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AUGUST 17, 2014 Soldotna-Kenai, Alaska

Vol. 44, Issue 273

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Pulling it all together

A group of Soldotna Prep teachers collaborate on Friday. Staff at Soldotna Prep, Soldotna High and Skyview Middle schools are preparing to welcome students for the first day of school Tuesday.

Staff at reconfigured schools ready for new year

By KAYLEE OSOWSKI Peninsula Clarion

Moving can be a daunting task, especially when it involves three different schools.

With the approval of the reconfiguration of three Soldotna schools by the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education in April 2013, teachers and administrators have been busy preparing classrooms for the first day of the 2014-2015

school year on Tuesday.

While many of the desks, chairs and computers stayed in each building, the move still required teachers to pack up their materials and get acquainted with a different building.

The decision to shuffle students has moved ninth-graders from Soldotna High School to Soldotna Prep, formerly Soldotna Middle School.

Skyview Middle School, previously Skyview High School, will see seventh- and eighth-graders walk its

halls.

Skyview Middle Skyview Middle Principal Sarge Truesdell spent many hours at the school during the summer so that it will be running as smoothly as possible when the first bell rings for the beginning of the year for about 400 middle-schoolers.

One challenge with converting a See SCHOOL, page A-2

Disaster fund plan moving forward

Taking a spin at the fair

By KELLY SULLIVAN Peninsula Clarion

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Photo by Kaylee Osowski/ Peninsula Clarion

Between the intermittent downpours that pounded the grounds, droves of locals hustled around inside the gates of the Kenai Peninsula Fair, Friday, in Ninilchik.

Carol Freas came prepared for the vicious weather. Standing in front of jars labeled “jarred chicken” and “jarred cherries” she said it is just part of the territory.

“I’ve been coming for 30 years,” Freas said. “It’s August and it’s the fair and it’s raining, but the sun in shining too.”

Siblings Chase Stephens and Taylor Dobson ran through Photos by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion the mud, between the swing At right, Fireweed Fiber Guild member Lee ride, which Choray-Ludden shows Mario Reyna how to spin they road under fibers on a spinning wheel Friday at the Kenai a clear sky, to Peninsula Fair in Ninilchik. Above, Jane Conway the tilt-a-whirl, spins a bobbin full of white wool. which they entered under dark gray clouds ready to let loose. However, the two were smiling, unconcerned about the next downpour, and decked out in white plastic one-time-use rain jackets.

Just inside the entrance to the exhibit hall Lee Choray-Ludden, Martha Merry and Jane Conway were running one of the fair’s more exotic petting zoos.

Alpaca, Navajo Churro sheep and dyed mohair goat were just some of the animals available for roving hands to feel.

Unlike traditional petting zoos, these creatures were kept in peanut-

By MOLLY DISCHNER Morris News Service-Alaska Alaska Journal of Commerce

Cook Inlet and Yukon River commercial fishermen could receive direct payments as part of the 2012 fishery disaster relief aid this fall.

According to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration award notice, Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission is set to receive $7.8 million for direct payments to commercial fishermen in the Yukon River and Cook Inlet regions. That money is intended to compensate them — at least partially — for losses from the 2012 salmon fisheries, which received a federal disaster declaration.

Pacific States Executive Director Randy Fisher said Aug. 15 that his organization had not yet been notified that they received the grant to make the direct payments, and that they were in the final stages of determining the criteria for receiving payments.

Once the criteria are finalized and the grant is received, Pacific States will send out applications to fishermen. Those will likely be due in midSeptember, and payments within a few days of Pacific States receiving the completed applications.

Fisher said the applications will

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Gov’s races low-key for primary

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ANCHORAGE — Leading into Tuesday’s primary, Alaska’s gubernatorial campaigns have been largely overshadowed by hard-driving runs for a U.S. Senate seat and a ballot referendum to repeal the current version of the state’s oil tax.

Expect the race for governor to fire up for the general election.

Republican incumbent Gov. Sean Parnell and Democratic challenger Byron Mallott are not expected to face major challenges in their respective primaries, and have waged low-key campaigns. Each is expected to advance to the general election, setting up a three-way race when they are joined on the November ballot by independent candidate Bill Walker, who finished second behind Parnell in the 2010 Republican

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gubernatorial race. Libertarian Carolyn Clift is also running.

Walker, who is bypassing the primary, opted to gather signatures to qualify as an unaffiliated candidate rather than take another run at the GOP nomination.

Parnell campaign spokesman Luke Miller said the governor is taking nothing for granted and his campaign will escalate in the coming weeks. A week before the primary, Parnell, 51,

reported $157,000 in media buys, of which nearly $59,000 is partial payment for television ads after the primary.

“We’re running a tough campaign,” Miller said. “Listen, we’ve got not just one challenger, but we’ve got two very credible challengers.”

Political observers say Parnell holds an edge, and not just as the incumbent, but because any anti-Parnell vote will be See GOV, page A-2

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Walker, who has long pushed for an “all-Alaska” major natural gas pipeline, has said he would aggressively lead the fight to develop Alaska’s resources. In announcing his candidacy last year, he said the Legislature’s passage of Senate bill 21, which created the new oil tax system, played a role in his decision to seek office since the oil companies aren’t required under the bill to increase production.

A week before the primary, Walker said passage of the oil tax referendum would be a vote of no-confidence in Parnell, a former state government relations director for ConocoPhillips in Alaska. Walker supports repeal and said he would offer leadership that are now lacking.

However, he said he is more than a one-issue candidate, listing education, Medicaid expansion, domestic violence and fish management as other priorities.

“But when we are a state that generates 90 percent our revenue from oil and gas, from oil, it’s time we have someone with my expertise on our side of the table,” he said.

Of the three candidates, Parnell is the only one in favor of keeping the current oil tax system. If the repeal effort fails, it would be an indication that his challengers couldn’t use that issue against him, said Marc Hellenthal, a pollster in Anchorage not working for any of the candidates.

“If it passes, that would be an embarrassment, to put it mildly, and it would cost him some votes,” Hellenthal said. “How many votes is impossible to tell, until you poll afterwards.”

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fractured between his competitors. Of the three candidates, Parnell brought in the most money in the reporting period between July 19 and Aug. 9, raising more than $35,000 to close with $300,000 on hand.

Mallott raised more than $23,000, closing with more than $47,000. Walker raised more than $18,000, ending the period with nearly $99,000.

Mallott’s campaign and Walker disagree, saying their campaigns are picking up momentum. Mallott, 71, is a former chief of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. and a former Yakutat mayor. Walker, 63, is an attorney focused on oil and gas issues with non-industry clients, as well as a former mayor of Valdez, the terminus for the 800-mile trans-Alaska oil pipeline.

Laury Roberts Scandling, a spokeswoman for Mallott, said the campaign is expected to ramp up after the primary clears the question of who will be the GOP Senate candidate in the general and whether voters will choose to repeal a system championed by Parnell that lowered taxes for oil companies operating in Alaska. As for splitting the vote, Parnell and Walker are more closely aligned, Scandling said.

“Our take has always been you have two Republicans,” she said. “The fact is Byron is the only moderate candidate when it comes to social issues that have generally widespread acceptance by Alaskans.”

Authorities try to identify remains found near Seward ANCHORAGE (AP) — Alaska State Troopers are trying to identify human remains discovered by a sheep hunter near Seward. Authorities say the hunter was hiking near the Tonsina Creek Trail when he found a partial jawbone at the top of a mountain.

Troopers spokeswoman Beth Ipsen tells KTUU that there are eight people listed as missing in the Seward and Crown Point area since 1993. Three are women and five are men.

The state medical examiner’s office is trying to identify the person and the cause of death.

The remains were discovered on Monday.

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high school to a middle school is the age difference required classrooms to be reconfigured in for certain subjects, like science. For example, labs set up for chemistry had to be converted to accommodate younger students.

With two intensive needs programs at the middle school, an area in Skyview needed to be renovated to properly suit those students because the high school previously didn’t have any such programs.

“Intensive needs programs — wheelchair-bound students and autistic children — need more space, need extra rooms, need all kinds of different things that normal rooms aren’t equipped with,” Truesdell said.

While some improvements had to be made, Truesdell said the campus has many great features.

“We made major upgrades in terms of the beauty of the facility, the newness of the facility the view that we have outside our windows, the library,” he said.

One downside of the move is the out-of-town location with no bike path access.

“Middle-school kids, their freedom is their bike or their ability to walk,” he said. “They can’t drive. And I know when we were in town kids just loved being able to, when school was out, walk out the doors and walk to the teen center or walk over to their buddy’s house.”

Until a bike path is constructed, middle-schoolers don’t have that freedom, he said. Students will have to ride in with parents or be bused to school.

Truesdell said he’s excited about having a commons area because the previous middle school had no such space.

“Middle-school kids like to mingle,” he said. “They like to visit with their friends. They like to be able to sit someplace and work on their homework.”

The large area will also allow for one lunch period instead of one for seventh grade and one for eighth grade, which in the past caused scheduling and administrative issues, he said.

Math teacher Tiffany Carter said the location and campus are great, and she’s also glad the middle school staff got to stay together.

Truesdell had been at Soldotna Middle for 16 years and knew everything about the building and how it ran, so this summer he spent time learning the system at Skyview — the intercom, microphones and other technical pieces.

“Everything right now is perfect,” Truesdell said. “But what I told my staff is that we probably can expect a year’s worth of crazy things happening at the most inopportune times and we’re just going to get to know the building and … fight our way through each of those things.”

Soldotna Prep Unlike Skyview, infrastructure modifications weren’t required to transform the former Soldotna Middle school into a ninth-grade house.

“Our big challenge was just taking everything out of the building and bringing … stuff from other buildings in along with some of the new equipment that we ordered,” said Curt Schmidt, Soldotna Prep principal.

Schmidt switched offices and titles, going from assistant principal at the former Soldotna Middle School to principal at the new Soldotna Prep.

The building is also going to house River City Academy and some district programs, which Schmidt said will be a positive challenge to make sure all entities work cohesively.

Another challenge Schmidt sees with just the ninth grade house is making sure the students don’t feel disconnected from the other high school grades, he said.

“Trying to integrate them into the high school with other opportunities is going to be a big challenge,” he said.

He said students will go to SoHi to swim once or twice a week, but details for transporting students and coordinating schedules between the schools need to be finalized.

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of should really help us focus on those kids who need the extra help, whether it be enrichment activities or getting them caught up if they’re struggling,” he said.

Schmidt said the teaching staff, made up of primarily former SoHi and Skyview High staffers, has been divided into teams so students will share a common core group of teachers.

Those groups collaborated on Friday outlining priorities throughout each classroom to maintain consistency in rules and procedures for students.

In those teams, teachers of different areas will work together to present themed units and engage students in crosssubject projects. They will also be able to work together to help any struggling students.

In many big high schools, Schmidt said sometimes the focus is on getting twelfthgraders graduated while the younger students don’t get as much attention.

He said if students are on-track by the end of ninth grade, their odds of graduating are higher.

“We’ll really be able to focus on instruction on what ninthgraders need to be successful down the road, not only in high school but past that,” he said.

Soldotna High SoHi Principal Todd Syverson said the school transition has been pretty easy.

He said with the schools working together in the past, the teachers were used to working together.

“That will really help make for a smooth transition for students and for staff,” he said.

However, he said the move was challenging for some like English teacher Terri ZopfSchoessler who had been at Skyview high school for 24 years.

Zopf-Schoessler, who had 54 boxes of materials, said students were helpful during the transition.

With finals and graduation and the Funny River Horse Trail Wildfire, she said the move was chaotic, but it was exciting when she finally got her last box unpacked at SoHi.

Photo by Kaylee Osowski/Peninsula Clarion

Desks and boxes sit in a hallway at Soldotna High School on Friday.

During the last week, teachers had meetings and have been getting to know one another better. Students have also been working together this school year with fall sports underway, Syverson said.

SoHi senior and football player Austin Hatten said the rivalry between the two teams has been dropped and the players are all friends now. Senior Haley Miller said it’s the same way for the volleyball team.

“So even before the school year has started, students have an opportunity to work together and have some fun together through our athletic programs, which I believe will help with the transition,” Syverson said.

Students also were together at the middle-school level, Syverson said, making the reconfiguration a reunion of sorts.

“I’m just really excited to have everyone together again,” Miller said about reconnecting with former middle school classmates.

On Tuesday every student and staff member at the tenthtwelfth grade school will be welcomed with a new sweatshirt thanks to donations from the community.

“With the newness, we’ve got a brand-new sports complex, they’re going to have a brand-new sweatshirt … we really have the best of the best here at Soldotna High School for the kids,” he said. “It’s just going to be a lot of fun.”

The total body is bumped up

‘We feel we’re going to have a great school year, and I’m looking forward to working with a lot of new families and a lot of new students. It’s exciting for me.’

— SoHi Principal Todd Syverson from about 540 last school year to about 600 this year, Syverson said. Capacity is at 650.

He said with no ninth-graders, some teachers and programs in the building had to be shuffled around, but the school is able to offer more elective courses and intramural sports for the first time.

Also this year the media center will have extended hours as well as Saturday hours with a teacher available for students who need a place to study, take a distance education class or credit recovery.

“We feel we’re going to have a great school year, and I’m looking forward to working with a lot of new families and a lot of new students,” Syverson said. “It’s exciting for me.”

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

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Peninsula Clarion, Sunday, August 17, 2014

Community Calendar Today 8 a.m.

• Alcoholics Anonymous As Bill Sees It Group, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Unit 71 (Old Carrs Mall). Call 3989440.

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

4 p.m.

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

7 p.m.

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

8 p.m.

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

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

Peninsula Clarion death notice and obituary guidelines:

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

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

Obituaries: The Clarion charges a fee to publish obituaries.

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

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

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

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

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

Around the Peninsula Kenai library Friends plan book sales The Friends of the Kenai Community Library will hold a mini book sale at the library, 163 Main Street Loop, on August 22 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. The sale will be a good chance to stock up on some good winter reading material and help the library provide funding for materials, other programs and grants.

A mega-sale is in the planning stages for September. Dates and location will be announced at a later date.

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and provide additional information. Call the Mayor’s office at 714-2152 for more information.

Free gardening classes at Kenai Peninsula Food Bank

Square Foot Gardening instructor Lark Ticen will teach two sessions of “Square Foot Gardening 101” Aug. 26 and Sept. 2, 5:30-7 p.m. at the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank. Ticen will also teach a “How to Winterize Your Garden” class on Sept. 9, 5:30-7 p.m. at the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank. To register, please call 283-8732 ext. 5. These free classes are offered through a partnership that includes Kenai Soil & Water Conservation District, USDA-Natural Vigil to be held for missing family Resources Conservation Service and the Kenai Peninsula Food A candlelight vigil for Rebecca Adams, her children Mi- Bank for the benefit of growers across the Kenai. chelle and Jaracca Hundley, and Brandon Jividen, who have been missing since late May, will be held Tuesday from 7-9 p.m. Kenai Senior Center to host at Kenai New Life Assembly of God, 209 Princess Street across annual Old Timers Luncheon the Kenai Spur Highway from Kenai Central High School.

The Annual Old timers Luncheon is scheduled for Aug. 21 at the Kenai Senior Center. A full course turkey dinner will be AmVets plans monthly meeting served by “the kids”, entertainment and lots of time for visiting AmVets Post 4, the AmVets Auxiliary and the AmVets Sons with old friends. More information by calling the Kenai Senior will hold their monthly meeting Tuesday. The ladies meet at Center 283-4156 or Joanna at 283-7756.

6:30 p.m. and the men meet at 7:00 p.m. Don’t forget to vote before coming to the meeting. AMVETS Post 4 is located in Sterling Seniors plan barbecue, pie auction the Red Diamond Center on K-Beach. For information please The Sterling Senior Center will hold its Annual BBQ and Pie call 262-3540.

Auction on Sunday at 5 p.m. Dinner will include BBQ brisket, ribs, baked beans, macaroni salad, potato salad and more. The Brown Bears looking for billet families cost is $20 for adults/$10 for children. Dinner will be followed The Kenai River Brown Bears junior hockey players are by the pie auction. The winners of the Salmon Classic and the coming to town and looking for homes (dens). Host families quilt raffle will be announced at the event. Reservations are will receive a stipend each month along with two season pass- requested. Call 262-6808 for further information. es. Players are responsible for their transportation. Players report to town Aug. 20. Contact Gwen at billet@krbbears.com or Tri the Kenai rescheduled for Sept. 7 398-7618, for more information.

The Tri the Kenai triathlon has been rescheduled for Sept.

7. Registration for the new date will be open until Sept. 2. The Meeting to discuss Kalifornsky triathlon, staged at Skyview Middle School, includes a sprint Beach flooding planned triathlon (500-yard pool swim, 10-mile road bicycle ride, 5-kiThe Kenai Peninsula Borough is hosting a multi-agency lometer trail run) and, new this year, an intermediate length meeting to discuss groundwater flooding updates in the affect- triathlon (1,000-yard pool swim, 20-mile bike, 10-kilometer ed subdivisions adjacent to Kalifornsky Beach Road on Tues- trail run). Also on tap is a kids triathlon for ages 6-14 (100day Aug. 19 at 6 p.m. at the Donald E. Gilman River Center on yard swim, 4-kilometer trail bike, 3-kilometer run). The sprint Funny River Road. Agencies including the Alaska Department triathlon and kids triathlon are open to relay teams. Timing this of Environmental Conservation, Alaska Department of Trans- year will be done with a chip-based system.

Adult registration is $85. Team registration is $175. Youth portation & Public Facilities, Alaska Department of Homeland Security & Emergency Management as well as Kenai Peninsu- registration is $25; youth team registration is $70. For more la Borough departments will be available to answer questions information or to register, go to www.trithekenai.com.

Cleanup underway at Cold War radio site PETERSBURG (AP) — A federal contractor is removing soil contaminated by fuel and debris at a Cold War mountaintop radio site near Petersburg.

The Kupreanof Island site was a manned U.S. Air Force communications station, one of 18 built in Alaska in the 1950s that were part of an early warning system to relay radio communications to Colorado Springs during the Cold War. It was deactivated in 1976, and the Air Force removed more than 100 old fuel barrels from the area in 2000. But fuel drums, rubble, trash and chemical contaminants still remain.

An Air Force contractor has documented fuel, chemicals and heavy metals in the soil and groundwater, KFSK reported.

Lori Roy, project manager with the Air Force, said the degree of contaminated soil was greater than expected. “So we want to ensure that we are cleaning up and getting everything, so we are doing all kinds of excavation and confirmation sampling to make sure that we come away clean and we’ve done our good job out there,” she said.

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ronmental firm Bhate, is working on land managed by the U.S. Forest Service. The mountaintop is currently used for commercial communications

by AT&T Alascom.

Roy said the contaminated soil is being removed by barge in “super sacks” — large polypropylene bags. She estimated about 1,000 super sacks would be filled with 785 cubic yards of soil that will be shipped to a landfill in Oregon.

The excavation sites will

be refilled with clean soil, she said.

Heavy rains this summer have created some problems for excavation, she said, though she remains hopeful the project will be completed by the end of September. Soil sampling is expected to continue for several years after that.

While Roy did not have an estimate for the cost, a previous estimate put the price tag at $3.5 million, including cleanup, soil replacement and testing.

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Plenty on the ballot in Tuesday’s primary election If you’ve somehow managed to avoid

the newspaper, TV, radio, Internet and your mailbox for the past few months, here’s a quick reminder: Alaska’s primary election is Tuesday. Polls will be open from 7 a.m.-8 p.m.

When you arrive at your polling place on Tuesday, depending on your political party affiliation, you’ll have a choice of three ballots in the state’s closed primary system. Any registered voter may vote on the Alaska Democratic Party, Alaska Libertarian Party and Alaskan Independence Party Candidate with Ballot Measures ballot; voters registered as Republican, Nonpartisan or Undeclared may vote on the Alaska Republican Party Candidate with Ballot Measures ballot; and any registered voter may choose the Ballot Measures Only ballot.

There’s just ballot measure to consider, but it has drawn plenty of attention. Ballot Measure One is a referendum asking voters to weigh in on the changes to the state’s oil tax laws made during the 2013 legislative session, known as SB 21. A yes vote rejects SB 21; a no vote approves the law.

Also getting a lot of attention in recent months has been the race for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat currently help by Mark Begich, a Democrat.

Joe Miller, Dan Sullivan and Mead Treadwell are the top names on the Republican ballot.

Voters also will be picking candidates for U.S. House of Representatives, governor and lt. governor. A full slate of state Senate and House seats are up for election after district lines were redrawn following the resolution of court challenges to the redistricting process.

House District 29 now stretches across much of the northern and eastern peninsula, from Nikiski to Hope to Sterling to Moose Pass. Mike Chenault, a Republican, and Rocky Knudsen, a Democrat, will appear on their respective primary ballots.

The boundaries for House District 30 still include the Kenai-Soldotna area, with Republican Kurt Olson and Democrat Shauna Thornton appearing on the primary ballots.

Districts 29 and 30 now make up Senate District O, with Republican Peter Micciche on the primary ballot.

He will be challenged by independent candidate Eric Treider in the general election.

House District 31 now stretches from Homer up to Kasilof, and includes parts of Funny River as well. Paul Seaton, a Republican, is the only candidate on the ballot to represent the district. District 31 is part of Senate District P, which stretches from Kodiak, the west side of Cook Inlet, and along Prince William Sound, including Cordova and Yakutat. Gary Stevens, a Republican from Kodiak, and Robert Henrichs, a Democrat from Cordova, are on the primary ballots.

More information, including precinct maps and sample ballots, may be found on the state Division of Elections website, http://www.elections.alaska.gov/ei.php.

With a number of contentious issues and races that have been debated ad nauseam, it’s already been a long election season — with the October municipal election and the November general election still to go. But there’s a reason for all the debate: issues decided and candidates selected Tuesday will be shaping the future of Alaska for years to come. Whatever side of the political fence you’re on, remember, the system only works when citizens participate. Please, vote.

