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FLYING START— Sean Octuck catches a little air as he speeds off the starting blocks in Saturday’s Nome-Golovin Race. See story on page 9.
Photo by Keith Conger
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VOLUME CXVI NO. 11 March 17, 2016
Dallas Seavey wins
fourth Iditarod title
Photo by Diana Haecker
CHAMPIONS— Four-time winner of the Iditarod, Dallas Seavey and his leaders Reef and Tide once again
claimed the victory in the 1,000-mile Last Great Race in record time.
By Diana Haecker
In a record time of eight days, 11
hours and 20 minutes, Willow
musher Dallas Seavey, 29, cinched
his fourth Iditarod championship and
again, in a repeat from last year, beat
his father Mitch to the finish line.
Mitch Seavey arrived 45 minutes
later at the finish line.
Dallas Seavey arrived on March
15, at 2:20 a.m. under the burled
arch in Nome.
Several hundred fans, a thinner
than usual crowd, cheered on the old
and new champion as Dallas ran beside his sled with six dogs in harness, wagging their tails as they
strutted up the finish chute in the
middle of a calm and cold Nome
night. Looking tired but alert,
Seavey hooked down his sled,
greeted his wife Jen and daughter
Annie briefly and walked up to his
dogs to thank them for the ride.
This time, he said, it had been a
hard trip.
“I’ve spent the first two thirds of
the race to get on my feet,” Seavey
told reporters. Fighting off a cold
from the get-go, he said this is the
longest he’s ever been on the Iditarod to find the rhythm. “But the
team started coming together and I
started patching myself up a little bit
and I felt better and better and better
and the dogs started feeling better
and the last couple of days were
pretty amazing,” he said.
With only six dogs left in his
team, Seavey had dropped one in
Safety, did he feel concerned that he
had enough dog power left to outrun
his father Mitch who still had 10
dogs in his team? “When you’re
down to eight dogs, you realize you
gotta get it into gear,” he responded.
The Seavey clan, including
grandparents Dan and Shirley
Seavey, Dallas’ mother Janine and
brother Danny along with Dallas’
wife Jen and their daughter Annie
welcomed him into Nome. When
asked who she was rooting for, his
mother Janine said she is glad to see
her son win, of course, but she also
really would like to see Mitch win at
least one more time. “It sure makes
for a very exciting life,” Janine
Seavey said under the burled arch.
“It’s a lot of work. You know, this is
the glamorous side we’re seeing
here. But it makes it all worthwhile
to see that they accomplish what
they have set out to do.”
Asked about the family’s dominance of the Last Great Race in the
last few years, Dallas responded,
“It’s just another day mushing for us,
man, it’s what we do.”
On the champion podium, Seavey
introduced his lead dogs Reef, a
four-years old male, who just won
his third Iditarod. “Three Iditarod
wins in four years that’s pretty dang
impressive,” Seavey said, while
proudly holding the dog. Reef’s
brother Tide ran also in lead and finished in last year’s championship
team with Dallas. Lobben, Candle,
Ripple and Barley were the rest of
the 2016 champions.
Building that fast team is an art,
Dallas Seavey said at one point.
After arriving in Nome, Dallas’
father Mitch talked more about his
son’s win than his own accomplishment: a second place, and breaking
the record set by his son with a run
time of eight days, 12 hours and five
minutes.
“I’m real excited,” said Mitch
about his son’s win. “He’s outstandcontinued on page 17
Dallas Seavey leads Iditarod out of White Mountain
By Mary Pemberton
and Maisie Thomas
The father-son battle between
Mitch Seavey and Dallas Seavey
was on again in this year’s Iditarod
Trail Sled Dog Race as dogs raced
up the Bering Sea coastline and
headed for the finish line in Nome.
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Defending champion Dallas
Seavey held a small lead Monday
over his father, two-time champion
Mitch Seavey, as the two arrived at
the checkpoint in White Mountain,
just 77 miles from the end of the trail
in the world’s most famous long-distance sled dog. Brent Sass arrived
third, about two hours behind the
leader. Three-time runner-up Aliy
Zirkle, 46, of Two Rivers, was fourth
into White Mountain in what was
shaping up again this year as a father-son battle between the Seaveys
in the almost 1,000-mile race from
Anchorage to Nome.
The Iditarod began March 5 in
downtown Anchorage. Eighty-five
teams began the race in one of the
most competitive fields ever with
four former champions competing.
One of those, four-time champion
Lance Mackey, scratched Monday in
Galena, more than halfway through
the race, citing personal health concerns. The 45-year-old Fairbanks
musher has undergone cancer treatments that left him with a circulatory
problem in his hands. During last
year’s race, Lance’s younger brother
Jason Mackey of Salcha helped him
finish the race. The brothers agreed
that this year Jason would not sacrifice his race if Lance again ran into
difficulties. Jason, 44, was in 35th
place Monday night. Twelve mushers have scratched so far.
Dallas Seavey, 29, is looking for
his fourth Iditarod victory in five
years. He cruised into the White
Mountain checkpoint — with dogs
running easily and tails wagging —
at 9:48 a.m. Monday, 39 minutes
ahead of his father, Mitch Seavey of
continued on page 10
WHITE MOUNTAIN CHECKPOINT— Seventy-seven miles before the
finish line, Dallas Seavey and his father Mitch rest their dog teams.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2016
OPINION
THE NOME NUGGET
Letters
Letter to the Editor:
Silencing Mushers Will Not Slide
Input from Iditarod mushers is
needed now more than ever, as an extremely
important decision will soon be
made with direct implications on the
historical trail.
The massive proposed Donlin
mining operation on the Kuskokwim
River would alter the region extensively, by creating the largest openpit gold mine in the world. Impacts
include far more than a pipeline,
which would transport the energy
equivalent of the demands of Fairbanks. The world’s largest mercury
capture/transport challenges, and
perpetual water monitoring/treatment, for example are serious topics
deserving open discussion and debate.
After the BC Polley Mine disaster
in 2014, it’s no wonder that those
who share an interest in this area are
unconvinced that everything will be
just as fine as the corporations say it
will be. Regardless of stance on mining, these risks should not be undermined and concerns about the
hazards ought to be legitimately addressed.
Under threat of permanent disqualification, a new rule from the Iditarod Trail Committee prohibits any
negative or disparaging comments
about race sponsors or the committee until 45 days after the race. Given
an April 30 deadline for public comments on the Donlin Environmental
Impact Statement, this amounts to
entirely prohibiting mushers from
joining the public comment process.
Noteworthy is that Stan Foo, Donlin Gold General Manager, has been
on the Iditarod Trail Committee
Board of Directors since 2012.
Donlin’s efforts to provide support in order to gain favor are commendable. They are a primary
Iditarod sponsor and have distributed
innumerable charities along the river.
A company helicopter rescued residents in Crooked Creek during a catastrophic flood. Many people
consider Donlin Gold a savior in a
time when indigenous communities
face tremendous financial and social
challenges.
Other actions of Donlin raise sus-
Letters to the editor must be signed and include an
address and phone number. Thank you notes and
political endorsements are considered ads.
Editorial
It’s Not the Same
picion about their motives. Donlin
requested, but the City of Bethel refused to sign a non-disclosure agreement regarding barge cargo and port
activity, and a newspaper ad was
published stating that Donlin supports the Cama-i dancers, when the
arts council directly refused their
offer.
As Donlin has won favor throughout the region, a social practice of silencing the opposition has arisen.
Indirectly, rumors of slashed tires,
denied purchase of goods, requests
for nothing negative to be said about
the mine during community meet-
ings, and the tearing down of flyers
seeking participants in baseline mercury level studies (in people) pair
with general feelings of intimidation
and negative social consequences for
open resistance.
Fortunately, there is a legal obligation to receive public comments
on the draft EIS, and now is the time
to submit them.
Does Donlin Gold genuinely
‘value input from the community’, or
is this gag order an act of desperation
after the purchase of favor failed? If
one thing is true of Iditarod mushers,
it is that they are emboldened, inde-
pendent and strong willed. They do
not submit easily and neither will
their fans.
Kim McNett
Homer, Alaska
Income tax versus PFD
When your family (you, your
spouse and two little kids) earns
$100,000 a year, you pay $1,948 for
a 25 percent state income tax. When
your family earns $100,000 a year,
you give up $8,000 if the PFD goes
away.
Anne Sudkamp
Fairbanks, AK
Foster’s Report
By Rep. Neal Foster
I am very pleased to report that we
were able to save the Nome Youth
Facility in the House Budget. This
facility serves not only Nome but
also the villages in the Bering Strait,
Kotzebue, and the villages in the
NANA region.
There are a number of reasons
why this facility is important.
(1) We want our youth to be near
their families who are their support
system when we are trying to rehabilitate them. Without the facility,
youth would be flown to Anchorage,
Fairbanks and Bethel.
(2) Without the facility there
would be nowhere to detain our
youth for the one to two days it
might take for someone from Anchorage to get them. And there
would be nowhere to detain them
during multi-day trials in Nome.
(3) There are 18 jobs at the facility. I have visited the facility before
and know that the employees care
deeply about the life and the future
of each kid who ends up there.
The House Health subcommittee
cut the funds for the Nome Youth Facility citing the low numbers of
youth housed there compared to
other facilities around the state. I had
five meetings with the subcommittee
chairman. And I had meetings with
each of the two full finance co-chairmen, members of finance, and the
Governor’s administration. We
worked around the clock and right up
to the end when we were able to get
the funds restored in the full finance
committee.
The full House Finance Committee added intent language saying that
the Nome Youth Facility and the
local community including the Norton Sound Health Corporation
should spend the next year working
out a long-term solution. The committee indicated that funding is unlikely to continue in next year’s
FY18 budget.
While the short-term solution is
good news I need to caution folks
that the process is still ongoing.
Both the House and Senate operating
budgets will come together in conference committee to reconcile differences at the end of session in
April. But we feel that the biggest
hurdle has been crossed.
Thank you to all those who testified on behalf of the Nome Youth Facility.
If there are any questions please
feel free to contact me at 888-4783789 or Rep.Neal.Foster@akleg.gov.
We had a snowmachine driver plow at full throttle into two Iditarod
race teams as they came up the trail into Nulatto. Several dogs were
maimed, one killed and both drivers were in fear of their lives. The incident was an example of an outrageous criminal action where the
man who did it admitted to being drunk at the time. His action interfered with an event where the two mushers were contenders for the
lead in the Iditarod Sled Dog Race.
The Iditarod is an international event. The snowmachine driver
claims her has no memory of the incident. It is time to stop mollycoddling such criminal actions. I a drunk person ran a tractor into the
horses at the Kentucky Derby would he just be able to shrug off the
event claiming, “Oh well, I was drunk.” If a motorist drove rampant
over a crowded pedestrian sidewalk, could they hide behind the inebriation factor? If a driver got intro a drunken rampage collided into
racers at the Indianapolis 500 would there be a big stink?
We can’t just dismiss the actions of a drunken snowmachiner as a
“Wellness” issue. It is much more and needs to be faced with the full
force of the law. Does throw the book at him mean anything? We have
too many full-blown crazy events happening and we can’t afford to
look the other way. —N.L.M.—
Illegitimus non carborundum
ELIM— Iditarod finisher Christine Roalofs volunteered this year as checker in Elim, entertaining curious
children there by pointing out arriving mushers on a newspaper spread at the checkpoint.
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3
Hofstetter claims second Iditarod Trail Invitational victory
By Maisie Thomas
A few days before Dallas Seavey
mushed under the Burled Arch and
claimed his fourth Iditarod Trail Sled
Dog race title, Nome’s Phil Hofstetter took his second victory in the
thousand-mile Iditarod Trail Invitational race along the trail. While
Seavey was pulled across the finish
line by dog team, Hofstetter pedaled
his bicycle.
On Friday, Hofstetter, an audiologist with Norton Sound Health Corporation by day, completed his fourth
Iditarod Trail Invitational and
claimed his second win. He has
placed third in the last two races, and
won in 2010.
“The trail and temperatures were
fabulous this year,” Hofstetter said,
“I hardly had to walk at all.” Last
year, temperatures dropped to below
minus 40°F, and the end of the race
was a “horrible grind.”
This year, the temperature was
never lower than -15° F, which allowed Hofstetter to spend his nights
outside. He said he would rather
sleep outside than in a checkpoint because going inside is a “time suck.”
“I know my limits, when I start to
fall asleep on my bike, I stop,” said
Hofstetter, who camped out one
night on Golovin Bay.
Hofstetter said the crossing between Shaktoolik and Koyuk was
slow and challenging. Other than
that, the hardest part of the race for
him was the mental aspect. He had a
significant lead early on in the race,
and was by himself for the majority
of the 1,000 miles. “It was an internal
race, I was alone with my own
thoughts, which was a different kind
of challenge,” he said.
Hofstetter’s time of 11 days, five
hours and 15 minutes puts him a little over one day above the ITI course
record. For comparison, the average
winning time is 21 days, and Hofstetter’s time is the third-best in the
history of the race.
What makes Hofstetter’s time
even more impressive is that he lost
nearly a day of racing after his bike
chain broke. Hofstetter waited for a
new chain to be flown from Anchorage to Koyuk. By that point in the
race, it wasn’t a question of whether
or not he would win; it was a race for
the record. Hofstetter had another
mechanical problem along the trail as
well: a broken crank about 600 miles
into the race.
“I always have a race plan-with 20
options,” Hofstetter said half jokingly.
How long he bikes depends on his
physical condition, the weather and
the trail, but he typically is either
pedaling or pushing for 17 to 19
hours a day and sleeps for three to
four hours each night.
To prepare for exhaustion and extreme sleep depravation, Hofstetter
adopted a new training method. He
worked all day and began his rides
around nine at night to stimulate the
most challenging time of the race.
He started with two-and threehour rides, and built up from there.
After a few hours of sleep he would
go to work and begin the cycle again.
“I was always in the dark and I was
always tired,” Hofstetter said.
Hofstetter also changed his nutrition plan. In training and previous
races, he suffered from edema, or a
build up of fluid in his feet. He talked
to a nutritionist colleague, who suggested he add more protein to his
diet. Hofstetter fueled up on tuna,
jerky and protein shakes, and the
problem was solved. Amazingly, he
said, he did not have any physical issues on the trail.
“I don’t know why I keep coming
back,” Hofstetter laughed. “Every
year is different, there are different
challenges,” he added. However, the
only prize for first place is a paid
entry for next years race, so Hofstetter plans to make the journey yet
again in 2017.
The ITI race starts in Knik and
runs 1,000 miles along the Iditarod
Trail to finish in Nome. It is the
world’s longest winter ultra
marathon by fat bike. This year, the
14th running of the race, 13 participants started the bike race.
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Kawerak and NSHC hold joint board meeting in Nome
By Maisie Thomas
Norton Sound Health Corporation
and Kawerak, Inc. held a joint board
of directors meeting on March 10
and 11 in Nome. The meeting was attended by representatives from several villages. The days included
dancing, food and in-depth discussions. The first day of the meeting focused on physical health, the second
day on mental health.
After the approval of minutes
from last year’s meeting and a teleconference with Senator Lisa
Murkowski’s office, Kawerak president Melanie Bahnke gave an update
on Kawerak’s achievements, goals
and initiatives. Bahnke reported that
the Kawerak board met last summer
and decided to adopt a new mission
statement.
