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In the news Trial delayed in Coast Guard shooting case ANCHORAGE (AP) — The trial of a Kodiak man charged in the fatal shooting of two men at a Coast Guard station has been postponed.

The Kodiak Daily Mirror reports James Wells’ trial was to have started Monday, but has been postponed until March 31.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin Feldis says the trial in Anchorage will likely last several weeks.

Federal prosecutors will not seek the death penalty if Wells is convicted.

Wells is charged in the shootings of Coast Guardsmen Petty Officer 1st Class James Hopkins and retired Chief Petty Officer Richard Belisle in April 2012.

The 62-year-old Wells faces six felony charges: two counts each of first-degree murder, murder of a U.S. officer and use of a firearm in a violent crime. He has pleaded innocent to all the charges.

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By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press

JUNEAU — Federal agencies are ready to work on an Alaska liquefied natural gas project but don’t want another false start, state lawmakers were told Wednesday.

In testimony submitted to the Senate Finance Committee, Larry Persily, the federal coorPhoto by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion dinator of Alaska gas pipeline projects, said agencies would like to know a project has a real Clare Henry, a student from Cook Inlet Academy, waits for a fish to bite Wednesday during the Alaska Department of Fish shot at making it this time. and Game’s ice fishing day, part of its Salmon in the Classroom curriculum, on Sport Lake in Soldotna.

Persily said this time could well be different than past efforts, like the proposed gas line from the North Slope into Canada that has been set aside because of market changes in favor of the current project that would be capable of overseas

By KAYLEE OSOWSKI exports. islative capability to direct this Peninsula Clarion Working in Alaska’s favor country,” Young said. is that liquefied natural gas deHe said the country has lost mand is the strongest growth inRepublican Congressman states’ rights and said a centraldustry for energy in the world, Don Young spoke to a full house ized monarch is governing the he said. While the state faces a at Wednesday’s Kenai and Sol- country. Alaska is being abused, lot of potential competitors, he dotna joint chamber luncheon. he said, and states’ rights will said it’s not an impossible marHe addressed attendees about be lost unless individuals speak ket. the lack of “positive action in up to preserve the republic staGas could be flowing in the Washington, D.C.,” which he tus of the nation. next decade if markets perform “There should never be an said is the result of a the shift as expected, the companies and in power from the legislators to opportunity (for) the federal state can keep costs down, and the president which occurred government to impose a refinancial terms work for all parover the last seven presiden- striction on an individual or a ties, he said. municipality if it doesn’t make cies, he said.

A project of this type carries “Every president very frank- sense,” he said. “The state the potential for serious risk ly for the last seven presidents should be the buffer zone bePhoto by Kaylee Osowski/Peninsula Clarion and reward. The Alaska projhas tried to accumulate power tween the municipalities and Congressman Don Young speaks to about 100 people at ect has substantial advantages, within the executive branch and the federal government.” in doing so we’ve lost the legSee YOUNG, page A-11 Wednesday’s Kenai and Soldotna joint chamber luncheon.

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Hands-on learning

Young defends states’ rights

WOW event ready with or without snow

By KAYLEE OSOWSKI Peninsula Clarion

Warm temperatures that plagued the Kenai Peninsula in January, melting snow and ice, have raised concerns about whether the Way Out Women snowmachiners will ride the trail on Saturday in Caribou Hills on the event’s tenth anniversary.

Kathy Lopeman, WOW

chair, said the group usually does a 50-mile roundtrip beginning at Freddie’s Roadhouse at Mile 16 of Oil Well Road in Ninilchik, but this year will likely be different.

“There’s minimal snow up there now,” Lopeman said. “You can ride your snowmachine, but its not enough that we can set a regular route and do a ride like we normally do, but it’s also four-wheeler rideable.”

She said the further riders travel off of Oil Well Road, the snow deeper the snow gets. But the regular WOW trail to Cilegon isn’t rideable because ice bridges on the trail are out.

Lopeman said a final decision about whether or not to set up a different course for the snowmachiners to ride on Saturday will be made Friday morning. Either way, WOW will have an event, Lopeman

said.

If WOW decides not to do a course, Lopeman said the group will play some more games and as of Tuesday afternoon, the group was looking into different music options.

Lopeman said WOW has had slush concerns for its ride in past years, but there’s always been snow.

She said the WOW cabana boys might be bored this year,

if the women don’t ride. Normally one man rides out with a group of five women on the trail to make sure the snowmachines are running properly and to help get anyone unstuck.

“They have to be pleasant all day long and for that we give them a free shirt and we feed them,” Lopeman said. “Most of them are quite happy with being fed.”

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Murkowski blasts federal decision on Izembek road

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press

JUNEAU — The Interior Department’s rejection of a road through a national wildlife refuge that could aid patients in a small Alaska village is emblematic of a bigger problem between the state and federal government, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski told state lawmakers Wednesday.

In December, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell rejected a proposed land swap to build a gravel road through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, which shelters millions of migratory waterfowl.

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Murkowski, a Republican, told lawmakers there was more at stake than just a road. She said Jewell’s decision was emblematic of how “the federal government believes that it has to somehow protect Alaska from Alaskans. That we can’t be counted on to be good stewards of the land that we have fought for and we have worked for and we have raised our children up to honor and respect.”

Environmental groups bitterly oppose the road, noting that Congress in 1997 addressed

King Cove transportation needs and appropriated $37.5 million for water access to Cold Bay that included a $9 million hovercraft. They also contend a road is just as likely as air transportation to be closed by the area’s notorious winds and snow.

Murkowski, however, said to applause that the only thing standing in the way of a road is a federal government that says, “somehow, we need to make sure that every bird is protected before the lives of Alaskans will be protected. That’s wrong.

That is absolutely wrong.”

Murkowski told reporters AP Photo/Becky Bohrer later that she would continue to press the case with Jewell and U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski addresses reporters during a news was even considering holding conference following her speech to a joint session of the AlasSee ROAD, page A-11 ka Legislature on Wednesday in Juneau.

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Bumblebees stung by honeybee sickness

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer

WASHINGTON — Wild bumblebees worldwide are in trouble, likely contracting deadly diseases from their commercialized honeybee cousins, a new study shows.

That’s a problem even though bumblebees aren’t trucked from farm to farm like honeybees. They provide a significant chunk of the world’s pollination of flowers and food, especially greenhouse tomatoes, insect experts said. And the ailments are hurting bumblebees even more, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature.

“Wild populations of bumblebees appear to be in significant decline across Europe, North America, South America and also in Asia,” said study author Mark Brown of the University of London. He said his study confirmed that a major source of the decline was “the spillover of parasites and pathogens and disease” from managed honeybee hives.

Smaller studies have shown disease going back and forth between the two kinds of bees.

Brown said his is the first to look at the problem in a larger country-wide scale and include three diseases and parasites.

The study tracked nearly 750 bees in 26 sites throughout

AP Photo/Toby Talbot

In this July 5, 2011 file photo, a bumblebee alights on the bloom of a thistle in Berlin, Vt.

Great Britain. And it also did lab work on captive bees to show disease spread.

What the study shows is that “the spillover for bees is turning into (a) boilover,” University of Illinois entomology professor May Berenbaum, who wasn’t part of the study, said in an email.

Study co-author Matthias Furst of the University of London said the team’s research does not definitely prove the diseases go from honeybees to bumblebees. But the evidence points heavily in that direction because virus levels and infection rates are higher in the hon-

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eybees, he said.

Bumblebees probably pick up diseases when they go to flowers after infected honeybees, Furst said. And sometimes bumblebees invade honeybee hives and steal nectar, getting diseases that way, he added.

Bumblebees can be nearly

twice as big as honeybees, can sting multiple times and don’t produce surplus honey, like honeybees.

The latest research shows bumblebees are hurt more by disease, Brown said. In general, the average wild bumblebee lives 21 days, but the infected ones live closer to 15 days, he said. And while honeybee hives have tens of thousands of workers and can afford to lose some, bumblebee hives only have hundreds at the most.

“It’s like Wal-Mart versus a mom-and-pop store,” Berenbaum said in an interview.

Studies have shown that bumblebees provide $3 billion worth of fruit and flower pollination in the United States, while honeybees are closer to $20 billion, Berenbaum said.

The new study did not look at colony collapse disorder, which is more of a mysterious problem in North America than elsewhere. Other diseases and parasites have killed even more honeybees than the more recent colony collapse disorder.

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Peninsula Clarion, Thursday, February 20, 2014

Obituary

Around the Peninsula

Clifford Lee Schanrock

Cinderella getting ready for the prom

Mountain Village resident Clifford Lee Schanrock, a longtime Alaska resident, died on Feb. 5, 2014. Born June 9, 1957, he was 56.

A potluck Celebration of Life will be held at the American Legion Post 20 in Kenai on Saturday, Feb. 22 at 2 p.m.

Clifford is survived by his wife Lisa; son Brandon; daughter Tiffany and granddaughter Honor; father Tom Sr.; sisters Robin, Sheryl, Theresa, and Cynthia; brother Tom Jr. and baby sister Candace.

Cinderella’s Closet is opening March 18, 20, 25, and 27 from 2:30-4:30 p.m. in the theater dressing rooms at Soldotna High School. This program helps local ladies in need with free prom dresses, shoes, and accessories. Last year, Cinderella’s Closet provided items to 92 local students from Soldotna High, Cook Inlet Academy, Skyview High, River City Academy, Kenai Central High, Nanwalek, Port Graham, Susan B. English (Seldovia), and Nikiski High. Donations can be dropped off at the Soldotna High School office from 8:00 a.m.-2:45 p.m. The program is in need of formal dresses, accessories, and shoes.

Explore Kenai Peninsula history

Community Calendar Today 8:30 a.m.

• TOPS AK No. 220 Kasilof weigh-in at CES Station 6, 58260 Sterling Highway. Meeting starts at 9 a.m. Call 262-7319 or 2523436.

10 a.m.

• TOPS AK No. 164 Soldotna weigh-in at First Baptist Church, 159 S. Binkley. Meeting starts at 11 a.m. Call 262-7339.

Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group at URS Club, 405 Overland Drive. Call 262-1917.

5:30 p.m.

• Free Seated Zumba Gold at the Kenai Senior Center. New participants, active older adults, and chair-bound or limited mobility participants are encouraged.

6 p.m.

• AA Step Sisters at Central Peninsula Hospital. Call 2622304.

• Weight Watchers, Woodruef Building, 155 Smith Way, Soldotna. Doors open at 5:15; joining members should arrive by 5:30; Getting Started session for newcomers at 6:30.

• TOPS AK 20, Soldotna, weigh-in at Christ Lutheran Church, 128 North Soldotna Avenue, Soldotna. Meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. Call 262-1557.

• Celebrate Recovery, Midnight Son Seventh-day Adventist church on the corner of Swires Rd. and Kenai Spur Hwy in Kenai.

Dinner is at 6 p.m.; Recovery Lesson at 6:30 p.m.; Open Share groups at 7:15 p.m. Email rking4@mac.com or call260-3292.

7 p.m.

• Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “Dopeless Hope Fiends” at 607 Frontage Road, Kenai.

• Square dance group at Ninilchik Senior Center.

• Alcoholics Anonymous “Unity Men’s Group” meets downstairs the Salvation Army building in Soldotna.

8 p.m.

• AA Attitude of Gratitude at URS Club, 405 Overland Drive.

Call 283-3777.

• AA North Roaders Group at North Star Methodist Church, Mile 25.5 Kenai Spur Highway. Call 242-9477.

• Alcoholics Anonymous Ninichick support group at United Methodist Church, 15811 Sterling Highway, Ninilchik. Call 907567-3574.

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The Community Calendar lists recurring events and meetings of local organizations.To have your event listed, email organization name, day or days of meeting, time of meeting, place, and a contact phone number to news@peninsulaclarion.com.

Peninsula Clarion death notice and obituary guidelines: The Peninsula Clarion strives to report the deaths of all current and former Peninsula residents. Notices should be received within three months of the death.

Pending service/Death notices are brief notices listing full name, age, date and place of death; and time, date and place of service. These are published at no charge.

Obituaries are prepared by families, funeral homes, crematoriums, and are edited by our staff according to newspaper guidelines. The fee for obituaries up to 500 words with one black and white photo ranges from $50 to $100. Obituaries outside these guidelines are handled by the Clarion advertising department.

Funeral homes and crematoriums routinely submit completed obituaries to the newspaper. Obituaries may also be submitted directly to the Clarion with prepayment, online at www.peninsulaclarion.com, or by mail to: Peninsula Clarion, P.O. Box 3009, Kenai, Alaska, 99611.

The deadline for Tuesday – Friday editions is 2 p.m. the previous day. Submissions for Sunday and Monday editions must be received by 3 p.m. Friday. We do not process obituaries on Saturdays or Sundays unless submitted by funeral homes or crematoriums. Obituaries are placed on a space-available basis, prioritized by dates of local services.

For more information, call the Clarion at 907-283-7551.

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Debuting is a new Survival 101 Camp with a supervised outdoor survival night for grades 7-12. STEM Adventure camps for K-3rd and 4th-6th graders are always a blast. Overnight options for grades 4-12. To register, visit www.akchallenger.org or call 907-283-2000.

Explore Australia without leaving Alaska Visit Australia via a multimedia slide and music presentation by Greg and Jan Daniels from their trips to the “Land Down Under” Feb. 21 at the Kenai Visitor Center. Doors open at 6 p.m.; show starts at 7 p.m. The show will include images of exotic animals, birds, plants, scenic hotspots, local culture, and travel around this huge continent. Children will enjoy the show too, and Australian animal cookies, coffee, and drink will be served. All proceeds will go to the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank.

Tickets are $5 per person, ages 10 and under are free.

Longtime resident Al Hershberger will speak on peninsula Activities available at Nikiski Pool area history from his very personal perspective from noon-1 — Nikiski Pool semi-private swim lessons begin Feb. 26. p.m. Friday, Feb. 28 in borough assembly chambers in Soldot— Idita-Swim Competition at the Nikiski Pool runs March na. Al has lived on the peninsula since 1948 and has documented many of the area’s changes through photos and engaging 4-April 30. Swim or water walk your way to Nome!

— “Plunge into Aqua Zumba,” a free Aqua Zumba event, at stories. This is the first in a series of “brown bag lunch” presentations being sponsored by the Kenai Peninsula Borough’s the Nikiski Pool on March 1, 10-11:30 a.m.

Please call 776-8800 for more information.

Land Management Division on local area activities, looking into the past and looking forward at the future. Bring your own bag lunch or RSVP by Feb. 27 and pay $5 for a pizza lunch. Peninsula Senior Games take center stage Coffee, tea and water will be provided. For more information or Senior centers on the Kenai Peninsula will be holding the to RSVP for the pizza lunch contact Ann Shirnberg, 714-2213 annual Senior Olympic Games from Tuesday, Feb. 18 through or ashirnberg@borough.kenai.ak.us.

Feb. 22. There are 13 diffeent events, including pool, water walk, cribbage, bridge, darts, walk-a-thon, hand-n-foot, bowlProstate cancer support group to meet ing, basketball, pinochle, dominos, ping pong, and poker. The There will be a meeting for men affected by prostate cancer events will be held at various locations in the Nikiski, Kenai at 6 p.m. Thursday Feb. 20 in the Redoubt room at Central Pen- and Soldotna areas. The Senior Olympics are open to all Peninsula Hospital. Family and friends are welcome. For informa- insula seniors 55 years of age and older. Local senior centers have details on the games and sign-up sheets for all events. An tion contact Jim at 260-4904. awards ceremony will be held in the Central Peninsula Mall on Feb. 22 at 12:30 p.m. to present medals to winners, followed by Pilot safety seminar on tap a no-host dinner at Ginger’s Restaurant.

A pilot safety seminar will take place Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014 from 7-9:30 p.m. at the Missionary Air Repair Center GPS training available (MARC) on Funny River Road in Soldotna. Speakers will inThe Kenai Flotilla of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary will clude Dean Eichholz of the Alaska Aviation Safety Foundation, David Swartz and Al Wilson from the Aircraft Certification Of- conduct a “GPS for Outdoor Lovers” class on Feb. 22. This is a fice, and Alaskan aviator Bill Compton. The seminar is avail- basic GPS navigation forum. Prior knowledge of map use and able for Wings Credit. Cookies and coffee will be provided. navigation is helpful. You are encouraged to bring your own For more information, contact Dean Eichholz at 262-3872 or hand held GPS unit. The class will be conducted at the Soldotna Public Library, 235 North Binkley Street, Soldotna, from 398-6228.

1-5 p.m. The cost of the class is $35 per person. A text book is included with the registration fee. Early registrations is recSpring Break Camps at Challenger Center ommended due to limited class size. For registration or more The Challenger Center is gearing up for Spring Break camps. information, call 776-8522 or 252-3353.

Mom buys all of store’s ‘indecent’ T-shirts

By BRADY McCOMBS Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY — A mother upset about “indecent” T-shirts on display at a Utah mall found a quick if not especially convenient way to remove them: She bought every last one.

Judy Cox and her 18-yearold son were shopping Saturday at the University Mall in Orem, about 40 miles south of Salt Lake City, when she saw the shirts in the window of a PacSun store.

The shirts featured pictures of scantily dressed models in provocative poses.

Cox said she complained about the window display to a store manager and was told the T-shirts couldn’t be taken down without approval from the corporate office. She then bought all 19 T-shirts in stock, for a total of $567. She says she plans to return them later, toward the end of the chain store’s 60-day return period.

The shirts cost about $28 each on the website for PacSun, which sells beach clothes for teenagers and young adults.

“These shirts clearly cross a boundary that is continually being pushed on our children

in images on the Internet, television and when our families shop in the mall,” Cox said in an email to The Associated Press.

The story was first reported

by The Daily Herald of Provo.

An employee at the Orem store said Tuesday she wasn’t authorized to speak about the issue and referred questions to the company’s Orange County, Calif., corporate headquarters.

PacSun CEO Gary Schoenfeld said in an emailed statement the company takes pride in the clothes and products it sells, which are inspired by music, art, fashion and action sports.

“While customer feedback is important to us, we remain committed to the selection of brands and apparel available in our stores,” Schoenfeld said in the statement.

Orem is a city of about 90,000 in ultraconservative Utah County that uses the motto “Family City USA.” Most residents belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which frowns on pornography and encourages its youth to dress and act modestly.

Cox met with Orem city attorney Greg Stephens on Tuesday to discuss whether the im-

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ages on the T-shirts violated city code.

Stephens said he told Cox that she first needed to file a complaint with police. He said police would then review the issue and decide whether it needed to be passed on to the city attorney, a process that could take weeks.

City code prohibits anyone from putting “explicit sexual material” on public display.

The city defines that as “any material that appeals to a prurient interest in sex and depicts nudity, actual or simulated sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sadomasochistic abuse.”

Cox said she wants her actions to make clear that these types of images are not acceptable for public display.

“I hope my efforts will inspire others to speak up within their communities,” Cox said in an email. “You don’t have to purchase $600 worth of Tshirts, but you can express your concerns to businesses and corporations who promote the display of pornography to children.”

Longtime mall manager Rob

Kallas said the display is down now because Cox bought all the shirts. He said the PacSun store manager told him she was embarrassed to put up the display but was following instructions from corporate managers.