Central Kenai Peninsula Polling Locations Precinct name......................................................Polling place Funny River No. 1...................... Funny River Community Center Funny River No. 2.......................................Assembly Chambers Mackey Lake.................................Borough Assembly Chambers Nikiski.................................................Nikiski Community Center Salamatof............................................. Nikiski Fire Station No. 1 Sterling No. 1....................................Sterling Community Center Sterling No. 2....................................Sterling Community Center Central................................................... Soldotna Sports Center Kaliforsnky Beach.......................................K-Beach Fire Station Kenai No. 1...........................................................Old Kenai Mall Kenai No. 2......................................Challenger Learning Center Kenai No. 3..................................................Kenai Senior Center Soldotna......................................................... Soldotna City Hall Anchor Point.................................... Anchor Point Senior Center Kasilof............................................................ Kasilof Fire Station Ninilchik.................................................. Ninilchik Senior Center

Letters to the Editor Send SB 21 back for a rewrite I am a life-long Alaskan (72 years), I am finally jumping in to the debate over SB21 ... that I do so now is due to a sickening sense that folks are more concerned about jobs and ‘now’ than they are about what I see down the road ... an avalanche of debt for the State of Alaska, and no way to get rid of it. Well, of course, there IS a way to eliminate the debt ... three ways, actually ... tap into the Permanent Fund, reinstitute State income tax, or institute a state sales tax.

First, the oil companies are not here because they love us and want to see Alaska do well. They are here for the oil. Period.

And until that last drop runs down the pipeline to Valdez, they aren’t leaving.

They posture and protest, and threaten, that jobs will be lost, work will slow down, the sky will fall ... because they have to pay Alaskans, who own the oil, a fair share of taxes.

Here’s a little history: I lived through three of the four resource extractions that have been taken out of Alaska. I missed the gold rush. After that, were the canneries, who used fish traps with impunity to rape and pillage nearly the entire salmon industry in Alaska. Statehood stopped that.

Next on the scene was the timber industry. Alaska had always supported a small thriving sawmill industry that sustained itself, but there was all that timber, virtually free, and in popped two pulp mills ... one in Ketchikan, 1954, and one in Sitka in 1959. Having to log under ‘rules’ didn’t suit them, so by the 1980’s they had abandoned Alaska with their riches.

And then came oil. Different though. Oil was after a finite, non-renewable resource.

Fish hatcheries and reforestation will never replace oil when it’s gone. With oil, we felt rich. We were rich. We had people like Gov. Hammond giving us the PFD so we could all share, and people like Byron Mallott ensuring it was set up for our benefit.

We had many leaders who cared more for the well-being of the State than for short term gain. We got railroaded. The resource rapists are several giants who are sitting on our resource and threatening us. They quit buying legislators, and instead made sure they got ‘company people’ elected into positions which would guarantee the oil companies would be writing the laws to get oil as cheaply as possible. What do the people of Alaska have to hope for when the oil is gone? Go back to paragraph one. That is what our choices will be.

I live in Alaska because I love it. I hate to see it suffer at the hands of interests who don’t care. Alaska deserves better. We deserve better. We deserve not to be left holding the bag of interminable debt. Sending SB21 back to the legislature for a rewrite so that Alaska gets a fair and equitable share of our resource money will not make the oil companies go away. What do you want our future to look like? If you don’t care, well, so be it. If, however, you can see down the road, let’s work together to make sure Alaska gets its fair share now, so we can invest in a future when there is no oil.

Read the pertinent material; know the truth; vote early; vote smart.

Marilyn Wheeless Kenai

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Alaskans can’t afford not to elect Mead Treadwell I spent the last four legislative sessions in Juneau — first as a House Page and then as Staff to Representatives. During that time I have gotten to know, or have closely observed all four candidates.

I met Lt. Governor Treadwell my first year in Juneau and have gotten to know him. He isn’t consumed in himself and is a balanced individual as demonstrated by the fact that, as a widower he raised three great kids (a very time consuming job and one that is difficult to do alone).

Mead isn’t a lifetime politician; he spent his career in investments, and establishing and managing businesses. Over the years he became a renowned expert on Arctic policy (Alaska is the only state and reason the US has any say in Arctic Policy) and has been sent to many Arctic Policy diplomatic conferences around the world. He has successfully dealt with a myriad of space exploration issues, including satellite designs. He has started businesses where he created digital watermarking used in safeguarding our money and other things. Has developed part of the technology used in mapping cameras that google earth’s cameras use to map the world.

During Mead’s Lt. Governor campaign, he and the governor won the majority vote of 39 of our state’s 40 house districts. Former Commissioner Sullivan was appointed to his positions and although Joe Miller won a primary election he has never been elected to a state office.

We need Mead as someone who is conservative and won’t just go along with the passive attitude of the Speaker of the House in DC. Mead will work with others to tell Washington, we don’t want Obamacare, we don’t want gun control, and we don’t want ridiculous federal over-reach by the EPA that doesn’t let Alaska responsibly use our resources. Alaska doesn’t need another moderate republican senator such as Dan Sullivan would be.

Lastly, regarding Joe Miller I supported Joe in his campaign against Senator Murkowski, I was all for him at the time, but what really made me lose my respect for Joe, happened when I was a delegate from my district in 2012 to the Republican state convention in Anchorage.

If you followed this in the news, it was a mess. During the whole convention numerous individuals with Joe Miller egging it on, acted very out of order, created havoc with the climax of chaos happening when they all stood up and shouted Lisa Murkowski down while she was attempting to give her address.

I’m not a fan of how Lisa acted in the 2010 election, I think what she did was wrong but there is something called respect that Joe and his followers didn’t have at the convention. I believe Joe needs to give up his blatant grudge and inability to compromise civilly with his potential dual senator before anyone should elect him.

Alaska needs to replace Mark Begich by electing Lt. Governor Mead Treadwell – the only candidate with enough history and across-Alaska experience to beat Mark Begich.

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Vote no on one I work at the family business my father started in Fairbanks back in 1982. We are Flowline Alaska, a fabrication and manufacturing facility that coats and insulates pipe for the producers. Through the years and ever-changing-oil-tax-regimes we have seen ups and downs in our workload based directly on whether our clients are investing up north. I can tell you first hand, because of SB21 we are once again running full speed and once again we have an optimistic future.

After ACES our Request for Bids declined dramatically. Projects we had lined up were suddenly canceled. We had to decrease our union work force dramatically (as we had no work).

Since SB 21 passed, there have been more jobs to bid and purchase orders to fill. We are constantly adding to our payroll. We’re giving people opportunity.

SB 21 is working; not only for our shop, but other small businesses in Fairbanks who are bustling. Economic morale is optimistic.

Some naysayers think they will be sticking it to the producers and gaining their “fair share” by reverting to ACES: the essence of an unstable “big government” tax policy. But what they would really be doing is hurting local shops by taking away work. Make no mistake: the oil producers are businesses that invest wisely. They will take their money to a more competitive climate. If they choose not to invest, we have no work.

The producers keep repeating they need an atmosphere that is competitive, consistent and clear. SB 21 gives them that. Keep SB21 in place so they can invest in Alaska, and we will see continued economic growth. Vote no on one.

Genevieve Schok Jr. Fairbanks

The cost of doing nothing The title to a recent Amy Dickinson advice column caught my attention and lead me to the question about domestic violence. I was so shocked by the brutality of the writer’s co-worker and his dilemma that I wrote the following letter to Amy and him before reading her answer to the question.

Another option for the man in Iowa is to simply pick up the phone or his cell phone dial 911 and say “I am witnessing domestic violence committed by so and so at such and such address.” I am confident that the people on the other end will handle the domestic abuser from there on out.

In 1962 I found myself in a similar situation. My wife and I newly moved from Kansas to Cincinnati, had bought a new house on Planet Drive. One evening we heard the wife of a neighbor crying and screaming as he beat her. Not knowing what else to do I started to cross the street and intervene to stop him. Another neighbor met me in the street and told me not to interfere. “He had done this before and when his wife got enough she would leave him.”

I allowed his words to stop me. Reflecting on that moment I know I made a mistake. In 3 days I plan on turning 82 and this is one mistake that still haunts me. I See LETTERS, page A-5

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suspect the Iowan will learn some thing from his experience. My best wishes to him.

Jackson Katz, PhD, on Ted Talk describes this as the bystander effect in many male violence against women cases. I recommend his talk for men who want to make a better world for themselves, women and children. I believe it is available by Google.

Hugh R. Hays Soldotna

Too much noise The Supreme Court says money is speech.

With the chance of losing the biggest tax break of the new century to Ballot Proposition 1, oil giants ConocoPhillips, BP, and ExxonMobil are making it seem more like money is screech.

The Supreme Court also says corporations are “persons” so, under the First Amendment to the Constitution, oil money is “protected” speech. Consequently the big three can spend as much as they want to shout down all us flesh and blood “people” who support Proposition 1 but don’t have so much $peech at our disposal.

With absentee voting ongoing and the Primary Election almost here big oil has the volume cranked up so high the feedback is almost deafening — disinformation about how three of the most profitable corporations on earth can’t afford to pay Alaskans a fair price for our oil and gas. Repeated over and over and amplified each time, it’s like one of those “enhanced interrogation techniques” the CIA used to break prisoners at Abu Ghraib.

Like the CIA, corporate strategy seems to be to turn our brains to mush through this torture, break our resolve, and get us to vote against our own interests.

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Except we aren’t trapped in one of those CIA dark sites. We can turn off the TV and ignore the junk mail. In peace and quiet we can remember what Article 1 of the Alaska Constitution says — “All political power is inherent in the people. All government originates with the people, is founded upon their will only, and is instituted solely for the good of the people as a whole.”

The people, not multinational corporate “persons.”

As “the people” we can push back against the growing corporate control of our state government by voting yes on Ballot Proposition 1. By repealing the SB 21 oil giveaway we can help assure we get fair value for our finite petroleum resource.

Mike O’Meara Homer

Kenai Central Class of 1984 celebrates 30 years The Kenai Central High School Class of 1984 held its 30 year Class Reunion July 1112 in Kenai. We would like to thank Anna and Judilee from the Main Street Tap and Grill and Rod and Laura Peterkin of the Upper Deck for letting us celebrate at their wonderful establishments, and Julie Hobby-Wheeler for the pictures and Brian and the folks at Airgas for helping with our balloons. A big thanks to those who traveled from afar to attend with those of us closer to home. Those who couldn’t make it you were with us in mind and spirit. Thanks to Leslie Talent for helping get the word out, to Sherrie Arbuckle for helping organize and plan events. Thanks to all who helped with food, setup and clean up. Special thanks to Natasha Lott and Dave Arbuckle for putting up with us and helping make this happen. It was so nice to see everyone and spend time catching up. Until we meet again take care.

Michael Lott and the KCHS Class of 1984 Reunion Team

Sarah Palin endorses Joe Miller in Senate race JUNEAU — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin endorsed Joe Miller in this state’s GOP U.S. Senate primary on Friday, one day after Miller referred to Palin as a “major inspiration” in a debate.

Palin, in a Facebook post, said Miller has the “guts, wisdom, experience, and optimism to fight for what is right — and win.”

Palin endorsed Miller, a tea party favorite, during his unsuccessful Senate bid in 2010.

Miller upset Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the GOP primary that year, but Murkowski waged a historic write-in campaign to keep her job.

This latest endorsement comes days before Tuesday’s contested primary, which also features Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell and Dan Sullivan, whom Palin appointed as her attorney general in 2009 shortly before resigning as governor.

During a debate aired Thursday night, in which the candidates were asked what Alaskans, past or present, inspired them most, Miller cited Palin as being a “major inspiration” to Alaska, calling her a fighter and reformer. Sullivan said the late former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens as an inspiration, and Treadwell cited the late former Gov. Wally Hickel.

Miller has spent much of the campaign painting his opponents as establishment types while casting himself as a “constitutional conservative” who would stand with the likes of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Utah Sen. Mike Lee and not compromise for the sake of political expediency. So it surprised some during the debate when Miller, who for months would not commit to supporting either Treadwell or Sullivan should he lose, changed his tune.

Miller said he believed he will win and would do everything he could to see that incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Begich is defeated come November.

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this before, I’ll support you guys. I will,” he said. “We’ve got to get rid of Begich. There’s no question about it.”

State GOP leaders, hoping to avoid a repeat of the divisive 2010 race and shore up their chances of defeating Begich, have been calling for party unity.

Miller spokesman Randy DeSoto did not directly answer a question about how the candidate reconciles saying he would support Treadwell or Sullivan, given his portrayal of them as part of the establishment.

“We intend to win, and Joe will not ‘get along and go along’ with the Washington establishment,” DeSoto said by email.

2 Democrats vie for lieutenant governor election ANCHORAGE — Two Democrats seeking to be Alaska’s next lieutenant governor are competing in Tuesday’s primary for the chance to face presumed Republican winner, Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan, in the November general election.

The Democratic candidates are state Senate Minority Leader Hollis French of Anchorage and Palmer math teacher Bob Williams. Sullivan faces token competition.

Alaska’s current lieutenant governor, Republican Mead Treadwell, is seeking his party’s nomination for the U.S. Senate seat held

by Democrat Mark Begich.

Independent lieutenant governor candidate Craig Fleener is running in the general with independent gubernatorial candidate Bill Walker.

French, who lost the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 2010, decided this time to support Byron Mallott for governor and instead run for lieutenant governor.

In Alaska, the party candidates for governor and lieutenant governor run as a ticket.

— The Associated Press

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likely go to permit owners who fished during the disaster, but that the exact criteria — and the size of each payment — are still being determined.

NMFS spokeswoman Julie Speegle said an announcement on the fishery disaster fund payments was expected during the week of August 18, and could not offer further information as of Aug. 15. Congress appropriated $20.8 million in aid for the 2012 disaster.

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butter-jar sized containers, and it was only their sheerings.

The three women were running the educational booth the Fireweed Fiber Guild has been hosting at the fair for three years, Choray-Ludden said, as her socked feet pumped the foot pedal of a dark brown spinning wheel.

The guild has been in operation for about five years now, Churay-Ludden said. There are over 100 members on their monthly newsletter list, and at least ten active members that meet regularly.

Conway said the group was

Kuskokwim rivers and in Cook Inlet in 2012, although the Yukon designation also applied to 2010 and 2011, and the Kuskokwim designation also applied to 2011.

When the disaster declaration was being made, Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development Commissioner Susan Bell gave a letter to the federal government with a breakdown of the impacts on affected fisheries.

According to that information, commercial fishery permit holders lost about $16.8 million in direct exvessel revenue in the years included in the disaster designation.

Pacific States, which is based in Portland, Ore., was responsible for distributing the $5 million appropriation for the 2009 Yukon disaster.

“producer-oriented.” Many of the members also own their own livestock that they sheer their fibers from. She owns tens of sheep, and Choray-Ludden owns 25 goats.

Members of the guild know how to handle fibers since they are taken off the backs of their own animals, Choray-Ludden said. Beginning with sheering, they are then washed, processed, spun and woven into various products.

Unfortunately there are no fiber mills in Alaska, ChurayLudden said. In response, many of the guilds members have joined the Alaska Natural Fiber Business Association, a nonprofit working to create more options for fiber producers in the state.

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Parnell opposes Beringia park NOME (AP) — Gov. Sean Parnell has signed a legislative resolution protesting the development of an international park that some in Alaska feel could limit development of remote northwest Alaska.

The federal project, envisioned as a joint U.S.-Russian research park in the Bering Strait, is already on hold because of Russia’s intervention in Ukraine.

Senate Joint Resolution 15 urges the federal government to stop pursuing the creation of a park that would reach from Alaska into Russia, KNOM-radio reported.

“This is a park that has been go-

“There is no fiber mill here,” Choray-Ludden said. “We have to ship out our fibers for processing.”

The organization is researching how much fiber is produced in the state, Choray-Ludden said. When they have figured out the numbers they can apply for a grant that may result in building a mill.

However, Merry said many people are able to hire out aspects of the process they are least interested in. There is more time for the parts spinners enjoy most, she said.

Choray-Ludden said she enjoys dying her fibers. She pulls out short strings of vibrantly colored yarns labeled names that together sound like salad made with local flora. Con-

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ing forward quietly over the years.

It sounds like such a laudable goal,” said the resolution sponsor, state Sen. Cathy Giessel, R-Anchorage. “My concern however is it’s a United Nations designation that could affect the use of our natural resources.”

Giessel does not want international bodies dictating how Alaskans use their land, she said. And she noted the federal government has blocked a road through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, a migratory birds wetlands, even though locals want the road to improve access between the village of King Cove and an airport at Cold Bay.

way pulled out a thick wrap the deep, mustard-yellow tint of turmeric, but said it had been dyed with onionskins.

“Wild berry mix,” “horsetail,” “lupine blossom,” are some of the natural plants used to make the dyes the guild uses to color their yarn, ChorayLudden said. There is so much to do with fibers, she said. So much she herself doesn’t even have time to explore them all.

The National Park Service in February sent a letter noting what it called factual errors and mistaken assumptions in Giessel’s resolution.

The agency disputed that Alaska and the U.S. Congress were not given the chance to comment.

The Beringia memorandum of understanding spells out that it’s not an international agreement and does not create rights or obligations under international law, according to the agency.

Much of the environmental and cultural research that could support an eventual shared park will continue, NPS spokesman John Quinley said.

The fair is a great place to be to educate people about what is going on in the fiber producing community, Choray-Ludden said.

Telotha Braden and her father Mario Reyna wandered up to the three spinning wheels.

“I came here last year,” Braden announced to the women.

Braden asked a few questions and felt the different piles of fibers sitting on Merry, Con-

way and Choray-Ludden’s laps.

Reyna asked a few after his daughter.

“It’s really fun to have the kids in here, but sometimes the parents are just as curious,” ChorayLudden said. “It’s a beautiful craft, there’s so much variety that can be done with it.”

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

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Homer Coast Guard Auxiliary, crew rescue boaters off Homer

By MICHAEL ARMSTRONG Morris News Service-Alaska/ Homer News

The Homer Coast Guard Auxiliary and two crewmembers from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Roanoke Island rescued two mariners with boat trouble in lower Cook Inlet early Friday morning. The boat, a 23-foot fiberglass cabin cruiser, lost power about 5 miles west of Point Pogibshi and about 20 miles southwest of Homer near Kachemak Bay. Crew on the 36-foot Homer Auxiliary boat Quanah P towed the boat back to the Homer Harbor, arriving safely about 5:30 a.m.

Auxiliary member Marshall Bullock, the Quanah P’s coxswain, said the two men on the boat wore float coats.

“Despite the rain and despite the wind they were as warm as comfortable as they can be for drifting around,” Bullock said.

According to a Coast Guard press release, Coast Guard Sector Anchorage received a call by VHF marine radio late Thursday night from the boaters that their main outboard motor had quit working. The boat had a small kicker engine, but had trouble bucking the outgoing tide, Bullock said. The boat also had limited fuel. The Coast Guard issued a marine

assistance request broadcast, and when no one responded, called the auxiliary.

Marshall said because other auxilliarists weren’t available, a machinery technician and a cadet officer from the Roanoke Island assisted. Sector Anchorage set up a communications schedule and kept in contact with the disabled boat.

Bullock said while the Quanah P was on the way, mariners on the Northern Spirit, a fishing tender, responded and tried unsuccessfully to help repair the engine. The Quanah P then arrived and after also being unable to help, took the disabled boat into tow.

“They were heading out to sea,” Bullock said of the disabled boat. “That’s when the urgency level rose up a little.”

The tide shifted later in the morning, which helped the Quanah P bring the disabled boat back to Homer. Bullock said the disabled boat had all the proper gear, including lights and marine radio.

Lt. j.g. Laura Gadziala, a command duty officer at Sector Anchorage, praised the work of the auxiliary.

“The Coast Guard Auxiliary is a vital part of our ability to assist mariners in Alaska,” she said. “Our partnership and joint training with the Auxiliary makes us ready to respond during cases.”

GOP candidates square off once more

By TIM BRADNER Morris News Service-Alaska/ Alaska Journal of Commerce

The three Republican U.S. Senate candidates squared off against each other in the KTUU Channel 2 debate Aug. 14, touching mostly on old and familiar themes.

On most issues there were only shades of differences, and all three took opportunities to take shots at Sen. Mark Begich, the Democrat incumbent one of them will face in the November general election.

Mead Treadwell, currently the lieutenant governor; Dan Sullivan, former state attorney general and natural resources commissioner, and Joe Miller, a Fairbanks attorney and the Republican Senate candidate in 2010, met in what may be their last face-to-face confrontation before the Aug. 19 primary.

There were a few barbs: Treadwell asked Sullivan when he first legally caught a salmon in Alaska, a way of drawing attention to the first Alaska fishing license received by Sullivan, which Treadwell said was in 2009.

Sullivan didn’t answer the question and complained that of all three candidates he was the one exposed to a huge negative campaign funded mostly from out-of-state.

“Why are they so afraid of me?” he said. “Is it because I’m

the mostly likely to defeat Begich?”

On immigration, all three candidates opposed “amnesty” for illegal immigrants. Sullivan endorsed efforts to reunite children migrating to the U.S. with families, “back home.”

“We are a nation of immigrants, but also a nation of law,” he said.

Treadwell said his priority would be to make U.S. borders secure. He supports humanitarian and private volunteer efforts to help immigrants but not the creation of more federal programs.

“That doesn’t make a lot of sense to me,” he said.

Miller said illegal immigration is something that could rip the nation’s fabric apart.

“People are coming here illegally and if they become citizens they will vote,” he said, adding his concern that most illegal immigrants wind up favoring Democrats.

“I believe lawful immigration is great, though,” Miller said.

On veterans’ affairs, Treadwell said although Begich in on the Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee in the Senate has been, “asleep at the switch,” on the issue.

“We need a senator who will be vigilant in protecting veterans’ rights,” Treadwell said.

His father and grandfather were veterans who often had

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BETHEL (AP) — Alaska state authorities have launched an investigation of a shooting involving a Bethel police officer who reportedly a shot 31-year-old man in the abdomen during an altercation.

