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Vol. 49, No. 12 | January 8, 2015
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SHS basketball
season begins
Seward Seahawk basketball teams
played Cordova on Friday in early season games.
The Wolverines came out on top in
the four boys games and the girls split
wins with the Cordova team.
Next up is Kenai on Jan. 13 at Kenai.
The ski team is off to Valdez this weekend.
Photos by Todd Brewer
Seward youth nominated
to military academy
Sen. Mark Begich’s Office
Nicholas Zwiefel was nominated
the Military Academy at West Point
last month by Sen. Mark Begich.
Zwiefel was one of 44 nominees
chosen by Begich.
“It’s always a great pleasure
and very rewarding to see the
outstanding young Alaskans who
we become familiar with through
the academy nomination process,”
Unknowns honored
with wreath
In the name
of Seward
Senior Center
wreath was
placed at
the Tomb of
the Unknown
at Arlington
Cemetery in
Washington
D.C. on Nov.
24.
Courtesy
of Bill
McCormick
said Begich. “Once again, I am
pleased to be able to play a role in
helping these fine young men and
women find their career paths in
military service to this great nation.”
Senators are allowed to nominate up to 10 individuals for each
of the service academies to fill an
allocated appointment, including
the U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S.
Merchant Marine Academy, U.S.
Military Academy at West Point,
and the U.S. Naval Academy. Because the U.S. Naval Academy was
unable to fill a position in a previous year allocated to Sen. Begich,
he is able to submit 20 names to fill
two allocations for appointments
this year. The admissions office
for each academy makes the final
determination based on academic
and physical qualifications as well
as available space.
Assisted living home rises
from ashes
SeaView Community Services
If you were living in Seward in
March 2007, you may remember
the devastating fire that consumed
the SeaView Community Services
assisted living home on the small
rise above the Seward lagoon.
Remarkably, not a single person
was injured as staff assisted all
residents to exit the home quickly
and safely. Lives of residents were
disrupted by the sudden dislocation and loss of everything they
owned, but just as today, they were
supported by a group of caring and
dedicated staff. Soon a temporary
residence was secured through a
SHNG grant, while work to rebuild the home began. The rebuild
took four years and the newly
named ‘Evergreen’ home reopened
in March 2011.
In retrospect, the loss might
seem to be a cloud with a silver lining. As there was a need to rebuild
the home from the ground up, it
was possible to design it to best
meet its purpose, and to expand
its residential capacity. Careful
planning went into the project and
an aesthetically beautiful and functional home rose from the foundation. However, even with careful
planning, challenges can present
themselves. Even though the home
was built to ADA specifications,
the shower size was not adequate
for residents experiencing limited
mobility. Wheelchairs and walkers
inadvertently damaged drywall
corners, doors, moldings and trim.
Humidity in the garage was high
due to snow melt and rain water
dripping from vehicles, and additional cabling was needed to provide internet/cable TV and phone
access to individual residents.
To remedy these unforeseen
design challenges, SeaView eached
out to Rasmuson Foundation
to fund improvements, and the
Seward Community Foundation,
SeaView Community Services,
and the SeaView Governing Board
members contributed the matching funds. The funds were used to
remodel a bathroom and install a
large roll-in, wheelchair accessible
shower, and to install protective
moldings, a dehumidifier, and
additional cabling. SeaView staff
and Evergreen residents have
expressed their deep appreciation
for all the support and funding to
improve the home and its functionality. It will go a long way in
improving the quality of life for all
residents, now and into the future.
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Opinion & Ideas
Begich inspires Alaskan to believe in politicians
KOTZEBUE—Democrat Mark Begich sure
delivered a compelling farewell speech in the
U.S. Senate on Dec. 11 following his Nov. 4
defeat for a second term.
Alaskans should check out Begich’s speech
on Youtube (tinyurl.com/YTbyeBegich) to
appreciate our collective loss after big money
swept into Alaska and unseated one fine
public servant.
Last summer our oldest son Myles returned
home to Alaska after a year of teaching in
Europe. He took a temporary job with the
Begich campaign in his beloved hometown
of Kotzebue. We love our son for so many
reasons, including because he’s still young
and idealistic. For example, politicians bug
him because they too often compromise their
principles.
Nevertheless, for three months we watched
Myles get up every morning and toil tirelessly
for Begich. By election day, the poor kid was
exhausted, organizing events, running phone
banks, hosting visiting luminaries, and registering voters, the latter a huge part of the
campaign.
In fact, the Begich campaign registered
some 200 new voters just in Kotzebue this fall.
In a town with 3,200 residents, with maybe a
third to a half of those minors. That’s huge.
Myles got so frustrated, though, when young
Kotzebue, many more than once
people in particular seemed
and even more than twice. The
indifferent to registering, much
Washington Post came knockless voting. But persistence
ing on Myles’s door in Kotzebue
helped.
this fall and then published a
One local 18 year old, for
page 1 story featuring him and
example, whom Begich supothers working Begich’s grassporters approached to register,
roots re-election campaign. The
refused on first attempt but then
senator called Myles to thank
relented and registered on the
him, followed in the mail by a
second try.
signed copy of the story.
Then on election day, with
Myles’s face lit up when he
15 minutes left before the polls
Op-Ed
said, “Mark Begich called me
closed, Myles and fellow camtoday.” His younger brother
paign workers knocked on
Susan B.
Trevor, a freshman at the Unithis young person’s door. She
Andrews and
versity of Alaska Fairbanks, also
hadn’t yet voted. They offered
John Creed
got to introduce Begich to some
her a ride to the polls. Bingo!
local hardhats. (Trevor learned welding at Mt.
She voted.
This fall the Begich campaign expanded Edgecumbe High School in Sitka through the
democracy in rural Alaska, a significant vot- University of Alaska, offering him cred with
ing block largely ignored in the past. That these guys.)
Such little things set Begich apart from
18 year old may well become a super voter
and encourage others to vote because young many other public figures. As the late Tip
O’Neill related in his memoir, people love to
people like herself persuaded her to vote.
Begich also helped Myles reconnect with be thanked. The senator took time out of a
his hometown, which he passionately loves hectic campaign schedule to thank one of his
despite having traveled around the world for obscure, far-flung campaign workers toiling
the past decade, thousands of miles from his away in a remote corner of Alaska.
Begich also asked his mom to campaign
homeland but still his favorite place on earth.
Myles knocked on every single door in for him in Kotzebue. Myles escorted Pegge
Begich around town to greet voters at the
post office, meet with local elders and take a
selfie in front of the Kotzebue sign on newly
renovated Front Street.
“She is such a nice lady,” Myles said later.
When we spoke with Mrs. Begich, it was
obvious she’s a super mom, left with six kids
to raise after her late husband, Rep. Nick
Begich (D-Alaska), was lost in a plane crash
while campaigning for re-election in 1972.
Many people don’t know that Mark skipped
college to helped Mom with her Anchorage
businesses. When we told Mrs. Begicch we
wished Mark all the best in his re-election bid,
she looked straight into our eyes.
“He loves what he does,” she said. “He
loves his job.”
We suspect we have not seen the last of
Mark Begich. Ironically, his defeat may well
make him one of Alaska’s most popular
public figures.
He certainly inspired our son to posit more
faith in politicians.
Susan Andrews and John Creed are journalism/
humanities professors at Chukchi College, a UAF
branch campus in Kotzebue. They teach distance
education classes throughout Alaska, including
memoir writing classes during spring semester
2015. Email them at jcreed@alaska.edu or sbandrews@alaska.edu.
Paper Pulpit
A Covenant Prayer for the New Year
Pastor Jim Doepken
Seward Untied Methodist Church
There is a tradition in many churches that
trace their heritage to John Wesley to hold a
Covenant Service once a year. At this point in
time, it’s more a historical exercise than one
that is a vital part of the religious life. But
the history is still there. At its heart, a Covenant Service is a celebration of all that God
has done (which is a lot) and an affirmation
that we offer our lives (and our choices and
everything else that comes our way) to God.
It’s an invitation to renew our covenant with
God...who has already covenanted with us.
Churches that have this service usually do
Thank you
SeaView Community Services would like to
thank the community of Seward for its generous donations and overwhelming support of
the domestic violence program this past year.
The immediate response of this community
in contributing to the provision of safe shelter
and assistance for victims is a clear and powerful statement of this community’s commitment
that everyone should be able to live in a safe
environment, free from fear of harm and abuse.
