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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2015 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Vol. 45, Issue 105

Question Should portions of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge be opened to oil exploration? n No, the refuge should be protected as wilderness. n Yes, exploration should be allowed to proceed right away. n Exploration shouldn’t be banned forever, but now is not the right time.

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In the news Obama’s $4 trillion budget includes higher taxes on rich and big banks, public works program WASHINGTON — The $4 trillion budget that President Barack Obama sends Congress on Monday proposes higher taxes on wealthier Americans and corporations, and an ambitious $478 billion public works program for highway, bridge and transit upgrades.

The grab-bag of proposals, many recycled from past Obama budgets, already is generating fierce objections from Republicans, who control both chambers of Congress for the first time in his presidency.

They will move ahead on their own, mindful they eventually must strike a deal with Obama, whose signature is needed for the budget to become law.

The spending blueprint for the 2016 budget year that begins Oct. 1 emphasizes the same themes as Obama’s State of the Union address last month.

—Associated Press

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Super ski on a Super Sunday

Troopers release names of pilots in crash Both victims found alive

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion

Locals bundle up for 10th annual Ski for Women races Participants in the yearly event ski individually or on a team and festive attire is encouraged. The event celebrates women, and is traditionally held on Super Bowl Sunday, with the promise of everyone being home by kickoff. A Drag Race finishes up the morning series.

Top: Skiers get ready for the Drag Race that followed the 10th annual Tsalteshi Trails Ski for Women 5K Skate Ski, 5K Classic Ski and 3K Snowshoe races Sunday in Soldotna, Alaska.

Bottom: Julie Williams, Natalie Kohler and Beth Mishler near the end of the Tsalteshi Trails Ski for Women 3K Snowshoe race Sunday in Soldotna, Alaska. Standing at the finish line, the three discussed possible team names including “Terminal Velocity of The Sparrow” and “The Knights of Ni.”

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska State Troopers have released the names of the pilots involved in a Mat-Su Valley collision.

Troopers said Sunday the pilots of the small planes are 52-year-old Jeffry Bara of Eagle River and 35-year-old Alaska Wildlife Trooper Levi Duell of Anchorage.

Bara was flown to Providence Alaska Medical Center after the collision Saturday afternoon southwest of Wasilla.

Hospital spokesman Mikal Canfield says neither pilot is listed on the hospital directory.

He says that could mean someone was treated and released, or requested exclusion from the directory.

Troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters says she doesn’t know the condition of the pilots Sunday.

Responders found two separate wreckage sites for the planes.

Responders say the pilots were both found alive, one with serious injuries and the other with moderate injuries.

No passengers were onboard.

—Associated Press

Chuitna documentary premiere release set

By BEN BOETTGER Peninsula Clarion

Two developments in the ongoing controversy over the proposed Chuitna coal project are expected to happen soon after one another. In the first weeks of February, a decision will be announced from the Alaska Department of Natural Resources on whether or not the anti-mine Chuitna Citizen’s Coalition will be awarded instream flow water rights for Middle Creek, a Chuitna River tributary which the

CCC says will be destroyed by the coal mine proposed on the western Cook Inlet site.

On February 3, a documentary about the Chuitna region and its inhabitants will have its Alaska premiere at Kenai’s Triumvirate North Theatre at 6:00 p.m.

The half-hour documentary “Chuitna: More than Salmon on the Line” was produced by environmental activist group Alaskans First with funding from outdoor equipment maker Patagonia.

Producer Sam Weis of Alas-

kans First described the documentary’s origins.

“There were a few of us who thought, ’how can we have more people feel connected to the place?’ Chuitna’s not a very easy place to get to. So we wanted to bring people to the Chuitna River through the power of film.”

Portland, Oregon-based filmmaker Trip Jennings directed and shot the half-hour film in the western Cook Inlet villages of Tyonek and Beluga, and on the Chuitna river itself. Since the 2006,

the Delaware-based mining company PacRim Coal has considered the region for the site of a prospective surfacemine, provoking controversy over the habitat that anti-mine activists say it will destroy, in particular the salmon breeding grounds of the Chuitna and its tributary system.

“More than Salmon on the Line” premiered on January 16 at the Wild and Scenic Film Festival in Nevada City, California , where it was selected to be part of a tour through 144 cities in the lower 48. The Chu-

itna anti-coal campaign is also conducting an Alaskan tour of the film, which will include twelve free showings in cities around the state.

After the end of the Alaskan tour, the film will be available for online streaming.

Jennings said that the documentary portrays the personal connections of the region’s inhabitants to the threatened salmon fishery.

“Anytime, you’re talking about a resource that’s at such risk as salmon in the Chuitna, See DATE, page A-10

Lawmaker plans to examine Alaska’s credits

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press

JUNEAU, Alaska — Gov. Bill Walker this past week said he wasn’t sure the state could continue to afford a film tax credit program, given Alaska’s budget situation. But that program is just one in a myriad of tax breaks the state provides.

Rep. Steve Thompson, cochair of the House Finance Committee, wants to take a closer look at the state’s socalled indirect expenditures, things like credits, discounts or exemptions, and have a discussion on which are still useful and which might need to be updated or scrapped.

Thompson and his staff are working off a report compiled by the Legislative Finance Division that reviewed indirect expenditures under five state

agencies. The report, born of a law spearheaded by Thompson last year to initiate a staggered review of tax breaks under agencies throughout state government, is about 180 pages. A few exemptions cited in the report date as far back as the late 1940s.

“There’s a lot of dollars that are possibly involved here, that’s the amazing thing,” said Thompson, R-Fairbanks. “We were kind of shocked at the total dollars of some of these that have a potential to be revised and to save the state or bring the state additional revenue.”

One example raised by Thompson’s office: a discount of up to $50,000 for wholesalers to affix stamps to cigarette packs.

The state collects a tax on cigarettes imported into Alaska for sale or personal use through the sale of tax

‘There’s a lot of dollars that are possibly involved here, that’s the amazing thing.’

Rep. Steve Thompson

stamps. Valid tax stamps must be affixed to cigarette packs for cigarettes sold in Alaska, with few exceptions, according to the Department of Revenue. The report recommends scrapping the discount, saying affixing the stamps should be considered a cost of selling smokes in Alaska. It estimates the annual foregone revenue to the state for that discount at more than $300,000.

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made no recommendation as to whether to continue, modify or end the film tax credit program.

Thompson’s office plans to discuss the report, and possible recommendations for how to move forward, with the House Finance Committee soon.

In the meantime, here are three things to watch for in the Legislature this week: —FEDERAL OVERREACH: The outrage continues in Juneau over recent federal proposals that state political leaders see as further examples of the feds overstepping their

bounds.

House Resources plans hearings Monday on resolutions supporting drilling in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and opposing designating the plain as wilderness, a designation President Obama plans to ask Congress to approve.

Senate Resources on Wednesday plans to hear an overview of the statehood compact and Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. —CURRICULUM ON C O N S T I T U T I O NA L I S M : House Education on Wednesday is scheduled to hear HB 30, which calls for a curriculum segment in the history of American constitutionalism to be taught to secondary school students. The bill is from Republican Reps. Wes Keller, Dan See LAW, page A-10

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End of bighorn sheep herd could help others throughout US West

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press

BOISE, Idaho — The Sheep Mountain herd of bighorns on the Idaho-Oregon border once contained nearly 90 members until the arrival of bacterial pneumonia.

Now, biologists plan to use a helicopter this week to capture the three known survivors in Idaho and search for others that might be on the Oregon side of the Snake River in the upper end of Hells Canyon.

“Nobody has seen a sheep on the Oregon side in a long time,” said Brian Ratliff, a wildlife biologist with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

The captured bighorns will be sent to a research facility at South Dakota State University as part of a three-year study involving about 40 wild sheep from the Northwest as well as some from South Dakota.

Scientists hope to find a way to stop the spread of disease that continues to limit the success of bighorn herds throughout the West.

Jonathan Jenks, distinguished professor of Natural Resource Management at South Dakota State University, said the three sheep are a significant addition to the study because they carry a unique strain of mycoplasma, an infective pathogen.

“We’re hopeful we’re going to have some really interesting results that are going to improve bighorn sheep management throughout western North America,” he said.

The 40 sheep all come from wild Rocky Mountain bighorn herds experiencing die-offs, Jenks said.

Scientists say herds start having problems when adults become infected.

Many die, but some survive only to pass the disease to lambs, which nearly always die.

The goal among researches is to try to find an easy way to identify “super shedders” that keep the pathogen present in

a herd and prevent any lambs from surviving, eventually causing the herd to die off.

But Jenks said the issue is complicated because some bighorns are only intermittent shedders and others test negative.

Experiments so far, he said, have shown that lambs born to super shedders don’t survive.

The goal at the end of the study is to return healthy sheep to the wild, he said.

The Sheep Mountain herd is emblematic of the problems faced by bighorn sheep managers in the West.

Bighorns were native in Hells Canyon before being extirpated in the 1940s because of what experts say was unregulated hunting and the introduction of diseases from domestic sheep.

Wildlife managers have been working in many states to reintroduce bighorns into native habitat. Oregon officials started

the Sheep Mountain herd with transplants of 30 bighorns from Colorado in 1990.

The herd was bolstered with 10 more in 1995 from Alberta, Canada, and another two from an Oregon herd. The herd grew to nearly 90 by 1999.

But a nearby bighorn herd called the Leap Creek herd became infected with bacterial pneumonia and spread the disease to the Sheep Mountain herd, Ratliff said.

The Leap Creek herd died out about a decade ago, Ratliff said, and now the Sheep Mountain herd is nearing the end.

“It’s a rough thing,” said Regan Berkley, a wildlife manager with Idaho Fish and Game who has watched the herd decline.

“Bighorns are one of the iconic animals of the West.”

Oregon officials are also concerned about the nearby Lookout Mountain herd that has remained

disease free and is separated from the Sheep Mountain herd by the Powder River arm of Brownlee Reservoir. “All it would take to wipe out that Lookout Mountain herd is for a ram to swim across,” he said.

For that reason, Berkley said, officials there have offered hunters more opportunities to bag a bighorn ram to reduce the chance of one wandering away.

Still, it’s tough to get a tag, Ratliff noting that 783 hunters applied for one bighorn tag for the Lookout Mountain herd.

Another option is to outbid everybody for an auction tag.

The Oregon bighorn auction tag sold for $160,000 earlier this month. In Idaho, a similar auction tag went for $100,000.

Bighorns are also popular, Ratliff said, among wildlife viewers, photographers, and some people who just like knowing there are places wild enough for bighorns.

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Peninsula Clarion, Monday, February 2, 2015

Restoration plan being considered at Birch Creek

By GEORGE PLAVEN East Oregonian

PENDLETON, Ore. — As a kid, Colin Hemphill remembers riding out on his family’s ranch between Pendleton and Pilot Rock to pick up driftwood littered around the pasture after a Birch Creek flood.

“You’d have about 6 inches of mud on top of your grass,” said Hemphill, 34, a fifth-generation farmer and cattle rancher.

“It was a mess. Once the water left, it was basically a mudflat.”

It is not uncommon to see flooding on Birch Creek, where agricultural practices in some areas led to bank erosion and instability. That’s had a negative impact on both property owners and native steelhead runs.

Restoration work has been a staple on Birch Creek for decades as agencies seek a balance between healthy farms and fish. About 87 percent of the creek runs through private land south of Pendleton, rising at the base of the Blue Mountains and emptying into the Umatilla River near Rieth. It is the home waters of a third of all wild steelhead in the Umatilla Basin.

In 1989, the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife put up fencing along the creek at Hemphill’s ranch to keep their cows from overgrazing the banks. ODFW also planted new riparian vegetation, including cottonwood trees, to provide more shade for fish while holding the stream in its bank during high flows.

The Umatilla Basin Watershed Council, in collaboration with partners, is now taking stock of past projects, as well as natural and unnatural functions along Birch Creek to come up with an action plan for future restoration.

Protecting federally listed steelhead is the primary ecological driver of the assessment, said watershed council director Jon Staldine, though solutions could benefit all landowners in the area.

Members of ODFW, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, U.S. Forest Service and Umatilla County Soil & Water Conservation District are all taking part in the assessment. The first community input meeting was Jan. 22 at the White Eagle Grange.

“There’s been a history of change along the watershed,” Staldine said. “The river’s trying to seek equilibrium, and we have to make it work with our current users.”

Birch Creek has been referred to as a sanctuary for wild steelhead and the watershed council estimates 70 percent of the basin’s salmonids use the creek at some point in their life cycle. Past restoration efforts include habitat rehabilitation, as well as removing abandoned or obsolete irrigation dams that block fish passage.

The assessment will identify where problems remain and help the agencies identify priorities.

Research is funded by the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board and Bonneville Power Administration through its 2008 fish accords with the tribes.

Staldine is optimistic the final action plan will address both the fish and flooding concerns. He hopes to have the assessment finished by summer and plan signed off by early 2016.

Around the Peninsula Central Peninsula Relay for Life gears up Central Peninsula Relay for Life is ready to kick off the 2015 season! Our Kick-Off Party is Friday, February 6th at 6 p.m.

Join us for free food, fun and prizes at the Kenai Visitors & Cultural Center. Come at 5:30 p.m. to register for the Relay for Life event and receive an extra door prize ticket! Participants are invited to dress in their favorite 80’s attire. Call Carmen at 252-4270 for more information.

Judo club accepting new members

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tee will meet Feb. 11t at 7 p.m. at the Ninilchik School Library to prepare comments on statewide shellfish proposals and any other business that may properly come before the committee.

The public is encouraged to attend. For more information contact David Martin at 567-3306.

— The Kenai/Soldotna Fish and Game Advisory Committee will meet Feb. 18 at 6:30 p.m. at the Cook Inlet Aquaculture building on K-Beach Road. the agenda will include preparing comments for the Board of Fisheries statewide shellfish proposals. For more information contact Mike Crawford at 2522919.

— The Kenai/Soldotna Fish and Game Advisory Committee will meet Feb. 25 at 6:30 p.m. at the Cook Inlet Aquaculture building on K-Beach Road. The agenda will include preparing comments for the Board of Game Southcentral Region proposals. For more information contact Mike Crawford at 2522919.

The Sterling Judo Club is accepting new members. The club meets every Tuesday and Thursday, at Sterling Elementary, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. (7 p.m. for younger participants). Members are welcome from all surrounding communities. There are no instructor fees or other monthly fees. Sterling Judo Club is a nonprofit organization and all instructors volunteer their time. Annual USJF membership is $50. The Sterling Judo Club is led by Sensei Robert Brink, 7th degree black belt, Founder of the Anchorage Judo Club, and former USJF President. For more information please contact Clayton Holland at 394-1823, or Sensei Bob Brink at 907-242-9330 or obobo1a@gmail.com.

Information can also be found on the Sterling Judo Club’s Facebook Page.

Redoubt Elementary School’s third annual Winter Carnival is Feb. 28 from noon to 4 p.m. at the school on West Redoubt Ave. in Soldotna. This fundraiser is open to the community.

