Sixth-grader Ketch Jacobson topped 10 other students in a lengthy spelling bee at the Haines School Wednesday, finally clinching the title with “hamlet.” “I think a lot of it was luck,” said Jacobson, 12. “Someone would get a word right, and then they’d get the next one wrong.” After several rounds against finalists Marty Fowler, […]
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Elks dance set
The Haines Elks are hosting a Valentine’s Dance on Saturday, Feb. 12 at the lodge. The evening will feature a $5 potato bar, from 5 to 7 p.m. and dance with music by The Fishpickers to follow. “If you haven’t gotten your sweetie something for Valentine’s by then, at least you have an option,” said […]
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Long haul: Builder pedals U.S. from top to bottom, solo
He was run off the road three times on one stretch of highway, dodged things thrown by passers-by and camped in the snow, but resident Dan Humphrey said his 2,300-mile solo bike ride last fall was a great trip. Humphrey, 53, pedaled a 1983 Schwinn LeTour Deluxe, bought at Harold Hopper’s Haines Schwinn Shop, from […]
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Girl wins membership with owl name, ‘Aspen’
Natalie Humphrey-Kauffman, 10, won a contest to name a great gray owl at the American Bald Eagle Foundation. The owl now is called Aspen, because Natalie “just thought it was a beautiful name for a beautiful bird,” said Cheryl McRoberts, director of operations. Aspen is from Wasilla and has been in Haines since September. “She […]
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Bears’ hoops, volleyball to go 2A; Plan keeps Edgecumbe, Sitka, Petersburg in 3A
Haines Borough School District officials said this week they’re not planning to “opt up” to join larger schools under a sports reclassification plan that would push Haines into a new 2A division for basketball and volleyball starting 2012-13. The district has until Feb. 18 to make a decision on the matter. New conferences will be established […]
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Winter triathlon set for Saturday, Feb. 12
Haines Animal Rescue Kennel and the Southeast Alaska State Fair will host the free “Hooves and Paws Winter Tune-up” Saturday, Feb. 12, with outdoor games and a triathlon. “We’re just going to do it as a way to get the names of the organizations out in the community and provide an opportunity for people to […]
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Heli group still seeks consensus
A proposed helicopter skiing ordinance is set for a third public hearing at Tuesday’s Haines Borough Assembly meeting. The heli-skiing season opened this month, but a mayor-appointed heli-skiing work group has yet to reach consensus on recommendations for the assembly’s ordinance. The most recent draft of the ordinance included reference to a heli-skiing map that would designate […]
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High school DDF squad preps for state competition
Ten members of Haines High School’s Drama, Debate and Forensics team traveled to Juneau last weekend for their final tournament before this month’s state competition. “We had another great tournament, and the team is polishing pieces now and looking very, very strong for having a good state tournament in two weeks,” said Haines coach Gershon […]
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Carlson to start March 1 as tour director
Tanya Carlson will return to Alaska as the Haines Borough’s tourism director. Carlson, a product developer for Holiday Vacations in Wisconsin, is a 2001 graduate of the University of Alaska-Southeast, where she studied marine biology and communications. She previously worked as a naturalist for Holland America. “I am pleased to announce that Tanya Carlson has […]
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Borough accelerates port work for potential bond
In preparation for “an emerging opportunity” to secure Lutak Dock funding, Haines Borough Manager Mark Earnest has requested to speed up the timeline for new studies on the dock. “We will be putting together a recommendation here for the assembly, in the form of a budget amendment, to accelerate the programming on the Lutak Dock project,” Earnest said last month. “I look at […]