Alaska State Troopers say the incident reported Friday is being investigated by the state Bureau of Investigation.

KYUK reports the man was stabilized, then transported to Anchorage for further treatment. One officer was treated for injuries.

The radio station says police responded to an ongoing disturbance Friday morning in a residential neighborhood.

Troopers say officers encountered a man holding a baseball bat and tried to control him, including using an electronic stun gun.

Troopers say a struggle followed and an officer was struck with the bat.

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to drive long distances — right past large, modern hospitals and health facilities — to get care.

“Veterans should be able to get care where they live, not hundreds of miles away,” he said.

Miller went after Treadwell on his long support of the longpending Law of the Sea Treaty, a prime target for conservatives.

It was an indirect way of questioning Treadwell’s conservative credentials.

Treadwell responded: “When I came to Alaska there were foreign fishing fleets off our coasts taking our fish, and it took a law of the sea (the U.S. 200-mile limit legislation) to gain control of these resources.

The Law of the Sea Treaty does the same thing. It will extend U.S. ownership of resources out into large areas of the Arctic,” north of Alaska, over which the nation now has no jurisdiction, Treadwell said.

Miller wasn’t convinced: “This is a path to opening the Arctic by compromising our sovereignty,” through provisions of the treaty that grant authority to international bodies.

The U.S. can gain every benefit and every protection of the treaty through bilateral agreements, “without giving up our rights,” Miller said.

Treadwell asked Miller what he would do about the 60 ocean vessels carrying oil and gas that transited the Bering Straits last

year along a coastline that is completely unprotected from oil spills.

Miller sidestepped, using the question to drum his basic themes.

“The greatest threat to our national security is the national debt. It is preventing us from building the icebreakers we need and giving more resources to the Coast Guard,” he said.

On energy issues, Sullivan said America is starting to see a renaissance in energy and that Alaska should be leading it. Alaska is seeing is own renaissance in oil and gas, at first in Cook Inlet and now on the North Slope, he said. Sullivan noted his own role as state resources commissioner in encouraging the Cook Inlet rebirth and negotiating the Point Thomas gas settlement, which helped get things moving on the Slope.

“Alaska can lead the nation in energy but we need the federal government to be a partner, not an obstacle,” Sullivan said.

Miller said he supports changes in federal laws to allow oil export and opposes any law that would limit natural gas exports.

“If there is ever a resource security issue we can stop exports quickly. This is an issue of preserving jobs in energy and our energy-producing capability,” which is also important to national security, Miller said.

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Governor declares emergency in Ferguson

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press

FERGUSON, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew Saturday in a St. Louis suburb where police and protesters have clashed in the week since a black teenager was shot to death by a white police officer.

Despite heavy rainfall and lightning, hundreds of protesters gathered Saturday night at a busy thoroughfare that has been the site of previous clashes with police. Dozens of officers, a much more visible presence than the night before, stood watch — including some with shields.

In announcing the curfew, Nixon said that though many protesters were making themselves heard peacefully, the state would not allow looters to endanger the community where 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot in a street. The curfew will run from midnight to 5 a.m. Sunday.

“I am committed to making sure the forces of peace and justice prevail,” Nixon during at a press conference at a church that was interrupted repeatedly by people objecting to the curfew and demanding that the officer who shot Brown be charged with murder.

“We must first have and maintain peace. This is a test.

The eyes of the world are watching,” Nixon said. “We cannot allow the ill will of the few to undermine the good will of the many.”

State statute gives the governor broad powers when he declares a state of emergency, but he hasn’t indicated that he plans to do anything other than imposing the curfew and empowering the state highway patrol to enforce it.

Darrell Alexander, 57, a registered nurse from nearby Florissant, Missouri, worried Saturday night that the curfew might spur anger and more violence.

“I think it’s an antagonistic decision to not allow people to express their freedom of speech. It’s an overreaction,” he said.

Nixon’s curfew announcement came after tensions again flared in Ferguson late Friday night. Earlier that day, local police identified the officer who shot Brown as Darren Wilson and released documents and video footage alleging that Brown had robbed a convenience store just before he was shot. Police said Wilson was unaware Brown was a suspect when he encountered him walking in the street with a friend.

Nixon said the U.S. Department of Justice is beefing up its civil rights investigation of the shooting.

Missouri State Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson, who is in charge of security in Fergu-

son, said 40 FBI agents were going door-to-door in the neighborhood starting Saturday, talking to people who might have seen or have information about the shooting.

Johnson assured those at the news conference that police would not enforce the

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curfew with armored trucks and tear gas but would communicate with protesters and give them ample opportunity to leave. Nixon and Johnson were flanked by numerous local elected officials, including U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay Jr., who urged Johnson to be

flexible with the midnight curfew.

But they were interrupted repeatedly.

“Why is the focus on security and not getting justice?

Why is there not an arrest?” one women yelled.

Among the many people

shouting questions was Malik Shabazz, the president of Black Lawyers for Justice, who said that members of his group and the New Black Panther Party and the Nation of Islam had been helping to maintain order and deter protesters from violence.

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Perry case exposes Texas’ political divide

Around the Nation US reconsiders programs to give excess military equipment to police

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press

WASHINGTON — After a decade of sending military equipment to civilian police departments across the country, federal officials are reconsidering the idea in light of the violence in Ferguson, Missouri.

The public has absorbed images of heavily armed police, snipers trained on protesters and tear gas plumes.

Against that backdrop, Attorney General Eric Holder said that when police and citizens need to restore calm, “I am deeply concerned that the deployment of military equipment and vehicles sends a conflicting message.”

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said police responses like that in Ferguson have “become the problem instead of the solution.” Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., said he will introduce legislation to curb the trend of police militarization.

Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said his committee will review the program to determine if the Defense Department’s surplus equipment is being used as intended.

AUSTIN, Texas — Republican Texas Gov. Rick Perry vowed Saturday to fight a criminal indictment in a defiant response that showed an old slice of swagger that he’s kept holstered lately while seeking to remake his image for a potential 2016 presidential run.

Perry called two felony counts of abuse of power issued by an Austin grand jury “outrageous” and made no apologies for his 2013 veto that prompted a criminal investigation against the longest-serving governor in Texas history.

Perry made it clear he will finish his term that ends in January and said it was the investigation against him — and not his actions — that amounted to an abuse of power. A Travis County grand jury on Friday indicted Perry for

Prosecutor says Amish sisters sexually abused after abduction from New York farm CANTON, N.Y. — Two young Amish sisters were sexually abused after their abduction from a roadside farm stand in northern New York, a prosecutor said Saturday.

St. Lawrence County District Attorney Mary Rain’s disclosure came hours after the county’s sheriff said the couple charged in the kidnapping were prowling for easy targets and may have planned to abduct other children.

Stephen Howells Jr. and Nicole Vaisey, both of Hermon, were arrested and arraigned Friday on charges they abducted the 7-year-old and 12-year-old sisters with the intent to physically or sexually abuse them.

“We felt that there was the definite potential that there was going to be other victims,” St. Lawrence County Sheriff Kevin Wells said.

The sisters were abducted Wednesday from the farm stand in front of the family’s home in Oswegatchie, near the Canadian border.

They were set free by their captors about 24 hours later and turned up safe at the door of a house 15 miles from where they were taken.

carrying out a threat to veto state funds to the local district attorney, an elected Democrat, who refused to resign following a drunken-driving arrest.

“We don’t settle political differences with indictments in this country,” Perry told reporters outside his office in the Texas Capitol.

“It is outrageous that someone would use political theatrics to rip away at the very fabric of our state’s constitution.”

Perry, the first Texas governor since 1917 to be indicted, again dismissed the charges as nakedly political and said he would not hesitate to execute a veto under the same circumstances again.

“The details of my decision-making were very clear. I said early on that I was going to clearly veto those dollars as long as they had someone in that office who I had lost confidence in,” Perry said. “And I

In Robin Williams’ death, lessons of stigmas and stereotypes

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NEW YORK— Jamie Masada, the owner of the fabled Los Angeles-based comedy club the Laugh Factory, vividly remembers a warm exchange with comic Richard Jeni of the two sharing words of encouragement and gentle ribbing.

“The next day I heard he put a gun in his mouth and blew his head off,” recalled Masada of Jeni’s 2007 suicide.

“At that point I said, ‘God, could I do something to somehow prevent that?’”

A few years later, having watched his “family” continuously depleted, Masada did do something. He began having a psychologist at the club several nights a week, offering stand-ups the opportunity for free sessions.

Robin Williams, a frequent Laugh Factory performer who committed suicide Monday, marked only the latest comic genius to be plagued by demons of depression and addiction. But seldom has the gulf between the bright buoyancy of the performer and the inner pain of the man seemed greater or more unfathomable. How did someone who suffered such demons summon such starbursts of generosity and glee?

Like countless others this week, Conan O’Brien remembered Williams’ great capacity for thoughtfulness and kindness.

When O’Brien was feeling down during the “Tonight Show” debacle, a bike arrived out of the blue from Williams, outfitted for maximum ridiculousness.

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had lost confidence.”

Perry’s veto cut $7.5 million in funding to the state’s ethics watchdog housed in the Travis County district attorney’s office. A Texas state judge assigned a special prosecutor to investigate the veto following a formal complaint filed by a left-leaning watchdog group, which accused Perry of trying to leverage his power to force the resignation of District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg.

That unit of public corruption investigators is based in Austin, a liberal haven in mostly conservative Texas and a city that reliably elects Democrats to serve as district attorney.

Perry said he was confident that he would prevail and vowed that those responsible for this “farce of a prosecution” would be held accountable.

Many Democrats criticized Perry’s aggressive reaction to

the indictment and accused him of trying to shift the blame. Yet state Sen. Wendy Davis, the face of the party in Texas who’s running a high-profile campaign for governor, took a more cautious tone Saturday.

“The charges that were brought down by the grand jury are very, very serious,” Davis said, adding that she trusted the justice system to do its job.

Tensions between Republicans and the public integrity unit have simmered for years. Conservatives have long grumbled that the unit operates through a partisan lens and targets Republicans.

Former U.S. House Majority Tom DeLay and former U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, two Republicans, are among the biggest past names to have been indicted in Travis County on ethics charges. Hutchison was acquitted and an appeals court overturned a guilty verdict against DeLay.

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Islamic fighters kill scores of Yazidi men in Iraq

By DIAA HADID Associated Press

IRBIL, Iraq — Islamic extremists shot scores of Yazidi men to death in Iraq, lining them up in small groups and opening fire with assault rifles before abducting their wives and children, according to an eyewitness, government officials and people who live in the area.

A Yazidi lawmaker on Saturday cited the mass killing in Kocho as evidence that his people are still at risk after a week of U.S. and Iraqi airstrikes on the militants.

Meanwhile, warplanes targeted insurgents around a large dam that was captured by the Islamic State extremist group earlier this month, nearby residents said.

In a statement, U.S. Central Command said the airstrikes Saturday were launched under the authority to support humanitarian efforts in Iraq, as well as to protect U.S. personnel and facilities.

Central Command says the nine airstrikes conducted so far had destroyed or damaged four armored personnel carriers, seven armed vehicles, two Humvees and an armored vehicle.

The U.S. began airstrikes against the Islamic State extremist group a week ago, in part to prevent the massacre of tens of thousands of Yazidis in northern Iraq.

They fled the militants by scrambling up a barren mountain, where they got stranded.

Most were eventually able to escape with help from Kurdish fighters.

Islamic State fighters had surrounded the nearby village 12 days ago and demanded that its Yazidi residents convert or die. On Friday afternoon, they moved in.

The militants told people to gather in a school, promising they would be allowed to leave Kocho after their details were recorded, said the eyewitness and the brother of the Kocho mayor, Nayef Jassem, who said he obtained his details from another witness.

The militants separated the men from the women and children under 12 years old.

They took men and male teens away in groups of a few dozen each and shot them on the edge of the village, according to a wounded man who escaped by feigning death.

The fighters then walked among the bodies, using pistols to finish off anyone who appeared to still be alive, the 42-year-old man told The Associated Press by phone from an area where he was hiding.

He spoke on condition of anonymity, fearing for his safety.

“They thought we were dead, and when they went away, we ran away. We hid in a valley until sundown, and then we fled to the mountains,” he said.

A Yazidi lawmaker, a Kurdish security official and an Iraqi official from the nearby city of Sinjar gave similar accounts, saying Islamic State fighters had massacred many Yazidi men Friday after seizing Kocho.

All of them said they based their information on the accounts of survivors.

Their accounts matched those of two other Yazidi men,

Qassim Hussein and Nayef Jassem, who said they spoke to other survivors.

It was not clear precisely how many men were killed.

Iraqi and Kurdish officials said at least 80 men were shot.

Yazidi residents said they believed the number was higher, because there were at least 175 families in Kocho, and few were able to escape before the militants surrounded their hamlet.

Jassem said he was in touch with two wounded men, including a cousin, who fled the village. They called Jassem from the phone of a sympathetic shepherd and described what happened. On Saturday morning, Jassem’s cousin called again, pleading for help.

“I can’t walk, and we will die,” Jassem said his cousin told him, his voice breaking.

The 55-year-old said he called Yazidi rebels in the mountains, pleading with them to try to save the men.

“They need first aid. Send them a donkey they can sit on, something to carry them.” =But Jassem said his cousin was a six-hour walk from the rebels and would die before help came. By evening, he lost contact with his relative.

The Yazidis are a centuriesold religious minority viewed as apostates by the Islamic State, which has claimed mass killings of its opponents in Syria and Iraq, often posting grisly photos online.

Yazidi lawmaker Mahma Khalil said the Yazidis in Kocho were given the choice to abandon their religion for that of the fighters. When they refused, “the massacre took place,” he said.

Halgurd Hekmat, a spokesman for Kurdish security forces, said the militants took the women and children of Kocho to a nearby city.

Elsewhere in northern Iraq, residents living near the Mosul Dam told the AP that the area was being targeted by airstrikes.

The extremist group seized the dam on the Tigris River on Aug. 7.

Residents living near the dam, which is Iraq’s largest, say the airstrikes killed militants, but that could not immediately be confirmed. The residents spoke on condition of anonymity out of fears for their safety.

Tens of thousands of Yazidis fled earlier this month when the Islamic State group captured the town of Sinjar, near the Syrian border.

The plight of the Yazidis motivated U.S. and Iraqi forces to launch aid drops. It also contributed to the U.S. decision to launch airstrikes against the militants, who were advancing on the Kurdish regional capital Irbil.

But the Islamic State group remains in control of vast swaths of northeastern Syria and northern and western Iraq, and the scale of the humanitarian crisis prompted the U.N. to declare its highest level of emergency earlier this week.

Some 1.5 million people have been displaced by fighting since the Islamic State’s rapid advance began in June.

The decision to launch airstrikes marked the first direct U.S. military intervention in

Iraq since the last troops withdrew in 2011 and reflected growing international concern about the extremist group.

Khalil, the Yazidi lawmaker, said the U.S. must do more to protect those fleeing the Islamic State fighters.

“We have been calling on the U.S. administration and Iraqi government to intervene and help the innocent people,” Khalil said. “But it seems that nobody is listening.”

The United States was not alone in its efforts to ease the dangers in the region.

On Saturday, Britain’s Ministry of Defense said it deployed a U.S.-made spy plane over northern Iraq to monitor the humanitarian crisis and movements of the militants. The converted Boeing KC-135 tanker, called a Rivet Joint, was to monitor mobile phone calls and other communication.

Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier was in Baghdad on Saturday, where he announced his government would provide more than 24 million euros ($32.2 million) in humanitarian aid

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AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed

Displaced Iraqis from the Yazidi community settle at the Qandil mountains near the Turkish border outside Zakho, 300 miles (475 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday. Islamic extremists shot 80 Yazidi men to death in Iraq, lining them up in small groups and opening fire with assault rifles before abducting their wives and children, officials and eyewitnesses reported Saturday.

to Iraq.

Also Saturday, two British planes landed in the Kurdish regional capital of Irbil carrying humanitarian supplies.

Yacoub reported from

Baghdad. Associated Press writers Vivian Salama in Baghdad, Frank Jordans in Berlin and Shawn Pogatchnik in Dublin contributed to this report.

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Russian aid convoy waiting for security

Around the World Pope again shows solidarity with SKorea ferry victims, baptizes father of slain student

ByALEXANDER ROSLYAKOV Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea — Pope Francis has once again made a gesture toward the families who lost loved ones in South Korea’s ferry disaster, baptizing the father of a student victim.

The Vatican spokesman said Lee Ho Jin took the Christian name “Francis” after Sunday’s baptism, which the pope performed in the Vatican’s embassy in Seoul.

Lee had been one of a dozen relatives of victims and survivors of the ferry sinking who met privately with the pope Friday. He asked to be baptized and Francis agreed.

Francis has gone out of his way to show support for the Sewol ferry families, who are demanding an independent inquiry into the sinking which killed more than 300 people.

Aside from meeting with them, Francis has worn a symbolic yellow ribbon on his cassock in solidarity.

KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKY, Russia— Hundreds of trucks in a Russian aid convoy waited Saturday near the Ukrainian border as complicated procedures dragged on for allowing them into eastern Ukraine to help civilians suffering amid fighting between Ukrainian forces and separatists.

The main holdup was a lack of security guarantees from all sides in the conflict, said the International Committee of the Red Cross, which would have responsibility for distributing the aid.

Ukrainian officials are concerned that the mission, including around 200 trucks, could be a guise for Russia to send in equipment for the rebels, whom Kiev and Western countries claim are backed by Moscow. But Russia and Ukraine reached an agreement under which the trucks could enter with Red Cross ac-

Liberia expands Ebola treatment center; 2 more airlines halt flights to affected countries MONROVIA, Liberia — Liberian authorities expanded Ebola treatment centers in the capital Saturday to cope with increasing numbers of patients, while two more airlines announced they were halting flights to the capitals of Liberia and Sierra Leone amid the deepening crisis.

Kenya Airways and regional carrier Gambia Bird join a number of other airlines in temporarily cancelling flights to avoid transmitting the disease beyond the four countries already affected in West Africa.

The Kenya Airways flights will stop as of midnight Tuesday, said Titus Naikuni, the chief executive officer of Kenya Airways.

The decision was made with guidance from the country’s health ministry, Naikuni said.

Gambia Bird said it had stopped flying to Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria.

“The decision has been taken in the light of international concern about the further spread of the Ebola virus in the West African sub-region, and with the aim of continuing to offer a safe and reliable service to all customers, whilst also protecting the health and well-being of passengers and crew,” the statement said.

companiment if Ukrainian border guards and customs agents approve the cargo.

Pascal Cuttat, head of the ICRC delegation for Russia, said agreement on how the cargo would be inspected and cleared was reached on Saturday during several hours of talks between Russian and Ukrainian customs and border service officials.

“The challenge is we absolutely need security guarantees from all parties concerned before we can start moving,” Cuttat told reporters, adding that it was unclear how long this could take.

He said they were also waiting for a reply from the Ukrainian government to a formal request for the cargo to be processed.

The Ukrainian officials met with their Russian counterparts in the Russian border town of Donetsk, some 200 kilometers (125 miles) east of the Ukrainian city with the same name.

Cuttat said the cargo inspection would take place there.

Jihadists nearing Syrian rebel stronghold

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BEIRUT — Syria’s Western-backed opposition called on Saturday for U.S. airstrikes against the Islamic State extremist group as the jihadists captured three northern villages, putting them within striking distance of a mainstream rebel stronghold.

Islamic State fighters have overrun nearly a dozen towns and villages in Aleppo province this week, crushing what little resistance they have encountered.

Those gains threaten rival factions’ supply lines to neighboring Turkey and squeeze the mainstream armed opposition’s position in the country’s largest city, Aleppo, which is also under assault by President Bashar Assad’s forces.

With the mainstream rebels’ foothold in Aleppo becoming increasingly precarious, the Syrian National Coalition urged the international community to “quickly support the Free Syrian Army with weapons and ammunition” so it could “defend its people.”

“We call on the international community to use the American air force, or those of any other country to support the Free Syrian Army,” the Coalition said in a statement on Saturday, referring to the group’s military wing.

Two UN peacekeepers killed in north Mali BAMAKO, Mali — The U.N. secretary-general says two United Nations peacekeepers have been killed and seven wounded in a suicide attack in Mali.

Ban Ki-moon said he was saddened by the deaths and condemned the attack against U.N. personnel in a statement issued Saturday.

The U.N. mission in Mali had earlier reported one peacekeeper dead and five injured.

The mission said the suicide attack took place in Ber in the region of Timbuktu. It marks the third time this week that U.N. peacekeepers have been targeted in northern Mali.

David Gressly, the U.N. Secretary-General’s deputy special representative in Mali, condemned the attack, saying the violence only reinforces the peacekeeping mission’s determination.

Three other peacekeepers have been wounded over the past week by mine explosions in northern Mali.

Pope makes silent anti-abortion statement SEOUL, South Korea— Pope Francis has generally avoided hot-button “culture war” issues like abortion, arguing that the church’s doctrine on the sanctity of life is well-known and that he’d rather emphasize other aspects of church teaching.

But he made a strong, albeit silent anti-abortion statement Saturday during his visit to South Korea, stopping to pray at a monument for aborted babies in a community dedicated to caring for people with the sort of severe genetic disabilities that are often used to justify abortions.

Francis bowed his head in prayer before the monument — a garden strewn with simple white wooden crosses — and spoke with an anti-abortion activist with no arms and no legs. ­— Associated Press

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The trucks have been parked since Thursday in the town of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from the border.

Fighting continued in eastern Ukraine, where government troops have been steadily taking back rebel-held territory.

Andriy Lysenko, a spokesman for Ukraine’s national security council, told reporters in Kiev that three servicemen had been killed in the past day.

Lysenko reiterated the claim made a day earlier by President Petro Poroshenko that Ukrainian forces had destroyed most of a column of Russian military vehicles that had entered eastern Ukraine on Thursday evening.

Russia sharply denied that any such incursion had taken place and the White House said it was looking into what it called unconfirmed reports that Russian military vehicles were destroyed. Nonetheless, the re-

ports spooked global markets and overshadowed optimism about the aid convoy.

