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VOLUME CXVI NO. 8 February 25, 2016 Council considers City ownership of White Alice site By Sandra L. Medearis The council did introduce two ac- The tariff revision raises port rates cold war communications. In return, more. No one needed to bring a sleeping tion items into first reading, which by 10 percent across the board. Pre- Sitnasuak would receive the vacant In past discussions, tower advo- bag to Nome Common Council’s according to Roberts Rules of Order, vious rate increases in the past sev- lots in Block 63 at the corner of War- cates have cited the monoliths as im- regular meeting Feb. 22 as the brief could not be discussed until second eral years have excluded fuel and ren Place and West C Street, across portant landmarks for air, snow agenda allowed council and audi- reading and public hearing pending cargo. The council will consider the from CarQuest. Then the City would machine and vehicle travel. ence to leave when some evening re- final passage: an ordinance adopting tariff revisions for final adoption fol- lease the land back from Sitnasuak. The council asked for more infor- mained. the revised Port of Nome tariff for lowing second reading and public During citizens’ comments, John mation, maps and history of negoti- The short agenda contained no the upcoming shipping season and hearing at its next regular meeting. Handeland rose to advocate saving ations concerning the land swap. unfinished business, no ordinances an ordinance authorizing City of The land exchange would allow the White Alice site as having “pre- Handeland said he could oblige. up for second reading, public hear- Nome to purchase and lease real the City to take ownership of the 11 sent, past and future importance to In response to a local newspaper ing and final passage, no lengthy list property from Sitnasuak Native acres at the top of Anvil Mountain Nome.” He was glad to see White editor’s thimble thumps to their of communications to be rendered Corp. by a property exchange agree- that hold the remnants of the local Alice on the agenda, he said, “an or- heads concerning public notice for respectful lip service. ment. White Alice site, a strategic piece of dinance that may eventually put to upcoming meetings, and at a sug- rest the White Alice towers, an off- again-on-again issue for 20 years or continued on page 4 NJUS tags Vitus to ferry fuel at a savings By Sandra L. Medearis riod around the time barges load fuel The Nome Joint Utility System plus an additional lump sum added Board of Directors has OK’d a 3- per gallon for the barge company’s year contract with Vitus Energy of transportation fee that includes Anchorage to barge fuel to feed profit, insurance and cost of a pour- Nome’s power generators. The con- point additive. tract pared transportation expenses The pour-point additive maintains set by a previous three-year contract. fluidity of the fuel at Nome’s lower A consortium of Western Alaska winter temperatures. utilities belonging to the Western “The contract locks in the trans- Alaska Fuel Group solicited bids as portation ‘adder’ at 27.7 cents for the a unit and selected Vitus Energy, but next three years,” Handeland told the WAFG members will contract indi- board members, “compared to 33.85 vidually with the marine transporta- cents per gallon set in the previous tion firm to barge fuel to their contract.” storage. In signing the contract early in the Nome Joint Utility System could year, the utility and the supplier use realize a savings over last year’s the oil price effective the day of price for fuel to run its generators, signing as a placeholder, then dink John K. Handeland, utility manager, with the numbers adding or subtract- predicted at the Feb. 18 board meet- ing fractions of cents in a tug fuel ing. The contract sets the terms for cost adjustment based on the up or delivery of 1.6 million to 2.2 million down price per gallon settled later Photo by Keith Conger gallons, depending on fuel inventory when the product goes onto barges. FIRST INTO NOME— Tyler Aklestad and Tyson Johnson arrived in Nome at the half-way point of the Iron remaining in NJUS the tank farm. Again, the full contract price per Dog Snowmachine Race on Tuesday at 3:34 p.m. They have averaged 52 mph for 1,108 miles since leaving Big The contract price per gallon de- gallon will equal an average daily Lake on Sunday. pends on an average price over a set price for the month in mid-summer number of days in the calendar pe- continued on page 4 Forty-one snowmachine teams blast off in Iron Dog 31 By Maisie Thomas Records were almost broken be- was competing in his first Iron dog. Last weekend, 41 teams started fore the race even started this year. Pomrenke is originally from Min- the Iron Dog snowmachine race in According to Executive Director nesota, but moved to Nome as a the pro class section. The Iron Dog, Kevin Kastner, 42 teams signed up