1 GB per line or unlimited data. Today, four years after Sprint quit selling Framily, Sprint customers still match up with other Framily members on a Reddit forum.

Moore also called out a plan that’s aged especially badly, also from Sprint: the “Simply Everything” plan it introduced in 2008, which runs $100 a month for unlimited data.

Timing when to change plans remains difficult, however. The Cowen survey offers one reminder: Respondents’ single-line bills, taxes and fees included, averaged $104 a month for iPhones and $93 for other smartphones. That strongly suggests many remain on older, pricier rates.

A mirror lends me another reminder: I’m one of those T-Mobile subscribers who didn’t jump on that $70 T-Mobile One rate when it was available.

In some situations, paying them benefits long-term homeowners Kailey Fralick The Motley Fool

If you find mortgages confusing, you’re not alone. There are a lot of numbers to compare – loan terms, interest rates, down payments, closing costs and more. And then there are mortgage points. Not every mortgage offers them, and they can either help or hurt you depending on how long you plan to stay in the home and how much you can afford for a down payment.

Here’s a brief overview of how mortgage points work and when it may and may not be a good idea to pay them.

Two types of points Mortgage points come in two different types: origination points and discount points. Both types are equivalent to 1 percent of your mortgage amount. So if you have a $100,000 mortgage, one point is worth $1,000.

A lender may ask you to pay one or more origination points to cover its own costs for processing the loan. Not all mortgage lenders will charge these, and if yours does, you may be able to negotiate with them to get these points removed. This can save you money on your closing costs.

The more common type of mortgage point is known as a discount point. This is essentially prepaid interest.

Your mortgage may have zero, one, or several discount points. You can pay the equivalent dollar amount with your closing costs, or your lender may enable you to roll them into your mortgage. This means the cost of these points will be added to your mortgage balance so you’ll pay less upfront, but you’ll have to borrow a few thousand dollars more.

In exchange for paying points, your

A discount point, the most common, is essentially prepaid interest.

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lender will lower your interest rate. The exact amount it will lower your interest rate can fluctuate, but in most cases one point is worth a quarter of a percentage point off your interest rate.

Should you pay discount points?

Paying points on your mortgage can be a good idea, but only in certain circumstances. As a general rule, it makes more sense if you plan to be in your home for a long time than if you plan to move within a few years.

Say you get a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage for $250,000 with a 4.5 percent interest rate. Your monthly payments would be $1,267, and you’d end up paying $456,000 over the lifetime of the loan. Now, take that same loan and say you paid two mortgage points. That would be $5,000. In exchange, your interest rate would be lowered by a halfpercent. Now your monthly payments would only $1,194, and you’d only pay $430,000 over the 30-year period.

It all comes down to the math. Get some estimates from your lender as to how much the points would lower your interest rate. Then set aside some time to run the numbers and see how long it will take you to break even and how much it’ll save you over the lifetime of the loan.

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Court reports The following judgments were recently handed down in Kenai District Court: n Corey Sherman Green, 24, of Nikiski, pleaded guilty to improper use of registration, title or plates, committed Apr. 25. He was fined $150 and a $50 court surcharge. n David Allen Hancock, 32, address unknown, pleaded guilty to resisting or interfering with arrest, committed May 6. He was fined $1,000 with $750 suspended, a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered not to consume or buy alcohol or enter any bars or liquor stores for 12 months, and was placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Andrew Hoke, 21, of Nikiski, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed May 13.

He was fined $500, a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete a substance/alcohol abuse assessment and follow all recommendations, forfeited items seized, and was placed on probation for 12 months. n Derrick Leon Hurd, 25, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed June 29, 2017. He was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete a substance/alcohol abuse assessment and follow all recommendations, forfeited heroin and syringe seized, and was placed on probation for 12 months. n Derrick Leon Hurd, 25, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to false information or report, committed Jan. 31. He was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, and placed on probation for 12 months. n Michelle Marjorie Ann Inger, 37, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Mar. 9. She was sentenced to 30 days in jail or under electronic monitoring with 27 days suspended, fined $2,000 with $500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and $66 for the first three days plus $14 for each additional day of monitoring ordered, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had her license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months, and placed on probation for one year. n Megan Ann Middleton, 25, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of attempted first-degree vehicle theft, committed Dec. 12. She was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 178 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay restitution to U-Haul, had her license revoked for 30 days, and was placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Jesse S. Miller, 45, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed May 9.

He was fined a $50 court surcharge, ordered not to consume or buy controlled substances for 12 months unless with valid prescription, taken as prescribed, and kept in original container, ordered to complete a substance/alcohol abuse assessment and follow all recommendations, forfeited items seized, and placed on probation for 12 months. n Jacob Franklin Moody, 26, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to one count of an amended charge of fourth-degree assault (causing fear of injury), and one count of an amended charge of fourth-degree criminal mischief, committed Apr. 4. On the count of fourth-degree assault, he was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete a domestic violence intervention program and a mental health assessment and follow all recommendations, ordered to pay restitution, ordered to have no contact with victim except through an approved third party and limited to the care and welfare of minor child, and was placed on probation for 24 months. On the count of fourth-degree criminal mischief, he was ordered to complete a domestic violence interven-

tion program and a mental health assessment and follow all recommendations, ordered to pay restitution, ordered to have no contact with victim except through an approved third party and limited to the care and welfare of minor child, and was placed on probation for 24 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Jacob Franklin Moody, Jr., 26, of Sterling, pleaded guilty to violating condition of release, committed May 28. He was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Heather Ann Ossig, 46, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed May 26. She was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete a substance/alcohol abuse assessment and follow all recommendations, forfeited items seized, and placed on probation for 12 months. n Heather Ann Ossig, 46, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of fourth-degree assault, committed Sept. 22. She was sentenced to 270 days in jail with 240 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete a mental health assessment and follow all recommendations, forfeited items seized, forfeited interest in the firearm seized, which may be returned to the rightful owner, ordered to have no contact with four specifically named people, and placed on probation for 36 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Heather Ann Ossig, 46, of Nikiski, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of first-degree harassment, committed Feb. 18.

She was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and placed on probation for 12 months. n Timothy Peter Ozhuwan, 42, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to violating custodian’s duty regarding a felony, committed Feb. 19. He was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, may not serve as a court appointed third-party custodian while on probation in this case, and was placed on probation for 12 months. n Scott David Phillips, 55, of Kasilof, pleaded guilty to driving while license cancelled, revoked or suspended, committed May 21.

He was fined $1,000, a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge, and placed on probation for 12 months. n Adam Darius Pringle, 35, of Moose pass, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of attempted failure to appear, committed Oct. 4.

He was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and placed on probation for one year. n Patsy Louise Ramos, 29, of Anacortes, Washington, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed May 2, 2016. She was sentenced to 30 days or under electronic monitoring with 27 days suspended (time served), fined $2,000 with $500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, has complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had her license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months, and was placed on probation for one year. n Jeremiah Terrel, 32, address unknown, pleaded guilty to violating condition of release, committed June 7. He was sentenced to five days in jail and fined a $50 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge. n Penny Rae Vansky, 49, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of disorderly conduct, committed May 15. She was fined $150 and a $50 court surcharge. n Patrick M. Wright, 63, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to driving while license cancelled, revoked or suspended, committed May 22.

He was fined $1,000 with $750 suspended and a $50 court surcharge and placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Janelle Alexandria Anderson, 28, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to false information or report, committed Mar. 29. She was fined a $50 court surcharge, ordered to complete 25 hours of community work service, ordered to pay restitution, ordered to pay cost of ap-

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primary, for the seat in the general election in November.

Ogle said he was surprised by the election results, though he looked forward to continuing to serve Nikiski in his remaining year on the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly. He noted that he hadn’t seen Carpenter out much during the primary election season and hoped that would change.

“Shawn Butler has been out running around talking to people … I think that’s what people want to see. She and I disagree on some issues, but I do think that she cares about getting out and meeting people and hearing about their issues,” he said. “I wish the best for Ben and hope he gets out a little more.”

Carpenter could not be reached for comment Saturday night. A post on his campaign Facebook page said he remains “cautiously optimistic” about the results, thanking voters for their support and welcoming aboard “all those who supported my opponent as we focus on winning the next election.”

In an Aug. 15 forum hosted by the joint Kenai and Soldotna chambers of commerce, Carpenter said he supported repealing recent criminal justice reforms at the state level and toughing criminal sentences and restoring the full Permanent Fund Dividend amount and did not support any new state taxes.

The Division of Elections performed a hand-coutn verification of 5 percent of ballots cast at polls in all the state’s House districts, verifying them to ensure the state’s ballot tabulation system accurately counted and reported election results, according to the Friday press release. The division planned to continue its work over the weekend in Juneau with a target date of certification on Tuesday.

Reach Elizabeth Earl at eearl@peninsulaclarion.com. pointed counsel, and placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Janelle Alexandra Anderson, 28, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to false information or report, committed May 12. She was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete 25 hours of community work service, and placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Joshua Tyson Bird, 34, of Anchorage, pleaded guilty to violating a domestic violence protective order, committed May 26. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail with all but time served suspended, fined $3,000 with $2,000 suspended, a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to have no contact with victim unless directed by the Office of Child Services, and placed on probation for 12 months. n Diane Martha Britton, 48, of Quinhagak, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of second-degree harassment, committed May 29.

She was sentenced to one day in jail and fined a $50 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge. n Robert L. Burns, 26, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed May 8. He was sentenced to 30 days under electronic monitoring with 27 days suspended, fined $2,000 with $500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and $66 for the first three days plus $14 for each additional day of monitoring ordered, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months, and placed on probation for one year.

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n Swimming Kenai boys win Wasilla Invite, SoHi girls triumph Page B2

Stars own showdown Soldotna blows past top-ranked West Valley

By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

Soldotna junior Hudson Metcalf fends off a tackle by West Valley’s Josesph Kimbrough (55) Friday at Justin Maile Field in Soldotna. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

In their usual pound-the-rock manner, the Soldotna Stars football team pulled out a dominant 62-18 nonconference victory Friday night over the West Valley Wolfpack, with the exception of one small twist.

The team debuted new rule stating that any player that scores must first hug an offensive lineman.

“It all starts up front,” stated junior Hudson Metcalf, who notched two first-half touchdown runs to cap a 76yard night. “Those are the guys that help get us in the end zone. They’re a big part of the offense.”

In a battle of the top two ranked teams in the weekly Alaska Sports Broadcasting Network poll, the No. 1 and previously unbeaten Wolfpack (31) and No. 2 Stars (3-1) were primed for a Friday night showdown, but the drama never materialized, thanks to the usual stubborn SoHi run game that

pushed its way to 433 team yards on 48 carries.

Soldotna led 22-0 after one quarter and staked out a 30-0 lead in the second before the Wolfpack finally got the board.

In addition to Metcalf’s twoscore night, junior quarterback Jersey Truesdell threw three touchdown passes (two to Galen Brantley III) for 93 yards and ran for another, and Wyatt Medcoff scored twice on a run and a catch to finish with 77 ground yards.

Brantley III added a second touchdown in the third quarter with a 33yard catch from Truesdell.

Truesdell proved to be most dangerous on his feet, gashing the West Valley defense for 136 yards rushing.

Also, teammate Aaron Faletoi finished with 80 yards and a touchdown.

But in true “Big team, little me” fashion, the offensive stars laid credit on the front line.

“Nothing works without them,” Truesdell said. “We’re able to score

because of them … we’re never satisfied.”

Using a tradition born from Texas Longhorns football coach Tom Herman, SoHi coach Galen Brantley Jr. stressed that each player that scored was to credit a lineman. The Stars followed through on all eight touchdowns scored Friday with a nod to the offensive line, finding the first lineman they could find and giving him a hug or a pat on the back to show his appreciation.

“In our building, with the offense we run, the front seven are the most important,” Brantley Jr. said. “If our backs don’t recognize who’s opening those holes, they don’t get the ball.”

Herman’s philosophy at Texas is simple in that “the essence of this game is to move another human being against his will, where he doesn’t want to go”.

In the offensive Wing-T system that the Stars run, the O-line is critical See TOP, page B4

Kenai girls rule Seward Staff report Peninsula Clarion

The Kenai Central girls and Anchorage Christian Schools boys won team titles on Friday at the Frank Dieckgraeff Invite in Seward.

The Kardinals girls scored 47 points to top the 62 of Palmer and 80 of Soldotna. The nearest Division II school to Kenai was Homer in fourth at 95.

Kenai packed four runners in the top 11 to take the title.

Palmer’s Katey Houser won the 5K race at 19 minutes, 19 seconds, with Kenai’s Jaycie Calvert third at 20:06. Also scoring for Kenai, Brooke Satathite was seventh, Leah Fallon was eighth, Logan Satathite was 11th and Summer Foster was 18th.

Homer had two in the top six

as Autumn Daigle was fourth and Brooke Miller was fifth.

Soldotna put three in the top 12 with Jordan Strausbaugh sixth, Erika Arthur 10th and Tanis Lorring 12th.

On the boys side, another Division II team won in ACS at 70 points, with Colony just behind at 72. Soldotna was third at 80, while Homer was fourth at 94.

Tristian Merchant led his squad to the win by taking the boys race in 16:47.

Soldotna had all five of its runners in the top 25 with Mekbeb Denbrock in fourth, Lance Chilton in 15th, Bradley Walters in 17th, Jack Harris in 20th and Anchor Musgrave in 24th.

Homer’s Luciano Fasulo topped all peninsula runners by finishing third, while Eyoab See RUN, page B4

Houston football topples Homer Kards’ defense turns offensive

Kenai’s Zach Burnett celebrates a touchdown with teammates Connor Felchle (3) and Joe Sylvester (34) Saturday against North Pole at Ed Hollier Field in Kenai. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Seward rebounds to blank Valdez

By JEREMIAH BARTZ Frontiersman.com

HOUSTON — Last fall, Barrow edged Homer to win the Division III state football title. This season, the Whalers and Mariners appeared as Houston’s opponents in consecutive weeks on the 2018 schedule.

And the Hawks scored a pair of big wins against the teams that played for a 2017 title.

A week after besting Barrow 30-6, Houston hammered Homer 59-0 Friday night at Houston High School.

“Whenever you can take last year’s state champ and state runner-up in back-to-back weeks and perform well is exciting,” Houston head coach Glenn Nelson said after the win.

The Hawks returned three interceptions for touchdowns and a kickoff for a score en route to improving to 3-1 overall and 1-0 in the Peninsula Conference. Houston also held Homer (0-1, 0-4) to 57 yards of total offense, 30 passing and 27 rushing. Nelson praised the group, which includes 11 new

Kenai notches 4 interception returns for scores in ripping North Pole

By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

One by one on Saturday afternoon, the Kenai Central defense picked off North Pole quarterback Chris Lovett like daisies in a meadow, and before long, the Kardinals were celebrating a big victory on Ed Hollier Field.

The Kenai football team raced to a convincing 64-18 nonconference win over North Pole on Saturday afternoon in Kenai, lifting their record to 2-2 overall.

The Kards defense exploded for four interception returns for touchdowns in a dizzying first-half display that saw

the defense outscore the offense.

In all, the Patriots had four of their first seven possessions end with a Kenai player returning a pick for a touchdown.

“We preach to our boys to trust your technique and trust your reads,” said Kenai head coach Dustin Akana. “We were A-plus in practice this week.”

Junior Titus Riddall opened the scoring on Kenai’s first drive of the game with a 1-yard plunge into the end zone, but from there, the Kenai defense scored 24 of the next 30 points in the first 14 minutes, 21 seconds, of game time. Overall, the Kardinals defense accounted for four of the team’s first

six touchdowns.

“It all comes down to how we practice,” said Kardinals quarterback Connor Felchle, who brought back an interception himself. “We came in focused, and our scout team helped us, they ran North Pole’s plays this week and we knew what we were gonna get.”

Felchle capped his day under center 4 for 5 with a touchdown pass and 45 yards, backing up a Kenai run game that amassed 225 rushing yards.

Titus Riddall led the offensive attack with 74 yards and two touchdown runs, and Joe Sylvester added 78 with a touchdown.

See PICK, page B3

See PREP, page B3

Ketchikan gets revenge on Nikiski Kings QB Wong, Bulldogs QB Litke combine for over 500 yards passing

By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion

Ketchikan quarterback Brendan Wong scrambles away from Nikiski’s Hamilton Cox and Dustin Mullins on Friday at Nikiski High School. Wong had 264 yards passing and six touchdown passes. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/ Peninsula Clarion)

The Ketchikan football team came north to Nikiski looking for revenge and got it.

The Kings used a strong first half to topple the Bulldogs 54-24 on Friday in the Peninsula Conference opener for both teams.

Senior quarterback Brendan Wong rolled up six passing touchdowns and 264 yards with a 16-of-26 effort that came without an interception. The air wizardry got the Bulldogs (2-2 overall) back for a 24-6 decision they dished out in Ketchikan (3-0 overall) last season.

“He’s got some accuracy and a good arm,” Nikiski coach Paul Nelson said of Wong, who has been on varsity for four years. “You don’t see quarterbacks like that in the state of Alaska too often.”

Wong hit Christopher Carlson for three touchdowns, while CJ Jasper grabbed two scores and also hit paydirt on a punt return.

The Bulldogs had five turnovers, keeping them from making a closer game of it despite constant connection between quarterback Noah Litke and wide receiver Michael Eiter. Eiter had eight catches for 176 yards and two touchdowns, while Litke was 16 of 28 for 246 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions.

“It’s a lot of the same guys, but they’ve definitely gotten better by working hard in the offseason,” Nelson said of the Kings, who moved from Division II to Division III this season and have averaged 60 points per game so far. “They’ve got fast athletes and they’re a big, strong team.”

Ketchikan head coach Jim Bryon, in his third year at the helm, said his players could have quit after finish-

ing 0-8 last year. Instead, they got to work.

“It means a lot,” he said of the victory over Nikiski. “They came down to Ketchikan last year and beat us handily. We came up here looking for revenge.”

Nelson called the game a tale of two halves. In the first half, the Nikiski offense went three-and-out, fumbled, had a drive stalled by three penalties, scored a touchdown, fumbled, fumbled, threw an interception and ran three times to wind down the clock.

“We definitely had too many penalties,” Nelson said of the 13 infractions for 79 yards. “We weren’t super clean.

We had too many turnovers.

“You can’t do that against a team like Ketchikan and expect to beat them.”

A touchdown run by Stevie Byron See PASS, page B4

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Kenai boys win Wasilla Invite, SoHi girls triumph in Kodiak

By Staff report Peninsula Clarion

The Kenai boys swim team won the Wasilla Invitational on Thursday in Wasilla.

The Kards scored 124 points to top the 95 of runner-up Colony. The Kenai girls scored 56 points to finish third behind the 125 of champion Palmer.

The Kardinals won two relays, with Savaii Heaven, Trevor Bagley, Owen Rolph and Koda Poulin combining to take the boys 200-yard medley relay and 400 freestyle relay.

All those swimmers won individual events, with Heaven taking the 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle, Poulin nabbing the 200 individual medley and 100 backstroke, Bagley winning the 100 breaststroke and Rolph winning the 100 butterfly. Also for the Kenai boys, Sorin Sorensen won the 50 freestyle and Peter Anderson won the 100 freestyle.

For the Kenai girls, Riley Reese won the 100 freestyle and Rachael Pitsch won the 500 freestyle.

Wasilla Invitational

Thursday, Palmer Pool Combined Team Scores 1, Palmer, 214. 2, Colony, 199. 3, Kenai Central, 180. 4, Wasilla, 49.

Girls scores 1, Palmer, 126. 2, Colony, 104. 3, Kenai Central, 56. 4, Wasilla, 40.

Boys scores 1, Kenai Central High School, 124. 2, Colony, 95. 3, Palmer, 88. 4, Wasilla High School, 9.

Individual results Girls 200-yard medley relay — 1, Colony (Nelson, Taylor , Mattson, Alexis , Simmons, Julia , Barr, Kathleen ), 2:07.50. 2, Kenai, 2:10.35. 3, Palmer, 2:15.17. 4, Wasilla, 2:17.52. 5, Colony, 2:20.91.

Boys 200 Medley Relay — 1, Kenai Central (Heaven, Savaii , Bagley, Trevor , Rolph, Owen , Poulin, Koda ), 1:47.96. 2, Colony, 2:03.13. 3, Kenai, 2:05.62. 4, Palmer, 2:07.52. 5, Palmer, 2:12.98.

Girls 200 Freestyle — 1, Nelson, Taylor, Colony, 2:12.54. 2, Pitsch, Rachael, KCHS, 2:16.29. 3, Ferguson, Ally, Palmer, 2:22.67.

