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Friday-Saturday, Feb. 28-March 1 Soldotna-Kenai, Alaska

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Alaskans weigh in for federal fisheries hearing

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Senate draft of act due out in March By Molly Dischner Alaska Journal of Commerce

the last time the code was revised was twenty years ago and that many of the specifications are out of date or are not flexible enough to allow for positive city development. Dixson outlined some of the changes to the code for the council. He said previously the code did not state that alleys are not city maintained, so that prevision was added. Residential streets were changed to local streets because local better defines the streets that provide direct access to

Subsistence and recreational fishers asked for a louder voice in the fishery management process at a congressional hearing on the Magnuson-Stevens Act today. The Senate’s Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard held a hearing on Alaska and North Pacific perspectives on the Magnuson-Stevens Act reauthorization currently underway. The act, or MSA, regulates management of federal fisheries from three miles to 200 miles offshore. It was implemented in 1976, and most recently updated in 2006. Now it’s up for reauthorization, with amendments likely part of the process. The Feb. 27 hearing in Washington, D.C. was one of several held in both the House and Senate on possible changes. Commercial representatives, the environmental sector, and fishery managers also participated in the hearing, talking about what is working — and what isn’t — from their perspectives. Sen. Mark Begich, who chaired the hearing, offered a perspective on how the MSA is working so far, and said a Senate draft of the act is in the works. He was careful to refer to all three sectors, not just commercial users, when talking about who relies on fisheries in Alaska. He also noted the value of recreational fisheries to coastal economies, particularly anglers targeting halibut and salmon. He also referenced the longhistory of subsistence fishing. “Managing all these fish and all the users is never easy,” he said. As-is, the MSA largely addresses commercial fisheries management. The House Natural Resources Committee released their draft in December. Begich said the Senate draft could be out near the end of March, but that the committee wanted to gather as much input as possible before working on the legislation. Kenai River Sportfishing Association Executive Director Ricky Gease was one of several fishing industry representatives to participate in the hearing. He spoke largely about the recreational sector, and what is needed in the next iteration of the MSA. In terms of commercial management, he said, the MSA is being polished, and in terms of conservation efforts, the law is being further developed. “I think for the recreational fisheries in this country, we’re asking to be in stage one in this reauthorization process, where we get the basic definitions, characteristics and tools in the toolbox for regulators and managers to realize the full economic and social values

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In the news House moves school zone cell phone ban

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska House Community and Regional Affairs Committee unanimously moved a bill Thursday that would allow municipalities to ban cellphones in school zones and on school property. Sen. Kevin Meyer, R-Anchorage, sponsored the bill allowing school districts discretion for setting up rules regarding cellphone use in and around schools and school zones for public safety. The committee moved the bill Thursday. “The Anchorage Assembly worked on this for a long time before realizing there needs to an enabling act from the state Legislature allowing them to do this,” Meyer said. Rep. Lora Reinbold, REagle River, suggested that parked cars be exempted because many parents park their cars near schools and call or text their children for pickup after school. Reinbold’s request was attached as a note to the bill. Rep. Bob Herron, D-Bethel, asked how municipalities could realistically enforce such a measure. Meyer said crossing guards have told him they are able to go up to honest parents and ask them to turn off their cellphones while in a school zone and they will comply. “I don’t like to tell people how to live their lives,” said Meyer. “But in this case, we’re not setting the law here.” The bill goes to the House Judiciary Committee.

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Monica Zappa, of Ninilchik plays with three of her sled dogs Tuesday Feb. 25, 2014 in Kenai, Alaska. Zappa plans to race her team on the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race for the first time this year.

First-timer racing for Bristol Bay By Dan Balmer Peninsula Clarion

The road to her first Iditarod has been full of obstacles, but for Monica Zappa of Kasilof, she has too much on the line to quit now. Zappa, 30, is one of 16 rookies in a field of 69 competing in the 42nd Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, which begins with the Ceremonial Start in Anchorage Saturday and restarts in Willow Sunday. As a member of Osmar Racing, under the leadership of 23-time Iditarod racer Tim

Osmar, Zappa said if she was going to make the journey to Nome, she wanted her first race to stand for something. So, she dedicated her race to the preservation of salmon in Bristol Bay. “I wanted to mush for something,” she said. “If I was going to commit full on I wanted it to be for a bigger purpose.” Zappa has worked as a commercial fisher for the past four years and her partner Osmar has been a commercial fisherman his entire life. The last two years Osmar Racing has toured the lower 48, sponsored by Trout Unlimited, to spread

awareness of the effects the proposed Pebble Mine could have on one of the largest salmon fisheries in the world. Zappa said half of the salmon in the United States comes from Bristol Bay. Losing that resource would be detrimental for many Alaskans and have a widespread impact on the rest of the country, she said. Zappa grew up around dog mushing in Wisconsin. It wasn’t until she moved to Kasilof in the fall of 2010 to work as a dog handler and teamed up with Osmar See MUSH, page A-10

Early run of Kenai kings closed ADFG announces first preseason king closure in 49 years By RASHAH McCHESNEY Peninsula Clarion

For the first time since 1965 the Alaska Department of Fish and Game has announced a preseason closure of fishing for Kenai River early run king salmon. A preseason forecast for the run estimated 2,230 fish to make a run on the river, less than half of what is needed to reach the lower end of the ADFG optimum escapement goal of 5,300 fish. The early run sport fishery for kings will be closed beginning May 1 through June 30 from the Kenai River mouth upstream to Skilak Lake and the Moose River from its confluence with the Kenai river upstream to the northern edge of the Sterling Highway bridge. Kings may not be targeted or retained. Initially, area managers said they would

likely start the 2014 king salmon fishing season on catch-and-release fishing — similar to the 2013 season. Currently ADFG estimates about an 8.25 percent mortality rate on kings caught and released. Last year, catch-and-release fishing on the early run of king salmon resulted in a catch of fewer than 80 fish and ADFG managers estimate a mortality of about five fish, said Robert Begich, ADFG area management biologist, during a February presentation to Alaska’s Board of Fisheries. “It provides opportunity and it doesn’t kill a lot of fish,” said assistant area management biologist Jason Pawluk. Managers can also use inseason creel data, or angler surveys, as a tool to corroborate data coming from the inriver sonar used to count the kings by comparing it to reports coming from fishers on the river.

However, the idea of any kind of fishing on the ailing early run did not sit well with some members of the Board of Fisheries. Chairman Karl Johnstone said he had a “hard time understanding” how any mortality was acceptable to area managers. “Why would you do that? Why would you consider having any fish killed at the beginning of this season?” Johnstone said to Begich after the biologist’s presentation. In 2013, the preseason forecast for early run kings was 5,300 fish, but the final escapement estimate was 2,032 fish according to ADFG data. “You have an estimate, a forecast of 2,230 king salmon which is about twofifths of the required minimum escapement and if you’re close to what you did last year, you could be off again,” Johnstone See KINGS, page A-10

Commercial traffic restricted in Soldotna Council says city streets off-limits, state highways still available By KAYLEE OSOWSKI Peninsula Clarion

After multiple postponements following its October introduction, the Soldotna City Council passed an ordinance prohibiting commercial vehicles on city streets Wednesday. The ordinance calls for a $100 fine from violators but allows for exceptions when vehicles are making deliveries, pickups or providing services that require travel on a city street. The ordinance originally called for prohibiting commer-

cial vehicles from certain city streets, however it was determined city code would need to be updated for the ordinance to be accurate. The council postponed the ordinance to allow for code updates to street definitions to be made, which the council also did when it passed a separate ordinance to amend city code for streets, sidewalks and public places at its meeting. “What we finally ended up doing with the ordinance is just prohibiting all commercial traffic on all city streets,” City Manager Mark Dixson said.

“Simply because when you get into city streets, there are not arterial streets that we have that are actually city streets.” He said the only arterial roads, which have high traffic volumes, in city limits are state roads — the Kenai Spur Highway, Kalifornsky Beach Road and the Sterling Highway. Dixson said enforcement of the ban would most likely be complaint driven by residents. The second and last public hearing item the council took up was an ordinance to amend the city’s street codes. According to the ordinance, C

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24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. Trace Month to date ........................... 0.07" Normal month to date ............. 0.85" Year to date .............................. 2.35" Normal year to date .................. 1.81" Record today ................. 0.59" (1971) Record for Feb. ............. 2.80" (1955) Record for year ............ 27.09" (1963) Snowfall 24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. .. 0.0" Month to date .............................. 1.9" Season to date .......................... 41.3"

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By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press

JUNEAU — A divided House Finance Committee advanced an abortion funding bill Thursday over concerns that it did not address expanded family planning services and chipped away at a woman’s access to an abortion. The vote was 6-5. Republican Reps. Mia Costello, Cathy Munoz, Mark Neuman, Steve Thompson, Tammie Wilson and Bill Stoltze voted in favor; Democratic Reps. Les Gara, David Guttenberg and Bryce Edgmon, and Republican Reps. Lindsey Holmes and Alan Austerman voted against. SB49, from Sen. John Coghill, R-North Pole, seeks to further define what constitutes a medically necessary abortion for purposes of Medicaid funding. Earlier this week, the committee voted to remove language that called for the state to provide expanded women’s

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health and family planning services. That language was added on the Senate floor last year, but Coghill did not support keeping it in, calling it a mandate beyond services the state already provides. Currently, childless adults do not qualify for Medicaid. State Health Commissioner Bill Streur has said about 14,000 Alaskans could be eligible for reproductive health and family planning services if they were expanded as contemplated under the Senate language. Stoltze, a committee cochair, ruled out of order an effort by Gara to amend the bill to restore the language, saying the committee had already decided the issue. Gara, of Anchorage, vowed to raise the issue again on the House floor. The bill calls on the Department of Health and Social Services to fund no abortion services under Medicaid unless the abortion is medically necessary or the pregnancy was the result of rape or incest.

The bill defines medically necessary abortions as those needed to avoid a threat of serious risk to a woman’s life or physical health. That could mean a serious risk of death or “impairment of a major bodily function” due to one of 21 different conditions. It also includes what has been called a “catch-all” option: “another physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy that places the woman in danger of death or major bodily impairment if an abortion is not performed.” The bill’s language is similar to that of regulations ap-

proved by Streur. But the regulations also define an abortion as medically necessary if the woman has a psychiatric disorder that places her in “imminent danger of medical impairment of a major bodily function” if an abortion is not performed. The regulations are being challenged in court as unconstitutional by Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest. The Alaska Supreme Court has held that the state must fund medically necessary abortions if it pays for other procedures deemed medically necessary for people in need. Coghill has said he is simply trying to clarify what “medically necessary” means.

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Obituary Machelle Violet Haynes

Soldotna Library Friends to meet

Our mighty Machelle Violet Haynes of Chisik Island has passed. On Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014 at ANMC she succumbed to cancer’s kindest, renal failure. Our silver lining is the time we had to say our goodbyes, although five years is not nearly enough. She had a total of 55. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 8, at the Alaska Center For Spiritual Living, 929 E 81st, Anchorage. Machelle was born Dec. 31, 1958, and was raised in Anchorage. She made Chisik Island her primary residence and lived her life fully in Alaska. She was in part an indigenous Alaskan, Tlingit, and pursued her interest in that ancestry through family, writings and studies of historical legal happenings. She knew her rights. Machelle was known for her bold strength and she was brave like her mom. She fished on days others would not. She ran all aspects of her commercial fishing gill net sites, all while defending a claim on land that will remain in her family and is a distinct part of her legacy. She was a pilot like her dad. She flew a Cherokee 6 with balloon tires for beach landings. She kayaked and skied. She hunted, skinned and canned. She beaded, sewed leather, made drums and did taxidermy (once). Mostly she welcomed all in for coffee and allowed anyone to be themselves, and you dang well better let her be her, too. Machelle is also known for her successful decision to spend the last thirty years of her life in sobriety. She furthered this integrity by helping to raise her niece and by providing foster care to others as well as creating a safe space for the neighbor kids to congregate. Shell had an enthusiasm for so many things, we’re sifting through them now and what an amazing joy, to see the way she saw value in the ordinary. So many treasures and unsent cards that we will forward. What a sweetheart we experience as we read her reflections, always exploring herself and herself in relation to others, trying for a betterment. We love you Shell and it will always be so. She leaves behind her siblings Mary McDaniel, Romona Owens, Oscar “Sonny” Haynes, Claudin Haynes, Marina Haynes and many nieces and nephews.

Soldotna Library Friends will hold their regular monthly meeting at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday, March 4 at the Library, 235 N. Binkley Street. Volunteer staffing for Last Thursday Book Sales will be discussed, as well as the upcoming Annual Meeting for election of officers. The public is welcome. Call Jeanette at 420-7088 for more information.

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Cardiac support group to look at anatomy of the heart

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— “Plunge into Aqua Zumba”, Free Aqua Zumba Event at Nikiski Pool on Saturday, March 1, 10-11:30 a.m. — Idita-Swim Competition at Nikiski Pool starts March 4-April 30. Swim or water walk your way to Nome! — Coed Adult Volleyball league registration deadline is March 7; games at the Nikiski Community Rec. Center. — Spring Break Day Camp for 1st through 6th graders, March 11, 12 and 13, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Nikiski Rec. Center. — Spring Craft Fair, Saturday, April 19, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Vendor space is available. Please call 776-8800 for more information.

Sterling Community Center plans fair

The monthly Cardiac Support Group will meet 5:30-7:00 p.m. Monday, March 3 in the Redoubt Room at Central Peninsula Hospital. Karen Jensen, R.N., from CPH Cardiac Rehabilitation, will be the guest speaker. Karen will discuss cardiac anatomy. For more information, call Jeanette Rodgers, WomenHeart Champion Support Group Facilitator, at 262-5547 or 252-1018.

Coast Guard Auxiliary offers safety class

The Sterling Community Center invites artists, crafters, and vendors to participate in its Spring Craft and Vendor Fair to be held Saturday, March 29 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the SC Center. $30 for a space, $10 to rent a table. Limit 1 vendor per product line. Visit www.sterlingcommunityclub.com for a registration form, or visit the Sterling Community Center in person. Call 262-7224 or email sterlingcommunityclub@live. com for more information.

Soccer club kicks off

The Kenai Flotilla of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary will be conducting a two part boating safety class on Saturday, March 29 and April 5 from 10:30 AM to 6:00 p.m. The class will be conducted at the Soldotna Public Library, located at 235 North Binkley Street, Soldotna. The class will cover types of boats, required safety equipment, navigation, emergency situations, and trailering. The cost of the class is $35 per person. Early registration is recommended due to limited class size. You will receive your text book when you register. For more information and registration, please contact the Flotilla Public Education Officer at 252-3353.

The Sterling Soccer Club is starting up at the Sterling Community Center for boys and girls of all skill levels in grades 1-6. Instructors are Jennifer Waller and AnnMarie Rudstrom. The Club will meet for 7 weeks, Tuesdays, March 18-April 29, 3:50 to 5:15 p.m. at the Sterling Community Center. Sterling Elementary students will meet in the school lobby after school and walk over to the SC Center together. $20 per participant. Visit the SCC website at www.sterlingcommunityclub.com for a registration form or stop by the SC Center in person. Call 740-8018 for more info. Registration is limited.

New Humanist Group starting

See the stars at the Refuge

New Humanist Group to meet Saturday, March 15 at the Soldotna Public Library from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. This group advocates progressive values for humanists, atheists, and freethinkers. The theme of this month’s meeting is the following phrase: “Knowledge of the world is derived by observation, experimentation, and rational analysis.” Attendees are encouraged, but not required, to speak on how they interpret that phrase and what it means to them. There is free WiFi at the library so if one is feeling ambitious one can bring ipads, laptops, or whatever and make a presentation. Please bring along anyone you feel may be interested. Email courageoustiger@gmail.com with questions. Note: This event is held at, not sponsored by the Soldotna Public Library.

Join the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge for a Night Ranger Star Party on Friday, Feb. 28 from 7-9 p.m. There will be inside activities and telescope viewing outside. Andy Veh, professor at KPC, will also be giving a presentation starting at 7 p.m. (inside). Good fun for the whole family.

Alaska Judicial Observers seeks courtroom volunteers

Alaska Judicial Observers is looking for volunteers to observe in courtrooms. Volunteers must be able to take notes, complete paperwork and sit for up to 2 hours at a time. Volunteers are screened to ensure that they have not been a victim of a violent crime, have no criminal background and have no cases pending before the court. Volunteers go through approxiSen. Micciche back for visit mately 40 hours of classroom and courtroom training and then Sen. Peter Micciche will be in Soldotna, Saturday, March are asked to evaluate for a minimum of 10 hours per month in 8, from 1-3 p.m. at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Building, the courtroom closest to your home. For more information call Assembly Chambers at 144 N. Binkley Street, Soldotna, for a 907-646-9880. Town Hall Meeting. Stop by to find out what is happening in Juneau on issues vital to Alaskans. Call 907-465-2828 for more Cribbage tournament continues information. The Soldotna Lions 20th annual Kenai Peninsula Cribbage Tournament continues every Saturday at 3 p.m. through May 3 Busy schedule at North Pen Rec at the American Legion Post 20, 902 Cook Street in Kenai. The North Peninsula Recreation Service Area has a number of public is invited to participate. For more information, call Ray events on the schedule: at 776-5688 or Bob at 776-5339.

Community Calendar Today 9:45 a.m. • TOPS #AK 196 meets at The Grace Lutheran Church, in Soldotna. Call Dorothy at 262-1303. Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group at URS Club, 405 Overland Drive. Call 262-1917. 12:30 p.m. • Well Elders Live Longer exercise (W.E.L.L.) will meet at the Nikiski Senior Center. Call instructor Mary Olson at 907-776-3745. 8 p.m. • Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “It Works” at URS Club, 405 Overland Drive.

• AA 12 by 12 at the United Methodist Church, 607 Frontage Road, Kenai. • Twin City Al-Anon Family group, United Methodist Church, 607 Frontage road in Kenai. Call 541-953-8335.

