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Question Where do you think Wildlife Troopers should deploy additional enforcement on the Kenai Peninsula? n Commercial fisheries n Personal-use fisheries n Sport fisheries To place your vote and comment, visit our Web site at www. peninsulaclarion. com. Results and selected comments will be posted each Tuesday in the Clarion, and a new question will be asked. Suggested questions may be submitted online or e-mailed to news@peninsulaclarion.com.

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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Sean Parnell has signed legislation setting Alaska’s participation in a proposed liquefied natural gas project. Parnell signed SB138 on a piece of pipe surrounded by lawmakers in Fairbanks. He ended the event with a call to go build the project. The bill is aimed at advancing the mega-project into a phase of preliminary engineering and design; there is not guarantee yet that it will be built. The project’s other partners are the North Slope’s three major players, TransCanada Corp. and the Alaska Gasline Development Corp., or AGDC. Alaska’s participation would be at about 25 percent. TransCanada would own the state’s interest in the pipeline and gas treatment plant, with the state having an option to buy-back some of that stake. AGDC would hold the state’s interest in liquefaction facilities.

Correction In a standalone photo package called “Fish On” we misidentified a fish being caught by Bill Schmidt of Sterling. It was a chinook salmon.

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Nikiski schools locked down Thursday Troopers hunt for man whose suicide threat prompted 2-hour campus closures By RASHAH McCHESNEY Peninsula Clarion

Alaska State Troopers are still searching for a man whose threats of suicide caused school administrators to put two schools in Nikiski on lockdown Thursday afternoon. The man had been at Nikiski Middle High School earlier in the day, according to a trooper report, where he reportedly threatened to commit suicide by taking sleeping pills and drinking alcohol. The high school went into lockdown at 12:15 p.m. while

Nikiski North Star Elementary went into lockdown 30 minutes later, according to an email from Kenai Peninsula Borough School District spokeswoman Pegge Erkeneff. Administrators at both schools confirmed the lockdown at about 2 p.m. but would not divulge details of the situation. Troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters said the Troopers had not asked the schools to respond to the situation. “There are no threats to the schools that we know of,” Peters said.

Erkeneff said the lockdown was a precautionary measure to ensure the safety of the students at both schools. Shane Bostic, vice principal of Nikiski Middle-High School recorded an emergency message which was sent to parents at 2:11 p.m. Parents were notified that their students would be released on-time, though after school activities have been cancelled. Erkeneff wrote in an email Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion that the delay between when the schools were put on lock- A First Student school bus turns off of Holt-Lamplight Road in down and when the emergency Nikiski Thursday near Nikiski North Star Elementary School. See SCHOOL, page A-14

A short trip back in time Kenai By KELLY SULLIVAN Peninsula Clarion

Moving to Alaska at 25, in the late 1940’s was a more rigorous transition than making the trip today. After taking a short walk across the playground of Soldotna Elementary School, Shaya Straw’s third grade students huddled in the tight space of the Soldotna Historic Post Office to hear about what life was like for Marge Mullen, 92, when she arrived in 1947 as Soldotna’s first female homesteader. A wooden table draped in a red-checkered cloth took up the center of the cramped, perfectly square room. An old set of skis, a small, blue sewing machine that was long out of use, and a dusty Aladdin lamp were on display, all items used in the area’s early households. Mullen talked about the daily duties of being a homemaker decades ago. She said it was challenging heating the large metal cooking stove with nothing but wood chips, and making ice cream was only possible during the winter season because natural refrigeration was the only way to keep things frozen. Slowly walking the perimeter of the downstairs, her fingers brushed pennypostcards, rusting scissors and an old black and white Sears catalog that advertised clothing. “A whole outfit only cost $1.19 back then,” Straw said to her students, evoking low murmurs of surprise. Students took turns venPhoto by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion turing upstairs into the family bedroom. In opposite cor- Only half of Shaya Straw’s third grade Soldotna Middle School Elementary class could fit in the old wooden building at a time, Thursday, at the Soldotna Historic Post Office.

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A fire engulfed a vacant trailer in Nikiski before firefighters could contain the blaze Thursday morning. At 9 a.m. the Nikiski Fire Department received a 911 call of a reported a structure fire of a single level home on Milky Way Street about a mile from North Star Elementary School, Courtesy photo/Nikiski Fire Department said Nikiski fire chief James A morning fire destroyed an empty home Thursday off of Milky Baisden. Both Nikiski fire stations reWay Street in Nikiski. No one was injured in the blaze. C

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sponded within six minutes and were assisted by the Kenai Fire Department. Crews contained the fire within 30 minutes and remained on scene until 11 a.m. No one was injured in the fire or found on scene when firefighters arrived, he said. Baisden said when crews left the station they could see black smoke in the air. He said the fire had been going on for about 20 minutes before the call came in. “The structure was fully See FIRE, page A-14

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Empty Nikiski home destroyed by blaze By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion

Council approves Vintage Pointe rate hike, increase in water and sewer rates More than 7,000 Kenai Library card holders, or just about 65 percent of the community library’s users, will continue to get their library cards free of cost. The Kenai City Council voted to down a portion of a resolution which would have required residents who lived outside of the city to pay an annual $20 library card fee. The council then passed the resolution of fee changes adopted in the fiscal year 2015 budget process. While renewed plans for playground equipment at Municipal Park dominated discussion at Wednesday night’s meeting, the council passed three ordinances and seven resolutions. One of the resolutions authorized the city manger to enter an agreement with the Department of the Army Corp of Engineers to complete one final feasibility study for the Kenai River bluff erosion project, a project that has been one of the city’s capital priorities for more than 20 years. The library card fee was one of four changes that came out of the budget process including one that raises the rent at Vintage Pointe Manor, the city’s senior living facility. The city will also increase the parking fee at the Kenai Municipal airport and increase water and sewer rates. The $20 library card fee would have generated $50,000 per year in revenue and reduce the subsidy for outside city users provided by Kenai property tax payers, according to the resolution.

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Jewell announces $700K in tribal grants PHOENIX (AP) — Federal officials announced Wednesday that nine tribes will share in more than $700,000 in grant funding meant to spur renewable energy development in Indian Country and that a second large solar project on tribal land in Nevada had been approved. The grants, announced by U.S. Interior Secretary Sally

Village banishes two men connected to shooting of 2 Troopers FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — The tribal government in the village where two Alaska State Troopers were killed has voted to banish two men indirectly connected to the deaths. The Fairbanks Daily NewsMiner (http://bit.ly/1nsdQpU) reports the Tanana (TA’-nanaw) Tribal Council voted unanimously Tuesday to ask Arvin Kangas and William Walsh to leave permanently. Kangas is the father of 20-year-old Nathanial “Satch” Kangas, who is charged with

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murder in the May 1 deaths of Sgt. Scott Johnson and Trooper Gabe Rich. Walsh is leader of the Athabascan (ath-a-BAS’-can) Nation, a small group that rejects the authority of the Alaska state government. Tanana Tribal Council chairman Curtis Sommer says the council is holding the older men accountable for rhetoric that “more or less brainwashed” Nathanial Kangas. The council’s action must be reviewed by the tribal court.

regulations in working with power purchase agreements with utilities. “The objective of this administration is to make sure that we support a clean energy future. Part of that is working closely with Indian tribes where tremendous amount of energy potential exists, which drives economic opportunity for tribes,” Jewell said. Earlier in the day the secretary visited the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in southeastern Arizona. That tribe will receive nearly $150,000 to train workers in solar photovoltaic system maintenance and to develop an energy operations plan, Jewell said. Another Arizona tribe, the

Hualapai, was awarded more than $100,000 to develop a training program for its diesel generating plant at Grand Canyon West. Tribes in Alaska, New York, California, New Mexico and Washington state also will receive grants. The nine were chosen from 31 applications. American Indian leaders have said federal and tribal politics and bureaucracy have made energy development difficult in Indian Country. Tribal lands make up about 5 percent of the land mass in the United States but contain as much as one-fifth of the nation’s energy resources, experts say.

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Obituary Dorothy L. Woods Longtime Alaskan resident Dorothy L. Woods, 91, died Tuesday, May 6, 2014, at Central Peninsula Hospital with her family by her side. A celebration of her life will be at a later date and ashes will spread off the Homer Spit. Dorothy was born July 6, 1922 in Manitowoc, Michigan to Frank and Lila M. LaPointe. Dorothy came to Alaska in 1935 with her parents as original colonists to the Matanuska Valley. She graduated from Palmer High School. While in high school she helped her stepfather Irving Newville publish the newspaper for the colony project. After high school she went to work for the Matanuska Valley Co-op as a bookkeeper. Later she worked for Eklutna Lake Power Project and ARRC. After marrying Wilson R. Woods they started Woods insurance Agency in Palmer. In 1964 they moved to Colorado for a period of time returning to Alaska in 1972 to Anchorage where she worked for Hickel Investment, and later for Alaska Truss & Millwork. In 1980 they moved to Soldotna and built a home near Morgan’s Landing. Dorothy worked at Bigler Kohler Obendorf Accounting and retired in 2000. Dorothy was an avid quilter and exhibited in quilt shows. She was still making quilted projects right up to the time of her death. She will be remembered by the family and friends for all the lovely quilted pieces she made. Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband Wilson R. Woods and her son Dee W. Woods. She leaves daughter Kerry (Mike) Tappenbeck of Portland, Oregon; daughter, Lila Ann (Edward) Krohn of Soldotna; grandchildren Michael (Rhonda) Krohn of Soldotna, Brian (Linda) Krohn of Puyallup, Washington; daughter-inlaw, Lynne Woods of Sutton; grandchildren Marnice (Darin) Marshall of Wasilla, Russell (Kristin) Woods of Wasilla; great grandchildren, Morgan Krohn, MacKenna Krohn, Ryan Krohn, Alexander Woods, Jacob Woods and Emily Woods. Arrangements made by Peninsula Memorial Chapel & Crematory. Please sign Dorothy’s online guestbook at www. AlaskanFuneral.com.

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Around the Peninsula Have a photogenic pet? Send a picture Pet photos run on the Pets page every Tuesday. They can be color or black and white and may include people. Limit one photo per household. They may be e-mailed to news@peninsulaclarion.com, dropped off at the Kenai office or mailed to the Clarion at P.O. Box 3009, Kenai, 99611. A brief explanation of the photo, the pet’s and owner’s names, owner’s address and phone number must be included. Photos with an address written on the back will be returned. For more information, call 907-335-1251.

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adults and includes a T-shirt. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Sterling Senior Center’s Meals on Wheels program. For more information, call 262-1721.

Soapbox Derby ready to roll The Kenai Rotary Club is hosting a Soap Box Derby downhill race. The Super Stock division is designed for racers ages 9 to 18 years of age. Drivers build their own cars from kits with adult supervision. Only six kits remain available for sale. Select cars are available for sponsorship. Tech Inspection and barbecue is Friday next to RE/MAX and Safeway in Kenai. The race will be held from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday on Spruce Street in Kenai. For more information visit www.clubrunner.ca/kenai or contact race director Scott Hamann at 776-7676.

Soldotna Public Library will hold a preschool storytime 10:30-11 a.m. Wednesdays. The library is temporarily located Potters guild to hold sale at the Peninsula Mall. Stories, singing and easy crafts are some On Saturday the Kenai Potters Guild will hold their annual of the activities the children will experience. For more informa- Mother’s Day Pottery Sale from 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. or until sold tion call 907-262-4947. out at the Kenai Fine Arts Center, 816 Cook Avenue in Old Town Kenai (look for signs). This is a first come first served event. Bring a box and a friend! For more information, email Woodturners meeting planned stoneware10@gmail.com or call 283-7040. The Kenai Peninsula Woodturners Chapter will hold its meeting at 1 p.m. Saturday at the woodturning shop in the log building, mile 100 on the Sterling Highway, just a few miles Redoubt Homemakers plan bazaar south of Soldotna where Echo Lake Road meets the highway. Redoubt Homemakers FCE annual Spring Bazaar is 9 a.m.There will be a demonstration. Visitors are always welcome. 4 p.m. Saturday at Nikiski Fire Station 1, Mile 17.9 of the KeQuestions? Call 801-543-9122. nai Spur Highway. Quilts, pillows, aprons, towels, cookbooks, hot pads, scrubbies, “Spirit of Alaska” books, crocheted hats, micro bowl holders, Goat’s Milk Soaps, Watkins Products, orHelp stamp out hunger ganic jams-jellies-syrups, veggie and flower plant starts, baked Saturday marks the 22nd anniversary of the National Asso- goods and more will be available. ciation of Letter Carriers Stamp out Hunger Food drive. Each year on the second Saturday in May, letter carriers across the country collect non-perishable food donations from our neigh- Clean-up day at Soldotna Museum bors. These donations go directly to local food pantries to proVolunteers are needed for Spring Clean-Up at the Soldotna vide food to people on the Kenai Peninsula who need help. Museum beginning at 10 a.m. on Saturday. Bring rakes, shovTo participate in this year’s Letter Carrier Stamp Out Hun- els, and other clean-up tools. Lunch will be provided at noon. ger Food Drive, leave non-perishable, non-breakable food donations in a bag by your mailbox or at your Post Office on Soldotna library offers computer help Saturday and your letter carrier will do the rest. Computer help will be available at the Soldotna Public Library May 13 from 1-3 p.m. Learn how to use the internet to find the Hustle over to Sterling information you need, set up an email or a Facebook account, or The Sterling Moose River Hustle fun run is Saturday May get that e-Reader to download your e-books. Up to half an hour 10, with registration eginning at 8:30 a.m at the Sterling Senior of free, one-on-one help with technology questions is available. Center. Races start at 10 a.m. Events include 1-mile, 5-kilomter Registration is required. Come in and sign up, call at 262-4227, or and 10-kilometer races. Registration is $10 for youth, $15 for email library@ci.soldotna.ak.us to reserve your spot.

Community Calendar Today 8 a.m. • Alcoholics Anonymous As Bill Sees It Group, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Unit 71 (Old Carrs Mall). Call 398-9440. 9:45 a.m. • TOPS #AK 196 meets at The Grace Lutheran Church, in Soldotna. Call Dorothy at 262-1303. Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group at 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Suite 71 in the old Carrs Mall in Kenai. Call 262-1917. 12:30 p.m. • Well Elders Live Longer exercise (W.E.L.L.) will meet at the Nikiski Senior Center. Call instructor Mary Olson at 907-776-3745. 8 p.m. • Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “It Works” at URS Club, 11312 Kenai Spur

Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. • AA 12 by 12 at the United Methodist Church, 607 Frontage Road, Kenai. • Twin City Al-Anon Family group, United Methodist Church, 607 Frontage Road in Kenai. Call 907-953-4655. Saturday 8 a.m. • Alcoholics Anonymous As Bill Sees It Group, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Unit 71 (Old Carrs Mall). Call 398-9440. 9 a.m. • Al-Anon book study, Central Peninsula Hospital’s Augustine Room, Soldotna. Call 907-953-4655. 10 a.m. • Narcotics Anony-

mous PJ Meeting, URS Club, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. 7 p.m. • Narcotics Anonymous support group “Dopeless Hope Fiends,” URS Club, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. 8 p.m. • AA North Roaders Group at North Star Methodist Church, Mile 25.5 Kenai Spur Highway. Call 242-9477.

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Remember to share, be aware on the road Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month

events have taken on a somewhat somber mood this week, as reports of multiple motorcycle fatalities have been in the headlines in recent weeks. Indeed, news that three motorcyclists had died in a collision last Saturday weighed heavily on participants in Sunday’s annual bike blessing at the Nikiski Church of the Nazarene. “I’m sure when they woke up yesterday morning they were not thinking it would be their last day on Earth,” Nikiski resident Scott Hamann said at the event. “It serves as a somber reminder to make every day count and cherish your loved ones.” It also serves as a wake-up call for all motorists to make themselves more aware while on the road, whether they’re riding on four wheels or two. Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Mike Navarre issued a proclamation at Tuesday’s assembly meeting noting the increasing numbers of motorcycles on the road, as well as the fact that “motorcyclists everywhere face a constant threat to personal safety caused, in part, by lack of alertness on the part of the driving public.” The Southern Peninsula chapter of A.B.A.T.E., Alaska Bikers Advocating Training and Education, recently reminded drivers to take a second look, use turn signals and avoid distractions while driving, such as cell phone use. A public service message from the Department of Public Safety urges motorcyclists to practice safe riding habits, including riding with the assumption that other drivers won’t see you. Likewise, drivers are urged to treat motorcyclists just as they would other vehicles, including giving adequate space when passing or following. The borough’s proclamation urges all residents to drive safely, exercise extreme caution to reduce accidents and casualties this summer and to remain sensitive to the increasing number of motorcycles on the road. We’d like to echo those sentiments, and wish everyone on the road safe travels this summer.

Quotable “That’s Putin’s personal opinion. He’s a very wise man, but we have decided to do things our own way: to become the Donetsk Republic.” — Ludmila Radchenko, 52, after Russian President Vladimir Putin called for a delay of Sunday’s referendum on autonomy in Ukraine’s restive east. “Who’s been fired over the targeting of conservative groups by the IRS? No one that I’m aware of. Who’s gone to jail for violating the law? When is the administration going to tell the American people the truth?” — House Speaker John Boehner after Republicans voted to hold a former IRS official in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify about her role in the agency’s tea party controversy.

Poll: US split on legal pot, against online bets By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Americans are split over whether marijuana should be legalized for recreational use, according to a poll released Thursday. But the same poll finds them solidly opposed to online gambling. The Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll finds that 50 percent of Americans favor legalizing marijuana use, while 27 percent support legalizing Internet gambling in the 47 states that don’t allow it. Although only New Jersey, Nevada and Delaware currently allow Internet gambling, at least 10 other states are or recently considered legalizing it. “Right now online gambling looks to be a long shot in the court of public opinion,” said Krista Jenkins, the poll’s director and a professor of political science at the university.

Applause Support for Autism Walk appreciated Thank you to everyone who came, helped, donated, and supported the Autism Walk this year. It would not have been possible without so many people and I apologize now if anyone is not on this list, please know you were not forgotten. Davis Block; Alaska Road Builders; Debbie and Chuck Davis; Hey Good Looking; Frito Lay; Cabin Fever Creations; Orca Theater; Phormation Chiropractic; Echo Lake Superior Meats; Renewal Skin Care; Footworks; S&D; Spenard Builders Supply; Kenai Vision; Sweeney’s; Karleenes Day Spa; Kenai River Brewery; Chez Moi; Kings Treasures; Libby Beerezin; Frontier Community Services; Independent Living Center; Pack Rat; Eyewear Express; First

millennial generation and over half of Gen Xers (56 percent) in favor, compared with fewer than half (48 percent) of baby boomers and around a third (36 percent) of the World War II generation. “Democrats see getting high as a lifestyle choice, whereas Republicans are more likely to understand it through the prism of morality and social deviance,” Jenkins said. “However, the age differences we’re seeing suggest that legal (pot) smoking in the future is more a question of ‘when’ rather than ‘if.’” Washington and Colorado have legalized recreational marijuana use, and several other states are considering it. Numerous others have approved medical marijuana use. The nationwide poll of 1,151 adults ages 18 and older who reside in the United States was conducted by telephone with both landline and cellphones from April 21-27. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.9 percentage points.

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Misty Maquire Merriman; Eylonah Stott; Cat Schoessler; Ellyce, Hunter, and Mindi Woodward; Kate Swaby; Carolyn Hitzler; Kristin Siter; Tyler and Morgan Reynolds; Cy and Emma Updike; Julie Moore; Kerri Roe; Cade Appclhas; Sam Skolnick; Lucas and Catie Kline; Morgan Spies; Melissa Kline; Marcy True; Angela Beplat; Nicole and Tehya Nichols; Lora Sterling; Suzanne Martin; Noelle Miller. It is always amazing to see how our community can come out and show such support and prove that people are not alone. Autism is a disability that is still misunderstood and often leaves families disconnected from their community, so to have an event that allows everyone the chance to come out, have fun, raise money for the cause, and share information is awesome! As always, it has been shown how absolutely amazing our community is. Again thank you so much, Tonja Updike and Jerri Braun

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The poll examined public attitudes about two activities that Jenkins said are taking place whether legal or not. It found that 65 percent of respondents are not closely following news about Internet gambling. But when asked if they favor or oppose allowing casinos to run online gambling for people in their states, 63 percent are opposed, with 27 percent approving. The numbers are largely unchanged from when similar questions were asked in 2012 and 2010. In contrast, far more Americans are paying attention to news on marijuana legalization, with 86 percent saying say they’ve heard of or read about legalization efforts. By a ratio of 2-to-1, Democrats (63 percent) favor legalization more than Republicans (32 percent), with independents (58 percent) more closely aligned with Democrats. Young people also are far more supportive of legalization, with 65 percent of the

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Palin defends oil tax structure she championed BECKY BOHRER Associated Press

JUNEAU, Alaska — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin defended as fair and commonsense the oil tax structure she championed while in office, a system that has been dismantled by state lawmakers and her successor, fellow Republican Sean Parnell. Palin also took a swipe at Parnell on Anchorage radio station KWHL when asked about Parnell’s change in direction. “Well, bless his heart. Remember that Sean Parnell came from the oil industry. He was, you know, an employee of ConocoPhillips ... lobbying for the cause there. So perhaps that’s engrained in him,” she said during her call-in appearance on the Bob and Mark show Wednesday. Parnell, who was director of state government relations for ConocoPhillips in Alaska from 2000 to 2003, was Palin’s lieutenant governor. He was elected with her in 2006 and took over for her as governor when she resigned during her first term in 2009. While early on he supported the tax system she championed, known as Alaska’s Clear and Equitable Share, or ACES, he began proposing efforts to change it as early as 2010, shortly after he was elected in his own right, as a way to help boost oil production. Ultimately, lawmakers last year

‘I’m happy to weigh in on this and for what it’s worth give my little two cents and let people know how it works and let people know how wrongheaded this will be if we start caving in to those who we respect, who we partner with, that’s the oil companies.’.’

