KICY CallCall LetterLetter P.O. Box 820, Nome, 99762 Phone 907-443-2213 Fax 907-443-2344 Toll- Free: 1-800-478-5429 e-mail: [email protected] web page: www.kicy.org April, 2014

Manager’s Mic KICY hat could be a cold, dark, Wquiet time in western Alaska is anything but. Iditarod and bas- ketball weave a tapestry of broad- casting opportunities from January through the end of March. The efforts of the KICY volunteer staff are so appreciated, not just by our listeners, but by me, too. The table is full of awards for the Musher’s Banquet. There are times we have had Dallas Seavey Wins two basketball games on two Iditarod 42. Zirkle in 2nd. stations simulta- hat a race! This is the first This is where things took a Dennis Weidler neously. Then, Wtime in recent memory that the decidedly dangerous turn. Hurri- throw in Iditarod coverage of a race finishing lead team changed three cane force winds, bitterly cold that ended on Front Street in Nome times in the final stretch between temperatures and no visibility at 4 o’clock in the morning. Our White Mountain and Nome. dealt a blow. coverage started at 2:30 am. We The race started under less than King’s team was literally blown were all a little bleary-eyed for the ideal conditions as warm tempera- off the trail into piled driftwood morning shows which started at 7 tures and little snow in the interior on the shore of Safety Sound. am. actually presented the option of a re- After hours of untangling the On another note, I had the privi- routing of the race from Fairbanks, as team, they were all too exhausted lege of obtaining my Amateur Radio they did in 2003. However, race to press on. They hunkered down Volunteer Examiner credentials. marshals decided to run the event as a few miles from Safety Road- Three of us from Nome traveled to scheduled on the northern route. house in a pile of dogs and Unalakleet to administer the Techni- It was an extremely fast race as one musher to wait out the storm. cian license test. Five passed. Each musher noted, “there were no brakes In the meantime, was awarded a dual band radio. Our because there was no snow. The dogs unknowingly passed them and club also set up a repeater so they were traveling at the speed that they, sought refuge at the Roadhouse. could get on the air before we left not the musher chose.” Seavey got to Safety, checked in the village. There have been many In the interior, teams dealt with bare and continued to Nome. Zirkle more requests for testing in tundra, stumps and glare ice. woke up to discover him now Unalakleet as well as Shaktoolik, In the final hours, ’s team leading the race. She set out after Teller and Elim. It’s a real joy to seemed a sure winner as they left him. In a nutshell, Seavey won ‘light up’ an Alaskan Village with White Mountain with hours between Iditarod 42 although he didn’t ham radio. Our next project is to them and Aliy Zirkle in second place. know it until the marshal an- donate an IRLP (internet connec- Dallas Seavey was firmly in third nounced his victory. tion) in each village. place. --continued on page two Luda Obtains Visa And A Prayer Returns to Nome. Request. t was the sur- Russian Far East Iprise e-mail of village of For each of our the decade. Luda Provideniya. In this sent a message that way, she can sustain staff members. she was on her way her ministry through George Bard to the U.S. Em- the use of her B-1 bassy in Business Visa. Ian Coglan Vladivostock Luda has taken the seeking a B-1 concept of Emily Kennedy (business) visa. tentmaking to new The next message levels of productivity Hannah Kennedy was even more of Luda Kinok back in the studio. and efficiency. The a surprise. It was demand for U.S. Dr. Phil Schobert granted! products in a Russian village of A week or so later, Luda arrived 2,500 is sufficient to sustain her and Josie Stiles back in Nome. We had not her work here at KICY. Lon Swanson prepared for her arrival so she Please keep this situation in your spent the first several weeks in the prayers. It seems that increasing Rolland Trowbridge Brown House basement. KICY Russian influence over Ukraine could housing was full at Iditarod time, eventually create additional hurdles Candace Weidler so Luda was able to move into an and challenges for travel between the apartment at the Assembly of God U.S. and the Russian Far East. We Dennis Weidler Church, where she had stayed continue to pray for the inroads during previous return visits to Luda’s ministry has made in a huge Frances Whitmore Nome. Needless to say, her area of the Russian Far East includ- broadcast outreach through KICY ing all of Chukotka, Kamchatka and has remained her focus. Siberia. rogress continues on the plans At this writing, she has a plane We are all delighted to have Luda Pto build a four unit apartment load of goods from i-Pads to back in Nome and a presence in