Peninsula Clarion, February 06, 2015 by Sound Publishing

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Friday-Saturday, February 6-7, 2015 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Vol. 45, Issue 109

50 cents newsstands daily/$1.00 Sunday

Binkley project wins award

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Street upgrades cited for innovative design

In the news Lawmakers revive bid to rename Mount McKinley

ANCHORAGE (AP) — Lawmakers have failed in past attempts to rename North America’s highest mountain, but a new proposal may have a better chance this year under a Republican Congress, according to an aide to an Alaska lawmaker who is resurrecting the effort. U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan have introduced a bill to give Mount McKinley its historical Alaska Native name. The Alaska Republicans announced a Senate bill Wednesday to formally call the 20,320-foot mountain by its Athabascan name, Denali, KTUU reported. The bill comes after previous efforts by Murkowski failed. Her spokesman, Matthew Felling, said the legislation this time faces better odds with a Republican Senate majority. The mountain’s current name honors the 25th U.S. president, William McKinley of Ohio, who served one full term as president before his assassination in 1901. Murkowski and Sullivan stressed that the mountain has a longer known history with its Athabascan name, which means “the Great One” or “the High One.” “Alaskans take great pride in this gorgeous natural monument, so it is important that we grant it its ancestral name to honor and respect our heritage as well as the lands through a name that goes back centuries,” Murkowski said in a statement. “This is our Alaska, and this should be our decision.”

Correction A story Thursday’s Clarion incorrectly listed Gov. Bill Walker’s party affiliation. Walker is an independent. The Clarion regrets the error.

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Geary emphasized that the new budget document was a recommendation. “The Legislature can obviously choose to reject the Governor’s recommendations and take action on their own,” he wrote. Geary also wrote that poten-

After years of planning and implementation, the city of Soldotna has been praised for its street improvements. Last Saturday, the Alaska Chapter of the American Public Works Association, presented the city with an award for Outstanding Innovative Design for its Binkley Street improvement project. A plaque honoring the city was presented to project manager Lee Frey during a ceremony at the Petroleum Club of Anchorage. “It’s exciting to have the honor,” said Soldotna city engineer Kyle Kornelis. The improvements to Binkley Street were numerous. The 4,800-foot-long street was completely redone, utilities were updated and the sidewalks were widened, according to an email from Frey. The project, which was completed last October, cost approximately $3.5 million. It was funded through state legislative grants. “Some people probably don’t remember how bad a shape Binkley Street was,” Frey said. “The paving on the street was deteriorating quite a bit. We’ve

See STATE, page A-12

See AWARD, page A-12

Ice crystals form on a tree branch recently. Forecasters are calling for continued chilly temperatures and mostly clear skies over the weekend.

State workers brace for layoffs By RASHAH McCHESNEY Peninsula Clarion

As state employees waited for an official announcement of Gov. Bill Walker’s new budget, warnings of potential position cuts and layoffs filtered through union representatives to their constituents. Walker’s office on Thursday released a pared down version of former Gov. Sean Parnell’s budget, one that recommended drastically reducing the state’s capital budget spending and eliminating funding for 308 employee positions. “We expect more than half of those are currently vacant or are expected to be vacant through attrition or retirement,” said Director of the Office of Management and Budget Pat Pitney during a press conference. Dennis Geary, acting Business Manager for the Alaska

Budget for capital projects cut By BEN BOETTGER Peninsula Clarion

The $444.3 million reduction in unrestricted general fund spending in the amended budget proposal that Governor Bill Walker released on Thursday could make a large difference for projects in the Kenai Peninsula. The state’s fiscal year 2015 budget fundPublic Employees Association, which represents state supervisors, human resources employees and others in what it calls the confidential bargaining unit, said the governor’s release may ease some of the tension he’s heard from state employees over the last few weeks. “I can’t quantify how many

ed 94 projects in the Kenai Peninsula. The 2016 budget will fund four. Walker’s budget details the amount of state and federal money that will be given to municipal and borough projects throughout Alaska. The fiscal year 2015 budget, which runs from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015, appropriated a total of $594.8 emails I’ve received in the last month, but it’s clearly in the hundreds and it’s all folks concerned about, mostly the concern is about knowing something. The unknown is always far more scary than knowing what’s coming up,” he said. In a mass email to union members Wednesday evening,

By IAN FOLEY Peninsula Clarion

million from the state’s unrestricted general fund. The newly released 2016 budget appropriates a total of $150.3 million in unrestricted general fund money. The Kenai area, encompassing House Districts 29, 30 and 31, will receive a total of $9.9 million, which includes money from the state’s See BUDGET, page A-12

Governor weighs in on marijuana regulations By MOLLY DISCHNER Associated Press

JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker has suggested that a new board help write the regulations surrounding legalized marijuana as Alaska lawmakers work to implement rules for legal use of the drug. Voters in November approved a ballot initiative legalizing possession and trans-

portation of up to an ounce of marijuana for adults 21 years and older. It also directed the state to develop regulations for a commercial industry. In a Wednesday memo from the governor’s legislative office to Senate State Affairs Committee Chairman Bill Stoltze, Walker suggested that many regulations could be developed by a new marijuana board that shares resources with the exist-

ing Alcoholic Beverage Control board. That’s the approach ABC board Executive Director Cynthia Franklin has suggested and that Sen. Lesil McGuire has indicated would appear in an upcoming bill. Walker also suggested that lawmakers consider giving the marijuana board enforcement powers and dedicated staff. The memo also identified

potential licensing issues for the Legislature to consider, including whether to grant licenses for marijuana businesses based on merit or via a lottery. Walker also suggested that the Legislature or a regulatory board look at defining edibles with marijuana to limit serving sizes, prohibit “repackaged” products and disallow products that appeal to youth. He also suggested a public education

campaign on the drug. The initiative called for a broader definition of marijuana than is currently in some statutes, and Walker supported that definition in his memo. He also called for a definition of a public place that matches the definition in current statute, which includes schools, parks, prisons and businesses. Under the initiative, “public” consumption is banned.

Ex-acting adjutant to retire By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press

JUNEAU — Brig. Gen. Leon “Mike” Bridges, who served as acting adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard after the ouster of a former leader, plans to retire on May 1 after he was not chosen to permanently take over the job. Gov. Bill Walker, who took office in December, recently announced that retired U.S. Army Col. Laurie Hummel would be the new adjutant general. Hummel started the job on Thursday. Bridges said in an interview

Wednesday that he applied for the position and considered himself to be a useful soldier and public servant. But he said Walker is commander in chief of the state’s military forces and has selected his new leadership team. Bridges said it’s time for him to move on. Bridges oversaw a transitional period for the Guard. In September, a report on allegations of sexual assault and other misconduct within the Guard by the National Guard Bureau’s Office of Complex Investigations found victims lacked confidence in the command.

The report, released under then-Gov. Sean Parnell, led to a leadership change that included the ouster of then-adjutant general Thomas Katkus. The allegations and criticism of the Parnell administration’s handling of allegations shadowed last year’s gubernatorial race. Since taking office, Walker’s administration has named retired state court judge Patricia Collins as a special investigator to look into allegations of sexual abuse or harassment by AP Photo/Becky Bohrer National Guard members. Col- Brig. Gen. Leon “Mike” Bridges, center, testifies before the Senlins also has been asked assess ate State Affairs Committee on Thursday in Juneau. Pictured See GUARD, page A-12 on the left is Alaska Attorney General Craig Richards. C

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AccuWeather 5-day forecast for Kenai-Soldotna

Barrow -13/-15

Today

Saturday

Sunday

Plenty of sunshine, cold

Brisk and cold wtih sunshine.

Cold wtih snow showers

Mostly sunny and Snow or flurries cold possible

Hi: 16

Hi: 17

Hi: 20

Lo: 2

Hi: 13

Lo: -1

Lo: 3

The patented AccuWeather.com RealFeel Temperature® is an exclusive index of the effects of temperature, wind, Sunrise humidity, sunshine intensity, cloudiness, precipitation, Sunset pressure and elevation on the human body.

10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m.

-7 0 3 2

Daylight Length of Day - 8 hrs., 18 min., 28 sec. Daylight gained - 5 min., 16 sec.

Alaska Cities Yesterday Hi/Lo/W

Adak* Anchorage Barrow Bethel Cold Bay Cordova Delta Junction Denali N. P. Dillingham Dutch Harbor Fairbanks Fort Yukon Glennallen* Gulkana Haines Homer Juneau Ketchikan Kiana King Salmon Klawock Kodiak

Tuesday

Lo: 8

Hi: 25 Lo: 18

Last Feb 11

Today 9:10 a.m. 5:28 p.m.

New Feb 18

Moonrise Moonset

Today 9:26 p.m. 9:32 a.m.

Kotzebue -9/-11/pc 41/39/c 42/34/c McGrath -1/-27/s 24/0/pc 19/-1/s Metlakatla 45/37/sh -19/-36/pc -13/-15/pc Nome 3/-10/pc 3/0/s 7/-8/s North Pole -18/-36/s 45/36/pc 33/20/s Northway -20/-44/s 34/7/pc 18/4/s Palmer 28/-6/pc -12/-27/s -19/-39/s Petersburg 34/25/pc -9/-33/s -20/-46/s Prudhoe Bay* -27/-40/sf 27/10/s 23/1/s Saint Paul 33/31/pc 44/40/r 38/29/s Seward 28/19/s -17/-36/s -24/-41/s Sitka 37/27/pc -35/-47/s -29/-38/s Skagway 20/13/s 14/-31/pc -5/-26/s Talkeetna 28/-7/pc 10/-35/s -7/-22/s Tanana -8/-32/s 24/13/pc 9/-2/sf Tok* -20/-41/s 31/16/s 26/10/s Unalakleet 10/-2/s 34/14/pc 16/10/sf Valdez 30/7/pc 43/35/sh 38/29/sn Wasilla 28/-8/pc -9/-18/pc -8/-17/s Whittier 29/23/pc 15/4/s 15/-6/s Willow* 21/-3/pc 37/32/c 35/23/c Yakutat 34/12/s 36/32/s 34/20/s Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

Unalakleet McGrath 1/-14 -10/-25

Full Mar 5

-7/-17/s -10/-25/s 41/32/sn 3/-10/s -28/-44/s -24/-42/s 10/-8/s 27/19/sf -12/-26/pc 30/17/s 20/-3/s 23/17/sn 7/-2/sf 19/-4/s -16/-27/s -23/-44/s 1/-14/s 9/-7/s 16/-7/s 25/-6/s 16/-3/s 22/13/pc

High ............................................... 27 Low ............................................... -11 Normal high .................................. 27 Normal low ...................................... 9 Record high ....................... 44 (2003) Record low ....................... -34 (1999)

Kenai/ Soldotna 20/2 Seward 20/-3 Homer 26/10

Precipitation

From the Peninsula Clarion in Kenai

24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. 0.00" Month to date ........................... 0.00" Normal month to date ............. 0.16" Year to date .............................. 0.49" Normal year to date .................. 1.12" Record today ................. 1.17" (1981) Record for Feb. ............. 2.80" (1955) Record for year ............ 27.09" (1963) Snowfall 24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. .. 0.0" Month to date ............................. 0.0" Season to date ......................... 14.4"

Anchorage 19/-1

Bethel 7/-8

Valdez Kenai/ 9/-7 Soldotna Homer

Dillingham 23/1

Juneau 16/10

National Extremes

Kodiak 34/20

Sitka 23/17

(For the 48 contiguous states)

High yesterday Low yesterday

87 at Woodland Hills, Calif. -26 at Tower, Minn.

State Extremes High yesterday Low yesterday

Cold Bay 33/20

45 at Cold Bay and Metlakatla -47 at Fort Yukon

Today’s Forecast

Ketchikan 38/29

(Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation)

Snow will begin over the Upper Midwest and reach into upstate New York today. Rain will drench areas from northern California to western Montana. Much of the balance of the nation will be dry.

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Albany, NY Albuquerque Amarillo Asheville Atlanta Atlantic City Austin Baltimore Billings Birmingham Bismarck Boise Boston Buffalo, NY Casper Charleston, SC Charleston, WV Charlotte, NC Chicago Cheyenne Cincinnati

25/23/sn 64/32/pc 50/21/pc 38/34/s 51/41/s 36/32/pc 44/39/c 36/29/pc 47/30/c 47/36/s 35/-2/pc 56/39/c 36/20/sn 14/10/sn 49/14/pc 60/45/sh 27/22/sf 52/37/pc 15/-2/s 54/20/pc 25/14/s

Cleveland Columbia, SC Columbus, OH Concord, NH Dallas Dayton Denver Des Moines Detroit Duluth El Paso Fargo Flagstaff Grand Rapids Great Falls Hartford Helena Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Jackson, MS

Yesterday Today Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W 14/6/pc 60/44/pc 17/10/s 29/24/sn 36/29/i 20/11/s 63/23/pc 19/-10/sf 18/3/pc 23/-8/pc 66/36/s 26/-4/s 64/20/s 18/1/sn 56/36/c 31/27/sn 55/27/pc 79/69/sh 53/47/c 24/6/s 51/39/pc

28/23/pc 52/30/s 33/26/pc 17/9/pc 61/42/s 36/29/pc 70/44/pc 44/28/pc 27/24/c 19/15/sn 72/40/s 28/18/sn 61/31/s 29/25/c 60/45/c 21/11/pc 58/42/c 79/66/sh 61/44/pc 37/29/pc 58/33/s

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Jacksonville Kansas City Key West Las Vegas Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville Memphis Miami Midland, TX Milwaukee Minneapolis Nashville New Orleans New York Norfolk Oklahoma City Omaha Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix

64/50/pc 28/2/pc 75/72/t 71/50/pc 42/28/s 82/53/pc 30/16/s 39/25/s 74/70/t 43/30/pc 16/1/pc 19/-7/pc 37/25/pc 58/47/pc 34/32/sn 46/40/sh 43/19/s 23/-6/pc 67/63/r 35/34/sn 82/52/s

56/33/s 55/33/s 73/65/pc 75/52/pc 56/39/s 75/56/pc 46/34/s 52/39/s 74/61/pc 70/41/s 29/23/c 30/19/i 52/33/s 58/41/s 26/23/pc 41/30/s 64/43/s 45/26/pc 66/45/s 33/25/pc 81/55/s

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Pittsburgh Portland, ME Portland, OR Rapid City Reno Sacramento Salt Lake City San Antonio San Diego San Francisco Santa Fe Seattle Sioux Falls, SD Spokane Syracuse Tampa Topeka Tucson Tulsa Wash., DC Wichita

16/12/sf 34/27/sn 49/44/r 52/11/pc 70/35/pc 59/49/c 65/40/pc 48/42/sh 69/54/pc 64/53/c 59/23/pc 56/47/r 24/-7/pc 52/35/r 13/10/sf 67/63/r 32/1/pc 84/46/s 39/16/pc 44/27/pc 36/12/pc

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Fairbanks -24/-41

Talkeetna 19/-4 Glennallen -5/-26

Today Hi/Lo/W

Unalaska 38/28

20/11/pc 65/36/s 76/43/s 50/24/s 53/33/s 32/22/pc 61/37/pc 37/23/s 61/46/pc 55/31/s 33/19/c 59/47/c 19/15/pc 21/19/sf 53/45/pc 50/30/s 39/27/pc 47/31/s 30/22/c 59/43/pc 39/31/pc

Readings through 4 p.m. yesterday

Nome 3/-10

Tomorrow 10:37 p.m. 9:46 a.m.

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Almanac From Kenai Municipal Airport

* Indicates estimated temperatures for yesterday Today Hi/Lo/W

Internet: www.gedds.alaska.edu/auroraforecast

Today’s activity: Active Where: Auroral activity will be active. Weather permitting, active auroral displays will be visible overhead from Barrow to Anchorage and Juneau, and visible low on the horizon from King Salmon and Prince Rupert.

Temperature

Tomorrow 9:07 a.m. 5:31 p.m.

First Feb 25

Prudhoe Bay -12/-26

Anaktuvuk Pass -12/-30

Kotzebue -7/-17

Sun and Moon

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Aurora Forecast

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28/23/pc 18/7/pc 55/49/r 65/40/pc 62/49/c 59/55/r 65/46/c 62/41/pc 70/55/pc 65/59/r 60/32/s 56/49/r 43/28/pc 47/42/r 21/12/sf 67/47/s 61/29/s 82/49/s 63/41/s 42/30/s 65/32/s

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Today Hi/Lo/W 86/73/pc 65/48/r 71/61/sh 71/45/s 31/24/s 64/57/pc 72/54/c 87/57/s 41/33/pc 42/29/pc 15/6/c 70/38/pc 16/8/sf 20/16/c 36/27/s 53/38/sh 40/26/s 84/76/r 77/66/pc 49/36/s 54/49/r

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Peninsula Clarion, Friday, February 6, 2015

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 2621303. 10:15 a.m. • Visit the Soldotna Public

Library for a 45-minute free “Yoga Strength” session. Set to modern music, this class makes for a perfect introduction to yoga or a fun addition to your existing routine. Bring your own mat! 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 907776-3745. 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 Fam-

ily group, United Methodist Church, 607 Frontage Road in Kenai. Call 907-953-4655. Saturday 8 a.m. • Alcoholics Anonymous As Bill Sees It Group, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway Unit 71 (Old Carrs Mall). Call 398-9440. 9 a.m. • Al-Anon book study, Central Peninsula Hospital’s Augustine Room, Soldotna. Call 907-953-4655. 10 a.m. • Narcotics Anonymous PJ Meeting, URS Club, 11312 Kenai Spur Highway, Unit 71, Kenai. 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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The Peninsula Clarion strives to report the deaths of all current and former Peninsula residents. Notices should be received within three months of the death. Pending service/Death notices are brief notices listing full name, age, date and place of death; and time, date and place of service. These are published at no charge. Obituaries are prepared by families, funeral homes, crematoriums, and are edited by our staff according to newspaper guidelines. The fee for obituaries up to 500 words with one black and white photo ranges from $50 to $100. Obituaries outside these guidelines are handled by the Clarion advertising department. Funeral homes and crematoriums routinely submit completed obituaries to the newspaper. Obituaries may also be submitted directly to the Clarion with prepayment, online at www.peninsulaclarion.com, or by mail to: Peninsula Clarion, P.O. Box 3009, Kenai, Alaska, 99611. The deadline for Tuesday – Friday editions is 2 p.m. the previous day. Submissions for Sunday and Monday editions must be received by 3 p.m. Friday. We do not process obituaries on Saturdays or Sundays unless submitted by funeral homes or crematoriums. Obituaries are placed on a space-available basis, prioritized by dates of local services. For more information, call the Clarion at 907-283-7551.