Kallas said this is the first time he’s received complaints about PacSun. But in the past, others have complained about images in the windows of Victoria’s Secret. That’s led to Orem city attorneys at least once asking the store to remove an image, he said.

Kallas didn’t see the T-shirts in question until getting an email from Cox, but he said he agrees that they were inappropriate. Victoria’s Secret has images of women in lingerie, but their clientele is different, he said.

“This is a store that caters to junior high and high school age kids,” said Kallas, mall manager for 40 years. “Some of the poses were provocative and were inappropriate for a store catering to young people.”

PacSun has 600 stores across the United States, the company’s website shows.

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What Others Say

Congress running on its accomplishments?

Raising the nation’s debt ceiling

should be routine. This allows the federal government to pay its bills — obligations substantially imposed by Congress.

But this has become not so routine. Last week, the House majority’s leadership needed the House minority to muster enough votes to accomplish even this boilerplate legislation. And on Wednesday, Republican leaders, because of recalcitrance in the GOP rank and file, had to provide the votes to allow a floor vote on the legislation, which then passed 55-43.

That so much effort was required to accomplish what should be so routine says much about the dysfunctional state of Congress these days. But in this drama, some sanity emerged. Our hope is that it lasts.

House Speaker John Boehner prevented another useless display of brinkmanship by outwardly defying his own caucus, which secretly wanted to avoid another crisis but didn’t want to take the heat for raising the debt ceiling.

And the same dynamic existed in the Senate, where Texas’ own John Cornyn joined Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to get past the 60 votes to clear a procedural hurdle to get the bill to the floor.

Then there’s Texas’ other senator, Ted Cruz. He forced the need to get those 60 votes. Yes, the junior senator yearned for yet another showdown after helping engineer the last shutdown in October. The country was not amused.

In the House, only 28 Republicans voted for the measure, joining 221 Democrats. Conservative groups are now calling for the speaker’s ouster.

And both McConnell and Cornyn had to know they were helping primary election foes. Cornyn’s challengers have laughably been trying to paint one of the most conservative senators in the country as a liberal.

The GOP caucuses likely won’t admit it, but Boehner, McConnell and Cornyn all took one for their team. And helped the nation.

But here’s the biggest takeaway. Important legislation got approved in the House because the speaker allowed a floor vote. And it got approved in the Senate because a few Republicans finagled the bill onto the floor for a vote.

This has been rare. Legislation has been blocked, in the House because of the so-called Hastert rule, which dictates that no legislation moves if the majority of the GOP caucus disapproves. And procedural maneuvers by the minority party in the Senate have blocked legislation there.

So, how many meaningful measures might now be law with the kind of straight-up votes that occurred here?

Imagine: members of Congress running in this midterm election on accomplishment rather than obstruction.

— Express News, San Antonio, Feb. 18

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The UAW’s worker problem

The activist Florence Reece wrote the union ballad “Which Side Are You On?” in the midst of Kentucky’s so-called Harlan County War in the 1930s.

Posed this question late last week by the United Auto Workers, employees of Volkswagen’s Chattanooga, Tenn., plant answered that they don’t want to be on the side of a union that is slipping into irrelevance. Once a 1.5 million-member behemoth, the UAW has seen its membership decline to a fourth of what it was in the late 1970s.

Everything had lined up for it in Chattanooga. Not only was VW officially neutral, it tilted the playing field in favor of the union. The company allowed it to campaign in the plant — a major advantage — while opponents were excluded. The media was praising Volkswagen’s enlightened European attitude toward organized labor and celebrating imminent victory for the union.

Then the workers had their say. The UAW reportedly spent $5 million in the course of a campaign that lasted two years, and lost by a 712 to 636 vote.

The motto of the old American Federation of Labor was “a fair day’s wage for a fair day’s work.” VW workers felt they already had it. Wages in Chattanooga are comparable to those of new hires of the Detroit automakers, roughly $20 an hour.

The unionization of the workforce would make it possible for VW to form a European-style “works council” of management

and workers to make decisions about the plant. But workers already felt amply consulted by management. Even UAW Secretary-Treasurer Dennis Williams attested, “Volkswagen’s a class act.”

Rich Lowry This is hardly the “Battle of the Overpass,” when company thugs beat UAW officials trying to organize Ford in the 1930s.

This is a car company putting out a welcome mat for union organizers who still couldn’t manage to organize.

Florence Reece wrote, “Come all of you good workers/Good news to you I’ll tell/Of how the good old union/Has come in here to dwell.” But the workers in Chattanooga didn’t consider it such good news.

Bob King, the head of the UAW, thinks they are guilty of false consciousness. If only they weren’t so viciously misled by outside agitators, like Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker, the former mayor of Chattanooga who helped to woo VW to the city in the first place. He rightly said that the UAW is in a “death spiral,” and more controversially, that the automaker would make a rapid decision to invest further in the plant if the UAW lost the vote.

King alleges that Corker’s comments violated “the spirit” of labor law, which is nonsense. The senator doesn’t work

for VW, and he has the First Amendment right to say whatever he wants. If Corker is guilty of dirty pool, what about President Barack Obama, who told a group of Democratic lawmakers that no one opposed the UAW organizing the Chattanooga plant except people “more concerned about German shareholders than American workers”? That’s not inflammatory.

The only law that will satisfy King is one that forbids anyone from saying a discouraging word about his union, which was found alone in a room in 2009 with two nearly dead car companies. After the UAW did so much to chase automaking out of Detroit with unsustainable labor costs and ridiculous work rules, it is no wonder that workforces haven’t welcomed it into the South, where right-to-work states have become alluring destinations for foreign car companies.

For the longest time, the business model of the UAW has been to take its members’ dues and funnel them to friendly Democratic politicians. Unless it breaks into the South, the union knows it’s all but doomed.

It may feel this institutional imperative keenly, but workers in good manufacturing jobs who owe nothing to this self-serving dinosaur from the 20th century don’t. They can be forgiven for wondering which side the union is on.

Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com.

School nurses perform duties with integrity I am compelled to respond to the article in the Clarion last week in which attorney Peter Ehrhardt, in defense of a client, disparages school nurses in Alaska as widespread forgers (Former school nurse pleads guilty of tampering). He is quoted, “I would guess that 99.9 percent of all school district nurses in the state have done this.”

A number of school nurses from across the state contacted me expressing their outrage over such an allegation. As president of the Alaska School Nurses Association, I chose not to guess, but instead to do some research, to answer the question — do Alaska school nurses engage in such behavior? This is what I learned: n The State Division of Public Health, Section of Epidemiology Immunization Program regularly audits school immunization records for completeness and accuracy. Any irregularities discovered that might involve nurse licensure issues would be turned over to the Board of Nursing. n The Alaska Board of Nursing says that in addition to the present case, in the last 10 years it has investigated or disciplined only one other school nurse for falsifying an immunization record (the nurse’s own child’s record). n Anchorage School District Health

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A laska J ordis C lark Services Director, Nancy Edtl, notes there have been many cases of parents having falsified their children’s immunization records, and those cases were turned over for investigation. n Nurses have the highest rating of public trust of all professionals — 82 percent.

Attorneys scored 20 percent. (Gallup Poll, December 2013) n A survey of 137 school nurses statewide, in response to this allegation, showed that 99.2 percent assert they have NOT falsified immunization records.

There are 130,000 children attending public schools in Alaska; approximately 80 percent have school nursing services available at some level. Ensuring immunization compliance is an important part of the school nurse’s job, as immunization programs protect the public health and im— Judy Vincent, of Poteau, Okla., who lost a son in the Iraq War, after a photo of National Guard members clowning around a flag-draped, empty casket circulated on social media sites.

Quotable

“We will not go anywhere from here.

This is an island of freedom and we will defend it.”

— Ukraine opposition leader Vitali “If my jailing serves to awaken a peoKlitschko, a former heavyweight boxing ple, serves to awaken Venezuela ... then it champion, to anti-government protesters will be well worth the infamous imprisonin Kiev. ment imposed upon me directly, with cowardice.”

“It was like somebody slapped me in the — Opposition leader Leopoldo Loface. I’ve never in my life seen such disrepez to supporters, protesting 15 years of spect for the fallen or the families.” socialist rule in the country.

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Jordis Clark MPH, BSN, RN, NCSN, is president of the Alaska School Nurses Association.

Letters to the Editor:

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Business Business News Chambers set schedules n On Tuesday, the Kenai and Soldotna Chambers of Commerce will host a joint luncheon at noon at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. Borough Mayor Mike Navarre will discuss the state of the borough. RSVP to 283-1991 or 262-9814.

PJ’s Diner set to open in Soldotna After a month and a half of renovations, PJ’s Diner will open in a new location Monday in Soldotna.

Owners Roger and Linda Petrey have moved PJ’s Diner from the Kenai Airport to the former Sal’s Klondike Diner on the Sterling Highway. The move nearly triples their dining space from 2,200 at the airport space to 7,500 with three separate dinning areas.

With the move, PJ’s has also tripled their staff. The menu will be the same but with an expanded dinner service. Another change is being open seven days a week, as the last two years they were close on Sunday.

Linda Petrey said since Jan. 1 they have spent 14 hours a day getting their new location ready, including replacing sheetrock in the kitchen, installing a new dishwasher, fixing the roof, painting the walls and putting in new tile floors.

One dining area named the Packers Room is painted green and gold, in homage to the Green Bay Packers and will be a fun place for fans to watch football games on Sunday, she said.

Petrey said they will also keep the train set, a unique feature left

by Sal’s Diner.

She said the diner will continue their rewards program and anyone with coupons or certificates even if expired will be honored.

Hours will be 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays.

PCHS announces board officers Peninsula Community Health Services of Alaska has announced their 2014 elected Board of Directors Officers.

Mitch Michaud, President, is a certified Forester employed

by USDA-NRCS. He has been a forester for 30 years working throughout Alaska for 15 years. Tim Peterson, Vice President, is retired from Kenai Peninsula Borough School District. He has been a teacher for 21 years and spent 11 years as a Human Resources Director. Roy A. Wells, Treasurer, currently works at Wells/Griffin Group, and has been in Alaska for 37 years.

Yvette (Charlie) Barrows, Secretary, is a Public Health Kenai Peninsula Nurse Manager (South Central Region) moving to the Peninsula two years ago from Southwest Alaska.

PCHS is a nonprofit Federally Qualified Community Health Center (FQHC) and is required as an FQHC to have a board of

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group for Prince William Sound, as authorized under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90). The application has been submitted to the U.S. Coast Guard, which is charged with assessing whether the council fosters the general goals and purposes of OPA 90 and is broadly representative of communities and interests as envisioned under OPA 90.

The application is open for public review until March 7 under federal register docket number USCG-2013-1003. The full text of the federal register notice can be found at www.regulation. gov using the docket number. Comments may be submitted on line at that website.

The recertification application is available for public review on the council’s website at www.pwsrcac.org. To obtain a printed copy, contact the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council, 3709 Spenard Road, Suite 100, Anchorage, Alaska 99503. Call 907-277-7222 or toll-free 800-478-7221.

Comments on the application may be sent to: Commander, 17th Coast Guard District (Dp), PO Box 25517, Juneau AK 99802, Attn: LT Tomas Pauser, Inspections & Investigations.

Nomination period open for Comments also can be forwarded to the docket manager seats on HEA Board of Directors at the address indicated. All correspondence must include the Homer Electric Association (HEA) is accepting nominations docket number.

The Coast Guard will be taking comment until March 7. from members interested in running for a seat on the cooperative’s Board of Directors.

The cooperative’s Board is made up of nine directors, three Job center hosts classes from each of the three districts that make up the service area.

The Peninsula Job Center will offer the following workshops This year, the District 1 (Kenai-Nikiski-parts of Soldotna) the week of Feb. 24: seat held by Kenai resident Kelly Bookey will be on the ballot.

Monday, Feb. 24 — 9:30 a.m., ALEXsys Job Leads; 10:30 In District 2 (Soldotna-Sterling-Kasilof area) the seat currently a.m., Introduction to ALEXsys and the Job Center; 2:30 p.m., held by Sterling resident Dick Waisanen will be up for election.

Resume Writing Workshop In District 3 (Kasilof-Homer-Seldovia area), HEA members will Tuesday, Feb. 25 — 10:30 a.m., Job Prep Workshop vote for the seat currently held by Don Seelinger of Seldovia.

Wednesday, Feb. 26 — 9:00 a.m., WorkKeys® Testing; 10:30 HEA directors are elected by district, with members voting a.m., CareerReady 101 Lab; 3:00 p.m., Job Search Strategies for only for the director in their respective district. the Ex-Offender Members interested in being on the ballot must fill out a CanThursday, Feb. 27 — 10:30 a.m., Interviewing Skills Workdidacy Packet that requires the candidate to gather at least 15 shop signatures from current HEA members that live in the district Friday, Feb. 28 — No workshops offered. where the candidate resides. The Candidacy Packet is available All workshops are free of charge to the public. at HEA offices in Kenai and Homer and online at www.homerThose interested in attending any of the workshops offered electric.com at the Peninsula Job Center can call 335-3010 or visit the job The deadline to submit the Candidacy Packet is 5 p.m. on center located in Kenai at 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Suite Feb. 28. Completed packets can be dropped off at either the KeNo. 2. nai or Homer HEA office.

Ballots will be mailed out to HEA members on March 28 and the results will be tabulated and announced at the Annual Meet- What’s new in your business? ing on May 1 at the Soldotna High School.

Have you opened a new business, moved to a new location, For additional information contact Joe Gallagher at 907-283hired a new person or promoted an employee? The community 2324. wants to know, and so do we. Send us your information at news@peninsulaclarion.com, fax it to 907-283-3299, or drop Citizens’ Advisory Council recertification it by the Clarion at 150 Trading Bay in Kenai. Questions? Call application available for public review 907-335-1251.

The Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council is seeking recertification as the alternative voluntary advisory Submit business news to news@peninsulaclarion.com.

between 9 and 25 people, with a majority of the members being patients or clients receiving services from the health center. The remaining members must be selected for their expertise in community affairs, local government, finance and banking, legal affairs, trade unions, commercial and industrial concerns, or social service agencies. Board members in addition to the officers are: Bill Tappan, Past President; Ellen Adlam, Barry Creighton, Dr. Marcus Deede, Lynn Dusek, Romi Haseo, and Sarah Jones.

PCHS is a full service health center caring for people no matter their age, their health issues, or their income level. Services are available to everyone in our community including individuals and families with or without insurance, seniors on Medicare and recipients of Medicaid. By bringing together medical, dental, and behavioral health services for all members of the family, from infants to seniors, PCHS promises coordinated care for all patients. Sliding fee “discounts” are available for those meeting criteria.

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NEW YORK — When the wind chill in Chicago hit minus 40 on Jan. 6, Dogs Deserve It shut down. It was too cold outside for the dog walking service’s four-legged clients and its employees.

Owner Lauren Pietrocarlo estimates this winter’s harsh weather will cost her small business between $10,000 and $18,000.

“We can’t afford to hire or give raises. Bonuses are being deferred for a couple of months,” Pietrocarlo says. “It’s a huge thing losing that much.”

Small businesses have suffered this winter with heavy snow, ice and freezing temperatures. Revenue at stores and restaurants plunged as customers stayed home, hurting cash flows that often are tighter at smaller businesses than larger companies. In some areas, the weather has been unusually severe, worsening its toll.

This has been the snowiest winter nationally in four years and the coldest in three years, costing businesses of all sizes and their employees an estimated $15 billion that can’t be made up, according to research from Planalytics, which analyzes the economic impact of weather. That includes money for restaurant meals and entertainment, employee wages and canceled trips. It is a small amount compared to the gross domestic product of $16 trillion, but it’s significant for companies hurt by the weather, says Evan Gold, a senior vice president at Planalytics.

“We are really talking about a fraction of a percentage point, but in the current environment, every dollar counts,” Gold says.

Even Pietrocarlo, who is used to rough winters, is hurting. Closing Dogs Deserve It for one day cost her about $4,000. On other frigid days, customers opted for shorter, less expensive walks. She dipped into company savings to meet payroll and pay other bills, is paying herself less and plans to hold off on new hires, raises and bonuses.

Two storms in Atlanta forced Shaun Curtis to close Buffalo’s Cafe for four days. It

was too dangerous for his customers or employees to venture to his suburban Loganville restaurant, which serves chicken wings, burgers and salads.

The first storm couldn’t have come at a worse time: Super Bowl week.

“This is our Holy Grail, our top sales week,” Curtis says.

“To lose two days in the middle of the week like that — it’s frustrating.”

He lost $11,500 in revenue and $1,500 for food that had to be discarded. Curtis, whose annual revenue about $1.6 million, is making up the losses out of the restaurant’s savings.

Revenue is down as much as 30 percent this winter at Alternative Bodyworks, an acupuncture, yoga and massage salon in Bloomfield, N.J. A series of storms dumped more than 58 inches of snow in the area, compared to an average 28.5 inches a year the past three decades, according to the National Weather Service. Clients canceled as each storm approached, says owner Frank Giordano.

The cancellations hurt cash flow although most customers rescheduled. He applied for

In this Tuesday photo, A.J. Hitmar, a dog walker for Dogs Deserve It, a pet walking, boarding and sitting company, walks Helio, in Chicago. Lauren Pietrocarlo, owner of Dogs Deserve It, has had to either shut down or cut back on several days this winter because it was too cold for the dogs and the walkers to be on the street, estimates she has lost between $10,000 and $18,000 this winter.

a loan, but the terms were too stringent.

“I’m going to cut back on whatever expenses I can,” he says.

But sales aren’t the only victim of the bitter weather. Severe cold and snow is ruining or delaying shipments.

Jenny Brown was stunned when bottles holding her non-alcoholic beer for dogs shattered.

Brown, whose company 3 Busy Dogs is in Seattle, has Bowser Beer shipped from Florida by truck. A rare southern freeze cost her about $1,000.

“It doesn’t sound like much money,” Brown says. “But for a small business, it is.”

Glenn Gross can relate.

Bad weather has cut revenue at his Fat Jack’s BBQ restaurants near Philadelphia and in Ithaca, N.Y. by 25 percent, he says. On top of that, deliveries were delayed, sending Gross to stores like Sam’s Club for ribs and chicken that cost 20 percent more than wholesale. The storms also slowed construction on three new restaurants, which means it will take longer for them to open and start bringing in revenue.

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Around the World Ukraine’s president and the protest leaders agree on a truce KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s embattled president and leaders of the protests that have been roiling the country agreed Wednesday on a truce to halt the violence that has killed 26 people and injured more than 425 others. A protest leader was quoted as saying the government pledged not to attack an opposition encampment in central Kiev while further negotiations unfold.

President Viktor Yanukovych met with opposition leaders and the two sides agreed to halt the violence and to hold talks on ending bloodshed, a statement on the presidential website said. The statement did not give any further details.

Vitali Klitschko, one of the leaders of the protests that have sought to keep Ukraine open to Europe and out of a close political and economic alliance with Russia, was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying that Yanukovych agreed that there would be no attempt to storm the protesters’ encampment on the main square of downtown Kiev.

