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Monday, February 4, 2019 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Vol. 49, Issue 107
Medevac service resumes after Guardian plane went missing last week
In the news Alaska State Troopers arrest coach suspected of smoking pot ANCHORAGE— The coach of a girls’ basketball team from a rural Alaska village was arrested on suspicion of smoking marijuana between games at a tournament. Alaska State Troopers say 23-year-old Kaylena Charlie of Minto was arrested Thursday in Nenana. Online court records Friday did not list the case and it was not known whether Charlie had retained an attorney. She remained jailed Friday morning in Fairbanks. Troopers say an officer contacted Charlie and a male friend smoking at the front door of the Nenana School, which was hosting an eight-team tournament. Troopers say “No Smoking” signs were posted at the door and Charlie was smoking between games. She was arrested with 20-year-old Lethearen Jimmie. Both were transported 60 miles north to Fairbanks and held without bail.
Alaska town approves observance of daylight saving time KETCHIKAN — Residents of a small town in southeast Alaska have voted for the community to observe daylight saving time. The Ketchikan Daily News reports the Metlakatla Indian Community Council authorized the time change last month for the town of about 1,500 people on Annette Island. Residents approved the change that aligns the local time to the state time zone in a special election in December. The state merged its four time zones into one in 1983, but Metlakatla Mayor Karl Cook says the community decided to keep its time the same. Cook says the time difference has recently presented problems to some residents in “keeping track of what time it was here, what time it was in Ketchikan and stuff like that.” — Associated Press
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Guardian Flight has begun the process of resuming medical air transport service in Alaska after service was halted when a plane went missing near Kake last Tuesday. “As we continue to search for the plane (and) its crew, we know our friends would want us to resume helping others when they need it the most,” said Randy Lyman, Guardian Flight senior vice president of operations, in a press release. “We thank everyone sincerely for their thoughts and prayers during this difficult period.” The resumption of services will not happen all at once across the eight Alaska base locations, but will be phased in as appropriate when the base crew members are ready. The Coast Guard announced Thursday that
it suspended its search for the plane, according to a Coast Guard news release. The search was suspended at 5:30 p.m. after searchers looked for 63 hours over an area of 240 square nautical miles, according to the release. While the search for survivors by the Coast Guard might have ceased, Lyman said Guardian Flight will continue the search independently to reunite the lost crew with their families. He said they are organizing aerial surveys of the coastline and a SONAR (Sound Navigation and Ranging) search of the ocean near the last reported position of the missing aircraft. The company will also be looking for the flight recorder, otherwise known as the “black box,” for ultimate use by the National Transportation Safety Board in its investigation.
Dunleavy’s candidate screening under scrutiny By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press
JUNEAU — Newly elected Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s process for screening candidates for government work is under scrutiny after three people picked for prominent positions quit or declined roles, two after offensive social media posts came to light and one after questions were raised about his work history. Dunleavy’s choice for Department of Administration commissioner — a Cabinet-level job — was accused of lying to lawmakers about his business experience. A man picked for a policy role in that department,
In this Jan. 8 file photo, Alaska Department of Administration Commissioner Jonathan Quick, second from right, speaks with Revenue Commissioner Bruce Tangeman, right, before the start of a cabinet meeting at the state Capitol in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, File)
which provides administrative services to Alaska state
agencies, posted lewd comments about Democratic
U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris on Facebook, among other remarks. And a University of Alaska Board of Regents nominee shared derogatory tweets about former first lady Michelle Obama and two Muslim congresswomen. Some nominees picked to lead major departments or serve on boards have been “found wanting,” Democratic state Sen. Donny Olson said. Dunleavy spokesman Matt Shuckerow defended the selection process for Dunleavy’s team as “thorough, thoughtful and deliberate.” Applicants for boards and commissions can apply online, where they’re
asked for information such as training and education, potential conflicts of interest and criminal history within the past 10 years. However, Shuckerow didn’t respond to questions on who is handling vetting for Dunleavy, how the administration is vetting appointees for boards and Cabinet-level jobs and if social media feeds are taken into account. Shuckerow earlier said the administration doesn’t generally discuss hiring practices and personnel matters. Jonathan Quick resigned as Department of Administration commissioner after an owner of a Seattle-area coffee chain and frozen yogurt business said some See GOV, page A12
Budget head known for cutting with ‘hatchet, not a scalpel’ By KEVIN BAIRD Juneau Empire
New Office of Management and Budget Director Donna Arduin is known for slashing state budgets and hailed by some as a budget wizard. One reason Gov. Mike Dunleavy brought her
on to his team is to help him with the task of cutting an estimated $1.6 billion from the operating budget. Last week, Dunleavy introduced Senate Bill 39, a supplemental budget bill that proposed cutting $20 million from the education budget, and now some leg-
islators say they’re are on high alert. SB 39 irked legislators and school officials around the state because the proposed $20 million cut specifically targets a bipartisan budget deal made in May 2018. The $20 million was distributed to the state’s 53 school districts and the
Southeast mayor pleads guilty to soliciting prostitution KETCHIKAN (AP) — A mayor in southeast Alaska received a 10-day suspended jail sentence after pleading guilty to soliciting prostitution. Klawock Mayor Lawrence Armour pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor charge Wednesday in court on Prince of Wales Island, the Ketchikan Daily News reported. The 36-year-old may-
or electronically sent $400 to a woman on New Year’s Day, asking her to come to his residence for sex, according to court documents. Craig police obtained a copy of their communication on Facebook Messenger. “The person took the money and just kept the money,” Ketchikan District Attorney Timothy McGillicuddy told the
court. “There was no follow-through conduct that happened here.” When questioned earlier this month, Armour told police he asked for sexual favors and made the payment, according to the documents. “The defendant was remorseful and indicated that he had been drinking prior to the Facebook inSee MAYOR page A2
Mt. Edgecumbe school in Sitka. Sen. Donny Olson, DGolovin, said Dunleavy made education a campaign issue and because of that, Olson believes Arduin’s work does not completely reflect Dunleavy’s intentions. Olson said he be-
lieves Dunleavy has a full plate and doesn’t have time to micromanage Arduin. “I don’t necessarily blame the governor for doing that,” Olson said about SB 39 during a Thursday news conference. “I think the OMB director’s the one See CUT, page A12
Anchorage hatchery looks to boost low king forecasts ANCHORAGE (AP) — A hatchery at Ship Creek in Anchorage has had to look elsewhere for king salmon eggs to make up for expected shortages. Anchorage television station KTUU reports Ship Creek is usually the primary source of eggs for programs at the William Jack Hernandez Sport Fish Hatchery. But the number of kings was significantly down in the latest return. Hatchery manager Gary
George says his team collected stock from other sources to make up the shortfall. Salmon forecasts this year have led to the issuance of several restrictions for kings in northern Cook Inlet. The hatchery, however, is still expected to introduce 1.3 million salmon to Alaska waterways this year. The hatchery is located just north of the busiest part of Ship Creek, a popular urban fishing spot.
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5 die, 2 hospitalized when plane parts hit house YORBA LINDA, Calif. (AP) — Five people died and two others were injured after a small plane apparently came apart, raining debris across a Southern California neighborhood and igniting a house fire before landing in a backyard, authorities said Sunday. The male pilot, who was the only person in the twin-engine plane, and four people in the Yorba Linda house that caught fire died Sunday, Orange County Sheriff’s Lt. Cory Martino said at a news conference Sunday night. He says the deceased occupants of the home were two males and two females. No other identifying information such as names or ages was immediately released. The Cessna 414A took off from the Fullerton Municipal Airport about a dozen miles west of the blaze, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Allen Kenitzer said. A two-story house burst into flames after being struck by the main cabin and one engine of the plane, sending panicked neighbors into the streets. The second engine dislodged and fell onto the street, creating a large hole in the asphalt, according to Eliott Simpson, an aviation accident investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board. “It was a boom. It sounded like something exploded. It shook our house,” said John Wolbart, who lives a block away.
Firefighters suppress a fire at the scene of a deadly plane crash in the residential neighborhood of Yorba Linda, Calif., Sunday. The Federal Aviation Administration said a twin-engine Cessna 414A crashed in Yorba Linda shortly after taking off from the Fullerton Municipal Airport. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)
He said he ran to the burning house and saw a woman come out with singed hair. The wounded were taken to a hospital with burn injuries, said Pokey Sanchez, an assistant chief with the Orange County Fire Authority. A firefighter was also treated for a minor injury. Clint Langford, who lives about a half-mile away, said he was in his living room when he heard a low rumbling. “It’s the eerie, low rumbling sound that keeps getting lower and louder. It was scary,” he said. “And then all of a sudden boom. It shook the house.”
He looked out his front door and could see plane parts falling out the sky in the distance. Pat Rogers, who lives about a mile from the crash site, told the Orange County Register he saw the plane on fire and coming apart. Video posted on Twitter showed panicked residents running to the house as it became engulfed in flames and dark smoke. One man doused a burning wing that landed on the street with a garden hose. Aerial footage taken from news helicopters show plane parts, including side panels and a propeller, scattered on roof-
tops and driveways near the burned house. The main body of the twinengine plane was found in the backyard of another home not far from the burned house. The fire spread to a SUV that was parked in the driveway. Debris was scattered over four blocks, Simpson said. Rain from a winter storm helped firefighters extinguish the house fire. They planned to search the burned house in case there were additional victims, Sanchez said. The National Transportation and Safety Board will investigate the cause of the crash.
Armour told the court that he went to emergency counseling and is planning Continued from page A1 to enter a treatment program. “This is not behavior teraction, and he had made a mistake,” Craig Police that you want to model Chief RJ Ely wrote in the for youth or the commuprobable cause statement. nity,” Magistrate Judge
Kay Clark told Amour. “I think that people make mistakes, and this was a mistake. It is telling what people do after a mistake and in this case, you were quick to come forward and take responsibility for your behavior, and I
think that deserves some weight.” Armour was also sentenced to six months of probation and fined $1,000. Half the fine amount was suspended upon completion of a substance abuse treatment program.
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Around the Peninsula Kenai/Soldotna Fish & Game Advisory Committee The Kenai/Soldotna Fish & Game Advisory Committee will meet be on Thursday, Feb. 7 at 6:30 p.m. at the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association, located at 40610 KBeach Road. Agenda will include finishing up Board of Game proposals, look at Joint Board proposals, and any other business that may properly come before the committee. For more information contact Mike Crawford at 252-2919.
Caregiver Support Meeting Training Sterling Senior Center will host Caregiver Support Meeting Training: Part 2 of DVD presentation with Teepa Snow, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA: Progression of Dementia Seeing Gems-Not Just Loss on Tuesday, Feb. 5 at 1 p.m. Training covers appropriate levels of care needed during different stages, which types of behaviors to expect, appropriate activity, and much more.
Kenai Historical Society The Kenai Historical Society will meet on Sunday, Feb. 10 at 1:30 p.m. at the Kenai Visitors Center. The speaker will be Mary Bondurant, Kenai Airport Manager, speaking on the recent discovery of the old mural and about the upcoming remodel of the facility. For more information call June at 283-1946.
Farm Bureau Meeting Kenai Peninsula Chapter of the Alaska Farm Bureau meets at 6 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 7 at the Homer Public Library. Marcus Mueller, KPB Land Management Officer, will present about the Kenai Peninsula Agricultural Initiative and Pilot Project. All Farm Bureau members and other interested persons are invited to attend. A Zoom setup will be available for those unable to attend in person. For sign on information, email kpchapterfb@gmail.com
Garden Club ‘Beautiful Blooms’ Winter blues? Itching for spring? Courtney Ruckel of Forget-Me-Not Nursery in Indian will enchant us with how to enjoy tulip and crocus blooms through the spring snow, and sedum or other beautiful varieties late into the fall. Bring a list of your garden favorites and of varieties you’d love to have but can’t find. Free and open to the public; bring a friend! Refreshments and sometimes door prizes. Tuesday, Feb. 12 from 7-8:30 p.m. at Peninsula Grace Church, 44175 Kalifornsky Beach Road (at Mile 19.5, across the road from Craig Taylor Equipment), Soldotna.
Kenai Soil & Water Board Meeting The monthly meeting of the Kenai Soil & Water Conservation District’s Board of Supervisors will be held Wednesday, Feb. 6, 5:30 to 7:30 pm, at the District office located at 110 Trading Bay, Suite 140. For information, call 283-8732 x5.
Caregiver Support Meeting Tuesday, Feb. 5 at 1 p.m. at Sterling Senior Center, Caregiver Support Meeting Training: Part 2 of DVD presentation with Teepa Snow, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA: Progression of Dementia Seeing Gems-Not Just Loss. Training covers appropriate levels of care needed during different stages, which types of behaviors to expect, appropriate activity, and much more.
Soldotna Library Friends board member Join the Soldotna Library Friends Board. We have board positions waiting for a volunteer to fill them. Contact 907-252-5812 for more information. Come to the Annual Meeting on Saturday, Feb. 23 at 2 p.m. at the Soldotna Public Library Joyce Carver Community Room.
‘Show Us Your Heart’ exhibit Come join us at Kenai Fine Art Center for the February exhibit opening of “Show Us Your Heart.” The Kenai Fine Art Center is located across from the Oiler’s Bingo Hall and next to the Historic Cabins. Call 283-7040 or visit www.kenaifineart.com. The show will hang until Feb. 28.
‘Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka’
Kenai Soil & Water Conservation District. For more information, go to www.kenaisoilandwater.org or call Heidi Chay at 283-8732 x 5.
KPC Showcase and Kenai Local Food Connection present: Symphony of the Soil
Al-Anon support group meetings Al-Anon support group meetings are held at the Central Peninsula Hospital in the Kasilof Room (second floor) of the River Tower building on Monday at 7 p.m., Wednesday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 9 a.m. Park around back by the ER and enter through the River Tower entrance and follow the signs. Contact Tony Oliver at 252-0558 for more information.