At that meeting, the board also set
five major priorities for the corporation to focus on over the next five
years.
The first priority is the preservation of culture and language. Bahnke
mentioned the fall opening of the
Katirvik Cultural Center as a step in
the right direction towards this goal.
Planning for the cultural center has
been underway for twenty years.
“We don’t intend for it to just be a
museum of objects under glass cases,
it’s intended to be a base camp for all
kinds of cultural education and
awareness and activities throughout
the region,” Bahnke said.
The second priority is public
safety and wellbeing. Kawerak has a
Village Public Safety Officer program and a Child Advocacy Center
that work to promote wellbeing on a
family level. In order to help preserve Native culture and protect
Alaska Native children, the Kawerak
board decided to encourage foster
parenting. If a Kawerak employee is
a foster parent, he or she is allowed
paid time off each quarter to attend
to the responsibilities that come with
the undertaking, including doctor’s
appointments and Office of Children’s Services meetings. There are
currently 10 Kawerak employees
who are foster parents.
The third priority is Arctic resource management and protection.
Kawerak’s Marine Advisory Program provided input to the U.S.
Coast Guard regarding the routes
ships should take as they pass
through the Norton Sound region.
Regional capacity building is the
fourth priority. Kawerak will give
funding to its tribes for “one time”
infrastructure projects. Kawerak is
also seeking an energy grant, which
would allow the corporation to hire
an expert on alternative energy. The
professional would share information with tribes about possible funding for alternative energy projects.
The last goal is internal capacity
building. Bahnke said Kawerak will
try to improve communication with
its tribal members. To do so, the
board approved the hiring of a public
relations officer. “We’re behind the
times when it comes to Facebooking
and twittering and tweeting and all
that stuff,” she said half-jokingly.
The board also discussed how to improve culture in the workplace, but
has yet to decide on specific ways to
do so.
Bahnke said President Obama’s
fall visit to Alaska was a highlight for
Kawerak. Prior to meeting with international officials, Obama held a
private, hour-long conversation with
16 tribal leaders about climate
change. “He made a point of meeting
with tribal leaders first,” said
Bahnke, who attended the meeting.
Bahnke then briefly touched on
company and employee achievements. Last fall, Kawerak held its
first ever education summit. Administrators, teachers and school board
members from the Bering Strait
School District and Nome Public
Schools gathered with representatives of the Alaska Native community to discuss how best to educate
children in rural Alaska. “To me it
was indicative of a paradigm shift
that is going on, not just in our region, but statewide,” she said of the
failure of schools to effectively teach
predominately Alaska Native students.
Several ideas came out of the
summit, including the need for culture to be reflected, not just taught,
in schools. Bahnke quoted one student as saying, “don’t teach me about
my culture, use my culture to teach
me.” From this came the initiative
“Growing Our Own Teachers.” Instead of having teachers from the
Lower 48 come to Alaska to work for
a few years, it would be preferable
both for the villages and for the students to have teachers who were
raised in the community. In order to
do this, a college education needs to
be available on a village level. Norton Sound Economic Development
Corporation gave Kawerak $1 million towards the initiative.
NSHC
Norton Sound Health Corporation
President Angie Gorn reported that
NSHC had accomplished several
goals in 2015, including securing
funding for St. Lawrence Island clinics. Other achievements included improving pharmacy operations and
holding a health fair in every village.
Over 1,845 people participated in
NSHC health fairs in 2015, compared to 826 in 2014.
Gorn also listed NSHC’s goals for
the upcoming fiscal year. The first is
to continue to focus on Native hire
and development. During Fiscal Year
2015 NSHC hired five Native employees but will continue to “ensure
local people are securing the necessary training and development to
move up into supervisory and management positions.”
Another large goal was to increase
the level of education about the
harms of tobacco. In 2015, NSHC
hired Michelle Poust as their Tobacco Cessation Counselor. In 2012
zero patients successfully quit using
tobacco, the number increased to
seven in 2015.
Photo by Maisie Thomas
MEETING— The joint boards of Kawerak Inc, and Norton Sound Health Corporation gathered last week for
their annual meeting in Nome.
Another top priority is to com- its. Through the reformed policy,
Since the animals have developed
plete a community health needs as- Medicaid reimbursement would be immunity to diseases and toxins,
sessment. To do this, NSHC will available for additional costs, such as they do not appear sick and people
hold health forums, interview key transportation.
kill and eat them. The only way to
leaders and analyze data. A report
Munson gave a presentation about determine if the animal contains a
will be compiled next month to iden- how the expansion would increase toxin is to sample its blood. Kawerak
tify areas for improvement.
the reimbursement for Medicaid eli- is partnering with RAMP to teach
The last goal is to continue to col- gible patients. “We put a lot of time people in the villages how to sample
laborate with partnering agencies, in- and energy into this bill and I think the blood of marine mammals and to
cluding Norton Sound Economic it has a lot of things that would be send it to get tested.
Berner spoke of the ill effects that
Development Corporation, North- good for everyone,” Senator Olson
west Campus and Kawerak. NSHC said. He expects it to eventually save occur as the Alaska Native populahopes to develop a regional Native up to $130 million in the state’s gen- tion moves away from traditional
food and toward processed, storeFood Donation Program geared to- eral fund over the next five years.
bought goods. Specifically, Alaskans
ward elders living at the Quyanna
Rural Alaska Monitoring have a Vitamin D deficiency. VitaCare Center.
min D is most commonly absorbed
The board members held a tele- Program
Dr. James Berner spoke about the through sunlight, which, as Berner
conference with Senator Donny
Olson, who explained what is cur- Rural Alaska Monitoring Program, pointed out, Alaska does not always
rently happening in the Senate. Two or RAMP. The program monitors have high amounts of in the winter
pieces of legislation he mentioned human and wildlife health threats months. Low vitamin D levels lead
were the Medicaid reform bill, or that result from climate change in to higher rates of colon cancer, the
Senate Bill 24, and Senate Bill 23. Northwestern Alaska. A combination most common cancer found in
Senate Bill 24 combines two bills, of anthropogenic contaminants and Alaska Natives. Another problem in
the Governor’s Bill 78 with Senate climate warming lead to serious food Alaska is dental health. Vitamin D
Bill 24. With the current budget and water safety concerns. Animal deficiency causes tooth enamel
deficit, Olson said it was especially diseases can affect humans, but most decay, which Berner said is the
important for him to stand up for doctors don’t suspect that the cause biggest health threat among
rural Alaska.“[We want to make] of a human’s sickness is from, for ex- Alaskans.
sure that we don’t have to bear the ample, brucellosis, because it is not
burden of these budget cuts,” Olson a common disease in the general Effects of trauma
The second day began with a prespopulation. However, the traditional
said.
Senate Bill 23 would legalize opi- diet in Alaskan communities in- entation about Adverse Childhood
oid overdose drugs. In the event of cludes marine mammals, and these Experiences, or ACEs. ACEs are
an overdose, these drugs can be ad- animals are becoming sick due to traumatic events that can potentially
ministered to prevent death. In 2015, diseases that come with the warming have lasting effects on health and
wellbeing. The presenter, Pat Skidover 30 Alaskans died of heroin climate.
Normally, Berner said, animals more, spoke about how diseases such
overdoses.
Myra Munson, a Juneau lawyer and humans have strong enough im- as diabetes can be linked to trauma
and former Commissioner of Health mune systems to ward off the viruses through a phenomenon called epigeand Social Services, spoke about and develop immunity in the form of netics. Epigenetics, Skidmore exMedicaid reform in greater depth. antibodies. However, when immune plained, is the chemical process that
The Federal Government reimburses systems are compromised, as in the “turns on genes.” In other words,
healthcare providers 100 percent for case of elders and pregnant women, every cell contains the same DNA
Alaska Native patients if they are el- humans fall ill. Berner spoke about a sequence, but some cells form skin,
igible for Medicaid and if the treat- study that monitored the blood levels others form heart tissue and so on.
ment is given at an Indian Health of persistent organic pollutants in Epigenetics is how cells read the
Services facility or by a tribe or tribal pregnant women’s blood. These pol- DNA code, or gene. Trauma can aforganization, such as NSHC. Cur- lutants are transported through wind fect how cells read genes, and thererently, the reimbursement is limited and water, and can be passed down
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Nome Planning Commission puts collar on dog issues
By Sandra L. Medearis
Nome Planning Commission
meetings germinate seeds of ideas
for Nome’s improvement and pass
them onto the Nome Common Council members to select them for nurture and development or for cutting
down as weeds.
The Nome Planning Commission
wants to see dogs and other pets
under tighter control within city limits and has passed a resolution urging
the city to hire an animal control officer. The council will rule on that
idea at its March 28 meeting.
“Essentially we need someone to
enforce the rules on the books,”
Commissioner Larry Pederson,
chairman, said. ”There is the need for
an animal control officer working
under the city manager.”
The idea has met opposition from
the Nome Police Dept. in the past, as
well as council members who do not
want to spend the money. Police officers currently answer animal complaint calls. Statistics from NPD
Chief Papasodora show 413 calls
concerning animals in 2015 and 486
calls in 2014.
“I don’t want to piss off the police
chief,” Commissioner Rob Cahoon
said during discussion March 1,
adding that animal control has been
the venue of police who have had
training.
Some years ago, the animal control officer had an annual contract to
deal with animal issues and maintained an animal shelter on Port
Road. The position did not pay per
animal captured. An attempt to hire
another person after long-time “dog
catcher” Amy Smithheisler relocated
to Ohio did not turn up a viable applicant.
Under the plan discussed by the
planners, the animal control officer
would work under a contract rather
than be paid per loose animal captured. As the program operates now,
there are too many loose dogs and
animals not getting humane and sufficient care, commissioner Sara
Lizak said. Lizak serves as a board
member of PAWS—People for Animal Welfare and Safety.
After the animal control resolution in the meeting packet a document follows, provided by PAWS,
spelling a sample job description
based on existing City of Nome laws
which include licensing, capture and
impoundment of loose animals, as
well as subjective animal care rules.
The idea of recreating an animal
control position stems in part from a
joint meeting Nov. 3 of Nome Planning Commission and PAWS. The
animal welfare group recommended
in order of preference: the city hires
an animal control officer; animal
control training for NPD personnel
and required action on animal issues;
and Community Service Officers
properly trained and willing to enforce laws.
If done properly, animal control
could serve as a source of revenue to
the city, NPC commissioners said.
Nome already has laws pertaining to
loose animals, immunizations and licensing, rabies control, protective
custody and a schedule of fines and
adoption fees.
A park for Bowser and
Fido?
The planning panel has also
worked on establishing a fenced dog
park where owners could exercise
their dogs and have them become socialized with other dogs.
During a recent work session,
commissioners studied a map of
Nome and its surroundings while
discussing a site for a dog park. More
research has to be done on site selection and size.
She thought three to five acres
would be appropriate, Lizak said last
week, with requirements that dogs be
peaceable, licensed and up-to-date
on vaccinations, “so people would
know they and their dogs would be
safe in the park.”
Anybody live there?
In other business, the commission
put before the council for approval
measures concerning vacant properties and the housing shortage.
The vacant structures measure
deletes a part of Nome Code of Ordinances and replaces it with a new
section on vacant property registration and maintenance regulations.
According to the language, the
purpose of the ordinance on vacant
properties is to help protect the
health, safety and welfare of citizens
by preventing blight, protecting
property values and neighborhood
integrity, avoiding creation and
maintenance of nuisances and promoting the safe and sanitary maintenance of dwellings, commercial,
industrial and nonprofit buildings.
The document includes requirements
to register property within 90 days of
vacancy, secure it, provide for maintenance in neat condition free of
overgrowth of vegetation and accumulation of trash, and establish a
person responsible during owner’s
absence and contact information.
In other business related to
dwellings, the commission passed a
resolution for council approval calling for Mayor Richard Beneville to
appoint a multi-agency housing task
force. The commission received facts
and figures Nome Emergency Shelter Team on the lack of available
housing in Nome at its meeting Feb.
2.
The Nome Comprehensive Plan
identifies the need for housing of all
types—single family and multi-family units for all income levels. Realtors in Nome have long lists for
housing. The U. S. Census Bureau,
based on the 2010 census, lists vacant housing units at 263; however,
does not reflect how many units are
habitable.
In a community survey portion of
the plan, housing was seventh priority out of 25 concerns listed by the
public, as housing becomes more expensive.
The resolution recommends to the
council that the multi-agency effort
include, besides the city, Norton
Sound Health Corp., Norton Sound
Economic Development Corp.,
Bering Straits Native Corp., Bering
Straits Regional Housing Authority,
Kawerak, Inc., Sitnasuak, Inc.,
Nome Eskimo Community and
N.E.S.T.
The council will review and approve or reject business from the
commission at the next regular meeting on March 28.
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fore victims of abuse have a higher
likelihood of developing diseases
such as diabetes. However, Skidmore
said, epigenetics can be reverse.
Melanie Bahnke pointed out that
ACEs don’t focus on trauma to a
population, such as oppression, but
such trauma can lead to individual
trauma, especially when it is repressed. Anguish can be passed
down, and therefore so can the gene.
Angie Gorn, President and CEO of
NSHC mentioned the Healthy Start
Program, which works with women
throughout their pregnancies and up
to two years after their child is born.
The program’s goal is to reduce the
number of perinatal health problems.
They provide home visits, health education classes and depression and
substance abuse screenings.
Traci McGarry works for Kawerak’s Children’s Advocacy Center,
or CAC. The CAC assists children
who have been abused or neglected.
McGarry noted the number of children brought into the CAC has increased from 22 in 2010 to 81 just
five years later. McGarry says this is
mostly due to increased awareness
about the center, not necessarily an
increase in abuse cases.
The CAC works with the District
Attorney’s office, the Office of Children’s Services and the Assistant Attorney General. McGarry described
the CAC as a “one-stop shop,” meaning that the facility has ability to provide medical treatment and forensic
exams and interviews.
When asked if the program has
sufficient funds to accomplish everything they are tasked with McGarry
said, “I’m going to say no. I’m always going to say no.” The main
need is for funding for plane tickets
for children and their non-offending
parent or parents to and from villages. The plan is to transfer Victims
of Crimes Act, or VOCA, funds to
the CAC. When there is not enough
money to fly the victims to Nome,
troopers sometimes conduct interviews in the field, which is discouraged.
In her presentation, McGarry said
that 80 to 90 percent of mothers who
come to the CAC with their children
reveal that they too were sexually
abused as children. For most, it is the
first time they are telling someone
what happened. Many times, the perpetrator got away with the crime, and
probably abused more children as
well. “There are always more victims. If there’s one, there’s many,”
McGarry said.
The Family Wellness Warriors
Initiative works to stop the trend in
abuse through sharing stories. The
program will hold a five-day training
session in Nome this April through
Beauty for Ashes, a faith based initiative. Beauty for Ashes had a Nome
based committee for the past three
years. The program works with both
victims and perpetrators, or “those
who have been harmed and those
who harm,” as the program puts it.
One of the main questions Beauty for
Ashes explores is how childhood experiences impact adults. Through
sharing stories, the program helps the
participants to move forward with
their lives and relationships.