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Central Peninsula Relay for Life gears up for new event

Kenai Elks Lodge to host a benefit

Central Peninsula Relay for Life is ready to kick-off the 2015 season! Our Kick-Off Party is today at 6pm. Join us for The Kenai Elks Lodge is hosting Lemon Chicken Pasta Din- free food, fun and prizes at the Kenai Visitors & Cultural Cenner and fundraiser to benefit Crystal Hermansen Saturday at 5 ter. Come at 5:30 p.m. to register for the Relay for Life event p.m. and receive an extra door prize ticket! Participants are invited to dress in their favorite 80’s attire. Call Carmen at 252-4270 Shrove Tuesday pancake supper planned for more information. A Shrove Tuesday pancake supper is planned for Feb. 17 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at St. Francis by the Sea Episcopal Church, Free income tax help available 110 South Spruce Street in Kenai. Tickets are $3, $12 for famiThis year, the AARP Tax-Aide volunteers will provide free lies. Proceeds will got to support the Kenai Methodist Church tax preparation services at a new location, the Soldotna Public food pantry. Library. Volunteers will be available Thursdays from 1-5 p.m. Volunteers will also be available Feb. 14, March 14, and April 11, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sterling/Soldotna Headstart Items to bring: photo ID for all taxpayers; social security plans fundraiser dinner cards or ITIN cards for all persons listed on the tax return; copy The 13th annual fundraiser with the Sterling Headstart/ of last year’s tax return; W-2 forms from each employer; unSoldotna Headstart and the Sterling Community Center is employment compensation; SSA-1099 (Social Security); all Feb. 21. Tickets are on sale at the Sterling Community Center 1099-Rs pension/annuity; all 1099 forms(INT, DIV, B, MISC); office or Sterling Headstart. Tickets are $30 per person, with and documentation showing original purchase price of sold assilent and live auction items available. Dinner will be pre- sets; a list of all deductible expenses(medical, contributions, pared by Michael Evan. Entertainment will also be offered. mortgage interest, property taxes, medical/business miles); all For more information call the Sterling Community Center at forms showing federal income tax paid; Child care expenses information; written bank account information for direct de262-7224. posit. New for 2014 taxes: bring health insurance information. Setnetters invited to fishery meeting Form 1095A for people who bought from the ACA marketAll Cook Inlet setnet permit holders are invited to attend a place; a list of who on your tax return had coverage and for meeting on the discussion of optimization of our fishery Satur- which months; exemption certificate number if you have one; day at the Cook Inlet Aquacuture Association community room and taxable income information for dependents listed on reon Kalifornsky Beach Road. Meeting will start at 2:00 p.m. and turn. will end on or before 5:00 p.m. For more information please You can also go to www.aarp.org/taxaide to find the dates, call 907-252-4290. times and locations of a site near you.

LIO Schedule Friday 8:00 a.m. The House Education Committee will sponsor a public hearing to discuss HCR 2 Alaska School Choice Week and HB 30 Constitutional History Curriculum. Testimony will be taken – 3 minute limit. Friday 1:00 p.m. The House Judiciary Committee will sponsor a public hearing to discuss HB 83 Judicial Council: Civil Litigation Information, HB 79 Marijuana Regulation;Controlled Substance; Crimes; Defenses and for a Presentation: “National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) & the Equivalence of Intellectual / Developmental Disability” by William Edwards. Testimony will be taken. Monday 1:00 p.m. The House Judiciary Committee will sponsor a public hearing to discuss HB 79 Marijuana

Regulation;Controlled Substance; Crimes; Defenses. Testimony will be taken. Tuesday 8:00 a.m. The House Community & Regional Affairs Committee will sponsor a public hearing to discuss HB 47 PERS Contributions By Municipalities. Testimony will be taken. Tuesday 9:00 a.m. The Senate State Affairs Committee will sponsor a public hearing to discuss SB 6 Eliminate Daylight Saving Time, SJR 2 Constitutional Amendment: G.O. Bonds For Student Loans and “Continuing Discussion of the Implementation of Ballot Measure No. 2 (13PSUM) An Act to Tax and Regulate the Production, Sale and Use of Marijuana”. Testimony will be taken. Wednesday 1:00 p.m. The House Judiciary Committee will sponsor a

public hearing to discuss HB 79 Marijuana Regulation; Controlled Substance; Crimes; Defenses and HB 5 Conservator of Protected Persons. Testimony will be taken. Wednesday 3:15 p.m. The House Labor & Commerce Committee will sponsor a public hearing to discuss HB 81 Exemption: Licensing of Contractors and HB 9 Private Investigators / Agencies. Testimony will be taken. Thursday 10:00 a.m. The House Special Committee on Fisheries will sponsor

a public hearing to discuss HB 41 Sport Fishing Services. All teleconferences are held at the Kenai Legislative Information Office, 145 Main Street Loop No. 217, Kenai, unless otherwise noted. To confirm call 283-2030 or email Kenai. LIO@akleg.gov. To listen or watch online go to http:// alaskalegislature.tv/.

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Counselors make sure students aren’t left behind We live in a time where school coun-

selors are essential — yet it seems our school counselors are not able to help in the areas they’re needed most. That’s the message from a group of school counselors who spoke at Monday’s school board meeting. They say that the avalanche of standardized testing has led to a situation where school counselors who are responsible for coordinating tests spend very little of their time working with students. Sara Moore, a school district specialist and counselor, told the school board that while national guidelines suggest school counselors spend 80 percent of their time in direct and indirect services to students in the areas of academic, career, and personal/social development. According to Moore, many of the district’s 16 counselors are spending less than half their time working with students. The concern for the time spent by school district personnel administering tests has always been one of the biggest gripes about testing requirements. The mandate to test did not come with additional resources to implement a program and someone has to prepare and administer tests, and then compile all the results. That’s time that can’t be dedicated to meeting students’ needs. But what’s the solution? Hire more staff to handle the workload? With the state’s financial outlook what it is, hiring test administrators doesn’t appear to be a good option. We want every dollar available going into the classroom, and the district already is looking at a budget shortfall. The other option would appear to be changing the approach standardized testing. In fact, Democrats and Republicans in Congress already are butting heads over the best way to rewrite the No Child Left Behind legislation that ushered in the era of high stakes testing. The concept behind No Child Left Behind is that with consistent testing — and measuring the results of that testing — educators can ensure that all students are receiving an adequate education. Or perhaps more to the point, all the data generated allows politicians to argue whether students are getting an adequate education. The fact that schools and districts are compelled to do some self-evaluation is a positive effect. But we can argue that in terms of ensuring individual students are on the right track, academically and socially, a good school counselor can do the same thing. They just need to be given the opportunity to do their job to actually make sure we stop leaving children behind.

Support of gay marriage comes with caveats By EMILY SWANSON and BRADY McCOMBS Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY — While finding that Americans narrowly favor allowing gay and lesbian couples to legally marry, a new Associated Press-GfK poll also shows most believe wedding-related businesses should be allowed to deny service to samesex couples for religious reasons. Roughly half the country also thinks local officials and judges with religious objections ought to be exempt from any requirement that they issue marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples, according to the poll. That view of the same-sex marriage issue echoes that of the Mormon church. Last week, the church called on state legislatures to pass new laws that protect gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people from discrimination but also to protect the rights of those who assert their religious beliefs. David Kenney, a self-employed Catholic from Novi, Michigan, said he’s fine with same-sex marriage being legal. He’s among the 57 percent of Americans who said wedding-related businesses — such as florists — should be allowed to refuse service if they have an objection rooted in their religion. “Why make an issue out of one florist when there are probably thousands of florists?” asked Kenney, 59. “The gay community wants people to understand their position, but at the same time, they don’t want to understand other people’s religious convictions. It’s a two-way street.” Kenney isn’t alone. About a quarter of those who favor legal same-sex marriage also favor religious exemptions for those who issue marriage licenses, the poll finds, and a third say wedding-related businesses should be allowed to refuse service. Geri Rice, who lives near San Francisco and works in law firm management,

AP-GfK Poll strongly favors gay marriage. She’s torn about whether a public official with religious objections should be exempt from issuing a license but says she believes that business owners should be allowed to tell somebody no thanks. “I don’t like it,” Rice said, “but I think they have the right.” Whether a business can refuse service to someone is a matter of federal, state and local law. National gay-rights groups called the idea of trying to carve out religious exemptions in anti-discrimination statues, such as those proposed by leaders of the Mormon church, deeply flawed. James Esseks, who directs the LGBT project of the American Civil Liberties Union, said the First Amendment’s protection of religious freedom “does not give any of us the right to harm others, and that’s what it sounds like the proposal from the Mormon church would do.” The poll found that 44 percent of Americans favor and 39 percent oppose legal same-sex marriage in their own states, while 15 percent expressed no opinion. But the country is evenly divided, 48 percent to 48 percent, on which way the Supreme Court should rule when it decides the issue for the entire nation this spring. Gay marriage is legal in 36 states because of a flurry of recent federal court decisions. In Utah County, south of Salt Lake City, clerk Bryan Thompson says he has strong personal opinions on same-sex marriage, but he doesn’t think those should influence how he performs his duties. His office initially waited to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in December 2013 after a federal judge in Utah struck down the state’s ban on gay marriage. Thompson said he had wanted more legal guidance from the state.

“I have a responsibility as a civil servant to follow the dictates of the law, regardless of my personal feelings or preferences,” Thompson said. The AP-GfK Poll of 1,045 adults was conducted online Jan. 29-Feb. 2, using a sample drawn from GfK’s probabilitybased KnowledgePanel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. Respondents were first selected randomly using phone or mail survey methods, and later interviewed online. People selected for KnowledgePanel who didn’t otherwise have access to the Internet were provided access at no cost to them. Swanson reported from Washington.

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

n Jessica Lynn Bordelon, 31, of Kasilof, pleaded guilty to violating conditions of release for a misdemeanor, committed Dec. 16. She was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and placed on probation for one year. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Una Yvette Britton, 48, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to seconddegree trespass – upon premises, committed Dec. 22. She was sentenced to 30 days in jail with 25 days suspended, fined $500 with $250 suspended, a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to have no contact with Kenai Safeway and placed on probation for two years. n Aryann Lynn Burnham, 30, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed Nov. 11. She was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 87 days suspended, fined $2,000 with $500 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $330 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had her license revoked for 90 days, ordered ignition interlock for six months, ordered to pay cost of appointed counsel and placed on probation for one year. n Christopher M. Chappell, 47, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence, committed June 21. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 150 days suspended, fined $4,000 with $1,000 suspended, a $75 court surcharge, $330 cost of imprisonment and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for one year, ordered ignition interlock for 12 months, ordered not to consume alcohol for three years and placed on probation for three years. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Michael J. Cotton, 32, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to sixthdegree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed Dec. 24. Imposition of sentence was suspended and he was placed on probation for

Court reports one year, fined a $50 court surcharge, ordered to perform 16 hours of community work service and forfeited items seized. n William Henry Davis, 62, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to one count of guide permitting a Fish and Game violation by client, one count of waste of fish and one count of false entry in charter logbook, committed July 29. On each count, he was fined $1,500 with $1,000, a $50 court surcharge and a $100 jail surcharge with $100 suspended and placed on probation for two years. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Louisa Demello-Hansen, 67, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of fifthdegree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed April 25. She was fined a $50 court surcharge and a suspended $100 jail surcharge, ordered not to possess controlled substances without a prescription, forfeited all items seized and placed on probation for three years. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Benjamin Garry, 24, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to one count of an amended charge of attempted fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance and one count of fifth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed Sept. 19, 2013. On the count of attempted fourthdegree misconduct involving a controlled substance, he was sentenced to 360 days in jail with 340 days suspended, may perform 160 hours of community work service in lieu of jail time, was fined $1,000, a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment and a mental health assessment, ordered to consume no alcohol and not to possess controlled substances without a valid prescription, forfeited items seized and placed on probation for until March 12, 2017. On the count of fifthdegree misconduct involving a controlled substance, he was fined a $50 court surcharge, ordered to comply with all conditions imposed in the count of

attempted fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance except forfeiting items seized and was placed on probation until March 12, 2017. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Benjamin Isaac Garry, 24, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to violating conditions of release, committed Jan. 27, 2014. He was fined a $50 court surcharge, ordered to obtain a mental health evaluation, ordered not to consume alcohol or controlled substances without a valid prescription, forfeited items seized and placed on probation until March 12, 2017. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Mark E. Gattenby, 29, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to driving without a valid operator’s license, committed Dec. 23. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail with 29 days suspended, may perform eight hours of community work service in lieu of jail time, was fined $500 with $250 suspended and a $50 court surcharge and placed on probation for one year. n Jaquin Andre Gibbs, 52, of Kodiak, pleaded guilty to driving while license cancelled, suspended, revoked or limited, committed June 10. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 75 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, had his license revoked for 90 days and placed on probation for two years. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Rachel L. Griffin, 32, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to drunken person on licensed premises, committed Dec. 21. She was sentenced to one day in jail and fined a $50 court surcharge and a $50 jail surcharge. n Frankie Calvin Hancock, 58, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to driving while license cancelled, suspended, revoked or limited, committed Dec. 8. He was sentenced to 20 days in jail with 10 days suspended, may perform 80 hours of community work service in lieu of jail time, was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, had his license revoked for 30 days and placed on probation for two years. n Frankle Calvin Hancock,

58, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to fifth-degree criminal mischief, a domestic violence offense committed Dec. 12. He was sentenced to 20 days in jail with 15 days suspended, may perform 40 hours of community work service in lieu of jail time, was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to pay restitution and placed on probation for two years. n Frankie Calvin Hancock, 58, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of reckless driving, committed Jan. 8. He was sentenced to 45 days in jail with 42 days suspended, fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, ordered to complete Alcohol Safety Action Program treatment, had his license revoked for 30 days and placed on probation for two years. All other charges in this case were dismissed. n Ashlie Marie Hetrick, 23, of Soldotna, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of no motor vehicle liability insurance, reduced from a misdemeanor to a violation, committed June 23. She was fined $500 and a $10 court surcharge. n Ingrid Denise Hobson, 37, of Kenai, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of attempted fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance, committed June 24. She was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 170 days suspended, may perform 80 hours of community work service in lieu of jail time, was fined a $50 court surcharge and a $150 jail surcharge with $100 suspended, forfeited items seized, ordered not to possess controlled substances without a valid prescription and placed on probation for three years.

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Yup’ik artwork stolen from Bethel building BETHEL — Thirteen pieces of Yup’ik artwork have been stolen from the Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corp. in Bethel. KYUK reports an official with the corporation says the artwork was stolen last weekend from display cases in the administration building, which is located across the street from the main hospital. Newton Chase, a vice president for the corporation, believes someone either stayed late Friday or got inside the building. The locks on display cases were picked, and only certain items were taken. The cases were then closed to make it appear nothing was amiss. The stolen items were considered smaller items, things that could fit inside someone’s coat. The artwork was valued at about $11,000. The corporation is offering a $1,000 reward for an arrest or the return of the artwork.

Wasilla man dies in single-vehicle collision WASILLA — Alaska State Troopers are investigating the death of a 24-year-old man who crashed his truck in Wasilla. Troopers say Dae Poteet of Wasilla was driving his pickup south on Knik Goose Bay Road when the vehicle left the road and crashed into a power pole. Troopers say officers responded to the single-vehicle crash early Thursday morning. According to troopers, Poteet was the only occupant of the truck when it crashed.

Ouzinkie woman seriously injured when car strikes dump truck KODIAK — A 24-year-old woman from a community off Kodiak Island was seriously injured in a traffic crash. Alaska State Troopers say Flora Shanagin of Ouzinkie (oh-ZINK’-ee) was behind the wheel of a small sedan Tuesday that ran off the road and crashed into a parked dump truck near the Ouzinkie City Office. Troopers say Shanagin was traveling at a high rate of speed. The sedan was demolished. Shanagin was not wearing a seat belt. She was flown to Kodiak for treatment. Ouzinkie is on Spruce Island northwest of the city of Kodiak. — The Associated Press

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Nation

Lawmaker wants sex traffickers Archbishop lists expectations for eligible for execution penalty school teachers

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah lawmaker has said he plans to introduce a bill that would allow the state to execute criminals convicted of child sex trafficking, calling it a necessary protection for defenseless children. The hardline plan from state Rep. Paul Ray faces several legislative hurdles before it could become law, and it would test the boundaries of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on the death penalty, a challenge the Clearfield Republican said he welcomes. “I’m sure we’ll have to have that discussion with the Supreme Court,” Ray said. “I’d like to push it, absolutely.” Ray said there’s no recent case that prompted him to announce his plan, but it’s the second time this session he’s raised a proposal to change the state’s execution laws. Ray’s bill to bring back firing squads passed a committee hearing Wednesday by one vote. It’s not clear whether Ray’s developing plan has enough support to pass, but he’s confident it can gain traction despite being criticized as a longshot. “I can guarantee the public, from what I’ve had feedback on, seems pretty support-

By LISA LEFF Associated Press

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Republican Rep. Paul Ray is shown on the house floor Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015, in Salt Lake City. Ray says he plans to introduce a bill that would allow the state to execute criminals convicted of child sex trafficking, calling it a necessary protection for defenseless children.

ive of doing something like this to the people that are predators on our children,” he said. Utah Republican Gov. Gary Herbert on Thursday didn’t indicate whether he’d sign such a measure. Speaking at a general news conference, he said “child trafficking is, for most of us, just

so heinous we can’t even hardly comprehend it.” “But whether that rises to the level of capital punishment,” he said, pausing, “You know, capital punishment’s controversial in and of itself for first degree murder.” Execution law in the U.S. dictates that crimes must in-

volve a victim’s death or treason against the government to be eligible for the death penalty. The Supreme Court ruled nearly 40 years ago that execution is too harsh a punishment for sexual assault, and justices made a similar decision in 2008 in a case involving the rape of a child.

