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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2014 Soldotna-Kenai, Alaska

Vol. 44, Issue 174

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In the news Crime bill moves to governor

JUNEAU — The Alaska Legislature has passed a sweeping crime bill. Lawmakers gave final approval early on Monday morning as they attempted to finish the session within 90 days, but lawmakers weren’t able to find common ground on the education bill and capital budget. They remained in session on Tuesday. The Fairbanks Daily NewsMiner reports the crime bill attempts to address Alaska’s growing prison population by keeping low-level offenders out of prison and working on reducing Alaska’s recidivism rate. The bill now heads to Gov. Sean Parnell for his signature. — The Associated Press

Inside ‘I know the men and women who hide behind masks and unmarked uniforms, they do not speak for you.’ ... See page A-8

‘It’s the first time we’re aware of that a local radio station was broadcasting hate messages encouraging people to engage in atrocities.’ ... See page A-9

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Photo composite by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion

This composite of several images shows the excavation of a Soldotna High School field Tuesday in Soldotna.

Working the dirt SoHi turf track and field project underway, borough finalizing funding By KAYLEE OSOWSKI Peninsula Clarion

While work on the Soldotna High School track and artificial turf field began last week, the Kenai Peninsula Borough is still finalizing funding sources. A laydown ordinance was

introduced at the April 15 borough assembly meeting to make up the nearly $300,000 shortfall. It calls for funds to be appropriated from the borough’s general fund and redirected from other school capital projects. The state granted the borough $3.1 million for both the

Kenai Central High School track and field and the SoHi track projects in one lump sum during the 2012 legislative session. The grant did not include any specifications for how many dollars were to be put toward each project, borough Chief of Staff Paul Ostrander said. The state ap-

propriated an additional $1.5 million in 2013 just for SoHi’s turf projects. After completion of the Kenai project, about $2.4 million of state money remained for the SoHi project, which is estimated to cost about $2.7 million. “We were hopeful right up

to the very end that we were going to be able to land the project with the money that was available,” Ostrander said, “but we’re about $300,000 short of being able to award and construct that track and field.” Ostrander said there are See TURF, page A-12

Negotiators seek education resolution By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press

JUNEAU — House and Senate negotiators worked toward resolution Tuesday on an education package that sent the legislative session into overtime, nibbling away at points of possible agreement. While some lawmakers are eager to wrap things up, a key lawmaker said the process would not be rushed. “It will come together re-

ally as quickly as we can find consensus in the building over either today, tomorrow or ‘It will come together really as quickly as throughout the coming week,” we can find consensus in the building said Rep. Mike Hawker, RAnchorage, who is chairman over either today, tomorrow or of the bill’s conference com- throughout the coming week.’ mittee. Hawker promised an — Rep. Mike Hawker, R-Anchorage open process that would allow the public and other lawmakers — several of whom sat in on the proceedings throughout The six-member commit- mainly going over the differthe day — to follow the com- tee, made up of three repre- ences in the House and Senate mittee’s process in drafting a sentatives and three senators, approaches to HB278. Memcompromise bill. met for several hours Tuesday, bers planned to meet with their

respective caucuses, in hopes of finding additional areas of compromise. Education — specifically, education funding — became a point of contention between the House and Senate in the waning days of the legislative session, and a lack of consensus sent the session past its scheduled end of Sunday. State law calls for a 90-day session, but the Alaska Constitution allows for lawmakers to meet for See BILL, page A-5

BP to sell four smaller North Slope fields By TIM BRADNER Morris News Service-Alaska Alaska Journal of Commerce

BP announced Tuesday it will sell four of its North Slope assets to Houston-based independent Hilcorp Energy. The agreement includes all of BP’s interests in the Endicott and Northstar fields and 50

percent of BP’s interests in the Milne Point field and Liberty, an undeveloped offshore field still under development planning. Oil and gas pipelines associated with those fields are included in the sale, BP said in its announcement. The London-based company will retain its ownership

position in the large Prudhoe Bay field, and BP will remain as operator. Hilcorp will become operator of Endicott and Northstar, which it will own, and also the Milne Point field, where it will be 50 percent owner with BP. “This agreement will help bring a more competitive and sustainable business for BP in

Alaska,” BP’s Upstream Chief Executive, Lamar McKay said. “It will allow us to play to two of our great strengths, managing giant oil fields and gas value trains. We will now concentrate on continuing development and production from the giant Prudhoe Bay field and working to advance

the future opportunity of Alaska LNG,” McKay said, a reference to the gas pipeline and LNG export project BP is working on with other North Slope producers ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil, and the State of Alaska. Janet Weiss, president of BP’s Alaska operating comSee BP, page A-12

Arguments heard LeeShore survey shows in setnet ban case Case hinges on setnet ban being considered appropriation By Molly Dischner Morris News Service-Alaska Alaska Journal of Commerce

ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Fisheries Conservation Alliance and the State of Alaska each made their case to an Anchorage Superior Court judge today about why — or why not — a proposed ballot initiative to ban setnetters should be allowed to move forward. The alliance, or AFCA, filed a ballot initiative petition in November seeking to ask voters whether to ban setnets in urban parts of the state, which would primarily impact Upper Cook Inlet setnetters. At the heart of the case is a

question about whether a ballot measure eliminating setnetting is considered an appropriation under state law, and thus not a question that can be placed on a ballot for the public to decide. Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell struck down the initiative in January based on a state Department of Law opinion asserting that it would be a prohibited appropriation. AFCA appealed, and during oral argument Tuesday, attorney Matt Singer said that organization believed the initiative is not an appropriation, and that the public’s right to weigh in on fish and wildlife management using the ballot initiative

awareness of Green Dot

By KELLY SULLIVAN Peninsula Clarion

The LeeShore Center Community Survey revealed raised awareness within the Kenai Peninsula Community for the violence prevention strategy, which launched this month. Executive director of the LeeShore Center Cheri Smith said she was pleased with the feedback and number of participants. While the number of participants is down from the last survey completed three years ago, it was still significantly higher Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion than in 2008 when 108 peo- Renee Lipps, Natalie Merrick and Elijah Stafford wave signs ple filled it out, Smith said. and pass out candy to raise awareness for the local launch With the launch of the of the Green Dot, etc. violence prevention strategy, headed See SURVEY, page A-5

See CASE, page A-12 C

by LeeShore Center Tuesday on the Kenai Spur Highway.

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AccuWeather 5-day forecast for Kenai-Soldotna

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24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. 0.00" Month to date ........................... 0.28" Normal month to date ............. 0.41" Year to date .............................. 2.91" Normal year to date ................. 2.89" Record today ................. 0.64" (1974) Record for April ............ 2.21" (1955) Record for year ............ 27.09" (1963)

Juneau 55/33

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Kodiak 45/35

Sitka 47/36

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97 at Phoenix, Ariz. 23 at Leadville,

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Ketchikan 54/33

59 at Palmer and Haines -3 at Nuiqsut

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Cool winds will buffet the Northeast today. Severe storms will ignite over the southern and central Plains with rain farther north. Showers will extend from the Northwest to the northern Rockies.

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Anchorage 52/37

Bethel 54/32

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Job market for college grads improving By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer

WASHINGTON — With college commencement ceremonies nearing, the government is offering a modest dose of good news for graduating seniors: The job market is brightening for new grads — a bit. But finding work — especially a dream job — remains tough for those just graduating. Many are settling for jobs outside their fields of study or for less pay than they’d expected or hoped for. The Labor Department on Tuesday said the unemployment rate for 2013 college graduates — defined as those ages 20 to 29 who earned a four-year or advanced degree — was 10.9 percent. That was down from 13.3 percent in 2012 and was

Oil Prices Monday’s prices North Slope crude: $109.53, up from $109.26 on Thursday West Texas Int.: $104.37, up from $104.30 on Thursday

Tuesday Stocks Company Final Change Agrium Inc............... 94.75 +1.15 Alaska Air Group...... 93.79 +1.17 ACS...........................1.89 — Apache Corp........... 86.20 +0.40 AT&T........................ 36.29 +0.23 Baker Hughes.......... 70.19 -0.06 BP ........................... 49.04 +0.01 Chevron.................. 124.00 -0.24 ConocoPhillips..........74.17 -0.43 ExxonMobil............. 100.37 -0.56 1st Natl. Bank AK... 1,765.00 +29.00 GCI.......................... 10.49 -0.11 Halliburton............... 63.38 +0.46 Harley-Davidson.......71.87 +4.33 Home Depot............ 79.67 +1.71 McDonald’s.............. 99.32 -0.35 Safeway................... 34.09 -0.07 Schlumberger......... 102.03 +0.23 Tesoro...................... 53.13 -0.14 Walmart....................77.56 -0.04 Wells Fargo.............. 49.23 +0.11 Gold closed............1,284.98 -4.82 Silver closed............ 19.45 +0.01 Dow Jones avg..... 16,514.37 +65.12 NASDAQ................ 4,161.46 +39.91 S&P 500................1,879.55 +7.66 Stock prices provided by the Kenai Peninsula Edward Jones offices. C

the lowest since 7.7 percent in 2007. The drop reflects the steady recovery in overall U.S. economic growth and hiring. But unemployment for recent grads was still higher than the 9.6 percent rate for all Americans ages 20 to 29 last October, when the government collected the numbers. “I’m finding that all these entry-level jobs are requiring experience I don’t have or degrees that are just unattainable right out of college,” says Howard Rudnick, 23, who graduated last year in political science from Florida Atlantic University and wound up earning $25,000 a year working for an online shoe company. Over time, though, Americans who have college degrees are still far more likely to find employment and to earn more than those who don’t. And while opportuni-

ties for new college grads remain too few, they’re increasing. “It really is getting better,” says Jean Manning-Clark, director of the career center at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colo.

She says more automotive and steel companies are now looking at the school’s graduates, joining energy and technology companies that have been actively recruiting for several years.

Peninsula Clarion, Wednesday, April 23, 2014

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. • Redoubt Homemakers at Nikiski Fire Station No. 1. • 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. 4 p.m. • Build It Workshop at the Kenai Community Library. 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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conditions, native plants have a place in our gardens and landscapes. This free class will provide information for those considering either new sites or rejuvenating established areas in their landscapes. Plant species, locations to consider, and much Public invited to learn about Elodea more will be offered. The workshop is May 1 from 6:30-8:00 There will be two opportunities this week for the public to p.m. Class size is limited so please register early by calling learn about Elodea, the first submersed freshwater invasive plant Cooperative Extension Service at 262-5824. to get established on the Kenai Peninsula. The first public meeting on Thursday from 6-8 p.m. at the Nikiski Community Recreation Center, is primarily to inform Daniels Lake and Beck Lake Track meet registration deadline Friday landowners of this summer’s plans to begin eradicating elodea in The Nikiski Hershey Track and Field Meet will be held on those lakes. The second opportunity is a special session on elo- May 16. North Peninsula Recreation is now taking entry forms dea biology and management on Friday from 2-4:30 p.m. at the for students ages 9 to 14. Entry forms are available at the NikiKenai River Center, as part of the Annual Weed Workshop be- ski Community Recreation Center, the Nikiski Pool, and online ing hosted by partners in the Kenai Peninsula Cooperative Weed at northpenrec.com. Deadline for entry is Friday. For more inManagement Area. For more information, contact John Morton formation, or if you would like to volunteer to help at the track at 260-2815 or john_m_morton@fws.gov, or Janice at the Coop- meet please call Tammy at 776-8800. erative Extension Service, 262-5824.

Around the Peninsula

Celebrate volunteers with Food Bank The Kenai Peninsula Food Bank is hosting a Volunteer Recognition Celebration in The Food Bank Fireweed Diner on Thursday from 4:30-7 p.m. All Food Bank volunteers and those interested in volunteering are invited to attend. Please join the food bank to be honored you for your support, service and dedication to feeding people. The celebration will include refreshments, fun and meeting other volunteers. RSVP to 2623111.

American Legion Post 20 hosts convention The 95th Annual American Legion Department of Alaska Convention will take place from Thursday-Saturday at the George H. Plumley Memorial American Legion Post 20 at 902 Cook Ave. in Kenai. National Commander Dan Dillinger is one of the dignitaries among other National Officers who will be in attendance. A presentation at the Kenai Home Depot to recognize a sign that shows veteran’s support will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. A no host cocktails and finger food get-together will take place starting at 6 p.m. on Wednesday in honor of the legion, auxiliary and VIPs who will be attending the convention. For more information on the convention schedule, call Sue at 283-3222.

Learn about landscaping with native plants for fire safety Spring has arrived and it’s time to act on our garden dreams! Judy Reese, the Kenai Peninsula Stewardship Forester will provide information on using native plants in your landscaping for fire safety. When planning what to plant around your home or cabin, especially after construction, native plants should be part of the conversation. Abundant, pretty, and ready to grow in our

Micciche to speak at Builders meeting The Kenai Peninsula Builders Association will be holding their April membership meeting on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Mykel’s Restaurant. Guest speaker Sen. Peter Micciche will present a legislative wrap up. For more information, please call the KPBA at 283-8071.

Kenai Peninsula Cooperative Weed Management Area Annual Workshop The Annual Weed Workshop will be held at the Kenai River Center on Funny River Road Friday from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. This free workshop provides an opportunity to learn about invasive creatures in our community, what controls are being used, what are the risks, what to watch for and time to ask questions of the experts. From pike to elodea, roadside vegetation and reed canary grass, there are topics of interest for folks on the Kenai. DEC CEUs available; for further information visit: www.kenaiweeds.org or call Janice at the Cooperative Extension Service, 262-5824.

Have a photogenic pet? Send the Clarion a picture Pet photos run on the Pets page every Tuesday. They can be color or black and white and may include people. Limit one photo per household. They may be e-mailed to news@peninsulaclarion.com, dropped off at the Kenai office or mailed to the Clarion at P.O. Box 3009, Kenai, 99611. A brief explanation of the photo, the pet’s and owner’s names, owner’s address and phone number must be included. Photos with an address written on the back will be returned. For more information, call 907-335-1251. Submit announcements to news@peninsulaclarion.com.

Fairbanks hatchery opens to the public FAIRBANKS (AP) — The public will get its first opportunity to see inside a $50 million fish hatchery in Fairbanks this weekend. The Ruth Burnett Sport Fish Hatchery actually opened 18 months ago, but the Alaska Department of Fish and Game didn’t have funding to staff the visitors center, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported. Fairbanks North Star Bor-

ough Mayor Luke Hopkins urged the assembly to give $20,000 to the fish and game department to kick start the opening of the Tanana Valley Fisheries Center, the name given to the visitors center. The building in downtown Fairbanks is owned by the borough, which leases it for $1 per

year to the fish and game department. A visitors center was part of the lease agreement. The center will officially open this weekend in conjunction with the annual Fairbanks Outdoor Show, which also starts Friday at the nearby Carlson Center. The hatchery will offer

visitors the opportunity to see where fish tens of thousands of fish are grown annually for sport anglers. A 5,000-gallon aquarium with hatchery-raised fish inside will greet visitors entering the building. There is no admission charge.