teenager. Pomrenke’s partner is known as the world’s longest and for the pro class, tying the record set Amos Cruise of McGrath, also a toughest snowmobile race, runs in 2008. Checkpoints can be up to rookie. Though neither competitor 2,031 miles from Big Lake to Nome 120 miles apart, so each team has has completed the Iron Dog, both to Fairbanks. The race has been run two members and two snowma- have experience in other snowma- consecutively since 1984, except for chines for safety reasons. The field chine races. The team is driving Arc- 2003, when it was cancelled due to includes last year’s winner, Scott tic Cat snowmobiles. The team rain. Faeo, son of the seven-time Iron Dog scratched on Monday in McGrath. champion John Faeo. John Bahnke of Nome is racing in Three of the teams have one team number 34 alongside Christo- On the Web: member from Nome. Mike Morgan pher Collins of Kotzebue. Bahnke, is in team number 10 driving a Po- who has been racing snowmachines www.nomenugget.net laris Switchback. Morgan, 30, has since 1994, has started six Iron Dogs E-mail: completed the race five times, and and has completed three. Bahnke [email protected] placed in the top five in four of his owns and operates Wilderness Ski- races. Two-time champion Chris Doo in Nome. Both competitors are Olds is Morgan’s partner. The team’s driving Ski-Doo Renegades. top sponsor is Polaris Industries. The Only 41 teams made it to the start- most popular brand of snowmachine ing line, and one team scratched just in the Iron Dog this year is Polaris. five hours into the race. Kastner said Polaris snowmachines have won the Photo courtesy of Matt Waliszek/Orzelphoto.com race five of the last seven years. continued on page 5 TEAM 34– John Bahnke of Nome and his teammate Christopher Collins Nome’s Shawn Pomrenke, 40, of Kotzebue started the Iron Dog snowmobile race in 30th position. 2 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2016 OPINION THE NOME NUGGET Letters Dear Editor: tions and SNC can do the stroyed the trust in our corporation Sitnasuak Native Corporation same. SNC shareholders will vote for transparent and fair should never allow discretionary for three candidates at the upcoming elections. Please do not vote a dis- proxies to be used for annual elec- June 2016 annual meeting. In 2015, cretionary proxy for the 2016 annual tions. SNC mislead its shareholders Discretionary Proxies altered the out- meeting. Show those who have used when they indicated that DP’s are a come of the popular vote of out- discretionary proxies in the past that right protected by State Law in the standing shares. Please don’t re-elect it will no longer corrupt our annual notice of special meeting for Jan 7, those who support Discretionary meeting or our annual 2016. Proxies. The SNC BOD are lead by elections. Please do not vote a dis- Discretionary Proxies are not a a group of six that voted to prohibit cretionary proxy. Thanks to all. right protected by State Law, in fact, otherwise eligible candidates from Austin Ahmasuk several ANCSA corporations no being listed on the corporate ballot Nome, Alaska longer allow DP’s for annual elec- and have tarnished SNC and de- Iditarod Trail: Proposed pipeline to Donlin gold mine would ruin a Photo by Sandra L. Medearis IT'S THE FREIGHT?—Student-friendly local store in Nome offers a spiral notebook containing 150 pages for a mere $17.99. piece of history

By Dan Seavey fits as shareholders (royalties) and as three 41-acre gravel pits, eight pipe It was that Northland poet, Robert workforce via preferential hire and storage yards and exchange of the Service, who wrote: “There are other goodies. Donlin sets the em- historic (and storied) Happy River Editorial strange things done in the midnight ployment level at 3,000 during a Steps for a 24-foot-wide construction sun by the men who moil for gold.” four-year construction phase and road of which 15 in all are planned The latter-day moilers in this case are 1,400 to keep production wheels to intersect the historic trail. When Rude Beggaring two private corporations, namely turning. Regarding the gas pipeline, all is said and done, a primitive road Donlin Gold LLC and Calista Corp. we are told: “Temporary roads and paralleling, crossing and/or occupy- Who wants a rutabaga? Who even knows what one looks like? Their modern moilings will result in stream or river crossings would be ing the Iditarod Trail from Skwentna Well, they look something like a turnip and they are good with moose complete, irreversible destruction of necessary during pipeline construc- to Puntilla Lake would remain. stew. We should not have to go begging for rutabagas because they the scenic and cultural nature of a 58- tion.” And, “Temporary roads and in- There should be little worry of are not very expensive… unless we are in Nome. In one of our grocery mile stretch of our Iditarod National frastructure would be reclaimed once getting lost on the Donlin