4, Barr, Kathleen, Colony, 2:23.14. 5, Beck, Olivia, Palmer, 2:27.00. 6, Goss, Madeline, WWHS, 2:30.18..

Boys 200 Freestyle — 1, Heaven, Savaii, KCHS, 1:52.07. 2, Kolberg, Konnor, Colony, 1:56.25. 3, Hancock, Camren, WWHS, 2:01.31. 4, Lee, Jaxson, Palmer, 2:16.25. 5, Storms, Brock, KCHS, 2:18.52. 6, Tokalich, Aleks, Colony, 2:19.91.

Girls 200 Yard IM — 1, Mattson, Alexis, Colony, 2:21.19. 2, Snelders, Gretchen, Palmer, 2:22.11. 3, Biederman, Jasmine, Colony, 2:42.18. 4, Simmons, Julia, Colony, 2:42.44. 5, Collier, Jadyn, Palmer, 2:42.74.

6, Anderson, Julia, KCHS, 2:45.17.

Boys 200 IM — 1, Poulin, Koda, KCHS, 2:13.30. 2, Anderson, Peter, KCHS, 2:25.92. 3, Sawyer, Stewart, Palmer, 2:38.35. 4, Roberts, Ian, Palmer , 2:46.19.

5, Nygard, Nikolas, Colony, 2:46.57. 6, Belliston, Tyler, Colony, 2:54.20.

Girls 50 Freestyle — 1, Russell, Ellyse, Pal-

mere, 26.29. 2, Barrette, Joscelyn, WWHS, 27.98. 3, Laasch-Gray, Katie, Colony, 28.28.

4, Rogness, Josephine, Colony, 28.58. 5, Beck, Olivia, Palmer, 28.63. 6, Boston, Savanna, WWHS, 29.24.

Boys 50 Freestyle — 1, Sorensen, Sorin, KCHS, 25.00. 2, Collier, Phoenyx, Palmer, 25.77. 3, Dalrymple-Sorenson, Kaeson, Palmer, 26.39. 4, Lee, Connor, Palmer, 26.45. 5, Condio, Ethan, Colony, 26.54. 6, Robertson, Feliix, Colony, 27.77.

Girls 1 mtr Diving — 1, Chan, Jayde, WWHS, 206.30. 2, Hartman, Chloe, Palmer, 184.20. 3, Mayer, Carrie, WWHS, 157.25. 4, Coffman, Tyler, Palmer, 145.35.

5, Engerbretson, Lily, Colony, 140.30. 6, Thorton, Ansley, Colony, 139.50.

Boys 1 mtr Diving — 1, Krozel, Eli, Colony, 201.20. 2, Johnson, Cole, Palmer, 171.50.

3, Cooper, Joseph, Colony, 102.75. 4, Cole, Gage, WWHS, 25.50.

Girls 100 Butterfly— 1, Geffken, Savannah, Palmer, 1:13.30. 2, Ferguson, Ally, Palmer, 1:14.26. 3, Anderson, Julia, KCHS, 1:15.54.

4, Petersen, Ashtyn, Palmer, 1:15.71. 5, Simmons, Julia, Colony, 1:16.66. 6, Phillips, Kaitlyn, WWHS, 1:18.56.

Boys 100 Butterfly — 1, Rolph, Owen, KCHS, 56.42. 2, Kolberg, Konnor, Colony, 56.63. 3, Bagley, Trevor, KCHS, 1:08.57. 4, Sawyer, Stewart, Palmer, 1:13.72. 5, Lee, Connor, Palmer, 1:14.22. 6, Nygard, Nikolas, Colony, 1:27.62.

Girls 100 Freestyle — 1, Reese, Riley, KCHS, 57.04. 2, Musgrave, Lindsay, Palmer, 1:00.27. 3, Barr, Kathleen, Colony, 1:04.07. 4, Collier, Jadyn, Palmer, 1:06.47.

5, Nino, Jazlyn, Colony, 1:07.17. 6, Frati, Shannon, Colony, 1:10.19.

Boys 100 Freestyle — 1, Anderson, Peter, KCHS, 56.14. 2, Condio, Ethan, Colony, 57.89. 3, Collier, Phoenyx, Palmer, 58.53.

4, Humbard, Lucas, Colony, 1:00.80. 5, Joyce, Evan, WWHS, 1:07.35. 6, Acree, Jackson, Palmer, 1:09.21.

Girls 500 Freestyle — 1, Pitsch, Rachael, KCHS, 6:02.07. 2, Barrette, Joscelyn, WWHS, 6:02.20. 3, Palenske, Avery, Colony, 6:24.19. 4, Morrow, Grace, KCHS, 6:29.95. 5, Fletcher, Kameela, Palmer, 6:45.72. 6, Nowers, Hannah, Palmer, 6:52.08.

Boys 500 Freestyle — 1, Heaven, Savaii, KCHS, 5:13.91. 2, Dalrymple-Sorenson, Kaeson, Palmer, 5:55.61. 3, Sorensen, Sorin, KCHS, 5:59.81. 4, Sonnenberg, Connor, Colony, 7:27.72. 5, Brunner, Nicholas, Colony, 7:36.74. 6, Whitmer, Taten, Colony, 7:41.86.

Girls 200 Freestyle Relay — 1, Palmer (Snelders, Gretchen , Petersen, Ashtyn , Musgrave, Lindsay , Russell, Ellyse ), 1:47.33. 2, Kenai Central, 1:52.85. 3, Colony, 1:55.38. 4, Palmer, 1:58.61. 5, Colony, 2:05.77. 6, Kenai Central, 2:08.92.

Boys 200 Freestyle Relay — 1, Colony (Kolberg, Konnor , Condio, Ethan , Robertson, Feliix , Humbard, Lucas ), 1:44.28.

2, Palmer, 1:45.49. 3, Kenai, 1:53.63. 4, Palmer, 1:54.82. 5, Colony, 2:00.47.

Girls 100 Backstroke — 1, Russell, Ellyse, Palmer, 1:07.51. 2, Musgrave, Lindsay, Palmer, 1:07.82. 3, Nelson, Taylor, Colony, 1:08.86. 4, Petersen, Ashtyn, Palmer, 1:09.36. 5, Butler, Elena, WWHS, 1:18.04.

6, Boston, Savanna, WWHS, 1:18.50.

Boys 100 Backstroke — 1, Poulin, Koda, KCHS, 1:00.13. 2, Owens, Jason, Palmer, 1:11.53. 3, Storms, Brock, KCHS, 1:16.21.

4, Germain, Terrell, Colony, 1:23.49. 5, Bowles, Archer, Colony, 1:33.71.

Girls 100 Breaststroke — 1, Mattson, Alexis, Colony, 1:11.58. 2, Snelders, Gretchen, Palmer, 1:16.96. 3, Laasch-Gray, Katie, Colony, 1:21.53. 4, Reese, Riley, KCHS, 1:22.70. 5, Rogness, Josephine, Colony, 1:26.39. 6, Phillips, Kaitlyn, WWHS, 1:28.15.

Boys 100 Breaststroke — 1, Bagley, Trevor, KCHS, 1:09.58. 2, Rolph, Owen, KCHS, 1:12.73. 3, Dunford, Caden, Palmer, 1:21.23. 4, Robertson, Feliix, Colony, 1:21.59. 5, Tokalich, Aleks, Colony, 1:22.54.

6, Russell, Charlie, Palmer, 1:26.61.

Girls 400 Freestyle Relay — 1, Palmer

Nikiski wins tourney, SoHi sweeps Kodiak Staff report Peninsula Clarion

The Nikiski volleyball team tallied its third tournament title in as many weeks with a threegame sweep over Seward in Saturday’s North-South tournament in Houston.

The Bulldogs did not lose a single set all weekend, and defeated the Seahawks in the final with scores of 25-12, 26-24 and 25-20. The championship win follows up tournament titles in the Homer Jamboree and the Shayna Pritchard Memorial tournament in Nikiski.

“It was an awesome weekend, a very flattering weekend,” said Nikiski head coach Stacey Segura. “The girls played con-

sistent all weekend.”

Nikiski setter Kaitlyn Johnson received tournament MVP honors, and joined Kelsey Clark on the all-tournament team.

Johnson notched 14 digs in the championship against Seward, along with seven assists and four aces. Clark had 24 digs, while Bethany Carstens notched seven kills.

Emma Wik added seven assists and four service aces, and Kaycee Bostic had four kills.

Earlier in the day, Nikiski prevailed over Homer in a semifinal matchup 25-17 and 25-18, while the other semifinal saw Seward beat Houston to gain the final. The losses for See NET, page B3

Sederholm takes Cycle Series 10K pursuit race The big year-end event for mountain biking is The Tsalteshi Gauntlet on Sept. 8 The eight-race Soldotna at 11 a.m. Registration is availCycle Series concluded with able at tsalteshi.org. a 10-kilometer pursuit race at Soldotna Cycle Series 10K Pursuit Tsalteshi Trails on Thursday, (Head start time) with Kelly Sederholm taking 1. Kelly Sederholm, 43 minutes, 19 seconds (21); 2. Robert Carson, 44:42 (21) the win.

(1st place youth); 3. Rob Carson, 44:45; 4.

Times from previous perfor- Madison McDonald, 45:32 (18) (2nd place mances in the series are used to youth); 5. Ethan Hogue, 45:55 (17.5) (3rd youth); 6. Tony Eskelin, 46:19 (3); 7. determine how much of a head place Will Smith, 46:27 (17.5) (youth); 8. Will Morstart a rider gets. Sederholm row, 46:59 (8); 9. Jon Iannoccone, 47:03 got a 21-minute head start and (7); 10. Tony Oliver, 47:13 (21.5); 11. Jim Hall, 47:14 (1); 12. Jamie Nelson, 47:15 won at 43 minutes, 19 seconds, (5); 13. Brian Beeson, 47:15 (1); 14. Mark while Robert Carson was first- Forbes, 47:16 (10); 15. Peter DiCarlo, 47:16 16. Landen Showalter, 47:17 (7); 17. place youth and second overall (14.5); Carl Kincaid, 47:17 (11); 18. Mike Crawford, with a 21-minute head start and 47:36 (0); 19. Jen Showalter, 47:37 (7) (1st place women); 20. Tyle Owens, 47:55 (0); 44:42 time.

Morgan Aldridge, 47:59 (6) (1st place Rob Carson was third at 21. women); 22. Marc Romano, 48:06 (4); 23.

44:45, while Madison McDon- Dave Edwards-Smith, 48:23 (3.5); 24. Darald was fourth overall and sec- rell Kincaid, 48:48 (15); 25. Toli Boutwell, 48:59 (23.5) (youth). ond-place youth at 45:32 with 26. Jen Tabor, 49:05 (11) (3rd place women); 27. Eric Willets, 49:07 (2); 28. Nathan an 18-minute head start.

49:47 (4.5); 29. Alicia Driscoll, The top woman was Jen Kincaid, 50:27 (11) (women); 30. Sean Raften, Showalter in 19th overall at 50:29 (12.5) (youth); 31. Wanda Kincaid, 47:37 with a seven-minute head 54:45 (25) (women); 32. Randy Dobbs, (11); 33. Audrey McDonald, 55:31 start, while Morgan Aldridge 55:18 (18) (youth); 34. Dana McDonald, 55:33 was the second woman at 47:59 (18) (women); 35. Jonathan White, 1:10:24 (21) (youth). with a six-minute head start.

Staff report Peninsula Clarion

(Russell, Ellyse , Musgrave, Lindsay , Petersen, Ashtyn , Snelders, Gretchen ), 4:05.88. 2, Colony, 4:21.48. 3, Palmer, 4:31.09. 4, Wasilla, 4:46.89. 5, Kenai, 5:08.01.

Boys 400 Freestyle Relay — 1, Kenai Central (Heaven, Savaii , Poulin, Koda , Rolph, Owen , Bagley, Trevor ), 3:37.19. 2, Palmer, 4:04.17. 3, Colony, 4:50.29. 4, Colony, 5:08.20.

Soldotna, Kodiak split pair of dual meets The visiting Soldotna girls and Kodiak boys each won dual meets Friday and Saturday.

Friday, the Stars girls topped the Bears 100-75. Kodiak won the Northern Lights Conference championship last season, and Soldotna had won it the two years prior to that. Saturday, the SoHi girls won 90-79.

The Kodiak boys, who also won the Northern Lights Conference last season, rolled to a 119-49 victory Friday and a 95-55 victory Saturday.

Friday, Madelyn Barkman, Katie Creglow, Dea Sustaita and Alex Juliussen teamed up to win the 200-yard medley relay, while Madison Snyder, Madelyn Brennan, Kortney Birch and Sydney Juliussen got together to win the 200 freestyle relay. Barkman had a pair of individual victories for the Stars, taking the 50 freestyle and 100 backstroke, while other SoHi individual victories went to Creglow in the 200 individual medley and Snyder in the 100 breaststroke.

Saturday, Birch, Brennan, Sydney Erickson and Darby McMillan got the Stars a victory in the 200 freestyle relay. Individual victories for Soldotna went to Sydney Juliussen in the 50 freestyle, McMillan in the 500 freestyle and Snyder in the 100 backstroke.

The Kodiak boys were dominant Friday, allowing only wins by Ethan Evans in the 200 individual medley and Kylin Welch in diving. Saturday, Evans was able to claim wins in the 100 butterfly and

100 backstroke, while Welch once again came out on top of the diving.

Friday Girls Soldotna 100, Kodiak 75 200-yard medley relay — 1. Soldotna (Madelyn Barkman, Katie Creglow, Dea Sustaita, Alex Juliussen), 2:07.86; 2. Kodiak, 2:08.50; 3. Soldotna, 2:11.62; 4. Soldotna, 2:29.89.

200 freestyle — 1. Leslie Spear, Kod, 2:06.18; 2. Devon Cummiskey, Kod, 2:09.58; 3. Sydney Juliussen, Sol, 2:13.68; 4. Kortney Birch, Sol, 2:15.51.

200 individual medley — 1. Katie Creglow, Sol, 2:32.34; 2. Emily Hubert, Kod, 2:32.48; 3. Dea Sustaita, Sol, 2:52.67; 4. Kennedy Holland, Sol, 3:11.70.

50 freestyle — 1. Madelyn Barkman, Sol, 26.87; 2. Madelyn Brennan, Sol, 27.06; 3.

Ashleigh Nicholson, Kod, 27.15; 4. Alex Juliussen, Sol, 28.74; 5. Ruth Frederickson, Sol, 29.94; 6. Mattie Gross, Kod, 34.97.

1-meter diving — 1. Sayuri Seto, Kod, 180.05 points; 2. Bella Penaloza, Kod, 158.15.

100 butterfly — 1. Devon Cummiskey, Kod, 1:02.85; 2. Sydney Juliussen, Sol, 1:11.90; 3. Katie Creglow, Sol, 1:14.48; 4. Darby McMillan, Sol, 1:15.18; 5. Addi Rogers, Kod, 1:21.61.

100 freestyle — 1. Ashleigh Nicholson, Kod, 59.57; 2. Madelyn Brennan, Sol, 59.91; 3.

Madison Snyder, Sol, 1:01.85; 4. Alex Juliussen, Sol, 1:03.48; 5. Morgan Yatsik, Kod, 1:07.87.

500 freestyle — 1. Leslie Spear, Kod, 5:48.83; 2. Kortney Birch, Sol, 6:14.65; 3.

Sydney Erickson, Sol, 6:36.66.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Soldotna (Madison Snyder, Madelyn Brennan, Kortney Birch, Sydney Juliussen), 1:50.47; 2. Kodiak, 1:52.11; 3. Soldotna, 2:08.28.

100 backstroke — 1. Madelyn Barkman, Sol, 1:12.74; 2. Darby McMillan, Sol, 1:13.29; 3. Addie Rogers, Kod, 1:16.17; 4. Rachel Spence, Sol, 1:21.24; 5. Mattie Gross, Kod, 1:33.06.

100 breaststroke — 1. Madison Synder, Sol, 1:15.41; 2. Emily Hubert, Kod, 1:20.44; 3. Morgan Yatsik, Kod, 1:27.05; 4. Ruth Fredrickson, Sol, 1:32.83; 5. Deloma Watkins, Sol, 1:33.90.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Kodiak (Devon Cummiskey, Addi Rogers, Ashleigh Nicholson, Leslie Spear), 4:01.77; 2. Soldotna, 4:09.97; 3. Soldotna, 4:26.04.

Boys Kodiak 119, Soldotna 49 200 medley relay — 1. Kodiak (Ian Rocheleau, Anders Hocum, Wesley Dumm, Nathan James), 1:46.28; 2. Kodiak, 2:11.53; 3.

Soldotna, 2:26.31.

200 freestyle — 1. Patrick Peralta, Kod, 1:57.36; 2. Jacob Hengen, Kod, 2:10.55;

3. Jeremy Kupferschmid, Sol, 2:13.84; 4.

Nick Carver, Kod, 2:16.58; 5. Kody VanDyke, Sol, 2:28.42; 6. Atticus Gibson, Sol, 2:51.99.

200 individual medley — 1. Ethan Evans, Sol, 2:08.74; 2. Nathan James, Kod, 2:18.21; 3. Wesley Dumm, Kod, 2:27.15.

50 freestyle — 1. Anders Hocum, Kod, 24.20; 2. Jackson Krug, Kod, 24.21; 3. Trenton Nicholson, Kod, 27.21; 4. Bradey Wolfe, Sol, 28.22; 5. Nathan Pitka, Sol, 28.72; 6.

Carson Ratky, 29.18.

1-meter diving — 1. Kylin Welch, Sol, 209.70; 2. Sam Skolnick, Sol, 183.35.

100 butterfly — 1. Ian Rocheleau, Kod, 58.56; 2. Jacob Hengen, Kod, 1:04.42.

100 freestyle — 1. Jackson Krug, Kod, 54.19; 2. Jeremy Kupferschmid, Sol, 58.75; 3. Trenton Nicholson, Kod, 1:00.51; 4. Bradey Wolfe, Sol, 1:08.03; 5. Simon Swanson, Kod, 1:11.99; 6. Atticus Gibson, Sol, 1:13.36.

500 freestyle — 1. Nathan James, Kod, 5:20.28; 2. Alex Jensen, Kod, 6:26.89; 3.

Nathan Pitka, Sol, 6:39.19.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Kodiak (Nick Carver, Trenton Nicholson, Aidan Skonberg, Anders Hocum), 1:43.98; 2. Soldotna, 1:45.70; 3. Kodiak, 1:47.17; 4. Soldotna, 2:09.35.

100 backstroke — 1. Ian Rocheleau, Kod, 59.63; 2. Patrick Peralta, Kod, 1:00.92; 3.

Kody Van Dyke, Sol, 1:20.48; 4. Joey Hengen, Kod, 1:26.53; 5. Liam Hartman, Sol, 1:49.42.

100 breaststroke — 1. Anders Hocum, Kod, 1:03.88; 2. Ethan Evans, Sol, 1:04.07; 3. Wesley Dumm, Kod, 1:10.81; 4. Nick Carver, Kod, 1:11.70; 5. Carson Ratky, Sol, 1:31.55.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Kodiak (Patrick Peralta, Joey Hengen, Jacob Hengen, Nathan James), 3:51.07; 2. Kodiak, 3:54.24; 3.

Soldotna, 4:02.20.

Saturday Girls Soldotna 90, Kodiak 79 200 medley relay — 1. Kodiak (Addi Rogers, Leslie Spear, Devon Cummiskey, Ashleigh Nicholson), 2:01.25; 2. Soldotna, 2:03.27; 3. Soldotna, 2:24.87.

200 freestyle — 1. Leslie Spear, Kod, 2:07.88; 2. Kortney Birch, Sol, 2:17.13; 3.

Darby McMillan, Sol, 2:21.99.

200 individual medley — 1. Devon Cummiskey, Kod, 2:27.06; 2. Emily Hubert, Kod, 2:34.58; 3. Madelyn Barkman, Sol, 2:39.18; 4. Rachel Spence, Sol, 3:10.74; 5. Arin Reger, Sol, 3:20.13.

50 freestyle – 1. Sydney Juliussen, Sol, 26.61; 2. Ashleigh Nicholson, Kod, 26.79; 3.

Katie Creglow, Sol, 28.67; 4. Addi Rogers, Kod, 29.27; 5. Morgan Yatsik, Kod, 30.06.

1-meter diving — 1. Sayuri Seto, Kod, 173.60; 2. Bella Penaloza, Kod, 148.45.