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Gas pipeline should be an American effort “Happiness is 10,000 Texans headed

south with an Okie under each arm.” If you lived in Alaska in 1977, you probably remember that bumper sticker. Thirty-seven years ago, thousands of Lower 48 welders left Alaska, leaving behind a 800-mile oil pipeline and a state determined to never again let “foreign” workers dominate an Alaska construction job. As the state prepares to build the next pipeline, we should remember the lessons of the 1970s but temper them with the knowledge we’ve gained since then: Local hire is best, but local hire alone won’t build the best pipeline. This week, we watched as the Alaska Legislature passed a bill that allows non-Alaskans to serve on the board of the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation. It’s a smart move: Alaska already allows nonresidents on the boards of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation, Alaska Aerospace Corporation and Alaska Railroad Corporation. Nonresidents serve alongside Alaskans; while Alaskans are experts on what works well here, we use people from the Lower 48 to fill in. It’s hard to find an investment economist in Barrow. Those corporations have had their hits and misses, but they are run well. Recruiting from the widest possible base makes that possible. Legally, Alaska has to allow out-of-state workers on big construction jobs. In 1978, the U.S. Supreme Court said as much when it ruled local hire requirements unconstitutional. The Alaska Supreme Court has repeatedly said so, too. As Alaska moves toward construction of a transAlaska gas pipeline, we should keep the Legislature’s recent decision in mind. The state will need hundreds of surveyors and engineers and thousands of construction workers to turn a paper pipeline into one built of steel and concrete. The Legislature has signaled that it’s willing to look outside Alaska, and Alaskans should be prepared to think likewise. We prefer that pipeline workers come from Alaska, but we can’t limit ourselves. If the best pipeline builders in the country are already in Alaska, let’s use them. But if they aren’t, we must prepare to let Outside experts help. Those Texans and Okies helped Alaska build a great oil pipeline. Let’s build a great gas pipeline, too. — Juneau Empire, April 19

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By GARRY TRUDEAU

Health-care politics — not so fast

Just to be clear, I may have been wrong. Of course, that’s nothing new for a political commentator, although usually we don’t have to admit we were mistaken. In fact, I may get in trouble with my governing professional body for even suggesting that I might have blown it. Happily, we don’t have one — but perhaps it would be a good idea, something like the Organization of Pundits-Engaged in Debating Silliness (OP-EDS). Right now, you probably are asking yourself, “What in heaven’s name is he talking about?” Good question. And I’ll tell you: I’m talking about health care. I have been among the herd-followers who have argued that Obamacare might do in the Democrats’ chances in this year’s elections for control of the Senate, with Republicans wasting no chance whatsoever to tarnish their opponents with the Affordable Care Act. Now, however, I’m beginning to waver (another privilege that goes with this job). There are some indications that the GOP and its mega-rich supporters may be overplaying their one-card hand. No, this vacillation is not prompted by the news that the administration’s Affordable Care Act participation projections have been exceeded, with 8 million signups tallied so far, including a respectable chunk of those high-value low-age enrollees. Nor is it influenced at all by President Barack Obama’s declaration that, “This thing might be working.” What is he going

to say: That this thing, which by the way is his signature achievement, is doomed? Thank you for sharing, Mr. President, but your opinion is not affecting mine. Instead, there are some glimmers Bob Franken out there that might shed some new light on appropriate strategies for this year’s campaigning. The latest Reuters/Ipsos poll shows that one-third of the online respondents say they favor the Democrats’ approach to health care, versus 18 percent who prefer the Republicans’. That’s an increase for the White House and a down figure for the GOP. Of course, 40 percent of those participating had no earthly idea which party had which plan, which is a bummer, but it shows a slight upward trend for the Dems. In February, Obamacare approval was at 25 percent. If that momentum continues, it could mean that people are starting to get weary of the Republicans’ incessant hammering on the subject. In the House, they’ve passed more than 50 bills that would repeal or sabotage healthcare reform, and maybe it’s time to cool their jets. Couple that with the barrage of TV ads already flooding us from well-financed conservative groups trashing Democrats for

having anything to do with Obamacare, and maybe, just maybe, a growing number of voters are wondering whether the GOP will stop long enough to reveal a credible alternative. Don’t hold your breath. Added to the mix is the reality that some of the reforms are widely popular. So the president and his people are trying to shore up some enthusiasm for playing offense instead of defense. Their argument is that while true, the rollout was a welldocumented disaster, the repairs have been made and the new health system is starting to gain traction. That may be premature, but it’s food for thought for candidates in his party who were abandoning what they perceived to be Obama’s sinking ship. Instead of saying, “Health-care plan? What health-care plan?” they suddenly might recall, “Oh yeah, that health-care plan.” As for the Republicans, there is no shortage of controversies, so they can have plenty of other issues with which to scorch the midterm election earth between now and November. Now I have contended that both health care means the Democrats are in deep trouble and also that perhaps they’re not. It’s ideal: Whatever the outcome, I’ll be correct and can brag about it. Or wrong, of course. But we won’t talk about that. Bob Franken is a longtime broadcast journalist, including 20 years at CNN.

Parties hope legislative defeats boost turnout By DAVID ESPO AP Special Correspondent

AP News Analysis

WASHINGTON — Flip sides of the same campaign-season coin, the Republican drive in Congress to repeal the nation’s health care law and the Democratic call to close the pay gap for women have much in common. Divided government assures that neither has even a remote chance of becoming law anytime soon. Instead, they figure prominently in rival strategies to maximize turnout in the fall — Democrats hoping women will vote in huge numbers, while Republicans try to stoke election year enthusiasm among tea party activists and other conservatives. More of the same is ahead, much more. Democrats concede the stakes are higher for their party, which is laboring to retain its Senate majority, has little or no prospect of capturing control of the House, and faces a gap in voter intensity. Democratic voters are 7 percentage points less likely than Republicans to say they are almost certain to vote in the offyear election in November, according to a poll by the Democracy Corps and the Women’s Voices Women Vote Action Fund. They propose trying to close the gap by focusing on an “economic agenda that puts working women first” and sheds any talk of recovery. No matter the political party, the wellworn, bipartisan script in Congress rarely varies: Stage a well-publicized vote in either the Republican-controlled House or the majority-Democratic Senate. Accuse the other party of obstruction. Reassure supporters with a promise never to give up. And all the while, accuse the other side of unbecoming behavior. “Let’s put the politics aside, and let’s get to work to see how we can make sure, if there are problems with the law being implemented, that we can address that,” House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., said recently as President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats stressed the issue of pay equity. Playing politics? Republicans have voted more than 50 C

times to repeal or otherwise neutralize the health care law that Obama nurtured into existence, knowing that he would never accept anything of the sort. Not that the Democrats are above the same sort of activity. They sent the pay equity bill to the Senate floor unwilling to consider GOP-proposed changes, and knowing full well that without them, Republicans would make sure it didn’t get the 60 votes needed to advance. At the same time, Democrats were accusing Republicans of playing politics with health care. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Democrats are eager to make improvements in the law, but, “We don’t have Republicans. They want this thing repealed. They don’t want to fix anything that may be made better.” The prospect of relatively low turnout among unmarried women is a particular concern to Democrats. “They made up a quarter of the electorate in 2012 and gave two-thirds of their votes to President Obama,” Democracy Corps and the women’s organization said in a memo. Now, “these voters are vulnerable to non-voting in off-year elections.” Turnout always declines in a midterm election from the previous presidential campaign. To try and minimize that, the groups recommended, Democrats should advance proposals to grant equal pay for equal work, push for raising the minimum wage to $10.10 and remind women that the health care law forbids charging them more than men for insurance. There was more, including remarkably blunt advice more than five years into Obama’s presidency. “Democrats should bury any mention of ‘the recovery,’” a second memo said. That sort of talk misses “how much trouble people are in.” Among voters likely to vote in 2014, the generic ballot (which measures support for unnamed Republican and Democratic candidates) is tied. Republicans have the

edge among those “almost certain” to vote. Among those who voted in 2012 but who are not likely to vote in 2014, Democrats hold a 16-point margin. “This is a big deal,” Democracy Corps and Women’s Voices said. Republicans looking at similar polls know that. If the pay equity bill is a model, they’ll seek to blunt the entire Democratic economic agenda not by dismissing its intent, but by trying to undercut Obama’s credentials and by challenging the likely impact. Recently, in a pre-emptive move, Republicans drew attention to a report saying said that White House female employees are paid less, on average, than men who work there. At the same time, in a symbolic moment, the party sought to counter any implication that it is uncaring about the economic fate of women. “You know, Republicans believe in equal pay for equal work,” said Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb. She spoke at a weekly event in the Capitol where it is customary for only male senators to appear. Rather than play defense, Republicans would prefer to spend their time maximizing turnout by their own supporters, critics of the health care law in particular. “Voters who say a candidate’s position on the law will be a greater factor in determining how they vote are more opposed to the law,” Republican pollster Bill McInturff wrote several weeks ago. More recently, a Pew survey reported that 60 percent of voters who oppose the health care law said a candidate’s stance on it will be very important to their vote. Only 48 percent of voters who support the law felt the same way. Not surprisingly, voters who overwhelmingly oppose “Obamacare” tend to be Republicans. Pew reported that 64 percent of Republicans said a candidate’s position on health care will be “very important” to their votes, and 52 percent of Democrats said the same. Like Republicans when it comes to pay equity, Democrats work to soften the political impact by stressing the benefits of the health care law such as guaranteed coverage for preexisting medical conditions, and highlighting changes they would like to see.

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Green Dot, etc. on the Kenai Peninsula Borough this month, the survey also created a baseline to gauge the effectiveness of outreach in the future, Smith said. Almost 30 percent of the community already knows about the initiative, which is a good sign since we just started talking about it, she said. The program uses the premise that any one has the power to intervene in a potentially violent situation, whether by calling the police or simply by speaking up, Smith said. Kenai was one of six areas chosen to develop a specialized program for its community. The others include Anchorage, Bethel, Fairbanks, Homer and Prince of Wales Island- Klawock, Hydaburg, and Craig- according to the Office of Governor Sean Parnell. Results also provided analysis on demographics. Men completed 20 percent, and women 80 percent of the returned surveys, Smith said. It is good to know both men and women in the area think domestic violence is a concern and a relevant issue, she said. Smith said a portion of the 409 responses to this year’s survey were community members who had no previous contact with LeeShore, which is a good indication of affective outreach, she said.

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up to 121 days. Hawker said funding was “the greatest sticking point, I think, in the entire piece of legislation.” Gov. Sean Parnell, in the original version of HB278, proposed an increase in the per-student funding formula, also known as the base student allocation, of about $200 over three years, a level he called a starting point for discussions. The House bumped it up to about $300 over three years and proposed an additional $30 million in one-time funding to be distributed to districts. The Senate has proposed $100 million over three years outside the funding formula, which some lawmakers say is broken and in need of review. Sen. Kevin Meyer, R-Anchorage, said the additional aid over three years would allow time for a study on how the state funds schools. The Senate version of the bill included such a study. Many public school advocates favor putting any additional aid into the formula as a way to provide predictable funding that districts can budget, but several groups also have urged more funding in the formula beyond what the House proposed. Minority Democratic leaders in the House and Senate have endorsed an increase in the allocation of about $650 over three years to help districts stave off cuts, in line with what groups like the parent-supported Great Alaska Schools and Alaska Federation of Natives have urged. “There’s a simple fix to this stalemate,” Senate Minority Leader Hollis French, D-Anchorage, said in a statement Monday. “Do what schools, teachers, parents, students, and business leaders agree is what our public schools need — increase the BSA $400 next year and $125 the following two years, then let everyone go home.” The Senate bill also included support for charter, residential and correspondence schools, funding to improve Internet service for schools with lower download speeds and a grant program to provide students with electronic devices such as tablets to help modernize learning. The total cost of the Senate package for next year would be $125 million — and about $370 million over three years. The House approach, by comparison, would cost about $210 million over three years, according to the Legislative Finance Division. Sen. Lyman Hoffman, DBethel, said he doubted the education community would be satisfied with the House ap-

In the past decade, surveys have consistently revealed the Kenai Peninsula community is unaware of the youth violence prevention program that reaches 150 schools and over 2,500 students across the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District. Before receiving the results of the survey, Smith said she hoped the numbers would improve. In fact, the numbers are down from previous years. In 2011 40 percent said they knew about the prevention education. This year only 29 percent said they were informed, she said. “We do a lot of advertising,” Smith said, “apparently not enough.” Prevention education is a vital component of stopping the cycle, Smith said. Domestic abuse is a learned behavior, making sure parents also know these facts is equally important, she said. “The effects of bullying in schools are pretty destructive,” Smith said. “These things stay with a child for life, unless there is some type of intervention. We want it to be something we can talk about as a community.” To move forward, Smith said she is tossing around the possibility of hosting some community forums. She said it is critical to inform community members of LeeShore’s childcare assistance program, community awareness workshops, batterer intervention program, and youth violence intervention program to decrease violence within the community.

proach. “This is the ... education year for the Legislature and to come up and endorse those low numbers added to the BSA isn’t going to be satisfactory,” he said. Hawker said the House “has taken an approach that gave a great deal of deference to living within our means and being very careful in recognizing that as the future evolves it’s always easier to raise something and it’s nearly impossible to take something away.” He said there was a sense, too, from members of the public and other lawmakers that they weren’t getting the value they wanted from the public school system. “The concern is that we want to see some performance improvements before we, the Legislature, step up and simply write a check, essentially rewarding the status quo,” Hawker said. “This is the balance that we’re here in this committee to discuss.” The conference committee flagged other issues for further consideration, including teacher tenure, school bond debt

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‘Deal of a lifetime’ Woman gets probation for 55 pot plants

Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion

Elijah Stafford, Haley Baxter and Susie Swafford wave signs and pass out candy to raise awareness for the local launch of the Green Dot Violence Prevention Strategy, headed by LeeShore Center Tuesday on the Kenai Spur Highway.

“I am happy so many have heard of Green Dot,” said LeeShore Shelter Manager Karen Stroh. However, she was also disappointed about the lack of awareness surrounding youth prevention education. Stroh said the classes are a full time job for Dawn Musgrove. Musgrove is an excellent teacher on dating violence, sexual assault, healthy

relationships, bullying and cyber bullying, she said. Local feedback is necessary not only for receiving funding, but vital to improving the quality of information and services LeeShore provides in the community, Stroh said.

reimbursement and the effect of raising the required local contribution level for schools. Meyer said the feeling on that latter point spoke to school funding being a shared responsibility between the state and local governments.

Meyer offered Sen. Mike Dunleavy, R-Wasilla, a fellow conferee, to speak with House members about some of the initiatives in the Senate bill about which the Senate feels strongly.

Kelly Sullivan can be reached at kelly.sullivan@ peninsulaclarion.com

JUNEAU (AP) — A prosecutor said he was giving a Juneau woman the “deal of a lifetime” when she was sentenced for a misdemeanor instead of a felony after officials found 55 marijuana plants in her home. Juneau District Attorney James Scott called the circumstances surrounding the prosecution of Bonnie E. Odom as a “one-off,” the Juneau Empire reported. If she had been convicted of a felony, she could have served up to five years in jail. Instead, she received a year of probation. Under Alaska law, it’s legal to have 25 plants. Odom didn’t deny wrongdoing when she was sentenced last week. “Pretty much everything that’s said is true,” she told Juneau District Court Judge Thomas Nave. “I can’t deny much of anything ... That’s really all I have to say. I did it.” Nave chuckled at her last comment, the Empire reported, and said he didn’t see a need for rehabilitation in this case. “I don’t, frankly, in this case see the need for any of that,” Nave said. “Technically, it’s illegal because of the amount. I’m sure you’ll adjust that in the future.” Her attorney, Kevin Higgins, said Odom is a Coast Guard veteran and 26-year employee of Bartlett Regional Hospital. She uses marijuana for medical purposes because

‘She did absolutely nothing herself offensive or bothersome to her neighbors that caused the police to be called.’ — James Scott, Juneau District Attorney she suffers from arthritis and insomnia. Scott said he agreed to reduce the charge to a misdemeanor because Odom, 60, didn’t have a criminal record and police only found out about the grow of 55 marijuana plants because of an unrelated incident, when a homeless couple she opened her home to were involved in a case of domestic violence when she wasn’t home. When police arrested the man in November, he informed officials of Odom’s marijuana grow operation. “She did absolutely nothing herself offensive or bothersome to her neighbors that caused the police to be called,” Scott said. “Her houseguests did. She shouldn’t open up her home — I’ll make a judgment statement — she shouldn’t open up her house to people that will bring police there. Sadly, no good deed goes unpunished.”