First lady funding fight against obesity By VERENA DOBNIK Associated Press

NEW YORK— First lady Michelle Obama visited a school on Manhattan’s Upper West Side on Thursday to announce a $500 million donation funding the fight against childhood obesity. As she watched teenagers prepare smoothies at the Edward A. Reynolds West Side High School and stepped into a room of students taking a spin class, Obama noted that it was the fifth anniversary of the federal Let’s Move effort. “Together, we started a na-

tional conversation on this issue and we’re seeing changes at every level from individual schools to families to the halls of Congress,” she said, adding that average obesity rates have stopped rising, or even dropped among the youngest children. The money announced Thursday comes from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The initiative encourages educators and families to serve healthier food and to organize more exercise, while cutting back on snacking as well as portion size, avoiding things like sugary drinks and lobbying

manufacturers to produce quality foods. The foundation also had donated $500 million in 2007 toward improving children’s eating and life habits. “But back in 2007, many folks just didn’t think that child obesity was a serious issue,” the first lady said. Obama said she chose to visit the Manhattan high school because it already is serving healthier meals under the leadership of Principal Jean McTavish, who teaches some of the early morning spin classes. “What’s going on here?” the

first lady asked several student cooks, smiling as she examined their ingredients lined up on a counter. They were preparing to whip up smoothies using ingredients including carrot juice, coconut water, fresh pineapple, strawberries, blueberries, kale and walnuts.

SAN FRANCISCO— The Roman Catholic archbishop of San Francisco is getting pushback from some parents, students and teachers at parochial schools after unveiling faculty handbook language calling on teachers to lead their public and professional lives consistently with church teachings on homosexuality, same-sex marriage, abortion, birth control and other behaviors he describes as evil. Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone plans to include the language in next year’s faculty handbooks for four high schools owned and operated by the archdiocese. The document states all administrators, faculty and staff, including non-Catholics, will be required to refrain from saying or doing anything publicly that contradicts church doctrine. That has prompted criticism from within the school community and among gay rights activists. “The new ‘moral clauses’ proposed ... by Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone stands in stark relief to the message of inclusion being promoted by Pope Francis,” Lisbeth Melendez Rivera, a director of in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s Religion and Faith Program. Cordileone stressed that the handbook additions are meant to provide clarity for teachers and not to target any for dismissal. “The intention is certainly not to pry into the private lives of the teachers. We certainly aren’t going to do that. People are entitled to their private lives, but teachers also have to respect the mission of the school in the way they live their public lives,” he said in a in a YouTube video posted as school principals presented the changes to teachers Tuesday. The four schools — Archbishop Riordan and Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep in San Francisco, Marin Catholic in Kentfield, and Junipero Serra in San Mateo County — enroll about 3,600 students and are among a handful of Catholic schools nationwide with teachers represented by a labor union. Archdiocesan Federation of Teachers President Lisa Dole, a social studies teacher at Marin Catholic, said union members were still digesting Cordileone’s statement and hoped to have a better sense of what it bodes for teachers Friday, when the archbishop is scheduled to answer questions at a meeting of faculty and staff. “We are pleased that the document acknowledges that the teachers in our high school are not all the same, like many Catholics around the world who struggle with their adherence to some of the teachings of the church,” union leaders said in a statement. “However, there are still concerns with the proposed language and some key issues that the union and archbishop are hopeful that we will be able to work out.” C

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Around the Nation After pilot’s death, US moves search-and-rescue aircraft closer to battlefields in Syria, Iraq WASHINGTON — The gruesome killing of a Jordanian pilot who had crashed in Islamic State territory laid bare a problem of the U.S.-led coalition — there’s no sure way to rescue an airman who’s down behind enemy lines. Now, in response, the U.S. has moved search-and-rescue aircraft closer to the battlefield, defense officials said Thursday. U.S. pilots are flying missions over Syria daily from bases in the region, including from Qatar, and partner nations, including Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, are flying less often. The United Arab Emirates suspended its participation in airstrikes in December after the Jordanian pilot was captured, but it may reconsider after having given its aircrews extra training, two officials said. The risk of capture is unavoidable in air combat missions anywhere. The danger is arguably greater for pilots flying over Syria with no U.S. troops nearby, even though the Islamic State has a very limited ability to shoot down planes. The importance of finding the pilot before he is captured was highlighted by the video showing Islamic State militants burning Jordanian Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh alive in a cage. The U.S. has flown nearly 900 combat missions over Iraq since last August and more than 900 over Syria since September — not to mention hundreds of reconnaissance and other support missions — without a single loss. Coalition pilots have flown more than 350 airstrike missions over Iraq and 80 or more over Syria, with al-Kaseasbeh the only casualty so far.

What to do in the path of an oncoming train? Bash through the crossing gates or ditch the car NEW YORK — Your car is trapped between the crossing gates, and a train is speeding down the tracks, its horn blaring, its lights blazing in your direction. What do you do? Hit the gas pedal and crash through the gate, or ditch your car and start running, experts say. And don’t waste any time deliberating over it. The fiery collision between a train and an SUV that killed six people in suburban New York this week has no doubt left drivers contemplating such a chilling question — one that many of them may not know how to answer. Experts say that lack of awareness has led all too many times to hesitation, panic and death. French, German leaders back new peace plan for Ukraine, off to Kiev, Moscow in diplomatic push

California gives oil companies 2,500 permits to dump fluid, waste into protected aquifers BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Regulators in California, the country’s third-largest oil-producing state, have authorized oil companies to inject production fluids and waste into what are now federally protected aquifers more than 2,500 times, risking contamination of underground water supplies that could be used for drinking water or irrigation, state records show. While the permits go back decades, an Associated Press analysis found that nearly half of those injection wells — 46 percent — were approved or began injections in the last four years under Gov. Jerry Brown, who has pushed state oil and gas regulators to speed up the permitting process. That happened despite growing warnings from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency since 2011 that state regulators were out of compliance with federal laws meant to protect underground drinking-water stores from oilfield contamination. In California, “we need a big course correction. We need to get the system back in compliance,” said Jared Blumenfeld, regional administrator for the EPA. “Californians expect their water is not being polluted by oil producers ... This poses that very real danger.” The injections are convenient for oil companies because drilling brings up 13 gallons of wastewater for every gallon of petroleum. And one of the easiest disposal methods is simply to send that waste back underground. The federal government is now demanding that state officials do more to find and deal with any contamination and end oilfield injection in all aquifers set aside for families and farms.

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Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio. Some worried about a provision in the bill to let federal dollars follow a low-income student to a different public school, saying they fear it will hurt schools with a high concentration of poor students. “How do you think we can best get that message out?” said Rep. Susan Davis, D-Calif. The No Child Left Behind law, signed by President George W. Bush in 2002, was intended to close substantial achievement gaps between the academic performance of minority and low income students and their more affluent peers. It mandated that students in grades three to eight be tested annually in reading and math and be tested again once in high school.

NBC ‘Nightly News’ anchor Brian Williams fights for his credibility

NEW YORK — NBC News anchor Brian Williams found himself the story Thursday, his credibility seriously threatened because he claimed — falsely — that he had been in a helicopter hit by a grenade during the Iraq war. NBC News officials would not say whether their top on-air personality would face disciplinary action. The “Nightly News” anchor for just over a decade, Williams had become an online punching bag overnight. Tweets with the hashtag (hash)BrianWilliamsMemories joked that he blew up the Death Star, saved someone from a polar bear and flew with Wonder Woman in her invisible helicopter. Photoshopped pictures showed Williams reporting from the moon, and riding shotgun with O.J. Simpson in his Ford Bronco. “How could you expect anyone who served in the military to ever see this guy onscreen again and not feel contempt? How Annual testing, Common Core among hot-but- could you expect anyone to believe he or the broadcast he leads has any credibility?” wrote critic David Zurawik of the Baltimore ton issue wrapped up in ‘No Child’ debate Sun. Williams apologized Wednesday for telling the story a week WASHINGTON — House Democratic lawmakers are clawing earlier during a “Nightly News” tribute to a veteran he had beto get their views heard as Congress moves ahead on revising the much-maligned No Child Left Behind education law and its an- friended during a 2003 reporting trip to Iraq. —Associated Press nual school testing requirements. They crowded into a small Capitol Hill hearing room Thursday for their own forum on changing the law in protest of Republicans’ handling of the issue. Votes on a GOP bill are anticipated soon. The bill “shows that poor, minority and disabled children are not a priority for my colleagues on the other side of the aisle,” said

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World

Some Japanese see slain hostages, Abe as troublemakers By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press

TOKYO — In Japan, where conformity takes precedence over individuality, one of the most important values is to avoid “meiwaku” — causing trouble for others. And sympathy aside, the two Japanese purportedly slain by the Islamic State group are now widely viewed as troublemakers. So is Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Many Japanese feel that if the hostages had not ignored warnings against travel to Syria, or if Abe had not showcased Tokyo’s support for the multinational coalition against the Islamic State militants, Japan wouldn’t have been exposed to this new sense of insecurity and unwelcomed attention from Islamic extremists. “To be honest, they caused tremendous trouble to the Japanese government and to the Japanese people. In the old days, their parents would have had to commit hara-kiri (ritual suicide) to apologize,” said Taeko Sakamoto, a 64-yearold part-time worker, after first expressing sympathy over the deaths of Kenji Goto and Har-

una Yukawa. Sakamoto also sees Abe as part of the problem, for not being more mindful of the risks at a time when he had already been pushing to expand Japan’s military role, which is limited to its own self-defense under the U.S.drafted pacifist constitution after its defeat in World War II. “I don’t want Mr. Abe to do anything else that may be seen as provocation, because that’s what would put us at a greater risk,” Sakamoto said. Japan until recently had not become directly involved in the violence surrounding Islamic State militants, who now control about a third of Syria and neighboring Iraq. Days after Abe announced during a Middle East trip last month that Japan would give $200 million in nonmilitary aid to support the fight against Islamic State, the militants demanded a $200 million ransom for the two hostages. The hostage crisis came to a grisly end with news Sunday that Goto, a journalist, had been beheaded by the extremists. The killing of Yukawa was announced earlier. In the video posted on militant websites that purportedly

shows Goto’s slaying, a man says, “Abe, because of your reckless decision to take part in an unwinnable war, this knife will not only slaughter Kenji, but will also carry on and cause carnage wherever your people are found. So let the nightmare for Japan begin.” Abe has been adamant about his commitment to fight terrorism as part of an international effort. On Thursday, Japan’s lower house, the more powerful of the two parliamentary chambers, unanimously endorsed a resolution condemning the Islamic State group’s “beyond dastardly act of terrorism” against the two Japanese nationals. In the resolution, Japan also vowed to expand humanitarian support for the Middle East and Africa, and to strengthen antiterrorism efforts with the international community. Japan’s tensions with other countries have been largely limited to its neighbors China and South Korea. The Middle East is an unfamiliar, distant, dangerous place. “That’s where the two men dared to go and that’s probably why many people see them causing trouble,” said Koichi

Giant pandas die in China from canine distemper virus BEIJING — A fourth giant panda has died from canine distemper virus in the same rescue center in northwestern China where three other pandas have died since December, Chinese state media reported. The official Xinhua News Agency said late Thursday that the 6-year-old panda, named

Feng Feng, died after falling into a coma on Jan. 8. Xinhua did not say when the death occurred. Xinhua said an additional four pandas were diagnosed with canine distemper but recovered. The center sent its healthy pandas to other reserves.

About 1,600 giant pandas live in the wild, mostly in the Chinese province of Sichuan, while more than 300 live in captivity. Canine distemper affects a wide variety of animals and is the leading cause of death for dogs.

Nakano, international politics professor at Sophia University in Tokyo. The public’s response to the hostages was chilly from the beginning. Few seemed to sympathize with Yukawa, a 42-year-old gun aficionado and adventurer who was taken hostage in August. Media attention toward his case quickly faded and he was largely forgotten until Jan. 20, when militants made their ransom demand in a video that showed Yukawa and Goto in orange gowns and kneeling beside a masked militant. Goto’s reputation as a veteran journalist whose reports focused on children and refugees in war-torn areas won him more sympathy and small rallies by his friends and other supporters. According to his wife and others who had spoken with him, Goto had gone to Syria late last year to try to save Yukawa. Still, to address the “meiwaku” problem, both victims’ families apologized repeatedly to the government and the people for “the trouble” their sons caused, even after they died. Just two days after Abe’s office put a national flag at halfstaff to mourn for the pair, a se-

nior member of his ruling party cast Goto as a troublemaker, not a tragic hero. Masahiko Komura, vice president of the Liberal Democratic Party, said Wednesday that Goto ignored the government’s repeated warnings against his trip to Syria. “I must say that was reckless courage, not true courage, no matter how high his aspirations might have been,” Komura told reporters, reminding them not to cause trouble by following Goto’s path. Criticizing the dead in public is extremely rare in Japan, and Komura’s comment reflects how individuals are expected to act in line with the national interest. When three young Japanese were taken hostage in Iraq and later freed in 2004, they faced nationwide bashing as troublemakers. They had to cover their own medical examinations and part of their chartered flights home. Some critics accuse the government of promoting the “selfresponsibility” idea as a way to shirk its own responsibility to protect Japanese citizens. “It’s a dangerous trend and we must watch,” said Taku Sakamoto, a journalist and Middle East expert.

While Abe, his party’s lawmakers and other nationalists say the terrorist threat justifies Abe’s push for a tougher military posture, others say it is exactly that sort of policy that is putting Japan at greater risk of attack. “The hostage crisis is causing a tremendous impact on Japanese society, and has polarized views about which direction Japan should go in terms of national security,” said Nakano, the professor. “In a way, people saw what could happen under Abe’s security policy.” Some Japanese, like Toshihiko Ozeki, a 67-year-old pensioner, say Japan should be strong enough to defend itself, and that he supports Abe’s push to expand Japan’s defense role. “Mr. Abe has gone a bit too far, trying to make Japan look tough,” said a 55-year-old man who would provide only his family name, Arai, because he is afraid of being targeted by the Islamic militants. “We don’t want to be seen in that image, and we don’t want to have anything to do with combat.”

Land rights activist killed in Mexican state By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Four men have been taken into custody as suspects in the killing of a land rights activist in the state of Morelos, Mexican authorities said Thursday. Alejandro Salgado Delgado of the Popular Revolutionary Front had disappeared

Tuesday in the eastern part of the state after a meeting with area residents. The Morelos state government said in a statement Thursday that the four suspects appeared to be members of the same organization and had differences with Salgado. An official who insisted on not being quoted by name because he was not authorized

to speak publicly about the case said Salgado’s body was found decapitated and with severed hands. The Popular Revolutionary Front blamed the state government, suggesting the killing was meant to intimidate the group. It said Salgado had defended land rights in the state.

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French, German leaders push new peace plan for east Ukraine By MATTHEW LEE and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press

KIEV, Ukraine — Carrying a peace plan that reportedly incorporates proposals from Russia, the leaders of Germany and France met Thursday with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in a hastily arranged mission to bring an end to the accelerated fighting in the east of the country. The trip by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande, who will follow by meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday in Moscow, came as concerns rose about whether the U.S. would grant lethal aid to Ukraine and as NATO formed a quick-reaction force of 5,000 soldiers in response to Russia’s increased military muscle-flexing. The meeting with Poroshenko ended late Thursday and Hollande and Merkel left the presidential offices without comment. Details of their plan remained unclear, although Poroshenko said at the start of the meeting that it raised hopes for calling a quick cease-fire. Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said on Twitter that the leaders discussed “steps so that the Minsk agreement can start working.” That refers to a pact reached in September that called for a cease-fire, the pullback of heavy weaponry by both sides, international monitoring of the Ukraine-Russia border and a degree of autonomy for the east. The high-level diplomacy

came as resurgent fighting killed eight more people in eastern Ukraine and fueled fears the conflict is threatening Europe’s overall security. More than 5,300 people have been killed since the fighting started in April. The fighting in eastern Ukraine between Russia-backed separatist rebels and Ukrainian forces has intensified sharply over the past two weeks. Russia vehemently denies that it is providing equipment or troops for the insurgents, but U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sharply rejected that denial. “Let there be no doubt about who is blocking the prospects for peace here,” Kerry said in Kiev, where he met with Poroshenko hours before the German and French leaders. In Moscow, Putin’s aide welcomed the new European initiative and said the Kremlin was ready for a constructive discussion. NATO defense ministers in Brussels, however, boosted the alliance’s rapid response forces because of the fighting in Ukraine and Russia’s increased military muscle-flexing. The top NATO commander, U.S. Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove, said Thursday that Russia continues to supply the separatists with heavy, state-of-the-art weapons, air defenses and fighters. In comments to reporters after the talks with Poroshenko, Kerry urged Russia to show its commitment to a peaceful, diplomatic solution to the conflict in eastern Ukraine by ceasing its military support for the separatists and bringing them to the negotiation table. “Our choice is diplomacy,” Kerry said, making no mention

