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Best in the West winners announced
The UAF Kuskokwim Campus Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural
Center and Best in the West
partners have announced the
winners of the fifth annual small
business competition.
This year’s winners are:
• Jo Ann Bennett, Chevak, All
Colors Painting $5,000.
• Evelyn Day, Bethel, Sew
What?, $5,000.
• Dunia Morgon, Kalskag, Resource of Gravel, $4,500.
• Mike White, Goodnews Bay,
The Big Baluga $4,000.
• Nikki Colbert, Bethel,
Southwest Childcare Coop,
$2,000.
• Jacqueline Cleveland,
Quinahagak, Ciulanita Qanruyutait, $1,500.
• Joan Dewey, Bethel, Bethel
Canine Boarding $1,500.
There were 17 applicants, 14
finalists, 10 presentations and
seven winners.
The annual small business
competition is an opportunity
to build small businesses in the
Y-K region and promote jobs
and economic stability.
Those entered in Best in
the West attend workshops to
develop their business plans,
budget, market analysis and
presentations.
The 2014 Best in the West
small business competition
starts in May 2014 and all Y-K
residents interested in starting a
small business are encouraged
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On the Y-K Delta
Bethel to elect city council members
On Tues., Oct. 1, Bethel voters will elect four city council members from a slate of seven candidates. Running for election are Leif
E. Albertson, Byron J. Maczynski, Johnny M. Furlong, Willy Keppel,
Mark E. Springer, Healther A. Pike and incumbent Rick Robb.
Man charged with son’s murder
Best in the west
Above: Mike White makes his presentation to the Best in the West judges.
Below: Evelyn Day showed her creations at the final presentations.
Edward Moses, 24 of Tununak, has been arrested on charges of
Murder I for the Sept. 12 death of his 2-year-old son, Kyle Moses.
Kyle Moses died form a gunshot wound, according to state troopers.
On Sept. 13 troopers in Bethel received a report of the death.
Troopers responded to Tununak to investigate the cause and
circumstances of the death. In Tununak, they found that Edward
Moses was barricaded in a building.
Moses was arraigned Sept. 14 in Bethel and a preliminary hearing is set for Sept. 24.
Hunter mauled by grizzly
to apply.
This year the partnership
supporting the competition
expanded to nine with KUC/
YPCC, Bethel Community Services Foundation, First National
Bank, Coast Village Region
Fund, Donlin Gold, Orutsararmuit Native Council, Calsita,
Bethel Native Corporation, and
Association of Village Council
Presidents.
Reyne Athanas is available to
work with persons interested in
starting a small business on the
Y-K Delta. Contact Athanas at
rmathanas@alaska.edu, 907-5434538 or stop by the YP Cultural
Center during normal business
hours.
A Rhode Island man on a guided hunt was attached by a grizzly
bear on Sept. 9 about 50 miles west of McGrath, according to state
troopers. John Matson while hunting near Beaver Mountain, shot
the grizzly which ran away, and Matson set of to find it. While
Matson was in high brush the bear attacked him. The bear was shot
several more times and again ran away.
Members of the hunting party were able tend to Matson’s injuries
while awaiting a rescue team.
Due to weather, the Air Force rescue helicopter was unable to
reach the victim until the next day, when he was taken to Anchorage for treatment.
Alakanuk set for road improvement
Alakanuk is receiving the money to pave three miles of dirt roads
in the village, according to KYUK. A U.S. Department of Transportation grant will fund $2.2 million of the $5.2 million project.
According to DOT, the repairs will enhance mobility and improve the quality of life in the village by making drainage improvements. Paving the roads would reduce dust and eliminate a
significant source of air pollution that coats drying fish.
Emmonak retrofits for energy efficiency
Lang Van Dommelen
Alaska Energy Authority
“I am forced to decide buying between heating
fuel or groceries. I had been forced to dig into our
January income to stay warm during December.
Again, for this month, same thing happens.” —
Nicholas Tucker Sr. 2009
When thinking about energy the first thing
that comes to mind is not the ability to feed
oneself. However, in Emmonak the high cost
of energy has a direct impact on the subsistence economy that people rely upon.
According to Martin B. Moore, Emmonak
city administrator has seen a sharp decline in
fish returns in the last 15 years. This created
a strain on the quality life of people living
throughout the region. “Whether you look at
it as a food issue or an energy issue, in Emmonak we have an economic situation, there
are less fish… We are missing our income.
People don’t have enough money to pay for
their bills and pay for gasoline for subsistence,” said Moore.
In 2009, Emmonak received national attention after the cost of energy became so high,
families were forced to choose between heating their homes and feeding themselves.
Since the winter of 2009, Emmonak has
Emmonak City Hall before energy efficiency improvements.
Emmonak City Hall after energy efficiency improvements.
utilized many funding opportunities to take
practical steps towards improving energy
efficiency, creating jobs and lowering production overheads that help keep energy more
affordable for residents.
According to the 2010 census, the population was 762 and there were 189 households.
On average more than four people live in
each home. The median household 2012
income was $32,917 and over 16 percent of
the residents were living in poverty. While
prices have gone down since the 2009 crisis,
heating fuel prices in 2012 averaged around
$6.54 per gallon, almost twice as much as in
Fairbanks where customers pay $3.78. Electricity also costs significantly more than it
does on the railbelt, at $0.50kWh – four times
as expensive as electricity in Anchorage,
where customers often pay less than $0.13/
kWh. Compounding the high cost of energy,
supplies like food, construction materials
and other necessities like gasoline and the
diesel used to run electric generators are the
costs of semiannual barge shipments from
Fairbanks or air travel.
Prior to the whole village retrofit, many
buildings fell into disrepair. In many, insula■ See Energy efficiency, Page 9
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Opinion & Ideas
Turning the tide on childhood obesity
As the Department of Agriculture’s
Deputy Under Secretary for Food,
Nutrition and Consumer Services, I am on
a mission to make sure all of our nation’s
children have the best possible chance at
a healthy life and a bright future. So, I’m
very encouraged by some recent news
from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention – the rate of obesity among
low-income pre-school children appears
to be declining (www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/
ChildhoodObesity) for the first time in
decades.
