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In the news Military and veterans affairs official resigns ANCHORAGE (AP) — The deputy commissioner of Alaska’s Department of Military and Veterans Affairs is resigning. Sharon Leighow says Michael O’Hare of the state’s department of homeland security will serve as acting deputy commissioner. The move comes a few weeks after Alaska National Guard Adjutant Gen. Maj. Thomas Katkus resigned. He stepped down following the release of a report detailing allegations of fraud and sexual assaults in the Alaska National Guard. Pierre directed all questions to the governor’s office. He wrote the governor in a letter that it was time for him to take on new challenges and adventures in the private sector.
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LuAnn Reynolds’ Winter Ravens, along with many other pieces, are for sale during the Harvest Art Auction to be held Saturday from 6-9 p.m. at the Kenai Fine Arts Center, 816 Cook Ave., in Kenai.
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Kenai Peninsula College Professor of Anthropology, Alan Boraas, talks to a class during a walk near the college on Thursday in Soldotna. Boraas took students and faculty members to several historical Dena’ina sites along Slikok Creek and the Kenai River.
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KPC students visit pre-historical sites without leaving campus By RASHAH MCCHESNEY Peninsula Clarion
Alan Boraas took 22 people for an hour-long walk through a thousand years of history Thursday in the woods near Kenai Peninsula College. It’s a trip Boraas, a professor of anthropology at the college, makes three or four times a year; one he uses to show off some of the barely concealed
prehistoric cultural heritage sites of the Dena’ina people who thrived on the Kenai Peninsula from about 1000 A.D. through the late 1700s when the Russians arrived. “Had the Russians not come, the Americans not come, they would still be a sustainable culture based on salmon and other wild foods. (They would be) totally selfcontained in the sense of being
non-globalized. They were not dependent on other groups, they were not dependent on international trade, they were totally food sovereign,” Boraas said after the trip. “So, food sovereignty is the point I was trying to get across to people and it’s not just the obtaining of the food, it’s having the social and spiritual practices that make you sovereign and sustainable.”
Nikiski residents fight back against rampant property theft By DAN BALMER Peninsula Clarion
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The field trip drove home several concepts discussed in the classroom, said freshman aviation business management student Merick Ahlberg. “It makes it real,” Ahlberg said. “A lot of the stuff you hear, it’s like ‘that’s cool, but probably not really around here.’ Somebody discovered that on another continent. But this, it’s in our backyard.
Soldotna has added a new seat to city council, elected by a body that includes underage voters. Soldotna High School sophomore Jackson Blackwell has filled the position of Soldotna student representative. It is the first time the council has had a student seat in more than seven years. “The last set of council minutes I have showing a student representative for city council is July 25, 2007,” Deputy City Clerk Heather Dukowitz said. City Clerk Shellie Saner swore in Blackwell at the Wednesday city council meeting. He said he was very excited to have the opportunity to serve the city. Blackwell said he was looking forward to learning how city policy is developed and implemented through the council, and being able to speak as a voice for his peers at the same time. He also said he is hoping to be a part of the way the city changes for the better. “I would like to learn more about how policies are made and how I can be a vital part of our community,” Blackwell said. “I can’t think of a better to way serve my community and to learn about municipal government than by serving on the city council. I would like to
What started with a small grumble from a few Nikiski residents had built up to a loud roar Wednesday night. Hundreds of frustrated citizens gathered for a town hall meeting in search for answers to the rash of property crimes that have plagued the area. As people continued to file into the Nikiski Recreation Center community library, the forum moved into the gymnasium to accommodate the crowd. With a packed gym, many in the audience raised their hand when asked if they had experienced theft against them. Voices in the crowd asked for more help from the Alaska State Troopers, local lawmakers, the justice system and their neighbors to come together against the crimes committed against them. Nikiksi resident Ann Krogseng organized the meeting along with several other community members who have been personally affected by burglary and vandalism of their homes and businesses in recent weeks. She said a group of seven families gathered at her house Monday night and estimated their stolen losses and damage at $300,000. “My initial feeling was shock,” Krogseng said. “Then disbelief. Then I got pissed.
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Nikiski residents Jim and Nedra Evenson, victims of a burglary of their property, place a pin on a map that shows how many people in the community have been affected by theft. Hundreds of people attended a town hall meeting Wednesday at the Nikiski Recreation Center.
How dare they come into what we worked so hard to create. We work hard everyday and then someone comes in and easily takes it away.” Captain Andy Greenstreet, Soldotna trooper detachment commander, said so far this year, 22 burglaries have been reported in the Nikiski area. Troopers responded to 30 burglaries in 2012 and 38 in 2013. Greenstreet said while investigators have seen an uptick in late summer and early fall they cannot pinpoint one certain area in Nikiski. He said it was good
to see such a large crowd come together because it shows they care about their community and want to focus on solving the problem together. “Nobody likes to be a victim of a crime either at their business or own home,” Greenstreet said. “Having gone through that before I was a trooper I can understand, that’s why I wear the uniform.” In response to the concerns for more patrol in the Nikiski area, Greenstreet has formed a crime suppression unit made up of trooper Casey HershC
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berger and trooper Matt Ezell, who have a combined 20 years of experience. The unit will be afforded the time and effort to dive into investigations in Nikiski and will work with the Drug Enforcement Unit and both the Soldotna and Kenai Police Departments. “You don’t have a burglary issue, you have a drug issue,” Greenstreet said to the crowd. Greenstreet said Hershberger and Ezell are two dynamic troopers who are well suited for the detail and are well respected among their peers. Hershberger is a former Kenai Police officer and is familiar with known criminals in the Kenai and Nikiski area, he said. People that attended the meeting signed an open letter to the Alaska State Trooper Commissioner Gary Folger requesting a trooper sub-station in Nikiski. A major complaint from the audience was the lack of trooper presence in Nikiski. Major Matt Leveque, trooper deputy director from Anchorage, said the troopers are understaffed and have had trouble filling vacancies because of the lack of qualified applicants. Troopers have 16 vacancies statewide, he said. “If we leave a trooper (in Nikiski) and a call comes up in Sterling, he would have to leave,” Leveque said. “It is not practical.”
More than three years later, areas of Japan are still recovering from the March 11, 2011 earthquake that triggered a devastating tsunami that killed nearly 16,000 people. Japanese Dr. Takeshi Toriyama, who helped tsunami victims for nearly two years, made it his mission this summer to thank those who have helped, educate others about the ongoing recovery and encourage people to continue to assist. Toriyama said he dreams of traveling the world and decided to do something for victims during his touring, which is why he is making a video of his trip and the people he meets. “I have a strong passion to help people who (suffer) from natural disasters,” he said. Starting in June, Toriyama began riding his Kawasaki
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Doctor shares Japan’s posttsunami rebuilding efforts with Boy Scouts By KAYLEE OSOWSKI Peninsula Clarion
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Peninsula Clarion, Friday, September 26, 2014
Obituaries
Edward Richard James Moss
Kasilof resident Edward Richard James Moss, 62, passed away Friday, Sept. 5, 2014 Patricia ‘Patty’ Eady Christensen at his home. A potluck will be at 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. Patricia “Patty” Eady Christensen, 48, 4, at the home of Shannon Lampton, 21577 passed away on Sunday, July 6, 2014 in Tustemena Lake Road, Kasilof. Reno, Nevada, while sitting with longtime Ed was born Dec. 7, 1951 in Albany, Orefriend Kit Nicholas. gon. He graduated from Albany High School A Memorial Service will be held at 3 p.m. in 1970 and then continued his education at Linn Benton ComSunday, Sept. 28, 2014 at Mt. Redoubt Bapmunity College, getting his Associate’s Degree as an Automotist Church, 46380 South Lovers Loop, in tive Technician. In high school, Ed was a member of the gymNikiski. nastics team, where he competed in several state competitions. Patty attended Nikiski Elementary School He moved to Alaska in 1983 and lived in Anchorage before and graduated from Kenai Central High moving to Kasilof. School with the class of 1984. “Ed enjoyed hunting, fishing and being outdoors. He was Patty was preceded in death by her father, Novis L. Eady, an amazing man. At age 21, he lost his left leg in a motorcycle and brother, Michael. She is survived by her husband John Christensen Jr.; step- accident. He never let that stop him from anything he achieved daughters Megan, Sara, Kasi and Angel; mother Greta Eady; or wanted to do in life,” his family wrote. Ed was preceded in death by his parents, Albert Riley Moss and sister-in-law Pam; and nephew Garrett. Constance Lee Chandler, and a brother, Albert Riley Moss II. He is survived by his son, Jamie Helstern of Soldotna; a sisDemois Garrett Sr. ter and her husband, Tami and Bob Ainsworth of Lebanon, Oregon; three nieces; two great-nephews and many cousins. Demois Garrett Sr. passed away at his Arrangements were by Peninsula Memorial Chapel in Kenai. home in Soldotna on Sunday, September 21, 2014. He was born on Thursday, May 27, 1943 Adam Paul McMillan to James and Coreen (Calloway) Garrett in Adam Paul McMillan, age 19, of SterRayville, Louisiana. After school, he proudly ling passed away on Tuesday, September 23, served his country in the U.S. Army, moving 2014. to Alaska in 1989. He worked as a merchant Adam was born on October 9, 1994 to marine, oilfield worker and fisherman. Demois enjoyed fishing, shooting his guns, collecting things Gary Sr. and Benita Helen (Madrid) McMillan in Midland, Texas. and playing with his iPad. He attended Soldotna schools, includHis family says, “‘D’ was a fisherman, father, husband, grandfather and friend to everyone. Dad will be forever missed ing Redoubt Elementary, Soldotna Middle but never forgotten. D had a heart of gold and always helped School, Skyview High School and Soldotna High School bein whatever way he could and never turned anyone away. He fore attending Kenai Peninsula Community College. Adam enjoyed hunting, four-wheeling, snowmachining, and always looked for bargains to add to his collection of treasures, spending time with friends and family. aka grandpa’s trash. His family says, “Adam touched the hearts of many friends and Demois is survived by his loving wife, Susan; sons, Demois Jr. and wife Retha of Frost, Texas, Benjamin and wife, family. He grew to be an amazing young man with aspirations and Joyce of Delhi, Louisiana, Brileon of Soldotna, Richard and goals. He healed people with his smile and laugh. We will miss wife, Lisa of Del Mar, California, Raymond Ford of Homer, him very much and know he is finally reunited with his mom.” Adam was preceded in death by his mother, Benita Helen Mcand Brad and wife, Kassey of Frost, Texas; daughters, Shirley and husband, Todd Christopher of Ephrata, Washington, Millan. He is survived by his father, Gary McMillan Sr., brother, Shauna and husband, Henry Antonio of Klamath Falls, Oregon, Mary Ward and Carrie and husband, Johnathon Nelson; Gary McMillan Jr., and sister, Rita McMillan Quainton. A Celebration of Adam’s Life will be held at 5 p.m. Saturbrother, Benjamin Hopkins; 41 grandchildren and 13 greatday, September 27, 2014 at College Heights Baptist Church, grandchildren. A celebration of life with a potluck barbecue will be held at 44440 Kalifornsky Beach Road in Soldotna, with Pastor Scott the Garrett home at 4 p.m. on Saturday, September 27, 2014 Coffman officiating. A bonfire will follow at the family home in Sterling, 39431 Omingnak. (49235 Madden Avenue in Soldotna). In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Adam’s name may Arrangements were by Peninsula Memorial Chapel in Kebe given to the Kenaitze Youth Justice Program (The Circle). nai. Please visit Adam’s online guestbook at www.alaskanfuneral.com.
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Around the Peninsula Harvest Art Auction on tap The Peninsula Art Guild will be hosting their 15th Annual Harvest Art Auction, 6-9 p.m. Saturday at the Kenai Fine Arts Center, 816 Cook Ave., Old Town Kenai. Local art, appetizers, and music by J. D. Uponen will highlight the evening. Tickets for this event are available at the Kenai Fine Arts Center, noon-5 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday. Requested donation is $30. Limited space available. All profits are committed to the art center’s operating budget. Call 283-7040 for more information.
Caregiver support meeting slated Kenai Peninsula Family Caregiver Support Program will holding a caregiver support meeting, Tuesday from 1-3 p.m. at the Soldotna Senior Center. Join us to share with other caregivers. For more information, call Shelley or Judy at 907-2621280. Submit announcements to news@peninsulaclarion.com.
Community Calendar
Today 8 a.m. • Alcoholics Anonymous As Bill Sees It Group, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Unit 71 (Old Carrs Mall). Call 398-9440. 9:45 a.m. • TOPS #AK 196 meets at The Grace Lutheran Church, in Soldotna. Call Dorothy at 262-1303. Noon • Alcoholics Anonymous recovery group at 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Suite 71 in the old Carrs Mall in Kenai. Call 262-1917. 12:30 p.m. • Well Elders Live Longer exercise (W.E.L.L.) will meet at the Nikiski Senior Center. Call instructor Mary Olson at 907-776-3745. 8 p.m. • Narcotics Anonymous Support Group “It Works” at URS Club, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. • AA 12 by 12 at the United Methodist Church, 607 Frontage Road, Kenai. • Twin City Al-Anon Family group, United Methodist Church, 607 Frontage Road in Kenai. Call How to submit: Obituaries may be submitted directly to the Clar907-953-4655. ion, online at www.peninsulaclarion.com, or by mail to: Peninsula Clarion, P.O. Box 3009, Kenai, Alaska, 99611. Saturday Deadlines: Submissions for Tuesday – Friday editions must be 8 a.m. received by 2 p.m. the previous day. Submissions for Sunday and • Alcoholics Anonymous As Bill Monday editions must be received by 3 p.m. Friday. We do not proSees It Group, 11312 Kenai Spur cess 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. For more information, call the Clarion at 907-283-7551.
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Highway Unit 71 (Old Carrs Mall). Call 398-9440. 9 a.m. • Al-Anon book study, Central Peninsula Hospital’s Augustine Room, Soldotna. Call 907-9534655. 10 a.m. • Narcotics Anonymous PJ Meeting, URS Club, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. Noon • Homemade soup, Funny River Community Center. 7 p.m. • Narcotics Anonymous support group “Dopeless Hope Fiends,” URS Club, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. 8 p.m. • AA North Roaders Group at North Star Methodist Church, Mile 25.5 Kenai Spur Highway. Call 242-9477. The Community Calendar lists recurring events and meetings of local organizations. To have your event listed, email organization name, day or days of meeting, time of meeting, place, and a contact phone number to news@ peninsulaclarion.com.
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Actions undermine issue, profession During a Sunday newscast, Charline
Egbe, or Charlo Greene as she was known to her Anchoragebased CBS-affiliate station KTVA audience, joined the ranks of Alaskans who justify glaring conflicts of interest with absurd assertions that their actions were somehow for the greater good. During the broadcast, Greene played a story about the Alaska Cannabis Club — the last in a five-part series of stories she authored — and then quit her job. “Now, everything you’ve heard is why I, the actual owner of the Alaska Cannabis Club, will be dedicating all of my energy toward fighting for freedom and fairness, which begins with legalizing marijuana here in Alaska,” she said. “And, as for this job, well, not that I have a choice, but f--- it, I quit.” While we’re sure the FCC did not appreciate her dramatic sign-off, it wouldn’t be the first time someone dropped an fbomb on prime time television and it will likely not be the last. In reality, explicit language is the least problematic part of her sign-off. Greene, who erroneously represents herself as a journalist, drew a significant amount of attention to herself after the incident — though it remains to be seen if that attention will translate into tangible support for her movement. In the process, she also undermined the foundations of ethical journalism, embarrassed her colleagues and made it more difficult for them to do their jobs — all while bringing the debate over the marijuana initiative to a new level of juvenile discourse. Greene’s stunt detracts from critical issues surrounding marijuana use that need to be addressed, like the status of medical marijuana users in the state. Regardless of where you stand on Ballot Measure 2, or any other issue, lying to support one’s argument is tantamount to admitting that you have no way to reason through an accurate argument. And Greene did lie. She lied to her bosses, her colleagues and her audience. Greene’s lie led to shoddy, one-sided reporting, which ultimately robbed viewers of factual information needed to help make an informed decision on whether to legalize recreational marijuana use in Alaska. Her lie assumes that people are too stupid to make an informed decision on their own — a disservice to those who care enough about the issue to seek out news — and ultimately her lie could lead people to voting differently in November than they would have, had they known the truth. In violating the basic precepts of journalist ethics, Greene managed to ruin the trust of her viewers and make it more difficult for Alaskans to make informed decisions about the future of the state. It is the antithesis of a reporter’s reason for existence. Jack Marshall, an ethicist, lawyer and president of ProEthics, Ltd., made several observations on the episode that are important for people to understand about Greene and about the profession she claimed to represent at KTVA. Here are a few of them; a full list can be found at ethicsalarms.com: n She reported on a story in which she had a direct interest, an outrageous conflict of interest and a breach of journalism ethics. n She hijacked the broadcast for her own political views, hoping to influence an upcoming state referendum. n She stole airtime for what amounted to an ad for her business as well as a political ad for her side of the referendum. Despite her obvious disdain for media, Greene has done several interviews with major media outlets in the aftermath of her on-air publicity stunt. During a Thursday interview with Huffington Post, Greene acknowledged that she acted unethically but justifies her position with the assertion that other journalists run inaccurate information without vetting it. She said she felt a responsibility to the community to offer a dissenting opinion on the Vote No On 2 campaign. “I have a journalism degree,” she told the Huffington Post. “I know in journalism there’s a line that you’re not supposed to cross, and the minute I bought my business license on 4/20 of this year, I shouldn’t have reported on any marijuana stories. But if I had gone to my boss and said, ‘Hey, I bought this company,’ I would have been fired, period. I wasn’t ready for that to happen.” That statement, and a similar one she made to Vice News during which she called journalists “replaceable” and says she used her position at KTVA to make sure her business venture was “wide open” for her, make Greene look manipulative, greedy and opportunistic. Even people on her side of the issue have distanced themselves from Greene. Taylor Bickford, spokesman for the pro-legalization Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, told the Alaska Dispatch News that the campaign had no prior knowledge of her plans. He also worried that frenzy around her profanity could overshadow the issues she raised in her reporting. When the hubbub dies down, Greene will be remembered for saying f--- on television and being a liar. And no one will believe a liar, even if she’s telling the truth.