There will be games for the kids, a silent auction and raffles for adults. Enjoy an afternoon of fun, food and prizes. Money raised will be used to purchase outdoor PE equipment for Redoubt students. Volunteers are needed; please call the school office if you would like to help with this event.

Garden Club to address Farmers Market

CERT training starts in February

Movin’ On Up to Market Sales? During the past few years, Farmers Markets have sprung up in the Central Peninsula area as more growers achieved increased levels of abundance that warranted taking the next step. This includes increased subscription sales, sales to restaurants, more value added items, etc. With that business growth comes detailed planning, marketing, food safety, and efficient management.

That’s what the February 10 Garden Club is about. Presenters are Arthur Keyes who has been-there, done-that with his own Glacier Valley Farm and starting the South Anchorage Farmer’s Market some years ago, and Amy Petit from the Alaska Division of Ag will give an update on the various Ag programs available to help make the move into sales and management. They are both a wealth of information and excellent presenters.

Date: Tuesday, February 10 - Garden Club Program Time: 7 p.m. Free and open to the public.

Location: Cook Inlet Aquaculture Bldg., Mile 16.5 K-Beach Road. Refreshments.

The next session of Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training begins Feb. 13 in Soldotna and takes place each Saturday through Feb. 28. This program trains people from all walks of life on disaster preparedness and basic response skills in case of an emergency or disaster on the Peninsula. Classes are held in Soldotna and pre-registration is required. Visit www. kpb.us/emergency for complete schedule and to sign up or call 262-2098. All classes are free of charge.

Early childhood screenings available

Community invited to Redoubt Winter Carnival

Hospice training offered Hospice of the Central Peninsula is offering Hospice Volunteer Core Training 2015 at Christ Lutheran Church in Soldotna.

Friday sessions are Jan. 30 and Feb. 6, 6-9 p.m. Saturday sessions are Jan. 31 and Feb. 7, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Registration is required. The cost is $25.00/person. For more information, call Hospice at 262-0453 or email Janice at hospice.admin@alaska. net.

Junior Achievement Raffle tickets available

The Kenai Junior Achievement Committee has put together a raffle fundraiser for the 2014-2015 school year. Junior Achievement is the world’s largest organization dedicated to giving young people the knowledge and skills they need to own their economic success, plan for their future, and make smart academic and economic choices. Tickets are $10 each and all proceeds benefit Junior Achievement programs on the Kenai Peninsula. Winning tickets will be drawn on March, 21, 2015 at the Kenai River Brown Bears hockey game. You need not be present to win. First place is $1,000, Second place is $600 and third place is $400. To purchase tickets, contact Janet Johnson at johnsoja@denalifcu.com or Fish and Game Advisory Committees to meet please 907-257-1669 or Renee Rybak at r.rybak@alaskausa.org or — The Central Peninsula Fish and Game Advisory Commit- 907-395-4505.

The KPBSD Child Find Program and Frontier Community Services Infant Learning will be offering free screenings for children 5 years old and younger. The screening will be on Feb. 20 from 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. at the Frontier Community Services, Suite 14 in the Red Diamond Center. We will screen your child’s early development, motor skills, speech, early learning concepts, vision and hearing.

To make an appointment or for more information, call 714 -6647.

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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.

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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.

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

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• Alcoholics Anonymous “Into Action” group, VFW basement Birch Street, Soldotna, 907-2620995. lem with food? Members come in 8 p.m.

• Al-Anon Support Group at all sizes.

Central Peninsula Hospital in the 6 p.m.

• Kenai Bridge Club plays du- Augustine Room, Soldotna. Call plicate bridge at the Kenai Senior 252-0558.

Center. Call 252-9330 or 2837609.

7 p.m.

• Women’s Barbershop sings at the Soldotna Church of God on the corner of Redoubt and Binkley. For more information, call 335-6789 or 262-4504.

• Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “Dopeless Hope Fiends,” 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai.

Community Calendar Today 8 a.m.

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

Call 398-9440.

10 a.m.

• Narcotics Anonymous PJ Meeting, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Suite 71 in the old Carrs Mall in Kenai. Call 262-1917.

5 p.m.

• TOPS group 182 meets at the Sterling Senior Center. Call 260-7606.

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• Cardiac Patient Support Group at Central Peninsula Hospital, Redoubt Room. Call 3987763.

• Overeater’s Anonymous meets at the URS Club in the old Kenai Mall. Do you have a prob-

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Plan could deliver short-term energy relief, if it pencils out Gov. Bill Walker announced to Gold-

en Valley Electric Association leaders last week he has a plan on the way to significantly reduce Interior energy prices — by next winter. The announcement is certainly welcome news, coming not long after the departure of contractor MWH from the Interior Energy Project that aims to deliver natural gas to Interior residents. So far, there aren’t many details on the structure of Gov. Walker’s plan, but they’ll likely be quick in coming. As the governor, his administration, local leaders and stakeholders work to make the plan a reality, getting energy relief to the Interior as quickly as possible is important, but delivering it at a price that will represent a savings for residents is paramount.

It’s never been much of a secret Gov. Walker’s support for the trucking of gas from the North Slope was tempered by a skepticism that comes from his own analysis of the issue. As part of the Alaska Gasline Port Authority, he looked at multiple options for gas delivery. The group ultimately decided gas trucking didn’t pencil out economically — the end cost of delivered gas would be too high for the project to gain traction with Interior energy consumers. Under Gov. Sean Parnell’s leadership, the state put money toward gas delivery with a focus on North Slope gas liquefaction and trucking to Fairbanks and North Pole. Most of the project’s state funds and loan guarantees allocated so far have been focused on distribution and storage here in the Interior, a wise strategy that preserved flexibility to alter the supply side of the equation if the North Slope plan didn’t make economic sense.

Estimates for gas trucking from the North Slope initially were rosy, with delivered gas estimated to cost at or near the project’s $15 per mcf price point — the equivalent of heating fuel at $2 per gallon — for maximum gas adoption by borough residents. But late last year, cost and time schedules started to slip, causing the estimated cost of gas to creep upward to points north of $19 to $20 per mcf. That equates to a heating fuel equivalent cost nearing $3 per gallon, about par with today’s prices — no savings at all. Eventually, the escalating cost estimate for the liquefaction plant caused the departure of its contractor.

Now Gov. Walker appears to be favoring an alternate plan that would bring gas up from Cook Inlet via ISO containers on the Alaska Railroad. It’s a plan first broached in detail last summer, but at the time it appeared the North Slope trucking plan could deliver gas cheaper.

There are several potential positives for the Cook Inlet refocusing of the plan. Much of the infrastructure needed is already in place, and the railroad, struggling to cope with high costs and the possibility of decreased federal funding, could use the freight business. A recent influx of small operators in Cook Inlet has led to more diversification of the basin and less reliance on the production decisions of individual firms.

But the Cook Inlet plan also has question marks.

What would the mechanism be for getting gas from platforms to rail cars, and what would its cost be? In the event of a market downturn or departure of producers in the region, would Cook Inlet still be able to supply both Anchorage and the Interior?

Most importantly, what would be the end price of delivered gas? When the Cook Inlet rail option was presented this summer, backers of the plan said they could deliver gas “to the city gates” for $14.50 per mcf, which is under the overall price target for the energy project — but distribution and storage costs add a considerable sum, estimated at about $5 per mcf, to the delivered price of gas. Can one of those cost groups — distribution and storage or production and transport — be brought down to keep the price point in the range at which residents will switch?

The answers to these questions are likely to come quickly if Gov. Walker’s timetable of next winter is to be met. That target seems tantalizingly, impossibly close already. But if it could be met, the benefits to the Interior and state would be tremendous. Until we hear otherwise, we’ll hope it’s possible and we hope all involved will work diligently to make it a reality.

— Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Jan. 27

The Koch brothers ride again

It was interesting while it lasted, but the 2016 election is now officially “bought.”

The purchasers are the Koch brothers, and the price, a cool $889 million.

The news that the network organized

by David and Charles Koch plans to spend roughly $900 million in the 2016 cycle has freaked out Democrats, outraged so-called campaign-finance reformers and inspired hand-wringing about the future of the planet Earth.

The despair is misplaced. One sign it is still a free country is that a band of likeminded people, devoted to principles they consider essential to the country’s thriving, can get together and try to effect them in public policy.

My only quibble with the Kochs’ announcement is that they didn’t nail a nice, round $1 billion as the most eloquent possible rejoinder to erstwhile Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s campaign of vilification last year.

For all that campaign reformers hate the Kochs, the brothers’ network is, in part, their creation. “This is the natural consequence,” campaign-finance reformer Lawrence Lessig griped about the $889 million, “of a regime with essentially no contribution limits.”

Actually, it is the inevitable consequence of contribution limits. The campaign-finance reformers kneecapped the political parties with malice aforethought and then are stunned that, in a free country, political activity has found other outlets.

If Reince Priebus and Debbie Wasserman Schultz are limited to raising $32,400 per donor annually, they will inevitably

lose ground to outside groups.

Rather than freeing up the parties, advocates of greater regulation want to make it as difficult, or perhaps even impossible, for everyone else to raise and Rich Lowry spend money on politics. The only obstacle to this ambition is — damn you, George Mason — the Bill of Rights, specifically the First Amendment.

Years ago, then-House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, a stalwart of more campaign regulation, said that we have “two important values in direct conflict: freedom of speech and our desire for healthy campaigns in a healthy democracy. You can’t have both.”

On his terms, no, you can’t. Which is precisely why Democrats like current House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi hope to amend the First Amendment to allow the government the latitude to further limit political speech.

Until such time (and may it never arrive), the Kochs and their allies get to run free.

In the abstract, there is a case for more disclosure of donations to the likes of the Koch network. In a political climate in which intimidation to try to shut people down is increasingly the norm, though, the reality is that disclosure would just open to donors up to threats and harassment.

The left always wants to paint the Koch

brothers as self-interested, to better fit the stereotype of the robber baron distorting government for his own ends.

But they are the rare breed of businessmen who don’t seek special favors from government, who in fact oppose them on principle. They are capitalists who hate crony capitalism. In the libertarian paradise that they seek, the Kochs would be freer of government regulation — but so would everyone else.

The $889 million figure is not quite what it seems. It encompasses all the Koch spending, including support for academic programs and think tanks. Nor is “buying” an election all it is cracked up to be. The Kochs spent some $400 million on the 2012 election, and came up empty.

The brothers are archvillains, regardless. The left is invested in trying to find a way to squeeze them out of the political process, because it instinctively hates anything being unregulated, including political activity.

Also, its attitude is “influence for me, but not for thee.” The left, by and large, owns the media, academia, the big foundations and Hollywood. Compared with all of that priceless political and cultural influence, the spending of the Koch network is a pittance.

The Koch brothers will nonetheless remain targets, so long as they continue to so prominently represent and advocate for a free society.

Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com.

Romney’s exit unleashes race for 2016 donors

By THOMAS BEAUMONT and JILL COLVIN Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa — Mitt Romney’s exit from the presidential campaign has unleashed a frenzy of fresh fundraising and set off a new race for the backing of donors who had remained loyal to the 2012 Republican nominee.

Big dollars were said to flow immediately on Friday to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who already had won over several of Romney’s past donors. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie claimed the support of others who were waiting on Romney to make a decision about whether to seek the White House a third time.

Tony Carbonetti, a Christie supporter and top aide to former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a 2008 GOP candidate, said every major Republican donor got at least two calls on Friday — one from Christie’s people and one from those promoting Bush.

Romney, Carbonetti said, “released the hounds.”

None of the Republicans considering a run for president has formally entered the race. But most have established political committees that effectively serve as campaigns-in-waiting of varying sophistication. That step allows the politicians to raise money to pay for travel, staff and the logistics of getting ready to run for the White House.

The competition for donors to those organizations is fierce, with commitments signaling the potential strength of a nascent campaign and laying the groundwork for more fundraising to come.

Romney raised more than $57 million before the first voting in 2012, and that figure is often cited as this campaign’s benchmark.

Even before Romney’s announcement Friday, Bush had picked off several of Romney’s past supporters. Among them was Lisa Wagner, a top Midwest fundraiser for Romney in 2012 who pushed hard to win over others Friday.

“I’ve raised a million dollars in the four hours since he announced that I otherwise would not have raised,” she said. Her converts included Bill Kunkler, part of Chicago’s wealthy Crown family, who had been holding out for Romney.

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Christie had his own pickups. None was more significant than Bobbie Kilberg, a Virginia-based fundraiser who said she and her husband were all-in for the former federal prosecutor.

“We will support him financially and we will be bundlers for him,” she told The Associated Press, referring to the practice of rounding-up donations from friends, family and colleagues for a campaign.

Ray Washburne, the outgoing finance chairman of the Republican National Committee, has taken up the same position with Christie’s political action committee. Washburne said his phone started ringing early Friday.

“It’s been very, very positive. A lot of people that were kind of fence-sitters have come off the fence,” he said. “We’ve been very, very encouraged.”

Others were too upset or stunned by Romney’s announcement to decide what to do next. That includes Bill Simmons, a Washington-based donor who raised money for both of Romney’s previous campaigns.

“I haven’t fully thought about the next step,” he said.

He said Romney’s announcement was like seeing his favorite team lose in the playoffs and then having to decide for whom to cheer in the Super Bowl. “I guess I’ll watch the game a little bit.”

Romney’s flirtation with the race may have created space for a third candidate to

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compete alongside Bush and Christie for the support of establishment-minded donors and fundraisers.

With his exit, there is now room for someone else to step into that spot. In the hours after Romney’s announcement, several GOP donors said Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker appeared to have the edge.

The news came at the end of a big week for Walker. He earned a standing ovation from a conservative crowd at a forum in Iowa last Saturday. The next day, he spoke to wealthy conservatives in California at an event organized by the billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch.

Walker ended the week in Washington as the guest of wealthy Republican donor Fred Malek.

“Walker fits into that mainstream group, and this means he’s getting a lot of interest and attention lately,” said Republican consultant Charlie Black.

So, too, might Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who spent the week courting donors on the West Coast, Texas and Chicago after attending the Koch brothers’ event.

Few donors interviewed after Romney’s announcement mentioned the several candidates likely to compete to the right of Christie and Bush. That group includes Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.

“Mitt was going to probably occupy a different place on the shelf than me,” Huckabee said. “I don’t know that it has any impact on support, donors. It probably has a bigger impact on Jeb Bush and Chris Christie.”

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Sitka clan house gets repairs Commercial pot

ban set on table for Ketchikan

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SITKA, Alaska — A project to shore up the foundation of one of Katlian Street’s oldest clan houses, the Kaagwaantaan Eagle Nest House, may also help shore up family and clan ties as well.

At least that’s the hope of two Juneau residents who have family ties to Sitka.

Tommy Jimmy and John Smith - who before coming to Sitka to work on the Eagle Nest House foundation didn’t cross paths much in Juneau - look at the project as a metaphor for strengthening family relations.

