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MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2015 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Vol. 45, Issue 129

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Upsized ASAP may rattle AK LNG Project

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man River Center, which makes it a Multi-Agency Permit application process, Lipinski said.

The only Kenai Peninsula Borough permit required will be for a culvert upgrade, Lipinski said.

The drainage system will be constructed within the section line easement that has been designated as Seventh Street, Lipinski said. The ditch that runs down the easement, a street that never came to fruition, was not authorized, meaning it wasn’t manmade, she said.

Floodwaters have carved the ditch into what has become a makeshift conveyance structure, Lipinski said.

The project intends to use purposeful engineering to convey water away from infrastructure and into the river, she said.

Maintenance on existing ditches does not require permits. It has been established that the structure is a ditch, Lipinski said.

“In our pre-application meeting with DNR, it was expressed that the ditch was not an authorized ditch,” Lipinski said. “It is the opinion of our entity that the

JUNEAU — Finance subcommittees in the state House were closing out budgets for state agencies this week, while other legislative committees heard updates on the Alaska LNG Project and worked on energy legislation.

A bill dealing with regulation of now-legal marijuana is also being worked on in House and Senate committees.

On the gas pipeline, legislators and the state’s industry partners in the big project are still scratching their heads on the implications of Gov. Bill Walker’s Feb. 18 announcement that he would like to scale up the state-backed “plan B” gas project being planned by the state’s Alaska Gasline Development Corp.

That “plan B”, the state’s Alaska Stand-Alone Pipeline, or ASAP, is now planned to move only 500 million cubic feet of gas a day as a backstop project to supply communities with gas. Walker, however, wants to expand the project to move 2 billion-plus cubic feet of gas per day, a scale that would be a competitor to the big project in which the state is now a 25 percent partner.

House and Senate leaders say Walker’s plan will confuse potential LNG buyers just as the North Slope gas producers are beginning gas marketing efforts for the big project.

The companies said they are studying the governor’s announcement to see if his proposal does actually create a competing project. If it does, it could affect their partnership with the state and the project itself, they said.

ExxonMobil Corp. spokeswoman Kim Jordan said, “Now that the governor has announced that the State of Alaska is sponsoring a project in direct competition with the Alaska LNG Project, we are assessing the impact on our forward plans.”

ExxonMobil is leading the project development for the consortium, which includes the

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Gastineau M Apartments to be K demolished JUNEAU, Alaska — A fourstory apartment building damaged by fire on one of Juneau’s busiest downtown streets will be demolished, according to its co-owner.

Camilla Barrett said she and her son, James, are taking bids to demolish Gastineau Apartments, a fixture on Franklin Street in downtown Juneau, the Juneau Empire reported.

“I don’t want people to have the impression that we are sitting around doing nothing,” Barrett said. “I do realize it’s a total eyesore, but it’s just moving at a snail’s pace.”

Fire badly damaged the structure in November 2012.

The insurance settlement took 10 to 11 months to complete, Barrett said.

The owners had considered rebuilding. Immediately after the fire, Barrett said, the building was appraised at $1.8 million. A few months later, it was appraised at $1.3 million.

An appraisal last year, however, put the value at just $50,000. The market value decrease significantly as the building fell into disrepair, city attorney Amy Mead said.

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City of Kenai employees dine at an awards presentation during the city’s employee appreciation dinner at the Kenai Senior Center on Friday. The dinner’s theme was “The Great Gatsby.”

Non-profit plans surface water relief

By KELLY SULLIVAN Peninsula Clarion

Kalifornsky Beach residents are working toward solutions to the incessant surface water afflicting hundreds of subdivision properties.

The goal is to complete a 2-mile Seventh Street water conveyance structure by the start of this year’s flood season, said K-Beach Flood Mitigation Project President and CEO Kelly Lipinski.

The massive drainage system would divert surface water from the area toward the Kenai River, Lipinski said.

The K-Beach Mitigation Project, a non-profit formed in January to address the area’s damaging ground and surface waters, is managing the conveyance structure project.

The preliminary hydrology and engineering related assessments have been completed, Lipinski said. Currently the Mitigation Project is vetting construction companies who can complete the labor portion of the project, she said.

John Pekar of Kenny and Associates of Anchorage was

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Kelly Lipinski leads the K-Beach Flood Mitigation Project committee meeting Sunday at the Kenai Community Library in Kenai, Alaska.

contracted to complete the hydrology studies. DHI Consulting Engineers LLC completed the engineering plans, Lipinski said.

Jim Munter, of J.A. Munter consulting in Anchorage has been a consultant for the conveyance structure’s preliminary studies, Lipinski said. His role has also been defending those plans to various organizations, she said. Separate and apart from K-Beach Flood Mitiga-

tion Project, Jim Munter also co-chairs the K-Beach High Water Drainage Task force.

Lipinski brought Mitigation Project officers Toby Burke, Mike Ruffridge and Peggy Dye up to date on the project’s progress at a Mitigation Project committee meeting Sunday, at the Kenai Community Library.

Permitting for the 2-mile structure will be filed with the Department of Natural Resources and the Donald E. Gil-

Legislative session is nearing its half-way mark

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press

JUNEAU, Alaska — This week marks the half-way point in the scheduled 90-day session.

It also marks the week when some legislators head to Washington, D.C., for meetings related to energy, economic issues and the Arctic.

Six legislators, three each from House and Senate, are expected to attend meetings tied to the Energy Council and Pacific NorthWest Economic Region, a small number compared to recent years. Other lawmakers have been excused for visits to their districts, but both the House and Senate are expected

to continue with their work.

Here are three things to watch for this week: The House Finance Committee is expected to take public comment on a draft of the operating budget this week.

House subcommittees finished work on agency budgets this past week, and their recommendations are expected to be incorporated into a draft of the budget bill that the full committee will work to finalize.

Public comment has been scheduled for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. There are allotted times for testifiers in various communities around the state.

The schedule can be found on the Legislature’s website.

‘The office has done a lot to help federal regulatory agencies, explain the liquefied natural gas project the state has been pursuing to the public...’

— Federal coordinator Larry Persily The House Education Committee is scheduled to hear a bill Monday that would exempt teachers from jury duty during the school term.

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sion allowed a teacher to be excused from jury duty during the school term if that person taught in a low-performing school.

The office of the federal coordinator for Alaska gas line projects is closing up shop.

The Washington, D.C. office closed Friday, while the Anchorage office will close this coming Friday, federal co-

ordinator Larry Persily said by email.

The closure will affect four employees, including Persily, and comes after Congress failed to include funding for the office in the spending bill it passed last year.

Persily said he believed the office has done a lot to help federal regulatory agencies, explain the liquefied natural gas project the state has been pursuing to the public and to explain why such large-scale gas investments are so hard to put together.

Persily said that he did not have any specific plans for the future yet but wanted to work in Alaska on oil and gas and other issues.

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Nimoy made lasting contributions to science

By DERRIK J. LANG AP Entertainment Writer

LOS ANGELES — Leonard Nimoy didn’t just leave a lasting impression on the sciencefiction world, he also left his mark on science itself.

Seth Shostak, who researches the possibility of real-world extraterrestrial life as the senior astronomer at SETI Research, recalled that Nimoy was regularly willing to lend the organization a helping hand. When he was asked to narrate a planetarium introduction or appear as a guest at an event, Nimoy did so graciously and never charged.

“That struck me then, and it strikes me now,” said Shostak.

“If you play a famous alien, you might have little interest in how science is searching for real aliens, but Nimoy was actually interested in the science — and he was always willing to

help us out.”

Remembrances poured in from beyond the entertainment spectrum after news spread Friday about the death of the 83-year-old actor, who played the half-alien, half-human Spock in “Star Trek” films, TV shows and video games.

NASA, Virgin Galactic, Intel and Google all sent messages, as did other groups motivated

by Nimoy and his role as the truth-seeking science officer.

“Leonard Nimoy was an inspiration to multiple generations of engineers, scientists, astronauts and other space explorers,” said NASA administrator Charles Bolden. “As Mr. Spock, he made science and technology important to the story, while never failing to show, by example, that it is the people around us who matter most.”

NASA posted a photo online

taken in 1976 of Nimoy and his “Trek” cast mates in front of NASA’s real-life space shuttle Enterprise, parked outside the agency’s manufacturing facilities in Palmdale, California.

Samantha Cristoforetti, an Italian astronaut aboard the International Space Station, similarly tweeted her condolences from space.

“Live Long and Prosper, Mr. #Spock!” she wrote.

Don Lincoln, a senior physicist at Fermilab, said he was inspired to go into science not just because Nimoy’s portrayal of the logical Mr. Spock but also because of “In Search of...,” the curious 1970s TV series hosted

by Nimoy that was dedicated to mysterious phenomena.

“Despite the fact he worked in fiction, anyone who can inspire that many people to look into the sky and wonder has done something really impor-

tant for mankind,” he said.

Lincoln noted that “Trek” and the character of Spock, armed with his Vulcan nerve pinch and phase set to stun, provided the world with a dynamic look at someone interested in science.

“The fact is that Spock was a cool geek,” said Lincoln. “Scientists are not always portrayed as being very strong. Usually, they’re the guy with the tape on their glasses and their pants too high. He was clearly a person who had desirable components beyond just being smart.”

Nimoy’s commitment to astronomy frequently warped from beyond the Alpha Quadrant and into the real world. He and his wife, Susan, donated $1 million to the renovation of the iconic Griffith Park observatory complex overlooking Los Angeles. The observatory’s theater is named after Nimoy.

Artificial intelligence takes on classic video games

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer

WASHINGTON — Computers already have bested human champions in “Jeopardy!” and chess, but artificial intelligence now has gone to master an entirely new level: “Space Invaders.”

Google scientists have cooked up software that can do better than humans on dozens of Atari video games from the 1980s, like video pinball, boxing, and ‘Breakout.’ But computers don’t seem to have a ghost of a chance at “Ms. Pac-Man.” The aim is not to make video games a spectator sport, turning couch potatoes who play games into couch potatoes who watch computers play games. The real accomplishment: computers that can teach themselves to succeed at tasks, learning from scratch, trial and error, just like humans.

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26 times better, according to a new study released Wednesday by the journal Nature. It’s a first time an artificial intelligence program bridged different type of learning systems, said study author Demis Hassabis of Google DeepMind in London.

Deep Q “can learn and adapt to unexpected things,” Hassabis said in a news conference.

“These types of systems are more human-like in the way they learn.”

In the submarine game “Seaquest,” Deep Q came up with a strategy that the scientists had never considered.

“It’s definitely fun to see computers discover things that you didn’t figure out yourself,” said study co-author Volodymyr Mnih, also of Google.

Sebastian Thrun, director of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at Stanford University, who wasn’t part of the research, said in an email: “This is very impressive. Most people don’t understand how far (artificial intelligence) has come. And this is just the beginning.”

Nothing about Deep Q is customized to Atari or to a spe-

cific game. The idea is to create a “general learning system” that can figure tasks out by trial and error and eventually to stuff even humans have difficulty with, Hassabis said. This program, he said, “is the first rung of the ladder.”

Carnegie Mellon University computer science professor Emma Brunskill, who also wasn’t part of the study, said this learning despite lack of customization “brings us closer to having general purpose agents equipped to work well at learning a large

range of tasks, instead of just chess or just ‘Jeopardy!’”

To go from pixels on a screen to making decisions on what to do next, without even a hint of pre-programmed guidance, “is really exciting,” Brunskill said.

“We do that as people.”

The idea is that when the system gets scaled up, maybe it could work like asking a phone to plan a complete trip to Europe, book all the flights and hotels on its own “and it sorts it all out as if you have a personal assistant,” Hassabis said.

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Study finds 7,500 marine mammals in Columbia River LEWISTON, Idaho — An aerial survey of marine mammals in the lower Columbia River found spring Chinook salmon will have to make it past more than 6,000 hungry harbor seals, 1,500 California sea lions and 100 Steller sea lions.

The marine mammals are drawn into the river this time of year to take advantage of a large smelt run, but they will switch to spring Chinook by spring.

“We have more sea lions than ever in the Columbia, and they are there when endangered salmon and steelhead are there, and the smelt they are eating are endangered as well,” said Steve Jefferies of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife told The Lewiston Tribune.

A study last year indicated as much as 40 percent of the spring and summer chinook run that enters the Columbia River disappears.

State fisheries managers have applied for and gotten permits to lethally remove some of the sea lions. But doing so has been controversial.

Over the past six years, about 50 animals have been killed.

A bill before Congress sponsored by Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Wash., and Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., would amend existing law and make it easier for states and treaty Indian tribes to kill problem sea lions.

Under the legislation, Washington, Oregon and Idaho, along with the Nez Perce, Yakama, Warm Springs and Umatilla tribes, would each be able to secure a lethal take permit and remove as many as 10 animals each and a maximum of 92 among all the agencies.

When the Marine Mammal Act was written, nobody envisioned it would be as successful as it has been, said Doug Hatch of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission.

He said there were only about 30,000 sea lions at the time.

Now, estimates put the population at 350,000.

“The act protects them at all costs and doesn’t really predict a point where there is going to be a time where we start managing (the population), and that is where we are at now,” Hatch said.

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Around the Peninsula Hospice to host presentation on living wills

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Paypal. The cost will be $30 at the door. The deadline to pay in advance is June 1. Volunteers are needed for check-in and for the barbecue. Organizers are also looking for help locating classmates. Send organizers the name you went by in high school, and the year you did or would have graduated. Members of the classes of the early 1980s interested in attending also are welcome. For more information, contact Sherrie Dahlen at sad@alaska.net, or Anna Carlson at 907-469-0490 or annasherpa@gmail.com.

Hospice will be holding two presentations for “Five Wishes.” Five Wishes is the first living will that talks about personal preferences, needs, and wishes for health care decisions for you if/when the time comes that you are not able to make them on your own. Presentations are open to all and are scheduled for: — March 4 at the Kenai Senior Center, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.

— April 14 at the Sterling Senior Center, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 Women’s exercise group forming p.m. For more information or questions, please call the Hospice Early morning exercise for women each Monday, Wednesoffice, 262-0453. day and Friday from 7:15-8:00 a.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints located on Marydale Ave. in Soldotna (next to the hospital). Includes aerobics and strength trainAmateur radio testing offered ing. For more details, call Sally at 262-6637.

The Moosehorn Amateur Radio Club will administer exams for entry level and upgrades fro Ham Radio Licenses starting at 6 p.m. March 5 at the Office of Emergency Management on Tie One On with Trout Unlimited Wilson Lane in Soldotna. Bring a photo ID and a copy of any The Kenai Peninsula Chapter of Trout Unlimited’s popular existing license. A calculator is suggested, but not a program- fly tying night, Tie One On, is Tuesday, March 3, 6:30 p.m., at mable type or part of a smartphone. The March club meeting Main Street Tap and Grill in Kenai. will be held following the exam session. For more information, contact Max at 907-394-2907 or email WA7B@aol.com.

