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Chilkat Valley News
Volume XLIV Number 32
Thursday, August 14, 2014
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VETERANS MOVE IN DOWNTOWN Assembly flip-flops
on tour moratorium
Says it may deter cruise ships
Haines Assisted Living community relations coordinator Tara Bicknell, left, speaks with Sally Lix at
the Soboleff-McRae Veterans Village building this week. Lix and husband Bob Lix are moving into
a two-bedroom unit. Seven of 11 units were occupied this week. Story, page 5. Tom Morphet photo.
Collision may bring felony charge
By Karen Garcia
A Haines man faces a felony
assault charge after the trailer he
was towing broke loose, seriously
injuring a bicyclist near 5.5 Mile
Lutak Road.
State trooper Dru Neason said
he would pursue third-degree
assault and reckless driving
charges against the 54-year-old
man, whose ATV utility trailer
was not designed for road use, was
attached to a wrong-sized ball and
lacked a safety chain.
“He was operating a vehicle
that shouldn’t have been on the
road,” Neason said this week.
The accident occurred at 10:10
a.m. Aug. 6.
The trailer completely separated
from the man’s vehicle while
he was passing Mary Jones,
67, of Hastings, New Zealand
and husband Allan Jones, 73.
According to troopers, the
runaway trailer struck Mary Jones
from behind, resulting in a head
injury that required a medevac
transport to Bartlett Hospital in
Juneau.
The unmatched trailer hitch
and ball and the absence of a
safety chain allowed the trailer
to come loose and hit Jones,
Neason said.
The trooper said he discussed
the charges with the district
attorney, who agreed there was
evidence enough to mount a case.
The driver also was cited for
operating an unsafe vehicle and
failing to register the trailer.
Alcohol was not a factor in the
collision.
The Joneses had rented bicycles
from a business in town and
weren’t on a tour, Neason said.
Third-degree assault is a Class
C felony and carries a maximum
sentence of up to $50,000 in fines
and/or five years in jail. Reckless
driving is a misdemeanor which
can result in up to $1,000 in fines
and/or one year in jail.
“ I w o u l d n ’t e x p e c t ( t h e
maximum sentence) in this
particular case,” Neason said. Voters to decide oil tax Tuesday
By Karen Garcia
In Tuesday’s primary election,
Alaskans will be asked whether
the state should repeal a recentlypassed bill granting tax breaks to
oil companies.
They’ll also decide who will
square off for several top-level
statewide offices in November.
Ballot Measure 1, also known
as Proposition 1, would repeal
Senate Bill 21. The Alaska
Legislature passed the bill in
2013, but residents collected
enough signatures statewide to
get a veto referendum on the 2014
primary ballot.
Residents can cast their ballots
between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. at the
American Bald Eagle Foundation
in Haines or the Klehini Valley
Volunteer Fire Department in
Mosquito Lake.
Supporters of Proposition
1 claim SB 21 amounts to a
“giveaway” to the oil companies,
while opponents argue the tax
breaks are necessary to incentivize
production and make Alaska
competitive with other areas.
Representatives from both
sides spoke during a July 11
Haines Chamber of Commerce
lunch. Democratic Sen. Hollis
French, who is also running for
lieutenant governor, spoke in
favor of Proposition 1 (“Vote
Yes”). Mark Morris, a Juneaubased consulting engineer, spoke
against it (“Vote No”).
French, who helped craft
Alaska’s Clear and Equitable
Share (ACES) tax that SB 21
replaced, said according to an
Alaska Department of Revenue
study, the state would have lost $8
billion in revenue between fiscal
years 2007 and 2013 if SB 21 had
been in place instead of ACES.
French argued if SB 21 is
kept in place, the state will
lose valuable revenue it could
otherwise be using to fund
schools, infrastructure and other
projects.
In response to the claim that
production declined under ACES,
French said oil production has
been declining in Alaska since the
late 1980s, well before ACES was
implemented in 2007.
French referred to the decline in
oil production as “a geophysical
fact of life.” “That’s what oil fields
do,” he said.
French said he would rather
promote “strong investment in
Alaska” instead of “strong profits
for oil companies” by allowing
oil companies to “buy down” tax
rates by investing in the state.
He also pointed out that
ConocoPhillips made more
money per barrel under ACES
than it did anywhere else, with
the company making an average
See OIL TAX page 12
By Karen Garcia
A moratorium on Chilkoot
River corridor tour permits ended
Tuesday after the Haines Borough
Assembly reversed its July 29
decision and issued a canoe
tour permit to Alaska Mountain
Guides.
The assembly voted 4-2 to
reconsider the motion passed
at the July 29 meeting, which
postponed action on the AMG
permit and placed a moratorium
on Chilkoot River corridor
permits until a management plan
addressing carrying capacity is
established for the area.
Assembly members Joanne
Waterman and Debra Schnabel
opposed the reversal of the
moratorium and issuance of the
AMG permit.
S c h n a b e l b a l k e d a t t h e
reversal, upset by the assembly’s
unwillingness to stick to its
guns. “We’ve been having this
conversation for decades and no
one has the backbone to make the
decision to stop expanding,” she
said.
Assembly member
Diana Lapham initiated the
reconsideration, saying the
moratorium “will create an
atmosphere to the cruise ships
that they’re not welcome.”
Lapham said she “did not have
complete information” when she
voted for the moratorium, and that
she felt the borough “may have
overstepped our boundary” by
trying to manage state property.
The July 29 public hearing
on the AMG permit application
drew comments from several
tour operators supporting
the moratorium. Tuesday’s
reconsideration came without
public notice. AMG owner Sean
Gaffney was the only member
of the public to comment on the
reconsideration.
Assembly members defended
the reconsideration as a lastminute decision, though manager
David Sosa sent an email to
assembly members at 8 a.m.
Tuesday recommending the
moratorium “be lifted at the
earliest opportunity.”
“I feel that the assembly had
not been provided with a full
understanding of the situation
when the decision on a moratorium
was made,” Sosa wrote in the
email. “This was in part caused
by my not fully understanding
the sensitivity of the issue, the
tourism director’s newness to
her position, and (Gaffney) not
engaging with assembly members
individually before the assembly
See REVERSE page 9
Festival ready to go
but where are bears?
By Tom Morphet
On the eve of the Chilkat
Valley’s first bear festival,
one group of guests was
conspicuous by its absence
early this week: bears.
“The bears aren’t here,”
said Ann Puffer, an organizer
of the two-day event that
starts at Harriett Hall Friday
evening. “Speedy (a 10-yearold sow ear-tagged #235) is
the only one that’s been active
at the river this year.”
But don’t worry yet, it’s
still early in the bear season,
said Anthony Crupi, regional
bear biologist for the Alaska
Department of Fish and
Game, who has studied brown
bears along the Chilkoot River
since 2000.
“This is about when things
start to pick up. At this point
in the year, we typically have
one or two bears. I know we
have two adult females out
there and at least one cub,”
said Crupi, who will share
information about the local
bears at the festival Friday
night, including six years
of data from radio-collared
Chilkoot bears.
By the third week in
August, there are usually
four or five bears along the
river, Crupi said. Numbers
increase until peaking in midSeptember, when 15 or more
individuals can be counted on
a single night, he said.
Worries about missing
bears aren’t unique to Haines
this year. Yakutat residents
are saying the same thing.
Sightings may be low because
warm spring temperatures
generated abundant vegetative
browse.
Also, last year’s pink salmon
return on the Chilkoot River –
at 8,195, the lowest number
since 1996 – wasn’t good for
cub survival. Chilkoot pink
escapement has averaged
49,000 since 2000, Crupi said.
A s o f p r e s s t i m e
See BEARS page 12
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Letters to the Editor
Do your research before voting on Prop 1
I see lots of yard signs saying, “It is our oil,” and that is correct.
The question is, do we want to sell it or do we want to keep it? It is the
voters’ choice. Oil companies are consumers just as we are. How do
you like being dictated to by our local oil distributor, freight company
or utility?
We have little choice. Unlike us, the oil companies can buy oil where
it’s cheapest. They have a lot invested in infrastructure, but without
more investment in more oil, this, too, will slowly go away.
Ever notice when anything is overpriced, how hard it is to sell? I
believe that our governor saw this and tried to do what is best for the
state and its citizens. Oil is a commodity for sale, so please do your
research and see what the economists have to say, and please don’t
just vote on a slogan, “Stop the big giveaway.”
This might be the most important vote in a long time for Alaskans,
and the question is, do we want to be in the oil business with its jobs
or do we want to get out of the oil and gas business?
Oil companies have a lot of money invested in Alaska, so why
wouldn’t they want to support keeping Alaska’s oil viable?
Please don’t take my or anybody else’s word for it, but do your own
research.
Thank you for reading my take on this upcoming vote.
Leonard Dubber
Jail sentence not severe enough
Recently someone tried to get across the border with an underage
teenager; not state lines, but out of the country. Whether this was
consensual or not, it is not all right for an 18 or 19-year-old to try
and take anyone over the border that is under age. And this, after two
restraining orders were filed by the parents. Apparently the adult in
this matter was only given five days in jail. No kidnapping charges or
continued harassment charges.
As a parent, I am appalled at the fact that the person in question was
only given five days. It scares me to think that someone could take my
child over the border and not be charged with stricter consequences.
