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Serving Haines and Klukwan, Alaska since 1966
Chilkat Valley News
Volume XLIV Number 41
Thursday, October 16, 2014
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Lutak Dock repair
urgent, report says
Freight facility ‘near the edge’
BLAZING FALL COLORS -- Two joggers on Monday pass by a Japanese maple tree on Lynnview
Drive downtown. The tree is on the property of resident Bill Diggins and family. “We get a lot of
comments on it,” Diggins said this week. The orange hue of the tree’s leaves this year is a change,
as their color is typically red, he said. The tree was planted about 15 years ago by former property
owner and forester Greg Palmieri. Tom Morphet photo.
Air ambulance coverage changes
By Eileen McIver
Residents who aren’t covered
by memberships in two air
ambulance companies serving
Haines could get stuck with a
whopping medevac bill.
Since June 18, new and renewed
policies purchased under Apollo
Medi Trans don’t cover flights
provided by Airlift Northwest.
That’s an issue because during
emergencies, Haines clinic
workers arrange for the first flight
to Haines available.
The two membership services
– Apollo MT by Guardian Flight
and Airlift Northwest AirCare
– honor only the cost of their
own air services. Apollo MT and
Guardian Flight recently merged
into a single company.
“It is important for people to
know” about the change, said
Jenn Walsh, who works for the
Haines Borough as an emergency
medical technician. Apollo
coverage previously included
Airlift Northwest flights.
Policies for those who
purchased or renewed Apollo
coverage before June 18 will
remain unchanged until coverage
expires.
Historically, most medevacs
from Haines have been aboard
Guardian flights, as SEARHC
has a contract with the company,
said Haines clinic administrator
Marcia Scott.
But if Guardian is unavailable,
dispatch calls Airlift Northwest,
which would leave an Apollo MT
by Guardian Flight policyholder
uninsured unless that individual
also has an AirCare membership
plan.
Medevac flights can cost tens
of thousands of dollars.
The change is due to legislation
passed in the spring, which made
it simpler for flight companies
to offer membership programs,
resulting in the Apollo-Guardian
merger.
Apollo MT by Guardian Flight
memberships are available for
people with or without medical
insurance. The company offers
a standard membership plan,
which costs $125 for 12 months
of coverage, Walsh said.
Airlift Northwest AirCare
membership is available
only to those with a medical
insurance policy that includes
air medical transport benefits.
The membership program offers
a standard plan, which costs $99
for 12 months of coverage, Walsh
said.
See MEDEVAC page 8
By Karen Garcia
The Haines Borough’s Lutak
Dock is “near the edge” and living
on “borrowed time,” according to
a recently released draft report.
The report, completed by PND
Engineers, says the structure is
failing in several locations and
does not meet current safety
standards set by the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers.
“Highly-loaded vehicles may
suddenly fall into an undetected
hole with potentially severe
consequences to persons, and
equipment and property,” the
report said.
Haines Borough manager David
Sosa held an emergency meeting
with representatives from the
two primary dock users, Alaska
Marine Lines and Delta Western,
and identified two exceptionally
sensitive areas for closure to
vehicle traffic.
The dock’s structure resembles
h u g e , u p r i g h t c o ff e e c a n s
(cells) full of rocks and fill. The
connection points between the
cells (closure arcs) are failing,
causing material to leak out into
the ocean, creating weaknesses
and sink holes in the structure.
The structure meets standards
for withstanding a “low-intensity”
earthquake. “Above this level
of ground shaking the structure
cannot withstand earthquakes at
the current ‘design event’ level
criteria mandated by building
codes, waterfront design guides,
or departments of transportation
manuals,” the report said.
PND’s primary recommendation
to the borough is to plan for “full
replacement...as soon as credibly
possible.”
Where the borough goes from
here in terms of fixing the problem
is unclear. Whatever the borough
decides, it needs to decide soon,
said public facilities director
Carlos Jimenez.
“Due to the fact that it is where
we receive all of our fuel and all of
our food and all of our dry goods
for the entire town, it’s imperative
that we deal with it. How we do
it is yet to be determined, but it’s
imperative that we do something,”
Jimenez said.
Options include repairing,
upgrading or replacing the dock.
Sosa is working with a group
out of the University of Alaska
that specializes in “strategic
doing.” That group can meet at the
beginning of December to help
the assembly develop a plan for
moving forward, Sosa said.
Port and Harbor Advisory
Committee chair Norm Hughes
called the borough’s relationship
with the dock “long and straining.”
“Either we repair it or we
replace it. Putting it off until a
later date is just no longer an
option,” Hughes said. “With
all the interests and mining and
development in the Interior and
Haines being a transshipping
port, those things should all be
taken into consideration when we
reinvest in the Lutak Dock.”
Regardless of what the borough
decides, it will be extremely
expensive, Hughes said. “We are
going to need federal funding.
It’s going to be a lot of money,”
he said.
The borough is currently getting
cost estimates for the installation
of trench plates, large pieces of
steel that distribute weight and
would temporarily mitigate the
risk of collapse, Jimenez said.
In the case of catastrophic
failure of the Lutak Dock, barges
could dock at the Port Chilkoot
Dock, though that wouldn’t be
See DOCK page 4
Passion for growing, winter community drew Douthit
“New Arrivals” is a series
of articles profiling residents
who have moved to Haines in
recent years and are making
contributions to the community.
By Lindsay Johnson
As an undergraduate at the
University of Alaska Anchorage,
Spencer Douthit realized he
wanted to start his own farm. So
he asked himself: Where?
He had spent the previous
two summers working on
a farm outside of Fairbanks,
but was drawn to the maritime
environment of Southeast.
C o r r e s p o n d e n c e w i t h a
cooperative extension agent in
Juneau helped narrow his choice
to Gustavus, Haines or Skagway.
He ruled out Gustavus because it
wasn’t on the road system and was
unlikely to have a good market
for vegetables. Factors favoring
Haines included the possibility
of using fish waste from Haines
Packing Company for compost,
less cruise ship traffic and a
sizable winter community.
“Haines is the only one that
seemed to have a solid, year-round
community, and that was really
important to me,” Douthit said.
Now 26 and in his second year
in town, Douthit is helping grow
the community he wants to live
in by delivering fresh produce,
calling square dances and hosting
radio shows. He’s recognizable
for a big smile and, often, bare
feet.
“I have a basic aversion to
lifestyles that aren’t enjoyable,”
he said.
Born in Kirkland, Wash. to
New Arrivals
a hydrographic surveyor father
and a NOAA dive officer mother,
Douthit grew up around the
water and in the woods. His
passion for adventure and the
outdoors continued after moving
to Connecticut at age 11.
His first trips to Alaska were
fishing and canoe excursions with
his father. At 18, Douthit moved
to Anchorage, where he thrived in
the academic, social and natural
environments.
“ I q u i c k l y l e a r n e d t h a t
culturally, I matched a lot of other
kids of pipeline-era families. I
felt kind of at home. I felt like all
those things I loved doing related
to the outdoors, (and) those things
were more accessible in Alaska,”
Douthit said.
Douthit found stimulation in
the university natural science
program. Courses in chemistry,
biology and geology provided a
strong platform to launch him into
an unexpected field of work.
S e e k i n g a s u m m e r j o b
after sophomore year, a friend
pointed him to Calypso Farm
and Ecology Center in Ester, just
south of Fairbanks. The nonprofit
educational farm sells shares of
vegetables and flowers, hosts field
trips and operates a school garden.
Douthit not only enjoyed the
physical work and delicious payoff
of farming, but was enthused by
the practical application of his
scientific knowledge.
Biogeochemistry was his
favorite college class, he said,
and farming is a perfect example
of why it pays to know how
chemicals cycle through an
ecosystem.
“You don’t need a background
in that to be good at farming, but
it helps,” he said.
Armed with a science degree,
a full year at Calypso and money
saved from a commercial fishing
job, Douthit felt ready to start his
own farm. He arrived in Haines
in spring of 2013 to start working
Bob Henderson’s farm, now
See FARM page 12
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Chilkat Valley News Editorial
The Haines Borough should scrap hiring an economic development
director and hire a grant writer instead.
There’s been no public outcry for another director position at city
hall. The borough’s description for this job is heavy with gobbledygook
vague enough to cover just about anything or nothing under the
framework of the expansive Comprehensive Plan.
Further, for reasons never made entirely clear, duties of this job
include managing the pool, tourism department and community youth
development program – borough functions already managed by the
borough manager.
What would an expert in building a small-town economy know about
running a public swimming pool, or a municipal tourism department,
or parks and recreation issues? This job appears tailored for dabbling
about in government, with no evident way of measuring a person’s
success at it.
A grant writer, on the other hand, either secures money for the town
or doesn’t.
Grants are important. In recent years, ones from federal, state or
private sources have driven projects at the public library, Picture Point,
Small Boat Harbor, American Bald Eagle Foundation and Chilkat
Center auditorium.
If the borough needs a certain official to hobnob with companies or
individuals interested in bringing business to Haines, that role can be
filled by the mayor, borough manager, assembly members or members
of the Haines Chamber of Commerce.
