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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2014 Soldotna-Kenai, Alaska
Vol. 44, Issue 168
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In the news Legislature passes bill on AGDC appointment
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JUNEAU (AP) — The Alaska Legislature has passed a measure allowing out-of-state residents to serve on the board of a corporation that could play a key role in a major liquefied natural gas pipeline project. The Senate’s 13-7 vote makes clearer the way for Richard Rabinow, a former pipeline company executive from Texas, to serve on the board of the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. Gov. Sean Parnell appointed Rabinow last September and has defended the appointment as falling within his discretion under the constitution. Rabinow faces confirmation Thursday. Supporters of HB383, including House Speaker Mike Chenault, have said it was an oversight to not explicitly allow for out-of-state residents to serve on the board. They say they want the best people possible to serve. Opponents say Alaskans should make policy decisions for Alaskans.
Inside ‘I’m convinced that there will not be any terrorists left soon in Donetsk and other regions and they will find themselves in the dock — this is where they belong.’ ... See page A-7
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Painting the town Nikiski community collaborates on mural
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Senator discusses Alaska’s economic future By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion
By KELLY SULLIVAN Peninsula Clarion
It took a small army to complete the 16-by-28 foot community mural. Nearly 100 eager Nikiski community members filled in the panels over two full-day sessions in a seldom-used classroom at the Nikiski Recreation Center last Friday and Saturday. Over course of the day each volunteer, donning paint-splattered shirts, navigated chatting clumps friends and family to refill their paint-crusted Paper Dixie cups. After coating a spongeheaded brush with vibrant colored paint, they slowly covered the massive panels that would eventually equal one complete mural. Anna Widman, art teacher at Nikiski High School, conceptualized the mural. She intends to organize a series of community inclusive art projects to be publicly installed around Nikiski. Her pilot project was a smaller mural at Nikiski High School last year. “There’s a pretty heavy involvement and desire from the community to promote arts in the area,” said Widman. Her students came up with the action, recreation theme, Widman said. Half of their initial designs made it into the final draft. The North Peninsula Service Area Board of Directors was included in the six-month process, and approved the final design, said Rachel Parra, Nikiski recreation center director. The Alaska State Council on the Arts funded the materials for the project and the Recreation Center covered the other costs, she said. On painting day the students’
Begich speaks to state issues
Photos by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion
Above: Margy Cox leans over on of the many panels making up the 16-by-28foot mural community members painted Friday and Saturday at the Nikiski Recreation Center. Top: Anna Widman’s high school art students came up with the recreation theme for the mural, which was open for community volunteer painters at the Nikiski Recreation Center.
Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Begich said he remembers driving through the Kenai Peninsula five years ago, shortly after his election to the U.S. Senate, and noticing the economy here was not in the best of shape. In a return to the area, he shared some insight into his congressional activities then fielded questions on his tax reform proposal, health care and the future of Alaska’s economy at a joint Soldotna and Kenai Chamber of Commerce luncheon Tuesday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. Begich said it has been his priority to create more jobs for the benefit of Alaska’s longterm development. He called Monday’s announcement of ConocoPhillips’ permit approval to export liquefied natural gas from its Nikiski plant incredible news considering the effort it took him to push the LNG export permit to the top of the list. “It means jobs in the community,” he said. “We need to keep pressure on agencies because they get into their systems and get lost.” Begich said the condition of the state finances are not as healthy as they used to be and the state has a challenge ahead to increase oil production to move forward. He said his appointment to See BEGICH, page A-12
CIAA buys Port Graham hatchery By RASHAH McCHESNEY Peninsula Clarion
Pink salmon fishing in the Lower Cook Inlet could soon be revitalized as the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association finalized its purchase of the Port Graham Hatchery on Monday after nearly two years of planning, permitting and logistics. The facility has not been operational since 2007 when low returns of pink salmon and poor prices forced the Port Graham Hatchery Corporation to close. In 2010 the group asked the aquaculture association to assume management of the operation. Pink salmon reared by the aquaculture association, or CIAA, are expected to return to Port Graham Bay this year, allowing CIAA to begin collecting eggs for brood stock and harvest fish to recover some of the costs during its first year of operation. “Our goal is to put 84 million eggs in the hatchery and any fish that are beyond that
Panel advances pension plan By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press
Courtesy photo Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association
The Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association bought the Port Graham hatchery Monday, shown in this 2013 photo, and has plans to incubate 84 million pink salmon eggs in 2014 at the facility.
will probably be harvested as cost recovery, although some will be collected by local subsistence users,” said Gary Fandrei, executive director of the aquaculture association. Though the association can recoup some of its costs under a permit to fish in the Port Graham Bay, Fandrei said the group did not expect to fully recover the roughly $1 million
a year it will cost to operate the hatchery. CIAA aims to have enough fish returning to the area by 2016 to recoup most of its cost. “We should be able to do cost recovery (fishing) then and there would still be a common property fishery,” he said. In the interim, the aquaculture association will borrow See FISH, page A-12 C
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JUNEAU — The House Finance Committee advanced Gov. Sean Parnell’s plan for addressing the state’s pension obligation Tuesday, but the issue was not yet settled. As HB385 was moving from committee, Senate Finance was meeting on the opposite end of the fifth floor of the Capitol, discussing other possible options. Senate Finance co-chair Pete Kelly, R-Fairbanks, said he is interested in putting more toward the teachers retirement system than Parnell proposed — perhaps around $2 billion — and looking at ways for the state to preserve its cash reserves. But he stressed it will be a committee decision, and he was not sure what direction the com-
mittee would take. The decision comes down to how much money the state wants to put down, how much it wants to make it annual payments and over what period it wants to spread those payments. The debate comes at a time of deficit spending for the state amid slumping revenues. While the state has billions of dollars in reserves now, Legislative Finance Division Director David Teal said they could be gone by 2024, largely a function of spending and revenue trends. Parnell’s plan calls for taking $3 billion from the constitutional budget reserve and putting about $1.9 billion into the public employees’ retirement system and $1.1 billion toward the teachers’ system. See PLAN, page A-2
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24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. 0.00" Month to date ........................... 0.19" Normal month to date ............. 0.27" Year to date .............................. 2.82" Normal year to date ................. 2.75" Record today ................. 1.04" (1971) Record for April ............ 2.21" (1955) Record for year ............ 27.09" (1963)
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After the infusion, the plan calls for annual $500 million payments over 20 years, with a $131 million payment in 2036, according to information from Parnell’s budget office. The teachers’ retirement share of the $500 million would be about $340 million. The bill leaves open the potential for the need for additional funding, should an actuarial review deem that necessary. The idea is to ease the pressure on the state budget, relative to the current payment plan the state is on, while also addressing the nearly $12-billion
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pension obligation. But some fusion would boost the funding The funding ratio for the lawmakers question how af- ratio to over 70 percent, which public employees’ system is fordable that is in light of other he said wouldn’t be bad. about 61 percent. state obligations. When asked by Kelly if putting about $2 billion toward the teachers’ system and $1.5 billon toward the public employees’ system would get them both to a level at which they’re considered healthy, Teal said that would do so. Between the two systems, the teachers’ system is in worse shape, Teal said, with a funding ratio that he told Senate Finance is in the “danger zone” in terms of the health of retirement systems. That funding ratio is about 52 percent, according to the state departments of Administration and Revenue. The teachers’ system also is an obligation paid by the state, Teal noted, as compared to the public employees’ system, for which municipalities also pay. The unfunded liability of the teachers’ system is $4.5 billion. Teal said even a $2 billion in-
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Community Calendar Today 8 a.m. • Alcoholics Anonymous As Bill Sees It Group, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Unit 71 (Old Carrs Mall). Call 398-9440. 10:30 a.m. • Pre-School Storytime at the Soldotna Public Library. Call 262-4227. 11 a.m. • Wee Read at the Kenai Community Library Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group at 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Suite 71 in the old Carrs Mall in Kenai. Call 262-1917. 5:30 p.m. • Weight loss and health support group, Christ Lutheran Church. Call 362-1340. 7 p.m. • Card games, Funny River Community Center. • Narcotics Anonymous support group “Clean Machine” at Central Peninsula Hospital’s Redoubt Room, 250 Hospital Place, Soldotna. Call 907-335-9456. • Alcoholics Anonymous “Into Action” group, 12X12 study meeting, VFW basement Birch Street, Soldotna, 907-262-0995. 8 p.m. • Al-Anon Support Group at Central Peninsula Hospital in the Augustine Room, Soldotna. Call 252-0558. The Community Calendar lists recurring events and meetings of local organizations.To have your event listed, email organization name, day or days of meeting, time of meeting, place, and a contact phone number to news@peninsulaclarion.com.
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Around the Peninsula Easter Bunny visiting the Elks The Kenai Elks Lodge #2425 will be hosting their annual Easter Event Friday at 6 p.m. Actvities will include dying dozens of eggs, doing crafts, decorating cupcakes, with mac and cheese provided for the kids to eat. On Easter Sunday, the Elks Lodge will open at 2 p.m. for Easter dinner. The Easter egg hunt will be at 3 p.m. There will be three age groups for the hunt. Also planned is a cake raffle and a jelly bean counting contest. The Easter Bunny may even be jumping around, you’ll have to come see!
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907-469-0409 or email annasherpa@gmail.com. — Kenai Central High School Class of 1984 will be holding their 30 year reunion July 11-13, 2014. There will be a meet and greet 6-9 p.m. at the Upper Deck Lounge in Kenai Airport on July 12 with a no host bar, Prime rib dinner 7-9 p.m. at Main Street, music and dancing to follow. On July 13 from 1-3 p.m. there will be a picnic gathering at the green strip in Kenai weather permitting. Contact Mike Lott at 907-690-2032. Donations welcome.
Sterling Community Center serves up volleyball
The Sterling Community Center now offers competitivestyle Volleyball on Mondays, 7-9 p.m. for high school age and adults. The center is located next to Sterling Elementary Little Leaguers take the field School. For more info, call 262-7224, www.sterlingcommuniKenai Little League is offering its annual clinics at Kenai tyclub.com, or Facebook Sterling Community Center. Middle School through the end of April, excluding Spring Break. Clinics are Tuesdays 6-7 p.m. (ages 4-7); Wednesdays 6-8 p.m. (ages 8-13); Fridays 6-8 p.m. (softball, all ages). For Idita-Swim at Nikiski Pool more information, please call 283-6507 or email kenailittleleaThe Nikiski Pool’s annual Idita-Swim competition runs gue@gmail.com. through April 30. Come swim or water-walk your way to fitness all in the spirit of the Last Great Race. Every 50-yard lap counts as 1 mile toward your trip to Nome. The registration fee Volunteers needed for river restoration includes an Idita-Swim T-shirt. For more information please Alaska State Parks is looking for a group of volunteers con- contact Nigel at 776-8800. sisting of four or more individuals who are interested in learning about river restoration and concerned about the impacts Kids’ activities sought imposed on the river banks each season. Get a first hand look at The Clarion is seeking information for its annual Just Kiddamage done by bank fisherman on public lands and give back by conducting a spruce tree revetment projects. If you or your ding section with listings of summer events for youth. Organiorganization is interested contact Ranger Jason Okuly with zations, businesses, individuals or churches planning summer events open to area youth May through August may submit Alaska State Parks at 907-262-5581 ext. 28. activities. Information needed: Name or group or organization; age of Class reunions youth who may attend; time of activity; date of activity and — The 50th reunion of the Kenai High School Class of deadline for registration; place activity will be held including 1964 will be celebrated on June 20, 21, and 22. All classmates, address; cost of activity and/or fees; contact name and phone friends, family, teachers, and students who attended the old Ke- number for people to call; email address (optional); Web adnai High School are welcome. The class of 1964 was the last dress (optional); and a brief description of the activity. The class to graduate from the old high school. Planned activities deadline to submit information is April 30. include a dance and program June 21 and a picnic June 22. For Emailed submissions are required. Email Just Kidding ininformation call Mary Grainge Bodnar at 262-0995. formation to news@peninsulaclarion.com. — It’s not too early to get started on planning for 2015. KeIn the subject line write Just Kidding. For more information, nai Central High School classes of 1970 through 1979 are hav- call Will Morrow at 907-335-1251 or email will.morrow@pening a reunion Aug. 1-2, 2015. Please contact Anna Carlson at insulaclarion.com.
