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JUNE 1, 2014 Soldotna-Kenai, Alaska

Vol. 44, Issue 207

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Going abroad Local man heading to Japan to teach English through exchange

By KAYLEE OSOWSKI Peninsula Clarion

He’s lucky number seven, Yasuko Lehtinen said.

Patrick Moore, is Kenai Peninsula College instructor Lehtinen’s seventh student to move to Japan to teach English through the JET— Japan Exchange and Teaching Program.

Moore, 25, took Japanese classes from Lehtinen three years ago after graduating from Gonzaga University Spokane Washington before moving to Pennsylvania to Villanova for his master’s degree.

The 25 year old, who grew up in Soldotna, first became interested in Japanese language and culture during his first year of college.

He was required to take a language course and chose Japanese.

“I just wanted to do something completely different, and I did See JAPAN, page A-2

Kenai launches new city website

Into the Inferno

By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion

Internet surfers interested in doing business in the City of Kenai or visitors interested in life at the mouth of the Kenai River have a new website to check out.

The City of Kenai launched it’s new website Thursday with a new design, a gallery of local scenic photos on the home page and multiple features intended to make accessing city forms and information easier, said Kenai City Clerk Saundra Modigh.

Users can expect more updated information on city departments, an interactive map, an ability to subscribe to public notices and a search functionality, which Modigh said is a huge new feature that should make information easier to find.

The website also has social media integration so users can

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The Funny River Horse Trail wildfire has consumed more than 193,243 acres of land on the Kenai Peninsula. These are the best of the reader-submitted and Clarion photos from the ongoing wildfire. For more see page A-11.

Wildfire holds near 193,000 acres, area burn ban lifted

Top, far right, middle right: Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion Middle left: Marla Taylor Right: Jason Pawluk Bottom: Brian Moore

By RASHAH MCCHESNEY Peninsula Clarion

As cool, damp conditions continued on the Kenai Peninsula, firefighters continued to make inroads on containing the Funny River Horse Trail wildfire.

Despite improving conditions and fire containment at 54 percent, none of the 751 firefighting personnel have left, according to an Alaska Interagency Incident Management team media release.

Instead, crews continue to mop-up, or seek out and extinguish hot areas, along the western edge of the fire line, according to the release.

Containment lines north of Torpedo Lake and on the north end of the Kenai River were strengthened Saturday and hotshot crews continued building a fireline in the Browns Lake area, according to the release.

See FIRE, page A-2

Inside today Cloudy with rain 52/39 For complete weather, see page A-12

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Uniting to finish Strong winds destroy roof, the cancer fight press box in Kenai park Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion

By RASHAH MCCHESNEY Peninsula Clarion

Brooke Jackson’s father died of cancer.

She cried during the opening ceremony, Friday, at Relay for Life.

By KELLY SULLIVAN Peninsula Clarion

The first time Herald Ochea learned his uncle, Buck Carroll, had cancer was on the drive to Kenai Central High School the 2014 year’s Central Peninsula

Relay for Life, May 30.

After the opening ceremony that evening, the pair went into the wind-rattled tarp tent housing supplies of markers and white paper bags to make Luminaria for their family members that did not survive their

When a tin roof goes, everybody knows.

The sound was as unmistakable as it was loud when Ken and Cameron Cole and James Clark watched the wind lift the roof and walls off of the press box Saturday at Coral Seymour Memorial Park where the Peninsula Oilers are scheduled to begin their baseball season in a week.

“There were boards ripping, nails coming out. It sounded like tin shaking in Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion the wind,” said Clark, general The roof and portions of the grandstand at Coral Seymour manager of the Oilers team.

Memorial Park, blew off during an episode of heavy wind gusts Saturday in Kenai, Alaska.

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Wildlife Refuge, state parks and Chugach National forest lands on the Kenai Peninsula.

Campfires must be in a metal fire grate in a Continued from page A-1 developed campsites, according to a media release. Charcoal grills, cooking stoves and gas The State Forestry department lifted a near- grills are also allowed.

Burn permits are still suspended, according ly week-long burn ban that has been in place to the release. on the Kenai Peninsula.

Open campfires are allowed, but only in Reach Rashah McChesney at rashah.mcdeveloped campsites in the Kenai National chesney@peninsulaclarion.com

Bulldog reporter Tkacz dies at 61

By MELISSA GRIFFITHS MORRIS NEWS SERVICE-ALASKA JUNEAU EMPIRE Photo by Kaylee Osowski/Peninsula Clarion

Patrick Moore, 25, will be moving to Japan in August to teach English to students through the JET — Japan Exchange and Teaching Program.

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and I liked it,” Moore said. “And I decided to keep doing it, and I decided to do study abroad I liked that too. It kind of all snowballed from there.”

Moore studied abroad in Tokyo, Japan, during the 20102011 school year. He stayed with a host family and another exchange student from Germany. As a JET teacher Moore will be staying in his own apartment or house on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu. Moore said he will be teaching elementary and middle school students for two to three years through the program.

Between receiving an under-

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share page links to Facebook or Twitter, Modigh said.

Modigh said she had been working on the website with Dan Castimore, the city computer technician for more than a year. Jessie Glaves of Alaska Computer Consultants developed the website.

Modigh said the old website used Adobe Dreamweaver, which she found to be complicated and in need of an upgrade. While she said she is not a web programmer or designer, she is responsible for providing new information from council meeting agendas and calendar events. The new site is a content managing system and provides quick updates to citizens.

“In previous years the city contracted a third party to manage updates, which created a waiting period to have things uploaded to the website,” she said. “Although I have learned how to use the software and now manage our updates in-house, I wanted the city to have a more updated and user-friendly website to disseminate information to our residents.”

The website has more content with five headings – living here, visiting, government, doing business and events. Under living here, people can learn more about Kenai’s Personal Use Fishery. Residents can pay utilities or apply for a business license under doing business.

Throughout the site scenic photos courtesy of Gary Harris offer a visual of the area with photographs of the beach, mountains, wildlife and historic old town.

Mayor Pat Porter said the website is beautiful and easy to maneuver around. While she said she is not the most tech savvy user, new features like being able to subscribe to public notices will be a benefit for residents who want to get information quickly.

“Let;’s say there is someone who is really interested about what the parks and recreation or library commissions do, they can fill in their name and email and receive all the notices,” she said. “The times are changing and it is vital to get information out to people as soon as possible.”

Porter said she loves the photos because they give people a visual image of why it’s great to live in Kenai and would like to see more photos added from the community.

grad degree and going to Pennsylvania for his masters, Moore also substitute taught at Kenai Peninsula Borough School District schools.

“I’m pretty comfortable in American schools, but I think it might a little more strict and there might be different expectations (in Japan),” Moore said. … “I’m going to have to try to learn pretty quickly.”

Moore began the application process for the JET program last September and found out he was accepted in April.

“It’s a pretty rigorous process,” he said.

Lehtinen said after submitting the application, applicants are interviewed by embassy officials and judged on their background, education and personality.

Because Moore has taught kids before and lived in Tokyo where he was immersed in the Japanese culture, Lehtinen said he is almost the perfect person for the job.

“He’s already half-way Japanese probably,” Lehtinen said, laughing.

Moore said while he has experience living in Japan, there are things he probably doesn’t know and there are always new things to learn.

Moore was notified last week where he would be teaching. He leaves Aug. 1 for Japan and will have orientation in Tokyo before moving to the island.

“I’m really excited to go,” Moore said.

Kaylee Osowski can be reached at kaylee.osowski@ peninsulaclarion.com

‘Let’s say there is someone who is really interested about what the parks and recreation and library commissions do, they can fill in their name and email and receive all the notices. The times are changing and it is vital to get information out to people as soon as possible. ’ — Pat Porter, Mayor of Kenai She said Modigh and Castimore worked hard to develop an updated website and beat their June 1 deadline.

Modigh said as is the case with new websites, there may

be technical glitches that will need to be resolved. To view the website, visit www.ci.kenai. ak.us Reach Dan Balmer at daniel. balmer@peninsulaclarion.com

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JUNEAU — Bob Tkacz may not have always been well-liked, but he was always respected, according to those who knew the longtime reporter.

Tkacz was found dead Tuesday evening in his Fourth Street office in Juneau. He was 61.

Lt. David Campbell with the Juneau Police Department reported there were no immediate signs of foul play and nothing that indicated he died of unnatural causes; there were indications of medical issues, but no further details could be shared.

Tkacz, originally from Ohio, graduated from Ohio University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Newspaper and Magazine Editing, according to his LinkedIn page. Friends and colleagues of Tkacz weren’t certain when he left Ohio and found his way to Petersburg, eventually landing in Juneau. Fellow journalist Gregg Erickson, editor of the Alaska Budget Report, said Tkacz claimed to have covered the Alaska State Legislature for 33 years — and “he’s not the kind of guy who would throw that around unless he was sure of it.”

Tkacz maintained his independence as a journalist, never working for a large paper and freelancing for publications like the Alaska Journal of Commerce and Alaska Budget Report. In addition to covering the legislature, he was known for his reporting on maritime and fisheries issues, publishing his own newsletter “Laws for the Sea,” which he established in 1994.

Fellow journalists respected Tkacz for his unwavering dedication to tell the story as he saw it, saying he made few, if any, compromises along the way.

Alaska Journal of Commerce Editor Andrew Jensen said Tkacz had the “relentless sort of spirit that I think every journalist should aspire to.”

He wasn’t always well-liked, Jensen said, but “I don’t think any journalist should aspire to be well-liked. Bob certainly never worried about that.”

Said longtime friend and colleague Dave Donaldson: “I always wished that everybody was like that. We were supposed to be, that was

what our dream was in journalism school anyway.”

Tkacz was at the Capitol every day of session, asking the hardest questions.

“Around the Legislature, he was known for his tenacity and his unshakeable honesty,” Erickson said. “He’d ask the same question again and again and again until they answered or shut him up in a not-so-gentle way.”

Former State Rep. Beth Kerttula remembered him as “asking the really tough, sometimes embarrassing questions.”

“Sometimes I was on the other side of it,” Kerttula admitted. “And that could make you feel uncomfortable about it. But Bob was always after the truth, and there’s not much higher you can say about a reporter.”

Former State Sen. Kim Elton, who also served as a newspaper editor, executive director of Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute and most recently with the Department of the Interior, had a number of experiences with Tkacz, He said their encounters that stand out most were at press conferences.

“He was the person who would ask the question that other journalists wanted to ask but didn’t know how to do it,” he said.

Elton said he pictured Tkacz fitting in well in a 1940s film, though he didn’t chew on unlit cigars.

“He was kind of pugnacious, but in a good way,” Elton said. “Some people thought him impolite, but I liked the way he didn’t let anybody not answer the question — in politics that can be difficult. The follow up question to the follow up question to the follow up question was Bob’s hallmark.”

Tom Cosgrove, a friend of Tkacz for about 20 years, said one thing Tkacz was particularly proud of in his career was his role in keeping the pressroom in the Capitol from shutting down.

“He basically refused to leave the Capitol.

There was a huge fight between (Legislative) Affairs and him. They were pretty much tearing down the office around him,” Cosgrove said.

“He fought to get the press room that is now downstairs.”

With his many years of experience, he was referred to as a “human encyclopedia” or “human database” on both Alaska politics and fisheries.

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Peninsula Clarion, Sunday, June 1, 2014

Obituary Sherrie Louise Abbott Sherrie Louise Abbott, born September 28, 1959 in Anchorage, Alaska at Providence Hospital walked across the celestial plain hand in hand with her spiritual guides on May 10, 2014.

How do you describe a lady like our Sherrie? How do you catch a feather and make it sing? We all seem to think that cancer is an ugly word. Well it damn sure is. Particularly when it comes in on little cat feet and goes out rather ungraciously stealing a 54 year old kaleidoscopic human being.

TIE DYE NATION! Sherrie now parties hardy with those we all have missed over the years: Dale, Dudley, Jack, Lucky, Karen, Kathy, Paul, Wendy, Linda, Preston, Beatrice; and the animal family: Jake, Punch, Dre, Bear and Herman. Those of us remaining behind: Lou, Sheila, Ginger, Robert, James, Lorena, Tony, Sabrina, Katrina, Tina, Marie, Jeri, Ron, Pope, Eddie Lee, Betty, Bill, Robert, Marquella, Phoebe, Michael, Garrett, Lola, Phil, Becky, Randy, Philski and the Pribbenows will always remember her love of music, compassion and caring for family, friends and animals, her somewhat twisted sense of humor, her determination to never give up, appreciation of nature and how she planted a seed in the hearts of all who knew her.

All Things Sherrie will be celebrated by all who wish to come at Soldotna Creek Park on Saturday June 14, 2014 starting at 2pm. Please bring your instruments! Contact Ginger Slaughter at 907-441-1901 for details.

To make a contribution in the name of Sherrie, please contact the American Cancer Society, American Diabetes Association, Garden of Baycrest Hill in Homer by mailing donations in Sherrie’s name to Homer Garden Club Po Box 2833 Homer, AK 99603 to help with cost of shrubs for this new garden that overlooks the Kachemak Bay, or donate to the family through Ginger.

Peninsula Clarion death notice and obituary guidelines:

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

We offer two types of death reports: Pending service/Death notices: Brief notices listing full name, age, date and place of death; and time, date and place of service. These are published at no charge.

Obituaries: The Clarion charges a fee to publish obituaries.

Obituaries are prepared by families, funeral homes, crematoriums, and are edited by our staff according to newspaper guidelines. Obituaries up to 300 words are charged $50, which includes a one-year online guest book memoriam to on Legacy. com. Obituaries up to 500 words are charged $100, which also includes the one-year online guest book memoriam. Tax is not included. All charges include publication of a black and white photo. Obituaries outside these guidelines are handled by the Clarion advertising department.

How to submit: Funeral homes and crematoriums routinely submit completed obituaries to the newspaper. Obituaries may also be submitted directly to the Clarion, online at www.peninsulaclarion.com, or by mail to: Peninsula Clarion, P.O. Box 3009, Kenai, Alaska, 99611. Pre-payment must accompany all submissions not already handled by a funeral home or crematorium.

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

Copyright: All death notices and obituaries become property of the Clarion and may not be republished in any format.

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

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store will close for good after Thursday June 5. In the meantime, we we’ll have a sale going on to reduce the number of books that will need new homes. All books are for sale at giveaway prices. Folks are encouraged to buy in quantity and save Hospital board meeting cancelled more. We will be open: The meeting of the Central Kenai Peninsula Hospital Sern Tues. from 12-6 p.m. vice Area Board that was scheduled for Monday, June 9th, has n Wed. from 12-6 p.m. been cancelled. The next regularly scheduled meeting will be n Thurs. from 12-6 p.m. on Monday, July 14th, at 5:30 p.m. at Central Peninsula Hospital.

Around the Peninsula

Cardiac Support Group meeting slated

Speaker to talk on the future of the Kenai River

The next meeting of the monthly Cardiac Support Group will be at CPH in the Redoubt Rm. from 5:30- 6:30 p.m. on Monday, June 2. Denise Harro R.N., Coordinator for Cardiac Health and Rehabilitation will be our guest speaker. Denise will talk about blood pressure; the causes of elevated blood pressure, effects on arteries, heart and other organs and treatment options. Please bring your questions as Denise is knowledgeable will gladly answer them. We hope to see you there. Jeanette Rodgers; WomenHeart Champion and Facilitator Cardiac Support Group 262-5547 or 394-1785. Denise Harro, CPH Cardiac Rehab 714-4728

The Kenai River is a precious regional resource. The river’s watershed has undergone major changes over the past century.

What will happen to the river in the future? What will changes mean for freshwater salmon habitat?

The Kenai Watershed Forum invites the public to a free talk titled “The Future of the Kenai River: Scenarios and Options”

by Shana Loshbaugh. The talk will be on Tuesday, June 3, 2014, at the Kenai River Center. It begins at 6 p.m. and will last for about half an hour, to be followed by questions and discussion.

The talk will include illustrations and information about area development, climate trends, and how development by the Swim lessons available Kenai River compares to that in other salmon-producing waThere is still space available in the Nikiski Pool Summer tersheds.

Swim lessons Set 1 starting June 4-20, with Intermediates at 9 Loshbaugh lived on the Kenai Peninsula for 20 years. Now a.m. and Advanced Beginners at 11 a.m. she lives in Fairbanks, and just graduated from the University Please call Nigel at 776-8800 for more information. of Alaska with a doctoral degree in environmental history. Her dissertation topic was the history of land use and salmon habitat in the Kenai River Watershed.

For more information, contact Shana Loshbaugh at Ninilchik Senior Center hosts endowment dinner s.loshbaugh@gmail.com or at (907) 460-7554.

The Ninilchik Senior Center will be hosting its annual Endowment Dinner and Pie Auction on June 7. Doors open at 4 p.m. for complimentary wine and cheese with silent auction and Triumvirate bookstore to close raffles beginning. Prime Rib Dinner begins at 5 p.m. Tickets are The Trimuvirate Group will be moving out of the Peninsula $25 each and can be purchased at the center 66265 Aspen Ave., Mall, probably this summer. We have decided that the book- Ninilchik. For more information, call 907-567-3988.

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.

Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Suite 71 in the old Carrs Mall in Kenai.

4 p.m.

• Narcotics Anonymous support group “Twisted Sisters” (women’s meeting) at URS Club, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71,

Peninsula Job Center Workshops Monday, 06/02/14 n 9:30am: ALEXsys Job Leads n 10:30am: Introduction to ALEXsys and the Job Center n 2:30pm: Resume Writing Workshop Tuesday, 06/03/14 n10:30am: Job Prep Workshop

Wednesday, 06/04/14 n 9:00am: WorkKeys® Testing n 10:30am: CareerReady 101 Lab n 3:00pm: Job Search Strategies for the Ex-Offender Thursday, 06/05/14 n 10:30am: Interviewing Skills Workshop n 3:30pm: Vocational Rehabilitation Orientation Friday, 06/06/14 no workshops offered

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• Alcoholics Anonymous Freedom Group meets at the Soldotna United Methodist Church, 158 S. Binkley, Soldotna.

8 p.m.

• Narcotics Anonymous support group “This One” (men’s meeting) at URS Club, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai.

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

***All workshop are free of jobs.alaska.gov <http://www. charge to the public*** jobs.alaska.gov> ), call 3353010, or visit the job center loThose interested in attend- cated in Kenai at 11312 Kenai ing any workshops offered at Spur Hwy., Suite #2. Business the Peninsula Job Center can hours are Monday – Friday, reserve space by clicking on the 8:00am to 5:00pm excluding “Schedule Workshops” option state and federal holidays. located on the main screen in your ALEXsys account (www.

