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Vol. 49, No. 44 | August 20, 2015
Seahawks start football season
SEWARD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Jerry Bixby shows his Seward Silver Salmon Derby winning fish. He turned
in the 16.19-pounder just hours before the derby ended Sunday.
Bixby wins second
Silver Salmon Derby
Annette Shacklett
LOG Editor
TODD BREWER | FOR THE LOG
The Seward High School Seahawk football team meets the Monroe Catholic High School Rams Saturday. In
the 85-degree heat on the Rams field, they beat the Seahawks 20 to 8.
Governor
visits
tomorrow
Gov. Bill Walker will be in
Seward for an open house
tomorrow. The public is welcome to the event from 5:30
to 6:30 p.m. at Seward Community Library Museum.
First Lady Donna Walker will
accompany him.
Search for
missing
camper
suspended
LOG Staff
Troopers called off the
search camper missing from
the Kenai Lake area on Monday night. Alaska State Troopers received the report that
Daniel Compeau, 34 of Loveland, Colorado, Saturday
shortly after 11:30 p.m. Compeau was reportedly intoxicated and walked away from
the campsite where he was
staying with friends. Troopers,
Moose Pass Fire Department
and U.S. Forestry officers
searched the area.
The official search for Compeau was ended Monday,
according to Alaska Native
News.
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Jerry Bixby won his second
Seward Silver Salmon Derby on
Sunday with a 16.19-pounder. He
turned the fish in just hours before
the annual Derby ended at noon.
Bixby, from Soldotna, took home
$10,000 and the fish’s weight in
Kaladi Brothers coffee. He won his
first Derby 15 years ago.
In second place was Kelly Landry,
of Kenai, with a 14.92 pound fish.
Landry $5,000 and the fish’s weight
in Kaladi Brothers coffee.
Taking home third was Raymond Ansel, of Soldotna, with a
$14.39-pounder.
Local election campaign underway
Annette Shacklett
LOG Editor
Candidates for the local elections to city and borough seats have filed to run in the Oct. 6 election.
For City of Seward mayor incumbent Jean Bardarson will be running against Tim McDonald.
The three city council seats are sought by
incumbent Dave Squires, current Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly Member Sue McClure
and Seward Chamber of Commerce President
Deborah Altermatt. Another person filed but
was disqualified because through they met the
one year residency requirement, they were not
registered to vote in Seward.
For the open Kenai Peninsula Borough Assem-
bly seat representing the East Kenai Peninsula
Kenn Carpenter and Brandi Holmdahl, both of
Seward, are running.
There are no candidates for the Bear Creek Fire
Service Area Board 3-year terms.
Running for Seward-Bear Creek Flood Service
Area Board are Bob Reisner for a 3-year term at
Seat B, for Seat E Randy Stauffer is running for
the 1-year term and Mark Ganser is running for
the 1-year term at Seat G.
The election is Oct. 6, and the polls will be
open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Seward Chamber of Commerce will host a
Meet the Candidates night on Sept. 22 in which
city and borough candidates will be quizzed
about their platform. Time and location will be
announced later.
The LOG will publish candidate responses to
its questionnaire prior to the election.
The deadline to register to vote is Sept. 6.
One can register at the Seward City Clerk’s
office through Sept. 4. On-line registration is
available at http://www.elections.alaska.gov/
vi_vr_how.php.
Absentee ballots will be available beginning
Sept. 21. The deadline to apply by mail is Sept. 29
and by Fax by Oct. 5. Voting absentee in person
is available at the Seward City Clerk’s office from
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays from Sept. 21 through
election day.
Senator hopes more than climate on Obama visit
Becky Bohrer
Associated Press
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — U.S. Sen. Lisa
Murkowski said Friday she hopes President
Barack Obama does not merely use Alaska as a
backdrop to talk about climate change during
his upcoming visit to the state.
Murkowski said she hopes Obama will have
an open mind in hearing the concerns of Alas-
kans and that he and administration officials who
accompany him will take time to learn about
other issues of importance to the state and innovations taking place here. She said, for example,
that she’s using this as an opportunity to remind
Secretary of State John Kerry about concerns in
southeast Alaska with potential mine development across the border in Canada.
Murkowski, who with the rest of Alaska’s
congressional delegation opposed an Obama
proposal to designate the vast majority of the
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as a wilderness
area, said she has been told there will be “no
surprises” as part of the visit.
In a web video released by the White House
on Aug. 13, Obama said he’s coming to the state
because Alaskans are “on the front lines of one
See Senator’s hopes, Page 8 >
Have you ...
...taken the time this summer to walk the Two
Lakes Trail?
The trail begins back of the AVTEC Administration Building at the corner of Second Avenue
and C Street.
It’s an easy and pleasant hike through a forest of spruce and hemlock trees, with a wide
variety of plants, such as ferns, red elder berry,
blueberry and high bush cranberry bushes,
devils club (don’t touch, thorns) and big leafed
western skunk cabbage.
You will also hear one or more red squirrels
scolding you along the way.
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LEE POLESKE | FOR THE LOG
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OPINION & IDEAS
There are many ways to help end hunger
“No social advance rolls in on
the wheels of inevitability. It comes
through the tireless efforts and persistent work of dedicated individuals.”
— Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Ending hunger in Alaska will
take more than food – it will take
the work of dedicated and caring
citizens. Anyone can be an antihunger advocate: all it takes is a
willingness to speak up on behalf
of children, women and men who
are hungry or at risk of hunger.
Advocacy may be writing a letter to an elected official, helping
a low-income family navigate
the public benefit system, or
contributing an op-ed to a local
newspaper.
In Seward, volunteer citizens
and agencies are working diligent-
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fill out a simple aply to put an end to
p- d
community hunger
plication. You must
by supporting local DANA PAPERMAN be pre-approved for
Seward Senior Center Director
area food programs.
the 40-pound monthHe Will Provide Food Bank and ly food box consisting of canned
it’s volunteers opens its doors meat and fruit, milk, pasta, rice,
every Thursday from 3 to 6 p.m., cereal, dried milk, boxed juice and
located at the old library on the milk and fresh cheese. Monday
corner of Adams and Fifth (en- through Friday the center serves
trance in the alley). Individuals hot, nutritious and appealing
and families can access up to 10 meals from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
pounds of food per week. This is No senior is turned away due
a partnership with the Food Bank to lack of funds. This program is
supported by federal and local
of Alaska.
The Seward Senior Center sup- government. Home delivery serports in partnership with the Food vices are available to home bound
Bank of Alaska, the Commodity seniors. Please call the center at
Supplemental Food Program for 224-5604 for more information.
seniors, 60 and older. If your The center can also assist seniors
monthly income is under $1,600, in food stamp access through the
please stop by the senior center to Supplemental Nutrition Assis-
tance Program, sponsored by the
Food Bank of Alaska.
You too can take part in the
anti-hunger movement by hosting
your own food drive at your club,
in your school, at your place of
work or at your church. Together,
we can support quality life for all
and teach our children that even
as an adult, we too have to learn
to share.
Food Bank of Alaska’s antihunger advocacy network focuses
on public policy to end hunger by
improving access to federal nutrition programs. If you would like
to join the fight against hunger,
contact Cara Durr, Senior Manager
of Public Engagement at 907-2223113 or cdurr@foodbankofalaska.
org.
50th Anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid
On July 30, 1965, President
Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law as an
amendment to the Social Security
Act. Most people who will become
eligible for Medicare this year
were in high school when this legislation was authorized. Today’s
seniors were young adults busy
with their lives and families.
In 1965, almost half of those 65
and older had no health insurance,
living in fear that the high cost of
health care could propel them, and
their families, into poverty. Today
only two percent of seniors have
no access to health insurance. This
has led to a five-year increase in
life expectancy for those over 65.
Today, 55 million Americans
rely on Medicare to provide needed care, including preventive
services, hospital stays, lab tests,
critical supplies and prescriptions.
It’s hard to remember that
in 1965 many disabled people,
families with children, pregnant
women and low-income working
Americans were unable to afford
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the medical care
ity of life and
p- d
they needed to
the length of
SUSAN JOHNSON
stay healthy
life expectancy
and
and productive.
in this country
JOHN T. HAMMARLUND
When the legiswould be diminlation was passed, many thought ished. These programs improve
Medicaid would never last, yet health and save lives every day
today Medicaid provides com- by providing access to those who
prehensive coverage for almost 72 wouldn’t otherwise have health
million eligible children, pregnant coverage.
Medicare and Medicaid are also
women, low-income adults, and
driving innovation. These propeople living with disabilities.
Almost one out of three Ameri- grams have become the standard
cans depends on Medicare and bearers for coverage, quality, and
Medicaid for needed health care. innovation in American healthHere in Region 10, which includes care. The Center for Medicare
Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Wash- & Medicaid Innovation funds
ington, there are over three million transformative developments in
Medicaid/CHIP enrollees and payment and delivery models to
over two million Medicare en- simultaneously improve popularollees, covering about 41 percent tion health, improve the patient
of our population’s healthcare experience of care, and reduce per
needs. In Alaska, there are almost capita cost. Paying for value, not
122,000 Medicaid or CHIP enroll- volume, will be key for the future.