Cinderella’s Closet opening soon

Garage sale supports malaria vaccine effort A modest garage sale for a ginormous reason: Help raise money to develop a vaccine for malaria (affordable and long lasting) and continue to educate and provide nets that are saving lives. The garage sale is March 6, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., and March 7, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at Soldotna United Methodist Church, 158 S. Binkley. Donations are welcome. Call 283-7469 if you have questions.

Diabetes group to learn about nutrition guidelines

Cinderella’s Closet will be open March 24, 26, and 31 from 2:30-5:30 p.m. in the theater dressing rooms at Soldotna High School. Look for the pink signs! This is a program to assist local ladies in need with free prom dresses, shoes, and accessories.

Cinderella’s Closet has helped 396 ladies in the past 5 years.

Last year, the program provided items to 54 local students from Soldotna High, Cook Inlet Academy, Skyview High, River City Academy, Kenai Central High, Nanwalek, Port Graham, Susan B. English (Seldovia), and Nikiski High. It is housed at SoHi, but is open to any peninsula high school students. Cinderella’s Closet is still taking donations of prom dresses, shoes, and accessories. These can be dropped off to the main office at Soldotna High School between 8 a.m.-3 p.m.

A diabetes support group meeting for adults with diabetes and their families will be held March 5 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Micciche to provide legislative update in the Redoubt Room at Central Peninsula Hospital. The guest Please join Sen. Peter Micciche at a Town Hall meeting speaker will be Ivory Miceli, dietetic intern. She will talk about the recently updated nutrition guidelines. Please call 714-4726 March 6 at 5:30 p.m. at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly Chambers in Soldotna. Pizza and drinks will be available. Sen. if you have any questions or plan to attend.

Micciche will provide a mid-session legislative update and will welcome suggestions from constituents.

Kenai Central classes of the 1970s reunite

A mass reunion for Kenai Central High School classes of the 1970s will take place Aug. 1-2 at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. The Aug. 1 activities are from 5-11:30 p.m. and include a no-host bar, finger foods and a band. On Aug. 2, a barbecue is planned starting at 11:30 a.m. at the back portion of the arena or inside in the event of inclement weather.

Advance registration for the event is $25, or $26 through

The Cardiac Support Group will meet Monday, March 2, from 5:30-7:00 p.m. in the Redoubt Room Central Peninsula Hospital. Alysia from the CPH Cardio-Pulmonary Department will be the guest presenter. The topic is Sleep Apnea, how it affects the body, and use of a CPAP machine.

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• Al-Anon Support Group at • Overeater’s Anonymous Central Peninsula Hospital in the meets at the URS Club in the old Augustine Room, Soldotna. Call Kenai Mall. Do you have a prob- 252-0558. lem with food? Members come in all sizes.

The Community Calendar lists 6 p.m. recurring events and meetings of • Kenai Bridge Club plays du- local organizations. plicate bridge at the Kenai Senior To have your event listed, Center. Call 252-9330 or 283- email organization name, day or 7609. days of meeting, time of meeting, 7 p.m. place, and a contact phone num • Women’s Barbershop sings ber to news@peninsulaclarion. at the Soldotna Church of God on the corner of Redoubt and Binkley.

For more information, call 3356789 or 262-4504.

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

• Alcoholics Anonymous “Into Action” group, VFW basement Birch Street, Soldotna, 907-262-

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.

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• 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.

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• TOPS group 182 meets at the Sterling Senior Center. Call Pam at 741-1477.

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

Cardiac Support Group looks at sleep apnea

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Secondhand smoke is a threat statewide There’s been a lot of talk lately

about marijuana. We’d like to talk to you about tobacco instead.

We know: It’s not as sexy a topic, but it’s even more important. Each year, 40,000 Americans die from secondhand smoke-related illnesses. About 440,000 American smokers die each year from diseases attributed to their habit.

Next to those figures, marijuana isn’t even a small potato. (Granted, we haven’t studied marijuana as much as tobacco.)

Sen. Peter Micciche, a Republican from Soldotna, has an interesting proposal that would help reduce smoking’s toll in Alaska. Senate Bill 1 proposes a statewide secondhand smoke law similar to the one enacted by the City and Borough of Juneau in 2008. It would ban smoking in bars, businesses, restaurants and other indoor locations. It would prohibit people from lighting up in select places outdoors, too. There would be no smoking in playgrounds, near the entrances to buildings or in outdoor stadiums.

E-cigarettes and vaporizers are covered, too. No one would be able to get their nicotine high in an airport or bus with those new electronic devices.

Almost half of Alaska’s population lives in a place that already has such rules. Anchorage, Juneau, Klawock, Unalaska — there are plenty of Alaska communities that have already accepted the fact that secondhand smoke kills just as smoking does.

The fact is, even without considering the health benefits, it’s simply nice to be able to go to a bar, a club or a restaurant and not come out smelling like smoke.

Smoking is a habit that inflicts its harm directly and unavoidably upon others. It’s time to banish it into the back alleys where it belongs. We’ve learned from other drugs — alcohol and marijuana — that outright prohibition doesn’t work. That doesn’t mean we have to tolerate the negative effects of smoking.

Fairbanks is the most populated place in Alaska without a secondhand smoke ordinance. Residents of that city have said they feel banning public smoking would be an unnecessary intrusion on their rights. We believe smokers shouldn’t have the right to inflict their smoke upon others. As Zechariah Chaffee Jr. wrote in a 1919 issue of the Harvard Law Review, quoting another judge: “Your right to swing your arms ends just where the other man’s nose begins.”

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A shameful climate witch hunt

Let the climate inquisition begin. The ranking Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee, Raul Grijalva of Arizona, has written to seven universities about seven researchers who harbor impure thoughts about climate change.

One of the targets is Steven Hayward, an author and academic now at Pepperdine University. As Hayward puts it, the spirit of the inquiry is, “Are you now or have you ever been a climate skeptic?”

Grijalva’s letters were prompted by the revelation that Wei-Hock Soon, a scientist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and a skeptic, didn’t adequately disclose support for his research from energy interests.

Soon’s lapse aside, the assumption of Grijalva’s fishing expedition is that anyone who questions global-warming orthodoxy is a greedy tool of Big Oil and must be harried in the name of planetary justice and survival.

Science as an enterprise usually doesn’t need political enforcers. But proponents of a climate alarmism demanding immediate action to avert worldwide catastrophe won’t and can’t simply let the science speak for itself.

In fact, for people who claim to champion science, they have the least scientific temperament imaginable. Their attitude owes more to Trofim Lysenko, the high priest of the Soviet Union’s politicized science, than, say, to Gregor Mendel, the founder of modern genetics whose work was shunned by Lysenko for ideological reasons.

Consider the plight of Roger Pielke Jr. of the University of Colorado, Boulder, who has done work on extreme weather.

He, too, is on the receiving end of one of Grijalva’s letters.

At first blush, Rich Lowry Pielke seems a most unlikely target. It’s not that he doubts climate change or that it could be harmful. His offense is merely pointing to data showing that extreme weather events like hurricanes, tornadoes and droughts haven’t yet been affected by climate change, and this is enough to enrage advocates who need immediate disasters as a handy political cudgel.

It can’t be Apocalypse 100 Years From Now; it has to be Apocalypse Now. Eager to blame the ongoing California drought on climate change, John Holdren, President Barack Obama’s science czar, challenged Pielke on droughts, citing various research showing that they may be getting worse.

But the bible of the climate “consensus,” the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, says that “there is not enough evidence at present to suggest more than low confidence in a global-scale observed trend in drought or dryness (lack of rainfall) since the middle of the 20th century.” Even Holdren’s long written response to Pielke is full of stipulations of uncertainty.

To move a political debate this simply is not good enough. It is impossible to scare people with a long list of methodological imponderables and projections showing far-off harms, should the modeling hold up over eight decades. The imperative is to show that, in Holdren’s words, “climate change is an urgent public health, safety, national security, and environmental imperative” (emphasis added).

It has to be counted a small victory in this project that Pielke will no longer be an obstacle. Citing his harassment, Pielke has sworn off academic work on climate issues. And so the alarmists have hounded a serious researcher out of the climate business. All hail science!

The other day, the head of the IPCC, Rajendra Pachauri, quit amid a sexualharassment scandal and noted in his letter of resignation: “For me the protection of Planet Earth, the survival of all species and sustainability of our ecosystems is more than a mission. It is my religion.”

Is it too much to ask that the man in charge of a project supposedly marshaling the best scientific evidence for the objective consideration of a highly complex and contested phenomenon not feel that he has a religious commitment to a certain outcome?

Why, yes it is. The kind of people who run inquisitions may lack for perspective and careful respect for the facts and evidence. But they never lack for zeal.

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

Dems call Homeland Security strategy a blunder

By CHARLES BABINGTON Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Democrats are losing some skirmishes over the Department of Homeland Security, but many feel they are winning a political war that will haunt Republicans in 2016 and beyond.

Democrats lacked the votes Friday to force Republicans to fund the department for a year with no strings. Still, even some Republicans say party leaders are on a perilous path with a very public ideological struggle only highlighting the GOP’s inability to pass contested legislation and possibly worsening its weak relationship with Hispanic voters.

Worst of all, numerous lawmakers said, Republican leaders have offered no plausible scenario for a successful ending, so they simply are delaying an almost certain and embarrassing defeat.

Conservatives defend their doggedness.

They say they courageously are keeping promises to oppose President Barack Obama’s liberalization of deportation policies, which they consider unconstitutional.

Several said their constituents support their stand, while others said the issue transcends politics.

As a deadline fast approached Friday night, the House agreed to extend the department’s funding for a week. But some in both parties said the Republicans were losing political ground.

“It’s bad policy and bad politics,” said Democratic Rep. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, who once oversaw his party’s House campaigns. The short-term fix, he said, “doesn’t help the country, and it just shows that they’re incapable of governing” despite holding House and Senate majorities.

As for an important voting group in presidential elections, Van Hollen said: “Any effort to earn the support of Hispanic voters has been torpedoed by these antics.”

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“Bad tactics yield bad outcomes,” GOP Rep. Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania told reporters. Republican leaders, he said, have engaged “in tactical malpractice, and at some point we’re going to vote on the negotiated Homeland Security appropriations bill,” a bipartisan plan that most Republicans oppose but cannot kill.

Weeks ago, Republicans embarked on a strategy that targeted Obama’s executive order protecting millions of immigrants from deportation. They voted to cut off the department’s money flow after Feb. 27 unless the order was rescinded.

But they never figured how to overcome Democratic delaying tactics in the Senate that, as many predicted, blocked the GOP plan. Stymied, Senate Republican leaders agreed to fund the department for the rest of the budget year, through September, and to deal separately with immigration.

House Republicans rejected that approach. Shortly before Friday’s midnight deadline, the House extended funding for a week without resolving the larger dispute.

“We all know how this is going to turn out,” said an exasperated Republican, Rep. Mike Simpson of Idaho. “Politically, it’s devastating.”

Democrats turned up the heat, saying short-term extensions will damage morale at the agency.

“It’s a staggering failure of leadership that will prolong this manufactured crisis of theirs and endanger the security of the American people,” said House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California.

But Republican Rep. Trent Franks of Arizona said he and his fellow conservatives are taking a principled stand against Obama’s “unconstitutional” action. The president, he said, has forced lawmakers to choose between “potential short-term national security threats and almost inevitable long-term damage to the constitutional

foundation of the nation.”

He and his allies will “do the right thing, even if it doesn’t make us look good,” Franks said.

Lawmakers from strongly Republican districts tend to closely track the fiercely conservative voters who can dominate GOP primary elections. Rep. Kenny Marchant of Texas said he tried to persuade some of his Dallas-area constituents that a federal judge’s order to freeze Obama’s move lessened the urgency to use Homeland Security funding as political leverage.

“But they don’t have the confidence back home that some of us do” about the likely longevity of the judge’s order, Marchant said.

He said his supporters see reversing Obama’s order as more important than preventing a partial and temporary funding lapse at Homeland Security. He noted that most agency employees are considered “essential” and would stay on the job.

After Obama won 71 percent of the Hispanic vote in 2012, a Republican National Committee-commissioned report said the party must embrace “comprehensive immigration reform” to win future elections, including the 2016 presidential contest.

Democrats say Republicans are heading in the wrong direction.

Pelosi hinted at possible Democratic campaign themes next year when she said of the funding fight: “This crisis exists only because Republicans prioritize antiimmigrant extremism over the safety of the American people.”

Republican Rep. Peter King of New York said his party’s wounds are self-inflicted.

“Politically it’s going to kill us,” he said of conservatives’ demands to link Homeland Security funding with Obama’s immigration policy. “Morally, you’re equating an immigration order with the lives of American citizens.”

“I’ve had it with this self-righteous delusional wing of the party that leads us over the cliff,” King said.

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By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Spacewalking astronauts successfully completed a threeday cable job outside the International Space Station on Sunday, routing several-hundred feet of power and data lines for new crew capsules commissioned by NASA. It was the third spacewalk in just over a week for Americans Terry Virts and Butch Wilmore, and the quickest succession of spacewalks since NASA’s former shuttle days.

The advance work was needed for the manned spacecraft under development by Boeing and SpaceX. A pair of docking ports will fly up later this year, followed by the capsules themselves, with astronauts aboard, in 2017.

Once safely back inside, Virts reported a bit of water in his helmet again for the second time in as many spacewalks.

He stressed it was “not a big deal” and said there was no need to hurry out of his suit.

Virts and Wilmore installed two sets of antennas Sunday, as well as 400 feet of cable for this new communication system.

They unreeled 364 feet of cable on Feb. 21 and last Wednesday.

It was complicated, hand-intensive work, yet the astronauts managed to wrap up more than an hour early Sunday, for a 5 ½-hour spacewalk. Their three outings spanned 19 hours.

“You guys have done an outstanding job,” Mission Control radioed, “even for two shuttle pilots.”

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BOISE, Idaho — Ten-yearold Alexis Carey has a rare but intractable form of epilepsy, Dravet Syndrome. The genetic disease causes severe and multiple seizures, which often leave parents guessing if the terror of watching their child seize up will pass or turn fatal.

Her Boise, Idaho, family learned that oil extracted from marijuana had helped other children and wanted to see if it would help Alexis too.

“Parent to parent, when you’re in a small community and 10 people that you know are all having success, that’s no longer anecdotal,” Clare Carey, her mother, said. “That’s hope.”

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Around the Nation GOP Senators Pledge Help If Court Bars Health Law Subsidies WASHINGTON — Three leading Republican senators are promising to help millions of people who may lose federal health insurance subsidies if the Supreme Court invalidates a pillar of President Barack Obama’s health care law.