Jayme Dozier
Thanks to pie bakers, float makers
As usual, I’m tardy with my thanks, but they are no less heartfelt! I
would like to thank all our Haines Woman’s Club members, their friends
and the mothers of the Young Eagle Scientists for baking the delicious
pies and cheesecakes for the Fourth of July bake sale. A special hug to
my worker bees, who not only baked but worked to serve our customers.
Our husbands were there helping with the hard labor, setting it up and
taking it all down and we love them for it! As for all of you who bought
all those pies, cheesecakes and root beer floats – without you, where
would we be? A special thanks to the Haines Brewing Company for
donating their very special root beer for our floats. Proceeds from this
year’s sale go to the Young Eagle Scientists, who we hope will get to
travel next year! They were great dish washers who kept us in clean
utensils all day!
Susan Johnston, Pie Sale Chair, Haines Woman’s Club vice president
Reunion attendees had great time Thank you to Judy and Lee Heinmiller for a well-run reunion. They
did a fine job. A great time was had by all.
Myrna Kornelis
SB 21 is sweetheart deal for oil companies
I am voting “yes” on Proposition 1 next week to repeal the Alaska
Legislature’s $2 billion Senate Bill 21 (SB 21) giveaway to the oil
industry. As Shakespeare wrote in Hamlet: “The lady doth protest too
much, methinks.” Witnessing the over-the-top, multi-million dollar ad
campaign by the oil industry, methinks they protest too much.
The oil industry was making record profits from our Alaskan oil
before the SB 21 giveaway, but their greed apparently has no limits. We
Alaskans collected $8 billion more in oil taxes in the seven years before
SB 21 than we would have collected under the SB 21 scheme. That’s $8
billion more for education, for roads, for harbors, for infrastructure,
for jobs and for permanent fund dividends.
Norway has a 78 percent tax on oil extraction and their oil industry
is rock solid. Norway and Alaska have extracted about the same amount
of oil over the same period of time, yet Norway’s permanent fund is
worth $780 billion compared to Alaska’s $51 billion permanent fund.
That’s 15 times more money for Norway’s residents.
SB 21 is a sweetheart deal for the oil companies that barely passed
(11-9) because of the deciding votes of two state senators employed by
ConocoPhillips (methinks conflict of interest). It was then signed into
law by Gov. Sean Parnell, himself a former ConocoPhillips lobbyist.
Methinks SB 21 stinks.
Please join me in repealing SB 21 by voting “yes” on Prop 1 on
Aug. 19.
Tim June
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To list an event in Save the Date, phone 7662688 or email [email protected].
Thursday, Aug. 14
Julio Toribio Seibukan Jujutsu workshop
and demonstration, 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Chilkat
Center. Call 314-0904 for more information.
Haines Borough Planning Commission
meeting, 6:30 p.m. in assembly chambers.
Friday, Aug. 15
Celebration of Bears Festival, 11 a.m. at
the library for children’s bear stories. Bear Fare
Buffet, 5 p.m. at Harriett Hall. See schedule page
9.
The Dr. Phil Project, 7 p.m. at the Chilkat
Center. Local musicians perform songs written
by local artist Christy Tengs Fowler and inspired
by Dr. Phil McGraw. Free childcare provided.
Saturday, Aug. 16
Farmers Market, 10 a.m. to noon at the
Southeast Alaska State Fairgrounds. Every
Saturday.
Rally for the Cure Golf Tournament, 10
a.m. at the Valley of the Eagles Golf Links. Call
766-2401.
Presentation and book signing with author
Michele Genest, 1 p.m. at the library. Sponsored
by the Babbling Book.
Celebration of Bears Festival, various
events all day at the ANB Hall and Tlingit Park.
Sunday, Aug. 17
U.S. Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska) meet-
Tuesday, Aug. 19
Statewide Primary Election, polling places
open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 20
Rattletrap Ruckus, 7 p.m. at the Chilkat
Center lobby. Sponsored by the Haines Arts
Council.
SEARHC Mobile Mammogram Van in
Haines. Van will be in town until Aug. 23. Call
766-6300 to make an appointment.
Haines Borough Assembly Committeeof-the-Whole meeting, 6:30 p.m. in assembly
chambers. Discussion of strategic planning.
Thursday, Aug. 21
Public Safety Town Hall meeting, 5:30 to
8 p.m. in assembly chambers. Fire chief Scott
Bradford and police chief Bill Musser will
answer questions from the public.
Saturday, Aug. 23
Totem Trot 5K Fun Run/Walk Fundraiser,
8:30 a.m. at the Sheldon Museum.
Rage Against the Road, 6 p.m. at the Tribal
House. Salmon buffet and concert fundraiser
featuring Gnat King Kong. Sponsored by Lynn
Canal Conservation.
Ducks Unlimited Bar Night, 7 p.m. at the
Fogcutter Bar. Call 303-0148.
Tuesday, Aug. 26
Haines Borough Assembly meeting, 6:30
and-greet, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the red
building across from the Port Chilkoot Dock.
p.m. in assembly chambers.
Sheldon Museum Board meeting, 1 p.m. in
the museum’s Hakkinen Gallery.
the Haines Senior Center. Seniors call 766-2383
to arrange a ride in advance.
Monday, Aug. 18
Wednesday, Aug. 27
Summer Barbecue Blowout, 5 to 7 p.m. at
Duly Noted
By Eileen McIver
Tim Hockin and Melina
Shields were married at their
house across Mud Bay Saturday
under tarps and umbrellas.
Aaron Davidman officiated.
Nicholas Szatkowski played prewedding music. Sarana Miller
led the crowd in a processional
singing of “Hallelujah” on
harmonium. Guests watched
from an outdoor chapel fashioned
with hemlock slab pews. Family
included Tim’s brothers Matt
Hockin of Salt Lake City and
Pete Hockin of Houlten, Wis. and
their families. Parents are Jim and
Nanette Hockin of Minnetonka,
Minn., and Fred Shields of
Haines. Also in attendance were
Melina’s uncles Jack Diem of
Cincinnati, Ohio, Dennis Roussey
of Stonington, Conn. and Pierre
Roussey of Bloomington, Ill.
Friends included Andy Rummel
of Minneapolis, painting mentor
Francis Donovan of Bellingham,
Wash., Mike Bassett of Moab,
Utah, Rishi Schweig of Point
Reyes, Calif., and former residents
Ken Seright, Mario Juarez, and
Amy Whalen. Flower girls were
Reese, Taylor and Nicole Hockin.
Dylan Hockin was ring bearer.
Jenna Rae was photographer.
Lindsay Campbell of Juneau
was hostess and wedding day
manager. Up to 400 people hiked
across Mud Bay for the event,
which included a pig roasted by
Melina’s brother Darren Shields,
Mike Binkie, and Vija Pelekis.
Guests also enjoyed potatoes
from Spencer Douthit’s farm and
salmon provided by Gregg Bigsby
and Dennis Gudmundson. Leigh
Horner made the two-tiered
lemon and raspberry wedding
cake with meringue butter cream
and decorated with fresh flowers.
Greg Horner hand-carved
wedding-cake toppers of the
bride and groom. Teri Podsiki
and Lyn Fabio of Whitehorse
helped Leigh decorate. Sarah
Jaymot supplied sheet cakes.
Kris and Lindy Jones with band
Honky Tonk Habit played into the
night, joined by Austin musician
Christy Hays. Post-wedding
plans include a canoe adventure
in the Yukon Territory and a
honeymoon abroad next spring.
Former resident Nori Nash won
the Romance Writers of
America’s Golden Heart Award
for historical romance in July.
This award is a prestigious one
for unpublished authors in the
romance genre. Nori writes under
the pseudonym Lenora Bell. As
a finalist, she attended a weeklong conference in Texas and
pitched her historical romance
manuscript, “Charlene and the
Duchess Factory,” to top New
York literary agents. She had
several offers of representation,
and chose an agent with ICM
Partners. She’s now hoping for
a book deal. Nori is the daughter
of Dwight and Nancy Nash. She
works for the state department in
Bolivia.
Thom Ely said he won’t
ignore a beeping safety alarm
again. He suffered carbon
monoxide poisoning July 7 due
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to a malfunctioning propane
refrigerator. He woke up with
symptoms that felt like a bad
hangover or flu. A blood test by
Jenn Walsh at the fire hall and
a reading at the house confirmed
he’d been poisoned. Ely said his
carbon monoxide alarm went off
periodically for a couple months,
but he attributed its beeping to a
defective beeper. Ely has since
cleaned the fridge’s burner, and
reports it’s now working well.
Bob and Sally Lix celebrated
their 60th wedding anniversary
with a trip to Anchorage to attend
the Harvard, Princeton, Yale Club
of Alaska annual lobster king
crab dinner. Bob is a graduate of
Harvard Business School. They
then went to Fairbanks, where
they attended a bridge sectional.
They started the tournament by
winning the first event overall,
and continued to place throughout
the tournament. In Haines, they
enjoyed a visit with grandson
been fishing in Juneau, and was
to return to Portland.
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LETTERS from page 2
Chilkat River float trip was lots of fun
Thank you to Alaska Mountain Guides for the river float trip last
Saturday. My brother and I have never done it before and it was lots
of fun! We are excited about the Skagway trip, too. Hope we can do it
again some day!
