Results are in from this year’s Fourth of July competitions. Mud volleyball consisted of 97 players, 15 teams, and 14 games. It concluded in a close championship game with a final score of 15 to 13. The winners were Jamie Messerschmidt, Libby Jacobson, Anna Jacobson, Riley Erekson, Michael Dunning, Devin Braaten and Brandon Haxton. In […]
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Ron and Jacque Horn have returned from a trip with college friends David and Vicki Gresham to northwest Alaska to view and photograph the summer migration of the Western Arctic caribou herd. The foursome flew from Kotzebue 175 miles north to the Kokolik River where they spent seven days viewing and photographing an estimated 30,000 […]
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Alexis Trout and Royce Dombrock of Haines were married Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Haines. Church elder Dave Berry Jr. officiated. Bridesmaids included maid-of-honor Faith Tuohy and Alexandria Strong of Haines. Royce’s best man was Steve Girgus of Haines. Matt Poeschel of Somerset, Wis., was groomsman. Special friends of […]
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Sunshine brings out crowds on 4th
Another Chandler Kemp record in the the Mount Ripinsky Run and the longest parade in memory marked the 2013 Haines Independence Day celebration. Kemp, 23, lopped a whopping 26 seconds off the course record of 24:28 he set last year in the three-mile race that climbs about 1,100 feet. He topped second-place Marcus Deuling, a 16-year-old Canadian, […]
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Mountaineer Swift recounts early trail-maintenance efforts
There wasn’t much of a hiking culture when Paul Swift, 76, came to Haines in the early 1970s. “The town was geared to industry. Logging, mining and fishing… most guys were work- oriented,” Swift said. Swift talked about clearing the Mount Ripinsky trail at a presentation June 1 at the Sheldon Museum. He also spoke during an […]
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‘People’ exhibit has room for more
We are almost half through the run of the Sheldon Museum’s “People of the Chilkat Valley” biography exhibit. We thank those who have sent or brought in short biographies and photographs of people who have lived in this area or still live here. There is room for more to be added to the exhibit and to […]
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Wild Things
So far, 2013 has been an unusual year for wildlife. Some of the players are missing and others are acting like it is spring in February. Annie Shuder, Mario Benassi and Adrian Revenaugh report a noticeable lack of Steller’s jays in the upper Chilkat Valley. These jays have been reported in town and at Mud Bay, but […]
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Highway pull-off to become trailhead parking
A roadside pull-off near 7 Mile Haines Highway will be fenced off and cleaned up this spring in preparation for its transformation into a parking lot. Larry Beck, an environmental protection specialist with the Bureau of Land Management, cited safety and pollution concerns for shutting down the “redneck rifle range,” an area historically beset […]
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Mario and Natalie Benassi won the Valentine’s kissing contest at the Pioneer Bar Saturday. They beat out son Josh Benassi and Cassie Miller, as well as Jae McDermaid and Jimmy Lampkins, who placed second. According to Natalie, the key to the win was “a little hard work, perseverance and lots of practice.” Joe Parnell judged […]