One of the biggest, single strokes of economic development here in
the past 30 years came in the mid-1980s when mayor Bob Henderson
swung the deal to bring the Chilkoot Lumber sawmill to town, including
by helping secure a property tax break for the company.
Was economic development so much simpler then, or have we made
it more complicated than it needs to be?
A friend sent a message asking if I wasn’t going to decry the scuttling
of the Haines School spelling bee, maybe expecting an essay on the
importance of spelling to civilization.
I’m not in a position to do that, partly because I misspelled the word
“parameter” in these columns last week.
Also, I’m not fretting the future of spelling at Haines School.
Knowing how to spell is like flossing: A person can get by without
it. Over the long run, it’s going to help, and it can help a lot. But
Haines Elementary School just won a national award for academic
performance, so maybe the bee isn’t critical to long-term school
success.
What was a concern about the district’s decision were some of the
reasons cited for jettisoning the bee – including that the competition
made some students uncomfortable and wasn’t inclusive.
Much of an adult’s work day can be uncomfortable, and a lot of life
isn’t inclusive. Growing up involves learning to endure experiences
that are uncomfortable, painful or make us feel excluded. The lesson
we learn is that not only can we survive trials, but that bearing them
makes us stronger, healthier people.
If we want to make learning “relevant” to students, that’s worth
teaching, through a spelling bee or other means.
- Tom Morphet
Letters to the Editor
Photographer thrilled about display
The Haines community may have noticed a new display for Art on
Main Street, located in the hallway of Howsers IGA. This includes
a rotating display of photos from many of the photographers based
in Haines, and we plan to change the show monthly. Thank you,
Carol Tuynman, for all the work you are doing in helping create and
implement the final product. Thank you, George Figdor, for having the
foresight to gather photographers together earlier this year and launch
a photography group. John Carlson, as always, crafted a beautiful
shadow box to display our work. Russ White is the technical talent,
making sure all goes smoothly with the TV installation and operation. I
enjoy being part of the creative process of this project, and am thrilled
to be with such a talented group of photographers. I can hardly wait
to see what the coming months bring!
Dena Selby
Mayor Scott will continue to help Haines
I want to say thank you for bestowing the honor of “mayor” on me
for the past three years.
I am disappointed that I was not re-elected, but I am not disappointed
in Haines. I have high hopes for us!
I hope that you will continue to help Haines with all kinds of
positive transformations: downtown revitalization, harbor and
dock improvements, improvements to the sewer treatment plant,
improvements to our state-maintained transportation systems. I hope
you will support implementation of the $1.2 million grant from Alaska
Energy Authority to move the municipality to biomass for heat and
ultimately provide our own heat energy resource by capitalizing on the
resources of the Haines State Forest. I hope you will support whatever
local participation is necessary in order to provide for the acquisition
and development of a hydro-electric energy source on this side of
the submarine cable. And I hope you will continue to be part of team
Haines. Attend meetings. Sign up for advisory committees. Write. Call.
I am drawn to community service, like so many of you, as a moth is
to flame, so after a brief rest, I will ask my new mayor what I can do
to help. Thank you.
Stephanie Scott
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Save the Date
October 16, 2014
To list an event in Save the Date, phone 7662688 or email [email protected].
Thursday, Oct. 16
Showing of “Disruption,” 7 p.m. at the
library. A film about climate change.
Friday, Oct. 17
Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center Annual
Benefit Dinner and Auction, 6 p.m. at the
Klukwan ANS Hall.
Saturday, Oct. 18
Library Book Club meeting, 3 p.m. at the
library. Discussion of Marilynne Robinson’s
“Housekeeping.”
Haines Emblem Club Annual Dinner and
Auction, 6 p.m. dinner and 7 p.m. auction at the
American Legion.
Pianist Roman Rudnytsky performs, 7:30
p.m. at the Chilkat Center. Presented by the
Haines Arts Council.
Thursday, Oct. 23
H a i n e s B o ro u g h H u m a n S e r v i c e s
Coordinated Transportation Plan Update
meeting, 1 p.m. at the Senior Center. Sponsored
by Southeast Senior Services.
Port and Harbor Advisory Committee
meeting, 10:30 a.m. in assembly chambers.
Friday, Oct. 24
5K Zombie Walk/Run, 5:30 p.m. at Dalton
City. Sponsored by the Southeast Alaska State
Fair. Come early to help apply zombie make-up.
Saturday, Oct. 25
Annual Doll Fair, 1 to 4 p.m. at the museum.
Featuring doll houses and activities for children
of all ages.
Haines Chamber of Commerce Annual
Banquet, 6 to 10 p.m. at Harriett Hall.
Monday, Oct. 27
Scholastic Book Fair, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the
school library. Runs every day through Friday,
Oct. 31.
Health Happy Hour: Winter Exercise for
You and Your Pet, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the
library.
Tuesday, Oct. 28
Haines Borough Assembly meeting, 6:30
p.m. in assembly chambers.
Thursday, Oct. 30
“Discover Financial Fitness” class, 6 to 7:30
p.m. in Room 130 at the school. Sponsored by
Community Education. Call 766-6727.
Friday, Oct. 31
Haines Harvest Party, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at
the school gym. Call 314-0572 or 303-2355 for
more information or to volunteer.
Halloween Costume Party, 6:30 p.m. at
Harriett Hall. Sponsored by the Southeast Alaska
State Fair.
Duly Noted
By Eileen McIver
Phyllis Sage and Joanne
Waterman were married on
the Port Chilkoot Dock Tuesday
afternoon. Magistrate John
Hutchins officiated. John Hagen
and Margaret Friedenauer were
witnesses. Also in attendance
were Ashley Sage, Bonnie
Hedrick, Debra Schnabel, and
Debra’s dog Windsor, who wore
a tie. Under a sunny sky, the
couple exchanged rings made
out of Porcupine gold. Margaret
and Ashley brought flowers,
and Debra brought champagne.
A federal court ruling Sunday
that struck down Alaska’s ban
on same-sex marriage paved
the way for the wedding. By
9:30 a.m. Tuesday, the couple
had requested the services of
magistrate Hutchins. Alaska Gov.
Sean Parnell said the state intends
to appeal the court decision. “We
said, ‘We need to get married
now,’” Phyllis said this week.
“It’s our right as U.S. citizens to
be able to marry our best friend.”
Phyllis and Joanne have been
together 13 years. “We’re excited
we could get married in Haines,
Alaska, in our town. It’s awesome
and historic for us,” Phyllis said.
Theirs is evidently the first samesex marriage on record here.
Head Start regional manager
Judy Goenett has retired from
her position as regional manager
for RurAL CAP, overseeing
Head Start programs in nine
rural Alaska communities. Her
37 years of service started with
serving as a teacher’s aide in the
local program. About 25 people
attended her potluck retirement
party Oct. 3 at the Head Start
building, said teacher director
Karen Bryant. Parent Krystal
Lloyd made and decorated the
cake. Judy said that in retirement
she hopes to spend more time
with family and to go on a crosscountry trip by train with husband
Jake Goenett.
Local firefighters Jenn Walsh
and Chuck Mitman recently
brushed up on skills at the 2014
Alaska State Fire Conference
in Kenai. Jenn spent five days
in courses, including a truck
operations class. During lessons
on search and rescue, forcible
entry, and vertical ventilation, she
was required to find and rescue a
dummy in a smoke-filled room,
force her way through doors,
and cut through roofs. She also
attended a class on thermalimaging cameras and a class on
managing the health and safety
of firefighters. Chuck completed
a two-day course on management
skills for department officers. Jenn
also attended the Hale Borealis
Forum in Anchorage, organized
by the Department of Homeland
Security. She completed classes in
pre-hospital trauma life support,
tactical emergency casualty care
and post-disaster emergency
medicine. Jenn and Chuck shared
what they learned at Monday’s
firefighter meeting.
The Haines Woman’s Club
Bazaar will be Saturday, Nov. 22,
at the elementary gym. Please call
Georgia Sampson at 766-2652 or
314-3101 to reserve a table.
Jae McDermaid and
boyfriend Jim Lampkins were
sitting on the top deck of the ferry,
holding hands, when Jim popped
the question. The ferry was just
passing Sawmill Creek falls, en
route to Skagway. Jim gave Jae
his great-grandmother’s ring. “It
was so amazing,” Jae said. The
proposal marked their two-year
anniversary as a couple. They’ve
set May 29, 2015, as the wedding
date. They plan to marry aboard
the Fjordland, next to the falls.
Over a dozen deejays attended
the KHNS Haines deejay potluck
Oct. 8 at the Fireweed restaurant,
program director Amelia Nash
said. Deejays in attendance
included Spencer Douthit,
Janine Allen, Carol Mitchell,
Bulut Ciftci, Beth Fenhaus,
Chloe Goodson and Russ White.