‘We are not interested in a proxy war.’ — John Kerry, Secretary of State

of providing Ukraine with lethal military aid. At a later news conference with Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Kerry said President Barack Obama “is reviewing all his options; among those options obviously is the possibility of providing defensive systems to Ukraine.” “We are not interested in a proxy war. Our objective is to change Russia’s behavior,” he said. Nonetheless, U.S. lethal aid to Ukraine would likely intensify the conflict and further polarize the West and Russia. At least three people were killed in overnight shelling in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, local officials said, and Ukraine said five servicemen were killed and 29 others wounded in the last 24 hours. France and Germany were hoping this time they can come up with a peace deal that both Ukraine and Russia can agree upon. In a sign of the importance of the initiative, this will be Merkel’s first trip to Moscow since Ukraine’s conflict broke out last year. French President Francois Hollande and Merkel traveled to Kiev and met with Poroshenko on Thursday evening. They plan to visit Moscow on Friday with a peace proposal “based on the territorial integrity of Ukraine.” “It will not be said that France and Germany together have not tried everything, undertaken ev-

erything, to preserve the peace,” Hollande said earlier. The French leader didn’t mention the U.S., saying the two European nations and Russia have special historic, cultural and economic ties. A senior French government official said the two leaders decided Wednesday night on the trip. The official wasn’t authorized to be named, according to French policy. Kerry, however, sought to cast the new European initiative as part of unified Western efforts to support Ukraine. He said the visit to Kiev by Merkel and Hollande “underscores that, together, the United States, France, Germany and the rest of our international partners stand united with Ukraine in calling on Russia to take the steps that I just outlined.” In Moscow, Putin adviser Yuri Ushakov said Russia was “ready for a constructive conversation” aimed at stabilizing the situation, establishing a dialogue between the Ukrainian government and the rebels and rebuilding economic ties between eastern Ukraine and Kiev. He said the Kremlin expects that Merkel and Hollande had taken Putin’s own peace proposals into account. Western diplomats said Putin gave the French and Germans a nine-page peace plan, and that Hollande and Merkel were tak-

ing a repackaged version of that with them. The diplomats said the European version drops the most objectionable elements of the Russian plan to fit what Ukraine and the Europeans want, such as some autonomy for eastern Ukraine with special protections for language, culture and local taxes. Kerry said the French and German foreign ministers had informed Washington about the Russian proposal, but he didn’t have all the details. Kerry brought $16.4 million in new humanitarian aid to Ukraine as the Obama administration weighed sending arms to help the beleaguered Kiev government fight the heavily armed separatists. Obama has opposed sending weapons, but sources in his administration say that position could change. Germany and other European nations remain fiercely opposed to sending arms to Ukraine. Federica Mogherini, the EU’s foreign policy chief, backed the French-German peace effort, saying “there is no military solution to the crisis in Ukraine.” “By throwing more weapons on the bonfire, I don’t believe, unfortunately, that we will solve the problems in Ukraine,” Danish Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard said in Copenhagen, urging more sanctions against Russia to force the rebels back into peace talks. European Union foreign ministers will be talking Monday about increasing EU sanctions against Russia for its actions in Ukraine. In Brussels, NATO SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg said the group’s defense ministers

boosted the size of the alliance’s Response Force from 13,000 to 30,000 in reaction to Russian actions in Ukraine and to Islamic extremism. The alliance also moved to form a quick-reaction force of 5,000 ground troops. The decisions will “ensure that we have the right forces in the right place at the right time,” Stoltenberg said. Breedlove, the top NATO commander, warned Thursday that any move to give Ukraine lethal defensive weapons “could trigger a more strident reaction from Russia.” Breedlove also emphasized it was important to make sure that Moscow and the separatists don’t once again use a ceasefire to build up their forces and prepare for a new offensive to gain more territory. Hollande appeared to offer an olive branch Thursday to Putin on the Russian leader’s key demand: that Ukraine stay out of NATO. “France is not favorable to Ukraine’s entry into NATO, let us be clear,” Hollande said. Ushakov, Putin’s aide, praised Hollande’s comment, saying it reflects “a pragmatic approach, which the Kremlin welcomes.” Ukraine’s economy, meanwhile, has been devastated by the crisis in the east. Its currency, the hryvnia, slid 46 percent Thursday against the U.S. dollar, prompting the government to raise a key interest rate by a whopping 5.5 percentage points to 19.5 percent. The move eased some pressure on the currency. According to Poroshenko, Ukraine is spending up to $8 million a day fighting the rebels.

Australian prime minister faces challenge to leadership

CANBERRA, Australia — The fight over conservative Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s leadership broke out into the open on Friday, with a member of his party triggering a potential challenge next week. Lawmaker Luke Simpkins said in an email to colleagues

that he will move a motion at a ruling Liberal Party meeting on Tuesday calling for Abbott to declare that his job and that of his deputy Julie Bishop are open to a ballot of 102 government lawmakers. It is not yet clear whether any lawmaker will be nominat-

ed to run against Abbott or his foreign minister. The party’s chief whip Philip Ruddock later confirmed that the ballots would go ahead if the motion is passed at Tuesday’s meeting. Halfway through his first three-year term as prime minister, Abbott had been

under increasing pressure over poor showings in opinion polls. Public dislike of Abbott is blamed in part for conservative governments suffering big election losses in Victoria state in November and Queensland state in January. He has also been widely

criticized for making Queen Elizabeth II’s husband, Prince Philip, an Australian knight on Australia’s national day last month. Simpkins said in an email to party colleagues the knighthood for Prince Philip was “the final proof of a disconnection with the people.”

“I think we must bring this to a head and test the support of the leadership in the party room,” he wrote. Bishop and Communication’s Minister Malcolm Turnbull have been touted as potential replacements for Abbott.

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Help for the hurting, love for the unlovable!

ave you ever been hurt? Have you ever been attacked when you least expected? Have you ever walked into a room expecting to see an old friend only to be lambasted from someone you’ve never even met? Have you ever been betrayed, pushed aside, or marginalized? I would have to say that if you’ve lived any amount of years at some point you have had feelings like this. It’s at times like this that we question where God is. It’s only natural to do this, we look at the world around us and see destruction, devastation and frustration. We ask ourselves where God is. Even Jesus asked the same question when he was on the cross. He knew God was there but for the first time in the history of the universe there was a degree of separation that he had never felt. It is at times like this when I’m feeling like I’m being hit on every

found contentment and a peace resting in God. oices of Paul wrote the majority of the New Testament. He had an intellect that eligion was huge and when he had some time he put pen to paper and wrote down AL Weeks the greatest theological paper known side and everywhere I turn there is to man; the book of Romans. It’s somebody waiting to attack that I clear to anyone who’s ever read the think of the apostle Paul. Here’s a book of Romans that this book stands man who truly sacrificed everything out among all the others. Right in the he had to serve God. By his own admiddle of that book sits a chapter that mission he was stoned, shipwrecked, shines like a beacon on a foggy night. beaten, imprisoned, and during at Chapter 8 in the book of Romans least one of his missionary trips felt for all intents and purposes is probbetrayed by a friend; and at the end of ably the single greatest chapter in the his life he sat the dark cold prison cell entire New Testament aside from the where almost all of his friends had actual words of Jesus that are pepcompletely abandoned him. Through pered throughout the Gospels. all that Paul remains consistent in his Paul writes in Romans chapter 8 love of God. He mentions this when that we know God causes all things he talks about the times that he has to work together for good for those had abundance and the times that who love God, to those who are called he is had nothing yet in it all he has according to His purposes. That is a

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powerful statement to be able to rest in the peace and comfort of knowing that every circumstance good or bad, every attack, every frustration, every irritation, every betrayal, will eventually work together for ultimate good. Paul closes that chapter with this statement: “For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8:38 – 39) If you are hurting, if you’ve felt betrayed, if you feel like your spouse or parent no longer loves you; turn to God. He loves the unlovable, he is a father to the fatherless, He desperately wants to hold you in his arms and whisper words of love and encouragement into your ears. Psalms 46 tells us that God is our refuge and

na Kids Club on Sunday evenings. The group from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. or on Sunday from 9 a.m. meets at Kenai Middle School from 5:15-7:30 until noon. For more information or if you have p.m. All kids, ages 3 through sixth grade, are questions, please call 262-4657. Celebrate Mardi Gras welcome. See the Calvary Baptist Awana web page for further details and Club schedule: cal- United Methodist Church The 19th Annual Mardi Gras fundraiser will varykenai.org/awana. be Feb. 13 at Our Lady of the Angels Catholic provides food pantry Church in Kenai. Come for a Cajun dinner, live The Kenai United Methodist Church provides music, and fundraising activities. Proceeds will Bible study with Nikiski Aglow a food pantry for those in need every Monday go to the youth program including a summer Nikiski Aglow meets each Saturday mornmission trip. Dinner tickets are $15. Doors open ing from 9-11 a.m. at the Nikiski New Hope from noon to 3 p.m. The Methodist Church is at 5:00 p.m. and dinner will be served at 6:30 Christian Fellowship, Mile 23 North Road. All located on the Kenai Spur Highway next to the p.m. Tickets are available at both Hi Speed Gear are welcome to attend. Aglow International Boys and Girls Club. The entrance to the Food locations and the Parish office. For more infor- is founded on prayer and compassionate out- Pantry is through the side door. The Pantry closmation please call 283-4555. reach. It is global in ministry vision, yet rooted es for holidays. For more information contact the church ofin small groups. Nikiski Aglow is hosting the fice at 283-7868. Shrove Tuesday pancake DVD teaching of Graham Cooke with “Game Changers.” The five themes are: 1. How you are supper planned known in heaven; 2. Establishing your internal Clothes 4 U at First Baptist Church A Shrove Tuesday pancake supper is planned overcomer; 3. Mind of Christ; 4. Reinventing First Baptist Church Soldotna, located for Feb. 17 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at St. Francis your walk in the fruit of the Spirit; 5. Law of by the Sea Episcopal Church, 110 South Spruce the Spirit of Life in Christ. For information at 159 S. Binkley Street, is re-opening its Street in Kenai. Tickets are $3, $12 for families. call Bev at 776-8022 or 398-7311 or Paulette Clothes 4 U program. It is open on the second and fourth Saturday of each month from 10 Proceeds will got to support the Kenai Method- at 252-7372. a.m.-2 p.m. All clothing and shoes are free to ist Church food pantry. the public.

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Soldotna Food Pantry open weekly

The Soldotna Food Pantry is open every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for residents experiencing food shortages. The Food Pantry is located at the Soldotna United Methodist Church, at 158 South Binkley Street, now offers a Food Pantry for citizens in the community who are experiencing food shortages. Non-perishable food items or monetary Calvary Baptist kids club meets donations may be dropped off at the church on Calvary Baptist Church has resumed its Awa- Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Wednesday

The Midnight Son Seventh Day Adventist Church is starting a Weekly Women’s Bible Study group. The first book to be read is “Unglued” by Lysa Terkeurst. For more information call or text Crystal Sumner at 252-4543.

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 announcements to news@peninsulaclarion.com.

strength help in our present troubles. Jesus tells us in John chapter 16 that He has spoken all His words to us so that we may have peace in Him. He even goes on to say in another gospel that He will not leave us or forsake us, for he is with us even to the ends of the world. No matter what your circumstance God loves you. He is intentional and active in seeking you. He tells us that if we seek Him, we will find Him. If we draw close to Him, He will draw close to us. People may let you down but God will never let you go; seek Him today. Pastor AL Weeks is a, author, teacher and preacher. He and his family serve in First Baptist Church of Kenai. The folks at FBCK are a warm fellowship of believers that are committed to speaking the truth in love. Join them Sunday mornings at 10:45 a.m.

Romanian mountain Ice Church draws all types of Christians BALEA LAC, Romania — High on a remote mountain in Romania, priests have blessed a church made entirely from ice, outstanding both for its architectural style as well as being a place for religious tolerance. Builders have once again created the Ice Church, which is only reachable by cable car at an altitude of 2,000 meters (6,600 feet). Water from Balea Lake, 300 kilometers (190 miles) northwest of Bucharest, is blessed by priests. Chunks of ice are then cut with a chain saw and cemented together with water and snow. The structure — 6 meters (20 feet) tall, 14 meters (46 feet) long and 7 meters (23 feet) wide — is a copy of an old church in Transylvania. Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant clerics held a service there this week. Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant clerics held a service there this week. Relations between the different Christian churches in Romania have been strained over the years due to disputes relating to church ownership. The communists seized churches in 1945, which were then given to the Romanian Orthodox Church. Some have not been returned to other denominations. But Ioan Crisan, an Eastern Rite Catholic priest, said the Ice Church was a place to set aside religious differences. — The Associated Press

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Game. Commercial area management biologist Pat Shields said his department was asked to prioritize projects. So far, four have been identified as potential cuts from next year’s budget including a stock identification and genetic sampling project on coho salmon; a sonar operating on the Yetna River, a Susitna River tributary; general funds that were used for a limnology lab in the Soldotna office; and a sockeye salmon smolt project on Fish Creek which drains into Big Lake. Shields said that represented about $210,000 in funding cut from the commercial division of Fish and Game in the Soldotna office. The elimination of those projects would like eliminate the need for seasonal staff or reduce the amount of time given to seasonal staff, he said. “We’ll maintain our primary objective here of being able to manage the fisheries, we’re just going to lose data,” he said.

tial layoffs would not happen until the next fiscal year and would likely not be known until April when the Legislature announces the final budget and the governor approves it. “The administration informed us that there are no planned layoffs during the balance of FY15,” he wrote. Several positions that were recommended for defunding were listed in the governor’s budget release. Geary said the union was told by administration that commissioners were told to ensure that those employees be notified that their positions could be cut before the governor released his budget. Other than the potential for layoffs, the budget recommendation contained a capital projects budget reduction of about $150 million — down from about $550 million last year. Other reductions included Reach Rashah McChesney several Cook Inlet-based re- at Rashah.mcchesney@peninsearch projects through the sulaclarion.com. Alaska Department of Fish and

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“It’s widely recognized that (the roundabouts) are safer and more efficient in the long run,” Kornelis said. “There are certainly some folks who are not pleased with the roundabouts, but over time, we’re seeing more and more people get accustomed to driving through them.” Kornelis said that the award wasn’t for just one part of the project. “It’s not focused on the roundabouts,” Kornelis said. “It’s about the project as a whole and a lot of the improvements to the community.” Kornelis said that while the city was proud of the award, accolades aren’t a source of motivation. “We’re not building (these projects) to win an award,” Kornelis said. “We’re building them to better our community and fix deficiencies that need to be taken care of.”

heard people commenting on how they like driving on it now, because it wasn’t in good shape before. It hadn’t been paved in over 20 years.” Frey said the improvements have also benefitted pedestrians. “It’s a lot nicer for people pushing strollers or walking a dog,” Frey said, referencing the widened sidewalks. Another noticeable difference to Binkley Street is the addition of several roundabouts. “We’ve received quite a lot of positive feedback (about the project),” Kornelis said. “We’ve received some negative feedback about the roundabouts specifically.” While they have been a source of contention, Kornelis said the roundabouts have advantages over normal four-way Reach Ian Foley at ian.fostops and cost about the same. ley@peninsulaclarion.com.

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whether allegations were adequately investigated by law enforcement; whether any cases were handled appropriately by prosecutors; and other matters. Attorney General Craig Richards told the Senate State Affairs Committee on Thursday that Collins will not have subpoena powers because it’s a criminal investigation. U.S.

Homer. All other Kenai funding will be federal money given through the Alaska Department of Transportation to two road improvement projects in Kenai and one in Seward, totaling $8 million. The Homer waterline improvement, intended to provide water to currently unserved Homer residences, is part of a municipal matching grant pro-

vided through the Department of Environmental Conservation, which requires a 30 percent contribution from Homer. The Kenai projects improve two state-owned roads, the Kenai Spur Highway and Beaver Loop Road. Kenai has an agreement to take over the maintenance of Beaver Loop Road after the end of the state improvements, according to Kenai City manager

Rick Koch. “I’m happy that those survived,” Koch said. The Governor’s amended budget will next be debated and potentially modified by the Legislature.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, has written to the inspectors general for the U.S. Defense Department and Army, as well as to the National Guard Bureau, asking that they cooperate with Collins. Richards said he will tell the heads of law enforcement in the state that their cooperation is expected. Several senators questioned whether the scope of investigation might be too limited. Sen. Bill Wielechowski, D-Anchorage, said mistakes were made in areas that were not criminal,

dealing with personnel or other issues. It seems appropriate for the Legislature, in its oversight capacity, to have hearings on structural issues to try to address those and prevent future problems, he said. Richards said later that the Guard has its own process for looking within and reforming its processes. Bridges told The Associated Press he feels a corner has been turned, with additional resources and new policies and procedures in place.

There isn’t a broken culture within the Guard, he said. However, there were some people who failed to abide by their oath of service, protect good order and discipline, and treat others as they would wish to be treated, he said. “We didn’t have an abandon ship mentality. We had a few folks that needed to move on or transition,” he said. “And we’ve got a few folks who’ve stepped up, a lot of folks who’ve stepped up to be part of the transition.”

Around Alaska Man takes 46-mile stroll in minus 35 temperatures FAIRBANKS — An Alaska man who attempted to walk 50 miles between two villages at 35 below zero was found in good shape 4 miles from his goal by searchers called by his family. Lawrence James, 52, wore heavy winter gear and carried water and a .22-caliber rifle. He walked nonstop for 15 hours and told searchers he didn’t get cold on the long stroll between Birch Creek and Fort Yukon, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported. James left Birch Creek at about 7 p.m. Monday and spoke to Fort Yukon Police Officer Michael Ivie on Tuesday when he was found. “When I asked him why he did it, he said that a cousin of his did it a few years back and he thought he’d try to see if he could do it,” Ivie said. “I told him, ‘more power to you, buddy,’ but that’s not something I think I’d want to try.” James’ family alerted Alaska State Troopers and village law enforcement in part because he was not completely sober. “He had been drinking,” Ivie said. “Not a whole lot, he wasn’t drunk. He had a couple of drinks. He said if he had to do it all over again, he would have probably picked a different time. He said his last drink kind of gave him that urge, that oomph.” The cold temperatures clinched the decision to search, Ivie said. “Our issue is that it was minus-30 or below, and he was by himself, and he was only carrying a little .22 rifle,” Ivie said. “There were all sorts of possibilities that might have happened. He could have been trampled by a moose or (attacked by) wolves.” The rifle would not be effective against a moose or predator,

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Ivey said, but said James “could have shot a couple of ptarmigans to eat.” James felt fine during his walk, he told Ivie, but acknowledged his legs were hurting after 15 hours. “That’s understandable, he’d just walked 50 miles,” Ivie said.

Resolution opposes extending refuge wilderness designation JUNEAU — Alaska lawmakers have passed a resolution opposing a wilderness designation for much of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, including its potentially oil-rich coastal plain. Rep. Ben Nageak, a Democrat from Barrow, introduced the resolution, which passed in the House on Wednesday. It now goes to the Senate. The resolution opposes the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposal to designate much of the refuge as wilderness, including the coastal plain. That would put it off limits for oil and gas development.

Sitka hospital hires financial expert SITKA — The cash-strapped Sitka Community Hospital has hired a financial expert to provide services while an interim CEO is in place. The Daily Sitka Sentinel reports that Anchorage finance expert Cynthia Brandt will be at the hospital Mondays through Thursdays during her contract, which runs through the end of April. Interim CEO Rob Allen says Brandt will be working with hospital leadership to develop an improved financial management and reporting system. Brandt is associated with the Anchorage firm Waine Brandt LLC. — The Associated Press C

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Area wrestlers chase state crowns By JOEY KLECKA Peninsula Clarion

Heading into this weekend’s Alaska Class 4A high school state wrestling championships, Kenai Central senior Ellery Steffensen has a chance to accomplish a rarity in sports today — complete a perfect season. For the second time. Steffensen, the No. 1 seed in the 152-pound weight class heading into today’s first-round qualifying session, capped his sophomore season two years ago off with a perfect record. After falling just short in last year’s 145-pound state final, Steffensen returns as a senior with the intent of reclaiming his spot at the top of the mountain.