Sens. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, John Barrasso of Wyoming and Orrin Hatch of Utah are saying they have a plan to do that in a Washington Post opinion article posted online late Sunday.

They provide no detail on how much assistance they would propose, its duration or how to pay for it.

Nor do they say how they would address divisions among Republicans or Obama administration opposition to any weakening of the 2010 law.

The court hears arguments Wednesday in a case challenging the subsidies that help millions afford health coverage.

A decision is expected in June.

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In this image from NASA television astronaut Terry Virts installs an antenna and boom during the third spacewalk outside the International Space Station Sunday March 1, 2015. American astronauts Terry Virts and Butch Wilmore had 400 more feet of power and data cable, as well as two antennas, to install Sunday.

the month of the world’s first spacewalk.

Soviet Alexei Leonov floated out into the vacuum of space on March 18, 1965, beating America’s first spacewalker, Gemini 4’s Edward White II, by just 2 1/2 months.

Leonov is now 80; White died in the Apollo 1 fire on the launch pad in 1967.

“It’s amazing ... to see how far we’ve come from the very first steps outside,” Virts said.

On Sunday — just like Wednesday — a little water got into Virts’ helmet once he was back in the air lock and the chamber was being repressurized.

Virts said it seemed to be about the same amount of water, maybe slightly more, but dried quickly. He didn’t need any towels this time when his helmet came off.

“I couldn’t feel it on my skin. I could just see the thin film on the visor,” he told Mission Control.

Engineers concluded last week it was the result of condensation during the repressurization of the air lock, and a safe and well understood circumstance that had occurred several times before with the same spacesuit.

Virts was never in danger either day, according to NASA, and no water leaked into his hel-

met while he was outdoors.

Wilmore’s much newer suit functioned perfectly during the first two spacewalks, but on Sunday morning, a pressure sensor briefly malfunctioned before he floated out. A mechanical gauge, however, was operating fine. Mission Control instructed Wilmore to pay extra attention to how his suit was feeling.

Wilmore is due to return to Earth next week following a 5 1/2-month mission.

Virts is midway through his expedition.

Russian Soyuz spacecraft carried them both up, with NASA paying for the multimillion-dollar rides.

Idaho may approve marijuana oil

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lobbying lawmakers to decriminalize the oil almost two years ago. Now, they’ve got some legislative backers and an upcoming hearing, as Idaho joins a larger movement to loosen laws to allow the use of marijuana extract oil.

Twelve states have legalized the oil while still banning medical marijuana. Virginia legalized the oil Feb. 26. In Utah, lawmakers have given initial approval to let those with chronic and debilitating diseases consume edible marijuana products, while still banning smoking.

Marijuana extract oil first received attention when a Colorado family fought and won for access for their daughter who also had Dravet Syndrome. It is similar to hemp oil, which is legal in Idaho and can be bought in grocery stores.

With no known cure for

Dravet Syndrome, children are often prescribed a cocktail of medications to counter the seizures. However, the heavy drugs often come with sideeffects that can permanently damage a child’s developing liver, kidneys and other organs.

Proponents of cannabidiol oil, a non-psychotropic extract of marijuana, argue that it reduces the amount and length of seizures in children.

Over time, Carey hopes

that the oil would also reduce the number of medications her daughter relies on.

“Like any parent, you never give up hope that you can get complete seizure control,” she said.

“Children die from Dravet by any one of the seizures.

Alexis could have a seizure that may not stop, we never really know.”

Alexis began having seizures when she was two months old.

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WASHINGTON — The next deadline to avoid a Homeland Security Department shutdown is days away, with no clear sign a deal is close at hand.

House Speaker John Boehner and his lieutenants, stung by a conservative rebellion last week, pressed ahead Sunday with a strategy based on opening formal negotiations with the Senate on a compromise.

That’s been a nonstarter for Senate Democrats, the minority party but with enough numbers to stand their ground and insist on funding the agency through September without acceding to House Republican demands to roll back Obama’s immigration policies.

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and fellow Democrats have little incentive to give Republican leaders what they want. Democrats risk losing bargaining power and getting a bill they don’t support that much closer to the president’s desk.

“This has been the custom of the Senate and the House of Representatives for almost 200 years,” Boehner said. “We want to get a conference with the Senate.”

Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, the No. 2 House Republican, said the best thing for the country is for the two sides to sit down together.

“I will tell you from the majority leader of the House, I will be in that room and I will help solve that problem,” the California Republican said. “All we need is Harry Reid to say the same thing and this can all go away and be solved.”

Drew Hammill, a spokesman for House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, said GOP leaders were doing their best to shift the blame for “their dangerous internal chaos” when they should be taking up a bill to fully fund the agency.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said she doesn’t envision Senate Democrats allowing the immigration language to be part of the spending bill because they support a so-called clean bill— one focused exclusively on funding for the department.

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30,000 marchers mourn in Moscow

By LAURA MILLS Associated Press

MOSCOW — For the tens of thousands bearing flowers and tying black ribbons to railings in honor of slain Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, the solemn march through the Moscow drizzle on Sunday was a time for silence, not slogans.

The marchers occasionally broke into chants of “Russia without Putin,” or “Say no to war,” but often the only sound was the steady thwack of police helicopters overhead or the hum of police boats patrolling the shores of the Moscow River.

While the killing of Nemtsov has shaken the Russian opposition, which sees the Kremlin as responsible, it is unclear whether his death will be enough to invigorate the beleaguered movement. Despite the Ukraine conflict and Russia’s economic crisis, support for President Vladimir Putin has been above 80 percent in the past year.

Since mass anti-Putin protests brought hundreds of thousands to the streets of Moscow

in 2011 and 2012, Putin has marginalized and intimidated his political opponents, jailing some, driving others into exile, and ramping up fines and potential jail time for those detained at protests.

The 55-year-old Nemtsov was among the few prominent opposition figures who refused to be cowed. But while many at the march expressed respect for his long political career and grief at his loss, few believed that his death would spark major change in Russia because of the Kremlin’s control over national television, where a vast majority of Russians get their news.

“Maybe if 100 people were to die people would rise up, but I don’t really believe in that,” said Sergei Musakov, 22. “People are so under the influence of the (TV) box that they will believe anything that television tells them. If it tells them that terrorists from the Islamic State group came to Russia in order to blow up the fifth column, they’ll believe it.”

The Kremlin had identified

Nemtsov as among the leaders of a “fifth column,” painting him and other opposition figures as traitors in the service of a hostile West.

About 30,000 people attended the march, making it the largest opposition rally in more than a year.

The demonstrators bore Russian flags and signs that read “I am not afraid” or “Propaganda kills.” At the site where Nemtsov was killed, a pile of flowers grew by the minute, as mourners tossed down bouquets of every color.

Nemtsov was gunned down shortly before midnight Friday as he walked across a bridge near the Kremlin. The killing came just hours after a radio interview in which he denounced Putin’s “mad, aggressive policy” in Ukraine.

At the time of his death, Nemtsov was working on a report that he believed proved that Russian troops were fighting alongside the separatists in Ukraine, despite the official denials.

No one has been arrested in

the killing. Investigators said they were looking into several possible motives and have offered 3 million rubles (nearly $50,000) for information about the shooting.

TV Center, a station controlled by the Moscow city government, broadcast a poorresolution video from one of its web cameras that it said shows Nemtsov and his date shortly before the killing.

The station, which superimposed its own time code on the footage, circled figures that it said were Nemtsov and the woman walking across the bridge on a rainy night.

A snowplow that moved slowly behind the couple obscured the view of the shooting.

TV Center then circled what it said was the suspected killer jumping into a passing car. The authenticity of the video could not be independently confirmed.

Investigators said Sunday they were again questioning the woman, Ukrainian citizen Anna Duritskaya.

Around the World Sierra Leone’s vice president quarantined FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Sierra Leone’s vice president has put himself in quarantine following the death from Ebola of one of his security guards.

Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumana is set to become acting president later Sunday when President Ernest Bai Koroma leaves Sierra Leone to attend a European Union conference on Ebola in Belgium. Sam-Sumana will carry out his presidential duties from his home.

He is the highest ranking African official to be in quarantine in this Ebola outbreak in West Africa, which is fast approaching a death toll of 10,000. The news highlights the rise of new cases in Sierra Leone, which has experienced a setback in curbing the spread of Ebola.

Sam-Sumana voluntarily decided to quarantine himself for 21 days following the death from Ebola last Tuesday of one of his security personnel.

“This virus has affected thousands of our people and has nearly brought our country to its knees,” said Sam-Sumana in a statement on Sunday. “We all have a collective responsibility to break the chains of transmission by isolating the sick and reporting all known contacts, by not touching the dead ... We cannot be complacent.

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Gaza fears isolation after Egypt ruling

By FARES AKRAM Associated Press

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Gaza residents said Sunday they fear growing isolation and more hardships after an Egyptian court declared the territory’s ruling Hamas a terrorist organization. Some blamed the Islamic militant Hamas while others said Egypt is being unreasonable.

Hamas called for protests against the Egyptian government and issued angry statements, but did not offer a way out of the crisis. Salah Bardaweel, a Hamas spokesman, alleged Sunday that Egypt has become a “direct agent” of

Israeli interests.

Hamas urged Saudi Arabia to press Egypt to open the Gaza-Egypt border. Egypt’s president met Sunday with the new Saudi king.

Saturday’s court ruling signaled Egypt’s growing hostility toward Hamas, an offshoot of the region-wide Muslim Brotherhood. Egypt has blamed Hamas for violence in the country’s restive Sinai Peninsula, a charge Hamas denies.

Hamas seized Gaza by force in 2007, and the territory’s borders have been largely sealed

by Israel and Egypt since then.

Egypt intensified the blockade after its military toppled a Hamas-friendly government in

Cairo in 2013.

In recent months, Egyptian soldiers have destroyed virtually all smuggling tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border.

In October, they began razing parts of the Egyptian town of Rafah on the border with Gaza.

Residents near the border said homes are still being dynamited or bulldozed at a steady pace, with the latest explosion heard Sunday afternoon.

The Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt, Gaza’s main gateway to the world, mostly has been closed since October.

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The tunnel closures have put an end to the smuggling of cheap fuel and cement from Egypt, further hurting a crippled Gaza economy and driving up unemployment. Cigarette prices have tripled.

Some in Gaza blamed Hamas, saying it’s time the militant group moderate or hand over control to the Westernbacked Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, from whom it seized Gaza.

“Hamas is taking us hostage for the sake of its own interest,” university graduate Ahmed Tiri said. Hamas rules Gaza with an iron grip, and such criticism is relatively rare.

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The 261-foot Sikuliaq (seeKOO’-lee-ak) next month will leave Seward, sail around the Aleutian Islands and tuck into sea ice in the Bering Sea. The voyage will be the final trial for its reinforced hull, propulsion system and array of cranes and booms that will deploy instruments ranging from small submarines and plankton nets to buoys that weigh a ton.

“Knock on wood, I’m hoping that’s it’s going to be something that people like over the next 30, 40 years,” said Terry Whitledge, a University of Alaska Fairbanks chemical oceanographer who has worked since 1999 to see the vessel built.

The Sikuliaq is named for the Inupiat Eskimo word for young sea ice. The ship is owned by the National Science Foundation and will be operated by UA

Fairbanks.

It replaces the Alpha Helix, which was taken out of service in 2004. At just 125 feet long, the Alpha Helix could carry only 15 scientists and was undersized for the waters where crab fishermen of “Deadliest Catch” earn their money.

The Sikuliaq, built by Marinette Marine Corp. in Marinette, Wisconsin, has berths for 26 researchers, a crew of 20, and features lacking on the Alpha Helix.

The vessel has nearly 100 feet of stern deck. Researchers can fill a modular container and have it loaded with one of the Sikuliaq’s cranes, said Mike Hoshlyk, the ship’s captain.

The cranes can put people as well as equipment on sea ice.

For heavy lifting, scientists can turn to the double articulated A-frame crane off the stern.

The crane can rotate down almost flush with the water for towing or to help hoist a sediment corer sunk 70 feet into the ocean floor, Whitledge said.

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quires many, many tons of pull,” Whitledge said.

Just forward from the stern deck is the Baltic Room. It looks like a garage but provides headed space for researchers to stage gear, such as CTDs, devices that measure conductivity, temperature and depth.

“You don’t want this stuff iced up and frozen when you’re trying to deploy it and have it work properly,” Hoshlyk said.

“You’re just wasting time sending something down that’s not going to work.”

A door on the Baltic Room slides out of the way to let its load-handling system extend a boom down 45 degrees to release equipment that can descend to 10,000 meters or more.

The ship has acoustic systems designed to map the ocean bottom and profile sediment 70 meters deep, Whitledge said.

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state.

Another project partner, ConocoPhillips, is taking a wait-and-see position.

“We are still reviewing the announcement and looking forward to understanding what, if anything, has changed,” company spokeswoman Natalie Lowman said.

Miles Baker, spokesman for the state Alaska Gasline Development Corp., said his group has not yet received any directions from the governor to take steps to expand the gas “throughput” for the ASAP pipeline, or any authorization to spend money.

Walker said in his announcement that he still supports the large gas project and that a larger state ASAP project would move forward only if the industry partners do not want to move forward.

According to the Associated Press, Revenue Commissioner Randy Hoffbeck told the House Finance Committee on Feb. 24 that a short-term issue for the state will be to ensure that information doesn’t leak from one project to the other.

State legislators were to be briefed Feb. 25 on the status of the project but the hearing, before the House Resources Committee, was delayed until March 2, at the request of the state administration, the committee said.

Meanwhile, the Resources committee listened, somewhat wistfully, to a presentation by state geologists and tax officials Feb. 23 on what an opening of the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge might do for new oil production and revenues to the state treasury.

ANWR isn’t likely to be opened for oil and gas exploration anytime soon, and Interior Secretary Sally Jewell wants to make that permanent with her new proposal for wilderness designation, but legislators still wanted to know what Alaskans are missing out on.

The analysis showed a potential $2.5 billion in new petroleum revenues at an $80-perbarrel oil price, or $4.8 billion a year in new revenues if oil was at $110 per barrel.

However, a surprise for lawmakers was that under the state’s current tax code ANWR’s initial exploration and development would be subsidized by the state, to the tune of about $8 billion to $9 billion, because of tax credits for explorers.

Because of the tax credits the state would be paying out money for six years until production revenues exceeded the tax credit deductions, according to financial modeling done by the Department of Revenue and presented to the House committee.

The budget is what has everyone’s attention in the capitol building, however.

State revenues are about half of what were estimated earlier, at about $2.5 billion, mainly because oil prices have dropped by about half over the last six months, from $110 per barrel last July to about $55 per barrel now.

The state will run a $3.5 billion budget deficit this year and will cover that by withdrawals from reserves but in the meantime the governor and the Leg-

water did not require authorization in order to form the ditch that we find today.”