Amber Nash
Hospice dessert booth netted $4,300
On behalf of our board, volunteers and those we serve, thank
you to the 65 sweet hearts who baked prize-winning desserts
for the Hospice of Haines booth at the Southeast Alaska State
Fair. During one of the busiest weekends of the summer, you
took the time to help us meet our record booth sales of $4,300.
(That’s a lot of dough!) Thank you as well to the 17 wonderful
booth volunteers, and lastly, to our many appreciative patrons.
Beth MacCready and Nancy Schnabel
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AMID THE MISTS -- Low clouds and fog envelop Letnikof Cove Monday. The summer’s wet weather
continued into August, with more than 3.5 inches of rain falling between Friday morning and Monday
night. Between June 1 and Tuesday, 14.79 inches of rain have fallen, according to National Weather
Service readings taken at Haines airport. The record for total rainfall between June 1 and Aug. 31
at the airport is 15.93 inches, set in 1956. Tom Morphet photo.
Wonderings
By Joe Parnell
Governor Parnell is giving me
a bad name. He was a lobbyist
for an oil company and when
that is your job, it is okay to do
things for the oil industry. But
when you are governor of a state,
you are supposed to work for the
people of that state. Parnell and a
Republican-dominated legislature
won gusher-sized tax relief for
the oil companies in the form of
SB 21.
Parnell says we need more
production. So the oil we have
will go away faster at a lower rate
of return for the owners and that
is going to help us? How?
I feel like a Nigerian farmer.
Over there, the international
companies pay off the president
and his cronies, and the people
get a goat every once in a while.
Parnell had help from a
legislature gerrymandered to be
Republican. When we have less
money in state coffers, the same
Republican legislators will tell us
we have to learn to do with less.
Do you think they’re going to be
giving up any perks?
I like yard sales. The best ones
are estate sales, when the owner
either dies or leaves town and the
family comes and just wants to
sell the stuff so they don’t have
to deal with it. The idea is: Just
get rid of it. SB 21 reminds me
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of an estate sale on oil, but the
people of Alaska didn’t die and
aren’t leaving. We’re still here,
and we’re supposed to get some
money for our oil.
Jeepers. Here in Haines, we
want $5 million for the school,
$7 million more on top of the $20
million we had allocated for the
small boat harbor, $4 million for
Lutak Dock and a million or two
for the sewage treatment plant.
Do you think we will pay
for those ourselves? On top of
that, some people at the borough
want an $8 million muniplex
so they can have better offices.
Personally, I hope the muniplex
idea dies of a bear mauling but
regardless, you better hope the
state has some money. It won’t
if SB 21 stays in effect.
Opponents of ballot measure
#1 say if the price of oil goes
down, we still get some money.
That is like saying, when the
Cleveland Browns win the Super
Bowl, people in Cleveland will
feel good.
Have you looked out the
window lately? Most cars are
large trucks. When you go to
leave Haines, you get on a ferry
that gulps oil. When you get to
Juneau, you fly on a plane that
uses oil. You book your tickets on
a computer made from oil. Even if
you ride a bike it is made from oil.
Demand for oil is going
nowhere until people stop having
babies. And as long as people like
sex more than dying there will
be more babies. We are getting
screwed by the oil companies.
They have money and they have
bought the government. We still
have the vote.
This is not Nigeria, yet. Vote
yes.
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Chilkat Valley News August 14, 2014
Assembly ranks grant requests
Nonprofits want $127K, but only $79K set aside
By Karen Garcia
Members of a Haines Borough
Assembly ad hoc committee will
decide on 11 applications from
local nonprofits requesting more
than $127,000 in borough funds.
During budgeting, the assembly
set aside $78,760 to distribute
to nonprofits: $32,500 in the
“community chest” or general
fund, $28,760 in the medical
service area fund and $17,500
in the tourism and economic
development fund.
Applicants were asked to
identify which pot of money they
wanted to compete for and why
their nonprofit qualified for such
funding.
Manager David Sosa, chief
fiscal officer Jila Stuart, mayor
Stephanie Scott, assembly
member Dave Berry and assembly
member Diana Lapham used a
scoring matrix to evaluate and
rank applications.
Each judge awarded up to 65
points per application against
criteria including “amount
of community support,”
“contribution to economic
development,” and whether the
money would be used to leverage
other grants.
Lynn Canal Counseling’s
application topped the list with
a score of 300 out of 325, or 92
percent. The behavioral health
agency is seeking $30,000 from
the medical service area fund.
Southeast Alaska Independent
Living, which ranked fourth,
requested $4,000 and was the
only other organization seeking
medical service area funds.
The borough received the
most requests for funding from
the general fund, including
applications from Takshanuk
Watershed Council ($33,990),
C h i l k a t Va l l e y P r e s c h o o l
($13,357), Southeast Senior
Services ($6,000), Alaska
Avalanche Information Center
($2,500), Haines Friends of
Recycling ($5,000), Haines
Dolphins Swim Team ($5,000)
and Haines Hot Shots ($5,000).
The Haines Hot Shots
application scored lowest,
receiving 66 percent. The group
was recently created to promote
youth clay target shooting.
Two nonprofits applied for
funds from the tourism and
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large cartons of materials were collected. Paint made up about half
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received a score of 84 percent,
and the Chilkat Snowburners
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Chief fiscal officer Stuart
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The borough hasn’t received
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During a meeting of the ad hoc
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the group floated the idea of
recommending the assembly
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some of the saved Title III money,
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Though the committee scored
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Veterans move into Soboleff home; open house Sept.11
By Tom Morphet
Tom Stevens can’t hunt rabbits
out his back door anymore and he
needs a new hobby to fill the time
he once spent bringing in firewood.
But he’s not complaining.
“I was thinking of taking up
carving again,” said Stevens, 63.
The lifelong Klukwan resident
is one of about seven veterans who
have moved into the SoboleffMcRae Veterans Village in recent
weeks. Project staff expect the
downtown building’s 11 units to
be occupied or reserved before an
open house scheduled for Sept.
11.
Stevens said he likes the
convenience of grocery stores
nearby and appreciates living
among fellow veterans. “Just
talking to the guys (makes a
difference). The years and the
issues just fly away,” he said,
describing a veterans’ reunion he
attended.
Stevens said he’s still “full of
shrapnel” from a rocket-propelled
grenade that struck a tank he was
on during fighting for Vietnam’s
contested “Iron Triangle.” He
attends counseling sessions and
must make trips to the Lower
48 for medical treatments. In
February, a Seattle surgeon
removed a pea-sized piece of
shrapnel from his neck that kept
Vietnam veteran Tom Stevens has moved into the new veterans’
building. Here he shows a piece of shrapnel removed from his
neck in February.
him awake at night for years.
Without the veterans’ building,
Stevens said his plan was to live
in Klukwan as long as he could. “I
had a chance to go north to a home,
but I didn’t want to. I grew up in
this valley. I know every crack
in the sidewalk around here.”
Jim Moran, 48, is a disabled
veteran who spent 11 years in the
Army. Moran said his $600-permonth, one-bedroom apartment is
a big step up from a trailer where
he paid rent of $350 a month plus
utilities. He’ll no longer worry
about his electric bill and chores
that were tough on his injured
back.
“All (I) have to do is lock the
door… It’s a huge step up for
me. There’s no way you can beat
this building and its facilities for
anywhere near that kind of rent,”
Moran said.
Moran, who has a local job
coordinating veterans’ programs,
said the building is a model for
veterans’ housing in Alaska.
“I think we’re going to run out
of space. People have seen the
facility and learned more about it.
I think more people are interested
in it.”
Octogenarian Bob Lix, a
retired Air Force colonel, and
wife Sally said moving into their
two-bedroom apartment will
allow them to stay in Haines. They
bought a house here six years ago
and can no longer keep up with
shoveling snow and mowing the
lawn. The building’s covered
parking and extra storage areas
also were pluses, Sally Lix said.
“We’re both in our 80s, so we’re
looking to simplify our lives.” She
also pointed to features like selfclosing drawers, a programmable
thermostat and sliding doors that
allow a second bedroom to be
used as part of the apartment’s
living area. “Everything is done
first rate. Nothing is flimsy.”
Lani Hotch of Klukwan, whose
brother Ralph Strong is living
at the new building, said she’s
impressed.
“We have a small veteran’s
memorial in Klukwan, but this is
a great way to honor the service
of veterans,” Hotch said.
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ALASKA FISH FACTOR
Fish Factor/Laine Welch
August 8, 2014
Breached mine tailings dams be
damned! As millions of Fraser River
sockeye salmon head for spawning beds
polluted by a brew of metal toxins oozing
from the Mount Polley gold/copper
mine disaster in British Columbia,
Republican candidates vying for U.S.
Senate want environmental regulators to
butt out of Alaska’s mining development
decisions.
The three men hoping to unseat U.S.
Sen. Mark Begich faced off last week for
a Rural Alaska Republican Candidates
forum hosted by KYUK/Bethel.
Candidates Joe Miller, Mead Treadwell
and Dan Sullivan all slammed the
Environmental Protection Agency for its
plans to impose strict water requirements
aimed at blocking the proposed Pebble
Mine. Each candidate also agreed with
legislation recently introduced in the
U.S. Senate that says the EPA cannot use
its authority under the Clean Water Act
“pre-emptively or retroactively.”
