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MONDAY, JUNE 9, 2014 Soldotna-Kenai, Alaska
Vol. 44, Issue 214
50 cents newsstands daily/$1.00 Sunday
Soldotna overhauls elections code
Question Should an open burning ban on the Kenai Peninsula be extended until the Funny River Horse Trail wildfire is completely extinguished? n Yes; or n No.
By KELLY SULLIVAN Peninsula Clarion
To place your vote and comment, visit our Web site at www. peninsulaclarion. com.
In the news Father killed in ATV rollover
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A 30-year old Kasilof man was killed after he rolled his all-terrain vehicle while riding with his 3-year-old son Friday night. Alaska State Troopers reported that Benjamin Kruse lost control of his ATV a little after 11:30 p.m. on Red Ribbon Road near Mile 113 of the Sterling Highway in Kasilof. The boy was uninjured in the accident. Kruse and his son weren’t wearing helmets, according to a troopers dispatch. Kruse was pronounced deceased on the scene. Alcohol is believed to be a factor in the collision, according to the report. Next of kin and the State Medical Examiner’s Office were notified. The investigation is ongoing. — Staff report
3 rescued from sinking vessel near Anchorage ANCHORAGE — The Coast Guard says three people were rescued from a sinking river boat in Cook Inlet near Anchorage. The Coast Guard says it received a report of the sinking vessel Saturday from the Alaska State Troopers and issued an urgent broadcast to mariners in the area. Vessels from the Army Corps of Engineers and the Anchorage Fire Department responded. The fire crews rescued the passengers and took their 16-foot vessel into tow. No injuries were reported, and the weather was reported to be calm. — The Associated Press
Photo by Dan Balmer/Peninsula Clarion
Oilers win opener
Peninsula Oilers starter Sean Mason delivers a pitch in the second inning of the Oilers season opener against the San Francisco Seals Sunday. The Oilers defeated the Seals 9-0. Read about the game on page A-7.
Changes coming to the fair By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion
The Kenai Peninsula Fair has made some changes that will delight music and carnival enthusiasts. Brian White, an award winning country music artist from Oklahoma and the band Home
Free, a country vocal group that won this season’s “Sing Off” on NBC, will perform at the Ninilchick Fairgrounds Aug. 15-17. Lara McGinnis, the Executive Director of the Kenai Peninsula Fair, said this is the first year she attempted to bring in “big name music.” McGinnis, who has managed the fair for
10 years, said because their venue isn’t set up to charge for the show, they are an added value to the fairgoer. “We are thrilled to have both of these acts grace our main stage and perform for the entire Kenai Peninsula,” McGinnis said. “The (fair board) and I are passionate about making sure
our youth are exposed to every possible form of entertainment out there.” Another new attraction she said is the return of the carnival, something the Kenai Peninsula Fair has not had in more than 20 years. McGinnis said when she first approached the instate See FAIR, page A-16
The Soldotna Elections Code has received a total overhaul for the first time since 1987. The new code is in effect. Soldotna City Clerk Shellie Saner said it was time to make revisions. The project took approximately one month to complete, she said. The most significant change was the introduction of the option for electronic absentee voting, Saner said. “It’s another option for absentee voting,” Saner said. “In 1987 people weren’t really excited about electronic voting.” Shifting perceptions regarding the security of using electronic methods of ballot counting is partially why Saner decided to take a look at the entire code. The revisions also came out of a need to unify city regulations with the Kenai Peninsula Borough’s code, and the State of Alaska’s code, Saner said. Most of the work was cleaning up language and making small specifications, she said. It is the responsibility of the Clerk to revise the elections code, according Soldotna’s Municipal Code. Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly Clerk Johni Blankenship said the borough’s elections code has not had a major overhaul for 15 years. The potential for passing a vote-by-mail ordinance would be the biggest overhaul in quite some time, she said. Borough assembly member Dale Bagley said he expects See VOTE, page A-2
Fairbanks newest beach to open soon By TIM MOWRY Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
FAIRBANKS — Standing on Fairbanks’ newest — and only — beach one sunny day in late May, Steve Taylor could envision throngs of beach goers sunbathing, building sand castles and splashing around in the nearby lake. The only sign of traffic in the sand on this particular day,
however, were fresh goose tracks and droppings. “The geese are using it,” ‘I’m just itching to get it open but we said Taylor, a project coordina- have to make sure it’s ready.’ tor for the Fairbanks North Star — Steve Taylor, project coordinator for Borough parks and recreation Fairbanks North Star Borough department, pointing out the tracks. parks and recreation department But it won’t be long before people can walk barefoot on the new, sandy beach at Tanana News-Miner reported. struction, the borough is planLakes Recreation Area in south After almost seven years of ning to open the new 750-acre Fairbanks, the Fairbanks Daily planning and six years of con- recreation area at the end of
South Cushman Street in one week. The borough has set June 13 as the tentative opening date. “I’m just itching to get it open but we have to make sure it’s ready,” said Taylor, who ramrodded the project. The beach, which is 1,000 feet long and covers just more than 4.5 acres, was the last big project to be completed before See BEACH, page A-16
Hybrid trike provides mobility for any ability Index
By MELISSA GRIFFITHS Morris News Service-Alaska
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In this May 30 photo, Kellen Priest, right, and Abby Leatherman, both tour brokers for Gastineau Guiding, ride electric-powered tricycles downtown in Juneau. Bob Janes invented the Access Hybrid, a trike with an assistive electric motor, meant to provide all the fun of a bicycle and all the function of a traditional mobility device.
JUNEAU — Adventure runs in the Janes family, so when Bob Janes found his father’s age affected his ability to be active outdoors, something had to be done. So Bob invented the Access Hybrid, a trike with an assistive electric motor, meant to provide all the fun of a bicycle and all the function of a traditional mobility device. “My father, three years ago, at 89, was given a standard mobility scooter,” Bob said. “He didn’t feel like himself on it. He’d been active all his life.” Not a stranger to designing C
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new technology to meet his needs, Bob worked out a design for the Access Hybrid to give his father a way to be active despite his declining physical health. Bob said his father could barely walk 10 feet at that point, but when he tried out the Access Hybrid he could go for a couple miles. The Access Hybrid looks like a cross between a mobility scooter and a tricycle. It has a cushioned, stable seat; handle bars with a traditional gear shift and hand brake, but also a throttle lever for using the electric motor; slanted rear wheels for stability and an elongated head tube with a tight turning radius while the electric motor is in use and smaller front wheel; plus foot rests for when
the pedals are not in use. The rider sits in a comfortable, upright position, with pedals in front. The eight-speed allows for some breeze-through-your-hair higher speeds, and pedaling can recharge the electric motor for when the device is needed as a more traditional mobility scooter — it also plugs in for normal charging. Bob said the Access Hybrid gets 20 miles out of the motor before it needs to be recharged. While Bob came up with the idea for the Access Hybrid, it’s been a team effort. Working with him is engineer Mike Bly and welder Carlton Shorey. Bob’s son, Robie Janes, has See TRIKE, page A-3
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By SADIE GURMAN Associated Press
AURORA, Colo. — A line of severe storms packing high winds and hail swept across Colorado’s Front Range and eastern plains Sunday, spawning several damaging tornadoes, including one that dropped down near a junior golf tournament southeast of Denver. A tornado touched down near the Blackstone Country Club, causing one minor injury and flipping an empty trailer, Aurora Fire Department officials said. Paul Cleveland, 16, who was playing in the tournament, said he and two other people were riding a golf cart when they saw a funnel cloud heading in their direction, swirling debris. “I ducked down, protected my head and waited for the worst,” he said. Moments later, Cleveland said, the twister lifted the cart and threw it on top of a caddy walking nearby. The caddy, a man in his 50s, was taken to a hospital with minor injuries, said Capt. Diane Lord with the Aurora Fire Department. Several other tornadoes were reported Sunday, includ-
‘This is amazingly unusual at 10,000 feet, very unusual for it to happen up here.’ — Linda Balough, Park County spokeswoman ing one in the tiny northeastern Colorado town of Grover and two in Park County. A twister also touched down in a sparsely populated area of southeast Wyoming, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or major damage. In Colorado, a funnel cloud touched down near Fairplay about 65 miles southwest of Denver at about 11 a.m., damaging the roof of a home, Park County spokeswoman Linda Balough said. “This is amazingly unusual at 10,000 feet, very unusual for it to happen up here,” she said. Another tornado was reported a short time later, about 40 miles away near Lake George, and caused “substantial” damage at an RV park, Balough said. No one was reported injured in either tornado.
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It also makes it easier for voters who turn in ballots for state, borough and city elections, Murphy said. Soldotna council member Pete Sprague said any alterations that encourage more community members to come out and vote is a good thing, as long as the regulations retain the security of voter privacy. Not everything old is obsolete however, Saner said. She said she left some sections of the old code unchanged. The section describing how to hand count ballots will remain necessary for a long time, Saner said.
the ordinance to draw significant debate from assembly members. Former borough clerk Linda Murphy, who is now a member of the Soldotna City Council, completed the most recent overhaul. Murphy said at the time she chose to revise the code because it was not set up to handle an updated form of technology, optical scan ballots. When state, borough and city codes are lined up, it is easier for the ballot counKelly Sullivan can be ters because they don’t have to be trained for different reached at kelly.sullivan@ modes of recording, Mur- peninsulaclarion.com. phy said.
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been involved in testing the Access Hybrid and some marketing. The first prototype was quite a hit, but they discovered a flaw on a trip to California, with Bob’s father taking it for a spin at Knott’s Berry Farm. They ran into trouble when the chain wrapped around the axel, causing it to flip over. There haven’t been problems like that with newer versions. The prototype Juneauites may have seen out on the docks this summer have been adjusted and improved after further testing and feedback from Bly and Shorey. Dock reps with Gastineau Guiding, the guiding company Bob owns with his wife, Dawn Wolfe, have been riding the Access Hybrid trikes from the office to the docks downtown. Bob really put the Access Hybrid to the test on a November trip to California, spending the entire two weeks living as though he experienced a disability. From the airport in Juneau to the return trip home and everything in between, he used the Access Hybrid. He even went shopping at Target. To Bob, it’s important that people of all ages and abilities be able to be mobile and healthy. He said he’s been working with different physical therapists and they agree that movement is crucial to health. “Some people can’t walk,” Bob said. “But there’s no reason they have to sit. ... People can use them to get out and enjoy the outdoors and fresh air, and still be stable, and able to get the exercise they need, get the movement their bodies need.” His father, while living at the Pioneer Home, enjoyed taking the Access Hybrid for a spin around Twin Lakes, he said. While the model may have been seen around town, in use by the Janes family or Gastineau Guiding dock reps, the real unveiling was at Southeast Alaska Independent Living’s annual picnic at Sandy Beach on Saturday, where staff and clients of the organization got to test out the tiny fleet of trikes. People of all ages and abilities hopped on the trikes and pedaled or motored around the parking lot. Robie, who has spent a lot of time on the Access Hybrid, careened around cars leaning on
two wheels. Bob showed off a tight 360 turn using the motor for power. He switched to pedal power, switched gears and tore off full-speed ahead. SAIL clients grinned ear to ear while zipping around on the trikes. They looked right at home on a tricycle built for two and a hand-pedal tricycle — two other models available at the picnic. One enthusiastic young man had to be convinced by his grandmother to put on warmer pants; he was enjoying himself so much he kept riding while visibly shivering. “Everyone loves it,” Robie said. “Everyone’s having fun out here.” While the Access Hybrid was originally designed for Bob’s elderly father, he saw that it could be a good fit for people of all ages and abilities. Currently, the Access Hybrid is accessible for people who may lack full mobility, but who can use their legs to provide power by pedaling, but Bob said it wouldn’t be difficult to further adapt the trikes to hand pedals. He’s hoping to make the Access Hybrid widely available and is looking into manufacturing options. He is struggling between offering a more affordable trike, manufactured in China, or an American-made trike, which would cost $800 to $1,000 per bike in manufacturing alone. Another challenge facing the Access Hybrid is that there are laws restricting the use of motorized vehicles on trails and in parks. “(They’re) not legal, although they aren’t the impact that the law was originally designed to address,” Bob said. “I’m working with agencies to consider re-visiting their regulations.” Despite the occasional hiccup, Bob is enthusiastic about the Access Hybrid. The team is also working on prototypes for lighter and more rugged options. On the verge of a wave of aging Baby Boomers, Bob sees his invention as a way for active people to keep living life to the fullest, even as their ability to do the things they once loved wanes. “I’ve learned about the challenges of mobility, but also the wonderful opportunities with a machine like the Access Hybrid,” Bob said. “You get to go out and do the things you wouldn’t do otherwise be able to do for the mobility challenged.”