Fighting has escalated since the insurgency arose in April and conditions for countless civilians are deteriorating.

The city of Luhansk is encircled by Ukrainian forces and is reportedly suffering from severe electrical outages and shortages of food and medicine.

Donetsk, the largest rebelheld city, is also suffering through fighting including frequent shelling. Four people were killed in shelling that occurred Saturday afternoon, the mayor’s office said in a statement.

Lysenko said Ukrainian forces are not using artillery or air strikes against either Luhansk or Donetsk.

Ukrainians have blamed rebels for the shelling, while the insurgents say Ukrainians are firing on civilian targets.

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A-12 Peninsula Clarion, Sunday, August 17, 2014

n On July 28 at 6:39 p.m., Alaska Wildlife Troopers contacted Rodney Collman, 59, of Boring, Oregon, at the Kenai City Dock. Investigation revealed that Collman, the permit holder aboard the F/V Ocelot, had failed to record 10 personal use salmon as required on his commercial fish ticket after commercial fishing. Collman was issued a summons with a mandatory court date in Kenai District Court. n On July 29 at 11:15 p.m., Soldotna Alaska State Troopers responded to a report of a domestic disturbance in Nikiski.

Subsequent investigation resulted in the arrest of Evgeniya Samarina, 40, of Nikiski, for fourth-degree assault (domestic violence). Samarina was taken into custody without incident and taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility. n On July 29, at 2:55 p.m., Alaska State Troopers responded to a reported motor vehicle collision at the intersection of North Fork Road and Coleman Lantern Drive in Anchor Point.

Investigation revealed that Carmen Valentine, 50, of Anchor Point, was driving her 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee east on North Fork Road. She was attempting to put a CD in the stereo and became distracted, then drove off the road. The vehicle struck a culvert and a stop sign.

Valentine was uninjured. Dam-

Police reports age to the vehicle was estimated at $6,000. n On July 29 at 9:35 p.m., Alaska Wildlife Troopers contacted Gilda Hollier, 56, of Kenai, while she was acting as permit holder while set netting with two nets in the Kasilof special harvest area. Investigation revealed that Hollier was not present as required while operating her two set nets. Hollier was issued a summons with a mandatory court date in Kenai District Court on Aug. 15. n On July 29 at 6:22 p.m., Soldotna Dispatch received a call from a coordinator with the Colorado Outward Bound School in Colorado, reporting that a student in a group that was in the Chugach National Forest east of Ptarmigan Lake was suffering from a medical emergency that needed immediate attention. LifeMed was launched and responded to the area, but was unable to land due to the location of the group. On n July 30, Alaska State Troopers Helo 3, with a Soldotna trooper on board, responded to the area to continue the rescue effort. The helicopter crew was able to locate the group, but no landing zone was available. The helicopter landed in the area and the troopers’ team hiked to the group and escorted

them to the landing zone. At about 6:15 p.m. on July 30, the 20-year-old Florida woman was taken by AST helicopter to Seward Providence Hospital for treatment. n On July 30 at 9:52 a.m., a 53-year-old male, of Nikolaevsk, reported that an unknown individual shot the back window of his 1990 Toyota 4-Runner with a pellet gun while he was driving on North Fork Road in Anchor Point.

Damage to the window is estimated at $250. n On July 31 at 1:03 a.m., Alaska State Troopers responded to a reported motor vehicle collision at Mile 164 of the Sterling Highway in Homer. Investigation revealed that Brett Hull, 40, of Anchorage, was driving a 1993 Ford F150 south on the Sterling Highway, when it collided with a moose in the roadway. Hull reported wearing his seat belt and was uninjured in the collision. Damage to the vehicle was estimated at over $10,000. The moose walked away from the scene. n On July 31 at 2:18 p.m., Alaska State Troopers responded to a collision at Mile 107 of Sterling Highway in Kasilof. Investigation revealed that James Jacobs, 66, of Kasilof, was driving a GMC pickup when he turned onto the Sterling Highway from a side street. Jacobs didn’t see a Nissan Pathfinder,

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driven by Jianping Zhuang, 40 of Illinois, that was northbound on the Sterling Highway. The Nissan was unable to avoid the collision and struck the pickup.

All involved parties were taken to the hospital with non-lifethreatening injuries. Both vehicles were totaled. Jacobs was issued a citation for failure to yield to a vehicle in an intersection. Alcohol was not a factor and everyone was wearing seat belts. n On July 31 at 9:29 p.m., the Alaska State Troopers Bureau of Highway Patrol, Kenai Peninsula Team, stopped a 1986 GMC pickup at mile 91.5 of the Sterling Highway, after the driver was observed not wearing a seat belt. Investigation revealed that Brian Mertzweiller, 32, of Idaho, was driving while under the influence of alcohol.

Mertzweiller was arrested and taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility on $500 bail. The vehicle was impounded on scene. n On July 31 at 10:24 p.m., the Highway Patrol, Kenai Peninsula Team, attempted stopping a red and white 2012 Honda dirt bike on Dana Bayes Street, Soldotna, for operating on the roadway when prohibited. The vehicle failed to stop, driving recklessly before evading troopers. The vehicle was located and the driver, a 15-year-old male, was arrested a short time later. The pending

criminal charges against the youth of first-degree failure to stop at the direction of a peace officer, driving in violation of instruction permit and sixthdegree misconduct involving a controlled substance will be forwarded to Juvenile Intake for review. n On July 30 at 2:58 p.m., Kenai police contacted Tami R. Hangstefer, 23, of Kenai.

A records check indicated that Hangstefer had two Soldotna Alaska State Troopers warrants: failure to appear for pretrial conference on the original charge of fourth-degree theft and failure to appear for pretrial conference hearing on the original charge of concealment of merchandise. Bail was concurrent for $500. Hangstefer was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility. n On Aug. 1 at 9:15 p.m., Alaska State Troopers contacted Gerard Franey, 58, of Kasilof, while conducting a security check at the Salmonstock Festival in Ninilchik. Franey was subsequently arrested for second-degree criminal trespass and disorderly conduct and was taken to the Homer Jail. n On Aug. 1 at 12:28 p.m., Soldotna police responded to a hit-and-run collision that occurred near the Sterling Highway and Smith Way intersection. The vehicle that had left the scene was located in the

Safeway parking lot. Adella Mullan, 73, of Soldotna, was arrested for driving while license revoked, driving in violation of a license limitation, no motor vehicle liability insurance and leaving a scene of a collision.

She was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility on $2,000 bail. n On July 31 at 3:26 p.m., Soldotna police contacted Angela Segura, 46, of Kenai, and arrested her on two outstanding warrants for failure to appear.

She was taken to Wildwood Pretrial on $1,000 bail. n On July 30 at 8:05 p.m., Soldotna police stopped a vehicle near Mile 94 of the Sterling Highway. Shannon G. Walker, 51, of Anchorage, was arrested for driving while license revoked and not having vehicle liability insurance. He was taken to Wildwood Pretrial on $1,000 bail. The car was impounded. n On Sunday, July 27, Soldotna police received a report of a credit card that was stolen from Hooligan’s on Friday night and fraudulently used at several businesses in the Soldotna area. On Tuesday, July 29, Kendall J. Barrett, 29, of Kenai, was arrested for seconddegree theft, third-degree theft, eight counts of fraudulent use of an access device and three counts of attempted fraudulent use of an access device. He was taken to Wildwood Pretrial without bail.

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Peninsula Clarion, Sunday, August 17, 2014

The following chargess were recently dismissed in District Court in Kenai: n A charge of sixth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance against Mark L. Meyer, 43, address unknown, was dismissed. Date of the charge was June 15. n A charge of sixth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance against Jerry L. Anderson, 48, of Sterling, was dismissed. Date of the charge was Jan. 21. n A charge of violating condition of release against Rachael a. Anderson, 27, of Soldotna, was dismissed. Date of the charge was July 19. n A charge of fourth-degree criminal mischief against Timothy Stephen Dahl, 55, of Soldotna, was dismissed. Date of the charge was May 23. n A charge of improper use of registration, title or plates against Seth a. Fulton, 25, of Sterling, was dismissed. Date of the charge was March. 10. n Charges of one count of fourth-degree assault and one count of making a false report against Justin J.H. Hermann, 23, address unknown, were dismissed. Date of the charge was July 4, 2012. n Charges of one count of fourth-degree assault and one count of interfering with a report of a crime involving do-

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Court reports mestic violence against Ronald Scott Morris, 48, of Soldotna were dismissed. Date of the charges was July 3. n A charge of violating condition of release for a misdemeanor against Ronald S. Morris, 48, of Soldotna, was dismissed. Date of the charge was July 25. n A charge of third-degree theft against Kristen H. Sumers, 24, of Soldotna, was dismissed. Date of the charge was June 28. n Charges of one count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, one count of sixthdegree misconduct involving a controlled substance and one count of no motor vehicle liability insurance against Ethan M. Barbour, 23, address unknown, were dismissed. Date of the charges was Dec. 25. n A charge of driving while license revoked against Kyle K. Bingham, 25, address unknown, was dismissed. Date of the charge was June 23, 2012 n A charge of fourth-degree assault against Tammy Lynn Brantley, 30, of Anchorage, was dismissed. Date of the charge was April 10. n A charge of driving without a valid operator’s license against Christopher L. Cossich, 38, of Kenai, was dismissed.

Date of the charge was June 20. n A charge of driving while license cancelled, suspended, revoked or limited against Christopher John Diehl, 30, of Soldotna, was dismissed. Date of the charge was March 19. n Charges of one count of second-degree theft and one count of making a false report against Eric N. Hart, 49, of Pago Pago, American Samoa, were dismissed. Date of the charges was Nov. 1, 2002. n A charge of driving without a valid operator’s license against Robert W. Hughes, 41, of Soldotna, was dismissed.

Date of the charge was June 20. n A charge of driving while license cancelled, suspended, revoked or limited against Marneille Marry Keys, 44, of Soldotna, was dismissed. Date of the charge was June 29. n A charge of driving without a valid operator’s license against Melody A. Miller, 28, of Soldotna, was dismissed. Date of the charge was Dec. 22. n A charge of fourth-degree criminal mischief against Brandon P. Roesing, 24, address unknown, was dismissed. Date of the charge was Dec. 22. n A charge of driving while license cancelled, suspended or revoked against Dave Michael Saltzgiver, 33, of Kenai, was dismissed. Date of the charge

was June 27. n A charge of fourth-degree assault against Elizabeth Madrona Segura, 42, of Kenai, was dismissed. Date of the charge was July 19. n A charge of violating conditions of release against Nereid M. Wells, 37, of Kenai, was dismissed. Date of the charge was June 26.

The following judgments were recently handed down in Kenai District Court: n Kristen H. Sumers, 24, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to third-degree theft, committed July 1. She was fined a $50 court surcharge, ordered to perform 40 hours of community work service, ordered to have no contact with Sportsman’s Warehouse and placed on probation for one year. n Sarah J. Whitaker, 20, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of fourth-degree assault – causing fear of injury, a domestic violence offense committed June 30. She was sentenced to 360 days in jail with 330 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, ordered to have no contact with victims and placed on probation for three years. All other charges in this case were

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dismissed. n Cory Michael Leroy Woodruff, 22, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to third-degree theft $50-$499, committed Feb. 26.

He was sentenced to 180 days in jail and fined a $50 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge and ordered to pay restitution.

All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Sharon Alexie, 33, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct, committed July 9. She was sentenced to one day in jail and fined a $50 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge. n Jonathan Paul Avery, 30, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to second-degree criminal trespass, committed Dec. 23. He was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay cost of appointed counsel and placed on probation for one year. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Jane Ann Bailar, 46, of Chugiak, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Jan. 20, 2013. She was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 87 days suspended, fined $3,000 with $1,500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $330 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had her license revoked for 90 days, ordered ig-

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nition interlock for six months, ordered to pay cost of appointed counsel and placed on probation for one year. n Anthony Michael Bentley, 25, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct, committed July 8. He was sentenced to 10 days in jail and fined a $50 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge. n Iva V. Berninger, 32, of Dutch Harbor, pleaded guilty to violating a domestic violence protective order, committed July 3. She was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 85 days suspended, may perform 40 hours of community work service in lieu of jail time and was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended. n Emanuel Bradford-Larrow, 23, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of fourth-degree assault, committed May 4. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 150 days suspended, fined $2,000 with $1,500 suspended, a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete an anger management program, forfeited items seized, ordered to possess no firearms during probation and to have no contact with victims without written permission filed with the court and was placed on probation for three years. All other charges in this case were dismissed.

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SoHi crushes Eagle River Staff report

Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion

Homer’s Molly Mitchell runs at the Class 1-2-3A state meet last season in at Bartlett High School in Anchorage.

Ready to run

No matter the size of the school they are playing, it seems that Soldotna is able to dominate football games.

The Stars cruised to a 53-6 win over large-schools opponent Eagle River Saturday at Eagle River High School, opening their season with the squad’s 21st straight victory, dating back two years.

Soldotna racked up 451 total yards on offense compared to 138 for Eagle River, which was enough to necessitate a running clock in the second half, where SoHi’s lead of 53-6 remained the only constant for the Wolves.

Junior Drew Gibbs scored four touchdowns — three rushing and one receiving — to lead the Stars, while Skyview transplant Bailey Blumentritt added two and Trevor Walden and Ty Fenton provided one apiece. Gibbs and Fenton each went

Ostrander leads a promising pack of Peninsula runners

By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

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Any day now, the leaves will begin to turn various shades of yellow and red and fall to the ground, where they will be trampled and crushed by hundreds of pairs of running shoes.

It happens every year at this time, when the high school cross-country running season begins for a quick seven-week stretch that will culminate with the state meet Oct. 4 at the Bartlett High School trails in Anchorage. The top four varsity teams in Region III qualify to state, along with any individual in the top 15 not already a part of the four qualified teams.

The first event of the season for most area teams is tomorrow’s class races at Nikiski High School, in which the four grade levels are squared off against each other. Kenai, Soldotna and Homer will be competing with the host Bulldogs.

The first opportunity for local teams to size up their statewide competition will be Saturday at the 25th annual Tsalteshi Invite on the trails behind Skyview Middle School, a race that typically sees well over 200 total runners.

Here is a closer look at each team:

BOSTON — David Ortiz hit a pair of two-run homers, including his 400th in a Red Sox uniform, and drove in a career high-tying six runs to power Boston past the Houston Astros 10-7.

Big Papi joined Hall of Famers Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski as the only players to hit 400 homers while playing with the Red Sox. Williams hit 521 homers and Yaz had 452. Both spent their entire careers with the Red Sox.

Juneau-Douglas 28, Kenai Central 15 The Kardinals lost a rematch of last year’s state medium-schools semifinals Saturday night at Adair Kennedy Field in Juneau.

Juneau quarterback Dorian Isaak threw two touchdown passes in the victory, including a 45-yard bomb to senior Adam Empson to give Juneau the first lead of the day, then followed that up with a 29-yard toss to Manase Maake. Isaak also ran for a score in the second quarter and senior Brady Mallinger rushed for a touchdown in the fourth quarter.

Kenai senior Kyle Foree scored on a five yard run in the second quarter and Kardinals junior Andrew Welborn scored from one yard out with seven seconds remaining

in the game with senior quarterback Jace Baker passing to Foree for the two-point conversion.

“Number seven is a heck of a quarterback,” Kenai coach John Marquez said.

“That first one he had us beat with our weak corner and they found a perfect ball.

Second time our corner had good coverage, outstanding, you can’t do anything about that. I thought Juneau played a heck of a game, they are solid offensively and defensively, but most of all I am proud of our boys. We battled all game long. We are going to be a force to be reckoned with all season long, just as Juneau is. A couple plays here and there and the game would have been closer.”

Eielson 41, Homer 16 See SOHI, page B-4

S eason P review KENAI KARDINALS It’s no secret by now that the state’s fastest girls runner is Allie Ostrander, who is preparing for her senior season at Kenai Central.

When Ostrander showed up as a skinny, petite freshman three years ago, few doubted that she could challenge the fleetest of foot in the state. But not many imagined the kind of crushing dominance that she has leveled the field with since 2011. Ostrander has won every race she has finished, with the exception being the state finale her freshman year, when she collapsed midway through.

Ostrander’s mother, Teri, returns for her third year as head coach of the Kards, and said that while her daughter is training hard to claim a third consecutive Class 4A state championship, her focus is also locking in on collegiate options.

“I think she’s looking further forward than state,” Ostrander said. “She wants to run in college and potentially beyond that. She’s See RUN, page B-2

Ortiz homers twice, Boston tops Astros

By The Associated Press

over 100 yards in the first half alone.

Sonny Gray (12-7) allowed four runs in 5 1-3 innings in his fourth straight defeat.

TIGERS 4, MARINERS 2

DETROIT — David Price pitched eight innings of one-run ball, and the Tigers snapped Seattle’s five-game winning streak with a victory over Felix Hernandez.

Price (12-8) allowed three hits, struck out seven and walked three in his first game at Comerica Park since he was acquired in a trade with Tampa Bay last month. Joe Nathan worked the ninth for his 25th save, yielding Endy Chavez’s RBI single.

Hernandez was hit on the leg BREWERS 3, DODGERS 2 by Ian Kinsler’s hard ground ball for the final out of the fourth. He LOS ANGELES — Yovani pitched the next inning before deGallardo pitched eight innings, parting after 92 pitches, allowing Ryan Braun and Carlos Gomez two runs and seven hits. homered, and Milwaukee ended Clayton Kershaw’s streak of 11 straight victories.

YANKEES 3, RAYS 2 Gallardo (8-6) allowed a run ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — and six hits. The right-hander has won back-to-back starts for the Derek Jeter hit a tiebreaking single first time since his first two outings in the ninth inning and the Yankees ended a five-game skid with a vicof the season.

Francisco Rodriguez got three tory over the Rays.

Brett Gardner opened the ninth outs for his major league-leading 38th save, despite giving up a lead- with an infield single off Jake McGee (3-1) and advanced to second off homer to Matt Kemp. on a throwing error by second baseman Logan Forsythe. After failing BRAVES 4, ATHLETICS 3 to lay down a sacrifice bunt, Jeter put New York ahead with a single ATLANTA — Chris Johnson to right-center on a 2-2 pitch. drove in two runs with three hits, Julio Teheran threw six strong innings and the Atlanta Braves edged ANGELS 5, RANGERS 4 the suddenly struggling Oakland ARLINGTON, Texas — Albert Athletics 4-3 on Saturday night.

The A’s, who began the day Pujols and Howie Kendrick homwith the best record in the ma- ered to power the Angels to the jors, matched their worst skid of victory.

The Angels (72-49) are alone in the season by losing four in a row.

They’ve dropped six of seven over- first place in the AL West for the first time since 2011, but they are all.

Teheran (11-9) gave up two only two percentage points ahead See MLB, Page B-5 runs on four hits and three walks.

Photos by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion

Maka Tevita plunges forward against the Nikiski defense Saturday in Nikiski.

Nikiski blows past Falcons

By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

With a win over a medium-schools opponent to open their season, the Nikiski Bulldogs are already looking like a favorite to win it all again.

The defending smallschools state champions ousted Thunder Mountain 42-19 on Saturday at Nikiski High School, using their feared Wing-T offense to near perfection.

“It bodes well for us, knowing we can play well at that level,” said Nikiski coach Ted Riddall. “That’s the whole point of playing at that level, so that when we get into the meat of our schedule, we’ve already competed against teams that are probably gonna be See PREP, page B-6

Luke Johnson punts after a safety Saturday in Nikiski.

Sunderland makes history with 59

By The Associated Press

ENDICOTT, N.Y. — Kevin Sutherland was only eight holes into his round Saturday at the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open and already thinking about a 59.

“You’re not supposed to do that, are you?” he said.

The way this magical round went, nothing was going to stop him. Sutherland became the first player in Champions Tour history to shoot a 59, and it might have been even better except for a three-putt bogey from about 40 feet just off the 18th green.

“Thank God I didn’t fourputt,” he said.

The 59 gave Sutherland a one-shot lead over Steve Low-

ery. Sutherland was at 14-under 130 at En-Joie.

Sutherland, playing in third Champions Tour event since turning 50 in June, opened with four straight birdies — two of them longer than 30 feet — and hit hybrid into 6 feet for eagle on the par-5 fifth hole.

He ran off three more birdies, including a bunker shot he holed on No. 7 that hit the pin instead of rolling 10 feet away.

Sure enough, after thinking about a 59, he made par on No. 9 to go out in 27.

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10-under 206.

Lincicome was a shot ahead of Park and Suzann Pettersen.

Pettersen had a 67 and Park shot 69.

LPGA CHAMMPIONSHIP

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Nick Watney birdied the final hole for a 5-under 65 and a one-stroke lead after the third round of the Wyndham Championship.

Watney made a 20-foot birdie putt from the right edge of the green on the par-4 18th.

The five-time PGA Tour winner had a 14-under 196 total at Sedgefield Country Club.

PITTSFORD, N.Y. — Brittany Lincicome maintained her lead in the LPGA Championship, the tour’s fourth major championship of the season.

The long-hitting Lincicome began the day at Monroe Golf Club with a three-shot advantage over Inbee Park and Lexi Thompson and shot 1-under 71 to finish the third round at

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vening on one race, it marks one of the most competitive events of the season each and every year.

Continued from page B-1 “That was kind of a priority,” Peterson said. “We definitely got a lot on her plate picking wanted to keep that going.” schools and figuring out where she wants to get an education HOMER MARINERS and where she wants to run.

Bill Steyer returns as coach for “But she still loves the team a fourth year, and his optimism is and the camaraderie.”

The Kenai girls, led by Os- sitting at its highest level.

With close to 25 runners on trander, will feature six incoming freshman, which has the coach the team, the Mariners girls team excited at the prospect of a future is hoping to improve on a secondplace finish in last fall’s Class team of champions.

“We’re definitely building, but 1-2-3A meet. Homer missed the it’s nice we have a really young top step on the podium by seven points to Grace Christian. All five team,” Ostrander said.

