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Photo by Diana Haecker
RACING SEASON— Local musher Stephanie Johnson drives her team to the finish line at last weekend’s Nome Kennel Club two-day sled dog race. See more photos on page 16.
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VOLUME CXVI NO. 9 March 3, 2016
CAST to tackle big issues on path to regional wellness
By Diana Haecker
Last week, the Community Alcohol Safety Team gathered at Kawerak’s Talialuk boardroom for two
days to hear data presented by Dr.
Brian Saylor that was to help the
group make community-based decisions on how to tackle underage
drinking, binge drinking and to begin
charting a path towards behavioral
health and wellness in Nome and the
region.
Dr. Saylor, a former director of
University of Alaska’s Institute of
Circumpolar Health studies and now
independent health services researcher, presented data from a 2015
survey and several focus groups.
The team, CAST for short, was
born through a state grant to RuralCap and was administered by Kawerak to address and improve
wellness in Nome and the region
through a concept that is called
“Strategic Prevention Framework.”
Unlike other grants, the concept allows for the community to make its
own data-informed and culturally
appropriate decisions. A second
grant uses the same process and is to
continue the work.
Lisa Ellanna with Kawerak said
that the first community assessment
results indicated that the real concerns were the negative effects of alcohol on the community and the
region. But it also became clear that
alcohol abuse is only the symptom
of much deeper underlying problems. “We utilized the same process
to go through another grant of identifying other areas that we need to
focus on that address behavioral
health,” Ellanna said. “The coalition
identified that there are concerns
around the issue of behavioral
health, that relate to racial equity,
recognizing history and how difficult
that has been for the Alaska Native
population.” Ellanna said the results
of this difficult history requires an
assessment of the present in order to
be able to work towards wellness.
“You can’t really chart a path to the
future unless you know where you
are and we are just now recognizing
where we are,” Elanna said. She said
that people’s personal histories were
validated in the data that addressed
racial inequity and historical trauma
experienced by Alaska Native people. “Being in a place where its safe
to have a discussion as to what
we’ve been through as a community
of Alaska Natives has allowed us to
say, ok, this is where we are, this is
what happened to us and this is why
we are where we are, now we can
chart a path to a brighter future,” she
said.
Dr. Saylor presented data to the
group that consisted of members of
Kawerak, the Nome Youth Facility,
the Office of Child and Family Services, Public Health nurses, a correction officer, the Nome Public School
District, Bering Sea Women’s
Group, the UAF’s Extension Servcontinued on page 4
Port panel tightens
port user safety rules
Photo by Mallory Conger
TEAMS AGAINST TOBACCO— Iron Dog racers Mike Morgan, right, and Chris Olds signed autographs
and talked to young people about being tobacco free at Old St. Joe’s on Wednesday. The meet-and-greet
event was part of the Finish It Alaska campaign put on by the Nome Community Center.
By Sandra L. Medearis
Commissioners for the Port of
Nome have revised the tariff rules
and regulations to include safety
measures.
The Nome Common Council was
scheduled to consider the final draft
of Port of Nome Tariff No. 12 for
final approval at a special council
meeting at noon March 2.
The commission reviewed years
of spreadsheets as well as tariff rules
and regulations of other harbor operations in updating Nome’s rules and
pricing effective with council adoption for the upcoming shipping season.
The proposed tariff requires supplies and equipment for work on
vessels in the port to be cleared away
each night. Failure to clean up after
the workday could result in a
cleanup fee plus being denied temporary storage privileges. Workers
must place tarpaulins or heavy-duty
material under hull-scraping jobs to
keep residue off the land where the
craft is located. The tariff rules hold
owners and operators responsible for
disposing of debris and residue, as
well as restoring the ground base to
its original condition after work finishes. Any hot work—welding or
cutting— sandblasting or painting,
whether on a vessel or dockside,
must have a permit for each day of
work to facilitate safe operation of
the port.
Any “hot work’ requires assigning a fire watch person for the entire
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Outbreak of parvovirus confirmed in Alaskan dog kennels
By Maisie Thomas
As if the 85 mushers preparing to
start the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog
Race this weekend don’t have
enough to worry about, a large canine parvovirus outbreak has been
confirmed in Interior Alaska.
State Veterinarian Robert Gerlach
said that there have been at least four
dog-mushing kennels affected with
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the virus, as well as a few other individual cases.
Parvovirus, or parvo for short, is
not one of the diseases that must be
reported, so the actual number of infected dogs is unknown. Reports
have come in from Fairbanks to
Cantwell. Gerlach confirmed there
have been large numbers of dogs reported dead in some kennels.
There are a few traits that make
dogs more susceptible to the virus,
Gerlach said, such as old and young
dogs as well as dogs under stress.
Working dogs, such as sled dogs, are
under high levels of physical and
mental stress, which can decrease
their immune system.
Parvo is most common in puppies,
so the risk of contraction is reduced
by giving the dogs vaccinations
early. In addition to shots at six, nine
and twelve weeks, it is beneficial for
adult dogs to receive booster shots.
However, Gerlach noted that some of
the infected dogs had received parvo
vaccines. He is unsure why the vaccine was ineffective, but noted that
vaccines cannot guarantee 100 percent immunity from a disease. He
said that samples have been taken
and sent to laboratories outside of
Alaska for further testing.
The virus can be spread by any canine, said Gerlach. Foxes, wild dogs
and wolves can be infected with and
spread the disease to domestic dogs,
but Gerlach did not say if this was
what caused this outbreak.
Once a dog comes into contact
with the virus, Gerlach said, it can
take anywhere from two days to two
weeks to manifest itself. Parvo affects the animal’s ability to absorb
nutrients, causing the dog to become
dehydrated and lose weight. According to Gerlach, the first symptom of
parvo is usually depression and
lethargy, followed by loose, bloody
stools, fever and vomiting. Since
there is no antivirus medication, the
disease cannot be completely cured.
Instead, animals are treated symptomatically. Since the virus causes dehydration, the dogs are often given
IV drips.
Humans are not affected by the
strain of parvo that manifests itself in
canines, but they can be carriers of
the disease. The virus can is spread
by direct contact with an infected animal, but also by contact with the
dog’s feces. Parvo can be transmitted
by shoes and clothing that have come
into contact with feces.
Nome and the other checkpoints
on the Iditarod trail are in a difficult
position in the face of the outbreak.
Hundreds of dogs will pass through
each village and town, and many
communities, including Nome, do
not have a full-time veterinarian.
To keep pets and sled dogs, as safe
as possible, Gerlach recommends
that owners avoid letting dogs socialize —the virus can be spread by a
simple nose touch — and to avoid
sharing equipment, such as food
bowls. Gerlach said dog-owning
spectators should change clothes and
wash hands before touching their
own dogs to avoid indirect contact.
Bri Kelly, media coordinator with
The Iditarod Trail Committee, said
the ITC is aware of the outbreak, and
is monitoring the situation closely.
Though they will provide additional
details in a few days, they are currently working to determine what the
protocols will be. As always, to be eligible to participate in the race, dogs
must have received a parvo vaccine.
Iditarod mushers start out with 16
dogs per team, which means up to
1,360 dogs will participate in the
2016 race.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2016
OPINION
THE NOME NUGGET
Alaska Democrats challenge state’s denial to allow
Independents access to primary ballot
ANCHORAGE— The Alaska
Democratic Party filed a lawsuit
challenging the state’s recent decision to deny independent candidates
access to the Party’s Primary ballot.
In January, the party adopted a rule
change that allows candidates not affiliated with a political party to run
in the 2016 Democratic Primary. In
a letter last week declining to implement the party’s rule change, the
Lieutenant Governor deemed this
matter “something for a court to decide.”
“It’s disappointing the State declined to support our constitutional
right to determine our own internal
processes and participants in our Primary,” said Casey Steinau, chair of
the Alaska Democratic Party. “It’s
clear we have a Constitutional right
to allow independents, who can al-
ready vote in our Primary, to compete for our endorsement in the
Democratic Primary, and to give voters more choices.”
The party’s suit was filed late
Monday in Superior Court in Juneau
seeking to declare unconstitutional a
state statute requiring that a candidate be registered as a member of the
political party whose nomination is
being sought in a Primary.
Article I of the Alaska Constitution and the First and Fourteenth
Amendments of the United States
Constitution guarantee the right of
freedom of association for the advancement of political objectives.
A US Supreme Court ruling established a political party’s constitutional right to freedom of
association. In the 1986 Tashjian v.
Republican Party case, the high court
said that a state law prohibiting a
party from nominating non-members
would infringe on the members’
right, under the First Amendment, to
organize with like-minded citizens in
support of common political goals.
Currently, those candidates unaffiliated with a political party may
only run by petition in the general
election and do not have the option
to appear on a primary ballot. The
Alaska Democratic Party bylaws
have historically allowed any registered voter, regardless of party affiliation, to vote in the party’s open
primary ballot unlike the Republican
Party, which has a closed primary.
This change invites more people to
participate and could provide more
choices for voters. It is with the support of independents that Alaska Democrats and progressive-backed
Independents have won elections
from the municipal to the statewide
level.
Letters to the editor must be signed and include an
address and phone number. Thank you notes and
political endorsements are considered ads.
Editorial
Here Come the Dawgs!
The 44th annual Iditarod is underway this week in Anchorage with
85 mushers and their teams heading up the trail to Nome. They will be
welcomed by volunteers at every community along the way and
warmly greeted by friends old and new when they cross under the Iditarod finish archway in Nome. Visitors old and new will enjoy the new
look of downtown Nome and its surroundings.
Front Street can show off a remodeled State Office building and a
newly spiffed up Northwest campus of the University of Alaska, and a
newly occupied Seaside Center. Of course we must not overlook the
crown jewel of our town, the Foster building on the northern edge of
Nome. The auroral colors of the sign beckon us to our new museum,
library and cultural center. The spectacular lighting of the sign is technically inspirational and financially economic with its LED light bulbs.
As the Foster sign illuminates the horizon we are made aware of the
beautiful wide open expanse of tundra and the majesty of Anvil, Newton and our spectacular mountain peaks embracing us to the north.
The walk along Steadman should soon be groomed with explanations
of the quaint historic homes and structures along the southerly approach.
We are reminded of the historic significance of our town by the
commemoration of the life-saving serum run along the old Iditarod mail
trail, the role of our town during the gold rush, World War II and the
Cold War. We are now posed at the threshold of the future and the
economic development of the Arctic. —N.L.M.—
Photo courtesy Carrie M. McLain Memorial Museum
SERUM RUN MUSHERS— The 20 mushers who transported the life-saving diphtheria serum from Nenana
to Nome in 1925. Historic documents are now stored online in the State Archives for public access.
Serum Run historic records
placed online
With the Iditarod starting next
week, the Alaska State Archives has
digitized its historic records relating
to the original 1925 Serum Run to
Nome and placed these online for the
public.
According to Zachary Jones, an
archivist with the Alaska State
Archives in Juneau, the records consist of the original correspondence
files of Territorial Gov. Scott C.
Bone, whose telegrams and corre-
spondence provide day-by-day documentation of the 1925 Serum Run
and those who participated.
The records are divided into two
general batches. The first consists of
correspondence from January to
February 1925, which documents the
governor’s correspondence with
Nome and their work to secure dog
sled teams and deliver the requested
medicine.
The second batch of correspon-
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Strait Action
Sea ice growth stalls, then
resumes again
Data from the National Snow and
Ice Data Center, NSIDC, found that
the annual growth of sea ice stopped
on February 9 for two weeks before
slowly resuming to grow. The sea ice
extent in mid-February measured
5.4888 million square miles. Around
February 23, the sea ice began to increase again and as of press time on
Monday, Feb. 29, it measured 5,581
square miles.
This development comes on the
heels of a record minimum sea ice
extent in January. NSIDC reports
that the January Arctic sea ice extent
was the lowest in the satellite record,
caused by unusually high air temperatures over the Arctic Ocean and a
strong negative phase of the Arctic
Oscillation for the first three weeks
of the month.
Arctic sea ice extent during January averaged 5.2 million square
miles, which is 402,000 square miles
below the 1981 to 2010 average.
This was the lowest January extent in
the satellite record, 35,000 square
miles below the previous record January low that occurred in 2011. This
was largely driven by unusually low
ice coverage in the Barents Sea, Kara
Sea and the East Greenland Sea on
the Atlantic side, and below average
conditions in the Bering Sea and Sea
of Okhotsk. Ice conditions were near
average in Baffin Bay, the Labrador
Sea and Hudson Bay. There was also
less ice than usual in the Gulf of St.
Lawrence, an important habitat for
harp seals.
January 2016 was a remarkably
warm month, NSIDC senior scientist
Dr. Julienne Stroeve said. Air temperatures were more than 13°F above
average across most of the Arctic
Ocean. These unusually high air temperatures are likely related to the behavior of the Arctic oscillation.
Much of the focus by climate scientists this winter has been on the
strong El Niño. However, in the Arctic, the Arctic oscillation is a bigger
player and its influence often spills
out into the mid-latitudes during winter by allowing cold air outbreaks.
According to the National Atmospheric and Oceanographic Agency,
the Arctic Oscillation is a large scale
mode of climate variability, also
called the Northern Hemisphere annular mode. The AO is a climate pattern characterized by winds
circulating counterclockwise around
the Arctic at around 55°N latitude.
When the AO is in its positive phase,
a ring of strong winds circulating
around the North Pole acts to confine
colder air across polar regions. This
belt of winds becomes weaker and
more distorted in the negative phase
of the AO, which allows an easier
southward penetration of colder, arctic airmasses and increased storminess into the mid-latitudes. How the
AO and El Niño may be linked remains an active area of research.