the building this coming summer. We snowmachines ready for departure studio each day. Her smile and have work teams beginning to make at some future date back into the laughter are contagious. travel plans. We do know that the first barge, with all the building -- continued from page one ence. supplies, should arrive by June 10th He thought he was still behind It was a race for the record books, if the harbor is free of ice. King and Zirkle. Aily came on with new time records broken and Please check the kicy.org home strong but was never able to catch Aily Zirkle finishing in second place page on the internet to see the most Seavey. She placed second a few for the third time in as many years. recent schedule of work team minutes behind. King had to That record may stand for a long arrival and departure dates. scratch as he sought the aid of time. At this point, Alaska Airlines has snowmachiners who helped move The entire staff was exhausted discontinued the morning flight into his team to the shelter of Safety following the race. Our continuous Nome. That leaves only two flights Roadhouse. coverage began at 2:30 in the morn- a day, but that may change by the There were many, many other ing and wrapped up about 4:30. Yet time summer arrives. stories from the Iditarod Trail as we were all back to work for the We look forward to your arrival in each musher shared the experi- morning shows! Nome! More And More Dinners Can You Help? Are Added For 2014. Is Your e continue to move forward Wwith a major construction Church On The List? project this summer and we need your help. Work teams are assem- ur desire is to have a continu- are open dates before the 2nd in the bling. Oally growing Salmon northwest and after the 4th in Can you help? As you can see, Fundraising Dinner list of upcom- California. poor Mister Thermometer is stuck ing events. Hopefully there will be If your church is in the neighbor- at just under $70,000 and we need one near enough for you to come hood, and that can be liberally to raise $150,000 to match a grant and share in wild-caught Alaskan applied, let us know. We would we have been awarded. Your salmon. love to add you to the itinerary. financial support would be greatly The May tour begins on A KICY Salmon appreciated. Sunday, May 11th Fundraising dinner is a at Haddam Neck fun event where we Covenant Church bring the fish, cook it, in Connecticut. serve it and have a $150,000.00 That is followed by great time sharing the Pilgrim Covenant in scope and breadth of Granby, Connecti- this unique broadcast cut on Tuesday, ministry. May 13th, Bethany Proceeds from Covenant in Berlin, these dinners will Connecticut the next help in the con- day, May 14th and The Cov- struction project enant Church of Quincy on May this summer. 15th. Call Dennis Weidler toll-free at 1- The west coast tour in August is 800-478-5429 or send along an e- also shaping up with Grace Com- mail to [email protected]. We’ll munity Covenant in Olympia, do whatever we can to get your Washington on August 2nd. There church on the schedule. PLEASE NOTE! Memorials -March Income- $68,900.00 In February and March, we $33,880.10 received memorials in the name -March Budget- of: $32,021.99 Tom & Annie Dotomain -March Expenses- Edward Lattimore, Jr. $25,143.93 Bill Smith Includes Sales & Programs but Joel John not designated funds. Charles Kruse Ann Franklin Kauls Alex Kauls Arctic Broadcasting Leonard Wiehe Association is an Gary A. Cantrell affiliated corporation Thank you for remembering a of the Evangelical loved one with your gift. 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Welcome to Hannah Kennedy. e introduced you to Emily station, some on the FM and station. We are extremely thankful WKennedy in our last issue of some are heard on both. That, in that Hannah is willing to help out. the Call Letter. This time, we’d a nutshell, is Hannah’s job at This has been Ian’s off-air job, but he like you to say howdy to Hannah KICY. This is arguably one of will be leaving in a few months and Kennedy, her older sister. the most tedious, yet one of the Hannah was willing to learn. Hannah is our newest trainee in most important jobs at the We have three studios where pro- the art of dubbing pro- grams can be loaded and grams. Each week there Hannah manages to use all are two pages of daily and three, going round robin weekly programs which tending the three work have to be transferred stations. from web sites, CD- When she’s not loading ROMs, and FTP sites. programs, Hannah is a full- These then have to be time high school student trimmed, levels adjusted, and is very active in the file-type converted to our Covenant Church Youth broadcast files and up- Program and helps out at loaded into our system. the new Checkpoint Youth Some play on the AM Hannah Kennedy takes a brief break for Center. a photo opportunity.