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Sterling Community Center serves up volleyball
Car seat check up event slated
The Sterling Community Center now offers competitivestyle Volleyball on Mondays, 7-9 p.m. for high school age Safe Kids Kenai Peninsula Coalition is check car seats on and adults. The center is located next to Sterling Elementary Saturday June 14 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Kenai Home School. For more info, call 262-7224, www.sterlingcommuniDepot parking lot. For more information visit Safekids@cpgh. tyclub.com, or Facebook Sterling Community Center. org or call 907-714-4539
Soldotna Senior Center schedules Hawaiian Luau fundraiser
Change Club offers fitness options, ideas
The Central Peninsula Change Club has distributed the free brochure, “Exercise in the Central Peninsula Area,” in many loSoldotna Senior Center’s Hawaiian Luau fundraiser will be cations, filled many options in this area to get you moving. The on Sat. June 21 at6 5:30 p.m. Enjoy a scrumptious sit down brochure is updated frequently by the author, Denise Harro of dinner, entertainment of two hula troupes, many door prizes, a Central Peninsula Hospital. To obtain a copy via email contact grand door Denise Harro at dharro@cpgh.org. prize, and a silent and outcry auction. The Luau is open to the public, adult tickets are $24 and children 12 and under $12. Aqua Zumba offered in Nikiski For tickets, reservations, or more information call 262-2322. Aqua Zumba will be offered at the Nikiski Pool at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. For more information, call the Class reunions scheduled pool at 907-776-8800. — The 50th reunion of the Kenai High School Class of 1964 will be celebrated on June 20, 21, and 22. All classmates, Grief support available friends, family, teachers, and students who attended the old KeIndividuals struggling with grief may call Fred Kehl at nai High School are welcome. The class of 1964 was the last class to graduate from the old high school. Planned activities 907-420-3979 for free counseling sessions with a certified include a dance and program June 21 and a picnic June 22. For counselor. information call Mary Grainge Bodnar at 262-0995. — It’s not too early to get started on planning for 2015. Ke- Alaska Judicial Observers seeks nai Central High School classes of 1970 through 1979 are having a reunion Aug. 1-2, 2015. Please contact Anna Carlson at courtroom volunteers 907-469-0409 or email annasherpa@gmail.com. Alaska Judicial Observers is looking for volunteers to ob— Kenai Central High School Class of 1984 will be holding serve in courtrooms. Volunteers must be able to take notes, their 30 year reunion July 11-13, 2014. There will be a meet complete paperwork and sit for up to 2 hours at a time. Voland greet 6-9 p.m. at the Upper Deck Lounge in Kenai Airport unteers are screened to ensure that they have not been a victim on July 12 with a no host bar, Prime rib dinner 7-9 p.m. at of a violent crime, have no criminal background and have no Main Street, music and dancing to follow. On July 13 from 1-3 cases pending before the court. Volunteers go through approxip.m. there will be a picnic gathering at the green strip in Kenai mately 40 hours of classroom and courtroom training and then weather permitting. Contact Mike Lott at 907-690-2032. Dona- are asked to evaluate for a minimum of 10 hours per month in tions welcome. the courtroom closest to your home. For more information call — The reunion for Anchorage’s Robert Service High 907-646-9880. School class of 1974 will be July 25-26. If you are a graduate or know someone who is, please contact Sharon Hall Minsch at 399-4266, sminsch@alaska.net or Marie Mayo Allen at Have a photogenic pet? 907-350-4176. Send the Clarion a picture
Soldotna library to host landlord and tenant clinic The Alaska Legal Services Corporation will hold a free landlord and tenant law presentation From 6 to 7:30 p.m. on June 26 in the community room at the Soldotna library, No registration is needed. Please contact Kenai Alaska Legal Services Corporation for more information at 907-395-0352.
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. 10 a.m. • Narcotics Anonymous PJ Meeting, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Suite 71 in the old Carrs Mall in Kenai. Call 262-1917. 5 p.m. • TOPS group 182 meets at the Sterling Senior Center. Call 260-7606. 6 p.m. • Kenai Bridge Club plays duplicate bridge at the Kenai Senior Center. Call 252-9330 or 283-7609. 7 p.m. • Women’s Barbershop sings at
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Pet photos run on the Pets page every Tuesday. They can be color or black and white and may include people. Limit one photo per household. They may be e-mailed to news@peninsulaclarion.com, dropped off at the Kenai office or mailed to the Clarion at P.O. Box 3009, Kenai, 99611. A brief explanation of the photo, the pet’s and owner’s names, owner’s address and phone number must be included. Photos with an address written on the back will be returned. For more information, call 907-335-1251.
the Soldotna Church of God on the corner of Redoubt and Binkley. For more information, call 335-6789 or 262-4504. • Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “Middle of the Road” at United Methodist Church, 15811 Sterling Highway, Ninilchik. • Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “Dopeless Hope Fiends,” 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. • Alcoholics Anonymous “Into Action” group, VFW basement Birch Street, Soldotna, 907-262-0995. 8 p.m. • Al-Anon Support Group at Central Peninsula Hospital in the Augustine Room, Soldotna. Call 252-0558. 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.
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What Others Say
Mexico becoming the new China Arizona’s international border is an
economic engine with huge potential, and the stars are aligning to make it more powerful yet. Mexico offers high-skill, low-cost manufacturing and easy access to the North American market. Labor costs are rising in China, and U.S. manufactures are relocating to Mexico with an enthusiasm reminiscent of the early days of the North American Free Trade Agreement in the 1990s, according to The New York Times. Big names like Caterpillar, Stanley, Black & Decker, Chrysler and Callaway Golf are expanding there. But opportunities exist for companies of all sizes, including locally grown Arizona companies. The whole nation benefits from trade with Mexico. About 40 percent of the content of goods imported from Mexico originates in the United States. That drops to 4 percent if the import comes from China. But “there is no question that the border states are in the lead in using binational trade as a tool for regional development,” according to a report that introduced an on-going series of Regional Economic Competitiveness Forums, including one in Rio Rico last month. The Nogales border crossing has long attracted produce from western Mexico. A new highway in Mexico’s interior puts Texas in a position to compete for those imports, and Texas is aggressively doing so. But Jungmeyer says the Mexican highway also allows Arizona’s ports to compete for produce from eastern Mexico. It’s a silver-lining scenario that depends on efficient ports and good infrastructure in Arizona. It isn’t the only example of envisioning a more rewarding international future. In addition to a commitment by Phoenix and the state to open trade offices in Mexico City, local government leaders from Arizona and Sonora agreed earlier this year to form the Arizona-Sonora Binational Megaregion to work on becoming more globally competitive. This is modeled on a mega-border region in California, according to Erik Lee of the North American Research Partnership. Last weekend, Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild hosted a Borderlands Trade Conference that brought together experts from business, trade and government sectors to share ideas. The border is an asset with growing potential for economic development, and efforts to build on that will help our state prosper. — Arizona Republic, June 3
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The ‘swift-boating’ of Bergdahl
As the Bowe Bergdahl prisoner swap has curdled from presumed triumph to publicrelations nightmare, the White House and its defenders have cast about for excuses why the administration’s negotiating brilliance has gone unappreciated. White House staffers told NBC’s Chuck Todd that they were taken aback at the “swift-boating” of Bergdahl by his former comrades. That’s a reference to the attacks on John Kerry when he was the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee by the troops he served with in Vietnam. Rightly understood, swift-boating shouldn’t be a pejorative — it’s what happens when men in uniform feel betrayed by a comrade and tell the public what they believe to be the truth about his service. But for Democrats and the media, swiftboating is about the most heinous thing that can happen to someone. Bowe Bergdahl thus joins Kerry as a victim of a partisan smear campaign — except, unlike the secretary of state, Bergdahl doesn’t have any prestigious medals to throw away (or pretend to throw away) at an anti-war protest. Sen. Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, tweeted, “Really sad to watch Obama haters attack this kid who CHOSE to fight to protect the rest of us, just to score political points.” On CNN, Van Jones said that “the airwaves are being filled mysteriously with former solders just trashing the guy.” Ah, but it’s not so mysterious, after all. “It turns out,” Jones intoned, “that there are Repub-
lican operatives who are working behind the scenes to get some of those guys on television. This is an orchestrated smear campaign.” He was alluding to former Republican official Richard Rich Lowry Grenell putting a few of the troops together with journalists. Evidently, these guys should have waited until former White House spokesman Robert Gibbs offered to hook them up, and otherwise kept to themselves their silly stories about what they went through in Afghanistan after Bergdahl’s disappearance. More than half a dozen of Bergdahl’s former comrades have said he deliberately walked off his base in 2009 after becoming disillusioned with the war, and that soldiers were killed looking for him. Let’s stipulate that — given the fog of war — these accounts might exaggerate the harm done by Bergdahl’s disappearance. But there is no doubt that they are sincere, and the anger is real. What are the odds that Bergdahl happened to get assigned to a platoon full of highly politicized soldiers who waited years for the opportunity to use the circumstances of his capture as a cudgel against President Barack Obama? As the pseudonymous blogger Allahpundit points out, if there are comrades who will vouch for Bergdahl, or were wit-
nesses to him being snatched while lagging behind on patrol (as Bergdahl maintained in a video after his capture), we would presumably have heard from them by now. The conspiracy against Bergdahl is so vast that it encompasses Afghan villagers. Some of them told The Washington Post that they saw Bergdahl after he walked away from his base, heading for Taliban strongholds and ignoring their warnings that he was in danger. None of this necessarily means that the trade for Bergdahl was wrong, or that we shouldn’t have wanted him back. But it makes the deal harder to defend, which is why the initial White House spin about Bergdahl was so positive — until the facts got in the way. He went from serving with “honor and distinction,” per National Security Adviser Susan Rice’s initial assurances on the Sunday shows, to “innocent until proven guilty,” per Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Martin Dempsey’s comment about a potential court-martial, in the space of about three days. The top Taliban officials released from Guantanamo Bay to get Bergdahl back were last seen hugging and kissing supporters in Qatar, where they are supposed to be watched for a year. Even the president admits that they could return to the fight. Huffy complaints about swift-boating and partisanship aren’t going to put the questions about this deal to rest. Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com.
Parties fight to manipulate voting times By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Election Day is approaching, and you’ve made up your mind. There’s no need to wait. In many states, you now can vote early. Yet what’s convenient to you is increasingly an opportunity for political gamesmanship to the candidates on the ballot. In key swing states, Democrats and Republicans are battling this year to gain even the slightest electoral advantages by tinkering with the times, dates and places where people can vote early. Their sights are set not only on this year’s gubernatorial and congressional campaigns, but on an even bigger prize: control of the White House after the 2016 elections. Republican-controlled legislatures in Ohio, Missouri, North Carolina and Wisconsin all have taken recent steps to curtail early voting by limiting the days on which it’s available. Meanwhile, Democratic-led legislatures have passed measures expanding early voting or instant registration in Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts and Minnesota. And Democratic activists in Missouri are backing an initiative petition that could create one of the nation’s most expansive early voting systems. The efforts all are born from a shared political assumption. “For whatever reason, both sides seem to believe that increased early voting will help Democrats and hurt Republicans,” said David Kimball, a political science professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis who studies voting. New research suggests that those partisan assumptions about early voting may not be true. Yet the perception is deeply grounded because of President Barack Obama’s pioneering use of early voting to drive a greater number of Democrats to the polls in his victories in 2008 and 2012. At least 33 states now have laws that let people vote in-person before elections without needing an excuse to obtain an absentee ballot. Early voting laws became C
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increasingly common after the disputed 2000 presidential election as a means of diminishing long Election Day lines that had frustrated voters. But Democrats were especially aggressive in seeing the potential for their getout-the-vote efforts. In 2008, for example, some Democratic-aligned groups drove worshippers from predominantly black churches straight to early voting sites in what became known as a “souls to the polls” campaign. Following his re-election in 2012, Obama’s campaign reported being especially successful at getting their “sporadic supporters” to vote early. In many states, Republican Mitt Romney won a majority of Election Day votes but couldn’t overcome Obama’s lead in early balloting, the report said. The Republican National Committee concurred in its own post-election analysis that early voting “had a significant impact on the outcome of the election.” Republicans now are trying to use their control of pivotal state capitols to pare back those early voting laws. North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed a law last year reducing the early voting days from 17 to 10 and eliminating same-day registration. The changes are being challenged by both the American Civil Liberties Union and the U.S. Justice Department, which contends the changes disadvantage blacks who tend to vote early more often. Also being challenged are Republicanbacked policies in Ohio that prohibited early voting on Sundays or during evening hours. A new Wisconsin law allows early voting only on weekdays. Tweaking the voting times “has become kind of a partisan game,” said Mike Brickner, senior policy director for the ACLU of Ohio. That partisan jostling is particularly evident in Missouri, where Democraticaligned groups are pushing for a six-week early voting schedule that specifically includes weekend hours and multiple voting
locations. The initiative campaign’s treasurer is a former staff member of Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster, who plans to run for governor in 2016. After a Republican consultant called the plan a “major liability for Republicans,” the GOP-led Legislature countered with a proposed six-day, no-weekends schedule that limits early voting to local election offices. Missouri Senate President Pro Tem Tom Dempsey said Republicans fear a long early voting period would be “incredibly expensive” for local election clerks and “could be highly manipulated” by Democrats. Early voting generally increases voter turnout by 2-4 percent, which is statistically significant, said Paul Gronke, director of the Early Voting Information Center at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. Some of the assumptions about early voting have been challenged by recent research at the University of WisconsinMadison. Professors there found that early voting that diminishes the publicity surrounding the actual election day can hurt turnout, and ultimately aid Republicans. But they found that when early voting is coupled with same-day registration, the advantage shifts to Democrats.