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Around the World Supreme Court OK’s voter-approved ban for Michigan universities WASHINGTON — A state’s voters are free to outlaw the use of race as a factor in college admissions, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a blow to affirmative action that also laid bare tensions among the justices about a continuing need for programs that address racial inequality in America. The 6-2 decision upheld a voter-approved change to the Michigan Constitution that forbids the state’s public colleges to take race into account. That change was indeed up to the voters, the ruling said, over one justice’s impassioned dissent that accused the court of simply wanting to wish away inequality. The ruling bolsters similar voter-approved initiatives banning affirmative action in education in California and Washington state. A few other states have adopted laws or issued executive orders to bar race-conscious admissions policies. Justice Anthony Kennedy said voters in Michigan chose to eliminate racial preferences, presumably because such a system could give rise to race-based resentment. Kennedy said nothing in the Constitution or the court’s prior cases gives judges the authority to undermine the election results. “This case is not about how the debate about racial preferences should be resolved. It is about who may resolve it,” Kennedy said.

Supreme Court hears copyright challenge to streaming TV WASHINGTON — Grappling with fast-changing technology, Supreme Court justices debated Tuesday whether they can protect the copyrights of TV broadcasters to the shows they send out without strangling innovations in the use of the internet. The high court heard arguments in a dispute between television broadcasters and Aereo Inc., which takes free television signals from the airwaves and charges subscribers to watch the programs on laptop computers, smartphones and even their large-screen televisions. The case has the potential to bring big changes to the television industry. But several justices expressed concern that a ruling for the broadcasters could hamper the burgeoning world of cloud computing, which gives users access to a vast online computer network that stores and processes information.

Most Sherpa guides decide to leave Everest in walkout following deadly avalanche KATMANDU, Nepal — Most Sherpa mountain climbers have decided to leave Mount Everest, a guide said Tuesday, confirming a walkout certain to disrupt a climbing season that was already marked by grief over the 16 lives lost in Everest’s deadliest disaster. “It is just impossible for many of us to continue climbing while there are three of our friends buried in the snow,” said Dorje Sherpa, an experienced Everest guide from the tiny Himalayan community that has become famous for its high-altitude skills and endurance. — The Associated Press

Nation Jet stowaway at hospital By JUSTIN PRITCHARD and OSKAR GARCIA Associated Press

HONOLULU — Surveillance cameras at San Jose International Airport successfully recorded the teenager on the tarmac, climbing up the landing gear of a jet. But in the end, the cameras failed because no one noticed the security breach until the plane — and the boy — landed in Hawaii hours later. Although the 15-year-old apparently wanted nothing more than to run away, his success in slipping past layers of security early Sunday morning made it clear that a determined person can still get into a supposedly safe area and sneak onto a plane. The boy, whose identity has not been publicly disclosed, was resting Tuesday at a Honolulu hospital. Hawaii’s Department of Human Services said in a statement that child welfare services officials were continuing to work to ensure his safe return home to Northern California. Video surveillance can help catch trespassers. Some airports use not just human eyes watching video screens, but also technology that can be programmed to sound an alert when a camera captures something potentially suspicious. But just because something is caught on camera does not mean it will make an impression. Despite great promise, “sometimes the actual results are quite underwhelming when it gets to the real world, where people are fatigued, people are preoccupied,” said Richard Bloom, an airport security expert at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Arizona. “There’s no way to guarantee security, even if you had one person per video screen.” There have been no obvious efforts to increase security or

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Hawaiian Airlines Flight 45 arrives from San Jose, Calif., in Kahului Airport in Kahului, Hawaii, on Monday. A 15-year-old boy on Sunday scrambled over an airport fence, crossed a tarmac and climbed into a jetliner’s wheel well, then flew for five freezing hours to Hawaii on a misadventure that forced authorities to take a hard look at the security system that protects the nation’s airline fleet.

the police presence at airports in San Jose or Maui. In San Jose, airport officials said they were reviewing how the boy slipped through security that includes video surveillance, German shepherds and Segway-riding police officers. While each of those measures can work for certain situations, “the problem is that each layer has its own error factor,” Bloom said. Nobody monitoring security cameras throughout the 1,050acre airport saw anyone approaching the Boeing 767 until they reviewed the footage after the boy was discovered in Hawaii, San Jose airport spokeswoman Rosemary Barnes said. The airport, in the heart of Silicon Valley, is surrounded by fences, although many sections do not have barbed wire and could easily be scaled. Barnes said the boy went onto the tarmac when it was

still dark. The flight took off at about 8 a.m. PDT, about 90 minutes after sunrise. The boy survived the subzero temperatures and thin air of the plane’s cruising altitude because his body went into a state akin to hibernation. He was knocked out most of the 5 1/2-hour flight and didn’t regain consciousness until an hour after the plane landed in Hawaii, FBI spokesman Tom Simon said. When he came to, he climbed out of the wheel well and was immediately seen by Maui airport personnel, Simon said. When the landing gear of a Boeing 767 retracts, there is little room to maneuver in the wheel well — the boy would have had to curl up in the fetal position or crouch down the entire time. And there is no way to get into the main cabin or luggage compartment without removing large pieces

of the aircraft’s interior, said Jon Day, general manager of Southern California Aviation, a maintenance yard in Victorville, Calif. Surveillance video at Kahului Airport showed the boy getting out of the wheel well after landing, transportation officials in Hawaii said. The video was not released because of the ongoing investigation. The boy was not charged with a crime, Simon said. Much about him — including his identity — remained a public mystery. Media were camped outside a Santa Clara, Calif., home where his family purportedly lives, but no one came out Tuesday. While the Transportation Security Administration oversees checkpoint security inside airport terminals, airport perimeters are policed by local authorities and federal law enforcement.

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FBI investigates suspected serial child molester By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS — The FBI asked for the public’s help Tuesday to identify at least 90 potential victims of a suspected child predator who worked at 10 American and other international schools abroad for more than four decades before committing suicide last month in Minnesota. William James Vahey, 64, killed himself in Luverne on March 21, the FBI said. That was two days after agents in Houston filed for a warrant

to search a computer thumb drive that belonged to Vahey, a U.S. citizen with residences in London and Hilton Head Island, S.C. An employee of the American Nicaraguan School in Managua, where Vahey had recently taught ninth-grade world history and geography, gave the drive to the U.S. Embassy there. The storage device contained pornographic images of at least 90 boys, ages 12 to 14, who appeared to be drugged and unconscious, the FBI said. The agency’s spokeswoman in

Houston, Special Agent Shauna Dunlap, told The Associated Press that investigators suspect all of the boys in the images were students of Vahey’s, going back to 2008, and that he had molested all of them. “When confronted about the images by a school administrator, Vahey confessed that he was molested as a child and had preyed on boys his entire life, giving them sleeping pills prior to the molestation,” according to a statement posted prominently on the FBI’s website, www.fbi.gov , with links for potential victims.

The photos were catalogued with dates and locations that corresponded with overnight field trips that Vahey had taken with students since 2008, but he had led students on such trips for his entire career, the FBI said. “I’m concerned that he may have preyed on many other students prior to 2008,” Special Agent Patrick Fransen of Houston said in the statement. “I’ve never seen another case where an individual may have molested this many children over such a long period of time.” The director general of the

American Nicaraguan School, Gloria Doll, said by phone from Managua that Vahey was “famous for wanting to lead student experience trips.” She said that’s why several of his previous schools hired him. Doll said that, as far as she knew, none of her students had been molested. Vahey started teaching at her school last August but had not led any trips for her school before the allegations surfaced. She said he had been due to take a group to a model United Nations event in the Dominican Republic the very next day.

“We realized we had probably been spared what was happening,” Doll said. Doll said Vahey’s flash drive had been taken by his domestic employee, who returned it to the school and urged officials to take a look. The FBI said Vahey was jailed for child molestation in California in 1969, but Doll said his arrest didn’t turn up when the Nicaraguan school checked his criminal background. She said he came highly recommended and had been “probably one of the finest teachers” at her school.

IRS awards bonuses to 1,100 who owe back taxes By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service has paid more than $2.8 million in bonuses to employees with recent disciplinary problems, including $1 million to workers who owed back taxes, a government investigator said Tuesday. More than 2,800 workers got bonuses despite facing a disciplinary action in the previous year, including 1,150 who owed back taxes, said a report

by J. Russell George, the Treasury inspector general for tax administration. The bonuses were awarded from October 2010 through December 2012. George’s report said the bonus program doesn’t violate federal regulations, but it’s inconsistent with the IRS mission to enforce tax laws. “These awards are designed to recognize and reward IRS employees for a job well done, and that is appropriate, because the IRS should encourage good performance,” George said.

“However, while not prohibited, providing awards to employees who have been disciplined for failing to pay federal taxes appears to create a conflict with the IRS’s charge of ensuring the integrity of the system of tax administration.” Other examples of misconduct by workers getting bonuses included misusing government credit cards for travel, drug use, violent threats and fraudulently claiming unemployment benefits. The IRS said it has devel-

oped a new policy linking conduct and performance bonuses for executives and senior level employees. “Even without a formal policy in place over the past four years, the IRS has not issued awards to any executives that were subject to a disciplinary action,” the IRS said in a statement. “We are also considering a similar policy for the entire IRS workforce, which would be subject to negotiations with the National Treasury Employees Union.”

The IRS had about 100,000 workers during the period under review. In the 2011 budget year, more than 70,000 IRS workers got cash bonuses totaling $92 million, the report said. In the 2012 budget year, nearly 68,000 workers got cash bonuses totaling $86 million. The report said the IRS considers prior conduct before awarding permanent pay increases. “However, IRS officials stated that the IRS generally does not consider conduct

issues when administering other types of awards,” the report said. There are no governmentwide policies on providing bonuses to employees with conduct issues, the report said. However, a 1998 law calls for removing IRS employees who are found to have intentionally committed certain acts of misconduct, including willful failure to pay federal taxes. Tax compliance at the IRS is generally better than at other federal agencies.

A-8 Peninsula Clarion, Wednesday, April 23, 2014

World

Ukraine orders new ‘anti-terror’ operation By NEDRA PICKLER ans MARIA DANILOVA Associated Press

KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s acting president ordered security forces to resume “anti-terror” operations in the country’s east Tuesday after the bodies of two people allegedly abducted by pro-Russia insurgents were found and a military aircraft was reported to be hit by gunfire. The twin developments — which came just hours after U.S. Vice President Joe Biden left Kiev, the Ukrainian capital — raised fears that last week’s international agreement on easing Ukraine’s crisis was failing. The agreement calls for all sides to refrain from violence and for demonstrators to vacate public buildings. It does not specifically prohibit security operations, but Ukraine suspended its so-called “antiterrorist operation” after the

accord. Pro-Russia insurgents who have seized police stations and other public buildings in eastern Ukraine are defying the call to vacate, saying they were not party to the agreement by Ukraine, Russia, the United States and the European Union. In a statement, acting President Oleksandr Turchynov said the two bodies found Tuesday in Slovyansk bore signs of torture. One of them was a member of the city council and a member of Turchynov’s party, he said. Terrorists “are beginning to torture and kill Ukrainian patriots. They are impudently rejecting the calls of not only our country but of all the world’s society when they demonstratively mock the decisions taken in Geneva,” he said. “These crimes are being done with the full support and connivance of Russia,” Turchynov added. The acting government,

‘These crimes are being done with the full support and connivance of Russia.’ — acting President Oleksandr Turchynov which took over after President Viktor Yanukovych fled to Russia in February, says Russia is behind the outbreak of unrest in eastern Ukraine with the possible aim of provoking violence that could be used as a pretext to invade. Last month, Russia annexed Crimea several weeks after seizing control of the peninsula. The Defense Ministry said gunfire hit an observation plane over Slovyansk but the aircraft landed safely without injuries. Standing alongside Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Biden called on Moscow to encourage pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine to vacate government buildings and checkpoints, accept amnesty

and “address their grievances politically.” Biden said Russia needs to act “without delay,” adding, “We will not allow this to become an open-ended process.” Yatsenyuk was harsher in his characterization of Russia. “No country should be able to behave like an armed bandit,” he said. “Russia should stick to its international commitments and obligations. They should not behave as gangsters in the modern century.” The U.S. has warned that it will quickly order new economic sanctions on Russian officials and entities if Moscow doesn’t follow through on the provisions in last week’s accord.

Moscow has rejected charges that it was behind the troubles in eastern Ukraine and that it has failed to live up to the Geneva agreement. Officials there have decried “ultimatums” from the West. “Before putting forth ultimatums to us, demanding fulfillment of something within two-three days or otherwise be threatened with sanctions, we would urgently call on our American partners to fully recognize responsibility for those whom they brought to power and whom they are trying to shield, closing their eyes to the outrages created by this regime and by the fighters on whom this regime leans,” Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. Biden also announced the United States will provide an additional $50 million to help Ukraine’s beleaguered government with political and economic reforms. The money includes $11 million to help conduct the May 25

presidential election, including voter education, administration and oversight. It also will help fund expert teams from U.S. government agencies to help Ukraine to reduce its reliance on energy supplies from Russia. Other technical advisers will help fight corruption. The White House also announced $8 million in nonlethal military assistance for the Ukrainian armed forces, including bomb-disposal equipment, communications gear and vehicles. In the most high-level visit of a U.S. official to Ukraine since the crisis erupted, Biden met privately with Yatsenyuk and Turchynov, as well as with democracy activists. “I know the men and women who hide behind masks and unmarked uniforms, they do not speak for you,” Biden said. “All are welcome as equals in shaping a new Ukraine. We count on you to be the voice for rights and freedoms.”

