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In the news Agencies map tectonic fault that touches Southeast KETCHIKAN (AP) — Federal agencies have completed the first highresolution mapping of a fastmoving underwater tectonic fault that extends from Vancouver Island, Canada, to southeast Alaska. Researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Geological Survey finished the comprehensive mapping of the 746-mile (1,200-kilometer) Queen Charlotte-Fairweather fault system, aiming to help coastal communities prepare for earthquakes and tsunamis risks with the data, the Ketchikan Daily News reported last week. Scientists gathered an indepth look at the sea floor from April through July along the strike-slip fault line, which is a fault that moves side to side. Using the NOAA research ship Fairweather, scientists were able to gain more insight into the fault system that lacked in-depth data, said Peter Haeussler, a research geologist with the geological survey. The Queen CharlotteFairweather fault system is the counterpart to the San Andreas fault in California. The two faults create the boundary between the North America and Pacific tectonic plates. “It’s the same plate boundary, the same two plates moving past each other — but the big difference is that the San Andreas fault is mostly on land, whereas the Queen Charlotte fault system is entirely offshore and underwater,” Haeussler said. The Queen Charlotte fault system is one of the fastest moving strike-slip faults in the world with its slip rate of more than 2 inches (5 centimeters) per year. The San Andreas fault slips up to 1.5 inches (3.8 centimeters) per year, according to the geological survey. Fast-moving faults more often lead to large earthquakes than slow-moving faults, Haeussler said. Among the uses for the new data, it will be incorporated into updates for the seismic hazard map for the state, Haeussler said.
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Search continues for man lost after boat overturns in Kenai River Staff report Peninsula Clarion
Dan Bilyeu of Northern Lights Mushrooms sells oyster mushrooms and a large variety of peppers, including scotch bonnets, jalapenos, poblanos and more at Tuesday’s Farmers Fresh Market at the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank, near Soldotna. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
Stock the shelves as summer ends Produce is plentiful as farmers market season is wrapping up By VICTORIA PETERSEN Peninsula Clarion
Despite the unexpected sunny August weather, summer is wrapping up, which means only a few more opportunities to shop local at farmers markets. Dan Bilyeu of Northern Lights Mushrooms sells his produce at the Farmers Fresh Market on Tuesdays and at the Soldotna Saturday Market. His stand is stacked with crates filled
with zucchinis, oyster mushrooms and colorful peppers, like scotch bonnets, jalapenos, poblanos and more. “My peppers have been phenomenal,” Bilyeu said. “I’ve got peppers everywhere. Nothing we raise here has the heat the southern peppers do, but they still give pretty good heat. I really like the flavor they have to them though. I’m not really into the burnyour-tongue-off kind of heat anyway.” After farmers markets end, Bilyeu
takes advantage of the Alaska Food Hub, a virtual farmers market where people can order products online. When the Alaska Food Hub season ends at the end of October and Bilyeu still has a surplus of produce, he turns to Anchorage, which hosts a yearround farmers market inside the Midtown Mall. “I take everything to Anchorage because I just don’t have any place to See FARM, page A9
Troopers are still looking for a man who went missing in the Kenai River on Monday when a boat overturned. First responders received reports from multiple people of a boat overturning around 6:59 p.m. Monday on the Kenai River near the Moose Meadows, with multiple people in the water, according to an online Alaska State Troopers dispatch. Two men were seen hanging onto an overturned boat while a third floated downriver, according to the dispatch. The two — later identified as Charles Bohman, 68, and Lawrence Paul, 64, both of Algoma, Wisconsin — were rescued by a private individual . “A good Samaritan in the area observed what was occurring and responded in a private boat, rescuing the two males from the overturned boat and transporting them to the shore where they were met by Central Emergency Services and transported to Central Peninsula Hospital,” the dispatch states. Alaska Wildlife Troopers and Central Emergency Services personnel looked for See RIVER, page A9
Paws and circumstance: Dogs graduate off-leash training By ERIN THOMPSON Peninsula Clarion
They didn’t throw their caps into the air — in fact, a few wiggled out of them — and instead of walking a podium to get their diplomas, the graduates sat. Or rather, stayed. About a dozen dogs — large, small, energetic or serene — gathered with their owners last week at Skyview Middle School for their final session of the Scotch Pines Dog Training program. Taught by Stephanie Hostetter, the nine-week program teaches owners techniques on how to get dogs to stay by their side, come when called, ignore distractions and, eventually, behave themselves when not leashed. Hostetter, who has taught classes in Idaho for nine years and in Alaska for six, first learned about off-leash methods when she took her springer spaniel, Belle, to a training course. “I had taken a … treat-based program,” she said. “I read books, and my dog was still out of control. And somebody told me about this class and so I enrolled and I was blown away.” The program uses positive feedback as well as “correction” techniques, such as using a training collar and a spray bottle with vinegar to deter barking. While Hostetter acknowledges that correction techniques can be controversial, she’s found the training was most effective for her. “My dog was off-leash reliable for her whole life and she lived to to be 12 and a half,”
Hostetter said. Although the course is aimed at changing a dog’s behavior, the training is as much for the owner as it is for the animals, she said. “First of all, you need to be the boss. The person needs to be the leader and the dog needs to be the follower. Otherwise they’re really not going to agree to obey,” Hostetter said. “So we start with leadership and then we follow that with consistent, clear training and instruction.” Ahead of last week’s ceremony, dogs and owners practiced obedience exercises on a lawn near Skyview Middle School playing fields. Dogs showed off their new willing- A student in the Scotch Pines Dog Training program receives a graduation cap on Wednesday, ness to sit, come to owners and Aug. 22 at Skyview Middle School in Soldotna. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion) walk off leash, with a only few occasionally distracted by fellow animals and people. The event capped off with each dog receiving a diploma and goodie bag, including a bone. Each was also fitted with a mini graduation cap. Eight-month-old poodle Chloe (legal name Whisper By ELIZABETH EARL people with disabilities receive services right Ridge Chloe), sat by her ownPeninsula Clarion now. Rather, it’s a lens that future policies er’s side throughout the cershould be interpreted through, said Patrick emony, and even stayed put Reinhart, the executive director of the GovAlaskans with disabilities will now have — graduation cap and all — as more flexibility in determining their care since ernor’s Council on Disabilities and Special the humans chatted and dogs Gov. Bill Walker signed Senate Bill 174 into Education. played. “We call it aspirational language,” he said. law Saturday. “She was very frustrat“We had one a few years ago called employIn a ceremony in Soldotna, Walker signed ing when we brought her into the bill with dozens of people from Hope ment-first, when we spend state money with class,” owner Thelma MusCommunity Resources, the Independent Liv- people with disabilities, we should be asking grove said. “She jumped up on ing Center, Access Alaska and other advocacy them what they want to do for a living. It’s not all our grandkids. She peed evand care organizations in attendance. The bill an actual policy thing, it is a policy, it’s telling ery time she pet a new person. adds language to the legislative findings re- state workers (to ask) what (people with disShe didn’t obey. She was very lated to the state’s disability services program, abilities) want to do for a living. This is kind independent, not very loving.” establishing the intent that disability services of similar in that respect in terms of it being After nine weeks of class, be person-directed and flexible to individual aspirational language.” Chloe has made strides — she Walker signed the bill before a room filled needs. has stopped jumping, can naviSee BILL, page A9 The law doesn’t directly change the way
Governor signs disability service philosophy bill into law
See DOGS, page A9