The declining rates show that our
collective efforts, at the federal, state and
community level, are helping to gain
ground on childhood obesity, particularly
among some of the more vulnerable
populations in our country. Low-income
children are often at a big disadvantage
when it comes to getting the food they
need to grow up healthy and strong,
which is why the nutrition programs and
resources available through USDA are so
vital.
Programs like WIC (www.fns.usda.
gov/wic) with its new, healthier food
package offerings for pregnant women,
Women benfit with ACA
Open enrollment for health care coverage
under the Affordable Care Act begins in
about two weeks. While the ACA provides
protections and health care coverage for
all Alaskans, Alaskan women particularly
benefit from its requirement that insurance
plans (finally!) cover the full range of FDAapproved contraception methods and stop
insurance discrimination, “gender rating,”
against women (www.nwlc.org). These
requirements genuinely support improved
quality of life for all Alaskan women,
but especially Alaska’s abnormally high
population of battered women, as the law
will effectively increase opportunities for
them to achieve independence from abusive
partners.
Gov. Parnell decided Alaska would be
the only state of 50 that would not apply in
2010 for up to $1 million in ACA planning
So what can you
breastfeeding mothers
Op-Ed
do to make a change
and young children,
Dr. Janey Thornton
in your home and
including more fruits
USDA
Deputy Under Secretary for Food community? Parents
and vegetables and
Nutrition and Consumer Services
and caregivers
more whole grains,
can use educational materials like
and the Child and Adult Care Food
Healthy Eating for Preschoolers (www.
Program (www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Care)
choosemyplate.gov/preschoolers/
with its increasing emphasis on nutrition
HealthyEatingForPreschoolersand physical activity for young children,
MiniPoster.pdf) and Nutrition and
are making a difference in the lives of
Wellness Tips for Young Children (www.
millions of children.
teamnutrition.usda.gov/Resources/
Our efforts don’t stop there. Schoolnutritionandwellness.html) to help teach
aged children are now getting healthier
young children healthy habits from the
and more nutritious school meals
start.
and snacks (www.fns.usda.gov/
Teachers, principals and school food
healthierschoolday), thanks to the support
service professionals can use nutrition
of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s
education materials like the Great
Move! initiative and historic changes
Garden Detective (teamnutrition.usda.
implemented under the historic Healthy,
gov/Resources/gardendetective.html)
Hunger-Free Kids Act. We’re supporting
curriculum provided through Team
healthy, local foods in schools through our
Nutrition to motivate older children
Farm to School grant program (www.fns.
to eat healthy and try new foods. Kids
usda.gov/pressrelease/2012/034312), and
can explore MyPlate Kids Place (www.
we’re improving access to fresh produce
choosemyplate.gov/kids/index.html)
and healthy foods (www.fns.usda.gov/
and take the MyPlate Pledge to commit
pressrelease/2013/15013) for children
to making healthy food choices at school
and families that receive Supplemental
and at home. And parents, teachers, and
Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.
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grants (www.cbpp.org). Despite that, the
federal government has our back and is
seeing to it that we Alaskans get the information we need to meet the law’s requirements in our best interests.
I urge all Alaskans to call 1-800-318-2596
or visit www.healthcare.gov, for information and support regarding participation
in the very humane Affordable Care Act
program.
— Barbara McDaniel, President, Alaska NOW
(National Organization for Women)
Vulnerable Adult
Awareness
There are good reasons for Gov. Parnell
to proclaim September 2013 “Vulnerable
Adult Awareness” month. Alaska has the
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kids alike can get active and learn about
healthy foods with Let’s Move! (www.
letsmove.gov) in school, at home and in
their communities.
Don’t get me wrong—we still have
a long way to go before America’s
childhood obesity epidemic is a thing
of the past. Far too many – one out of
every eight – preschoolers are still obese.
Unfortunately, obesity in these early
childhood years sets the perfect stage for
serious health problems throughout the
entire lifespan.
We at USDA are proud of our ongoing
efforts to ensure the health of America’s
next generation, and we know that,
combined with your efforts at home, we
are beginning to see real results in thefight
against early childhood obesity.
Dr. Janey Thornton serves as USDA’s Food,
Nutrition and Consumer Services Deputy
Under Secretary. Before moving to USDA, Dr.
Thornton served as School Nutrition Director
for Hardin County Schools in Elizabethtown,
Ky. and served as president of the 55,000-member School Nutrition Association during the
2006-07 school year.
fastest growing senior population in the
nation. Reports of harm to Adult Protective Services have risen 183 percent in the
last five years. The Office of the Long Term
Care Ombudsman now opens four times
as many cases each month as it did in 2009.
Our state has many vulnerable seniors who
need us to stay vigilant so that their dignity,
safety and rights are protected.
The ombudsman recruits and trains
volunteers to visit seniors in assisted living
and nursing homes. Every day volunteer
ombudsmen advocate for seniors who are
unable to speak for themselves, sometimes
even saving lives. I invite Alaskans to
consider this volunteer opportunity and to
call us at 334-4480 or 800-730-6393 for more
information.
Sincerely,
— Diana Weber, Long Term Care Ombudsman
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Calista acquires STG Incorporated
Calista Corporation
Calista Corporation announced Sept. 10
the acquisition of STG Incorporated. In the
last 20 years STG has earned a solid reputation while operating throughout Alaska,
from hot and sunny summer days to frigid
winter nights.
STG has installed approximately 80
percent of the utility-scale wind projects
currently in operation across the state,
including crane support for the Fire Island
Wind project near Anchorage and in rural
communities throughout Alaska. They also
completed the 34-site tower and control
buildings for the massive DeltaNet Project
for United Utilities, Inc. in southwest Alaska. STG is also the premier pile foundations
contractor for Western and Interior Alaska.
Additionally, the team at STG provides
deep experience with diesel power generation projects, bulk fuel systems and other
renewable energy projects.
“STG stands out in Alaska as a proven
company with dedicated employees, led
by Jim and Sandy St. George,” said Calista
AFN announces new Council
for the Advancement of
Alaska Natives
Alaska Federation of Natives
Earlier this month, the Alaska Federation of Natives announced the creation of the
Council for the Advancement of Alaska Natives. The council’s mission is to advance opportunities for Alaska Native peoples.
