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Monday, March 18, 2019 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Vol. 49, Issue 143
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In the news Two groups taking to Capitol steps this week Two groups are taking to the Capitol steps this week in an attempt to make lawmakers hear them. At noon Monday, the University of Alaska Coalition of Student Leaders will hold a rally on the steps. It’s expected to last an hour, and Fourth Street between Main Street and Seward Street will be closed to vehicular traffic during that time span. Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposed budget would cut the university’s budget almost in half. Forty-eight hours later, the steps will be the site of another rally from a group that would be affected by the governor’s proposed cuts. At noon Wednesday, the Alaska Public Employees Association will hold a “Save the Alaska Marine Highway System” rally on the steps. The event is expected to last an hour, and the block in front of the Capitol will again be closed to vehicular traffic. Dunleavy’s proposed budget would cut the ferry system’s budget by 75 percent, a proposal that has elicited record amounts of public comment in opposition. — Juneau Empire
Forest service plans large sale of old growth timber JUNEAU (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service is planning the largest sale of Alaskan old growth timber in years. KTOO reported Saturday that the Prince of Wales Island Landscape Level Analysis project will harvest as much as 225 million board feet of old growth lumber from Prince of Wales Island in Tongass National Forest. The service says the process will be gradual as it will not allow more than 100 acres of clear cutting at one time from the southeastern Alaska region. The logging industry group Alaska Forest Association says harvesting the trees will keep remaining mills open. Critics say the deal is a retreat from the forest service’s 2016 announcement it would largely phase out old growth timber sales in the Tongass over 15 years.
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Green for a day A parade participant passes out candy at Soldotna’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Sunday. Crowds lined up along the Kenai Spur Highway to watch a procession of floats, vehicles and marchers make their way from Bailey’s Furniture to the intersection of the Kenai Spur and Sterling highways. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
Shamrock Shuffle benefits Whalers wrestling Man charged in Alaska cold case due in court
By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion
Kurt and Tammy Strausbaugh promoted a healthy community lifestyle Sunday, times two. The Strausbaughs put on the first Shamrock Shuffle at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. The 1.5and 3-mile runs were organized to align with St. Patrick’s Day and drew about 90 competitors. Proceeds benefited the Soldotna Whalers Freestyle Wrestling Club. For Josiah Martin, the overall winner of the 3-mile run with a time of 17 minutes, 29 seconds, it was easy to see how the Whalers and the community fun run joined together. Martin was a member of the Whalers program when he was 8 years old before moving to the Kenai Kavemen Wrestling Club. “I’m happy to support exercise and activity,” Martin said. “So many kids these days don’t have an outlet for those things. This
Runners take off at the start of the Shamrock Shuffle on Sunday, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
gives them that outlet.” Martin said he has always appreciated being active, whether that was backcountry adventures with his family, basketball at the Kenai Recreation Center, fat tire biking or cross-country skiing. His YouTube channel, youtube.com/c/josiahmartin, is devoted to being outside and being active.
All those hours of activity came in handy for Martin during the race when Jordan Strausbaugh, a freshman at Soldotna High School, streaked into the lead in the 3-mile race. Strausbaugh finished 16th in the Class 4A state race for the Soldotna girls in the fall. This winter, she took up skiing for the first
time and won the junior varsity Region III title. Lately, she has been staying in shape with her favorite sport — soccer. Though she never wrestled for the Whalers, Jordan’s brother, Jacob, does. Jacob is a sixth-grader and Soldotna Montessori Charter School and Jordan See RUN, page A11
AUBURN, Maine (AP) — A Maine man who is fighting extradition to Alaska for a murder charge is due back in court for his fugitive from justice case. Steven Downs has been charged by Alaska authorities with the 1993 sexual assault and murder of 20-year-old Sophie Sergie at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He’s due in Androscoggin County Superior Court in Auburn on Wednesday morning. Downs was a Fairbanks student at the time of Sergie’s death. She was a former student. He was linked to the crime by DNA and has been charged with being a fugitive from justice. Downs’ defense lawyer has said Downs completely denies any involvement with the crime. Downs is a resident of Auburn, Maine, and is contesting his extradition back to Alaska.
What are the options to extend Dog that ran Iditarod ferry service past October? dies of pneumonia By MOLLIE BARNES Juneau Empire
Hundreds of people testified on Tuesday in support of the ferry system. Many fear it will shut down after Oct. 1. The people’s fears aren’t coming out of nowhere. People are looking for scenarios that could keep the ferry system open past the October deadline the governor has proposed in his fiscal year 2020 budget. As it stands, the ferry system is facing a $97 million cut — 75 percent of its budget — under Gov.
Mike Dunleavy’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2020. The ferry system may only operate seasonally instead of year-round. The Alaska Marine Highway System has already stopped taking reservations after Oct. 1. Many who testified Tuesday said just the prospect of closing the system in October has already began to hurt them. One tour business operator said she relies on the reservation system to help customers book travel. So even though nothing has been finalized regarding how much or how little the ferry
system will run after the summer season, people are already feeling the effects. But, Dunleavy’s office says stopping service in October isn’t the end goal. “There’s been a lot of focus about the end goal here — the need to reform the system and reshape the system to make it work in a way that works for Alaskans,” said Matt Shuckerow, Dunleavy’s press secretary, in an interview with the Empire. “I don’t think the governor is saying wholesale eliminate the ferry system altogether, he’s saying we need to find a See FERRY, page A2
ANCHORAGE (AP) — Iditarod race officials say a dog on a racer’s team has died of pneumonia, and the musher has been withdrawn from the event. In a statement, the Iditarod organization announced that Oshi, a 5-year-old female on the race team of Richie Beattie, died Saturday evening at an animal hospital in Anchorage from aspiration pneumonia. Beattie and his team finished the race on Thursday. The organization says that while carrying out postrace checkups, Iditarod
Trail Committee veterinarians examining Oshi noticed signs of pneumonia. The dog was transported by emergency charter flight to Anchorage on Friday. The dog died the next day. The Idiatord says a necropsy will be conducted by a board-certified veterinary pathologist to determine the official cause of death. The 2019 race came during a bruising two-year stretch for the Iditarod that included a dog doping scandal and the loss of national sponsors amid See DOG, page A3
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way to make it work.” Searching for scenarios that could extend service past October At a Tuesday presentation by the Office of Management and Budget and the Department Of Transportation & Public Facilities, directors from these agencies outlined three possible future scenarios for the AMHS. Each of the three scenarios proposes extending service past Oct. 1, but at a price. Each option proposes reducing sailings or cutting service to certain ports like Prince Rupert, Angoon, Tenakee Springs and Pelican. All scenarios rely on the “fare box recovery rate,” which is the fraction of operating costs that are covered by passenger fares. But legislators say these are just options, and some plan to produce another plan besides these three. “These scenarios were created by the (Dunleavy) administration, and the Legislature is not limited to select from only these options,” Rep. Louise Stutes, R-Kodiak, told the Empire in an email. “I certainly intend to use my position as the Co-Chair of the House Transportation Committee to ensure coastal Alaskans get basic service.” She said the three scenarios presented by the governor’s office were “unreasonably fixated on the fare box recovery rate” and that the fare box recovery rate in Alaska is excellent compared to other ferry operations around the world. The AMHS fare box recovery rate has hovered between 30 and 35 percent from 2007 through 2018, according to the OMB presentation. The three scenarios proposed by the OMB all predicted fare box recoveries between 40 and 50 percent. “Additionally, even if the ships operated at full capacity all year, and we generated as much revenue as possible, no routes would come close to a 100 percent fare box recovery,” Stutes said. The AMHS Reform study
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found that there are no operating scenarios where AMHS can recover its operating costs through the fare box and still fulfill its critical public service mission. Earlier this week, Senate Democrats said they were worried about what would happen to AMHS assets like ferry terminals and boats if the ferry system were to stop running. “When the marine highway system came in front of the Senate Finance committee, it became evident that they were not going to get any more money, and that was stated very bluntly,” said Sen. Donald Olson, D-Golovin, at a Monday press conference. “What are your plans to go ahead and keep them so that one, they maintain their Coast Guard certification?” He said the OMB didn’t have answers to that. Total AMHS assets are worth about $1.1 billion, Shuckerow said, with the breakdown of that being about $1.067 billion in vessels and approximately $47 million in facilities (terminals, docks, etc.). This initial estimate does not include all assets, such as spare parts for ferries, he said. Stutes said it wouldn’t make much sense to sell any of the marine highway assets, and that she asked DOT&PF Commissioner Designee John MacKinnon on March 7 to provide information regarding the liabilities Alaska would hold if any assets were sold. “I expect we would have to pay quite a bit back to the federal government if we decided to abandon the assets they helped us purchase,” Stutes said. She’s still waiting to hear back from MacKinnon on the specifics. A fast-tracked analysis Dunleavy’s main goal right now is to wait for the upcoming report by a yetto-be-hired consultant that he hopes will provide direction, Shuckerow said. “Of course we’re going to wait until a report that outlines the different proposals, options and different things that are available to discuss,
but ultimately the governor is going to take look and make an assessment based on the recommendations of this,” Shuckerow said. Some critics say there has already been enough assessment done on the ferry system. The AMHS Reform initiative is a statewide collaboration of stakeholders, including businesses, communities and tribes seeking to reform and revitalize the state’s ferry system in order to improve its efficacy and ensure its long-term sustainability. The effort is managed by Southeast Conference and led by a 12-member steering committee. The board has been commissioning studies on the ferry system by economic analyst firms, McDowell Group and Elliott Bay Design Group since 2016, producing recommendation reports in 2016 and again in 2017 to remove the system from the DOT&PF, and create a state-owned corporation, like the Alaska Railroad. “(DOT&PF and AMHS) should be two different entities, because … we get x amount of dollars from the feds,” said Timothy Lindoff, Juneau resident and former employee for the AMHS. “They should be looking at our past employees like the people who are deckhands, and oilers, that really know the marine highway … to run the Alaska marine highway, someone that knows the water.” Members of the House Transportation and Public Facilities committee said in a meeting Tuesday that only one application was received for the governor’s consultant position. That has some worried. “Due to a conversation with the department, I am under the impression that several parties sent inquiries, but only one application was received,” said Stutes. “I look forward to the Department disclosing the name of the chosen bidder and the names of the other parties who expressed interest.” She said the department stated in an email that they can’t disclose the name of the
selected applicant until they issue a Notice of Intent to Award to that selected bidder around March 18. Stutes said she would be interested to hear from parties who were not able to apply in the unusually short period of five days. “We do not need to spend more money on yet another consultant,” Stutes said. “The State of Alaska has paid for many studies over the last 20 years that consistently tell us the same thing: The Alaska Marine Highway is vital to our economy.” Ferry facts AMHS accounted for 1,700 Alaska jobs and $104 million in Alaska wages and benefits in 2014, according to a 2016 AMHS Reform committee report. AMHS residents reside in 44 different Alaska communities. It also contributes to a wide variety of businesses and resident activity. AMHS spent $84 million with over 500 Alaska businesses to support operations, the study found. The chair of the committee, Rep. Adam Wool, DFairbanks, also pointed out at the meeting yesterday that the governor’s directive does not include consultation with the Marine Transportation Advisory Board, which is required by Alaska statute. The state still owes money for the two studies produced by the AMHS reform committee, said Stutes. One of her staff members estimated that it was somewhere around $60,000, but exact numbers were not available by deadline for this article. “Why are we promising more money to yet another consultant to consider a study produced by consultants we still owe money to?” Stutes asked. When asked to respond to the governor’s statement that he’s not looking to “wholesale eliminate” the ferry system, Stutes said, “The budget bill says the balance of the funds will be transferred to dismantle the marine highway system. The language is clear – Gov. Dunleavy is moving funds to divest the marine highway.”
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Luella Mead Haralson
December 6, 1923 - March 11, 2019 Kenai resident, Mrs. Luella Mead Haralson died Monday, March 11, 2019 at Central Peninsula General Hospital in Soldotna, Alaska. Luella will be permanently interred with her husband at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date. Luella was born Dec. 6, 1923 to George Sidney and Eva Muriel Cartwright and raised on a small, family farm in rural Grainola, Oklahoma. She excelled in high school academics and sports, playing basketball and softball. After graduating as valedictorian in 1941, she traveled alone to Washington, D.C., to do her part for the war effort. She was employed as a clerk by the US Navy. Lue transferred to the Naval Air Station in Norman, Oklahoma, assisting in the effort to train Naval aviators. After the war she moved to Bartlesville, OK, attending business College and working for City Service Company headquarters. She worked at many different companies in Oklahoma, including 20th Century Fox film distribution and the Oklahoma State Water Resources Department. She married Donald Haralson in 1947, and the couple continued to live and work in the Norman and Oklahoma City area until Donald was recalled to military service in 1949. Then began a long journey of service as a military spouse with assignments in Washington, Italy, Germany, Missouri, Texas, Ohio, Indiana, Japan, Washington, D.C., Florida, Illinois, finally retirement back to Norman, Oklahoma. But the travel was not over. She continued to travel throughout all of Europe and many other areas before moving to Kenai, Alaska, in 2000, so she could spoil her grandchildren. Luella enjoyed sewing, travelling and her grandchildren. In her 90’s she continued to take many walks around the neighborhood loving to be outside in Alaska. She remained at home while Alzheimer’s dementia robbed her of many memories through her last years. But her memory will be with us always. She was preceded in death by her parents and Younger Brother, George Elwood Cartwright She is survived by her husband, Donald H. Haralson; Son, Douglas K. Haralson, Daughter-in-law, Cindy L. Haralson; Grandchildren: Logan, Connor and Ian Haralson. The family requests memorial donations be made to the Children’s Medical Research and Treatment organization of the donor’s choice. Arrangements made by Peninsula Memorial Chapel & Crematory. Please visit or sign her online guestbook at AlaskanFuneral.com.