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Bed tax may not be the best route for the borough AS THE KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH ASSEMBLY budget process ramps up, the idea of a bed tax as a mechanism to pay for tourism marketing and promotion efforts, among other things, has been floated once again.

Let’s start by making our position on tourism clear: Tourism is a valuable industry to the economic livelihood of the Kenai Peninsula. We support a robust tourism industry and welcome visitors to come back again and again.

The bed tax pitch came during a recent assembly finance committee work session on the non-departmental agencies that receive significant borough funding. The Clarion reported that the Kenai Peninsula Tourism Marketing Council, which has requested $300,000 from the borough, also proposed a 4 percent bed tax. As proposed, the measure would generate $2.8 million in revenue.

Revenue collected within cities would go to those cities; 80 percent of the revenue collected in the borough’s unincorporated areas — about $1 million — would go to whichever agency the borough chooses for its marketing efforts. Remaining revenue would go to the borough general fund.

A bed tax is designed to appeal to residents of whatever area in which it’s instituted because, in theory, residents don’t bear the cost of the levy — it’s visitors who stay in hotels, lodges and bed and breakfasts who do.

But it’s disheartening to see a bed tax proposal brought forward again, particularly as there’s no new reason for government to need to generate more revenue. Over the past several years, the borough and city governments have been quite adept at finding funding for a wide range of projects from a wide range of sources.

We have other concerns with a bed tax as well. For one, a bed tax seems a lot like a sales tax, and sales tax collected by the borough is dedicated to funding education, not tourism promotion.

What’s more, the tourism industry already is taxed at a higher rate than other businesses, as recreational sales — defined as guiding, charters, sightseeing tours, outfitting or equipment rentals, and temporary lodging included with such sales — are taxed per person, per day, and are not subject to the $500 cap on the taxable amount, as are most other transactions taxed by the borough.

An industry struggling to rebound from the recession, weak salmon runs and other factors out of its control doesn’t need yet another tax.

We also have concerns with public money being spent to promote any particular industry. Government’s role is to provide a level and fair playing field in which to do business.

While the borough and its residents have a vested interest in a successful tourism industry, it’s hard to consider an industry to be thriving if it relies on government funding for promotion.

Likewise, it’s hard to consider an agency that promotes tourism to be self-sustaining — as the Kenai Peninsula Tourism Marketing Council says it would like to be — when the proposed method to achieve that goal is to subsidize it with more public money.

Again, this is not an argument against tourism or its promotion on the Kenai Peninsula. We all benefit when local industry thrives.

But Kenai Peninsula residents need to think critically about the purposes for which taxes are collected.

Should marketing for a particular industry be one of those purposes?

The tea party lives on in Europe BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- While Tea Party candidates underperformed against establishment Republican incumbents in recent U.S. primary elections, in Europe their conservative cousins have just scored some spectacular victories.

Commentators are calling elections for seats in the European Parliament and local council seats in Britain a “political earthquake” and “revolution” as strongly conservative candidates made significant gains. In Britain, the UK Independent Party (UKIP) outperformed the established Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties. Labour hired one of President Obama’s top political strategists, David Axelrod, as a consultant. It didn’t help.

The significance of the election was summarized by the BBC, which noted that it was “the first time a party other than the Conservatives or Labour has won a national election for 100 years.” UKIP won with 27.5 percent of the vote, electing 24 of its members to the European Parliament.

The UKIP Platform resembles that of Tea Party Republicans in the U.S. According to the BBC, the party wants to end “mass uncontrolled immigration” and limit future immigrants to those who can “clearly be shown to benefit the British people as a whole and our economy.” On taxes, education, health care, energy and even social issues, the policies of UKIP and conservative Republicans are nearly interchangeable.

The far right in France, under the leadership of Marine Le Pen, buried the governing Socialists of President Francois Hollande, whose party won just 14 percent of the vote. Le Pen’s National Front Party

attracted a quarter of the vote.

The center-right party of German Chancellor Angela Merkel prevailed in EU elections. Only The Netherlands and Greece bucked the trend with their Cal Thomas more liberal parties prevailing.

An indication of how seriously British Prime Minister David Cameron is taking the election results came quickly. Cameron disparaged UKIP leader Nigel Farage, saying he’s “not a bloke down the pub,” but a “consummate politician,” as if Cameron inhabits a purer universe.

The biggest issue beyond immigration is whether Britain should remain in the European Union. If Farage’s party prevails on immigration, Britain would have to pull out of the EU, which has an open-door policy on immigrants. The British are rightfully worried that the character of their nation is being diluted by an immigrant invasion that has seen a good number end up on public assistance. Part of UKIP’s appeal is its pledge not to allow immigrants to apply for public housing or other benefits until they have paid taxes for five years.

UKIP also favors a flat tax and vouchers to allow parents to send their children to the schools of their choice and believes political correctness and multiculturalism have “split” British society, again mirroring conservative Republicans in the U.S. While voter turnout across Europe was a respectable 43 percent, only 36 percent

of eligible voters cast ballots in Britain.

Local, or “off-year” elections, don’t always forecast general election results, but sometimes they do.

Much of the British and American public -- and increasingly in the EU -- are beyond frustrated that politicians are not fulfilling their promises and seem more interested in perpetuating their political careers instead of doing what promotes the better interests of their nations. One sees that frustration in UKIP’s policy positions (http://www.ukip. org/issues).

Nigel Farage’s challenge is to sustain the momentum he has clearly established into next year’s races. His influence is clearly being felt as Cameron’s post-election remarks sound increasingly more conservative. Cameron used the word “conservative” four times in a single sentence while being interviewed on BBC Radio. He pledged not to make any “deals and pacts” with other parties. That is hardly credible since Cameron currently functions in a coalition government with Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, whose Liberal Democrats suffered an election wipeout.

Voters will judge Cameron’s veracity in next year’s general election. If he doesn’t measure up to his promises, UKIP could be Britain’s party of the future, as might other conservative parties in France and throughout most of Europe.

(Cal Thomas’ latest book is “What Works: Common Sense Solutions for a Stronger America” is available in bookstores now. Readers may email Cal Thomas at tcaeditors@tribune.com.)

KNW Refuge deserves kudos

I believe it is important to correct some of the misconceptions voiced in the letter to the editor published in Wednesday’s Clarion, and circulating in other discussion within our communities, regarding the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge’s (KNWR) response to the Funny River Fire.

KNWR’s initial direction to the Alaska Interagency Management Team’s (AIMT) leadership was to put this fire out as quickly as possible and to keep it on the refuge, according to the Incident Commander Rob Allen. He clarified that the refuge did authorize the use of retardant from the very beginning, and that retardant was used within the refuge. Wildland firefighters have found that with this fuel type, water is more effective than retardant is. Retardant just doesn’t penetrate far enough with piled fuel from large dead and down material, such as fallen timber from Spruce Bark Beetle impacted trees. Water penetrates deeper, although retardant was used in areas for which it was the best tool to fight the fire.

From the very beginning of the fire, the ‘With respect to President Putin and China, we Refuge allowed firefighters to use dozers within the refuge to construct lines. This don’t see any relationship whatsoever to an was very pro-active and unusual, as motoragreement with respect to gas and an energy ized equipment is typically not permitted within national wildlife refuges. supply between Russia and China that they’ve What helped keep the fire from jumping been working on for 10 years. This isn’t new.

Funny River Road was the “Shaded Fuel This isn’t a sudden response to what’s been go- Break” that the Refuge has been putting in since the late 90’s. The pre-developed fuel ing on. And if the world benefits as a result of break was critical to the initial strategy emthat, it’s fine. That’s not what’s at stake here.’ ployed in fighting the fire and prevented the - U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry houses off Funny River Road from burning. The fuel break from Funny River Road

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P eninsula KPB M ayor M ike N avarre to Brown’s Lake also saved homes. That break was developed through a working collaboration between the Alaskan Division of Forestry and the Fish and Wildlife Service, on CIRI owned land. Rob Allen believes that homes would have been lost without those pre-existing fuel breaks, but because they were already there, firefighters were able to actively manage the fire rather than having to construct fuel breaks themselves. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Kenai Refuge have been full and active partners in the management of this fire since day one.

The primary goal of the Refuge in a wildfire situation is to protect the public and to protect the safety of firefighters.

Their commitment to the stewardship of wildlife requires that they insure that negative impacts of response are minimized.

The Refuge did an extraordinary job of balancing these values and their existing responsibilities and legal authority. Andy Loranger, Refuge Manager, says it perfectly when he states, “People aren’t worried about fish if their house is about to burn down, and we recognize that.”

Situations like this require the efforts of everybody working together, seamlessly, and this fire response is a great example of

that. The extraordinary efforts by firefighting crews and cooperation between agencies under the incident management team’s exceptionally qualified leadership, resulted in an very positive outcome for our communities.

Mr. Loranger, describing his experience working with the fire-fighting teams this week commented, “If there was anything that gave me comfort this week, it was knowing just how good they were.”

I offer sincere gratitude to all the hardworking firefighters and the Incident Management Team, who prevented loss of life and property, engineered an orderly evacuation when that became necessary, and kept the community well informed of the fire’s progress through reverse-911 calls and public meetings. I also offer sincere appreciation to the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge for their open encouragement for fire-fighting teams to use whatever means necessary to keep the public safe from this fire. Their ongoing fire protection efforts are in line with their mandates and part of why we did not lose homes in this massive wildfire.

My thanks to Governor Parnell, Incident Commander Rob Allen and his command team, and all of the agencies and individuals who responded to the Funny River and Tyonek fires. Additionally, the exceptional cooperation and assistance from our communities and residents did not go unnoticed and was impressive under very difficult and stressful situations. Thank you.

Mike Navarre, Mayor, Kenai Peninsula Borough

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Barbara Belknap served as executive director for ASMI starting in 1997 and said she interacted with Tkacz frequently.

“He was everywhere there was anything to do with fisheries,” she said.

When there were hearings about the funding of ASMI, Belknap said Tkacz would show up at each one with a notebook, taking notes.

Though the most common descriptor for Tkacz might be “fiercely independent,” he was also known to have a sense of humor.

“He was a hard-nosed reporter with a huge heart,” Kerttula said. “He had a real heart for people and he was funny.

That’s so rare.”

Cosgrove said Tkacz “had an absolute Rasputin look about him,” and a sense of humor about how he looked and how he presented himself.

Alaska was the right place for him, Cosgrove added. “It gave him the latitude to be both a professional and an oddball... he was where he needed to be.”

Others who knew him agreed.

“He was a real character.

You’ll hear a lot of people say that. He’s a rarity,” Kerttula said. “Most of us are trying so hard to fit in and be part of the group — Bob was a real individual. Iconoclastic wouldn’t be too big a word to use about Bob.” An avid sailor, Tkacz lived on a boat and got out on the water whenever possible.

Cosgrove also described him as “an adventure traveler” who explored new places “under the guise of learning more about fisheries and fishing.”

Jazz was another passion of Tkacz, who had a show on radio station KRNN. Donaldson said if Tkacz hadn’t been a political and fisheries reporter, he’d have been most happy reporting on music.

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to jazz clubs in Beijing and Seoul; that’s what he would talk about,” Donaldson said. “He would talk about these wonderful musicians and wished he could get them to play here in the U.S.”

However people knew him, the consensus is that Tkacz’ death is a huge loss for Alaska.

Kerttula voiced the sentiments of many when she said: “I’m going to miss him terribly as a friend, and the state’s going to miss him as a great reporter.”

Reactions from those Tkacz covered: Gov. Sean Parnell: “Sandy and I were sad to hear that Bob Tkacz had passed away earlier this week. As a longtime member of the Capitol press corps, his absence will be felt by many. Bob’s persistence and understanding of Alaska government and issues will be missed. We extend our condolences to Bob’s family and friends, as well as his colleagues in the press.”

Sen. Mark Begich: “I was saddened to learn today about the death of Bob Tkacz. Bob was an institution among Alaska media. He was tough, tenacious and very, very persistent but he always had the best interests of his readers in mind. The Alaska press lost a great asset.”

Sen. Hollis French, D-Anchorage: “Bob was an institution in the Capitol press corps.

He brought a unique candor and distinctly direct approach to reporting. He was a friend to Alaska and his presence will be sorely missed,” Former House Democratic Press Secretary Mark Gnadt: “Bob Tkacz wouldn’t let anyone duck the hard questions, and Alaska is a better place for it. Many times I would warn legislators with ‘Bob won’t let you get away with that answer.’

Bob Tkacz was the one reporter you wanted to show up at the other guys’ press conferences.”

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Lee Hecimovich holds squash plants as he stands among tomatoes and artichokes already planted in his seasonal high tunnel on Friday, in Palmer, Alaska. The USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service offers financial assistance to growers using the tall hoop houses to extend growing seasons, and has awarded more funding to Alaska for them than any other state.

Laptop with campaign info stolen Gubernatorial candidate informs 1,000 of compromised info JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The campaign of Alaska gubernatorial candidate Byron Mallott has sent a letter to more than 1,000 donors warning that a laptop containing credit card and check information was stolen. The laptop, which was shut down and password protected at the time, was determined to be missing Wednesday night from the Democrat’s Anchorage campaign office.

The laptop had been in a restricted area at the back of the office, campaign adviser Bruce Botelho said.

“What we believe may have happened was the back door

had not latched properly,” he said. “Someone had come in through the back door while volunteers were working in the front public area of the campaign and it was removed.”

Nothing else was taken.

Anchorage police are investigating. Copies of checks and credit cards numbers were on the computer. The images included contributors’ names and mailing addresses, phone numbers, bank account or credit card information, and security code numbers. It also contained donors’ occupations and employers.

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—Bruce Botelho Campaign advisor for Byron Mallott day to Mallott contributors recommending they monitor their bank and credit card accounts. State law requires immediate notification of lost or stolen personal information unless a criminal investigation requires a delay.

Botelho said password protection on the computer may prevent donor information from being seen.

“In that respect that lessens the risk, I think, to any of our donors,” he said. “But nevertheless, there still is a risk.”

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Last Afghanistan POW freed JULIE PACE Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The only american soldier held prisoner in Afghanistan has been freed by the Taliban in exchange for the release of five Afghan detainees from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Obama administration officials said Saturday.

Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was handed over to U.S. special operations forces by the Taliban Saturday evening, local time, in an area of eastern Afghanistan, near the Pakistani border, officials said. In a statement, the Taliban said Bergdahl was handed over on the outskirts of Khost province.

Officials said the exchange was not violent and the 28-yearold Bergdahl was in good condition and able to walk.

“While Bowe was gone, he was never forgotten,” President Barack Obama said in a statement from the White House Rose Garden, where he was joined by Bergdahl’s parents.

“The United States of America does not ever leave our men and women in uniform behind.”

Bergdahl’s handover followed indirect negotiations between the U.S. and the Taliban, with the government of Qatar serving as the go-between. Qatar is taking custody of the five Afghan detainees who were held at Guantanamo.

Several dozen U.S. special operations forces, backed by multiple helicopters and surveil-

MANUEL VALDES Associated Press

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Accompanied by President Barack Obama, Jani Bergdahl, left, and Bob Bergdahl speak during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Saturday, about the release of their son, U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl.

lance aircraft, flew into Afghanistan by helicopter and made the transfer with the approximately 18 Taliban members. Officials said the commandos were on the ground for a short time before lifting off with Bergdahl.

According to a senior defense official, once Bergdahl climbed onto the noisy helicopter, he took a pen and wrote on a paper plate, “SF?” — asking the troops if they were special operations forces.

over the roar of the rotors: “Yes, we’ve been looking for you for a long time.”

Then, according to the official, Bergdahl broke down.

Bergdahl, of Hailey, Idaho, is believed to have been held by the Haqqani network since June 30, 2009. Haqqani operates in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region and has been one of the deadliest threats to U.S. troops in the war.

The network, which the They shouted back at him State Department designated

as a foreign terrorist organization in 2012, claims allegiance to the Afghan Taliban, yet operates with some degree of autonomy.

Officials said Bergdahl was initially taken to Bagram Air Field, the main U.S. base in Afghanistan, for medical evaluations, and was being transferred to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, a military facility in Germany, for additional care before he returns to the United States.

Profile of American suicide bomber MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press

VERO BEACH, Fla. — The American man who launched a suicide bombing against Syrian government troops grew up in Central Florida and attended several colleges in the state before dropping out and moving abroad.

U.S. officials identified the bomber as Moner Mohammad Abu-Salha of Florida but have said little else. Records show a person with that name lived with his family in a two-story stucco home in a gated community plunked among the orange groves on the edge of Vero Beach, the historic winter training ground for the Dodg-

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ers baseball team.

Abu-Salha was 22, according to records from one of the colleges.

Cynthia Heinz, a former member of the neighborhood homeowners association in Vero Beach, said the family had moved twice within the neighborhood since they lost their home to foreclosure a few years back. Before the family moved, they lived around the corner from Heinz. Records list the family has having previously lived in West Palm Beach and Fort Pierce.

“I used to see the mom walking around. She would accompany her youngest son when he went out to play,” she said. “She was always very

sweet” Heinz told The Associated Press she rarely saw Moner Abu-Salha or his older brother, who were already teenagers by then.

She said Michelle AbuSalha, the mother who dressed conservatively in a traditional Hijab over her hair, was always friendly, as was her teenage daughter, who went to school with Heinz’s son. Heinz said she had less contact with AbuSalha’s father.

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A youth league statistics website listed Moner AbuSalha as playing for the Indian River Warriors basketball team in 2007.

Abu-Salha’s former Vero Beach neighbor Bill Miller told The Washington Post (his son used to play basketball with Abu-Salha, and that Abu-Salha was once suspended from school for fighting after some boys made fun of his mother’s clothing.

SEATTLE — A Mount Rainier National Park official says six climbers are presumed dead after helicopters detected pings from emergency beacons buried in the snow thousands of feet below their last known location.

Park Ranger Fawn Bauer said Saturday that “there’s not a viable chance of survival.” She says the helicopter crew spotted camping and climbing gear in an avalanche-prone area more than 3,000 feet below the group’s last known whereabouts. The six were at 12,800 feet at last contact Wednesday.

Air and ground searches were suspended late Saturday afternoon. Bauer said the bodies won’t be recovered Sunday because they are in an extremely dangerous area, where snow, ice and rock fall constantly.

The missing group includes four clients of Seattle-based Alpine Ascents International and two guides.

They were due to return from the mountain Friday.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP’s earlier story is below.

Six climbers missing on Mount Rainier are presumed dead after helicopters detected pings from emergency beacons buried in the snow thousands of feet below their last known location, a national park official said Saturday.

Park Ranger Fawn Bauer said the helicopter crew also spotted camping and climbing gear in an avalancheprone area more than 3,000 feet below the group’s last known whereabouts. The six

were at 12,800 feet at last contact Wednesday.