Hughes apologizes for news release headline JUNEAU (AP) — Alaska House members apologize for a news release on a breastfeeding initiative that had the words “smart and sexy” in the headline. HCR18 sponsor Rep. Shelley Hughes said she intended to draw attention to the issue but not the kind it garnered. She apologized Tuesday for the “poor choice of words” and said she was sorry if she of-
fended anyone. color. She and House Speaker Hughes, in the Monday reMike Chenault took responsi- lease, said the Legislature is bility for the news release, sent fond of natural resource defrom the majority office Monday after legislative passage of the resolution. It was intended to support and recognize benefits of breastfeeding but wound up spawning jokes, some off-
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Exposing the CIA’s ‘dark side’ More than a year after it approved a
report critical of the CIA’s interrogation and detention policies, the Senate Intelligence Committee has voted to make a portion of the document public. It’s now up to President Obama to ensure that the agency doesn’t mount a rear-guard attempt to censor or sanitize the committee’s findings in the name of national security. Thanks to news reports and a report by the CIA’s inspector general, Americans long have been aware of both the broad outlines and some abhorrent details of the Bush administration’s mistreatment of suspected terrorists after 9/11. We know that suspects were transported for questioning to “black sites” abroad, and that two suspected Al Qaeda operatives, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and Abu Zubaydah, were subjected to waterboarding. And we have read the memos in which Bush administration lawyers used contorted reasoning to justify torture. But the Intelligence Committee’s 6,200-word report, based on a review of millions of pages of documents, contains additional accounts of abuse, including (according to a Washington Post report) the alleged repeated dunking of a terrorism suspect in tanks of ice water at a site in Afghanistan. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the Intelligence Committee chairwoman who aggressively has sought its declassification, said the report “exposes brutality that stands in stark contrast to our values as a nation.” More important, those who have read the report say it concludes that waterboarding and other “enhanced interrogation techniques” yielded little valuable intelligence that couldn’t have been obtained by other means. Last week the committee voted to declassify the report’s 480-page executive summary along with 20 findings and conclusions, but that represents only the beginning of the disclosure process. The executive branch will now determine which portions of the document must be redacted to protect sensitive national security information. The Central Intelligence Agency has promised that it will do its part to ensure that the declassification review proceeds “expeditiously.” But the agency complained that a previous version of the report contained serious errors — a charge echoed by the committee’s Republican vice chair — and it has a vested interest in suppressing information that would sully its reputation. That is why the president, who has sent mixed signals about the importance of confronting the abuses of the past, must make thorough and timely declassification of this report a personal priority. — Los Angeles Times, April 8
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Keeping it all in the families
Those of us who rely on political drama, real or contrived, to justify our professional existence are drooling over the possibility that the next presidential balloting will be a dynasty election. Obviously we have a huge amount of foolishness and outright nastiness to get past between now and then, but what a story it would be if the party nominees are Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush, Queen Hil vs Prince Jeb. Imagine the plot lines: Tudors, Windsors and the Beverly Hillbillies. Instead of a Democratic Convention, that party could have a coronation, assuming Hillary decides she’s ready to take the plunge and deal with the life’s worth of baggage the Republicans are sure to pile on to her. But from two years out, it looks like the nomination is hers if she wants it. Jeb is a different story. Before he can even try to be Bush the Third, he’ll have to fend off the nasties in his own party. He’s already gotten a taste of how brutal they can be by daring to express an unhateful view of illegal immigrants: “Yes, they broke the law,” he said, “but it’s not a felony. It’s an act of love. It’s an act of commitment to your family. I honestly think that that is a different kind of crime, that there should be a price paid, but it shouldn’t rile people up that people are actually coming to this country to provide for their families.” If that seemed innocuous to you, that’s
because you’re not in one of those groups that wants to seal the border, or you’re not one of the other GOP wannabes, like Ted Cruz or Rand Paul, who want to pander to them. Typical is the Americans for Legal Bob Franken Immigration PAC. Shortly after Bush committed his heresy, ALIPAC President William Gheen fired off a statement: “You could say that prostitutes do what they do out of an act of love for their children and families, or that bank robbers are engaging in an act of love because they’re stealing the money not just for themselves but maybe for some of their family members. No one has ever said anything as ridiculous as this before.” So Bush is in trouble with the hardliners who seem to control his party’s agenda. Even though the Republican leadership insists it is trying to connect with the growing community of Hispanic Americans, who overwhelmingly vote against them, the controlling harsh sentiment within the GOP makes these outreach efforts appear to be nothing more than gloss. It’s similar to so many issues, where anyone who tries to inject the slightest hint of reason is la-
beled a traitor to the cause. But maybe Bush is onto something. He’s high on the list of establishment Republicans who are less interested in ideological purity and more in victory. They could rally around Jeb as someone who can appeal to the bulk of moderate Americans who are frightened of the hellfire and brimstone immoderates. They’re the ones who don’t know that RINO is an epithet meaning “Republicans in Name Only.” They think it’s a big animal. Right now, Bush isn’t even saying whether he’ll be a candidate. A big consideration, he insists, is whether he would be able to avoid “the vortex of a mud fight.” He’ll make up his mind, he promises, by the end of the year, or whenever he slips out of this latest immigration mud-fight vortex, whichever comes first. Meanwhile, over in the Democratic realm, aka Hillaryland, the question is whether she’ll abdicate, and if not, who will be her person in waiting, aka vicepresidential selection. Until then, those of us who are constantly desperate for a narrative are also waiting and dreaming about the 2020 election — the race between George P. Bush and Chelsea Clinton. Bob Franken is a longtime broadcast journalist, including 20 years at CNN.
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Applause Community comes together for students To our wonderful and generous parents, staff, and community! On April 5, Sterling Elementary Mrs. McKinley’s 5th Grade class held two fundraisers for our planned field trip to Kasitsna Bay Lab in Seldovia. Our first, a bake sale at Sterling Elementary and our second, a spaghetti dinner at the Sterling Senior Center brought together families, staff, and community. I would like to take this opportunity to express my appreciation to Sterling! Without the support of parents bringing in bake goods and the supplies for our spaghetti dinner, and for being there to assist our class for both fundraisers, we would not have been able to accomplish our goal. A special thanks to the Sterling Senior Center for donating the Center and those seniors who graciously donated their time to help. And thank you for everyone who attended either the bake sale and/or the spaghetti dinner. Your contributions helped make our day a success! My biggest thanks go to my students, who are always there for me, step up to every one of my challenges, and exceed my expectations! We couldn’t have done it without all of you! Kasitsna Bay Lab – Here we come! Mrs. McKinley Sterling Elementary 5th Grade Teacher
Participants make job fair a success To all who came to the 2014 Peninsula Job Fair, we say, thank you — you are the reason this event was a success. Peninsula Job Center staff would like to take the opportunity to thank the 53 area employers who participated in the 10th annual Peninsula Job Fair at on March 26. More than 950 local job seekers attended. The employers who participated in the job fair represented a diverse range of industries, from education to health care to C
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skilled labor trades, oilfield industry, and small businesses of all kinds. For the 10th consecutive year, the Peninsula Job Fair has helped to match qualified job seekers with employment opportunities available right now in our area. Employers and training providers who participated in the job fair: AJEATT, Alaska Job Corp, Adult Learning Programs/ MASST, Alaska Crane Consultants, Alaska State Troopers, Alaska Department of Corrections, Alaska Division of Forestry, Alyeska Pipeline, ASRC Energy, AVTEC, Beacon OHSS, Central Peninsula Hospital, CH2M Hill, Crowley Marine Services, Emerald Alaska, ESS Service, EXPRO Group, First Student, Fred Meyer, Frontier Community Services, Governor’s Council on Disabilities, Halliburton, Home Depot, Hope Community Resources, Inlet Fish, KDLL Radio, Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, Kenai Peninsula Care Center, Kenai Peninsula College, Kenaitze, KPEDD, Lee Shore Center Jeanette, McDonalds, Northern Training Industrial, Offshore Systems, Pacific Star Seafood, Peak Oil Field Services, Peninsula Community Health Services, RESCARE, Safeway, Scentsy, Schlumberger, Snug Harbor, State of Alaska Juvenile Justice, Taco Bell, US Army, US Marines, US Navy, AK Army National Guard, Walmart, and Wells Fargo. Thank you as well to our partners, Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent, Dr. Steve Atwater, Director of Secondary Education and Student Activities, John O’Brien, District Counselor/Specialist, Sara Moore, and the principals, counselors and teachers of Skyview, Soldotna, Kenai, and Nikiski high schools for partnering with the Peninsula Job Center and providing student transportation to the Peninsula Job Fair. By allowing Peninsula Job Center staff to work with students to teach resume writing, career exploration, interviewing skills and work ethics, students were well prepared to speak directly to employers about short and long-term employment, learn about labor demands, and make local connections. Our gratitude also goes out to the US military for assisting with the setup of the
job fair; Sweeney’s, Baileys Furniture, and Nikiski Fire Stations for advertising the job fair on their reader boards; and our sponsors who helped provide the venue, supplies, advertisement, food, and refreshments: John Crump with Denali Commercial, Soldotna Chamber of Commerce, Kenai Chamber of Commerce, Peninsula Clarion, Safeway, and Alaska Department of Labor. We hope to see you all next year! Jackie Garcia and Rachel O’Brien Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Peninsula Job Center
Fresh flowers brighten day for seniors Soldotna Senior Center would like to thank Fred Meyer One Stop Shop & Floral Department for the wonderful donation of the fresh cut gorgeous flowers. The beautiful Fred Meyer flowers were delivered to area homebound seniors and seniors attending the center. The flowers were truly appreciated and was the highlight of the day. Everyone extends their thank you to Fred Meyer for the heartfelt donation and caring of Soldotna area seniors. Morris M. Breed President
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Nation UN report will show Iran cutting half of uranium stock closest to nuke-arms grade
By ED WHITE Associated Press
VIENNA — Diplomats say the U.N. will certify later this week that Iran’s ability to make a nuclear bomb has been reduced because it has neutralized half of its material that can be turned quickly into weapons-grade uranium. The move is part of Iran’s commitments under a deal that mandates nuclear concessions by Tehran in exchange for a partial lifting of sanctions crippling its economy. Iran says it does not want nuclear weapons. But by January, it had amassed nearly enough 20 percent enriched uranium to be able to quickly make a nuclear bomb with further enrichment. Two diplomats told The Associated Press Wednesday that a U.N. nuclear agency report will say that Iran has diluted half of that 20 percent stockpile to less proliferation-sensitive material. They demanded anonymity because their information is confidential.
DETROIT — The city of Detroit has reached a deal with retired police officers and firefighters that would preserve current pensions but trim annual cost-of-living payments — the first major agreement with retirees in the bankruptcy case, mediators announced Tuesday. The city retreated from an earlier proposed 6 percent cut in pensions and the elimination of the 2.25 percent cost-ofliving payment. Leaders of the Retired Detroit Police and Fire Fighters Association, which has more than 6,000 members, endorsed the deal along with creation of a health plan. Emergency manager Kevyn Orr, who took the city into bankruptcy last summer, released a statement thanking the association, but it didn’t address why he believes Detroit can afford the compromise. He urged other creditors also to make deals. “The time to resolve our differences is now,” Orr said. The agreement still is subject to a vote by retirees, starting in May, as well as current employees who are eligible for a future pension. It also must go through Judge Steven Rhodes as part of Detroit’s larger plan to exit bankruptcy by fall. “Sooner or later reality sinks in,” association president Don Taylor told The Detroit News. “The city’s in bankruptcy so you have to do the best you can
A year later, AP revisits sites of Boston Marathon bombing, search for suspects Life has resumed on the streets of Boston. A year after three people were killed and more than 260 injured when two bombs went off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013, the city’s landscape bears few reminders of the explosions, or the ensuing manhunt for suspects that ended with the capture of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in Watertown. On Boylston Street, the chaos and pain of that day have been replaced by the regular routines of pedestrians and drivers. Businesses are open, including the Forum restaurant, badly damaged when one bomb exploded directly outside. This week, barricades and a viewing stand are set up near the finish line for this year’s marathon, set for Monday. Just down the street, Copley Square became home to a spontaneous memorial. The items, including running shoes and messages, were removed in June. Some are now on view in an exhibit across the street at the Boston Public Library.
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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — The white supremacist charged in shootings that left three people dead at two Jewish community sites in suburban Kansas City made his first court appearance Tuesday. Wearing a dark, sleeveless anti-suicide smock, Frazier Glenn Cross sat in a wheelchair as he was escorted to a video room for the hearing. He stood under his own power to face the judge, crossing his arms and speaking only when answering routine questions from the judge. He requested a courtappointed lawyer. Cross is being held on $10 million bond and his next court appearance is scheduled for April 24.
‘The time to resolve our differences is now.’ — Emergency manager Kevyn Orr for the majority of your members.” The deal also is tied to the city getting $816 million from foundations, philanthropists and the state of Michigan. Lawmakers still haven’t approved the state’s $350 million share, which has been endorsed by Gov. Rick Snyder. The pot of money would prevent the sale of city-owned art and be earmarked solely for more than 20,000 Detroit retirees who draw benefits from two underfunded pension funds. The average annual pension for police and fire retirees is $32,000. They would keep about half of their annual costof-living payments under the deal announced Tuesday. The reduction could be restored in the future if the fund’s finances improve. “This has been one of the more vocal class of creditors,” bankruptcy expert Doug Bernstein said. “Maybe the city is getting some momentum where hopefully the remainder of the case won’t be so contentious. That’s optimistic. There’s going to be good days and bad days, but this is certainly significant. “Judge Rhodes will not ap-
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prove a plan that over-promises,” Bernstein said. “They are definitely going to have to back up their numbers.” The city still is negotiating with other retired workers, although their pension fund is in worse shape. Orr has proposed a 26 percent cut to current benefits; even more if the $816 million rescue falls apart. Detroit filed for bankruptcy last July, citing $18 billion in
unmanageable long-term liabilities. It’s the largest public filing in U.S. history. The city last week settled with holders of $388 million in bonds, agreeing to pay 74 cents for each dollar owed. Separately, the judge signed off on an $85 million agreement that releases Detroit from a disastrous debt deal made years ago that carried high rates of interest.
United States eyes more action against Russia if talks fail WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says the U.S. is eyeing a new round of sanctions against Russia over its actions in Ukraine, but any new move against Moscow is unlikely until after a diplomatic meeting later this week in Geneva. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki says U.S. officials are actively discussing imposing new sanctions against individuals tied to the Russian government or linked to events in Ukraine. She said Tuesday that broader sanctions on Russian business sectors remain a viable option if the situation in Ukraine continues to escalate. Armed, pro-Russian insurgents have seized control of buildings in at least nine cities in Ukraine’s restive east. European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton meets Thursday in Switzerland with Secretary of State John Kerry and the foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine.