100 butterfly — 1. Devon Cummiskey, Kod, 1:03.03; 2. Madison Snyder, Sol, 1:10.84;

3. Dea Sustaita, Sol, 1:18.83; 4. Arin Reger, Sol, 1:32.28.

100 freestyle — 1. Ashleigh Nicholson, Kod, 59.09; 2. Madelyn Barkman, Sol, 1:02.18; 3. Alex Juliussen, Sol, 1:02.46; 4. Kortney Birch, Sol, 1:02.77; 5. Mattie Gross, Kod, 1:20.46.

500 freestyle — 1. Darby McMillan, Sol, 6:29.28; 2. Ruth Frederickson, Sol, 6:41.73.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Soldotna (Kortney Birch, Madelyn Brennan, Sydney Erickson, Darby McMillan), 1:57.78; 2. Kodiak, 2:02.91; 3. Soldotna, 2:09.45.

100 backstroke — 1. Madison Snyder, Sol, 1:10.69; 2. Sydney Juliussen, Sol, 1:11.55; 3. Alex Juliussen, Sol, 1:14.12; 4. Addi Rogers, Kod, 1:18.44.

100 breaststroke — 1. Leslie Spear, Kod, 1:12.55; 2. Katie Creglow, Sol, 1:17.88; 3.

Emily Hubert, Kod, 1:22.09; 4. Morgan Yatsik, Kod, 1:26.65; 5. Deloma Watkins, Sol, 1:32.06; 6. Kennedy Holland, Sol, 1:38.41.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Kodiak (Devon Cummiskey, Emily Hubert, Ashleigh Nicholson, Leslie Spear), 3:59.16; 2. Soldotna, 4:03.11; 3. Soldotna, 4:22.80.

Boys Kodiak 95, Soldotna 55 200 medley relay — 1. Kodiak (Ian Rocheleau, Anders Hocum, Wesley Dumm, Nathan James), 1:46.49; 2. Soldotna, 2:06.48.

200 freestyle — 1. Jacob Hengen, Kod, 2:06.86; 2. Nathan Pitka, Sol, 2:25.31; 3.

Bradey Wolfe, Sol, 2:37.14.

200 individual medley — 1. Ian Rocheleau, Kod, 2:14.00.

50 freestyle — 1. Nathan James, Kod, 23.48; 2. Anders Hocum, Kod, 24.49; 3.

Jackson Krug, Kod, 24.56; 4. Jeremy Kupferschmid, Sol, 25.67; 5. Kody Van Dyke, Sol, 28.09; 6. Carson Ratky, Sol, 28.45.

1-meter diving — 1. Kylin Welch, Sol, 271.95; 2. Sam Skolnick, Sol, 209.30.

100 butterfly — 1. Ethan Evans, Sol, 56.38; 2. Wesley Dumm, Kod, 1:04.13.

100 freestyle — 1. Nathan James, Kod, 51.52; 2. Jackson Krug, Kod, 54.02; 3.

Trenton Nicholson, Kod, 1:01.28; 4. Nathan Pitka, Sol, 1:03.86; 5. Bradey Wolfe, Sol, 1:05.98.

500 freestyle — 1. Jacob Hengen, Kod, 5:45.42; 2. Aidan Skonberg, Kod, 6:14.56; 3. Jeremy Kupferschmid, Sol, 6:16.55.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Kodiak (Anders Hocum, Nick Carver, Wesley Dumm, Jackson Krug), 1:39.72; 2. Soldotna, 1:42.13; 3. Kodiak, 1:53.23; 4. Soldotna, 2:08.40.

100 backstroke — 1. Ethan Evans, Sol, 1:01.80; 2. Kody Van Dyke, Sol, 1:22.02; 3.

Liam Hartman, Sol, 1:56.65.

100 breaststroke — 1. Anders Hocum, Kod, 1:05.75; 2. Wesley Dumm, Kod, 1:12.64; 3.

Nick Carver, Kod, 1:13.46.

400 freestyle relay — 1. Kodiak (Ian Rocheleau, Jacob Hengen, Jackson Krug), 3:36.34; 2. Kodiak, 4:16.31; 3. Soldotna, 4:25.12.

Scoreboard Basketball WNBA Playoffs

Semifinals (x-if necessary) (Best-of-5) Seattle 2, Phoenix 1 Sunday, Aug. 26: Seattle 91, Phoenix 87 Tuesday, Aug. 28: Seattle 91, Phoenix 87, OT Friday, Aug. 31: Phoenix 86, Seattle 66 Sunday, Sept. 2: Seattle at Phoenix, 1 p.m.

Atlanta 2, Washington 1 Sunday, Aug. 26: Washington 87, Atlanta 84 Tuesday, Aug. 28: Atlanta 78, Washington 75 Friday, Aug. 31: Atlanta 81, Washington 76 Sunday, Sept. 2: Atlanta at Washington, 11 a.m.

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Baseball AL Standings

East Division W L Pct GB Boston 94 43 .686 — New York 86 50 .632 7½ Tampa Bay 72 63 .533 21 Toronto 61 74 .452 32 Baltimore 40 96 .294 53½ Central Division Cleveland 77 58 .570 — Minnesota 63 72 .467 14 Chicago 54 82 .397 23½ Detroit 54 82 .397 23½ Kansas City 44 91 .326 33 West Division Houston 83 53 .610 — Oakland 81 56 .591 2½ Seattle 76 60 .559 7 Los Angeles 66 70 .485 17 Texas 59 77 .434 24 Friday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 7, Detroit 5 Cleveland 3, Tampa Bay 0 Toronto 6, Miami 5 Minnesota 10, Texas 7 Chicago White Sox 6, Boston 1 L.A. Angels 3, Houston 0 Kansas City 9, Baltimore 2 Oakland 7, Seattle 5 Saturday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 2, Detroit 1 Boston 6, Chicago White Sox 1 Houston 7, L.A. Angels 3 Miami 6, Toronto 3 Tampa Bay 5, Cleveland 3 Kansas City 5, Baltimore 4 Texas 7, Minnesota 4 Seattle 8, Oakland 7 Sunday’s Games Detroit (Boyd 8-12) at N.Y. Yankees (Lynn 8-9), 9:05 a.m.

Toronto (Reid-Foley 0-2) at Miami (Brigham 0-0), 9:10 a.m.

Boston (Johnson 4-3) at Chicago White Sox (Shields 5-15), 10:10 a.m.

Baltimore (Hess 3-8) at Kansas City (Lopez 0-4), 10:15 a.m.

Minnesota (Moya 3-0) at Texas (Mendez 0-1), 11:05 a.m.

Seattle (Hernandez 8-12) at Oakland (Jackson 4-3), 12:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Castillo 3-2) at Cleveland (Carrasco 16-7), 12:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Ohtani 4-1) at Houston (Cole 12-5), 4:05 p.m.

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NL Standings

East Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 75 60 .556 — Philadelphia 72 63 .533 3 Washington 68 68 .500 7½ New York 60 75 .444 15 Miami 54 82 .397 21½ Central Division Chicago 80 55 .593 — St. Louis 76 60 .559 4½ Milwaukee 76 61 .555 5 Pittsburgh 66 70 .485 14½ Cincinnati 58 78 .426 22½ West Division 74 62 .544 — Arizona Los Angeles 74 62 .544 — Colorado 73 62 .541 ½ San Francisco 68 69 .496 6½ San Diego 54 84 .391 21 Friday’s Games Milwaukee 4, Washington 1 Philadelphia 2, Chicago Cubs 1,

10 innings Toronto 6, Miami 5 Pittsburgh 3, Atlanta 2 St. Louis 12, Cincinnati 5 L.A. Dodgers 3, Arizona 2 San Diego 7, Colorado 0 San Francisco 7, N.Y. Mets 0 Saturday’s Games N.Y. Mets 2, San Francisco 1, 11 innings Chicago Cubs 7, Philadelphia 1 Washington 5, Milwaukee 4 Atlanta 5, Pittsburgh 3 Miami 6, Toronto 3 Cincinnati 4, St. Louis 0 Colorado 4, San Diego 2 L.A. Dodgers 3, Arizona 2 Sunday’s Games Toronto (Reid-Foley 0-2) at Miami (Brigham 0-0), 9:10 a.m.

Chicago Cubs (Lester 14-5) at Philadelphia (Nola 15-3), 9:35 a.m.

Milwaukee (Guerra 6-9) at Washington (Rodriguez 2-1), 9:35 a.m.

Cincinnati (DeSclafani 7-4) at St. Louis (Weaver 7-11), 10:15 a.m.

N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 9-3) at San Francisco (Stratton 9-7), 12:05 p.m.

Arizona (Buchholz 7-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Buehler 6-4), 12:10 p.m.

Colorado (Freeland 12-7) at San Diego (Nix 2-2), 12:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Kingham 5-6) at Atlanta (Teheran 9-7), 1:05 p.m.

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Marlins 6, Blue Jays 3 Tor. Mia.

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Mets 2, Giants 1, 11 inn.

NY 000 010 000 01—2 7 1 SF 000 100 000 00—1 3 0 Matz, S.Lugo (8), Blevins (10), Gsellman (11) and Nido; D.Holland, Dyson (7), Melancon (8), W.Smith (9), Moronta (10), Strickland (11) and Hundley.

W_Blevins 2-2. L_Strickland 3-4.

Sv_Gsellman (9). HRs_San Francisco, Longoria (15).

Cubs 7, Phillies 1 Chi. Phi.

202 000 102—7 11 0 000 100 000—1 6 2

Hendricks, Chavez (7), R.Rosario (9) and Caratini; Eflin, Avilan (6), E.Ramos (7), A.Davis (8) and W.Ramos. W_Hendricks 11-10.

L_Eflin 9-6. HRs_Chicago, Happ (14).

Braves 5, Pirates 3 Pit. Atl.

000 021 000—3 5 000 001 04x—5 6

1 1

Archer, Ri.Rodriguez (7), Kela (8), Crick (8) and Cervelli; Gausman, S.Freeman (7), Carle (7), Venters (8), Minter (9) and Flowers. W_ Venters 3-1. L_Kela 3-4. Sv_Minter (12). HRs_Pittsburgh, Polanco (22). Atlanta, Swanson (14).

Reds 4, Cardinals 0 Cin. SL

000 300 100—4 10 0 000 000 000—0 2 0

Castillo, D.Hernandez (7), Iglesias (8) and Barnhart; Poncedeleon, Ross (4), Webb (9) and Molina. W_Castillo 8-11. L_Poncedeleon 0-1.

Nationals 5, Brewers 4 Mil. Was.

000 020 101—4 10 1 000 010 04x—5 8 1

C.Anderson, Cedeno (6), Burnes (7), Soria (8), Jennings (8), Lyles (8) and Pina; Strasburg, Cordero (7), Collins (7), Suero (8), Grace (8), G.Holland (8), Miller (9) and Kieboom, Wieters. W_G.Holland 1-2. L_Soria 1-4. Sv_Miller (2).

HRs_Milwaukee, Pina (8), Saladino (5).

Rockies 4, Padres 2 Col. SD

000 301 000—4 10 0 010 100 000—2 7 0

Gray, Oberg (7), Ottavino (8), W.Davis (9) and Wolters, Iannetta; Erlin, Maton (6), Wick (8), Stock (9) and Hedges. W_Gray 11-7. L_Erlin 3-5. Sv_W.Davis (37).

HRs_Colorado, LeMahieu (13).

San Diego, Renfroe 2 (19).

2 0

Berrios, Vasquez (5), Busenitz (5), Drake (7), A.Reed (8) and Garver, Astudillo; Gallardo, Curtis (6), Sadzeck (6), Springs (7), C.Martin (8), Leclerc (9) and Kiner-Falefa. W_Gallardo 8-3.

L_Berrios 11-10. Sv_Leclerc (8).

HRs_Minnesota, Cave (9). Texas, Guzman (14), Mazara (18), Beltre (8), Odor (18).

0 0

Estrada, D.Barnes (5), Guerrieri (6), Jose Fernandez (8) and D.Jansen; Chen, Guerrero (9) and Realmuto. W_Chen 6-9. L_Estrada 7-11. HRs_Toronto, Smoak (23). Miami, Realmuto (18).

4 0

Pena, Bedrosian (8), Robles (8) and F.Arcia; James, Peacock (6), Sipp (7), J.Smith (8), Osuna (9) and McCann. W_J.Smith 5-1. L_ Bedrosian 5-4. HRs_Los Angeles, Calhoun (18). Houston, Bregman (26).

Min. Tex.

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0 2

Rodriguez, Brasier (6), M.Barnes (8), Kelly (9) and Vazquez; Rodon, Burr (7), Bummer (8) and Narvaez. W_Rodriguez 12-3. L_ Rodon 6-4. HRs_Boston, Bradley Jr. (12), Kinsler (1), Nunez (10).

Bal. KC

Sea. Oak.

1 0

Norris, Farmer (6), Stumpf (7), Alcantara (8) and Greiner; Tanaka, Holder (8), Betances (9) and G.Sanchez. W_Tanaka 10-5.

L_Norris 0-3. Sv_Betances (2).

HRs_New York, Torres (22).

Arizona, Escobar (5), Walker (2).

Los Angeles, Kemp (19).

Mariners 8, Athletics 7

Dodgers 3, Diamondbacks 2 Ari. LA

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1 2

Corbin, Hirano (6), Ziegler (7), McFarland (7), Bradley (8), Chafin (8) and Mathis; Kershaw, Maeda (8), K.Jansen (9) and A.Barnes, Grandal. W_Maeda 8-8. L_Bradley 4-5. Sv_K.Jansen (34). HRs_

Football Major College Scores EAST Boston College 55, UMass 21< Bryant 41, New Haven 31< Buffalo 48, Delaware St. 10< Colgate 24, Holy Cross 17< Duquesne 45, Lock Haven 0< Georgetown 39, Marist 14< Lehigh 21, St. Francis (Pa.) 19< Penn St. 45, Appalachian St. 38, OT< Pittsburgh 33, Albany (NY) 7< Rutgers 35, Texas St. 7< Sacred Heart 35, Lafayette 6< Villanova 19, Temple 17< William & Mary 14, Bucknell 7 SOUTH Alabama St. 26, Tuskegee 20, OT< Auburn 21, Washington 16< Boise St. 56, Troy 20< Clemson 48, Furman 7< Florida A&M 41, Fort Valley St. 7< Gardner-Webb 52, Limestone 17< Georgia 45, Austin Peay 0< Georgia Southern 37, SC State 6< Georgia Tech 41, Alcorn St. 0< Hampton 38, Shaw 10< Jacksonville 63, St. Augustine’s 14< Kentucky 35, Cent. Michigan 20< Maryland 34, Texas 29< NC State 24, James Madison 13< Norfolk St. 34, Virginia St. 13< South Carolina 49, Coastal Carolina 15< South Florida 34, Elon 14< Virginia 42, Richmond 13< W. Carolina 33, Newberry 26< West Virginia 40, Tennessee 14< Wofford 28, The Citadel 21 MIDWEST Butler 23, Youngstown St. 21< Dayton 49, Robert Morris 28< Illinois 31, Kent St. 24< Iowa 33, N. Illinois 7< Marshall 35, Miami (Ohio) 28< Missouri 51, UT Martin 14< N. Dakota St. 49, Cal Poly 3< Ohio 38, Howard 32< Ohio St. 77, Oregon St. 31 SOUTHWEST Arkansas 55, E. Illinois 20< Arkansas St. 48, SE Missouri 21< Baylor 55, Abilene Christian 27< Houston 45, Rice 27< Houston Baptist 49, SW Baptist 7< Mississippi 47, Texas Tech 27< Morehouse 34, Ark.-Pine Bluff 30< N. Arizona 30, UTEP 10< New Mexico 62, Incarnate Word 30< North Texas 46, SMU 23< Oklahoma 63, FAU 14< TCU 55, Southern U. 7< Texas Southern 26, Texas-Permian Basin 16< Tulsa 38, Cent. Arkansas 27 FAR WEST Air Force 38, Stony Brook 0< Arizona St. 49, UTSA 7< California 24, North Carolina 17< Cincinnati 26, UCLA 17< E. Washington 58, Cent. Washington 13< Fresno St. 79, Idaho 13< McNeese St. 17, N. Colorado 14< Montana 26, N. Iowa 23< North Alabama 34, S. Utah 30< Oregon 58, Bowling Green 24< Sacramento St. 55, St. Francis (Ill.) 7< San Diego 38, W. New Mexico 9< Southern Cal 43, UNLV 21< Washington St. 41, Wyoming 19

Transactions BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX — Recalled LHPs Bobby Poyner and Robby Scott, RHP William Cuevas, INF Tzu-Wei Lin, and 1B-OF Sam Travis from Pawtucket (IL). Activated LHP Eduardo Rodriguez, C Christian Vázquez and RHP Steven Wrightfrom the 10-day DL. KANSAS CITY ROYALS — An-

nounced a two-year extension of their player development contract with Idaho (Pioneer) through the 2020 season.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Recalled RHP Miguel Almonte and INF Jose Fernandez from Salt Lake (PCL). Selected the contract of RHP Junichi Tazawa from Salt Lake.

NEW YORK YANKEES — Acquired SS Adeiny Hechavarria from Pittsburgh for a player to be named or cash. Designated LHP Ryan Bollinger for assignment.

Reinstated C Gary Sánchez from the 10-day DL. Recalled RHP Luis Cessa and INF Tyler Wade from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

Signed LHP Stephen Tarpley to a major league contract and selected him from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Designated OF Shane Robinson for assignment.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Recalled LHP Danny Coulombe and INF Franklin Barreto from Nashville (PCL). Selected the contracts of RHPs Chris Hatcher and Liam Hendriks, LHP Dean Kiekhefer and C Beau Taylor from Nashville. Reinstated OF Matt Joyce from the 10-day DL. Designated C Bruce Maxwell for assignment. Sent RHP Josh Lucas and OF Boog Powell outrighted to Nashville. Recalled RHP Kendall Graveman from Nashville and placed him on the 60-day DL. SEATTLE MARINERS — Reinstated LHP James Paxton from the 10-day DL. Recalled RHPs Chasen Bradford and Ryan Cook, C David Freitas and LHP James Pazos from Tacoma (PCL). Selected the contracts of RHP Justin Grimm and INF-OF Kristopher Negrón from Tacoma. Sent RHP Christian Bergman outright to Tacoma. Designated RHP Rob Whalen for assignment.

TEXAS RANGERS — Activated RHP Bartolo Colon and OF Delino DeShields from the 10-day DL. Recalled LHP Zac Curtis from Round Rock (PCL).

National League COLORADO ROCKIES — Recalled RHP Yency Almonte, LHP Harrison Musgrave, C Tom Murphy, INF Pat Valaika and OF Noel Cuevas from Albuquerque (PCL).

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Recalled RHP Ray Black from Sacramento (PCL).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Recalled C Pedro Severino from Syracuse (IL). Selected the contract of RHP Austen Williams from Syracuse.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association LOS ANGELES LAKERS — Waived F Luol Deng.

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Suspended Oakland CB Daryl Worley the first four games of the season for violating the NFL’s policy on substance abuse and personal conduct.

CHICAGO BEARS — Traded DB Deiondre’ Hall to the Philadelphia Eagles for a conditional 2019 seventh-round draft pick.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Traded LB Khalil Mack and a 2020 second-round and a 2020 conditional fifth-round draft picks to the Chicago Bears for 2019 first-round, sixth-round draft picks and 2020 first-round and third-round draft picks. Acquired QB AJ McCarron from the Buffalo Bills for the 2019 fifth-round draft pick. Acquired a 2019 seventh-round draft pick from the Seattle Seahawks for S Shalom Luani.

HOCKEY National Hockey League WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Signed F Sergei Shumakov to a one-year, two-way entry-level contract.

COLLEGE SOUTH CAROLINA — Named Harrison O’Keefe men’s tennis volunteer assistant coach, and Chris Watson track and field and cross country athletic trainer.

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Overall, Kenai outgained North Pole 270-234.

The craziness started with Zach Burnett’s 60-yard grab and go with 5:03 left in the first quarter to put Kenai up 16-0.

After Kenai’s next possession ended in a Riddall scoring run, Joe Sylvester returned a 42-yard pick for a 30-0 Kards lead.

Tucker Vann was next to get in on the action in the first minute of the second quarter, wrestling a catch away from a North Pole receiver and sprinting 70 yards the other way.

Finally, just two Pats snaps later, Felchle returned a 40yard interception to put Kenai ahead 45-6 with 9:39 left in the half, and all with just two offensive touchdowns.

“It was man coverage, my guy stopped and turned, and when he did, I looked up for the throw,” Felchle explained. “(Pitsch) actually tipped it up and I just caught it and ran with it.”