“There’s not a viable chance of survival,” Bauer said.

Air and ground searches were suspended late Saturday afternoon. The bodies won’t be recovered Sunday because they are in an extremely dangerous area, where snow, ice and rock fall constantly, she said.

“It would expose our rangers to pretty extreme conditions, so we are not able to do any kind of ground searching of that area,” she said. “And, in all honesty, we may never be able to get on the ground there.”

The missing group includes four clients of Seattle-based Alpine Ascents International and two guides.

They were due to return from the mountain on Friday.

When they did not return, the climbing company notified park officials, Bauer said.

Officials have yet to finish family notifications, so the names of the climbers are unlikely to be released until Sunday.

Mount Rainier, southeast of Seattle, stands at 14,410 feet and attracts thousands of climbers trying to reach its summit every year.

The search for the missing climbers focused on the northwest shoulder of the mountain at the Liberty Ridge area, near where they were last heard from, Bauer said. Saturday’s search included a team of three climbing rangers on the ground and flyovers with a Hughes helicopter. An Army Chinook helicopter then joined the search from Joint Base Lewis-McChord.

The group was scheduled to reach the summit of Mount Rainier on Thursday, with a day to climb down.

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Bomber’s friend obstructed case

Around the Nation Plane leaving Massachusetts catches fire BEDFORD, Mass. — Authorities say a small private plane leaving Hanscom Field in Massachusetts has caught fire and emergency crews are responding.

Jim Peters of the Federal Aviation Administration says a Gulfstream IV aircraft apparently ran off a runway at 9:40 p.m. Saturday as the plane was taking off. Peters said officials told the FAA that the aircraft caught fire.

The plane was headed to Atlantic City International Airport in New Jersey at the time.

Neither the FAA nor the Massachusetts Port Authority, which operates Hanscom Field in Bedford, had any details on what caused the accident, on the number of people aboard or their condition.

Mickelson says he will cooperate in probe DUBLIN, Ohio — Hall of Fame golfer Phil Mickelson confirmed that FBI agents investigating insider trading approached him this week at the Memorial Tournament. The five-time major champion said Saturday he has done “absolutely nothing wrong.”

A federal official briefed on the investigation told The Associated Press the FBI and Securities and Exchange Commission are analyzing trades Mickelson and Las Vegas gambler Billy Walters made involving Clorox at the same time activist investor Carl Icahn was attempting to take over the company. When Icahn’s intent became public, the stock price jumped.

The official was unauthorized to speak about the investigation and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity. Reports of the investigation appeared in several newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal.

Unions strike deals with two Vegas casinos LAS VEGAS — Union negotiators have struck contract deals with two more downtown Las Vegas casinos, but the threat of a strike at other hotels remains.

Officials at Culinary Workers Local 226 and Bartenders Local 165 say workers at three other downtown properties plan to go on strike at 5 a.m. Sunday unless last-minute agreements are reached.

They say more than 450 union restaurant workers, hotel housekeepers, cocktail servers and bartenders remained without a contract at the Plaza, Las Vegas Club and Golden Gate.

A symbolic step after Washington mudslide OSO, Wash. — With a moment of silence and a community walk, the stretch of highway covered by a massive mudslide in Washington state reopened Saturday, a symbolic step forward following two months of destruction, loss and recovery.

State and local leaders helped residents mark the reopening of State Highway 530 after the March 22 mudslide killed 42 people about 55 miles northeast of Seattle. Gov. Jay Inslee didn’t make remarks at the opening, instead joining the dozens of people walking, including Darrington Mayor Dan Rankin and other community leaders.

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BOSTON— A friend of the brothers suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon was accused Friday of obstructing the investigation into the deadly attack by deleting information from his computer and lying to investigators.

The friend, Khairullozhon Matanov, 23, of Quincy, was arrested at his apartment. He later appeared in federal court, but entered no plea and was being held until a detention hearing Wednesday.

In describing Matanov’s relationship with bombing suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, an indictment unsealed Friday revealed new de-

tails about what the brothers did in the hours after they allegedly planted two homemade bombs that killed three people and wounded more than 260. About 40 minutes after the bombs went off, Matanov called Tamerlan Tsarnaev and invited him to dinner, the indictment said, and all three of them dined together at a restaurant that night.

Days later, after the Tsarnaevs’ photos were publicly released, Matanov deleted references from his computer to videos and photos of them, a photo of the MIT police officer who authorities say the Tsarnaevs killed days after the attack and files that contained violent content or calls to violence, the indictment alleges.

Matanov is not charged with

participating in the bombings or knowing about them in advance, U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz said in a statement, but a spokeswoman declined to comment when asked whether additional charges were possible against him.

His lawyer, Edward Hayden, called the allegations unsubstantiated and said his client looked forward to contesting the charges.

“He had no intent to mislead the FBI, and from what I can see, what he said and did didn’t impede the investigation,” Hayden said.

Matanov and Tamerlan Tsarnaev discussed religion together and hiked up a mountain in New Hampshire in order to praise and emulate the training

of the mujahedeen, the indictment said.

After the dinner with the Tsarnaevs the night of the bombing, prosecutors said, Matanov told an unnamed witness that he could support the bombings for a “just reason” — for example, if they were done in the name of Islam.

“In the days following the bombings, Matanov continued to express support for the bombings, although later that week he said that maybe the bombings were wrong,” the indictment said.

Matanov realized the FBI would want to talk with him because he shared their “philosophical justification for violence,” federal prosecutors said.

US men detained in Honduras speak out LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ Associated Press

MIAMI — Six U.S. men detained for weeks in Honduras were working on a project to aid local lobster divers, associates said Saturday, and they deny violating weapons laws by failing to declare a gun.

The crew from Aqua Quest International has been held at a prison in Puerto Lempira in that Central American country since May 5, when Honduran police and Navy personnel raided their newly arrived 65foot vessel and found a weapon, according to a news release from the shipwreck salvage and research company based in Tarpon Springs, Florida.

“We initially thought it would be over as fast as it started because they broke no laws,” said Stephen Mayne, brother of the company’s president, Robert Mayne, who is one of those held.

“There’s been a lot of work behind the scenes to secure their release, and we thought it would be best to go through the proper channels. And after all this time, when it didn’t seem to be going anywhere, we decided to take a different approach” by

making a more public appeal, he told The Associated Press.

The U.S. State Department has confirmed the men’s detention earlier.

Calls to Honduran prosecutors have gone unanswered and Honduran Navy officials declined to comment Saturday.

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working on a project with aid workers and officials the town of Ahuas to help local lobster divers, who can suffer permanent damage from dives as deep as 150 feet (45 meters).

“Ultimately the projects were going to provide some real opportunities, through flood abatement, for the local spiny

lobster divers,” Mayne said.

Ahuas is a Miskito Indian town in an impoverished Honduran region often exploited by drug traffickers. The area has been targeted by joint U.S.Honduran anti-drug missions, though Stephen Mayne insisted none of the crew was involved in trafficking.

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Police crackdown on protesters DESMOND BUTLER Associated Press

ISTANBUL — Police used tear gas and water cannon on Saturday to push back crowds of protesters who defied a warning

by Turkey’s prime minister and gathered in Istanbul and Ankara on the anniversary of last year’s nationwide anti-government demonstrations.

Riot police fired tear gas on hundreds of protesters on a main pedestrian street leading to Istanbul’s main square, Taksim, following a stand-off with police. Clashes also erupted in the capital Ankara, where police used water cannons against a group of stone-throwing protesters.

Dogan new agency video footage showed police, some in plain clothes, detaining several people in the two cities.

Abdulbaki Boga, of the Human Rights Association, told The Associated Press at least 83 people were detained and 14 people were injured in Istanbul alone.

Large numbers of police blocked access to Taksim, and news reports earlier said authorities planned to deploy some 25,000 police officers and up to 50 anti-riot water cannon vehicles around the city

TODD PITMAN Associated Press

AP Photo/Emrah Gurel

A man shouts as plain clothes security members try to detain a person who was reading as security close the city’s landmark Taksim Square and Gezi Park on the first anniversary of last year’s protests in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday.

to thwart the demonstrations.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned activists to keep away from the square, saying authorities were under strict orders to prevent protests.

“I am calling on my people:

don’t fall for this trap. This is not an innocent environmental action,” Erdogan said.

In late May and June last year, hundreds of thousands of Turks took to the streets denouncing Erdogan’s increas-

ingly autocratic leadership and demanding more democratic freedoms. The protests were sparked by opposition to government plans to uproot trees at Taksim Square’s Gezi Park and build a shopping center.

Syrian refugees told not to return home BASSEM MROUE Associated Press

BEIRUT — Lebanon announced Saturday that Syrian refugees registered with the United Nations should not to return home as of June 1, warning they will lose their status in this tiny Arab country.

The announcement comes ahead of Syria’s June 3 presidential elections, a vote President Bashar Assad is widely expected to win to secure a third seven-year term.

Reading becomes a protest in Thailand

Damascus sees the elections as a means to end the 3-yearold conflict, while the Syrian opposition and its Western allies have denounced the vote as a farce aimed solely at lending Assad a veneer of electoral legitimacy.

Activists say more than 160,000 people have been killed since the Syrian conflict started in March 2011 as largely peaceful protests against Assad’s rule that deteriorated into civil war. The fighting has uprooted 9 million people from

their homes, with over 6 million Syrians seeking shelter in safer parts of the country and at least 2.7 million fleeing to neighboring countries.

More than 1 million of them are in Lebanon, leaving the much smaller nation of 4.5 million struggling to cope with the massive influx as many refugees desperately need housing, education and medical care.

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“This measure is based on the concern about security in Lebanon and the relation between Syrian refugees and Lebanese citizens in areas hosting them and to prevent any friction See SYRIA, page A-9

BANGKOK — In juntaruled Thailand, the simple act of reading in public has become an act of resistance.

On Saturday evening in Bangkok, a week and a half after the army seized power in a coup, about a dozen people gathered in the middle of a busy, elevated walkway connecting several of the capital’s most luxurious shopping malls.

As pedestrians trundled past, the protesters sat down, pulled out book titles such as George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four” — a dystopian novel about life in a totalitarian surveillance state — and began to read.

In a country where the army has vowed to crack down on anti-coup protesters demanding elections and a return to civilian rule, in a place where you can be detained for simply holding something that says “Peace Please” in the wrong part of town, the small gathering was an act of defiance — a quiet demonstration against the army’s May 22 seizure of power and the repression that has accompanied it.

“People are angry about this coup, but they can’t express it,” said a human rights activist who asked to be identified only by her nickname, Mook, for fear of being detained.

“So we were looking for an alternative way to resist, a way that is not confrontational,” she said. “And one of those ways is reading.”

Their defiance, if you can call it that, is found in the titles they chose. Among them: “Unarmed Insurrection,” ‘’The Politics of Despotic Paternalism,” ‘’The Power of Non-Violent Means.”

The junta has banned political gatherings of five people or more. But it is unclear what laws, if any, such lowkey protests could be breaking.

The coup, Thailand’s second in eight years, deposed an elected government that had insisted for months that the nation’s fragile democracy was under attack from protesters, the courts and, finally, the army.

The leader of the junta, Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha, says the military had to intervene to restore order after half a year of debilitating protests that had crippled the former government and triggered sporadic violence which killed 28 people and injured more than 800.

Since taking over, the military has made clear it will tolerate no dissent, and it has launched a major campaign to silence critics and censor the media. The junta has warned all citizens against doing anything that might incite conflict, and the list of targets has been long.

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Coffee rust reaches new heights

Around the World Aust. resettles Afghans who helped military CANBERRA, Australia — Australia says it has resettled in recent months more than 500 Afghans who had jeopardized their own safety by helping the Australian military in their war-ravaged homeland.

The government said in a statement it had been reluctant to comment on the refugee program until Sunday because of risks to those who applied for resettlement before a September 2013 deadline.

The Afghans, mainly interpreters and their families, were granted refugee visas. Most were resettled in Australia since late last year.

Australia has ended combat operations in Afghanistan and withdrew about 1,000 troops in 2013, but still has about 400 troops performing advisory and training roles.

Chinese manufacturing rates continue to rise BEIJING — Chinese manufacturing grew for the third consecutive month in May, suggesting a slowdown in the world’s second-largest economy is stabilizing, a state-sanctioned industry group said Sunday.

The China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing said that its monthly purchasing managers index rose to 50.8 points in May on a 100-point scale on which numbers above 50 show activity expanding. That was up from April’s 50.4 points and represented the highest level this year.

China’s economic growth was down to 7.4 percent in the first quarter as leaders try to reduce reliance on trade and investment and boost domestic consumption. Chinese leaders have launched several mini-stimulus efforts when the economy appeared to be cooling too sharply.

In a more pessimistic report, HSBC’s preliminary purchasing managers’ index released last month showed Chinese manufacturing rose to 49.7 in May from 48.1 in April, indicating that it contracted in April for the fourth straight month but at a less severe pace of decline.

China killing blamed on cult six members BEIJING — Six members of a religious cult have been arrested over the beating death of a woman at a McDonald’s restaurant in eastern China, police said Saturday.

The accused, including four members of the same family, allegedly attacked the woman in the city of Zhaoyuan on Wednesday evening after she refused to tell them her phone number. Zhaoyuan police said on their microblog that the six belonged to a group calling itself the “All-powerful spirit” and had been collecting numbers in an effort to recruit new members.

Zhaoyuan is in Shandong province, a traditional hotbed for religious cults. The region gave birth to the violent antiChristian Boxer movement that laid siege to Western interests in Beijing and elsewhere during the waning years of the Qing dynasty in 1900.

State broadcaster CCTV said religious material had been found at a location linked to the sect but gave no further details. A clerk who answered the phone at Zhaoyuan police headquarters said no one was available to comment on the case.

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LUCKNOW, India — Police arrested a third suspect Saturday in the gang rape and slaying of two teenage cousins found hanging from a tree in northern India, as a top state official said he was recommending a federal investigation into a case that has triggered national outrage.

The three suspects detained in the attack in Uttar Pradesh state are cousins in their 20s from an extended family, and they face murder and rape charges, crimes punishable by the death penalty, said police officer N. Malik.

Facing growing criticism for a series of rapes, authorities in Uttar Pradesh, which has a long-standing reputation for lawlessness, also arrested two police officers and fired two others Friday for failing to investigate when the father of one of the teenagers reported the girls missing earlier in the week.

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MOISES CASTILLO Associated Press

FRAIJANES, Guatemala — For years, Hernan Argueta’s small plot of coffee plants seemed immune to the fungus spreading elsewhere in Central America. The airborne disease that strikes coffee plants, flecking their leaves with spots and causing them to wither and fall off, failed to do much damage in the cooler elevations of Guatemala’s mountains.

Then, the weather changed.

Temperatures warmed in the highlands and the yellow-orange spots spread to Argueta’s plants.

Since the warming trend was noted in 2012, the 46-year-old farmer said his family went from gathering a dozen 100-pound (45-kilogram) sacks of coffee beans each month to just five.

Now, Argueta is among the region’s thousands of coffee farmers fighting the fungus called “coffee rust” in hopes they’ll continue to supply the smooth-flavored, aromatic Arabica beans enjoyed by coffee lovers around the world. But

with no cure for the fungus, and climate conditions expected to encourage its spread, they are bracing for a long, hard battle to survive.

Argueta, like many farmers, is replacing his old trees with new coffee plants that better resist the rust, and cutting back existing trees in the hope they’ll spring new foliage. It will be two to three years, however before the new plants produce the bright red cherries that hold the valuable beans. Argueta has had to seek out construction jobs to get by. “Now we have had to find other lines of work,” he said.

Coffee rust first hit Central America in the 1970s. For decades, coffee growers simply coped with the blight and lower yields. But as rust spread to the highlands, the problem demanded action. Last year, Guatemala declared a national emergency, with officials estimating rust had affected 70 percent of the nation’s crop.

In neighboring El Salvador, the rate of infection is 74 percent, according to the London-

based International Coffee Organization. In Costa Rica, it’s 64 percent; in Nicaragua, 37 percent; and in Honduras, 25 percent.

In its April report, the ICO said the average price for coffee hit a two-year high — more than US$1.70 per pound — as market watchers worried about production in Brazil, where severe drought is affecting the world’s largest coffee crop, and an El Nino weather pattern is expected to further hurt supply across the region.

The spread of rust has prompted growers to adopt new measures, such as “stumping,” the practice of pruning trees of all infected vegetation in hopes of encouraging them to regrow with greater vibrancy. They are also using fungicides and installing shade covers, which appear to help keep the fungus at bay.

Rust also has hit farms in Southern Mexico, which produces much of the region’s shade-grown coffee, and where the government is leading a sweeping replanting project.

“We have old, unproductive coffee plantations that haven’t been pruned. In some case they’re 40 years old,” said Belisario Dominguez Mendez, who heads up coffee issues for Mexico’s Agriculture Department. “Coffee rust is a good pretext to transform the coffee industry in Mexico,” he said, noting the government intends to replace about 20 percent of coffee plants each year, hoping to have them all replaced within five years.

None of that will make rust go away, however.

“It’s an issue of managing it, controlling it,” Dominguez Mendez said. “We have lived with rust for 30 years, and we will continue living with it for as long as we are around.”

In El Salvador, Claudia Herrera de Calderon worries over her family inheritance, two large coffee farms high in the mountains near the Guatemalan border. She has been stumping plants on the two parcels, which total about 500 hectares (1,200 acres) and spraying fungicides.

But it’s not enough.

Russia says monitors should stay in Ukraine JIM HEINTZ Associated Press

MOSCOW — Russia’s Foreign Ministry criticized a suggestion by an official that an international monitoring body could withdraw its observer mission from Ukraine because of safety concerns, as shooting between government troops and pro-Russian rebels continued in the region on Saturday.

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe says it lost contact on Thursday with a group of five monitors

in separatist eastern Ukraine.

Another four-member team has been held by eastern rebels since Monday.

Wolfgang Ischinger, the OSCE’s negotiator on national dialogue in Ukraine, told German broadcaster ZDF this week that the monitor mission might have to withdraw if the organization fears for its employees’ lives.

But the Russian ministry said in a statement Saturday that “amid Kiev’s intentionally intensified punitive operation in the east of the country, it is

essential to step up the work of international observers.”

Confrontations continued Saturday between government troops and the rebels, who have seized administrative and police buildings across the east and want to join the region to Russia.

At a government-controlled checkpoint in the city of Slovyansk, which has been the epicenter of the conflict, troops came under fire but repelled the attack. No casualties were reported in the latest attempt to break the army’s ring of check-

points around the city.