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Congress is giving states the transportation blues By JOAN LOWY Associated Press
DAYTON, Ohio — On the road in a tour bus this week, the U.S. transportation secretary is spreading some bad news: the government’s Highway Trust Fund is nearly broke. If allowed to run dry, that could set back or shut down projects across the country, force widespread layoffs of construction workers and delay needed repairs and improvements. Anthony Foxx kicked off an eight-state bus trip in Ohio to whip up public support for congressional approval of legislation to keep federal transportation aid flowing to states for another four years, and possibly longer. But Congress will have to act fast. The trust fund — the source of much of the aid — is forecast to essentially run dry sometime before the end of the federal fiscal year Sept. 30, and possibly as early as late August. If that happens, the government will have to slow down or even halt payments to states, which rely on federal aid for most major highway projects. Uncertainty over whether there will be enough funds in the coming months is already causing officials in states like Arkansas, California and Colorado to consider delaying planned projects. Foxx’s warnings this week echo ones by President Barack Obama, who cautioned in February that unless Congress finished a bill by summer’s end then “we could see construction projects stop in their tracks.” But there is little interest among politicians in an election year to consider raising gasoline taxes. Many transportation insiders, including Foxx’s predecessor, Ray LaHood, predict Congress will wind up doing what it has done repeatedly over the past five years — dip into the general treasury for enough money for to keep programs going a few weeks or a few
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This photo taken April 14, shows one section of the $500 million I-75 Phase II modernization project which is under way in Dayton, Ohio.
months, at which point the exercise will have to be repeated all over again. But keeping highway and transit aid constantly teetering on the edge of insolvency discourages state and local officials from moving ahead with bigger and more important projects that take many years to build. In 2012, Congress finally pieced together a series of onetime tax changes and spending cuts to programs unrelated to transportation in order to keep the trust fund solvent for about two years. Now, the money is nearly gone. “Tell Congress we can’t slap a Band-Aid on our transportation system any longer,” Foxx urged state and local officials at a stop Monday to view one of Ohio’s biggest construction projects. Other states on the tour are Kentucky, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Foxx is promoting Obama’s four-year, $302 billion plan to shore up the trust fund with savings from proposed changes to corporate tax laws. The White House has said as much as $150 billion could come from its proposal to close corporate loopholes, such as ones that encourage U.S. companies to invest overseas.
“I feel it’s clearly a crisis,” Fox said in an interview, “but we have a responsibility to put a proposal out there that casts a longer-term vision, that helps Congress and the country quite frankly think past our noses, and that’s what we’re doing.” It would also be a onetime fix, but it would generate enough money to ratchet up transportation for several years. Rep. David Camp, R-Mich., chairman of the House’s taxwriting committee, has also proposed a one-time, $126.5 billion infusion into the trust fund over a period of eight years. But his plan is part of a much broader rewrite of corporate laws, which would require heavy-lifting from Congress at any time, but especially in the hyper-partisan atmosphere of an election year. “There doesn’t seem to be much of an appetite to go after corporate tax reform this year, which is the only long term funding source that has been proposed by both the administration and Congress,” said
Joshua Schank, president of the Eno Center for Transportation, a Washington transportation think tank. But Sen. Barbara Boxer, DCalif., chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, told reporters last week that “what seems to be coming forward as a consensus is a piece of tax reform” rather than shifting money from the general treasury or raising fuel taxes. Foxx cited the modernization of Interstate 75, which rumbles through the heart of this middle-sized Ohio city, as an example of the kind of much needed improvements communities want but may have to forgo. The $381 million project is intended to expand the highway’s capacity, reduce traffic congestion, and eliminate dangerous and confusing left-hand exits. More than a third of the project’s cost is being paid with trust fund dollars. The interstate highway program, launched in 1956, has been funded primarily through federal gas and diesel taxes under the principle that users of the system should pay for its construction and maintenance. But it’s been clear for nearly a decade that fuel taxes haven’t been keeping pace with transportation needs as the nation’s population grows and its infrastructure ages. The 18.4 cents a gallon federal gas tax was last increased in 1993 as part of a deal between President Bill Clinton and Congress to raise money to help reduce the federal deficit and pay for transportation programs. Clinton was fiercely criticized by Republicans as a tax-raiser, and the issue was one of several reasons Democrats lost control of the House and Senate the
following year. It was a lesson lawmakers in both parties took to heart. “People don’t want to vote to increase the gas tax,” LaHood, a former Republican congressman, said in an interview. With encouragement from Congress, some states are step-
ping up their use of tolls to help pay for projects. But tolls aren’t practical for all projects. “Congress is stymied,” said John Horsley, former executive director of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. “We’re all scratching our heads.”
Immigration activists urge Obama to act boldly now By ERICA WERNER Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Latinos and immigration activists are warning of political peril for President Barack Obama and Democrats in the fall election unless the president acts boldly and soon to curb deportations and allow more immigrants to remain legally in the U.S. Many activists say Obama has been slow to grasp the emotions building within the Latino community as deportations near the 2 million mark for his administration and hopes for immigration legislation fade. With House Republicans unlikely to act on an overhaul, executive action by Obama is increasingly the activists’ only hope. “There is tremendous anger among core constituencies of the president and the Latino and Asian communities in particular,” said Deepak Bhargava, executive director of the Center for Community Change, which champions immigration change. “He has a momentous choice to make.” Activists credit their sit-ins and hunger strikes for Obama directing new Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson to review the administration’s deportations policy and suggest ways to make it more humane. Now they’re focused on ensuring they get the outcome they want — an expansion of Obama’s two-year-old policy allowing work permits for immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children who have been in school or the military. The program has helped more than 600,000 people. Activists want it expanded to include more immigrants, such as those who have been in the U.S. for at least five years or who since their arrival have had children. Depending on how it’s defined, that could help many millions more.
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Ukraine bares teeth against eastern uprising By PETER LEONARD and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press
KRAMATORSK, Ukraine — In the first Ukrainian military action against a proRussian uprising in the east, government forces repelled an attack Tuesday by about 30 gunmen at an airport, beginning what the president called an “anti-terrorist operation” to try to restore authority over the restive region. The central government has so far been unable to rein in the insurgents, who it says are being stirred up by paid operatives from Russia and have seized numerous government facilities in at least nine eastern cities to press their demands for broader autonomy and closer ties with Russia. Complicating the political landscape, many local security forces have switched to their side. The clashes Tuesday came at Kramatorsk airport, just south of the city of Slovyansk, which has come under the increasing control of the pro-Russian gunmen who seized it last weekend. The precise sequence of events was mired in confusion amid contradictory official claims. The commander of the Ukrainian operation, Gen. Vasyl Krutov, speaking outside Kramatorsk airport, said his men managed to thwart an attack by fighters in green military uniforms without insignia who tried to storm the facility
in the late afternoon. An Associated Press reporter and camera crew heard rounds of gunfire at the time. After the armed standoff, hundreds of local people surrounded the airport in response to rumors that government troops were planning to launch a military operation on the city of Kramatorsk itself. Some in the crowd attempted to enter the military facility, prompting Ukrainian troops to fire bursts of warning shots. In an attempt to defuse the situation, Gen. Krutov came out to speak to the angry protesters but was attacked by them. After a tussle in which his hat was knocked to the ground, he managed to take refuge in the airport. There were conflicting reports of casualties. Yury Zhadobin, coordinator of a pro-Russian defense force, said two people were slightly injured and were taken to a hospital. Russian media, without sourcing, claimed anywhere from four to 11 casualties at the airport. Ukraine’s government said there were no casualties, adding that Ukrainian forces took an unspecified number of militiamen prisoner. While Krutov spoke of repelling an attack, the new government in Kiev declared that its forces had recaptured the airport from militiamen. “I just got a call from the Donetsk region: Ukrainian special forces have liberated the airport in the city of Kramatorsk from terrorists,” acting President
Oleksandr Turchynov told parliament. “I’m convinced that there will not be any terrorists left soon in Donetsk and other regions and they will find themselves in the dock — this is where they belong.” Hours earlier, Turchynov had announced the start of what what he called “an anti-terrorist operation” against the pro-Russian insurgents. He gave few details, saying only that it would be conducted in a “responsible and balanced” manner in order to “defend the citizens of Ukraine, to stop terror, stop crime and stop attempts to tear our country into pieces.” In Washington, the Obama administration gave its tacit support to the Ukrainian military action. While the use of force “is not a preferred option,” White House spokesman Jay Carney said, “the Ukrainian government has a responsibility to provide law and order. And these provocations in eastern Ukraine are creating a situation in which the government has to respond.” Russia’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement denouncing the Ukrainian military operation, saying it was “criminal to fight with your own people as they speak out for their legal rights.” The ministry called on Russia’s “international partners” to condemn the new Ukrainian government’s actions. What was clear is that the area bordering Russia is get-
ting increasingly armed and unstable. Russia has tens of thousands of troops stationed along its border with Ukraine, raising fears that Moscow might use the instability in the predominantly Russianspeaking east as a pretext for an invasion. Earlier Tuesday, at least 14 armored personnel carriers flying Ukrainian flags, helicopters and military trucks were seen some 25 miles (40 kilometers) north of Solvyansk, along with at least seven busloads of government troops in black military fatigues. “We are awaiting the order to move on Slovyansk,” said one soldier, who gave only his first name, Taras. Two of the helicopters loaded with troops were later seen flying toward Slovyansk and witnesses said they delivered several dozen troops at the Kramatorsk military airfield. Tuesday’s events were viewed entirely differently by Ukraine and Russia. “We have to tell the Ukrainians the truth: The Russian Federation is waging a real war against Ukraine in the east, in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in particular,” Ukraine’s ex-prime minister and presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko said.
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Pro-Russian people walk towards the airport in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday. In the first Ukrainian military action against a pro-Russian uprising in the east, government forces clashed with about 30 armed gunmen at a small airport in Kramatorsk.
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Hamas praises deadly West Bank shooting By IAN DEITCH Associated Press
JERUSALEM — The prime minister of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Tuesday praised a shooting that killed an Israeli and wounded his wife and son as they drove through the West Bank the previous evening en route to a Seder, the traditional Passover meal that starts the weeklong Jewish holiday. Speaking in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh said the attack outside the city of Hebron “brought back life to the path of resistance” against Israel and warned of more attacks in the territory. No one claimed responsibility for the attack, the latest incident to threaten peace talks with the Palestinians. Hamas and Israel are bitter enemies. They have engaged in several rounds of fighting since the militant Islamic group seized power in Gaza in 2007 after ousting forces loyal to the Palestinian Fatah party, led by President Mahmoud Abbas, in fierce street battles. The two Palestinian groups have not reconciled despite several attempts and Hamas now rules Gaza while Abbas governs part of the West Bank. “We tell the enemy and anyone who thinks he is able to
tame the West Bank ... the West Bank will be the future point of our struggle with the enemy,” Haniyeh said. Israeli media said the wounded woman was told in hospital that her 40-year-old husband, a police officer, was killed. It said their wounded son is nine years old. Israel’s public security minister, Yitzhak Aharonovitch, visited the wounded at a Jerusalem hospital and called the incident “a tragedy.” The attack almost certainly complicates U.S. attempts to salvage the troubled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. The Palestinians want to establish a state in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem, lands Israel captured in the 1967 Mideast war from Jordan and Egypt. Two decades of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations have failed to settle the conflict, and the latest U.S. mediation attempt, launched last year by Secretary of State John Kerry, also seems on the verge of collapse. Kerry has said he wants to see a deal, or at least the outlines of one, by the end of April. But the two sides remain locked in a dispute over the terms of extending talks, without having made any apparent progress on issues such as borders and se-
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Israeli soldiers pause during a patrol of an area near the scene of a shooting near the Tarqumiya checkpoint, near the West Bank city of Hebron, Tuesday. Police say assailants opened fire on an Israeli vehicle in the West Bank Monday, killing one person and wounding two.
curity arrangements. The Palestinians have been demanding Israel release a promised batch of prisoners, many of whom were involved in similar attacks as the one on Passover. A nationalistic party in Netanyahu’s coalition has threatened to quit it if prisoners are freed. Netanyahu condemned the attack and in a statement said he “holds the Palestinian Authority responsible” for “the
despicable murder.” “The Palestinian Authority continues to constantly broadcast - in its official media - programs that incite against the existence of the State of Israel,” Netanyahu said. “Last night this incitement was translated into the murder of a father who was traveling with his family to celebrate the first night of Passover,” he said. He pointed out that the Palestinian Authority, which
administers parts of the West Bank, had not yet condemned the attack. Attacks like Monday’s were common in the West Bank during Israeli-Palestinian fighting last decade, but the level of violence dropped significantly in recent years. Still, Israeli human rights group B’Tselem said Palestinians have killed 17 Israeli civilians in the West Bank since 2009, not counting Monday’s
fatality. Spokeswoman Sarit Michaeli said 76 Palestinian noncombatants were killed during that period in the same territory. Michaeli said her group is critical of the Palestinian deaths and has called for investigations by the military, but said they were not comparable to the Israeli ones as Palestinian militants purposely targeted civilians while Palestinian civilians died during violent altercations and arrest raids against militants. “Contrary to certain Palestinian claims, attacks against civilians within Israel’s borders are no different from attacks against settlers living in the West Bank. In both cases, the targets are civilians who must not be attacked and who must be protected from attacks,” she said. “The argument that there is justification for killing settlers as part of the struggle against Israeli occupation is both legally and morally groundless,” Michaeli said, adding that all civilians on all sides must be shielded. In 2002, at the height of Israeli-Palestinian fighting, a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up at a Passover Seder at a hotel, killing 30 people and wounding over 100.