Letters to the Editor Begich represents all Alaskans Senate candidate Dan Sullivan is being accused of being inconsistent since during the primaries he said he was against raising the minimum wage but now he says he is for it. However, Sullivan has been consistent in another areas. He has consistently been against women’s rights, against protection of social security, against the environment, and against health care for all. Senator Begich, on the other hand, has consistently been for raising the minimum wage, for protecting women’s rights, for protecting social security, for protecting the environment and health care for all. Thus Begich is for the needs of Alaskans, the things Sullivan is against. A vote for Begich is a vote for all Alaskans. Ralph Van Dusseldorp Kenai
Community meeting offers few solutions The much-touted Nikiski CommunityAgainst Crime meeting on Wednesday night left me angry and frustrated. On the one hand the outpouring of community support was gratifying. On the other, the same non-solutions to Nikiski’s crime problem were familiar and short of any positive answers. I won’t recount the numerous talking heads who offered haggard and well-worn “solutions.” We’ve heard them before. Wednesday night’s meeting reiterated the long list that promised nothing and only served to provoke the growing frustration among residents in our community. Bottom line: our elected representatives care little, if nothing, about Nikiski’s crime wave and the Troopers excused themselves because of limited resources. What was absent was a call for really meaningful involvement by the men and women of Nikiski. The first speaker warned that “there’ll be no talk of vigilantism” which served only to put the whole problem in the hands of the State Troopers and politicians, who with thread-worn rhetoric, told the crowded auditorium not
to expect much since meager resources prevented active law-enforcement action. Our state representative was there to excuse his failure and to quickly blame others. The excuses became tedious. One after one, the attendees told their sad stories, all being the victims of criminal activity here on the North Road. They waited for answers that didn’t come. What we didn’t hear were the words of men and women who know how to “take care of business.” The only problem is that the State Troopers will not allow the good people of Nikiski to take care of business themselves. The people of Nikiski are unwilling to be victimized thrice: Once by the ineffective coverage by the State Troopers; again by the District Attorney and the gutless judges who retreat from the idea of punishment in favor of “rehabilitation,” plea bargains, and slap-on-the-wrist sentences; and third, from the threat that any action taken by We The People will result in our own arrest! It’s time to banish from our midst the druggies, the thieves, and other low-life hoodlums. The means are available, but the Troopers and PC folks in our own community won’t turn a blind eye, trusting instead the established, yet failed, business-as-usual trust in others to protect us! It’s time we protected ourselves. Last night, the Troopers acknowledged their inability to help. So too, the politicians and Crime Stop program folks. Therefore, all in all, we are no further along than we were. Norm Olson Nikiski
Navarre earns reader’s trust Three trustworthiness factors will inform my vote for borough mayor this year: competence, character, and consistency. In my experience, Mayor Navarre has demonstrated a quiet, deliberative competence that I like. It pleases me that he is on the Advisory Gas Project Review Board for the proposed LNG pipeline and Nikiski terminus. His role in the Funny River fire response was good. He created collaborative problem-solving opportunities for people to try to work together on contentious salmon issues. Much more. I am happy that Mike Navarre takes a
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sober approach to government; and that he is not an ideologue. He avoids hyperbole, theatrics, and conspiracy-theory. He listens to understand. He follows through. These traits speak to his good character. Mike Navarre’s roots in our area extend back well before his previous leadership as borough mayor in the mid-1980s, his leadership in Juneau, and his return here. His contributions outside of public office also speak volumes. I recall his leadership at United Way, years and years of generous contributions to 4-H, and myriad contributions to local events. His business enterprises endure, and appear to be well-run. Mike Navarre knows where he’s from, and over decades he consistently has demonstrated care for the long-term whole of our larger community. These are reasons I’ll be voting for Mike Navarre, Kenai Peninsula Borough mayor. Equally in contrast they are reasons I will not be voting for Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s exright-hand man, the bad-judgment-prone bear who not so long ago was from Maricopa county, Arizona. Dan Chay Kenai
Hospital seems to be well managed now One of the Borough Mayoral Candidates seems to have it in for our hospital here in Soldotna and if elected he wants to make some changes. It could be a vendetta or ulterior motive for running for office or a misunderstanding of the mayor’s job description. Maybe the borough changed the description but I didn’t know a mayor could manipulate the operation of any organization or influence its Board of Directors (legally). Beside, Soldotna’s Central Peninsula Hospital is very highly touted by medical communities across Alaska and in the Lower 48. Since the hospital is a non-profit organization, an individual has a better chance of connecting with the rank and file to discuss a problem than for-profit hospitals. You don’t have to be mayor to do that! Pat Wendt Soldotna
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Nation Around the World Obama: World must do more to address deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa UNITED NATIONS — President Barack Obama, in a sober assessment of international efforts to stem a deadly Ebola outbreak, warned a high-level United Nations gathering Thursday that there is a “significant gap” between what’s been offered so far and what is actually needed to stem the health crises in West Africa. The leaders of the hardest-hit nations also appealed for more help, with the president of Sierra Leone calling the Ebola virus “worse than terrorism.” The emergency U.N. session on Ebola reflected the deep concern about an outbreak that has so far killed nearly 3,000 people. U.S. health officials have warned that the number of infected people could explode to at least 1.4 million by midJanuary, though they have also cautioned that the totals could peak well below that if efforts to control the outbreak are ramped up. Despite the grim warnings, Obama said international aid simply is not flowing into West Africa fast enough. “The outbreak is such where at this point, more people will die,” Obama said as he closed out three days of diplomacy at the annual gathering of the U.N. General Assembly. “So this is not one where there should be a lot of wrangling and people waiting to see who else is doing what. Everybody has got to move fast in order for us to make a difference.”
Police: ‘No idea whatsoever’ where missing Virginia student is despite man’s arrest CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Investigators still have “no idea whatsoever” where a missing University of Virginia student might be despite the arrest of a fugitive who was seen walking off with her, Charlottesville’s police chief said Thursday. The search for Hannah Graham has expanded to rural areas outside the college town of 40,000, Chief Timothy Longo said. Meanwhile, Jesse Leroy Matthew Jr. agreed to be escorted to Virginia after fleeing to Texas, where he was arrested while camping out on a beach. Matthew, a 32-year-old operating room technician at the university’s hospital, is charged with “abduction with intent to defile” the 18-year-old sophomore, and should be back in Charlottesville by Saturday, Longo said. Matthew allegedly sped away after being questioned by police in Graham’s disappearance. He made it as far as the Texas beach town of Gilchrist, 1,260 miles from home and about a seven-hour drive from the border.
Lower crude oil prices, sliding demand could send gas below $3 a gallon in many states
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NEW YORK — The price of a gallon of gasoline may soon start with a “2’’ across much the country. Gasoline prices typically decline in autumn, and this year they are being pulled even lower by falling global oil prices. By the end of the year, up to 30 states could have an average gasoline price of less than $3 a gallon. The average in Springfield, Missouri, is already below $3, according to Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst at the Oil Price Information Service and GasBuddy.com. Several other cities are on the brink. “And there will be more, many more,” Kloza said. Cities in high-priced states such as California and New York will not be among them, though, which will probably keep the national average above $3.
Video shows SC trooper shooting unarmed driver; trooper charged with assault, fired COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina state trooper’s dashboard video shows an unarmed driver being shot just seconds after he was stopped for a seatbelt offense — and the trooper, who was fired last week, has now been charged with assault. As Levar Jones cried in pain waiting for an ambulance, he repeated one question: “Why did you shoot me?” Jones’ painful groans and then-Trooper Sean Groubert’s reply — “Well you dove head first back into your car” — were captured by the camera. Groubert’s boss, state Public Safety Director Leroy Smith, called the video “disturbing” and said “Groubert reacted to a perceived threat where there was none” as he fired the officer Friday. The 31-year-old former trooper is charged with assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, a felony that carries up to 20 years in prison. He was released after paying 10 percent of a $75,000 bond.
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Eric Holder resigning Fourth-longest-serving attorney general in U.S. history By NEDRA PICKLER Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Eric Holder, America’s first black attorney general and an unflinching champion of civil rights in enforcing the nation’s laws, announced his resignation Thursday after leading the Justice Department since the first days of President Barack Obama’s term. He is the fourth-longestserving attorney general in U.S. history. Holder, the administration’s point man on the civil rights investigation into the police shooting of an unarmed 18-year-old in Ferguson, Missouri, won’t leave until a replacement is confirmed, which means he could remain in office for months. Senate Republicans signaled they were preparing for a confirmation fight after years of battles with Holder. Said Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell: “I will be scrutinizing the president’s replacement nominee to ensure the Justice Department finally returns to prioritizing law enforcement over partisan concerns.” In an emotional ceremony at the White House, Obama called Holder “the people’s lawyer” and credited him with driving down both the nation’s crime and incarceration rate — the first time they have declined together in more than 40 years. “Through it all, he’s shown a deep and abiding fidelity to one of our most cherished ideals as a people, and that is equal justice under the law,” Obama said. Holder responded by speaking of how he was inspired as a boy by Robert Kennedy’s leadership on civil rights at the Justice Department, his voice choking as he expressed his thanks to Obama and his own family. “You got through it,” Obama could be heard telling Holder as the audience stood and applauded. In a speech earlier this week, Holder described the dual perspective he brought to the job and how it applied to the Ferguson shooting, in which a young black man was shot and killed by a white policeman. He said he had the utmost respect for police as a former prosecutor and the brother of an officer. But, he added, “As an African-
‘I will be scrutinizing the president’s replacement nominee to ensure the Justice Department finally returns to prioritizing law enforcement over partisan concerns.’ — Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell American man who has been stopped and searched by police in situations where such actions were not warranted, I also carry with me an understanding of the mistrust that some citizens harbor.” Holder told The Associated Press in an interview that he’s not sure whether the Justice Department will finish its investigation into the shooting before he leaves. “I don’t want to rush them,” Holder said. He said once out of office, he will direct attention to “issues that have animated me” during his tenure, including criminal justice and civil rights. “If you asked me what my biggest regret was, I would say that it was the failure to pass any responsible and reasonable gun safety legislation after the shootings in Newtown,” Holder said. He said he thought in the aftermath of the school shootings in Connecticut that the nation would embrace change that was “not radical but really reasonable” on gun ownership. Holder aggressively enforced the Voting Rights Act, addressed drug-sentencing guidelines that led to disparities between white and black convicts, extended legal benefits to same-sex couples and refused to defend a law that allowed states to disregard gay marriages. He oversaw the decision to prosecute terror suspects in U.S. civilian courts instead of at Guantanamo Bay and helped establish a legal rationale for lethal drone strikes on suspects overseas. He was a lightning rod for conservative critics and faced a succession of controversies over, among other things, an ultimately abandoned plan to try terrorism suspects in New York City, a botched gun-running probe along the Southwest border that prompted Republican calls for his resignation, and what was seen as a failure to hold banks accountable for the
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financial system’s near-meltdown. The Republican-controlled House voted two years ago to make Holder the first sitting Cabinet member to be held in contempt of Congress — for refusing to turn over documents in the gun-running operation known as Operation Fast and Furious. The administration is still fighting in court to keep the documents confidential. Only three other attorneys general in U.S. history have served longer than the 63-yearold Holder: William Wirt in the administrations of James Monroe and John Quincy Adams, Janet Reno in the Bill Clinton administration and Homer Cummings for Franklin Roosevelt. Holder also is one of the longest-serving of Obama’s original Cabinet members. Two others remain: Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. Holder and his wife are close personally to the Obamas, having recently vacationed together on Martha’s Vineyard, and Obama said Holder told him of his timing over the summer. The attorney general had expressed his desire to conclude his long term for some time. White House officials said Obama had not made a final decision on a replacement for Holder, who was one of the most liberal voices in his Cabinet. White House press secretary Josh Earnest said naming a new attorney general would be a high priority for the president. Some possible candidates that have been mentioned among administration officials include Solicitor General Don Verrilli; Deputy U.S. Attorney General James Cole; former White House Counsel Kathy Ruemmler; Preet Bharara, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York; Jenny Durkan, a former U.S. attorney
in Washington state, and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a former Rhode Island attorney general. A former deputy attorney general in the Clinton administration, Holder was pulled away from private practice to reshape a Justice Department that had been tarnished by a scandal involving fired U.S. attorneys and that had authorized harsh interrogation methods for terrorism suspects. He immediately signaled a new direction for the incoming administration by declaring that waterboarding was torture, contrary to the George W. Bush administration’s insistence that it wasn’t. In the first year of his tenure, Holder was widely criticized by Republicans and some Democrats for his plan to try professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other alleged co-conspirators in New York. The plan was doomed by political opposition to granting civilian criminal trials to terrorist suspects, but Holder continued to maintain that civilian courts were the most appropriate venue. Under his watch, the Justice Department cracked down on news media reporting on national security matters. The department secretly subpoenaed phone records from Associated Press reporters and editors and used a search warrant to obtain some emails of a Fox News journalist as part of a separate leak investigation. Stung by criticism that the department hadn’t been aggressive enough in targeting financial misconduct, Holder in the past year and a half secured criminal guilty pleas from two foreign banks and multibilliondollar civil settlements with American banks arising from the sale of toxic mortgagebacked securities. Even then, critics noted that no individuals were held accountable. On matters of policy, Holder spoke frankly about how his upbringing — his father emigrated from Barbados and his sister-in-law helped integrate the University of Alabama — helped shape his thinking. He referred to America in 2009 as a “nation of cowards” in its discussions of race. He later lamented that “systemic and unwarranted racial disparities remain disturbingly common.”
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Q&A: Experts warn of Bash Bug, what are the risks? By BARBARA ORTUTAY and MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writers
NEW YORK — Internet security experts are warning that a new programming flaw known as the “Bash Bug” may pose a serious threat to millions of computers and other devices such as home Internet routers. Even the systems used to run factory floors and power plants could be affected. So, is it time to panic? Here are some common questions and answers about the latest security scare. nnn
Q. What is the Bash Bug, and why is it a big deal?
A. The bug, also known as “Shellshock,” is in a commonly used piece of system software called Bash. Bash has been around since 1989 and is used on a variety of Unix-based systems, including Linux and Mac OS X. Devices that use Unix in some form include many servers, routers, Android phones, Mac computers, medical devices and even the computers that create bitcoins. Systems running power plants and municipal water systems could also be affected by
the bug, though security experts already recommend that these systems remain disconnected At home, a hacker who takes control from the Internet to avoid open- of an Internet router could consume so ing them to such risks. much bandwidth for online mischief that Bash is a command shell — “the thing you use to tell the owner gets hit with a huge bill from your computer what you want service providers that impose monthly it to do,” explains Christopher Budd, global threat communi- data caps. cations manager at security firm — Dave Lewis, Akamai Technologies’ Trend Micro. Thus, exploiting global security advocate a security hole in Bash means telling your computer, or other systems, what to do. nnn A. For now, the Bash Bug apactually has to be using Bash, pears to be more of a potential Budd said. There are multiple Q. Why are people types of command shells, so nuisance than a major threat. saying it’s worse than even if Bash is installed, the It’s a more vexing problem “Heartbleed,” the flaw system could actually be using for Mac owners. The Bash Bug makes it easy for hackers to take that exploited security a different one. control of a Mac running on a nnn technology used by Wi-Fi network, such as Q. It’s been a quarter public one in a coffee shop or airport, hundreds of thousands century since Bash said Chris Wysopal, chief techof websites? nology officer of computer secame out, so why is curity firm Veracode. A. While Heartbleed ex- the bug a threat now? At home, a hacker who takes posed passwords and other control of an Internet router A. That’s because somesensitive data to hackers, Bash could consume so much bandone — Stephane Chazelas of Bug lets outsiders take control of the affected device to install Akamai Technologies Inc. to be width for online mischief that the owner gets hit with a huge specific — just found it. programs or run commands. Heartbleed was around for bill from service providers that On the other hand, Bash more than two years before it impose monthly data caps, said Bug might be harder to exploit. Dave Lewis, Akamai TechnoloHeartbleed affected any system was discovered. gies’ global security advocate. nnn running OpenSSL, a common Another possible security Web encryption technology. Q. Should you be problem: A hacker who seizes With Bash Bug, your system worried? control of a vulnerable Web
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server might collect online passwords stored in databases, said Joe Siegrist, CEO of LastPass, a service that stores and protects passwords. The threat doesn’t appear to be as high as with Heartbleed, however. The Bash Bug could cause massive damage if it’s used to create an Internet “worm” — lines of malicious computer coding that wiggle from one vulnerable server to the next. A worm that reaches pandemic proportions could bog down the Internet and even render some services inaccessible. At this point, a worm feeding on the Bash Bug looms as a theoretical threat. nnn
Q. What can you do about it?
A. Everyday users can’t do much right now, except to wait for manufacturers to release fixes for their products. Budd recommends applying the patches for routers, Macs and other devices as they come out. Even if a fix is developed, getting it could be another matter. Budd expects that to be an issue with Android phones, because their manufacturers and carriers are often slow to push out the system updates that
Google provides. Of course, it always helps to run up-to-date security software on your devices. nnn
Q. Should these recurring security breakdowns cause people to reassess society’s ever-increasing dependence on the Internet?