Former Haines Animal Rescue
Kennel (HARK) executive
director Steve Vick said that he
nearly fell over when he learned
the name of his dog-mushing
team’s lead sled dog. The dog,
coincidentally named Hark, is
one of 14 sled dogs working
for Noble Paws, the nonprofit
organization Vick founded. “To
have my main leader come with
the name Hark seemed like a
very positive sign,” he said.
Vick also serves as president of
the organization, which aims to
teach dog mushing to people with
disabilities. Noble Paws is located
in Fairbanks. Vick lives in a cabin
with his three pet dogs. The team
resides on the land surrounding the
cabin. Go to noblepawsalaska.org
to donate or learn more.
A group of locals hung out Oct.
9, but most were unable to see
or speak much of the evening.
Jedediah Blum-Evitts hosted
a mask-making session, during
which attendees plastered each
other’s faces with newspaper
strips soaked in wet flour. Jacob
Brown-Beach, Ryan Harms, Jon
Bonner, Chloe Goodson, Erik
Stevens, Eileen McIver, Paul
Nicastro, and sisters Lizi and
Tracy Wirak were among those
in attendance. The group plans to
get together throughout the month
to complete their masks.
Former residents Aurita
Maldonado and John Binger
were married Oct. 4 near the
Mill Creek trail in Moab, Utah.
The couple and their guests
camped, and on the morning of
the wedding, floated down the
Colorado River. The bride and
officiator Knikki Cinocco of
Skagway then started a mud fight.
After showering and changing,
the group hiked to the ceremony
spot, just in time for sunset. Those
in attendance included John’s
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LETTERS from page 2
Check out who opposes legalizing pot
When Alaskan doctors, mayors, businesses, police, hospitals, tribes,
chambers of commerce, and other cities in Alaska besides Haines all
agree on something, it is worth noting. Take a look at who is opposing
the legalization and commercialization of marijuana in Alaska.
If children see their parents partaking in edibles, they are sure to
ask about it and want it. When not looking, they will go snooping until
they find it. Haines does not have the medical facilities to accommodate
these children when an overdose occurs and more so if siblings or a
group of children find these edibles. This is a wrong and costly choice for Alaskans. I know marijuana
has some medical benefits, but I do not want to see children become
the victim here. Please vote no on Proposition 2. Thank you.
Libby A. Kurz
Kudos to Borders for saving trees
When construction began on our new Aspen Hotel, we had to quickly
move our apple trees from Aspen’s building site. The new owner was
gracious to arrange for safe extraction from their planted area.
Thanks to Ralph Borders’ crew who dug new holes for our trees
farther up the street and at the American Bald Eagle Foundation and
then transported these trees to these new locations. Their efforts and
willingness to help were a very pleasant experience after fighting
with our previous manager for any support at all. I assume the new
cooperation was stimulated by our new manager, whose style seems
to be working. It was a much appreciated effort.
Time will tell whether the trees transplanted successfully.
Interestingly, two members of our community surfaced and expressed
concern for their adopted trees that were involved in the move.
Apparently, they were serious about their commitments! One shared
she has taken pictures annually with her significant other standing
next to their “adopted” tree to celebrate their time together. Great
community spirit and ongoing memories!
Humans have been tough on our trees but fears expressed about
moose attraction have not proven to be an issue. We lost four last winter
due to snow equipment damage at the post office and four this summer
due to construction or intentional removal/disposal by others.
This year our trees produced approximately 108 young apples, which
were harvested to encourage growth rather than fruit production.
Thanks again to Ralph Borders’ team!
Joe Poor
Thanks for CVN’s lovely tribute
I wish to thank Heather Lende and the Chilkat Valley News
for the effort expended to write and publish a lovely tribute to my
mom Constance Griffith. Any remembrances of her may be sent to
[email protected] or mailed to: Charles Griffith, 6980 Carmen
Court, Sun Valley, Nev. 89433. Emails will be entered in her permanent
guest book at the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. Mom loved Haines and
would have spent her last days there if her rare brain affliction had
not interfered.
Tom Griffith
By Karen Garcia
The Department of Fish and
Game counted 22 moose taken
during the Haines area’s Tier II
subsistence hunt this year, two
of which were sublegal. The hunt
closed after Oct. 7.
Of the 20 legal moose, three
met the spiked fork configuration,
12 had three or more brow tines,
and five had a rack more than 50
inches wide.
“ We usually get anywhere
from one to three sublegals per
year,” said Fish and Game area
biologist Stephanie Sell. “It
sucks, but we know it is going to
happen.”
The department will conduct
its annual aerial moose survey
in November or December, Sell
said.
“ We try to do it before the
moose start shedding their antlers
and after the first snow, so we can
see that contrast of the moose
against the snow,” she said.
The goat hunt is still underway,
though two nearby areas have
already been closed.
The Haines-Skagway area is
divided into three sub-units, with
smaller areas within the sub-units
each with its own “point system.”
Nannies count as two points, and
billies count as one. Once a point
quota is reached in an area, Fish
and Game closes it.
The area from 10 Mile Haines
Highway to town closed Sept. 18
after two goats were killed. “That
usually goes one to two days after
it opens because there are so
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few points allowed in that area,
mainly because of access,” Sell
said.
The area exceeded its quota
of one point because hunters are
given a 24-hour grace period once
an emergency order is issued.
The area from 10 Mile to Goat
Hollow closed Oct. 10. That
area, which has a quota of 10
points, also exceeded its quota.
Five females (10 points) and two
males (two points) were killed.
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doesn’t have a restriction on sex,
like the moose hunt, it encourages
people to hunt males.
“We actually had a very high
harvest of females,” Sell said.
“Taking females is problematic.
They are the baby-makers.”
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of goat kills will be allowed in the
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Development job
seeking applicants
The Haines Borough
Community and Economic
Development Director position is
up for grabs again, and manager
David Sosa is altering the
borough’s advertising strategy
in the hopes of attracting more
candidates.
Sosa decided to post the job
at military bases and stations
around the state as well as on
the International City Council
Management Association website.
The borough is readvertising
for the position after top pick
Darsie Culbeck turned down the
job offer in late September.
The job is being posted at the
Elmendorf Air Force Base and
Fort Wainwright, and Sosa is also
working on getting it posted at
Fort Richardson.
“I decided to take advantage of
the free posting opportunity at the
bases and stations to broaden the
base of applicants and to provide
opportunity to transitioning or
retiring service members,” Sosa
said.
“ Former service members,
particularly retirees, bring a broad
array of experience and frequently
have extensive managerial
and leadership experience
combined with strategic planning
backgrounds,” he added.
The borough is also advertising
on the borough and Alaska
Municipal League websites, on
bulletin boards around town and
in the CVN. Sosa is also planning
to post the position on websites of
the Juneau, Anchorage and Seattle
newspapers.
P reviously, the job was
advertised with a starting salary
of $62,000, which is what
the borough budgeted for the
position. However, Sosa decided
to add some wiggle room to the
salary, advertising it for plus or
minus $62,000, depending on
experience.
“I made the change to afford
some flexibility, particularly
after looking at the most current
postings for like positions in
communities of similar size and
scope,” Sosa said.
Nothing else has changed in
the position description, education
requirements or job duties.
As of Wednesday, the borough
had received one application for
the position, from the former
community and economic
development special projects
director Christina Baskaya.
Baskaya came to the job as an
“emergency hire” in June. The
temporary position lasted two
months and was intended to fill
the gap between the departure of
executive assistant to the manager
Darsie Culbeck and the hire
of a full-time community and
economic development director.
B askaya worked as interim
museum director for the Sheldon
Museum last summer and worked
as the community enhancement
coordinator for the Alaska Arts
Confluence. She has a bachelor’s
degree in marketing and
management from the University
of Alaska Anchorage.
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in its “wish list” to the Alaska
Legislature. The legislature has
not funded any of the repairs.
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Chilkat Valley News
Page 5
Chief Musser responds to information concerns
By Karen Garcia
Haines Borough Police Chief
Bill Musser explained some
of his policies on release of
information at last week’s Public
Safety Commission meeting after
committee and audience members
urged increased communication
between the department and the
public.
Recent friction between Musser
and the media over release of
information brought the issue to
a head at the commission meeting.
Commission member and
KHNS general manager Kay
Clements said police should never
be silent on an issue, even if there
are restrictions on the information
being released. “There is always
information you can give,” she
said.
Clements also said police
should use the radio station
and newspaper as tools for
disseminating information. “I
think it is our responsibility to
give information to people who
are going to give it out to the
widest group of people,” she said.
Assembly member Debra
Schnabel said police need to let the
community know what is going on
around town, and that extends
beyond posting on Facebook.
Bill Musser
Regardless of whether the issue is
illegal garbage dumping, padlock
cutting or drug use, people need to
know what the police department
is doing, she said.
“Let’s get it out there and talk
about it so the community can be
part of the solution,” Schnabel said.
Commission member Bob
Duis added that while he hasn’t
personally heard of any problems
with Musser, the community
is still very skeptical of the
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“For the past eight years, there
has been problem after problem
after problem,” Duis said. “You’ve
got a lot of work to do to get this
community back,” he told Musser.
