AFN Convention set for Oct. 18-20

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On the Y-K Delta
City asks state to keep armory open
for community use
Following Bethel City Council discussion, City Manager Lee Foley
wrote a letter to Govenor Sean Parnell on Sept. 19 asking the governor
to help keep the old National Guard Armory open for community
use. In the letter the city manager describes the uses of the facility
for recreation in the gym and for local events. He cites the agreement
between the Guard and Lower Kuskokwim School District for use
of the building. The manager expresses concern that the mothballing
process could be irreversible and detrimental to the welfare and
well-being of the entire Bethel community, and asks that the governor
help facilitate keeping the building open while formal resolutions are
prepared for a long-term solution.
Sleetmute man captured after two
days on the run
Clothing giveaway
ensures local people stay
warm this winter
Clothing, outdoor wear and
shoes were distributed on Friday
to area children and families in
need. For the sixth consecutive
year, Donlin Gold partnered with
Mikelnguut Elitnaurviat Elementary School to distribute the clothing
and a total of 48 boxes of clothing
and shoes were collected this year,
the largest amount Donlin Gold
volunteers have gathered yet.
In the spring, Donlin Gold
Photos submitted by Donlin Gold employees volunteer their time
collecting outdoor wear and shoes
from the lost and found bins at
various schools in the Anchorage School District. The items are
cleaned and sorted, and packed for
transport to Bethel. More than 200
students at M.E. will benefit from
the clothing drive and be provided
with warm winter gear.
Donlin Gold holds the collection
and distribution project as part of
its commitment to being a good
neighbor on in the Y-K region.
Following an alleged sexual assault in Sleetmute the suspect eluded
Alaska State Troopers for two and a half days. On Sept. 26 at about
3 a.m. troopers responded to the report of the assault. Investigation
revealed that Colten Zaukar, 22 of Sleetmute, broke into a Sleetmute
resident’s home with an axe, assaulted the female and dragged her
to a trail near the Kuskokwim River where he raped her, according
to the trooper report. She was later transported to the hospital and
treated for her injuries. When troopers and a Deputy U.S. Marshal responded to Sleetmute on Thursday they found that a family member
had warned Zaukar of their arrival, and had taken him to a wooded
mountainous region on the far side of town. Troopers and the marshal
pursued the suspect for several hours, but were unable to apprehend
him at the time. On Friday, according to KYUK, Zaukar was taken
into custody on the charges.
Boy killed in shooting
On Friday a Pilot Station youth was fatally shot by another youth.
According to troopers at about 2 p.m. on Sept. 28 a 9-year-old boy
shot another 9-year-old boy in the chest with a high powered .17 caliber pellet rifle. The air rifle had been fired by another 9-year-old boy
while the two boys were having an argument. The injured boy was
taken to the Pilot Station Health Clinic where CPR was performed,
but the boy succumbed to the injuries. Troopers are investigating.
Lower Kalskag man charged with
kidnapping and rape
AFN Convention set for Oct. 18-20
The 2012 Alaska Federation of Natives Convention
is slated for Oct. 18-20 at the Dena’ina Center in Anchorage and will focus on “Success Beyond Barriers.”
“This year’s convention theme recognizes our
Native communities’ achievements in context,” announced AFN President Julie Kitka. “It’s about our
peoples’ repeated success at overcoming barriers
and finding ways to thrive beyond the challenges
that persist, especially in rural Alaska.” She further
stated, “AFN is very pleased to announce an exciting
and extremely credible keynote speaker, Carol Wren
— we are all very much looking forward to hearing
and discussing her ideas.”
Wren is the Director of Employment and Training
Services at Cook Inlet Tribal Council. She is Alaska
Native of Inupiaq heritage, who grew up and went
to school in Dillingham. She has a bachelor’s degree
in social work from Pacific Lutheran University and
a master’s degree in vocational education from the
University of Alaska Anchorage. She is married to
Eric Wren and has two children, Jade (6) and Kenny
(3).
Wren is a recognized leader in the development
and implementation of innovative and effective
training and employment programs for Alaska Native adults and youth. Over the past decade, she has
been instrumental in establishing Cook Inlet Tribal
■ See AFN, Page 5
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Dwight Littlefish, 27 of Lower Kalskag, was arrested on Sept. 17 on
kidnapping, sexual assault and assault charges. According to troopers on Sept. 13 Littlefish was drinking with a woman, and when she
attempted to leave his residence, he prevented her from leaving by
assaulting and strangling her. He then raped her. She was later treated
at the hospital for her injuries. Littlefish was arraigned in the Aniak
District Court on Sept. 17 and bail was set at $500,000.
Tasering damage award overturned
A superior court judge has overturned a recent jury verdict which
awarded $500,000 damages to a Hooper Bay man. Former Superior
Court Judge Leonard Devaney ruled that Hooper Bay police were
entitled to immunity for their actions which involved tasering the
plaintiff Thomas Olson numerous times during an arrest.
In addition, the court ruled that the damages awarded were overturned because of improper argument at trial by plaintiffs lawyers.
Judge Devaney then issued a judgment in favor of the defendants, and
will rule shortly on an award of costs and attorney fees against Olson.
Healthy Alaskans 2020 begins with
survey
The Healthy Alaskans 2020 project, a collaboration of The Alaska
Department of Health and Social Services and the Alaska Native
Tribal Health Consortium, is conducting the initial survey for the
initiative and welcomes all Alaskans to participate. Healthy Alaskans
2020 aims to set health goals for Alaska. The collaborative nature of
the initiative will allow individuals in communities from all over
Alaska to contribute information and ideas in every step of the
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Opinion & Ideas
Backbone calls for reform
based on production, not giveaways
Backbone, an Alaskan citizen’s coalition, takes issue with some statements
made earlier this week by the Make Alaska
Competitive Coalition. The group seems
convinced that giving away Alaska’s oil
wealth will somehow inspire production.
Giving something away for nothing is not
a prudent investment. They want Alaskans
to believe that House Bill 110, which failed
during our last legislative session, would
have been good for our state. But Make
Alaska Competitive’s own advocate, Governor Knowles, admits that HB 110 was “not
We agree with Make Alasthe right answer.”
Comment
ka Competitive that this is
He’s right.