More Americans have access to
ees in addition to almost 83,000
Medicare beneficiaries, covering affordable health care now than
approximately 28 percent of the at any point in our history. That
state’s population. Without Medi- number will continue to grow
care and Medicaid, both the qual- as more states expand Medicaid.
Estimates show that in 2016 there
will be 20,000 new Medicaid enrollees in Alaska and at least $18 to
$27 million less in uncompensated
care annually. The Affordable Care
Act has ensured that Essential
Health Benefits are offered in
Qualified Health Plans. No one
should have to choose between
needed healthcare or food and
shelter. Medicare, Medicaid, and
affordable health insurance all
work together to eliminate that
hard choice.
By improving access to needed
care, having health insurance
improves mental and physical
health and provides protection
from financial hardship due to
sickness. As we look ahead to the
next 50 years, we can celebrate
that what was put in place in 1965
has given us the foundation for a
healthy future for all Americans.
Susan Johnson is regional director
of U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services, Region 10 and John
T. Hammarlund is regional administrator, CMS Region 10.
Where the presidency is headed
Before the ins and outs of the
2016 presidential contest become
a preoccupation for many of us, it
seems a good time to step back and
look at the office of the presidency
for which so many candidates are
vying. The presidency inherited
by whoever wins next November
will be substantially changed from
the position his or her predecessors occupied a few decades ago.
The President is now the chief
– and sometimes the sole – actor
in American government. He far
outweighs the other so-called “coequal” branches. The media covers
the White House extensively, and
the other branches much less so.
People don’t expect Congress or
the Supreme Court to solve the
country’s problems. Instead, they
look to the President for initiatives, for remedies, and increasingly – and sadly – to serve as a
de facto pastor to the nation when
we confront a tragedy.
The branch that came first in
our founders’ minds, Congress,
is now of secondary importance.
This has been a long, slow development, the result not so much of
court cases, legislation, or even
deliberate planning, but of countless decisions by congressional
leaders that have handed power to
the President so as to avoid tough
decisions on Capitol
At a minimum, we
Hill. There may be
should get regular
limitations imposed
and extensive press
by the courts or pubconferences. Inlic opinion, but the
stead, the only mesystem of checks and
dia-related event
balances our system
that happens reguwas supposed to oplarly is the mornerate under has been
ing meeting among
severely weakened.
White House staff
OP-ED
Not even the press
to figure out how to
LEE H.
can hold the Presiget the President on
HAMILTON
the evening news in
dent to account any
Director,
the most favorable
more, except under
Center on Congress
light. It’s a form of
extraordinary cirmanipulation that
cumstances. For one
thing, it’s very hard to grill the greatly reduces accountability.
Which is a shame not just for
President these days. The tradition
of regular presidential news con- the obvious reasons, but also
ferences has all but disappeared because the federal government
– and when the press corps does cries out for more accountability
get a chance to ask questions, the these days. Whoever is President
White House carefully manages next, he or she would do well to
pay more attention to effective
the event.
This makes it very hard to find management of the vast execua forum or a place where people tive establishment than has been
outside the White House bubble the practice until now. Otherwise,
can ask the President probing the breakdowns in the operation
questions and press for thorough of government to which we’ve
explanations of a policy or prob- grown accustomed will continue.
That’s because government tolem. I’ve long favored a regular
question-and-answer period in day is strained at every level: The
Congress that would be publicly population is getting older, health
televised – a chance for the Presi- care costs are high, our fiscal
dent’s supporters and opponents problems never end, challenges
to probe his or her thinking. such as threats to our security,
environmental degradation, and
poverty abound. Highly complex
problems pile up with great rapidity, and government needs highly
skilled people to deal with them.
Every President comes into office insisting he’ll spend a lot of
time on making the government
work better, but invariably he is
distracted by the rush of events.
The last serious effort to do so
was Al Gore’s, when he was Bill
Clinton’s vice president. Some
progress might get made, but for
the most part presidents don’t
deal with the issue in a sustained,
comprehensive, coherent way.
This is not entirely the President’s fault. The Congressional
Research Service estimates that
1,200 to 1,400 positions are subject
to confirmation by the Senate, and
Presidents often have a hard time
getting the people they want into
position. That needs to change,
perhaps by requiring an up-ordown vote on a nominee within
90 days.
To sum it up, while the President’s accumulation of power is a
serious problem in the big picture,
it nonetheless is a fact. We ought
to make it easier for him to get
the people he needs in a position
to make government work more
effectively.
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The Seward Phoenix LOG • August 20, 2015 • Page 3
Feds allow Shell to drill for oil in Arctic Ocean off Alaska
Dan Joling
Associated Press
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The federal
government on Monday gave Royal Dutch
Shell the final permit it needs to drill for oil in
the Arctic Ocean off Alaska’s northwest coast
for the first time in more than two decades.
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental
Enforcement announced that it approved the
permit to drill below the ocean floor after the
oil giant brought in a required piece of equipment to stop a possible well blowout.
The agency previously allowed Shell to begin drilling only the top sections of two wells
in the Chukchi Sea because the key equipment, called a capping stack, was stuck on a
vessel that needed repair in Portland, Oregon.
Because the vessel arrived last week, Shell
is free to drill into oil-bearing rock, estimated
at 8,000 feet below the ocean floor, for the
first time since its last exploratory well was
drilled in 1991.
“Activities conducted offshore Alaska are
being held to the highest safety, environmen-
tal protection, and emergency response standards,” agency Director Brian Salerno said
in a statement Monday. “We will continue
to monitor their work around the clock to
ensure the utmost safety and environmental
stewardship.”
The Polar Pioneer, a semi-submersible
drilling unit that Shell leases from Transocean
Ltd., began work July 30 at Shell’s Burger J
site. It completed what’s called a mud-line
cellar, a 20-by-40-foot hole at the top of the
well that will hold a blowout preventer,
and continued drilling into rock above the
petroleum-bearing zone.
Shell spokesman Curtis Smith said it’s possible Shell will complete a well this summer.
But he declined to say how deep the Polar
Pioneer has drilled or exactly when drill bits
might enter the petroleum-bearing zone.
“It’s information that we consider proprietary and therefore not something we would
release,” Smith said. He added safe operations will determine progress.
Environmental groups oppose Arctic off-
Alaska has second largest wildfire year ever
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — This summer’s fire season has officially become the
second biggest on record in Alaska.
More than 5,081,000 acres — or 7,940 square
miles — have burned this year. That surpasses
the nearly 5.05 million acres burned in 1957
for second place on the state’s list of largest
fire years.
Fire spokesman Sam Harrel says Alaska
won’t beat the 6.6 million acres burned in
2004 because the state has entered its seasonal
wet period.
There are still more than 200 fires burning
to varying degrees. Those range from near
the village of Hughes on the Koyukuk River,
where firefighters have built a dozer line
to protect the village, to various fires in the
smoldering stage.
Alaska is sending firefighters and resources
to help out in the Lower 48.
Alaska civil rights leader touted for new $10 bill
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — State officials
are promoting an Alaska Native civil rights
leader to grace the redesign of the $10 bill.
Gov. Bill Walker and Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott
sent letters nominating the late Elizabeth Peratrovich, a Tlingit, to be featured on the bill.
Peratrovich’s testimony before the Alaska
Territorial Senate is credited with helping in
the passage of the territory’s Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945, nearly 20 years before Congress approved the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Walker called Peratrovich a “true hero of
American democracy.”
U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew wants
to replace Alexander Hamilton on the $10
bill with a woman.
shore drilling, saying industrial activity will
harm polar bears, Pacific walrus, ice seals
and threatened whales already vulnerable
from climate warming and shrinking summer sea ice. They say oil companies have not
demonstrated that they can clean up a spill
in water choked by ice.
Sierra Club executive director Michael
Brune said in a statement that President
Obama’s decision to grant Shell the final drilling permits goes against science, the will of
the people and common sense.
“Granting Shell the permit to drill in the
Arctic was the wrong decision, and this fight
is far from over,” he said. “The people will
continue to call on President Obama to protect
the Arctic and our environment.”
The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that
U.S. Arctic waters hold 26 billion barrels of
recoverable oil, and Shell is eager to explore
in a basin that company officials say could
be a game-changer for domestic production.
Shell bid $2.1 billion on Chukchi Sea leases
in 2008 and has spent upward of $7 billion on
exploration there and in the Beaufort Sea off
Alaska’s north coast.
Shell hopes to drill two exploration wells
during the short 2015 open-water season. It
has until late September, when all work must
stop. It has two drill vessels and about 28
support vessels in the Chukchi Sea.
The permit to drill deep into the ocean
hinged on the arrival of a capping stack,
which is a roughly 30-foot device that can be
lowered over a wellhead to act like a spigot
to stop a blowout. The government requires
Shell to have the device ready to use within
24 hours of a blowout.
The capping stack sits on a 380-foot icebreaker that suffered hull damage July 3 as
it left Dutch Harbor, a port in the Aleutian
Islands. The vessel named the Fennica was
repaired in Portland, Oregon, and briefly
delayed from leaving July 30 by Greenpeace
protesters in climbing gear hanging from a
bridge over the Willamette River.