After hearing comments from
the commission and audience,
Musser said he abides by Alaska’s
laws on public records in terms of
releasing information.
Other factors also influence how
he communicates information. “I
adhere to my code of ethics,”
Musser said.
For example, Musser won’t
use the word “suicide,” and
referred to it as “the S-word” at
the commission meeting.
The suicide issue arose in
the context of the recent death
of George Edwards, which the
state Medical Examiner’s office
recently ruled a self-inflicted
hanging. Musser said he wouldn’t
call the death a suicide because
“we live in a predominantly
Judeo-Christian society” where
suicide is “often frowned upon”
and sometimes “considered a
mortal sin.”
“Just because other departments
say that doesn’t mean I am going
to,” Musser said.
Musser also defended the
experience and education behind
his decision-making, calling
himself an “overeducated cop”
and touting his educational
experience. “I have a master’s
degree,” he told the commission
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Short staffing – the department
is down one officer and one
dispatcher – also is putting extra
strain on Musser, leaving him to
perform extra duties.
Musser has also been working
on the car break-in case from June
2013 when more than 30 cars
were rifled downtown. It is still
under investigation and has fallen
largely on the chief’s shoulders,
as none of the other officers
on staff have the experience
or background to perform that
investigation, Musser said.
“That case hasn’t gone dead,”
Musser said.
“Knowing who did it and
proving who did it” are two
different things, Musser added.
The department Oct. 2 posted
a “crime prevention tip” on its
Facebook page informing the
community of someone cutting
padlocks around town.
“Recently the Haines Borough
Police Department has had three
attempted thefts and a burglary
reported,” the crime prevention tip
read. “In these instances, padlocks
were cut off to gain access into a
building or cash drops.”
Though the attempted thefts
had been going on since the end
of July, Musser didn’t publicly
address the issue until early
October and refused to comment
two weeks ago when the CVN
repeatedly tried to contact him.
Injuries plague 1st
wrestling tourney
The injury bug hit Haines High
School wrestlers at a Metlakatla
tournament last weekend, with
two Glacier Bears making early
exits from the competition.
“We started out really good at
first, but petered out after injuries
brought down morale a lot,” said
coach Dennis Durr. “Guys are
sore and a little out of shape, but
we’re working out some of those
mistakes.”
Haines finished seventh in the
10-team field, trailing Ketchikan,
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Results for the Glacier Bears in
their individual brackets included:
sophomore Ketch Jacobson,
second at 120 pounds; sophomore
Mori Hays, fifth at 126 pounds;
sophomore Austin Davis, fourth
at 145 pounds; junior Zane Durr,
fourth at 152 pounds; senior Casey
St. Clair, fourth at 170 pounds;
and freshman Carl Tupou, third,
and junior Tyler Murphy, fifth, at
182 pounds.
Coach Durr said several
wrestlers showed great
improvement from last season.
“Guys got wins that hadn’t
gotten wins in their entire career,”
he said.
Freshman Cameron MerklinBauer (120 pounds) and junior
Kai Hays (160 pounds) were
sidelined by injuries.
“It’s a tough sport,” Durr said.
“Muscles get stretched and people
get bruises, black eyes, bloody
noses.”
Haines travels to Petersburg for
another tournament this weekend,
this one expected to have a larger
field.
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74, lost a long, valiant battle with cancer Saturday, Oct. 4,
2014 in his home.
He was surrounded
by his immediate
family.
Born in Palmer, Territory of Alaska, November
9, 1939, Stan was the first white baby boy born
in the new hospital at the time. His father was
a foreman at the Independence Gold Mine
nearby. The family later homesteaded at Anchor
Point near Homer for a while before moving
“Outside.” He endured a troubled youth until his
grandparents brought him to Roslyn, WA where
he attended high school. Upon his grandfather’s death, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy before
graduating from high school in 1961. In 1974,
Stan moved his new wife to Canada, eventually
settling in the Atlin, B.C. area, where his two
boys were born and raised. Following divorce,
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While living in the Yukon, Stan dabbled in
raising sled dogs and big game guiding. He was
an accomplished artist, carving wood and ivory.
Stan was much in demand for his log-building
prowess, especially in remote areas. He was also
involved with historical building restorations
for the Yukon Government.
Stan is predeceased by his parents Stanley and
Lynn Milos, son Brett Milos and cousin Maryanne Ojurovich. He is survived by his wife
Adrianne Milos of Haines; son Travis Milos of
Whitehorse, Canada; step-son Shawn Corn of
Seward, AK; step-daughter Candance Rodriguez and sister-in-law Bonnie Koerber, as well
as four step-grandchildren all of Kenai, AK, and
cousin Barbara Milos of Yakima, WA.
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Eagle plate collection has landed
Foundation seeks space for latest donation
American Bald Eagle Foundation executive director Cheryl
McRoberts with two of the 72 commemorative eagle plates.
By Tom Morphet
Besides a spot to stage 62
mounted game specimens
received from a Juneau natural
history display, the American
Bald Eagle Foundation also is
looking for a spot for 72 eaglethemed commemorative plates.
Foundation executive director
Cheryl McRoberts said the
organization recently received
the lifetime plate collection of
Big Rapids, Mich. resident Bill
Kennedy, which is impressive, but
also a bit of a challenge.
Kennedy is okay with the
collection being sold or auctioned
to raise money for the foundation.
Foundation founder Dave Olerud
would like to see the plates on
display, but that many plates
would take up a lot of space,
McRoberts said. “It’s such an
impressive collection, but it’s not
so educational,” she said.
In a phone interview, Kennedy
said the collection – which
includes 10 eagle-themed beer
steins – just kind of happened
after a day in 1982 when he saw
75 eagles through a spotting scope
at “Eagle Day,” an event at Squaw
Creek National Wildlife Refuge in
Missouri.
“Pretty much from that point
on I started buying eagle plates,
watches, paintings, just about
everything with eagles on them,”
Kennedy said.
The commemorative plates
include ones from the Bradford
Exchange, Franklin Mint and the
International Wildlife Foundation,
Kennedy said. “Once you get on
a mailing list, it’s hard to get off,”
he said.
A retired Department of Motor
Vehicles official for the state of
Missouri, Kennedy now lives on
a small lake in Michigan, where
an eagle is carved into a post on
his deck. He watches a nesting
pair of eagles every day. He has
witnessed eagles mating and has
spotted ospreys. “Birds of prey
never get old to me.”
Kennedy said he gave away
the plates because he thought they
could help the Haines foundation,
and his family isn’t enamored of
them. “I just kind of had them.
I thought my boys would want
them. My wife wasn’t as fond of
them as I was.”
Kennedy said he’s hoping to
come to Haines some day, and
is encouraged by the rebound of
eagle populations in areas he has
lived. “It’s amazing to see how
many more eagles there are now
than when I was a kid.”
Kennedy grew up in Mendon,
Mo., on a Canada goose flyway
that eagles would occasion to prey
on geese. His high school mascot
was the Eagles. He also published
a newsletter called “The Eagle
Eye.” For his donation, Kennedy
has been awarded a lifetime
membership in the eagle
foundation and a foundation
jacket, McRoberts said.
The Juneau-based Southeast
Alaska Museum of Natural
History recently donated its entire
collection of game specimens to
the eagle foundation, including
animals from Africa, Asia and
North America.
HARK board removes director Swensgard
By Karen Garcia
The Haines Animal Rescue
Kennel is back to looking for a
new executive director and animal
control officer.
The nonprofit recently fired
executive director Nicole
Swensgard, said HARK board
president Tara Bicknell.
Animal control officer Madeline
Nicholl will be leaving HARK in
about a month to pursue other
career opportunities, Bicknell
said.
Bicknell said Swensgard
was “fired without cause” and
wouldn’t say whether the dismissal
was based on performance.
Complaints would be part of a
personnel file and those records
are closed, Bicknell said. “It really wasn’t the right fit
for HARK. We have a lot of
interface with the public and with
government and with animals. It’s
a really big job,” Bicknell said.
The board voted to remove
Swensgard.
Swensgard started on the job in
late June after former executive
director Steve Vick left to start a
nonprofit in Fairbanks.
HARK changed the locks at the
facility after firing Swensgard.
Bicknell said changing the locks
is “standard with a personnel
issue.”
“They haven’t been done lately,
and I think it’s just a good thing
to do every once in a while,”
Bicknell said.
To Haines Citizens:
E i l e e n M c I v e r, w h o h a s
volunteered at HARK regularly
for the past three years, said
she was bothered that she and
other volunteers didn’t receive
notification of Swensgard’s
departure.
McIver got a call from Nicholl a
couple of hours before her regular
shift – standard procedure to make
sure volunteers know about any
new animals at the facility or
whether animals have changes to
their diets or medications – with
news the locks had been changed
and her key wouldn’t work.
McIver found out from another
volunteer that Swensgard was
no longer the executive director.
“I was thrown off and confused
and wondering why, as someone
who has volunteered there for
over three years, I wasn’t told
the director wasn’t even working
there anymore,” McIver said.