President Bachele vowed to relocate Valparaiso fire victims By EVA VERGARA Associated Press
VALPARAISO, Chile — President Michelle Bachelet vowed Tuesday to reconstruct this once-beautiful port city according to a master plan that would prevent many of the 11,000 victims of devastating wildfires from rebuilding on hills that cannot be protected from disasters. The fires that started Saturday and leaped from hilltop to densely populated hilltop have been contained but not extinguished. Every stiff wind threatens to lift burning embers, putting more neighborhoods at risk. The fires already have consumed as many as 3,000 homes and killed 15 people while injuring hundreds more. “We think this is a tremendous tragedy, but ... it is also a tremendous opportunity to do things right,” Bachelet said in an interview with El Diario de Cooperativa. “What we’re looking at in terms of reconstruction is how to rebuild in a more orderly manner, better and more worthy” of Valparaiso’s status as a World Heritage City. UNESCO granted the city that honor in large part because of its unique architecture, laid out on narrow, curving streets that climb hills so steep that many people commute by climbing stairways or riding cable cars. Brightly painted, improvised wooden houses hug forested hills and ravines, which form a natural amphitheater around Chile’s secondlargest port. While the city is often blanketed by fog from the Pacific Ocean, it has been plagued throughout history by wildfires that can spread quickly when the wind blows out to sea. Indigenous Changos who lived there before the Spanish conquest called the area “Alimapu,” which means “land destroyed by fire,” said Orion Aramayo, an urban planning expert at Valparaiso’s Catholic University. While fire victims include middle-class families, thousands more lived in primitive conditions, sharing structures built on tiny ledges of land carved into the hills. Many of these homes were built illegally, lacking water and sewer connections, with improper foundations on dangerous slopes and no way for emergency vehicles to reach them in a crisis. With so many houses reduced to rubble and nearly 4.5 square miles (1,145 hectares) of the compact city’s forests turned to ash, Chileans were debating Tuesday about whether bulldozers might help solve longstanding problems. Urban planners called for safer structures, wider streets and better infrastructure. Some cultural representatives expressed concerns that new construction could endanger the city’s rich character. And thousands of fire victims returned to their home sites on the hills,
squatting amid charred rubble on denuded slopes that could turn to landslides in the next rain. Many experts blame the Chilean state for decades of uncontrolled growth. “The government is responsible for having allowed homes to be built in dangerous areas, and somehow it has to show these people that they’re in a place where their lives are at risk,” said architecture professor Jonas Figueroa at the University of Santiago. Valparaiso Mayor Jorge Castro bemoaned the city’s disorderly development Sunday, saying that “we are too vulnerable as a city: We have been the builders and architects of our own dangers.” By Monday, he was acknowledging that many people would rebuild in the same vulnerable spots. Bachelet, however, appeared firm in Tuesday’s interview. “Protecting the people comes first. And second, relocating them,” she said, suggesting that the state will expropriate land if it has to. “Honestly, I believe we have to do something more. It’s not enough to reinstall houses or support families. We have to do something more
substantive.” Just 34 days after taking office a second time, Bachelet is confronting twin disasters. Two earthquakes in northern Chile left 2,635 homes uninhabitable, and 5,000 more with lesser damage. She said the reconstruction will likely occupy her entire four-year term.
Housing Minister Paulina Saball avoided saying openly where the evacuees would go. She suggested that camps for evacuees would have to be built elsewhere to house people who had been illegally squatting on unstable land. “They want to keep living here. The people don’t want
to leave,” said Nancy Ortega, a social worker who has spent decades assisting about 100 families in Cuesta Colorada, a neighborhood on the Ramaditas hilltop that was mostly destroyed. Many people were already leaving the city’s overflowing shelters and retaking their
ruins. Hundreds of volunteers helped, climbing through the wreckage with bottles of water and shovels. “We’re going to rebuild right here. Where else would we go?” said Carolina Ovando, 22, who lost the humble home where she had lived with three small children.
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Arizona’s Gordon, Johnson on way to NBA JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer
Aaron Gordon’s decision was expected. Part of a heralded class of freshmen last season, anything but one and done would have been a surprise. Nick Johnson had to build toward his move to the NBA. Always a steady player, he boosted his draft status with a superb junior season, earning numerous All-America honors while leading Arizona to within a few seconds of the Final Four for the second time in three years. Now he and Gordon are headed to the NBA. “I’m going to show what I bring to the table, so many things as far as my
leadership and my ability to defend and knock down shots,” Johnson said during a news conference Tuesday at Arizona’s McKale Center. “If you ask me, I’m a basketball player.” So is Gordon. A pretty good one. He arrived at Arizona as one of the top incoming freshmen in a class that included Duke’s Jabari Parker, Kansas’ Andrew Wiggins and Kentucky’s latest cast of potential one-and-doners, including Julius Randle and twins Aaron and Andrew Harrison. Exceptionally athletic, particularly for a solid-framed 6-foot-8 forward, Gordon had a strong lone season in college basketball, averaging 12.4 points and 8 rebounds per game to earn Pac-12 freshman of the year honors.
He broke a 40-year-old school freshman record with 303 rebounds and shot 49 percent from the floor, though he struggled from the free throw line, finishing at 42 percent. “Aaron has so many gifts as a player,” Arizona coach Sean Miller said. “His high energy level, love for the game, competitive fire and ability to blend into a team and become a great teammate are a few of these. Aaron is 18, I can certainly see why the NBA thinks so highly of him.” Gordon could flourish in the NBA. An eager learner and selfless teammate, he often geared back to fit into the team game at Arizona, to the point Miller and his staff told him to be more aggressive early in the season.
With an above-the-rim game, high energy and versatility, he will be a likely lottery pick in the June 26 NBA draft, possibly in the top 5. “I know what I’m capable of and know my potential is limitless,” Gordon said. “So I’m going to be Aaron Gordon and I’m going to do what the coaches have told me to do: be Aaron Gordon and do what I did all year long. I’m going to flourish and my game is going to expand.” No one outside of Tucson thought that much about Johnson before this season. The nephew of late Hall of Fame guard Dennis Johnson, he came out of high school with jump-out-of-the-gym athleticism, yet was never considered a
top player during his first two seasons in the desert. When Miller tried to get him invited to elite summer camps before last season, he couldn’t even get a call back. Johnson changed the perceptions with breakout junior season. Taking the team reins from the start, he helped lead Arizona to the best start in school history, a 16-0 run that had the Wildcats atop The Associated Press poll for two months straight. Whenever the Wildcats needed a big play or basket, they turned to Johnson and most times he came through. A good defender when he arrived in Tucson, Johnson developed into one of the nation’s best on the perimeter, comSee HOOPS, page A-11
Kenai track gets 1st real workout By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion
It’s plain to see that the new turf and track at Kenai Central High School is popular. On a rainy Tuesday afternoon, athletes from the Kenai, Skyview and Soldotna high school track and field teams were racing around the new rubber, while an informal soccer scrimmage between Kenai and Nikiski was being held. Last week, Kenai track coach Joe Trujillo noted that the Kenai track and soccer teams from the high school and middle school were all practicing on and between the new 400-meter track, which amounted to nearly 100 students competing for space. It all made for a jubilant atmosphere Tuesday, despite the steady drizzle, as the first actual competition of the spring season took hold on the Kenai Peninsula. Only five select events were held — the 100, the 200, the 800 and the 1,600 meter individual races, as well as the 800-meter relay. Two athletes won more than once on Tuesday. Senior Tim Duke of Skyview took home first place in the boys 100 and 200 meter dashes, just barely edging Kenai’s Josh Jackman
by a hundreth of a second in the 100. Kenai junior Allie Ostrander won both the girls 800 and 1,600 meter races. Ostrander’s time of 2 minutes, 14 seconds in the 800 was only about four seconds off the official state record, held by Wasilla’s Morgan Dampier. Ostrander also managed to run under five minutes in the 1,600 — the second time in two attempts she has done that on Kenai’s new track. Tri-meet at Kenai Central
(Top-3 results) GIRLS 100 — 1. Kaylee Fisher, Sky, 12.91 seconds; 2. Daisy Nelson, Sol, 13.31; 3. Hailee Landess, Sky, 13.57. 200 — 1. Daisy Nelson, Sol, 28.50; 2. Hailee Landess, Sol, 28.80; 3. Kaylee Fisher, Sky, 28.80. 800m relay — 1. Skyview, 1:55.0; 2. Soldotna, 1:56.17. 800 — 1. Allie Ostrander, Ken, 2:14.0; 2. Dani McCormick, Sol, 2:29.0; 3. Sadie Fox, Sol, 2:32.0. 1600 — 1. Allie Ostrander 4:59.0; 2. Sadie Fox, Sol, 5:40.0; 3. Dani McCormick, Sol, NA. BOYS 100 — 1. Tim Duke, Sky, 11.30; 2. Josh Jackman, Ken, 11.31; 3. Lucas Casebeer, Ken, 11.42. C 200 — 1. Tim Duke, Sky, 23.40; 2. Josh Jackman, Ken, 24.03; 3. Preston Weeks, Y Sol, 24.72 800m relay — 1. Kenai, 1:42.0; 2. Skyview, DQ. 800 — 1. Micah Hilbish, Sky, 2:00.0; 2. Jonah Theisen, Ken, 2:02.0; 3. Jordan Theisen, Ken, 2:14.0. 1600 — 1. Jordan Theisen, Ken, 4:34.0; 2. Jonah Theisen, Ken, 4:43.0; 3. Travis Cooper, Ken, 5:01.0.
Clippers win 57th AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast
Chicago White Sox’s Alexei Ramirez celebrates after scoring the game winning run off a throwing error by Boston Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts as A.J. Pierzynski watches during the ninth inning of a baseball game Tuesday in Chicago. The White Sox won 2-1.
Chicago takes battle of Sox White Sox win on unusual 9th inning shortstop error by Bogaerts
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CHICAGO (AP) — Alexei Ramirez scored the winning run in the ninth inning on a two-out throwing error by Xander Bogaerts, and Chicago edged Boston on a frigid night. With the score tied at 1, Red Sox reliever Burke Badenhop (0-2) allowed a one-out single
to Ramirez. After Tyler Flowers stuck out, Chris Capuano walked Adam Eaton. On a 3-2 count, Marcus Semien hit a grounder to Bogaerts, who one-hopped his throw to first baseman Mike Carp. Carp wasn’t able to scoop the throw and Ramirez, already running on the pitch, never stopped while round-
ing third and scored without a throw. Daniel Webb (1-0) got one out for the victory. The temperature at first pitch was 40 degrees. The upper deck was closed because of ice on the ramps. Adam Dunn homered for the White Sox, who have won four of five. Daniel Nava hom-
ered for Boston, which has lost three straight. A’s 10, ANGELS 9, 11 Innings ANAHEIM, Calif. — Josh Donaldson drove in Jed Lowrie with an 11th-inning double, and Oakland overcame Mike Trout’s See MLB, page A-11
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Blake Griffin scored 24 points while picking up his 16th technical, and the Los Angeles Clippers led all the way in beating the Denver Nuggets 117105 on Tuesday night for their franchise-record 57th victory of the season. Chris Paul had 21 points and 10 assists, and J.J. Redick added 18 points in the Clippers’ finale at home, where they went 34-7 for another franchise mark. DeAndre Jordan had 13 points and 16 rebounds. The win kept the Clippers in the hunt for the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference playoffs. They would need to win at Portland and Oklahoma City would need to lose to Detroit on Wednesday night for the Clip-
pers to claim the second spot. Otherwise, they will remain the third seed. Los Angeles will have to get by without Griffin on the road since his 16th tech triggered a league-mandated one-game suspension. KNICKS 109, NETS 98 NEW YORK — Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 16 points and the New York Knicks, playing without the injured Carmelo Anthony, beat the Brooklyn Nets to win the season series between city rivals. The Knicks prevented the Nets from clinching the No. 5 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs and won their third straight in their too-little, too-late strong finish. Amare Stoudemire and J.R. Smith each added 14 points.