A. Probably, given that the revelations about Bash Bug and Heartbleed surfaced within six months of each other. What’s especially troubling about Bash Bug is that it’s been hiding in plain sight for the past two decades, even as millions of more machines came online to widen the threat. Furthermore, these risks are likely to escalate as people store more documents, photos, videos and even medical records over the Internet. At the same time, technology is expected to make it possible to plug just about everything imaginable into the Internet, be it coffee machines or automobiles. We’ll just have to live with technological risks. As Lewis noted, “We are already too far down the road to take a step back.”
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Turkey, still coy, joins fight against militants By LARA JAKES AP National Security Writer
WASHINGTON — Moving from reluctance to refusal and finally to acceptance, Turkey is joining its NATO allies and fellow Sunni Muslim nations in a coalition to destroy the Islamic State militant group. But the world is still waiting for details of any new, specific aid and is warily watching to make sure Ankara keeps its commitments. Often described as a difficult partner, Turkey long has resisted being used as a launching pad for foreign troops to attack neighboring nations. Most recently it has been accused of harboring — or at least helping — Islamic State group militants by letting them traffic fighters, weapons and lucrative oil shipments over its borders. But the rampant insurgency has put Turkey at peril. The mostly peaceful nation that depends heavily on international tourism is now grappling with a two-fronted threat from militants who have overtaken much of bordering Syria and Iraq, as well as from Kurdish separatists whom Ankara has
fought for decades. Moreover, an estimated 1.5 million Syrian and Iraqi refugees have fled to Turkey, where the economy is already fading. Until this week, Turkey was coy about whether it would contribute to a coalition of what the U.S. says is about 50 countries that have united against the Islamic State group. For months, the world largely gave Turkey a pass as it sought to free 49 of its diplomats, family members and employees who were kidnapped by the militants from the Turkish Consulate in Mosul, Iraq, in June. The hostages were freed last weekend, prompting the U.S. and other coalition nations to press Turkey on what it would contribute. President Barack Obama and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke briefly Thursday in what the White House described as a discussion on “steps we can take to advance our already strong cooperation” against the Islamic State. The two leaders agreed to continue consulting. “We’ll always get more than people think we’re officially
‘We’ll always get more than people think we’re officially getting, and we’re always going to get less than what we would want.’ — James F. Jeffrey, former U.S. ambassador to Turkey and Iraq getting, and we’re always going to get less than what we would want,” James F. Jeffrey, former U.S. ambassador to Turkey and Iraq, told a forum this week at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. “In the end, Turkey will come along.” Jeffrey was speaking specifically about whether Ankara will let allied forces launch airstrikes from the U.S. air base at Incirlik, located within 100 miles of the Syrian border. Yet his words aptly sum up what U.S. officials describe as Washington’s overall relationship with Turkey: a push-and-pull diplomacy that rarely satisfies either nation. But Turkey finally may now have the upper hand. As it is heavily courted by the U.S. and
allies in the West and Mideast to contribute, Turkey is in a better position than ever to demand international support for its own needs — in the name of fighting the Islamic State group. Even so, Turkey remains a stubborn partner. On Thursday, Egypt cancelled a meeting between its foreign minister and Turkey’s top diplomat at the United Nations General Assembly, according to Turkish media. The snub came after Erdogan criticized Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi about last year’s overthrow of the Muslim Brotherhood-led government in Cairo. Erdogan’s political party has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. And senior State Depart-
Rescued people refuse to leave Cypriot ship By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS, Associated Press
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Salamis Cruise Lines Managing Director Kikis Vasiliou told reporters at the east Mediterranean island’s main port of Limassol Thursday that the people are insisting that they be taken to Italy instead. Cypriot officials said that the 345 people, including 52 children, were to be taken to a reception center near the capital
Nicosia where they would be given shelter and medical attention until authorities determine what will happen to them. The Cypriot Defense Ministry said the boat issued a distress call early Thursday amid bad weather and had “most likely” set said from Syria loaded with “civilian refugees.” AP Photo/Petros Karadjias
RIGHT: Medical staff wait at Cyprus’ main port of Limassol for 345 people to disembark from a cruise ship that rescued them from a stranded, smaller boat off the southwestern coast of the east Mediterranean island on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014.
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ment officials say Turkey has yet to pledge any specific new assistance to the coalition, despite a number of continuing meetings on the matter. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the negotiations by name, but Erdogan met Thursday with Vice President Joe Biden, who greeted the Turkish leader as his “old friend” and congratulated him on the hostages’ release. Earlier this week, Secretary of State John Kerry confidently announced that “Turkey will be very engaged on the front lines of this effort.” Erdogan affirmed that “we will do our part” and said Turkey’s planned contributions include “everything — both military and political,” according to Turkey’s DHA news agency. The Turkish parliament next week is expected to consider a yearlong extension of cross-border military operations into Iraq and Syria. At summits this month in Wales and Saudi Arabia, Turkey balked at committing specific assistance, despite its proximity to Iraq and Syria and its unique role as both a NATO partner
and overwhelmingly Sunni state. Erdogan has for years espoused a “zero problems with our neighbors” policy that resists military action against its border states. Syria, however, has tested that policy as Turkey has worriedly watched the brutal tactics of Islamic extremists and Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces just over its border. Erdogan says at least 6,000 fighters have been caught coming through Turkey over the past year to join the Islamic State group. Black-market sales of weapons and oil also are moving from the battle zones and into Turkey. The U.S. believes Turkey’s government is not involved, although officials have said Ankara hasn’t done enough to curb the traffic. Earlier this month, Erdogan revived the prospect of building a buffer zone on Turkey’s borders with Syria and Iraq to protect against the Islamic State group extremists without providing details. U.S. officials last year rejected the idea as too costly and controversial, saying it would need to be accompanied by a no-fly zone overhead.
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Syria’s Islamic rebels fear US could hit them By RYAN LUCAS and DIAA HADID Associated Press
BEIRUT — When the United States opened its aerial campaign against the Islamic State group in Syria this week, its first salvo also hit an al-Qaida cell it says was planning terror attacks — a move that has injected more chaos into the conflict and could help President Bashar Assad. Amid fears they could be targeted next, two rebel factions already have evacuated their bases, and residents in areas under the control of other Islamic brigades cower at home, wondering whether their districts will be hit. While al-Qaida’s branch in Syria, known as the Nusra Front, is considered a terrorist group by the United States, among the Syrian opposition it has a degree of support and respect because its fighters are on the front lines alongside other rebels battling Assad’s forces. To them, the U.S. strikes, which hit several Nusra Front facilities and killed dozens of its fighters, appeared to signal an American move to take out any rebel faction that adheres to an Islamic ideology — a large segment of the rebellion against Assad. U.S. officials say the strikes were aimed at a cell of hardened jihadis within the Nusra Front called the Khorasan Group, which Washington says poses a direct and imminent threat to U.S. and Western interests. On Thursday, FBI director
James Comey acknowledged that the U.S. did not have precise intelligence on where or when the group might attack, adding that there was no indication the airstrikes had disrupted the cell’s plots. “It’s hard to say whether that’s tomorrow, three weeks from now or three months from now. But it’s the kind of threat you have to operate under the assumption that it is tomorrow,” Comey told reporters in Washington. U.S. intelligence officials say the group has been trying to perfect a non-metallic bomb that can get past airport security and be used to blow up an airplane in flight. But many in the Syrian opposition are skeptical of the U.S. claims and believe the airstrikes simply aimed to hurt the Nusra Front — and by extension the anti-Assad uprising. The Khorasan Group — a name given the cell by American officials — was unheard of publicly less than a month ago. “I don’t think it’s ever been a separate group on the ground,” said Aymenn al-Tamimi, an expert on Syrian and Iraqi militants. “I think the problem for the U.S. is that in wanting to target Nusra, there’s still this problem that Nusra has local support and there are still many rebel groups that work with Nusra.” While U.S. and Western officials view both the Islamic State group and the Nusra Front as a threat, on the ground, Syrians make a huge distinction between the two — despite their
shared history. The Nusra Front was created with financing, manpower and military hardware provided by the Islamic State group when the Islamic extremists were still known merely as the Islamic State in Iraq. The Nusra Front and its patron eventually had a falling out in 2013 for ideological as well as strategic reasons. The Nusra Front, while loyal to al-Qaida, has cooperated with other Syrian rebel factions in the fight to oust Assad. The Islamic State group, on the other hand, focused not on Assad but rather on creating its version of a medieval Islamic state — and was happy to battle all comers, government and rebels, to achieve that goal. Now, the Islamic State group controls a vast tract of land stretching from the Turkish border in northern Syria to the western outskirts of Baghdad, where it has declared a self-styled caliphate, or Islamic state, ruled by its brutal version of Islamic law. Its aggressive push across Iraq in June spurred the U.S. to gather an international coalition to try to defeat the extremists. The Nusra Front, meanwhile, has seen its fortunes fade. The al-Qaida affiliate is reportedly struggling with its finances, and has shed fighters as its clout has waned. It remains locked in battle with the Islamic State group in Syria as well as Assad’s forces — all the while fighting arm-in-arm with some Western-backed groups against both.
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It is that cooperation with other rebel groups that could be undermined by the U.S. airstrikes, said Aron Lund, editor of the Carnegie Endowment’s Syria in Crisis report. He noted that the U.S. would likely have had to have informants on the ground — such as activists or Western-backed rebels — to pinpoint facilities belonging to
the Nusra Front in order to target them. “You have the potential, I think, for the Nusra Front to sort of react defensively to this by attacking or forcing out rebel groups that they feel will work with the U.S. in targeting them,” Lund said. That could trigger a bout of infighting that the anti-Assad
movement can ill afford at a time when it is already under pressure from fighting a twofront war against the government and the Islamic State. Another source of instability in the rebel ranks stems from concerns among other Islamic rebel brigades — and there are many — that U.S. airstrikes could target them as well.
Pope removes divisive bishop in Paraguay By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Thursday forcibly removed a conservative Paraguayan bishop who had clashed with his fellow bishops on ideological grounds and promoted a priest accused of inappropriate sexual behavior. The removal of Bishop Rogelio Ricardo Livieres Plano, a member of the conservative Opus Dei movement, marks the second time Francis has kicked out a conservative bishop for the sake of keeping peace among the faithful and unity among bishops. In March, he ousted the “bling bishop” of Limburg, Germany, whose 31-million-euro ($43-million) new residence complex caused an uproar among the faithful. Livieres was named bishop of Paraguay’s
second city, Ciudad del Este, in 2004 and immediately disturbed other more progressive Paraguayan bishops by opening his own seminary that followed a much more orthodox line than the main seminary in the capital, Asuncion. Paraguay’s bishops are known for their progressive bent in a poor country where liberation theology found fertile ground. Relations between Livieres and the rest of Paraguay’s bishops worsened when he got into a public spat with the then-archbishop of Asuncion, whom he accused of being gay. Livieres also infuriated advocates for victims of sexual abuse by taking in and promoting an Argentine priest, the Rev. Carlos Urrutigoity, whose former superior in the U.S. had said was a “serious threat to young people.” Urrutigoity has denied allegations of sexual impropriety, has never been charged and hasn’t been accused of sexually abusing minors.
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Religion
Make your mark, seize the day! “Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.” — Horace
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ne of my strongest desires in life is to make a mark. I want to leave my corner of the world a little better than when I found it. As a father, husband, and pastor I have had a lot of opportunities to reach into the future and touch a time that I will never see. I am convinced that this is what all of us ultimately want to do, touch a future that we will never see. In truth this is what God is calling each one of us to do. I have found that if we diligently and daily seek the Lord and ask Him
Voices of R eligion AL Weeks to give us world changing opportunities He will. The first thing that we need to get out of our heads is that we are of little consequence to the larger world. We are called of God, we are chosen specifically by Him to be His agents of change in this world. We are His image bearers, we are His beloved, His children and His Bride to be. We are the immortals that will see the end of all that is and the beginning of what will be. We can walk comfortably and confidently into the very throne room of the Creator of
Church Briefs Our Lady of the Angels hosts Marriage Encounter retreat On October 5, all married couples are invited to spend an afternoon together in a Marriage Encounter retreat: Listening to the Heart in the Sacrament of Marriage. This retreat is being hosted by Our Lady of the Angels in Kenai. The event will begin with a sharing potluck lunch at 1 p.m. The retreat will be 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. No charge and no public sharing. Please contact the parish office at 283-4555 if you need babysitting or for more details.
Healing prayer service at Our Lady of Perpetual Help
the Universe, climb up into His lap, wrap our arms around His neck, lay a big sloppy kiss on His cheek and call Him Daddy. If you think for a moment that you are of little consequence to God or to this world then you are sorely mistaken! Living a life of significance is the challenge that all of us face every day. Life is not a game or a vast cosmic joke that is played out for God’s amusement. We are given such a small amount of time that we need to decide early on how we are going to live; in the wings of obscurity, or on the stage of perspicuity. Do you want to live a life that impacts the world around you or are you content watching others achieve great things? I am convinced that most people
live their lives totally asleep, never seeing beyond a semi-conscious, dream like trance state that never sees the real world. Albert Einstein said: “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” I am of the later belief, I have studied the human body, the histories of several cultures, looked into the quantum state of reality as we know it. In all the things that I have read and seen I have become convinced that all life as we know it is a miraculous gift from God and only God. It is my desire to wake the sleeper in all of us. Paul tells the church in Ephesus 5:14 to; “Awake, sleeper, And arise from the dead, And Christ will shine on you.”
are known in heaven; 2.Establishing your internal overcomer; 3.Mind of Christ; 4.Reinventing your walk in the fruit of the Spirit; 5. Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ. For information call Bev at 776-8022 or 398-7311 or Paulette at 252-7372.
Calvary Baptist resumes kids club Calvary Baptist Church has resumed its Awana Kids Club on Sunday evenings. The group meets at Kenai Middle School from 5:15-7:30 p.m. All kids, ages 3 through sixth grade, are welcome. See the Calvary Baptist Awana web page for further details and Club schedule: calvarykenai.org/awana.
First Baptist hosts women’s Bible study
The First Baptist Church of Kenai will have a nine-week women’s Bible study starting Oct. 1 on I and II Thessalonians, called “Children of the Day,” by Beth Moore. The group will A Liturgy of Lament: a healing prayer service for all im- begin with lunch at noon, a video and discussion. pacted by abuse and violence will take place on October 8 at 7 For more information, call Carole at 283-7772 or Kassy at p.m. at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, 222 West Redoubt 283-7672. Avenue, Soldotna. Archbishop Schweitz will be celebrating the liturgy. October is domestic violence awareness month, so we are pleased to be hosting this evening for the community. Lee- Grace Brethren plans Harvest Carnival Shore and Safe Environment from the Archdiocese will be repPeninsula Grace Brethren Church on K-Beach Road is resented. Please extend an invitation to those who might want pleased to announce their fourth annual Kids Harvest Carnival. to participate. Contact the church office at 262-5942 for ques- It will be held on October 29 from 6:30-8 p.m. The carnival tions. features games, candy, hot dogs, temporary tattoos, a costume contest, and a puppet show. Awards for the costume contest will be given at 7:40 p.m. followed by a puppet show. Admittance is Nikiski Aglow to begin Bible study free. Supplies are limited to the first 150 kids who come. Please, Nikiski Aglow meets each Saturday morning from 9-11 a.m. no scary or inappropriate costumes. at the Nikiski New Hope Christian Fellowship, Mile 23 North More information can be found at www.peninsulagrace.org Road. All are welcome to attend. Aglow International is founded or by calling 907-262-6442. on prayer and compassionate outreach. It is global in ministry vision, yet rooted in small groups. Nikiski Aglow is hosting the DVD teaching of Graham Food Pantry open weekly Cooke with “Game Changers.” The five themes are: 1.How you The Soldotna Food Pantry is open every Wednesday from
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We are all asleep and dead to God and ourselves. A quote from a movie called “Joe versus the Volcano”, a character Meg Ryan plays says; “My father says that almost the whole world is asleep. Everybody you know. Everybody you see. Everybody you talk to. He says that only a few people are awake and they live in a state of constant total amazement.” Constant amazement, do you live in this state or are you asleep? Pastor AL Weeks and his family serve in First Baptist Church of Kenai. The folks at First Baptist Church of Kenai are a warm fellowship of believers that are committed to speaking the truth in love. Join them Sunday mornings at 10:45 am.