— Sarah Palin, former Governor

approved an entirely new production tax system, though that system, which Parnell helped put in place, is the subject of a referendum that voters will decide in August. Vic Fischer, a prominent Alaskan and leader of the effort to repeal the new tax system, said he’s not sure how Palin’s comments will resonate with Alaskans. But he said she’s a “pretty feisty lady” whose comments brought attention to the repeal effort. Oil taxes are a big deal in Alaska, since oil revenues are largely responsible for the

funding of state government operations. Critics of the new system, like Fischer, call it a giveaway with no guarantee of what Alaska will see in return. But supporters say it’s working, citing a flurry of industryrelated activity and plans by the companies to commit billions of dollars in new investments. “Results matter,” Parnell spokeswoman Sharon Leighow said by email. She said Alaskans have also benefited since the law’s passage from more rigs on the North Slope and more than 1,000 new jobs at Point Thomson, a major oil and gas field that certain companies have an obligation to work to develop under a settlement with the state. Leighow said the new tax system — which Parnell refers to as the More Alaska Production Act — “offers balance by protecting Alaskans when oil prices are low while still encouraging new investment when prices are high.” More than $8 million has already been raised by the industry-backed “Vote No on 1” group, which is working to defeat the referendum, according to financial disclosures. “I’m happy to weigh in on this and for what it’s worth give my little two cents and let people know how it works and let people know how wrongheaded this will be if we start caving in to those who we respect, we partner with, that’s the oil com-

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A man-lift operator looks around at the new engineering building under construction on the UAA campus.

panies,” Palin said. She said the companies are “doing just fine and our constitution lays out that perfect blueprint for Alaska to be solvent and sovereign and that’s with resource development that benefits owners, the residents.” The idea behind ACES, which was passed in 2007, was that the state would help companies on the front end with things like tax credits and share profits with them when oil flowed and prices were high.

But companies complained that the progressive surcharge that was a feature of the system ate too deeply into profits, discouraging new investment. Even many supporters of ACES acknowledge there was a need for adjustments of some sort on the surcharge at the high end. Palin also had supportive words for a rival to Parnell in this year’s gubernatorial race, Bill Walker. Walker finished second to Parnell in the 2010 GOP gubernatorial primary and

is running this time as an independent. While Palin did not endorse a candidate, she said Walker has “his thumb on the pulse of, I think, most Alaskans who care about the future of this state, and don’t want to see government grow. They want to see empowerment of the people,” which she said includes job creation. Walker said Thursday that he had not spoken with Palin and was surprised by her remarks.

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Obama popular in tech world, policies less By JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Silicon Valley recoils at the government’s cyber data-gathering done in the name of national security. It bristles at new potential Internet rules. It’s fastpaced ethos doesn’t understand Washington’s gridlock. Yet, President Barack Obama remains a popular political figure in Silicon Valley, and the wealthy tech entrepreneurs appear willing to part with their money to support the Democratic Party, especially if the president is making the pitch. Obama on Thursday was to attend two high-dollar Democratic Party fundraisers hosted by Silicon Valley executives, drawing attention to the complicated relationship between the president and the high-tech industry. For Obama, Northern California and the high tech redoubt around Palo Alto has been a key part of Obama’s campaign money base. And it is especially attractive to politicians because it is continually expanding. “One of the dynamics that people on the East Coast and particularly in Washington, D.C., may not fully appreciate is that these folks are in a space that is growing,” said California-based Democratic consul-

tant Chris Lehane, a former aide to President Bill Clinton. “That adds an entire pool of fresh donor blood into the mix.” Obama’s message at fundraisers has focused this year’s midterm election and on retaining Democratic control of the Senate, essential to the remaining two-and-a-half years of his presidency. Before heading to Silicon Valley Thursday, Obama warned Democratic National Committee donors at the La Jolla home of billionaire and former Qualcomm Chairman Irwin Jacobs that even though the economy has rebounded in the past five years, the American public remains anxious and that Democratic voters, in particular, may just stay home this election. “The American public is on our side,” he said. “They’ve just lost faith that we can make it happen.” “We’re not going to be able to make the progress we need, regardless of how hard I push, regardless of how many administrative actions I take, we’re not going to be able to go where we need to go and can go and should go unless I have a Congress that is willing to work with me,” he added. Later, Obama was to attend a fundraiser hosted by Anne Wojcicki, a biotech entrepre-

‘We like the president. We want to like him even more.We wish he would spend more time here and not just to raise money.’ — Russell Hancock, chief executive officer of Joint Venture Silicon Valley neur who founded the personalgenomics startup 23andMe. The event is advertised as a Tech Roundtable, with 30 guests and tickets set at $32,400 — a nearly $1 million potential haul for the Democratic National Committee. He also was scheduled to be the featured guest at an event hosted by Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and Sam Altman, the 29-year-old president of Y Combinator, a venture capital firm that seeds tech startups. On Wednesday Obama was the star attraction at a fundraiser for House and Senate Democrats at the Los Angeles home of Disney Studios Chairman Alan Horn. Earlier Thursday, he attended a Democratic National Committee fundraiser in Los Angeles, which was closed to the media, before heading to another. The role of the computer and Internet industry in politics has grown sharply over the past 10

years, increasing political contributions and expanding its lobbying presence. Executives and employees in the industry favor Democrats, yet the political action committees set up by individual tech firms tend to split their money more evenly. So far this election cycle, computer and Internet industry political action committees have contributed about $3.5 million, with about 54 percent of it going to Republicans, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, which tracks political money. Counting political action committees and individual donors, the industry has donated more than $14 million to federal candidates, giving $3 to Democrats for every $2 to Republicans, according to the center. The revelations of National Security Agency data collection made public by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden have created an out-

cry from tech companies whose data have been gathered by the government. Obama has had to reassure Internet and tech executives that he is committed to protecting privacy. In addition to cybersecurity, Silicon Valley executives also have been pushing for an overhaul of immigration laws, partly to secure more H1B visas for high-tech workers but also in support of giving immigrants who are living in the country illegally a chance to achieve citizenship. They have also weighed on new “net neutrality” regulations being fashioned by the Federal Communications Commission and have raised fears that the rules would allow telephone and cable Internet providers to impose fees on internet companies. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the tech executvies Obama policy positions were donating because they support Obama policies and rejected suggestions that the tech executives were getting financial leverage to affect Washington issues of concern to the industry. “There’s no reason to think that that the policy making process is affected by those involved,” Earnest said.. Among the major tech players, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg has been an especially

high-profile figure. He launched an advocacy group that has been among the most active on the immigration issue. And he has been a vocal critic of the NSA’s data collection, calling Obama to voice his alarm. Shortly after, Obama met with Zuckerberg and CEOs from Google, Netflix and other tech and Internet companies, pledging to safeguard privacy rights. The administration has since issued recommendations asking Congress to pass new privacy laws that would provide broader data protections for Americans from both the government and the private sector. Still, Russell Hancock, the chief executive officer of Joint Venture Silicon Valley, a policy organization focused on regional issues, says the gridlock in Washington is hard to comprehend in a region that is constantly upgrading and acting on ideas. On the other hand, he said there is a libertarian streak in Silicon Valley that eschews government. “There are different sets of sensibilities, there’s a different set of priorities and they’re not shared,” he said. “We like the president. We want to like him even more,” Hancock said. “We wish he would spend more time here and not just to raise money.”

Airlines ask Congress to roll back the airfare rule By JOAN LOWY Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Airlines tried and failed to block a federal rule making them tell passengers up front the full cost of airfare, including government taxes and fees. So they’re trying another route, asking Congress to do what the Obama administration and the courts refused to do: roll back the law. A bill in Congress would allow airlines to return to their old way of doing things, which was to emphasize in ads the base airfare — the amount airlines charge passengers to fly — but reveal the full price including taxes and fees separately. It’s backed by a bipartisan group of 33 lawmakers led by House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster, R-Pa. Before the Transportation

Department put its regulation in place two years ago, airlines and ticketing services would typically display the lower base fare in large type and show taxes and fees in small print. Consumers shopping online often weren’t shown taxes and fees unless they scrolled to the bottom of the web page or clicked through several pages after selecting a flight. The bill, supported both by the airline industry and by its pilot and flight-attendant unions, is moving through the House at Mach speed. It was introduced in March and approved by the transportation committee a month later without a hearing and by a voice vote, which means there is no record of who voted for or against it. The committee’s entire discussion of the measure lasted 9 minutes. The bill is “a gift to the airlines,” said Rep. Jerrold Nadler,

D-N.Y., a transportation committee member who said he voted against it. “What you’re going to see is $200 for the airfare, and then you’re going to be shocked when it turns out to really be $250,” he said. “It’s misleading to the consumer. It’s just dishonest.” Airlines say they should be able to able to advertise their fares the same way hotels, car rental agencies and other businesses do — by advertising the price of their service and adding in taxes and fees before the final purchase. “Consumers are better served when they can buy airfares like they buy any other product,” said Sharon Pinkerton, senior vice president of Airlines for America, which represents major carriers. “I think what’s confusing is to have airfares treated differently.” The measure’s supporters also say the industry is over-

taxed. They want airlines to be able to break out taxes and fees so that consumers can see how much of their ticket price goes to the government. The industry says taxes are about 21 percent of a typical $300 round-trip domestic ticket. The rush left no time for consumer input, their advocates say. “We’re very concerned a piece of legislation that can have such a broad effect was moved through without any consultation. I was just shocked by this,” said Bill McGee, an aviation consultant for Consumers Union. He said the title of the bill, the Transparent Airfares Act, smacks of Orwellian doublespeak since it would make airfares less transparent by allowing airlines to conceal the full purchase price. Transportation Department officials say airlines are free

under current rules to spell out taxes and fees so long as the full price is more prominent. The fight over how to present fares is part of an ongoing clash between airlines and the administration over passenger rights. During President Barack Obama’s first term, the Transportation Department issued several far-reaching aviation consumer regulations, beginning with a ban on so-called tarmac strandings in which passengers were cooped up in planes for hours, sometimes in miserable conditions. Other recent regulations include allowing passengers to cancel reservations within 24 hours without penalty, tougher requirements for compensating passengers denied boarding because of overbooking and bag fee disclosure requirements. Against airline resistance, the administration implemented its

airfare disclosure rule in 2012. Several airlines, supported by their trade group, had sued in federal court to overturn it, but the court sided with the government, and the Supreme Court refused to hear the airlines’ appeal. The department is at work on another round of rules that would require airlines to disclose some add-on fees when they advertise fares. Since 2008, airlines have been unbundling fares, charging for many services that used to be included in the ticket price. Fees vary by airline, but passengers may now be charged extra for an assigned seat, early boarding, a meal, curbside check-in or carryon bags, among other services. “I am fed up with the hidden fees and the misleading advertising of prices, which makes it difficult to compare rates,” one frequent flier wrote the Transportation Department. “I’m tired of being at their mercy.”

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House votes to start new Benghazi investigation BY BRADLEY KLAPPER and DONNA CASSATA Associated Press

WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Thursday rammed through a measure opening a new investigation of the deadly assault in Benghazi, Libya, vowing to dig deeper in a search for truth. Democrats declared it merely a political ploy to raise campaign cash and motivate voters. A bitterly divided House voted 232-186 to establish the panel that Speaker John Boehner insisted would answer questions that linger almost 20 months after the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission. Seven Democrats, many facing tough re-election campaigns, broke ranks and joined Republicans in supporting the probe. The panel’s investigation will be the eighth on Benghazi and will examine the entirety of the attack that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. Independent, bipartisan and GOP-led probes have faulted the State Department for inadequate security at the outpost, leading to four demotions. No attacker has yet been brought to justice. Republicans say they’re unsatisfied with explanations so far, and they have leveled a range of accusations against President Barack Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and other senior administration officials. Chief among them: that the administration misled the American people about the nature of the attack during a presidential election campaign and stonewalled congressional investigators. “We will not take any shortcuts to the truth, accountability

or justice,” Boehner said during House debate. Democrats remain divided over whether to boycott the select committee. They are concerned that their participation would grant legitimacy to what they believe will be a partisan forum. But they also worry that if they avoid it they won’t have the chance to counter GOP claims and defend potential witnesses — including Clinton, a possible 2016 presidential candidate. Party leaders will meet with their rank and file Friday morning to decide on the next step. Republican Rep. Ileana RosLehtinen of Florida criticized the “song and dance” she said came from Clinton when House members wanted to question her about Benghazi a few months after the attack. Clinton’s testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee was delayed when she missed a month of work toward the end of her tenure after suffering a virus, then a fall and a concussion, and then brief hospitalization for a blood clot near her brain. Rep. Louise Slaughter, DN.Y., said no evidence uncovered in any of the investigations thus far suggests wrongdoing by the administration. Republican claims have descended into “the crass and unbelievable,” she said. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said the questions “have been asked and answered time and time and time again,” and he added: “Let’s end the political circus.” Benghazi has produced 13 public hearings, the release of 25,000 pages of documents and 50 separate briefings. The select committee won’t be the only inquiry, as other GOP-led congressional panels continue their probes, including a House

Oversight investigation which just last week took the extraordinary step of subpoenaing a Cabinet member. Secretary of State John Kerry hasn’t said when he might testify. Democrats deride the effort as a conservative campaign designed to energize Republican voters in typically low-turnout midterm elections. Boehner’s legislation creates a select House committee through the end of the year. It will have to be reapproved when a new Congress begins in January or go out of existence. The select committee has no explicit financial constraints. Earlier this week, the Na-

tional Republican Congressional Committee sent an email vowing that “no one will get away” from the committee’s investigation and asking people for donations. Rep. Steve Israel of New York, the Democratic campaign committee chairman, called fundraising off Benghazi “despicable and insulting.” Boehner on Thursday refused to criticize the fundraising drive. In an opinion piece Thursday in USA Today, the congressman whom Boehner has chosen to head the probe signaled he’d re-examine the entirety of the Benghazi attack, including questions Democrats and some

senior Republicans consider settled. The GOP-led House Armed Services Committee concluded months ago the U.S. military couldn’t have responded in time to save Stevens and the others. Still, Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina asked: “Was our military response during the pendency of the siege sufficient?” The Obama administration says officials tried to provide the public with the best information available after the attack at a time when U.S. embassies, consulates and other facilities were facing angry demonstrations across the Muslim world

over a YouTube video mocking Islam’s Prophet Muhammad. The administration originally attributed Benghazi to a similar protest that extremists hijacked, but retracted that account amid severe criticism. House Democrats have issued several demands if they are to participate in the select committee. Boehner already has rejected their call for equal representation on the panel, deciding instead to fill it with seven Republicans and five Democrats. The Democrats also seek guarantees they’ll have equal access to documents, say on subpoenas and right to question witnesses. Negotiations continue.

Lawmakers approve plan for pot banking By KRISTEN WYATT Associated Press

DENVER — Frustrated by the cashheavy aspect of its new marijuana industry, Colorado is trying a long-shot bid to create the world’s first financial system devoted to the pot business. But Colorado’s plan to move the weed industry away from dank-smelling cash to easily auditable banking accounts is a Hail Mary pass that won’t work, industry and regulatory officials agree. “It’s definitely creative, but I don’t know whether it’s a solution or just a statement,” said Toni Fox, owner of 3D Cannabis Center in Denver. Here’s the plan approved by state lawmakers Wednesday — state-licensed pot growers and sellers would pool their cash into uninsured financial cooperatives. The cooperatives would then ask the U.S. Federal Reserve System to let them access so-called “merchant services,” a broad category that includes accepting credit cards and being able to write checks. The cooperative stratagem is a response to marijuana guidance issued in February by the U.S. Treasury Department. Marijuana shops in Colorado and else-

where have been clamoring for years for access to traditional banks, complaining of dousing cash in air freshener to try to dupe banks. Others pile cash in self-storage units or safety deposit boxes, requiring frequent trips to exchange the cash for money orders in order to pay employees and utility bills. The February Treasury guidance, though, was met with a shrug by many banks. Banks generally considered the elaborate reporting requirements associated with taking marijuana customers too onerous to bother with. Instead, Colorado authorities hope the Federal Reserve will allow new marijuana co-ops to access merchant services if the co-ops agree to bear all the cost of complying with the marijuana banking guidance, as well as assuming all the risk. It sounds like a long shot even to marijuana industry workers. “I don’t see it,” said Shawn Coleman, a Denver-based lobbyist who represents marijuana retailers. “The administration has gone as far as they possibly could to help the marijuana industry without an act of Congress.” And despite complaints from banking groups and pot shops about Treasury’s pot

guidance, there are signs the guidelines are working for some. And a handful of small credit unions in Colorado and Washington state do serve marijuana clients, though many won’t talk publicly about it. “There are banks who are doing this, but we don’t know who these banks are or who they are serving,” Coleman said. Asked whether he’d advise his clients to consider an uninsured financial co-op as an alternative to constantly skipping around from bank to bank, Coleman didn’t hesitate. “Absolutely not,” he said. For example, Fox’s Denver dispensary has never lost an account with the bank she’s had since she owned a landscaping company before Colorado’s retail medical marijuana industry took off in 2009. She just won’t tell a reporter which bank it is. Her bank didn’t pull her account after the February guidance, but Fox said her bank did hike her fees. She simply pays it. “We would pay whatever it took to have financial security,” Fox said. The architects of Colorado’s marijuana banking gambit concede that it’s far from certain whether cannabis-specific cooperatives would ever get off the ground.

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Around the World Pro-Russia insurgency to hold referendum in east Ukraine despite Putin’s call for a delay DONETSK, Ukraine — In an obscure government office guarded by a man in a red T-shirt armed only with a stick, two photocopy machines churned out ballots Thursday for eastern Ukraine’s referendum on secession, as they have been doing around the clock for days. In apparent defiance of a call by Russian President Vladimir Putin to put off the vote, insurgents in eastern Ukraine insisted Thursday they will go ahead with this weekend’s referendum as planned. “Putin is seeking a way out of the situation. We are grateful to him for this,” said Denis Pushilin, co-chairman of the Donetsk People’s Republic, as the pro-Russian rebels call themselves. “But we are just a bullhorn for the people,” he declared. “We just voice what the people want.” Ukraine has in recent weeks grown perilously polarized, with the west looking toward Europe and the east favoring closer ties with Russia. Thursday’s pronouncement was likely to further inflame tensions between the interim government in Kiev that took power amid chaos in February and the armed insurgents, who have seized police stations and government buildings in more than a dozen cities in the east.

Oklahoma appeals court agrees to 6-month stay of execution after botched lethal injection OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals agreed Thursday to a six-month stay of execution for a death row inmate while an investigation is conducted into last week’s botched lethal injection. The court reset the execution date of inmate Charles Warner to Nov. 13. Warner’s attorneys requested the delay, and state Attorney General Scott Pruitt said in a court filing Thursday he wouldn’t object. While the stay only applies to Warner, the attorney general and governor have said Oklahoma will not carry out any executions until the investigation is finished, which is expected to take at least eight weeks. “If the state is allowed to enforce the ultimate penalty of death, it is incumbent upon this court to allow the state the time necessary to ensure that the penalty is carried out in a constitutionally sound manner,” Justice Charles Johnson wrote in a specially concurring opinion. Warner was scheduled to be executed the same night as Clayton Lockett last week in what would have been the state’s first double execution since 1937. But Lockett’s vein collapsed during his lethal injection, prompting prison officials to halt the execution. He later died of a heart attack.

Florida man bought $650 in fireworks before his family was found dead in burned home TAMPA, Fla. — As flames shot through the roof of a million-dollar home, neighbors reported explosions, presumably hearing fireworks go off inside the house as it burned down with a family of four inside. Authorities called the fire arson and said they were investigating a possible murder-suicide, but they haven’t indicated who may have started it or why. The man renting the home with his family, Darrin Campbell, bought $650 of fireworks days before the blaze and the fireworks were found throughout the fivebedroom home. Still, it wasn’t clear what role, if any, fireworks might have played in the Wednesday morning fire. Campbell, his wife and their two teenage children were found dead inside. Police were performing autopsies to determine how they died. Campbell had been an executive for several high-profile businesses. He was currently working at a records management firm and volunteering as treasurer at his children’s private school. His wife, Kimberly, was a stay-at-home mom, according to her father, Gordon Lambie. The family moved to Tampa more than a decade ago. They sold their home in 2012 for $750,000 and moved closer to their children’s school, Carrollwood Day School, Lambie said.

Prison officials tell appeals court murder convict doesn’t need sex change BOSTON — Massachusetts prison officials on Thursday made another push to overturn a court ruling that would force them to provide a taxpayer-funded sex-change operation to a murder convict with gender-identity disorder. The inmate has been given a substantial amount of care, including female hormones, laser hair removal and psychotherapy, and doesn’t need the surgery, the Department of Corrections attorney Richard McFarland told the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston. “The clinician didn’t say you must have this surgery, but that if you want it you can get it,” McFarland said Thursday.