“He plans on winning it,” said Kenai coach Stan Steffensen. “I think he plans on pinning them all.” Soldotna junior Seth Hutchison also has a chance at etching his name onto a rare list. Hutchison, winner of two previous state titles at the smallschools level as a former Skyview competitor, will be gunning for his first championship at the Class 4A level. The list of wrestlers that have won at least three state titles currently stands at 30. Hutchison could become the 31st this weekend. He will also be attempting to stay on track with family history. Older brother Eli Hutchison remains only one of eight wrestlers in the state to have ever completed a clean four-year sweep of state titles.

“He’s got a tough (weight) class to get through,” said Soldotna coach Neldon Gardner. “But he’s seeded No. 1 so I know he can do it.” Hutchison and Steffensen are two of a few headlining acts for the Stars and Kards this weekend. The tournament begins today at 9 a.m. at Chugiak High School with weigh-ins. The first session of preliminaries begins at 10 a.m, with championship semifinals at 6 p.m. Saturday also features a full day of competition, with consolation matches in the morning, fifth-place and thirdplace matches at 2:30 p.m., and state championship finals at 5:15 p.m. Ellery Steffensen captured Outstanding Wrestler honors at last week’s region meet, and currently holds a

33-0 record heading into the tournament. According to coach Steffensen, Ellery has lost only two matches ever on Alaska soil since his first days competing in club wrestling. With a calendar year that has sometimes totaled close to 100 matches, Ellery is pretty much a stranger to losing. But Stan says in addition to wrestling success, his son is a humble competitor who also writes song lyrics, plays guitar, plays the organ at church, and all while maintaining a 4.0 gradepoint average in school. “He is so busy, but it’s only a piece of his life,” Stan said. “He’s just a teenager doing lots of things.” Coach Steffensen said Dylan Carter also has a strong shot at a state title. Carter is seeded second in the

170-pound division. Steffensen said that weight class is extremely tough, but he thinks Carter is up to the task. Amazingly, Ellery isn’t even the only one in his family to post a perfect season. Steffensen’s younger brother Paul, a sophomore, also completed an undefeated run last year, capping his freshman campaign off with a state title at the 126-pound level. Paul lost a close bout this year to South’s Rami Pellumbi at the North/South tournament in December, breaking his undefeated run in the state. ‘I’ve never really talked to (Paul) much about it,” Stan said. “Paul just looks at winning every match. If he’s feeling pretty good, watch out.” Paul is ranked No. 3 in his weight See PIN, page B-4

Kenai, Stars lose at NSC JEREMIAH BARTZ Frontiersman.com

WASILLA — A barrage of shots downed one team and a late tip bounced the other as a pair of central Kenai Peninsula squads watched their seasons come to an end during the first day of the North Star Conference Championships at the Menard Arena in Wasilla. Homer’s Kiril Sanarov tipped in a deflection off an Anton Kuzmin blast with 1 minute, 37 seconds, left in the extra period to lead Homer to a 2-1 overtime win over Soldotna late Thursday in the NSC quarterfinals. Earlier in the day, Colony blasted Kenai 5-0. Sanarov’s tally was one of two unanswered goals for the fifth-seeded Mariners, who C

move forward to play top-seeded Wasilla tonight at 7:15 p.m. in the semifinals. Sanarov also set up the game-tying tally late in the third. With 5:30 remaining, Sanarov sent a sharp pass across the zone to Owen Delehanty. Sitting alone in the right wing circle, Delehanty snapped a shot high into the net. Soldotna’s Ty Fenton gave the team a lead late in the first period. Seconds after Homer was whistled for its first penalty of the game, the Stars won a faceoff and sent the pass back to the point. Calvin Hills threw a puck toward the net. After Justice Miller got a piece of it, Fenton tapped a deflection in for the score. Earlier in the day, Colony See PUCK, page B-4

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Tiger Woods looks down after misplaying his short iron approach to the far right of the 13th hole on the North Course at Torrey Pines during the first round of the Farmers Insurance Open golf tournament Thursday in San Diego.

Kardinals girls Tiger’s back flares up again topple Juneau Woods quits midround for 3rd time in 8 PGA Tour events while Soldotna’s leading scorer The Kenai Central girls de- was Hayley Ramsell with 15. feated Juneau 44-35 in the Maroon bracket of the Lady Lynx Ninilchik Invitational Prep Shootout in Anchorage. A first-round loss on Ninilchik boys 71, Tok 27 Wednesday to Thunder Mountain relegated the Kards to the The Ninilchik boys explodsecond of two brackets, but Ke- ed on offense Thursday night to nai’s win on Thursday placed defeat Tok. them into a Friday matchup Led by a combined 38 points with West Anchorage at 8 p.m. from Tyler Presley and Dalton The Eagles topped Point Hope Geppert, the Wolverines out52-48 Thursday. scored 55-21 in the second Abby Beck led Kenai with a and third quarters. Presley and game-high 16 points, while Ju- Geppert scored 19 points each, lia Noreen scored 10 points for while teammate Sam Mireles Juneau. added 15 and Austin White In the auxiliary gym, the chipped in 11. South Anchorage girls beat SolNinilchik advances to play dotna 51-37. South was led by Unalaska at 6:30 p.m. today. See HOOPS, page B-4 Sabrina Ungaro with 22 points, Staff report

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer

SAN DIEGO — New season, same old story with Tiger Woods. Only it’s no longer a happy tale. For the third time in his last eight PGA Tour events, Woods got into a cart in the middle of his round and was driven to the parking lot because of back pain. Most troubling about Thursday in the Farmers Insurance Open was he spoke only a week ago of feeling “great” physically, and this was only his second event of the year. He blamed this one on the

weather, which caused his “glutes” to shut off. Woods walked off the course after 11 holes on the North Course at Torrey Pines, citing tightness in his lower back from standing around for more than an hour in the cool Pacific air during a fog delay in the morning. He never looked comfortable, and Billy Horschel noticed it right away. Woods was reaching for his back at the turn. Horschel tried to help by picking up the tee for Woods on their 10th hole and the ball from the cup when Woods made birdie. “I was ready to go,” Woods said. “I had a good warmup session the first time around.

CLEVELAND — LeBron James scored 23 points, Kevin Love had 24 and the Cleveland Cavaliers pushed their winning streak to 12 games Thursday night with an easy 105-94 win over the Los Angeles Clippers, who also lost their composure. The Cavs built a 32-point lead in the third quarter, allowing James and Love to sit out the fourth and rest. With their longest winning streak since a franchise-best 13-gamer in 2010, the Cavs moved into first place in the Central Division. Cleveland was seven games behind Chicago when the streak began with a victory over the Lakers on Jan. 15. HORNETS 94, WIZARDS 87 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Gerald Henderson scored 27 points and Charlotte defeated Washington for the second time this week. Henderson was 10 of 15 from the field as the Hornets beat the Wizards for the fifth straight time. Charlotte won at Washington on

Monday night, 92-88.

MAVERICKS 101, KINGS 78 SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Monta Ellis had 21 points and six assists to lead Dallas, minus Dirk Nowitzki and Rajon Rondo, over struggling Sacramento. The Mavericks broke open a tie game in the second quarter when they made nine straight shots, including four 3-pointers, in a 3½-minute span as they outscored the Kings 22-6. Dallas had a 37-20 edge in the second to take a 60-43 halftime lead.

TRAIL BLAZERS 108, SUNS 87 PORTLAND, Ore. — LaMarcus Aldridge had 19 points and 13 rebounds for his team-record 220th double-double in Portland’s victory over Phoenix. Nicolas Batum scored 20 points and Robin Lopez, playing his second game after missing 23 with a broken right hand, had 11 points and 12 rebounds for the Blazers, who won their second straight after a three-game skid.

tough to see him go, but he was in quite a bit of pain.” Nicholas Thompson had an 8-under 64 on the North Course and had a one-shot lead over Michael Thompson when play was suspended by darkness. Brooks Koepka, coming off his victory in the Phoenix Open, had a 66 on the North. The best score on the tougher South Course belonged to Jhonnatan Vegas, who shot 67. Dustin Johnson, playing for the first time since his six-month leave for “personal challenges,” holed out for eagle on No. 4 on the South Course as his lone highlight. See WOODS, Page B-3

MMA fights return to sports complex

Cleveland stretches winning streak to 12 By The Associated Press

Then we stood out here and I got cold, and everything started deactivating again. And it’s frustrating that I just can’t stay activated. That’s just kind of the way it is.” Woods now has gone 12 straight PGA Tour events without a top 10, dating to his runner-up finish in The Barclays in 2013 when back pain dropped him to his knees. This was his first round since a career-high 82 last week in the Phoenix Open to tie for last with a club pro and miss the cut by 12 shots. “It’s tough to see a guy I look up to, a guy I consider a friend, to have issues with spasms,” Horschel said. “It’s

By JEFF HELMINIAK Peninsula Clarion

The Peninsula Fighting Championships are back. For the first time since May 2014, the Peninsula Fighting Championships will return to the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. Mat Plant, the producer of the event, said the show will feature between eight and 10 fights Saturday. The doors open at 6 p.m., while the fights begin at 7 p.m. “I can’t honestly tell you why it’s been gone for so long,” Plant said. “A lot of little details go into producing these events. “We’re excited because the community has really stepped up and given us a lot of support for the event.” When shows happen, they are usually well attended. And Plant expects the same thing AP Photo/Tony Dejak Saturday. “Everywhere I go, people Cleveland’s LeBron James shoots over the Clippers’ Spencer Hawes (10) and Dahntay Jones (31) during an NBA basketball are talking about it,” he said. Plant said he thinks people game Thursday in Cleveland. C

are drawn to the overall experience of the event. “As much as it’s athletic competition, it’s also the entertainment business,” he said. “A bunch of friends get together for a night of drinking and fights, there are pretty girls, it’s something this town doesn’t always get. “You can always go to the movies and bars, but this is a rare thing we get.” General admission is $20, while admission to the beer garden, for those 21 and older, is $25. There also will be a wall of guns fundraiser by Sportsman’s Warehouse. Tickets are $10, and for every 100 tickets sold a name will be pulled and somebody will win a gun. Plant said that the Peninsula Fighting Championships will not take as big of a hiatus this time. He said he would like the fights to start happening once every other month, with a break for the summer months where being inside is not as desirable.

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Syracuse runs play for future Self-imposed bans have mixed results By JOHN KEKIS AP Sports Writer

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United States’ Bode Miller crashes during the men’s super-G competition at the alpine skiing world championships Thursday in Beaver Creek, Colo. Miller did not finish the race.

Miller crashes, requires surgery Horrific spill could be last big race for American skiing great By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer

BEAVER CREEK, Colo. — Bode Miller smacked a gate so hard he crashed, opening a deep gash on his right leg and tearing a tendon that required surgery Thursday night after the superG race at the world championships. Norway’s Kjetil Jansrud hit another panel and needed his left shoulder checked out. This demanding and daunting course took a toll on some of the biggest names in skiing. Not Hannes Reichelt, though. The Austrian tamed this tricky terrain, winning the super-G after Miller tumbled down the hill. Reichelt finished in 1 minute, 15.68 seconds — 0.11 seconds faster than Canada’s Dustin Cook, who made a surprise run from back in the pack. Adrien Theaux of France earned the bronze. Everyone was talking about Miller’s horrific crash, including the winner. “If you know Bode, sometimes it looks really bad, then he stands up and nothing happened,” Reichelt said. “I hope he’s safe and nothing hap-

pened.” No such luck. Miller underwent surgery on Thursday and is done for worlds. Miller said on his Twitter account after the operation: “Feeling lucky since things could have been way worse.” Miller had a strong run going when he hooked his left arm on a gate, spun backward, lost his right ski, then his left, and went somersaulting down the mountain. He appeared to fall on top of one of his bouncing skis, causing the deep wound. Miller gingerly got up, retrieved his gear and even finished the race as his wife, pro volleyball player Morgan Miller, watched in the gallery while holding his son. “Bode was skiing outstanding,” U.S. men’s coach Sasha Rearick said. “He was going for it, absolutely sending it from top to bottom. He took risks and was putting down a run that inspired America, inspires the world. “He took a nasty crash. A really nasty crash.” It was Miller’s first race since back surgery in November and yet he didn’t hold back. He never does. “Bode knew he had to put it

on the limit in order to get on the podium today,” said teammate Ted Ligety, who couldn’t successfully defend his superG world title from two years ago in Austria, finishing ninth. “What happened today was more just bad luck.” U.S. skier Travis Ganong said he talked to Miller in the finish area. “He said his whole body was numb. Everything hurt,” Ganong said. “He said he has to get 100 stitches in his calf.” This may have been Miller’s last big race of his career. At 37, Miller was pointing to the worlds in his comeback from herniated disk surgery. He wasn’t sure how much longer he would race after that. Miller wasn’t the only skier to get caught up in a gate. Jansrud crashed through one with his left shoulder, but kept going and tied for fourth. The Norwegian team later said the shoulder appeared OK, but he was in pain. Jansrud, the Olympic super-G champion at the Sochi Games, is still looking for his first medal at the worlds. This is Reichelt’s first world championship gold medal. He’s made himself right at home on

this course, winning a World Cup super-G at Beaver Creek in December. “That’s sounds really good — world champion,” said Reichelt, who had herniated disk surgery a year ago that knocked him out of the Sochi Olympics. “I’m feeling relaxed. The pressure before was really high. Not from outside, but from my side. “I said, ‘OK, you have to repeat the success of December. To repeat something is so difficult.” Cook started as racer No. 28, but used a fast run to finish a surprising runner-up. Well, to everyone else, that is. “I’m a lot less surprised than most people are,” Cook said. “I’ve been skiing really fast all year, fast in training for too many years. For me, it’s a culmination of a lot of years. I know that I’m capable of this for sure.”

When Syracuse announced it was instituting a self-imposed postseason ban for the men’s basketball team this season, the university was playing for the future — on the court and with NCAA regulators. Its self-imposed ban is part of a common process now for schools trying to work through infractions, with mixed results in trying to minimize the impact of discipline to teams. Syracuse has a case pending before the NCAA Committee on Infractions that dates back more than seven years. The school initiated the case, which includes academics, when it self-reported potential athletic department violations to the NCAA in 2007. School officials said in Wednesday’s announcement that none of the conduct occurred after 2012 and no current student-athlete is involved. “The university has taken this matter seriously and worked with the NCAA for nearly eight years to investigate and address potential rules violations. The process has been exhaustive,” University Chancellor Kent Syverud said in a statement. “We have taken responsibility for past violations and worked hard to ensure they are not repeated.” School officials said there are additional self-imposed penalties that won’t be announced until the NCAA issues its final report. NCAA officials declined comment on Thursday. Other universities have had mixed results at satisfying the NCAA with their self-punishments. The Miami Hurricanes decided to penalize themselves after a rogue booster sparked an NCAA investigation that lasted more than two years. Nevin Shapiro’s tales of extra benefit-giving landed him in prison for masterminding

a $900 million Ponzi scheme. Shapiro became upset that those he spent lavishly on when he was a Hurricanes fan turned their collective backs when his criminal business dealings were exposed. Miami kept the football team from a bowl game in 2011, then both the ACC championship game and another bowl game in 2012. The school also imposed recruiting limitations on itself. When the NCAA finally ruled late in 2013, the two selfimposed postseason football bans were acknowledged and the Hurricanes did not have to miss another bowl trip. In the middle of the 2004-05 basketball season, then-athletic director Andy Geiger declared Ohio State would not play in the postseason to offset NCAA penalties stemming from allegations that fired coach Jim O’Brien paid players. O’Brien told his boss he loaned a recruit $6,000. Under first-year head coach Thad Matta, the Buckeyes upset unbeaten No. 1 Illinois in the last regular-season game and then were permitted to play in the Big Ten tournament, splitting two games before finishing 20-12. The NCAA imposed probation and erased references to the school’s 1999 Final Four appearance. In a more infamous Ohio State scandal involving improper benefits and tattoos, the school took a postseason ban for 2012, vacated the 2010 season and went on NCAA probation. The school said at the time it would have received the penalties whether it volunteered for them or not. And in 2011 North Carolina vacated 16 football victories from the 2008 and 2009 seasons while also reducing three scholarships for three straight years as part of self-imposed penalties following an improper benefits and academic misconduct investigation.

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Blues extend points streak to 13 games By The Associated Press

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Jake Allen stopped 23 shots and the St. Louis Blues set a franchise record by extending their points streak to 13 games with a 3-0 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday night. Dmitrij Jaskin scored on a wraparound late in the second period, and Vladimir Tarasenko tapped in David Backes’ pass in the third period for St. Louis, which improved its run to 120-1. Jaden Schwartz added an emptynetter. The Blues (34-13-4) won their seventh straight to match a season best, while beating the Sabres for the sixth straight time. Buffalo (15-34-3) was shut out for the ninth time this season — one short of matching a franchise high. And the Sabres failed to build off the momentum of a 3-2 win at Montreal on Tuesday, when Buffalo snapped a team-worst 14-game skid. ISLANDERS 3, FLYERS 2, SO PHILADELPHIA — Cal Clutterbuck scored the deciding goal in the seventh round of the shootout. Clutterbuck also scored in regulation for the Islanders, as did Mikhail Grabovski. Frans Nielsen got a puck past Steve Mason on the first shot of the shootout, and Wayne Simmonds scored on Phila-

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He had five bogeys and was 2 over with one hole remaining. But this day was all about Woods, which used to be typical at Torrey Pines because he has won the tournament seven times. Thursday was different. Several players came out of the scoring area and said, “What happened to Tiger?” “It’s just my glutes are shutting off,” Woods said, sound more like a physical therapist than a 14-time major champion. “Then they don’t activate and then, hence, it goes into my lower back. So I tried to activate my glutes as best I could in between, but they never stayed

delphia’s last tying attempt in the third round. After Clutterbuck’s wrister got past Mason, Sean Couturier was denied by Jaroslav Halak on the tying attempt and Philadelphia’s season-high four-game winning streak was over. New York had lost three straight. Nick Schultz and Chris VandeVelde scored in regulation for the Flyers.

