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THURSDAY, JULY 3, 2014 Soldotna-Kenai, Alaska
Vol. 44, Issue 235
Bed tax stirs lively debate
Question Do you think municipal officials should be exempt from state financial disclosure rules in favor of local ordinances? n Yes n No
Assembly amends proposed ordinance
To place your vote and comment, visit our Web site at www. peninsulaclarion. com. Results and selected comments will be posted each Tuesday in the Clarion, and a new question will be asked. Suggested questions may be submitted online or e-mailed to news@peninsulaclarion.com.
By KAYLEE OSOWSKI Peninsula Clarion
Lodge, hotel, motel and bed and breakfast owners, representatives of interested organizations as well as general members of the public from throughout the Kenai Peninsula Borough presented polarized views on a proposed boroughwide bed tax. The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly, at its Tuesday meeting, held a public hearing on a proposed ordinance that, if passed, would ask voters on Oct. 7 if a 4 percent bed tax should be implemented. The Kenai Peninsula Tourism
In the news
Pilot dies in Merrill Field airplane crash
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ANCHORAGE (AP) — Authorities have released the identity of the pilot who died when his Piper PA-12 crashed Wednesday morning at Merrill Field in Anchorage. Anchorage police say in a release the victim was 61-year-old Charles Hancock of Anchorage. A National Transportation Safety Board investigator tells KTVA that the plane crashed on a runway that runs parallel to 5th Avenue. The pilot appeared to have made contact with the tower before crashing after takeoff. Witnesses to the crash are asked to contact the NTSB.
Murkowski announces Alaska communications director JUNEAU (AP) — Sen. Lisa Murkowski has a new communications director for Alaska. Karina Petersen fills the job left vacant when Andrea Gusty left earlier this year. She will be based in Anchorage. Murkowski’s office says Petersen was born and raised in Alaska and most recently worked as the media relations coordinator for the international relief organization Samaritan’s Purse. Petersen previously worked for KTVA in Anchorage.
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Marketing Council is currently funded at $300,000 annually to promote tourism in the borough. If the tax passes and the borough continues to use the agency to market the borough, KPTMC would no longer request the yearly funding. According to the ordinance, bed tax in the cities would go back to the cities. Molly Poland, owner of Hooligans Lodging and Saloon in Soldotna, is against the proposed tax. “I think this is the wrong direction to go; to start taxing people as they come in is going to have a negative (effect),” she said. See TAX, page A-11
Parnell: Pipeline agreement signed By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press
Water hazard
Photo by Rashah McChesney/Peninsula Clarion
Water encroaches on a horse barn Wednesday on Buoy Avenue near the Kalifonsky Meadow Subdivision in Kenai. Several homes in the neighborhood have been struggling with groundwater flooding issues since last fall.
JUNEAU — Gov. Sean Parnell says an agreement has been signed that allows for the next stage in pursuing a major liquefied natural gas project. Parnell says environmental field work and pipeline engineering have begun as part of a phase in which the parties are expected to spend hundreds of millions of dollars. There’s still no guarantee the mega-project will be built, but Parnell called the agreement
and work underway a mark of significant progress. The parties involved are BP, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil Corp., TransCanada Corp., and the Alaska Gasline Development Corp. ConocoPhillips was previously a holdout to signing because of issues the company said were confidential. A spokeswoman said those issues have been resolved. Parnell said the project, in the coming weeks, will work to begin the process of securing an export license.
Lacking sea ice, seal pups bask on beaches NOME, Alaska (AP) — An early disappearance of sea ice after a warm winter off Nome and other western Alaska communities has prompted an uptick in seal pups coming ashore. More than 20 pups have been spotted on Nome beaches this year, KNOM-radio reported Tuesday. Other molting pups have been seen at Wales, Teller and Shaktoolik. Residents expected more seals with the early departure of ice, and there’s been a “little flurry” with a few more pups than normal, said Gay Sheffield, marine advisory program agent in Nome for the University of Alaska Fairbanks. “Animals are just figuring
out what do to,” she said. Most of the sightings have been ringed or spotted seals, she said. Seal pups are born covered with lanugo, a white, wooly coat. They leave the water to get into sun as fur grows in. With less sea ice, some choose to come ashore. “They’re weaned after about two weeks to a month and then the mother is done with them — they’re left to fend for themselves,” said Brandon Ahmasuk, subsistence program director at Kawerak Inc., the Alaska Native regional nonprofit corporation. “That’s just the nature of the animal. Unfortunately for the seals, this year,
we had an early spring and the ice took off.” The seals are exhibiting natural behavior, Sheffield said. Wildlife officials don’t want people feeding them or trying to put them back into the ocean, she said, and the young seals have been left alone to molt. “People gave them space to do it,” she said. Sheffield and Ahmasuk are documenting reported pups for signs of disease. All have been reported healthy. Four types of ice-dependent seals — bearded, ringed, spotted AP Photo/University of Alaska Fairbanks, Gay Sheffield and ribbon seals — are found in the Bering Strait region. All A spotted seal pup suns itself along Nome Harbor on May 30 in are protected under the Marine Nome, Alaska. Nome residents report seeing more seal pups on shore this year with an early disappearance of sea ice. Mammal Protection Act.
Kenai man arrested Concern raised with direction on sex abuse charge of alcohol regulatory board By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion
Alaska State Troopers arrested a Kenai man in Anchorage on sex abuse charges Tuesday, culminating a two-week investigation by law enforcement. Keith Roscoe Bartman, 30, is in custody at Anchorage Correctional Complex and is charged with two counts of sexual abuse of a minor in the second-degree, attempted sexual abuse of a minor in the seconddegree and failure to register as a sex offender.
The Alaska Bureau of Investigation with cooperation from the Anchorage Police Department made the arrest as a result of a two-week investigation initiated by troopers from the Soldotna detachment, said trooper spokesperson Beth Ipsen. Ipsen said the alleged acts happened at a residence in Kenai between February and May. “We don’t believe there are other victims besides the one that he’s been charged with,” Ipsen wrote in an email. According to the trooper’s
By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press
JUNEAU — A former director of the agency that regulates Alaska’s liquor industry said interference by the state commerce commissioner’s office limited her ability to effectively do her job. Shirley Cote expressed concern about the direction of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board in an opinion piece published Wednes-
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day in the Anchorage Daily News. She recently stepped down from the post she held for over five years, a decision largely aimed at helping her daughter with her business, she wrote. But she said there were “instances of interference” by the commissioner’s office, including having a request to attend a conference put on hold until she produced a “business friendly plan” for the board. Commerce Commissioner
Susan Bell challenged that characterization, providing a chain of emails between deputy JoEllen Hanrahan and Cote from April about the travel and plan requests. In one message, Hanrahan requested an outreach plan “focused on education and assistance to the business community rather than primarily enforcement.” In a later message, she said the perception has been that the board needs See BOARD, page A-11
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24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. 0.00" Month to date ........................... 0.00" Normal month to date ............. 0.09" Year to date .............................. 6.17" Normal year to date ................. 5.14" Record today ................. 0.66" (1985) Record for July ............. 5.02" (1958) Record for year ............ 27.09" (1963)
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Scientists test bigfoot hair samples By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer
LONDON — DNA testing is taking a bite out of the Bigfoot legend. After scientists analyzed more than 30 hair samples reportedly left behind by Bigfoot and similar mythical beasts like the Himalayan Yeti, they found all of them came from more mundane creatures like bears, wolves, cows and raccoons. In 2012, researchers at Oxford University and the Lausanne Museum of Zoology issued an open call asking museums, scientists and Bigfoot aficionados to share any samples they thought were from the legendary ape-like creatures. “I thought there was about a 5 percent chance of finding a sample from a Neanderthal or (a Yeti),” said Bryan Sykes of Oxford University, who led the research, the first peer-reviewed study of Bigfoot, Yeti and other “anomalous primates.” The study was published online Wednesday
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‘The fact that none of these samples turned out to be (a Yeti) doesn’t mean the next one won’t.’ — Bryan Sykes, Oxford University in the journal, Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Sykes and colleagues tested 36 hair samples from Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Russia and the U.S. using DNA sequencing and all of them matched DNA from known animals. Most were from bears, but there were also hairs from a Malaysian tapir, horses, porcupine, deer, sheep, and a human. While Sykes said they didn’t find any proof of Bigfoot-related creatures, he acknowledged their paper doesn’t prove they
don’t exist. “The fact that none of these samples turned out to be (a Yeti) doesn’t mean the next one won’t,” he said. The scientists did find two samples from ancient polar bears in the Himalayas, who are not known to live there. That suggests there could be a new or hybrid bear species out there, Sykes said. Others said proving that Bigfoot is real requires significantly more than a mere hair sample. “I would want visual or physical proof, like a body part,
on top of the DNA evidence,” said Todd Disotell, a professor of anthropology at New York University. He warned Bigfoot enthusiasts not to make assumptions when they find weird things in the forest. “Every mammal in the forest leaves hair and poop behind and that’s what we’ve found,” he said. “Just not the big guy himself.” Some experts said that if Bigfoot existed, there would be a lot more to find than just a few errant hairs. “Those who believe in the Yeti, Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster need basic instruction in sex,” said Stuart Pimm, an ecologist at Duke University, in an email. “Each Yeti has two parents, four grandparents and so on,” he said. “There should have been herds of (Yetis),” he wrote. “Where were they hiding?”
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Peninsula Clarion, Thursday, July 3, 2014
Obituary Frederick Louis Fruhwirth Soldotna resident Frederick Louis Fruhwirth died on Friday, June 27, 2014 while on a trip to Montague Island. He lived his 66 years doing many things he enjoyed. Fred was born on June 27, 1948 in Carrington, North Dakota and lived in Sykeston, North Dakota. In 1952 his family moved to Oregon and settled in Colton. He spent his childhood years on the family farm until he graduated from high school in 1966. He attended Oregon College of Education in Monmouth, Oregon, and graduated in 1970 with a degree in education. He met Kathie during his first year of college and they married on August 8, 1970. Throughout their 44 years together, they loved and enjoyed each other. Going to church, watching movies, fishing, and sharing laughter daily were their favorite things. However, recently their grandchildren have been the light of their lives. Later they would have two sons, Christopher and Jeremy, and settle in Silverton, Oregon. Fred served his country in the Navy on active duty and in the reserves, retiring after 24 ½ years. The Military was very important to him and he enjoyed telling stories of his days onboard ship to anyone who would listen. Throughout Fred’s 40 working years, he did many things, the two most notable would be teaching school and truck driving. Anything related to trucking was a lifelong interest and enjoyment that he shared with his son, Christopher. In 2008 Fred retired from teaching and he and Kathie moved to Soldotna. He loved the outdoors and spent as much time as possible hunting, fishing, cutting wood, and walking his dog Katie. With his son Jeremy, he shared many of these adventures, especially the hunting trips. And, for the things he didn’t enjoy, he did them with a smile anyway. Survivors include his wife Kathie; sons, Christopher of Stayton, Oregon, and Jeremy and daughter-in-law Corrie of Palmer; and grandchildren Allison and Darren. He was preceded in death by his parents and only brother. A Mass of Resurrection will be held at noon on Tuesday, July 8, 2014, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Soldotna. Arrangements made by Peninsula Memorial Chapel & Crematory. Please sign Fred’s online guestbook at AlaskanFuneral.com.
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The Peninsula Clarion strives to report the deaths of all current and former Peninsula residents. Notices should be received within three months of the death. We offer two types of death reports: Pending service/Death notices: Brief notices listing full name, age, date and place of death; and time, date and place of service. These are published at no charge. Obituaries: The Clarion charges a fee to publish obituaries. Obituaries are prepared by families, funeral homes, crematoriums, and are edited by our staff according to newspaper guidelines. Obituaries up to 300 words are charged $50, which includes a one-year online guest book memoriam to on Legacy.com. Obituaries up to 500 words are charged $100, which also includes the one-year online guest book memoriam. Tax is not included. All charges include publication of a black and white photo. Obituaries outside these guidelines are handled by the Clarion advertising department. How to submit: Funeral homes and crematoriums routinely submit completed obituaries to the newspaper. Obituaries may also be submitted directly to the Clarion, online at www.peninsulaclarion.com, or by mail to: Peninsula Clarion, P.O. Box 3009, Kenai, Alaska, 99611. Pre-payment must accompany all submissions not already handled by a funeral home or crematorium. Deadlines: Submissions for Tuesday – Friday editions must be received by 2 p.m. the previous day. Submissions for Sunday and Monday editions must be received by 3 p.m. Friday. We do not process obituaries on Saturdays or Sundays unless submitted by funeral homes or crematoriums. Obituaries are placed on a space-available basis, prioritized by dates of local services. Copyright: All death notices and obituaries become property of the Clarion and may not be republished in any format. For more information, call the Clarion at 907-283-7551.
Around the Peninsula Golf tournament to benefit Habitat for Humanity
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solutions and concerns that will help make Kenai the community you want to be a part of. The coffee and morning pastries will be served from 9-10:30 a.m. For more information contact City Clerk, Sandra Modigh at 283-8247.
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The Central Peninsula Habitat for Humanity annual golf tournament will be August 9 at Kenai Golf Course. Get your networking potluck planned team together for this very fun fundraiser tournament. More A networking and support opportunity for foster families is information is available at the golf course, along with team being planned for 11 a.m.-2 p.m. July 12 at Kenai Municipal forms, or call Sharon at 262-7534. Park. The potluck event will be a chance for families to get together to network, make friends, share some good food, and play in the park. No program, no special requirements, just fun Dog show returns to Soldotna in the Kenai sun. All members of your family are invited to atThe Kenai Kennel Club annual All Breed Dog Shows, tend; bring a pot-luck dish to share. For more information call Obedience, Rally and Agility Trial will take place July 10-13 or text 690-1106. at Skyview High School in Soldotna. Agility Trial begins at 8:30 a.m. July 10-12. Conformation and Obedience Events begin at 9 a.m. July 11-13. All events will end mid to late Dutch oven cooking competition afternoon daily. Conformation Judging Program can be found registration open at www.kenaikennelclub. Spectators are encouraged to bring Register now for the Alaska State Dutch Oven Competitheir own seating and be prepared for changing weather. Dogs tion! Forms are available online at soldotnachamber.com or at not entered in the event are not allowed on the grounds. For the Soldotna Chamber of Commerce office at 44790 Sterling more information, visit www.kenaikennelclub.com. Highway. The competition will be held at the Progress Days festival on July 26. For more information contact the Soldotna Soldotna Library Friends plan book sale Chamber of Commerce at 262-9814 or tami@soldotnachamThe Soldotna Library Friends will hold a book sale from 1 to ber.com. 5 p.m. on Progress Days, July 26, at the Soldotna City Library Basement Booksale Room. All proceeds fund special events at Bereavement day camp the Soldotna City Library. accepting applications Applications are being accepted for Camp-Mend-A-Heart, a free bereavement day camp for kids ages 6-17 providing an enjoyable, acceptable and supportive environment where kids can freely express their feelings about the death of a loved one under the guidance of Hospice staff and volunteers. Camp dates are Aug. 11-13 at Solid Rock Bible Camp near Soldotna. For more information, visit the Hospice office, 35911 Kenai Spur Highway, No. 9, Monday-Thursday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., email hospice.ber.coor@alaska.net, or call 907-262-0453.
Rotary Unity Run July 12
The annual Rotary Unity Run 10-mile and 5-kilometer race will be held July 12 along the Unity Trail between Kenai and Soldotna, hosted by the Soldotna and Kenai River Rotary clubs and Tsalteshi Trails Association. Meet at Soldotna High School for bus shuttles to the start lines, at Kenai Central High School for the 10-mile start and Peninsula Power Sports for the 5-kilometer start. Buses leave at 9 a.m. and races start at 9:30 a.m. Advance registration is available online at www.tsalteshi. org. Advance race entry is $30 for adults, $10 for youth 12 and Have a photogenic pet? under and $50 for families. Active TTA members get a $5 dis- Send the Clarion a picture count. Bib pickup is from 5 to 6 p.m. July 10 and 11 at SoHi. Pet photos run on the Pets page every Tuesday. They can be Race day registration and bib pickup is from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. July 12 at SoHi. T-shirts are included in race entry, with finisher color or black and white and may include people. Limit one prizes, raffle drawings and barbecue lunch at the finish line. photo per household. They may be e-mailed to news@peninsulaclarion.com, dropped off at the Kenai office or mailed to the Participants must finish by noon. 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 Hospital service area board to meet phone number must be included. The Central Kenai Peninsula Hospital Service Area Board Photos with an address written on the back will be returned. will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on July 14, at 5:30 For more information, call 907-335-1251. p.m. in the Redoubt-Spur conference rooms downstairs at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna. Volleyball tournament served up North Peninsula Recreation Service Area will host a 3 on 3 Volleyball Tournament on July 11 at 5 p.m. at the Nikiski ComKenai Mayor Pat Porter invites you to her “First Saturday munity Recreation Center. The volleyball tournament is a co-ed Coffee” on July 5, downstairs in city hall. Summer is in full event; those 16 and older are welcome to join. Register by July swing and a perfect time to look around Kenai to offer ideas, 3. For more information call NCRC at 776-8800.