Flames from burning barricades of tires and refuse leapt into the air at the square for a second night, as protesters demanding Yanukovych’s resignation showed no sign of yielding.

The truce announcement came hours after the president replaced the army chief and the military vowed a national anti-terrorist operation to restore order. Officials have often referred to the protesters who have demanded Yanukovych’s resignation for months as “terrorists.”

Obama says ‘there will be consequences’ for Ukraine violence if people step over the line TOLUCA, Mexico — President Barack Obama on Wednesday urged Ukraine to avoid violence against peaceful protesters or face consequences, as the United States considered joining European partners to impose sanctions aimed at ending deadly street clashes that are sparking fears of civil war.

“There will be consequences if people step over the line,” Obama said shortly after landing in Mexico for a summit with the leaders of Mexico and Canada, as fires burned in central Kiev. “And that includes making sure that the Ukrainian military does not step in to what should be a set of issues that can be resolved by civilians.”

Shortly after Obama’s remarks, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s office said he and opposition leaders had agreed on a truce, although the brief statement offered no details about what it would entail or how it would be implemented.

Meanwhile, the European Union called an extraordinary meeting of its 28 member countries on Thursday to address the situation.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told reporters in Paris that he and his counterparts from Germany and Poland would travel to Ukraine, meeting with the Ukrainian government and opposition before the emergency EU meeting. EU sanctions would typically include banning leading officials from traveling to the EU countries and freezing their assets there.

Facebook to buy mobile messaging company WhatsApp for up to $19B NEW YORK — Facebook is buying mobile messaging service WhatsApp for up to $19 billion in cash and stock, by far the company’s largest acquisition.

The world’s biggest social networking company said Wednesday that it is paying $12 billion in Facebook stock and $4 billion in cash for WhatsApp. In addition, the app’s founders and employees will be granted $3 billion in restricted stock that will vest over four years after the deal closes.

Facebook says it is keeping WhatsApp as a separate service, just as it did with Instagram, which it bought for about $715.3 million.

WhatsApp has more than 450 million monthly active users. In comparison, Twitter had 241 million users at the end of 2013. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says WhatsApp is on path to reach a billion users.

Couple who prayed for children in lieu of medicine sent to prison for 2nd child’s death PHILADELPHIA — A couple who believed in faithhealing were sentenced Wednesday to 3½ to seven years in prison in the death of a second child who never saw a doctor despite being stricken with pneumonia.

Herbert and Catherine Schaible defied a court order to get medical care for their children after their 2-year-old son, Kent, died in 2009. Instead, they tried to comfort and pray over 8-month-old Brandon last year as he, too, died of treatable pneumonia.

“My religious beliefs are that you should pray, and not have to use medicine. But because it is against the law, then whatever sentence you give me, I will accept,” Catherine Schaible, 44, told the judge. She added that her beliefs have since changed.

The Schaibles are third-generation members of an insular Pentecostal community, the First Century Gospel Church in northeast Philadelphia, where they also taught at the church school. They have seven surviving children.

Judge Benjamin Lerner rejected defense claims that their religious beliefs “clashed” with the 2011 court order to get annual checkups and call a doctor if a child became ill. The order came after a jury convicted them of involuntary manslaughter in Kent’s death, and they were sentenced to 10 years of probation.

Taliban discussed prison swap

By KATHY GANNON Associated Press

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Washington has held indirect talks with the Taliban over the possible transfer of five senior Taliban prisoners from Guantanamo Bay in exchange for a U.S. soldier captured nearly five years ago, a senior Taliban official told The Associated Press.

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, 27, of Hailey, Idaho, was last seen in a video released in December, footage seen as “proof of life” demanded by the United States.

Bergdahl is believed to be held in the border regions between Afghanistan and Pakistan. He is the only U.S. soldier to be captured in America’s longest war, which began with the U.S.-led ouster of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan for sheltering alQaida in 2001 in the wake of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

The talks, which the Taliban official said took place sometime over the past two months in a Middle East country, would be the first significant movement toward an exchange since it was last discussed by the U.S. and the Taliban in June 2013. That earlier initiative, along with the overall peace efforts, lost steam after Afghan President Hamid Karzai argued over the name of a Taliban political office that opened in the Gulf nation of Qatar. The office was eventually closed but several Taliban have remained behind in Qatar.

A U.S. official said the Americans are considering a prisoner exchange but would not comment on whether any new talks have taken place. The official, who has been closely

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This file video frame grab taken from a Taliban propaganda video released Saturday, July 18, 2009 shows Pfc. Bowe R. Bergdahl, 23, of Ketchum, Idaho, who went missing from his base in eastern Afghanistan June 30.

involved with this issue and has knowledge of previous talks with the Taliban, refused to give more details.

State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf would not confirm the efforts.

“We are not currently involved in active negotiations with the Taliban,” Harf said Wednesday. “Clearly if negotiations do resume at some point with the Taliban, then we would want to talk with them about the safe return of Sergeant Bergdahl.”

In Kabul, a senior Afghan official said the U.S. has recently been in touch with Karzai’s government over a possible exchange involving Berdahl, who was captured on June 30, 2009.

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swap.

Karzai has refused to sign a bilateral security agreement that would allow the U.S. to leave a residual force in Afghanistan after the NATO-led combat mission formally ends at the end of this year. Karzai says he must first see movement on reconciliation with the Taliban. He maintains that Washington has connections with the Taliban that can help with this process.

But there are potential roadblocks.

The five Taliban detainees currently are not among those Guantanamo Bay prisoners who have been approved for transfer once their home countries provide security guarantees. The Obama administration, which wants to close the facility, has

argued that many approved transfers effectively have been blocked by rigid restrictions imposed by Congress. Recently, Congress eased the restrictions, including the toughest one, requiring the secretary of defense to “personally certify that there would be no recidivism for any detainee he certified,” according to Pentagon spokesman, Army Lt. Col. Todd Breasseale.

The transfer process, once it has begun, would take about two months, a senior U.S. official said, also speaking on condition of anonymity. Both U.S. officials and the Afghan official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the issue publicly.

It was not clear where the five Taliban prisoners would go if released from Guantanamo Bay. Karzai has demanded that they be transferred to Afghanistan. The Taliban want them released to Qatar, suggesting they could be helpful with the peace process.

The senior Taliban official said leaders of the movement “are serious about the prisoners’ issue.” He said the talks were held through an intermediary and did not involve direct discussions with U.S. officials.

He refused to give more details and spoke on condition of anonymity because he did not have Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar’s permission to talk to the media.

The five Taliban detainees at the heart of the proposal are the most senior Afghans still held at the prison at the U.S. base in Cuba. Each has been held since 2002.

Homeland Security warns airlines of threat

By ALICIA A. CALDWELL and KIMBERLY DOZIER Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security Department has warned airlines that terrorists could try to hide explosives in shoes. It’s the second time in less than three weeks that the government has issued a warning about possible attempts to smuggle explosives on a commercial jetliner.

Homeland Security said Wednesday it regularly shares relevant information with domestic and international partners, but it declined to discuss specifics of a warning sent to airlines.

“Our security apparatus includes a number of measures, both seen and unseen, informed by the latest intelligence and as always DHS continues to adjust security measures to fit an ever evolving threat environment,”

‘Something caused DHS concern, but it’s a very low threshold to trigger a warning like this.’

— anonymous official the department said in a statement.

A U.S. intelligence official told The Associated Press that DHS released a notice to airlines reiterating that liquids, shoes and certain cosmetics were of concern, all of which are covered under existing Transportation Security Administration security policies.

The latest warning was focused on flights headed to the United States from abroad.

The official said “something caused DHS concern, but it’s a very low threshold to trigger a warning like this.” The official spoke on condition of anonymity

because he was not authorized to discuss the issue publicly.

Earlier this month Homeland Security warned airlines with flights to Russia to be on the lookout for explosive devices possibly hidden inside toothpaste. The Transportation Security Administration then banned passengers from bringing any liquids in their carry-on luggage on nonstop flights from the U.S. to Russia. That warning became public just days before the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics in Sochi.

It is unclear if the latest warning, first reported Wednesday by NBC News, is related

to the earlier threats to Russiabound flights.

Air passengers in the United States have had to take off their shoes at airport security checkpoints since shortly after Richard Reid tried to ignite explosives hidden in his shoes on a Miami-bound flight in late 2001. Reid pleaded guilty to terrorism charges and is serving a life sentence.

The traveling public has grown increasingly impatient with expanding security checks at airports.

TSA in recent years has changed some security procedures to allow young children and passengers 75 and older to keep their shoes on. The security agency has also launched a fee-based program that allows willing flyers to submit to background checks and avoid having to remove their shoes, jackets and small amounts of liquids packed in carry-on luggage.

Ukraine president, protest leaders agree on truce KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s embattled president and leaders of the protests roiling the country agreed Wednesday on a truce, following a flareup of violence that left at least 26 people dead in the capital.

A brief statement on the presidential website said President Viktor Yanukovych met

Cossacks attack Pussy Riot members with horsewhips, preventing protest performance SOCHI, Russia — Cossack militia attacked Russia’s Pussy Riot punk group with horsewhips on Wednesday as the artists — who have feuded with Vladimir Putin’s government for years — tried to perform under a sign advertising the Sochi Olympics.

The group has resurfaced as a thorn for Russian authorities this week for the first time in nearly two years, just as Putin had been using the Winter Games to burnish his image at home and charm critics abroad with the most expensive Olympics ever.

Six group members — five women and one man — donned their signature ski masks in downtown Sochi and were pulling out a guitar and microphone as at least 10 Cossacks and other security officials moved in. One Cossack appeared to use pepper spray. Another whipped several group members while other Cossacks ripped off their masks and threw the guitar in a garbage can.

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The statement did not give details of what a truce would entail or how it would be implemented.

The statement also did not specify how the negotiations

would be conducted or give an indication of how they could be different from previous meetings of the president and the opposition leaders.

But one of the protest leaders, Vitali Klitschko, was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying after the meeting that Yanukovych had ensured them

there would be no attempt to storm the protesters’ encampment on the main square of downtown Kiev.

There, flames from burning barricades of tires and refuse leapt into the air for a second night, as protesters demanding Yanukovych’s resignation showed no sign of yielding.

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Los Angeles bishop kept altar boy list from police

By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When Los Angeles police were investigating allegations of child abuse by a Roman Catholic priest in 1988, they asked for a list of altar boys at the last parish where the priest worked.

Archbishop Roger Mahony told a subordinate not to give the list, saying he didn’t want the boys to be scarred by the investigation and that he felt the altar boys were too old to be potential victims, according to a February 2013 deposition made public Wednesday.

The detectives investigating allegations against Nicolas Aguilar Rivera, a visiting Mexican priest, ultimately got the names of the boys from parish families. They determined the priest molested at least 26 boys during his 10 months in Los Angeles, according to the priest’s confidential archdiocese file and police records made public by attorneys for the victims.

Twenty-five of the alleged victims were altar boys and the 26th was training with the priest to be one, said Anthony DeMarco, a plaintiff attorney. It’s not clear what impact Mahony’s action had on the investigation, though at the time police com-

plained that the archdiocese wasn’t fully cooperating.

Mahony’s deposition was obtained by The Associated Press and is part of the evidence included in a settlement of abuse claims against Aguilar Rivera and four other priests.

The archdiocese, the nation’s largest, agreed to pay $13 million to 17 victims.

Since 2006, the archdiocese has paid more than $700 million to settle clergy abuse lawsuits by hundreds of victims. Internal church files kept on priests accused of abuse were released last year under court order. They showed that Mahony, who was elevated to cardinal and retired in 2011, maneuvered behind the scenes with his top aide, Monsignor Thomas Curry, to shield molester priests, provide damage control for the church and keep parishioners in the dark.

When the files were released, prosecutors said the cases fell outside the statute of limitations for criminal prosecution of any church officials.

Mahony’s sworn testimony in the case of Aguilar Rivera is significant because it’s the first time he has been questioned under oath about clergy abuse since the confidential church files were released. During past depositions, attorneys haven’t

‘I believe that if Monsignor Garcia were to reappear here with the Archdiocese we might very well have some type of legal action filed in both the criminal and civil sectors.’ ­— Archbishop Roger Mahony had documents to back up their questions, DeMarco said.

“This time when he’s trying to do the ‘I don’t remember’ routine, I put the document in front of him and said, ‘You wrote this, right?’” he said.

J. Michael Hennigan, an attorney with the archdiocese, said Mahony didn’t reveal a list of altar boys, also called altar servers, to police because he didn’t believe any of the alleged victims were among them. Mahony was in Rome on Wednesday and was not available to comment, Hennigan said.

“My recollection is at the time that memo was written there was no suggestion that altar servers were involved,” the attorney said, adding that Mahony was “very vigorous” in trying to get Aguilar Rivera brought back to the U.S. for prosecution after he fled.

“What I know is there came

a time when whatever the police wanted we gave them and it was shortly after this, but I don’t know if the police ever reissued that request,” he said of the list.

Aguilar Rivera was accused in January 1988 by two families who told church officials that he had fondled their children and, in one instance, climbed into bed with a boy after drinking too much during a Christmas celebration at the family’s home.

The priest was told about the complaints by Curry and fled to Mexico before police were notified. He remains a fugitive and is believed to be in Mexico.

Church files released last year show that Mahony ordered Curry to withhold the altar boy list from the LAPD. In a Jan. 26, 1988, handwritten note on a memo about the police request for a list, Maho-

ny wrote, “We cannot give such a list for no (sic) cause whatsoever.”

In the deposition, Mahony expanded on his reasoning. Allowing police to question altar boys at the two parishes where Aguilar Rivera worked would have created a “negative effect on a large group of altar servers who know nothing about any of this and that was -- not a good idea.”

It “could be very traumatic to those servers to all of a sudden be sitting in front of a policeman being interrogated,” the cardinal said. “And we had no suspicion at that time of any other victims and nobody among the altar servers.”

He denied under questioning from plaintiff attorneys that his motivation in holding back the list was to protect the priest and delay the investigation.

Mahony also defended Curry, the vicar for clergy, for telling Aguilar Rivera that the church would need to contact police and that the accused priest was “in a good deal of danger.”

The complaints came in on a Friday and Curry met with the priest on Saturday morning. Police weren’t notified until Monday and Aguilar Rivera was gone.

Mahony also testified about

the case of accused priest Peter Garcia, who already was in treatment for alleged sexual abuse when Mahony took over the archdiocese in 1985.

The following year, Mahony wrote to the director of the New Mexico center where Garcia was receiving treatment and warned that the priest couldn’t return to Los Angeles in the foreseeable future. The two alleged victims had switched attorneys, he wrote, and “I believe that if Monsignor Garcia were to reappear here with the Archdiocese we might very well have some type of legal action filed in both the criminal and civil sectors.”

In his deposition, Mahony said that letter was not intended to keep Garcia safe from prosecution.

“Was I interested in having a big civil upset here for the archdiocese? No, I was not. And -but I was not encouraging him to avoid criminal prosecution,” he said.

“You’ve got to realize, you know, they talk about these states lines. State lines mean nothing,” Mahony added. “I mean this is not a big deal. ... He’s not in a country that doesn’t have a — what do they call those? — an extradition treaty. He’s a few hours from here.”

Obama in Mexico to meet with North American leaders

By JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press

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TOLUCA, Mexico — President Barack Obama sought to reassure leaders of Mexico and Canada of his commitment to new trade agreements between Asia, the Pacific and the Americas, even as he faces political resistance in the U.S. from members of his own Democratic party.

Obama arrived Wednesday in the industrial center of Toluca, about 40 miles west of Mexico City, for the start of a one-day North American Leaders Summit. Flanked by his trade negotiator and top Cabinet secretaries, Obama stepped off Air Force One and onto a red carpet to be welcomed by an honor guard. Cloudless skies and warm breezes set a sunny

mood as Obama walked to his limo to be shuttled to an ornate government complex nearby.

Obama opened his trip with a bilateral meeting with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, a discussion the U.S. leader said would focus in part on how to advance the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade bloc of 12 countries in the Americas, Asia and the Pacific.

The one-day meeting is being overshadowed by the violence that erupted half a world away in Ukraine as the government of President Viktor Yanukovych cracks down on protesters in Kiev. During brief remarks at the start of his meeting with Pena Nieto, Obama said the United States condemned the violence in Ukraine “in the strongest terms.”

Officials said the U.S. was

weighing its options against those responsible for the violence, including consulting with the European Union on the use of sanctions. It’s not the first of Obama’s foreign travel to be eclipsed by unrelated events.

The summit occurs on the 20th year of the North American Free Trade Agreement among the three countries, a deal that has vastly expanded crossborder commerce in the region but that remains a contentious issue in the United States over its impact on jobs and on environmental protections.

Trade experts say the agreement is due for an upgrade to take into account the current globalized environment and to address issues not touched in the original pact. But rather than reopen NAFTA, the three countries are instead relying on

negotiations underway to complete the TPP pact.

The Obama administration is hoping those negotiations are completed this year.

The U.S. is also in the midst of negotiations over a TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership with the European Union. But the president is facing stiff election-year resistance from Democratic leaders over his desire to get “fast track” trade authority, which would require Congress to give yes-or-no votes on the trade agreements without the opportunity to amend them.

“He is pursuing an agreement — TPP — that explicitly protects American workers and the environment and that he believes would be highly beneficial to our economy and the middle class,” White House

spokesman Jay Carney said.

“That’s the conversation he has and others have with lawmakers of both parties.”

Obama is sure to get quizzed

by Pena Nieto on his prognosis for overhauling U.S. immigration laws, an issue of intense attention by Mexicans both in Mexico and in the United States. While White House officials remain hopeful Congress could complete immigration legislation this year, chances of passage in the Republican controlled House this year are dimming.

The summit also unfolds against other tensions, including revelations that the National Security Agency spied on Pena Nieto before he was elected and gained access to former Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s email system when he was in

office.

To the north, Canadian leaders have voiced frustration at the amount of time the Obama administration has taken to decide whether to approve the Keystone XL pipeline that would carry oil from tar sands in western Canada 1,179 miles to Nebraska, where existing pipelines would then carry the crude to refineries on the Texas Gulf Coast.

Keeping with the trade focus of the trip, Obama signed an executive order while traveling on Air Force One intended to speed up the process for approving import or export cargo.

The order directs the government to finish a new electronic system to allow companies to submit their documentation to the federal government without paper forms.

Stores can see where you go by tracking your phone

By JENNIFER C. KERR Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Should shoppers turn off their smartphones when they hit the mall?

Or does having them on lead to better sales or shorter lines at the cash register?

Retailers are using mobilebased technology to track shoppers’ movements at some malls and stores. The companies collecting the information say it’s anonymous, can’t be traced to a specific person and no one should worry about invasion of privacy. But consumer advocates aren’t convinced. It’s

spying, they say, and shoppers should be informed their phones are being observed and then be able choose whether to allow it.

The Federal Trade Commission held a workshop Wednesday on the issue, part of a series of privacy seminars looking at emerging technologies and the impact on consumers. FTC attorney Amanda Koulousias says the commission wants to better understand how companies are using phone-location technology, how robust privacy controls are and whether shoppers are notified in advance.