“To have the EPA come in and take
power away from the permitting process
is not necessarily going to solve the
Pebble problem, and it’s going to hurt
mines all over the state,” said Treadwell.
“When I say solve the Pebble problem,
this is something that we just can’t say
we’re not going to do the science, we can’t
say we’re not going to look at a permit.
This is a big piece of our state’s statehood
bounty and we have to be able to make
sure that we’ve got that capability.
Sullivan, a former state attorney general
and DNR commissioner, said “the preemptive veto is another example of
this Administration acting in a lawless
manner,” and he questioned if the EPA
even has the legal authority to act.
“When a company comes in and
is asked by the state to explore the
resources, which is what happened in
the Pebble case, they should be allowed
to go through the permitting process,”
Sullivan said. “It’s state land, a project
they haven’t seen the details of yet, and
they are saying they have pre-emptive
authority under the Clean Water Act – I
don’t think they do.”
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Miller said the EPA “has been used as
a hammer against the state.” “We have
to push back against the EPA at every
point we have. It’s a state issue and the
state should be in charge of it, and the
state should do it in a way that the people
direct.”
And that is exactly what has been done,
sirs.
The candidates disregard the fact that the
EPA came to Alaska to assess the impacts
of large scale mining to the Bristol Bay
region after two years of relentless urging
by more than a dozen First Alaskan
groups, plus thousands of commercial and
sport fishermen and other residents.
Super salmon PR - Cordovans have long
used a tactic to make sure their region’s
famous salmon remains in the spotlight
- they invite food pros from all over the
country and show them the ropes. Eight
visitors were in town two weeks ago for
the annual sockeye tour, including a
cookbook writer, radio journalist, food
bloggers and photographers.
“We showed them the Copper River
watershed and how that is a big part of
our fishery, we went out to the glacier
and they got to see the sonar counting
station from ADF&G and the practices
being done here for sustainability. We
took them through a processing plant
and out fishing on the Copper River delta,
they met the state biologists and they got
be a part of the community,” said Nelly
Hand, executive director of the Copper
River/Prince William Sound Marketing
Association.
A highlight, of course, was eating fish in
a sort of movable feast.
“We did a moveable potluck with local
fishermen’s wives’ homes in Cordova and
had salmon cooked every single way –
chowder and smoked and caviar,” Hand
said.
It’s the 7th year that Cordova’s salmon
fishermen have invited Outside visitors
to town and they bring a whole lot more
along with them.
“Our guests were on Twitter and Facebook
and Instagram and sharing pictures and
updates live of what they were learning
during the week,” Hand said, “so people
across the country could also have the
experiences of what we were doing every
single day.”
Another group of visitors arrives
in late August for a coho tour. Hand
credits the local fishermen’s marketing
association for the program’s success.
The state created an opportunity in 2004
for fishermen to tax themselves on their
catches (any species) and form their own
marketing groups.
Who, What, Where - Alaska’s jig
fleet, which fishes primarily for cod,
now numbers 244 boats – a nearly 220
percent increase through 2012. The jig
influx is mainly from Southeast-based
boats in what’s been a Kodiak dominated
fishery.
The Bering Sea crab fleet totals just 83
boats – the bulk of those call the state of
Washington home.
Those are just a few of the fishing facts
in an updated fleet profile through
2012. The user friendly booklet is from
the North Pacific Fishery Management
Council, overseers of federal water
fisheries which produce nearly 85 percent
of Alaska’s fish harvests. (Hundreds of
other Alaska vessels fish for salmon,
herring and crab in state waters, out to
three miles, which are not included.)
The fleet profile shows that 1,462 fishing
vessels plied the Bering Sea and Gulf of
Alaska. It includes the names of every
boat by gear type, average lengths, year
built, what they fish for and the hailing
ports.
Two hundred fifty one of the boats are
trawlers and 130 vessels make up the
groundfish pot fleet. The halibut IFQ
fleet of 991 boats was down by about 100
from previous years; 382 boats fished for
IFQ sablefish.
Most of Alaska’s fishing fleet was built
in the 1970s and 80s and while most
people imagine vessels in the distant
federal fisheries are huge, 80 percent are
less than 60 feet.
As to where the fleets call home –
most of the crabbers and large catcherprocessors report Seattle as homeport;
most of the fishing boats delivering
shoreside hail from Alaska.
four, one-bedroom units (610
square feet). Rents start at $750
to $1,050 per month.
Tara Bicknell, community
relations coordinator for developer
Haines Assisted Living, said
considerations at the new building
included choosing carpeting hard
enough for wheelchairs to run
atop and for feet to shuffle over,
but soft enough to cushion falls.
The project subsidizes rents
by about 25 percent. In addition,
four units are set aside for rent
reductions for tenants who qualify
for federal, low-income housing.
Bicknell said there are 28
individuals on a waiting list for
the apartments. Veterans go to the
top of the waiting list, she said.
A secondary preference is given
to spouses of deceased veterans
and active-duty members of the
military.
About $6.4 million has been
spent on the building to date.
The building’s ground floor is
expected to be completed in about
a year, Bicknell said.
HAL still needs to raise about
$700,000 to pay for interior walls,
sheetrock, plumbing fixtures and
electrical extensions. Bicknell
said HAL has memoranda of
understanding with seven local
offices looking to move into the
planned Haines Wellness Center,
including health care providers.
“They’ve been helping to
design this so far,” Bicknell said.
She provided paperwork from
project manager Dan Austin that,
based on operating costs, HAL
buildings are 40 percent more
energy-efficient than buildings of
conventional construction.
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Chilkat Valley News August 14, 2014
Public seeks rental of park cabin
SENATOR SEALS KEG -- U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska,
drives a bung into a beer keg at the Haines Brewing Co. during a
day-long visit Aug. 7. Brewer Paul Wheeler is at left. Murkowski
toured borough facilities and Fort Seward, visited Soboleff-McRae
Veterans Village, met with residents at a Chilkat Center reception
and saw the site of the Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center in Klukwan.
Her brewery visit was in conjunction with her role as co-chair of the
Senate’s Brewers’ Caucus. Federal spending is tight but there are
sources of funding for local projects and programs, she said. “So
much of it is just knowing where to go and look for it, and that’s
where (we) can be of assistance to the community. But we need to
know what it is we’re keeping an eye out for.” She said the town
deserved credit for going ahead with projects like an expanded
harbor and veterans building without the certainty of funding.
By Karen Garcia
The Chilkat State Park cabin
that houses the park’s host in
the summer could soon become
available for public use during
the off-season.
The Parks and Recreation
Advisory Committee voted
unanimously in June to ask the
Alaska Division of Parks and
Outdoor Recreation if the cabin
could be rented nightly by Haines
residents and visitors.
The assembly on Tuesday
approved the resolution
authorizing manager David Sosa
to work with the committee in
drafting a letter to the state parks
department.
Committee member Daymond
Hoffman said it makes sense to
open the cabin to the public during
the eight months of the year it
has usually been left unoccupied.
“Once the summer’s over, then the
cabin just sits empty,” Hoffman
said.
The log cabin, located along the
park road, contains a wood stove,
picnic table and several bunks.
Committee member Rich
Chapell said though Haines
doesn’t have any public use
cabins right now, the Chilkat State
Park cabin is a good place to start
because it is already built.
“We just want to increase
recreational opportunities for
people in Haines, and getting
some public use cabins established
in the Haines area would be a
great way to help people enjoy the
outdoors and it would also attract
visitors,” Chapell said.
Alaska State Parks has 66
cabins and eight ice huts for
rent throughout the state. Users
rent the cabins using an online
reservation system and pay $35$95 per night, depending on the
area and size of the structure.
Though no formal movement
has been made in the direction of
creating a network of public use
cabins in Haines, Chapell said
he thinks that is the direction the
advisory committee is headed.
“I think everyone on the
committee thinks having more
public use cabins in the area is a
good idea, but as to where they
would be sited, that’s a huge topic
that we would likely seek some
public input on before we made
any motions in that direction,”
he said.
State parks natural resource
technician Jon Gellings said he
has also been getting feedback
from residents who want the
state to create a cabin network
in Haines. “There has been a lot
of people within town that have
been wanting to see a cabin or
hut system start to be developed
because they want to be able to
go out in the backcountry and
not necessarily carry a tent and
whatnot,” Gellings said.
Though the committee said
cabin users would be required
to provide their own firewood,
Gellings said that would be up to
state parks. “Either way you look
at it, we need to be able to have
the possibility of getting firewood
or fuel out there, and whether or
not state parks would do that or
the general public would when
they rent it needs to be decided,”
he said.
“There are a lot of ‘ifs,’ ‘ands’
or ‘buts,’” Gellings added.
The new park ranger, who
Gellings said should be in Haines
by mid-September, will be the one
to decide the issue. “That’s kind
of going to be one of their first
projects,” he said.
The assembly resolution
received little discussion Tuesday,
though resident Marlena Saupe
spoke against its transition to
public use. “I don’t think it’s a
good fit for a nightly rental,”
Saupe said.
Saupe suggested state parks
build a new cabin for public use
instead. Class on canneries
Haines-based archaeologist
Anastasia Wiley will lead a class
documenting remains of seven
or more local canneries Aug. 19Sept. 11.