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Nation US job market recovers losses; still weaker By JOSH BOAK AP Economics Writers
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy has finally regained the jobs lost to the Great Recession. But go easy on the hallelujahs. The comeback is far from complete. Friday’s report from the government revealed an economy healing yet marked by deep and lasting scars. The downturn that began 6½ years ago accelerated wrenching changes that have left many Americans feeling worse off than they did the last time the economy had roughly the same number of jobs it does now. Employers added 217,000 workers in May, more than enough to surpass the 138.4 million jobs that existed when the recession began in December 2007. But even as the unemployment rate has slipped to 6.3 percent from 10 percent at the depth of the recession, the economy still lacks its former firepower. To many economists, the job figures are both proof of the sustained recovery and evidence of a painful transformation in how Americans earn a living. “The labor market recovery has been disappointing,” said Stuart Hoffman, chief economist at PNC Financial Services. “Even with the new peak, there is still a great deal of slack.” There are still 1.49 million construction jobs missing. Factories have 1.65 million fewer workers. Many of these jobs have been permanently replaced by new technologies: robots, software and advanced equipment that speeds productivity and requires less manpower, said Patrick O’Keefe, director of economic research for the advisory and consulting firm CohnReznick. “When heavy things need to be moved, we now have machines to do it,” O’Keefe said. “It is unlikely in the manufacturing sector that we recover much of C
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the losses.” Government payrolls have shrunk, taking middle class pay with them. Local school districts have 255,400 fewer employees. The U.S. Postal Service has shed 194,700 employees. And during the economic recovery, more people have left the job market than entered it. Just 58.9 percent of working-age Americans have jobs, down from 62.7 percent at the start of the recession. Some of that decline comes from an aging country in which more people are retiring. But the share of working adults among the overall population is “still bouncing around at the bottom where it was during the worst of the recession” — evidence that meaningful wage gains across the economy are unlikely, O’Keefe said. The recovery hasn’t kept up with the expanding U.S. population. Researchers at the liberal Economic Policy Institute estimate that 7 million more jobs would have been needed to keep up with population growth. The pain has been concentrated largely among lower- and middleincome workers, according to an analysis by the institute. For the bottom 30 percent of earners, wages, when adjusted for inflation, have fallen over the past 14 years. For the next 40 percent of earners, pay basically flatlined. Most U.S. workers are “running up the down escalator,” said Larry Mishel, the institute’s president. Median household income is $52,959, which, after inflation, is $3,303 below its pre-recession level, according to Sentier Research. Three generally low-paying industries account for more than one-third of the job gains in the recovery: restaurants and bars; temporary staffing; and retail, according to research by the National Employment Law Project.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A Michigan teenager who wanted to raise awareness about cerebral palsy by walking 40 miles with his younger brother strapped to his back battled heat, rain, fatigue and more to finish the trek Sunday. Hunter Gandee, 14, had been planning for weeks to pull off the walk, hoping to put a face on the muscular disorder that prevents his 7-year-old sibling, Braden, from being able to walk without help. But all his organizing couldn’t prepare him for the conditions he faced as he packed the 50-pound boy over two days. He even thought about giving up along the way. “Honestly, yes, there was a point that we did consider stopping,” Hunter said. “Braden’s
legs — the chafing was getting pretty bad. We did have to consider stopping. It was at about the 30-mile point.” A phone call changed all that. Hunter reached out to a friend, who said a prayer for the brothers. That, combined with some rest and a change in how Braden was positioned on his brother’s back, helped the boys make it the final 10 miles. It may have taken a bit longer than they anticipated, but the Gandees and more than a dozen of their family members and friends strolled up a winding road Sunday toward the University of Michigan’s wrestling center. At the top of the hill, Hunter lifted up Braden so he could touch a “Go Blue” banner erected for them near the walk’s endpoint. The move was met with thunderous applause and cheers from those who had gathered to
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In this May 8, 2013 file photo, Jeff Caldwell, 29, a chassis assembly line supervisor, checks a vehicle on the assembly line at the Chrysler Jefferson North Assembly plant in Detroit. The U.S. economy finally regained the jobs lost during the Great Recession, but the comeback is far from complete.
Pay in these sectors averages under $13.34 an hour. Mike Evangelist, a policy analyst at NELP, said the nation’s evolution away from goods production to a more service-oriented economy has slowed hiring in many mid- and higher-paying sectors. The weak job gains in those sectors have slowed overall pay growth, giving consumers less money to spend and depriving the recovery of its usual vigor. Relative to much of Europe and Japan, lower-wage jobs have accounted for much of the job growth in the United States. About a quarter of U.S. jobs were in low-paying industries in 2011, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a 34-nation association based in Paris. That was the highest proportion among developed nations, the OECD said. In 2001, the United States had ranked fifth in low-paying jobs. Employers have been shifting to more part-time workers, noted John Silvia, chief economist at Wells Fargo. “We’ve got a different labor market with a stronger emphasis
on part-time jobs,” Silvia said. “The traditional labor market is no longer relevant.” More than 27.2 million Americans now work part time, about 2.5 million more than before the recession. Roughly a quarter of those workers would prefer to be full time, according to the May jobs report. And while the number of full-time workers has risen during the 5-year-old recovery, the economy still has 2.9 million fewer of them. Economists, including Silvia, see this situation as frustrating but not hopeless. Judging from the May report, Silvia expects wages to rise as long as unemployment continues to decline. Auto sales last month suggest that consumer spending is shifting into higher gear. Vehicles were purchased at an annual rate of 16.7 million in May, a 7 percent improvement from the 2013 average. That signals to many economists that the job gains from the past five years will eventually gather enough momentum to lift consumer spending and wages. That would then propel a stronger economy.
Teen finishes 40-mile walk while carrying brother By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press
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see the boys finish the trek. Asked how he felt, Braden replied simply: “Tired.” Hunter said he was “more tired than I think I’ve ever been. My legs are pretty sore. But we pushed through it. And we’re here.” More than 30 hours earlier, Hunter, with Braden securely strapped to his back, left the parking lot of Bedford Junior High in Temperance near the Ohio border. Just before their Saturday morning departure, well-wishers packed the gym for a send-off and the school band performed. The boys’ parents and two other siblings accompanied them on the walk. A caravan of cars and other walkers also joined in. The goal of the walk, called the Cerebral Palsy Swagger, was to raise awareness about cerebral palsy and hopefully inspire new ideas for mobility aides and medical procedures.
Braden typically uses a walker, braces or a power chair to get around. Hunter, a 155-pound wrestler, said he trained for the trek by lifting weights and staying active. And by checking the weather forecast. Saturday was warm and sunny, but Sunday was cool and rainy. The boys were prepared, though, and packed a variety of outerwear. By the time Sunday afternoon arrived, the rain had subsided and they completed their triumphant march into Ann Arbor under sunny skies. For Hunter, the walk was about doing something for his brother. “I can’t even describe to you how special (Braden) is to me,” the teen said. “He’s awesome. He’s always there for me. I really just wanted to give back to him.”
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LAS VEGAS – Two suspects shot and critically injured two police officers at a Las Vegas pizza restaurant Sunday before fatally shooting a third person and killing themselves inside a nearby Walmart, investigators said. The spree began around 11:30 a.m. Sunday when a man and woman walked into CiCi’s Pizza and shot two officers who were eating lunch, Las Vegas police spokesman Larry Hadfield said. One of the suspects yelled, “This is a revolution,” but the motive for the shooting remains under investigation, Hadfield said. The two suspects then fled to the Walmart across the street, where they shot a person inside and then killed themselves in an apparent suicide pact, Hadfield said. The condition of the two officers was not immediately known, he said, but an update would be provided later Sunday. “I think in any case where people are ambushed and shot it’s upsetting to the public,” Hadfield told The Associated Press. The names of the suspects and victims and their cause of death will be released by the Clark County coroner’s office.
Double bombing at party office kills 19 in Iraq BAGHDAD — A double bombing at a Kurdish party office killed 19 people in a town northeast of Baghdad on Sunday, Iraqi officials said. Police officials said the attack took place in the morning when a suicide bomber set off his explosive vest at the gate of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan office in Jalula, 125 kilometers (80 miles) northeast of Baghdad in the ethnically mixed Diyala province. Minutes later, a car bomb exploded near the building as security forces arrived to inspect the scene of the first blast. Police put the death toll for both explosions at 19 killed and 65 wounded. The dead included a senior police officer and four of his bodyguards, and several houses and cars were damaged in the attack. Hospital officials confirmed the casualty figures. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to media. The PUK is headed by the ailing Iraqi president Jalal Talabani, who is receiving treatment in a hospital in Germany. Sunday’s attack came a day after a series of deadly bombings and clashes left at least 73 people dead. Iraq is currently grappling with its worst surge in violence since the sectarian bloodletting of 2006 and 2007, when the country was pushed to the brink of civil war despite the presence of tens of thousands of U.S. troops. According to U.N. figures, 8,868 people were killed in Iraq in 2013. The U.N. mission said that May was the deadliest month so far this year, with 799 Iraqis killed in violence, including 603 civilians. — The Associated Press
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Gunmen storm Pakistan airport, killing at least 13 By ADIL JAWAD Associated Press
KARACHI, Pakistan — Gunmen disguised as police guards attacked a terminal at Pakistan’s busiest airport Sunday with machine guns and a rocket launcher during a five-hour siege that killed 13 people as explosions echoed into the night, officials said. A separate suicide bombing in the country’s southwest killed 23 Shiite pilgrims returning from Iran, authorities said. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack on the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, named after the founder of Pakistan, nor the suicide bombing in Baluchistan province. However, the attacks come as government-led peace talks with the local Taliban faction and other militants have floundered in recent weeks. The airport attack began late Sunday and continued on into the dawn hours of Monday in Karachi, a sprawling port city on Pakistan’s southern coast, although officials said all the passengers had been evacuated. During the course of the attack, heavy gunfire and multiple explosions could be heard coming from the terminal, used for VIP flights and cargo, as militants and security forces battled for control. A
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Pakistani commandos get ready to enter Karachi airport terminal following attacks by unknown gunmen Sunday night in Pakistan. Gunmen disguised as police guards stormed an airport terminal used for VIPs and cargo in Pakistan’s largest city Sunday, killing at least 13 people as explosions echoed into the night, officials said.
major fire rose from the airport, illuminating the night sky in an orange glow as the silhouettes of jets could be seen. The deadly operation was carried out by 10 militants, said the Chief Minister of Sindh province, Qaim Ali Shah. “They were well trained. Their plan was very well thought out,” he told reporters. He said they intended to destroy some of the aircraft and buildings but were not able to. The spokesman for the Pakistani military, Gen. Asim Bajwa, said on Twitter that no aircraft
were damaged and that as a precautionary measure, security forces were sweeping the airport before operations would be returned to the Civil Aviation Authority and airport police. At least some of the gunmen wore the uniforms of the Airport Security Force that protects the nation’s airports, said an official who briefed journalists near the airport. He said all were strapped with explosives. He said one of them tried to capture a vehicle used by the Civil Aviation Authority and when a guard shot at him, the explosives strapped to
his body went off. The official said another attacker also blew up after being shot at by security forces. The official described himself as being with one of the country’s intelligence agencies but declined to give his name. After storming into the airport grounds, gunmen took shelter in two sections of the airport, said senior police officer Ghulam Qadir Thebo. “The blast you heard a little while ago was when our police party went to pick up a body (and) one of the attackers blew himself up,” Thebo said Authorities seized four machine guns and a rocket launcher, Thebo said. He said the billowing smoke and flames was from oil that had caught fire. Dr. Seemi Jamali from Jinnah Hospital in Karachi said 13 bodies had been brought to the hospital from the fighting. She said nine were Airport Security Force personnel, one was a member of the paramilitary Rangers, one was from the police, one was an employee of the Civil Aviation Authority and another was from the state-run Pakistan International Airlines. Authorities diverted incoming flights and suspended all flight operations. A spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority said the airport would be closed until at
least Monday night. Sarmad Hussain, a PIA employee, told The Associated Press he was at the airport at the time of the attack. “I was working at my office when I heard big blasts — several blasts — and then there were heavy gunshots,” Hussain said. He said he and a colleague jumped out of a window to get away, and his colleague broke his leg. Karachi is Pakistan’s largest city and has been the site of frequent militant attacks in the past. It is the country’s economic heart and any militant activity targeting the airport likely would strike a heavy blow at foreign investment in the country. In May 2011, militants waged an 18-hour siege at a naval base in Karachi, killing 10 people in an assault that deeply embarrassed the armed forces. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Sunday night’s attack. Pakistan’s government has been trying to negotiate a peace deal with local Taliban fighters and other militants mostly based in the northwest who have been waging war against the government. But the talks have had little success, raising fears of a backlash of attacks across the country. Security officials in Karachi had feared that if the talks broke
down, their city would be a likely spot for any militant retribution. The Pakistani Taliban and their allies increasingly are gaining a foothold in Karachi. In the suicide bombing, four bombers targeted Shiite pilgrims staying at a hotel in the town of Tuftan near the Iranian border, said Baluchistan province Home Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti. One bomber was killed by security officials traveling with the pilgrims, but the other three managed to get inside the hotel where they blew themselves up in an attack that also wounded 10 people, he said. It wasn’t immediately clear whether there was a connection between the airport assault and the Baluchistan attack. But the attacks were sadly familiar for Pakistan, which has seen thousands killed by militants in recent years. Shahid Ali, who dropped his mother and father off at the airport prior to the attack, said they were onboard a flight when the attack began. Ali said the flight, heading to Iraq, later returned to the terminal without being told what was going on. He said his parents joined other passengers waiting in a lounge. He said his parents were not panicked. “We are used to this,” Ali told the AP.