Iditarod stores they are $2.99 and in the other $ 4.99. Historic Trail. Included is the spec- construction of the pipeline is com- Trail. Even the most inept should be Rutabaga retail is hard to understand unless we factor in gouging tacular Rainy Pass segment. plete. Above-ground safety check able to follow the aboveground in- the customer. We were fortunate recently to get a fuel rebate for our The prize? Thirty-three million valves would be located every 20 spection pipes and mile markers electricity from NSEDC. That will help us get through the dark cold ounces of gold located on Calista miles or more along the pipeline.” placed every mile along its course. wintry weather. However, we still have to cope with gasoline at $5.04 land 10 miles north of Crooked Such a statement! Does it not conjure The more adroit adventurer may / gal. and $4.99/gal at the other. They both sell Tesoro. Our choice is Creek in northcentral Alaska. The a vision of low impact, all is well, wish rather to be guided by the three- Tesoro or Tesoro. Take note of the cost. Write it down on a $17.99 deposit is to be mined by open-pit don’t worry? block valve yards spaced along the plain lined, three-ringed notebook we can buy at one store or get the methods over an estimated 27-year Visit the U.S. Army Corps of En- way. same notebook for $2.99 at the other. What is the economic principle period. gineers’ website (donlingoldeis.com) So there you have it, folks. Two that causes such outrageous and ridiculously high prices? If we want The problem? It will not be by for an eye-opener. A far more alarm- private interests with a proposal that, to have economic development in our town we should start by pro- pick and shovel as in days gone by. ing image surfaces with a study of if allowed, would despoil a public viding relief in the cost of goods. We have two grocery stores that are Its do ability is contingent on a huge, Donlin’s development plan for the treasure in their moiling for private moneymakers for their system. Let’s have some savings reflected to dependable energy supply, one capa- gas line. More like a nightmare really gain. Since the Iditarod is a national the customers. We could use some savings on rent. We need afford- ble of producing 157 megawatts of for those who value the trail for what historic — I reiterate, a national his- able housing and an incentive to build new homes. We can have all electricity to drive a mega process- it is — a scenic jewel, steeped in our toric trail — one has to wonder how the port development we can scare up, but we won’t have an improved ing plant with an appetite for 59,000 cultural history. such a destructive idea was even en- economy until costs are in a range we can afford. tons of ore per day. Are you ready for this? First tertained by the State of Alaska. How We, as customers, want to support our local businesses, yet we The solution deemed best? Lay a comes the clearing of a 150-foot has it progressed to a stage where are not blind to the economics of the Internet. However, prompt postal 14-inch natural gas pipeline from swath of trees wherever they dared only a loud and determined public service would help to encourage economic development. So, let’s Cook Inlet through the Alaska Range to grow along the entire 58 miles. outcry will squelch it? Make no mis- apply the principles of rutabaga economics and encourage our big some 312 miles to the Donlin mine Atop that clearing, a 65-foot-wide take, that’s what needs to be done — vender merchants to do everything possible to keep the cost of goods site. And here’s the rub. The Iditarod roadbed, 50 feet of which will be very loud and very soon. and services within our affordability. —N.L.M.— National Historic Trail would take a kept brushed for the entire life of the April 30, 2016, is the deadline for thrashing for 58 of those miles since pipeline. Thirty-one of the 58 miles comments on the U.S. Army Corps Letters to the editor must be signed and include an the pipeline would be co-located on, of pipe would be located a half-mile of Engineers’ extremely important address and phone number. Thank you notes and intersect with or parallel to the Idi- or less from the trail alignment while draft Donlin Gold Project Environ- tarod Trail. Pipeline impact begins at 7.3 miles of contemporary trail mental Impact Statement. We all political endorsements are considered ads. Old Skwentna and continues through would be completely obliterated. need to study the issue, attend the Rainy Pass, where it would leave the Now add two 5,000-foot airfields. scheduled public meetings and let trail at Three Mile Creek. Getting the picture? Not much there our wishes be known. Written com- Illegitimus non carborundum A visit to the Donlin website (don- in the way of historic preservation. ments can be submitted: lingold.com) provides a quick, col- But, there is more. 1) At public meetings orful overview of the massive Donlin’s plan also calls for continued on page 3 project. We learn Calista Corp. owns two construction camp sites, six mo- the gold deposit and will reap bene- bile sledge mounted crew camps, Member of: Alaska Newspaper Association, National Newspaper Association P.O. Box 610 - Nome Alaska, 99762 (907) 443-5235 fax (907) 443-5112 Weather Statistics e-mail: [email protected] High Temp (02/15...02/21) +27F 02/17/16 ads: [email protected] Sunrise 02/25/16 9:25 a.m. Low Temp -15F 02/15/16 National Weather 03/02/16 9:04 a.m. Peak Wind 57 mph, E 02/17/16 Service classified and legal ads: [email protected] 2016 - Total Precip. 