With respect to epigenetics, they
Substance abuse treatment
center needed in Nome
Lieutenant Devin Bodine and probation Officer Catherine Clarke gave
an update on the Anvil Mountain
Correctional Center. Many of the inmates at AMCC are held under Title
47. When people are too intoxicated
to care for themselves, they are held
until they are sober or under the supervision of a sober relative or
spouse. Various medical conditions
can arise when a person is dangerously intoxicated. However, AMCC
does not have the funds to hire a full
time nurse, so there is no medical
staff in the facility after about 10
p.m.
Clarke said there is also a need for
funding to send inmates to substance
abuse treatment facilities. There is no
such center in the region, so people
wishing to seek intensive treatment
must go elsewhere. However,
AMCC is only allotted funds to send
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have yet to discover if storytelling
lowers the risk of cancer, but it is an
avenue Bobbi Outten, who works
with the program, wants to explore.
Regardless, those who participate in
the program are given valuable tools
to communicate their issues and prevent the problem from spreading.
“We carry trauma even from stories
we don’t know anymore,” Kawerak’s
Lisa Ellanna said.
The Wellness Warrior initiative
has also worked with the Office of
Children’s Services, and has helped
parents regain custody of their children.
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the inmates back home once they are
released. Inmates are often ready to
take the next step and receive treatment, but cannot because there is no
funding available.
Clarke and Bodine also spoke of
the need for mental health services at
AMCC. Currently, the Department
of Corrections is the largest provider
of mental health services in the State
of Alaska, which Clarke said was not
ideal. However, the only way for
AMCC inmates to receive therapy is
through TeleMed, which is not as effective as face-to-face treatment.
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Photo by Kristine McRae
PARTNERS IN EDUCATION—Nome Referee Association members Lance Cannon, Adam Martinson, Dave
Barron and Eva Dickson accept the Partner in Education award from Superintendent Shawn Arnold for their
participation in youth basketball. Not pictured is Jason Omedelina.
Jon Berkeley named new NomeBeltz Jr./Sr. High School principal
By Kristine McRae
At their regular meeting last
week, the Nome Board of Education
recognized members of the Nome
Referee Association with the Partner
in Education award. “We’ve had a lot
of changes with youth basketball this
year,” Superintendent Shawn Arnold
said. “In the past we’ve had 5th and
6th grades, boys and girls, playing
together. This year we’ve changed
things to have grades four, five, and
six, and [separate] boy’s and girl’s
team.” Over eighty students are participating in youth basketball this
year, which is the largest enrollment
the district has seen. “A lot of credit
goes to the refs, and they’re not just
reffing, but teaching the fundamentals of the sport and the love of the
game,”
said
Arnold.
“Having positive role models at the
Saturday games really makes a difference.” Referee Association president Lance Cannon and several
volunteer referees were at the meeting to accept their awards. “Every
year we come together for four
months; this group works very hard,
and it’s about the kids. And great job
to the coaches who take their time to
practice with them and teach them
the game,” Cannon said. Cannon
also extended kudos to Bobby Evans
and John Baker, who were the starting force behind the volunteer referees.
Nome-Beltz high school students
John Wade and Zach Tozier joined
Superintendent Shawn Arnold and
high school Social Studies and
Civics teacher Kent Runion in
Juneau last month for the legislative
fly-in, where they attended a Student
Leadership Summit sponsored by the
Alaska Association of School
Boards’ Youth Advocacy Institute
(AASB). John Wade attended the
board meeting to share a bit about
the boys’ experience at the state capital. “We went to advocate for our
school and make sure our voices
were heard,” Wade told members of
the board. “We met with other youth
and discussed school issues that need
to be solved.” Wade and Tozier also
attended a Senate meeting at which
Nome’s senator Donny Olson introduced them to the entire Senate. “I
learned that we can advocate for issues going on at our school,” Wade
said, “It was a really good experience.” Board president Barb Amarok
added that Wade and Tozier were impressive ambassadors for the school
and the community.
Two Nome Elementary students
have their artwork displayed at the
Art Center in the state’s capital city.
Alaska Native Culture teacher Josie
Bourdon described the project she
worked on with Kaitlyn Moses, a
fifth grader in Mrs. Westall’s class,
and Iryna Kadutska, from Mr.
McRae’s fourth grade class. “The
University of Alaska Fairbanks put
out a call to have students submit
video projects for a contest titled
Many Lands, One Arctic, in which
they were asked to depict why they
Photo by Kristine McRae
ART—Alaska Native Culture teacher Josie Bourdon worked with students Iryna Kadustka and Kaitlyn Moses on their art projects “Many
Lands, One Arctic.” The videos the girls made are on display at the Art
Center in Juneau.
enjoy their environment,” Bourdon struments she plays and her experitold the board. Each girl made a ences with music after she’d ranbrief video that incorporated her art- domly chosen the topic from an
work into a stopgap animation video. envelope. Arnold also recognized
Kaitlyn chose to illuminate her love Misty Laccese as the NPS teacherof the northern lights, and Iryna de- of-the-month. Laccese, Arnold said,
scribed berry picking with her fam- challenges students and integrates
ily. Each video lasts less that a cultural activities into her teaching.
minute, but the artwork and narration Laccese, along with student Jayden
describe the full essence of what Gologergen, has created the after
their topic means to them. The girls school Culture Club, where students
worked for several weeks with Bour- can gather to learn cultural drumdon and district technologist Justin ming and dancing and to plan perHeinrich to put their videos together. formances for the school and
“The girls worked very hard on their community.
projects,” Bourdon said, “and we
After gathering in executive seshope to inspire other kids to partici- sion to discuss the superintendent
pate in art endeavors.”
evaluation and the vacant principal
Superintendent Arnold recognized position at Nome-Beltz junior-senior
Nome-Beltz
student
Kaitlyn high, the board offered a contract for
Theoness, who recently returned the 2016-17 school year to current
from the Rural Declamation Lan- interim principal Jon Berkeley.
guage Competition where she won
Berkeley has been with the district
first place in the impromptu cate- for twelve years and has been acting
gory. Kaitlyn spoke for almost two principal since Chip Sharpe resigned
minutes, in Spanish, about the in- in December.
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Panganga Pungowiyi and Bertha
Koweluk spoke about the Community Alcohol Safety Team, CAST for
short. Pungowiyi and Koweluk
stressed the necessity of keeping the
Nome Youth Facility open. Lawmakers have proposed closing it in
light of the budget deficit. They also
addressed the need for local foster
care as a way to keep children in the
region, close to their families. Staying in the region helps young people
maintain their identities, which helps
to prevent suicide, they said.
Liz Medicine Crow of the First
Alaskans Institute praised the board
members for taking a stand for racial
equity. It is necessary, Medicine
Crow said, to have Alaska Native
voices in government on both the
local and state levels. “The legislative offices need representatives who
understand who we are and who
have our best interests at heart,” she
said. Medicine Crow spoke of the
importance of having a dialogue that
“doesn’t shut the other side down,”
because racism is a problem for all
groups of people involved. “We need
actions, not studies,” Medicine Crow
said before going on to praise Alaska
Governor Bill Walker and Lieutenant
Governor Byron Mallott for their
work in helping Alaska Native
voices be heard.
Lisa Ellanna and Panganga Pungowiyi of Kawerak and Nome
Methodist Pastor Charles Brower
gave a presentation about the Nome
Social Justice Task Force, SJTF for
short, which is a local group for
racial equity. The SJTF has held six
community-wide conversations and
one historic trauma training in
Nome. These meetings focus on the
effect colonization had, and continues to have, on Alaska Native people. The ramifications can include
drug and alcohol abuse, domestic violence, suicide and child abuse, all
of which were touched on throughout the two-day meeting.
The next NSHC and Kawerak
joint board meeting will be in 2018.
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COOPERATIVE DOWNHILL— Skiku volunteer Nick Treinen, fourth from the right, helps guide students from Ms. Johnson’s fourth grade class down a hill north of town. Treinen
and his group of five volunteers brought skiing to over 200 Nome kids this week.
Nordic Journeys puts hundreds of Nome kids on skis
Story and photos
by Keith Conger
No, there weren’t large groups of
kids playing hooky this week north
of Greg Kruschek Avenue on the outskirts of Nome. What passersby
might have seen Monday through
Friday during school hours were
children from Nome Elementary
who were being treated to ski lessons
by Nordic Journeys, a statewide,
Alaskan outreach program.
Four years ago, two-time
Olympian Lars Flora formed a partnership with Nana Regional Corporation to create NanaNordic, with the
simple goal of getting rural Alaska
kids in that region on skis. Spurred
by the program’s initial success in
bringing the sport to the 11 villages
of the Northwest Arctic Borough,
Flora expanded the program to include other regions in Western
Alaska.
Today, NanaNordic, as well as
Skiku and SkikuBiathlon, fall under
the umbrella title of Nordic Journeys.
The skiers in Nome have been serviced by SkiKu, which operates in Anchorage and also introduces the sport
to villages “from Bethel to Barrow.”
The program, whose name is derived
from siku, the Inupiaq word for ice,
was brought to Nome through a cooperative effort between Nordic
Journeys and Nome Ski and
Biathlon. Skiku has been coming to
Nome for three years.
In past years, Skiku took the
fourth through sixth grade classrooms at Nome Elementary skiing
and attended practices with the ski
team. This year they were able to
work with the local charter school
children.
The trip leader in Nome this year
was Nick Treinen, 24, who has been
with Nordic Journeys all four years,
and first went to Kiana in 2013. He
came to Nome with the program in
2014, and has also worked with kids
in Shishmaref and Barrow. Treinen
liked Nome so much that he did a
lengthy backpacking trip to Serpentine Hot Springs and the Lava Fields
last summer, and worked as a
teacher’s aide at Nome Elementary
last fall.
“I counted that we skied 20 times
throughout the week,” said Treinen
on Saturday, as he rested before his
trip to Gambell next week. “I calculated that we got 140 kids from the
elementary out, and 200 different
kids on skis.”
Skiku’s volunteer teams are comprised of Olympians, World Cup
skiers, elite high school athletes and
community coaches. Treinen headed
a team of five volunteer instructors
with varied skiing backgrounds. Assisting him were Anchorage high
school skiers Duncan Wright and
Taylor Joslin, as well as community
coaches Tyler Henegen and Vicky
Lytle.
The progress made by the kids at
the elementary this week was noticeable to Treinen. This was the third
year in the program for the sixth
grader skiers. Treinen says a group of
eight to ten made it all the way out to
Icy View, and many climbed to the
top of Gold Hill.
Skiku’s role in the Bering Straits
region differs somewhat from other
western Alaska regions because there
has been a viable ski program here
for nearly 40 years. Flora says, “Over
the last few years we have gotten to
know the coaches in the Bering
Strait. We are supplementing what is
there.”
The program has served several
communities in the region including
Nome, Gambell, Shishmaref, Unalakleet, Koyuk, Savoonga and
White Mountain. They will soon be
heading to Elim.
Through 2015, Skiku and
NanaNordic has served 40 different
communities and skied with 4,000
people. While the villages in Alaska
are rewarded with healthy winter activities and the potential for sustainable nordic programs, the benefits
are big for the volunteers as well.
Last year 130 urban-based volun-
teers had the opportunity to experience rural Alaska life, many for the
first time.
“It has been my experiences as a
volunteer with Skiku that have allowed me to better understand life
here,” said Treinen. “It’s definitely a
two-way street. The volunteers get a
lot out of it, and get to experience
rural Alaska in a way that’s really
difficult otherwise. A lot of the volunteers are from Anchorage and they
go back with a better understanding
of rural Alaska.”
UNDER THE BRIDGE— Fourth grader Michael Marvin enjoyed skiing with the Skiku volunteers.
Huskies end Nanook boys and girls season in Anchorage
By Keith Conger
The Nome-Beltz boys and girls
basketball squads traveled to Dimond High School in Anchorage last
weekend to attend the Western Conference Tournament. Both squads
lost their first round games and then
were eliminated in the second round
on Friday by teams from Kotzebue.
The first pairing on the boys side
of the tournament featured a Thursday match-up between the topseeded Barrow Whalers and the
fourth-seeded Nanooks. According
to the Alaska School Activities Association’s WPI rankings, the Whalers
finished the regular season with a 120 record against 3A teams in the
state, and had achieved the number
one 3A ranking in Alaska. The
Nanooks’ 3 – 14 regular season
record against 3A teams ranked fifteenth among the eighteen 3A
schools in the state.
The Whalers were able to build an
early 34-13 halftime lead in the contest, while holding the Nanooks to
four points in the first quarter and
nine in the second. Nome went on to
outscore Barrow 18-10 in the final
frame, but still came up short, losing
65-47.
The Nanooks were led in scoring
by junior Mikey Scott who went
seven for seven from the floor, and
ended up with a total of 18. His only
miss was from the free throw line,
where he hit three of four. Senior
Leif Erikson chipped in 13 for the
Nanooks. Nome outshot Barrow in
three-point percentage (46 percent 20 percent), and free throw percentage (75 percent – 50 percent).
The sophomore tandem of Kamaka Hepa and Travis Adams led the
Whalers with 18 and 16 points, respectively. They would also lead
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The Nome boys kept their contest
against Kotzebue close for the first
half on Friday, and they entered the
locker room at the intermission down
my just two, at 25-23. The game was
still in reach at the end of the third
frame, but Nome was outscored 16-3
down the stretch, and fell to the
Huskies 59-40.
Scott led Nome with 17 points,
and Erikson contributed 10 to the
cause. Scott was later named to the
all-tourney team. The Huskies leading scorers were Bish Gallahorn,
who had 20, and Harry Baldwin who
scored 18.
The Nanooks conclude the season
with a 5-20 overall record.
The third seeded Lady Nanooks
met up with the second seeded
Bethel Warriors in the opening
round. ASAA’s WPI ranked the
Nome girls number 12 after their 810 regular season mark against 3A
schools. Bethel entered the tournament as the number seven team in
the state after finishing the year with
a 10-7 record in 3A play.
On Thursday, the Nanooks were
able to hold the Warriors to seven
points in quarters one, two and four,
and 36 points overall, but had trouble scoring themselves as the bowed
out 36-20. They were led by senior
Katy Tomter who scored half the
teams points on four for seven field
goal shooting. The Nanooks were
unable to contain Courtney Williams
all year, and her 15 points became a
big factor in the Bethel win.
The Lady Nanooks played solid
first-half defense in their game
against the Lady Huskies, holding
them to a mere two, first-quarter
points. They carried an eight point,
17-9 lead at the half. The second
half, however, was a complete reversal, and the Nanooks could only
muster two points in the final frame
before losing 47-30.
Seven Lady Nanooks scored in
the contest. They were led by senior
Senora Ahmasuk, who had seven.
She was later named to the all-tourney team. Kotzebue was paced by
Calia Sieh and Caitlin Conwell, who
each scored 11. The Lady Nanooks
concluded the season with a 12-14
Alaska Logistics
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from each of the involved communities.
“Since the tourney has been
moved to Anchorage, the live TV
coverage by GCI of the tourney has
been an overwhelming success,”
added Callahan. “This live statewide
TV coverage would not occur if the
tournament was moved back within
Region I.”