The Fennica reached the drill site 70 miles
off Alaska’s northwest coast on Aug. 11.
ARRC kicks off photo contest
Alaska Railroad Corp.
Alaska Railroad Corp. has launched a
photo contest in which the winners’ photos will be on next year’s calendar and
winners receive rail travel. The Alaska
Railroad Catch the Train Photo Contest
will select 18 winners, all of whom will be
featured in its 18-month 2016-17 calendar,
appear in the Railroad’s onboard magazine
and receive roundtrip rail travel for two.
The grandprize winner, to be chosen in a
public online vote, will receive the honor
of the ARRC calendar’s cover, $1,500 and
roundtrip rail travel for four.
Entries can be submitted through ARRC’s page (www.facebook.com/alaskarailroad), or Instagram (@alaskarailroad)
and Twitter (@akrr) by using the hashtag
#CatchTheTrainAK. Photos can portray
passenger or freight trains and must be at
least 1,000 pixels. The submission deadline
is Dec. 13.
Entry for the contest is free, and individuals may submit an unlimited number
of photos. The 18 winners will be chosen
on the basis of artistic merit, originality,
subject and style. Entrants must be 18 or
older as of Dec. 15.All photos taken that
are not in line with the Alaska Railroad’s
safety protocols will be disqualified immediately. For rules and regulations, visit
www.alaskarailroad.com/catchthetrain.
The Alaska Railroad will announce 18
winners, who will be the grandprize finalists, on Dec. 21. That day also marks the
beginning of the online voting period. The
grandprize winner will be announced on
or around Jan. 11
City Calendar
SEWARD CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Monday, August 24, 2015 at 7:00 p.m.
City Council Chambers
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. ROLL CALL
4. CITIZEN COMMENTS ON ANY SUBJECT
EXCEPT THOSE ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR
PUBLIC HEARING [Those who have signed in
will be given the first opportunity to speak. Time is
limited to 3 minutes per speaker and 36 minutes total
time for this agenda item.]
5. APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND CONSENT
AGENDA [Approval of Consent Agenda passes
all routine items indicated by asterisk (*). Consent
Agenda items are not considered separately unless a
council member so requests. In the event of such a
request, the item is returned to the Regular Agenda]
6. SPECIAL ORDERS, PRESENTATIONS
AND REPORTS
A. Proclamations and Awards
1. Founder’s Day Proclamation
B. Chamber of Commerce Report
C. City Manager’s Report
D. Other Reports and Presentations
7. PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. Ordinance 2015-003, Amending Chapters
11.01 And 11.05 Of The City’s Vehicle And
Traffic Code, Adopting State Of Alaska Traffic
Laws, Adopting The Surcharge Required By
AS 29.25.074, And Updating Enforcement
Provisions Related To Traffic Violations.
2. Resolution 2015-073, Authorizing The City
Manager To Enter Into A New Lease With
Raibow Fiberglass And Boat Repair, LLC For
Lot 2 Block 4 Fourth Of July Creek Subdivision,
Seward Marine Industrial Center, Kenai
Peninsula Borough, Plat No. _________Seward
Recording District, Third Judicial District, State
Of Alaska.
3. Resolution 2015-074, Authorizing The City
Manager To Enter Into A New Lease With
Raibow Fiberglass And Boat Repair, LLC For Lot
4D Block 7 Fourth Of July Creek Subdivision,
Seward Marine Industrial Center, Kenai
Peninsula Borough, Plat No. _________Seward
Recording District, Third Judicial District, State
Of Alaska.
8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS – None
9. NEW BUSINESS
A. Resolutions
1. Resolution 2015-075, Authorizing The
City’s $2,826,080 Share Of Matching Funds
For The A, B, C, S-Float Replacement Project
At The Seward Small Boat Harbor, And The
State’s Matching Share Of $2,684,000, And
Appropriating Funds.
2. Resolution 2015-076, Authorizing The
City Manager To Enter Into A Construction
Contract With Turnagain Marine Construction
In An Amount Not To Exceed $5,456,400 For
The A, B, C, S-Float Replacement Project At
The Seward Small Boat Harbor.
3. Resolution 2015-077, Authorizing The
City Manager To Amend The Contract With
R&M Consultants Inc. For Marine Coastal
Engineering Services For The Seward Marine
Industrial Center, Changing The Scope Of
Work To Include Breakwater And Dredging
Construction Administration Services, And
Increasing The Contract In An Amount Not To
Exceed $554,075.
B. Other New Business Items
*1. Approval of the July 13, 2015 and the
July 27, 2015 Regular City Council Meeting
Minutes.
10.
INFORMATIONAL
ITEMS
AND
REPORTS (No Action Required)
A. Letter to Anchorage on 100th Founding
Anniversary.
11. COUNCIL COMMENTS
12. CITIZEN COMMENTS
13. COUNCIL AND ADMINISTRATION
RESPONSE TO CITIZEN COMMENTS
14. EXECUTIVE SESSION
A. Go into Executive Session to evaluate the
performance of the City Manager.
15. ADJOURNMENT
SEWARD CITY COUNCIL
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Monday, August 24, 2015
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Seward City
Council will conduct a public hearing on the
following items of business at its regular meeting
on Monday, August 24, 2015:
Ordinance 2015-003, Amending Chapters
11.01 And 11.05 Of The City’s Vehicle And
Traffic Code, Adopting State Of Alaska Traffic
Laws, Adopting The Surcharge Required By
AS 29.25.074, And Updating Enforcement
Provisions Related To Traffic Violations.
Resolution 2015-073, Authorizing The City
Manager To Enter Into A New Lease With
Raibow Fiberglass And Boat Repair, LLC For
Lot 2 Block 4 Fourth Of July Creek Subdivision,
Seward Marine Industrial Center, Kenai
Peninsula Borough, Plat No. _________Seward
Recording District, Third Judicial District, State
Of Alaska.
Resolution 2015-074, Authorizing The City
Manager To Enter Into A New Lease With
Raibow Fiberglass And Boat Repair, LLC For Lot
4D Block 7 Fourth Of July Creek Subdivision,
Seward Marine Industrial Center, Kenai
Peninsula Borough, Plat No. _________Seward
Recording District, Third Judicial District, State
Of Alaska.
Essential terms and conditions of leases and
all other pertinent copies of public hearing
documents are available for review at the City
Clerk’s office. The public hearing will commence
at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as business
permits, in the City Council Chambers, City Hall,
410 Adams Street, Seward. All interested persons
are invited to attend the meeting and participate
in the discussion; or, written comments may be
sent to the City of Seward, c/o City Clerk, P.O.
Box 167, Seward, AK 99664, or e-mailed to clerk@
cityofseward.net.
PLANNING AND ZONING
COMMISSION
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Seward
Planning and Zoning Commission will conduct
a public hearing on the following matters at a
regular meeting on September 1, 2015.
Resolution 2015-18 Of The Seward Planning
And Zoning Commission Of The City Of
Seward, Alaska Granting A Conditional Use
Permit To Nicole And Colby Lawrence To
Construct And Operate A Three (3) Unit MultiFamily And One (1) Office Space Development
On Lot 1a, Block 24, Original Townsite Of
Seward, Located At 437 Fourth Avenue Within
The Office Residential Zoning District.
Copies of the Conditional Use Permit Application
and staff review are on file in the Community
Development Office and available to the public
upon request.
The hearing will commence at 7:00 p.m., or as
soon thereafter as business permits, in the City
Council Chambers, City Hall, 410 Adams Street.
All interested persons are invited to attend. For
more information, contact the Seward Planning
and Zoning Commission, c/o City Planner, P.O.
Box 167, Seward, AK 99664, or e-mail dglenz@
cityofseward.net.
SEWARD PLANNING AND ZONING
COMMISSION
NOTICE OF VACANCY
The Seward City Council is seeking applications
from citizens of Seward interested in serving
on the Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z).
There is one (1) seat available with a term
expiring February 2018.
P&Z holds regular meetings on the 1st Tuesday
of each month starting at 7:00 p.m. and regular
work sessions on the 3rd Tuesday of each month
starting at 6:00 p.m., or at other times as needed,
if requested by the Chair.
Application packets are available from the City
Clerk. Completed applications and financial
disclosure forms must be filed with the clerk.
Please call the City Clerk’s Office at 907-224-4046
if you have questions or need more information.
PUBLIC NOTICE
CITY COUNCIL, BOARDS & COMMISSIONS
INVITED TO ATTEND OPEN HOUSE WITH
ALASKA GOVERNOR BILL WALKER
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Seward
City Council, Planning & Zoning Commission,
Port & Commerce Advisory Board, and Historic
Preservation Commission are invited to attend
an Open House at the Seward Community
Library, Community Room, on Friday, August
21, 2015 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. held by Alaska
Governor William “Bill” Walker.
Refreshments will be served. All public is invited
to attend. Seward Community Library is located
at 239 Sixth Avenue in Seward, Alaska.
UPCOMING MEETINGS
Seward City Council Meeting
Monday, August 24, 2015 at 7:00 p.m.
City Council Chambers
City Council Budget Kick Off Work
Session
Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at 5:30 p.m.