Of the many who have contributed this
past year, we would like to mention a few
in particular:
To Shelly Shank and Ron Hewitt of the
Breeze Inn for hosting fundraising events
such as the Artini Show, Pool Tournament,
Bake Sale and Poker Run, as well as donations of blankets and other items for victims
in need; to those who participated in these
events by volunteering or donating goods
and services; to the Seward artists who sold
so at the start of the New Year – about now.
After all, this is a time of year when many of
us lift up all that has happened this past year
and refocus our hearts and minds upon all
that lies ahead. ‘Tis the season for “resolutions.” How about covenants? The Covenant
Service goes back to John Wesley himself.
In 1755, he created a service to help people
center themselves upon God, utilizing some
of the writings from Puritan leaders from the
1600s. It’s been changed over time but the
goal remains the same: to let participants hear
God’s challenge for their lives, to let them
respond to God, and to do so in community.
At the heart of the service is John Wesley’s
“Covenant Prayer.” It’s a prayer that is de-
their art work (or donated their work for
auctions), to those who contributed baked
goods to the bake sales, to Barbara Dieckgraeff for her generous donation of $1,700,
to First National Bank Alaska for its $1,000
donation, to the Seward Community Foundation for its $10,000 grant, to the Resurrection Bay Lions Club for its $500 donation, to
Serendipity owners Kalani Woodlock and
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I am no longer my own, but thine.
Put me to what thou wilt, rank me with whom
thou wilt.
Put me to doing, put me to suffering.
Let me be employed for thee or laid aside for
thee,
exalted for thee or brought low for thee.
Let me be full, let me be empty.
Let me have all things, let me have nothing.
Michelle Blalock for clothing donations, to the
volunteers helping with fundraising events
including the Seward Spring Carnival and the
Ride for Respect Poker Run, to Safeway for
its support, to the newspapers for helping to
raise awareness of the existence and magnitude of domestic violence in our community.
There are so many of who that have helped
tremendously this year, it is impossible to
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I freely and heartily yield all things to thy
pleasure and disposal.
And now, O glorious and blessed God, Father,
Son and Holy Spirit,
thou art mine, and I am thine. So be it.
And the covenant which I have made on earth,
let it be ratified in heaven. Amen.
There are some challenging parts here.
But it is beautiful. And one can only imagine
what a year lived around this prayer might
look like. Perhaps this can be your covenant
this year as well.
The Jim Doepken is pastor at Seward United
Methodist Church and a contributor to the LOG’s
weekly Paper Pulpit columns.
list each and every one, but SeaView and the
victims of domestic violence we assist are
sincerely grateful for your continuing support. We are all working toward the day when
our community will be free from domestic
violence and abuse. Thank you, to everyone.
— Christine Sheehan, Executive Director,
SeaView Community Services
Thank you, Seward
All of us volunteers at the Seward’s He Will
Provide Food Bank want to thank Seward
residents and businesses who gave time, food
items and/or monetary donations this past
year. Your thoughtfulness is making a difference, for you have brought hope and cheer to
many local less-fortunate families.
Donations allow the food bank to continue
maintaining its purpose, “He Will Provide.”
Many thanks to ALL,
—Seward’s He Will Provide Food Bank Volunteers, Diane Owens, Board Secretary
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Out & About
Send listings for Out & About to editor@theSewardPhoenixLOG.com.
Polar Bear Plunge seeks
volunteers
The 30th Annual Polar Bear Jump-Off
scheduled for 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17 at
Seward’s Small Boat Harbor needs volunteer support for the cancer fundraiser. Each
year hundreds of helping hands contribute
valuable assistance towards the success of
this volunteer-run event. Volunteers assist
jumpers on the dock, serve at the seafood
buffet, staff the Haircut Off event, march
in the parade and much more during the
weekend long festival. Master of ceremonies,
auctioneers and announcers at all events are
also volunteers. Anyone interested interested
in signing up to be a volunteer can contact at
polarbearseward@yahoo.com or 422-7303.
Artist to do reading
tomorrow
Book artist, print-maker and cartoonist
Jimmy Riordan will be at Resurrect Art at 6
p.m. Jan. 9. He will read from his recent translation of the turn of the century french fable
“Le Roman du Lievre,” present the antique
letterpress printing equipment used to make
the book and talk about translation, the printing process and how his relationship with this
story has led to his recent work with comics.
This reading will segue into an information
session about SOWSEAR, a comic book and
website that Riordan helps edit, which collects the work of local Alaskan artists, writers
and cartoonists. He will talk about why he
thinks it is important to pay contributors, to
keep the comic affordable, and discuss how
you can get involved.
Boating safety class offered
The Alaska Office of Boating Safety is
offering Alaska Water Wise; a free boating
course designed for Alaskans. The class is
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Jan. 10 at Seward Fire Hall.
The eight-hour course is approved by the
National Association of State Boating Law
Administrators and recognized by the U.S.
Coast Guard. The course satisfies most states
boating safety education requirements and
may even qualify boaters for boat insurance
discounts. For information or to register
contact Joe McCullough at 907-269-8704 or
joseph.mccullough@alaska.gov.
The course is also approved for eight hours
of Continuing Medical Education training by
the State of Alaska, Department of Health and
Social Services.
High school exchange
applications being accepted
Applications for high school students to
participate in and exchange with Seward’s
sister city, Obihiro, Japan are being accepted
until Jan. 16. Up to four students can paricipate this year in the Seward International
Friendship Association program. Japanese
students will come to Seward in late July/
early August, then the Seward students will
travel to Obihiro for about two weeks in August. Applications are available at the high
school through Martha Fleming or the main
office, at the clerk’s office in city hall, or on
the city’s website at www.cityofseward.us.
Contact the City Clerk’s office at 224-4046
with questions.
Friday Flicks showing at
library
This week at Friday Flick at Seward Community Library Museum is “This Is Where I
Leave You.” When their father passes away,
four grown siblings bruised and banged up
by their respective adult lives are forced to
return to their childhood home and live under
the same roof. Starring Jason Bateman and
Tina Fey. Rated R. Showtime is 6:30 p.m. in
the Community Room.
Flood mitigation top boro priority
Maritime Workforce DevelopOur only meeting this
ment Plan.
month on Dec. 9 was very
We introduced three ordibrief, as we had no ordinancnances. Ordinance 2014-40, to be
es up for public hearing, and
heard on Jan. 6, amends code to
all resolutions and ordinances
address the use of or impairment
for introduction were on the
by controlled substances by emconsent agenda.
ployees. This code had not been
The new KPB School Disaddressed for years, and the
trict Superintendent, Sean
ordinance comes as a result of
Dusek, and Joe Arness prethe passage of Ballot Measure 2.
sented the quarterly report,
D. G. (John) Christensen of
projecting a slight increase in
KPB
Seward was reappointed to the
students for next year.
Assembly Board of Equalization, term to
During the legislative comexpire Dec. 31, 2017.
mittee meeting, we heard
Report
At our Jan. 6 meeting, we will
from Apache Alaska conSUE McClure
hear seven ordinances. Of note
cerning their plan to build
is Ordinance 2014-38, sponsored
For The LOG
a nearly 7.5 mile extension
by Assemblyman Dale Bagley
of the Kenai Spur Highway
to Otter Creek. If permits are obtained, this and Mayor Mike Navarre, which amends
code to provide that ordinances shall be heard
could be accomplished by May.
We also were presented with the draft of at least 13 days after introduction, except
our state legislative priorities, and the request those amending code, and that the budget
for $1 million for flood mitigation projects for approval will require two public hearings.
We now have live streaming of our committee
the Seward Bear Creek Flood Service Area is
meetings and the 6 p.m. meeting, and these are
one of two Tier One priorities.
We approved three resolutions on the easily accessed by going to the borough website
consent agenda. One, (Resolution 2014-065) at www.kpb.us and clicking on current assembly
authorizes the acquisition by donation of agenda. I can be reached at 491-0828 or smcclure@
property near the Seward airport on behalf kpb.us. The Seward Annex office and the Seward
of the Seward Bear Creek Flood Service Area. Bear Creek Flood Board office are located in the
This was unanimously approved at their Sea View Plaza and are great sources of borough
information. We still have one vacancy on the
meeting Dec. 1.
Another resolution supports the Alaska flood board, so you could apply for that.
Job Center announces
closures
Seward Job Center will operate on reduced
hours of 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Jan 12.
The center will be closed Jan 13 and 14.
For immediate assistance, contact: Peninsula Job Center, 1-907- 335-3000; Unemployment,
1-907-269-4700 or Victor, 1-907-277-0693.
City Calendar
SEWARD CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Monday, January 12, 2015 at 7:00 p.m.