A few of the names that Homer girls that placed in the top could potentially earn their way 16 at the state meet return for anonto the varsity squad are Ash- other run at it this year.

“We have some lofty goals,” ley Gibson, Riana Boonstra and Ithaca Bergholtz. Boonstra is the Steyer said. “We wanna do super daughter of four-time Mt. Mara- well, and not be state runner-up.

The ultimate goal would be state thon champion Todd Boonstra.

Courtney Stroh and foreign champs.”

Among the leading varsity exchange student Anna Bakken graduated and are gone from the members are Molly Mitchell, Meroster, but a core group of varsity gan Pitzman, Aurora Waclawski, athletes return. Included on the Lauren Evarts, Aziza Shemetlist is Alex Bergholtz, Lindsey Pitcher and Audrey Rosencrans.

Floyd and McKenzie Lindman. Steyer added that freshman Alex “Allie and Alex (Bergholtz) Mosley might be someone who both have run varsity the last few could surprise folks, saying that years together, and they need to “she’ll be turning heads.”

Shemet-Pitcher and help these younger girls develop and bring them along, and show Waclawski were a part of the good leadership,” coach Ostrand- winning Class 1-2-3A girls er said. “Sometimes it’s hard to 1,600-meter relay team at the help somebody step up and may- state track and field meet in May, be take your own spot, but I think and also helped the Homer girls that’s the kind of leadership we finish in the top two in two other have on both teams. They want relays. Waclawski also won the Class 1-2-3A girls 800 meters in whatever is best for the team.”

The Kenai boys finished in a the spring.

“That track strength has defitie for third at last year’s Class 4A state meet, but the challenge nitely carried over,” Steyer said. this year is to return a full team to “All those girls did high-altitude the meet after three core runners running camps in Oregon this summer, and you have to be fit graduated.

Nate Mole, Mac Lee and Fox to do that, otherwise there’s no Michaud are gone, and Quincy point really in doing it.”

With around 25 athletes on the Fuller moved, but Jordan and Jonah Theisen return with Travis current roster, Steyer is counting Cooper and James Butler. The on personal best performances Theisen brothers both finished from his girls squad.

It’s the Homer boys team that in the top four in last year’s state finale, which already puts them also has Steyer anxious to see high on the list of state favorites. run.

“We have some really excitThe only problem is getting past Kodiak’s Levi Thomet, who ing freshman talent there,” he has been a menace on the trails said. “We have a couple runners for the past two seasons. Thom- new to high school competition, et cruised to the Class 4A boys but there’s a lot of potential.”

Even with the loss of seniors championship last year, then added more accolades in May with Pedro Ochoa — who placed fifth state track and field titles in the in the Class 1-2-3A state meet boys 800, 1,600 and 3,200 that last year — and Josh Vantrease, the Mariners have a shot at a state were very nearly state records.

Ostrander said almost all of last year’s JV boys team is back, which will help to add depth and additional entries to the varsity team.

“It’ll be really great to take both (teams) to state,” Ostrander said. “I think we still have a tough region again, but it’s not out of the question.

“People have to work hard and step up and close gaps that they didn’t think they could.”

placing again.

Senior Brandon Beachy returns, along with three sophomores — Jared Brant, John Farmiento and Jamie Rios.

“The goals for our boys are to qualify for state as a team,” Steyer said. “I would like to see them do it, the potential is there.”

Even with new members, the freshman talent sport familiar names. Denver Waclawski (Aurora’s brother) and Jordan Beachy (Brandon’s brother) join the squad, along with Jacob Davis.

“I’m just really excited about the numbers,” Steyer said. “I love the team enthusiasm, it’s exciting to see things starting to come together after quite a few years of low numbers.”

Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion Steyer is joined by assistant Allie Ostrander (in red) and a group of Soldotna runners (in blue) burst from the starting gate at coach Sandra Hudson, who is the Class 4A state meet at Bartlett High School in Anchorage last season. back after a year off.

NIKISKI BULLDOGS Anna Widman is back for a fifth year as head coach in Nikiski, and she brings with her an expanding resume of her own accomplishments.

Widman won the women’s event in the Run For the River 10-miler in June, and finished 25th in this year’s grueling Mt. Marathon women’s race, an event she has been trying to enter for five years.

“I think it will,” Widman responded after being asked whether her own experience helps the team. “I definitely try to use it as a motivator for the students on my team, and I tell them how to train and what strategy to use and what helps.”

With four freshman on a team of seven, the youthful enthusiasm is there, Widman said.

Among the first-year runners are Henery Heft, Gavin Wallis, Aaron McCollum and Tirza Young. Kazuya Okomoto and Autumn Walters make up the junior class, and senior Kyle Cooper brings the experience level up just a notch.

Widman said for the time being, she will be fielding only a JV team, but as the season goes along, the possibility remains of the faster runners earning a spot in the varsity races.

“The main goal is get some of our freshman runners down into the varsity times bracket,” Widman said. “I would like to build a strong foundation. If they work

SOLDOTNA STARS Dan Harbison has relinquished the reigns of the crosscountry team to former and former Skyview and Cook Inlet Academy coach Ted McKenney, who will get help from another Skyview stalwart, Kent Peterson. Harbison will be focusing his coaching efforts solely on the SoHi ski team.

McKenney has good reason to be excited for the upcoming season. Returning among the SoHi girls team that claimed runnerup honors at the 2013 state meet are all four runners that placed in the top 28 that day, comprised of seniors Dani McCormick and Sadie Fox and juniors Olivia Hutchings and Daisy Nelson.

Hutchings led the Stars with a fourth-place finish and McCormick followed close behind with an eighth-place effort.

Hutchings, McCormick, Fox and Nelson also teamed up in the spring to win the Class 4A girls 3,200-meter relay at the state track and field meet, and nearly broke the 10-year-old record along the way, coming up short by less than a second. With no graduates lost and a full varsity squad returning, the SoHi girls must be one of the favorites to claim the state crown.

“We’re both excited to be here, and we have a great team coming in,” said assistant coach Kent Peterson.

Peterson said he is pleased with both the boys squad as well.

Levi Michael, Aaron Swedberg and Addison Downing will be joined by former Skyview athletes Daniel Shuler and Brennar Musgrave.

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Widman added that she and the team are anticipating Monday’s class races.

“It’s always a great event, next to the high school here,” she said.

“It’s a very hilly, difficult course, so it really challenges the runners.”

SEWARD SEAHAWKS In his 23rd year as head coach of the Seward cross-country team, Dan Marshall has only grown to appreciate his time spent grooming some of the state’s best runners, past and present.

“I think this is one of the most rewarding experiences a Seward kid can have,” Marshall said.

“The ultimate goal is they finish and look back and think it’s one of the best things they could have done in their high school years.

“On top of that, I think of what happens after they’re done?

So many people are just done after high school, but a lot of 30and 40-something-year-olds still run.”

Marshall said the thought struck him while immersing himself in this year’s Mt. Marathon race on July 4. Shortly after the top women finishers crossed the line, a group photo was taken in the finishing area of all Seward residents, including such names as Aubrey Smith, Allison Barnwell, Denali Foldager and Sarah Glaser.

“They were all Seward wom-

en,” Marshall said. “Some are mothers, all runners and I’ve coached them all. I just didn’t realize how much running has affected their lives.”

With that in mind, Marshall is prepared to return both the boys and girls squads to the Class 1-23A state meet. The Seahawks opened their season Saturday with the Bartlett Invitational in Anchorage, on the same course that will host the state meet, and Hunter Kratz led the Seward boys with a seventh-place finish in 17 minutes, 26.1 seconds, on the five-kilometer course.

Last year, the Seward boys finished fourth in the team standings with Matthew Moore leading the way in fourth place. The girls team finished eighth with Alice Pfeiffenberger leading the pack in 18th.

Moore graduated, but Michael Marshall is a senior that should be able to compete up front. Marshall has been busy this summer with time spent in Portland, Oregon, but he had time to return to Seward to run his final Mt. Marathon junior race. It was there that he became the first boys winner to not claim the overall win, as Kenai’s Allie Ostrander beat him to take the victory, a first in Mt. Marathon junior race history.

On the girls side, Josephine Braun joins Pfeiffenberger as a pair of seniors that should shake out as the top two on the team.

“It’s been a really good preseason,” Marshall said. “I have 38 kids out this year.”

With a school population of around 170, it represents a good chunk. Hopefully, though, Marshall doesn’t make the same coaching mistake he made last year.

Early in the 2013 high school running season, coach Marshall had his team run what he has coined, the “Tour de Lowell Point” race. He separates the team into pairs, with one kid on a bicycle and one on foot, and the winning team is the one that gets both athletes across the finish line first, no matter how they divvy up the biking and running duties.

As an 11-mile course, however, the race last year turned out to be a little too taxing.

“I let it get away from me,” Marshall admitted. “They ran this practice as hard as they could run, and it was from that point on that we saw this downward decline in our season.”

The mistake caused the boys team to peak earlier than he was hoping for.

“We kind of had to recoup and recover, but we did run well at state,” he said. “There were PR’s across the board.”

Marshall said he may decide to reschedule it for a different week this year, or perhaps skip it all together.

The Seahawks will not be running the Nikiski class races Monday, which was decided after running in a four-team competition at Bartlett High School Saturday.

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Peninsula Clarion, Sunday, August 17, 2014

Scoreboard

Sports Briefs

Football

Pothast, Schramm rule Cycle Series John-Mark Pothast and Heather Schramm won the Salmon Cycle Series #6 on Thursday at Tsalteshi Trails. Pothast finished the 10-kilometer course in 22 minutes, 19 seconds. Tony Eskelin was second at 23:36, while Lars Arneson was third at 23:36. Schramm was the first woman across the line at 27:48. Jen Tabor was next at 28:56, while Laura Pillifant was third at 31:22. The Salmon Cycle Series continues Thursday at 6 p.m. at Tsalteshi Trails. Races are $5 each, or free for Tsalteshi Trails Association members. There is no online registration. Just pay before the race.

Salmon Cycle Series #6

Thursday at Tsalteshi Trails 1. John-Mark Pothast, 22 minutes, 19 seconds; 2. Tony Eskelin, 23:06; 3. Lars Arneson, 23:36; 4. Tanner Best, 23:54; 5. Levi Michael, 25:08; 6. Brian Beeson, 25:49; 7. Derek Schramm, 26:22; 8. John Mohorcich, 26:35; 9. Peter DiCarlo, 26:43; 10. Rob Carson, 27:07; 11. Will Morrow, 27:22; 12. Jeff Williams, 27:26; 13. John Pothast, 27:27; 14. Scott Huff, 27:37; 15. Zach Johnston, 27:42; 16. Heather Schramm, 27:48; 17. Ben Gardner, 28:04; 18. Jamie Nelson, 28:46; 19. John Tabor, 28:46; 20. Jen Tabor, 28:56; 21. Jack Maryott, 30:12; 22. Laura Pillifant, 31:22; 23.

Laura Mohorcich, 31:26; 24. Mitch Michaud, 32:30; 25. Tyle Owens, 32:42.

26. Kevin Lauver, 33:40; 27. Carl Kincaid, 33:42; 28. Simone Owens, 33:59; 29.

Tony Oliver, 34:34; 30. Dylan Hogue, 39:08; 31. Doug Hogue, 39:09; 32. Joanna Watts, 45:32.

Single lap — 1. Jared Kincaid; 2. Jen Showalter; 3. Landen Showalter; 4. James Showalter.

Superheroes run in Kenai The Kenaitze Indian Tribe held its second annual Superhero 5k on Saturday in Kenai. The run supports the Court Appointed Special Advocates program.

A total of 98 registered, with 88 runners completing the course, most in full superhero costumes.

The top three men’s runners were Carl Kincaid at 19 minutes, 1 second, then Jake Streich at 19:11 and Dave Isaak at 19:32.

The top women’s finishers were Olivia Pfeifer at 23:48, Morgan Aldridge at 23:46 and Jessica Fabricius at 24:02.

Here are the complete results:

1. Carl Kincaid, 19 minutes, 1 seconds; 2. Jake Streich, 19:11; 3. Dave Isaak, 19:32; 4.

Nathan Eckert, 20:02; 5. Jason Buckbee, 20:06; 6. Jamie Nelson, 22:32; 7. Jeff McDonald, 22:39; 8. Shane Udelhoven, 23:21; 9. Olivia Pfeifer, 23:28; 10. Morgan Aldridge, 23:46; 11. Jessica Fabricius, 24:02; 12. Emily Knight, 24:16; 13. Amy Blackwell, 25:09; 14. Hadassah Udelhoven, 26:12; 15. Peter Cannava, 26:15; 16. Kimberly Tornow, 26:34; 17. Theresa Sires, 26:42; 18. Molly Dischner, 26:45; 19. Ryan Peterson, 26:45; 20. Shay Stiers, 27:56; 21. Serena Moore, 28:11; 22. Kassy Bittle, 28:12; 23. Jennifer Wells, 28:13; 24. Anna Moran, 28:13; 25. Angie Nelson, 29:40.

26. Jan Showalter, 29:48; 27. Landen Showalter, 29:48; 28. Maria Sweppy, 30:02; 29.

Allie Cunningham, 30:02; 30. Hollis Swan, 30:02; 31. Bobbi Lay, 30:12; 32. Melodie Epperheimer, 30:12; 33. Kristin Smith, 32:49; 34. Laura Schams, 32:49; 35. Terrisa Kercher, 33:02; 36. Eli Heinrich, 33:17; 37. Rosy Drath, 33:40; 38. Liza Kercher, 3:53; 39. Carter Cannava, 34:37; 40. Katrina Cannava, 34:42; 41. Ariana Cannava, 34:42; 42. Mario Reyna, 34:55; 43. Leah English, 35:54; 44. Anne Buckbee, 36:10; 45. Julie Moore, 36:10; 46. Julie English, 36:20; 47. Ethan Hogue, 36:44; 48. Dylan Hogue, 36:55; 49. Amy Hogue, 36:55; 50. Rob Carson, 36:56.

51. Nicole Egholm, 36:56; 52. Shari BeDunnah, 37:42; 53. Johna Beech, 37:45; 54.

Audrey McDonald, 37:53; 55. Madison McDonald, 37:53; 56. Rinna Carson, 38:13; 57. Dana McDonald, 38:13; 58. Robert Carson, 38:27; 59. Kimberly Dvorak, 39:06; 60. Dawn Hamilton, 39:06; 61. Delaney Bittle, 39:14; 62. Jennifer Tollackson, 40:01; 63. Penny Furnish, 40:17; 64. Ashley Carver, 40:39; 65. Nancy Carver, 42:05; 66.

Madelynn Crowder, 43:54; 67. Stephanie Magee, 44:02; 68. Jaron Kenner, 45:53; 69.

Diane Little Eagle, 48:09; 70. Kala Reyna, 48:19; 71. Telotha Braden, 48:29; 72. Melinda Reyna, 49:06; 73. Michelle Higuchi, 49:41; 74. Gabriel Joanis, 49:42; 75. Jennifer Joanis, 49:42.

76. Nora Null, 50:37; 77. Angela Kenner, 51:30; 78. Lance Joanis, 51:30; 79. Karlee Kenner, 51:39; 80. Jacob Joanis, 51:39; 81. Jackson Cross, 51:57; 82. Kimberly Cross, 52:06; 83. Bonita Miller, 52:35; 84. Judy Shields, 52:58; 85. Kathy Gensel, 53:16; 86.

Andrea Frey, 53:22; 87. Parker Cannava, n/1; 88. Sharon Isaak, n/a.

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Chris Morin fired a 3-over-par 78 on Saturday at Kenai Golf Course to take the lead in the Donald R. Morgan club championship. Greg Harrington is in second at 78 and lead with a net of 69, while Chris Murray is in third at 80. The final round of the tournament is today.

At the Kenai Peninsula Open at Birch Ridge Golf Course, pro James Contreras leads the Open Division at 2-over-par 72, while Beau Forrest, playing his first tourney as a pro, is at 75. Amateur Mike Hollingsworth is at 76, making a bid to become the first amateur to win the open division. Rose Pelletier, the current state amateur champion, leads the women at 81.

Donald R. Morgan club championship at Kenai

Player Chris Morin Greg Harrington Chris Murray Mike Houghton Gordon Griffin Todd Eskelin Doug Jung Mark Griffin Aaron Cooper Rene Alvarez Kirk Hyman Steve Fickes Ken Liedes Chuck Rupenthal Roy Wells Skip Dove Joe Deveaux John Gibson

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Gross 75 78 80 82 83 84 86 86 88 88 89 89 90 91 93 94 97 106

Net 71 69 76 73 75 77 78 76 76 79 79 73 81 80 77 80 84 86

NFL Standings AMERICAN CONFERENCE East N.Y. Jets New England Miami Buffalo South Jacksonville Tennessee Houston Indianapolis North Baltimore Pittsburgh Cleveland Cincinnati West Denver Kansas City Oakland San Diego

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T Pct PF 0 1.000 38 0 .500 48 0 .500 30 0 .333 49

PA 27 58 30 54

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30 47 39 40

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33 36 13 66

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16 39 36 48

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W N.Y. Giants 3 Washington 1 Dallas 0 Philadelphia 0 South New Orleans 2 Atlanta 1 Carolina 0 Tampa Bay 0 North Chicago 2 Minnesota 2 Detroit 1 Green Bay 1 West Arizona 1 Seattle 1 San Francisco 0 St. Louis 0

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T Pct PF 0 1.000 64 0 1.000 23 0 .000 37 0 .000 63

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Friday’s Games New England 42, Philadelphia 35 New Orleans 31, Tennessee 24 Seattle 41, San Diego 14 Oakland 27, Detroit 26 Saturday’s Games Green Bay 21, St. Louis 7 Baltimore 37, Dallas 30 N.Y. Giants 27, Indianapolis 26 N.Y. Jets 25, Cincinnati 17 Pittsburgh 19, Buffalo 16 Miami 20, Tampa Bay 14 Houston 32, Atlanta 7 Minnesota 30, Arizona 28 Sunday’s Games Denver at San Francisco, Noon Kansas City at Carolina, 4 p.m.

Monday’s Game Cleveland at Washington, 4 p.m.

All Times ADT

Baseball AL Standings

East Division W Baltimore 69 Toronto 64 New York 62 Tampa Bay 61 Boston 56 Central Division Kansas City 67 Detroit 66 Cleveland 62 Chicago 58 Minnesota 55 West Division Los Angeles 72 Oakland 73 Seattle 66 Houston 51 Texas 47

L 52 60 59 62 66

Pct GB .570 — .516 6½ .512 7 .496 9 .459 13½

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.549 — .545 ½ .508 5 .472 9½ .455 11½

49 50 56 73 76

.595 — .593 — .541 6½ .411 22½ .382 26

Friday’s Games Cleveland 2, Baltimore 1, 11 innings

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

Seattle (C.Young 11-6) at Detroit (Ray 1-2), 9:08 a.m.

Houston (McHugh 5-9) at Boston (J.Kelly 0-0), 9:35 a.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 7-8) at Tampa Bay (Hellickson 1-1), 9:40 a.m.

Kansas City (Guthrie 8-10) at Minnesota (Milone 6-3), 10:10 a.m.

Toronto (Hutchison 8-10) at Chicago White Sox (Carroll 4-7), 10:10 a.m.

L.A. Angels (H.Santiago 3-7) at Texas (Tepesch 4-7), 11:05 a.m.

Oakland (Lester 13-7) at Atlanta (Minor 4-8), 4:05 p.m.

All Times ADT

NL Standings

East Division W Washington 68 Atlanta 63 Miami 61 New York 59 Philadelphia 54 Central Division Milwaukee 69 St. Louis 65 Pittsburgh 64 Cincinnati 61 Chicago 52 West Division Los Angeles 70 San Francisco 64 San Diego 58 Arizona 53 Colorado 47

L 53 60 62 65 69

Pct GB .562 — .512 6 .496 8 .476 10½ .439 15

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.556 .533 .520 .500 .426

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.560 — .525 4½ .475 10½ .431 16 .385 21½

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Friday’s Games Washington 5, Pittsburgh 4 Arizona 3, Miami 2 N.Y. Mets 3, Chicago Cubs 2 Atlanta 7, Oakland 2 St. Louis 4, San Diego 2 Cincinnati 3, Colorado 2 Milwaukee 6, L.A. Dodgers 3 Philadelphia 5, San Francisco 3, 10 innings Saturday’s Games San Francisco 6, Philadelphia 5 Washington 4, Pittsburgh 3 Miami 2, Arizona 1 N.Y. Mets 7, Chicago Cubs 3 Atlanta 4, Oakland 3 San Diego 9, St. Louis 5 Cincinnati at Colorado, ppd., water main break Milwaukee 3, L.A. Dodgers 2 Sunday’s Games Arizona (Collmenter 8-6) at Miami (Koehler 8-9), 9:10 a.m.

Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 6-4) at N.Y. Mets (R.Montero 0-3), 9:10 a.m.

San Diego (Despaigne 3-3) at St. Louis (Wainwright 14-7), 10:15 a.m.

Philadelphia (D.Buchanan 6-6) at San Francisco (Lincecum 9-8), 12:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Latos 4-3) at Colorado (Lyles 6-1), 12:10 p.m., 1st game Milwaukee (W.Peralta 14-7) at L.A. Dodgers (Haren 10-9), 12:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Volquez 10-7) at Washington (Fister 12-3), 1:05 p.m.

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Oakland (Lester 13-7) at Atlanta (Minor 4-8), 4:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Axelrod 0-0) at Colorado (Flande 0-5), 5:10 p.m., 2nd game All Times ADT

Yankees 3, Rays 2 NY TB

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Greene, Kelley (7), Betances (8), Dav.Robertson (9) and Cervelli; Smyly, Boxberger (8), McGee (9) and Casali, J.Molina. W_Betances 5-0. L_McGee 3-1. Sv_Dav. Robertson (32). HRs_New York, Prado (2).

Indians 6, Orioles 0 Ba. Cle.