Here’s how the technology

works: —Your smartphone has a unique identifier code — a MAC address — for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. It’s a 12-character string of letters and numbers.

Think of it like a Social Security or vehicle identification number, but this address is not linked to personal information, like your name, email address or phone number. The numbers and letters link only to a specific phone.

—When your smartphone is turned on, it sends out signals with that MAC address (for media access control) as it searches for Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. Those

signals can also be captured by sensors in stores that could tell a department store how often shoppers visit, how long they stay, whether they spend more time in the shoe department, children’s clothing section or sporting goods, or whether they stop for the window display, take a pass and decide to move on.

Companies that provide “mobile location analytics” to retailers, grocery stores, airports, and others say they capture the MAC addresses of shoppers’ phones but then scramble them into different sets of numbers and letters to conceal the original addresses

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— a process called hashing. This is how they make the data they collect anonymous, they say.

The companies then analyze all the information those hashed numbers provide as shoppers move from store to store in a mall, or department to department in a store. Mall managers could learn which stores are popular and which ones aren’t.

A retailer could learn how long the lines are at a certain cash register, how long people have to wait — or whether more people visit on “sale” days at a store.

“We’re in the business of helping brick and mortar retail-

ers compete” with online retailers, said Jim Riesenbach, CEO of California-based iInside, a mobile location analytics company. “The retailers want to do the right thing because they know that if they violate the trust of consumers, there will be a backlash.”

Privacy advocates, though, argue that the scrambled or “hashed” MAC addresses aren’t completely secure. They can be cracked, says Seth Schoen, senior staff technologist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

And that could reveal data that people may not want to share.

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Randall won’t get medal

Anchorage skier finishes 8th in sprint relay MATTIAS KAREN AP Sports Writer

KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia — Marit Bjoergen ended a gold-medal drought that surprisingly had lasted 10 days. Finland then surprisingly ended one that had lasted 12 years.

Meanwhile, Kikkan Randall of Anchorage finished eighth in the event, meaning she will leave Sochi without a medal.

Bjoergen gave Norway a dominant victory in the women’s cross-country team sprint Wednesday to erase some of the memories of a disastrous relay and two other disappointing races. It was her fifth career Olympic gold and second in Sochi, after winning the opening skiathlon race on Feb. 8.

Shortly afterward, Sami Jauhojaervi gave Finland its first

Winter Olympic gold since 2002 — and first in cross-country since 1998 — by taking advantage of a fall that slowed his two closest rivals in the men’s final. It was the most unexpected gold medal in the sport at the Sochi Games so far — the 32-year-old Jauhojaervi only has one World Cup victory in his career, and teammate Iivo Niskanen has never even been on the podium.

Norway’s victory was far from unexpected. It ended a minicrisis for the team after both the men’s and women’s relay teams failed to get a medal as the wax technicians struggled to find the right setup for warm conditions in Sochi.

Norway’s victory was never in doubt after Bjoergen pulled away on the first of her three laps, and then grew the advantage to 9 second by the end. Ingvild Flugstad

Oestberg was the other skier for Norway. Finland finished second, and Sweden took bronze after Stina Nilsson won a sprint against Germany’s Denise Herrmann. Aino-Kaisa Saarinen and Kerttu Niskanen competed for Finland. Ida Ingemarsdotter was the other skier for Sweden.

The men’s final was much more dramatic as Finland, Russia and Germany were together up front heading into the stadium on the last lap. But Jauhojaervi was able to pull ahead when Germany’s Tim Tscharnke fell right behind him after the final downhill section and also tripped up Russia’s Nikita Kriukov, who stayed on his legs but lost touch with the Finn.

Finland had to wait an extra 35 minutes or so to be sure of the AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky gold after the German team put United States’ Kikkan Randall skis during a women’s semifinal at the cross-country team sprint in a protest. competitions at the 2014 Winter Olympics on Wednesday in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.

SoHi hoops sweeps Moose

By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

Photo by Jeff Helminiak

Skyview’s Brenner Musgrave leads Kenai Central’s Travis Cooper up a hill near the start of the boys five-kilomter freestyle Friday at the Region III Nordic Ski Championships at Tsalteshi Trails on Friday.

What is that fluffy white stuff?

Snow, of all things, could throw skiers off at state prep meet

By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion

Told that Soldotna ski coach Dan Harbison said that skiers would be ready for any conditions at the state meet due to this winter’s checkered weather, Skyview coach Kent Peterson agreed before checking the forecast.

“Except for snow,” Peterson said. “That’ll change everything.”

Everything has changed.

Anchorage’s Kincaid Park, which will host state today, Friday and Saturday, got 4 to 6 inches of snow Wednesday.

The meet starts with intervalstart freestyle racing at noon today.

“All of a sudden, that’s

going to really slow things down,” Peterson said. “Skiers will think their wax is bad because they are now skiing on snow instead of ice.”

In order to understand how much snow has changed things, consider the information the Alaska School Activities Association released earlier in the week about the meet: “Coaches should advise athletes to consider using their ‘B’ skis. Reasonable efforts will be made to ensure an acceptable skiing surface.

However, expect rocks, dirt, and ice to be present.”

Ever since the massive warming trend at the end of January, then the subsequent freeze-up that included no

snow, central Peninsula skiers have been training on crushed ice.

That’s like training for a bike race by only riding downhill with the wind.

“You’re working, but it’s not like skiing on real snow,” Peterson said. “Actually, this could be an interesting twist.

“This will focus more on endurance. On snow, the race will definitely be a little longer.”

No Peninsula skier has ever been a skimeister for the state.

The best shot this year comes from SoHi’s Sadie Fox, who won her first Region III title last weekend and finished third at the Lynx Loppet earlier this season.

After her region title, Fox

said a state title would be tough, but she is expecting a very good finish.

“I do think that,” Harbison said. “Top five or top three is very realistic.”

Hannah Pothast was second at the region meet. Harbison said she could get in the top 15 with good races.

Beyond Pothast and Fox, SoHi has relied on a mixture of skiers to get the job done — a job that included winning regions.

Also on varsity for the Stars are Olivia Hutchings, Dani McCormick, Molly Erickson, Emily Werner and Xochi Harbison.

“A top-10 team finish would be a good position for See STATE, Page A-9

It may not have been pretty, but in the highly competitive Northern Lights Conference, the Soldotna boys hoops team is willing to take a victory any way it can.

The Stars had only one bucket in the fourth quarter, but sank 15 of 19 free throws to seal a 51-43 victory over the Palmer Moose on Wednesday night at Soldotna High School.

“It looked really nice, didn’t it?” said Soldotna coach Matt Johnson. “You know, we’re a group of kids that on any given night can be really good at any part of the game, whether that’s shooting, defense, whatever.

Tonight free-throw shooting was one of them.”

Free throws accounted for Soldotna’s final 15 points, after Palmer closed the gap to 36-31 with six minutes left in the game. The clutch shooting couldn’t have come at a better time for SoHi, as 6-foot-5 senior Daniel McElroy fouled out with three minutes, 52 seconds, to go. McElroy led the Stars with 15 points.

“Any time your best rebounder and defender goes out of the game, you’re never really comfortable with that,” Johnson said. “He did a great job defensively and rebounding, and if the ball’s in the air he always comes down with it.”

Senior Colton Young added 14 points for SoHi, which included hitting all seven of his free-throw attempts.

SoHi improved its season record to 10-8, while Palmer dropped to 6-13.

The Stars opened the game on a 9-2 run, but the Moose did not let the deficit grow much bigger through the rest of the game. After a seven-point first quarter, Palmer outscored Soldotna 19-12 in the second and only trailed 24-19 at halftime.

A fast start to the second half made for an exciting game, as Palmer took a brief lead with 3:37 left in the third quarter on a Chandler Jones jumper. The lead lasted all of 16 seconds, the only time all game Palmer was ahead. Jones ended the game with 12 points.

The Moose cut the Stars’ lead to two in the waning seconds of the third quarter, but Colton Young injected some energy into SoHi with an offbalance, long-range trey that beat the buzzer.

“The big difference in the game was free throws,” said Palmer coach Brandon Blake.

“I give them credit, they did a great job defensively, they’re definitely a well-coached team.”

In the fourth quarter, James Nisbett and Adam Ramoth kept Palmer close with acrobatic drives to the basket, but Soldotna began holding the ball longer and causing the Moose to foul. Ramoth led Palmer with 14 points.

“We wanted to work for a great shot, we didn’t want to settle for just an OK shot,” Johnson said. “I was telling the guys you don’t want to go to the stall game, but you want to be deliberate with what you’re doing and look for a great shot.”

With 3:52 to go, however, it was McElroy that fouled out for good. But as hard as Palmer tried to score after fouling a Soldotna player, the Stars proved their mettle at the charity stripe.

“I think we’re two evenly matched teams, and I think it’s going to be an exciting region tournament,” Blake said.

Johnson concurred with Blake, saying the parity between hoops teams in the Northern Lights Conference is shaping up for a close tournament in two weeks’ time.

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Love nets 42 as Timberwolves take down Pacers

By The Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS — Kevin Love had 42 points and 16 rebounds, Ricky Rubio added a career-high 17 assists, and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat Paul George and the Indiana Pacers 104-91 on Wednesday night.

J.J. Barea scored 12 points off the bench as the Wolves took control early against the Eastern Conference leaders.

George led Indiana with 35 points, but managed just two in the fourth quarter as the Pacers lost for the third time in five games, never once taking a lead.

starters Tim Duncan and Tony Parker.

Belinelli had 20 points and Manu Ginobili 16 for San Antonio, which also sat Kawhi Leonard with an injured right hand.

ROCKETS 134, LAKERS 108

LOS ANGELES — Dwight Howard thoroughly enjoyed his visit to the team he left as a free agent after one tumultuous and contentious season, getting 20 points and 13 rebounds in a rout of Los Angeles that extended Houston’s winning streak to eight.

The streak is Houston’s longest since a franchise-record, 22-game run in 200708 under Rick Adelman. James Harden SPURS 111, TRAIL BLAZERS 109 scored 11 of his 29 points in the final 1:25 of the third quarter and added 11 assists.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Patty Mills came off the bench to score 29 points, Marco BULLS 94, RAPTORS 92 Belinelli hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with TORONTO — Carlos Boozer scored 1:34 remaining and San Antonio defeated Portland in a game between short-handed 20 points, D.J. Augustin had 19 against his former team and Chicago edged Toronto teams.

Mills scored 24 points during the sec- to win its fourth straight game.

Kirk Hinrich scored 19 points, Jimmy ond half to lead the Spurs, who rested

Butler had 16 and Taj Gibson fouled out a row in March 2010. That was LeBron with 10 as the Bulls won for the fifth time James’ final season in Cleveland. in six games and halted Toronto’s winning streak at three. Joakim Noah had eight BOBCATS 116, PISTONS 98 points and 13 assists for the Bulls.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Al Jefferson scored 29 points, Kemba Walker had 24 WARRIORS 101, KINGS 92 points and a career-high 16 assists, and SACRAMENTO, Calif. — David Charlotte defeated Detroit for the second Lee had 23 points and 11 rebounds, Klay straight night.

Thompson scored 18 points and Golden The win gave the Bobcats (25-30) a State held off Sacramento in a game both sweep of the three-game season series and teams played short-handed. a 2½-game lead over the Pistons in the Stephen Curry added 13 points and race for the eighth and final playoff spot in eight assists for the Warriors in the first the Eastern Conference. game following the All-Star break for each team. Golden State is 3-0 against SacraNETS 105, JAZZ 99 mento this season.

SALT LAKE CITY — Joe Johnson scored 27 points, Andray Blatche had 25 CAVALIERS 101, MAGIC 93 and Brooklyn beat the Jazz for the Nets’ CLEVELAND — Kyrie Irving scored first win in Utah since 2008.

22 points and Cleveland won its sixth Deron Williams added 19 points and straight by beating Orlando. seven assists. His 3-pointer with 2:11 reIrving, chosen MVP of the NBA All- maining gave the Nets their largest lead of Star game Sunday, paced a balanced of- the game. fense that extended the Cavaliers’ longest Brooklyn snapped a three-game road winning streak since they won eight in losing skid. The surging Nets have won C

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WIZARDS 114, HAWKS 97 ATLANTA — John Wall scored 21 points and Washington recovered to beat reeling Atlanta after almost blowing a 20-point lead.

Paul Millsap had 21 points and 11 rebounds, and Elton Brand, a fill-in starter at center, had 20 points and 11 boards for the Hawks, who have lost seven straight.

KNICKS 98, PELICANS 91 NEW ORLEANS — Carmelo Anthony capped a 42-point performance with three clutch baskets in the last two minutes, and New York snapped a three-game skid with a victory over New Orleans.

SUNS 100, CELTICS 94 PHOENIX — Markieff Morris scored 18 points to lead six Phoenix players in double figures against Boston.

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Violence, hockey loss rocks Russian games DAVID PACE Associated Press

SOCHI, Russia — A Russian hockey team with immense expectations lost its shot at an Olympic title Wednesday at a Winter Games tempered by violence both in the host city and in nearby Ukraine.

Finland beat the Russians 3-1, knocking them out of the quarterfinals and ending their chances of winning a hockey gold medal in front of their own fans.

Defending Olympic champion Canada had a scare from upstart Latvia before a late goal sealed a 2-1 win.

The U.S. advanced easily with a 5-2 win over the Czech Republic. The U.S. will meet Canada and Sweden will take on Finland in Friday’s semifinals.

Another Russian with great expectations, 15-year-old figure skater Julia Lipnitskaia, fell during the women’s short program and finished fifth. Defending gold medalist Yuna Kim of South Korea led the competition, which finishes Thursday.

Ted Ligety of the U.S. won gold in men’s giant slalom, the first Ameri-

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us,” Harbison said. “We’ll have to see how that shakes out.

“We haven’t gotten to ski against all the other teams since the Lynx Loppet (in mid-December).”

Levi Michael led the SoHi boys by taking fifth in the region. Colton Diehl was 12th.

“Levi Michael has the potential to have some good races up there, and so does Colton Diehl,” Harbison said.

Also skiing for the varsity will be Tanner Best, Addison Downing, Drew Kant, Aaron Sweberg and Caleb Corr.

The Kenai Central boys will be looking to bounce back after a tough weekend at regions.

The Kards are led by Travis Cooper. Cooper was in second place after the first day of regions, but a broken pole Saturday caused him to fall to seventh.

“He could at least be in the top 10, and he could finish in the top five,” Kenai coach Brad Nyquist said. “When we get there, we’ll go out and ski, and see what the conditions are like, and use what our strengths are.”

The Kenai boys had designs on a region title, but they hadn’t seen Colony, Grace and Palmer in over a month, and those three squads surprised a bit with their strength and pushed the Kards to fourth.

“They put that behind them,” Nyquist said. “They set high goals for themselves at state.

They’d like to finish in the top six. That’s the goal they set early on in the season.”

Chasing that varsity goal are James Butler, Olen Danielson, Fox Michaud, Nate Mole and Jordan Theisen.

The Kenai girls, fifth at regions, set a goal of making the top 10. Alex Bergholtz led the

can man to win two Olympic medals in Alpine skiing. American-turned Russian snowboarder Vic Wild won the men’s parallel giant slalom, minutes after his Russian wife, Alexa Zavarzina, won bronze in the women’s competition.

In downtown Sochi, Cossack militia attacked the Pussy Riot punk group with horsewhips and removed members’ trademark ski masks. The confrontation lasted less than three minutes and no one was arrested.

Earlier, Sergei Bubka, the pole vault great who heads the Ukrainian Olympic Committee, urged both sides in Ukraine’s political crisis to halt the violence that left at least 25 people dead and 240 injured in Kiev on Tuesday. The crisis centers on divided loyalties in Ukraine between Russia and the West.

“I’m shocked by what is happening in my native country — especially because the violence is taking place during the Olympic Games, the world’s most peaceful and democratic event,” Bubka said.

On Day 13 of the Sochi Olympics, Norway won the first Olympic mixed relay in biathlon, making Ole Einar

Kards by taking eighth at regions, while Kirsten Nyquist was 15th.

“Kirsten was top 20 in the skate race at the Lynx Loppet, so that’s a possibility,” Nyquist said. “Our classic is the tough aspect when looking at the overall.”

Rounding out the varsity will be Katie Cooper, Maddie Michaud, Beverly Schindler and Mikaela Salzetti.

Skyview will compete at the state meet for the last time before closing its doors in the spring.

In recognition, the Panthers will bring out the famed “cowsuits” one last time Saturday.

Peterson said the racing suits were retired about 10 years ago.

They are called “cowsuits” because they are splattered with black and white, with a little purple.

“A lot of people I know are looking forward to seeing that,” Peterson said.

Peterson is looking forward to seeing how Mika Morton finishes off her season. Morton was fourth at regions.

“She had two good races last weekend,” Peterson said. “She’s learned a lot about racing and planning your own strategy.

“She has a good chance of being competitive up there. It would be really awesome to see her in the top 10.”

Filling out the final varsity ride will be Annamarieka Chythlook, Brittany Hollers, Sage Link and Abby Cook.

On the boys side, Peterson is focused on team goals.

“All six of them have the potential to have a good race,” Peterson said. “We were pretty close to SoHi and Palmer in the skate race — about a minute and a half out. It’d be nice to have a good race and close that gap.”

The six on varsity are Brenner Musgrave, Sky Schlung, Daniel Shuler, Jeremiah Hudson, Logan Hemphill and Sterling Stasak.

McDowell survives at Match Play event MARANA, Ariz. (AP) — Graeme McDowell rarely felt as hopeless in match play as he did Wednesday at Dove Mountain.

Overpowered and outplayed for much of the first round, he was 3 down with three holes to play as he watched the majestic flight of Gary Woodland’s tee shot cover the flag on the 16th hole. McDowell figured it was a matter of time before he climbed into a courtesy car to be driven back to the clubhouse.

“The Cadillacs were circling,” he said. They must have looked like buzzards.

In an opening round of comebacks in the Match Play Championship, none was more stunning than McDowell surviving to see another day of this most unpredictable event.

Woodland’s shot took a hard bounce and landed between two corporate suites. Bogey. With a wedge in hand, Woodland pulled it on the wrong side of the 17th green, and McDowell capitalized by making a 12-foot birdie. Woodland blasted out of the left bunker, over the 18th green and into the right bunker

to lose a third straight hole.

McDowell completed his improbable rally with a 6-foot birdie on the 19th hole to win.

“I’m sure he’s extremely disappointed right now — and I’m extremely elated,” McDowell said. “I’m surprised to be sitting here, having won. Yeah, I hit a couple of quality shots down the last couple of holes, but he had mistakes, as well.

It’s a brutal format.”

It certainly was brutal for the 32 players headed for the airport. Such is the nature of this World Golf Championship, as cut-throat as it comes.

“It feels like a Sunday afternoon on Wednesday,” McDowell said, realizing that Thursday won’t be much different.

McDowell was among eight players who trailed with six holes remaining and somehow survived.

Brandt Snedeker had to make two tough par saves just to stay alive on the 18th and 19th holes of his match against David Lynn of England. He won with an 8-foot birdie on the next hole. It was the only time all day he had the lead.