City Council Chambers
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. ROLL CALL
4. CITIZEN COMMENTS ON ANY SUBJECT EXCEPT
THOSE ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR PUBLIC HEARING
5. APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND CONSENT AGENDA
6. SPECIAL ORDERS, PRESENTATIONS AND REPORTS
A. Proclamations and Awards
B. Borough Assembly Report
C. City Manager’s Report
D. City Attorney’s Report
E. PACAB Annual Report
F. Other Reports and Presentations
1. Council Travel Report by Alaska Municipal League
Conference Attendees.
7. PUBLIC HEARINGS – None
8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS – None
9. NEW BUSINESS
A. Resolutions
1. Resolution 2015-001, Amending The City Of Seward’s
Calendar Year 2015 State Legislative Priorities.
2. Resolution 2015-002, Approving The Final Design Of An
Eight Ton Public Crane On The I Dock And Appropriating
Funds.
3. Resolution 2015-003, Authorizing The Transfer Of
Vehicle Unit #455 From Surplus To The Public Works Water/
Wastewater Department, And The Transfer Of Vehicle Unit
#155 From The Water/Wastewater Department To Surplus.
4. Resolution 2015-004, Authorizing The City Manager To
Enter Into A Professional Services Agreement With Alaska
Industrial Development And Export Authority (AIDEA) For
An Upland Development Plan At Seward Marine Industrial
Center (SMIC) For An Amount Not To Exceed $200,000, And
Appropriating Funds.
5. Resolution 2015-005, Authorizing The City Manager To
Enter Into A Construction Agreement With Engineered
Services Group, Inc. (ESG) Of Anchorage, Alaska To Move
Two (2) Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) Generators From Arctic
PO 103682-00
Pack Enclosures Into The New Generator Building And
Construct All Supporting Systems To Permit Them To Operate
For An Amount Not To Exceed $3,100,000 And Appropriating
Funds.
B. Other New Business Items
*1. Approval of the October 27, 2014 and the November
10, 2014 Regular City Council Meeting Minutes and the
November 10, 2014 Special City Council Meeting Minutes.
2. Continue the Port and Commerce Advisory Board for 2015.
3. Schedule joint or individual work sessions with the
Planning and Zoning Commission, the Port and Commerce
Advisory Board, and the Historic Preservation Commission to
review annual priorities. (Bardarson)
4. Discussion on council’s wishes and scheduling timeslots
for the People to People student program when they travel to
Seward this summer. (Terry)
10. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS AND REPORTS (No Action
Required) - None
11. COUNCIL COMMENTS
12. CITIZEN COMMENTS
13. COUNCIL AND ADMINISTRATION RESPONSE TO
CITIZEN COMMENTS
14. EXECUTIVE SESSION
A. Go into Executive Session to review the City Manager’s
evaluation.
15. ADJOURNMENT
SEWARD PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
NOTICE OF VACANCY
The City Council is seeking applications from the citizens
of Seward interested in serving on the Planning and Zoning
Commission. There is one seat available with a term expiring in
February, 2016.
Planning and Zoning (P&Z) holds regular meetings on the 1st
Tuesday of every month and work sessions the 3rd Tuesday
of every month or at other times as needed if requested by
the Chair. Application forms are available in the Office of
the City Clerk. Completed application forms will be accepted
until the vacancy is filled. Applicants will be asked to make a
short presentation to the City Council at the next upcoming
City Council meeting following their application submission
regarding their qualifications and interest in serving on
the Commission. The City Council may decide upon the
application the same evening.
2015 HIGH SCHOOL EXCHANGE PROGRAM
WITH OBIHIRO, JAPAN
The City of Seward and the Seward International Friendship
Association (SIFA) are seeking up to four high school students
to participate in the student exchange with Obihiro, Japan.
Japanese students will come to Seward in late July/early
August, then the Seward students will travel to Obihiro for
approximately two weeks in August. Applications are available
at the high school through Martha Fleming or the main office,
at the clerk’s office in City Hall, or on the city’s website at www.
cityofseward.us. The deadline for student applications is Friday,
January 16, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. Please turn applications in at the
high school or Clerk’s office.
Please contact the City Clerk’s office at 224-4046 if you have
any questions.
UPCOMING MEETINGS
Seward Port and Commerce Advisory Board Meeting
Wednesday, January 7, 2014 at 12:00 p.m.
City Council Chambers
Seward Recreation Committee Meeting
Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at 12:00 p.m.
Teen & Youth Center, 336 Third Avenue, Rec Room
(Note: Time & Location Varies For Each Meeting)
Seward City Council Meeting
Monday, January 12, 2015 at 7:00 p.m.
City Council Chambers
Interested in receiving a copy of this Seward City Calendar via
e-mail? Contact the City Clerk at clerk@cityofseward.net or call
224-4045. Check out your city’s website at www.cityofseward.
us. Send any comments or future suggestions about the website
to clerk@cityofseward.net.
PUBLIC SAFETY MESSAGE
The Public Works Department would like to convey the
following important winter messages:
• Personal items, such as boats, vehicles, trailers, etc., should be
removed from the public right-of-ways so they do not interfere
with the removal of snow and general maintenance of roads
and alleyways during the winter season.
• Please have a conversation with your youngsters about the
dangers of snow plowing equipment and discourage them from
building snow forts, sledding, etc. in the public right-of-ways.
These few simple steps will ensure we can keep our children safe
and our streets clear this winter.
Jan. 15, 2015
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Alaska Fishing Picks and Pans
a $10,000 check at the Alaska
largest red run in two decades,
State Fair
54 million with a harvest of 38
Russia began a yearlong ban
million.
on food products from the U.S.
Norton Sound fishermen also
and other nations over political
saw a nice salmon payday from
grievances in the Ukraine. For
one of the best chum harvests
Alaska the ban means a loss of 20
in 25 years, plus the fourth best
million pounds in seafood sales,
for silvers and the highest price
mostly salmon roe and pollock
in the state at $1.60 per pound.
surimi, valued at $60 million.
Chums from the AYK regions
Corrosive effects of ocean
fetched some of the highest pricacids were documented by
es at 55 to 60 cents per pound.
Fish
NOAA scientists on the shells
Salmon permits in many fishof tiny, snail-like pteropods,
eries tripled in value since 2002.
Factor
which make up 45 percent of
By mid-year Bristol Bay driftnet
Laine Welch
pink salmon diets.
permits were listed by brokers at
www.alaskafishradio.com
Unmanned gliders began
$150,000 to $170,000, compared
tracking how melting glaciers
to $90,000 in January. Southeast
may be intensifying corrosive
Alaska seine permits were the
waters in Prince William Sound.
priciest in the state topping $300,000.
A Maritime Workforce Initiative was
Scientists discovered that crabs can hear
through a small sac at the base of their anten- launched by the state labor department that
nae. Even more exciting, they found clues targets 23 different occupation types such as
to determining crabs’ ages. Parts of the crab fishing, research, machinists, ship building
stomach and eye stalks remain after molts and and repairs. Right now there are not enough
show bands similar to rings in a tree. It means skilled workers to meet demand.
Researchers reported that nothing on retail
that for the first time managers will soon know
for sure how fast crabs grow, a key factor in shelves compares to the levels of antioxidants
and other healthy compounds seen in Alaska
stock assessments.
Shrimp remained as America’s top seafood seaweeds.
The “graying of the fleet” spawned a multifavorite, but salmon bumped canned tuna to
take over the second spot. Each American ate year project to find ways to attract more young
2.7 pounds of salmon, a 34 percent increase people to fishing careers. The average age of
Alaska permit holders is 47, with twice as
in one year.
The pollock biomass in the Bering Sea more many permit holders aged 45 to 60 as there
than doubled its 10-year average to top 20 are between 30 and 44. With a $335,000 grant
billion pounds, and the stock is healthy and from the North Pacific Research Board, a team
growing. (The allowed catch is around 3 bil- with the Alaska Marine Conservation Council
and Alaska Sea Grant will focus on the Kodiak
lion pounds.)
A first lawsuit challenged a new law de- and Bristol Bay regions through 2016.
Support
Support
Alaska processors launched a new line of
signed to clamp down on hired skippers
Alaskan Music
fishing the halibut and sablefish quota shares pink salmon in smaller cans aimed at endurowned by others. The rule took effect Dec. 1. ance athletes. The smaller cans also will let
It bans using a hired skipper to harvest any processors use the salmon development tax
credit passed this year by the Alaska legislaquota acquired after Feb. 12, 2010.
A massive tailings dam breach at the Mt. ture to upgrade canning lines, many of which
Polley gold/copper mine fouled lands and are from the 1950s.