The two share a common relation in Pauline Paul - Jimmy’s grandmother, and Smith’s great-grandmother - who was a member of the Eagle Nest clan.

“We’re putting back the pieces of Shuka (a Tlingit word denoting ancestors). Basically taking care of issues of family and houses” Jimmy told the Sentinel.

For the past week Jimmy and Smith, who has 25 years of construction experience working for Whitestone Logging, have been joined by Sitkans Charles Young and John Young in volunteering their time to make repairs to the centuryold house.

Besides stabilizing the foundation they’ve also fixed a broken sewer pipe and repaired a water line.

The house, which fronts directly onto the Katlian Street sidewalk, is in need of major structural repair.

In May 2008 the house shifted a foot toward the street, and city crews joined by good Samaritans placed cribbing under the house to arrest its slide. Smith says the house has moved a total of about twoand-a-half feet from its original position.

He explained that the movement is caused by poor

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Charles Young and John Smith, right, work on the foundation of a house in Sitka on Jan. 21. A project to shore up the foundation of one of Katlian Street’s oldest clan houses, the Kaagwaantaan Eagle Nest House, may also help shore up family and clan ties as well. Built as the Eagle Nest Clan House, it is one of only a handful of turn-of-the-century houses still standing on Katlian Street.

‘We’re putting back the pieces of Shuka (a Tlingit word denoting ancestors). Basically taking care of issues of family and houses.’

— Tommy Jimmy

drainage and an unstable slope running down from Kaagwaantaan Street, which is above and behind the Eagle Nest House.

“Raven House (the clan house next door and which also needs repair) is holding up the road.” Smith said.

Jimmy said the challenges of fixing Eagle House are the result of several factors.

“There is no agreement worked out between the clan, the city, and federal entities for dealing with the issues (such as drainage and maintaining a

restricted deed property),” he said.

“Culture teaches us that family needs to start talking to each other and acknowledge our responsibility.” he said.

Jimmy and Smith are hopeful that the recent interest in the neighborhood shown by those involved in the Celebrate Katlian Street group will help to resolve issues and allow repairs to be made to all clan houses along the street.

Celebrate Katlian Street is a community wellness initiative of the 2014 Sitka Health Sum-

mit held in October.

Smith and Jimmy attended one of the group’s meetings at ANB Founders Hall recently to talk about their work.

Both of the men said they were impressed by the enthusiasm of the group.

They were also grateful for the helpfulness of Sitka Sound Seafoods, which donated treated wooden beams for the stabilization project.

Smith added that the Juneau ANB Camp 70, where he is sergeant-at-arms, donated more than $200 to the effort.

Before leaving on the ferry to return to Juneau, where he works as a counselor and cultural specialist at Thunder Mountain High School, Smith crawled under the house for one last inspection to make sure everything was stable.

He and Jimmy said they hope to return to Sitka in the spring to continue working on the house.

KETCHIKAN, (AP) Alaska — The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly is considering whether or not to pursue a ban on commercial marijuana while regulations are developed by the state.

The assembly is set to discuss the issue Monday, the Ketchikan Daily News reported.

Recreational marijuana becomes legalized this month under a ballot initiative approved by voters in November.

Ballot Measure 2 decriminalizes the possession, use and non-sale transfer of up to an ounce of marijuana when the new law takes effect Feb. 24. The initiative also set in motion the legalization and permitting of marijuana sales.

For now, the sale of marijuana remains illegal, with the state not accepting business applications until February 2016.

In Ketchikan, assembly member John Harrington requested the discussion, saying residents worried that local regulation would be showing consent for marijuana use. Similar local proposals have been considered, but not adopted, by the Anchorage Assembly and the North Pole City Council.

In Ketchikan, there has been little discussion among assembly members. Most have been either silent on prohibition or would opt for regulation.

“It’s not a good idea to have something so powerful underground,” said assembly member Bill Rotecki, who favors closely regulating marijuana sales. “Let’s assume we do have the sale of marijuana in the borough,” Rotecki said.

“I would like to ensure the products are safe and labeled — just like alcohol.”

Regardless of decisions by local government, limited personal use and growth of marijuana will remain legal after Feb. 24. So will the sale and possession of drug paraphernalia, which until now has been banned in the borough.

Fairbanks utility customers to see lower bills FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Customers of the Golden Valley Electric Association in Fairbanks will see smaller bills from the Fairbanks area utility because of lower oil prices. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports customers should see a 28 percent reduction in their electric bills this month. The utility’s fuel and purchased power rates are set quarterly, so the utility must estimate what its fuel costs will be three months in advance.

Golden Valley president and CEO Cory Borgeson says the utility had estimated oil would be $85 per barrel for the next quarter, when the price actually dropped to about $45to $50 per barrel. Borgeson says utility officials requested the rate change from the regulatory commission of Alaska a month early to pass the savings on to customers earlier.

Begich announces his plans to create a new consulting firm ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Mark Begich said he has created a new consulting firm, with a health care trade organization and an Alaska-based airline among his first clients.

The Alaska Democrat announced Saturday that he has founded Northern Compass Group, which lists a physical address in Anchorage and mailing address in Washington, D.C., the Alaska Dispatch News (http://is.gd/4eGqvR) reported.

The announcement puts an end to speculation that Begich could enter the race for Anchorage mayor, a position he held before winning his single term in the Senate.

Begich, who lost his re-election bid for the Senate to Republican challenger Dan Sullivan in November, said he received an “enormous amount” of encouragement to run for mayor.

‘No Democrat would have run as long as Begich was out there with the prospect of running.’

— Marc Hellenthal, Anchorage-based Republican Begich said he believed he could win the race, but wanted a job that would allow his son, Jacob, to finish his last two years of middle school in Washington.

“Political office can come and go, but seventh and eighth grade only come once,” Begich said.

“I might be chaperoning a few more dances than he thought.”

In his new role, Begich has been hired by the National Association for Home Care and Hospice and Grant Aviation, he said.

He expects to announce employees and additional clients soon, he added.

Begich said he was not going to speculate on whether his future plans include a run for the U.S. House or the U.S. Senate in 2016.

“Those options are always on the table, but at the time they’re not what I’m focusing on,” he said.

The new role Begich has taken on should not hinder his political future if he should decide to run for the Senate again, said Marc Hellenthal, an Anchorage-based Republican pollster and consultant who is working for Dan Coffey, a conservative mayoral candidate.

Begich’s decision to not seek the mayoral seat will likely spur a flurry of activity among prospective mayoral candidates who have stayed out of the race to leave the field clear in case Begich decided to run, Hellenthal said.

“No Democrat would have run as long as Begich was out there with the prospect of running,” he said.

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Immigrants face legalization wait Palliative care

gains traction among patients

By SETH ROBBINS Associated Press

SAN ANTONIO— Thousands of immigrants seeking legalization through the U.S. court system have had their hearings canceled and are being told by the government that it may be 2019 or later before their futures are resolved.

Some immigration lawyers fear the delay will leave their clients at risk of deportation as evidence becomes dated, witnesses disappear, sponsoring relatives die and dependent children become adults.

The increase in cancellations began late last summer after the Justice Department prioritized the tens of thousands of Central American migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, most of them mothers with children and unaccompanied minors.

Immigration lawyers in cities that absorbed a large share of those cases, including New York, San Antonio, Los Angeles and Denver, say they’ve had hearings canceled with little notice and received no new court dates. Work permits, green cards, asylum claims, and family reunifications hang in the balance. Denver immigration lawyer David Simmons said he’s never seen such a standstill in nearly 30 years of practice.

“There is no maneuverability,” he said. “It’s as if we have no court at all.”

One of Simmons’ clients, Maximiano Vazquez-Guevarra, 34, recently won his appeal to become a legal permanent resident. But his case still needs to go in front of an immigration judge one last time, and it has

By GOSIA WOZNIACKA Associated Press

AP Photo/David Zalubowski

Maximiano Vazquez-Guevara, left, his wife Ashley Bowen, and their 6-year-old daughter, Nevaeh Vazquez, pose for a photo outside their home Saturday in the northeast Denver suburb of Commerce City, Colorado. Thousands of immigrants seeking legalization through the U.S. court system have had their hearings canceled and are being told by the government that it may be 2019 or later before their futures are resolved.

been pulled from the docket.

Vazquez, who is from the Mexican state of Guanajuato, entered the U.S. illegally in 1998. He has been fighting deportation since 2011, when he came to authorities’ attention after his second driving under the influence charge.

He lives in suburban Denver with his American wife, Ashley Bowen, and their 6-year-old daughter, and they are expecting their second child in August.

Meanwhile Vazquez’s brother in Mexico is dying of kidney failure, and Vazquez can’t leave the country. “It’s sad,” Vazquez said in a telephone interview. “I feel bad not seeing him, to say

one last goodbye.”

Before July, only immigrants in detention were considered a priority for the courts. Under the new policies, unaccompanied minors and families facing deportation also have priority status, regardless of whether they’re in detention.

The Executive Office for Immigration Review, the Justice Department body that oversees the nation’s immigration courts, could not say precisely how many hearings had been canceled.

But it said more than 415,000 immigrants who are not in detention have cases pending.

Hearings are being rescheduled for Nov. 29, 2019,

as a way to keep cases on the docket, said Lauren Alder Reid, legislative and public affairs counsel for EOIR. Most, however, are likely to receive other dates — either earlier or later, as docket times become available, she said.

Simmons said thousands of non-priority cases in Denver alone have had hearings canceled.

When the surge hit last summer, immigration courts there were already short two judges because of retirements. Two of the three remaining Denver immigration judges are hearing, via videoconference, cases of families detained in a new detention center in South Texas.

Storm blankets Midwest in snowfall

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press

CHICAGO — A slow-moving winter storm blanketed a large swath of the Plains and Midwest in snow Sunday, forcing the cancellation of roughly 2,000 flights, making roads treacherous and forcing some people to rethink their plans to attend Super Bowl parties.

Blizzard conditions developed in Chicago — where more than a foot was expected by evening — and other Midwest locales as the system slowly crept eastward into Pennsylvania and western New York state.

Parts of New England still digging out from a storm early last week were readying for yet another round of snow to arrive Sunday and last through Monday.

The snowstorm was expected to be the most far-reaching of the season to date, stretching from Nebraska to Maine, according to the National Weather Service.

Forecasters also said the

storm was moving unusually slowly, meaning accumulations of between 10 to 16 inches of snow are possible for parts of northern Illinois, Indiana and northwest Ohio. Similar amounts of snow are expected for the Northeast later Sunday and throughout Monday.

“It’s not wise to travel, unless you have an emergency,” said David Beachler a National Weather Service meteorologist in the Chicago area.

Craig Owens, an English professor at Drake University, was one of the many Midwest residents who spent the morning shoveling their driveways.

“I’m not going to make it the gym anyway, so I’ve got to get a workout somehow,” said Owens, whose home in Des Moines, Iowa, got about 10 inches of snow.

More than 1,950 flights were canceled in the Midwest, the vast majority of which were flights in or out of Chicago’s two airports.

Chicago’s Department of Aviation said about 1,300 de-

parting flights were canceled from O’Hare International Airport and 300 at Midway International Airport.

At Detroit Metropolitan Airport, more than 350 departing flights were canceled, and more delayed. About 20 flights were canceled from Omaha’s Eppley Airfield.

The winds — gusts up to 45 mph were expected in the Chicago area — made road travel

tricky too. Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner cautioned against any travel and put state agencies on alert.

The Illinois Department of Transportation dispatched 350 trucks to clear and salt Chicago-area roadways ahead of Monday’s morning rush hour.

In eastern Nebraska, several sections of Interstate 80 were closed Sunday due to accidents in the icy conditions.

WEST LINN, Ore. — When doctors diagnosed Pilar Alcantara with advanced breast cancer, she felt lost and intimidated.

Growing up in Mexico, she learned to deal with illnesses using home remedies and prayer. She was taught that doctors weren’t to be questioned, and she preferred not to know the details of her illnesses or treatment plans.

She felt hopeless, but that was before she connected with a Portland, Oregon-based nonprofit that takes cultural habits and beliefs into account while focusing on comfort and quality of life for patients with serious or terminal illnesses. She said the approach saved her.

“A few years ago, because of the pain and uncertainty, I wanted to bail on life,” Alcantara said. “Palliative care gave me more control over my cancer.”

Palliative care, which focuses on the well-being of patients with serious illnesses by improving doctor-patient communication and treating pain and side effects, has gained traction across the nation, but the culturally sensitive model embraced by Familias en Accion, the treatment center that has helped Alcantara, represents a new approach.

The method has taken root in Portland and Seattle, and it’s being taught to nursing students in California for its potential to improve care and reduce costs.

Dr. Woody English, former medical director of palliative care at Providence Health and Services in Portland, said the multi-faceted approach “has the ability to transform the usual health care system.”

Studies show palliative care decreases emotional and medical crises and cuts down on unnecessary emergency room trips and hospitalizations, leading to cost savings sought under the Affordable Care Act. “A patient who is not having a crisis does not call 911,” Dr. Diane Meier, director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care, said.

By adding a cultural emphasis, health care professionals aim to address patient needs that would otherwise be overlooked. “Until we understand a patient’s drivers and concerns — the social, emotional, religious and historical contexts — we can’t begin to help the person,” and help them, Meier said.

Familias started its program in 2011 with a $260,000 grant from the Portland-based Cambia Health Foundation.

The system involves patient navigators who help chronically ill Latinos access doctors, fill out insurance forms and find financial assistance. Familias also offers support groups and health literacy sessions to help ease stress, stabilize emotions and address cultural factors that might hinder care.

At the outset, the group tracked 90 seriously ill patients for two years and showed a 62 percent reduction in inpatient, outpatient and ER costs.

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Egypt releases Al-Jazeera reporter

By SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press

CAIRO — A reporter for AlJazeera English was released from an Egyptian prison and deported Sunday after more than a year behind bars, but his two Egyptian colleagues remained jailed in a case widely condemned as a sham by human-rights groups.

Australian Peter Greste was whisked away on a flight to Cyprus. His release came as a welcome surprise to fellow reporters and activists who spent months pressing for his freedom. But rights groups and Greste’s Qatar-based broadcaster called on Egypt to release the other two defendants in the case, which has hindered the country’s international standing as it struggles to recover from the political unrest and economic collapse caused by the 2011 uprising.

Greste, Egyptian-Canadian Mohammed Fahmy and Egyptian Baher Mohammed were arrested in December 2013 over their coverage of the violent crackdown on Islamist protests following the military overthrow of President Mohammed Morsi.

Egyptian authorities accused them of providing a platform for Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood, now declared a terrorist organization. But authorities provided no concrete evidence.

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AMMAN, Jordan — Jordan remains “as committed as ever” to a U.S.-led military coalition against the Islamic State group, the kingdom’s foreign minister said Sunday, amid heightened fears for the life of a Jordanian fighter pilot held by the militants.

Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh spoke a day after another Islamic State hostage, Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, was purportedly beheaded by the militants. The fate of the two captives had been linked but a video of Goto’s pur-

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Separatist group advance forces flight of Ukrainians

By PETER LEONARD Associated Press

AP Photo/Heba Elkholy, El Shorouke

In this March 2014 file photo, Al-Jazeera English producer Baher Mohamed, left, CanadianEgyptian acting Cairo bureau chief Mohammed Fahmy, center, and correspondent Peter Greste, right, appear in court in Cario, Egypt, along with several other defendants during their trial on terror charges.

their jobs during a time of violent upheaval.

The three were widely seen as having been caught up in a regional power struggle between Egypt and Qatar, which funds Al-Jazeera and had been a strong backer of Morsi.

Greste’s release follows a thawing of ties between Cairo and Doha.

“Hard to believe but YES @ PeterGreste is a free man,” his brother Andrew wrote on Twit-

ter.

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, who had been negotiating for Greste’s release, said Monday that the 49-yearold journalist had told her by telephone from Egypt that he was desperate to return to his family in the Australian city of Brisbane after spending 400 days in custody.

“He was immensely relieved and he was desperate to come home to Australia and reunite

with his family,” Bishop told reporters in Sydney. “From my discussion with him, he was very keen to be back on a beach and lying in the sun in Australia,” she said.

Greste had been given short notice that he was being released “unconditionally,” Bishop said.

“We moved as fast as we could to make arrangements for his immediate departure,” she said.

Video purports to show hostage killing

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ported slaying made no mention of the pilot.

The killing of 47-year-old Goto shocked Japan which until now had not been directly embroiled in the battle against extremists.

“I feel indignation over this immoral and heinous act of terrorism,” said Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. In a phone call with Abe, Jordan’s King Abdullah II condemned the killing as a “criminal act.”

Japan responded to new threats from the militants by ordering tighter security at airports and at Japanese facilities

overseas, including embassies and schools.

Japan said it would not budge from its non-military support for fighting terrorism.

The failure to save Goto raised new concerns about the fate of the pilot, Lt. Muath alKaseasbeh. Jordan’s government renewed an offer Sunday to trade Sajida al-Rishawi, an al-Qaida prisoner, for the pilot.

Al-Rishawi, a failed suicide bomber, faces death by hanging in Jordan for her role in a 2005 hotel attack that killed 60 people. The Islamic State group demanded her release last week, and in response Jordan offered

to swap her for the pilot.

But the militants didn’t say at the time if they were considering such a deal.

An audio message last week, purportedly from the Islamic State group, only said the pilot would be killed if al-Rishawi was not released Thursday.

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SVYATOHIRSK, Ukraine — As fighting escalates around the town Debaltseve in eastern Ukraine, a growing wave of civilians are fleeing their homes, taking the risk of being struck by stray projectiles on their way, and often leaving family members behind.

Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that around 1,000 of Debaltseve’s residents have been evacuated in the past days.

Many end up at a government-owned holiday camp in the resort town of Svyatohirsk, where the sound of artillery fire is replaced with an uneasy quiet.

“With every slam of the door or whistle, we are reminded of the explosions and everything that happened. But we are getting used to the quiet, which is an unusual feeling,” said Ira Akhmutova, 15, who left Debaltseve together with her mother and the few things they could carry.

“My dad and my grandmother are still in Debaltseve.

Telephone connections are very poor and I am very worried about them,” Akhmutova said.

Fighting has been most intense in the last week around the government-held town, a strategically valuable railway hub that has been almost entirely encircled by rebel forces.

Only one road remains open for escape, and that has been targeted by artillery fire.

Ukraine’s government said Sunday that 13 of its troops were killed and another 20 wounded in a day of fighting across the east.

Among those who left their homes to go to Svyatohirsk is Galina Maksimenko, 63, and one of her granddaughters.

After one episode of heavy shelling, she recalls pleading with her late son’s wife to take her two daughters away from Debaltseve on a government bus for evacuees.

The daughter-in-law refused, saying she wanted to remain near her husband’s grave.

“I begged her, said to her: ‘You have to save the living.

You cannot bring Andrei back. Escape with your children,’” Maksimenko said.

And still, the daughter-in-law refused to budge.

“So my husband grabbed my coat and that of one of my granddaughters and locked us out in the street. And then he shouted: ‘Save this one. If they refuse to be saved, at least try save one of them,” Maksimenko said.

Busses are being dispatched daily to Debaltseve by Ukrainian authorities to carry out as many civilians as possible.

Vasily Stayetsky, deputy chairman of Ukraine state emergency service, told The Associated Press that a projectile crashed Sunday by the town hall, which now serves as a mustering point for those wishing to leave.

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Butler did it

Shocking interception means 4th title for Brady, Belichick, Pats

By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Ten years removed from his last Super Bowl win, Tom Brady wasn’t letting this one slip away.

Sure, the brilliant Brady needed a huge play by an undrafted rookie to preserve New England’s 28-24 Super Bowl victory over Seattle on Sunday night. But Brady’s imprint was all over the Patriots’ sensational fourth-quarter rally for their fourth NFL championship of the Brady-Bill Belichick era.

“You know, whatever it takes,” the record-setting Brady said after throwing for four touchdowns, including a 3-yarder to Julian Edelman with 2:02 remaining as New England rallied from a 10-point deficit. “Every team has a journey and a lot of people lost faith in us ... but we held strong, we held together, and it’s a great feeling.”

The Patriots (15-4) had to survive a last-ditch drive by the Seahawks (14-5), who got to the 1, helped by a spectacular juggling catch by Jermaine Kearse.

Then Malcolm Butler stepped in front of Ricardo Lockette to pick off Russell Wilson’s pass and complete one of the wildest Super Bowl finishes.

Brady leaped for joy on the Patriots sideline after Butler’s first career interception.

“It wasn’t the way we drew it up,” said Brady, who won his third Super Bowl MVP award.

“It was a lot of mental toughness. Our team has had it all year. We never doubted each other, so that’s what it took.”

Brady surpassed Joe Montana’s mark of 11 Super Bowl touchdown passes with a 4-yarder to Danny Amendola to bring the Patriots within three points.

Seattle, seeking to become the first repeat NFL champion since New England a decade ago, was outplayed for the first half, yet tied at 14. The Seahawks scored the only 10 points of the third period, but the NFL-leading defense couldn’t slow the brilliant Brady when it counted most.

“He’s Tom Brady,” Edelman said. “He’s the greatest quarter-

back on the planet.”

It didn’t matter how much air was in the balls, Brady was unstoppable when the pressure was strongest. While pushing aside the controversy over air pressure in the footballs stemming from the AFC title game, the Patriots moved the ball easily in the final 12 minutes.

Seattle didn’t quit — it never does — and Kearse’s 33-yard catch with 1:06 remaining got it to the 5. Marshawn Lynch rushed for 4 yards, then backup cornerback Butler, who was victimized on Kearse’s reception, made the biggest play of his first NFL season with 20 seconds remaining.

“I just had a vision that I was going to make a big play and it came true,” Butler said. “I’m just blessed. I can’t explain it right now. It’s crazy.”

Seahawks linebacker Bruce Irvin was ejected in the final seconds for instigating a nearbrawl, delaying the celebration for the Patriots.

Soon they were mobbing one another on the same field where their 2007 unbeaten season was ruined in the Super Bowl by the Giants. They also fell to the Giants for the 2011 title.

But thanks to superstar Brady and the obscure Butler, they are champions again.

“Malcolm, what a play,” Brady said. “I mean, for a rookie to make a play like that in a Super Bowl and win us the game, it was unbelievable.”

Brady has equaled Montana with four Lombardi Trophies and three Super Bowl MVPs. He stands alone with 13 Super Bowl touchdown passes.

He was 37 for 50 for 328 yards against the NFL’s top-ranked defense.

He also was picked off twice; Brady was intercepted a total of two times in his previous five Super Bowls.

Yet, he picked apart the Seahawks on fourth-quarter drives of 68 and 64 yards, solidifying his championship legacy.

His heroics offset those of Chris Matthews, one of Seattle’s least-used players before the postseason. Matthews recovered the onside kick that helped the Seahawks beat Green Bay in overtime for the NFC crown, and had a breakout

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Patriots strong safety Malcolm Butler intercepts a pass intended for Seahawks wide receiver Ricardo Lockette during the second half of Super Bowl XLIX on Sunday in Glendale, Ariz.

performance Sunday.

Having never caught a pass in the NFL, Matthews grabbed four for 109 yards and a touchdown. Lynch ran for 102 yards, but didn’t get the ball at the 1 on the decisive play — a decision the Seahawks will rue forever.

“For it to come down to a play like that, I hate that we have to live with that,” coach Pete Carroll said, “because we did everything right to win the football game.”

The teams got down to football under the open retractable roof at University of Phoenix Stadium — the first venue to host an indoor and an outdoor Super Bowl — after dealing with distractions far beyond the typical Super Bowl hype. The

Patriots are still being investigated for using for those under-inflated footballs the AFC championship game.

It was a game of spurts by both teams before a crowd of 70,288 that was clearly proSeattle.

Jeremy Lane made the first big play to negate a nearly eight-minute drive by the Patriots with a leaping interception at the goal line late in the first quarter. Lane made his first pro interception, but left with a wrist injury after being tackled

by Julian Edelman.

His replacement, Tharold Simon, got torched by Brady the rest of the way.

Wilson didn’t get off a pass in the first quarter. When Brady

completed his record 50th postseason TD throw, 11 yards to Brandon LaFell against Simon, it was 7-0.

Seattle went to its bench to help tie it.

Matthews’ first career catch, a reaching 44-yarder over Kyle Arrington and by far the longest first-half play for Seattle, led to Lynch’s bruising 3-yard TD run to make it 7-7.

But Brady to Rob Gronkowski made it 14-7 and seemed to finish off a dominant first half for the Patriots. Except no one told the resilient Seahawks.

A dormant offense turned dangerous in a span of 29 seconds, covering 80 yards in five plays, including a late gamble.

Lockette caught a 23-yard pass

and Arrington was flagged for a facemask, putting Seattle at the 10 with :06 remaining. Carroll went for it and the new Seahawks star, Matthews, grabbed Wilson’s pass in the left corner of the end zone.

It was the most lopsided halftime tie imaginable.

Then Seattle stormed to a 24-14 lead in the third quarter on Steven Hauschka’s 27-yard field goal and Doug Baldwin’s 3-yard TD reception. New England was stumbling — until Brady once again stepped up.

“I’ve been at it for 15 years and we’ve had a couple of tough losses in this game,” Brady said. “This one came down to the end, and this time, we made the plays.”

Djokovic wins 5th Australian Open crown No. 1-ranked player in world steadily wears down Murray to stay perfect in Aussie finals

By DENNIS PASSA AP Sports Writer

MELBOURNE, Australia — Novak Djokovic won his fifth Australian Open title and his eighth career Grand Slam while extending Andy Murray’s tough misery at Melbourne Park.

Djokovic beat Murray 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-0 in Sunday’s final, relegating the Scotsman to runner-up status for the fourth time in four tries in the Australian Open final. Murray had lost twice previously to Djokovic — in 2011 and 2013 — and to Roger Federer in 2010.

The No. 1-ranked Djokovic, meanwhile, is a perfect 5-for-5 in Australian Open finals.

“There were a lot of turning points in the match,” Djokovic said. “Regardless of the record I have here, we both knew we had equal chances to win. It was a cat-and-mouse fight, it always is with us.”

Djokovic swung momentum in a close match with a service break in the eighth game of the third set, winning four straight points. When he took a 4-0 lead in the last set, he smacked his fist hard against his chest in celebration.

At the end of the match, Djokovic threw his racket into the crowd at Rod Laver Arena.

Roy Emerson, the only other man with five or more Australian titles, was in the crowd and Djokovic acknowledged the presence of the sixtime champion.

“I’m so grateful to be standing here as a champion for the fifth time, and to be in the elite group of players,” Djokovic said.

Murray sat slumped over in his chair after the match, awaiting the presentations, and once again received the runner-up plate instead of the trophy.

“It’s been my most consistent Grand Slam of my career. I haven’t

been quite able to win, but the support I’ve received here has been amazing,” Murray said. “I’ll try and come back next year and hopefully have a slightly different outcome in the final.”

Murray said he had chances to win the match.

“Obviously I had opportunities in the first three sets,” Murray said.

“In the fourth set, I mean, he was just ripping everything. Returns he was hitting on the baseline. Once he got up a break, he just loosened up and was just going for his shots. I couldn’t recover.

“Novak has won five times here now, there’s no disgrace, obviously, in losing to him.”

Djokovic appeared to be troubled by a leg ailment in the third set, and it distracted Murray.

“I had a crisis at the end of the second, beginning of the third (set), I needed some time to regroup,” Djokovic said. “I just had weakness,

I couldn’t call for medical because I had no reason.”

Djokovic served for the first set after breaking Murray in the eighth game, but Murray broke back. After that game, Djokovic had a trainer attend to this right thumb.

He double-faulted to open the tiebreaker but then, after Murray took a 2-1 lead, won five of the next six points to regain control.

He clinched the set when Murray put a backhand service return into the net.

In the second set, Djokovic saved a set point in the 10th game and Murray saved three break points in the 11th before it went to the tiebreaker.

Sixth-seeded Murray dominated the breaker to lead 6-2, securing four set points before clinching it on Djokovic’s serve.

The second set was delayed for about five minutes after the seventh game when a court invader protesting Australia’s refugee policies was

removed by security after stepping on to the court. Other spectators in the stadium unfurled a political banner. Organizers said two people were arrested, and the court invasion was dealt with swiftly.

There was a bigger cheer for Djokovic when the introductions were made, but plenty of Scottish flags in the stands. Some Serbian fans yelled “Adje Nole” — Serbian for “Come on Nole,” which is Djokovic’s nickname.

Before the match began, Andy Murray’s fiancee, Kim Sears, caused a stir. She was dressed in an oversized T-shirt with a message that poked fun at the widespread attention paid to her use of colorful language during Murray’s semifinal win over Tomas Berdych.

Rather than shy away from the issue, Sears’ t-shirt for the final showed a sense of humor.

It read: “Parental Advisory Explicit Content.”

Blues nip Capitals for 5th-straight victory

By The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Alexander Steen had two goals and an assist, Brian Elliot stopped 33 shots and the streaking St. Louis Blues held on to beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 on Sunday.

Dmitrij Jaskin and Vladimir Tarasenko also scored, and T.J. Oshie added three assists for St. Louis. The Blues have won five straight and 10 of 11.

Washington’s Alex Ovechkin scored twice, giving him a NHL-leading 31 goals, and had an assist. He became the fifth player in NHL his-

tory to start his career with 10 30-goal seasons.

Ovechkin has 15 goals in his last 15 games.

Karl Alzner also scored for Washington. The Capitals are 1-4-2 in their last seven.