7 p.m. • Narcotics Anonymous support group “Dopeless Hope Fiends” at 607 Frontage Road, Kenai. • Bingo, Funny River Community Center. 8 p.m. • AA North Roaders Group at North Star Methodist Church, Mile 25.5 Kenai Spur Highway. Call 242-9477.

Saturday 10 a.m. • Narcotics Anonymous meet- The Community Calendar lists ing, URS Club, 405 Overland recurring events and meetings Drive, Kenai. of local organizations. To have your event listed, email organiza-

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Better access a reasonable request to make A heated exchange during a school

district budget presentation leads to a bigger question on the accessibility of the school governance process on the Kenai Peninsula. The question is, while the district does well to ensure that meetings and work sessions are open to the public, in a district as far flung as the Kenai Peninsula Borough, is there more that can be done to include a greater number of people in the discourse? The subject came up during a presentation on the 2014-15 school budget in Homer. As reported by KBBI Public Radio, a member of the audience said she was frustrated that her only opportunity to participate in the process seemed to come after decisions had been made, and with not enough time left before the school board needs to vote on the budget for any substantial changes to be incorporated. According to KBBI’s report, Assistant Superintendent Dave Jones noted the district’s day-long meeting in Soldotna last November during which the public was invited to provide input on the budget. That meeting was not well attended, though. The school board meets monthly at the borough building in Soldotna, with one meeting a year in Seward and one in Homer. Additionally, regular school board meetings are streamed online, but work sessions, which are open to the public, are not streamed, nor are they usually recorded. In situations where meetings or work sessions are not streamed, proximity to Soldotna has become a limiting factor for observation and participation. Would providing additional access be worth the effort? Would people log on to a streamed work session? If additional public budget meetings had been held in Seward and Homer in November, or held on a weekend instead of a weekday, would public participants have provided anything more to help the district address a $4.5 million shortfall? The answers to those questions are maybe, maybe not. It is fair to say that the vast majority of the general public will only sit up and pay attention when a decision will have a negative impact in their day-today lives. But for those who do want to pay attention, and would like to participate the discussion, providing better access to the process would appear to be a reasonable request. It might not solve the current budget crunch, but there just might be some contributions that can make the process better in the future.

Letters to the Editor Cuts to education holding Alaska back We can’t move education forward with the Governor’s four-year string of teacher and educator cuts. He and his party cut schools last year, he’s proposing cutting 200-300 more next year, and we’ve lost over 600 since 2011. That’s blurry vision on education. It flows from an oil giveaway that puts the state into annual $1-$2 billion deficits as far as the eye can see. Last April paid Administration “experts” downplayed that Parnell’s giveaway would “only” cost over $1 billion in annual lost revenue by 2017. The truth is that the loss will likely be more than $2 billion/year. Want more about what those slick oil company ads aren’t telling you? The State admits under Parnell’s new oil law that production spiral downwards 45 percent, from 510,000 barrels/day today to 269,000 barrels in 2024. The damaging education cuts should be reversed, as Democrats propose. And the oil giveaway, which tosses away billions even if companies invest Alaska’s tax breaks in foreign countries, should be scrapped for smart reform that requires Alaska investment. Rep. Les Gara, D-Anchorage

Give peace a chance The U.S. edition of the Feb. 27 Guardian reported on a press conference given by Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday. In this conference he decried what he called a “new isolationism” in the United States. He suggested “that the country is beginning to behave like a poor country” and cuts to the state department’s budget due to House Republican demands are hurting our peace efforts in Syria and Iran. I believe the majority of Americans are smarter than Secretary Kerry assumes and they are moving to resist further waste of life and resources and shooting, bombing and killing people around the world. I want to live in peace with myself and people around the world and I do not want to be responsible anymore for the bullying, threatening and destruction of other people in other countries. Enough. I want to see President Obama and Secretary Kerry stop threatening other countries that do not comply with their wishes and work harder for peaceful solutions to our problems at home and around the world. The same goes for Congress. Americans deserve better from our elected officials. Hugh R. Hays Soldotna

Mining should be taxed like oil industry Fact: Alaska’s mineral industry was worth almost $3 billion in 2009, but paid less than 2 percent to state and local governments, counting all forms of taxes, fees, and royalties. Taxes on other industries are much higher: the oil and gas industry paid about 20 percent of its market value, and the fishing industry paid around 5 percent. Coal mining also returns around 5 percent to the state. (Source: www.groundtruthtrekking.org/Issues/MetalsMining/ Mining-Taxes-Revenue-Alaska.html) What if the foreign corporations that loot the minerals beneath our feet were to pay what the oil industry pays? In a Feb. 13 Clarion article about large-scale mining, Representative Dan Saddler is quoted as saying, “It is important for state leaders to express our confidence in mining as a way to bring Alaskans jobs, revenue and economic diversity.” “Revenue ...”? In another recent Clarion article, Alaska’s mining revenue is about $100 million per year.

Community support makes for wonderful Valentine’s Day The Sterling Community Center’s Valentine’s Dinner and Dance was a huge success; the decorations were beautiful, the table settings elegant, the food delicious, and the dancing was so much fun! None of this would have been possible without so many from our community working together, volunteering their time and treasure. We would like to give special thanks to CBC Rental, Bing Browns, Three Bears, and Jay C. Smith for their donations of products and services. And many thanks to our wonderful volunteers: Cindy Anthony, Kathy Becher, Maritza Blada, Laurretta Briscoe, Art Brown, Terry Buffo, Chris Bullard, Tom Bullard, Jallissa Caligan, Janessa Caligan, Tucker Charlesworth, Matt Daugherty, Brandi Hesse, John Jondal, Mary Jondal, Janet Jones, Gloria Koonz, Grace Merkes, Dawn Musgrove, Rob Nelson, Sheldon Nelson, Bob Oakes, Char Oakes, Juanita Owens, Sam Owens, Leora Pooler, Renae Wall, and Tristan Warner. You made Sterling proud. Thank you! Sterling Community Center

Students learn about medical field careers Approximately 80 KPBSD students attended the 2014 Hospital Career Day (HCD) on Tuesday, February 25 at Central Peninsula Hospital. Students had the opportunity to learn about careers in the Diagnostics, Therapeutic, Medical Information and Environmental fields. Hospital employees shared their passion and commitment to their chosen occupations and provided students valuable tips on how to prepare for careers in a hospital setting. Over lunch, Peninsula Job Center personnel provided an overview of the Alaska Ca-

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Let me see, if the mineral industry is worth $3 billion and only $100 million comes in from a tax of less than 2 percent percent, imagine what could be done if these foreign corporations paid 20 percent as do the oil industry? Infrastructure needs repair, new roads need building, school roofs need fixing, and people need relief from property taxes. So the questions to the representatives we sent to Juneau are: Why aren’t foreign mining companies paying what the oil companies pay? and, where do all the minerals taken from The People’s soil go? and why aren’t you doing your job to protect Alaskans from foreign mining exploitation? And the big question: Have you been scared or bought by their lobbyists? It’s about time that foreign companies who profit greatly from our minerals begin to pay the same amount as the big oil companies pay for our oil. Norm Olson Nikiski

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reer Information System and outlined how the program can be used to locate information on occupations, financial aid, and post-secondary institutions. Students were able to leave the event with information on potential scholarships, volunteer opportunities with the hospital, and suggestions for providing quality customer service. In addition, students gained real-world connections that can prove to be valuable in the development of student Personal Learning and Career Plans. Students were encouraged to follow-up with their school counselors or career/college guides for more information on pursuing a career in the Health Sciences. The event was sponsored by Central Peninsula Hospital and the KPBSD Career and Technical Education department. Thank you to the HCD committee members and the hospital staff for their efforts! A special thanks to Debi Honer, Human Resources Director at the hospital, who was key to the success of the event. Sara Moore, District Counselor KPBSD Career and Technical Education

Support helps Peninsula Live United On Behalf of the Kenai Peninsula United Way, I would like to thank Conoco Phillips, Central Peninsula Hospital, Peninsula Clarion, Tesoro, Stanly Chrysler, South Peninsula Hospital, 1st National Bank Alaska, BP Exploration, Wells Fargo, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, Cities of Kenai & Soldotna, Blazy Construction, Ninilchik Senior Center, Anchor Point Senior Center, Sterling Senior Center and many other individuals and businesses on the Kenai Peninsula for your continued support of our efforts to make the Kenai Peninsula a better place to live and play. United Way wants to advance the common good of all the Peninsula by focusing on education, income and health issues. We feel these are the essential building blocks that make people successful. United Way supports programs throughout the Peninsula that support domestic violence, active day cares for the elderly, services that grow healthy smart children, feed the hungry, help people with end of life care and much more. The campaign for 2013 is set to end April 30, 2013, it’s not too late to show your support of Kenai Peninsula United Way’s effort to give, advocate or volunteer. All funds raised on behalf of Kenai Peninsula United Way supports agencies and people that live on the Peninsula. If your business would like to become a supporter of United Way or have questions please contact Lisa Roberts at email KPUW@ ptialaska.net or call 907-283-9500. On the Kenai Peninsula we like to Live United. Lisa J. Roberts, Executive Director Kenai Peninsula United Way

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Court reports The following judgments recently were handed down in District Court in Kenai:

n Lori R. Cline, 49, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident without providing information, committed Jan. 6. She was sentenced to 60 days in jail with 55 days suspended, may perform 40 hours of community work service in lieu of jail time, was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to write a letter of apology and placed on probation for one year. n Vladyslav A. Ferderer, 20, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of negligent driving, committed May 14. He was fined $150 and a $10 court surcharge. n Shane Hatfield, 59, of Kasilof, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Feb. 2. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 87 days suspended, fined $2,000 with $500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $330 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months and placed on probation for one year. n Richard G. W. Main, 27, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to violating a domestic violence protective order, committed Feb. 6. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 85 days suspended, with credit for time served, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to have no contact with victim and placed on probation for three years. n Frank Edward Mariman, 51, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to no motor vehicle liability insurance, committed Jan. 31. He was fined $500 and a $50 court surcharge. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Cody E. Ralls, 25, of Nikiski, pleaded guilty to sixthdegree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed Dec. 28. He was fined $150 and a $50 court surcharge. n Christopher Paul Roth, 27, of Sterling, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Feb. 9. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 87

days suspended, with credit for time served, fined $3,000 with $1,500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $330 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for 90 days and placed on probation for one year. The following judgment was recently handed down in Superior Court in Kenai: n Stanley Jay Koberstein, 55, of Sterling, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed Nov. 23, 2012. He was sentenced to 54 months in prison with 42 months suspended, fined a $100 court surcharge and a $200 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, forfeited all items seized, including firearm, ordered, among other conditions of probation, not to use or possess any alcoholic beverages or illegal controlled substances, including marijuana, not to possess, apply for or obtain a medical marijuana card or act as a caregiver while under supervision, to complete a substance abuse evaluation and comply with treatment recommendations, to have no contact with known illegal drug users or drug traffickers as identified by his probation officer, to submit to search directed by a probation officer, with or without probable cause, for the presence of alcohol of illegal controlled substances and was placed on probation for three years after serving any term of incarceration imposed. All other charges in this case were dismissed. The following charges were recently dismissed in District Court in Kenai: n A charge of violating conditions of release against Mary Beth Creighton, 37, of Kasilof, was dismissed. Date of the charge was Oct. 18. n A charge of driving while license cancelled, suspended, revoked or limited against Devon Daniel Day, 49, of Anchorage, was dismissed. Date of the charge was Feb. 1. n A charge of driving while license cancelled, suspended, revoked or limited against Dustin Todd Stoddard, 49, of Kasilof, was dismissed. Date of the charge was Jan. 19.

Police reports n On Feb. 19 at 8:17 p.m., Soldotna police responded to a residence on Robin Place for a report of a hit-and-run collision. Investigation led to Stephen Alexander, 19, of Soldotna, being issued a criminal citation for leaving the scene of a motor vehicle collision and released. n On Feb. 20 at about 6:00 p.m., Soldotna police received a report of a shoplifting theft from Radio Shack that occurred earlier in the day. On Feb. 25, Jared Hart, 30, of Soldotna, was issued a criminal citation for third-degree theft. n On Feb. 21 at 12:44 a.m., Soldotna police stopped a vehicle on Kalifornsky Beach Road at Poppy Lane. A passenger in the vehicle, Callie Lawler, 49, of Nikiski, was arrested on an outstanding warrant for failure to appear on an original charge of driving while license revoked. She was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility on $500 bail. n On Feb. 24 at 10:36 a.m., Soldotna police contacted Derek Lincecum, 42, of Kasilof, in the Carquest parking lot, after a REDDI (Report Every Dangerous Driver Immediately) report was received. Lincecum was issued a criminal citation for not having motor vehicle liability insurance and released. n On Feb. 24 at about 3:00 p.m., Phillip Henry, Jr., 35, of Nikiski, was contacted by Alaska State Troopers at a residence off South Miller Loop in Nikiski and arrested for violating conditions of release for a misdemeanor domestic violence case. He was taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility without bail. n On Feb. 23 at 3:39 p.m., Kenai police contacted a suspicious vehicle parked at Cunningham Park in Kenai. Officers contacted Erin M. Jones, 24, of Soldotna, who was arrested for second-degree mis-

conduct involving a controlled substance and two counts of fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance. Also contacted was Robert C. Paulk, 20, of Soldotna, who was arrested for fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance. Both Paulk and Jones were taken to Wildwood Pretrial. n On Feb. 24 at 3:04 p.m., Kenai police responded to an apartment in the VIP subdivision to a report of an individual possibly violating a condition of release. Officers arrived and contacted Wayman E. Bright, 24, of Kenai. After investigation, Bright was arrested for violating condition of release, fourth-degree assault on a peace officer and resisting arrest. He was taken to Wildwood Pretrial pending arraignment. n On Feb. 24 at 12:01 p.m., Kenai police attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a vehicle traveling above the posted speed limit, eastbound on the Kenai Spur Highway. The vehicle failed to yield for the officer for about two miles. Eventually the driver, Lonnie Payle, 30, of Kenai, yielded and was arrested for second-degree failure to stop at the direction of a peace officer and taken to Wildwood Pretrial pending arraignment. The vehicle was impounded. n On Feb. 25 at 9:15 p.m., Alexis M. Lageson, 27, of Kenai, contacted the Kenai Police Department to turn herself in on at outstanding warrant. State records indicated that Lageson has a Palmer Alaska State Troopers $5,000 failure to appear warrant for an Alcohol Safety Action Program (ASAP) hearing on the original charges of fourthdegree assault, petition to revoke probation-ASAP, petition to revoke probation-anger management and petition to revoke probation-ASAP. Lageson was contacted on Forest Drive and taken to Wildwood Pretrial Facility.

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Around the State North Pole man indicted in beating of woman FAIRBANKS — A 23-year-old North Pole man suspected of severely beating a woman has been indicted on an attempted first-degree murder count. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports a Fairbanks grand jury last week indicted Trevor Shayne McCumby. McCumby is being held without bail at Fairbanks Correctional Center, where he had been charged with felony assault. North Pole police described the crime as related to domestic violence. Police say McCumby broke into the woman’s apartment Feb. 16 and hit her repeatedly. The woman told police McCumby put his foot on her neck and left her gasping for breath. She told police McCumby took her cellphone and said she wouldn’t need it because “she was going to die here.” Police say the woman had a gash on her forehead when she was interviewed.

Police say shooting likely was robbery attempt FAIRBANKS — Fairbanks police say a shooting that injured two men at an apartment was likely a robbery attempt involving illegal drugs. Police say two armed men at about 2 a.m. Tuesday entered an apartment with five people inside at Wedgewood Resort off College Road. Detective Peyton Merideth tells the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner that at least 10 shots were fired and some entered neighboring apartments. The two intruders retreated but police found them within minutes. Police have released no names of the injured or where they were when the shooting began. Both men were critically injured but stable as of Wednesday. One is 30 and the other 21. Merideth said it’s no secret that the case involves drugs but police are not specifying which ones because it could jeopardize their investigation. -The Associated Press

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Republicans split over Arizona bill By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press

PHOENIX — Gov. Jan Brewer’s veto of a bill allowing businesses to refuse service to gays exposed a fracture within the Republican Party between social conservatives and the GOP’s pro-business wing, a split that Democrats hope to turn into a midterm election campaign issue. The Republican governor has made job creation and business expansion the centerpiece of her administration, and she was more than willing to disregard the wishes of social conservatives amid protests from major corporations such as American Airlines and Apple Inc. As a result, the GOP base was left dispirited, and opponents of gay marriage are struggling to find their footing after significant losses in the courts and statehouses. “It’s leading people to say: ‘We’re not sure where the Republican party is on something as basic as economic freedom,’” said Dan Holler, a spokesman for Heritage Action, a conservative group in Washington, D.C., that argued the proposal was aimed simply at allowing people to run businesses as they saw fit. “There certainly is a risk, especially as you head into the midterm elections, when the turnout of your base is essential.” Brewer vetoed the measure Wednesday night after Republicans ranging from Mitt Romney to her state’s two U.S. Senators urged her to reject the measure, which emerged from the GOPcontrolled state Legislature. The bill was designed to give added protection from lawsuits to people who assert their religious beliefs in refusing service to gays or others who offend their beliefs. Opponents called it an open attack on gays that invited discrimination. Gay marriage is increasingly popular nationwide, and the Democratic Party already has been claiming that measures like the Arizona bill are a throwback to pre-civil rights era Jim Crow laws. “Let’s be really clear: Jan Brewer’s veto of this bill was not exactly profiles in courage,” Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, said in an interview. “She specifically referred to her concern being economic. This is one state in about 10 or 12 that this legislation is moving through the process, pushed by Republicans.” Following a series of court rulings striking down gay marriage bans in conservative states, several legislatures have considered bills to give more protection to businesses that turn away gay couples. But so far, Arizona is the only state where the legislation has reached the governor’s desk. The measures are inspired by the cases of a New Mexico wedding photographer and bakers in Colorado and Oregon who separately refused service for gay weddings or civil unions and have been penalized

Around the Nation GOP derails Senate Dems’ bill boosting vets benefits amid disputes over spending, Iran WASHINGTON — A divided Senate on Thursday derailed Democratic legislation that would have provided $21 billion for medical, education and job-training benefits for the nation’s veterans. The bill fell victim to election-year disputes over spending and fresh penalties against Iran. Each party covets the allegiance of the country’s 22 million veterans and their families, and each party blamed the other for turning the effort into a chess match aimed at forcing politically embarrassing votes. Republicans used a procedural move to block the bill after Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., chided GOP lawmakers about their priorities. “I personally, I have to say this honestly, have a hard time understanding how anyone could vote for tax breaks for billionaires, for millionaires, for large corporations and then say we don’t have the resources to protect our veterans,” said Sanders, the measure’s chief author.