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p.m. Email rking4@mac.com or call260-3292. 7 p.m. • Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “Dopeless Hope Fiends,” 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. Today • Square dance group at Ninilchik Senior Center. 8 a.m. • Alcoholics Anonymous As Bill Sees It Group, 11312 Kenai Spur • Alcoholics Anonymous “Unity Men’s Group” meets downstairs the Salvation Army building in Soldotna. Highway Unit 71 (Old Carrs Mall). Call 398-9440. 8 p.m. 8:30 a.m. • TOPS AK No. 220 Kasilof weigh-in at CES Station 6, 58260 Ster- • AA Attitude of Gratitude at URS Club, 405 Overland Drive. Call 283-3777. ling Highway. Meeting starts at 9 a.m. Call 262-7319 or 252-3436. • AA North Roaders Group at North Star Methodist Church, Mile 10 a.m. • TOPS AK No. 164 Soldotna weigh-in at First Baptist Church, 159 25.5 Kenai Spur Highway. Call 242-9477. • Alcoholics Anonymous Ninichick support group at United MethS. Binkley. Meeting starts at 11 a.m. Call 262-7339. • Narcotics Anonymous PJ Meeting, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, odist Church, 15811 Sterling Highway, Ninilchik. Call 907-567-3574. Unit 71, Kenai. The Community Calendar lists recurring events and meetings Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group at 11312 Kenai Spur High- of local organizations. To have your event listed, email organization name, day or days of meeting, time of meeting, place, and a contact way Suite 71 in the old Carrs Mall in Kenai. Call 262-1917. phone number to news@peninsulaclarion.com. 5:30 p.m. • Free Seated Zumba Gold at the Kenai Senior Center. New participants, active older adults, and chair-bound or limited mobility participants are encouraged. 6 p.m. • AA Step Sisters at Central Peninsula Hospital. Call 262-2304. • TOPS AK 20, Soldotna, weigh-in at Christ Lutheran Church, 128 North Soldotna Avenue, Soldotna. Meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. Call 262-1557. • Celebrate Recovery, Midnight Son Seventh-day Adventist church on the corner of Swires Rd. and Kenai Spur Hwy in Kenai. Dinner is at 6 p.m.; Recovery Lesson at 6:30 p.m.; Open Share groups at 7:15
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What Others Say
Shelter provides vital service for wayward teens Along with melting snow, spring this
year brought the opening of a long-awaited community resource: a shelter aimed at providing housing for the Interior’s homeless youths. On April 4, Fairbanks Youth Advocates celebrated the official opening of its new facility, known as The Door. Officials at FYA said The Door arose out of an unfilled need in Fairbanks. Since the Fairbanks Native Association closed a similar facility nearly a decade ago, there had been no shelter options for homeless teenagers. Although many were able to find shelter with friends or family members, harsh Fairbanks winters made the societal issue a safety concern that couldn’t be ignored. There are a surprising number of homeless teens in Fairbanks, though exact figures are hard to pin down. When FYA was drawing up plans for The Door, a Street Outreach and Advocacy Programs official estimated that about 800 youths in the area have no permanent residence. Without basic needs like food and shelter addressed, more problems follow. Homeless youths are vastly less likely to graduate or even attend high school, and without a stable source of income many turn to petty crimes like shoplifting to provide the things they need or want. Those crimes in turn make it more difficult to find stable employment or housing, deepening both their cycle of homelessness and the costs society incurs in dealing with them. The Door’s goal isn’t just to provide shelter. The facility and its volunteers work to help connect the youth they serve with resources to stabilize their housing situation, find jobs, or continue their education. They provide food, hygiene items, opportunities for recreation and positive activities. While their new facility was under construction, FYA sponsored a temporary overnight shelter for 16 months in the basement of First Presbyterian Church downtown, serving close to 160 young people in need of a place to stay during that time. That shelter operated only during overnight hours, as church members used the building during the day. The Door, by comparison, operates 24 hours per day, seven days per week. Like the youths who take shelter there, The Door’s basic needs have been met. Construction finished late last year, and state permits to operate came this spring. But the facility is needs items to provide further help, like clothing, food for the pantry, and various durable goods. You can check the FYA web page at www.fairbanksyouthadvocates.org to see the list of current needs. Sometimes, when shelters like The Door are under discussion, budget-minded community members will express concern over their costs — even when, as in the case of FYA’s plan, the facility is financed not by local tax dollars but state block grants. Those concerns are legitimate, and an eye must always be kept on budgets to guard against waste. But it’s worthwhile, too, to include in that calculation the costs to the community of the facility’s absence. In the case of The Door, there is great value in changing the trajectories of young people who might otherwise become a burden both to the health of the community and a drain on its financial resources. — Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, June 28
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Court takes up war on women
It has long been suspected that the Supreme Court hates women, although it took the court’s 5-4 decision in the Hobby Lobby case to fully reveal its blatant misogyny. The court held that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act forbids the administration from forcing Hobby Lobby — an arts-and-crafts chain owned by evangelical Christians — to cover contraceptives that its owners object to on religious grounds (specifically, four drugs that it believes act as abortifacients). If you don’t see the anti-women agenda at work in this decision, you aren’t as discerning as the hysterics on the left who point out, accusingly, that the five justices in the majority are all men. QED. Sen. Harry Reid, displaying his unfailing instinct for the inane, tweeted, “It’s time that five men on the Supreme Court stop deciding what happens to women.” The majority leader seems to believe that the court was deliberating in the case of Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., et al. v. The Fate of Women’s Freedom in the United States. The ruling was quite limited. It didn’t strike down the contraception mandate, and as such is only a small carve-out from the sweeping extension of government power represented by the mandate. The decision only says that the mandate can’t apply to Hobby Lobby and other closely held corporations (defined by the IRS as firms where five or fewer individuals hold 50 percent or
more of the value of the corporation) that oppose it on religious grounds. The Religious Freedom Restoration Act, passed by Congress in the 1990s with large bipartisan majorities, created a Rich Lowry broad protection for religious liberty. It says that government can’t create a substantial burden on someone’s exercise of religion unless it is using the least restrictive means of furthering a compelling government interest. The court held that there are less restrictive means for the government to get women the drugs in question, including paying for them directly rather than forcing Hobby Lobby to cover them. The cry from the left is that this constitutes the end of women’s “health” as we know it. Press Secretary Josh Earnest said President Barack Obama “believes that women should make personal health care decisions for themselves, rather than their bosses deciding for them.” Taking this non sequitur and running with it, Sen. Patty Murray, a Democrat from Washington state, opined that the decision “takes us closer to a time in history when women had no choice and no voice.” Of course, Hobby Lobby doesn’t have the power to deny its employees the drugs it finds objectionable, nor does it claim
such a power. Women who work for the company can buy them on their own. For that matter, Hobby Lobby doesn’t claim the right to stop them from having abortions. The women who work for Hobby Lobby have exactly as much “choice” now as they did prior to the decision. The left can’t get its head around the idea that the law or the Constitution sometimes limits the means whereby it seeks to achieve its ends. The left doesn’t really do law. It often doesn’t even do reasoning. It does bullying and demagoguery. In the argument over Hobby Lobby, it has brought the logic of the “war on women” — its shameless smear job — to the Supreme Court. There are numerous lawful ways around the Hobby Lobby decision. If it wants to get at the root of the matter, Congress can carve out an exception from the Religious Freedom Restoration Act for the contraception mandate, or repeal the act in its entirety. Surely, if liberal lions like Ted Kennedy and Bill Clinton had foreseen how the act would eventually get in the way of the left’s coercive cultural agenda, they never would have supported it in the first place. But finding a way to eviscerate or kill the act is for another day. For now, inveighing against the sexist Supreme Court is the priority. Rich Lowry can be reached via e-mail: comments.lowry@nationalreview.com.
Political victories could vex GOP in 2016 By JULIE PACE AP White House Correspondent
WASHINGTON — Conservative Republicans claimed victory this week in the Supreme Court ruling on religious freedom and the White House’s acceptance that an immigration overhaul won’t happen this year. Today’s victories could haunt the GOP in two years’ time, as the party’s presidential nominee looks for much-needed support among women and Hispanics in the 2016 election. With no movement on immigration legislation, a new crop of Republican presidential candidates will be asked to outline their own plans for resolving a vexing issue that is a top priority for many Hispanic voters and concerns business leaders who traditionally support the GOP. And Monday’s high court decision granting some companies religious exemptions from providing contraception coverage gives Democrats a peg to reopen a debate on women’s health that tripped up Republicans in the last election. For more moderate Republican presidential hopefuls, both developments present a familiar conundrum: how to stake out positions conservative enough to appeal to the voters who dominate Republican primaries while not turning off those who could be swayed in the general election. It’s a challenge 2012 Republican nominee Mitt Romney was unable to navigate — he tacked to the right as he outlasted his primary rivals, but could not compete with President Barack Obama among women and Hispanic voters on Election Day. The struggle to strike the right balance was evident immediately. Chris Christie, the typically outspoken New Jersey governor, ducked questions this week about his view of the Supreme Court’s decision on contraception. “Why should I give an opinion on C
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AP News Extra whether they’re right or wrong?” Christie said during an interview Tuesday on CNBC. “In the end of the day, they did what they did. That’s now the law of the land unless people in the elected branches try to change it.” Such efforts to avoid the question will be challenged by 2016 hopefuls on GOP’s right flank eager to talk about the high court ruling as a victory for religious liberty and the end of the legislative debate on immigration as a win for those who equate creating a path to citizenship for people living in the U.S. illegally with amnesty. For potential candidates such as Texas Sen. Ted Cruz — he quickly cast the Supreme Court decision as a “repudiation” of Obama — doubling down on those positions may be the best way to rally support in the early voting states of Iowa and South Carolina, where primary voters tilt more conservative. Further complicating matters: the elections that arrive this November. With midterm turnout traditionally low and some of the most competitive races taking place in conservative-leaning states, GOP candidates are likely to rally behind issues that will pay off with a win this year rather than shaping a message for the more diverse electorate faced by Republican presidential contenders. Following Romney’s loss to Obama, national Republicans called for the party to be more inclusive and placed particular emphasis on reaching out to women and Hispanics. The GOP concern reflected the reality of shifting demographics and public opinion. On immigration, surveys show that the majority of Americans favorably view a pathway to citizenship for the more than 11 million people living in the country il-
legally. The issue resonates particularly strongly with Hispanics, one of the fastestgrowing groups of voters in the U.S., and has broad support from the business community and evangelicals, groups that traditionally back Republicans. In 2012, Hispanics comprised 10 percent of the electorate, more than in any other year. More than 70 percent of those voters backed Obama. Women made up just over half of the electorate in the 2012 presidential campaign and 55 percent of them voted for Obama. Polls show a large majority of women think for-profit companies should be required to cover the cost of birth control. A Gallup survey conducted in May also found that 90 percent of Americans, including 88 percent of Republicans, see the use of birth control as morally acceptable. As White House hopefuls plot their strategies for 2016, some Republican operatives say the key to increasing the party’s appeal with Hispanics and women rests not with finding an attractive message on potentially divisive issues, but on focusing squarely on the economy. “Part of the challenge here is how do we effectively engage on the No. 1 issue,” said Republican pollster David Winston, noting that GOP congressional candidates won the majority of female voters in the 2010 midterm elections when the economy was a central focus of the campaigns. But Alice Stewart, a Republican strategist who worked for conservative 2012 candidates Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, said the party can’t afford to sit back and allow Democrats to define issues that could create a wedge within the GOP. “The key is to get out in front and make sure we drive the right message instead of letting the left define it,” Stewart said. “We learned that lesson in 2012.”
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Business Meet the Shops Around the Corner
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Business News Chambers set schedules The Kenai and Soldotna Chambers of Commerce will host a joint luncheon at noon on July 8 at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. Gov. Sean Parnell will give a presentation. RSVP to 262-9814 or 283-1991.
Vendor, parade entry forms available for Kenai Fourth of July festivities Vendor and parade entry forms now available for Kenai Independence Day parade and festivities. The parade starts at Parade starts at 11 a.m. at Fidalgo Avenue. Festivities take place at the Green Park Strip from noon-4 p.m. For more information, visit kenaichamber.org or call 907-283-1991.
Photos by Kaylee Osowski/Peninsula Clarion
Above: Tammy Davis, owner of Chez Moi Boutique, stands in her store on Tuesday at Shops Around the Corner in Soldotna. Davis, who has run Chez Moi in Soldotna for seven years, opened the store in the new space in April. Above right: Northern Roots Salon owners Janey Skuse and Summer Durst painted doors from Home Depot and mounted mirrors on them for their styling stations. The duo opened the salon at Shops Around the Corner in Soldotna in April. Below: Orange Poppy owner Kenda Blanning offers home décor made by herself and her family as well and local artists’ work at her store in Shops Around the Corner in Soldotna.
This fall, Davis will also be stocking 3-4 new brands at Chez Moi, including one that Along the Sterling Highway balances between athletic and in Soldotna at the Kobuk Street boutique wear. intersection a recently renovated building is the new home to Northern Roots three local shops — Chez Moi Thirteen years ago Janey Boutique, Northern Roots SaSkuse talked Summer Durst lon and Orange Poppy. While the Shops Around into going to beauty school the Corner stores —a cloth- with her. After working in other ing boutique, a hair salon and salons, in April, the two opened a home décor store — all pro- Northern Roots together. “It’s been our dream,” Durst vide different services and sell different items, they are all co- said about opening a salon with Skuse. hesive with one another. Skuse heard about the space From one shop to the next, the décor is comfortable and from one of her clients. When Orange Poppy Kaylee Osowski can be relaxing and the shopkeepers she discussed opening the salon with Durst, she said it had are friendly and inviting. Before opening her home reached at kaylee.osowski@ to feel right. décor store, Kenda Blanning peninsulaclarion.com. By KAYLEE OSOWSKI Peninsula Clarion
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“I had all these ideas in my head of what my salon is going to be and we had the same thought,” Skuse said. It was a “little scary” opening the new salon and wondering if it would work out, but business has been good so far. “Honestly, we’re in it to have fun,” Durst said. “We’re not really in it to make millions. It’s something we enjoy to do.” Skuse said they were worried about the narrowness of the space and they wanted to make sure clients were comfortable. With two cutting and styling stations on one side of the room, two dryers on the other and pops of turquoise and distressed décor, Northern Roots is cozy, but not cramped. Durst said the space and location is perfect. Durst and Skuse’s previous clients made the move with them and the duo takes referrals and walk-ins. Durst said their customers range from children to men and women. “We’re a fun salon, we’re happy and we do good hair,” Durst said.
was a hair stylist working out of her home, but always loved helping people decorate their homes. “I never thought that I was going to be opening a shop,” Blanning said. “I always had a dream of doing something like this but I just wasn’t thinking that I would.” While visiting a shop in Oregon last June, Blanning decided to open her own, and asked the owner how to get started. Less than one year later, she opened Orange Poppy. Now she splits her time between the shop and working as a hair stylist. While she meets new customers in her shop everyday, most of them are local, she said. Since opening in April, the store has acquired regulars Blanning is beginning to know by name. She describes the style of furniture, wall-décor, kitchenware, lighting fixtures and knickknacks as urban-farm. While the two words seem to be antonyms, the pops of color, exposed metal and distressed finishes of items combine to create cohesion between rural and city styles. Blanning, her husband and brother-in-law build and rework old furniture into new items to sell in the store. Customers can request customized pieces. Before opening the shop, Blanning used to refinish items for herself and as gifts. She also sells work via consignment from Alaskan artists — most of who are based on the Kenai Peninsula. “I try to find really more unique things, and I don’t usually get a lot of one item,” she said.
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Shop owner Tammy Davis opened Chez Moi, a women’s clothing boutique, in Soldotna seven years ago. When Davis was notified that Californiabased Aventine Development Corporation would be leveling her store space at the Soldotna “Y,” she was excited about the new opportunity. “To be honest, I was kind of looking for a new spot,” Davis said. … “So time wise I needed to move, but this was exactly what I was looking for.” While her loyal customers have followed Davis down the highway, she said at her new location she gets more walkby shoppers who pop into the store. “My seasonal traffic is finding me much faster than they would have if I’d moved to a different part of town,” she said. Davis said she tries to reach women of all ages with the selection clothing and accessories she sells. “My goal is to be able to dress … the high schoolers, their moms and even their grandmas,” Davis said. Davis focuses on classic, flattering pieces as well as climate appropriate clothing. while bringing in pops of fashion trends like colors. Coral and turquoise are popular choices that are continuing into fall she said, but they’re a little “too punchy” to wear in Alaska in November. However, they can work in a scarf or purse in the fall here. While Davis has 15-20 core brands that she buys from nearly every season including Miss Me, Rock Revival and NIC+ZOE, the products still has to impress her at tradeshows. C
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Job Center hosts training The following job skills workshops will be offered at the Peninsula Job Center the week of July 7: Monday, July 7 — 9:30 a.m., ALEXsys Job Leads; 10:30 a.m., Introduction to ALEXsys and the Job Center; 2:30 p.m., Interviewing Skills Workshop. Tuesday, July 8 — 10:30 a.m., Job Prep Workshop. Wednesday, July 9 — 10:30 a.m., CareerReady 101 Lab; 1:30 p.m., WorkKeys® Testing. Thursday, July 10 — 10:30 a.m., Resume Writing Workshop; 3:30 p.m., Vocational Rehabilitation Orientation. Friday, July 11 — No workshops offered. All workshop are free of charge to the public. Those interested in attending any workshops offered at the Peninsula Job Center can call 335-3010 or visit the job center located in Kenai at 11312 Kenai Spur Hwy., Suite No. 2. Business hours are Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. excluding state and federal holidays. You can also reserve space by clicking on the “Schedule Workshops” option located on the main screen in your ALEXsys account www.jobs.alaska.gov.