Vladislav Seleznev, press secretary for Ukraine’s antiinsurgent operation in the east, said Saturday that the army had successfully destroyed a cannon in Slovyansk, which he said rebels had been using to shell civilian buildings in the town.

As violence escalated in the region, the Ukrainian and proRussian sides have blamed each other for the rising number of civilian casualties in the conflict.

Efrem Lutasky in Slovyansk, Ukraine contributed to this report.

The election is scheduled for Tuesday. Several polling stations will be set up on the Syrian side of three Lebanese border crossing points. The ministry’s decision appeared aimed at preventing refugees from heading there to vote.

Lebanon has seen violence from the Syrian conflict spill into its streets.

Lama Fakih, a researcher at Human Rights Watch, called on the Lebanese government and “all neighboring states to maintain an open border policy for individuals fleeing the conflict.”

“It’s their responsibility un-

der international refugee law ... to assess whether or not someone is actually fleeing persecution in Syria,” Fakih said.

The Lebanese decision came hours after rebels blew

up a tunnel packed with explosives in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, killing at least 20 pro-government fighters, activists and rebels said.

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or provocation,” it said.

The ministry’s statement came after this week’s two-day vote by tens of thousands of Syrians at their embassy near Beirut. Many of them raised posters of Assad and chanted pro-government slogans.

Lebanon’s anti-Assad March 14 coalition said those who took part in the vote are not refugees and called on the Lebanese government to “work on deporting them to their country.” Lebanese Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk is a member of the Future Movement — which is also part of the March 14 coalition.

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Left: Jan Slegers holds his daughter Drew Slegers, whose mother had her while she was suffering from a rare form cancer, Friday, at the Central Peninsula Relay for Life. Drew Slegers’ mother died after she was born.

Right: Gine Gregoire takes a paper clip for completing a lap around the Kenai Central High School track.

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battle with the disease. Each bag contains a candle which lights the person’s name, and line the path where relay for life walkers march during the event.

Carroll said he has been directly and indirectly dealing with cancer for the past 50 years. His mother, father and two brothers both died from the illness, and he too has been diagnosed.

Over the years Carroll’s discussions with fellow Relayers evolved from coping with the

death of family member, to acting as caregiver for someone struggling with the disease, to treating himself.

“Cancer levels all playing fields, it does not discriminate,” event chair Johna Beech said.

“Everyone is one degree away from someone with cancer.”

Beech said she is fully on board with this year’s theme “Finish the fight.” Research has come so far in the last one hundred years, she said.

The hope of researchers with the American Cancer Society is to eradicate the disease within the next century.

Every person walking with her on the KCHS track was contributing to the fight against cancer, by either raising or con-

tributing funds, Beech said.

By the end of this year’s event, the Central Peninsula chapter raised $52,243.11, $13,000 less than their goal.

Beech paused on southern curve of the track, facing the walkers, battling the cold air coming at them in sharp gusts.

“No matter what the weather, we are out here,” Rebecca Stimmel, who walked with her son Riley Stimmel. She hoped to show her son the importance of volunteering and seeing how events like the Relay for Life gain so much community support.

Brooke Jackson said she too came with family. Her father died a year ago after a short fight against cell lung cancer, she

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Afterward, the family had begun to drift apart, Jackson said.

Her father was the glue that held the family together.

Jackson said she was thankful to be walking that day with her As Jake Slegers, 4, did laps tents. mother, and siblings.

Pink glitter-bordered letters he stopped in front of the lu-

Family, friends and coworkers made up the coalition of walkers for September Klumb, who passed away earlier this year on March 9, said Becky Robert who worked with Klumb at Fred Meyer.

Last year, Klumb walked all night, even though she was in pain, Robert said. She would have walked at KCHS this year. Instead, Klumb’s whole family came out for her, she said.

minaria made for his mother, Sarah Dehlbom Slegers, who passed away from a rare cancer called nereoendocrine tumor.

“He was having a hard time when he saw her pictures,” Jake Slegers father, Jan Slegers said.

Members of the team “Walking for Sarah,” attended the event in style. A large RV was parked in the back of the field where walkers who planned to stay over night had set up

lined the side of vehicle announcing the team name. Each member of the group also wore zebra stripes, the assigned colors of the uncommon tumor.

Denise Dutile, the team captain, has survived after a battle with kidney cancer.

“My friends were there to support me, now it is my turn to support them,” Dutile said.

Kelly Sullivan can be reached at kelly.sullivan@peninsulaclarion.com

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A south wind was forecasted to blow through the central Kenai Peninsula Saturday with gusts up to 40 miles per hour, according to the National Weather Service.

As the wind continued to gust through the park, whipping through screens and shaking plywood debris, the three stood looking at the disastrous scene in front of them.

The bathrooms and concession stand are covered in debris, chunks of the walls of the grandstand, and netting — though the grandstand itself is still standing.

The baseball players will arrive in town Thursday and the organization’s first game is scheduled for June 8 at 2 p.m.

“It’s frustrating,” Clark said.

“We were making good progress. Now, the grandstands won’t be open this year, at all.

We’ll have no PA system, no

‘We have no budget for this stuff. I’m not sure what this will do to our season.’

— James Clark, Oilers General Manager

music, none of the fun stuff.”

The baseball team is run by the Peninsula Oilers Baseball Club, Inc., a non-profit that is barely breaking even each season, Ken Cole, vice-president of the club, said.

Each year, something falls victim to the wind, usually a section of the wall behind the outfield.

Some within the organization had been looking into purchasing disaster insurance as the group just finished repairing a section of the wall — but nothing has been purchased yet.

“We’re a day late and a dollar short,” Ken Cole said.

The two said they were hoping to have help clearing the debris from the park so the summer schedule could go on as planned.

“We have no budget for this stuff,” Clark said. “I’m not sure what this will do to our season.”

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AccuWeather 5-day forecast for Kenai-Soldotna

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Tides Today Prudhoe Bay 35/28

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2:01 a.m. (3.0) 2:27 p.m. (-1.3)

5:45 a.m. (18.8) 6:47 p.m. (17.6)

12:10 a.m. (3.1) 12:36 p.m. (-1.2)

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11:32 a.m. (-1.2) 11:47 p.m. (3.9)

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3:38 a.m. (10.3) 4:54 p.m. (8.5)

10:25 a.m. (-1.1) 10:34 p.m. (3.2)

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9:40 a.m. (28.0) 10:47 p.m. (28.3)

4:33 a.m. (6.0) 4:55 p.m. (0.9)

Kenai City Dock

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Mostly cloudy with a shower or two

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Sunny

Hi: 52 Lo: 39

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Hi: 60 Lo: 39

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Fairbanks 62/41

Today Hi/Lo/W 37/30/sn 54/38/sh 63/48/s 42/35/sn 61/38/sh 60/37/sh 56/42/c 59/44/s 35/28/sn 46/37/c 49/42/sh 56/45/s 57/45/s 54/40/sh 57/36/sh 59/38/sh 43/33/c 49/40/sh 53/41/sh 46/43/sh 54/40/sh 53/42/sh

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Kenai/ Soldotna 52/39 Seward 49/42 Homer 52/40

Talkeetna 54/40 Glennallen 46/34

Precipitation

From the Peninsula Clarion in Kenai

24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. 0.24" Month to date ........................... 0.97" Normal month to date ............. 0.91" Year to date .............................. 3.88" Normal year to date ................. 3.98" Record today ................. 0.41" (1998) Record for June ............ 2.93" (1955) Record for year ............ 27.09" (1963)

Anchorage 53/46

Bethel 49/36

Valdez Kenai/ 49/40 Soldotna Homer

Dillingham 50/37

Juneau 60/43

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Kodiak 55/42

Sitka 56/45

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23 at Bodie State Park,

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Cold Bay 49/37

Ketchikan 63/47

70 at North Pole 25 at Barrow

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Severe thunderstorms will erupt from South Dakota to the Texas panhandle today as thunderstorms, some drenching in the south, plague the Mississippi Valley. The Northeast will enjoy a nice day.

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By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion

Let the record show that Skyview High School went out a winner.

In the last sporting event in school history, the Panthers topped Kenai Central 10-1 in 4 1-2 innings in Northern Lights Conference softball play Friday at the Soldotna Little League fields.

After the game, the Skyview players gathered on the field, sang for a moment, and released purple, black and white balloons into a sky suddenly showing sun after an afternoon of murk and rain.

“They were the last athletes Skyview had, the last of the last,” Skyview coach Steve Schoessler said of the school, which opened in 1990 and is Photo provided by Valerie Flake now closed. “They came out The Skyview softball team releases balloons after defeating and played well and as always Kenai Central 10-1 on Friday at the Soldotna Little League they played with class.” fields. It was the last sporting event in the history of Skyview With a steady wind raking High School. the field, the game had the feel

‘They were the last athletes Skyview had, the last of the last. They came out and played well and as always they played with class.’

— Steve Schoessler, Skyview High School softball coach of finality to it. Not only was it a curtain call for Skyview, but the Panthers softball squad honored its seniors and Schoessler has announced his intention to stop coaching area highschoolers after a tenure dating back to 1982.

The seniors, or actually graduates, honored were Sam Reynolds, Cat Schoessler, Victoria Oberts, Mykaela Rybak, Morgan Chesley and manager Sydney Zoubek.

Coach Schoessler said all but Chesley were with the program for all four years.

“There was some emotion

going around, especially after the senior awards stuff right before the game,” Schoessler said.

And what a building effort those seniors have overseen.

The Skyview softball program started in 2010 and did not get its first win until this year’s seniors were sophomores.

This year, the Panthers had their best season, finishing 4-4 to tie for third in the conference, and also finishing 7-7 overall.

“It’s been a good ride,” Schoessler said. “I’m glad to

Homer’s defense keys surprising run at state

Stars top Kardinals after local teams take narrow losses in semis

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Soldonta nabs 3rd

Mariners tie for 3rd Even though they didn’t get to keep it all to themselves, the Homer boys soccer squad took third-place honors at the Alaska state soccer championships Saturday at Anchorage Football Stadium.

The Mariners ended in a 1-1 tie with South Anchorage after 80 minutes of action, although they led by a goal for most of the match. Due to time constraints, the Alaska School Activities Association does not allow the final day games to go into overtime or penalty kicks (except for the two championship matches), meaning Homer and South are co-holders of third place.

“That’s a team best, we raised the bar and we’re happy with that,” said Homer coach Warren Waldorf. “It’s a great accomplishment, I did not see that coming this year.”

It marks the best result at the state soccer tournament for a Homer boys squad, bettering the fourth-place finish the 2012 team managed. Homer also won the sportsmanship award, while Quinn Daugharty and Max Mangue were on the state all-tourney team.

Perhaps the most telling stat that Homer produced was the goals allowed. Combining the three games Homer played against Service, Colony and South, the Mariners gave up only three goals total, further demonstrating the defensive fortitude of the team.

“That’s what I said two weeks ago, I said I think we’re within a goal of any team in the state,” Waldorf said. “That proved out to be true. I wasn’t really sure of that but it proved to be true.”

Waldorf praised the defensive efforts of Filip Reutov and Drew Brown, who played patiently and disciplined in the back line.

Homer also had help from a returning Kenneth Schneider, who was back on the field after losing time to a hamstring injury.

Early in the game, South put the pressure on Homer with a number of offensive runs downfield, but none were able to crack the

have been a part of it. We had a rocky road at the beginning but we overcame it.”

Skyview also had 30 girls out for softball. With Soldotna getting just under 30 out, Schoessler said the merger will obviously cut down on opportunities in sports.

“I think it’s going to happen in all team sports, with the exception of football, where they can always use the bodies,” he said. “That will give kids fewer chances to play.”

But Schoessler said his squad will get along with its former rival just fine, as evidenced by what happened after the two played Thursday.

“Girls from both teams went out for ice cream after the game,” he said.

Reynolds pitched all five innings, giving up one run on four hits while striking out five.

At the plate, Lynn Hesse had three runs, Cat Schoessler was 2 for 3 with three runs, Reyn-

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Photo by Jeremiah Bartz/Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman

Colony’s Cameron Shaw and Homer’s Kaec Brinster both go up for the ball during the second half of Colony’s 1-0 win over Homer in the state soccer tourney at Anchorage Football Stadium.

The Soldotna girls soccer squad may have claimed third place at the Alaska state soccer championships for the third year in a row, but this one felt the most bitter.

After suffering a brutal, 2-1 overtime loss to South on Friday, the Stars took care of business Saturday at a cold, blustery and rainy Anchorage Football Stadium with a 2-0 win over Kenai Central, but going by SoHi coach Jimmy Love, the end to the 2014 season could’ve been a whole lot better.

“It’s better to come here and win this game than lose it, but to say this makes up for yesterday’s loss, it’s not even in comparison,” Love said. “Not for me, although I think the girls enjoy it because it’s against their rival. But, it can’t make up for yesterday.”

With such a strong history of Anchorage teams finding their way into the state championship finals every year, it’s a rare opportunity for Kenai Peninsula teams to be in position to play for a state crown. The Stars, competing with a roster full of talent, had the opportunity to do so on Friday.

“That’s the sad thing about it,” Love said.

“I told the girls in the bus earlier, the game we played yesterday was the championship game, in my opinion.”

South did end up winning the title Saturday, 1-0 over Service.

Kenai coach Dan Verkuilen said he was pleased with a fifth-place result this year, the Kardinals’ best state finish in over a decade.

“I thought we had some great leaders this year,” Verkuilen said. “A lot of ninth- and 10thgraders accomplished some great things. A fifth place in the state with fifteen ninth- and 10thgraders, I’m very impressed.”

Among the 19 players on Kenai’s roster, only four are upperclassmen; the three juniors of Allie Ostrander, Jamie Bagley and Heidi Perkins, and the lone senior of Caitlin Steinbeck.

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Wasilla baseball wins conference title; Colony gets 2nd

By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion

Behind their senior workhorse pitcher Tyler Hansen, the Wasilla Warriors claimed their first Southcentral Conference title in 13 years after a 4-1 victory over the Colony Knights on Friday at the Soldotna Little League fields.

Hansen went the distance with five strikeouts and four hits allowed. He said his game plan going into the game was to keep the ball low and throw a lot of strikes. The southpaw’s only blemish was a solo home run to Colony catcher Kevin Hale in the third inning.

“My curveball was on today, which helped a lot,” he said. “I watched out for certain guys in the lineup because it’s a small field so I didn’t want to give up any home runs. My defense

helped me out, I can’t be more grateful.”

After Hansen recorded the final out, his teammates threw their gloves in the air and mobbed him on the mound. The Warriors included head coach Jason Terryberry in on the celebration and dumped water on him, which left a big grin on his face.

“That felt good,” Terryberry said and then acknowledged the performance of Hansen, the Northern Division Player of the Year. “(Hansen) is our leader and having him out there we knew we had the best chance to get a W and he came through for us. He has been a rock all year.”

The wind blew from left to right across the diamond as the infield dirt swirled around during the conference title game.

In a battle for a trip to state on

the line between the two Valley teams, the Warriors struck first blood with two runs in the first and two in the second that chased Colony senior pitcher Ryan Judd after 1 1-3 innings.

Hansen drove in the Warriors’ first run with a single that scored Mitchell Chauvin and Blake Marks followed with a ground-out that scored Jeffrey Forster to take an early 2-0 lead.

After he allowed the first three hitters to reach base in the first, Judd found himself in trouble to start the second. A single by Wasilla centerfielder Nolan Monaghan and a walk to Chauvin sandwiched around a bunt put runners at first and second with one out.

Colony head coach Jordan Chadwell replaced Judd with Logan Sanders and things got worse before they got better.

An error and two wild pitches scored the next two runs and Wasilla had a 4-0 lead.

Sanders settled down afterward and only gave up a double to Chauvin in the fourth, but followed that up with a strikeout on Hansen to end the threat.

Sanders pitched 4 2-3 innings with three strikeouts and two walks. Chadwell said Sanders stepped up and kept the Knights in the game.

“He has been a big help on the team throughout the season and nothing that changed today,” Chadwell said. “It could have been pretty ugly early.”

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In their next inning with runners at first and second and Dalton McHugill at the plate, Hansen caught Hale leaning too far off the bag and he was called out at first to end the inning.

“We were not mentally prepared for the game, didn’t make good adjustments and I thought that was part of it,” Chadwell said. “We were on the pitcher from the start but we couldn’t come around as a team.”

Terryberry said Hansen showed composure in the fifth inning, although he noticed his pitcher started to pay more attention to the runners so he went up for his only mound visit of the game. He said he told Hansen to not worry about the runners and with two outs,

just concentrate on the batter.

Hansen then threw over to first for the final out of the inning.

“Colony is a great hitting team,” Terryberry said. “We knew they would hit the ball and as long as we kept it in the park, we had a chance. It’s a good win for Wasilla and hopefully we will see them down in Sitka.”

Hansen said the win against their rival and defending conference champions is a great moment in his senior year, but they have more to accomplish this season at the state tournament in Sitka.

“This was our expectation from the get-go,” he said. “We are going to have fun tonight but we are going to come back Monday and practice hard because we want to do well at state and leave our print there.

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NAHL releases 2013-14 schedule Staff report

The North American Hockey League released its schedule for the 2014-15 season Friday, marking the earliest release of the schedule in the modern NAHL era.

For the Kenai River Brown Bears, the schedule is very similar to last season.

The schedule for the Midwest Division is still very unbalanced. The Midwest has five teams and the top four make the playoffs.

The Bears play the Fairbanks Ice Dogs, the defending Robertson Cup champions, 16 times. Elsewhere in the division, the Bears play the Coulee Region (Wisconsin) Chill six times, the Minnesota Wilderness four times and the Minnesota Magicians four times.

The Wenatchee (Washington) Wild are no longer in the Midwest Division, but the Bears still face off against the perennial Robertson Cup contenders 10 times.

The Bears also have homeand-away, out-of-division matchups with the Minot (North Dakota) Minotauros, the Bismarck (North Dakota) Bobcats, the Johnstown (Pennsylvania) Tomahawks and the Keystone (Pennsylvania) Ice Miners.

The schedule is rounded out by four games at the NAHL Showcase.

On the financial side of things, the Bears make four trips to the Lower 48, including

one trip of just three games to Wenatchee.

The other trips are 11 games, six games and four games.

Of the 28 home dates for the Bears, all but three are on Friday and Saturday nights, which are the nights when the Bears do best at the box office.

Brown Bears 2014-15 schedule

September: 12 — vs. Fairbanks Ice Dogs; 13 — vs. Fairbanks Ice Dogs; 17 — at Showcase; 18 — at Showcase; 19 — at Showcase; 20 — at Showcase; 26 — at Minnesota Magicians; 27 — at Minnesota Magicians.

October: 3 — vs. Minot Minotauros; 5 — vs.