“Things are obviously messy
there right now, so I understand
why maybe emailing the
volunteers wasn’t the highest
priority,” she added.
Bicknell said volunteers were
notified but that some contacts
might have slipped through the
cracks because of a breakdown
in record-keeping.
Animal control officer Nicholl
is stepping up to cover some of
the executive director duties, and
board members will be coming in
as well to help out. “It’s giving the
board a really good chance to step
in,” Bicknell said.
HARK’s services and hours
will remain the same during the
transition.
Nicholl, who began work at
HARK in July, will work for about
another month, Bicknell said.
The organization will soon
advertise the two positions.
One of HARK’s main priorities
is figuring out how the community
and veterinarians can work
together to improve access to
veterinary services, Bicknell
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My name is John Schnabel. I have lived in
Haines, Alaska since 1939, am 94 years of age
physically, and have been married to the same
woman for 64 years. I view the questions of a
road to Juneau in the same light as the question
of getting married. Both are roads to travel in
the future and the pluses and minuses must be
studied carefully to get the most benefits in both
pleasure and the least burden. The Juneau Road
has been debated since 1967 and is still in a state
of indecision. I am glad this is a question that
does not apply to marriage.
The State has a responsibility to select a
route that will provide the most safety, reliability
and economic means to all travelers between
Haines and Juneau. The proposed east side
route does not meet these criteria. The east side
route does not open up land for development
of any kind and is not a dependable road due to
avalanche, loose rock areas and ice in the winter. The west side is not subject to these condi-
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glacier area and the west side would enable the
vehicle traveler to view is at little expense if the
road was to follow the Endicott to its summit,
which is only at 800 feet elevation and the view
is breathtaking at this point.
The economics of east side versus west side
are tremendously in favor of the west side from
the standpoint of construction and maintenance, as well as the traveler who at times will
face road closures and delays if built on the east
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Volunteers make headway on lighthouse upgrade
By Tom Morphet
Teams of volunteers spent four
days this year at Eldred Rock and
are slowly making the cavernous
lighthouse building more livable,
said Pam Randles.
“It’s camping out, but it’s dry.
We’re able to cook and we have
a little generator to run tools and
lights. It’s minimal, but it’s there,”
Randles said this week.
In the past summer, volunteers
made three trips to the windswept
rock about 20 miles from
downtown Haines, with as many
as 37 making the May trip to assess
work to be done. Trips in August
and late September included
landscaping, sealing windows
with Plexiglas, stripping old paint
and repainting the exterior.
“We’ve had a fabulous group
of people working. You could see
a difference because of what had
been primed and painted. When
we were leaving, it didn’t look
nearly as decrepit,” Randles said.
The final trip of the season was
devoted to making the octagonal
building’s second floor habitable,
including sealing the floor and
cleaning up lead-based paint.
They took fresh water and porta-potties and created a locked
room for supply storage. They’ll
be looking for cots next.
“Mainly what we’re going for
is to stabilize the building, stop
further deterioration and make it
a comfortable place to stay,” she
said.
Volunteers check out the Eldred Rock Lighthouse building during a reconnaissance visit in 2013.
The Haines-based Eldred Rock
Lighthouse Association is in the
process of acquiring a lease on the
property, but a procedural glitch is
keeping the recent improvement
effort unofficial. Removal of
lead paint and petroleum residues
remain on a hazardous materials
checklist that must be completed
before the U.S. Coast Guard can
turn the building over to the local
group.
“We can’t divest of the property
until all the (environmental)
remediation is done at the site,”
said Dave Seris, of the Waterways
Management Branch of the Coast
Guard in Juneau. “If everything
worked out perfectly, the Coast
Guard would divest of the
lighthouse and (the Haines group)
would probably get it.”
In addition to budget cuts, an
obstacle to receiving Coast Guard
environmental compliance and
restoration funding for the last
bit of work at Eldred Rock is that
the site is uninhabited, making it a
low priority with the agency, Seris
said.
“We don’t have the authority
to do anything and they don’t
have the money to do anything.
But we want to get some work
done because the building’s
deteriorating,” Randles said.
That means the workers are
unsponsored and unaffiliated,
Randles said. “I told (workers),
‘You’re not insured or covered
by anything. You are entirely your
own responsibility.’” Workers
will donate time and work with
donated materials until their
efforts fall under an official
agreement with the government.
The Eldred Rock Lighthouse
Association was recently
incorporated and is applying for
nonprofit status, Randles said.
The group was formerly under the
Sheldon Museum but separating
into its own nonprofit will make
it eligible for more forms of
financial assistance, she said.
The group’s long-term goal is
to make the building a kayaker’s
hostel, perhaps with a summer
interpreter, historic information
and an artist in residency.
The Haines museum has been
contacted by groups wanting to
have weddings or fishing parties
at the spot, she said.
The single biggest obstacle
to lighthouse use is establishing
a docking system, she said. An
elaborate railway at one time
lowered boats aboard trams into
the water on either side of the
island, but that system is now
defunct, and the rough shoreline
around Eldred Rock is mostly
boulders.
An option might be constructing
a type of floating dock that would
be removed after the summer
season. “We have to come up
with a better system,” Randles
said. “The docking situation is not
straightforward. It’s difficult.”
Besides the three-story
lighthouse building, structures
on the rocky, windblown point
include a boathouse, carpenter
shop and helipad. The lighthouse
was built in 1905 and was manned
until 1973, when its light was
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held in Room 130 of the Haines
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Oct. 30.
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RADIO COMMUNICATIONS
When you are hunting in Alaska, you can communicate
with other hunters in the field in any non-electronic way.
You can whistle, shout, use hand signals, or even mirror flashes, but no radios. No toy walkie-talkies, C.B.s or
short- wave radios are legal while hunting. And you can’t
help someone on the ground while you are flying, either.
Work out your field communications before you start your
hunt.
Alaska Fish and Wildlife Safeguard is a group of private
citizens dedicated to protecting our state’s fish and wildlife. If you think you have seen a hunting or fishing violation, report it. Call 1-800-478-3377. You may be eligible
for a reward. Help make Alaska a better place.
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KHNS will add 2nd
full-time reporter
By Tom Morphet
Public radio station KHNS
will employ a second, full-time
reporter starting Nov. 3, staff
reported at the station’s annual
membership meeting Sept. 26.
The job will be based in Haines
but will allow the station to
devote more time to covering
Skagway, news director Margaret
Friedenauer told the crowd. The
position also is aimed at providing
more coverage of local arts and
culture, she said.
Emily Files, a part-time
reporter at KRBD in Ketchikan,
will take the new job here, she
said.
Station manager Kay Clements
said in an interview after the
meeting that a survey in the
spring made it clear that listeners
ranked local programming at the
top of what they liked about the
station, and what they’d like to
hear more of. “It was clear that
local news was really important,
and that anything we could do to
enhance that would be of value to
our listeners.”
The station employed two
reporters – including a full-time
Skagway reporter – during the
1980s but eliminated the Skagway
job after its budget shrank. KHNS
also has used a second, parttime reporter intermittently.
Station officials have previously
expressed interest in increasing
news staff, but cited limited
funds. Clements said funding the
second reporter position came
by a restructuring of station staff,
including reducing hours of a
development director position and
by soliciting funding for another
news position.
The hire will allow the station
to have either Files or Friedenauer
live on the air between 6 a.m. and
8 a.m., starting in late November,
Friedenauer said. A morning host
would provide a “local voice”
in the morning and allow the
public to get information like road
conditions on the airwaves at that
time.
Friedenauer said she would
hope to also resume nightly
local newscasts on a daily basis.
Currently, local news airs Monday
through Thursday. She also said
the Saturday magazine “Lynn
MEDEVAC from page 1
Walsh said she was not aware
of any local patients who’ve been
stung by the change.
Neither membership company
covers ground ambulance
transport costs.
So far in 2014, there have
been 49 medevacs, Walsh said.
Guardian Flight provided flights
36 times and Airlift Northwest,
six. The U.S. Coast Guard
provided transport seven times.
In 2013, 62 medevacs included
32 by Guardian, 14 by Airlift
Northwest, and 12 by SEARHC
MedEvac Service. SEARHC has
discontinued its service.
It’s important for patients to
remember that they can refuse
transport, as long as those patients
are adults with the capacity to
make the decision at the time,
Walsh said. “People have a lot of
rights.”
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Canal Weekend” would be hosted
out of Skagway in the coming
year.
A profit and loss statement
for July 2013 through June 2014
provided by manager Clements
showed station income at $398,000
and expenses at $417,491. Station
income included $283,000 in
grants, $39,399 in memberships
and donations, and $37,263 in
underwriting. The station also
raised $20,200 in special events.
G r a n t s r e c e i v e d b y t h e
station included $20,000 from
the Rasmuson Foundation for
equipment upgrades such as a
digital telephone interface; $4,500
from the Alaska Community
Foundation for business planning
and money from the DouglasDornan Foundation for archiving
certain historic, live-hosted
programs by transferring shows
from reel-to-reel tape to digital
records.