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First, the Thursday, February 25 bank mechanisms fail if two factors coin- river begins to thaw the cliff and *Open Gym Nome Rec Center 5:30 a.m. - 6:15 p.m. cide: the river carries flowing water scours an overhang at the base. From *Girls BB Practice Nome Rec Center 6:15 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. According to a study by the Alfred *Open Gym Nome Rec Center 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Wegner Institute in Germany, over an extended period and the here, fissures form in the soil follow- *NCC Parent and Child Play Group Boys and Girls Club 10:00 a.m. - noon Alaska’s thawing permafrost soils riverbank consists of a steep cliff, the ing the large ice columns. The block *Lunch Lap Swim Nome Swimming Pool 11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. front of which faces south and there- *Weekly Women’s Circle Prematernal Home 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. cost the USA several $100 million then disconnects from the cliff, piece *After School Activities: Ball Games Nome Rec Center every decade primarily because air- fore is exposed to a lot of direct sun- by piece, and collapses,” explains Grades 3-6 3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. ports, roads, pipelines and settle- light. Jens Strauss. Grades 5-8 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. *Strength Training Nome Rec Center 4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. ments require relocation as a result of Jens Strauss said that there are The section of the river with the *Nome Food Bank Bering and Seppala 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. sinking ground and eroding river- two reasons for the fast and enduring high erosion rates lies in a very *Water Aerobics Nome Swimming Pool 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. banks. decay of this cliff. On the one hand sparsely populated area, so that nei- *City League Bastketball Nome Rec Center 5:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. *Open Bowling Nome Rec Center 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. An international team of re- the river water is warmer than the ther villages nor important structures *NPS School Board: Work Session Elementary Library 6:00 p.m. searchers has measured riverbank permafrost, thaws it and immediately such as roads or buildings are endan- *Nome Sportman Assoc.: Annual Mtg. National Guard Armory 6:00 p.m. erosion rates along the Itkillik River transports the falling material away. gered. However, the magnitude of *Thrift Shop Methodist Church 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. in Alaska’s North Slope. In a stretch This transport away is particularly the riverbank erosion gives Jens of land where the ground contains a fast if there is a very large amount of Strauss food for thought. “The rate at Friday, February 26 particularly large quantity of ice, the ice in the ground. On the other hand, which a riverbank retreats in per- *Open Gym Nome Rec Center 5:30 a.m. - 6:15 a.m. Itkillik River eats into the river bank the cliff is thawed by the sunlight. mafrost regions depends on the ice *AM Lap Swim Nome Swimming Pool 6:00 a.m. - 7:30 a.m. “Although the mean annual tempera- content of the soil and other geo- *Girls BB Practice Nome Rec Center 6:15 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. at 62 ft. per year, the researchers re- *Open Gym Nome Rec Center 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. port in a study recently published in ture in this region is minus twelve graphical factors. In view of the in- *Kindergym Nome Rec Center 10:00 a.m. - noon the journal Geomorphology. degrees Celsius, in the summer sun- creasing mean temperatures in the *Open Gym Nome Rec Center 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. light it becomes so warm that lumps *After School Activities: Ball Games Nome Rec Center “These results demonstrate that Arctic, our Itkillik River example Grades 3-6 3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. permafrost thawing is not exclu- of ice and mud flow down the slope,” clearly demonstrates the speed at Grades 5-8 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. sively a slow process, but that its reports the