March 2, 1972
Fire Marshal Wally Dawson cited carelessness as the major cause of fires experienced during severe weather conditions of winter, and advised plain common sense to prevent catastrophe.
“If you put six household gadgets on one outlet, you can expect trouble,” he said. “The individual who goes out with a blow torch to thaw frozen pipes is another one asking for trouble. The pipes might get thawed in such cases, but there is no house to go around them.”
The fire marshal took cigarette smokers to task as being walking fire hazards. “If you smoke, make sure you don’t smoke in bed, and if you are going to put down your cigarette for a minute, put it in an ashtray. I stress IN the tray.”
February 20, 1997
Once again, a majority of Haines Chamber of Commerce members responding to a survey has come out against any road to Juneau.
But a state representative is sponsoring a resolution touting the idea, saying that there are now favorable conditions for building a road that won’t come again.
In a survey completed last week, 53 chamber members said they want no road built.
Of the 45 who said they favored a road, 28 voted for the plan by local developer John Schnabel for a Haines-Skagway intertie. That would entail an east side road to the Katzehin River, a shuttle ferry and an extension of Lutak Road up the west side of Lynn Canal to Skagway.
Of the 141 chamber members at the time of the survey, 98 voted for a 70% response rate.
February 23, 2012
Despite his name and breed, Klondike, a Bernese Mountain Dog, found himself in a precarious situation over the weekend when he was trapped on a rocky ledge with no way out. But he kept his wits about him and thanks to some agile human friends, Klondike was safely removed.
Five-year-old Klondike belongs to the Podsiki family, who have had him since a puppy. Early Saturday morning, Gred Podsiki said he let Klondike outside at their Carrs Cove home, like usual.
“He doesn’t wander much and always comes home when I whistle,” Podsiki said. But after an hour’s absence, Podsiki said he began to worry and thought the worst when he received a phone call from Haines Police officer Simon Ford.
“He said, ‘He’s not dead, but he’s not exactly Okay. He’s stuck on a cliff,'” Podsiki said.
Climbing guide Joe Osterling came to the scene with his equipment. He was able to anchor from the top of the cliff, rappel down to Klondike and harness the dog to him.