Appeals court upholds designation of polar bear habitat in U.S. Arctic
A 187,000 square-mile swath of
land and sea in Alaska was restored
by a federal appeals court as “critical
habitat” for polar bears, according to
Bloomberg. The case is Alaska Oil
and Gas Association v. Jewel, 1335619, U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Ninth Circuit (San Francisco).
On Monday, the appeals court
overturned a 2013 ruling by U.S.
District Court Judge Ralph Beistline,
who ruled that the Fish and Wildlife
Service’s designation of sea ice as
critical habitat was valid, but that the
agency had not shown that areas on
land and barrier islands had features
making them appropriate for polar
bear dens and he rejected the entire
plan.
Appeals court judges said the
lower court decision appeared to
consider denning habitat but not the
need by bears to have undisturbed
access to and from sea ice.
Monday’s ruling overturned a
2013 lower court decision which
sided with Alaska state officials, energy industry groups and Native Corporations, including Bering Straits
Native Corporation, argued that protections for the bears ordered by the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service six
years ago were too arbitrary be enforced.
The federal government in 2008
declared polar bears threatened under
the Endangered Species Act, citing
melting sea ice. Polar bears need ice
for hunting, breeding and migrating.
The move made the polar bear the
first species to be designated as
threatened under the act because of
global warming.
The decision by the U.S. Court of
Appeals in San Francisco will affect
all proposed greenfield and expan-
sion projects along the Beaufort and
Chukchi seas north of Alaska and
east of Russia.
The American Petroleum Institute
said it would review the court’s decision and consider its options. “The
U.S. can sustain and build on our nation’s positive energy trajectory
while protecting the polar bear and
providing greater regulatory certainty not only to the oil and natural
gas industry but also to all U.S. manufacturers,” API said in an e-mailed
statement.
Greenpeace, a leading environmental protection organization, applauded the ruling. In response to the
decision, Greenpeace Arctic campaign specialist John Deans said
“With this ruling, fossil fuel companies should immediately halt any activity in this critical habitat, and the
federal government should suspend
and put under review any proposed
activity that could impact it.
A designation of critical habitat is
required as part of a recovery plan.
The Fish and Wildlife Service set
aside acreage along Alaska’s northern coast but 95 percent is in the
ocean waters of the Beaufort and
Chukchi seas. Critical habitat designation does not impact subsistence
activities by Alaskan Native communities
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (RAK) disagreed with the decision, and
released the following statement in
response to the decision: “I am enraged by today’s Ninth Circuit decision allowing the Fish and Wildlife
Service to designate over 187,000
square miles of land—an area larger
than the state of California—as ‘critical habitat’ for polar bears. This
never should have happened in the
first place. It is an abuse of the wellintentioned Endangered Species Act
that will result in serious consequences for Alaska’s already-struggling economy.”
Sockeye study looks at
adaptability to warming
temperatures
Preliminary results of a study by
University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers indicate that it will be important for sockeye salmon
populations to maintain genetic diversity so they can adapt as water
temperature changes.
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commercially all along the southern
and western coasts of the state. The
world’s largest sockeye harvest is in
Bristol Bay.
Fish are cold-blooded, so their
body temperature and metabolism
depend on water temperature. When
the water temperature is warmer, metabolism tends to be quicker, and
vice versa.
During one long day in the field,
the researchers fertilized eggs from
two populations in Lake Iliamna in
the Kvichak River watershed. One
population spawns in the groundwater-fed Pedro Ponds just off Lake Iliamna, where water temperature is
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COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Thursday, March 3
*Open Gym
*Girls BB Practice
*Open Gym
*NCC Parent and Child Play Group
*Lunch Lap Swim
*Weekly Women’s Circle
*After School Activities: Ball Games
Grades 3-6
Grades 5-8
*Strength Training
*Nome Food Bank
*Water Aerobics
*City League Bastketball
*Open Bowling
*Thrift Shop
Nome Rec Center
Nome Rec Center
Nome Rec Center
Boys and Girls Club
Nome Swimming Pool
Prematernal Home
Nome Rec Center
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Bering and Seppala
Nome Swimming Pool
Nome Rec Center
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Methodist Church
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Friday, March 4
*Open Gym
*AM Lap Swim
*Girls BB Practice
*Open Gym
*Kindergym
*Open Gym
*After School Activities: Ball Games
Grades 3-6
Grades 5-8
*Open Gym
*Open Bowling
*Adult drop-in Soccer (ages 15+)
*AA Meeting
Nome Rec Center
Nome Swimming Pool
Nome Rec Center
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5:30 a.m. - 6:15 a.m.
6:00 a.m. - 7:30 a.m.
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Saturday, March 5
*Open Gym
*Open Bowling
*AA Meeting
Nome Rec Center
Nome Rec Center
Airport Pizza (upstairs)
noon - 8:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 6
*Open Gym
*Open Swim
*Acro Yoga
*Family Swim
*PM Lap Swim
*Zumba Fitness
Nome Rec Center
Nome Swimming Pool
Nome Rec Center
Nome Swimming Pool
Nome Swimming Pool
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5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
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Monday, March 7
*Open Gym
*Girls BB Practice
*Open Gym
*Kindergym
*Child Find Fair 2016
*Open Gym
*After School Activities: Basketball
Grades 3-6
Grades 5-8
*PM Lap Swim
*Zumba Fitness
*Open Swim
*Pilates Class
*Arctic Winter Games Practice
*Zumba Fitness
*AA Meeting
Nome Rec Center
Nome Rec Center
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Nome Rec Center
Kawerak Head Start
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Nome Swimming Pool
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5:30 a.m. - 6:15 a.m.
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5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
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Tuesday, March 8
*Open Gym
*Girls BB Practice
*Open Gym
*Lunch Lap Swim
*After School Activities: Handball
Grades 3-6
Grades 5-8
*Strength Training
*Nome Food Bank
*Yoga with Peter
*AA Meeting
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Nome Rec Center
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Bering & Sepala
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Airport Pizza (upstairs)
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– 70 percent of parents abusing their
kids have experienced maltreatment
themselves as children. In focus
group discussions, the researchers
could glean information about the
identity crises of mixed race individuals, who struggle with a sense of belonging; and about the lingering
effects of historical trauma.
After pouring over the data sheets
and having group discussions, the
coalition concluded that improvements are needed in the justice system; also improvements are needed
to better train behavioral health
providers as to an understanding of
Native history and cultural practices
Photo by Diana Haecker
PRESENTER— Dr. Brian Saylor presented the results of a survey to
members of the Community Alcohol Safety Team in Nome last week. the
group then identified the focus of further research to be centering on justice system improvements.
groups. Compared to other places in
continued from page 1
ice, the Nome Community Center Alaska and the northern region of
Alaska, there is more depression
and private persons.
One of the more surprising trends among Alaska Native people and
that the data revealed was that peo- mixed race people in Nome.
Also, Dr. Saylor had good news to
ple of mixed race have a harder time
and experience more physical and report: data revealed a slight demental hardship than people of full- crease in people drinking at all or in
blooded ethnicity. Lisa Ellanna said the last 30 days of the survey taken
it was a surprise to her. “We could in April 2015. The survey showed a
see it in the data that people of mixed statistically insignificant decrease in
race identity have a very difficult adult binge drinking, but there was
time with their mental health some no change in underage drinking.
This data was put in the context of
days. They have more days that they
experience reduced mental health what it means for mental health or
than people of non-Native ethnicity behavioral health in Nome. How
or full Native ethnicity. I knew that does parental alcohol or substance
for myself to be true, but it was rat- abuse affect children? Effects on
tling to see how large a demographic children of alcoholics include that
is experiencing the same thing,” she they are exposed to higher risk for
emotional, physical and mental
said.
“Those mixed race people who health problems; they are exposed to
are easily criticized by one or the more violence in the home; are more
other group are with a foot in both likely to experience depression, anxcamps. They are in a very awkward iety, eating disorders and are more
position – it is shows up in their men- likely to become alcohol or drug addicts themselves.
tal health status,” Dr. Saylor added.
Dr. Saylor walked the group
Data showed that mixed race
adults in Nome have far higher de- through data that showed that malpression levels than other ethnic treatment of children is passed along
survey with the overarching goal to
improve behavioral health in Nome
and the region. “This is the very beginning of a very deliberate and intensive community decision making
process,” Dr. Saylor said. “This is
not a bunch of people being told
what to do. This is a community
coming to an understanding what it
has to do.”
Lisa Ellanna said that the CAST
group holds quarterly meetings in
Nome and invites anybody interested
to participate. “If people want to get
involved and help guide to steer the
direction, they are very welcome,”
she said.
ally, vessel operators and owners
must move vessels into a rafting pattern when requested by port administration
to
accommodate
overcrowding or weather situations.
Delays resulting from bad
weather will be handled on a caseby-case basis, according to the draft
tariff, as decided by the harbormaster or port director—currently Lucas
Stotts, harbormaster, and Joy Baker,
port director.
All third-party vehicles using the
Port of Nome must have an ABC
Dry Chemical Fire Extinguisher in
the vehicle or the vehicle may not
enter the port.
The proposed tariff approved by
the Nome Port Commission and
handed to the council raises the
prices on all Port of Nome services
across the board.
A revenue and expenses study
contracted from Northern Economics by the commission in 2013 advocated a 50 percent increase right
away on port rates in order to meet
rising operating costs, future development needs and deferred maintenance costs. However, the study
suggested that the big jump in user
fees could be phased in high grant
years.
The commission and the council
agreed that a 50 percent increase
would be too drastic. Instead, the
groups voted to raise the rates by 10
percent in 2013 and then by five percent for each of 2014 and 2015.
These three increases excluded cargo
and fuel operations. The commission
went back to a 10 percent increase
for the coming open-water season in
2016, but the proposed tariff applies
the increase across the board to affect
all port usages.
The Nome port and harbor facility started operations in 1987 following completion of the causeway.
The Port of Nome Commission
approved the revised draft 4—1 at its
regular meeting Feb. 18, with commissioners
Megan
AlvannaStimpfle, Doug Johnson, Charles
Lean and Mike Sloan voting yes, but
commissioner Jim West Jr. casting a
lone no vote. His vote was against
the 10 percent increase, West said,
commenting that even a slight raise
in prices added to the cost of living in
Nome.
• Port
duration of the work.
The fire watch person “may not
be assigned other duties while performing this vital safety function,
and shall, while hot work is ongoing,
be not more than 20 feet from the
work area,” according to the tariff
regulations.
Persons working on cargo, gravel
or equipment on or at port facilities
must wear hardhats and safety vests.
When work requires cargo or freight
to be raised to elevated position, suspended from a crane hook, for example, a safety line should be
attached and handled by a safety
watch person to prevent spillage or
dropping that could injure or cause
death.
Support vessels may not remain
attached to main vessels or dock in
the small boat harbor without approval from the harbormaster or port
director for safety or weather reasons. All port users must keep mooring areas alongside their vessels clear
of obstructions in case other vessels
need to raft alongside during busy
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typically cold and constant throughout development. The other population spawns on the shores of Woody
Island in Lake Iliamna, where water
temperature is more variable
throughout development.
The researchers collected 10 adult
females and 20 males from each location, creating 10 families of one female and two males for each
population. Fertilized eggs were
flown directly from Bristol Bay to
Fairbanks in a chartered plane.
In the lab, the researchers study
when embryos hatch in five temperature-controlled chambers replicating various temperature conditions
for the two study sites. Two chambers are set up to replicate conditions
at Pedro Ponds and Woody Island
based on historical data. Two more
chambers have warmer-than-average
and to improve cultural awareness in
the school system.
“There was nothing in the data
that said anything about the justice
system,” said Dr. Saylor. He explained that this is the beauty of the
process, that CAST took the data and
drew its own conclusions from it.
“But as a community, we have decided that the justice system needs
improvement and that providers need
to be more effectively trained facing
the patients they serve,” he said.
“Now we descend on that.”
The researcher is now waiting for
further questions from the CAST
team to direct his focus on the next
temperatures to reflect potential future conditions at the sites. One
chamber replicates colder historical
conditions from the Woody Island
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for genetic variability in each family.
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the population the egg came from,
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timing.
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study will ultimately reveal that
sockeye salmon have a high capacity to be resilient in the face of temperature change. They hypothesize
that the ability to modify hatch timing could allow sockeye salmon to
successfully adapt to warming water
temperatures.
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Emily Schwing brings new voice to KNOM as news director
By Maisie Thomas
KNOM Radio Mission has seen
several changes in staff over the past
year. Last month, the station hired
Emily Schwing to be its news director. From 2012 until 2015, Schwing
worked as a full time reporter and
producer for KUAC, the Fairbanks
public radio station. Though she has
been reporting in Alaska since 2006,
Nome is a part of Alaska Schwing
was relatively unfamiliar with.
Schwing comes to KNOM with
almost 15 years of journalism experience and several awards to her
name, but emphasizes she is in the
profession to serve the public, not for
the accreditation. “I don’t think it’s a
good idea to be a proud reporter, really, I just see myself as a messenger,” she said.
The role of messenger is just one
of the many responsibilities Schwing
has undertaken as KNOM’s news director, but it is one that is important
to her. “I’m really excited to be out
on the west coast (of Alaska) and [to]
tell some of those stories,” she said.
Though Schwing always wanted
to be a reporter, she was also interested in the sciences. She earned a
Bachelor’s degree in Geology with a
minor in Environmental Studies
from Carleton College, Minnesota.
After her sophomore year of college,
Schwing took a year off of school to
intern with the National Public Radio
affiliate in Salt Lake City, Utah. She
worked at the station on and off
throughout college.
Fresh out of Carleton, Schwing
worked as in intern for National Public Radio in Washington D.C. “I’ve
always wanted to be a reporter, since
I was little,” Schwing said. But she
was told her that in order to be an onthe-ground reporter, she would have
to leave D.C.