World Nigeria violence increases By HARUNA UMAR Associated Press

BAUCHI, Nigeria — Residents of a Nigerian town attacked by Boko Haram criticized security forces for failing to protect them despite warnings that the Islamic militants were nearby. At least 50 bodies have been recovered, many horribly burned, in the town. The attack on Gamboru, in remote northeastern Nigeria near the border with Cameroon, is part of the Islamic militants’ campaign of terror that included the kidnapping of teenaged girls from a school, 276 of whom remain missing and believed held by Boko Haram in the vast Sambisa Forest in northeastern Nigeria. The death toll from the Monday afternoon attack in Gamboru was initially reported by a senator to be as many as 300, but a security official said it is more likely to be around 100. Some Gamboru residents said bodies were recovered from the debris of burned shops around the town’s main market, which

was the focus of the attack. The bodies were found after the market reopened on Wednesday as health workers, volunteers and traders searched for missing people, said Gamboru resident Abuwar Masta. He said most of the bodies were burned beyond recognition. Some of the victims were traders from Chad and Cameroon, he said. “It seems they hid in the shops in order not (to) be killed while fleeing,” Masta said Wednesday. “Unfortunately, several explosives were thrown into the market.” Masta and other traders said that some villagers had warned the security forces of an impending attack after insurgents were seen camping in the bush near Gamboru. The kidnapping of the schoolgirls on April 15 in the town of Chibok have sparked accusations that the Nigerian government is not doing enough to stop the militants. Boko Haram has killed more than 1,500 people so far this year as part of their campaing

to impose Islamic law on Africa’s most populous nation, which has 170 million people equally divided between Christian and Muslim. Outrage over the missing girls and the government’s failure to rescue them brought angry Nigerian protesters into the streets this week, an embarrassment for the government of President Goodluck Jonathan which had hoped to showcase the country’s emergence as Africa’s largest economy as it hosted the Africa meeting of the World Economic Forum, the continent’s version of Davos. That meeting is ongoing in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, which also has been the scene recently of two bomb blasts blamed on Boko Haram. Nigeria’s military said in a statement Thursday that the armed forces are “focused on the task of rescuing the abducted girls and that the war on Boko Haram “will be effectively prosecuted.” On Thursday the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, said

acts such as the mass abduction of girls “shock the conscience of humanity” and could constitute crimes that fall within the jurisdiction of The Haguebased court. “No stone should be left unturned to bring those responsible for such atrocious acts to justice either in Nigeria or at the ICC,” she said in a statement. The homegrown terror group was largely contained to the northern part of Nigeria before expanding its reach with the help of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, the terrorist network’s affiliate in West Africa, which trained Boko Haram fighters in its camps in southern Somalia, beginning in 2010. Although Boko Haram has killed thousands of people — Christians as well as Muslims — over the years in a campaign of bombings and massacres, the group’s mass abduction of schoolgirls appears to have galvanized global attention and prompted offers of security assistance from foreign countries to help rescue the girls.

Rebels level historic Aleppo hotel in Syria By ALBERT AJI and ZEINA KARAM Associated Press

HOMS, Syria — With a gigantic explosion, Syrian rebels on Thursday leveled a historic hotel being used as an army base in the northern city of Aleppo by detonating bombpacked tunnels beneath it, activists and militants said. The blast near Aleppo’s medieval citadel, an imposing city landmark that was once swarming with tourists, killed an unknown number of soldiers. It turned the Carlton Hotel, known for its elegant architecture and proximity to the citadel, into a pile of rubble. The attack was a powerful statement that the rebels could still deal heavy blows elsewhere in Syria even as they withdrew from Homs, surrendering that city to President Bashar Assad’s forces. In Homs, 95 miles south of Aleppo, army troops were poised to enter the city’s old quarters after hundreds of fighters complete their evacuation, which was suspended after gunmen in northern Syria prevented trucks carrying aid from entering two villages besieged by rebels. The aid delivery was part of the cease-fire agreement allowing rebels to leave Homs for rebel-held areas farther north. Earlier, footage from Homs broadcast by the pro-Syrian AlManar TV showed rebels, many of them covering their faces with masks and carrying backpacks, boarding a green bus, its windows covered with newspapers. An Associated Press jour-

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nalist who visited Homs on Thursday reported massive destruction. Standing near the city’s main square, known as the Clock Square, the streets appeared almost apocalyptic. Even the trees were burnt. Buildings along Dablan street were completely shattered with gaping holes, crumbled facades and flattened upper floors, testimony to what Syria’s third largest city has endured in more than two years of fighting. A cafe and restaurant known as the city cafe was scorched. Rubbish, glass, debris, fallen trees and electricity poles blocked deserted roads that intersected with Dablan street. A policeman wearing a uniform with a picture of an eagle and the words “Syria’s Assad” patrolled a nearby street. “Words cannot describe what has happened here,” said Abdel Nasser Harfoush, a 58-yearold Homs resident who lost his business. He said he hoped the agreement will end the bloodshed and restore peace and stability to his city. The withdrawal, in line with a cease-fire agreement reached last week following a fierce, two-year battle, is a major win for Assad. Militarily, it solidifies the government’s hold on a swath of territory in central Syria, linking the capital Damascus with government strongholds along the coast and giving a staging ground to advance against rebel territory farther north. Politically, gains on the ground boost Assad’s hold on power as he seeks to add a further claim of legitimacy in June 3 presidential elections, which

Western powers and the opposition have dismissed as a sham. But Thursday’s massive explosion in Aleppo was a powerful reminder that rebels — although weakened in the country’s center and west — are still a potent force elsewhere, particularly in the north. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which maintains a network of activists on the ground, said at least 14 soldiers were killed in the blast. The Islamic Front, Syria’s biggest rebel alliance which claimed the attack, said 50 soldiers died. Neither group indicated how it determined the death toll, and the claims could not be independently verified. In a live broadcast from the

site of blast, Syrian TV’s correspondent in Aleppo stood on a huge pile of rubble with twisted metal and palm trees sticking out, saying that the army had been using the building as a base and soldiers were positioned there at the time of the explosion. In the broadcast, the station did not mention casualties but said the rebels blew up the building by tunneling underneath and planting explosives. “They use tunnels like rats because they cannot face the Syrian Arab Army,” the correspondent said, adding that the explosion felt like an earthquake to those around Aleppo. The Syrian government does not publicize its casualties in the civil war.

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Putin to face Western leaders at D-Day anniversary By JULIE PACE AP White House Correspondent

WASHINGTON — Complicating the West’s efforts to isolate Russia, the Kremlin announced Thursday that Vladimir Putin will join President Barack Obama and European leaders in France next month for a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion that hastened the end of World War II. The June 6 commemoration would mark the first time Putin and Western leaders have come face-to-face since the outbreak of the crisis in Ukraine. The U.S. and Europe have condemned Russia’s provocations, ordering sanctions on Putin’s inner circle and cutting Russia’s ties to some international organizations. Still, leaders from Germany and France publicly welcomed Putin’s decision to attend the observance at Normandy, raising questions about the effectiveness of recent efforts to ostracize the Russian president over Ukraine. And while the White House said Obama would not meet one-on-one with Putin, U.S. officials did not appear to be seeking to stop him from attending. “We would not expect France to dis-invite Russia from this historic event commemorating World War II because of what’s taking place in Ukraine,” White House spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden said. “The events in

‘We would not expect France to dis-invite Russia from this historic event commemorating World War II because of what’s taking place in Ukraine. The events in Normandy on June 6 are focused on remembering the sacrifices of all our World War II veterans.’ — White House spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden Normandy on June 6 are focused on remembering the sacrifices of all our World War II veterans.” Millions of Russian lives were lost in the war against Nazi Germany. Yet Putin’s presence is sure to intrude on, if not overshadow, the commemorations of the Normandy landings by allied forces. Even without a formal meeting between Putin and Western leaders, there will be heightened interest in their interactions, particularly between Obama and Putin, who have a history of tense public encounters. “If this goes forward, this is not going to be about Normandy and the second world war,” said Heather Conley, a Europe scholar at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. “We’re just going to be watching the body language.” International gatherings like the D-Day anniversary are often occasions where world leaders find themselves in the

presence of their foes. Obama shook hands with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at a regional summit in 2009. He also exchanged a handshake and brief pleasantries with Cuban leader Raul Castro last year while both attended a memorial service in South Africa for Nelson Mandela. French officials began inviting world leaders to Normandy months ago, well before Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine and positioned 40,000 troops on Ukraine’s border with the former Soviet republic. The guest list also includes Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, the leaders of other European countries on both sides of World War II, and the heads of former African colonies whose soldiers took part in the war. The U.S. and Europe were largely in agreement about allowing Putin to attend and felt it was appropriate to separate the war commemorations from

the current geopolitical conflict, according to a Western diplomat, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the diplomat was not authorized to discuss the Ukraine crisis publicly. Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said details of the Russian leader’s visit were still being worked out. Most of the international leaders in attendance are expected to attend a lunch and formal ceremony on June 6, with other events scheduled throughout the week. German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed the news of

Putin’s visit, saying she “had hoped that despite the different opinions and the great conflict we have right now, a joint remembrance of a difficult time — of World War II — is possible.” Merkel’s comments were echoed by French President Francois Hollande. He told a French television station Thursday that while he has differences with Putin, he has not forgotten the millions of Russian lives that were lost in the war. The victory over Nazi Germany remains a source of great pride in Russia.

Putin’s decision to attend the D-Day commemoration could undermine what was supposed to be a strong show of U.S. and European unity against Russia that same week. Following Russia’s annexation of Crimea, Western allies canceled plans to attend a Group of Eight Summit that Putin was scheduled to host in early June in Sochi, site of the 2014 Winter Olympics. Instead, the seven other nations in the international economic forum will gather without Russia in Brussels before heading to Normandy.

Pakistan frees FBI agent on bail By ADIL JAWAD and KIM GAMEL Associated Press

KARACHI, Pakistan — Pakistan freed an FBI agent on nearly $10,000 bail three days after he was detained carrying knives and ammunition in his bag, officials said, a relatively quick release that was likely to prevent the situation from escalating into a diplomatic spat. The arrest of the American, identified as Joel Cox from the bureau’s Miami field office, came amid thawing relations between a new Pakistani government dependent on aid and a U.S. administration that needs Islamabad to help contain militancy on the border with Afghanistan. The two countries, which have been uneasy allies since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, have seen ties strained over a series of incidents. CIA contractor Raymond Davis shot

and killed two Pakistani men in Lahore in January 2011. The U.S. unilaterally killed Osama bin Laden in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad in May 2011 and American forces accidentally killed 24 Pakistani troops along the Afghan border the same year. U.S. drones strikes in the country also have angered Pakistanis. But Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who took office last June, and President Barack Obama have moved to ease tensions. The U.S. has released more than $1.6 billion in military and economic aid to Pakistan that was suspended in 2011, and both leaders have agreed on the need for a stable and secure Afghanistan after the NATO-led combat mission formally concludes there at the end of this year. The American arrived in Karachi on May 1 and was detained Monday after officials found him with the ammunition, knives and electronic devices as he was preparing to board a flight to Islamabad.

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Religion

Grace for mothers and others

ne of the most unforgettable calls I have ever received came from a woman I had never met. This mother had endured such severe parental pain that just hearing her describe it nearly moved me to tears. Her son at age twentyseven had died in prison of Leukemia only a few months before he was to be released; a sad enough tale in itself, but that was only the tragic end of her story. At fifteen and intoxicated, my caller’s son had ended the life of his eighteen-year-old girlfriend. As a result, he became the first fifteen-year-old in that state to be tried, convicted and sentenced as an adult, resulting in a thirty year prison term. Later, however, due to his exemplary conduct and educa-

Voices of R eligion Roger C ampbell tional achievements while in prison, he would have been paroled after twelve years. Then Leukemia overruled the parole board, preventing this grieving mother from bringing her son home alive. “How did you survive?” I asked. “By the grace of God,” she replied. My caller that day wasn’t the first mother to have needed the grace of God to make it through a severe trial brought on by one of her children. Nor is she the only mother to become an innocent victim of

Church News Church of Christ hosts gospel meeting The Church of Christ on mile 1/4 Funny River Road in Soldotna will be hosting a gospel meeting with guest speaker Ron Halbrook from Shepherdsville, Kentucky, starting May 25 to June 1. Sunday services are 10 a.m. and again Sunday night at 6 p.m. Services start at 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday. All are welcome to attend! Come study with us!

Sack Lunch Sunday in Kenai Star of the North Lutheran Church, 216 North Forest Drive in Kenai, will serve free sack lunches every Sunday starting at 1 p.m. For more information, call 283-4153 or visit www.sotnlc.org.

Food Pantry open weekly The Soldotna Food Pantry is open every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for residents in our community who may be experiencing food shortages. The Food Pantry is located at the Soldotna United Methodist Church at 158 South Binkley Street. Non-perishable food items or monetary donations may be dropped off at the church Tuesdays 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. or 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Thank you for your support.

alcohol’s devastating effect on her family. John Newton, whose father ran a bar, brought great grief to his mother, a devout woman of faith. Regardless of the bad reports about her son, she kept praying for him; often while she labored over her washboard. John had left his home in England while very young, choosing the life of a sailor. And the news that floated home about him wasn’t good. He had become involved in slave trading and fallen into such a vile lifestyle that the “saved a wretch like me” line in the first stanza of the hymn he later wrote is understandable. John Newton traveled far but was never beyond the reach of his mother’s prayers. Then one day, during a

storm at sea that he thought would end his life, John remembered the faith of his mother and trusted her Lord as his own. After surviving the storm, John began to study the Bible and at the age of thirty-nine was ordained to the ministry in the little village of Olney, near Cambridge, England. His mother’s prayers had finally been answered. Most of the congregational singing in Newton’s day consisted of Psalms set to music. John finally discovered that simple heart-felt hymns added greater impact to his preaching and when enough hymns couldn’t be found, he started writing his own. The most enduring of these has been “Amazing Grace,” which is still a favorite of millions.

There are even “Amazing Grace” groups that meet in prisons and other places to talk about this old hymn and tell what it means to them, unaware that their favorite hymn is a washboard tune, born before it was written in the life of a praying mother who found God’s grace sufficient during a tough time. What’s so amazing about grace? It is the vehicle of God’s love that arrives at the door of the weak and undeserving offering forgiveness and new life. And it’s still available to mothers and others like you and me. Roger Campbell is an author, a broadcaster and columnist who was a pastor for 22 years. He can be reached at rcministry@ameritech.net.

Scrutiny of U.S. nuns continues

United Methodist Church provides food pantry

By RACHEL ZOLL AP Religion Writer

The Kenai United Methodist Church provides a food pantry for those in need every Monday from noon to 3:00 p.m. The Methodist Church is located on the Kenai Spur Highway next to the Boys and Girls Club. The entrance to the Food Pantry is through the side door. The Pantry closes for holidays. For more information contact the church office at 283-7868 or email kumcalaska@gmail.com.

NEW YORK — The Vatican official overseeing the crackdown on the largest umbrella group for U.S. nuns is pressing forward with the overhaul under Pope Francis. Cardinal Gerhard Mueller, the Vatican orthodoxy watchdog, reprimanded officers of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious for planning to honor a theologian who had been criticized by U.S. bishops and said the sisters must show more willingness to cooperate. Mueller made the remarks in a meeting last Wednesday with the group’s leaders in Rome. He apologized repeatedly for speaking so bluntly, while reminding the sisters their organization held its status within the church only through Vatican approval. “The LCWR, as a canonical entity dependent on the Holy See, has a profound obligation to the promotion of that faith as the essential foundation of religious life,” Mueller said, according to a copy of his speech posted Monday on the Vatican website. “We are looking for a clearer expression of that ecclesial vision and more substantive signs of collaboration.” The nuns’ group said in a brief statement Monday that the meeting with Mueller and his staff was

Clothes 4 U at First Baptist Church First Baptist Church Soldotna, located at 159 S. Binkley Street, is re-opening its Clothes 4 U program. It is open on the second and fourth Saturday of each month from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. All clothing and shoes are free to the public.

Clothes Quarters open weekly Clothes Quarters at Our Lady of the Angels Church is open every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and the first Saturday of every month from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call 907283-4555. Submit church announcements to news@peninsulaclarion.com.

‘We are looking for a clearer expression of that ecclesial vision and more substantive signs of collaboration.’ — Cardinal Gerhard Mueller “respectful and engaging,” but the sisters would not comment further. The cardinal’s remarks were first reported by The National Catholic Reporter. The reform order was issued in 2012 under now-retired Pope Benedict XVI, after an investigation concluded the nuns’ group had taken positions that undermined Roman Catholic teaching on the priesthood and homosexuality while promoting “radical feminist themes incompatible with the Catholic faith.” Investigators praised the nuns’ humanitarian work, but accused them of focusing too much on social justice and ignoring critical issues, such as fighting abortion. The nuns’ group rejected the Vatican findings as “flawed” and based on “unsubstantiated accusations.” Some sisters had hoped for a new approach under Pope Francis, a Jesuit who has stressed mercy

over morals and has made social justice issues his top priority. In last week’s meeting, Mueller, head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, said he supported the conclusions of the Vatican review. “The issues raised in the assessment are so central and so foundational, there is no other way of discussing them except as constituting a movement away from the ecclesial center of faith in Christ Jesus the Lord,” Mueller said. The Leadership Conference, which represents about 80 percent of U.S. nuns, plans to give its outstanding leadership award to Sister Elizabeth Johnson, a Fordham University theologian and author of “Quest for the Living God.” U.S. bishops said the book contained “misrepresentations” and doctrinal errors, but Johnson has defended her work. Mueller didn’t mention Johnson by name, but said the choice of honoree will be “seen as a rather open provocation.” The award will be conferred at the August assembly of the Leadership Conference in Nashville. Mueller said that after the event, the nuns must be sure to submit their plans for awards and major meetings ahead of time to Seattle Archbishop Peter Sartain, whom the Vatican has appointed to oversee the reform.

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Police reports Alaska State Troopers

nOn April 23, Clyde Hewitt, 27, of Fairbanks, was issued a citation by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Anchor Point Post, for failing to have a personal flotation device (PFD). Hewitt was contacted while sport fishing near Hesketh Island. Investigation revealed that Hewitt and three other people were in a boat without having the correct amount of PFDs. Bail was set at $110. nOn April 26 at 5:46 a.m., Soldotna Dispatch received a 911 call reporting a male slumped over the steering wheel of an idling white Chevy pickup truck at the intersection of Ainsworth Avenue and Island Lake Road in Nikiski. Soldotna troopers and Nikiski Emergency Medical Services responded to the scene. When Soldotna troopers arrived on scene, a male, later identified as Cameron Mullan, 22, of Soldotna, was found asleep at the wheel, inside the idling white Chevy pickup truck. Investigation revealed Mullan to be operating a vehicle while under the influence of an alcoholic beverage. He was arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial for driving under the influence. nOn April 27 at 4:09 a.m. Soldotna troopers responded to the intersection of Kalifornsky Beach Road and Gas Well Road in Soldotna, because three separate 911 callers reported an intoxicated male in the roadway, throwing rocks at passing vehicles. When troopers arrived on scene, they found the male, later identified as Timothy Brammer, 37, of Kenai, standing in the middle of the Kalifornsky Beach Road. After investigation, Brammer was arrested for disorderly conduct and taken to Wildwood Pretrial. nOn April 28, Charles Williamson II, 49, of Kenai, was contacted at the Homer Harbor. Investigation revealed that Williamson had two outstanding warrants. He was arrested and taken to the Homer Police Department, where he was held without bail. nOn April 29 at 8:57 p.m., Alaska State Troopers responded to the K-Beach area in Soldotna for a report of a domestic disturbance in a vehicle. The investigation revealed that Anthony Crawford, 21, of Soldotna, had assaulted a passenger in the vehicle. Crawford was arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility for fourth-degree assault, with no set bail. nOn April 30 at 7:09 p.m., troopers patrolling near Mile 5 East End Road in Homer they observed a black Dodge sedan traveling westbound with a broken windshield. The vehicle was stopped at Mile 5 East End Road and the driver contacted and identified as Jacob Willis, 21, of Homer. A search in the Alaska Public Safety Information Network revealed Willis with no valid operator’s license. He was issued a summons for no valid operator’s license. nOn May 1 about 12:30 a.m., troopers received a report that an unresponsive female was slumped over in the driver’s seat of a black Chevy truck that was parked, with the engine running, at the intersection of Red Hill Road and Robinson Loop Road in Sterling. Troopers responded and contacted the female, who was identified as Laura McKenna, 24, of Sterling. Investigation revealed that McKenna was operating the vehicle while under the influence of controlled substances. McKenna was arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial. Her vehicle was towed to the troopers post for investigative purposes. nOn May 1 at 9:18 a.m. the Soldotna Public Safety Communication Center received a report from Tyonek that Maryanne Standifer, 30, of Tyonek, was causing a disturbance. On May 1, Alaska State Troopers flew to Tyonek to investigate the report. Investigation revealed that Standifer was intoxicated and had entered a residence without permission and assaulted a 16-year-old female. Standifer then left the residence and caused a further disturbance in Tyonek. Standifer was eventually subdued and seen at the Tyonek clinic. Troopers arrested Standifer for first-degree burglary, fourth-

degree assault and disorderly conduct. She was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility and held without bail. nOn May 2 at 4:25 p.m., the Alaska State Troopers Bureau of Highway Patrol, Kenai Peninsula Team, stopped a 1998 Ford Taurus for a moving violation at Mile 48 Sterling Highway in Cooper Landing. The vehicle fled the scene as the trooper approached the vehicle and drove recklessly up Snug Harbor Road. The driver stopped the vehicle and fled the scene on foot on Snug Harbor Road. The trooper was unable to locate the suspect in the area. At about 9:30 p.m., the driver was contacted, after a citizen reported that a male was swimming across the Kenai River and calling for help. Troopers responded and contacted the suspect hiding at the Cooper Landing Gun Range. The suspect was identified as John Cusma, 30, of Anchorage. Investigation revealed that Cusma didn’t have a valid license and he had a warrant for his arrest. Cusma was taken to the Central Peninsula Hospital, where he was treated for dehydration and hypothermia. After Cusma’s release, he was booked into the Wildwood Pretrial Facility and held without bail on the charges of felony eluding, reckless driving, no valid operator’s license and a $500 warrant for his arrest from a prior driving without a license case. nOn May 2 at about 4:00 a.m., Soldotna troopers contacted Erick Morris, 25, of Sterling, during a traffic stop on the Sterling Highway near the Soldotna Visitors Center. Morris’ vehicle was observed to have no working taillights. Further investigation revealed Morris to be operating a vehicle while under the influence of an alcoholic beverage. Morris was arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility on the charge of driving under the influence. nOn May 3 at 11:28 a.m., Alaska State Troopers contacted a black 1999 Mitsubishi 3000 GT in Nikiski off North Miller Loop Road. Pastel Stough, 19, of Anchorage, was found to not have a valid driver’s license. Stough was issued a misdemeanor citation with a mandatory court date in Kenai Court.

nOn May 3 at 5:08 p.m., troopers responded to the Mackey Lake area in Soldotna for a report of a domestic disturbance. The investigation revealed that a juvenile had assaulted another juvenile. The suspect juvenile was detained and taken to Central Peninsula Hospital. Charges of fourth-degree assault (domestic violence) will be filed with the Office of Juvenile Probation. nOn May 4 at 5:52 p.m. Alaska State Troopers received a report of a stolen wood-hauling sled on Sandhill Crane Loop in Soldotna. The investigation is continuing. Any information on the theft should be routed to the local Alaska State Trooper Post. nOn May 4 at 8:45 p.m., troopers responded to the Jennifer Drive area in Soldotna for a report of a domestic disturbance. Investigation revealed that Ronald Morris, 47, of Soldotna, and Cora Sacaloff, 51, of Soldotna, had both assaulted persons at the residence. Morris and Sacaloff were arrested for fourth-degree assault (domestic violence) and taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility with no set bail. nOn May 4 at 2:45 p.m., Alaska State Troopers conducted a traffic stop on red Dodge Neon for speeding near Mile 2.5 of the Kenai Spur Highway in Soldotna. Investigation revealed that Jimmy Lee Davis, 45, of Kenai, was driving with a suspended license. He was issued a mandatory court citation for driving with a suspended license and released. The vehicle was released to a passenger with a valid license. nOn May 4 at about 2:40 a.m., Soldotna Dispatch received a 911 call from a Wasilla man, stating that someone had been assaulted at Centennial Lake in Kasilof. Alaska State Troopers responded, and their investigation revealed that Darren Pelta, 22, of Dillingham had driven a vehicle while intoxicated and, while doing so, had hit a parked vehicle. Pelta was arrested for driving under the influence and taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility on $500 bail. nOn May 4 at 4:12 p.m., Alaska State Troopers arrested Dario Martinez, 49, of Girdwood, for operating

a screen device while driving. Martinez was operating an early 2000’s model pickup truck traveling southbound between Anchorage and Girdwood. This area of the Seward Highway is within the Seward Highway Traffic Safety Corridor. A concerned citizen called troopers, reporting a traffic complaint on the vehicle. Troopers made a traffic stop on the vehicle near Mile 99 of the Seward Highway. An investigation revealed that Martinez was operating a screen device while driving. He was issued a misdemeanor mandatory court appearance citation for operating a screen device while driving and was released on his own recognizance at the scene. nOn May 6 at 2:15 a.m., Soldotna Dispatch received a 911 call from Brent Elkington, 51, of Soldotna. Elkington stated someone had just stolen his Cadillac CTS from a Soldotna gas station and was possibly heading north on the Sterling Highway. About 10 minutes later, Soldotna Alaska State Troopers located the vehicle at Mile 82 of the Sterling Highway and conducted a traffic stop. The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle, later identified as Keelan Lacross, 31, of Soldotna, was detained. During the investigation, Lacross initially provided a false name to troopers, but later stated her name was Keelan Lacross. Lacross further admitted to consuming alcohol. Investigation revealed that LaCross was driving under the influence of alcohol. She was arrested on charges of first-degree vehicle theft, driving under the influence and false information and was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility.