David Gottsein
a nonpartisan issue. Rather
Backbone supports the
Backbone
than pick one team or the
Senate Bipartisan Working
other, Backbone believes
Group. We encourage their
that Alaskans should vote for a plan based
continued, proven ability to work across
on a solid return on investment for Alasparty lines and work to expand oil production. By pursuing bold new incentives, such kans that will result in more oil production
and revenues for our state. We do not want
as tax credits for new production investa scheme reliant on tax giveaways with no
ments, the Working Group offers solutions,
reasonable prospect for a positive return on
instead of the bad choice of giving our oil
investment.
wealth away on legacy fields that can’t proIf an employee asks for a raise, his or her
duce significant new oil production.
employer would be reasonable to expect an
increase in production for that investment.
If Alaska is going to give more money to
the oil companies to develop our energy resources, real tax reform should be rooted in
increased production. Let’s spell out the job
we expect the oil companies to do, rather
them grant them a raise on just a hope and
a prayer. Because this oil belongs to all
Alaskans, Backbone supports the Bipartisan
Working Group’s belief that tax credits are a
way to ensure that Alaskans are getting the
best return on our investment.
Geissel suggests subsistence is insignificant
On Aug. 8, Senator Cathy Geissel (R-Anc)
said this about Alaska Native subsistence
on an Anchorage TV station:
“I wish it were true that folks in Point Hope,
Barrow, Nuiqsut, etc. were dependent on subsistence foods. Then the epidemic obesity, diabetes,
colon cancer, dental cavities would not exist.”
Senator Geissel, whose health-related career took her to rural Alaska, knows better.
While it is true that too many children in
rural villages, like too many children in Anchorage, suffer from poor dietary choices,
poor home health mentoring and poor
fitness habits it is absolutely not true that
subsistence activities are inconsequential.
But clearly the senator was so anxious for
her critique of rural subsistence to be heard,
she proudly documented her philosophy on
her Facebook page, which is where I read
her remarks.
According to the online Subsistence
Harvest data retrieval tool, in 2006 (the
last date for harvest data available), for the
community of Nuiqsut about 59 percent of
hunters harvested nearly 600 caribou with
96 percent of those hunters sharing with the
village resulting in 100 percent of the community benefitting from the harvest.
In Barrow, for that same year, 1,018 caribou were harvested by about 48 percent of
Records And Verification
Electronic Network
(R.A.V.E.N.)
In the upcoming months, you will notice
more communications from YKHC regarding our journey to bring a new YKHC
Electronic Health Record (EHR) system to
all of our facilities — village clinics, subregional clinics and our Bethel hospital. The
name of our new EHR system is RAVEN,
the eligible households. 78 perfield_dressed_weights.htm). The
cent of those harvesters shared
Anchorage Municipality lists on
with the village resulting in a
its website that a typical price
distribution of meat to over 90
of ground beef in Anchorage is
percent of eligible households.
$3.37 per pound (www.muni.
In Point Hope, the community
org/Departments/police/Joindistribution of sea mammals is
APD/Pages/Anchorage,Alaska.
important enough for the comaspx). And the State of Alaska’s
munity to be engaged with the
Department of Labor, Research
science and policy of marine
and Analysis Division notes that
Comment the cost of living differential
mammal management and protection. Point Hope also harvests
in Alaska is significant (labor.
Elstun
caribou; Nuiqsut and Barrow
alaska.gov/research/col/col.
Lauesen
also harvest whales.
pdf).
The cost of living index for
Now the issue referenced in
Anchorage is set at 1.00, for instance, while
a Washington Post article was concernthe index for Kotzebue, a regional center
ing the melting of the permafrost freezers
in Northwest Alaska, is 1.61. It’s safe to
where the meat is stored. The system of
say, the index for smaller communities like
“passive” freezers (freezers requiring no
Point Hope would be higher.
outside energy to maintain and operate) is
critical to the preservation of food and acBut, using these values, the import subcording to the villagers; the frozen ground
stitution value of the 600 Nuiqsut caribou
is melting.
alone would be 600 x 100 pounds x $3.37
x 1.61 or $325,542. Divided among the
The senator sniffs at this issue; yet the
approximately 100 households in Nuiqsut,
economic impact is real. According to the
the caribou alone represents $3,255 per
Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the
household. The value of the marine mamdressed weight of a 400-pound (181-kilomals, oils, birds, fish and berries more than
gram) caribou is about 240 pounds (109 kidouble that import substitution value to
lograms). This equates to about 100 pounds
the community. Subsistence is not insignifi(45 kilograms) of meat (www.reelfoot.com/
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federal law which requires us to transfer
our record keeping from paper forms into
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I risk belaboring this point in order to
call out Senator Geissel on her premise and
conclusion. Her premise is that subsistence
is insignificant part of the rural economy.
Her conclusion is that the economic benefits
to the villages from offshore development
will outweigh the cost, even in the form of
climate change and melting permafrost.
The irony here is rich. Senator Geissel is
one of a gaggle of Republican legislators
who push an extremist agenda imported
to Alaska via the American Legislative
Exchange or ALEC. This organization is
funded by the wealthy conservatives, and
contains an ideology that decries, among
other things, big government programs that
foster dependency. Yet here we have Nuiqsut, independently producing hundreds
of thousands of dollars of local food, being
mocked and trivialized by the Senator because they want to preserve some measure
of economic independence.
This incident provides a snapshot of the
senator’s real purpose for serving in the
legislature. She wants to give away state
revenues to her friends in Big Oil and she
is willing to dispense with subsistence so
Shell can get its way.
Senator, have you no shame?
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new system. I want to let you know about
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will be challenges that may initially result
in longer patient wait times. Please bear
with us as we learn and “Go Live” with
RAVEN on Jan. 28. Again, thank you for
your patience as we continue our journey
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to Achieve Excellent Health.
Sincerely,
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Support for Alan Dick
I support Alan Dick for District 38 Representative, which stretches from Goldstream
in western Fairbanks to the mouth of the
Yukon. He is the only legislator to stand up
to the state regarding our veterinary services in the villages and for the fisherman.
I am an Alaska Native fisherman, and,
for background, I have been attending state
board of fisheries meetings my entire life,
so I have a pretty good idea how meetings
are run.