Weakened Syrian rebels making last stand for Homs By DIAA HADID Associated Press

BEIRUT — Weakened Syrian rebels are making their last desperate stand in Homs, as forces loyal to President Bashar Assad launch their harshest assault yet to expel them from the central city, once known as the capital of the revolution. Some among the hundreds of rebels remaining in the city talk of surrender, according to opposition activists there. Others have lashed back against the siege with suicide car bombings in districts under government control. Some fighters are turning on comrades they suspect want to desert, pushing them into battle. “We expect Homs to fall,” said an activist who uses the name Thaer Khalidiya in an online interview with The Associated Press. “In the next few days, it could be under the regime’s control.” The fight for Homs underscores Assad’s determination to rout rebels ahead of presidential elections now set for June 3, aiming to scatter fighters back further north toward their supply lines on the Turkish borders. Assad’s forces are building on gains elsewhere — they have been able to almost clear rebels from a broad swath of territory south of Homs between the capital, Damascus, and the Lebanese border, breaking important rebel supply lines there. Rebels have also capitulated in several towns around Damascus after blockades that caused widespread hunger and suffering. Homs, Syria’s third largest city, is a crucial target. Located in the country’s center, about 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of Damascus, it links the capital with Aleppo in the north — the country’s largest city and another key battleground. But rebels still control large areas of the countryside in the north and south and have consolidated around the Turkish and Jordanian borders. “A total loss of Homs would represent a serious loss to the opposition,” said Charles Lister, visiting fellow at the Brookings Doha Center. “The military has maintained a steadily significant focus on Homs precisely due to this importance,” said Lister. “This has been all been part of a very conscious strategy of encircling, besieging and capturing areas of strategic importance,” particularly urban areas. For well over a year, government forces have been besieging rebels in the string of districts they hold in the city center, around its ancient bazaars. Just over a week ago, troops loyal to Assad escalated their assaults on rebel districts, barraging them with tank and mortar fire and bombs dropped from military aircraft. Syrian forces have so far advanced into two areas, Wadi al-Sayih and Bab Houd. Online video footage showed explosions as projectiles smashed into buildings,

sending up columns of white smoke. Angry rebels are heard shouting that they have been abandoned and singing that only God could help them. The footage corresponded to other AP reporting on the events. Activists said it was the fiercest assault since last summer, when Syrian forces retook the rebel-held Homs neighborhood of Khalidiya.

The death toll from fighting isn’t known, because neither side reports losses. If Assad’s forces take Homs, it would be a major boost as he prepares for the upcoming election, fueling the image his government has sought to promote that he is capable of eventually winning the relentless conflict. The war is now in its fourth year, with more than 150,000

people killed and a third of Syria’s population driven from their homes. Assad is expected to easily win another seven-year term in the June 3 election, which the opposition and the United States have already declared a farce aimed at giving Assad a veneer of popular support. Inside Homs, rebels have been deeply weakened by months of blockade around

their strongholds and the loss of their supply lines from Lebanon in March, after Syrian forces seized the border town of Zara. Hundreds of fighters surrendered during a series of U.N. mediated truces that began in November. An estimated 800 to 1,000 fighters left alongside hundreds of civilians who were evacuated from rebel-held parts of the city, according to activ-

ists and an official in the Homs province. The rebels remaining in the city are predominantly from the Nusra Front, an alQaida affiliate, and other Islamist factions. One rebel fighter in the city, who uses the nickname Abu Bilal, estimated there are 1,000 rebels who remain in Homs, but the number could not be confirmed.

Peninsula Clarion, Wednesday, April 23, 2014

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‘Piles and piles’ of bodies in S. Sudan slaughter By JASON STRAZIUSO Associated Press

NAIROBI, Kenya — The townsfolk believed the mosque was safe. They crammed inside as rebel forces in South Sudan took control of the town from government troops. But it wasn’t safe. Robbers grabbed their cash and mobile phones. Then gunmen came and opened fire on everyone, young and old. The U.N. says hundreds of civilians were killed in the massacre last week in Bentiu, the capital of South Sudan’s oilproducing Unity state, a tragic reflection of longstanding ethnic hostilities in the world’s newest country. “Piles and piles” of bodies were left behind after the shootings, said Toby Lanzer, the top U.N. aid official in South Sudan. Many were in the mosque. Others were in the hospital. Still more littered the streets. The violence appears to have been incited in part by calls on the radio for revenge attacks, including rapes. The attack, which targeted

members of certain ethnic groups, was a disturbing echo of what happened two decades ago in another country in eastern Africa. Rwanda is marking the 20th anniversary this month of a genocide that killed an estimated 1 million people and also saw orders to kill broadcast over the radio. Thousands of people have been killed in violence in South Sudan since December, when presidential guards splintered and fought along ethnic lines. The violence later spread across the country as soldiers loyal to President Salva Kiir, an ethnic Dinka, tried to put down a rebellion led by Riek Machar, the former vice president and an ethnic Nuer. But Lanzer told The Associated Press in a phone interview Tuesday that the April 15-16 mass killings, carried out by Nuers, are “quite possibly a game-changer” in the conflict. “It’s the first time we’re aware of that a local radio station was broadcasting hate messages encouraging people to engage in atrocities,” said

‘It’s the first time we’re aware of that a local radio station was broadcasting hate messages encouraging people to engage in atrocities.’ — Toby Lanzer, top U.N. aid official in South Sudan. Lanzer, who was in Bentiu on Sunday and Monday. “And that really accelerates South Sudan’s descent into an even more difficult situation from which it needs to extract itself.” Lanzer said thousands of civilians from several ethnic groups are streaming to the U.N. peacekeeping base in Bentiu because many believe more violence is coming. The base now holds 22,000 people — up from 4,500 at the start of April — but can supply only one liter of water per person per day. Some 350 people must share one toilet. “The risk of a public health crisis inside our base is enormous,” he said. Raphael Gorgeu, the head

of Doctors Without Borders in South Sudan, said people will die inside the U.N. base in the coming days because of the water and sanitation situation. As rebel forces entered Bentiu last week, residents were led to believe that by entering the mosque they would be safe, Lanzer said, citing accounts from survivors. But once inside they were robbed of money and mobile phones and a short while later gunmen began killing, both inside the mosque and inside the city hospital. The U.N. hasn’t spelled out clearly who exactly the victims were, but it is likely that ethnic Dinkas were among the dead. If you were not Nuer, then nothing could save you. And even

Nuers who refused to take part in the attacks were killed, according to the U.N., as were former residents of the Darfur region of Sudan. The gunmen killed wantonly, including children and the elderly, Lanzer said. U.N. officials began helping to clear the bodies from the streets and city buildings after the bloodshed. Lanzer arrived in Bentiu on the third day of that operation but still counted 150 bodies. He said the U.N. is documenting the killings and will soon have “a pretty good grasp” on the precise number killed. At U.N. headquarters in New York, spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Tuesday that many bodies remain by the side of the main road between Bentiu and Rubkona, another town in Unity state, and that the Rubkona market continues to be looted. Gorgeu said his team members in Bentiu — including 12 international staff — have treated more than 200 people wounded in the violence, including many gunshot victims. British Ambassador Ian

Hughes said Tuesday that the killings are a clear violation of international law. He said those behind the atrocities and those inciting them will be held to account. The violence is only one part of a dual crisis in South Sudan, a landlocked country that gained its independence from Sudan in 2011. Because of the fighting, more than 1 million people have fled their homes, and few residents are tending crops. Lanzer cited a severe risk of famine in the months ahead. The U.N. has been warning of mounting evidence of ethnically targeted killings as both government troops and rebel forces lose and gain territories in back-andforth clashes. A cease-fire signed earlier this year has done little to quell violence. Though thousands of people are cramming into the U.N. base in Bentiu, they may not even be safe there. Dujarric said four rockets were fired at the base Thursday, including two that exploded within the compound and one just outside, wounding two people who had sought refuge.

Government must turn over info on CIA prisons to defense By DEB RIECHMANN Associated Press

FORT MEADE, Md. — Prosecutors must turn over never-revealed details about the time a Guantanamo Bay detainee spent in secret CIA prisons after his arrest in connection with the deadly attack on the USS Cole in Yemen, according to a military judge’s order released Tuesday. The five-page order was a victory for defense lawyers representing Abd al Rahim alNashiri, who is accused of orchestrating the Oct. 12, 2000, bombing of the USS Cole in the Yemeni port of Aden. The attack killed 17 U.S. sailors, injured 42 others and tore a massive hole into the side of the guided-missile destroyer based in Norfolk, Va. Al-Nashiri, who was born in Saudi Arabia, has been held at the U.S. military prison at

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, since 2006, after being held in a series of secret CIA prisons. A CIA inspector general’s report said al-Nashiri, considered to have once been one of the most senior leaders in al-Qaida, was waterboarded under rules approved by the George W. Bush administration, although many of them have been repudiated as torture. He also was threatened with a gun and a power drill to solicit information about possible attacks against the United States, but those methods were beyond approved interrogation procedures. Prosecutors, who can appeal the judge’s ruling, had argued that information about his time spent in CIA custody was irrelevant to the case. The defense believes the case against al-Nashiri is tainted by CIA actions in the secret prisons and could be used to spare him from the death penalty.

Little information about what happened in the CIA black sites has been confirmed by the government. The order by Army Col. James Pohl does not make any details available to the public. He notes explicitly in his order that all parties in the case are required to follow a protective order barring release of classified information in the case. The judge said the government must provide details of al-Nashiri’s capture, detention, rendition and interrogation. The information the judge ordered the government to reveal includes a chronology of how al-Nashiri was shuttled among secret CIA black sites, and how he was transported, clothed and restrained. The government also must provide reports, summaries of interrogations and any photos or videos documenting the conditions of his confinement. Prosecutors are barred under the rules for military commis-

sions from using any evidence or testimony obtained by coercion. The defense, however, has argued that all information from al-Nashiri is tainted by the harsh treatment he endured at the hands of the CIA. The defendant, wearing in white prison clothes, sat at the defense table for much of the daylong session. At times, he

leaned back in his swivel desk chair and rocked from side to side. At other times, his eyelids drooped and he appeared bored by the lengthy legal arguments that droned on in an effort to resolve issues about the death penalty, witnesses and evidence. His trial is not slated to begin until December. The hearing on

a long list of pretrial motions was held Tuesday at Guantanamo but reporters were able to watch it from Fort Meade. Defense lawyer Richard Kammen renewed his bid to get the judge to remove himself from the case, arguing that Pohl was assigned to the case by the convening authority that is prosecuting his client.

A-10 Peninsula Clarion, Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Sports

Pujols becomes 26th man to hit 500 homers WASHINGTON (AP) — Albert Pujols became the first major leaguer to hit his 499th and 500th homers in the same game, driving in five runs to help the Los Angeles Angels beat the Washington Nationals 7-2 Tuesday night. The first baseman connected twice off Taylor Jordan (0-3) — a three-run homer in the first inning and two-run drive in the fifth — to become the 26th player in major league history to reach the milestone. Pujols is the first player to collect Nos. 499 and 500 in the same game, according to STATS. About three months past his 34th birthday, he’s also the third-youngest to get to 500. He has eight homers this season, all in the past 13 games. MARLINS 1, BRAVES 0 ATLANTA (AP) — Jose Fernandez matched his career high with 14 strikeouts

in eight innings and combined with Steve Cishek on a three-hitter as the Marlins shut out the Braves. Fernandez (3-1) outpitched Atlanta’s Alex Wood (2-3), who also was dominant. Wood allowed four hits and one run with no walks and a career-high 11 strikeouts in eight innings.

CARDINALS 3, METS 0

Brown doubled home the go-ahead run in the 10th inning after a costly error by left fielder Carl Crawford, and the Phillies beat the Dodgers. Carlos Ruiz reached second base when his flyball to short left field glanced off Crawford’s glove as shortstop Hanley Ramirez nearly collided with the left fielder. Brown followed with a drive to the fence in left-center on a 1-1 pitch from J.P. Howell (1-2).

NEW YORK (AP) — Adam Wainwright threw seven neat innings before leaving with a knee injury, and Jon Jay hit a two-run single that sent the Cardinals to a victory over the Mets. Left fielder Matt Holliday robbed Chris Young of a tying homer, one night after the Mets played some dazzling defense of their own to post a shutout in the series opener.

REDS 4, PIRATES 1

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Johnny Cueto tossed his second three-hitter against the Pittsburgh in a week and the Cincinnati Reds eased past the struggling Pirates. Cueto (2-2) struck out four and walked three while running his careerlong scoreless streak to 21 innings before giving up a home run to Andrew McCutchen with one out in the ninth. He PHILLIES 3, DODGERS 2, improved to 15-4 in his career against 10 innings the Pirates and became the first CincinLOS ANGELES (AP) — Domonic nati pitcher to toss consecutive complete

games since Mat Latos did it in June in the bottom of the 12th for his seventh 2012. save after Donn Roach (1-0) allowed just one hit over two scoreless innings. Headley’s homer to center off a 1-0 CUBS 9, DIAMONDBACKS 2 fastball from Alfredo Figaro (0-1) was CHICAGO (AP) — Jason Hammel one of the few mistakes from the mound pitched seven strong innings, Mike Olt hit among teams with two of the best staff a three-run homer and Nate Schierholtz ERAs in baseball. Padres starter Ian Kendrove in a pair of early runs to lead the nedy labored through six innings while Cubs to a victory over the Diamondbacks. Brewers counterpart Yovani Gallardo went Hammel (3-1) allowed just one run seven strong innings before the bullpens and four hits in seven innings to lower his took over. ERA to 2.60. Olt still is batting below .200 for the ROCKIES 2, GIANTS 1 season (.195), but has four homers and DENVER (AP) — Nolan Arenado hit nine runs batted in. a go-ahead homer leading off the fifth and Franklin Morales outdueled Madison PADRES 2, BREWERS 1, Bumgarner, lifting the Rockies to a win 12 innings over the Giants. Troy Tulowitzki also added a solo shot MILWAUKEE (AP) — Chase Headley homered in the top of the 12th inning and for the Rockies, who have hit seven homSan Diego relievers tossed six shutout in- ers in two nights against the Giants. Morales (2-1) was masterful on the nings in the Padres’ win over the Brewmound as he allowed five hits over seven ers. Huston Street retired the side in order See MLB, page A-11

Wiz top Bulls in OT and lead series 2-0 CHICAGO (AP) — Bradley Beal came on strong late in regulation to finish with 26 points, Nene scored six of his 17 in overtime and the Washington Wizards beat the Chicago Bulls 101-99 Tuesday to take a 2-0 lead in their first-round playoff series. Washington rallied from 10 down in the fourth quarter after blowing a 17-point first-quarter lead. Nene scored the first six points in overtime after being held in check by Defensive Player of the Year Joakim Noah in regulation, and the Wizards hung on after Kirk Hinrich failed to convert at the foul line in the closing seconds. D.J. Augustin led Chicago with 25 points, and Taj Gibson had 22 points and 10 rebounds. John Wall had 16 points and seven assists for Washington, which will host Game 3 of the best-of-seven series on Friday night. AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Graham Hughes

Players from the Montreal Canadiens salute the crowd after defeating the Tampa Bay Lightning in NHL Stanley Cup playoff action in Montreal Tuesday.

Canadiens sweep Lightning

Montreal edges Tampa Bay to become 1st team to advance into 2nd round MONTREAL (AP) — Max Pacioretty lifted the Montreal Canadiens into the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs Tuesday night with a power-play goal with 43 seconds remaining for a 4-3 victory and a four-game sweep of Tampa Bay. The first team to advance this year, the Canadiens also got goals from Daniel Briere, Brendan Gallagher and Lars Eller. Ondrej Palat had a goal and an assist for Tampa Bay. Victor Hedman pulled the Lightning within one goal three minutes into the third period, and Tyler Johnson tied the game three minutes later. Lightning backup goaltender Kristers Gudlevskis replaced Anders Lindback after Gallagher’s goal 5:42 into the second period. Lindback gave up three goals on 20 shots,

The Sharks have won five back to Boston. while Gudlevskis stopped 16 straight overtime playoff games and Jimmy Howard made 31 saves of 17 shots in relief.