Kenai Police nOn April 30 at 11:29 a.m., Kenai police responded to a theft at Bargain Basement. Tyler D. Lindsay, 22, of Kenai, was issued a summons for third-degree theft. nOn May 2 at about 3:00 a.m., Kenai police received a report of a possible intoxicated driver. Police stopped the vehicle and subsequently arrested Stacey A. Anderson, 38, of Anchor Point, on charges of driving under the influence

and failure to insure vehicle. She was taken to Wildwood Pretrial. nOn May 2 at 4:52 p.m., Kenai police made contact with a Ronald J. Jeralds, 28, of Palmer. He was arrested on an outstanding Palmer Alaska State Troopers Justice System misdemeanor $1,000 warrant for failure to comply with Alcohol Safety Action Program probation and was taken to Wildwood Pretrial. nOn May 2 at 7:56 p.m., Kenai police made a routine traffic stop and issued a summons to Jason E. Morrill, 36, of Kenai, for failure to insure vehicle and no valid operator’s license. He was released from scene. nOn May 3 at 1:14 a.m., Kenai police made contact with Steven D. Anasogak, 19, of Anchorage, and Christopher J. Jacokes, 18, of Kenai. They were both issued a summons for minor consuming alcohol and were released from the scene. nOn May 3 at 4:54 a.m., Kenai police received a report of a possible intoxicated driver. As a result Carey L. Carew, 41, of Kenai, was arrested on charges of a driving under the influence and breath alcohol test refusal. She was taken to Wildwood Pretrial. nOn May 3 at 10:49 p.m., Kenai police made a routine traffic stop. Stephanie M. Winch, 21, of Kenai, was issued a summons for driving while license suspended and released from the scene. nOn May 4 at 18:31 p.m. Kenai police received a report of a possible fight at a residence in Kenai. Police responded and arrested Emanuel L. Bradford-Larrow, 23, of Kenai, for two counts of thirddegree assault. He was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility. nOn May 5 at 10:48 a.m., Kenai police responded to the Kenai Courthouse for a domestic violence restraining order violation. Alexander S. Christensen, 27, of Soldotna, was arrested for violating a domestic violence restraining order and was taken to Wildwood Correctional Facility. nOn May 5 at 11:21 a.m., an investigation led to Kevin G. Kempf, 61, of Soldotna, being issued a summons for driving while license revoked and driving in violation of limita-

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tions of operator’s License (ignition interlock device). nOn May 5 at about 11:10 p.m., Kenai police conducted a traffic stop on the Kenai Spur Highway and Eagle Rock Drive. Alejandro J. Rodriguez, 20, of Kenai, was issued a summons for driving while license revoked. Matthew L. Weber, 20, of Soldotna, was issued a summons for minor consuming alcohol.

Soldotna Police nOn April 30 at 3:38 a.m., Soldotna police stopped a vehicle on Jones Stub Road. Kyle Michlitsch, 34, of Nikiski, had two outstanding warrants, was driving in violation of a license limitation and driving with a revoked license. Michlitsch was arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial without bail. nOn May 2 at 12:14 a.m., Soldotna police stopped a vehicle at Mile 92.5 of the Sterling Highway. Cynthia Hardcastle, 34, of Anchorage, was arrested for driving under the influence of controlled substances and violating her conditions of release in another criminal case. Hardcastle was taken to Wildwood Pretrial without bail. nOn May 3 at 2:11 p.m., Soldotna police responded to Fred Meyer for a shoplifter. Mitrofon V. Martishev, 19, of Anchor Point, removed $122.97 worth of merchandise without payment. Martishev was issued a criminal citation for third-degree theft and released. nOn May 5 at about 3:00 p.m., Soldotna police contacted Kenneth Opel, 56, of Soldotna, at Safeway and arrested him on an outstanding warrant on original charges of fourthdegree misconduct involving a controlled and driving under the influence. Opel was taken to Wildwood Pretrial without bail. nOn May 7 at 12:21 a.m., Soldotna police stopped a vehicle near Mile 91 of the Sterling Highway. Russell A. Fulton, 52, of Anchorage, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol, driving while license revoked and for not having vehicle liability insurance. He was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility on $1,500 bail.

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notification was sent out to parents was due to district administrators wanting to ensure that they were sending out accurate information. “The primary importance is safety of staff and students in an emergency situation or perceived emergency,” Erkeneff wrote. “Today, the alert sent via the mass notification system was issued to parents after we learned specific details and had made an assessment about school release time and after school activities.” While initially on full lockdown, which involves locking all of the doors and getting a head count of each student in the school, both schools were transitioned to “modified release” or “modified lockdown” by 1:20 p.m., according to an email from Erkeneff. Erkeneff said the change in status meant that while the schools were following lockdown procedures, students could be released to their parents. The Boys and Girls club programs at both schools will continue Thursday afternoon. Troopers are still searching for the man whom they believe to be a white, adult male with dark hair driving a red, extended cab 1998 Dodge Dakota with a dented driver’s door, according to the trooper report. The vehicle has a license plate with the last three numbers 396 and Troopers ask that anyone with information contact them immediately by calling 9-1-1.

ners of the room sat a crib with chipped white paint, a double bed and a white, lidded metal pot, which had once functioned as a short-term toilet. “Can you imagine sharing a room with your whole family?” Straw asked. “That would be scary,” Zach Rodman said. Out of necessity, Howard and Maxine Lee made their home into the area’s first post office, and served eighteen area families until 1951, Mullen said. The Lee’s had to walk miles to where Mullen’s home was built at the mouth of Soldotna Creek to retrieve the buckets of water they used sparingly for cooking, bathing, drinking, coffee and tea, she said. “I didn’t even notice the post office here, and it was just a short walk from school,” Trinity Murphy said. Her sister Alyssa Murphy said she was excited to finally go inside the cabin, because she saw it from her school bus every day. Mullen had spoken previously to Straw’s students in her classroom. After many requests for Mullen to return, Straw asked her if she could personally guide the class through the cabin. Mullen said she gives tours

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Council member Terry Bookey motioned to remove Rashah McChesney can be the library card fee for nonreached at rashah.mcchesney@ residents. He said the library is an essential service that should peninsulaclarion.com be free and open to all. Vice mayor Ryan Marquis said he supported the amendment because he feared the fee would turn people away from using the library. “The library is an important community asset and belongs to the community larger than those who live in the city boundaries,” Marquis said. “The people who use the library also use our stores and contribute to our economy just as much as anyone in the city. I would like to see the library used by as many people as possible regardless of whether or not they want to pay.” Council member Brian GaJUNEAU, Alaska (AP) briel was the lone vote against — A fisheries debate has the amendment to remove the been called off for lack of fee. He said $20 a year was not participation among U.S. too much too ask. Senate candidates. Kenai City Manager Rick Trevor Brown is execuKoch said the idea to have a tive director of the Kodiak library card fee for residents Chamber of Commerce. from outside the city has been He said the debate a conversation within the liis typically held during ComFish Alaska, a commercial fisheries trade show. But he said there were conflicts then, so the debate was moved to May 23, when the community’s crab festival, which generally draws politicians, is being held. But he said just two of the four candidates, Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Begich and Republican Mead Treadwell, confirmed. A spokesman for Republican Senate hopeful Dan Sullivan said he has Marine Corps Reserve training. Republican Joe Miller’s campaign cited a mix-up with the debate invite sent to Miller’s news website. Brown said the debate will probably be postponed until after the primary.

Fisheries debate called off Annual ComFish drew mixed response

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Alyssa Murphy examines sewing materials in the upstairs bedroom on Thursday, at the Soldotna Historic Post Office.

upon request, and once the Soldotna Homestead Museum opens on May 15, people can drop by and make appointments as well. The Soldotna Historic Post

Office will also be open to the public every Saturday, once the local Farmers Market begins in June, Mullen said. Near the end of the tour, while students milled around upstairs and asked Mul-

len their remaining questions, Straw popped her head out of the narrow staircase doorway. “Marge we’ve got a question up here about toilet paper you might want to answer when they

‘The people who use the library also use our stores and contribute to our economy just as much as anyone in the city. I would like to see the library used by as many people as possible, regardless of whether or not they want to pay.’ — Ryan Marquis, Kenai City Council member brary commission the last few years with the intention to generate more revenue without burdening city taxpayers. Council member Mike Boyle, who serves as the library commission liaison was on vacation and did not attend Wednesday’s meeting. Marquis said the $50,000 was included in the city manager’s proposed budget and said the budget will have to be changed to make up for the lost revenue. A motion to remove a rent increase to units at Vintage Pointe from the resolution failed 3 to 4. In the second year of a plan to match market rates, the monthly rent for each unit at Vintage Pointe would be raised $35 per month or $420 annually. Market rental rates would be applied to the rental agreements for any new tenants. The increase is expected to generate $15,435 in annual rev-

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engulfed when we arrived on scene,” he said. “The building was down a narrow driveway and we had to stretch the hose 500 to 1,000 feet. We engaged in defensive action to put the fire out.” Baisden said the resident who owned the structure lived down the street. The cause of the fire is unknown and under investigation. Baisden said with the damage done to the building, it would be difficult to determine what happened. Reach Dan Balmer at daniel. balmer@peninsulaclarion.com C

enue, according to the resolution. Council member Bob Molloy made an amendment keep the rent static for some units at Vintage Pointe Manor and had similar feelings last year when the plan was adopted from FY2014 budget. Gabriel said he also struggled with raising the rates on seniors and asked how many units are rented. Kenai Senior Center director Rachael Craig said eight new apartments had been filled recently and there is a wait list of 115 people to get into the senior housing facility that overlooks the mouth of the Kenai River on the bluff. Rent increases for units at Vintage Point Manor were divided into two categories, one for those who rented before June 30, 2013 and another for agreements signed after that date. For an ocean-side unit with

come back down,” Straw said smiling. Kelly Sullivan can be reachead at kelly.sullivan@peninsulaclarion.com

“operating reserves sufficient to maintain and operate the utility for its customers and provide matching funds and upgrades to the utilities infrastructure,” according to a memo he wrote to Koch, Car parking at Kenai Municipal Airport would increase from $5 to $7 under the proposed resolution and is expected to bring the city $96,000 revenue. General aviation parking rates would increase $1 per day and the cost of an annual parking pass would rise from $300 to $420. The council will also approved a resolution to amend airport landing fees and terminal rates for the Airline Operating Agreement set to be in effect on June 1. A proposed increase of 3.5 percent for landing fees and terminal area lease rates, based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index. In a memo to administration, Airport Manager Mary Bondurant said the city and the airport entered into a new five-year amendment to the airline operating agreement last June.

586 square feet before June 30 2013, rent was increased from $764 to $799. For rental agreements signed after June 30, 2013, rent for the same apartment would be increased from $810.90 to $839.28. Council member Tim Navarre said the council had already agreed on the rent increase last year to keep up with market value, which he said is fair. To keep up with operating costs, the city water and sewer rates would increase nearly $5 for a single-family service from $74.95 to $79.06 for customers paying with anything other than a credit card. CH2MHill performed a 2011 water and sewer rate study for the city and concluded that a four-year scheduled rate increase for the water and sewer fund was necessary. Kenai Finance Director Terry Eubank said increasing the Reach Dan Balmer at daniel. rates would ensure the city has balmer@peninsulaclarion.com

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Texans draft Clowney 1st Quarterback Manziel must wait until No. 22 to go to Browns BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer

NEW YORK — For nearly three years, Jadeveon Clowney couldn’t wait to get to the NFL, and the league was just as eager to add the player some called the best defensive prospect in a decade. No surprise: Clowney is the Texans’ man. But Thursday’s first pick of the 2014 NFL draft didn’t come without some intrigue about how it would all turn out. There had been criticism of Clowney’s work ethic last season and questions about whether the Texans would hold or trade the No. 1 slot. “I just been proving a lot of people wrong throughout my life,” Clowney said. “Growing up, I grew up hard. I always said I’m going to do something great. Hopefully, I’m going to be a Hall of Famer one day.” Houston will take that.

This draft’s other big name, Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel, sat with a sullen look on his face until Cleveland made its third trade of the round and grabbed the 2012 Heisman Trophy winner at No. 22. To rousing cheers and chants of “Johnny, Johnny,” Manziel smiled widely as he walked onto the Radio City Music Hall stage. “If you call it a slide, I wouldn’t call it that at all,” he said. “I was drafted in the first round of the NFL draft.” Manziel’s wait added plenty of suspense nearly three hours after the Texans took their time selecting Clowney. Rarely does a team not reveal the top overall choice until it is announced, and there was wide speculation the Texans had soured on the defensive end, whose junior season at South Carolina was accompanied by criticism he played it safe to stay healthy for the pros.

After Commissioner Roger Goodell announced the pick, fans filling Radio City Music Hall to capacity applauded Clowney as he held up his index finger, his eyes moist, a relieved look on his face. Just like the 30 prospects on hand, the fans were extra eager to see who would wind up where after the draft was pushed back from late April because the theater was unavailable. “It’s been a long time. It just kicked in at the end there, man, I’ve been drafted,” he said. Clowney, 21, brings size, speed and power to a lineup that already has 2012 NFL Defensive Player of the Year J.J. Watt. His diligence had been questioned after he slipped from 13 sacks to just three in 2013. Critics said he was protecting himself from injury in his junior year before declaring early for the draft. He is the first defensive player taken first overall since

Houston selected another end, Mario Williams, in 2006. Williams now is with Buffalo. Houston also made the top pick in its first season, 2002, taking quarterback David Carr. He never lived up to that billing; the Texans hope Clowney has more of an impact. Tackle Greg Robinson, whose blocking helped highpowered Auburn make the national championship game last season, went second to St. Louis. The Rams owned the pick as the final payment for a 2012 trade with Washington that allowed the Redskins to draft quarterback Robert Griffin III. St. Louis is concerned about the health of starting left tackle Jake Long, who is coming off knee surgery. The first quarterback to go went to Jacksonville in the third slot, but it wasn’t Johnny Football. Blake Bortles of Central Florida, whose stock shot up last season and in subse-

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South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney holds up the jersey for the Houston Texans as the first pick of the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft with NFL commissioner Roger Goddell Thursday in New York.

Soldotna remains perfect

Miami takes 2-0 lead

Staff report

The Soldotna girls recorded another shutout to gain their sixth win of the season in as many games, beating Ketchikan 7-0 Thursday at Soldotna High School. The Stars, playing their second of four straight games, took control early with four goals in the first half. “I think we’ve seen what they’re capable of,” said SoHi coach Jimmy Love. “There’s been a lull at times when they play a team we don’t know much about, and we had a rough beginning today, but they managed to get on track.” Sophomore Olivia Conradi notched a hat trick, scoring goals in the 10th, 22nd and 49th minutes, and sophomore Alyssa Wolfe scored twice, in the 14th and 38th minutes. The Stars struck first in the 10th minute with a successful corner kick taken by senior Julie Litchfield that was converted by Conradi. Wolfe then scored four minutes later with assists from sister Kylee Wolfe and Alex Ashe. Skylar Shaw provided the assist for Conradi’s second goal in the 22nd minute, and did the same for Wolfe’s second goal as well, delivering another corner kick goal. Sophomore Brianna Bennett and junior Alex Ashe scored a goal each in the 71st and 77th minutes, respectively, to finish the game. Ashe converted on another corner kick from Kylee Wolfe, Soldotna’s third of the game. Love said he was pleased to see the corner kick opportunities working so well, since the team had been working relentlessly on such situations.

By The Associated Press

MIAMI — Strange as it sounds, missing shots worked wonders for the Miami Heat. And after the Brooklyn Nets went nearly 2 minutes — a basketball eternity — without the ball down the stretch, the two-time defending NBA champions would soon find themselves two wins from another trip to the Eastern Conference finals. LeBron James scored 22 points, Chris Bosh added 18 and the Heat pulled away late to beat the Nets 94-82 on Thursday night, taking a 2-0 lead in the East semifinals. “To be able to get some stops like that at the end, and then execute, it’s something that’s critical in this series,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. Dwyane Wade had 14 and Ray Allen scored 13 for the Heat, who tied a franchise record with their eighth straight playoff victory. They’ll go for No. 9 on Saturday night, when the best-of-seven series shifts to Brooklyn for Game 3. For the second straight game, Miami had five players in double figures. “That’s what our team is all about,” James said. “We don’t really care who scores.” Mirza Teletovic set a Nets playoff record with six 3-pointers, on his way to a 20-point night off the bench. Shaun Livingston scored 15, and Paul Pierce and Joe Johnson each added 13 more for the Nets. Deron Williams was 0 for 9 from the field, the worst shooting night of his career. “That one hurt,” Nets coach Jason Kidd said. “We were right there. We gave ourselves, on the road, an opportunity against the world champs. We let the game slip See NBA, Page B-4

AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee

Miami Heat forward LeBron James sails through the crowd after he attempted to save a loose ball during the second half of Game 2 of an Eastern Conference semifinal basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday in Miami. Rihanna is in the front row on the far right.

Ducks find way to beat Kings By The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Staring down the prospect of an 0-3 series deficit, the Anaheim Ducks finally figured out a way to beat the Los Angeles Kings. Even if that way involved a third-period goalie change, two unlikely power-play goals and another wild finish. “It’s been like this all year,” Teemu Selanne said. “We sell tickets. You never know what’s going to happen in our games, but we’ve got to try to make it a little easier.” Selanne scored the tiebreaking power-play goal late in the second period, Corey Perry got his first goal of the series, and the Ducks beat the Kings 3-2 on Thursday night to trim Los Angeles’ series lead to 2-1. Anaheim snapped the Kings’ six-game postseason winning streak. Ben Lovejoy’s goal with 2:55 to play turned out to be the winner after two earlier goals

from the Ducks’ long-struggling power play. Mike Richards then scored for the Kings with 30 seconds left, but the top-seeded Ducks hung on for just their third win in their last seven playoff games. “It feels good to put a seed of doubt in their mind, hopefully,” Lovejoy said. “The Ducks are coming.” Game 4 is Saturday night at Staples Center. Jonas Hiller made seven saves in the final 9:58 after rookie goalie Frederik Andersen left with a right leg injury for the Ducks, who bounced back from two narrow losses in Anaheim to open the series. Andersen was solid in Game 3 until getting hurt during a wild scramble midway through the third period. Hiller had to make two tough saves immediately after entering the game, See NHL, Page B-4

Soldotna boys 2, Ketchikan 1 Ty Fenton scored the game-winner late in regulation to give the Stars a victory over the See KICK, Page B-4

Kodiak baseball defeats Soldotna Mistakes, errors cost Stars in loss to Bears Staff report

AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill

Anaheim Ducks right wing Teemu Selanne, right, of Finland, celebrates his goal along with defenseman Hampus Lindholm, left, of Sweden, as Los Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan Quick lays on the ice during the second period in Game 3 of an NHL secondround Stanley Cup playoff series Thursday in Los Angeles. C

The Kodiak baseball squad picked up another win over Soldotna, routing the Stars 12-1 in five innings Thursday at the Soldotna Little League fields. SoHi pitcher Joey Becher spent the first 3 1-3 innings on the mound, striking out four. Becher relinquished pitching duties to Tyler Covey, who went the last 1 2-3 innings. Soldotna’s biggest problems occurred in the form of mistakes. Errors and other mistakes led to runs, as six of Kodiak’s first seven runs were unearned. Kodiak took the lead in the first inning with a run, then broke out in the second with six runs. “We should’ve had three good outs in that inning,” said Soldotna coach George Stein. “We had a ground ball misplayed, and from there the

‘We should’ve had three good outs in that inning. We had a ground ball misplayed, and from there the floodgates were opened.’ — George Stein, Soldotna baseball coach floodgates were opened.” SoHi’s Mason Prior was hit by a pitch in the bottom of the second, then scored on a passed ball. Kodiak scored a run in the third inning, and finished up with four in the fourth inning. Max Conradi led the Stars (0-3) with 1-for-2 hitting.