Patriots QB Lovett finished the afternoon with six picks on 6-for-22 efficiency and 52 yards. North Pole coach Dennis Diviney said Lovett’s day looks worse than it would have because the Pats were missing seven starters, most

of them to injury.

“I’m really proud of what they did,” Diviney said.

“Without all those defensive points, it would’ve been about a two-score game.”

The Kards also dodged a bullet Saturday by not having to face North Pole’s most potent player in Bradley Antesberger, who missed Saturday recovering from an injury that was aggravated in a loss to South Anchorage the previous weekend. Antesberger was able to grind out 358 yards of offense last week against South.

The Kards still had to deal with North Pole junior Khoby Davis, who rolled to 136 rushing yards and two touchdowns Saturday.

“He really stepped up and showed me something today,” Diviney said.

After Kenai’s defense finally ran out of points, things settled down until the final drive of the first half, a 51yard, six-play possession that ended with a short scoring pass from Felchle to Pitsch on a slant with just 22 seconds before the break.

Kenai led 52-6 at the half, but a desperate North Pole team successfully recovered an onside kick to begin the second half.

However, that drive was short-lived, as Riddall hauled in the sixth Kenai pick of the day at the Kardinals’ own 25yard line.

Davis and Lovett both kicked in touchdown runs for North Pole in the second half, both against Kenai’s secondstring defense.

Saturday at Kenai KARDINALS 64, PATRIOTS 18 North Pole 6 0 6 6 —18 Kenai 30 22 6 6 —64 1st Quarter Ken — Riddall 1 run (Felchle run), 8:39 Ken — Burnett 60 interception return (Riddall pass from Felchle), 5:03 Ken — Riddall 9 run (McKibben kick), 2:18 Ken — Sylvester 42 interception return (McKibben kick), 1:30 NP — Davis 1 run (run failed), :15 2nd Quarter Ken — Vann 70 interception return (Riddall pass from Daniels), 11:16 Ken — Felchle 40 interception return (McKibben kick), 9:39 Ken — Pitsch 2 pass from Felchle (McKibben kick), :22 3rd Quarter NP — Davis 29 run (kick failed), 4:50 Ken — Sylvester 51 run (pass failed), 3:57 4th Quarter NP — Lovett 9 run (pass failed), 9:19 Ken — Vann 57 run (no kick), :00 NP Ken First downs 13 8 Rush yds 42-182 26-225 Pass yds 52 45 Comp-att-int 6-22-6 5-6-0 Return yds 117 210 Punts 3-35 2-40.5 Fumbles-rec 1-1 0-0 Penalties 5-30 8-73 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing — Kenai: Sylvester 5-78, Riddall 11-74, Burnett 6-11, Vann 2-62, Baker 2-0.

North Pole: Davis 20-136, Lewellyn 3-4, Berrellez 5-2, Lovett 10-34, Edwin 3-6, Ash 1-0.

Passing — Kenai: Felchle 4-5-1—45, Daniels 0-1-0—0. North Pole: Lovett 6-22-0—52.

Receiving — Kenai: McKibben 2-32, Pitsch 1-2, Kroto 1-11. North Pole: Massey 1-28, Sanchez 2-18, Peters 1-4, Stead 1-2, Edwin 1-0.

Kenai quarterback Connor Felchle winds up for a pass Saturday against North Pole at Ed Hollier Field in Kenai. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

Kenai Peninsula Open to conclude today at Birch Ridge

Homer and Houston resulted in both teams taking thirdplace honors.

In the quarterfinal round, Nikiski dropped Redington 25-11 and 25-15, while Homer defeated Nome, Houston beat Anchorage Christian and Seward beat the Palmer JV. Nikiski went a perfect 7-0 in Friday’s round-robin play. In single-game action, the Bulldogs beat Nome 15-11, Houston 15-0, Homer 15-13, ACS 15-11, the Palmer JV 15-9, Redington 15-8 and Seward 1512, which seeded the Bulldogs first for Saturday’s bracket.

Soldotna defeats Kodiak The visiting Soldotna volleyball team opened up its Northern Lights Conference season by notching victories over Kodiak on Friday and Saturday.

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‘It was an awesome weekend, a very flattering weekend. The girls played consistent all weekend.’

— Stacey Segura, Nikiski volleyball Friday, the Stars notched a sweep.

In the first game, SoHi overcame a 22-18 deficit to win 2523. In the second set, the Stars survived five Kodiak game points and deficits of 8-0 and 17-9 to win 31-29. Soldotna then stormed to a 17-5 lead in the third game en route to a 2520 win.

Carsen Brown had 29 assists for the Stars, while Aliann Schmidt had seven kills, Ituau Tuisaula had five kills, Kodi McGillivray had five kills, and Brittani Blossom had five kills and eight digs.

For the Bears, Kyla Nocon had six kills, 20 digs and 14 as-

sists, while Hallee Blair had six kills.

Saturday was again close, but this time the Bears managed a game in a 25-21, 25-20, 24-26 and 25-23 SoHi victory.

Brown tallied 42 assists this time, with Schmidt registering 15 kills. Also for the Stars, Tuisaula had four kills, four aces and two blocks, Blossom had seven kills and nine digs, McGillivray had eight kills, Bailey Leach had seven kills and Holleigh Jaime had nine digs.

For Kodiak, Nocon had 21 assists, 19 digs, nine kills and two aces. Blair added 24 digs and eight kills.

on the opening kickoff at the Homer 27-yard line, and Kennedy Fono scored on a 27-yard touchdown run on Houston’s first play from scrimmage.

The Hawks scored in the first 15 seconds of three of the four quarters. Owen Mulhaney returned the opening kickoff of the second half 79 yards for a score, also reaching the end zone at the 11:45 mark.

Croghan, seeing some late time at quarterback, rushed for a 15yard score on the first play of the fourth quarter.

Twins Gavin and Owen Mulhaney connected for a long touchdown pass late in the first quarter. Gavin dumped a pass over the middle to Owen, who broke free for the 59-yard score.

Both Mulhaney brothers added short touchdowns in the second quarter. Owen Mulhaney had a 5-yard touchdown and Gavin Mulhaney snuck in from a yard out within a one-minute span in the second.

by shutting out the Buccaneers.

Seward lost last week 45-0 to Eielson, but moved to 2-2 with the road triumph. The Buccaneers, who had fallen 77-0 to Ketchikan last week, fall to 0-3.

starters this season, and the team’s longtime defensive coordinator Jared Barrett.

“All 11 (starters) are brand new, and some are playing positions they have not really played before,” Nelson said.

“They have not been through our feeder program, the (junior varsity), because we’re thin.”

Nelson said Barrett has done a great job with a young defense.

“He’s been able to coach them in such a short amount of time, it’s huge,” Nelson said.

Apete Sasiu picked off a pair of Homer passes and returned them for scores of 45 and 49 yards.

“He’s just a ballhawk,” Nelson said. “People think he’s short and they throw at him, but he can jump.”

Tucker Croghan returned another interception 57 yards Seward 41, Valdez 0 for a score. Tolupo Faloniko In a Saturday nonconference also grabbed an interception.

Houston needed only 15 battle of two squads coming seconds to take the lead. The off big defeats, the Seahawks Hawks recovered a live ball righted themselves on the road

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ners on No. 7 were Tim Bowser and Tyler Young, second was Steve Griglione and George Stein and third was Brady Vecera and Darell Jelsma. It was a ball and very interesting to watch.

P AT C OWAN For the Kenai Peninsula Open Tournament, in the Pro Division leaders are Rob Nelson (72), Derek O’Neill (73) and Brandon Kaiser (73). In awarded, one by Dave Mathews and three by the Amateur Men’s Division, leaders are Darell Derek O’Neill.

Jelsma (77), Ray Reekie (80) and Tyler Young Then the Horse Race, an interesting format (80). with 10 teams of two players, picked by low In the Women’s Division, leaders are Sue handicapper and high handicapper and keep Stein (94) and Teresa Sibolboro (94), Carol picking down the line. If your team is highMorgan 95 and Sally Hoagland (100). The est score on the hole or tied for highest score weather is beautiful. If you like golf, come on the hole, you have chip off to determine out to Birch Ridge and watch the rest of the which team continues. tournament on Sunday or read about it in All teams were eliminated by No. 7, winMonday’s Clarion.

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of the year party (sad but fireweed’s getting high).

They handed out pins for birdies, chip-ins, fewest putts and closest to the pins they had won during the summer. Awards were also given to the player with the most low gross wins, low net wins and the most avid golfer.

Super Men’s Night happened Wednesday.

Twenty-three men came out to compete. Winners were the team of Robert Stiver, Kevin O’Fallon, Jakob Brown and Jeff Pershbacher.

Second went to George Stein, Kevin Downs, Jeff Selinger and Darren Honda. Jacob Brown got the long drive, Darren Honda was closest to on No. 6, Jacob Brown on No. 8 and Darell Jelsma won the pure birdie.

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here was a super busy week at Birch Ridge Golf Course leading up to the Friday Skins Game, the Horse Race and the Kenai Peninsula Open.

The week started off with Monday Senior Golf, with 12 players playing their own game. Low net was Kevin O’Fallon (40 gross and 31 net). The greenies on Nos. 6 and 8 both went to Sid Cox and the longest putt went to Earl Mathis.

Friday, the ladies came out to play on a beautiful, sunny day. The ladies played a scramble and the winners were Beth Roseberry, Chiya Bazan, Denise Cox and Margaret Stanley.

Second place went to Cheryl Hammarstrom, Delaine Richards, Rita Geller and Trena Richardson. The girls had their end

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Homer . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 — 0 Houston . 21 . 13 . 19 . 6 — 58 First quarter Houston — Fono 27 run (run failed) 11:45 Houston — Sasiu 45 interception return (Sasiu from Mulhaney) 3:52 Houston — O. Mulhaney 59 pass from G. Mulhaney (Whitted kick) 0:41.

Second quarter Houston — O. Mulhaney 5 run (Whitted kick) 2:42 Houston — G. Mulhaney 1 run (kick failed) 1:58 Third quarter Houston — O. Mulhaney 79 kickoff return (kick failed) 11:45.

Houston — Sasiu 49 interception return (kick blocked) 5:55.

Houston — Croghan 57 interception return (Whitted kick) 7:22 Fourth quarter Houston — Croghan 15 run (kick failed) 11:52.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing — Homer: Kalugin 4-15, Fisk 4-10, Golick 6-8, No. 99 3-7, Hicks 2-4, Bradshaw 2-(-3), Hrencher 3-(-14); Houston: Fono 7-58, O. Mulhaney 6-33, G. Mulhaney 3-4, O’Connor 3-3, Sasiu 2-13, Croghan 2-12, Bay 2-5, Ratcliffe 1-1, Bolduc 1-(-5).

Passing — Homer: Kalugin 2-10-4—12, Bradshaw 3-7-0—18; Houston: G. Mulhaney 4-7-0—93.

Receiving — Homer: Hrencher 1-8, Goana 1-7, No. 16 1-6, Golick 1-6, Wood 1-3; Houston: O. Mulhaney 3-77, Faloniko 1-16.

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in precise blocking and opening holes, so Brantley Jr. has made sure to recognize the line.

The players getting nods included senior Levi Benner, senior Brennan Werner, senior Cody Nye, junior Trenton Walden and junior Lucas Kline, with Brantley III and junior Zach Hanson as tight ends.

Brantley Jr. said he was pleased with the offensive execution, although he pointed out several miscues that will need to be tightened up.

“We dodged a couple bullets today,” he said. “I’m pretty pleased with the product out of the backfield.”

West Valley head coach Kyle Allison said that after a “bad week” of practice, the Wolfpack came out unprepared against a hungry SoHi team looking to reclaim its status as top polling team in the state.

“The atmosphere here and the solid team that SoHi is,” Allison said. “We hope it’s a reality check.”

Starting QB Maurice Maiden tossed a touchdown pass with an interception for 92 yards, before backup Shaun Conwell took over in the second half, adding a touchdown pass of his own. The two signal-callers combined to hit 9 of 18 targets

for 154 yards.

Avery Weston caught four passes for 60 yards and a touchdown.

Isaiah Warner led the Wolfpack’s ground game with 63 of West Valley’s 127 team yards.

It took just five plays in 72 seconds for SoHi to reach the end zone following the opening kickoff. The Stars broke off 80 yards in chunks to score on a 17-yard Metcalf scramble for the first points of the night, with Metcalf adding a two-point catch from Truesdell.

SoHi forced West Valley into a three-and-out punt, then drove down the field again, going 70 yards in seven plays to score on a three-yard dash by Truesdell for a 14-0 lead. The possession included a key 28yard catch by Brantley III. Another three-and-out punt by the Wolfpack left SoHi with the ball again. The third drive of the day had a few mistakes that did not end up costing SoHi. A tipped pass by Brantley III led to an interception by West Valley’s Tyrell Johnson, but the play was called back on a roughing-the-passer call. SoHi then fumbled the next snap, but deftly recovered to keep the drive going.

Ultimately, the nine-play drive ended with a 13-yard rumble into the end zone by Faletoi, and the ensuing two-point pass to Metcalf put SoHi up 22-0.

An 11-yard run by Metcalf

sandwiched an interception by Medcoff early in the second quarter, who read Maiden’s eyes perfectly for the pick.

Metcalf also notched a fumble recovery late in the second quarter.

Leading 46-6 at halftime, West Valley was to receive the third-quarter kickoff, but promptly threw it away with a fumble, allowing SoHi to score just seven seconds into the second half on a fumble recovery

by Brantley III. STARS 62, WOLFPACK 18 Stars 22 24 16 0 —62 Wolfpack 0 6 6 6 —18 1st Quarter Sol — Metcalf 17 run (Metcalf pass from Truesdell), 10:48 Sol — Truesdell 3 run (pass failed), 6:21 Sol — Faletoi 13 run (Metcalf pass from Truesdell), 2:34 2nd Quarter Sol — Metcalf 11 run (Truesdell run), 8:22 WV — Weston 38 pass from Maiden (kick failed), 4:48 Sol — Medcoff 23 run (Brantley III pass from Truesdell), 3:21 Sol — Medcoff 15 pass from Truesdell (Faletoi run), 1:29 3rd Quarter Sol — Brantley III fumble recovery (Faletoi run), 11:53 Sol — Brantley III 33 pass from Truesdell (O’Reagan run), 6:09 WV — Campbell 51 pass from Conwell (pass failed), 4:21 4th Quarter WV — Warner 20 run (pass failed), 7:27 Sol WV First Downs 22 8 Rushing yds 48-433 28-127 Pass yds 93 154 Comp-Att-Int 4-8-1 9-18-1 Return yds 3-42 3-72 Punts 1-38.0 5-36.6 Fumbles 2-1 2-2 Penalties 4-45 6-60

Soldotna junior Wyatt Medcoff (7) intercepts a pass intended for West Valley receiver Avery Weston on Friday at Justin Maile Field in Soldotna. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion) INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing — Soldotna: Truesdell 11-136, Faletoi 10-80, Medcoff 7-77, Metcalf 6-76, O’Reagan 4-35, Taylor 3-10, Escott 2-9, T.

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Knapp in fourth and Bill Rich in eighth gave Homer three in the top 10.

Neil Lindquist led Seward by taking ninth, while Maison Dunham was 12th for Kenai.

Frank Dieckgraeff Invite Friday in Seward BOYS Team scores: 1. Anchorage Christian, 70; 2. Colony, 72; 3. Soldotna, 80; 4. Homer, 94; 5. Wasilla, 120; 6. Palmer, 130; 7. Kenai, 151; 8. Seward, 171.

Individual five-kilometer results 1. Tristian Merchant, ACS, 16 minutes, 47 seconds; 2. Gavin Block, Col, 17:29; 3.

Luciano Fasulo, Hom, 17:30; 4. Mekbeb Denbrock, Sol, 17:32; 5. Eyoab Knapp, Hom, 17:34; 6. Lane Meier, Col, 17:38; 7.

William Parks, ACS, 17:43; 8. Bill Rich, Hom, 17:47; 9. Neil Lindquist, Sew, 17:48; 10. Kaleb Smith, ACS, 17:51; 11. Landon Hayes, Was, 17:53; 12. Maison Dunham, Ken, 17:55; 13. Joshua Davis, ACS, 17:56; 14. Connor Owens, Pal, 18:02; 15. Lance Chilton, Sol, 18:12; 16. Amiqaq Maclean, Pal, 18:16; 17. Bradley Walters, Sol, 18:25; 18. Sullivan Menard, Col, 18:27; 19. Max

Johnson 3-9, Bond 2-1. West Valley: Warner 7-63, Damario 8-46, Maiden 9-26, Conwell 4-(-8).

Passing — Soldotna: Truesdell 4-7-2—93, T. Johnson 0-1-0—0. West Valley: Maiden

6-12-1—92, Conwell 3-6-1—62.

Receiving — Soldotna: Brantley 2-61, Metcalf 1-17, Medcoff 1-15. West Valley: Weston 4-60, Campbell 2-52, Perez 1-36, Cummings 1-3, Warner 1-3.

Pfeiffenberger, Sew, 18:30; 20. Jack Harris, Sol, 18:31; 21. Norse Iverson, Col, 18:32; 22. McKinley Larson, Was, 18:34; 23. Kolten Greathouse, Was, 18:37; 24. Anchor Musgrave, Sol, 18:38; 25. Nathaniel Good, Col, 18:39.

26. Jake Waterhorse, Col, 18:45; 27. Joe Hamilton, Ken, 18:45; 28. Samuel Logsdon, Was, 18:49; 29. Tucker Mueller, Ken, 18:52; 30. Garrett Streit, Col, 18:53; 31.

Corbin Mattingly, Hom, 18:55; 32. Levi Miller, Pal, 19:00; 33. Mike Reem, Pal, 19:00; 34. Michael Pereat, Un, 19:00; 35.

Blaine Henning, Un, 19:06; 36. Nathanael Johnson, Sol, 19:07; 37. Noble Gurney, Pal, 19:09; 38. Trevor Wilson, Un, 19:13; 39. Alexander Logsdon, Was, 19:16; 40.

Ethan Copp, Pal, 19:22; 41. Travis Rooney, Was, 19:24; 42. Tobias Robinson, ACS, 19:31; 43. Hudson Horwath, Was, 19:32; 44. Samuel Roberts, Ken, 19:33; 45. Luke Cross, Ken, 19:35; 46. Caleb O’Hara, ACS, 19:45; 47. Evan Stockton, Ken, 19:45; 48.

Wyatt White, Ken, 19:48; 49. Bjorn Nilson, Sew, 19:53; 50. Austin Cline, Hom, 19:55.

51. Samuel Koster, Sew, 20:09; 52. Levi Deboard, Sew, 20:15; 53. Tyler Chingliak, Ak, 20:20; 54. Clayton Beachy, Hom, 20:24; 55. Brendan McMurray, Sew, 20:32; 56. David Weisser, Hom, 20:32; 57. Don Wendall, Sol, 21:04; 58. Henry Simmonds, Un, 21:46; 59. Nick Hanks, Hou, 21:50; 60.

Daniel Szepanski, ACS, 23:12; 61. Nicholas Charles, Ak, 23:37; 62. Macrae Brotzman, Hou, 24:25; 63. Josh Smoldon, Hou, 25:52; 64. Nico Wilkinson, Hou, 25:52; 65. Tyson Ivanoff Sample, Ak, 26:04.

Team scores: 1. Kenai, 47; 2. Palmer, 62; 3.

Soldotna, 80; 4. Homer, 95; 5. Colony, 99; 6. Wasilla, 129; 7. ACS, 176.

Individual five-kilometer results 1. Katey Houser, Pal, 19:19; 2. Allison VanPelt, Was, 19:21; 3. Jaycie Calvert, Ken, 20:06; 4. Autumn Daigle, Hom, 20:25; 5. Brooke Miller, Hom, 20:49; 6. Jordan Strausbaugh, Sol, 20:59; 7. Brooke Satathite, Ken, 21:07; 8. Leah Fallon, Ken, 21:08; 9. Sophia Nowers, Pal, 21:17; 10.

Erika Arthur, Sol, 21:23; 11. Logan Satathite, Ken, 21:28; 12. Tanis Lorring, Sol, 21:41; 13. Lydia Ortiz, Pal, 21:50; 14. Lydia Bushey, Col, 21:53; 15. Nina Kalytiak, Pal, 21:57; 16. Katia Holmes, Hom, 21:59; 17.

Abbi Boucher, Was, 22:09; 18. Summer Foster, Ken, 22:16; 19. Sofija Spaic, Col, 22:21; 20. Katie Stockton, Ken, 22:32; 21.