Food safety courses offered A Seafood HACCP Segment II course will be offered at the Soldotna Library on Tuesday, July 8 and at the Quality Inn in Kenai on Tuesday, July 22. The cost of the course is $150 plus sales tax. Completion of the Segment I online course is required to receive certification from the Association of Food & Drug Officials. If you would like to attend for a Seafood HACCP refresher training, you may attend the course at a reduced cost. A Certified Food Protection Manager course will be offered on Wednesday, July 9, in Homer at the Kachemak Community Center and on Wednesday, July 23, at the Quality Inn in Kenai. Each course starts at 8 a.m. and will cost $165 plus borough sales tax. Please contact JTAK Food Safety at 907-398-2584 or john@jtakfoodsafety.com to get registered.
What’s new in your business? Have you opened a new business, moved to a new location, hired a new person or promoted an employee? The community wants to know, and so do we. Send us your information at news@peninsulaclarion. com, fax it to 907-283-3299, or drop it by the Clarion at 150 Trading Bay in Kenai. Questions? Call 907-335-1251. Business announcements may be submitted to news@ peninsulaclarion.com.
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Around the World Palestinians accuse Israeli extremists of killing teenager in revenge attack JERUSALEM — The Palestinians accused Israeli extremists of abducting and killing an Arab teenager and burning his body Wednesday, sparking hours of clashes in east Jerusalem and drawing charges that the youth was murdered to avenge the killings of three kidnapped Israeli teens. Seeking to calm the explosive situation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged a swift inquiry into the “reprehensible murder” and called on people to respect the rule of law. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said it was clear extremist Jewish settlers were responsible and called on Israel to bring the killers to justice. “The settlers have killed and burned a little boy. They are well known,” Abbas said, accusing Israel of tolerating settler violence toward Palestinians. “I demand that the Israeli government hold the killers accountable.” The death added to the already heightened tensions caused by the killings of the three Israeli teenagers, whose bodies were discovered Monday just over two weeks after they disappeared in the West Bank. Israel accused Hamas, the Islamic militant group that controls Gaza, of being behind the abductions, which led to the largest ground operation in the West Bank in nearly a decade, with Israel arresting hundreds of Hamas operatives as part of a broad manhunt. The discovery of the bodies led to a national outpouring of grief, with tens of thousands of people attending a funeral Tuesday in which the teens were laid to rest side-by-side. As the burial took place, hundreds of young, right-wing Israelis marched through downtown Jerusalem screaming for revenge.
Lawyer for Libyan militant tells court she’s seen no evidence tying him to Benghazi attack WASHINGTON — A lawyer for a Libyan militant charged in the 2012 Benghazi attacks said Wednesday that she had seen no evidence tying her client to the violence, but a judge nonetheless directed Ahmed Abu Khattala to remain in custody as the Justice Department builds its case against him. The lawyer, Michelle Peterson, conceded that Abu Khattala had no reasonable chance of being released at the moment, given the terrorism-related charge he faces and his lack of ties to the United States. But she also argued that prosecutors had failed to show, in their broad and initial outlines of the case, that he was in any way connected to the Sept. 11, 2012 attacks that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. “What’s been filed has shown, quite frankly, an utter lack of evidence of Mr. Khattala’s involvement in the incident in Benghazi,” said Michelle Peterson, an assistant federal public defender. “We are left to glean from press reports what the government’s evidence is.” Abu Khattala appeared in court wearing a green prison jumpsuit and with a long, graying beard. He listened to the proceedings through headphones as an interpreter translated the conversation into Arabic. Peterson requested that while in jail he be served a halal diet and be provided a copy of the Quran. The court appearance was the second in four days for Abu Khattala, who was captured more than two weeks ago by U.S. special forces and then transported to the United States aboard a Navy boat where federal agents interrogated him. He has pleaded not guilty to a charge of conspiring to provide support to terrorists, a crime punishable by up to life in prison, but the Justice Department has said it expects to bring additional charges soon that could reveal more information about the case.
Unraveling mystery of salesman accused of molesting, raping unconscious girls Matthew Coniglio’s Georgia home held a trove of child pornography, more than 50,000 images and videos stored on laptops, external hard drives and thumb drives. Among the stash, hidden in a bedside table turned around to conceal the doors, authorities made an even more horrifying discovery: 56 8-millimeter cassette tapes they say show him raping and molesting girls. All were unconscious, apparently drugged, FBI Special Agent William Kirkconnell, who viewed the tapes, told The Associated Press. Some were so incapacitated they were snoring. The camera was always turned off before they awoke. Many of the victims’ faces cannot be clearly identified, so investigators don’t know how many different girls were attacked. But each tape recorded at least one assault — some had more — in homes and hotels. The youngest victim appears to be about 10 years old. As for the alleged perpetrator, a 46-year-old traveling salesman who worked and lived in cities across Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina, “he often looks back at the camera and even speaks,” Kirkconnell said. “There’s no doubt it’s Matthew Coniglio. None at all.”
Studies that reported simple way to make stem cells withdrawn after errors found NEW YORK — U.S. and Japanese scientists who reported that they’d found a startlingly simple way to make stem cells withdrew that claim Wednesday, admitting to “extensive” errors in the research. In two papers published in January in the journal Nature, the researchers said that they’d been able to transform ordinary mouse cells into versatile stem cells by exposing them to a mildly acidic environment. Someday, scientists hope to harness stem cells to grow replacement tissue for treating a variety of diseases. While researchers have long been able to perform such transformations with a different method, the newly reported technique was far simpler, and the papers caused a sensation — and some skepticism — in the research community. They were also widely reported in the media, including by The Associated Press. But before long, the government-funded Riken Center for Developmental Biology in Japan accused one of its scientists, Haruko Obokata, of falsifying data in the research. Obokata, the key author of the papers, defended the results during a televised news conference in April while apologizing for using wrong and altered images in the published reports. She also said she opposed withdrawing the papers, a process called retraction, and the 30-year-old attributed her mistakes to inexperience. On Wednesday, Nature released a statement from Obokata and the other authors of the papers that retracted the papers, a rare occurrence for the prestigious journal. The scientists acknowledged “extensive” errors that meant “we are unable to say without a doubt” that the method works. They noted that studies of the simpler method are still going on by other researchers. — The Associated Press
Militants try to tighten their grip By RYAN LUCAS and ZEINA KARAM Associated Press
BAGHDAD — Fresh from success in Iraq, a Sunni extremist group tried to tighten its hold Wednesday on territory in Syria and crush pockets of resistance on land straddling the border where it has declared the foundation of an Islamic state. Embattled Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki warned that the entire region is endangered by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, whose gunmen have rampaged across his country in recent weeks. Facing pressure to step aside, al-Maliki said the focus must be on countering the threat — not wholesale leadership changes. The militant group has fed off the chaos and supercharged sectarian atmosphere of Syria’s civil war to seize control of a large chunk of territory there. With its recent blitz across Iraq, it has expanded its gains while also effectively erasing the border between the two countries and laying the groundwork of its proto-state. Led by an ambitious Iraqi militant known as Abu Bakr alBaghdadi, the group this week unilaterally declared the establishment of an Islamic state, or caliphate, in the land it has seized. It also proclaimed alBaghdadi the head of its new self-styled state governed by Shariah law and demanded that all Muslims pledge allegiance to him. Its assault in Iraq appears to have slowed after sweeping across the predominantly Sunni Arab areas and encountering stiff resistance in Shiitemajority regions. But in Syria, al-Baghdadi’s group has forged ahead with an offensive against towns and villages held by rival rebels along the Euphrates River in the eastern province bordering Iraq. Militants stormed houses in the frontier town of Boukamal, rounding up people suspected
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This photo taken on Tuesday, shows damaged homes due to clashes between fighters of the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and Iraqi security forces in Tikrit, 80 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq.
of opposing them, the Britainbased Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The extremist group captured Boukamal on Tuesday, after fighters from the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front defected. Al-Baghdadi’s fighters also were battling rival factions at the northern entrance to the nearby town of Sheheil, a Nusra Front stronghold, forcing thousands of residents to flee. The group — which has changed its name simply to the Islamic State — is reviled by most Syrian rebel groups, and many of them have been locked in a bloody six-month battle with it across northern Syria that has killed more than 7,000 people. A few smaller rebel factions have pledged loyalty to al-Baghdadi’s organization out of fear or convenience, but most factions in Syria oppose it. On Wednesday, nine Syrian rebel groups, including a powerful coalition called the Islamic Front, rejected al-Baghdadi’s declaration of a caliphate. In a statement posted on Islamic websites, they said the declaration was “void” and pledged to continue the fight. In Raqqa, the Syrian stronghold of al-Baghdadi’s group, activists said the extremists displayed more heavy weaponry
believed to have been looted from Iraqi military bases. Video posted by activists showed what appeared to be an Islamic State leader asking a group of people in a mosque, including children, to pledge loyalty to al-Baghdadi. The video appeared genuine and corresponded to other Associated Press reporting. “Before, it was enough if you showed them support; now they’re asking people to swear allegiance,” said a Raqqa-based activist who spoke condition of anonymity because he fears retribution. He and other activists said the group also was punishing and jailing people suspected of breaking the traditional dawn-to-dusk fast for the holy month of Ramadan, which began Sunday. In his weekly address, Iraq’s prime minister warned that the group’s self-proclaimed caliphate meant “no one in Iraq or any neighboring country will be safe from these plans.” The group’s declaration was “a message to all the states in the region that you are inside the red circle now,” al-Maliki said. The failure of al-Maliki’s Shiite-led government to promote reconciliation is being blamed for fueling the Sunni insurgency. Sunnis and Kurds, both of whom accuse him of
breaking promises and trying to monopolize power, demand that he be replaced. Al-Maliki did not directly address calls to step down, but he did say the focus should be on turning back the militants — and not political changes. “The priority today in the battle is security and the security challenges and the plots being formed by the terrorist organizations leaning on a sectarian program. The battle today is first before everything,” he said. “It is a battle for security, a battle to protect Iraq, and Iraq’s unity and identity, and the identity of the public and their security and economy.” The new parliament met Tuesday for the first time since April’s elections amid hopes for the swift formation of a government. But lawmakers deadlocked less than two hours into the meeting, and Sunnis and Kurds walked out. Al-Maliki acknowledged the failure of the first session, but expressed hope for a quick resolution when parliament meets next week. “God willing, in the next session, we will overcome it through cooperation and openness and reality in choosing people and a mechanism that would lead us to a solid political process,” he said. Vice President Joe Biden spoke Wednesday with parliament Speaker Osama al-Nujaifi, and they agreed on “the importance of Iraqis moving expeditiously to form a new government capable of uniting the country,” the White House said. However, White House officials acknowledged that those efforts were not meeting expectations. “Based on the fact that those leaders met yesterday, that they were urged to act promptly to form a new government, but they walked away without an agreement is an indication that that process is not off to a good start,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said.
East Coast prepares for tropical storm By BRUCE SMITH Associated Press
CHARLESTON, S.C. — As one of the year’s busiest travel weekends approaches, so does another visitor: Tropical Storm Arthur, expected to grow into a hurricane by the Fourth of July and hit most harshly at North Carolina’s Outer Banks, a popular getaway spot of thin barrier islands along the shore. The first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season prompted a hurricane warning for a wide swath of the North Carolina coast and had officials, hotel owners and wouldbe vacationers as far north as New England carefully watching forecasts. The Outer Banks will be especially vulnerable, forecasters said. The area’s tourism agency expects about 250,000 people to travel there and stay in hotels and rental homes for the long holiday weekend. “We want everybody to be safe and prepared, but we are not overly concerned at this point,” said Lee Nettles, the executive director the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau. He noted that forecasters were predicting the storm would move fast and be less severe than others in locals’ memories. But flooding concerns remained: Twice in recent years, storm-driven waves have sliced North Carolina Route 12, the main road along the islands, rendering it unpassable. On Ocracoke Island, accessible only by ferry, a voluntary evacuation was announced. Stores saw runs on generators, lanterns and flashlights, but even some workers weren’t yet concerned. “I’ve been through Irene. I went through Isabelle,” said Bill Motley, who works at Ace Hardware in Nags Head has lived on the Outer Banks for 13 years. “I’m not even worried about this one. I’m more worried about my tomato plants. With the wind coming, if we C
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This Tuesday, satellite image released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), shows the center of Tropical Storm Arthur off the east coast of Florida. With the July Fourth weekend on the horizon, the Atlantic hurricane season’s first named storm plodded off Florida’s coast early Wednesday, though Tropical Storm Arthur wasn’t yet spooking too many in the storm’s potential path.
get a 50-mph gust, it will knock over my tomato plants.” At a news conference, Gov. Pat McCrory advised residents, “Don’t put your stupid hat on.” With concerns of rip tides, he urged surfers and swimmers not to get in the water regardless of how good the waves might be. “Our major goal is to ensure that no lives are lost during this upcoming storm,” including those of emergency workers, McCrory said. He declared a state of emergency for 25 coastal and adjoining counties. Nancy Janitz, 60, of Jacksonville, North Carolina, said she was ready, thanks to technology. “I have my NOAA radio, and I keep tabs on Twitter and Facebook for updates,” she said. “I’m as prepared as I can possibly be.” On Wednesday afternoon, Arthur was about 220 miles (355 kilometers) south of Charleston and moving north about 7 mph (11 kph) with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 kph). The National Hurricane
Center predicted it would grow to a Category 1 hurricane with sustained winds of at least 74 mph either late Wednesday or sometime Thursday. The forecast did not call for a landfall in the U.S., but officials and travelers north to New England kept an eye on the storm’s projected path. Many areas warned of upcoming rain, wind and potential rip tides. The worst of the storm should occur at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about dawn Friday, with 3 to 5 inches of rain and sustained winds up to 85 mph, said Tony Saavedra, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service. But forecasters said that by later Friday, the effects of Arthur would be past the Outer Banks, with the rest of the weekend salvaged. The Hurricane Center predicted the storm would be off the coast of New England later in the day and eventually make landfall in Canada’s maritime provinces as a tropical storm. In the Myrtle Beach area, the heart of South Carolina’s
$18 billion tourism industry, Arthur was expected to move in by Thursday night, spinning wind gusts from 40 to 50 mph toward the high-rise hotels and condominiums lining the oceanfront. Farther south, in Hilton Head Island on the state’s southern tip, most were confident would pass well out at sea. “It will be a sold-out weekend,” said Charlie Clark, a spokeswoman for the local Chamber of Commerce. “... We’re not getting calls from visitors asking what’s up with this storm.” Back on North Carolina’s storm-tested Hatteras Island, one longtime resident said she had stocked up on supplies but was otherwise unfazed by Arthur’s approach. Even though Dawn Taylor had to put coolers on the top floor of her home in Avon to catch the rain after Hurricane Irene damaged the roof in 2011, she won’t leave her home because of a hurricane. And certainly not this one.
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Murray’s title defense ends in quarters HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer
LONDON — The silence at Centre Court made abundantly clear that Andy Murray’s time as Wimbledon champion was coming to a close. Out of sorts from the start of his quarterfinal against up-and-coming Grigor Dimitrov on Wednesday, Murray — who in 2013 ended Britain’s 77-year wait for one of its own to win the men’s title at the All England Club — sailed an awkward backhand slice long to fall behind by a set and a break. The crowd of nearly 15,000, usually so vociferous in support of Mur-
ray, sat quietly, perhaps not prepared to believe what was happening. All along, Murray’s body language was as negative as his play: He gnawed on his knuckle after seeing an ace zip past; slapped his forehead with his palm after one forehand found the net; bowed his head and slumped his shoulders after another did the same. When one last forehand fell short, the magical ride ended for Murray and his fans with a 6-1, 7-6 (4), 6-2 loss to the 11th-seeded Dimitrov, who became the first man from Bulgaria to reach a Grand Slam semifinal. “I have very good memories from that court out there. It’s a special court for me,” said Murray, who lost the
2012 Wimbledon final there, won that year’s London Olympics gold medal there, then won his historic title 12 months ago there. “I mean, you can have bad days as an athlete. You don’t win all of the time. Sometimes you just have to take it on the chin and move on.” He hadn’t lost a set in his first four matches, but made 37 unforced errors Wednesday, more than twice as many as Dimitrov. “Even when I wanted to get into longer rallies, I was missing shots,” the third-seeded Murray said. “I was unable to make him work as hard as I needed to.” Dimitrov was composed through-
out, getting broken only once and showing off the all-court game and smooth, one-handed backhand that long ago earned him the nickname “Baby Fed” — as in seven-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer. On Friday, Dimitrov takes on another past champ, top-seeded Novak Djokovic, who returned to the semifinals for the fifth consecutive year by coming back to beat No. 26 Marin Cilic of Croatia 6-1, 3-6, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-2. “Novak really played terrific the last two sets,” said three-time Wimbledon winner Boris Becker, who’s coaching Djokovic. “That was the first real test for him.”
Djokovic was troubled by Cilic, to be sure, but also by repeated slips that prompted the Serb to change his shoes midway through the match. Playing on No. 1 Court, Djokovic also was rattled by intermittent cheering from outside the arena for Murray, whose match was played simultaneously across the way. “I said to the chair umpire: ‘Let’s just stop (our) match, put (theirs) live on the big screen, and let’s watch it ‘til they’re done,’” recounted Djokovic, last year’s runner-up to Murray. On the other half of the draw, Federer will face No. 8 Milos Raonic, the first Canadian man in a Grand Slam semifinal since 1923.