SHARKS 4, KINGS 3, OT LOS ANGELES (AP) — Patrick Marleau scored on a backhand 6:20 into overtime, and San Jose moved to the brink of the second round with a victory over Los Angeles to take a 3-0 firstround series lead. Rookie Tomas Hertl tied it with 10:43 left in regulation for the Sharks, who survived a muchimproved effort from their bitter California rivals after two blowout wins in San Jose. Marleau ended it for the Sharks with his third goal of the series. His shot banked off Kings defenseman Slava Voynov’s stick on its way past Jonathan Quick, who made 36 saves in his third straight loss. Antti Niemi stopped 28 shots for the Sharks. Game 4 is Thursday in Los Angeles.

10 of their past 11, with Marleau scoring four game-winning goals during that remarkable stretch. Los Angeles has slipped to the brink of first-round elimination just two years after its Stanley Cup title run.

for the Red Wings, who needed him to make what appeared to be a routine stop midway through the first period on the first goal. He couldn’t.

BRUINS 3, RED WINGS 0

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Derek Stepan, Martin St. Louis, Dan Girardi and Dan Carcillo scored goals, leading the Rangers. Henrik Lundqvist stopped 31 shots to give the Rangers a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. Game 4 is Friday in Philadelphia. Lundqvist was backed by a defense that delivered with a flurry of blocked shots to stymie the Flyers. The Rangers took an early 2-0 lead and that was enough of a cushion for a team that led the Eastern Conference with 25 road victories. Mark Streit scored for the Flyers.

DETROIT (AP) — Tuukka Rask finished with a 23-save shutout to give the Bruins a 2-1 playoff series lead. Dougie Hamilton and Jordan Caron scored in the first period, and Patrice Bergeron added an empty-net goal late in the game. The Presidents’ Trophy-winning Bruins are ahead for the first time in the opening-round series. And, it seems like a commanding lead the way Boston has played the past two games. Detroit has to win Game 4 on Thursday night to avoid facing elimination when the series shifts

RANGERS 4, FLYERS 1

RAPTORS 100, NETS 95 TORONTO (AP) — DeMar DeRozan scored 30 points, Jonas Valanciunas had 15 points and 14 rebounds and Toronto evened its first-round playoff series with Brooklyn at one game apiece. Amir Johnson scored 16 points and Kyle Lowry had 14 as the Rap-

tors rebounded from a 94-87 loss in Game 1. It was Valanciunas’ second straight playoff doubledouble. Joe Johnson scored 18 points, Deron Williams had 15 and Mirza Teletovic 14 for the Nets, who will host Game 3 on Friday night. Hampered by foul trouble throughout the game, Brooklyn’s Paul Pierce went 2 for 11 from the field, including 0 for 6 from 3-point range. He finished with seven points. Kevin Garnett scored 13 points and Shaun Livingston had 12 for the Nets, who led 66-64 heading into the fourth and couldn’t take advantage of 21 Toronto turnovers.

PACERS 101, HAWKS 85 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Paul George had 27 points, 10 rebounds and six assists, leading Indiana to the victory. The Pacers and Hawks are tied C at a game apiece heading into Y Game 3 in Atlanta on Thursday. Reserve Luis Scola added 20 points and seven rebounds for the Pacers. George Hill had all 15 of his points in the second half. Indiana grabbed control with a 25-2 run that carried over into the fourth quarter. George was especially effective even though he spent much of the night defending Hawks point guard Jeff Teague, who had 14 points. Paul Millsap finished with 19 for Atlanta.

4 suspended for Sunday rumble NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has suspended four players involved in last Sunday’s brawl between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Milwaukee Brewers. Milwaukee catcher Martin Maldonado was suspended five games while outfielder Carlos Gomez was suspended three games. Pittsburgh outfielder Travis Snider received a twogame penalty, with catcher Russell Martin also missing one game. Maldonado began his suspension with Tuesday’s game

against the San Diego Padres. Gomez decided to appeal and was in his usual leadoff position. Manager Ron Roenicke said he thought a decision could take a couple weeks. “I’m appealing because it’s not fair and I’m not the one that started the fight and I’m not the one that started throwing punches first,” Gomez said Tuesday in the dugout. “I’ll appeal it and wait for the result.” Gomez said he did not throw the first punch during the fracas, and that umpires know “who started everything.”

Spurs’ Popovich awarded NBA Coach of the Year for 3rd time JON KRAWCZYNSKI AP Basketball Writer

The San Antonio Spurs, the model for stability and sustained success in the modern NBA, were still a shaken team when they showed up for training camp in October, less than four months after a devastating loss to Miami in the NBA Finals. Some coaches would try to brush off the disappointment of letting a title slip through their fingers and refuse to acknowledge the elephant in the room. Gregg Popovich took it head on, embraced the heartache, and in a career full of masterful coaching performances, delivered perhaps his finest effort in season No. 18. “The way we lost in the finals wasn’t an ordinary loss, it was pretty devastating,” Popovich said on Tuesday after being named NBA coach of

the year. “We decided that we needed to just face that right off the bat at the beginning of the season and get it out of the way. Don’t blame it on the basketball gods or bad fortune or anything like that, the Miami Heat beat us and won the championship and that’s that.” Popovich joined Don Nelson and Pat Riley as the only coaches in league history to take home the Red Auerbach trophy three times in their career. “They’re on the hood of my car,” Popovich cracked. “One, two, three, right on the car, the way players do license plates. ... I’ve got three of those right on the hood.” He’s never liked the attention, never bought into the proclamations of his genius. When the accolades come his way, Popovich is quick to deflect them, giving the credit to his players, his assistant coaches, owner Peter Holt and general manager R.C. Buford. The

humility in his voice on Tuesday was genuine, the challenge of putting the pieces back together after last season’s finish as daunting as ever. They showed up to training camp still stinging from that defeat, and Popovich had to get to know a newlook coaching staff after losing longtime assistants Brett Brown and Mike Budenholzer to head coaching jobs in Philadelphia and Atlanta. Then he led the Spurs to a leaguebest 62-20 record, which gives them home-court advantage throughout the playoffs. And he did it while deftly navigating a season filled with nagging injuries to several key players. Tim Duncan was the only starter to play in at least 70 games. No Spur averaged 30 minutes per game and Tony Parker led the team with a modest 16.7 points per game. Despite all of that, the Spurs won at least 50 games for the 15th straight C

season and topped 60 for the fourth time in that span. “Day after day, year after year, the energy that Pop provides our organization is truly unique,” Buford said. The Spurs lead the Dallas Mavericks 1-0 in their best-of-seven series, with Game 2 on Wednesday night in San Antonio. “He’s a gentleman,” Spurs swingman Marco Belinelli said. “Everybody knows that he’s the best coach in the league. So to say that is not really important. But maybe some people, they don’t know he’s really a great guy, a great gentleman. He really helps guys, helps each other. He wants to help everybody. Great person.” When Miami topped San Antonio in that classic seven-game series, Popovich’s reaction resonated deeply within some members of the Heat organization.

Instead of showing his disappointment at the final buzzer, Popovich lingered on the court for a few minutes, sharing heartfelt embraces and words with Erik Spoelstra, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James, among others — even smiling as he chatted with them and congratulated them on winning the title. And when told of Popovich’s award Tuesday, James offered high praise to the Spurs’ coach. “Not surprised,” James said. “It’s well-awarded. I have the utmost respect for Gregg Popovich, man. Not only what he’s been able to do for that team, but him just being able to always keep those guys motivated and always keep their best interests. ... From the outside looking in, it seems that he has their best interests and all he cares about is the team’s success and nothing else matters. That’s big-time.”

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Scoreboard basketball NBA Playoffs FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) Tuesday, April 22 Indiana 101, Atlanta 85, series tied 1-1 Toronto 100, Brooklyn 95, series tied 1-1 Washington 101, Chicago 99, OT, Washington leads series 2-0 Wednesday, April 23 Charlotte at Miami, 3 p.m. Dallas at San Antonio, 4 p.m. Portland at Houston, 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 24 Indiana at Atlanta, 3 p.m. Oklahoma City at Memphis, 4 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Golden State, 6:30 p.m. All Times ADT

hockey NHL Playoffs FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) Tuesday, April 22 Montreal 4, Tampa Bay 3, Montreal wins series 4-0 Boston 3, Detroit 0, Boston leads series 2-1 N.Y. Rangers 4, Philadelphia 1, N.Y. Rangers leads series 2-1 San Jose 4, Los Angeles 3, OT, San Jose leads series 3-0 Wednesday, April 23 Pittsburgh at Columbus, 3 p.m. Anaheim at Dallas, 4 p.m. St. Louis at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 24 Boston at Detroit, 4 p.m. Colorado at Minnesota, 5:30 p.m. San Jose at Los Angeles, 6:30 p.m. All Times ADT

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East Division W New York 12 Toronto 11 Tampa Bay 10 Baltimore 9 Boston 9 Central Division Detroit 10 Kansas City 10 Chicago 10 Minnesota 9 Cleveland 9 West Division Oakland 13 Texas 13 Los Angeles 10 Seattle 7 Houston 7

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Tuesday’s Games Kansas City 8, Cleveland 2 L.A. Angels 7, Washington 2 Toronto 9, Baltimore 3 Detroit 8, Chicago White Sox 6 Tampa Bay 7, Minnesota 3 N.Y. Yankees 9, Boston 3 Texas 5, Oakland 4 Houston 5, Seattle 2 Wednesday’s Games

Texas (M.Perez 3-0) at Oakland (Gray 3-0), 11:35 a.m. Houston (Cosart 1-2) at Seattle (C.Young 0-0), 11:40 a.m. Kansas City (Vargas 2-0) at Cleveland (Masterson 0-0), 3:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Weaver 1-2) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 3-1), 3:05 p.m. Baltimore (Tillman 2-1) at Toronto (McGowan 1-1), 3:07 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Rienzo 0-0) at Detroit (Smyly 1-1), 3:08 p.m. Minnesota (Pelfrey 0-2) at Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 1-2), 3:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 2-1) at Boston (Lackey 2-2), 3:10 p.m.

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East Division W Atlanta 13 Washington 11 New York 10 Philadelphia 10 Miami 10 Central Division Milwaukee 15 St. Louis 12 Cincinnati 9 Pittsburgh 9 Chicago 7 West Division Los Angeles 12 Colorado 12 San Francisco 11 San Diego 10 Arizona 5

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Tuesday’s Games Cincinnati 4, Pittsburgh 1 L.A. Angels 7, Washington 2 Miami 1, Atlanta 0 St. Louis 3, N.Y. Mets 0 Chicago Cubs 9, Arizona 2 San Diego 2, Milwaukee 1, 12 innings Colorado 2, San Francisco 1 Philadelphia 3, L.A. Dodgers 2, 10 innings Wednesday’s Games Miami (Eovaldi 1-1) at Atlanta (Harang 3-1), 8:10 a.m. Arizona (Miley 2-2) at Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 0-2), 10:20 a.m. San Francisco (M.Cain 0-3) at Colorado (Chatwood 1-0), 11:10 a.m. Cincinnati (Simon 2-1) at Pittsburgh (Morton 0-2), 3:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Weaver 1-2) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 3-1), 3:05 p.m. St. Louis (Wacha 2-1) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 0-2), 3:10 p.m. San Diego (T.Ross 2-2) at Milwaukee (Lohse 3-1), 4:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Hamels 0-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 3-0), 6:10 p.m. All Times ADT Royals 8, Indians 2 KC Cle.

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M.Gonzalez, McFarland (6), R.Webb (7), Meek (8), Stinson (8) and Clevenger; Dickey, Wagner (7), Cecil (7), Delabar (8), Rogers (9) and Thole. WСDelabar 2-0. LСMeek 0-1. HRsСBaltimore, N.Cruz (4). Toronto, Encarnacion (1), Lawrie (4), Me.Cabrera (5). Tigers 8, White Sox 6 Chi. Det.

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Leesman, Putnam (3), Downs (5), D.Webb (7), Cleto (8) and Flowers, Nieto; Verlander, Alburquerque (8), Coke (9), Chamberlain (9) and Avila. WСVerlander 3-1. LСLeesman 0-1. SvСChamberlain (1). HRsСChicago, J.Abreu (6), A.Dunn (4). Detroit, Mi.Cabrera (2). Yankees 9, Red Sox 3 NY 202 040 010—9 15 0 Bos. 000 200 001—3 9 2 Tanaka, Betances (8) and McCann; Lester, Capuano (5), Mujica (8), Tazawa (9) and Pierzynski. WСTanaka 3-0. LСLester 2-3. HRsСNew York, Beltran (5). Boston, D.Ortiz (4), Napoli (5). Rays 7, Twins 3 Min. TB

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Gibson, Deduno (4), Burton (8) and K.Suzuki; Price and J.Molina. WСPrice 3-1. LСGibson 3-1. HRsСMinnesota, Dozier (6), Colabello (2). Rangers 5, Athletics 4

Cardinals 3, Mets 0 S.L. 000 200 0 01—3 10 0 N.Y. 000 000 000—0 4 1 Wainwright, Siegrist (8), Rosenthal (9) and Y.Molina; Gee, Germen (7), Valverde (9) and d’Arnaud. W_Wainwright 4-1. L_ Gee 1-1. Sv_Rosenthal (6). Marlins 1, Braves 0 Mia. 000 100 000—1 4 1 Atl. 000 000 000—0 3 0 Fernandez, Cishek (9) and Saltalamacchia; A.Wood, D.Carpenter (9) and Gattis. W_Fernandez 3-1. L_A.Wood 2-3. Sv_Cishek (4). Cubs 9, D-Backs 2 Ari. 000 001 001—2 6 1 Chi. 001 040 04x—9 11 0 McCarthy, Delgado (6), Putz (8), Thatcher (8) and Gosewisch; Hammel, Grimm (8), B.Parker (9) and Jo.Baker. W_Hammel 3-1. L_McCarthy 0-4. HRs_Arizona, Gosewisch (1). Chicago, Olt (4). Padres 2, Brewers 1 S.D. 000 010 000 0 01—2 7 2 Mil. 000 010 000 0 00—1 7 0 (12 innings) Kennedy, Vincent (7), Benoit (8), Thayer (9), Roach (10), Street (12) and Grandal; Gallardo, Duke (8), Henderson (9), Figaro (10) and Lucroy. W_Roach 1-0. L_Figaro 0-1. Sv_Street (7). HRs_San Diego, Headley (2). Milwaukee, Gennett (1). Rockies 2, Giants 1

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N.Martinez, Poreda (6), Tolleson (7), Figueroa (8), Ogando (8), Soria (9) and Chirinos; Milone, Cook (7), Abad (8), Gregerson (9) and Jaso, D.Norris. W_Ogando 1-1. L_Gregerson 0-1. Sv_Soria (5).

Bumgarner and Posey; Morales, Ottavino (8), Brothers (8), Hawkins (9) and Rosario. W_Morales 2-1. L_Bumgarner 2-2. Sv_Hawkins (6). HRs_San Francisco, Pence (2). Colorado, Tulowitzki (3), Arenado (4).