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U.Jimenez, McFarland (5), Brach (7), Tom.Hunter (8) and C.Joseph; Carrasco, C.Lee (8), Hagadone (9), Shaw (9) and Y.Gomes. W_ Carrasco 5-4. L_U.Jimenez 4-9.

HRs_Cleveland, C.Santana (21), Brantley (18).

Tigers 4, Mariners 2 Se. Det.

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F.Hernandez, Maurer (6), Beimel (7) and Zunino; Price, Nathan (9) and Avila. W_Price 12-8. L_F. Hernandez 13-4. Sv_Nathan (25).

HRs_Detroit, Castellanos (10).

Red Sox 10, Astros 7 Hou. 212 100 001—7 12 Bos. 012 040 03x—10 13

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Peacock, Fields (5), K.Chapman (6), J.Buchanan (8) and J.Castro; R.De La Rosa, A.Wilson (5), Layne (7), Badenhop (7), Uehara (9) and Vazquez. W_A.Wilson 1-0. L_Fields 2-6. HRs_Houston, Carter (29), J.Castro (12). Boston, D.Ortiz 2 (28).

Twins 4, Royals 1 KC Min.

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Ventura, Bueno (7), Crow (8) and S.Perez; P.Hughes, Fien (8), Perkins (9) and K.Suzuki. W_P. Hughes 13-8. L_Ventura 9-9.

Sv_Perkins (31). HRs_Minnesota, K.Suzuki (3).

Blue Jays 6, White Sox 3 Tor. Chi.

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Buehrle, McGowan (6), Cecil (6), Aa.Sanchez (7), Janssen (9) and D.Navarro; Joh.Danks, Lindstrom (7), Surkamp (8), Belisario (9) and Flowers. W_Cecil 1-3. L_Lindstrom 2-2. Sv_Janssen (19).

Angels 5, Rangers 4 LA Tex.

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Shoemaker, Morin (6), Grilli (7), J.Smith (8), Street (9) and Iannetta; Lewis, Klein (7), Cotts (8), Mendez (9) and Chirinos. W_ Shoemaker 11-4. L_Lewis 8-10.

Sv_Street (9). HRs_Los Angeles, Pujols (23), H.Kendrick (5). Texas, Choo (12).

Braves 4, Athletics 3 Oa. Atl.

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Gray, Otero (6), Abad (7), Cook (7) and Jaso; Teheran, D.Carpenter

(7), J.Walden (8), Kimbrel (9) and Gattis. W_Teheran 11-9. L_Gray 12-7. Sv_Kimbrel (36). HRs_Oakland, Vogt (8), Jaso (9).

Giants 6, Phillies 5 Phi. SF

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K.Kendrick, Hollands (6), De Fratus (6), Bastardo (7), Diekman (8) and Nieves; T.Hudson, J.Gutierrez (5), J.Lopez (6), Machi (7), Affeldt (8), Romo (9) and Posey. W_Affeldt 3-1. L_Bastardo 5-7. Sv_ Romo (23). HRs_San Francisco, Pence (16).

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Locke, J.Hughes (6), Watson (8), Ju.Wilson (9) and R.Martin; G.Gonzalez, Stammen (6), Thornton (9) and W.Ramos. W_ Thornton 1-0. L_Ju.Wilson 3-3.

HRs_Washington, LaRoche (18).

Mets 7, Cubs 3 Chi. NY

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Straily, Fujikawa (6), W.Wright (6), Villanueva (7) and Castillo; Niese, Black (7), Familia (8), Carlyle (9) and d’Arnaud. W_Niese 7-8. L_ Straily 0-1. HRs_Chicago, Castillo (9), Ruggiano (5).

Marlins 2, Diamondbacks 1 Ari. Mia.

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Miley, E.Marshall (8) and M.Montero; H.Alvarez, M.Dunn (8), Cishek (9) and Mathis. W_H. Alvarez 9-5. L_Miley 7-9. Sv_ Cishek (31).

Padres 9, Cardinals 5 SD SL

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Hahn, A.Torres (6), Vincent (7), Thayer (8), Quackenbush (9) and Grandal; S.Miller, Siegrist (7), Greenwood (7), Choate (9) and Pierzynski. W_A.Torres 2-1.

L_Siegrist 1-3. HRs_San Diego, Gyorko (8).

Brewers 3, Angels 2 Mil. LA

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Gallardo, Fr.Rodriguez (9) and Lucroy; Kershaw and A.Ellis. W_ Gallardo 8-6. L_Kershaw 14-3.

Sv_Fr.Rodriguez (38). HRs_Milwaukee, Braun (15), C.Gomez (19). Los Angeles, Kemp (15).

Transactions BASEBALL American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Placed OF Moises Sierra on the 15-day DL and RHP Javy Guerra on the bereavement list. Designated LHP Charlie Leesman for assignment.

Reinstated OF Avisail Garcia from the 60-day DL. Recalled LHP Eric Surkamp from Charlotte (IL).

DETROIT TIGERS — Purchased the contract RHP Jim Johnson from Toledo (IL). Optioned RHP Melvin Mercedes to Toledo.

HOUSTON ASTROS — Optioned OF L.J Hoes to Oklahoma City (PCL). Recalled LHP Kevin Chapman from Oklahoma City.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Op-

tioned RHP Vinnie Pestano to Salt Lake (PCL). Reinstated RHP Mike Morin from the 15-day DL. TAMPA BAY RAYS — Optioned RHP Brandon Gomes to Durham (IL). Recalled 1B Vince Belnome from Durham. Sent OF David DeJesus to GCL Rays for a rehab assignment.

TEXAS RANGERS — Traded RHP Justin Germano to the L.A. Dodgers for future considerations.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Optioned RHP Chad Jenkins to Buffalo (IL). Recalled RHP Kyle Drabek from Buffalo. Sent 1B Dan Johnson to Buffalo for a rehab assignment.

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Traded RHP Blake Cooper to the Chicago Cubs for OF Brett Jackson, and optioned Jackson to Reno (PCL).

ATLANTA BRAVES — Agreed to terms with 2B Donnie Murphy on a minor league contract. Sent RHP Shae Simmons to Gwinnett (IL) for a rehab assignment.

CHICAGO CUBS — Optioned OF Junior Lake to Iowa (PCL). Recalled RHP Dan Straily from Iowa.

CINCINNATI REDS — Placed RHP Homer Bailey on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 8. Transferred 1B Joey Votto to the 60-day DL. Selected the contract of RHP Dylan Axelrod from Louisville (IL).

COLORADO ROCKIES — Placed RHP Tommy Kahnle on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Wednesday. Optioned INF Ben Paulsen to Colorado Springs (PCL). Reinstated OF Michael Cuddyer from the 60-day DL. Recalled RHP Brooks Brown from Colorado Springs. Transferred LHP Brett Anderson to the 60-day DL. LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Placed LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu and 3B Juan Uribe on the 15-day DL, Ryu retroactive to Thursday. Recalled RHP Pedro Baez from Albuquerque (PCL). Agreed to terms with RHP Anthony Slama on a minor league contract.

MIAMI MARLINS — Optioned RHP Anthony DeSclafani to New Orleans (PCL). Reinstated RHP Henderson Alvarez from the 15-day DL. Sent 2B Derek Dietrich to Jupiter (FSL) for a rehab assignment.

NEW YORK METS — Released OF Chris Young. Sent RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka to Binghamton (EL) for a rehab assignment.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Placed RHP Stolmy Pimentel on the 15day DL, retroactive to Thursday.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Signed RHP Franklyn Lopez.

FOOTBALL National Football League CHICAGO BEARS — Terminated the contract of WR Eric Weems.

Signed WR Santonio Holmes to a one-year contract.

DALLAS COWBOYS — Placed DB Korey Lindsey on injured reserve.

Released TE Dallas Walker. Signed TE Asa Watson.

DETROIT LIONS — Released LB Justin Jackson. Signed LB Shamari Benton.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Placed FB Bradie Ewing on the waived/injured list. Released WR Chad Hall. Signed FB Harvey Unga and OT Cody Booth.

MIAMI DOLPHINS — Released PK Danny Hrapmann. Signed PK John Potter.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Signed LS Luke Ingram.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Placed DT Jibreel Black on injured reserve.

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Notre Dame’s Kelly defends recruiting TOM COYNE Associated Press

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly on Saturday dismissed talk that he needs to do a better job of recruiting players who are better students to avoid the academic problems that have plagued the football program for the past 15 months.

“I think we’ve brought in the right young men,” he said. “I think we have to continue to do a better job educating them. We have to do a better job of providing the resources.”

The news conference was the first time Kelly talked to the media since the university announced a day earlier that starting cornerback KeiVarae Russell, leading returning receiver DaVaris Daniels, defensive end Ishaq Williams and backup linebacker Kendall Moore were being withheld from practices and games until the university completes an investigation into whether papers and homework they turned in were completed by others.

Kelly said none one involved in the investigation has asked to talk to him or his staff. He cautioned against assuming the players are guilty, saying the investigation is ongoing.

Kelly said it’s his job as head coach to create an environment where players know they can’t cut corners.

“If you let your players do whatever they want and they feel like they’re not accountable, then I don’t think you should be a head coach,” he said. “I think if you create an environment and you lay out the expectations of your program and their not met, then they should be held accountable.”

“Look, this is never a one-sided issue. We have to internally look at providing our student-athletes all of the resources necessary that, if

in fact if they took shortcuts, that they don’t. We have to look hard at that,” he said.

Players know the high standards of Notre Dame, Kelly said, adding that his rules of conduct for players are posted in the locker room: “Treat women with respect, don’t cheat, don’t lie and don’t steal.”

Kelly said he doesn’t have any more information about the investigation than what the university announced at the news conference Friday, saying as a coach he will be “on the outside looking in.”

He said his reaction to the news was “shock and disappointment.”

But Kelly said he’s proud that Notre Dame has high standards, saying it’s one of the reason he accepted the job.

“We don’t look the other way,” he said.

The players were informed Friday about the investigation and Kelly said he hasn’t talked with them since.

The Irish, who open the season against Rice on Aug. 30, have faced other academic problems. Starting quarterback Everett Golson missed last season because of academic impropriety and Daniels sat out the spring semester. Kelly described them as “good kids who made bad decisions.”

If the players aren’t allowed to return this season as a result of the investigation, it will be difficult to overcome, Kelly said.

“As players, you don’t replace KeiVarae Russell.

He’s one of the best corners we’ve had here in some time. But we’ll find a way,” he said. “You don’t replace a guy like that.”

Replacing Daniels also will be a challenge, but Kelly said the Irish have depth at receiver.

“We’re going to have to count on other players to step up and do the job for us,” he said.

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The Mariners opened their season with a loss to smallschools opponent Eielson Saturday in Fairbanks.

After Eielson took the lead first, Homer stole it away almost immediately with an 84yard return by Connor Seay, followed by a two-point conversion run by quarterback Sheldon Hutt.

Eielson scored three times in the second quarter — including two touchdowns from Anthony Griffith — to distance itself.

Josh Fisk added a touchdown on a two-yard run in the fourth quarter for Homer.

Seward 14, Houston 7 The Seahawks opened their season with a win over the newly-independent Hawks Saturday in Seward.

Preston Atwood ran the ball porter Jeremiah Bartz contribfor Seward’s first score in the uted to this report. first quarter, which was folSTARS 53, WOLVES 6 lowed by Rhett Sieverts grabSoldotna 26 0 0 —53 bing the 2-point pass conver- Eagle River 27 6 0 0 0 —6 sion for an 8-0 first quarter First Quarter lead. Quarterback Alex Pahno Sol ­— Gibbs 31 pass from Furlong (Ackerthen added a touchdown in the man kick), 9:38 — Gibbs 45 run (Ackerman kick), 7:02 second quarter to give Seward a Sol ER — Banks 58 run (pass failed), 5:31 Sol — Gibbs 40 run (Ackerman kick), 4:26 14-0 halftime lead.

— Walden 7 pass from Furlong (kick Vanu Mose, among a num- Sol blocked), 2:48 ber of new Houston starters, Second Quarter rushed for 87 yards on 11 car- Sol — Blumentritt 3 run (kick blocked), ries in the loss. Mose scored 10:57 Sol — Fenton 57 run (kick missed), 9:11 on a 14-yard run in the third Sol — Blumentritt 33 run (Ackerman kick), quarter, but Seward held its op- 8:05 ponent in check the rest of the Sol — Gibbs 14 run (Ackerman kick), 6:21 Soldotna Eagle River way, standing strong on a few First downs 13 6 redzone attempts by Houston Rushes-yards 46-413 22-53 in the second half, according Passing yards 38 85 20 0 to Seward athletic director Al Return yards Passes 2-3-0 10-19-1 Plan.

Punts 0-0.0 4-26.0 Houston hosts its home Fumbles-lost 1-0 3-2 3-30 4-20 opener against defending small Penalties-yards INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS schools state champion Nikiski RUSHING — Soldotna: Gibbs 7-146, FenFriday at 7 p.m. at HHS. ton 8-113, Blumentritt 6-73, Chavez 8-33, Complete statistics were not Winter 2-16, Prior 3-16, Jones 3-16, Furlong 6-(-9). Eagle River: Banks 9-67, Wilson available as of press time.

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PASSING — Soldotna: Furlong 2-3-0—38.

Eagle River: Thompson 6-12-0—58, Heagy 4-6-0—27, Clark 0-1-1—0.

RECEIVING — Soldotna: Gibbs 1-31, Walden 1-7. Eagle River: Keith 4-44, Barnes 4-34, Banks 1-4, Wilson 1-3.

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Rookie Buescher notches 1st Nationwide victory LEXINGTON, Ohio (AP) — As the laps dwindled, Chris Buescher’s anxiety rose. The 21-year-old rookie was leading the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car

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Nationwide Children’s Hospital 200 on Saturday for his first victory. “I found myself on every straightaway just telling myself to relax a little bit.”

Buescher took the lead on the

68th of 90 laps and sipped fuel the rest of the way to hold off Regan Smith and Brian Scott.

Smith, in particular, was waiting for Buescher to run out of gas.

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Nassib leads Giants to comeback win over Colts tive plays and Ryan Fitzpatrick threw a 20 for 177 yards, found Allen Reisner for a touchdown pass to DeVier Posey in the short touchdown and Jarius Wright for the Houston’s win over Atlanta.

2-point conversion with 7:57 left.

Clowney, the top overall pick in the draft, smacked down Atlanta’s Antone STEELERS 19, BILLS 16 Smith for a 2-yard loss and then sacked Matt Ryan on the Falcons’ second series.

PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger threw two touchdown passes in less than a half of work and Pittsburgh beat Buffalo.

VIKINGS 30, CARDINALS 28 Roethlisberger hit Antonio Brown for MINNEAPOLIS — Teddy Bridgewater a 76-yard score on Pittsburgh’s second gave the giddy fans chanting his first name play from scrimmage and found Markus a pair of go-ahead touchdown throws to Wheaton for a 16-yard strike to help the cheer for in the fourth quarter, giving Min- Steelers (1-1) won a preseason game for the first time in nearly two years. nesota a victory over Arizona.

Roethlisberger finished 8 of 11 for Bridgewater floated a back-shoulder fade pass from 2 yards out to Rodney 128 yards and the two scores. Shaun SuSmith with 18 seconds remaining for the isham’s 20-yard field goal as time expired lead, after the Cardinals (1-1) had gone ended Pittsburgh’s five-game losing streak ahead on a bizarre fourth-down score in exhibitions. about a minute earlier.

On that final drive, Bridgewater comTEXANS 32, FALCONS 7 PACKERS 21, RAMS 7 pleted six of seven passes for 77 yards HOUSTON — Jadeveon Clowney for Minnesota (2-0). The first-round draft ST. LOUIS — Aaron Rodgers and Sam made big hits behind the line on consecu- pick from Louisville, who finished 16 for Bradford each threw a touchdown pass in

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INDIANAPOLIS — Ryan Nassib led the New York Giants to two touchdowns in the final four minutes, completing a huge fourth-quarter comeback with a 27-26 victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Saturday night.

New York trailed 26-0 early in the fourth, but the Colts couldn’t hold on.

Former Indy quarterback Curtis Painter finally got New York on the board with a 3-yard TD pass to Kellen Davis. Sixteen seconds later, Spencer Adkins recovered a Colts fumble in the end zone to make it 26-14. Michael Cox then scored on a 2-yard run with 3:59 to go, and Nassib hooked up with Corey Washington on a 6-yard TD pass with 55 seconds to go.

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of Oakland, which lost at Atlanta.

Los Angeles has won nine in a row over Texas, tying the series record set in 1985 and matched a year later.

NATIONALS 4, PIRATES 3 WASHINGTON — Wilson Ramos drove in the winning run with a ground-rule double in the bottom of the ninth inning after Adam LaRoche tied it with a two-run homer it in the eighth, and Washington came back to beat the Pirates.

The NL East-leading Nationals won their fifth game in a row.

The Pirates dropped their fourth straight and have fallen to third place in the NL Central.

PADRES 9, CARDINALS 5 ST. LOUIS — Jedd Gyorko hit his third career grand slam and drove in five runs, sparking San Diego to the rain-delayed victory.

Gyorko’s eighth homer came on an 0-1 pitch from Kevin Siegrist (1-3) with one out in the seventh.

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TWINS 4, ROYALS 1 MINNEAPOLIS — Phil Hughes threw seven sharp innings, Kurt Suzuki hit his third homer of the season and the Twins beat firstplace Kansas City.

Hughes (13-8) allowed one run, seven hits and struck out six to outlast hard-throwing rookie Yordano Ventura (9-9), who threw six innings of one-hit ball before the Twins broke through in the seventh.

INDIANS 6, ORIOLES 0 CLEVELAND — Carlos Carrasco shut out AL East-leading Baltimore on three hits over seven innings, lifting the Indians over the Orioles.

Carlos Santana hit a three-run homer in the first off Ubaldo Jimenez (4-9) and Michael Brantley added a two-run shot in the fifth as the hot-and-cold Indians won for the fifth time in six games.

METS 7, CUBS 3 NEW YORK — Wilmer Flores provided a spark with his bat and glove, leading Jonathon Niese and the Mets to a victory over the Cubs.

Juan Lagares drove in two runs and reliever Vic Black escaped a major jam unscathed to keep New York in control after Niese (7-8) exited. Star third baseman David Wright also was removed in the seventh, one inning after he was hit in the upper back by an 88 mph fastball from Dan Straily.

MARLINS 2, DIAMONDBACKS 1 MIAMI — Henderson Alvarez made a successful return to the mound after missing two starts, pitching seven strong innings and leading the Marlins over the Diamondbacks.

GIANTS 6, PHILLIES 5 SAN FRANCISCO — Gregor Blanco hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the eighth inning, helping the Giants rally for a victory over the Phillies.

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Michael Sam played in the second half and got his first sack of the preseason, dropping Matt Flynn for a 10-yard loss in the fourth quarter to force a 49-yard field goal by Mason Crosby. Sam had a tackle earlier in that series.

Rodgers was 11 for 13 for 128 yards and a 3-yard score to Randall Cobb in a no-huddle offense on the opening series.

game since he signed a six-year contract extension.

RAVENS 37, COWBOYS 30

ARLINGTON, Texas — Deonte Thompson returned a kickoff 108 yards for a score after Dallas’ Tony Romo threw a touchdown pass in his first game since back surgery last season, and Joe Flacco led three scoring drives in Baltimore’s preseason victory.

The Ravens (2-0) also got a 26-yard fumble return for a touchdown when JETS 25, BENGALS 17 Courtney Upshaw picked up a botched CINCINNATI — Andy Dalton com- handoff from Romo and stayed on his feet pleted all eight of his passes and led the while Romo tried to drag him down by his Bengals to a pair of touchdowns and a jersey. field goal during three impressive series before New York’s reserves rallied for a DOLPHINS 20, BUCCANEERS 14 preseason victory.

TAMPA, Fla. — Backup quarterback It was Dalton’s first game at Paul Brown Stadium since his turnover-filled Matt Moore led Miami on two touchdown 27-10 loss to San Diego in the opening drives in a preseason victory over Tampa round of the playoffs. Also, his first home Bay.

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tougher.”

The Bulldogs were led by a three-headed ground attack of seniors Christian Riddall and Nico Castro and junior Luke Johnson. Castro used lightningquick agility to pile up 122 rushing yards and two touchdowns, while Riddall and Johnson used brute strength to do most of their damage. Riddall carried the ball for 141 yards and a touchdown and Johnson ran for 108 yards. Nathan Carstens added 46 rushing yards and a touchdown as well.

“Those are four kids that have been in the program and know what we’re trying to do,” Riddall said. “It’s pretty solid when you have a stable full of running backs, instead of just one kid.”

Even though the final result looked a bit lopsided, Nikiski’s victory wasn’t a stroll through the park. The host team had to deal with Thunder Mountain junior Tevita Maka, a heavyweight bruiser of a running back who piled up 137 rushing yards on the day, many of those coming with Nikiski linemen on his back.

“He was outstanding,” said Thunder Mountain coach Jeep Rice. “If we had two or three more (big plays) we might’ve won this game, or at least had a better shot at it.”

With Maka leading the way, the Falcons racked up 223 total rushing yards.

“If you don’t hit him low,

you’re going for a ride,” Riddall said. “Most of them went for a ride.”

Johnson said Maka was the biggest running back that he has ever had to deal with.

“Basically, once they started giving him the ball and he was getting most of the yards, we knew they’d keep coming back to him,” Johnson said. “It was just reading him most of the time and going in low, otherwise he was just gonna run over the top of you.”

It looked like Nikiski would be in for a challenge early on, as Thunder Mountain drove downfield on its opening possession and took the lead on a 30-yard field goal by Riley Olsen. On Nikiski’s ensuing possession, the Bulldogs turned the ball over on downs on the Falcons’ 30-yard line.

“It was toe to toe with them,” Riddall said. “I was like, OK, we were tightening up a little bit.”

After Thunder Mountain went three-and-out to punt, Nikiski began finding its stride, taking the ball on a 10-play, 78-yard drive that ended with Riddall punching through for a 1-yard touchdown score early in the second quarter.