Schwing applied for several different internships, and decided on
one at KFSK, the radio station in Petersburg, Alaska. While in Alaska,
she began to take classes in Ecology
and Natural Resource Management
at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She had enough credits to
earn a Master’s degree, but because
she was also working she never had
time to write her thesis.
Because of her background in science, Schwing’s focus is on environmental reporting. She covers topics
such as natural resources, wildlife
management and “anything that has
to do with a natural science.”
Schwing decided to go to graduate
school at UAF partly because she
wanted to become fluent in science”
so she could more effectively communicate to the public really complicated issues.
One of her favorite reporting
memories was interviewing Eagle
residents about the 2009 Yukon
River flood. Schwing first visited the
community while covering the
Yukon Quest —to date she has covered five Quests and three Iditarods— but really got to know the
residents through her interviews.
“Those are the stories that get me
most excited, when people are will-
ing to sit down and share their experiences with me,” she said.
She returned in the summer of
2012 to report on the lingering effects of the natural disaster. “That is
one of the stories that stands out for
me…because it was dealing with
some of the things that I studied,”
she said.
At KNOM, Schwing is excited to
explore further the crossover between her interest in journalism and
education in the sciences. “Every day
I feel like I need to pinch myself.
There’s no other reporter that gets to
sit down and have a conversation
with a seal hunter, I just think that’s
totally cool,” she said. The changes
in the Arctic manifest themselves in
many ways, from wildlife management and impacts to subsistence offshore drilling, Schwing said.
As news director, Schwing is responsible for everything that goes on
the air, and it is a role she takes seriously. In addition to gathering stories
from Barrow to Bethel, “and everywhere in between,” Schwing makes
sure that all of the stories are scrutinized two or three times before they
are read to listeners. “It’s my goal
that [every] single story that airs goes
through a formal edit.”
Another important part of
Schwing’s job is training two of
KNOM’s volunteers, who did not
have any prior experience in the
newsroom. “It’s my responsibility to
make sure that they understand what
kinds of values and ethics we are required to adhere to,” she stated.
Photo by Maisie Thomas
NEW VOICE IN TOWN– Emily Schwing replaced Matthew Smith as
KNOM’s news director. Schwing arrived at the station last month with
about 15 years of journalism experience; her most recent job was with
KUAC in Fairbanks.
In addition to journalism jobs in
Utah, Colorado and Canada,
Schwing has worked in Bonn, Germany for six months through an internship with Deutsche Welle, the
German international broadcasting
station.
Schwing replaces Matthew Smith,
who came to the station as a volunteer, left, and returned for an 18month stint as news director.
Home Energy Rebate program to
be suspended
By Maisie Thomas
The Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) announced that as
of March 25, the Home Energy Rebate program will be suspended. This
change will not affect the more than
40,000 Alaskans currently participating in the program, but after March
25 no new names will be added to
the program’s waitlist.
Though AHFC is a self-supported,
public corporation, the programs it
administers, including the Home Energy Rebate program, are funded
completely by the state’s capital
budget. As Alaska’s legislators grapple with a nearly $4 billion budget
deficit, it is inevitable that some
state-funded programs will be cut.
Stacy Schubert, AHFC governmental relations and public affairs director, said that the decision to
suspend the program was made at the
AHFC board of directors meeting
last week. Due to the current budget
situation, Schubert said this was a
“responsible move” on their part.
However, she added, the program remains authorized by Alaska statute,
which means that it could be revitalized at some point.
According to an AHFC press release, since 2008, 24,560 families
have made improvements to their existing homes, and received rebates
averaging $6,463. Energy rebates for
new houses are also available under
the Home Energy Rebate program.
To date, 3,248 families have constructed new houses and received rebates of up to $10,000, the highest
possible amount.
Bering Strait Native Corporation’s
Robert Bensin, an AHFC approved
energy rater in Nome, said the decision to suspend the program was a
“shock to everybody.” There is not
anyone from the Bering Strait region
currently on the waitlist, but have
been in the past. Bensin estimates
that he has rated about 115 homes,
and about 20 families have completed the program. Bensin said he
strongly supports the program and
believes it should continue to be
funded.
A unique aspect of the rebate program is that Alaskans are eligible regardless of their income. Once a
family signs up for the Home Energy
Rebate program, their house is rated
based on how energy efficient it is.
The homeowner is reimbursed up to
$325 for the rating, according to the
AHFC website. Based on the findings of the rating, families have 18
months to make energy-efficiency
improvements, get a second rating
and turn the results into AHFC.
Homeowners are automatically reimbursed $175 for the rating, but the
extent of the rebate will depend on
the changes made and their cost.
Families are given rebates for costs
including supplies and labor.
Schubert said that, as of the Board
of Directors’ meeting, 113 families
were on the waiting list. For residents in rural communities without
an energy rater, there need to be a
minimum of three families on the
waitlist in order to send a rater out.
Families have remained on the waiting list for years because no one else
in their village was on the list.
Bensin acknowledged that the program was not designed for rural
areas, but said it has had a lot of success in the larger “hub” communities.
It is due to this success that
Bensin is optimistic that the program
will be reinstated at some point. He
added that, without the energy efficient programs created under the
Home Energy Rebate program, the
state will have a hard time meeting
its greenhouse gas reduction goal.
The target is for the state to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 to
15 percent of the 2005 levels.
“The program has saved an
equivalent of 18,104,968 gallons of
Number 2 fuel oil, buoying local
economies and helping to bridge the
natural gas shortfall experienced in
Southcentral during the brownout
practices in 2009 and 2010,” AHFC
CEO and Executive Director Bryan
Bucher said in the press release.
Photo courtesy Kacey Miller
YOUNG EXPLORER— Jack Miller, 2, checks out the new features
of the Kegoayah Kozga Library when it opened its doors to the public in the new Richard Foster Building on Saturday, Feb. 27.
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education
Photo by Nils Hahn
OPEN WATER— Strong north winds over the weekend broke off shorefast sea ice along the coast line in front of Nome, creating open leads in Norton Sound.
Nome Public School District
braces for tough financial times
University agreement offers
chemical engineering degree for
Alaska students
By Kristine McRae
Nome Public Schools District Superintendent Shawn Arnold recently
returned from a legislative fly-in session to Juneau where he met with
legislators, commissioners and superintendents from around the state.
“We talked about the current state of
the budget.” Arnold told the board.
“It’s pretty scary. We’re facing one
of the worst crises for Alaska that
we’ve ever experienced. They’re
comparing it to rebuilding the state
after the 1964 earthquake.”
The legislators are looking at
three official plans to get the state
through the next couple of years,
Arnold told the board. They aim to
have a budget delivered to the governor by March 15.
One plan includes amending the
state constitution for income and
sales taxes. The others are to access
the constitutional budget reserve, and
to create various appropriation bills.
“Education is the state’s number one
expenditure and we’re going to take
the biggest hit,” Arnold said.
Districts are facing cutting up to
ten percent of their budgets, which,
statewide, is millions of dollars. For
Nome, a ten percent cut translates to
about $1 million. The Department of
Commerce expects that the price of
oil will drop significantly this summer, then, hopefully, level off at
about fifty dollars a barrel. “To start
recovering for our budget,” Arnold
said, “oil would need to be about
seventy dollars or more a barrel.”
Nome Public Schools is working on
a “Plan B” budget that will, for
starters, decrease expenditures by
five percent. The result could mean
fewer teaching positions and less instruction to students. NPS business
The University of Alaska Anchorage and University of Alaska Fairbanks have joined forces with
Washington State University to make
it easier for Alaska students to earn
chemical engineering degrees.
The 2+2 agreement allows Alaska
students to fulfill the first two years
of core requirements at UAA or
UAF, then complete the final two
years of study in Pullman, Wash., at
Washington State University’s
Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering. Students would earn their degrees from
WSU. The program comes with no
additional cost to UAF and UAA and
will begin accepting students immediately.
“We are pleased to be able to
make use of existing resources on all
three campuses to offer new opportunities and bright futures for our
students and our state,” said Fred
Barlow, dean of the UAA College of
Engineering.
Industry partners have demonstrated strong support for a chemical
engineering program in Alaska, in
part to reduce the need to recruit outside the state. Hiring graduates with
existing ties to Alaska helps reduce
expensive turnover.
“We know that Alaska industry
needs chemical engineers, and a full
manager Lucienne Smith was online
at the meeting to review next year’s
budget with the board.
A direct result of the looming
budget cuts is the omission of the
JROTC program for next year. “We
have had to take funds out of the reserve balance [to fund the program],”
Arnold said. “If we do that again, it
could bring us well below the five
percent operating guidelines.” The
district is required to keep at least
five percent of their total operating
budget in the fund (reserve) balance.
“We’re not anticipating additional
funding. There may be a chance to
fund it later this spring or in the fall,
but I’m moving forward with plans
to let the Department of the Army
know that we won’t be able to fund
it. This is a difficult decision.”
President of the district’s Classified Employee Association, Bill Potter, expressed some concerns with
the potential change in language of
board policy concerning the hours in
a workweek and subsequent overtime pay. Currently the language in
the negotiated agreement states that
any time over 7.5 hours a day and
37.5 hours a week would constitute
overtime pay. The district is seeking
to change the language to reflect a
40-hour workweek, Potter said. Potter maintained that the district, prior
to making any changes, would need
to consult the association. “Any action by the board [to change the policy], I believe, would be in violation
of our classified employees negotiated agreement and state law, and I
would have to file a grievance,” Potter told the board. Superintendent
Arnold said that he’d consulted with
the district’s attorney and that the
board does have the right to change
the policy. “But this is just cleaning
up the language of the negotiated
agreement,” Arnold explained. “It is
a first reading for discussion, and it
doesn’t mean the policy would be
adopted.”
Kacey Miller from the University
of Alaska Northwest Campus approached the board with an opportunity for NPS students who might not
have needed Internet access while
the public library relocates to the
Richard Foster building. “Some
math classes require students to work
on ALEKS, a supplemental learning
tool,” Miller said, “and we want to
ensure that students can put in the
time they need to. As a partner in education, our doors are open.” The
Student Resource Center at Northwest Campus will available for students from 4 p.m.- 6 p.m., Monday
to Thursday until the library computers are again available.
In other school board news, the
board continues to hone the language
of their new mission and values
statements, which reflect the board
priorities and goals set forth at their
retreat in December. The board is
closer to adopting an evaluation tool
they will use for their superintendent
evaluation in March. The newly
formed NPS culture committee is
inviting participation from the community. “The work of the culture
committee will be pivotal in providing curriculum that’s aligned to cultural relevancy, and we’ll work with
Kawerak in looking at examples,”
Arnold said.
four-year program is part of UAF’s
long-term plan to meet that need,”
said Doug Goering, dean of the UAF
College of Engineering and Mines.
“Until that’s a reality, the agreement
with WSU offers our students an immediate option to earn this high-demand degree and then return home to
live and work.”
The program is designed to encourage Alaskans to return after
graduation through incentives such
as Alaska-based internships. This
collaboration opens up more opportunities for Alaskans and demonstrates the university’s cooperation
with the state and engineering industry to help fill gaps in Alaska’s workforce.
“This collaborative program recognizes the historically strong linkages between Washington and
Alaska, and we’re pleased to be able
to help meet the need for a chemical
engineering program for students
from Alaska,” said Candis Claiborn,
dean of the WSU Voiland College of
Engineering and Architecture.
The three universities, along with
industry and community partners,
celebrated the collaboration at a ceremony on Friday, Feb. 26, in the second floor atrium of the UAA
Engineering and Industry Building in
Anchorage.
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Nome athletes headed to Arctic Winter Games in Greenland
By Keith Conger
The world is about to become a lot
smaller for eight young Nome athletes who have earned spots on Team
Alaska, the organizational body in
charge of assembling sporting teams
for the 2016 Arctic Winter Games.
The 24th Arctic Winter Games will
take place in Nuuk, Greenland from
March 6-11.
Five of Nome’s participants will
compete on traditional Native competition teams. They are led by Arctic Winter Games veteran Marjorie
Tahbone, who is entering her sixth
games. Tahbone first took part in
AWG as a Dene Games athlete back
to 2004. The Dene Games are traditional First Nations contests developed in Canada and Interior Alaska.
She competed in the sport for three
game cycles, and now coaches Team
Alaska’s Dene Games squad. “The
Arctic Winter Games is a set of competitions where elite athletes are
brought together for an international
competition,” says Tahbone.
In Tahbone’s team are Zachary
Tozier, Timothy James, Madison
Johnson and Kim Clark. Ivory Okleasik will compete in Arctic Sports,
which resemble the Native Youth
Olympics. Tahbone says that participants in the Dene Games and Arctic
Sports were selected based upon results from last year’s state NYO
meet, as well as results from WEIO,
the World Eskimo and Indian
Olympics.
Three members from Nome Ski
and Biathlon have qualified for the
Greenland competition. Bianca
Trowbridge and Wilson Hoogendorn
earned spots on Team Alaska’s ski
biathlon unit by winning the rural
state biathlon championship in
March of 2015. Nome’s youngest
participant is Mallory Conger who
earned a spot on the cross-country
ski team by winning a rural state
championship in skate skiing last
March.
The Arctic Winter Games is an
event that resembles the Olympics,
complete with brightly colored team
uniforms, and elaborate opening and
closing ceremonies. The medals
given out during award ceremonies
are in the shape of gold, silver and
bronze ulus. Past games have had as
many as 2,000 athletes participate in
21 different sports.
Due to limited venues in Nuuk,
the 2016 games will have 15 sports,
which include Alpine skiing, Arctic
sports (similar to Native Youth
Olympics), badminton, basketball,
ski biathlon, snowshoe biathlon,
cross-country skiing, Dene Games,
soccer, ice hockey, snowboarding,
snowshoeing, table tennis, volleyball
and wrestling.