Astros 5, Mariners 2 Hou. 210 000 110—5 10 1 Sea. 000 000 200—2 5 1 McHugh, Valdes (7), Bass (7), Fields (9) and J.Castro; E.Ramirez, Leone (7), Farquhar (8), Medina (9) and Zunino. W_McHugh 1-0. L_E.Ramirez 1-3. Sv_Fields (2). HRs_Houston, J.Castro (4), Carter (1), M.Dominguez (4). Seattle, Smoak (3). Angels 7, Nationals 2 LA 400 020 010—7 9 0 Was. 002 000 000—2 3 2 Skaggs, Kohn (8), Jepsen (9) and Iannetta; Jordan, Stammen (6), Blevins (8), Barrett (9) and Leon. WСSkaggs 2-0. LСJordan 0-3. HRs Los Angeles, Pujols 2 (8). Reds 4, Pirates 1 Cin. 000 000 211—4 10 1 Pit. 000 000 001—1 3 0 Cueto and B.Pena; Volquez, Watson (8), Pimentel (8) and R.Martin. W_Cueto 2-2. L_Volquez 1-1. HRs_Pittsburgh, A.McCutchen (3).

Phillies 3, Dodgers 2 Phi. 000 020 000 1—3 11 0 L.A. 000 010 100 0—2 8 2 (10 innings) A.Burnett, Diekman (7), Mi.Adams (8), Bastardo (9), Papelbon (10) and Ruiz; Ryu, Withrow (7), B.Wilson (8), Jansen (9), Howell (10) and Federowicz. W_Bastardo 3-1. L_Howell 1-2. Sv_Papelbon (6).

Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB Suspended Milwaukee C Martin Maldanado five games, Milwaukee OF Carlos Gomez three games, Pittsburgh OF Travis Snider two games and Pittsburgh C Russell Martin one game for their involvement in a brawl during an April 20 game. American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES Recalled LHP T.J. MacFarland from Norfolk (IL). Designated UTL Steve

Pearce for assignment. CHICAGO WHITE SOX Placed LHP Chris Sale on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 18. Recalled LHP Charlie Leesman from Charlotte (IL). Assigned RHP Frank Francisco to Charlotte. NEW YORK YANKEES Reinstated RHP David Robertson from the 15-day DL. Sent LHP Cesar Cabral outright to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). TAMPA BAY RAYS Activated RHP Juan Carlos Oviedo from the 15day DL. TEXAS RANGERS Recalled RHP Nick Martinez from Frisco (Texas). Designated RHP Hector Noesi for assignment. TORONTO BLUE JAYS Claimed OF Darin Mastroianni off waivers from Minnesota and optioned him to Buffalo (IL). Designated OF Kenny Wilson for assignment. National League SAN DIEGO PADRES Acquired INF Tyler Greene from Atlanta for a player to be named, and assigned Greene to El Paso (PCL). SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Placed LHP David Huff on the 15day DL. Recalled OF Juan Perez from Fresno (PCL). WASHINGTON NATIONALS Recalled RHP Aaron Barrett from Syracuse (IL). Optioned LHP Xavier Cedeno to Syracuse. FOOTBALL National Football League BALTIMORE RAVENS Placed LB Rolando McClain on the reserveretired list. BUFFALO BILLS Re-signed WR Chris Hogan, OL Antoine McClain and FB Frank Summers. GREEN BAY PACKERS Resigned QB Matt Flynn. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS LB Russell Allen announced his retirement. PITTSBURGH STEELERS Exercised their 2015 option on DE Cam Heyward. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS Waived FB Alex Debniak. HOCKEY National Hockey League MINNESOTA WILD Recalled F Raphael Bussieres, F Jake Dowell, F Tyler Graovac, F Carson McMillan, F Zack Phillips, D Steven Kampfer, D Jon Landry and G Johan Gustafsson from the Iowa (AHL). MOTORSPORTS INDYCAR Placed driver Helio Castroneves on probation through June for violating the series’ social media policy. COLLEGE CLEMSON Announced junior F K.J. McDaniels will enter the NBA draft. FLORIDA Announced the retirement of golf coach Buddy Alexander. HIGH POINT Named Dan Hauser athletic director and Katie Taber women’s assistant soccer coach. KENTUCKY Announced freshman F Julius Randle will enter the NBA draft. TENNESSEE Named Donnie Tyndall men’s basketball coach.

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over 19 1-3 innings in his three other starts this year.

RANGERS 5, ATHLETICS 4

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Michael Choice singled in the goahead run in the ninth inning and Texas rallied to defeat Oakland. Josh Wilson doubled to drive in the tying run just ahead of Choice, who began his career with the A’s. Alexi Ogando (1-1) recorded YANKEES 9, RED SOX 3 one out in the eighth to pick up the win. Joakim Soria pitched the BOSTON (AP) — Jacoby Ells- ninth for his fifth save. bury doubled, tripled, drove in two runs and made a sliding catch in his return to Fenway Park, helping ASTROS 5, MARINERS 2 the New York Yankees and MasaSEATTLE (AP) — Collin hiro Tanaka beat the Boston Red McHugh struck out a career-high Sox Tuesday night. Ellsbury received a mixed re- 12 in his season debut, and Jason ception in his first game at Fenway Castro, Chris Carter and Matt since leaving the Red Sox to sign a Dominguez homered to propel $153 million, seven-year contract Houston past Seattle. McHugh (1-0) was called up with the Yankees. Tanaka (3-0) allowed two runs from Triple-A Oklahoma City for on seven hits in 7 1-3 innings with the start and struck out the first seven strikeouts and no walks. His three batters to set the tone for his 35 strikeouts in his first four major first win in 10 career starts. The league starts set a team record and right-hander didn’t walk a batter, he’s walked just two batters in 29 giving up three hits in 6 2-3 shutout innings. 1-3 innings. Josh Fields pitched the ninth for his second save. The Astros TIGERS 8, WHITE SOX 6 have won six straight against the Mariners. DETROIT (AP) — Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run homer, Justin Verlander pitched seven solid inROYALS 8, INDIANS 2 nings and Detroit held on for a vicCLEVELAND (AP) — James tory over Chicago. Cabrera was 4 for 23 on this Shields allowed two runs in six homestand before going 3 for 5 innings and Mike Moustakas hit against the White Sox — including a three-run homer to lead Kansas a homer and a double off Charlie City over Cleveland. Shields (2-2) struck out nine Leesman (0-1), who was called up and won his second straight start. from the minors to start in place of Moustakas’ homer sparked a the injured Chris Sale. Verlander (3-1) had little to wor- four-run fourth that featured five ry about after allowing a first-inning hits. The Royals are 10-0 when homer to Jose Abreu. He allowed scoring at least four runs. Eric Hosmer had four hits, intwo runs and eight hits, striking out cluding an RBI double in the sevseven and walking two. enth.

innings, which matches the longest outing of his career. The left-hander’s only mistake was a hanging slider to Hunter Pence in the fifth. It was Pence’s second homer of the season.

RAYS 7, TWINS 3 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — David Price allowed six hits in his first complete game of the season, David DeJesus drove in three runs, and Tampa beat Minnesota. Price (3-1) struck out 12 in his ninth career complete game. DeJesus stopped an 0-for-24 skid with an RBI single during a three-run first and added a thirdinning two-run single. Kyle Gibson (3-1) gave up seven runs and 10 hits in three-plus innings for Minnesota. The righthander had given up just two runs

BLUE JAYS 9, ORIOLES 3 TORONTO (AP) — Brett Lawrie and Melky Cabrera each hit three-run homers in the eighth inning to power Toronto past Baltimore. Edwin Encarnacion connected for his first homer of the season for Toronto, another three-run drive. Lawrie’s long ball off Evan Meek (0-1) snapped a 3-all tie in front of a sparse crowd of 14,866 at Rogers Centre. Cabrera connected for his fifth of the season off Josh Stinson, putting the Blue Jays in front, 9-3.

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three components to the project and each will have a separate contract. The first is the civil engineering and pre-turf installation work, which includes excavation of the current track and field and drainage system installation. The second phase is the track installation and the final is the field installation. Ostrander said the project is set to be completed before the first scheduled football game. He said price to construct the project hasn’t increased, but the borough received $300,000 less funding than it had hoped. The U.S. Soccer Foundation did not award a $200,000 grant to the project, which the borough had anticipated receiving. Community and fiscal projects manager, Brenda Ahlberg, applies for all grants through the

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process should be interpreted broadly, with the appropriations limitation interpreted narrowly. Upper Cook Inlet setnetters target sockeye salmon for commercial harvest. Their permits also allow to them to target other salmon species, including kings, that swim into the nets. Eliminating setnetters in Cook Inlet would likely result in increased catch for in-river sport fishermen, personal use fishermen, and for the fleet of drift boats targeting sockeye. AFCA members have said they believe that eliminating setnets is necessary to conserve the kings. Alaska Assistant Attorney General Elizabeth Bakalar, who is representing Treadwell in the case, argued that because the ballot initiative would eliminate an entire fishery — Upper Cook Inlet setnetters — and send their catch to others, it was an appropriation. Singer, however, said that while it eliminated a gear type, it did not necessarily allocate them to any other users.

borough. The Kenai turf project, completed last year, received a grant from the foundation for $200,000. Ostrander said he heard the foundation’s grant program has changed since Kenai was awarded the money. However, Krista Washington, marketing and communications coordinator with the foundation said its funding policies haven’t changed. “We do have a very competitive process and we’d love to fund everyone, if we could, but we can’t,” Washington said. Ostrander said the borough was also hoping to receive money from the City of Soldotna and said that is still a potential funding source. Soldotna City Manager Mark Dixson said the council has not appropriated any funds for the project at this time. He said while the issue isn’t on the agenda for Wednesday’s meeting, he intends to discuss it, if time allows. Singer also said that the case was in line with the state’s first fisheries ballot initiative, which eliminated fish traps at the same time Alaska became a state, and other efforts to ban aerial wolf hunting and bear baiting since then. Bakalar said that this case is different, however, because it does not allow a simple change in gear types. Instead, it would allow a majority user — sport and personal use fishers — to allocate fish away from a minority group — setnetters. The state has also said that the voter’s act to ban fish traps would not necessarily standup if it were challenged in court today, and has referred to the decision in the Pullen vs. Ulmer case, in which the court said an initiative giving preferential treatment to one user group was a prohibited appropriation. Bakalar said that eliminating setnetters would infringe on the board’s allocation discretion. The state has also said that it could result in more fish in the river for sport and personal use fishers. AFCA has said that it would simply remove one gear type that could use the fish. Judge Catherine Easter said

‘We do have a very competitive process and we’d love to fund everyone, if we could, but we can’t.’

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— Krista Washington, U.S. Soccer Foundation pany, said there were big benAccording to a memo to the assembly, the maintenance department determined that a total of $165,000 can be utilized from three other school projects and appropriated to the SoHi turf project. The department calls for redirecting $75,000 originally for playground upgrades, $50,000 that was for bleacher replacements and $40,000 left over from intercom system upgrades. Ostrander said the borough was not going to complete the area wide bleacher and playground projects in fiscal year 2014 so those were excess appropriations. Additional funding will be allocated for the projects

if they are of a high enough priority for fiscal year 2015. The intercom system project has been completed as a lower cost than originally anticipated, Ostrander said, so the $40,000 was leftover money from the upgrade. According to the memo, the administration is requesting the remaining $135,000 come from the borough’s general fund. The ordinance is scheduled for a shortened hearing at the May 6 assembly meeting in Soldotna.

at the conclusion of the hearing that she would try to make a written decision in 60 days. If she rules in favor of AFCA, the group would still have to collect about 35,000 signatures and would be targeting the August 2016 ballot. Either side could also appeal her decision to the state Supreme Court. Although the case is focused on Upper Cook Inlet, both sides have cited concerns over the precedent it could set throughout the state. Singer said that if this initiative were found unconstitutional, it could limit the public’s ability to enact direct legislation, an express public right. “If this stands, there’s no room for the public to participate in fish and wildlife management,” he said.

Jerry McCune, president of United Fishermen of Alaska and a member of Resources for All Alaskans, a nonprofit that filed an amicus brief in the case supporting and extending the state’s position, said he was concerned about what it could mean if a ballot initiative could be used to change fisheries allocations and appropriate fish from one user group to another. “What happens here could happen statewide,” he said after the hearing. The initiative itself could also have implications for other fisheries in the future. The initiative’s language uses the Board of Fisheries-designated nonsubsistence areas to define urban, meaning that setnetting would be prohibited in the Anchorage bowl, Matanuska-

Kaylee Osowski can be reached at kaylee.osowski@ peninsulaclarion.com.

efits from the transaction. “BP will be able to focus on maximizing production from Prudhoe Bay and advancing the LNG project,” she said in the statement. BP also expects to submit a development schedule for the Liberty field to the U.S. Bureau of Offshore Energy Management by the end of 2014, the announcement said. BP said it remains committed to its plans for increased investment at Prudhoe Bay, which have resulted from recent oil tax reform by the State of Alaska. The plans include adding two drilling rigs, one in 2015 and a second in 2016, for a total incremental $1 billion investment over five

years. Approximately 250 employees are associated with the assets included in the agreement and the company is committed to providing clarity about their future as soon as possible. The majority of those BP employees at or supporting Milne Point, Endicott and Northstar are expected to be offered positions with Hilcorp with no break in employment, BP said. Together the assets included in the sale represent approximately 19,700 barrels of oil equivalent per day of net production for BP, less than 15 percent of BP’s total net production on the North Slope. The sale, which will be subject to state and federal regulatory approval, is anticipated to be complete by the end of the year. Financial details of the transaction are not being disclosed.

Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion

In this June 28, 2013 file photo, commercial setnet fishers in the Kasilof section of Cook Inlet’s East Side Setnet fishery work on the beach.

Susitna Borough, most of the Kenai Peninsula, Valdez, Fairbanks and Juneau. If other regions were designated as nonsubsistence areas

in the future, such as was considered for Kodiak and Bethel last October but rejected, setnetting would no longer be allowed there, either.

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epending on the season, some tropical fruits, such as mango, kiwifruit and papaya are easily found at the supermarket. But, what about odd-looking, lesser-known fruits such as dragon fruit, kiwano melon, rambutan and pomelo? Sometimes locating those fruits require a trip to an Asian market. And, the more exotic the fruit, the more you’ll likely pay. Although expensive (seven dollars for one dragon fruit and six dollars for the kiwano melon), I was intrigued enough by the novelty of the fruit to lay down the cash and head home for a chance to samaple the flavors and textures of foods I hadn’t eaten before. Depending on

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your budget and sense of adventure, new taste experiences can be hard to come by, but tropical fruits are relatively easy to explore and, in the scheme of things, affordable. So, here’s the lowdown and a

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guide to some of the tropical fruits you might encounter. When shopping for tropical fruit, keep in mind that if your chosen fruit requires further ripening, it should be done at room temperature. Only fully ripened fruit should be refrigerated – and for as brief a time as possible. In terms of color, drama and sheer effect, the beauty of these fruits are not just skin. They are also remarkably good for you. Sue Ade is a syndicated food writer with broad experience and interest in the culinary arts. She has worked and resided in the Lowcountry of South Carolina since 1985 and may be reached at kitchenade@yahoo.com. Photos by Sue Ade unless otherwise noted

Right: The picture, upper left, reveals what’s on the inside of the tropical fruits displayed beneath – a bright orange, spikey kiwano melon, center, surrounded (clockwise) by a papaya, kiwis and mangoes. On the right, the creamy white, black seeded flesh of dragon fruit, bottom right, contrasts brilliantly with the fruit’s bright pink and green skin.