LIO Schedule Monday, March 18 1:30 p.m.: The House Judiciary Committee will hold a public hearing to discuss HB 12 Protective Orders. Testimony will be taken.
Tuesday, March 19
9 a.m.: The Senate Education Committee will hold a public hearing to discuss SB 74 Internet for Schools and SB 64 Repeal State Debt Reimbursement for Schools. Testimony will be taken.
Wednesday, March 20
1:30 p.m.: The House Judiciary Committee will hold a public hearing to discuss HB 14 Assault; Sex Offenses; Sentencing Aggravator and Confirmation: Trevor Shaw, Commission on Judicial Conduct. Testimony will be taken.
Thursday, March 21 9 a.m.: The Senate Education Committee will hold a public hearing to discuss SB 30 College Credit For High School Students SB 6 Pre-elementary Programs / Funding. Testimony will be taken. 1:30 p.m.: The Senate Labor & Commerce Committee will hold a public hearing to discuss Confirmation: Boards TBA (call the LIO for list of confirmees) SB 69 Exempt Charitable Gaming From Permit/Fees and SJR 8 U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement on Trade. Testimony will be taken. 3:30 p.m.: The Senate Community & Regional Affairs Committee will hold a public hearing to discuss SB 63 Fish Tax: Repeal Municipal Refunds / Revenue Share. Testimony will be taken.
Friday, March 22
3:15 p.m.: The House Labor & Commerce Committee public hearing to discuss Confirmation: Alcohol Beverage and Control Board, HB 79 Peace Officer/Firefighter Retire Benefits and HB 44 Automated Teller Machines: Fees. Testimony will be taken.
Saturday, March 23 5:30 p.m.: Members of the House Finance Committee will sponsor a public hearing to discuss Permanent Fund Dividend & FY20 Budget at the Soldotna Sports Center. Testimony will be taken. All teleconferences are held at the Kenai LIO 145 Main St Lp #217, Kenai, AK 99611 unless otherwise noted. To confirm call 283-2030 or email Kenai.LIO@akleg.gov. To listen / watch online go to http://alaskalegislature.tv/
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A Trauma Workshop will take place on March 30, 1-4 p.m. at Soldotna United Methodist Church with Trauma Specialist, Lisa Schmitter. This workshop will explain trauma and the physiological and psychological impact it can have. It will provide you with tools to regulate and begin to heal from the trauma. Traumas can be recent or from years ago. Lisa Schmitter, a trauma specialist who has 35 years experience, will share the latest research and neuro hacks for moving from PTSD (Post-traumatic Stress Disorder) to Post Traumatic Growth. Visit the Facebook page for the Trauma Workshop at https://www. facebook.com/events/2327680134135110/.
space! Booth Space is available for the annual Family Fun in the Midnight Sun/Nikiski Days Event scheduled for Saturday, June 15. Interested vendors are encouraged to contact us early. Applications will be available online www.northpenrec.com —American Red Cross Lifeguard class: The Nikiski Pool is looking for lifeguards. Class will be held April 8 through April 12 from 5-10 p.m. For more information, call 776-8800. —Aqua Hiit: Nikiski Pool is offering a new aquatic fitness class for Heart & Lung health. This is a low-impact, instructor-led cardio and pulmonary exercise that is beginner friendly. Class is free with pool admission. Class will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10-11 a.m. March 19 through May 9. For more information, please call 776-8800. —Spring clean community garage sale: The annual NCRC community garage sale will be held Saturday, March 29 from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Make sure to pre-register for this event. Forms can be picked up from NCRC or the Pool or they can be printed off of the website. For more information, call 776-8800 or check out our Facebook page. —NPRSA spring craft fair: The annual NPRSA spring craft fair will be held Saturday, April 13 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Come see what local craftsmen and artisans have made! Vendor booths are available, but they fill up quickly so reserve your space today. Call 776-8800 for more information. —Lifeguard prep class: Nikiski Pool will be hosting a Lifeguard Prep class for those 13 years and older from March 19 through April 4 on Tuesday, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 5-6 p.m. This class is for anyone interested in lifeguarding or wanting to work on their water skills.
Kenai Peninsula Foundation Grant Cycle Opening
The KPC Showcase presents: “American Music, American Myth”
Around the Peninsula LeeShore Center monthly board meeting The LeeShore Center will be holding its monthly board meeting at The LeeShore Center on Wednesday, March 28. The meeting is open to the public and begins at 6 p.m. For further information call 283-9479.
Postcard Writing Project Two students, Kaegan and Molly Koski, along with their supermom, Eva Knutson, will be hosting a Postcard Writing Project on Wednesday, March 20, from 3-5 p.m. at the Soldotna Library Community Room. All you need to do is bring yourself, a friend and kids and grandkids to write a note to legislators and ask them to STOP the deep cuts to the public education budget and SAVE OUR SCHOOLS! Visit the Facebook page for the Save Our Schools event at https://www.facebook.com/ events/572328866613372/.
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Kenai Peninsula Foundation 2019 competitive grants cycle is open from March 6 to April 3. We are currently accepting applications. Please direct general questions to KPF’s Program Manager, Hadassah Knight, at hknight@ alaskacf.org. Please direct eligibility and technical questions about the online grant system to The Alaska Community Foundation at grants@alaskacf.org.
KPC will host “American Music, American Myth” on Thursday, March 21 at 6:30 p.m. in the McLane Commons at Kenai Peninsula College. American music, where has it been, where is it going, and how is it tied to American myth? A presentation by Mike Morgan PhD, local musician and KPC instructor. This will be followed by a panel discussion, hosted by Dave Atcheson and featuring Dr. Morgan; Dr. Alan Boraas, KPC Anthropology SPEAK meeting Professor; and Bill Tappen, 1960s concert promoter. PanSPEAK (Support Group for families of children who elists will share tales, myths and personal stories of rock live though disabilities) will be meeting the third Thurs- & roll history, music & fantasy, and how they influence day of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Love Inc. building the very idea of America. 44410 K-Beach Rd. Parents, Grandparents, Guardians, and care givers service providers and resource represen- Wild and Scenic Film Festival tatives are encouraged and welcome to come and particiJoin the Kenai Watershed Forum at Snug Harbor Seapate. This is great way to connect with others through foods on K-Beach for the Wild and Scenic Film Festival their overcoming successes as parents, grandparents, and on Saturday, March 23 from 6-9 p.m. This year’s films caregivers. SPEAK is a resource-based group. Please no combine stellar filmmaking, beautiful cinematography children, childcare is not available. Questions call 907- and first-rate storytelling to inform, inspire and ignite so252-2558 or 907-953-6325. lutions and possibilities to restore the earth and human communities while creating a positive future for the next Al-Anon support group meetings generation.The Wild & Scenic Film Festival is a fundraisAl-Anon support group meetings are held at the Cen- er for the Kenai Watershed Forum and a way to support tral Peninsula Hospital in the Kasilof Room (second our mission of working together for healthy watersheds floor) of the River Tower building on Monday at 7 p.m., on the Kenai Peninsula. Price is $25, includes a Cooper Wednesday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 9 a.m. Park around Landing Brew, food and fun! back by the ER and enter through the River Tower entrance and follow the signs. Contact Tony Oliver at 252- Land Management letters of interest 0558 for more information. The Kenai Peninsula Borough’s Land Management Division is calling for letters of interest from people lookKenai Alternative High School 5th ing for new agricultural land. The hope is that people will Rotation interviews share some details that the borough can use to inform the Kenai Alternative High School is currently scheduling program design. The kinds of major points officials think interviews for our 5th Rotation. Interviews will be held would be helpful in a letter include the size and general the week of March 25. Classes for the 5th Rotation begin location needed, along with any other criteria that would April 8. Students who are interested in scheduling an in- be essential for the person’s production plans, and maybe terview are asked to call the school at 335-2870 between an indication of the time frames that people are thinking if they were to take on an area of land with production goals. the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Letters should be addressed to KPB Land Manager, 144 North Binkley St., Soldotna AK 99669. More information CIRCAC scholarship deadline can be found at kpb.us/land CIRCAC is giving away two $2,500 scholarships to graduating high school and college-age students pursuing Central Peninsula Hospital Health Fair coursework in environmental sciences or maritime techCentral Peninsula Hospital is holding a Health Fair nical and vocational studies. Applications can be filled on March 23 from 8 a.m. to Noon in the River Tower in online at https://www.circac.org/outreach/scholarshipon the CPH campus. Blood Chemistry Panels, Thyroid, program/. For more information, call 907-283-7222. The Prostate, Vitamin D (D2&D3) and A1C tests will be deadline to apply is March 26. available. You must be 18 years or older to have blood work done. Community health partners are invited to “Alaskans Choose Respect” Awareness participate as a vendor. Contact Camille Sorensen at The LeeShore Center cordially invites you to join us 714-4600 or csorensen@cpgh.org for an application. for the 10th Annual “Alaskans Choose Respect” Aware- Deadline for vendor registration is March 18. ness Event March 27 in support of state-wide efforts to raise awareness of domestic violence and sexual assault. Hospice Spring Volunteer Training We will meet at noon in Kenai on the Frontage Road in Registration is open for Hospice of the Central Penfront of the gazebo at Leif Hansen Park at noon and walk insula’s Spring Volunteer Training. Training is over two to the Kenai Visitors & Cultural Center. Refreshments weekends, March 22-23 and 29-30 at Christ Lutheran will be served. For more information contact the EducaChurch in Soldotna. Volunteers must be 18 years or oldtion and Training Assistant at 283-9479. er and be able to pass a background check. Lunch and snacks are provided. Call the office at 262-0453 or visit Seeking host families www.hospiceofcentralpeninsula.com for more info. The Central Peninsula AFS chapter is seeking host families for the 2019-20 school year. There are currently Classical chamber music with pianist seven high school exchange students hosted by local families, and we will be sending four local students abroad Eduard Zilberkant The Performing Arts Society is pleased to annext year. We have a strong organization and lots of support for host families. If you are interested in learning nounce the return of pianist Eduard Zilberkant, who has more, contact Eileen at 690-2779 or Laura at 394-6949. charmed our audiences several times in the past. Joining him are Bryan Emmon Hall, violin; Gail Johansen, vioAFS foreign exchange student dinner la; and Ryan Fitzpatrick, cello. They will be performing The 38th annual AFS foreign exchange student dinner works by Beethoven, Turina, and Arensky. Please join will take place Sunday, March 24 at 6 p.m. at Our Lady us for this classical chamber music on Saturday, April 6, of the Angels Catholic Church in Kenai. Meet our seven at 7:30 p.m. at Soldotna Christ Lutheran Church. Tickexchange students and enjoy food from their countries: ets are $20 general admission and $10 for students and Thailand, Lebanon, Holland, Tanzania, Portugal, Ger- may be purchased in advance in Soldotna at River City many and Spain. All proceeds go to support local host Books and Northcountry Fair or in Kenai at Already families and the four Peninsula students who will study Read Books and Country Liquor or at the door. abroad next year. Tickets are $25 or $10 for kids, and are available at River City Books, the UPS store in Soldotna, ‘The Best of Broadway’ Forever Dance Alaska will present “The Best of or from AFS students and volunteers. Call Connie at 398Broadway” annual showcase on March 29-30 at 7 p.m. 3128 for more information. at the Renee C. Henderson Auditorium. Tickets are $15, The Nikiski Community Recreation Center includes $1 KPBSD seat charge. Call 262-1641 or email —Call out to local vendors: It’s time to reserve your info@foreverdancealaska.com.
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protests by animal rights activists. On Sunday, a leader of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals denounced
the Iditarod. Tracy Reiman said the race is responsible for the death of Oshi. “Oshi was just like any family’s dog, but the Iditarod forced her to run until she choked to death on her own vomit, just like so many dogs before her,” Reiman said in a statement.
“Of those who survive, 81 percent are left with lung damage and 61 percent with gastric ulcers. “PETA is demanding a full veterinary evaluation of every single dog who was used in the 2019 Iditarod, including the 232 who were pulled from the
race, so that the public can see how mushers’ pursuit of the prize purse under the pretense of loving these dogs shows a complete lack of concern in pushing them to and beyond their limits. If this had happened to human athletes, people would be in jail.”