Guantanamo prisoners set to leave amid trade furor By BEN FOX Associated Press
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — Some of the men held here for more than a decade have been drafting plans for work and marriage on the outside or studying languages, preparing for a not-too-distant future beyond the coiled razor wire that surrounds the U.S. prison perched at the edge of the Caribbean Sea. Until the past week, they had good reason to believe their ticket out might be imminent, if not home then at least to another country. President Barack Obama and others in the administration say they are committed to closing the Guantanamo detention center and military officials say they can resume transfers at a moment’s notice, just as they did with the May 31 swap of five Guantanamo inmates for a captured American soldier. “All I need is the names and a country and we could do it all very, very efficiently,” the commander of U.S. Southern Command, Marine Gen. John F. Kelly, said in an interview Saturday at the start of a visit to the base he oversees. But the current furor over the trade of the five Taliban prisoners for American Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl may have complicated the situation. The deal to swap Bergdahl, who was held by the Taliban for five years in Afghanistan, was brokered by the Obama White House without consulting Congress. Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers who initially praised Bergdahl’s release
have since backed off amid an outcry over the exchange, including questions about whether he walked away from his post before he was captured. Congress plans hearings on the exchange for the five prisoners, who officials here say were leaders inside the detention center as well as in the Taliban. Any immediate transfers of other inmates are likely to further inflame members of Congress, much to the dismay of attorneys for some of the 71 prisoners awaiting transfer after a security review. Before anyone can be released, the Obama administration must obtain security and humane treatment assurances with the home country or repatriation agreements for third countries, a time-consuming process even before the required 30-day notice to Congress, which eased the restrictions on transfers last year but still bars sending any of the men to the United States. “It’s unfortunate that cleared people may well suffer because of the backlash over this,” said Cori Crider, an attorney for the British legal rights group Reprieve who represents several men approved for transfer. “I hope the more sensible people in Congress — as well as the White House and the Defense Department who recognize that it’s time to get this done, that it’s a stain on America’s image — aren’t going to be bullied.” The U.S. currently holds 149 men at Guantanamo. They include five prisoners charged with planning and aiding the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack who face trial by military commission, as
well as a handful of others being prosecuted. Most have been held without charge since the government began taking prisoners suspected of links to al-Qaida and the Taliban at the Navy base on the southeastern edge of Cuba in January 2002. To Kelly, men held here are “some of the most despicable and dangerous men on the planet,” as he put it in an impassioned speech Saturday night praising the troops who guard prisoners during a ball held at the base to mark the founding of the U.S. Army in June 1775. The general declined in an interview with The Associated Press to discuss the exchange for Bergdahl. He did say the five Taliban were influential at Guantanamo. They were held in the communal unit known as Camp 6, where detainees can while away their time with up to 18 hours of recreation per day, including more than 100 satellite TV channels and other privileges as long as they follow the rules. “These guys were leaders but they were smart leaders,” Kelly said. “They liked the easy lifestyle of the communal (unit) and encouraging other members of the detention population to act out.” Attorney Ramzi Kassem, who has represented prisoners at Guantanamo for nearly a decade, said he was told by one client that just before the five Taliban were transferred the prison was locked down in unusually tight security for what they were told was the approach of a hurricane. “The prisoners saw right through that and knew some-
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thing big was up,” said Kassem, a law professor at the City University of New York. “Within a day or two of the event, everyone knew.” The mood appeared calm on Saturday, the first time a journalist was allowed inside the detention center since the swap. Prisoners were seen in Camp 6, where nearly 80 men are held, listening to headphones and chatting in a communal pod. There were no obvious signs of strife in
Camp 5, which is used for prisoners who are considered “noncompliant” and holds about 6070 men in a stricter, single-cell environment. Journalists are not permitted to see Camp 7, home to the Sept. 11 defendants and others deemed “high-value” by the Pentagon. The release of the five Taliban has created a sense of optimism, at least for now, said the prison’s Muslim cultural affairs adviser, who can only be identified by the
nickname “Zak,” under military security rules. “They are looking at it as what could be the opening of the door for future transfers,” he said. “They are just analyzing it like everybody else.” Kassem said he wants to see the Obama administration “bear down on the Defense Department” and resume transfers. “It is sickening that some politicians are trying to scapegoat Guantanamo prisoners who have been cleared for release,” he said.
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Healthy James leads Heat past Spurs BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer
SAN ANTONIO — No cramps, no problems for LeBron James. And with their superstar making it to the finish this time, the Miami Heat bounced back from a loss, just as they always do in the playoffs. “Obviously, having No. 6 in the game at the end was a plus for us,” Dwyane Wade said. James had 35 points and 10 rebounds in a powerful comeback from the cramps that knocked him out of the opener, as the Heat tied the NBA Finals with a 9896 victory over the San Antonio Spurs in Game 2 Sunday night. Chris Bosh made the go-ahead 3-pointer on a pass from James with 1:18 remaining for the Heat, who have won 13 straight following a loss in the postseason. Just like last year, they rebounded after losing Game 1 to the Spurs. Bosh had 18 points for the Heat, who
are headed home for Game 3 Tuesday night. James played more than 37 minutes, making 14 of 22 shots. He was 1 for 4 with three turnovers in a shaky first quarter, then made 11 of his next 13. After two days of enduring criticism for not finishing the game and getting suggestions on how to avoid cramps, James changed the subject. “What happened on Thursday was Thursday,” James said. “My whole focus was how I was going to try to help this team even this up and just try to make some plays.” He had a key strip of Tony Parker down the stretch, playing a dominant game on both ends as if he had something to prove. As usual, James found a way to silence his haters. He had 11 points in the second quarter, helping Miami erase an 11-point deficit early in the period. The game was played within a margin of a few points from there, and the Spurs missed
a chance to seize control in the fourth quarter when Parker and Tim Duncan missed four straight free throws when they had a two-point lead. James then made a 3-pointer and two free throws to put Miami in position to win. Parker scored 21 points and Duncan had 18 points and 15 rebounds for the Spurs, who had won eight straight at home by at least 15 points. “Down the end there they executed really well,” Duncan said. “LeBron made some great passes and guys made open shots. We had the same result in the first game. They kind of flipped it in this one.” The game was played in comfortable conditions inside the AT&T Center, where an air conditioning failure in Game 1 sent temperatures soaring to about 90 degrees. The broken circuit breaker was fixed by Friday afternoon, and it was much cooler inside the arena. James had the toughest time with the heat Thursday, needing treatment mid-
way through the fourth quarter before eventually having to leave for good. He had plenty of time to recover, with the two days off between Games 1 and 2. He changed only a little of his routine, taking an 8 a.m. yoga class Sunday morning and switching to a shorter pair of tights. He personally erased a 62-56 San Antonio lead by scoring eight points in less than a minute, and his 14 points in the third quarter had Miami down only 78-77 heading to the fourth. “For me, once I get into a good groove, I feel like everything is going to go in,” James said. For a time, everything did. Then he switched to being a passer at the end, finding Bosh in the corner for the shot that made it 95-93. Wade and Rashard Lewis each scored 14 points for the Heat, who also dropped Game 1 of the NBA Finals against Oklahoma City two years ago. They have won five straight series after dropping the opening game.
The Spurs were in good position, withstanding James’ assault long enough to lead by one with under 2 minutes to play. But they were shut out from there until Manu Ginobili’s 3-pointer as time expired. “LeBron with the ball did a pretty good job at his end and we had to be really perfect at the other end and we didn’t,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. “We didn’t take advantage of things. We made bad decisions.” And it didn’t help them that they had to deal with James at the end of this one. Ginobili finished with 19 points for the Spurs, whose 18 points in the fourth quarter were half the 36 they scored in the opener. “We have a very competitive group and you have two days to commiserate how that game went down,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “It was frustrating, painful going through that for two days and now we have to manage the other emotion.”
King of Clay Nadal wraps up 9th French title HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer
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Peninsula Oilers base runner Jeff Paschke slides into second base late as the San Francisco infielder tags him out in the second inning Sunday at Coral Seymour Memorial Park in Kenai. The Oilers scored eight runs in the fifth inning and won their season opener 9-0.
Oilers capture opener Peninsula wears down tired Seals squad in 9-0 triumph By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion
The Peninsula Oilers could not control the fact that the San Francisco Seals arrived in Kenai at 4 a.m. Sunday after flying from Seattle and busing down from Anchorage. What the Oilers could control is making sure the Seals looked like a team that had traveled all night to make the Oilers’ Sunday home opener at a sun-splashed Coral Seymour Memorial Park. The Peninsula nine did just that, christening the lush, green turf and roofless grandstand background with a 9-0 victory. “They had it rough having to play the day after they came in,” Oilers head coach Kyle Richardson said. “I know when our guys came in, I was glad they had a few days to rest. “I also heard they didn’t have any hot water at the Bingo Hilton.” The Seals’ bats started hot, but quickly reverted to the water temperature at their lodging. Ian Horne and Nick Egli had two-out singles in the top of the first inning, but Oilers starter Sean Mason eliminated the threat by striking out Jacob Pavlovsky, and Peninsula pitchers would allow just three base runners the rest of the game. “One hit a pretty good pitch, and I left the other one up,” Mason said. “I was able to make adjustments and that’s what pitching is all about.” After giving up those two hits, Mason mixed a fastball, slider and change-up to retire the next 13 batters he faced before he was lifted after the fifth.
Mason said his college team, Appalachian State, didn’t arrive for a game in Arkansas this season until two hours before the first pitch due to getting snowed in, so he knew the Seals could still be dangerous. “They still looked like good baseball players to me,” he said. Cody Richey and Jeff Paschke both finished up with two scoreless and hitless innings for the Oilers, who walked just two batters on the day. “I was worried about them throwing strikes because we had three freshmen out there today,” Richardson said. “They did a great job of throwing strikes.” Seals coach Jake Gans, whose team fell to 4-5, said his hitters should be better today. “We’re on a tough road trip,” Gans said. “We had already been on the road for a week before coming up here.” Seals starter Chris Carroll kept his team in it through four innings, with his major blemish being four walks. Oilers designated hitter Jimmy Nesselt walked and scored on an error in the third. But then the wheels came off in the fifth. Carroll walked the first batter, then threw a ball to Oilers DH Tyler Gibson and tore the skin off a blood blister on his pitching hand, forcing him out of the game. “We were counting on him pitching deeper into the game,” Gans said. Dylan Blakeley was rushed into the game. Three walks, a hit batter, two errors and three hits later, the Oilers had put eight runs on the board in the fifth. With perfect fielding, the Seals likely could have avoid-
ed all but one of those runs. Richardson said the Oilers were at their best when they did not extend their strike zone and earned walks. While the Oilers had just four hits, Richardson said that many had not seen live pitching in two weeks, and that by their third at-bats, they were hitting the ball much better. Both teams are not fully formed. The Seals were getting one more player Sunday night and five more today. The Oilers have 14 players in town, and 10 yet to join the team. Among those players in town for the Oilers is just one catcher in Gabriel Munoz. Munoz, who throws righthanded, took foul tips off his right elbow and the front of his right shoulder. He also was hit in the left shoulder blade while batting. But even with the battering he took, he did not leave the game. “You gotta stay tough,” he said. “I’ll just ice it up.” Jim Ploeger, who is from the Netherlands, will take the hill for the Seals tonight at 7 p.m. Gans also said the Seals have Ghazaleh “Ozzie” Sailors on their roster again this year. Last season, Sailors became the first woman to ever pitch against the Oilers. Peninsula will counter with Dallas Devrieze, another freshman from Appalachian State. “Guys were asking what kind of a crowd we would have, so it was nice having this crowd out on opening day to support us,” Richardson said. “Hopefully, they liked what they saw and will come back.” Oilers notes: The Oilers
had four players taken in the recently completed Major League Baseball draft. Nigel Nootbaar, who played with the team in 2012, went first in the 12th round and 361st pick overall. Nootbaar is a right-hander out of USC. In the 21st round with the 642nd pick, the Oakland Athletics selected Tim Proudfoot, who played for the Oilers in 2013 and is a shortstop out of Texas Tech. The next Oilers player off the board was 2013’s Colby Blueberg, a right-handed pitcher out of Nevada who was taken in the 24th round with the 717th pick by the San Diego Padres. Finally, Sam Moore, also a 2013 Oilers player, was taken by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 40th round with the 209th pick. Moore is a right-handed pitcher out of the University of California-Irvine. Sunday OIlers 9, Seals 0 Seals AB R H BI Oilers AB R H BI VnBgm cf 4 0 0 0 Yagi ss 5 1 1 1 Mrci rf 2 0 0 0 Rose rf 3 0 0 0 Hrne 1b 4 0 1 0 Sdln cf 4 1 0 1 Egli dh 4 0 1 0 MGl 1b 3 1 0 0 Pvlsy lf 3 0 0 0 Mnz c 3 1 0 0 Cpbll 3b 3 0 0 0 Pske 3b 4 1 1 1 Mrqz 2b 3 0 0 0 Hrndz 2b 2 1 1 1 Alcntr ss 3 0 0 0 Nslt dh 0 1 0 0 Dhni c 3 0 0 0 Gbsn dh 1 1 0 0 ---- -- -- -- -- Wrght lf 3 1 1 1 Totals 29 0 2 0 Totals 28 9 4 5 San Francisco 000 000 000 Peninsula 001 080 00X
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PARIS — Trying to beat Rafael Nadal at the French Open is, without a doubt, the toughest task in tennis. Indeed, must be among the greatest challenges in all of sports. The pressure he applies, from set to set, game to game, point to point, shot to shot. That bullwhip of a high-bouncing, topspin lefty forehand. Those quick-reflex returns that help him break an opponent’s serve — and his will. Doing what he does so well on the red clay of Roland Garros, a surface and site he dominates so completely, the No. 1-seeded Nadal wore down No. 2 Novak Djokovic 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4 in a muggy final Sunday to win his ninth French Open championship and fifth in a row, both records. “For me,” Nadal said, “playing here in Roland Garros is just unforgettable, forever.” It is also his 14th Grand Slam title overall, tying the 28-yearold Spaniard with Pete Sampras for the second most by a man, behind only Roger Federer’s 17. That includes Nadal’s two trophies apiece at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, along with one from the Australian Open, proving he can beat the best on grass and hard courts, too. But it’s on the clay of Paris where Nadal reigns supreme: He has won 66 of 67 career French Open matches. Since the only loss, against Robin Soderling in the fourth round in 2009, Nadal has won 35 consecutive matches at Roland
Garros. No other man has won more than seven titles at any of tennis’ four majors. “It’s not impossible, but it’s very, very difficult to stay with Rafa in this court, throughout the whole match, on the highest level of performance,” said Djokovic, who was broken in the final game of each set, including with an anticlimactic double-fault on match point. Nadal ensured that he, not Djokovic, will be ranked No. 1 on Monday. In the process, Nadal once again prevented sixtime major champion Djokovic from completing a career Grand Slam. “He deserves to win this tournament,” Nadal said. “I am sure he will do it in the future.” Djokovic had won their four most recent matches, including on clay in the best-of-three-set final at Rome last month. Beating Nadal in best-of-five is a whole other matter. Nadal also topped Djokovic in the 2012 final, and the 2013 semifinals. In all, Nadal leads Djokovic 6-0 at the French Open, 9-3 at major tournaments, and 23-19 in total. No other pair of men has played each other as often. The defeat in Rome was one of three this season on clay for Nadal, raising questions about whether he’d be unbeatable at Roland Garros this time. There also was the matter of his troublesome back, which flared up during a loss to Stan Wawrinka in the Australian Open final and slowed his serve at times during the French Open.