I have also attended Alaska Veterinary
Board meetings on behalf of the villages
and know that they are a dictatorship working for the financial interests of the veterinary business owners while the villages go
without.
The Alaska vet board has gone so far as
to make it impossible for a traveling Christian veterinary group whose mission is to
spread the Word and provide free veterinary services to under-served communities
in collaboration with local churches.
We are not asking for a handout from the
city veterinarians.
All we asked is that they stop blocking
legitimate services to our villages that are
no-cost to the state and let our fishermen
catch enough fish to feed their families.
Representative Alan Dick says Alaska
has a treaty with Canada that guarantees a
certain number of the king salmon and now
we need a treaty for our own people. I like
that idea.
Why should we be the only ones kept
from fishing?
It doesn’t matter what party you usually
vote for, Alan can protect our rights, is in
the majority and can get projects funded
and bills passed.
I invite you to vote for Alan Dick, no city
legislator is going to stand up for us the
way he has.
— Greg Taylor, Fairbanks
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On behalf of the whole family of Rachel
Berry, we would like to thank the many
hospital workers, nurses and doctors,
oncology department from ANMC and YKDRH, especially the quality care providers,
Marissa Taylor and Grace Sy. Many friends
and family members who have prepared
and brought food. Quyana to everyone who
brought flowers for our mom, Rachel, she
loved flowers. The sisters of our mom, who
washed and clothed her body. Kasigluk Inc.
and family members for the purchase of her
beautiful casket, Frank Nicholai for making
mom’s beautiful cross. Thank you Karen
Welch for the beautiful delicious memorial
cake. Quyana Cakneq to Fr. Elia Larson for
letter her receive Holy Communion and
prayers. Many thanks to the brothers and
sister of Saint Sophia Orthodox Church and
choir members who sang so beautifully.
Fr. Larson and Fr. Daniel Charles for the
wonderful funeral service. Special thanks
to BUC-Craig and Leland Rogers, City of
Bethel, Wassilie Martin, Charlie Tommy and
Evon Waska and others for preparing her
final resting place. Quyana Cakneq to ONC
and AVCP Inc for printing the obituary.
Quyana AVCP for use of beverage coolers, Ana Hoffman for use of big coffee pot,
ONC for use of the multipurpose building
for the feast held after funeral. Thank You
to AVCP Inc, ONC, YKHC, VFW, Christy
at Corina’s Caselot and everyone else who
financially helped, all so much appreciated.
Our list can go on forever, but if we missed
anyone God knows you all and he will
return and provide many blessing to you.
The biggest thank you, to all who have
come to our home, from back when we
learned of Rachel’s battle to cancer, till now.
You all have comforted us in our time of
need, the many prayers and kind words
are greatly appreciated, from the bottom of
our heart. God knows each and everyone of
you, you all gave us much strength to carry
on and together we will be okay. You are all
blessed.
Silent message from Mom, we found after
her passing, and we had to share:
When the road you’re trudging seems
all uphill, when the funds are low and the
debts are high, and you want to smile, but
you have to sigh, when care is pressing you
down a bit, Rest if you must, but don’t you
quit!
Quyana and loves to all. We leave you
peace, love and comfort, from the family of
Rachel Berry from the bottom of our hearts
— Carl, Loren, Teddy and Karla Berry; and
Charlene Wuya
Federal Subsistence Meeting
The public is invited.
October 10–11 starting at 9:00 a.m.
in Bethel at the Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center
The Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Subsistence Regional Advisory
Council will meet to discuss proposals to change Federal subsistence
shing regulations and other issues related to subsistence in the
Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Region. Participate in person or by
teleconference, 1-866-560-5984 (passcode: 12960066).
For meeting materials or other information on the
Federal Subsistence Management Program, visit:
http://alaska.fws.gov/asm/index.cfml or call
the Ofce of Subsistence Management at 907-786-3888.
If you need special accommodations for disabilities, such as sign language interpretation,
please contact the Ofce of Subsistence Management at least ve business days prior to the
meeting.
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Paul Jack Tinker
Paul Jack Tinker, or “Daio,” “SuperMan,” “Doctor Paul,” “Caikaq” or “Paul
Daio” as most of us knew him was born to
Anna Lilly (Sergie) and the late John Evan
Tinker, Sr. on Aug. 17, 1979 at the YKHC
hospital in Bethel and ascended into eternal life Aug. 20, 2012 at Marshall.
Paul is predeceased by most recently his
sister, Elizabeth, his sister Alice, his brothers, Patrick Willie, Alexie and David, and
his father, John Evan Sr.
Paul is survived by his wife, Bernice
Marie Tikiun-Tinker, their children Bryan
Willie Oney, Brianna Soxine Charla Tinker
and Matthew Jathon John Tinker, his
mother Anna Lilly Tinker, his siblings
and their families, Linda Tinker, Cecelia
and Charlie Sallison, John Jr. and Beverly
Tinker, Peter Tinker and Marilyn Sipary,
Mary and Matthew Jackson, Margaret and
Joshua Bogdanski, Alexie Ronald Tinker
and Gabriella Lynn Tinker, his mother and
father in-law John Sr. and Nora Tikiun, his
in-laws and their families John B. Tikiun
Jr. and Charlotte Weaver, Walter Tikiun,
Gerald Tikiun and Melanie George, Bertha
Tikiun and numerous Aunts, Uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews and friends.
Paul graduated high school at Pitkas
Point Schools in 1998. He moved to Marshall with Bernice and was blessed with
Angela Mary Smith
Angela Mary Smith, beloved mom,
grandma, marloo, mah, and ammau, passed
away Sept. 12, 2012 in Bethel. The span of
her earthly being was 88 years, 6 months
and 22 days. She was the first daughter
born March 21, 1924, to Joseph and Cecelia
Joseph Jr., in Alakanuk. She was raised in
her village and community of Alakanuk,
where she learned a strong work ethic, the
value of a dollar, and how to gracefully live
Obituaries
their first child in February 1999. Paul and Bernice
then married on Sept. 18,
1999. Paul was a skilled
mechanic, a wild land firefighter, he worked with
North Star firefighters
in Fairbanks, achieved a
degree in carpentry from a
workshop at Saint Mary’s,
was a truck driver, a
fisherman, a hunter, he
helped in construction of
the road leading to the
summit of Pilcher Mountain and became a health aide for Marshall
in 2006.
