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It’s me, Chisel Triezenberg. In this newsletter, there will be:
Lots of money for the Chilkat Valley Community Foundation. Heliskiing controversy over a $150 fine (I don’t think it was actually that controversial. Legally, they did screw up). More money for good local programs, but in a more fun way this time. A cancer-causing agent in the weightroom at the school. A reminder that even in the darkest and most divided of times, we are all human and want generally the same things. And finally, some funky instruments. Enjoy.
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. 6, 2016)
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The Chilkat Valley Community Foundation will receive $30,000 for a capital projects endowment, plus another $100,000 spread across four years for other work.
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Sammye Pokryfki, senior vice president of the Rasmuson Foundation, announced the allocation Monday to about 20 people at the Sheldon Museum.
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While the $30,000 endowment grant is new, the $100,000 allocation is a renewal of a previous expired grant. The $100,000 is in matching funds. That means for every dollar that the Chilkat Valley Community Foundation raises, the Rasmuson Foundation will match that dollar up to $100,000.
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“It definitely will be a challenge (to raise up to $100,000),” said Anna Jurgeleit, co-chair of the Chilkat Valley Community Foundation.
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“We’ve made challenges in the past and we should reach this one,” added Crystal Badgley, the other co-chair.
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“This is a very successful community foundation,” said Nina Kemppel, president of the Alaska Community Foundation.
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The Rasmuson Foundation is allocating $5 million over five years to the Alaska Community Foundation, which will manage the money’s distribution among local community foundations, including the one in Haines. Currently, the Alaska Community Foundation has nine affiliated local foundations, and plans to add six more.
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| (File photo/John Stang) A visiting earthquake simulator also simulates all the things you would have in your home, like chairs with seat belts. |
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20 Years Ago (Oct. 5, 2006)
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The only licensed commercial heliski operator in the Chilkat Valley recently paid a $150 fine for landing illegally on Rainbow Glacier this spring.
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The fine was assessed by borough manager Robert Venables on June 30 and news of its collection was circulated to assembly members this month by the borough clerk.
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In his letter to Alaska Heliskiing co-owner Sean Brownell, Venables said the borough’s new commercial recreational helicopter rules are being watched closely by the public, and that residents want the regulations enforced. “In this first year of local regulation, I believe it is important that both the industry and the borough demonstrate intent to abide by the agreements we have made and respect each other,” he wrote. “Members of the public are aware of this incident and have suggested that it not be excused or ignored by the borough.”
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Venables levied the fine after Brownell made his case explaining the landing within the no-fly zone of the highly visible front range. Brownell said the foul weather and safety concerns prompted his guide and clients out of preferred ski zones, but that their choice of Rainbow Glacier was an error.
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| An advertisement for massage therapy gets strangely philosophical. |
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30 Years Ago (Oct. 3, 1996)
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The local emergency medical crew will receive $11,400 in proceeds from an auction and miscellaneous other events held last week during the annual conference of the Alaska Cabaret, Hotel, Restaurant and Retailers association, popularly known as CHARR.
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“This is like, ‘wow,’” exulted Haines ambulance crew member C.J. Jones. “We’re all pretty blown away.”
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CHARR executive director Carol Wilson said that local CHARR members chose the beneficiary of the charity events, which are always held during the annual conference. Past beneficiaries have included the Kodiak Humane Society and the Nome Convention and Visitors Bureau.
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Auction items included a round trip to Chilkat Lake, a suite at the Captain’s Choice Motel, lingerie from Bourbon Street in New Orleans, a steak dinner at 33 Mile Roadhouse, a carved mask by Tresham Gregg and a dump-truck load of aggregate. Many donations came from out-of-town businesses, as well.
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Jones said that with fire chief Roc Ahrens out of town, no decision has been made on how to spend the money. But there is a consensus that it should be used for a major capital improvement project, rather than multiple “nickel and dime” uses, she said.
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Wilson praised city tourism director Tyson Verse and his staff for an “absolutely outstanding” welcome.
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The senior village hosts an open house!
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40 Years Ago (Oct. 2, 1986)
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A preliminary inspection of the high school weight room Wednesday shows the cancer-causing agent creosote is present.