CAAN will be comprised of leaders from the regional tribal consortia and Alaska Native
non profits including First Alaskans, ANTHC, the Alaska Native Justice Center, RuralCa,
the Association of AK Native Housing Authorities and the Alaska Native Health Board.
Kawerak President Melanie Bahnke and Tanana Chiefs Conference President Jerry Isaac
will serve as the council’s co-chairs.
“I am very excited about this new direction and greater AFN involvement,” said Bahnke.
The change came after two days of extensive discussion during the AFN Human
Resource Committee strategic planning retreat about better ways to redirect energy and
address the changing policies and priorities of the Alaska Native Community. The council
will replace the HRC as an advisory committee to the full AFN Board.
“CAAN’s structure will redefine AFN’s relationship with partners, communities and
tribes to better address the needs of Alaska Native Peoples,” said Isaac.
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Corporation President/CEO Andrew Guy.
“Calista continues to strengthen and grow
with complementary acquisitions. That is
one of our key obligations to our shareholders.”
“When we first founded the company in
Kotzebue, known then as St. George Construction, our focus was operating as true
Alaskans – with honesty, hard work and
solutions to any challenge,” said STG President Jim St. George. “Our team is excited
to join Calista’s operations. We are tasked
with continuing our strong Alaska Native
hire rates while positively contributing to
Calista’s revenues.”
The acquisition also includes Alaska
Crane, Ltd., Terra Foundations, Inc. and
Gambell Properties, LLC. Alaska Crane provides crane equipment and operators for
nearly any sized project. Their equipment
includes the largest crane in Alaska, currently working on the Blue Lake Hydroelectric project in Sitka. Three years ago Calista
acquired Brice, Incorporated and Yukon
Equipment, Inc.
Senior Center receives
mental health grant
Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority
Eddie Hoffman Senior Center recently
received $9,652 from the Alaska Mental
Health Trust Authority. The grant will be
used to purchase maintenance equipment
and other essential items. The senior center provides nutritious meals to qualifying
low-income elders, both at the center and
through a home delivery program, as well
as transportation and support services.
Trust beneficiaries are served through
the Adult Day Habilitation program,
designed to assist frail or functionally
impaired adults remain in their homes
and part of the community. The center
incorporates subsistence food into its
program and will purchase equipment for
processing these and other donated items.
The trust awarded a total of $112,818
in grants statewide in July for innovative
small projects ($10,000 or less) that are a
direct benefit to trust beneficiaries. The
beneficiaries include people with mental
illness, developmental disabilities, chronic
alcoholism and other substance related
disorders, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia, and traumatic brain injury
resulting in permanent brain injury.
Grant applications for small projects are
accepted three times a year. The deadline
for the next cycle is Nov. 1. Grant guidelines, eligibility requirements and an
online application are available at www.
mhtrust.org/index.cfm/Trust-Funding/
Grant-Opportunities/673. For information, contact Lucas Lind, trust grants
administrator, at 907-269-7999 or lucas.
lind@alaska.gov.
The Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority is a state corporation that administers the Mental Health Trust, a perpetual
trust created prior to statehood to ensure
that Alaska has a comprehensive mental health program to serve people with
mental illness, developmental disabilities,
chronic alcoholism and other substance
related disorders, Alzheimer’s disease
and related dementia, and traumatic brain
injury that results in permanent brain
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Permit prices in flux after summer season
a Cook Inlet permit value of
some money. They’re going to
about $54,000 last year and
be looking to expand their opjust $17,000 in 2010. Kodiak
erations, pick up another perseine permits are still hovering
mit, another boat or upgrade,”
around $40,000 and interest
Bowen said.
has picked up slightly; at the
Salmon seine permits at
Alaska Peninsula, the seine
Southeast Alaska have the
value is holding steady in the
distinction of being the highest
high $60s.
priced at more than $300,000.
“All of these permit prices
“There’s very little on the
are extremely volatile,” Bowen
market and it’s hard to tell
Fish
said. “A good fishing year or
where that will shake out,” said
Factor
forecast can make permit prices
Olivia Olsen of Alaskan Quota
double in a year depending on
and Permits in Petersburg.
Laine Welch
the fishery. Then if they have a
“Most people think the permits
www.alaskafishradio.com
lousy year or it looks like they
are headed up because they
are heading into a bad time, you can watch
have had such a fantastic year, but they had
permit prices tumble by 50 percent. But we
moved up so fast prior to the season, that
are seeing a trend of better salmon prices and
might not happen.”
that has sparked enthusiasm with the fleet
A Chignik seine permit recently sold for
and buyers.”
$225,000, Bowen said, and Prince William
Find a list of all Alaska limited entry
Sound seine permits just broke the $200,000
permit values (based on the average price of
mark. At Cook Inlet, seine cards are stagactual sales) at www.cfec.state.ak.us
nant after a disappointing season, but still
IFQ funk – Brokers tell a far different
valued around $70,000. That compares to
story when it comes to sales of halibut catch
shares.
“In a word, it’s negative,” said Doug
Bowen, adding that it’s been the slowest time
for Individual Fishing Quotas sales in the 17
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years he’s been in business.
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Lot 1, Block 3, Uivuq Subdivision Phase 1, according to the
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Prices at the docks also have plummeted by a
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market, and demand is non-existent,” Bowen
said.
The one exception is Southeast Alaska,
which has avoided halibut catch cuts for a
few years.
“Fishermen here are real happy with their
catch, the numbers per skate, and availability
of the fish,” said Petersburg’s Olsen. “They
feel like maybe there won’t be more cuts in
Southeast and there might be increases. So
this is the only area where halibut has been
moving at all this year. I have zero interest in
any other area.”
The price for Southeast Alaska halibut
shares also has “been out of sight,” selling at
between $38 to $46 per pound. “And as soon
as it’s in, it’s moving,” Olsen added.
Doug Bowen said he is confident the
IFQ market will rebound for other Alaska
regions, as it has in Southeast.
“When it hit bottom there and then turned
around, the optimism came back and that’s
when we saw those prices take off,” he
Alaska’s record salmon season has permit
brokers hopping as buyers seek to break
into or expand their fishing opportunities in
many fisheries.