In 2009 he continued his medical
knowledge by attending the Alaska Career
Academy and earned a degree as a Certified Medical Assistant. In the meantime
he worked with A1 Car Rental and at the
Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage.
In 2010 he moved back to Marshall and
continued his career as a health aide with
YKHC and talked of becoming a physician’s assistant.
Daio did all he could to help the people
of his community. He worked very hard,
even when he didn’t need to for the people
he loved. Paul’s hobbies included playing basketball, surfing Facebook, chatting
with his friends and family, fixing things,
traveling and playing with
babies. Paul’s big heart loved
babies and he had his little
pet names for each child. He
loved his wife and children
with all he was. Although
times challenged his patience
and pushed him down, Daio
always had hope. He always
made things work out for
the better. Daio’s last words
to his wife will echo in the
hearts of all that love him: “I
love you. Bye.”
Thank you to the people
that donated food, cooked for the TikiunTinker family, to the people that sent
prayers, to the people that spent time with
Paul’s family and gave emotional and
spiritual support, to the people that helped
give rides and provided gasoline and oil
for Paul’s family, to the people that opened
their homes for his family and friends to
stay at, to the state troopers who helped
from Aniak and LYSD.
Special thanks to the Marshall search
and rescue committee for their persistence
and efforts. Also to the people that cooked,
donated, and watched the camp during
the search. Special thanks to the search and
rescue committees from Russian Mission,
Pilot Station, Bethel and Saint Mary’s.
Heartfelt Thank You to Alaska State
Trooper Nick Massey and his wife, Monica
for delivering Paul home to his family and
friends, twice, and to Grandma Ben for the
generous food donations.
Please forgive us if we’ve failed to mention anyone, you are all appreciated and in
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“The life given us by nature is short, but
the memory of a life well spent is eternal.”
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
Let not your heart be troubled: you
believe in God, believe also in Me. In My
Father’s house are many mansions: if it
were not so, I would have told you. I go
to prepare a place for you. And if I go and
prepare a place for you, I will come again,
and receive you to Myself; that where I am,
there you may be also. – John 14:1-3
Bape,
Words can’t say what I’m feeling and
going through right now. Thank you for
sharing life with me and our children, although it was short I will cherish you and
our children forever. We’ve had many ups
and downs, but life without you will be so
tough. I will give all my worries to God.
Please watch over us and pray for us as
we will do the same for you. Our worlds
are different now, but we will never forget
you. Remember to protect us from evil and
keep us strong.
I Love You. Rest In Peace, Bape!
Love, Your Family
through hard times.
She won the eye of Joseph Smith when
she was 19. She did not want to leave her
father, as he was not in good health. Her father had told her that if she did not get married to him, he would give her to another
old man to marry. She obediently consented
and married him. They were married Aug.
8, 1942, in the St. Ignatius Parish in Alakanuk. Together, for more than 46 years, they
experienced the changing scenes of life in
their joyous and fruitful
companionship, which the
Lord had entrusted to them.
To her children she was
called Mom for many
years. As the grandchildren
came along this changed to
Grandma. She enjoyed being
Grandma and was excited
about each new arrival. She
took great pride in her family. She had a special name
for each new addition into
the family and each new
child felt special whenever she would say
their name. She had a very good memory
and would tell stories of what happened
yesterday or 80 years ago.
She served as a member of the Alaska Territorial Guard during World War II on home
base. She also worked for Point Adams
Packing Company during its working years
as a cook and also in the cannery. After her
husband went “home”, she did her best in
trying to be as independent as she could.
She bought some building material and had
a new “little house” built. In between staying with one of her children or grandchildren, she would be at her little house.
She loved listening to the radio, knitting,
sewing, harvesting in each different season,
reading, being with her family, and being
in her little house. She served God, family,
country, and church faithfully, cheerfully,
and well. She was an exemplary and sup-
portive wife, mother and
grandmother.
She leaves her children,
Theresa (Tessie) Cook and
Martha and Timothy Sergie;
her sibling Placide and Lucy
Joseph, all of Alakanuk; 15
grandchildren; 42 greatgrandchildren and 12 great
great grandchildren; many
nieces and nephews; many
great nieces and nephews.
She joins her husband; sons,
Clyde and Mary, Harry and
Norman Smith; grandchildren, Sharon, Rae,
and Joe Smith, Robert Cook, Carla and Joshua
Sergie; great grandchildren, Joe and Galaxie
Alstrom, Steve Lukudak; siblings, Thomas
and Cecelia Chikigak, Camille and Sophie
Joseph, Clement and Margaret Joseph, Joseph
and Judith Joseph, Alice and John Hanson,
Christine and Paul Phillip; her in-laws,
Johnson and and Maggie Katchakoar, Anna
Johanson, Barbara Waskey, Agatha Oktoyuk
and Mr. Sheppard, Evan Hamilton, Sr., Willie
and Catherine Moore; and other family members who are too many to name.
Thank you, Mom, for your wit and
wisdom, an honored and honorable name,
sacrificing so many things for us, sharing
and living your beliefs, the lessons of life,
teaching us the value of “being able to sleep
when the wind blows,” your unconditional
love, and your example of a contrite and
humble life.
My choice…
My reason!
”Ever since I quit Iqmik, I feel so healthy”
“I kept telling her not to chew, I am so happy for
her”
— Thomas & Hazel Akerelrea
Tonia Marie
Olson
Obituaries
Tonia Marie Olson, 46,
passed away unexpectedly
on Sept. 15, 2012 in Palmer.
A funeral service was held
Sept. 23 at Cremation Society of Alaska in Anchorage
. A Celebration of Life was
held Sept. 29 in Anchorage.
A potluck will be held at a
later date.
Tonia was born on June
21, 1966 in Anchorage to William and Ada
(Conquest) Cameron.
She grew up in Anchorage and graduated from East High School. Tonia has
always lived in Alaska, mainly Anchorage
or the Valley area. She has many family and
friends who loved her and will miss her
dearly
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Council (CITC) as the primary workforce
development, employment and training
center for Native people in Anchorage,
Alaska’s largest Native community.
Wren has dedicated her professional life
to improving the lives of whole families by
helping to establish financial independence
through stable employment, job training,
education, and coaching that increase opportunities for parents and their children.