City Council Chambers
City Council Work Session
Friday, August 28, 2015 at 12:00 p.m.
City Council Chambers
Topic: Maple Street Sewer and Water Project
Interested in receiving a copy of this Seward City Calendar via e-mail? Contact the City Clerk at clerk@cityofseward.net or call 224-4045. Check out your city’s website at www.cityofseward.us. Send any
comments or future suggestions about the website to clerk@cityofseward.net.
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Salmon season has its ups and downs
Alaska’s salmon season so far has been
characterized by ups and downs, and it will
be a stretch for the total catch to make the
forecasted 221 million fish.
“It just depends on how these late returning pink salmon at Prince William Sound
performs, and whether or not pinks pick up
at Southeast. It’s possible, but we would still
have to harvest around 30 million more salmon,” mused Forrest Bowers, deputy director
of the state’s Commercial Fisheries Division.
One of the biggest fish stories of the season,
of course, was the surprising double runs of
sockeye salmon (reds) to Bristol Bay. As soon
as a slow going first run petered out and the
fishery was declared a bust, a surge of late
reds caught everyone by surprise and pushed
the catch to nearly 36 million fish.
Alaska’s sockeye salmon fishery sometimes
accounts for almost two-thirds of the value
of the total salmon harvest. A statewide tally
of 51.5 million by mid-August 14 makes it
unlikely the sockeye harvest will reach the
projected take of 58.8 million fish.
Reds might be the big money fish but pinks
are fishermen’s bread and butter, and Prince
William Sound scoops the story there. Record
Kodiak’s sockeye catches
returns to some hatcheries
(2.2 million) have been lackand better than expected wild
luster, while the pink salmon
pink salmon returns have
catch of 14 million is above
pushed catches above 75
average.
million and the humpies are
The Alaska Peninsula has
still coming home. Will it top
been another bright spot for
the Sound’s record 93 million
reds. Fishermen have taken
pinks taken in 2013?
5.2 million sockeyes so far,
“You never know,” Bownearly two million more than
ers said.
last year. And pink salmon
Conversely, the much ancatches of nine million comticipated pink salmon boom
FISH
pare to less than one million
at Southeast Alaska has yet
FACTOR
in 2014.
to materialize with the catch
Chum catches in the Kusnearing 23 million.
LAINE WELCH
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systems are poor, but
“There’s still a bit of fishwww.alaskafishradio.com
sockeye catches at 55,000 so
ing time remaining and the
far are “reasonable.” Escapeharvest will continue to tick
upward, but right now it doesn’t look like ments for both sockeye and Chinook salmon
we’ll hit that forecast of 58 million pinks,” are looking better.
Slow chum fishing is still the pattern on the
Bowers said.
The statewide catch forecast for pink Yukon Rivers, where a 450,000 chum catch is
salmon this year is 140 million; the take by down from over 600,000 last year.
Norton Sound is having a back-to-back
mid-August was 128 million fish.
bumper season for chum salmon with the
Other salmon highlights:
Cook Inlet’s sockeye harvest of 2.7 million catch nearing 150,000, compared to a total
take of 106,000 last year.
is just slightly higher than last year’s.
Kotzebue fishermen also are enjoying a
good plug of chums, with 245,000 taken so
far. Better yet, they have a buyer.
Overall, as Alaska’s total salmon harvest
nears 196 million fish, Bowers calls it a good
season.
“I think perhaps the protracted timing at
Bristol Bay and the different ways the runs
have come in have skewed people’s perceptions of what the season has been like,” he
said. “But taking nearly 200 million fish in
one year is a large harvest.”
Groundfish reprieve – Trawlers are back
out fishing for cod and flatfish in the Western
and Central Gulf of Alaska, meaning bigger
paychecks for Kodiak’s large resident processing work force.
The boats got a reprieve from a closure in
May when they tripped a new 2,700 bycatch
cap on Chinook salmon. At the time, only half
of the annual cod quota and just 10 percent
of the flatfish were taken.
This is the first year that Chinook bycatch
limits are in place for Gulf trawlers which
have a combined allowance of 32,500 salmon,
split among different fisheries and sectors.
Fisheries for pollock, rockfish are well below
their respective bycatch limits, as are the fleet
of catcher processors targeting cod and flats.
That allowed for some redistribution of
Chinook to the tied up trawlers, said Glenn
Merrill, assistant regional administrator for
ChurCh
DireCtory
St. Peter’S ePiSCoPAL ChurCh
New BegiNNiNgS BAPtiSt ChurCh
2nd Avenue & Adams Street • 224-3975
Pastor Sean Fry
Sunday .......................................................10:00 a.m.
Meeting at The Breeze Inn
www.stpeters-seward.org
sewardnewbeginnings@gmail.com
The Episcopal Church Welcomes You
Fellowship and refreshments ..................10:30 a.m.
Sermon and worship in song ..................11:00 a.m.
eAgLeS NeSt ChriStiAN
FeLLowShiP, Ag
We invite you to join us
Pastor Ed Clark
SewArD City ChurCh
224-5635 • 2nd Avenue & Madison Street
Pastor Max Ingalls
Sunday Service ..........................................10:00 a.m.
Meeting at Seward Middle School
Wednesday Prayer Meeting ......................6:00 p.m.
304 Sea Lion Ave. • 907-301-1046
Seward House of Prayer, call 224-5635 for
Childrens Class .........................................10:00 a.m.
schedule
Sunday Service ..........................................10:00 a.m.
SACreD heArt
CAthoLiC ChurCh
Fr. Richard D. Tero, Pastor
Deacon Walter E. Corrigan
5th Avenue & Jefferson Street • 224-5414
MASS SCHEDULE
Tues.-Fri. ............................................................Noon
Saturday .......................................................5:30 p.m.
Sunday ..........................................................9:30 a.m.
CooPer LANDiNg
Sunday ....................................................... 12:30 p.m.
SewArD ChurCh oF the NAZAreNe
Dave Smith, Pastor
We invite you to join us
4th Avenue & “C” Street • 224-5617
Sunday Worship ......................................11:00 a.m.
Sunday School...........................................10:00 a.m.
ChurCh oF ChriSt
Paul Stone • 491-1170
Evangelist Jessie Killgore • 491-1327
433 4th Ave. • 491-1327
Sunday Bible Classes ................................10:00 a.m.
Worship ......................................................11:00 a.m.
Sunday Evening...........................................6:00 p.m.
Wednesday Bible Classes ..........................7:00 p.m.
Personal Bible Study available
Truth in Love - Sundays @ 8:30 a.m. KYES Ch. 5
reSurreCtioN BAy BAPtiSt ChurCh
412 5th Ave. (5th and Washington)
Sunday School.............................................9:45 a.m.
Sunday Worship .......................................11:00 a.m.
Sunday Evening...........................................6:00 p.m.
Wednesday Bible Study .............................7:00 p.m.
Free transportation • 224-7777
the Alaska region at NOAA Fisheries in Juneau. The North Pacific Fishery Management
Council voted in June to request by emergency order that an additional 1,600 Chinook
be provided as bycatch to the cod and flatfish
trawlers for the remainder of 2015.
“Given the fact that we are all well below
our limits in the other sectors, the council felt
that amount was appropriate. It also is the
historic average amount of Chinook salmon
that the fleet uses from May until the end of
the year,” Merrill explained.
Emergency orders are used very infrequently, Merrill said, and in this case the
move was based on the economic impacts to
Kodiak and its resident workforce caused by
the early closure.
“Depending on how you calculate it, that
represents about $5 million in ex-vessel (dockside) value and $12 million in first wholesale
value,” Merrill said. “Those numbers also
don’t accommodate the fact that there are
downstream affects – anytime you shut a
fishery there are other economic impacts on
processor workers, purchases in the community, utilities, other things like that. And that
is definitely something the council considered
when making the recommendation.
The pollock, cod, perch, flounders and
other ‘groundfish’ caught by Kodiak’s fleet of
about 35 trawlers comprises the community’s
largest and most valuable fishery – roughly
386 million pounds worth more than $73 million at the docks in 2014.
“Shutting down the trawl fisheries builds a
hole in Kodiak’s landings profile that erodes
labor hours and affects these year round
resident processors,” said Julie Bonney, executive director of Alaska Groundfish Data
Bank, adding that nearly all of the Chinook
taken as bycatch are donated to food banks
and hunger relief programs.
Merrill said the council will begin to revisit
the Gulf Chinook bycatch caps in October to
see if there are better management solutions.
Fish fact – If you don’t fish for a living or
don’t reside in a fishing region, why should
you care about fish prices? Various state taxes
on fish deliveries equal 3 to 5 percent of the
dockside values of the catch, and are shared
50/50 between state coffers and local areas
where the fish are landed. Those fish bucks
are distributed each year at the whim of the
Alaska legislature.
With commercial catches on the order of 5
to 6 billion pounds per year, adding or subtracting just one penny per pound makes a
difference of nearly one million dollars for the
state and local governments each.
Michigan township draws more people to
meeting with hot dogs
VICTORY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) —
Here’s a way to boost interest in local government: potato salad.
A township board in northern Michigan
held a lakeside picnic Aug. 3 before its regular
meeting. After an hour of hot dogs and side
dishes, the Pledge of Allegiance was recited
and the Victory Township board meeting was
officially in order.