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“I think it’s clearly creosote. The school says it’s creosote. And the architect says it’s creosote,” said Dick Stokes, a Department of Environmental Conservation official who examined the weight room for two hours Wednesday. Stokes, who had training as a pesticide chemist, said he could not specifically say what the concentration level of the creosote was. “I know the levels are high enough to smell,” he said.
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The weight room was closed and Stokes was sent to the high school after a citizen complained to the DEC about fumes in the weight room. The room is just off the gym and beneath the swimming pool. Huge timber pilings, which apparently are treated with creosote, support the pool.
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Stokes said remedying the problem could be as simple as painting the pilings with shellac or epoxy paint to seal out the fumes.
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Another remedy could be to enclose part of the pilings and better ventilate the room, he said.
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Stokes expects to have the final results and recommendations in a week. The weight room will stay closed until the problem is corrected.
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40 Years Ago (Sept. 18, 1986)
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Governor William A. Eagan has announced the award of a $10.9 million contract for construction of the Skagway-Carcross highway.
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The project will extend an existing road from Mile 4.4 northwest of Skagway to the Canadian border. It is in conjunction with a Canadian project, currently in design stage, which will extend on to the Alaska Highway and provide a link between Skagway and Alaska’s interior highway system by way of Whitehorse, Yukon Territory.
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The Alaska segment of the work, awarded to Central Construction Co., Seattle, is expected to take about three years for completion, Egan said.
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The Alaskan portion of the road follows the west side of the Skagway River valley northeast from the end to the present roadway to about Mile 9, where the main valley turns sharply to the east. At this point the route continues in a northeasterly direction up a tributary valley and into West White Pass.
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The road will be gravel surfaced initially with a 24-foot driving width. Shoulder width will be held to a minimum in order to reduce the amount of cut and fill required. At several points along the route turnouts will be constructed to provide motorists the opportunity to pull off the roadway.
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The National Park Service has stated that with the formation of the proposed Klondike Gold Rush Historical Park the new highway is essential to provide reasonably adequate access to the proposed park.
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Our description hasn’t changed much in 40 years.
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50 Years Ago (Oct. 17, 1974)
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In recent years, a new kind of anniversary has been added to the calendar-one that is international in origin and universal in observance. It honors-and is honored by-people of many different nations, faiths and philosophies, but its unique quality is that it emphasizes the common ties that unite them.
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The event it commemorates is the coming into force of the UN charter on Oct. 24, 1945.
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Believing that “the United Nations is an expression of the innate human desire to bring order out of chaos, which has been established to meet the urgent need of our times for a peaceful world society,” in commemoration of UN Day, the Baha’is of Haines are sponsoring a potluck dinner and program on Saturday, Oct. 26 at 6 p.m. at the home of Art and Margret Jess, Port Chilkoot. Jean Thorndike, guest speaker from Juneau, will present thoughts on the United Nations theme “1975 International Women’s Year.”
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(File photo/Chilkat Valley News)
In This Oct. 17, 1974 file photoa big hole on the left in the photo is at Front and Main Streets. It caved in during the water/sewer project excavation. Valiant efforts are being made to stabilize the ground, and it looks las though the contractor is going to win. |
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60 Years Ago (Oct. 17, 1974)
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Carl Dolmetsch and Joseph Saxby presented one of the most un-usual and interesting concerts ever seen in this area as the Alaska Music Trail season for 1969-70 got under way Saturday at the Chilkat Center for the Arts.
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The Dolmetsch-Saxy duo played such unusual instruments as a rebec and a tamborin (not to be confused with the tambourine that we know).
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The featured instruments in the program were the recorder family and a harpsichord.
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Adding another unusual touch to the program was the fact that all of these ancient-type instruments were made by Mr. Dolmetsch and his family.
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During the course of the recital, Mr. Dolmetsch gave interesting remarks and explanations concerning each instrument and musical selection.
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Musical selections included works by such early composers as Iawes, d’Hervelois, Couperin, Finger, Kreising and Arbeau.
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A reception for the artists followed the concert, with refreshments served by the Chilkat Valley Homemakers.
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| (File photo/Chilkat Valley News) Some of the instruments mentioned above are in use in this photo. |
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