Team Alaska will be one of nine
contingents. It will compete alongside Greenland, Yamal (Russia), and
the Sampi Nation (made up of people from Norway, Sweden, Finland,
and the Kola Peninsula of Russia).
Also participating are five contingents from Canada, which include
Yukon Territories, Northwest Territories, Northern Alberta, Northern
Quebec, and Nunavut. All participants must reside north of the 55th
parallel.
Tahbone and her Native games
crew have been practicing at the
Nome Recreation Center the last few
weeks. Trowbridge, Hoogendorn and
Conger attended a five-day camp in
Anchorage last May run by United
States Biathlon Association coaches.
They also took part in the U.S. World
Biathlon Team Trials in December.
Kim Clark is the only veteran
among the Nome entrants. “The best
part of the games is meeting people
and learning new things,” she said
before heading to Greenland. “Every
team gets three sets of pins they can
trade. During dinners and breaks we
go around and trade our pins for pin
sets from other teams.”
Three athletes from Unalakleet
will also be attending the games.
Nick Hanson, Makiyan Ivanoff and
Allie Ivanoff will be competing in
Arctic Sports.
According to the Arctic Winter
Games Website, “The Arctic Winter
Games promote an atmosphere of social interaction that strengthens cultural awareness and understanding,
increases community pride, enhances
self-esteem and promotes volunteerism. The Games also help develop stronger economic, political
and social ties and provide international exposure to the community in
which they are hosted.”
In 1970, three contingents —
Alaska, Yukon Territories, and
Northwest Territories — assembled
for the first AWG in Yellowknife,
Canada. Fairbanks was the host of
AWG in 2014. It was the sixth time
Alaska had hosted the games.
Photo by Keith Conger
TEAM ALASKA— Eight elite athletes and one coach are headed to the
Arctic Winter Games in Greenland on March 4. The participants include, front row from left to right, Marjorie Tahbone, Dene Games
coach, Mallory Conger, cross-country skiing, Madison Johnson, Dene
Games, Kim Clark, Dene Games. Top row, from left to right, Timothy
James, Dene Games, Wilson Hoogendorn, Ski Biathlon, Zachary Tozier,
Dene Games and Bianca Trowbridge, Ski Biathlon. Not pictures is Ivory
Okleasik, who is on the Arctic Sport team.
Iron Dog sleds are given TLC at halfway point Wrenching
By Keith Conger
Shortly after each pair of racers
crossed the Iron Dog Snowmachine
Race’s half-way mark near Nome’s
East End Park on Tuesday, Feb 23,
they were quickly escorted to the
Nome Public Works Building. There,
some of the most well cared for, and
expensive, racing sleds in the world
would be housed for Wednesday’s
scheduled maintenance session than
many call “The Wrenching.”
To give racers a central place to
repair their sleds, the shop is gutted
and transformed into a giant sliding
puzzle. Event organizers, race volunteers and team members worked
together to move pairs of heavily decaled, sleek snowmachines a few feet
at a time. As one pair of rigs finds a
new position, others quickly fill the
vacant space.
Tyler Aklestad and Tyson Johnson, Team 8, were the first team to
enter the Publc Works building, the
first to leave the building, and the
first to cross the finish line in Fairbanks.
Shortly after noon, a small area
had been cleared for Team 35. Fairbanks racers Tony Greene and Jon
Tolley were carefully laying out a set
of tools and assorted parts for their
Polaris Switchback PRO-S 600
snowmachines on a white folding
table. The pair had entered the halfway checkpoint in Nome the night
before. Earlier in the day they had
used their allotted 15-minute inspection time to determine they would
put new carbides on each rig and replace the front track shock on Tolley’s machine.
A crowd of spectators donned in
gray Team 35 hoodies anxiously
looked on from behind the thick, yellow rope that kept the general public
from wandering too close to the machines. Standing front and center in
the group was Tony Greene’s wife,
former Nome resident Alexa Greene,
who is the daughter of Earle and
Yvonne Martinson, and the sister of
Adam Martinson.
Race rules allow teams to enlist
the help of two mechanics for the
mid-race wrenching. Greene and
Tolley, who had recruited Team Five
racer Chris Carroll and his mechanic
friend Ivar Carlson, were putting the
finishing touches on their wrenching
choreography.
Iron Dog Race Marshall Lee
Davis sat patiently on a nearby machine as the crew put the finishing
touches on their plan. Before the racers set off working, the clipboard-toting Davis briefed the crew on the
rules of the session, specifically, that
time spent working on their rigs
would be added to their overall race
time, and ultimately effect the time
they left Nome for the second half of
the race.
As soon as Davis was given the
signal to start the clock, Carlson
helped Greene tip Tolley’s machine
on its side, and went to work on the
shock. Tolley and Carroll flew back
and forth between the rigs working
on carbides. Davis was given the nod
to stop the clock after 16 minutes, 46
seconds. “My guess was 22 minutes,” said Greene afterwards.
Greene, who was running his second Iron Dog race, and Tolley, who
was running his first, ended up having a nearly mechanical-free second
half of the race. They did break a
throttle lever 100 miles out of Fairbanks, but still took thirteenth out of
the 23 teams to finish the race.
The Iron Dog could be thought of
as a stage race if it were not for the
pit-stop-like wrenching. The position
a team enters Nome can be drastically different from it’s mid-race
restart spot due to added mechanical
time.
Team 10 racers Mike Morgan, a
Nome-Beltz alumni, and his partner
Chris Olds came to Nome in fifth
place riding Polaris Switchback
PRO-S 600s. The veteran team dealt
with mechanical issues on their journey to Morgan’s hometown. “We had
a mechanical out of Skwentna, the
first checkpoint,” said Morgan. “We
had a clutch blow apart on us.”
“It was kind of a fluke deal,” said
Olds. “We were able to get some
parts right there out of Skwentna.”
So as not to use up valuable race
time, the team went “ off the clock,”
and took care of the problem during
one of the race’s mandatory layovers. “You are allowed to get assistance in checkpoints only,” said
Olds.
Morgan’s father Stan followed the
team, and carried spare parts in his
plane, but he had already gone ahead
to get in front of inclement weather.
“So, we were able to find a sled there
in town that we could basically pull
apart, and get some parts and pieces
from.”
Team Ten had another mechanical
glitch outside of White Mountain.
Morgan said that the soft snow on
this year’s trail was particularly hard
on belts. The belt on Olds’ sled broke
while at full throttle, which resulted
in a busted crankshaft. Morgan said
that he towed his partner back to
Nome.
Morgan and Olds knew they
needed lots of work during the
wrenching, and had recruited Jason
West, a mechanic at Morgan’s Sales
and Service, and Franklin Harris to
help. They were expecting about an
hour and a half worth, and the actual
time turned out to be one hour and 45
minutes. Morgan was quite pleased
with the team’s repair efforts.
“Changing a crankshaft in 1:45,
that’s pretty unheard of,” he said.
Despite the mechanical hiccups in
the first half of the race, the pair entered Nome in fifth position. The
crankshaft repair on wrenching day
cost them two spots, and the team
headed out toward Fairbanks in seventh place. Morgan said that the remainder of the race went well for
Olds and him, and they were able to
regain their fifth position along the
way.
“You make a lot of your own
luck,” said Olds. “Preparation is key
to this race. You do your homework,
and try to get your machine where it
needs to be to make the 2,000 miles.
There are still elements that are out
of your control.”
“We’ll keep going until we win
this thing,” said Morgan. “We just
need a good clean run the whole
way.”
Rookie racers Shawn Pomrenke
of Nome, and his partner Amos
Cruise of McGrath were driving Arctic Cat ZR 6000 R XC 600s. They
were not the only team having issues
with their sleds, and ended up being
one of 18 teams to scratch from the
race. Pomrenke said one of their ma-
chines burned up right outside McGrath, and they tried to rebuild the
cylinders. “We went to Ophir and decided to go back to scratch in McGrath.”
“We learned a lot,” said Pomrenke. “It’s different riding down
there than up here. Sort of like a
snow cross race down there. We will
be more prepared next time. We want
to do it again.”
Nome’s John Bahnke, a race veteran, and owner and operator of
Wilderness Ski-Doo, and his veteran
partner Christopher Collins of Kotzebue finished the race in twenty-first
place. Team 34 rode Ski-Doo Renegade X 600 sleds.
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Photos by Keith Conger
MECHANICAL CHOREOGRAPHY— A repair squad plans out mechanicals for the Iron Dog’s Team 35
sleds. The group is made up of Team 35 racer Jon Tolley, left, mechanical assistants Ivar Carlson and Chris
Carroll, center, and Team 35 racer Tony Greene, far right.
15-MINUTE PLAN— Team 30 racers Jerrod Vaughn, left, and Geoff Crouse, center, are busy making a plan
for their Wrenching, while an Iron Dog voluteer takes notes. All Iron Dog teams have 15 minutes to work out
the details of their mechanicals before they are officially “on-the-clock” for maintenance.
ON THE CLOCK— Iron Dog Team 35 racers Jon Tolley, above, and
Tony Greene took only 16 minutes to “Wrench” their sleds in the Nome
Public Works Building on Wednesday. Time spent doing mechanicals on
Wrenching Day effects overall race time.
Nanooks varsity wraps up season in triumphant fashion
By Keith Conger
While the Lady Nanooks varsity
girls cagers traveled south last weekend to end their regular season with a
pair of wins against the Lady Wolfpack of Unalakleet, the Nanook boys
basketball team entertained the home
crowd at Nome-Beltz with a pair of
thrilling wins over the boys from Unalakleet.
The Nanooks looked to be in
cruise control mode on Friday night
as they jumped out to a 23-16 halftime lead, and extended that to 35-27
at the end of the third period.
The final quarter, however, turned
out to be a scoring fest, of which the
last two minutes were a track meet.
The 2A Wolfpack continued to claw
themselves back in the game, and
narrowed the gap to four points at
44-40 with 1:40 to play.
To counter Unalakleet’s surges
and three-point bombs, senior Leif
Erikson worked his way to the free
throw line. He hit five big free
throws down the stretch, the last
coming with 4.3 seconds on the
clock. Erikson connected on nine of
ten from the charity stripe in the final
frame, leading Nome to a narrow 5553 victory.
The Wolfpack didn’t make it any
easier on Nome on Saturday as they
took a 29-23 lead into the locker
room at halftime. While the Nanooks
Photos by Keith Conger
SHARP SHOOTER— Nanooks three-point specialist Bobby Koezuna
hits a big shot against the Unalakleet Wolfpack on Saturday.
grabbed the lead in the third quarter,
they were unable to separate themselves from Unalakleet.
With 26.6 seconds remaining, the
Wolfpack’s Arctic Ivanoff hit a threepoint shot to close the gap at 60-58.
On the next possession, Nanook junior Mikey Scott was fouled and hit
both his free throws to bring the lead
up to 62-58. After a big Wolfpack
basket, Taylor Harvey was fouled
and sank a free throw with 3.5 seconds remaining, bringing his team to
within one point at 62-61. Mikey
Scott was subsequently fouled and
connected on a free throw, and then,
like the night before, Erikson worked
his way to the line. With 1.9 seconds
remaining, he hit both of his free
throws to help nail down a 64-61
win.
Senior Ian Booth led Nome in
scoring on Friday with 16 points,
while Scott led the team on Saturday
with 18. Unalakleet was led by
Kadyn Erickson’s 15 points on Friday. Harvey and David Johnson led
the Wolfpack on Saturday with 16.
According to the website
ASAA365, the pair of victories
raised the Nanook boys season
record to 5-16. They concluded regular season conference play in last
place with a 1-5 mark, and will face
the Barrow Whalers (20-4) in the
opening round of the Western Conference Tournament at Dimond High
School at 4:30 March 10. The second-seeded Bethel Warriors (15-9)
will take on the third place Kotzebue
Huskies (10-9).
The Lady Nanooks beat Unalakleet 71-47 on Friday, and 64-36 on
Saturday. Senora Ahmasuk led her
team in scoring both nights with 36
and 26-point efforts.
The Nome girls finished the regular season with a 12-11 record. Their
2-4 mark against regional foes nets
them third place in the Western Conference. They will play the Bethel
Warriors (13-7, 6-2) in the opening
round of the Western Conference
tournament 7:00 p.m. at Dimond
High on Thursday, March 10. The
top ranked Lady Whalers from Barrow (16-4, 5-1) will open with the
last place Lady Huskies of Kotzebue
(8-12, 1-7).
Seniors honored
Nanook Seniors were honored in
the Nome-Beltz gym on Saturday
night. Senior cagers playing their last
game in a Nanooks uniform included
third year varsity member Ian Booth,
who has played in 49 varsity games.
He leads the 2016 team in three-point
shots made and is second on the
squad in scoring and rebounding. He
continued on page 9
SENIOR SPIRIT— The four senior members on the 2016 Nome-Beltz Cheerleading Squad were recognized
in front of the home crowd before their last performance on Saturday. Pictured from left to right are, Alexandria Nassuk, Allaryce Agloinga, Kalani Suemai and Jadyn Otton.
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STRETCH PLAY— Nome-Beltz senior Clay Outwater reaches out to pull down a rebound against the Unalakleet Wolfpack on Senior Night before the Nome-Beltz crowd. The Nanooks defeated the Wolfpack 55-53
and 64-61 over the weekend.
TRADITION— Nome-Beltz seniors Ian Booth, left, and Nathan Tobuk
greet elders Ellen Baize, center, and Rose Attatayuk on Saturday before
their final game in a Nanooks uniform.
LAST ANTHEM— Senior members of the Nome-Beltz choir sing their last basketball game National Anthem
on Saturday, while the Nome-Beltz JROTC Color Guard stands by.
FINAL INSTRUCTIONS— Nanooks varsity head coach Pat Callahan
give his seniors and their teammates guidance in the season’s last game
in the Nome-Beltz gym.