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for residents in our community who may be experiencing food shortages. The Food Pantry is located at the Soldotna United Methodist Church at 158 South Binkley Street. Non-perishable food items or monetary donations may be dropped off at the church Tuesdays 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. or 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Thank you for your support.
United Methodist Church provides food pantry The Kenai United Methodist Church provides a food pantry for those in need every Monday from noon to 3 p.m. The Methodist Church is located on the Kenai Spur Highway next to the Boys and Girls Club. The entrance to the Food Pantry is through the side door. The Pantry closes for holidays. For more information contact the church office at 283-7868 or email kumcalaska@gmail.com.
Clothes 4 U at First Baptist Church First Baptist Church Soldotna, located at 159 S. Binkley Street, is re-opening its Clothes 4 U program. It is open on the second and fourth Saturday of each month from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. All clothing and shoes are free to the public.
Clothes Quarters open weekly Clothes Quarters at Our Lady of the Angels Church is open every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., and the first Saturday of every month from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call 907-283-4555. Submit church announcements to news@peninsulaclarion. com.
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Greenstreet said between the five trooper posts in his detachment, four troopers are in Girdwood, three are stationed at Crown Point, two in Cooper Landing, one in Anchor Point. In Soldotna, which hosts three recruits in training, 14 total troopers are responsible for the entire central Kenai Peninsula. “I don’t have the numbers to service the entire community,” Greenstreet said. “Looking at the bigger picture, calls against people, like domestic violence, have to take priority over property crimes.” Some people in the audience expressed their hesitation to turn people in out of fear of repercussions.
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“It’s there for us to find, he said. ” Ahlberg, who grew up in the area, said he didn’t realize the sites existed until Boraas led the class to a narrow path that runs between College Road and Slikok Creek. The group eventually hiked down to the Kenai River before heading back to the campus buildings. Along the way, they passed 50 archaeological sites including housing depressions and underground cold storage pits the Dena’ina used to freeze and keep salmon over the winter. Surprise is a common response to the hike, Boraas said. Typically, students tell him that, without the hike, they would have had no idea that the sites existed. While the pits and housing depressions are easy to find, few other artifacts of Dena’ina existence are readily available, Boraas said.
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“People don’t want to call the police because they would be a target,” Rebecca Justice said. “What do we do?” Greg Russell from Peninsula Crime Stoppers said people can place anonymous tips. Russell, a former Soldotna police officer and Kotzebue Police Chief, said he understands that family members may not want to make matters worse if it’s their relatives who are responsible for property crime and drug use. Crime Stoppers encourages members of the community to assist local law enforcement agencies in the fight against crime by overcoming the two key elements that inhibit community involvement: fear and apathy. Residents also had the opportunity to join a neighborhood watch list. “They only succeed if we do
nothing,” Russell said. The audience was encouraged to bring forth information to the troopers that would help in their investigations. During and after the meeting, citizens came up and shared tips. “I think we broke through those barriers tonight because we had people give us good credible information,” Greenstreet said. “I wanted (Hershberger and Ezell) to relate to the crowd and hear first hand the emotion in the room and what people are going through.” Property crimes in Nikiski are not a new phenomenon. Nikiski resident Dave Carpenter said 20 years ago residents came together to talk about crime and said some of the same things about additional law enforcement, neighborhood watch and Crime Stoppers. “In our society all the prob-
lems come back to the people because we allow it,” Carpenter said. “The revolving door that is our justice system is so screwed up a criminal has more rights than the victim. I don’t care for it.” Greenstreet said he talked to the Kenai District Attorney Scot Leaders, who assured him the DA’s office is committed to prosecute property crimes to the fullest extend of the law. “Property crimes by nature are very challenging to prosecute successfully,” Greenstreet said. “We are hopeful we can provide thorough investigations which would lead to strong cases.” House Speaker Mike Chenault, R-Nikiski said the House passed legislation last year that would help some of the problems Nikiski residents are having with thefts on com-
mercial property. House Bill 305 requires junk yards and salvage yards to keep records of who brings in material, such as a drivers license or vehicle registration, he said. “If troopers or someone comes in and says ‘that was stolen from my property’ and can prove it, it allows troopers to have a lead to go on and convict,” Chenault said. “Hesaid, she-said doesn’t hold up in court.” Billie Jefferies, owner of Ground Up Custom Builders in Nikiski said he’s had drug addicts steal materials from his job site including lumber, wiring and car parts, things they could sell for money. He said meth and heroin are the problem because it has taken over certain individual’s lives and has made them career criminals.
“People know who they are,” he said. “There are six meth houses in Nikiski with trash stacked to the roof and 15 vehicles in the driveway. People need to pay attention to what’s going on.” Felix Martinez, owner of M & M Market, said while talk of incorporating and raising taxes to add a police service area to Nikiski is all well and good, it would not come for a few years down the road. He said now this is a time when people in the community need to come together. “In the meantime we need to be neighbors for each other and look after each other’s property,” he said. “It’s time to come together as a community.”
The Dena’ina believed that artifacts and places absorbed information and carried the energy of an event, negative or positive, Boraas said. So, people were careful about leaving artifacts around because the energy could potentially be damaging to the people exposed to it. Boraas said he learned that concept the hard way. “The first house I excavated in 1973, I think I got one artifact out of all those weeks of working,” he said. The Dena’ina habit of leaving no trace is one Boraas said he hoped would hold significance for students. “It’s sort of the opposite of the ethic of our modern society where we have this idea of making a difference, changing the world, innovating and all those sorts of things,” he said. “But hey didn’t do that and you wouldn’t if you were a very sustainable culture.” Boraas said he hoped students would be able to come away from the class with a sense of pride in the Kenai Peninsula, that “they will see the
place that many of them grew up, differently.” In addition, he said, he wants them to question the elements of sovereignty. “We are this globalized network,” he told the group as they
stood on a trail near the Kenai River. “I’m not saying that’s a bad thing, just don’t embrace it and glorify it, because it’s also very delicate.” Ahlberg said he saw at one thing he had in common with
the Dena’ina people. “Our family, we fish a lot and we store it in our freezers and eat it throughout the winter just like they would. We can, smoke and dry and hang a lot of it, so that kind of hit close to home. It’s a
technique from centuries ago. The same idea and end result.”
sion according to the policy. Blackwell was asked to give his first report during the counContinued from page A-1 cil reports at the end of Wednesday’s meeting. “I don’t really have much to have more influence over how our local polices are devel- report on yet, but I am excited for this opportunity,” Blackwell oped.” During council comments said. each member welcomed BlackKelly Sullivan can be well and many thanked him for reached at kelly.sullivan@penhis participation. “Please be sure to express insulaclarion.com. your opinions when the time comes,” council member Pete Sprague said. “It’s pretty important to speak up and you’re taking the first step.” Blackwell said council member Meggean Bos, a teacher at Soldotna High School, has already offered him some good advice. At the meeting Bos said having a student representative is a great addition to the council because it includes a different perspective in the local discussion. Blackwell said he was very thankful the council was so welcoming. He said in particular he is looking forward to the upcoming discussion on the renovations and expansions to the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. Blackwell is currently on the student council as the sophomore class vice president. He was born in Sitka and has been a Soldotna resident for the last 13 years. Student representative policy in Soldotna dictates the representative must be in good academic standing at Soldotna High School, be elected by the student council and obtain the approval of the Soldotna High School administration. The representative may not move or second items during a council meeting and may only cast advisory votes on all matters except those subject to executive session discussions. “Mr. Jackson, I am honored that you consider public service, everyone up here is in that mode,” Mayor Nels Anderson said. “I’ve got to tell you I am honored to serve with these fine people. I think if you listen to them an learn you will gain a great insight into a lot of particular issues of the city, and I hope you will continue public service the rest of your life, I hope. ” Blackwell’s term expires September 30, 2015. He will serve at all regular council meetings while school is in ses-
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Versys 650 motorcycle from Florida and recently arrived in Kenai. “This motorcycle is so comfortable to ride on the freeway or highway,” he said. … “(The) Alaska Highway (is) sometimes under construction for several miles.” Along the way he educated dozens of groups and audiences about the effects of the tsunami. “I would like to say thank you directly,” he said. On Tuesday night, Toriyama gave a video presentation to members of Boy Scout Troop 669, who then made a video for Toriyama to take back to Japan. In the video, the scouts gathered around Dave Baxter, of Kasilof, who encouraged the people of Japan to keep rebuilding. At the end of the video, Baxter and the scouts shouted “good luck” to the camera as Toriyama recorded it. “Hopefully this video will help inspire (tsunami) victims to rebuild,” Baxter said. Government officials of Rikuzentatkata, a city in northeastern Japan that saw significant damage, asked Toriyama to seek out Baxter in particular.
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Dr. Takeshi Toriyama, of Japan, takes a video on Tuesday outside the Soldotna United Methodist Church of the Boy Scouts of America Troop 669 wishing the victims of the 2011 tsunami in Japan “good luck” in their ongoing effort to rebuild after the devastating disaster.
Baxter works on Middleton Island. In early 2012 Baxter found a soccer ball that had washed on shore on the island. The ball had the owner’s name and contact information written on it. Former classmates also signed it as a going away gift. Baxter’s wife, Yumi Baxter, is Japanese and was able to contact the owner to send the
ball back to him. Since then, the Baxters have sent five more recovered items back to Japan that floated up from the tsunami. He said he has found more, but some items aren’t worth sending back because they don’t have a sentimental value. About a year ago, Toriyama called the Baxters telling them he wanted to drive his motor-
cycle up the Alaska, meet them and thank them for their efforts. With it being so late in the year, Baxter advised Toriyama to wait until next summer. Thousands of miles and one year later, Toriyama made it. Kaylee Osowski can be reached at kaylee.osowski@ peninsulaclarion.com.
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Ostrander seeks 4th Region III crown By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion
If one was searching for two of the top prep cross-country runners in this country of some 315 million this weekend, a remote island in Alaska populated by 14,000 people would seem to be a poor place to start. But there they will be Saturday, Kenai Central senior Allie Ostrander and Kodiak senior Levi Thomet, lacing up their running shoes at the Region III meet in Kodiak. Ostrander will be searching for a clean sweep of the Region III titles for her career. According to records kept by Kodiak coach Marcus Dunbar, only
Kristi Waythomas (then Klinnert) has swept all four region titles. Ostrander also comes in with the top 5K time in the nation this season, according to athletic.net. She is the second-ranked runner in the Saucony Flo50, compiled by the websites milesplit.com and flotrack. org, and also is ranked second on dyestat.com. The top-ranked runner, Hannah DeBalsi of Staples, Connecticut, has not yet run this season. Thomet will be seeking his third Region III crown. His 5K time is tied for 37th on athletic.net, and he is ranked 14th in the Saucony Flo50 and 13th on dyestat.com. Throw in the fact that Trevor Dun-
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Saturday At Bear Valley Golf Course, Kodiak 10:00am JV Open Girls 10:45am JV Open Boys 11:30am 1-2-3A Girls 12:15pm 4A Girls 1:00pm 1,2,3A Boys 1:45pm 4A Boys
bar, the former Kodiak High School and University of Oregon standout who is the first Alaskan to break four minutes in the mile, will speak at the Friday prerace banquet, and it’s easy to see why running aficionados on “The Rock” are in for quite the treat. “That’s very special to have that
caliber of runners,” said Marcus Dunbar, who has been coaching at Kodiak since 1998. “We’re lucky if we have one runner ranked in the top 20 in the country. “To have two running in the same meet is nice. It’s unprecedented.” There has been talk of the Coast Guard shutting down Bear Valley Golf Course, where the meet will be held, but Dunbar said he is hopeful this will not be the last meet there. “I think it could actually be quite epic,” said Teri Ostrander, the Kenai Central coach and Allie’s mother. “I don’t know that you see that caliber of runners in Alaska all the time. “I think they will be ready to roar,
both of them, and see what they can lay down. Maybe it is a time that stands forever.” The meet being on a golf course calls to mind the fast Lower 48 crosscountry meets, but Dunbar said the course is actually not that fast because it’s all on grass and while there are not steep hills, the course is never flat. Of course, in addition to the performances of Thomet and Ostrander, there is much business to attend to with team and individuals chasing region titles and state berths. In Class 4A girls, Soldotna and Colony are expected to battle for the team title. See RUN, page B-4
Soldotna Stars’ Skylar Shaw reacts after missing the ball during the game against the Palmer Moose on Friday at Soldotna High School..
Stars hold off Moose By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion
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As much of a momentum sport that volleyball is, a two-set lead can vanish pretty quickly in any given match. The Palmer Moose rallied back from near elimination by Kenai Central on Wednesday night to win in five sets, so the possibility of doing the same to Soldotna on Thursday was there. However, the Stars held
strong and finished off Palmer 3-1 at Soldotna High School, winning the first two sets 25-21 and 25-16, dropping the third 18-25, then demolishing the Moose 25-11 in the fourth to claim the win. “Palmer’s a good team, and they were not willing to let themselves get swept,” said SoHi coach Sheila Kupferschmid. “It was a momentum switch, and they caught fire and balls were landing for them.” Soldotna boosted its season
record to 3-0 in nontournament play, while Palmer drops to 2-1 in the league and 2-2 overall. “SoHi looked at a better team all around,” Kupferschmid said about Palmer. Among Thursday’s top hitters were Hayley Ramsell with 18 kills and seven service points, Hayley Miller with eight service points and four kills, Lindsey Wong with seven Photos by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion service points, Makenna Rosin with five block kills, and Sky- Soldotna Stars’ Hayley Ramsell spikes the ball during the game against the Palmer Moose on See SPIKE, page B-4 Friday at Soldotna High School.
Football has homecomings galore on Peninsula By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion
After six jumbled weeks to start the 2014 prep football season, the playoff pictures for the medium-schools Northern Lights Conference and the small-schools Greatland Conference have sharpened considerably. Soldotna crushed Homer to the tune of a 51-6 win last Saturday to stake out a 2-0 NLC record and secure the team’s ninth-straight postseason berth. It also extended the Stars’ winning streak to 25 straight games, only four away from tying the school record of 29. SoHi has a shot to tie the mark if they make it to the medium-schools state championship game on Oct. 18. While the Kenai Central varsity
was off on a bye week, the Kardinals JV team was up north facing an independent Houston varsity squad that topped them 22-0. Kenai currently holds a 1-0 NLC record and the second playoff spot over Kodiak (1-2) and Homer (0-2). Should Kenai beat Homer this weekend, the Kards will claim a second consecutive playoff spot and the sixth berth in seven years. If Kenai loses, the Homer Mariners will have to wait until the Oct. 4 meeting between Kenai and Soldotna before knowing their postseason future.
ond game on the new turf field this season, but it’s a big one. It’s homecoming weekend. While the glamour and celebration of homecoming leaves players and supporters with an extra bounce in their step, it leaves football coaches even more stressed than usual. Schedules need to be rearranged to accommodate preparation for the weekend’s activities, which can also sidetrack the focus on the actual game. “It’s always more of a distraction for us,” said SoHi coach Galen Brantley Jr. “We’re just trying to get everything done now to prevent any loose ends.” It may look like Brantley Jr. has an West Valley (2-4) at Soldotna (5-0), easy job coaching one of the state’s 2 p.m. Saturday premier football teams, but with a The Stars will play only their sec- large-school opponent like the West
Valley Wolfpack looming on the immediate horizon, SoHi’s biggest challenge is about to hit them. “I hope not to get into a crazy track meet with (West Valley),” Brantley Jr. said. “But it might end up as that.” After opening their season with four straight losses, the Wolfpack are coming off two big wins; a 35-28 win over Palmer and a 46-35 triumph over Juneau, a state finalist from last year. It’s clear that momentum is on their side. “They’re a young team, with better athletes than we’ve seen at this point in the season,” Brantley Jr. said. “They’ve progressed and gotten better, and I don’t think their record reflects what they’ve been able to do. I mean, they just went through Palmer and Juneau, two powers in the state.”
Using a pistol spread offense, West Valley houses a stable of dynamic playmakers, starting with quarterback Zach Lester. Add to that running back Josh Cummings and receiver Prince Cooks, and the SoHi defensive line will have its hands full. Last week against Juneau, Cummings carried the ball for 196 yards, while Cooks accounted for three touchdowns, two in the first half. Cooks is also ranked second among large-school teams in the state in receiving yards with 373 on 26 catches, including five touchdowns. “(Cummings) will be the best back we’ll see so far this year,” Brantley Jr. said. “But our approach is the same as always. We’ll work to make them a one-dimensional team, take away See HOME, page B-4
Jeter goes out a winner HOWIE RUMBERG AP Sports Writer
NEW YORK — Derek Jeter didn’t want the night to end. The retiring captain gave New York one more win with a big hit, then took two trips out to shortstop, waving to the adoring crowd each time following his final home game at Yankee Stadium. Soon after his game-winning single in the ninth inning sent the Yankees over Baltimore 6-5 Thursday, Jeter said that he played his last game at the position. He said he would only serve as designated hitter in his final three games in Boston this weekend. “I want to take something special from Yankee Stadium,” Jeter said in a news conference AP Photo/Julie Jacobson shown on the center field vidNew York Yankees’ Derek Jeter jumps after hitting the game-winning single against the Balti- eo board, with many fans still in their seats. “The view from more Orioles in the ninth inning of a baseball game Thursday in New York. C
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of reflection. He then answered a few questions, said hello to his family who moved to the front row near the Yankees dugout for the final two innings, and greeted the teammates he won five World Series championships with. Once more he took a slow walk across the diamond, covering his face with a towel several times and waving to the crowd as they chanted his name and “Thank you, Jeter!” All across the majors, players saluted the 40-year-old star. “Wow,” Boston slugger David Ortiz said, breaking into a grin and shaking his head after the Red Sox beat Tampa Bay. “That’s him. Perfect. It was unbelievable.” Moments after Detroit beat Minnesota to move a step closer to winning the AL Central, the See MLB, Page B-3
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Sports Briefs Seward football tops Voznesenka Seward grabbed a pivotal 42-6 Greatland Conference win over Voznesenka Thursday night in Seward, clinching a small-schools playoff berth for the Seahawks for the first time in a decade. Seward has not seen the postseason in the years since finishing tied for third in the 2004 small-schools state championships, but after Thursday’s victory bumped the Seahawk’s Greatland Conference record to 4-1, it is a sure deal. Seward currently sits second in the standings, which means they would get to host a home game in the first round of the playoffs. Of course, that could change again depending on tonight’s game between Nikiski and Barrow. The winner of that contest will also move to 4-1. If two teams are knotted up after the regular season comes to an end, a coin flip will decided the final playoff seedings.