The class will meet Tuesday,
We d n e s d a y a n d T h u r s d a y
mornings, coordinating with low
tides.
Aly Zeiger, who is helping
organize the class, said part of the
goal of the effort is to create an
informational pamphlet on historic
canneries here, to be distributed
to visitors and interested residents.
A $100 fee for the class includes
a textbook and transportation fee.
For more information, call Wiley
at 766-3513 or Zeiger at 314-0436,
or email Zeiger at mudbaygal@
gmail.com.
Cannery sites are identifiable
sometimes by rows of piling ends
extending from shoreline.
The Southeast Alaska State Fairʼs Board of Directors and Staff are tremendously grateful for the donations of time, energy and money that
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August 14, 2014
Chilkat Valley News
Page 7
Old crate a link to early firefighting
By Tom Morphet
A bit of Fort Seward history
surfaced recently when a
50-pound, unopened crate of soda
ash addressed to the quartermaster
at Chilkoot Barracks was
discovered near the fairgrounds
parking lot.
Lohnn Richey, who has plots
in the fairgrounds’ community
garden, came across the wooden
crate with stenciled lettering on a
nearby Haines Borough slash pile.
It apparently came from the
upstairs of the newly remodeled
Port Chilkoot fire hall. Fire hall
co-owner Phyllis Sage said
the crate was among old items
that were stored by the Haines
Volunteer Fire Department, the
building’s previous occupant.
Sage said she was interested
in keeping the stenciled crate, but
its weight made it more than she
could deal with at the time, so she
had the borough haul it off with
other fire department odds and
ends, such as old boots.
Alfred Chiswell, director of
the Coast Artillery Museum at
Fort Worden, a historic fort in Port
Townsend, Wash. similar to Fort
Seward that operated during the
same era, said the soda ash was
likely for use in the American
LaFrance soda pumper fire engine
originally stationed in Fort Seward.
The soda pumper created a
chemical mixture of acid and
soda ash to douse fires, similar
to the workings of invertible fire
extinguishers that were used in
the United States into the 1960s.
“With a soda pumper fire truck,
you could use that volume of
soda ash up. Also, you may have
received it in that quantity on
account of your distance (from
the Lower 48),” Chiswell said.
Lee Heinmiller, president
of the Port Chilkoot Co., Fort
Seward’s majority landholder,
said the crate was likely shipped
here between 1923 and 1945,
when Fort Seward was known as
Chilkoot Barracks.
Soda ash – the common name
for sodium carbonate – has a
myriad of uses, including as a
water softener used in laundering
to remove stains, and for making
soap. Fort Worden’s Chiswell
said the crate of soda ash would
have been much more than needed
for laundry or to recharge fire
extinguishers, which it also may
have been used for.
Community gardener Richey
said he might use the soda ash to
correct the pH in garden soil.
DULY from page 2
Karen Garcia enjoyed a
weeklong visit with dad Luis
Garcia and sister Tara Garcia of
Glenview, Ill. Mom Judy Garcia
and brother Bryant Garcia couldn’t
make the trip because of work, but
hope to visit soon. During their
stay, the Garcias went to Skagway,
visited Kroschel’s Wildlife Center,
and enjoyed the Southeast Alaska
State Fair. Tara and Karen competed
in the Fisherman’s Rodeo and
Tara won a pair of Xtratuf boots.
Other highlights included going
B a l lot
to karaoke and bingo, visiting
the animals at the Haines Animal
Rescue Kennel, and picking
blueberries on Sunshine Mountain.
Alicia Case and children
James and Jilliyn are visiting
parents Larry and Chris Sweet
of Klukwan and friends. They’re
staying with Alicia’s father-inlaw Mike Case. Alicia’s husband
Dan Case, an electrical foreman
in Tacoma, Wash., couldn’t make
the trip. James celebrated his 11th
birthday with a party at the pool.
M e a s u r e
some say this issue is about big oil.
It’s about our jobs.
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Fabrizio prospected, helped build Buddhist monastery
The Tibetan Buddhist monks of
Seattle’s Sakya Monastery held
prayer vigils for Jerry Fabrizio
this week. The reclusive gold
miner who practiced Tibetan
Buddhism for over 40 years and
helped build and maintain the
monastery during the mining offseason died at his Nugget Hill
mining camp Aug. 4. Autopsy
results are pending. Fabrizio
was 72.
Fabrizio came to Alaska from
Seattle with a friend in the
mid-1970s, camping on Mount
McKinley for a summer and
bonding with remote Alaskan
life. He discovered the Chilkat
Valley and took a family path
to mining. Fabrizio’s stepfather,
uncles, and brothers were miners
and geologists. He spent four
decades prospecting seasonally
and returning to Seattle each
winter.
Fabrizio worked at several
mines in the Porcupine River
area in the 1970s, and in 1980
staked claims on 640 mountain
acres and about another 100 acres
further downstream. He formed
the Snow Lion Mining II LTD
partnership of which he was the
Jerry Fabrizio
general partner, or chief officer,
until recently.
Phil Lockerman, who was a
partner with his brother, said
Fabrizio was more a prospector
than a miner. “He enjoyed
looking for the gold, and doing
the scientific stuff on it. I believe
without a doubt that Jerry knew
more about the geological history
of the Porcupine River drainage
and the mining history of that
place than any other person.”
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Cunningham said Fabrizio became
impassioned when it came to
finding gold and talking about it.
“It was like a dam bursting,” she
said. He told her and other friends
and family that his goal was to
use the mine profits to help feed
hungry children around the world.
She said Fabrizio was a convert to
Buddhism who took it so seriously
he went to India to see the Bodhi
Tree, where Buddha is said to
have gained enlightenment.
Resident Jan Hill’s late husband
Jim worked with Fabrizio at the
Nugget Hill mine site, and she
sometimes joined them as camp
cook.
“Jerry had a dream, it was
always ‘when’ he struck gold,
not ‘if.’ He believed the gold
was there and new technology
would get to it, and that he was
the person who would make it
happen,” she said.
Fabrizio’s mine is nearly
inaccessible. “He had a
comfortable, but very basic camp.
There are few people who could
live like Jerry did,” Hill said. He
often worked alone, especially
the last 10 years. “He was a
Buddhist. He didn’t kill things.
Even mosquitoes. He fed the
squirrels. Jerry was a gentle soul.”
Lockerman said Fabrizio prayed
for an hour morning and evening,
strung Tibetan prayer flags, built
small shrines, and kept incense
burning. He worked mostly with
only a pick and shovel. “It was
arduous and repetitive work so
he’d be saying mantras all day
long,” Lockerman said.
In 1995 Fabrizio traveled with a
group from the Sakya monastery
to Nepal where he met the Dalai
Lama. “Jerry got his personal
blessing,” Lockerman said.
Lockerman said he believes his
brother also found the lode source
of the Porcupine gold.
Jerry Fabrizio was born in
April 1942 to Elmer Fabrizio and
Elizabeth Jane Garrett Fabrizio
in Denver, and was raised largely
by his mother’s second husband,
Bernard Lockerman.
His mother was ill much of
his childhood and his father
worked in Greenland, so the
children were sent to the Garrett
family farm in Colorado’s San
Luis Valley. He attended high
school in Phoenix and at 18
reunited with his father, a crane
operator in Seattle, attended some
college, then joined the Air Force,
where he discovered a talent
for foreign languages, and was
trained in Russian and German.
He was stationed in Germany,
intercepting East German and
Soviet communications during the
Cold War, his brother said.
After his service, Fabrizio
returned to Seattle, worked
for the postal service, earned a
master’s degree in English from
the University of Washington
and apprenticed and became a
marine carpenter and boat builder.
Fabrizio married and divorced,
and met Eugenia Cooper, also a
Buddhist. They had a daughter,
Olivia Fabrizio.
Phil Lockerman said his
brother ’s will requests all
Fabrizio’s interest in the mine
and future revenues be used to
create a foundation to feed hungry
children.
“I would very much like to
make that happen. To travel the
world and establish some places
where kids can get food and
shelter,” Lockerman said.
Fabrizio leaves brothers Philip
Lockerman of Haines and Robert
Charles Lockerman of Washington
D.C., daughter Olivia Fabrizio of
Seattle and two stepsisters.
“More than anything he loved
the peace and tranquility. The
mine is a very beautiful place,
and you could be in any century
up there. He died doing what he
wanted to do, up on the mountain
he dearly loved. Most of us
don’t get to have that choice,”
Lockerman said.
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meeting.”
In an interview Wednesday,
Sosa said he came to his
conclusion after several emails
and conversations with tourism
director Leslie Ross and mayor
Stephanie Scott. Conversations
with Gaffney, tour operators (who
publicly opposed the moratorium)
and state parks area superintendent
Mike Eberhardt also influenced
his recommendation, Sosa said.
“One potential impact of a
moratorium is a delay in the
cruise lines agreeing to increase
ship visits,” Sosa said. “(Ross)
will be heading to Miami in
October to have discussion with
the industry. These discussions
have the potential to be impacted
by a moratorium.”
In an interview Wednesday,
Sosa said the word “moratorium”
is problematic because it could
be “misread” by cruise ship
companies and other industries
seeking to do business here. “(The moratorium) could create
a situation where it could be more
difficult for our representatives to
engage with them,” he said.