Notably, brokers say there is “a lot of great
buzz” at Bristol Bay, despite a lackluster
sockeye fishery that saw the bulk of the red
run come and go eight days early.
“Prior to the season the drift permits went
for under $100,000, but we just sold one for
$125, 000,” said Doug Bowen of Alaska Boats
and Permits in Homer. Most of the bump
is due to optimism about the sockeye base
price of $1.50 per pound, a $.50 increase from
last year.
Data from the state Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission show that Bristol Bay
driftnet permit values have remained near or
well over $100,000 since 2010, and increased
steadily each year after dropping below
$20,000 in 2002.
This summer also was a great one for
salmon seiners, which has driven up interest
in those fishing permits.
“These folks had good seasons and made
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said. “So I imagine we would see the same
scenario in these other areas when the cuts
bottom out.”
Here comes the crab! It’s mixed results for
Bering Sea crab, based on the annual summer
trawl surveys. For nearly 40 years fishery
managers have surveyed 360 regions to track
the health and abundance of the various crab
stocks. The annual report by NOAA Fisheries, dubbed the “road map” by crabbers,
shows survey hot spots and other data prior
to the season opener.
Some highlights: Red king crab stocks at
Bristol Bay appear stable. Legal males are
at the highest level in four years, up nearly
40 percent since last year’s survey. Mature
females, however, declined 26 percent so
chances of an increased quota are mixed.
Last year’s red king crab catch was 7.8 million pounds.
Catch numbers could decrease for Bering
Sea snow crab. The number of legal males
dropped 5 percent and mature females
declined 20 percent. Last year just over 66
million pounds of snow crab were harvested.
The Pribilof region, which has been closed
to king crab since 1999, is again unlikely
to see a fishery. The surveys show that the
male red king crab size has been stable for
four years and abundance has increased,
but a decrease in mature females is cause for
concern. For blue king crab, both male and
female abundances are extremely low with
little evidence for improving.
Conversely, hair crab stocks around the
Pribilofs, central Bristol Bay and west of
Nunivak Island appear to be on the upswing.
That fishery has been closed since 2000, but
has been slowing rebounding since 2005. Another bright note: a small fishery for Bering
Sea tanners could reopen for the first time
since 2010. The catches for the Bering Sea
crab fisheries will be announced this month.
The 2013/2014 season opens in mid-October.
Puny pinks – Alaska pink salmon set a record this summer but it turns out the fish in
the three major producing areas were pretty
puny. State data show the pinks at Prince
William Sound averaged 2.76 pounds, down
a full pound from last year.
At Southeast, pink salmon weight
averaged 2.9 pounds this season, down 18
percent from the 3.77 pounds of last summer.
And at Kodiak, pink salmon averaged 3.06
pounds compared to 3.58 pounds last year, a
14 percent decrease.
Alaska’s pink salmon catch topped 215
million as of Sept. 13, bringing the all species
total to 267.7 million salmon.
Fish correction (Sept. 5 Drums) – According to the Economic Impacts of the
Alaska Seafood Industry report, The mining
industry contributes $565 million in annual
total Alaska labor income value; the seafood
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P.O. Box 25, Nunam Iqua, Alaska 99666
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Panel develops chinook research plan
An expert panel, commissioned by the
Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Sustainable
Salmon Initiative last month released its
new research blueprint addressing declined
Western Alaska salmon populations titled
“Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Chinook Salmon Research Action Plan: Evidence of Decline of Chinook Salmon Populations and
Recommendations for Future Research.”
The report is available at www.aykssi.org/
aykssi-chinook-salmon-research-actionplan-2013.
The AYK region has experienced declines
of chinook salmon over the past decade,
resulting in widespread commercial fishing
closures, restrictions in subsistence harvests and unmet escapement targets. These
declines and subsequent restrictions have
caused nutritional, economic, and cultural
hardship for the thousands in the region
who depend upon salmon stocks. The AYK
SSI, a collaborative Native-state-federal
salmon research program, funded and commissioned this expert-panel based planning
effort in June 2011, with funding provided
by the Alaska State Legislature.
The Chinook Salmon Action Plan was
developed by a 13-member panel of salmon
scientists and was co-chaired by Drs. Daniel
Schindler (Professor, School of Aquatic and
Fishery Sciences, University of Washington) and Charles Krueger (Science Director,
Great Lakes Fishery Commission). The
panel’s diverse areas of expertise extended
over the entire freshwater and marine life
cycle phases of the salmon and it included
scientists from two divisions within the
Alaska Department of Fish and Game,
NOAA Fisheries, U.S. Geological Survey,
U.S. Forest Service and several universities (Simon Fraser University, University of
Michigan, and University of Washington).
The panel undertook a review and
synthesis of available information that
informed three components of the Action
Plan:
The first-ever compilation of evidence of
the declines of the chinook salmon stocks
in the Yukon, Kuskokwim and Southern
Norton Sound region
Comparative analysis of the population
dynamics of 15 chinook salmon stocks from
across the state, including four stocks from
the AYK region.
Identification of seven hypothesized
stressors or drivers of the chinook salmon
declines.
For each of the seven possible drivers of
decline, the action plan provides a descrip-
Fashion designers invited to
submit pieces for show
Sealaska Heritage Institute has invited
artists and fashion designers to submit
original pieces for a fashion show at the
2014 Tináa Art Auction (www.sealaskaheritage.org/programs/Art/TinaaArtAuction.
html), to be held Feb. 1 in Juneau.
The fashion show will be a major feature
of the evening and will be an opportunity
tion, discussion of the biological plausibility, a summary of the evidence available,
and a set of research themes and questions
to guide future research.
“Improving our understanding the potential causes of the declines,” Dr. Schindler
said, “is the critical first step. Without this
understanding, we don’t know where or
when human intervention can have the
greatest benefit or, whether future changes
are the result of natural variability or management actions.”
The key deliverable from this analysis
and the centerpiece of the action plan is a
set of detailed strategic research priorities
aimed at advancing our understanding
of the causes of the declines and, in turn,
to support the rebuilding and sustain-
able management of AYK chinook salmon
stocks.
