Duly Noted

Dr. Dan Hart retired from his raptor curator position at the American Bald Eagle Foundation. Chloe Goodson is the foundation’s new raptor curator. She took over the position in August. “She has big shoes to fill,” said executive director Cheryl McRoberts. Chloe graduated from the foundation’s intern program, which she began in May 2013. She graduated from the University of Missouri with a major in animal science earlier this year. As raptor curator, Chloe is responsible for the raptor, junior raptor, and intern programs, Cheryl said.
Martin Goldberg is back in town for a two-week visit. He’s been living in Anchorage, recently working at the Glacier Brewhouse restaurant. He’ll return to Anchorage in about a week. While in town, he’s visiting friend Ivanca Jones, and parents Rob Goldberg and Donna Catotti.
Haines summer guides Johnny Cromwell and Leslie Hundhammer are ending their guiding season by cycling over 1,500 miles from Skagway to Vancouver, B.C. The duo took the ferry Thursday to Skagway, where they were to begin the bike trip via the Cassiar Highway. They plan for the trip to take nearly a month, and to camp along the way. Johnny will be riding a fat-tire mountain bike. Johnny plans to visit family in the Lower 48 before taking off this winter for Japan and India, where he plans to ski.
Sebabi Leballo, from Houston, and Dustin Watson, from Shelby, N.C., are in town offering home-based, one-on-one bible education. The Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses assigned them to Haines. The duo served together in Mississippi. They are not recruiting members or asking for money, they said. The one-on-one bible study is tailored to each individual’s needs. A session can be any amount of time, at any place. They are in town for at least a few months, up to a year. They may offer group sessions in the future. Go to jw.org to learn more.
Lori and Michael Carter have returned from a two-week visit to Wisconsin and Michigan. Minutes after landing at the Wisconsin airport, Lori bought a “cheese head,” which she wore to the Green Bay Packers home opener game that the couple attended. The Packers beat the New York Jets. They then visited Michael’s family in Marquette, Mich. Highlights included a boat tour of Lake Superior with Michael’s mother, Peggy Pester, and enjoying fall colors during a lakeside camping trip.
Joe Winders died Sept. 25 at his home in Juneau, surrounded by family and friends. He was 77. Winders was married to the late Josephine “Josie” Winders, a former resident and daughter of Chilkoot Native leader Austin Hammond. The couple visited Haines regularly, said Mike Case, a good friend of Joe’s. He worked as a carpenter in Juneau for decades. Joe was also a friend of the late Marty Tengs. Marty’s daughter, Christy Tengs Fowler described him as a “spunky Irishman with a great sense of humor and a twinkle in his eye.” He was an Alcoholics Anonymous advocate in the last few decades, dedicated to helping people fix their lives, she said.
At least 200 people stopped by the Pioneer Bar and Bamboo Room Saturday night for the party celebrating 60 years of Tengs family ownership, said party organizer Christy Tengs Fowler, who runs the bar with husband Bob Fowler. Andrew Cardella won the songwriting contest. Burl Sheldon placed second. Liam Cassidy, Adrian Nash, Tom Morphet and Tony Tengs also wrote and performed songs separate from the contest. Judges were Tony, Tom, and Amelia Nash. Christy’s mother Helen Tengs, wearing a feather boa and crown, celebrated her 88th birthday. Waitstaff dressed as can-can girls recreated a photo from a mural on the bar’s exterior which features a young Helen. The ladies also sang “Happy Birthday” to Helen, who stood with her arms up, taking it all in. Partiers wore outfits from different eras. Judy Heinmiller was dressed as a 1950s glamorpuss. Many women were dressed in dance hall outfits. Neil Einsbruch dealt black jack, a scene harkening to when the Bamboo Room served as the card room in the early 1950s. The PBR and Skagway’s Hill Billie Jean provided music.
Phyllis and Clark Allison of South Charleston, W. Va. are in town visiting friends Helen Alten and Tim Huber and children Aurora and Brandt Alten-Huber. The couple is visiting Alaska for the first time. They drove a U-Haul filled with Tim and Helen’s belongings, clocking 3,800 miles in nine days. The couple will be in town until Oct. 14. In addition to helping Tim and Helen settle into the new house, they planned to fish and hike and already saw a bear at Chilkoot.
Joanne Waterman and Phyllis Sage took a trip down south to visit twin granddaughters Alyson and Kali of Newberg, Ore. Celebrating Joanne’s birthday, they spent a few days in Las Vegas, where they attended the Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction.
Linda Palmer saw off granddaughter Margarette Jones. Margarette left town headed for Redmond, Wash. to see parents Frankie and Mark Jones and brother Aaron. She plans to visit friends in Ireland and see Hannah Wing in Australia this fall. Margarette spent the summer working in Skagway and living with Linda in Haines. Granddaughters Abby and Grace also lived with Linda on and off. Abby also worked in Skagway and with Alaska Mountain Guides. She left recently for Pacific University in Forest Grove, Ore. Grace lived with Linda during her senior year at Haines High School. She spent the summer working on a fish tender based in Elfin Cove. She stayed with Linda shortly before taking off for Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Wash. “I will miss them,” Linda said.
Deborah Young is looking for someone to take two outdoor cats she had to leave when her Oslund Drive home burned in May. She rescued Gray-Boy and Henrietta as young cats about nine years ago, after their first owner’s home also caught fire on Oslund Drive. Since the May fire, Deborah is in a temporary living situation, and has been going over to the Oslund property twice a day to put out food and water. With winter approaching, Deborah wants to find someone who can adopt them. The cats can live in a barn or in a heated box on a back deck, she said. Call 766-3731 if you can help.