For this reason, a Temporary Water Use Permit, required for constructing a new ditch to convey water, a conveyance structure, should not be required, Lipinski said.

So far the project has only gone through a pre-application review with the Department of Natural Resources, Lipinski said.

“When we submit our final plans and applications, we will be able to revisit this issue,” Lipinski said.

Construction needs to be completed by the time the ground thaws, Lipinski said.

It is possible that work will be held off until next year, she said.

During the committee meeting, Lipinski covered the two other projects the Mitigation Project is working on, one of which is the water contamination testing. A feasibility study is being completed in coordination with the task force.

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One of the first House subcommittees to finish its work this week as one for the University of Alaska.

The university would suffer a $34 million cut to its state funding if the subcommittee proposal is accepted by the full House Finance Committee and ultimately the Senate. The university’s current-year appropriation of state funds is $375.8 million.

Walker had proposed a $9 million reduction in the budget but the House subcommittee added another $25 million in cuts, for a total of $34 million in reduced spending.

Rep. Tammie Wilson, RNorth Pole, had pushed for a $43 million cut on top of the governor’s $9 million reduction, for a total of $54 million, but other members of the subcommittee, including other members of the House Republican majority, did not go along with Wilson.

It’s unclear how the cuts would be apportioned among the university system’s three major campuses in Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau as well as satellite facilities in smaller communities. One clear casualty will be the university’s sports programs. The subcommittee budget would cut travel by 50 percent on top of a 15 percent travel reduction implemented in the current year budget, University of Alaska Fairbanks Chancellor Brian Rogers said.

“Our university sports teams won’t be able to compete if they can’t travel,” Rogers said.

He was at the closeout of the university’s budget late on Feb. 24.

Some legislators wanted to cut sports entirely out of the university’s budget.

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On legislation, the House Energy Committee passed out House Bill 105, the governor’s bill changing a state program of grants and low-interest loans for the Interior Energy Project, which would bring liquefied natural gas to the Fairbanks area.

Current law requires the LNG to come from a plant on the North Slope. The change proposed in HB 105 would allow the LNG to come from anywhere.

The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority, the state’s development finance corporation, is considering plans to get LNG to Fairbanks from Southcentral Alaska after costs for the earlier plan, a North Slope LNG plant, came in higher than expected.

HB 105 also makes revisions in law updating AIDEA’s capabilities to undertake development financing.

On issues relating to electricity generation, the House committee is considering a House Bill 78, bill that would aid Alaska independent power producers in selling power, mostly from renewable sources like wind and small hydro, to regulated utilities.

The measure would require utilities to pay for their avoided costs, such as using fuel oil, when wind or hydro is purchased, on the basis on the incremental high cost, such as if an oil-fired unit could be idled, rather than the average cost of the utilities with all sources even very low-cost coal, included.

Independent power producers argue the utilities can use the current law to cite cost disadvantages in buying power from independent producers, in effect cutting out competition.

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Rockets top Cavs in chippy contest Pair of missed free throws by James in final seconds prove costly for Cleveland

By The Associated Press

HOUSTON — James Harden scored 33 points and LeBron James missed a pair of free throws with 4.2 seconds left in overtime, helping the Houston Rockets hold on for a 105103 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday.

James hit a 3-pointer with 43.5 seconds left to get Cleveland within one.

Harden and James got tangled up on Houston’s next possession, but no foul was called and the shot clock expired.

James drove into the lane and was fouled by Josh Smith, but missed both free throws to finish 3 for 11 at the line. Harden, who had his 26th 30-point game this season, added a free throw and Cleveland missed a 3 at the buzzer.

James finished with 37 points after

resting during Friday night’s loss at rebounds and Chris Paul scored 28 points right cheek Saturday in his native Los Hornets, who had dropped six of seven.

Angeles.

Indiana. He returned for a chippy con- to lead Los Angeles past Chicago.

PACERS 94, 76ERS 74 Los Angeles was behind 76-75 when test that had multiple technicals and a Jamal Crawford made a 3-pointer with flagrant foul by Harden on James.

INDIANAPOLIS — Roy Hibbert had 8:02 left. The Clippers never trailed the TRAIL BLAZERS 110, KINGS 99 WARRIORS 106, CELTICS 101 BOSTON — Stephen Curry scored 37 points, making four straight free throws to clinch it in the final seconds and Golden State erased a 26-point deficit to beat Boston.

Golden State won for the seventh time in nine tries and snapped Boston’s threegame winning streak. Klay Thompson scored 20 for the Warriors, Harrison Barnes had 17 and Draymond Green scored 11 of his 14 points in the fourth quarter.

CLIPPERS 96, BULLS 86 CHICAGO — DeAndre Jordan had 26

rest of the way. After a scoreless first half, SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Damian Crawford had 16 points in the final two Lillard scored nine of his 31 points in the quarters. fourth quarter, LaMarcus Aldridge had 26 points and 15 rebounds, and Portland beat Sacramento for its third straight victory.

THUNDER 108, LAKERS 101 Wes Matthews scored 17 points and Robin Lopez had 15 points and eight reLOS ANGELES — Serge Ibaka had bounds for Portland, which is 14-13 on the 18 points and 14 rebounds, D.J. Augustin road. added 18 points and nine rebounds, and Oklahoma City beat the Lakers without Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook.

HORNETS 98, MAGIC 83 Enes Kanter had 16 points and 15 rebounds as the Thunder’s supporting cast ORLANDO, Fla. — Mo Williams had snapped a two-game skid with no help 23 points and 11 assists, and Charlotte from its superstar duo. beat Orlando.

Durant is out with a foot injury, and Cody Zeller, Al Jefferson and Gerald Westbrook underwent surgery on his Henderson had 16 points apiece for the

14 points, 15 rebounds and five blocked shots to help Indiana move three percentage points ahead of Brooklyn and Charlotte in the crowded race for the final Eastern Conference playoff spot.

PELICANS 99, NUGGETS 92 DENVER — Tyreke Evans scored 22 points, Dante Cunningham drew a key charge late in the fourth quarter and New Orleans extended its winning streak to five games by holding off struggling Denver.

Eric Gordon added 18 points and Omer Asik grabbed 16 rebounds for the Pelicans, who were without All-Star forward Anthony Davis for a fourth straight game after he re-injured his right shoulder on Feb. 21.

Frank the Tank leads Badgers Kaminsky scores 31 points to top Michigan St. in his final home game

By The Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — Frank Kaminsky scored 31 points in his final home game, sophomore Nigel Hayes added 14 and No. 5 Wisconsin clinched at least a share of the Big Ten regular-season title with a 6861 victory Sunday over Michigan State.

Kaminsky celebrated Senior Day with a dominating performance, going 11 of 17 from the field for the Badgers (26-3, 142).

The Spartans (19-10, 10-6) trailed by 22 points before rallying in the second half. Bryn Forbes’ open 3 from the corner got them within 64-53 with about 2:30 left.

But Michigan State had no answer for Kaminsky.

He banked a short jumper off the glass for a 13-point lead with 1:52 left before blocking a shot on the other end to whip the crowd into a frenzy.

Forbes finished with 21 points.

Wisconsin’s frontcourt had another strong performance.

One more win gives the Badgers the outright Big Ten title.

UCONN 81, NO. 21 SMU 73 HARTFORD, Conn. — Rodney Purvis scored a career-high 28 points and UConn upset No. 21 SMU, knocking the Mustangs out of first place in the American Athletic Conference.

Daniel Hamilton scored 14 of his 16 points in the final 7:41 and Ryan Boatright added 23 points for the defending national champion Huskies (17-11, 10-6 American), who won for the first time this season against a ranked opponent.

Markus Kennedy had 18 points to lead SMU (23-6, 14-3), which had won five straight, 13 of its past 14 and 21 of its past 23 games.

NO. 25 PROVIDENCE 77, MARQUETTE 66 PROVIDENCE, R.I. — LaDontae Henton had 25 points and 15 rebounds and No. 25 Providence held off Marquette.

Poulter, Casey share lead at Honda Classic

By The Associated Press

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Ian Poulter lost command of the Honda Classic with two swings on consecutive tee shots in a wild final hour Sunday. He still had a share of the lead with Paul Casey heading into a sprint-to-the-finish at soggy PGA National.

Poulter was practically flawless in the rain-delayed third round Sunday morning for a 4-under 66 that gave him a three-shot lead over Patrick Reed and Padraig Harrington.

The third round was washed out Saturday because of nearly 5 inches of rain that toppled a few trees, flooded bunkers and even created mounds of air bubbles on one green. After the third round ended Sunday, the players went right back out to play as many holes of the final round as the sun would allow.

Poulter kept his distance

until a shank on the par-3 fifth hole, which has water guarding the left side of the green.

His ball went so far right that it found water on the sixth hole, leading to double bogey. On his next tee shot, Poulter pulled it into the water and had to twoputt from 65 feet to escape with bogey. Just like that, his lead was gone. He got it back on the par-3 seventh with a tee shot into 3 feet for birdie, just as Casey was polishing off a 31 on the front nine to join him at 7-under par.

Play was suspended by darkness with Poulter on the eighth tee and Casey in the left rough on No. 10.

Not to be forgotten was Reed.

He was the first to catch Poulter with a three-shot swing on the fifth hole. Reed holed a 35-foot birdie putt from a See GOLF, Page A-9

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Drivers Greg Biffle (16), Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (17), Clint Bowyer (15), Kyle Larson (42), Tony Stewart (14), Regan Smith (41) and Trevor Bayne (6) crash during the NASCAR Sprint Cup series auto race at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday in Hampton, Georgia.

Johnson makes early statement Victory at Atlanta shows driving great has 7th title in his sights

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer

HAMPTON, Ga. — The season just started. The calendar hasn’t even turned to spring. Yet Jimmie Johnson has all but wrapped up a shot at his record-tying seventh NASCAR Sprint Cup title.

Quickly establishing he’s one of the drivers to beat — boy, does that sound familiar — Johnson pulled away after the final restart with 13 laps remaining to win Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

The six-time champion picked off drivers left and right after starting near the back in the second race of the year, having failed to get in a qualifying run because of inspection issues.

By the end, the No. 48 Chevrolet left no doubt it was the fastest car on the track, cruising across the finish line a comfortable 1.803 seconds ahead of one of the race favorites, defending Cup

champion Kevin Harvick.

“I knew through about two sections of corners that we were going to have an awesome day,” Johnson said.

It was the 71st victory of his career, and his fourth at the 1.54-mile Atlanta track.

That should be enough to give him a spot in the season-ending Chase, going for a title that would tie him with Richard Petty and the late Dale Earnhardt.

“I definitely think it gives you a sign of who’s going to be competitive,” said Johnson, who didn’t pick up the first of his four 2014 wins until the 12th race. “It takes the pressure off in some ways.”

Dale Earnhardt Jr. was third, followed by Daytona 500 winner Joey Logano, who started from the pole, led 84 laps early in the race and, along with Harvick, was expected to be one of the drivers to beat.

Of course, never count out

Johnson.

“When he’s on, really switched on, and the car’s in his comfort zone, it’s amazing what he can do with a race car,” said Chad Knaus, Johnson’s crew chief.

After a big crash on lap 305 brought out the red flag for 9 minutes to clean up the mess, Johnson found himself at the front of the pack.

When the green flag waved, he got a good jump off the line, fended off Hendrick Motorsports teammate Earnhardt going down the backstretch, and was firmly in control by the time the cars came back around in front of the stands.

There was no catching him from there.

“I got outside of him there on that last restart, but I knew in turns three and four I didn’t have the preferred line,” said Earnhardt, whose chances were further damaged when his car struck some debris. “He was pretty

quick around the bottom.”

Johnson was among four former champions, along with teammate Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart and Matt Kenseth, who never got on the track during qualifying.

Thirteen cars were stuck in the garage after failing to pass inspection.

Harvick, who qualified on the outside of the front row, also was sent to the back after blowing an engine during Saturday’s practice. He quickly worked his way through slower cars and dominated for long stretches, leading a race-high 116 laps.

He settled for the runner-up spot for the second week in a row, having finishing behind Logano at Daytona.

For much of the day, it was clean race even with a new rules package for nonrestrictor plate races, which reduced horsepower and drag while giving drivers a device to adjust the car’s balance at nearly 200 mph.

Ovechkin scores twice as Capitals halt 3-game slide

By The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin scored his 40th and 41st goals of the season and added an assist, Braden Holtby made 32 saves, and the Washington Capitals snapped a three-game skid with a 4-0 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday night.

Ovechkin struck just 33 seconds into the game and added a second-period score as he surpassed the 40-goal mark for the seventh time.

Marcus Johansson and Joel Ward (empty net) added third-period goals for Washington, and Holtby picked up his seventh shutout and 30th win of the season.

James Reimer stopped 28 shots for Toronto, which has lost 16 straight

road games.

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goal and an assist, and the Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Aaron Ekblad, Brad Boyes and Aleksander Barkov also scored for the Panthers.

Al Montoya made 20 saves, and Jonathan Huberdeau had three assists.

Jagr was acquired in a trade with New Jersey on Thursday for two draft picks. He gave Florida a 1-0 lead when he scored 10:24 into the game.

Tyler Johnson, Steven Stamkos and Anton Stralman scored for the Lightning.

PITTSBURGH — Evgeni Malkin scored twice and added an assist, and Pittsburgh’s revived power play dominated the Columbus Blue Jackets.

David Perron, Steve Downie and Derrick Pouliot also scored for the Penguins, who have won four straight. Sidney Crosby picked up two assists and Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 22 shots as Pittsburgh sent the JETS 5, KINGS 2 Blue Jackets to their sixth straight defeat.

Curtis McElhinney made 36 saves for WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Andrew the Blue Jackets. James Wisniewski, Ryan Ladd scored twice and the Winnipeg Jets Johansen and Nick Foligno scored for the boosted their playoff hopes in a win over Blue Jackets. the Los Angeles Kings.

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Jeff Carter scored twice for Los AnCANUCKS 6, BLUES 5, SO geles, and the Kings dropped their third VANCOUVER, British Columbia — consecutive game after an eight-game Nick Bonino, Radim Vrbata and Chris winning streak.

Higgins scored in the shootout as the Vancouver Canucks recovered from blowDUCKS 3, STARS 1 ing a three-goal lead against the St. Louis DALLAS — Clayton Stoner scored the Blues. go-ahead goal in the third period with his Eddie Lack made 34 saves for Vanfirst of the season, and the Anaheim Ducks couver, while Shawn Matthias, Yannick beat the Dallas Stars 3-1 on Sunday night. Weber, Jannik Hansen, Henrik Sedin and Stoner, who hadn’t scored in his first 54 Bonino each had goals in regulation. games, put a slap shot from the left point Ryan Reaves, Alex Pietrangelo, Dmibetween the legs of Dallas’ Jhonas Enroth. trij Jaskin, Petteri Lindbohm and DaThe goal was unassisted. vid Backes had goals for the Blues, who The game was tied at 1 before Stoner’s scored three times in the third period to goal at 4:19 of the third. Ryan Getzlaf in- force extra time. Vladimir Tarasenko had creased the lead to 3-1 on a breakaway at the lone shootout goal for St. Louis.