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With the Arizona Capitol in the background, gay rights supporters Rachel Butas, right, and Jo Jo Halko kiss after the two learn that Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer announces she has vetoed SB1062, a bill designed to give added protection from lawsuits to people who assert their religious beliefs in refusing service to gays, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, in Phoenix.

by courts. After Brewer’s veto, sponsors of similar legislation in Ohio said they’d withdraw their bill, and a Mississippi legislative panel proposed changes that would remove a key component of that state’s measure. Democrats argued that the GOP would pay a price for even considering such explosive legislation. “This bill should have never gone this far, and the fact that it did shows how far to the right the Republican Party has lurched,” said Rep. Steve Israel, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. “It is yet another reminder of the Republican brand of intolerance.” But Republican operatives in Arizona and elsewhere expressed doubt that the issue will have much of an impact eight months from now in the election. They also noted it was a Republican veto that kept it from becoming law. “It’s tough to go after Republicans on this because pretty much every Republican except those in the Arizona Legislature didn’t support this,” said Ross Hemminger co-executive director of GOProud, a Republican gay rights group.

Grant Woods, a Republican and former Arizona attorney general who is close to Brewer, acknowledged that the bill could have a national impact in terms of perpetuating a negative image of Arizona. But he said voters will see through the rhetoric. “I think that people who are inclined to blame Republicans for everything will just use this as one more thing to blame them for,” he said. “But for most people, they are going to understand this cuts both ways.” Underscoring the GOP’s uncomfortable position, torn between its base and centrists horrified by the legislation, neither the Arizona Republican Party nor the Republican National Committee was willing to comment Thursday. A Pew Research Center survey last year found Republicans nationwide are evenly divided, 45-45, on whether homosexuality should be accepted. In contrast, more than two-thirds of Democrats and Independents said it should be accepted. “I think those are issues that ultimately could galvanize a pretty big voting block to go out and get involved later in the year,” Woods said. “And, certainly if these same people

don’t wake up on some of these basic issues of discrimination and equal protection, the time will come when they’ll be taken out of office.” Democrats are battling against public dissatisfaction with President Barack Obama and his health care overhaul and could lose control of the U.S. Senate in November. But the Arizona legislation could boost them in at least the state’s congressional races. Democratic Rep. Anne Kirkpatrick is being challenged by Arizona House Speaker Andy Tobin and State Rep. Adam Kwasman, both of whom voted for the bill. Democratic Rep. Ron Barber has been attacking his opponent, retired Air Force Lt. Col. Martha McSally, for taking too long before speaking out against it. Those electoral concerns, coupled with worries that the legislation could trigger a boycott of Arizona and tarnish its image, led to heavy pressure on Brewer to veto the bill. Meanwhile, gay marriage foes who have seen repeated losses in conservative states over recent months — federal judges struck down same sex marriage bans in Oklahoma, Utah and Texas — were distraught.

Airport phone system didn’t give dispatchers location of LA airport shooting LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles International Airport police dispatcher who received a call seconds after a gunman opened fire last year didn’t know where to send officers because no one was on the line and the airport communications system didn’t identify that the call was from a security checkpoint emergency phone, two officials told The Associated Press. A screening supervisor in the sprawling airport’s Terminal 3 picked up the phone but fled before responding to a dispatcher’s questions because the gunman was approaching with a highpowered rifle and spraying bullets, according to two officials briefed on preliminary findings of a review of the emergency response. They spoke only on condition of anonymity because the final report won’t be released until next month. One of the officials likened the situation to a 911 call but police not knowing what address to go to. Airport dispatchers knew something was wrong but didn’t know where to send help because the system didn’t identify locations of its emergency phones. After asking questions and receiving no answers, the dispatcher hung up. An airline contractor working in the terminal called dispatch directly from his cellphone, and officers were dispatched 90 seconds after the shooting started. — The Associated Press

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Russian moves raise stakes in Ukraine conflict By DALTON BENNETT Associated Press

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine — Masked gunmen stormed parliament in Ukraine’s strategic Crimea region Thursday as Russian fighter jets scrambled to patrol borders, while the newly formed government pledged to prevent a national breakup with strong backing from the West — the stirrings of a potentially dangerous confrontation reminiscent of Cold War brinksmanship. Moscow granted shelter to Ukraine’s fugitive president, Viktor Yanukovych, state media said. He was said to be holed up in a luxury government retreat and to have scheduled a news conference Friday near the Ukrainian border. As gunmen wearing unmarked camouflage uniforms erected a sign reading “Crimea is Russia” in the provincial capital, Ukraine’s interim prime minister declared the Black Sea

territory “has been and will be a part of Ukraine.” The escalating conflict sent Ukraine’s finances plummeting further, prompting Western leaders to prepare an emergency financial package. Yanukovych, whose abandonment of closer ties to Europe in favor of a bailout loan from Russia set off three months of protests, finally fled by helicopter last week as his allies deserted him. The humiliating exit was a severe blow to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who had been celebrating his signature Olympics even as Ukraine’s drama came to a head. The Russian leader has long dreamed of pulling Ukraine — a country of 46 million people considered the cradle of Russian civilization — closer into Moscow’s orbit. For Ukraine’s neighbors, the specter of Ukraine breaking up evoked memories of centuries of bloody conflict. “Regional conflicts begin this way,” said Polish Foreign Min-

ister Radoslaw Sikorski, calling the confrontation “a very dangerous game.” Russia has pledged to respect Ukraine’s territorial integrity. But the dispatch of Russian fighter jets Thursday to patrol borders and drills by some 150,000 Russian troops — almost the entirety of its force in the western part of the country — signaled strong determination not to lose Ukraine to the West. Thursday’s dramatic developments posed an immediate challenge to Ukraine’s new authorities as they named an interim government for the country, whose population is divided in loyalties between Russia and the West. Crimea, which was seized by Russian forces in the 18th century under Catherine the Great, was once the crown jewel in Russian and then Soviet empires. It only became part of Ukraine in 1954 when Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev transferred jurisdiction from Russia

— a move that was a mere formality until the 1991 Soviet collapse meant Crimea landed in an independent Ukraine. In the capital, Kiev, the new prime minister said Ukraine’s future lies in the European Union, but with friendly relations with Russia. Arseniy Yatsenyuk, named Thursday in a boisterous parliamentary session, now faces the difficult task of restoring stability in a country that is not only deeply divided politically but on the verge of financial collapse. The 39-year-old served as economy minister, foreign minister and parliamentary speaker before Yanukovych took office in 2010, and is widely viewed as a technocratic reformer who enjoys the support of the U.S. Shortly before the lawmakers chose him, Yatsenyuk insisted the country wouldn’t accept the secession of Crimea. The Black Sea territory, he declared, “has been and will be a part of Ukraine.”

In Simferopol, the Crimean regional capital, gunmen toting rocket-propelled grenades and sniper rifles raised the Russian flag over the local parliament building. They wore black and orange ribbons, a Russian symbol of victory in World War II. Oleksandr Turchynov, who stepped in as acting president after Yanukovych’s flight, condemned the assault as a “crime against the government of Ukraine.” He warned that any move by Russian troops off of their base in Crimea “will be considered a military aggression.” “I have given orders to the military to use all methods necessary to protect the citizens, punish the criminals, and to free the buildings,” he said. Experts described a delicate situation in which one sudden move could lead to wider conflict. “The main concern at this point is that Kiev might decide to intervene by sending law enforce-

ment people to restore constitutional order,” said Dmitry Trenin, head of the Carnegie Moscow Center. “That is something that would lead to confrontation and drag the Russians in.” In a bid to shore up Ukraine’s fledgling administration, the International Monetary Fund said it was “ready to respond” to Ukraine’s bid for financial assistance. The European Union is also considering emergency loans for a country that is the chief conduit of Russian natural gas to western Europe. IMF chief Christine Lagarde said in the organization’s first official statement on Ukraine’s crisis that it was in talks with its partners on “how best to help Ukraine at this critical moment in its history.” Ukraine’s finance ministry has said it needs $35 billion over the next two years to avoid default. Ukraine’s currency, the hryvnia, dropped to a new record low of 11.25 to the U.S. dollar, a sign of the country’s financial distress.

Syria militants claim Christians agreed to pay tax ByJAMAL HALABY Associated Press

AMMAN, Jordan — Militant fighters should not impose an Islamic tax on Christians in Syria, a radical Jordanian preacher facing terrorism charges said Thursday, days after an al-Qaida breakaway group in Syria claimed Christian leaders under its control agreed to pay the tax in return for protection. The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant said in a document that its first “Aqed al-Thima,” Arabic for protection pact, was reached in a meeting last Thursday with 20 Christian leaders in the northern province of Raqqa, a bastion for the Islamic State. The authenticity of the twopage document circulating on-

line since Wednesday could not be independently verified, but such issues have stoked fears in Syria’s Christian minority community that they are being targeted by extremists among the fighters seeking to oust President Bashar Assad. The document bore a stamp the group uses in other statements posted on militant websites and the signature of 20 people it said were the Christian leaders. The signatures were blotted out on the request of the signers, according to the document, and were signed by a representative of its leader, called the emir. It said the Christian leaders opted for paying the tax when they were asked to choose one of three options: convert to Islam, remain Christian and pay

the tax or “refuse and be considered warriors who will be confronted with the sword of the Islamic State.” Abu Qatada, the radical Jordanian preacher deported from Britain who is on trial for terrorism charges at home, said Syria’s militants should not collect the tax. “They can’t promise full protection to Christians because they are in a state of war and not in full control of the areas they are in,” he said. “Therefore, the conditions for them to pay for a Muslim state is not fulfilled and any agreement based on that is null and void.” The 52-year-old cleric, who is described as a senior al-Qaida figure in Europe with ties to the late Osama bin Laden, made the

comments to reporters during a break in his trial on Thursday. Syria’s minorities, including Christians, mostly have sided with Assad or remained neutral in Syria’s civil war, which is into its third year. They fear for their fate if the rebels, increasingly dominated by Islamic extremists, come to power. Christians as well as human rights groups have accused radicals among the rebels of abusing residents and vandalizing churches after

taking Christian towns. Al-Qaida-linked militants, who seized control of Raqqa last March, have set fires to churches and knocked crosses off them, replacing them with the group’s black Islamic banner. Islamic extremists among opposition fighters also have abducted 12 nuns, two bishops and a priest. Before the Islamic State takeover, Christians made up about 10 percent of Raqqa’s 500,000

inhabitants. Most have fled since. Under the strict Islamic Sharia doctrine, non-Muslims living under the sovereignty of a Muslim caliphate-style state must pay a special tax — known as the “Jizyah” — in return for the ruler’s protection, known as Thima. The Islamic State document said the tax could be paid in two annual installments by all “adult” Christians in Raqaa.

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Religion

Taste and see the Lord is good

ne thing I have noticed that has not changed a whole lot over the past sixty plus years of my life is that most people love enjoying eating a good cookie. It seems if you are going to have people over or you need something pretty safe to put out for people to snack on, cookies can be a good choice. It’s called a comfort food, makes people feel comfortable. Not everyone likes the same type of cookie, but there are some cookies most people will eat at least one without twisting their arm. My observation over the years is the chocolate chip cookie is probably the hardest cookie for most of us to turn down. If you want to see a kid smile, or a grandpa, offer them a cookie, especially one made by Grandma just pulled out of the oven, golden brown and steaming hot. I think we all got the message, one word created an image we could all relate to, the word “cookie.” We could also imagine the joy of eating a cookie too. We all have the ability to create or imagine with our minds images from just one word. There was another word I used. Love. With Valentine’s Day a few weeks away now, Love had a different meaning in our minds than, “I

to inherit it, in fact, if you tried to deserve it, it would be impossible. This oices of love was intended to be shared with eligion all men according to our creator God since the foundation of the earth. We all need to know we are unconditionM ark C onway ally loved by God no matter what our love to eat chocolate chip cookies.” lives have been like. Love is a “Power” word that has the Paul says this prayer for us in ability to change people’s lives. We knowing God’s Love from Ephesians don’t need cookies all of the time, but, 3: 18, 19 “And I pray that you and love helps us if we have the love of all God’s holy people (that’s you and God in our lives as much as possible. me) will have the power to underSo let me ask you, “How is your stand the greatness of Christ’s lovelove life?” Are you getting love in how wide and how long and how high your life? We were all created with and how deep that love is. Christ’s a built in receiver that requires love. love is greater than anyone can ever There are different kinds of love, know, but I pray that you will be able but what I am talking about here is to know that love. Then you can be the Agape kind of love. Agape is the filled with the fullness of God.” God kind of Love. The Greek word I didn’t always know this love agape means “unconditional love.” until I met Jesus. My parents loved Most love we know is conditional. me when I was growing up, but, most But there is a love that we all need to of that love seemed conditional. It know that is unconditional. was natural to have to earn love in “For God so loved the world, that our house. Even when I first heard He gave His only beloved Son, that the good news that Jesus loved me, I who so ever believes in Him should didn’t fully understand God’s love for not die, but should have forever, ever- me until later when I read this paslasting life.” John 3:16 sage from St. Paul. The bible says that this love is unAnother word God gives us that conditional. In other words, it is free, is not hard to imagine is “taste.” We you don’t have to earn it, you don’t have the sense of taste to enjoy eating have to come from a preferred lineage foods like cookies. There is another

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use of the word “taste” that makes it a more powerful word. In Psalm 34 verse 8, “Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good.” Through God’s inspiration to King David, who was at the time going through a tough time, knowing his life was threatened, God comforted King David to just try and “taste and see how good it is for your soul to trust God with your whole life.” David knew that God loved him, but just how much did God love him? We know that everything worked out for King David at that time he was going through heavy tribulation. Looking back, King David knew that God loved him enough to tell him, “Don’t worry about your life, you are the apple of my eye and I will always be with you,” kind of trust. Let me tell you this truth friends, God loves us with the same agape love that He loved King David with. Yes, God is the God of Love. When we allow God to love us, His love changes us. His agape Love is like a seed planted in our hearts that comes from God. That seed is a seed of His own Holy Spirit that changes our lives to become more like Jesus. A seed of faith is placed into our hearts to help us to know Jesus, His Word among us and the Power of His love.

That seed is so powerful, Jesus tells us that both He and the Father will come to live in us, through the Holy Spirit and give us all we need through God’s presence in our lives. How do we get this seed of love? Just ask Jesus to come into your life with a contrite heart and He comes into your heart just like that. He comes into our lives and then He does the rest of the good work in us because He is the author and finisher of our faith, as the bible says. Asking forgiveness for our sins, repenting all comes from experiencing Christ’s love in our lives. As Jesus shares His life with us in the same skin we were born in, we become transformed into Jesus likeness. Try to read God’s word each day and check out God’s love for yourself. Start with the Gospel of John and read it slowly. Meditate on God’s word by reading one verse or passage over and over again, like chewing on a piece of meat to “Taste and see the Lord is Good.” Mark Conway is an evangelist who lives in Sterling with his wife Maryna. They host a Christian retreat center in Sterling in July. For more information on the retreat center, email Mark at akmark50@hotmail.com.

this year, every Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. The club will meet Clothes 4 U at First Baptist Church at Sterling Baptist Church. Children 3 years old through sixth First Baptist Church Soldotna, located at 159 S. Binkley grade are welcome. Call Sterling Baptist for more information Street, is re-opening its Clothes 4 U program. It is open on the at 262-4711. Shrove Pancake Supper offered second and fourth Saturday of each month from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. All clothing and shoes are free to the public. A Shrove Pancake Supper will be offered from 5:30-8:30 Calvary Baptist hosts AWANA p.m. Tuesday, March 4 at St. Francis by the Sea Church, 110 South Spruce Street, Kenai. The meal is $3 per person or famiCalvary Baptist Church in Kenai is offering AWANA for United Methodist Church provides food pantry lies for $12. All welcome. kids ages 3 through 6th grade. AWANA (www.awana.org) is an The Kenai United Methodist Church provides a food pantry international kids club. Each week, participants will memorize for those in need every Monday from noon to 3:00 p.m. The Bible verses, play games, hear Bible lessons, and earn rewards. Hidden talents show takes the stage Beginning Sunday, the club will meet at Kenai Middle School Methodist Church is located on the Kenai Spur Highway next to the Boys and Girls Club. The entrance to the Food Pantry The Midnight Son Seventh Day Adventist Church invites the from 5:25-7:15 p.m. Use the back doors. public to watch a Hidden Talent Show at 6:30 p.m. March 15 To register or for more information, call 283-4781 or visit is through the side door. The Pantry closes for holidays. For more information contact the church office at 283-7868 or email at the church, located Mile 8.2 of the Kenai Spur Highway in www.kenaicalvary.org. kumcalaska@gmail.com. Kenai. For more information, call Toni Loop at 740-1476.