1 year later, victims of Boston Marathon bombing remembered DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) — Survivors, first responders and relatives of those killed in the Boston Marathon bombing marked the anniversary Tuesday with tributes that combined sorrow over the loss of innocent victims with pride over the city’s resilience in the face of a terror attack. “This day will always be hard, but this place will always be strong,” former Mayor Thomas Menino told an invitation-only audience of about 2,500 people at the Hynes Convention Center, not far from the finish line where three people died and more than 260 others were injured a year ago. Vice President Joe Biden, who attended the ceremony, said the courage shown by survivors and those who lost loved ones is an inspiration for other Americans dealing with loss and tragedy. “You have become the face of America’s resolve,” he said. Biden also praised the 36,000 run-
ners who plan to run the marathon next week, saying they will send a message to terrorists. “America will never, ever, ever stand down,” he said, to loud applause. He added, “We own the finish line.” In the evening, after the tributes were over and most people had left, police evacuated the area around the finish line to investigate two unattended backpacks and took a man into custody. They said the bomb squad detonated the backpacks as a precaution, but there was no immediate word on what as in them. In Washington, President Barack Obama observed the anniversary of last year’s deadly marathon attack with a private moment of silence at the White House. “Today, we recognize the incredible courage and leadership of so many Bostonians in the wake of unspeakable tragedy,” Obama said in a statement. “And we offer our deepest gratitude to the courageous firefighters, police officers, medical professionals, runners and spectators who, in an instant, dis-
played the spirit Boston was built on — perseverance, freedom and love.” Obama said this year’s race, scheduled for April 21, will “show the world the meaning of Boston Strong as a city chooses to run again.” Authorities say two ethnic Chechen brothers who lived in the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan and the Dagestan region of Russia planned and orchestrated the attack with two bombs in backpacks near the marathon finish line on April 15, 2013. Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, died following a shootout with police days after the bombings. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 20, has pleaded not guilty to federal charges and is awaiting a trial in which he faces a possible death sentence. Prosecutors say the brothers also killed MIT police Officer Sean Collier days after the bombings in an attempt to steal his gun. Prosecutors have said Dzhokhar Tsarnaev left a hand-scrawled confession condemning U.S. actions in Muslim countries on the inside wall of a boat in which he was found hiding folC
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lowing the police shootout. At the tribute, several survivors of the bombing alluded to their injuries but focused on the strength they’ve drawn from fellow survivors, first responders, doctors, nurses and strangers who have offered them support. “We should never have met this way, but we are so grateful for each other,” said Patrick Downes, a newlywed who was injured along with his wife. Each lost a left leg below the knee in the bombings. Downes described Boston Strong, the slogan coined after the attack, as a movement that symbolizes the city’s determination to recover. He called the people who died “our guardian angels.” “We will carry them in our hearts,” he said. Downes said the city on April 21 will “show the world what Boston represents.” He added, “For our guardian angels, let them hear us roar.” Adrianne Haslet-Davis, a ballroom dancer who lost her left leg below the knee and has recently returned to per-
forming on a prosthetic leg, said she’s learned over the last year that no milestone is too small to celebrate, including walking into a non-handicapped bathroom stall for the first time and “doing a happy dance.” Gov. Deval Patrick spoke of how the attack has drawn people closer. “There are no strangers here,” he repeated throughout his speech. Carlos Arredondo, the cowboy hatwearing spectator who was hailed as a hero for helping the wounded after the bombings, said he went to the tribute ceremony to support survivors and their families. “You can see how the whole community gathered together to support them and remember,” Arredondo said. After the tributes, many of those in attendance walked in the rain to the finish line for a moment of silence that coincided with the time when the bombs went off. Bells rang, and a flag was raised by transit agency police Officer Richard Donohue, who was badly injured during a shootout with the bombing suspects.
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Florida Panthers draw top draft lottery pick NHL draft lottery losers last year, the Florida Panthers had their number come up this year. In the meantime, chalk up yet another loss for the Buffalo Sabres. The Panthers bucked the odds Tuesday by jumping up a spot and earned the right to the top pick in June. Florida, which finished 29th in the league, vaulted ahead of the last-place Sabres, who had the best odds of winning the lottery held in Toronto. “It means a lot to us. We’ve very excited,” said Travis Viola, Panthers president of hockey operations. “We’re looking to continue to build on our core talent of young players. It’s just a great opportunity.” It also marked a reversal of fortune for Florida. After finishing last a year ago, the Panthers were relegated to the No. 2 pick after Colorado won the lottery. The top two projected prospects are left wing Samuel Bennett, of OHL Kingston, who finished first in the final rankings released by NHL Central Scouting last week, and OHL Barrie defenseman Aaron Ekblad. The draft will be held in Philadelphia on June 27-28. The Panthers (29-45-8) had an 18.8 percent chance of winning the lottery, behind only Buffalo (21-51-10), which had a 25 percent shot. The Sabres continued what’s been a losing trend since the season began in October. Buffalo’s 51 losses were a franchise worst, and the most losses in the NHL since the New York Islanders went 21-51-7-3 in 200001. General manager Tim Murray took the latest loss in stride, telling the team’s website that he almost anticipated losing out on the No. 1 pick. “We’re very comfortable,” Murray said. “The other way would’ve been gravy, but it’s kind of what we thought would happen, and we prepared for it.” The Sabres were guaranteed falling no further than second. Florida will have the first pick for the fourth time in franchise history. —Clarion and AP wire reports
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RANGERS 5, MARINERS 0 ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Prince Fielder and Kevin Kouzmanoff hit back-to-back homers, Robbie Ross limited Seattle to five singles in seven-plus innings and the Texas Rangers beat the Mariners 5-0 Tuesday night. Fielder ended a 13-game homerless streak to start the season with his new team, hitting a line drive to right-center off former Texas first-round pick Blake Beavan (0-1) leading off the second inning. Two pitches later, Kouzmanoff went deep to left.
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PHOENIX — Kirk Nieuwenhuis had three hits and three RBIs in his season debut, Jenrry Mejia pitched five effective innings in a combined three-hitter and New York routed the struggling Arizona Diamondbacks. The Mets placed center fielder Juan Lagares on the 15-day dis2 more going to draft abled list with a pulled hamstring ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — and called up Nieuwenhuis from Nik Stauskas and Glenn Robinson the minors before the game.
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HOUSTON (AP) — Yordano Ventura threw seven strong innings for his first major league win to lead Kansas City over Houston. Omar Infante homered and drove in two runs for the Royals. Ventura (1-0), an elite prospect with a 100 mph fastball, allowed four hits and one earned run with seven strikeouts in his fifth major league start.
BLUE JAYS 9, TWINS 3 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jose Bautista had three hits and an RBI, and Brett Lawrie hit a grand slam in the ninth inning to help Toronto beat Minnesota. Edwin Encarnacion had two hits and an RBI, and Aaron Loup (1-0) won in relief of starter Brandon Morrow, who lasted 3 2-3 innings on a 35-degree night at Target Field.
REDS 7, PIRATES 5 CINCINNATI — Mike Leake doubled and hit a two-run homer Tuesday night, ending Gerrit Cole’s winning streak and leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 7-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates that completed two days full of homers and delays. First, the NL Central rivals completed a game that was suspended in the sixth inning because of rain the previous night. Andrew McCutchen doubled and came around on Russell Martin’s single in the seventh inning, giving the Pirates an 8-7 win.
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III are skipping their last two seasons at Michigan to enter the NBA draft and chase a dream they’ve had since they were kids. Stauskas, who is from Mississauga, Ontario, set his sights on joining in the world’s best basketball league when he started playing the game in an organized way at the age of 7. “From that point on, I pretty much committed myself to doing whatever it took to get to this point,” he said. “I don’t think many Canadian kids had that same dream. I think most of them were trying to go to the NHL, but I think the rise of Canadian basketball has been unbelievable. You see a lot of kids now making that jump from Canada and I’m glad to be a part of that group.” Robinson, meanwhile, might have looked at the league a little
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Transactions BASEBALL American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX Agreed to terms with RHP Frank Francisco on a minor league contract. CLEVELAND INDIANS Optioned OF Nyjer Morgan to Columbus (IL). Reinstated OF Michael Bourn from the 15-day DL. LOS ANGELES ANGELS Voided the optional assignment of RHP Dane De La Rosa to Salt Lake (PCL) and placed him on the 15day DL, retroactive to April 13. NEW YORK YANKEES Placed C Francisco Cervelli on the 60day DL, retroactive to Sunday. Recalled C John Ryan Murphy from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Selected the contract of INF Scott Sizemore from Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre. SEATTLE MARINERS Optioned LHP Lucas Luetge to Tacoma (PCL). Recalled RHP Blake Beavan from Tacoma. TORONTO BLUE JAYS Placed 2B Maicer Izturis on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Monday. Reinstated LHP J.A. Happ from the 15-day DL. Assigned RHP Jeremy Jeffress outright to Buffalo (IL). Selected the contract of INF Munenori Kawasaki from Buffalo. Designated RHP Marcus Walden for assignment. National League CHICAGO CUBS Named Darnell McDonald baseball operations assistant. COLORADO ROCKIES Placed LHP Brett Anderson on the 15day DL, retroactive to Sunday. Recalled OF Corey Dickerson from Colorado Springs (PCL). LOS ANGELES DODGERS Activated RHP Brian Wilson from the 15-day DL. Optioned LHP Paco Rodriguez to Albuquerque (PCL). MIAMI MARLINS Sent 2B Rafael Furcal to Jupiter (FSL) for a rehab assignment. NEW YORK METS Placed OF Juan Lagares on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Kirk Nieuwenhuis from Las Vegas (PCL). PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES Optioned RHP Luis Garcia to Lehigh Valley (IL). Reinstated RHP Mike Adams from the 15-day DL. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS Reinstated INF Mark Ellis from the 15-day DL. Optioned INF Pete Kozma to Memphis (PCL).
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earlier because his father — nicknamed “Big Dog” — was the No. 1 overall pick in the 1994 NBA draft. “My dad has been through this whole process, so that was definitely a big help,” he said. “He stayed an extra year in college when he thought he wasn’t ready.” Robinson, who is from St. John, Ind., said the NBA’s undergraduate advisory committee informed him he would be a first-round pick if he entered the draft and he chose to make the leap Monday night.
Cal hires Martin BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — A more relaxed fan base, milder weather and a chance to coach at the top-rated public university in the country added up to Cuonzo Martin making the decision to
leave Tennessee for California. Cal hired Martin as the 16th men’s basketball coach in school history Tuesday, a decision that stunned Volunteers administrators and players after he had reaffirmed his commitment to Tennessee just two weeks ago. Martin said it was a difficult move but the opportunity at Cal was too much to pass up. “It’s a beautiful place. I got off the plane and I just said, ‘Ahhh,’” Martin said during his introductory news conference in Berkeley. “I think it has a chance to be special here. I think that’s the most intriguing thing to me. It’s a place I could spend the rest of my life.” Cal athletic director Sandy Barbour said Martin’s contract, which is still being finalized, is for five years. Financial details will be released at a later date.
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sketches hung above the bustling room, tacked to the western wall of the classroom, a quick view into the project’s foundations. Paint often ended up on hands and faces in the chaos. Opaque, chalky colored buckets sat in the corner for cleaning utensils, while cubbies under the window brimmed with puffy coats a result of the fresh snowfall from the night before. Andrew Hunter, with a yellow streak of paint on his cheek, said he was looking forward to helping out, but would have been less enthusiastic had they been working outside. High school students will finish up painting this week, and the final result will be hung on the side of the center sometime in August, Parra said. In 2013, Widman contacted Parra with a request to hang the new mural at the recreation center, a centralized hub of local activity, Parra said. Donations came from local businesses M & M Market, and Charlie’s Pizza donated food and beverages for the painting sessions, and Epperheimer Inc., offered to cover the completed product in a protective clear coat to finish it up, Parra said. Grouchy Old Woman Bed and Breakfast provided free housing for Seward artist in residence Justine Pechuzal,
‘I am really excited about what Anna is doing, she is really building on something.’ — Justine Pechuzal who was asked to help organize the project. Pechuzal was commissioned by the city of Seward in 2009 to create a mural for Alaska’s 50th anniversary of statehood. Since then she has traveled to rural Alaskan towns organizing community murals under the Alaska State Council on the Arts’ Artist in Schools Program, which is how she originally connected with Widman for the first mural, she said. Pechuzal said she would work with the Nikiski community, until Widman is ready to take over handling future projects. “I am really excited about what Anna is doing, she is really building on something,” Pechuzal said. Being in Nikiski has been particularly satisfying witnessing a group of tight-knit people with cohesive relationships, Pechuzal said. Everyone always had a good attitude and enjoyed working. Kelly Sullivan can be reached at Kelly.Sullivan@peninsulaclarion.com.
Huggins: Late Saturday target for Legislature to finish work JUNEAU — Senate President Charlie Huggins says lawmakers are aiming to complete their work by Saturday night. Sunday is the scheduled end of the 90-day session, but that’s Easter. Legislative leaders have said they’d like to complete their work before then, if possible. There are several major pieces in play, including the budgets and bills dealing with education, the state’s unfunded pension obligation and setting the state’s participation rate in a major liquefied natural gas project. Also pending is a bill to raise Alaska’s minimum wage. The House narrowly passed such legislation Sunday, amid questions of lawmakers’ motives. Voters are scheduled to vote on a similar measure later this year. Huggins says the bill would need to have the votes to reach the Senate floor. He said that could be a challenge. — The Associated Press
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the appropriations committee is a “powerful opportunity” for Alaska because with Sen. Lisa Murkowski also on the committee, the two can team up on issues that could benefit the state. Military expenditures for construction in the state rose from $18 million when he first joined the appropriations committee to over $200 million last year. These investments are important to Alaska economy and national defense, he said. Begich said all the committees he sits on, from veteran’s affairs to commerce, which includes transportation, oceans and fisheries, are all advantageous to Alaska. He has adopted issues of the Arctic by bringing them up in the ocean subcommittee. “One thing I have learned in the senate as a chair of a committee, if I start talking about an issue nobody else is, you can take over the issue,” he said. “Sure enough now we are doing Arctic stuff which is very important for Alaska because the opportunity is significant.” Begich was asked what could be done to bring Alaska back to the top of oil production. With North Dakota leading the nation in production, he said things
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money from a revolving loan fund that the state provides for enhancement projects, Fandrei said. Though commercial fishing is the primary source of income in Port Graham, an unincorporated village about 35 miles by air southwest of Homer, area residents also depend heavily on subsistence hunting, fishing and food gathering according to Kenai Peninsula Borough data. Currently, the hatchery can handle about 84 million eggs which could result in just over 2 million pink salmon returning to Port Graham Bay. CIAA estimated those fish
would change with development in the Arctic. He pointed to progress being made in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska and an estimated 26 billion barrels of oil on the outer continental chelf. When oil is produced, a 600-mile long pipeline would need to be built to move the resource and would create jobs all over the state, he said. While speaking on tax day, Begich said he dreaded this time of year. He said filing taxes could be a complicated process and has not been reformed since 1986. The idea for his Income Tax Reform Act of 2011 was to simplify the form down to one-page, reducing six tax rates to three. When asked about the fair tax, he said he couldn’t support that kind of tax rate on an individual whose principle product is food. Begich said the tax reform is deficit neutral and has growth potential. “When I was mayor, 40 percent of my growth in tax revenue was from new business activity,” he said. “Not taking existing people and making them pay more.” Begich responded to a question on his future outlook on health care and said the Affordable Care Act will continue to be worked on over time. He said he had several fixes with tax incentives that will work for small business owners. would generate between $2.2 million and $5.6 million in exvessel, or commercial harvest, value annually. Lloyd Stiassny, president of the Port Graham Corporation which owns the land where the hatchery was built, said having the site functional again was an important step in revitalizing the area. The Port Graham Corporation owns a cannery facility that shares a wall with the hatchery, though the corporation never operated the hatchery, and Stiassney said he hoped the venture would allow the cannery to reopen. The remote location, high costs of fuel and low returns of pink salmon had forced the cannery to close. “The dream, of course, is to produce enough fish returns in
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Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Begich speaks at a joint Soldotna and Kenai Chamber Luncheon Tuesday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex.