PANTHERS 3, KINGS 2 SUNRISE, Fla. — Brandon Pirri scored with 3:05 remaining to lift the Panthers over the struggling Kings 3-2. Nick Bjugstad and Aleksander Barkov also scored for the Panthers, and Roberto Luongo stopped 29 shots. Pirri grabbed a loose puck in the left circle and fired it past Jonathan Quick. He scored for the fourth consecutive game and the sixth in his past seven. The Panthers have won their past two games and Luongo beat the Kings for the first time in nine games. Marian Gaborik and Jamie McBain scored for the Kings, and Quick made 17 saves.

goal, and Robin Lehner made 27 saves. Trailing 2-1 to start the third period, the Senators did their best to score the equalizer but couldn’t find a way to beat Holtby. Thursday’s game was a milestone for defenseman Chris Phillips, who set the franchise record by playing in his 1,179th game to surpass Daniel Alfredsson. Alfredsson and former teammate Wade Redden were on hand for the occasion.

DUCKS 5, PREDATORS 2

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Jakob Silfverberg scored two goals, and the Ducks took the top of the NHL standings for themselves. Anaheim and Nashville came in tied atop both the NHL and the Western Conference with 72 points, though the Predators have a game in hand. The teams also have the league’s winningest goalies with Pekka Rinne back in net for Nashville after missing three weeks with an injured knee. Frederik Andersen made 44 saves in tying Rinne with his 29th win. Sami Vatanen and Matt Beleskey scored a goal each for Anaheim. The Ducks started a five-game road trip in dominating fashion even with center Ryan Getzlaf CAPITALS 3, SENATORS 2 scratched after aggravating a lower-body OTTAWA — Alex Ovechkin scored injury in warmups. the winning goal, Evgeny Kuznetsov also scored for the Capitals and Braden Holtby LIGHTNING 5, STARS 3 picked up his 25th win of the season by DALLAS — Tyler Johnson scored two stopping 25 shots. Kyle Turris scored the lone Ottawa third-period goals, lifting the Lightning.

activated.” It has become a troubling trend for Woods. In his last six tournaments since back surgery last March, he has missed the cut three times, withdrawn twice and finished 69th in the British Open, his lowest 72hole finish in a major. “It’s just tough not seeing him have his best, whether it’s with his game or with his health,” said Rickie Fowler, who played in the group with him. Woods was 2-over par through 11 holes and in a tie for 130th when he withdrew. He will fall to his worst world ranking since before he won his first PGA Tour event as a 20-year-old in 1996, and he most likely will not qualify for a World Golf Championship for only the second time in his

career. Woods is not expected to play again until the Honda Classic in three weeks. Doral is the following week. He did not indicate earlier in the week that he would add tournaments to his schedule ahead of the Masters, which is April 9-12. The front nine at Torrey Pines was more of the same kind of golf he showed in the Phoenix Open last week, when

Johnson tipped Brian Boyle’s shot from the top of the left faceoff circle down between goalie Kari Lehtonen’s legs to break a 3-3 tie with 3:37 remaining. He’d put Tampa Bay ahead 3-2 with a powerplay goal at 12:27. Nikita Kucherov scored into an empty net with 1:17 to go. Kucherov and Steven Stamkos each had a goal and an assist. Ondrej Palat assisted on Tampa Bay’s final two goals. The Stars’ Alex Goligoski had a goal and an assist. Stamkos and Victor Hedman scored on the Lightning’s first two shots. Dallas defensemen John Klingberg and Goligoski scored in the second period, and Trevor Daley tied the game at 3 in the third Andrei Vasilevskiy made 33 saves for Tampa Bay. Lehtonen had 25.

HURRICANES 2, COYOTES 1, SO GLENDALE, Ariz. — Eric Lindholm scored the only goal of the shootout. Carolina’s Victor Rask and Arizona’s David Moss scored early, then the teams went scoreless through the rest of regulation and overtime. Mike Smith had 39 saves for Arizona, including a sprawling block with his toe in overtime. Cam Ward had 28 saves for the Hurricanes. Rask was credited with a goal for Carolina just 1:03 into the game. It initially was credited to Ron Hainsey, but officials later

he missed the cut by 12 shots with a short game that was shocking. On his first hole, the par-4 10th, Woods short-sided himself right of the green and he bladed his chip some 35 feet beyond the hole for a bogey. He was in trouble again on the next hole, facing the same chip, and this time struck it perfectly. He chipped in to save par.

determined the puck had hit Rask on the way to the net. Moss scored his first goal of the season 6:38 in.

RED WINGS 3, AVALANCHE 0 DENVER — Petr Mrazek had 28 saves for his first shutout of the season and Detroit scored twice into empty nets. Justin Abdelkader put the Red Wings on the scoreboard in the second period, and Darren Helm and Luke Glendening added empty-net goals in the last three minutes. Detroit improved to 8-1-0 in its last nine games and pulled two points behind Tampa Bay for tops in both the Atlantic Division and the Eastern Conference. Semyon Varlamov had 25 saves for Colorado, which dropped to 3-1-1 in its last five. The Avalanche were 0 for 3 on the power play and have not scored in their last 22 chances over their last four games.

SHARKS 5, CANUCKS 1 VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Antti Niemi made 33 saves as San Jose defeated the listless Canucks. Matt Irwin, Melker Karlsson, Joe Pavelski, Andrew Desjardins and Chris Tierney, with his first NHL goal, scored for San Jose. Brent Burns and Logan Couture each added two assists. Tierney also tacked on an assist. Radim Vrbata had the only goal for Vancouver and Ryan Miller stopped 33 shots in the loss.

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class (145 pounds) entering the weekend. Hutchison, who also hails from a family rich in wrestling domination, is the most recent of a long line of Hutchisons to have won state wrestling titles. Older brothers Eli and Zeb and sister Michaela have a combined seven state titles between the three of

them, and with his fourth championship in 2006, Eli finished undefeated in his high school career. Even with that type of success hanging over him, coach Gardner said Hutchison is a competitor that looks only at the next match ahead of him. “I don’t think he’s doing it to match his brother’s record,” Gardner said. “I know that’s the ultimate goal of any freshman boy that wins state their first year, they want to win all four. But he’s a competitor, so he wants to win

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aska boys topped Soldotna’s JV 60-57. Caleb Spence had 18 points for the Stars JV, while Continued from page B-1 Griffin Casey added 12 points. In girls action, Unalaska topped Sand Point 60-34. For Tok girls 37, Unalaska, Marina Olson led Ninilchik 33, OT with 15 points. Justina Paremi The Ninilchik girls lost a had nine points for Sand Point. close overtime battle to Tok. Nenana Invitational The game was tight throughTournament out, with Ninilchik outscoring Tok 12-8 in the final eight minNikolaevsk girls 50, utes to draw even. However, Tok Tri-Valley 32 won the overtime 4-0, as Ninilchik’s Melissa Clark and Olivia The Nikolaevsk girls opened Delgado ended the game on the with a victory over Tri-Valley. bench due to fouling out. The Viking Warriors had an Brittney Alsup had 11 points 11-10 lead after the first quarfor Tok, while Jordan Finney ter, but Nikolaevsk outscored led Ninilchik with 14. Tri-Valley 19-3 in the second The Wolverines will face the quarter to take control of the Soldotna JV squad today at 8 game. a.m. Serafima Kalugin paced the Earlier Thursday, the Unal- Warriors with 17 points, six re-

Sports Briefs Magic fire head coach Vaughn ORLANDO, Fla. — For several weeks, Orlando Magic general manager Rob Hennigan has felt the team has been stuck in a rut. He’s hoping a change of leadership on the bench will get them out of it. Citing a “stalled” growth process, the Magic fired Jacque Vaughn as coach Thursday after two and half seasons, ending the tenure of the first-time head coach brought in to help rebuild the franchise. The Magic made the move following a 15-37 start to the season and after a series of lopsided losses during a 10-game losing streak. It is the Magic’s second skid of at least five games since the start of 2015. Orlando was also 15-37 through 52 games last season. Assistant James Borrego has been named interim coach. Hennigan wouldn’t disclose a timeline for naming Vaughn’s successor, but said the team is “100 percent” behind Borrego, and that he would have an opportunity to vie for the job on a full-time basis.

Seahawks’ Thomas needs surgery SEATTLE — The Seattle Seahawks’ vaunted secondary was a beaten up group in the Super Bowl. Three of the four starters in Seattle’s defensive backfield played with significant injuries in the 28-24 loss to New England. The latest to be confirmed was All-Pro free safety Earl Thomas, who has a torn labrum in his left shoulder and is scheduled for surgery. Thomas’ agent, David Mulugheta, confirmed the injury and need for surgery in an email Thursday to The Associated Press. Surgery was the likely outcome after Thomas suffered a dislocated shoulder in the first half of the NFC championship game. He returned to play the second half in the victory over Green Bay and played in last Sunday’s Super Bowl against New England wearing a brace. Thomas was in for every defensive play of the loss to the Patriots and missed only four plays of the NFC title game. On Monday, Seattle coach Pete Carroll said Thomas might need surgery but was unsure at that time. ESPN first reported Thomas’ need for surgery. Thomas, strong safety Kam Chancellor and cornerback Richard Sherman all played against the Patriots with significant injuries. Sherman has ligament damage in his left elbow after being injured in the NFC title game and may need Tommy John surgery.

Peterson takes case to federal court MINNEAPOLIS — The latest attempt by star running back Adrian Peterson to get back on the field will come in a federal courtroom. Attorneys for the NFL Players Association were scheduled to argue Friday for Peterson’s reinstatement from a suspension levied by the league under its controversial personal conduct policy. The punishment, stemming from the child abuse case involving Peterson and one of his young sons, has widened the divide between the NFL and the NFLPA over player discipline. The effort on behalf of the Minnesota Vikings standout, who is suspended through at least April 15, is the legal equivalent of fourth-and-really-long. When Peterson’s appeal was denied Dec. 12 by an arbitrator appointed by the league, the union sued. Its petition to overturn the decision contends that the suspension, guided by Commissioner Roger Goodell’s enhanced punishments for players involved with domestic violence after the Ray Rice case, strayed from the collective bargaining agreement. It also says the decision is unfair and that arbitrator Harold Henderson was biased and exceeded his authority. “Courts are not impotent bystanders to miscarriages of arbitral justice,” the NFLPA’s lawyers wrote last week in reply to the NFL’s request that U.S. District Judge David Doty toss out the case.

Tigers’ Martinez gets hurt again DETROIT — When Victor Martinez hurt his left knee during offseason workouts three years ago, the Detroit Tigers responded by signing Prince Fielder. Now, a huge free agent acquisition like that seems extremely unlikely — but the Tigers are hoping Martinez’s latest injury won’t be quite as serious. “It’s not the same injury, but I’m still holding my breath,” manager Brad Ausmus said. Martinez tore the medial meniscus in his left knee last week, and the team said he is scheduled for surgery Tuesday with Dr. James Andrews in Pensacola, Florida. The Tigers said an additional update will be provided then. Detroit has not announced a timetable for Martinez’s return. The designated hitter, a five-time All-Star, missed the 2012 season after injuring the same knee. Martinez hit .335 with 32 home runs and 103 RBIs in 2014, and the Tigers signed him to a $68 million, four-year contract. He figured to be a major part of Detroit’s drive to win a fifth consecutive AL Central title, but now the Tigers may face a difficult task if the 36-year-old misses significant time. General manager Dave Dombrowski said the injury hasn’t altered Detroit’s approach to the offseason — not yet, at least. “There are no changes in our plans at this time,” Dombrowski said in an e-mail. “We will evaluate that after his surgery.” When Martinez was injured in 2012, the Tigers responded by signing Fielder to a $214 million, nine-year contract that Jan. 26. He was traded to Texas after two years with Detroit. — The Associated Press

another state title, period. He hates to lose, but he’s a good sport about it.” Hutchison and SoHi teammate Austin Craig, a senior in the 113-pound division, are both seeded No. 1 for the state tourney. It gives the Stars a solid chance to claim their first individual champion in four years. SoHi’s most recent wrestling state champion was Auston Tennis in 2011. “We’ve got a few good guys that can win state, so we’ll see what happens (Friday) and go from there,” Gardner said.

bounds and eight steals. Kilina Klaich added 10 for Nikolaevsk. Effie Kokrine boys 68, Nikolaevsk 52 The Nikolaevsk boys opened the tourney with a loss to Effie Kokrine. Things started well for the Warriors, as they took a 24-15 lead after the first quarter and a 33-25 lead into halftime. However, by the end of the third quarter, Effie Kokrine led 4844. Nikit Fefelov paced the Warriors with 20 points, while Neil Gordeev had 14 and Jonah Fefelov added 11. Gordeev also hauled down 17 rebounds.

A total of 20 Peninsula wrestlers will be representing either Kenai or Soldotna at the meet — 12 from SoHi and eight from Kenai. Soldotna senior Ryan Winter (132 pounds), who is seeded fourth in the 132-pound division, also holds a solid shot at making the final day at state, while Bailey Blumentritt (160 pounds) is seeded fourth and Sage Hill (195) is seeded sixth. Logan Schrader (138), Talon Musgrave (145), Eli Damon (152), Hunter Bourgeois (160), James Gallagher

Susitna Valley 47 The Sea Otters beat Susitna Valley in Nenana on Thursday. The Seldovia girls lost to Fort Yukon 42-34 at the tourney. Seahawk Classic Kodiak girls 41, Seward 22

Seward’s Alex Pahno scored

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The Knights scored twice during a one-minute span early in the first period to take the lead. With just more than 12 minutes left in the first period, Cooper Smith knocked in the rebound of a Jake Hessinger shot to give the Knights the 1-0 advantage. Less than a minute later, Jake Branch reached for a loose puck between the circles, and snapped a shot high into the net. Both of Colony’s secondperiod goals came on the power play. Jacob Link scored with the advent with 13:03 left in the second to push Colony’s lead to three goals. Logan Sanders added a power-play tally with

outshot Kenai 54-13 en route to the 5-0 win over the Kards. Five different players scored in the win to help the Knights move ahead to meet rival Palmer tonight at 5 p.m. in the semifinals. Five different scorers also helped Colony strike against Kenai’s sturdy goaltender, Nate O’Lena. The senior finished with 49 saves in the game, and stopped at least 15 shots in every period. He had 18 saves in the first.

a game-high 23 points, but it still was not enough to top the visiting Lynx JV squad Thursday night in Seward. Dimond got points from nine different players, led by Nolan Heim with 13 points. Pahno scored eight points in the fourth quarter for Seward. Michael Wolfe added six points and Rhett Sieverts had five. Dimond led 24-17 at halftime, and expanded the lead by outscoring Seward 12-5 in the third quarter.

The reigning 4A champions Kodiak Bears defeated Seward at Thursday’s Seahawks Classic tournament. Ila Hughes finished with a game-high 16 points, while Nome boys 77, Homer 32 Stephanie Pace had 12. The Seahawks were led by Ayla The Mariners fell in a rout Lapanskas with 10 points. to Nome-Beltz in the Kotzebue Tournament on Thursday. Dimond boys JV 51, The Homer girls topped Seward 40 Nome 50-39.

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(195) and Taylor Macrae (220) and Dalton Best (285) fill out the remainder of the Soldotna statebound roster. Also for the Kardinals, Zach Koziczkowski enters the weekend as the fifth seed at 285 pounds, and Matt Vandermartin (138 pounds) and Keyshawn McEnerny (145) are both seeded sixth in their respective weight classes. Natalie Chavez and Tyler Vaughn, both competing at 106 pounds, fill out the remaining two spots for Kenai.

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35 seconds left in the period. Cole Bloomer rounded out the scoring for the Knights, adding a goal with 2:57 left in regulation. Tonight will mark the fourth meeting of the season between Colony and rival Palmer. The teams split a pair of conference games within a four-day span. Six different players scored during a 6-1 Knights win over the Moose in the teams’ first conference meeting of the season. Four days later, Palmer goaltender Cody Grogan made 31 saves to help the Moose edge Colony 1-0. Homer 2, Soldotna 1 OT

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TOK (37) — Michelle 2 0-4 5, Alsup 3 5-7 11, Sanford 1 5-6 7, Thurneau 2 2-8 6, Ka. Thomas 2 2-8 6, Young 1 0-0 2, Allen 0 0-0 0. Totals — 11 14-33 37. NINILCHIK (33) — Delgado 1 1-2 3, Appelhanz 0 0-2 0, Sinclair 2 0-0 4, Goins 2 0-0 6, Finney 6 2-7 14, Me. Clark 2 0-0 4, Mk. Clark 1 0-0 2. Totals — 14 3-9 33. 3-point goals — Tok 1 (James); Ninilchik 2 (Goins 2). Team fouls — Tok 16, Ninilchik 22. Fouled out — Delgado, Me. Clark. Thursday boys Ninilchik 71, Tok 27 Ninilchik Tok

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NINILCHIK (71) — Koch 0 0-0 0, Appelhanz 0 0-0 0, Presley 5 7-9 19, Mireles 7 1-5 15, Geppert 7 2-4 19, Bartolowits 1 2-2 4, Fidow 1 0-0 3, Pasqua 0 0-0 0, McGinnis 0 0-0 0, White 3 5-6 11. Totals 24 17-26 71. TOK (27) — Deeter 0 0-0 0, Peet 1 0-1 2, Nicolai 0 0-0 0, Demit 2 2-2 8, Sanford 1 2-2 5, Albert 2 0-0 4, Arnold 2 0-0 4, Eskilida 0 0-0 0, Dompieim 1 0-0 2, Salinas 0 0-0 0, Dale 1 0-0 2. Totals 10 4-5 27. 3-point goals — Ninilchik 5 (Geppert 3, Fidow 1, Presley 1); Tok 3 (Demit 2, Sanford 1).

First period — 1. Soldotna- Fenton (Miller, Hills) pp 0:21. Second period — no scoring. Third period — 2. Homer- Delahanty (Sanarov) 5:30. Overtime — 3. Homer- Sanarov (A. Kuzmin, Butcher) 1:37. Shots on goal: Soldotna 31, Homer 28; Saves: Soldotna- Yoder 26, Homer- Polushkin 30.