She has been instrumental in developing an
integrated approach to services and training by providing a single locus of opportunity for job-seeking youth and adults.
Visit Wren’s profile on the Alaska Journal
of Commerce’s 2012 “Top Forty Under 40.”
The 2012 AFN convention agenda will
boast a wide array of speakers, from government and national representatives to
Native leaders. Other event highlights will
include:
• A statewide Tribal Leaders Forum on
Wednesday, Oct. 17
• Two nights of Alaska Native traditional
dance performances called Quyana Alaska
• Three days of the state’s largest Alaska
Native Customary Arts & Crafts Show
• A major exhibit fair of corporations,
nonprofits, federal/state agencies and educational institutions who partner with the
Alaska Native community
• A highly interactive health fair with
multiple health entity sponsors, including
the Center for Disease Control, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium and others
• AFN’s Annual President’s Awards for
outstanding achievements
She is survived by her
father William T. Cameron,
Jr; children, Jerry Olson
and Justin Coulson; grandchildren Kiana and Diana;
sisters, Beverly Barker, April
Cameron and Laquenta
Perkins; brothers, “Tom”
Cameron III, Victor Cameron, Billy Cameron, Harry
Cameron; grandparents
Raymond Conquest and
Pauline Hart.
Tonia was preceded in
death by her son “Little” Duane Olson,
mother, Ada L. Cameron, and numerous
aunts, uncles and cousins.
Blessed be the memory of Tonia.
Arrangements were entrusted to Cremation Society of Alaska. An online quest book
may be signed at www.alaskacremation.
com
• AFN’s formal closing reception and
banquet
This year, five major convention-wide
will cover such areas as the Native community’s relationship with the State of Alaska;
Energy for Developing our Economies;
Partners for Economic Growth; Strong Native Peoples — In Body, Spirit & Mind; and
Educational Reform — Our Vision for the
Future of Education.
Each year, the AFN convention attracts
nearly 4,000 delegates and attendees from
Native corporations, regional nonprofit
associations, and village across the state,
as well as national/international guests.
The gavel-to-gavel statewide television
coverage reaches homes throughout
Alaska. Thousands of daily web viewers
from Alaska, the Lower 48, and around the
world follow the convention through live
web streaming on the AFN website.
The Alaska Federation of Natives was formed
in October 1966, when more than 400 Alaska
Natives representing 17 Native organizations
gathered for a 3-day conference to address
Alaska Native aboriginal land rights. It is now
the largest statewide Native organization in
Alaska. Its membership includes 178 villages
(both federally-recognized tribes and village
corporations), 12 regional Native corporations
and 12 regional nonprofit associations and tribal
consortiums that contract and run federal and
state programs. AFN is governed by a 37-member board, which is elected by its membership
at the Annual convention held each October.
The mission of AFN is to enhance and promote
the cultural, economic and political voice of the
entire Alaska Native community. Visit www.
nativefederation.org for regular convention
updates.
Local students enroll at
Fort Lewis College
rent major is accounting.
Edwin Waskey of Mountain Village
whose current major is engineering.
Kristina Willard of Bethel who has not
declared a major area of study.
Fort Lewis College is a selective public
liberal arts college set in a mountain setting
in Durango, Colo. Information about the
college is at www.fortlewis.edu.
Several area students have enrolled as
freshmen at Fort Lewis College in Durango,
Colo.
The students include:
Chelsey Beans-Polk of Bethel whose current major is geology - geology option.
Mary Dyment of Bethel whose current
major is sociology - criminology option.
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as health planning and action tools for individuals, communities and health professionals.
By working together on important health issues, Healthy Alaskans 2020 intends to help
improve health for all communities in Alaska. The survey is available online at www.hss.
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Suicide prevention receives almost $1.5 million
Alaska’s Division of Behavioral Health recently received a $1.44 million grant to
strengthen the state’s youth suicide prevention program.
The Garrett Lee Smith Youth Suicide Prevention Grant, from the federal Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, will help groups statewide offer suicide
prevention training and develop prevention resources for their communities, according to
a press release from Alaska Department of Health and Social Services.
“Teaching Alaskans that suicide is preventable and giving them the tools to help be part
of the solution is crucial to preventing suicide among youth in Alaska,” said Behavioral
Health Division Director Melissa Stone.
The grant will allow the division’s Alaska Youth Suicide Prevention Project to educate
people about suicide; train personnel to make referrals for those at risk; link youth with
community mental health systems, and promote Alaska’s suicide prevention line, Careline,
1-877-266-HELP (4357), and other local, regional and statewide resources.
For information on Alaska Youth Suicide Prevention Project activities and services, visit
hss.state.ak.us/dbh/prevention or contact James Gallanos, project coordinator: 907-4658536, 1-877-393-2287 toll free, james.gallanos@alaska.gov.
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Dry Again — It almost seems anticlimactic. All the friendly (and unfriendly)
debates are over, the bumper stickers already look years old, and there’s a certain
air of calm finality in the crisp October
air. Bethel will not be selling booze this
year. In Tuesday’s election, residents voted
overwhelmingly, over 2 to 1 to be exact, to
defeat the ordinance allowing for the sale
of intoxicating liquors. The final total on
the wet-dry issue was 548 to prohibit the
sale of liquor and 216 to allow the sale of
liquor. The margin of 332 votes was a considerably larger mandate than last October
when the “no” voters won by only 32 votes
and was the largest margin in the city’s
history of wet-dry voting. The election
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was, in the words of City Manager Andy
Edge, “an outstanding display of votes by
the people of Bethel.” The day before the
election, he told KYUK that he would be
very pleased to see at least 800 votes cast
— Bethel voters did him one better and
showed up at the polls 827 strong. In the
races for city council seat, Eddie Hoffman
and Sarge Connick were “shoe-ins” in the
words of the City Manager. Hoffman was
re-elected to Seat 4 and Connick retained
Seat 2.
B.B.I. Blues — For a few years, Bethel
Broadcasting Inc., (KYUK) has been the
recipient of a goodly amount of construction and installation grants from various
sources, mostly governmental. Now, with
both radio and television fully operational,
the newness of creating an effective media
in the tundra region has faded. KYUK
now finds itself at the mercy of funding
agencies, that have been working with
drastically reduced budgets the past two
years. Being a Public Service-Educational
media, KYUK is not permitted to sell
advertising to raise funds and maintain an
adequate income as commercial stations
in most cities do.