Monica Bustillos, Col, 22:34; 22. Abby Novak, Col, 22:38; 23. Claire Smith, Col, 22:39; 24. Zoe Copp, Pal, 22:41; 25. Cameron Blackwell, Sol, 22:49.

26. Kylee Deering, Col, 22:50; 27. Ellie Burns, Sol, 22:59; 28. Alyssa Miles, Col, 23:07; 29. Jordan Ruffner, Sol, 23:13; 30.

Emily Tedrick, ACS, 23:22; 31. Victoria Denison, Sol, 23:23; 32. Caroline Bohlman, ACS, 23:43; 33. Destiny Reimers, ACS, 23:57; 34. Kara Super, Hom, 23:58; 35.

Giselle Rachels, Was, 24:00; 36. Mariah McGuire, Hom, 24:18; 37. Shandelle Breshears, Was, 24:23; 38. Brynn Steiner, Was, 24:30; 39. Andrea Apthorp, Was, 24:36; 40. Acacia Chingliak, Ak, 24:53; 41. Kelsey Smallwood, ACS, 24:57; 42. Hailey Wilson, Un, 26:02; 43. Kyla Smith, ACS, 26:03; 44.

Haylee Overson, Hom, 26:58; 45. Kathryn Difuntorum, Un, 28:28.

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Auburn Today in History topples Huskies

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer

Washington lost the game the Pac-12 needed to win. At least that’s how the showdown with No. 9 Auburn was billed all offseason.

As a neutral site that was anything but, the sixth-ranked Huskies lost a sloppy rock fight of a football game in Atlanta on Saturday , the only top-10 matchup of the first full weekend of the season. Coming off a 1-8 bowl Nikiski’s Michael Eiter grabs the ball over Ketchikan’s Mark Jasper and Tyler McLaren on Friday season and the second playoff at Nikiski High School. Eiter had eight catches for 176 yards. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula shutout in four years, the Pac-12 needed an early boost to repair Clarion) some of its tattered reputation. quarter, but after the first score failed), :00.

The Huskies came up short in 2nd Quarter Wong answered with a TD to Ket — Jasper 45 punt return (kick failed), a flurry of red-zone failures, but Carlson and after the second he 9:52. writing off the entire conference — Eiter 13 pass from Litke (run failed), is probably premature — espeContinued from page B1 responded with a TD to Jasper. Nik 7:08.

Coach Byron said the offensive Ket — Wieber 22 pass from Wong (Wong cially Washington. We should plus receiving and punt return line did a good job not only of run), 4:35. learn from history. In the first — Carlson 41 pass from Wong (Byron scores by Jasper had the Kings protecting Wong, but paving Ket season of the playoff, the Big Ten run), 3:23. up 18-0 with 9 minutes, 52 sec- the way for the ground game to was left for dead two weeks into 3rd Quarter Nik — Berry 5 run (run failed), 6:54. onds, left in the second quarter. net 175 yards on 36 carries. the season when Virginia Tech — Carlson 20 pass from Wong (run Eiter started bringing the Fourth quarter scores came Ket beat Ohio State at home and Orfailed), 5:39.

Bulldogs to life with a touch- from Carlson on a pass from Nik — Eiter 45 pass from Litke (run failed), egon beat Michigan State. down grab from Litke with Wong and Nikiski’s Mason 4:52.

The Buckeyes didn’t lose Ket — Jasper 28 pass from Wong (run 7:08 to play, but Wong closed Payne on a pass from Litke. again and won the national title. failed), 3:10.

4th Quarter the half with strikes to Brandon Ketchikan showed room for It is hard to see the Huskies — Carlson 20 pass from Wong (Byron Wieber and Carlson for a 34-6 improvement as penalties piled Ket going on that type of run. For run), 6:59. lead. up in the second half, resulting Nik — Payne 11 pass from Litke (run all of Jake Browning’s accuracy Coach Byron said he warned in 96 yards on 10 infractions failed), 4:21 and toughness, the senior quarhis team that Nikiski would for the game. The most costly Ket . Nik terback’s physical limitations do come out in the second half and came with 3:23 left in the third First downs . 15 . 12 seem to get exposed against top. 36-175 . 37-102 battle like it was 0-0, and the quarter, when Stevie Byron ran Rushes-yards flight competition.

Passing yards . 264 . 246 Bulldogs did exactly that. the ball into the end zone but Comp-att-int . 16-26-0 . 16-28-2 But to dismiss the idea that Nelson said all of his play- then received a personal foul Return yards . 67 . 0 Washington could run the Pac. 1-25 . 3-23.3 ers were playing both ways and and was ejected for intentional Punts-avg 12 table seems silly. And to think Fum-lost . 5-3 . 3-0 some were battling injuries, so helmet contact. that another Pac-12 team could Penalties . 10-96 . 13-79 to lose the second half just 20Coach Byron said the Kings sweep through to a conference STATISTICS 18 meant something. will protest the call, because if Rushing INDIVIDUAL — Ketchikan: Carlson 4-26, Jas- championship at 12-1 and that a “I’m proud of them, but it stands, Stevie Byron will re- per 2-25, Wong 5-16, Roof 10-51, Morris close loss by Washington on the 5-15, Byron 1-4, Sasser 1-(-3), James 4-23, we’ve got work to do,” the ceive a suspension. other side of the county withMalouf 4-18. Nikiski: J. Harris 1-1, Sarks Friday coach said.

5-10, Berry 25-91, D. Harris 3-(-2), Litke out its star left tackle (Trey AdKings 54, Bulldogs 24 2-0, Eiter 1-2.

Nikiski scored on a run from ams was out with a back injury) Passing — Ketchikan: Wong 16-26-0—264.

Sam Berry, who led all rush- Ketchikan . 12 . 22 . 12 . 8 — 54 would tip the scales against the Nikiski: Litke 16-28-2—246. ers with 91 yards on 25 carries, Nikiski . 0 . 6 . 12 . 6 — 24 Receiving — Ketchikan: Jasper 6-104, whole league does not add up.

1st Quarter Morris 3-23, Roof 1-10, Wieber 2-34, Carl- Especially if Auburn contends in and a 45-yard hookup between Ket — Byron 4 run (pass failed), 3:54.

4-93. Nikiski: Eiter 8-176, Payne 4-46, Litke and Eiter in the third Ket — Jasper 43 pass from Wong (run son the Southeastern Conference.

Berry 4-24.

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Today is Sunday, Sept. 2, the 245th day of 2018. There are 120 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 2, 1945, Japan formally surrendered in ceremonies aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, ending World War II. On this date: In 1789, the United States Treasury Department was established.

In 1864, during the Civil War, Union Gen. William T. Sherman’s forces occupied Atlanta.

In 1930, the first nonstop airplane flight from Europe to the U.S. was completed in 37 hours as Capt. Dieudonne Costes and Maurice Bellonte of France arrived in Valley Stream, New York, aboard their Breguet 19 biplane, which bore the symbol of a large question mark.

In 1935, a Labor Day hurricane slammed into the Florida Keys, claiming more than 400 lives.

In 1944, during World War II, Navy pilot Lt. (jg) George Herbert Walker Bush was shot down by Japanese forces as he completed a bombing run over the Bonin Islands. (Bush was rescued by the crew of the submarine USS Finback; his two crew members, however, died.)

In 1960, Wilma Rudolph of the United States won the first of her three gold medals at the Rome Summer Olympics as she finished the 100-meter dash in 11 seconds.

In 1963, Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace prevented the integration of Tuskegee High School by encircling the building with state troopers. “The CBS Evening News” with Walter Cronkite was lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes, becoming network television’s first half-hour nightly newscast.

In 1969, in what some regard as the birth of the Internet, two connected computers at the University of California, Los Angeles, passed test data through a 15-foot cable. The first automatic teller machine (ATM) to utilize magnetic-striped cards was opened to the public at Chemical Bank in New York. (Called a “Docuteller,” it was developed by Donald C. Wetzel.)

In 1996, Muslim rebels and the Philippine government signed a pact formally ending a 26-year insurgency that killed more than 120-thousand people.

In 1998, a Swissair MD-11 jetliner crashed off Nova Scotia, killing all 229 people aboard.

In 2004, President George W. Bush pledged “a safer world and a more hopeful America” as he accepted his party’s nomination for a second term at the Republican National Convention in New York.

In 2005, A National Guard convoy packed with food, water and medicine rolled into New Orleans four days after Hurricane Katrina. Scorched by criticism about sluggish federal help, President George W. Bush toured the Gulf Coast and met with state and local officials, including New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin; at one point, Bush praised FEMA Director Michael Brown, telling him, “Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job.”

Ten years ago: Republicans assailed Barack Obama as the most liberal, least experienced White House nominee in history at their convention in St. Paul, Minnesota, and enthusiastically extolled their own man, John McCain, as ready to lead the nation. President George W. Bush briefly addressed the convention by satellite from the White House. A gunman in Skagit County, Washington, killed six people and injured four others; a suspect, Isaac Zamora, later pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to two murders and guilty to the remaining four, and is being held in a mental hospital. Jaguars offensive tackle Richard Collier was left paralyzed in a shooting outside an apartment building in Jacksonville, Florida; a suspect, Tyrone Hartsfield, was later convicted and sentenced to life in prison.

Five years ago: France released an intelligence report alleging chemical weapons use by Syria that dovetailed with similar U.S. claims, as President Bashar Assad warned that any military strike against his country would spark an uncontrollable regional war. On her fifth try, U.S. endurance swimmer Diana Nyad became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the help of a shark cage.

One year ago: President Donald Trump visited with survivors of Hurricane Harvey, touring a Houston shelter housing hundreds of displaced people and meeting with emergency responders in Lake Charles, Louisiana; it was Trump’s second visit to the region in the wake of the storm. Astronaut Peggy Whitson returned to Earth after 288 days on the International Space Station; the trip gave Whitson a total of 665 days in space, a record for any American and any woman worldwide.

Today’s Birthdays: Dancer-actress Marge Champion is 99. Former Sen. Alan K. Simpson, R-Wyo., is 87. Former United States Olympic Committee Chairman Peter Ueberroth is 81. Actor Derek Fowlds (TV: “Yes, Minister”; “Yes, Prime Minister”) is 81. Singer Jimmy Clanton is 80. Rhythm-and-blues singer Sam Gooden (The Impressions) is 79. Rhythm-and-blues singer Rosalind Ashford (Martha & the Vandellas) is 75. Singer Joe Simon is 75. Pro and College Football Hall of Famer Terry Bradshaw is 70. Basketball Hall of Famer Nate Archibald is 70. Actor Mark Harmon is 67. Former Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., is 67. International Tennis Hall of Famer Jimmy Connors is 66.

Actress Linda Purl is 63. Rock musician Jerry Augustyniak (10,000 Maniacs) is 60. Country musician Paul Deakin (The Mavericks) is 59. Pro Football Hall of Famer Eric Dickerson is 58. Actor Keanu Reeves is 54. International Boxing Hall of Famer Lennox Lewis is 53. Actress Salma Hayek is 52. Actor Tuc Watkins is 52. Actress Kristen Cloke is 50. Actress Cynthia Watros is 50. Rhythmand-blues singer K-Ci is 49. Actor-comedian Katt Williams is 45. Actor Michael Lombardi is 44. Actress Tiffany Hines is 41. Rock musician Sam Rivers (Limp Bizkit) is 41. Actor Jonathan Kite is 39. Actress Allison Miller is 33. Rock musician Spencer Smith is 31. Electronic music DJ/producer Zedd is 29.

Thought for Today: “If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.” -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (GU’-tuh), German poet, dramatist and author (1749-1832).

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September, the harvest month September is the ninth month of the year and is called the Harvest Month. This month is the third of four months with thirty days.

The first day observed in September is Labor Day which is always on the first Monday. Labor Day recognizes the strength, prosperity, laws and wellbeing of the country, as well as its workers.

Grandparents’ Day is observed on the first Sunday after Labor Day. This holiday honors grandparents and gives them the blessing of showing love to their children’s children and help make them aware of the strength, information and guidance that older people have to offer.

The third observance is on the 17th, which is Constitution Day, celebrating ratification of the governing document of the United States.

On the 22nd of September is the autumnal equinox, celebrating summer going into fall.

Autumnal equinox makes days a little shorter and the nights a little longer. Temperatures start dropping and the leaves start

M onthly musings B onnie M arie P layle falling.

The fourth Friday of September is observed as Native American Day. This holiday was originally called Columbus Day, but changed to indigenous People’s Day and falls on October 8, 2018 in Alaska — the date depends on the state.

Here’s some September trivia: September 7–8 in Skagway, there is the Klondike Road Relay that runs from Skagway to Whitehorse, Yukon. This event started in 1998, making 2018 the 20th annual event. This relay race is 100 miles long, starting in Skagway Friday evenings along the Klondike Highway to Whitehorse, Yukon. There are 10 temps and members come from all over the world to compete.

September 1, 1906 marks

the first traverse of the Northwest Passage by Roald Amundsen. He reached Nome.

September 8, 1906: Juneau became the home of the governor’s office, which had previously been in Sitka.

September 10, 1969: Alaska netted nearly 1$10 billion from the 23rd Oil and Gas Lease Sales. Forty-nine years later, this figure has risen substantially.

September 24, 1794: The first Russian Orthodox missionaries arrived in Kodiak.

September 24, 1918: Katmai National Monument was created.

The month of September definitely shows season changes from summer to fall. The temperature is cooler and the leaves change color and drop.

The most noticeable is the amount of daylight — in July at Solstice, we had 19 hours, while we now have14 hours and 35 minutes of daylight with future decreases. The gardens are ready to tend and the veggies to be preserved. The reds are just about gone, only to be replaced with the silvers,

which taste just as good and are a real fighting fish. The fireweed is almost bloomed out and some honey and jelly made, while berry pickers are picking blueberries, raspberries, high and lowbush cranberries, moss berries, salmon berries and any more depending where in the state a person might live. Hello jams, jellies, syrups, leathers, freezedried and fresh fruits, what tasty treats for the long winter months and healthy to yum.

Let’s not forget that it is hunting season, also — put that meat up, make that jerky, do the canning and fill the freezer.

Through all these activities, it’s no wonder that September is called the Harvest Month.

Thank God we have our fall rains to make sure everything is hydrated before entering rest.

It’s time to clean out the connexes, sheds and garages, have sales and put away the summer stuff and bring out the winter toys.

This is the time of migrations of birds, whales and caribou to warmer climates.

at noon at the Dena’ina Wellness Center. There will be an opening ceremony at 12:45 p.m., with the walk to start at 1 p.m. Participation is open to the community. There is no registration fee for the walk, Nikiski community council meeting but participants are encouraged to fundraise. Those raising $150 by The Nikiski Community Council will be meeting Monday, Sep- Sept. 8 will receive an Out of the Darkness Walk T-shirt. Register in tember 3 at 7 p.m. at the Lake Marie Nikiski Senior Center on Holt- advance at www.afsp.org/kenai. Online registration closes at noon on Lamplight Road. All residents of the Nikiski community are invited Friday, Sept. 7. Participants also may register in person at the walk.

For more information, contact Audré Gifford at 907-335-7355 or to attend. agifford@kenaitze.org.

Around the Peninsula

Pride Dancers return

Nikiski Recreation Center activities

The Native Pride Dancers, an indigenous dance group based in St. —The Nikiski Pool will be closed for annual maintenance from Paul, Minnesota, will return to Kenai for a high-energy performance September 3–24. The pool will reopen Sept. 26 for our normal winter at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 5, at Kenai Middle School. Admission hours.

For more information, please check our Facebook page or our is free and the event is open to the community. website.

—Fall swim lessons: Swim lesson registration will begin MonKenai Historical Society meeting day, September 24 at noon. Classes are offered for: Beginners, AdKenai Historical Society will meet on Sunday, Sept. 9 at 1:30 at vanced Beginners, Intermediates, Semi-Privates, Tiny Tots and Log the Kenai Visitor Center. A potluck dinner will precede the business Rolling. For more information, call 776-8800 — Youth flag football: 4th-8th grade boys and girls flag football meeting. After the meeting, Ray Rowley will be the speaker. The season begins August 20 and will run through September. Games are 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 in- held Monday and Thursday nights at the Nikiski Community Recreation Center Fields. For more information, please call 776-8800. formation call June at 283-1946.

— Artsy toddler time: Nikiski Community Recreation Center will be hosting and Artsy Toddler Story time on Tuesday, Sept. 4 at 11 First Annual Hospice Root Beer Fun Run a.m. for 2-5 year olds. Kids will get to do an art project based on First Annual Hospice Root Beer Fun Run will be held on Satur- a story read during the event. For more information, please contact day, Sept. 8 at 10 a.m. at Soldotna Creek Park. Early registration is 776-8800.

— Toddler time: The Nikiski Community Recreation Center will encouraged and is available at hospiceofcentralpeninsula.com. There will be a .5K Dash and a 1.6K Race and Root Beer as our treat. Bring be hosting Toddler Time on Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays from the whole family and join us. If you don’t want to run, come along 11am-12:30pm. For more information, please contact 776-8800.

— Women’s league basketball: Games will be held on Tuesday as a cheerleader! Contact Lee at 262-0453 for questions or additional &/or Friday nights with games beginning in September. For more information. information, call 776-8800.

—Open gym nights: Teen Center, Monday– Friday, 2:30–8 p.m.

Become a Red Cross volunteer!

Full Swing Golf, Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–8 p.m.

Our volunteers touch lives in the community every day. They are the heart and soul of the Red Cross and represent every age, gender, Fundraiser Dinner religion, race and ethnicity. There are so many ways you can help.

The second annual fundraiser for the “Saturday Lunch” program Start your Red Cross story today. The Red Cross will host a Kenai Peninsula New Volunteer Open House on Friday, Sept. 7 from 6-8 for Ninilchik students (pre-k through 6th grade), will be held on Sept. p.m. in Central Peninsula Hospital’s Denali Room. Call 907-232- 22 from 5–7 p.m. at the community center on Kingsley Road in Ninilchik. There will be two delicious dinner options (one is vegan). A 2698 or email pam.laforest@redcross.org. $10 donation is suggested. All proceeds go to support a weekend food program for elementary students.

Narcan kits available at Kenai Public Health clinic There will be a silent auction and dessert auction. Feel free to bring items for either one. Call 240-5212 for additional information.

Heroin overdoses are on the rise in Alaska. Narcan is an easy medication you can give to someone who is overdosing. It may save their life. Adults can get free Narcan nasal spray kits at the Kenai Community transportation meeting Public Health Center at 630 Barnacle Way, Suite A, in Kenai. For adChange 4 the Kenai will host a public meeting on community ditional information call Kenai Public Health at 335-3400. transportation needs on Oct. 9, 2018 from 3–5 p.m. at the Kenai Public Library. Call in number 1-888-392-4560 Code 5749741. For New Life Assembly of God classes more information, call 714-4521 or visit http://www.change4kenai.

The Kenai New Life Assembly of God church is offering the fol- org/s-3-contest.html. lowing 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 Harvest Moon Farm Tour provided. Register at office@kenainewlife.org or call 907-283-7752.

Wondering what it takes to produce and sell food on the Kenai —DivorceCare: A 13 week class for those who are separated or Peninsula? On Saturday, Sept. 8, tour three local farms that have met going through divorce.

—Single&Parenting: A 13-week class for those who are experi- the challenge in unique ways. Taste a variety of Alaska Grown wines to complete the tour. This tour, sponsored by Kenai Soil & Water encing parenting alone.

Conservation District and Kenai Local Food Connection, is the special kick-off event for Harvest Moon Local Food Week. Tickets: Public health center closed Monday $50, include a wine tasting at Alaska Berries. See the full schedule The Kenai Public Health Center will be closed Monday for Labor of Harvest Moon events at www.KenaiLocalFood.org.

Day. The center will reopen Tuesday at 8 a.m.

Kenai Public health Center offers several services, including child Harvest Moon Festival vendor applications open immunizations, Well Child exams, TB tests and birth control. For Kenai Local Food Connection is accepting vendor applications more information call 335-3400 weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for its Harvest Moon Local Food Festival, to be held 10 am – 6 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 15 at Soldotna Creek Park in Soldotna. It’s Kenai Kennle Club to host agility trials the Kenai Peninsula’s biggest local food celebration of the year, The Kenai Kennel Club is holding a dog agility trial Sunday and with live music, food demonstrations, guest speakers, kids’ activiMonday at the Kenai Little League Ball Field on Spruce Street in ties, food trucks featuring healthy, local ingredients, and all sorts of Alaska Grown and Made in Alaska food and wellness products. In Kenai. Both days start at 9 a.m. and end in the afternoon.