Earnhardt turns trash to treasure LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Dale Earnhardt Jr. is having a blast again, with a shared bond with his crew, comfort in his own skin as NASCAR’s most popular driver, even finding fun 140 characters at a time on Twitter. Winning races sure has a way of easing burdens on Junior. Earnhardt turned Brad Keselowski’s trash into Victory Lane treasure, pulling away down the stretch Sunday at Pocono Raceway for his second win of the season and a secured spot in the Chase field. He paired his first career win at Pocono with his Daytona 500 championship for his first multi-win season since 2004. “I feel like I’m such a lucky guy to have this second opportunity again to be competitive,” Earnhardt said. But for as strong as he ran in the No. 88 Chevrolet, Keselowski gift-wrapped this win when he yielded the lead with five laps left in a desperate attempt to clear debris from his grille and cool his overheated engine. Keselowski’s gamble backfired — he couldn’t get the draft needed from the lapped traffic to clear his car and make
one final pass for the win on Earnhardt. Keselowski’s No. 2 Ford still had the oomph in the engine needed to finish the race, and he had his second-straight runner-up finish. “It was definitely a mistake because the engine made it,” Keselowski said, rubbing his face. “It probably shouldn’t have.” Junior shook off the rising red gauges in the No. 88 that could have had his car meet a similar fate as Keselowski. “They were still within good reason to stand on it and give it hell,” he said. Kurt Busch, Denny Hamlin and rookie Kyle Larson completed the top five. Earnhardt gave Hendrick Motorsports four straight wins, following Jeff Gordon at Kansas and Jimmie Johnson’s victory at Charlotte and Dover. Johnson overcame a pit road accident to finish sixth. Owner Rick Hendrick texted Earnhardt before the race to let him know he would not attend and would see him next week at Michigan. Earnhardt told him, “I’ll drink one for you after it’s over.”
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Golf
Scoreboard FedEx St. Jude Classic Leading Scores
Sunday at TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tenn. Purse: $5.8 million; Yardage: 7,239; Par: 70; Final FedEx Cup points in parentheses Ben Crane (500), $1,044,000 63-65-69-73—270 -10 Troy Merritt (300), $626,400 67-66-67-71—271 -9 Matt Every (145), $301,600 69-68-65-70—272 -8 Carl Pettersson (145), $301,600 67-67-69-69—272 -8 Webb Simpson (145), $301,600 71-66-69-66—272 -8 James Hahn (86), $181,540 69-70-67-67—273 -7 Brian Harman (86), $181,540 69-65-67-72—273 -7 Billy Horschel (86), $181,540 67-68-68-70—273 -7 Ian Poulter (86), $181,540 69-68-72-64—273 -7 Andrew Svoboda (86), $181,540 69-66-68-70—273 -7 Phil Mickelson (68), $139,200 67-68-67-72—274 -6 Camilo Villegas (68), $139,200 68-64-71-71—274 -6 Rickie Fowler (56), $102,467 70-68-68-69—275 -5 Chesson Hadley (56), $102,467 67-69-72-67—275 -5 J.J. Henry (56), $102,467 66-70-71-68—275 -5 Ben Martin (56), $102,467 69-67-74-65—275 -5 Austin Cook, $102,467 67-73-65-70—275 -5 Ted Potter, Jr. (56), $102,467 68-67-70-70—275 -5 Tim Clark (50), $70,296 68-69-67-72—276 -4 Brooks Koepka, $70,296 67-70-72-67—276 -4 Peter Malnati (50), $70,296 65-68-70-73—276 -4 John Peterson (50), $70,296 69-68-73-66—276 -4 Will Wilcox (50), $70,296 70-67-68-71—276 -4 Jason Bohn (46), $49,445 67-68-70-72—277 -3 Paul Casey (46), $49,445 70-67-70-70—277 -3 Dustin Johnson (46), $49,445 68-67-75-67—277 -3 Graeme McDowell (46), $49,445 69-68-70-70—277 -3 Charles Howell III (42), $40,310 71-68-71-68—278 -2 Steve Marino (42), $40,310 69-70-68-71—278 -2 George McNeill (42), $40,310 69-69-73-67—278 -2 Charlie Wi (42), $40,310 68-71-69-70—278 -2 Ben Curtis (34), $28,842 70-69-71-69—279 -1 Tommy Gainey (34), $28,842 69-68-70-72—279 -1 Danny Lee (34), $28,842 72-67-67-73—279 -1 William McGirt (34), $28,842 73-66-74-66—279 -1 Ryan Palmer (34), $28,842 67-72-72-68—279 -1 Heath Slocum (34), $28,842 69-70-70-70—279 -1 Cameron Tringale (34), $28,842 68-70-70-71—279 -1 Jhonattan Vegas (34), $28,842 69-70-70-70—279 -1 Tim Wilkinson (34), $28,842 68-68-70-73—279 -1 Retief Goosen (34), $28,842 66-66-75-72—279 -1 Scott Stallings (34), $28,842 68-72-68-71—279 -1 Luke Guthrie (27), $20,300 67-72-70-71—280 E Davis Love III (27), $20,300 65-70-71-74—280 E Sean O’Hair (27), $20,300 69-70-70-71—280 E Chad Campbell (24), $16,443 70-68-71-72—281 +1 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (24), $16,443 67-70-71-73—281 +1 Robert Streb (24), $16,443 70-70-72-69—281 +1 Boo Weekley (24), $16,443 69-70-70-72—281 +1 Ryuji Imada (20), $14,268 71-69-71-71—282 +2 Kevin Kisner (20), $14,268 65-72-70-75—282 +2 John Rollins (20), $14,268 70-69-69-74—282 +2 Zach Johnson (15), $13,241 64-74-74-71—283 +3 Benjamin Alvarado (15), $13,241 68-72-70-73—283 +3 Stuart Appleby (15), $13,241 65-74-72-72—283 +3 Woody Austin (15), $13,241 68-71-72-72—283 +3 Miguel Angel Carballo (15), $13,241 68-70-74-71—283 +3 Stewart Cink (15), $13,241 70-66-75-72—283 +3 Jeff Overton (15), $13,241 68-71-72-72—283 +3 Freddie Jacobson (10), $12,644 67-71-73-73—284 +4 Martin Laird (10), $12,644 70-67-76-71—284 +4 Greg Owen (10), $12,644 70-70-70-74—284 +4 John Merrick (8), $12,354 70-68-77-70—285 +5 Shawn Stefani (8), $12,354 70-67-74-74—285 +5 Martin Flores (5), $12,064 70-70-75-71—286 +6 Padraig Harrington (5), $12,064 68-67-79-72—286 +6 Jerry Kelly (5), $12,064 71-67-73-75—286 +6 Josh Teater (3), $11,832 72-67-75-73—287 +7 Justin Leonard (2), $11,658 68-71-74-75—288 +8 David Lingmerth (2), $11,658 77-63-71-77—288 +8 John Daly (1), $11,484 72-67-76-76—291 +11
Basketball NBA Playoffs FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) San Antonio 1, Miami 1 Thursday, June 5: San Antonio 110, Miami 95 Sunday, June 8: Miami 98, San Antonio 96 Tuesday, June 10: San Antonio at Miami, 5 p.m. ADT
WNBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE W Atlanta 5 Chicago 5 Indiana 4 Washington 4 New York 3 Connecticut 3
L 3 3 4 4 5 6
Pct .625 .625 .500 .500 .375 .333
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WESTERN CONFERENCE Minnesota Phoenix San Antonio Los Angeles Seattle Tulsa
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.889 .714 .444 .429 .333 .167
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Sunday’s Games New York 81, Washington 64 Minnesota 85, Los Angeles 72 Monday’s Games No games scheduled Tuesday’s Games New York at Tulsa, 8:30 a.m. Phoenix at Washington, 3 p.m. Seattle at Chicago, 4 p.m. All Times ADT
Hockey NHL Playoffs FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Los Angeles 2, N.Y. Rangers 0 Wednesday, June 4: Los Angeles 3, NY Rangers 2, OT Saturday, June 7: Los Angeles 5, NY Rangers 4, 2OT Monday, June 9: Los Angeles at NY Rangers, 4 p.m. ADT
Baseball AL Standings
Crane wins in Memphis
East Division W Toronto 38 Baltimore 31 New York 31 Boston 28 Tampa Bay 24 Central Division Detroit 33 Cleveland 32 Kansas City 31 Chicago 31 Minnesota 29 West Division Oakland 39 Los Angeles 34 Seattle 33 Texas 31 Houston 28
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Ben Crane won the St. Jude Classic on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title since 2011, closing with a 3-over 73 for a one-stroke victory. Crane went wire to wire
Sunday’s Games St. Louis 5, Toronto 0 Oakland 11, Baltimore 1 Seattle 5, Tampa Bay 0 Houston 14, Minnesota 5 Kansas City 2, N.Y. Yankees 1 Cleveland 3, Texas 2 L.A. Angels 4, Chicago White Sox 2 Boston 5, Detroit 3
for his fifth career victory. He played 30 holes on the last day because of rain delays at TPC Southwind, finishing the final 12 holes of his third-round 69 in the morning to take a threeshots lead into the final round.
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NL Standings
East Division W Atlanta 32 Washington 32 Miami 33 New York 28 Philadelphia 25 Central Division Milwaukee 38 St. Louis 33 Cincinnati 29 Pittsburgh 29 Chicago 25 West Division San Francisco 42 Los Angeles 33 Colorado 29 San Diego 28 Arizona 28
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Sunday’s Games St. Louis 5, Toronto 0 Cincinnati 4, Philadelphia 1 Milwaukee 1, Pittsburgh 0 Miami 4, Chicago Cubs 3 San Francisco 6, N.Y. Mets 4 Arizona 6, Atlanta 5 L.A. Dodgers 6, Colorado 1, 6 innings Washington 6, San Diego 0 Monday’s Games Chicago Cubs (E.Jackson 4-5) at Pittsburgh (Morton 2-7), 3:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Haren 5-4) at Cincinnati (Cingrani 2-6), 3:10 p.m. Atlanta (Floyd 0-2) at Colorado (Bergman 0-0), 4:40 p.m. Houston (Cosart 4-5) at Arizona (Collmenter 4-2), 5:40 p.m. Washington (Strasburg 5-4) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 4-2), 6:15 p.m. All Times ADT
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Kazmir, Abad (8), Cook (8), Otero (9) and D.Norris, Vogt; U.Jimenez, Brach (3), McFarland (5) and Hundley. W_Kazmir 7-2. L_U. Jimenez 2-7. HRs_Oakland, Moss (16).
Mariners 5, Rays 0 Se. TB
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F.Hernandez, Medina (8), Leone (9), Furbush (9) and Zunino; Archer, McGee (7), Jo.Peralta (8), Balfour (9) and J.Molina, Solis. W_Medina 3-1. L_Balfour 0-2.
Royals 2, Yankees 1 NY KC
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Masterson, Rzepczynski (6), Shaw (7), Allen (9) and Y.Gomes; J.Saunders, Sh.Tolleson (6), Cotts (7), Frasor (9) and Gimenez. W_ Masterson 4-4. L_J.Saunders 0-2. Sv_Allen (6).
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Quintana, Guerra (5), D.Webb (7) and Flowers, Nieto; C.Wilson, J.Smith (8), Frieri (9) and Iannetta. W_C.Wilson 7-5. L_Quintana 3-6. Sv_Frieri (10).
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Lackey, Uehara (9) and Pierzynski; A.Sanchez, Krol (7), E.Reed (7), Coke (7), Chamberlain (9) and Avila. W_Lackey 7-4. L_Chamberlain 1-3. Sv_Uehara (12). HRs_ Boston, Napoli (6), D.Ortiz (14).
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Reds 4, Phillies 1 Phi. Cin.
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Buchanan, Bastardo (7) and Ruiz; Bailey, A.Chapman (9) and Mesoraco. W_Bailey 7-3. L_Buchanan 1-3. Sv_A.Chapman (9). HRs_ Cincinnati, B.Hamilton (2).
Brewers 1, Pirates 0 Mil. Pit.
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Gallardo, Wooten (8), Fr.Rodriguez (8) and Lucroy; Locke, Watson (8), Grilli (9) and R.Martin, C.Stewart. W_Gallardo 4-4. L_Locke 0-1. Sv_Fr.Rodriguez (19).
Marlins 4, Cubs 3 Mia. Chi.
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H.Alvarez, Da.Jennings (6), A.Ramos (7), M.Dunn (7), Morris (8), Cishek (9) and Realmuto, Mathis; Arrieta, Schlitter (7), Strop (8), Grimm (9) and Jo.Baker. W_M.Dunn 5-3. L_Strop 0-3. Sv_ Cishek (14).
Giants 6, Mets 4 NY SF
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Z.Wheeler, Edgin (4), Eveland (5), C.Torres (7), Rice (8), Black (8) and Recker; Lincecum, J.Gutierrez (7), Affeldt (8), Machi (8), J.Lopez (9), Romo (9) and H.Sanchez. W_Lincecum 5-4. L_Z.Wheeler 2-6. Sv_Romo (20). HRs_New York, Granderson 2 (8).
Diamondbacks 6, Braves 5 Atl. Ari.
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Harang, Avilan (7), Hale (7), A.Wood (8) and Laird; C.Anderson, Thatcher (8), E.Marshall (8), Ziegler (9) and M.Montero. W_C. Anderson 5-0. L_Harang 4-5. Sv_ Ziegler (1). HRs_Atlanta, J.Upton (14), F.Freeman (10), R.Pena (3). Arizona, D.Peralta (1), Goldschmidt (12).
Dodgers 6, Rockies 1, 6 inn. LA Co.
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Kershaw and Butera; J.De La Rosa, Belisle (6) and Rosario. W_ Kershaw 5-2. L_J.De La Rosa 6-5. HRs_Los Angeles, H.Ramirez (10). Colorado, Tulowitzki (17).
Nationals 6, Padres 0 Was. SD
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Zimmermann and Lobaton; Stults, Stauffer (3), Quackenbush (7), Patton (8), A.Torres (9) and Grandal. W_Zimmermann 5-2. L_Stults 2-7. HRs_Washington, Desmond (13).