KYUK finds that
the current funding
for the fiscal year
1974-75 is falling
far short of meeting the increasing
needs of a growing station in a
growing bush
area. For that
reason, KYUK
finds it necessary, at one of
its most promising times, to
cut the station
employee roll
to a bare minimum, so that
it may remain
on the air
and continue
service to the
community
of Bethel and
surrounding villages.
This cut in personnel will
not mean a cut in air hours for radio and
television. What it does mean is that
KYUK will no longer have the staff to
answer phones, take messages, to cover
and investigate local and state news
happenings, and will not be able to carry
out plans already underway for locally
produced programming.
Artists! — Judith Sample will arrive in
Bethel on Oct. 9 to teach Dance Movement
to Bethel Primary and Middle School students. Mrs. Sample is the first in a series of
five artists or groups of artists which will
spend from two weeks to two months per
group, working with Bethel students. Mrs.
Sample will emphasise the development
of freedom of
movement
and non-verbal expression
with students.
John Brebner
and Phillip
Sheridan, San
Francisco Bay
area actors,
producers and
specialists in
educational theater will make
their appearance in Bethel on
Oct. 19 and will
be in residence
in Bethel for 1
month. During
that time they will
be doing in-school
creative drama programs which are
simple, direct and
participatory theatre experiences for
children. Whenever
possible,
they will work right
in the classroom and involve as many of
the students as possible. They will also
be available for work with high school
students and are capable of presenting at
least four two-man shows suitable for presentation over KYUK, various clubs and
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A $4.5 billion competitive federal contract to develop rapid-response hardware
for the Department of Defense has been
awarded to Redstone Defense System, a
joint venture between Yulista Aviation, a
Calist Corporation subsidiary, and Science
and Engineering Services. The incumbent,
Yulista Management Services, spent 10
years in a partnership with SES working
on the Prototype Integration Facility (PIF).
The new contract, PIF II, is a 3-year base
contract with an option of two additional
years.
“This is the result of a decade of hard
work by our skilled employees,” said
Yulista President Monica James. “Through
our innovative designs, we have developed
a strong relationship with our military men
and women and have sharpened our skills
as a company.”
As technology evolves, it is critical for
U.S. military branches to be equipped with
the most advanced hardware available. The
contract calls for Yulista to make hardware
improvements or changes to technology
capabilities when the need arises.
“We respond very quickly, if there is a
situation where the military needs a solution we will find that in days,” said James.
PIF initially focused on missile and
aviation improvements, but Yulista has received numerous accolades for their inventions, including developing Humvee crew
extraction rings and hardware that allows
machine guns to operate in a cold climate.
“It is our job to provide the U.S. military
men and women with technology and
equipment that are not only designed to
administer war support, but to save lives.
Our inventions are not only efficient, but
effective,” said James.
It is unknown how much of the contract
ceiling will be utilized because the work
is awarded on the basis of specific needs.
Yulista is based in Huntsville, Ala. but the
contract’s projects take place around the
world.
DeWitt named to human
trafficking task force
victimized and exploited.”
The task force is composed of representatives of the attorney general’s office, the
Department of Public Safety, the Department of Health and Social Services, and two
members who represent nongovernmental
organizations that provide health and social
services to victims of these crimes.
DeWitt is executive director of Tundra
Women’s Coalition, a domestic violence
shelter and service provider in Bethel. She
has both lived in Bethel and worked for
TWC since 1997. She earned a bachelor’s
degree from Creighton University. The
TWC is committed to promoting a healthy
social environment for the women, children
and men of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
and currently includes a 30 bed emergency
shelter, community outreach, children’s
advocacy center, transitional housing and
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Groups look at tsunami debris cleanup
At least 1.5 million tons of debris from
Japan’s 2011 tsunami is still afloat, and at
least half of it is expected to hit Alaska’s
coastline. The region from Yakutat to Gore
Point off the Kenai Peninsula will likely
see the heaviest debris piles, but Southeast
Alaska and other areas will see chunks of
junk as well.
Those are conclusions of a fascinating
new report by Washington Sea Grant titled
Debris Accumulation Scenarios in Washington State from the March 2011 Tohoku
Tsunami (tinyurl.com/9rvtf7f). The Sea
Grant report, authored by Ian Miller and
Jim Brennan, says most of the debris should
land within four years of the 2011 tsunami,
with Alaska receiving more in subsequent
years as it is released from ocean gyres.
Most of the debris that has landed so far
has been lighter items driven by the wind,
such as buoys and astonishing amounts of
Styrofoam. Trackers find that plastic particularly troublesome, said Dave Gaudet,
marine debris program coordinator for the
Juneau-based Marine Conservation Alliance
Foundation.
“We don’t have any definitive data on
what Styrofoam does to the wildlife and
the environment. We do know that it breaks
up and animals ingest it and it gets into the
ecosystem. So we need to be vigilant for
that,” said Gaudet.
The MCAF has spearheaded marine
debris cleanup in remote Alaska for regions
for years. Shortly after the tsunami occurred in March 2011 it began tracking
where and what types of debris are coming
ashore at monitoring stations at Kodiak,
Yakutat, Sitka and Craig. Arriving soon
will be heavier, current driven debris riding
beneath the ocean surface.
“We don’t know what’s next,” Gaudet
said.
The MCA Foundation has compiled an
extensive debris clean up plan for Alaska,
and is awaiting the results of a state backed
aerial survey done this summer to help prioritize actions. (A Plan for the Clean Up of
Tsunami-Related Marine Debris off Alaska,
tinyurl.com/95hax6m)
“We are in the process of trying to identify the kinds of debris and if it is close to
breeding areas for birds or mammals, or
other ecologically important areas. Things
like that will factor in to what areas are going to be cleaned,” said Gaudet.
Or more accurately — if they get cleaned.