Bob Tkacz, one of Alaska’s best fishery
waters for miles in neighboring British CoLIVE MUSIC
lumbia. That began an uproar downstream at writers, died suddenly in Juneau. Bob covered
There is never a cover charge at the Yukon Bar!
Southeast Alaska, where five huge mines are seafood industry issues for 33 years and pubSunday, 9pm
planned near watersheds that feed into some lished the weekly Laws for the Sea during the
Poker
Fri. & Sat., Jan 9 & 10
of the region’s most productive salmon rivers. legislative sessions.
Monday, 9pm
Approval (or not) of genetically modified
Canadian officials rejected calls from Southeast
Karaoke
and Alaska Senators for more thorough envi- salmon, dubbed Frankenfish, remained in
Tuesday, all day
FDA limbo.
ronmental reviews.
Free Pool
A new Alaska Mariculture Initiative began
More than 100 researchers and three dozen
Tuesday, 9pm
projects got underway to find clues to the “to grow a billion dollar industry within 30
Open Jam
seven-year decline of Alaska’s king salmon. years.” The first phase was bankrolled by a
with
The state-backed five year, $30 million Chi- $216,812 federal grant to the Alaska Fisheries
Tyson Davis
Fri. & Sat., Jan. 16 & 17
nook Salmon Research Initiative includes 12 Development Foundation as part of NOAA
Wednesday,
major river systems from Southeast Alaska Fisheries’ national mariculture expansion
7:30pm
Movie Night
policy.
to the Yukon.
Slow growing halibut stocks showed signs
Xtra-Tuf
Boots
partnered
with
the
Alaska
Thursday, 9pm
Pool Tourney
Marine Safety Education Association to help of reversing a near decade decline that has
expand training and reduce injuries to all seen commercial catches slashed by 70 percent.
Showtimes are 9 o'clock unless otherwise stated.
mariners. The company sealed the deal with The price for halibut quota shares hit $50 per
pound at Southeast Alaska, the only place
where catches have increased in recent years.
Dock prices for halibut topped $6 per pound
at major ports for much of the eight-month
season.
A ballot measure to allow the Alaska legislature to ban large mining projects near Bristol
Bay passed with a 65/35 vote. Currently, only
Alaska’s National Parks are inviting comment on each park’s Compendium.
state and federal agencies can decide on mining permits.
The Compendium is a compilation of designations, allowances, and
Ocean Beauty Seafoods was awarded the
restrictions adopted under discretionary authority within the regulations
2014 Supplier of the Year by Whole Foods
covering national park areas. The Compendium, as part of the park-related
Markets. Whole Foods said it “admires Ocean
regulations, helps provide for the use, enjoyment and protection of Alaska’s
Beauty’s partnering with port buyers to ensure
fishermen are recognized and treated with
National Parks.
respect.”
A copy of each park’s proposed compendium will be posted on January 15,
Trial fisheries began for seine-caught pol2015 at: http://www.nps.gov/akso/management/proposed_compendiums.
lock at Kodiak and Homer with little interest.
Alaska seafood remained free of radiation
cfm. A written copy may be requested directly from the park or the National
stemming from Japan’s 2011 tsunami and
th
Park Service, 240 W. 5 Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501, Attn: Compendium.
Fukushima nuclear reactor disaster.
The EPA concluded that the Pebble Mine
Comments will be accepted by mail (at the above address) between January
would
be “devastating” to the Bristol Bay
15 and February 15. Also, comments will be accepted electronically for
salmon fishery and Native culture. That set
the same time period. Links to the public comment website may be found
the stage for the agency to permanently ban
at http://www.nps.gov/akso/management/proposed_compendiums.cfm.
large scale mining in the region.
Additionally, public hearings on wildlife provisions in some Compendiums
Federal fishery managers began a move towards a “bycatch mitigation” plan for groundwill be held in multiple locations; details on the hearings are also posted at the
fish trawlers in the Gulf of Alaska, which will
above web site.
include some form of catch sharing.
A new Kenai-based sportfish group formed
Comments are welcome at any time in addition to this timeframe,
an Alaska Fisheries Conservation Alliance
but comments received after February 15 will be considered in future
aimed at banning setnetting near Anchorage,
compendium revisions.
the Kenai Peninsula, Valdez and Juneau. It
Alaska still has its share of naysayers who
will quibble about the seafood industry’s importance to our great state. They dismiss the
fact that fishing was Alaska’s first industry and
was fish that spawned the push to statehood.
“The canned salmon plants started in the
1870s and by the early 20th century, canned
salmon was the largest industry and generated
80 percent of the territorial tax revenues. It had
a position in the state economy that oil enjoys
today,” said fisheries historian Bob King.
The fisheries that Alaska inherited from the
federal government at statehood in 1959 were
in bad shape. That year the salmon catch of
25 million fish was the worst since the turn of
the century, and total seafood production was
just 324 million pounds. In contrast, salmon
catches today often top 200 million fish, and
more than five billion pounds of seafood cross
the Alaska docks each year.
Here are fishing notables from 2014, in no particular order, followed by my annual ‘fish picks
and pans’:
Alaska claimed the nation’s top three fishing ports for seafood catches last year – Dutch
Harbor, Kodiak and Akutan.
The 2014 salmon harvest totaled 157 million fish with a dockside value of nearly $577
million. That’s 116 million fewer salmon than
2013, and a $113 million drop in value.
Prince William Sound squeaked by the
Panhandle to claim the year’s highest salmon
catch at 49.35 million fish, topping Southeast’s
landings by just 103,000 salmon.
Bristol Bay’s sockeye catch of 28.8 million
was 61 percent higher than expected and rang
in at nearly $193 million at the docks. Fish forecasters said in 2015 Bristol Bay can expect the
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Shawn
LaRose
Nervis
Rex
Alaska National Parks
Seeking Public Comment
would eliminate Cook Inlet setnetters and
affect 500 fishing families in all. The group is
still gathering signatures to bring its case to
Alaska voters.
The “nation’s fish basket” was closed indefinitely by President Obama to oil/gas development, meaning 36 million acres of the Eastern
Bering Sea that include Bristol Bay.
2014 Fish Picks and Pans
Biggest fish wait and see – Senator-elect
Dan Sullivan.
Trickiest fishing conundrum – Sea otters
vs. fisheries in Southeast Alaska.
Best fishing career builder – University of
Alaska/Southeast for its hydraulics and vessel electronics courses, fish tech training – all
available on-line.
Best Fish Givers – SeaShare, which has
provided close to 200 million fish meals to
food bank networks since 1994.
Biggest fishing industry critic using
questionable “facts” – Craig Medred, Alaska
Dispatch News.
Best fish reality show – Kodiak’s fish debate featuring Begich vs. Sullivan and Young
vs. Dunbar. Sullivan’s plans to pull a double
debate no show backfired when the “fish diss”
story went viral. Sullivan showed up, but it
was Rep. Don Young who corked the night
with death threats and overall bad behavior.
Most outstanding fishing town – Once
again, no town highlights its local fisheries
and supports its future fishermen like Sitka.
Most earth friendly fishing town – Kodiak,
which now generates nearly 100 percent of
its electricity from wind and hydropower.
Kodiak also turns its fish wastes into oils
and meals at a gurry plant owned by local
processors.
Best fish gadgets – SCraMP iPhone app
with vessel stability indicators. It’s free.
(www.vesseldynamics.com) E-Stop switches
that prevent winch injuries.
Biggest fish blunder – Former Governor
Parnell naming Pebble Mine flak Ben Mohr
as his fisheries adviser.
Best up and coming fish pols – Forrest
Dunbar, Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins.
Scariest fish story – Ocean acidification.
Best fish to kids project – The fabulous
Fish to Schools Resource Guide by the Sitka
Conservation Society.
Best fish ambassadors – Alaska Seafood
Marketing Institute.
Worst global fish story – Illegal, undocumented and unreported catches by fish pirates
– up to 20 percent of the global fish harvest.
Best fish news site – Seafood.com.
Best fish watchers – Cook Inlet Keeper,
Rivers Without Borders
Best fish-crats – Duncan Fields, NPFMC;
Nick Sagalkin, new ADF&G Westward region
supervisor.
Best fish writers – Margie Bauman, Jim
Paulin, Molly Dischner.
Best fish economist – Andy Wink, McDowell Group.
Worst, most awful, unacceptable, no
good, very bad fish story – Giving six million pounds of halibut as bycatch to Bering
Sea trawlers in the two billion pound flatfish fisheries (not pollock), and leaving just
370,000 pounds for the small boat fishermen
at St. Paul, a 70 percent reduction for the upcoming halibut season. The halibut bycatch
levels, which are set by the North Pacific
Fishery Management Council, have not been
changed for the flatfish fisheries in 20 years.