The Ludington Daily News says about two
dozen people attended the picnic and meeting at Upper Hamlin Lake in Mason County.
Only three people attended the June meeting
at the township hall.
There were reports from law enforcement
and a lake preservation group. The board also
discussed a junk ordinance.
Information from: Ludington Daily News,
http://www.ludingtondailynews.com
The Seward Phoenix LOG • August 20, 2015 • Page 5
Seward to celebrate Founder’s Day
Music, refreshments and lots of prizes
await those who stop by the library/museum
on Friday, Aug. 28 to help Resurrection Bay
Historical Society celebrate the 112th anniversary of Seward’s Founding. Also featured will
be recognition of Seward retailer Urbach’s
and the Alaska Railroad. Both are 100 years
old this year.
The celebration begins at 1 p.m. and ends
at 5 p.m. with the first of seven drawings
to be held every 30 minutes until 4:30. Two
grand prizes are a $100 gift certificate from
Urbach’s and an Anchorage round trip for
two on the railroad.
A 10 minute sing-a-long will be lead by
Sue McClure on the old museum organ at
1:15 p.m., 2:15 p.m. and 4:15 p.m.. Refreshments will be served from 1 to 5 p.m. in the
community room. The cutting of the special
Founder’s Day cake will be at 3 p.m. followed
by a few words from Alaska Railroad officials
and the Urbach family.
The earthquake movie, “Waves Over
Seward” will be shown at 2 p.m. and a
Power Point presentation of the founding
and development of Seward between 1903
and 2015 is also featured. RBHS memberships
for the remainder of 2015 and all of 2016 will
be available.
Everyone is invited and museum admission and the movie are free for the day.
NHRA driver visits local Napa
SCF gives mini-grants
In 2014, the Seward Community Foundation awarded nearly $10,000 in mini-grants
to 13 different non profit organizations in
Seward and Moose Pass. Because of the generous donations of many supporters SCF has
already exceeded that amount this year. Since
January 2015 over $12,000 has been awarded!
In the past two months mini-grants were
awarded to the following organizations:
Seward Little League, Seward Elementary
School fifth grade Denali Science Adventure,
Seward participants at the 2015 World Es-
kimo Indian Olympics, Seward Arts Council
2015 Mural Garden, Seward Senior Center
“Seward Unleashed, Vol. II” project and SOS
Pets Spay and Neuter Voucher program.
Seward Community Foundation is an affiliate of the Alaska Community Foundation.
The SCF mission is to enhance the quality of
life in the Seward and Moose Pass area by addressing and assisting local needs, funded by
a permanent endowment actively supported
by donors.
LEON YOUNGBLOOD | THE SEWARD PHOENIX LOG
Ron Capps holds a model car during his visit with Sewardites on Saturday at the Napa
Auto Parts store. Capps has driven Napa’s funny car for eight years in National Hot Rod
Association events.
Assistance referrals up on Peninsula
United Way
For the first six months of 2015, calls for
assistance from Kenai Peninsula Borough
residents and resulting referrals rose significantly compared to the same period last year,
according to numbers released recently by
Alaska 2-1-1.
This data confirms that the increased demand for support is straining already limited
resources.
Between January and June, Alaska 2-1-1
made 485 referrals in KPB. Of the 485 referrals, 27 percent related to basic needs (food,
housing, material goods, transportation and
utilities), 24 percent were related to health
care, 13 percent related employment and
income boosts, 2 percent related to mental
health, and 3 percent for consumer services.
Even though basic needs accounted for the
biggest share of the referrals, it was a smaller
piece than the same period in 2014, when
basic needs accounted for 36 percent of the
referrals. Health care referrals jumped the
most, from 18 percent of the total in 2014,
to 24 percent this year. Referrals for “other”
services also rose, from 23 percent of the total
the first six months of 2014, to 31 percent this
year. “Other” services include community
services, criminal justice and legal services,
education, individual and family services,
environment and public health and safety.
Statewide, calls increased by 18 percent
with a 4 percent increase in referrals and 22
percent increase in online database searches
for the same time period in 2014.
Alaska 2-1-1 is celebrating 8 years of connecting Alaskans to help!
Alaska 2-1-1 connects Alaskans in need to
agencies providing almost 3,000 statewide
resources that range from rent and utility
assistance to summer camps. Calls are confidential and free of charge, providing assistance in navigating complex government and
nonprofit human services systems. Operated
by United Way of Anchorage is open 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, by dialing 2-1-1 or 800-478-2221, or online at www.
Alaska211.org.
when the commun ity gets together.
Out & About
Send listings for Out & About to editor@TheSewardPhoenixLOG.com.
Senator to hear veterans
concerns
U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan will hold a Veterans Affairs Listening session from 6 to 8
p.m., Monday, Aug. 24 at Dena’ina Wellness
Center, 508 Upland St. in Kenai. Veterans
Affairs Secretary Bob McDonald and David
Shulkin, the VA Undersecretary of Health will
accompany the senator.
SBCFSA work session Monday
The Seward/Bear Creek Flood Service
Area board will hold a work session at 6 p.m.
Aug. 24. The topic is Hazard Mitigation Plan
Annual Review. The meeting is at the KPB
Seward Office in Seaview Plaza, 302 Railway.
Note: In September the board will hold one
combined work session/regular meeting on
the 21st.
Firefighters cruise planned
The sixth annual fundraiser cruise to
benefit local firefighting and EMT efforts is
planned for 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Aug. 22 aboard
a Kenai Fjords Tours vessel. Dinner at Fox
Island will include prime rib and salmon,
and a no-host bar with beer and wine, and an
auction. Tickets and information are available
at 224-3445.
United Way cruise set
A fundraising cruise for Kenai Peninsula
United Way is 3 to 9 p.m. Aug. 29. The afternoon includes whale watching and a Fox
Good thin gs happen
Island prime rib dinner. In Seward, United
Way supports the Seward Crisis Hotline, Boys
and Girls Club and senior transportation.
Reserve tickets by calling 224-5604.
Museum open Sundays
Resurrection Bay Historical Society volunteers will open the museum from 1 to 5 p.m.
through the rest of the summer season. Proceeds from the Sunday museum admission
go directly to the Resurrection Bay Historical
Society. Admission is $5.
Library Museum staff open the museum
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday through
Saturday.
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‘Captain’s Mast’
The following is from the journals of the
Seward Police Department. Those who have
been arrested or summoned are presumed
innocent until found guilty in a court of law.
July 23
10:47 - Verbal warning for speed issued in
dentist’s office parking lot.
10:47 - Burn permit issued to the transfer station for July 23 and 24.
11:18 - Kimberly Court Apartments manager
reported that people were staying in an apartment who are not on the lease, and the people
vandalized the property the night before. A
subject was trespassed from Kimberly Court.
11:36 - Individual requested an officer to First
National Bank about counterfeit funds. A $20
bill was collected.
11:47 - Individual found a backpack belonging
to a subject in Forest Acres Campground near
where he was arrested the night before.
14:43 - MPVFD requested that SVAC respond
to Mile 45 Sterling Highway for an accident
with multiple injuries.
16:37 - Citation for speed issued to Colleen
Marie Costello at Three Bears.
18:10 - Smoke reported coming out of the
Kenai Fjords office building at the harbor.
No response since it was a barbecue on the
second floor.
20:55 - Individual reported that the F/V John
Calvin on T Dock appeared to be lower in the
stern than the bow. On-call Harbormaster said
it was normal.
July 24
08:43 - Individual reported that his daughter
was threatening suicide. SAST notified.
09:22 - City campgrounds requested that an
officer check an abandoned vehicle that had
been in Resurrection South campground for
four days.
10:09 - Citation for expired registration issued
to Daisy Alex Nelson on the Seward Highway
at South Harbor. Verbal warning for speed.
10:58 - Individual reported she lost her dark
orange ladies wallet with credit cards, driver’s
license cash and receipts. Wallet located.
11:03 - A subject reported from Cooper Landing that they were in an accident with damage
at Safeway.
13:33 - Verbal warning for speed issued at
Seward Highway and Sea Lion.
13:33 - Starbird Studios reported theft of
jewelry the day before.
14:07 - Verbal warning for failure to stop at
a stop sign issued Seward Highway and
Dairy Hill.
15:29 - Citation for speed issued to William
Neal Heckel at Third and Jefferson.
16:35 - Ambulance requested to the airport to
assist Guardian Flight with transport. SVAC
dispatched.
17:29 - Individual reported his gray bicycle
with a rip in the seat was stolen from his house
on Marathon Drive.
17:30 - Individual involved in an accident
with damage in the Kenai Fjords parking lot
near Phoenix.
18:00 - Citation for speeding given to Robert
Stachowiak on the Seward Highway.
18:50 - Driver of shuttle bus reported someone
stole fuel from the bus while parked the night
before at Third and Monroe.
20:52 - Individual from Mt. Mt View Sports
reported a theft around 19:54. They had video
footage of the theft.
July 25
00:39 - Citation for speed issued Stanley Christensen at Seward Highway and North Harbor.
01:44 - Verbal warning for speed issued at
Chevron.