Bjoerndalen the most decorated Winter Olympian ever with 13 medals; Norway also won the women’s crosscountry team sprint, with Finland taking the men’s title; Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic denied the Netherlands another speedskating podium sweep; and the Canadian women won the gold in bobsled.

ICE HOCKEY: Finland’s win over Russia was not an upset. The Finns had advanced to the semifinals as the fourth seed, while Russia had to win a consolation round game to advance to the final eight. Sweden continued its undefeated run, beating Slovenia 5-0 to advance to the semifinals.

FIGURE SKATING: Kim scored 74.92 points, ahead of Adelina Sotnikova of Russia by 0.28. Carolina Kostner of Italy is third with 74.12.

Lipnitskaia, who helped Russia win the team gold on Feb. 9, fell on a triple flip. She was too tearful to speak after her worst performance in months.

American champion Gracie Gold was fourth.

ALPINE SKIING: Ligety was 21 when he won his first gold medal in the combined at the 2006 Turin Games.

The only other American to win two

Olympic golds in Alpine skiing was Andrea Mead Lawrence, who took the women’s slalom and giant slalom at the 1952 Oslo Games. On Wednesday, Steve Missillier of France took the silver and teammate Alexis Pinturault the bronze.

SNOWBOARDING: Wild grew up in White Salmon, Wash., and applied for Russian citizenship after marrying Zavarzina in 2011. He then joined the Russian snowboarding team. Nevin Galmarini of Switzerland finished second for silver, and Zan Kosir of Slovenia took the bronze. In the women’s race, Patrizia Kummer cruised to victory — and Switzerland’s sixth gold medal of the games — when Japan’s Tomoka Takeuchi missed a gate midway through the second run of the finals.

SPEEDSKATING: Sablikova won her second consecutive gold in the women’s 5,000 meters. The Dutch still added two more medals, with Ireen Wust winning silver and Carien Kleibeuker the bronze. Wust now has won four medals at the Sochi Games, including gold in the 3,000 and silvers in the 1,000 and 1,500. Dutch speedskaters have 21 medals overall.

BIATHLON: Bjoerndalen broke the record for overall medals that he had shared with cross-country skiing great Bjoern Daehlie. He also matched his fellow Norwegian’s record of eight gold medals. Bjoerndalen earlier won gold in Sochi in the men’s sprint biathlon. He can win another medal in the final men’s biathlon event of the Sochi Games, the 4x7.5-kilometer relay on Saturday. In the mixed relay biathlon, the Czech Republic won the silver and Italy the bronze.

BOBSLED: The Canadian team of Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse won their second straight Olympic women’s bobsled gold. Elana Meyers and Lauryn Williams of the U.S. took silver, and teammates Jamie Greubel and Aja Evans the bronze. Williams became the fifth Olympian to medal at both the Summer and Winter Games.

She has gold and silver medals from three Olympic appearances as a sprinter.

CURLING: Canada and Sweden will play for the gold medal in women’s curling after winning semifinal games that went to the final shot. In the men’s tournament, Canada will meet Britain for gold.

Eagles pull shocker on Syracuse

By The Associated Press

Atlantic Coast Conference), which had lost five straight, rallied from a 13-point second-half deficit to pull off the upset.

Syracuse (25-1, 12-1) travels to No. 5 Duke on Saturday night.

No. 3 Wichita State is the lone unbeaten in Division I after its 88-74 victory over Loyola of Chicago on Wednesday night.

The Eagles came to town with heavy hearts and a good dose of determination. Longtime basketball media contact and sports information assistant Dick Kelley died last week after a two-year battle with ALS. His funeral was Tuesday and the Eagles, who often visited his apartment, were wearing “DK” patches on their uniforms.The Eagles, whose

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Soldotna senior Katelynn Kerkvliet scored 10 of her game-high 20 points in the first quarter, helping the Stars to a 12-2 lead early in the game.

The DePriest sisters led Palmer with eight points each — senior Kalei and sophomore Leya.

“It’s been an issue with us, our first-quarter scoring,” said Palmer coach Lyle Busbey. “We were playing good defense, but that’s something we got to figure out.

“We’re starting three sophomores, so part of it is that we’re just timid.”

After starting fast, Soldotna managed the lead but never took off and left Palmer for a big gap. Trailing 20-13 at halftime, the Moose started the second half with a 7-4 run, finding good looks under the basket for post player Leya DePriest, but Soldotna answered back with an 8-2 run to end the third quarter.

“We turned the ball over way too much against Kodiak, and that was one of our main goals

tonight, just taking care of the Yeah, we lost a couple games, ball,” Blossom said. “Julie (Li- but we just got to finish.” tchfield) and Kelci (Benson) Wednesday boys did a good job of that.”

Stars 51, Moose 43 Litchfield scored nine points, Soldotna 12 12 10 17 —51 Palmer 7 12 10 14 —43 all in the second half.

Blossom said senior Makay- SOLDOTNA (51) — Calloway 0 0-0 0, la Wong has been nursing an in- Young 3 7-7 14, Conradi 1 4-5 6, Furlong 0-0 0, Spence 2 3-5 8, Kruse 1 3-4 6, jured ankle since the overtime 0Fowler 1 0-0 2, McElroy 5 5-6 15. Totals 13 loss to Chugiak at the Dimond 22-27 51.

(43) — Ramoth 6 2-2 14, Jones Lynx tournament in Anchor- PALMER 4 3-4 12, Ferris 0 0-0 0, Southwick 0 0-1 age two weeks ago, and her 0, Wells 1 0-0 2, Nisbett 3 5-5 12, Chrisimproved play in Wednesday’s tiansen 0 1-2 1, Colbert 0 0-0 0, Yanez 1 2. Totals 15 11-14 43. game helped open up the floor 0-0 3-point field goals — Soldotna 3 (Young more.

1, Spence 1, Kruse 1); Palmer 2 (Jones 1, After Palmer got to within Nisbett 1).

Team fouls — Soldotna 17; Palmer 16. eight points of SoHi midway Fouled out — McElroy. through the fourth quarter, LiWednesday girls tchfield and Kerkvliet knocked Stars 40, Moose 29 down consecutive layups to put Palmer 2 11 9 7 —29 the gap at 38-26 with 3:01 left Soldotna 10 10 12 8 —40 and ice the game.

PALMER (29) — King 2 1-1 5, Venzke 2 As far as the Northern Lights 0-3 5, DePriest 4 0-1 8, Bowman 0 0-0 0, Conference playoff picture, Osiensky 0 0-0 0, Ledger 0 1-2 1, Perkins 0 0-0 0, Till 1 0-0 2, DePriest 4 0-0 8. Totals Blossom continues to believe — 13 2-7 29. his team is one of the best, but SOLDOTNA (40) — Nelson 0 0-0 0, Ben1 0-0 3, Shaw 0 0-0 0, Litchfield 4 0-0 said he’s keeping things under son 9, M. Wong 2 0-0 4, L. Wong 1 0-0 2, Henwraps for now. dricks 1 0-0 2, Kerkvliet 9 2-2 20, Miller 0 “I’m not even looking at 0-0 0. Totals — 18 2-2 40. that,” Blossom said. “I still think 3-point goals — Palmer 1 (Venzke); Solwe’re in a good position, the dotna 1 (Litchfield). Team fouls — Palmer girls are setting themselves up. 6, Soldotna 14. Fouled out — none.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Olivier Hanlan and Patrick Heckmann hit 3-pointers in overtime, Lonnie Jackson made four straight free throws in the final 26.2 seconds, and lowly Boston College stunned top-ranked Syracuse 6259 Wednesday night, ending the Orange’s unbeaten season.

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Colony twice, we’ve split with Kodiak, Palmer split with Kodiak, Wasilla’s playing well,” Johnson said. “I really think it’s as open as I’ve seen.”

Soldotna girls 40, Palmer 29 The SoHi girls team got back on track in the Northern Lights Conference with a victory over the Moose Wednesday night in Soldotna.

After a long road trip, the Stars returned for only their third home game of the season, and improved their season record to 15-4 with the win, while Palmer dropped to 9-10.

“I thought we started off the game really good and then bogged down a little,” said Soldotna coach Doug Blossom.

“The first game back home for a long time, we’ve been away a long time. We just couldn’t get on track.”

only conference wins this season were over Virginia Tech, beat a No. 1-ranked team for the third time but first since the 2008-09 season.

Syracuse, which had won its last two games by a combined three points, shot a season-low 32.2 percent from the field including going 2 of 12 from 3-point range.

Scoreboard Basketball

Men’s Scores

NBA Standings

Albany (NY) 57, Binghamton 48 Army 74, Colgate 66 Boston College 62, Syracuse 59, OT Boston U. 71, American U. 62 Bucknell 55, Loyola (Md.) 53 Buffalo 96, Akron 90 Delaware 81, Hofstra 77 Hartford 75, Mass.-Lowell 68 Lafayette 76, Holy Cross 64 Lehigh 72, Navy 65 Manhattan 75, Monmouth (NJ) 61 Saint Joseph’s 57, Rhode Island 54 St. Bonaventure 71, Duquesne 67 Stony Brook 72, UMBC 53 Vermont 79, New Hampshire 44

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W L Toronto 29 25 Brooklyn 25 27 New York 21 33 Boston 19 36 Philadelphia 15 40 Southeast Division Miami 38 14 Washington 26 28 Atlanta 25 28 Charlotte 25 30 Orlando 16 40 Central Division Indiana 41 13 Chicago 28 25 Detroit 22 32 Cleveland 22 33 Milwaukee 10 43

Pct GB .537 — .481 3 .389 8 .345 10½ .273 14½ .731 — .481 13 .472 13½ .455 14½ .286 24 .759 — .528 12½ .407 19 .400 19½ .189 30½

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division San Antonio 40 15 Houston 37 17 Dallas 32 23 Memphis 30 23 New Orleans 23 30 Northwest Division Oklahoma City 43 12 Portland 36 18 Minnesota 26 28 Denver 24 28 Utah 19 34 Pacific Division L.A. Clippers 37 19 Phoenix 32 21 Golden State 32 22 L.A. Lakers 18 36 Sacramento 18 36

.727 .685 .582 .566 .434

— 2½ 8 9 16

.782 — .667 6½ .481 16½ .462 17½ .358 23 .661 .604 .593 .333 .333

— 3½ 4 18 18

Wednesday’s Games Cleveland 101, Orlando 93 Charlotte 116, Detroit 98 Chicago 94, Toronto 92 Washington 114, Atlanta 97 Minnesota 104, Indiana 91 New York 98, New Orleans 91 Phoenix 100, Boston 94 Brooklyn 105, Utah 99 San Antonio 111, Portland 109 Golden State 101, Sacramento 92 Houston 134, L.A. Lakers 108 Thursday’s Games Miami at Oklahoma City, 4 p.m.

Denver at Milwaukee, 4 p.m.

Houston at Golden State, 6:30 p.m.

All Times AST

EAST

Holy Cross 90, Lafayette 76 Navy 79, Lehigh 59 New Hampshire 71, Vermont 50 Richmond 89, UMass 76 Rider 74, Monmouth (NJ) 64 Stony Brook 72, UMBC 51 UConn 83, UCF 35 West Virginia 77, Oklahoma St. 45 SOUTH Charlotte 74, FAU 63 Georgia St. 85, Louisiana-Monroe 77 Louisiana-Lafayette 62, Troy 57 Louisville 81, Houston 62 Middle Tennessee 75, Marshall 36 Morgan St. 66, Coppin St. 61 Murray St. 66, SE Missouri 55 Southern Miss. 106, FIU 96 VCU 74, St. Bonaventure 57

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Cincinnati 77, UCF 49 Coll. of Charleston 87, William & Mary 54 Elon 81, UNC Greensboro 68 Florida 71, Auburn 66 Gardner-Webb 79, Presbyterian 70 High Point 67, Liberty 60 James Madison 63, Drexel 61, OT LSU 92, Mississippi St. 81 Miami 71, Notre Dame 64 Morehead St. 90, Austin Peay 88, 2OT Morgan St. 78, Coppin St. 69 NJIT 77, Md.-Eastern Shore 76 Radford 86, Longwood 75 Saint Louis 89, George Mason 85, OT UNC Asheville 82, Charleston Southern 71 VMI 84, Campbell 81 Winthrop 75, Coastal Carolina 65

Akron 89, N. Illinois 75 Bowling Green 67, Cent. Michigan 55 Buffalo 61, Kent St. 53 Michigan 70, Indiana 58 Saint Louis 57, Rhode Island 53 South Florida 62, Cincinnati 43 Toledo 80, E. Michigan 73 W. Michigan 71, Ohio 64

SOUTHWEST Arkansas 71, South Carolina 64 SMU 68, Houston 64 FAR WEST Arizona 67, Utah 63, OT Colorado 61, Arizona St. 52 New Mexico 68, UNLV 56 Oregon 78, Washington 71 UCLA 86, California 66

Women’s Scores EAST Albany (NY) 86, Binghamton 35 American U. 69, Boston U. 44 Bucknell 70, Loyola (Md.) 49 Colgate 71, Army 60 Dayton 84, La Salle 69

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SOUTHWEST Arkansas St. 73, Texas-Arlington 47 Baylor 89, Iowa St. 51 Louisiana Tech 82, Tulsa 75, OT North Texas 73, UTEP 64 Oklahoma 64, Texas 63 Old Dominion 85, Rice 49 TCU 64, Kansas St. 44 Texas St. 63, South Alabama 61 FAR WEST Colorado St. 71, Boise St. 51 Fresno St. 65, Wyoming 60 Nevada 99, San Jose St. 95 New Mexico 65, UNLV 58 San Diego 87, Loyola Marymount 74 Utah St. 79, San Diego St. 69

Olympics Medals Table

At Sochi, Russia Through Wednesday, Feb. 19 (75 of 98 events) Nation G S B United States 7 5 11 Russia 6 9 7 Netherlands 6 7 9 Norway 9 4 7 Canada 5 9 4

Tot 23 22 22 20 18

Germany France Sweden Switzerland Austria Czech Republic Slovenia Japan Italy Belarus China Poland South Korea Finland Australia Latvia Britain Slovakia Croatia Kazakhstan Ukraine

8 3 2 6 2 2 2 1 0 5 3 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0

3 2 5 3 6 4 1 4 2 0 2 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0

4 6 4 1 1 2 4 2 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 1

15 11 11 10 9 8 7 7 7 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 2 1 1 1 1

Transactions BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Agreed to terms with RHP Ubaldo Jimenez on a four-year contract. Designated RHP Liam Hendriks for assignment.

National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Signed general manager Frank Wren and manager Fredi Gonzalez to contract extensions.

CINCINNATI REDS — Agreed to terms with RHP Homer Bailey on a six-year contract.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Fined Phoenix F P.J. Tucker $5,000 for violating the league’s anti-flopping rules for the second time this season.

BROOKLYN NETS — Traded G Jason Terry and F Reggie Evans to Sacramento for G Marcus Thornton.

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS — Acquired G Steve Blake from the Los Angeles Lakers for G Kent Bazemore and G MarShon Brooks.

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Suspended Washington TE Fred Davis indefinitely for violating the league’s substance abuse policy.

ATLANTA FALCONS — Named Billy Devaney and Russ Bolinger player personnel scouts.

CHICAGO BEARS — Signed CB Derricus Purdy.

MIAMI DOLPHINS — Fired offensive line coach Jim Turner and head athletic trainer Kevin O’Neill.

Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed DB Korey Banks to a contract extension through 2015.

HOCKEY National Hockey League DETROIT RED WINGS — Recalled Fs Cory Emmerton, Riley Sheahan and Teemu Pulkkinen and D Adam Almquist from Grand Rapids (AHL).

LOS ANGELES KINGS — Recalled Fs Tyler Toffoli, Linden Vey and Tanner Pearson from Manchester (AHL).

MINNESOTA WILD — Recalled D Jonathon Blum and F Jake Dowell from Iowa (AHL). Assigned G John Curry to Iowa.

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Recalled D Jon Merrill from Albany (AHL).

PHOENIX COYOTES — Recalled D Brandon Gormley from Portland (AHL).

SOCCER Major League Soccer CHIVAS USA — Signed M Agustin Pelletieri.

D.C. UNITED — Waived F Casey Townsend.

SEATTLE SOUNDERS — Waived F Will Bates.

SPORTING KANSAS CITY — Traded F Teal Bunbury to New England for a 2015 first-round draft pick and allocation money.

COLLEGE ALABAMA — Announced F Nick Jacobs is taking a leave of absence from the men’s basketball team.

COKER — Announced the resignation of men’s soccer coach Paul Leese, who will take the same position at Texas-Pan American.

COLORADO STATE — Promoted Gary Ozzello to executive director of community outreach and engagement.

IOWA STATE — Named Maurice Linguist secondary coach.

NOTRE DAME — Announced DB Cody Riggs is transferring from Florida.

TCU — Dismissed WR LaDarius Brown from the football team.

UAB — Named Zac Woodfin strength and conditioning coach and Richard Owens tight ends coach.

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Police reports n On Feb. 15 at 7:23 p.m., Soldotna police stopped a vehicle on the Sterling Highway at Lover’s Lane. John Waski, 51, of Soldotna, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and taken to Wildwood Pretrial on $500 bail. n On Feb. 15 at 7:16 p.m., troopers responded to Mile 86 of the Seward Highway for the report of a single vehicle crash.

Investigation revealed that Jeffrey Graham, 49, of Homer, was traveling southbound on the Seward Highway, driving a Ford F250. Graham attempted to pass another vehicle traveling southbound when he lost control of his pickup and struck the southbound guardrail. Alcohol was not a factor and Graham was wearing his seat belt. He was issued a minor offense citation for traffic infractions. His vehicle was towed from the scene. n On Feb. 16, Alaska State Troopers received a report of criminal damage to a blue GMC pickup parked at a residence in Soldotna. Over $500 damage was caused to multiple side panels of the pickup between about 11:00 a.m. on Feb. 11 and 11:00 a.m. on Feb. 16. Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call the Alaska State Troopers at 262-4453 or Crime Stoppers at 283-8477. n On Feb. 16, Alaska State Troopers dispatch received a report of criminal damage to the Eagles bar near Kasilof. About $500 damage was caused to the rear door of the bar between the hours of about 1:00 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. on Feb. 16. Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call the Alaska State Troopers at 262-4453 or Crime Stoppers at 283-8477. n On Feb. 16 at 5:44 p.m., Soldotna police contacted Debbie Gilliland, 59, of Soldotna, and arrested her on a failure to appear warrant. Gilliland was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility and held on no bail with three days to serve. n On Feb. 16 at 6:58 p.m., Soldotna police stopped a vehicle on Kobuk Street at Redwood Court. Briana Shropshire, 25, of Soldotna, was issued a criminal citation for driving without a driver’s license and released.

n On Feb. 16 at about 8:10 p.m., troopers received a report of a vehicle rollover at Mile 39 of the Seward Highway. Investigation revealed that John Richard Johnson, 37, of Palmer lost control of his 2001 Plymouth Neon while traveling southbound on the Seward Highway.