Rays win 5th straight, Yanks drop 5th straight By The Associated Press
NEW YORK — Sean Rodriguez hit a tiebreaking homer in the sixth inning and drove in three runs, helping the streaking Tampa Bay Rays extend their longest winning string this year to five and hand the New York Yankees their season-worst fifth straight loss, 6-3 Wednesday. Ben Zobrist doubled twice among his three hits for the Rays, but ran into two outs. With manager Joe Maddon encouraging his team to be more aggressive on the bases, Rodriguez was thrown out trying to stretch an RBI single to the wall in right field in the fourth. The Rays won all three games at Yankee Stadium for their first road sweep since taking three in the Bronx from Sept. 24-26. NATIONALS 4, ROCKIES 3
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onto the field. He ended up on third, but after a review that took 3:42, Desmond was given his 15th homer. Washington’s Doug Fister (7-2) allowed three runs on seven hits over seven innings.
MARINERS 5, ASTROS 2 HOUSTON — Logan Morrison drove in two runs in a big sixth inning, Chris Young pitched seven strong innings and Seattle completed a three-game sweep. The Mariners were down by two before a four-run sixth inning, highlighted by Morrison’s double to right field off Brad Peacock (2-5) that put them on top. James Jones scored on a wild pitch in the inning and John Buck had an RBI single. Young (8-4) allowed two hits — both solo homers — and struck out a season-high eight, his most since he fanned nine against Colorado in 2012. Fernando Rodney pitched a scoreless ninth for his 24th save.
BLUE JAYS 7, BREWERS 4 TORONTO — Edwin Encarnacion hit a three-run, walk-off home run in the ninth inning and Toronto dealt Milwaukee its third straight loss. Jose Bautista and Juan Francisco also connected for the Blue Jays, who have hit a major leaguehigh 113 home runs this season. Facing Will Smith (1-1), Jose Reyes led off the ninth with a
double that left fielder Elian Herrera dove for but couldn’t handle. Melky Cabrera was intentionally walked and Brandon Kintzler came on to face Anthony Gose, who failed to advance the runners with a bunt when Reyes was forced at third.
TIGERS 9, ATHLETICS 3 DETROIT — Torii Hunter hit three RBI singles and capped a six-run burst in the sixth inning that propelled Detroit to a threegame sweep. The three-time AL Central champion Tigers won for the 11th time in 13 games. The division leaders reached the halfway mark with a 47-34 mark. Oakland still has the best record in the majors despite its stumble at Comerica Park.
ORIOLES 6, RANGERS 4 BALTIMORE — Adam Jones and Ryan Flaherty hit solo homers, and Baltimore beat Texas for the third straight time in a game delayed 1 hour, 38 minutes by rain. The Rangers have lost eight consecutive road games, their longest such stretch since 2005. The Orioles (45-39) moved six games over .500, equaling a season-high. Jones hit his 16th home run of the season and had three RBIs. Flaherty, who started at third base in place of the suspended Manny Machado, hit his fourth homer of
the season.
PADRES 3, REDS 0 SAN DIEGO — Tyson Ross threw a three-hitter for his first career shutout and Rene Rivera hit a three-run single off big league ERA leader Johnny Cueto to give San Diego to its first three-game sweep since September. The Padres, who tied their season high with their fourth straight win, hadn’t swept a series since Sept. 6-8 against Colorado.
CUBS 16, RED SOX 9 BOSTON — Justin Ruggiano, Mike Olt and Welington Castillo hit two-run homers to power Chicago in the finale of a three-game interleague series sweep. Ruggiano drove in five runs, Darwin Barney had four hits and Nate Schierholtz added a solo homer for Chicago, which won for the sixth time in seven games away from Wrigley Field and posted its first interleague sweep of three or more games since taking three from Cleveland in 2009.
WHITE SOX 3, ANGELS 2 CHICAGO — Leury Garcia drove in the winning run with a pinch-hit single off Michael Morin in the ninth inning to lift Chicago to victory. The White Sox shook off a doubleheader sweep and finally took out the Angels after dropping their first
five games against Los Angeles this who has reached safely in 19 of 21 season and seven straight overall. major league games, had a double, a walk and his third home run for Pittsburgh, which clinched its INDIANS 5, DODGERS 4 fourth consecutive series victory. Polanco’s line-drive shot to LOS ANGELES — Mike Aviles capped a three-run eighth inning right off Chase Anderson in the with a two-run single against Brian second inning gave the Pirates a Wilson, rallying Cleveland past 3-0 lead. Los Angeles. Ryan Raburn homered off MARLINS 5, PHILLIES 0 Hyun-Jin Ryu, who was lifted after MIAMI — Casey McGehee seven with a 3-2 lead. Wilson (1-3) retired only one of reached base three times, doubled the six batters he faced, giving up home a run and scored another, a tying single by pinch-hitter Da- helping Miami send Philadelphia vid Murphy and Aviles’ clutch hit to its sixth straight loss. Tom Koehler (6-6) allowed after an intentional walk to Lonnie three hits in six innings and earned Chisenhall. his first victory since June 4. Three BRAVES 3, METS 1 relievers completed a five-hitter. ATLANTA — Chris Johnson hit a three-run double, Julio Teheran pitched seven strong innings and Atlanta polished off a threegame sweep. The Braves extended their season-best winning streak to seven games. The Mets have lost four straight and seven of their last eight games and are a season-worst 11 games below .500.
ROYALS 4, TWINS 0 MINNEAPOLIS — Jason Vargas threw seven scoreless innings and Raul Ibanez homered in his second game for Kansas City. Vargas (8-3) allowed four singles and two walks while striking out five, allowing only two runners from a diluted Twins lineup to reach second base.
PIRATES 5, DIAMONDBACKS 1
CARDINALS 2, GIANTS 0
PITTSBURGH — Gregory Polanco homered, Charlie Morton continued his effective pitching at home and Pittsburgh won for the fifth time in six games. Polanco, a highly touted rookie
SAN FRANCISCO — Adam Wainwright allowed four hits over 7 2-3 innings, Matt Carpenter continued to feast on San Francisco pitching and the St. Louis Cardinals ended a scoring drought.
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he weather is great, and the fun at Bird Homestead is increasing daily. The course is looking fabulous. The hard work of Larry Hamilton is definitely paying off. The course is in the best shape I have ever seen it. You have to see it to believe it. Bird Homestead has a weekly calendar that stays the same every week to accommodate all golfers: Mondays — $1 a hole, all day; Tuesdays — Men’s Night, starts at 6:30 p.m.; Wednesdays — Ladies night, starts at 6:30 p.m.; Thursday — Bring a friend for buy a round, get a round free. We always love to see new golfers at the course. Don’t have your own clubs? No problem, we have some you can rent. Don’t want to walk a round of golf, that’s OK, that’s what golf carts are for, and we have those too! Don’t forget to mark your agendas for a round of golf at Bird Homestead Golf Course located at Mile 11.8 on
Funny River Road. Ladies Night Eleven wonderful women showed up last Wednesday despite the ugly weather. The triple threat of Kelsey Slough, Susan Ellis and Faith Link took first place. Long drive went to Pat Bird. We love to see new ladies Wednesday nights, so come join us at 6:30 p.m. every Wednesday evening for a night of fun. We have clubs to rent if you need a set, and don’t worry about skill level, ladies night is to have fun on the course while playing a best-ball scramble. Men’s Night What a beautiful night Tuesday turned out to be! Thirty men showed up to play a round of golf. The unstoppable three-man team of Roy Bird, Larry Taylor and Trevor Baldwin took first place. Just behind them in second place was Aaron Blackburn, Steve Tachick and Dave Kerkvliet.
did an excellent job of coordinating ird omestead everything. First place went to Trevor Baldwin, Rob Robertson and Cuz, with a score of 16-under par. Right olf eport behind them was the team of Kelsey Slough, Dan Hackett and Ron Brown Kelsey S lough with a score of 15-under, winning them second place. Men’s long drive Trevor Baldwin crushed the ball, went to Trevor Baldwin and ladies and landed in the middle of the long drive to Susan Ellis. Kelsey fairway, winning long drive. Trevor Baldwin not only took first place, and Slough hit an awesome tee shot on hole No.8 landing her only 17 feet long drive, he also won closest to on hole No. 6, with his tee shot sitting a from the pin and winning closest to on No. 8. mere 8 feet, 6 inches, from the pin. Junior Golf Lessons Pure birdie was split between Aaron Although it was pouring down rain Blackburn and JE wells on hole No.5. On hole No.8 Roy Bird’s tee shot was last week for the junior golf lessons, so precise it landed only 8-9 from the we still had juniors show up for the free lessons, and our teaching pro pin, winning him closest to the pin. Rob Fraser improvised and held the All men are welcome to join the lessons in the cart barn, so the juniors fun on Tuesday nights at 6:30 p.m. More men equals more money to win. stayed dry and had fun hitting golf BHGA String Tournament recap balls against a tarp. Tonight, we are supposed to have The turnout for the string tournagood weather, we would love to see ment was wonderful. Mike Gardner
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Chugiak edges Oilers Staff report
The Chugiak-Eagle River Chinooks held off the Peninsula Oilers for a 6-4 victory Wednesday at Coral Seymour Memorial Park in Kenai. The Oilers dropped to 5-6 in the Alaska Baseball League, and are three games behind the Anchorage Bucs, the leaders of the American League. The Chinooks notched their third league victory in 16 tries thanks to a 10-hit attack and a stellar effort on the mound by Kyle McDorman. McDorman went 8 1-3 innings, allowing six hits and four runs while walking three and striking out two. McDorman threw 100 pitchSee OILERS, page A-10 C
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lots of juniors show up from 6 to 8 p.m. for the FREE junior golf lessons tonight. Clubs will be provided during the lessons, and no experience is needed. This is a great opportunity to get the kids out of the house to learn something new, and who knows they could be the next great pro golfer. For more information, call the clubhouse at 260-4653. Hordemann Benefit Thank you to everyone who golfed Sunday to help the family of Linda Hordemann. There were lots of golfers that came out to show their support, and thank you Bird Homestead Golf Course for donating all Sunday’s green fees to the family of Linda Hordemann. Fun Fact Thursday Golf was banned in Scotland from 1457 to 1502 to ensure citizens wouldn’t waste time when preparing for an English invasion.
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A-10 Peninsula Clarion, Thursday, July 3, 2014 Alaska Baseball League Standings
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10 5 .667 -- 16-7 5 6 .455 3 14-7-2 2 4 .333 3.5 12-5 12 7 .632 -- 14-8 10 7 .588 1 14-8-1 3 13 .188 8 5-15
Wednesday, July 2 Chinooks 6, Oilers 4 Pilots 9, Miners 5 Thursday, July 3 Goldpanners at Bucs, 7 p.m. Chinooks at Oilers, 7 p.m.
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es. In a postgame radio interview on 1140 AM, he said he threw a lot of sliders and mainly tried to keep the ball in the strike zone. Down 6-1 heading into the bottom of the ninth, the Oilers tried to rally against McDorman. The Oilers made it 6-3 and had one out with runners on the corners when McDorman was lifted for Lance Phillips. Phillips got Jeff Paschke to ground to second, but the ball was booted to put runners on first and second with one out and a 6-4 score. However, Phillips was able to retire Josh Rose and Jake Sandlin to end the threat. The Oilers and Chinooks finish off a three-game series today at 7 p.m. at Seymour Park. Chinooks Ardt 2b Atmn ss Kkny lf Clns lf Nvnt rf Ckle dh Plx cf Crmr 1b Derr c Rrk 3b Totals
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2B — Arendt, Conkle, Derr, Roark, Sanford. 3B — Altmann. HR — Pollex. SH — Conkle, Hernandez. SB — Karkenny, Pollex, Sandlin. LOB — Chinooks 6, Oilers 6. DP — Oilers 2, Chinooks 1. IP H R ER BB SO Chinooks McDorman, W 8 1-3 6 4 4 3 2 Phillips, S 2-3 0 0 0 0 1 Oilers Kolodin, L 3 1-3 3 4 4 3 3 Richey 1 1-3 3 2 2 1 0 Rieser 1 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 Gibson 1 2 0 0 0 0 Sheridan 1 1 0 0 0 0 Paschke 1 1 0 0 0 2 WP — McDorman. PB — Zarate. P-S — McDorman 67-100, Phillips 10-8, Kolodin 59-32, Richey 30-15, Rieser 15-10, Gibson 12-12, Sheridan 16-8, Paschke 12-9. T — 2:29.
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East Division W Toronto 47 Baltimore 45 New York 41 Boston 38 Tampa Bay 38 Central Division Detroit 47 Kansas City 44 Cleveland 41 Chicago 40 Minnesota 38 West Division Oakland 51 Los Angeles 47 Seattle 47 Texas 37 Houston 36
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Pct .547 .536 .494 .447 .437
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.580 .524 .488 .465 .458
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.607 .566 .553 .440 .419
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Wednesday’s Games Toronto 7, Milwaukee 4 Tampa Bay 6, N.Y. Yankees 3 Detroit 9, Oakland 3 Kansas City 4, Minnesota 0 Seattle 5, Houston 2 Cleveland 5, L.A. Dodgers 4 Baltimore 6, Texas 4 Chicago Cubs 16, Boston 9 Chicago White Sox 3, L.A. Angels 2 Thursday’s Games Texas (Darvish 8-4) at Baltimore (W.Chen 7-3), 3:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Bedard 4-5) at Detroit (Scherzer 9-3), 3:08 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 11-3) at Minnesota (P.Hughes 8-4), 4:10 p.m. Toronto (Dickey 6-7) at Oakland (Gray 7-3), 5:05 p.m. Houston (Oberholtzer 2-6) at L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 5-2), 6:05 p.m. All Times ADT
NL Standings
East Division W Atlanta 47 Washington 46 Miami 41 New York 37 Philadelphia 36 Central Division Milwaukee 51 St. Louis 45 Pittsburgh 44 Cincinnati 43 Chicago 37 West Division San Francisco 47 Los Angeles 48 San Diego 38 Colorado 36 Arizona 35
L 38 38 43 48 48
Pct GB .553 — .548 ½ .488 5½ .435 10 .429 10½
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.593 — .529 5½ .524 6 .512 7 .446 12½
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.560 — .552 ½ .447 9½ .424 11½ .407 13
Wednesday’s Games Toronto 7, Milwaukee 4 Cleveland 5, L.A. Dodgers 4 San Diego 3, Cincinnati 0 Washington 4, Colorado 3 Pittsburgh 5, Arizona 1 Chicago Cubs 16, Boston 9 Atlanta 3, N.Y. Mets 1 Miami 5, Philadelphia 0 St. Louis 2, San Francisco 0 Thursday’s Games St. Louis (C.Martinez 1-3) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 9-5), 11:45 a.m. Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 3-8) at Miami (Hand 0-1), 2:10 p.m. Arizona (McCarthy 2-10) at Pittsburgh (Worley 2-0), 3:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 10-4) at Colorado (F.Morales 4-4), 4:10 p.m. All Times ADT
Sports Briefs Graham ruled a tight end NEW ORLEANS — The Saints’ Jimmy Graham and the NFL Players Association were dealt a setback Wednesday when an arbitrator ruled that he can only be considered a tight end for the purposes of his franchise tag designation. NFLPA had filed a grievance arguing that Graham was used as a wide receiver often enough to qualify for the more lucrative receiver tag. But arbitrator Stephen Burbank disagreed and now the NFLPA is reviewing his ruling, and will advise Graham on his options, which could include an appeal. Graham’s case is being closely watched around the league because it could set a precedent for negotiations involving players who fill diverse roles in their teams’ offensive or defensive schemes. For example, some outside linebackers in a 3-4 defensive scheme could argue their right to receive the higher defensive end tag. NFL franchise tags, which allow each team to keep one prized player who is due to become a free agent, were set this year at $7 million for tight ends and $12.3 million for receivers.
Rays 6, Yankees 3 TB NY
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Odorizzi, C.Ramos (6), Oviedo (7), Jo.Peralta (8), Boxberger (9) and Hanigan; Nuno, Kelley (6), Warren (7), Huff (8) and McCann. W_Odorizzi 4-7. L_Nuno 2-5. Sv_Boxberger (1). HRs_Tampa Bay, S.Rodriguez (8). New York, Gardner (8), McCann (10).
Tigers 9, Athletics 3 Oak. 200 000 100—3 11 0 Det. 101 106 00x—9 13 0 J.Chavez, Ji.Johnson (6), Cook (6), Abad (7), Francis (8) and D.Norris; Verlander, Alburquerque (7), B.Hardy (8), Nathan (9) and Avila. W_Verlander 7-7. L_J. Chavez 6-5. HRs_Oakland, Crisp (7), Moss (19).
len (8). HRs_Cleveland, Raburn (2). Los Angeles, Van Slyke (7).
Cubs 16, Red Sox 9 Chi. 300 321 016—16 19 1 Bos. 001 220013— 9 16 0 T.Wood, Villanueva (4), Russell (6), Schlitter (8), Grimm (9) and Castillo; Workman, Doubront (5), Badenhop (6), Mujica (8), Breslow (9), Tazawa (9) and Pierzynski. W_Villanueva 4-5. L_Workman 1-2. HRs_Chicago, Ruggiano (3), Olt (11), Castillo (6), Schierholtz (5). Boston, Betts (1).
Padres 3, Reds 0 Cin. 000 000 000—0 3 0 SD 300 000 00x—3 7 0 Cueto, Ju.Diaz (8) and B.Pena; T.Ross and Rivera. W_T.Ross 7-8. L_Cueto 8-6.