Meanwhile, halibut catches for commercial
and sport users have been slashed every year
for a decade due to stock depletion and slow
growing fish.
Biggest fish story of 2014 – Mark Begich’s
defeat in November meant losing one of
Alaska’s most fish savvy U.S. senators, as
well as the loss of the chair of the Fisheries/
Oceans/USCG committee and an Alaskan
seat on Appropriations, where all those federal dollars get doled out.
This is the 24th year for this weekly column that
focuses on Alaska’s seafood industry. It began in
the Anchorage Daily News, and now appears in
over 20 newspapers and web sites, including in the
UK. A spin off – Alaska Fish Radio – airs weekdays
on 30 radio stations. The goal of both is to make all
people aware of the economic, social and cultural
importance of Alaska’s seafood industry, and to
inspire more Alaskans to join its ranks.
The Seward Phoenix LOG • January 8, 2015 • Page 5
John William “Jack”
Hoogland
John William “Jack” Hoogland died peacefully at Providence Seward Medical Center on
Dec. 20, 2014 of complications from pneumonia. He recently celebrated his 83rd birthday.
Jack was born in Huntley, Mont. on Nov. 11,
1931, son of Marie (Plath) and Gerrit “Pop”
Hoogland. His father came to Seward to work
near the end of World War II and the family
joined him in 1945. Jack was a freshman at
the time and was initiated by a senior named
Joanne Lind. This was the same Joanne he
married in 1955.
After high school graduation, Jack worked
at various jobs locally, including the Alaska
Railroad and longshoring. In 1950, being
drafted became imminent, so he went to
Seattle and enlisted in the Navy, spending
most of his time in Japan as a chaplain’s yeoman. He was honorably discharged in 1954
and returned to Seward, where he resumed
working on the docks.
Jack was a scoundrel more than once in his
Warren Eugene Smith
Longtime Seward resident, Warren Eugene
Smith, 64, died Dec. 5, 2014 at Seward Mountain Haven Assisted Living after a long term
illness.
Smith was born Aug. 9, 1950 in Massillon,
Ohio. He graduated from Barrington High
School in Barrington, Ill. He moved to Alaska
in the early ‘70s where he first lived in Fairbanks until finally making Seward his home.
Smith worked as a marine mechanic, worked
on a fishing boat and also prospected for gold
here and there. In the off season he drove cab
in Seward and also worked in the canneries.
Smith volunteered for the Salvation Army,
loved an adventure, loved the outdoors and
Everett Christopher
“Chris” Blatchford
Everett Christopher “Chris” Blatchford, 45,
died peacefully at home Dec. 16, 2014.
At his request, there will be no service or
memorial.
Chris was born on Dec. 14, 1969 in Juneau.
He attended high school in Kenai and was
part of the first graduating class in Nikiski. He
loved hanging out with friends and working
on his car (and everyone else’s, too). After
Obituaries
lifetime. He liked to have a good
time. And, he almost always had a
smile on his face. During the 1964
earthquake, Jack was at the Flamingo bar, trying to sleep off partying from the night before. When
he awoke from the violent shaking
of the earthquake, he thought a bar
fight had erupted. The earthquake
destroyed the local docks and some of the
highway bridges and railroad, so Jack became
the local airport manager, a position he held
until the docks were rebuilt and longshoring
resumed. At the time he was an active member of the Civil Air Patrol.
The family had a setnet fishery site in
Nikiski, alongside his mother-in-law’s site.
He also spent a year commercial fishing in
Chignik.
Jack was a lifetime member of Elk’s Lodge
#1773. In 1965, he was Exalted Ruler and he
and his family went to Florida to the National Elk’s Convention. Upon their return,
he assumed ownership of City Express, the
trucking company that the family still owns
and operates. He also operated Legion Cab
for a couple of years. And, he and
Joanne were Alaska Airlines agents.
Jack was also an active member
of the American Legion, having
served as Post #5 Commander
twice. He attended many department conventions all over the state.
He was a member of the Pioneers
of Alaska, and he and Joanne were
the king and queen one year.
He started the Farm Bed & Breakfast in
1989, now a 15-room bed and breakfast, still
in operation. What started as just a home
remodel, turned into a business proposition
when he got a small inheritance from an
uncle. Jack loved serving the guests his hearty
continental breakfast each morning. He was
gregarious and interesting, and the job was
a perfect fit for him.
Among other interests during Jack’s long
life were the Seward Chamber of Commerce, VFW, Alaska Carrier’s Association
and Seward Fire Department when it was
completely volunteer. Joanne remembers
several times when Jack would leave one of
his meetings and he would fight fires while
still wearing his tuxedo. Jack loved the sun
and he loved to travel and he spent many
a vacation in Hawaii. At one time, he and
Joanne even owned a house there. He loved
the Chicago Cubs.
Jack is survived by his wife Joanne, sons
John Eric “Rick” and Dale, daughter Carol
Thomassen, and son Steven from a previous
marriage. Grandchildren include JoeAnna
Creech and Serena Hudson, Travis and Shelby
Hoogland, Ben Chitwood, and Michaela and
Jonathan Thomassen, and Jarod, Beth, Sahfia,
Juliette, Amari and Jenavieve Hoogland.
Services begin 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 27
at Resurrection Lutheran Church, Third and
Jefferson. Graveside services will follow at
American Legion Cemetery. After the service,
a celebration of life will be held at the Seward
Post #5.
Condolences may be mailed to the family at P.O. Box 305, Seward, AK 99664. Any
monetary donations should be directed to
Resurrection Lutheran Church or the American Legion, two entities that were helpful to
Jack and his family over the years.
loved playing his trumpet.
The family wrote, “Warren Eugene Smith at an early age displayed
a preference for the outdoors, adventurous and an unconventional life
style. Although he was very bright,
school was a prison to him. As soon
as he could escape from school or the
house he was outside playing with his buddies.
They built a three-story fort, dug tunnels and
roamed the vacant fields. His family knew
early on that upscale city life was not meant
for him. His teenage years during the ‘60s were
turbulent. He liked fast cars, fast girls and bad
company. Upon reaching legal age and upon
the advice of his attorney, Warren headed north
much to the relief of his parents. It
was in Alaska that Warren finally
found what he was looking for. He
became a man. He was a mountain
man who was born 200 years too
late. He lived his life on his own
terms. His family and friends will
forever miss his humor, his trumpet
playing, his story of escapes, adventures, travel
to foreign lands, and the bad company he met
along the way. Vaya con Dios.”
He was preceded in death by his mother,
Ione Rita Smith.
He is survived by his sister, Carol E. (WM
John) Mufich of Rocklin, Calif.; nephew, Michael Warren (April) Mufich of Roseville, Calif.;
grandniece, Macy Bella Mufich of Roseville,
Calif.; father, Eugene Richard Smith of Prescott,
Ariz.; cousins, Warren Howard Smith, Sr. of
Austin, Texas, Leslie Sand and Dr. Kevin Sand
of Decorah, Iowa, Jill and Scott Richmond of
Orange, Calif., Wendy Smith Linville of Fla.,
Patricia and Alex Higgins of Ketchum, Idaho
and Edward Smith of Ore.
Memorial services were Dec. 17. Chaplin
Duane Chase officiated.
He will be buried at the Seward City Cemetery at a later date.
Arrangements made by Peninsula Memorial
Chapel & Crematory. Smith’s online guestbook
is at AlaskanFuneral.com.
graduating high school he attended
and graduated from Al Collins Art
School in Tempe, Ariz. and received
an AA in graphic arts. After graduation, he returned to Alaska and was
employed by Peak Oilfield Services
in Deadhorse.
Chris loved life and did his best
to live it to the fullest. He was
kind, generous, compassionate
and always willing to help anyone, anytime.
He loved his family more than anything and
wanted the best for everyone he knew. His
most commonly used phrase was
“there is always hope” and he truly
believed that. He always put everyone’s needs before his own and
anyone that knew him was lucky to
have been a part of his life.
Chris is survived by his wife,
Shelly; stepson, Jimmy Love and
wife, Heather and their children,
Jordan and Delaney: stepson, Jeremy Love and wife, Anna, and their children,
Jeramiah, Myra, Cole and Draiden; stepson,
Justin Love and wife, Heather, and children,
Arya and Aspen, and Aspen’s daughter, Ava;
his mother, Marietta Blatchford; brothers,
Francis, Quincy and wife, Ashley and Israel
and wife, Amanda, and their son, Jade; as
well as numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and
friends.