Alaska Food Festival & Conference
Kenai Performers presents “Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka” on Feb. 21, 22, 23, 24, Feb. 28 and March 1, 2, 3 at the Renee C. Henderson Auditorium at Kenai Central High School. Music and Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley. Directed by Terri Burdick and Donna Shirnberg. Conducted by Kent Peterson. 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday matinee. $26 General Admission, $21 Children, Seniors, Military and $16 Thursday Economy nights. Tickets available online, at River City Books, The Flats Bistro, Curtain Call Consignment Boutique, and at the door. Call 252-6808 or 398-4205 or visit www.kenaiperformers.org
Annual Winter Wine Tasting & Auction
Ammo Can Coffee Open Mic
Ammo Can Coffee will host open mic nights from 7-11 Hospice of the Central Peninsula’s 23rd Annual Winp.m. on February 8/9, 15/16, 22/23 and March 1/2. ter Wine Tasting & Auction will take place on Saturday, Feb 9. Must be at least 21 years old to attend. Contact the Hospice Office for tickets. 907.262.0453 Grief support group
March 1 is the deadline for farmers, fishers, local food businesses and sponsors to sign up to be included in the 2019 Kenai Loves Local Food Directory. The directory is published annually by Kenai Local Food Connection and
Tsalteshi Trails Association will hold a 20- and 40-kilometer Tour of Tsalteshi ski race Feb. 17 at the trailhead behind Skyview Middle School. The 40-kilometer freestyle race — two laps around the trails — starts at 11:30 a.m. A 20-kilometer race — one lap around the trails, with freestyle and classic divisions — starts shortly thereafter. Prizes will be awarded for the first three men and women finishers in each race and raffle drawings will be available to all participants. Awards will be given at a post-race party at Kenai River Brewing in Soldotna. Discounts available for early registration, TTA members and members of neighboring ski clubs. First 100 to sign up get a free buff with 2019 Amy Kruse artwork. To register, sign up to volunteer or for more information, visit www. touroftsalteshi.org.
A new documentary from the director of The Future of Food, Symphony of Soil will be screened at 6:30pm, Feb. 7, at the Kenai Peninsula College KRC McLane Commons. This film examines our human relationship with soil, the use, and misuse of soil in agriculture, deforestation and development, and the latest scientific research on soil’s key role in ameliorating the most challenging environmental issues of our time. Filmed on four continents, featuring esteemed scientists and working farmers and ranchers, Symphony of the Soil is an intriguing presentation that highlights possibilities of healthy soil creating healthy plants creating healthy humans living on Soldotna Community Schools Program a healthy planet. —Youth Martial Arts: Based in traditional Japanese This event is free and open to the public. martial arts, this class will help youth develop physical strength, flexibility, and mental awareness. Class is on Tuesday nights from 6:30-7:15 p.m. starting Jan 22. KPBSD budget meetings —Fur Sewing: This class will demonstrate fur stretchThe Kenai Peninsula Borough School District requests ing and teach skin sewing techniques for making hats, input from staff, parents, and community members at gloves, slipper or other projects. Class is Tuesday and the districtwide KPBSD budget development meeting, Thursday nights from 6:30-9:30 p.m. and starts Jan 29. scheduled at the following locations: —Mindful Strength: This is a combo of Tai-Chi, Pi—Tuesday, Feb. 19 at 6:00 p.m. in the Homer High lates, Yoga, and strength movement and is great for those School Library who need modified movements. Class is Thursdays from —Wednesday, Feb. 20 at 6 p.m. in the Soldotna High noon to 1 p.m. and starts Jan. 24. School Library —Indoor Soccer (Futsal): This is a pick-up game for —Thursday, Feb. 21 at 6 p.m. in the Kenai Central adults and teens. Class is Wednesday nights from 7-9 High School Library p.m. and starts Jan. 16. —Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 6 p.m. in the Seward High —Hall Walking: Free Hall walking at Soldotna Prep School Library School is available Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursdays As new budget information becomes available, it will from 6-8:30 p.m. be posted here: http://www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/departments. —Country 2-Step Dance Lessons: Lessons starts with aspx?id=38. If you have questions, please call Natalie the basic steps and partner dance techniques. Class is Bates at 714-8888. Thursday nights from 7- 8:30 p.m. and starts Jan 24. —Table Tennis: This is just a drop-in friendly night of table tennis for all skill levels. Class is Thursday nights Kenai Senior Center February from 6-8 p.m. and starts Jan. 10. —Beginning Pilates: This class will cover the basics of —Waffles served in dining room Fridays from 8-10 Pilates by utilizing the deep core muscles of the body for a.m., Feb. 1, 8, 15, 11. Free better posture and movement. Class is Tuesday & Thurs—Anyone Can Draw, 4-art beginning drawing lass days from 6-7:30 p.m. and starts Jan. 29. taught by Carolyn Reid, Mondays, Feb. 4, 11,25 and —Intro to Alaska Herbal Solutions: This class will March 4 at 1 p.m. Free —Winter Blues bereavement presentation, Monday teach you about local plants and how they are used to feel better naturally. Class is Tuesday nights from 5:30-6:30 Feb. 4 at 12:30 p.m. Free —Riverside Band, lunchtime entertainment on Mon- p.m. and starts Feb. 5. day, Feb. 4 at 11:30 a.m. Free —Fred Meyer Shopping, Tuesday, Feb. 5 at 1 p.m. Free Nikiski Recreation Center activities —Movie and Popcorn Night, Letters to Juliet on Thursday, Feb. 7 at 6:30 p.m. Free —Daddy Daughter Dance will be held on Feb. 8 at —M&M knitting group, Thursday, Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28 NCRC from 6-8 p.m. Tickets available at NCRC or call from 1-2 p.m. Free 766-8800 for more information. —Kaleidoscope Performance, songs and valentines, —Swim Lessons are open for registration. Lessons Monday, Feb. 11 at 11 a.m. Free available are group and semi-private lessons for begin—No Host Dinner to King Salmon Restaurant, Tues- ners, advanced beginners, and intermediates. Tiny Tots day, Feb. 12 at 4:30 p.m. $5 and Pre-School Aquatic play will also be available for —Card Making with Kimberley, Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 1 registration. Lessons will be held January – April. p.m. Free —Strong by Zumba with Samantha Pate: Mondays at —Social Security, Wednesday, Feb. 6 and 20 from 9 9:30 a.m. and Fridays at 9:30 a.m. a.m. to 12 p.m. Free —Yoga with Lacey Stock: Mondays at 6 p.m. and —Valentine’s Day party and volunteer lunch, Thursday, Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m. Feb. 14 at 11:30 a.m. Free —Body Blast with Lacey Stock: Tuesdays at 6 p.m. —Riverside Harmony lunchtime entertainment, Thurs—Spin Class with Teri Langston: Wednesdays at 6 day, Feb. 14 at 12:15 p.m. Free p.m. and Saturday at 9:30 a.m. —Closed for President’s Day, Monday, Feb. 18. —Strong by Zumba with Jen Ellis: Thursdays at 9:30 —Kenai Peninsula Caregivers Group, Monday, Feb. 19 a.m. from 1-3 p.m. Free —Log rolling on Tuesday nights from 6:45–7:45 p.m. —Birthday lunch, Thursday, Feb. 20 at 11:30 a.m. $7 This FREE family friendly event is for ages 5 and up. suggested donation or free if celebrating birthday this Come try out your skills on the key log! For more informonth and more than 60 mation, please call 776-8800. —Riverside Band, lunchtime entertainment, Monday, —Open gym nights: Teen Center, Monday–Friday, Feb. 25 at 11:30 a.m. Free 2:30–8 p.m. Full Swing Golf, Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–8 —Hidden Gems 2 trip to Farmhouse Gypsy and No- p.m. Call 776-8800 for more info. Host to Firefly Cafe, Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 1 p.m. $5 ride fee —Council on Aging, Thursday, Feb. 14 at 4:30 p.m. —Kenai Senior Connection Board Meeting, Friday, N.E.T.S. (Necessary Education, Feb. 22 at 9:30 a.m. Technology and Skills)
Registration is open for the 4th semi-annual Alaska Food Festival & Conference, which will take place at Land’s End Resort in Homer on March 8 and 9. Session topics will cover Alaska’s vast and diverse food system: farmers market issues, food security, policy, production, harvesting, business, education, community, tradition, sovereignty, fermenting, subsistence, growing, and more! Chef demonstrations, hands-on activities, vendor booths, and a Friday night social round out the event. This event is sponsored by the Alaska Food Policy Council and the Alaska Farmers Market Association. For program and registration information, go to https://www.akfoodpolicycouncil.org/2019-conference/.
Local Food Directory Deadline
Tour of Tsalteshi returns Feb. 17
Hospice of the Central Peninsula will facilitate an eight-week grief support group, “Grief is as individual as a snowflake,” beginning Feb. 6 at the Hospice office at 5:30 p.m., 35911 Kenai Spur Hwy, Soldotna. For questions or additional information, please contact Lee at 262-0453. Our services are free. Pre-sign-up requested.
AK CESCL training The Kenai Watershed Forum will be hosting a 2-day AK CESCL training on Feb. 11-12 at the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association in Kenai. With a 1-day refresher course on Feb. 13. The 2-day training explains the erosion process and how to obtain and comply with the EPA NPDES Construction General Permit. Register online at www.kenaiwatershed.org.
NETS is a FREE seven-week workshop to help adults gain skills, explore careers, and find a job! The workshop every Monday and Wednesday from 2–3:30 p.m. from Jan. 23 to March 6 in the Learning Center at Kenai Peninsula College. The course, taught by Terri Cowart, will focus on community service, learning about resources, and career/college awareness. Everybody is invited to attend (ages 18+) For more information, call 262-0327.
Free In-Person Tax Preparation Available Free income tax return preparation is available again this year at the Soldotna Library from Feb. 9 to April 13. This AARP Foundation-sponsored program is open to low-and moderate-income taxpayers of all ages, with special attention to those age 60 and older. AARP membership is not required. Call 907-420-4308 to schedule an appointment. For more information, email taxprepsoldotna@gmail.com.
Opinion
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Serving the Kenai Peninsula since 1970 Terry R. Ward Publisher ERIN THOMPSON......................................................... Editor DOUG MUNN........................................... Circulation Director FRANK GOLDTHWAITE......................... Production Manager
What Others Say
Better roads make for safer streets The number of pedestrians killed in the United States over the past
decade or so — 49,340 between 2008 and 2017 — is about seven times higher than the number of Americans killed in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars combined. South Carolina lost more than 1,100 pedestrians on the state’s roads over the same time period, making it the 10th deadliest state for fatal crashes. Those are among the many sobering statistics from a recent report by Smart Growth America and the National Complete Streets Coalition, which rightly calls on local, state and national leaders to make safer roads a priority. Perhaps even more troubling than the number of deaths, however, is the primary reason why our streets are so dangerous: We build them that way. Over the 10-year study period, pedestrian deaths jumped by more than 35 percent while motorist deaths actually dropped by about 6 percent. And those shifts happened even as the nation drove slightly more and walked almost exactly the same amount. In other words, our focus on building roads designed almost entirely for cars seems to be making things marginally safer for drivers, which is a good thing. But that slight improvement has come at great cost for pedestrians. It doesn’t have to be an either/or proposition. A big part of the problem is the way we measure the success of a road, which has a lot to do with a metric called “level of service.” Roads are given a letter grade based on traffic flow at peak hours. Congested roads fail, free-flowing roads get good grades. But as the study correctly notes, “Minimizing vehicle delay as the number one goal often produces the roads that are the most dangerous by design.” High traffic speeds are, not surprisingly, very closely correlated with pedestrian risk. The likelihood of a crash being fatal increases dramatically when cars are traveling faster than about 30 mph. And the focus on moving traffic quickly isn’t just for pedestrians. An incredible 340,000 American drivers lost their lives behind the wheel between 2008 and 2017, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. That’s about one person every 15 minutes. Focusing on level of service also doesn’t necessarily mean taxpayers are getting the most bang for their buck. Some roads with good grades are wastefully overbuilt, for example. Other streets with failing grades run through popular, desirable and highly productive neighborhoods. As the study notes, Congress has a prime opportunity to make safer streets a priority as part of ongoing federal transportation funding efforts and a potential bipartisan push for infrastructure improvements. State and local governments need to be part of the solution as well. The top priority ought to be rethinking basic street design. “Rather than designing roads that encourage speeding and then relying upon enforcement, states and cities should design roads to encourage safer, slower driving speeds in the first place,” suggests the study. We can also fix problematic roads by testing out a variety of traffic calming measures, many of which are relatively cheap and easy to implement — and easy to undo if they cause more problems than they solve. — The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina, Jan. 28
Pols should take responsibility for shutdown
Though the government shutdown is over — for now — it reminds me of an episode in my own short career as a federal official. It’s a story of the Antideficiency Act — relevant because some asked whether federal agencies violated the law by staying open during the shutdown. The law goes back to 1870, when Congress was grumpy over presidential spending for the Civil War. A federal official who spends money in excess of an appropriation could go to prison. I am guilty of violating that law, or so I was told. But Congress and the White House drove me to it. Back in the fall of 2014, I was running the federal office in charge of helping an Alaska North Slope natural gas pipeline project. But like so many other years, Congress failed to pass a budget by the start of the fiscal year on Oct. 1, 2014. Federal agencies were operating under a series of continuing resolutions, which say do what you’re doing as if you have the same budget as last year until Congress can pass a real budget. The White House Office of Management and Budget and the General Services Administration, which kept our books, told us to do just that: Operate the same as the past year. Then, in January 2015, the budget office called in a panic. Turns out, they said, they were wrong. The gas line office should have closed on Oct. 1, 2014. The continuing resolution did not really apply to our office because months earlier the House had approved a lone budget bill without funding for the office. Although the Senate never acted on the bill — which meant it was not law — the budget office was fol-
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lowing the House direction. It was all in Bulletin 14, she said. Hadn’t I read it, she asked. I never even knew there were Bulletins 1 through 13, so why would I read No. 14. She told me to close the agency immediately and return all the money. Yeah, that’s about as likely as the gas line getting built. We had paid the rent, salaries and other expenses for the first three months of the fiscal year, just as we were told. The money was spent. The budget office told me to shut down the agency as quickly as orderly possible. Which we did. Then, while packing, I got another call from the budget office, informing me that I had violated the ADA. I told the auditor the office was compliant with all access laws for people with disabilities. She said no, not that ADA, the Antideficiency Act. She told me I needed to send a letter to the president, the treasury secretary, the House speaker and Senate president, confessing to my crime. But get this, lawyers for the budget office and General Services Administration (the agencies that had told me to spend the money), were going to draft my confession — and I was not allowed to attend the meeting. It took the lawyers weeks to groupedit the letter, but about 30 minutes before we were closing the doors on the last day of the agency’s existence,
the letter arrived in my inbox. I was asked to sign. So, I signed. I figured who cares, no one would ever read it, I had done nothing wrong, and I was tired of arguing. Now, the best part. I returned the signed letter to the budget office for distribution. But the lawyers later decided they could not submit the letter to the president or anyone else. They said only I could put the letter in the mail but because I was no longer a federal employee, I had no legal standing to confess to the crime. (I never said this story made sense.) The letter sat in the budget office file for almost two years. Then, in January 2017, they were cleaning up the files and getting ready for the new administration to take over. Someone found my letter, came up with new legal advice, and sent the letter to the president and everyone else on the distribution list. They emailed to tell me. Maybe they thought I would want to flee the country. I doubt anyone ever read the letter. Well, maybe Russian President Vladimir Putin read it, but I can’t prove it. The FBI never called me. No special prosecutor subpoenaed the checkbook. Neither MSNBC nor FOX News asked me why I was a self-admitted deficient. The point of this story? Maybe the U.S. Senate and President Donald Trump should be required to sign their own letter for the government shutdown. Clearly, they were deficient in doing their job. I’ll even help them write it. Larry Persily is a longtime Alaska journalist, with breaks for federal, state and municipal jobs in oil and gas and taxes.
