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Hey guys!
It’s me, Chisel Triezenberg. Though it was no small nor large feat, I have managed to create a newsletter to send out this week. Planes move around. A lot. It's kind of their job. In the first story, they move in a particularly interesting way. They better hav a good reason for increasing the phone rate, or else people will complain.
Well, maybe they will anyway. It turns out that a school board member was imagining a policy change. That's not really the story, but it is a fun sentence.
"They need fresh doughnuts like the rest of us," explained the borough clerk. I love this town.
Clearly we need copyright laws surrounding using transported radio tapes. Finally, a cross-country meet is held in Haines.
The Chilkat Valley News began publishing in 1966, so we feature stories from the small portion of this valley's history that we have documented in the archives. If you have something you'd like to see featured, let us know.
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10 Years Ago (Oct. 13, 2016)
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The grounded squadron at the Haines airport has shrunk by five planes.
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Eric Bennett, whose family owned L.A.B. Flying Service for more than 50 years, said he and others recently spent eight days moving company planes in advance of an airport improvement project slated to begin next spring. L.A.B. shut down in July 2008.
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Five of the planes were flown to Juneau’s airport, where they will be kept pending “some touch-up” and be put up for sale, Bennett said.
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Nine planes remain in Haines, including two four-seat Piper Archers, which Bennett said also would be moved to Juneau’s airport, where there is room for them. The Archers are smaller than Piper’s Cherokee 6, the model that makes up most of the rest of the fleet.
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Bennett said the issue with moving more planes to Juneau is a lack of space for them at the airport there.
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In Haines, the remaining planes have been moved from tie-downs visible from the Wings/Fjord Flying terminal to a spot on the airport’s west end. “We freed up that whole area. We hope that will leave enough space for their project,” Bennett said.
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Two planes are in a company hangar the family intends to keep, he said.
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“The hangar is our main maintenance facility. That’s going to stay in the family,” he said.
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To make way for next spring’s improvement project, the state recently purchased for demolition several other hangars west of the Wings terminal, including one owned by the Bennetts.
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(File photo/Chilkat Valley News, Matt Davis)
In this Dec. 2, 2004, file photo a sea of moviegoers lounges in inner tubes during the Haines Dolphines' inaugural Float-n-flick Saturday. About 50 turned out for the film, "Shrek 2," bringing in about $300 toward buying new lane lines. |
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20 Years Ago (Oct. 5, 2006)
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Local customers of MCI phone cards will see more than a 1,000 percent increase in rates for long-distance calls within Alaska effective Nov. 1.
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The current rate of 2.85 cents per minute will increase to 35 cents per minute. The company told the Anchorage Daily News the hike is to cover access fees local phone companies charge to carry long-distance calls on their lines.
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Costs to MCI are higher in smaller communities, where the cards have become increasingly popular, driving up company expenses and ultimately prompting the rate change, a spokesperson said. Time remaining on cards can be refunded at stores selling the card, or by credit card.
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The Regulatory Commission of Alaska is investigating whether it has authority to review rates for such cards, the newspaper reported.
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Phone cards at the Haines Post Office are available for six cents per minute. Other cards available in town advertise as low as 1.7 cents per minute for U.S. calls.
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(File photo/Matt Davis, Chilkat Valley News)
In this March 3, 2005 file photo, Patricia Peters looks to transportation officials for a response after trestifying in support of a road up the west side of Lynn Canal during a public hearing. |
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30 Years Ago (Oct. 3, 1996)
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A proposal to drop the preference for Haines Borough school teachers in the hiring of extra-curricular positions will be reviewed by the district’s policy committee.
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School board member Paul Potter pushed for the change, saying he thought it already had been made by the school board. Erickson said he found no mention of such a policy change, after going through two years of school board minutes.
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Board members said they were concerned about the cost of hiring substitute teachers while the teacher-coaches are on long road trips with sports teams, band and choir. There’s also an issue with the disruption of classrooms, said board member Debra Schnabel.
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A six-day trip to Ketchikan by the cross-country team was just completed, and this year’s regional basketball tournament also will be held in Ketchikan.