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Sports Briefs Duwe nets 2 goals in Friday UAA loss Sophomore Brad Duwe, a former player for Soldotna High School and the Kenai River Brown Bears, had a pair of goals in host University of Alaska Anchorage’s 4-3 loss to No. 11-ranked Bowling Green in Western Collegiate Hockey Association play Friday.

This was the first career multigoal game for Duwe and the two points helped him bypass his freshman total of eight points. Duwe also had his first power-play goal Friday.

Duwe did not score Saturday, but UAA got a big 6-1 victory over Bowling Green. After Lake Superior State had won, UAA needed to win or the Seawolves would have been eliminated from contention for the WCHA First Round. The Seawolves won for the first time since Jan. 17, breaking a nine-game skid.

Minoso dies at 90 CHICAGO — When Minnie Minoso broke into major league baseball, the “Cuban Comet” was part of a wave of black players who changed the game forever. By the time he played in his final game 35 years ago, he was a beloved figure with the Chicago White Sox. It was one amazing ride for the seemingly ageless slugger, who died early Sunday morning after helping clear the way for generations of minority ballplayers, including a long list of stars from his home country.

“I know we’re all going to go at some time, but I had gotten to the point where I really thought Minnie was going to live forever,” White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf said. “There has never been a better ambassador for the game or for the White Sox than Minnie.”

Minoso, who made his major league debut just two years after Jackie Robinson and turned into the game’s first black Latino star, died of natural causes, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. There is some question about Minoso’s age, but the medical examiner’s office and the White Sox said he was 90.

Minoso’s death comes on the heels of the loss of Chicago Cubs great Ernie Banks, who passed away on Jan. 23 at age 83.

“For Minnie, every day was a reason to smile, and he would want us all to remember him that way, smiling at a ballgame,” Minoso’s family said in a statement released by the team. “As he so often said, ‘God Bless you, my friends.’”

Minoso played 12 of his 17 seasons in Chicago, hitting .304 with 135 homers and 808 RBIs for the White Sox. The White Sox retired his No. 9 in 1983 and there is a statue of Minoso at U.S. Cellular Field.

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SURPRISE, Ariz. — Yu Darvish saved his best stuff for after his inning on the mound.

The Texas Rangers ace, who was shut down last August with elbow inflammation, threw 14 pitches without any discomfort on Sunday during an intrasquad game — his most extensive work since the injury ended his 2014 season.

Darvish struck out two of three batters he faced as curious Rangers fans, the usual large Japanese media contingent that follows his every move and a touring college team from Japan watched through the fence on a back practice field behind Surprise Stadium.

Afterward, the three-time All-Star described his outing as “great,” saying he was pleased with his performance, which included him hitting 94 mph on the radar gun.

But while he dazzled onlookers, Darvish delivered a surprise following the workout by speaking to beat writers almost exclusively in English for the first time since joining the Rangers in 2012. Standing in front of his locker, Darvish first shooed away Japanese reporters before addressing his injury and some of the criticism that followed.

After making his last start on Aug. 9 Darvish was accused in some circles of quitting on the Rangers, an allegation he shut down with a choice English curse word.

— Staff and wire reports

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Racing Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500

Sunday At Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, Ga. Lap length: 1.54 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (37) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 325 laps, 126.7 rating, 47 points, $335,901.

2. (2) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 325, 131.2, 44, $284,080.

3. (9) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 325, 120.4, 42, $184,755.

4. (1) Joey Logano, Ford, 325, 126.9, 41, $198,838.

5. (36) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 325, 97.6, 40, $170,891.

6. (14) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 325, 103.2, 38, $150,615.

7. (11) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 325, 86.6, 37, $152,278.

8. (22) Brett Moffitt, Toyota, 325, 77.5, 37, $144,284.

9. (12) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 325, 96, 36, $159,261.

10. (7) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 325, 93.9, 34, $144,720.

11. (23) Aric Almirola, Ford, 325, 82.1, 33, $148,746.

12. (5) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 325, 105.7, 32, $107,285.

13. (13) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 325, 79, 31, $118,085.

14. (10) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 324, 99.1, 30, $122,985.

15. (21) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 324, 74.5, 29, $132,943.

16. (18) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 324, 70.4, 28, $115,760.

17. (38) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 324, 61, 0, $120,460.

18. (17) David Ragan, Toyota, 323, 78.1, 26, $146,651.

19. (29) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 323, 63.4, 25, $145,510.

20. (16) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 323, 63.2, 24, $126,593.

21. (8) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford, 323, 60.7, 23, $129,480.

22. (26) David Gilliland, Ford, 322, 50.6, 23, $121,868.

23. (42) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 322, 53.4, 21, $110,982.

24. (25) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 321, 73.9, 21, $134,768.

25. (19) Greg Biffle, Ford, 320, 60.4, 19, $130,843.

26. (6) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 320, 76.3, 18, $127,018.

27. (24) Michael McDowell, Ford, 320, 43.8, 17, $95,310.

28. (31) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, 320, 40.1, 0, $97,785.

29. (32) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 319, 37, 15, $97,510.

30. (39) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 319, 52.6, 14, $126,074.

31. (27) Mike Bliss, Ford, 318, 36.7, 0, $96,710.

32. (33) Josh Wise, Ford, 318, 31.4, 12, $94,035.

33. (28) Joe Nemechek, Ford, 318, 39.2, 0, $93,860.

34. (30) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, 316, 30.4, 0, $93,710.

35. (40) Jeb Burton, Toyota, 316, 30.5, 9, $95,035.

36. (20) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, accident, 302, 53.8, 8, $101,370.

37. (41) Cole Whitt, Ford, engine, 295, 42.5, 7, $93,204.

38. (4) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 284, 93, 7, $111,105.

39. (15) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 282, 44.4, 5, $120,801.

40. (3) Jamie McMurray, Chev-

rolet, accident, 256, 73.4, 4, $110,356.

41. (35) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, accident, 256, 71.3, 3, $124,401.

42. (34) Ron Hornaday Jr., Chevrolet, rear gear, 187, 24.8, 2, $71,865.

43. (43) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, engine, 92, 37.6, 0, $68,365.

Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 131.078 mph.

Time of Race: 3 hours, 49 minutes, 6 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 1.802 seconds.

Caution Flags: 10 for 54 laps.

Lead Changes: 28 among 12 drivers.

Lap Leaders: J.Logano 1-27; J.Nemechek 28; J.Logano 2948; M.Bliss 49; J.Logano 50-67; M.Bliss 68; J.Logano 69-86; K.Harvick 87-95; J.Logano 96; D.Gilliland 97; K.Harvick 98-138; D.Hamlin 139; B.Keselowski 140-141; M.Kenseth 142-147; K.Harvick 148-176; D.Hamlin 177-189; K.Harvick 190-197; J.Johnson 198-211; K.Harvick 212; J.Johnson 213-225; K.Harvick 226-253; J.Johnson 254-261; D.Earnhardt Jr. 262; J.Johnson 263-293; C.Bowyer 294; B.Moffitt 295; J.Johnson 296-300; M.Kenseth 301-304; J.Johnson 305-325.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): K.Harvick, 6 times for 116 laps; J.Johnson, 6 times for 92 laps; J.Logano, 5 times for 84 laps; D.Hamlin, 2 times for 14 laps; M.Kenseth, 2 times for 10 laps; B.Keselowski, 1 time for 2 laps; M.Bliss, 2 times for 2 laps; D.Earnhardt Jr., 1 time for 1 lap; B.Moffitt, 1 time for 1 lap; D.Gilliland, 1 time for 1 lap; C.Bowyer, 1 time for 1 lap; J.Nemechek, 1 time for 1 lap.

Wins: J.Johnson, 1; J.Logano, 1.

Top 16 in Points: 1. J.Logano, 88; 2. J.Johnson, 87; 3. K.Harvick, 86; 4. D.Earnhardt Jr., 84; 5. M.Truex Jr., 75; 6. C.Mears, 68; 7. K.Kahne, 65; 8. A.Allmendinger, 62; 9.

A.Almirola, 62; 10. C.Bowyer, 58; 11. D.Gilliland, 56; 12. S.Hornish Jr., 55; 13. G.Biffle, 54; 14.

C.Edwards, 54; 15. D.Ragan, 53; 16. D.Patrick, 51.

Basketball

Pct GB .627 — .421 12 .404 13 .220 24 .207 24½ .797 — .567 13½ .431 21½ .421 22 .311 29 .617 — .607 ½ .542 4½ .424 11½ .390 13½

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division Memphis 42 16 .724 Houston 41 18 .695

gey on No. 6. But on the seventh, land — Top-ranked Lydia Ko won as Poulter was making his birdie, the New Zealand Women’s Open Reed took bogey from the left for her second straight victory.

The 17-year-old New Zealander, rough to fall one shot behind.

the Women’s Australian Open winner last week for her sixth LPGA Tour title, closed with a 1-under 70 at Clearwater for a four-stroke CHRISTCHURCH, New Zea- victory.

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Sunday’s Games L.A. Clippers 96, Chicago 86 Houston 105, Cleveland 103, OT Portland 110, Sacramento 99 Charlotte 98, Orlando 83 Indiana 94, Philadelphia 74 Golden State 106, Boston 101 Oklahoma City 108, L.A. Lakers 101 New Orleans 99, Denver 92 Monday’s Games Toronto at Philadelphia, 3 p.m.

Phoenix at Miami, 3:30 p.m.

Golden State at Brooklyn, 3:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Minnesota, 4 p.m.

New Orleans at Dallas, 4:30 p.m.

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SOUTH Auburn 80, Alabama 73 Duke 81, North Carolina 80 Florida St. 69, Miami 55 Georgia 52, Florida 45 Kentucky 67, South Carolina 56 LSU 80, Texas A&M 63 Mississippi St. 55, Mississippi 47 Notre Dame 67, NC State 60 Richmond 55, VCU 49 Tennessee 79, Vanderbilt 49 UNC Wilmington 76, Coll. of Charleston 65 Virginia 75, Louisville 59 William & Mary 62, Northeastern 47 MIDWEST Bradley 60, Illinois St. 50 Dayton 95, Saint Louis 68 DePaul 99, Marquette 82 Iowa 92, Minnesota 76 Maryland 69, Northwestern 48 Missouri 57, Arkansas 41 Missouri St. 86, Drake 57 Ohio St. 78, Nebraska 60 S. Illinois 74, Loyola of Chicago 70, OT Seton Hall 85, Butler 76 Wichita St. 66, N. Iowa 54 Xavier 74, St. John’s 61 SOUTHWEST Southern Miss. 66, UTEP 60 UTSA 60, Louisiana Tech 53 FAR WEST

Men’s Scores EAST Manhattan 69, Quinnipiac 65 Monmouth (NJ) 63, Siena 57 Niagara 57, Fairfield 56 Providence 77, Marquette 66 Rider 59, Marist 49 St. Peter’s 68, Iona 60 UConn 81, SMU 73 SOUTH Wake Forest 69, Pittsburgh 66 MIDWEST Ohio St. 65, Purdue 61 Wisconsin 68, Michigan St. 61 SOUTHWEST Houston 72, South Florida 55 FAR WEST California 73, Oregon St. 56 Colorado 87, Arizona St. 81 Oregon 73, Stanford 70 UC Santa Barbara 54, UC Irvine 51 UCLA 72, Washington St. 67

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NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W L Toronto 37 22 Brooklyn 24 33 Boston 23 34 Philadelphia 13 46 New York 12 46 Southeast Division Atlanta 47 12 Washington 34 26 Miami 25 33 Charlotte 24 33 Orlando 19 42 Central Division Chicago 37 23 Cleveland 37 24 Milwaukee 32 27 Indiana 25 34 Detroit 23 36

Dallas 39 22 San Antonio 36 23 New Orleans 32 27 Northwest Division Portland 39 19 Oklahoma City 33 27 Utah 23 35 Denver 20 39 Minnesota 13 45 Pacific Division Golden State 46 11 L.A. Clippers 39 21 Phoenix 31 29 Sacramento 20 37 L.A. Lakers 16 42

Arizona 64, Utah 41 Arizona St. 59, Colorado 46 Oregon 62, Stanford 55

Hockey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L Montreal 62 41 16 Tampa Bay 64 38 20 Detroit 61 35 15 Boston 62 31 22 Florida 63 28 22 Ottawa 60 27 23 Toronto 63 25 33 Buffalo 63 19 39 Metropolitan Division N.Y. Islanders 64 41 21 N.Y. Rangers 61 38 17 Pittsburgh 62 36 17 Washington 64 34 20 Philadelphia 63 27 25 New Jersey 63 26 27 Columbus 62 26 32 Carolina 61 24 30

OT Pts GF GA 5 87 171 135 6 82 210 171 11 81 180 159 9 71 165 161 13 69 154 178 10 64 171 163 5 55 170 193 5 43 123 212 2 6 9 10 11 10 4 7

84 205 179 82 192 152 81 181 155 78 188 159 65 168 183 62 141 164 56 160 196 55 142 162

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WESTERN CONFERENCE

Albany (NY) 76, Vermont 48 Boston College 49, Virginia Tech 47 Drexel 50, Towson 45 Duquesne 51, St. Bonaventure 43 Elon 64, Hofstra 58 Fordham 54, Davidson 46 George Washington 80, George Mason 45 Hartford 56, Stony Brook 49 James Madison 74, Delaware 71 New Hampshire 61, Maine 47 Pittsburgh 61, Clemson 56 Providence 81, Georgetown 66 Quinnipiac 87, Monmouth (NJ) 48 Rutgers 71, Indiana 60 Saint Joseph’s 67, La Salle 55 Siena 64, St. Peter’s 47 UMBC 73, Binghamton 50 UMass 78, Rhode Island 70 Villanova 61, Creighton 53 West Virginia 76, Texas 69, OT Wisconsin 62, Penn St. 56

Central Division Nashville 63 41 15 7 89 191 151 St. Louis 63 40 18 5 85 197 159 Chicago 63 37 21 5 79 183 150 Winnipeg 64 32 20 12 76 179 172 Minnesota 62 33 22 7 73 176 161 Colorado 63 27 25 11 65 167 182 Dallas 63 27 26 10 64 196 210 Pacific Division Anaheim 64 40 17 7 87 189 177 Vancouver 62 36 23 3 75 180 167 Calgary 62 33 25 4 70 175 160 Los Angeles 62 29 21 12 70 166 162 San Jose 63 30 25 8 68 175 181 Arizona 63 20 36 7 47 138 214 Edmonton 63 18 35 10 46 143 208 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Sunday’s Games Vancouver 6, St. Louis 5, SO Winnipeg 5, Los Angeles 2 Florida 4, Tampa Bay 3 Pittsburgh 5, Columbus 3

Washington 4, Toronto 0 Anaheim 3, Dallas 1 Monday’s Games Nashville at N.Y. Rangers, 3 p.m.