B-2 Peninsula Clarion, Friday, May 9, 2014

Scoreboard Golf The Players Championship

Thursday At TPC Sawgrass, Players Stadium Course Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Purse: $10 million Yardage: 7,215; Par 72 (36-36) First Round Martin Kaymer 29-34—63 Russell Henley 35-30—65 Sang-Moon Bae 33-33—66 Lee Westwood 33-34—67 Brian Stuard 34-33—67 G. Fdez-Castano 34-33—67 Gary Woodland 33-34—67 Jordan Spieth 32-35—67 Scott Stallings 35-32—67 Justin Rose 34-33—67 Sergio Garcia 35-32—67 Scott Brown 31-37—68 Ernie Els 34-34—68 Dustin Johnson 34-34—68 Pat Perez 34-34—68 Justin Leonard 34-34—68 Bill Haas 36-32—68 Joost Luiten 34-34—68 Brendon de Jonge 34-35—69 Geoff Ogilvy 39-30—69 Kevin Streelman 36-33—69 Jason Dufner 35-34—69 Zach Johnson 36-33—69 Graeme McDowell 33-36—69 Brendan Steele 35-34—69 Graham DeLaet 35-34—69 John Huh 33-36—69 Bubba Watson 34-35—69 Martin Flores 36-34—70 James Hahn 36-34—70 Brian Gay 35-35—70 Marc Leishman 35-35—70 Matt Jones 35-35—70 Ryan Moore 35-35—70 Kevin Na 34-36—70 Rory McIlroy 37-33—70 Stewart Cink 35-35—70 Camilo Villegas 34-36—70 Jason Kokrak 35-35—70 Stephen Gallacher 37-33—70 Hideki Matsuyama 39-31—70 Jeff Overton 36-34—70 Angel Cabrera 36-34—70 John Senden 36-34—70 Jim Furyk 36-34—70 Freddie Jacobson 37-33—70 David Hearn 35-35—70 Ryan Palmer 36-35—71 Michael Thompson 37-34—71 Stuart Appleby 35-36—71 Rory Sabbatini 36-35—71 Chris Kirk 32-39—71 Bo Van Pelt 35-36—71 David Lingmerth 35-36—71 Morgan Hoffmann 34-37—71 Josh Teater 34-37—71 Richard H. Lee 36-35—71 Tim Clark 38-33—71 Jonas Blixt 36-35—71 Henrik Stenson 35-36—71 Rickie Fowler 36-35—71 Steve Stricker 35-36—71 Nick Watney 35-36—71 Matt Kuchar 33-38—71 Charles Howell III 33-38—71 George McNeill 37-34—71 Scott Langley 34-37—71 Jeff Maggert 36-36—72 William McGirt 36-36—72 Ken Duke 34-38—72 Jonathan Byrd 35-37—72 Billy Horschel 40-32—72 Charl Schwartzel 37-35—72 Retief Goosen 37-35—72 Roberto Castro 37-35—72 Brian Davis 36-36—72 Keegan Bradley 35-37—72 Steven Bowditch 35-37—72 Kevin Stadler 37-35—72 John Merrick 35-37—72 Kevin Chappell 36-36—72 Francesco Molinari 36-36—72 Erik Compton 35-37—72 Russell Knox 36-36—72 Aaron Baddeley 35-38—73 Thomas Bjorn 36-37—73 Luke Donald 36-37—73 Harris English 37-36—73 Johnson Wagner 39-34—73 John Peterson 36-37—73 Will MacKenzie 34-39—73 Thongchai Jaidee 37-36—73 Luke Guthrie 36-37—73 Justin Hicks 38-35—73 Charlie Beljan 35-38—73 Kyle Stanley 36-37—73 Ted Potter, Jr. 34-39—73 Chesson Hadley 38-35—73 Hunter Mahan 34-39—73 John Rollins 38-35—73 K.J. Choi 36-38—74 Carl Pettersson 35-39—74 Patrick Reed 37-37—74 Greg Chalmers 37-37—74 Brian Harman 37-37—74 Daniel Summerhays 39-35—74 Jamie Donaldson 37-37—74 Jason Bohn 36-38—74 J.J. Henry 38-36—74 Ian Poulter 39-35—74 James Driscoll 39-36—75 Phil Mickelson 38-37—75 Boo Weekley 38-37—75 Y.E. Yang 36-39—75 Robert Garrigus 41-34—75 Lucas Glover 36-39—75 Webb Simpson 37-38—75 Brandt Snedeker 38-37—75 Jimmy Walker 34-41—75 D.A. Points 36-39—75 Michael Putnam 38-37—75

Oilers Corner Shawn Stefani Andres Romero Chris Stroud J.B. Holmes Derek Ernst Ben Crane Charlie Wi Darren Clarke Seung-Yul Noh Matt Every Martin Laird Bryce Molder Cameron Tringale Nicholas Thompson Charley Hoffman Kenny Perry Louis Oosthuizen Adam Scott Briny Baird Jerry Kelly D.H. Lee Woody Austin Mark Wilson

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Football 2014 NFL Draft

At New York Thursday First Round 1. Houston, Jadeveon Clowney, de, South Carolina. 2. St. Louis (from Washington), Greg Robinson, ot, Auburn. 3. Jacksonville, Blake Bortles, qb, UCF. 4. Buffalo (from Cleveland), Sammy Watkins, wr, Clemson. 5. Oakland, Khalil Mack, lb, Buffalo. 6. Atlanta, Jake Matthews, ot, Texas A&M. 7. Tampa Bay, Mike Evans, wr, Texas A&M. 8. Cleveland (from Minnesota), Justin Gilbert, db, Oklahoma State. 9. Minnesota (from Buffalo through Cleveland), Anthony Barr, lb, UCLA. 10. Detroit, Eric Ebron, te, North Carolina. 11. Tennessee, Taylor Lewan, ot, Michigan. 12. New York Giants, Odell Beckham, wr, LSU. 13. St. Louis, Aaron Donald, dt, Pittsburgh. 14. Chicago, Kyle Fuller, db, Virginia Tech. 15. Pittsburgh, Ryan Shazier, lb, Ohio State. 16. Dallas, Zach Martin, g, Notre Dame. 17. Baltimore, C.J. Mosley, lb, Alabama. 18. New York Jets, Calvin Pryor, db, Louisville. 19. Miami, Ja’Wuan James, ot, Tennessee. 20. New Orleans (from Arizona), Brandin Cooks, wr, Oregon State. 21. Green Bay, Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, db, Alabama. 22. Cleveland (from Philadelphia), Johnny Manziel, qb, Texas A&M. 23. Kansas City, Dee Ford, de, Auburn. 24. Cincinnati, Darqueze Dennard, db, Michigan State. 25. San Diego, Jason Verrett, db, TCU. 26. Philadelphia (from Indianapolis through Cleveland), Marcus Smith, lb, Louisville. 27. Arizona (from New Orleans), Deone Bucannon, db, Washington State. 28. Carolina, Kelvin Benjamin, wr, Florida State. 29. New England, Dominique Easley, de, Florida. 30. San Francisco, Jimmie Ward, db, Northern Illinois. 31. Denver, Bradley Roby, db, Ohio State. 32. Minnesota (from Seattle), Teddy Bridgewater, qb, Louisville.

Baseball AL Standings

East Division W Baltimore 18 New York 18 Toronto 18 Boston 17 Tampa Bay 15 Central Division Detroit 20 Chicago 18 Kansas City 16 Cleveland 16 Minnesota 15 West Division Oakland 20 Seattle 18 Texas 18 Los Angeles 16 Houston 11

L 14 15 17 17 20

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10 18 18 19 18

.667 .500 .471 .457 .455

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15 16 17 17 24

.571 .529 .514 .485 .314

— 1½ 2 3 9

Thursday’s Games Cleveland 9, Minnesota 4 Houston 6, Detroit 2 Toronto 12, Philadelphia 6 Baltimore 3, Tampa Bay 1 Texas 5, Colorado 0 Chicago Cubs 12, Chicago White Sox 5 Seattle 1, Kansas City 0

Friday’s Games Houston (Feldman 2-1) at Baltimore (W.Chen 3-2), 3:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Richards 3-0) at Toronto (McGowan 2-1), 3:07 p.m. Minnesota (P.Hughes 3-1) at Detroit (Verlander 4-1), 3:08 p.m. Cleveland (Kluber 2-3) at Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 1-3), 3:10 p.m. Boston (Buchholz 2-2) at Texas (Darvish 2-1), 4:05 p.m. Arizona (McCarthy 1-5) at Chicago White Sox (Rienzo 2-0), 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 4-0) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 2-1), 4:10 p.m. Washington (Fister 0-0) at Oakland (Milone 0-3), 6:05 p.m. Kansas City (Vargas 2-1) at Seattle (Maurer 1-0), 6:10 p.m. Saturday’s Games L.A. Angels at Toronto, 9:07 a.m. Minnesota at Detroit, 9:08 a.m. Houston at Baltimore, 3:05 p.m. Arizona at Chicago White Sox, 3:10 p.m. Cleveland at Tampa Bay, 3:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Milwaukee, 3:10 p.m. Boston at Texas, 4:05 p.m. Washington at Oakland, 5:05 p.m. Kansas City at Seattle, 5:10 p.m. All Times ADT

NL Standings

East Division W Miami 20 Washington 19 Atlanta 18 New York 16 Philadelphia 15 Central Division Milwaukee 22 St. Louis 18 Cincinnati 15 Pittsburgh 14 Chicago 12 West Division San Francisco 22 Colorado 22 Los Angeles 19 San Diego 15 Arizona 13

L 15 15 15 17 18

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13 17 18 20 21

.629 .514 .455 .412 .364

— 4 6 7½ 9

13 15 17 21 24

.629 .595 .528 .417 .351

— 1 3½ 7½ 10

Thursday’s Games Toronto 12, Philadelphia 6 Texas 5, Colorado 0 Chicago Cubs 12, Chicago White Sox 5 Miami 3, San Diego 1, 11 innings San Francisco 3, L.A. Dodgers 1, 10 innings Friday’s Games St. Louis (Wacha 2-3) at Pittsburgh (Liriano 0-3), 3:05 p.m. Colorado (Chacin 0-1) at Cincinnati (Cueto 3-2), 3:10 p.m. Philadelphia (R.Hernandez 2-1) at N.Y. Mets (Mejia 3-0), 3:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Hammel 4-1) at Atlanta (Teheran 2-2), 3:35 p.m. Arizona (McCarthy 1-5) at Chicago White Sox (Rienzo 2-0), 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 4-0) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 2-1), 4:10 p.m. Washington (Fister 0-0) at Oakland (Milone 0-3), 6:05 p.m. Miami (Fernandez 4-1) at San Diego (T.Ross 3-3), 6:10 p.m. San Francisco (Bumgarner 3-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Maholm 1-2), 6:10 p.m. Saturday’s Games San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 12:10 p.m. St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 3:05 p.m. Arizona at Chicago White Sox, 3:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Atlanta, 3:10 p.m. Colorado at Cincinnati, 3:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Milwaukee, 3:10 p.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 3:10 p.m. Miami at San Diego, 4:40 p.m. Washington at Oakland, 5:05 p.m. All Times ADT

Indians 9, Twins 4 Min. 000 002 200—4 5 Cle. 110 021 31x—9 15

1 1

Correia, Tonkin (5), Thielbar (6), Swarzak (7), Duensing (7), Guerrier (8) and Pinto; Masterson, Atchison (7), Carrasco (9) and C.Santana. W_Masterson 2-1. L_Correia 1-4. HRs_Cleveland, A.Cabrera (2), Brantley (6).

8 7

0 0

Keuchel, Bass (8), Qualls (9) and Corporan; Smyly, E.Reed (6), J.Miller (8) and Holaday, Avila. W_Keuchel 3-2. L_Smyly 2-2. HRs_Houston, Springer (1), Corporan (3), M.Dominguez (5). Detroit, V.Martinez (7).

Orioles 3, Rays 1 Bal. 020 100 000—3 TB 100 000 000—1

9 9

Mariners 1, Royals 0 KC 000 000 000—0 Se. 001 000 00x—1

0 0

Duffy, K.Herrera (7) and S.Perez; Iwakuma, Rodney (9) and Zunino. W_Iwakuma 2-0. L_Duffy 1-3. Sv_Rodney (10).

Blue Jays 12, Phillies 6 Phi. 010 010103— 6 10 Tor. 031 012 32x—12 13

1 1

A.Burnett, Lu.Garcia (7) and Nieves; Dickey, Loup (7), Stroman (7), Rogers (9) and Thole. W_Dickey 3-3. L_A.Burnett 2-2. HRs_Philadelphia, Howard (7). Toronto, Encarnacion 2 (6), Col. Rasmus (9), Lind (2), Francisco (5).

Rangers 5, Rockies 0 Col. 000 000 000—0 Tex. 020 001 20x—5

5 7

3 0

Morales, Kahnle (7) and McKenry; M.Harrison, N.Martinez (6), Poreda (7), Frasor (8), Soria (9) and Chirinos. W_M.Harrison 1-0. L_Morales 3-2. HRs_Texas, Fielder (3).

Cubs 12, White Sox 5 Chi. 004 200 051—12 15 Chi. 020 200001— 5 13

1 1

Arrieta, Schlitter (5), Rosscup (6), N.Ramirez (7), Grimm (8), W.Wright (9) and Castillo; Carroll, S.Downs (5), Cleto (7), Petricka (9) and Flowers, Nieto. W_Schlitter 2-0. L_Carroll 1-2. HRs_Chicago (N), Rizzo (7), S.Castro (5), Olt (6).

Marlins 3, Padres 1, 11 inn. Mia. 000 001 000 02—3 5 SD 010 000 000 00—1 7

1 1

Ja.Turner, Capps (7), M.Dunn (8), A.Ramos (9), Cishek (11) and Saltalamacchia; Kennedy, Benoit (8), Street (10), Thayer (11) and Grandal. W_A.Ramos 3-0. L_Thayer 2-1. Sv_Cishek (7). HRs_Miami, Stanton (11). San Diego, Kennedy (1).

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6 5

0 0

Vogelsong, Affeldt (8), Casilla (8), Romo (10) and Posey; Beckett, Withrow (7), Jansen (9), Howell (10), J.Wright (10) and Butera. W_Casilla 1-0. L_Howell 1-3. Sv_ Romo (11). HRs_San Francisco, B.Hicks (6).

Basketball NBA Playoffs CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Wednesday, May 7 Indiana 86, Washington 82, series tied 1-1 Oklahoma City 112, L.A. Clippers 101, series tied 1-1 Thursday, May 8 Miami 94, Brooklyn 82, Miami leads series 2-0 San Antonio 114, Portland 97, San Antonio leads series 2-0 Friday, May 9 Indiana at Washington, 4 p.m. Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 10 Miami at Brooklyn, 4 p.m. San Antonio at Portland, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, May 11 Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, 11:30 a.m. Indiana at Washington, 4 p.m. All Times ADT

Hockey NHL Playoffs

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(Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Thursday, May 1 Montreal 4, Boston 3, 2OT Friday, May 2 N.Y. Rangers 3, Pittsburgh 2, OT Chicago 5, Minnesota 2 Saturday, May 3 Boston 5, Montreal 3 Los Angeles 3, Anaheim 2, OT Sunday, May 4 Chicago 4, Minnesota 1 Pittsburgh 3, N.Y. Rangers 0 Monday, May 5 Pittsburgh 2, N.Y. Rangers 0 Los Angeles 3, Anaheim 1

Murray loses in Madrid MADRID (AP) — Andy Murray hit error after error Thursday and was eliminated from the Madrid Masters in the third round. The Wimbledon champion was overwhelmed by the 46thranked Santiago Giraldo 6-3, 6-2. Murray’s play was erratic throughout the match against the Colombian qualifier, who earned his first career victory against a top-10 player in 20 attempts. The eighth-ranked Murray mentioned his split from coach Ivan Lendl alongside his “inconsistent” play. “My coach is missing. That’s quite a big part of my team,” Murray said. “I didn’t envision a finish like that. I need to sit down and think about that the next couple of days and see what I need to do.” Defending champions Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams had little trouble reaching the quarterfinals at the clay-court tournament, both winning in straight sets. Nadal hadn’t lost a quarterfinal on clay in nine years until last month in Monte Carlo, and he repeated the disappointing feat in Barcelona.

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SECOND ROUND

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U.Jimenez, R.Webb (6), Matusz (7), O’Day (9) and C.Joseph; Price, Boxberger (6), Jo.Peralta (7), Oviedo (8) and J.Molina, Hanigan. W_U.Jimenez 2-4. L_Price 3-3. Sv_O’Day (2). HRs_Baltimore, Pearce (2).

On Thursday, Nadal let a 3-1 lead in the second set slip before beating Jarkko Nieminen of Finland 6-1, 6-4. “For one hour probably I was playing the best tennis that I played for the last three weeks,” Nadal said. “After that I committed errors, so what I need to do is find more consistency.” Nadal will next face sixthseeded Tomas Berdych, who beat Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. Berdych hasn’t beaten Nadal since a 2006 meeting in Madrid, which was marked by jeering and angry exchanges between the players. “He’ll be a big test for me,” Nadal said. “What happened is in the past. It was one of the few times I had problems inside a court.” Also, Japanese player Kei Nishikori improved to 8-0 on clay this season with a 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) win over Milos Raonic of Canada. Nishikori next faces local favorite Feliciano Lopez who advanced when Austrian qualifier Dominic Thiem withdrew before the match due to an unspecified illness. Thiem upset Stanislas Wawrinka in the second round. C

Tuesday, May 6 Montreal 4, Boston 2 Minnesota 4, Chicago 0, Chicago leads series 2-1 Wednesday, May 7 Pittsburgh 4, N.Y. Rangers 2, Pittsburgh leads series 3-1 Thursday, May 8 Boston 1, Montreal 0, OT, series tied 2-2 Anaheim 3, Los Angeles 2, Los Angeles leads series 2-1 Friday, May 9 N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 3 p.m. Chicago at Minnesota, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, May 10 Montreal at Boston, 3 p.m. Anaheim at Los Angeles, 5:30 p.m. Sunday, May 11 x-Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, TBA Minnesota at Chicago, TBA All Times ADT

Transactions BASEBALL American League MINNESOTA TWINS — Placed OF Sam Fuld on the 7-day DL. Recalled INF Eduardo Nunez from Rochester (IL). Selected the contract of RHP Matt Guerrier from Rochester. Optioned LHP Logan Darnell, INF Pedro Florimon and C-OF Chris Herrmann to Rochester. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Claimed LHP Brooks Raley off waivers from Minnesota. Designated LHP Buddy Boshers for assignment. TEXAS RANGERS — Placed INF Donnie Murphy on the 15-day DL. Purchased the contract of RHP Justin Germano from Round Rock (PCL). Recalled INF Luis Sardinas from Frisco (Texas). Purchased the contract of INF Rougned Odor from Frisco. Designated INF Josh Wilson and RHP Scott Baker for assignment. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Activated 1B Adam Lind from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Chad Jenkins to Buffalo (IL). National League PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Recalled RHP Luis Garcia from Lehigh Valley (IL). Sent RHP Shawn Camp outright to Lehigh Valley. PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Optioned RHP Phil Irwin to Indianapolis (IL). SAN DIEGO PADRES — Recalled RHP Kevin Quackenbush from El Paso (PCL). Designated RHP Hector Ambriz for assignment. Announced that OF Xavier Nady cleared waivers and was sent outright to El Paso. National Hockey League BOSTON BRUINS — Called up F Matt Fraser from Providence (AHL). Assigned F Justin Florek to Providence. EDMONTON OILERS — Signed C Bogdan Yakimov to a three-year entry-level contract. MONTREAL CANADIENS — Signed D Greg Pateryn to a twoyear contract extension. NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Extended their affiliation agreement with Milwaukee (AHL) through the 2016-17 season. OTTAWA SENATORS — Signed D Mikael Wikstrand to a three-year entry-level contract. PHOENIX COYOTES — Signed G Marek Langhamer to a three-year entry-level contract. TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS — Signed coach Randy Carlyle to a two-year contract extension. Announced assistant coaches Dave Farrish, Greg Cronin and Scott Gordon will not return next season. SOCCER Major League Soccer CHIVAS USA — Acquired MF Marvin Chavez from Colorado for F Luke Moore. COLORADO RAPIDS — Acquired D Gale Agbossoumonde from Toronto FC for F LUke Moore. COLUMBUS CREW — Acquired a conditional 2016 second-round SuperDraft pick from Chivas USA for F Ryan Finley. COLLEGE NORTHEAST CONFERENCE — Announced the retirement coordinator of men’s basketball officials Tom Lopes. Named Jack Sweeney coordinator of men’s basketball officials. KANSAS — Announced sophomore G Andrew White III will be leaving the men’s basketball team. SOUTH ATLANTIC CONFERENCE — Named Kelsey Burglund director of external operations. SPRING HILL — Announced the resignation of director of facilities, intramurals & operations Angel Gray. TEXAS A&M — Named Rick Stansbury men’s assistant basketball coach.