Church Briefs

Sack Lunch Sunday in Kenai

Food Pantry open weekly

Clothes Quarters open weekly

The Soldotna Food Pantry is open every Wednesday from Star of the North Lutheran Church, 216 North Forest Drive in 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for residents in our community who may be Clothes Quarters at Our Lady of the Angels Church is open Kenai, will serve free sack lunches every Sunday starting at 1 p.m. experiencing food shortages. The Food Pantry is located at the every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and the first Saturday For more information, call 283-4153 or visit www.sotnlc.org. Soldotna United Methodist Church at 158 South Binkley Street. of every month from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, Non-perishable food items or monetary donations may be call 907-283-4555. dropped off at the church Tuesdays 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., WednesSterling church hosts AWANA Submit church news to news@peninsulaclarion.com. days 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. or 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays 9 a.m. to Sterling Baptist Church is starting an AWANA program 12 noon. Thank you for your support.

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these very important recreational fisheries.” Gease detailed the major differences between commercial and recreational fisheries management. Recreational fisheries are based on angler days, and reliant on maximum sustained production, which is getting the most fish into an ecosystem, rather than maximum sustained yield, which looks at value from the fishery, Gease said. He also talked about the need to recognize the importance of stable bag limits and fisheries without in-season tweaking, and the need

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said the meeting. Pawluk said ultimately area managers decided to be more conservative in their approach to the early run. “We’ve kind of changed our approach this year and we’re going to start closed,” he said. The emergency order announcing the king fishing closure was released Thursday — well in advance of mid-May when angler pressure begins to pick up on the king salmon. In 2013 the early run was

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that she began to fully appreciate the importance of salmon to Alaskans. “The spirit of the salmon is amazing,” she said. “Salmon is my dogs favorite food and they do so much better when eating it. It is incredible to me that it is even considered to be jeopardized.” After watching the start of the Iditarod last year, she decided she wanted to compete. Since qualifying for the Iditarod with a fifth place finish in the Sheep Mountain 300 race last March, the planning for the iconic race began. Zappa said the amount of preparation that has gone into organizing for the Iditarod race has been unbelievable. Along with training their team of 50 dogs, Osmar Racing needed to raise $20,000 to finance the race. Dog food alone was the largest expense about 2,300 pounds worth $4,000 had to be sent to 22 checkpoints along the trail, she said. The dog team for Team Zappa is young with all but three dogs younger than three, she said. The team hasn’t had a lot of race experience because three of the races they signed up for were cancelled, including the Tustumena 200, their hometown race. Osmar said while Zappa and her dogs may not have the experience on the Iditarod trail, they will find out together whether they like it or not. He said the dog team is full of upand-coming superstars like Lil Red and Blue Steel. While the team does not have a true lead dog, one will emerge during the race, he said. “The dogs get along good as long as you stagger them right,” he said. “Put two girls together and you can have a bloodbath.”

for more information about the economics of recreational fisheries. The value trickles through several industries, including tourism, gear sales, transportation and even real estate, Gease said. In response to a question from Begich, Gease also said that recreational allocations have been based on historical catches, but that doesn’t account for the economic value of the sector. Association of Village Council Presidents Director of Natural Resources Tim Andrew asked the committee to add a tribal seat to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, and include the word subsistence throughout the MSA. Andrew spoke on behalf of almost 100 tribes in Alaska, as he was also speaking for the Tanana Chiefs Conference, he said.

restricted to catch-and-release via an emergency order released May 9, just a week before ADFG managers typically put their sonar into the river and king fishing begins to pick up. Pawluk said the early announcement was, in part, a response to criticism on how late ADFG managers restricted the river last year. “It affects a lot of people and users and businesses who plan for these fisheries,” Pawluk said. “So these restrictions are being released right now to give people time who would maybe be making plans right now for these fisheries — to have time to change

their plans or adjust them to take part in other fisheries in the area that are not restricted.” Restrictions on the early run of king salmon the Kasilof River were also announced Thursday — from May 1 through June 30 anglers will only be allowed to harvest hatchery kings, those which are missing their adipose fin. Bait and multiple hooks is also prohibited on the Kasilof River. “We typically restrict the Kasilof whenever we restrict the Kenai for king salmon fishing to try and prevent an ballooning effect of anglers shifting their effort,” Pawluk said.

Osmar was born into sled dog mushing. His father, Dean Osmar won the 1984 Iditarod race, the same year Tim Osmar won the Jr. Iditarod, a feat he accomplished three consecutive years. In the 1990’s Tim Osmar placed in the top-10 nine consecutive years, with his best finish in 1992 when he placed third. While he hasn’t raced since 1999, he said it would be different being on the other side. “I’m telling her to be ready for anything that might be thrown at you,” he said. “Don’t give up. It is a long way.” The lack of snow this winter in the Kenai Peninsula has made training in the Caribou Hills virtually impossible for the last two months, Zappa said. The team has had to travel to find places to train. Zappa and Osmar last raced the Denali Doubles on Feb. 13, a 265-mile trek from Cantwell to Paxton and back. During the race, the dog team came up with a case of the kennel cough and she said she didn’t want to push too much when they were sick. The team finished last. She said considering where the finish line was, logistically it would have been harder to scratch. “We ended up going a lot slower than anticipated,” she said. “We ended up resting twice as long when they started coughing. You don’t want to exercise them too much when that’s happening.” The final week leading up to the race Zappa said she has

been able to rest the team. After a vet check, her 16 dogs are all healthy and cleared for racing. She said her strategy for the race is to start slow for the first half and do a lot of resting to ease the dogs into the race. “I wouldn’t say they are out of shape by any means,” she said. “We are fortunate because we traveled a lot to train so they have a fair amount of miles but had time to rest. Being my first year, finishing is the main goal.” Zappa said a number of sponsors have helped her along the way. Musicians United to Protect Bristol Bay contacted her out of the blue and raised money to cover the $5,000 entry fee. Petchup, a dog food company has donated products for her dog team and TogoRun, a global communication firm based in New York City reached out to sponsor team Zappa. TogoRun representative Andrew White said the firm wanted to sponsor a team that embodied the determination and motivation as Togo, the name of the lead dog that ran the most difficult portion of the famed Serum Run from Seward to Nome in 1925. He said Zappa has such a great story with a history coming from a family of mushers and raising her own team to compete in her first Iditarod. During the race, the communications firm will use social media to raise money for two dog shelters. TogoRun donated $500 to the Fairbanks Animal Shelter and the Alaska Dog and

He also asked the committee to consider tightening up the language on reducing bycatch in the federal commercial fisheries. Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association Executive Director Linda Behnken talked about the need to preserve and protect coastal communities when fishery management decisions are made, particularly as catch shares are developed. Representatives and managers also addressed some of the changes proposed in the House draft. One would reduce the information made public about bycatch in federal waters. Mike Levine, from Oceana, talked about the importance of information availability. “The oceans are a public resource, managed Additionally, in the Lower Cook Inlet streams and marine waters, several areas are being restricted to conserve king salmon runs. The Anchor River is closed to sport fishing on Wednesdays and closed to sport fishing upstream of the Old Sterling Highway Bridge. The combined annual limit for kings on the Anchor River, Deep Creek, Ninilchik River and marine waters south of the mouth of the Ninilchik River to Bluff Point is two, anglers can use just one unbaited, single hook with an artificial lure in the Anchor and Ninilchik rivers and Deep Creek.

by public agencies,” Levine said. “And information collected pursuant to that management should be available to the public. “ The participants also submitted longer written testimony, and after the hearing, Begich said the committee would keep the record open for two weeks to ask for answers to additional questions. Andrew also asked for tighter language mandating bycatch reductions. “That language is extremely weak and it needs to be further strengthened to make the Magnuson Stevens Act more effective in the enforcement of the bycatch provisions,” Andrew said. Molly Dischner can be reached at molly. dischner@alaskajournal.com.

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sary that exists presently and that they would anticipate in the future,” Dixson said. Continued from page A-1 Also included in the code is the allowance for the city engineer to determine whether to residences and businesses and adjust recommended right-ofhave limited through-traffic, ways depending on the intendDixson said. ed present use of the street and Throughout the code possible future use. “minimum right-of-way” was changed to “recommended Kaylee Osowski can be right-of-way.” reached at kaylee.osowski@ “We’re trying to allow some peninsulaclarion.com. leeway in the design so that our city engineer and our city planners can properly plan streets that are being proposed as to the development that’s neces-

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One of Monica Zappa’s dogs peers out from her truck Tuesday in Kenai.

Puppy Rescue and will donate .25 cents to both shelters for every retweet from Zappa’s twitter account. “We are happy to be a part of bringing attention to a broader audience,” White said. “(Zappa) has an inspirational story and embodies the Iditarod spirit and culture.” Zappa will be one of seven Iditarod participants from the Kenai Peninsula. Seward’s Mitch Seavey won the Iditarod in 2004, while Travis Beals of Seward and Gus Guenther from

Clam Gulch are signed up to race. Zappa is one of four representing Kasilof. Paul Gebhardt, who has finished the race 17 times, has finished second twice in 2000 and 2007, while twin sisters Kristy and Anna Berington both 30 years-old also return this year. While Zappa said it is not realistic to expect to win the marathon race on her first try, finishing — while sharing her message to protect salmon on her travel is the most important thing.

The support from friends and family along the way has brought her to the starting line, which is an accomplishment itself, she said. “The anticipation and excitement leading up to race day is crazy,” she said. “The mentoring from Tim and support from all over the country has been amazing. I have lived in five different states and a teacher of mine made a donation. It is cool that people remember you and are cheering you on.”

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Wild defeat slow-starting Brown Bears Kenai River falls 4 points behind Wenatchee, Coulee Region in Midwest Division playoff race Staff report

The Kenai River Brown Bears lost 4-2 to the host Wenatchee (Wash.) Wild on Thursday to fall four points behind in the playoff race. Wenatchee (26-20-6) and the Coulee Region (Wis.) Chill both are tied for third place in the North American Hockey League Midwest Division with 58 points. The Bears (24-20-6)

are in fifth place with 54 points. Wenatchee has eight games left in the season, while Kenai River has 10 and Coulee Region has 12. The Bears started slow in front of 2,416, getting outshot 9-2 in the first period and 12-6 in the second period. Kenai River coach Geoff Beauparlant said it was not until his team was down 3-0 midway through the

third period that the play picked up. “We had our chances in the third period, but we left it to the last 10 minutes,” Beauparlant said. “You need to play 60 minutes in this league or you are going to end up on the short end.” The Bears were down 1-0 entering the third, but David Powlowski scored for Wenatchee just 1 minute, 34 seconds, into the final frame.

Wenatchee goalie Chase Perry then blocked Albin Karlsson on a penalty shot. “He came down and tried to go over the goalie’s glove but the Perry kid held his ground and didn’t back up even though Albin came in with a lot of speed,” Beauparlant said. Wenatchee took that momentum and used it for an Alex Rauter goal

with 11:54 left in the game. Alec Butcher, on assists from Karlsson and Tyler Andrews, notched a power-play goal with 9:54 left. Jack Gessert then scored unassisted on a faceoff play at the 5:26 mark to make it 3-2. But just 35 seconds later, Brendan Harris scored for Wenatchee to put the See BEARS, page B-4

Sharks take down Flyers By The Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — Joe Pavelski had a hat trick to move into a tie for second in the NHL in goals and the San Jose Sharks beat the Philadelphia Flyers 7-3 Thursday night in the first game for both teams following the Olympic break. Raffi Torres and Logan Couture each scored twice in their return to the San Jose lineup following injuries. Pavelski, one of four Sharks Olympians, scored all three of his goals in a dominating second period when San Jose outscored the Flyers 5-0. Torres, who was making his 2013-14 debut after injuring his knee in the preseason, capped the second-period barrage with his second tally of the game with 2.2 seconds left. Couture,

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Cook Inlet Academy’s Riley Smithwick looks for an opening to pass during their game against Ninilchik on Thursday at Cook Inlet Academy in Soldotna.

CIA sweeps Wolverines

Cook Inlet Academy’s Riley Smithwick watches Ninilchik’s Austin White slap a shot away from the basket during their game Thursday in Soldotna.

Folks watching the boys hoops game between Peninsula Conference foes Cook Inlet Academy and Ninilchik might have suffered from double vision Thursday night. The number 33 kept scoring buckets on each end of the floor. Jersey 33 for Ninilchik — 6-foot-6 freshman Austin White — and jersey 33 for CIA — junior Timmy Smithwick — each had their share of points, but it was CIA that ultimately pulled out the 46-37 win at Cook Inlet Academy Thursday. “We just ran what we usually run,” Smithwick said. “We didn’t get some screens where we wanted them, but everybody did their part and we came out with the win.” Smithwick scored 20 points to lead the Eagles on a second-half comeback, hitting eight of 10 free throws along the way. Ninilchik’s White put up 18 for the Wolverines, including eight in the first quarter. See SWEEP, page B-4

Masked James, Heat rip Knicks By The Associated Press

MIAMI — LeBron James scored 31 points, Dwyane Wade added 23 and the Miami Heat used a huge third quarter to run away and eventually rout the New York Knicks 108-82 on Thursday night. James donned a dark mask to protect his broken nose and was clearly unencumbered, hitting 13 of 19 shots and topping 30 points for the fifth consecutive game. Wade shot 10 for 13 from the field, and Miami outscored New York 23-3 over the final 7:02 of the third and won its sixth straight. The Heat shot 61 percent, while the Knicks shot 37 percent. WIZARDS 134, RAPTORS 129, 3OT TORONTO — Trevor Ariza scored the go-ahead basket on a fast-break layup with 1:20 left in the third overtime and Washington outlasted Toronto for its fifth straight victory. Marcin Gortat fouled out with 31 points and 12 rebounds, John Wall also had 31 points, and Ariza

RED WINGS 6, SENATORS 1 OTTAWA, Ontario — Johan Franzen scored three goals to lead Detroit past Ottawa. Riley Sheahan, Tomas Jurco and Tomas Tatar also scored, and Jonas Gustavsson stopped 37 shots for the Red Wings (28-20-12), who have a five-point lead over the Senators (26-23-11) for the final wildSee NHL, Page B-4

Stewart gets over tough Daytona 500 JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer

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who missed the previous 16 games due to hand surgery, netted his 15th goal of the season in the period. Andrej Meszaros had a highlight-reel tally and Matt Read and Brayden Schenn also scored for the Flyers, who had won four straight prior to taking a 19-day break for the Olympics.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tony Stewart does not consider the Daytona 500 a disaster, despite the engine problems that spoiled his return to racing from a broken right leg. The three-time NASCAR champion wound up 35th in the season-opening race, but he logged enough laps during Speedweeks that he feels good going into the upcoming stretch of seven consecutive races. Stewart missed the final 15 races last year after breaking his leg in two places during a sprint car crash in Iowa. His first time back in a race car was Feb. 14, the day before he competed — and was crashed out of — the exhibition Sprint Unlimited. He also raced in the Budweiser Duel before the 500, giving him 672 miles of racing in three events. Stewart goes to Sunday’s race

at Phoenix International Raceway “a lot more confident than I was before we got to Daytona.” “I think having all the races that we ran, and actually getting in a crash, while not a great thing, allowed me to sort of test my leg and it felt good,” Stewart said in a Stewart-Haas Racing team release. “There have been some little things that have felt a little different, but for the most part, it’s felt like an old pair of tennis shoes that you’re just comfortable with. I think the whole time in Daytona exceeded my expectations of what I hoped it would be like.” But the 500 itself was a letdown for SHR. Stewart had the engine issue and Danica Patrick was involved in a crash and finished 40th. It left only Kevin Harvick and Kurt Busch, the two newcomers to the organization, in contention for a solid finish and both had difficulties at the end.

No. 7 Louisville blows past Owls By The Associated Press

fouled out with 16 points and 10 rebounds. DeMar DeRozan scored 34 points in 58 minutes for Toronto, and Kyle Lowry fouled out with 18 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds in 54 minutes. Greivis Vasquez added a season-high 26 points.

NETS 112, NUGGETS 89 DENVER — Paul Pierce scored 18 points and Brooklyn rebounded from its worst loss in more than 10 years. Joe Johnson, Marcus Thornton, and Mason Plumlee each added 10 points for the Nets, who snapped a six-game losing streak in Denver. The Nets hadn’t won in the Mile High City since a 112-102 victory on Jan. 27, 2007.

PACERS 101, BUCKS 96 INDIANAPOLIS — Roy Hibbert had 24 points and 12 rebounds to help Indiana rally to beat Milwaukee. Paul George and Lance Stephenson each scored 18 points for AP Photo/Alan Diaz NBA-leading Indiana. The Pacers, 44-13 overall and an NBA-best Miami small forward LeBron James celebrates after scoring 28-3 at home, blew a 17-point lead against the New York Knicks during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Miami on Thursday. in the first half. C

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Russ Smith had 24 points, moving into ninth place on Louisville’s career scoring list, and the seventh-ranked Cardinals throttled Temple 88-66 on Thursday night. Montrezl Harrell added 21 points and freshman Terry Rozier scored a career-high 19 as Louisville capped a perfect February with its seventh straight victory. The trio combined to shoot 25 of 34 from the field and nearly outscored Temple all by themselves. Five days after drawing within a half-game of first-place Cincinnati with a road win over the Bearcats, the Cardinals (244, 13-2 American Athletic Conference) followed up by completing a season sweep of the outmanned Owls (7-20, 2-13). DUQUESNE 71, No. 10 SAINT LOUIS 64

streak. Saint Louis (25-3, 12-1 Atlantic 10) had not lost since dropping a 70-65 decision on Dec. 1 to unbeaten Wichita State, now ranked No. 2 in the country. Mason, who entered leading the nation in 3-point shooting percentage (.554), hit four of five from behind the arc for Duquesne (12-15, 4-10), which beat a top-10 opponent on the road for the fifth time (5-28). The Dukes, who were 14-point underdogs, improved to 25-55 against teams ranked in the top 10. Dwayne Evans had 10 points and 12 rebounds for Saint Louis. Mike McCall Jr. led the Billikens with 18 points, while Jordair Jett (13 points) and Rob Loe (12 points) also were in double digits. Saint Louis, which could have clinched at least a tie for the Atlantic 10 regular-season title, will try to rebound Saturday at VCU.