COYOTES 3, CANADIENS 2

of Mike Smith during the third period in a 7-2 loss in as Nashville’s No. 1 goalie while All-Star Pekka in Ottawa. His first start got off to a rough beginning Rinne recovers with a sprained knee that will sideline when Alex Galchenyuk scored twice on Montreal’s him for at least another week. first four shots in the opening 4:55. Oliver EkmanLarsson also scored for the Coyotes.

WILD 4, CANUCKS 2

PREDATORS 4, PENGUINS 0

MONTREAL — Lauri Korpikoski scored two power-play goals for Arizona and Montreal-area naPITTSBURGH — Carter Hutton made 21 saves tive Louis Domingue made 18 saves to win in his first for this second career shutout in Nashville’s first reguNHL start. lation victory in Pittsburgh in 11 years.

The 22-year-old Domingue helped end the CanaGabriel Bourque, Roman Josi, Eric Nystrom and diens’ five-game winning streak.

Mike Fisher scored.

Domingue made his NHL debut Saturday in relief Hutton improved to 3-1-2 while temporarily filling

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Devan Dubnyk stopped 35 shots to help Minnesota beat Vancouver.

Zach Parise, Jared Spurgeon, Thomas Vanek and Jason Zucker scored for the Wild. Zucker sealed it with an empty-net goal with 55 seconds left.

Ronalds Kenins and Daniel Sedin scored for the Canucks.

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Sports Briefs Fox, Gibson qualify for Junior Nationals Soldotna’s Sadie Fox and Kenai Central’s Addison Gibson led area skiers at Besh Cup 6 at Birch Hill in Fairbanks on Sunday.

Racers competed in classic interval starts.

The finishes also earned Gibson and Fox slots on Team Alaska, which will represent the state at Junior Nationals at Truckee, California, from March 9 to 14. Gibson was fifth in the Under-16 racing, while Fox was sixth in the U-18/U-20 racing.

In the Under-16 girls 5-kilometer race, Gibson took fourth in 19:17, while Molly Gellert was first in 18:10. Also from the area, Riana Boonstra was ninth in 19:46.

In the Under-18 girls 5K, Fox was fourth in 18:50, while Morgan Flynn was first in 17:51. Also from the area, Hannah Pothast, who missed making Junior Nationals by one slot, was ninth in 19:31.

In the U-18 boys 10-kilometer race, SoHi’s Levi Michael finished 17th in 34:22, while Hunter Wonders won at 30:12. In the U-20 boys 10K, Travis Cooper of Kenai took fourth at 31:53, while Seiji Takagi won at 30:26. In the senior men 10K, former Homer skiers Andre Lovett was 10th in 33:01, while Michael Fehrenbach won at 29:43.

In the U-16 boys 5K, John-Mark Pothast led the Peninsula by taking ninth in 16:38, while Ti Donaldson won at 15:13. Also from the area, Jeremy Kupferschmid was 15th at 17:17 and David Michael was 19th at 17:55.

No. 11 Utah routs USC LOS ANGELES — Jakob Poeltl had 14 points and nine rebounds to help No. 11 Utah rout Southern California 67-39 on Sunday.

Delon Wright added 11 points and five rebounds, and Jordan Loveridge had 10 points for the Utes (17-4, 7-2 Pac-12). Coming off a loss at UCLA on Thursday night, Utah was up 32-12 at halftime and led by 29 points in the second half.

Malik Martin scored 11 points for the Trojans (9-12, 1-8).

FLORIDA STATE 55, NO. 23 MIAMI 54 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Montay Brandon scored 18 points on 7-of-7 shooting and Florida State overcame a 16-point first-half deficit to beat Miami.

Kiel Turpin added 10 points for the Seminoles (12-10, 4-5 Atlantic Coast Conference).

Miami’s Sheldon McClellan missed a floater in the lane as time expired. He led the Hurricanes (14-7, 4-4) with 13 points.

Knicks topple Lakers NEW YORK — Carmelo Anthony scored 18 of his 31 points in the third quarter and the New York Knicks beat the Los Angeles Lakers 92-80 on Sunday.

With Kobe Bryant out for the season and both teams among the worst in the NBA, it was anything but a Super Sunday in New York, where the national TV audience that was originally scheduled to see it missed the Lakers shooting 35.5 percent from the field.

HEAT 83, CELTICS 75 BOSTON — Hassan Whiteside scored half of his 20 points during a dominant stretch spanning the third and fourth quarters and Miami held off Boston to snap a two-game slide.

Whiteside also had nine rebounds and blocked three shots.

Chris Bosh added 18 points, and Tyler Johnson had 13, helping overcome the absences of Dwyane Wade and Luol Deng. Wade missed his second game in a row with a strained right hamstring, while Deng sat out his third straight with a strained calf.

Avery Bradley and Tyler Zeller led the Celtics with 17 points apiece.

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Scoreboard Andrew Svoboda (52), $94,500 70-70-68-68—276 Seung-Yul Noh (22), $17,658 68-75-67-71—281 Ryan Moore (52), $94,500 69-67-69-71—276 Jamie Donaldson (22), $17,658 68-73-68-72—281 Justin Thomas (52), $94,500 67-68-69-72—276 Martin Flores (22), $17,658 69-72-71-69—281 Tony Finau (48), $68,040 72-68-70-67—277 Geoff Ogilvy (22), $17,658 68-69-70-74—281 Phoenix Open Scores K.J. Choi (48), $68,040 68-69-72-68—277 Rickie Fowler (22), $17,658 70-72-72-67—281 Sunday Rory Sabbatini (48), $68,040 68-71-67-71—277 Carlos Ortiz (16), $14,616 69-73-69-71—282 At TPC Scottsdale, Stadium Course Francesco Molinari (48), $68,040 70-71-64-72—277 Justin Leonard (16), $14,616 67-73-72-70—282 Scottsdale, Ariz.

Brendan Steele (44), $50,243 71-67-71-69—278 Lucas Glover (16), $14,616 70-70-72-70—282 Purse: $6.3 million Brendon de Jonge (44), $50,243 67-71-72-68—278 Morgan Hoffmann (16), $14,616 72-67-73-70—282 Yardage: 7,266; Par: 71 Kevin Na (44), $50,243 73-69-66-70—278 Charley Hoffman (16), $14,616 69-73-71-69—282 Final Pat Perez (44), $50,243 70-69-68-71—278 Troy Merritt (16), $14,616 71-72-71-68—282 (a-amateur) Boo Weekley (37), $36,729 69-71-70-69—279 Matt Jones (9), $13,734 70-71-70-72—283 Brooks Koepka (500), $1,134,000 71-68-64-66—269 Shawn Stefani (37), $36,729 67-74-69-69—279 Stewart Cink (9), $13,734 70-71-67-75—283 Bubba Watson (208), $470,400 65-71-69-65—270 Billy Horschel (37), $36,729 69-70-71-69—279 Luke Guthrie (9), $13,734 70-72-70-71—283 Ryan Palmer (208), $470,400 64-72-68-66—270 Hunter Mahan (37), $36,729 69-71-71-68—279 James Hahn (9), $13,734 67-73-66-77—283 Hideki Matsuyama (208), $470,400 69-71-63-67—270 Sung Joon Park (37), $36,729 71-69-69-70—279 Nick Taylor (9), $13,734 71-71-71-70—283 a-Jon Rahm 70-68-66-68—272 Michael Putnam (37), $36,729 71-70-67-71—279 Russell Henley (9), $13,734 69-71-65-78—283 Martin Laird (105), $252,000 66-66-68-72—272 Matt Kuchar (37), $36,729 70-70-68-71—279 Cory Renfrew (0), $13,734 70-73-74-66—283 Freddie Jacobson (85), $211,050 68-73-68-64—273 William McGirt (37), $36,729 67-71-74-67—279 J.B. Holmes (4), $13,041 68-73-70-73—284 Jordan Spieth (85), $211,050 70-68-70-65—273 Kevin Chappell (37), $36,729 75-65-65-74—279 Charlie Beljan (4), $13,041 69-74-70-71—284 Graham DeLaet (85), $211,050 67-70-69-67—273 Kevin Streelman (37), $36,729 70-72-73-64—279 Brian Harman (4), $13,041 68-75-70-71—284 Brandt Snedeker (65), $157,500 70-68-70-66—274 Chad Campbell (29), $25,200 70-70-69-71—280 Jason Bohn (4), $13,041 71-70-73-70—284 Brian Stuard (65), $157,500 72-68-67-67—274 Mark Wilson (29), $25,200 70-70-71-69—280 Bryce Molder (1), $12,726 72-70-71-72—285 Daniel Berger (65), $157,500 65-69-71-69—274 Patrick Reed (29), $25,200 71-69-71-69—280 Charles Howell III (1), $12,537 70-71-72-73—286 Robert Streb (65), $157,500 66-70-69-69—274 Harris English (29), $25,200 72-70-71-67—280 Michael Thompson (1), $12,537 67-75-71-73—286 Zach Johnson (65), $157,500 66-70-67-71—274 Jason Kokrak (29), $25,200 72-71-70-67—280 Ricky Barnes (1), $12,348 71-71-71-75—288 Angel Cabrera (56), $116,550 67-69-69-70—275 Ben Martin (29), $25,200 66-73-75-66—280 Retief Goosen (1), $12,222 70-71-71-77—289 Russell Knox (56), $116,550 69-71-65-70—275 George McNeill (22), $17,658 70-72-67-72—281 Brian Davis (1), $12,096 74-68-77-71—290 Aaron Baddeley (52), $94,500 68-71-71-66—276 Jhonattan Vegas (22), $17,658 71-72-67-71—281 Bill Haas (1), $11,970 71-72-72-77—292 Keegan Bradley (52), $94,500 65-73-71-67—276 Chicago 50 31 17 2 64 155 115 Kearse 3-45, Lynch 1-31, Baldwin Memphis at Phoenix, 5 p.m.

Virginia 77, Clemson 72 1-3.

All Times AST Winnipeg 51 26 17 8 60 142 132 MIDWEST MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.

Dallas 49 23 19 7 53 157 159 Creighton 62, Butler 55 NFL Playoffs Men’s Scores Colorado 50 21 18 11 53 131 141 DePaul 49, Villanova 47 Super Bowl EAST Drake 64, Wichita St. 61 Minnesota 49 23 20 6 52 135 140 Sunday, Feb. 1 Manhattan 87, Monmouth (NJ) 76 Illinois St. 72, Loyola of Chicago Pacific Division At Glendale, Ariz.

56 Marist 75, Canisius 67 NBA Standings New England 28, Seattle 24 Anaheim 50 32 12 6 70 147 134 Niagara 105, Quinnipiac 100, Indiana St. 67, Evansville 52 EASTERN CONFERENCE San Jose 50 27 17 6 60 139 135 Marquette 80, Georgetown 73 2OT Patriots 28, Seahawks 24 Atlantic Division N. Iowa 64, Missouri St. 56 Vancouver 48 27 18 3 57 131 124 SOUTH NE 0 14 0 14—28

W L Pct GB Nebraska 75, Michigan 60 Calgary 50 27 20 3 57 144 129 Sea. 0 14 10 0—24 Toronto 33 15 .688 — East Carolina 50, Cincinnati 46 Northwestern 70, Minnesota 49 Los Angeles 49 21 16 12 54 134 132 Brooklyn 18 28 .391 14 Florida St. 55, Miami 54 Notre Dame 92, Wake Forest 63 Second Quarter Arizona 50 18 26 6 42 116 170 Boston 16 30 .348 16 S. Illinois 76, Bradley 59 MIDWEST NE_LaFell 11 pass from Brady New York 10 38 .208 23 Wisconsin 73, Illinois 62 Edmonton 50 13 28 9 35 115 166 (Gostkowski kick), 9:47.

Dayton 101, Fordham 77 Philadelphia 10 38 .208 23 SOUTHWEST Sea_Lynch 3 run (Hauschka NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for Michigan St. 76, Michigan 66, OT Southeast Division kick), 2:16. overtime loss.

Baylor 66, Kansas 58 Atlanta 40 8 .833 — N. Dakota St. 64, W. Illinois 62 NE_Gronkowski 22 pass from Rice 58, North Texas 55, OT Washington 31 17 .646 9 Oakland 96, Youngstown St. 80 Brady (Gostkowski kick), :31.

TCU 64, Texas 59 Miami 21 26 .447 18½ SOUTHWEST Sunday’s Games Sea_Matthews 11 pass from WilTexas A&M 78, Auburn 45 Charlotte 20 27 .426 19½ Houston 70, UConn 68 son (Hauschka kick), :02.

Arizona 3, Montreal 2 Orlando 15 35 .300 26 FAR WEST Third Quarter St. Louis 4, Washington 3 FAR WEST Central Division Sea_FG Hauschka 27, 11:09.

Arizona St. 58, Utah 48 Nashville 4, Pittsburgh 0 Chicago 30 19 .612 — California 90, Washington 88 Sea_Baldwin 3 pass from Wilson Colorado 81, Arizona 69 Cleveland 29 20 .592 1 Utah 67, Southern Cal 39 Minnesota 4, Vancouver 2 (Hauschka kick), 4:54.

Milwaukee 25 22 .532 4 Fourth Quarter Monday’s Games Detroit 18 30 .375 11½ NE_Amendola 4 pass from Brady Florida at N.Y. Rangers, 3 p.m.

Women’s Scores Indiana 17 32 .347 13 (Gostkowski kick), 7:55.

Winnipeg at Calgary, 5 p.m.

EAST WESTERN CONFERENCE NE_Edelman 3 pass from Brady NHL Standings Edmonton at San Jose, 6:30 p.m.

(Gostkowski kick), 2:02.

Delaware 73, Hofstra 62 Southwest Division EASTERN CONFERENCE A_70,288.

All Times AST Memphis 35 12 .745 — Fairfield 54, Monmouth (NJ) 52,

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NE Sea First downs 25 20 Total Net Yards 377 396 Rushes-yards 21-57 29-162 Passing 320 234 Punt Returns 3-27 2-6 Kickoff Returns 3-49 0-0 Interceptions Ret. 1-3 2-14 Comp-Att-Int 37-50-2 12-21-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-8 3-13 Punts 4-49.0 6-44.8 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 5-36 7-70 Time of Possession 33:46 26:14 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_New England, Blount 14-40, Vereen 4-13, Edelman 1-7, Brady 2-(minus 3). Seattle, Lynch 24-102, Wilson 3-39, Turbin 2-21.

PASSING_New England, Brady 37-50-2-328. Seattle, Wilson 1221-1-247.

RECEIVING_New England, Vereen 11-64, Edelman 9-109, Gronkowski 6-68, Amendola 5-48, LaFell 4-29, Develin 1-6, Hoomanawanui 1-4. Seattle, Matthews 4-109, Lockette 3-59,

Houston 33 15 Dallas 32 17 San Antonio 30 18 New Orleans 25 22 Northwest Division Portland 32 16 Oklahoma City 23 24 Denver 19 29 Utah 17 30 Minnesota 8 39 Pacific Division Golden State 37 8 L.A. Clippers 33 15 Phoenix 28 21 Sacramento 17 29 L.A. Lakers 13 35

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Sunday’s Games Miami 83, Boston 75 New York 92, L.A. Lakers 80 Monday’s Games Charlotte at Washington, 3 p.m.