“Small businesses who do not provide health care today but want to because it’s a great detention tool,” he said. “We lose employees to larger companies who offer health care.” Begich said tourism on the Kenai Peninsula is a big part of the economic equation. In Washington, D.C., people have a difficult time realizing the impact and he described the whole logistics chain involved to demonstrate the trickle-down effect it has on the community. The fastest growing middle
class markets are people from India, China and Brazil, he said, and those countries are being targeted to promote tourism in the U.S. “We love foreign travelers because they spend more money and stay longer and that’s good business for us,” he said. “Those folks like to come to unique places and there is not place better than Alaska.”
pink salmon to support cannery operations,” he said. The increase in fishing activity could also bring in enough revenue for the town to replace its dock, Stiassney said, and in an area where fishing holds both cultural and commercial importance, a good dock is a necessity. “They’ve been a little disconnected and there hasn’t been a strong buyer in the Port Graham area for many years,” he said. “It’s everybody’s goal to basically revitalize commercial fishing in Port Graham as well as in Nanwalek and Seldovia and return a vibrant fishery to the lower Cook Inlet.” The aquaculture association plans to have eggs incubating in the facility by October. At least four full-time employees and up to 12 seasonal
employees per year will be required to run the facility, though Fandrei said it has been difficult to find hatchery managers. “We’ve been really worried about that ... hatchery managers are hard to find,” he said. Still, despite the tight timeline and pressure to get fish into the facility, Fandrei said he aquaculture association was happy to take on the new project. “We’re really excited about being able to do this and bring this facility back into production because it is an excellent facility,” he said. “It gives us the opportunity to stabilize the industry economically and that is our mission.”
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Go green with plant-based food for Earth Day
egetarian eating is an effective and positive way to help animals, go green and adapt a healthier lifestyle. For some, it’s a way of living, for others it’s a parttime endeavor in which folks participate in Meatless Mondays –a once-a-week movement launched in 2003 in association with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. As a way to “help save the planet” and place the environment in the forefront, Meatless Mondays have become popular around the globe, with many organizations and communities supporting Meatless Monday programs in their schools, hospitals, work places and restaurants. Organizations such as Washington, D.C.based The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), the largest nonprofit organization advocating animal rights in the
by either industry or transportation. The HSUS staffers and friends make going meatless on Mondays deliciously simple by sharing some of their favorite recipes, a few of which you’ll find here. In addition to Meatless Monday, any of them would make fine eating on Earth Day, celebrated on April 22 since its founding in 1970. For more information on the Kitchen Ade work of The HSUS, including Sue Ade how to get a free copy of their Guide to Meat-Free Meals, world, does much to support us visit http://www.humanesociin our efforts to make meatety.org. less meal choices, which, of course, makes a difference not Sue Ade is a syndicated food only for animals, but for our writer with broad experience and environment, as well. In addi- interest in the culinary arts. She tion to using an excess of land has worked and resided in the and water, researchers report Lowcountry of South Carolina that the raising of animals since 1985 and may be reached destined for our dinner plates at kitchenade@yahoo.com. produce more greenhouse gas emissions than are generated Photos by Sue Ade unless otherwise noted
Right, Plant-based food has become the number one choice for an environmental sustainable diet. For Earth Day, which has been celebrated world-wide on April 22 since 1970, perhaps you’d enjoy a meatless meal featuring highly nutritious foods such as, clockwise from upper left, avocados, radishes, mangos and edamame.
Avocado, Quinoa and Edamame Salad Recipe and photo courtesy Humane Society of the United States, adapted from “The New Vegan Cookbook” by Lorna Sass 1 cup quinoa 1 pound (3 cups) shelled edamame (fresh or frozen) 2 medium lemons 2 small, ripe avocados 1-2 garlic cloves, crushed, to taste 2 bunches radishes, halved 1 cup microgreens or basil 1 tablespoon ground cumin 1-2 tablespoons olive oil ¼ teaspoon chili flakes Salt and black pepper to taste
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“This mango and black bean salad is easy to make, festive to look at and delicious to eat! Enjoy as part of a backyard barbecue or picnic lunch.” – The Humane Society of the United States.
Black Bean, Mango and Avocado Salad Recipe and photo courtesy Humane Society of the United States This relish-like salad is delicious and festive and goes well with southwestern-style tortilla or corn dishes. Recipe adapted from Vegan Express by Nava Atlas. 1 (15- or 16-ounce can) black beans, drained and rinsed 1 medium avocado, cut into ¼-inch dice 1 mango, cut into ¼-inch dice* ½ red bell pepper, cut into ¼-inch dice 1 to 2 scallions, thinly sliced 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons lime juice Minced fresh cilantro to taste, optional Combine all the ingredients in a serving container. Stir together and serve. Serves 6. *Note: If fresh mango isn’t available, look for mango in the frozen foods section of your supermarket. Let thaw overnight before using.
Prepare the quinoa by placing it in a saucepan with plenty of water. Bring to a boil and simmer for 9 minutes. Drain in a fine sieve, rinse under cold water, and leave to dry. Throw the edamame into a pan of boiling water, bring back to a boil, and immediately drain in a colander. Refresh with cold water and leave to dry. Take the lem-
ons and use a small sharp knife to slice off the top and base. Stand each one on a chopping board and cut down the sides, following the natural curve, to remove the skin and white pith. Over a large mixing bowl, cut in between the membranes to release the individual segments into the bowl. Squeeze the juice from the membranes into the bowl with the segments.
and pepper to taste. Toss very gently, without breaking the avocado. Add more salt and pepper as needed. Plate and garnish with the remaining microgreens or basil. Variations: You can also use fava beans instead of edamame. Prepare as above, but remove the skins of each bean after cooking by gently pressing each bean with your fingers to remove the skins. Serves 6
(The goal is to get as much of the fruit and the juice—minus the peel and membrane— Nutrition into the bowl.) Peel and stone All figures are per serving the avocados. Slice them thinly, then add them to the bowl and (assumes 6 servings) Calories: 354 toss to cover them in the lemon Fat: 18 g juice. Once the quinoa is dry, Carbs: 35 g transfer it to the bowl with the Fiber: 11 g avocados. Add the edamame, Protein: 14 g garlic, radishes, half the miSodium: 78 mg crogreens (or basil), cumin, olive oil, chili flakes and salt
Nutrition All figures are per serving (assumes 6 servings) Protein: 4 grams Calories: 154 Fat: 9 grams Fiber: 5 grams Carbs: 18 grams For even more vegetarian recipes, check out VegRecipes.org.
Photo courtesy The Humane Society of the United States, http://www.humanesociety.org.
This avocado, quinoa, and edamame salad is light, crunchy and a good source of protein.” – Meredith Lee, The Humane Society of the United States.
Mike’s Spicy Tomato Soup Recipe and photo courtesy Humane Society of the United States, http://www humanesociety. org. Recipe by Mike Olds, Kingston, Wash. – honorable mention in The Humane Society of the United States’ All Animals Meatless Monday Recipe Contest, 2013.
Photo courtesy The Humane Society of the United States, http://www.humanesociety.org.
“Mike’s Spicy Tomato Soup” won honorable mention in The Humane Society of the United States’ All Animals Meatless Monday Recipe Contest, 2013. “This do-it-yourself tomato soup will make you forget about the stuff in cans.” – Meredith Lee, for The Humane Society of the United States,
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Add the oil to a pan over medium heat and sauté the garlic, onion and celery until the garlic is golden and the vegetables are translucent. Add the red pepper, thyme, marjoram and wine, and cook until the mixture is reduced by half. Add the tomatoes with their juice and bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat to simmer, add most of the basil, and let it simmer for about half an hour, stirring occasionally. For a less chunky soup, carefully transfer the mixture to a food processor or blender, leaving space at the top, and puree it while holding down the lid. Return
the mixture to the pan, add the vegetable broth, and bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for a few more minutes. Ladle the soup into bowls, garnish with the remaining basil, and serve with crusty artisan bread or rolls. Serves 4.
Nutrition All figures are per serving (assumes 4 servings) Calories: 200 Fat: 14 g Carbs: 20 g Fiber: 4 g Protein: 3 g
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Grannie Annie is the author of Grannie Annie Cookbook series, featuring Alaskan recipes and stories
About Easter on the farm NORTHERN COLORADO 1940 TO 1955 ASTER was a big holiday at our house. School was closed for Good Friday. We dyed our eggs on Good Friday. It was such a big deal, as we each got 6 boiled eggs and sometimes Dad would get in on it. We always made sure two eggs had Mom or Dad written on it with crayon. We also wrote our name on one. In our younger days we hid them in the house until one was not discovered until months later - phewwie - Mom never let us do that again...(it was down in the corner of the couch under the side of the cushion!) On Friday night we got to sit around the kitchen table and eat the “cracked” Easter eggs with Dad, salt and pepper in hand, enjoying every bite. And we would eat the one with our name on it. The rest of the eggs that survivied all the handling, holding and hiding, Mom would make deviled egg for the Easter dinner. And she also made potato salad. Mom always went to a bunch of work for Easter dinner with a big Easter ham, oyster stew, sweet potatoes with brown sugar, butter and marshmallows (warshmeddows) Mom baked creamed pies, coconut, banana, chocolate and lemon meringue...my favorite. Some years Mom would make her Lady Baltimore Cake straight out of the Boston School of Cooking cookbook. I have Moms now and treasure it. But Oh MY.. how cooking and preparing food has changed! Grandma and Grandpa Cogswell came for dinner and Grandma brought her cherry and apple pie and her sugar cookies with pink frosting. Grandpa dressed up in his new bib overalls and white shirt, polished black shoes and Grandma looking so pretty in her new Easter dress and new black shoes. We got new dresses at Easter, including Mom I looked forward to a trip to Fort Collins with Mom and Ginger, first we would shop at Monkey Wards (Montgomery Wards) and Penny’s but we always bought our dresses at State Dry Goods. In early years Mom made Ginger
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and my dresses. We also got new shoes and new socks! Those would last us every Sunday for Church until Christmas when we got another new pair of shoes and socks and a new Christmas dress. Easter always was an exciting time for all of us - the beginning of spring. Trees budding out, lilac tree getting green, grass green and some of Moms flowers peeking out of the ground and a few blooming. Daffodils blooming sometimes and we waited for the tulips to peek through. It was a great surprise to see what color they were. Dad had planted some crops, some had come up and he was plowing and planting others. It was he busy time of the year. He enjoyed going out to the field on his John Deere tractor and spend the day tending to his fields, coming in at noon, taking off his hat and telling us that “by golly, It’s hot out there!” Of course Mom had to take out all her “good dishes” wash them all, get the linen table cloths and napkins out and it they were just a little bit wrinkled she would iron the wrinkles out - or when I got to be 9 or 10, I would get to do that. I felt that was so important! I still like to iron!! On Sunday, the table set and with the big bouquet of flowers that Dad would get Mom, or Dad would tell Mom when she went grocery shopping “be sure and buy yourself some ‘purrty’ flowers for the table.” Mom would pick out a big bouquet of tulips, daffodils, and various other spring pastel flowers to be on the Easter Sunday table in the dinning
room. To me that was the finishing touch to getting the table set. We would arrive home after going to Easter Sunday Church with the smell of the ham cooking in the oven, all the vegtables ready, in the oven or on top of the stove. I would get to make a big green salad, with all kinds of vegetables in it. I took lots of time doing that, making radish roses, green onion fans, and carrot curls and making the cucumbers look like fancy wheels. The salad dressing was homemade also. I only remember the French dressing that Mom made, she made hers extra sweet. She used Salad Dressing instead of Mayonnaise that is so popular now. She did not like mayonnaise! Grandpa and Grandma and Uncle Les and Uncle Marvin would arrive. The excitement of getting the food on the table, Dad or Mom carving the ham and arranging it on a pretty platter, with pineapple rings and maraschino cherry. Everyone was seated at the table, right where Mom wanted everyone. Then Grandpa or Dad would say the blessing. I always peeked with one eye open to see if my brothers had their heads bowed and eyes closed. Usually they did! Jim caught me once looking at him-that was almost a giggle moment! Ham was passed around first then all the other goodie dishes and last by not at all least, was Mom’s Clover Leaf dinner rolls that she had taken so much time to make and bake the day before. Butter plates were set at different place on the table so you could just reach and get your own butter. I still remember how quiet the dinner table was and the clink and clank of silverware. I also remember all the smiles on the faces of the ones I loved so much. Please say a prayer for all the plentiful bounty at your Easter table and pray to those who are not as fortunate. And always remember the ones on your prayer list that are in struggles that we cannot imagine ourselves. We are so fortunate! Thank you God!