Minotauros; 10 — vs. Bismarck Bobcats; 11 — vs. Bismarck Bobcats; 24 — vs. Minnesota Wilderness; 25 — vs. Minnesota Wilderness; 31 — at Wenatchee Wild.

November: 1 — at Wenatchee Wild; 2 — at Wenatchee Wild; 7 — at Fairbanks Ice Dogs; 8 — at Fairbanks Ice Dogs; 14 — vs.

Minnesota Magicians; 15 — vs. Minnesota Magicians; 21 — vs. Wenatchee Wild; 22 — vs. Wenatchee Wild; 28 — at Wenatchee Wild; 29 — at Wenatchee Wild.

December: 3 — at Coulee Region Chill; 5 — at Coulee Region Chill; 6 — at Coulee Region Chill; 11 — at Minnesota Wilderness; 13 — at Minnesota Wilderness; 30 — at Keystone Ice Miners; 31 — at Keystone Ice Miners.

January — 2 — at Johnstown Tomahawks; 3 — at Johnstown Tomahawks; 9 — at Fairbanks Ice Dogs; 10 — at Fairbanks Ice Dogs; 16 — vs. Fairbanks Ice Dogs; 17 — vs. Fairbanks Ice Dogs; 23 — vs. Coulee Region Chill; 24 — vs. Coulee Region Chill; 25 — vs. Coulee Region Chill; 29 — vs. Wenatchee Wild; 30 — vs. Wenatchee Wild; 31 — vs. Wenatchee Wild.

February: 6 — at Fairbanks Ice Dogs; 7 — at Fairbanks Ice Dogs; 13 — vs. Fairbanks Ice Dogs; 14 — vs. Fairbanks Ice Dogs; 20 — vs. Johnstown Tomahawks; 21 — vs.

Johntown Tomahawks; 27 — vs. Keystone Ice Miners; 28 — vs. Keystone Ice Miners.

March: 6 — at Bismarck Bobcats; 7 — at Bismarck Bobcats; 13 — at Minot Minotauros; 14 — at Minot Minotauros; 20 — vs.

Fairbanks Ice Dogs; 21 — vs. Fairbanks Ice Dogs; 27 — at Fairbanks Ice Dogs; 28 — at Fairbanks Ice Dogs

Back bothers Nadal PARIS (AP) — The closest thing to intrigue or drama involving Rafael Nadal on Saturday came after his 31st consecutive French Open victory concluded.

That’s when the eight-time champion revealed that a painful back is slowing his serves .

For now, leave the on-court theatrics to others. Wimbledon champion Andy Murray, for example, was clutching at aching hamstrings while being taken to

7-all in the fifth set by No. 28 Philipp Kohlschreiber before their third-round match was suspended for fading light. No. 23 Gael Monfils acknowledged tanking a set en route to a 5-7, 6-2, 6-4, 0-6, 6-2 victory over No. 14 Fabio Fognini, who was docked a point for chucking his racket near a ball boy.

“They make a good show for the crowd,” Nadal said. “Long match. Crowd involved. Good for tennis.”

Scoreboard Basketball NBA Playoffs CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Friday, May 30 Miami 117, Indiana 92, Miami wins series 4-2 Saturday, May 31 San Antonio 112, Oklahoma City 107, OT, San Antonio wins series 4-2 FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Thursday, June 5 Miami at San Antonio, 5 p.m. ADT

WNBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE

W Chicago 5 Atlanta 3 Indiana 3 Washington 2 New York 2 Connecticut 1

L 1 2 3 2 4 5

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Friday’s Games Washington 68, New York 60 Atlanta 80, Seattle 69 Minnesota 88, San Antonio 72 Chicago 101, Connecticut 82 Phoenix 100, Tulsa 78 Saturday’s Games Indiana 70, New York 66 Sunday’s Games Atlanta at Connecticut, 11 a.m.

Los Angeles at Washington, Noon Minnesota at San Antonio, 12:30 p.m.

Tulsa at Seattle, 5 p.m.

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Hockey NHL Standings CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Thursday, May 29 NY Rangers 1, Montreal 0, N.Y. Rangers wins series 4-2 Friday, May 30 Chicago 4, Los Angeles 3, series tied 3-3 Sunday, June 1 Los Angeles at Chicago, 4 p.m.

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Baseball AL Standings

East Division W Toronto 33 New York 29 Baltimore 27 Boston 26 Tampa Bay 23 Central Division Detroit 31 Chicago 28 Kansas City 26 Minnesota 25 Cleveland 26 West Division Oakland 34 Los Angeles 30

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Friday’s Games Cleveland 5, Colorado 2 Minnesota 6, N.Y. Yankees 1 Washington 9, Texas 2 Kansas City 6, Toronto 1 Boston 3, Tampa Bay 2, 10 innings Houston 2, Baltimore 1 San Diego 4, Chicago White Sox 1 Oakland 9, L.A. Angels 5 Detroit 6, Seattle 3 Saturday’s Games Washington 10, Texas 2 N.Y. Yankees 3, Minnesota 1 Toronto 12, Kansas City 2 San Diego 4, Chicago White Sox 2 Cleveland 7, Colorado 6 Baltimore 4, Houston 1 Boston 7, Tampa Bay 1 Oakland 11, L.A. Angels 3 Seattle 3, Detroit 2 Sunday’s Games Colorado (Chacin 0-4) at Cleveland (Tomlin 3-2), 9:05 a.m.

Minnesota (P.Hughes 5-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Whitley 0-0), 9:05 a.m.

Kansas City (Guthrie 2-4) at Toronto (Buehrle 9-1), 9:07 a.m.

Tampa Bay (Bedard 2-3) at Boston (Lester 5-6), 9:35 a.m.

Texas (Darvish 4-2) at Washington (Roark 3-3), 9:35 a.m.

Baltimore (W.Chen 5-2) at Houston (Feldman 3-2), 10:10 a.m.

San Diego (Stults 2-5) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 4-0), 10:10 a.m.

L.A. Angels (Weaver 6-3) at Oakland (Gray 5-1), 12:05 p.m.

Detroit (Scherzer 6-1) at Seattle (Elias 3-4), 12:10 p.m.

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NL Standings

East Division W Atlanta 30 Miami 28 Washington 27 New York 26 Philadelphia 24 Central Division Milwaukee 33 St. Louis 30 Cincinnati 25 Pittsburgh 25 Chicago 20 West Division San Francisco 36 Los Angeles 30 Colorado 28 San Diego 26 Arizona 23

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Friday’s Games Cleveland 5, Colorado 2 Philadelphia 6, N.Y. Mets 5, 14 innings Washington 9, Texas 2 Atlanta 3, Miami 2 Milwaukee 11, Chicago Cubs 5 San Diego 4, Chicago White Sox 1 San Francisco 9, St. Louis 4 Cincinnati 6, Arizona 4 Pittsburgh 2, L.A. Dodgers 1 Saturday’s Games Washington 10, Texas 2 San Diego 4, Chicago White Sox 2 St. Louis 2, San Francisco 0 Cleveland 7, Colorado 6 N.Y. Mets 5, Philadelphia 4, 14 innings Atlanta 9, Miami 5 Chicago Cubs 8, Milwaukee 0 L.A. Dodgers 12, Pittsburgh 2

Cincinnati 5, Arizona 0 Sunday’s Games Colorado (Chacin 0-4) at Cleveland (Tomlin 3-2), 9:05 a.m.

Atlanta (Harang 4-4) at Miami (Eovaldi 4-2), 9:10 a.m.

N.Y. Mets (Niese 3-3) at Philadelphia (Hamels 1-3), 9:35 a.m.

Texas (Darvish 4-2) at Washington (Roark 3-3), 9:35 a.m.

Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 1-4) at Milwaukee (Lohse 6-1), 10:10 a.m.

San Diego (Stults 2-5) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 4-0), 10:10 a.m.

San Francisco (Hudson 5-2) at St. Louis (Lynn 6-2), 10:15 a.m.

Cincinnati (Simon 6-3) at Arizona (Miley 3-5), 12:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Volquez 2-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 8-1), 4:07 p.m.

All Times ADT

Yankees 3, Twins 1 Min. NY

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L_Keuchel 6-3. Sv_Z.Britton (4).

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Red Sox 7, Rays 1 TB Bos.

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(8), Rodney (9) and Buck. W_C. Young 5-2. L_Smyly 2-4. Sv_Rodney (14). HRs_Detroit, Mi.Cabrera (10).

L_Ja.Turner 1-3. Sv_Kimbrel (15).

Nationals 10, Rangers 2

Cumpton, J.Gomez (4), Morris (6), J.Hughes (8) and C.Stewart; Ryu, J.Wright (7) and Butera. W_Ryu 6-2. L_Cumpton 0-2. Sv_J.Wright (1). HRs_Los Angeles, H.Ramirez 2 (9).

Tex. Was.

Tepesch, S.Baker (3), Sh.Tolleson (8) and Chirinos; Fister, Stammen (7), Blevins (9) and Lobaton. W_ Fister 3-1. L_Tepesch 2-1. HRs_ Washington, Rendon (6), Lobaton (2), LaRoche (7), Hairston (1).

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L_Rienzo 4-2. Sv_Street (17).

Indians 7, Rockies 6 Col. Cle.

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Cardinals 2, Giants 0 SF SL

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Petit, Kontos (7), Affeldt (8) and H.Sanchez; Wacha, S.Freeman (7), Neshek (8), Rosenthal (9) and Y.Molina. W_Wacha 4-3. L_Petit 3-3. Sv_Rosenthal (16). HRs_St. Louis, Taveras (1).

Mets 5, Phillies 4, 14 inn.

NY 200 101 000 000 01—5 11 1 Phi. 000 000 301 000 00—4 10 0 deGrom, Edgin (7), Matsuzaka (7), Rice (8), Familia (9), Carlyle (11), C.Torres (14) and Recker; K.Kendrick, Hollands (7), Diekman (8), Papelbon (9), Manship (10), Bastardo (14) and Nieves, Ruiz. W_Carlyle 1-0. L_Bastardo 3-3. Sv_C.Torres (2). HRs_New York, Tejada (1). Philadelphia, Howard (10).

Athletics 11, Angels 3 LA Oa.

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Cubs 8, Brewers 0 Chi. Mil.

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L_Skaggs 4-3. HRs_Los Angeles, Cowgill (3). Oakland, Blanks (2), Cespedes (10).

Hammel, Grimm (8), Strop (9) and Jo.Baker; W.Peralta, Duke (6), Wang (8) and Lucroy. W_Hammel 6-3. L_W.Peralta 4-5. HRs_Chicago, Rizzo 2 (10).

Mariners 3, Tigers 2

E.Santana, Varvaro (7), Avilan (8), D.Carpenter (8), S.Simmons (8), Hale (9), Kimbrel (9) and Laird; Ja.Turner, Caminero (6), Da.Jennings (8), Hatcher (8), A.Ramos (9), Slowey (9) and Saltalamacchia. W_E.Santana 5-2.

Det. Sea.

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Tennis French Open

Saturday At Stade Roland Garros Paris Purse: $34.12 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles Men Third Round David Ferrer (5), Spain, def. Andreas Seppi (32), Italy, 6-2, 7-6 (2), 6-3.

Dusan Lajovic, Serbia, def. Jack Sock, United States, 6-4, 7-5, 6-3.

Marcel Granollers, Spain, def.

Martin Klizan, Slovakia, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 7-6 (4), 7-5.

Kevin Anderson (19), South Africa, def. Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, 6-3, retired.

Rafael Nadal (1), Spain, def.

Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, 6-2, 7-5, 6-2.

Gael Monfils (23), France, def.

Fabio Fognini (14), Italy, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4, 0-6, 6-2.

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, def. Donald Young, United States, 6-2, 6-4, 2-6, 6-7 (4), 6-4.

Fernando Verdasco (24), Spain, leads Richard Gasquet (12), France, 6-3, 6-2, 2-2, susp., darkness.

Philipp Kohlschreiber (28), Germany, vs. Andy Murray (7), Britain, 6-3, 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 7-7, susp., darkness.

Women Third Round Svetlana Kuznetsova (27), Russia, def. Petra Kvitova (5), Czech Republic, 6-7 (3), 6-1, 9-7.

Sloane Stephens (15), United States, def. Ekaterina Makarova (22), Russia, 6-3, 6-4.

Simona Halep (4), Romania, def.

Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor, Spain, 6-3, 6-0.

Lucie Safarova (23), Czech Republic, def. Ana Ivanovic (11), Serbia, 6-3, 6-3.

Jelena Jankovic (6), Serbia, def.

Sorana Cirstea (26), Romania, 6-1, 6-2.

Sara Errani (10), Italy, def. Julia Glushko, Israel, 6-0, 6-1.

Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, def.

Silvia Soler-Espinosa, Spain, 6-2, 6-1.

Andrea Petkovic (28), Germany, def. Kristina Mladenovic, France, C 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.

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We hung a banner up that hasn’t been done in 13 years.”

Colony 15, Kodiak 10 The Knights earned a state berth by winning the second-place game Saturday.

Colony ended up handing Kodiak both of its losses at the double-elimination tournament.

The Bears were in good position for the state berth through five innings, taking a 7-3 lead into the sixth.

But Colony scored 11 runs in the sixth inning to take command of the game.

Errors were costly for Kodiak. The Knights got just six hits, but took advantage of 10 Kodiak errors. Kodiak had 10 hits, but Colony made four errors.

HcHugill had a big game for the Knights, finishing 2 for 4 with three runs and three RBIs. Matt Palmer also was 2 for 3.

For Kodiak, Tyler Jester was 2 for 4 with two runs and two RBIs while Josiah Chya and Sam Bennett also added two hits. Austin Frick also earned Southern Division Player of the Year honors for the Bears.

Kodiak 7, Palmer 6 If it wasn’t for the Kodiak Bears, the Palmer Moose may have been gearing up for a trip to Sitka. The Moose were handed both of their losses in the double-elimination tournament by the Bears, including Saturday’s setback in the second-place semifinals.

After winning back-to-back games on the loser’s bracket on Friday, Kodiak squashed Palmer’s state tournament bid hopes Saturday.

Kodiak rallied with four runs during the final two innings, and scored twice in the seventh to cap a comefrom-behind victory over Palmer.

Palmer took a 6-3 lead into the sixth inning. The Moose trailed early, but exploded with four runs in the fourth.

Cameron Jensen reached on a fielder’s choice and scored Palmer’s first run of the inning. Adam Christiansen followed with a double, and later scored on a Keegan Larson single. Larson and Daniel Jackson also scored runs in the inning.

Peyton Garrettson led the Moose with a pair of hits in the loss. Larson drove in a pair of runs. Christiansen scored twice.

For Kodiak, Myles Wilson had two RBIs, Jon LeVan had two hits, and Jester and Jakob Arnold scored two runs apiece.

Kodiak 15, Soldotna 2, 5 innings The Bears used a 15-hit attack Friday to move past the Stars and into the second-place semifinals.

With the wind howling toward the outfield, the Bears took control of the game in the top of the first inning by striking for six runs on eight hits against SoHi starter Klayton Justice.

The Bears have seven seniors in the lineup, and those seniors clearly were not ready for their careers to end Friday.

“It was exciting to hit the way we did,” said Kodiak coach James Arnold, the conference’s Coach of the Year. “We’ve been working hard on it all year.

“We leaned on our seniors and they got us to the next game.”

The Bears had big performances up and down the lineup, with every position in the order notching a hit.

Wilson was 3 for 4 with a run and RBI, LeVan was 2 for 3 with three runs, Jester scored twice, Aaron Polasky scored three times, Arnold was 3 for 4 with a run and two RBIs, and Chya was 3 for 4 with a run and three RBIs. “They had a lot of hits in that first inning, although there were a couple of plays we missed,” SoHi coach George Stein said. “It seemed like every ball they were hitting on the ground was getting through.”

The early six-run cushion would be more than enough for Sam Kirchenschlager on the mound. He gave up

two runs — just one earned — on four hits while walking two and striking out five.

In the second, SoHi got its first run when Tyler Covey doubled and came around to score on a throwing error.

In the third, Kenny Griffin, who finished 3 for 3, unloaded on a home run to center field. Griffin, just a sophomore, was named first-team all conference. He will enroll at Phillips Academy in Massachusetts in the fall.

It was the second home run of the day for Griffin, which had him rapidly climbing the SoHi record books.

No player in the eight-year history of the program has hit two home runs in a season or a career. Griffin also finished a full season without striking out, joining Josiah Covey as the only other Stars player to do that.

Justice pitched four innings for SoHi, yielding 11 runs on 13 hits.

Max Conradi pitched the last inning and gave up four unearned runs on two hits.

Stein said a 9-5 win early in the day against Homer is something the program can use to build.

“The kids kept battling as we went along,” Stein said. “It was nice to win a game at regions.

“We need to build the numbers in the program and get to 20 or 30 in order to do what we need to do.”

Palmer 17, Houston 6 The Moose broke open a close game with a seventh-inning rally to eliminate the Hawks and move to the second-place semifinals on Friday afternoon.

Palmer led 8-6 heading into the seventh, but the Moose scored nine runs on seven hits to take control. Christiansen’s home run capped the scoring in the inning.

Christiansen scored three runs in the game, while Wyatt McKechinie had four runs and also homered.

Soldotna 9, Homer 5 Early Friday, the Stars beat the Mariners for the first time in three tries this season to advance in the second-

place bracket.

“We lost to Homer twice, but I always felt we could play with them,” Stein said. “We kept losing to them in the last inning.”

Stein said pitchers Covey and Conradi were key in the victory.

Covey went the first six innings, giving up five runs on four hits. Conradi pitched a hitless and scoreless final inning.

Griffin scored in the first to give the Stars a 1-0 lead, but Greg Smith, Tommy Bowe and Michael Swoboda scored with two outs to give the Mariners a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the first.

Bowe, a first-team, all-conference performer, homered for the second time in the tourney to score Smith, while Swoboda singled and later scored.

In the top of the second, Covey, Terrance Slats, Joey Becher, Griffin and Calvin Hills scored to give the Stars a lead they would not relinquish.

Homer would cut the lead to 6-5 in the third on runs by Bowe and Wylie Donich (who finished 3 for 3), but SoHi came back with three in the fourth.

Becher walked to lead off the inning and Griffin connected on a tworun home run. Justice Miller would later walk and score in the inning.

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Selinger pitched two scoreless innings, Sam Combs gave up three runs — two earned — in three innings and Nate O’Lena gave up the winning run, which was unearned, in 2-3 innings of work.

Kennedy said Combs’ three innings were a highlight for him.

“The big thing this season is kids are learning how to play baseball at this level,” Kennedy said. “I hope, pitchingwise, Sam learned something about himself today.”

Despite all the pitching changes, Kenai still had an excellent chance to win the game.