Philadelphia at Cleveland, 3 p.m.

Milwaukee at Toronto, 3:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Brooklyn, 3:30 p.m.

Atlanta at New Orleans, 4 p.m.

Orlando at Oklahoma City, 4 p.m.

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GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Tampa Bay

51 32 15

4 68 166 133

Montreal

49 32 14

3 67 130 111

Detroit

50 29 12

9 67 149 129

Boston

50 27 16

7 61 134 124

Florida

47 21 16 10 52 115 132

Ottawa

48 20 19

9 49 136 136

Toronto

51 22 25

4 48 144 156

Buffalo

50 14 33

3 31 94 179

Metropolitan Division N.Y. Islanders 49 32 16

1 65 158 139

Pittsburgh

50 28 14

8 64 145 129

N.Y. Rangers 47 28 15

4 60 139 112

Washington 50 25 15 10 60 147 129 Philadelphia 51 22 22

7 51 140 151

New Jersey 50 19 22

9 47 113 138

Columbus

48 21 24

3 45 120 151

Carolina

49 17 26

6 40 105 129

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Nashville

49 32 11

6 70 149 115

St. Louis

49 32 13

4 68 160 120

Transactions BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NEW YORK KNICKS — Recalled F Cleanthony Early from Westchester (NBADL).

HOCKEY National Hockey League DALLAS STARS — Reassigned D Jamie Oleksiak and RW Brett Ritchie to Texas (AHL).

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Recalled G Andrei Vasilevskiy from Syracuse (AHL).

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Reassigned D Cameron Schilling to Hershey (AHL).

COLLEGE AUBURN — Dismissed women’s senior basketball F Hasina Muhammad from the team.

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sometimes you just have to go fishing,” Jennings said. “You have to get out there and experience it. So basically we went on a fishing trip.”

Weis said that the film “highlights a number of conservation-minded fly fisherman who travel over to Chuitna to fish, and also to meet with the locals who are fighting PacRim’s proposal to mine directly through the salmon stream.”

Chuitna region inhabitants featured in the documentary include commercial set-netter Terry Jorgensen, Tyonek village cheif Al Goozmer, and Julie Heilman, a resident of the approximately 50-member village of Beluga, who said that she lives about “nine miles, as the crow flies,” from the Chuitna River tributary Middle Creek.

Heilman is a founding member and current president of the Chuitna Citizens Coalition, a group that in 2009 filed three applications with ADNR for instream flow reservations of the water of Middle Creek. An instream flow reservation is a type of water use permit granted to protect the value of water in its native body. In the case of Middle Creek, the value Heilman hopes to protect is salmon habitat.

“If this river is dug up, that’s setting a precedent for the whole state,” Heilman said.

Between the CCC’s submission of the instream flow application in 2009 and October 2013, DNR held the application without beginning its decisionmaking process.

In 2011, PacRim Coal filed with DNR for a temporary use permit on the same body of water, which was granted in 8 days.

‘Anytime, you’re talking about a resource that’s at such risk as salmon in the Chuitna. You have to get out there and experience it. So basically we went on a fishing trip.’

— Portland filmmaker Trip Jennings In a February 2013 lawsuit, CCC successfully appealed and suspended PacRim’s temporary use permit. Later that year CCC brought a second lawsuit against DNR and its then-commissioner Dan Sullivan regarding the agency’s inaction on CCC’s instream flow applications.

The result was a ruling by 3rd District Court Judge Mark Rindner that DNR must begin adjudicating the instream flow reservations within 30 days after the ruling was delivered on October 14.

In February 2015 DNR is expected to release its decision about whether the water of Middle Creek will be legally reserved from interference by mining.

Weis said the proximity of the decision to the documentary release was a coincidence, since the documentary was planned long before Alaskans First knew the decision’s time of release.

“We really wanted to start raising awareness of Chuitna this year because it’s likely that we’re going to see a public commentary nationally on that proposal within the next year,” Weis said, referring to the draft environmental impact statement on the Chuitna project that federal government agencies plan to release by late 2015, which will be subject to a 30 to 90 day public comment period.

“It just so happens that (the instream flow decision) is going to drop at a similar time , which is good because it gives

Alaskans an opportunity to come out and see the film, and also take action at the same time.”

The documentary concludes with the same encouragement, providing a number to which viewers can send a text message that will add them to the anti-coal campaign’s contact list.

Weis said that members of the list will receive text message notifications at “major moments of the campaign.”

“Once they issue public notice on the draft environmental statement and open up that 30 to 90 day comment period, we need literally hundreds of thousands of people across the country to take action,” Weis said. “And because we have a limited time window, it’s important that we have a quick way to get a hold of them.

That’s why we’re going with the text messaging.”

Heilman said that she expects the documentary to be effective in publicizing the Chuitna anti-coal movement.

“I’m looking forward to seeing how the ripples go out from this,” Heilman said.

“We’ve gone to sports shows and stood there and told people this, and handed out brochures and stuff. But pictures are worth a thousand words. And when people see what a beautiful area this is up there, they’re going to say, ‘no, we don’t want this here.’”

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At the finish line

Maria Salzetti leans on her poles after completing the Tsalteshi Trails Ski for Women 5K Classic Race on Sunday in Soldotna, Alaska. Salzetti skied on the team “Jedi Skiers,” with Theresa Salzetti and Kyaran Matturro. She said she wished she had thought of naming the team “Skiers of The Force.”

a letter of intent to make the purchase.

That raised concerns among lawmakers about such things as a lack of public discussion about the proposal and having

a public corporation of the state buy a business.

Walker said he welcomes lawmakers’ input.

“But the ultimate goal is to get a solution to the high cost

of energy in Fairbanks that’s been going on and on and on for much longer than it should have,” he said.

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School board to meet The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meets at 7 p.m. in the borough building at 148 N. Binkley Street in Soldotna (unless otherwise noted). For more information, call 907-714-8888 or visit kpbsd.k12. ak.us. The agenda and packet items are posted on Wednesday afternoon prior to the date of the Board meeting. Persons with disabilities who need accommodations to participate at the School Board meetings should contact Debbie Tressler at 907-714-8836 or email dtressler@kpbsd.k12.ak.us no later than three business days before the meeting date. The board will meet: n Feb. 2; n March 2; n April 6; n May 4 (at Seward High School); n June 1; n June 2 (Board planning session).

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KPBSD Career and Tech Department is offering free after school academies to train students in the welding, construction and medical field. Listed below are our upcoming academies.

Nikiski High School will be offering a welding academy beginning Jan. 6, running every Tuesday and Thursday from 2:30-4:30 p.m. Students will be learning Oxy-Acetylene Cutting, torch safety and set up, cutting torch free hand, interpret welding symbols and much more.

In January we will be offering a Personal Care Attendant (PCA) class that is limited to juniors and seniors only. This class will take place at the Workforce Development Center.

Students will learn how to physically care for people. Students who are close to the age of 18 by May 2014 will receive a State Certificate after passing the exam. The class is limited to 12 students. Textbooks will be provided, however they are available to purchase for $35 if a student chooses to keep their book. There will be a mandatory meeting (dates and times to be announced). During this meeting class times will be set depending on student and instructor’s schedule.

Any high school student is able to participate in any of our academies. If a student successfully completes the 60 hour academy they will receive a half practical art credit. To sign up students can see their counselor, call Debbie Pearson at 283-2145 or go to MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from “onestop.kpbsd.k12.ak.us” claiming to be onestop.kpbsd.k12.Alaskaus/ Funding for the Alaska Construction Academies comes from a grant from the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development and The Alaska Department of Commerce and Economic Development.

Connections Home School Program Dates to remember: n Fridays: Soldotna Battle of the Books Grades 5th & 6th Mtg @ 11:00 a.m. n Wednesdays (Until February 25th, 2015): Free Admission To the SeaLife Center in Seward n 02/04 – Central Pen Senior Mtg @ Soldotna Connections 2:00pm n 02/09-03/06 – Welding Academy @ Kenai n 02/13 – Deadline for Science Fair Registration n 02/18 – Salmon in the Classroom Sport Lake Ice Fishing @ 11:10-12:10 n 03/01 – Fee for Winter Ecology Program Due n 03/19 - Winter Ecology Overnight Program n 03/30-03/31 – Soldotna Safe Sitter Class (see below for more information) n 05/07 Talent Show @ SoHi Auditorium @ 5:00 p.m.

Winter Ecology Overnight Program: The Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies (CACS) and Connections Homeschool Program are teaming up again for a fun and educational overnight field trip at Ageya Wilderness Center on the bench above Homer. This trip is open to all Connections Homeschool students in grades 5-8.

This is a 1-night program with lodging in yurts at the Ageya Wilderness Center and activities and winter ecology explorations at both Ageya and nearby Wynn Nature Center. Topics include adaptations of plants and animals, animal tracking, cold weather safety & survival, shelter-building, guided snowshoe hikes, dutch oven cooking, astronomy, and night (snowshoe) hikes. Don’t miss this amazing learning opportunity.

We will meet in Homer on March 19th @ noon and will be finished March 20th @ noon. We need about a 6:1 student to adult ratio, so parents are welcome to attend. Cost for the trip is $82 per person, which can be deducted from the student allotment if the student has a class on their ILP related to this activity. Parents would need to pay out of pocket. There is also a $10/person fee for food that will be prepared and served on site - this fee needs to be paid out of pocket for all and is non-refundable. All fees will be due by March 1st.

Space is very limited - a maximum of 30 people will be able to attend! Please notify Derek Bynagle in the Homer office or Mark Wackler in the Soldotna office of your interest in this trip as soon as possible or if you have specific questions or concerns. Derek Bynagle - dbynagle@kpbsd. k12.ak.us 226-1880 Mark Wackler - mwackler@kpbsd.k12. ak.us 714-8880 Connections Talent Show: The Connections Talent Show has become an event we look forward to each school year. We enjoy seeing the work & success our students are finding outside of the academic realm, and we love giving them a chance to put those talents on display each spring. If your student has a talent they may wish to share at out talent show this year, please contact our talent show coordinator, Mark Wackler, at mwackler@ kpbsd.k12.ak.us . The show will be held on May 7th at the Soldotna High School Auditorium at 5:00 p.m. We look forward to seeing you at the 2015 Connections Talent Show!

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Nate Hadfield reaches for a pair of “googgley eyes” to glue onto his valentine’s caterpillar he is making for class Friday at The Study in Soldotna.

Local learning center continues to grow

By IAN FOLEY Peninsula Clarion

Studying really does pay off for one local business.

The Study, located on Marcus Avenue in Soldotna, is an accredited learning center that caters to the educational needs of students of all ages.

Owner and teacher Kerri Nelson started The Study in 2011 as a tutoring center to help students achieve academic success.

Because there was an overwhelming demand for courses, Nelson started to offer full day, pre-kindergarten and kindergarten classes as well. Next school year, The Study will offer full day first and second grade classes for the first time.

Currently, the curriculum for the full-time pre-kindergarten and kindergarten covers a variety of subjects including reading, writing and Spanish. Nelson said that all the students can be successful and she encourages them while maintaining high standards.

To ensure that each student gets the attention necessary for success, Nelson capped her classes at 15 students.

Students are also required to wear uniforms. “(Uniforms help the stu-

‘The funniest thing was somebody asked for Yodeling.’

— Kerri Nelson, owner and teacher, The Study

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Cabren Derossett laughs as he works on his valentine’s caterpillar he is making in class Friday at The Study in Soldotna.

dents) focus on academics,” Nelson said. “They’re not focused on frills, Nike, bows, this that or the other thing.”

Nelson said that there are many reasons why The Study continues to grow in popularity. “(Parents) like the small class size,” Nelson said. “They like that I cap it. They like that it’s highly academic. They like the uniforms.”

Like other Kenai Peninsula schools, The Study is accredited through AdvancED. Nelson said that while the process was long, having the

mentary school, The Study offers tutoring services to people of all ages. High school students can also take courses including Spanish, algebra and art exploration for school credit.

A plethora of courses are offered, ranging from math, voice and guitar, to reading and even private pilot ground school.

Nelson said that while The Study offers numerous courses, she has heard unusual requests.

“The funniest was somebody asked for Yodeling,” Nelson said.

While Nelson said that she loves what The Study is doing, she said the support she has received has caught her off guard.

“I’m shocked daily,” she said.

school be accredited was vital.

“I wanted the study to be credible,” she said. “Not just be a place out there.”

During June and July, The Study offers two summer school courses. There is also a two-week reading course offered before the normal school session starts to help students who may have regressed during the long summer break.

“It gives them that shot in the arm that they need,” NelReach Ian Foley at Ian.foson said.

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High school students get a Taste of College Last week, five high school juniors from Voznesenka, a Russian Old Believer community located about 25 miles east of Homer, visited the Kenai River Campus so that they could get a feel for what it’s like to attend college.

Now that the campus can offer student housing, students from rural areas are realizing that they have an option other than leaving the area to attend college.

The group of students and their advisor were hosted by the Residence Life staff that put together specific itineraries based on interest surveys the students completed prior to the visit.

Each student attended at least one class while on campus. Classes visited included computer electronics, process technology, paramedic technology and welding.

One of the students, interested in journalism, visited the advancement office and learned what it’s like to write news articles, work under strenuous deadlines all while maintaining a creative edge.

According to Tammie Willis, KRC associate director of residence life, emphasis on the importance of going to college is becoming more commonplace in the Old Believer culture.

“The advisor who accompanied the students indicated that many parents no longer just assume that their children will follow in the family business. There is an evolving awareness that working toward a gainful career or vocation will be beneficial to not only the students, but also to their community. This semester we have one resident C

K enai P eninsula C ollege A round C ampus living in the hall from Voznesenka—the first to enter KPC’s process technology degree program.” Willis said.

“He came and spoke with the visiting students about his impressions of life at KPC and how he is succeeding in his program.”

The Taste of College program allows high school juniors and seniors to visit KRC and spend one night in the residence hall and one day attending various classes based on their career interests. The students also meet with at least one faculty member, financial aid representatives and they interact with current students.

“The students who attended greatly enjoyed their visit and left KPC really thinking about how college fits into their future.

They were very appreciative of everyone’s time but more importantly, the experiences and information that were shared.

There were some very deep and long discussions at the end of the day that demonstrated a shift in thought from ‘Should I go to College?’ to ‘What do I want to study when I go to College?’ and that made the event a success,” Willis said.

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intervention training offered The Kenai River Rotary Club and Soldotna Rotary Club will be offering a suicide prevention and intervention training from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 3 in the Soldotna Library Multipurpose Room.

This training will be free and open to the public. A light lunch will be provided.

The training will use the Question, Persuade and Refer Method, which is a simple educational program that teaches citizens how to recognize a mental health emergency and how to get a person at risk the help they need.

To learn more about the objectives of the program, visit this link: http://bit. ly/1ttagT9.