•Nanooks Varsity
scored a career high 28 points
against Barrow last weekend.
Senior Leif Erikson has been on
the varsity unit for two years, and has
played in 37 games. He ends the regular season as the team’s third leading scorer, and had a career high 17
points in a win over Kotzebue earlier
in the year. Erikson prides himself in
his defensive efforts and leads the
squad in steals and deflections.
Three Nanooks made the varsity
squad for the first time this year.
Clay Outwater has appeared in all 22
games the Nanooks have played this
season, and is third on the team in
three-point shots made. Ty Gooden
appeared in 17 games. He scored his
first varsity points against Mount
Edgecumbe and is third in deflections. Nathan Tobuk played in 20
games this season and scored his first
varsity points against Grace Christian.
Four varsity cheerleaders were
encouraging the Nome-Beltz crowd
for the last time. Allaryce Agloinga
cheered each of her four years in
high school. Kalani Suemai is next
in seniority with three years on the
team. Jadyn Otton and Alexandria
Nassuk were both first year cheerleaders.
Band director Ron Horner honored four members of the Nome Pep
Band. Allaryce Agloinga plays clarinet and started with the band in seventh grade. She participated for six
years. James Horner is a tuba player
for the pep band while brother Nolan
Horner plays baritone saxophone.
Nathan Tobuk plays Alto Saxophone. All three started in eighth
grade and participated for five years.
Ron Horner also recognized senior choir members Sam Cross, Leif
Erikson, Nolan Horner, Jadyn Otton
and Nathan Tobuk. This group sang
the National Anthem and the Alaska
Flag Song before many games.
In other action
The Nome-Beltz junior high boys
played a pair of games against the
junior high squad from Unalakleet.
The Wolfpack defeated the Nanooks
92-36 of Friday, behind Aiden
Ivanoff’s 48 points. He connected on
nine three-point shots. Marcos Ornelos led Nome with 10 points.
The Unalakleet junior high boys
used another big night from Ivanoff
to beat Nome 89-27 on Saturday.
Ivanoff scored 36 points in that contest. Nome was again led by a tenpoint effort from Ornelos.
A Nanooks junior varsity squad
made up of Daynon Medlin, Abby
Tozier, Amber Gray, Athena Hall and
Sierra Tucker defeated a city-league
team 42-32. They were led by
Tucker’s 14 points. Bev Krier led the
women’s team with 15.
The Nome junior varsity boys
played an intersquad game. Dawson
Evans led all scorers with 14 points.
Aaron Motis scored 12.
Halftime entertainment was provided during the games by fifth and
sixth grade basketball teams.
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One-third of GHL in Norton Sound crab fishery caught in February
By Jim Menard, area manager
Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game
The red king crab guideline harvest level (GHL) for the Norton
Sound winter through the ice commercial red king crab fishery is
41,376 pounds.
The fishery opened on February
15. During the first two weeks of the
commercial fishery over 13,000
pounds have been harvested. The
catch to date is tracking similar to
last year and if the catch rate continues to parallel last year the GHL
should be reached by the fourth week
of March.
To date, 23 commercial permit
holders have registered with the de-
partment compared to 28 permit
holders registered at this time last
year. A record 44 permit holders
fished last year. Permit holders are
reminded that they need to register at
the ADF&G office in Nome before
crabbing. Village residents can call
the ADF&G office to register.
Permit holders must be present
any time commercial pot gear is
being operated, and can only be assisted by licensed crew members.
Crewmembers cannot deploy or operate gear on their own.
Through February there have been
95 Norton Sound winter subsistence
crab permits issued. This is a 50 percent decrease from last year through
the end of February and may be due
to the poorer ice conditions this year
for crabbing.
For further information please
contact the Nome office at 907-4435167 or 1-800-560-2271.
Good luck and good crabbing and
be safe out there!
All Around the Sound
New Arrival
Kelvin, Dawson, Charity, June,
MaKensie and Maggie announce the
birth of their baby brother Lawrence
Allen O’Connor born on December
17, 2015 at 7:22 p.m. He weighed 8
lb. 6 oz. and was 20 inches in length.
Proud parents are Melissa and Floyd
O’Connor. Proud grandparents are
Norma Lewis of Golovin and Maggie and Terry Ludwig of Nome.
Lawrence is named after his three
grandfathers:
Terry
Ludwig,
Lawrence “Lonnie” O’Connor and
Charles Lewis Sr.
Lawrence Allen O’Connor
Saying it Sincerely
Dan Ward
Nome Church of the Nazarene
A member of the Nome Ministerial Association
I went to a funeral recently of a
very godly young man. The entire funeral from start to finish contained a
message of hope in the salvation offered through Jesus Christ. His
wife’s funeral, ten years before, was
equally filled with hope. It also contained a very powerful Gospel message. There was no doubt that these
two young people were spending
their eternity together with God.
Their faith in Jesus Christ worked
out in their lives made that obvious.
On the other hand, I conducted a
funeral for a 14-year-old young man
whose parents, when asked for a
verse or passage of Scripture that
meant a lot to them or brought them
comfort, answered that question
with, “We’re not very religious.”
Since I am not the judge of anyone’s
salvation, I offered them what hope I
could that their son was in heaven
waiting for them. But, deep down I
had my doubts.
I mention this because there are
two lies that I see that have crept into
our thinking that can have disastrous,
eternal, consequences. The first is
that “I am a good person.” We hear
this at nearly every funeral, “He was
a good person and he is in a better
place now.”
My question is: Good according
to whose standards? They may have
been a great person according to the
standards of the world but when
compared to God’s perfect holiness
we all fall far short. Romans 3:9b-12
says: “For we have already made the
charge that Jews and Gentiles alike
are all under the power of sin. As it is
written: “There is no one righteous,
not even one; there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks
God. All have turned away, they
have together become worthless;
there is no one who does good, not
even one.” The Bible tells us that no one is
going to heaven because they are “A
good person.” The only way to
heaven is through the cross of Jesus
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Unity at home waivers,
and conflict arises.
Take steps now to deal
with it. Compromises
are in order, Aries.
The chance for a little
R&R is slipping away.
March 21–
April 19
February 19–
March 20
June 22–
July 22
Psst, Taurus. Someone
at home is vying for
your attention. Listen
and learn. A blast from
the past roars into
town in stunning form.
Be gracious.
Get ready, Aquarius.
Your authority is
about to be challenged.
Don’t back down. A
tickle of the ivories
gets a party started. A
promise is fulfilled.
January 20–
February 18
April 20–
May 20
Success often comes
at a price, Pisces.
Make sure whatever
sacrifices you endure
will be worth it.
Memory issues make
life difficult for a
loved one.
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Christ.
The second lie that has taken root
in our culture is, “Since God is a loving god he will not send people to
hell.” “Oh, he may send people like
Hitler or Stalin who were truly evil
but, not people who are trying to be
good.”
Love is only one part of who God
is; He is also holy and just. God’s ho-
July 23–
August 22
Dream on, Gemini.
Your friend has not
changed. They’re up to
their usual tricks, and
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on. A memo makes
goals clear.
May 21–
June 21
Turnabout is fair play,
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October 22
October 23–
November 21
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September 22
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31. Foul-up
33. Enormous
34. Tropical American shrub or tree
35. Where sailors go
36. Cut off
38. Poisonous alkaloid
39. Extraction
40. Sung, as in the Swiss Alps
42. Bring up
45. Fool
46. Greek letters
48. Beam intensely
49. Ball field covering
51. Cap
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Money, money,
money. There never
seems to be enough
of it, not even with an
increase in income.
Perhaps your spending
habits are the problem,
Cancer.
Across
1. Undermine
8. Broom and ____
15. Units of inductance
16. Blow up
17. Unstable
18. peasants
19. Nullifies a correction
20. Be crazy about
22. Ale holder
23. Dressing ingredient
24. Auto option
25. Handle roughly
26. Anger
27. Legislate
28. Carried
29. Durability
31. Humans, e.g.
32. Magnifying lens
34. Appropriate
37. Truthfully
41. Destitute
42. Whimpered
43. "Flying Down to ___"
44. Church part
45. Mount Vernon, for one
46. 007
47. Cow, maybe
Lost in thought these
days, Libra? Lost
in thought you will
remain. Something
is keeping you up at
night, and coming to
terms with it is going
to take time.
Forget it, Scorpio.
You have enough
on your plate right
now. Let someone
else volunteer for the
cause. Smiles come
easier at home with an
addition.
Privacy is invaded at
home, and tensions
mount. Steer clear of
the matter, Sagittarius.
It’s not your fight to
fight. A note raises an
important question.
November 22–
December 21
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Obituary
Evelyn Ahnangaluktuk
Pootoogooluk Calvert
November 8, 1959
— February 14, 2016
Evelyn (Bummaq) was born to the
late Helen Laura Scott Pootoogooluk
and Harvey Pootoogooluk in Shishmaref, Alaska on November 8, 1959.
She went to be with the Lord on February 14, 2016.
She was raised by her maternal
grandparents Earl and Anna
(Kuzuguk) Scott in Nome. She graduated from Nome Beltz High School
in May 1978. She remained very
close to the family even calling her
surviving maternal aunts more like
sisters than aunties.
She moved to Anchorage in 1984
to pursue her career as a secretary for
various different companies including: Nome Pharmacy, Sitnasuak Native Corporation, State of Alaska
Department of Transportation and
Municipal Lights and Power for the
City of Anchorage.
Bummaq’s hobbies included
sewing, beading, cooking and socializing with relatives. She was known
for her cooking, warm heart and delightful sense of humor.
Daryl Wall and Evelyn had a long
relationship being together for 16
years. She chose to be buried in Anchorage because of that. She continued to grieve for him, her mother and
brother.
Evelyn was preceded in death by
Daryl Wall, companion; mother
Helen (Scott), brothers Ralph Hess,
Alfred, Johnny Pootoogooluk, sister
Wynona, maternal grandparents Earl
and Anna Scott, stepmother Bertha
(Sockpick) Pootoogooluk she grew
love for her even calling her mom,
paternal grandparents Tommy and
Ruth Pootoogooluk.
Maternal family members included Norman, Raymond, John,
Delores, Jeanette and Darlene Scott.
Calling more like siblings than uncles and aunties.
She lovingly called sister’s grandchildren as her own; she was especially close to Melissa Jack’s
children making sure they called her
“Aaki.”
Bummaq’s surviving family includes son Cody Behr; father Harvey
Pootoogooluk of Shishmaref; sisters
Ruth Moses, maternal sisters/aunties
Iva Scott, Nome; Gladys Hendricks,
Anchorage;
Anna
(Leonard)
Kuzuguk, Kara (Stanley) Tocktoo,
and Charlene Ningeulook, step sister
Hazel Fernadez; brother Thomas
Pootoogooluk from Elim and Shishmaref.
Ruth’s family as her own: Melissa
Dawn Jack; Dylan, Ian Cameron,
Azalia, Alyinae, and Amira; Aaron
Moses and Paula Nakarak; Julia, Andrew, Edwin; Ashley and Irene
Moses; Kealan, Haley, Maya, Caris;
Jonathan; Kaitlyn, Preston, Carter,
three other children. Maternal aunties and uncles Frank and Fanny
Kuzuguk and family; Rena
Kuzuguk, Mildred Kiyutelluk, Larry
Kuzuguk; Nora Kuzuguk and family;
Stella Ningelook, Fred, Ronald, and
Pearl Davis; Bessie, Sheryl, Albert,
and Robbie Ningeulook; additional
family members maternal side Nickolas and Nathyan Scott, Natasha and
Anthony (Tony) Gandia, Zachary
Scott, Deanna Shultz and Kyle Scott;
paternal aunties and uncles Alvin
Pootoogooluk and family; Delbert,
Tommy (Vivian) and Winfred
Obruk; Grace (John) Pullock; Florence Iyatunguk and family; additional family members paternal
Ellen, Diane, Robert and Gilbert
Pootoogooluk; numerous nieces and
nephews both on maternal and paternal sides.
Additional preceding in death
both sides Alfred and Jenny
Kuzuguk (great-grandparents); Hattie and Ray Ningeulook, Beatrice
Davis; Bert Kuzuguk; Iva Kuzuguk
(2); Anna, Joanne, and Helen
Pootoogooluk; Sergie and Esther
Obruk; brother in laws Mischa
Moses, and Darrell Ningeulook; and
niece Hattie Ningeulook.
Baked Oatmeal To-Go
Recipe by Kendra Miller, MPH, RDN, LD with Miller Health Consulting, LLC
Makes 16 Servings
Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Bake at 350°F for 30 minutes
Difficulty Level: Easy
Ingredients:
2 Eggs, beaten
2 Tbsp. Canola oil
cup Brown sugar
cup Applesauce, unsweetened
1 cups Non-fat milk
2 tsp. Vanilla extract
1 Tbsp. Cinnamon
3 cups Old Fashioned Oats
2 tsp. Baking powder
cup Dried cranberries
cup Raisins
cup Walnuts, chopped
cup Shredded coconut
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applesauce, milk, vanilla, and
cinnamon in a medium bowl. Add in
the oats and baking powder.
3. Spoon cup of batter into each muffin
well.
4. In a small bowl, stir together the cranberries, raisins, walnuts, and coconut.
Sprinkle the mixture on top of each oatmeal “muffin.”
5. Bake for 30 minutes. Store in an airtight container or enjoy immediately.
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liness will not allow sin into his presence. And, since he provided, free to
us, a remedy for our sin, he is acting
justly to deny heaven to those who
refuse to accept it.
The book of Revelation tells us
quite clearly the consequences of rejecting Christ.
What will they say when the time
comes for your funeral, and we are
all going to die sometime? That you
were a “good person” and hope for
the best? Or, that you were obviously
a follower of Jesus?