Station expenses included
payroll ($238,222), programming
($47,246), utilities ($37,497),
professional service ($27,445),
and information technology
($18,376).
Also at the meeting, Heather
Lende, Judy Erekson and Maria
Pointer were elected to the
station’s board of directors. Other
directors include Tekla Helgason
and Deb Potter of Skagway and
Eric Kocher, Diane Sly, Mike
Case and Jeff Bochart of Haines.
Bochart is president of Lynn Canal
Broadcasting, Inc.
Chilkat Valley News October 16, 2014
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parents Debra Petrie and Henry
Binger of Austin, as well as
Aurita’s company commander
from Afghanistan, assistant team
leader, and fellow soldiers, who
flew over from Afghanistan.
Ring-bearer Kip Silva of New
York City made Aurita’s pink
chiffon wedding dress. Also in
attendance were John Briner of
Skagway, Bart Henderson, and
Cynde Adams. The reception
took place at Eklecticafe, where
John works as a cook. The
chocolate zucchini wedding
cake with coconut whipped icing
was made by the bride herself.
Aurita teaches a children’s dance
performance team and runs afterschool dance programs. Friends
can send cards or gifts to P.O.Box
564, Moab, Utah, 84532.
Adam Humphrey of
Whitehorse, Y.T. and Donna
Madden of Ontario were tending
a deep-fried turkey outside the
Haines Senior Center Sunday, as
about two dozen friends gathered
inside to celebrate Canadian
Thanksgiving. Humphrey, a City
of Whitehorse employee, said
a group of friends who’ve been
coming to Haines for the weekend
for years decided to formalize
their gathering with a potluck
dinner at the center he described
as ideal for their gathering. They
enjoyed playing the center’s piano
and its Wii games, he said.
H a r r i e t B r o u i l l e t t e ,
Georgiana Hotch and Les
Katzeek were elected in the
Chilkoot Indian Association
election Sept. 11. Each will fill
a three-year term. They join
other members John Katzeek,
Evangeline Willard-Hoy, Gale
Thompson and Gene Strong.
The aspens near Million Dollar
Falls were a “brilliant gold” for a
drive Joan Snyder and Art and
Donna Woodard recently made
to Haines Junction, Y.T. Joan
said they also enjoyed touring the
new Da Ku Cultural Center in the
village.
Helen Edwards’ family and
friends gathered Friday at the
Pioneer Bar for a party celebrating
her new driver’s license. Sister
Jessica Edwards organized the
party for Helen, who was awarded
her license earlier in the week.
Friends joined brother-in-law
Andy Hedden, niece Sophia, and
brother Sam Edwards. Jessica’s
mom Marilyn Harrold, who
accompanied Helen on practice
drives, also came. Gifts included
toy cars, an air freshener and an
ice-scraper.
A Haines School security
camera captured an intruder in
the school parking lot last week.
The brown bear was caught on
tape approaching one of the
school’s dumpsters at night. The
footage also shows a vehicle
scaring the bear away. At least two
bears have been seen on school
property three times in the past
week. Despite a chain over the
dumpster, the bears managed to
squeeze some trash out. They also
have tipped the dumpster over.
The school is now keeping more
food trash inside. Go to the Haines
Glacier Bears Facebook page to
watch footage.
About 20 people turned out
for the Haines Hockey Season
Opener party at the Pioneer Bar
Oct. 8, said Daymond Hoffman.
The group gathered to support the
community ice-skating rink and
to celebrate the start of the local
skating and hockey season. They
also watched National Hockey
League games on the bar’s TVs.
Haines hockey shirts, pucks and
memberships were sold during the
event. Proceeds go toward lights
for the rink. Call Daymond at
314-0907 to donate.
Former resident Micah True
was profiled in the University
of Alberta’s magazine, Work
of Arts, the school’s Faculty
of Arts’ magazine for alumni.
The article, titled “Creating a
Community of Learners,” is
written by Carmen Rojas. A
series of photographs of Micah
posing in a university classroom
is included. Photographs were
taken by Ryan Parker. Micah
is a member of the university’s
Department of Modern Languages
and Cultural Studies. He’s an
assistant professor of French
literature and folklore. Micah
also was awarded the 2014
Faculty of Arts Undergraduate
Teaching Award and a 2014
Provost’s Award for Early
Achievement of Excellence in
Undergraduate Teaching. Check
out the profile at http://www.
woablog.com/2014/10/creatinga-community-of-learners/.
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ALASKA FISH FACTOR
By Laine Welch
October 10, 2014
A ballot measure to protect salmon
in Southwest hasn’t grabbed as many
headlines as pot and campaign politics.
Ballot Measure 4, sponsored by the
group Bristol Bay Forever, asks voters to
give the Alaska legislature final say on
any large oil, gas and mining projects
in the 36,000 square miles of the Bristol
Bay Fisheries Reserve.
The initiative does three significant
things to the existing reserve, said Dick
Mylius, a former state director for the
Division of Mining, Land, and Water.
“It adds large scale metallic mines
to things requiring legislative approval, it
broadens the geographic area to include
the entire drainage including uplands,
and it also applies to state, private, and
federal lands within the reserve,” Mylius
said at a recent forum hosted by Alaska
Common Ground in Dillingham.
The proposed Pebble Mine, he
said, would take a direct hit if the ballot
measure passes.
“Pebble is within the Bristol Bay
Fisheries Reserve, it would be greater
than 640 acres, and it is a large scale
metallic sulfide mine. So if this (ballot
measure) passed, it would require that
the legislature approve the Pebble Mine
at the end of the permitting process,”
Mylius told KDLG.
The Bristol Bay Fisheries Reserve
was created in 1972 as a way to safeguard
salmon from oil and gas development.
Legislative approval would add another
layer of protection, said Anders
Gustafson, Director of the Renewable
Resources Coalition.
“In the end, there’s no one saying,
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‘you’ve got this permit to dredge here,
you’ve got that permit to build this road,’
but where is the permit that says should
we do it at all?” Gustafson said. “I see the
‘could‘ permits, but where’s the should?”
Is this going to have a bad effect overall, is
this the right thing to do in general? There
is no end result that evaluates the impacts
of all these permits together.”
Mining engineer Richard Hughes
argued that the Alaska legislature doesn’t
have the authority to regulate permits.
“They could have the right to
designate a special area, no question about
it,” Hughes said, “but I think moving
the approval process to the legislature
is a separation of powers issue, and a
usurpation of the authority of the state
administrators.”
Regardless, Alaska voters will have
their say on protecting salmon at Bristol
Bay at the polls on November 4.
Crab creeps up - Alaska’s biggest crab
fisheries in the Bering Sea just got a bit
bigger. When the season opens Oct. 15,
crabbers at Bristol Bay can drop pots for
10 million pounds of red king crab, a 16
percent increase.
Similarly, the snow crab harvest
was bumped up 26 percent to 68 million
pounds.
The biggest Bering Sea crab surprise
is the whopping increase for bairdi
Tanners, the larger cousin of opilio, or
snow crab. Long closures to help rebuild
the stock over the past 20 years appear to
be paying off: State managers announced
a Tanner harvest of 15 million pounds
this year, the largest in 20 years, and an
increase from just 1.4 million pounds last
season.
At far away St. Matthew Island a
blue king crab fishery will reopen with
a small 655,000 pound catch limit. That
fishery has been closed for two years.
Closer to shore, the news isn’t so
good for Southeast Alaska crabbers.
Biologists say the stock of red and blue
king crab is at the lowest level in over
two decades and will remain closed. The
region has not had a king crab fishery
since 2011, after being closed for six
years prior.
Hats off ! Kenai attorney and longtime
fisherman Jim Butler headed a list
of Fisherman of the Year awards at
the United Fishermen of Alaska 40th
anniversary celebration in Anchorage.
Butler was cited for his long advocacy
for Alaska fishermen, notably, his work
on advisory groups and oil legislation
after the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
The 2013 award also went to
Bruce Schactler of Kodiak, a veteran
fisherman and USDA food aid program
coordinator for the Alaska Seafood
Marketing Institute. Schactler is credited
with breaking trail to get Alaska fish into
hunger relief and food aid programs
around the world.
Jim and Rhonda Hubbard of
Kruzhof Fisheries in Seward scored the
high honor for 2014. The Hubbards
were hailed for drawing attention to
the complexity of state and federal
regulations for seafood sellers, and for
their advocacy for ‘fair and reasonable
regulations ‘for the fishing industry.
United Fishermen of Alaska is the
nation’s largest commercial fishing group,
representing 35 fishing organizations
and thousands of fishermen.
October 16, 2014
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Lola Knutson remembered as caring, intelligent
Lola Knutson died Oct. 2 in
Redmond, Ore. of complications
of gall bladder cancer. She was
82.
Friends this week remembered
the 36-year resident as capable,
intelligent and devoted to family
and church. A memorial service
will be held 1:30 p.m. Saturday at
the Haines Presbyterian Church.