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Photo by Bret Hanson
ON THE PODIUM- Unalakleet’s Nick Hanson, center, and Makiyan
Ivanoff, left, placed first and third in the Arctic Sports event of Two Foot
High Kick.
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Photo courtesy of Zachary Hall
STEADY AIM— Nome’s Wilson Hoogendorn looks to hit his fifth target during an Arctic Winter Games
Biathlon race. Hoogendorn was one of 243 athletes from Alaska attending the games in Greenland.
Bering Strait athletes shine at Greenland’s Arctic Winter Games
By Keith Conger
Eleven Bering Strait athletes and
one coach found themselves a third
of the way around the circumpolar
north last week as part of a large
sporting contingent know as Team
Alaska. The athletes were attending
the 24th Arctic Winter Games in
Nuuk, the capital city of Greenland.
The competitions took place March
7 through 11.
Team Alaska joined squads from
Greenland, Yamal (Russia), the
Sampi Nation (made up of people
from Norway, Sweden, Finland, and
the Kola Peninsula of Russia), as
well as four Canadian contingents
that included the Yukon Territories,
Northwest Territories, Northern Alberta, Northern Quebec and
Nunavut. All participants in the event
reside north of the 55th parallel.
Nome Ski and Biathlon
Nome biathlete Bianca Trowbridge captured a bronze medal,
which came in the shape of an Ulu,
in the six-kilometer sprint race
against five other girls on Wednesday. That podium spot was the first
for a female Western Interior Ski Association athlete since 2008, when
Nikki Fennimore of Galena won
bronze.
Trowbridge captured her second
bronze medal on Thursday in the 7.5kilometer Mass Start. According to
records that date back to 2004, Trowbridge is the only WISA biathlete to
win multiple medals at the same
games.
Wilson Hoogendorn opened up
his Arctic Winter Games competition
on Tuesday with a bronze medal in
the 7.5-kilometer Individual Race
against six other competitors. That
was the first medal in ski biathlon by
a rural male since Emerson Conger
won bronze in 2010. Hoogendorn
followed that with a pair of fourthplace finishes in individual events.
Hoogendorn also earned a gold
medal by being part of the 3x 4.5kilometer mixed relay.
The three individual medals and
the relay gold bring the historical
biathlon medal count for the Nome
Ski and Biathlon team to 14. Previous medal winners were Conger, Miranda Murphy and Caity Tozier.
Team Alaska’s head biathlon
coach Zachary Hall said, “The 2016
Arctic Winter Games were an exciting experience for Alaska’s biathletes. It’s great to see athletes from
bush regions competing so well on
Photo by Adam Verrier
TOP 10— Nome’s Mallory Conger placed sixth in the Freestyle Sprint
race. Western Interior Ski Association records show her to be the first
rural Alaskan skier in at least 14 years to crack the top 10 in cross country skiing at the Arctic Winter Games.
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Mallory Conger earned a spot on
Team Alaska’s cross-country ski
team. She is only the fifth rural athlete to qualify for the games in the
event since 2002.
Conger placed eighth in the 7.5kilometer Freestyle (skate) Race on
Wednesday. With that placing, she
became the first rural Alaskan skier
to crack the top 10. The previous best
was an eleventh place finish by Aly
Daniels of Unalakleet in 2014. Conger followed up her first skate event
by posting the sixth fastest time in
the 750-meter sprint on Friday. All
skiers who placed higher than her in
the skate events were one or two
years older.
“The other coaches and I all saw
her improve over the course of the
week,” said cross-country skiing
head coach Davya Flaharty of Conger’s efforts.
Dene Games and Arctic
Sports
Four of Nome’s AWG athletes
competed in Dene games, which are
traditional First Nations contests developed in Canada and interior
Alaska. They were led by Nome’s
Arctic Winter Games veteran Marjorie Tahbone, who was attending
AWG for the sixth time. Tahbone
first took part in AWG as a Dene
Games athlete back to 2004 and now
coaches Team Alaska’s Dene Games
squad. Tahbone says that participants
who make the Dene Games and Arc-
tic Sports were selected by using last
year’s state NYO meet results, as
well as results from WEIO, the
World Eskimo and Indian Olympics.
Athletes in these games compete
in five events. The Finger Pull was
traditionally used to strengthen fingers for the fishing season. Competitors in this event work to pull one
finger from the grasp of another. The
Snowsnake game was used to prepare hunters for killing caribou in a
time before guns. This event has a
javelin quality to it, as athletes slide
a stick as far as they can along halfpipes of snow. The Stick Pull was another game created to prepare for the
fishing season. Here contestants
work to pull a stick from the grasp of
their opponent. The Pole Push is a
test of brute strength and was a way
for traditional people to prepare for
moving large canoes over large distances. In this event four people from
the same team work to push a pole
against four from another contingent.
The last event is known as Hand
Games, and originated as a means for
people to acquire for bullets, furs and
even match sticks.
“The team did great,” said Tahbone. “We had several fair play pins
(an AWG sportsmanship award)
given to us. Madison received two of
them. Kimberly and Madison were a
huge help in the team events, hand
games and pole push, helping earn
their team silver and bronze.”
Timothy James won a gold medal
as the top all-around male for his di-
vision. He earned a silver medal in
Snowsnake and a bronze in the Stick
Pull. He was also on the third place
Pole Push team.
“Zach (Tozier) was a force with
the pole push and helped the team get
third in the event,” said Tahbone.
Ivory Okleasik was the lone
Nome athlete competing in Arctic
Sports. Tahbone said Okleasik took
fifth in the Arm Pull and fourth in the
Alaska High Kick.
Nick Hanson and Makiyan
Ivanoff from Unalakleet found themselves around the top of the leader
board in many of the Arctic Sports.
Makiyan won the Alaskan High Kick
with a jump of 7 feet, 4 inches, and
the One Foot High Kick with a jump
of 9’ 2”. Hanson won the Two Foot
High Kick with a jump of 7’11”.
There were 27 participants in the
Open Male division. Ivanoff placed
fourth in the All-Around competition, while Hanson placed sixth.
The lone female athlete from Unalakleet was Allie Ivanoff. She
placed seventh in both the One Foot
and Two Foot High Kicks.
“Overall we should be very proud
of our athletes from this region, said
Tahbone. “They worked hard and
represented our people well. They
were able to meet new people and
make new friends, they also were
apart of a unique tradition that helps
keep our culture alive.”
Photo by Marjorie Tahbone
POLE PUSH— Nome’s Zachary Tozier, far right, helped his team place third in the Dene Games’ Pole Push
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EYES IN THE SKY— Mike Morgan has an aerial escort as he approaches the finish line of the Nome-Golovin
Race.
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FASTEST TIME— Tre West crosses the finish line with the fastest time
of the day.
Tre West wins his third Nome-Golovin 200 Race
By Mary Pemberton
Sean Octuck had a solid plan for
winning the 50th running of the
Nome-Golovin 200 Race.
“No fear. Ride smart,” said the 28year-old racer before the start of Saturday’s snowmachine race from
Nome to Golovin and back. When
going at top speeds, “You get tunnel
vision for a while and then it is ‘grip
it and rip it,’” he said.
Sometimes things don’t go according to plan, especially when you
are driving a snowmachine at over
100 mph on a hard, fast, rough trail.
Octuck, also known as “Stubby,”
was only about seven miles into the
race when he said his 2015 Ski Doo
MXZ 800 snowmachine started “to
fishtail and lost it.”
Octuck wasn’t hurt in the worst
crash he’s ever been in, but his snowmachine sustained a smashed windshield, broken gauges, and
handlebars that he had to pull back
into position in order to drive it. And,
he said, he had no brakes because the
canister that held the brake fluid
broke in the crash. When asked how
he raced on without brakes, Octuck
simply shrugged his shoulders. The
racer who grew up in Nome and now
resides in Anchorage, finished in
10th place in the Open Class (800cc),
about 13 minutes after the winner.
Tre West, 30, of Nome, won the
race in two hours, seven minutes and
nine seconds on a 2016 Ski Doo
MXZ 800 and reaching a speed of
116 mph.
“I had a clean run, no problems,”
West said. “I just held on and did the
best I could.”
The Nome-Golovin Race began in
1966 when snowmachines were not
as powerful and couldn’t go as fast.
The race then entailed going from
Nome to Teller and back. The Nome
to Golovin course was adopted in
1972. This year’s race offered nearly
$11,000 in prize money with the top
three teams in each class sharing the
winnings. Alaska Airlines donated
plane tickets to the Open Class winner.
Calvin Schaeffer holds the 2000
race record of 1 hour and 57 minutes.
Quinn Schaeffer, who drove a Polaris 800 and was the first racer out
of the chute, finished in second place
in two hours, nine minutes and 29
seconds. He was confident before the
race and liked his position of being
first on the trail. His game plan was
to, “Just let the machine do the work
and try to relax.”
“I think I got a pretty good chance
this year. The machine is running
very good,” said the 40-year-old
Kotzebue racer. “I will be able to see
better and I won’t have to contend
with snow dust.”
Quinn said he had a good, clean
run. Lucas Bauman finished in third
place in two hours, ten minutes and
one second. Johnny Bahnke III was
fourth at two hours, ten minutes and
18 seconds. Five Open Class racers
did not finish.
Bauman, 25, of Nome said the
trail was rough and his machine bottomed out more times than he cared
to remember, but he managed to stay
on.
“I wore myself out trying to hang
on,” he said.
In B Class (600 cc) Aaron Loyer
finished first in 2:13:21, followed by
Nicholas Reader at 2:15, Dickey
Moto Jr. at 2:18:26 and Harold Lie at
2:18:50.
In A Class (fan-cooled) Wally
Carter Jr. finished first in 2:50:27,
followed by Randy Toshavik in
2:52:00, Wally Carter Sr. in 2:57:46
and Daniel Dickey in 2:58:27.
Dora Hughes won the Class D
women’s race in 1:16:43, followed
by Katie O’Connor in 1:19:05, Katie
Hannon in 1:37:26 and Maggie Ahkvaluk in 1:56:22.
Bubba McDaniel completed the
Class E Juniors race in 1:29:48.
CAT WALK— Rookie Corey Sockpealuk gets off to a roaring start on Saturday.
See more photos on page 12
Photo by Nikolai Ivanoff
BUMPY— Harley Shield, driving a Polaris 800 in the open class, navigates bumps coming off Cape Nome.
MASS START— The Class D Women’s division heads out toward Topkok.
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•White Mountain
Seward. His goal was to be 20
minutes ahead.
Dallas Seavey had nine dogs in
his team, and that is where the Willow musher said the challenge lies in
getting to Nome first. With a small
team, Seavey said care needs to be
taken in managing the team, especially the run/rest times to prevent
the team from becoming discouraged
and slowing down.
There is no room to make mistakes, he said. Dallas left the checkpoint with only seven dogs.
“If they slow down, you won’t get
them to go fast again,” Seavey said.
“If you want to do well you have to
maintain speed.”
In 2012, Dallas Seavey became
the youngest Iditarod champion ever.
He said Monday that his dogs were
running well and had good energy,
but he was not so sure about himself.
“The dogs’ energy is good; mine
not so much —tired,” he said, as he
tended to his dog team, putting down
straw, feeding them and massaging
ointment between the pads of their
feet.
The sleep-deprived musher will
get an opportunity to rest. Teams are
required to take an 8-hour break in
White Mountain before racing to the
last checkpoint at Safety 55 miles
away and then to Nome.
Mitch Seavey arrived in White
Mountain at 10:27 a.m. When asked
if he could beat his son, Mitch said,
“I just have to outrun him… It is just
toe-to-toe now.”
Seavey, 56, who won the race in
2004 and 2013, said his biggest concern was his young lead dogs and if
they could remain mentally strong
until the end of the race. He retired
two of his more experienced lead
dogs and said the front end of his
team is “thinking it has been a long
trip mentally.” Seavey said he does not have a
“hard-headed” leader that could
overtake Dallas’ team, but he said 3year-old Pilot, who had been leading
the team for hundreds of miles, was
showing lots of potential.
“He could be something,” Seavey
said, casting an eye to future races.
Mitch said his chances are about
50/50 for overtaking his son and winning the race.
“Either I will or I won’t,” he said.
“One of us is going to win unless
something phenomenal happens, and
I feel good about that.” After Dallas Seavey had tended to
his dogs, he walked the 15 feet over
to where his father’s team was resting and gave his father a hug before
the two briefly discussed the race and
then parted, saying they intended to
get some rest. Both father and son
left exactly eight hours after completing the mandatory rest requirement. Mitch Seavey arrived in White
Mountain with 12 dogs but left with
two fewer.
Sass, 35, of Eureka, also left on
time but returned to the checkpoint,
telling race officials he wanted to
give his team more rest.
“There are a million different
things that make them hard to beat,”
Sass said, when asked about the
Seaveys after arriving in White
Mountain.
At this late point in the race, he
would have to have a spectacular run
to Nome, and something would have
to go wrong with the Seaveys, in
order for him to overtake either one
of them, he said.
Sass said pushing his team in an
effort to keep up with the Seaveys
was “no easy task” and his dogs were
thinking “they were done with the
race.” Sass said his goal for this year’s
race was to hold his position.
“It is all part of the learning
process,” said Sass, the 2015 winner
of the 1,000-mile Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race.
Sass said he knew after taking a
long run across Golovin Bay that he
would have speed issues.
“It was kinda fun for a little while
there. All three of us were in a row
and I was ahead just for a little while,
which was kind of fun. And then
Dallas passed me and left me in the
dust,” he said.
As of Tuesday, Sass was still in
the White Mountain checkpoint. Iditarod blogger Sebastian Schnuelle
posted on the Iditarod website that
race judge Karen Ramstead woke
Sass up and that he was tending to
his dogs. “He ran an ambitious race,
and in the end, the schedule was a bit
too ambitious for his dogs. He did
not voluntary return to the checkpoint, the dogs refused to leave,”
Schnuelle wrote. Alluding to the fan
base that considered Sass a hero for
giving the dogs extra rest, Schnuelle
offered his first hand account of how
things really unfolded. “I am sorry to
having to point this out, but it was
not Brent who made that choice, is
was his dogs who did,” Schnuelle
wrote. “When dogs refuse to go, a
mistake was made.” Schnuelle continues to write that “It doesn’t make
Brent a bad person or a bad musher,
but it also does not make him a
hero.”
Noah Burmeister, 36, of Nome
and Nenana, was in eighth place
Monday night. After arriving at the
checkpoint in Elim, he said he was
able to keep up with the leaders until
Galena and then his race changed.
“I was running with those guys
but they are running away from me
now,” he said.
Photos by Keith Conger
DALLAS FAN—Race leader Dallas Seavey stops to sign his autograph
for Tristan Ashenfelter of White Mountain.
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IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOUNTAIN— Dallas Seavey is the first
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Photos by Keith Conger
LIKE SON, LIKE FATHER— Mitch Seavey is the second musher to enter the White Mountain checkpoint on
Monday. He arrived there 39 minutes after his son.
SNOOZING— Nicolas Petit’s dogs take advantage of the rest time at the Elim checkpoint.
LOOKING BACK— The only thing that distracted Iditarod front runner Dallas Seavey from his dog care duties on Monday at the White
Mountain checkpoint was the arrival of his father Mitch.