The vehicle slid off the road into a snow bank, then struck a guardrail and overturned into the ditch. All occupants of the vehicle were wearing their seat belts and reported no injuries. n On Feb. 17 at 9:22 a.m., Alaska State Troopers responded to a reported domestic dispute at an Anchor Point residence. David Hoversten, 47, of Anchor Point, was arrested for fourth-degree criminal mischief and taken to the Homer Jail. n On Feb. 17 at about 3:00 p.m., Alaska State Troopers were patrolling near Anchor Point when they observed Clifford Albrecht, 38, of Anchor Point, driving a red Chevrolet pickup near Anchor Point. Albrecht was contacted and identified by his Alaska operator’s license. Investigation revealed that his privilege to drive was suspended. He was issued a misdemeanor citation for driving while license suspended. n On Feb. 17 at about 3:50 p.m., troopers responded to Lucky Raven Tobacco in Soldotna for an intoxicated male passed out. Troopers identified Neely Spivey, 52, of Soldotna, and arrested him on an outstanding arrest warrant for failure to call and schedule remand by Dec. 20. Spivey was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility without bail. n On Feb. 17 at about 11:30 a.m., Kenai police responded to an apartment complex on North Gill Street in Kenai for report of a disturbance. Officers contacted William M. Strain, 35, of Kenai, who was arrested for fourth-degree assault, domestic violence related, and was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility. n On Feb. 18 at 5:43 p.m., Kenai police arrested Joseph A. Freel, 25, of Soldotna, on two Alaska State Troopers warrants, one $5,000 warrant for failure to appear for hearing on original charges of second-degree burglary, second-degree theft, fourth-degree criminal mischief and first-degree criminal

trespass and the second $5,000 warrant for failure to appear for omnibus hearing on original charges of two counts of fourthdegree misconduct involving a controlled substance. Freel was taken to Wildwood Correctional Facility.

including synthetic drugs, spice, bath salts and marijuana, not to reside where illegal controlled substances are present, not to possess, apply for or obtain a medical marijuana card or act as a caregiver while under supervision, to complete a substance abuse evaluation and comply with treatment recommendations and was placed on probation for three years after serving any term of incarceration imThe following judgments posed. were recently handed down in Superior Court in Kenai: The following judgments recently were handed down in n Rebekah J. Edmunds, 26, District Court in Kenai: of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to one count of fourth-degree misn Tammy L. Aaronson, 43, conduct involving a controlled of Kenai, pleaded guilty to one substance, committed Sept. 13. count of driving under the influImposition of sentence was sus- ence and one count of a reduced pended and she was placed on charge of attempted fourthprobation for two years, fined degree misconduct involving a a $100 court surcharge and a controlled substance, commit$200 jail surcharge with $100 ted May 7, 2012. On count one, suspended, forfeited all items she was sentenced to 65 days seized, and ordered, among in jail with 62 days suspended, other conditions of probation, fined, $2,000 with $500 susto serve 18 days in prison, not to pended, a $75 court surcharge, use or possess any illegal con- $330 cost of imprisonment and trolled substances, including a $150 jail surcharge with $100 marijuana, not to reside where suspended, ordered to complete illegal controlled substances, Alcohol Safety Action Program including marijuana are pres- treatment, had her license reent, to complete a substance voked for 90 days, ordered abuse evaluation and comply not to possess controlled subwith treatment recommenda- stances without valid prescriptions, not to possess, apply for tion and in original container, or obtain a medical marijuana and placed on probation for card or act as a caregiver while two years. On the count of atunder supervision, to submit to tempted fourth-degree missearch directed by a probation conduct involving a controlled officer, with or without prob- substance, she was sentenced to able cause, for the presence 180 days in jail with 170 days of controlled substances, drug suspended, may perform 80 paraphernalia, evidence of con- hours of community work sertrolled substance transactions vice in lieu of jail time, ordered or weapons, and to complete to complete Alcohol Safety Ac120 hours of community work tion Program treatment, forfeitservice as directed by probation ed items seized, ordered not to officer. All other charges in this possess controlled substances case were dismissed. without valid prescription and n Billy David Ogle, 32, ad- in original container, and placed dress unknown, pleaded guilty on probation for two years. All to fourth-degree misconduct in- other charges in this case were volving a controlled substance, dismissed. committed Nov. 29. He was n Colby J. Altman, 20, adsentenced to 24 months in pris- dress unknown, pleaded guilty to on with 21 months suspended, violating conditions of release, fined a $100 court surcharge committed Oct. 25. He was senand a $200 jail surcharge with tenced to 15 days in jail, fined $100 suspended, forfeited all a $50 court surcharge and a $50 items seized, ordered, among jail surcharge and forfeited all other conditions of probation, items seized. All other charges not to consume alcohol to ex- in this case were dismissed. cess, not to use or possess any n Melissa A. Bettencourtillegal controlled substances, Maal, 42, of Sterling, pleaded

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guilty to an amended charge of failure to stop, committed Jan. 23. She was fined $250 and a $10 court surcharge. n Bessie Godfish-Griffin, 30, address unknown, pleaded guilty to resisting arrest, committed June 22. She was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 80 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment and placed on probation for two years. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Joshua James Brittain, 28, of Kasilof, pleaded guilty to false information/report, committed Feb. 6. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 80 days suspended and credit for time served, fined $1,000 with $500 suspended, a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge wit $100 suspended and placed on probation for two years. n Robert Hayes Chandler, 47, of Kasilof, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of no valid operator’s license, committed Jan. 24. He was fined $500 and a $50 court surcharge. n James F. Culp, Jr., 52, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Oct. 18. He was sentenced to 270 days in jail with 210 days suspended, fined $5,000 with $1,000, a $75 court surcharge, $2,000 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for three years, ordered ignition interlock for 18 months, ordered not to possess or consume alcohol for five years and placed on probation for five years. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Johnathon J. Dalebout, 30, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to third-degree theft, committed Jan. 11. He was sentenced to 60 days in jail with 55 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and placed on probation for two years. n Kyle F. Duncan, 22, of Juneau, pleaded guilty to one count of driving under the influence and one count of disorderly conduct/creating a hazardous condition, committed Feb. 4.

On count one, he was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 87 days suspended, fined $3,000 with $1,500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $330 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months and placed on probation for 18 months. On count of disorderly conduct, he was fined a $50 court surcharge and placed on probation for 18 months. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Aaron S. Fellers, 33, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of driving without a valid operator’s license, committed Sept. 7. He was fined $150 and a $50 court surcharge and placed on probation for one year. n Christian K. Foldenauver, 25, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to no motor vehicle liability insurance, committed Dec. 12. He was fined $500, a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and placed on probation for one year. n Thomas Joe Fruichantie, 49, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Aug. 18. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 160 days suspended, fined $6,000 with $3,000 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $1,467 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for one year, forfeited marijuana seized, had other items returned, including controlled substances with proof of valid prescription, and was placed on probation for two years. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Angela Balough Galeana, 37, address unknown, pleaded guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a minor, committed Dec. 31, 2012. She was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 80 days suspended, may perform 80 hours of community work service in lieu of jail time, was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and placed on probation for two year. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

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U.S. ports to be transported by made-in-the U.S. ships. Young said the ships at Nikiski are foreign built and can transport to any country. He said he believes the shipyards can build good ships for intracoastal trade.

“If I was the state of Alaska and I was the oil companies that have control over the gas,” Young said, “I would go to some of our ship builders and say, ‘Are you interested in building (a liquid natural gas) ship to ship gas? We’ll go into partnerships with you.’”

He said if an LNG pipeline is built, there will be enough gas to send to the Lower 48 via Jones Act ships.

Young, who is a proponent of drilling onshore in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, said he wants to see the TransAlaska Pipeline System continue to transport oil. He said if it moves much less than what it does currently, there won’t be a pipeline because when the bill was passed, it called for the pipeline to be pulled up when it ceases to operate.

“I’m trying to get oil in that pipeline. … And with this president upfront he does not want any fossil fuels to be burned,” Young said.

Alaskans need to assert their statehood right under the constitution, he said. While he believes in Alaska and the nation, he doesn’t believe in today’s government because it has gotten so large and untouchable and displays a “lack of responsibility to the constituent” so that society is no longer free.

Following his about 10-minute comments, he answered questions from attendees ranging from the marijuana initiative in Alaska to the Jones Act in relation to the Alaska Pipeline Project to Arctic National Wildlife Refuge drilling.

Kenai Peninsula School District Superintendant Dr. Steve Atwater said with voters poised to consider marijuana legalization in the fall, he is concerned, if passed, the new law could be detrimental to Alaskan students. He asked if the federal government can sway voters’ opinions.

Young said as a state’s rightist, it is up to the Alaskan voters to decide whether or not to legalize marijuana.

The Jones Act encourages the development and mainteKaylee Osowski can be nance of merchant marine and reached at kaylee.osowski@ requires goods shipped between peninsulaclarion.com.

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to direct them through an obstacle course.

“It’s great fun,” Lopeman said.

For WOW’s tenth anniversary, the organization has commemorative sweatshirts, jacket patches and vehicle decals.

As of Tuesday afternoon 65 riders had signed up, but she said many wait to sign up until the last minute. Fourteen corporate sponsors have donated to the event. Last year the event saw 107 riders and raised $74,000.

Each rider pays an entry fee of $100 and teams of riders raise additional funds that support cancer patients via the Central Peninsula Health Foundation in $1,000 grants.

Lopeman said the grants can be used for anything that will help to make the patients’ lives easier from groceries to gas to rent. Since 2005, the event has helped 445 people.

Festivities for WOW kick off Friday night at 5:30 p.m. with a chili feed, the opening of bidding for silent auction items and the raffling of some prizes.

She said the Friday night activities are a way for participants to get to know one another.

All day Saturday Lopeman said the women will be wearing their costumes regardless of whether or not they end up riding. Lopeman has seen kind of costume from sumo wrestlers to nuns to the entire main cast of the “Wizard of Oz.” Judging and auction of the Wild and Wooly Bras — brassieres decorated anyway riders choose — will take place. And the women will play a variety of machine games including a blindfold race.

Lopeman said the drivers of either the all-terrain-vehicles Kaylee Osowski can be or the snowmachines are blind reached at kaylee.osowski@ folded and the passengers have peninsulaclarion.com.

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up nominations by the administration.

She said she has heard people in Washington make the argument about the road being closed by snow. “That only happens in Washington, D.C.,” she quipped.

A major theme of Murkowski’s address to a joint session of the Legislature was federal overreach and restrictions.

She told lawmakers the state must be aggressive in developing lands where it has some control, and that she admired lawmakers’ “courage” in passing an oil tax cut last year that she said promotes investment.

She told reporters that the tax cut was about making Alaska competitive with other

oil-producing areas. Voters in August will decide whether to repeal the hotly debated tax cut, which critics see as a giveaway to the industry with no guarantee about what Alaska will get in return.

Murkowski said the Legislature has taken serious steps to try to boost oil flow through the trans-Alaska pipeline system and that it is long past time for the federal government to do the same.

While the Interior Department has sold leases in Arctic waters off Alaska, it has not yet shown that it actually wants development to occur, the senator said.

Restrictions on roads in Tongass National Forest are choking the last of southeast Alaska’s timber industry and limiting the ability to build out renewable energy resources, Murkowski added.

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like shorter tanker runs to Japan than from the Gulf Coast, but it also has substantial disadvantages, like seasonal construction limits and the fact oil and gas issues can be a hard sell amid Alaska politics, he said.

The project under consideration would feature an 800mile pipeline. Current cost estimates for the project range from $45 billion to more than $65 billion.

The state has signed an agreement with TransCanada

Corp., the Alaska Gasline Development Corp., or AGDC, and the North Slope’s three major players, BP PLC, ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil Corp., spelling out terms for pursuing the project. The agreement anticipates a state stake of about 20 to 25 percent. The state has signed a separate agreement with TransCanada for pipeline services.

The agreements are contingent upon passage of enabling legislation aimed at moving the project into a phase of preliminary engineering and design. Lawmakers have been trying to digest both the bill and the agreements, particularly the complex memorandum

of understanding with TransCanada.

In the Senate Resources Committee on Wednesday, Sen. Lesil McGuire, R-Anchorage, said she didn’t want the deal to fall apart but had reservations about the proposed creation of a subsidiary of AGDC to carry the state’s interest in a liquefaction facility. She said she didn’t want AGDC’s focus on an instate gas line to be compromised or diluted. The state has continued to pursue the smaller, in-state project through AGDC while it has pursued the big line, in case one of the projects falters.

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AGDC is not just about the instate line and there is long-term strategic value in having AGDC involved in the way the bill proposes.

Sen. Hollis French, D-Anchorage, asked whether the bill, which references the oil tax law, will have any impact on the oil tax referendum later this year.

A Department of Law attorney said she was not prepared to answer that question.

French, who supports the repeal effort, said later that he doesn’t believe it will endanger the referendum but wanted to hear from the administration. He said he also has requested a legal opinion of his own.

His body was found between the snowmobile and Atmautluak.

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House Judiciary considers AG vote

ANCHORAGE — Alaska State Troopers say a missing snowmobiler has been found dead during a search between Bethel and Atmautluak.

Troopers say a search was launched Tuesday for 65-year-old Wassilli Berlin of Nunapitchuk. Berlin’s body was found Tuesday afternoon during the search.

Troopers say no foul play is suspected. An autopsy will be conducted at the state medical examiner’s office.

Troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters says Berlin was last seen Thursday and reported missing locally Saturday.

Berlin’s snowmobile was found Sunday evening on a trail about five miles from Atmautluak. According to Peters, Berlin apparently ran out of gas.

Peters says locals called around Monday to see if Berlin could be found somewhere else. He was reported missing to troopers Monday evening.

JUNEAU — The House Judiciary Committee took up a constitutional amendment Wednesday that would allow voters to choose their state attorney general.

The proposed amendment sponsored by Chugiak Republican Rep. Bill Stoltze, calls for the direct election of the attorney general.

Committee chairman Rep. Wes Keller had three areas of concern with the amendment.

He says the proposal doesn’t answer if an elected attorney general would be of the same political party as the governor during the same election. He also wonders how an elected attorney general would be removed from office if need be, and what qualifications an individual would have to meet to be a candidate for the office.

The committee didn’t take any action on the proposal.

— The Associated Press

Court affirms pipeline decision

By DAN JOLING Associated Press

ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Supreme Court on Wednesday handed Alaska municipalities a victory in a dispute over the value of the transAlaska pipeline, affirming that the structure for 2006 should have been valued at nearly $10 billion, not the $850 million claimed by pipeline owners.

The justices backed a Superior Court ruling that based the value of the pipeline on replacement costs, not fees paid to the owners for use of the pipeline.

The higher value means more tax revenue for municipalities through which the pipeline runs, especially the North Slope Borough, the Fairbanks North Star Borough and the city of Valdez, the parties in the lawsuit. The municipalities have long argued that pipeline owners have undervalued the 800-mile pipeline and tankerloading facilities in Valdez.

“I’ve got a smile on my face today,” Fairbanks North Star Borough Mayor Luke Hopkins said. “The Supreme Court validated what our position has been all along.”

State Rep. Dave Guttenberg, D-Fairbanks, in a prepared statement praised the municipalities for seeking additional revenue and faulted the state for not intervening.

“The court has made it clear: It’s about time the state starts living up to its Constitutional obligation to maximize the benefit to Alaskans from their natural resources,” he said.

“The governor needs to reverse course and stand up for Alaskans instead of giving their resource wealth away at every

opportunity.”

Sharon Leighow, a spokeswoman for Gov. Sean Parnell, said the court affirmed the state’s method for assessment based on replacement value.

“Although we are still reviewing the decision, the State’s methodology, upheld by the court, leaves more money in the people’s treasury,” she said by email.

BP PLC spokeswoman Dawn Patience said the company was disappointed with the court decision and will evaluate its legal options.

“Higher taxes like the excessive property taxes upheld by the Court harm the long term economic sustainability of the oil and gas industry in Alaska,” she said by email.

The case focused on how the state would calculate the value of the pipeline in 2006. A Department of Revenue assessor, basing the value on replacement costs, set the value at $3.6 billion. That figure was appealed by both the owners and the municipalities.

The State Assessment Review Board sided with the municipalities, but it raised the valuation only to $4.3 billion.

Again, the owners and the municipalities appealed. After a five-week trial, Superior Court Judge Sharon Gleason, who has since moved to the federal bench, in May 2010 settled on a far higher number.

She concluded that the replacement-cost approach was proper and agreed with the municipalities that the assessment board had made mistakes.

Gleason said the pipeline enables production from North Slope oil fields. She calculated the higher number based on an

Parnell plans interviews for replacement JUNEAU (AP) — Gov. Sean Parnell will interview the candidates for the House seat vacated by Beth Kerttula on Thursday.

The Tongass Democrats earlier this month sent Parnell a list of three candidates: Jesse Kiehl, Catherine Reardon and Sam Kito III. Kerttula resigned as House Democratic leader on Jan. 21 and from the Legislature three days later to take a fellowship at Stanford University.

Parnell spokeswoman Sharon Leighow did not say when Parnell would announce his choice except that he planned to make the appointment within the 30-day window set out in law. Sunday marks 30 days since Kerttula resigned.

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estimated $18.7 billion replacement cost minus depreciation and other factors, leaving the final figure at $9.98 billion.

The ruling resulted in a windfall in December 2010 for municipalities — with the understanding that an unfavorable Supreme Court ruling might mean they would have to return money to pipeline owners. The money has in effect been put in escrow, Hopkins said.

The North Slope Borough received $35 million in backtax payments; Valdez received $32 million; and Fairbanks about $9 million. Anchorage received $4.6 million, and the state received $73.6 million

based on the higher assessed value of the pipeline, and the money was placed in the Constitutional Budget Reserve.

The Supreme Court rejected the owners’ argument that state lawmakers intended true value to mean “fair-market value” determined by the value of the pipeline’s income from tariffs for all pipeline property.

The justices found no error in Gleason’s conclusion that there is a limited market for sale of individual ownership interest in the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System and that North Slope oil production and pipeline ownership are inextricably linked.

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Looking ahead to summer Some adventures require planning trips well in advance should have knowledge of how to use a map, compass, and GPS, and be comfortable camping in bear country.

They should know how to operate their watercraft and be able to safely navigate the streams and lakes they are traveling.

With all the right gear and information, stress is minimized and fun maximized, and that’s what it’s all about, fun.

By Dave Atcheson For the Clarion

It was early July and as the floatplane ascended, wings waving in farewell as it headed back to Dillingham, I tried to ignore the slight pang of uneasiness that welled up. It was the full realization of being truly alone. My partner Cindy and I were left to our own devices in a wilderness worthy of Jack London.

A veteran of numerous adventures in the Alaskan backcountry, many before affordable satellite phones and SPOT devices, I was nevertheless suddenly very aware of the distance that separated us from the comfort and safety of civilization.

It is in places like this that one becomes truly cognizant of just how reliant upon society we have become. Today, even in rural areas, we have information at our fingertips, most desires or needs no more than a phone call away, but not here, on Nishlik Lake, hundreds of miles from the nearest outpost.

I reminded myself to be hyper-vigilant and make wise, well-thought-out decisions.

From the past I knew that as the days progressed things would begin to settle into a bit of a routine, my initial unease replaced by an overriding sense of fascination and wonder at being amidst such vast unspoiled terrain, and where the fishing, even by Alaskan standards, was expected to be beyond belief.