Carolina at Chicago, 4:30 p.m.

Montreal at San Jose, 6 p.m.

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Transactions BASEBALL American League DETROIT TIGERS — Agreed to terms with LHP Kyle Lobstein, C Bryan Holaday, INFs Hernan Perez and Andrew Romine and OFs Tyler Collins and Anthony Gose on one-year contracts.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Agreed to terms with OF Dayan Viciedo on a minor league contract.

National League COLORADO ROCKIES — Selected the contract of RHP John Axford from Albuquerque (PCL).

Placed RHP Tyler Chatwood on the 60-day DL. LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Mike Adams on a minor league contract.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association ATLANTA HAWKS — Assigned F-C Mike Muscala to Fort Wayne (NBADL).

HOCKEY National Hockey League ARIZONA COYOTES — Acquired F Anthony Duclair, D John Moore, a 2015 second-round draft pick and 2016 first-round draft pick from the New York Rangers for D Keith Yandle and D Chris Summers and a 2016 fourth-round draft pick. Assigned F Henrik Samuelsson and D Dylan Reese to Portland (AHL).

CALGARY FLAMES — Claimed D David Schlemko off waivers from Dallas. Placed D Mark Giordano on injured reserve.

CAROLINA HURRICANES — Agreed to terms with C Jay McClement on a two-year contract extension through 2016-17.

DALLAS STARS — Acquired D Mattias Backman, C Mattias Janmark and a 2015 second-round draft pick from Detroit for LW Erik Cole and a 2015 third-round draft pick.

EDMONTON OILERS — Placed D Keith Aulie on waivers.

NEW YORK RANGERS — Acquired F James Sheppard from San Jose for a 2016 fourth-round draft pick.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Reassigned D Cameron Schilling and F Aaron Volpatti to Hershey (AHL). Acquired F Curtis Glencross from Calgary for a 2015 second- and third-round draft pick.

WINNIPEG JETS — Acquired F Lee Stempniak from the New York Rangers for F Carl Klingberg.

Reassigned F Eric O’Dell to St. John’s (AHL). Activated F Blake Wheeler from injured reserve.

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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 March 2; n April 6; n May 4 (at Seward High School); n June 1; n June 2 (Board planning session).

Holidays and vacation days scheduled March 6 — End of third quarter, no school for students; March 9-13 — Spring Break; April 3 — Good Friday; May 20 — Last day of school.

Free training for high school students: KPBSD Career and Tech Department is offering free after school academies to train students in the welding, construction and medical field. Listed below is an upcoming academy: There will be a welding academy at Nikiski High School.

The students will be building a snow machine trailer. Class days will run March 17th-May 14th, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:30-4:30.

A summer construction academy will be taking place at the Workforce Development Center (located behind KCHS).

Students will be constructing a greenhouse and a shed. Class days will be May 27th-30th and June 1st-4th from 8:00 a.m.4:00p.m.

Also offered this summer is an Emergency Trauma Technician (ETT) academy. Dates and locations to be announced.

This course will cover all areas required to receive certification as an Emergency Medical Technician. The last week of class will be for review and the final exam. If you pass the exam you’ll receive your certification and an ETT patch.

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 ½ 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 http://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: This Week: n 03/01 - 03/31 – Iditaread Program Starts (more info below) n 03/02 - 03/13 – Soldotna Connections BUY ONE GET ONE FREE BOOK FAIR! (more info below) n 03/05 – Connections Ice Fishing Get Together @ Johnson Lake 10 a.m.-2 p.m. (more info below) n 03/05 - Artwork for Connections Handbook Due n 03/05 – High School Eligibility Due Upcoming Activities: n 03/09-03/13 – Spring Break: Homer & Seward Offices Closed; Soldotna Office Open – No Advisors Available n 03/18 – Homer Connections Annual Ice Skating Party from 1:30-3:00 @ Kevin Bell Arena n 03/19 - Winter Ecology Overnight Program n 03/30-05/01 – Alaska Measure of Progress (AMP) Testing n 03/30-03/31 – Soldotna Safe Sitter Class (more info below) n 03/31 – Purchasing/Ordering Deadline n 05/07 - Talent Show @ SoHi Auditorium @ 5:00 p.m. n 05/14 – Barren Island Trip Upcoming Events: Iditaread Starts!

Our annual Iditaread program starts this month! So get out your favorite books or those you haven’t read yet and start keeping track of your reading minutes. When you’ve read your way to Nome and crossed the finish line, see your Connections Office for your prize! If you have any questions, please call the Connections office (714-8880) for more information and how to log onto the Iditarod Insider. Happy reading and MUSH ON! Artwork for Connections Handbook Needed: We are in need of student drawings to add life to our Connections Student Handbook.

Requirements: n Please submit your entry on 8X10, unlined paper. n Drawing may be done in color, BUT will be printed in black and white. n Include: Artist full name and grade. n Clear, concise drawings work best. n Please have drawings to the Soldotna Connections Office by Thursday, March 5, 2015.

All participants will be entered to win a delicious fruit basket!

Soldotna Connections BUY ONE GET ONE FREE BOOK FAIR! Where: Soldotna Connections Office What: Scholastic Book Fair – BOGO (Buy One Get One Free!)

When: March 2nd -13th YES – we WILL be open during Spring Break!

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David and Marina Schramm created the card game ‘Show Dog!’ during their 2014 summer break. The game has sold nearly four dozen copies online and within the local community.

Students dedicate summer to educational fun

By KELLY SULLIVAN Peninsula Clarion

Like most students in kindergarten through twelfth grade, Marina and David Schramm had some free time last summer. And just like many of their peers, the two wanted puppies.

Not surprisingly their parents Heather and Derek Schramm set up some requirements Marina Schramm and David had to fulfill before they could pick out their perfect pets.

Derek and Heather Schramm wanted their children

to do some preliminary, canine-related research and have something challenging to spend time on over the summer.

“We thought about how everyone likes dogs,” Marina Schramm said. “And we thought of making a card game.”

“Show Dog!” is a game based on achieving points.

Each card, which features the image of a different show dog with its name and description, is worth one point, Marina Schramm said. The goal is to get eight points total, but there’s a hitch, she said.

A set of bonus cards complicates things, Marina Schramm said. The bonus cards can either help or hinder a player, depending on how they are used, she said.

Each played bonus card goes into the discard pile and a player can have no more than five cards in their hand at one time. Cards in use are placed face up on the table in front of the players.

If drawn the “Hot Dog” card, for example, can be exchanged for three fresh cards.

However, the “Fleas!” card can send a card back to the bottom of the draw pile.

The game has had multiple versions, Derek Schramm said. The newest version is available for purchase over the Amazon website, or can be purchased from the Schramms for $10, he said. So far nearly four dozen copies have been sold.

Bobbi Baldwin, teacher at Redoubt Elementary, said the game was a hit among her students, when David and Marina Schramm brought the game into school Reach Kelly Sullivan at kelly.sullivan@peninsulaclarion. com

Angoon High students learn auto trade

By MARY CATHARINE MARTIN Capital City Weekly

ANGOON, Alaska — For almost the last 20 years, Angoon High School’s auto shop has been used, mostly, for storage.

Tools once used for the class disappeared.

But this January, the school got a Department of Education and Early Development Perkins grant, intended for career and

technical education, and started a trial program in two classes: intro to automotive, and small engine and outboard repair. Both are taught by instructor Jared Williams. The five students in the automotive class - five was the limit for this semester - all want to use the knowledge they gain to fix the broken down cars in their lives.

“I want to fix my own car, when I get it,” said Forrest Dean

Braley Jr. So do Duncan O’Brien and Ivanette Johnson.

It also wouldn’t hurt to have a skill that’s always in demand, Williams said.

“The big problem around here is having a trade you can go out and make some money with,” he said.

“It’s the first time we’ve had a career track for the university in auto mechanics and mining mechanics,” said Principal Jim

Parkin.

(The school offers an online course called “Intro to Mining.”)

The automotive class started off in January with the basics, learning about safety and tool identification. But in order to identify tools, they have to have them. Sometimes the kids bring tools in. Williams has been bringing his personal tools, though most of them are in the Lower 48.

Summer semester registration open KPC’s summer enrollment numbers have steadily climbed during the last two decades. The number of student credit hours generated during summer of 1990 compared to 2014 reveals a staggering increase of 1,354 percent (2,600 more credit hours). Students have figured out that there are many advantages to taking courses during the summer. Because the semester is much shorter, the curriculum is accelerated allowing students to fully engage and become immersed in the course work.

In addition, taking KPC summer courses can assist students who attend college elsewhere, but come home to Alaska for the break.

Registration is available from the KPC homepage (UAOnline link) and the summer course offerings are listed in the site’s searchable schedule.

Due to the popularity of the summer semester, the public is encouraged to register as soon as possible to avoid the disappointment of finding closed courses.

Most of KPC’s summer classes are web-based making them accessible to students locally and statewide. KPC has offered high-quality online courses for more than a decade. KPC professors are known for offering outstanding, interactive and engaging courses.

The semester begins on May 18 and ends on August 1.

For more information, contact KRC Student Services at iyinfo@kpc.alaska.edu or call 262-0330.

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applicants is maintained in the event an accepted applicant declines acceptance.

Visit the KPC website and access the application from the news section on the homepage or access directly at this link: http://bit.ly/1BVwY9M. For more information regarding the program, contact Paul Perry at 262-0378.

Paramedic program application period opens

Veteran student population growing

According to Paul Perry, KPC assistant professor of paramedical technology, more than 84 percent of the students that have graduated from KPC’s paramedic program are working either as paramedics, within the medical field as technicians, or have returned to school in the field of nursing or physician assistant.

Perry released the application packet for the next cohort of students who will begin the program in fall 2015. With only 14 seats available in the program, the extensive application process outlines courses that must be completed prior to entry into the program. Requirements include a current resume, letters of recommendation, college transcripts, admission essay, and a background check. Application packets must be complete in order to be evaluated. Student applications are ranked using a point system. The top 25 ranked applicants will be called for oral interviews.

The application period closes May 15, 2015. Successful applicants will be notified no later than June 5. A list of stand-by

There are 183 students across all academic programs and VA educational benefit chapters who found their place at KPC this semester. Of those attending, 80 are pursuing a degree or certification; 31 are pursuing process technology, 12 are studying occupational safety and health, with the remainder pursuing programs in instrumentation, paramedic technology, welding and business. Local veterans interested in exploring their options at KPC are encouraged to visit the college’s website or this direct link to the Veterans Affairs page: http://bit.ly/1vzTYsM. The Veterans Affairs office is located in the KRC Residence Hall and is headed up by Drew Baker, VA Certifying Official.

Baker is available to meet with veteran students from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday and can be reached at 2620261 or email rdbaker3@kpc.alaska.edu.

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

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When: March 2nd -13th YES – we WILL be open during Spring Break!

Come by during Spring Break, explore and enjoy the rare Buy One, Get One book offer. Connections allotment is available to reimburse these book purchases so stop by and check out all of these great books!

Connections Ice Fishing @ Johnson Lake 10 a.m.-2 p.m.: What: Connections is hosting an ice fishing get-together Who: All homeschool students When: Thursday, March 5th from 10 a.m.-2p.m.

Where: Johnson Lake in Kasilof Why: To get outside, to bring families together, and to have fun! n Be sure to dress appropriately, have a fishing license for anyone 16 or older, and bring your own lunch & drink. n Connections will provide fishing gear (rods, tackle, bait) but if you have your own ice rod please bring it along. n Directions – From Soldotna travel south on the Sterling Hwy 13 miles, take a left on Johnson Lake Loop Rd and travel ½ mile, take a left on Tustumena Lake Rd and travel about 1 mile, take a right when you see the sign to Johnson Lake. We will meet at the boat ramp at 10am, and if you show up late come find us on the lake. n Please RSVP (mwackler@kpbsd.k12.ak.us or 714-8880) so we have an idea of how many rods we’ll need to bring, how many holes we’ll need to drill, and so that we can contact you if there is a need to cancel due to unfavorable weather conditions. We hope to see you there!

Safe Sitter Course: Connections and Central Peninsula General Hospital are partnering together to offer the Safe Sitter class for homeschoolers.

This is a two day class and will be offered March 30 & 31 from 9:00am to 3:30pm. Children need to be between the ages of 11 & 13 to attend. The cost is $50.00 and may be reimbursable by Connections. For more information go to www.safesitter.org or www.cpgh.org click on quick links, go to community programs and click on safe sitter. For more information, or help registering, please contact Marcia Knowlton 598-0950 (Instructor/Parent contact) or Sheila or Roberta 714-4775(Hospital contacts).

Please register with the Hospital Cashier to reserve your child’s seat today!

Kalifornsky Beach Elementary Mr. Vedders’ class would like to thank Dawn Muskgrove of the LeeShore Center for working with us on problem solving and conflict resolution skills. It has made a HUGE difference this year!

Kindergarten visitation for preschoolers will be held Friday, March 27th. If you know of any children that will be entering kindergarten in the fall here at K-Beach, please let their parents know. They can call the office at 260-1300 to schedule a time for their preschooler to “come to school” for an hour while parents meet with the principal and pre-register. Parents will need to bring the student’s immunization record and birth certificate. n March 6 – No School due to inservice n March 9-13 - No School due to Spring Break

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For more information on Science night check with your students classroom teacher and our school website http://kaleidoscope.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us .

Tuesday, March 3 n Dr. Seuss Day, come dressed up like your favorite Dr. Seuss character. n 9:15 a.m. PTA meeting Wednesday, March 4 n 6:00 p.m. Training for Kaleidoscope parents with the Kenai Police Department to learn of the school’s response to an unexpected occurrence. Join us if you can! Please make arrangements for childcare outside of school.

Thursday, March 5 n Spell-a-thon Spelling test school wide (this is a PTA fundraiser) n 3:00 p.m. Kindergarten Winter Celebration in the Gym, please see teachers for more information.

Friday, March 6 n In-service Day- NO SCHOOL n 4:00 p.m. Lottery application deadline, applications are due into the office by 4:00 p.m.

– No School -Spring Break– Monday, March 9-Friday, March 13 Reminders n Artist in Residency Kathy Hocker will be here to work with our staff and students from March 16-27. n The school website at http://kaleidoscope.blogs.kpbsd.k12. ak.us provides you with newsletters, lunch menus, the school calendar, PTA and APC information, plus more! n If your child will be picked up early from school or will be arriving late to school, please be sure to sign your child in or out of school as appropriate using the computer on the office front counter. n The Life Skill we are focusing on this week is Responsibility: To respond when appropriate; to be accountable for one’s actions.