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An untenable budget proposal The best that can be said for
President Trump’s $4.75 trillion budget plan for fiscal 2020 is that it has no chance of becoming law. This is almost always true of presidential budgets, because ultimately Congress does the nitty-gritty work on spending legislation. Even by the standards of previous nonstarter White House blueprints, however, Mr. Trump’s effort this year stands out for dishonesty and warped priorities. First, dishonesty. There is, to be sure, a smidgen of candor in the fact that the plan does not purport to balance the federal budget within the next decade, though it does suggest that balance may be achieved by 2034; so much for the pretense that growth sparked by the 2017 tax cuts will solve the United States’ fiscal problem. The budget claims instead that trillion-dollar annual deficits over the next three years will taper off thereafter, such that overall national debt will decline from 78 percent of gross domestic product today to 71 percent in 2029. However, it reaches that modest achievement for fiscal responsibility by projecting 3 percent growth through 2024 and near-3 percent growth thereafter. More realistic forecasts produce an estimated debt of 87 percent of GDP by 2029, according to the Center for a Responsible Federal Budget, a Washington think tank on fiscal issues. Second, warped priorities. Such budgetary savings as Mr. Trump does claim to achieve over the next decade come disproportionately from domestic programs, including those targeted at the neediest people in our society. It adds work requirements — difficult to administer and sometimes counterproductive — to key safety-net programs such as Medicaid, housing assistance and food stamps. At a time when evidence of dangerous harm from climate change is mounting, the budget proposes to gut the Environmental Protection Agency, to the tune of a 31 percent cut in its budget next year. Defense comes in for a 5 percent increase, meanwhile, which might indeed be necessary — but which the president would achieve by invoking a special uncapped warfighting account, an obvious gimmick Congress won’t countenance. There’s more: cuts to refugee assistance while asking $8.6 billion for a border wall; decreasing scientific research while freezing the maximum Pell Grant for low-income college students. Here and there, the Trump budget proposes valid reforms to expensive programs, such as its suggestion for “site-neutral” Medicare payments (i.e., similar fees for services either performed in a hospital or not), which the Obama administration also backed. But you get the picture. This is a document whose good ideas can’t get traction because its bad ones simply swamp them. — The Washington Post, March 12
A look at Gov. Dunleavy’s budget and the damage it would cause
In my 12 years on the House Finance Committee, my job was to understand how a budget would affect people and the economy. What does it do to educational opportunity, or elders who’ve helped build this state? In contrast, the repeated line from many in Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration is that they haven’t considered the impacts of their budget. Writing budget numbers, without analyzing the impacts on people, is typing, not governing. Here’s some of the damage that causes. Pioneer Home residents have been rightly stressed by a roughly 50 percent proposed rate hike. That makes an entry-level room for someone on a fixed income, who gets food, but not medical care, a staggering $43,000 a year. Our highest care residents would pay $180,000 a year. Seniors were never asked for their input. That puts them in the same boat as hard-hit schools, mayors, communities the budget saddles with higher local property taxes and those who rely on the Alaska Marine Highway System. None were offered any input. Alaska’s new budget writer, Donna Arduin, a Michigan resident and partisan who knows less about Alaska than anyone who’s ever written an Alaska budget, claims it’s not her responsibility to know her budget’s impact on elders, students or the economy of a state where she doesn’t live. I believe people should care about what they do to others. We do have information on this budget’s impacts. Studies from the University of Alaska Anchorage’s Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), and questions in legislative committees, make clear this budget will encourage people to
State income tax could fund social services Now, I understand our senate is proposing a cut to the dividend as a way to help balance the budget. With all due respect to Sens. Stedman and Von Imhoff, et al: Do you really want to take money away from children, school kids and college students, not to mention the lowest wage-earners in our society? I have been advocating for a graduated income tax for the last three years. It is the easiest, most productive way to generate additional income for providing necessary services, with the least impact on the most needy. We all need to pitch in and help pay for the services we all want and need. It is so simple; everyone has to file a federal income tax. Then we just take a flat percentage of that figure as a state tax, as we used to do, with the dividend exempted and a large standard deduction. This should also generate a lot of revenue from the fisheries and oil industry, where nonresidents living on the West Coast and Texas come up here, utilize our state services, then take all their earnings back home with them. This is happening year-round, by thousands of nonresidents. — Orin Seybert, Anchorage
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2020 Dems sharpen criticism of Beto O’Rourke By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press
Letter to the Editor
budgets have already been cut by $425 million since 2015, and by over $3 billion if you count combined cuts laska to the operating and capital construction budget since 2013 (more if you oices consider inflation). The governor now wants to cut the remaining roughly $4 billion in agency budgets by another L es G ara 40 percent, or $1.6 billion. That comes with consequences. According to ISER, every $100 milleave Alaska, or live with less opportunity to achieve, less dignity and lion more in cuts kills between 9001,500 private and public sector jobs. fewer jobs if they stay. Cutting $1.6 billion from a roughly ISER Professor Mouhcine Guettabi $4 billion budget, that’s already been testified to the Senate Finance Committee recently that, even with more cut deeply the past five years, is a job killer, an opportunity killer and a money on the street from the PFD, by slashing funds for schools, seniors dignity killer for Alaskans, from the and basic services, we’ll lose roughly youngest to our elders. Students don’t achieve more when 8,000 needed private and public sector jobs, and extend Alaska’s receswe fire our best teachers and oversion. crowd classrooms. In recent years, That doesn’t count the jobs we public schools have lost roughly don’t have anymore because of 1,000 teachers, career and guidance Alaska’s austerity capital construction counselors and other educators from budget. A past average of $500 milJuneau to Nome. The governor’s lion in state funds used to cover road budget would make things worse. and building maintenance, energy It wipes away last year’s bipartisan education compromise, which aimed cost reduction projects, rural sanitato stem the loss of teachers and class- tion (yes, the honey bucket still exists in Alaska) and, I’d say some pork, has room opportunities. been reduced to about $100 million. They’ve also proposed a $300 An austerity construction budget million slash to public school supmeans less construction and thouport that would have to be paid with sands fewer good jobs. the layoff of 3,000 more teachers I do thank the governor for holdand educators, lost courses or other cuts. That’s not what you tell parents ing back the budget cutting axe from whose job skills we need, whose chil- some areas Alaskans agree on. I also dren should be our future workforce, have faith the Legislature will now take the budget, listen to the Alaskans unless you want them to move. and pass one that reflects our values Cutting waste is one thing. Hacking at opportunity and the economy is of fairness, dignity and opportunity. another. Les Gara was vice chair of the The Legislature’s finance comHouse Finance Committee in 2017mittees were right to bring in a 2018, and was a member of the discussion by ISER, the university’s Alaska Legislature from 2003-2018. economic think tank. State agency
DUBUQUE, Iowa — Back when he was still just teasing a presidential run, Beto O’Rourke told Vanity Fair he was “born to be in” the race. Now that he’s campaigning to far greater media attention and much larger crowds than many Democrats who’ve been competing longer, they are taking offense at the former Texas congressman’s sense of entitlement. Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar drew the sharpest such contrast on Sunday, saying “I wasn’t born to run. But I am running” while acknowledging, “Oh, that’s the Beto line.” “No, I wasn’t born to run for office, just because growing up in the ’70s, in the middle of the country, I don’t think many people thought a girl could be president,” Klobuchar said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Asked about the same O’Rourke quote, Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana, was gentler, saying “I think I was born to make myself useful.”
“I’m not combating anybody,” he told “Fox News Sunday.” “They are going to be competitors more than opponents, I think, among the Democrats.” Still, other Democrats have taken more veiled swipes. Former Obama administration housing chief Julian Castro, who hails from San Antonio, has pointed to references that he’s the “other Texan” in the White House race and says that though he’s not the frontrunner now, he will eventually overtake better known candidates like O’Rourke. When asked about the Vanity Fair quote, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker said that he’s dedicated his professional life to working with “communities that are really being left out and left behind.” New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said she’d be more willing to fight hard for Democratic values then promote the kind of feelgood, bipartisan optimism that O’Rourke favors. Such intraparty fighting is uncommon with the election still about 18 months away and marks a contrast to how nice — or at least not openly antagonistic — the crowded field of
Democrats running was to one another before O’Rourke’s announcement. Speaking to reporters in Milwaukee on Sunday, O’Rourke tried to clarify the Vanity Fair quote, saying when he saw the story, he thought, “‘Man, I hope I didn’t say that.’” “I think the context of that, which makes sense and is the way that I feel, is that I’m born to serve. I’m born to try to help bring people together,” he said, later adding: “I don’t know that anyone is born for an office or a position and I certainly am not. But I do think that I find my purpose and function in life in doing this kind of work.” O’Rourke spent months hinting that he was running for president before finally announcing last week. He immediately drew overflow crowds at stops across Iowa, which kicks off presidential primary voting, but then was driving a Dodge Caravan to the battleground midwestern states of Wisconsin, Michigan and Ohio — hoping to indicate that, beyond the primary, he can be a strong Democrat and win places where Hillary Clinton lost to Donald Trump in 2016.
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Families of Christchurch dead wait for burials By JULIET WILIAMS, STEPHEN WRIGHT and KRISTEN GELINEAU Associated Press
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Families of the 50 people killed in the Christchurch mosque shootings are enduring an increasingly agonizing wait for the bodies of victims to be released as New Zealand reels from the unprecedented tragedy. Three days after Friday’s attack, New Zealand’s deadliest shooting in modern history, relatives were anxiously waiting for word on when they can bury their loved ones. Islamic tradition calls for bodies to be cleansed and buried as soon as possible after death, usually within 24 hours. Aya Al-Umari, whose older brother Hussien AlUmari died at the Al Noor mosque, wept as she talked about a kind man, a quintessential big brother who delighted in teasing his little sister. On Monday, the family was still waiting for the release of Hussein’s body.
A girl walk to lay flowers on a wall at the Botanical Gardens in Christchurch, New Zealand, Sunday. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
They have tried to be patient, and understand that police have a job to do, but they are growing weary of the lack of information. “It’s very unsettling not knowing what’s going on, if you just let me know — is he still in the mosque? Is he in a fridge? Where is he?” Aya said. “I understand the
police need to do their job because it’s a crime scene, but you need to communicate with the families.” On Monday morning members of the Muslim community and police were at a cemetery which has been fenced off and obscured with white netting. Backhoes had stopped dig-
ging and police officers said they were setting up a media area inside the cemetery. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said authorities hoped to release all the bodies by Wednesday, and Police Commissioner Mike Bush said authorities were working with pathologists and coroners to complete
More evacuations in Midwest flooding By JIM SALTER Associated Press
ST. LOUIS — Residents in parts of southwestern Iowa were forced out of their homes Sunday as a torrent of Missouri River water flowed over and through levees, putting them in a situation similar to hundreds of people in neighbouring Nebraska who have been displaced by the late-winter flood. Heavy rainfall and snowmelt have led to dangerously high water in creeks and rivers across several Midwestern states, with the Missouri River hitting record-high levels in many areas. At least two deaths were blamed on flooding, and two other men have been missing for days. While river depths were starting to level off in parts of Nebraska on Sunday, the water is so high in many places that serious flooding is expected to remain for several days. And downstream communities in Kansas and Missouri were bracing for likely flooding. In Iowa, the Missouri River reached 30.2 feet Sunday in Fremont County in the state’s far southwestern corner, 2 feet above the record set in 2011. People in the towns of Bartlett and
the task as soon as they could. The suspect in the shootings, 28-year-old white supremacist Brenton Harrison Tarrant, appeared in court the day after the shootings amid strict security, shackled and wearing all-white prison garb. He showed no emotion when the judge read one murder charge and said more charges would likely follow. The New Zealand Herald reported Monday that he had dismissed his appointed lawyer and plans to defend himself. Tarrant had posted a muddled, 74-page anti-immigrant manifesto online before the attacks and apparently used a helmet-mounted camera to broadcast live video of the slaughter. Facebook said it removed 1.5 million videos of the shootings during the first 24 hours after the massacre. The revelation in a tweet provided a chilling snapshot of how quickly provocative and often disturbing images circulate on the internet. Thousands of people struggling to make sense of
May to UK lawmakers: Back my Brexit deal or face long delay By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press
The Elkhorn River consumes a section of western Douglas County Sunday, in Omaha, Neb. Hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes in Nebraska and Iowa as levees succumbed to the rush of water. (Jeff Bundy/Omaha World-Herald via AP)
Thurman were being evacuated as levees were breached and overtopped. County Emergency Management Director Mike Crecelius said it wasn’t just the amount of the water, it was the swiftness of the current that created a danger. “This wasn’t a gradual rise,” Crecelius said. “It’s flowing fast and it’s open country — there’s nothing there to slow it down.”
