Getting a handle on ice

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  Photo by M. Scott Moon

Photo by M. Scott Moon

Jim Barkman shovels a load of sand into his truck Saturday afternoon from a sand pile the city of Kenai maintains for public use on Willow Street past the animal shelter. Barkman said he lives on a hill, so he wanted to be prepared in case it got any icier. "It can be pretty bad," he said.