“The biggest thing we are missing is
Catfish, crab, cod and clams round out the
“The assessment team is infunding. Nothing has been
top 10.
terested in that because they are
dedicated to the tsunami
Those seafoods make up more than 90
worried about ghost fishing,”
beyond the $50,000 that came
percent of the fish eaten in the U.S., ache explained.
from NOAA, which is being
cording to the National Fisheries Institute,
The biggest data gap comes
used to clean up parts of
which compiles the list of favorites each
from the pot cod fleet. It has
Prince William Sound this
fall. The only two fish that saw increased
been easier to get information
year. But for the future, no
consumption were Alaska pollock and
to and from other gears because
money is identified,” he said.
pangasius, likely reflecting continued belt
they have centralized groups
Japan has donated $6
tightening by consumers and lower U.S.
and fishing members, such as
million to the U.S. governcatfish production.
the Freezer Longline Coalition,
ment to help with cleanup.
Fish
Overall, Americans ate slightly less
the Alaska Seafood Cooperative
Gaudet said he’s hopeful the
Factor
seafood last year at 15 pounds per person,
and Alaska Groundfish DataWashington Sea Grant study
down from 15.8 pounds in 2010. Federal
bank. But the pot boats stand
will make the case for Alaska
Laine Welch
number crunchers claim that figure is
pretty
much
on
their
own.
The
to get a good portion of those
For The Tundra Drums
misleading, however, due to the way in
lost gear information remains
funds.
which per capita consumption is calcuconfidential, Browning, said,
Might Alaska fishermen
lated, because usage of fillets, fish sticks
and only locations will be
and vessels get contracts to
and portions remained steady, and shrimp
plotted to see if there are aggregations in
help with marine debris cleanup?
consumption increased.
particular areas.
“Unfortunately, this is unlike the Exxon
So, where in the world do they eat the
Cod boats are out on the grounds now,
Valdez oil spill where a lot of the cleanup
most seafood? The Maldives Islands in the
and AFDF is hoping that fishing organizatook place within the semi protected waters
tions or fleet managers will encourage skip- Indian Ocean where each person eats 314
of Prince William Sound,” said Gaudet. “A
pers to collect data on lost and retrieved pot pounds per year.
lot of the tsunami debris is hitting the outer
gear. If that remaining bit of information
coasts where it is extremely difficult to gain
U.S. per capita consumption
is not in hand by May, it could derail the
access to the shore. We are likely going to
2010
2011
green label for Alaska cod.
have to get people in by plane or helicopter
“This will be the second year that we
and get it out the same way.”
Shrimp
4.000 Shrimp
4.200
haven’t’ been able to provide the data on
Pending more funding, the MCA
Canned Tuna 2.700 Canned Tuna 2.600
lost gear, and it could suspend the certificaFoundation hopes clean up crews can be
Salmon
1.999 Salmon
1.952
tion or we would have to ask for a variance
deployed next spring. Report debris sightTilapia
1.450 Alaska Pollock 1.312
for more time,” said Browning.
ings on Facebook at SeaAlliance/Restoring
Lost gear reporting forms are available at
our Shores.
Alaska Pollock 1.192 Tilapia
1.287
www.afdf.org .
Cod could lose ecolabel — Getting a
Catfish
0.800 Pangasius
0.628
Top Ten — Shrimp, canned tuna and
fishery certified as sustainable has become
Crab
0.573 Catfish
0.559
salmon remained as America’s top seafood
a cost of doing business in today’s seafood
favorites last year. Alaska pollock ranked
world. Without that stamp of approval,
Cod
0.463 Crab
0.518
major buyers in the U.S. and Europe simply No. 4, bumping farmed tilapia to the fifth
Pangasius
0.405 Cod
0.501
spot. Another farmed whitefish from Asia,
won’t source the fish. Alaska salmon, polClams
0.341 Clams
0.331
Pangasius, was the No. 6 most popular.
lock and halibut have long merited ecolabels. Pacific cod was the latest Alaska fish
to gain an eco-label in 2010 from the Marine
Stewardship Council — but it is in danger
of being yanked due to a need for more
information.
“We are having a really difficult time
getting good, accurate information on the
amount of lost gear, particularly pot gear
that is out there,” said Jim Browning, director of the Alaska Fisheries Development
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Foundation in Anchorage. AFDF is managSince 1971
ing the MSC cod certification process.
Alaska’s cod fishery certification includes
all gear types — trawl, longline and pots.
Obtaining and retaining the MSC label
hinged on meeting 29 conditions, Browning
said, and all have been met except for the
lost gear estimates.
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13. Copycat’s behavior
14. She married a Beatle
15. They go from high to low
16. Ancient Roman’s language
17. Small sandy island on a coral reef
18. Like days gone by
19. *One of its teams hasn’t won one
since 1908
21. *Chased in playoffs
23. Friend from Paris
24. Belongs to us
25. Fifth note
28. Patron saint of Norway
30. *New York transplants and 2010
champ
35. *All-time Series champs, the
Yankees, aka the “____ Empire”
37. Not a win and not a loss
39. Openly distrustful
40. *More than one grow on Wrigley
Field’s outfield walls
41. Become established
43. Welcoming sign
44. Concluded
46. Cylindrical building
47. One billionth
48. Relating to nervous system
50. Some emit a more pleasant one
than others
52. Limited, as in a company
53. Vegas light
55. Maiden name indicator
57. *Last year’s NL pennant winner
61. Sign of irritation
65. *In 2009, Derek Jeter won one
for the _____
66. Cell phone emergency contact
68. Relating to seta
69. Fear-inspiring
70. Longest division of time
71. Yemeni neighbor
72. Track gathering
73. Pumpernickel, e.g.
74. Vascular tissue
DOWN
1. Bath powder
2. Moonfish
3. Himalayan inhabitant?
4. American author _____ Jong
5. Live wire
6. Batty or bonkers
7. Santa ___ winds
8. Beaver-like South American rodent
9. Used for drying wood or bricks
10. Cocoyam
11. Ball-____ hammer
12. Is not
15. It is removed by ENT specialist
20. Covers with a thin layer of gold
22. Heat or energy unit
24. Sometimes done standing
25. *Best of _____ games
26. Relating to sheep
27. One who adheres to Hinduism
29. Greek god of war
31. Same as #70 Across
32. Between India and China
33. Council of _____, 15th century
34. Ecclesiastic convention
36. Suggestive look
38. *A ___ pitch allowed tie run to
score in Game 6 in ‘86 Series
42. Not a soul
45. Johann Strauss’s was blue
49. Welcoming accessory
51. *They broke the “Curse of the
Bambino”
54. Twig of willow tree
56. Rap group Public _____
57. Part of a wine glass
58. Shakespeare’s “you”
59. Fishing decoy
60. Leave out
61. Surrealist ____ Magritte
62. Abbreviation when referring to a
number of people
63. Of sound mind
64. *____ Sallee pitched in 1919
Series against Black Sox
67. “To His ___ Mistress,” poem
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organizations within the community. Film
artist, Gordon Smith, will be in Bethel for
one month in January and will return for
another month in March. During his stay
in Bethel he will involve Bethel middle
school students in a study of photography,
filmmaking, film animation and film appreciation, and will help them to produce
8mm film, video tapes and 35mm slide
film presentations.