ARKANSAS 71, No. 17 KENTUCKY 67, OT

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Coty ST. LOUIS — Micah Mason Clarke scored seven points in overhad 22 points, Jerry Jones added time and Arkansas upset Kentucky 19 and Duquesne surprised Saint to complete a season sweep. Six weeks after Michael Qualls Louis in snapping the Billikens’ See COLLEGE, Page B-4 school-record, 19-game winning

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Time for discussion about helping football defenses

aybe the most refreshing take about a proposed rule change that would tap the brakes on college football’s pedal-tothe-metal offenses came from Temple coach Matt Rhule. “I’m selfishly for it,” Rhule said. Rhule shares some of the safety concerns held by Arkansas’ Bret Bielema and Alabama’s Nick Saban about how hurry-up offenses increase the number of plays per game and don’t allow defenses to substitute for fatigued players. Rhule said it’s better to be out in front of a potentially dangerous situation than too late. Citing player safety, the NCAA football rules committee passed a proposal two weeks ago to prohibit teams from snapping the ball until at least 10 seconds had run off the 40-second clock, with the exception of the final two minutes of each half. Ultimately, Rhule supports the proposal because he believes it helps his team, which does not push the pace offensively the way programs such as Oregon, Auburn and Texas Tech do. He said the introduction of

the 40-second clock in 2008 and the rise of up-tempo offenses have fundamentally changed college football and created an advantage defenses can’t combat. “Shouldn’t both sides be able to decide if they want to make substitutions?” he asked. Instead of turning the debate over pace of play in college football into a player-safety melodrama based on hypothetical worst-case scenarios, maybe it’s time to have an honest discussion about whether cutting defenses some slack is good for the game. Rhule was one of the 25 FBS coaches, out of 128 total surveyed by ESPN, who said they were in favor of the proposal, which still must be approved by the NCAA playing rules oversight panel that meets March 6. According to the survey released Wednesday, 93 FBS coaches (73 percent) are opposed to the proposal, nine are undecided and one coach declined to participate. Whether you agree with Rhule or not, there is some validity to his

anybody anticipated at the time that would lead to the great proliferation of up-tempo and no-huddle offenses n ootball like we see today.” But that’s not the reason for the proposal. This is a non-change year R alph D. Russo for NCAA rules, so alterations to argument. the rule book can be made only to Points per game (27 to 29.5), yards address a safety issue. However, there per game (371.6 to 412.5) and yards is no data showing hurry-up offenses per play (5.48 to 5.75) have been put players at risk. steadily rising since the 40-second Bielema explained his stance to clock was introduced in ‘08. Before reporters last week, and it didn’t then, officials would take 12 to 15 seem to win over any of the dissentseconds to spot the ball and declare it ers. Instead, he drew the ire of the ready for play, allowing time for both University of California by referencteams to sub before the 25-second ing Golden Bears player Ted Agu, play clock started. who died after collapsing during a Coaches complained that from conditioning run Feb. 7, as evidence crew to crew and conference to conto support the proposal. ference, officials were inconsistent Bielema said he’s concerned about about the time it was taking to spot athletes with the sickle cell trait, a the ball. The 40-second clock solved genetic condition that can alter red that problem, with an unintended blood cells during strenuous exercise consequence. and cause muscles to break down. “The pace of the game was now Bielema said they could be put in being turned over to the offense,” grave danger by no-huddle offenses NCAA coordinator of officials that don’t allow defenses to freely Rogers Redding said. “I don’t think substitute.

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McIlroy leads Honda Classic DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — On the course where Rory McIlroy first rose to No. 1, he looked as if he might be headed in that direction again. McIlroy swung freely and walked briskly on his way to a 7-under 63 on Thursday, with birdies on the last two holes at PGA National giving him a one-shot lead over Russell Henley after the first round of the Honda Classic. If nothing else, it was big improvement from the last official round he played on PGA National. McIlroy was 7 over through eight holes last year when he became so frustrated with mounting expectations and a slumping game that he walked off the course in the middle of the second round. He said it was a mistake that he would never repeat. He apparently buried the past with his clubs, if not his head. “It’s not something I really thought about out there,” McIlroy said. “Coming in this week, I knew that I was playing well and I just wanted to try and get off to a good start. ... Regardless of what happened last year or where it is, it’s always nice to shoot a round like this and get yourself in the mix early.” Tiger Woods wouldn’t know the feeling so far this year. In first tournament in a month, Woods couldn’t make a birdie putt early and had to scramble for pars late in his round. A birdie on the last hole gave him a 71, leaving him eight shots behind. “I hit it good starting out, hit it kind of scrappy in the middle and then hit it good at the end,” Woods said. “But it was just one or the other. I either hit it good and missed the putt, and then scrap around and make a putt.” In his other two events this year, Woods was eight shots be-

hind after the opening round at Torrey Pines and five shots behind at Dubai. He goes into the second round Friday outside the cut line. Henley opened with five birdies and six holes before he cooled off for a 64. Past champion Rory Sabbatini, William McGirt and Jamie Donaldson of Wales were at 65. Zach Johnson was four shots behind and thrilled about his 67. He hit two shots into the water on his way to a quadruple-bogey 8 on his second hold of the tournament. The former Masters champ followed with seven birdies to get back in the game. “It was a day where it could have gone the other way — quick,” Johnson said. McIlroy has been shifting gears since late last year, which he closed out with a win at the Australian Open. He had chances to win in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, and he played well in a second-round loss to Harris English last week at Match Play. But this looked like the McIlroy who won two majors, each by eight shots, bobbing along the fairways and swinging with no fear. It helped to make a few putts, such as the 25-foot birdie on No. 2 and a 45-foot birdie putt on No. 11. He had a few par saves that kept him motoring along, such as the up-anddown from 40 yards at No. 9, making a putt from just outside 10 feet. Boy Wonder took off from there. He hit into 8 feet for birdie on the 493-yard 10th hole, made the long one at No. 11 and then stuffed a gap wedge into 6 feet on No. 12. “You can’t fake it around here,” McIlroy said. “You have to play well to shoot good scores, and I was able to do that today.” McIlroy put last year behind him, though it was hard to ignore the turnaround. He was the defending cham-

AP Photo/Lynne Sladky

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland tees off on the fifth hole during the first round of the Honda Classic golf tournament Thursday, in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

pion and No. 1 in the world last year, newly signed to a big Nike contract and struggling to break par. He also was in the early stages of leaving a management company for the second time in two years. It all got to be too much, and as he walked up to the 18th green at PGA National, he shook hands and headed straight to the parking lot. He said then he was “not in a good place mentally.” Now he is playing well. He is adjusted to his equipment. He’s engaged to tennis player Caroline Wozniacki, who followed him around the golf course. “I’m in a great place,” McIlroy said. “I couldn’t be happier.” The finish didn’t hurt. The 24-year-old from Northern Ireland took aim at the flag over the water on the par-3 17th and

made a 12-foot birdie putt. He finished with a fairway metal into the front bunker, and a simple shot to 4 feet for birdie on the par-5 closing hole. He still hasn’t won a PGA Tour event since the BMW Championship at the end of the 2012 season. He hasn’t won on the European Tour since Dubai at the end of that year to capture the money title on both sides of the Atlantic. But with every tournament, he’s moving in the right direction. “I’ve reached a point now where I’m very comfortable with everything in my game and my swing,” he said. “I’m seeing shots the way I want to see them. When I do that, I feel like the scores are just a byproduct of all the hard work and making good swings.”

There is no reason to doubt Bielema’s sincerity, but when football coaches play doctor, things get messy. “Using that as an argument lacks any real medical or scientific support,” said Dr. Andrew Gregory, associate professor of orthopedics and pediatrics at Vanderbilt University. Gregory said the cases of sickle cell-related deaths in college football have been caused by what he called “heroic training,” during which players push themselves past their limits. “But those issues surround training and not the game,” he said. “You don’t see muscle breakdown during the game because you’re probably not playing enough to get in trouble.” At this point it will be surprising if the pace-of-play proposal is passed. The rules committee could even decide to withdraw the proposal before it gets to the playing rules oversight panel. The pace-of-play issue isn’t going away, but maybe the debate can become more about data than drama. Follow Ralph D. Russo at www. Twitter.com/ralphDrussoAP

$60 million high school stadium has problems ALLEN, Texas (AP) — A $60 million Texas high school stadium that got national attention for its grandeur and price tag will be shut down indefinitely 18 months after its opening, school district officials said Thursday. Eagle Stadium in the Dallas suburb of Allen will be closed until at least June for an examination of “extensive cracking” in the concrete of the stadium’s concourse, the district said in a statement Thursday. The closure will likely affect home games at the stadium this fall, the district said. Built in 2012 as part of a $120 million bond issue, Eagle Stadium seats 18,000 people and sports a 38-footwide video board. Eagle Stadium’s opening was a moment of triumph for the community of Allen, a fastgrowing Dallas suburb that has become home to a high

school football powerhouse. The Eagles won the Class 5A Division I state championship last year. District officials defended the cost — an eye-popping figure even in football-mad Texas, home to hundreds of schools playing under the “Friday Night Lights” — by calling the stadium an investment for generations of future Eagles fans and a much-needed upgrade from the district’s previous 35-year-old field. They planned to host state playoff games and other events at Eagle Stadium. Instead, the district’s graduation ceremonies and all other events are now on hold indefinitely. “This is a significant investment for our community. We are very disappointed and upset that these problems have arisen,” said interim superintendent Beth Nicholas said.

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Scoreboard Baseball Spring Training AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit Seattle Texas Toronto Cleveland Oakland Baltimore Boston Chicago Houston Los Angeles Minnesota Tampa Bay Kansas City New York

W 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

L Pct 0 1.000 0 1.000 0 1.000 0 1.000 1 .500 1 .500 0 .000 0 .000 0 .000 0 .000 0 .000 0 .000 0 .000 1 .000 2 .000

NATIONAL LEAGUE Milwaukee Pittsburgh Arizona Cincinnati Los Angeles Colorado Miami New York St. Louis Washington Atlanta Chicago Philadelphia San Diego San Francisco

1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 1.000 0 1.000 1 .667 1 .500 1 .500 0 .000 0 .000 0 .000 0 .000 0 .000 2 .000 1 .000 2 .000 1 .000 1 .000

NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.

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Thursday’s Games Toronto 7, Philadelphia 5 Pittsburgh 8, N.Y. Yankees 2 Detroit 5, Atlanta 2 Texas 11, Kansas City 7 Arizona (ss) 5, Chicago Cubs 2 L.A. Dodgers 4, Arizona (ss) 3 Milwaukee 11, Oakland 3 Cleveland 12, Cincinnati 3 Seattle 7, San Diego 1 Friday’s Games Minnesota vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 9:05 a.m. Miami vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 9:05 a.m. Pittsburgh vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 9:05 a.m. Detroit (ss) vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 9:05 a.m. N.Y. Yankees vs. Detroit (ss) at Lakeland, Fla., 9:05 a.m. Baltimore vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 9:05 a.m. Washington vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 9:10 a.m. Seattle vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 11:05 a.m. Chicago Cubs vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 11:05 a.m. Milwaukee vs. San Francisco (ss) at Scottsdale, Ariz., 11:05 a.m. Cincinnati vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 11:05 a.m. San Francisco (ss) vs. Oakland at Phoenix, 11:05 a.m. Kansas City vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 11:05 a.m. Chicago White Sox vs. L.A. Dodgers at Glendale, Ariz., 11:05 a.m. Colorado vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz., 11:10 a.m. Houston vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 2:05 p.m. Saturday’s Games Philadelphia vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 9:05 a.m. M Atlanta vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 9:05 a.m. K Toronto vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 9:05 a.m. Houston vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 9:05 a.m. Tampa Bay vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 9:05 a.m. Boston vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 9:05 a.m. St. Louis vs. Miami (ss) at Jupiter, Fla., 9:05 a.m. Miami (ss) vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 9:10 a.m. San Diego vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 11:05 a.m. L.A. Dodgers vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 11:05 a.m. Colorado vs. Cincinnati at Goodyear, Ariz., 11:05 a.m. Texas vs. Oakland at Phoenix, 11:05 a.m. Cleveland vs. Chicago White Sox

at Glendale, Ariz., 11:05 a.m. San Francisco vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 11:05 a.m. L.A. Angels vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 11:05 a.m. Milwaukee vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz., 11:10 a.m. Chicago Cubs vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz., 5:10 p.m. All Times AST

Hockey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W Boston 58 37 Montreal 61 33 Tampa Bay 59 33 Toronto 61 32 Detroit 60 28 Ottawa 60 26 Florida 59 22 Buffalo 59 17 Metropolitan Division Pittsburgh 59 40 N.Y. Rangers 60 33 Philadelphia 60 30 Washington 60 28 Columbus 59 29 New Jersey 60 25 Carolina 59 26 N.Y. Islanders 61 23

L OT Pts GF 16 5 79 180 21 7 73 155 21 5 71 170 22 7 71 182 20 12 68 159 23 11 63 170 30 7 51 143 34 8 42 118

GA 130 149 148 187 165 197 188 178

15 24 24 23 25 22 24 30

144 147 174 179 166 148 165 204

4 84 191 3 69 157 6 66 165 9 65 176 5 63 172 13 63 140 9 61 147 8 54 169

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division St. Louis 58 39 13 6 84 196 136 Chicago 61 35 12 14 84 208 165 Colorado 59 37 17 5 79 178 159 Minnesota 60 32 21 7 71 148 147 Dallas 59 28 21 10 66 168 165 Winnipeg 61 29 26 6 64 171 177 Nashville 60 26 24 10 62 149 182 Pacific Division Anaheim 60 41 14 5 87 196 147 San Jose 60 38 16 6 82 182 145 Los Angeles 61 33 22 6 72 147 132 Phoenix 59 27 21 11 65 165 172 Vancouver 61 28 24 9 65 147 160 Calgary 59 22 30 7 51 137 181 Edmonton 61 20 34 7 47 153 202 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Milwaukee

11 46 .193

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division San Antonio 41 16 Houston 39 19 Dallas 36 23 Memphis 32 24 New Orleans 23 34 Northwest Division Oklahoma City 43 15 Portland 40 18 Minnesota 28 29 Denver 25 32 Utah 21 36 Pacific Division L.A. Clippers 40 20 Golden State 35 23 Phoenix 33 24 Sacramento 20 37 L.A. Lakers 19 39

.719 .672 .610 .571 .404

— 2½ 6 8½ 18

.741 — .690 3 .491 14½ .439 17½ .368 21½ .667 — .603 4 .579 5½ .351 18½ .328 20

Thursday’s Games Indiana 101, Milwaukee 96 Washington 134, Toronto 129,3OT Miami 108, New York 82 Brooklyn 112, Denver 89 Friday’s Games Utah at Cleveland, 3:30 p.m. Memphis at Oklahoma City, 4 p.m. Golden State at New York, 4 p.m. Chicago at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. Charlotte at San Antonio, 4:30 p.m. Sacramento at L.A. Lakers, 6:30 p.m. New Orleans at Phoenix, 6:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games Washington at Philadelphia, 3:30 p.m. Orlando at Miami, 3:30 p.m. Detroit at Houston, 4 p.m. Indiana at Boston, 4 p.m. Brooklyn at Milwaukee, 4:30 p.m. Cleveland at Memphis, 5 p.m. Denver at Portland, 6 p.m. Minnesota at Sacramento, 6 p.m. New Orleans at L.A. Clippers, 6:30 p.m. All Times AST

Women’s Scores EAST

Thursday’s Games New Jersey 5, Columbus 2 N.Y. Islanders 5, Toronto 4, OT N.Y. Rangers 2, Chicago 1 San Jose 7, Philadelphia 3 Montreal 6, Pittsburgh 5, OT Detroit 6, Ottawa 1 Washington 5, Florida 4 Nashville 3, Tampa Bay 2 Winnipeg 3, Phoenix 2, OT Dallas 4, Carolina 1 Los Angeles 2, Calgary 0 Minnesota 3, Edmonton 0 Friday’s Games San Jose at Buffalo, 3 p.m. Phoenix at Colorado, 5 p.m. Minnesota at Vancouver, 6 p.m. St. Louis at Anaheim, 6 p.m. Saturday’s Games Washington at Boston, 9 a.m. New Jersey at N.Y. Islanders, 9 a.m. N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 9 a.m. Florida at Columbus, 10 a.m. Winnipeg at Nashville, 11 a.m. Tampa Bay at Dallas, 11 a.m. Carolina at Los Angeles, noon Toronto at Montreal, 3 p.m. Pittsburgh vs. Chicago at Chicago, IL, 4 p.m. Calgary at Edmonton, 6 p.m. All Times AST

Basketball NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Toronto 32 26 Brooklyn 27 29 New York 21 37 Boston 20 39 Philadelphia 15 43 Southeast Division Miami 41 14 Washington 30 28 Charlotte 27 30 Atlanta 26 31 Orlando 18 42 Central Division Indiana 44 13 Chicago 31 26 Detroit 23 35 Cleveland 23 36

Pct GB .552 — .482 4 .362 11 .339 12½ .259 17 .745 — .517 12½ .474 15 .456 16 .300 25½ .772 — .544 13 .397 21½ .390 22

Delaware 55, Hofstra 50 Drexel 56, UNC Wilmington 45 Iona 80, Quinnipiac 72 Maryland 92, Boston College 66 NC State 79, Pittsburgh 68 Saint Joseph’s 85, UMass 51 SOUTH Abilene Christian 78, Nicholls St. 62 Auburn 70, Alabama 65, 2OT Campbell 61, UNC Asheville 52 Coll. of Charleston 85, James Madison 78 Duke 71, Wake Forest 56 Florida 73, Vanderbilt 68 Florida Gulf Coast 108, Lipscomb 67 Gardner-Webb 80, Coastal Carolina 73 Georgia Tech 86, Florida St. 78 High Point 74, Winthrop 71 Jacksonville 62, ETSU 57 Kentucky 81, Mississippi St. 74, OT Liberty 90, Radford 46 McNeese St. 92, Incarnate Word 37 Miami 83, Virginia 63 Northwestern St. 73, SE Louisiana 58 Presbyterian 66, Charleston Southern 55 SC-Upstate 79, North Florida 63 South Carolina 67, Georgia 56 Stephen F. Austin 68, New Orleans 36 Stetson 74, N. Kentucky 57 Tennessee 72, LSU 67 Tennessee St. 71, Morehead St. 66 Tennessee Tech 76, E. Kentucky 74 Virginia Tech 74, Clemson 48 William & Mary 67, Northeastern 50 MIDWEST Bowling Green 82, Kent St. 38 Bradley 59, Illinois St. 58 Cent. Michigan 85, Ball St. 72, OT Evansville 63, Wichita St. 54 Grand Canyon 67, UMKC 63 Green Bay 79, Wright St. 72, OT IPFW 99, W. Illinois 92