Thurman has about 200 residents. About 50 people live in Bartlett. Lucinda Parker of Iowa Homeland Security & Emergency Management said nearly 2,000 people have been evacuated at eight Iowa locations since flooding began late last week. Most were staying with friends or family. Seven shelters set up for flood victims held just a couple doz-
en people Saturday night. In Nebraska, the Missouri River flooded Offutt Air Force Base, with about one-third of it under water on Sunday. Spokeswoman Tech. Sgt. Rachelle Blake told the Omaha World-Herald that 60 buildings, mostly on the south end of the base, have been damaged, including about 30 completely inundated with as much as 8 feet of water.
the tragedy have paid tribute to the victims at makeshift memorials in Christchurch, a leafy city of 400,000 people known for its English heritage and the river that meanders through it. Hundreds of flowers were piled up amid candles, balloons and notes of grief and love outside the Al Noor mosque and the city’s botanic gardens. “We are a nation who will never accept acts like this!!!,” said a poster-sized message decorated with hearts attached to the iron fence of the botanic gardens. “We stand with the Muslim community. We will always fight for the safety of our community. We will always stand as one.” Some people sang tributes and others prayed as camera crews from around the world filmed the moving scenes. “We are supposed to be a safe place to go about your business and regardless of what your faith is no one should’ve had to go through what we went through on Friday,” said city resident Russell Falcome-Price.
LONDON — British Prime Minister Theresa May warned Sunday that it would be “a potent symbol of Parliament’s collective political failure” if a Brexit delay meant that the U.K. has to take part in May’s European Parliament election — almost three years after Britons voted to leave the bloc. Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, May also cautioned that if British lawmakers failed to back her Brexit deal before Thursday’s European Council summit, “we will not leave the EU for many months, if ever.” “If the proposal were to go back to square one and negotiate a new deal, that would mean a much longer extension … The idea of the British people going to the polls to elect MEPs (Members of the European Parliament) three years after voting to leave the EU hardly bears thinking about,” she wrote. May is expected to try to win Parliament’s ap-
proval of her withdrawal agreement from the EU for the third time this week. After months of political deadlock, lawmakers voted Thursday to seek to postpone Brexit. That will likely avert a chaotic British withdrawal on the scheduled exit date of March 29 — although the power to approve or reject a Brexit extension lies with the EU. The European Commission has said the bloc would consider any request, “taking into account the reasons for and duration of a possible extension.” By law, Britain is leaving the EU on March 29 with or without a deal, unless it cancels Brexit or secures a delay. May is trying to persuade opponents in her Conservative Party and its parliamentary allies to change their minds and support her Brexit withdrawal agreement, which Parliament has already resoundingly defeated twice. If she wins that parliamentary approval, Britain’s departure from the bloc can likely take place with just a “short technical extension” beyond March 29.
Puzzling number of men tied to Ferguson protests have died By JIM SALTER Associated Press
FERGUSON, Mo. — Two young men were found dead inside torched cars. Three others died of apparent suicides. Another collapsed on a bus, his death ruled an overdose. Six deaths, all involving men with connections to protests in Ferguson, Missouri, drew attention on social media and speculation in the activist community that something sinister was at play. Police say there is no evidence the deaths have anything to do with the protests stemming from a white police officer’s fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown, and that only two were homicides with no known link to the protests. But some activists say their concerns about a possible connection arise out of a culture of fear that persists in Ferguson 4 ½ years after Brown’s death, citing threats — mostly anonymous — that protest leaders continue to receive. The Rev. Darryl Gray said he found a box inside his car. When the bomb squad ar-
In this Aug. 13, 2014, file photo Edward Crawford Jr., returns a tear gas canister fired by police who were trying to disperse protesters in Ferguson, Mo. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP, File)
rived, no explosives were found but a 6-foot (1.8-meter) python was inside. “Everybody is on pins and needles,” Gray said of his fellow activists. No arrests have been made in the two homicides. St. Louis County police spokesman Shawn McGuire said witnesses have simply refused to come forward, leaving detectives with no answers for why the men were targeted.
“We don’t believe either one was connected to each other,” McGuire said, but adding, “It’s tough to come up with a motive without a suspect.” Ferguson erupted in protests in August 2014 after officer Darren Wilson fatally shot Brown during a street confrontation. Brown was unarmed, but Wilson said he fired in self-defense when the black teenager came at him
menacingly. A grand jury declined to charge Wilson in November 2014, prompting one of the most violent nights of demonstrations, and one of the first activist deaths. Deandre Joshua’s body was found inside a burned car blocks from the protest. The 20-year-old was shot in the head before the car was torched. Darren Seals, shown on
video comforting Brown’s mother that same night, met an almost identical fate two years later. The 29-year-old’s bullet-riddled body was found inside a burning car in September 2016. Four others also died, three of them ruled suicides. — MarShawn McCarrel of Columbus, Ohio, shot himself in February 2016 outside the front door of the Ohio Statehouse, police said. He had been active in Ferguson. — Edward Crawford Jr., 27, fatally shot himself in May 2017 after telling acquaintances he had been distraught over personal issues, police said. A photo of Crawford firing a tear gas canister back at police during a Ferguson protest was part of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage. — In October, 24-year-old Danye Jones was found hanging from a tree in the yard of his north St. Louis County home. His mother, Melissa McKinnies, was active in Ferguson and posted on Facebook after her son’s death, “They lynched my baby.” But the death was ruled a suicide.
— Bassem Masri, a 31-year-old Palestinian American who frequently livestreamed video of Ferguson demonstrations, was found unresponsive on a bus in November and couldn’t be revived. Toxicology results released in February showed he died of an overdose of fentanyl. The Ferguson protests added momentum to the national Black Lives Matter movement, but they also generated resentment from people angered by TV footage of protesters hurling rocks and insults at police. Amid lingering anger, activists and observers say that while they see no clear connection between the deaths and the protests, they can’t help but wonder about the thoroughness of the investigations. “These protesters and their deaths may not be a high priority for (police) since there is this antagonistic relationship,” Washington University sociologist Odis Johnson said. “I think there is a need for them to have a greater sense of urgency.”
Peninsula Clarion | Monday, March 18, 2019 | A9
Schools
Getting air on a seal skin blanket Juneau students learn Iñupiat tradition By NOLIN AINSWORTH Juneau Empire
For Friday’s lunch hour, some Thunder Mountain High School students put down their pencils and picked up a piece of Iñupiat tradition. Native Youth Olympics coach Kyle Kaayák’w Worl and approximately 50 high school students spent the noon hour “throwing” their peers 10-15 feet above a trampoline-sized seal skin blanket. Grasping loops of rope and bending forward and backward in unison, the five dozen teenagers watched gleefully as they shot their classmates into the air, and in some cases, had to reposition themselves to ensure for a safe landing. “At the World EskimoIndian Olympics you’ll see them go at least twice as high as that,” said Worl, who said they only had about two-thirds of the
Senior Ashton Oyloe is thrown into the air by fellow students during a blanket toss demonstration at Thunder Mountain High School on Friday, in Juneau. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
optimum amout of pullers. “It’s a huge adrenaline rush to do it. You’ll see people do back flips and spins and high kicks.” The event served as a
precursor to the 2019 Traditional Games, a statewide indigenous sporting event that took place Saturday and Sunday at TMHS. The Worl-led Juneau team
competed against competition from Hoonah, Ketchikan, Metlakatla, Yakutat, Bethel, Utqiagvik, Whitehorse and Northern Arizona University.
“It was a way to preview our event tomorrow (Saturday) to bring more people in but also I wanted to show the broader school what these games are about,” Worl said. “A lot of them haven’t seen it before, they might be a little too nervous to check out these games, but we want everyone to feel like it’s something that they could be a part of.” TMHS sophomore Tiana Ault was one of the last lucky students to get on the blanket, and was still smiling 10 minutes after she finished. “It’s a lot like jumping on the trampoline but you’re not jumping,” she said. “You’re having people pull you up. You’re getting the same air as you do on a trampoline but it’s different because you’re getting pulled this time. You have no ability to jump because it pushes you up.”
Worl thinks it’s the first time an authentic Iñupiat blanket has made it to Juneau. He said blankets are difficult to make and the materials needed to make them like bearded seal skins are difficult to acquire. Thus, there isn’t an abundance of them in the state, let alone south of the Arctic Circle. Shannon Hawkins, lead official for this weekend’s Traditional Games, borrowed the blanket from WEIO, an annual Alaska Native sporting festival that counts the blanket toss as one of its events. In the blanket toss, athletes are judged for the height and style in which they jump, as well as whether they land on their feet. Many contestants can do front flips and back flips. “I think getting as much exposure between NYO and WEIO is great for any event,” Hawkins said.
Students look to love at New Zealand school hit by tragedy By JULIET WILLIAMS Associated Press
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — Three students from Cashmere High School were at the Al Noor Mosque for Friday prayers when a gunman started shooting. When classes resume Monday, none will be there. Two of the students are presumed dead, and the third is in the hospital with gunshot wounds suffered during New Zealand's deadliest shooting in modern history. The father of Sayyad Milne, 14, told the New
Zealand Herald that his son was last seen lying on the bloody floor of the mosque bleeding from his lower body. "I've lost my little boy. He's just turned 14. I'll get it together again," he told the newspaper. "I remember him as my baby who I nearly lost when he was born. Such a struggle he's had throughout all his life. He's been unfairly treated but he's risen above that and he's very brave. A brave little soldier. It's so hard ... to see him just gunned down by someone who didn't care about anyone or anything," Milne said. "I know where
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Kenai Central High School Students are back to school this week after having a week off for Spring Break! With the start of the 4th quarter, KCHS will kick off a two weeklong Pennies for Patients fundraiser to support the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Bring your spare change to school from March 19 to March 29 and donate it in your favorite teachers classrooms! The Lady Kards Basketball team earned the 3A State Basketball at large bid and will travel to the State Tournament this week! The Kardinal Girls earned the 5th seed and will take on Mt. Edgecumbe in the quarterfinals at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 21 at the Alaska Airlines Center. Wish the Lady Kards good luck as they travel to state this weekend! The Kardinal Cheerleaders will also travel to their state competition this weekend. These cheerleaders earned a State Championship last year and will look to continue their success again this year. Come out and show your support for the Kardinal Cheer squad! The Kardinal Boys Basketball team finished their season taking 3rd at the region tournament last week but missed the at large bid. The boy’s team worked hard all season and made their school proud both on the court and off it. Make sure to congratulate the team on a hard fought season and a strong region finish! The KCHS Boys Soccer team will kick off their season this week at the Anchorage Dome on Thursday. The Kardinals will face West Valley at Noon on March 21 for this first preseason game. Wish these Kardinals good luck as they start their season! Wednesday 3/20: State Cheer Competition Thursday: 3/21 Girls Basketball v. Mt. Edgecumbe @ AK Airlines Center 12:30 p.m. Boys Soccer v. West Valley @ Anchorage Dome 12 p.m. Friday 3/22: Girls Basketball State @ Alaska Airlines Center (TBD) Saturday 3/23: Girls Basketball State @ Alaska Airlines Center (TBD) Connections Dates To Remember: 03/20 & 03/21 - Mr. Parrett will be in the Seward Office 03/26 – Gym Time @ Soldotna Sports Complex: Skating from 1-2:30 p.m. FREE for Connections stu-
he is. I know he's at peace." Current students weren't the only ones caught in Friday's shootings, in which a gunman killed 50 people and wounded dozens. A former Cashmere High School student is also believed to have been killed, as was the father of another student. Outside the school on Sunday, students came in a trickle to lean bouquets of flowers up against a construction barricade, evidence of the ongoing rebuilding from Christchurch's 2011 earthquake. Principal Mark Wilson said counselors and trauma specialists will be on hand
when classes resume at the diverse school of more than 2,000. "I'm very confident in our staff; I'm very confident in our school community. It's made up of awesome people," Wilson said. "It's still going to be hard. There's going to be a lot of grief. There's going to be a lot of sadness. I think we've also got to be very patient with each other." Wilson declined to talk about the boys thought to have been killed, but confirmed three students were at the mosque on Friday and said one remained hospitalized with gunshot wounds
dents 04/10 - High School Eligibility Due 04/18 - Soldotna Office: Art Share from 3-4 p.m. (more info below) 04/23 – GYM TIME: Earth Day clean up 04/30 – 2019 Homeschool Talent Show (more info below) 05/03 & 05/04 – FULL: Overnight Trip to Kasitsna Bay Laboratory with Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies contact Derek Bynagle for more info 05/06 – Kenai Fjords Marine Science Explorer Tour – Please Contact Julie Lindquist for More Details jlindquist@kpbsd.k12.ak.us or (907) 224-9035 Soldotna Office – Free Tutoring: Connections is very excited to have Sara Hadfield and Rebecca Weaver, from the Kenai Peninsula College, at the Soldotna office every week to offer free tutoring to families. Sara specializes in language arts and English as a Second Language (ESL). Her schedule will be Wednesdays from 1:30-3:00 p.m. starting Wednesday, February 13. Rebecca specializes in a variety of subjects: math, physics, chemistry and science. Her schedule is Thursdays from 11:00am to 2 p.m. If you are a parent or a student that needs help in any of these areas, please call our office at 714-8880 to schedule an appointment. Iditaread Starts March 1st: Connections annual Iditaread program starts March 1! So get out your favorite books or those you haven’t read yet and start keeping track of your reading minutes. When you’ve read your way to Nome and crossed the finish line, see your local Office for a prize! If you have any questions, please call the Connections office (714-8880) or email: cnolden@kpbsd.org for more information and how to log onto the Iditarod Insider. Happy reading and MUSH ON! Soldotna Office: Thursday Art Share: The Soldotna office is celebrating student art, grades K-12, every month! Paintings, drawings, ceramics, photography, digital art, etc… all are welcome and encouraged! Submissions can be dropped off anytime during the month, an art activity will start promptly at 3:15 on the Art Share day, see below for dates. April: Green Earth theme! Thursday, April 18th from 3-4 p.m. **please note: any and all submissions are welcome regardless of theme** 2019 Homeschool Talent Show: The 2019 Homeschool Talent Show will be on Tuesday, April 30 from 5-6:30 p.m. at the Soldotna High School Auditorium. Connections is looking for home-school students to join the show and display their talents (singing, instrumental, art, skits, whatever!). Talents of all types and ability levels are encouraged and there will also be an art display at the entrance to show off Connections student’s artistic abilities as well. Please contact Mark Wackler at the Soldotna Connections office if you are interested in participating in the talent show, or to get more info – mwackler@kpbsd.org
to the leg. The principal noted that schools can often be a safe place for children coping with trauma. He is also encouraging students to take up their own acts of love to counteract the tragedy. "It can be quite easy to get overwhelmed with all of the hate and the trauma of this situation and what's really important is that love will triumph in this situation," Wilson said. "It's often in the small things that you can do in terms of visiting people, making a cup of tea for somebody, having a smile, giving some support and some love."