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Bible Baptist Church
443-2144
Sunday School: 10 a.m./Worship: 11 a.m.
Community Baptist Church-SBC
108 West 3rd Avenue • 443-5448 • Pastor Aaron Cooper
Sunday Small Group Bible Study: 10 a.m.
Sunday Morning Worship: 11 a.m.
Community United Methodist Church
West 2nd Avenue & C Street • 443-2865
Pastor Charles Brower
Sunday: Worship 11:00 am
Monday: Thrift Shop 4:00 to 5:00 pm
Tuesday & Thursday: Thrift Shop 7:00 to 8:30 pm
Wednesday: Faith Followers 5:45 to 7:30 pm
Nome Covenant Church
101 Bering Street • 443-2565 • Pastor Harvey
Sunday: School 10 a.m./Worship 11 a.m.
Wednesday: Youth Group 6:30 p.m. (443-8063 for more info)
Friday: Community Soup Kitchen 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Our Savior Lutheran Church
5th Avenue & Bering • 443-5295
Sunday School: 10 a.m.
Sunday: Worship 11 a.m.
Lenten Worship: Sundays 7pm (2.14 to 3.13)
Handicapped accessible ramp: North side
River of Life Assembly of God
405 W. Seppala • 443-5333
Sunday Morning Worship: 11:00 a.m.
Last Sunday of each month Worship: 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday Worship: 7:00 p.m.
For more information contact Pastor Austin Jones
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Corner of Steadman & W. King Place • 443-5527
Weekend Masses: Saturday 5:30 p.m./Sunday 10:30 a.m.
Friday Hospital Mass: 12:00 p.m. (Quyanna Care Center)
Patients going to ANMC and want to see a Catholic priest please call Fr.
Brunet, OMI: cell 907-441-2106
or Holy Family Cathedral (907) 276-3455
Seventh-Day Adventist
Icy View • 443-5137
Saturday Sabbath School: 10 a.m.
Saturday Morning Worship: 11 a.m.
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Nome Church of the Nazarene
3rd Avenue & Division Street • 443-4870
Pastor Dan Ward
Sunday Prayer 9:30 a.m. • Sunday School: 10 a.m.
Sunday Morning Worship: 11 a.m.
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Photo by Nils Hahn
TOUGH RUN— Nome musher Stephanie Johnson runs her dog team along Saint Michaels Creek during the Nome Kennel Club 2-day, 30/30 miles dog race on Februrary 28. It was a
blustery day with maximum wind gusts of 45 mph.
Governor Walker signs administrative order creating mariculture
task force
ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill
Walker signed Administrative Order
280, establishing the Alaska Mariculture Task Force. With the vision
to develop a sustainable mariculture
industry producing shellfish and
aquatic plants for the long-term benefit of Alaska’s economy, AO 280 directs the task force to present
recommendations to the Governor on
a long-term plan to advance the mariculture industry in Alaska.
“Mariculture represents a tremendous opportunity to diversify our
economy, strengthen our coastal
communities, and provide healthy
food to the world by using sustainable practices that are a foundation
of our current fishery resources,”
said Governor Walker. “The goal of
this task force is to bring key stakeholders together and determine how
the state can help this industry prosper with Alaska-grown products.”
The Alaska Mariculture Task
Force will be made up of stakeholders representing various regions and
interests from across the state. Essential state agencies will also participate in the task force.
“Mariculture represents a huge
opportunity to grow and diversify the
state’s economy” said Julie Decker,
Executive Director of the Alaska
Fisheries Development Foundation.
“The Alaska Mariculture Task Force
Legislators propose the
creation of the State Bank
of Alaska
JUNEAU—
Representatives
Scott Kawasaki (D-Fairbanks) and
Chris Tuck (D-Anchorage) have
filed legislation to create a state bank
as a public corporation of the State
of Alaska. The Bank of Alaska
would create new avenues for longterm economic growth by granting
loans to Alaskan-owned businesses
and emerging industries.
“A state bank would offer
Alaskans new opportunities to invest
in themselves,” said Rep. Kawasaki.
“Too many Alaskans who have the
dream, desire and drive are denied
bank loans and cannot access credit.
This bank can help Alaskans build
their own local business.”
Profit from Bank of Alaska loans
would be deposited into the general
fund annually and would be available to be reinvested in the bank with
a vote from the Alaska Legislature.
The Bank of Alaska would be able to
raise revenue while helping Alaskans
develop and improve their small
businesses.
“A state bank will allow us to control our own economic destiny by investing in industrial development to
create value-added industries from
our resources,” said Rep. Tuck.
“This will create physical wealth for
our state and insulate us from the
swings of the banking markets,
which can hinder us from necessary
development.”
The benefits of a state bank could
include the creation of more small
businesses, increased diversification
of the economy, the creation of new
jobs, decreased state financial costs,
and reduced reliance on out of state
banking services. The concept for
the Bank of Alaska comes from the
Bank of North Dakota, the only
state-owned bank in the nation,
which has made development loans
successfully since 1919.
“With the State of Alaska facing a
$3.5 billion deficit, the Bank of
Alaska would be a way to raise revenue and grow the economy by combining the power of the state with the
ingenuity of Alaskan entrepreneurs,”
said Rep. Kawasaki.
HB 364 was formally introduced
last week and has been referred to
the House Labor and Commerce and
Finance Committees.
will help expedite the development
of mariculture in a way that works
for Alaskans, grows jobs, produces
healthy food, and still maintains
Alaska’s reputation for sustainably
managed fishery resources.”
“Developing mariculture in
Alaska has the potential to support
restoration of struggling species as
well as help grow community
economies,” said Heather McCarty
of Central Bering Sea Fishermen’s
Association. The Alaska Mariculture Task
Force is directed to present recommendations for a final comprehen-
sive plan for the development of
Alaska’s mariculture industry to the
governor, and will create no additional costs to the state. Task force
members will represent varied interests of Alaskans from the Aleutian Islands to Southeast Alaska.
Focus on groundwater protection results in
nine enforcement actions at gas stations in
Alaska, Oregon and Washington
According to a press release, the
U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency reached settlements with
nine gas stations in Alaska, Oregon
and Washington to bring them into
compliance with federal laws designed to protect underground
sources of drinking water from fuel
tanks stored below ground. The gas
stations were subject to increased
penalties for repeat violations, and
some were blocked from receiving
fuel shipments for continued noncompliance.
“Underground fuel tank owners
and operators must be knowledgeable and safely operate their systems
to prevent harmful releases,” said
Peter Contreras, Manager of EPA’s
Groundwater Unit in Seattle. “Repeat violators will face stiffer penalties and may be blocked from
receiving fuel shipments.”
Under the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act’s underground
storage tank regulations, facilities
that store petroleum or other certain
hazardous liquids underground are
required to install and maintain line
leak detector systems on underground piping and conduct line tests.
All but one of the nine stations
listed below has agreed to correct the
problems, improve their management of underground fuel tanks, and
come into compliance with federal
rules. Shell Gas Station in Hoquiam,
Washington is prohibited from receiving fuel delivery until it returns
to compliance.
Holiday Alaska #631 (Anchorage, Alaska): Failed to provide an adequate line leak detector system on
underground piping by delaying required annual line tests. $10,650
penalty.
Holiday Alaska #637 (Anchorage,
Alaska): Failed to provide an adequate line leak detector system on
underground piping by delaying required annual line tests. $6,390
penalty.
Tesoro Refining & Marketing
Company #77 (Palmer, Alaska):
Failed to provide an adequate line
leak detector system on underground
piping by delaying required annual
line tests. $6,390 penalty.
Tesoro Refining & Marketing
Company #54 (Girdwood, Alaska):
Failed to provide an adequate line
leak detector system on underground
piping by delaying required annual
line tests. $6,390 penalty.
Failure to properly monitor tanks
and underground piping contributed
to more than 6,800 new petroleum
spills across the United States in
2015. State regulatory agencies and
EPA are working to respond to prevent new groundwater contamination
and petroleum spills, which add to
the over 70,000 properties contaminated from leaking underground tank
systems nationwide. A leaking underground tank can present other
health and environmental risks, including the potential for fire and explosion. In 2015, EPA strengthened its underground storage tank regulations
by increasing emphasis on properly
operating and maintaining underground tank equipment. The revisions will help prevent and detect
underground tank releases and help
ensure all underground tanks in the
U.S., including those in Indian country, meet the same minimum standards. This is the first major revision
to the federal underground storage
tank regulations since 2005.
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The City of Nome
Location:
Aleutian (5), Bristol Bay (6), Western Alaska
(7), Northwest Arctic (8) and Interior Alaska (10)
Regions of Alaska.
CITY OF NOME PUBLIC NOTICE
Potential Results:
A potential risk exists of oil spills entering the
lands or waters of the state as a result of this
operation.
O-16-03-02 An Ordinance Authorizing the Purchase and Lease of Real Property by the City
of Nome from Sitnasuak Native Corporation by
Property Exchange Agreement
The City of Nome proposes to purchase an approximately 11.7 acre portion of USMS 5270 (commonly known as the White Alice Site) from
Sitnasuak Native Corporation by way of an exchange of property from the City of Nome to Sitnasuak Native Corporation (Block 63, Lots 13A
and 13B) with said property to be leased back to
the City of Nome for five years. The value of the
city’s interest being exchanged according to current property tax assessment is $110,000. This
ordinance had first reading at the regular meeting
of the City Council on February 22, 2016 and has
been passed to second reading/public
hearing/final passage at a regular meeting of the
Council scheduled for March 28, 2016 at 7:00 PM
in Council Chambers of City Hall, located at 102
Division Street. Copies of the ordinance are available in the Office of the City Clerk.
Activity identified as:
State Contingency Plan Number 16-CP-5186,
Vitus Energy, LLC dba Vitus
Marine Alaska Tank Barge Operations Oil
Discharge Prevention and Contingency Plan
Renewal
The comment period for this application opens
March 21, 2016. Any person wishing to submit a
request for additional information or provide comments regarding this application may do so in writing to Bernie Nowicki, Department of
Environmental Conservation, SPAR/PPR, 555
Cordova Street, Anchorage, AK 99501, (phone)
(907) 269-8149, (fax) (907) 269-7687,
email: [email protected].
Photo by Nils Hahn
SUPER TUESDAY— Nomeites
made their choices clear on Super
Tuesday.
to verify that email submissions are received by
the applicable deadline. The comment period may
be extended in accordance with 18 AAC 75.455(d)
and (e). Copies of the application and plan are
available for public review at the department's Anchorage office, 555 Cordova Street and the Valdez
office at 213 Meals Avenue, RM 17. Please call
(907) 269-8149 to schedule an appointment.
The Department will hold a public hearing on the
plan application if it determines that good cause
exists. Residents in the affected area or the governing body of an affected municipality may request a public hearing by writing to the
Department of Environmental Conservation, at the
above address, within 30 days of publication of
this notice. The comment period may be extended,
in accordance with 18 AAC 75.455. The State of
Alaska, Department of Environmental Conservation complies with Title II of the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990. If you are a person with a
disability who may need a special accommodation
in order to participate in this public process, please
contact Natalie Wolfe at (907) 269-0291 or TDD
Relay Service 1-800-770-8973/TTY or dial 711
prior to April 19, 2016 to ensure that any necessary accommodations are provided.
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Requests for additional information must be received by April 14, 2016 (day 25). Comments will
be accepted until 5:00 pm ADT on April 19, 2016
(day 30). It is the responsibility of the commenter
2.25,3.3-10-17-24
PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ALASKA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSERVATION
An application for renewal of an Oil Discharge Prevention and Contingency Plan, under Alaska
Statute 46.04.030 and in accordance with 18 AAC
75, has been received by the Department of Environmental Conservation. The details are as follow:
Applicant:
Vitus Energy, LLC dba Vitus Marine
113 W. Northern Lights Blvd., Ste 200
Anchorage, Alaska 99503
Proposed Activity:
Transportation of petroleum products through
waters of the State of Alaska using tank barges
with a cargo capacity of up to 10,000 barrels.
An oil discharge prevention and contingency
plan is required that will commit adequate
resources to plan for containment, control and
cleanup of the product equal to the discharge
response planning standard volumes for these
vessels. The review document consists of the
Vitus Energy, LLC dba Vitus Marine Alaska
Tank Barge Operations Oil Pollution
Emergency Plan and the Alaska Chadux
Corporation (ACC) Technical Manual.
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particularly inappropriate sexual behaviors.
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From: Shishmaref Native Corporation Board of Directors
SNC Annual Meeting of Shareholders
Date: March 26, 2016
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Place: Shishmaref Community Hall
The Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held March
26, 2016 for the purpose of electing three (3) Board of
Directors and for transacting other business that may
come before the meeting.