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Yanks to honor Torre NEW YORK (AP) — The Yankees will retire former manager Joe Torre’s No. 6, leaving Derek Jeter’s No. 2 as the last single digit in New York’s pinstripes. Torre, Rich Gossage, Tino Martinez and Paul O’Neill also will be honored with plaques in Monument Park, the team said

Thursday. Torre managed the Yankees to World Series titles in 1996 and from 1998-00 and six AL pennants during 12 seasons as manager that ended in 2007. Currently Major League Baseball’s executive vice president for baseball operations, he is being inducted into baseball’s Hall of Fame this summer.

Kaymer fires 63 to lead field DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Martin Kaymer stopped thinking, started swinging and played his way into the record book Thursday in The Players Championship. Kaymer missed only two fairways. He putted for birdie on all but one hole. And the former PGA champion finished with four straight birdies to become only the fourth player to shoot 9-under 63 on the Stadium Course at the TPC Sawgrass, giving him a two-shot lead over Russell Henley. Kaymer took advantage of a perfect day for scoring — warm weather, hardly any wind and soft greens. There were 28 rounds in the 60s, which made the score by Adam Scott look even worse. With another chance — his best one yet — to get to No. 1 in the world for the first time, Scott finished with a pair of double bogeys from shots in the water and

signed for a 77. It was his highest opening round at The Players since his first trip in 2002. Kaymer was flawless, hitting whatever shot he felt he needed. His final blow was a hybrid that ran through the ninth green and into a bunker, leaving a simple up-and-down for birdie. He had a 29 on the back, the first player in the 32-year history at Sawgrass to break 30 on either nine. Roberto Castro also opened with a 63 last year. The only others with 63 were Greg Norman in the first round in 1994, and Fred Couples in the third round in 1992. “It’s just a nice bonus,” Kaymer said. “It’s only the first round of a long, long tournament. It’s nice to make some history. No one shot 29 on that golf course before.” Kaymer would not have seemed like a good candidate. He has not won since the HSBC Champions in Shanghai at the end of 2011. He hasn’t had a top 10 all year. But the 29-yearold German has felt his swing

start to come together in recent weeks. His name has been featured on leaderboards more and more. And he had a simple explanation. “I stopped thinking,” Kaymer said, a former world No. 1. “I thought a lot the last two years about swing changes ... that every shot I made I reflect on it, what I did wrong, what I did right.” A few weeks before the Masters, he spent time with longtime swing coach Gunter Kessler in Phoenix, and then they had another good session in Germany. “And then it just clicked a little bit,” he said. “I thought, ‘OK, I know I can hit pretty much every shot when I needed to hit it.’ If it’s a draw, if it’s a fade, low or high, I know that I can do it. It’s just a matter of getting the confidence on the golf course and then letting it happen and really doing it.” Henley, who won the Honda Classic in a four-way playoff in March, made birdie on half of

Astros cool off Tigers By The Associated Press

DETROIT — Dallas Keuchel outpitched college roommate Drew Smyly, and the Houston Astros beat Detroit 6-2 on Thursday to stop the Tigers’ eight-game winning streak and end its own five-game skid. Keuchel and Smyly were both on the Arkansas team that reached the College World Series in 2009. Keuchel (3-2) allowed two runs and six hits in 7 2-3 innings. Houston’s George Springer, the 11th overall pick in the 2011 amateur draft, hit his first major league homer in the fifth and Jose Altuve put the Astros ahead 3-2 with a two-run double. Carlos Corporan and Matt Dominguez also went deep for the Astros. Victor Martinez homered for the Tigers. Smyly (2-2) gave up three runs and five hits in 5 1-3 innings. INDIANS 9, TWINS 4 CLEVELAND — Asdrubal Cabrera had four hits and three RBIs, and Michael Brantley also homered as Cleveland stretched a winning streak to three for the first time season. Cabrera, who entered hitting .215, had a solo homer in the second and RBI doubles in the seventh and eighth. He also singled in the fifth. Justin Masterson (2-1) allowed four runs — two earned — four hits and four walks in 6 1-3 innings. Kevin Correia (1-4) gave up four runs, eight hits and four walks in 4 1-3 innings for the Twins. Minnesota played its fourth straight game without first baseman Joe Mauer, who could be headed to the disabled list because of back spasms. Outfielder Sam Fuld was placed on the seven-day DL with concussion-like symptoms, leaving infielder Pedro Florimon as Minnesota’s only bench player when the game began.

ORIOLES 3, RAYS 1 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Steve Pearce hit a two-run homer, Ubaldo Jimenez won his second straight start and Baltimore completed a three-game sweep of Tampa Bay.

Pearce’s second homer in three days came off David Price after J.J. Hardy’s double in the second inning. Playing first base in place of injured slugger Chris Davis, Pearce also made an outstanding stretch to catch a throw from Hardy that completed an inning-ending double play with the bases loaded in the fifth. Rays manager Joe Maddon challenged the call, but the ruling that Pearce had kept his foot on the bag was confirmed after a 2-minute review.

MARINERS 1, ROYALS 0 SEATTLE — Hisashi Iwakuma scattered four hits over eight innings and Corey Hart hit an RBI single to lift the Mariners, who won for the 11th time in 14 games since losing eight straight from April 15-22. Iwakuma (2-0) was making his second start after beginning the season on the disabled list with a strained tendon on the middle finger of his pitching hand. The AllStar right-hander struck out seven and walked none. Fernando Rodney worked around two walks in the ninth to earn his 10th save in 11 chances. Danny Duffy (1-3) gave up one run and two hits in six-plus innings. He has allowed two hits and a run in each of his first two starts this season after pitching out of the bullpen to begin the year.

BLUE JAYS 12, PHILLIES 6 TORONTO — Edwin Encarnacion hit two of Toronto’s five home runs and the Blue Jays won their eighth consecutive game against Philadelphia. Juan Francisco, Adam Lind and Colby Rasmus also went deep to help Toronto extend its winning streak to a season-best five games. Encarnacion hit a leadoff shot in the second inning against A.J. Burnett and added a two-run drive off Luis Garcia in the seventh for his 12th career multihomer game.

RANGERS 5, ROCKIES 0 ARLINGTON, Texas — Prince Fielder homered, Matt Harrison earned his first win of the season and Texas beat Colorado after being overwhelmed by the Rockies the previous three games. Harrison (1-0) and four reliev-

ers combined on a five-hitter, the Rangers’ major league-best seventh shutout. Joakim Soria worked a perfect ninth with two strikeouts. Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado extended his hitting streak to 28 games with a single in the third. That broke the team record he matched Wednesday night.

CUBS 12, WHITE SOX 5 CHICAGO — Anthony Rizzo, Starlin Castro and Mike Olt homered, and the Cubs stopped a fourgame slide. Rizzo had three hits and scored three times as the Cubs salvaged the finale of the city series. Olt, Ryan Kalish, Nate Schierholtz and Junior Lake had two hits apiece in a game that took 4 hours, 7 minutes. The Cubs put it away with five runs in the eighth, highlighted by Olt’s first career grand slam. Maikel Cleto also hit Welington Castillo with a pitch with the bases loaded, ending the White Sox bullpen’s shutout streak at 23 1-3 innings.

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his holes to atone for one big mistake. He hooked a tee shot into the water on No. 7 and compounded that with a threeputt for double bogey. But he answered with six birdies on the back nine for a 65. “I knew I was playing well and felt really comfortable on the greens,” Henley said. “But it was one of those back nines where you get to 18 and I just realized that I had a putt for 7 under. So that was pretty cool.” Bae Sang-Moon had a 66. The group at 67 included Sergio Garcia, who spent last year in a war or words with Tiger Woods that lasted right up until the Spaniard hit three balls into the water on the two closing holes and Woods walked away with the win. Garcia looked sharp, happy and was confident in his game. And he had loads of company. Lee Westwood, 20-year-old Jordan Spieth and U.S. Open chamAP Photo/Gerald Herbert pion Justin Rose also were at 67. Martin Kaymer, of Germany, looks at his shot from the 10th The group at 68 included Ernie tee during the first round of The Players Championship at TPC Els and Dustin Johnson. Sawgrass on Thursday in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

Sterling’s wife wants to keep team LOS ANGELES (AP) — The estranged wife of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling will fight to retain her 50 percent ownership stake in the team, her lawyer said Thursday, adding an unwanted twist to the NBA’s plan to force new ownership on the franchise. Shelly Sterling’s attorney, Pierce O’Donnell, said his client “will not agree to a forced or involuntary seizure of her interest.” “As her lawyers we will fight vigorously to defend her property rights,” he said. O’Donnell said Mrs. Sterling has no interest in managing the Clippers and wants a new investor group to come in with a professional management team. O’Donnell also told The Associated Press that Shelly Sterling has been separated from her husband for the last year and is considering divorce. There is no record of legal separation documents being filed, though O’Donnell said the couple is living apart. Last week, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned Donald Sterling from the NBA for life and urged league owners to force him to sell the team. The move came after a recording surfaced in which Sterling made racist comments, telling his friend V. Stiviano that he didn’t want

GIANTS 3, DODGERS 1 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pinch-hitter Hector Sanchez had a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the 10th inning, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1 Thursday night in the opener of a four-game series. Brandon Belt added an RBI single for the Giants, who had tied the score at 1 when Brandon Hicks homered off Josh Beckett in the seventh. J.P. Howell (1-3) issued a oneout walk in the 11th to Angel Pagan, who advanced on a wild pitch by Jamey Wright before the righthander walked Hunter Pence and Buster Posey.

MARLINS 3, PADRES 1 SAN DIEGO (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton hit a two-run homer in the 11th inning and the surprising Miami Marlins earned a rare road win, beating the San Diego Padres 3-1 Thursday night for their fifth straight victory. Stanton lined an 0-2 pitch from Dale Thayer (2-1) over the rightcenter fence after Derek Dietrich reached on a two-out error by second baseman Jedd Gyorko. Stanton leads the NL with 11 home runs and tops the majors with 40 RBIs.

her to bring black people to Clippers games. At a news conference announcing the decision, Silver said no decision had been made regarding whether Mrs. Sterling or any other members of the Sterling family will be allowed to retain an ownership position. O’Donnell said he spoke with NBA officials Thursday morning but declined to elaborate. He said Mrs. Sterling has been working cooperatively with Silver and his staff and supported his announcement seeking a new chief executive officer for the team and the NBA’s decision to place longtime team President Andy Roeser on leave. O’Donnell said Mrs. Sterling “abhors” her husband’s comments and that Silver had “exonerated” Mrs. Sterling in his statement last week. Silver said the decision only involved Donald Sterling and his actions. “We abhor guilt by association in America,” O’Donnell said. “The sins of the husband cannot be imputed to the wife or children.” O’Donnell said Mrs. Sterling hasn’t been asked to stay away from games and will not. She is an ardent Clippers fan and plans to attend Friday’s playoff game against Oklahoma City.

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Clippers’ Crawford nabs 6th Man Award BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer

LOS ANGELES — Just as he has to wait to come into games, Jamal Crawford had to be patient about receiving the NBA Sixth Man Award. The 34-year-old guard was honored on Thursday, a week later than usual. The delay was caused by the controversy involving team owner Donald Sterling, who was banned for life by the NBA after a recording surfaced in which he made racist comments. “We’ve known it for a while, but obviously with all the stuff going on we decided to try to let it die down before we gave him the award or he would never be able to talk about the award,” Clippers coach Doc Rivers said. “I’m glad we’re finally able to do this.” Crawford became the oldest recipient and the first to win with different teams. He also was honored as

the league’s best player off the bench while with the Atlanta Hawks in 200910. “It’s pretty cool,” he said during a presentation at the team’s practice facility, with teammates including Chris Paul and Blake Griffin cheering him and poking fun of his suit and tie. “I didn’t know what a family was on the court until I got with these guys,” an emotional Crawford said. “I’ve been on a lot of teams and usually guys, they go their own way. But with us, everybody is included, everybody is a part. They make everybody feel like family.” Crawford led the league’s reserve players in scoring this season, averaging 18.6 points. He came off the bench in 45 of 69 games he played in, helping the Clippers to a 57-25 record, their best regular-season mark in franchise history. Crawford went so far as to say he

hopes to spend the rest of his career with the Clippers, an organization roiled by Sterling telling his friend V. Stiviano that he didn’t want her to bring black people to Clippers games. “As long as I’m with this group of guys and with Doc leading us, everything else will work itself out,” Crawford said. The Clippers had a 31-14 record when Crawford came off the bench this season. Crawford set the single-season franchise record for 3-pointers made with 161. That surpassed his record from last season, his first in Los Angeles, when he was runner-up for the Sixth Man award. “He can score in his sleep,” Rivers said. “I’ve never seen a guy that can sit for 15 minutes and literally be on the floor for a half-second and they swing him the ball and he’s ready to shoot and make some shots.”

Rivers even made an exception to his policy of not running a play for someone when they first enter the game. “He’s a lethal scorer, but he adds more value when he does other things,” the coach said. Rivers was among those in the NBA who knew Crawford by reputation, a player who only wanted to score and not defend. But Crawford put that to rest this season, especially when Paul was injured. “This year he’s ran the point guard position, he’s been my best passer at times when C.P. was out,” Rivers said. “He’s been our defender, he’s in the right spots. He’s been a complete team guy, so I’m really happy for him.” Crawford received 57 first-place votes and 421 total points from a panel of 125 sports writers and broadcasters throughout the U.S. and Canada. He joined Kevin McHale, Ricky Pierce

and Detlef Schrempf as two-time winners. Taj Gibson of Chicago finished second with 395 points and San Antonio’s Manu Ginobili was third with 138. Crawford had his best month in January, scoring in double figures in 15 of 16 games and helping the Clippers go 12-4 that month. On Jan. 25, he had 37 points and 11 assists in a win over Toronto — the most points he scored off the bench in his career and his most with the Clippers. It was the second time this season he had that many points and assists; he totaled those numbers against Sacramento on Nov. 29. Crawford missed 13 games in March and April because of a sore Achilles tendon, but rallied to return in time for the playoffs. The Clippers and Thunder are tied 1-1 in their Western Conference semifinals series.

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Members of the Boston Bruins crowd around teammate Matt Fraser (25) following his game-winning goal against the Montreal Canadiens in Game 4 in the second round of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs Thursday in Montreal.

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but the Swiss goalie finished strong despite Richards’ late goal on a midair rebound of Tanner Pearson’s shot while Jonathan Quick was pulled for an extra attacker. “It’s a challenge for a goalie to come in like that, but it seems like this season is a lot of back-and-forth play,” Hiller said. “We were just glad we finally scored three goals in a game.” Anaheim scored just three goals total in two games at Honda Center to open the local rivals’ first playoff meeting. The Ducks regained their edge Thursday, while the Kings struggled to respond in front of their home fans. Jeff Carter had a goal and an assist, and Quick stopped 19 shots for the Kings, who hadn’t lost since Game 3 of their stunning first-round series against San Jose. “Anytime you are down in a series, you are going to come in desperate, and we had to match that desperation,” Kings center Jarret Stoll said. “I don’t think we did

that. We didn’t have it tonight. We weren’t good enough in a lot of areas.” Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau curiously changed starting goalies for Game 3, replacing Hiller with Andersen, the Danish rookie who played poorly in all three road games in the first round against Dallas. Boudreau repeatedly said Hiller had played well against the Kings in the first two games, giving up just five goals, but Andersen beat Los Angeles three times in the regular season, while Hiller is winless in his career at Staples Center. The Ducks didn’t have the same vociferous road support enjoyed by the Kings at Honda Center earlier in the series, but Anaheim still silenced Staples Center just 4:06 into Game 3. Ryan Getzlaf got the puck down low to Patrick Maroon, who found Perry in the slot for his third goal of the postseason. Perry, second in the NHL with 43 goals in the regular season, hadn’t scored in the series. The Kings evened it when Marian Gaborik set up a onetimer for Carter, who hadn’t scored a goal in the Kings’ last four playoff games.

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away. That one possession when they got four offensive rebounds, it didn’t lose the game for us.” It was three rebounds, but no matter. It was still a backbreaker for the Nets. Teletovic scored inside with 3:39 left to get Brooklyn within eight. For the next 100 seconds, Miami kept possession. James missed a 3-pointer, and Allen — who led Miami with eight rebounds — maneuvered his way around four Nets to grab the rebound. James missed again, and Wade grabbed that board. James missed a layup, but Bosh controlled that board. And finally, almost mercifully, Wade found James for a layup with 1:59 remaining. The lead was 10, the outcome decided. “That was a killer,” Johnson said. Wade had just six points in the game’s first 37 minutes, then eight

Anaheim couldn’t score during a 4-on-3 advantage for 59 seconds late in the period, but Nick Bonino found Selanne with a saucer pass for the Finnish Flash’s 44th career goal in 126 postseason games. Bruins 1, Canadiens 0 MONTREAL — Matt Fraser fantasized about a night like this as a kid in Red Deer, Alberta. Making his NHL playoff debut after being called up Wednesday from Providence of the American Hockey League, the 23-year-old Fraser scored at 1:19 of overtime to give the Boston Bruins a victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night. “It’s something I dreamed about many times on the outdoor rinks growing up,” Fraser said. “It’s every kid’s dream to score in overtime.” The goal tied the Eastern Conference semifinal series 2-2. Fraser scored after Johnny Boychuk’s shot from the point took a high hop off the end boards and Price and defenseman Mike Weaver had trouble controlling the bounc-

more in the next three, setting the tone for a grind-it-out fourth quarter from Miami. “You’ve got to do the little things until you get your opportunity,” said Wade, who finished with seven rebounds and seven assists. “That’s what I was able to do.” The Heat led 79-77 when Brooklyn’s Marcus Thornton missed a 3-pointer with 6:21 left — which, had it gone down, would have had the Heat facing a fourth-quarter deficit for the first time in these playoffs. But it missed. And that’s when the Heat found separation for the first time all night, at the most critical point. James was in trouble with less than 4 seconds on the shot clock and still found a way to get a bounce pass out to Mario Chalmers in the left corner for a 3-pointer. James passed on the fadeaway, deciding it would be a bad shot, and made the decision to send the ball to Chalmers. “Just get it there,” James said he was thinking. He got the pass there, Chalmers made the shot, and after a stop on the

ing puck. “It was bouncing around and I was just swatting at it as hard as I could and hoping it would hit something,” Fraser said. “Price is such a good goalie. He doesn’t give out a lot of rebounds. I might have got lucky there, but the puck wound up in the back of the net.” Game 5 is Saturday night in Boston. “We knew how tight this series would be,” Boston coach Claude Julien said. “It doesn’t mean any more than that we’ve tied the series. It’s been tight every game. “It was important to get back in the series, but I don’t think we’ve played our best hockey. We’ve played hard, but I’ve seen us play better. You hope the win here will help us get better and we’ll go from there.” Tuukka Rask made 33 saves for Boston, and Price stopped 34 shots. “This was a hard-nosed game between two wellprepared teams,” Canadiens coach Michel Therrien said. “We lost a battle in front of the net on the winning goal, but I’m pleased with our team’s effort.”

ensuing Brooklyn trip, Allen hit from the same spot as Chalmers for an 8577 lead. “As the game wore on we started picking up the pace,” Allen said. “We started to getting how we play basketball.” Teletovic kept the Nets afloat. He made his first four 3-pointers, needing less than six minutes to do so after checking in for the first time late in the opening quarter. He had 15 points on 5-for-7 shooting from beyond the arc by halftime alone, a boost that Brooklyn definitely needed. And his shots came at big times. Of Teletovic’s five 3s in the first half, three broke ties. His sixth 3 of the game, late in the third, tied the game at 61. But in the end, Miami was too much. Spurs 114, Trail Blazers 97 SAN ANTONIO — Kawhi Leonard scored 20 points, Tony Parker had 16 points and 10 assists, and the San Antonio Spurs rolled over the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday night for a 2-0 lead in the Western C

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Former NFL and University of Georgia football player Jonas Jennings testified Thursday that he trusted his college coach, Jim Donnan, enough to invest more than half a million dollars with him, never dreaming that he would lose most of it in what prosecutors say was a fraud scheme. Jennings, who played for the Buffalo Bills and the San Francisco 49ers, said he saw Donnan as a father figure and called him after he retired from the NFL in 2009 to talk about possibly going into coaching. “He just told me that he had a better opportunity that would put me on Easy Street,” Jennings said in federal court in Athens, where Donnan faces

charges including conspiracy, mail fraud and wire fraud. A federal indictment against Donnan and Gregory Crabtree, of Proctorville, Ohio, says the pair ran a fraudulent investment scheme from September 2007 to December 2010 through GLC, a West Virginia-based company that dealt in wholesale and closeout merchandise. Prosecutors have said Crabtree ran the day-to-day operations and Donnan used relationships of trust within his extensive network of personal and professional contacts to lure investors into the scheme. The pair sold short-term investments and promised investors rates of return ranging from 50 percent to 200 percent.

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the road against the Panthers Thursday in Northern Lights Conference play. The Panthers tried out three different goalkeepers in the match, starting with Mandee Lawson. Ciara Mahan was brought in late in the first half, and Taylor Wilson finished it out. Each player gave up one goal. The loss drops Skyview to 0-5 on the year. The boys score was not available as the Clarion went to press.

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Kings on Thursday. Fenton, who had the lone goal against Homer on Wednesday, scored in the 78th minute after Ketchikan had equalized earlier in the second half. Fenton scored on an assist from Dylan Kuntz. “You never know what they’re going to bring,” said SoHi coach Jeff Siemers. “They’re down in the Southeast, so it’s tough sometimes.” Drew Kant scored Soldotna’s initial goal in the 25th minute that resulted in a 1-0 lead at halftime. Daniel McElroy manned Soldotna’s goal for the first time this year, providing Kayne North some rest, and made the most of it with his 6-foot-5 frame. The win improves SoHi’s season mark to 3-2-1 heading into today’s match with Wasilla, the team that ended the Stars’ season at the state tournament in 2013. “Our guys will be up for that game,” Siemers said. “It’ll be good to get those guys going against Wasilla. A lot of them are the same guys from last year.”