A dropped fly ball cost the Kards four runs.

In the top of the eighth, Kenai scored one run, but it could have been two if Ellery Steffensen’s hot shot up the middle hadn’t hit the mound and popped up in the air for an out.

In the ninth, Palmer scored the winning run on a dropped third strike where catcher Dallas Pierren and first baseman Combs couldn’t connect for the out.

“Like I told the boys, ‘That’s baseball,’” Kennedy said. “I told them I’m proud of the way we improved since we started March 10.

“It’s like night and day. These kids aren’t the same kids that walked in on March 10.”

Pierren, a first-team, all-conference performer, had a monster game at the plate, homering for the second time in the tournament and finishing 4 for 5 with two runs and six RBIs. Paul Steffensen was 2 for 4 with three runs and Ellery Steffensen had two runs and two RBIs for the Kards.

Kevin Christopher was 3 for 4 with three runs, four RBIs and a home run for Palmer, while Daniel Jackson also homered and went 2 for 4 with two runs.

Elias Stratton pitched all nine innings for Palmer, giving up 10 hits and six earned runs. He walked five and struck out 13.

The Moose came back from a 6-0 deficit early Friday to eliminate the Kardinals and advance in the secondplace bracket.

“We had chances to win the game, but we gave it away three times,” Kenai coach John Kennedy said.

The Kards scored three in the first and three in the second to take the early advantage.

For Kenai, Miles Jones gave up two earned runs in the first two innings.

After that, Kenai had to go deep into its pitching rotation.

“We threw five guys today,” Kennedy said. “Give the guys credit. They kept battling.

“We just ran out of pitching arms.”

Palmer got back in the game as Gabe Boyle gave up four runs — just Frontiersman and Clarion staff two earned — in one inning, Zack contributed to this report.

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DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Hall of Fame golfer Phil Mickelson confirmed that FBI agents investigating insider trading approached him this week at the Memorial Tournament. The five-time major champion said Saturday he has done “absolutely nothing

wrong.”

A federal official briefed on the investigation told The Associated Press the FBI and Securities and Exchange Commission are analyzing trades Mickelson and Las Vegas gambler Billy Walters made involving Clorox at the same time activist inves-

tor Carl Icahn was attempting to take over the company. When Icahn’s intent became public, the stock price jumped.

The official was unauthorized to speak about the investigation and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity. Reports of the investigation appeared in

several newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal.

Smiling as he stood before a room packed with reporters and cameras, Mickelson said the case had not been a distraction until FBI agents approached

Spurs silence Thunder OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — San Antonio fought off Father Time, the league MVP and an injury to its best player to return to the NBA Finals.

The Spurs beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 112-107 in overtime Saturday night in Game 6 of the Western Conference finals to set up a rematch with the Miami Heat.

San Antonio will host Game 1 on Thursday night and will try to avenge last year’s heartbreaking loss. San Antonio led Miami 3-2 before losing Game 6 in overtime, then dropping Game 7.

“People keep talking like we weren’t close to winning, but we were ready to win last year,” Spurs center Tim Duncan said. “We’re happy it’s the Heat again. We’ve got that bad taste in our mouths still.”

A trio of 30-somethings led the way for the Spurs. Duncan had 19 points and 15 rebounds, Boris Diaw scored 26 points and Manu Ginobili chipped in 15 points and six rebounds for the Spurs.

San Antonio pulled this one out despite All-Star point guard Tony Parker missing the entire second half and overtime with left ankle soreness. Popovich said Parker had been struggling with the ankle since Game 4 of the series. The Spurs overcame it the way they have for more than a decade — with teamwork, passing and great performances by role players.

“We didn’t know how much Tony was hurt in his ankle,” Diaw said. “But we didn’t want to go to Game 7, and we didn’t know if he would be ready to play if we did or if he would be 100 percent, so we tried to get it over with tonight.”

It was the third-best playoff scoring effort of Diaw’s 11year career and his best since 2006.

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He said it would not affect his preparations for the U.S. Open in two weeks, the only major he lacks for the career Grand Slam.

“It’s not going to change the way I carry myself,” Mickelson said after an even-par 72 left him far behind the leaders.

“Honestly, I’ve done nothing wrong. I’m not going to walk around any other way.”

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olds scored a run, Victoria Oberts had a run and a hit, Meghan Ussing had a run and a hit, and Marina Rodriguez was 2 for 3.

Kenai finished the season 1-9 overall and winless in the conference. The Kards got their lone run when Christina Glenzel tripled and Darian Saltenberger knocked her in.

Alyson Quartly pitched for the Kardinals and said after the game she probably threw as well as she ever has. She struck out three.

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Homer wall of defense.

Slowly but surely, the Mariners fought back and in the 34th minute, Flynn Bloom chanced a long-range missile shot from about 30 yards out that caught South’s goalie off guard.

“The wind did something to that ball,” Waldorf said.

“Good things come when you put the ball on frame, and that’s what happened there. It must have changed the trajectory some, because the goalkeep went up to punch it and it came down lower and sooner than he thought.”

Holding a 1-0 lead into the second half, Homer held steady, even through a few uneasy moments, such as a diving stop by Homer goalie Brian Rowe in the 57th minute that could have easily been an equalizer by South.

South coach Mike Montgomery said he was missing six starters who were not playing due to injuries, but that resulted in only a couple changes in positions, which South was capable of doing with a full bench.

With four minutes left in the game, South got its chance. Wesley Chien made a move in the goalie box and collided hard with Rowe, who was charged with the foul.

Chien was awarded a penalty kick and converted successfully to tie it up in the 77th minute.

“They smashed into each other and you can either call it or not call it,” Montgomery said. “It was a coin toss.”

Waldorf remained indifferent to the call.

“The South coach told me that his opinion was that it wasn’t a PK,” Waldorf said.

“The official called it, but we had a chance down there and we missed. Had we executed on one of those chances, it would’ve been 2-0.

“As it was, the referee gave

“I think there was a lot of improvement over the course of the season,” Kenai assistant Briana King said. “The seniors really stepped ‘I think there was a lot of improvement over the course of the it up. season. The seniors really stepped it up. All of them, not just “All of them, not just one of them, became one of them, became team leaders. There’s a lot of young girls team leaders. There’s a lot of young girls with with potential for the future.’ potential for the future.”

Schoessler is calling it quits after getting his — Briana King, first coaching contract with Soldotna wrestling Kenai Central assistant softball coach in 1982. He said he has helped out with the wrestling programs at every high school on the peninsula. He also took on building the Skyview the age where I need to step down.” for a new generation of coaches. softball program.

Schoessler added that, while Skyview closing “I’d like to see a lot more young people step “I don’t see doing it,” he said. “I feel like I need to step back. I’ve coached a lot and I’m at eliminates a need for coaches, he still sees a need up into coaching,” he said.

them a PK and that’s his business.”

Waldorf admitted that Homer could have even lost it outright after a couple of close shaves in the final minutes.

With many of the players graduating this year, Waldorf said it will be a challenge to return to the state tournament in consecutive years, but he’s up to the challenge. Of the 18 players listed on Homer’s roster, 10 are seniors.

Colony boys 1, Homer 0 A day after the energy and exuberance lifted the Homer boys to a 3-1 upset win over Service, the Mariners were brought back down with a 1-0 loss to Colony in Friday’s state soccer semifinals at Anchorage Football Stadium, sending Homer to the thirdplace game.

“They were better than we were today,” conceded Homer coach Warren Waldorf. “We didn’t create too many good chances today. But you never know, it doesn’t take us too long to score, either.”

Colony, which defeated Dimond 3-2 for the state title, put more shots on goal than Homer with a 21-2 advantage, and took nine corner kicks to Homer’s zero.

But with all the pressure on Homer goalie Rowe and his defensive line, it wasn’t until the second minute of the second half that the Knights scored.

Chris Olsen received a corner kick near the left post of the Homer goal and guided it in for the lone goal of the match.

“I guess everybody was a little surprised that Homer was able to beat Service (on Thursday),” said Colony coach Jeremy Johnson. “It’s always different in the playoffs, everybody tightens it up and plays differently, and there’s always factors like injuries during the season that you don’t always see.”

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“I’m proud of them and I think they all deserve a good rest,” Verkuilen said.

After a sluggish start by both teams that saw the ball batted back and forth with no realistic chances on goal, Soldotna began to clamp down and attack the Kenai defense, which has stood resiliently all three days of the state tournament.

Backed by sophomore goalie Alli Steinbeck, the Kenai defense of Kylie Morse, Bagley, Steinbeck and Perkins continually warded off strong advances by the SoHi offense.

“I think they picked up something else from the region game after watching us play,” Love said. “They kinda dropped a lot of people in the box and we started noticing a huge gap between our midfielders and our defense, so we started staggering our D.” That enabled Love to put two attackers in the midfield, which allowed the Stars to get several good shots off on goal.

SoHi midfielder Julie Litchfield fired off a shot in the 10th minute that soared above Steinbeck’s hands, but rattled off the crossbar. A few minutes later, Kylee Wolfe sent a long shot toward the net but missed wide to the right.

The Stars eventually scored with a corner kick from Wolfe in the 31st minute that found its way into the netting.

At the halftime break, SoHi held a 10-0 advantage in shots on goal.

“We wanted to get some buildup in the middle and some passes going,” Verkuilen said. “We had some beautiful opportunities late in the game, but Soldotna’s defense was good.”

When Kenai began fighting back and finding better chances in the second half, the Stars began relying on goalkeeper Katelynn Kerkvliet more and more. Remarkably, Kerkvliet held strong even with a limp, which she suffered from a collision during Friday’s game.

win, but said he also didn’t believe his squad showed its best colors on Friday.

“We don’t have a whole lot of room to get down on ourselves,” Waldorf said. “So what, we’re in the third-place game? That’s good, we’ll see someone new.”

The starkest example of how much more power Colony was working with was in the pregame ceremonies, as all starting players were introduced to the crowd midfield. With all 11 players out on the field, Colony still had a bench full of players, whereas Homer’s bench was nearly devoid of people.

“All the credit’s to the kids,” Waldorf said. “Defensively, they played very well, and that’s why we’re here.

We’re dangerous, it doesn’t take us very long to score and we have a good defense.”

Colony started fast, getting several looks on the Homer net. In the ninth minute, Kyle Bolam took a shot that was initially batted down by Rowe, but nearly trickled in behind him at the left goalpost.

Bolam again had a chance in the 35th minute, getting a cross from a teammate and nearly knocking it in.

“We felt like we created a lot of chances,” Johnson said.

“I think their goalie made some nice saves, we missed a few, and again, credit to their defense.”

Homer found its chances as well, as Daugharty found space behind the Colony defensive line and nearly missed on the left goalpost. Ultimately, the first half ended scoreless but with an 8-1 shots advantage belonging to Colony.

“You press the kids up that have had the most success for us,” Waldorf said about the final minutes. “It just didn’t happen for us. Colony has a lot of experience, and it’s tough to break through that.”

With five minutes left in the game, the Knights had a goal off a corner kick waived off because the shot arced behind Photo by Jeremiah Bartz/Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman the back line and was techni- Homer goalkeeper Brian Rowe swats a loose ball out of the box during a 1-0 loss to Colony in cally out of bounds. the ASAA state semifinals Friday at Anchorage Football Stadium.

“There wasn’t a girl that was playing today that didn’t have an injury today,” Love said. “Whether it was significant or just bumps and bruises.”

The Stars scored again in the 53rd minute when a shot from long range was caught by Steinbeck, but rebounded right back to Olivia Conradi, who sent the ball into the upper netting.

After the game, SoHi sweeper Taryn McCubbins was presented with the player of the game award for her stubborn suppression of the Kenai offense on the outside lines.

Both McCubbins and Kerkvliet were named to the State All-Tournament team after the girls championship match. Kenai’s Kylie Morse was also named to the All-Tournament team.

Love said there is always an opportunity to make it back next year to the state championship semifinals.

“That will be our goal, to see if we can’t come back and match this year’s performance,” Love said. “It’s gonna be a younger team for sure, so we have our work cut out for us, but that’s why we coach.”

South girls 2, Soldotna 1 The Soldotna girls pushed one of the state’s top girls soccer teams and nearly won Friday in the state semifinals at Anchorage Football Stadium.

“It’s just so frustrating,” said Soldotna coach Jimmy Love. “They did everything they could do, and it just wasn’t enough.”

The loss was the first of the year for Soldotna.

“It goes back to the whole thing about Peninsula teams can’t compete with Anchorage,” Love said. “Well, if we can’t, then that game shouldn’t have gone into OT. If we’re not that good and we’re not that worthy, then we shouldn’t have been there.

“I’m tired of hearing that, because these girls left everything on the field today and I think the referee kind of got involved when he didn’t need to.”

The game-winner, scored by South’s Keely Jelenik with eight minutes left in the second 10-minute overtime period, was the difference.

In the final minutes following Jele-

nik’s goal, the Wolverines played a game of keepaway, holding the ball in the right corner of Soldotna territory in an attempt to drain the minutes off the clock.

“You heard the crowd, it’s not the best soccer, but at this point we’re trying to win a state championship,” said South coach Brian Farrell. “It’s a credit to our players that they know to do that, just to hold it and let them foul us.”

Once the Stars realized South’s antics, the desperation kicked in and frustration led to pushing and shoving.

Kylee Wolfe and Olivia Conradi were both given yellow cards in the final two minutes of overtime.

“We wouldn’t do it, but I don’t know if we’d be forcing the issue either,” Love responded. “We’re not going to play the ball into the corner, but they’ve been in games closer than that and that’s their tactic. I guess we just go with it.”

Love said the object he took most issue with was the inconsistency of the officiating. After letting a number of aggressive plays stand earlier in the game, the head referree charged SoHi with several calls late in the game and in overtime, including the pair of yellow cards.

“I think towards the end there it started becoming lopsided on the fouls,” Love said. “I mean, they let it go all game, then they tighten up in overtime, that’s BS. “That part I don’t get. There was some pushing for sure, but it was no different from the first four minutes of the first half.”

Right away Friday, the Wolverines began putting pressure on a Soldotna defense that is rarely tested. South had several close chances brushed aside by SoHi goalkeeper Katelynn Kerkvliet.

An open strike that got by Kerkvliet in the second minute of the game clanged off the left goalpost, and a nearly identical shot hit the post again in the 21st minute. Kerkvliet blocked a point-blank shot in the 25th minute to keep the game scoreless.

South outshot SoHi 8-1 in the first half, and took four corner kicks to SoHi’s zero.

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The Wolverines eventually broke through five minutes into the second half when a shot bounced off the crossbar above Kerkvliet’s head and back to the South attacking unit, and Vanessa Velez was there to score.

However, South’s goal seemed to wake up the SoHi offense, as the Stars began finding better opportunities down the field.

The shift in momentum was helped by improved play from defensive sweepers such as Taryn McCubbins, Delaney Love, Alex Ashe and Bailey Rosin. Soldotna’s strikers up front became the beneficiaries of passes from the defense, and when South did attempt offensive attacks, players like McCubbins fought back and contained the Wolverines’ efforts.

In the 53rd minute, Soldotna equalized with a long range strike from Kylee Wolfe that caught South goalie Jacqueline Burke off guard and sailed right over the goalie’s head.

“For them to turn around and have that kind of strength and response, that was unreal,” Love said. “I think it helped them to think, ‘Hey we can do this,’ and it gave them a good shot.”

As the minutes wound down, the action became chippier and players more aggressive. Ultimately, the teams were forced to extend their battle into overtime, where two 10-minute halves were needed to decide a winner.

Two minutes into the second extra period, Jelenik took advantage of a South corner kick and got to the ball first.

“I wasn’t surprised it was this close,” Farrell said. “You always know when you play a team from the Peninsula that they’re gonna bring it and are gonna play all 80 minutes. They’re not dirty or cheap, but they’re a physical team.”

Service girls 1, Kenai 0 Only one goal was scored in Friday’s state soccer semifinals matchup between Kenai Central and Service, but it was all the Cougars needed to punch their ticket to Saturday’s state championship game.

Service topped Kenai in a match

that saw the winners dominate possession, but fail to break through until deep into the game.

“Last time we played Service it was 4-0 at half, so we’ve definitely come a long way,” said Kenai coach Dan Verkuilen. “They did a great job, I have nothing but praise for them.”

Service outshot Kenai 19-2 on goal, but didn’t score until the 56th minute, when Haleigh Van Allen collected the ball near Kenai’s right goalpost and sent a shot into the left corner past goaltender Alli Steinbeck.

Steinbeck was kept busy for most the game as she saved nine quality chances by Service.

“We had to adjust and play a little like Soldotna and overlap that midfield,” Verkuilen said. “We had to make sure our strong-side midfielder was dropping back with that last wing.”

What ensued was a midfield struggle that saw Service get the most shots on the outside and on Steinbeck, but the sophomore goalie held tough all game long.

“I said you’ve been able to keep one of the best teams in the state from scoring,” Verkuilen said. “I said I want you to go out and get a goal and make that one touch that can make a difference.”

As one-goal games tend to go, Service could not afford to let up and let a possible goal slide through. In the final minute of play, Kenai found itself with a rare chance to score, but the play was called dead with an offsides call.

“It was a matter of controlling the ball and being as efficient as possible,” said Service coach Mark Cascolan.

Service was running on the energy of a double-overtime game Thursday that pushed scheduling back to after 10 p.m. Cascolan said he was surprised nonetheless that the final result was a one-goal game.

“I knew it was going to be a tough game, but I was hoping it would bounce our way more,” Cascolan said.

Kenai and Service played in the state tournament fourth-place game in 2012, as the Cougars topped the Kards 4-0. Saturday, Kenai is guaranteed to improve on that finish, as fifth is the worst the Kards can finish.

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Monday, Monday…

t’s Sunday, June first. Not too many years ago (at least like I count time) we would be coming home from a long weekend.

We’d have celebrated Memorial Day on Friday, probably with a family get together after visiting the cemetery and placing flowers on the graves of family members, then headed out camping or fishing, or just road-tripping if the weather was good. We’d be sun-burned, exhausted and a little giddy because summer had started so gloriously.

Until Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act in 1968, the only long weekends we could depend on during the year were Labor Day and Thanksgiving. A Friday or Monday holiday, especially in the summer was a thing to be savored, but if Memorial Day fell on Friday, then Fourth of July would, too, and we were doubly blessed that year. We felt like we had earned the extra time off, not that it was a right, but something to be savored and honored, and treated joyfully.

Then Congress decided the American worker didn’t have enough time off and , besides those we might have normally, devised four long weekends a year centered around made-up holidays: President’s Day in February, falling between Washington’s and Lincoln’s birthdays, hence the name. Neither of those had previously been a federal holiday. The most recognition either received, besides notice on the calendar, was maybe an assignment in elementary school to read a story or write a few paragraphs about the celebrated President.