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OFF TO GOLOVIN— Jim West Jr. heads out in front of a big Nome-Golovin Race spectator crowd.
B CLASS— Racers using 600cc sleds from the B Class line up for the
start of the Nome-Golovin Race.
FANS— A group of race supporters cheer on the Nome-Golovin racers at Farley’s Camp road crossing.
CATCHING AIR— Dale Ellanna wows the crowd with a fast start in the
Nome-Golovin Race on Saturday.
LUNCH IN SAFETY— Jackie Reader and Kelsey Holmes enjoyed their lunch at Safety Roadhouse.
A GOOD DAY FOR A SNOWMACHINE RACE— Race fans ventured out to the backside of Cape Nome to watch Nome-Golovin competitors race down the trail.
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SECOND SEAVEY— Mitch Seavey reaches White Mountain in second place behind his son Dallas Seavey on Monday, March 14.
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Iditarod Events Calendar
Alaska Russia Reunification and a
Dog who came home from the USSR
Mar. 16. 12p. Mar. 18, 12p.with Sue
Steinacher RFB
Arm Wrestling Mar 16, 7p-10p @
Breakers Bar. Women’s weigh-in 7p, contest 8p. Men’s weigh-in follows women’s
contest. No cover charge, $30 contestant
fee. Breakers: 443-2531
Arts & Crafts Fair-17th Annual Mar
14-19,
10a-6p @ OSJ. Arts Show Reception,
Friday Mar 18, 5p-7p @ OSJ. 16th Annual Arts & Crafts Bazaar.
Cheryl: 304-1669
Bearing Song & Gifts Presents Make
& Take a Craft Mar 14-18, 10a-5p @
Bearing Song & Gifts. Discover a new
and easy craft daily to take home for free!
Some crafts will include hot glue, children will need an adult present. Sarah:
443-5838
Behind the Scene Tour of the Carrie
M. McLain Museum Mar.14 – 18, 11a.
RFB
Bering Sea Ice Golf Classic Mar 19,
1st tee-off @ 10:30a behind Breakers Bar.
Sign-up all week prior to event at Breakers with corned beef and cabbage being
served all day. Ben: 304-1746
Bering Strait Seals, Sea Lions &
Walruses Mar 17, 1:30p @ NWC. Free
event. Marine biologist Gay Sheffield
shares natural history of and regional
emerging issues that might affect seals,
sea lions & walruses in Bering Strait region. Gay: 443-2397
Book Signing w/Author & Musher
Dan Seavey Mar 16, 17 10a @ RFB
Presentation of his book “The First Great
Race: Alaska’s 1973 Iditarod.”
CMM: 443-6630
Carrie McLain Film Screening Mar.
14,15,16,17,18. 2p. RFB
Challenge Life Iditarod Basketball
Clinic Mar 14-17, time TBA @ NES.
Free for youth grades 3-12. Sponsored by
Nome Eskimo Community & Challenge
Life Foundation. Niaomi: 443-2246
Chili Cook-Off & Games Mar 18 , 7p
@ VFW. Make your favorite chili & drop
it off for the contest by 6:30p. Prizes!
Open to the public, donations accepted.
Sponsored by Ladies Auxiliary.
Peggy: 443-2881
Chilly Lee Local Art Gallery Bering
Sea Bar. Slideshow of local photography
by Chilly Lee.
Explore the Katirvik Cultural Center
with
Lisa
Ellanna
Mar.
14,15,16,17,18. 4p. RFB
Fine Arts Show-17th Annual Mar 1419, 10a-6p @ OSJ. Drop off entries at
OSJ Sunday Mar 13 2p – 4p or Monday
Mar. 14, 10a-1p. For this 17th annual
event; $10/entry/item. Youth 18 and
under; $5/entry/item. Reception w/
awards
Friday Mar 18, 5p-7p. Angela: 4437447
Friends of the NRA – Nome Drawing Mar 19, 2p @ Quality Auto Parts/Carquest. Drawing for the 50 BMG raffle.
Tickets available at Carquest or Nome
Outfitters. Steve: 434-1401
Girl Scouts Pancake Breakfast Mar
19, 8a-11a @ XYZ. All you can eat sourdough pancakes, sausage, juice & coffee.
$12/person, $10/elders & kids ages 3-12
or $50/family (up to 6). Liz: 304-2223
Mar 17, 10:30a @ NWC. NSHC P.A.
Dawyn Sawyer shares the story of a
unique medical program to meet the need
of bush Alaska. Free event for everyone,
coffee & snacks provided.
Dawyn: 443-3405
Helicopter Tours: Mar 14 – 18, 9a –
7p Departing from the Nome Airport @
Bering Air. Fly to the last Checkpoint on
the Iditarod trail, the famous Safety Roadhouse for an up close and personal look
at the trail and what goes on at an active
Checkpoint. Opportunities to see Wildlife
and Dog Teams from the air! Call
BERING AIR @ 907-443-5464 for tickets information.
Idita-Ride Snow Cat Tours Mar 1420, by appointment. See live action of the
Iditarod mushers on the trail to Nome.
Stop at the Safety Roadhouse and visit the
last checkpoint of the Iditarod Sled Dog
Race, $100/person. Each person MUST
wear appropriate outdoor winter gear.
Muskox Tours to Anvil Mountain,
$50/person, call for availability. Don:
434-0692
Idita-Splash Swim 1,049 minutes between Jan 2 & Mar 31.. Sharon: 304-1266
Idita-Walk Walk 1,049 minutes between Feb 1 & Mar 31. Register at
www.idita-walk.com. $10 entry fee.
Nome Community Center
Iditarod Awards Banquet Mar 20,
4p @ NRC. Doors open at 3p. Tickets
available after the first musher arrives @
the MCC. 443-MUSH
LOIBC Tournament Mar 13-19, 8a11p & Mar 19 10a-5p @ NRC. Schedules available at NRC beginning Mar 13
or look us up on Facebook. Kimberly:
443-2867
Health Aide Training; Response to a
Need
Meet & Greet w/Martin Buser Mar
18, 1p @ new Kegoayah Kozga Library.
Come greet Martin Buser and listen to his
stories of the trail. Book signing available
after presentation. Marguerite: 443-6628
Musher Signing Mar 19, 2p @ MCC.
Mushers assemble to sign autographs and
meet the public. Bring your own markers/pens. 443-MUSH
Nome Kennel Club’s Annual Businessman’s Race Mar 18, 3:30p. Be a
musher, run 3 dogs 3 miles. $150 entry
fee, spaces limited. Sign-up available at
the Visitors Center starting Mar 16.
Kirsten: 304-2028
Nome Rotary Reindeer Dog Grill
Out Mar 17, 11:30a-1:30p or until sold
out @ the Visitors Center. Enjoy an
Alaskan Reindeer Dog while fundraising
for local projects.
NPS Events Mar 16-21 @ the Sitnasuak Building. Daily movies, educational
talks, cultural workshops & demonstrations about the nature and history of the
Arctic. Presentations by park staff and
community experts. Visit the NPS Visitor
Center, call 443-2522 or visit
facebook.com/BeringLandNPS for more
information. NPS: 443-2522
Open Mic Night Mar 17, 7:30p @
Bering Sea Bar. Under 21 must be accompanied by an adult. Music, poetry,
comedy, storytelling. No recorded music.
$5 cover or perform free, sign-up at the
door. Sponsored by the Nome
Salmonberry Jam Folk Fest. Carol 4433630
Qiviut Processing & Spinning
Demonstration Mar 16, 1:30p-3p & Mar
17, 10:30a-12p @ the Visitors Center.
Learn and participate in a Qiviut processing and spinning demonstration with instructor Kirsten Bey. Visitors Center:
443-6555
Red Lantern Banquet Whether this
does/does not happen depends on
progress of the mushers. Should there be
some slower folks, this would likely
occur 24hrs. after last musher arrives @
MCC. 443-MUSH
Seal Skin Sewing Demonstration
Mar 19, 2p- Mar.18, 4p@ the Visitors
Center. Come & watch this interesting
demo with local instructor, Dorcas
Bloom. Visitors Center: 443-6555
Serum Run; the Medical Side of the
Story Mar 16 10:30a @ NWC. Using
records from 1925, NSHC P.A. Dawyn
Sawyer presents history of diphtheria and
the medical response around Alaska. Free
event for everyone, coffee & snacks provided. Dawyn: 443-3405
St. Patrick’s Day Parade Mar 17, 1p
on Front St. Meet at the Golden Goose
lot, Briday Green 443-2250
Stories from the Trail with Howard
Farley Mar. 14,15,16.17.18. 3p RFB
Terry’s Therapeutic Massage By appointment Terry: 304-2655
The Great Alone – Lance Mackey
Story Mar. Mar. 19 – 20. 11:30a, Mar. 14
– 18. 4p Gold Coast Cinema $10. Tickets
The First Great Race Book Signing
with Dan Seavey, Mar. 16,17 10a.m.
The Last Checkpoint Mar 14 @
Safety Roadhouse, open until the last
musher passes through. Watch the action
as the mushers pass through the last
checkpoint of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog
Race. Tommy: 443-5676
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Arctic wind no match for Mukluk
Marathon runners
Bertha Koweluk.
The event honors the late Bob
Beardsley who taught Nome’s chil-
Story and photo
by Sandra L. Medearis
About 40 people of all ages challenged a 25-30 mph cross wind in
bitter temps to run in the Bob Beardsley Memorial Mini Mukluk
Marathon on Sunday.
The Nome Rotary Club sponsors
the family friendly fund raising 5K
fun run or walk during Iditarod festivities each year. The course begins
with registration at the Nome Rec
Center, goes east along East Sixth
Avenue to Greg Kruschek Avenue,
around the curve past East End Park
and continues east toward the Ft.
Davis Roadhouse and back again.
“This is really hard,” reindeer scientist Jackie Hrabok-Leppäjärvi
huffed and puffed into the wind on
the home stretch.
“It was a good challenge,” she
said later, warming up.
“I’ve never done a run in cold
weather like that,” Lonnie Booshu
said.
Weather records show the thermometer at 12°F and wind at 25
miles per hour with a wind chill of
7.7°F.
Registration for the run cost $10.
It included a free Mini Mukluk
Marathon t-shirt.
Proceeds from the fundraiser will
go toward Nome Rotary Club’s projects to support its scholarship program, dictionary giveaway for
elementary school students, support
of the Rotary International effort to
make the world polio-free and other
humanitarian contributions, according to member and past-president
dren during a long career at Nome
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against a NNE arctic wind blowing an eight-degree chill factor.
length. Siblings: Sean Huls, Hans
Huls, Shaylene Komok, John
New Arrivals
Larry Sereadlook and Marie
Ningealook of Wales are proud to announce the birth of their daughter
Viola Babe Sereadlook, on February 19, 2016. She joins sisters
Vanessa Johnson of Nome and Ida
Sereadlook of Wales, brother Jacob
Okbaok of Teller. Her grandparents
are Sarah Okbaok of Teller and HarryAl Ningealook of Shishmaref, and
Pete and Lenora Sereadlook of
Wales.
Komok, Stephaney Komok, Melissa
Barr, and Max Huls.
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Angela C. Crisci and Michael J.
Mayac of Nome announce the birth
of their son Leo Apapayoc Mayac,
born February 18, at 10:08 p.m. He
weighed 8 pounds, 15 ounces, and
was 20 1/2” in length. Siblings:
Charles
Mayac,
8,
Hailey
Komonaseak, 4, and Thomas Paul
Mayac, 1. Maternal grandparents
Michael Ahkinga, Sr. and Terry
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Bertha E. Barr and Randy R.
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January 20–
February 18
February 19–
March 20
The budget is tight
right now, Aquarius,
but it won’t be forever.
A windfall will
help, along with an
additional source of
income. A phone call
provides clarity.
Yikes, Pisces. You’ve
overstepped your
bounds on more than
one occasion, and if
you aren’t careful,
you’re going to do it
again. This time won’t
be so pretty.
March 21–
April 19
April 20–
May 20
May 21–
June 21
Man up, Aries. You’re
about to be flooded
with requests. Commit
only to those you
know for certain that
you can fulfill. A
change in terms makes
you smile.
Aw, Taurus. Young
love warms your
heart. A friend drops
by, bearing a gift and
some very wild claims.
You won’t believe
what they have to tell
you.
Great, Gemini. You
push, and you push,
and you push some
more, and you get zero
results. A loved one,
on the other hand, gets
things going with just
a few words.
June 22–
July 22
Questions arise, and
you have no choice but
to answer them, Libra.
You can dodge them
no more. A homework
assignment proves to
be quite the challenge.
September 23–
October 22
At long last, Leo,
the dream is yours.
A family conflict
eases with the return
of some cherished
possessions. Mysteries
at work are solved.
July 23–
August 22
October 23–
November 21
Vehement Virgo.
Just because you’re
gung-ho doesn’t mean
others are. There are
trepidations. Deal
with them before you
proceed any further.
FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY
47. Vacillated
49. Speaker at a university
50. Earache
51. As a precaution
52. Units of force
53. Gawks
Down
1. Noisy
2. To move or stir
3. Emcees' lines
4. Candied
5. Go-___
6. A downward fold
7. Pudding ingredient
8. All over again
9. "Silly" birds
10. Bringing up the rear
11. Bank offering, for short
12. Denial
13. Lacking teeth
18. Put away
20. Crush
24. An abalone
26. Butter up?
27. Diagonal face of chisel or gem
28. Relating to soil
29. Dried leaves of the foxglove
30. Supplied with energy
31. State of being completely
forgotten
32. Random gambling game
33. Have second thoughts
35. Summer insects
37. Entered (2 wds.)
38. Brick-and-______
39. Good-for-nothing
40. Not heres
42. North Dakota's largest city
43. Center of activity
45. Ax of stone
46. Mar, in a way
48. "Hee ___"
Winter Products
2
Contracts from long
ago resurface. Get
a move on, Cancer.
There is no time to
waste. A trek across
country provides a
fresh outlook.
August 23–
September 22
Across
1. Sharp and stimulating
7. Catchphrase
14. Paved airstrip
15. Afraid
16. Back
17. Foresight
19. The most flexible
21. Queen, maybe
22. Coin opening
23. Baggy
24. "Beetle Bailey" dog
25. "Absolutely!"
26. Switch material
27. Pipe material
28. ___ bear
29. Bust
30. Divine
33. Make sport of
34. Depth charge targets
35. Jazz player, for example
36. Rinse, as with a solvent
37. Kind of engineer
38. Bon ___ (witticism)
41. Easter flower
42. Aspect
43. Maker of holes
44. "The Three Faces of ___"
45. Good-fellowship
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December 22–
January 19
Dakota Buffalo
Bush Orders • Custom Cuts
Meat Packs • Pork and Chicken
All Around the Sound
No way, Capricorn.
This is not the time to
promote your message.
Wait for a better
opportunity to arise. A
houseguest sets off a
rather funny chain of
events.
USDA Choice Beef
November 22–
December 21
Feeling stymied,
Scorpio? You are not
alone. Keep in mind
that most restrictions
are put in place for
a reason, and these
are no different. A
deadline is set.
Prepare yourself,
Sagittarius. A loved
one is about to send
you reeling with an
out-of-the-ordinary
proposal. Don’t say no
until you have read the
fine print.