“As a data limited region,” Dr. Krueger
said, “additional research is critical to advancing our understanding which of these
drivers or variables have contributed most
to the declines we have seen. We believe
the priorities in Chinook Salmon Action
Plan will provide an improved road-map to
guide, inform, and encourage that critical
research.”
AYK SSI’s intends to use these priorities to guide future annual “invitations to
submit research proposals” and encourages
other salmon and marine research programs to review and consider inclusion of
these priorities in their research programs.
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Obituaries
Nicotine Control
& Research
James Perry Rhodes
Are you interested in working to
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James Perry Rhodes, 69, of Sutherlin,
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by his side.
James was born in Snyder, Okla. on
Aug. 13, 1943. He served in the Navy after
high school and received his associate’s
degree.
James was married to Gloria F. Rhodes
(Sebree) on April 19, 1965; they were mar-
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ried 48 years.
James worked as a pastor for 20 years.
He was a Jack of All Trades during his life
time.
He served in the Navy for four years
during the Vietnam War. He retired from
the National Guard after 22 years of dedicated service.
He enjoyed the outdoors, traveling,
camping, golfing, reading, swimming, and
spending time with God, his Family, and
friends. He was also actively involved in
stewardship while on this earth.
James is survived by his wife Gloria and
their five children, Jessica V. Reid and her
husband Eric, Yolonda L. Jorgensen and
her husband Scott, Dawn R. Rhodes, Morgan K. Rhodes and Jonathan T. Rhodes;
his grandchildren Daniel, James, Deyton,
Sapphire, Dallis, Andrew, Jeffrey, Jeremy
and Emilie; his only great grandchild
Kovach C. Reid; his three brothers, Walter,
Edward and John; his four sisters, Phama,
Myra, Leslee and Virginia (Ginny Lou);
his nieces and nephews; and the rest of his
relatives and friends.
James is preceded in death by his parents, Walter C. Rhodes and CallaMae E.
Rhodes; as well as his sister, Connie Pond;
and grandson, Eric Travis Reid.
The family of James Rhodes wishes to
thank the Amedisys Hospice as well as
Seventh Day Adventist Church, Family
Church and friends for their support.
Free legal clinic planned
The Disability Law Center will hold a
free legal clinic from 2 to 4:30 p.m., Monday,
Sept. 23 at Alaska Legal Services in Bethel,
460 Ridgecrest Drive, Suite 213.
The legal clinic is for people who have
a disability and need help with Social
Security disability claims, special education,
working while on public benefits, working
with state or tribal vocational rehabilitation
services, or who have concerns about abuse
or neglect.
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The Tundra Drums • September 19, 2013 • Page 9
Turn Back the Pages
Sept. 19, 1991
The Tundra Drums
Nine file for Bethel City Council seats
– Nine Bethel residents have declared their
candidacies for the four city council seats
that will be contested in the Oct. 1 general
election. The matchup for Seat 3 will be
between Frank Neitz, Harold Jones and Allen
Wintersteen. Incumbent council member
Helen Lilienthal will not seek reelection.
Incumbent council member Jim Feaster will
face a challenge for Seat 5 from John Stonitsch. Seat 6 will be contested by John Abrant,
Tom Warner and Andrew McGowan. Council
member Dave Trantham who currently
holds the seat, announced last month that
he would not seek re-election. Mayor Gary
Vanasse will run uncontested for Seat 1.
Several school board seats up for election
Oct. 1 – Several seats in three area school
districts are up for election on Oct. 1 and voters in Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta will have a
broad list of candidates to choose from.
Economic Development Conference held
in Bethel – The three-day Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Economic Development Conference concluded in Bethel Wednesday afternoon with conference participants calling it a
success. The well-attended conference which
brought village leaders, business people
and state officials together in Bethel laid the
ground work for expanding economic opportunities in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta,
said Mark Earnest, conference coordinator.
Panel discussions included factory trawler
employment training programs; tourism
opportunities and examples of successful
industries; business financing, marketing
techniques; developing a business plan from
the ground up.
K-300 to have some changes – The
Kuskokwim 300 race committee last week
Energy efficiency
From Page 1
tion suffered from poor ventilation, windows
were cracked, broken or boarded over, many
heating boilers were pieced together and jury
rigged by maintenance staff and some had
stopped working entirely.
In a community where the cost of energy
is so high, the disrepair and the inefficiencies they caused created an environment that
placed unnecessary burden on the community, and the costs associated with the proper
repairs seemed inhibitive.
After receiving grants from the U.S. Department of Energy and the Alaska Energy
Authority, Ameresco was contracted to
conduct energy audits and complete a village
energy efficiency retrofit. Extensive work
was completed on the Emmonak School, the
police department and jail, the city hall, the
washeteria, public works building, waste water treatment plant and power plant.
Some retrofits were comparatively inexpensive and simple fixes, including replacing
worn weather stripping on doors and sealing
building envelopes. Other improvements
were more costly, and included replacing furnaces stoves and roofs on some of the most
dilapidated community structures. In addi-
announced two significant changes to next
year’s annual sled dog race from Bethel to
Aniak and back. In an effort to involve more
recreational teams, the committee has added
a 65-mile event which will run in conjunction
with the K-300, according to John McDonald
of the race committee. The dropped dog rule
has been changed to remove the limitation
on dropped dogs which has been enforced
for the last few years. Instead of limiting the
number of dropped dogs, the race committee
will now charge a flat fee for
each dog dropped depending
on the location.
City eying delinquent
PC and ambulance fees...
finally – The City of Bethel
may aggressively pursue
hundreds of thousands of
dollars in overdue Protective Custody fees and
delinquent ambulance billings. Historically, the city
has only mildly pursued
those collections efforts
because of lack of personnel and the tremendous
amount of paperwork involved, said city finance
director Tom Graham.
AVCP awarded $4.1 million in housing improvement grants from HUD – The
Association of Village Council Presidents
Housing Authority has been awarded more
than $4.1 million in choosing improvement
grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Rural Development. AVCP Housing
Authority will use most of the money for an
authority-wide physical needs assessment
and major rehabilitation and foundation
work on 180 housing units in seven area
villages, according to Bob Angaiak, AVCP
tion to community building retrofits, a light
fixture exchange program was completed.