PAC-HA-PA — Last Tuesday and
Wednesday, the Planning and Advisory
Committee for Health Aide Programs in
Alaska, known familiarly as “PAC-HAPA,” held its fourth quarterly meeting in
Bethel. Last September this committee
grew out of a group of health aide educators meeting in Anchorage, who worked
together and shared ideas and methods,
health aide training throughout the state
would be considerably improved. At the
core of PAC-HA-PA are the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation, the Norton
Sound Health Corporation, the Community Heath Aide Program of the Indian
Health Service, and the Section of Nursing
of the State of Alaska Health and Social
Services. Since last year, they have been
joined by representative from the universities, from other health corporations
and from members of a PHS. The Alaska
Federation of Natives now has permanent
representation. From being a small group
of interested and concerned teachers, PACHA-PA has developed into a statewide forum where all those who are involved with
community health aide training (including
the health aides themselves) can exchange
views, thrash out controversial issues and
recommend courses of action.
Notes from Chefornak — It’s blueberry
time in Nelson Island and families from
Chefornak have been going over there for
two or three days at a time to pick gallons
of them. It’s about a 4-hour trip each way,
on a nice day. The men have had some
success hunting mukluk seal at the mouth
of the river. Young Jimmy Joseph Jimmy
went on his first seal hunt Sept. 21 and
they shot one mukluk. James Wassali shot
three on one trip a week earlier. The pump
in the village well has been broken since
last November. People get their water from
rain barrels or carry if from the BIA well. A
new pump for the village was just ordered
from Sears. A dentist from Anchorage and
two dental hygienists spent two weeks
here in September. They cleaned every
schoolchild’s teeth, and did repair work
where needed. The X-ray technician came,
too, and the PHS doctor spent five days
holding annual clinics.
Tribe takes
action to protect
non-smokers
Nunakauyak Traditional Council passed
a Smokefree Tribal Workplace Resolution
in the village of Toksook Bay on Aug. 7.
The resolution was adopted as a concrete
measure to protect the health and welfare
of tribal members, employees, and children
from the harmful effects of second hand
smoke exposure. This resolution followed
on the heels of the October 2011 AFN Resolution 11-51, which tribal delegates heavily
supported statewide smokefree workplaces.
The unanimous vote by the Nunakauyak
Traditional Council showed its firm commitment to protect the health of all.
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REGULATIONS OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE,
COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
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8, of the Alaska Administrative Code, dealing with proxy solicitations relating to certain
corporations organized under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (“ANCSA”). The
proposed regulations address the way that
proxy solicitation materials are filed under
AS 45.55.139. The proposed regulations
also address the posting of proxy solicitation materials in electronic forums. The proposed regulations include the following:
(1) 3 AAC 08.307 is proposed to be added
to allow filers the flexibility of electronic or
hard-copy filing for documents that must be
filed with the Division of Banking and Securities under AS 45.55.139. Currently, the division only accepts hard-copy filings.
(2) 3 AAC 08.312 is proposed to be added
to allow ANCSA corporations or shareholders to post on “electronic forums” to facilitate communication among shareholders
and between shareholders and the corporations regarding the solicitation of proxies.
The provision outlines the responsibilities
of those who post on an electronic forum.
(3) 3 AAC 08.365 is proposed to be amended to add a definition for “electronic forum.”
(4) 3 AAC 08.920 is proposed to be amended to clarify that its provisions do not apply
to proxy solicitation filings covered by the
new provision in (1), as described above.
You may comment on the proposed regulation changes, including the potential costs
to private persons of complying with the
proposed changes, by submitting written
comments to:
Kevin Anselm
Operations Manager/Enforcement and Securities Chief
Division of Banking and Securities
Department of Commerce, Community and
Economic Development
550 West 7th Avenue, Suite 1850
Anchorage, Alaska 99501
Additionally, the Department of Commerce,
Community, and Economic Development will
accept comments by facsimile at (907) 2698146 and by electronic mail at ancsa@alaska.gov. The comments must be received no
later than 4:30 p.m. on November 2, 2012.
If you are a person with a disability who
needs a special accommodation in order to
participate in this process, please contact
Kevin Anselm at (907) 269-8140 no later
than October 15, 2012 to ensure that any
necessary accommodations can be provided.
For a copy of the proposed regulation changes, contact Kevin Anselm at the address
or phone number above, or go to http://
commerce.alaska.gov/bsc/pub/ANCSAdraftREG201209.pdf.
After the public comment period ends, the
Department of Commerce, Community, and
Economic Development will either adopt
these or other provisions dealing with
the same subject, without further notice,
or decide to take no action on them. The
language of the final regulations may be
different from that of the proposed regulations. You should comment during the time
allowed if your interests could be affected.
Written comments received are public records and are subject to public inspection.
Statutory Authority: AS 45.55.950
Statutes Being Implemented, Interpreted, or
Made Specific: AS 45.55.139, 45.55.160,
AS 45.55.920, AS 45.55.980
Fiscal Information: The proposed regulation
changes are not expected to require an increased appropriation.
DATE: 9/20/2012
/s/ Kevin Anselm
Operations Manager/Enforcement and
Securities Chief
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and Economic Development, Division of
Banking and Securities keeps a list of individuals and organizations interested in its
regulations. Those on the list will automatically be sent a copy of all of the Division’s
Notices of Proposed Regulations Changes.
To be added to or removed from the list,
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Please include your name and either your
e-mail address or mailing address, as you
prefer for receiving notices.
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