Besides, I’d begun planning this trip long ago, accounted for every contingency, made every effort to make it as comfortable and safe as possible. It was time to relax.

Besides, we were in amazing country, at the heart of WoodTikchik State Park, at 1.6 million acres, the largest state park in the country. It is a land of glacier-carved lakes, varying in length up to 45 miles long, with the rivers connecting them a key component in the salmon spawning cycle.

It is a place I’d always dreamed of visiting, home to all five pacific salmon, which in turn support abundant populations of rainbow trout, grayling, lake trout, char, and northern pike, enough to make any fisherman more than anxious to wet a line.

The uplands around Nishlik Lake afforded ample walking, literally as far as the eye could see, and thus access to most of the lake’s nearly 14 miles of shoreline. It was stark, but otherworldly and full of life, with the cacophonous calls of nesting birds, caribou prancing over tussocks, and even a small bear ambling along the beach. With a weighted leech and sinking line we would search out the occasional drop off, where we hoped lake trout would be lurk-

Gear for the Alaskan Backcountry The following is a short list of essentials someone heading into the Alaskan bush might want to consider. While some items, such as a satellite phone, are not absolute necessities for the do-it-yourselfer, they are a relatively cheap insurance policy in case of an emergency and Contributed photos/Dave Atcheson a good way to call flight servicAbove: A campsite at Nishlik Lake in Wood Tikchik State Park, a 1.6 million acre state park es if there is a change of plan or where the author camped north of Dillingham, Alaska. Bottom left: A char at the river mouth. weather delay.

Bottom right: Playing a grayling Conspicuously absent from this list is fishing gear, which is species dependent and would require an entire article on its own.

ing. About every third cast I would sense a reluctant bump or two before the final tentative bite, nearly mistaking it for bottom. But with a quick hookset there was little doubt, the leader tightening and the fight on. For two days that’s how it went, numerous lakers in the 7- to 8-pound range, and on the fly. It was difficult to leave, but with 60 miles of river ahead we figured we’d better get going.

Unfortunately, our first few days floating the Tikchik River were accompanied by exceedingly strong, upstream winds and a stinging torrent of rain constantly blown into our faces. When, a day or two later, we came across a near perfect campsite, we decided it might be smart to wait the weather out. Fortunately, on day five we awoke to a changed world. We took the opportunity to spread all our soggy clothing out on the tundra to dry, and after a leisurely breakfast set out with a fresh attitude, all due to this nearly forgotten bounty — the simple, beneficent warmth of the sun.

Now we could continue at a relaxed pace, stopping on any likely gravel bar looking for rising grayling. With the grayling’s propensity for feeding on the surface it presented a welcome change of pace from our usual arsenal of heavily weighted flies.

For hour upon hour we would lavish in the sun, casting to rising fish. Unlike the 13- to 15-inch grayling typical to the Kenai Peninsula, these were consistently large, regularly breaking the 20-inch threshold and putting quite a bend in our 3-weight rods.

Our luck, in the form of good weather and grayling, would continue all the way to the river’s terminus at Tikchik Lake.

Later, at the river mouth, large char and rainbow trout would be the fish of choice.

Though we’d just missed the peak of the smolt migration, it was obvious these fish, ranging in the 24- to 28-inch range, were still on the hunt for juvenile salmon. Since smolt move predominately in the evening, I forced myself to stay awake and fish at dusk, in this case well after midnight. But it paid off. Every second or third cast an extremely spirited char or trout — fish that very likely had never been hooked before — ripped at my fly, and took off on a run that could only be described as electrifying, putting a serious strain on both my 6-weight and my forearm, and with each succeeding dash reminding me once again of the incredible good fortune I had to wet a line in such a unique and unspoiled land. This is indeed a true fisherman’s paradise, made

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all the more pleasant because we had the right equipment, knew our terrain, and planned the trip early.

Planning a trip Heading out into the Alaska backcountry has many rewards: great fishing, hiking, wildlife, but under certain circumstances can also be fraught with danger.

Inclement weather, flooding, and unwanted bear encounters, can make things tense, especially if help is far away. Flight services or boat charters also often need to be checked out and reserved.

That’s why planning a trip should begin early. Start by contacting the government agency that oversees the area where you are heading. Some destinations require permits. If not, they will still have information on traveling to the particular area, often including a list of private outfitters and air charters that service the region.

Head to the internet and search for articles written about the region as well, and if possible attempt to contact people who have actually done the trip you are planning.

At a minimum trip leaders

n Satellite Telephone n SPOT Device (or similar Satellite GPS Messaging) that allows you to send pre programmed messages to friends and shows your location on Google Maps. Also will send a “911” alert if there is an emergency. n Maps, compass, and GPS n A top quality 3- or 4-season tent. n Good quality sleeping bag and back pad n Small emergency kit: to carry while hiking etc., which may include first aid supplies, emergency fire starter, space blanket, hand warmers, bivy sack. n Bear protection: bear spray and/or firearm. n Bear fence: electrified fence to surround camp. n Top quality camp stove. n Cook kit n Camp saw n Layered clothing, starting with polypro, then fleece, and a shell. Don’t forget a warm hat and gloves. n Top quality rain gear and/ or wading jacket. n Emergency repair kit: for boat, also Duct Tape and/or nylon tape for general repairs. n Sun block n Mosquito repellent n Water purifier n Dry bags Dave Atcheson is the author of the guidebook “Fishing Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula,” and National Geographic’s “Hidden Alaska: Bristol Bay and Beyond.” His latest book “Dead Reckoning, Navigating a Life on the Last Frontier, Courting Tragedy on its High Seas,” will be published later this year.

Mark your calendar: n Beginning Fly Fishing Class: Kenai Peninsula College offers a one-credit beginning fly fishing class, which includes equipment selection and casting, and is geared toward area lakes and streams. Taught by Dave Atcheson, beginning March 20 and running for six weeks. For more information: http://www.kpc. alaska.edu/KPC/ Phone: 907-262-0330 n Soldotna Trustworthy Hardware and Fishing, Ice Fishing Derby: This derby runs through February 28th and offers a variety of valuable prizes. http://soldotnahardware.com/jce/ice-fishing-derby.html n Kenai Peninsula Chapter of Trout Unlimited is planning some fly tying and fly fishing workshops for later in the year. For more info: http://kenaipeninsula. tu.org/ Facebook: https://www. facebook.com/TroutUnlimitedKenaiPeninsulaChapter E-mail: kptroutunlimited@gmail.com n The Fly Fishing Film Tour (F3T) April 26, 7 p.m. at the Kenai Convention and Visitors Center. This popular tour returns to the Peninsula for a second year and is a fundraiser for the local Trout Unlimited chapter.

E-mail: kptroutunlimited@gmail.com

Off and fishing: annual derby shots

Contributed photos/ Trustworthy Hardware

Above: Anthony Perzechino with a 2.71 lb. Rainbow Below: Christine Cunningham with a 3.63 lb. Rainbow

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What’s Happening Best Bet n The Triumvirate Theatre presents “Barefoot in the Park,” 7 p.m. Feb. 21 and 22 at Triumvirate Theatre in the Peninsula Center Mall in Soldotna. Tickets are $15 each and are available at the theater in Soldotna.

Events and Exhibits n A major exhibit of sophisticated art works by Kenai Peninsula College’s art is on display at the Kenai Fine Arts Center, 816 Cook Avenue, Kenai. Gallery hours for February are noon to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday. n The Kenai Peninsula College Showcase presents: “Is Craft Beer The New Wine? And If It Is, Is That a Good Thing?” Feb. 20 at 7 p.m., in the McLain Commons at Kenai Peninsula College, Kenai River Campus. The presentation will include a short exploration of the causes and effects of the growing popularity of craft beer, both around the country and in Alaska, with Bill Howell, author of “Beer on the Last Frontier: The Craft Breweries of Alaska.” n Kenai Fine Art Center is calling for artists to submit pieces for its statewide all-media juried show. Artist Jim Evenson juries this year’s all-media show. Submissions are due not later than 4 p.m, Saturday, March 1, at the Kenai Fine Art Center, with a free public opening reception the following Friday evening, March 7, from 6-8 p.m. For more information, contact Joe Kashi, kashi@alaska.net or Shauna Thorton, shaunat@gci.net. n The Triumvirate Theatre presents “Aladdin,” Feb. 28, March 1, 7 and 8 at Triumvirate North, five miles north of Kenai.

Shows are at 7:00 p.m. on Fridays and 2:00 p.m. on Saturdays. Tickets are $5 for 12 and under and $10 for adults. Tickets available at Triumvirate Theatre in the Peninsula Center Mall and at Nikiski High School. n The Triumvirate Theatre presents “Faked Alaska,” Feb. 28 and March 1 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 each and are available at Triumvirate Theatre in the Peninsula Center Mall.

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n Amvets Post 4 in the Red Diamond Center holds blind draw doubles darts every Friday evening with sign up at 6:30 p.m.

Tacos are available; and burn your own steak dinner from 6 to 8 p.m every Saturday with Karaoke after dinner from 8 p.m. to midnight. n Join Steve and Fern Holloway for Karaoke every Saturday night at the Kenai Moose Lodge. Singing starts at 9 p.m. and everyone is welcome. n An all acoustic jam takes place every Thursday. The jam is as Christ Lutheran Church in Soldotna on the first Thursday of the month, and at the Kenai Senior Center during the rest of the month. Jam starts at 6:30 p.m. n Veronica’s in Old Town Kenai has open mic Friday at 6:30 p.m. and live music with The Pepper Shakers Saturday at 6:30 p.m. n Four Royal Parkers on the Kenai Spur Highway in Soldotna has live music with Bob Ramponi and the Alaska Swing Company Friday and Saturday at 10 p.m. n Odie’s Deli in Soldotna has live music Friday from 6-8 p.m. and Pub Quiz night every Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. n The Vagabond on Kalifornsky Beach Road will have live music with 150 Grit Saturday at 9 p.m. n The Studio Espresso Shop at Spur Highway and Nikiski Avenue in Nikiski hosts an open mic night on Saturdays starting at 7 p.m. Call 776-7655. n The Bow bar in Kenai has karaoke at 9 p.m. Thursdays and live music Fridays and Saturdays at 10 p.m. n Tustumena Lodge will feature the music of The 907 Band Friday and Saturday 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. n Hooligans Saloon in Soldotna has poker Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 5:30 p.m. and live music Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. n The Duck Inn on Kalifornsky Beach Road has karaoke at 9 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, and DJ Arisen on Saturdays. n Mykel’s in Soldotna has live music Thursdays from 6-9 p.m. with Robb Justice, and Fridays and Saturdays from 6:30-9:30 p.m. with Bob Ramponi. n Caribou Family Restaurant in Soldotna has a special live performance by Jackie Ray & Friends on Valentine’s Day from 6-10 p.m., and live music by Roy Mullin 5 to 8 p.m. on Saturday. n The Duck Inn will have live music from 7 to 10 p.m. every Wednesday with Robb Justice and Trio. n Main Street Tap and Grill has Wednesday karaoke with KJ Natalia, Thursday acoustic music with Dustin and Friends and Keeley & Nelson, and live music and dancing with 9Spine Friday and Saturday.

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Poems must include the writer’s name, phone number and address. They should be kept to no more than 300 words. Submission of a poem does not guarantee publication. Poems may be emailed to news@peninsulaclarion.com, faxed to 283-3299, delivered to the Clarion at 150 Trading Bay Road or mailed to P.O. Box 3009, Kenai, AK 99611.

AP Photo/Columbia Pictures - Sony, Kerry Hayes

This image released by Columbia Pictures shows Joel Kinnaman in a scene from “RoboCop.”

What could go wrong?

“Robocop” Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1 hour, 57 minutes Man, last weekend was like a 1980s revival filmfest. Not only was there a new version of 1987’s “Robocop,” but also on display were remakes of both “About Last Night ...” originally released in 1986 and “Endless Love,” from way back in 1981.

Just as I might have done 27 years ago, I went to see “Robocop” instead of either of the romances.

Who am I kidding? All these movies were rated R in the 80s. I was 14 in 1987.

“The Princess Bride” was about as racy as my movie-going got. Not to worry, parents, this new “Robocop” has been sanitized for your and your children’s protection — it’s rated PG-13. Paul Verhoeven must be spinning in his grave. Assuming he spends any time in a grave. I’m pretty sure he’s still alive.

A reboot of “Robocop” isn’t, on the face of it, a completely crazy idea. Action movies are kind of timeless and the story of a mostly-murdered cop whose life is saved by being turned into a cyborg — well, what’s not to like?

The problem is that the original “Robocop” isn’t just an action movie. It’s a manic, blood-spattered satire of both

R eeling It In C hris J enness the media and corporate interests. It’s a strange movie because it almost mocks the audience for being entertained, all the while remaining unabashedly entertaining. Its director, the aforementioned grave-spinner Paul Verhoeven, is a genius filmmaker, though I doubt I’d want to meet him in real life. His gift is turning out incredibly high quality genre schlock that, when you dig even a little below the surface, turns out to be teeming with biting social commentary. Thus, you can watch a movie like “Starship Troopers” and revel in the sci-fi mayhem and gore without ever noticing the wall-to-wall references to fascism.

Spoiler alert, in case you’ve never stopped to examine this underappreciated gem: the bugs are the good guys. With that pedigree in mind, making a PG-13 “Robocop” is akin to a PG-13 remake of “A Clockwork Orange.”

That said, I will give the filmmakers credit for not simply attempting to recreate the original “Robocop” in a kid-friendly way. This current film is a mostly new story with only the basic outline of the original remaining. That was smart — it gives fans of the original less to compare to. The story opens on the set of a Bill O’Reillyesque television show, hosted by Samuel L. Jackson in a goofy wig. The conservative talk show serves as a framing device for the plot, and is one of the weakest elements of the film, as well as the one attempt at a call-back to the original.

On the show, Jackson, as host Pat Novak, sings the praises of Omni-Corp, a defense contractor providing robotic military support to quell rebellions and subdue the citizenry of countries across the globe. Of course, this is a kind of horror, but neocons like Novak think it’s great — so great that he advocates the installation of robotic patrols on the streets of America as well.

Raymond Sellars, CEO of Omni-Corp, and played by a strangely weary yet friendly Michael Keaton agrees. If it weren’t for a pesky U.S. statue specifically forbidding non-human law enforcement, Sellars and Omni-Corp could keep America safe.

But what if you could get around that?

What if there was just enough of a guy in See REEL, page B-2

Get the skinny on ‘A Big Fat Crisis’ Bookworm Sez You feel as though you might have to quit your job.

Yeah, you’re that desperate to get away from the treats that somebody’s been leaving in the break room. Nice gesture, but you’re totally incapable of resisting them and each bite ruins your diet.

It’s a point of shame that you have no willpower, but there may be more to your weight problem than lack of the word “no.”

Find out by reading the new book “A Big Fat Crisis” by Deborah A. Cohen, MD (c.2014, Nation Books, $26.99, 263 pages), and cut yourself some slack.

It seems as though you can’t escape it: everywhere you look, you’re reminded to eat healthier, get active, and lose weight.

But you also can’t escape the things that

taste good but are bad for you, and sticking to Dietary Guidelines “is neither easy nor fun.” In fact, most of us don’t eat right and just five percent of us get the recommended amount of exercise.

But to say that we’re weak-willed is misleading, says Cohen. Most overweight people “appear to have plenty of self-control in most other areas of their lives.” They get to work on time, volunteer, pay bills, drive safely, and raise families. So why can’t they control what they eat?

The reason, Cohen says, is twofold: we’re hard-wired to eat, and we’re exploited by our “food environment.” The good news is that the latter — “point of purchase and point of consumption” — are changeable. First, though, we must understand “that an individual’s ability to resist See SEZ, page B-2

Brain’s language region enables musical back-and-forth

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer

WASHINGTON — Jazz musicians are famous for their musical conversations — one improvises a few bars and another plays an answer. Now research shows some of the brain’s language regions enable that musical back-and-forth much like a spoken conversation.

It gives new meaning to the idea of music as a universal language.

The finding, published Wednesday in the journal PLoS One, is the latest in the growing field of musical neuroscience: Researchers are using how we play and hear music to illuminate different ways that the brain works.

And to Dr. Charles Limb, a saxophonist-turned-hearing specialist at Johns Hopkins University, the spontaneity that is a hallmark of jazz offered a rare chance to See MUSIC, page B-2

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This undated handout photo provided by the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, shows a jazz pianist playing inside an MRI machine. Jazz musicians are famous for musical conversations - one improvises a few bars and another makes up an answer. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore had jazz pianists play this way inside MRI machines to show how their brains respond, and found that language regions enable the musical back-and-forth much like a spoken conversation.

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Female hip-hop artist fights bullying, sexism

By DERICK JONES The Times

SHREVEPORT, La. — Brooklyn White began rapping to speak the truth and fight bullying.

As a 19-year-old black hiphop artist from Shreveport, she combats stereotypes and hate through lyrical rhymes, and says it fuels her New York City dream.

“People say ‘Oh, you’re just doing that because you’re black, or ‘Is that what all black people do?’” said White during a recent interview at Rhino Coffee before moving to the city with which she shares a name.

Her answer: “No, not really.”

Behind her deep brown eyes is a girl longing to escape her everyday reality. She sits and smiles, and pays attention only to the details that matter. The recent high-school graduate moved recently to Brooklyn, and will be traveling between there and Rhode Island, where a highschool friend attends college.

Growing up in Highland, one of Shreveport’s most diverse communities in race and socioeconomic status, White said she heard and saw many forms of music, though her mother,

Veronica Lewis, tried to keep her away from more secular and popular tunes.

She said she faced racism when middle-school classmates made fun of her “white” mannerisms.

“When you’re a little kid it’s devastating,” she said. “I’m black. I know I’m black; you know I’m black. Well what does it mean to ‘sound white?’ What does it mean to ‘act white?’”

In gym class, she said, she was often confronted because she sometimes sat with white kids and sometimes with black kids. Classmates would ask, “Who are you?” and “What are you?”

“I didn’t know how to respond,” she said. “I was just being myself.”

That was when she realized she had a voice to fight the bullying.

“So I started rapping,” she said.

Her friends started listening.

Even her teachers.

“Brooklyn White became a seriously popular free-styler as well as music and video producer during her four years at Caddo Magnet,” said teacher Robert Trudeau. “She was a beloved figure because of her wit, her ever-present smile, her ex-

Bette Midler to perform at Oscars for 1st time The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Midler’s booking Wednesday. The show’s producers declined to say what number Midler will perform.

As the team behind the films “Chicago” and “Hairspray,” producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron are quite familiar with musical performance. As Oscar producers last year, they featured a tribute to movie musicals that included Barbra Streisand.

Previously announced Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, file musical performers include Pharrell Williams and Idi- This June 14, 2012 file phona Menzel. Williams will to shows entertainer Bette be singing his Oscar-nom- Midler at the 2012 Songwritinated tune “Happy” from ers Hall of Fame induction “Despicable Me.” Menzel and awards gala in New York. will sing her hit number Midler will perform at the “Let it Go” from Disney’s Academy Awards, her first time at the Oscars.

“Frozen.”