At the Emmonak School, improvements
included weather stripping replacement on
the exterior doors which saves the school
$571 a year, a tune up on both boilers is
saving the school $6,905 a year, and the T8
lighting upgrade saves $5,779 a year. Both
the boilers and lighting had a payback period
of less than a year.
These types of savings have been seen at
many of the retrofit sites, in fact, the improvements made during the whole village
retrofit save Emmonak almost $90,000 dollars
a year.
Lowering the energy consumption in
Emmonak has created opportunities for continued sustainable energy projects including
six new Northwind 100 wind turbines that
Emmonak shares with a neighboring village.
With a renewed dedication to providing the
residents in the community with more affordable energy, and involvement in further
residential weatherization programs through
organizations like Association of Village
Council Presidents, Emmonak will create an
environment that will promote long term
sustainability and improve quality of life.
“Energy is a critical issue, and is such an
important part of moving forward…every little
bit helps.” — Martin. B. Moore
contracting officer.
ANICA Family Store – Beef Rib Steak,
$3.49 pound. Nabisco Fig Newtons,
16-ounce, $2.19. Bisquick, 60-ounce, $3.69.
Skippy Peanut Butter, 18-ounce, $2.49. Green
Cabbage, 65 cents pound.
New Coast Guard Safety regulations –
The U.S. Coast Guard has mailed its final
rule on Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel
Regulations to all Alaska permit holders.
The regulations, effective Sept. 15, require
commercial vessels to carry distress signals,
immersion suits for all
on board, survival craft,
and for larger boats some
training qualifications have
been staggered enforcement dates for later this
year, or in the following
years.
Alaska Airlines – 25%
discount for AFN attendees
$321.
LKSD gets funds for fuel
pipe repair – The Lower
Kuskokwim School District
has received $74,000 from
the Alaska Energy Authority to repair corroded heating
fuel pipes in Toksook Bay and
Kongiganak.
River Marine – We started 27 years ago so
you could start today.
Governor appoints Romer as special
assistant for rural affairs – Former Bethel
resident Richard Romer has been named special assistant for rural affairs to Gov. Walter
Hickel. Romer, 43, was born and raised in
Bethel and now resides in Wasilla. In announcing the appointment last week,Hickel
said Romer’s main task will be “to take the
governor’s message to rural Alaska.
Craig Air – New Location: At Chugiak
Aviation, 3411 Airport Frontage Road.
Yupitt School District rewards teachers
who stay for four years – The Yupitt School
District teachers have earned $3,000 bonuses
for signing on for a fourth year with the district. District Superintendent Leland L. Dishman says the board feels that teachers who
meet high standards of performance and
return for a fourth year should be recognized
and rewarded.
Arctic Rent-A-Car – Free airport pickup.
Low winter rates. Anchorage and Fairbanks
locations.
Doctors accept challenges of the Bush –
Troubleshooting health problems over the
telephone isn’t the best way to practice medicine but it sure beats travelling to Eskimo
villages by dog sled. Dr. Maurice Fauvel took
his turn as “radio doc” recently, phoning 17
settlements on the Kuskokwim and Yukon
rivers. The call list at Bethel Hospital included Alakanuk, Chuathbaluk, Eek, Sleetmute,
Aniak and Kwigillingok.
Swanson’s – Hills Bros Coffee, 39 ounce,
$4.99. Whole Fryers, Washington Grown, 89
cents pound. Welch’s Grape Juice, 24 ounce,
$1.79.
Bethel pickers bring bluegrass music to
Dillingham Fair – Bethel musicians Knute
and Heather Tonga spiced up the Dillingham
Fall fair earlier this month when they cooked
up a musical stew of bluegrass, country and
folk musician friends from around the state.
ST. MARY’S NATIVE CORPORATION
SHAREHOLDERS
St. Mary’s Native Corporation (SMNC) is soliciting
nominations for it’s Board of Directors. There are two
(2) Class C seats up for election for a three (3) year term
which expires in 2016.
Applications must be received at the SMNC office by
5:00PM on October 1, 2013.
Application forms are available at the offices at PO Box
149, St. Mary’s, AK 99658 or 203 W. 15th Avenue Suite 207,
Anchorage, AK 99501. Please call (907)438-2315 or (907) 7933140 if you would like an application mailed to you. Or you
can fax your written request to (907)438-2961.
Elections will be held at our annual shareholders annual
shareholders meeting on November 2, 2013.
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Tundra
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6. On #2 button
9. Lyme disease carrier
13. The N of U.S.N.A.
14. Romanian money
15. Languidly
16. Got up
17. “The Lord of the
Rings” character
18. Distinguish oneself
19. *Fall TV time
21. *Colorful autumn
attraction
23. Eggs
24. Not mint
25. Rare find
28. Means justifiers
30. Comment
35. Lyric poems
37. Bit
39. Musical show
40. Tangerine grapefruit
hybrid
41. *Autumnal feeling
in air
43. ___ Verde National
Park
44. Capital of Morocco
46. It’s capped
47. At a previous time,
archaic
48. Motion picture type
50. *Nut droppers
52. Distress signal
53. Chicken ____
55. *Halloween time
57. *Apple orchard activity
61. Re-use old ideas
64. Bloodless
65. Fed. procurement
group
67. External
69. Armrest?
70. Singular of #50 Across
71. “The Barber of
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72. Religious offshoot
73. Clinton ___ Rodham
74. Tina Fey’s Liz
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2. Lobe holders
3. Assert
4. Leisurely walk
5. *Fall’s usually the time
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6. Hoppy beers
7. “Fresh Prince of ___-Air”
8. Some have links
9. Curbside call
10. Famous Peruvian
group
11. Horsefly
12. Actor ____ MacLachlan
15. Metal-worker
20. Bank run, e.g.
22. “___ the land of the
free...”