01:50 - Verbal warning for speed issued at
Third and D.
05:33 - PSMC requested an officer to pick up
subject who was Title 47 and left the hospital.
Officer found the subject at Second and Jefferson, and returned her to the hospital.
09:23 - Verbal warning for speed issued at
Third and Madison.
11:16 - Verbal warning for speed issued at
Seward Highway and Airport Road.
11:58 - Earthquake: Magnitude 5.0, 70 miles
southwest of Talkeetna, 85 miles northwest
of Anchorage. No tsunami was expected.
13:15 - Kenai Fjords Tours at Fourth found a
small amount of marijuana and requested that
an officer to pick it up
13:54 - Individual purchased a CD at a second
hand store and found a birth certificate inside.
13:54 - Individual reported a found ID by the
railroad crossing.
14:06 - Citation for failure to stop at a stop sign
issued to Conrad Robert Murray at Seward
Highway and Coolidge.
14:27 - Citation for studded tires issued to
Chaela Dawn Ogle Hilts at Sea Lion and
Seward Highway. Verbal warning for cracked
windshield.
14:43 - Citation for studded tires issued to
Lorraine Diane Ivy-Dahlin near the Chamber
of Commerce.
July 26
00:28 - Verbal warning for speed issued at
Resurrection and Seward Highway.
00:53 - After FSTs were conducted, Ericson
Dehmer was arrested for DUI at Fourth and
Adams and taken to SCJ.
01:06 - Verbal warning for inoperable tail light
issued at Mile 1 Seward Highway. Subject
advised to drive the rest of the way home with
their hazard lights on.
01:12 - Alehouse bartender requested an officer for a male who was being belligerent in
the bar. Officer contacted the subject who was
advised not to return to any bars for the rest
of the night. The subject claimed that he was
in the Mexican mafia. Advisement of known
gang member entered in APSIN.
02:05 - Advisement issued at First and A to the
driver earlier warned about inoperable tail
lights. Subject had turned off his hazard lights
after being told by an officer earlier in the night
to keep them on until he arrived home. Officer
advised him to leave his hazards on until he
reached his residence.
02:30 - Officer contacted a subject who was
holding onto a street sign at Fourth and B. Subject had a PBT of .250. Officer took the subject
to a campsite to be cared for by his girlfriend.
03:22 - 911 caller reported an intoxicated
male outside the tent she was in with two
other females at Polar Seafoods. The subject
was screaming threats at her. A second
individual reported the same disturbance possibly involving a knife. Officers responded and
Ventura Guerrero was arrested for criminal
trespass, disorderly conduct and assault, and
taken to SCJ.
03:31 - Individual reported an intoxicated female in the road on Seward Highway. Officers
responded and saw the female, who did not
require assistance, walking northbound on
the side of the road but no one in the roadway.
07:09 - Individual reported he lost his wallet
after visiting the bait shop in the harbor. He
also checked with the Harbormaster who did
not have it. He described it as a blue nylon
wallet containing three credit cards, driver’s
license and about $15 cash.
08:07 - Individual reported a vehicle seemed
to be abandoned on Phoenix Road. Officer left
an abandoned vehicle notice.
08:44 - Abandoned vehicle at Resurrection
Campground. Officer left a abandoned vehicle
notice.
13:52 - PSMC requested an ambulance at the
airport to assist Guardian Flight with transport.
14:24 - Individual reported power outages at
Bear Drive.
15:25 - Caller reported smoke in the Rabbit
Run area. Information given to BCVFD chief.
16:24 - SAST requested that an officer respond
with a trooper to Salmon Creek Road for a
disturbance between Nicolette Arnold and
another subject. Arnold was arrested for
Criminal Mischief DV and Assault IV DV, and
taken to SCJ.
16:25 - Individual requested an officer to
Fourth for a camper which was protruding into
the roadway near the Sea Bean.
16:31 - Individual requested an officer to
Benny Benson Memorial for dog with a possibly broken leg. The reporting party was
unable to contact the owner and does not
wish to leave the dog. After the officer arrived,
the owner was successfully contacted and
picked up the dog.
17:04 - Officer provided a civil standby on First.
18:32 - Ambulance requested to meet a LifeGuard flight crew at the airport and provide
transport.
19:06 - Individual from Kenai Fjords Tours
requested someone to respond to the public
restroom behind the ranger station for a freeflowing urinal.
20:54 - 911 caller requested search and rescue
for a 44-year-old woman with a broken ankle
Bearly
ACROSS
1. Assists, usually in some
wrongdoing
6. O in XOXO
9. Pro follower
13. Policeman’s club in India
14. Australia’s version of
ostrich
15. Floor it?
16. *NHL Legend Bobby Orr
17. Dashboard acronym
18. Administer an oil
19. *Beliebers’ object of
affection
21. *Jay-Z’s other half
23. Facsimile
24. Top-rated
25. Trinitrotoluene
28. Huey, Dewey or Louie
30. What concert crew
member does?
35. Agitate
37. *Republican Karl
39. Saddam Hussein’s Islam
40. Iris container
41. *”Gossip Girl”
43. Explore by touch
44. Mutilates
46. Affirm
47. *ESPN’s Bayless
48. Correspondence friend
50. *Underwood or Clarkson
52. 7th letter of Greek
alphabet
53. “____ we forget”
55. Mom-to-be’s date
57. *”Friend” in the tabloids
61. *1976 Olympic decathlon
champion
64. Request for Santa Baby
65. *Eisenhower’s nickname
67. Wing it
69. Imposter
70. Orchestra’s spot
71. Mia ____
72. Original home of the
Saxons
73. Emergency responder
74. Approvals
DOWN
1. Vatican vestment
2. Tip of a fishhook
July 27
09:00 - Officer requested case for an accident
with damage that occurred on June 12 at the
North 72-Hour Lot.
10:30 - Seward Resort advised of a carbon
monoxide alarm sounding from an RV. SVFD/
SVAC dispatched.
11:05 - Seward Windsong Lodge reported
a smoldering unattended campfire on Exit
Glacier Road.
11:10 - Citation for failure to show proof of
insurance issued to Todd Marcus at Seward
Highway and Resurrection. Verbal warning
for speed.
11:30 - Officer spoke with subject at Resurrection Campground about the theft of a cooler.
13:53 - Earthquake: Magnitude 7.0 in Indonesia. No tsunami reported.
15:01 - FM31 requested just an ambulance, no
fire department to Safeway. SVAC dispatched.
15:04 - Verbal warning for speed and illegal
lane usage given at Seward Highway and
Nash.
15:24 - Officer provided transportation for
subject to Icicle Seafoods.
15:33 - Individual reported a red Ford Ranger
driving erratically and it turned onto Port
Avenue from Seward Highway.
15:34 - FNBA requested an officer about
counterfeit bills.
17:01 - SAST requested an officer assist a
trooper at SCCC for a female with a gun who
was yelling for the release of all murderers.
See “Captain’s Mast,” Page 7 >
Tundra
Puzzles
CELEBRITIES
about a quarter mile above the tree line on
Mount Marathon.
21:05 - Verbal warning for speed given at
Fourth and D.
21:58 - Officer contacted Tamara McDaniel
at Fourth and Van Buren to advise her of her
revoked status after they had just witnessed
her driving. McDaniel was arrested for MICS
IV and taken to SCJ.
22:39 - Individual requested to speak to an
officer about her neighbor’s dog which would
not stop barking. Reporting party said the dog
was inside the house and that no one was
answering the door.
3. Purse to go with gown
4. Rick Riordan’s “The
Lightning _____”
5. *Stand-up comedian who
goes by one name
6. M¸nchen mister
7. Strike caller
8. Louisiana culinary staple
9. a.k.a. “The Biggest Little
City in the World”
10. Seaport in Yemen
11. Barber’s supply
12. On the safe side, at sea
15. Employees, e.g.
20. Land beyond suburb
22. Junior rank of
commissioned officer
24. Scandinavian liquor
25. *Presidential candidate
26. Less bright then
supernovae
27. In connection with
something relevant
29. RC, e.g.
31. Male sheep in Britain, pl.
32. Above “Don’t tread on
me”
33. Without illumination
34. *Princess’ little sister
36. “A Christmas Story” leg
38. Augmented
42. Lose ground
45. Chips variety
49. *He played a wolf in
a suit
51. Cause for a trip to
insane asylum
54. “____ hunt” or “fool’s
errand”
56. Empower
57. Pharaoh’ cobras
58. *Neil Armstrong’s
employer
59. Wild goat
60. Uncontrolled swerve
61. New York ball players
62. Building extensions
63. Ready for picking
66. *KhloÈ’s sister
68. Art degrees
Solutions to previous puzzles
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‘Captain’s Mast’
From Page 6
Two minutes later, a 911 call from SCCC came
in requesting medics to the scene, advising
the female shot herself in the head. SCCC were
dispatching nurses to the scene but were unable to provide any patient information. SVAC,
SFD, AST and SPD responded. Patient was
transported to PSMC.
18:16 - An off-duty officer advised of two males
on a 4-wheeler driving up Fourth.
18:45 - Verbal warning for passing in a no-pass
zone and speed given on the Seward Highway
near the rec camp.
