Corrie and Daniel Stickler are parents of Olen Atlas Stickler, born Nov. 11 at 11:30 a.m. in Anchorage. Olen weighed 8 lbs., 11 ounces, and measured 21 inches. Grandparents are Don and Becky Nash of Haines, Dave Stickler of Haines, and Susan King of Seward. Corrie and Daniel live in Anchorage.
Jeremiah Kinison and Shannon Thompson were married Nov. 10 in Reno, Nev. at the Chapel of Bells. Their son Jordan Kinison was in attendance, along with Jeremiah’s mother and sister, Carrie Kinison and Shanah Kinison, the bride’s father, Merrill Palmer, and stepmom, Penny Godfrey, from Oregon. Other guests included former Haines residents Aemon Whetmore of Anchorage and Floy McDowell. Haines friends are invited to a reception for the newlyweds at the Pioneer Bar 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12.
Sue Libenson spent a week in London representing Pacific Environment at meetings of the International Maritime Organization, a group that sets the international rules for shipping. The group was deciding polar shipping lanes. Sue took time off for sightseeing, including theater-going at the Old Globe and viewing art at the National Gallery, as well as jogging in Hyde Park. She reports spending six pounds on a pair of tight-fitting, plaid trousers.
Alaska Home Magazine’s online newsletter features Genny Rietze’s website, babytuf.com, in the holiday gift guide. Genny’s handknit baby booties, designed to look like mini-Xtratuf rubber boots, are one of 35 items highlighted in the article.
Those interested in playing hockey at the Southeast Alaska State Fair’s ice rink can check the Facebook page “Haines Hockey” or contact Daymond Hoffman at 314-0907 to get on his texting contact list. Daymond says to keep an eye on the forecast for more freezing weather, and that help is always appreciated in the form of cash donations or clearing snow off the ice.
Shannon Donahue, executive director of the Great Bear Foundation, recently returned from Missoula, Mont., where she was relocating the group’s office, and spending time with Dr. Chuck Jonkel, the group’s founder. She also took 30 people to Churchill, Manitoba for an annual Polar Bear Ecology field course, where they saw 12 bears as well as arctic fox and red fox. Last summer, the Great Bear Foundation launched a research project to monitor bear activity in the Chilkoot River corridor. The project’s goal is to build a long-term database, building on the existing research of biologist Anthony Crupi of Haines. Donahue’s recent trip was her 17th between Alaska and Montana in the last six years. The foundation’s local office is in Dalton City.
Kim Sundberg’s second-graders recently provided entertainment during lunch at the Senior Center. The children read fables that they had written and enacted a puppet show.
Local photographer Tom Ganner has just released “Visions of Alaska, A Year in Pictures – 2014.” The collection is available in a large hardcover or smaller softcover version, as well as an eBook and a PDF format for tablets. Tom, a retired schoolteacher and self-taught digital photographer, also distributes his photos on DVDs and as calendars.
Bart Henderson and Cynde Adams completed a 58-day, 950-mile river trip from Green River, Wyo. to the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon to Lake Mead, Ariz. Their trip replicated the 1869 exploratory expedition of Major John Wesley Powell, who first mapped the area. Eight boaters completed the entire trip, and were joined at stopover points by friends, including Haines seasonal residents Tom Lang, Knikki Cinocco and John Briner. Weather highlights included a 15-minute mini tornado that brought 80 mph winds, lightning and hail. The adventure also included a layover in Moab, Utah to attend the wedding of former Haines residents John Binger and Aurita Maldonado.
Christy Tengs Fowler thought her son Marty was leaving older brother Chevy’s shoes around the house, then Chevy opened a door to surprise his mom with a Thanksgiving visit from college in Fairbanks. Chevy and Kai Sato-Franks caught a ride to town from UAF with classmate Zeke Frank.
An intern at the University of British Columbia’s Vancouver campus is searching for clues on an artifact that may be of Tlingit origin. Curatorial intern Maria Venne, of UBC’s Museum of Anthropology, is seeking information on a carved object described as a “wooden model of a sewing machine decorated with totemic designs.” A photo of the artifact was published in the book “Art of the Northwest Coast Indians” by Robert Bruce Inverarity in 1950. Maria can be reached at [email protected].