In an interview Wednesday,
Ross said she supported assembly
approval of a permit to AMG.
Ross submitted an initial letter
to the assembly supporting the
permit, but subsequently sent a
letter still supporting the permit
but identifying concerns that had
been brought to her attention.
“As tourism director I don’t
want a moratorium on an area
where we have tours operating,”
Ross said. “What I would rather
do as tourism director is work as
much as possible with state parks
and with the invested entities,
Music
including the tour operators, to
make it work,” she said.
Ross wouldn’t directly answer
a question about whether she
thought a moratorium would
deter cruise ships from coming
to Haines, as assembly member
Lapham asserted. “If I was dealing
with a moratorium – which I’m
not – I would present it to the
cruise ships... We’d have to deal
with explaining the moratorium,”
Ross responded.
AMG’s permit application
seeks tours four times per day
with a maximum of 24 people
per trip, using a combination of
paddle-powered canoes and ones
with small, outboard motors.
When the assembly voted 4-1
to put the moratorium in place,
members cited the congestion
on the road and at the lake’s
parking lot as reasons for not
allowing more tours in the area.
Assembly member Jerry Lapp
voted against the moratorium.
Member George Campbell was
absent.
On Monday, the Chilkoot Bear
Foundation submitted a letter
to the borough commending
the assembly for its decision
to implement the moratorium.
Twenty-eight people signed the
letter.
Both Schnabel and Waterman
said they have been approached
by residents and tour operators
congratulating them on the
moratorium decision.
Tour operator Thom Ely, who
publicly opposed the moratorium,
called the flip-flop “ridiculous.”
“Unfortunately, it looks like
they bent under political pressure
to approve the permit,” Ely said.
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At Tuesday’s meeting, Gaffney
repeatedly pointed to the state’s
Chilkoot River Corridor Final
Site Plan, released in May.
Development of the plan has
been underway for several years
and went through several public
comment sessions, Gaffney
said, and is already funded at $1
million.
“The concerns the assembly
has raised have been addressed,”
Gaffney said of the plan.
However, Lucille Baranko,
state parks’ landscape specialist
who is in charge of the plan,
said construction won’t address
congestion at the parking lot, nor
will it expand the road.
“We have a lot of constraints
within the corridor, and that
basically leaves us to our existing
footprint,” Baranko said. “The
road is not going to be wider.”
Phase one of the project is
currently in the design phase
and will be put out to bid this
fall with construction slated for
next spring, Baranko said. The
work will involve upgrading
the existing road, installing
bear-viewing platforms,
striping the pavement and
installing signage.
About $700,000 is left for
construction from the $1 million
appropriated by the Alaska
Legislature in fiscal year 2012,
Baranko said.
Assembly member Waterman
repeatedly expressed her
opinion during the meeting that
by allowing more tours in the
Chilkoot corridor, the borough
would create a situation it
wouldn’t be proud of.
Waterman denied Lapham’s
claim that the moratorium was
somehow anti-business, and
said the moratorium would help
preserve the area for residents and
visitors until a plan addressing
carrying capacity could be
completed. “I think what we’re
trying to do is create a better
product,” Waterman said.
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around a Fort Seward parade ground sign that honors the veterans
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Watershed council
won’t review mine
The Takshanuk Watershed
C o u n c i l a p p a r e n t l y w o n ’t
facilitate stakeholder meetings
and community forums on the
potential development of a mine
near 40 Mile.
The council, Haines Borough
and Chilkoot Indian Association
decided to remove Takshanuk
from consideration following a
negative public response to its
involvement.
CIA tribal administrator Dave
Berry said perceptions of bias
could have spoiled the project
from the outset. “What we were
concerned about – and Takshanuk
was concerned also – was that
there were some misgivings or
concerns in the community on
Takshanuk doing it and they didn’t
want to create any controversy
before the process started.”
Two months ago, mayor
Stephanie Scott and assembly
member Debra Schnabel solicited a
draft proposal from Takshanuk for
the project, which aims to explore
the economic, environmental,
social and transportation-related
impacts of development of the
Palmer Project 40 miles northwest
of Haines.
According to the $20,000
proposal, Takshanuk would have
developed a list of speakers,
coordinated stakeholder meetings
and organized community forums.
During a June meeting,
assembly members weighed
in on the proposal. Assembly
member Diana Lapham said she
received calls from constituents
concerned about Takshanuk’s
potential involvement. “They do
not trust Takshanuk Watershed
Council,” Lapham said.
Scott said if the group of
sponsors decides to hire an
external facilitator, it will put out a
request for proposals. Takshanuk
could still respond to the RFP and
be selected, she said.
“The decision to hire a specific
facilitator at this state of the game
is premature,” Scott said.
“We just looked at the sense
of the community that we had
gathered so far and decided that
we wanted to be as transparent
and collaborative and open as
possible,” she added.
Berry said CIA wants to
participate in the project, and
hopes the Chilkat Indian Village
will follow suit. “I think it would be
wise to have all three governments
in the valley participate in this
program,” Berry said.
Scott said she is trying to
determine whether Chilkat Indian
Village will participate and in
what capacity. “Once we figure
that out, we’ll be able to make a
plan,” she said.
The Northern Fund Committee
of the Pacific Salmon
Commission seeks proposals for
salmon related projects in
S.E. Alaska, Northern & Central
B.C., and the Yukon that involve:
1. Data collection and stock assessment for salmon harvests, escapement, forecasting of returns,
and determining stock composition.
2. Rehabilitation, improvement or restoration of
salmon habitat
3. Salmon enhancement through low technology
techniques.
For the 2015 project season, funding will be available for new projects in the Northern Boundary and
Trans-boundary areas that are consistent with Fund
goals. Deadline for “Project Concept” forms to be
submitted to the PSC is September 1, 2014. More
information and “Project Concept” forms available
online at www.psc.org or call Angus Mackay in
Vancouver, BC at 604 684-8081.
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Police report
Monday, Aug. 11
A caller reported someone
stealing gas and gas tanks from
his boats stored off Sawmill
Road. Police initiated a case. A caller reported he was having
an issue contacting his children.
The man was referred to the
court for a civil matter.
A person requested police
conduct a welfare check on a
juvenile the person believed to
be homeless because of family
circumstances. Police said they
would watch for the youth.
Sunday, Aug. 10
A person called 911 to
confirm his reservation with
Alaska Seaplanes. Dispatch told
him not to call 911 to check on
his flight.
A caller asked for help
r e t r i ev i n g a u t i l i t y t r a i l e r
purchased at a Department of
Transportation auction. Dispatch
contacted DOT.
A man came to the station
seeking help getting property
from another person’s home.
The man was told it was a civil
matter.
A person called to report a
woman possibly driving under
the influence. Police did not find
her driving.
Saturday, Aug. 9
Tw o c a l l e r s r e p o r t e d
two people arguing loudly
at Oceanview Drive. Police
responded and separated the
people, who agreed to keep
apart.
Police warned a person to
stop harassing a complainant.
Police served an emergency
protective order on a Haines
woman.
A caller reported vehicles
blocking traffic on Mud Bay
Road. Police said it was likely
due to a wedding in the area.
A caller reported smoke coming
from Four th Avenue. Police
responded and found a permitted
burn.
A Small Tracts Road resident
reported an intruder. An officer
responded and checked the
home but didn’t find any signs
of a break-in.
Friday, Aug. 8
A 911 caller reported he lost
his wallet with a large amount of
cash. He was told not to call 911
to report lost property.
Two 911 hang-up calls were
traced to a Front Street bar.
The bartender reported a fight
had just dispersed and police
weren’t needed. Dispatch told
the bartender it is important to
not hang up on 911 calls.
A caller repor ted a dog
barking on Union Street was
keeping her awake. Police left a
message with the dog owner.
Trot to highlight totems
Runners raising pledges during
the first Totem Trot will help the
Sheldon Museum offer education
programs during the coming year,
director Helen Alten said this
week.
“We need more runners and
people getting sponsors. If we
raise enough money, we can hire
more staff,” Alten said. The event
starts 8:30 a.m. Aug. 23 at the
museum.
Recent budget cuts have made
the museum choose between
hiring staff to manage collections
or to coordinate its education
program. As the collections
position hasn’t been filled for
three years, the museum board
recently chose to shift funding to
that position.
Alten’s hoping the trot – a fun,
informative run between 12 totem
sites around town culminating
with the unveiling of a new totem
at the museum – will raise at least
$5,000. “We only have so much
money. This would allow us to do
more with education,” she said.
The museum’s education
program includes free admission
for residents, evening lectures,
school vacation camps, a Tlingit
language class, the Six-Week
Spotlight Series and an interactive
children’s area. About $5,000
would be enough to fund a
educational backpack program
that engages students about
exhibits and the Tlingit language
class, Alten said. “It’s a start.
We’re going to raise money yearround.”
“We also hope to bring in
some interesting exhibits over the
winter, work more intimately with
the schools and open at least one
evening during the winter, with
activities for our snow-bound
community,” Alten said.
Runners or walkers making
the 5K loop are encouraged to
get sponsors. They will receive a
scarf with the museum logo and a
small booklet about totem poles.
Participants raising more than
$100 each will be refunded their
$15 registration fee.