Dog agility is a sport where a handler directs a dog through a keeping with the festival mission, the festival is open to vendors of course with jumps, tunnels and contacts, such as an A-frame and tee- food (grown, harvested or made in Alaska) and medicinal/wellness/ ter, with limited or no mistakes. Only dogs entered in the trial are personal care products made from locally grown or wild-harvested ingredients. The Early Bird rate is $10 per 10’ x 10’ tent space. allowed at the event.

Spectators are encouraged to bring something to sit on and be pre- Fees double after Sept. 1 and space is limited, so please apply early.

The vendor application is on-line at https://www.kenailocalfood. pared for changing weather. org/projects.

Suicide awareness walk in Kenai The second annual Kenai Out of the Darkness Community Walk, an event to raise awareness and funds for suicide prevention, is Saturday, Sept. 8 at the Dena’ina Wellness Center, 508 Upland Street in Kenai. Check-in and registration on the day of the walk begins

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The Recycling Bin Where to get rid of used oil Used oil is accepted for recycling by the Kenai Peninsula Borough Solid Waste Department 10 gallons at a time, a maximum of 25 gallons per month. Recycle used oil during operating hours at the Central Peninsula Landfill in Soldotna and the Transfer Facilities in Homer, Kenai, Nikiski, Seward and Sterling.

Sign in with the attendant and they will direct you to the tank. Used oil is insoluble, does not wear out — just gets dirty, can contain toxic chemicals and heavy metals, and is a major source of pollution of waterways. Recover, Reuse, Repeat.

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.

They’ll be missed but welcomed back next spring.

In Alaska, we have the most radical changes and tides in the world — the only choice we have is to enjoy each day to

the fullest.

Alaska is spectacular any time of year, but the changing colors is one of my personal favorites. Enjoy but don’t take it for granted.

6-12; children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.

-Wee Read Story Time, Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. Designed for children ages 0-3. Every Tuesday enjoy a program full of stories, songs, finger play and more! No registration required.

-Chess Club, Mondays at 4 p.m. Get ready to ROOK the HOUSE every Monday! Do you like playing Chess, or would you like to learn how? The Kenai Community Library is proud to offer a casual program for chess players of all ages and levels. Chess boards will be provided.

-Preschool Story Time, Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. Designed for children ages 3-5. Every Wednesday enjoy a program full of stories, songs, movement and more! No registration required.

–Let’s Draw! Hulk: Wednesday, Sept. 12, 4 p.m.

Have fun drawing the Incredible HULK in this interactive class.

We will be learning about dramatic lighting and shading. If time allows, we will also be drawing Wonder Woman! If you plan to attend please sign up at the front desk! Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult. For more information please call James at 283-8210.

—DC vs Marvel Trivia Night: Thursday, Sept. 13, 4 p.m.

Do these words mean anything to you? INFINITY GAUNTLET, KRYPTONITE, VIBRANIUM, BATARANG... Do you think you know everything about SUPERHEROES? Well come join us to find out! Prizes for the wining team! Also, if any member of your team comes in costume your team starts with a Bonus Point!

Sign up at the front desk!

—Wonder Woman and Batman Day: Friday, Sept. 14 at 4 p.m.

Hey all you crime fighters in training, It’s WONDER WOMAN and BATMAN Day! Come celebrate the world’s greatest superheroes with exciting games and art projects. Costumes are encouraged! Special guest appearances by the Dark Knight himself and other heroes!

—Super Hero Movie Matinee: Saturday, Sept. 15 at 2 p.m.

Celebrate comic books! An Amazon princess leaves her island home and works to end a missive war. We will be serving popcorn and soda! This movie is rated PG-13.

Soldotna Public Library activities

For more information, contact the library at Soldotna Public Library at 262-4227.

— YA Café, every Wednesday at 4 p.m., for middle school and high school students. Snacks provided.

— Toddler story time, 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays, for children ages 18 months to 3 years.

— Bouncing babies story time, 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays, for children up to 18 months.

— Preschooler story time, 10:30 a.m. Thursdays, for children 3 to 5 years old.

— LEGO Brick Club, 4 p.m. Tuesdays. Tell your story and build a world with LEGO. Adult supervision needed for children under 10.

Book Club Documentary Screening: NOVA’s Decoding the Weather Machine Everyday Computer Skills for Beginners: Fridays at the Soldotna Public Library, Sept. 14–Nov. 2 at 12:30, Tuesdays and Wednesdays at Kenai Peninsula College from Sept. 11–Oct. 31 at 12:30 p.m. Do you want to learn how to use a computer or the internet, but just don’t know where to start? We’re offering free courses in partnership with KPC focusing on learning how to use computers for everyday tasks such as using documents, finding information online, filling out forms, and connecting with friends and family through email or social media. Register in person at the KPC Learning Center or by phone 262-0327.

Book Signing with Cassondra Windwalker: Thursday, Sept. 5 at 6 p.m. Join local author Cassondra Windwalker for a book signing.

Ms. Windwalker recently published a psychological thriller titled “Bury The Lead.” The author will be selling and signing copies of her book.

Coffee, Donuts, and a Show: Saturday, Sept. 8, 10:30 a.m.

Start your weekend off right! Relax and enjoy coffee and donuts while watching a film on a Saturday morning. In this 1994 adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic “Little Women,” the March sisters confront growing pains, financial shortages, family tragedies and romantic rivalries in mid-19th-century Massachusetts.

Rated PG. Movies @ the Library: Tuesday, Sept. 11 at 5:30 p.m. Science fiction film about a primatologist who tries to rescue a silverback gorilla after a genetic experiment gone awry turns him into an enormous predator. Popcorn will be served. Rated PG-13.

Soldotna Library Friends Board Meeting: Wednesday, Sept.

12, 2:30 p.m. Join the Soldotna Library Friends Board in their discussion of ongoing library fundraising efforts. Open to all members of the Soldotna Library Friends.

Historical Slideshow with Al Hershberger: Thursday, Sept. 13, Kenai Community Library events 1:30 p.m. Al Hershberger and his camera came to Soldotna with -Do you like LEGOs? Why not join us to build LEGO creations the Territorial Road Commission in 1947. Join us to view a slidebased on new themes each week and inspired by children’s books! show of aerial photos of Soldotna and the Kenai Peninsula from Lego Makers, Mondays from 4–5 p.m. Designed for children ages then and now.

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Dear Heloise: Please let your readers know that before they throw away OLD LETTERS AND DIARIES, they should give them to their grandchildren.

I’m the genealogist in my family, and these types of items are precious to us.

-- Rita T., Kingwood, Texas This would be a fun end-of-summer project - perfect for the weekend! Love reading old letters and greeting cards; so much more personal than a text or email!

But, as I’ve mentioned before, be sure that if it is your diary, there is nothing in it you wouldn’t want someone else to read.

-- Heloise PET PAL Dear Readers: Kate in Waco, Texas, sent a picture of her beautiful gray-and-white “pittie,” Bella. Bella is comfy in the best seat in the house, and of course, she deserves it! Kate says that Bella rules the roost!

To see Bella and our other Pet Pals, visit www.Heloise.com and click on “Pet of the Week.” Do you have a furry and funny friend?

Email a picture to: Heloise(at)Heloise.com.

-- Heloise

IT’S IN THE BAG

Hints from Heloise

Dear Heloise: A snack-size plastic bag with a zipper top can be used as an eyeglass case. Great POOLS RULE! for sunglasses on a beach; it keeps the sand out.

Dear Heloise: My daughter has a fenced-in -- Mary H., Arlington, Va. backyard, and her dogs love being out there, TINT HINT even in hot weather. She has a kiddie pool of water for the dogs to get in and stay cool.

Dear Heloise: We live in a mobile home. The There is just enough water for them, and it’s front door faces east and gets very hot with our not too deep for the smaller dogs. This is a good summertime temperatures. idea for dogs to be comfortable and enjoy being My husband thought of a solution. He went to outside in the summer. the auto store and bought a roll of glass window -- D.S., Lexington, Ohio cover. We put it on our storm door glass to lessen Just be sure to drain the water after each play the sun’s rays. session; mosquitoes can breed in standing wa-- Caroline B.H., Rootstown, Ohio ter.

THE ‘NOODLE OF SHAME’?

-- Heloise $20 CHALLENGE Dear Heloise: I challenged my family to take a $20 bill into the produce section of the supermarket and come out with dinner.

It’s not easy, and we wouldn’t do it every night, but we got a nice salad, fresh cucumbers and tomatoes, and fresh corn on the cob. Delicious and healthy!

-- Mary T. in Dallas

Dear Heloise: I’ve found a great alternative to the “cone of shame”: I carefully cut a pool noodle lengthwise, slip my dog’s collar inside and fasten the collar around his neck so I can slip two fingers in there comfortably.

This supports his head and will disallow licking of sutures, etc. My vet likes this idea.

-- Ricky R., via email Readers, ask your vet if this would work for your dog or cat.

-- Heloise

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ACROSS 1 Lightheaded 6 Underwater workplaces 13 One of four on the annual tennis calendar 18 Navel formation?

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27 Alternative to grass 29 Place for a prize ceremony 30 Nellie who wrote “Ten Days in a MadHouse” 31 Point of no return?

34 Certain corp. takeover 35 It’s meant to be 36 NBC hit since ’75 37 Ingredient in a Dark ’n’ Stormy 38 Muslim holy men 40 Designer inits.

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58 Drip, drip, drip 59 Annual sporting event that is this puzzle’s theme 62 Outside: Prefix 63 Really green 64 Stingy sort?

65 Many a presidential hopeful: Abbr.

66 Treasure-map markers 68 Ostracize 69 Lead-in to boy or girl 70 Standard info on stationery nowadays 72 U. of Md. player 73 Spot 74 Conjunction in the Postal Service creed 76 The Eagles, on scoreboards 78 Pérignon, for one

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to dwell on unhappy memories from my past. When it happens, I have found an effective coping method. It came from a simple mantra a former student of mine posted online: “There’s a reason the rearview mirror is so small Abigail Van Buren and the windshield is so large. It’s because where you’re headed is much more important than where you’ve been.”

Now, when a sad memory comes to mind, I say to myself, “big windshield; small rearview mirror,” let go of the unwanted thought and move on. This has been beneficial for my well-being, and I hope it will be for others.

-- DESERT JACK DEAR JACK: I’m glad you shared this. Clinging to loss and sadness isn’t healthy for anyone. Sometimes we need to remind ourselves to keep the past behind us rather than let it clutter up our present. Thank you for sharing your coping method. I, too, hope it will help readers.

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.

What teens need to know about sex, drugs, AIDS and getting along with peers and parents is in “What Every Teen Should Know.” Send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $7 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby, Teen Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 610540447. (Shipping and handling are included in the price.)

(EDITORS: If you have editorial questions, please contact Sue Roush, sroush@ amuniversal.com.)

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Phone calls made on the run offend friend on the other end DEAR ABBY: May I say something about people who call “friends” or others they haven’t talked to recently while they’re driving to an appointment or other errand, only to abruptly end the conversation when the destination is reached? Two people have done this to me recently. One was an old friend I hadn’t seen in 13 years.

As soon as the destination was reached, I heard an abrupt, “Well, I’m here ... talk to ya later!” Click!

I think it’s incredibly rude. It’s as if the recipient of the call is merely an afterthought to alleviate boredom while driving. No matter what the recipient feels or wants to say, the conversation is ended.

To be clear: I do not have a reputation of talking too much or extending phone conversations. Talkativeness on my part was not a reason for this behavior. I feel if someone wants to talk to me and respects me as an individual, the conversation should be a MUTUAL interaction -not something crammed into the caller’s schedule. I’d rather the person not call than treat me like a second-class citizen.

-- WANTING TO CATCH UP DEAR WANTING: My mother used to complain to me about the same thing when another relative did it with her. (“I’m home now, gotta go!”) I don’t think people who do this mean to be rude; they may simply be overscheduled. However, I agree that it’s insensitive and, because it bothered you, I hope you made your feelings known. I’m glad you wrote because it happens often, I suspect, and not just to you.

DEAR ABBY: Life hasn’t been easy for me. I taught in inner-city schools for 35 years and lost three life partners who were addicted to alcohol and drugs before they died of AIDS. Out of necessity, I had to carry on with my professional life while struggling with my unfortunate personal life.

I’m happily retired now and living a wonderful life in Palm Springs, California. But sometimes I find myself starting

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91 “I’ll take that as ____” 93 Proficient in 95 Much TV fare during the wee hours 97 Towers over 103 Blue hue 105 Metal fastener 107 Three-person card game 110 Vox V.I.P.s 111 Forever and a day 112 Red Sox Hall-of-Famer, to fans 113 “Bravo!”

Jaqueline Bigar’s Stars HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Sunday, Sept. 2, 2018: This year you have the ability to make risks work and to transform personal interactions. You will start to see your power grow. Your intellect, helped by your charisma, draws admirers.

If you are single, you could be doing much more dating. You could meet someone special as a result. If you are attached, the two of you relate with intensity. You might feel that you want different situations in your lives and are out of sync. This issue might change with time if both of you stay open. GEMINI tends to confuse you and others with his or her words.

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) HHHH Whatever you want to do, make sure you do it in the first part of the day. You might find that you want to catch up on others’ news later on. Listen to what is being shared. You’ll discover how talkative everyone is right now. The chatter might wear you out! Tonight: Relax.

This Week: You simply cannot be bored.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH Honor a change of pace. An older friend or relative wants to see you. Stay upbeat and open, even if you have to change your plans to please this person. You might not have expected the cost of treating this person to a late brunch or dinner. Tonight: In the whirlwind of living.

This Week: You head into a situation not knowing what will happen.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH Make your day as positive as possible. Those who join you are lucky. Your exuberance seems to flow directly to them. A call to or from someone at a distance puts a smile on your face. Share good news. Don’t allow a minor issue to become anything big. Tonight: Get all the facts.

This Week: Time to wish upon a star.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHH A loved one is full of good news. You might not see the situation the same way, but avoid raining on this person’s parade. Given time, you will see through someone’s guise.

Make the most of the free time you have. Tonight: Take some much-needed personal time.

This Week: The unexpected could work in your favor.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHHH You are part of a crowd. Sometimes watching others and seeing how they handle their lives helps you relax. A close loved one has a lot on his or her mind that he or she is likely to share. Be supportive and try not to be too critical. Tonight: Wind down from the weekend.

This Week: Friends gather around you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH Your tension builds to a high level, not so much because of what is happening, but rather because of your judgment. Center yourself and pull away from the excitement

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around you. A partner might aggravate you. Try to distract yourself. Tonight: Let criticism wash right over you.

This Week: You see life from a different perspective than many.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Brainstorm with another idea person when making plans. What you come up with might make your day much more exciting. Be spontaneous when dealing with loved ones.

With tension building, you will need to take a walk or try another stress-buster. Tonight: Think “tomorrow.”

This Week: Head down a new path.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH In the morning, there could be an awkward moment or two with a friend, but you’ll still be able to complete whatever you are doing. In the evening, you might be doing a lot of thinking. Do yourself a favor and don’t jump to any conclusions yet.

Tonight: Play it low-key.

This Week: You enjoy some repartee with a clever friend or loved one.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHHH Others want to spend some time with you. A conversation could open a door to more opportunities. The person with whom you are speaking seems to have the ability to think outside the box. Use his or her natural abilities to help you structure a new path. Tonight: Lounge around.

This Week: Clearly you want to spend “quality time” with a certain individual.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH You have limited time to finish a project, so don’t allow others to distract you. Be open to new ideas. You’ll feel up for whatever life offers. Your willingness to pitch in might be accepted. A loved one could share his or her vulnerabilities.

Tonight: Pick up an easy dinner.

This Week: Most of the week, others seem to have the upper hand.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHH Assess the cost of a plan you are in the process of hatching. You could be taken aback by the financial implications, and you might want to back off. Be aware that you are sensitive to someone’s mood, but he or she might not be tuned in to yours. Tonight: Be near good music.

This Week: Your playfulness might irritate a close associate.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Be imaginative when dealing with a loved one. You will draw this person in quickly and discover that the two of you naturally have a good time. You suddenly might feel frustrated.

Take your time looking at these issues before sharing them.

Tonight: Stay close to home.

This Week: You come from a centered, quiet place.

BORN TODAY Actress Salma Hayek (1966), actor Mark Harmon (1951), comedian Katt Williams (1971)

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Each week, our Classified section features hundreds of new listings for everything from pre-owned merchandise to real estate and even employment opportunities.

So chances are, no matter what you’re looking for, the Classifieds are the best place to start your search.

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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.

Detailed job descriptions can be accessed at www.alaskausa.org Apply online!

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WANTED Dishwasher/Prep Cook Competitive Pay Extra Benefits Apply in Person @ The Duck Inn South Peninsula Behavioral Health Services Direct Service Provider Make a difference as a DSP. Direct Service Providers deliver an array of person centered services to enhance the health, productivity, and social engagement of individuals experiencing mental health or developmental disabilities.

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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

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Tesoro Alaska Company, Kenai Refinery, Mile 22 Kenai Spur Hwy., will be conducting annual employee fire extinguisher training on August 22 through September 13, 2018. The training will be conducted between the hours of 8 am and 2 pm. Gasoline, diesel and fuel gas will be used during the training. Smoke and/or flames may be visible from the highway and are part of the normal training exercises. If you have any questions or concerns you may contact Andy Wheeler, Tesoro Environmental Health and Safety Manager, at 776-8191.

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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

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.

CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA Position Announcement Temporary Equipment Operator. Pay $ 26.43 per hour.

Position responsible for snow and ice removal at the Kenai Municipal Airport and hours are worked on a callout, as-needed basis during the winter months. 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 14, 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.

Pub: 8/27 & 9/2, 2018 822470 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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Issue 35, 2018

Founded by Betty Debnam

Programs for students

Hunger at School

You may know that some kids in your school get free lunches. Other kids may eat breakfast at school or take home a backpack full of food at the end of the week.

These kinds of programs USDA photo by Lance Cheung are helping children get the nutrition they need to do better in school and stay healthy.

Mini Fact: One in six kids in the U.S. lives with food insecurity.

USDA photo by Lance Cheung

Think back to what you had for breakfast this morning. How about dinner last night?

Did you get enough to eat? Was it healthy food to fuel your body?

For about 13 million kids in the United States, the answers to those questions aren’t good. An organization called Feeding America has designated September as Hunger Action Month. The Mini image courtesy Feeding America Page worked with Feeding America to find out more about the problem of hunger.

What is food insecurity?

A home that is food insecure is one where adults and children don’t have consistent, or regular, access to enough food. These homes are in every state and every community, but some states have more people who are food insecure.

In some families, USDA photo there isn’t money to buy enough food. Parents may be able to purchase plenty of food, but they can’t afford or can’t find healthier options, such as fresh fruits, vegetables and meat. Unfortunately, these foods cost more than frozen, canned or processed foods such as hot dogs or chicken fingers.

What does hunger do?

Food is fuel. The food we eat is changed into energy that our bodies use to think, move and grow.

Good nutrition is especially important image courtesy Feeding America during childhood, experts say. Kids who don’t get healthy foods may be sick more and develop conditions such as Type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure.

They also may struggle in school and have learning problems. And hungry kids may have a harder time getting along with other children and teachers.

Practice empathy

Some kids will feel sensitive or embarrassed about taking part in food programs. It’s really important for them to be able to participate without being made fun of or bullied.

Do you know what empathy is?

Empathy is the ability to imagine how someone else feels. If you know or see students who are getting help at school with food, there’s no need to call attention to how they pay for lunch or where they eat breakfast.

Instead, offer them a seat at your table and include them at recess. Don’t let food insecurity make any kid an outsider.

Helping hungry families

The U.S. government helps some families with money to buy food. Other people make more money and can’t participate in these programs, but they still are food insecure because they live in an area where food is very expensive, or they have a larger family to feed.

Groups such as USDA photo Feeding America, along with churches and other charitable organizations, help provide supplies through food pantries and food banks. These are places where people can go to get free or low-cost groceries to help nourish their family when they don’t have enough money.

Resources On the Web:

• bit.ly/MPhunger • bit.ly/MPactionplan

At the library:

• “Poverty and Hunger” by Louise Spilsbury • “Taking Action to Improve People’s Health” by Eric Braun

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Try ’n’ Find

Mini Jokes

Words that remind us of hunger are hidden in this puzzle. Some words are hidden backward, and some letters are used twice. See if you can find: BANK, BREAKFAST, CHILDREN, CONSISTENT, EMPATHY, ENOUGH, EXPENSIVE, FAMILY, FOOD, FUEL, HEALTHY, HUNGER, INSECURITY, LEARNING, LUNCH, NUTRITION, PANTRY, SCHOOL, STUDENTS.