IUPUI 69, Nebraska-Omaha 52 Ill.-Chicago 73, Youngstown St. 65 Iowa 65, Ohio St. 61 Michigan St. 75, Northwestern 44 Minnesota 73, Indiana 62 Missouri 75, Mississippi 72 Missouri St. 93, S. Illinois 76 N. Illinois 68, Toledo 59, OT Nebraska 72, Illinois 65 Notre Dame 100, North Carolina 75 Oakland 81, Cleveland St. 71 Ohio 83, Buffalo 71 South Dakota 95, N. Dakota St. 87, OT UT-Martin 93, E. Illinois 69 SOUTHWEST Cent. Arkansas 54, Sam Houston St. 49 Oral Roberts 84, Lamar 78 Texas A&M 77, Arkansas 54 Texas-Pan American 84, CS Bakersfield 62 FAR WEST CS Northridge 79, Cal St.-Fullerton 59 California 75, Washington St. 68, OT E. Washington 67, N. Colorado 61 Gonzaga 75, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 65 Idaho St. 72, N. Arizona 65 Loyola Marymount 88, Santa Clara 74 North Dakota 73, Portland St. 52 Pacific 70, Portland 57 S. Dakota St. 69, Denver 55 Sacramento St. 76, Weber St. 60 San Francisco 75, Pepperdine 61 Southern Cal 67, Utah 57 Stanford 83, Washington 60 UC Davis 77, Cal Poly 69 UC Irvine 77, UC Santa Barbara 73 Utah Valley 87, New Mexico St. 81

Men’s Scores EAST Albany (NY) 66, New Hampshire 48 CCSU 86, LIU Brooklyn 82, OT Hartford 89, Binghamton 83, OT Mass.-Lowell 84, Maine 72 Penn St. 65, Ohio St. 63 Robert Morris 69, Fairleigh Dickinson 64 Sacred Heart 72, Mount St. Mary’s 65 Siena 72, Quinnipiac 70 St. Francis (NY) 62, Bryant 59 VCU 85, Fordham 66 Vermont 69, Stony Brook 53 Wagner 74, St. Francis (Pa.) 45 SOUTH Appalachian St. 63, Samford 57 Arkansas 71, Kentucky 67, OT Chattanooga 83, W. Carolina 81, OT Davidson 79, UNC Greensboro 46 E. Kentucky 74, Tennessee Tech 67 East Carolina 75, Charlotte 68 Georgia Southern 82, Furman 73 Jacksonville 71, Kennesaw St. 69 Lipscomb 92, Florida Gulf Coast 71 Louisiana Tech 55, Middle Tennessee 39 Louisiana-Monroe 71, South Alabama 54 Louisville 88, Temple 66 McNeese St. 87, Incarnate Word 72 Murray St. 86, UT-Martin 72 N. Kentucky 96, Stetson 58 Nicholls St. 79, Abilene Christian 60 North Florida 79, Mercer 76, OT Northwestern St. 88, SE Louisiana 83 Old Dominion 70, Marshall 63 Southern Miss. 78, FIU 66 Stephen F. Austin 103, New Orleans 63

Tennessee St. 70, Morehead St. 68 UALR 62, Troy 55 Wofford 63, Elon59 MIDWEST Duquesne 71, Saint Louis 64 Green Bay 71, Oakland 63 IPFW 65, W. Illinois 56 Indiana 93, Iowa 86 Marquette 75, Georgetown 73 Milwaukee 68, Detroit 62 N. Dakota St. 82, South Dakota 54 Nebraska-Omaha 88, IUPUI 66 North Dakota 83, Portland St. 73 S. Dakota St. 78, Denver 69 SE Missouri 83, Austin Peay 80 SOUTHWEST Cent. Arkansas 80, Sam Houstn St. 71 Georgia St. 77, Texas-Arlington 49 Houston 77, Memphis 68 North Texas 71, UTSA 62 Oral Roberts 75, Lamar 67 Tulsa 65, UTEP 60 UAB 61, Rice 60 W. Kentucky 51, Texas St. 50 FAR WEST Cal St.-Fullerton 82, CS Northridge 81 Chicago St. 84, Seattle 77, 3OT E. Washington 80, N. Colorado 66 Gonzaga 70, Pacific 53 Long Beach St. 63, Hawaii 61 Loyola Marymount 75, Santa Clara 71 Montana St. 77, S. Utah 72, OT N. Arizona 66, Idaho St. 65 Oregon 87, UCLA 83, 2OT Oregon St. 76, Southern Cal 66 Saint Mary’s (Cal) 70, Portland 61 San Francisco 77, Pepperdine 53 Texas-Pan American 63, CS Bakersfield 61 UC Davis 85, Cal Poly 73 UC Irvine 71, UC Santa Barbara 60 UMKC 85, Grand Canyon 80 Utah Valley 66, New Mexico St. 61, OT Weber St. 79, Sacramento St. 67

Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE — Suspended San Francisco minor league 2B Ryan Jones (AugustaSAL) 50 games after testing positive for an amphetamine. American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Traded INF Jake Elmore to Oakland for cash considerations. KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with LHPs Francisley Bueno, Chris Dwyer, Donnie Joseph and John Lamb; RHPs Michael Mariot and Yordano Ventura; INFs Pedro Ciriaco and Christian Colon; and OFs Lorenzo Cain and Jarrod Dyson on one-year contracts. OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Designated INF Andy Parrino for assignment. SEATTLE MARINERS — Agreed to terms with RHPs Brandon Maurer, Hector Noesi, Stephen Pryor, Erasmo Ramirez and Taijuan Walker; LHPs Bobby LaFramboise and Lucas Luetge; C Jesus Sucre; and INFs Brad Miller, Jesus Montero and Carlos Triunfel on one-year contracts. Named Joe Myhra vice president, ballpark operations. National League SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Agreed to terms with OF Tyler Colvin on a minor league contract.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Suspended Sacramento C DeMarcus Cousins one game and fined him $20,000 for punching an opposing player and verbally abusing an official during Tuesday’s game. ATLANTA HAWKS — Signed C Mike Muscala. Released C Dexter Pittman. DALLAS MAVERICKS — Assigned F Jae Crowder, F Shane Larkin and G Bernard James to the NBADL. Recalled G Ricky Ledo. MILWAUKEE BUCKS — Waived F Caron Butler. SACRAMENTO KINGS — Agreed to terms with G Jimmer Fredette on a contract buyout. FOOTBALL National Football League BALTIMORE RAVENS — Terminated the contracts of FB Vonta Leach and B Jameel McClain. CHICAGO BEARS — Agreed to terms with C Roberto Garza on a one-year contract. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Agreed to terms with WR Riley Cooper on a five-year contract and C Jason Kelce on a sevenyear contract. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Agreed to terms with OL Daniel Kilgore on a three-year contract extension through the 2017 season. WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Re-signed DL Chris Baker to a three-year contract. Canadian Football League EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Named Jonathan Himebauch offensive line coach and run game coordinator. WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Re-signed RB Will Ford. Released OL Shannon Boatman and DB Jeremy McGee. HOCKEY National Hockey League NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Named Adam Davis executive vice president of corporate partnerships. SOCCER Major League Soccer CHIVAS USA — Waived M Carlo Chueca. FC DALLAS — Signed F Tesho Akindele and F Nicholas Walker. National Women’s Soccer League WASHINGTON SPIRIT — Signed D Cecilie Sandvej. COLLEGE EAST CAROLINA — Dismissed WR Danny Webster. FORDHAM — Signed athletic director Dave Roach to a contract extension through 2019. LSU — Named Bradley Dale Peveto special teams coordinator and a defensive assistant. NORTH TEXAS — Named Perry Carter safeties coach and LaMarcus Hicks cornerbacks coach.

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Collins to meet Shepard’s parents DENVER (AP) — For a guy who waited so long to get his chance to play basketball again, this was one game Jason Collins couldn’t get through fast enough. The first openly gay athlete in America’s four major sports was set to meet with the family of slain Wyoming college student Matthew Shepard following the Brooklyn Nets’ game against the Denver Nuggets on Thursday night. Collins, who signed a 10-day contract with the Nets on Sunday, said the chance to meet Dennis and Judy Shepard was “one of those cool treats in life.” Shepard was tortured and murdered in 1998 because he was gay. Collins wears his No. 98 jersey in Shepard’s honor. “I was in college at the time and when he was killed and of course it’s a tragedy what happened and I just hope that it inspires others to move forward and again I’m looking forward to meeting his parents,” Collins said about 90 minutes before tipoff. “I had the honor and pleasure of speaking with his mom last spring and she was a cool lady, a cool woman, and so I’m looking forward to meeting with both of them face to face,” Collins wore the No. 98 with both the Boston Celtics and the Washington Wizards for Shepard even before coming out last spring. The jersey has been a big seller on NBAStore.com, something Collins said honored Shepard and the Trevor Project, which was established in 1998 and aims to prevent suicide among LGBT youth. Collins said slipping on that jersey with the significance no longer a closely held secret meant a lot to him. “Obviously, it started off my friends and family knew why I chose that number and it’s just cool to see that so many people support it as evidenced by so many people buying the jersey,” he said. Collins was a free agent when he announced at the end of last season that he is gay and the 35-year-old center remained unsigned until the Nets needed another big man. He said he’s been given no indication from the team that he’ll get another 10-day deal but wants to stay with the Nets the rest of the season: “Oh yeah, definitely. This is a great group of guys.”

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brought Kentucky (21-7, 11-4 Southeastern Conference) within two, but Arkansas’ Kikko Haydar made two more from the line with Continued from page B-1 17 seconds left for the final margin. beat the Wildcats with a last-second The surging Razorbacks (19-9, dunk in OT, Clarke lifted the Ra- 8-7) have won four straight and six zorbacks this time with a 3-pointer of seven. and four free throws in the extra period, including two with 36.7 INDIANA 93, seconds left for a 69-64 lead. No. 20 IOWA 86 Free throws were the difference in the game, with Arkansas makBLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Will ing all six attempts in overtime and Sheehey scored 19 of his careergoing 16 for 16 overall. Kentucky high 30 points in the first half and was 12 of 22 from the line. Stanford Robinson added a careerJames Young’s 3-pointer best 17 to lead Indiana over Iowa

in a game that was postponed last week. The Hoosiers (16-12, 6-9 Big Ten) went on a 9-0 run in the second half, capped by a 3-pointer from Evan Gordon that gave them a 62-60 lead with 13:13 remaining. Roy Devyn Marble had 20 points and Aaron White added 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Hawkeyes (19-9, 8-7), who have lost three straight. The Hoosiers scored six straight points to take a 77-69 lead when Robinson converted a three-point play. Sheehey dunked to give Indiana an 82-73 advantage with 1:35

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on the court. “We don’t have anything until regions, so we hope they’ll hold up,” said CIA coach Rustin Hitchcock. “(Orth) is a high-energy player, she plays like a post and she’s a guard. It’s something we can’t do without, but there’s a risk there, and she understands it.” With the win, CIA improved to 14-4 overall (7-2 conference). “Ninilchik is a very improved team and Rod has done some work with them, I got to give him credit,” Hitchcock said. “They had our game plan scouted and they knew how to beat us, and they did that in the first half. We got beat up a little with the press, had some injuries, but we eventually settled into our groove.” Senior Jessica Rogers paced the Wolverines with 15 points, including nine in the first quarter. Much like her teammate on the boys side, Rogers was able to grab passes and get the looks at the basket she needed. “I thought we were too tentative with our wing play,” Hitchcock said. “We were catching the ball and just looking to get it to our main guns, when we need everybody to look inside.” But when Ninilchik needed the points the most, the offense just was not there. “The press just got to us and we just kind of fell hard,” said Ninilchik coach Rod Van Saun. “That’s what they do.” Leading 18-15 at halftime, CIA shut out Ninilchik in the third quarter, outscoring the Wolverines 10-0 to take a 2815 lead. Using clean passing, Moffis managed to get clear looks at the basket, and in the fourth quarter, she really turned it on to help CIA distance itself. On defense, the Eagles forced turnovers by holding Ninilchik with a deadly press that resulted in 10-second court violations. “I’m OK with the 10-second calls because that means we can turn around and play defense,” Van Saun said. “But when we just turn it over right to them, they get points off that and that hurts.” With just over three minutes left in the third quarter, Orth suffered her injury, but that did not stop her teammates. After Orth left the court, CIA promptly scored three unanswered baskets to extend its lead.

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CIA improved to 16-4 overall (10-2 conference) with the victory, as Ninilchik dropped to 11-11 (5-4 conference) with the loss. After a relatively slow start, CIA began forcing Ninilchik into turnovers. Leading the defensive effort was Smithwick, who managed to steal the ball and race down the court for layups on numerous occasions. CIA coach Justin Franchino said he placed emphasis on slowing the game down during the halftime break. “I told them to play defense, and wake up,” Franchino said. “We were super slow to rotate, we were out of position all the time, which allowed (Ninilchik) to get inside baskets. “We really turned it around toward the end of the second quarter but we gave up some of those 3s.” Ninilchik took an 11-10 lead after one quarter, and with the help of White’s height advantage, began pulling away in the second with easy buckets. Tyler Thorne’s trey with 5 minutes, 8 seconds, left in the first half put Ninilchik up 18-12. “We were forcing the issue, we were just driving in,” Franchino said. “There was no pace on offense. Once we settled down and played smart, then everything changed for us. It came down to thinking with their heads and not with their feet.” Leading 21-17 at halftime, Ninilchik coach Nicholas Finley said his team found it increasingly harder to get White the ball when he was in position to score under the hoop. “We stopped making pass fakes, and they were just reading the passing lanes and using their speed to take advantage of that,” Finley said. “We’re a young team, and we have some room to grow still.” White, who is only in his second year of playing basketball in school, found early success by grabbing passes from the air where others simply couldn’t reach. In the second half, the Eagles made sure to clog up the paint area. “It’s amazing how far he’s come, and I give a lot of credit to Nick for helping him and developing him,” Franchino said. “He’s going to be quite a hand-

ful in a few years.” The third quarter proved to be the difference in the game, as CIA took off on a 14-2 run to start the half and by the 2:10 mark of the quarter, the Eagles held a 31-23 lead. “I told them if we can get the lead back out to about six or eight points, we can win it,” Finley said. “We had to come out on offense and be aggressive, but we came out and just didn’t take many shots, and turned it over too much.” At one point, Smithwick had three straight steals on cross-court passes by Ninilchik, twice leading to driving layups. “My adrenaline is just pumping,” Smithwick said about his transition drives to the basket. “When I’m going, I don’t know if (a Ninilchik player) is going to come from behind and block me or hit me. “All you have to think about is the rim, the basket or the backboard. Your whole focus has to be about the basket.” With 6:22 left in the game, CIA booste d its lead to 13 points, but Ninilchik did everything it could do rally back, and with 41 seconds left, a 3-pointer from Thorne closed the gap to 41-36. However, after a pair of free throws, Smithwick stole the ball one last time and scored to clinch the win. With the Peninsula Conference tournament less than a week away, Franchino said the competition looks to be as close as ever, and his squad has a shot to make it to state. “Game on,” Franchino said about the upcoming tournament. “It’s going to be tough. I’d say there’s at least five teams that can potentially make it to state.” Thursday was also senior night, as four Cook Inlet players were recognized — Adam Uchtman, Riley Solie, Caleb Lyons and Mylon Weems. CIA girls 43, Ninilchik 24 Earlier on Thursday, the CIA girls hoops team took on a similar third-quarter charge to distance themselves and beat Ninilchik at home. Senior Nicole Moffis led the Eagles with 16 points — 13 coming in the second half — while teammate Madison Orth contributed 11 as well. Orth missed the final third of the game after twisting her ankle

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game out of reach. Zach Quinn made 28 saves for the Bears, while Perry had 15 for the Wild. “Quinn played well again,” Beauparlant said. “He made some tremendous saves to allow us to try and regroup.” But Beauparlant said the story of the game was the way his team started in such a pivotal game. “I’m not happy at all,” the coach said of the first period. “We played on our heels and they were ready and wanted it more than we did. “That showed through for the entire game.” The teams stay in Wenatchee to drop the puck at 6:05 p.m. Saturday and 2:05 p.m. Sunday. Thursday Wild 4, Brown Bears 2 Kenai River Wenatchee

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First period — 1. Wenatchee, Tuomie (Demario, Harris), pp, 6:37. Penalties — Kenai River 1 for 2:00. Second period — none. Penalties — Kenai River 1 for 2:00. Third period — 2. Wenatchee, Powlowski (Tuomie), 1:34; 3. Wenatchee, Rauter (Ahlgren), pp, 8:06; 4. Kenai River, Butcher (Karlsson, Andrews), pp, 12:06; 5. Kenai River, Gessert (un.), 14:34; 6. Wenatchee, Harris (Ahlgren), 15:09. Penalties — Kenai River 3 for 6:00; Wenatchee 3 for 6:00. Shots on goal — Kenai River 2-6-9—17; Wenatchee 9-12-11—32. Goalies — Kenai River, Quinn (32 shots, 28 saves); Wenatchee, Perry (17 shots, 15 saves). Power plays — Kenai River 1 for 3; Wenatchee 2 for 5.

card spot in the Eastern Conference. Bobby Ryan scored for the Senators, who were playing their first game since the Olympic break. Robin Lehner allowed six goals on 15 shots before Andrew Hammond made his NHL debut, stopping all nine shots he faced.