Runners and walkers also will
be awarded prizes. Participant
packets can be picked up at
the museum or online at www.
totemtrot.com. A volunteer will be
posted at each pole site to serve as
an interpreter.
A caller reported a vehicle
parked in a handicap parking
space on Main Street. The
vehicle was gone when police
responded.
A person reported a vehicle
driving over the yellow line
near 7 Mile Haines Highway
and forcing her out of her lane.
Troopers contacted the offending
driver and told him to stay in his
lane.
A caller reported gun shots or
fireworks near Small Tracts and
FAA roads. Police patrolled the
area but were unable to locate
the source of the noise.
Police received a repor t of
harassment at a business near
the intersection of Front Street
and Main Street.
A caller repor ted a child
driving a dirt bike in the Cathedral
View subdivision. Police were
unable to locate the driver.
Multiple callers in the Mud Bay
Road area reported fireworks.
Police said the fireworks were
coming from a party on Pyramid
Island and had stopped.
Thursday, Aug. 7
A caller reported an ongoing
issue with barking dogs at a
residence near Young Road
and Oslund Drive. The caller
was upset the issue hadn’t
been addressed. He was told
nobody else had made a noise
complaint and to call back if the
issue occurred again.
A caller near 1 Mile Haines
Highway reported two men had
tried to start a fight at his house.
The men had left the area, but
the caller wanted the incident
documented.
A man reported animals had
scattered trash from the back of
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a vehicle parked at a downtown
grocery store. Police contacted
store employees, who said the
vehicle’s owner was out of town
and they would pick up the
garbage.
A caller reported hearing
multiple gun shots near Beach
Road. The caller was told a legal
private shooting range is located
on Beach Road.
An anonymous caller reported
a toddler left in a vehicle for two
hours outside a downtown bar.
Police identified the owner of
the vehicle, completed a report
and contacted the Office of
Children’s Services.
Po l i c e c i t e d a m a n fo r
indecent exposure after seeing
him urinate in the Haines School
parking lot near the pool.
A caller reported hearing gun
shots in the Fort Seward area.
Police responded and found a
man was cracking a whip. The
man said he would stop.
Wednesday, Aug. 6
A caller reported a vehicle
accident with injuries near 5
Mile Lutak Road. Troopers and
medical personnel responded.
Police helped a probation officer
arrest a man for consuming
alcohol in violation of his
probation.
Police helped a probation
officer arrest a woman for
consuming alcohol in violation
of her probation.
A caller reported several
boats were “rafting up” at the
Small Boat Harbor and making
it difficult for other vessels to get
around them. The harbormaster
was advised.
Police helped a probation
o f f i c e r a r r e s t a m a n fo r
possession of firear ms in
violation of his probation.
Tuesday, Aug. 5
A caller reported a woman
acting strangely while walking
toward the Small Boat Harbor on
Main Street. Police responded
but were unable to locate the
woman.
A caller asked for help
changing a shared post office
box. Dispatch referred her to the
post office.
Multiple callers on Beach
Road reported regular gun shots
heard daily in the area. Police
investigated and found a legallyowned personal shooting range.
A caller reported a gushing fire
hydrant near the intersection of
Young and Lutak roads. Public
works crews were advised.
D i s p a t c h r e c e i ve d n i n e
medical calls and six canine
calls.
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For
update info,
call the
Terminal
766-2111
Recording
766-2113
NORTHBOUND
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Thursday
Friday
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SOUTHBOUND
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Thursday
Friday
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
21
22
Arrival
from JNU
11:30 am
11:30 am
11:30 am
10:00 am
11:30 am
11:30 am
12:45 am
12:30 pm
11:30 am
Arrival
from SGY
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
4:30 pm
4:00 pm
4:00 pm
7:45 am
5:00 pm
4:00 pm
Departure
to SGY
12:30 pm
12:30 pm
12:30 pm
12:00 pm
12:30 am
12:30 pm
2:45 am
1:30 pm
12:30 pm
Departure
to JNU
5:00 pm
5:00 pm
5:00 pm
6:30 pm
5:00 pm
5:00 pm
9:45 am
6:00 pm
5:00 pm
August 14, 2014
Chilkat Valley News
Page 11
Un-Classified Ads
GARAGE SALE: Saturday, August
16th, 8.5 Mile Lutak Road.
8a-2p. Some fishing/hunting
gear, men’s tools, small fridge/
freezer, misc. items. (32f)
GARAGE SALE: 2 family, Sat.
August 16 10am-3pm. Chip
Strong’s Chilkat Lake Road. 1st
driveway on right. (32f)
GIVE AWAY TO NEW HOME:
Pounds of found sea glass
from Auke Bay and Haines.
Also, boxes of found objects:
mostly rusty old pieces from
the Beaches around Southeast
Alaska. Please call 766-2840.
(32-33b)
SEEKING 2 BEDROOM rental.
Arriving to Haines in late Septearly October with small family
(one infant). I have a solid year
round job and great references.
Email me at hurrikain@gmail.
com. (32-33b)
NOW HIRING COOK: PT/FT,
wage DOE, Chilkat Bakery
766-3653. (32b)
Joseph is looking for a small,
inexpensive office to open a
haircutting shop. Please call
early mornings. 766-2317.
Thank you. (32f)
UP IN SMOKE FIREWOOD FOR
SALE: $220 cord split, $160 in
the round. 767-5455. (1cb)
OCEAN VIEW, light, bright and
clean apartment, 2 bedroom/1
bath downtown apartment for
rent above Alaska Fjordlines
office. Furnished with utilities
included. $1,100/month. 1
year lease. Call 907-766-3395
or 406-539-2913, alison@
alaskafjordlines.com. (29cb)
ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS
Legal
Marijuana
MON, WED , FRI and SAT
6 - 7 PM
Public Health Conference Room
Main Street, Upstairs Gateway Bldg
Phone Mike: 314-0165
Local Weather
Day
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Mon
Date
Aug 5
Aug 6
Aug 7
Aug 8
Aug 9
Aug 10
Aug 11
In Town
High
66
63
61
62
56
58
59
Low
56
55
52
53
52
52
52
Rain
T
0
.01
.09
1.18
.86
1.47
equals Haines Jobs
HC 60 2851 Haines, AK 99827
AP&T
Sponsored
in part by
Day
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Mon
WANTED to buy or trade: Small lot
in or near Haines for a 1-acre
lot near Fort Greely, Delta
Junction. Call 907-303-2728,
907-766-3224. (30-34p)
APARTMENT FOR RENT, 1
bedroom partially furnished,
utilities included, non-smoking.
No pets, no children. See at
Eagles Nest Motel.(32-33b)
ARIMA SEA RANGER 17 with
walk-around deck, for deck
glass hatch in the cuddy cabin.
Deep cockpit for safety and
increased stability. Comes
with a 2008 115hp Evinrude
E-Tec outboard, 1998 8hp 4
stroke Honda kicker, Lowrance
sonar, Safe-T-Puller pot puller,
Cannon downriggers, 25 watt
VHF, Shorelander trailer and
many extras. $17,500 OBO.
Glen 767-5512. (32p)
Long
distance
1-888-GO-APTLD
46-27853
HOUSE FOR RENT: 26 Mile;
available October 1; spacious
3 bedroom home; Klehini River
view; $1000 per month; call for
details 767-5504 or 314-0409.
(31cb)
HOUSE FOR SALE: 3 bdrm 3 bath
on FAA Rd, fantastic shop and
storage, very nice house and
yard, $254,000. 314-3060.
(31b)
C A N N E R I E S C L A S S : Au g .
19-Sept. 11. Lear n about
local cannery history. email:
[email protected]. (32b)
FOR SALE: 33 figurine whiskey
bottles. 907-317-0176. (32f)
REACH is seeking highly motivated individuals interested in
a career where they can make a
difference in people’s lives.
Starting pay $15.33 per hour
(with a possibility for higher
starting pay, DOE). For more
information or to apply now,
please visit the Career Opportunities link @ http://www.
reachak.org/career-opportunities or call 796-7203.
Dalton Cache Border Station
Date
Aug 5
Aug 6
Aug 7
Aug 8
Aug 9
Aug 10
Aug 11
High
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67
68
66
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48
47
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.24
Average soil temperature: 60.1
HAINES BOROUGH
POSITION OPENING
Temporary Police Dispatcher
FT, temp. position. Minimum Qualifications: HS Diploma or equiv.;
AKDL; and no felony convictions or
misdemeanors inv. drugs or moral
turpitude w/in 10 yrs. Starting
wage: $16.08 per hr. Get job desc.
& required borough app. from the
Clerk, 103 3rd Ave, Haines, 7662231, [email protected], or
online at www.hainesalaska.gov.
App. deadline: September 2. EOE.
(32b)
HAINES BOROUGH
POSITION OPENING
Library Aide
PT, Perm., union optional position.
Minimum Qualifications: HS Diploma or equiv.; AKDL; computer
exp. Starting wage: $11.06 per hr.