NFL still says nobody saw the video ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The video of Ray Rice punching his fiancee inside a casino elevator was sent to NFL headquarters to the attention of league security chief Jeffrey Miller in April, a law enforcement official says. The NFL has repeatedly said no one with the league saw the violent images until TMZ Sports released the video earlier this month. Miller said Thursday through an NFL spokesman that he never received the video. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to release details of the case, said he doesn’t know if Miller ever saw the DVD or opened the package. His only communication with the NFL was a 12-second voicemail on April 9 from league offices confirming receipt of the package, in which a woman says, “You’re right. It’s terrible.” The official told the AP two weeks ago that he sent the video to the NFL, but asked the AP not to report that he had addressed the package to Miller. He eliminated that restriction Thursday. “Since the NFLPA and NFL have launched separate investigations into the league and the Ravens’ handling of Ray Rice’s case, I want to make a few things clear. No one from the NFL ever asked me for the inside-elevator video,” the official said Thursday. “I mailed it anonymously to Jeff Miller because he’s their head of security. I attached a note saying: ‘Ray Rice elevator video. You have to see it. It’s terrible.’ I provided a number for a disposable cellphone and asked for confirmation that it was received. I knew there was a possibility Mr. Miller may not get the video, but I hoped it would land in the right hands.”
49ers expect Willis to play SANTA CLARA, Calif. — A wrist injury that limited San Francisco linebacker Patrick Willis in practice will not prevent him from playing Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles. “His status is fine,” defensive coordinator Vic Fangio said. “He aggravated his wrist a little bit (Wednesday) but I don’t think it will be of concern and is not a long-range problem.” His health is a good thing for the 49ers (1-2), already down a pair of all-pro linebackers, against the Eagles’ high-octane, energetic offense that thrives on a lightning-fast pace. Willis and fellow linebacker Michael Wilhoite will feel like they are under siege in the passing game as the Eagles (3-0) churn out every conceivable type of formation, especially with 10-year veteran Darren Sproles and six-year vet LeSean McCoy as part of the package coming out of the backfield. “When those guys get 1-on-1 with the linebackers, they see it as a disadvantage for us and an advantage for them,” Willis said. “We just have to play football and rally to the ball.” The 49ers are also looking at a team that does most of its scoring in the second half, a problem that has plagued San Francisco the past two weeks. The 49ers have also not been scoring in the second half. — Staff and wire reports
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Thursday’s Game N.Y. Giants 45, Washington 14 Sunday’s Games Green Bay at Chicago, 9 a.m. Buffalo at Houston, 9 a.m. Tennessee at Indianapolis, 9 a.m. Carolina at Baltimore, 9 a.m. Detroit at N.Y. Jets, 9 a.m. Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 9 a.m. Miami vs. Oakland at London, 9 a.m. Jacksonville at San Diego, 12:05 p.m. Philadelphia at San Francisco, 12:25 p.m. Atlanta at Minnesota, 12:25 p.m. New Orleans at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. Open: Arizona, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Denver, Seattle, St. Louis Monday’s Game New England at Kansas City, 4:30 p.m. All Times ADT
Giants 45, Redskins 14 N.Y. Giants 7 17 7 14—45 Washington 0 7 7 0—14 First Quarter NYG_Donnell 5 pass from Manning (J.Brown kick), 7:35. Second Quarter NYG_Donnell 6 pass from Manning (J.Brown kick), 14:14. Was_Roberts 18 pass from Cousins (Forbath kick), 8:50. NYG_Donnell 6 pass from Manning (J.Brown kick), 2:16. NYG_FG J.Brown 29, :00. Third Quarter Was_Morris 20 run (Forbath kick), 12:57. NYG_Fells 2 pass from Manning (J.Brown kick), 4:19. Fourth Quarter NYG_Manning 1 run (J.Brown kick), 14:07.
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College Scores SOUTH Georgia Southern 34, Appalachian St. 14 MIDWEST Missouri Western 26, Lindenwood 9 SOUTHWEST Oklahoma St. 45, Texas Tech 35 FAR WEST UCLA 62, Arizona St. 27
Baseball AL Standings
East Division W L Pct x-Baltimore 95 64 .597 New York 82 77 .516 Toronto 81 78 .509 Tampa Bay 76 83 .478 Boston 70 89 .440 Central Division z-Detroit 89 70 .560 Kansas City 87 72 .547 Cleveland 83 76 .522 Chicago 72 87 .453 Minnesota 68 91 .428 West Division x-Los Angeles 98 61 .616 Oakland 86 73 .541 Seattle 84 75 .528 Houston 69 90 .434 Texas 66 93 .415 z-clinched playoff berth x-clinched division
GB — 13 14 19 25 — 2 6 17 21 — 12 14 29 32
Thursday’s Games Seattle 7, Toronto 5 N.Y. Yankees 6, Baltimore 5 Detroit 4, Minnesota 2 Boston 11, Tampa Bay 1 Texas 2, Oakland 1 Kansas City 6, Chicago White Sox 3 Friday’s Games Tampa Bay (Archer 10-8) at Cleveland (Kluber 17-9), 3:05 p.m. Baltimore (Tillman 13-5) at Toron-
to (Hutchison 10-13), 3:07 p.m. Minnesota (Swarzak 3-2) at Detroit (Porcello 15-12), 3:08 p.m. Houston (Peacock 4-9) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 9-11), 3:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Capuano 2-4) at Boston (S.Wright 0-0), 3:10 p.m. Oakland (Kazmir 14-9) at Texas (Tepesch 5-10), 4:05 p.m. Kansas City (Guthrie 12-11) at Chicago White Sox (Noesi 8-11), 4:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Weaver 18-8) at Seattle (Iwakuma 14-9), 6:10 p.m. Saturday’s Games N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 9:05 a.m. Baltimore at Toronto, 12:07 p.m. Tampa Bay at Cleveland, 2:05 p.m. Minnesota at Detroit, 3:08 p.m. Houston at N.Y. Mets, 3:10 p.m. Kansas City at Chicago White Sox, 3:10 p.m. Oakland at Texas, 4:05 p.m. L.A. Angels at Seattle, 5:10 p.m. All Times ADT
NL Standings
East Division W L Pct GB x-Washington 93 65 .589 — Atlanta 77 82 .484 16½ New York 77 82 .484 16½ Miami 76 82 .481 17 Philadelphia 72 87 .453 21½ Central Division z-St. Louis 88 71 .553 — z-Pittsburgh 87 72 .547 1 Milwaukee 81 78 .509 7 Cincinnati 74 85 .465 14 Chicago 71 88 .447 17 West Division x-Los Angeles 91 68 .572 — y-San Francisco 86 73 .541 5 San Diego 76 83 .478 15 Colorado 66 93 .415 25 Arizona 63 96 .396 28 z-clinched playoff berth x-clinched division y-clinched wild card Thursday’s Games Cincinnati 5, Milwaukee 3 N.Y. Mets 7, Washington 4, 1st game Miami 6, Philadelphia 4 Washington 3, N.Y. Mets 0, 2nd game Pittsburgh 10, Atlanta 1 San Francisco 9, San Diego 8 Friday’s Games Miami (Cosart 4-3) at Washington (Fister 15-6), 9:05 a.m., 1st game Atlanta (E.Santana 14-10) at Philadelphia (Je.Williams 4-2), 3:05 p.m. Miami (Heaney 0-3) at Washington (T.Hill 0-0), 3:05 p.m., 2nd game Houston (Peacock 4-9) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 9-11), 3:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Worley 8-4) at Cincinnati (Leake 11-13), 3:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Jokisch 0-0) at Milwaukee (J.Nelson 2-8), 4:10 p.m. St. Louis (Wacha 5-6) at Arizona (Cahill 3-12), 5:40 p.m. Colorado (Lyles 7-3) at L.A. Dodgers (R.Hernandez 8-11), 6:10 p.m. San Diego (Kennedy 12-13) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 8-12), 6:15 p.m. Saturday’s Games Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 9:05 a.m. Miami at Washington, 12:05 p.m. San Diego at San Francisco, 12:05 p.m. Atlanta at Philadelphia, 3:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 3:10 p.m.
Houston at N.Y. Mets, 3:10 p.m. St. Louis at Arizona, 4:10 p.m. Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, 5:10 p.m. All Times ADT
A.Chapman (9) and Barnhart. W_ Holmberg 2-2. L_Gallardo 8-11. Sv_A.Chapman (35). HRs_Milwaukee, R.Weeks (8). Cincinnati, Phillips (8).
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Gausman, McFarland (6), R.Webb (7), Matusz (7), J.Saunders (8), Meek (9) and C.Joseph; Kuroda, Dav.Robertson (9) and B.McCann. W_Dav.Robertson 4-5. L_Meek 0-4. HRs_Baltimore, Markakis (14), De Aza (8), A.Jones (28), Pearce (21).
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Red Sox 11, Rays 1 TB Bos.
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Shields, K.Herrera (7), W.Davis (8), G.Holland (9) and S.Perez; Quintana, Petricka (8), Surkamp (9) and Phegley. W_K.Herrera 4-3. L_Quintana 9-11. Sv_G.Holland (45). HRs_Kansas City, Hosmer (9). Chicago, Phegley (1).
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Marlins 6, Phillies 4 Phi. Mia.
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D.Buchanan, Bastardo (6), Diekman (7), Lu.Garcia (7) and Ruiz; Koehler, M.Dunn (8), Cishek (9) and Saltalamacchia. W_Koehler 10-10. L_Diekman 5-5. Sv_Cishek (39).
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Za.Wheeler, Matsuzaka (6), Germen (8) and Recker; G.Gonzalez, Thornton (8), Storen (9) and W.Ramos. W_G.Gonzalez 10-10. L_Za.Wheeler 11-11. Sv_Storen (11).
Pirates 10, Braves 1 Pit. Atl.
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Volquez, LaFromboise (8), Sadler (9) and R.Martin, C.Stewart; Hale, Jaime (5), Avilan (6), Schlosser (7), Russell (8) and Gattis, Bethancourt. W_Volquez 13-7. L_ Hale 4-5. HRs_Pittsburgh, Snider (13), N.Walker (22).
Giants 9, Padres 8 SD SF
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Cashner, A.Torres (6), Boyer (7), Garces (7), Vincent (7), Stauffer (8) and Rivera; Y.Petit, Affeldt (6), Strickland (a6), J.Lopez (7), Machi (7), Lincecum (7), Romo (8), Casilla (9) and Posey, Susac. W_Lincecum 11-9. L_Boyer 0-1. Sv_Casilla (18). HRs_San Diego, Venable (8), Grandal 2 (15), Rivera (11). San Francisco, Belt (12), B.Crawford (10).
Hockey NHL Preseason Thursday’s Games Los Angeles 4, Anaheim 3, SO Philadelphia 4, New Jersey 0 Pittsburgh 3, Minnesota 2, OT Montreal 3, Colorado 2, OT Detroit 3, Chicago 2 Columbus 5, St. Louis 4 Nashville 1, Tampa Bay 0 Vancouver 3, Calgary 1
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Giants make quick work of Washington JOSEPH WHITE AP Sports Writer
LANDOVER, Md. — Larry Donnell kicked his right leg high as he fell to the turf in the east end zone, then did the same with his left leg at the west end. Touchdown catches that mirrored each other. And he still wasn’t done for the New York Giants. The tight end has become Eli Manning’s top receiver, the perfect target in the team’s new dink-and-dunk offense. The second-year player who went undrafted out of Grambling State caught three scoring passes in the first half — similar twist-the-body grabs in the end
zone of 5, 6 and 6 yards — in a 45-14 victory over the turnoverprone Washington Redskins on Thursday night. After struggling in his first two games running new offensive coordinator Ben McAdoo’s West Coast playbook, Manning has led the Giants (2-2) to consecutive victories. Manning is supposed to complete 70 percent of his passes in this offense, and he surpassed that mark against the Redskins, going 28 for 39 — including three simple open-field drops — for 300 yards with four touchdowns and one interception. Manning also ran for a 1-yard score, as did Andre Williams.
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Tigers’ clubhouse at Comerica Park came to a near-standstill in the aftermath of Jeter’s winning hit. Many players simply stood in silence and watched the postgame scene unfolding in New York on TV. “You could see it coming when the inning started,” reigning AL Cy Young winner Max Scherzer said. “We were sitting in the lunchroom. It was like, ‘Jeter’s hitting third. He’s going to walk it off.’ We knew it.” REDS 5, BREWERS 3 CINCINNATI (AP) — Brandon Phillips hit his first home run in almost three months and rookie David Holmberg pitched six solid innings as the Cincinnati Reds officially ended Milwaukee’s postseason hopes. The Brewers’ loss meant the San Francisco Giants clinched a playoff spot. Milwaukee spent 150 days leading the NL Central this season. Holmberg (2-2) allowed two runs on three hits to earn his second career win, both in the last 12 days over Milwaukee starter Yovani Gallardo (8-11).
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Donnell finished with seven catches for 54 yards. He had only one career touchdown catch entering the game, but he now leads the Giants this season in TD catches (4) and overall receptions (25). Daniel Fells had a 2-yard scoring catch in the third quarter, which means tight ends have snagged seven of Manning’s nine TD passes this season. New York’s Victor Cruz added six catches for 108 yards, his second consecutive 100-yard game. Kirk Cousins and his receivers weren’t anywhere near as efficient for the Redskins, who were undone by six turnovers that led to 31 points for the Gi-
a postseason berth, can wrap up a fourth straight division championship as early as Friday. Martinez hit a two-run homer in the first, and Cabrera added a solo shot in the fourth.
ROYALS 6, WHITE SOX 3 CHICAGO — Eric Hosmer homered and drove in two runs, Lorenzo Cain had four hits and scored twice and the Kansas City Royals put themselves on the verge of a playoff spot by beating the Chicago White Sox. One more win for Kansas City, or a loss by Seattle, will send the Royals to the postseason for the first time since George Brett led them to a championship in 1985. Kansas City remained two games behind Detroit in the AL Central and moved one up on Oakland in the wild-card standings.
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ARLINGTON, Texas — Adrian Beltre hit a walk-off homer in the ninth inning, and the Texas Rangers kept Oakland from getting closer to clinching an AL wildcard spot. Beltre sent a drive just over the wall in right field off Luke Gregerson (5-5) with one out for his team-leading 19th homer of the season and just his second since Aug. 10. The A’s lost a chance to clinch a wildcard spot when Seattle won at Toronto earlier in the day. The last-place Rangers won TIGERS 4, TWINS 2 for the 12th time in 13 games. Texas closer Neftali Feliz (2-1) pitched DETROIT — Miguel Cabrera and Victor Martinez homered, Max Scherzer made a scoreless ninth. it through six tough innings and the Detroit Tigers moved closer to another AL Central MARINERS 7, BLUE JAYS 5 M title with a victory over Minnesota. TORONTO — Logan Morrison hit two The Tigers, who have already clinched K
ants. A strip-sack by Mathias Kiwanuka set up New York’s first touchdown, Trumaine McBride’s strip of tight end Logan Paulsen after a catch ended a Washington drive deep in New York territory, and Prince Amukamara, Quinten Demps, McBride and Antrel Rolle intercepted Cousins’ passes in the second half. Demps was starting in place of Stevie Brown, who was benched during the Giants’ win over the Houston Texans on Sunday. Cousins, who has the starting job while Robert Griffin III recovers from a dislocated ankle, finished 19 for 33 for 257 yards with four interceptions
home runs, Mike Zunino also connected and the Seattle Mariners kept their faint playoff hopes alive, beating Toronto. Morrison hit a three-run drive off Todd Redmond in the fourth and added a solo shot off Aaron Loup (4-4) in the sixth as the Mariners avoided a four-game sweep and snapped a five-game losing streak. The victory sent the Mariners into the final three games of the season trailing wild-card leader Kansas City by three games and Oakland by two. Yoervis Medina (5-3) worked one inning for the win and Fernando Rodney, the ninth Seattle pitcher of the game, gave up Kevin Pillar’s leadoff homer in the ninth but finished for his 47th save in 50 chances.
