It was nice to see a photo of the dug-out canoe on the front page of your newspaper last week. The canoe is a project we are very proud of here in Klukwan and we plan to do a ceremonial launching of the canoe next spring that will be open to the public. The two previous launchings […]
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Vick votes against his own rhetoric
As a member of the Energy Sustainability Commission (ESC) and one interested in the late September political hype, I note some questionable actions on the part of assembly candidate Steve Vick. Vick has been the assembly’s liaison with the ESC for two years and is quoted in the campaign as being a supporter of energy independence. […]
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Vick values valley’s peace and quiet
I am concerned about the regulation of the helicopter industry here in Haines. My sense is that many of the candidates who call themselves “pro-business” would support a deregulation of the helicopter industry. I want to maintain our quiet lifestyle and believe that an unregulated helicopter industry threatens our peace and quiet. I am not […]
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Duly Noted
Andrew Mark Koverdan arrived Sept. 3 to parents Alissa and Mark Koverdan. Andrew weighed 8 lbs., 9 ozs. and measured 21 inches. Andrew joins his siblings Ania, 5, and Arik, 2, who waited for their baby brother’s arrival with grandparents Nancy and Denis Hill, in Juneau. Alissa was in the hospital room next to Kim […]
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Fitness center advocates regroup
The Haines Borough’s decision to hold off on tearing down the gym and east wing of the old elementary school amounts to one year of time for the Well and Fit Community Council to make progress toward funding, group president Marnie Hartman said this week. In a letter to the assembly last week, Hartman said […]
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State collars 2 Chilkoot bears, including river ‘matriarch’
The Department of Fish and Game on Sept. 2 collared two brown bears, including a sow that biologist Anthony Crupi calls “the matriarch of the Chilkoot.” The collars, which allow biologists to track bear movement as frequently as every half hour, are part of an effort to understand bear use of the area, where changes […]
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Bear teams improve in Yakutat
The Glacier Bears boys’ and girls’ cross-country teams each placed third at the first Yakutat invitational Saturday, behind Juneau and Sitka, respectively. The race, started by a policewoman firing a shotgun, followed a gravel road along Monti Bay. “How can you even describe the beauty of running next to the water, on a sunny day […]
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Haines team 19th of 122
The Haines Slackmasters finished seventh of 50 mixed teams and 19th of 122 teams overall at the annual Klondike Road Relay held last weekend between Skagway and Whitehorse, Y.T. Jessica Kayser’s time of 1:33:47 for 12 miles in the final leg ranked her third among all women on that stretch. The 10 local runners finished the […]
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Watershed group highlights Big Boulder, culvert projects
Log and rock structures placed in a channel dug last year are aimed at increasing king salmon spawning capacity in Big Boulder Creek. Since 1995, between 30 and 130 kings return to spawn there annually, but spawner counts in the early 1980s went as high as 300 fish. Road construction that channelized the stream below […]
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Berry now CIA leader
Dave Berry is the new president of the Chilkoot Indian Association. Berry was elected during a contested election to the tribe’s board, and chosen president by board members. Della Brouillette also was elected in the vote. Other officers will be determined at an Oct. 21 meeting. Tribal administrator Jim Carnahan is officially on vacation until […]