The Falcons responded with a possession that ended with another 30-yard field-goal attempt, only this one never took off due to a fumbled snap. The mistake was followed up with a quick Nikiski drive that was helped by a horsecollar tackle penalty from Thunder Mountain that, when combined with a 31-yard romp by Riddall, moved the Bulldogs from their

own 44-yard line to the Falcons’ 11. On the first play from the 11, Castro ran the ball into the end zone to put Nikiski up 14-3 with almost 7 1-2 minutes left in the first half.

After Thunder Mountain turned the ball over on downs on Nikiski’s 1-yard line, the Bulldogs had a tough time moving the pigskin, necessitating a punt in their own end zone. But coach Riddall knew better than to risk Thunder Mountain getting a jump on their next possession, so Nikiski deliberately snapped the ball out of the end zone, resulting in a safety for Thunder Mountain.

However, any momentum that the visitors thought they had was extinguished late in the first half. After Thunder Mountain turned the ball over on downs, Nikiski — aided by a 47-yard scamper from Johnson — set up shop on Thunder Mountain’s 16-yard line with 3.3 seconds left in the half. On the final play, Anderson lofted a pass to Hunter Holloway, who was running a fade route into the end zone, with zeros on the clock, giving Nikiski a 20-5 halftime lead.

“I trust Hunter a lot, and I knew he’d go get it so I just threw it up there, and he did,” Anderson said. “The play we called meant Hunter was running a fade to the end zone, so it was easy for me.”

Anderson ended the day completing 6 of 11 passes for 118 yards and two touchdowns.

“I really don’t notice the yards because coach Ander-

son was saying 4 yards was enough and most of the time we were getting 4 yards a play,” Anderson said. “We had a couple big plays, but most of the time we were just chunking it.”

On Nikiski’s opening possession of the second half, Nathan Carstens took advantage of some well-timed blocks to run the ball 36 yards to the house, extending Nikiski’s lead to 27-5.

Nikiski’s second-half scores included a 37-yard bomb from Anderson to Dylan Broussard on a fourth-down attempt, and a 70-yard sprint by Castro on the opening play from scrimmage on the Bulldogs’ second-to-last possession.

With the first win in the books, Nikiski can now turn its attention to their next contest, an Aug. 30 road trip to Monroe-Catholic in a rematch of last year’s state championship game.

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Thunder Mountain’s Fletcher Sebens tries to avoid the tackle of Nikiski’s Nathan Carstens on Saturday in Nikiski.

Nikiski First downs 16 Rushes-yards 45-402 Passing yards 118 Return yards 32 Passes 6-11-2 Punts 2-80 Fumbles-lost 2-1 Penalties-yards 5-28 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

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RUSHING — Nikiski: Riddall 14-141, Castro 13-122, Johnson 10-108, Carstens 5-46, Anderson 1-(-10), Jackson 1-(-3), Cooper 1-(-2). Thunder Mountain: Maka 20-137, Sebens 9-44, Sumerlot 8-48, Taylor 4-(-3), Bear-Clark 1-(-3).

PASSING — Nikiski: Anderson 6-11-2—118.

Thunder Mountain: Sebens 6-14-1—100.

RECEIVING — Nikiski: Holloway 2-40, Broussard 1-37, Riddall 2-21, Johnson 1-20.

Thunder Mountain: Maka 1-9, Olsen 1-28, LeBlanc-Tweedy 2-19, Martin 1-27.

Rose gets Chicago cheers as Team USA wins ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer

CHICAGO — The roars for Derrick Rose started with the pregame introductions and did not fade until the final buzzer.

The Chicago Bulls superstar was back on his court, back in his element.

Rose showed some of his old explosiveness, fellow Chicago product Anthony Davis scored 20 points, and the U.S. beat Brazil 95-78 on Saturday night in a tuneup for the World Cup of Basketball.

With deafening cheers rocking the arena, Rose looked like an MVP at times even if he

only had seven points. He also seemed happy to defer to his teammates in his first appearance at the United Center since his latest season-ending knee injury.

“I think everybody’s excited,” Rose said. “It was cool. At the same time, I can’t get big-headed about it or anything like that. I’ve just got to keep poised.”

What he needs to be is the player he was — or close to it —before the knee injuries started to pile up. A torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee and a torn meniscus in his right knee two of the past three seasons derailed a rocketing rise from the city’s South Side to the No. 1 pick in the draft and stardom with his hometown

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The Bulls are counting on Rose to lead them back to contention in the Eastern Conference after they added some key pieces, including Pau Gasol.

“For Derrick, there are so many positives for this,” said Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau, a U.S. assistant. “He shakes the rust off. He has a tremendous amount of pride. It’s something that he wants to do and believes that he should do.

I think this will be great preparation for the season.”

Davis, who like Rose grew up on Chicago’s South Side, dominated down the stretch, and the U.S. pulled away after Brazil kept it close for

three quarters.

With a five-point lead going into the fourth, the U.S. went on a 14-2 run to break open a 6863 game.

Klay Thompson nailed a 3-pointer to start it, and Davis took over.

He hit two free throws and blocked a shot by Larry Taylor, leading to a three-point play for James Harden.

Davis then threw down an alley-oop dunk to make it a 15-point game, and after Leandro Barbosa scored for Brazil, he nailed a jumper.

Harden (18 points) finished the run with two free throws, making it 82-65.

Tiago Splitter scored 16 for Brazil.

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chool is here. I’m a stay-at-home mother with two kids going into school this week. As tame as the subject sounds, it’s my life and very real.

My son is half size, so he goes to school half time. My daughter is full size (we share shoes), so she goes full time.

Adjusting to 9 months of routine after 3 months of vacation is rough, but will eventually become welcomed.

Depending on the subject matter, I’m the kind of person that doesn’t deal with “change” very well. I believe in changing diapers. I believe in changing viewpoints.

I don’t believe in changing my usual order of coffee. I don’t believe Homer doesn’t have the Alaska Wild Berry Store anymore. That kind of change is disturbing. I can’t even talk about change without making a face like something stinks. Unless it’s improving the quality of something, change stinks. It takes a lot of perspective to realize the dirty word change isn’t scary, but can mean adventure. Doesn’t mean being out of control, but instead experiencing something new.

In my case, I feel like school is honing in on our family time and is the official stamp on the package saying that summer is over. I’m in mourning, but in no time will embrace it.

The life of a stay-at-home mom changes often. Like, all the time. We get promoted from nursing our babies to feeding them with spoons. From handing them a toy to pushing play on the DVD player.

From cleaning up uncontrollable bodily functions to assisting in toilet training.

We’re basically teachers. Even when we don’t mean to be. Your kid said a naughty word? Think they learned it on Sesame Street? Or by the sharp edge of the coffee table that sticks out when you run into it?

I wish when I stubbed my toe I’d shout “hallelujah”.

Now they’re older and have a professional teacher. You pray they repeat nice words. The kids are old enough to take responsibility as human beings and make their own choices, especially in school.

The undertones of that kind of pressure linger, so most parents care and work hard to establish good habits.

When you’re a stay-at-home mom and the kids go to school, there is a special conversation people like to have about your life. It goes from nonchalant to defending your existence. What do you do when your kids aren’t home? You basically just sit around? Nailed it. I love hearing this. It makes me smile big and my hands start to tingle. It makes me feel a little crazy. Like a clown with a sledgehammer running through the hallway crazy. (Sorry for the imagery, just pretend he’s excited to fix a boat or something.)

I kindly reply that my nanny is gone so I have to pick up or drop off the kids for school and other activities. My seat filler is on vacay, so I end up sitting on the bleachers for so many hours a week, watching my kids practice and grow up.

Did you hear my chef ran away with the maid? I’m stuck grocery shopping and keeping the house clean. I will never know why, but four people is ten times the laundry and dishes. It’s a math problem that never makes sense. If you want to clean my home, that would be great! It would probably save me an entire day until I have to do it all over again. Where’s my handyman to pay bills, fix the dish washer, clean the raw chicken smell from the trunk of my car, and feed, bath, and clothe my kids? I have none of those people in my life. It’s all me, Amigo.

Truly, I enjoy the mom life and am not offended by others. I’m happy and honored to be in charge of a family and home. Even when I’m not good at it, it’s still a blast.

Here’s the thing: As school begins, a new system begins. The beginning of the year it’s all freshly sharpened pencils, new clothes, old desks, and happy nerves. Have faith in your kids. My husband and I are average people, so my daughter getting A’s was an anomaly. We’re living proof that two C averages can make an A-plus.

Have faith in your children’s abilities and don’t give up on your own. If you’re a mom and have kids at home, kids at school, kids in homeschool, take pride in your craft. Encourage them, but strengthen yourself. After you set up a curriculum or pack a cold lunch, don’t forget to take a break! The chores will always be there.

Just remember to take some time to relax.

Or did the chef and maid decide to come back?

Kasi McClure enjoys being a wife and mother of two in Kenai. She can be reached at columnkasi@gmail.com.

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Births Kinsfather family welcomes early arrival Derek and Danielle Kinsfather of Nikiski announce the birth of their son, Xander Lorenzo Kinsfather, at 3:37 p.m. on May 27, 2014, at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage.

He weighed 5 pounds, Xander Lorenzo 5.5 ounces and measured Kinsfather 17.5 inches. He joins a sister, 3-year-old Alexa Nevaeh Kinsfather. His grandparents are David and Fonda Valverde, and Bernadette and the late Jack Kinsfather. His parents note that Xander was born 5 weeks, 6 days premature and spent 2 weeks, 3 days in the Providence NICU before getting to come home.

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Dean’s List at Southwestern Oregon CommuFor more information, call 335-1251. nity College for the spring term. Students on the Dean’s List earn a GPA between 3.0 and 3.49.

Dimick named to Dean’s List at Virginia Tech Connor W. Dimick of Soldotna has been named to the Dean’s List at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, for the spring 2014 semester. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must attempt at least 12 credit hours graded on the A-F option and earn a 3.4 grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) during the semester. Dimick is a junior majoring in architecture in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies.

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Michael A. Lott, a 2012 Send it to us! graduate of Kenai Central Email your community events to news@penHigh School, graduated from insulaclarion.com, fax it to 283-3299, drop it off Universal Technical Institute at the Clarion office in Kenai at 150 Trading Bay in Phoenix, Arizona with an Drive (Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 Associates of Occupational p.m.) or mail your information to us at P.O. Box Studies Degree in Automo3009, Kenai AK 99611. tive Diesel Technology II Events, wedding, engagement and birth subon June 13, 2014. Michael missions may not be older than six months. Wedis the son of Michael J. and Michael A. Lott ding anniversary announcements are printed in Natasha Lott of Kenai. Mifive-year increments beginning with the 20th. chael returned home to Kenai The Community page is a way to highlight after graduation but his stay was brief as he was activities and events that happen with a photo. offered a job in state but out of town and began If your group or organization has a photo of an work June 16. event to share, submit the photo and the follow-

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Learning for Life Ways to enjoy garden-fresh vegetables I planted seven zucchini plants in my high tunnel; what was I thinking? Actually I was thinking Food Bank, friends, and freezer. One of the real pleasures of gardening is the sharing. When it comes time to use or preserve your zucchini, broccoli, or cabbage, we have publications for that.

The free publications include “Zucchini from A to Z”, “Best of Broccoli”, and “Sauerkraut”. The 15-page zucchini publication has information on preserving as well as using it in main dishes, side dishes, soups, breads, salads, and desserts. The broccoli publication has instructions for freezing and recipes.

“Sauerkraut” is all about how to make sauerkraut and a few recipes for using it.

Follow the Cooperative Extension Service, Health Home and Family Development program on Facebook for more information on food preservation and safety www.facebook.com/AlaskaExtensionFood.

Submitted by Linda Tannehill, UAF School of Natural Resources and Extension; Cooperative Extension Service, Health, Home and Family Development, Kenai Peninsula District.

Doused for a good cause Two Kenai firefighters assist Kenai resident Eric Trevino as he takes the Ice Bucket Challenge Wednesday.

Trevino, who accepted the challenge after a friend nominated him on Facebook, said he did it to help raise awareness for Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) disease. His mother Natalie Villegas and his daughter Genesis Trevino recorded the challenge.

Photo by Dan Balmer/ Peninsula Clarion

Mom, son find wooly mammoth tusks 22 years apart ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A man who was having little luck catching salmon decided to look for fossils over the weekend and found a wooly mammoth tusk in the same Alaska location where his mother found one 22 years ago.

Andrew Harrelson found the 12-foot fossilized tusk on Sunday in a bend of the Fish River near his home village of White Mountain about 63 miles east of Nome, the Alaska Dispatch News reported Wednesday.

Harrelson was 3 in 1992 when his mother, Luann Harrelson, spotted a 79-pound mammoth tusk fossil in the muck of the river. His father pulled it from the water and Andrew posed for a picture with it.

“This big, old log-looking thing,” he said. “I had no clue what it was until they told me.”

Harrelson’s father, Daniel Harrelson, said villagers previously found mammoth teeth at the site.

“I think at one point, thousands of years ago, it must have been a mud hole or something that animals got stuck in and then died in it,” Daniel Harrelson said. “Everything froze in there and then slowly, over time, thaws out a little bit year by year.”

On Sunday, Andrew Harrelson, who now lives in Nome, was fishing with his fiancee and two children in the river. He had caught just one coho salmon in two hours so he decided to look for tusks.

They arrived at the bend where his mother had found the tusk. Almost immediately, Harrelson saw the base of another tusk, covered by a stump. His fiancee, Renee Parker, looked on the other side of the boat and saw the tip of the fossil.

Harrelson drove his family back to White Mountain and returned with a relative. Together, they pried out the fossil. Back at White Mountain, he weighed it on a bathroom scale and it regis-

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In this photo taken Aug. 10, and provided by Andrew Harrelson, is Andrew Harrelson posing with a 12-foot fossilized tusk that he found in a bend of the Fish River near the village of White Mountain, about 63 miles east of Nome, Alaska.

tered 162 pounds.

Tusks of wooly mammoth range in age from 12,000 to 400,000 years old.

Dale Guthrie, a Quaternary Period paleontologist who retired from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, said the last glacial period in Alaska was about 18,000 years ago. Mainland mammoths died off by about 12,000 years ago, he said.

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They can fetch as much as $75 per pound.

Prospective buyers have been calling Harrelson to inquire about the tusk. The couple want to buy a home in Nome.

“I’m pretty sure he’s going to try to use the money for down payment for a house,” Daniel Harrelson said.

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Schrodinger’s cat dined on hamburger - or spaghetti As I got ready to go home one recent afternoon, I called my wife. She said that she had a package of ground beef and that it was my choice for supper: hamburgers or spaghetti.

Nothing beats a hamburger,” I said.

“But,” she interjected, “we don’t have buns, just plain loaf bread.”

“Hmmm, then spaghetti is always good,” I said. “They both sound great.”...

So, which one?”

“Surprise me,” I finally said. Whatever she cooks is good, so I was in safe hands.

For the next 20 minutes, as the miles rolled by, I thought about hamburgers and spaghetti and Schrödinger’s cat.

You probably recall Schrödinger’s cat from school, although you never saw the cat itself because it was just part of a thought experiment.

In the 1930s, the big thing to study was quan-

tum mechanics, which dealt with any radiation; and a vial of nasty acid probabilities affecting subatomic paror poison that could be spilled by the ticles. radiation?

The prevailing belief was the CoUntil you opened the box, you penhagen interpretation, pushed by wouldn’t know whether the cat was famed Danish physicist Niels Bohr, dead or alive. If atoms start decaying, who was no stranger to the people the acid would kill the cat. Otherwise, who built Savannah River Site. Bohrs’ the cat remains healthy. theory said that until subatomic activBohrs’ theory said the cat is both ity is actually observed or measured, alive and dead, because either possiit could yield opposing movements at Glynn Moore bility is equally true until you open the once. box. The cat is thus a ghost of sorts In 1935, Austrian physicist Erwin Schröding- until observation nails down its fate. er questioned that and skinned a figurative cat to (If you want to discuss quantum mechanics prove his point. beyond that cat, you’ll have to buy me a hamWhat if you put a cat into a sealed steel box, burger. Or spaghetti. Or both.)

Schrödinger theorized, along with a bit of a raAnyway, that is what occupied my mind as dioactive substance whose atoms might start de- I drove home. Until I walked into the kitchen, I caying at any time; a Geiger counter to measure had equal chances of dining on hamburger and

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She died two months later.

Eight months went by and I was having a particularly hard time one night. I prayed for a sign from God that she was in heaven and doing well.

The next day, Abigail Van Buren the day before Good Friday, I went to my mailbox. Inside was a postcard from my daughter. She had mailed it from Mexico the day before she returned. It was in mint condition and had been lost in the mail for 10 months.

The card read: “It is beautiful here. I’m OK. I miss you and love you, Mommy. Love, Brandi.” I was so happy and relieved! I was able to move on with my life after that. I signed up for college a few weeks later and earned my degree four years later.

Thank you, Abby, for letting me share my “miracle” with you.

— SHARON IN LOUISIANA DEAR SHARON: My goodness, you don’t have to thank me. Your letter moved me to the point of tears. Although I have printed many letters about pennies from heaven, this is the first time I have heard about a postcard. I’m glad it gave you the comfort and validation that you needed.

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Nurse objects when mother threatens girl with flu shot DEAR ABBY: I’m a nurse who has been providing flu vaccinations for customers in a big box store. Most of them regard us health care workers as people who want to keep them healthy. My problem is parents who use me as a threat of punishment for their kids.

I have had parents drag their screaming, crying kids over to me, telling them that if they don’t behave they are going to “make me” give them a shot. One woman pulled her daughter by the arm, sat her in the chair and said, “OK, give her a shot!” The little girl’s eyes filled with tears and she panicked.

I looked the woman in the eye and told her I didn’t appreciate her making her daughter afraid of me. I told the little one that sometimes we have to take medicine that might hurt us or taste bad, but ONLY because we hoped it would make her better. Then I assured her I wasn’t giving her a shot. The woman laughed nervously, said she was “just joking” and rushed her child away.

I worked hard to become a nurse and my goal is keeping people healthy. Parents: PLEASE don’t use health care workers as punishment. You’re not helping us to do our job when you can’t do yours.

— NOT THE BAD GUY IN CLINTON, TENN. DEAR NOT THE BAD GUY: It’s unfortunate, but some parents do this not only with health care workers, but also with police officers, and it’s an unbelievably stupid practice. To make a child fearful of the professionals they may at some point need is counterproductive and poor parenting. If a child is acting up and being disruptive in a public place, a better solution is to remove him or her from the premises until you have regained control of the situation.

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spaghetti that night. The proof was in the pudding, as they say.

If I had taken Schrödin­ger home for supper, of course, he would have pointed out that the meal was already being cooked and the decision made; it was only my lack of observation that seemed to give me a 50-50 chance at the dishes.

Both Schrödinger and Bohrs had won the Nobel Prize in physics for their atomic studies before the cat trick.

Both men are respected today. And maybe 1 percent of the population knows what they were even talking about. (I am not a 1 percenter.)

By the way, we had spaghetti that night. It was good.

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Jaqueline Bigar’s Stars A baby born today has a Sun in Leo and a Moon in Taurus if born before 6:21 p.m. (PDT). Afterward, the Moon will be in Gemini.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014: This year you reach out to others more often. In fact, your sensitivity to those in your immediate environment will remain high. You naturally add a lot to others’ lives. You also have entered a new life cycle. If you are single, you could meet someone quite special. Enjoy the few single days you have left! If you are attached, the two of you manifest an important mutual goal. You both are unusually excited about life. Others enjoy how open you are as a couple. GEMINI could overwhelm you with his or her chatter!

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) HHHHYou might need to check out an investment that could spice up your love life. It is likely that you will make your decision today, but only after you publicize your research on this matter. You could be surprised by others’ feedback.

Tonight: Why not take the first step?

This Week: Your actions count more than ever.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH With the Moon in your sign, your vibrations have a magical quality that calls to others. You might not be prepared for all this popularity. Get used to being appreciated. Tonight: Could you be getting jealous?

This Week: Be aware of how much others count on you.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH Make it OK to feel a bit off today. In fact, you might want to screen your calls and not be available to the majority of people. As the sun sets, your energy could change. Maybe then you’ll throw a party. Tonight: You are unstoppable.

This Week: Your personality attracts many people.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Friends might invite you to join them for brunch. A dreamy quality will surround you. Where you are or who you’re with will be irrelevant. Be careful, as your mind is working overtime, and you could wear yourself out. Tonight: You don’t need to be by yourself.

This Week: Each day will be a little better if you remain positive.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH You will be in charge of organizing others today, whether it is for church or for heading to the movies. Your social skills will be most appreciated. You might not get to relax until later in the afternoon. Don’t worry — you’ll make up for lost time. Tonight: Could be memorable.

This Week: Use Monday and Tuesday for key projects.

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HHHH Catch up on others’ news.You could be making quite a few long-distance calls. Plan to meet a friend halfway in the near future and spend some quality time together.

Don’t forget to meet up with a loved one for dinner or a movie later. Tonight: Paint the town red.

This Week: Pressure to deliver what others want remains high.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Keep your schedule focused on one particular person who means a lot to you. To have this relationship flourish, you’ll need plenty of one-on-one time together.

You are very different people who are able to appreciate and respect each other. Tonight: Be entertained.

This Week: Your social interactions could affect your finances.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Others will seek you out to the extent that you might not even have time to read the Sunday paper. You might want to screen your calls. If you want to invite someone to join you, then feel free to do so. Do not stand on ceremony. Tonight: Enjoy a lot of attention.

This Week: One-on-one interactions highlight the week.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH You might need to complete a project, help a relative paint a room or do some other activity this afternoon. You will be surprised at how much you’ll want to loosen up and socialize. You are likely to hear a lot of news all at once.

Tonight: Act as if it were Friday night.

This Week: Others dominate.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Your earthiness makes others feel at home, even if you are one of those Capricorns who is a formidable personality. Your sensitivity will emerge, which adds to others’ comfort. No one will feel challenged by you if you play it low-key. Tonight: Know when to call it a night.