Soccer MLS Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE W New England 7 S. Kansas City 6 D.C. 6 Toronto FC 6 New York 4 Columbus 4 Houston 5 Philadelphia 3 Chicago 2 Montreal 2
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WESTERN CONFERENCE Seattle 10 3 2 32 Real Salt Lake 6 2 7 25 Colorado 6 5 4 22 FC Dallas 6 7 3 21 Vancouver 5 2 6 21 Portland 4 4 7 19 Los Angeles 4 3 5 17 San Jose 4 5 4 16 Chivas USA 2 7 5 11 NOTE: Three points for victory, for tie.
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Sunday’s Games New York 2, New England 0 Los Angeles 1, Chivas USA 1, tie Wednesday, June 11 D.C. United at Montreal, 3:30 p.m. FC Dallas at Portland, 6 p.m. All Times ADT
Racing Pocono 400 Results Sunday At Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pa.
Lap length: 2.5 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (8) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 160 laps, 120.9 rating, 47 points, $198,965. 2. (3) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 160, 143.3, 44, $213,783. 3. (2) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 160, 118.4, 42, $142,600. 4. (1) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 160, 107.2, 41, $137,500. 5. (14) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 160, 96, 40, $136,320. 6. (20) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 160, 97.8, 39, $150,851. 7. (15) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 160, 84.9, 37, $101,365. 8. (5) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 160, 114.8, 37, $132,251. 9. (17) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 160, 85.9, 35, $115,973. 10. (18) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 160, 81.5, 34, $121,029. 11. (19) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 160, 96.8, 33, $126,631. 12. (6) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 160, 86.6, 32, $129,481. 13. (12) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 160, 105.2, 32, $124,073. 14. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 160, 110.4, 30, $119,523. 15. (28) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 160, 68, 29, $118,815. 16. (13) Greg Biffle, Ford, 160, 73.9, 28, $121,640. 17. (11) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 160, 73.7, 27, $125,601. 18. (32) David Ragan, Ford, 160, 55.8, 26, $106,523. 19. (9) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 160, 81.4, 26, $112,090. 20. (30) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 160, 58.6, 24, $97,048. 21. (21) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 160, 64.4, 23, $93,498. 22. (22) Aric Almirola, Ford, 160, 66.2, 22, $115,926. 23. (25) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 160, 60, 21, $98,298. 24. (29) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 160, 57.5, 20, $104,760. 25. (26) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 160, 52.6, 19, $124,826. 26. (23) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 160, 60.9, 18, $105,154. 27. (24) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 160, 65, 18, $95,312. 28. (35) David Gilliland, Ford, 160, 50.2, 16, $85,115. 29. (33) Travis Kvapil, Ford, 160, 44.2, 15, $74,465. 30. (40) Cole Whitt, Toyota, 159, 41.2, 14, $75,815. 31. (34) Alex Bowman, Toyota, 159, 41.4, 13, $74,165. 32. (41) Ryan Truex, Toyota, 159, 33.5, 12, $73,990. 33. (31) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 158, 41.6, 0, $73,790. 34. (36) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 158, 40.1, 10, $73,590. 35. (37) Josh Wise, Ford, 158, 35.3, 9, $73,440. 36. (39) Timmy Hill, Toyota, 158, 27.8, 8, $81,190. 37. (16) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 158, 55.9, 7, $81,004. 38. (38) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, 157, 32, 0, $68,030. 39. (42) Alex Kennedy, Chevrolet, 156, 28.4, 5, $64,030. 40. (7) Joey Logano, Ford, engine, 150, 80.8, 4, $100,021. 41. (10) Carl Edwards, Ford, accident, 143, 73.1, 3, $75,030. 42. (27) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, accident, 142, 67.7, 2, $71,430. 43. (43) Dave Blaney, Ford, 142, C 23.9, 1, $48,530.
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Chief Executive Officer The Kahtnuht'ana Development Corporation (KDC) Board of Directors is seeking an experienced business professional to serve as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). KDC is a federally chartered Section 17 corporation formed and capitalized by the Kenaitze Indian Tribe for the purpose of economic development for the benefit of the Tribe. Position Summary: The CEO will be responsible to create and implement new and long-term revenue streams. Essential functions include business development, budget management, legal compliance and oversight of daily operations. The position reports to the KDC Board of Directors and is located in Kenai, AK. This is a unique opportunity for a proven executive to provide visionary leadership for a newly formed tribal development corporation. Qualifications: This position requires executive management skills and competencies including, but not limited to: strategic planning, fiscal management, and operational policy development. The ideal candidate will possess an entrepreneurial record. The CEO must reflect values consistent with the KDC mission. Minimum • Bachelor's degree, Business or related field • 3 years of for-profit senior management experience • Documented experience in the development of new business strategies • Experience in preparation and management of a budget in excess of $500,000 • Skill in development and implementation of policy and procedure • Strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills Preferred • MBA • 5 years of for-profit senior management experience • Experience with SBA (8a) Programs • Knowledge of Supply Chain • Extensive financial skills and acumen • Experience working with Native Americans Compensations & Benefits: Salary commensurate with experience. KDC provides a competitive benefits plan which includes Paid Time Off, Holidays, Extended Sick Leave, 401 (k) retirement plan, and Medical, Dental, Vision, Life & Accident & Dismemberment Life insurance. Apply: http://kenaitze.applicantpro.com Applications will be accepted until June 15, 2014. Please include a cover letter and resume. Contact: Danielle DeHoyos PO Box 370 Kenai, Alaska 99611 Phone: 907-335-7200 Fax: 907-335-7239 Email: ddehoyos@kenaitze.org
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General Employment CITY OF SOLDOTNA EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY POLICE OFFICER Wage Range 15 Starting Wage $25.84hr-$30.56hr D.O.E. The City of Soldotna is recruiting for a full time grant funded Police Officer, and a regular full time Police Officer. These positions serve the City of Soldotna as Peace Officers in the administration of laws and ordinances. Becoming a member of the Public Safety Employees Association is a requirement of the positions. A complete job description and application packet is available on the City's website http://www.ci.soldotna.ak.us/jobs.html Please submit a City application, F-3, Cover Letter and Resume to Human Resources at 177 N. Birch Street, Soldotna, by fax 1-866-596-2994, or email tcollier@ci.soldotna.ak.us by 5 p.m., July 3, 2014. First review will be June 19, 2014. The City of Soldotna is an EEO employer.
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CITY OF SOLDOTNA EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Utility Provisional Operator, Operator I or II Non-Exempt
The Ninilchik Traditional Council (NTC) is seeking qualified applicants for the position of Clinic Administration / Patient Accounts Specialist . This position provides administrative and advanced support to the Tribal Health Director and the Behavioral Health Services Manager in order to accomplish the functions of the NTC Community Clinic operations. In addition, this position performs a variety of administrative and technical duties related to managing patient accounts/billing. Qualifications include two (2) years of clerical experience working in a healthcare organization or in a position that requires an understanding and application of basic accounting principles, and two (2) years experience in patient accounting, including Medicare & Medicaid. Additionally, professional certification in patient accounting, healthcare financial management, certified coder or related healthcare revenue cycle component is required. Benefits include Holidays, Paid Time Off, Sick Leave, Medical/Dental/Life & 401(k)
The City of Soldotna has an immediate opening for an Operator in the Utility Department. Provisional Operator- Range 13 $24.32-$31.44, or Operator I- Range 14 $25.76-$33.31, or Operator II- Range 15 $27.73-$35.85, D.O.E. A complete job description is available on the City's website at http://ci.soldotna.ak.us/jobs.html. Must submit City application, resume and cover letter to Human Resources at 177 N. Birch Street, Soldotna, by email tcollier@ci.soldotna.ak.us, or fax 866-596-2994 by 5 p.m. June 20, 2014. The City of Soldotna is an EEO employer.
Healthcare
NIGHT ADVOCATE Full-time
For the job description or to apply visit our website at www.ninilchiktribe-nsn.gov. For questions call 907-567-3313. P.L. 93-638 applies
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NEWSPAPER INSERTER Now Taking Applications. 25- 30 hours per week. Evenings to early morning shift. No experience necessary. Applicants must be able to lift up to 35 lbs. & be deadline orientated. Pre-employment substance abuse testing required. Applications available at the Clarion front office
Duties: Education, support, advocacy for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. Requirements: Understanding of DV/SA and victim issues, excellent communication skills, knowledge of available community resources, ability to work with diverse population, model non-violent discipline techniques, ability to function both independently and on a team, calm in crisis. Shift work, hours vary. High school diploma or equivalent required, degree in related field preferred. Full-time position, including benefits. Resume and cover letter to Executive Director, The LeeShore Center, 325 S. Spruce St., Kenai, AK 99611 by 5pm June 20, 2014. EOE
Healthcare 8am- 5pm, Monday-Friday. 150 Trading Bay Rd. in Kenai. For more information about this position call Randi at the Peninsula Clarion (907)283-3584
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We are looking for full time year around sales associates who like to be front facing with customers with the ability to earn commissions on every sale! Come be a part of the wireless industry! We are offering medical and dental benefits, excellent compensation plan, paid vacations, 401k. Sales and customer service focused. Full Time. Background screen required. New store opening in July! Submit resume to jhofer@cellworld.org or fax to 817-710-2960.
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Applications may be completed online at http://homerelectric.applicantpro.com/jobs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact Human Resources at (907) 235-3369 or hr@homerelectric.com. HEA is an Equal Opportunity Employer; 2x2_PSA_BW.pdf 6/20/2008 8:32:09 AM Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled. Recruiting will continue until a qualified applicant has been hired.
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Soldotna/ Kenai Looking for positive & self motivated person, valid drivers lic./ dependable transportation. $9- 15/ DOE, 30- 40 hours/ week, Turn resumes into Auto Wash Express, Soldotna. Drop in Mail Drop, inside entry. Next to Fred Meyer.
Forget-Me-Not Adult Day Program Manager The Forget-Me-Not Adult Day Program Manager is responsible for Managing and providing program leadership, supervision of staff, ensuring that policies, procedures and practices are in compliance with state and federal regulations and are consistent with the agency's mission statement. Education: Bachelor's degree in Social Work, Gerontology, Psychology, Human Services, Healthcare, Nursing or Related field. Qualifications: Have demonstrated skills, education and experience to serve the population in a manner consistent with the philosophy of the adult day program. One year of supervisory and program management experience preferably working with seniors or adults who experience disabilities. For a complete job description please visit fcsonline.org Please return application packet to Frontier Community Services 43335 K-Beach Rd. Suite #36 Soldotna, AK 99669 or email to work@fcsonline.org
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in Soldotna & Kenai. Resume & References Call Brenda (907)394-8220
Healthcare HELP NEEDED Live in caregiver, Experienced female preferred. All expenses paid. (907)335-1098
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KENAI, AK Come join a family-friendly, innovative work environment. The Kenaitze Indian Tribe has opened our Dena'ina Wellness Center, featuring an integrated model of care. Employees at Kenaitze Indian Tribe deliver health, social service, education and tribal court services to tribal members, Alaska Native/American Indian people and others. Kenaitze Indian Tribe is recruiting for the following Full Time Position:
Registration Technician I
Is a member of the Registration Desk Team and is responsible for the collection, verification, and entry for all patient demographic and insurance information. The Registration Technician I will work with the dental team. The accurate and timely performance of job duties of the Registration Technicians directly impacts the revenue received by the Kenaitze Indian Tribe.
Dental Assistant
(Can be filled by 2 part time employees) Performs chair side assistance and related duties in all phases of restorative, prosthodontic, surgical, endodontic, interceptive orthodontic and periodontal treatment as provided in general dentistry. Benefits include Holidays, Paid Time Off, Extended Sick Leave, Medical/Dental/Life & Accidental Death Insurance, 401(k) For the job description or to apply visit our website at http://kenaitze.applicantpro.com. For questions call 907-335-7200. P.L. 93-638 applies
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Healthcare Homer Electric Association, Inc., is seeking a detail oriented individual with an accounting proficiency to assume the duties of TEMPORARY Plant Accountant I in the Homer office. A minimum of one year college level accounting and two years of general accounting experience are required. RUS accounting experience is desirable. This individual will assist with a variety of plant accounting duties which include processing work orders, maintaining asset records, data entry and other duties associated with plant accounting activities. This position is not expected to exceed 6 months.
Advertising Assistant Proficiency with both Mac and PC computer using Word/ Excel and Outlook, as well as experience with other software programs desirable. Exceptional customer service and telephone skills, accuracy in data entry with a high attention to detail. Professional appearance. Ability to meet deadlines and complete multiple tasks, this individual will support the Advertising Department with office related tasks, may work directly with customers in a receptionist capacity, perform data entry on a daily basis, and learn to answer phones. Hours are Monday – Friday, 8am- 5pm. Salary DOE. Benefits available. Submit completed application attention: Leslie Talent Peninsula Clarion PO Box 3009 Kenai, AK 99611 No Phone Calls. The Peninsula Clarion is an EOE. Applications are available at our offices on 150 Trading Bay Road in Kenai, Suite 1.
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Hope Community Resources is seeking an experienced candidate for our Home Alliance Coordinator position in Kenai! Hope is a private, non-profit agency that provides services to people who experience disabilities. Through in-home supports and community activities, people supported by Hope have the opportunity to live a full life in the community of their choice. The HAC is a live-in assisted living home manager. This involves assisting with daily living needs, connecting the individuals with activities in their community, and training and scheduling other staff who work in the home. This position is compensated at approximately $49,900/yr. We offer paid training and competitive benefits. Visit our website and apply online at www.hopealaska.org or visit our local office at 47202 Princeton Ave in Soldotna.
To place an ad call 907-283-7551
3-Bedroom, 3-baths, large kitchen with island fireplace, 2-car garage. approximately 2000sqft., on 2 acres. Very peaceful, a lot of wildlife. $310,000. (907)776-8487, (907)394-1122
Land 1.7 to 2 ACRE LOTS. Holt Lamplight & Miller Loop. GAS, ELECTRIC & borough maintain roads. Owner financed , 10% down, 8% interest, 10 years. $29,500. (907)776-5212 2.11 ACRES West Poppy Lane. Partially cleared, Utilities hooked up. (907)262-2211, (907)252-8053, (907)252-9946.