Colony 5, Kenai Central 0 North Star Conference quarterfinals First period — 1. Colony- Smith (Hessigner, Kempinski) 12:06; 2. Colony- Branch (unassisted) 11:18. Second period — 3. Colony- Link (Boyer, Sanders) pp 13:03; 4. Colony- Sanders (Foster, Boyer) pp 0:35. Third period — 5. Colony- Bloemer (Eller) 2:57. Shots on goal: Colony 20-17-17—54, Kenai 2-6-5—13; Saves: Colony- Diltz 2-6-5–13, Kenai- O’Lena 18-15-16—49.

Pacers’ George optimistic on return INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two-time All-Star Paul George said Thursday he is hopeful of returning to play for the Indiana Pacers this season after suffering

a gruesome leg injury, though he remains uncertain it will actually happen. George took Larry Bird’s playful jabs for months and he said he was pleasantly surprised

when the Pacers’ president of basketball operations suggested George should play this season if he could. “I always talk to Larry about

the situation. He always tells me how bad I look, being out there, so for him saying March, I was just playing off that,” George said.

Scoreboard Basketball NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Toronto 33 17 Brooklyn 20 28 Boston 18 30 Philadelphia 11 39 New York 10 39 Southeast Division Atlanta 41 9 Washington 31 20 Charlotte 22 27 Miami 21 28 Orlando 15 37 Central Division Cleveland 31 20 Chicago 30 20 Milwaukee 27 22 Detroit 19 31 Indiana 18 32

Pct GB .660 — .417 12 .375 14 .220 22 .204 22½ .820 — .608 10½ .449 18½ .429 19½ .288 27 .608 — .600 ½ .551 3 .380 11½ .360 12½

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division Memphis 37 12 Houston 34 15 Dallas 34 18 San Antonio 31 18 New Orleans 26 23 Northwest Division Portland 34 16 Oklahoma City 25 24 Denver 19 31 Utah 17 32 Minnesota 9 40 Pacific Division Golden State 39 8 L.A. Clippers 33 17 Phoenix 28 23 Sacramento 17 31 L.A. Lakers 13 36

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Thursday’s Games Charlotte 94, Washington 87 Cleveland 105, L.A. Clippers 94 Dallas 101, Sacramento 78 Portland 108, Phoenix 87 Friday’s Games L.A. Clippers at Toronto, 3 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Orlando, 3 p.m. Cleveland at Indiana, 3 p.m. New York at Brooklyn, 3 p.m. Golden State at Atlanta, 3:30 p.m. Denver at Detroit, 3:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Boston, 3:30 p.m. New Orleans at Oklahoma City, 4 p.m. Milwaukee at Houston, 4 p.m. Memphis at Minnesota, 4 p.m. Utah at Phoenix, 5 p.m. Miami at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games Chicago at New Orleans, 3 p.m. Brooklyn at Washington, 3 p.m. Charlotte at Philadelphia, 3:30 p.m. Golden State at New York, 3:30 p.m. Portland at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. Boston at Milwaukee, 4:30 p.m. Sacramento at Utah, 5 p.m. All Times AST

Mass.-Lowell 67, UMBC 51 Quinnipiac 72, Monmouth (NJ) 52 Rider 54, Fairfield 52, OT Sacred Heart 86, Wagner 75 St. Francis (NY) 90, CCSU 81 St. Francis (Pa.) 64, Fairleigh Dickinson 60

Iona 60, Manhattan 41 Marist 75, Niagara 66 Maryland 77, Penn St. 62 Monmouth (NJ) 67, St. Peter’s 52 Rutgers 46, Nebraska 43 Siena 65, Rider 43 Syracuse 61, North Carolina 56

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Campbell 61, Charleston Southern 47 Dayton 84, George Mason 73 Duke 70, Wake Forest 53 Georgia St. 82, Georgia Southern 54 LSU 60, Auburn 49 Liberty 61, Gardner-Webb 48 Louisiana-Lafayette 70, Appalachian St. 66 Miami 42, Virginia Tech 39 Murray St. 86, SE Missouri 81 New Orleans 90, McNeese St. 86, 3OT Pittsburgh 60, NC State 50 Presbyterian 78, High Point 59 Radford 52, Coastal Carolina 43 South Carolina 58, Georgia 35 Southern Miss. 70, Middle Tennessee 65, OT Stephen F. Austin 69, Northwestern St. 61 Tennessee St. 68, E. Kentucky 62 UAB 63, Louisiana Tech 54 UNC Asheville 88, Longwood 77, 2OT Vanderbilt 58, Mississippi 54

Auburn 81, LSU 77 Chattanooga 74, Furman 71, OT Coll. of Charleston 80, William & Mary 72 Drexel 67, Elon 63 E. Kentucky 81, Belmont 69 Georgia Southern 58, Georgia St. 54 Louisiana-Lafayette 81, Appalachian St. 66 Marshall 69, Rice 55 Mercer 76, The Citadel 53 Middle Tennessee 61, Southern Miss. 51 Morehead St. 72, Tennessee St. 57 Murray St. 82, SE Missouri 72 Samford 76, W. Carolina 72 UAB 80, Louisiana Tech 60 UT-Martin 76, Austin Peay 64 UTEP 63, FAU 56 UTSA 74, FIU 63 W. Kentucky 65, North Texas 59 Wofford 74, ETSU 64 MIDWEST Green Bay 81, Milwaukee 70 IPFW 84, S. Dakota St. 74 Iowa 72, Michigan 54 N. Dakota St. 64, Nebraska-Omaha 57 New Mexico St. 69, Chicago St. 61, OT Oral Roberts 78, IUPUI 68 South Dakota 75, W. Illinois 61 UMKC 70, Texas-Pan American 45 SOUTHWEST Cincinnati 62, SMU 54 Louisiana-Monroe 77, UALR 61 Troy 69, Arkansas St. 64 Tulsa 57, Houston 44 FAR WEST CS Bakersfield 72, Utah Valley 69 Cal St.-Fullerton 69, CS Northridge 53 California 70, Southern Cal 69 E. Washington 75, Montana 69 Gonzaga 77, Santa Clara 63 Grand Canyon 66, Seattle 64 Hawaii 59, Cal Poly 56 Idaho 80, Montana St. 71 Long Beach St. 68, UC Riverside 63 Loyola Marymount 70, San Diego 61 N. Arizona 65, N. Colorado 60 North Dakota 89, S. Utah 85, OT Oregon St. 55, Washington St. 50 Pepperdine 80, BYU 74 Portland 69, San Francisco 57 UC Davis 75, UC Irvine 56 UCLA 69, Stanford 67

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Men’s Scores EAST Bryant 55, Mount St. Mary’s 53 Holy Cross 70, Colgate 60 LIU Brooklyn 72, Robert Morris 65 La Salle 64, Richmond 62

Boston College 68, Clemson 53 Delaware 70, Northeastern 61 Elon 84, Towson 70 Fairfield 63, Canisius 54 Fordham 54, St. Bonaventure 51 George Washington 52, Davidson 35

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MIDWEST Illinois 95, Minnesota 69 Iowa 73, Ohio St. 65 Michigan 72, Michigan St. 59 North Dakota 67, S. Utah 52 Northwestern 75, Indiana 69 Notre Dame 75, Virginia 54 Texas A&M 55, Missouri 48 Valparaiso 74, Detroit 68 Wright St. 92, Youngstown St. 55 SOUTHWEST Arkansas St. 91, Troy 72 FAU 68, UTEP 63 Houston Baptist 59, Texas A&MCC 54 Lamar 73, Abilene Christian 58 Marshall 72, Rice 69 Texas-Pan American 69, UMKC 51 UALR 68, Louisiana-Monroe 44 UTSA 74, FIU 56 W. Kentucky 77, North Texas 49 FAR WEST BYU 77, Pepperdine 58 E. Washington 65, Montana 64 Gonzaga 76, Santa Clara 49 Long Beach St. 62, UC Irvine 46 Montana St. 76, Idaho 65 N. Arizona 51, N. Colorado 49 New Mexico St. 70, Chicago St. 53 San Diego 68, Loyola Marymount 49 San Francisco 79, Portland 44 Seattle 59, Grand Canyon 56 UC Davis 73, CS Northridge 67 UC Riverside 77, Cal St.-Fullerton 69 Utah Valley 70, CS Bakersfield 58

Hockey NHL Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Tampa Bay 53 33 15 5 71 172 138 Detroit 51 30 12 9 69 152 129 Montreal 50 32 15 3 67 132 114 Boston 51 27 17 7 61 136 127 Florida 50 23 17 10 56 125 142 Ottawa 50 20 21 9 49 138 140 Toronto 52 22 26 4 48 147 160 Buffalo 52 15 34 3 33 97 184 Metropolitan Division N.Y. Islanders 51 33 17 1 67 163 145 Pittsburgh 51 29 14 8 66 147 129 N.Y. Rangers 49 30 15 4 64 148 117 Washington 52 27 15 10 64 153 130 Philadelphia 52 22 22 8 52 142 154 New Jersey 51 20 22 9 49 115 139 Columbus 49 21 25 3 45 121 155 Carolina 51 18 26 7 43 111 135

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Nashville 51 33 12 6 72 155 123 St. Louis 51 34 13 4 72 165 121 Chicago 51 31 18 2 64 155 118 Winnipeg 53 26 18 9 61 146 140 Colorado 52 22 19 11 55 134 146 Minnesota 50 24 20 6 54 138 140 Dallas 51 23 20 8 54 162 167 Pacific Division Anaheim 52 34 12 6 74 157 140 San Jose 53 28 18 7 63 149 144 Calgary 52 29 20 3 61 152 132 Vancouver 50 28 19 3 59 135 131 Los Angeles 51 21 18 12 54 136 139 Arizona 52 19 26 7 45 121 173 Edmonton 52 14 29 9 37 120 172 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Thursday’s Games N.Y. Islanders 3, Philadelphia 2, SO Carolina 2, Arizona 1, SO St. Louis 3, Buffalo 0 Washington 2, Ottawa 1 Florida 3, Los Angeles 2 Anaheim 5, Nashville 2 Tampa Bay 5, Dallas 3 Detroit 3, Colorado 0 San Jose 5, Vancouver 1 Friday’s Games Toronto at New Jersey, 3 p.m. Anaheim at Washington, 3 p.m. St. Louis at Columbus, 3 p.m. Chicago at Winnipeg, 4 p.m. Pittsburgh at Calgary, 5 p.m. Saturday’s Games N.Y. Rangers at Nashville, 11 a.m. Los Angeles at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Boston, 3 p.m. Dallas at Buffalo, 3 p.m. Edmonton at Toronto, 3 p.m. New Jersey at Montreal, 3 p.m. Columbus at Ottawa, 3 p.m. Colorado at Minnesota, 4 p.m. Detroit at Arizona, 4 p.m. Pittsburgh at Vancouver, 6 p.m. Carolina at San Jose, 6:30 p.m. All Times AST

Transactions BASEBALL American League BOSTON RED SOX — Agreed to terms with LHP Wade Miley on a three-year contract. NEW YORK YANKEES — Agreed to terms with RHP Scott Baker, INF Cole Figueroa, INF Jonathan Galvez, C Juan Graterol, INF Nick Noonan and C Eddy Rodriguez on minor league contracts. National League COLORADO ROCKIES — Named Jill Campbell vice president of communications & marketing and

Warren Miller director of communications. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Fined Toronto G DeMar DeRozan $15,000 for making excessive contact with Brooklyn G-F Bojan Bogdanovic during a Feb. 4 game. NEW YORK KNICKS — Assigned F Cleanthony Early to Westchester (NBADL). ORLANDO MAGIC — Fired coach Jacque Vaughn. Named James Borrego interim coach. PHILADELPHIA 76ERS — Signed G Tim Frazier to a 10-day contract. FOOTBALL National Football League CHICAGO BEARS — Agrees to terms with running backs coach Stan Drayton. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Named Butch Barry assistant offensive line coach and Andrew Weidinger and Miles Smith quality control coaches. TENNESSEE TITANS — Named Dick LeBeau assistant head coach in charge of defense. Promoted Mike Mularkey to assistant head coach along with coaching tight ends. Named Jason Tucker wide receivers coach. Waivedinjured OT Michael Oher. Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Announced the retirement of P Mike Renaud. HOCKEY National Hockey League ARIZONA COYOTES — Recalled F Alex Bolduc from Portland (AHL). DALLAS STARS — Recalled RW Brett Ritchie from Texas (AHL). FLORIDA PANTHERS — Recalled D Steven Kampfer from San Antonio (AHL). MONTREAL CANADIENS — Signed Hamilton G Mike Condon to a two-year contract extension through the 2016-17 season. Recalled F Jacob del la Rose from Hamilton (AHL). WINNIPEG JETS — Recalled F Patrice Cormier from St. John’s (AHL). Placed F Evander Kane on injured reserve. SOCCER Major League Soccer FC DALLAS — Waived MF-F Brian Span. COLLEGE BARTON — Named Ricardo Oliveira men’s assistant soccer coach. COLORADO — Named Jim Leavitt defensive coordinator and Joe Tumpkin safeties coach. ILLINOIS — Announced assistant football coach Mike Bellamy was suspended for one game next season after the NCAA ruled that he improperly helped a recruit get an associate’s degree. Announced sophomore QB Aaron Bailey is transferring. NORTH CAROLINA — Announced defensive assistant football coach Dan Disch won’t return next season.

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Together again Author’s note: A loyal reader recently noted that it has been two years since I bamboozled readers into learning about fish by slipping a little cold biology into a hot romance novel. Spurred to action by this tremendous upsurge in interest, I hereby present yet another torrid chapter in the lives of the voluptuous fishing guide, Jenna, and the rugged river ranger, Rod. — LP

wintery wind whistled through the tall spruces along the Kenai River as a cold rain fell on the choppy, turbid water, while Jenna, dressed smartly in hip waders and jeans so tight that you make out the tiny scar on her left hip, the result of taking a corner too fast on her tricycle when she was five, resolutely steered her boat around the hairpin bend at Big Eddy as she wondered about her future, just as I’m wondering about the future of this column if I don’t end this sentence soon. Jenna hadn’t seen Rod for several days, and she missed his bad-boy remarks, his smoldering glances and his wickedly handsome looks. Just thinking about his calloused hands on her skin turned the raindrops on her Simms G4 Pro Jacket to steam and fogged her boat’s windshield. This hadn’t been a good week. She had taken people king salmon fishing on the Kenai River three days in a row without getting a bite. Now, halfway through another charter, it was looking like more of the same. She felt as useless as the dock at Bing’s Landing. At Airplane Hole, she steered into a good spot to start backtrolling and pulled the throttle lever back to idle. The fishing had been so poor, only one other boat was in the hole. In the not-so-distant past, there would’ve been a dozen. Moving quickly among her four clients, she soon had their lines in the water and their rods in holders. At least they were fishing. Ordinarily, Jenna liked to joke with her clients, but she didn’t feel like joking today. “Where’s the fish?” one of her clients asked, breaking the glum silence. “No one knows,” Jenna said, “but times like this get me to thinking about the future of Alaska’s salmon. On the Kenai River, for example, salmon populations have been lost to hydroelectric development (Cooper Creek); important riparian vegetation is being lost to the infrastructure associated with recreational development and use; wetlands are being filled and drainage patterns altered; logging is increasing without adequate protection of salmon habitat; sewage treatment plant failures have dumped toxic chlorine directly into the river; agricultural practices See PALMER, page C-2

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Technology improves avalanche gear By BRADY McCOMBS Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY — As outdoor recreation companies increasingly cater to skiers and snowboarders who like to venture beyond the groomed slopes at ski resorts and tackle backcountry terrain, they’ve put a special emphasis on gear and equipment to keep people safe in case of avalanches. At the recent Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake City — which draws an estimated 22,000 people — the latest in rescue beacons, air bags and snow probes are on display. Evolving technology and more research is driving the improved products, said Bruce Tremper, director of the Forest Service Utah Avalanche Center. He warns that the gear doesn’t make a person invincible. Backcountry skiers need to study avalancherisk reports and weather forecasts and gauge the terrain, and newbies should

take classes for safety tips. Even all that preparation isn’t always enough to avoid getting caught in fast-moving avalanches. “This does not replace good thinking, sound judgment in the back country, but it does stack the odds in your favor,” said John Dicuollo, spokesman for Salt Lake City-based Black Diamond, which unveiled a new air bag system this year. Here’s a look at some of the latest in avalanche safety equipment:

Air bags Air bags are designed to give backcountry skiers a fighting chance to stay afloat in an avalanche. A skier pulls the trigger on his front strap, activating a device to send air into the air bag that inflates like a large pillow. AP Photo/Rick Bowmer “It makes you a bigger object,” said Bruce Edgerly, vice president of marketing and sales with BCA, a Boulder, Bruce Edgerly, vice president of mar- Colorado-based company, holds their float avalanche airbag at their exhibit See GEAR, page C-2 at the Outdoor Retailer Show Jan. 21 in Salt lake City.

Don’t let winter keep you at home AP Photo/Idaho Statesman, Roger Phillips

Roger Phillips rides down a snowy trail near Eagle, Idaho, Jan. 2 in this self portrait. Regular mountain bikes can be ridden on trails with hard-packed snow. Dropping tire pressure by about 5 pounds improves traction.