News Analysis
Va gov’s political limitations on stark display By ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s great virtue, as the voters saw it, was that he wasn’t a career politician, but a friendly doctor who came to politics late in life. Now that same quality may be contributing to what is looking more and more like a spectacular career-ending disaster. The 59-year-old Democrat is under bone-crushing pressure from his own party to resign over a racist photo on his 1984 medical school yearbook page of someone in blackface and another person in a Ku Klux Klan hood and robe. And his efforts to quell the uproar have been seen as so clumsy and wince-inducing that they may well have made things worse. To some, his lack of political seasoning seems to be on full display. On Friday, he apologized for the picture, acknowledging he was in the photo without saying which costume he was wearing. Then on Saturday, he took it back, telling reporters that he is now certain that wasn’t him in the photo.
At the same news conference, Northam acknowledged putting on blackface decades ago to look like Michael Jackson for a dance contest. And at one point, he seemed as if he might do the moonwalk for reporters before his wife intervened to tell him no. “Northam’s appeal to the voters was that he wasn’t an ordinary politician. But if he had been more of an ordinary politician, that press conference probably wouldn’t have gone as badly as it did,” said University of Mary Washington political science professor Stephen Farnsworth. Northam is in an almost unsustainable position with three years left in his term. He has no base of political support and has become a pariah, with fellow Democrats fearing he would ruin the party’s prospects in a key election year. But Northam said on Saturday that his oath of office and personal beliefs — instilled in him at a traditionbound military academy with a strict honor code — require him to push forward. “I cannot in good conscience choose the path that would be easier for me in an
effort to duck my responsibility to reconcile,” he said. Northam got into politics in his late 40s and was elected governor 10 years later. His rapid rise, including a stint as lieutenant governor, was powered more by his biography than political charisma or know-how. A standout baseball player from Virginia’s Eastern Shore and a star student at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Northam served as an Army doctor treating the wounded in the first Gulf War, then ran a medical practice in Norfolk as a pediatric neurologist. He also volunteered as medical director of a children’s hospice, caring for dying youngsters and their families. When Northam first ran for state Senate in 2007, thenGov. Tim Kaine, a fellow Democrat, joked that a “supercomputer” couldn’t have come up with a better resume. It turned out to be the perfect pedigree in the 2017 gubernatorial race, when Northam easily won after presenting himself as the soothing antidote to President Donald Trump’s polarizing style. Voters for Northam often de-
scribed him as “decent” and “honest.” Northam recently celebrated his first year in office, a year widely viewed as one of the most successful of any recent governor’s. Northam scored what would normally be two legacy-making victories: expanding Medicaid and landing a new Amazon headquarters with 25,000 new jobs. But now his reputation is largely in tatters, especially after Saturday’s news conference, where he did not fully explain why he first admitted to being in the picture and nearly played along when a reporter asked if he could still moonwalk. “I winced when I saw that,” former Gov. Terry McAuliffe said on CNN. Northam’s response to the crisis may well illustrate his limitations as a politician. “All of his weaknesses on display yesterday were essentially his strengths the day before yesterday,” Quentin Kidd, a political science professor at Christopher Newport University.
Schools
Peninsula Clarion | Monday, February 4, 2019 | A5
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Soldotna High The next PTSA meeting will be Tuesday, February 12, at 5:30pm in the SoHi staff lounge. Snacks will be provided. The next Parents of Juniors After-Prom planning meeting will be Monday, February 18, at 5pm in the SoHi staff lounge. The afterschool tutoring buses will start running on 8/28. There are 2 buses that leave at 4:15. You must be on the route list to ride the bus. See Ms. Wear in the library to find out more information and/or get on the bus list. You can also email her at twear@kpbsd.k12.ak.us or call 260-7036. Soldotna Stars Letterman Jackets are available to order at www.neffco.com. Click on Varsity Jackets, find our school by State, select Soldotna High School, starting at $149 you can personalize it anyway you would like. Makes a great Christmas gift! SoHi Pool Schedule M,W,F Morning Lap 6:30am-7:30am Sport Calendar - http://www.arbiterlive.com/ Teams?entityId=21192 or http://www.asaa365.com/ There are two ways to order a transcript. Each way serves a different purpose. If you need a transcript sent to a college or NCAA or a similar agency, then you will need to log on to: www. parchment.com to order transcripts to be sent. The request is then forwarded to SoHi. After processing, it then goes through cyberspace… rather than the US mail… to get to its destination, which is much faster! ALL transcripts that are headed for NCAA, colleges, etc. have to be processed this way! FINAL TRANSCRIPTS! A final transcript is one that shows your second semester grades… If you order your transcript when we are IN second semester, you will need to make sure you choose “next grading period” when you go on to Parchment… that way your transcript request will wait until the grades are in at the end of the year before it is sent. Kaleidoscope Accepting Lottery Applications for 2019-2020 school year, deadline for applications is 4:00 p.m. on March 1st. Interested in Kaleidoscope for your K-5th grader and want to learn more? Please join us for our school tours coming every Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. in February or our Kaleidoscope Parent Information Meeting on Tuesday, February 19th at 5:30 p.m. Re-enrollment forms are due February 15th by 4:00 p.m. Every student must have a completed form turned in to the office to hold their place for next year. If your child is not returning, even if they have aged out of the school, please fill out the back of the form so we know where they will be attending in order to send their records when it’s time. The Life Skill we are focusing on this week is Pride – Satisfaction from doing one’s personal best. Monday, February 4 Book Fair is open from 8:35 a.m. -9:00 a.m. & 3:40 p.m.-4:00 p.m. PTA meeting @ 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 5 Book Fair is open from 8:35 a.m. -9:00 a.m. & 3:40 p.m.-4:00 p.m. School Tour @ 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, February 6 Book Fair is open from 8:35 a.m. -9:00 a.m. & 2:10 p.m.-7:40 p.m. Early Release Day @ 2:10 p.m. Thursday, February 7 Book Fair is open from 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Parent/Teacher Conferences – No School Friday, February 8 Book Fair is open from 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. Parent/Teacher Conferences - No School Upcoming Events Tuesday’s in February – School Tours @ 9:30 a.m. February 11 – 1st & 2nd grade will be visiting the Kenai Senior Center, Riverside and Jumpin Junction February 13 – Boersma’s class will be walking to Charis Place February 14 – Zinszer’s class will be walking to Charis Place February 15 – Re-enrollment forms due to the office no later than 4:00 p.m. February 18 – APC meeting in the library @ 4:15 p.m. February 19 – Kaleidoscope Parent Information Meeting @ 5:30 p.m. Volunteers Volunteers are welcome any time at Kaleidoscope! Background checks and Volunteer Training are required for each school year to be an approved volunteer. Go to http://kaleidoscope.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/wpmu/volunteers for the 2 links. Background checks may take up to 2 weeks to be processed. Volunteer Indemnification forms are to be completed 2 days before each study trip. Connections Dates To Remember: 02/05 - Soldotna Office: Nikiski Pool - FREE for Connections Students 12-1:30 02/07 – Soldotna Office: Art Share from 3-4pm (more info below) 02/08 – Ice Fishing 12-3 (more info below) 02/13 – Salmon Dissection @ Soldotna Office at 1:30 (more info below) 02/15- Science Fair Registration Due 02/25- Science Fair Projects Due 02/25 - March 1- Science Fair Projects Displayed in Connections Office 03/06 – High School Eligibility Due 03/07 - Soldotna Office: Art Share from 3-4pm (more info below) 04/04 - Soldotna Office: Art Share from 3-4pm (more
info below 04/10 - High School Eligibility Due 04/30 – 2019 Homeschool Talent Show (more info below) 05/03 & 05/04 – FULL: Overnight Trip to Kasitsna Bay Laboratory with Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies contact Derek Bynagle for more info 05/06 – Kenai Fjords Marine Science Explorer Tour – Please Contact Julie Lindquist for More Details jlindquist@kpbsd.k12.ak.us or (907) 224-9035 NEW: Soldotna Office – Free Tutoring: Connections is very excited to have Rebecca Weaver, Assistant Professor from the Kenai Peninsula College, at the Soldotna office every Thursday from 11:00am to 2:00pm to tutor students and parents in math, physics, chemistry and science for free! If you are a parent or a student that needs help in any of these areas, please call us at 714-8880 to make an appointment. Soldotna Office: Thursday Art Share: The Soldotna office is celebrating student art, grades K-12, every month! Paintings, drawings, ceramics, photography, digital art, etc… all are welcome and encouraged! Submissions can be dropped off anytime during the month, an art activity will start promptly at 3:15 on the Art Share day, see below for dates. The art share in February will be Thursday, February 7th from 3-4pm and the theme is: winter animals! March: Spring theme! Thursday, March 7th from 3-4pm April: Green Earth theme! Thursday, April 4th from 3-4pm. **please note: any and all submissions are welcome regardless of theme** Ice Fishing Trip: Who: All homeschool families are invited! What: Ice Fishing When: Friday, February 8th from 12pm-3pm Where: Watson Lake Why: The outdoor club would like to provide fun, educational outdoor activities for homeschool families to enjoy together. Bring: Warm clothes, snacks & drinks, fishing licenses for anglers 18 and older. Directions: Off of the Sterling Highway - Watson Lake is 21.7 miles north of Soldotna, or about 10 miles north of Sterling. The pull off is on the west (left) side of the highway, and there’s a small parking lot next to the lake. *Connections will have augers to drill the holes as well as ice rods, tackle, bait, etc. for anyone that needs to borrow. *Please RSVP by emailing Mark Wackler at mwackler@kpbsd.k12.ak.us Salmon Dissection @ Soldotna Office: February 13th @ 1:30pm ADF&G will be leading a salmon dissection for homeschool students at the Soldotna Connections office. All ages are welcome to participate. Please RSVP for this by emailing Mark Wackler at mwackler@kpbsd.k12.ak.us Soldotna Office: Connections Science Fair: The Connections Science Fair is open to all Connections students, and is a non-competitive opportunity for students to explore a science related topic, create a display, and show off their display in the Connections office. Please contact Mark Wackler (mwackler@kpbsd.org) for more resources to help with your project. 2019 Homeschool Talent Show: The 2019 Homeschool Talent Show will be on Tuesday, April 30th from 5-6:30pm at the Soldotna High School Auditorium. Connections is looking for homeschool students to join the show and display their talents (singing, instrumental, art, skits, whatever!). Talents of all types and ability levels are encouraged and there will also be an art display at the entrance to show off Connections student’s artistic abilities as well. Please contact Mark Wackler at the Soldotna Connections office if you are interested in participating in the talent show, or to get more info –mwackler@kpbsd.k12.ak.us Connections Spelling Bee: A big congratulations to everyone that participated in the 2019 Connections Spelling Bee last week. The competition went 58 rounds, a Connections record! Xinlan Tanner won spelling the word dissertation correctly. She will represent Connections in March at the state competition. Thank you to everyone that participated: Tucker Blough (runner up), Aliyah Blough, Kathryn VanBuskirk, Kristina Stoll and Canon Spinka. Soldotna Prep Parent / Teacher Conferences will be held this Thursday, February 7th: Session 1, 1:00-3:00 pm; Session 2, 4:00-7:00 pm. Conferences are arena style in the big gym. After school tutoring is held Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays in the library from 2:30-3:30 pm (except for early release and no school days). This is a great opportunity to receive help if students are behind, or just want some extra time to work on classroom assignments. Make sure transportation is arranged and students are picked up promptly at 3:30. The Chamber Student of the Quarter is awarded to Josie Moore in recognition for her diligent and exceptional work this quarter. Congratulations to the following students for their outstanding work in the 3rd quarter: Ashton StonecipherSocial Studies, Booker (Samuel) Milbauer-Math, Anna Brooklyn Chadburn-Language Arts, William HambyStudy Skills, Ellie Burns-Science. They will be honored at the NHS Student of the Quarter luncheon at SOHI on February 21st. Students and parents are reminded to check Soldotna Prep’s Facebook page for school news and updated information: Soldotna Prep Facebook Page: https://www.facebook. com/SoldotnaPrep/ Soldotna Prep Web Page:http://soldotnaprep.blogs. kpbsd.k12.ak.us/ Dates to Remember: Feb. 4 – Mid quarter grade check Feb. 6 – Early Release, school dismisses at 12:45 pm Feb. 7 – Parent/Teacher Conferences, 1:00-3:00 pm and 4:00-7:00 pm Feb. 8 – Inservice, no school for students Mar. 8 – End of 3rd Quarter, no school for students Mar. 11–15 – Spring Break Yearbooks are now on sale ($75). Students can order them at school by filling out an order form or anyone can go to www.jostens.com and order online! Kenai Peninsula Native Youth Leaders Free Team! Opportunity to earn .5 Leadership Elective Credit! Great for jobs and scholarships Native and Non- Native Students can join. No GPA Requirement! NO TEST! Work with