This Week: Make sure you complete your work early on.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH You could be unusually driven to stay at home.

Don’t fight your mood. Curl up with a good book or take a snooze if you’d like. Thankfully, this need will not always be this strong. Tonight: Respond to an invitation and join your friends.

This Week: Do not allow a complicated situation to distract you!

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHHH Consider how much you have heard about a certain situation. Today, the chatter seems to continue, and you are likely to hear some intriguing facts and insights. You could be taken aback by someone’s wiriness and defiance. Tonight: Get some extra sleep.

This Week: A domestic matter dominates most of the week.

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

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

One hurdle remains: how to do a resume appropriately.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Make it a statement-a strong one.”

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

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Beautiful 3375sq.ft. home on 1.5 acres with an attached 2-car garage, a 1200sq.ft., heated, insulated shop, and a greenhouse. 4-bedrooms, 3-bathrooms, including a large master suite (15 x 25) with a jetted tub, 2-large bedrooms and one average size bedroom. The kitchen and dining areas have been updated with granite counter tops, laminate floors, lots of cabinets, and two pantries. French doors lead from the kitchen/ dining to the deck. Unfinished basement with water treatment system, boiler, on demand hot water, laundry, and lots of room for storage, a gym, or additional living space.

Oversize garage has a 10' counter with a built in utility sink which is great for processing fish and game. Located in Soldotna. $350,000.

Contact Steve (907)299-0461 or Nancy (907)953-0495 to make an appointment to see this home.

K-BEACH, SOLDOTNA Brand new executive suites 2/3 Bedrooms, 2-baths, washer/dryer, heated garage. No Smoking/ no pets. $1,300.

(907)398-9600

145-Ft. Kenai riverfront, mile from hospital/ businesses.

Quiet, beautiful, excellent for professional or someone who loves to fish. $550,000.

(907)262-4934

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.

HOME FOR SALE.

SOLDOTNA 2-bedroom, very nice & clean.

No Smoking/ No pets. $875./ plus electric.

(907)252-7242.

NIKISKI 3-Bedroom, 2.5-baths, large kitchen with island, wood burning stove, 2-car garage. approximately 2000sqft., on 2 acres. Very peaceful, a lot of wildlife. $310,000.

(907)776-8487, (907)394-1122

Apartments, Furnished 1-LARGE ROOM FULLY FURNISHED Soldotna, quiet setting, includes utilities.

(907)394-2543.

KENAI 1-Bedroom, furnished, heat, cable included.

No pets. $700. month.

(907)283-5203, (907)398-1642.

KENAI KEYS PRICE REDUCTION 4-Bedroom, 2-bath in gated community, with boat launch a stone’s throw.

ABOVE the flood plain.

Contemporary and scrupulously maintained 2 level home. A steal at $315,000.

NOW $295,000.

MLS# 12-12227

LONGMERE AREA 2-bedroom, Available now thru May 2015 No smoking/ pets.

Washer/dryer, WiFi, all utilities included, $850./ 1st & last month rent plus deposit.

(907)262-1790 (907)394-8685

McKay Investment Co.

(907)260-6675

Seasonal TOWNHOUSE Condominium On the River in Soldotna Fully furnished 1-bedroom, cable, from $880.

Utilities included.

No smoking/ pets.

(907)262-7835

Homes SOLDOTNA HOME for Sale. Two story 3-bedroom, 2.5-bath on a quiet cul-de-sac.

Garage and carport. fireplace. New roof & paint.

Close to schools.

Approximately 1,500sqft.

273 Arlington Ct. $220,000.

Paul (907)398-4773

Apartments, Unfurnished ALL TYPES OF RENTALS

Property Management and Oversight Division 170 N. Birch Suite 101, Soldotna (907)262-2522 Mary.Parske@century21.com www.Century21FreedomRealty.com

KENAI RIVER FRONT HOME. World-Class SALMON FISHING out your back door! 5-Bedroom, 3-Bath Ranch home, att, heated 4+ car gar. Open kitchen, dining/ living area with 5 picture windows all with views of the river! 112' RIVER frontage.

48' Aluminum dock with fish cleaning table/ sink/ water. Nat. Gas heat, Wood stove, Automatic backup generator. Landscaped yard with Fire Pit/ view of the Kenai Mtns.

For MORE INFO See: KENAIRIVERDREAM.blogspot.com Call: (907)252-4671 $749,000. FSBO

Multiple Dwelling

SOLDOTNA Furnished 1-Bedroom.

Shady Lane Apartments. $725. Heat & cable included. No pets.

(907)398-1642, (907)283-5203.

WOODLAND KENAI Family Home.

2300sqft. 3-bedroom 3-bath with 2-car garage on a large city lot with no development behind. Open floor plan, large basement, rock fireplace, remodeled bathroom, high ceilings, out building, and deck.

Close to schools, town, trails, beach, and parks!

--- A must see! $255,000.

Call (907)394-2546

Duplex K-Beach (W. Poppy) Duplex for Rent (or sale). Spacious 1100sqft. 3-Bedroom, 1-bath, garage, laundry.

COMPLETELY REMODELED... paint, flooring, kitchen.

Exterior to be painted this month. Excellent rental history. $1,450. to rent remodeled side.

Purchase for $268,000.

OBO. (907)252-9153.

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

Healthcare HELP NEEDED Live in caregiver, Experienced female preferred.

All expenses paid.

(907)598-1945

Real Estate For Sale Commercial Property Condominiums/Town Homes Farms/Ranches Homes Income Property Land Manufactured Mobile Homes Multiple Dwelling Out of Area for Sale Steel Building Vacation Property Wanted To Buy Waterfront Property

Any Business Any Service Any Time

News, Sports, Weather & More!

1-BEDROOM 900sq.ft.

Kenai home, fully furnished, $990./ month includes all utilities.

References required.

(907)953-2222, (907)398-9491, (907)394-2977

KENAI RIVER/ K-Beach (W. Poppy) Duplex for Sale or Rent.

Spacious 1100sqft. (x2), 3-Bedroom, 1-bath Garage, laundry. New bathrooms.

One COMPLETELY REMODELED... paint, flooring, kitchen. Exterior to be painted this month. Excellent rental history.

Currently rented one side month-to-month; remodeled side not rented. Perfect place to live and have other side pay most of your mortgage! $1,450. to rent remodeled side.

Purchase for $268,000. OBO. (907)252-9153.

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3-BEDROOM, 1.5-BATH 1500SqFt. Storage, washer/dryer, & Carport. Cats Only with/ $600. deposit.

NO DOGS. $1,025. Rent & Security .Deposit.

Tenants pay electric.

(907)335-1950

HOME & CABIN FOR SALE

Lake front home with float plane accessibility.

Quiet lake home for someone with many interests --- landscaping; animal raising (barn, tack room, chicken coop) art/handicraft studio (26 X 26) that could become separate bedrooms; lake for sailing, canoeing, kayaking, swimming; float plane accessible; two bedroom apartment for B & B; two car, heated garage; many, many possibilities. This unusual home is built into a hillside. The unique house kept expanding up the hill. All three stories are at ground level,with the main floor handicapped accessible. Windows everywhere. You live with nature. Built as close as possible to 5 Star requirements and to be as maintenance free as possible. It has cement siding, vinyl windows and storm doors. Seven miles south of Soldotna.

Priced for sale this summer at $367,000.

For appointment to see this home call Ruth at (907)262-9619 or Sharilyn at 5 Star (907)252-3163

Rentals

Apartments, Unfurnished

COMFORTABLE 1-Bedroom house, needs TLC but great deal at $71,500. OWC, with $3,000 down.

(907)855-0649 (760)567-7369

Recruiting will continue until a qualified applicant has been hired.

FSBO 53355 Tors Circle, Nikiski.

2-bedroom with addition, 1-bath.

1.06 acres $65,000. as is.

All appliances stay.

(907)776-7641

PRIVATE LOT. Protected slough, Castaway Cove.

Castaway Cove is a gated community with 24 hour access fo property owners. $57,500.

George (801)244-7285, (907)252-0946.

3-BEDROOM, 2-BATH Home.

Roommate wanted.

Sterling. Fully furnished. No pets. $700. month includes utilities/ dish. References required. Available immediately.

(907)229-2648

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KENAI RIVER HOME 5-Bedroom, 3-bath, furnished 2-Car Garage, $1,600./month No Pets, No Smoking.

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SOLDOTNA 2-Bedroom, 1.5-bath, washer/dryer, $975. plus utilities & deposit.

NO pets/ smoking, (907)242-9551, (907)277-4017.

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.

PENINSULA THAI MASSAGE

Thompsons’s/ Soldotna, next to Liberty Tax. (907)398-2073, (907)252-8053

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Prime Location 900, 1836, or 2736 sq.ft., utilities & snow removal included. Soldotna (907)260-5871, (907)398-4053

Financial Auctions Business for Sale Financial Opportunities Mortgages/Loans

Merchandise For Sale Antiques/Collectibles Appliances Audio/Video Building Supplies Computers Crafts/Holiday Items Electronics Exercise Equipment Firewood Food Furniture Garage Sales Heavy Equipment/ Farm Machinery Lawn/Garden Liquidation Machinery & Tools Miscellaneous Music Musical Instructions Office/Business Equipment Vacations/Tickets Wanted To Buy

THAI HOUSE MASSAGE

Located in Kenai Behind Wells Fargo/ stripmall. (907)252-6510 (907)741-1105,

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***GRAND OPENING*** A Summer massage open everyday call, texts.

(907)252-3985

Machinery & Tools DETROIT DIESEL Engines Marine.

Two 8V92 naturals no gears. One RTO about 5000 hours. The other about. 800 hours since overhaul everything good except block.

(907)399-1556

(907)395-7306.

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Recreation Aircrafts & Parts All-Terrain Vehicles Archery Bicycles Boat Supplies/Parts Boats & Sail Boats Boats Charter Boats Commercial Campers/Travel Trailers Fishing Guns Hunting Guide Service Kayaks Lodging Marine Motor Homes/RVs Snow Mobiles Sporting Goods

**ASIAN MASSAGE** Grand opening Happy Summer, enjoy hospitality anytime.

(907)398-8896

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Boats & Sail Boats ‘08 20FTt Alumaweld 8hp & 50hp Yamaha, low hours, electric motor lift, power wash down, fish holding tank, $23,000. OBO. (907)262-1497 20FT CUSTOM BUILT CABIN CRUISER 131 Volvo 280 outdrive, kitchen, dinette, sleeps two, 6ft.-plus cabin height, self-bailing. $28,500.

Soldotna.

(337)772-9944

Transportation Autos Classic/Custom Financing Motorcycles Parts & Accessories Rentals Repair & Services Sport Utilities, 4x4 Suburbans/Vans/ Buses Trucks Trucks: Commercial Trucks: Heavy Duty Trailers Vehicles Wanted

Classic/Custom 1931 MODEL A PICKUP Green & Black Restored. $20,000.

(907)953-0141 ‘93 COUGAR Needs paint, runs excellet.

New tires. $1,500.

(907)420-3917

Suburbans/ Vans/Buses ‘98 E350 Passenger Van. Super Clean. $3,500. Firm.

Jay (907)262-6076

**ASIAN MASSAGE** Grand Opening, Welcome Visitors, Fishermen, New customers.

(907)398-8874.

Bids INVITATION TO BID CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT N. KOBUK STREET AND SPRUCE AVENUE PAVING #C5NKO The Kenai Peninsula Borough Road Service Area hereby invites qualified firms to submit a firm price for acceptance by the Borough for N. Kobuk Street and Spruce Avenue Paving Capital Improvement Project #C5NKO. Project consists of furnishing all labor, materials, and equipment to upgrade approximately 1,300 feet of N. Kobuk Street requiring subgrade modification, drainage, clearing, ditching and roadbed widening. Project also includes paving N. Kobuk Street and Spruce Avenue, 1,534 Tons Type II Class B Asphalt and 1,584 Tons of D-1 Base.

A pre-bid conference will be held August 20, 2014 @ 10:00 AM at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Road Service Area office, 47140 East Poppy Lane, Soldotna, Alaska.

Attendance at pre-bid conferences is recommended but not mandatory.

Contract is subject to the provision of State of Alaska, Title 36, Minimum Wage Rates. Contract will require certificate of insurance and may require performance and payment bonds.

Bid documents may be obtained beginning August 14, 2014 at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Road Service Area office, 47140 East Poppy Lane, Soldotna, Alaska 99669 (907) 262-4427, for a non-refundable fee of $20.00 per set, $10.00 additional for mailing. Bid documents may also be downloaded from the web at: http://purchasing.borough.kenai.ak.us/ Opportunities.aspx One (1) complete set of the bid package is to be submitted to the Kenai Peninsula Borough, Purchasing and Contracting Department, 144 N. Binkley Street, Soldotna, Alaska 99669. These forms must be enclosed in a sealed envelope with the bidder's name on the outside and clearly marked: BID:

N. KOBUK STREET AND SPRUCE AVENUE PAVING #C5NKO

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99’ INTERNATIONAL Model 4900 Straight truck.

Aluminum rack strong diesel, new injectors, well maintained. $14,000. OBO (907)262-1809

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Agility, Conformation, Obedience, Privates & Rally. www.kenaikennelclub.com (907)335-2552

TEACH ALL DOGS Everything with brains, not pain.

Obedience, Puppy, Nose work, Rally, Agility, Privates.

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SAVAGE LLC. Custom Framer Decks, trims, design & consulting.

35 years experience.

License & Bonded.

(907)854-4971

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Lost & Found FOUND KEYS Soldotna area Call Sue to identify.

(907)262-4455 FOUND Maltese/ Lhasa Apso BeaverLoop/ Kenai Spur area.

Please call to identify.

(907)395-0807

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“The Field Guide” is the first book in “The Spiderwick Chronicles.” Three kids discover a guide to fairies, which pulls them into a world full of threatening danger and mystery.

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You’ll need: • 1 ripe mango, diced (about 1 1/2 cups) • 1/3 cup of cilantro, chopped • 1/3 cup red bell pepper, chopped • 1/4 cup purple onion, chopped (optional) • 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice • Pinch of salt What to do: 1. Combine first four ingredients in medium-size bowl.

2. Stir in lime juice and pinch of salt.

3. Chill for 30 minutes to combine flavors.

4. Serve with chips, or with chicken, pork or fish as a side dish.

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Children’s Book Awards

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Mario Götze

With the pressure on, German soccer player Mario Götze (GUTZ-ah) made the most of his moment in the spotlight. Mario came off the bench late in the final match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup with his team locked in a scoreless draw with Argentina. His coach had a simple message for the 22-year-old striker: “Show to the world … that you can decide the World Cup.” A star player for the professional club Bayern Munich, Mario had been fairly quiet in the tournament up to that point, netting only one goal. In overtime of the finals, however, Mario received a pass near the goal, controlled the ball off his chest and booted it past the opposing goalkeeper.

Mario’s goal gave Germany its first World Cup title since the country was reunified almost 24 years ago.

West Germany won titles in 1954, 1974 and 1990.

In “Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims,” a substitute history teacher goes back in time with a talking horse to meet the Pilgrims coming over on the Mayflower in 1620.

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Kids voted for Grace Lee as Illustrator of the Year for “Sofia the First: The Floating Palace” by Grace Lee Catherine Hapka.

Grace has worked in movie animation and as a kids’ book illustrator.

In “The Floating Palace,” Sofia helps save a mermaid’s kingdom and bring Sofia’s people together with the mermaid’s people.

2014 Book Award Winners Amy Timberlake has written two other books for kids and teaches writing to college students.

In “Paperboy,” an 11-year-old boy is great at baseball, but shy because of his stutter.

When he takes over a friend’s paper route, he finds new friends and a scary enemy.

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In “Flora and the Flamingo,” a girl and her flamingo friend explore their friendship through dance.

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“Locomotive” is a view of the machinery, crew and passengers of the locomotive in 1869, when it was changing history.

In “Mr. Wuffles!” a cat causes trouble for tiny aliens until they become allies of insects in the house.

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Look through your newspaper for powerful stories that would make entertaining books.

Next week, The Mini Page is about the importance of sleep, especially as school starts.

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Pamela: What is big enough to hold a pig, but small enough to hold in your hand?

Polly: A pen!

Philip: What did the professor have to do when he lost his pen again?

Perry: Re-search! from The Mini Page © 2014 Universal Uclick

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Paula: What does a baby write with?

Percy: A playpen!

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David Wiesner has won three Caldecott Medals, for “Tuesday,” “The Three Pigs” and “Flotsam.”

Kevin Henkes has written and illustrated about 50 books for kids. He received the 2005 Caldecott Medal for Brian Floca won the 2014 Caldecott “Kitten’s First Full Moon.”

Medal for “Locomotive.” He illustrates In “The Year of his own and other authors’ books. jacket art © 2013 by Kevin Henkes, published

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Molly Idle has worked in movie animation and written and illustrated several books.

The Caldecott Medal is presented each year to the illustrator of the most distinguished picture book for children. This year there were also three Honor Book winners.

Billy Miller,” Billy is anxious about starting second grade with a new teacher and a know-it-all desk partner. His teacher, father, sister and mother each tell parts of Billy’s story.

In “Journey,” a lonely girl creates a new world with her red crayon.

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In “Allegiant,” the conclusion to the “Divergent” trilogy, Tris and her friends discover the secrets behind society’s factions, or groups.

All the following jokes have something in common. Can you guess the common theme or category?

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Vince Vawter overcame his own stutter and became a newspaper publisher. This is his first novel.

Teen Book of the Year: “Allegiant” by Veronica Roth

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Aaron Becker has worked in film design. His second book, “Quest,” will be out this month.

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In “Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures,” Flora rescues a squirrel after it is sucked into a vacuum cleaner. But the squirrel comes out with superpowers.

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Kate DiCamillo won the 2014 Newbery Medal for “Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures” and the 2004 Newbery Medal for “The Tale of Despereaux.”

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The John Newbery Medal is awarded each year to the author of the most outstanding children’s book.

This year there were also four Honor Book winners, including “Doll Bones” by Holly Black.

“Myths Busted” tells the truth about many modern beliefs. For example, alligators do not live in New York art © 2013 by National sewers. jacket Geographic

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In “One Came Home,” 13-year-old Georgie does not believe her sister is dead. She and her sister’s former boyfriend set out to track down the truth about her sister.

“Bugs in My Hair!” is a funny tale about head lice.

Fifth Grade to Sixth Grade Book of the Year: “National Geographic Kids: Myths Busted”

The Children’s Choice Book Award winners are: Kindergarten to Second Grade Book of the Year: “The Day the Crayons Quit” In “The Day the Crayons

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Read books and journey through exciting new worlds! To begin your exploration, check out some of this year’s award-winning books.

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Kids voted for Rush Limbaugh as Author of the Year for “Rush Revere and the Brave Rush Limbaugh Pilgrims: TimeTravel Adventures With Exceptional Americans.” Rush is an adult-level talk show host and has written one other book for kids.

Third Grade to Fourth Grade Book of the Year: “Bugs in My Hair!” by David Shannon

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Favorite illustrator

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Each year, the Children’s Book Council sponsors a survey to find out kids’ favorite books. Children across the country vote for their favorite books, authors and illustrators.

Here are the kids’ top choices for 2014.

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Height: 5-9 Birthdate: 6-3-1992 Hometown: Memmingen, Germany

jacket art © 2003 by Tony DiTerlizzi, published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

While working on her first published novel, Holly worked for a medical journal and wrote for a roleplaying gaming magazine. She met Tony DiTerlizzi when she interviewed him for that magazine. At the time, he was an artist for the role-playing game “Dungeons and Dragons.”

Tony had an idea for a guide to fantastic creatures. Holly and Tony began writing about that world, creating “The Spiderwick Chronicles.”

Holly writes in her home, but does much of her work away from home.

She often travels to new places, holding writing retreats with friends.

Raffi Cavoukian, known simply as Raffi, is a singer, writer and composer famous for his music for kids, including the environmental song “Baby Beluga.” His newest album is “Love Bug.” In the mid-1970s, he was performing at a folk music festival when festival organizers asked him to help with a school program where he sang with kids. At the same time, his motherin-law asked him to sing at her preschool. She suggested he make an album for kids, and he took her advice.

Raffi has founded The Centre for Child Honouring, which works to help adults honor kids as a first step to promoting peace. He also co-founded the Red Hood Project, a movement to make social media safe for kids to use.

Raffi, 66, was born in Cairo, Egypt, and moved with his family to Canada when he was 10. from The Mini Page © 2014 Universal Uclick

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“When I was a kid, I did want to be a writer but didn’t know anyone who did anything creative professionally. It seemed really unlikely.

“People always said to me, ‘You have to believe in yourself if you want to do something.’ I knew I didn’t really believe in myself and thought, ‘I guess I can’t do this then.’

“But it’s OK if you don’t believe it will work. You can do it anyway. Keep going forward, keep at it. Just keep going like you do believe.”

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In “Doll Bones,” three kids use dolls and action figures to help them create a story-game that goes on for years.

But as they grow up, things change. All of a sudden, their world becomes scary and weird.

Photo by D. Williford

Colors: “Black, like my name. It’s easy to wear black clothes because everything matches. But now my hair is aqua, and I’m super into aqua.”

Children’s books: “The Chronicles of Prydain” by Lloyd Alexander

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Holly said that in eighth grade, she was lucky to be in a special class with a great teacher who required that each student write a novel.

Her middle-school novel, a 60-page book with vampires and dragons, “taught me I could finish something. I could make something,” Holly said.

After a pause in her writing during college, she told herself, “If I’m going to do this, I have to be serious about it.” It took her about six years to write her first published book, “Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale.”

Some favorites

Holly Black, 42, her husband, Theodor Black, and their 15-monthold son, Sebastian, live in New England.

Theodor is an illustrator, web designer and stay-athome dad.

They have three cats.

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Holly Black won a 2014 Newbery Honor Book award for “Doll Bones.”

She has written several books for kids and young adults. She is best known for the books in “The Spiderwick Chronicles” series, which she co-wrote with Tony DiTerlizzi.

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