Get job desc. & required borough
app. from the Clerk, 103 3rd Ave,
Haines, 766-2231, jcozzi@haines.
ak.us, or online at www.hainesalaska.gov. App. deadline: Open
until filled. EOE. (32b)
NOTICE OF
POSITION VACANCY
The Haines Borough School
District is looking for a Middle
School/High School Para-Educator. Position closes August 25th at
4 pm. Job begins on/about August
27th. Please contact Ashley at
766-6725 or [email protected] for
more information. (32, 33b)
100 gallons of heating oil = 14 million BTUs
1 cord Spruce/Hemlock = 14 million BTUs
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the m
$275/cord Split & Delivered
766-3321
$650/5-cord load of logs delivered (green)
The
STUMP COMPANY
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
What’s In Store
Consignment
Wednesday-Friday
11 - 3pm
&
Sat 10 - 3pm
1153 Haines Highway. One Mile.
HEATED
Storage Units
Available
Haines Heated Storage
766-3218
Surf Fisheries Supply
I’m Gone Fishin!’
Oh What A Croc Sale!
15% Off
All M’s, W’s & Kids Crocs
On Sale thru 8/31/14
111 2nd Ave. Mon-Sat 10am to 5pm 766-2876
Canal Marine & Auto
Springing into the season!
Auto, Tire & Outboard Repair.
Stihl outdoor equipment
Sales and Service.
Mon-Fri 9am-5:30pm
766-2437
PREMIUM YUKON
FOREST PRODUCTS
Stormin Norman
723-4848
Dry Canadian Firewood
Dry Timbers
Paneling
Flooring
Siding
(867) 634-2311
[email protected]
ARTISAN SURVEYING GROUP
Community Waste Solutions
but you can still call.
Subsistence river
web in stock.
AK Professional Land Surveyor
Certified Federal Surveyor
Property, Native allotment survey,
topographic, utility, roadway,
marine, any geospatial project.
[email protected]
(702)339-8729 LV MSG
www.artisansurveying.com
• One-Bag Recycling
• Composting
• Curbside Collection
• Self-Haul
• Const. /Demo. Disposal
• Septic Pump Out
OPEn
10-3 M-S End of FAA Road 766-2736
www.communitywastesolutions.com
Sales•Service
Tours•Rentals
Houlberg
Plumbing & Heating, LLC.
766-2869
Commercial & Residential Mechanical Contractor
Plumbing & Heating Services
767-5693
Mon-Fri 9-5:30
Sat 9-4
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~Serving the Valley since 1994~
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314-0434
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St. Michael
& All Angels
Episcopal Church
Holy Communion
10:30 Sundays
in the Chilkat Center Lobby
Please join us for lessons, prayers and fine music.
Rev’d Jan Hotze, Vicar
766-3041
S&torage 766-2130
Warehouse
Interior & Exterior Storage
Interior storage available for boats, busses, cars and RVs.
Interior storage units also available.
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Chilkat Valley News August 14, 2014
School runners start
Practice starts 3:30 p.m. Friday
at the Haines School for the high
school boys’ and girls’ crosscountry teams.
Coach Tara Bicknell said
runners must have a physical
and office paperwork complete
to practice with the team. Eighthgraders also may practice with the
team.
Bicknell said she sometimes
hears from students that they’re
“not runners.” “If you’re (young),
you’re not anything yet,” she
said. “There are people who start
running at age 40. You can still try
new things out.”
Interested students who aren’t
yet eligible to practice with the
team should contact her at 3038272 for a training schedule,
Bicknell said. “They can be
working out on their own.”
Now in her second year as
coach, Bicknell said she advised
students they don’t have to run all
summer to stay in shape. Working
on a fishing boat, climbing
mountains or playing Ultimate
Frisbee are all ways to stay fit
during summer, she said.
Bicknell said the team will ease
into its season. “It won’t be real
hard. We start out with something
everybody can be part of. We
understand it’s been a while since
some of us have run.”
The season’s first meet is
Aug. 30 in Juneau. Four meets
are on the schedule previous
to the Southeast championship
Sept. 27 in Ketchikan and state
championship in Anchorage Oct.
4.
BEARS from page 1
HONORABLE FIREWOOD -- Logger Leo Smith pauses recently next to bundles of campfire wood
he split from logs behind his Blacksmith Street home. Smith sells bundles for $5, with payments to be
left in an honor box on his porch there. Smith also sells targets for ax-throwing. Tom Morphet photo.
OIL TAX from page 1
of $24 per barrel in Alaska from
2010-2012 and $5.87 per barrel
during the same time frame in the
Lower 48.
“The oil industry does very well
here,” French said. “Alaska will
continue to be a cash cow.”
Morris, whose company Morris
Engineering Group LLC has
worked on multiple North Slope
projects, countered that SB 21
has “stopped the drop” in oil
production.
Since 1989, Morris said,
production decline has averaged
6 percent annually. In fiscal year
2014, when SB 21 went into
effect, production only declined
by .13 percent. That brought in
$143 million more in revenue
than if production had continued
to drop by 6 percent, Morris said.
“We have a very big change in
the drop of oil. It literally stopped
the drop,” Morris said of SB 21.
“If we let production continue
to decline, we’re not going to have
state government as we know it
now,” he added.
A 2013 Department of Revenue
study predicts production will
continue to decline. State Rep. Jonathan KreissTomkins, D-Sitka, and state Sen.
Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, who
represent Haines in the Alaska
Legislature, both have publicly
opposed SB 21 and support its
repeal.
Residents on Tuesday also will
choose their party’s candidates
for statewide offices, including
c a n d i d a t e s f o r g o v e r n o r,
lieutenant governor, U.S. senator
and congressman.
Wednesday, 11,000 pinks had
passed Chilkoot weir, a number
about 1,500 fish off the 10-year
average of 12,500 for this week,
according to fisheries biologists in
Haines. Rain-gorged river flows
may be slowing escapement, they
said.
This time of year, brown bears
might be along the Chilkoot Lake
shoreline, Crupi said. Almost
100,000 spawning sockeye
salmon have escaped into the
lake, an unexpected jump from a
run that was projected to be below
the 10-year average escapement
of 65,287 reds. Fish and Game
aims to get between 38,000 and
86,000 spawning sockeye in the
lake each year.
This year’s large sockeye
escapement may be attracting
relatively more bears to Chilkoot
Lake, Crupi said.
“In July and early August, most
bears are on the lake or somewhere
else. They’re on walkabout for the
best places where sockeye spawn,”
Crupi said. “The berries are also
good right now and it’s about 10
days before the pinks (salmon)
ripen up and spawn.”
The “Celebration of Bears”
festival is a free, family-oriented
event to learn about bears and
participate in fun activities.
Events ranging from talks
about safety in bear country to
bear biology and Tlingit cultural
understandings of bears will be
held at the public library, Harriett
Hall, ANB Hall and Tlingit Park
through Saturday.
For more information, go
to www.bearfoundation.org.
Sockeye Cycle, Alaska Chilkoot
Bear Foundation and Great Bear
Foundation are sponsors of the
event. See bottom of page 9 for a
full schedule of events.
Vote Yes on Ballot Measure 1 on August 19th. Billions Are At Stake!
“Under SB21, mul�-na�onal oil corpora�ons got a good
deal from Alaska legislators and the governor. But it
was a bad deal for Alaska. Over 50,000 Alaska
residents signed the pe��on giving you the opportunity
to vote on this law. I urge Alaskans to vote YES to reject
this bad law.”
—Vic Fischer
ConsƟtuƟonal ConvenƟon Delegate
“I do not think Senate Bill 21 passes the cons�tu�onal
duciary obliga�on of elected officials responsible for
se�ng the selling price of Alaska’s oil. It’s my
cons�tu�onal duty to voice my opinion that Senate Bill 21
represents a going-out-of-business sale for Alaskans and
I urge my fellow citizens to vote yes on Proposition 1.”
- Senator Bert Stedman (R-Ketchikan)
“I’m happy to weigh in on this subject and let people
know how wrongheaded this will be if we start caving
into … the oil companies.”
“Bless his heart. Remember that Sean Parnell came
from the oil industry. He was an employee of
ConocoPhillips lobbying for the cause there.”
- Sarah Palin
Former Governor
“Jay Hammond would never have accepted such a raid
on the people’s resources as is Senate Bill 21. On August
19, Vote Yes on One. Control of our own resources is
what makes us different from a colony.”
- Bella Hammond
Former First Lady
TO REPEAL THE
OIL TAX GIVEAWAY
Paid for by Vote Yes! Repeal the Giveaway. 1231 W. Northern Lights Blvd. #846, Anchorage, AK 99503 • Vic Fischer,
chair, approved this message. • Top Contributors: Barnard J. GoƩstein (Anchorage, AK); Robin Brena (Anchorage, AK);
Jack Roderick (Anchorage, AK)
“Burning through our savings and jeopardizing our
PFDs to pay for handouts to mul�na�onal
corpora�ons is a Bad Deal. Any new tax cuts for oil
companies must be �ed to new investment that
increases pipeline throughput and offers jobs to
Alaskans.”
-Senator Hollis French (D-Anchorage)
“The oil revenue we lose is 20 �mes larger than our
gain from increased produc�on. Bo�om line: SB 21
makes us the big loser. Vote YES on ONE.”
-Gregg Erickson
Economic Consultant
ConocoPhillips Profits Per Barrel 2013
Alaska ..........................................................................$31.15
International .................................................................$24.40
Lower U.S. States and Latin American ..........................$8.37
Source: LegislaƟve research based on Security & Exchange Commission lings
What other incenƟve do oil companies need?
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