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Hank: What did the mother ghost tell the baby ghost when he ate too fast?

Hannah: “Stop goblin your food!”

Eco Note In developed countries such as the United States, most of the food is bought from supermarkets. These stores offer products grown all over the world, which means people can enjoy foods such as bananas all year round.

But some of that food has traveled thousands of miles. This distance is called food miles. Transporting food around the world uses a lot of energy. Buying locally grown foods in season is kinder to the environment.

Mini Spy Classics

Mini Spy Classics appear in the first issue of each month.

Based on materials originally produced and/or created by Betty Debnam.

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word MINI number 3 sailboat flyswatter

• net • fish • camel

• cardinal • bowl • snail

• question mark • squirrel • bell

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Mini Spy and her friends are enjoying a late summer picnic. See if you can find the hidden pictures. Then color the picture.

adapted with permission from “50 Things You Should Know About the Einvronment” by Jen Green, © QEB

For later: Think and talk about ways you can contribute to your local food pantry.

Teachers:

For standards-based activities to accompany this feature, visit: bit.ly/MPstandards. And follow The Mini Page on Facebook!

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Capture summer’s flavor in a jar by canning tomatoes

FILE - In this July 28, 2017 file photo, Heirloom tomatoes are displayed for sale at a farmers market in Falls Church, Va. A pot of tomatoes, cooked down, blended, and then canned, brings some summer-y flavor to the dead of winter. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

From the loving way I look at them, you’d think these jars were filled with a fine red wine.

But no, they are filled with fine red tomatoes.

How satisfied and rich they make me feel!

The royal red color broadcasts richness through the sparkling clean glass. But it’s not just for show; I know from years past that these particular tomatoes will impart an especially rich, well-balanced and tomato-y flavor to sauces, stews and soups.

A GOOD VARIETY MAKES A GOOD SAUCE It’s hard to reap such satisfaction from a jar or can that you “harvest” from a supermarket shelf, or even from tomatoes you purchase and then jar up yourself. One reason is variety.

A great deal of difference exists in cooked flavor from one variety of tomato to the next, even if both are billed as “paste tomatoes.” Most commercial paste tomato varieties are bred for such qualities as good yield and disease resistance, but too often fall flat when it comes to flavor.

Without delving into the nuances of flavors among the most savory varieties, suffice it to say that the variety San Marzano is among the best, and makes up the bulk of that slushy red heaven that fills the jars on my kitchen counter. In Italy, commercially canned tomatoes that are San Marzano tout that fact on the label.

So my first bit of advice: Make yourself a note to get some San Marzano tomato seeds for planting next spring. You can’t count on buying San Marzano transplants next year because the variety almost universally sold as transplants is Roma, a good-looking but sad-tasting paste tomato.

EASY CANNING Perhaps you can buy some San Marzano fruits now, or fruits of some other good cooking tomato such as Howard’s German, Amish Paste, Anna Russian or Prudens Purple. If so, jar up your own for winter use. Not many people can tomatoes these days and methods vary, so let me describe my method, which is simple and relatively quick.

I’m ready to begin once I’ve accumulated a quarter of a bushel or more of tomatoes. I rarely harvest that many at once, so I’ll just toss thoroughly ripe ones into a plastic bag in the freezer without any further preparation (beyond cutting off any bad spots) until I’ve accumulated enough for a batch. Then I put a half inch of water into the bottom of a large cooking pot, dump in the frozen and any new fresh tomatoes I have, and start cooking. My goal is to slowly simmer the mass to concentrate it.

Once the tomatoes have cooked down to about half their volume, which takes about a half a day on low heat with occasional stirring, I could jar them up. But I like to first blend my tomatoes, an easy job with an immersion blender that you dip into the cooking pot. A quick rinse cleans the blender, and then I ladle the now slushy tomato heaven into washed, one-quart canning jars, filling them to within an inch of their tops.

To each quart jar add 2 tablespoons of bottled lemon juice or 1?2 teaspoon of citric acid. This is to make the mix more acidic, which prevents growth of the bacterium that causes botulism.

Canning jars are sealed with special rings and lids. I ready the lids by putting them into a small pot of water, bringing it to a boil, and then removing the lids and placing one on each jar. A threaded ring holds each lid down firmly but not too tightly.

Now you need one special piece of equipment: either a pot large enough to completely submerse the jars under 2 inches of water, or a pressure canner. A rack that fits into the bottom of either pot keeps the jars off the directly heated metal.

After 45 minutes in boiling water or 15 minutes under 10 pounds of pressure in the pressure canner, the jars are finished. Remove them immediately from the water bath, but the pressure canner needs to sit unopened and undisturbed until the pressure drops back down.

Among the most satisfying aspects of canning tomatoes is looking at the finished jars cooling on the counter. Once they cool, press on each lid to confirm that it’s been sucked downwards and a vacuum seal has formed.

Those tomatoes can now just sit on a shelf indefinitely. But they won’t — because I’ll eat them, the other satisfying part of canning tomatoes.

Preparing your fireplace or stove for the season

Fireplaces and wood-burning stoves not only can be beautiful focal points within a home, but they also provide an additional source of heat and can be used to keep rooms or entire homes comfortable without the need for additional and potentially costly heating sources.

Just like more modern home heating systems, stoves and fireplaces need to be maintained, and that maintenance includes readying them before winter when they are used more heavily. Ensuring a fireplace or stove is in good working order helps to guarantee efficiency of use and safety during the winter months.

Open-flame heating sources carry with them certain risks. The National Fire Protection Association states that, between 20092013, American fire departments responded to 56,000 home structure fires that involved heating equipment. The NFPA notes that the leading factor contributing to home-heating fires is a failure to keep things clean, principally from solid-fueled heating equipment. The following are a handful of ways to stay safe as you get ready for another cozy season around the fire.

• Start with the chimney. Begin by having your chimney thoroughly cleaned and inspected. Creosote can build up inside of the chimney. Creosote is highly flammable and becomes more difficult and expensive to clean the longer it builds up inside your flue lining.

In addition, animals may have created nest inside of the chimney since the last time the fireplace was used. A professional chimney sweep should be hired in this situation. He or she will be able to effectively clean the chimney in a manner that is the least messy and disruptive to residents.

• Install or check smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. Operational alarms are essential to preventing injury or death resulting from smoke or carbon monoxide inhalation.

Such detectors are inexpensive safeguards that should be installed on every floor of the house.

Batteries should be replaced every six months, and the alarms themselves should be changed every five to 10 years.

• Inspect the chimney from outdoors as well. Inspect the mortar around any bricks in the chimney and surrounding areas for cracks.

If left unaddressed, these can cause dangerous fires. If there are serious cracks, a professional may need to make repairs or the chimney may need to be replaced. You also can have the chimney capped with a screen to keep animals and debris from entering.

• Inspect the damper. A damper is a valve or plate that stops or regulates the flow of air inside a chimney. It should be checked prior to the first use of a stove or fireplace so homeowners can be certain it opens and closes smoothly.

• Clear out flammable items. Move flammable items away from the front of a fireplace

or stove. Be sure curtains or other home furnishings are far enough away that they will not catch fire from any errant sparks or flames.

• Order wood now. Be sure there is plenty of wood for the season. Ask a wood supplier to estimate just how much will be needed, and

double-check that the wood will arrive in time for the start of the season.

By preparing for fireplace and wood stove use now, homeowners can ensure their winters are comfortable and safe.

9 ways to maximize entertaining space

People who live in compact homes or apartments may find space is at a premium during regular times of the year. When the holidays arrive, decorations, trees and presents can make homes seem even more cluttered. This can make it especially challenging for holiday hosts who want to open up their homes for festive gatherings.

Even if space is at a premium, all it takes is a little ingenuity to entertain successfully.

1. Put nonessential furniture and other decor away. It’s impossible for would-be holiday hosts to move all of their belongings out of their homes to create entertaining space. But hosts can certainly cut down on clutter. Check out the flow of a room and then move pieces around as needed to open up floor space. Push tables or large pieces of furniture up against walls. Swap out armchairs for folding chairs. Stow knickknacks in bedrooms or in closets.

2. Put benches and wide ledges to use. Narrow benches, such as those common to picnic tables,

can seat three or four comfortably. Do not discount deep window ledges as potential seats, as these areas can be made more comfortable with pillows or cushions.

3. Collapse tables after meals. If a sit-down dinner is the goal, set up tables accordingly. Then break down the tables afterward to free up more space. Serve small desserts that can be easily transported from room to room.

4. Use islands and countertops. Tables can take up valuable space. When entertaining a lot of guests, set up an all-purpose counter island and add barstools. This can be an area for food prep, eating and entertaining.

5. Create conversation areas. Encourage guests to spread out by setting up intimate spots in various rooms. This way guests won’t feel the need to congregate in the same space. Bistro tables in a den, a few floor pillows in front of the fireplace and stools by a kitchen island will create conversation areas.

6. Expand outside, if possible. Rent a tent that can be warmed with a space heater. If your home has a closed-in porch or patio space, cover screens with insulating plastic to create a comfortable added room.

7. Skip a sit-down meal. Large tables take up a lot of space, so serve a buffet, tapas or passed hors d’oeuvres so guests mix and mingle rather than sit down at one large table.

8. Use all available surfaces. Invest in some sturdy serving trays that can be placed on television stands, upright speakers, ottomans, or even wooden crates. This will increase the amount of room you have to serve and store items.

9. Spread out refreshments. Avoid bottlenecks in common areas by putting food, beverages and other items in various locations. Fill up the kitchen sink with ice and make it an oversized beverage cooler.

Holiday entertaining requires some creativity when hosting in compact spaces.

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Kid leaving for college? Hands off their bedroom, for now thoughts, said Vivian Seltzer, who was a professor of human development and behavior at the University of Pennsylvania for more than 35 years and is now a psychologist in private practice working with adolescents.

“It’s like a beloved sweater they feel comfortable in, good in, secret in,” Seltzer said.

She recommends leaving a child’s bedroom intact for as long as possible during the college years.

Of course, it’s not always possible to leave the room untouched, especially in larger families. But any possible change or new use should be discussed with the child, after the parents make sure they agree with each other, Seltzer said.

“That’s very important because a lot of times they don’t,” she said. “One of them has had an eye on that room and hasn’t mentioned it to the other.”

Talk with your child about any plans for the room several months before it’s time to go, she recommended. “Get this topic into the discussion well ahead of time, so that it isn’t on the verge of the child leaving for college, which is a very emotional period,” Seltzer said.

You don’t want them to come home for Christmas break and be shocked, “saying their whole room has changed; it’s been taken away from them.”

It can be easy to keep the room largely the same and still use it when your child is away.

If you need to sit at the desk, store your child’s possessions somewhere safe and private.

You can tell your son or daughter that guests may stay in the room, but it will be ready for them on school breaks.

“Enjoy the space and use

the space in a smart way,” Panos said. “When the kid comes home, it’s their space, but the three weekends out of the month they’re not home, you can still use it while still preserving a soft, comfy place for them when they come home.

I do not believe you need to keep the room a shrine to your child.”

Give the room a decluttering and a deep cleaning, but make sure you don’t throw away objects special to your child.

After the first year, you’ll have learned how often your child comes home, for how long and with how much stuff.

“Once you have a better understanding of that, you can plan out some changes that make sense for your needs and for how your kid feels about the room,” Panos said.

Then maybe you’ll replace the queen-size bed with a twin bed or a daybed to free up more space, Panos said. You might repaint in a neutral color or buy nicer linens for guests. Continue talking with your child about change.

Remember, even kids who may seem too cool for school about their room probably really do care about it, tattered posters, rug stains and all. It’s a place filled with memories, one that bears a personal and sentimental stamp years in the making.

“Don’t underestimate the importance of that space for a growing child, even if it’s a kid who acts like it’s no big deal,” Panos said. “It is a big deal.”

——— Lisa A. Flam is a news and lifestyles reporter in New York.

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This photo provided by Better Homes & Gardens shows a workspace setup in a bedroom. It’s perfectly fine to use your child’s room when they’re away at school. If you’re using a desk, be sure to safely store your child’s belongings while you’re using the workspace. (Better Homes & Gardens via AP)

This photo provided by Better Homes & Gardens shows a workspace setup in a bedroom. It’s perfectly fine to use your child’s room when they’re away at school. If you’re using a desk, be sure to safely store your child’s belongings while you’re using the workspace. (Better Homes & Gardens via AP)

This photo provided by Better Homes & Gardens shows a bedroom with a daybed. After your children have adjusted to college life and being away from home, you may want to swap out their bed for a daybed that can be used as a seating area or a place to sleep when they’re home from school. (Better Homes & Gardens via AP)

By LISA A. FLAM Associated Press

If your child is just off to college and you’ve been dreaming of all the ways you could use that suddenly lifeless bedroom, you may want to put down the paintbrush and hold off for a bit on plans for a major room transformation.

It’s an emotional time all around, and experts advise against any sudden movements, tempting as they may be.

“It’s the mixed emotions of, ‘Wow, look at this potential space I’m gaining that I could do something with,’ mixed with, ‘Oh, my kid is leaving home and they won’t be under my roof each and every night,’” said Amy Panos, home editor for Better Homes and Gardens magazine.

With many families pinched for space, an uninhabited bedroom could become a place for work, exercise, relaxation or guests, or maybe a bigger room for a long-envious little sibling.

The best plan, though, is to leave that bedroom alone for at least the first year, Panos says.

That way, students can return home to find the warm and loving environment of their room still standing, and they won’t feel like they’ve been forgotten or displaced while they were away adjusting to their new life.

“It’s important for the child to know they still and always will have a comfortable place to land back at home,” Panos said. “They’re still very much part of the family even though they’re not living in the home full time.”

A teenager’s childhood bedroom is meaningful, a private spot away from parents and siblings where they can shed a tear and be alone with their

Even a small amount of medical debt can trigger headaches It doesn’t take a huge unpaid medical bill to make a collection agency come calling … and calling.

Researchers found in a study of credit reports that more than 2 percent of adults had medical bills under $200 sent to a collection agency. Over half of the annual medical collections were for less than $600, according to the study, which examined 2016 credit reports for more than 4 million unidentified people.

“A lot of these bills are much more modest than many people will think,” said one of the researchers, Benedic Ippolito, an economist with the think tank American Enterprise Institute.

Hospitals or other care providers will send a bill to collections when the patient hasn’t paid over a certain amount of time, often six to 12 months.

That can hurt the patient’s credit rating and lead to repeat phone calls from the agency that takes over the unpaid debt, according to debt experts.

The study, published recently in the journal Health Affairs, also found that trouble with medical debt can hit sooner than patients might think.

Here’s a deeper look inside the issue.

WHO WINDS UP IN DEBT TROUBLE Researchers found that the percentage of people in trouble with medical debt and the size of what is owed generally

peaked at a young age, even though medical spending typically rises as people grow older.

People in their late 20s were nearly three times as likely to have a medical bill sent to collections than those in their late 60s, when people can qualify for the federal Medicare coverage program. The average size of the medical debt dropped nearly 40 percent from ages 27 to 64.

All told, about 16 percent of the credit reports included medical bills in collections.

The study’s picture of medical debt had some limitations. It only identified bills that landed in collections. It doesn’t show debt paid by other means like credit cards.

ance problems. Neither Singleton nor the foundation was involved in the study.

Medical bills also can remain unpaid if patients must feed a family or pay utilities first.

“If it’s a matter of paying a medical bill or putting food on the table, they’re going to put food on the table,” Singleton said.

WHAT TO DO Take action when bills arrive. Check to make sure your insurer processed the claim correctly. Many invoices list a phone number if patients have questions or need help.

“Don’t put a bunch of envelopes on the top of your desk and pretend that they don’t exist,” Singleton said.

Billing departments typically will work with patients who have payment concerns, said Rita Robinson, a case manager for the advocacy group. They might be able to set up a payment plan or connect you with some discounts or charity that the hospital offers.

Patients can no longer get that help once a bill goes to collections.

Robinson said many patients, especially those with cancer, have more anxiety over the bills they will face than over their actual treatment. They’re often worried that the treatments will stop if they can’t pay their bills.

“It’s very terrifying,” she said.

——— Follow Tom Murphy on Twitter: @thpmurphy

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WHAT PUSHES THEM THERE The study didn’t delve into the factors, but Ippolito noted that patients in their late 20s probably haven’t reached their peak earnings or built up savings, and they are more likely to be uninsured.

Insurance protection also can be limited because some plans require patients to pay thousands of dollars toward a claim before coverage begins.

The extent of a patient’s illness and whether they miss work often factor into debt problems, said Erin Singleton of the nonprofit Patient Advocate Foundation, which helps critically or chronically ill patients deal with debt and insur-

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Know what to say when postpartum depression hits a loved one

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press

NEW YORK — Gwyneth Paltrow, Chrissy Teigen, Adele: The charge to destigmatize postpartum depression has never before had so many high-profile sufferers willing to share their stories.

Add Serena Williams to the list. The 23-time Grand Slam champion playing in the U.S. Open took to Instagram last month after a loss in San Jose, California, to describe her feelings of inadequacy as a mother since the birth nearly a year ago of her daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. “Talking things through with my mom, my sisters, my friends let me know that my feelings are totally normal,” she wrote.

Postpartum depression, or PPD, does not have a single cause, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.

It likely results from a mix of physical and emotional factors. The condition can last up three years after giving birth, with symptoms ranging from feelings of sadness beyond the “baby blues” to thoughts of self-harm or doing harm to the baby.

According to the American Psychological Association, up to 1 in 7 women experience the serious mood disorder or worse after giving birth. The World Health Organization says about 20 percent of mothers in developing countries around the

globe experience clinical depression after childbirth.

Though public discourse on postpartum depression has never been higher, a stigma persists. Friends, co-workers and loved ones who haven’t experienced depression themselves may be at a loss for how to help.

“I think people are scared to talk about it, but many people suffer and want to know they are not alone,” said Talya Knable, a Baltimore counselor with friends and clients who struggled. “People need a lot of support.”

When it comes to attempting that support, she said, there are sentiments to avoid: “Everyone has a hard time, you will get used to it. I didn’t feel depressed when I had a baby.

It can’t be that bad. You don’t need medication to get through this. Don’t you love your baby?

This is what you always wanted, you should be happy!”

Developing a more positive vocabulary when looking from the outside in is a matter of reassurance, Knable said: “You are a great mother and doing a great job. This part is really hard. It will get better. You are not alone in this. I am here to help if you need me. I know you are trying really hard. You can do this!”

Amanda Munday in Toronto suffered from severe postpartum depression and was hospitalized for 18 days following the birth of her first child,

a daughter who is now 4. Her list of what not to say includes: “Is the baby healthy, though?

Sleep when the baby sleeps” and “It’s just your hormones, it will pass.”

She suggests reaching out instead with: “You are a good parent. Those dark thoughts do not define you” and “You are allowed to put yourself first.”

Heidi McBain is a Flower Mound, Texas, therapist who specializes in maternal mental health. She struggled with postpartum anxiety herself after a miscarriage and went into therapy for grief and loss when she got pregnant again. The anxiety continued after the birth of her son, who is now 9.

Her what-to-say list is short and to the point: “How can I help?” Her do-not-utter list covers some common missteps: “Why would you need medication from your doctor? Are you sure this isn’t all in your head?”

Seeing a doctor is precisely what a woman should do if she fears the “baby blues” have crossed into more dangerous territory, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.

The term “baby blues” is often used to describe “feelings of worry, unhappiness and fatigue that many women experience after having a baby,” the agency said. Up to 80 percent of mothers experience such feelings in a somewhat mild form, lasting a week or two and going away on their own.

Serena Williams chases a shot by Carina Witthoeft, of Germany, during the second round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Postpartum depression is when sadness and anxiety can be extreme and interfere with a woman’s ability to care for herself or her family, the institute said. It usually requires treatment.

“Finding a therapist who specialized in postpartum mood disorder and the right medication under supervision of a psychiatrist is what helped me get better. It’s an illness that needs professional treatment,” said Jen Schwartz, co-founder

of the blog motherhood-understood.com.

Getting out of the house as a new mother suffering severe PPD can be a problem, said Carole Brody Fleet in Orange County, California.

She suffered after the birth of her now 29-year-old daughter, at a time when fewer women were willing to speak out.

Finding it difficult to leave the house, she received overthe-phone counseling from La Leche League.

“The most important step for me in treating PPD was understanding that reaching out for help was not a sign of weakness or failure as a new mother,” she said.

Dr. Adeeti Gupta, who founded Walk In GYN Care with two clinics in New York, has one sentence that loved ones should never let slip out: “Are you depressed and unhappy about being a mother?”

Professor researching if snake venom can cure cancer

By EMILY WENGER The Tribune of Greeley, Co.