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Schnabel said that given the recent state waiver policy that permits non-certified personnel to take students on road trips unaccompanied by teachers, it’s time to review the issue.
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(File photo/John Lee, Chilkat Valley News)
In this Feb,. 6, 1975 file photo, The McLain Family Band who was gearing up to present a program of bluegrass music at the Chilkat Center. |
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40 Years Ago (Oct. 9, 1986)
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Quentin Higgins probably was expecting to deliver some votes on election day Tuesday. Instead, he delivered doughnuts.
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Higgins, state trooper and husband of city council candidate Sarah Higgins, came to the rescue of the borough Tuesday morning by delivering a batch of the confections to three hungry precinct workers at Mosquito Lake School.
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The borough traditionally provides the treats to volunteers working the voting booths. In the past, the Chilkat Bakery delivered the doughnuts to the store at Mosquito Lake on the night before the vote.
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This year, the borough wanted to get the doughnuts there fresh. “They need fresh doughnuts like the rest of us,” explained borough clerk Shelia Smith.
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But that left Smith, and borough co-workers Sue Nelson and Ken Bryant with a problem – how to get them up the road to Mosquito Lake. The trio huddled over the dilemma. They even calculated the cost of doughnuts against the cost of driving to 27 Mile.
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Finally, when all seemed lost, Higgins stopped by and offered the solution. He was heading up the highway on business and said he’d be glad to transport the trapped treats. So the doughnuts reached the workers and all was well. As for the ever-courteous Higgins, he didn’t even take a doughnut for his efforts, Smith said.
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(File photo/Chilkat Valley News)
The 24th moose to be harvested during this year's permit hunt is checked in by Bob Fairbanks. Paula Shelton, who represented the Dept. of Fish and Game at the checkpoint, is checking out the lower jaw which was removed shortly after this picture was taken. Shown here on Sept. 18, 1975. |
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50 Years Ago (Sept. 27, 1974)
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Sen. Ted Stevens has proposed legislation to disperse legal clouds shrouding the status of Alaska’s cable television stations.
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Present copyright laws and Federal Communication Commission regulations make no provision for cable stations offering delayed secondary broadcasts.
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Such cable stations, Stevens said, are an integral part of the Alaskan communications network. Station operators tape Lower 48 broadcasts and ship them to Alaska for delayed transmission to isolated viewing audiences.
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Lack of copyright laws and FCC regulations covering the unique situation, the senator said, has led to legal problems between Alaska cable stations and their Lower 48 sources.
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His proposal would add a section to pending copyright legislation to recognize secondary transmission cable systems operating outside the contiguous 48 states.
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(File illustration/Chilkat Valley News)
This March 28, 1985 file illustration from T. Bastable, depicts a twenty-story motor court on Pyramid Island as part of an April Fools fiction. |
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60 Years Ago (Oct. 17, 1974)
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An invasion of the Haines area is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 10, when from 50 to 100 Southeast Alaska high school cross-country runners will be in town to participate in the annual S.E. Alaska cross-country meet, coach Terry Sharnbroich said yesterday.
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Runners from all over the state will join Haines High runners in vying for the trophy.
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The race will begin at 4:15 p.m. on Small Tracts Road near the Wenz residence. The course will be along the Small Tracts Road to where it meets the Mud Bay Road behind Port Chilkoot, down the hill behind Hotel Halsingland to the Y near the new S & W warehouse, across the highway and along the waterfront road to Main Street, up Main Street to the school where the finish line will be opposite the Alaska Airlines building.
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Sharnbroich requests that all traffic tries to stay off the route of the runners from 4:15 to 5:15. Spotters will be posted along the route to keep an eye out for traffic and control it. Sharnbroich reports that he still needs a half dozen or more volunteers from the community to take up the posts as spotters. They should call him either at the school 6-4641 or at his home 6-4587 to volunteer.
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Following the meet, teams will be fed at the Chilkat Center and then see a special performance of the Chilkat Dancers. They will leave Thursday night on the southbound ferry.
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This will be the first time Haines High School will have hosted a cross-country meet.
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