Royals 4, Twins 0
Nationals 4, Rockies 3
KC 020 000 011—4 9 0 Min. 000 000 000—0 4 0
Col. 030 000 000—3 9 0 Was. 000 300 10x—4 7 0
Vargas, W.Davis (8), G.Holland (9) and S.Perez; Correia, Guerrier (7), Fien (8), Perkins (9) and Fryer. W_Vargas 8-3. L_Correia 4-10. HRs_Kansas City, Ibanez (4).
Matzek, Belisle (7), Ottavino (8) and McKenry; Fister, Clippard (8), R.Soriano (9) and Lobaton. W_Fister 7-2. L_Belisle 2-4. Sv_R. Soriano (20). HRs_Colorado, McKenry (1). Washington, Werth (7), Desmond (15).
Mariners 5, Astros 2 Sea. 000 004 100—5 10 0 Hou. 001 010 000—2 3 0 C.Young, Farquhar (8), Medina (8), Rodney (9) and Buck; Peacock, Bass (6), Sipp (8), Qualls (9) and Corporan. W_C.Young 8-4. L_Peacock 2-5. Sv_Rodney (24). HRs_Houston, Ma.Gonzalez (4), K.Hernandez (1).
Pirates 5, Diamondbacks 1 Ari. Pit.
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Orioles 6, Rangers 4
C.Anderson, Delgado (4), Thatcher (7), Stites (8) and M.Montero; Morton, Ju.Wilson (7), Watson (8), Melancon (9) and R.Martin. W_Morton 5-9. L_C.Anderson 5-4. HRs_Pittsburgh, G.Polanco (3).
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Marlins 5, Phillies 0
Mikolas, Frasor (6), Cotts (7), Rowen (8) and Gimenez; Tillman, Brach (6), O’Day (8), Z.Britton (9) and C.Joseph. W_Brach 2-0. L_Cotts 2-5. Sv_Z.Britton (11). HRs_Baltimore, A.Jones (16), Flaherty (4).
White Sox 3, Angels 2
Phi. 000 000 000—0 5 0 Mia. 000 120 02x—5 9 0 Hamels, Rosenberg (6), Giles (7), Hollands (8), Bastardo (8) and K.Hill; Koehler, M.Dunn (7), Gregg (8), Hatcher (9) and Saltalamacchia. W_Koehler 6-6. L_Hamels 2-5. HRs_Miami, Saltalamacchia (8).
LA 000 000 110—2 7 0 Ch. 000 200 001—3 9 0 Skaggs, Morin (8) and Iannetta; Joh.Danks, Putnam (8) and Flowers. W_Putnam 3-1. L_Morin 2-2. HRs_Los Angeles, Freese (3), J.Hamilton (5).
Blue Jays 7, Brewers 4 Mil. 103 000 000—4 7 1 Tor. 101 200 003—7 11 0 W.Peralta, Duke (7), W.Smith (8), Kintzler (9) and Maldonado; Happ, Loup (8), Janssen (9) and D.Navarro. W_Janssen 3-0. L_W. Smith 1-1. HRs_Toronto, Bautista (17), J.Francisco (13), Encarnacion (26).
Indians 5, Dodgers 4
Braves 3, Mets 1 NY Atl.
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deGrom, Black (6), Familia (7), Edgin (8), Mejia (8) and d’Arnaud; Teheran, Varvaro (8), J.Walden (9) and Bethancourt. W_Teheran 8-5. L_deGrom 1-5. Sv_J.Walden (3).
Cardinals 2, Giants 0 SL SG
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Wainwright, Neshek (8), Rosenthal (9) and Y.Molina; Vogelsong, Affeldt (8), J.Gutierrez (8), Romo (9) and Posey. W_Wainwright 114. L_Vogelsong 5-5. Sv_Rosenthal (25).
Cle. 000 200 030—5 9 0 LA 000 030 010—4 9 3
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Bauer, Pestano (6), Shaw (7), Atchison (8), Allen (8) and Y.Gomes; Ryu, B.Wilson (8), Howell (8), C.Perez (9) and A.Ellis. W_ Shaw 3-1. L_B.Wilson 1-3. Sv_Al-
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Attorney Andrew Phelan said the team terminated its contract with Hernandez right after he was charged last year in the death of semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd. Phelan’s remarks came during a hearing in wrongful death lawsuits filed by the families of two Boston men prosecutors say were also killed by Hernandez. The families’ lawyer, William Kennedy, asked for an order barring the Patriots from paying Hernandez a $3.25 million signing bonus if the team is ever ordered to do so by an arbitrator. According to the lawsuit filed by Kennedy, Hernandez has filed a grievance seeking the money, plus $82,000 owed to him by the team.
Psychologist: Pistorius does not display narcissism
PRETORIA, South Africa — Oscar Pistorius does not display the narcissism associated with men in abusive relationships and linked to “ragetype” murders, according to a psychologist’s report read Wednesday at the athlete’s murder trial. The report adds to conflicting evidence about the character of the double-amputee runner, who killed girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp by firing his Team lawyer: Pats don’t owe pistol through a closed toilet door in his home. The defense has sought to support Pistorius’ contention Hernandez ‘another penny’ that he killed the 29-year-old model by mistake, BOSTON — The New England Patriots don’t fearing an intruder was about to attack him; the owe “another penny” to former tight end Aaron prosecution says the Paralympian is a jealous egoHernandez, who is charged in three killings, a team tist who shot Steenkamp after a Valentine’s Day lawyer told a judge Wednesday. argument. — The Associated Press
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France vs. Germany, 8 a.m. At Fortaleza, Brazil Brazil vs. Colombia, Noon Saturday, July 5 At Brasilia, Brazil Argentina vs. Belgium, 8 a.m. At Salvador, Brazil Netherlands vs. Costa Rica, Noon All Times ADT
Tennis Wimbledon
Wednesday At The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club London Purse: $42.5 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Grass-Outdoor Singles Men Quarterfinals Grigor Dimitrov (11), Bulgaria, def. Andy Murray (3), Britain, 6-1, 7-6 (4), 6-2. Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Marin Cilic (26), Croatia, 6-1, 3-6, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-2. Roger Federer (4), Switzerland, def. Stan Wawrinka (5), Switzerland, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-4. Milos Raonic (8), Canada, def. Nick Kyrgios, Australia, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (4). Women Quarterfinals Simona Halep (3), Romania, def. Sabine Lisicki (19), Germany, 6-4, 6-0. Eugenie Bouchard (13), Canada, def. Angelique Kerber (9), Germany, 6-3, 6-4.
Transactions BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX — Sent 3B Will Middlebrooks to Pawtucket (IL) for a rehab assignment. CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Claimed RHP Angel Sanchez off waivers from Tampa Bay and optioned him to Winston-Salem (Carolina). Agreed to terms with C Jhoandro Alfaro and INFs Felix Mercedes, Ricky Mota and Amado Nunez on minor league contracts. HOUSTON ASTROS — Optioned LHP Kevin Chapman to Oklahoma City (PCL). Reinstated RHP Anthony Bass from the 15-day DL. Agreed to terms with RHP Franklin Perez, SS Miguelangel Sierra and C Brandon Benavente on minor league contracts. LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Reinstated LHP Tyler Skaggs from the 15-day DL. KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Optioned RHP Michael Mariot to Omaha (PCL). Recalled RHP Casey Coleman from Omaha. MINNESOTA TWINS — Placed 1B Joe Mauer on the 15-day DL. Recalled 1B/OF Chris Colabello from Rochester (IL). NEW YORK YANKEES — Agreed to terms with RHP Deshorn Lake on a minor league contract. Sent LHP CC Sabathia to Trenton (EL) for a rehab assignment. TAMPA BAY RAYS — Recalled LHP Jeff Beliveau from Durham (IL). TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Agreed
to terms with RHP Jeff Hoffman and C Max Pentecost on minor league contracts. National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Optioned RHP Juan Jaime to Gwinnett (IL). Reinstated RHP David Carpenter from the 15-day DL. ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Agreed to terms with C Nate Irving on a minor league contract. CINCINNATI REDS — Traded RHP Jair Jurrjens to Colorado for 1B Harold Riggins. Optioned RHP Raisel Iglesias to Louisville (IL). COLORADO ROCKIES — Sent LHP Brett Anderson to Colorado Springs (PCL) for a rehab assignment. MIAMI MARLINS — Placed RHP A.J. Ramos on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Friday. Recalled 1B Justin Bour from New Orleans (PCL). NEW YORK METS — Agreed to terms with RHPs Daniel Guzman and Agustin Castilla, OF Claudio Geraldo and SSs Yoel Romero, Edgardo Fermin and Hansel Moreno on minor league contracts. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Placed OF Domonic Brown on paternity leave. Recalled OF Aaron Altherr from Reading (EL). Reinstated RHP Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez from the 60-day DL and optioned him to Reading. Transferred RHP Mike Adams to the 60-day DL. Sent C Wil Nieves to the GCL Phillies for a rehab assignment. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Recalled OF Oscar Taveras from Memphis (PCL). Sent 2B Kolten Wong to Memphis for a rehab assignment. SAN DIEGO PADRES — Placed SS Everth Cabrera on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Tuesday. Selected the contract of 3B Brooks Conrad from El Paso (PCL). Transferred LHP Troy Patton to the 60-day DL. Agreed to terms with OF Seth Smith on a three-year contract. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Agreed to terms with OF Yoel Andujar, SS Bryan Bencosme, OF Juan Evangelista, SS Adanlis Martinez and OF Brailin Mesa on minor league contracts. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association BOSTON CELTICS — Agreed to terms with G Avery Bradley on a four-year contract. BROOKLYN NETS — Named Lionel Hollins coach. FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Named Charles Way head of player engagement department. BALTIMORE RAVENS — Traded LB Rolando McClain and a 2016 seventh-round draft pick to Dallas for a 2016 seventh-round draft pick. HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS — Signed G Jason LaBarbera to a one-year contract. CAROLINA HURRICANES — Signed C Jay McClement to a oneyear contract. CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Agreed to terms with D Kyle Cumiskey on a one-year contract. DALLAS STARS — Signed C Vernon Fiddler to a two-year contract and LW Brendan Ranford to a three-year, entry-level contract. DETROIT RED WINGS — Signed D Kyle Quincey to a two-year con-
tract and F Andy Miele to a oneyear contract. FLORIDA PANTHERS — Agreed to terms with G Sam Brittain on an entry-level contract and D Blake Parlett on a one-year, two-way contract. MINNESOTA WILD — Agreed to terms with RW Joel Rechlicz on a one-year, two-way contract. NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Signed C Olli Jokinen to a one-year contract. NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Resigned Fs Steve Bernier and Stephen Gionta. NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Signed Fs Mikhail Grabovski and Nikolai Kulemin to four-year contracts. Agreed to terms with F Cory Conacher on a one-year contract. NEW YORK RANGERS — Agreed to terms with F Chris Bourque. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS — Signed D Nick Schultz to a oneyear contract. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS — Signed F Steve Downie to a oneyear contract. SAN JOSE SHARKS — Signed F John Scott to a one-year contract. VANCOUVER CANUCKS — Signed RW Radim Vrbata to a twoyear contract. WINNIPEG JETS — Agreed to terms with G Michael Hutchinson on a two-year contract and D Will O’Neill on a one-year, two-way contract. MOTORSPORTS INDYCAR — Fined Dale Coyne Racing $10,000 for a pair of technical violations during Saturday’s Grand Prix of Houston Race 1. SOCCER Major League Soccer PORTLAND TIMBERS — Waived M Aaron Long. COLLEGE BIG TEN CONFERENCE — Promoted Diane Dietz to deputy commissioner, public affairs; Scott Chipman to associate commissioner, communications; Robin Jentes to assistant commissioner, branding; Jade Burroughs promoted to director, branding; Kerry Kenny to director, compliance; Jessica Palermo to director, championships; and Alex Macht to assistant director, video services. Named Kristina Minor assistant director, compliance. ALBANY (NY) — Named Chelsea Martin graduate assistant manager. ARMSTRONG STATE — Named Brian English assistant baseball coach. CARTHAGE — Named C.J. Cuneo women’s lacrosse coach. GEORGE WASHINGTON — Named Melissa Dunne women’s assistant basketball coach. GEORGETOWN — Named Erik Supplee assistant baseball coach. HOLY CROSS — Named Jordan Nies men’s assistant lacrosse coach. LYNCHBURG — Named Jon Waters athletic director. MARQUETTE — Announced men’s junior basketball F Wally Ellenson has transferred from Minnesota. NEW JERSEY CITY — Named Jaci Timko softball coach and academic advisor. NORTH TEXAS — Suspended LB Sed Ellis and TE Chris Loving indefinitely from the football team. THIEL — Named Jordan TimmerC man men’s volleyball coach.
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to widen its focus beyond enforcement “and engage on another level with the business community.” Cote said what Hanrahan was asking for was not administrative only and “strategically changing the responsibilities” they had. Hanrahan said there was no intent to “minimize or eliminate” the board’s legal responsibilities. Cote later said she would work on a plan. “I, too, see this as nothing but a positive move,” Cote wrote. In an interview Wednesday, Cote said it was positive to the extent that the board had been doing training and outreach for years. “But what may not be captured in that is the passive resistance to enforcement,” she said, such as denying travel to a law enforcement gathering for networking — the cost for which Hanra-
han wrote seemed expensive, at about $380 — or expecting the board’s focus to expand while not adding staff. The board for years fell under the Department of Public Safety. In 2012, lawmakers approved putting it under the Department of Commerce. According to the sponsor statement, the change was not to “restrict or change the enforcement responsibilities of the Board or of the Department of Public Safety.” Gov. Sean Parnell, in signing the bill, noted concerns raised during the legislative debate that the move could limit the board’s enforcement abilities. He said he wasn’t convinced moving “an independent board for administrative purposes will be detrimental to law enforcement.” But he remained open to reviewing the placement, organization and structure of the board if the “underlying information and facts turn out to be different from the reality of regulating this industry in the
Around Alaska Officer: Dog rescued from ledge ran away JUNEAU — A dog rescued from a cliff ledge in Kenai Fjords National Park apparently ran away from home. Seward, Alaska, animal control officer Shelli McDowell said the people who had adopted Sadie on a trial basis were out of state for a family emergency and left the Labradoodle with a house sitter. McDowell said they learned Tuesday that Sadie had been missing. McDowell estimated Sadie had probably traveled about 20 miles from home. Park officials last week started hearing reports of a dog on Exit Glacier and along the Resurrection River. Rangers rescued Sadie on Monday. McDowell said Sadie is skittish, shy and a runner. McDowell was waiting to see if the family would be able to keep her or if she would have to be placed with someone else.
Man accused of ramming Porsche into pickup FAIRBANKS — An Alaska man faces felony charges after authorities say he launched his sports car into the side of a three-quarter-ton pickup truck during a fit of road rage in Fairbanks. Police allege Luis Mesias Jara, 28, left tire marks on blacktop as he intentionally accelerated and backed into the pickup
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public interest.” Three months later, in a letter to the commissioners of Commerce and Public Safety, Parnell said concerns had been raised with the board’s “new direction,” and that he wanted to refresh their recollection about the Legislature’s intent and his own in signing the bill. Parnell said Wednesday that he had not read Cote’s opinion piece, but he plans to look at her concerns and take those up with Bell. Cote wrote that she could “only assume” that Parnell was unaware that the department “is actively assisting” the Alaska Cabaret, Hotel, Restaurant and Retailers Association, a hospitality industry group, “in changing the direction of the board’s efforts.” Bell called that assertion inappropriate. Cote wrote that while the departments of health and public safety are spending millions of dollars to fight alcohol abuse through prevention, education
and enforcement, the commerce department “is essentially working hard to promote it.” The association’s president didn’t return a message seeking comment. The debate over the board was reignited last month when a recruitment ad said the director would support the board’s mission “to ensure responsible growth in the beverage industry.” The Anchorage Daily News reported the ad was pulled and rewritten. A special assistant to Bell, who said she wrote the notice, said she had no intention of rewriting the agency’s focus to favor business. Bell said it was corrected when she became aware. The current job description on the board’s website says the director supports the board’s mission “to protect the public from alcoholic beverage abuse by enforcing state laws regulating alcoholic beverage commerce through licensing and enforcement.”
on the Steese Highway near the entrance to Fort Wainwright Army Post. Jara was charged Monday with felony criminal mischief and reckless driving, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported. His attorney Gary Stapp says Jara objects to police calling the crash a “road rage” incident. “They just got this completely backward,” Stapp said. “This was just an innocent accident. ... We’re not disputing that there was an accident, but there wasn’t any road rage going on.” According to the criminal complaint, Jara told police the pickup driver kept him from changing lanes. Jara said he also was upset because the truck blew black smoke in his direction. The pickup driver told police Jara cut in front of him and slammed on the brakes. The 1999 Porsche Boxster slid toward a median, struck a curb and stopped. The pickup also stopped, Fairbanks police said. “(Jara) then put his Porsche in reverse and accelerated toward the F-250, leaving burn-out marks in the roadway while doing so,” officer Jim Gibson wrote in the criminal complaint. “(The pickup driver) tried to steer his truck to the left to avoid the oncoming collision but was too late.” The sports car struck the truck on the driver side. The impact moved the truck slightly to the left, and the pickup’s tires left skid marks showing lateral movement, police said. Jara is free on $6,000 bail. He is scheduled for a preliminary hearing July 10.