all HIGH School Members through google classroom! Meeting dates are: 2/26, 3/26, 4/16. Meeting times are 1:30-2:20. Redoubt Elementary Congratulations to Kenai Lepule for winning this year’s Geography Bee. Our finalists are Matthew King, Lorelei Bacus-Falls, Izaiah Gilbert, and Ryatt Weed. Congratulations to everyone! On February 1st we started are One School One Book program. Every family will be receiving a copy of Mr. Popper’s Penguins with a reading schedule and there will prizes and activities throughout the month to win. Parent teacher conferences will be held February 7th and 8th, there will be no school for students or Boys and Girls Club. Reminders have gone home already, if you can’t make your scheduled time please call the office. Pre- K forms are available in our office, applicants must be 4 years old on or before September 1st, 2019, and must be within our attendance area. Screenings will be held in April. Pre-enrollment forms (pink) went home recently. Please take the time to fill out the form and let us know that your child(ren) will be attending Redoubt next year. We will be having our Redoubt Carnival on February 23rd from noon to 4 pm, our PTA is looking for parent and student volunteers and accepting donations for the carnival. Please make sure to send students to school in all their winter gear to play outside that includes a winter coat, hats, gloves, snow pants, and boots to stay warm. Mountain View Elementary Wednesday, February 6th, is an early release day. Students will be dismissed at 1:55 PM. Parent-Teacher conferences will be held Thursday & Friday, February 7th & 8th. There will be no school for students. The Library will be holding a book fair the week of February 4 – February 8 during school hours and parentteacher conferences. If you would like to volunteer to help with the book fair please call the office at 283-8600. Friday, February 22nd is “Crazy Hair Day”. Skyview Sports Schedule this week: Monday, February 4 – Volleyball – Skyview 7th vs Skyview 8th at Skyview – 3:00 pm Tuesday, February 5 – Volleyball – Kenai 7th vs Skyview 7th at Skyview – 3:00 pm Tuesday, February 5 – Volleyball – Kenai 8th vs Skyview 8th at Skyview – 4:00 pm Friday, February 8 – Wrestling - Homer Invitational in Homer – 12:00 pm Early release is Wednesday, February 6 – Skyview Middle School students end the school day at 1:00 pm. Parent Teacher Conferences at Skyview Middle School will be ONE DAY only: Thursday, February 7. Conference times need to be scheduled online. To find the link and additional Parent/Teacher Conference information, please go to: KPBSD district web page > Schools > Skyview Middle School > Student/Parent Information > Parent/Teacher Conferences. There will be no school for students on Thursday, February 7 and Friday, February 8. Avery Willets is the Skyview Middle School Spelling Bee winner! The 2019 Alaska State Spelling Bee is scheduled to take place on See BRIEFS page A6
Today in History Today is Monday, Feb. 4, the 35th day of 2019. There are 330 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 4, 1974, newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst, 19, was kidnapped in Berkeley, California, by the radical Symbionese Liberation Army. On this date: In 1783, Britain’s King George III proclaimed a formal cessation of hostilities in the American Revolutionary War. In 1789, electors chose George Washington to be the first president of the United States. In 1861, delegates from six southern states that had recently seceded from the Union met in Montgomery, Alabama, to form the Confederate States of America. In 1913, Rosa Parks, a black woman whose 1955 refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., city bus to a white man sparked a civil rights revolution, was born Rosa Louise McCauley in Tuskegee. In 1938, the Thornton Wilder play “Our Town” opened on Broadway. Walt Disney’s animated feature “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” opened in general U.S. release. In 1944, the Bronze Star Medal, honoring “heroic or meritorious achievement or service,” was authorized by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1962, a rare conjunction of the sun, the moon, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn occurred. In 1983, pop singer-musician Karen Carpenter died in Downey, California, at age 32. In 1987, pianist Liberace died at his Palm Springs, California, home at age 67. In 1997, a civil jury in Santa Monica, California, found O.J. Simpson liable for the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. In 1999, Amadou Diallo, an unarmed West African immigrant, was shot and killed in front of his Bronx home by four plainclothes New York City police officers. (The officers were acquitted at trial.) In 2004, the Massachusetts high court declared that gay couples were entitled to nothing less than marriage, and that Vermontstyle civil unions would not suffice. The social networking website Facebook had its beginnings as Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg launched “Thefacebook.” Ten years ago: President Barack Obama imposed a $500,000 cap on executive pay for companies receiving federal bailout money; the president also signed a bill extending health coverage to 4 million uninsured children. Lux Interior, co-founder and lead singer of the horror-punk band The Cramps, died in Glendale, Calif., at age 62. Five years ago: The Congressional Budget Office said several million American workers would reduce their hours on the job or leave the workforce entirely because of incentives built into President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. One year ago: The Philadelphia Eagles, led by backup quarterback Nick Foles, became NFL champs for the first time since 1960, beating Tom Brady and the New England Patriots 41-33 in the Super Bowl. An Amtrak passenger train slammed into a parked freight train in the early-morning darkness in South Carolina after a thrown switch sent it hurtling down a side track; the conductor and engineer were killed and more than 100 passengers were injured. Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson and his Uber driver were struck and killed as they stood on the shoulder of an Indianapolis highway. (The driver of the truck that hit them, a man from Guatemala living illegally in the United States, would be sentenced to 16 years in prison for the drunken-driving crash.) Actor John Mahoney, who played the dad of two psychiatrists on the TV show “Frasier,” died in Chicago at the age of 77. Today’s Birthdays: Actor Jerry Adler is 90. Former Argentinian President Isabel Peron is 88. Actor Gary Conway is 83. Actor John Schuck is 79. Rock musician John Steel (The Animals) is 78. Singer Florence LaRue (The Fifth Dimension) is 77. Former Vice President Dan Quayle is 72. Rock singer Alice Cooper is 71. Actor Michael Beck is 70. Actress Lisa Eichhorn is 67. Football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor is 60. Actress Pamelyn Ferdin is 60. Rock singer Tim Booth is 59. Rock musician Henry Bogdan is 58. Country singer Clint Black is 57. Rock musician Noodles (The Offspring) is 56. Country musician Dave Buchanan (Yankee Grey) is 53. Actress Gabrielle Anwar is 49. Actor Rob Corddry is 48. Singer David (dahVEED’) Garza is 48. Actor Michael Goorjian is 48. TV personality Nicolle Wallace is 47. Olympic gold medal boxer Oscar De La Hoya is 46. Rock musician Rick Burch (Jimmy Eat World) is 44. Singer Natalie Imbruglia (em-BROO’-lee-ah) is 44. Rapper Cam’ron is 43. Rock singer Gavin DeGraw is 42. Rock singer Zoe Manville is 35. Actor/musician Bashy, AKA Ashley Thomas, is 34. Actor Charlie Barnett is 31. Olympic gold medal gymnast-turned-singer Carly Patterson is 31. Actress Kyla Kenedy (cq) (TV: “Speechless”) is 16. Thought for Today: “Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive.” -- Edith Wharton, American author (1862-1937).
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Pentagon sending another 3,750 troops to Southwest border WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said Sunday it will send 3,750 more troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to put up another 150 miles of concertina wire and provide other support for Customs and Border Protection. The additions will bring the total number of activeduty troops on the border to 4,350. The announcement is in line with what Acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan had said on Tuesday when he provided estimates for the next phase of a military mission that has grown in size and length. Critics have derided it as a political ploy by the White House as President Donald Trump seeks billions to build a border wall. Shanahan said on Tuesday that several thousand more troops would be sent mainly to install additional wire barriers and provide a large new system of mobile surveillance and monitoring of the border area. Sunday’s announcement said the mobile surveillance mission would last through Sept. 30. Members of Congress have question whether the
In this Friday, Nov. 16, 2018, file photo, members of the U.S. military install multiple tiers of concertina wire along the banks of the Rio Grande near the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge at the U.S.-Mexico border, in Laredo, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
border mission is distracting troops from their main work of fighting extremists abroad and training for combat. The first active-duty troops were sent to the border on about Oct. 30 for a mission that was to end Dec. 15. It has since been extended twice. “What impact does it have to readiness to send several thousand troops down to the Southern bor-
der? It interrupts their training. It interrupts their dwell time,” Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said at a hearing on Tuesday. Vice Adm. Mike Gilday, the director of operations for the Joint Staff, told the panel that he does not believe military readiness has been significantly affected.
He said some units have missed training opportunities because of the deployment and others have seen less time at home between deployments than the military likes to provide. But he said there is an effort to rotate service members in and out of the mission every six to eight weeks in order to minimize any impact.
Officials: Power restored to federal jail in NYC By JULIE WALKER Associated Press
NEW YORK — Power was restored Sunday night at a federal detention center in New York City where inmates had been living largely without heat or electricity for the past week, according to a statement from the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Protesters have gathered outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn in recent days following news reports that those housed
there have largely been without heat or power for the past week and also haven't been able to communicate with lawyers or loved ones. Outdoor temperatures have been well below freezing on some recent days, though Sunday was warmer. In its statement the agency said it was "working to restore the facility to normal operations." Earlier Sunday, some demonstrators attempted to enter the facility, and guards drove them back with pushes and
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Tuesday, March 19. Good Luck, Avery! Geo Bee Winner Congratulations goes out to Emma Hunter, the Skyview Geo Bee winner! Emma has taken the State Qualifying test and those results will be in on March 4. Good Luck Emma! Congratulation to the December / January Students of the Month! Gabriel Almeida, Evan Appelhans, Emily Blakeslee, Haven Bower, Montana Bowman, Telotha Braden, Joseph Brown, Mya Brown, Mackenzie Carson, Archer Chadburn, Angelina Chavarria, Sarah Coon, Jessie Cooper, Zoe Cravens, Seth Daniels, Kendal England, Heaven Engle, Raven Evins, Kaleb Fidai, Shaun Firmin, Jacob Fleming, Hunter Galleguillos, Elizabeth Garcia, Aidan Gavalis, AnnaMae Gilliam, Josh Hall, Paige Hammerle, Joshua Hancock, Rohan Harris, Logan Hart, Darek Hatten, Tia Haukedahl, Cody Henley, Ethan Hogue, Abby Hugarte, Quintin Johnston, Matthew Karella, Carter Kincaid, Kolya Knutson, Waylon Lansing, Brock Lapp, Abednego Larson, Chelsea Ann Lawrence, Peyton Lawton, Hannah Leaders, Morgan Lemm, Axel Locke, Kaytlin McAnelly, Molly McMillan, Taylor McNeel, Ezekiel Miller, Mariah Mills, Gabriel Newcomb, Jeramiah Payton, Travis Pontious, Ryan Rapp, Max Reese, Madison Richmond, Grace Richmond, Ali Riley, Meg Roberts, Camren Roberts, Parker Rose, Ty Saylor, Aubree Schneider, Thornton Smith, Mathyas Smith, Moriah Stitt, Shane Sundberg, Tristan Michael Tackett, Carter Tennison, Cody Thompson, Ala Tuisaula, Emma Updike, Garrett Ussing, Evan Veihdeffer, Charisma Watkins, Xavier West, Destiney Wheeler, Liam Wurst, Krystin Yeager Nikiski Middle/High Tuesday, February 5 High School Basketball @ Seward – C Team Girls 3:00 / C Team Boys 4:30 Middle School Volleyball @ Nikiski vs. Seward – 3:00 Wednesday, February 6 – EARLY RELEASE – Student released at 12:45 Thursday, February 7 – PARENT/ TEACHER CONFERENCES 8:00-11:00 / 12:00-4:00 / 5:00-8:00 High School Basketball @ Monroe - Girls JV 3:00 / Boys JV 4:30 / Girls Varsity 6:00 / Boys Varsity 7:30 Friday, February 8 High School Basketball @ Monroe - Girls JV 3:00 / Boys JV 4:30 / Girls Varsity 6:00 / Boys Varsity 7:30 Middle School Wrestling @ Homer 12:00 a.m. Saturday, February 9 High School Basketball @ Hutchison - Girls JV 10:00 / Boys JV 11:30 / Girls Varsity 1:00 / Boys Varsity 2:30 Zina Schwenke was chosen as the Kenai Rotary Student of the Month for January! Congratulations to James Hemphill, the 2019 Nikiski Middle/High Geography Bee Champion! He will have the opportunity to participate in the State Geography Bee for the 2nd straight year in Anchorage this April. Also, Congratulations to our other placers: Destiny Langston 2nd, Johnny Rolston 3rd, Jessica Perry 4th.
shoves. Witnesses said they also used pepper spray. A reporter and photographer for The Associated Press were at the facility when a woman, whose son is being detained, tried to get into the jail. On Sunday, an inmate was able to call through the window of his cell, which faces out to the street, to his mother below. The woman, Yvonne Murchison, was crying and upset and tried to get into the facility, where visits have been stopped. "I'd trade places with him
any day, that's my child," she said. She was followed by activists and media into the lobby, where visitors have to pass through metal detectors. Witnesses said officers used significant force to push the people out, with some of those attempting to come in being pushed to the ground. The AP photographer felt some type of spray, and began to have trouble breathing. Those affected were seen washing out their eyes with water or milk.