Skyview 2, Houston 0 The Panthers notched their first win of the season, defeating the host Hawks on Thursday in Northern Lights Conference play. Mason Castagnier scored first for the Panthers in the 15th minute, and Chilean exchange student Mauro Lotito added a goal in the 50th minute. “The kids are very happy,” said Skyview coach Jake Eveland. “It’s one of those things, we were kinda worried that it would never come. Now they’re focused on continuing to improve this weekend.” The team improved to a 1-4 season record. Nikiski vs. Wasilla

Due to the lockout, all Nikiski after-school activities were The Hawks took a win on canceled.

Houston girls 3, Skyview 0

Conference semifinals. Manu Ginobili added 16 points, Marco Belinelli scored 13, and Tiago Splitter had 10 points and 10 rebounds in the Spurs’ second convincing victory to open the best-ofseven series. Nicolas Batum scored 21 points for Portland. Damian Lillard had 19 points and LaMarcus Aldridge added 16 points and 10 rebounds, but Portland again struggled to score against San Antonio’s suffocating defense. The Trail Blazers host Game 3 on Saturday night. Portland found a snake in its locker room before the game and seemed rattled in the first half before finding its footing in the fourth quarter. Lillard’s 18-foot jumper pulled the Blazers within 92-80 with 9:17 remaining and his driving layup a minute and half later cut the margin to 94-84. Batum, who was 1 for 5 on 3-pointers in Game 1, hit his third of the game to cut the lead to 99-91 with 5:37 remaining. The Trail Blazers had a chance to close within seven inside 5 minutes, but Leonard blocked Wes Matthews’ layup from behind to maintain the Spurs’ advantage at 102-93. Parker followed with a jumper in the lane on Lillard, and Leonard and Ginobili hit back-to-back 3s to put San Antonio up 110-

93 and put the game out of reach. The Blazers kept pace with the Spurs early by pushing the ball to create a better start than in Game 1. Batum’s 3 gave Portland its first lead of series at 7-4 with 9:47 remaining in the first quarter. The lead lasted for 16 seconds as Leonard’s 3 tied the game. San Antonio soon turned the strategy against Portland, using the quicker pace to force turnovers and find open shooters. Boris Diaw scored six straight points to ignite a 23-8 run that gave San Antonio a 54-36 lead with 7 minutes remaining in the first half. The Spurs had 17 fast-break points in the first half compared to two by the Trail Blazers. Matthews was clearly frustrated, taking his mouthpiece out and looking upward in frustration before glaring at his teammates. Matthews responded by scoring 10 straight points in the third quarter while San Antonio went scoreless for 4 minutes, pulling Portland within 81-69 with 2 minutes remaining in the third. After losing 116-92 in the opener, Portland was sparked by greater activity by Robin Lopez, who had six rebounds and a blocked shot in the opening six minutes. He struggled once Diaw entered the game.

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ngling — fishing with hook and line — has a long history. It was already highly developed when Stone Age artists were painting fishing and hunting scenes on the walls of caves. The idea that angling is more than just gathering food is ancient. In 500 B.C., in what could be the first written reference to what we now call a “sporting chance,” Confucius wrote: “The master angled, but did not use the net; he shot, but not at birds perching.” The activity known as sport fishing means different things to different people. To one angler, it might mean bait-fishing for crappie on a farm pond in Ohio. To another, it might mean stalking bonefish on a saltwater flat in the Caribbean. To still another, sport fishing might be harvesting a winter’s supply of salmon on the Kenai River. Over the years of its existence, a widely accepted code of ethics for sport fishing has evolved. While opinions may differ on various aspects of fishing behavior, the following list represents the angler’s credo in general terms. The ethical angler: n knows about and respects the fish and their habitats, n respects private property, n respects other anglers, n uses tackle accepted as “sporting” for the fish and the water involved, n may give away fish, but doesn’t sell them, n avoids fishing with unethical people and confronts anglers who act unethically, n keeps no more fish than can be used, and stops fishing when fish can’t be harmlessly released, n passes on ethical fishing traditions, n knows and observes the law in both letter an spirit. All of these terms can be expanded upon, of course. Take the first. Learning about fish and their habitats is a lifetime activity for the ethical sport angler. Without such knowledge, you can unknowingly do harm. Ignorance is only temporary bliss. Along the Kenai River, studies have shown that overhanging grass and bushes provide vital food and cover for rearing king salmon. Standing on a vegetated bank while fishing kills this vegetation. It follows that, if you know and respect the fish and their habitat, you’ll either fish from a boat, or while standing in the water, on gravel bars or on fishing platforms. The angler’s credo is constantly evolving to keep abreast of population growth, new technology and other factors. For example, fishing on crowded waters requires that we “go along to get along” by learning the “rules of the road.” The rules of the road are unwritten, and every place has its own. Usually, these rules make such See PALMER, page C-2

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This Jan. 18 photo shows an unidentified climber making her way up the Ouray Ice Park in Ouray, Colo. Chicks with Picks, a company founded to introduce the sport of ice climbing to women, holds several clinics each winter in in the Ouray Ice Park, a city-owned facility with man-made ice in a natural gorge.

Empowering women, one ice pick at a time By DONNA BRYSON Associated Press

OURAY, Colo. — The timpani beat of cramponed boots thudding into ice. The treble tick-tock of scythe-like picks digging the next foothold. A sudden chord of shattering ice. This woman-and-nature duet worthy of Steve Reich is the soundtrack to a Chicks with Picks morning in the San Juan Mountains. Chicks with Picks, founded to give women ice climbers a chance to learn from other women, has grown over the past 15 years. In addition to signature clinics in the Ouray Ice Park, a city-owned facility with artificial ice in a natural gorge, the umbrella company AP Photo/Chicks with Picks, Chris Giles Chicks Climbing now offers This undated photo provided by Chicks with Picks shows rock climbing tutorials around Kim Reynolds leading an ice climb in the Ouray Ice Park, the country and even treks in in Ouray, Colo. Nepal.

“I call myself the accidental entrepreneur,” said Chicks founder Kim Reynolds. “I’m just creative. I take on more, I have more ideas. And I’m having fun.” Reynolds’ philosophy — that women thrive when they support one another — informs her social responsibility agenda. Chicks with Picks sponsors auctions that have over the years raised tens of thousands of dollars for women’s shelters. Ice climbing is “a very empowering experience for the women that do it,” said Aimee Quadri-Chavez, whose Tri Country Resources project for victims of domestic violence has received Chicks with Picks auction funds. “Our mission is to empower women. It fits really well.” Reynolds’ guides are worldrenowned. Kitty Calhoun, who

has been with Chicks with Picks since its beginnings, was the first woman to climb Makalu, the Himalayan peak that is the fifth highest in the world, at 27,825 feet. Reynolds herself has been an Outward Bound instructor and Himalayan trek leader. Calhoun said her other guiding often involves working with clients for just a day, an experience she compares to being an emergency room doctor: “There’s no continuity of patient care.” A typical Chicks clinic is a long weekend or more, and the same students return year after year. Reynolds, who also is a life coach, opens each clinic with a slideshow extolling the exploits of guides like Calhoun, and then asks her clients to introSee PICK, page C-2

Handmade duck calls attract a following By MELISSA KOSSLER DUTTON Associated Press

When Scott Simmons received a wooden duck call in college, he was instantly intrigued by the possibility of making one. “I recognized then that those little duck calls were a folk art piece that could be handed down from generation to generation,” said Simmons, of Kirksey, Kentucky. “When I realized I could escape the busyness of everyday life and become engaged into the world of wildlife through the use of game calls, I knew then that I had found a passion.” Hunters, woodworkers and wildlife enthusiasts have been carving and decorating duck calls for generations. The small woodwind instruments, made of wood or acrylic, are designed to mimic the quacks of ducks.

Interest in making and collecting duck calls has grown with the popularity of the A&E television show “Duck Dynasty,” said Simmons, who belongs to a national association of collectors. The show follows the Robertson family, owners of Duck Commander, a company that makes duck calls and other duck-hunting merchandise in West Monroe, La. The show has been renewed for a sixth season. “It’s unbelievable the amount of interest that show has stimulated in calls,” said Simmons. A growing recognition among art collectors about the value of antique duck calls also has made more people aware of the hobby, said Howard Harlan of Nashville, Tennessee, a foundPhoto by AP Photo/Dave Estis ing member of The Callmakers and This photo shows duck calls created by Tate Estis in a workshop at his home Collectors Association of America. in New Kent, Va. Tate Estis was so fascinated by the duck calls he and his fa“A lot of collectors are not duck ther used to duck hunt, he started pulling them apart to see how they worked See DUCK, page C-2 and eventually he made them. Every duck call he creates is unique.

Ice-age mammals on the Kenai Peninsula

n her 2008 book, “Kachemak Bay communities, their histories, their mysteries,” Janet Klein first published information about the fossils of extinct woolly mammoths found along beaches between Homer and Anchor Point. She also suggested that lay people could help us understand the presence of these mammoth fossils by contacting trained individuals or museums when they find these rare objects. Ted Bailey followed with two 2009 Refuge Notebook articles in which he initially provided general information about extinct elephants and then discussed the climatic implications of elephant remains found along Kenai beaches. He speculated on when the extinct animals might have come onto the Kenai Peninsula but, at that time, none of the fossils had been dated. Since Ted’s articles, 10 newspaper articles and numerous public presentations by Janet Klein and me have Radiocarbon ages for mammal fossils found on the Kenai Peninsula plotted reported our progress during a 5-year against the late Pleistocene glacial chronology. Infinite ages represent the community-based investigation of most recent times that the dated animals lived on the peninsula. these interesting fossils. C

R efuge N otebook D ick Reger Since 1958, 19 fossils of ice-age mammals have been found on the western Kenai Peninsula. A 20th fossil bone was too small and indistinctive to be identified or dated. In the assemblage, 17 fossils were identified to species, but only 12 samples have been dated, using funds provided by interested individuals and the investigators. Nine mammoth fossils, one steppe bison horn core, and bones of an unspeciated herbivore and an unspeciated carnivore were dated. Samples from a mammoth molar, the horn core of a steppe bison, and a horse tibia were contaminated, and so were not dated, although they were identified and photographed. We hope to resample the only horse bone found in hopes of obtaining an uncontami-

nated sample. Through the years, only photographs were available for one woolly mammoth molar, two woolly mammoth molars were lost, and two finders of a woolly mammoth molar chose not to participate in the program. Identifications were made or confirmed by Dr. Patrick Druckenmiller, an interested vertebrate paleontologist at the Museum of the North in Fairbanks. A plot of radiocarbon ages against the glacial chronology here on the Kenai Peninsula (Figure 1) supports some of Ted Bailey’s initial speculations about when the extinct fauna probably lived on the Kenai Peninsula. Of the seven finite ages, six range from about 27,000 to 40,100 radiocarbon years before present (B.P.), and five infinite radiocarbon ages range from at least 43,500 to more than 48,500 radiocarbon years B.P., demonstrating that the animals lived here on the peninsula for at least 21,500 radiocarbon years between the last two major glaciations. At that time, conditions in this See REFUGE, page C-2

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Yurok Tribe to release condors in California BY JEFF BARNARD Associated Press

Yurok tribal tradition holds California condors as sacred, with ancient stories saying the giant birds fly closest to the sun and are the best messengers to carry prayers. Now, after five years of research, the far northern California-based tribe has received permission to release captive-bred condors into the Redwood Coast, where they haven’t soared for more than a century. Yurok officials signed a memorandum of understanding last month with state and federal agencies, and a condor conservation group, allowing for test releases as a final assessment of whether the region can support the endangered birds. The first releases could come

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good sense, they’re obvious. Sometimes, you learn them the hard way. If everyone else is wearing hip waders and standing in the water, you won’t make any friends by standing behind them and casting between them. You’ll also be unpopular if you troll through a crowded Kenai River fishing hole when everyone else is back-bouncing. The pressures of crowding on Alaska’s road-accessible salmon streams require anglers to be extra diligent. Someone who is ignorant of the written or unwritten rules

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call collectors. They are folk art collectors,” he said. Many duck calls are decorated with elaborate patterns, birds or nature scenes. Two years ago, a collector paid $103,500 at auction for a duck call that depicts a rattlesnake, alligator, hound, duck and pheasant. Carver J.T. Beckhart is believed to have made the call around 1890. Harlan, who taught himself to make duck calls in 1960, has been a collector for years and estimates he has about 5,000 calls. “I don’t use them at all. I sit there and look at them,” said Harlan, co-author of “The Legacy of the American Duck Call” (self-published, Harlan Anderson Press, 2012). Often, duck calls are made by hand on a lathe. The callmaker first turns the barrel with a hole bored through it, and then makes an insert that holds the reed and helps produces the sound. Historically, calls were made with a single reed. In recent years, double reed calls have grown in popularity because they are easier to use. Simmons already has carved a duck call for his 2-year-old son, Tanner. Made of red cedar, it shows resting mallards and Father Time. It earned Simmons first place in the handcarving category of the Grand National Callmaking Competi-

in the next one to three years, tribal biologist Chris West said. Meetings will begin in July to work out protocols and select a site. Seven locations are under consideration on Redwood National and State Parks and private land within about 50 miles of each other, primarily south of the Klamath River. With federal funding in short supply, the tribes will work to develop private funding to cover the estimated annual cost of about $400,000, West said. The return of the condor is part of Yurok environmental work, along with efforts to restore salmon numbers and improve forest health. Condor feathers are part of traditional regalia used in ceremonial dances, said tribal microbiologist Tiana Williams. With no condors flying over can spoil the day for several other anglers. When ethical anglers see someone who doesn’t seem to know the rules of the road, they’ll politely suggest the right way of doing things, of “going with the flow.” If they see someone doing something illegal, they’ll report it to the authorities. Why have a sport-fishing code of ethics? With human populations continuing to grow, responsible behavior and unwritten rules are an absolute necessity. Without ethics, sport fishing becomes just an expedient way of killing fish. Les Palmer can be reached at les.palmer@rocketmail.com.

tion in 2013. He looks forward to Tanner getting old enough to learn to carve. “I’ll be crushed if he doesn’t like duck calls,” said Simmons, who said he changed his college major from nursing to biology after learning to make duck calls. Today, he works for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Making a duck call is about more than appearances, said Tate Estis of New Kent, Virginia. Sound is critically important, said the 13-year-old, who has been making calls for about 18 months. Tate, who sells his calls online for between $40 and $75, said customers praise them for their sound. “My goal is to give people a good call,” said Tate, who was 5 the first time his dad took him duck hunting. “I use them all the time and have called in many ducks.” The sound can be the trickiest part, agreed Charles Rose, a call maker in Bartlett, Tennessee. A longtime woodworker, he started making calls a few years ago. Call makers can change the sound by trimming the reed or filing the sound board. “I’m not 100 percent satisfied with my sound yet,” he said. He enjoys spending time turning the instruments on his lathe and sharing the finished product with friends. “I just love working with wood — the detail and the accuracy,” he said. “Things have to be just so for pieces of wood to fit together and sound good.”

tribal lands, there are no new feathers to replace old plumes worn out from use. “When a species like condor or eagle gives you material for your regalia, it is considered their spirit is in that, too. They are singing with you, and praying with you,” she said. “We can get feathers from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, but it’s not the same thing as being able to go out there and collect the feathers we need from condors flying over our own skies.” For Fish and Wildlife, es-

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duce themselves and talk about what they want to take home from Ouray. “It creates an atmosphere where women can be themselves, they can speak their hearts, and they can see that they’re not alone,” Reynolds said. Cathy Murray, a nurse from Aurora, volunteers with a Denver area search and rescue crew. She and other crew members, most of whom are men, also hike and take part in outdoor activities together. With Chicks, she finds women who share her interests. “I need my women time,” Murray said.

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area were probably not too different from today, except that grasslands were probably more extensive — the assemblage is dominated by grazers. Evidence indicates that now-extinct mammals came to the peninsula from the Interior through mountain passes after the penultimate (next to last) glaciation. We question the significance of the finite age of 20,400 radiocarbon years for a mammoth tusk fragment, which plots close to the climax of the last major (Naptowne) glaciation. At that time, only about 510 square miles of the highest Caribou Hills were exposed above the surrounding lowland ice sheet and the large meltwater lake that was impounded in the lowland between the western base of the Caribou Hills and the ice sheet from the west side of Cook Inlet. Almost certainly, enough vegetation to support a viable population of large herbivores did not exist in that very windy, dry, frigid, upland environment. Our speculations that the fossils were preserved outside the limits of the Naptowne glaciation are supported by the distribution of fossil finds (Figure 2), which are concentrated in the Clam Gulch and Homer areas. The Clam Gulch fossils were found inside the limits of the old meltwater lake basin. The single find near the middle of the old lake basin was actually located on a gravel bar deposited during the massive 2002 flood of Deep Creek, and confirms the Caribou Hills as the source of that 31,740-RC-year-old mammoth tusk fragment. The Homer samples, while techni-

tablishing another population of condors far from the five existing sites in Southern and central California, Arizona, and Mexico’s Baja California would reduce the risks associated with the giant bird’s recovery. Condors once flew the Pacific Coast from Mexico to Canada. There are just over 400 California condors in the world now, and only about 230 in the wild, said John McCamman, condor coordinator for Fish and Wildlife in Sacramento, Calif. That’s up from just 22 birds in

1982, he said. Condors face threats to their recovery, the top danger being ingesting lead shot or bullet fragments in an animal carcass, McCamman said. West would like to see a new format for releasing birds, starting with a pair of mature adults, and gradually adding younger birds for a total of six. All the birds would be fitted with tiny radio transmitters on their wings and tails, allowing biologists in the field to track them, and some with GPS sat-

ellite trackers, which send a position to a biologist’s desk computer. That makes monitoring for lead poisoning easier. Using $600,000 in grants from Fish and Wildlife, the tribe has been assessing habitat, taking blood samples from turkey vultures to assess the threat of lead poisoning and testing dead sea lions that wash up on the beach for DDT. The lead levels in the vultures were lower than anywhere else in the condor’s range, West said.

Kari Berg, a psychologist from Burlington, Vermont, took part in her first Chicks with Picks clinic a decade ago, and has done four since. She also hikes and climbs with other groups, and often finds herself the only woman on the trip. The men will forget she’s there, she said, and start gossiping about their girlfriends or what they find attractive in a woman. On a Chicks clinic, Berg said, “I feel comfortable with my body. You can feel gratitude that you can do something with it, instead of criticizing how you look.” A recent class drew students from across the country and from varying walks of life. The oldest was 61; the youngest too young to rent a car. Ice climbing is for neither the faint of heart nor the faint of

wallet — a good rope can cost a few hundred dollars. A threeday Chicks weekend starts at $800. Reynolds has persuaded Eddie Bauer to sponsor scholarships for climbers. On this particular day in Ouray, the chicks have now laid down their picks. Over soft tacos and champagne poured to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Chicks with Picks, dinner conversation is peppered with climber jargon: mushrooms, the outcroppings of rock or ice that climbers find so handy; the intriguing but treacherous ice formations known as chandeliers; barfies, that feeling when your hands are so cold, you’re nauseous. While they don’t play down the physical challenge, the climbers focus on the mental rewards. Reynolds’ first ice

climb was in 1982, with a fellow Outward Bound instructor as a guide. Back before the Ouray Ice Park opened in the 1990s, ice climbing in the area entailed seeking out hidden ravines. Reynolds, already a rock climber and mountaineer, was intrigued by the beauty of the places the ice formed, and of the ice itself. Her chicks speak of the meditative moments they experience on the rock face, a focus reinforced by the monochromatic wonders of the scenery and the minimalist music of the climb. “It’s just you and the ice,” said Dawn Rathburn, a medical device trainer who started climbing with Chicks four years ago. “Everything else in your mind kind of settles.”

cally in the glaciated area, were likely moved from the sites of their initial preservation to localities where the fossils were recovered during floods, by longshore currents along Cook Inlet beaches, or were carried by debris flows. I encourage you to report your suspected finds to Janet Klein in Homer (907-2358925), who is the primary contact for folks finding mammal fossils in the southwestern Kenai Peninsula. Dr. Dick Reger graduated from Kenai Territorial High School in 1957, and eventually earned a PhD in geology from Arizona State University. Over the last 38 years, he has intermittently studied the landscape evolution of the Kenai Peninsula. You can find more information about Kenai National Wildlife Ref- Maximum extent of the last major (Naptowne) glaciation comuge at http://kenai.fws.gov or pared to localities where fossils have been found. http://www.facebook.com/kenainationalwildliferefuge.

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Cabins SMALL 1-BEDROOM Cabin, Kenai River. Weekly/ monthly. No smokers/ pets. (907)283-4333

Duplex 2-BEDROOM Near schools & hospital, heated garage. $895. plu utilities, plus deposit, by application. (907)262-2654 evenings. SOLDOTNA Mackey Lake Quiet Location New Construction 3-Bedroom, 2-Bath Heated Garage Washer/Dryer Secure storage Radiant Heat Nonsmoking/Pets $1,485. (907)260-3470

Homes 1-BEDROOM Nikiski. $700./ first, last, $200 cleaning, references. (907)776-8970. 3-BEDROOM HOUSE Furnished, Seasonal. Close to great fishing, able to walk to river. 4370 Eagle Rock Drive, Kenai Spur. (907)469-0665 KENAI 3-Bedroom, 3-bath, appliances. washer/dryer. No pets/ smoking. $1,400. plus utilities. (907)398-1303 WHY RENT ????? Why rent when you can own, many low down & zero down payment programs available. Let me help you achieve the dream of home ownership. Call Now !!! Ken Scott, #AK203469. (907)395-4527 or cellular, (907)690-0220. Alaska USA Mortgage Company, #AK157293.