He was preceded in death by his father,
Everett Blatchford, brother, Michael and
maternal grandmother Etta Hill.
In lieu of flowers, please make a donation
to the American Cancer Society.
Arrangements were by Peninsula Memorial Chapel in Kenai.
ARRC solicits ideas for official art print
Alaska Railroad Corp.
The Alaska Railroad Corp. is soliciting
submissions for its annual commemorative
artwork program. The selected artist will be
commissioned to create artwork that is the
basis for the 2016 ARRC official print.
“The annual Alaska Railroad artwork has
become a favorite among rail fans and Alaska
art collectors alike. Every year we look forward
to seeing the talent and creativity showcased
in contest submissions,” said ARRC Vice
President Business Management & Corporate
Affairs Wendy Lindskoog.
In order to be considered, artwork must
include an ARRC theme. For the 2016 print,
ARRC is particularly interested in artwork
that features railroad infrastructure and activity near Houston, which sits at the juncture of
the railroad’s existing mainline and a new rail
extension to Port MacKenzie, a project that is
nearing completion. Moreover, during 2016,
Houston will mark 50 years since incorporation
as a city in 1966. While not mandatory, submissions that feature the Houston area will receive
additional consideration.
ARRC retains all rights to the artwork. Once
selected, the ARRC will produce 750 signed
and numbered prints, several thousand posters
and several thousand lapel pins. The artist will
receive $3,000, 10 artist proofs and 20 posters.
In return, the artist must agree to participate
in print/poster sale-and-signing events in
Anchorage and in Fairbanks. Signing events
may also be scheduled in an additional community location, depending on the subject of
the artwork (for example, potentially Houston).
ARRC will pay for the artist’s travel expenses.
Artists may request access to ARRC property for artistic research by contacting ARRC
Corporate Communications Officer Stephenie
Wheeler at 907-265-2671. A listing of previous
ARRC art prints is available on the railroad’s
web site at: www.AlaskaRailroad.com > Corporation > Community > Annual Print Contest.
Deadline for submissions is Friday, Feb. 27.
Artist submissions should be presented as a
single sketch no larger than 11 x 17 inches. To
provide some context, the sketch should be
accompanied by a few samples of the artist’s
finished artwork.
Submissions should be mailed or delivered
in person no later than Feb. 20, to:
• Stephenie Wheeler, Alaska Railroad Corporate Affairs
• Mailing address: Alaska Railroad, P.O. Box
107, Anchorage, AK 99510-7500
• Hand Delivery: ARRC Headquarters,
327 W. Ship Creek Ave. in Anchorage. Drop
off between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday
through Friday.
• Questions? Contact Wheeler at 907-2652671 or WheelerS@akrr.com
The selected artist will be notified by telephone and by U.S. mail by the end of March.
Other artists will be notified of the results, and
artwork will be returned to the extent possible.
Submissions must include a self addressed,
stamped envelope in order to be returned by
mail. Submissions that are not picked up or
mailed by April 15 will be discarded.
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The following is from the journals of the Seward Police
Department. Those who have been arrested or summoned are presumed innocent until found guilty in
a court of law.
Dec. 4
00:05 - Verbal warning for tag light requirement given
at Mile 1 Seward Highway.
00:07 - Verbal warning for inoperable head lights given
at NAPA parking lot.
01:59 - Officers found Hanson Yazzie parked in front of
Tony’s Bar with his vehicle engine running and asleep in
the front seat. Yazzie appeared intoxicated and refused
PBT. He was arrested for DUI and taken to SCJ. Yazzie
requested a blood test at his own expense. He was taken
to the hospital for a blood draw. Transported back to SCJ.
06:32 - Individual filed a missing wallet report.
08:03 - SCCC reported a car had been parked near
the prison for the previous few days. The reporting party
said that sometimes it was occupied and sometimes
it was not. They requested an officer patrol the area for
suspicious activity.
08:51 - Verbal warning for failure to illuminate head
lights given at Third and Madison.
09:17 - Hotel Seward requested an officer for a motor
vehicle accident.
10:43 - Individual reported a dark green Volkswagen
Golf with two kayaks strapped to the top which was
driving recklessly down Nash Road towards the prison.
12:06 - Individual requested an officer about a truck
parked on the sidewalk near Fourth and Adams.
15:05 - Metco would be blocking the alley overnight
between Sixth and Seventh, and Jefferson and Adams
for sewer repair.
17:41 - Essential One called to request a officer assist
with a driver who refused to follow the parking rules of
the facility. Driver left before contact was made.
18:38 - Verbal warning for having white lights in the rear
of his vehicle given at Seward Highway and Hemlock.
21:11 - Seward Fisheries called in a blown fuse at
the transformer.
21:13 - Citation for driving without a license issued to
Daniel Holder at Safeway. Holder was also arrested for
a misdemeanor AST warrant. Verbal warning given for
head light requirement, failure to carry proof of insurance and failure to carry registration.
23:03 - Individual reported a group of people walking
in the middle of the road on Third. Officer advised.
Individuals were on the sidewalk.
23:05 - Coast Guard Anchorage reported a Trouble
Condition, fire alarm, at the moorings building, 1507
X-Float Road. SVFD responded. No fire was present. The
‘Captain’s Mast’
scene was cleared the alarm reset.
23:50 - Cassandra Benjamin arrested for DUI at Fourth
and South Harbor Street, and taken to SCJ.
Dec. 5
11:52 - 911 caller requested an officer to the 1000
block of Fourth about her sister who attacked her. Second reporting party called 911 and advised of a male
involved who was yelling outside. Officer responded and
spoke to the subjects. All parties separated.
Dec. 6
06:56 - Verbal warning for failure to stop at stop sign
given at Seward Highway and Hemlock.
14:26 - Individual reported that a construction trailer
belonging to Harmon Construction next to the park on
Dora Way was open and there were no workers working
out or it. Dispatch attempted to contact Harmon with no
answer. Officer contacted the homeowners. Homeowners
would contact Harmon to secure the trailer.
15:48 - One of the Major Marine vessels sank in the
morning at E-float. Harbormaster’s on-call was notified
but they all ready were aware of it.
16:54 - A report of a silver Jeep passing Safeway
headed to the harbor was called in. No contact made
with the vehicle
18:30 - Citation for head light requirement issued to
Helen Virginia Stewart at Third and A.
20:20 - Citation for failure to carry proof of insurance
issued to Nick Lawrence Quinn at Safeway parking lot.
Verbal warning for tail lights.
22:11 - Individual reported there were people playing
the drums loudly in the 500 block between Second
and Third. Officers contacted the subjects and advised
them to lower the noise.
Dec. 7
01:34 - Citation for driving with an expired license
under one year given to Annalee Brown at Third and
South Harbor Street.
13:29 - 911 caller from Seward Mountain Haven Fireweed House reported a patient pulled the fire alarm. She
said there was no fire. Seward Fire Chief responded to
Fireweed House to check the alarm. No alarm was pulled
but the tamper feature was tampered with. The staff was
educated on the alarm system and the scene cleared.
14:41 - Individual from Parks and Rec called about
a suspicious person walking out of a camper parked
at Resurrection Campground. He was not the owner
of the RV and he didn’t know the owner’s name when
asked by park staff. He left the scene and was walking
north along the bike path. Contact made with subject
at Fourth and Van Buren. He was advised of his warrant
out of Anchorage.
14:51 - Richard Setters turned himself into SPD on
two AST warrants.
17:24 - Verbal warning for head light requirements given
on Seward Highway at Dairy Hill Road.
17:39 - Ashlee Champion-Hibbets arrested on an SAST
warrant for probation violation and taken to SCJ.
18:42 - Citation for head light requirement given to Karl
Allen Vanbuskirk Jr. in Three Bears parking lot.
20:34 - Safeway reported a dog had been tied outside
of the store for about four hours. Caller believed it was
abandoned and wanted to have it picked up. Officer
took the dog to the shelter
Dec. 8
10:56 - Upon request, an officer responded to the
200 block of Sixth about a vehicle blocking snow
removal. Vehicle owner agreed to move the car further
into the driveway.
12:35 - Individual turned in expired medication for
destruction.
15:36 - Individual reported a possible diesel leak
coming from the grey condos on 500 block of Fourth
across from AVTEC. SFD officer contacted a Shoreside
Petroleum driver. Driver was refueling a home, but had
not spilled anything. No sheens were visible.
18:23 - The City Hall lift station and the Seward Community Jail 1 alarms activated. Jail personnel advised
that they did not have a problem. On-call for Wastewater
notified. They advised to call back if it went off again.
Lift station checked at 19:45 and was OK.