K-Beach Elementary Mr. Daniels’s Class is rocking out! The class is studying Earth Systems. They are observing and analyzing rock and mineral samples using rock test kits. They are also learning how to use a microscope to observe rocks and minerals close up. They created clay models of the layers of the Earth and discussed how the different Earth Systems interact. They will be taking another Creek Walk to Slikok Creek on February 20. Feb 6 – Early Release Day. K-Beach dismisses at 12:55 Feb 7 – 8: Parent/Teacher Conferences – NO SCHOOL Nikiski North Star The month of February is Love of Reading at NNS. The Scholastic Book Fair is in progress in the school library. The fair will be open during the mornings Monday – Wednesday and on Thursday from 8:00 am - 6:00 pm. The fair will not be open on Friday. Please come and support the school by purchasing books and encouraging your child to read! As part of our Love of Reading school wide activity, NNS will once again participate in One School, One Book. This year the chosen book is Charlie and The Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. Every student will receive a copy of the book at parent/teacher conferences. Families are encouraged to read the book together at home and the students will have the opportunity to answer trivia questions the following morning. Wednesday, February 6th is early release. NNS will dismiss at 2:00 pm. There is no school for students on Thursday, February 7th and Friday, February 8th because of parent/teacher conferences. If you have any questions, please call the school office at 776-2600. Kenai Middle It’s going to be a busy short week! Here goes: On Monday, February 4th the KMS 8th grade A team will compete against the KMS 7th grade A team here at KMS @ 3:00. Don’t miss it! Also on Monday the 7/8 Grade Battle of the Books team will compete. Best of luck to all of our Book Battlers! There is Volleyball again on Tuesday, February 5th. KMS teams will head to Skyview. Games begin at 3:00 with KMS 8 vs. SKMS 8 playing first. 7th grade teams will follow and B teams will follow them. #goKossacks! Wednesday. February 6th is an Early Release day. School ends at 12:57 for students. Buses will accommodate the early release schedule. February 7th & 8th are Parent/ Teacher Conferences. There is no school for students. Conferences on Thursday will run from 12-4 and 5-7. These will be open arena style conferences. Friday Conferences are scheduled conferences. If you need a scheduled conference be sure to contact your student’s teachers to make arrangements. On Friday, February 8th, KMS Wrestlers will head to the Homer Invite in Homer. The meet begins at 12:00. Go Kenai! The State Math Counts Competition will be held in Anchorage on Saturday, February 9th. Best of luck to all KMS competitors! Kenai Central High It is a short week over at KCHS this week. Wednesday
In brief Grammy-nominated rapper 21 Savage in US immigration custody ATLANTA — Grammy-nominated rapper 21 Savage was taken into federal immigration custody early Sunday, authorities said. The artist, whose given name is Sha Yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, was arrested in a targeted operation in the Atlanta area involving local and federal law enforcement officers, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Bryan Cox said in an emailed statement. Abraham-Joseph is a British citizen who overstayed his visa and is also has a felony conviction, Cox said. “We are working diligently to get Mr. Abraham-Joseph out of detention while we work with the authorities to clear up any misunderstandings,” lawyer Dina LaPolt said without elaborating. Abraham-Joseph is a role model to young people in the U.S., especially in Atlanta, LaPolt said. Abraham-Joseph is nominated for two awards at next week’s Grammys, including record of the year for “Rockstar” alongside Post Malone. His second solo album “I Am I Was,” released in December, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Abraham-Joseph entered the U.S. legally in July 2005, but has been present in the country illegally since his visa expired in July 2006, Cox said. He was convicted on felony drug charges in October 2014 in Fulton County, Cox said. He has been placed in deportation proceedings in federal immigration court, Cox said.
Soccer player pleads for Thailand to not send him to Bahrain BANGKOK — A soccer player who has refugee status in Australia pleaded outside a Bangkok court on Monday for Thailand to not send him home to Bahrain, which is seeking his extradition to serve a prison sentence for a crime he denies. “Please speak to Thailand, don’t send me to Bahrain. Bahrain won’t defend me,” a chained Hakeem al-Araibi shouted to reporters outside court as he was escorted by prison guards into the hearing. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison sent a letter last month urging Thailand to stop the extradition, and soccer governing bodies and human rights activists have urged the country to let him return to Australia where he lives and plays for a semi-professional team in Melbourne. The court could order another detention while his extradition is processed, or if al-Araibi refuses to return to Bahrain willingly, a trial would be held. Thai officials previously said the length of the trial would depend on how many witnesses are called by each side. Al-Araibi, 25, a former Bahraini national team player, says he fled his home country due to political repression. Bahrain wants him returned to serve a 10-year prison sentence he received in absentia in 2014 for an arson attack that damaged a police station, which he denies. — Associated Press
is an early release day and students will be released from school 90 minutes early, at 12:45pm. Additionally, there will be no school for students on Thursday or Friday. Thursday Kenai will be hosting parent teacher conferences from 12pm-3pm and 5pm-8pm in the Auditorium Commons. Friday will be a teacher in-service day. The Kards Basketball teams will take advantage of the longer weekend and will travel north for tournaments. The girls’ varsity team will be a part of the Dimond Invitational Tournament in Anchorage from Thursday the 7th until Saturday the 9th. Meanwhile, the boys and girls Jv teams will travel to Reddington for a tournament that will run Friday the 8th through Saturday the 9th. The Kardinal skiers are preparing for their region meet this week and will travel to Palmer to compete for a chance to qualify for the State Tournament. Ski Regions will take place on Friday and Saturday February 8-9! Wish luck to the skiers as they travel this weekend! Wednesday 2/6: Girls Jv Basketball vs Point Lay @ 4:30pm Boys Jv Basketball vs Point Lay @ 6pm Thursday 2/7: Girls Varsity Basketball @ Dimond Invitational Jv Basketball (Boys and Girls) @ Reddington Friday 2/8: Ski Regions @ Palmer Girls Varsity Basketball @ Dimond Invitational Jv Basketball (Boys and Girls) @ Reddington Saturday 2/9: Ski Regions @ Palmer Girls Varsity Basketball @ Dimond Invitational Jv Basketball (Boys and Girls) @ Reddington Cook Inlet Academy Cook Inlet Academy joins with parents in leading children to know the fullness of God’s love and to experience the life change only God can provide. For school and enrollment information, please visit www. cookinletalaska.org. Congratulations to Soldotna Chamber Student of the Quarter-Linnaea Dohse! Girls Junior High Volleyball (6th – 8th grade) practice Mon – Fri 3:00pm – 4:30pm Sports Game Schedule: 2/4/19 04:00p Girls Varsity Basketball vs Sandpoint 05:30p Boys JV Basketball vs Sandpoint 2/5/19 3:30p Girls Jr High Volleyball vs Ninilchik 5:00p Girls Varsity Basketball @ Nikolivisk 6:30p Boys Varsity Basketball @ Nikolivisk 2/7/19 – 2/9/19 Both days Girls and Boys Varsity Ninilchik Tournament Kenai Peninsula College Kenai Peninsula College Council meeting scheduled The College Council will hold their next meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 14 at KPC’s Kenai River Campus in Soldotna in the Steffy Building. The College Council is advisory in nature and members are recruited from all sectors of the Kenai Peninsula to provide input to KPC administration. The meeting is open to the public. For a copy of the agenda, contact the director’s assistant at 262-0318.
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Patriots rule the football world. Again. New England stifles Rams for record-tying 6th Super Bowl By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer
ATLANTA — That super shootout everyone expected turned into a defensive standoff. The New England Patriots showed they can win that type of championship game, too. So after Tom Brady led one classic drive to win the Patriots their record-tying sixth Super Bowl, he perfectly summed up the 13-3 victory Sunday over the Los Angeles Rams. “Finally got a touchdown and the defense played the best game of the year,” Brady said. In a season in which all sorts of offensive records were set, this Super Bowl rewrote the defensive record book. “How about our defense? How about our defense?” he said. “They played unbelievable.” So well that their leader linebacker Dont’a Hightower, joked they had extra incentive. “I’m tired of hearing about Brady,” he said with a laugh. “I won one today — we all got one. It feels good for us to get it all. Shout out to him getting his, but this is a team game and it feels good to win.” But the defense still needed vintage Brady for one drive . He threw two perfect passes to Rob Gronkowski to set up rookie Sony Michel’s 2-yard score
— the only touchdown in the lowest-scoring Super Bowl ever. That put New England up 10-3. A late field goal clinched it 13-3. No Super Bowl had gone into the fourth quarter without a touchdown. This one did, tied 3-3 — even though these teams had combined to average over 60 points a game. When the Patriots needed a score, Brady, the oldest winning quarterback in a Super Bowl at 41, completed four straight passes, including a pair covering 47 yards to Gronkowski. The second , on which the star tight end beat two defenders, ended at the Los Angeles 2, the only time either team was inside the 20-yard line. Michel ran off left tackle for his sixth postseason touchdown. “He knows to trust in me and throw that ball,” Gronkowski said, “and I’m going to grab it.” Julian Edelman, the outstanding receiver who missed the 2017 season with a knee injury, was the game’s MVP with 10 receptions for 141 yards. With 4:17 left, All-Pro Stephon Gilmore picked off an ill-advised pass by Rams quarterback Jared Goff, who seemed overwhelmed by the big stage all night, at the New England 2. Stephen Gostkowski made a 41-yard field goal with 1:12 remaining, completing a 72-yard march that took more than three
minutes off the clock and included 26-yard runs by Michel and Rex Burkhead. It was a workmanlike conclusion for the Patriots (14-5), whose losses all came away from New England. They beat the top two offenses in the Chiefs and Rams (15-4) in the postseason, and tied Pittsburgh for most Super Bowl titles. “We’re a relentless team,” Hightower said after New England allowed the fewest points in a Super Bowl (tied with Dallas in 1972 against Miami). “We didn’t give up. A lot was thrown at us. When we play like we did tonight, we can’t be beat.” The Rams, who reached the NFL championship game with the aid of a major officiating error in the conference title victory at New Orleans, never really threatened to reach the end zone. “Last time I checked, defense wins championships,” Rams running back C.J. Anderson said. At 66, Bill Belichick became the oldest winning Super Bowl coach. The Patriots beat the Rams, then representing St. Louis, to begin their dynastic run in the 2002 game. They also have beaten Carolina and Philadelphia (2004 and ‘05, the last back-to-back championships); the Seahawks in 2015; and the Falcons in 2017 in the only overtime in Super Bowl history. They have lost three
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New England Patriots’ Dont’a Hightower (54) gives a lift to a teammate as they celebrate winning the Super Bowl over the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday in Atlanta. The Patriots won 13-3. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Eventual race winner Morgan Aldridge leads Carly Reimer and Amy Anderson at the Ski for Women on Sunday at Tsalteshi Trails. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
Let it snow
Ski for Women participants nearly double By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion
The Ski for Women had powder for everyone. Saturday evening, Tsalteshi Trails groomers Bill Holt and Jordan Chilson had the five-kilometer course in immaculate condition for Sunday’s 15th ver-
sion of the event. But Mother Nature had other ideas. From 4 to 6 inches fell on the trails overnight and magical world of snow persisted as the 67 skiers completed the 11 a.m. race. Not that anyone was complaining. “We’re so lucky,” said
Patty Moran, who was responsible for outfitting 18 of the skiers in gnome costumes. “It was so beautiful.” Lauri Lingafelt, the treasurer of the Tsalteshi Trails Association, gave credit to Holt, Chilson, Dan Skipwith and Elizabeth Earl for making sure the course was See SKI, page A8
Bruins stop skid vs. Caps By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Tuukka Rask made 24 saves, David Krejci scored and the Boston Bruins beat the Washington Capitals 1-0 on Sunday to snap a 14-game skid against the defending Stanley Cup champions. Boston beat Washington for the first time since March 29, 2014. The Bruins snapped a three-game skid and handed the Capitals their eighth loss in nine games. Rask earned his 253rd victory to take over first place on the Bruins’ career
list. Braden Holtby made 37 saves for Washington. He was helpless to stop Krejci’s shot on a one-timer after a tic-tac-toe puck movement and a cross-ice pass from Torey Krug midway through the second.
Price made back-to-back saves on Leon Draisaitl and Darnell Nurse Jesperi Kotkaniemi pulled Montreal even with 6:25 left in regulation, roofing the puck over Mikko Koskinen from a tight angle after Max Domi battled for the puck behind the net.
CANADIENS 4, OILERS 3, OT
FLAMES 4, HURRICANES 3
MONTREAL — Jonathan Drouin scored at 58 seconds of overtime to lift Montreal past Edmonton. Drouin scored seconds after Canadiens goalie Carey
RALEIGH, N.C. — Derek Ryan, Elias Lindholm and Noah Hanifin scored in their first game back in Carolina, and Calgary won in coach Bill Peters’ return to Raleigh.
Lucia Carson leads a group of gnomes and other Ski for Women participants Sunday at Tsalteshi Trails. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
Celtics snap Thunder’s win streak By The Associated Press
BOSTON — Kyrie Irving had 30 points and 11 assists, Marcus Morris scored 19 points and the Boston Celtics beat Oklahoma City 134-129 on Sunday to snap the Thunder’s NBA-best sevengame winning streak. Marcus Smart added 18 points and seven assists, Al Horford scored 17 points, and Daniel Theis had 14. Boston has won four straight and nine of 10.