19:05 - Individuals reported a hit and run. Their
vehicle was hit by another in the Safeway
parking lot.
19:31 - 911 caller requested an ambulance to
the cruise ship.
19:58 - 911 caller reported a blond female on
a 4-wheeler was driving recklessly through
traffic in town. Suspect was last seen near
No Sweatt Auto. Officer was unable to locate
the suspect.
21:15 - Officer requested an ATN to forward
the charge of Assault IV DV.
21:23 - Individual turned in a Social Security
card found on the sidewalk near the police
department.
July 28
00:29 - Verbal warning for speed given at
Chevron.
00:40 - Individual witnessed seven people
loitering on the railroad station property. Officer contacted several individuals and issued
PBTs to both under age subjects who both
blew .000. Officer advised that the area was
private property and the party agreed to leave.
01:49 - Verbal warning given at Fourth and
South Harbor.
07:39 - 911 caller requested an ambulance
to Wilma Avenue and Herman Leirer Road.
BCVFD/SVAC dispatched.
11:26 - Individual requested AST to Bear
Paw about a subject refusing to leave the
residence. Trooper responded.
11:50 - Seward Mountain Haven held fire drills
at Eagle and Lupine lodges.
12:46 - Officer provided transport for inmate
to PSMC for medical evaluation.
13:41 - 911 caller from the chamber of commerce reported an accident with damage in
their parking lot. No injuries.
13:54 - Seward Plumbing reported a white
Toyota RAV 4 was parked on Van Buren and
causing vehicles to go around it.
17:11 - Individual requested an officer to Resurrection Campground about campers with a
blue 4-wheeler who were letting their children
drive it on the streets. Officer was unable to
contact anyone. Officer was also unable to
locate the 4-wheeler.
18:36 - Earthquake: Magnitude 6.2, depth 77
miles, 60 miles east of Iliamna. No tsunami
was expected.
18:37 - The city hall lift station alarm went off
in Dispatch after the earthquake.
18:39 - Individual reported two rock slides on
Lowell Point Road.
18:42 - Individual requested an officer to the
wooded area near Dimond and Sea Lion about
a possible squatter who had been making
a mess of the area. Officer contacted the
subject who agreed to clean up the area and
move to a designated camping spot.
18:42 - Individual requested an officer to
Frontier Trading Post about a blond male who
would not leave the store. Officer contacted
the subject who agreed to leave the building.
22:44 - Individual reported his wife was overdue from a boating trip. He last spoke to her
around 07:15. He had been unable to contact
her since. The U.S. Coast Guard was contacted and advised of the overdue vessel. The
Coast Guard advised that the reporting party’s
wife was currently reporting him overdue as
well and took over the call.
23:14 - Received an automated call advising
of a water flow alarm at SCCC. The facility
advised SPD Dispatch that it was a non-emergency and that they did not require assistance.
July 29
07:50 - 911 caller wanted to speak to an officer
about being threatened at Polar Seafoods the
night before.
08:05 - Earthquake: Magnitude 5.1, 75 miles
southwest of Nikolski. No tsunami reported.
14:00 - Individual reported a vehicle was driving erratically in Moose Pass southbound.
SAST advised.
14:15 - Electric Department reported there
appeared to be the start of a homeless camp
in the woods near Fort Raymond Substation.
14:20 - Individual reported a vehicle had trash
coming out from it as it was on the Seward
Highway and turning onto the dump road.
17:49 - Verbal warning for speeding given at
Seward Highway and Van Buren.
17:53 - Citation for improper plate display
issued to Fernando Chavez on Fourth in front
of Holiday Inn. Verbal warning for blocking
roadway.
18:03 - Individual reported subjects shooting
ducks at the 2nd Lake.
18:23 - Lifeline requested a ambulance. SVAC
and SVFD dispatched.
19:28 - Citation for failure of proof on insurance
issued to Emilie Johannes on Seward Highway
at Aspen. Verbal warning for speeding and
warned of tag expiring in two days.
19:31 - Individual reported a friendly black dog
running loose at Essential One wearing a red
collar with no identification. After officer responded with the dog to animal control shelter.
The dog got loose from the officer.
20:43 - Vehicle accident between Mile 15 and
28 Seward Highway. Received call from SAST
and SAST responded.
20:46 - Individual reported an injured 12-yearold hiker at mile 3 Lost Lake Trail. SAST
responded to assist.
21:30 - Verbal warning for speeding given on
Seward Highway at Coolidge.
July 30
23:54 - Verbal warning for inoperable tail lights
and failure to obtain an in-state license issued
at Seward Highway and Sea Lion.
23:59 - Citation for failure to carry proof of
insurance issued to Carol Wren at Fourth
and South Harbor. Verbal warning for failure
to stop at a stop sign.
00:42 - Caller reported that a female called
them requesting assistance with her male
roommate who she believed might be sick
but she was “afraid” to check. Officers spoke
with the subject who had been sleeping and
was fine.
01:15 - Officers spoke with Resurrection Taxi to
make sure all was OK since they were stopped
at Seward Highway and Port Avenue. The taxi
was stopped while a passenger searched for
a lost cell phone.
01:23 - SAST reported receiving a report that a
vehicle southbound on the Seward Highway at
Mile 10 was swerving and braking erratically.
Officer stopped the vehicle in the chamber of
commerce parking lot. All was fine.
01:35 - After FSTs were conducted, Sean
McChesney was arrested for DUI at Coolidge
and Seward Highway and taken to SCJ. MCA
was issued to passenger, Oscar Bran.
01:54 - Individual reported an intoxicated
female who she stopped and spoke with
after seeing her fall in the road. She was
walking westbound on Phoenix Road. Officers
contacted the subject at Pacific Parks and
spoke to a neighbor to confirm she did live
there. She was able to care for herself so
officers left after ensuring she made it to her
apartment safely.
06:26 - Individual reported an intoxicated male
sleeping in one of the shower stalls. Officers
contacted the subject and he agreed to leave
the area.
08:12 - 911 caller reported a male wearing
blue shorts and gray T was getting into a
red vehicle next to a blue van next to Ray’s
Restaurant. The caller said the subject then
went into the kitchen entrance of Ray’s.
Officers contacted the subject and advised
everything was OK.
10:46 - Burn permit issued to the city dump for
July 30 and 31.
14:50 - Individual turned in a found wallet.
21:49 - 911 medical call from Bayview Trailer
Park. SVAC and BCVFD responded.
Officer spoke with the reporting party. About
an hour later on patrol, the officer saw a female matching the description. Officer spoke
with the female and discovered she was not
the missing person.
18:23 - Individual from Mountain Haven
requested an ambulance to transport a male
to the hospital.
19:00 - Citation for failure to carry proof of
insurance issued to Milburn Brantley. Verbal
warning for unsafe backing and failure to
carry registration. Brantley moved his vehicle
to an open parking spot and contacted an officer about the accident. Officer was unable to
contact the owner of the hit vehicle.
20:37 - Verbal warning for speed given at
Third and D.
20:40 - Individual turned in a found passport
card .
23:45 - Officer contacted two subjects who
had open containers behind the Essential
One car wash. Officer advised them to dump
out their drinks. They agreed to do so and to
leave the area.
23:54 - Citation for failure to carry proof of
insurance issued to Hayden Tiner in the Essential One parking lot. Verbal warning for failure
to carry driver’s license and head light out.
July 31
Aug. 1
22:13 - 911 caller reported being intoxicated
and experiencing abdominal pains at Third
and Jefferson. Officer contacted him and
SVAC/SVFD were dispatched. Subject refused
medical help. Officer advised subject not to go
to anymore bars for the evening and a taxi was
called to take him home.
00:47 - Verbal warning for head light requirement at Seward Highway and Bear Drive.
01:03 - Verbal warning for head light requirement at Seward Highway and Coolidge.
01:20 - Verbal warning for failure to maintain
lane issued at Fourth and C.
01:24 - 911 caller reported a fight in progress
outside involving several males and a female.
They fled northbound before officer arrived.
Officers contacted a subject who was not
involved. Also contacted another subject
who had injuries that officers photographed
and a second subject, both of whom admitted
involvement and identified Resurrection Taxi
as witnesses. It was concluded that it was
mutual combat.
05:50 - Verbal warning for failure to stop at
a stop sign issued at Third and Lowell Point
Road.
06:15 - Residence on Chamberlain reported
they would be having a fire drill.
06:56 - 911 caller requested an ambulance to
Phoenix Road. SVAC/SVFD responded.
07:07 - Individual reported that another individual was requesting to speak with an officer
about her ex partner who assaulted her the
night before and stole some of her belongings.
Officer interviewed several people who were
at the camp site where the assault happened.
The subject was to be advised she has a notrespass order at all Polar Seafood properties
in Seward.
11:04 - Illegal camping reported at Dimond and
Sea Lion. Officer issued a trespass warning
and left it on the tent.
14:05 - Individual reported she lost her backpack somewhere between Dora Way and
Chevron while taking a cab ride.
14:37 - Individual requested a welfare check
on someone inside subject’s home who was
out of town. Officer reported house was unoccupied and it was securely safe.