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Friday, March 6th is the end of the quarter/Teacher In-service Day. Spring Break will start March 9th for the students and school will not resume until March 16th, 2015. Have a safe and relaxing break!

Spring athletes will be finally able to spring into action as softball, track and field, and soccer practices can start Monday, March 9th. Students wanting to participate in Spring Sports must have a current physical, turned in all the required paper work, and pay their dues before they can participate in any sport.

February 2015 Student of the Month Rotary – Nate Kaaihue Chamber – Alyeska Krull Elks – Danielle Updike Super Staffer – Jesse Settlemyer Kard-of-the-Deck – Alyeska Krull Biology – Shay Stiers, Mr. Hanson Chemistry – Caleigh Jensen, Mrs. Bergholtz Yearbook – Jamie Bagley, Ms. Wagoner Performing Arts/Band – Brett Brown Mrs. Sounart Work Experience – Cameron Ketah, Ms. Zwink LA 12 – Shayna McKinley Mrs. Schneider Algebra – Evony Stuller, Mr. Kennedy Life Activities – Clavin Strong Mr. Marquez Ceramics – Natalie Marlowe, Mr. Morton Study Skills – Dawson Miller Mrs. Bisset AP U.S. History – Laural Dunham, Mrs. Calvert Construction – Carlos Caballero, Mr. Widaman LA 10 Honors – Mikaela Pitsch Mrs. McCullough Pre-Algebra – Roman Everett, Mr. Peek and Mr. Nyboer Government – Ean Atchley , Mr. Lopez

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Story Telling, Erika Arthur, Madelyn Barkman, Sierra Chapman, Interpretive Reading, Jaron Kenner, (tie) Larry Partin, Kegan Gottlob, Multiples, Alexis Gomes, Katie Kline, Madelyn Barkman, Morgan Spies, Erika Arthur.

Redoubt’s Fourth grade Battle of the Books team (Borough Champs) did an amazing job in the state competition. The team of Blake Lewis, Liam Harris and Lily Bahl tied for 7th place out of 37 teams from across the state. Congratulations, Blake, Liam and Lily.

For the Love of Reading - Today is Dr. Seuss’s birthday! In celebration, guest readers will be visiting classrooms. Special activities will take place throughout the day in honor of Dr. Seuss.

Redoubt’s Fourth grade Battle of the Books team (Borough Champs) did an amazing job in the state competition. The team of Blake Lewis, Liam Harris and Lily Bahl tied for 7th place out of 37 teams from across the state. Congratulations, Blake, Liam and Lily.

For the Love of Reading - Today is Dr. Seuss’s birthday! In celebration, guest readers will be visiting classrooms. Special activities will take place throughout the day in honor of Dr. Seuss.

Congratulations to our Character Counts winners: Kylie Anne Raye and Maria Salzetti.

The Intermediate Band will hold a Concert at the KMS Library @ 6:15 on March 2nd to be followed by a performance by the Concert Band at 7:00.

Be sure to make plans to attend this awesome Spring Performance.

Tuesday, March 3rd is the Annual 3rd Quarter Choir Concert to be held at KCHS, beginning at 7:00. Another wonderful performance you won’t want to miss!

Wednesday, March 4 is Principals Day! Join us in celebrating the awesome and amazing efforts that both Mr. Dosko and Mr. Beck give each and every day to KMS! Don’t forget to thank them when you see them at school!

Friday, March 6th is the end of the Quarter and an In-Service Day, there is no school for students.

The week of March 9 through 13 is Spring Break! Enjoy and have fun!

On Your Mark….Get Set…It’s time to start thinking about collecting cans for mini-courses. Students who collect a minimum of #10 of cans will get the first opportunity to choose the mini- Skyview Middle course they would like to attend when the time comes. Use the March Calendar of Events: time during Spring Break to talk to friends and family and get n Tuesday, March 3 – Band and Choir Concert - 7:00 p.m. – their help collecting! The turn-in date will be announced some- Skyview Middle School Gym. All welcome to attend! time late March-early April. n Thursday, March 5 – Last Day of the Third Quarter.

6th Grade Basketball Club begins March 17th and will run n Friday, March 6 – No school for students – Teacher In-serthrough March 26th. This opportunity is for both boys and girls vice. and will run from 2:30 – 4:00 each day. If your student is intern Monday, March 9 to Friday, March 13 – Spring break! No ested be sure to stop by the office to get a sign-up packet. school for students and staff. n Monday, March 16 – First Day of Fourth Quarter. n Tuesday, March 17 – 6th grade Parent/Student Orientation Mountain View Elementary Night @ Skyview Middle School - 6:30 p.m.

Congratulations to our “Soaring Eagles” for the month of n Tuesday, March 24 – Science SBA testing for all 8th grade February. They are Emma Beck, Isabella Bond, Darling Brown, students.

Destiny Cansino, Summer Cartier, Kimberly Chanley, Tricity n Friday, March 27 – Early Release Day - Skyview Middle Curren, Cooper Grimm, Luchian Hawkins, Mariah Hernandez, School students will end the school day at 12:55 p.m.

Kenzie Keller, Gracelyn Moore, Ty Morris, Romeo Prieto, Riley n Tuesday, March 31 – Alaska Measures of Progress (AMP) Schuetzler, Rylie Sparks, David Taplin, & Joyce Trenton. testing for all 7th and 8th grade students will begin.

The PTA will be meeting on Tuesday, March 3 at 3:45 PM in the Library.

Friday, March 6 is an in-service day. There is no school for Soldotna High students.

SoHi Pool Schedule Spring break is the week of March 9 – March 13.

AM Lap swim 5:30-7:30 Mon – Friday Pm Lap swim 6-7 Mon, Wed, Fri Pm Open swim 7-8:45 Wed and Fridays Nikiski Middle-High The traveling art exhibit is now being displayed at SoHi Prep Congratulations to the 6th grade Battle of the Books team. and travels among the KPBSD schools for students of all ages to They took 2nd in the district wide Battle of the Books. 6th grade appreciate. team members are Brenden Boehme, Boden Quiner, Emily HufThe exhibit is a body of framed paintings which students can ford and Mika Olson. Also placing the district battle was the actually study and touch the textures in.

High School team. Taking 4th place was Margy Cox and Kaitlyn Parents and teachers have donated unique pieces along the Hoeldt. Other Middle School students competing this year were years. If you have an original painting in your collection that is Ashana Poage and Hannah Young. NMHS Librarian, Nora Rib- being stored in the basement, you can donate to arts education too. bens, has done an outstanding job preparing these students for Contact John Clare at jclare@kpbsd.k12.ak.us <mailto:jclare@ Battle of the Books this year. kpbsd.k12.ak.us> Tuesday, March 3 – ACT in the library.

Cinderella’s Closet is opening soon. March 24, 26, and 31 Thursday, March 5 – Saturday, March 7 – Boys and Girls Re- from 2:30-5:30 in the theater dressing rooms at Soldotna High gion Basketball Tournament in Homer.

School. Look for the pink signs! This is a program where we Friday, March 6 – End of the Quarter. Teacher Inservice/ NO help local ladies in need with free prom dresses, shoes, and accesSCHOOL FOR STUDENTS! sories. We have helped over 396 ladies in the past 5 years. Last School will be closed for Spring Break March 9 – March 13. year, we provided items to 54 local students from Soldotna High, School will resume on Monday, March 16.

Cook Inlet Academy, Skyview High, River City Academy, Kenai Monday, March 16 Central High, Nanwalek, Port Graham, Susan B. English (Seln Students back to school dovia), and Nikiski High. Please share this/post at your schools. n High School Soccer Begins It is “housed” at SoHi, but is open to any peninsula high school n High School Track Begins students.

We are still taking donations of prom dresses, shoes, and accessories. These can be dropped off to the main office at Soldotna Nikiski North Star Elementary High School between 8am-3pm.

Pre-order your all color NNS yearbook now for only $16!

There are order forms available in the school office that need to be completed, along with payment, and turned in by March 5th. Soldotna Prep The regular price is $20 per yearbook and will be sold at the end Delaney Risley was honored as the Chamber Student of the of the year on a first come, first serve basis. month at a luncheon at Frosos on Tues. Feb 24.

If you would like to add a personal message or love line, there Free sports physicals will be available for any student needing is a maximum of 25 words and their school picture will be in- to update their physical for spring sports on Thursday, March 5th, cluded for an additional $4. If you have any questions or need an at 5:00 pm at Soldotna High School. order form, please call the office at 776-2600.

Homegoing week bell schedule for Soldotna Prep March 2-5, There is no school on Friday, March 6th because of teacher 2015-Students will be at SOHI for assemblies in the afternoon. inservice. Also, there will not be school next week for Spring Students who ride the bus will board busses at SOHI, but they will Break. We will see everyone back on Monday, March 16th and also load at SoPrep. we wish all of our NNS families a fun, safe and restful break!

Monday and Tuesday 1st 7:35 – 8:20, 2nd 8:25 – 9:10, 3rd 9:15 – 10:00, 4th 10:05 – 10:50, Lunch 10:50 – 11:20, 5th 11:25– 12:10, 6th 12:15 – 1:00 Redoubt Elementary Adv. 1:05 – 1:32: @Soldotna High School 1:42 – 2:17 March 6th – No school for students – In-service day for teachWednesday ers 1st 7:35 – 9:05, 3rd 9:10 – 10:40, Lunch 10:40 – 11:10, 5th March 9th – March 13th – Spring Break – School resumes 11:15 – 12:45 Monday, March 16th.

Adv. 12:50 – 1:32: @Soldotna High School 1:42 – 2:17 Pre-registration forms for next year have been sent home.

Thursday Please make sure to send the completed form back to school by 2nd 7:35 – 9:05, 4th 9:10 – 10:40, Lunch 10:40 – 11:10, 6th March 5th. This is a good time to let us know if you will be hav- 11:15 – 12:45, Adv. 12:50 – 1:32 ing a new kindergartener starting in the fall. @Soldotna High School 1:42 – 2:17 Yearbooks are on Sale - $15.00 pre-order yours now, make Friday, March 6 (No School – end of 3rd Quarter) checks payable to Redoubt Elementary. Yearbooks will arrive in Spring Break (No school March 8 through March 15, 2015) May. Order forms have been sent home with students.

Are you looking for something fun to do over spring break?

Box Top winners for the month of January – Congratulations! The Kenai Community Library is having a Craftathon March Emma Glassmaker, Noah Frederickson, Cienna Johnson & Ma- 9-13th from 3-5 pm each day at the library.

Kayla Eberhard are the winners of a Jumpin’ Junction pass. Four The program is for ages 11 and up. On Monday, the 9th, the additional passes will be given away at the end of March. Box craft project will help beautify and make your headphones tangleTops should be glued or taped to collection forms. Collection free, so be sure to bring them. For more information, call Amylou forms are available at the school. at 283-8210. There is no charge for the program. Please register Congratulations to Brandyn Hileman for placing 1st at Re- at the library in advance. doubt’s school wide Spelling Bee. Congratulations to all of the Please check Soldotna Prep blog to stay informed on curstudents who participated in this year’s spelling bee. rent activities; http://soldotnaprep.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/wpmu/ Thank you to all of the volunteers who helped make Redoubt’s <http://soldotnaprep.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/wpmu/> Winter Carnival a huge success this year. We had a great turnout and a great time.

Our carnival would not have been possible without the many Tustumena Elementary volunteers who donated endless hours of their time. Thank you n March 6 End of 3rd Quarter NO School for Students, Inserto the local business and parents who donated items for our silent vice Day auction and raffles. This is just another example of a great comn March 9 – 13 Spring Break munity coming together. Proceeds from the carnival will be used n March 17 PTO Meeting, 4 p.m. to purchase outdoor/indoor PE equipment for our students. n March 24 – 3rd Quarter Award’s Assembly, 2 p.m.

Forensics – Redoubt had a successful Forensics competition n March 26 Lynx Track Jumpin Junction Kindergarten and February 17th, 18th and 19th. We would like to thank our fabu- First Graders lous judges, Lou Martin, Sally Tachick, Tesia White, Sue Biggs, n March 27 Early Release, 2:05 p.m.

Tracey Withrow, Quiana McElroy, Amirah Marey and Michelle n March 30 Site Council Meeting, 4 p.m.

Hayman. Fourth grade Humorous Poetry, Jireh Aley, Violet Truesdell, Marina Schramm, Non-Humorous Poetry, Kristen Houser, (tied) Mecenha Price, Aryanna Schneider, (tied) Carli Wings Christian Beach, Gavin Hanson. Humorous Pros, Amara Lewis, Taylor EsThis week at Wings, Tyler Ophus and Deloma Watkins won tes. Non-Humorous Pros, Matthew Graham, Sydney Steadman, the “Cleanest Desk of the Week” award. Great job! Students are Rylen Weed. Story Telling, Blake Lewis, Kelsie Kenner, Regan also beginning to prepare for the annual Spelling Bee, which will Evans. Fifth grade Humorous Poetry, Simon Graham, Emma take place in Anchorage at WHCS on April 10.

Brantley, (tie) Shaeley Derleth, Jacob Belger. Non-Humorous The last Quiz’em competition for this quarter is on WednesPoetry, Dylan Dahlgren, Naomi Frederickson, Audrey Larson. day, March 4. Students will be quizzed on the last three weeks of Humorous Pros, Ashton Jones, Kaidan Spies, Mia Denboer. Non- Chapel services. On March 5 and 19, Wings will be going to the Humorous Pros, Airah Cude, Caleigh Glassmaker, Brier Books. Soldotna Sports Center to go ice skating for PE. Story Telling, Melatina Uta, Lincoln Saito, Briar Reaktenwalt. InLast year, the LLC was able to go, but this year the whole terpretive Reading, Haley Whelan, Ashton Wright-Hanke, Zander school is encouraged to participate. A teacher will be staying on Emery. Multiples, Sadie Sommerville, Kayla Barnes. Sixth grade campus for those who choose not to attend. Before the students Humorous Poetry, Mack Frost, Josh Bond, Israel Aley, Non-Hu- leave for the quarter, Wings will be having a Lost-and-Found aucmorous Poetry, Taylor Edwards, (tie) Cheyenne Friedersdorff, tion.

Alexis Gomes, Emma Craig, Humorous Pros, David Schramm, If your student is missing anything, please have them look (tie) Brittany Lewis, Morgan Spies, Calyssa Saporito-Mills, Non- then. Spring Break is from March 9-13 and school will resume Humorous Pros, Caitlin McCullough, River Dawson, Chaz Bird, on Tuesday, March 17. Have a great Spring Break!