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Apartments, Unfurnished EXCELLENT OCEAN VIEW! Bay Arm Apartments, C Kenai. Accepting applications for 1 bedroom Y apartment, utilities included. $25. nonrefundable application fee. No pets. (907)283-4405. NEAR VIP Sunny 2-bedroom, 1,100sqft., $1,050. washer/dryer, Dish TV. carport, utilities included. (907)398-0027. REDOUBT VIEW Soldotna’s best value! Quiet, freshly painted, close to schools. 1-Bedroom from $625. 2-Bedroom from $725. 3-Bedroom, 2-bath, from $825. No pets. (907)262-4359.
Duplex KENAI 2-Bedroom, 1-bath, washer/dryer, Gas paid, $800. plus tax. $800. deposit. No pets. No smoking. (907)252-1060
Homes ON KASILOF RIVER. Log home furnished 2-bedroom, 1.5-bath, garage, basement. $1,150. month, utilities included. (907)262-7405 WHY RENT ????? Why rent when you can own, many low down & zero down payment programs available. Let me help you achieve the dream of home ownership. Call Now !!! Ken Scott, #AK203469. (907)395-4527 or cellular, (907)690-0220. Alaska USA Mortgage Company, #AK157293.
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General Employment
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Bids KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT INVITATION TO BID #143-14
CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA Position Vacancy Temporary Dock Worker. Pay $17.47 per hour. The Dock Worker position is a temporary, entry level position in the City of Kenai Public Works department working under the general supervision of the Streets Foreman. The Dock Worker performs a range of duties at the Kenai Municipal Dock during the Kenai River dip net personal use fishery, which is typically July 10 through July 31. The applicant will be expected to work eight hours per day, seven days a week, for twenty two days consecutively. Duties are primarily associated with regulating traffic at the Kenai Boating Facility. Position announcement, job description and application are available through the Alaska Job Center Network, (907) 335-3010. Submit resume and City of Kenai application form by end of business on June 20, 2014 to Peninsula Job Service, 11312 Kenai Spur Hwy., Kenai, AK 99611. The City of Kenai is an equal opportunity employer. For more information about the City of Kenai, visit our home page at http://www.ci.kenai.ak.us.
Milk & Dairy Products The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District hereby invites qualified vendors to submit a proposal for acceptance by the District to purchase Milk & Dairy Products. One (1) original of the sealed bid must be submitted to the Purchasing Department, Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, 139 East Park Avenue, Soldotna, AK 99669, no later than 4:00 PM local time on July 8, 2014. Bid can be obtained by calling 907-714-8876 during normal business hours, or from the District website www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us Kenai Peninsula Borough Code requires that businesses or individuals contracting to do business with the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District be in compliance with Borough tax provisions.
**ASIAN MASSAGE** Grand Opening, Welcome Visitors Call Anytime! (907)741-1644, (907)398-8896.
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Truck, Tandem Axle The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District hereby invites qualified vendors to submit a proposal for acceptance by the District to purchase Truck, Tandem Axle. One (1) original of the sealed bid must be submitted to the Purchasing Department, Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, 139 East Park Avenue, Soldotna, AK 99669, no later than 4:00 PM local time on June 25, 2014. Bid can be obtained by calling 907-714-8876 during normal business hours, or from the District website www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us Kenai Peninsula Borough Code requires that businesses or individuals contracting to do business with the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District be in compliance with Borough tax provisions.
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Property Management Division 170 N. Birch Suite 101, Soldotna (907)262-2522 Mary.Parske@century21.com www.Century21FreedomRealty.com
PUBLISH: 6/9, 2014
WOOLRIDGE BOAT 15.7Ft., Honda 30-50, 5 seats, 3/4 canvas-top, full length cover, anchor/ rope/ chain. Hummingbird depthfinder, trailer. $12,500. (907)262-3828
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NEW HOME ON 2.49 ACRES
THAI HOUSE MASSAGE
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Two story home has 2,576sqft. living area, 728sqft. garage; 4-bedrooms, 5-bathrooms, vaulted ceilings, radiant floor heat (both floors) & a two story fireplace/woodstove area that is the centerpiece of living/dining room. Large living room windows, southern exposure, high efficiency gas furnace keeps the heating bills down. Five star energy rating. Underground utilities, well with excellent water quality & flow. 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
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KENAI KENNEL CLUB
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Pawsitive training for all dogs & puppies. Agility, Conformation, Obedience, Privates & Rally. www.kenaikennelclub.com (907)335-2552
PRICE REDUCED CUTE HOME * MOVE-IN-READY
New Carpet, 2-bedroom, 1-bath, Bonus room, 5-Star Energy, Stainless Steel appliances, K-Beach between Kenai & Soldotna, Vaulted ceiling. Must See. (907)252-7733 $149,900.
350 Vortec Cratemotor, Turbo 350 transmission, runs great, very reliable, new battery, lots of extras. $17,000. OBO (907)378-8862
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TEACH ALL DOGS Everything with brains, not pain. Obedience, Puppy, Nose work, Rally, Agility, Privates. K-Beach Road (907)262-6846 www.pendog.org
Taking orders. Quality Timothy Hay. $8. (907)262-4939. 3-Bedroom, 2 1/2-bath 2466sq.ft. home for sale. Located on K-Beach between Kenai & Soldotna on the Kenai River. This home has an 1100sq.ft. attached garage and work shop area, storage shed, paved driveway and established lawn with sprinkler system. The view is gorgeous with the mountains, kenai flats, Kenai river and the city of Kenai. Enjoy watching the amazing wild life from the comfort of your home including eagles, moose, caribou, coyotes, seals and the occasional bear and beluga sightings. Asking $599,000. (907)283-5447 or (907)398-6885.
HUGE GARAGE SALE. Huge Garage Sale All proceeds go towards our mission work in Kenya. Lots of items donated from lots of people so a very wide variety of stuff. Like tools, clothes, kids stuff, electronics, furniture, household items, sporting equipment, decor, and much much more!!!! Come check it out Friday & Saturday 9-5, Sunday 2-6. 36710 Woodside Lane - Kenai
Retail/Commercial Space PRIME KENAI RETAIL/ OFFICE SPACE 1,832SqFt to 20,000SqFt. Rates start @ $.50SqFt. Call Carr Gottstein Properties, (907)564-2424 or visit www.carrgottstein.com
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented to the undersigned Personal Representative of the estate, at the Law Office of DALE DOLIFKA, P.O. Box 498, Soldotna, Alaska, 99669. DATED this 3rd day of June, 2014. PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE LESLIE R. SOWLES PUBLISH: 6/9, 16, 23, 2014
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CORRECTION Francisco Rodriguez d.b.a. Playa Azul located at 12498 Kenai Spur Hwy. #1 is applying for transfer of a Restaurant / Eating Place AS 04.11.100 liquor license to Ramon Gonzalez. Interested persons should submit written comment to their local governing body, the applicant and to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board at 2400 Viking Dr, Anchorage AK 99501. 1765/73750
In the Matter of the Estate
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented to the undersigned Personal Representative of the estate, at the Law Office of DALE DOLIFKA, P.O. Box 498, Soldotna, Alaska, 99669.
Thompsons’s/ Soldotna, next to Liberty Tax. (907)252-8053, (907)398-2073
DATED this 3rd day of June, 2014.
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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: AUSTIN JD DOLINSKI, Current Name of Minor child Case No: 3KN-14-00395CI
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Notice of Petition to Change Name A petition has been filed in the Superior Court (Case # 3KN-14-00395CI) requesting a name change from (current name) AUSTIN JD DOLINSKI to AUSTIN JD KLEIN. A hearing on this request will be held on July 07, 2014 at 1:30 p.m. at Courtroom 6, Kenai Courthouse, 125 Trading Bay Drive, Suite 100 Kenai, AK.
MAY 1, 2014 Effective Date:
CARL J BAUMAN Superior Court Judge
PUBLISH: 6/9, 16, 23, 30, 2014
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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT KENAI
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Located in Kenai Behind Wells Fargo/ stripmall
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‘94 FORD PICKUP F350 2x4, crewcab, air, long bed, gas motor, 15-mpg, Hallmark camper cabover, will sell separately. $5,900. (719)963-5515
The court has been asked to appoint a guardian for the above-named minor. The court will hold a hearing on this matter on: Date and Time: 7/2/14 at 2:30PM Court Address: 125 Trading Bay Drive, Kenai Master: J. Wells Courtroom 6 Court Telephone Number: 907-283-3110 At the hearing, the court will decide whether the minor needs a guardian, and if so, who the guardian should be. This is a notice to any interested person, for the purpose of identifying paternal or maternal relatives.
PUBLISH: 6/9, 2014
Motorcycles ‘98 HARLEY DAVIDSON Road King Classic, Hard Bags, tour package, wired for heated clothing. Over $5,000. in extras/ upgrades. $8,400. (907)690-1148
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Homes
NOTICE OF GUARDIANSHIP HEARING FOR NON-INDIAN CHILD (By Petitioner)
PUBLISH: 6/2, 9, 16, 2014
KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL #142-14
Apartments, Unfurnished
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA AT KENAI In the Matter of the ) Protective Proceeding of: ) ) BRANDON A. SHERBONDY ) Minor ) Date of Birth: 5/27/07 ) Case No: 3KN-14-39PR
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Campers/Travel Trailers ‘92 9FT. WESTERN WILDERNESS cab-over camper. Excellent condition stored in heat shop. sleeps-4, self-contained, roll around jack stands. $10,500. (907)262-3828
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Boats & Sail Boats 15' Willie Drift Boat with trailer. Comes with ors & locks seats & more. $5,600. Call (907)388-0362.
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City of Soldotna Council Meeting Agenda June 11, 2014 177 N. Birch St. Soldotna, AK 99669 6:00 p.m. - Regular Meeting CALL TO ORDER APPROVAL OF AGENDA CONSENT AGENDA Introduction of Ordinances (Setting Public Hearing for 06/25/14) - Ordinance 2014-019 - Amending Soldotna Municipal Code (SMC) 2.20 Officer's and Employee's Bond Requirements to Include Provisions for Appointment and Confirmation of a Second Vice Mayor (Bos) - Ordinance 2014-020 - Enacting Soldotna Municipal Code Chapter 2.26 Entitled “Financial Disclosure Requirements” Adopting Municipal Officials and Candidate Financial Disclosure Requirements that will be Immediately Effective if the Voters Exempt Municipal Officials and Candidates from the Public Officials Disclosure Requirements Under AS 39.50 at the October 7, 2014 Regular Election (City Manager) - Ordinance 2014-021 - Submitting the Question of Whether the City Shall Establish and Adopt Financial Disclosure Forms and Guidelines for City of Soldotna Municipal Officials and Candidates and Exempt Municipal Officials and Candidates of Soldotna from the Requirements of the State Financial Disclosure Laws (AS 39.50) (City Manager) - Ordinance 2014-022 - Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations by $1,150,000 in the Utility Fund and $1,150,000 in the Miscellaneous Capital Projects Fund for the Water Reservoir Construction Project (City Manager) Resolutions - Resolution 2014-022 - Setting the Rate of Levy for Property Taxes for the City of Soldotna for the 2015 Fiscal Year (City Manager) Approval of Minutes - Council Meeting of May 28, 2014 Other - No Items - PUBLIC COMMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS (Items other than those appearing on the Agenda; 3 minutes per speaker) PRESENTATIONS WITH PRIOR NOTICE - Soldotna Library Friends Check Presentation ASSEMBLY/LEGISLATIVE REPORT PUBLIC HEARINGS (Testimony limited to 3 minutes per speaker) Ordinances - Ordinance 2014-007 - Amending Soldotna Municipal Code Title 9 - Public Peace, Morals and Welfare by Adopting a New Chapter, 9.12 - Synthetic Cannabinoids and Substituted Cathinones (City Manager, Bos) [Motion to enact on the floor from 03/26/14; postponed until 04/23/14; postponed until 05/28/14; postponed until 06/11/14] - Ordinance 2014-017 - Amending Chapter 13.16.010 of the Soldotna Municipal Code to Reflect an Increase to the Water and Sewer Rate Schedules (City Manager) - Ordinance 2014-018 - Adopting the Budget and Establishing Appropriations for the Fiscal Year Beginning July 1, 2014 and Ending June 30, 2015 (City Manager) UNFINISHED BUSINESS - No Items NEW BUSINESS - No Items APPEALS - No Items MAYOR/COUNCIL REPORTS CITY MANAGER'S REPORT PUBLIC COMMENTS COUNCIL COMMENTS EXECUTIVE SESSION PENDING LEGISLATION ADJOURNMENT The next meeting is June 25, 2014, at 6:00 p.m. For agenda items & other information, call the City Clerk's Office at 907-262-9107. PUBLISH: 6/9, 2014
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DEAR ABBY: My sister-in-law is in a barbershop quartet. While I appreciate the artistic effort of what she does, listening to it bores me and I don’t enjoy it. I feel like I must go to her recitals because she makes a point of inviting my husband and me. I have an ethical dilemma. Should I be honest with her and say I don’t enjoy sitting through two to three
hours of a capella songs? Or should I be true to MYSELF and admit I’d rather stay home and catch up on my reading? What would you do, Abby? — EARACHE IN IDAHO DEAR EARACHE: I’d try to be tactful. Instead of saying you would rather stay home and catch up on your reading, say instead that you have “different Abigail Van Buren taste in music” than she does, or that you have other plans. If this would make you feel guilty, consider putting in an appearance every once in a while.
DEAR ABBY: My second wife died last year after 39 years of marriage. She had a beautiful, unique sense of humor. Three weeks after her funeral, I was walking our dog on the day that would have been our anniversary. As I bent down to pick up the poop, I spotted a quarter on the ground. It was so tarnished with age I couldn’t make out the date. But I remembered your “pennies from heaven” letters, so I picked it up.