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Obituary
Nancey M. Wright
May 19, 1945—March 3, 2016
Nikiski resident Nancey M.
Wright, 70, died Thursday, Mar. 3,
2016 at home with her family by her
side from metastatic lung cancer.
A celebration of her life will be in
summer 2016.
Nancey was born May 19, 1945 in
Dayton, Ohio. She commercial
fished in the 1960s and served in the
U.S. Air Force in the 1970s in Oklahoma. She moved to Oregon, where
she received her Associate’s Degree
in Nursing and was an LPN. She returned to Alaska in the late 1990s.
She did housing for the Tilingit’Haida in Ketchikan. She returned
to the Kenai Peninsula in the 2000s.
Nancey enjoyed fishing, beading,
sewing, hunting, muscle cars,
wildlife and spending time with her
family.
“She lived life at her terms. She
loved her family fiercely and gave
her family new experiences. She led
by example for her family that life is
meant to be full, loved and no regrets. She also encouraged family
about the importance of being and
staying educated, to fulfill dreams
and hopes for their own families.
“The last few years of her life, she
loved gathering with family and
telling her grandchildren her “war
stories” of their parents, sharing
jokes and she was just content and
smiling watching her family gather
with her,” her family wrote.
Nancey was preceded in death by
her parents, Robert and Bessie
Brown, siblings, Dick, James, and
Mary, her only son, Henry Ivanoff,
son-in-law, Michael W. Dirks, her
children’s father, Kermit J. Ivanoff,
Sr., adopted sister, Donna Harris and
niece, Christy Dillon.
She is survived by daughters and
sons-in-law, Veronica and Alberto
C’Saez of Nikiski, Jaylee Harris and
Tom Fretuetti of Kenai, Monica
Ivanoff and Nick Goff of Nikiski,
Teresa Larsen of Nikiski, and Diane
O’Hearn of Kenai; grandchildren,
Michael and Candice Dirk of Kenai,
Pete Dirks of Soldotna, Jeff Dirks
and Athena Baker of Kenai, William
Saying it Sincerely
Rev. Karen Sonray
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
“My cup overflows. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all
the days of my life. And I shall dwell
in the house of the Lord forever.”
Psalm 23
Is life the journey or the destination? Ask any of the mushers who
have recently arrived here after a
near 1,000-mile Iditarod run what
they think. They have had time to
ponder the question in their quest to
reach Nome. I imagine they would
have something to say!
The psalmist who wrote Psalm 23
would say Life is a journey. And he
would also say God is a journey-ing
God! Often we think of God high up
in the heavens, distant and above the
messi-ness of our human lives. There
is truth to that statement. But it is not
the entire truth. God is also “camping” with us and there beside, before,
behind us. In fact “Emanuel” ( one
of the names Jesus is referred as)
means literally in Hebrew “God with
us.”
Some insights I’d like to share
with you as you ponder your journey
come from the verses cited above.
They also come from a recent bible
study our congregation did using a
book by Rabbi Harold Kushner (who
wrote “When Bad Things Happen to
Good People”, along with many
other books).
The heart of all religion ultimately
stems from “gratitude.” What is
your attitude about gratitude? In
Psalm 23 we hear “my cup over
flows.” Some translations are “runneth over” or “filled to the brim.” A
cup overflowing is a beautiful image
of gratitude! We are reminded of
God’s bounty and provisions. God is
busy at work behind the scenes constantly keeping things running for
us— the rhythms of the seasons and
natures and all good gifts. The best
prayer at times may be “childlike”—a holy moment looking at the
wonder of this land and creation.
God is also there when things
don’t run so well. In the midst of our
trials and overwhelming circumstances, it is God’s presence and support, which can inspire us to face all
things with Hope. It is God, too,
who provides us with people to listen to us in times of need. “Though
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I walk through the valley of the shadows of evil….you are with me.”
God’s goodness and mercy follow
us! What a thing to ponder! A better translation from the Hebrew is
“pursue” us. Often we are looking
ahead — for the finish line, for status, goals, success, change. These
are not bad things, mind you. But
what if the abundance we are seeking is right there —behind us?
Are we too fixed on the horizon
that we neglect the presence of spiritual abundance here and now?
God’s goodness and mercy are pursuing you and me. They can even
transform our attitudes. “Mercy”
comes from the Hebrew word,
“Hesed” which is a BIG word in Hebrew culture. It cannot be fully appreciated in English as it means
“hospitality,” “grace”, “loving-kindness”, “mercy” all wrapped up in
one.
God’s attitude and action to us is
one of “hesed!” This is what God is
offering each of us.
Let us enjoy the journey and
know we have a merciful God with
us.
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Dirks of Kenai, Benjamin and Jessica Dirks of Anchorage, David and
Selena Dirks of Portland, Ore., Cassandra and Lake Nash of Kenai, Russell and Melissa Williams of Oregon,
Daniel Chapman and Camilla Bundy
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Moose Chili
Recipe by Kendra Miller, MPH, RDN, LD with Miller Health Consulting, LLC
Makes 8 Servings
Preparation Time: 8 hours
Difficulty Level:
Ingredients:
2 lbs. Ground moose meat
3 cups Red kidney beans
1 lg. Yellow onion, chopped
2 Tbsp. Minced garlic
2-14.5 oz. cans Diced tomatoes
3 oz. Tomato paste
1 cup Water
1/3 cup Chili powder
2 tsp. Basil
1 tsp. Red pepper flakes
Directions:
1. Combine all ingredients in a
crockpot. Cook on low for 8 hours,
stirring occasionally.
2. Serve warm immediately or
refrigerate/freeze in an airtight
container for later enjoyment.
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Bible Baptist Church
443-2144
Sunday School: 10 a.m./Worship: 11 a.m.
Community Baptist Church-SBC
108 West 3rd Avenue • 443-5448 • Pastor Aaron Cooper
Sunday Small Group Bible Study: 10 a.m.
Sunday Morning Worship: 11 a.m.
Community United Methodist Church
West 2nd Avenue & C Street • 443-2865
Pastor Charles Brower
Sunday: Worship 11:00 am
Monday: Thrift Shop 4:00 to 5:00 pm
Tuesday & Thursday: Thrift Shop 7:00 to 8:30 pm
Wednesday: Faith Followers 5:45 to 7:30 pm
Nome Covenant Church
101 Bering Street • 443-2565 • Pastor Harvey
Sunday: School 10 a.m./Worship 11 a.m.
Wednesday: Youth Group 6:30 p.m. (443-8063 for more info)
Friday: Community Soup Kitchen 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Our Savior Lutheran Church
5th Avenue & Bering • 443-5295
Sunday School: 10 a.m.
Sunday: Worship 11 a.m.
Lenten Worship: Sundays 7pm (2.14 to 3.13)
Handicapped accessible ramp: North side
River of Life Assembly of God
405 W. Seppala • 443-5333
Sunday Morning Worship: 11:00 a.m.
Last Sunday of each month Worship: 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday Worship: 7:00 p.m.
For more information contact Pastor Austin Jones
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Corner of Steadman & W. King Place • 443-5527
Weekend Masses: Saturday 5:30 p.m./Sunday 10:30 a.m.
Friday Hospital Mass: 12:00 p.m. (Quyanna Care Center)
Patients going to ANMC and want to see a Catholic priest please call Fr.
Brunet, OMI: cell 907-441-2106
or Holy Family Cathedral (907) 276-3455
Seventh-Day Adventist
Icy View • 443-5137
Saturday Sabbath School: 10 a.m.
Saturday Morning Worship: 11 a.m.
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Nome Church of the Nazarene
3rd Avenue & Division Street • 443-4870
Pastor Dan Ward
Sunday Prayer 9:30 a.m. • Sunday School: 10 a.m.
Sunday Morning Worship: 11 a.m.
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O-16-03-02 An Ordinance Authorizing the Purchase and Lease of Real Property by the City
of Nome from Sitnasuak Native Corporation
by Property Exchange Agreement
The City of Nome proposes to purchase an approximately 11.7 acre portion of USMS 5270
(commonly known as the White Alice Site) from
Sitnasuak Native Corporation by way of an exchange of property from the City of Nome to Sitnasuak Native Corporation (Block 63, Lots 13A
and 13B) with said property to be leased back to
the City of Nome for five years. The value of the
city’s interest being exchanged according to current property tax assessment is $110,000. This
ordinance had first reading at the regular meeting
of the City Council on February 22, 2016 and has
been passed to second reading/public
hearing/final passage at a regular meeting of the
Council scheduled for March 28, 2016 at 7:00 PM
in Council Chambers of City Hall, located at 102
Division Street. Copies of the ordinance are available in the Office of the City Clerk.
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CITY OF NOME PUBLIC NOTICE
O-16-03-01 An Ordinance Adopting the Port of
Nome Tariff No. 12 to Replace All Existing Tariffs of the Port of Nome
Norton Sound Economic
m Development Corporation (NSE
EDC)
is sponsoring entry-leevel seafood processing training for
Norton Sound residen
nts. NSEDC will pay tuition,
e ployment documen
em
ntation costs, transportation, food, and
l dging expenses for selected applicants.
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Details and application
n available at www..nsedc.com
This ordinance had first reading at the regular
meeting of the Nome City Council on February 22,
2016, when it was passed to second reading/public hearing/final passage at a special meeting of
the Council on March 2, 2016, when it was tabled
until the regular meeting of the Council scheduled
for March 28, 2016 at 7:00 PM in Council Chambers of City Hall, located at 102 Division Street.
Copies of the ordinance are available in the Office
of the City Clerk.
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Norton Sound Economic Developmen
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t Corporation plans to bring
additional tender capacity online thi
h s season to better serve the region’s
fishermen. With the new vessel will come the need for
additional captain and crew. NSEDC is seeking candidates for these positions.
Experience is preffer
e red, but NSEDC is willing to train
the right individuals. Some minimum
u qualifications will
apply, such as:
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Must be age 18 or oldeer
Must have high school diploma or GED
Must be physically ablee to work on a boat
Must be able to pass a drug test
Must be able to work 12
1 hour dayys, seven dayys a week
Residents of NSEDC member communities preffer
e red
Contact: Shara English at hr@nsedc.com/(800)650-22488
PO Box 995
Nome, Alaska 99672
Phone (907) 443-5256
Fax (907) 443-2160
Toll Free (800) 478-5225
BERING STRAITS REGIONAL
HOUSING AUTHORITY
PRESIDENT/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
REPORTS TO:
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Location:
Posted on:
Nome, Alaska
March 2, 2016
Salary:
Status/FLSA:
Closing Date:
DOE
Full-time, EXEMPT
Open Until Filled
POSITION SUMMARY:
Under direction of the Board of Commissioners, this is the chief executive position responsible for the day-to-day management
and operation of the Bering Straits Regional Housing Authority (BSRHA). This position has executive, administrative, supervisory and management responsibility for the organization. The position provides leadership, guidance and promotes the highest
ethical standards to employees; the President/CEO will have ongoing contact with the public and external agencies.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and five (5) years of relevant work experience in the management and supervision
of a public or private entity engaged in housing, construction, lending, social services or related fields; and
• Experience in working with a governing body such as a board of directors, assembly, council, or board of commissioners.
NSEDC Job Oppor
o tunities
Safety Manager (Unalakleet/N
Nome/Anchorage):
This position will administer and manage NSEDC’s
Health, Safeety and Environmental (HS
( E) prograam,
including its eff
ffeective implementatio
i n and execution. The
position and HSE prograam focuses on NSEDC’s regional seafood, vessel and
fishery research operaations.
Accountant (Anchorage): This posi
o tion is responsible for ensuring the accuracy of balance sheet accounts in
ncluding accrued receivaables and payyaables,
fixed assets
ets, trade receivaables,
les and sales tax payyable and all activities neccesces
l asary to maintain accuraate balances and must regularly perform reconcili
tions, send monthly statements, filee tax returns and update other accounts.
Assists CFO and Sr. Accountants where needed.
NSEDC has comp
petitive wage
g s and an excellent benefits program!
For an application or complete job descriptions,
check www..nsedc.com or contact Shaara English at (907) 274-2248 (Anchorage)
g ,
800-650-2248 (ttoll-f
l free) or hr@nsedc.com.
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO APPLY:
If you would like more information about this vacancy, please contact Matthew Ione at (907) 268-1777 or via email at
mione@bsrha.org. If you are interested in applying, please send a resume AND a completed BSRHA employment application
electronically to mione@bsrha.org. The employment application can be found at our website (www.bsrha.org) under the
“Jobs Available” section.
If you would like to send a hard copy of your resume and a completed employment application to BSRHA,
please send them to:
Bering Straits Regional Housing Authority
Attention: Matthew Ione
PO Box 995
Nome, Alaska 99762
OR
Fax to: (907) 443-2160
Attention: Matthew Ione
BSRHA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Preference in the selection of qualified candidates will be provided to
Alaska Native/American Indian candidates per applicable law.
www.bsrha.org
PO Box 995, Nome, Alaska 99762
Phone (907) 443-5256 • Fax (907) 443-2160 • Toll Free (800) 478-5225
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THE NOME NUGGET
Iditarod
17
FIRST TO NOME— Dallas Seavey runs up the chute to the burled arch and the finish line on Tuesday, March
15 at 2:20 a.m. Seavey finished the race in a new record time of 8 days, 11 hours and 20 minutes.
TEAM SEAVEY— Janine Seavey kneels with her husband and second
place finisher Mitch Seavey and his two lead dogs at the burled arch in
Nome.
Photo by Nils Hahn
FAST NORWEGIAN— Ralph Johannessen of Norway crosses the finish line in eighth place at 2:50 p.m. on
Tuesday, March 15.
• Iditarod
ing, he’s the best dog racer there
is right now. It takes a special dog to
get here that fast, I mean there are
things that happen out there.”
Asked about his own feelings, he
thought for a second and responded,
“I feel hungry.”
“Are you surprised that he
achieved this at such a young age?” a
reporter asked, and Mitch answered
without hesitation: “No.” “I helped
coach him in wrestling,” Seavey
said.
“Dallas is a believer. If it’s out
there to be achieved, he thinks it is
already his and he usually turns out
to be right. He’s the only 29-year old
with 28 years of experience, that’s a
tough combination to beat.”
Taking ownership and pride in his
son’s success, Mitch added that his
father Dan, one of the first Iditarod
mushers, also takes ownership in his
success. “The whole clan being into
dogs and our success comes because
we do work together. We’re fortunate
to inherit something like this from
generations and we are paying back
by passing it on to the next generation, whether it be mushing or some
other good principles that you learn,”
Mitch Seavey said.
He said he felt there were two
chances for him to win, through Dallas or him. “Except we were this
close, I almost got him, I still would
love to win,” he said.
The biggest difference for Mitch
was not having his old steady leaders. Four dogs he in the past relied on
were out due to unanticipated injuries and instead he was training a
new generation of leaders. “I had a
whole truck load of three-year olds
that I brought and three is the
youngest that I bring on the Iditarod
for me,” Seavey said.
He said there is a difference between a good leader in training and
having that termination that a great
leader shows under the stress of a
race. But he was making some leaders along the way, he said. Also, Dallas is more technically experimental
with carrying dogs in the sled or caboose. “He’s willing to put more
work into that than I am with loading dogs in and out of the caboose
and having a schedule,” Also he said
Dallas does well on little or no sleep
and he can take ten minute naps.
