‘Alvin’ finds a friend
Feb. 1, 1971
Who finds a bear cub wandering around in the snow in January? Who, indeed, but Mary and George Meacock.
“It’s the first time in the 44 years I’ve been in Alaska that I’ve seen such a thing, “ said George.
“I looked out the window,” said Mary, “and this little cub was wandering around outside. He was so weak he would fall over every once in a while. Finally he found the basement window and began to claw at it–he must have thought he had found a den.”
George carried the cub, later named “Alvin,” into the house and down into the basement, where he was eventually bedded down in a box provided by the Fish and Game agent, Mike Roscovius.
Klukwan signs deal for Kensington jobs
Feb. 1, 1996
Klukwan Inc. has signed an agreement with two other Native corporations and Coeur Alaska Inc. guaranteeing that Native shareholders or their family members would make up a substantial part of the workforce at the Kensington gold mine.
Klukwan, Goldbelt Inc. and Kake Tribal Corp. will get a collective 13.5% of the construction jobs at Kensington, or an estimated 80-85 positions. That corresponds to the percentage of Natives in the population of Southeast, said Don Argetsinger, president of Klukwan Inc.
For mine operations, the number goes up to 25% of available positions.
February 2011
Borough offered terms for Point
Owner Roger Beasley has offered the Haines Borough up to three acres at “Picture Point” and is willing to carry a note for the purchase price up to five years or until alternative funding is secured.
The borough recently released an analysis of purchase options for the site, ranging from 1.4 to 3 acres. Three acres would include both “pullouts” at the site, plus a slender piece of beachfront connecting the pullouts to Front Street. The 1.4-acre option includes only the northern pullout.
The analysis includes impacts on public finances. It says the borough could gain as much as $36,800 per year in property taxes if the entire five acres Beasley purchased in October were to be developed, with homes on half-acre lots. The borough’s gain would drop to $13,200 if three acres were left undeveloped or held in public ownership, the analysis says.
The borough’s analysis noted that the Haines Coastal Management Plan and the Haines Tourism Management Plan highlighted the importance of scenic views.