Knutson was born Oct. 13,
1931 to Lola and Frederick
Snodgrass at their home in West
Seattle. She was her mother’s
seventh child and one of nine
children in a household that
included half-siblings and an
adopted brother.
Lola was valedictorian of
her high school class in Auburn,
Wash. and was very involved with
the First Methodist Church and
the church’s youth programs. She
attended college summer school
at Washington State College in
Pullman, Wash. and earned a
bachelor’s degree in sociology
f r o m C e n t r a l Wa s h i n g t o n
State College of Education in
Ellensburg. Through friends in a
church program, she met future
husband Jim Pritchard.
They married in 1951 in
Lola Knutson
Pullman. Their first child, Clyde
LeRoy Pritchard, was born in
1953 in Port Townsend, Wash.,
near their home in Chimacum,
Wash. Because she was unable to
have a second child, the couple
adopted a girl they named Gayle
Christine in 1955.
The family lived in Pullman,
Ellensburg, Yakima, Selah,
Bellingham and Chimacum before
Lola and Jim divorced in 1958.
Lola married Kenneth Vertz,
a high school teacher, around
1960. They spent most of their
married life in Port Angeles,
where Lola worked for the local
public power and water utility
district. She started out as a
secretary and worked her way
up to a manager position in the
engineering department.
In 1978, a year after Kenneth’s
death, Lola visited Haines with
a neighbor from Sequim, Wash.
whose son was helping build the
Sheldon Museum. During the
visit, she met longtime resident
Lowell Knutson. They developed
a strong relationship and were
married in 1979, moving into
a duplex unit on Officer’s Row
that Lowell owned with his friend
and business partner, Ted Gregg.
When Lowell’s previous
wife died, Lola adopted their
11-year-old son, Morgan, as
her third child and second son.
Lowell became a woodworker
when he was no longer able
to work as a timber faller. For
many years Lola helped him
market his creations via outlets
including the Sheldon Museum
and consignment shops around
Haines. They also opened and
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operated Knute’s Shop in the
foyer of their Fort Seward home.
Neighbor Joan Snyder
described Lola Knutson as an
avid gardener and homemaker
who won the Southeast Alaska
State Fair’s homemaker of the
year award. “She was quietly
intelligent. She was good at
writing and was computer
literate in her eighties. She was
a knowledgeable lady but she
chose to stay close to home and
her church.”
Fort Seward resident Annette
Smith remembered Knutson as
thoughtful and skillful. “She
could do guy things like work on
the electricity in her house. She
always had good information and
interesting ideas on any topics that
came up.”
F a m i l y m e m b e r s s a i d
Knutson was a supporter of
the Sheldon Museum for many
years and was a big supporter
of the Haines Public Library.
Besides serving for years as
pianist at Haines Presbyterian
Church, Knutson served as a
church elder and devoted herself
to a mission through the group
Samaritan’s Purse that distributes
toys to needy children at Christmas.
“She was a go-to person in the
church,” said past church elder
Bonnie Sharnbroich. “She was a
strong prayer warrior that people
depended on. She will be missed.”
Knutson spent most of
2014 with her son Clyde and
her daughter-in-law Debbie
in central Oregon, where she
was receiving medical care.
Lola Knutson is survived by
sons Clyde LeRoy Pritchard of
Terrebonne, Ore. and Morgan
Lowell Knutson of Haines,
by daughter Gayle Christine
Pritchard-Royer of Hillsboro,
Ore., and by many grandchildren.
She will be interred at Jones
Point Cemetery beside husband
Lowell Knutson.
Borough designates
downtown boat yard
By Tom Morphet
The Haines Borough is taking
the first step toward a downtown
municipal boat yard, a facility
supporters say will help keep
money in town during the winter.
Harbormaster Phil Benner said
as many as 12 boats can be stored
in a vacant, beachfront lot south
of the ice machine during the
coming winter. The borough has
purchased 60 metal jack stands for
supporting vessels on land, using
$8,000 from the harbor fund.
As many as 25 local vessels
are stored each winter at a
similar facility maintained by
the municipality in Skagway.
“We want to be competitive with
Skagway,” Benner said, especially
considering boats there are from
Haines.
Space will rent at 20 cents
a square foot or about $60 per
month, he said, and revenues will
go toward paying off the jack
stands.
Commercial gillnetter Norman
Hughes, chair of the borough’s
Port and Harbor Advisory
Committee, said space will be
made available to recreational
boats and the area will augment
a small area for boats at the
borough’s Lutak Dock. “It’s great.
Boats won’t have to be going to
Skagway and won’t be sitting in
the harbor, being worried about
for shoveling snow off. The public
expressed interest to Phil about
winter boat storage.”
Benner recently graded and
graveled the lot and is looking to
extend temporary electric service
to the area, which would allow
boat owners to do minor work
on boats, Hughes said, adding
that he’d like to see a permanent
location in town. “I’m a proponent
for having a boat storage or work
yard in the (downtown) basin…
This is an experiment. We’re
getting our feet wet. We’d like to
see how it works.”
The boat storage yard was a
topic at an informal meeting last
week between borough officials
and harbor users.
Harbormaster Benner said
after the meeting that other topics
important to fishermen include
one to add stairs to the harbor grid
(serviced now by only a ladder)
and the waiting list for boat slips.
Some boat owners support waiting
list preferences for residents
or commercial fishermen, but
because the facility is paid for
with outside sources of funding,
such restrictions can’t apply, he
said.
“I wish we could make locals
and fishermen a priority, but
because of where we get our
money from, we can’t,” Benner
said.
Benner said the harbor will
be the first in the state to be lit
exclusively with LED lighting.
He also said the borough has
received four fish gut traps aimed
at maintaining the health of harbor
sea floors by diverting fish waste.
A migratory salmon grant of
$38,000 paid for the four traps.
Three will be located at the end
of floats in the downtown harbor.
One will be stationed at Letnikof
Cove.
Benner said he hopes to hold
at least two informal meetings
per year with harbor users similar
to last week’s event held at the
American Legion Hall.
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Glacier Bear
spikers spar
at Skagway
The Haines High School
volleyball team partnered with the
Skagway Panthers last weekend to
prepare for tournament play.
The Glacier Bears traveled to
Skagway on Oct. 10 and joined the
Panthers for practice that evening.
The next morning, nine Haines
volleyball players and about a
dozen athletes from Skagway
participated in two hours of
“skills and drills,” followed by
another two and a half hours of
scrimmaging, said coach Gina
Randles-Comstock.
“It was a really great learning
experience for all of us,” she
said. “I have never seen the girls
perform like that before.”
Randles-Comstock said
although “we didn’t even turn the
scoreboard on,” the scrimmage
was especially valuable for the
teams’ freshmen.
The squads were “about the
same skill level,” she said, and
Randles-Comstock also was
able to exchange pointers with
another Southeast first-year
coach, Skagway’s Aaron Schmidt.
Randles-Comstock said junior
Corinna Hill has been a bright spot
for Haines at libero, a defensive
specialist position.
The Glacier Bears will compete
at a Wrangell tournament this
weekend.
Coroner:
Fabrizio died
of bad heart
A coroner’s report found that
Porcupine miner Jerry Fabrizio,
72, died of heart disease.
Fabrizio was found dead Aug.
4 at his remote mining claim near
Cahoon Creek in the Porcupine
mining district.
The report was recently sent
to Fabrizio’s family members.
The death certificate dated Sept.
24 lists the cause of death as
hypertensive atheroscloretic
cardiovascular disease.
Phil Lockerman, Fabrizio’s
brother, said his vegetarian
brother “exercised like crazy,” but
wasn’t the type to visit a doctor,
even if he was in pain.
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Chilkat Valley News October 16, 2014
Police report
Monday, Oct. 13
A Chilkoot Estates subdivision
resident reported bear activity in
the area. An officer responded
but the bears were gone.
A Mud Bay Road resident
reported a bear tore into the
shed on his lot the previous
night. Police, troopers and Fish
and Game were advised.
A person reported a minor
collision between two vehicles
near the bathroom at Tanani
Point. The caller stopped by the
station later to pick up a form.
A person living near the
intersection of Old Haines
Highway and Second Avenue
called to say someone was
“driving her nuts” and she
wanted to know what she could
do. Police provided information
on obtaining a protective order.
Police responded to a report of
a dispute on Mud Bay Road and
arrested a woman for domestic
violence assault. Alcohol was
involved.
A Haines School official
repor ted being stuck in the
school because of a bear at
the school dumpster. An officer
responded and scared the bear.
A Small Tracts Road resident
reported a bear had torn a hole
in their garbage shed. The caller
scared the bear away.
Traffic stops resulted in two
warnings for failure to stop at a
stop sign. Sunday, Oct. 12
A Chilkoot Estates subdivision
resident called to report bears
trying to get into dumpsters.
He asked police to shoot them
because he is tired of them and
has to walk in the area regularly.
Police, troopers and Fish and
Game were advised.
A Whitehorse man came
to the station, repor ting he
had left a party on Mud Bay
Road after becoming upset with
his girlfriend. The man wanted
police to know he was heading
back to Canada in case his
friends were looking for him. He
had been drinking and said he
would be getting a hotel room.