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Easter Ham (or pork roast) I am planning on making it this way. My mother would disapprove of the can of soda. 1/2 fully cooked bone in ham, about 7 lbs, tern, cutting only 1/4 to 1/3 deep. Press 1 clove shank end. (or pork roast). in the middle of each diamond. Cover the ham 40 cloves-(well more of less.) with foil and bake for two hours. 1/2 cup Dijon mustard Meanwhile, make a glaze in a medium 2 tblsp cider vinegar saucepan, whisk together mustard, vinegar, 3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar sugar and 1/4 tsp salt and pepper. Gradually Salt and pepper to taste add the root beer (Dr. Pepper). simmer, stir1-12 oz can of root beer soda or cola. ring occasionally until slightly thickened, 15 (I plan on using Dr. Pepper. to 20 minutes. Brush a third of the glaze over Heat oven to 350°. Place ham cut side the ham and bake uncovered, for 20 minutes. down on a rack set in a roasting pan, add 1/3 Repeat. Brush remaining glaze over ham and cup water to the pan. bake until ham is heated through and the interScore the ham on all sides in diamond pat- nal temperature is 140° for 15 to 20 minutes.
OLD FASHIONed GLAZED CARROTS This is an old recipe 6 medium sized carrots, wash, scrape and Salt and pepper to taste cut into 1/4 inch thick slices. I use the baby Cook covered in salted boiling water for 15 carrots now about 3 cups minutes. Drain. Melt butter in pan add sugar 1/2 cup butter and stir to melt sugar. Add carrots and cook 1/2 cup sugar (I use brown sugar) slowly until carrots are soft and glazed.
LADY BALTIMORE CAKE This is an old recipe Mom used the Golden Cake recipe in the it over a hot stove and in a double boiler using Boston School of Cooking book. I use the yel- a hand mixer, the one that you crank by hand. low cake mix, just as good and not so much I still see her doing that!! I use the canned fluffy frosting. fuss. Decorate with coconut. Frosting for Lady Baltimore Cake Various versions of this cake are Lemon Upon researching this recipe I find that pudding, cooked and cooled with a lemon Mom did her own version of this recipe. She fluffy frosting from a can and colored yellow made vanilla pudding (not from a box, from coconut. Mom labored all day on this cake. scratch) cooled it and put in between three lay- The newer version usually take 30 minutes ers of round cake. She frosted it with a fluffy to bake, cool, make the pudding and open the frosting, because she had the eggs to frost hers can of frosting will take another 45 minutes. with 7-Minute Frosting, stirring and cooking DONE!!
POTATO SALAD 4 cups diced potatoes-cooked 4 eggs cooked, peeled and diced 2/3 cup celery, diced 1 medium onion, diced 1 to 2 Tblsp sweet relish 3/4 cup mayonnaise 2 Tblsp mustard 1 teas cider vinegar 1 teas sugar
Cookbooks make great gifts! The “Grannie Annie” Cook Book Series includes: “Grannie Annie’s Cookin’ on the Woodstove”; “Grannie Annie’s Cookin’ at the Homestead”; “Grannie Annie’s Cookin’ Fish from Cold Alaskan Waters”; and “Grannie Annie’s Eat Dessert First.” They are available at M & M Market in Nikiski.
Stir all ingredient together while potatoes and eggs are still warm. Chill. Salt and pepper to taste. Additions 2 small can sliced black or green olives 1 tblsp horseradish 1 small can drained pimentos, chopped Many many version of potato salad. This is an old basic one.
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he series is written by a 44 year resident of Alaska, Ann Berg of Nikiski. Ann shares her collections of recipes from family and friends. She has gathered recipes for more that 50 years. Some are her own creation. Her love of recipes and food came from her Mother, a self taught wonderful cook. She hopes you enjoy the recipes and that the stories will bring a smile to your day. Grannie Annie can be reached at anninalaska@gci.net
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Big Boy steam locomotive coming back to life By DAN ELLIOTT Associated Press
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — In its prime, a massive steam locomotive known as Big Boy No. 4014 was a moving eruption of smoke and vapor, a 6,300-horsepower brute dragging heavy freight trains over the mountains of Wyoming and Utah. It’s been silent for half a century, pushed aside by more efficient diesels, but now it’s coming back to life. The Union Pacific Railroad is embarking on a yearslong restoration project that will put No. 4014 back to work pulling special excursion trains. “It’s sort of like going and finding the Titanic or something that’s just very elusive, nothing that we ever thought would happen,” said Jim Wrinn, editor of Trains, a magazine that covers the railroad industry. “Something that’s so large and powerful and magnificent, we didn’t think any of them would ever come back,” he said. The American Locomotive Co. in Schenectady, N.Y., built 25 of the monsters to Union Pacific’s specifications between 1941 and 1944, and they became legendary. They were the
largest steam locomotives ever to work the rugged terrain of the American West, and by most standards the largest anywhere in the world, said Gordon McCulloh, a meticulous historian of Union Pacific steam power. Even the name is legendary. An unknown worker scrawled “Big Boy” on the front of one of the engines when it was under construction. “It came out one day, and it had ‘Big Boy’ in chalk on it. And from that day forward, it was Big Boy,” said Ed Dickens Jr., Union Pacific’s senior manager of heritage operations, who will oversee the restoration at the railroad’s steam shop in Cheyenne, Wyo. Dickens and his crew recreated the chalk inscription on No. 4014 when they began to move it. Big Boys are 132 feet long, including the tender, which carried coal and water. They weigh 1.2 million pounds with a full load of fuel. They are essentially two engines under one boiler, with two sets of eight drive wheels, each set powered by two enormous cylinders nearly 2 feet across. Big Boys are so big that the front set of drive wheels has to pivot separately from the back
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In this Jan. 26, file photo, spectators view the historic locomotive, Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 at Metrolink Station, in Covina, Calif. The locomotive was to head for Colton over the next several weeks before No. 4014 is towed to Union Pacific’s Heritage Fleet Operations headquarters in Cheyenne, Wyo.
set to get around curves. And they aren’t just big, McCulloh said. They were engineered to reach 80 mph, even though the railroad never intended to run them that fast. The point was to fine-tune the locomotives so they stayed in balance at any speed and didn’t beat themselves up with their own powerful forces. “You get all that machinery to live in harmony,” McCulloh said. Their enormous bulk also
hid some slick engineering, including a suspension system that kept the drive wheels pressed against the rails when the locomotive straddled hills or valleys. Seventeen Big Boys were scrapped when they were pulled from service, but eight survived and are on display around the country. Union Pacific chose the 4014 for restoration because it spent more than 50 years in the friendly climate of Southern California, at the
RailGiants Train Museum at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds. The museum took good care of the locomotive, Dickens said, and many of the original components are usable. RailGiants agreed to give the Big Boy back to the Union Pacific in exchange for some other equipment to display. No. 4014 has been moved from the museum to a Union Pacific shop in Colton, Calif., where a crew is preparing to tow it across Nevada, Utah and Wyoming to Cheyenne, arriving May 8. The UP maintains two other working steam locomotives there, and Dickens and his crew of seven can manufacture almost anything they need. “This equipment, nobody’s going to come in and fix it when it breaks down,” he said. “We’re it.” Restoration is expected to take three to five years. The railroad would like to have the Big Boy operating by 2019 for the 150th anniversary of the driving of the Golden Spike in Utah, which linked the Union Pacific with the Central Pacific and completed the first transcontinental railroad. It’s too early to predict where the restored locomotive will
travel. Railroad officials said they will have to choose the routes carefully to make sure bridges and tunnels can handle the Big Boy’s weight and size. Overjoyed railroad fans are following closely. Wrinn heard from an American soldier serving overseas who was watching live video of the project. People have offered to donate money or even buy lunch for the Union Pacific steam crew, Dickens said, but he allowed that the Omaha, Neb.-based railroad — No. 138 on the Fortune 500 list — can afford the project on its own. Dickens declined to say how much restoration will cost. It might be less than people think, he said, because the railroad can do much of the work in-house. Pouring money into a 73-year-old mechanical relic makes good marketing sense, said Glen Gilmore, a digital and social media marketing expert who also teaches at Rutgers University. “Nearly everyone has a fascination with trains,” Gilmore said in an email to The Associated Press. “Giving people an image that immediately calls to mind so many good things about an industry and brand is a smart marketing move.”
Teething troubles for loud, uncouth Chinese tourists in Thailand By DENIS D. GRAY Associated Press
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CHIANG MAI, Thailand — The bucolic, once laid-back campus of one of Thailand’s top universities is under a security clampdown. Not against a terrorist threat, but against Chinese tourists. Thousands have clambered aboard student buses at Chiang Mai University, made a mess in cafeterias and sneaked into classes to attend lectures.
Someone even pitched a tent by a picturesque lake. The reason: “Lost in Thailand,” a 2012 slapstick comedy partly shot on campus that is China’s highestgrossing homegrown movie ever. Now visitors are restricted to entering through a single gate manned by Mandarin-speaking volunteers who direct Chinese tourists to a line of vehicles for guided tours. Individual visitors are banned, and a sign in prominent Chinese characters
requesting that passports be produced is posted by the gate. With their economy surging, mainland Chinese have become the world’s most common world traveler, with more than 100 million expected to go abroad this year. In 2012, they overtook the Americans and Germans as the top international spenders, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organization. But in Chiang Mai and elsewhere, Chinese tourists have
acquired the same sort of reputation for loud, uncouth, culturally unaware behavior that inspired the term “Ugly Americans” decades ago. Many in the tourism industry are delighted by the influx, but 80 percent of 2,200 Chiang Mai residents polled by the university in February said they were highly displeased with Chinese behavior. The survey and numerous comments on Thai social media blamed Chinese for spitting, littering, cutting
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nese. In order to bring out such strong feelings in Chiang Mai people, it must be really bad. Generally, Chiang Mai people are quite tolerant of foreigners,” says Annette Kunigagon, Irish owner of the long-established Eagle Guesthouse. But she and others point out that much of the inappropriate behavior applies to tour groups rather than individual travelers who are generally younger, better educated and more attuned to local customs.
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Crafts & Trades 1 Maintenance Mechanic KPC is seeking an excellent individual to fill this fulltime, 12 month per year fulltime, staff position. Starting wage is $20.96 per hour with benefits and tuition waivers; position begins May 2014. The successful candidate will routinely perform a variety of skilled maintenance, repair, and construction tasks in a variety of trades requiring at least apprentice level skills in any one of the trades practiced. This position reports to the Maintenance Department supervisor and requires the ability to respond to changing work needs that may include early mornings, evening, nights and weekends. For more information and to apply for this position go to KPC's employment page at www.kpc.alaska.edu UAA is an AA/EO Employer and Educational Institution.
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KENAI, AK Come join a family-friendly, innovative work environment. The Kenaitze Indian Tribe is opening our Dena'ina Wellness Center, featuring an integrated model of care, in April. Employees at Kenaitze Indian Tribe deliver health, social service, education and tribal court services to tribal members, Alaska Native/American Indian people and others. Kenaitze Indian Tribe is recruiting for the following Full Time Positions: Registration Technician I The Registration Technician I is a member of the Registration Desk Team and is responsible for the collection, verification, and entry for all patient demographic and insurance information. The Registration Technician I will rotate between the Registration Desk and the Call Center within the Dena'ina Wellness Center. The accurate and timely performance of job duties of the Registration Technicians directly impacts the revenue received by the Kenaitze Indian Tribe.
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Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Kenai Middle School is currently seeking qualified applicants for the staffing of a Head Custodian II. This is a full-time position that will oversee and ensure the physical upkeep and cleanliness of school buildings, grounds and furnishings. This position will work a day shift and will coordinate and oversee the evening custodial staff. KPBSD offers competitive salaries and benefits for all our employees. This position is posted on-line at the KPBSD website, www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us. Employment tab, Current Openings, Support Staff, and Head Custodian II JobID 4246. *WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER*
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WANTED: Advertising Sales/ Customer Service Representative
The award-winning Homer News is looking for an energetic, motivated person to serve as our sales/customer service representative. This full-time, year-round position includes benefits. Pay is commission based. Qualified candidates will have an understanding of the importance of small newspapers in the life of a community, as well as the ability to translate print and Internet opportunities into tangible benefits for the newspaper's clients. Must have reliable transportation and a good driving record. Applicants must be able to work independently and efficiently in a fast-paced environment with multiple projects and deadlines. Some sales experience preferred, but willing to train right candidate. The Homer News is a drug-free workplace and a drug test is a condition for employment. Send resume to: lori.evans@homernews.com or deliver to 3482 Landings St., Homer, AK 99603. Questions? Call (907)235-7767.
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THREE-Bedroom, 2-bath, 2 large walk-inclosets, 1352 inside living space, crawl space, 1.5 car garage, fenced back yard, front and back decks. Asphalt DW & neighborhood roads. Large space next to garage for boat or RV. Back yard fully sunned, perfect for greenhouse. Just shy of 1/2 acre. Excellent water. 2 blocks down from K-Beach. New in 2010 natural gas furnace, all new in 2010 appliances included (DW, oven, microwave, frig, washer & dryer). Master bath renovated w/walk-in tile shower; beautiful easy to maintain high-end vinyl flooring throughout. Custom vertical blinds in living room and kitchen, and window coverings. Also included is 55-inch Samsung Plasma TV and 3-speaker Bose surround system; 8 camera security system; outside shed w/Honda lawn mower & weed trimmer. $1500 paint and wallpaper credit provided. Broker courtesy 2.5%. TWO ways to buy - Straight purchase $207K or ASSUME low balance with $880 monthly payments for $70,000 up front cash. (No realtor or credit check is required for the assumption) MLS 14-560 and Zillow.com. Please call 398-8161; 24 hr notice requested for viewing. Owner financing not available.