In regards to the skill to maintain
speed throughout the race, Seavey
said, “We do so much race-simulated
training that we do know the speed
we want to go. At the end of the race
you loose a little bit of speed when
you cut rest, but you have gained position.”
In White Mountain the father-son
duo had a short talk about the race. It
was too soon to talk about who was
winning, Dallas said, but it was
going to be either one of them. ”I had
a pretty good idea who it would be.”
Court
Week ending 3/11
Civil
Lee, Tasha A. v. Rambeau, Kevin S.; Div or Cust
w/Children
Minor Party v. Minor Party; Civil Protective Order
Small Claims
No current claims filed (start 2NO-16-00005SC)
Criminal
State of Alaska v. Robert Milton (3/30/88);
Judgment and Order of Commitment; Plea: Guilty;
Plea
Agreement:
Yes;
CTN
001:
AS11.41.220(a)(1)(B): Assault 3- Cause Injury
w/Weap; C Felony; Offense Date: 12/20/14; The
following charges were dismissed: CTN 002:
AS28.35.060(c): Leave Accident w/o Assisting Injured; CTN 003: AS28.35.030(n): Felony DUI – 2+
Priors; CTN 004: AS11.56.757(b)(1): Violate Condition Of Release For Felony; CTN 005:
AS28.35.050: Leave Scene Of Accident; Offense
Dates CTN 002—005: 12/20/14; Defendant came
Photo by Nils Hahn
FORMER CHAMP— Jeff King smiles after crossing the finish line in
Nome in ninth place on Tuesday at 3:00 p.m.
PO Box 72151
Shishmaref, AK 99772
NOTICE
S
N
C
To: Shishmaref Native Corporation Shareholders
From: Shishmaref Native Corporation Board of Directors
SNC Annual Meeting of Shareholders
before the court on (sentencing date) 3/7/16 with
counsel, KeriAnn Brady, and the DA present; CTN
001: 54 months, Flat; Defendant will remand
5/9/16 at 1:30 p.m.; Surcharges: Police Training
Surcharge: CTN 001: $100 (Felony); Initial Jail
Surcharge: Defendant was arrested and taken to
a correctional facility or is being ordered to serve
a term of imprisonment; Therefore, the defendant
immediately pay a correctional facilities surcharge
of $100 per case to the Department of Law Collections Unit, Anchorage; DNA Identification: If this
conviction is for a “crime against a person” as defined in AS 44.41.035, or a felony under AS 11 or
AS 28.35, the defendant is ordered to provide
samples for the DNA Registration System when
requested to do so by a health care professional
acting on behalf of the state and to provide oral
samples for the DNA Registration System when
requested by a correctional, probation, parole or
peace officer; AS 12.55.015(h); Restitution: De-
fendant is ordered to pay restitution as stated in
the Restitution Judgment (form CR-465) and to
apply for an Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend, if
eligible, each year until restitution is paid in full;
Amount of restitution will be determined as provided in Criminal Rule 32.6(c)(2); Any appearance
or performance bond in this case: Restitution will
be paid out of bail money when restitution judgment filed.
State of Alaska v. Salvadore Campbell
(11/11/59); Judgment and Order of Commitment;
Plea: Guilty; Plea Agreement: Yes; CTN 001:
AS11.46.300(a)(1): Burglary 1- In A Dwelling; B
Felony; Offense Date: 4/19/15; The following
charges
were
dismissed:
CTN
002:
AS11.46.300(a)(1): Burglary 1- In A Dwelling; CTN
003: AS11.46.130(a)(1): Theft 2-Vaulue $750-
continued on page 18
Date: March 26, 2016
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Place: Shishmaref Community Hall
The Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held March
26, 2016 for the purpose of electing three (3) Board of
Directors and for transacting other business that may
come before the meeting.
Registration will be from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
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Seawall
NOME POLICE DEPARTMENT
MEDIA RELEASES 03/07/2016 through 03/13/2016
Disclaimer: This is a record of activity. The issuance of citations or the act of arrest does not assign guilt to any identified party.
During this period there were 159 calls for service received at the Nome Police
Communications Center. 82 (52%) involved alcohol.
There were 10 arrests made with 9 (90%) alcohol related.
NPD responded to 36 calls reporting intoxicated persons needing assistance.
None were remanded to AMCC as protective holds; and 8 remained at the hospital for medical evaluation/treatment.
There were 8 ambulance calls and 1 fire call during this period.
Monday, March 7
12:42 a.m. NPD received a report of a subject refusing to sleep and disturbing other
guests at the NEST. The subject was contacted and agreed to sleep for the evening.
No further action was required.
1:44 a.m. NPD received a report of a disturbance at the NEST Shelter. Officers responded and the individual was found asleep upon arrival. No further action needed.
9:08 a.m. NPD received a report of a person violating their conditions of release.
This investigation is still ongoing.
4:43 p.m. NPD received a report of an assault occurring at a residence on the west
end of town. This investigation is still ongoing.
6:01 p.m., NPD received a request for a welfare check on an intoxicated female on
the east end of town. Officers responded and made contact with Bobbi Miller, who was
found to be on conditions of release and conditions of probation. Bobbi was arrested
for three counts of Violating her Conditions of Release and one count of Violating her
Conditions of Probation. She was remanded to AMCC and no bail was set.
11:18 p.m. NPD received a report of a domestic violence assault that took place at
a residence on the west end of town. The investigation led to the arrest of George Tate
who was found to be on probation as well as Conditions of Release, which stated no
consumption of alcohol. Tate was arrested for two counts of Violating his Conditions of
Release, two counts of Violation Conditions of Probation, and Assault in the Third Degree, Domestic Violence. Tate was transported to the Norton Sound Regional Hospital
and was later remanded at AMCC with no bail set.
Tuesday, March 8
2:51 p.m. NPD received a report of a motor vehicle collision occurring on the west
end of town. No injuries were reported and only damage was done to the involved vehicles. This investigation is still ongoing.
5:14 p.m. NPD received a report of an assault that occurred on the north side of
town. This investigation is still ongoing.
Wednesday, March 9
7:30 p.m. NPD received a report of an intoxicated male threatening customers at a
local business. Investigation led to the arrest of David Angi for Disorderly Conduct. He
was remanded to AMCC without incident. His bail was set at $250.
Thursday, March 10
11:11 p.m. NPD responded to a residence on the east end of town for a report of an intoxicated person refusing to leave the house. Investigation revealed that the intoxicated
person had permission to remain at the residence and that there had been a fight prior
to police arrival. Dawn Oozevaseuk was arrested for Disorderly Conduct and Probation
Violation. She was remanded to AMCC and held without bail.
Friday, March 11, 2016
10:59 a.m. NPD officers attempted to serve an active arrest warrant on Autumn DayTocktoo at a residence on the east side of town. Day-Tocktoo was not immediately located, but contacted NPD a short time later stating she was now at the residence.
Day-Tocktoo was placed under arrest for the outstanding warrants and was transported
to the Nome Court House for arraignment.
1:37 p.m. NPD officers, while on routine patrol, observed Rebecca Takak intoxicated
on the west side of town. Takak was found to be on current Conditions of Probation and
Release; both of which prohibit the consumption of alcohol. Takak was subsequently
arrested and remanded to AMCC for Violating her Conditions of Release, two counts
of Violating her Conditions of Probation and was held without bail.
2:35 p.m. NPD received a third-party report of a residence that had been burglarized
on the east side of town. Officers responded and took a report of the missing items and
damage to the home. The investigation is still ongoing.
2:42 p.m. NPD officers, while on routine patrol, observed an intoxicated subject on
the west side of town in apparent need of assistance. The subject was transported to
the Norton Sound Regional Hospital for medical evaluation and was left in the care of
the Emergency Room.
3:38 p.m. NPD responded to the east side of town for the report of intoxicated male
lying on the ground. The male was contacted, identified and was transported to the
Norton Sound Regional Hospital and left in the care of the ER staff for medical evaluation.
4:27 p.m. NPD received a report of two students that were caught smoking marijuana
in a bathroom on the Nome-Beltz High School campus. Upon arrival, officers inter-
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viewed the two students; both admitted to the allegations. A report of the incident will
be forwarded to the Juvenile Probation Office for review and disposition.
4:54 p.m. NPD responded to an establishment on the west side of town for the report of an intoxicated female lying on the ground. The female was contacted, identified and was found to be able to care for herself. The female was escorted off the
premises and given a verbal warning for Criminal Trespass.
5:37 p.m. NPD CSO responded to the west side of town for the report of an intoxicated female down on the ground. The female was contacted, identified and refused
any further assistance. She was provided transportation to a sober family member’s
residence, where she was left in their care.
5:41 p.m., NPD CSO responded behind a business on the west side of town for the
report of a subject lying on the ground and needing assistance. Upon arrival, three individuals were contacted; the first declined needing any assistance, the remaining two
individuals were provided transportation to a family member’s residence, where they
were left in their sober care. No further action was necessary.
6:15 p.m. NPD officers responded to a residence on the east side of town for the report of custodial interference. Upon arrival, the officers were able to facilitate a temporary solution agreeable to both parties involved. Both were also advised to seek
assistance from the Nome Court System to solidify further visitation agreements.
7:00 p.m. a citizen arrived at NPD to report an item being stolen from within a residence. Information was gathered from the reporting party and the investigation is ongoing.
8:15 p.m. NPD CSO responded to the west side of town for the report of an intoxicated female who was barely able to walk. The female was contacted, identified and
was transported to the Norton Sound Regional Hospital for medical evaluation. Once
medically cleared, she was transported to the NEST shelter for the evening.
8:59 p.m. NPD received a call from a family member requesting assistance in locating a family member that had traveled to town and had not been heard of for over
24 hours. Officers informed the reporting party that the family member had been contacted a short time previous and had been transported to the NEST Shelter for the
evening. No further action was necessary.
port of an intoxicated subject causing a disturbance within the home. Upon arrival, officers contacted the intoxicated subject, identified as Justina Adams, who was also
found to be on current Felony Probation Conditions, as well as current Conditions of Release; both of which prohibit the consumption of alcohol. Adams was subsequently
placed under arrest for both violations and was remanded to AMCC, where she was
held without bail.
9:12 p.m. NPD CSO, while on routine patrol on the west side of town, was flagged
down by a concerned citizen. An intoxicated male and female were contacted as a result of the report and both were identified and were provided transportation to the NEST
shelter for the evening.
9:59 p.m. NPD received a report of an intoxicated individual needing assistance at
a residence on the west end of town. Officers responded to the subject’s residence and
provided transportation to the Norton Sound Regional Hospital for medical evaluation.
Further investigation revealed that the subject, identified as Joseph Jones, was on current Order and Conditions of Release, which prohibited the consumption of alcohol.
Jones was remanded to AMCC where he was held on $1,000 bail.
10:35 p.m. NPD received report of an assault occurring at a residence on the west
end of town. Officers responded and made contact with three subjects within the home.
Further investigation revealed that Jacob Seppilu had caused physical injury to another
member of the household. Seppilu was placed under arrest for Assault in the Third
Degree, DV and was transported to the Norton Sound Regional Hospital for medical
clearance and was later remanded to AMCC, where he was held without bail.
10:45 p.m. NPD was informed of a NEST resident who was intoxicated and under
the age of 21. The subject, identified as 19-year-old Jackson Mokiyuk, was contacted
and observed to be intoxicated. Officers were informed that Mokiyuk was also on current Conditions of Release that required him to obey all local, state and federal laws.
A report of the violation, as well as the Minor Consuming Alcohol violation, will be forwarded to the District Attorney’s Office for disposition.
11:15 p.m. NPD CSO while conducting a security check at the NEST shelter issued
a Disorderly Conduct warning to a guest after he was observed disrupting other guests
that were sleeping. No further enforcement action was required.
Saturday, March 12
12:41 a.m. NPD received a report of an assault occurring at a residence on the east
end of town. Officers arrived and made contact with all of the individuals involved. Further investigation revealed that a 17-year-old minor had caused injury to another person within the home. The minor was placed under arrest for Assault in the Fourth
Degree, DV, Harassment in the First Degree and was transported to Norton Sound Regional Hospital for medical clearance. After being medically cleared, the minor was remanded to the Nome Youth Facility by request of the on-call Juvenile Probation Officer.
During the response to the home, Autumn Day-Tocktoo was also contacted and found
to be intoxicated, which was in violation of her Conditions of Release and Probation
Conditions. A report of the violations will be forwarded to the District Attorney’s office
for disposition.
1:14 a.m. NPD Officers responded to the east side of town for the report of an intoxicated female lying on the floor within an establishment that prohibits intoxicated
guests. The female was contacted, identified and was provided transportation to the
NEST shelter for the evening after being warned for Criminal Trespass at the establishment.
1:35 a.m. NPD officers, while on routine patrol, observed a vehicle that had left the
roadway on the east side of town. Officers contacted the driver and passengers, who
revealed that they had been driving on the snowmachine trail purposefully and hit a
soft spot in the snow. No alcohol was involved and the driver declined any assistance
with contacting a tow service. No further action was required.
4:59 a.m. NPD officers, while on routine patrol, observed two subjects engaged in a
verbal argument on the west side of town. The subjects were contacted, both were
warned for Disorderly Conduct and the issue was resolved by separation of the two
subjects. No further enforcement action was necessary.
5:23 a.m. NPD received a report of a disturbance outside of a residence on the west
end of town. Officers responded and made contact with three intoxicated adults reported. Further investigation revealed that two of the subjects had their two children
within the home without a sober caretaker. The Office of Children’s Services was notified and responded to the residence and after no sober family member was able to
watch the children, they were taken into OCS’ custody for the evening. The three adults
were issued Disorderly Conduct warnings and each parent, identified as Steven
Ahkinga and Carla Ahkvaluk, received a citation for Endangering the Welfare of a Child
in the Second Degree and remained at the residence for the night.
6:04 a.m. NPD received a report of a disturbance at a hotel on the east end of town.
Officers responded and located an intoxicated individual who had been kicked out of
one of the rooms due to his level of intoxication. Officers transported the individual to
the NEST shelter per his request for the night.
11:59 a.m. NPD responded to a residence on the west side of town for the report of
a subject violating their current Conditions of Release that stipulate that they are to remain within 24-hour sight and sound contact with a Third-Party Custodian. The subject fled the scene prior to officers’ arrival and was unable to be located at that time.
12:09 p.m. NPD received a report of an intoxicated subject who refused to exit a
cab at the request of the driver. Officers responded and transported the subject to their
residence, where they were left in the care of a sober family member. No further enforcement action was required.
6:15 p.m. NPD officers responded to a residence on the west side of town for the re-
Sunday, March 13
1:28 a.m. NPD officers, while conducting a security check at an establishment on the
west side of town, contacted a subject that was attempting to gain entry after being denied by employees several times. The subject was issued a verbal warning for Criminal Trespass and was released at the scene.
3:08 a.m. NPD received a report from the Safety Patrol about a male on the west end
of town causing a disturbance. Officers responded, contacted and identified the individual, who was then issued a Disorderly Conduct warning and instructed the subject
to return to his residence for the evening. No further action was required.