The Oscars will be hosted by Ellen DeGeneres. ABC will broadcast the show live March 2 in Los Angeles.

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Films n Call Orca Theaters at 262-7003 for listings and times. n Call Kambe Cinemas at 283-4554 for listings and times.

Down the Road n The Pratt Museum in Homer is open Tuesday-Sunday, noon5 p.m. For more information and a schedule of events, visit www.prattmuseum.org.

Submissions may be emailed to news@peninsulaclarion.com.

The deadline is 5 p.m. Mondays.

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ing of controversy.

On one side of the table, this book should be a big comfort to anyone who’s shamed by weight and temptation.

Author Deborah A. Cohen, MD takes the onus off dieters by explaining that it may be genuinely true that they can’t help themselves. Cohen doesn’t let them totally off the hook, though; she still scolds, but not terribly harshly.

The controversy, however, lies in Cohen’s strongly-opinionated solutions. Specifically, restaurant owners, grocers, vendors, and retailers won’t like ‘em. Not one crumb.

Obviously, this isn’t your usual diet-and-exercise book.

There are conversation-starters on every page here, and lots to think about. But if you’re concerned about obesity, eating right, and your family’s weight, “A Big Fat Crisis” might give you the skinny.

eating is limited when excess food is constantly available.”

In other words, for myriad reasons, the more we try to control our appetites, the less we can avoid that extra donut or large O-rings.

The fixes are many: pay attention to what you eat; just seven extra calories a day will result in surprisingly big weight gain. Familiarize yourself with caloric content. Become aware of how marketing promotes overeating. And support government regulations on grocery stores and restaurants; after all, laws keep us safe from cholera and typhoid. They should be able to keep us safe from obesity, too.

So you say you need to lose ten pounds — but they’re kicking your (well-padded) butt? It The Bookworm is Terri might not be your fault, and “A Big Fat Crisis” tells you why Schlichenmeyer. Email her at but not without an extra help- bookwormsez@yahoo.com.

‘She is not your average rapper. She is a gifted student, an experimental artist and a bit of a pixilated mystery.’

— Robert Trudeau, teacher emplary-Magnet costumes and her ability to articulate what her classmates were thinking.

“She is not your average rapper. She is a gifted student, an experimental artist and a bit of a pixilated mystery.”

White said she doesn’t sugarcoat anything, and as a DIY independent artist, she doesn’t have to.

“If I feel like you’re saying something to me trying to make some kind of dig at me, I’m going to let you know,” she said.

Her lyrics are raw, and sometimes rough. She intersects gritty, real life poetry with electronic beats in a fluid motion somewhat reminiscent of the popular Iggy Azalea or even a slowed down Nicki Minaj.

“She doesn’t beat around the bush,” said friend and producer William Willcox. “She’s very direct and it doesn’t feel forced at all. She’s a rapper as much as she is a soul singer. Her stuff is pretty soulful.”

Willcox, of De la Mirdster, worked with White while they were in high school together.

His ambient layered tracks help move White’s lyrics, and she is grateful.

“William has helped me so much,” she said. “He’s been great.”

But it’s not just racism and stereotypes she faces, it’s sexism, too. White was one of the few female hip-hop artists in northwest Louisiana, which she describes as a man’s world when it comes to making music.

“A lot of the males treat me like I’m some kind of subordinate. They treat me like s----,” she said.

Her close friend and artist Raiven Williams, of Houston, also saw it hard in Shreveport (as well as other southern cities) to make a name for herself in the “rap game.”

“You just have to keep your head high because you know

what you’re there to do,” said Williams, 23, who moved to Louisiana in 2005 from California. She said she experienced much of the same adversity, but found acceptance with a group of young artists in Shreveport.

She eventually joined Nate Treme, of Shreveport, to form BloodPunch, an alternative hiphop EDM group.

“BloodPunch was one of the first rap groups to really embrace me and expose me to their bracket,” said White. “I’m grateful for that. I thought it was really sweet of them.”

White and Williams met in 2013 and worked together on a number of projects and music videos, including “Every Man a King,” a song that looks at both the female and male perspective of music.

Williams said she was impressed with White’s social media accolades and the overall work she produced as a solo artist.

“She’s taking a risk and she’s excited about a new experience.

She’s her number one fan and she’s the one driving her to be as big as she wants to be,” Williams said. “I look at her and I think ‘Wow, you have the courage to do such amazing things at such a young age.’”

White said she’s been working toward her New York move for years, with help from her mother. Her mother declined comment.

White said her mother supports her decision but stressed the importance of school.

“I want to go to Parsons,” she said, confident about the choice though she hasn’t yet applied to Parsons the New School of Design. “I feel like that’s my home.”

She said one thing that increased her drive to get to New York was the unexpected death of her close friend and classmate Eric Johnson earlier in 2013 — the first death of anyone close to her.

“It just showed me how short life is,” White said. “That’s what propelled me to take my music so seriously. It kind of destroyed me for a brief time.”

During that time she wrote “Eighteen,” a song about growing up and being yourself.

“I’m eighteen. I’m young, I’m dumb, so what. Making mistakes with every steps that I take, crying, screaming, laughing all the way. I’m eighteen.”

She said that the best advice she can give about following your dreams is, “Don’t compromise yourself for anyone.”

Real Sound of Music story

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press

In the week since NBC aired a revival of “The Sound of Music,” the real von Trapp and the vacation lodge it runs in Vermont are in high demand.

And yes, the family was watching as Carrie Underwood, in a widely watched and panned performance, took over the role of Maria von Trapp, made famous on Broadway by Mary Martin and on film by Julie Andrews.

In a blog post, Francoise von Trapp, daughter of Maria von Trapp’s stepson Rupert, questioned the casting.

“For everyone who thought the whole thing was wonderful and that NBC did a spectacular job, I say maybe your expectations weren’t high to begin with,” she wrote, noting she doesn’t speak for the family or lodge. “If they hoped to have created a new holiday classic, I think they missed their mark.”

Kristina von Trapp Frame, granddaughter of the real Maria von Trapp, and her brother Sam von Trapp, executive vice president of the Trapp Family Lodge, were more diplomatic, calling Underwood a beautiful singer.

“It is relevant and interesting to a new group of people, and that’s the important thing,” von Trapp Frame said Thursday.

“The original movie is an inspiration to many people, and if it continues that inspiration, that is only a good thing.”

The family isn’t denying the

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that robot to make it seem human? You wouldn’t need much.

Maybe just a face, a hand in case anyone wants to shake, and a gross set of lungs inside the suit for just that hint of vulnerability. Sounds like a great plan. Odd that no one seems to consider the remote possibility that the guy in the robot might decide he doesn’t really want to go along with the mega-corporation’s nefarious plans. Maybe no one involved had seen the original “Robocop.”

Standing completely apart from its predecessor, this new “Robocop” isn’t terrible. The action is OK and the suit looks kind of cool in black. On the other hand, it’s so insubstantial that it’ll be gone from our collective memories in a matter of weeks. In 1987, point-of-view shots from the robot’s perspective were something unique (unless you’d seen “The Terminator.” Or “Westworld.” Or “Short Circuit.” Maybe unique is the wrong word.)

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musical is helping business, even if most callers are merely curious. And there could be another bump after NBC’s encore broadcast on Saturday.

Whenever the movie starring Andrews and Christopher Plummer airs on television — typically around Christmas — the lodge’s website gets a lot of traffic, said marketing director Jennifer Vincent.

The musical and movie are a fictionalized account of the life of Maria von Trapp and tell the story of a 1930s Austrian governess who teaches her charges to sing and falls in love with her employer, naval captain Georg von Trapp, and the family’s flight before World War II. They moved to Vermont in 1942 after visiting during a singing tour and vacationing in Stowe.

They built a rustic farmhouse and started taking in boarders.

As a ski industry developed in the area, they expanded. Fire destroyed it in 1980, but the family rebuilt.

One of the captain’s daughters, also named Maria von Trapp, played accordion and taught Austrian dance with sister Rosmarie at the lodge.

Rosmarie also taught her sons how to play the recorder, said Phoebe Everson, of Plattsburgh, N.Y., who has been a visitor for decades.

Four of the 10 von Trapp siblings are still alive, and two live on the lodge’s grounds.

The 96-room chalet-style inn is the height of charm during the holidays. With its wide

ing is barely on par, though the tone is all over the place.

Gary Oldman, as the scientist/ inventor with a conscience is OK, but I couldn’t figure out what Michael Keaton was doing with Sellars, who comes off as an aw-shucks friendly uncle through nearly the entire movie — even when he’s with his evil cronies. What kind of a villain is that? Ronny Cox, the original head of OmniCorp, never patted anyone on the back or appealed to their better nature.

If a member of his staff got out of line, he simply sent assassins to break up that person’s cocaine-fueled sex party with a bunch of hand grenades.

Not a lot of ambiguity there.

Director Jose Padilha can be credited with trying to go in a little different direction with this film, but it never goes far enough to justify its existence. Despite the potential for something new and interesting, 2014’s “Robocop” is as pointless as lungs on a cyborg. Don’t buy that for a dollar.

Grade: C“Robocop” is rated PG-13 for violence, language and some disturbing scenes.

views of the mountains that reminded the family of their native Austria, the lodge is decorated with Christmas trees and poinsettias. In the restaurants, wiener schnitzel and apple stru-

del are on the menu.

On Christmas Eve, guests get a special treat: The von Trapp family sings Christmas carols with the guests. But no songs from “The Sound of Music.”

With kids grown, Washington wants more stage roles

By JOHN CARUCCI Associated Press

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NEW YORK — Now that his children are grown, you can expect to see a lot more of Denzel Washington on Broadway.

The Tony- and Oscar-winning actor, who is set to portray Walter Lee Younger in Lorraine Hansberry’s classic play “A Raisin in the Sun,” is lately finding more time for theater work.

“Up until nine years ago, I hadn’t been here in 15 years, from 1990 until 2005. Basically, that was because of raising my kids, my wife and I,” Washington said Tuesday.

He added: “It’s impossible to commute from California to New York, or New York to California doing an eight-show week schedule. So once they got old enough, I could start coming back.”

Washington last appeared on Broadway in the 2010 revival of August Wilson’s “Fences,” where he picked up a best actor Tony.

Before coming back to Broadway in 2005 to play Brutus in “Julius Caesar,” Washington hadn’t appeared on a Broadway stage since 1988.

“I’ve been back three times in nine years. And I’ll be back again, hopefully,” Washington said.

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compare music and language.

“They appear to be talking to one another through their instruments,” Limb explained.

“What happens when you have a musical conversation?”

Watching brains on jazz requires getting musicians to lie flat inside a cramped MRI scanner that measures changes in oxygen use by different parts of the brain as they play.

An MRI machine contains a giant magnet — meaning no trumpet or sax. So Limb had a special metal-free keyboard manufactured, and then recruited 11 experienced jazz pianists to play it inside the scanner.

They watched their fingers through strategically placed mirrors during 10-minute music stretches.

Sometimes they played scales. Other times, they did what’s called “trading fours,” where the pianist made up four bars, and then Limb or another musician-scientist in the lab improvised four bars in return, and the pianist responded with still new notes.

That conversation-like improvisation activated brain areas that normally process the Chris Jenness is freelance syntax of language, the way graphic designer, artist and that words are put together into movie buff who lives in Nikiski. phrases and sentences. Even

between their turns playing, the brain wasn’t resting. The musicians were processing what they were hearing to come up with new sounds that were a good fit.

At the same time, certain other regions of the brain involved with language — those that process the meaning of words — were tuned down, Limb found.

That makes sense because “the richness of the structure of music is what gives it its significance,” Limb said. “You can have substantive discourse using music, without any words, yet language areas of the brain are involved in this unique way.”

One ultimate goal of musical neuroscience is to better understand the brain’s circuitry, and how it can rewire itself, in hopes of eventually finding new treatments for neural disorders.

Limb made headlines several years ago when he measured jazz musicians’ riffs — longer, solo improvisations — to study creativity in the brain.

“We know nothing about how the brain innovates,” he said. “This is one way to learn what innovation means neurologically.”

Stay tuned: Next he hopes to study children who are just learning music, and to compare amateurs to professionals, as he explores how people become creative.

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Veteran dad has no desire to start a second family DEAR ABBY: My godmother passed away in January 2011. My godfather, “Jim,” remarried last year. I am still mourning her loss and have not been able to get myself to call and speak to Jim, even though I did send him a congratulatory wedding card.

I love him. Jim is a wonderful, kind, attractive man.

I knew it wouldn’t be long before another woman would Abigail Van Buren take an interest in him or he’d find love again. My siblings have tried to get me to make contact with him, but I’m still not ready to accept that he has moved on with another woman. Please advise me.

— CAN’T FACE IT IN CALIFORNIA DEAR CAN’T FACE IT: I am sorry for your loss, and I’m sure your godmother will always live in your heart. However, if you love your godfather, you should be glad that he has been able to move forward in his life. That he was open to finding love again speaks volumes about the quality of the marriage he shared with your godmother.

Of course seeing Jim with someone else won’t be easy for you, but it is sad that you would sacrifice the special relationship you have with him because you are reluctant to face reality. For both of your sakes, I hope you’ll reconsider. If you do, you may find that you like the new lady in his life.

DEAR ABBY: Is it ever appropriate for a diner to lick his/her fingers in public, like when eating finger food or barbecue? It drives me nuts! I equate it to a cat cleaning itself.

When I try to get the person in question to use a napkin, I’m looked at as if I’ve lost my mind! At the very least, our hands are covered with germs, and who wants to stick them in their mouth? Yecch.

— GROSSED OUT IN OHIO DEAR GROSSED OUT: I think it depends upon the circumstances in which the food is being served.

If someone is eating canapes at a cocktail party, licking the fingers is a no-no. And most barbecue joints provide moist towelettes to their patrons.

On the other hand, Col. Sanders used to call his fried chicken “finger lickin’ good.” At a picnic or informal gathering, it’s purr-fectly acceptable to lick one’s fingers, and I confess this tabby has probably done it, so I’m not going to cast aspersions.

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Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014: This year you are able to detach more and see new ways of handling problems.

A foreign person could open your eyes to other cultures and philosophies. Your sixth sense works well for you — follow it, even if it is not always logical. If you are single, you are going to meet someone quite bohemian. You will enjoy getting to know this person, but the relationship might not last forever. If you are attached, the two of you finally might decide to take that special trip you so often think about.

Together, you will open the door to new life experiences through new friends or travel. SCORPIO knows much more than he or she lets on.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH You have much to think about and consider. You might need to mellow out a bit. You will have an important and long-overdue discussion with a loved one or an associate. The less that is said to others, the better off you will be.

Tonight: In the whirlwind of the moment.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH You seem ready to make a dream a reality. A partner or several other people might want to pitch in, especially if this idea could affect them too. An upbeat attitude will help you feel more connected to others than you have in the past.

Tonight: Say “yes” to an offer.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHHTake news with a grain of salt.

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A boss might have a lot to say, and will talk openly if you seem interested in what he or she has to share.

Use caution with your finances. A risk might not pay off in the way you’d hoped it would. Tonight: Get a head start on tomorrow’s work.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Events could put you more in touch with your dynamic energy.

Look at the long-term implications when looking at the big picture. A situation might not evolve as you might wish it would. Do more listening and sharing. Tonight: Get into weekend mode.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHHYou might want to spend more time at home. Use your instincts to achieve a better sense of harmony with a loved one. Indulge in more time together. A change in your schedule could force changes to happen elsewhere in your life. Tonight: Order in.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHHH You might want to examine what is happening in your immediate environment. Make calls, catch up on news and clear your desk. You will come up with a more efficient way of handling key matters. Others will come through for you. Tonight: Spend time with a loved one.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH Listen to what is being shared, but hold back for now on sharing what you know. A partner might do the unexpected. You could be upset, but you also do enjoy the excitement that this person brings to your life. Tonight: Do some shopping on the way home.

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all the action. Take the lead, prioritize and delegate; otherwise, too many key details could be missed.

You understand the implications of what is going on better than most people do. Tonight: Think “weekend.” Make plans.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH You move through details quickly, yet one could slip past you and ultimately sabotage your plans.

Slow down or recheck your work.

You also might need to consider getting a second person to work with you on this project. Maintain your sense of humor. Tonight: Ever playful.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Call on your self-discipline.

Use your sixth sense to tune in to the obvious dynamics of a particular matter. Someone could appear to be almost too generous. Pull back while you can, and see what is happening with this person. Tonight: Get together with friends.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHYou might feel as if you have an additional responsibility weighing you down. Stop and look at what is happening instead of continuing as you have been. Look at the big picture to see your options more clearly. Choose a more easygoing pace. Tonight: A must appearance.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH You see life very differently from how many of the people around you see it. As a result, others often are inspired and/or confused by you. At the moment, use your instincts to proceed with an important matter. You will land on your feet. Tonight: Read between the lines.

Pillow talk Dear Heloise: Can you wash pillows? I have foam pillows and was wondering if they can be washed.

— J.T. in Kansas Check the care labels on your pillows. Most can be washed on the gentle cycle. If possible, fill the washer with water and dissolve the detergent before putting in the pillows. Foam stuffing should be air-dried and not put in the dryer. Some feather and other pillows can be put in the dryer. Most important is checking the care labels to see what the manufacturer recommends and following those instructions.

— Heloise — Fiona in Kansas Wallpaper removal Dear Heloise: My husband and I recently bought our first home, which is a fixer-upper. We are doing many repairs ourselves. Do you have an easy, ecofriendly way of removing old wallpaper?

— Kelly P. in New Mexico I do, and it’s probably in your kitchen right now: vinegar! Mix equal parts vinegar and water, and put the mixture in a spray bottle. Spray the wallpaper until wet. Allow the solution to sit on the wallpaper for at least 10 minutes, then watch as you wipe away the wallpaper with the solution. Another great, eco-friendly use for vinegar, one of my favorite household products! I love it so much that I wrote a pamphlet with numerous hints and recipes. You can order it by sending $5 and a long, self-addressed, stamped (70 cents) envelope to: Heloise/Vinegar, P.O. Box 795001, San Antonio, TX 78279-5001. Remove price tags from hard surfaces like glass or china the same way, by “painting” them with vinegar until wet and then wiping away.

— Heloise

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DEAR ABBY: I’m a single mom in a serious relationship with a divorced man who has children of his own. Between us, we have seven, ranging in age from 7 to 17. I’m in my early 30s; he’s in his early 50s.

My dilemma: I’m interested in having another child if we get married. He definitely isn’t.

Is it unreasonable for me to want to add to this already large potential blended family? I love the idea of experiencing motherhood again with a little more experience and age under my belt, and I’d love to share that intimacy with him. While he likes the abstract possibility of “our” child, he says he feels too old now and he wouldn’t be able to be the kind of father he would want to be.

If neither of us had kids of our own, this would be a deal-breaker for me, but how do I know if my maternal longings are just the last, painful tickings of my biological clock, or a real desire that I’ll end up resenting him for if I ignore it and we stay together?

— IS SEVEN ENOUGH? DEAR IS SEVEN ENOUGH?: Because your boyfriend is in his 50s and has made it clear that he isn’t interested in becoming a father again, I think you should count your many blessings and consider that seven is a lucky number.

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