Native to Africa, but grown in this country, Chile, Australia and New Zealand, bizarrelybeautiful kiwano is in the cucumber and melon family, with a flavor that uniquely tastes like both, but just a bit more sour. Profusely seeded, it’s

the jelly-like substance, which surrounds the seeds, that you are after. Most people suck out the flesh and spit out the seeds. (Best done in private.) The texture reminds me of cooked tapioca pearls, and it’s quite pleasant if you like that

sort of thing. No matter your preference, the good looks of the fruit far exceeds whatever hang-up you may have about gelatinous, full-of-seeds fruit that is every bit as bright as glittering lime-green Jell-O.

Dragon fruit slices easily and should be treated like a melon, with its flesh scooped out with a spoon, or cut into cubes or balls. The spectacularly-colored pink and green skin is not easily digested and should not be consumed. Choose dragon fruit that yields slightly to pressure, with skin that is bright and vibrant.

The dragon fruit plant is a kind of cactus grown in Southeast Asia, Mexico, Central and South America, and Israel. Some states in this country are also cultivating the fruit. Pink-skinned, white-fleshed dragon fruit is the mildest of the varieties and the most

plentiful. Red-fleshed dragon fruit is sweeter and yellowskinned dragon fruit is the sweetest of all. The fruit tastes something like a pear, with the crunch of a kiwifruit and the texture of watermelon. I loved it and found it extraordinarily pleasant to eat, espe-

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move. The flesh of a pomelo, which tastes very much like grapefruit, is sweet and juicy and readily breaks into segments. One of the most pleasurable aspects of eating a pomelo lies in its crisp texture. Pomelos are pale green to yellow when ripe and delicious in salads

Native to South Asia, vivid, yellow-fleshed mangoes are a staple in the equatorial regions of the world. They have been cultivated in India, since 2000 B.C. Mangoes, which range in color from greenish-yellow to red-blushed, are highly aromatic. Coming in all sizes, when purchasing a mango, be sure to give it the “sniff” test. Gently press the stem end, and bring it to your nose. Fresh mangoes possess a sweet scent, tight flesh - – and a very large seed (stone). To remove the seed and cut the mango: stand the mango upright on a cutting board. On the flatter side of the mango, slice through the mango, curving your knife around the seed. Repeat on the other end. Place mango on cutting board skin side down. Score the flesh, down to the skin, but not through the skin, in a checkerboard design; for slices only, slice in one direction. Gently push up on the skin and cut the flesh away.

Pomelo Larger than other citrus fruits, pomelos originated in Malaysia and Indonesia. Much of its size comes from its skin, which is loose and easy to re-

Rambutan Native to Indonesia and Malaysia, rambutan is also cultivated in many areas of Southeast Asia. They are small in size, vary in color and look, well, “hairy” – something like a sweet chestnut. Choose rambutan that is somewhat firm to a gentle squeeze, with spikes that do not look dried out. Rambutans hold a slightly almond-flavored seed, which some people eat (I don’t), and when the skin is peeled away, flesh that resembles a large grape. The flavor is similar to a grape, too – not too sweet and not too sour, but with a “gummier” texture. I’ve only seen and eaten bright crimsoncolored rambutan. Rambutans, which grow in clusters, do not ripen further once removed from rambutan trees, so if you are not planning to enjoy them right away, they may be refrigerated for a day or two

cially when sprinkled with a bit of lime juice. Handle dragon fruit like melon, scooped out of its skin with a spoon, cut into cubes or formed into balls with a melon baller. Store ripe dragon fruit in the refrigerator for up to three days.

Ripe kiwano melon, has bright orange spikey skin and brilliant lime-green, gelatinous heavilyseeded flesh. The flavor of a kiwano melon will remind you of a cucumber and a not-too-sweet melon.

after purchase. You can eat a rambutan by cutting the skin horizontally, half way around the fruit. Pry open the fruit and squeeze it until it “pops” out, making sure to catch any juices inside the fruit. Enjoy rambutans as is, or mixed into fruit salads.

Kiwifruit Native to China, kiwifruit is small but powerful and holds more nutritional qualities than papaya, mango or oranges. When purchasing kiwi, select those that yield to gentle pressure, avoiding those that are soft, bruised or have shriveled skin. If kiwis do not yield to pressure, they can be left to ripen for a few days at room temperature, away from sunlight. Ripe kiwi can be stored either at room temperature or in the refrigerator for several days. Kiwi may be cut in half and the flesh scooped out with a spoon, or peeled with a paring knife and sliced. (Although many people do not like the “fuzzy” skin of kiwi, even when the fuzz is brushed off, the skin is edible.) With its translucent emerald-green sweet flesh that tastes, to some, something like a strawberry with crunchy black seeds, kiwi makes an attractive addition

Clockwise, from upper left, are mango, rambutan, pomelo, kiwifruit and papaya tropical fruits.

to many kinds of dishes. Because kiwi becomes soft after it is cut, and acts as a tenderizer for foods with which they are mixed, kiwi should not be cut until you are ready to use them.

Papaya Due to the popularity of papayas, they have become more available in recent years. Originally from southern Mexico and the Central and northern South regions of the Americas, papaya is now grown in most tropical areas. The flesh of a papaya is a rich orange color (think salmon), with either C

yellow or pink tones. Papayas have a soft, buttery consistency and mild, sweet floral taste. Although somewhat bitter, with a peppery flavor, papaya seeds, which are enclosed in a gelatinous-like substance, are edible. Papayas with a reddishorange skin that yield to gentle pressure, are ready to eat. If your papaya is mostly green with a few splotches of yellow color, it will need a few more days to ripen, at room temperature. Avoid papayas that are totally green and hard, as well as those that are overly soft or bruised. Once fully ripened, store papaya in the refrigerator for up to two days. To eat

papaya, slice lengthwise, scoop out the seeds at eat like a melon, cut into pieces, shaped into balls with a melon baller or sliced into wedges. (Papaya is good sprinkled with lemon or lime juice.) Blended with strawberries, bananas and yogurt, papaya is frequently used to make smoothies and cold soups. Papaya contains an enzyme that tenderizes meat and is, therefore, useful in homemade marinades. (To use papaya is a marinade, purée it first.) Keep in mind, however, that the same enzyme that can tenderize meat will prevent gelatin from setting, so don’t use papaya in congealed dishes.

B-2 Peninsula Clarion, Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Grannie Annie is the author of Grannie Annie Cookbook series, featuring Alaskan recipes and stories

About things in the past I have had many e-mails and conversations with people who read this column. Most of them I can repeat and some I cannot! From my sister, Ginger: “When I think of Mom’s garden on the farm I remember how hard she worked to produce all sorts of vegetables for the family meals, including canning just about everything for the wintertime supper. That included bushels and bushels of sweet corn that she had Dad bring in, right from the field, early in the morning. We would have all the corn on the cob we could eat and still had plenty later from the corn she cut off the cob for canning. I love the memories of Moms flower gardens. She had a formal Iris garden that was laid out in exact spaced rows and had a grid of Iris planted in the big square. A favorite was the grape Iris that, no kidding, smelled like Concorde grape juice and was this amazing purple color. I do remember that Mom and her sister, Ruth, sometimes called Iris by the name of “flags.” And hollyhocks ˆ big tall, multicolored plants that put on quite a show. She taught us how to make the hollyhocks ladies, using the big blossom as a full skirt. Later on she had all sorts of flowers at the other house after they moved off the farm, including the tallest, finest, delphiniums that were so dense they made a beautiful wall for the edge of her patio. When Gail came to Colorado from Alaska for a visit that year, she stayed with her and they planted

of living with Alzheimer’s, she still loved flowers. People who came to visit her would bring all sorts of potted plants that Mom would enjoy. When they quit blooming, she’d find a place in our garden to plant them. After all these years I still have an amazing variety of her chrysanthemums that she planted, that have come back every year to remind me of a very special Mom.” Thank You Ginger - a nice tribute to Mom with Mothers Day right around the corner. a vegetable garden. Mom never Don’t forget your Mom!! failed to mention that the okra that was growing, was Gail’s And from Cousin Jim Nelidea, as she never cared for it. son In Salina, Kansas: “Your During my visit one Sun- letter about wash day brought day, I recall Mom rushing into back so many memories. We the house, down the hall to the lived in a little stone house just bathroom and dashing back east of Westfall. There was a outside with an entire bag of wash house in the yard with a cotton balls clasped her hand. stove that my mother heated Of course we all had to fol- the water with. Her first washer, low to see what the commotion that I remember was a wooden was about. We found her on tub with a lever on the side that her hands and knees making a she would pull up and back. In new dry bed for a family of tiny the summertime we had a faubaby cottontail rabbits that she cet in the yard for water from had accidentally flooded out of a tank. During cold weather their nest while watering her that was shut off and we had to flowers. carry all the water from a well I love flowers but don’t have some distance from the house. the magic touch of getting them When my sister, Doris was to grow like Mom. I know that married, her husband, Thomas her granddaughter Susan, in brought mother a washing maAlaska has the magic touch as chine with an engine. Oh, what evidence by the amazing explo- a relief for her once she could sion of color in the Fireweed get the engine started! Well, we Greenhouse. Her grand daugh- have come a long way!” ter, Gail has the same farmer, green thumb, touch. Cousin Jim talking about my dad and his brothers Evan, When Mom came to Boul- Guy, John (my Dad) and Lesder, (Colorado) to stay with me ter:: They were a famous at the beginning of her journey bunch, goodhearted, and would Grannie Annie

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

do anything for anyone. All of them worked for the neighbors with no complaints. They grew up knowing how to do everything. I have good memories of each one of them, since they lived just a mile away across the pastures, we were back and forth all the time. Aunt Hattie (Ann’s grandmother McClure) was a saint. She would load up all the children in that old model “T” with the top folded back and come into Westfall every Sunday. She would unload the kids and head for the basement to teach a children’s class. In later years aunt Hattie had lost most of her sight due to diabetes and could not read the letters from her sons Guy, Evan and Lester,who were in the military during World War II. (My Dad John was exempt from the Draft because his farm produced food for the war effort) Grandma Twibell (Ann’s great Grandmother) who lived just two doors down would come each day and read the letters to Hattie. My (Jims) sister Lola helped out a lot with the personal care of grandpa McClure who had broken his hip. Lola was crippled but strong

and willing to do that kind of work. James Nelson prints a Spanish Magazine each month, printing off thousands of sheets of paper. He also mails and emails this and other information for missionaries in Mexico and other South American countries. He spend days translating material from English to Spanish for the monthly magazine. It keeps him very busy but very glad to have something to do Jim is in his late 80’s. Thank you for all your work Jim! And this note from a good friend: This article touches so amazingly, my days on the farm. We only had coal for the very coldest of days in winter. Wood was to plentiful and cheap. The coal was added to the wood so it would burn longer. This reminds me of bath day. Usually Saturday night so you would be clean for Sunday church. A big round galvanized water tub in front of the wood stove to which boiling water from the stove to start with and then cold water was added. After each kid, more boiling water was added and the last kid got the dirty grey water. I don’t think I will ever forget that! But

the homemade brown lye soap got us clean regardless! After we kids were in bed, Ma and Pa took their baths in fresh water. Those were hard days but good days and many memories. This note from a new friend: Her Mom still irons table clothes and insists that they use her pretty dishes to serve food in and never allowed them to serve from a pot that they cooked in! Her favorite job as a child was folding cloth napkins in fancy designs for Easter and making haystack cookies that looked like nests. Her Mom would buy Easter colored Peanut M&M’s to use as eggs in the nests. Her Dad would always eat a couple of eggs out of each nest and say “Well, look at that! They must have hatched and flown off last night!” Thank you for your kind thoughts, comments and words of encouragement. They keep me digging deeper into my past memories. Keep the lest fortunate and those suffering from various diseases in your prayers. And Thank God for getting you up this morning!

HAWAIIAN GINGER CHICKEN SALAD This can be doubled. Serves 4 1/2 cup pineapple tidbits, cut each into fourths 1 Tblsp finely chopped red onion 1 Tbps finely chopped green pepper 1/2 cup finely diced celery 2 cups cooked chicken diced Garlic salt to taste Pepper to taste 2 heaping Tbps mayonnaise (I like to use the one made with olive oil-but you also can use Miracle Whip) 1 Tbsp buttermilk or sour cream 1 to 2 tsp grated fresh ginger

Juice of a small lime Pinch of cayenne pepper Mix Mayonnaise, buttermilk. lime juice, cayenne and set aside. Prepare the pineapple and vegetables, mix with the chicken and salt and pepper. Fold in dressing and add: 1/2 cup cashews - pecans work Fold in, cover and chill for at least 4 hours. Serve as a salad on a bed of lettuce, with toast or crackers. Or make a sandwich. Be sure and use fresh ginger. Freeze ginger when not using, and grate frozen - no strings! ENJOY!

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.

Peninsula Clarion, Wednesday, April 23, 2014

DOWN ON THE FARM BEEF (MOOSE) STEW 2 tblsp oil 3 to 4 pounds of stew meat - beef or moose - cubed in one inch cubes 3 cloves of garlic minced 1 cup celery chopped 4 medium onions sliced-2 large onions 1 can diced tomatoes 1 tblsp garlic salt 1/2 teas. dry thyme (op) Pepper to your taste 3 1/4 cups water - divided 1 cup peas - (op) 6 carrots, peeled and sliced 6 potatoes-large cubes 1/2 cup flour

Place meat in large saucepan with oil heated to medium. Brown the meat. Add onions, garlic, celery,tomatoes, thyme,garlic salt and pepper and then add 2 1/2 cups water. Being to boil and reduce heat simmer 2 hours covered. Add remaining potatoes, carrots and simmer another hour. Stir flour and remaining water until not lumpy and stir into the stew. Simmer 5 to 10 minutes. Serve with homemade sourdough bread. Or try the Potato Rolls-they go great with this stew!

Potato Rolls Rolls are light and airy - with a great taste! Set oven at 450° 1/2 cup instant potato flakes 1 tea sugar 2 Tblsp soft butter 1/2 cup hot water 1/3 cup cold water 2 cups biscuit mix Stir potatoes flakes, sugar and butter with hot water. Stir in cold water and biscuit mix.

Smooth dough into a ball on a floured board. Knead 10 to12 times. Roll out to a 10” x 6” rectangle. Cut into 12 squares.(I use the well oiled pizza cutter.) Arrange on a ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 450% for about 10 minutes, until tops are golden. You may use your round biscuit cutter also. Making them into squares does not leave any dough to be re-rolled. Fast, quick, tasty!!

SHIITAKE MUSHROOM CHICKEN Make a marinade of: 1 tblsp each of soy sauce, Mirin - a Japanese sweet rice wine, cornstarch and grated ginger. Mix well and add: 3 pounds of boneless chicken cut in 2 inch pieces. Let stand in marinade for 30 minutes. Remove and reserve the liquid. Remove the stems from 8 to 10 dried whole shiitake mushrooms that have been softened in water (reserve the liquid) and cut the caps in half. Set aside. Heat 1 tblsp oil and fry chicken until browned. Pour off oil and add enough water to cover.

Bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer chicken for 10 minutes. Pan-fry mushrooms in 1 tlbsp oil. Season with small amount of salt and a tblsp of the mushroom liquid. Cook about 4 to 5 minutes. Add one can bamboo shoots, rinsed and sliced and the mushrooms to chicken. Cover and cook until chicken is tender 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in: 1 teaspoon cornstarch mixed with 1 teaspoon water into the hot chicken mixture. Stir and cook until thick. Adjust salt and serve with rice or noodles. Garnish with parsley. Added ingredients could be sliced onions and celery.