Diane Taylor, KRC Learning Center director and a Kenai River Rotarian, encourages KPC students, staff, faculty and the general public to take advantage of this opportunity.

“This event offers a neutral place to engage in a conversation about a topic that touches everyone. We would be hardpressed to find a family that doesn’t have a story about how suicide has impacted them.

This training is something that can lead to more support for anyone who may themselves be dealing with this topic,” Taylor said.

This column is provided by Suzie Kendrick, Advancement Programs Manager at Kenai Peninsula College.

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Connections Homeschool Science Fair: It’s time again for the Connections Homeschool Science Fair!

Please fill out a registration form from your local Connections office by February 13th. Once you fill out the registration form we will send you several other documents. Projects will be displayed in the office for 1 week (February 23-27) and each student that submits a project will be awarded a small prize. If you have any additional questions please contact advisor Mark Wackler at mwackler@kpbsd.k12.ak.us or 714-8880.

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Hooray for actually having some snow on the ground finally!

Hopefully, you are able to enjoy the snow-maybe by trying some outdoor activities such as skiing, snowshoeing or sledding. We are also into our 3rd quarter of school. That means work samples and progress reports are turned in and we are heading into the 2nd semester of school. We want to encourage you to keep up the great work schooling your children. We also want to let you know of our upcoming events. n Spelling Bee – February 5 at the Soldotna Library at 10:00 a.m. Sign up with Marian at the IDEA office. Marian.werth@ ideafamilies.org or call her at 260-7555. n Art in the Capitol – art work is due February 6. IDEA will be participating in Art in the Capitol again this year. This is an excellent opportunity to display your child’s quality artwork in the halls of the Capitol building in Juneau for our governor, legislators, Alaskans, and visitors to see and appreciate. IDEA has reserved display space during March. Student artists from K-12 grade are invited to contribute original 2-dimensional artwork on PAPER: painting, drawing, photography, mixed media, original (etching, lithos, silkscreen, woodblock) prints, or collage. Art must be on paper and un-mounted. n Theme for 2015 is “GARDENS” n Cabin Fever Fridays – 4 Fridays of educational games. These are from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Kalifonsky Christian Center. All ages are welcome and coffee will be served for adults. Please check your IDEA email to sign up for this opportunity to learn and play. n Homer Day – February 13 - Math games with Adele and Suzanne. Please join us while we learn and have fun! Yes!! Math CAN be Fun!! More details coming soon! Remember to check your IDEA email. n February 18 – Ice fishing at Sports Lake. IDEA’s time slot is 12:15-1:15. Come join us while we join Alaska Department of Fish and Game by spending some time ice fishing for Chinook salmon and rainbow trout. All equipment is provided, however, any student over 16 will need a fishing permit. Come learn proper ice fishing technique! n PAC meeting – February 20 at 12:45 at the IDEA office.

Come join us at the IDEA office to help plan out activities! We are meeting a little earlier that day due to our Cabin Fever Event!

Bring a snack and your ideas! n February 27 – Our last Cabin Fever Day will include a salmon dissection! n Race to the Summit with IXL Math – You can still sign up to help us reach the summit. Did you check out the IXL store at the IDEA office? There are lots of prizes to choose from. Ask your contact teacher about signing up. n Congratulations to Dominic Alioto from Kenai who won the middle school district Battle of the Books! He will travel to Anchorage with two fellow IDEA students, one from Mountain Village and another from Fairbanks for the state battle! Their battle is on February 23rd!! n We also had our Geo Bee! One of our very geographically aware student, Stephan Pearson, will be traveling to Anchorage to compete in the state Geo Bee! Congratulations Stephan!

If you have gone onto the Family Site and gone to Region K, you might have noticed a new blog page. This new page is titled “Region K Community”.

This is for events that are happening in our community that aren’t sponsored by IDEA. You will also notice this is in our listserv emails.

The new subject line will be Region K Community. Another change coming up in March,we will be moving to a weekly newsletter. On Mondays we will be sending out an update with IDEA sponsored events. On Thursdays we will be sending out events that will be our community events. The events will be continue to be posted as soon as possible on our blog.

Kenai Middle Thank you to all the Volunteers who helped make the recent Activity night and Dance a huge success. It was a great evening!

Congratulations to Sorin Sorensn, our KMS Spelling Bee Champion! Gary Dent is the runner-up. The Spelling Bee lasted 9 rounds and the championship word was “seethe”. Congratulations to Jacob Anderson, the Geography Bee Champion! Everett Strong is the 1st Runner-Up and Jessy Jeffries is the 2nd RunnerUp! Fantastic job by all of you!

Congratulations to our Character Counts winner: Skyler Dipola and McKinzie Ticknor! There will be no school on Thursday and Friday, February 5th and 6th. Parent/Teacher conferences will be held on Thursday February 5th from noon to 4pm and 5 to 7pm. Conferences are “arena style” meaning you do not need a scheduled time to conference with teachers. You are welcome to attend anytime during the scheduled hours.

If you are unable to attend during the open conference times.

Please call the school and we will help you schedule a time that is convenient for you.

It is important to note that parents are welcome to schedule a meeting with their child’s teachers at any time during the school year. Parents do not have to wait for conference days to touch base with our staff. Just phone the office or speak with your child’s teachers for these accommodations. Office phone number is 283-1700.

There will be a band concert featuring KMS’s beginning band, on Tuesday February 3rd in the Library at 7 p.m.

There is also Volleyball @ Skyview on February 3rd beginning at 3:00 p.m.

Wednesday, February 4th is and early release day. School will end at 12:57 p.m. Buses will adjust to accommodate our schedule for that day.

The State Math Counts Competition is Saturday, February 7th.

Mountain View Elementary The Library will be holding a book fair February 2 – February 6 during school hours and parent-teacher conferences. If you would like to volunteer to help with the book fair please call the office at 283-8600.

Wednesday, February 4 is an early release day for students.

Students will be dismissed at 1:55 PM. Parent/Teacher conferences will be held on Thursday & Friday, February 5 & 6. There will be no school for students.

Congratulations to our “Soaring Eagles” for the month of January. They are: Robert Hayes, Timothy Whisnant, James Sparks, Emaline Cruickshank, Matthew Arousa, Lydia Williams-Vasilie, Allie Hutchins, Taylor Crista, Eli Morris, Chloe Moffett, Kelsie Easling, Patrick Kramer, Karina Brence, Dennis Landt, Troy Dixon, Angelina Bond, Kyla Freeman, Macy Stanley, & Derrick Henry.

Nikiski Middle-High Monday, February 2 n JV Girls Basketball @ SoHi – 3:00 p.m. n JV Boys Basketball @ SoHi – 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, February 3 n JV Boys Basketball @ Nikiski vs. George Morgan – 5:00 p.m.

Wednesday, February 4 – early release Thursday, February 5 - Parent/Teacher Conferences – no school for students n 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. n 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. n 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Friday, February 6 – Teacher Inservice – no school for student n JV Girls Basketball @ Nikiski vs. Cordova – 3:00 p.m. n JV Boys Basketball @ Nikiski vs. Cordova – 4:30 p.m. n Varsity Girls Basketball @ Nikiski vs. Cordova – 6:00 p.m. n Varsity Boys Basketball @ Nikiski vs. Cordova – 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, February 7 n High School Cross Country Skiing Boroughs @ Nikiski n JV Girls Basketball @ Nikiski vs. Cordova – 10:00 a.m. n JV Boys Basketball @ Nikiski vs. Cordova – 11:30 a.m. n Varsity Girls Basketball @ Nikiski vs. Cordova – 1:00 p.m. n Varsity Boys Basketball @ Nikiski vs. Cordova – 2:30 p.m.

Monday, February 9 n Grade Check! n JV Girls Basketball @ Nikiski vs. SoHi – 3:00 p.m. n JV Boys Basketball @ Nikiski vs. SoHi – 4:30 p.m.

Nikiski North Star Elementary Congratulations to Diane Nasibog for placing first in our school geography bee! Second place went to Connor Evoy and third place to Jessica Perry. Also ,congratulations to the following students who represented their classes: Neo Patiag, Lilly Anderson, Carter Tennison, David Hadella, James Lathem, and Caleb Griffith. Diane will take a qualifying exam and see if she qualifies for the state geography bee to be held in Anchorage in April.

Today is the start of the Scholastic Book Fair being held in the school library. The fair will be open during the school day and also during parent/teacher conferences on Thursday and Friday.

If you have a question, please call the school library at 776-2630.

NNS will release students at 2:00 pm. A reminder that there is no school for students on Thursday and Friday this week because of parent/teacher conferences.

February is Love of Reading month at NNS. Along with the book fair, there are several activities planned including our annual ‘One School, One Book’ event. If you are unfamiliar with this program, you will be able to learn more about it from your child’s teacher during conferences.

Ninilchik School Ninilchik Invitational Basketball Tournament February 4,5,6,7: ­Featuring Teams From Unalaska, King Cove, SoHi JV, Kalskag, Tok, Sandpoint and Ninilchik. Games begin Wednesday, February 4 at 2 p.m.

Redoubt Elementary n February 3, 2015 – Bingo for Books – 6:30-8:00 p.m. n February 4, 2015 – Early Release Day for students – 1:45 pm. n February 5 & 6 2015 – Parent-Teacher Conferences n February 5 & 6 2015 – No School for Students n February 28, 2015 – Winter Carnival Noon – 4:00 p.m.

Bingo for Books – Tuesday, February 3rd, 6:30-8:00 p.m. Celebrate “Love of Reading Month”, free snacks, free books & free fun for the whole family. All students must be accompanied by an adult. Redoubt Elementary gym.

Geography Bee - Congratulations Parker Kincaid – 1st Place Winner Madelyn Barkman – 2nd Place Congratulations to all participating students: Emma Craig, Chaz Bird, Johann Carranza, Taylor Lee, Erika Arthur, Ricardo Rincon, Jaron Kenner and Kati Koch.

Yearbooks are on Sale - $15.00 pre-order yours now, make checks payable to Redoubt Elementary. Yearbooks will arrive in May. Order forms have been sent home with students.

Box Tops Winners last week were: Lilly Bahl, Loretta Maal and Connor Gossman. Keep those Box Tops for education coming, weekly drawings are held so don’t forget to have your child put their name on the back of each Box Top and turn them in at school.

Conferences n Thursday, February 5th - 9:00am –12pm, 1:00pm-4:00pm & 5:00pm-7:00pm n Friday, February 6th – 9:00am – 1200pm Redoubt’s Third Annual “Winter Carnival”. Mark your calendar for Saturday, February 28, noon to 4:00 p.m. This event is open to the community. Come join us for an afternoon of fun.

There will be door prizes, raffles, games, and a silent auction.

Don’t miss the opportunity to dunk Mr. Pothast in the dunk tank.

If you would like to volunteer to help at the carnival please call the school office. Maybe you own a business and wish to make a donation of goods or services for the auction, if so, please contact the school office.

Themed basket items are being collected from each classroom for the silent auction, please contact your child’s teacher for the theme of their classroom basket. A complete list will be printed in the school’s weekly newsletter. Watch the weekly school newsletter for additional raffles and information about the carnival.

Help Wanted: Raffle tickets are currently on sale for $20.00 each. First place – iPad 64GB, Second Place – 2 RT tickets to Anchorage on Grant Aviation & Third Place Toshiba Tablet 8GB. Drawing to be held at the Winter Carnival on February 28. Only 450 tickets will be sold. Stop by the school office to purchase your tickets.

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a Parent Communicator to join PBIS Think Tank Team! This volunteer’s duties would include representing parents at team meetings 2 Mondays per month at 3:45 to 4:45 p.m., and to inform our parent community of PBIS planning, activities, events, etc.

If interested, please contact Elizabeth Kvamme at ekvamme@ kpbsd.k12.ak.us or 260-5100. We look forward to adding a parent volunteer to our team.

Art updates: Mr. McKay’s 5th and 6th graders are working on slab-built clay projects. The pieces are dry now and still need to be bisque fired, glazed, and high fired. More information to follow. I’ll let you know how fabulously they turn out.

Mrs. Cannava’s preschoolers have honored the late artist, Andy Warhol, with their Teddy Bear prints. You can see these outside the preschooler’s room, and you can also see the teddy bears they used for the project. Alas, the bears will never be quite the same, but the resulting art work is remarkable! As with Mr. Warhol’s work, Mrs. Cannava isolated the images, then repeated them many times in one piece of art. Continuing down the intermediate hallway, you will see self-portraits which are most interesting and a variety of “I Have a Dream” papers with lovely artwork which commemorate the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As you check out the primary hallway, you will see their “Let it snow” display with lots of snow people, and they are so cute! It must have worked some magic as we finally have fluffy driveways and yards again. You won’t want to miss the “We Love You to Pieces” display for Valentine’s Day. The hearts are lovely and made with puzzle pieces. So Sweet!

Battle of the Books is a reading program that gives the same list of books to every school in the district.

Kids read the books, get together and play reading games, watch videos about the authors and books, and are then chosen for a district-wide competition. Every school is guaranteed 3 battles with different schools around the district. Our 3rd and 4th graders will battle on Feb. 3rd, and our 5th and 6th graders will battle on Feb. 10th. We wish you all the best with your battles, you brilliant scholars!

Soldotna High Wednesday, Feb. 4 (Early Release Day) 7:40 a.m. - 8:20 a.m. 1st Period 40 Minutes *** Extra time: Announcements 8:25 a.m. – 9:05 a.m. 2nd Period 40 Minutes *** No Advisory – 3rd Period 9:10 a.m. – 9:50 a.m. 4th Period 40 Minutes 10:00 a.m. – 10:40 a.m. 5th Period 40 Minutes 10:45 a.m. – 11:25 a.m. 6th Period 40 Minutes 11:25 a.m. – 11:55 p.m. Lunch 35 Minutes 12:00 p.m. – 12:40 p.m. 7th Period 40 Minutes 12:50 p.m. Bus Pickup Parent Teacher Conference on Thursday, Feb. 5th from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm and again from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm.

Soldotna Prep Early Release Day February 4, 2015 No School / Parent Teacher Conferences Thursday, February 5, 2015 from 12☺0 – 3:00 and 4:00 – 7:00 in the big gym No School Friday, February 6, 2015 In-service Day Visit Soldotna Prep blog for current information: http://soldotnaprep.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/wpmu/

Skyview Middle Sports Schedule: n Tuesday, February 3 – Volleyball - Kenai vs. Skyview 7th @ Skyview Middle – 3:00 p.m. n Tuesday, February 3 – Volleyball - Kenai B vs. Skyview B @ Skyview Middle – 4:30 p.m. n Tuesday, February 3 – Volleyball – Skyview 8th vs. Seward @ Seward – 3:00 p.m n Wrestling – No meet scheduled – Pictures will be Tuesday February 3 in the commons @ 2:30 p.m. n Nordic Skiing – No meet scheduled Events this week: n Wednesday, February 4 - Early Release Day – Skyview Middle School students will end the school day at 12:55 pm. n Thursday, February 5 - Parent Teacher Conferences! One day only. Arena style. Parents and students are welcome to attend during the following times: Morning Session 7:30 to 11:00 am / Afternoon Session 12 noon to 4:00 pm / Evening Session 5:00 to 7:00 p.m n Thursday, February 5 – No School for Students n Friday, February 6 – No School for Students Outstanding student Fees can be viewed online. Please check PowerSchool > Student Fees for current information. Please contact Mrs. Kircher at 260-2500 with any questions or concerns.