PIRATES 10, BRAVES 1 ATLANTA — Edinson Volquez threw seven scoreless innings, Travis Snider and Neil Walker hit homers and the Pittsburgh Pirates moved within one game of the NL Central lead by defeating Atlanta. Pittsburgh, only one game behind firstplace St. Louis in the division, will close its regular season with a three-game series at Cincinnati. The Pirates clinched a playoff spot on Tuesday night. Volquez (13-7) set a season high with 10 strikeouts and gave up only four hits. He closed his regular season with 18 consecutive scoreless innings. Josh Harrison moved past Colorado’s Justin Morneau (.317) for the lead in the NL batting race. Harrison had three hits, pushing his average to .319, and scored two runs.
and a fumble for the first-year coach Jay Gruden’s Redskins (1-3), who dropped into the cellar in the NFC East, already 2 1/2 games behind the unbeaten Philadelphia Eagles. Cousins threw three interceptions in a span of five attempts in the second half. Donnell beat a trio of defenders for his hat trick of touchdowns: linebacker Perry Riley, safety Brandon Meriweather and rookie cornerback Baushad Breeland. Breeland was starting for three-time Pro Bowl defensive back DeAngelo Hall, who ruptured his Achilles tendon in Sunday’s loss to the Eagles and is done for the season.
struck out a career-high 12 and allowed just one hit through seven innings as the Washington Nationals beat the New York Mets to split a day-night doubleheader. In the first game, Ryan Zimmerman’s healing hamstring appeared to pass a seven-inning test for playoff-bound Washington in its loss. The split pulls the NL East champion Nationals within one win — or one Los Angeles Dodgers loss — of clinching the National League’s top record and homefield advantage until the World Series. In the second game, Zack Wheeler (1111) allowed three runs over five innings in the loss as the Mets were ensured of their sixth consecutive sub-.500 season. Drew Storen worked a perfect ninth for his 11th save, closing out the first of two day-night doubleheaders in as many days for Washington. In the early game, Washington’s Zimmerman continued his quest to get healthy by hitting, running the bases and playing left field. Matt den Dekker singled home the goahead run off Tyler Clippard (7-4) in the eighth inning.
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MIAMI — Casey McGehee had three RBIs, including a two-run, tiebreaking double in the seventh inning, and the Miami Marlins rallied in their home finale to beat Philadelphia. With the comeback, Tom Koehler (1010) finally reached double figures in victories for the first time. He had gone winless in his six previous starts despite a 3.50 ERA. Koehler allowed four runs in seven innings. Steve Cishek pitched a perfect ninth METS 7, NATIONALS 4; for his 39th save in 43 chances. NATIONALS 3, METS 0 The victory ensured the Marlins will WASHINGTON — Gio Gonzalez end a streak of three consecutive last-
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Donnell became the first Giants player with three touchdown catches in a half since Amani Toomer against the Indianapolis Colts in December 2002, according to STATS. Redskins tight end Niles Paul left the game in the first half after a nasty helmet-to-helmet hit at the end of a 28-yard catch. Demps was called for hitting a defenseless player, while Paul stayed on the ground for a couple of minutes. He then walked with a wobble, with assistance on both sides, toward the locker room. The Redskins also lost twotime Pro Bowl left tackle Trent Williams to a strained right knee in the second half.
place seasons in the NL East. Philadelphia sewed up last place in the division. The Marlins trailed 4-2 before scoring four runs on five hits against Jake Diekman (5-5) in the seventh.
RED SOX 11, RAYS 1 BOSTON — Rusney Castillo and Christian Vazquez each hit his first major league homer, and Allen Webster pitched seven solid innings to carry the Boston Red Sox over Tampa Bay. Vazquez finished with a career-best four hits and drove in three runs, and Mookie Betts had three of Boston’s 16 hits. Webster (5-3) was charged with one run and seven hits in his best start since he joined the rotation in late July. Leading 3-1 in the third, the Red Sox broke it open by scoring four times while chasing Jeremy Hellickson (1-5).
GIANTS 9, PADRES 8 SAN FRANCISCO — The playoffbound San Francisco Giants blew a sixrun lead, and then rallied for a victory over the San Diego Padres to stay within one game of Pittsburgh for the top spot in the NL wild-card standings. Hunter Pence scored the go-ahead run on Matt Duffy’s squeeze bunt in the Giants’ three-run seventh, hours after they clinched a playoff berth with Milwaukee’s loss at Cincinnati. Pablo Sandoval had a season-high four RBIs, including a key single in the decisive seventh. The Giants (86-73) kept pace with Pittsburgh (87-72) after the Pirates won 10-1 at Atlanta to pull within one game of first-place St. Louis in the NL Central. San Francisco will play one of those two clubs in a one-game playoff Wednesday, home field still to be determined.
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Northern Lights Conference W L Soldotna 2 0 Kenai 1 0 Kodiak 1 2 Homer 0 2
League Pct. W L 1.000 5 0 1.000 2 3 .333 2 4 .000 2 4
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Week 7 Kodiak at Houston, 7 p.m. Friday Homer at Kenai, 2 p.m. Saturday West Valley at Soldotna, 2 p.m. Saturday
their run game and try to give ourselves opportunities with our defense.” Brantley Jr. added that SoHi’s defensive backfield will be needing a big day — players such as Bailey Blumentritt, Tim Duke, Brooks Furlong, Drew Gibbs, Ty Fenton and Drew Fowler.
Greatland Conference W L Eielson 4 0 Seward 4 1 Nikiski 3 1 Barrow 3 1 Valdez 1 3 Monroe 1 4 Voznesenka 0 6
League Pct. W L 1.000 5 0 .800 5 2 .750 4 1 .750 3 3 .250 1 5 .200 1 5 .000 0 6 Week 6
Eielson 52, Monroe 6 Nikiski 45, Voznesenka 0 Seward 56, Valdez 6 Kodiak 38, Barrow 6 Seward 42, Voznesenka 6 Barrow at Nikiski, 5 p.m. Friday Eielson at Valdez, Saturday
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Peninsula high school football stats Through Sept. 20 Reported games only TEAM OFFENSE Team G 1. Nikiski 5 2. Soldotna 5 3. Kenai 5 4. Homer 4
Pts 211 247 131 64
Rsh 1591 1686 1425 510
Pas Tot 854 2445 479 2165 133 1558 306 816
TEAM DEFENSE Team G Pts Rsh 1. Soldotna 5 12 440 2. Kenai 5 83 534 3. Nikiski 5 71 786 4. Homer 4 137 1003
Pas Tot 293 733 422 956 392 1178 219 1222
PASSING YARDAGE LEADERS Name, school G Com Att Yds TD Int 1. Anderson, Nik 5 41 70 854 10 1 2. Furlong, Sol 5 28 44 479 10 0 3. Hutt, Hom 4 21 50 306 3 3 4. Baker, Ken 5 14 54 133 4 3 5. Johnson, Nik 2 0 2 0 0 0 6. Blumentritt, Sol 1 0 1 0 0 0 RUSHING YARDAGE LEADERS Name, school G Att Logan, Ken 5 120 Riddall, Nik 5 52 Gibbs, Sol 5 59 Castro, Nik 4 30 Fenton, Sol 4 27 Foree, Ken 5 60 Fisk, Hom 4 47 Chavez, Sol 5 22 Broussard, Nik 4 20 Blumentritt, Sol 5 21 Prior, Sol 4 15 Hutt, Hom 4 53 Johnson, Nik 1 10 Jackson, Nik 4 9 Cooper, Nik 3 12 Winter, Sol 2 10 Welborn, Ken 5 24 Carstens, Nik 2 7 Hill, Hom 2 12 Gillies, Ken 2 8 Ackerman, Sol 3 6 Baker, Ken 4 15 Seay, Hom 2 6 Jones, Sol 2 6 Holloway, Nik 1 3 Perry, Nik 2 5 Furlong, Sol 5 27 Swoboda, Hom 2 9 R. Riddall, Nik 1 2 Tuttle, Ken 1 3 Urban, Sol 1 4 Streiff, Ken 1 3 Lueth, Hom 2 3 Lowe, Hom 1 2 Harshfield, H. 1 1 Randall, Ken 1 1 Anderson, Nik 5 7 Kallelid, Hom 1 1
Yds 900 603 599 358 352 340 271 232 223 181 145 137 108 101 87 71 59 53 50 47 34 33 32 30 26 20 19 18 14 14 14 12 7 5 4 3 0 0
Overall Pct. 1.000 .714 .800 .500 .166 .166 .000
Avg TD 7.5 6 11.6 11 10.2 10 11.9 4 13.0 3 5.7 4 5.8 4 10.5 2 11.9 1 8.6 4 9.7 1 2.6 0 10.8 0 11.2 1 7.3 0 7.1 0 2.5 2 7.6 1 4.2 0 5.9 0 5.7 0 2.2 0 5.3 0 5.0 0 8.7 0 4.0 0 0.7 2 2.0 1 7.0 0 4.7 0 3.5 1 4.0 1 2.3 0 2.5 0 4.0 0 3.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0
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Avg TD 23.7 5 24.8 3 23.8 2 17.0 0 23.2 2 16.3 1 31.7 2 19.0 1 10.8 2 12.4 3 26.5 1 15.0 0 14.7 1 10.5 2 12.7 0 17.0 0 6.4 1 12.5 0 8.3 0 24.0 1 10.5 0 20.0 0 20.0 0 6.0 0 14.0 0 3.0 0 -8.0 0
SCORING LEADERS Player, school TD FG PAT2 PAT1 Riddall, Nik 13 0 1 0 Gibbs, Sol 12 0 0 0 Logan, Ken 6 0 0 0 Foree, Ken 5 0 1 0 Fisk, Hom 5 0 1 0 Holloway, Nik 5 0 0 0 Blumentritt, Sol 4 0 1 0 Broussard, Nik 4 0 0 1 Castro, Nik 4 0 0 0 Fenton, Sol 4 0 0 0 Chavez, Sol 4 0 0 0 Duke, Sol 4 0 0 0 Vest, Ken 0 2 0 14 Johnson, Nik 3 0 0 0 Gillies, Ken 3 0 0 0 Jackson, Nik 1 0 0 10 Jones, Sol 0 1 0 11 Walden, Sol 2 0 1 0 Fowler, Sol 2 0 1 0 Seay, Hom 2 0 0 0 Welborn, Ken 2 0 0 0 Furlong, Sol 2 0 0 0 Ackerman, Sol 0 0 0 11 Carstens, Nik 1 0 2 0 Swoboda, Hom 1 0 1 0 McKenna, Hom 1 0 0 0 Streiff, Ken 1 0 0 0 Prior, Sol 1 0 0 0 Baker, Ken 1 0 0 0 Urban, Sol 1 0 0 0 Hutt, Hom 0 0 2 0 L. Broussard, Nik 0 1 0 1 Hill, Hom 0 0 1 0 Jackman, Ken 0 0 0 1
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Homer (2-4) at Kenai (2-3), 2 p.m. Saturday One of the most important games this weekend will play out at Ed Hollier Field in Kenai, where the postseason fates of two teams will be decided. For the Kardinals, it’s simple. Just win. A postseason berth can be sewn up with a victory, but that is easier said than done on homecoming weekend. Kenai coach John Marquez said the annual festivities are all about the community, but when Saturday afternoon rolls around, he expects his team to show up ready for a battle. “Everyone goes through it, so we’re just up front with the kids,” Marquez said. “We’re just keeping them focused in practice, when we can, and on Saturday the kids can go out there and enjoy it, but we have to make them understand we have a job to do.” With a playoff spot on the line, Marquez said he is emphasizing to his players to keep their eyes on Homer. “We have a huge game in front of us,” Marquez said. “We’re not looking at the playoffs or anything else. We just need to do our jobs against Homer, better than what we had against Wasilla. “The celebration will be
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lar Shaw with six kills. Coach Kupferschmid said that Rosin and Wong were “phenomenal.” “They were very effective,” Kupferschmid said. “You can get into a hitter’s head that way, and they contained very well. I’m very impressed with Makenna, she was great closing the block with Lindsey. What a combination there.” Palmer was led by Leiah Reichel with 13 kills, while teammates Mariah McNamara had 11 digs and Allie McPheters provided 17 assists. The first set provided immediate drama right from the start. After putting together nine
self to a good week of practice leading up to Saturday. “We watched quite a bit of game film this week,” Fraley said. “We’ve just been working on being physical and because we’re so similar, it’ll come down to who can stand the most punishment.” Even after the brutal loss to SoHi last weekend, Fraley said his squad was still happy to come away with six points. The late touchdown that Homer had against Soldotna was the first scoring play a team has had on the Stars since Week 1 against Eagle River. “After that you’d think we had just won the game,” Fraley said. “It’s amazing what a few points will do.”
about winning the game. We’ll celebrate at the end of the season.” The last time Kenai stepped off the field, it was on the heels of a 20-10 loss to nonconference opponent Wasilla. Marquez said the first week of the bye that Kenai had was spent on fixing things that needed work on the Kards’ offense and defense. The second week was spent on preparing specifically for Homer. The bye ended being a needed relief in other ways, too. Marquez said linebacker Zach Koziczkowski suffered a hairline fracture in his hand against Wasilla, and the off week provided the rest he needed. Koziczkowski has been a crucial playmaker for Kenai this year, racking up numerous defensive tackles and sacks in each game. Marquez said Koziczkowski will sit out against Homer, but is expected to return for the regular season finale against Soldotna. Saturday’s game is do-ordie for Homer. If the Mariners lose, a playoff spot goes up in smoke. If they win, there is still a chance for them, but it depends on the outcome of the Soldotna-Kenai game on Oct. 4. Homer coach Josh Fraley said he is relishing the chance that has been given to his team. “There’s definitely nothing to lose,” Fraley said. “I think we’d kind of rather be in that situation than the other way around. With the kids we have, they like being the underdog.” Fraley said another reason to look forward to this weekend’s game is the matchup that the Kards provide. Kenai features a similar power running offense to that of Homer, and that familiarity has lent it-
Nikiski is tied for third in the Greatland Conference standings with a 3-1 record, identical to Barrow. Nikiski coach Ted Riddall said he would like to avoid a tie in the standings — which would be decided by a coin flip — much like what happened last year. “It’s not really satisfying yet because just being in the playoffs doesn’t bode well if you’re a three or four seed,” Riddall said. Last year, Nikiski got lucky on the coin flip to determine who won the conference, and were seeded second, giving the Bulldogs home-field advantage in the first week of the playoffs. Nikiski went on to win the small-schools state championship. Friday evening is Nikiski’s homecoming game, something that Riddall said he is wary of after past years performances. “Homecoming week hasn’t been good to us,” Rid-
straight points midway through the set to stake out a comfortable lead of seven points, SoHi eventually found itself with match point at 24-15. It took six consecutive Palmer points and two timeouts from Kupferschmid before the Stars clinched the set win 25-21 with a nasty kill point from Rosin. In the second set, a late boost of offensive firepower from Ramsell gave SoHi the 25-16 win. Of course, with homecoming on the immediate horizon, there was a lot to be excited about. “There was a lot of energy, and I told them this was their homecoming game, and they took it to heart and played very well,” Kupferschmid said. Trailing by two sets, the Moose did not go down easy.
Sitting tied at 10 apiece in the set, Ellen Groseclose went off on a hitting spree, sending several strong blasts into SoHi territory and upsetting the SoHi defense. It all resulted in a 2518 win for Palmer, closing the deficit to 2-1. However, Ramsell answered back for the Stars with authority. “Momentum can swing,” Kupferschmid explained. “We started the match ahead, and when the kids saw that, it was a big boost.” Following a 14-9 start to the set, Soldotna finished with a flourish, outscoring Palmer 11-2 to clinch the match. Kupferschmid said after earning a Gold Bracket seeding at last weekend’s West Spiketacular tournament in Anchor-
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dall admitted. “If it was up to me, I’d cancel it.” Just a season ago, Nikiski was in position to claim the Greatland Conference title, but gave up a loss to Eielson, which ultimately gave the Ravens the No. 1 seed on the season-ending coin flip. With the typical celebrations and festivities going on among the sports teams, Riddall said it is an opportunity to improve on the team’s mental edge, which will be tested under the distractions. “If you focus on things you can control, the scoreboard takes care of itself,” Riddall said. Last weekend against Voznesenka, Nikiski quarterback Cade Anderson got the chance to air the ball out, racking up 264 passing yards, which Riddall chalked up to Nikiski’s experimenting with different offensive formations. “If you would’ve asked me before the game if Cade would throw that many yards, I’d say no,” Riddall said. “They were long passes down the field, but I don’t know if we’ve ever had that many passing yards for a quarterback here.” With the improving passing game added to Nikiski’s already established ground attack, the Bulldogs hold a good shot of breaking the deadlock in the standings. Riddall added that Barrow always brings a team that presents a passing threat, which is helped by the size of the linemen. “They’re always big up front, they’re bigger than most teams,” Riddall said. “Over the years, we’ve had to come up with different schemes, so that it’s not mano a mano. We’ll be working on crossing back and getting blocks in other ways.”
age, the Stars managed to continue to carry the momentum and confidence. “We’re gonna run with it as long as we can,” Kupferschmid said. “I think I’ve got some mature kids. They want to have the team chemistry, they want this to work. Their choices they’re making to come together as a team, it’s really working.” SoHi will face Colony tonight at 6 p.m. at Soldotna Prep. Colony 3, Kenai 0 The visiting Knights swept the Kardinals Thursday night at Kenai Central High School, dropping a crucial third set 2725. Kenai dropped to 0-4 in the league and 2-4 overall.