Manufactured/ Mobile Homes PRIVATE 4-bedroom Mobile home. Very private with beautiful views. Four bedroom mobile home with large lean-to. Pets on approval only. No smoking inside $500. fine. Deposit is first & last months rent. Rent is $800. plus electricity & gas. Lots of parking. Brand new flooring. Come and take a look. (907)776-8072

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COUNTRY LIVING! 2000+ sf home in Ninilchik with a 1500+ sf unfinished basement. Energy efficient. 2 sheds and a 40X60 gravel pad ready for a shop. MLS# 13-8343 $249,000

KENAI mAGIC LODGE is an Alaskan fishing lodge, has 6 log cabins. On the banks of the Kenai River and surrounded by forest and wildlife wonders. MLS# 13-10931 $1,100,000

A mILLION DOLLAR VIEW! Cute 2 BR cabin on the bluff, Illiamna and Redoubt view across Inlet. Only 2 miles from the fishing mecca of Ninilchik/ Deep Creek. MLS# 13-8371 $199,000

DREAm HOmE ON THE KENAI RIVER Magnificent 3800 sf, 4 bedroom, 4 bath custom home on the Kenai River! Beautiful 384 sf cabin too! Huge garage, heated floors throughout (and sidewalks!). Too much to list!! MLS# 13-5243 $915,000

THE FISHERmAN’S DREAm Very nice completely finished Duplex or family home. Canal for your boat to ease into the Kenai River. Decks overlooking the river. MLS# 11-3430 $709,500

TWO PROPERTIES IN ONE Nice modern cabin right on the beach AND huge private bluff lot with amazing views right in Ninilchik. 6.7 acres in all. MLS # 12-361 $210,000

Homes Sterling 1.31 acres in Sterling with 2 br, 1 ba cabin. MLS # 13-5139 $89,000

South of Soldotna 3 br, 1 ba older 2400+ sf home on 1.76 acres. MLS # 14-3240 $130,000

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Waterfront Lots WHAT A vIEW!!! 1.39 acres. Large Kenai River lot that slopes down to the river giving a great view. Fantastic trout and salmon fishing from your riverbank. Owner financing available. MLS# 13-9159 $169,000

Kenai Modern cabin and shed on 2.6 wooded lot. MLS# 13-9461 $95,900

GREAT FISHING HOLE!!! 1.74 acre lot on the Kenai River, right below the Keys at the end of Fisherman’s Road. Nice secluded area with lots of trees.Perfect spot for a lodge, cabin, or your recreational dream home. Excellent salmon and trout fishing! MLS# 13-8500 $169,900

N. FORK ANCHOR RIvER 5 acres. Catch trout in your back yard! A nice spot for your recreational cabin or home on a hill overlooking the North Fork of the Anchor River! MLS# 13-3668 $17,900

EAST MACKEY LAKE LOT 11.95 acres of prime lake front property. Great spot for your lakefront estate, lodge or cabins! Close to town, on a float plane size lake. Owner fInancing available. Two adjacent lots also for sale. MLS# 13-5403 $175,000

KASILOF RIvER 1.6 acres of prime Kasilof River frontage. Great fIshing and views. MLS# 13-9629 $75,000

KENAI RIvER LOT 1.02 acres. Mountain and river views! Close to the confluence of the Moose and Kenai Rivers. Seller will carry paper with 20% down. MLS# 13-11475 $230,000

HOMER .73 acres outstanding views! 3.5 miles east of Homer MLS# 12-7221 $80,000 BROWNS LAKE 6.23 acres close to Browns Lake, electric, pad, driveway MLS# 12-14531 $40,000 5 acres close to Browns Lake, electric on site MLS# 08-1640 $35,000 .96 – 1.09 acres 3 lots w/ owner finance MLS# 11-11696 $18,000 ea NINILCHIK 1.6 – 2.4 acres Four awesome lots! MLS# 13-12680, 81, 82, 83 $35,000 ea CLAM GULCH 1-3 acres 8 lots w/ owner finance MLS# 12-8737 starts at $11,500 ANCHOR POINT 9.39 acres 8 lots with owner financing MLS# 13-3922 starts at $9,900 STERLING 6.4 acres partially cleared, well in & nice little creek MLS# 13-4419 $119,000 2 acres nice, level lot off Scout Lake Loop MLS# 10-15608 $50,000 SOLDOTNA Limited commercial with road frontage MLS# 13-1085 $29,900 K-BEACH 5 acres outstanding lot off of Ciechanski MLS# 13-8495 $85,900 KENAI .46 acres in Kenai. MLS# 14-1914 $8,995 .34 acres in Kenai. MLS# 00-311581 $7,500 NIKISKI 1.48 acres beautiful, well treed, Barbara Lake access MLS# 13-13833 $12,500

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STUNNING VIEWS OF THE INLET & ALASKA RANGE! Elegant 4BR 3BA, 5-star rated custom home. 3-door garage/workshop, includes a 12’ door for your RV or boat.1.46 acres on LOW BLUFF off K-Beach Rd. Easy access to the beach. MLS# 13-13731 $549,000

SPACIOUS CUSTOm HOmE WITH A VIEW OF THE KENAI mOUNTAINS Open floor plan, 3 over sized bedrooms, 2 large bathrooms w/separate jet tub/shower & an enormous family room with a vaulted ceiling. Sit outside in the hot tub on one of the 3 decks. 30’ X 40’ heated shop, 12’ ceilings and a 10’ door gives you room for all the toys. 1.87 acres (also available w/2 adjoining lots total 3.74 acres. MLS# 14-2944) MLS#14-4785 $312,000

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GREAT LOCATION! This 3 Bdrm / 2 Bath / 2 car garage ranch home is on a paved street with a paved driveway right in the heart of K Beach. Open floor plan with vaulted ceilings and newer appliances. Large deck, fenced yards and an awesome firepit! Seller is providing a 1 year home warranty!! MLS# 14-2900 $193,900

AFFORDAbLE KENAI RIVER HOmE Roomy 1 bedroom home built on top of a spacious 720 sf shop with a commanding view of the Kenai River below. Large 1.37 acre river property. MLS# 13-9147 $329,000

THE bLUFF HOUSE INN is the premier Bed and Breakfast in Ninilchik. A once in a lifetime opportunity to own this remarkable property. It’s a year round and very versatile business that has been very well taken care of and updated. Situated atop the bluff overlooking the mouth of Deep Creek and Cook Inlet, with stunning views of Mt Iliamna and Mt Redoubt volcanoes. MLS# 13-13786 $459,000

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Lead Appraiser, Kenai Peninsula Borough. Employment Opportunities: Introduction to Automotive Instructor Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Kenai Central High School currently seeks qualified applicants for the staffing of an Introduction to Automotive instructor. KPBSD is seeking an experienced and qualified automotive instructor who can provide basic automotive instruction to high school students. This instruction will take place for one hour during the school day at the Workforce Development Center, behind Kenai Central High School. This position is posted online at the KPBSD website, www.kpbsd.org Employment tab > Current Openings > Career Tech Education Job ID 4381 Click the “A” at the top of any KPBSD webpage to navigate to current openings. *WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER*

Under the general direction and supervision of the appraisal manager, the lead appraiser performs real property appraisals, data collection and sales analysis for various types of properties including but not limited to residential, commercial, recreational and agricultural land values. The lead appraiser also conducts various surveys, researches costs, analyzes economic information to establish residential, commercial, and agricultural land valuation models and to develop standards for field inspections pertaining to the classification and influences of land types, defends land values and models during appeal hearings, coordinates appraiser assignments with the appraisal manager, and leads assigned crews. This position also assists the appraisal manager with developing and implementing training programs. This is a full time classified position. Salary is $31.63/hr. + benefits. A detailed position description and instructions for applying on-line can be found at http://agency.governmentjobs.com/ kenaiak/ default.cfm. Job closing: 5:00 p.m., Monday, May 12, 2014.

CITY OF SOLDOTNA EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY POLICE OFFICER Wage Range 15 Starting Wage $25.84hr-$30.56hr D.O.E.

Homer Electric Association, Inc., is seeking a qualified individual to fill the position of Engineer II in the Kenai, Alaska office. The successful candidate will have an ABET accredited Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field and preference may be given to candidates who have completed an Engineering Intern (EI) or Engineer in Training (EIT), or Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam from a state licensing board. The successful candidate shall be responsible for assisting with many aspects of the general design and maintenance of the Cooperative's overhead, underground, distribution and transmission systems. This includes compliance with various utility standards, preventative maintenance programs, and system coordination of relaying and other protective equipment. Applications may be completed on line at http://homerelectric.applicantpro.com/jobs . If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact Human Resources at (907) 235-3369 or hr@homerelectric.com. HEA is an Equal Opportunity Employer; Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled. Recruiting will continue until a qualified applicant has been hired.

The City of Soldotna is recruiting for a full time grant funded Police Officer, and a regular fulltime Police Officer. These positions serve the City of Soldotna as Peace Officers in the administration of laws and ordinances. Becoming a member of the Public Safety Employees Association is a requirement of the positions. A complete job description and application packet is available on the City's website http://www.ci.soldotna.ak.us/jobs.html. Please submit a City application, F-3, Cover Letter and Resume to Human Resources at 177 N. Birch Street, Soldotna, by fax 1-866-596-2994, or email tcollier@ci.soldotna.ak.us by 5 p.m., May 20, 2014. The City of Soldotna is an EEO employer.

WANTED EXPERIENCED GREEK COOK

Full time position open for a Cook specializing in authentic Greek style and method of cooking, Must be proficient in all areas of Saute, Grill, and Pizza making. Minimum of 5 years real work experience necessary, a degree is not required. Pay depends on level of expertise. Please have resumes and references available. Please make all inquires between 2pm- 4pm Monday- Friday in person at 811 Frontage Rd., Kenai, AK or by phone at (907)283-2222. Contact persons are Anami or Pedro.

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WANTED: Advertising Sales/ Customer Service Representative

The award-winning Homer News is looking for an energetic, motivated person to serve as our sales/customer service representative. This full-time, year-round position includes benefits. Pay is commission based. Qualified candidates will have an understanding of the importance of small newspapers in the life of a community, as well as the ability to translate print and Internet opportunities into tangible benefits for the newspaper's clients. Must have reliable transportation and a good driving record. Applicants must be able to work independently and efficiently in a fast-paced environment with multiple projects and deadlines. Some sales experience preferred, but willing to train right candidate. The Homer News is a drug-free workplace and a drug test is a condition for employment. Send resume to: lori.evans@homernews.com or deliver to 3482 Landings St., Homer, AK 99603. Questions? Call (907)235-7767.

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HUGE MULTIFAMILY Friday/Saturday, 10am- 4pm 7500W Battery- Start Generator; 6500W Generator Large Old Trunk; Microwaves; File Cabinet; Raft; Wooden Deck Chairs; Hunting- FishingCamping Coolers; Household, Old Lionel Train Set LOTS MORE !! 38305 Riverwood Dr. Ciechanski Follow Signs.

Garage Sales LARGE MOVING SALE 40 Years accumulation Friday-Sunday, 10am-5pm, NO EARLY BIRDS! Collectibles, Art, Fabric, woodstove, appliances, yard equipment, ladies plus size, Murwood to Dana Bayes to 48280 Miracle CASH ONLY!!

Garage Sales MOVING SALE FRIDAY, SATURDAY 10am- 5pm, Ciechanski/ Riverhills/ 47366 Winridge Ave./follow signs. Furniture, piano, household belongings. Fishing misc., power tools, New items added.

Garage Sales MOVING SALE Household, garage, sports, furniture, electronics, chest freezer, free items. Irish Hills, Sterling Hwy. milepost 103.5 Friday/ Saturday 10am- 6pm.

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Duties: Education, support, advocacy for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. Requirements: Understanding of DV/SA and victim issues, excellent communication skills, knowledge of available community resources, ability to work with diverse population, model non-violent discipline techniques, ability to function both independently and on a team, calm in crisis. Shift work, hours vary. High school diploma or equivalent required, degree in related field preferred. Full-time position, including benefits. Resume and cover letter to Executive Director, The LeeShore Center, 325 S. Spruce St., Kenai, AK 99611 by 5pm May 20, 2014. EOE

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Garage Sales NEIGHBORHOOD GARAGE SALE May 9th, 10, 9am-6pm. KSH. mile-29.3 Turn right Halbouty Road 2.3-miles to Ramona Road, turn right, follow signs. Shopsmith, tools, Lladro figurines, Crystal, antique glassware, misc. housewares.

Garage Sales MOVING SALE 30 Years Collection. Friday, Saturday 9am-5pm. 3 miles up Funny River Road 33846 Johnson Dr. Yamaha Snow machine, hand/ electric tools, building supplies, ice auger, room humidifier, more........

Employment Agriculture Computing & Engineering Construction & Trades Domestics, Childcare, Aides Drivers/Transportation Education Finance & Accounting General Employment Healthcare Hospitality & Food Service Manufacturing & Production Oil & Refinery Office & Clerical Personal Care/Beauty Professional/ Management Real Estate, Leasing, Mortgage Retail Sales & Marketing Schools/Training Tourism Work Wanted

CAREGIVER NEEDED For assisted living home. Call between 9am-9pm (907)262-5090. KITCHEN HELP No Experience Necessary, Apply in person, before 10AM only. Charlotte’s Restaurant, Kenai. WANTED FLOORING INSTALLERS License/ Bonded & Insured. Call Cole (907)262-2137

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COOK WANTED 4 to 5 days per week in an assisted living in Kenai - must be able to pass background check and love working with the elderly Pick up application at: Charis Place Assisted Living 701 N. Forest Dr., Kenai, AK 99611 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

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MOVING SALE 9am-4pm Saturday. 63985 Sterling Hwy. Mile 116.5 Household, dishes, silverware, storage, cordless tools, plumbing/ electric/building materials, farm/garden items, cedar lawn chairs, to much to mention, come on by.

General Employment

Frontier Community Services is a Soldotna based non-profit agency providing in-home and group home services to people experiencing a disabling condition. We are seeking top-notch personnel for full-time and part-time positions within the agency with an interest in providing health care services for the Kenai Peninsula area.

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Appliance Repair Auction Services Automotive Repair Builders/Contractors Cabinetry/Counters Carpentry/Odd Jobs Charter Services Child Care Needed Child Care Provided Cleaning Services Commercial Fishing Education/Instruction Excavating/Backhoe Financial Fishing Guide Services Health Home Health Care Household Cleaning Services House-sitting Internet Lawn Care & Landscaping Masonry Services Miscellaneous Services Mortgages Lenders Painting/Roofing Plumbing/Heating/ Electric Satellite TV Snow Removal Tax Services Travel Services Tree Services Veterinary Water Delivery Well Drilling

Assistant Chief Emergency Services/ Small Station, Anchor Point Fire & Emergency Service Area, Anchor Point, AK. Under the general direction and supervision of the Chief, the Assistant Chief, Emergency Services is responsible for assisting with the development and implementation of administrative and management services as delegated, manages the emergency medical services program, and manages training of the Volunteer EMS/Fire and paid staff as delegated by the Chief. The Assistant Chief also aids the Chief with day-to-day procedures for fire department operations, with supervision of paid borough employees and with the general operations of the department. The Assistant Chief serves as a member of the management, administrative and command teams. This is a full time administrative position; salary range $61,000 to $73,000 DOE. A detailed position description, including residency requirement, and instructions for applying on-line can be found at: http://agency.governmentjobs.com/kenaiak/ default.cfm. Job closing: 5:00 p.m., Friday, May 30, 2014.

Experience but will train. Contact Chris (907)283-8176

Hospitality & Food Service Dishwasher $10./hr with experience. Apply in person The Duck Inn

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Financial Opportunities CASH 4 NOTES! Money 2 Lend! McKinley Mortgage Co. Family owned since 1989 License#100309 (907)783-2277 mckinleymortgage.com

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Appliances FREEZER FOR SALE Chest 7.1 cu new 2012 $100. call (907)335-9993

Firewood FIREWOOD Cord $200. split/ delivery. $180. You Pick up. (907)395-7108

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Campers/Travel Trailers ‘05 37FT. EVEREST 5th wheel, super clean 3 slides, sleeps 4, large storage, many upgrades, Arctic package. 1-owner. $29,950. (907)229-3739

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Suburbans/ Vans/Buses â€˜02 Pontiac Montana 7 passenger Minivan, $4K OBO; Very Good condition, 114K miles, call Keith (907)283-3175 for more info.

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â€˜01 DAKOTA SPORT 2 sets wheels & tires. less then 61K miles remote start. $8,000. (907)690-1410

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Husband’s absence gives wife a taste of freedom from abuse DEAR ABBY: I’m a 27-year-old woman trapped in a loveless marriage. My husband is a few years younger, and very co-dependent. Before he dated me, he had never had a girlfriend or a sexual encounter. I came into the relationship with a child and some trust/ fear issues because my ex had abused me. My husband has now become verbally, sexually and to a lesser degree, physically abusive, to the point of striking my 5-year-old son. I threw him out for that, but caved to pressure from my family to take him back. They think he’s a “stabilizing” influence in my life. They don’t know about, or can’t grasp, his abuse or the abuse I survived previously. If I hint at it, they accuse me of “lying for attention.” My husband has left for basic training with the army and will be gone for a few months. I already feel freer, lighter and more able to cope with things. If I leave him while he’s away, the social and family repercussions will be devastating. My son and I may be forced to relocate. I’m torn and afraid. I went through with the marriage only to please my family, as the abuse started before the wedding. It has been a year and a half, and all I can think about is getting out. Help me, please. — CANADIAN READER

DEAR READER: Of course I will help. Deciding to leave an abusive partner can be wrenching as well as frightening. However, because abuse tends to escalate, it is what you MUST do. Your and your child’s safety could depend on it. It is shameful that your family isn’t supportive, but don’t let that stop you. Relocate if Abigail Van Buren you must. You need to form an escape plan. The way to do that is to call the National Domestic Violence Hotline. The phone number is 800-799-7233. Counselors there can refer you to help in your area — they have done this for other Canadian women. They also offer education and empowerment programs so that victims will be less likely to be sweet-talked by their abusers into returning for more punishment. Don’t wait to reach out because your son’s physical and emotional health depend on it. If not for yourself, do it for him.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Emphasize what is positive about a situation. You will need to detach and take a look at what is happening, as you could be distorting what is going on. Some of your assumptions might be coloring your vision. Tonight: Enjoy the moment, and be where the crowds are. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Deal with one person directly, and don’t let anyone or any issue sidetrack you from the moment. Fatigue seems to mark your decisions. You could have an offer that you need to checkout. Refuse to feel pressured. Tonight: Spend time with a favorite person. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHHH Your ability to see past the obvious will make a big difference to several associates. This group seeks unusual yet effective solutions. You are more grounded than you have been in the past. Listen to news openly. Tonight: Be willing to walk into uncharted territory. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH You might want to move in a new direction with the urging of a partner. You could be uncomfortable with what comes up in a conversation. Question your direction and choose carefully, but do not fall back into a rut! Tonight: Chat over a leisurely dinner. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH You are full of fun, and you’ll enjoy yourself no matter which direction you head in. It appears as if a key person might be pushing you to make choices that he or she would prefer. Observe this person’s manipulative style. You will know what to do! Tonight: All smiles.

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HHHHYou will be sharing your ideas with both willing and unwilling audiences. Somehow, you’ll sense that a financial risk may be worth taking. Take your time in making this decision. Reach out to an older family member. Tonight: You don’t need to go far. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHHH Whatever you blurt out seems to be appreciated. Be reasonable in a discussion with a loved one who is making an attempt to be more open. You might need to relax with a friend a little more often, as this person reflects a novel view of life. Tonight: Visit with a close pal. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHHYou might want to open a door and change your direction. Right now, your well-being and fiscal soundness need to be your highest priorities. Someone close to you might be encouraging you to let go and give in to your wilder side. Don’t. Tonight: Tap into your intuition. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH You could be more in touch with your feelings than you are aware. Remain confident that you will make the right move at the right time. Whatever you are focused on is where you will succeed. Someone you meet today could be unusually important to your life. Tonight: Out. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH You could be overwhelmed by what is happening around you. As a result, the instinct to pull back and cocoon is likely to emerge. You might have doubts about yourself or another key person. Make it OK to assume a holding pattern. Tonight: In the limelight.

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DEAR ABBY: I have a friend who lives a few states away. We talk on the phone every week. Either she calls me or I call her. Every time she calls me, it’s when she is driving somewhere. As soon as she arrives at her destination or pulls up in her driveway, she says, “I’m home (here) now. Gotta go!” and hangs up. This has been going on for years. I stay on the phone all the time she rambles on and never cut her short. It’s really starting to get to me. What should I do? — FUMING IN FLORIDA DEAR FUMING: If this has been happening “for years” and you are just now writing me about it, I’d call that one slow burn. Pick up the phone, call your friend and tell her exactly how you feel about it. If you don’t, she’ll continue doing what she has been doing because she thinks it’s all right with you.

Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars A baby born today has a Sun in Taurus and a Moon in Virgo. HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, May 9, 2014: This year you always seem to find solutions to your and other people’s problems. If you’re in an artistic or creative field, you could be entering a banner year. Your home becomes a higher priority than in the past. As long as you have a venue to expresses your high creativity, you will be content. If you are single, you will meet someone in your daily life, simply by going about your everyday business. If you are attached, you will be unusually content to stay at home, though you might have a strong desire to redecorate. Remember to keep your sweetie informed of what is going on. VIRGO intrigues you, either because of or despite his or her remoteness. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH You’ll float into the weekend feeling good, as if you have accomplished a major goal. Take time to make an appointment with the doctor, or perhaps schedule a long-overdue haircut. Do more for yourself, not just for others. Tonight: Happily head home. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHHYourimaginationprovestobe a resource, not only for you, but also for a loved one. Some of your wild flights of fancy might make others giggle. Schedule some special time for a child who values your company. Use caution with your funds. Tonight: Let the good times roll. GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

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