NAEP will be administered to select eighth-graders on February 10. To learn more about the program, visit http://1.usa.gov/ Ugb2Ct. The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is holding a Public Pool Use and Budget Meeting on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 beginning at 5:00 p.m. in the Soldotna High School library. Everyone interested is encouraged to attend. If there are questions, please contact Lassie Nelson at District Office at 7148838.

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Month of FEBRUARY n February 3 3rd & 4th Grade Battle of Books n February 4 Early Release, 2:05 p.m. n February 5th & 6th Parent Teacher Conferences n February 9-13 Love of Reading Week n February 10 5th & 6th Grade Battle of Books n February 12 Tustumena School Forensics n February 13 Mighty Meatballs Fundraiser Dinner for 6th G rade n February 17 PTO Meeting, 4 p.m. n February 23 Site Council Meeting Soldotna Elementary n February 24 Skyview Middle School Counselor’s Visit 6th Last week, the third graders had three special guests. On Mon- Grade day, Roger and Marlene Pearson came to talk to the entire third n February 28 District Wide Forensics at Tustumena School grade about Alaska geography and maps. Mr. Pearson is a former 10 a.m.

UAF professor. His area of expertise is geography and Alaskan studies. On Thursday, Mr. Dale Lawyer and his Search and Res- Wings Christian Academy cue dog, Ares, came to Mrs. Straw’s class to teach us about winter This last week at Wings, the students were able to go to the safety and survival in the woods.

Mr. Lawyer works for CES. The kids had a great time learning Seward Sea Life Center. Everyone enjoyed getting a day off what to do if they get lost, but their favorite part was getting to school and seeing more of Alaska’s wildlife. On January 27, they meet and visit with Ares. Mr. Lawyer and Ares will be visiting also celebrated the 100th day of school. Mrs. Deloma Howell made a sheet cake with 100 jelly beans on top! The students were Ms. Buben’s third grade in February.

Friday, Ms. Suzanne Legner, a former SoEl teacher, came to very grateful and ate the entire cake.

This week at Wings, Tyler Ophus and Ethan Berga won the talk to the entire third grade about her experiences walking with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. She spoke about the history of civil “Cleanest Desk of the Week” award. Great job! Students will rights and about peaceful problem solving. She kept the students also be competing in the Quiz’em competition on Wednesday.

For the month of December, Andrew Grant, Ethan Berga, and captivated with stories from her youth.

Second grade teachers, Sherri Baktuit and Holly Davis, just Abel Newbern won. Who will win this time?

In the next few weeks, an Honor Roll trip is planned on Febhad a Junior Achievement volunteer, Mr. Michael Bloesser, from ruary 12 for those who made an 88% or higher grade average in Walmart, teach economics lessons in their classrooms.

During these lessons, students learned about assembly line vs. the last quarter. They will be going bowling and eating ice cream individual production, government jobs, taxes, making decisions sundaes after lunch.

Congratulations! The LLC students will be going ice skatthat impact the community, community careers, and how money moves throughout a community. The second grade classes want ing for PE, beginning on March 5. Also, the deadline to turn in to thank Mr. Bloesser for providing his time and knowledge to Box Tops will be announced in a few weeks. The students can win prizes, including non-uniform days that can be redeemed for us.

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KENAI, AK Come join a family-friendly, innovative work environment. The Kenaitze Indian Tribe has opened our Dena'ina Wellness Center, featuring an integrated model of care. Employees at Kenaitze In dian Tribe deliver health, social service, education and tribal court services to tribal members, Alaska Native/American Indian people and others.

Kenaitze Indian Tribe is recruiting for the following Full Time Positions: DENTIST Performs restorative, prosthodontic, surgical, endodontic, interceptive orthodontic and periodontal treatment as provided in general dentistry.

DENTAL HYGIENIST Responsible for conducting dental hygiene examinations and treatment on patients and assisting in improving the knowledge level of patients on preventative oral hygiene.

FINANCIAL ANALYST Monitors and maintains approved health program budgets. Analyzes and communicates variances to program managers and directors, and provides other general budget support. Provides support for accounts payable, payroll, accounts receivable, and other accounting functions of the Tribe's accounting department as needed.

Benefits include Holidays, Paid Time Off, Extended Sick Leave, Medical/Dental/Life & Accidental Death Insurance, 401(k) For the job descriptions or to apply visit our website at http://kenaitze.applicantpro.com.

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ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DIRECTOR Kenai Peninsula College invites applications for the Director of Administrative Services position.

This is a fulltime 12 month position, at Grade 81, step 1. It includes full benefits and tuition waivers.

This position plans, implements, directs, audits and evaluates a comprehensive program of financial support that sustains and advances the mission of KPC; assists and supports executive management with institutional strategic planning and the establishment and distribution of annual operating budgets. The position prepares all financial management reports, prepares analytical fiscal studies, participates and responds to all internal and external financial audits and supervises a service-oriented team of employees that provides accounting, human resource and procurement services to the College.

First review of applications will be February 12th 2015; applications will be accepted until the position is closed.

For more information about the positions, and to apply go to KPC's employment page at www.kpc.alaska.edu UAA is an AA/EO Employer and Educational Institution.

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The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, located in Southcentral Alaska, encompasses 21 diverse communities within 25,600 square miles and serves nearly 9,000 students. The salary will be in the range of $140,000 - $165,000, plus an excellent comprehensive benefits package. The final salary for the successful candidate will be negotiated and determined based upon proven experience, qualifications and meeting the school board's criteria.

Applications will be accepted until February 16, 2015. All applications must be submitted online at http://bit.ly/KPBSDonlineApplication. All documents submitted during the application process, with the exception of those that are validly confidential, shall be considered public records by the school district.

Questions? Contact: Laurie Wood, Recruitment Specialist teach@kpbsd.org 907-714-8844 www.kpbsd.org

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General News/Sports/Outdoors Reporter The award-winning Homer News is seeking a full-time general news reporter, who will also cover sports, outdoors and schools. Proven writing ability and photography skills needed.

Some knowledge of InDesign and Associated Press style a plus. Weekend and night work part of the job. The successful applicant will demonstrate the ability to consistently meet deadlines, per- form as a team player and successfully generate and follow through on story ideas.

Resumes and references may be e-mailed to: lori.evans@homernews.com or faxed to 907-235-4199 or delivered to Homer News at 3482 Landings St., Homer, AK 99603.

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Send cover letter, resume and references to: Executive Director, The Lee Shore Center, 325 S. Spruce St., Kenai, AK 99611

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PROJECT MANAGER Trihydro Corporation has an opening for a Project Manager in Soldotna, AK. Applicants must have a BS in Geology or Civil/Env Engineering and ten years of relevant experience.

Applicants with refinery, petrochemical, or upstream oil and gas experience and professional certification are preferred. Duties will include project management, technical report preparation, field work, health and safety compliance, oversight of field crews performing general environmental services, client/business development, and oversight of operation activities for groundwater remediation systems. The selected applicant will oversee the delivery of work scope, schedule, budgets, and client expectations within an active petroleum refinery. Additionally, the selected applicant will assist in the development of a Trihydro office in the Soldotna area.

Applicants must have a clean driving record.

Applicants must live or be available to relocate to the Kenai Peninsula. Excellent technical writing, client management, and Microsoft Office computer skills are required.

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- Resolution 2015-003 A Resolution of the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Soldotna Recommending Approval of the Mullen Homestead Subdivision Soldotna Creek Addition.

PUBLIC COMMENTS WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE INFORMATIONAL ITEMS- None COMMISSIONER TRAINING & EDUCATION - None REPORTS Mayor and Council City Manager/City Planner Director of ED&P Commission Comments PENDING ISSUES - None ADJOURNMENT The next regular meeting of the Soldotna Planning & Zoning is scheduled for February 18, 2015 at 5:30 p.m. For agenda items & other information, see www.soldotna.org or call the City Planner at 907-262-9107.

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Woman’s red face gains her unwanted attention daily basis and goes through a huge bottle of whiskey every weekend. (He also drinks beer like water.) When I asked him to cut back, he refused because he “loves” whiskey.

I have never seen him drunk or act intoxicated, so he obviously has a high tolerance.

It bothers me that Mike drinks so much and that he won’t cut back. I told him I Abigail Van Buren wouldn’t marry him unless he does. My problem is, I don’t know whether he’s an alcoholic since he doesn’t ever show signs of intoxication. I’ve been told that alcoholism is a progressive disease and that it will only increase.

What constitutes an alcoholic? Is it possible for Mike to drink every day but not be one? I don’t want to lose him, but he also has a very bad temper, and I’m DEAR ABBY: I’ve been dating my 42-year-old afraid it’s not a good combination if we were to get boyfriend, “Mike,” for a year. I love him, but he’s a married.

— TORN IN NORTH CAROLINA heavy drinker. He has a glass or two of whiskey on a DEAR ABBY: I have a problem with blushing.

Whenever I’m the center of attention, even if it’s with just one other person, my face goes bright red. This even happens when I’m not feeling embarrassed.

I’ve learned to cope with the feeling of my face flushing. What I’m having trouble with is people’s comments about why my face is so red. I’ve never been able to come up with a good response. Telling them I’m not really embarrassed is met with skepticism. Please help.

— RED-FACED IN MEMPHIS DEAR RED-FACED: My advice is to be upfront and tell the questioner that you don’t know why it happens, but you’re not embarrassed. As you already know, blushing can happen if someone suffers from a social phobia. In cases like that, counseling and support groups can help. However, because you find it happening even when you are not pressured or embarrassed, discuss it with your physician to be sure there isn’t an underlying physical problem.

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distant and difficult. The unexpected is likely to affect a meeting and/ or an interaction with this person.

Avoid making any judgments, and try stating your point in a different way. Tonight: At a favorite spot.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You might want to be more aware of your spending and your budget. You could feel as if your finances are out of whack. Worry less, and stay centered. You are likely to experience a certain amount of boredom in your daily routine. Change it! Tonight: Pay bills first.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHHHYou will be in the position to convince someone that the less exciting option would be best. Misunderstandings could lurk, and you might choose to see a situation a lot differently from how those around you see it. Confirm important statements. Tonight: Be spontaneous.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH Assume a low profile, even if someone tries to shock you out of complacency. You’ll need to observe rather than react. Ask yourself what would be best to do in order to move forward. You are much more together than you ever thought possible. Tonight: Get some R and R. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH You could be stuck on the wrong side of a problem. As you try to resolve the issue, others might seem bent on creating uproar. If you try to intervene, you probably will find yourself in the middle of an argument. Ride the winds of fate.

Tonight: Hang with friends.

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DEAR TORN: You are right to be concerned.

Even if Mike promised “not to drink so much,” he might backslide on his promise after the wedding.

Also, has it occurred to you that the whiskey may be part of what is causing Mike’s bad temper?

Large quantities of alcohol have been known to alter a person’s perception, and the results can be explosive. If you haven’t already done so, consider attending an Al-Anon meeting, which may confirm this.

I’m not a medical doctor, but it would be interesting to know what your boyfriend’s physician thinks about the amount of alcohol he consumes, because the quantity you say Mike puts away may put him at risk for cirrhosis of the liver.

This may be more information than you asked for, but I don’t think Mike is marriage material because it appears he is already wedded to his bottle.

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

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Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Monday, Feb. 2, 2015: This year you will experience a lot of activity around you. You become more aware of the people in your life and their expectations.

As you evolve into a more empathetic person, you could question how much more you should give of yourself. Expect the unexpected, and you won’t be disappointed. If you are single, you might change your idea of the type of person you are attracted to. In any case, you are likely to meet someone of significance. If you are attached, the two of you might redefine the boundaries of your relationship.

Life won’t be boring, and you will love all the excitement. LEO always seems ready to have fun.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH Excitement surrounds the morning. You’ll get past an immediate hassle with ease. Meeting times will need to be confirmed.

If you think someone’s remark seems out of whack, just repeat back what you thought you heard.

Tonight: Act as if it were Friday night.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHYou will want to straighten out a situation that involves a headstrong friend or loved one. This person might seem to be quite closed off, but in reality, he or she probably just wants to get past the present misunderstanding. Take your time, rather than push. Tonight: Mosey on home.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHHH Sharemoreofwhatails you.

A partner or loved one might seem

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sume your role in a particularly difficult situation. You might not want all the attention on you, but it seems to be inevitable. Your role is dominant, and others will want to learn how to lead in the way in which you do. Tonight: Let it all hang out.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH You’ll be full of unexpected news. Though you might not react as you used to, you still will have a strong response. Be aware of others’ confusion. You know what is workable and what is not. Try to convey what you know to those around you. Tonight: Surf the Web. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Deal with a partner or associate directly. In fact, the response you receive could be totally different than if you were to discuss the same issue with someone else there. Take advantage of a quiet moment. Be willing to state the same point several different ways.

Tonight: Togetherness.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH You might have mixed feelings and be overly serious, especially after a morning surprise.

Nothing is as it seems and all is subject to change. Remain open to various ideas and you will head down the right path. Tonight: Confusion reigns. Maintain a sense of humor.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHYou could be somewhat fixated on your schedule and on what you must accomplish. You will have a surprising change occur at some point throughout the day. You might want to rethink a decision with more care. Verify what you are hearing. Tonight: Squeeze in some exercise.

Give With Class — Don’t Send Trash Dear Readers: Here is this week’s SOUND OFF, about donations to shelters: “I volunteer at a large homeless shelter in the Midwest. I sort donations, and my Sound Off is that careless donors donate trash to us. What I mean is that we receive useless items: furniture laden with bedbugs, personal household trash and even clothes all ripped to shreds. The homeless shelter is not a trash dump. It is an opportunity to enrich the lives of a homeless person whom you may never meet with the valuable clothing that you share.”

— A Peeved Volunteer, via email Dear Peeved: You have said what I’ve been printing for years. Volunteers give their time and do not need to waste it by sorting through what should be TRASH. A charity is not the place to pass on junk and totally unusable items. Would you want to receive a stained, torn T-shirt? I think not. Please think before donating useless items.

— Heloise FAST FACTS Dear Readers: Here are other uses for bobby pins: * Use the end to make nail-polish designs. * Keep measuring tapes, etc., rolled up. * As a bookmark. * Place on a roll of tape to find the end. * To clean small crevices.

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Dear Heloise: I color my hair and had trouble remembering which color to buy. I cut off a small section of the box that lists the color name and number. I keep it with my coupons, and now I don’t buy the wrong one.

— S.D. in California

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