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Civil
Nassuk, Diane F. v. Nassuk, Adrian K.; Civil Protective Order
Nassuk, Arno K. v. Nassuk, Adrian K.; Civil Protective Order
Harrington, Tracey Ryan v. Brumenschenkel, Seth; Civil Protective Order
Bering Straits Development Co. v. Trigg, Warren; Eviction District Court
Minor Party v. Higgins, Jesse; Civil Protective Order
Johnson, Elizabeth v. Hudson, Trevor; Civil Protective Order
Small Claims
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Criminal
State of Alaska v. Sarina Faith Ahmed (10/9/89); 2NO-15-1CR DUI-Operate Vehicle
Under Influence; Date of Offense: 1/1/15; 30 days, 27 days suspended; Report to Nome
Court on 3/24/16, 1:30 p.m. for a remand hearing; Pay to Clerk of Court, or pay online
at courtrecords.alaska.gov/ep: Fine: $1,500.00 with $0 suspended; $1,500.00 due
11/15/16; Police Training Surcharge: $75, $0 suspended; $75 due in 10 days; Pay to:
Collections Unit, AGs Office, Anchorage, or pay online at courtrecords.alaska.gov/ep:
Initial Jail Surcharge: $50 per case, $0 suspended; $50 due; Cost of Imprisonment:
$330 (1st Off.), $0 suspended; Full amount ordered due; Complete Substance Abuse
Treatment Assessment: NSHC BHS within 10 days; Complete screening, evaluation
and recommended program; You are responsible for costs; File proof by 3/24/16 that
you received an assessment, and file proof by 11/15/16 that you followed all assessment recommendations; Obey Driver’s License Directives: Driver’s license is revoked
for 90 days; Concurrent with DMV action; Use an Ignition Interlock Device: After you regain the privilege to drive or obtain a limited license, you must use an ignition interlock
device (IID) as directed in the IID Information Sheet (CR-483) for 6 months; Costs of
the IID will be deducted from the fine if you file proof of payments before the fine due
date; Probation for 1 year, until 2/24/17; Obey all direct court orders listed above by the
deadlines stated; Commit no jailable offenses; Do not possess, consume, or buy alcohol for a period ending 8/24/16; You are required to surrender your diver’s license and
identification card; Your license and ID are subject to cancellation under AS 28.15.11
and AS 18.65.310; Any new license or ID must list the AS 04.16.160 buying restriction
during the restricted period; AS 28.15.191(g); You are subject to a warrantless breath
test by any peace officer with probable cause to believe you consumed alcohol.
State of Alaska v. Sarina Ahmed (10/9/89); 2NO-15-690CR Notice of Dismissal; 001:
DC; 002: VOCR; Filed by the DAs Office 2/24/16.
State of Alaska v. Christopher Aningayou (3/26/83); 2NO-15-590CR DUI-Operate
Vehicle Under Influence; Date of Offense: 10/10/15; 30 days, 27 days suspended; Report to Nome Court on 3/24/16, 1:30 p.m. for a remand hearing; Pay to Clerk of Court,
or pay online at courtrecords.alaska.gov/ep: Fine: $1,500.00 with $0 suspended;
$1,500.00 due 11/15/16; Police Training Surcharge: $75, $0 suspended; $75 due in 10
days;
Pay to: Collections Unit, AGs Office, Anchorage, or pay online at
courtrecords.alaska.gov/ep: Initial Jail Surcharge: $50 per case, $0 suspended; $50
due; Suspended Jail Surcharge: $100 per case, $100 suspended; $0 due; Cost of Imprisonment: $330 (1st Off.), $0 suspended; Full amount ordered due; Complete Substance Abuse Treatment Assessment: NSHC BHS within 10 days; Complete screening,
evaluation and recommended program; You are responsible for costs; File proof by
3/24/16 that you received an assessment, and file proof by 11/15/16 that you followed
all assessment recommendations; Obey Driver’s License Directives: Driver’s license is
revoked for 90 days; Concurrent with DMV action; Use an Ignition Interlock Device:
After you regain the privilege to drive or obtain a limited license, you must use an ignition interlock device (IID) as directed in the IID Information Sheet (CR-483) for 6
months; Costs of the IID will be deducted from the fine if you file proof of payments before the fine due date; Probation for 1 year, until 2/24/17; Obey all direct court orders
listed above by the deadlines stated; Commit no jailable offenses; Do not possess,
consume, or buy alcohol for a period ending 2/24/17; You are required to surrender
your diver’s license and identification card; Your license and ID are subject to cancellation under AS 28.15.11 and AS 18.65.310; Any new license or ID must list the AS
04.16.160 buying restriction during the restricted period; AS 28.15.191(g); You are subject to a warrantless breath test by any peace officer with probable cause to believe you
consumed alcohol.
State of Alaska v. Christopher Aningayou (3/26/83); 2NO-16-114CR Notice of Dismissal; 001: VOCR; 002: DC; Filed by the DAs Office 2/24/16.
State of Alaska v. Joshua Frederic Bradley Jemewouk (9/11/94); 2NO-14-836CR
Order to Modify or Revoke Probation; ATN: 114800706; Violated conditions of probation; Probation extended to 3/9/17; Suspended jail term revoked and imposed: 10 days,
report to the Nome Court on 3/31/16 for a remand hearing at 1:30 p.m.; Must pay suspended $100 jail surcharge to the AGs Office, Anchorage; All other terms and conditions
of probation in the original judgment remain in effect.
State of Alaska v. Joshua Jemewouk (9/11/94); 2NO-15-529CR Notice of Dismissal;
001: VDVPO; Filed by the DAs Office 2/24/16.
State of Alaska v. Brianna Campbell (12/17//87); Notice of Dismissal; 001: DC; Filed
by the DAs Office 2/24/16.
State of Alaska v. Kenneth Alan Larson (5/9/70); Judgment of Acquittal on CTN(s)
001: AS04.11.499(a)(misd): Import Alcohol-Dry Area-Small Amt; Offense Date:
11/21/13; Defendant came before the court for a court trial on 2/23/16 with counsel,
Public Defender Agency (2NO), and the DA present; The jury has returned a verdict of
NOT GUILTY; IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the defendant is acquitted and discharged and that any appearance or performance bond executed on behalf of the defendant is exonerated, and any cash or other security posted as bail be refunded or
released to depositors.
State of Alaska v. Xavier D. Pete (8/26/88); Plea Guilty; Trial: Jury; Import AlcoholDry Area-Small Amount; Date of Violation: 6/12/13; 110 days, 100 days suspended;
Fine: $1500 with $0 suspended; Pay unsuspended fine through Nome Trial Courts by
12/31/16; Initial Jail Surcharge: $50 per case; Due now to AGs Office, Anchorage; Suspended Jail Surcharge: $100 per case with $100 suspended; Must be paid if probation
is revoked and, in connection, defendant is arrested and taken to jail or is sentenced
to jail; Police Training Surcharge: $50 shall be paid through this court within 10 days;
Probation until 2/19/17; Shall comply with all court orders by deadlines stated; Shall
commit no violations of law pertaining to alcoholic beverages; Shall not possess, consume or buy alcohol, and any state ID issued under AS 18.65.310 must list the buying
restriction until the restriction expires; Shall not have alcohol in his residence; Shall not
enter or remain on the premises of any bar or liquor store; Person and baggage are
subject to warrantless search at any airport en route to local option community upon
probable cause; Subject to warrantless arrest for any violation of these conditions of
probation.
State of Alaska v. Kyle A. Ryan (4/21/89); 2UT-13-00013CR Order to Modify or Revoke Probation; ATN: 113675067; Violated conditions of probation; Suspended jail term
revoked and imposed: No action; Defendant sentenced in 2UT-15-104CR; All other
terms and conditions of probation in the original judgment remain in effect.
State of Alaska v. Kyle A. Ryan (4/21/89); 2UT-15-00104CR Judgment and Order of
Commitment/Probation; Plea: Guilty; Plea Agreement: Yes; CTN 004:
AS11.41.220(a)(5): Assault 3- Committ Assault 4, 2+ Convictions; C Felony; Offense
Date: 8/9/15; The following charges were dismissed: CTN 001: AS11.41.210(a)(1): Assault 2 – Injury w/Weapon, Intent; CTN 002: AS11.56.310(a)(1)(A): Escape 2-Correctional Facility; CTN 003: AS11.41.230(a)(1): Assault In The 4th Degree - Recklessly;
Offense Dates CTN 001-003: 8/9/15; Defendant came before the court on 2/16/16 with
counsel, PD Agency Nicole Frank, and the DA present; CTN 004: 30 months, 24
months suspended; Unsuspended 6 months; Defendant to be credited for time already
served; Surcharges: Police Training Surcharge: CTN 004: $100 (Felony); Initial Jail
Surcharge: Defendant was arrested and taken to a correctional facility or is being ordered to serve a term of imprisonment; Therefore, the defendant immediately pay a
correctional facilities surcharge of $100 per case to the Department of Law Collections
Unit, Anchorage; Suspended Jail Surcharge: Defendant is being placed on probation;
Therefore, the defendant pay an additional $100 correctional facility surcharge; This
surcharge is suspended and must only be paid if defendant’s probation is revoked and,
in connection with the revocation, defendant is arrested and taken to a correctional facility or jail time is ordered served; AS 12.55.041(c); DNA Identification: If this conviction is for a “crime against a person” as defined in AS 44.41.035, or a felony under AS
11 or AS 28.35, the defendant is ordered to provide samples for the DNA Registration
System when requested to do so by a health care professional acting on behalf of the
state and to provide oral samples for the DNA Registration System when requested by
a correctional, probation, parole or peace officer; AS 12.55.015(h); Probation for 3 years
under the following conditions: General and Special Conditions of Probation as stated
in order; Bond: Any appearance or performance bond in this case: is exonerated.
3:11 p.m., NPD officers responded to a residence on the west side of town for the
report of multiple intoxicated persons causing a disturbance within the home. Upon arrival one of the subjects, identified as Charlene Iyapana, was found to be trespassing
within the home. Iyapana was placed under arrest for Criminal Trespass in the First Degree and was later remanded to AMCC, where she was held on $500 bail.
4:30 p.m., NPD CSO responded to the east side of town for the report of an intoxicated female falling down on the ground. The female was contacted, identified and
transported to the Norton Sound Regional Hospital where she was left in the care of the
ER staff for medical evaluation.
8:00 p.m., NPD received a report of a subject violating a current Domestic Violence
Protective Order. The investigation into this matter is ongoing.
8:22 p.m., NPD CSO responded to the west side of town for the report of an intoxicated male sitting on the ground. The male was contacted, identified and refused any
assistance offered. The male was released at the scene without further incident.
11:25 p.m., NPD received a report of two intoxicated individuals on the west side of
town needing assistance. Officers responded and contacted the two subjects; one of
whom was transported to the NEST shelter and the other to the Norton Sound Regional Hospital for medical evaluation. No further action was required.
subject causing the disturbance had already vacated the premises. No further action
was necessary.
8:18 p.m., NPD received a report of a male lying on the ground on the west side of
town that required assistance. Upon arrival, Officers contacted the male, who was
found to be intoxicated. The male was transported to the NEST Shelter for the evening.
10:08 p.m., NPD received a report of several intoxicated juveniles on the east side
of town. Officers responded and located four juveniles; all were confirmed to be intoxicated. All four were issued Minor Consuming Alcohol citations and were released
to their respective sober guardians. Investigation into the Furnishing Alcohol to a Minor
is still ongoing.
10:14 p.m., NPD received a report of a disturbance involving several individuals at
the NEST Shelter, Officers responded and made contact with Carrie Annogiyuk who
was found to be in Violation of her Conditions of Release that prohibited the consumption of alcohol. Annogiyuk was remanded to AMCC where bail was set at $1,000.
During the same contact, John Penetac was arrested for two counts of Disorderly Conduct and was remanded to Anvil Mountain Correctional Center, where he was held on
$500 bail.
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NOME POLICE DEPARTMENT
MEDIA RELEASES 02/22/2016 through 02/28/2016
Disclaimer: This is a record of activity. The issuance of citations or the act of arrest does not assign guilt to any identified party.
During this period there were 136 calls for service received at the Nome Police
Communications Center. 75 (55 percent) involved alcohol.
There were 19 arrests made with 19 (100 percent) alcohol related.
NPD responded to 22 calls reporting intoxicated persons needing assistance.
None were remanded to AMCC as protective holds; and 3 remained at the hospital for medical evaluation/treatment.
There were 7 ambulance calls and no fire calls during this period.
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Monday, February 22, 2016
2:37 a.m., NPD received a report of a disturbance at a residence on the west end of
town. Officers responded and assisted one individual in returning a dog that was lost
and the subject found to be causing the disturbance was issued a verbal warning for
Disorderly Conduct. The issue was resolved by separation and no further action was
required.
7:30 p.m., NPD received information about a person violating their conditions of release and court orders regarding prohibited contact with the petitioner of the order.
This matter is still under investigation.
8:30 p.m. NPD responded to a licensed premise on the west side of town for the report of Thurston Stiles violating his probation and conditions of release. Stiles was
contacted inside the bar and taken into custody. Stiles was charged with two counts
of Violation of Release Conditions and one count of Probation Violation. Stiles was
later remanded at the AMCC with no bail set.
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
9:12 p.m., NPD received a report of a disturbance on the west end of town. An NPD
officer arrived on scene and identified both parties as Valerie Booshu and Briana Campbell. Both were being disorderly. Booshu and Campbell were both arrested and taken
to the Norton Sound Regional Hospital for medical clearance and later remanded to
AMCC for Disorderly Conduct, where they were both held on $250 bail.
11:25 p.m., NPD received a report of a disturbance at a business on the west end
of town. Investigation led to the arrest of Hilda Kiyuklook for one count of Disorderly
Conduct and Kiyuklook also received a citation for Endangering the Welfare of a Child.
Kiyuklook was remanded to AMCC, where she was held on $250 bail.
11:43 p.m., NPD received a report of an assault taking place at a residence on the
west end of town. Investigation led to the arrest of Jolene Soolook for one count of Assault in the Fourth Degree, DV. Soolook was transported and remanded to AMCC,
where she was held without bail.
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
4:34 a.m., NPD received a report of an intoxicated individual being disorderly at a
residence on the west side of town. The subject was identified as Allen Kost Jr., who
was known to be on Felony Probation that prohibits the consumption of alcohol. Kost
was remanded to AMCC for Violating his Conditions of Probation at the request of the
Adult Probation Officer and was held without bail.
Thursday, February 25, 2016
12:25 a.m., NPD was called to a residence on the west side of town for a report that
an intoxicated family member was causing a disturbance. Investigation led to the arrest of Jacob Seppilu for Disorderly Conduct. Seppilu was later remanded to AMCC,
where bail was set at $250.