24. Sir Peter _______,
English actor
25. *Natural decoration
26. Degas or Poe
27. Peach _____ dessert
29. “____ Diaries” book
series
31. Same, in French
32. Certifies
33. Actress Rene
34. *”To Autumn” poet
36. Thailand, formerly
38. Seaward
42. Superior grade of
black tea
45. “There for the ______”
49. Wrath, e.g.
51. *It starts all over
54. Incite
56. Greyish brown
57. Forward move in
football
58. ____ of Man
59. All the rage
60. Cigarette brand
61. *Used for gathering
62. Flower supporter
63. Deli offering
66. Sigma Alpha Epsilon
68. Campaigned
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Trooper Report
The following is from the dispatches of the
Alaska State Troopers. Those who have
been arrested, cited or summoned are
presumed innocent until found guilty in a
court of law.
On Aug. 31, Aniak-based troopers received
a report of an assault in Holy Cross. Troopers
conducted an investigation which led to the
arrest of 25-year-old Holy Cross resident
Arvin Demientieff for assaulting an adult female family member at two separate times
on the same day, and for Criminal Mischief
IV for slashing her truck tire, destroying it.
Demientieff has previous convictions for
assault, which made the charge a felony.
He was arrested and taken without further
incident to Bethel for remand to the Yukon
Kuskokwim Correctional Center. Alcohol
played a role in the incident.
On Aug. 31, Aniak Troopers received a report
of domestic violence in Kalskag. A 46-yearold male resident of Kalskag alleged that
a 28-year-old family member assaulted
him. Troopers responded to Kalskag and
conducted an investigation but after many
attempts they were unable to contact
the victim. The case was closed pending
further leads.
On Aug. 31, Alaska Wildlife Troopers from
Aniak contacted a group of four guided
sportfishers on the Aniak River. Investigation
revealed that Jeremy Powers, 34 of Bethel
and Jeff Burrus, 38 of Bethel, were guiding
the sportfishermen on a trip for Renfro’s
Alaskan Adventures. The group did not have
the required logbooks and other required
documents for sportfish guiding. Powers,
Burrus and Renfro were issued a total of
four citations with a bail amount of $840
due in Aniak District Court.
On Sept. 1, troopers received a report that
John Aloysius Jr., 38 of Holy Cross, had been
celebrating his birthday northeast of Holy
Cross where he and a friend were camping.
Aloysius and his friend were reported to
have gotten separated. Aloysius had not
returned to camp and was last seen Aug.
31 at about 10 p.m. On Sept. 2 at approximately 8:30 a.m., an Alaska Wildlife
Trooper Super Cub with an Aniak-based
Wildlife Trooper and VPSO responded and
began searching. At approximately 11:03
a.m., troopers found Aloysius and he was
provided transportation back to Holy Cross
where he was given a physical examination
in the clinic before release.
Troopers served Robert Brink, 29 of Bethel,
with an arrest warrant on Sept. 2 for failure to appear on a disposition hearing in
Anchorage Court on an original charge of
Assault IV. Brink was remanded to YKCC and
bail was set at $500.
Troopers received a report on Sept. 2 of
a disturbance in Russian Mission. While
investigating the disturbance troopers were
notified that Justin Edwards, 37 of Russian
Mission, threatened to shoot a community
member. Investigation found that Edwards
had threatened to shoot the person while
in the same residence and holding a handgun, and caused fear of imminent death by
means of a firearm. Edwards was arrested
for Assault III and taken to the Aniak temporary holding facility to await transportation
to YKCC for remand.
Bethel Troopers responded to Chefornak on
Sept. 2 to investigate a death. Investigation
found that Mary-Ann Matthew Jr., 18, died
on Sept. 2 of unknown causes, though foul
play was not suspected. An autopsy was
planned and investigation continued.
Alaska Wildlife Troopers from Aniak contacted Anthony Lee, 62 of Wasilla, in GMU
19 on Sept. 3. Investigation found that
Lee had earlier guided five clients during
the spring bear season in the same area.
He was found to not have registered as
required for the Guide Use Area before the
hunting season. Lee was issued a summons
with a mandatory court date on Oct. 30 in
Aniak District Court.
On Sept. 4, troopers responded to report
that an intoxicated male Upper Kalskag
resident was shooting a rifle near his Airport
Road residence. Troopers investigated and
a charge of Misconduct Involving Weapons
IV would be referred to the Bethel District
Attorney’s Office for prosecution
On Sept. 4, Edna P. Crawford, of Graham,
Wash., was found guilty of not registering
her commercial fishing tender in 2013 and
was fined $200.
Troopers arrested Deacon Evan, 61, at a
Lime Village residence on Sept. 5. Deacon
was on a parole warrant and bench warrant
for Failure to Comply with Conditions; original offense Sexual Assault I. Deacon was
taken to YKCC and remanded without bail.
Troopers in Aniak received a report on Sept.
6 from Lorraine Rosado, 49 of Sleetmute,
who complained that her 71-year-old aunt
and uncle, also of Sleetmute, assaulted
her. Trooper investigation found that the
complainant had harassed her elderly
relatives, inciting one of them to slap her.
The complainant was charged with Harassment II DV.
On Sept. 7, troopers in McGrath responded
to a report of a disturbance in McGrath.
Investigation led to a request for a summons for two counts of Harassment II,
one domestic violence related, for Anthony
Hooper, 21 of McGrath.
On Sept. 7, an Aniak-based VPSO contacted Andrew Maud, 43 of Kalskag, on
an ATV on Atsaq Street, Upper Kalskag.
Maud was found to be operating a motor
vehicle under the influence of alcohol and
was arrested for DUI. He was remanded to
YKCC. At arraignment, Maud pled guilty to
the DUI charge.
On Sept. 9, Bethel troopers were notified
that an man from Kipnuk was currently
at the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta Regional
Hospital with a self-inflicted gunshot wound
to the foot that he received while hunting.
Investigation continued.
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Kilbuk-Kuskokwim Mountains, 50 miles
northeast of Aniak, 141 miles northeast of
Bethel, and 275 miles west of Anchorage.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The landfill will serve the 105 residents of
Crooked Creek. It is estimated that the community will produce 100 tons of solid waste
per year. The 2.59 acre site will include an
area designated for a burn unit for waste volume reduction, solid waste disposal cells,
and a salvage area.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
For information regarding this Solid Waste
Disposal Permit, please contact Doug Huntman at (907) 269-7642 or by e-mail at
doug.huntman@alaska.gov.
OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION:
ADEC is seeking comment regarding the
proposed project only. Notice is given that
any person interested may present written
comments relevant to the proposed Permit to ADEC. Written comments will be included in the record if received before 5:00
p.m. on November 3, 2013. Submit written
comments regarding the project to Doug
Huntman, ADEC Division of Environmental
Health, Solid Waste Program, 555 Cordova
St., Anchorage, Alaska 99501, Fax: (907)
269-7600, email doug.huntman@alaska.
gov.
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mental Conservation complies with Title II of
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If you are a person with a disability who may
need a special accommodation in order to
participate in this process, please contact
Deborah Pock at (907) 269-0291 or TDD Relay Service 1-800-770-8973/TTY or dial 711
within 30 days of publication of this notice
to ensure that any necessary accommodations can be provided.
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AO-68-2402-14
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Alaska 99518-1291. You may inspect the
filing at the Commission’s offices at 701
West Eighth Avenue, Suite 300, Anchorage,
Alaska 99501. You may also view the filing
via our website at http://rca.alaska.gov/
RCAWeb/home.aspx by typing in Docket
TA84-249 or TA29-629.
If you wish to comment on these filings,
please file your comments by 5:00 p.m., October 10, 2013, at the Commission address
given above or via our website at:
h t t p s : / / r c a . a l a s k a . g ov / R C AWe b /
WhatsNew/PublicNoticesComments.aspx.
Please reference TA84-249 and/or TA29629 in the subject line of your comments
and include a statement that you have filed
a copy of the comments with UUI and/or
KUC at its address given above or at karen.
crapps@uui-alaska.com.
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auxiliary aids or service, or alternative communication formats, please contact Joyce
McGowan at 276-6222, toll-free at 1-800390-2782, or TDD (907) 276-4533 by October 3, 2013.
DATED at Anchorage, Alaska, this 10th day
of September, 2013.
REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA
Robert K. Lindquist
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AO-08-106265-14
Pub: Sept. 19, 2013
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PUBLIC NOTICE
STATE OF ALASKA – DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
VILLAGE OF CROOKED CREEK, CLASS III
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE PERMIT
The Alaska Department of Environmental
Conservation (ADEC) proposes to issue Solid Waste Disposal Permit No. SW3A102-18,
to the Village of Crooked Creek, to operate a
Class III Municipal Solid Waste Landfill.
APPLICANT INFORMATION:
Landowner: The Kuskokwim Corporation
Landfill Operator: Crooked Creek Traditional
Council
Location: The Crooked Creek landfill is located approximately ¼ mile northwest of
the community boundaries at the end of
the landfill access road within Section 32,
Township 21 North, Range 48 West, Seward
Meridian. Crooked Creek is located on the
north bank of the Kuskokwim River at its
NOTICE OF UTILITY TARIFF FILINGS
The REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA
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tariff revisions TA84-249 (UUI) and TA29629 (KUC), seeking Commission approval
to update Lifeline/Linkup tariff provisions to
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and to add additional programs to the Lifeline/Linkup program eligibility list.
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approve a rate or classification which varies from that proposed. You may obtain
more information about this filing from UUI
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American Red Cross
urges households to
prepare for emergencies
Developing an Emergency Plan is the
First Step
During National Preparedness Month,
the American Red Cross of Alaska is encouraging households to get ready for the
next emergency or disaster.
“Having a game plan in place is essential for all households so everyone knows
what they should do when an emergency
occurs,” said Alaska Disaster Program Officer Kelley McGuirk. “National Preparedness Month is a perfect time for Alaskans
to create or update their plan; especially
with winter approaching.”
Make A Plan: It is important that
everyone in the household helps put
the emergency plan together and knows
what they should do if something occurs.
Household members may not be together
when a disaster happens – during the day
many people are at work and school. The
plan should include ways to contact one
another and two predetermined places to
meet – one near the home in case of a sudden emergency like a fire, and one outside
the neighborhood in case circumstances
prevent people from returning home.
People should also identify an emergency
contact person from outside the area in
case local telephone lines are overloaded
or out of service.
Any emergency plan should also
include decisions about where family
members will go if ordered to evacuate
and what route they will take to get there.
It’s a good idea to include alternate routes
in case roads are closed. If pets are part
of the household, make sure to include
plans for them such as pet-friendly hotels
and animal shelters along the evacuation
route.
Red Cross Apps: The Red Cross has free
mobile apps that provide information on
what to do before, during and after emergencies including developing an emergency plan. “People can use the Make a Plan
feature in the apps to create their plan
and then share it with their loved ones,”
McGuirk said. “The preloaded content in
the apps gives people access to vital information to use during emergencies, even
if they can’t connect to the internet.” The
apps can be downloaded from the Apple
App Store and the Google Play Store for
Android by searching for American Red
Cross.
Other Ways To Get Ready: Another
step to get one’s household ready is to
build an emergency kit in a container that
is easy to carry so the family can use it
at home or take it with them if asked to
evacuate. It should contain a three-day
supply of water (one gallon, per person,
per day), nonperishable food, a flashlight,
battery-powered or hand-crank radio,
extra batteries, a first aid kit, a seven-day
supply of medications, a multi-purpose
tool, sanitation and personal hygiene
items, and copies of important personal
documents. The Red Cross also recommends having at least two weeks worth of
emergency supplies at home.
For information on how to prepare for
emergencies, people can visit redcross.
org or contact the Red Cross of Alaska at
1-866-345-4376.
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Notice of Election
2013 Regional Educational Attendance Areas (REAA)
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Polling Places will be open 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
REAA #3 Lower Yukon School District, Section I, Seats A, C; Section II, Seat E
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Absentee voting will be available in the Juneau, Anchorage, Wasilla, Fairbanks
and Nome Elections Offices, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. For
more information on absentee voting procedures and polling place locations,
please call your Regional Election Office or visit our website at:
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If you need assistance while voting, you may ask an election board member
or bring a person of your choice to assist you as long as that person is not a
candidate, your employer, agent of your employer, or an agent of a union you
belong to.
For more information, contact the Region IV Elections Office in Nome at
907-443-5285 or toll-free at 1-866-953-8683
For Yup’ik language assistance, call 1-866-954-8683
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