In the spring of 2012, heli-skier Nick Dodov, son of my friends in California, died tragically in an avalanche here in Haines. At the time, his parents thought they’d like to come up here. I took collections to help them do that, and have held onto the money for that purpose. The collection jars stated “travel” as the purpose for the donations, but Nick’s parents have decided not to come up at this time. The…