Then the next was Memorial Day which they moved from May 30 to the last Monday in May so we’d have the long weekend usually the weekend before the traditional holiday. We called it Decoration Day when I was a young kid, then after WWII, Memorial Day resumed it’s meaning in honor of the fallen soldiers.

Since then, it has become simply the first long weekend of the summer, although veterans usually launch a celebration in honor of those fallen in all the wars.

Then we had all summer. I guess the powers that be decided we had enough play time in the summer, as that is when nearly everyone in the U.S. takes a vacation. We can depend on Labor Day weekend in September to end the summer, so the next artificial long weekend is Columbus Day, which has become a rallying point for the P.C. crowd because apparently Columbus was some kind of monster and shouldn’t have a holiday named for him regardless of the fact that his accomplishment changed the world as it was then known. It has become the October long weekend, celebrated the second Monday in October, which happens to fall near Columbus Day, and which was never much of a holiday to begin with anyway. Rather than make up a reason to take a day off, why didn’t Congress just say “American workers need a holiday in October. Let’s designate the second Monday just because.”

Veterans Day is in November. Most veterans also still honor Armistice Day, which Veteran’s Day was supposed to take the place of and the long weekend has been dispensed with.

Of course we have the Thanksgiving holiday at the end of the month, so aren’t hurting for days off during November.

The next step was politically correct holidays that celebrate whatever is the PC issue of the time apparently. I think THE politically correct holiday to take care of the next long weekend we have to name should celebrate Sacajawea. Believe me, she deserves it as much as others we choose to honor. Without her our ancestors would have been left sitting at St. Louis wondering what happened to Lewis and Clark, whose descendents would be wandering around Montana (which would not be Montana) trying to find a passage to the west over the Rocky Mountains. She guided the expedition to the Snake River and beyond, taught them the language of the Shoshone so they could trade and negotiate, and brought them back again. And she did it with a baby on her back.

Since I am retired and don’t need an excuse for a holiday, I’m not too sure when to declare Sacajawea Day, but nearly any month would do because she was with the Expedition for a couple of years, quietly doing her thing. March and April are the months when a break is most needed, but because Easter is so perfidious, it would have to be before March 21 or after April 20 so as not to conflict with that celebration.

June is also barren, but we have Memorial Day and Fourth of July bracketing the month, so it might be overkill to have another designated long weekend then.

I guess the point is (if there is one) is we don’t need an excuse to enjoy ourselves. Made up holidays sometimes get in the way of real celebrations. No matter what the calendar, or the Government says, let’s honor those who should be honored, celebrate with gusto if we feel like it, and we don’t even have to close the Post Office.

Virginia Walters lives in Kenai. Email her vewalters@gci.net

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Kimberly and Troy Glidden, of Soldotna, announce the birth of their son, Blake Richard Glidden at 9:07 p.m. on April 24, 2014. He weighed 6 pounds and measured 19.75 inches. He is the Gliddens’ first child, the first grandchild or his paternal grandparents and the 21st grandchild for his maternal grandparents.

Blake Richard Glidden

Crystal and Nickolas Lee, of Kenai, announce the birth of their daughter Nicole Bella Lee at 5:30 a.m. on February 28, 2014. She weighed 7 pounds, 10 ounces and measured 19 and three-quarter inches long. She was born on her great-grandma Winona Lee’s birthday, one week early and was a great surprise. She joins a large extended family and has already had a lot of visitors from down south. The family feels blessed to have her.

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Army Lieutenant Yuri Tibbs On May 3rd 2014, ROTC Cadet Yuri Thomas Tibbs was commissioned a lieutenant in the United States Army on JBER, Anchorage Alaska. Among many friends’ family and comrades attending was Lieutenant Tibbs father Tom Tibbs of Ninilchik AK and Grandmother Betty Porter of Kenai AK.Lieutenant Tibbs is an eighth generation Alaskan born in Anchorage, Alaska, on June 5TH, 1991. He attended Anchorage Christian High School joined Army ROTC in 2010 after attending one semester at UAA. During Lieutenant Yuri his time as a scholarship cadet, Yuri attended Cadet Thomas Tibbs Field Training at West Point, Air Assault School at Camp Smith, N.Y., the Cultural Understanding and Language Program in Thailand at the Royal Thai Military Academy, and has served as the Ranger Challenge Commander and Cadet Battalion Commander. Yuri is an outdoor enthusiast. In the month of August, he works as a sheep packer in the Chugach Range. Yuri graduated from UAA with a B.A. in History, and is an Active Duty branch detail from the Adjutant General’s Corps to Infantry. After completing the Infantry Basic Officer Leadership Course, Ranger and Airborne schools at Fort Benning, Georgia. Yuri will be stationed at Fort Bragg, NC with 1st BDE “Devils”, 82nd Airborne “All American” Division. “All the Way!”

2014 Law Enforcement Torch Run was May 17 in Kenai. Proceeds wrere donated to the Central Peninsula Special Olympics.

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• Wednesday, June 4 & 18 ~ Social Security virtual office: 9aNoon [The Kenai Senior is the venue to talk to the Anchorage Social Security Office. This is a first come first serve service. A signup sheet Kenai Senior Center will be available when you arrive at the KSC. No appointments and What’s happening at the Kenai Senior Center for the month of June no age limits] 2014 (all activities are held at the Kenai Senior Center unless other• Council on Aging ~ Thursday, June 12 @ 4:30p wise stated): • Kenai Senior Connection Board Meeting ~ Friday, June 20 @ 9:30a Special Activities: • Wednesday, June 4 ~ Green House Tour with Dan English @1p Community Meals are served Monday – Friday from 11:30 – 1p $5 Call Center (283-8211) to sign up. unless otherwise noted. Our mission at the Kenai Senior Center is • Thursday, June 5 ~ Unocal Retirees Lunch @ 11:30 $6 to serve as a community focal point for senior services where adults • Each Friday at 11a ~ Sing Along Time before lunch 60+ come together to engage in opportunities for dignity and personal • Wednesday, June 11 ~ Day Trip to Anchor Point @ growth. Please call (907-283-4156) or stop by our facility (361 Senior • Each Thursday, June 12-26th ~ Bluegrass Nights from 6:30- Court, Kenai AK 99611) anytime during regular operating hours (8a9:30p 4p) – Monday – Friday.

• Friday, June 13 ~ Father’s Day Luncheon @ 11:30a • Wednesday, June 18 ~ Birthday Lunch @ 11:30a • Monday, June 23 ~ Meet your Mystery Drive driver during lunch Soldotna Senior Center and learn why we asked him to drive.

• Tuesday, June 24 ~ Mystery Drive with Steve @ 1:30p Take a Hawaiian Luau drive and discover the Alaska just around the corner. Ice cream stops Our Hawaiian Luau will be held on Saturday, June 21 at 5:30. Adhighly likely. vance tickets are for sale at the Center for $24. The Luau features • Friday, June 27 ~ Area-Wide Picnic @ 11:30a at the Kenai Green two dance troupes and authentic Hawaiian cuisine consisting of Kalua Strip. Entertainment by Bluegrass. Bring your own chairs. pork, Polynesian chicken, sweet potatoes, sticky rice, Monoa paradise salad, Hawaiian dinner rolls and Kona parfait delight. Door prizes gaBody / Mind / Soul: lore and silent and outcry auctions.

• Tuesday, June 10 ~ Health Class with Nurse Coleene @1p • Wednesday, June 17 ~ Caregiver’s Group This meeting is inforSenior picnic mative for the caregiver and activities will be available for those being The annual Kenai Peninsula Senior Picnic will be held on Friday, cared for @ 1p June 27 at noon. It will at the Kenai Park Strip in Kenai. All seniors • Wednesday, June 25 ~ iPad Class @ 1p call Center to reserve from the Kenai Peninsula are invited to an afternoon of fun and sunyour spot. (283-8211) shine. There is no cost but any contributions would be much appreci• Tuesdays & Thursdays ~ Water Walking at Nikiski Pool, leave ated. Contact you local senior center for details.

Center @ 7:30a returning around 9:30a $3 van ride, $2 for pool usage.

Call center to reserve your spot (283-8211) Summer bazaar • General Exercise: Monday / Wednesday / Friday ~ 9a Our Summer Bazaar, Bakesale and Quilt show will be held on Fri• Growing Strong Strength Training Class: Monday / Wednesday / day and Saturday, July 25 & 26, from 10am- 4pm. The bazaar will Friday ~ 10a feature beautiful crafts made by vendors from throughout the Penin• Line Dancing: Monday / Thursday ~ 10a - at the Kenai Recre- sula. The bakesale will be homemade items for everyone to enjoy. Pat ation Center (Please stop by the KSC to sign up for Beginning Line Reese will arrange for displaying some of the best looking quilts from Dancing) the awesome quilters in the area.

• Tai-Chi: Tuesday / Thursday ~ 10a • Zumba Gold: Tuesday / Thursday ~ 2p ~ donation suggested

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Sterling Senior Center

Arts / Crafts Opportunities: • Knitting ~ 1p Fridays • Ceramics ~ 1p Mondays

The Sterling Senior Center annual gun show will be held this year on July 26th and 27th from 10:00 am to 4:00pm. This has been a very successful event in past years and promises to be even better this year.

There will be approximately thirty tables available for vendors at a cost of $50 per table. Admission to the show will be $5.00 per person. As usual, there will be food available with pastries and a lunch menu. Two firearms, a Mossberg 12 gauge shotgun and a Desert Eagle .45acp hand gun, have been donated for the raffle. Raffle tickets are now available at the center. To reserve a table, please contact Bill Bailey at 260-3725 or the Senior Center at 262-6808.

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hen my wife went to the emergency room recently, the doctors and nurses asked her the severity – on a scale of zero to 10 – of her pain. It wasn’t a perfect 10, but she let them know it was reaching for the top of the charts.

Medical professionals, who have undergone years of schooling and training, usually like to boss us around – “Quit smoking. Get some exercise. How long you think you can run that body down?” They actually give us input, though, when it comes to judging how much we hurt. In this one situation, they accept that we know more than they do.

The trouble comes in our inability to convey that pain to others.

“I’ve had headaches that want to lift the top of my head off,” a guy says in an Excedrin ad from the 1960s. “The pain comes up the back of my neck, around the side of my head – and

then it comes together in front like two bull goats.”

That was certainly descriptive, so much so that we can feel for the poor man. We might even have had the same pain, although the odds are that none of us ever described it in such terms. I’m betting he had a six or a seven.

About the same time that Excedrin ad ran, Anacin had a memorable commercial showing a husband being greeted warmly by his wife and daughter as he comes home from the office. His wife tells him to get ready for supper and a PTA meeting.

“Ellen, please!” he bellows. “I just got home. Don’t rush me!”

We then hear him saying to himself: “Control yourself. Sure, you have a headache; you’re tense, irritable. Don’t take it out on her.”

After he pops some Anacin, we see the hap-

py family spending quality time together – with no divorce attorney in sight!

That advertising gem didn’t describe the pain as much as it showed how pain affects our behavior.

We all should wear placards around our necks showing our current pain level so people will understand when we act out

to have two goats collide in their heads. Some use faces that smile or frown or grimace; others use colors or comparisons with other sensations: “Doc, I feel like an Enterprise crew member blasted me with his Phaser set on ‘fry,’ then rubbed my smoldering body with extra-coarse sandpaper before dropping me into a tank of acid and piranhas.”

In the end, my wife downplayed her pain Glynn Moore number so she could go home and hurt in private. in public.

(Note to hospitals: It’s 2014; semiprivate I also like to imagine that Anacin husband rooms have outlived their usefulness.) at his doctor’s office the next day: Remember: Everybody hurts sometimes.

“Mr. Jones, on a scale of zero to 10, how We just have to agree on a number. badly does your head hurt where your wife bashed you with the cast-iron frying pan?”

Reach Glynn Moore at glynn.moore@auNumerous pain scales are used today to keep gustachronicle.com. doctors from having to guess what it feels like

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DEAR ABBY: I am a male victim of domestic violence. I was traumatized for five years at the hands of my ex. I suffered through name-calling, physical and sexual abuse. Once, when she was upset, she hit me with her car and dragged me across our parking lot.

I tried several times to leave only to find that in my community there was no help for men in situations like mine. There are women’s shelters everywhere, but none that cater to men and their children. I ended up having to return home, and things just got worse.

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I finally left with the shirt on my back and a few belongings.

Because I couldn’t find help, I slept on the street.

I am now a survivor and attending school to become a social worker. I have been trying to raise awareness of men as abuse victims, but it’s an uphill battle.

Why?

Abigail Van Buren

— EMPOWERED IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN DEAR EMPOWERED: It’s probably because of outdated gender stereotypes and lack of awareness by the law enforcement in your community that women as well as men can be psychopaths. When your wife ran you down in the parking lot, she should have wound up behind bars, assuming the police were called.

While female-on-male domestic violence is reported less often than male-onfemale violence, it does happen, as anyone who reads my column regularly knows.

Men who need help should call the Domestic Abuse Helpline for Men and Women — the toll-free number is 888-743-5754 — because help is available.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

To receive a collection of Abby’s most memorable — and most frequently requested — poems and essays, send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $7 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby — Keepers Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. Shipping and handling are included in the price.

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Nonbelievers walk very fine line with religious family members DEAR ABBY: My husband, “Mike,” and I are young newlyweds and adjusting to our new life quite well. However, while we both come from deeply religious families, we are both nonbelievers, which has caused some strife within the family.

Mike has several nieces and nephews (ages 4 to 9) who have asked us repeatedly why we don’t go to church with them, since the whole family attends together. Their mother has made it clear that they do not want the children knowing there is another option besides Christianity, and I understand, since their faith is so important to them. But I don’t want to lie to the kids or ignore their questions. Is there a tactful way to answer their questions without stepping on toes?

— NEVER ON SUNDAY DEAR NEVER: You could respond by saying, “Your uncle and I have other plans.” And if the kids ask what they are, tell them what you plan to do that day. If they ask why you don’t come to church like they do, tell them that because they are children they need to learn about their religion. When they are adults, they can choose to go — or not.

While I respect your in-laws’ desire to practice their faith, I think it is unrealistic to try to keep children in the dark because as soon as they hit school — unless they are home-schooled or in a church-run school — they are going to meet other kids who worship differently or not at all.

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Jaqueline Bigar’s Stars A baby born today has a Sun in Gemini and a Moon in Cancer if born before 9:43 p.m. (PDT). Afterward, the Moon will be in Leo. HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Sunday, June 1, 2014: This year could be very exciting if you are in any field involving communication. You will excel in this area. For some of you, it could be a boost professionally. You’ll find that you are more upbeat than you have been in a while. If you are single, you will meet many, many people this year.

Your social circle widens, and the possibility of meeting the right person becomes higher after July. If you are attached, the two of you connect on a deeper level than you are used to. Make time to go on more dates together. LEO always draws out the best in you.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH You’ll notice how energetic you are early in the day.

You’ll also pick up on how others seem to be ready to go.

A spontaneous trip could erupt out of the blue. Make sure that everyone is invited. Even if someone is down, he or she will perk up quickly. Tonight: Happily at home.

This Week: You become the idea person for nearly everyone.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH Make the most of the daylight hours, when you feel empowered. Make a point of meeting a friend or loved one for a late brunch. You might be inclined to wander through a favorite store afterward. Tonight: Maintain a low profile.

This Week: If you can take a few days off this week, do.

You need to rest.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH You could be concerned about a purchase, which makes maintaining your budget an even bigger concern.

Make time for an important conversation with a loved one in the later part of the day. Choose a nice spot where both of you can relax. Tonight: Keep the mood positive.

This Week: Keep reaching out to others; make plans to catch up on their news.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You might want to get moving early, especially if you’re meeting up with people. The best setting for fun is somewhere you can chat over a meal. By late afternoon, you will want to head home. If you can squeeze in a nap, do. Tonight: Make it your treat.

This Week: Be aware of the financial implications of a decision.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH Make it OK to take a lazy day or two. You will relax and enjoy yourself. Schedule plans around dinner, when you will feel energized and ready to deal with other people.

You might be surprised at how egotistical some people might be today. Tonight: As you like it.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH You might be more willing to go along with several friends’ requests. Make yourself available for a fun outing with the gang. Zero in on what a loved one needs. It could be as simple as giving this person a little space. Tonight: Not to be found.

This Week: Understand what is happening before you decide to act.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH You might be more aware of the importance of dealing with an older relative or friend. This person could become more difficult if you don’t make time for him or her in the near future. Be smart, and clear up this issue as soon as possible. Tonight: Join friends.

This Week: Friends and meetings fill up the next few days.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH You could be in a position where you want to take charge of a project. Whether you are filling in at the last minute today or planning ahead, you do this type of organizing with excellence. Go for a drive or visit someone in the country. Tonight: A must appearance.

This Week: Try to venture away from your normal conservative thinking.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH You’ll want to schedule some quality one-on-one time with a loved one today. Take a walk in the countryside, and have a meal at a favorite place. Keep reaching out to someone at a distance to catch up on his or her news. Tonight: Go for some exotic cuisine.

This Week: Say “yes” to an offer.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Others want to take the reins. Be smart and let this happen, rather than get into a testy situation. You will be much happier, and you also will have some free time to pursue a favorite hobby. Let your imagination wander when discussing a future vacation. Tonight: Dinner for two.

This Week: Someone insists on running the budget.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH You might want to mellow out a little today. You could have a mini-project that you might need to complete. After postponing this project several times, you could be surprised at how easy it is to wrap up. Once this burden is lifted, you can relax. Tonight: Accept a dinner invitation.

This Week: Defer to others.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH You could be involved with a sudden change, and you’ll see that it has the potential to be unusually profitable. Do not interfere with a very intense moment involving a loved one. You need to listen, even if you don’t feel the same way. Tonight: Get a head start on tomorrow.

This Week: Dive into work.

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Resume Tips - Whip Your Resume Into Shape Expert advice on how to do a resume correctly.

By Kristina Cowan So you’ve discovered the perfect gig with a higher salary, and you’re bent on shuffling your credentials to the hiring manager immediately, if not sooner. You’ve got the experience, education and skills that make you a star candidate.

One hurdle remains: how to do a resume appropriately.

Don’t fret-you can soon be on your way to crafting a stellar resume; just use the following key resume tips from career experts Brian Drum and Heather Heath.

Drum is president and CEO of New York City-based Drum Associates, Inc., a global executive search firm, and Heath, based in Minneapolis, is practice leader of sales and marketing for Hudson, a recruitment and talent management firm.