Mountain biking can still be lots of fun By ROGER PHILLIPS Idaho Statesman

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — I used to think winter mountain biking was a stunt you did once to say you’ve done it. That was before I learned to enjoy the unique feel of frozen trails, and I am rarely alone out there. Lots of other folks are riding trails or running during winter, and there’s no reason you can’t join them. As you can imagine, it’s more challenging than riding on a 75-degree day when you can throw on a pair of riding shorts and a T-shirt and hit the trails. It takes more effort, but don’t worry, you won’t freeze to death during

an hour-long mountain bike ride; just dress for it and pay attention to trail conditions. On your first winter ride, you’re more likely to overdress and overheat because it’s easy to put on too many layers. Expect to a be a little cool (usually at the start) and a little hot at some point during a ride, usually while climbing. The challenge is finding the happy medium so your clothes don’t get sweaty, clammy and chilly. We’re all a little different, so what keeps me comfortable may not work for you, but here’s my basic kit: A pair of tights (or synthetic long johns), padded cycling shorts and

maybe knee warmers. A good mid-weight base layer, a fleece mid layer and breathable jacket is enough to keep your core warm. A vest adds insurance. Zippers are your friend. You will want to dump heat if you get hot. Breathable is usually more valuable than waterproof, and wind resistance is a plus. Protect your feet, head and hands, which are most vulnerable to the cold. I wear a lightweight beanie that covers my ears and easily fits under my helmet. Others prefer a balaclava that covers the whole head and neck. Finding the right gloves is tricky, and personal preference will dictate

what works because some people have better circulation than others. I have cold hands, and the best gloves I’ve found are The North Face “Apex” gloves, which have the right combination of warmth, breathability and still allow manual dexterity. Cross country ski gloves also work well. Thick gloves can make your hands sweat and make it difficult to operate the shifters and brakes, while thin gloves may let your hands get cold and numb, which is worse. I wear my biking shoes and neoprene shoe covers. Mid-weight wool socks keep my feet toasty inside. Plan to experiment with different See RIDE, page C-2

Many different ways to follow the Alaska dream

hen I was 6 years old, my family traveled the Alcan Highway from California to the Arctic Circle in Alaska. We visited relatives who lived on a subsistence farm in the Peace River country of northern British Columbia and stayed with friends in a log cabin north of Fairbanks. The adventures from that trip kindled a life-long love of northern latitudes that led to my time as a high school exchange student in Norway and eventually to seasonal jobs in Alaska from Lake Clark to Denali. Ultimately, the lure of following the Alaska dream led my husband Walter and me back to the Kenai Peninsula over 30 years ago. While I have always loved getting out and experiencing Alaska adventure first hand from the canoe system of Kenai National Wildlife Refuge to the brown bear country of Katmai, I also find great inspiration in the reading the stories of other people who were motivated to follow their “Alaska dream.” Some great “reads” that I’d like to recommend on this theme include: “Winds of Skilak” by Bonnie Rose

R efuge N otebook C andace Ward Ward — Follow Bonnie and Sam Ward’s adventurous move from the suburbs of Ohio in 1980 to live “off the grid” on a private inholding on Caribou Island located in Skilak Lake (on Kenai National Wildlife Refuge). As Sam and Bonnie adapted to a remote life without modern day conveniences, they discovered the benefits of new friends, more time for each other, and the beautiful scenery of the Kenai Mountains and Skilak Lake. This book won a 2014 Next Generation Indie Book Awards/Memoir and also was an award-winning finalist in the 2014 USA Best Book Awards Autobiography/Memoir category. “Two against the North” by Ida White Sharples — Ida White Sharples and her husband left Juneau in the late Photo courtesy Kenai National Wildlife Refuge 1930s to build a remote homestead on Hikers in pursuit of the Alaska Dream looking over Doroshin Bay and the Skilak Glacier outwash plain in Kenai See REFUGE, page C-2 National Wildlife Refuge. C

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had been snagged four times before making it upstream to the Russian River Falls, only to Continued from page C-1 find itself in a bear’s jaws. As he pulled up beside her, have cleared large areas of Rod yelled over, “Hi, Beautiland immediately adjacent to ful!” the river; and mining activities Jenna, glad that the hood are occurring in the productive of her jacket hid her blushing salmon-producing tributaries.” face from her clients, said, “Hi. “Gee, that’s depressing Fishing is poor again today. stuff,” the client said. “Sounds What’s happening up-river?” like what happened in the “Nothing,” he said. “But Pacific Northwest.” how about you and me getThen it happened. Jenna saw ting together tonight to make Rod’s boat coming down the something happen?” river. Her day brightened. A Her knees went as weak as thrill ran through her as she saw a spawned-out humpy. It no him turn in her direction, his longer mattered that no kings muscular body erect at the con- were in the river. Rod was the trols, a mischievous grin on his only thing on her mind. swarthy face. Just the thought of being close to him made Les Palmer can be reached Jenna gasp like a sockeye that at les.palmer@rocketmail.com.

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the Kenai Peninsula. To reach their new home site, they traveled by boat from Kenai Lake down the upper Kenai River, braving the rapids of the Kenai Canyon, and then crossed over to the south side of Skilak Lake where they built their homestead. Ida had love of wildflowers and worked to set up an Alaska wildflower seed business. She also was the author of the first book on Alaskan wildflowers – “Alaska Wildflowers” (Stanford University Press, c. 1938). Look for this Kenai Peninsula homesteading story in local libraries as the book is now out of print. “First Wilderness” by Sam Keith — Sam Keith is best known for writing the 1973 best seller “One Man’s Wilderness” about the remote life of Dick Proenneke in the Twin Lakes country of Lake Clark National Park. Sam Keith and Dick Proenneke were lifelong friends that both passed away in 2003. Ten years later, an unpublished manuscript written in 1974 by Sam Keith was discovered by son-in-law, author/illustrator Brian Lies. This work is now a new book, “First Wilderness.” The book tells the story of Sam Keith’s own Alaska adventure experiences — some with his friend, Dick Proenneke, and others even on our Refuge on Tustumena Lake. This book will give Dick Proenneke fans

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keting and sales with BCA, a Boulder, Colorado-based company. “In an avalanche, the biggest objects, like the biggest pieces of debris, end up on the surface.” BCA’s air bag pack uses a compressed air cylinder and costs $500, plus another $175 for the compressed air cylinder. The cylinder can only be used once, and then must be refilled for $10. Black Diamond is selling a new air bag this week that uses a rechargeable, battery-powered fan to inflate the bag in a system called the “Jetforce Avalanche Airbag.” The system, which sells for $1,275, allows skiers to inflate the air bag four times something new while adding to per charge. The system also is adventure stories about the Kenai allowed on airplanes, whereas the compressed air cylinders Peninsula. “Arctic Son – Fulfilling the Dream” (DVD and new 2014 edition book) — Authors and filmmakers Jean Aspen and Tom Irons (now living in Homer) share their story of mov- Continued from page C-1 ing to Alaska’s remote Brooks Range in the spring of 1992 clothing combinations and taiwith their 6-year-old son, Luke, lor them to the temperature and and friend Laurie Schacht. Liv- conditions. For example, it’s ing alone for more than a year, easier to stay warm on a clear they had the energy and insight day because you absorb a lot of to keep journals and to film heat from the sun. A rule of thumb is every 10 building a cabin and their day to day life in this remote wil- to 15 degrees colder, add a layer derness. They were inspired to or thicker insulation. Now you’re ready for the create both a book and a DVD. The DVD shows on PBS sta- trails. First, let’s dispel a common tions throughout the country (including Alaska’s PBS Sta- misconception. You’re not riding on an ice rink. Trails will be tion, 360 North). Jean has also written “Arctic different than they are in spring Daughter: A Wilderness Jour- and summer, but that’s not a ney,” which recounts her youth bad thing. Ideal conditions for me: a in the wilds of the Brooks Range. Long out of print, a new cold (well-below freezing), edition is scheduled for release sunny day because the trails will stay frozen, which means in April 2015. To find these books, check better traction and less chance out our local libraries and com- of encountering mud. Traction tends to be more munity book stores. Wishing you inspiration as you follow consistent early in the morning before the sun hits the trail. It your Alaska dreams! will surprise you how quickly Candace Ward is a park conditions change (and rarely ranger, who has worked in the for the better) when the sun Refuge’s Visitor Services Pro- comes out and the air temperagram for over 30 years. Find ture gets above freezing. Direct sunlight on the trail more information about the Refuge at http://www.fws.gov/ means softer, slicker and mudrefuge/kenai/ or http://www. dier trail conditions. Snow has many different facebook.com/kenainationalcharacteristics that are conwildliferefuge.

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devices that have screens that show an arrow and the estimated distance to a person. They range in price from about $150 to nearly $500. Arva, which makes its beacons in France, sells a device called the “Neo” that can find somebody buried in snow nearly 200 feet away. Black Diamond introduced a line of ski pants this year that enable a person to keep their rescue beacon in their pocket, secured by a harness and nodrop tether, so they can more Beacons easily access it in an emergenTransmitter devices worn by cy. skiers have long been a musthave for backcountry skiers, al- Snow probes lowing everyone in a group to Most probes — long, foldbe able to find each other in case of an avalanche. But emerging able sticks that resemble tent technology has made the de- pieces — are used to punch the vices easier to use and more re- snow when rescuers believe liable, and it has increased the they are close to where a person range at which someone can be is buried. They are usually as low-tech found. The new beacons are digital as can be, but Avatech, a Utah-

based company started by a trio of MIT graduates, has developed a probe that has a small device on top that resembles a GPS or smartphone. When a person pushes the Ava probe into the snow, it gives a reading of the snowpack levels and sends that information to a program that is tracking snowpack around the world. The probe is not designed for use in avalanche rescues, but rather as a proactive tool to help avalanche and other snow professionals make better decisions about navigating in avalanche terrain. The SP1 probe costs $2,249, and it’s only being sold for now to large organizations such as ski resorts, avalanche centers and guide companies, said Brint Markle, Avatech co-founder and CEO. The company is developing a similar probe for the retail market, but it don’t have a launch date yet.

stantly changing. Fresh snow is tough to ride, so wait until people have hiked on them for a few days. Cold, hard-packed snow provides surprisingly good traction. It’s similar to summer, when trails are rock hard with a thin layer of dust or sand on top. Sometimes the snow is smooth, and other times it gets pocked and bumpy like cobble. You’re likely to encounter both on any given ride. Watch out for glaze ice, which is common where snow has thawed and refrozen. Obviously, it’s slick. Don’t hesitate to get off and walk if the traction looks sketchy. Some small patches of trail can get muddy where there’s direct sunlight, even on days when the temperature is below freezing. If you encounter a muddy spot, ride through it, not around it. If you start encountering lots of muddy spots, or long stretches of mud, it’s the wrong day to be on the trails. Turn around and go back. Riding in winter will help you become a better rider because you have to be more focused on pedaling, braking and cornering.

used to riding might be about 18-24 inches of packed snow with soft edges. Those edges have poor traction. Keep an eye out for other trail users. Traction can be surprisingly good on hardpacked snow and even crusty ice, but your stopping distance still increases. Remember, it’s also harder for hikers and other riders to step off the trail because the surface is slick. Stay in control and enjoy the scenery. You’re not going to set any speed records, and you shouldn’t try. It’s too risky to yourself and others. Winter is a bonus time to maintain your cycling fitness, but it defeats the purpose if you crash and injure yourself. I prefer shorter loops so I can figure out what sections have the best traction and conditions and stick to those during winter. I may ride a few trails several times, and mix them up by riding in one direction and then in the reverse direction. Despite my long-winded explanation, don’t overthink it. It’s just bike riding. Go for it, and enjoy yourself.

used in most packs are banned. The North Face is unveiling a dual air bag system called the “Modulator ABS” that can be attached to any backpack. It costs $999. The use of air bags gained extra steam after professional free style skier Elyse Saugstad survived an avalanche in Washington in 2012, which killed three people. She credited the air bag she used for saving her life.

You may want to use flat pedals rather than clipless pedals, but I use my same riding shoes year round because I like consistency. I drop my tire pressure by about 5 psi to get better traction. If you’re using inner tubes, winter riding is a good excuse to convert to tubeless because you can run lower air pressure and not have pinch flats. Think smooth over speed. Pedal in a smooth, steady cadence to avoid spinning out on snow and ice. Keep your body loose and your eyes focused as far up the trail as you can. Keep your body centered over the bike. If your tires start to slip, you want to counter it. If you’re not centered on the bike, that’s harder to do. Same with cornering. As much as is feasible, lean your bike into corners, not your whole body. Use a combination of front and rear brakes to slow down before a corner, but as you’re entering it, lay off the front brake so your front tire doesn’t wash out. When in doubt, use more rear brake than front (which is opposite of riding on dry trails). Avoid the edges of the trail. The 3-foot wide trail you’re

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Ignorance of dad’s new life is bliss to his daughters DEAR ABBY: I am a widower in my mid-80s and have met a lovely widow, “Diane,” also in her 80s. What started as a “let’s do lunch” friendship has developed into a close, affectionate relationship. Neither of us wants to take this to the next level, but we do want to spend as much time together as we can in the years left to us. We have a very active social life with friends and with Diane’s family who live in the same town. My daughters, who live in another city and rarely visit, profess to like her and say they are happy that I have someone in my life. But they have asked that I be sensitive to their feelings of loss for my late wife, who died four years ago. They don’t want me to share what we do and where we go, which is hard when Diane is such a part of my life. My problem is Diane and I want to spend a weekend in the city in which my children live to attend the theater. We will be sharing a hotel room. Do we tell them our plans and that we would like to see them while there, or not? Diane isn’t comfortable going behind their backs, but she also doesn’t want to cause a rift in my family. Neither do I. What would you advise? — UNCERTAIN IN MARYLAND DEAR UNCERTAIN: Your daughters have told you they don’t want you to share what you do with your lady friend and where you go, and I am ad-

look. While we love her dearly, when the time comes, Aunt Lil will be off to a nursing home or have private home health care. Should we approach this with her now or wait and blindside her if/when it becomes an issue? — CAREFUL PLANNING IN CALIFORNIA DEAR CAREFUL PLANNING: Having been so close to you and your sister since you were children, I can understand why Aunt Lil might have expected some kindness in return. However, because the two of you aren’t up to the task, she should be told now. A bigail Van Buren DEAR ABBY: My older It may provide an incentive for her to take better sister and I are very close to care of her health. Even if it doesn’t, it may spur our “Aunt Lil.” She has always jokingly told us we are her to think about her assets and planning for her “her children, too” because she never had any of her care or supervision should she need it in the future. own and was active in our lives growing up. Because you don’t want the bother, suggest she inAunt Lil is in her late 60s and in declining health. volve another trusted family member or a social Now single, she smokes two packs of cigarettes a day, worker to watch out for her if she’s no longer combut counts it only as one because they are slims. She petent to manage her affairs. also has high blood pressure, high cholesterol, etc. The other day, while visiting with my mom, Aunt Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also Lil started complaining about getting older and said known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her how thankful she is to have my sister and me to take mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www. care of her when she’s too old to take care of herself. DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA The two of us gave each other the “Not me ... you!” 90069.

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By Leigh Rubin

Ziggy

You will be upfront about your desires, but others still might not follow through. If you want something to unfold a certain way, you’d better plan do it yourself. Otherwise, you could be disappointed. Tonight: A new friend intrigues you. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH You might feel as if someone is pushing you into a money matter or some other kind of agreement that could affect you financially. Extremes mark your spending habits. Take an overview and detach before making any major decisions. Tonight: Out late. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH You might want to put terms on a situation, because you are more comfortable when you feel totally in control. Try not to give in to this impulse. If you step back, you will open up new possibilities, some of which might really please you. Tonight: Go to a hip spot for music. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH You like your freedom, but sometimes you must bend in order to make a relationship work. A little discomfort won’t hurt you, and ultimately, it will allow you to relax more. Curb spending today, as you could unwittingly go overboard. Tonight: Get to know someone better. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Friends and loved ones will be full of suggestions, all of which seem to appeal to you. You might not be as sure of yourself as you would like to be. Take note of the confidence others have in you. You make good choices; count on that ability. Tonight: Dance away frustration.

Mail on Sunday? Dear Heloise: I have seen POSTAL TRUCKS driving around on Sundays. I didn’t think mail was delivered on Sundays. What are they doing? — Rachel, via email Well, it used to not be, but today it is in the ever-changing world. There are a few different reasons you have seen postal trucks driving around on Sundays. The U.S. Postal Service does have delivery available on Sundays for an additional fee if customers choose it when mailing with the Priority Mail Express option. Also, the USPS recently joined with an online ordering service to do some Sunday deliveries for the company. Lastly, during the holidays, the USPS does deliver mail and packages on a certain number of Sundays to help with the larger amount of mail during this time of year and to help customers receive packages before the holiday. All of these services are not available in every area. And next time you see your mail carrier, thank him or her. The carriers do an awful lot of hard work so you can get your mail. — Heloise TRAVEL HINT Dear Heloise: When traveling, there usually are several hangers in the closet. I always grab one with the clips for pants and use it to hold the curtains closed on the windows. Easy solution for a sometimes-frustrating problem. — Vickie, via email Vickie, you caught on to my travel hint. Why is it that it seems to just be that one sliver of light that shines right in your eyes? Thanks for the helpful hint reminder. — Heloise

SUDOKU

By Tom Wilson

Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. The difficulty level of the Conceptis Sudoku increases from Monday to Friday.

9 3 4 7 5 1 2 8 6

2 5 1 8 6 3 7 4 9

8 7 6 9 2 4 1 5 3

1 8 9 3 7 6 4 2 5

5 4 2 1 9 8 3 6 7

7 6 3 2 4 5 8 9 1

6 1 5 4 8 7 9 3 2

4 9 7 6 3 2 5 1 8

Difficulty Level

3 2 8 5 1 9 6 7 4

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By Eugene Sheffer

vising you to abide by their wishes. If word should get back to them that you were in town and they ask about it, be honest and don’t lie. And please, live every moment of your life to the fullest in the time God allows, and don’t permit your family to diminish one minute of it.

Jacqueline Bigar’s Stars A baby born today has a Sun in Aquarius and a Moon in Virgo. HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, Feb. 6, 2015: This year you will have energy and direction. Take a class in communication, and learn how to think and speak more positively. Curb a tendency to get into arguments. Exercise and meditation will help you have the self-control you desire. If you are single, carefully check out anyone you meet prior to September; people might not be what they seem. If you are attached, the two of you have a tendency to overspend. Be careful not to withhold thoughts that could affect your relationship. Share, but choose the right words. VIRGO often can be uptight. 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 Watch what happens when you let go of your need to control. You could be surprised by several offers that come forward as a result. If a friend or acquaintance goes on the warpath, do whatever you can to avoid him or her. Tonight: Squeeze in some kind of exercise. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHHYou have unusual creativity. What makes your ideas unique is how grounded and practical you are when implementing them. Others often seek you out for advice because of this quality. You might need to set boundaries with someone. Tonight: Start the weekend in style. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH Many of your friends could be taken aback by your decision to play it low-key. You might not be in

Crossword

C-11

2/05

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