8:31 p.m., NPD received a report from a business on the west side of town for the
report of an assault. The suspect fled from the scene before officers arrived and was
unable to be located. At 9:53 p.m., NPD received a report of an intoxicated male causing a disturbance at a nearby dwelling. Officers arrived and identified the subject as
Edwin Campbell, who was involved in the assault earlier in the night. Campbell was
arrested and remanded to AMCC for Assault in the Fourth Degree, DV and Disorderly
Conduct and was held without bail.
11:15 p.m., NPD was called to a business on the west side of town for the report of
an intoxicated female being disorderly and causing a disturbance. The subject was
identified as Marlene Patkotak, who was later found to be on current Order and Conditions of Release that prohibit alcohol consumption. Patkotak was arrested and remanded to AMCC, where she was held on $1,000 bail.
Friday, February 26, 2016
2:56 a.m., NPD received a report of an assault between family members at a residence on the west side of town. The investigation led to the arrest of Todd Kunnuk for
Assault in the Fourth Degree, DV. Kunnuk was remanded to AMCC, where he was
held without bail.
Trooper Beat
Any charges reported in these press releases are merely accusations and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
On February 16, at approximately 4:58 p.m., the Alaska State Troopers conducted a
traffic stop near 164 mile of the Sterling Hwy. Troopers contacted Charles Lane, 55, of
Gambell/ Anchor Point. Investigation revealed Lane was operating a motor vehicle with
a revoked license. Lane was arrested and transported to Homer Jail. Lane was released on $500 bail.
Saturday, February 27, 2016
2:35 a.m., NPD received a report of an intoxicated female lying on the floor at an
apartment complex on the west side of town. Officers responded and contacted the female, identified as Dawn Ozenna, who was found to be on four separate Order and
Conditions of Release; all of which prohibit the consumption of alcohol. Ozenna was
subsequently arrested for four counts of Violating her Conditions of Release and one
count of Violating her Conditions of Probation and was remanded to AMCC, where she
was held without bail.
3:21 a.m., NPD officers, while on routine patrol, observed a female lying on the
ground between two buildings on the west side of town. Upon contact, the female
stated that she had slipped on the ice and refused any further offers of assistance. A
sober friend arrived on scene shortly after contact and offered to escort the female
home. No further action was required.
3:24 a.m., NPD officers, while on routine patrol, observed a vehicle fail to come to a
complete stop at a stop sign on the west side of town. A traffic stop was conducted and
the driver was issued a verbal warning for the violation. No further enforcement action
was required.
4:07 a.m., NPD officers, while on routine patrol, observed a vehicle showing expired
registration tags. A traffic stop was conducted and the driver, identified as George
Lewis, was unable to provide the current registration for the vehicle. Lewis was issued
a citation for Operating a vehicle with Expired Registration and was released at the
scene without further incident.
4:51 a.m., NPD officers responded to a report of a disturbance within a residence on
the east end of town. Officers arrived on scene and contacted the three parties involved. The issue was resolved by separation and all parties were issued a verbal
warning for Disorderly Conduct. No further action was required.
8:28 a.m., NPD responded to the west side of town for the report of a motor vehicle
collision between a vehicle and a road sign. The driver, identified as Colton Premo-Barron, was issued a citation for Basic Speed and was released at the scene. No injuries
were reported and no further enforcement action was required.
9:26 a.m., NPD received a report of a subject sleeping in a vehicle on the east side
of town. Upon arrival, officers contacted the subject, who was found exiting their own
vehicle. The subject was identified and released at the scene without further incident.
12:02 p.m., NPD responded to a business on the west side of town for the report of
a subject refusing to leave after multiple requests to do so by the proprietor. Upon arrival the subject, identified as George Minix, was still present within the building. Minix
was subsequently arrested and remanded to AMCC for Criminal Trespass in the Second Degree, where he was held on $250 bail.
12:49 p.m., NPD received a report of a dog running loose on the west side of town.
The dog was picked up and transported to the Public Safety Building and the owner was
notified of the dog’s location. Later that day, the owner arrived to claim his dog after
paying the required fine.
2:59 p.m., NPD received a report of an intoxicated male walking into licensed premises on the west side of town carrying a rifle case. The male was contacted and identified and the rifle case was found not to hold a firearm but other personal items. The
male was released at the scene without further issue and the rifle case with his belongings was placed in safe-keeping at the Public Safety Building at his request.
3:41 p.m., NPD responded to a residence on the west side of town for the report of
several people staying in an apartment without permission. Upon arrival, the subjects
in question were found to be invited guests of the renter. No further action was required.
5:42 p.m., NPD CSO responded to the west side of town for the report of an intoxicated person lying on the ground. The woman was contacted, identified and was provided transportation to her desired destination without further issue.
8:07 p.m., NPD responded to a report of a disturbance at a residence on the west
end of town. Officers responded and investigation into the complaint revealed that the
On February 20, at 9:01 p.m. AST received a report of an intoxicated person in Brevig
Mission. The intoxicated person is on probation and was ordered not to consume alcohol. An arrest warrant is pending.
On February 22, at 8:30 a.m. AST received a report of burglary and theft in White Mountain. A suspect has been identified. Investigation continues.
On February 22, AST received a report of a sexual assault in the Norton Sound region.
Sunday, February 28, 2016
12:35 a.m., NPD received a report of a female crying hysterically at a residence on
the north end of town. Officers responded, contacted the involved parties and the investigation is currently on going. A report has been taken and will be forwarded to the
District Attorney’s Office for review.
1:43 a.m. NPD received a report of two individuals trespassing at a residence on the
west side of town. Officers responded and contacted one individual, later identified as
Serena Sours, who was still on the premises. Sours was subsequently arrested for
Criminal Trespass in the Second Degree and was remanded to AMCC, where she was
held on $250 bail.
3:18 a.m., NPD received a report of a noise disturbance at an apartment complex
on the west side of town. Officers responded and contacted Steven Ahkinga, who was
found to be the cause of the disturbance. Ahkinga was given a verbal warning for Disorderly Conduct, but was later observed walking on the west side of town yelling loudly
and disturbing several neighbors. Ahkinga was placed under arrest for Disorderly Conduct and was remanded to AMCC, where he was held on $250 bail.
3:39 p.m., NPD responded to the west side of town for the report of a person lying
on a bench. Officers arrived, contacted and identified the subject, who immediately
got up and walked away; declining any further assistance.
9:42 a.m., NPD received a report of a loose dog roaming without an owner in sight
on the west side of town. The dog was located and transported to the Animal Shelter.
If you, or someone you may know, have recently lost a small black dog that appears to
be a Chihuahua mix, please contact the Nome Police Department at (907) 443-5262
to claim.
11:27 a.m., a citizen arrived at the Nome Police Department to turn in a found piece
of property. The owner was identified and the item was returned without further issue.
3:44 p.m., NPD responded to an apartment complex on the west side of town for the
report of vandalism. Upon arrival, the responsible parties and owner of the facility came
to an agreement on reimbursement for the damages. No further action was required
at that time.
4:23 p.m., NPD officers, while on routine patrol, observed a vehicle driving on the
west side of town with expired registration tags. The driver, identified as Robin Johnson, was issued a citation for Operating the vehicle with Expired Registration and was
released at the scene without further incident.
4:33 p.m., NPD responded to the west side of town for the report of an intoxicated
male who required assistance. The male was contacted, identified and was transported to the Norton Sound Regional Hospital, where was left in the care of the ER
staff for medical evaluation.
5:19 p.m., NPD officers responded to the Norton Sound Regional Hospital for the report of an assault that morning. Investigation revealed that Robert Norris had caused
injury to a member of the household and had fled the scene. Norris was contacted
later in the evening and was placed under arrest for Assault in Second Degree, DV, Assault in the Third Degree, DV and Violating his Conditions of Probation. He was later
remanded to AMCC, where he was held without bail.
8:25 p.m., NPD received a report of a disturbance occurring at a residence on the
west side of town. Upon arrival, all occupants contacted indicated that there were no
issues requiring law enforcement presence. No further action was necessary and all
occupants were left in the residence.
8:34 p.m., NPD responded to a hotel on the east side of town for the report of two
intoxicated individuals in care of a small child. Upon arrival, Bessie Pagel and David
Engler were contacted and found to be too impaired to adequately care for the child.
A family member was contacted and took custody of the child. Engler and Pagel were
both issued citations for Endangering the Welfare of a Child in the Second Degree and
were transported to the NEST Shelter for the evening. The Office of Children’s Services was also notified of the contact.
A suspect has been identified. Investigation continues.
AST in Nome were notified on February 26, at about 10:40 a.m. that there were two
overdue snow machine travelers heading south from Buckland to Koyuk. The overdue
travelers were identified as Lane Douglas and Agnes Anasogak. Hasty ground search
teams were deployed south from Buckland and north from Koyuk. The two travelers
were located at about 2:00 p.m. by ground searchers in the vicinity of Bear Creek and
transported back to Koyuk without further incident.
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Sports
THE NOME NUGGET
Nome Kennel Club sled dog race
Results (accumulated total time)
1st place:
2nd place:
3rd place:
4th place:
Scratched:
Nils Hahn
Diana Haecker
Kamey Kapp
Stephanie Johnson
Curtis Worland
6:11:46 hrs.
6:19:43 hrs.
7:30:57 hrs.
7:49:52 hrs.
Photo by Nils Hahn
SILENT TRAVELER— Stephanie Johnson of Nome runs her 10-dog team behind Army Peak on the second day of the two day event. The distance on both days was 30 miles.
Photos by Diana Haecker.
START (top)— Dog teams are getting ready for the first heat, which lead teams across the Snake River, along
the coast to the Penny River and back to the finish line at the new Glacier Creek Road.
FINISH LINE (left)— Curtis Worland runs his dog team towards the finish line at the new Glacier Creek
Road on Saturday, February 27.
Marianna Mallory completes second Junior Iditarod race
By Maisie Thomas
Marianna Mallory, formerly of
Nome, finished her second Junior Iditarod Sled Dog race last Sunday.
Mallory lived in Nome for about ten
years and started her dog mushing
career 12 miles outside of town, in
Banner Creek.
Mallory, 17, completed her first
Junior Iditarod in 2015, running a
team of dogs she borrowed from
Wade Marrs. Marrs went on to finish
the Iditarod in eighth place a few
weeks later.
In her rookie race, Mallory took
sixth place and won the Humanitarian award. This year, she trained and
raced her own team of young dogs,
mostly two-year olds. Junior Iditarod
racers run teams of 10 dogs, and
Mallory finished the race with nine.
Mallory recently moved to Kiana,
where she lives with her parents,
Kathy and Paul, brother John and 12
running dogs. Mallory named her op-
eration Sneaky Dog Kennel after the
litter of puppies that comprises the
majority of her team.
Mallory trained her dogs by herself in Kiana, doing runs of up to 65
miles on mostly unmarked trails and
in deep snow. Her hard work paid
dividends when she got to the
groomed trails in Willow. “Honestly
I was expecting the trail to be more
difficult,” Mallory said, though, she
did mention that there were some
“interesting turns” and holes made
by moose crossing the trail. There
were some icy sections, too, and she
had to drop a dog due to an injury
caused by running on the ice. She
said the heat during the race (highs
ranged from 30°F to 40°F) was the
biggest issue for her team.
Though the race itself was mostly
smooth sailing, the days and hours
leading up to it were not. First, Mallory’s main leader got injured and
she had to leave him behind in
Kiana, leaving her with relatively inexperienced lead dogs. One dog that
had spent most of its career running
in the back of the team stepped up
and became a leader.
Then the post office in Kiana unexpectedly closed indefinitely, so
Mallory was unable to send out her
drop bags with food and supplies. A
friend had to pack them for her. Just
moments before the gear check, Mallory realized she had forgotten her
snowshoes, a mandatory piece of
equipment. Without them, she would
not be able to start the race. Luckily,
Mallory was able to borrow a pair
and start her race.
Mallory said her goal for the Junior Iditarod was to have her team finish happy and strong. Her success
was evident in her team’s finishing
speed. “We sprinted the last 15
miles…I think we were even at 13
miles per hour at one point,” she
said. Another goal was not to get the
red lantern, the prize for last place. “I
didn’t want [my dogs] to finish in
last place in their only Junior Iditarod,” said Mallory. She was able to
avoid a last place finish, finishing
eight minutes before the last place
competitor. Because Mallory will
turn 18 in May, she is not eligible to
compete in next year’s race.
Though this is her last Junior Iditarod, Mallory does not plan on
slowing down mushing anytime
soon. She is speeding up as her next
competition will be a 20-mile sprint
race in Noorvik this spring. The race
is a two-day, 20 miles per day event.
Though this is significantly shorter
than her team is used to, Mallory believes her dogs can handle the
change of pace. “They are incredible,
I was sore from running just 15 miles
of the race.” Mallory sprinted along
side her dogs for the last few miles
to avoid getting last place. She is not
sure what next year will bring, but
she will definitely continue to mush.
The winner of the 2016 race was
Kevin Harper of Wasilla, who won
his second consecutive Junior Iditarod.
The first Junior Iditarod was held
in 1977, and the race has been run
every year since. The 150-mile race
starts and ends in Willow. Mushers
are required to take a 10-hour layover in Yentna Station, the halfway
point. Nome’s Melissa Owens, now
Owens Stewart, won the race in
2005. Owens Stewart continued to
mush and is competing in this year’s
Iditarod.
Photos by: Jeff Schultz/JeffSchultzPhoto.com
JUNIOR IDITAROD (top)— Marianna Mallory and her team wait to
start the Junior Iditarod Sled Dog Race. Mallory lived in Nome for about
10 years, but now lives and trains in Kiana.
NOME GROWN (left)— After crossing the finish line of the Junior Iditarod on Sunday, former Nomeite Marianna Mallory posed with her lead
dogs. Mallory and her team completed the race in a little over two days.

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