No. 24 Oklahoma State topples Texas Tech By The Associated Press
STILLWATER, Okla. — Daxx Garman threw for 370 yards and four touchdowns to help No. 24 Oklahoma State beat Texas Tech 45-35 on Thursday night. Garman completed 17 of 31 passes and ran for a score in his second start since stepping in for the injured J.W. Walsh. Marcell Ateman had career highs of six catches and 130 yards, James Washington had three catches for 87 yards and two touchdowns, and Desmond Roland ran for 86 yards and a score for Oklahoma State (3-1, 1-0 Big 12). Davis Webb passed for 374 yards and four touchdowns for Texas Tech (2-2, 0-1) before leaving the game in the fourth quarter because of a left shoul-
der injury. Brad Marquez had eight catches for 106 yards, Jakeem Grant had a career-high 12 catches for 100 yards and a touchdown, and Reginald Davis caught two touchdown passes. Oklahoma State has won six straight against the Red Raiders and has averaged 55.5 points in the past four wins. The Red Raiders haven’t won in Stillwater since 2001. Mike Smith took over as Texas Tech’s interim defensive coordinator after Matt Wallerstedt resigned from their shared position as co-defensive coordinators. The Red Raiders surrendered 528 yards. It was a typical shootout in the series. The teams combined for 1,034 yards. They also combined for 287 yards in penal-
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“It’s up in the air, but we should be able to at least get second and move on to state,” SoHi coach Ted McKenney said. The Stars will be led by Olivia Hutchings, whose 18:04 5K last Saturday on the Homer Spit shows how fast she is right now. That time is not on athletic.net, but it would make Hutchings the second-fastest runner in the state. McKenney said Hutchings has been overshadowed by Ostrander, and rightfully so, but he remains proud of how much she has improved as a runner. Daisy Nelson, Sadie Fox and Dani McCormick will have to come through for a region title, while Molly Erickson
ties. Texas Tech marched down the field on its opening drive, and Webb found Davis down the middle for a 21-yard touchdown strike. Webb was 7 of 9 on the drive. Oklahoma State tied late in the first quarter when Washington made an in-air adjustment in the end zone to snag a 33yard pass from Garman. Webb completed 18 of 26 passes for 175 yards in the first quarter. Ramon Richards, playing because Ashton Lampkin was injured in the first quarter, intercepted Webb’s first pass of the second quarter. Texas Tech’s defense held, then Webb found Marquez for an 18-yard touchdown pass that gave the Red Raiders a 14-7 lead.
will be the all-important fifth runner. Coach Ostrander also said a state berth is within reach for the Kards. The team is led by seniors Ostrander and Alex Bergholtz, but an infusion of youth has the Kards improving rapidly. Freshmen Riana Boonstra, Ithaca Bergholtz, Kasey Paxton and Addie Gibson have boosted the team, while sophomores Katie Cooper and Mackenzie Lindeman have taken about five minutes off their times from last year. “All these kids have done fabulous things, and continue to do the summer training that is required,” coach Ostrander said. In the Class 4A boys race, Thomet will lead a very good Kodiak team against Wasilla. Ostrander would be glad to grab third and a state berth. “I’m fine sliding into third and looking for a strong showing at state,”
Jeremy Seaton’s leaping 28yard catch between three defenders set up a 1-yard touchdown run by Roland that tied it with 7 minutes left in the second quarter. Kevin Peterson intercepted Webb’s pass, then Garman quickly took advantage on the next play with a 39-yard touchdown pass to Washington that gave Oklahoma State a 21-14 lead. Texas Tech gained 340 yards in the first half, yet scored only 14 points. Garman struck again early in the third quarter with a 47-yard touchdown pass to tight end Blake Jarwin. Tech hung tough. Justin Stockton caught a 17-yard scoring pass from Webb to make it 28-21, but Garman came right
Ostrander said. Senior brothers Jonah and Jordan Theisen will lead the Kards, while Travis Cooper also is one of the top runners in the state. After that, it will be up to the likes of Ian Ashley, Karl Danielson, James Butler, Tristan Landry and Roy Taylor to score crucial team points. McKenney said the SoHi boys have the tough task of being in a loaded region. “The boys have improved greatly,” McKenney said. “I told them when they won in Homer three weeks ago, ‘Congratulations. Good improvement, but you’re still a minute behind the best runners in the region.’” McKenney said Daniel Shuler, Levi Michael and Aaron Swedberg have a shot at making state as individuals, but it could take a time as low as 16 minutes, 30 seconds. Brenner Musgrave C
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back and hit Tyreek Hill deep for a 50-yard touchdown pass that put the Cowboys up by 14 again. The ball appeared to be overthrown, but Hill, a track sprinter, shifted into another gear and caught it in stride near the goal line. Later, Seth Jacobs intercepted Tech backup Patrick Mahomes’ pass, and Garman kept on a read play to put the Cowboys up by 17. No. 11 UCLA 62, No. 15 Arizona St 27 TEMPE, Ariz. — Ishmael Adams returned a kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown and an interception 95 yards for another score, sparking No. 11 UCLA’s trouncing of No. 15 Arizona State on Thursday night.
and Josh Shuler should round out the scoring runners. In the Class 1-2-3A girls race, Homer will try and wrest the crown from Grace Christian, the six-time defending Class 1-2-3A state champs. “I feel pretty good about the matchup going in,” Homer coach Bill Steyer said. “On paper, we’re a stronger team.” Steyer said the Mariners are one of the top three or four teams in the state right now, regardless of classification. Homer will be led by Megan Pitzman and Molly Mitchell, who will be in the thick of the race for the individual crown. After that, Aurora Waclawski, Ziza Shemet Pitcher, Alex Mosley and Lauren Evarts add the depth that makes Homer so tough. And seventh runner Audrey Rosencrans has shown in JV races just how deep that depth runs.
UCLA (4-0, 1-0 Pac-12) won its first three games by a combined 18 points against nonranked opponents. The Bruins turned a matchup of the past two Pac-12 South champions into a rout, scoring 28 points during a 7-minute span of the second and third quarters. Brett Hundley returned from a left arm injury to throw for 355 yards and four touchdowns, including an 80-yarder to Jordan Payton to open the second half. UCLA had 582 total yards and scored the most points by an opponent in the 55-year history of Sun Devil Stadium. Leading 17-6 in the second quarter, Arizona State (3-1, 1-1) fell apart behind four turnovers and a rash of defensive miscues.
Seward also will take a crack at a state berth, led by Ruby Lindquist and Brook Wedin. Steyer said both of those runners will be in the mix in the race for the individual title, as well. In the Class 1-2-3A boys race, Steyer said his team has a strong shot at state, but he would really like to see the Mariners finish second. He said it will be tough to beat Seward or Grace, which has won eight straight Class 1-2-3A state titles, though. Homer is still young, with top runners in freshman Jordan Beachy and sophomore Jared Brant. After that, Jacob Davis, Brandon Beachy, Denver Waclawski, Jaime Rios and Elan Carroll will be counted on for team points. Seward will be led by Hunter Kratz and Michael Marshall as the Seahawks try and knock off Grace for the region title.
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hile waiting for a bite the other day, it dawned upon me that the main reason I don’t catch many fish is because of distractions. For example, when people around me are catching fish, I find myself losing focus. I try to see what lure they’re using, and what they’re doing that I’m not doing. Did they land that fish yet? What’s that guy’s problem? Must be a big one. That’s the third fish those guys have hooked since I’ve been here. Lots of stuff ricocheting around in my head, but not much of it stops long enough to become useful. Of all the countless distractions that have interrupted my fishing, the worst happened late one October, almost 40 years ago, during my early years of fishing the Kenai. From break-up to freeze-up, I fished at every opportunity, back then. If I could get my boat in the water, if the motor would start, and if I could find someone to go along, I’d go fishing. Getting people to go fishing in late fall was sometimes a challenge. On that day in the 1970s, my wife-from-another-life, myself and another married couple — let’s call them “Bonnie” and “Bill” — were in my 15-foot boat, spinner fishing for silver salmon at the 2nd Hole, a couple of miles upstream from Bing’s Landing. The temperature that morning was a little below freezing, but I figured it would warm up as the day progressed, as fall days will do. The others weren’t eager to be fishing on that cold, dark morning, but for some reason had agreed to come along. We had the river all to ourselves, a benefit of late-fall fishing. The fishing wasn’t great, but it was steady. Every half-hour or so, one of us would hook a silver. The water had become so cold during previous month that the fish hardly struggled at all, but just slid into the net. For some reason, the temperature didn’t raise that day, but began dropping still lower. And that’s when the whining started. “How long are we going to fish?” Bonnie said. “We just got here,” I said. I noticed a little wind on the water. “A ripple on the water is good,” I said. “The fish will start biting better now.” As predicted, they did. We soon had three silvers in the box. “How much longer?” Bonnie said through blue lips. “I’m going to need a bathroom sometime.” “We’re only a few minutes from home,” I said. “Oh, look! See the eagle? You see a lot of wildlife this time of year on the river.” “The only thing I want to see right now is a blazing fireplace,” she mumbled, reeling in and putting down her fishing rod. The light breeze stiffened, forcing us to cast downwind. Bill said something about no longer having any feeling in his hands or feet. I was determined to fish awhile longer. Maybe it wasn’t comfortable fishing, but it was the only fishing See PALMER, page C-2
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The Funny River Fire burns high in the Andrew Simons Wilderness Unit on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge this past summer. This unit is the largest of three that make up the 1.3 million-acre Kenai Wilderness.
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R efuge N otebook A ndy L oranger 1964 and navigated the bill through 18 Congressional hearings. A tireless crusader, Zahniser was influenced by the poets William Blake and Henry Thoreau and inspired by some of nation’s most revered conservationists — Aldo Leopold, Olaus and Mardy Murie, and Bob Marshall. His definition of wilderness in the Wilderness Act, is itself poetic: “A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape, is hereby recognized as an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain. ... An area of wilderness is further defined to mean in this Act an area of
undeveloped Federal land retaining its primeval character and influence, without permanent improvements or human habitation, which is protected and managed so as to preserve its natural conditions ...” What makes the Wilderness Act unique and powerful was Zahniser’s capturing of the inherent but intangible value of wild places for their “wildness.” He carefully chose the word “untrammeled” for his definition, against the advice of many who thought it too obscure, which in essence means “free of manipulation” by man. In doing so, he was emphasizing his belief that allowing the natural processes at work in our nation’s wildest places to continue without interference was critically important in the face of a rapidly developing and mechanizing nation. Through the Act, Zahniser also recognized the need to protect wilderness for its more tangible benefits to us and our physical, mental and spiritual
well-being by providing opportunities for primitive recreation and solitude and through its educational, historical and scientific values. Today, on the Act’s 50th anniversary, there are 758 Wilderness areas in 44 states, totaling nearly 110 million acres, including our own Kenai Wilderness within the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. Not unlike passage of the Wilderness Act, designation of additional wilderness areas by Congress has almost always depended upon strong grassroots advocacy on the part of citizens. This certainly was the case in Alaska and here on the Kenai. Well before the passage of the Wilderness Act, the Kenai National Moose Range’s first manager Dave Spencer advocated for protection of its wilderness values. His ideas came to fruition in 1957 when an 800,000-acre area between Skilak and Tustumena lakes was formally designated as the See REFUGE, page C-2
Plant species tulips for early spring color By DEAN FOSDICK Associated Press
Maybe it’s time to rethink the way we landscape using tulips. True, the familiar, large, gobletshaped blooms make a colorful springtime splash grouped in beds and pots. But those hybrids are softies compared to their wild ancestors — species tulips growing in unforgiving sites from Algeria to China. They thrive in problem areas. Tulips are not native to Holland, but growers there over the past 400 years have built an industry around developing hybrids for the commercial trade. Their classic tulips perform best with fertile soil and an ample moisture supply. That’s not the story, however, with clones of the botanical or species tulips. Those you can plant and forget. Neglect them. Sear them under the sun. Simply scratch the small bulbs into some gravel or tuck them into rocky crevices and they’ll survive that austerity just as they have the harsh, hardscrabble mountain conditions of Afghanistan, Switzerland, Kazakh-
stan, Turkey or Mongolia. “Wild tulips are better adapted to difficult conditions,” said Christian Curless, a horticulturist for the flower bulb company Colorblends.com. “They’re happiest with parched conditions in summer — places where the grass dries up,” he said. “These are the kinds of flowers you can plant in a rock garden or elevated a little bit for good drainage.” Botanical tulips differ visibly from their hybrid progeny. “They tend, in general, to be smaller — finer in flower and in foliage,” Curless said. “They have more of a starry-eyed look to them.” Wild tulips have been trendy in Europe since they were introduced by botanical expeditions in the early 20th century, said Eric Breed, a Dutch bulb expert and tulip hunter. “Also, in the U.S.A., they have been popular since the 1960s and ‘70s when large numbers became available from nurseries in Holland,” he said. Like most spring-blooming bulbs, species tulips should be planted in the fall. Get them in the ground early See TULIP, page C-2
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This May 9, 2010 photo provided shows Tulipa polychroma, a wild tulip, in a remote unforgiving native habitat in the Sahand Mountains of northwestern Iran. The fragrant blooms begin to emerge as soon as the snow melts. Bumblebees rely on the nectar from these low-lying flowers to survive in early spring.
Earth Cache trail teaches the geology of Missouri River By ERIN MADISON Great Falls Tribune
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In an Aug. 28 photo, a GPS device is shown along the Missouri River near Fort Benton, Mont. The Upper Missouri Breaks Interpretive Center recently established an EarthCache trail along the Wild and Scenic Upper Missouri River.
FORT BENTON, Mont. (AP) — Just down river from Fort Benton stands Signal Point. The knob along the Missouri River is made up of glacier till, deposited during multiple periods in geologic history when much of the area was covered in glaciers. Signal Point is several miles from the Missouri River Interpretive Center in Fort Benton and also likely several miles from the nearest ranger. But thanks to a new EarthCache trail, floaters still can learn about the geology of the site as if they were floating with a ranger or geologist. The Missouri River Interpretive Center recently launched an EarthCache trail, featuring 19 EarthCache sites through the Upper Missouri Breaks. The Wild and Scenic Stretch of the Missouri River, from Fort Benton to James Kipp Recreation Area, is full of amazing geology. However, floating C
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alone, miles from the nearest ranger, it can be difficult for visitors to learn about that geology. That was part of the inspiration behind the new Upper Missouri River EarthCache Trail, said Connie Jacobs, director of the BLM Missouri Breaks Interpretive Center, who helped developed the trail. EarthCaches are similar to geocaches. Both can be found via GPS coordinates. While geocaches lead searchers to a container of some sort where they can sign their name on a log, EarthCaches lead people to a geological feature. “EarthCache sites are much more educational,” Jacobs said. “It takes you to a unique geological feature.” Before leaving on a river float, people can download EarthCache information, including GPS coordinates of where the sites are located. Then, when they reach one of the sites, they can read about the geology from the information they downloaded ahead of time. That allows visitors to be miles
away from a ranger and still learn about the landscape, said Ramia Bashara, a GeoCorps intern through the Geological Society of America who helped develop the EarthCache Trail. “There are no tangible things you actually obtain,” Bashara explained about EathCaches. And there’s no physical log to sign. Instead, EarthCachers get credit for visiting a site by proving they were there. “You have to answer a question that you can’t answer unless you go there,” Jacobs said. In the case of Signal Point, visitors read about glacial till and glacial cycles. The glacial deposits at Signal Point were accumulated 2.5 million years ago or less and are pale yellowish-brown, light olive-gray or brownish-gray. In between glacial deposits are alluvial deposits. So to prove they were there, visitors have to answer this question: “How many different types of deposits do you see in Signal Point?” See CACHE, page C-2
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Groundhog dies after she escapes NYC mayor’s grip By JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press
NEW YORK — Her shadow was one of the last things she saw. The groundhog that escaped Mayor Bill de Blasio’s grasp during this year’s Staten Island Zoo Groundhog Day ceremony died a week after the fall. But the rodent, which had just predicted six more weeks of winter before tumbling several feet from the mayor’s hands, was not the zoo’s famed Staten Island Chuck, but rather a stand-in named Charlotte. Moreover, the zoo did not notify the mayor’s office of the death, which was first reported by The New York Post. The story electrified social media on Thursday, prompting a flood of Twitter jokes about a #Groundhoghazi cover-up and de Blasio’s possible impeachment. “We were unaware that Staten Island Chuck had passed but are sorry to hear of the loss,” mayoral spokesman Phil Walzak said. This was de Blasio’s first time doing the annual ceremony. He wore heavy work gloves on the cold winter day, in part as a safety precaution after Chuck bit Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2009. A zoo spokesman said Thursday that the groundhog’s handler “may not have been forceful enough” in placing the animal in de Blasio’s hands, preventing the mayor from getting a firm grip. The groundhog quickly squirmed away from
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the inexperienced mayor and plummeted to the ground. “It was a complete bungle,” zoo spokesman Brian Morris said in an interview. Morris said the animal was given a thorough medical examination in the hours after the incident, and the check-up “revealed no evidence of trauma or pain.” The groundhog then participated in several events over the next week with no obvious ill effects from the fall. But on the morning of Feb. 9, the animal was found dead in its exhibit. A necropsy performed by the zoo veterinarian indicated that the animal died of internal injuries. “We don’t know how the animal suffered the injuries but we don’t think it was from the fall,” Morris said. “We believe it happened sometime the night before she was found dead.” Morris also revealed that the zoo has four groundhogs, all with the variations of the brand name “Chuck.” On the morning of Feb. 2, zoo staff selects which of the groundhogs will participate in the ceremony and be dubbed Chuck for the day (the animal’s formal name is Charles G. Hogg). “It’s usually whichever groundhog is the least grouchy that day,” Morris said. “This is a time of year when genetics tell them to be hibernating. They can be in a bad mood.” Morris confirmed that the zoo did not tell the mayor’s office about the death. “There was no reason to do it,” he said. “It’s not like we
were trying to spare the mayor’s feelings.” But news of the death prompted City Council Minority Leader Vincent Ignizio, a Republican, to suggest that de Blasio, a Democrat, shouldn’t try to hold the rodent next year. “I think the handling of the groundhog may be best left to professionals,” Ignizio said. Morris said zoo officials might consider changing the format to keep the groundhog out of untrained mayoral hands. Groundhogs live about seven years, Morris said. Charlotte was 10 months old when she died. AP Photo/Staten Island Advance, Anthony DePrimo Morris also confirmed that In this Feb. 2 image, taken from video, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, left, winces as Staten the Chuck that bit Bloomberg Island Chuck breaks free and drops to the stage during the 2014 Groundhog Day ceremony at has died. the Staten Island Zoo, in New York. The groundhog died a week after the fall.