Expert Resume Tips on How to do a Resume 1. Be accurate and truthful. “A resume should not be embellished or exaggerated-it’s not an exercise in writing a novel. If there’s anything that is not correct or is misstated, it could be a reason for not hiring you,” Drum said.

2. Take two pages for your resume if necessary. Drum said once you have four or five years of experience, it often becomes very difficult to squeeze your career path all onto one page. Heath said she sees two-page resumes “all the time.” Most applicants should avoid three page resumes.

Resume Tip for Recent College Graduates: Stick to one page.

3. Use bullets with concise descriptions. Most resumes that use paragraphs aren’t looked at, Drum explained, so it’s best to use bullets, and keep them to a maximum of two lines a piece.

4. In most cases, list experience before education. If you’re a seasoned executive, it’s best to list your work experience first.

Resume Tip for Recent College Graduates: Put education up top.

5. Mind your keywords! Both Drum and Heath underscored the importance of including terms to help get your resume picked up through online searches. “We’re seeing more and more systems ranking people’s resumes based on how many keywords are being matched. ...

More people are putting more words on their resumes because they understand that tracking systems are keyword-driven,” Heath said.

6. List your contact information, particularly your cell phone number and e-mail address. Heath advises against listing your current work phone number. “I don’t think a potential employer would be impressed that you’re using company resources to find a job,” she said.

7. Use consistent formatting. Use the same size and type of font throughout your resume, such as 12-point Times New Roman. Offsetting your name in a slightly larger font is acceptable. If you cut and paste from various versions of your resume, be sure to align the text and eliminate formatting glitches.

8. Remember to double check your spelling. Heath suggests printing your resume, reading it and proofreading it to catch spelling and grammatical problems. It’s fine to use an automated spell-check, she said, but be wary of such systems introducing errors.

9. Bling on resumes is bad. Steer clear of using lots of large fonts in different colors, and of underscoring and bolding text for extra emphasis. Excessive use of bells and whistles distracts the reader and makes your resume look unprofessional.

10. No headshots, please. Pictures and resumes are like oil and water. If you have the urge, don’t give in.

At the end of the day, Heath said, “People need to remember when they’re sending their resume out they’re sending a version of themselves. ...

Make it a statement-a strong one.”

Kristina Cowan is the senior writer for PayScale.com. She has over 10 years of journalism experience, specializing in education and workforce issues.

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Finishing touches to be selected are flooring, cabinets, appliances, countertops, stairway hardwoods & bathroom tile/sinks/baths/toilets.

Can be sold As Is, or can be finished to owners specifications for additional costs. Six miles from Soldotna, towards Sterling, on Forest Lane.

Quiet subdivision with covenants. $126 per sqft. for living area, $76 per sqft. for garage. AS IS price $380,000. (907)262-1609

WANTED WAREHOUSE/ DELIVERY HELPER Fulltime, year round, benefits.

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Personal Care/ Beauty HAIRDRESSER With clientele wanted, P/T, F/T. Ask for Mary, (907)262-6334.

Commercial Property BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Assisted Living business for sale. Charming log construction on leased building. Owner retiring. 8 rooms fully occupied. Could be increased to 16.

Soldotna location. 12 cap rate at $578,625.

MLS#14-121 McKay Investment (907)260-6675

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No pets.

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Homes KENAI 3-Bedroom house, attached garage, appliances.

Available 6/1/14 $1,000.

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Appliances Refrigerator/Freezer.

Kenmore 21, top freezer, white. call (907)335-9993

Heavy Equipment/ Farm Machinery 7Ft. GROUSER BLADE For Skid Steer $3,000.

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----PELLET MILL Saw Dust to Pellets $3,000.

-----1906- 15Hp. FOOTE Steam engine, restored $10,000.

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Boats & Sail Boats 15' Willie Drift Boat with trailer. Comes with ors & locks seats & more. $5,600.

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19FT. JET CRAFT Excellent condition.

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Excellent condition stored in heat shop. sleeps-4, self-contained, roll around jack stands. $10,500.

(907)262-3828 WOOLRIDGE BOAT 15.7Ft., Honda 30-50, 5 seats, 3/4 canvas-top, full length cover, anchor/ rope/ chain.

Hummingbird depthfinder, trailer. $12,500.

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Autos ‘95 VOLVO 350 SL AWD Good condition, $3,000., extra studded tires.

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Motorcycles ‘98 HARLEY DAVIDSON Road King Classic, Hard Bags, tour package, wired for heated clothing. Over $5,000. in extras/ upgrades. $10,500.

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Agility, Conformation, Obedience, Privates & Rally. www.kenaikennelclub.com (907)335-2552

Public Notices IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT KENAI In the Matter of a Change of Name for:

) ) ) ) )

ROBERT EDWARD BLACK Current Name of Adult Case No: 3KN-14-00411CI

Notice of Petition to Change Name

TEACH ALL DOGS Everything with brains, not pain.

Obedience, Puppy, Nose work, Rally, Agility, Privates.

K-Beach Road (907)262-6846 www.pendog.org

Livestock TULLOS FUNNY FARM

Taking orders.

Quality Timothy Hay. $8.

(907)262-4939.

Services 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 Services Snow Removal Tax Services Travel Services Tree Services Veterinary Water Delivery Well Drilling

Education/ Instruction RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTORS Test Prep Course.

Wisdom & Associates, Inc. (907)283-0629.

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Lost & Found FOUND BICYCLE Soldotna area Call Sue to identify.

(907)262-4455 FOUND Fishing Rod by Russian River, Wednesday 5/28/14.

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A petition has been filed in the Superior Court (Case # 3KN-14-00411CI) requesting a name change from (current name) ROBERT EDWARD BLACK to ROBERT EDWARD COUTURE. A hearing on this request will be held on June 25, 2014 at 4:00 p.m. at Courtroom 6, Kenai Courthouse, 125 Trading Bay Drive, Suite 100 Kenai, AK.

MAY 12, 2014 Effective Date:

CARL J BAUMAN Superior Court Judge

PUBLISH: 5/18, 25, 6/1, 8, 2014

1732/73750

Public Notices NOTICE OF PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD PROPOSED RCRA PERMIT MODIFICATION TESORO ALASKA REFINERY In accordance with 40 CFR 270.42(2), Tesoro Alaska Company (Tesoro) hereby notifies all interested parties that they have submitted a request to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to modify its Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Permit. The public is encouraged to review the proposed modification between June 1 and July 31, 2014. A public meeting will be held at 7:00 pm on July 1, 2014, at the Nikiski Fire Station located at 44800 Spur Highway (Milepost 17.9), Kenai Spur Highway.

The original permit, issued April 1, 2007, allows Tesoro to treat some recovered groundwater in either an air stripping treatment unit or a granulated activated carbon (GAC) unit but restricts a portion of the recovered groundwater to treatment only in the air stripping unit. Tesoro's proposed permit modification will allow all recovered groundwater to be treated in either the air stripper or GAC unit.

Questions and comments may be directed to Permittee Contact Person Mike Harper Tesoro Alaska Company PO Box 3369 Kenai Alaska 99611 FAX: 907-776-3803 email: micheal.d.harper@tsocorp.com.

Agency Contact Person Janice Palumbo (AWT-212) Office of Air, Waste and Toxics U.S. EPA Region 10 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 900 Seattle WA 98101 800-424-4372 x 6702 Comments should include all reasonable available references, factual grounds and supporting material, and must be submitted in writing no later than July 31, 2014.

The modification permit request may be viewed at the Kenai Public Library, 163 Main Street Loop, Kenai AK 99611.

The permittee's compliance history during the life of the permit being modified is available from the Agency contact person PUBLISH: 6/1, 2014

1754/73750

Public Notices INVITATION FOR BIDS KENAI MUNICIPAL AIRPORT TERMINAL AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE (ATM) Sealed bids for the right to operate and maintain an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) Concession for a period of five (5) years at the Kenai Municipal Airport will be received in the Airport Manager's Office, 305 No. Willow, Suite 200, Kenai, Alaska 99611. All bids must be received no later than 10:00 a.m., prevailing local time, June 10, 2014, at which time and place they will be publicly opened and read.

All interested parties, including Disadvantaged Business Enterprises, are encouraged to submit bid proposals. No person shall be excluded on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, disability, or national origin. Bidders will be required to comply with the provisions of 49 CFR 23 encouraging Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) as required in contracts assisted by the United States Department of Transportation.

The Bid Packet describing the terms and conditions of this concession offering may be examined and/or obtained from the Kenai Airport Manager's office, 305 No. Willow, Suite 200, Kenai, Alaska, Telephone: (907) 283-7951.

ALL BID PROPOSALS MUST BE MADE ON FORMS FURNISHED BY THE CITY. The right is hereby reserved to reject any and all bid proposals and to waive any defects when, in the opinion of the Kenai City Manager, or his official designee, such rejection or waiver will be in the best interest of the City. In addition, the City hereby reserves the right to re-advertise for bid proposals or to reschedule the bid opening if the City desires such action.

PUBLISH: 5/28, 30, 6/1, 2014

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT KENAI FISHHAWK FISHERIES OF ALASKA, INC. an Alaska corporation,

) ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) C. Dean Yeasel (deceased), the Unknown ) Heirs of C. Dean Yeasel and also all other ) persons or parties unknown claiming a ) right, title, estate, lien or interest in the real ) estate described in the complaint in this ) action. ) ) Defendants. ) _______________________________________) Case No. 3KN-14-246 CI

NOTICE TO ABSENT DEFENDANTS To Defendants:

THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF C. DEAN YEASEL AND ALSO ALL OTHER PERSONS OR PARTIES UNKNOWN You are hereby summoned and required to file with the court an answer to the complaint filed in this case. Your answer must be filed with the court at 125 Trading Bay Road, Kenai, Alaska 99611 within 30 days after the last date of publication of this notice. In addition, a copy of your answer must be sent to the Plaintiff's attorney, Gregory D. Stein, whose address is Baldwin & Butler, LLC, 125 N. Willow St., Kenai, AK 99611.

If you fail to file an answer within the required time, a default judgment may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the complaint.

This is an action for quiet title regarding the following real property located at : 1) Lot Three-A (3-A), Block One (1), according to the Plat of WATERER SUBDIVISION, filed under Plat No. 74-78, Kenai Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska located at 43465 Jasper Lane, Kenai, AK 99611; and 2) Lot Four (4), Block One (1), according to the Plat of WATERER SUBDIVISION, filed under Plat No. 72-45, Kenai Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska, located at 43465 Jasper Lane, Kenai, AK 99611; and 3) Lot One (1), Block Four (4), according to the Plat of INLET GLEN SUBDIVISION, filed under Plat No. 85-97, Kenai Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska located at 53683 Rons Court, Kenai, AK 99611; and 4) Lot Eight (8), Block Two (2), according to the Plat of INLET GLEN SUBDIVISION, filed under Plat No. 85-97, Kenai Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska located at 53683 Rons Court, Kenai, AK 99611.

The relief demanded is a judgment granting Plaintiff title to the Real Property, free from any claims of Defendants plus all allowable and reasonable attorney fees and costs.

You have been made a party to this action because you may have an interest in the real property.

Dated at Kenai, Alaska this 30th day of April, 2014.

CLERK OF THE COURT April 30, 2014 Date

By: Wanda Simp Deputy Clerk

PUBLISHED: 5/11, 18, 25, 6/1, 2014

1711/2506

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The State of Alaska requires construction companies to be licensed, bonded and insured before submitting bids, performing work, or advertising as a construction contractor in accordance with AS 08..18.011, 08.18.071, 08.18.101, and 08.15.051. All advertisements as a construction contractor require the current registration number as issued by the Division of Occupational Licensing to appear in the advertisement.

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In “The Glass Sentence,” each of the world’s continents has been thrown into a different time period. Sophia and her friend Theo seek clues to saving the world and her parents in this first book of a trilogy.

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In “Dork Diaries 5: Tales From a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All,” Nikki becomes the advice columnist for the school newspaper. But she needs help from her friends to answer the pleas for advice.

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In “Stars and Sparks on Stage: Clubhouse Mysteries,” four boys are sure they’ll win the prize money in a talent contest. But then they meet a girl with a great voice who needs the money even more.

“Triptivities” is a mix of puzzles, games, art projects and activities to add to the fun of a long car trip.

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“Project Kid: 100 Ingenious Crafts for Family Fun” has stepby-step photos and instructions for making crafts out of everyday materials.

In “Elvis and the Underdogs,” a 10-yearold boy has been sickly all his life. But then he gets Elvis, a bossy therapy dog that talks.

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Luck,” a 12-yearold girl and her younger brother help their traditional Japanese-American grandparents cook for migrant workers. When bad luck comes, she must save the day.

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Rachel Renee Russell is an attorney who has written several books for kids.

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“Gone Fishing: A Novel in Verse” tells the funny story of a boy dealing with a little sister tagging along on a father/son fishing trip.

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In the graphic novel “Monster on the Hill,” towns are proud of their scary monsters. But one monster is too sad to be scary. Can a street kid save the day?

Knots,” an orphan girl has a magical Talent, which is making the perfect cake.

An evil Talent thief threatens her world.

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Cynthia Kadohata’s books include the 2005 Newbery Medal winner “Kira-Kira.”

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In “The Shadow Throne,” the last book in the Ascendance trilogy, the young king faces war.

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Rob Harrell is a comic strip writer and illustrator.

“Parrots Over Puerto Rico” is the true story of the green parrots that almost became extinct until a group of scientists saved them.

In “Keeper of the Lost Cities,”a friendless 12-year-old girl meets a boy who helps her learn the magical reason she has never fit in. She must use her new knowledge to stop a rising threat.

Jennifer Nielsen has coached high school debate and run a theater.

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In “Chomp,” a boy’s dad takes a job as an animal wrangler on a reality TV show. The animals don’t cause anywhere near as much trouble as the adult humans.

LeVar Burton is helping promote the Disney Junior and First Book campaign “Give a Book, Get a Book.” Through this program, Disney will donate up to 1 million books to First Book, which donates new books to U.S. communities in need. To learn more, you can go to: giveabookgetabook.com.

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Neishka Cardona and Kimi Davidson came to Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, four years ago as the first recruits for the school’s brand-new women’s bowling team.

The teammates helped the Bearkats advance to the NCAA tournament during their freshman and junior years, finishing seventh each time.

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In “How to Catch a Bogle,” an orphan girl acts as bait for child-eating monsters threatening 1870s London.

In “Serafina’s Promise,” an 11-year-old girl in Haiti dreams of becoming a doctor. But her family can’t afford to send her to school, and a flood and an earthquake destroy her home and the town. Still, she has hope.

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“Barbed Wire Baseball” is the true story of a Japanese-American pro baseball player. When he and his family are sent to an internment, or prison, camp after Pearl Harbor, he sets up baseball games in the camp.

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Marissa Moss has written about 40 books for kids and has illustrated many of them. She is best known for her “Amelia’s Notebook” series.

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“Eruption!” tells the true story of scientists who risk their lives to study active volcanoes.

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Did you know?

5 Tips for Hiring a Contractor 1. Is your contractor licensed?

Make sure your contractor is licensed. Check their general contractor, residential endorsement, and/ or specialty contractor license with the State of Alaska Department of Commerce and Economic Development – Division of Occupational Licensing.

Remember, only a licensed contractor can legally submit a bid or provide work as a contractor.

If you hire an unlicensed worker and there is property damage, injury and/ or loss of life associated with your job YOU ARE LIABLE. Worst case scenario is you could lose your home and other assets due to the incompetence of an unlicensed and uninsured operator.

2. Is his or her residential endorsement current?

Only general contractors with a residential endorsement are authorized “to undertake the construction or alteration” of a residential structure from one to four living units. Alaska statue 08.18.025 defines “alteration” as “changes that have a value greater than 25% of the value of the structure being altered”. To obtain a residential endorsement, a contractor must pass the residential endorsement examination, and maintain current continuing educational credits.

3. Ask for references!

Always check the references of contractors you are considering hiring and ask to see examples of their work.

4. Professional credentials?

While this is not required, some people view membership in local, state and national professional trade organizations as an indicator of a long-term commitment to the construction industry.

5. Remember, price isn’t everything!

It is essential to consider quality and reliability in addition to price when making investments in your home.

A warranty isn’t worth much if the builder has gone out of business and moved away.

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There’s a reason homeownership is the foundation of the American Dream.

Over time, owning your home has proved to be a good decision. And while lately the economy has presented some challenges, it has also helped us focus on what matters most. It’s reminded us that home is where we make memories, build our future and feel comfortable and secure. When you’re ready, a REALTOR®, a member of the National Association of REALTORS®, can help you find the home that’s right for you. REALTORS® are prepared—to answer your questions, show you options and guide you home.

Every market’s different, call a REALTOR® today.

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Whether you need more or less space to fit your familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current needs, with todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s low interest rates, competitive prices and great selection of homes on the market, now is a great time to buy a home.

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Protecting home ownership, now and for future generations.

The National Association of REALTORS® will always stand up for home ownership and strive to protect it. Because home ownership matters – to our families, our neighborhoods and our country.

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YOU COULD CALL IT MAGIC

Selling a home is no easy trick. It takes time, skill and know-how to successfully accomplish such a feat. Dedicated and trained, a REALTOR® will help you through the confusion and potential pitfalls of selling. They’ll do all the footwork, research and follow-up. And they’ll free you from the time and effort it takes, making the process easy, understandable and successful. So trust in a professional who knows all the moves. Call a professional agent who is a REALTOR® today. They can work magic for you.

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Make The Right House Call.

When choosing a doctor you feel safest knowing he has been approved to practice medicine by a medical association within his region. When you begin searching for a new home you want to minimize as many liabilities as possible. Use a professional agent who is a REALTOR®. You have the assurance of being taken care of by a professional who is trained to help you make the best decisions in every phase of the home buying and selling process.

So don’t take a chance and operate for yourself, look for local REALTORS® and let them stitch it all together for you.

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Getting the right fit in your new home so that you can sleep well!

If you are looking at a different home, it is sometimes hard to visualize the space in real terms when it comes to your existing furniture.

Whether you plan to make the move with the bedroom set you currently have, or are considering the purchase of a new bedroom suite, keep in mind the dimensions for the five most common mattress options: Twin: 39” x 75” Double (or Full): 54” x 75” Queen: 60” x 80” King: 78” x 80” California King: 72” x 84”

Selecting the right size bed to match the dimensions of your new room will make all the difference in how the room flows. Also keep an eye on the access to the bedrooms. How wide is the stairwell?

Will you have issues with maneuvering the rigid box spring over a banister or around hall corners? What about height?

If you have a tall four-poster bed, will the bed dwarf the rest of the room visually?

You want your bedroom to be as relaxing and enjoyable as possible.

Considering these elements before you start to move in, or in weighing the merits of one property over another for your new home purchase.

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