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Maine baby lobster decline By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press

YARMOUTH, Maine — The number of baby lobsters settling off the rocky coast of Maine continues to steadily decline — possibly foreshadowing an end to the recent record catches that have boosted New England’s lobster fishery, scientists say. A University of Maine survey of 11 Gulf of Maine locations indicates that young lobsters have declined by more than half of their 2007 levels — significant since lobsters typically take about eight years to reach the legal harvesting size. The downward trend has lobstermen, retailers, state officials, and ocean scientists concerned that the impact could soon be felt on dinner tables nationwide. Maine lobsters were 85 percent of the nation’s lobster catch in 2012. Warmer ocean temperatures, pollution, atmospheric conditions and changes in predation and availability of food could all be to blame, say scientists, state officials and industry leaders. Lobsters are very sensitive to even subtle changes in temperature, scientists say. Maine Department of Marine Resources officials say the decline does not appear to be the product of overfishing as some environmental groups contend. The last three years have brought record hauls to Maine’s lobster industry, more than 350 million pounds — by far the most for any three-year period according to state data that go back to 1880. The value of the catch has topped $1 billion for the first time. Larger catches generally follow high levels years earlier of baby lobster settlement — the process in which young lobsters reach the ocean floor and grow.

The boom in lobster catches in recent years follows a trend of heavy lobster settlement in the mid-2000s, university scientists say. But that pace might not be sustainable, says Carl Wilson, the state’s lobster biologist. “It’s our first indicator that things might be changing in the future,” Wilson said. “Low settlement, it’s thought, in the future will lead to lower landings.” Maine lobsters’ eggs hatch in the early summer and larvae swim freely about six to eight weeks before settling at the ocean bottom as inch-long post-larvae. Divers for the University of Maine have been tracking their settlement rates since the late 1980s. The American Lobster Settlement Index tracks 13 settlement areas, 11 of which are in the Gulf of Maine, two in Canada and three in Massachusetts. All show decline, scientists said. Scientists also track young lobsters farther away, off Rhode Island and Buzzards Bay, Mass., but saw slight upticks in numbers there last year. The first-year lobsters could be thinning out for a variety of reasons, said Rick Wahle, the settlement index’s founder and a marine ecologist with the university. One possibility is rising ocean temperature, as the Gulf of Maine’s temperature began rising more quickly in 2004, he said. Gulf of Maine surface temperatures have increased by an average of .026 degrees Celsius each year since 1982, but after 2004, the pace of warming increased to .26 C per year, according to a 2013 report by the Oceanography Society. Some of the most lobsterrich areas have seen a dramatic decline, including midcoast Maine, which dropped from

about two-and-half first-year lobsters per square meter in 2011 to just above zero in 2013, data shows. Midcoast Maine’s settlement level was close to two baby lobsters per square meter in 2004 and 2005 and about one in 2006, the years in which lobsters now being caught were likely settling. The temperature at the bottom of the Gulf of Maine rose from just above 7 C to about 8.5 C in that time. The higher temperatures could cause lobsters to migrate north, a trend also suggested by higher settlements being seen in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence in Canada, Wahle said. The temperature change could also increase predation from fish following the warm waters north, he said. Fewer baby lobsters are unlikely to directly translate into a drop in lobster catch, as market forces and laws governing lobster catch limits also play a role, Wahle said. But the university’s data suggest a dropoff in landings could come in 2016, possibly earlier, he said. The findings come as some scientists and fishermen are concerned that Maine’s lobster industry bubble could burst after years of record catches. “It’s telling a story of gradually — and more recently rapidly — declining settlement in the Gulf of Maine on a widespread basis,” Wahle said. “This is what’s raising lots of concern.” Maine has about 4,500 active lobstermen and 2 million lobster traps in the water, Wilson said. Retailers are monitoring the downward trend among baby lobster settlement, said Pete McAleney, a past president of the Maine Import Export Lobster Dealer’s Association. He acknowledged the cyclical nature of settlement and catch.

B-4 Peninsula Clarion, Wednesday, April 23, 2014

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Manufactured Mobile Homes WINTER IN MESA ARIZONA. Why pay rent when you can own a 3-bedroom home in a 5 star gated retirement park. Priced to sell at $27,000. Includes major appliances, air conditioning & much more. For more information please call (505)321-3250

New Carpet, 2-bedroom, 1-bath, Bonus room, 5-Star Energy, Stainless Steel appliances, washer/dryer stays with full-price offer, Convenient between Kenai & Soldotna, Vaulted ceiling. Must See. (907)252-7733 $155,000.

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BRAND NEW HOME Nikiski 3-bedroom, 2-bath, 2-car garage. Refrigerator, dishwasher, & range Wooded lot. $1,500/ month plus utilities. (907)776-5276

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

Retail/Commercial Space PRIME KENAI RETAIL/ OFFICE SPACE 1,832SqFt to 20,000SqFt. Rates start @ $.50SqFt. Call Carr Gottstein Properties, (907)564-2424 or visit www.carrgottstein.com

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Homes 3-BEDROOM HOUSE Furnished, Seasonal 4370 Eagle Rock Drive Kenai Spur (907)469-0665 HOME Soldotna, 3-bedroom, 2-bath, washer/dryer, dishwasher, shed. $1,125. plus utilities, Security deposit. No pets/smoking. (907)741-0881 (907)242-9551. KENAI 3-Bedroom, 3-bath, appliances. washer/dryer. No pets/ smoking. $1,400. plus utilities. (907)398-1303 SMALL 2-BEDROOM House with ocean View, $600/ per month, plus utilities. Available 5/2/14 Mile 118 Clam Gulch. (907)260-2092

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of complete turnkey Welding Shop: Quality Marine, Kodiak, Alaska . Entire Business Liquidation to be sold as one lot Monday, April 28 @ 10am at Alaska Auction Co. 1227 E. 75th Ave., Anchorage, Alaska. Preview in Kodiak by appointment only. (907)349-7078. AlaskaAuction.com

The City of Kenai will be flushing hydrants this spring in order to comply with State and Federal Regulations. If you see color in your water you may run your tap until the water clears. The color is normal and not a health hazard. PUBLISHED: 4/23, 5/8, 14, 21, 29,2014

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50th Year F150 Anniversary truck Clean white F150 long bed, with bed liner. Automatic with power. 20mpg to Anchorage. 4 x 4 works great. Showing light wear, tires fair. About 204,000 on synthetic oil, no oil burning. Tow hooks, block heater. Starts and runs good in cold weather. New aluminum tool box, tow hitch. Small powerful 4.6 Triton V-8. Call Rick, 907-394-8858. $5,500. Will consider small part trade?

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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: MARK D WAGNER

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You are hereby notified that a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage was filed in this court by MARK D WAGNER on 03/11/2014. The petition states that an incompatibility of temperament has caused the irremediable breakdown of your marriage and that your whereabouts are unknown. You must make your whereabouts know to the court at this address:

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 PUBLISH: 4/2, 9, 16, 23, 2014

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The Ninilchik Traditional Council's HUD Program is seeking a General Contractor w/residential endorsement for a Mod/Rehab in Ninilchik. Indian Preference applies. Contractor must pay Tribal Wage Rate, must obtain proposal packet, do an on-site visit, and attend the Mandatory Pre-Bid Conference. Partial scope of work consists of fuel oil heater installation, water-testing & water treatment system installation, vinyl siding, generator wired into home, etc. See full scope of work in Bid Packet. Bid opens April 22, 2014 @ 9am and closes May 21, 2014 @ 5pm. Please contact Diane Pherson, Procurement Officer for a bid packet @ (907) 567-3313. PUBLISHED: 4/22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 2014 1696/561

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U-Haul Center of Soldotna will turn over household goods to Alaska Auction Company for public auction held on May 9, 2014 . View rooms for this sale after May 1, 2014 at http://www.alaskaauction.com. The goods in the occupant's leased space shall be sold to satisfy U-Haul's l ien. Lisa Lama Unit 1005 Rhrett Jackson Unit 1321 Madison Square Unit 2009 Stephen Roberts Unit 2212 Rita Lindsey Unit 2302 Frances Sipple Unit 3703 Adriana Raigosa Unit 6227 PUBLISHED: 4/23, 25, 2014

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Notice to Consumers The State of Alaska requires construction companies to be licensed, bonded and insured before submitting bids, performing work, or advertising as a construction contractor in accordance with AS 08..18.011, 08.18.071, 08.18.101, and 08.15.051. All advertisements as a construction contractor require the current registration number as issued by the Division of Occupational Licensing to appear in the advertisement. CONSUMERS MAY VERIFY REGISTRATION OF A CONTRACTOR . Contact the AK Department of Labor and Workforce Development at 907-269-4925 or The AK Division of Occupational Licensing in Juneau at 907-4653035 or at www.dced.state.ak.us/acc/home.htm

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Married couple’s sex life has become all about the numbers DEAR ABBY: I have been married to a wonderful man for 30 years. Our marriage may not be perfect, but it’s quite good. My dilemma is this: My husband keeps track of every time we have sex and has a personal goal of 100 times a year. In 2013, he informed me that we’d had sex only 76 times, and that was not adequate for him. He was quite upset about it. Do you think tracking your sex life is normal, and what do you think about a couple married for 30-plus years having sex 76 times in a year? Is that normal? Also, keep in mind that he travels for business and is gone about 60 days a year. — PRESSURED DEAR PRESSURED: Your husband sounds like a college student who is striving to get 100 notches on his belt. Rather than obsess about the number of times you have had sex, the quality of the experience should be more important. Fifty GREAT

times a year would be better than 100 so-so times, one would think. And no, I do not think your husband’s preoccupation is “normal” — whatever normal is these days. DEAR ABBY: After six years of unsuccessful Abigail Van Buren fertility work, my husband and I were forced to give up. Last summer his sister offered to be a surrogate for us, and we’ll use a donor egg since I have none. We have told only a few people. We’re having an embryo transfer next week and thought we’d wait until after the first trimester to “announce.” But what is the proper way to do it when it’s not actually I who is expecting? And is there etiquette for having a baby shower in this situation?

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Hints from Heloise HHHH You might be far from where you want to be. Your anger could emerge from out of the blue and cause a problem. Understand your limits. Know what you want to happen. Encourage someone to create more of what he or she feels is important. Tonight: Head home and relax. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHYou are in the moment, and you know what to do. A call that heads your way could allow greater giveand-take. You have a strong drive, and you’ll need to fulfill certain projects and errands in a timely manner. Clear out as much as you can. Tonight: Time for fun. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHHBemoreforthrightaboutwhat your desire. Rest assured that there are many ways to get past a minor roadblock. You could push someone beyond his or her natural limits when it comes to finding the right solution. Know that the outcome will be favorable. Tonight: Your treat. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHListentoyoursixthsensewhen you see a disagreement arise. Strive to stay neutral, as you are likely to hit a lot of problems. Recognize a deficiency for what it is. Understand that you must accept this issue. Tonight: Don’t even think about trying to change someone else. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHHKeepreachingouttosomeone who understands you. Once you discuss a potential change, you will feel renewed and more decisive. You might want to rethink your goals, as they also could be changing. Tonight: Don’t worry about a difficult person and/or an unreturned call.

Microwave has standing orders Dear Heloise: Whenever I heat up a frozen meal in the microwave, one of the last directions is to allow the food to “stand in the microwave” for a few minutes before removing. Why is this? — Ellen L. in Illinois Standing time means that the food is really still cooking a little longer. In a microwave, even when you turn it off or it stops, those little “waves” are still bouncing around! By letting the food “stand,” it finishes the cooking. Also, it’s a safety measure, especially with liquids. It’s called superheating, and putting a spoon or fork in the dish too soon can cause the liquid to splash. — Heloise Add to soup Dear Heloise: After a party, I had a chunk of cream cheese with hot-pepper jelly left over. I put it into my potato soup. It was really good. It made the soup a little more creamy, and the pepper jelly gave it a little more of a bite. — Amelia S. in California Great hint, and a tasty one at that. Soup is a good way to stretch the food budget and use up what may be left over in the refrigerator. My Heloise’s Spectacular Soups pamphlet is filled with family and friend recipes and hints to save you time in the kitchen. To order one, send $5 and a long, self-addressed, stamped (70 cents) envelope to: Heloise/Soups, P.O. Box 795001, San Antonio, TX 78279-5001. Save cheese rinds in the freezer and add them to soup for extra flavor. — Heloise Softer spread Dear Heloise: I read the hint about spreading peanut butter with the back of a spoon so as not to tear the bread, and I was compelled to write my hint. I put some peanut butter in a small, microwave-safe dish and heat it for several seconds until it becomes soft enough to spread easily. — Elaine G. in California

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By Tom Wilson

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.

2 4 7 9 1 6 5 8 3

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5 1 3 2 8 4 6 7 9

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HHHH You could be searching for new information. If you choose to stay on the same course, how you see a situation could surprise you. You might want to consider an alternative and have a discussion with someone who has more experience. Tonight: Be where there is good music. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Reach out to someone who makes a difference in your life. A family member could have strong opinions about a potential sweetie. You might not want to indulge this person in airing his or her views. The only opinion that matters is yours. Tonight: Where your friends are. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH You could be taken aback by a situation in which someone’s temper gets the better of him or her. It would take a swift interaction to stop what might seem inevitable. You could be exhausted by a strange turn of events. Tonight: Choose a favorite stressbuster. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH You might want to rethink a personal matter that is affecting a serious relationship. A child could act out and cause you to question what is really going on. Stay focused on the issue. Understand that you likely will have to take action. Tonight: All smiles. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHHYou might push someone into saying something you would prefer not to hear. You could be wondering exactly what is next and what needs to come down the pike. Use your charm to calm down what could be a difficult situation. You know your limits. Tonight: Out late. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

By Eugene Sheffer

We’re excited and proud of this opportunity, but it takes a lot of explaining for people to understand and not be judgmental. This is the closest we’ll ever get to experiencing pregnancy, and I want to enjoy it to the fullest. — MODERN MOM-TO-BE IN WASHINGTON DEAR MOM-TO-BE: Congratulations on your pregnancy. Because it takes explaining, I recommend you share the happy news with your family and close friends by telling them in person. That way, you can answer any questions they may have directly. When you want “the world” to know, you may decide to send a mass email or post photos on the Internet. As to having a baby shower — because this is a happy event you are celebrating and you will need things for the baby, I’m sure a friend will want to host one for you. Be sure to include your sister-in-law if she would like to attend.

Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars A baby born today has a Sun in Taurus and a Moon in Aquarius. HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Wednesday, April 23, 2014:This year you open up to strong feelings, which often is not easy to do. Unexpected events and stunning insights point to your perspective changing. You will not be able to look at the same situations in the same way you have in the past. You’ll expand your mind as a result. Travel and/or higher education is likely to open doors for you. If you are single, you will be attracted to someone quite different from you, who could be from a different culture. You have a lot to offer each other. If you are attached, you might decide to sign up for a class together or go off on an exotic trip. AQUARIUS is far more adventuresome than you are. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH You could be driven to bring other like-minded individuals together. There may be an important talk regarding money. Determining who assumes the role of the leader might be worth discussing, as well as what direction the group will head in. Tonight: Hang with friends. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH You might be more of a role model than you realize. What seems impossible could force you into a situation where you’ll lose your temper, absorb extra work and/or move in a new direction. Be sensible when making your choices. Tonight: Avoid being impulsive. GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

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