KINGS 2, FLAMES 0 CALGARY, Alberta — Dustin Brown had a goal and an assist and Jonathan Quick made 25 saves as Los Angeles made it backto-back wins with a victory over Calgary. On a night when Calgary honored Canadian Olympians in a pregame ceremony, a pair of Team USA players were the big stars. Quick was steady all night in earning his third shutout of the season and 29th of his career. He was especially sharp through the opening 40 minutes as Calgary built a 23-13 edge in shots, but trailed 1-0. After scoring the first goal three minutes into the game, Brown helped the Kings get an important insurance goal, setting up Dwight King in front of the net 3:30 into the third period.

RANGERS 2, BLACKHAWKS 1 NEW YORK — Cam Talbot, subbing for resting Olympian Henrik Lundqvist, stopped 31 shots, and Derick Brassard and Rick Nash scored as New York returned from the Sochi break with a victory over Chicago. Talbot got the nod after Lundqvist received extended work in Sweden’s run to the gold medal game in the Olympics. Talbot made the most of his opportunity, getting his 11th career win in 18 NHL games — all this season. He was 11.6 seconds away from a shut-

remaining. The game originally was slated for last week but was postponed after an 8-foot, 50-pound steel plate fell from the ceiling of Assembly Hall about 6½ hours before the scheduled start.

game. Jherrod Stiggers chipped in with 14 points and L.J. Rose had seven points, seven rebounds and 10 assists for Houston (14-14, 6-9 American Athletic Conference). Michael Dixon Jr. scored 19 points and Shaq Goodwin had 16 points and 10 rebounds for Memphis (21-7, 10-5). The Tigers went HOUSTON 77, 3 of 13 from 3-point range and No. 21 MEMPHIS 68 committed 14 turnovers that led to HOUSTON — Danuel House 21 Houston points. had 19 points and Houston closed with a surge to beat Memphis. PENN STATE 65, TaShawn Thomas added 16 No. 22 OHIO STATE 63 points and seven rebounds for the STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — D.J. Cougars, who finished on a 14-5 run to win their second consecutive Newbill scored 23 points, Tim Fra-

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion

Cook Inlet Academy’s Timmy Smithwick drives to the hoop as Ninilchik’s Robert Delgado is charged with a blocking foul Thursday in Soldotna.

With less than a week before the lone senior on the team. the conference tournament, Thursday boys Hitchcock believes his team — Eagles 46, Wolverines 37 aside from the injuries — is in 10 7 16 13 —46 a good position to attempt an- Cook Inlet Ninilchik 11 10 6 10 —37 other state championship run. CIA (46) — R. Smithwick 3 0-0 7, Barlow “I think we’re ready for it, 1 0-0 2, Leaf 2 0-0 4, J. Solie 0 0-0 0, T. but so are a lot of teams,” Hitch- Smithwick 6 8-10 20, Lyons 1 0-0 2, R. Socock said. “I think this’ll be one lie 2 0-0 5, Weems 3 0-2 6. Totals 18 8-12 of the stronger regional years 46. NINILCHIK (37) — Presley 2 0-1 4, Mirales for the girls side, any of the 2 0-0 4, Bartolowits 1 0-0 3, Thorne 2 0-0 5, White 8 2-2 18, Delgado 0 2-8 2. Totals four or five seeds can do it.” 15 4-11 37. As a part of CIA’s senior 3-point field goals — CIA 2 (R. Smithwick night, Moffis was recognized as 1, R. Solie 1); Ninilchik 2 (Bartolowits 1,

out, but Peter Regin scored after goalie Corey Crawford was pulled. Patrick Kane nearly tied it seconds later, but Talbot stopped him with his pad.

CANADIENS 6, PENGUINS 5, SO PITTSBURGH — David Desharnais scored the lone goal in the shootout, leading Montreal to victory over Pittsburgh. Canadiens goaltender Peter Budaj, in his second straight start for injured starter Carey Price, stopped Penguins shooters James Neal and Sidney Crosby before denying Evgeni Malkin’s slap shot for the win. Desharnais, the third shooter for Montreal, slammed on the brakes at the top of the crease before sliding the puck by MarcAndre Fleury. Daniel Briere scored twice, once on the power play, and Max Pacioretty also scored with the man advantage, his 27th of the year. Brendan Gallagher netted his 15th for the Canadiens and Alexei Emelin also scored his second of the season.

in a see-saw third period in which the teams combined for five goals in a nine-minute span. Evgeni Nabokov made 18 saves for New York, which improved to 5-1-2 in their last eight games against Toronto. Joffrey Lupul put Toronto ahead 4-3 with just over six minutes left in the third before Lee knotted the score at 17:20 with his second of the game. Lupul’s 18th of the season at 13:54 came just over a minute after Lee tied it at 3 with his first of the season. Lee’s power-play goal came after Dion Phaneuf had put Toronto ahead 3-2 at 11:26.

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SUNRISE, Fla. — Alex Ovechkin scored the go-ahead goal in the third period and had two assists, and Troy Brouwer had two power-play goals to lift Washington past Florida. Nicklas Backstrom and Brooks Laich also tallied for the Capitals and Braden Holtby made 30 saves. Brad Boyes scored twice for Florida, and Drew Shore and Tomas Fleischmann also JETS 3, COYOTES 2, SO had goals. Tim Thomas stopped 27 shots. Ovechkin broke a 4-all tie in the third peWINNIPEG, Manitoba — Olli Jokinen scored the shootout winner and Winnipeg riod when he took a pass from Laich on the right side and sent a one-timer past Thomas edged Phoenix. Bryan Little and Blake Wheeler scored in at 15:43 for his 41st goal. regulation for the Jets, who continued their winning ways under new head coach Paul STARS 4, HURRICANES 1 Maurice. The Jets are 10-3-1 since Maurice replaced the fired Claude Noel. DALLAS — Jamie Benn had a goal and Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Martin Han- two assists to lead Dallas over Carolina. zal scored for Phoenix in the first game for Kari Lehtonen made 29 saves for the both teams after a 19-day Olympic break. Stars, who also got goals from Tyler Seguin, Brenden Dillon and Cody Eakin. The victory put Dallas (28-21-10) in eighth place, ISLANDERS 5, the final playoff spot, in the Western ConMAPLE LEAFS 4, OT ference. UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Lubomir VisSeguin scored 3:18 into the game, and novsky scored 1:55 into overtime and New Dillon gave Dallas a 2-0 lead with a shortYork outlasted Toronto in a wild game. handed goal at 6:13. Benn, who played for Visnovsky’s winner came after Anders Canada’s gold medal-winning team, assistLee scored two tying goals for the Islanders ed on both and then scored an unassisted, C

zier added 16 and Penn State held off a late rally by Ohio State on Senior Night. The Buckeyes (22-7, 9-7 Big Ten) had a chance to win at the end. Coming out of a timeout with 6.8 seconds left, Lenzelle Smith Jr.’s 3-pointer rimmed out. The Nittany Lions (14-14, 5-10) grabbed the rebound and time expired. Ohio State was led by LaQuinton Ross, who scored 19 points. Aaron Craft, plagued by foul trouble, added 10. Penn State swept the season series. The Nittany Lions upset thenNo. 23 Ohio State 71-70 in overtime on Jan. 29 in Columbus.

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CIA (43) — Hanna 0 0-0 0, Moffis 7 0-2 16, Taplin 0 0-0 0, Hills 1 0-0 2, Brush 3 0-0 6, Lyons 1 0-0 2, Hammond 2 0-1 4, McGahan 1 0-0 2, Orth 5 1-2 11. Totals 20 1-5 43. NINILCHIK (24) — Rogers 7 1-2 15, Cooper 0 0-0 0, Sinclair 0 0-0 0, Goins 0 0-0 0, Ehlers 2 0-0 4, Finney 1 1-4 3, Me. Clark 1 0-0 2, Robuck 0 0-0 0, Mi. Clark 0 0-0 0. Totals 11 2-6 24. 3-point field goals — CIA 2 (Moffis 2). Team fouls — CIA 6; Ninilchik 6.

short-handed goal at 18:35 of the second.

WILD 3, OILERS 0 EDMONTON, Alberta — Darcy Kuemper made 21 saves to earn his second career shutout and Minnesota returned from the Olympic break with a victory over Edmonton. Mikael Granlund, Stephane Veilleux and Dany Heatley scored for the Wild, who won their third game in a row. The Oilers have lost two in a row after winning five of their previous six. It was the fifth time this season that the Oilers have been shutout at home and eighth time this season they have failed to score in a game. The game started with Oilers forward Matt Hendricks checking Wild defenseman Nate Prosser into the boards in the first minute. Prosser was helped to the dressing room and did not return until the second period.

DEVILS 5, BLUE JACKETS 2 NEWARK, N.J. — Adam Henrique scored twice, Jaromir Jagr netted the 699th goal of his career and New Jersey had a rare goal-scoring binge in defeating Columbus. Ryane Clowe also scored and the special teams tallied twice on the power play and once short-handed.

PREDATORS 3, LIGHTNING 2 NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Patric Hornqvist scored a power-play goal at 13:56 of the third period to send Nashville to the victory over Tampa Bay. Matt Cullen and Roman Josi also scored power-play goals to help Nashville snap a three-game losing streak. The three man-advantage goals were a season high for the Predators. Martin St. Louis had both goals for the Lightning, losers of three of their last four.

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Blood sports Author’s note: In recent years, I’ve given serious thought to some of my urges and actions as they pertain to fishing. I’ve realized a few things, one of which is how I feel about catch-and-release fishing. I’ve done a lot of this in past years, particularly in remote parts of Alaska, where there was no way to preserve fish, but also in my own backyard. Although I’m at heart a “meat” fisherman, over the past four decades of fishing in Alaska, I’ve hooked hundreds of trout, halibut and salmon with no intention of taking them home and eating them. At one time, in some quarters, I would’ve admitted this with pride. Now I feel only shame. I’ve told you that so I can tell you this. — LP

n the beginning, we humans didn’t have much to do with animals. Other than fearing some of them, we simply chased them down, killed them and ate them. Later on, after we had learned how to plant enough grain so that we could stay in one spot without starving, we had enough time and energy to think up ways to use animals for our entertainment. The modern term for this is “blood sports.” The Cambridge Online Dictionary defines blood sport as “any sport that involves animals being killed or hurt to make the people watching or taking part feel excitement.” By this definition, blood sport excludes sports involving only humans (such as football), but includes coursing (chasing animals with dogs), baiting (setting dogs against confined animals for sport), combat sports (such as cockfighting, dogfighting and other activities in which humans use animals for sport). Bull fighting is a blood sport. Unless done for food, hunting and fishing are blood sports. “Blood” is part of “blood sports” because blood is usually drawn. One or more of the animals often dies, either at the conclusion of the event or later, as a result of injuries. Even if the losing animal survives, it often is killed by the owner because it was the loser. Money is almost always involved in the blood sports. Spectators pay to see them, and cash betting is common. Many industries support the blood sports. Among countless others, these include the travel, lodging and sporting-goods industries. When you go to Belize for bonefishing, or to Africa for a trophy game animal, many businesses appreciate your patronage. Throughout history, blood sports have been popular. In parts of Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries, fox tossing was all the rage among the aristocracy. Inside a large corral, several teams of two people, often mixed couples, would hold slings. When the caged animals

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Perfect storm Conditions make park an ice-climbing attraction By SCOTT ANDERSON (LaSalle) News-Tribune

UTICA, Ill. (AP) — Year-round tourist attraction Starved Rock State Park does not attract mountaineers every year. But an extremely cold December, January and February, with plenty of snow and just the right amount of thawing created ideal conditions for experienced ice climbers in recent weeks. “It doesn’t form every year. This year is phenomenal in terms of the weather. It’s been cold for so long,” said Jacek Witkos, an Elmwood Park English Language Learner teacher who was climbing the more than 100-foot-tall Wildcat Canyon icefall with three fellow Chicago Mountaineering Club members this past weekend. Eight other climbers were taking advantage of Wildcat’s ice Sunday. Witkos, who started “scrambling” up mountains when he grew up in Poland, has been ice climbing for the past seven years. Feb. 9 was his first climb at Starved Rock, although he visits frequently with his family in summer for hiking and to enjoy the “beautiful, warm and cozy” lodge. Along with friends and club members, he goes on an annual winter trip to the Michigan Ice Festival in Munising, Mich., where the wide “ice curtains” that cling to a Lake Superior bluff provide climbers with multiple lines to climb. He also climbed the frozen Cascade River falls on Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake Superior this winter, and climbed Devil’s Tower in Wyoming, The Needles in South Dakota and Mount Wheeler in New Mexico last summer. All canyons have ice falls this year. Icefalls formed in all 18 canyons at Starved Rock State Park this winter, according to park staff. The park allows climbing in Tonti, La Salle and Ottawa canyons, too. “Ice climbing is prime right now, and this is the best year we’ve had in several, because the previous years, the conditions just weren’t right,” said Jolyn Wise, natural resources coordinator for Starved Rock State Park. She said climbers from all over Illinois often show up more than one time per winter. “When conditions are right, they usually just last a short period. So they’re out here as often as they can,” Wise said. The park never allows climbing on the soft, sandstone cliffs, because of instability and therefore life-threatening danger.

Top: In this Feb. 9 photo, David Siemk of Morton Grove, Ill., uses ice axes and spiked shoes called “crampons” while ice climbing at the more than 100-foot-tall Wildcat Canyon icefall at Starved Rock State Park new Utica, Ill. The shoes are generally composed of 10 steel spikes pointing down for traction and two pointing forward to stab and hold in vertical ice. Left: Ice climbers are seen in Wildcat Canyon, one of the four canyons out of 18 at Starved Rock State Park that allows climbing on icefalls. Above: An ice climber’s gear sits beside a log at the bottom of the icefall inside Wildcat Canyon.

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A demonstration of age and beauty

n a frosty morning in February 1985, biologists from the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge hunkered down in the bushes waiting for takers on their carefully laid trap. On a mostly unfrozen section of the Kenai River, a salmon carcass was strategically placed at the waterline and a padded foothold trap was submersed in the adjacent water. As the trap grabbed an adult Bald Eagle by the foot, the biologists sprinted into action. The eagle was secured, banded on one leg and fitted with a small backpack- mounted radio transmitter. After being released, the perturbed eagle flew to a nearby cottonwood and examined its newly installed bracelet. For the record, this large adult female eagle would now be known Photos courtesy Kenai National Wildlife Refuge only by its radio frequency #166.590. Volunteers Mike Kesterson and Carlos Paez release a radio-tagged Bald Eagle captured on the Upper Kenai River A total of 13 eagles were fitted with during the winter of 1984-85. transmitters using this technique in C

R efuge N otebook Todd E skelin 1985. For the remainder of the winter and throughout the summer they were periodically tracked to see where they went and if they nested on the Kenai Peninsula. Eagle 166.590 was a bit elusive. After capture she immediately disappeared. In March, she relocated to a strip of woods in Halibut Cove on the south side of Kachemak Bay. She disappeared again and was discovered in May along the Swanson River. From that point on, she was never heard from again until just recently. See REFUGE, page C-2

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were set loose in the arena, they would run around looking for a way out, and would run across the slings, which lay flat on the ground. If the sling holders pulled them taut at just the right moment, they could toss a fox as high as 24 feet. It must’ve been great fun. In “Deutsche Jaeger,” published in 1719, author Hans Friedrich von Fleming describes a famous animal tossing held in Dresden by Augustus II the Strong. Participants tossed some 687 foxes, 533 hares, 34 badgers, 21 wild cats, 34 wild boars and three wolves. Over the centuries, using animals for fun has been challenged for moral, religious and cultural reasons, but blood sports have survived. To this day, cockfights are held in many countries — Cuba, Mexico, Brazil, Iraq, Pakistan and most all of Asia, to name a few. I wouldn’t be surprised to learn they were being held on the Kenai Peninsula. Dog fighting, where “man’s best friend” is put into a confined space with another of its kind and urged into a snarling, bloody fight, has been popular worldwide throughout history. Now illegal in most countries, it’s a felony in the U.S., but that hasn’t stopped it. The second-largest dogfighting raid in U.S. history occurred on

Aug. 23, 2013, and involved suspects in Texas, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. Ten were arrested and indicted on charges of felony dog fighting. Authorities confiscated $500,000 in cash from dogfighting gambling activities that occurred during the 3-year investigation leading to the arrests. Authorities seized 367 dogs in the bust. Most of the people who get their kicks by abusing animals do so secretly, but some are quite public about it. For example, many anglers, fishing only for the fun of it, hook king salmon, force them to fight for their lives, “play” them until they are exhausted, then release them to an unknown fate. Even when the numbers of these fish migrating to their spawning grounds are so low that sustainability of the stock is in doubt, these people continue to catch and release salmon. Some of these salmon die. Others don’t successfully reproduce. As with fox throwing, both men and women enjoy this blood sport, and seemingly are proud of what they’re doing. As with dog fighting and cock fighting, money is involved. I can’t help but wonder. If people get some kind of perverted enjoyment from seeing animals being abused, and suffering and dying, what else do they do for entertainment?