Students Finn Barclay and Oki Tillia, both 17, spent the weekend doing baking and collecting toys to take to workers and victims of the attacks. They are also organizing a student vigil Monday afternoon outside one of the two mosques where the shootings occurred. "We're all going to have candles and we're just going to light one up and we're just going to pass it on, just pass on the love, the light that all these Cantabrians carry," Tillia said, using the name for people from Canterbury province, where Christchurch is located.
PEAKS: ALL CONNECTIONS FAMILIES: You can find, printable resources and additional information regarding the test here: https://education. alaska.gov/assessments/peaks/StudentPreparation And Online Training Tools Practice Tests here: https://wbte.drcedirect.com/AK/portals/ak The above tests are not “scored” and will not show whether students got questions correct or incorrect. If you would like a practice test with answers to score, please use the printable resources to score your own student (the test booklets are the printable version of the online tests). CENTRAL PENINSULA FAMILIES: The Soldotna office is in the process of scheduling the Performance Evaluation for Alaska’s Schools (PEAKS), April 1 through April 12 at Soldotna Prep, for our Central Peninsula families. Letters with details will be sent out March 18, if you have any questions please call us at 714-8880. HOMER FAMILIES: Available testing dates are March 28 and 29 and April 1, 2 and 3. Please follow this SignUpGenius Link for testing information and to sign up for testing sessions. https://www.signupgenius.com/ go/5080c4ca9ab2ba1f85-homer2 If you are unable to use the link please give the office a call at 226-1880 to schedule your student’s testing sessions. SEWARD FAMILIES: April 9 and 10 Testing Times for both days: 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 .a.m 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Make up testing on the 11th with Julie Lindquist in the Seward office. For more information or to schedule your testing time please call or email Julie @ 224-9035 or jlindquist@kpbsd.k12.ak.us Kenai Middle School Welcome Back KMS students and Families! 6th Grade volleyball continues today through Wednesday. 6th Grade Basketball begins on Thursday, March 21. All students must have a completed sports packet turned in to the office prior to participating. Thursday, March 21 is the 8th Grade field trip to Solid Rock. Permission slips will be given out Monday, the 18 and must be returned ASAP. Friday, March 22 is the Lock-In fundraiser for the KCHS Girls Soccer team. It begins at 6 p.m. and ends at Midnight. The cost is $25 and is for 7 & 8 graders only. Permission slips are available at the office. We’d like to wish Grace Kahn, Eli Morris and Sean Raften good luck as they head to the State Math Counts Meet in Anchorage on Saturday, March 23. #KMSkidsrock Mountain View Elementary There will be a PTA meeting on Thursday, March 21st at 4 p.m. in the Library Friday, March 22 is “Decades Day.”
A10 | Monday, March 18, 2019 | Peninsula Clarion
Duke gets top overall seed
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2019 Second Round
March 21-22
Columbia, S.C. San Jose, Calif.
Wednesday, 6:40 p.m.
First Four
March 19-20 Dayton, Ohio
16 N.C. Central (18-15)
11 Arizona St. (22-10) 11 St. Johns (21-12) W
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NCAA TOURNAMENT Sweet 16
Second Round March 23-24
March 28-29
March 28-29
Friday, 7:10 p.m.
Wednesday, 9:10 p.m.
16 North Dakota St. (18-15)
Sweet 16
March 23-24
1 Duke (29-5)
Friday, 3:10 p.m.
Mar. 24
Elite 8
Friday, 9:40 p.m.
9 UCF (23-8)
Mar. 24
Elite 8
March 30-31 Mar. 29
5 Miss. St. (23-10)
9 Oklahoma (19-13) Mar. 28
5 Wisconsin (23-10) Friday, 4:30 p.m.
Friday, 7:27 p.m.
12 Oregon (23-12)
12 Liberty (28-6)
4 Virginia Tech (24-8)
Mar. 24
13 St. Louis ( (22-12))
EAST
Minneapolis
Thurs., 3:10 p.m.
Friday, 2 p.m.
Louisville, Ky.
Mar. 31
6 Villanova (25-9)
Mar. 30
Thurs., 7:20 p.m
11 Belmont/Temple
11 St. Mary’s (22-11) Mar. 23
3 LSU (26-6)
Mar. 23
Thurs., 12:40 p.m.
Thurs., 9:50 p.m
Mar. 29
Mar. 28
Thurs., 12:15 p.m.
Friday, 12:15 p.m.
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
10 Minnesota (21-13) Mar. 23
Thurs., 2:45 p.m.
7 Cincinnati (28-6) 10 Iowa (22-11) Mar. 24
15 Bradley (20-14)
15 Colgate (24-10)
1 North Carolina (27-6)
Salt Lake City
Friday, 9:20 p.m.
Thurs., 7:27 p.m
16 Iona (17-15)
16 F. Dickinson/PV AM Mar. 23
Mar. 24
Thurs., 9:57 p.m
8 Utah St. (28-6) Friday, 6:50 p.m.
9 Washington (26-8)
9 Baylor (19-13)
Mar. 28
Mar. 29
5 Auburn (25-9)
Thurs. 4:30 p.m.
Thurs., 1:30 p.m.
12 New Mex. St. (30-4)
12 Murray St. (27-4) 4 Florida St. (27-7)
Mar. 23
Mar. 23
Thurs., 2 p.m.
4 Kansas (25-9) Thurs. 4 p.m.
13 Vermont (27-6)
WEST
MIDWEST
Mar. 30
Mar. 31
Anaheim, Calif.
13 Northeastern (23-10)
Kansas City
6 Iowa St. (23-11) Friday, 9:50 p.m.
11 Ohio St. (19-14)
11 Ariz. St./St. John’s 3 Texas Tech (26-6)
Mar. 24
Mar. 24
All times EDT
Friday, 1:30 p.m.
14 N. Kentucky (26-8)
Friday, 7:20 p.m.
14 Georgia St. (23-9) Mar. 29
7 Wofford (29-4)
Thurs., 6:50 p.m
Thurs., 9:40 p.m
10 Florida (19-15)
10 Seton Hall (20-13) Mar. 23
2 Michigan (28-6)
Mar. 23
Thurs., 9:20 p.m
2 Kentucky (27-6) Thurs., 7:10 p.m
15 Montana (26-8)
Jacksonville, Fla.
Mar. 28
7 Nevada (29-4)
3 Houston (31-3)
Tulsa, Okla.
Friday, 4 p.m.
Salt Lake City
5 Marquette (24-9)
Columbus, Ohio
Hartford, Conn.
2 Tennessee (29-4) Friday, 2:45 p.m.
April 8
Columbus, Ohio
7 Louisville (20-13)
8 Syracuse (20-13)
3 Purdue (23-9)
14 Old Dominion (26-8)
14 Yale (21-7)
2 Mich. St. (28-6)
4 Kansas St. (25-8) 13 UC Irvine (30-5)
SOUTH
April 6
Washington, D.C.
6 Maryland (22-10)
Mar. 24
FINAL FOUR
Friday, 9:57 p.m.
6 Buffalo (31-3) Tulsa, Okla.
8 Mississippi (20-12) Friday, 12:40 p.m.
March 30-31
1 Gonzaga (30-3)
Des Moines, Iowa
1 Virginia (29-3)
16 Gardner-Wb. (23-11)
16 NC Cen/N. Dak. St. 8 VCU (25-7)
First Round
March 21-22
Hartford, Conn.
Jacksonville, Fla.
E 11 Temple (23-9)
16 Prairie View A&M (22-12)
First Round
Des Moines, Iowa
Tuesday, 9:10 p.m.
11 Belmont (26-5)
San Jose, Calif.
The clock is ticking. The rest of college basketball has three weeks to figure out how to stop Duke’s freshman force of nature, Zion Williamson. Williamson and the Blue Devils got the overall top seed in the tournament, while Gonzaga and two more Atlantic Coast Conference teams — North Carolina and Virginia — also received No. 1 seeds. Three teams in one conference on the top line matches a record, and offers the selection committee’s guess as to who has the best chance to slow down Duke. The Blue Devils opened as a 9-4 favorite to win it all. Williamson, the 6-foot7 man-child averaging 22 points and nine rebounds and a near-certain top pick in the upcoming NBA draft, is putting his future on the line — along with hundreds of millions in potential earnings — all in hopes of adding his own chapter to the history of America’s most dreamindulged hoops extravaganza. He’s doing it only four weeks after wrenching his knee when his Nike sneaker blew out and sent him crashing to the floor. He missed
five games. He wouldn’t dare miss this. “Everybody has their right to their own opinion, but I knew I was coming back the whole time,” Williamson said in his return last week, when he led Duke to its 21st ACC tournament title. Speaking of shoes ... the companies that make them are intrinsically, financially and, yes, toxically intertwined with the players who fill out Division I rosters. The tournament will once again be played against the backdrop of a long list of problems — most of them related to money — that plague the NCAA and college hoops. LSU is the latest to have its name dragged through the mud, yet neither the NCAA nor the school appeared to think twice about placing the Tigers in a starring role the drama, which begins Tuesday with a pair of play-in games, then gets going in full force on Thursday. The Tigers were given the No. 3 seed in the East, a mere two weeks after details emerged about their coach, on a wiretap , talking to a recruiting middleman about a “strong ass offer” he made to a high schooler. If true, coach Will Wade clearly violated NCAA rules.
Tuesday, 6:40 p.m.
16 Fairleigh Dickinson (20-13)
Columbia S.C.