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Frontier Community Services is a Soldotna based non-profit agency providing in-home and group home services to people experiencing a disabling condition. We are seeking top-notch personnel for full-time and part-time positions within the agency with an interest in providing health care services for the Kenai Peninsula area.
Current Openings • Accounts Payable/ Purchasing Specialist • Support Staff Full job descriptions can be found on our website, www.fcsonline.org ____________________________________ Pick up and return application packet to FCS’ HR Department, 43335 K-Beach Rd. Suite #36, Soldotna, AK 99669 or email to work@fcsonline.org FCS is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Behavioral Health Support Clerk The function of this position is to provide data entry support for the behavioral health providers. The job duties of this position will directly impact the revenue cycle, as well as compliance with State of Alaska reporting requirements. The incumbent of this position will be tasked with, but will not be limited to, the following duties: all data entry into the Alaska Information Management System (AKAIMS), complete patient registration, and insurance verification. Other duties will include talking room and group room preparation for providers. This position requires great attention to detail, a high accuracy rate, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work well with others. IT Assistant The IT Assistant will assist the Director of Information Technology with IT needs and network upkeep. The IT Assistant will be responsible for IT Help Desk services as directed. Benefits include Holidays, Paid Time Off, Extended Sick Leave, Medical/Dental/Life & Accidental Death Insurance, 401(k)
CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA Position Vacancy Full time Shop Mechanic. Pay $28.88 per hour. The Shop Mechanic is an experienced mechanic working under the general supervision of the Shop Foreman. The Shop Mechanic performs preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair on heavy and light equipment. The majority of the work performed by this mechanic will be on automobiles, light equipment, and small engines. Position announcement, job description and application are available through the Alaska Job Center Network, (907) 335-3010. Submit resume and City of Kenai application form by end of business on May 2, 2014 to Peninsula Job Service, 11312 Kenai Spur Hwy., Kenai, AK 99611. The City of Kenai is an equal opportunity employer. For more information about the City of Kenai, visit our home page at http://www.ci.kenai.ak.us PUBLISHED: 4/16, 28, 2014 1684/211
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General Employment CITY OF SOLDOTNA EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY POLICE OFFICER Wage Range 15 Starting Wage $25.84hr-$30.56hr D.O.E. The City of Soldotna has an opening for a grant funded Police Officer. This position serves the City of Soldotna as a Peace Officer in the administration of laws and ordinances. Becoming a member of the Public Safety Employees Association is a requirement of the position. A complete job description and application packet is available on the City's website http://www.ci.soldotna.ak.us/jobs.html Please submit a City application, F-3, Cover Letter and Resume to Human Resources at 177 N. Birch Street, Soldotna, by fax 1-866-596-2994, or email tcollier@ci.soldotna.ak.us by 5 p.m., April 18, 2014. The City of Soldotna is an EEO employer.
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3-Bedroom 2-bath 2-car garage. Beautiful cedar sided home in very quite paved neighborhood on a corner lot with 1.37 acres. All one floor with no steps! All doors are extra wide. Paved driveway and parking area. Excellently maintained. Ideal open floor plan with open kitchen. In floor heat throughout. Vaulted ceilings and a gas fireplace. Large master bedroom with walk in closet and sliding glass door leading to the back deck with lots of privacy (perfect for a hot tub). Each room has its own thermostat and this house is very energy efficient. Well maintained large front and back lawn with lilac trees and rose bushes. Top of the line water filtration system that has eliminated all iron! Garage is 601Sq.Ft. Asking $269,000. (907)283-5747
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Provide education, support, and advocacy to homeless women and children residing in transitional housing. Excellent understanding of domestic violence, sexual assault and substance abuse; excellent written and verbal communication skills; basic computer skills; ability to work with diverse population, multi-task, work independently and with a team, calm in crisis. High school diploma or equivalent required. Resume and cover letter to Executive Director, The LeeShore Center, 325 S. Spruce St., Kenai, AK 99611 by April 23, 2014. EOE.
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CITY OF SOLDOTNA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING April 23, 2014 The Soldotna City Council will conduct a public hearing on April 23, 2014, on the following ordinances: Ordinance 2014-007 - Amending Soldotna Municipal Code Title 9 Public Peace, Morals and Welfare by Adopting a New Chapter, 9.12 Synthetic Cannabinoids and Substituted Cathinones (City Manager, Bos) [Motion to enact on the floor from 03/26/14; postponed until 04/23/14] Ordinance 2014-011 - Accepting a Grant from the State of Alaska, Division of Forestry and Increasing Estimated Revenues and Appropriations by $3,000 in the Parks and Recreation Capital Projects Fund for the Purchase of Trees at Soldotna Creek Park (City Manager) City council meetings commence at 6:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chamber, 177 N. Birch St., Soldotna, Alaska. All interested persons are invited to attend and participate in the public discussion. Written comments may be sent to the City Council, c/o City Clerk, 177 North Birch Street, Soldotna, AK 99669. Copies of ordinances scheduled for public hearing are available at City Hall and on the internet at www.ci.soldotna.ak.us. For further information, call the City Clerk's Office at 907-262-9107. Please be advised that, subject to legal limitations, ordinances may be amended by the council prior to adoption without further public notice. Shellie Saner, CMC City Clerk PUBLISHED: 4/16, 2014
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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT KENAI In the Matter of the Dissolution of the marriage of:
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DATED this 28th day of March, 2014. PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE STEVEN A. LEWIS
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Kenai Trial Court 125 Trading Bay Drive Suite 100 Kenai, AK 99611 Failure to do so within 30 days after the last date of publication/ posting of this notice may result in the court granting a decree of dissolution of marriage as requested in the petition. 3/18/14 By: Shelly Bird Date Deputy Clerk 1653/73750
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented to the undersigned Personal Representative of the estate, at the Law Office of DALE DOLIFKA, P.O. Box 498, Soldotna, Alaska, 99669.
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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT KENAI
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
PUBLISH: 4/2, 9, 16, 2014
and NELLIE CHARLENE HICKEY WAGNER Case No: 3KN-14-00211CI NOTICE TO ABSENT SPOUSE TO: NELLIE CHARLENE HICKEY WAGNER
PUBLISH: 4/2, 9, 16, 23, 2014
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT KENAI
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Notice of Petition to Change Name A petition has been filed in the Superior Court (Case # 3KN-14-00212CI) requesting a name change from (current name) DONNALEE ENGELKE to DONNALEE MOYASON ENGELKE. A hearing on this request will be held on May 08, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at Courtroom 6, Kenai Courthouse, 125 Trading Bay Drive, Suite 100 Kenai, AK.
MARCH 14, 2014 Effective Date:
CARL J BAUMAN Superior Court Judge
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Cellphone snoop discovers her boyfriend is cheating DEAR ABBY: I have been in a long-distance relationship with “Victor” for several years. Recently I began to suspect he was cheating. What raised my suspicion was that I suddenly couldn’t reach him on the weekends. Usually we would Skype — Sunday night for me, Monday morning for him. Last February when I visited him, I snooped in his phone — spare me the condemnation. I found an email he had written to an old girlfriend in which he suggested they plan their “next” rendezvous. I plan on dumping him, but I don’t know how to go about it. I’ve always been bad at dumping people. Should I write him a letter and confess that I snooped? My first inclination is to disconnect completely and say nothing. I’m afraid to confront him because he is obviously a good liar. I’m afraid if I do, he’ll make me doubt the evidence ... trust me, he’s that good! — CHEATED ON IN L.A. DEAR CHEATED ON: Why any woman would stay with someone who is a practiced liar (“that good”) is beyond me. My advice is to disconnect from him and say nothing. It should be interesting to see how long it takes him to notice your absence. When he does — which probably won’t be on a weekend — tell him the romance is over and ref-
erence the email he sent his former girlfriend. Expect him to go on the offensive and try to make you feel guilty for having checked his cellphone. Don’t buy it, and don’t relent. Just be glad you found out now.
DEAR ABBY: Every time I talk to anyone, my husband says I give too many details. While I understand that men are different from women, he often bugs me when I talk to female friends or my mother-in-law. I don’t know what to do, because we women love to talk DEAR ABBY: I don’t and share details. Please reassure me that I’m not an know if you have addressed oddity. the issue of women and breast — TALKIN’ UP A STORM A bigail Van Buren augmentation from the standDEAR TALKIN’ UP A STORM: You’re not point of noticing the work an oddity, and your husband should not be eavesdone, but I am trying to find a way to say “I noticed” dropping on your conversations. He should be glad without being crude or tacky. that you and his mother get along so well that you My wife works with a woman who recently had both enjoy sharing details, because it’s a sign of a augmentation surgery, and we agree that the doctor did healthy relationship. However, because he can’t rea very nice job. According to my wife, the woman is sist “bugging” you, converse with your friends and not shy about discussing her surgery. I have known her his mother when you’re out of earshot. for years, and we’re on friendly terms. We talk often and exchange hugs. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also How would I go about complimenting her on her known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her new look? I don’t want to say the wrong thing. Or mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www. should I just say nothing? DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA — ENJOYS THE VIEW IN PHOENIX 90069.
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HHH Focus on a project, rather than allow others to be distracted. You will be optimistic when it comes to an investment. A partner surprises you with a different perspective. You could feel awkward about a personal crisis. Tonight: Take your time heading home. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHHYour creativity emerges, and you seem to find answers quickly. On the other hand, others easily could be stumped by a problem. Be careful with a roommate who might decide to cause some uproar. Maintain a sense of humor. Tonight: Ever playful. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH You need to focus on the here and now, as well as on what direction you want to head in. You need to be determined, or else you will be distracted too easily. Count on your inner voice. You might be receiving an odd yet valid message. Listen carefully. Tonight: At home. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHHYou could tumble into a snafu, but you will bounce right out. Use care with spending, as it could cause a problem. Tempers might flare regarding something that seems more important than it really is. A meeting could be more instrumental than you think. Tonight: Where the action is. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH Patience doesn’t appear to be very evident right now, as tempers are close to the surface. Respect differences instead of viewing others as being wrong. Unexpected developments involving a partner or close associates will land in your lap. Tonight: Take a break from routine.
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Hints from Heloise SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH You could choose to bypass a frustrating situation. If you would like to maximize your energy, detach. Instability comes from an associate and/or a change in schedule. News sheds light on a decision. First, digest the information. Tonight: Alone does not work. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH Listen to others’ complaints. You might be inclined to start a discussion and get to the bottom of a problem. You might be surprised by the anger that arises. Keep your opinions to yourself for now. Tonight: Your popularity is about to soar! CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Zero in on your priorities while you can. A boss or a personal situation has the capacity to distract you. Decide how to handle this issue, especially if you have a lot to get done. Realize that you have options. Tonight: Loosen up with a friend. Say “goodbye” to tension. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH You are full of playfulness, while others seem to be pulling out their hair. If you stop, you will see that a situation has evolved that forces your hand. You need to respond to someone who really could use your support. Tonight: Out till the wee hours. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Allow your imagination to wander. How you deal with someone could change radically once you detach and can understand his or her actions, ideas and thoughts. You might not have seen this dimension of this person before. Tonight: Be where there is great music.
A game plan for easter eggs Dear Readers: If you plan on hiding eggs this Easter, here are some things to think about: * Do you want to use real eggs that you dye, or plastic ones? * If using plastic eggs, have each child pick a specific color that he or she should look for. Fill them with candy, a little note or a coupon for a special outing. * Keep real eggs refrigerated, because the safe time is only about two hours to hide and find all eggs at room temperature. (If they are NOT going to be eaten, longer is OK.) * Keep a count of the number of eggs you hide so you can count those collected and be sure you found them all. You don’t want to “find” eggs long after the actual hunt, especially the real ones! — Heloise Trail-mix bits Dear Heloise: My kids are some very picky eaters. I wanted to expand their diet without hiding the new foods in familiar ones. To introduce seeds, nuts and dried fruits, I put dollops of Greek yogurt on a cookie tray and placed a nut/seed/dried fruit combination into each. I put them in the freezer for a few hours, and when the kids came home from school, they had some yummy and nutritious treats to eat. They ended up liking them more than I ever expected, and now we spend a night every weekend putting the treats together for the upcoming week. It’s been a great way to introduce new foods, help the kids learn about better food choices and show them there’s a delicious way to eat every food. — Theresa in Minnesota
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Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. The difficulty level of the Conceptis Sudoku increases from Monday to Friday.
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Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars A baby born today has a Sun in Aries and a Moon in Scorpio. HAPPY BIRTHDAY forWednesday, April 16, 2014: This year you often disagree with those around you. How you manifest this difference of opinion will strongly affect your relationships. If you develop respect for others’ ideas, better interactions will emerge as a result. A change on the homefront will be for the better. If you are single, at times you might feel out of sync with others when dating. Realize that not everyone is right for you. The period from July 15 to your next birthday could draw a significant person into your life. If you are attached, you enjoy each other’s company. You also enter a new phase of your relationship this year. SCORPIO probes to find answers. 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) HHHHYourintensitymightbeheightened by a night of vivid dreams. A personal or domestic matter will loosen you up. You could see a white rabbit pop out of a black hat. Stay centered in your apparent good fortune, and don’t let anyone get to you. Tonight: Togetherness counts. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH Others seek you out, as they have plans or a project that they would like to include you in. You might have different plans. How you explain this could define your interactions for a while. Take an overall look at a situation. Tonight: Sort through invitations. GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
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