A Dusty Trails resident
reported two bears had gotten
into the trash there and had
left with a trash bag. Police,
troopers and Fish and Game
were advised.
The manager of Dusty Trails
reported a bear had been in the
trash, but had been unable to get
in a bear-proof container.
A caller reported garbage
strewn on a Sawmill Road
property. The garbage was from
a bear getting into a nearby
p e r s o n ’s g a r b a g e. Po l i c e
responded and told the person
to clean up the garbage and
properly contain it.
A McPhetres Lane resident
reported a bear in his trash,
saying he’d shoot it if it came
back. An officer responded but
the bear had left. The person
called back to say a sow and
cubs were back. An officer
responded but was unable to
locate the bears.
A traffic stop resulted in a
speeding citation.
Saturday, Oct. 11
A Barnett Drive resident
reported firing a shot to scare
off a bear. The bear ran away.
Another resident in the area
reported a bear had torn his
garage door open and scattered
trash. Police, troopers and Fish
and Game were advised.
Troopers repor ted water
overflowing onto the road at
7 Mile Haines Highway. Road
HEIDI ROBICHAUD, LCSW
Clinical Hypno-therapist
crews responded.
A person came to the station
to repor t theft of a marine
battery from a locked storage
unit near the intersection of the
Old Haines Highway and Mud
Bay Road. The loss is valued at
$1,200. An officer was advised.
Friday, Oct. 10
A caller reported a landslide
blocking passage at 5 Mile Lutak
Road. Road crews responded.
A resident reported the theft
and use of a credit card in
town. Police initiated a case
and tracked down the suspect
through transactions. The
investigation continues.
A caller reported four inches
of water on the road at 8 Mile
Haines Highway. Road crews
were advised.
A Small Tracts Road resident
repor ted hearing gunshots.
An officer who checked found
nothing.
A caller reported someone
left an umbrella and heater in
the gazebo near the Small Boat
Harbor. According to the caller,
the items appeared to be junk.
Thursday, Oct. 9
A caller repor ted a bear
brought another person’s trash
into her Union Street yard. The
trash included soiled diapers.
Police contacted the trash owner
and warned the person about
bear attractants.
Police received an intrusion
alarm for a business on Main
Street near First Avenue. An
officer responded but found no
sign of an intruder.
A Haines resident reported
the use of his debit card without
his per mission. An officer
initiated a case.
A caller reported a small
rockslide near 14 Mile Haines
Highway. State road crews
responded.
Police received a civil packet
from out of state to be served on
a resident.
A caller reported a vehicle
parked at a stop sign on Mission
Street. An officer responded,
found the owner and warned
them about illegal parking.
A person reported a large
brown bear had broken into a
metal shed in Highland Estates
and taken a trash bag. An officer
responded, but the bear had left.
Wednesday, Oct. 8
A Chilkoot Estates subdivision
resident reported a bear had
tipped over a dumpster. An
officer responded and scared
off the bear, which was carrying
a garbage bag.
A person driving on Small
Tr a c t s R o a d r e p o r t e d a
suspicious man walking up and
down in front of a residence. The
caller said the man looked out of
place and was walking back and
forth. An officer contacted the
man, who said he was waiting
for a ride.
A person reported a bear in
the dumpster behind the high
school. An officer responded and
found the bear had left.
Tuesday, Oct. 7
A Small Tracts Road resident
reported a bear had broken into
their truck.
Multiple Chilkoot Estates
subdivision residents reported
bears getting into dumpsters.
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NOTICE OF POSITION VACANCY:
The Haines Borough School
District is looking for an Open
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hrs/wk. (evenings) $15.26/hr.
Closes October 27th. Work to
begin on/about October 29th.
Please contact Ashley at 7666725 or [email protected] for
more information. (41,42b)
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SCHOOL BOARD VACANCY
NOTICE
The Haines Borough School
Board is currently seeking to fill
a vacancy on the school board.
Please submit letters of interest
by 4 pm on Friday, October 24th
to: Ashley Sage, HBSD, Box 1289
Haines, AK 99827. The board
will take action on this request at
a special meeting scheduled for
Wed., October 29th. The term of
this replacement member will be
until the next regularly scheduled
election in October 2015. (41,42b)
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COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
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position involving a var iety
of administrative, technical &
professional work in preparation
& implementation of economic &
community development plans,
programs, and services outlined
in the Borough 2025 Comp Plan &
directed by the borough manager.
Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree
in business, public admin, finance,
or community/urban planning;
Master’s Degree preferred.
Relevant experience may be
substituted for a specific area
of study. Starting annual salary:
$62,000 +/- (DOE/DOQ) with
benefits. Get more info from Clerk,
103 S. 3rd Ave, Haines, 766-2231
ext 31, [email protected],
or online at www.hainesalaska.
gov. App deadline: Accepting
applications until filled; first review
date 11/7/14. Cover letter, resume,
& borough app required. EOE.
Apps public record.
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This position will provide
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arranging patient travel as well
as Administrative support to the
Administrator and Office Manager.
HS diploma or equivalent, 2 years
experience in medical office
or customer service, one year
experience in record keeping,
purchasing and supply logs
required. Pay starts at $12.46+/
hour DOE. Full-time & benefited.
Apply online at www.searhc.org.
Preference given per PL 93-638.
(41,42b)
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FARM from page 1
NOT HIBERNATING YET -- Brown bears have been active in
town and along the Chilkoot River in recent weeks, still seeking
food sources to fatten up before hibernation. Top, a bear soaks
in the sun behind a raven on Lutak Inlet. Above, a bear grabs
a salmon from along the Chilkoot River late last month. Tom
Ganner photos.
Correction
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owned by the American Bald
Eagle Foundation.
Foundation founder Dave
Olerud also allowed him to grow
in a rich plot on his property
up the hill, bringing Douthit’s
production area to just over half
an acre.
“ To m e w h a t S p e n c e r
represents is a proper utilization
of our space,” Olerud said. “We
could use his innate abilities to the
maximum to try to utilize all this
space we have around Haines to
get back to some of the glory days
of the agricultural productivity of
this valley.”
Douthit calls his business
Columbine Farm. Moderate
temperatures and a longer
growing season make farming
in Haines less risky than in the
Interior. With freight prices added
to the cost of imported produce, a
small farm like his is more likely
to be viable here than in the Lower
48.
So far, demand has exceeded
Douthit’s growing capacity. His
17 shareholders receive most of
his crop, and what remains goes
to the Haines Farmer’s Market or
Olerud’s grocery department.
Douthit expects to net less than
$10,000 the next few seasons,
but figures that with increased
acreage and efficiency he’ll make
a livable summer income in five
to ten years. “It’s not like a real
rich lifestyle financially, but it’s a
pretty rich lifestyle in the quality
of life,” he said.
Douthit supplemented his
income last year by spending
midwinter catching Pacific cod
in western Alaska. This year he
has been working part-time as a
bike mechanic and hopes to stay
working this winter as a substitute
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Spencer Douthit
teacher and carpenter. He also
plans to offer workshops on topics
such as practical soil science for
gardeners.
Douthit was set to begin a
master’s program in environmental
engineering in Fairbanks this fall,
but passed up the three-year
commitment to focus on growing
in Haines.
“I’ve spent so much time
making this a goal in my life,
and now I’m here and it has its
challenges but I’m doing what I
set out to do,” Douthit said.
Douthit embraces most of
the challenges associated with
organic farming – figuring out
irrigation, reclaiming land from
thimbleberry brambles and
keeping bears from eating his
carrots.
He’s looking forward to one
day living on the land he cultivates
and envisions starting an orchard
to supplement his income and
offering programs in conjunction
with the American Bald Eagle
Foundation and the Sheldon
Museum.
“I feel like this is a community
I want to settle into and be a
part of and I’m going to make it
happen,” he said.
Douthit’s a regular part of local
radio broadcasts. KHNS program
director Amelia Nash said his
enthusiasm for discovering music
is just one asset he brings to the
station. “He’s a great volunteer in
that he shows up for every event
and every fundraiser.”
Douthit has also become a
fixture at the increasingly-popular
monthly barn dances, where
he learned to be a caller. “It’s
really kind of exciting. He just
picked it up and gets progressively
better each time,” said Sweet
Sunny North band member Tom
Heywood. “It makes it fun for us
musicians when he has everyone
happy and dancing.”
With half of the Sweet Sunny
North musicians leaving town,
Douthit is trying to coordinate
another band so barn dance fun
can continue through the winter.
“In my mind square dancing is
not a real rigid activity. It’s not
about doing the dance just right,
it’s about having a hell of a time,”
he said.
Douthit is looking forward to
this winter as a time to do more of
some other things he enjoys, like
playing banjo, bicycling, eating
the mountain goat he harvested
this fall and enjoying the company
of his new community.
“It seems like winter’s the time
you really get to know people
a little better. I’m excited about
that,” Douthit said. “There are lots
of diverse, talented people who
are sticking around.”
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