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Biologists from Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge responded to a report of an eagle that had been electrocuted in a collision with powerlines near Homer. Upon retrieving the dead eagle, they discovered an aluminum band on its leg. After reporting the band number to the Bird Banding Lab (www.reportband.gov) we were all notified that this eagle had been banded almost 29 years ago! The backpack was long gone as they are designed to disintegrate after a couple of years. Other than the obvious damage from the collision with the powerline, the bird appeared to have been relatively healthy and in good body condition for its age. If you factor in the age of the bird when it was banded, this eagle was a minimum of 33 years and 8 months old at the time it died, making it one of the oldest known wild Bald Eagles ever banded. We have to indicate wild, because there is a report of a captive eagle in New York that lived to 50 years old! It shows that even when you are at the top of the food chain, the stresses of the natural environment can be costly. While “our” 33 year old Les Palmer can be reached Bald Eagle from the Kenai at les.palmer@rocketmail.com. Peninsula is impressive, noth-

After 29 years, the aluminum leg band on a recently-deceased Bald Eagle was quite legible and in very good shape.

ing can rival the iconic star of the elderly bird world like Wisdom the Laysan Albatross. This impressive record setter just hatched what is believed to be her 35th chick at the ripe young age of 63 years old. In her lifetime she has likely logged more than 3 million flying miles around the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii, Japan and Alaska. After gallivanting around the Pacific, Wisdom periodically stops at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge to nest and rear a single chick. This nesting process may take up to half a year. Surviving countless cyclones, typhoons and tsunamis, Wisdom is the oldest wild banded bird on re-

cord in the U.S. and she is still going strong. One common attribute of long lived bird species is that they usually take a long time to mature before entering the breeding force. Laysan Albatrosses often fly around for 7 or 8 years before making their first breeding attempt. Bald Eagles will usually be in their 6th calendar year before first nesting and, in most cases, these early attempts are failures. Who would have guessed that Bald Eagles on the Kenai may take longer than a brown bear to mature and enter into the breeding population? Longevity and delayed maturity are difficult factors

in studying some birds and also pose problems when trying to assess population levels or recovery efforts. At any point in time, there is the breeding or nesting portion of the population and the non-breeding portion that may not be coming back to nest for several years. Also, if an action is taken to help a struggling population, it may take several years before a response can be measured. If that effort was unsuccessful, it may take years before we actually know that a different approach is needed. One thing is certain. In 1985 I was in high school. The last thing I was thinking about was banding Bald Eagles. I am thankful that biologists at the time were banding these birds as it gave me the unique opportunity to see one of the oldest banded Bald Eagles ever. It also revitalized me in knowing some of the work I do is for the here and now, but some will be fruit on someone else’s tree long after I leave the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. Todd Eskelin is a biologist at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. He specializes in birds and has conducted research on songbirds in many areas of the state. You can find more information at http:// kenai.fws.gov or http://www. facebook.com/kenainationalwildliferefuge.

Homer doctor, friends snowmachine to Nome By McKIBBEN JACKINSKY Morris News Service-Alaska Homer News

For the 22nd year, Paul Sayer, a Homer physician, is getting ready to take the same two-week, mid-winter vacation he has taken every year before: traveling by snowmachine along the Iditarod sled dog race course to Nome. Once there, he turns around and heads back to where he started. Not content to let him have all the fun, another local doctor, Paul Raymond, is going with him, a trip Raymond has made more than a dozen times. Accompanying Raymond for the second year is his daughter, Kendra, an eighth-grade student at Homer Middle School. Also along for the fun, as he has been each of the past 22 years, is Sayer’s long-time friend Dick Newton of Takotna. “We used to go out and break trail from Ophir to Ruby for the Iron Man or the Iditarod, that’s the most desolate part of the trail between Anchorage and Nome,” said Sayer of his and Newton’s volunteer efforts. Sayer is familiar with the area because of the mine he operates near Takotna. “So he and I decided in 1992 that since we did trail-breaking, why shouldn’t we try to make it from Anchorage to Takotna to Nome.” Having made the initial trial run, the two friends — Sayer is now 75 and Newton is 83 — decided one way wasn’t enough, so they turned around and followed their tracks right back to their starting point near Anchorage, a round-trip of about 2,000 miles. That year, not knowing what to expect, they each towed sleds

weighed down with everything they thought they might need including a barrel stove, a 10foot wall tent, two chainsaws and plenty of extra fuel. “We were sort of overloaded,” said Newton of the precautions the two took on that initial trip. Two decades later, their loads are considerably lighter. With temperatures dropping into the minus-50s, they are careful to pack appropriate clothing, layers of fleece and boots with thick liners and spike-like soles. There are helmets, hats and gloves. Thick sleeping bags can be compressed to take up surprisingly little room. There are shovels and other essential equipment in case they have to get themselves out of some unexpected mess. “This is the most important thing,” said Sayer, holding up a large peanut can. It’s use: brewing camp coffee. Over the years, Sayer and Newton have had an assortment of family members tag along. Sayer’s wife, Frankie, has made the trip, as have kids and grandkids and various friends. After a mishap last year, Raymond and his daughter weren’t going to repeat the trip but, at her urging, changed their plans. “She actually flipped her machine, end over end, and she had a pretty good concussion,” said Raymond. “She wasn’t very happy that night and was a little delusional, but once she got a night’s rest, she was OK.” Kendra, 14, said she doesn’t remember a lot about the accident, only that she “went end over end twice, had a pretty bad concussion and my hip was

bruised.” Any damage done to her adventuresome spirit quickly healed. “Originally last year I said I’d never do it again and then I decided I would,” she said laughing. “I like snowmachining. I don’t do it that often, but I enjoy it. And it’s cool to be able to say I’ve done it.” According to her dad, it also helped change her mind after they reached Nome and Iditarod musher Martin Buser said, “he only knew of four other girls that had made the trip and she was the second youngest. I think that was part of her motivation to do it again,” said Raymond. There have been a few other injuries over the years. “(Sayer) once fell into a crevasse, a creek, basically, about 10 feet down and broke his nose,” said Raymond. While Sayer didn’t share that story, he did mention being pinned under his 600-pound Ski-Doo Expedition last year when it rolled over as he was attempting to turn around in a heavily wooded area. An Iditarod musher happened to come along and she was able to right the machine so Sayer could free himself. Sayer, Newton and their traveling companions also have assisted in rescues, as well as recoveries after fatal airplane crashes along the route. There have been occasional breakdowns of the machines they’ve used over the years. Once in awhile, as for Raymond and his daughter who decided not to make the round trip by snowmachine after they reached Nome in 2013, the snowmachines are flown one direction or the other.

‘We have so many friends that we can get help or food or a place to sleep. We camp out once in awhile, but practically never any more. We’ve made so many friends that it is kind of mind-boggling. I don’t know if anyone deserves as many friends as we’ve made.’ — Paul Sayer Along the route, they’ve seen caribou, fox, wolves, coyotes, and musk ox. Twice, they’ve come upon moose that have died in the middle of narrow portions of the trail where the only option was to go over the frozen carcasses, requiring the travelers to create snow ramps. Weather is always a factor. “If it turns so warm that the

cool,” she said. In the last 22 years, Sayer and Newton have become quite well known along the trail. “We have so many friends that we can get help or food or a place to sleep. We camp out once in awhile, but practically never any more,” said Sayer. “We’ve made so many friends that it is kind of mind-boggling. I don’t know if anyone deserves as many friends as we’ve made.” In spite of the number of times Sayer and Newton have made the journey, it continues to fuel their spirit of adventure. “It’s the trip of a lifetime that we do every year,” said Sayer. “That’s why we keep staying alive.”

rivers are breaking up or the Rainy Pass area is avalanching, we don’t go,” said Sayer. “We carry satellite phones, but don’t want to cause trouble. However, if it’s too dangerous, we’ll stop and fly the machines.” That should be good news to Kendra’s middle school McKibben Jackinsky can be friends. reached at mckibben.jackin“They worry about me most- sky@homernews.com. ly, but they also think it’s pretty

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SKILLED MECHANIC – KENAI AREA Peak Oilfield Service Company has an immediate opening for a skilled mechanic in its maintenance facility in Nikiski, Alaska. We maintain heavy equipment, light duty pick-ups, and other oilfield support equipment. Compressor and generator experience a plus. Peak is looking for a candidate with at minimum 3 years of heavy mechanic experience. Must have valid driver’s license and own tools. Peak is an equal opportunity employer and offers a competitive salary and benefits package. Post offer/Pre-employment screening including drug testing, functional capacity testing and other pre-employment tests are required. Submit resumes to peakhr@peakalaska.com or fax to (907)263-7041. Include the phrase “Nikiski Mechanic” in your email subject line and on your resume. Peak is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bristol Bay Native Corporation (BBNC) and as such extends preference to BBNC Shareholders, Shareholder Spouses, and BBNC Descendants. If you fit into one of these categories, please indcate this on your resume.

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KENAI VAC TRUCK OPERATORS Peak Oilfield Service Company is looking for qualified oilfield Vacuum Truck Operators to assist in project work in Peak’s Kenai business unit. A minimum of one year of vac truck (80 – 100 barrel) operation experience is required, preferably oilfield specific. You must hold a valid, current CDL with HAZWOPR endorsement and associated medical card as well as a 10 Hour OSHA Certification. Candidates must successfully complete post-offer/pre-hire background, drug and physical screenings. Resumes must be clearly marked “Vac Truck Operator –Kenai” and can be emailed to peakhr@peakalaska.com or faxed to (907)263-7041. Peak is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bristol Bay Native Corporation (BBNC) and as such extends preference to BBNC Shareholders, Shareholder Spouses, and BBNC Descendants. If you fit into one of these categories, please indicate this on your resume.

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CITY OF SOLDOTNA EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY SHORT-TERM SUMMER PARKS AND RECREATION MAINTENANCE, LIBRARY POSITIONS The City of Soldotna will be recruiting for short-term Parks and Recreation, Maintenance, and Library positions for the summer season starting February 25, 2014. These positions will be approximately May 15, 2014 through August 30, 2014. Must submit City application to Human Resources at 177 N. Birch Street, Soldotna, by email tcollier@ci.soldotna.ak.us, or fax 866-596-2994. Applications will only be accepted during active recruitment period and reviewed weekly. Please continue to check the City's website at http://www.ci.soldotna.ak.us/jobs.html for open positions and job posting close dates. The City of Soldotna is an EEO Employer.

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Seward Meridian, Section 25; Town ship 10N, Range 11W Project Description: Furie proposes to install and operate a new natural gas production platform in the KLU in Cook Inlet, Alaska. Furie is pursuing other authorizations to construct an onshore production facility near Nikiski and place subsea natural gas gathering pipelines to produce and transport unprocessed fluids to the onshore production facility. Additional program details are outlined in the Plan of Operations.

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The Alaska Department of Natural Resources (ADNR), Division of Oil and Gas (DO&G), has received a unit plan of operations application to install and operate a new natural gas production platform in Cook Inlet within the Kitchen Lights Unit (KLU). Furie Operating Alaska LLC (Furie) proposes to install a platform, marine gathering lines, and construct an onshore facility between April 2014 and October 2014. The portion of the proposed project DO&G is public noticing is within the KLU located approximately 10 miles north of Boulder Point, near Nikiski, in Cook Inlet, Alaska. DO&G is providing public notice and an opportunity to comment under 38.05.035(e)(1)(C)(ii).

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Open email exposes wife’s secret weekend rendezvous DEAR ABBY: My wife of 45 years is having an online affair with a man who is a former business client. I found out when she inadvertently left an email message open on her laptop. Her phone records confirm daily long-distance conversations, as well. Although I know they have never met personally, they plan to meet during a weekend convention at a hotel in his hometown next month. Despite problems in our marriage, neither of us has strayed, and I’m confident she doesn’t want to lose me nor do I want to lose her. My dilemma is whether to tell her I know what’s going on prior to her trip, or confront her when she returns with pictures taken by a private investigator. I can’t let her betrayal continue. — CONFLICTED IN THE SOUTH DEAR CONFLICTED: Tell her sooner rather than later, so she can cancel her trip to the convention. If she’s willing to do that and work on repairing your marriage, there is a chance that your problems are fixable. If she isn’t, then face it — your stressed marriage is over. Photos from a private investigator are beside the point. The email you read is proof enough.

wake and told me the person in the casket was holding a fork. My friend told me there is a story behind this custom. Can you tell me what it is? — DAILY READER IN WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. DEAR DAILY READER: The story, titled “Keep Your Fork,” has Abigail Van Buren been widely shared on the Internet. It appeared in “A Third Serving of Chicken Soup for the Soul” and was authored by Roger William Thomas. It concerns a young woman who had been given only a short time to live, and who instructed her pastor that she would like to be buried with a fork in her right hand. She went on to say, “In all my years of attending church potluck dinners, when the dishes of the main course were being cleared, someone would say, ‘Keep your fork.’” She said the main course was her favorite DEAR ABBY: Recently, my friend went to a part of the meal because she knew “something

DEAR ABBY: I have reconnected with my high school sweetheart. We plan to be married late this summer. My problem is she wants to keep her exhusband’s name as her middle name for the sake of her kids. I feel she shouldn’t have another man’s name if she’s married to someone else. I have explained that it upsets me, but she doesn’t care. What are your thoughts? — TRADITIONAL MAN DEAR TRADITIONAL: I think her reason for wanting to retain her married name (and probably hyphenate it with yours) is a valid one. It will prevent confusion for her children at school. However, one line in your letter concerns me. It’s the one in which you say it upsets you, “but she doesn’t care.” If she didn’t care about you, she wouldn’t be marrying you. But her children MUST come first, and unless you can accept that fact, you shouldn’t marry her. Hints from Heloise

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WORKING OUT THE GYMS Dear Readers: Many folks JOIN GYMS around the start of the year. What is it about that holiday weight gain? Here are a few quick hints for not only finding the right gym for you, but also for being a good gym customer: * When looking into joining a gym, ask for a free trial. Some gyms will let you have a week free, or at least try a class to see if you like it. * Ask if they have any discounts. We all know the standard senior and military discounts, but they may have more, which could save you money. * When working out, don’t take calls on your cellphone! If you need to keep it with you, put it on silent and call back later! Or step away to someplace where you can talk without bothering other people. * Be aware of what’s going on around you! If you see that people are waiting for a machine or weights, don’t be a hog, and try to keep your time limited. * If taking a group exercise, be on time. If you know you are going to have to leave early, tell the instructor, and find a spot close to the door so you can slip out quietly. Hope these hints help you and others have an enjoyable gym experience! — Heloise DRYER-SHEET USE Dear Heloise: Here is my helpful hint: After we complete the cycle on our clothes dryer, I take the fabric- softener sheets and stuff them into all of our shoes. It absorbs the moisture and also the odors. Recycle, and no cost. — R. Sell, Littlefield, Texas

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limits. How much you choose to share will be your call. Others might seem more receptive than usual. Look at the long-term implications of a pending change to determine whether you want to head in that direction. Tonight: Make it memorable! SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHHVerbalizing your thoughts will add an interesting twist to a situation, and it could result in more information. You could be taken aback by a key person’s change in attitude. Choose to say little as you digest this onslaught of information. Tonight: Happy at home. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHHListentowhatisbeingshared. Only you can judge the importance of all the information you are hearing. Reach out for a friend with whom you enjoy spending time. Your immediate circle plays a big role in upcoming events. Tonight: Go local. Enjoy a neighborhood restaurant. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH Dealwithamoneymatterdirectly — you can’t put off this decision for much longer. News could come in from someone at a distance. Once this person starts to talk, it will be difficult to get him or her to stop. You could hear far more than you might like. Tonight: Treat a friend. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHHYou could find a situation testy at best. Allow your creativity to flourish, and you’ll see a personal matter very differently in a few days. Avoid snap decisions, and decide what works best for you. A partner or close friend could try to clear the air. Tonight: There will be many choices.

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as well. Don’t worry about what you can’t change; instead, focus on yourself. Through your ability to flex, you could gain a great deal of respect from your contemporaries. Tonight: A must appearance. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Understand what is going on with a loved one. This person might need you to bottom-line a critical issue for him or her. Listen carefully, and be sensitive to his or her needs. Encourage an open exchange of ideas and solutions. Tonight: Surround yourself with good music. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH Try not to assume the role of leader right now. You have a great sense of what to do and when, but let others also take center stage sometimes. You will develop a special bond with a friend or associate when you pull back and become less dominant. Tonight: Dinner for two. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH Defer to someone else for the time being. You will notice that others seem to be just as confused as you are. Take a step back, and observe what is happening. You feel at your best when socializing with friends and/or associates. Tonight: Say “yes” to the moment. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHHYou could feel a bit down.Pace yourself, and handle a personal matter. Examine what is happening with a work-related matter as well. Communication is at its peak right now, so listen to others and ask questions; you will have a new outlook as a result. Tonight: Pace yourself. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHHH Your imagination knows no

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Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, Feb. 28, 2014: This year you are more creative and in touch with your inner self. As a result, a new quality appears in your demeanor, speech, ideas and many other areas of your life. If you are single, you are in the process of changing. The person you choose now might not work for you later. Go for the here and now. If you are attached, your sweetie will need to adjust to the ever-changing you. Once he or she gets into the swing of things, the two of you will have a ball together. Try to be more sensitive to your significant other’s needs. A fellow PISCES has many of your attributes, but he or she still might be far less in touch with his or her feelings. 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) HH You might go off boldly in the morning, but you’ll want to retreat by the afternoon. A lot is on your mind, which could discourage you from taking action. Give yourself some time to think things through. Don’t try to change the natural course of events. Tonight: Not to be found. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH You will perk up as the day goes on. You have many ideas, and you see a great deal of possibilities tied to them. Work on communicating these perceptions to close loved ones. Your mind seems to be on overdrive -- go with it! Share. Tonight: With your pals. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH You might sense a change in your mood and in others’ moods

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Did you know? Getting the right fit in your new home so that you can sleep well!

If you are looking at a different home, it is sometimes hard to visualize the space in real terms when it comes to your existing furniture. Whether you plan to make the move with the bedroom set you currently have, or are considering the purchase of a new bedroom suite, keep in mind the dimensions for the five most common mattress options: Twin: 39” x 75” Double (or Full): 54” x 75” Queen: 60” x 80” King: 78” x 80” California King: 72” x 84”

Selecting the right size bed to match the dimensions of your new room will make all the difference in how the room flows. Also keep an eye on the access to the bedrooms. How wide is the stairwell? Will you have issues with maneuvering the rigid box spring over a banister or around hall corners? What about height? If you have a tall four-poster bed, will the bed dwarf the rest of the room visually? You want your bedroom to be as relaxing and enjoyable as possible. Considering these elements before you start to move in, or in weighing the merits of one property over another for your new home purchase.

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