Ibaka has a career-best six straight doubledoubles, Toronto’s longest streak since Chris Bosh had eight in November 2009. All-Star guard Kyle Lowry sat out because of a sore back. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the guard born in nearby Hamilton, had 19 points to lead Los Angeles.
GRIZZLIES 96, KNICKS 84
NEW YORK — Mike Conley scored 25 points, Marc Gasol had 24 and Memphis beat New York to snap a nine-game road losing streak. Conley added eight rebounds and seven RAPTORS 121, CLIPPERS 103 assists after missing a game because of left TORONTO — Kawhi Leonard scored 18 knee soreness. Gasol also had nine rebounds. points, Serge Ibaka had 16 points and 12 re- Kevin Knox scored 17 points for New York. bounds and Toronto beat Los Angeles for its The Knicks have lost 13 straight overall and 14 in a row at Madison Square Garden. 10th victory in its last 11 home games.
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ready for the event. Morgan Aldridge won for the second straight year, crossing at 21 minutes, 19 seconds. Last year’s Ski for Women was considered pretty slow too due to subzero, dry conditions, and Aldridge did that in 19:43. To offer more perspective, just two weeks ago Aldridge ripped through a 5K in 17:46 in fast, icy conditions during the Freezer Food Series. Like any skier, though, Aldridge wasn’t about to quibble about more white stuff on which to play. “You can’t argue with Mother Nature,” she said. “It was slow, but it was as good as it’s going to get. I was practically following the groomer.” Aldridge was outfitted in a tutu, something she credited to 2000 Soldotna High School graduate Sarah Histand. Histand had posted something on social media Saturday about women climbing mountains in tutus.
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times, including to Philadelphia a year ago. New England is the first team since the 1972 Dolphins to win a Super Bowl the year after losing one. How the Patriots accomplished it was atypical. The 10-point margin was their biggest in winning a championship. “This whole year, it was the biggest team win, the biggest team Super Bowl that I’ve ever been a part of,” said Gronkowski, who could be headed for retirement. Brady, who has won four Super Bowl MVP trophies, wasn’t particularly sharp — except when throwing to Edelman. He was the steadiest offensive player on the
Although the event stayed away from some of Tsalteshi’s worst hills, like the Bear loop, skiers still felt like they were climbing mountains at times. “When I was skiing the flat stuff, I probably had the same heart rate as I normally do going up Bear,” Aldridge said. The Tsalteshi board chose to donate this year’s proceeds to Freedom House, a long-term recovery residence for women, with the goal to open a similar residence for men in a few months. “This is awesome,” said Jennifer Waller, executive director of Freedom House, as she passed out refreshments to racers. “The costumes were so much fun. “The way our community supports us is amazing.” Waller has never skied before. Sunday’s scene came close to convincing Waller and a co-worker to give it a try, but at the same time a trip to Hawaii is calling. “We thought, ‘Should we try skiing?’ No, beaches,” Waller said. “It definitely looks fun, but I don’t care
for the cold too much.” The award for best costume went to Sara Bundy and RaChelle Gruenberg. They were dressed as Valentines in honor of women and the upcoming big day. The dancing snow built up on their fake eyelashes and caused them to be 10 minutes slower than last year, but they were more than happy to trade 25 degrees of warmth for those two problems. The two ski five to 10 times a season and love coming out for the Ski for Women. “It gets us away from the kids, and Freedom House is a great cause,” Gruenberg said. “We’re both nurses, and we appreciate organizations like that, that help people like us.” The event also featured a drag race for men, won by Jack Laker at 22:36. The creativity of the costumes didn’t abate for this one, thanks to the efforts of those like 2014 Kenai Central graduate Nate Mole. He — with the help of fellow racers Mickinzie Ticknor and Charly Morton — broke out a purple
1. Morgan Aldridge, 21 minutes, 19 seconds; 2. Carly Reimer, 22:03; 3. Amy Anderson, 22:10; 4. R. Taylor, 22:53; 5. Sarah Segura, 23:09; 6. Melissa Smith, 23:29; 7. Sarah Foster, 24:10; 8. Kat Sorensen, 25:57; 9. Grace Morrow, 26:37; 10. Patty Moran, 26:42; 11. Elizabeth Earl, 27:59; 12. Mickinzie Ticknor, 30:07; 13. Charly Morton, 30:08; 14. Megan Swangel, 30:54; 15. Denali Critchett, 33:28; 16. Breckin Sulley, 33:49; 17. Jennifer Showalter, 34:14; 18. Kristen Mitchell, 34:15; 19. Emily Ross, 36:03; 20. Marly Perschbacher, 36:04; 21. Kristina Cannava, 36:23; 22. Arianna Cannava, 36:32; 23. Audrey
field. “It just matters that we won,” Edelman said. “It was a crazy year. We had a resilient bunch of guys.” Brady passed Hall of Famer Charles Haley to become the only player with six Super Bowl titles. All those suspicions about the Patriots declining this season became moot as the defense made the 24-year-old Goff look awful and turned All-Pro running back Todd Gurley into a nonfactor. It wasn’t a typical New England championship win. The 2 1/2-point favorite Patriots moved the ball well, ran down the clock, but made uncharacteristic gaffes on offense. Goff and the Rams made more. “I think we expected to score a lot more points than that,” Goff said. “It sucks that’s the way it worked out, but we’ll use this as a learn-
ing experience.” A painful one. LA’s second-ranked offense managed 57 total yards for the first half. The Rams were completely overmatched on the line and were particularly unable to handle the elusive Edelman, who had seven receptions for 93 yards. Coach Sean McVay, whose Rams never had been blanked in a first half, let out a long, deep sigh just before halftime, recognizing how badly his team was manhandled, even though it trailed just 3-0. It was the lowest score at halftime since Super Bowl 9, which Pittsburgh led 2-0 over Minnesota. McVay, the youngest Super Bowl head coach at 33, admitted he was outcoached. He had no answers as Gurley, coming off knee issues, managed 35 yards
rushing, Goff went 19 for 38 for 229 yards and was sacked four times. Brandin Cooks, a Patriots receiver last season, did have eight receptions for 120 yards. “They did a great job. I’m disappointed that I didn’t do a better job of adjusting,” McVay said. “I know there is a handful of decisions that I’m going to wish that I could have back, for sure.” KICKING GAME: Gostkowski’s 46-yard miss wide left in the first quarter was the first unsuccessful field goal in the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, home of the Falcons, by an NFL player all season. The Rams’ Johnny Hekker had a 65-yard punt in the third quarter, the longest in a Super Bowl. It was his eighth punt of the game — with 1 1-2 periods remaining — the most for LA in McVay’s two seasons in charge.
Danielson qualifies for Team Alaska Staff report Peninsula Clarion
Karl Danielson, a 2018 graduate of Kenai Central, wrapped up a spot on Team Alaska at Junior Nationals this weekend at Besh Cups 5 and 6 in Fairbanks. Danielson, a freshman at the University of Alaska Fairbanks redshirting this season, finished second among all Under-18 and -20 skiers that were not prequalified. Junior Nationals will be from March 9 to 17 at Kincaid Park in Anchorage. In Saturday’s 1.2-kilometer classic sprint, Danielson finished fourth in the Under 18 and over category. Also in that series of sprints, Soldotna’s Bradley Walters was 29th and Soldotna’s Jeremy Kupferschmid was 43rd. In Sunday’s 10-kilometer freestyle mass start, Danielson finished 13th in 29 minutes, 34.6 seconds. The winner was Gus Schumacher at 26:33.0. Walters was 35th in 33:00.9. In the Under-16 boys race, Kenai’s Tyler Hippchen was 15th in 17:11.5, while Aaron Maves won at 14:43.6.
Villanova tops Hoyas By The Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA — Collin Gillespie hit six 3-pointers and scored a career-high 30 points and Eric Paschall had 24 to keep No. 14 Villanova unbeaten in the Big East with a 77-65 victory over Georgetown on Sunday. The Wildcats (18-4) have won 10 straight games and are 9-0 in the conference for the first time since 2009-10. The Wildcats got rolling late at their offcampus home, the Wells Fargo Center. They are 32-3 in the building since 2012-13 — and their win percentage boosted by six straight wins over the Hoyas in Philadelphia. NO. 17 PURDUE 73, MINNESOTA 63 WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Carsen Edwards scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half to lead No. 17 Purdue over Minnesota. Trevion Williams added 16 points and Matt Haarms had 15 points and eight rebounds for the Boilermakers (16-6, 9-2 Big Ten). Purdue moved into a three-way tie with Michigan and Michigan State for the conference lead.
jacket and pink leg warmers that looked like they were shorn off a llama — all tied together, of course, by a patterned dress and seethrough-the-skin, ode-toanatomy leggings. It took him 40 minutes to dress. “I kept going back and forth with what to wear,” Mole said. “I couldn’t decide.” Lingafelt said the more moderate temperatures, the good snow and the opportunity to support Freedom House combined to almost double participants from last year. She also thanked Studio 49, Mountain Mama Originals, Beemun’s, Heritage Place and private donors for more support for the cause.
Sara Bundy (left) and RaChelle Gruenberg were awarded best costume at the Ski for Women on Sunday at Tsalteshi Trails. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
15th annual Ski for Women
McDonald, 35:52; 24. Tammy LaFrancois, 37:12; 25. Laura Sievert, 37:43. 26. Amy Hogue, 37:58; 27. Megan Smith, 37:59; 28. Larissa Arbelovsky, 38:19; 29. Julie Laker, 38:25; 30. Paula Murray, 40:12; 31. Sara Hollers, 41:22; 32. Tara Ruffner, 41:35; 33. Carrie Wawrzky, 44:10; 34. Libby Jensen, 45:52; 35. Angie Nelson, 45:02; 36. Kate Harris, 45:39; 37. RaChelle Gruenberg, 46:52; 38. Sara Bundy, 46:27; 39. Kate Devine, 49:20; 40. Andreas Veh, 49:52; 41. Madison McDonald, 51:04; 42. Alicia Driscoll, 51:09; 43. Abby Huffer, 51:12; 44. Mia Taylor, 51:19; 45. Dawn Navarro, 52:46; 46. Maryjane Hadaway, 52:50; 47. Cara-
line Tompkins, 52:55; 48. Margaret Mueller, 53:00; 49. Sarah Miller, 53:19; 50. Jennifer Joanis, 53:21. 51. Angelica Babula, 53:25; 52. Madison McDonald, 53:31; 53. Andrea Caballero, 56:07; 54. Hadley Kornelis, 57:55; 55. Emily Kornelis, 57:56; 56. Taylor Ruffner, 59:00; 57. Jennifer Moss, 59:03; 58. Lucia Carson, 60:42; 59. Emily Taylor, 60:43; 60. Chantel Taylor, 60:45; 61. Rinna Carson, 60:49. Drag race 1. Jack Laker, 22:36; 2. Fran Gamen, 22:57; 3. Tucker Mueller, 23:15; 4. Chase Laker, 24:22; 5. Nate Mole, 25:39; 6. Marcus Mueller, 32:49.
Fowler captures Phoenix Open SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Standing above a greenside bunker at TPC Scottsdale’s difficult par-4 11th hole, Rickie Fowler turned just in time to see his ball, one he had just placed after penalty, trickle into the water. Fowler had already seen his share of bad luck at the Phoenix Open. Now balls were rolling into hazards on their own. Unable to catch a break, Fowler took it upon himself to create his own. Fowler shook off a bizarre triple bogey on No. 11 with clutch shots down the stretch, finally winning the tournament Sunday
that had twice eluded him. “I didn’t think it would be easy, but the way I was playing this week, I thought it would have been easier,” Fowler said. “It was kind of grind it out. I had a couple of tough breaks and had to deal with the punches — a couple big ones — but it feels good now.” After a pair of 64s and a 65, Fowler shot 3-over 74 in the final round on a soggy Sunday at TPC Scottsdale, highest by a winner in tournament history. He finished at 17-under 267 to beat Branden Grace by two shots for his fifth PGA Tour title.
