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Vol. 45, Issue 6
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2014 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
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‘Rise as One’
Question When do you think the central Kenai Peninsula will receive its first measurable snowfall? n Any day now n By Halloween n Not until November — or later
Speakers team up for AFN keynote
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ANCHORAGE (AP) — The Division of Elections has reprinted voter information pamphlets to include independent gubernatorial candidate Bill Walker. Division Director Gail Fenumiai said candidates are sent letters informing them of the pamphlet, which includes information provided by the candidates on their families, interests and reasons for running. But she says Walker wasn’t sent the letter. She said it was a “mishap by staff,” noting that Walker declared his intention to run last year and slipped through the cracks. She said it was too late to include Walker in the version of the pamphlet that voters began receiving Monday. She said the division has printed a supplemental pamphlet for the gubernatorial and lieutenant governor candidates that voters should receive this week. Walker has been included in the online version of the pamphlets.
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BY ELWOOD BREHMER Morris News Service-Alaska/ Alaska Journal of Commerce
makes the body produce unusually thick, sticky mucus that clogs the lungs and leads to life-threatening infections. Despite the continued efforts of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, no cure has been found. According to statistics from the foundation, one in every 30 people in the U.S. carries the defective cystic fibrosis gene. Life expectancy for people with the disease is an average of 37 years. Both Deaton’s parents carried the gene. Rey said Deaton takes a powerful intravenous antibiotic three times a day. “She has 47 percent lung function and can’t run the length of a parking lot,” Rey said of her daughter. “She works with a personal trainer to
A horrific crime brought Miriam Aarons and Mao Tosi together. On Oct. 23, the pair of community organizers will share a message of collaboration as co-keynote speakers at the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention in Anchorage. “I never thought in a million years I would ever be an AFN co-keynote speaker,” said Aarons, 32. The 37-year-old Tosi is of Samoan descent. A former professional football player for the Arizona Cardinals, Tosi grew up in Anchorage and said being asked to headline the state’s premier Native gathering is an honor he is proud of and thankful for. Both prefer to talk more about their message and less about their uniqueness among AFN keynotes — Aarons for her age and Tosi for his background. “I am Alaskan. I maybe came a different route but the acceptance is there; maybe not because of who I am but for the work I’ve done,” Tosi said. He ran a spirited but ultimately unsuccessful campaign for the East Anchorage Assembly seat earlier this year. When Aarons heard news of a May 2013 double murder and sexual assault in Anchorage’s Mountain View neighborhood she immediately wondered what she could do for the family, the community. A mutual acquaintance of the two encouraged her to reach out to
See SHOOT, page A-6
See RISE, page A-6
Photo by Dan Balmer/Peninsula Clarion
Through the looking glass
Fifth-grade students from Cindy Hurst’s Kaleidoscope School of Arts and Science class look through the glass in the interrogation room during a tour of the Kenai Police Department Monday. During the field trip, three classes also participated in a mock city council meeting at Kenai City Hall and a mock trial at Kenai Youth Court to learn about the three branches of government.
Peninsula shoots for the cure Events raises awareness, funds for patients with cystic fibrosis By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion
Thirty participants armed with shotguns and another 30 spectators gathered at the Snowshoe Gun Club in Kenai with one goal in mind: help find a cure for cystic fibrosis. On Saturday the Snowshoe Gun Club hosted the first Kenai Peninsula Shoot for the Cure fundraiser, a shooting clay sporting event that raises awareness and funds for patients with cystic fibrosis. Shoot for the Cure founder Karen Rey, of Anchorage, knows all too well the struggle families and patients with cystic fibrosis endure. Rey’s daughter Mattie Deaton, 22, was first diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at age 2. At
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A team of five participates in a round of clay pigeon shooting at the Shoot for the Cure fundraiser event Saturday at the Snowshoe Gun Club in Kenai.
age 15 she became deathly ill Deaton, is one of 60 Alasand was hospitalized for a bac- kans diagnosed with cystic fiteria infection in her lungs. brosis, a genetic disease that
Man arrested after Tribal housing grants awarded Nikiski assault By RASHAH McCHESNEY Peninsula Clarion
A man with a history of domestic violence charges and assault convictions has again been arrested for allegedly assaulting a woman in her home on Cabin Lake Road in Nikiski. Alaska State Troopers arrested Eli Wilson Darien, 52, after they responded to a welfare check on Sunday and found that a woman had been assaulted on Saturday. In addition to the assault charge, Darien is also accused of stealing $220 from the wom-
an’s purse and a bottle of whiskey before leaving the area, according to a trooper report. Troopers found Darien on Sunday in a home off of Sunflower Street in Nikiski and reportedly found a flask of whiskey, a small amount of marijuana and a baggie of methamphetamine. Darien is currently on probation for prior controlled substance violations. Ultimately, Troopers arrested him and charged him with assault in the fourth degree, a class A misdemeanor that is punishable by up to one year See ARREST, page A-6
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press
ANCHORAGE — The federal government has awarded nearly $60 million in grants to more than 90 tribal communities across the nation, including 15 in Alaska, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro announced Monday in Anchorage. “These grants are intended to improve housing conditions and stimulate community development, including construction projects which will generate local jobs here
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in Anchorage and neighboring communities,” he said. The projects funded include: — $600,000 to the Aroostook Band of Micmac Indian Tribe in Maine to build a tribal fitness center to address diabetes, obesity and other health issues. — $1.1 million to the Blackfeet Housing Authority of Montana to renovate 24 low-rent housing units in Browning and Heart Butte. — $600,000 to the Seneca Nation Indian Tribe of New York to replace a failing wastewater treatment plant.
— 826,926 to the Pueblo of Zuni Housing Authority of New Mexico to rehabilitate 18 housing units. The authority has 190 people on a wait list for help. — $800,000 for a tribal heritage center for the Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma. — $605,000 for the Fort McDermitt Travel Enterprise of Nevada to a build diesel fueling area at a travel plaza along Highway 95, creating five new jobs and revenue from fuel sales and increased traffic at a convenience store. — $600,000 for the Cook See GRANTS, page A-6