BALTIMORE — The U.S. Department of Education has added 12 colleges and universities to its growing list of educational institutions being investigated for their handling of sexual abuse allegations. In May, the Department’s Office for Civil Rights made public the names of schools under investigation for possible violations of Title IX, which prohibits gender discrimination at institutions receiving federal funds. It pledged to update the log on a weekly basis. The most recent version of the list was published on Wednesday, and now includes 67 schools. The schools on the list range from small colleges to large
universities, across 32 states. Among the 12 newly added institutions are Morgan State University in Baltimore; the University of Delaware; and Elmira College in Elmira, New York. Some of the investigations came from complaints made to the Department, while others were launched following compliance reviews. The Department has said just because a school is listed does not mean it has violated the law, only that it is under investigation. The list does not
include any details about what prompted complaints. Morgan State University spokesman Clinton Coleman said the complaint against the school, filed on June 26, was over sexual assault that occurred on campus during the 2014 spring semester. Coleman said the assault took place in February, but was not reported until late March. The incident was referred to the Baltimore City Police Department, he said. Morgan State University; University of Delaware; Uni-
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failed two amendments to the bed tax percentage. The ordinance sponsored by assembly member Bill Smith originally called for 75 percent of collected tax outside of cities to be used for tourism marketing and 25 percent to be put toward borough school purposes. Smith, along with assembly member Dale Bagley sponsored an amendment to use the bed tax collected outside of cities for only tourism promotion. The amendment unanimously passed. Assembly member Kelly Wolf proposed changing the 4 percent bed tax to 1 percent. Only one other assembly member, Wayne Ogle, voted in favor of the change with Wolf. The assembly considered amending the ordinance to a 3 percent bed tax proposed by Bagley. “I’m in favor of it because we had 4 percent with 25 percent going to the school district,” assembly member Brent Johnson said. “So if you take away 25 percent to the school district, which we just did by the last thing, now we’re basically close to the same number we were before and that makes sense. That’s the amount that KPTMC was looking for.” With assembly member Charlie Pierce excused from the meeting, the proposed amendment evenly divided the body. Assembly members Bagley, Smith, Johnson and Sue McClure voted in favor of the 3 percent bed tax. When the assembly ties on a vote, the vote fails. A final public hearing on the proposed bed tax ordinance is scheduled for the assembly meeting at 6 p.m. on July 22 at the George A. Navarre Administration Building in Soldotna.
Jon Faulkner, owner of Land’s End Resort in Homer, Kenai Landing in Kenai and the Van Gilder Hotel in Seward, also opposes the tax. Faulkner brought a petition signed by 21 businesses against the tax to the meeting. “This is a very divisive and polarizing issue,” Faulkner said. “… This initiative is not about the enhancing of marketing. It’s about taking more tax dollars from the visitors that we have.” Alice Kerkvliet, owner of Mykel’s Restaurant and Soldotna Inn in Soldotna, said bed taxes are common throughout the state and the world and thinks a borough-wide bed tax would be a positive move. “I’m a fan of the marketing that KPTMC has done,” Kerkvliet said. “… I think a 4 percent borough-wide bed tax would make it even better. The synergy that would come from all of the properties participating in it would just make it that much better.” Kenai-based Diamond M Ranch Resort manager, Jason Young, believes a bed tax will increase tourism on the Kenai Peninsula, citing the City of Seward and what it has done with its 4 percent bed tax as proof. “(Diamond M Ranch is) willing to roll the dice and believe that that money is going to come back and do what it is supposed to do,” Young said. “That is because, largely in part, we have a great example with Seward. Seward has done well. They’ve taken the money, they’ve reinvested it and it is proven that it has increased their tourism.” Kaylee Osowski can be The assembly passed one reached at kaylee.osowski@ change to the ordinance and peninsulaclarion.com.
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as a sex offender in June 2006 in Anchorage for attempted sexual — The Associated Press assault in the second-degree, acContinued from page A-1 cording to court records. Bartman was arraigned sex offender database, Bart- in Anchorage District Court man’s last known address as Wednesday and is being held of May 30 was camping near without bail. a mini mall on Kalifornsky Reach Dan Balmer at danversity of Richmond; and Elm- Beach Road in Kenai. The registry lists him as unemployed. iel.balmer@peninsulaclarion. ira College acknowledged that Bartman was first convicted com. they are cooperating with the Office of Civil Rights. Other newly named schools include the University of Alaska System of Higher Education, Colorado State University in Fort Collins; Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas; Berklee College of Music in Boston; Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla; The University of Akron in Ohio; Cisco Junior College in Texas; and James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
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Just out of sight, an overlooked set of fishing spots on the Kenai River By KELLY SULLIVAN Peninsula Clarion
During the fast paced summer salmon runs, access is everything. Anglers want to know where the fish are and occasionally risk a rogue hook just for a spot on the Kenai River and its tributaries. Alaska Department of Fish and Game fisheries biologist Jeff Breakfield said anglers set on catching their Alaska salmon, and even some locals, may be overlooking a set of prime locations on the banks of the Kenai River. Defined in two 10-year-old reports, the Kenai River Access Report and the Kenai Section Line Easement and Access Information Report provide locations on banks less trodden, and are essentially a list of access points along the water.
“You wouldn’t have a clue they are there without knowing ahead of time,” Breakfield said. A section line easement is a public right-of-way ranging between 33-100 feet wide that runs along a section line of the rectangular survey system, according to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources. While the access reports were produced in 1999 their information is no less relevant, Breakfield said. Easements may be developed or undeveloped, Breakfield said. They are entirely legal to fish from. However, locating these hidden spots can be tricky, Breakfield said. While the locations are plentiful, unless a fisherman has been in the area before, or has exact directions to a spot, it is unlikely he or she will just be able to drive down the road and pick one out, he said.
The best way to find them is by choosing a street ahead of time and contacting Fish and Game, or the Kenai Peninsula Borough to request the location of easements and right-of-ways, Breakfield said. Funny River Road, Keystone Drive, and Redoubt Avenue are a few of the local roadways that host some of the easements, according to the River Access Report. While some property owners are unhappy about the potential pilgrimage of anglers on areas resting against their property, Fish and Game is fighting to keep the easements open to the public, Breakfield said. He said some of his job is about providing legal access to the streams, rivers, lakes and coast of the Kenai Watershed. “We regulate them to provide better or equal access to the river,” Breakfield
said. Breakfield also reminded anglers to adhere to any closure signs set up by Fish and Game closing off sections of the river. Be prepared of the potential for a short hike, he said. Some easements do not have roads all the way down to the water. “Parking can be a pain,” Breakfield said. “You have to research it a bit.” Use of the land outside the right of way or beyond its scope could constitute trespassing on private land or violation of local, state or federal regulations on public land, according to DNR. Always check Fish and Game seasonal closures ahead of time, Breakfield said. Just because an area is an easement, does not mean it is legal to fish there. Kelly Sullivan can be reached at kelly.sullivan@peninsulaclarion.com
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All about Landing a Kenai king the salmon It was an exciting king By RASHAH McCHESNEY Peninsula Clarion
Fishing opportunity is picking up on the Kenai Peninsula as salmon runs to area streams continue. Numerous lake and marine water fishing opportunities are also available for anglers who are looking for something other than salmon.
Kings The Kenai River opened to king salmon fishing Monday as the early run gave way to the late run. Alaska Department of Fish and Game managers said the opening was slow according to reports from guided and unguided anglers. “Some only heard or saw maybe one or two fish caught and they were all small,” wrote assistant area management biologist for Fish and Game Jason Pawluk. “(The) water is pretty dirty right now, not conducive to fishing without bait, and there were just a few fish in the river to have good catch rates.” A February emergency order closed the Kenai River to king salmon fishing for the entire month of July from a Fish and Game marker located about 300 yards downstream from the mouth of Slikok Creek upstream to a Fish and Game marker at the outlet of Skilak Lake. Bait is also prohibited in the Kenai River king salmon fishery. The Kasilof River king salmon fishery is also open, anglers are restricted to single-hook, no-bait fishing. On the southern Kenai Peninsula, the Ninilchik River is open to hatchery king salmon fishing, the limit is one 20-inches or greater in length. Hatchery king salmon can be distinguished from wild king salmon by their missing adi-
salmon opener on the Kenai River for 10-year-old Gavin Fox, of Anchorage who landed a 30-pounder while fishing with his father Jeremy Fox and grandfather John Scott. Gavin Fox relayed the story near the Poacher’s Cove boat launch Tuesday as his father cleaned the day’s only catch. “They weren’t watching,” he said of his father and grandfather. “It was (dad’s) pole, but he let me reel it in.” The only other thing the family caught was grass, said Jeremy Fox as he filleted the king salmon into manageable chunks. “It’s really slow for an opening day of king fishing,” Scott said. “Water’s high and murky, it’s in the fish’s favor.”
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Still, the family enjoyed the trip that started at 5 a.m. and had ended by about 9:30 a.m. Gavin Fox said it wasn’t his first or largest king salmon. With a bit of help from his grandpa, Gavin Fox remembered a 47-pound king salmon he landed at 7-yearsold. “You were lucky buddy,” Scott said.
the Kenai River is off to a strong start with 10,392 counted by the Fish and Game DIDSON sonar 19 miles upstream. Late run sockeye salmon numbers on the Kenai River are expected to pick up as the season progresses, according to the Fish and Game area fishing report. On the Kasilof River, Fish and Game managers have been trying to stem the tide of sockeye salmon flooding into the river, more than 152,000 fish were counted in the river by Tuesday — the second largest passage through that date on record. On the Russian River 39,131 sockeye salmon have been counted by a weir at the Lower Russian Lake. Managers liberalized the fishery on June 24 by allowing fishing in the Russian River Sanctuary Area and increasing the bag limit to 6 per day and the Sockeye possession limit to 12 per day The late run of sockeye to from Skilak Lake to the Fish
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pose fin, the fleshy fin on the fish’s back just in front of the tail. After harvesting a king salmon 20-inches or greater in length, a person may not fish for any species of fish in the Ninilchik River on the same day. In the saltwater, trolling for king salmon has been successful near Flat Island, Point Pogibshi and Bluff Point, according to Fish and Game data. Popular trolling setups for king salmon include herring, hootchies, tube flies and spoons, according to the Fish and Game Lower Cook Inlet fishing report. Anglers are also having luck catching king salmon in the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon on the Homer Spit and in Seldovia and the Halibut Cove Lagoon.
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On Sunday June 8, 2014 Jeff Dreher from Portland, Oregon hooked this 250-pound, 81-inch monster halibut while fishing with Capt. Mel Erickson out of Anchor Point.
let fish and Game fishing report. The fish are currently moving from their deep, over-wintering waters into shallow, summer feeding areas according to the report. Lingcod season opened July 1, the bag and possession limit is two fish and the minimum legal size is 35-inches. Fishing from the Homer Spit, an angler can land walleye pollock, Pacific cod, several types of flatfish, Dolly Varden Other species and salmon. Fishing for rainbow trout Catches of walleye pollock on the Kenai Peninsula has and Pacific cod have been good been fair, according to Fish and in Kachemak Bay, according to Game reports. the Fish and Game report. Halibut fishing has been fair to good with several large fish Rashah McChesney can be caught over the past week, ac- reached at rashah.mcchesney@ cording to the Lower Cook In- peninsulaclarion.com and Game regulatory markers upstream of the public boat launch at Sportsman’s Landing and the Russian River from its mouth upstream to a Fish and Game marker located about 600 yards from the Russian River Falls. Fishing has slowed in the area however, according to the Fish and Game fishing report for the area.
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Kenai River early run kings: The daily DIDSON sonar passage estimate for June 30 was 183 kings. The cumulative estimate through June 30 was 5,311. Kenai sockeye: Tuesday: 10,392 Since July 1: 10,392 Russian sockeye: Tuesday: 548 Since June 5: 39,131 Kasilof sockeye: Monday: 7,256 Tuesday: 3,096 Since June 15: 149,155 — Alaska Department of Fish and Game Marine forecast: Cook Inlet north Kalgin Island Thursday: Variable wind less than 10 knots. Seas 2 feet. Friday: West winds, 10 knots, seas 2 feet. Saturday: Southwest wind 10 knots, seas 3 feet. — National Weather Service
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What’s Happening Best Bet n On July 4 at 2 p.m., Dave Thompson of Kenai will recite poetry and ballads at the Kenai Historic Cabin Park in Old Town Kenai next to the Kenai Fine Art Center and across from the Oilers building. If you like ballads from many wellknown authors and love America, you don’t want to miss this event. For more information, call 283-1946.
Events and Exhibits n For the month of July, the Kenai Fine Art Center will host an exhibit of quilting from around the state, coordinated by Jan Wallace, and a solo show of work by Kaitlin Vadla in the main gallery. An opening reception will take place July 3 from 6-8 p.m. at the center, located at 816 Cook Avenue in Old Town Kenai. For more information, call 907-283-7040. n The 4th Annual Kenai Peninsula Beer Festival is August 9. It is outdoors at the Soldotna Sports Center from 5-10 p.m. $30 admission. It is a 21-and-older event. For more information, visit www.kenaibeerfest.com
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n Veronica’s cafe has open mic at 6:30 p.m. Friday and live music with the Charmer’s Daughters at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. n Join Steve and Fern Holloway for Karaoke every Saturday night at the Kenai Moose Lodge. Singing starts at 9 p.m. and everyone is welcome. n An all acoustic jam takes place every Thursday. The jam is as Christ Lutheran Church in Soldotna on the first Thursday of the month, and at the Kenai Senior Center during the rest of the month. Jam starts at 6:30 p.m. n AMVETS Post 4 is open to all military veterans and their families for support and camaraderie. Join us for Friday night tacos, or Saturday night steaks with Karaoke. Sunday afternoon its super hamburgers. Not a member? Stop by and we can show you how to become a part of this special veteran’s organization. AMVETS is located in the Red Diamond Center next door to IDEA Schools. n Odie’s Deli in Soldotna has live music Friday from 6-8 p.m. and Pub Quiz night every Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. n The Studio Espresso Shop at Spur Highway and Nikiski Avenue in Nikiski hosts an open mic night on Saturdays starting at 7 p.m. Call 776-7655. n The Bow bar in Kenai has karaoke at 9 p.m. Thursdays and live music Fridays, Saturdays at 10 p.m. n Hooligans Saloon in Soldotna has poker Tuesdays and Thursdays starting at 5:30 p.m. and live music Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. n The Duck Inn on Kalifornsky Beach Road has karaoke at 9 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, and DJ Arisen on Saturdays. n Mykel’s in Soldotna has live music Thursdays from 6-9 p.m. with Robb Justice, and Fridays and Saturdays from 6:30-9:30 p.m. with Bob Ramponi and Dave Unruh. n The Duck Inn will have live music from 7 to 10 p.m. every Wednesday with Robb Justice and Trio. n Main Street Tap and Grill has Wednesday karaoke with KJ Natalia, Thursday acoustic music with Dustin and Friends and Keeley & Nelson, and live music and dancing with 9Spine Friday and Saturday. n Four Royal Parkers on the Kenai Spur Highway in Soldotna has live music with Bob Ramponi and the Alaska Swing Company Friday and Saturday at 10 p.m.