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer
Sports
15 Abilene Christ. (27-6)
Skiers have advantage over bikers in Homer Epic Staff report Peninsula Clarion
The Homer Epic 50- and 100-kilometer races were held Saturday, starting in Homer, going into the Caribou Hills, then returning to Homer. Competitors can choose to bike, run or ski. Men’s winners for 100 kilometers were Robert Whitney on skis
at 7 hours, 1 minute; Brian Bonney on the bike at 7:47 and Michele Baschieri on foot at 23:21. Women’s winners for 100 kilometers were Tara Schmidt on skis at 10:10 and Jessie Goodrich on bike at 18:47. Men’s winners for 50 kilometers were Frederick Dickerson on skis at 3:10, Mike Crawford on the bike at 3:34 and Timi Lemaire on
foot at 6:41. Women’s winners for 50 kilometers were Katie Miller on skis at 4:25, Amber Bethe on bike at 4:10 and Erin McKittrick on foot at 6:16. The softer course led to Bethe being the only overall winner that used a bike and not skis. Homer Epic 100 kilometers
Men — 1. Robert Whitney, ski, 7 hours, 1 minute; 2. Joshua Mumm, ski, 7:04; 3. Brian Bonney, bike, 7:47; 4. David Apperson, ski, 9:35; 5. Eric Thomason, bike, 10:29; 6. Brian Marang, bike, 10:39; 7. Patrick Goodrich, bike, 18:47; 8. Michele Baschieri, run, 23:21. Women — 1. Tara Schmidt, ski, 10:10; 2. Jennifer Bando, ski, 14:44; 3. Jessie Goodrich, bike, 18:47. 51 kilometers Men — 1. Frederick Dickerson, ski, 3:10; 2. Mike Crawford, bike, 3:34; 3. Gregory Tibbetts, ski, 4:41; 4. Thomas Quimby, ski, 4:48; 5. Joshua Duffus, bike, 5:41; 6. Bernie Freeman, bike, 6:19; 7. Timi Lemaire, run, 6:41; 8. Michael
Today in History
Scoreboard Golf Players Championship Scores
Sunday At TPC Sawgrass (Players Stadium Course) Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.; Purse: $12.5 million Yardage: 7,189; Par: 72 Final Rory McIlroy (600), $2,250,000 67-65-70-70—272 Jim Furyk (330), $1,350,000 71-64-71-67—273 Eddie Pepperell, $725,000 72-68-68-66—274 Jhonattan Vegas (180), $725,000 72-69-67-66—274 T. Fleetwood (110), $456,250 65-67-70-73—275 Dustin Johnson (110), $456,250 69-68-69-69—275 Brandt Snedeker (110), $456,250 69-72-65-69—275 Jason Day (85), $350,000 70-66-68-72—276 Brian Harman (85), $350,000 66-69-71-70—276 Hideki Matsuyama (85), $350,000 71-72-66-67—276 Justin Rose (85), $350,000 74-66-68-68—276 Abraham Ancer (66), $253,125 69-66-70-72—277 Joel Dahmen (66), $253,125 69-71-67-70—277 Jon Rahm (66), $253,125 69-68-64-76—277 Adam Scott (66), $253,125 70-69-68-70—277 Keegan Bradley (56), $193,750 65-73-68-72—278 O. Schniederjans (56), $193,750 71-70-65-72—278 Webb Simpson (56), $193,750 70-70-70-68—278 Nick Taylor (56), $193,750 73-69-69-67—278 B. DeChambeau (50), $156,250 70-69-69-71—279 Ryan Moore (50), $156,250 67-74-69-69—279
Basketball NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB x-Toronto 49 21 .700 — x-Philadelphia 45 25 .643 4 Boston 43 27 .614 6 Brooklyn 36 36 .500 14 New York 14 56 .200 35 Southeast Division Miami 33 36 .478 — Orlando 33 38 .465 1 Charlotte 31 38 .449 2 Washington 30 40 .429 3½ Atlanta 24 47 .338 10 Central Division x-Milwaukee 52 18 .743 — Indiana 44 26 .629 8 Detroit 36 33 .522 15½ Chicago 19 52 .268 33½ Cleveland 17 53 .243 35 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division Houston 44 26 .629 — San Antonio 41 29 .586 3 New Orleans 30 42 .417 15 Dallas 28 41 .406 15½ Memphis 28 42 .400 16 Northwest Division Denver 46 22 .676 — Portland 42 27 .609 4½ Oklahoma City 42 28 .600 5 Utah 40 29 .580 6½ Minnesota 32 38 .457 15 Pacific Division x-Golden State 47 21 .691 — L.A. Clippers 41 30 .577 7½ Sacramento 34 35 .493 13½ L.A. Lakers 31 39 .443 17 Phoenix 17 54 .239 31½ x-clinched playoff spot Sunday’s Games New York 124, L.A. Lakers 123 Miami 93, Charlotte 75 Philadelphia 130, Milwaukee 125 Detroit 110, Toronto 107 Orlando 101, Atlanta 91 Sacramento 129, Chicago 102
Quimby, run, 6:54; 9. Ben Muse, bike, 7:21; 10. Mike Schroeder, bike, 7:21; 11. Jonathan Blenkush, bike, 15:55; 7. Shane Kimberling, bike, 7:54; 8. Joshua Brown, run, 8:11; 9. Benjamin Powell, run, 8:11; 10. Michael Gavillot, bike, 8:49; 11. Hunter Scholtz, run, 9:19; 12. Bryan Hawkins, run, 9:21; 13. Tom Honer, run, 9:31; 14. Joe Martin, bike, 10:48; 15. Jared Kern, run, 11:47; 16. Thaddeus Lingenfelter, run, 11:51. Women — 1. Amber Bethe, bike, 4:10; 2. Katie Miller, ski, 4:25; 3. Heidi Zimmer, ski, 4:29; 4. Kathy Sarns-Irwin, ski, 4:41; 5. Rebecca Noblin, bike, 5:39; 6. Erin McKittrick, run, 6:16; 7. Sarah Osborne, bike, 6:16; 8. Nancy Long, run, 9:21.
Tony Finau (43), $125,000 69-71-68-72—280 Sergio Garcia (43), $125,000 69-70-74-67—280 Kevin Kisner (43), $125,000 68-68-71-73—280 J.T. Poston (43), $125,000 68-69-73-70—280 Byeong Hun An (36), $94,375 66-71-73-71—281 Emiliano Grillo (36), $94,375 70-72-73-66—281 Billy Horschel (36), $94,375 69-70-73-69—281 Matt Kuchar (36), $94,375 69-70-72-70—281 Lucas Bjerregaard, $77,625 70-70-70-72—282 Tom Hoge (28), $77,625 69-71-70-72—282 Matt Wallace, $77,625 69-73-70-70—282 Gary Woodland (28), $77,625 72-69-73-68—282 Tiger Woods (28), $77,625 70-71-72-69—282 Brice Garnett (21), $60,313 71-69-73-70—283 Charles Howell III (21), $60,313 69-70-75-69—283 Russell Knox (21), $60,313 70-68-73-72—283 Seamus Power (21), $60,313 74-67-73-69—283 Rory Sabbatini (21), $60,313 68-69-74-72—283 Justin Thomas (21), $60,313 71-72-70-70—283 Corey Conners (14), $45,000 72-70-68-74—284 Matthew Fitzpatrick, $45,000 70-71-72-71—284 Denny McCarthy (14), $45,000 69-72-72-71—284 Thorbjørn Olesen, $45,000 70-69-76-69—284 Vaughn Taylor (14), $45,000 67-70-71-76—284 Martin Trainer (14), $45,000 73-69-72-70—284 Bud Cauley (9), $31,389 69-70-76-70—285 Rickie Fowler (9), $31,389 74-67-68-76—285 Sung Kang (9), $31,389 73-66-74-72—285 Jason Kokrak (9), $31,389 73-68-74-70—285 Kelly Kraft (9), $31,389 73-70-71-71—285
Houston 117, Minnesota 102 L.A. Clippers 119, Brooklyn 116 Monday’s Games Detroit at Cleveland, 3 p.m. Utah at Washington, 3 p.m. Denver at Boston, 3:30 p.m. New York at Toronto, 3:30 p.m. Golden State at San Antonio, 4 p.m. Miami at Oklahoma City, 4 p.m. New Orleans at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. Chicago at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Indiana at Portland, 6:30 p.m. All Times ADT
Men’s Major Scores EAST Saint Louis 55, St. Bonaventure 53 Yale 97, Harvard 85 SOUTH Auburn 84, Tennessee 64 Georgia St. 73, Texas-Arlington 64 MIDWEST Michigan St. 65, Michigan 60 SOUTHWEST Cincinnati 69, Houston 57 FAR WEST UC Irvine 92, Cal St.-Fullerton 64
Women’s Scores EAST Bucknell 66, American U. 54 Princeton 65, Penn 54 Robert Morris 65, St. Francis (Pa.) 54 SOUTH Florida Gulf Coast 72, Liberty 49 Radford 57, Campbell 45 MIDWEST Missouri St. 94, Drake 79
SOUTHWEST Abilene Christian 69, Texas A&M-CC 68
Hockey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Tampa Bay 72 55 13 4 114 283 190 Boston 72 43 20 9 95 216 185 Toronto 72 43 24 5 91 259 216 Montreal 72 37 28 7 81 212 212 Florida 72 32 28 12 76 234 242 Buffalo 72 31 32 9 71 200 233 Detroit 72 25 37 10 60 195 247 Ottawa 72 25 41 6 56 213 263 Metropolitan Division Washington 72 42 23 7 91 248 225 N.Y. Islanders 72 42 23 7 91 206 173 Pittsburgh 73 39 24 10 88 249 220 Carolina 71 39 25 7 85 212 196 Columbus 72 40 28 4 84 220 210 Philadelphia 72 35 29 8 78 222 241 N.Y. Rangers 72 28 31 13 69 202 241 New Jersey 73 27 37 9 63 204 249
WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Winnipeg 71 42 25 4 88 243 211 Nashville 73 41 27 5 87 219 195 St. Louis 72 37 27 8 82 207 198 Dallas 72 37 29 6 80 181 178 Minnesota 73 34 30 9 77 199 214 Colorado 72 31 29 12 74 229 223 Chicago 71 32 30 9 73 241 260 Pacific Division x-Calgary 72 44 21 7 95 256 206 San Jose 72 43 21 8 94 258 222 Vegas 72 40 27 5 85 220 200 Arizona 72 36 30 6 78 195 200 Edmonton 72 32 33 7 71 204 237 Vancouver 72 30 32 10 70 196 223 Anaheim 74 30 35 9 69 173 227 Los Angeles 71 25 38 8 58 168 227 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs. x-clinched playoff spot
Andrew Landry (9), $31,389 73-68-73-71—285 Keith Mitchell (9), $31,389 71-65-75-74—285 Richy Werenski (9), $31,389 72-71-68-74—285 Patrick Reed (9), $31,389 69-69-69-78—285 Brian Gay (5), $27,250 76-67-68-75—286 Si Woo Kim (5), $27,250 73-68-72-73—286 Chris Kirk (5), $27,250 74-69-72-71—286 Brooks Koepka (5), $27,250 72-71-73-70—286 Luke List (5), $27,250 69-68-75-74—286 Francesco Molinari (5), $27,250 72-70-72-72—286 Louis Oosthuizen (5), $27,250 73-70-73-70—286 Scott Piercy (5), $27,250 74-68-72-72—286 Ian Poulter (5), $27,250 69-66-75-76—286 Cameron Smith (5), $27,250 72-70-73-71—286 Bubba Watson (5), $27,250 72-71-70-73—286 Daniel Berger (4), $25,500 75-68-70-74—287 Scott Langley (4), $25,500 69-72-75-71—287 Jimmy Walker (4), $25,500 75-68-73-71—287 Michael Thompson (3), $25,000 69-71-72-76—288 Martin Kaymer (3), $24,750 71-69-73-78—291 Branden Grace (3), $24,375 73-70-72-77—292 C.T. Pan (3), $24,375 72-70-74-76—292 Made cut; did not finish Jason Dufner (3), $23,750 70-73-74—217 Tyler Duncan (3), $23,750 70-71-76—217 Anirban Lahiri (3), $23,750 70-71-76—217 Patrick Rodgers (3), $23,250 72-70-76—218 Kevin Na (2), $23,000 71-70-78—219 Patton Kizzire (2), $22,625 71-70-79—220 Adam Long (2), $22,625 71-72-77—220
Sunday’s Games Colorado 3, New Jersey 0 Buffalo 4, St. Louis 3, SO N.Y. Islanders 3, Minnesota 2, OT Vancouver 3, Dallas 2, SO Philadelphia 2, Pittsburgh 1, OT Anaheim 3, Florida 2 Vegas 6, Edmonton 3 Monday’s Games Arizona at Tampa Bay, 3:30 p.m. Vancouver at Chicago, 4:30 p.m. Vegas at San Jose, 6:30 p.m. Winnipeg at Los Angeles, 6:30 p.m. All Times ADT
Racing NASCAR Monster Energy Results
Sunday At Auto Club Speedway Fontana, Calif. Lap length: 2 miles Starting position in parentheses 1. (4) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 200. 2. (5) Joey Logano, Ford, 200. 3. (13) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 200. 4. (2) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 200. 5. (10) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 200. 6. (21) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 200. 7. (6) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 200. 8. (27) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 200. 9. (3) Aric Almirola, Ford, 200. 10. (1) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 200. 11. (8) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 200. 12. (15) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 200. 13. (20) Daniel Suarez, Ford, 200. 14. (12) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Ford, 200. 15. (22) William Byron, Chevrolet, 200. 16. (14) Chris Buescher,
Chevrolet, 200. 17. (11) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 200. 18. (24) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 200. 19. (18) Erik Jones, Toyota, 200. 20. (25) Paul Menard, Ford, 200. 21. (23) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 200. 22. (7) Ryan Newman, Ford, 199. 23. (26) Ryan Preece, Chevrolet, 199. 24. (29) Michael McDowell, Ford, 198. 25. (19) David Ragan, Ford, 198. 26. (32) Matt Tifft, Ford, 197. 27. (16) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 197. 28. (31) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 195. 29. (33) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 195. 30. (28) Bubba Wallace, Chevrolet, 194. 31. (30) Corey LaJoie, Ford, 193. 32. (34) Cody Ware, Chevrolet, 192. 33. (17) Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet, 192. 34. (35) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 192. 35. (38) Joey Gase, Toyota, 188. 36. (37) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet, 188. 37. (36) BJ McLeod, Ford, 172. 38. (9) Clint Bowyer, Ford, Overheating, 130.