Dec. 9
00:24 - Verbal warning for speed given at Seward
Highway and South Harbor Street.
01:36 - 911 caller requested an ambulance for a
6-month-old baby who stopped breathing in Questa
Woods. SVAC/BCVFD dispatched.
05:19 - 911 caller, Clifford Pringle, reported a verbal
dispute between himself and his partner. It was found
that Pringle had a SAST warrant for failure to remand.
Officer went to the residence in 500 block of Second
and spoke with the couple about their dispute. The officer then arrested Pringle and took him to SCJ.
05:46 - Officer responded to an AST call for assistance
at the hospital.
16:57 - Fire officer requested an ambulance by radio
to the 500 block of Fifth for a male having trouble
breathing. He had taken two nitro tablets. CPR was in
progress and three shock treatments were delivered.
Dec. 10
01:18 - Citation for failure to carry proof of insurance
issued to Danny Crow at Mile 1 Seward Highway. Verbal
warning given for speed.
03:16 - Annalee Brown given a citation for expired
license under 90 days, and issued verbal warnings for
tail light and tag light out. Passenger, Michelle Fillingim,
was advised of her suspended/revoked driver’s license
status in both Alaska and California.
14:50 - Individual requested to speak with an officer
about an unknown male who stopped his vehicle and
was approaching her child, but left abruptly after noticing her presence.
16:00 - Individual reported the theft of a laptop.
20:53 - 911 caller reported that his friend’s bike was at
the dumpster near Seward Plumbing. The caller sounded
intoxicated. He stated he didn’t want trouble from his
friend and said he had permission to borrow the bike
earlier that day. Officer responded to Seward Plumbing
to retrieve the bike for safekeeping.
21:08 - Verbal warning for head light requirements given
on Third near Van Buren.
21:21 - Individual reported that she had been threatened by a subject, her daughter and others.
Dec. 11
06:38 - Individual reported his girlfriend, Katherine
Peltola, was upset and they were having a verbal altercation in their moving vehicle. Officer met them at Icicle
Seafoods. Officer arrested Peltola for Criminal Mischief
and took her to SCJ.
14:41 - A bus driver called in a state vehicle which
failed to yield for his red lights. The driver was headed
northbound on Second approximately six minutes
before his report. Officer unable to locate the vehicle.
15:27 - Individual advised there would be brief road
closures Dec. 15 on Lunar Circle in Nash Woods.
21:06 - Verbal warning for speed given at Seward
Highway and South Harbor.
23:31 - Guardian Security reported there was a commercial burglar alarm going off in the 300 block of Third.
Officer responded and building was secure.
Dec. 12
00:19 - AST requested medics at Mile 5 Seward Highway
for a single vehicle rollover with two occupants. SVAC
and BCFD dispatched.
00:40 - Verbal warning for tag light requirement given
to Annalee Brown at Seward Highway and South Harbor.
05:42 - Staff from Holiday Inn Express reported a guest
had $1,000 cash stolen from him by a suspect who
was en route to Anchorage airport in Mike’s Taxi. Officer
responded. Anchorage Airport Police were notified with
description of suspect and information of suspected
travel to question the suspect.
13:19 - Seward Community Health Center employee
requested a welfare check on patient who had not been
Bearly
ACROSS
1. “_____ End,” retailer
6. Down Under bird
9. Obscenity
13. Hang around for
14. Bamboozle
15. Worn by some British
soldiers on ceremonial
occasions
16. Gang
17. Skirt’s edge
18. Gung-ho
19. *_______, JosÈ and
Luciano
21. *Athos, Porthos and
______
23. Bit of binary code
24. Again
25. Public health approver
28. To give approval in
writing
30. African tree
35. Hurts
37. Kind of bean
39. *Churchill, Roosevelt
and Stalin meeting
spot
40. Genealogist’s work
41. Sign of cancer?
43. Unit of pressure
named after Torricelli
44. Wife of Abraham
46. Muscle quality
47. ____-fry
48. Type of tax
50. *They officiated
LeBron, Wade and
Bosh’s games
52. “I ___ with my naked
eye”
53. Test choice
55. Denouement
57. *The Good, ___ ___
and the Ugly
60. *Chico, Harpo and
_______
64. Skyward
65. Female forest
ruminant
67. Continental divide
68. Recorded
69. “... ___ he drove out
of sight”
70. Piquant
71. “Joannie Loves
Chachi” actress
72. *___, blue and yellow
73. Earl of _____
DOWN
1. Nordic native
■ See ‘Captain’s Mast,’ Page 7
Tundra
Puzzles
FAMOUS TRIOS
contacted since Dec. 3. The reporting party had also
been unsuccessful in contacting his listed emergency
contact. Case forwarded to SAST.
13:20 - Officer requested a case for fraud after speaking
to an individual who reported credit card fraud.
19:17 - Verbal warning for head light requirement given
near the chamber of commerce.
22:43 - Individual reported a 4-door SUV with a
Redskins logo driving erratically and pulled over at the
AVTEC cafeteria. Officer found the suspect vehicle, and
contacted the driver of the car and passenger at Fourth
and Madison. Officer could not detect alcohol or drug
impairment, denied any erratic driving.
Dec. 13
00:01 - Caller from the Yukon Bar requested an officer to escort an individual out of the bar. Officers
responded and arrested Nicholas Young for disorderly
conduct. Sejanus McCleskey arrested for Assault IV.
Both taken to SCJ.
01:32 - Verbal warning for speed given at Seward
Highway and Port Avenue.
01:56 - Benjamin Kempker stopped for speeding and
arrested for DUI at Seward Highway and South Harbor.
FST performed. PBT .181. He was taken to SCJ.
01:58 - 911 caller reported he was punched in the
face by a man wearing a gray sweatshirt and short hair
by the First National Bank. Officer responded and had
no contact with the suspect. The reporting party called
back on 911 26 minutes later by the Seward Library
reporting he was afraid to go home and requested an
officer. Officer provided transportation home.
10:36 - Individual from Sports and Rec called in a theft
of approximately 25 CDs valued at approximately $200
stolen from the gym on Dec. 6 between 4 and 6 p.m.
No known suspects.
11:00 - Community Relations: Christmas Parade.
11:27 - Individual reported a car hit a juvenile eagle on
Second. Alaska SeaLife Center contacted.
16:00 - 911 caller requested an ambulance to the 900
block of Third for a 66-year-old man who was unable to
keep anything in his system. The patient was on oxygen.
Dec. 14
01:19 - Officer contacted an individual near the Harbormaster’s Office who said she was out looking for her son
who she had not seen since 3 p.m. and believed to be
missing. Update: At 02:30 the subject had been located.
02:15 - Individual made a noise complaint at Bayview
Apartments. Officer contacted building maintenance
and was unable to contact the occupants of the apartment which had recently been rented.
2. Military no-show
3. *Employer of Neil
Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin
and Michael Collins
4. *The Bee Gees’ most
popular genre
5. Beer garden mugs
6. Reverberated sound
7. *___, Curly and Larry
8. Unnerve
9. One who makes
deceitful pretenses
10. *Gaspar, Balthasar
and Melchior
11. Luau strings, pl.
12. Craggy peak
15. Marine trade route
20. Of or relating to deism
22. Johnny ___, nickname
for a Confederate
24. Twisted Sister: “We’re
not gonna take it
_______”
25. *_____, Stinky and
Stretch
26. English physicist who
studied quantum
mechanics
27. Make aware
29. Caused by defects in
uric acid metabolism
31. Cereals or grains
32. Ink stains
33. A vacation or _ ____
34. *Robin, Maurice and
_____ Gibb
36. Scorch
38. Steak condiment
42. Send to a specialist,
e.g.
45. Situation that is ideal
for rapid development
49. ___ Gershwin
51. Alarm button
54. Bovine milk dispenser
56. Italian title, pl.
57. Ski lift
58. Arizona Indian
59. Level
60. Turned to the right, like
a horse
61. British tax
62. Passionate dislike
63. December stone
64. Downed a sub, e.g.
66. Miner’s bounty
Solutions to previous puzzles
The Seward Phoenix LOG • January 8, 2015 • Page 7
‘Captain’s Mast’
From Page 6
15:00 - Individual waved down an officer at Phoenix
and Seward Highway to ask for assistance locating his
juvenile daughter who left the house 15 minutes before.
The reporting party was unaware of daughter’s friends or
her possible location. Update: Father and daughter went
into SPD to speak to the officer at 15:41.
17:22 - Officer noticed a rock slide on Lowell Point Road
and advised that it was still passable but there were
several large rocks in the roadway. Street Department
notified and they advised that if it was still passable,
they would not come out in the dark but if it got worse
to let him know.