18:05 - Individual from Christo’s Palace reported that he saw what he thought was a
missing person walking near his restaurant.
00:01 - Officers observed a vehicle in the Hertz
parking lot with the hazard lights flashing and
no one in the area. Upon investigation, the
owner of Hertz said he had the lights flash to
alert customers of their location.
00:32 - Citation for speed issued to Thomas
Harkness at Third and Van Buren.
00:46 - Verbal warning for speed issued at
Seward Highway and South Harbor.
00:56 - Verbal warning for head light requirement issued at Seward Highway and Hemlock.
01:22 - Officer contacted two subjects at
Afognak and Dora Way and advised them they
could not camp on city property.
01:38 - After FSTs were conducted, Lucy Ross
was arrested for DUI on Lowell Point Road
near the pump house, and taken to SCJ.
02:03 - Verbal warning for head light out issued
at Third and Adams.
05:58 - Verbal warning for speed issued at
Seward Highway and Resurrection.
09:49 - Icicle Seafoods reported a subject had
been missing from work for about 48 hours.
Officer spoke to his family members and the
subject had contacted them. At 11:48 Icicle
Seafoods reported the subject was no longer
missing. He was home in California.
10:51 - Off-duty trooper reported a vehicle
was driving recklessly headed southbound
on Seward Highway.
12:14 - Individual reported her rental vehicle
was involved in a hit and run at the northeast
city parking lot.
13:56 - Individual from Captain Jack’s requested patrol because a subject had a
verbal disagreement with the employees that
day. Officer spoke with the reporting party
and the other subject, and stated things had
been resolved.
15:47 - Individual reported a silver/white Ford
van was swerving all over the road headed
southbound on Seward at Mile 9. SAST
advised.
18:34 - Individual advised of erratic driving in
a red Kia southbound on Fourth near Alaska
SeaLife Center.
18:54 - Individual requested an officer to Ballaine near South Resurrection Campground
about an altercation between two males and
one female. Officer was unable to locate the
described parties.
19:06 - Verbal warning for speed given at
Third and C.
19:08 - A male requested assistance with his
sinking vessel in the small boat harbor. On-call
harbor officer took over the call.
19:15 - 911 caller reported her brother had
been found without a pulse. Medics and
troopers dispatched.
19:48 - Verbal warning for speed given on Third
near Jefferson.
20:40 - Verbal warning for speed given at Third
and Van Buren.
22:23 - SAST requested an officer to assist
conducting FSTs on a male on a 4-wheeler
at Mile 1.5 Nash Road. Officer responded.
Additional officer responded to assist troopers further.
23:15 - Officer contacted two vehicles on Nash
Road near Afognak Beach and advised them
there was no camping in that area. Officer
allowed them to stay for the night.
23:21 - Officer contacted a vehicle on Nash
Road near Bette Cato and advised them there
was no camping in that area. Officer allowed
them to stay for the night.
23:36 - Verbal warning for speed and failure to
dim head lights issued at Third and B.
23:44 - Individual reported someone playing
loud music from a tent in the Resurrection Tent
Camping area near the playground. Officers
spoke with a subject who agreed to keep the
music down.
Aug. 2
00:29 - While on foot patrol, officers outside
of the Yukon contacted a subject who was
intoxicated and assisted him in getting a taxi.
01:02 - Individual reported loosing her gray
clutch wallet containing driver’s license,
credit cards and $40 to $50 cash somewhere
near Exit Glacier Road the day before.
01:26 - Verbal warning for head light requirements and for failure to change driver’s
license to Alaska at Seward Highway and
Sea Lion.
02:43 - A subject in front of Thorn’s was
advised that she could not camp in her car
at that location.
03:11 - Individual reported a disturbance at the
horse corrals on Phoenix. Officers contacted
Amber Luke, John Nieto and another subject.
Luke was charged with furnishing liquor to a
minor and Nieto was issued MCA.
10:00 - 911 caller reported that her mother’s
boyfriend was going crazy and needed to be
removed. When asked for her address, she
said that she was in Big Lake. Call transferred
back to Soldotna, who transferred it to Matcom. Soldotna said that Matcom said she was
in Seward and she would call 911 again. She
did not and SPD Dispatch called her back and
she said she was in a tent. Contact was lost.
Officer checked Williams Tent and Resurrection campgrounds and did not locate anyone.
Dispatch called again and a man answered.
He said he was in Soldotna and the garage
door was open. He said that he did have an
emergency. Transmission was broken and
no address obtained. Dispatch called SAST
and asked them to call the number to get
further information. At 10:36 SAST advised still
thinking it was Fifth and A in Seward. Officer
searched the area. At 10:58 Dispatch called
the number and the young girl said she was
in Anchorage. At 11:25 the mother called 911
to report that her children, ages 16 and 20,
had been calling 911. She said she thought
they had been drinking and found broken beer
bottles in the garage and when confronted
by her boyfriend they became unruly. Officer
advised and responded to Fifth and contacted
two subjects.
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Octopus species that’s weirdly social, romantic
WASHINGTON (AP) — The octopus already
is an oddball of the ocean. Now biologists have
rediscovered a species of that eight-arm sea
creature that’s even stranger and shares some
of our social and mating habits.
With their shifting shapes, mesmerizing eyes,
and uncanny intelligence, octopuses “are one of
the most mysterious and captivating species,”
said Rich Ross, a senior biologist at the California Academy of Sciences. “They’re aliens alive
on our planet and it feels like they have plans.”
For Ross and colleagues, it got stranger when
they got a batch of octopuses from Central
America to study. The critters just didn’t fit the
loner denizen-of-the-deep profile that scientists
had drawn for the rest of the 300 or so octopus
species.
While most octopuses live alone, coming together for ever-so-brief and dangerous mating,
couples of this species can live together to mate
Senator’s hopes
From Page 1
of the greatest challenges we face this century
– climate change.”
Glaciers are melting, storm surges are endangering villages and some homes are sinking into the ground as permafrost melts, he
said, adding, “The state’s God-given natural
treasures are all at risk.”
He said he will meet with people dealing with climate change every day and talk
with other nations about tackling the issue
together.
Murkowski said during a news conference in Anchorage that the president will
give the keynote closing address to a State
Department-hosted conference on the Arctic
in Anchorage at the end of August; climate
change is expected to be among the issues
discussed at the meeting.
She said she also hopes Obama will get a
sense of appreciation for Alaska’s remoteness
and geography and its proximity to Russia
and gets excited about leading as an Arctic
for a few days in the same cramped den or shell.
While other male octopuses mate from a
distance to avoid being cannibalized, these
octopuses mate entangled beak-to-beak. That
style could almost be thought of as romantic,
said Alvaro Roura, an octopus expert at La
Trobe University in Australia, who wasn’t part
of the study.
While other females lay one batch of eggs and
then die, the female of this species lives longer
and produces eggs constantly, bettering the
species chance of survival, Ross said.
But it’s more than sex. These octopuses
clean out food waste from their dens. They
twirl their arms like an old-timey movie villain
with a moustache. And they quickly learn that
people mean food: when someone enters the
room, they leave their dens and head to the
top of the tank.
“It’s the most amazing octopus that I’ve ever
gotten to work with,” Ross said.
The octopus, normally a dull chocolate
president.
Murkowski, a Republican, said she had not
been asked to travel with him during his visit.
If Obama uses Alaska merely as the poster
child for climate change, that will be a problem, she said.
“If it is just an effort to close Alaskans
off from our natural resources, and he uses
Alaska as kind of the bully pulpit to lecture
in that regard, I don’t think that that is going
to be productive,” she said.
brown, suddenly sports stripes and spots when
it gets excited or upset, said Roy Caldwell of
the University of California, Berkeley. He is the
lead author of a paper on the octopus with Ross
and others published Aug. 12 in the journal
PLOS One.
The species is preliminarily called the Larger
Pacific Striped Octopus, although it’s really not
much bigger than a tennis ball — just bigger
than a similar species.
It was found almost 40 years ago off the coast
of Panama. Other scientists wouldn’t believe it
was a separate species or that it showed such
distinctive behavior. So its discoverer, Arcadio
Rodaniche, gave up and the species was never
formally described or named.
Then in 2011, Caldwell got an email from
a high school student about his pet octopus,
Charlie. It was the same species discovered in
the 1970s. Caldwell traced it to a dealer who
sent him two dozen of the species from Panama,
Nicaragua and Mexico to study in captivity. The
researchers note that this octopus species could
act differently in the wild.
They included Rodaniche as a co-author after
the retired researcher declined to let them name
the octopus species after him.
In the journal Nature, a different team of
scientists on Aug. 12 published the first map
decoding octopus genes. They found the octopus’s genetic code is only slightly smaller than
humans, but twice as big as a bird’s genetic
instruction guide.
Octopuses are invertebrates, they have no
backbones. Invertebrates generally have a less
evolved nervous systems, but not the octopus.
They found that it had many of the same genes
as other invertebrates, although mixed up as
through a blender, said study author Clifton
Ragsdale at the University of Chicago.
“There’s a lot of weird creatures and these
are the largest of the weird creatures,” he said.
Online: PLOS One: http://www.plosone.
org. Nature: http://www.nature.com/nature.
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