Today is Monday, March 18, the 77th day of 2019. There are 288 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 18, 1965, the first spacewalk took place as Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov went outside his Voskhod 2 capsule, secured by a tether. On this date: In 1766, Britain repealed the Stamp Act of 1765. In 1925, the Tri-State Tornado struck southeastern Missouri, southern Illinois and southwestern Indiana, resulting in some 700 deaths. In 1937, in America’s worst school disaster, nearly 300 people, most of them children, were killed in a natural gas explosion at the New London Consolidated School in Rusk County, Texas. In 1938, Mexican President Lazaro Cardenas nationalized his country’s petroleum reserves and took control of foreign-owned oil facilities. In 1940, Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met at the Brenner Pass, where the Italian dictator agreed to join Germany’s war against France and Britain. In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order authorizing the War Relocation Authority, which was put in charge of interning Japanese-Americans, with Milton S. Eisenhower (the younger brother of Dwight D. Eisenhower) as its director. In 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Hawaii statehood bill. (Hawaii became a state on Aug. 21, 1959.) In 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Gideon v. Wainwright, ruled unanimously that state courts were required to provide legal counsel to criminal defendants who could not afford to hire an attorney on their own. In 1980, Frank Gotti, the 12-year-old youngest son of mobster John Gotti, was struck and killed by a car driven by John Favara, a neighbor in Queens, New York. (The following July, Favara vanished, the apparent victim of a gang hit.) In 2002, Brittanie Cecil died two days short of her 14th birthday after being hit in the head by a puck at a game between the host Columbus Blue Jackets and Calgary Flames; it was apparently the first such fan fatality in NHL history. In 2005, Doctors in Florida, acting on orders of a state judge, removed Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube. (Despite the efforts of congressional Republicans to intervene and repeated court appeals by Schiavo’s parents, the brain-damaged woman died on March 31, 2005, at age 41.) In 2017, Chuck Berry, rock ‘n’ roll’s founding guitar hero and storyteller who defined the music’s joy and rebellion in such classics as “Johnny B. Goode,” ‘’Sweet Little Sixteen” and “Roll Over Beethoven,” died at his home west of St. Louis at age 90. Ten years ago: Under intense pressure from the Obama administration and Congress, the head of bailed-out insurance giant AIG, Edward Liddy, told Congress that some of the firm’s executives had begun returning all or part of bonuses totaling $165 million. Tony-winning actress Natasha Richardson, 45, died at a New York hospital two days after suffering a head injury while skiing in Canada. Five years ago: With a sweep of his pen, President Vladimir Putin added Crimea to the map of Russia, provoking denunciations from the Western leaders who called Putin a threat to the world. Venture capitalist Bruce Rauner won the GOP primary in his bid for Illinois governor (he went on to defeat the Democratic incumbent, Pat Quinn). A KOMOTV news helicopter crashed and burst into flames near Seattle’s Space Needle, killing both people on board. One year ago: A self-driving Uber SUV struck and killed a pedestrian in suburban Phoenix in the first death involving a fully autonomous test vehicle; Uber suspended its autonomous vehicle testing program in Arizona, California, Pittsburgh and Toronto after the crash. Vladimir Putin rolled to a crushing re-election victory for six more years as Russia’s president. The fourth in a series of bombings in Austin, Texas, left two people injured; authorities said it was triggered along a street by a nearly invisible tripwire. “Black Panther” became the first film since “Avatar” in 2009 to top the weekend box office for five weeks in a row. Today’s Birthdays: Composer John Kander is 92. Country singer Charley Pride is 85. Nobel peace laureate and former South African president F.W. de Klerk is 83. Country singer Margie Bowes is 78. Actor Kevin Dobson is 76. Actor Brad Dourif is 69. Jazz musician Bill Frisell is 68. Singer Irene Cara is 60. Alt-country musician Karen Grotberg (The Jayhawks) is 60. Movie writer-director Luc Besson is 60. Actor Geoffrey Owens is 58. Actor Thomas Ian Griffith is 57. Singer-songwriter James McMurtry is 57. TV personality Mike Rowe is 57. Singer-actress Vanessa L. Williams is 56. Olympic gold medal speedskater Bonnie Blair is 55. Country musician Scott Saunders (Sons of the Desert) is 55. Actor David Cubitt is 54. Rock musician Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains) is 53. Rock singer-musician Miki Berenyi (ber-EN’-ee) is 52. Actor Michael Bergin is 50. Rapper-actress-talk show host Queen Latifah is 49. Former White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus (ryns PREE’-bus) is 47. Actor-comedian Dane Cook is 47. Country singer Philip Sweet (Little Big Town) is 45. Rock musician Stuart Zender is 45. Singers Evan and Jaron Lowenstein are 45. Actress-singer-dancer Sutton Foster is 44. Singer Devin Lima (LFO) is 42. Rock singer Adam Levine (Maroon 5) is 40. Rock musician Daren Taylor (Airborne Toxic Event) is 39. Olympic gold medal figure skater Alexei Yagudin is 39. Actor Adam Pally is 37. Actor Cornelius Smith Jr. is 37. Actor Duane Henry (TV: “NCIS”) is 34. Actress Lily Collins is 30. Actress-dancer Julia Goldani Telles is 24. Actress Ciara Bravo is 22. Actor Blake Garrett Rosenthal is 15. Thought for Today: “It’s easy to be independent when you’ve got money. But to be independent when you haven’t got a thing -- that’s the Lord’s test.” -- Mahalia Jackson, American
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Cops & Courts Police reports n On Mar. 6, Seward Alaska Wildlife Troopers, with assistance from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, investigated a violation of the Prince William Sound commercial tanner crab fishery size limit. Investigation revealed that the F/V Highliner, operated by Nikita Kuzmin, 49, of Delta Junction, had retained 104 undersized tanner crabs. Kuzmin was issued a mandatory appearance court citation. The undersized crabs were seized and were donated to charity. n On Mar. 9 at 3:32 a.m., Soldotna Alaska State Troopers received report of a disturbance in the area of Cache Street in Kasilof. Investigation revealed that William Eastham, 28, of Kasilof, had recklessly caused physical injury. Eastham was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility without bail on the charge of fourth-degree assault (domestic violence). n On Mar. 9 at 8:44 a.m., Alaska State Troopers were dispatched to a motor vehicle crash involving injuries at Mile 3.5 of the Kenai Spur Highway. It was reported that two vehicles collided head on. Further investigation revealed that Bryce Campbell, 26, of Chugiak, was driving under the influence and veered off into the opposite lane, causing a collision with another
Court reports The following dismissals were recently handed down in Kenai District Court: n A charge of violating condition of release against Elias McConnell, 22, of Soldotna, was dismissed. Date of the charge was Feb. 5. n A charge of improper use of registration, title, or plates against Michael John Alvey, 43, of Kasilof, was dismissed. Date of the charge was Nov. 17, 2017. The following judgments were recently handed down in Kenai District Court: n Neal Crandall, 41, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of fourth-degree assault, a domestic violence offense committed Sept. 22. He was sentenced to 120 days in jail with all but time served suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete anger management treatment, forfeited all items seized, and was placed on probation for 12 months. n Chael Jay Idzinski, 26, of Anchorage, pleaded guilty to one count of an amended charge of second-degree harassment and one count of second-degree indecent exposure, a domestic violence offense, committed Aug. 4. On count one, 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 recommendation, ordered to have no contact with victim unless written consent is in the court file, and was placed on probation for 12 months. On
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would note she was able to beat him Sunday. Jacob finished at 18:16. The 3-mile race featured two 1.5-mile loops along the Sterling Highway. Threequarters of the way through the race, Martin passed Bill Wood for the men’s lead, but Strausbaugh, the granddaughter of Kurt and Tammy, still had a sizable lead. “He said, ‘Come on, you’ve got to go get her,’” Martin said of Wood. “I said, ‘No way. I’m having trouble just keeping up with you.’” Martin gradually reeled in Strausbaugh. “I could hear his footsteps the whole way,” she
vehicle. Campbell was arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility on charges of first-degree assault, driving under the influence, and reckless driving. The other parties received medical attention for their injuries. n On Mar. 9 at 9:13 p.m., Alaska State Troopers responded to a suspicious vehicle call at Spenard Builders Supply in Soldotna and contacted Lonnie Playle, 36, of Soldotna. Investigation determined that Playle had driven a motor vehicle while under the influence of a controlled substance. Playle was arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial on a charge of driving under the influence. n On Mar. 9 at 10:34 p.m. Soldotna dispatch received a report of a man in need of medical assistance. Troopers arrived on scene and identified the man as Kyle Jack, 45, of Nikiski, who was found to have an outstanding warrant for $250 for driving while license revoked. Jack was arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial. n On Mar. 6 at 10:34 p.m., Alaska State Troopers responded to a REDDI (Report Every Dangerous Driver Immediately) report of a vehicle crossing into oncoming traffic. Troopers located and stopped the vehicle on Longmere Way, off the Sterling Highway. Investigation revealed that Austin Jackson, 20, of Soldotna, was driving
under the influence of alcohol. Jackson was arrested for driving under the influence and taken to Wildwood Pretrial. n On Mar. 9 at 6:24 p.m., Alaska State Troopers in Seward received a report that Jeffery Cheng, 33, of Anchorage, was snowboarding with two friends in the area of the Crescent Lake Saddle Cabin and was overtaken by an avalanche. His friends, Bryce Fischer, 27, of Anchorage, and Cody Lourie, 33, of Anchorage, recovered Cheng from six feet of snow cover and performed CPR for 30 minutes. Fischer then left on foot/ snowboard to the trailhead to get cell service to call for help. Recovery efforts were made. The U.S. Forest Service, Alaska State Troopers, and Moose Pass Emergency Medical Services responded with snowmachines. At 10:15 p.m., Cheng was located deceased and taken to the Carter Lake trail head. Peninsula Memorial responded for Cheng’s body. The body is being sent to the State Medical Examiner for an autopsy. Next of kin has been notified. n On Mar. 10 at 5:05 p.m., Alaska State Troopers responded to a residence on Vonda Street in Soldotna for an investigation. Investigation revealed that Devin J. Jas, 22, of Soldotna, had an active arrest warrant for violating conditions of release. Jas was arrested for the warrant and
taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility without bail. n On Mar. 2 at 12:28 p.m., Alaska State Troopers received and responded to a report of a single-vehicle accident near Mile 162 of the Sterling Highway. The vehicle was reported to have struck the guardrail and then overturned. Both the driver, Iris Strongheart, 19, of Anchor Point, and the passenger, Ryan Nye, 38, of Homer, were uninjured in the accident. n On Mar. 11 at 1:21 a.m., Alaska State Troopers responded to a report of a structure fire at about Mile 12 of Funny River Road. The complainant and homeowner, Corey Helgevold, said he had been working on his furnace, and it started on fire. Central Emergency Services responded to the fire. No injuries were reported, and no foul play is suspected. n On Mar. 11 at 8:04 p.m., Alaska State Troopers were investigating a criminal complaint in Sterling, in the area of Loomis Road. Investigation revealed that Travis W. Lindley, 18, of Sterling, had two warrants. He was arrested for misconduct involving a controlled substance, violating conditions of release, and two warrants and was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility. On Mar. 12, Lindley was remanded on additional charges of first-degree burglary, second-degree theft, and fourthdegree criminal mischief on
an unrelated case. n On Mar. 9 at 12:55 a.m., while on patrol, Kenai police made contact with a vehicle. After investigation, Elias T McConnell, 22, of Kenai, was arrested for driving under the influence and taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility. n On Mar 9 at 11:53 p.m., a local store reported a male shoplifter trying to leave the parking lot. Kenai police responded and found the male suspect on the property. After interviewing the suspect, Brian C Faulkner, 38, of Anchorage, was arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial for seconddegree theft. n On Mar. 6 at 11:14 p.m., Kenai Police contacted a vehicle that appeared stuck at the bird viewing pullout on Bridge Access Road. Contact with the driver resulted in the arrest of Edward E. Brown, 61, of Anchorage, on a charge of driving under the influence. Brown was taken to Wildwood Pretrial. n On Mar. 6 at 3:43 p.m., Kenai police conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle near Mile 10 of the Kenai Spur Highway. Contact with the vehicle resulted in the arrest of Claire M. Jones, 31, of Kenai, on the charges of seconddegree robbery, fourth-degree assault, fourth-degree theft, and fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance. William D. Bushnell, 29, of Kenai was also arrested on the charges of second-de-
gree robbery, fourth-degree assault, and fourth-degree theft. These arrests were in regard to a Kenai Police Department case from October, 2018. Jones and Bushnell were taken to Wildwood Pretrial. n On Mar. 5 at 1:37 p.m., Kenai police received a report of a shoplifter in custody at a business near Mile 10.5 of the Kenai Spur Highway. Officers responded and issued a summons to court to Anthony L. Ritter, 36, of Kenai, for charges of fourth-degree theft and false information. n On Mar. 4 at 9:26 a.m., at Daubenspeck Park, Kenai police came into contact with Alicia Marie Ridge, 28, of Kenai, and Kenneth Oder, 50, of Soldotna. Ridge was arrested for two charges of second-degree misconduct of controlled substances. Records confirmed that Ridge also had an arrest warrant with Soldotna Alaska State Troopers for third-degree theft. Oder was arrested for second-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance and violating conditions of release. n On Mar 4 at 7:48 p.m., Kenai police responded to the area of Bridge Access Road and Childs Avenue. Officers contacted and issued a summons to Nathan D. Epling, 44, of Kenai, for fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance.