Markets, fairs and bazaars n The Sterling Senior Center Christmas in July Bazaar and Bake Sale will take place from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. July 11-12. All items must be handcrafted; no imports. For more information or to sign up for a table, call Glenda at 262-2943 or the Sterling Senior Center at 262-6808. n Kenai’s Saturday Market is open every Saturday through Sept. 13. It is held in the grassy area across the parking lot from the Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center. The market will include very talented folks selling beautiful Alaskan Arts & Crafts. Fresh vegetables will start showing up about the middle of June. Vendor rates are as low as $20 per Saturday and spaces are limited, so pick up an application at the Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center or call Harold at 283-1991. n The Central Kenai Peninsula Farmer’s Market will feature “The Chef at the Market” Cooking demonstration this Saturday from 11a.m. to 1pm. The guest chef is Ally Bril and she will show “Fun Ways to Cook Fresh Vegetables.” The Alaska Division of Agriculture funds this “Chef at the Market” event. This market features only Alaskan and Alaskan Made Products and includes fresh baked goods, jams, jellies, fresh vegetables and gift items. The market is located at the corner of Corral street and Kenai Spur Highway at the “Bus Turn-around.” New vendors are welcome. Call Carolyn at 262-7502 for information n A new farmers’ market in downtown Ninilchik is open Saturdays, featuring homegrown plants and veggies, a wide variety of crafts, handmade artisan sea salt and dog cart rides. It will be across from the Kenai Peninsula State Fairgrounds. Vendors are needed! For an application or information call See ARTS, page B-2
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By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion
For America’s 238th birthday on Friday, the Kenai Chamber of Commerce has a variety of activities in store for all ages at the Kenai Fourth of July Festival. Kicking off the festivities is the parade through town at 11 a.m. Johna Beech from the Kenai Chamber of Commerce said 33 groups have already signed up for the parade. The deadline
to enter the parade is 10 a.m. Friday. The parade route starts down Fidalgo Avenue then turns left on Willow Street to the Kenai Spur Highway and ends at the Main Street Loop. Beech said they typically get 75 to 90 parade entries and would expect about that many by Friday. Dolfika Farms family has been instrumental in building intricate floats for the parade, she said. Last year a float entered by Peak Oilfield
Services won the overall parade award. Spectators should find a spot early because a large crowd is expected to line the parade route, Beech said. “It should be a large turnout with thousands,” Beech said. “We are expecting beautiful weather in Kenai.” The party continues from noon to 4 p.m. with more than 36 vendors at the green strip park on Main Street Loop, Beech said. At least 10 food vendors from
hot dogs to barbecue, and seven artisans will be on site, she said. A wide variety of vendors will be at the festival — including the Far North roller derby team, political candidates, information on ballot measures, and the Tustumena Boy Scouts, to name a few she said. Special guest Dave Thompson, known as “Bard of the North” will recite patriotic poems on the main stage from See FOURTH, page B-2
‘Chef’ a perfect dinner in a movie “Chef” Aldamisa Entertainment 1 hour, 54 minutes One of the incongruous facts about Hollywood is that more money does not necessarily mean higher quality. In fact, much of the time it seems as though big budget blockbuster directors, such as this week’s Jon Favreau, often find the most success, at least in an aesthetic sense, when they are constrained by a small budget and a necessarily more intimate story to tell. You see it all the time — Sam Raimi, director of the “Spider-Man” series, as well as other high budgeted fare, found early success with a cheap and cheesy, but nonetheless terrifying, “The Evil Dead.” George Lucas may have made his mark in a galaxy far, far away, but very little he’s ever done
R eeling It In C hris J enness can match the pure joy of “American Graffiti.” Even Steven Spielberg famously was forced to use creative problem solving to work around a malfunctioning shark. Look how that turned out. So it should come as no surprise that the director of the first two “Iron Man” films, “Cowboys & Aliens,” and the upcoming live-action version of “The Jungle Book,” should be able to create such an enjoyable
treat with his tiny love letter to fine cuisine, “Chef.” Favreau stars as Chef Carl Caspar, a formerly high profile chef at the mid-point of his career. Carl works for a well-known restaurant with a great reputation, but is getting stale. The same menu, the same techniques, the strictures of working for someone else, it’s all starting to get to him. His success, that people actually really like his standard set of dishes, is proving to be a double-edged sword. When Carl learns that a famous food critic, Ramsey Michel, is coming to taste his fare, our hero plans to triumphantly reinvigorate his spirit with a brand new menu. Unfortunately, reinvention isn’t on the menu for Carl as restaurant owner Riva, in a small role by Dustin Hoffman, nixes See REEL, page B-2
McMurtry novel moseys through the Old West Bookworm Sez Every good thing must come to an end. In some cases, that’s a surprising relief: you can only have just so much fun. In other cases, though, the end comes quietly, slowly, so that few actually realize it until it’s already crept away. That includes friendships and ways of life, and in “The Last Kind Words Saloon” by Larry McMurtry (c.2014, Liveright, $24.95, 199 pages), it’s almost closin’ time. Every cowboy in Texas knew that Charlie Goodnight possessed exceptional hearing and vision: Charlie could see and hear anything on the plains, but that didn’t stop him from going into a partnership with a showy Englishman who had no sense. It was odd, but it wasn’t all bad. When Lord Ernle had a little accident, Charlie ended up with land, cattle, and a half-done mansion on the ridge near Long Grass
— which was “nearly in Kansas, but not quite… nearly in New Mexico, too, but not quite... might be in Texas.” Finally, Charlie’s wife, Mary, got the house she wanted. And when the exotic beauty everybody thought was Ernle’s concubine moved in, Mary got the woman-friend she wanted, too. The mansion — and the man who planned it — had been the talk of Long Grass. Doc Holliday hoped he might perform dental surgery on the staff who’d arrived on the Englishman’s behalf, and make a little money. Wyatt Earp didn’t say much about the bagpipers, the Englishman’s butcher, or his chef — but then again, Wyatt was a man of few words anyhow. Maybe he was thinking about his wife, Jessie. Sometimes, she seemed to hate him. And sometimes, it was the other way See SEZ, page B-2
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Toasting July Fourth in true colonial fashion
By MICHELLE LOCKE Associated Press
You know George Washington and John Hancock as founding fathers. But what about George Washington, successful whiskey distiller? Or John Hancock, fortified wine importer? Turns out some of that patriot spirit came in bottles. “I was surprised at how much people drank,” says Corin Hirsch, who chronicled the drinking habits of colonial-era Americans in her recently released book “Forgotten Drinks of Colonial New England: From Flips and Rattle-Skulls to Switchel and Spruce Beer.” “People were starting their days with alcohol and ending their days with alcohol,” says Hirsch. “It was woven into the culture in fundamental ways.” Take John Adams, second president of the United States and father of the sixth, who started each day with a tankard of cider. Adams also served as lawyer for Hancock, who got into a kerfuffle in 1768 when the British seized his sloop, the Liberty, in Boston Harbor, claiming — charges that didn’t stick — that Hancock had avoided paying duties on most of his shipment of Madeira, a fortified wine. Madeira made sense as a New World drink because it developed its character through being exposed to heat and sloshing around in barrels at
sea. Sherry, also fortified, was also popular. The one thing colonials weren’t likely to drink was water, considered a very dubious beverage. Where there are spirits there must be mixology. A simple colonial cocktail was rum dropped into cider, known as a Stone Wall or Stone Fence, says Hirsch. “Flip” was the artisanal cocktail of the day, generally a mix of beer, rum, eggs, spices, sometimes cream, served warm and blended by being poured from one pitcher to another until creamy and silky. To finish, a hot poker was plunged in, imparting a charred flavor and creating a froth and steam on par with today’s bartending pyrotechnics. Beer was the drink of the early immigrants. One of the reasons the Mayflower landed in Massachusetts rather than continuing south was because beer was running low, notes David Sipes, cider maker at Angry Orchard. But colonists didn’t have much success raising barley to make beer, so they turned to apples, which did grow well, and made hard cider. Alcohol levels were probably fairly low, in the 4 percent to 5 percent range, notes Sipes. Today’s ciders are a bit different. Angry Orchard, for instance, uses a mix of regular apples, known as culinary apples, and
traditional cider (bittersweet) apples and clocks in anywhere from 5 to 10 percent alcohol. If you’re looking for a sparkler to break open on July 4, Angry Orchard has a new cider called The Muse, inspired by slightly sweet sparkling wines, which is made from apples from Italy and France, comes in a cork-caged bottle and is just under 8 percent alcohol. On the hard liquor side, Americans turned away from rum after the revolution and domestic whiskey production increased, says Steve Bashore, manager of trades at the distillery and gristmill site of Mount Vernon, Washington’s estate in Virginia. Most farmers had at least a small still and some made larger quantities. Washington got into the business in 1797 when he returned from the presidency and hired farm manager, James Anderson, a Scottish immigrant with extensive distilling experience. Washington had all the ingredients for the whiskey business, including a water-powered grist mill and cooperage. He started with two stills in the cooperage, later built a distillery and by 1799 production was 11,000 gallons, likely the largest U.S. distillery of the time, says Bashore. An astute businessman, Washington “ran a pretty tight ship at Mount Vernon,” says Bashore and the tradition continues today with workers at the
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This June 2 photo shows, from left to right, Cristina Jerez Xeres Sherry, The Muse Angry Orchard “gluten free” carbonated apple wine, Appleton Estate Reserve Jamaica Rum and Blandy’s Special Dry Madeira in Concord, N.H.
estate making whiskey the oldfashioned way in small batches from grain ground at the mill, all done by hand, including carrying water by bucket. The research team worked through the ledgers from 1798 and 1799 noting the types of
grain delivered to the distillery to develop the recipes — or “mash bill” — for Washington’s whiskey, which is 60 percent rye, 35 percent corn and 5 percent malted barley. About half the whiskey is unaged, or “white” whiskey, as it would have been in
Washington’s time, and the rest is barrel-aged, with all bottles available only through in-person purchase at the estate. The latest batch of aged George Washington Straight Rye Whiskey will go on sale over the July 4th weekend.
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Michelle Hogan 299-4999. Cost for a booth is $25 for the season or $5 per day. n The Farmers Fresh Market is open every Tuesday, 3-6 p.m., in the parking lot of the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank on KBeach Road at Community College Drive. The market features local food producers and a kids’ activity booth. For updates on what is in season, see the Farmers Fresh Market page on Facebook. Interested vendors can contact Market Manager Dan Funk at 382-0210. n The Soldotna Wednesday Market is open Wednesdays from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Peninsula Center Mall. n Local farmers markets will have free Chef at the Market cooking demonstrations in July and August funded by the Alaska Division of Agriculture. The full schedule includes: — Central Kenai Peninsula Farmers Market, Saturdays, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Kenai Spur Highway and and East Corral — July 5, Quick and Healthy Cooking with Ally Bril; August 9, Wrap up a Rainbow: Gluten-Free Wraps with Susan Nabholz; August 16, Loving Your Kale, and Eating it Too! with Nancy Schrag. — Farmers Fresh Market, Tuesdays, 3:30-5 p.m., Kenai Peninsula Food Bank, Community College Drive and Kalifornsky Beach Road — July 15, Quick and Healthy Cooking with Ally Bril; July 29, Fun and Fast Veggies with Ally Bril; August 5, Wrap up a Rainbow: Gluten-Free Wraps with Susan Nabholz. Kenai Soil and Water Conservation District is the local sponsor, along with the PPWCA Local Foods Group. For more information, call 283-8732 ext. 5.
Films n Call Orca Theaters at 262-7003 for listings and times. n Call Kambe Cinemas at 283-4554 for listings and times.
Down the Road n The Pratt Museum in Homer is open from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. daily. “Dena’inaq’ Huch’ulyeshi: The Dena’ina Way Of Living” is onn view through Sept. 1. The Dena’ina Way of Living is the first comprehensive exhibit of the Dena’ina culture, curated and provided by the Anchorage Museum. The Pratt is the first stop of the tour, with artifacts, multimedia and text that explores the past and present Dena’ina culture. For more information and a schedule of events, visit www.prattmuseum.org. Submissions may be emailed to news@peninsulaclarion.com. The deadline is 5 p.m. Mondays.
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is reciting a menu and, by the way, would you shut the door, please? “The Last Kind Words Saloon” follows this storytelling method, but this novel seemed almost like a one-off. It’s short, first of all: at just under 200 pages, it’s almost a novelette. It meanders a little more than most McMurtry books and there are interesting plotlines that die all too soon. And yet — who could resist a tale of friendship that’s so Lonesome-Dove-like? Who could turn away a novel that seems to quietly close the Old West by bringing its biggest characters together with some of McMurtry’s? I know I couldn’t, and if you like good storytelling, then you’ll want to read it, too. “The Last Kind Words Saloon” is a book you won’t want to end.
around. With nothing to do in Long Grass but drink, the commotion the Englishman brought was welcome — for a time. So was the job that Doc and Wyatt took in Denver, but that didn’t work out, either. They’d heard that Tombstone, Arizona was looking for lawmen and, since Wyatt’s brothers were looking for jobs, it seemed right to head southwest … Here’s why I always like novels by author Larry McMurtry: they’re told so casually. The story is easy; it moseys in little slices of humor and relaxed discomfort, and the characters are even-tempered. The horrifying bloodand-torture violence — and The Bookworm is Terri there’s always plenty of that — is written lovingly but off- Schlichenmeyer. Email her at handed, as though McMurtry bookwormsez@yahoo.com.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — For 30 years, tourists from around the world have paid money to get a look at two airplanes once owned by Elvis Presley at Graceland in Memphis. Fans enjoy touring the planes for their direct connection to Presley and his jet-setting lifestyle, a sort of touchstone to the life of the King of Rock and Roll and his family. By April of next year, the planes named Lisa Marie and Hound Dog II could be gone. Elvis Presley Enterprises, which operates the Graceland tourist attraction, has written to the planes’ owners saying they should prepare to remove the jets from Graceland by next spring. The planes have been a tourist attraction since the mid1980s. They had been sold after Presley’s death, and were eventually purchased by OKC Partnership in Memphis. OKC Partnership and Graceland agreed to bring the two jets to Graceland. The agreement called for OKC Partnership to receive a cut of ticket sales in
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12:30-1 p.m. Thompson will also speak at the Kenai Historical Cabin Park from 2-4 p.m. Kenai Historical Society member Joe Harris said the society invited Thompson to one of their meetings and he entertained an audience for 90 minutes reciting notable poems from Robert Service and Robert Frost, as well as “Flander’s Fields.” “(Thompson) is an amazing speaker and an interesting individual,” Harris said. “He is a Vietnam veteran who writes poems and speaks from the heart.” There will be plenty of ac-
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the whole plan. On the defensive, and then later as a novice user of the popular social media program Twitter, things go spectacularly, amazingly wrong for Chef Carl. When the dust settles, he’s out of a job and even more estranged from his 10-year old son Percy, played very well by new-comer Emjay Anthony. Carl’s ex, Inez, played by the lovely and talented Sofia Vergera, suggests a trip to Miami to meet with a guy about a food truck, and the rest is history. C
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return for keeping the planes there. In an April 7 letter to OKC Partnership’s K.G. Coker, Elvis Presley Enterprises CEO Jack Soden says the company is exercising its option to end the agreement and asks Coker “to make arrangements for the removal of the airplanes and the restoration of the site on or shortly after April 26, 2015.” Their removal could cause an uproar among fans, especially those who visit Graceland every year as part of an annual pilgrimage to events such as Elvis Week and the candlelight vigil commemorating Presley’s death. Dedicated Elvis fan Paul Fivelson of Algonquin, Illinois, says he expects many fans will be upset to hear the planes may be leaving. “The people who come to Memphis for Elvis Week like seeing those planes there because it’s just part of the whole aura of what Elvis was about,” Fivelson said Tuesday. “It would be kind of blasphemous to take them away, and I think there are probably a lot of fans who will feel the same way.” The disclosure also raises
questions about the future use of the site where the airplanes now sit, across the street from Presley’s longtime home. Elvis Presley Enterprises declined immediate comment. In November, New Yorkbased Authentic Brands Group bought Elvis Presley Enterprises and the licensing and merchandising rights for Presley’s music and image from CORE Media Group. As part of the deal, Joel Weinshanker, founder of the National Entertainment Collectibles Association, acquired the operating rights to Graceland, which attracts about 500,000 visitors each year. After the sale, Authentic Brands said upgrades to the tourist attraction were planned. Earlier this year, Elvis Presley Enterprises announced plans to build a 450-room hotel, theater and restaurant, with a projected opening date of August 2015. Their plan was approved Tuesday by the Memphis City Council. Today, Graceland visitors can buy a ticket that includes a tour of Presley’s home-turnedmuseum and the two airplanes. Fans climb into the airplanes for an up-close look at their in-
teriors. The larger plane, a Convair 880 named after Presley’s daughter Lisa Marie, is like a customized flying limousine, complete with a large bed, a stereo system, conference room and gold-plated bathroom fixtures. It was renovated after Presley bought it from Delta Air Lines. Presley took his first flight on it in November 1975. When Presley died on Aug. 16, 1977, Presley’s pilot flew the Lisa Marie to California to pick up Presley’s ex-wife, Priscilla Presley, to bring her back to Memphis. The smaller jet, a JetStar named the Hound Dog II, was also used by Presley. At one point, after the planes were sold following the singer’s death, the Lisa Marie was owned by Raymond Zimmerman, owner of the Service Merchandise chain, according to Coker. The Hound Dog II was in the hands of Hustler head Larry Flynt for a time, Coker said. OKC Partnership eventually bought the planes and the Lisa Marie was installed at Graceland in 1984. The Hound Dog II came later.
tivities for the kids with a carnival midway, Matti’s Farm will have petting zoo with pony and hayrides and the Kenai Fire Department will have fire games, Beech said. Kenai firefighter Tommy Carver said two fire trucks will be in the parade and another four firefighters will set up a truck at the park for a hose race game where kids take a fire hose, run and aim to spray a target. Carver said it is a fun game for the kids that usually attracts a long line of participants. For the adults, DJ Cheerio from KO Entertainment will fill the air with music and there will be a beer garden with hops from Kassik’s Brewery on tap,
Beech said. One new vendor to the Fourth of July Festivities will be a foam-fighting ring hosted by the live-action fantasy roleplaying combat club. Aundrea Moulton, a member of the Kenai chapter of Amtgard of the Frozen Coast Alliance will be on hand with other club members to introduce the game to kids and teach them safe fighting tactics. For a $1 kids can battle their friends in the ring with foam swords, she said. The club meets at Beaver Creek Park every Sunday at 1 p.m. and is free and open to all, Mouton said. Another event on the Fourth of July weekend is the Firecracker softball tournament
Saturday and Sunday at the Steve Shearer Fields. The Kenai Softball Association hosts the annual coed tournament with 16 teams battling for the Gavin K-B Memorial Championship. While many Alaska Fourth of July celebrations do not have fireworks, Beech said the amount of entertainment planned should keep everyone happy. “We could not put this together without the support of our sponsors,” she said. “It should be a great day and fun for everyone.”