GREELEY, Colo. — When Stephen Mackessy opened the door to one of his favorite rooms on the University of Northern Colorado campus, it erupted with a noise like a mix of cicadas buzzing, rain hitting a metal roof and raucous applause after a concert.

It’s enough to make many people nervous, even Mackessy’s graduate students, especially when they see what made the noise.

Mackessy sees it differently.

“They’re just saying hi,” he said, grinning widely and gesturing to a room lined with venomous snakes.

The cages had different colored tags based on their risk. Red means the highest danger, such as the rattlesnake whose venom Mackessy planned to extract.

But for Mackessy, their potential to help humanity far outweighs any risk to his own wellbeing.

Yes, their venom can kill, but Mackessy studies snake venom because he thinks it can do good. In fact, he believes the same venom that can destroy human tissue in less than a day could one day cure cancer.

HOW DID THIS ALL START? “I was bitten by a venomous snake and it was radioactive. Now every time the moon comes out .” Mackessy said, trailing off with a grin.

Mackessy’s dry sense of humor helps him shrug off the fact that he puts his life, or perhaps just a limb, at risk, at least a few times a week. But he was bitten, once, when he was in high school, working for a company that imported and exported snakes from all over the world.

His job was to take care of the venomous snakes.

“Of which there was a plethora,” he said.

The snake that bit him wasn’t radioactive, but it was poisonous.

He was 15 and it was April Fool’s Day, and he grabbed a baby snake by the tail — “Like you’re not supposed to do,” he said — and it reached around and bit his hand. He escaped without serious damage after a trip to the hospital and with a little more awareness of how careful he should be when handling the snakes.

The incident also did nothing to tamper his interest. In fact, it probably bolstered it.

Mackessy graduated from high school knowing that he wanted to study snakes as a biologist.

If he knew then what he’d be doing in the future, Mackessy said he could have collected plenty of venom.

Because he was working with 14-foot king cobras, among other species, he figures it’s probably just as well he didn’t try. The biggest risk for being bitten, especially in the U.S., is if you’re messing with a snake, he said, just like when he grabbed the tail of the snake that bit him.

“Strangely enough, the most common demographic (to receive snake bites) is young white males,” he said, with that same dry sense of humor.

From there, he went on to study biology in college and decided to work with venom in graduate school. That meant taking chemistry, classes he’d avoided up until then. He now knows about as much about the chemical properties of rattlesnake venom as anyone in the world. He’s considered a leading expert on it: Outside Magazine recently contacted him for an article about the gruesome effects of getting bitten by a rattlesnake.

But his indecision prior to becoming a snake expert gave him a good perspective when advising students, he said, because his own journey wasn’t quite what he planned.

HOW DOES IT ALL WORK? Mackessy could talk for hours about the toxins in snake venom and how he and his students study it, but the process basically boils down to three steps: extract snake venom, study the toxins inside it and how the snakes use the venom, and study those toxins’ possible effects on humans and cancer cells.

Almost as sinister as the snakes in that rattling room is the large, liquid-nitrogen container upstairs filled with cancer cells. Those cancer cells, of course, have killed millions more than the snakes.

Mackessy and his students can keep those cells frozen for years, but if they need to study them they can warm them up and they’ll multiply. In a week or so, they grow from a million cells to 10-20 million. Melanoma and brain cancer cells are some of the fastest multiplying, he said. Mackessy would know: He had a bit of skin cancer himself on his back, something that grew from never wearing a shirt outside when he was younger.

In a fridge near the container are vials of snake venom. The venom doesn’t change much, Mackessy said, especially once it’s freeze-dried and put in a fridge.

He has samples he collected 40 years ago, and although they’ve gone through some small changes, they’re still good to study, he said.

That sturdiness is one reason the toxins in snake venom could be useful in medicine.

“A lot of other protein drugs are inherently unstable, but venoms in particular are designed to be stable under bad conditions,” he said.

What excites him the most, however, is the way snake venom has evolved to attack the specific prey in the snakes’ diet, as well as the predators that threaten them.

“These toxins bind very specifically to these particular creatures’ receptors,” he said.

Therefore, the toxins have the potential to be used in a drug that would affect the cancer alone, unlike more conven-

tional methods such as chemotherapy.

Mackessy, his students and a colleague made a specific discovery on that fact this summer when they published an article about two different toxins found in an Amazon puffing snake’s venom. One part immobilizes birds and lizards, and yet another affects mammals. The study made headlines.

What’s cool about the two toxins, something Mackessy

said hasn’t been found in any other snake, is it indicates a closer relationship between lizards and birds, even though birds are warm-blooded like mammals.

Venom can not only tell Mackessy about how snakes evolved, but also how their prey and predators have evolved around them.

——— Information from: The Tribune of Greeley, Co, http:// greeleytribune.com

Create more closet space without major renovations

A basement remodeling project can add valuable and usable space to a home. For many years, homeowners overlooked the potential of a basement remodel, perhaps thinking it would not be a smart return on investment. But that’s no longer the case.

The latest “Cost vs. Value” report from Remodeling mag-

azine says the average basement remodel can cost around $61,000 with a 70.3 percent recoup rate. In addition, HGTV says architects and contractors indicate the cost of redoing a basement is roughly one-third to one-half less than the price of putting an addition on a home.

Before remodeling a basement, homeowners should

think about how they want to use the space. Homeowners also must focus on some potential obstacles in a basement that will need to be addressed so that the area can be as functional as possible.

Basements can be chilly and damp. That means moisture issues and heating and cooling needs must be addressed prior

to any construction. Homeowners may have to consider the installation of a dehumidifier and run venting through the basement to allow for proper climate control. If a basement takes on water, either through the walls or a concrete slab, a professional waterproofing company can come in and fix these issues so they will not damage drywall and flooring afterwards.

The presence of insects and pests also must be addressed.

Exterminators can help homeowners figure out which insects are in their basements and how to make the space less hospitable to these unwelcome guests so that the room will become comfortable for human occupants.

Space is often at a premium in basements, which may contain HVAC units, water heaters, filtration devices, ductwork, pipes, and the other appliances.

Qualified contractors can suggest solutions for cordoning off appliances and camouflaging pipes and wires so they won’t detract from the finished product. However, building access panels into the design

will make it easier to service or repair features as necessary.

Homeowners also may want to wrap pipes before drywall is installed to quiet noisy drainage pipes.

Uneven basement flooring will need to be smoothed out and flattened before carpeting or tile can be laid down. A selfleveling underlayment can be applied to fill in gullies, while larger crack and holes will need to be patched.

Once the structure of the basement is addressed, then the design work can begin. Many professionals advise against drop ceilings, which can take away from ceiling height and look cheap. Basements can be dark, so the addition of plenty of lighting can help brighten the room. Small basement windows can be replaced with larger ones to add more light as well.

Homeowners can mimic built-ins and architectural details from elsewhere in the home so the basement is aesthetically cohesive and doesn’t seem like an addition. Bookcases and shelving can add valuable storage space as well. Decorate the

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Tough decisions for thousands of ‘food insecure’ families CLAIRTON, Pa. — Avoid brand names. Look for sales, daily. For sandwiches, if there’s cheese, just one slice — and careful with the lunch meat.

Not too much milk. Make a pot of spaghetti and hope it lasts you a week.

For some families, these might be optional guidelines for saving money. For the Breegle family in Clairton, these rules are a matter of survival.

On the surface, Elizabeth Breegle and her two children, a 12-year-old son and 13-yearold daughter, might seem eligible for SNAP benefits since the monthly paycheck is $452 below the gross income limits for food stamps. But the family doesn’t qualify for aid because it doesn’t meet another important qualification: the net income limit, a calculation of the gross income minus eligible deductions like rent and heating costs.

That puts them in a no man’s land: They don’t qualify for SNAP but still are food insecure — lacking reliable access to affordable, nutritious food. The USDA estimates that 12.3 percent of households and 41 million people nationwide, were food insecure as of 2016. That percentage is higher in Allegheny County, where an estimated 168,000 individuals were food insecure in 2016 —13.7 percent of individuals overall and 16.8 percent of children, according to Feeding America.

“It’s a choice to pay the utilities or buy food to feed you and your children,” said Breegle, 45, who rents a house in Clairton.

“I would have to decide

which month, which utility is getting paid so I can feed the kids,” she said. “It comes to a point sometimes where you only pay the ones that you have a shut-off notice on and let the other ones go for a while.”

Breegle still fits within the eligibility cutoffs to receive some federally funded food pantry resources — but many food insecure people don’t.

Nationally, a little more than a quarter of food-insecure individuals are ineligible for federal nutritional assistance, but that percentage is even higher in Allegheny County. In 2016, an estimated 44 percent of food insecure county residents, including 39 percent of children, were above 185 percent of the federal poverty level and thus ineligible for federal nutritional assistance, according to Feeding America, a national nonprofit with a network of more than 200 food banks and an annual food insecurity report called “Map the Meal Gap.” “People get into a Catch-22 situation,” said Donna Little, the executive director of the Rainbow Kitchen Community Services, a Homestead organization committed to fighting hunger. “At the income they’re at right now, and if they were to make a little bit more money, then they wouldn’t be eligible for SNAP.” Breegle can’t switch jobs because she doesn’t have one.

Her $2,271 in monthly income comes from Social Security survivors benefits from her husband’s unexpected death from a heart attack two years ago — on her daughter’s 12th birthday and the day

before his own birthday. Five months later, she said her family lost SNAP benefits, which amounted to about $630 before her husband’s death and a little more than $500 once he died.

Because of her Meniere’s disease, which causes severe vertigo and fluctuating hearing loss, Breegle has not been able to work since 2012, when she repeatedly blacked out at her job at Walmart. After being denied federal disability benefits twice, she’s in the process of reapplying again as she recovers from spinal surgery in May to correct her crushed vertebrae.

Even routine payments become difficult, she said: paying monthly car insurance, buying gas, plus inspections. A few months ago, her car brake systems went out, which cost about $200.

“We went without milk for like two weeks. There was no lunch meat. Sometimes there was no bread in the house,” she said. “My son when he’s hungry, if there’s not much here, he will just eat canned fruit … It’s not a regular meal, but at least he’s eating something.”

According to USDA guidelines, to qualify for SNAP, a family’s gross monthly income must lie below 130 percent of the federal poverty level (currently, $2,665 per month for a family of four) which increases with household size, and special guidelines apply if household members are disabled or elderly. Additionally, a household’s net income must equal the federal poverty level, which is currently $2,050 per month for a family of four.

Many states, however, opt

for “broad-based categorical eligibility,” which allows households to qualify for SNAP if they meet the requirements for a non-cash Temporary Assistance for Needy Families or State Maintenance of Effort funded benefit, often referred to as welfare. In Pennsylvania, the SNAP gross income threshold is 160 percent of the federal poverty level, which is $3,280 per month for a family of four.

Some federal nutritional aid programs directly target at-risk groups, such as the Commodity Supplemental Food Program, informally called the “Senior Box Program” with 130 percent FPL limits, and the Women, Infants, and Children program with 185 percent FPL limits — but Breegle and her family don’t qualify for these programs. However, during the school year, her children qualify for free lunch.

“In the summer, my kids will eat a lot of ramen noodles.

They eat that daily because it’s cheap,” said Breegle, who also deals with anxiety and depression issues on top of her mounting financial and health concerns.

For extra food assistance, Breegle goes to Rainbow Kitchen on the second Wednesday of each month for items such as milk, bread, eggs and cereal.

Rainbow Kitchen, like many local food pantries and soup kitchens, receives resources from the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank in Duquesne through the Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Program, which distributes food to nearly 400 member agencies in 11 southwestern

Pennsylvania counties.

TEFAP funding sources can often determine the income guidelines for food pantries.

Member agencies receiving TEFAP resources must have families fill out a self-declaration form to certify that their income is at or below 150 percent of the federal poverty level, a guideline set by Pennsylvania.

If a hungry person is ineligible for food assistance, Rainbow Kitchen, like many area food pantries “would not turn someone away” and instead offers food through other funding sources, such as private donations, according to Donna Little, executive director of Rainbow Kitchen.

However, for the 34.7 million families nationwide that United Way has dubbed ALICE (asset limited, income constrained, and employed) individuals struggling to make ends meet, many of these “working poor” can’t be found at a food pantry — often because of the associated stigma, according to Leah Lizarondo, CEO and cofounder of 412 Food Rescue, an organization that provides a network of nonprofits with unsellable but viable healthy food from local food providers. Lack of transportation also can limit access.

Lizarondo stressed the importance of “untraditional food networks” in providing food access.

“We catch them at places where they still access services, such as subsidized day care centers,” she said. “The reason why it’s important for us to work with these centers: We want the parents to not only

pick up their kid, but also pick up a bag of groceries, no questions asked.”

Sometimes having SNAP isn’t even a firm guarantee to receive assistance.

Passed June 21, the 2018 House Farm Bill, which includes a controversial work requirement for able-bodied adult SNAP recipients, could reduce or eliminate SNAP benefits for more than 1 million low income households with more than 2 million people, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

In an official statement, the White House criticized the Senate bill, passed June 26, for not including the work requirement and because it “fails to close eligibility loopholes and target benefits to the neediest households.”

Soon, lawmakers will need to reconcile House and Senate versions of the five-year, $867 billion legislation, with pressure to act before current farm programs begin to expire on Sept. 30.

Starting in late August, for $12 per hour, Breegle will work at her children’s charter school, which has agreed to accommodate her Meniere’s disease, so her food struggle won’t be quite as dire.

However, if the farm bill passes with SNAP eligibility changes, hundreds of thousands of families might find themselves in the same position she is now: cut off from federal aid but still struggling to make ends meet.

Maintaining bird feeders and bird baths essential to avian health Bird watching is a pastime enjoyed by people of all ages.

While many people trek into the woods to see their favorite birds, homeowners can take steps to entice these fascinating and feathered friends right to their backyards.

Homeowners who want to attract birds to their properties can do so by providing the birds food, shelter and places to wash up or cool off. Installing a bird feeder and a bird bath in your yard is one way to attract a bevy of winged creatures that can provide hours of enjoyment.

Establishing a bird-friendly environment may seem as simple as hanging a feeder on a pole or tree and erecting a bird bath nearby. But a certain level of maintenance is needed to keep birds healthy and happy.

According to the experts at the Bird Watcher’s Digest, recent research indicates feeders can sometimes be a source of disease for the birds visiting them. The Audubon Society echoes that warning, saying that bird feeders and baths can serve as transmission stations for dis-

eases such as aspergillosis, avian pox and salmonellosis. Recently, scientists noted that the spread of trichomonad protozoan parasites is on the rise, especially among mourning dove and band-tailed pigeon populations.

Such warnings are not meant to deter budding birding hobbyists. Organizations like the Audobon Society hope that such warnings send the message that disinfection and maintenance is necessary to maintain sanitary environments for birds. Doing so is relatively easy and well worth the time for birding enthusiasts.

• The Humane Society of the United States advises cleaning hanging feeders once every two weeks or more often if they’re heavily used. Ground-feeding designs should be cleaned every two days. Feeders can be immersed in a very-diluted solution of bleach to water (nine parts water to one part bleach).

Let soak for a few minutes, and then scrub the feeder with a stiff brush or scouring pad before rinsing. Allow the feeder to dry completely before refilling it with seed.

• Bird baths should be emptied of water each day. Brush or wipe the bath clean, then rinse and refill with fresh water. Do not leave standing water overnight; otherwise bird baths can easily become a breeding ground for mosquitoes and other parasites.

• Frequently collect discarded seed hulls and clean bird droppings from beneath feeders. If the area around the feeder has become especially soiled, relocate the feeder elsewhere and clean its initial location.

• Follow proper instructions with regard to seed and other bird food. For example, reduce the amount of suet offered in hot weather. Heat can cause suet to spoil, and sticky suet can become stuck in birds’ feathers and make it hard for them to keep clean.

• Try to provide more than one feeder and bird bath to prevent overcrowding. Crowding can contribute to the spread of disease.

• Do not situate feeders and bird baths under perches where they can be soiled by droppings.

How to find the time for fitness Many adults admit to having little or no time to exercise, and statistics support the notion that men and women simply aren’t exercising enough. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, only 21 percent of adults ages 18 and older met the physical activity guidelines for aerobic and musclestrengthening activity (Note: The World Health Organization recommends that healthy adults between the ages of 18 and 64 should do at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity throughout the week or do at least 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity throughout the week, while also performing muscle-strengthening activities involving the major muscle groups at least two days per week.)

Commitments to work and family can make it hard to find time to visit the gym or exercise at home. But the benefits of regular exercise are so substantial that even the busiest adults should make concerted efforts to find time to exercise. The following are a handful of ways to do just that.

• Embrace multitasking.

Many professionals are adept at mult-tasking in the office, and those same skills can be applied when trying to find time for exercise. Instead of plopping down on the couch to watch television, bring a tablet to the gym or the basement and stream

a favorite show while on the treadmill or the elliptical. When running errands around town, ride a bicycle or walk instead of driving.

• Cut down on screen time.

A 2016 report from The Nielsen Company revealed that the average adult in the United States spent more than 10 hours each day consuming media. That includes time spent using smartphones, tablets, personal computers, and other devices. By reducing that screen time by just one hour per day, adults can create enough free time to meet the WHO-recommended exercise requirements.

• Make it a group effort. Involving others can make it easier for adults to find time to exercise. Instead of hosting work meetings in a conference room, take the meeting outside, walking around the office complex

while discussing projects rather than sitting stationary around a conference table. At home, take the family along to the gym or go for nightly post-dinner walks around the neighborhood instead of retiring to the living room to watch television.

• Redefine date night. Adults who can’t find time for exercise during the week can redefine date night with their significant others. Instead of patronizing a local restaurant on Friday or Saturday night, enroll in a fitness class together. Parents can still hire babysitters to look after their youngsters while they go burn calories instead of packing them on at local eateries.

Finding time to exercise can be difficult for busy adults.

But those committed to getting healthier can find ways to do so even when their schedules are booked.

• If you notice birds look sick or are not acting strangely, halt feeding and bathing to prevent healthy birds from becoming ill. Wait a week before resuming feeding and notify wildlife officials if you find dead or sick birds around your property.

• Locate feeders and baths at least 30 feet away from windows so birds do not get confused by reflections and collide with the glass.

• Store seed in a dry container with a tight-fitting lid to prevent mold from forming and moisture from getting in.

Creating a thriving habitat for bird watching is easier than one might think. But once birds begin visiting a yard, homeowners must diligently maintain clean feeders and bird baths to ensure the birds stay as healthy as possible.

Any questions about wild-bird care can be directed to a local Audubon Society chapter or by visiting a pet store or bird hobby center.

Create more closet space without major renovations Closet space is at a premium in many homes and apartments. Many older homes were not built to accommodate large wardrobes, while rental properties are often designed to maximize living space at the expense of storage.

Closets vary depending on the size of the home, but many tend to be a minimum of 24 inches deep so they can store garments without the clothes brushing against the walls. Bedroom and hallway closets can be four feet in length or more. Walk-in closets are the largest options, but such spaces tend to only be available in modern homes or custom-built properties.

It is not always practical or possible to undergo renovations to create more closet space. Apart from moving to a new residence, homeowners or renters must evaluate the space they have and make some more efficient choices in how they utilize available areas.

Clear out clutter The first step to more closet space is to eliminate unused items. Clothing that no longer fits or items that can be stored elsewhere should be removed from the closet.

Donate as much as possible.

Some organizations will even pick up donations at your convenience.

Upgrade hangers and rods Replace existing hangers with slimmer, more uniform alternatives that more easily fit into your closet. In addition, remove empty hangers, which are likely just taking up space.

Consider dual closet rods if space will allow them. Hang the second rod below an area reserved for shorter clothing to achieve a two-tiered design. Grouping short items together also can free up valuable floor space.

Stack taller Many closets are as tall as the ceilings of the rooms where they’re located. However, the upper area may go unused because if it is not easy to reach. Install shelving above the closet rod with small swing-out style cabinet doors to offer access. In such areas, store seasonal items that you won’t need to reach for each day. Keep a step stool close by for easy accessibility.

In small rooms, homeowners may want to find another way to utilize vertical space.

A loft bed, which raises the bed up to a level where it might be on the top bunk of a bunk bed, will free up plenty of storage space beneath the bed. This can be turned into a floor closet.

Create storage for small items Bookends, bins, boxes and drawers can be used to contain items that don’t easily conform to closets. These may be purses, scarves, ties, and more. Don’t overlook the possibilities of hanging items on the wall inside the closet or on the back of closet doors.

When finishing closet makeovers, be sure to install lighting inside the closet so items are more visible.

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