count two, he was ordered to complete a substance/alcohol abuse assessment and follow all recommendations, ordered to have no contact with victim unless written consent is in the court file, and was placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Lonnie J. Kukowski, 24, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to one count of an amended consolidated charge of fourthdegree assault (causing fear of injury) and one count of fourth-degree theft, committed Oct. 30. On the count of fourth-degree assault, he was sentenced to 60 days in jail with all but time served suspended, fined $500, a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete a mental health assessment and follow all recommendations, ordered to pay restitution, ordered to have no contact with victims, and placed on probation for 24 months. On the count of fourth-degree theft, he was placed on probation for six months. n Elias T. McConnell, 22, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Mar. 28, 2018. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail or on electronic monitoring with 87 days suspended, fined $3,000 with $1,500 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 30 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months, and placed on probation for 12
months. n Elias Tyler McConnell, 22, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to one count of an amended charge of reckless driving and one count of violating condition of release, committed May 9. On the count of reckless driving, he was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, concurrent with requirement in another case, had his license revoked for 30 days, and was placed on probation for 12 months. On the count of violating condition of release, he was placed on probation for 12 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Brian Raham, 48, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal trespass (upon premises), committed Feb. 7. He was fined a $100 court surcharge, ordered to have no contact with a Peninsula Avenue address in Kenai, and was placed on probation for 12 months. n Chad Leroy Wolcott, 46, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of second-degree harassment, committed Jan. 6. He was fined a $100 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete anger management treatment, and placed on probation for 12 months. The following judgments were recently handed down in Kenai Superior Court: n Tayler Sky Cunningham, 26, pleaded guilty to one felony count of first-degree burglary (in a dwelling), one felony count of first-degree vehicle theft, one misde-
meanor count of an amended charge of fourth-degree criminal mischief, one felony count of second-degree theft, one misdemeanor count of failure to stop at the direction of an officer, one misdemeanor count of an amended charge of fourth-degree assault (causing fear of injury), and one misdemeanor count of an amended charge of leaving the scene of an accident (vehicle damage), committed Mar. 17, 2017. On the felony counts, he was sentenced to four years in prison with two years suspended on the count of first-degree burglary, to two years with one year suspended on the count of first-degree vehicle theft, to two years with one year suspended on the count of second-degree theft, and to one year on the count of failure to stop at the direction of an officer (11 months to run concurrent with the misdemeanor count of leaving the scene of an accident), fined $1,000 on the count of first-degree vehicle theft and $750 on the count of failure to stop at the direction of an officer, fined a $100 court surcharge and a $200 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay $250 cost of appointed counsel, had his license revoked for one year, ordered to pay restitution, forfeited all item seized, ordered, among other conditions of probation, not to use or possess any alcoholic beverages or illegal controlled substances, including synthetic drugs and marijuana, ordered not to reside where alcoholic beverages are present or enter any business establishment whose primary business is the sale of alcohol, ordered to complete a substance abuse evaluation and comply
with treatment recommendations, ordered to submit to search directed by a probation officer, with or without probable cause, for the presence of alcohol, controlled substances, drug paraphernalia, evidence of controlled substance transactions, weapons and stolen property, ordered to have no contact with victims in this case, and was placed on probation for five years after serving any term of incarceration imposed. On the misdemeanor count of fourth-degree criminal mischief, he was sentenced to 30 days in jail, ordered to pay restitution, forfeited all items seized, and ordered to have no contact with the victim. On the misdemeanor count of fourth-degree theft, he was fined $250, ordered to pay restitution, forfeited all items seized, and ordered to have no contact with the victim. On the misdemeanor count of fourth-degree assault, he was sentenced to 30 days in jail, ordered to pay restitution, forfeited all items seized, and ordered to have no contact with the victim. On the misdemeanor count of leaving the scene of an accident, he was sentenced to one year in jail, ordered to pay restitution, forfeited all items seized, and ordered to have no contact with victims. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Michael John Alvey, 43, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to second-degree theft, committed Oct. 28, 2017. He was sentenced to one year in prison, fined a $100 court surcharge and a $100 jail surcharge, ordered to pay restitution, ordered to have no contact with victim, and forfeited all items seized. All other charges in
this case were dismissed. n Michael John Alvey, 43, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to one count of felony driving under the influence and one misdemeanor count of violating condition of release, committed Jan. 19, 2018. On count one, he was sentenced to three years in prison with two years suspended, fined $10,000, a $100 court surcharge and a $200 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay $100 cost of appointed counsel, had his license permanently revoked, subject to conditional restoration, is disqualified from driving a commercial for life, subject to conditional reinstatement, forfeited interest in the vehicle, ordered to complete a substance abuse evaluation and comply with treatment recommendations, forfeited all items seized, ordered, among other conditions of probation, not to use or possess any alcoholic beverages or illegal controlled substances, not to reside where alcoholic beverages or illegal controlled substances are present or enter any business establishment whose primary business is the sale of alcohol, ordered to submit to search directed by a probation officer, with or without probable cause, for the presence of alcohol, controlled substances, and stolen property, ordered to have no contact with victim in another case, and was placed on probation for three years after serving any term of incarceration imposed. On the misdemeanor count of violating condition of release, he was sentenced to five days in jail.
said. At the corner about 100 yards from the finish, Martin made his pass and defeated Strausbaugh by four seconds. “I felt kind of bad passing a high school girl near the end like that, but it’s all competition and good fun,” he said. A female competitor did win the 1.5-mile race, with Avery Powell taking the overall win at 11:49, with Clayton McDonald taking the top men’s slot at 13:07. Kurt Strausbaugh is the head coach of the Whalers. He said the proceeds of the race will be used to take 10 to 15 wrestlers to Las Vegas in the last week of April. Last year, the Whalers had 143 wrestlers and were one of the top 50 clubs by size of 3,500 clubs in the
United States. “We’re just not out there teaching the sport of wrestling,” Strausbaugh said. “We’re out to teach them to be good citizens as well. We want to teach them life skills.” The Strausbaughs have taken advantage of familiar running dates nationwide to raise money for community causes. On Thanksgiving, the couple raised money for Freedom House with a Turkey Trot. The next event the Strausbaughs do will be the Moose River Hustle on May 11 in Sterling. This event raises money for Meals on Wheels for the Sterling Senior Center. Shamrock Shuffle Sunday in Soldotna (Some competitors may be missing)
1.5 miles — 1. Avery Powell 11:49, 2. Clayton McDonald 13:07, 3. Sawyer Graham 13:23, 4. Nathan Powell 14:35, 5. Maddie Worth 14:41, 6. Shelby Huffer 15:04, 7. Abby Huffer 15:07, 8. Denali Tucker 16:24, 9. Kandi Barcus 16:27, 10. Jade Mann 16:39, 11. McKinley Bock 19:00, 12. Carissa McKay 19:04, 13. Robin Richardson 22:20, 14. Zach Richardson 22:36 3 miles — 1. Josiah Martin 17:29, 2. Jordan Strausbaugh 17:33, 3. Bill Wood 17:49, 4. Scott Michael 18:15, 5. Jacob Strausbaugh 18:16, 6. Sammy Anders 18:34, 7. Sean Goff 18:35, 8. Jeff Helminiak 19:33, 9. Susan Craig 19:39, 10. Mallory Millay, 19:51, 11. Zeek Miller 19:56, 12. Adam Anders 20:12, 13.
Ben Buersma 20:21, 14. Hunter Richardson 21:08, 15.Elias Wheeler 21:11, 16.Carl Kincaid 21:47, 17. Corbin Crisp 21:47, 18. Amanda Millay 22:05, 19. Danny Anders 22:20, 20. Nikki Dixon 22:41, 21. Kyle McNally 22:52, 22. Cade Dickey 23:29, 23. Alyssa Frothingham 23:39, 24. Kristy Miller 23:46, 25. Stacey Tronnier 24:36. 26. Liam Peck 24:36, 27. Collin Peck 24:36, 28. Nataleigh Shane 24:56, 29. Taleasha Shane 24:58, 30. Karalyn Veihdeffer 25:37, 31. Colton Huffer 25:39, 32. Andrew Miller 25:39, 33. Eliza Anders 25:51, 34. Eli Edmunds 25:53, 35. Tommy Johnson 26:01, 36. Ryan Lindstrom 26:10, 37. Sheilah-Margaret Pothast 26:20, 38. John Pothast 26:20, 39. Logan McKay
26:22, 40. Alyssa McDonald 27:59, 41. Courtney Galloway 28:25, 42. Willow Graham 28:25, 43. Maria Sweppy 28:39, 44. Chase Johnson 28:54, 45. Rowan Peck 29:32, 46. Kelli Stroh 30:42, 47. Sara Buersma 30:42, 48. Katherine Ebenezer 31:02, 49. Jaxson Ebenezer 31:02, 50. Corbin Ebenezer 31:02. 51. Brandi Peck 31:28, 52.Trenton Peck 31:30, 53. Hannah Anders 33:02, 54. Nadia Anders 33:02, 55. Mason Bock 33:31, 56. Karen Sloggins 35:34, 57. Bentley Elmore 38:00, 58. Raven Cervantes 40:37, 59. Marli Peterson 41:12, 60. Donna Peterson 41:12, 61. Lana Metcalf 42:43, 62. Lacey Stock 43:18, 63. Kendra Blanners 43:53, 64. Jean Gdula 43:53, 65. Hudson Metcalf 44:14
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Second pregnancy is too much for family asked for support family” will chip in ONE MORE TIME, but the money must be used so she and her daughter can consult a lawyer about how to compel the deadbeat dad to assume his responsibilities toward his children. There are also state child support Abigail Van Buren enforcement agencies that can help her. DEAR ABBY: I started dating my nextdoor neighbor two years ago. We have known each other for 17 years. We hit it off, and after about a month he was spending every night with me. He’s 72 and retired; I’m 55 and work full time. We have a great relationship, but I feel he is stalling about marrying me. In the beginning, he said if we were together after one year we would talk about selling one or both of our houses and having just one. It hasn’t happened. I make his breakfast each morning. Then I go to work and he goes to his house. He comes back at lunch to let my dogs out. When I get home at 5, he comes over and I cook supper. (He does buy some groceries
and will start dinner every once in a while.) He then stays until I leave for work the next day. And he’s here every weekend, too. He does go home to shower. I think after two years he should know whether he wants to marry me or not. His last divorce was 20 years ago, and mine was seven years ago. I love him, and he says he isn’t putting me off, he just wishes I could be “patient.” I think it’s stupid to have two houses when he stays with me every night. I pay my own bills, and he pays his. Do you think I’m wasting my time with him? -- READY FOR CHANGE IN SOUTH CAROLINA DEAR READY: Whether you are wasting your time remains to be seen. After two years I don’t think you are being “impatient” to want a commitment from him. That’s why you both need to have a serious, lay-it-on-the-line discussion about what your goals are. If marriage isn’t one of his, he should let you know NOW. 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. Hints from Heloise
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Monday, March 18, 2019: This year, you open up to a more dynamic perspective with work, your daily routine and relationships. Your views will help your life flow. If single, you draw an assortment of characters, some of whom you meet through your day-to-day routine. Know what type of bond you want, and you will find it easier to make the correct choice. If attached, your sweetie likes the mental growth and attitude change, though at first he or she might not. You draw VIRGO to you. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH Getting through a hard day’s work might seem more natural to you than usual. If you wish, be feisty with someone who seems to interfere more than help. You might note this activity surrounding a financial matter. Be firm about boundaries. Tonight: Know when to call it a night. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH If you work from home, you will succeed in clearing out work and opening a door to a new opportunity. If physically at work, you might be distracted by thoughts of events or people around your home. Tonight: Put on your tennis shoes and squeeze in some exercise. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH You might be able to get past a problem with ease. How you see a certain issue could change dramatically because of a developing project. Brainstorm and approach a personal matter differently. Be more forthright about your feelings. Tonight: At home. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Zero in on what is happening around your neighborhood or immediate surroundings. You could be tired of the same routine. You might get ideas about how to diversify without turning your life upside down. Tonight: Return calls. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH You feel like you can accomplish whatever you want, if given half a chance. A boss or authority figure could put the kibosh on what you think is a great idea. Your creativity soars to a new level when faced with an obstacle. Tonight: Decide what works for you.
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH Your drive and ability to move forward no matter what obstacles appear in your path might be tested. Try to gain perspective by imagining what it might be like to be the other parties involved. Tonight: Play it low-key. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHHH Speak your mind with the knowledge that you cannot continue on the present path. Groups and meetings could gain an unexpected role in your day. You will have much to think about. Be more upbeat about the possibilities. Tonight: Togetherness works. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Others look to you for answers and information. You do your best to fill in the gaps, but encourage them to do their own research. Given time, other solutions will appear. Trust your instincts. You will land on your feet like a cat. Tonight: Accept an invitation out. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Look to the future when eyeing a situation that could involve getting an expert or following through on a promise. Given more information and some time, you will make a solid decision. Do not hesitate to ask questions. Tonight: Others happily follow your lead. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH You could be looking at a situation where the other party plays a critical role. You cannot eliminate possibilities, but you can weigh the pros and cons of approaching a dilemma. Tonight: Imagine different scenarios. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH You could be drained by recent activity. You have been highly responsive to others, and today is no exception. A family member could want or need a lot of attention. You can afford to be generous with your caring. Tonight: Be a duo. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH Dig into work, without worrying about a fast change or a need to head in another direction. Your sense of humor emerges, allowing you to proceed with a different style and perspective. Tonight: Others seem more open. BORN TODAY Actress/rapper Queen Latifah (1970), songwriter/singer Adam Levine (1979), actress/singer Vanessa Williams (1963)
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