18:00 - Officer notified of a suspicious vehicle in the
Dora Way area. Officer responded but did not make
contact with a vehicle acting suspiciously.
19:12 - Troopers arrested Donna Marie Norbert on an
Anchorage AST felony larceny warrant.
21:17 - Lowell Point Road was getting worse. Street
Department notified and they were deciding if they
wanted to close the road.
Dec. 15
00:50 - SAST requested an officer to assist with a
suspicious 911 call they received reporting a possible suicide attempt/drug overdose in Questa Woods.
Trooper was en route. Officer responded but was unable
to contact anyone at the residence and spoke with a
neighbor who had not seen the subjects. Vehicle was
in the driveway and lights were out in the house. The
hospital reported that no one had been admitted for
drug overdose. SAST advised.
02:40 - Warning for parking against the flow of traffic
issued in front of Hotel Seward.
06:12 - 911 caller requested an ambulance for an
83-year-old man with asthma who was having trouble
breathing on Laughlin Way. SVAC/BCVFD responded.
08:20 - Daniel Borja arrested for DWLR at Moose Pass
and taken to SCJ.
08:55 - Individual reported a rock slide just past the
fisheries on Lowell Point Road.
09:05 - 911 caller from SCCC requested an ambulance
for a male having a seizure. SVAC/SVFD dispatched.
09:25 - Individual turned in medications to be
destroyed.
11:40 - Ambulance requested to 11800 block of
Salmon Creek Road for an 84-year-old man who
needed to go to the hospital for evaluation. BVCFD/
SVAC dispatched.
12:10 - Wayne McNearney charged with Concealment
of Merchandise at Three Bears.
13:03 - Scheduled fire drill at Mountain Haven.
17:27 - Rock slide on Lowell Point Road. Public Works
en route.
19:54 - 911 caller reported a person standing near
the intersection of Sixth and Monroe. The caller said
it looked like they were going to try and walk toward
Fifth. Contact made with Shirley Ann Ireland who had
a PBT of .248. She was taken into protective custody
and taken to SCJ. Ireland was later arrested for MICS
IV and promoting contraband.
Dec. 16
07:23 - Icicle Seafoods reported that they would
perform maintenance on their fire alarm system in the
main plant until around noon. The fire alarms for the
bunkhouse would still be active.
09:40 - PSMC requested an ambulance to the airport to
meet and transport a flight crew at approximately 10:30.
12:58 - Individual reported a green Geo with pink tape
on the passenger window speeding down an alley and
driving erratically.
16:45 - Individual turned in a bicycle he found in front
of the Video Store next to Hotel Seward. It had been
outside the store for a long time.
18:25 - Individual reported a big bang and then an
alarm in the area. She called back and reported that
the alarm stopped. Officer did a drive through to check
the area.
18:52 - Troopers arrested Joshua James Harrison on
an Anchorage AST warrant for Failure to Appear on a
Fish and Game charge
19:05 - SAST requested an officer to backup a trooper
at the Farm B&B for possible domestic violence.
Dec. 17
00:34 - Individual reported a taxi driver in town had
been spreading rumors about him. The reporting party
spoke with an officer who advised him it was a civil issue.
06:59 - Citation for brake light requirements issued to
John Cisar near Fifth and Jefferson. Verbal warning given
for failure to stop at a stop sign.
07:58 - Burn permit issued to the Waste Transfer site
for the day.
11:11 - 911 caller reported an intruder hiding in the
closet of a Bay View apartment. Officers arrested Ryan
Burnard for Criminal Trespass I and Theft of Services
and took him to SCJ. Burnard also criminally trespassed
from all Bay View property indefinitely.
11:11 - Officer arrested Ryan Burnard on an SAST warrant for Failure to Comply with conditions of probation.
13:11 - Officer requested a case for agency assist after
aiding troopers in locating a juvenile on a CAC case.
13:53 - Individual requested an welfare check on
subject who failed to arrive in South Carolina on a flight.
The reporting party said that she had been unable to
contact him and had not heard from him for about a
week. At 14:46 the reporting party called back and said
that she found the subject in South Carolina.
14:00 - Individual turned in meds for destruction.
15:28 - Trooper arrested Robert Thein on a $2,500
AST warrant for probation violation at Mile 12 Seward
Highway and took him to SCJ.
17:47 - SAST phoned in a medic request to a single
car rollover at Mile 2 Nash Road. Single male with
possible injuries, he was acting odd. BCVFD and SVAC
dispatched.
20:58 - Citation for not having proof of insurance
issued to Amy Sherrow at Seward Highway and Nash
Road. Verbal warning given for head light requirements.
22:00 - Citation for head light requirement issued to
Hans Alderman at Seward Highway and Resurrection.
23:56 - Troopers requested information regarding a 911
call received from a female, attempting to locate her
and a male. Information given to last known address of
female and officer dispatched to last known address of
male, was no contact with either subject. AST notified.
Dec. 18
00:29 - Staff member from the Ale House reported a
group of males were bothering a couple at the bar. The
staff member requested an officer to escort the couple
home. Officer spoke with the male and female, they
advised they were going to wait at the Ale House and
then walk home.
15:12 - Officer requested a case for destruction of
expired medications.
18:50 - Apollo Restaurant reported that a subject had
not reported to work in several days. Officer informed.
Update: Subject was located by officer.
21:55 - Caller reported a problem with the water on
Benson Drive. The water was green with a strong smell
of chlorine.
22:41 - 911 caller reported to SAST that Kandi Strickland left Thorn’s Showcase Lounge driving intoxicated.
Officer arrested Strickland for DUI at Pacific Park Apartments. She was taken to SCJ.
Abbreviations: SPD, Seward Police Department; SFD,
Seward Fire Department; SVFD, Seward Volunteer Fire
Department; SVAC, Seward Volunteer Ambulance Corps;
SCJ, Seward Community Jail; ACO, Animal Control Officer; BCVFD, Bear Creek Volunteer Fire Department;
MPVFD, Moose Pass Volunteer Fire Department SAST,
Soldotna Alaska State Troopers; AST, Alaska State Troopers; PSMC, Providence Seward Medical Center; SCCC,
Spring Creek Correctional Center; USCG, United States
Coast Guard; SMIC, Seward Marine Industrial Center.
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Obihiro mural installed
Dot Bardarson
One chilly morning, Harmon Construction got a
crew together to put up the mural that was painted
in September. Seward’s sister city, Obihiro, Japan,
sent six Japanese artists and the design. Seward’s
Japanese guests and Seward Mural Society assembled in the Seward City Church for a week to
work its magic.
The colorful mural is now on the south side of
the Rae building, Institute of Marine Science. It is
best viewed while returning on Lowel Point Road
and is well worth the short detour from the base of
Third Avenue to take a look.
The City of Obihiro and the City of Seward
worked together to make this happen.
The mural is representative of the various things
that make Obihiro the special place that it is, featuring Benai Horse racing, agriculture, mountains, the
city bird (Skylark), city flower (Black lily), Japanese
birch and it famous bridge silhouetted by fireworks.
Seward Community
Foundation News
Seward Community Foundation
At the November Seward Community
Foundation advisory board meeting, minigrants were awarded to Seward Middle
School to help purchase equipment for the
Culinary Skills program and The Boys & Girls
Club to continue their highly successful Art
FUNdamentals program.
In December, a $500 mini-grant was
awarded to the Qutekcak Native Tribe for
Native Youth Olympics. This grant is to help
purchase uniforms for local NYO, with 14
athletes ages 6 to 18. Participation in NYO is
open to all youth in the Seward/Moose Pass
community.
The 2015 SCF competitive grant cycle is
open and ends at 5 p.m. March 1. Applications
must be submitted online.
Mini-grants from the SCF are available
throughout the year and can be applied for
using the online application. During this past
year, SCF awarded almost $10,000 in minigrants to 13 different nonprofit organizations
in Seward and Moose Pass.
Applications and information is at sewardcf.org.
Exciting news will be shared at the SCF
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along with a wonderful change with the SCF
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Dale Lindsey Seward Intermodal Facility at 913 Port Avenue
RFP available at www.AlaskaRailroad.com > Real Estate > Public Notices
Contact Andrew Donovan at 907.265.2325 or DonovanA@akrr.com.
Monday - Friday
8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Seward Community Health Center will be
changing its hours to beƩer serve the community.
~ Seward Community Health Center ~ 417 First Avenue ~ Seward, AK 99664 ~
~ 907Ͳ224Ͳ2273 ~ www.sewardhealthcenter.org ~