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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: MEDICAL DIRECTOR Serves the dual role of a clinical provider and clinical administrator. As an active member of the medical team the Medical Director provides assessments, diagnosis, treatment planning and implementation, crisis intervention, medications, staff consultation, and other medical services as needed. The Medical Director also provides lead ership and guidance to the medical core team, responsible for activities related to the delivery of medical care and services such as cost management, utilization review, quality assurance and performance improvement and medical protocol development. Also participates in panel management and population based care, staff meetings, and helping guide appropriate utilization of re sources. The Medical Director is responsible for clinical supervision of medical providers and has other administration duties as assigned.

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINICAL APPLICATIONS COORDINATOR Serves as a specialist/integrator in the implementation and ongoing support of multi-service clinical software applications used for the Dena'ina Wellness Center's Behavioral Health electronic health record (EHR). The incumbent is responsible to work with behavioral health staff and administration to implement, optimize, maintain, and upgrade the EHR through building functions and training end users to use the EHR to optimize daily functions. The position supports the daily interface between providers, support staff, and the electronic health record.

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

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EVENT COORDINATOR, Greater Soldotna Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Information Center.

The successful applicant must have excellent customer service skills and attention to detail, have the ability to plan and organize large community events, manage multiple projects, be able to anticipate project needs, discern work priorities, meet deadlines, and be willing to work occasional evenings and weekends.

Qualifications required are: High School Diploma, 1-2 years event planning experience preferred, but willing to make exceptions for the right candidate, experience in fundraising, exceptional organizational and project management skills, exceptional communication skills, proficiency in the Microsoft suite of products (i.e. PowerPoint, Excel, Publisher and Word).

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Previous work experience in a Chamber of Commerce is desirable, as well as experience working for a non-profit organization.

Salary is D.O.E. with benefits.

Mail resumes to: Tami Murray, Soldotna Chamber of Commerce, 44790 Sterling Hwy., Soldotna, AK 99669 OR email: Director@soldotnachamber.com Application period closes March 6, 2015

General Employment CITY OF SOLDOTNA EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Buildings Maintenance Technician Wage Range 15 $28.59-$36.96 Non-Exempt The City of Soldotna has an immediate opening for a regular full time Buildings Maintenance Technician in the Streets and Maintenance Department.

This position performs tasks related to the operation and maintenance of the City including: public buildings, streets, storm drainage systems, parks, the Soldotna Municipal Airport, and other work as assigned.

Review the complete job description at: http://ci.soldotna.ak.us/jobs.html.

Must submit City application, resume and cover letter to: Human Resources at: 177 N. Birch Street, Soldotna, by email: tcollier@ci.soldotna.ak.us, or fax 866-596-2994 by 4:30 p.m., March 13, 2015.

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No pets. No smoking. $775. plus utilities/ deposit.

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KENAI 2BDR, 1.5BA townhome. 1,500sf, W/D, all amenities of a house. Tenanat pays electric. Cats only with additional deposit. $940 rent + $940 deposit.

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Shady Lane Apartments. $625. Heat & cable included. No pets.

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Cabins 1-BEDROOM On Kasilof River furnished, washer/dryer, private. $950. includes utilities.

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Homes 3-BEDROOM, 2-BATH Sterling. Fully furnished.

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THIS HOME IS FOR SALE IN-TOWN (SOLDOTNA) OWNER FINANCED FOR QUICK APPROVAL & MOVE IN 3 Bedrooms – 1 &1/2 Bath All new flooring, Natural Gas forced air heat, all appliances included: stove, refrigerator, dishwasher, washer and dryer.Terms: Owner Financed at $42,500.

Down Payment of $2,000.00 Monthly Payment $ 550.00 Park Space Rent $300.00 per month(includes water/sewer/garbage) Call for more details (please leave message) Note: this home must be occupied by the owner only; it cannot be purchased to rent out. All homes are owner occupied

REQUEST FOR BIDS HOMER ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC. LINE EXTENSION CLEARING NORTH UNIT PRICED Homer Electric Association, Inc. (HEA) is seeking bids from qualified contractors to provide clearing and grubbing services on an 'as needed' basis in support of HEA's distribution line extension projects. Bids will be unit priced, based on the length of ROW to be cleared or cleared and grubbed. Services will be rendered within HEA right-of-ways on both public and private property.

HEA will not be responsible for any costs incurred while developing a bid.

Services to be provided will be within HEA's northern district, extending from Ninilchik AK to Captain Cook and east of Sterling AK. To qualify, responders must as a minimum be licensed in the State of Alaska as a General Contractor, and provide certification of insurance as follows: • General (Public) Liability Insurance - $2,000.00 • Auto Liability Insurance - $1,000,000 • Workers' Compensation/Employers' Liability Insurance To obtain a bid package contact Marti McCleery at (907) 235-3332 or by email: mmccleery@homerelectric.com Deadline for receipt of bids will be 3:00 p.m.

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City Hall Council Chamber 177 N. Birch St. Soldotna, AK 99669 WORK SESSION – Immediately following the regular meeting for the Downtown Improvement Plan 5:30 PM – REGULAR MEETING CALL TO ORDER & PLEDGE Roll Call Approval of Agenda Approval of Minutes – 2/18/15 SCHEDULED COMMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS – None PUBLIC HEARINGS - Resolution 2015-004 A Resolution of the Planning & Zoning Commission of the City of Soldotna approving a Conditional Use Permit for the Construction of a 1,200 square foot Enclosed Storage Facility, located at 102 E. Marydale Avenue, Soldotna, AK. OLD BUSINESS – None NEW BUSINESS – None 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 March 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 PUBLISH: 3/02, 2015

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PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION HILCORP ALASKA, LLC (HILCORP), BRUCE PLATFORM The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) proposes to issue Air Quality Control Minor Permit Nos. AQ0064MSS01 and AQ0064MSS02 to the Bruce Platform. Additionally, ADEC proposes to issue a significant revision to the Title V operating permit using the integrated review procedures described in 18 AAC 50.326(c)(1).

Applicant: Hilcorp Alaska, LLC (Hilcorp) Mailing Address: 3800 Centerpoint Dr. Ste. 100 Anchorage, AK 99503 Location: Upper Cook Inlet, Alaska Latitude 60° 59' 45” North; Longitude 151° 17' 52' West Activity: Crude petroleum and natural gas facility Application: Hilcorp applied for Minor Permit AQ0064MSS01 under 18 AAC 50.508(6) and 18 AAC 50.502(c)(3) on November 25, 2013; Minor Permit AQ0064MSS02 under 18 AAC 50.502(c)(2) on January 22, 2014; and operating permit significant modification under 40 C.F.R. 71.7(e). Hilcorp requested an integrated review of the minor permits and operating permit modification. This public notice is for the draft operating permit and preliminary minor permits. Only conditions being revised in response to the application and as described in the technical analysis reports and statement of basis are open to public comment.

Emissions: The potential annual emissions of regulated air pollutants at the source would increase by 23.8 tpy NOX, 0.3 tpy SO2, 0.9 tpy PM-10/PM-2.5, 0.4 tpy VOC, and 15 tpy CO. Department Preliminary Review: Based on review of the applications, ADEC has drafted preliminary permit decisions for the Bruce Platform.

Available Information: Copies of ADEC's draft operating permit and statement of basis, and preliminary minor permit and technical analysis report are available at ADEC's Anchorage office, 619 E. Ship creek, Ste 249, Anchorage, AK 99501 (907) 269-7577.

The administrative record for this permit is available for review at ADEC's Anchorage office during normal business hours, Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM. The draft operating permit and statement of ba sis, and preliminary minor permit and technical analysis report are also available at ADEC's website at: http://dec.alaska.gov/applications/air/airtoolsweb.

Opportunity for Public Participation: Notice is also given that any interested person may present written statements relevant to the draft documents by the close of the public comment period. Written comments will be included in the record if received by close of the comment period. ADEC will consider all comments received and make any changes ADEC finds beneficial or necessary to assure compliance with 18 AAC 50 or State Law. Any person may request a public hearing and that hearing will be held if ADEC finds that good cause exists. ADEC will issue a final decision to issue or deny the permit after the close of the public comment period. ADEC complies with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. If you are a person with a disability who may need a special accommodation in order to participate in this public process, please contact Eric Hotchkiss at (907) 465-6171 or TDD Relay Service 1-800-770-8973/TTY or dial 711 within 30 days of publication of this notice to ensure that any necessary accommodations can be provided.

Please direct written statements or requests relevant to the proposed permits to Jesse Jack by mail at 619 E. Ship Creek Ave. Ste 249, Anchorage, AK 99501, by facsimile at (907) 269-4718 or e-mail at jesse.jack@alaska.gov .

Comments must be received by close of public comments period at 4:30 p.m. on April 1, 2015.

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Project Name: S. Spruce and Third Ave. Sediment Control Structure Repair 2015 Pre Bid Meeting: 2PM Tuesday March 10, 2015 at City Hall Last Day for Questions: 5PM Wednesday March 11, 2015 Bid Due Date and Time: No later than 2PM Monday March 23, 2015 Scope of Work: Repair S. Spruce St. and the Third Avenue Sediment Control Structure.

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Woman misses the affection that fiance shows to pets DEAR ABBY: My fiance, “Bubba,” and I have a small disagreement that I would love your take on. He constantly complains that he’s too tired, or annoyed or busy, to show me romantic or friendly affection and attention. But he goes out of his way to snuggle and play with our two dogs and cat.

I get jealous when he kisses our dogs over and over again, or stays up later to play with the cat. He thinks I am overreacting.

Am I being petty, or am I justified in thinking that if he has the time and energy to give affection and love to our animals, he should do the same for the woman he’s about to make his wife?

— INSULTED IN CONNECTICUT DEAR INSULTED: You’re not overreacting or being petty. Perhaps when Bubba is cuddling the animals, you should remind him that humans need to feel loved in the same way they do. Bubba appears to be extremely insensitive. Please reconsider your engagement, because if you marry Bubba, you may end up starving for affection for as long as the marriage lasts.

in his life he hadn’t gotten a birthday card from her.

So, after struggling to think of a Christmas present for her, I went to the dollar store and bought four Christmas cards and four birthday cards (one for each of her children). I took them to her and had her sign and add a personal note to each one.

I addressed, stamped and mailed the Christmas cards. I Abigail Van Buren will mail the birthday ones at the appropriate times during the year. It was an inexpensive gift, and kind of fun!

— SENDING LOVE IN CEDAR RAPIDS DEAR SENDING LOVE: It may have been an inexpensive gift, but I’m sure it was precious not only to her but also for each of the recipients. Your idea was lovely, and thank you for sharing it with my readers. Some of them may want to emulate it for other holidays or special occasions.

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of the family. He is self-employed, a hard worker and has three siblings.

He wanted us to co-sign on a loan for a house in another state. The payments would have run us out of money in three years, which would have meant putting our own home up for sale.

Our reason for refusing was we didn’t want to risk becoming a burden on our children. My husband and I had to help our own parents, so we have been frugal and never lived above our means.

I send postcards to my son to let him know our love is constant.

Should I stop and just leave him alone, as he has asked?

— FORGOTTEN MOM IN ARKANSAS DEAR MOM: Your son should not have expected you to do anything at this stage of your lives that could jeopardize your remaining years. But if it brings you comfort, I see nothing wrong with sending him the occasional postcard.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her DEAR ABBY: My mother-in-law is now in a nursmother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www. ing home. When my husband’s birthday came around, DEAR ABBY: Three years ago, our son, who is in DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA he was depressed by the fact that it was the first time his 50s, cut off all communication with us and our side 90069.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You see a situation very differently from how the majority of people see it. You could have difficulty convincing others of your perceptions. Use caution when dealing with your finances. Avoid risk-taking, and work with the unexpected. Tonight: Pay bills first.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHHHYoufeelempoweredandwill need to act like it as well. Use your high energy to straighten out a problem with a key associate or partner.

This issue could revolve around money. You might be stunned by where this person is coming from.

Tonight: As you like it.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH Reflect before making a choice or scheduling your day. You might feel as if you don’t want to deal with a contentious associate. Try to look at the issue from a different perspective. The situation could remind you of a similar one in your past. Tonight: Do something just for you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Focus on your goals, but remain attentive to a friend who means a lot to you. Bringing this person into a project might be your solution, but it probably won’t be good for him or her in the long run.

Try to understand what this individual feels. Tonight: Say “yes” to an offer.

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HHHH You might want to change directions and understand what is happening with someone whom you must answer to. Your responsiveness will be remembered in the long run. Be willing to chip in as much as needed, but don’t run over another person. Tonight: In the limelight.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH You will see events in a new light. You might feel motivated to go for what you want, yet others’ aggravation could present an obstacle.

An unanticipated call could open the door to a different approach.

Tonight: Enjoy brainstorming with a friend who has a clear vision.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHHYou’ll want some quality time with one person. You know what a difference those one-on-one encounters will make. You also might want to consider initiating this type of interaction with other key individuals in your life. Tonight: Set the mood for an important chat.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH You might believe that your plans are set, but you quickly will find out otherwise. Unexpected developments open the door to change. You could see a personal matter very differently, given some time. Meanwhile, be responsive to calls. Tonight: With favorite people.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH You’ll want to start a conversation, but you might find it difficult.

An unexpected situation will open up many possibilities for you. Be careful when dealing with your personal finances. Try not to be so willing to say “yes” immediately. Tonight: Beam in more of what you want.

Taking a back seat Dear Readers: Here is this week’s Sound Off, about restaurants and seating: “My Sound Off is when hosts in restaurants seat an obviously handicapped person, and walk by umpteen empty tables to a seat clear in the back of the place! My husband uses oxygen and a cane, and they are constantly making us walk through the place to the back.

“I know that they try to keep the numbers of customers for waitstaff even, but there should be exceptions.

I have begun asking for a table closest to the entrance, but many hosts seem oblivious to this request.”

— L.L., Branson, Mo. I find it hard to comprehend that keeping customer tables “even” for waitstaff is the reason.

It could be for the safety of other patrons and waitstaff, not having to navigate around medical appliances.

However, if the host does not comply with your request, ask to speak to the manager.

Unless there is a “code” they should follow (which I cannot find anywhere), you are the customer. They are making money off you!

Ask for the table you want — don’t be deterred.

— Heloise

Fast Facts Dear Readers: Here are other uses for canning jars: * Store craft supplies, like buttons, sequins, etc. * As a candleholder for outside. * As a penholder on a desk. * Use as a vase on the lanai. * Use to store leftovers.

— Heloise

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The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHHYou are likely to wake up with extra energy. You might be taken aback by others’ responsiveness.

Use this moment to complete a project that is near and dear to your heart. The unexpected will work out in your favor. Tonight: Act as if there were no tomorrow!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH You will want to find out what is ailing a loved one. Understand that this person could have difficulty verbalizing what the issue is, as he or she might not even know what it is. Demonstrate patience when trying to root out the source of the problem. Tonight: Create fun.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHHYou might be confused about which direction to head in. Return

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