Part food porn, part road trip flick, part father/son bonding film, “Chef” is heartwarming and fun from beginning to end. I don’t exactly understand how an actor can direct a film and star in it, but in the case of “Chef” Favreau pulls a Clint Eastwood and appears in nearly every scene of the film. He’s great, his best performance to date, but the fact that the rest of the cast is given ample opportunity to shine is a testament to Favreau’s skill as a director. Also excellent is John Leguizamo in the role of sidekick, sous chef and all-around bestbuddy Martin. Leguizamo has the ability to be overbearing as an actor, often irritating, but
here he is perfect, understated, funny, and the perfect foil for Carl’s oversized insecurities. Favreau draws upon his high profile friends to get appearances by heavyweights like Hoffman and Robert Downey Jr., but even though we are in a heyday of celebrity chefs and popular food television, he doesn’t try to shoehorn in unnecessary cameos from the likes of Alton Brown or Gordon Ramsey. Instead, he lays on authenticity, using real Cuban musician Jose C. Hernandez as Carl’s singer father-in-law, and including a sequence at famous Franklin Barbecue in Austin, Texas. There isn’t much about “Chef” that is terribly deep or
that you haven’t seen before, admittedly, but rarely have you ever seen a basic story told this well. That’s a sentiment that goes for the food in the film, too — simple food, well prepared, with love. What more is there to ask in a meal, or in an evening out? “Chef” is delicious. Grade: A “Chef” is rated R for language. There’s plenty of it, but it’s not gratuitous and not particularly dirty, either. It, like the rest of the film, feels authentic, and is the only reason for the rating.
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Chris Jenness is a freelance graphic designer, artist and movie buff who lives in Nikiski.
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The successful candidate will demonstrate an Associates Degree in surveying/civil engineering, or related field. Additionally, five years of related work experience is required. An additional four years of related experience may be substituted for the degree requirements. Applications may be completed on line at http://homerelectric.applicantpro.com/jobs If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact Human Resources at (907) 235-3369 or hr@homerelectric.com. HEA is an Equal Opportunity Employer; Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled.
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Duties: Education, support, advocacy for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. Requirements: Understanding of DV/SA and victim issues, excellent communication skills, knowledge of available community resources, ability to work with diverse population, model non-violent discipline techniques, ability to function both independently and on a team, calm in crisis. Shift work, hours vary. High school diploma or equivalent required, degree in related field preferred. Full-time position, including benefits. Resume and cover letter to Executive Director, The LeeShore Center, 325 S. Spruce St., Kenai, AK 99611 by 5pm July 9, 2014. EOE
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PCHS has a summer hire position for a board certified Family Physician. The applicant must also be a graduate from an accredited medical school or school of osteopathy. Must have a valid DEA license and be able to secure credentialing through identified agencies (e.g. Medicaid and Medicare). Must possess and maintain a current Basic Life Support certification. Please send cover letter, resume & application to: Human Resources, 230 E. Marydale Ave., Suite 3, Soldotna, AK, 99669 or fax to 907/260-7358. Job description and application available at above address or online at www.pchsak.org PCHS is an equal opportunity employer.
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Homer Electric Association, Inc., is seeking a highly motivated individual to fill an Assistant Engineering Services Supervisor in our Kenai office. The Assistant Engineering Services Supervisor is responsible for assisting in providing inspections of design and construction of HEA/AEEC Transmission and Distribution lines and equipment; assist in monitoring compliance with engineering and construction standards as well as development of standards; assist Engineering Services Supervisor to review work orders, staking sheets and procedures for these activities; maintain processes for accounting and material reconciliation; coordinate with government, local agencies and other utilities for sharing graphics information and joint graphics standards; and provide backup support for customer service complaints to the Engineering Services Department.
The City of Soldotna has an immediate opening for an Operator in the Utility Department. Provisional Operator- Range 13 $24.32- $31.44, or Operator I- Range 14 $25.76- $33.31, or Operator II- Range 15 $27.73- $35.85, D.O.E. A complete job description is available on the City's website at http://ci.soldotna.ak.us/jobs.html. Must submit City application, resume and cover letter to Human Resources at 177 N. Birch Street, Soldotna, by email tcollier@ci.soldotna.ak.us, or fax 866-596-2994 by 5 p.m. July 9, 2014. The City of Soldotna is an EEO employer.
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An exciting opportunity has become available at the Peninsula Clarion newspaper in Kenai, Alaska. We are looking for an individual who has a strong employee relations background, a strategic mindset and the desire to work in an industry that is fast-paced, community-focused and endlessly evolving. HR Director/Business Office Manager serves as strategic partner to the Publisher and is responsible for overall supervision and planning for the business office, provides timely and useful information to management and prepares and maintains the operating and capital budgets, in addition to fulfilling the human resources function for the newspaper. DUTIES: As Strategic Partner to the Publisher___________ • Prepares profit analysis for new/existing products/ services • Monitors and forecasts business performance • Supervises the business office • Prepares and monitors budget and expenses • Hires/Trains/Evaluates staff, including new hire orientation and exit interviews • Responsible for bi-weekly payroll data entry • Responsible for proper controls and security of all personnel files • Assists managers with employee relations issues • Handles employee communications • Responsible for all compliance with state and federal laws pertaining to employment issues (FMLA, HIPPA, Unemployment Insurance, COBRA, etc.) • Seeks ways to streamline and make work more efficient through process changes and the use of technology Maintain Internal Controls____________________ • Complies with Morris policies and procedures • Assists with periodic Internal Audits • Fosters control issue awareness throughout the organization • Provides timely and useful Information to the Management Team • Responsible for financial closing and reporting • Supervises human resources activities such as ensuring accuracy of employee data, overseeing timekeeping administration, supporting managers by supplying information, resources and advice • Prepares the Operating and Capital Budgets (This is not an exhaustive list of duties, but represents key responsibilities.) Kenai, Alaska, with its natural beauty and abundance of wildlife, has the nickname “Alaska's Playground.” Whether you enjoy fishing, golf, wildlife viewing, hunting, or hiking, Kenai has it all. The City of Kenai boasts of wonderful views of the mouth of the Kenai River, Cook Inlet, miles of sandy beaches and three active volcanoes. With a population of approximately 7,000, the city is the largest community on the Kenai Peninsula. REQUIREMENTS Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or equivalent plus 3+ years of accounting experience Experience in human resources a plus. Qualified candidates may submit a resume to: jobs@morris.com
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We have an outstanding career opportunity for a proven Delivery Representative in our Soldotna location You will help build customer satisfaction by delivering propane to our industrial, commercial and residential customers. If you are energetic, have a high school diploma (or equivalent), a valid class B CDL with hazmat endorsements, a great driving record and can satisfactorily complete a DOT physical, drug test and background check. We are a leader in our industry, and our team members enjoy growth opportunities and competitive compensation. Apply in person at 35992 Kenai Spur Hwy., Soldotna AK 99669. EOE/AA/M/D/V
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Two story home has 2,576sqft. living area, 728sqft. garage; 4-bedrooms, 5-bathrooms, vaulted ceilings, radiant floor heat (both floors) & a two story fireplace/woodstove area that is the centerpiece of living/dining room. Large living room windows, southern exposure, high efficiency gas furnace keeps the heating bills down. Five star energy rating. Underground utilities, well with excellent water quality & flow. Finishing touches to be selected are flooring, cabinets, appliances, countertops, stairway hardwoods & bathroom tile/sinks/baths/toilets. Can be sold As Is, or can be finished to owners specifications for additional costs. Six miles from Soldotna, towards Sterling, on Forest Lane. Quiet subdivision with covenants. $126 per sqft. for living area, $76 per sqft. for garage. AS IS price $380,000. Ross Baxter, Century 21/ Freedom Realty (907)398-7264 MLS#14-8451
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NIKISKI 3-Bedroom, 2.5-baths, large kitchen with island, wood burning stove, 2-car garage. approximately 2000sqft., on 2 acres. Very peaceful, a lot of wildlife. $310,000. (907)776-8487, (907)394-1122
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Lake front home with float plane accessibility. Quiet lake home for someone with many interests --- landscaping; animal raising (barn, tack room, chicken coop) art/handicraft studio (26 X 26) that could become separate bedrooms; lake for sailing, canoeing, kayaking, swimming; float plane accessible; two bedroom apartment for B & B; two car, heated garage; many, many possibilities. This unusual home is built into a hillside. The unique house kept expanding up the hill. All three stories are at ground level,with the main floor handicapped accessible. Windows everywhere. You live with nature. Built as close as possible to 5 Star requirements and to be as maintenance free as possible. It has cement siding, vinyl windows and storm doors. Seven miles south of Soldotna. Priced for sale this summer at $367,000. For appointment to see this home call Ruth at (907)262-9619 or Sharilyn at 5 Star (907)252-3163
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REDOUBT VIEW Soldotna’s best value! Quiet, freshly painted, close to schools. 1-Bedroom from $625. 2-Bedroom from $725. 3-Bedroom, 2-bath, from $825. No pets. (907)262-4359.
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Apartments, Unfurnished 2-BEDROOM 6 miles north of Kenai. $800. per month plus electric & deposit. No pets. Coin operated laundry on site. (907)262-7248. EXCELLENT OCEAN VIEW! Bay Arm Apartments, Kenai. Accepting applications for 1 bedroom apartment, utilities included. $25. nonrefundable application fee. No pets. (907)283-4405.
5 Minutes North SOLDOTNA Country setting, 1-bedroom, 1-bath, $875. month includes utilities. No Smoking/ no pets. RV parking available. (907)262-4122. LONGMERE AREA 2-bedroom, Available Aug 1. No smoking/ pets. Washer/dryer, WiFi, all utilities included, $850./ 1st & last month rent plus deposit. (907)262-1790 (907)398-9695
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Homes 4-BEDROOM 1.5-Bath, Soldotna near schools. Washer/dryer. Storage Shed. No smoking/ pets. $1,270. per month plus tax and utilities. (907)252-4970. ON KASILOF RIVER. Log home furnished 2-bedroom, 1.5-bath, garage, basement. $1,150. month, utilities included. (907)262-7405 WHY RENT ????? Why rent when you can own, many low down & zero down payment programs available. Let me help you achieve the dream of home ownership. Call Now !!! Ken Scott, #AK203469. (907)395-4527 or cellular, (907)690-0220. Alaska USA Mortgage Company, #AK157293.
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3-Bedroom, 2 1/2-bath 2466sq.ft. home for sale. Located on K-Beach between Kenai & Soldotna on the Kenai River. This home has an 1100sq.ft. attached garage and work shop area, storage shed, paved driveway and established lawn with sprinkler system. The view is gorgeous with the mountains, kenai flats, Kenai river and the city of Kenai. Enjoy watching the amazing wild life from the comfort of your home including eagles, moose, caribou, coyotes, seals and the occasional bear and beluga sightings. Asking $599,000. (907)283-5447 or (907)398-6885.
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CABIN Furnished, Sterling, 1-bedroom, quiet, utilities included. No Pets/ smoking. $815. month. (907)262-5325
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KENAI RIVER FRONT HOME. World-Class SALMON FISHING out your back door! 5-Bedroom, 3-Bath Ranch home, att, heated 4+ car gar. Open kitchen, dining/ living area with 5 picture windows all with views of the river! 112' RIVER frontage. 48' Aluminum dock with fish cleaning table/ sink/ water. Nat. Gas heat, Wood stove, Automatic backup generator. Landscaped yard with Fire Pit/ view of the Kenai Mtns. For MORE INFO See: KENAIRIVERDREAM.blogspot.com Call: (907)252-4671 $749,000. FSBO
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HC 15 The Ninilchik Traditional Council is seeking General Contractor's w/residential endorsement to construct a single level handicapped accessible ranch style home in Anchor Point. 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. Bid opens July 1, 2014 @ 9am and closes July 30, 2014 @ 5pm. Please contact Diane Reynolds, Procurement Officer for a bid packet @ (907) 567-3313. PUBLISH: 7/1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 2014
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Notice of Petition to Change Name A petition has been filed in the Superior Court (Case # 3KN-14-00509CI) requesting a name change from (current name) MIRANDA HOPE MADEROS to MIRANDA HOPE BICKNELL. A hearing on this request will be held on July 29, 2014 at 8:30 a.m. at Courtroom 6, Kenai Courthouse, 125 Trading Bay Drive, Suite 100 Kenai, AK.
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Homophobic brother changes his tune when daughter comes out DEAR ABBY: I bought a friend a gift recently. Her response? “You should have just given me the money because I really need it.” A few years ago, I was going to buy another friend an expensive pair of shoes and she convinced me not to because she said she could buy 10 pairs from a discount store for the amount I was planning Abigail Van Buren to spend. I love giving gifts during the holidays and for birthdays, and enjoy choosing things I think my friends might like or need. I hate giving money! Isn’t part of the gift-giving experience for the giver, too? I feel it should be my choice to buy whatever I want for someone, and their response should just be, “Thank you.” It irks me when people dictate to me what I should give them. Am I just being a control freak, or do I have the wrong idea of gift-giving? — GIFT GIVER IN TEXAS
DEAR GIFT GIVER: A thoughtful gift giver selects things the recipient can use and enjoy. A grateful recipient doesn’t look a gift horse in the mouth and say she’d prefer the cash. However, the woman who convinced you not to spend hundreds of dollars on a pair of designer shoes she might not be able to return was, I think, doing both of you a favor. While it’s your prerogative to give whatever you want to whomever you want, don’t you think it makes more sense to bestow something the person can use and enjoy than to satisfy your ego? DEAR ABBY: Can you settle a dispute for me? When you go up to a house with two doors — a regular door and a screen door — and there is no doorbell, is it proper to open the first door and knock on the second door or is it considered rude? — KNOCK, KNOCK DEAR KNOCK, KNOCK: Because in the absence of a doorbell the only way you can make your presence known would be to knock, open the screen door and knock. Then step back and close the screen door so you’re not intruding on the space of the person who answers it.
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Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars A baby born today has a Sun in Cancer and a Moon in Virgo. HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Thursday, July 3, 2014: This year you are far more stable than you have been in the past. You know what you want, and you know what direction you are heading in. You will witness an increase in your funds in the next 12 months, though you could spend as much as you bring in. Try to simplify. If you are single, you could meet someone out of the blue. This person might just be your soul mate. If you are attached, the two of you can be explosive in arguments, yet you always kiss and make up. Try to get to the bottom of what causes these upsets. VIRGO has a cold yet deliberate style of asking questions. 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 Let others fuss about the lastminute details of getting together this July 4th. A partner or dear friend will take the lead, but he or she still might complain. You’ll witness a change of tune with an older friend. Check in, and make sure that he or she feels OK. Tonight: In party mode. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHHYour imagination soars and clears up obstacles with ease. You might be more in the mood for a holiday party than you realize. Don’t hesitate to delegate any work involved with planning a get-together. Tonight: Let the party begin. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH Stay anchored. You know what you want and how to get it.
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HHHH Zero in on friends’plans, and maintain an even pace in order to clear up what must be done. Be more forthright in how you deal with a close relative or loved one. This seems to be changing in front of your eyes. Tonight: Where the people are. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHHYoumightfeelpressuredonce more by a parent or loved one. Be sure to respond to others’ authority and concerns. You could feel as if you have to respond to each request, thus creating more stress for yourself. Allow others to pitch in more often. Tonight: Celebrate. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Connect with someone at a distance whom you might have plans with for the holiday. You have the ability to clear out a lot of obstacles quickly. A friend or loved one might seem remote. Don’t read too much into this, as he or she behaves like this often. Tonight: Switch gears. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH Someone you care a lot about could be quite demanding. Don’t allow this person to force your hand. How you see a situation could be changing. Listen to your intuition about what is going on. Maybe you can root out the problem. Tonight: Join a friend. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Others come forward with suggestions. They seem to be very concerned about how you feel. Let them dote on you for a change, as it usually is the other way around. Do yourself a favor and relax. Forget about entertaining; instead, be entertained. Tonight: Enjoy the evening.
Dust in the shade Dear Heloise: I never realized all the DUST that accumulates on the lampshades throughout the house. Ick! Do you have any hints for how to clean these (mostly cloth) lampshades? — Diane T. in Ohio I do have some hints for these oftenneglected areas, which can trap quite a bit of dust. If you have pleated lampshades, you can gently remove the dust by using a makeup brush, clean paintbrush or the dusting-brush attachment on your vacuum. For a flat lampshade, you also can use a makeup brush or paintbrush, but a lint roller works really well, particularly if you have pets and their hair is on the lampshade. For either style of lampshade, you also can try using a hair dryer on the “High” setting to blow off the dust. An added Heloise hint: Make cleaning these lampshades part of your regular dusting routine to keep dust to a minimum. — Heloise Splinter-free Dear Heloise: My old metal garden rake had a wooden handle that became very dry, and splinters were a problem. I was going to use duct tape, but I wanted something better to grip. I had some old bicycle inner tubes. I cut about an 18-inch length of one of the rubber tubes. I dusted the end of the rake handle and slid the tube onto it. It worked so well. I have since used this method on shovels, ax handles and other tools. It’s a great way to preserve the life of your garden equipment. — John in Newbury, N.H.
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DEAR ABBY: I am a gay man who has had a difficult, distant relationship with my only brother, “Bill.” He has made many nasty, homophobic remarks, and my partner, “Jon,” has been excluded from many family gatherings. Because Jon wasn’t welcomed I also did not attend those gatherings, and I endured further wrath because I didn’t. Bill’s daughter has just announced that she is a lesbian. His reaction is mystifying. He has embraced her and her partner and has lovingly included them into the heart of the family. I am happy that my niece has found love and support. I am also jealous that she has a better father than I did a brother. Are my feelings justified? — SAD SIBLING IN VIRGINIA DEAR SAD SIBLING: Of course your feelings are justified. You are human, and your skin isn’t made of Teflon. It’s sad that your brother couldn’t have treated you and Jon with more compassion and understanding. I find it interesting how people’s perspective can radically change when a child of theirs is involved. Now let’s see if your brother’s attitude toward you changes, and how forgiving you and your partner can be if it does.
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