Scoreboard Golf Phoenix Open
Sunday at TPC Scottsdale; Scottsdale, Ariz. Purse: $7.1 million Yardage: 7,261; Par: 71 Final Rickie Fowler (500), $1,278,000 64-65-64-74—267 Branden Grace (300), $766,800 67-64-69-69—269 Justin Thomas (190), $482,800 64-66-68-72—270 Chez Reavie (115), $293,467 71-69-64-68—272 Bubba Watson (115), $293,467 66-67-68-71—272 Matt Kuchar (115), $293,467 67-65-65-75—272 Chris Stroud (85), $221,283 71-66-67-69—273 Sungjae Im (85), $221,283 69-68-67-69—273 Gary Woodland (85), $221,283 68-67-66-72—273 Russell Knox (65), $163,300 71-66-69-68—274 Jon Rahm (65), $163,300 67-68-70-69—274 Xander Schauffele (65), $163,300 67-72-67-68—274 Harold Varner III (65), $163,300 64-71-68-71—274 Jhonattan Vegas (65), $163,300 70-69-66-69—274 Tyrrell Hatton (51), $113,600 66-71-70-68—275 Russell Henley (51), $113,600 68-68-69-70—275 Hideki Matsuyama (51), $113,600 68-69-69-69—275 Trey Mullinax (51), $113,600 67-64-72-72—275 Cameron Smith (51), $113,600 67-65-71-72—275
Chesson Hadley (40), $76,917 Charley Hoffman (40), $76,917 Scott Piercy (40), $76,917 Webb Simpson (40), $76,917 Byeong Hun An (40), $76,917 Jason Kokrak (40), $76,917 Bud Cauley (30), $50,410 Brandon Harkins (30), $50,410 J.B. Holmes (30), $50,410 Max Homa (30), $50,410 Kevin Kisner (30), $50,410 Martin Laird (30), $50,410 J.T. Poston (30), $50,410 Kiradech Aphibarnrat (21), $37,512 Emiliano Grillo (21), $37,512 David Hearn (21), $37,512 Hunter Mahan (21), $37,512 Denny McCarthy (21), $37,512 Ollie Schniederjans (21), $37,512 Brian Harman (15), $29,110 Billy Horschel (15), $29,110 Beau Hossler (15), $29,110 Zach Johnson (15), $29,110 Nick Watney (15), $29,110 John Catlin, $21,466 Adam Hadwin (10), $21,466 Danny Lee (10), $21,466
Football
Basketball
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NBA Standings
Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 3 At Atlanta New England 13, L.A. Rams 3
Patriots 13, Rams 3 NE 0 3 0 10—13 L.A. 0 0 3 0— 3 Second Quarter NE_FG Gostkowski 42, 10:29. Third Quarter La_FG Zuerlein 53, 2:11. Fourth Quarter NE_Michel 2 run (Gostkowski kick), 7:00. NE_FG Gostkowski 41, 1:12. A_70,081. NE La First downs 22 14 Total Net Yards 407 260 Rushes-yards 32-154 18-62 Passing 253 198 Punt Returns 2-2 2-12 Kickoff Returns 1-38 1-27 Interceptions Ret. 1-0 1-0 Comp-Att-Int 21-35-1 19-38-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-9 4-31 Punts 5-43.0 9-46.3 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 3-20 9-65 Time of Possession 33:10 26:50 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_New England, Michel 18-94, Burkhead 7-43, Edelman 1-8, Patterson 2-7, White 2-4, Brady 2-(minus 2). Los Angeles, Gurley 10-35, C.Anderson 7-22, Woods 1-5. PASSING_New England, Brady 21-35-1-262. Los Angeles, Goff 19-38-1-229. RECEIVING_New England, Edelman 10-141, Gronkowski 6-87, Burkhead 2-15, Patterson 2-14, White 1-5. Los Angeles, Cooks 8-120, Woods 5-70, Reynolds 3-28, C.Anderson 2-12, Gurley 1-(minus 1). MISSED FIELD GOALS_New England, Gostkowski 46. Los Angeles, Zuerlein 48.
EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 38 16 .704 — Boston 34 19 .642 3½ Philadelphia 34 19 .642 3½ Brooklyn 28 26 .519 10 New York 10 42 .192 27 Southeast Division Charlotte 26 26 .500 — Miami 24 27 .471 1½ Washington 22 30 .423 4 Orlando 22 31 .415 4½ Atlanta 17 35 .327 9 Central Division Milwaukee 38 13 .745 — Indiana 33 19 .635 5½ Detroit 22 29 .431 16 Chicago 12 41 .226 27 Cleveland 11 42 .208 28 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division San Antonio 32 22 .593 — Houston 30 22 .577 1 Dallas 24 28 .462 7 New Orleans 23 30 .434 8½ Memphis 21 33 .389 11 Northwest Division Denver 37 15 .712 — Oklahoma City 33 19 .635 4 Portland 32 20 .615 5 Utah 30 24 .556 8 Minnesota 25 27 .481 12 Pacific Division — Golden State 37 15 .712 L.A. Clippers 29 25 .537 9 Sacramento 27 25 .519 10 L.A. Lakers 27 26 .509 10½ Phoenix 11 43 .204 27 Sunday’s Games Memphis 96, New York 84 Boston 134, Oklahoma City 129 Toronto 121, L.A. Clippers 103 Monday’s Games Atlanta at Washington, 3 p.m. Denver at Detroit, 3 p.m. Milwaukee at Brooklyn, 3:30 p.m. Indiana at New Orleans, 4 p.m. Houston at Phoenix, 5 p.m. San Antonio at Sacramento, 6 p.m. All Times AST
71-65-70-70—276 66-68-70-72—276 66-71-71-68—276 67-69-70-70—276 66-68-66-76—276 73-66-65-72—276 68-72-66-71—277 70-66-69-72—277 69-68-68-72—277 70-68-71-68—277 70-69-70-68—277 65-68-70-74—277 65-74-68-70—277 69-70-71-68—278 67-73-67-71—278 67-68-71-72—278 70-68-69-71—278 69-65-71-73—278 67-69-69-73—278 69-72-69-69—279 71-68-73-67—279 70-71-66-72—279 71-67-69-72—279 67-69-69-74—279 70-71-68-71—280 72-67-69-72—280 72-68-67-73—280
Men’s Scores EAST Maine 62, New Hampshire 53 Quinnipiac 84, Niagara 73 UConn 76, East Carolina 52 Villanova 77, Georgetown 65 SOUTH Clemson 64, Wake Forest 37 MIDWEST Creighton 76, Xavier 54 Ill.-Chicago 69, N. Kentucky 67 Nebraska-Omaha 90, North Dakota 72 Purdue 73, Minnesota 63 Wright St. 79, IUPUI 74 FAR WEST S. Dakota St. 92, Denver 82 Stanford 84, California 81 UC Santa Barbara 75, Hawaii 54
Women’s Scores EAST Dayton 74, Rhode Island 62 Fordham 57, Duquesne 46 Georgetown 61, Providence 56 Iowa 81, Penn St. 61 Manhattan 52, Siena 48 Monmouth (NJ) 73, Fairfield 63 Quinnipiac 72, Rider 56 Seton Hall 83, Butler 62 St. Bonaventure 64, George Mason 55 St. John’s 70, Xavier 41 VCU 65, Saint Joseph’s 47 Villanova 67, Creighton 62 Virginia Tech 95, Boston College 86 West Virginia 71, Kansas 50 SOUTH Auburn 59, Georgia 58 Coll. of Charleston 70, Hofstra 62 Davidson 80, La Salle 61 Delaware 74, Elon 63 Drexel 62, William & Mary 58 Duke 74, Pittsburgh 55 Florida St. 85, Wake Forest 61 James Madison 71, Towson 59 Kentucky 62, Florida 51 Miami 72, Virginia 59 Mississippi St. 65, Alabama 49 North Carolina 64, NC State 51 Richmond 62, UMass 58 Tennessee 82, Vanderbilt 65 Texas A&M 72, Mississippi 60 UCF 66, South Florida 63
Jimmy Walker (10), $21,466 Tom Hoge (10), $21,466 Alex Noren (10), $21,466 Stewart Cink (8), $17,289 Chris Kirk (8), $17,289 J.J. Spaun (8), $17,289 Kevin Streelman (8), $17,289 Matthew Wolff, $0 Brian Gay (6), $16,259 Adam Schenk (6), $16,259 Brandt Snedeker (6), $16,259 Brian Stuard (6), $16,259 Grayson Murray (5), $15,904 Andrew Landry (4), $15,336 Kevin Na (4), $15,336 Carlos Ortiz (4), $15,336 Ryan Palmer (4), $15,336 C.T. Pan (4), $15,336 Sam Ryder (4), $15,336 Richy Werenski (4), $15,336 Keegan Bradley (3), $14,626 Cameron Champ (3), $14,626 James Hahn (3), $14,626 John Huh (3), $14,271 Freddie Jacobson (3), $14,271 Satoshi Kodaira (3), $14,058 Keith Mitchell (3), $13,916
UNC-Wilmington 83, Northeastern 70 MIDWEST Bradley 69, Loyola of Chicago 56 Drake 94, S. Illinois 66 Illinois St. 70, Valparaiso 67 Indiana 82, Nebraska 78 Marquette 93, DePaul 87 Michigan 76, Wisconsin 70 Michigan St. 74, Purdue 66 Minnesota 60, Rutgers 46 Missouri St. 63, N. Iowa 58 North Dakota 69, Nebraska-Omaha 68 Northwestern 76, Ohio St. 59 Notre Dame 90, Georgia Tech 50 Saint Louis 60, George Washington 44 W. Illinois 82, N. Dakota St. 70 SOUTHWEST South Carolina 87, Arkansas 79 TCU 69, Oklahoma St. 55 FAR WEST Oregon 102, Colorado 43 Oregon St. 71, Utah 63 Southern Cal 81, Washington St. 73 UCLA 76, Washington 60
Hockey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 52 39 11 2 80 205 146 Toronto 51 31 17 3 65 179 145 Montreal 53 29 18 6 64 160 155 Boston 52 28 17 7 63 149 135 Buffalo 51 25 20 6 56 148 156 Florida 50 21 21 8 50 156 175 Detroit 53 21 25 7 49 150 174 Ottawa 52 19 28 5 43 159 194 Metropolitan Division N.Y. Islanders 51 30 15 6 66 151 125 Pittsburgh 52 28 18 6 62 183 160 Washington 52 28 18 6 62 175 166 Columbus 51 28 20 3 59 163 159 Carolina 52 25 21 6 56 148 155 Philadelphia 52 23 23 6 52 151 176 N.Y. Rangers 51 22 22 7 51 145 171 New Jersey 51 20 24 7 47 152 173
WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Winnipeg 52 34 16 2 70 185 146
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Nashville 54 31 19 4 66 166 139 Dallas 52 27 21 4 58 133 130 Minnesota 52 26 22 4 56 146 149 Colorado 51 22 21 8 52 170 167 St. Louis 50 23 22 5 51 143 151 Chicago 53 20 24 9 49 167 196 Pacific Division Calgary 53 34 14 5 73 197 152 San Jose 53 30 16 7 67 190 169 Vegas 54 29 21 4 62 160 148 Vancouver 52 24 22 6 54 152 162 Arizona 51 23 23 5 51 134 145 Edmonton 52 23 24 5 51 151 172 Anaheim 52 21 22 9 51 123 162 Los Angeles 51 20 27 4 44 116 154 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs. Sunday’s Games Boston 1, Washington 0 Montreal 4, Edmonton 3, OT Calgary 4, Carolina 3 Monday’s Games Los Angeles at N.Y. Rangers, 3 p.m. Vancouver at Philadelphia, 3 p.m. Anaheim at Toronto, 3 p.m. Arizona at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. All Times AST
Transactions BASKETBALL National Basketball Association ATLANTA HAWKS — Transferred G Jaylen Adams and F Alex Poythress from Erie (NBADL). FOOTBALL Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Re-signed DB Jeff Hecht to a oneyear contract. HOCKEY National Hockey League NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Terminated the conditioning loan of G Cory Schneider to Binghamton (AHL). Assigned G Mackenzie Blackwood to Binghamton. WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Assigned D Christian Djoos to Hershey (AHL) for long-term injury conditioning. American Hockey League BELLEVILLE SENATORS — Recalled F Daniel Ciampini from Brampton (ECHL). TEXAS STARS — Recalled F Brad McClure from Idaho (ECHL).
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Daughter of an addict frowns on her husband’s drinking My soon-to-be ex-wife decided, after 11 years of marriage and no sex for the past two years, that she wants to be alone and has no feelings for me. I’m totally floored, and I’m not sure of what I’m asking other than your opinion of this. She has agreed to go to marriage counseling. Do you really Abigail Van Buren throw away a marriage over this, and should I move out and hope she misses me and wants me back? -- BROKENHEARTED DUDE DEAR BROKENHEARTED: Do not move out and “hope” your wife wants you back. If you separate, you may decide that you don’t want HER back. I’m pleased she’s willing to go to counseling with you. It may create a path toward healing your marriage, if it is salvageable. It will also help you to understand what went wrong. (I suggest you start exploring the circumstances under which your sex life died.) DEAR ABBY: I recently received a cash gift from my mother. We are not close and rarely communicate. Being her daughter, I assume she loves, and likes, me. I cannot claim to share those feelings.
I am not in need of money. I have a decent income, but she doesn’t know how much I earn. She likely needs the cash more than I do. Is there a way I can give it back to her without hurting her feelings? If not, how do I accept this gift that I do not want? -- GUILTY NEW YORKER DEAR GUILTY: Not knowing your mother, I can’t guess why she gave you this money or what her financial situation is. Because you are afraid you will make an already fragile relationship even more delicate if you return the money, the prudent thing to do would be to graciously thank her for it -- perhaps in a written note. Because accepting her gift makes you feel guilty, consider putting the money aside just in case at some point she may need it in the future. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069. Abby shares more than 100 of her favorite recipes in two booklets: “Abby’s Favorite Recipes” and “More Favorite Recipes by Dear Abby.” Send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $16 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby, Cookbooklet Set, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. (Shipping and handling are included in the price.) Hints from Heloise
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Monday, Feb. 4, 2019: This year, you make adjustments that could create one of the most dynamic years of your life. Your charisma soars, and others respond accordingly. You will be unusually creative, magnetic and meoriented. If single, the person you draw in this year might not be a good choice in the long run. If attached, the two of you could become more intimate. A relationship is a two-way street. A fellow AQUARIUS reminds you how stubborn you can be! The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH Zero in on your priorities. You have an opportunity to manifest a longterm desire. You could have the good fortune of having several projects and longterm goals tumble into place. Lady Luck rides on your shoulder. Tonight: Up late enjoying yourself. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH Be more direct in sharing information. Make sure you and others understand each other and hopefully see eye to eye. Others respect you and look up to you. Someone who is eccentric could play a substantial role in your day. Tonight: A must appearance. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHHH You could be pushing your luck with a partner, who tries to flex as much as he or she can. Think more out of the box rather than judge. You might be amazed at what becomes possible. Good news could head your way. Tonight: Give your mind a treat. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH One-on-one relating draws out different ideas and opinions. You finally touch base with a loved one you care about but have not been able to connect with. Open up to a possible strange yet worthwhile conversation. Tonight: Ask and you shall receive. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHHH You could be heading down a new path with a relationship. You will have a lot of choices, but might feel that you have already connected with the right person. A happier tie could evolve in a committed bond. Tonight: Act as if it’s the last night of your life. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH You might want to get through
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DEAR ABBY: My mother-in-law was a drug addict for most of my wife’s life. Because of this, my wife refuses to use any addictive substances, including alcohol. I enjoy having a beer or three occasionally. I never get drunk, just pleasantly tipsy. This happens maybe once a month. Every time I drink, she gets very judgmental, as if I’m some sort of alcoholic. I have tried talking to her about it when I’m not drinking. She claims she doesn’t care if I drink occasionally. Then as soon as I do, she rolls her eyes at me, sighs if I get a second one and asks me why I’m drinking. I’m puzzled about why she acts this way. Please help! -- JUST A DRINK IN THE EAST DEAR JUST A DRINK: She acts this way because she is the child of an addict, and seeing someone imbibe one -- or three -- drinks at one time makes her remember how her parent behaved while under the influence, which makes her uncomfortable. And frankly, I can’t blame her. There are support groups for adult children of addicts that can be extremely helpful. I hope your wife looks into them for her benefit and for the benefit of your marriage. DEAR ABBY: I’m on the verge of a divorce, about to start a trial separation. There was no cheating involved on my part or hers. There haven’t been any money issues, either.