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Andy Simons Research Natural Area. Through this designation, the area was to be managed so as to allow “natural processes to predominate.” Mr. Simons, the area’s namesake, was a 55year resident of the Kenai Peninsula, a member of the territorial Alaska Game Commission for 28 years, a master guide, and had strongly supported the establishment of the Moose Range in 1941. In the 1960s, succeeding managers Will Troyer and John Hakala continued to push for protection of wilderness values. It was at this time that the idea for a canoe trails system encompassing many lakes in the Moose Range’s northern lowlands was born,
Fearing a mutiny, I said, “OK, OK, we’ll go. I hate to quit so soon, but it’s hard to Continued from page C-1 fish with so many distractions.” They probably thought I was talking about the wind, the around until the lakes froze snow and the bitter cold, but I thick enough to walk on. Continued from page C-1 meant the whining, the worst Small whitecaps began distraction of all. forming. Half an hour later it Other sites on the trail feaThat happened a long time started snowing horizontally. ture reverse faults, fossil beds ago, but the memory pains me We were soon coated in a blanstill. We left just when the fish- and clinker beds, which are ket of the cold, wet stuff. coal beds that have been struck ing was getting good. “N-n-now c-c-can we g-gby lightning. go?” Bonnie said. “This is a very interestLes Palmer can be reached “I’ve had all the f-f-fun I at les.palmer@rocketmail.com. ing geological phenomenon,” can stand,” Bill said. Bashara said of clinker beds. Jacobs has worked for several years to develop the Upper Missouri River EarthCache izes somewhat and tolerates Trail. Every summer since black walnut trees. The Tulipa 2007, she’s had a GeoCorps inbakeri has lilac-colored petals tern work on the trail, picking Continued from page C-1 with yellow centers, and part- sites and developing the inforners well with dwarf daffodils. mation to go with them. “These caches are really enough so their roots can devel- Tulipa kaufmanniana is said to resemble a water lily when ful- meant to be a little enjoyable op before the soil freezes. Skip the fertilizers and go ly open and is among the first way to enhance someone’s easy on the watering. “Mois- to flower in spring. The Tulipa trip,” Jacobs said. Seeing these geological feature can be a problem,” Curless turkestanica delivers fragrant white petals having orange cen- tures on the land is different said. “Too much love.” than learning about them in a Species tulips aren’t peren- ters, and is a repeat bloomer. One caution: Although spe- book or at the interpretive cennials but they do live longer than the familiar standard va- cies tulips are better at handling ter. “You can have a basic geolrieties, with bulbs producing harsh growing conditions than blooms through at least several are most modern-day tulip hy- ogy lesson when you’re floating seasons. Their bloom period brids, they’re just as vulnerable down the river,” Bashara said. And each site teaches visiranges from early spring well to predation. “In my (Connecticut) gar- tors about something they can into June. They perform best in den, chipmunks devastate look for throughout the float. USDA Zones 3 to 7. The sites included on the UpShop for labels specifying them,” Curless said. “So will the genus Tulipa, about 100 deer, voles and squirrels if they per Missouri River EarthCache Trail, along with EarthCache species of which have been know where they are.” sites worldwide, are listed on cloned for domestic use. You can contact Dean Fos- GeoCaching.com. Before leavLook to the low-growing Tulipa tarda for white flowers dick at deanfosdick@netscape. ing on a float trip, those interested in looking for the Earthwith a yellow eye. It natural- net
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which became the now famous Swanson River and Swan Lake Canoe Trails, and regulations were promulgated to restrict motorized use and promote wilderness recreation within the area. In the early 1970s, wilderness reviews and recommendations for formal designation of Wilderness areas on the Moose Range were completed, as called for in the Wilderness Act. As in so many other cases, local grassroots advocacy played a pivotal role. The Kenai Conservation Society was formed in 1965, a group of local residents including Dr. Calvin and Jean Fair, Helen and Jim Fischer, George Pollard, Bill and Jean Schrier and Marge Mullen. They worked tirelessly on conservation issues affecting the entire Kenai Peninsula, including furthering wilderness protection
on the Moose Range, highlighted by Ms. Mullen’s eloquent testimony in June 1971 at very contentious public hearings on wilderness designations in Alaska. The group recommended a substantially larger proposal for wilderness designation on the Moose Range than the proposal forwarded by the Fish and Wildlife Service. Their efforts culminated in the designation of the 1.34 million-acre Kenai Wilderness under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act in 1980, which encompasses almost two-thirds of the Refuge. Next Friday, Oct. 3 from 6 to 8 p.m., the Refuge and the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center will be hosting a “Wilderness Jam” and the opening of the “Voices in the Wilderness” traveling art show to celebrate the Wilderness Act’s 50th an-
niversary. The Voices exhibit, which will be open to the public through October 25, features a showcase of artists from around the world — poets, sculptors, painters, photographers, fiber artists, and musicians — who lived as artists-in-residence in some of America’s most remote and beautiful wilderness areas. Friday evening’s festivities will include drawings and poetry by local students, a special photographic exhibit on the Kenai Wilderness, and live music and refreshments. Please join us at the Kenai Visitors and Cultural Center for this free event! Andy Loranger is the Refuge Manager of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. You can find more information about the Refuge at http://kenai.fws.gov or http://www.facebook.com/ kenainationalwildliferefuge.
Caches can print information on EarthCache sites. The information also can be accessed from a smartphone. However, most of the sites on the EarthCache trail are outside cell service. All of the sites, except for one, on the Upper Missouri River EarthCache Trail are accessible only by boat. After stopping at Signal Point on a recent day, a group of floaters continued downstream to the next EarthCache site. At that site, they read about bank erosion.
“Geologically speaking, erosion is the gradual breakdown of earth materials by the action of wind, water and other natural agents,” the EarthCache material reads. “Rivers erode land to create valleys. The Missouri River has been eroding this landscape for millions of years.” It is one example of how dynamic the Missouri River is, said Mary Ellen Ergle, of the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, who was floating that day.
“You totally get to see geology in action in a landscape like this,” she said. The EarthCache material discusses different types of bank erosion, such as undercutting, sloughing, attrition and abrasion. Then it asks visitors, “What geologic term describes what’s happening to the banks at Evan’s Bend Primitive Campground?” So what is happening at Even’s Bend? Follow the EarthCache trail and see for yourself.
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Husband’s first marriage is a shock to his widow
DEAR ABBY: My sister is difficult, and our relationship has been extremely rocky over the years. She insists upon doling out unsolicited advice and asking pointed personal questions about my finances, health, sex life, etc. I have told her more than once that these things are none of her business unless I choose to dis-
cuss them. Her response is she’s “only trying to help.” Our mother died six months ago and my sister is again making overtures. I’m hesitant about speaking with her again because she’s so volatile. I’ll do it only if she respects my boundaries. I am searching for the right words to tell her a relationship will work only if both parties respect each other, and that Abigail Van Buren trust has to be earned. I’d appreciate any suggestions. — GUARDED SIBLING IN FLORIDA DEAR GUARDED SIBLING: Please accept my condolences for the loss of your mother. I am unclear as to why you would want to accept the overtures from someone with whom you have such a difficult relationship. However, because you feel that it would be possible under your terms, my advice is to write her a letter and tell her you will be willing to try only under the circumstances you described to me. To do so would not be rude, and it will be interesting to see if she is able to comply.
DEAR ABBY: I’m being married next year and want to make sure I send written thank-you notes to everyone. I have been a diligent thank-you note writer for years. Can you tell me what’s the best way to get everyone’s address? I have had problems with this in the past. I hate having to call and ask because the people always want to know why I want the information. Would it be OK to have as part of the wedding website a place where guests who attend can confirm their mailing address? — BRIDE-TO-BE IN CALIFORNIA DEAR BRIDE-TO-BE: How do you plan to invite your guests to the wedding? Most brides send their invitations via U.S. mail, which requires the person’s name, address and ZIP code on the envelope. However, if you plan to issue your invitations online, then I see no reason you can’t ask your guests to confirm their information on your wedding site. It wouldn’t be a breach of etiquette. Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www. DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
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night: Honor your budget. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Your mood might shift dramatically from the morning to the night. It appears as if you have held yourself back and worried way too much. Once you start a conversation in the afternoon, you could be delighted by the feedback you get. Tonight: Add some romance. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Use the morning to focus on a specific goal, and understand what your objectives are. Take news with a grain of salt. You might want to pull back and get more facts before making any decisions or acting on the news. Tonight: Not to be found. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHHHYoucouldbetakenabackby a situation that pops up from out of nowhere. You’ll want to understand more of what a friend expects from you. Realize what is happening within your immediate circle. Don’t do anything you don’t want to. Tonight: A must appearance. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH Keep reaching out to a friend or loved one at a distance. An authority figure might make a demand that you’ll feel you must respond to. Make no financial decisions right now, as you easily could make a mistake. Tonight: Read between the lines. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHHAconversationinthemorning might not resolve a minor issue as you might have hoped it would. You will need to have this conversation all over again later. A trip could be in the offing. Don’t allow anything or anyone to interfere. Tonight: Let your imagination rock and roll.
Peanut butter tames tar on car Dear Heloise: Do you have a remedy to remove road tar that has been splashed on a car? I prefer a home remedy, if possible. They usually work the best and have a good price. — Barbara, via email Yes, I do have a great simple home remedy! All you need to remove the tar splatters is a jar of peanut butter, but NOT crunchy! Rub a glob of peanut butter on the spot and wipe with an old towel. It’s the oil in the peanut butter that helps remove all tar. — Heloise Send a great hint to: Heloise P.O. Box 795000 San Antonio, TX 78279-5000 Fax: 1-210-HELOISE Email: Heloise(at)Heloise.com Latch system Dear Heloise: Several weeks ago, you gave some good advice about using the latch system in a vehicle to secure a car seat. What you didn’t mention and what isn’t well known is that there is a weight limit for using the LATCH system. Some parents continue to use the latch system well past the time when they should be using a seatbelt to secure the car seat. The weight limit differs from vehicle to vehicle and is the combined weight of the child and seat. — Gordon W. in Houston How right you are! It’s not necessarily the age of the child, but the weight and height. Some toddlers may weigh more than the weight restriction, and we all know how fast the little ones grow! Take a look today at the car seat to see what the instructions are. You might save a child’s life or prevent serious injury. — Heloise
SUDOKU
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Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. The difficulty level of the Conceptis Sudoku increases from Monday to Friday.
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A baby born today has a Sun and Moon in Libra if born before 10:29 a.m. (PDT). Afterward, the Moon will be in Scorpio. HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, Sept. 26, 2014: This year you will be able to pull white rabbits out of a black hat. You will be unusually fortunate as well. You will manifest at least one of your goals. Your circle of friends expands, and you enjoy your life more. If you are single, Cupid is nearly at your beck and call. If you want a committed relationship, you will have many potential sweeties to choose from. If you are attached, your good luck seems to run off into your relationship. A problem with possessiveness could occur. If it does, that will need to be handled. SCORPIO might be too emotional and intense for you. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH You might find others to be more verbal than usual. You could be overwhelmed by everything you hear. Deal with people directly if you really want to be effective. They will appreciate your time and attention. Tonight: Be imaginative when making plans. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH You might want to understand what is happening with a loved one. Asking questions still might not open him or her up. Simply observing this person could reveal much more about what is going on. Schedule a late lunch. Tonight: The party goes on and on. GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
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DEAR ABBY: My husband recently passed away, and among his papers I discovered evidence of another previous marriage. It came as a shock because he had never told me. Should I ask his family how long this previous marriage lasted, or should I let it go and be grateful for the good and loving husband he was during our 27 years together? He was a widower with no kids and I was a widow when we met. What do you think? — NUMBER THREE IN ARIZONA DEAR NUMBER THREE: Your husband may have been divorced from wife No. 1, or the marriage could have been annulled and he didn’t think it “counted.” While I agree that you should be grateful for the 27 happy years you spent together, I can’t ignore the fact that such an important piece of information was withheld from you. If you have questions and think the family can answer them, you are entitled to know.
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Did you know? Protecting Your Home From the Harsh Winters
Alaska provides plenty of opportunities to spend time outdoors in the summer months. As a homeowner, now is the time take a look at your home’s exterior and tackle the preparations that will make it ready to handle the harsh realities of winter. One of the worst culprits for damage to your home’s exterior is water. Moisture can penetrate paint and cause bubbles, cracking, discoloration and more. The best way to minimize water’s wear and tear on your home is with a quality paint job.
Follow these simple steps: Start with a good cleaning. Wipe out mildew with a commercial mildew remover, paying close attention to eaves, porches and near the ground. Power wash your existing siding and scrape loose paint. Once the surface is dry, seal the surface with a solid undercoat. This “Primer” is similar to paint, but designed to seal porous surfaces such as wood or brick. A layer of primer goes a long way in preventing water from seeping through your final paint layer – and into
your home. In areas where mildew had been present, consider special primers that contain a mildewresistant finish. Keep an eye on the clock. While its’ important to let your primer set, waiting too long before applying your topcoat color opens the door to cracking and peeling. Some folks in Alaska tend to start a project and get sidetracked with things like a salmon run. Normally your primer requires a few hours to set. If you do find yourself “lured” away from your project for longer than two weeks, you will need to go back and clean the primed surface to remove any dust that may have settled. Doing so will ensure a smooth, and durable topcoat. If the project seems a little larger than you are ready to commit to, check out the Peninsula Clarion’s daily Service Directory located in the classifieds section. You can find professional contractors that will get the job done while you go and play!
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Did you know? Getting the right fit in your new home so that you can sleep well!
If you are looking at a different home, it is sometimes hard to visualize the space in real terms when it comes to your existing furniture. Whether you plan to make the move with the bedroom set you currently have, or are considering the purchase of a new bedroom suite, keep in mind the dimensions for the five most common mattress options: Twin: 39” x 75” Double (or Full): 54” x 75” Queen: 60” x 80” King: 78” x 80” California King: 72” x 84”
Selecting the right size bed to match the dimensions of your new room will make all the difference in how the room flows. Also keep an eye on the access to the bedrooms. How wide is the stairwell? Will you have issues with maneuvering the rigid box spring over a banister or around hall corners? What about height? If you have a tall four-poster bed, will the bed dwarf the rest of the room visually? You want your bedroom to be as relaxing and enjoyable as possible. Considering these elements before you start to move in, or in weighing the merits of one property over another for your new home purchase.
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National Association of Home Builders
Thinking about buying a home?
It’s your move. Timing the market is a game you can’t win. With today’s low interest rates, competitive prices and great selection of homes on the market, now is the time to buy. There’s no reason to wait to make your move.
Learn more: www.nahb.org/timetobuy
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Make The Right House Call.
When choosing a doctor you feel safest knowing he has been approved to practice medicine by a medical association within his region. When you begin searching for a new home you want to minimize as many liabilities as possible. Use a professional agent who is a REALTOR®. You have the assurance of being taken care of by a professional who is trained to help you make the best decisions in every phase of the home buying and selling process. So don’t take a chance and operate for yourself, look for local REALTORS® and let them stitch it all together for you.
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There’s a reason homeownership is the foundation of the American Dream. Over time, owning your home has proved to be a good decision. And while lately the economy has presented some challenges, it has also helped us focus on what matters most. It’s reminded us that home is where we make memories, build our future and feel comfortable and secure. When you’re ready, a REALTOR®, a member of the National Association of REALTORS®, can help you find the home that’s right for you. REALTORS® are prepared—to answer your questions, show you options and guide you home.
Every market’s different, call a REALTOR® today. HouseLogic.com/buyandsell ©2010 National Association of REALTORS® .
Kenai Peninsula Association of REALTORS® Soldotna, AK 907-262-1851 www.kenaipeninsularealtors.org
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