I hurried home to clean it to see if it was from the year we were married. I was amazed when I discovered it WAS from the year I was married — but to my first wife. Like I said, my late wife had a unique sense of humor ... — SMILING IN NEW JERSEY DEAR SMILING: I’m sorry for your loss. Two things occur to me. The first is that the quarter was your reward for being a responsible dog owner. The second is that your late wife may have been trying to “remind” you that you had a love before her, and you may find another one in the future. 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.
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHHHYouareenergized,andyou’ll express your creativity. Follow your sixth sense. You might feel a little insecure about listening to this inner voice, but by doing so, you’ll get great results. A new friend could be quite distracting. Tonight: Above all, be spontaneous. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH Gather information, and explore new ideas. You might have a totally different take from anyone else. Honor a sense that you might not be ready to share just yet. A domestic issue might emerge from out of the blue. Tonight: Keep it low-key. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHHA meeting could be the inspiration for what needs to happen next. Sometimes your logic works against you. Follow your intuition with an important conversation, especially when dealing with key people in your life. Tonight: Say “yes” to living. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH Be willing to take the lead, even if it makes you uncomfortable. You might feel as if you have too much to do, but you’ll have little choice. Be very careful when handling funds, as you might not be as focused as you might think you are. Tonight: Out till the wee hours. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHHYou might not be hearing the whole story. Reach out to someone at a distance to get some feedback. Only then will you know what information you are missing. The facts you seek might be right in front of you. Tonight: Make vacation plans for the near future.
A proposal for disposal Dear Readers: Here is this week’s Sound Off, about leaving furniture, etc., outside: “It really bothers me when I see perfectly reusable items, such as furniture, children’s toys, etc., thrown out for garbage when they easily could have been donated to a charity, shelter or organization that helps the poor. Count your blessings and help someone less fortunate.” — A Reader, via email That can be frustrating to see, but you never know if there is a reason they threw out the items, instead of donating them. They might be broken or unsafe, and you wouldn’t want something like that to go to someone else. — Heloise Send a great hint to: Heloise P.O. Box 795000 San Antonio, TX 78279-5000 Fax: 1-210-HELOISE Email: Heloise(at)Heloise.com Fast Facts Dear Readers: Other uses for cloth wrap with self-gripping fabric closure, found around blankets: * Use to hold back curtains. * Put around a sleeping bag. * Bundle newspapers or magazines to carry. * Wrap around other blankets or towels. * Let a child use as a belt. — Heloise Toilet t-shirt Dear Heloise: I wanted to paint my bathroom but didn’t know how to get around the toilet. I didn’t want to get paint all over the tank. I took an old Tshirt and slid it over the tank. It worked perfectly as a cover, and I didn’t get any paint on the toilet! — Sharon in Seattle
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GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH If you listen to your sixth sense, you will get ahead both financially and in your daily/work life. You intuitively seem to know which way to go and what to do. A boss might have a great idea, but the follow-through seems to be conflicted. Tonight: Relax at home. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHHH What you feel might be more important than what you think today. You need to act spontaneously. You will understand the dynamics of your actions later. Following through on an established plan might not go as planned. Tonight: Is someone working against you? LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH Work at home or make your office more comfortable. You will thrive in this environment and relax more easily. A partner might be acting in an odd way as he or she follows his or her intuition. Try to confirm important information. Tonight: Work as late as need be. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHHH Others might be elusive right now, but they probably don’t mean to be. Some of the people surrounding you easily could be on a different track. Look around, and you’ll find that nearly everyone seems to be daydreaming. Tonight: Catch up on a friend’s news. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH You could be taken aback by the fact that others can’t see what you are experiencing. Worry less. You might not want to share exactly what is on your mind before you verify some information. A hunch could pay off. Tonight: Buy a new item on the way home.
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Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars A baby born today has a Sun in Gemini and a Moon in Libra if born before 6:38 a.m. (PDT). Afterward, the Moon will be in Scorpio. HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Monday, June 9, 2014: This year one might be hard-pressed to recognize the evanescent Gemini. You indulge and become more tuned in to your intuitive or psychic abilities. You also enjoy learning more about this facet of your personality. Communication flourishes this year. If you are single, you could date a lot, but you will know when you meet the right person. If you are attached, you will test out your seemingly new intuitive ability on your sweetie. You could have a lot of fun with experimenting with this. SCORPIO might be hard to work with. 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 Communication flourishes with a roommate or family member. You will want to have a discussion about what you want from your home life. Share some of your desires openly. You might be surprised at how fast one wish could be realized. Tonight: Dinner for two. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH You could be pulled in two different directions. Though you often are aware of your similarities with others, right now you’ll see the differences. Share more of your thoughts, as you might want some feedback. Tonight: Differences will become less important soon enough.
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DEAR ABBY: I accepted a request from my brother to watch his cats while he was across the country for a few months. During that time, one of them matured and started marking his territory all over my house. The dilemma was quickly taken care of with a trip to the vet, after permission from my brother. My brother now insists that because I accepted responsibility for the cats “in every way” in his absence that I shouldn’t expect reimbursement for the professional carpet cleaner I rented or the vet bill I paid for neutering the cat. Am I out of line to expect to be paid back? We have agreed to abide by your response. — CHRISTINA IN MARYLAND DEAR CHRISTINA: Tell your brother to start writing the check now. If he’d had to board his cats while he was out of town, it would have cost him a lot more. You were kind to help him out, and he should be ashamed of himself for trying to stiff you. HISSS!
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carnival Golden Wheel, they required a $50,000 guarantee to come to the fair. She said she has never seen gate sales bring in more than $45,000. With the help of the Delta Junction Fair, McGinnis found A-1 Midway, a Carnival company out Winnipeg, Manitoba, Can. that doesn’t require money from the venue and actually pays the fairgrounds for their services. Mike Mills, A-1 Midway owner, said they would bring 10 rides to the Kenai Peninsula
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the new rec area is opened. A contractor, Exclusive Paving, hauled in more than 200 truckloads of sand and spread it with a bulldozer to build the beach. “This is what $45,000 will get you,” Taylor said. That’s how much it cost the borough to buy the almost five tons of sand from Exclusive Paving and have it hauled in and spread, which was actually pretty cheap, he said. “They had a mountain of sand and they were looking to get rid of it,” Taylor said. “It was a mutually beneficial deal. They gave us an exceptional price on it.” The price tag for the beach is only a fraction of the $3.1 million that has been sunk into the development of Tanana Lakes Recreation Area but the borough, which has put almost $1.1 million of its money into the project, is hoping it will pay big dividends by giving local residents a place to recreate in a safe, controlled environment that’s close to town.
Long time coming The idea of a recreation area at the end of South Cushman Street was first brought up in the 1990s. Back then, the area was a breeding ground for late-night partiers, vandals and other mis-
Fair and pay back 15 percent of all net ride receipts. “We always pay back where we go because without the fair we would not exist,” he said. “We like to pay back the community.” McGinnis said she is excited to work with A-1 Midway, who will make their first trip to Alaska this summer. The carnival will also set up at the Tanana Valley State Fair, and the Delta Junction Fair. “It’s amazing this company has a heart for little fairs,” she said. “Even though we offered them free space, they insisted on giving back because they realize they wouldn’t be where they are today without fairs.”
McGinnis said this year’s fair theme is, “Sow it, Grow it, Show it.” Some of the regular events people can expect is the return of “Alaska’s Got Talent,” Aug. 15. The winner will receive $500 and a chance to compete at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer for $5,000. On Aug. 16 events include: Pig Racing, Backwoods Girl competition, the rodeo, egg toss and bull riding. Home Free will perform on the Main Stage Saturday. White, who has won a Grammy, a Country Music Award and two platinum and two gold records, will close out the fair Sunday night. Admission to the shows is free with gate admission.
Last year attendance to the fair totaled 7,300 people. Ticket prices for each day or the whole fair are $6 for youth, $12 for adults. Aug. 15 will be kid’s day with free admission for kids who bring a food donation for the food bank. Aug. 17, seniors pay half price admission. McGinnis said she watched Home Free perform on the “Sing Off,” an NBC reality show and dreamed of the possibility of having them perform at the fair, but thought financially they would be beyond the fair board’s means. “Home Free is an amazing a cappella group,” McGinnis said. “Several of my board members and I watched the show faith-
fully and were franticly texting back and forth.” McGinnis said the board is trying to build up a music fund of $50,000 for holding interim music events at the fairgrounds. She said the first 100 people to donate $100 will be entered in a drawing to meet one of the two headliners. Twenty-five people will be chosen to bring a guest to meet and great the performers. The fairgrounds will rearrange vendors to accommodate space for the carnival, she said. The 4-H and open class exhibits have been combined into the main exhibit hall and one of the horticulture exhibits will be moved to an outbuilding. Rodeo
contestants will be relocated to a camping area adjacent to the fairgrounds. McGinnis said the moves should help with the flow of the fair and make sure everyone has a positive experience. “Our fair is designed to stretch the imaginations of our youth and help them dream,” she said. “We know we’ve done our job if just one child comes away with a dream. For many this is the closest they will ever come to Disneyland and we want to ensure they have a memorable experience.”
creants. The landscape was littered with the metal skeletons of burned-up cars, shot-up refrigerators, and fire pits filled with broken glass and halfburned pallets. Over time, the idea gained momentum, support and financial footing in the form of funds to begin cleaning up the area and start the design phase. Clean up started in 2006, the master plan was adopted in 2007 and construction began in 2008. “It took us a long time to get here,” Taylor said. State and federal grants totaling $1.8 million have provided the biggest chunk of the funding for the rec area and the borough also received $235,000 in private funding. When current borough parks and director Mike Bork came on the job in November 2011, the rec area was “still pretty raw.” “It was piles of junk metal, burned-up car shells, 50 different spots where people had had bonfires and left burned pallets sitting around, broken glass everywhere,” he said. “Being able to compare what it looked like two years ago to what it looks like now is incredible.” The rec area also benefited from a $9.4 million public works project to extract gravel out of one of the lakes for the borough landfill, which created the beach grades, a parking lot and a portion of the road that leads into the area, Northlake Lane.
“We wouldn’t be where we are now if the landfill didn’t need 800,000 yards of gravel last year,” Taylor said. The cleanup effort is ongoing — Taylor and a ranger aide recently filled two pickup trucks with garbage cleaned up during a five-hour evening shift — and there is some finish work to do, but the rec area has been “roughed in,” Taylor said.
build a trail that loops around the bigger of the two lakes. There is only restroom facility, a vault toilet at the picnic area. The borough has plans for at least one more but portable toilets will be used this summer. There is no running water or power anywhere on site, both of which are a top priority, but will be expensive, Bork said. “Running water and power is a big item,” he said. Over time, the borough hopes to add another beach at the motorized lake, a campground, an ATV park and a paintball complex. The south Cushman area has long been a haven for off-road vehicles and they are still allowed on the east and south portions of the rec area. “We want to accommodate that existing use,” Taylor said. “It’s so ingrained in the culture of south Cushman.” Likewise, Taylor said, the borough has talked about putting in fire pits near the motorized lake that would be big enough to burn wood pallets The borough has also talked to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game about the possibility of stocking fish in the two lakes. There are already northern pike in the lakes, Taylor said. “We’ll find out this summer how it’s actually used and what we need to adjust,” he said. “I’m sure we’ll have a different take on things by the end of the summer.”
Bork said the same thing. “I’m sure we haven’t even thought of the uses people are going to want,” he said. “If we get a group saying, ‘We’d like to do this and we’re a volunteer group that will help do it,’ we’re going to consider it if it’s within our mission.”
ricades or big rocks have been strategically placed to block off unauthorized access points. While the borough will have a prominent management presence in the rec area, Bork said “we’re not out there to be law enforcement.” Rangers will mostly “correct” people if they are violating the rules and explain what those rules are, he said. There will be some people who don’t like the new rules but that’s inevitable, Bork said. “We’re not stopping people from doing what they’re doing,” he said. “We’re just stopping them from doing it there. Our message is, ‘You can still do them here, but you can’t do them here after 11 o’clock at night.’ “ The South Cushman area gets a lot of traffic from military personnel and to that end Bork said borough officials will give Fort Wainwright leaders a tour of the area next week to “let them know what the rules are” in an attempt to get word out that the area is now under borough management. “We’re trying to include them in the process,” Bork said. He is also trying to arrange a meeting with Alaska State Troopers, since the rec area is out of city limits and troopers will be first responders. “Now that we’re actually managing it, the bar is raised for us in terms of responsibility,” Taylor said. “We’re trying to make sure it’s safe for the public and easy to manage.
Bare bones The rec area is still pretty bare bones compared to its borough sibling, the more-developed Chena Lake Recreation Area in North Pole, but it’s a start, Taylor said. The area features two lakes, one for non-motorized users such as swimmers, canoeists, kayakers and rafters, and one for motorized users on personal watercraft or boats. The latter lake has two concrete ramps for launching boats with a floating dock in between them and can be used to access the Tanana River. The beach at the bigger of the two lakes, which are remnant channels of the Tanana River created when a levy was built years ago, is going to be the big draw, Taylor said. It’s as big, if not bigger, than the beach at Chena Lake. There is also a small picnic area with a pavilion, picnic tables, grills and what will eventually be a grassy area. Two short nature trails have been built and the plan is to
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Official presence In anticipation of the opening, the borough parks and rec department began conducting night patrols at Tanana Lakes a few weeks ago to get people who frequent the area used to the idea that it will be closed nightly at 11 p.m. The patrols have helped cut down on the amount of latenight traffic, or as Taylor put it, “helped keep the riff-raff out.” The only recent incident of vandalism came about a month ago when someone shot four holes in the metal roof of the picnic pavilion with a shotgun, an incident that helped precipitate the nightly patrols. “We haven’t had a car burned in a month,” Bork said. “We haven’t had any of our new signs shot up yet. “I know that it’s not going to be as seamless as it has been when it opens but it’s been surprisingly quiet out there,” he said. Once open, the rec area will be open daily from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., he said. There will be two full-time rangers and three or four ranger aides to patrol the area from 2 p.m. to 6 a.m. Bar-
Reach Dan Balmer at daniel. balmer@peninsulaclarion.com
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