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Super Bowl ads heavy on humor, surprises and … robots By MAE ANDERSON and ALEXANDRA OLSON Associated Press
NEW YORK — This year’s Super Bowl ads went heavy on thae humor — and surprises. Take, for instance, Jason Bateman’s Hyundai ad about an elevator with unpleasantness on every floor. A surprise “Game of Thrones” tie-in with Bud Light both confused and delighted viewers. And robots seemed to be everywhere as advertisers picked up on Americans’ unease over our growing dependence on artificial intelligence. This year’s ads are “more mild than wild,” said Kelly O’Keefe, a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Brandcenter. “While the focus of the night is on entertainment rather than controversy, there is very little that we’re going to talking about at the water cooler tomorrow.” The New England Patriots reigned supreme over the L.A. Rams on the field in Atlanta, but during ad breaks, advertisers battled each other for buzz. Bud Light was one of the more talked about advertisers during the game. Its surprise ad, for in-
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claims Quick made about his role with the businesses were untrue. During a confirmation hearing, Democratic Sen. Bill Wielechowski asked Quick when he sold an interest in the businesses and who his co-investors were. Quick said he believed it was 2014 and the other person was a private party. After that and other aspects of his resume were disputed by one of the owners, Quick clarified that his ties to the businesses ended in 2012, and said he should have made clear he parted ways with them, rather than sold an ownership stake. The sprawling department provides labor relations, leasing and other services to state agencies. Wielechowski said he asked Quick how he was appointed commissioner and that Quick told him he
This undated image provided by Anheuser-Busch shows a scene from the company’s Bud Light 2019 Super Bowl NFL football spot. (Anheuser-Busch via AP)
stance, garnered some raves. The Bud Light spot started off focused on its “Bud Knight” mascot in a jousting tournament. But he ends up facing an evil character from the TV show who attacks him while a dragon fills the sky and apparently incinerates the scene — abruptly turning the ad into a promo for the upcoming final season of the series. Super Bowl ad fan Tom Olivieri, 42, watching the game at a party at his sister’s house in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, said the ad was the
“best so far.” “Everyone here loves ‘Game of Thrones,’” he said. “The whole room was screaming.” Bud’s wasn’t the only misdirection of the night. A Hulu ad for the new season of “The Handmaid’s Tale” started out as a spoof of Ronald Reagan’s 1984 campaign ad “Morning in America.” And a promo for CBS’ new “Twilight Zone” made it seem like the game was starting up again in Atlanta before abruptly cutting to an empty stadium with host
Jordan Peele at the center. Ads poking fun at robots appeared everywhere. TurboTax had a “Robochild” and Michelob Ultra showcased an uber-athletic robot sad that he can’t partake in a beer. SimpliSafe and Sprint’s ads also featured robots. Meanwhile, Pringles and Amazon itself made fun of smart assistants. Most of the ads played up robots for laughs and weren’t realistic. “We have a real anxiety about AI and our future overlords, and a lot of ad-
new governor deliver a state budget while the state of Illinois was facing a deficit. She helped Rauner formulate a budget proposal with $2 billion in budget savings that relied on cuts to state employee pensions. The Tribune reported those cuts never materialized during the regular session, which ended in June 2015, and Illinois legislators believed those proposed pension cuts were unconstitutional. When Illinois legislators were not able to pass a budget, Rauner retained Arduin through special sessions at a reduced rate of $15,000 per month, according to the Tribune. This new contract was to last until a budget deal was reached or Aug. 28, 2015 — whichever came first. The aforementioned date arrived first and Arduin was let go. Arduin made a name for herself by successfully cutting the budget in Michigan, though. “Back in 1991, after Arduin and Patti Woodworth carved $5 billion in programs out of the Michigan state budget, Gov. John Engler’s approval rating fell to 13 percent. Arduin didn’t blink,” reads a 2006 profile article in Duke, the Duke University alumni magazine. “They cut taxes, businesses crept back into Michigan, and, come election time, Engler breezed right into his
second term.” She has worked in California, too, for former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s administration in 2003 and 2004. According to the Los Angeles Times, Arduin helped the Schwarzenegger administration make budget cuts when it was facing a multi-billion dollar budget shortfall. After 11 months with the Schwarzenegger administration, she left her position. Arduin took a position on the board of trustees of Correctional Properties, a spinoff of GEO Group, according to a 2005 Times report. Arduin’s career move came under scrutiny because the Schwarzenegger administration reopened a McFarland, California, prison, which was owned by Correctional Properties. The operations contract at the McFarland jail was given to GEO Group (a private prison corporation), according to the Times article. The Times reported Arduin denying having knowledge, while working with the Schwarzenegger administration, that GEO Group and its subsidiaries would would be getting these prison contracts. Then California state Sen. Gloria Romero (D-Los Angeles) was skeptical of Arduin’s claim and told the Times, “The Department of Finance had to be in the
midst” of the prison contract negotiations. Another California legislator said it was “deceptive.”
was affiliated with the state Republican party central committee and knew Tuckerman Babcock, the former party chair who is Dunleavy’s chief of staff. Efforts to reach Quick for comment weren’t immediately successful. Quick resigned amid unfinished confirmation proceedings, saying he refuted some of the claims against him but did not want to be a distraction. Senate Democratic Leader Tom Begich said legislators take seriously their vetting responsibility. Whether they agree with nominees politically is irrelevant, he said. “What matters is whether they have the integrity to hold up the state’s standing and to ensure that they are doing what’s right for the public,” he said. Social media posts brought scrutiny to two others picked by Dunleavy or members of his administration. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported Tammy Randolph, a nominee to the
University of Alaska Board of Regents, shared Twitter posts referring to Michelle Obama as a man and to Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan as a terrorist, and that attacked Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota for wearing a hijab. Another of Randolph’s retweets criticized Gillette’s recent ad invoking the #MeToo movement and suggested Maybelline do an ad that “lectures women about the importance of not making false rape accusations.” The University of Alaska system in 2017 agreed to resolve issues stemming from a federal review of its handling of campus sexual assault and sexual harassment cases. Board of Regents Chair John Davies said he did not condone the posts and worried about how Randolph’s appointment could reflect on the board. Randolph told the NewsMiner it didn’t occur to her that her Twitter feed could be seen in association with
a potential public role. She apologized for use of “rude and severe language” before withdrawing her nomination. Shuckerow said Dunleavy “wholeheartedly” stood behind Randolph’s appointment but also stood by her decision to withdraw. Meanwhile, posts by Art Chance, who was in line for a Department of Administration policy job, included lewd Facebook comments about Harris and “leftist” women. He also described Puerto Rico as having an incompetent government and a population that was “sitting and waiting for the Great White Father to come take care of them” after Hurricane Maria in 2017. Chance wrote on Facebook on Jan. 22 that he had accepted a position in the department but provided no start date. Two days later, Shuckerow, Dunleavy’s spokesman, said a review was being done “given the seriousness” of Chance’s posts, and that Chance “declined to accept his offer of employment.”
Private prison interests unknown Arduin’s current ties to the private prison industry are unclear. But her history spurred a group of Democratic legislators to send a memo to Dunleavy on Friday, asking him to clarify her ties, if any, to private businesses. “News reports indicate that Ms. Arduin developed budget proposals for other states, including to privatize prisons, that directly benefited companies (including the GEO Group and related firms) for which she worked as a lobbyist and as a corporate board member,” the memo reads. “Ms. Arduin’s POFD does not provide sufficient detail to ascertain whether her consulting firm Arduin Laffer Moore currently holds or recently held contracts with private prisons or private mental health hospital firms.” Lawmakers who have signed the memo include: Sens. Tom Begich, Elvi Gray-Jackson, Scott Kawasaki, Jesse Kiehl, Olson, Bill Wielechowski, as well as Reps. Ivy Spohnholz and Zack Fields. A Jan. 21 Alaska Public Media article stated a department spokesperson said
vertisers are trying to address it,” said Mark DiMassimo, head of ad agency DiMassimo Goldstein. Amazon’s ad was the best of the bunch, he said. It showed Harrison Ford, Forest Whitaker and other celebrities testing out rejected Amazon products that feature its Alexa digital assistant, such as a talking electric toothbrush and a dog collar that responds to dogs, not humans. “Amazon stands out for having gotten tech-related advertising right,” he said. Their ad was “pop-culture first, self-deprecating, and it plays against the robot-like personality of Alexa.” Women-centric ads were also big. After Hulu’s “Handmaid’s Tale” spot, Serena Williams appeared as spokeswoman for Bumble, which bills itself as a feminist dating app where women make the first move. The tennis icon urges women not to wait to be given power, saying, “we already have it.” Supermodel Karlie Kloss played up her identity as a businesswoman in an ad for web-hosting service Wix. com. She wore an understated green T-shirt, a far cry from skimpily clad su-
per models in Super Bowl ads of yore. Ads in general avoided politics, but a few tugged at the heartstrings. A Microsoft ad showed a disabled child talking excitedly about the fun he has using Microsoft’s adaptive Xbox controller designed for players with mobility limitations. The Washington Post aired an ad voiced by Tom Hanks highlighting the often dangerous work journalists do. Google’s pair of ads focused on its good deeds. One focused on its ability to help veterans search for jobs. Another emphasized the human side of its translation service. “Words can hurt and sometimes divide,” the voiceover said. But according to the ad, every day the most translated words are “How are you,” ”Thank you,” and “I love you.” That ad was a favorite at Robert Lerner’s gathering in Los Altos, California. He hosted about 20 people on game day. “People liked the fact it was international and shows Google is doing the good stuff — we live in Google country,” he said. “It was heartwarming and good to see.”
in December that the department was considering making changes including privatizing prisons. In addition, a GEO Group lobbyist named Raymond Matiashowski has registered to lobby in Juneau this session, according to a lobbyist registration form with the Alaska Public Offices Commission (APOC). His lobby interests, according to the registration form, are described as, “All matters of interest to Department of Corrections related issues including electronic monitoring, CRC’s, inmate health care and incarceration issues.” How much power should the OMB director have? Kawasaki, a Fairbanks Democrat, said he believes Arduin’s power to cut translates to power over policy, and is wondering whether a new model should be in place for hiring an OMB director. “Clearly she is doing policy work,” Kawasaki said in his office on Thursday. “Every cut or every addition to a budget in an agency impacts that agency.” The $20 million education cut proposed in SB 39 is an example. “Education was a priority of the Legislature. We passed a law,” Kawasaki said. “By cutting that, she’s effectively made public pol-
icy regarding education.” Other high-profile jobs in the governor’s administration require a confirmation process. That process has already weeded out John Quick, who Dunleavy had tagged to be the commissioner of the Department of Administration. Last week, discrepancies in his resume were found, and Quick rescinded his acceptance of the job. Kawasaki said he is considering legislation to provide the legislators with a better tool for vetting OMB directors in the future. “We all know where she came from and her history,” Kawasaki said in his office on Thursday. “What I’ve seen during the last three weeks is she seems to be taking over a lot of policy decisions. What’d I’d like to see is if she should be confirmed by the legislators. Shouldn’t the legislators have some sort of say? Some states have a treasurer that is either elected or appointed (and subsequently confirmed) and maybe that’s the model we want to go to with.” A memo from Rep. Dan Ortiz, an Independent from Ketchikan, says Arduin will be hosting an informational meeting for legislators and staff regarding SB 39 at 9 a.m. Thursday Feb. 7, in the Al Adams House Finance Committee Room.
Dunleavy, in a statement, said that was for the best. Initial questions about Chance were directed to the department but messages there went unreturned. Neither Chance nor Randolph returned messages from The Associated Press. Senate President Cathy Giessel said social media posts provide additional insight into a person. “Self-control is a significant quality,” the Anchorage Republican recently told reporters. Dunleavy isn’t the first Alaska governor to face problems with appointees. Lawmakers rejected one of former Gov. Sarah Palin’s attorney general nominees, Wayne Anthony Ross, who among other things was criticized for refusing to disavow disparaging past remarks about gays. One of former Gov. Bill Walker’s nominees to the Board of Fisheries, Roland Maw, withdrew shortly before facing legal issues surrounding hunting and fishing licenses in Montana and resi-
dency questions. Another one-time Walker nominee has been on both sides of the social media divide. In 2015, Walker pulled Jeff Landfield’s nomination to the Commission on Judicial Conduct after a spokeswoman said the administration learned of “disrespectful images” on his Facebook page. Landfield said he told Walker’s boards and commissions director about his “colorful social media presence,” which included photos of him in a Speedo posing with bikiniclad women in Las Vegas. More recently, Landfield, who ran unsuccessfully for state Senate as a Republican and who operates the buzzy Alaska Landmine political blog, drew attention to posts on Chance and Randolph’s feeds. “I’m not saying these should be necessarily disqualifying,” he said of Randolph. “But I think the public deserves to know who’s going to be on these boards and commissions.”