3:49 a.m. NPD officers responded to a residence on the east side of town for the report of an intoxicated subject requiring assistance. Officers arrived, contacted the subject and provided transportation to a sober family member’s residence for the evening.
4:06 a.m. NPD officers responded to a report from Safety Patrol of an intoxicated
male requiring assistance on the west side of town. Officers responded, identified the
male, who provided an address where he would be able to stay for the evening. As no
sober person was at the residence, the male was transported to the Norton Sound Regional Hospital for medical evaluation, where he was left in the care of the Emergency
Room staff.
5:28 a.m. NPD received a report of a subject lying halfway underneath a vehicle on
the east side of town. Upon arrival, officers identified the subject, who was able to provide the address of a family member’s residence they could stay at. The subject was
transported to the residence and left in the care of sober family members.
6:54 a.m. NPD officers were dispatched to a residence on the north side of town for
the report of a female that could not find her way back to a residence she was staying
at while in town. A search of the area yielded no results and shortly thereafter, the reporting party called stating that the female found her way with assistance from family
members. No further action was required.
8:17 a.m. NPD officers were informed of a subject seeking medical attention that
may have been the victim of an assault. Officers responded to the Norton Sound Regional Hospital and interviewed the victim, who refused to provide any information regarding the altercation. The investigation is ongoing.
11:59 a.m. NPD officers were dispatched to a residence on the east side of town for
the report of a disturbance. Upon arrival and further investigation, the issue was found
to be a verbal argument that escalated to physical contact between the two involved
parties. A report of the incident will be forwarded to the District Attorney’s office for review and the two parties were separated for the evening.
7:41 p.m. NPD CSO responded to the west side of town for the report of an intoxicated female asking for assistance. The female was contacted, identified and complained of a preexisting medical issue. She was provided transportation to the Norton
Sound Regional Hospital, where she was left in the care of the Emergency Room staff.
11:20 p.m., NPD officers, while on routine patrol, observed a vehicle stuck in the
snow off the roadway on the west side of town. Contact was made with the driver, who
was from out of town and unfamiliar with the roadway. No assistance was requested,
as the driver had already contacted someone to help tow the vehicle out of the snow.
No further action was required.
for the DNA Registration System when requested by a correctional, probation, parole
or peace officer; AS 12.55.015(h); Probation for 3 years under the following conditions:
General and Special Probation Conditions set, as stated in order; Bond: Any appearance or performance bond in this case: is exonerated.
State of Alaska v. Ward Kakoona (3/17/85); 2NO-15-723CR Notice of Dismissal;
001: VDVPO; Filed by the DAs Office 3/11/16.
State of Alaska v. Ward Kakoona (3/17/85); 2NO-16-78CR CTN 001: Violate Protective Order; DV; Date of Violation: 2/3/16; Any appearance or performance bond is
exonerated upon reporting to serve as ordered; CTN Chrgs Dismissed: 002; 180 days,
150 days suspended; Unsuspended 30 days shall be served; Report to Nome Court on
4/7/126, 1:30 p.m. for a remand hearing; Initial Jail Surcharge: $50 per case; Due now
to AGs Office, Anchorage; Suspended Jail Surcharge: $100 per case with $100 suspended; Must be paid if probation is revoked and, in connection, defendant is arrested
and taken to jail or is sentenced to jail; Police Training Surcharge: $50 shall be paid
through this court within 10 days; Probation until 3/11/17; Shall comply with all court orders by the deadlines stated; Subject to warrantless arrest for any violation of these
conditions of probation; Shall commit no violations of law, assaultive or disorderly conduct, or domestic violence; Shall not contact, directly or indirectly, or return to the residence of D.B. while any DVRO is in effect.
State of Alaska v. Douglas F. Henry (6/4/78); 2NO-15-135CR Order to Modify or
Revoke Probation; Violated conditions of probation; Suspended jail term revoked and
imposed: 120 days; All other terms and conditions of probation in the original judgment
remain in effect.
State of Alaska v. Douglas F. Henry (6/4/78); 2NO-16-32CR Notice of Dismissal;
001: A4; Filed by the DAs Office 3/11/16.
State of Alaska v. Marlene Willa Patkotak (12/27/84); 2NO-15-752CR Criminal Trespass 2; Date of Violation: 12/18/15; 30 days, 30 suspended; Initial Jail Surcharge: $50
per case; Due now to AGs Office, Anchorage; Suspended Jail Surcharge: $100 per
case with $100 suspended; Must be paid if probation is revoked and, in connection, defendant is arrested and taken to jail or is sentenced to jail; Police Training Surcharge:
$50 shall be paid through this court within 10 days; Probation until 3/11/17; Shall comply with all court orders by the deadlines stated; Shall commit no violations of law; Shall
not possess, consume or buy alcohol, and any state ID issued under AS 18.65.310
must list the buying restriction until the restriction expires; Shall not have alcohol in her
residence; Shall not enter or remain on the premises of any bar or liquor store; Subject
to warrantless breath testing by any peace officer with probable cause to believe defendant has consumed alcohol.
State of Alaska v. Marlene Patkotak (12/27/84); 2NO-16-132CR Notice of Dismissal;
001: VOCR; Filed by the DAs Office 3/11/16.
State of Alaska v. Dawn Oozevaseuk (8/30/83); 2NO-15-305CR Order to Modify or
Revoke Probation; ATN: 113565357; Violated conditions of probation; All other terms
and conditions of probation in the original judgment remain in effect.
State of Alaska v. Dawn Oozevaseuk (8/30/83); 2NO-16-175CR Disorderly Conduct; Date of Violation: 3/10/16; 2 days, 0 days suspended; Initial Jail Surcharge: $50
per case; Due now to AGs Office, Anchorage; Police Training Surcharge: $50 shall be
paid through this court within 10 days.
State of Alaska v. Kevin G. Beamish (5/5/92); Order Suspending Imposition of Sentence and Providing for Probation; Plea Agreement: Yes; CTN 001: Attempt
AS11.71.020(a)(1): Cntrld Substc 2- Manuf/Deliv IA; B Felony; Offense Date: 1/15/14;
The following charges were dismissed: CTN 002, 004, 006, and 008:
AS11.71.040(a)(3)(A)(i): Contrld Subs 4-Possess IA; CTN 003, 005, 007:
AS11.71.020(a)(1): Cntrld Substc 2- Manuf/Deliv IA; Offense Dates: CTN 002: 1/15/14;
CTN 003 and 004: 1/16/14; CTN 005 and 006: 2/25/14; CTN 007 and 008: 12/4/14; Defendant came before the court on (sentencing date) 3/4/16 with counsel, John Cashion, and the DA present; It appearing to the satisfaction of this court that the ends of
justice and the best interests of the public, as well as the defendant , will be served
thereby, IT IS ORDERED that the sentencing of the defendant is suspended for a period of probation in accordance with AS 12.55.085; The defendant is paced on probation administered by the Department of Corrections for a period of two (3) years under
the conditions of probation listed below; Police Training Surcharge: It is ordered that defendant pay to the court the following surcharge pursuant to AS 12.55.039 within 10
days: CTN 001: $100 (Felony); Initial Jail Surcharge: Defendant was arrested and taken
to a correctional facility or is being sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment; Therefore, it is ordered that defendant immediately pay a correctional facilities surcharge of
$100 to the Department of Law Collections Unit, Anchorage; Suspended Jail Surcharge: Defendant is being placed on probation; Therefore, it is ordered that defendant pay an additional $100 correctional facility surcharge; This surcharge is suspended
and must only be paid if defendant’s probation is revoked and, in connection with the
revocation, defendant is arrested and taken to a correctional facility or jail time is ordered served; AS 12.55.041(c); Special Condition of Probation – Imprisonment: 18
months shock jail less 8 months day-for-day Nygren credit granted separately at sentencing on 3/4/16; Defendant shall have 30 days to apply for Electronic Monitoring or
he shall remand at Anchorage Jail on 4/4/16, at 7:30 a.m.; General and Special Conditions set, as stated in order; Any appearance or performance bond in this case: is
exonerated when defendant reports as ordered to jail to serve the term of imprisonment.
State of Alaska v. Marian Adams (8/7/84); 2NO-10-252CR Order to Modify or Revoke Probation; ATN: 110063457; Violated conditions of probation; Conditions of probation modified as follows: See attached judgment; Suspended jail term revoked and
imposed: 57 days; All other terms and conditions of probation in the original judgment
remain in effect. Attachment: General and Special Conditions of Probation set, as
stated in attachment; Any appearance or performance bond in this case: is exonerated
when defendant reports to the jail to serve the sentence.
State of Alaska v. Marian May Adams (8/7/84); 2NO-16-79CR Import Alcohol-Dry
Area-Small Amount; Date of Violation: 12/23/15; 3 days, 0 days suspended; Unsuspended 3 days shall be served; Fine: $1500 with $0 suspended; Pay unsuspended
$1500 fine through Nome Trial Courts by 12/31/16; Initial Jail Surcharge: $50 per case;
Due now to AGs Office, Anchorage; Police Training Surcharge: $50 shall be paid
through this court within 10 days.
• Court
$24,999; Offense Dates CTN 002—003: 4/19/15; Defendant came before the court on
(sentencing date) 3/7/16 with counsel, Public Defender Agency (2NO), and the DA
present; CTN 001: 3 years flat; Remanded to serve sentence; Surcharges: Police Training Surcharge: CTN 001: $100 (Felony); Initial Jail Surcharge: Defendant was arrested
and taken to a correctional facility or is being ordered to serve a term of imprisonment;
Therefore, the defendant immediately pay a correctional facilities surcharge of $100
per case to the Department of Law Collections Unit, Anchorage; Suspended Jail Surcharge: Defendant is being placed on probation; Therefore, the defendant pay an additional $100 correctional facility surcharge; This surcharge is suspended and must
only be paid if defendant’s probation is revoked and, in connection with the revocation,
defendant is arrested and taken to a correctional facility or jail time is ordered served;
AS 12.55.041(c); DNA Identification: If this conviction is for a “crime against a person”
as defined in AS 44.41.035, or a felony under AS 11 or AS 28.35, the defendant is ordered to provide samples for the DNA Registration System when requested to do so
by a health care professional acting on behalf of the state and to provide oral samples
for the DNA Registration System when requested by a correctional, probation, parole
or peace officer; AS 12.55.015(h); Restitution: Defendant is ordered to pay restitution
as stated in the Restitution Judgment (form CR-465) and to apply for an Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend, if eligible, each year until restitution is paid in full; Amount of
restitution will be determined as provided in Criminal Rule 32.6(c)(2); Bond: Any appearance or performance bond in this case: is exonerated.
State of Alaska v. Vaughn Walunga (11/21/77); Judgment and Order of Commitment/Probation; Plea: Guilty; Plea Agreement: Yes; CTN 002: AS11.46.130(a)(2): Theft
2- Firearm/Explosive; C Felony; CTN Offense Date: 4/19/15; The following charges
were dismissed: CTN 001: AS11.46.300: Burglary 1; CTN 003: AS11.56.700(a)(1): Resist/Interfere Arrest-By Force; Offense Dates CTN 001 and 003: 1/16/15; Defendant
came before the court on (sentencing date) 3/7/16 with counsel, Public Defender
Agency (2NO), and the DA present; CTN 002: 24 months with 12 months suspended;
The unsuspended 12 months shall be served immediately; Surcharges: Police Training Surcharge: CTN 002: $100 (Felony); Initial Jail Surcharge: Defendant was arrested
and taken to a correctional facility or is being ordered to serve a term of imprisonment;
Therefore, the defendant immediately pay a correctional facilities surcharge of $100
per case to the Department of Law Collections Unit, Anchorage; Suspended Jail Surcharge: Defendant is being placed on probation; Therefore, the defendant pay an additional $100 correctional facility surcharge; This surcharge is suspended and must
only be paid if defendant’s probation is revoked and, in connection with the revocation,
defendant is arrested and taken to a correctional facility or jail time is ordered served;
AS 12.55.041(c); DNA Identification: If this conviction is for a “crime against a person”
as defined in AS 44.41.035, or a felony under AS 11 or AS 28.35, the defendant is ordered to provide samples for the DNA Registration System when requested to do so
by a health care professional acting on behalf of the state and to provide oral samples
SERVING THE COMMUNITY OF NOME
Veterinarians in Anchorage:
Southside Animal Hospital
(907) 345-1905
Open Monday - Friday 7 a.m. - 6 p.m.
and Saturday 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Dimond Animal Hospital
(907) 562-8384
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Call Everts in Anchorage for a Quote Number so you can send your pet round trip for $50
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Pet Express is (907) 562-7333, they will transport the animal to the hospital.
Quote Number: Need to call that morning or day before. It’s necessary to keep track of costs.
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8246 S. 194th — P. O. Box 1778
Kent, Washington 98035
Fax: (253) 872-8432 or
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& Personal Injury Trials
in Rural Alaska
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1-800-478-5315
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Alaska Court System’s
Family Law
Self-Help
Center
A free public service that answers
questions & provides forms about
family cases including divorce,
dissolution, custody and visitation,
child support and paternity.
www.state.ak.us/courts/selfhelp.htm
(907) 264-0851 (Anc)
(866) 279-0851 (outside Anc)
Sitnasuak Native Corporation
(907) 387-1200
Bonanza Fuel, Inc.
(907) 387-1201
Bonanza Fuel call out cell
(907) 304-2086
Nanuaq, Inc.
(907) 387-1202
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NOME OUTFITTERS
120 W 1st Ave. (907) 443-2880 or 1-800-680-(6663)NOME
Mon. - Fri. • 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday • 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
1-800-478-9355
Arctic ICANS
A nonprofit cancer
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Nails & Tanning
1-800-680-NOME
Please call
443-6768 for appointment
For more information call
443-5726.
COD, credit card & special orders
120 W. 1st Ave.
M-F:OPEN
1 p.m. M-F
- 7 p.m.
11 6
a.m.6 p.m.
• Sat:to
9 a.m.
p.m.
Sat.Walk-ins
10 a.m.
to 2 p.m.
welcome!
ARCTIC CHIROPRACTIC
443-5211
Nome
Dr. Lee Waldroup, D.C.
Over 36 Years of Experience
Treating:
~ headaches and neck pain
~ muscle and joint pain
~ back pain and stiffness
~ sprains and strains
Checker Cab
Leave the driving to us
BERING SEA
WOMEN’S
GROUP
BSWG provides services to survivors of violent crime and
promotes violence-free lifestyles in the Bering Strait region.
24-Hours Crisis Line
1-800-570-5444 or
1-907-443-5444 •fax: 907-443-3748
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Builders Supply
704 Seppala Drive
Appliance Sales and Parts
Plumbing – Heating – Electrical
Welding Gas and Supplies
Hardware – Tools – Steel
443-2234
1-800-590-2234
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Call The Nome Nugget:
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113 E Front St, Ste 102
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With:
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“Life is good when you’re pain free.”
(In the Federal Building next to the Post Office)
907.443.7477
Nome Discovery
Tours
Day tours
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Custom road trips
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THIRD— Aliy Zirkle finishes in third place on March 15, at 9:42 a.m.
HELLO ALIY— Third place finisher Aliy Zirkle receives a welcome from Nome Mayor Richard Beneville.
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