study’s lead author which erosion can take place,” he *Open Gym Nome Rec Center 5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. *Open Bowling Nome Rec Center 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. consequences can be felt immedi- Mikhail Kanevskiy from the Univer- said. *ALAPPAA Film Festival Elementary Commons 7:00 p.m. ately,” says permafrost researcher Dr. sity of Alaska Fairbanks. The objective now is to apply this *Adult drop-in Soccer (ages 15+) Nome Rec Center 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Jens Strauss from the Potsdam re- In the 2007 to 2011 period, the ap- newly gained knowledge when plan- *AA Meeting Lutheran Church(rear) 8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. *Nome v Unalakleet B-ball Nome-Beltz Gym First game at 4:30 p.m. search unit of the Alfred Wegener In- proximately 765-yard long and 115- ning new settlements, power routes stitute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar ft. high cliff retreated up to 328 ft. A and transport links, for example. and Marine Research. land area of approximately 334,000 “What’s more, the erosion impairs Saturday, February 27 Together with colleagues from the square ft. was lost in this time. This water quality in the rivers. A fact that *Nome Kennel Club: 30-mile Race #1 New Glacier Creek Rd. noon corresponds to the size of around 4.3 can become a problem for all those *Open Gym Nome Rec Center noon - 8:00 p.m. USA, Canada and Russia he investi- *Open Bowling Nome Rec Center 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. gated the Itkillik River at a location football fields. Converted to a mass communities that produce their *ALAPPAA Film Festival Elementary Commons 7:00 p.m. where the river cuts through a of ice and soil, the Itkillik River car- potable water by treating river *AA Meeting Airport Pizza (upstairs) 8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. plateau, and the subsurface of which ried away 70,000 tons of material per water,” says Jens Strauss. *Nome v Unalakleet BB: Senior Night Nome-Beltz Gym First game at 3:30 p.m. consists to 80 percent of pure ice and year – including 880 tons of organic The study was published in the to 20 percent of frozen sediment. material (organic carbon), previously journal Geomorphology: Mikhail Sunday, February 28 stored in the permafrost soil. Kanevskiy, Yuri Shur, Jens Strauss, *Nome Kennel Club: 30-mile Race #2 Snowdump noon “This ground ice is between 13,000 *Open Gym Nome Rec Center 2:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. and more than 50,000 years old, ex- In addition, in August 2007 the Torre Jorgenson, Daniel Fortier, Eva *Open Swim Nome Swimming Pool 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. tends column-like to depths of more scientists witnessed how, in only a Stephani, Alexander Vasiliev: “Pat- *Acro Yoga Nome Rec Center 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. few days, up to 328-ft. long and 43- terns and rates of riverbank erosion *Family Swim Nome Swimming Pool 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. than 40 metres [131 ft.] and in the *PM Lap Swim Nome Swimming Pool 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. past stabilized the riverbank zone,” ft. deep fissures formed in the plateau involving ice-rich permafrost *Zumba Fitness Nome Rec Center 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. says Jens Strauss. and an 8,611 square ft. block col- (yedoma) in northern Alaska” Monday, February 29 *Open Gym Nome Rec Center 5:30 a.m. - 6:15 a.m. • Iditarod Trail *Girls BB Practice Nome Rec Center 6:15 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. *Open Gym Nome Rec Center 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. *Kindergym Nome Rec Center 10:00 a.m. - noon continued from page 2 advocated and saw to the Iditarod fense of their Iditarod National His- *Open Gym Nome Rec Center noon - 3:00 p.m. Trail’s historic designation and ac- toric Trail. The Iditarod Trail, that *After School Activities: Basketball Nome Rec Center 2) By email to POA.donlingold- Grades 3-6 3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. ceptance into the national trails sys- beautiful, historic, magical route that Grades 5-8 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. [email protected] tem. In one form or another, I have connects us to our past must not be *PM Lap Swim Nome Swimming Pool 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. 3) Fax to (907) 753-5567 devoted some 35 years to the Iditarod bulldozed into an industrial corridor *Zumba Fitness Nome Rec Center 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. 4) Mailed to: Keith Gordon Proj- *City League Bastketball Nome Rec Center 5:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. National Historic Trail —35 years for private gain. *Open Swim Nome Swimming Pool 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. ect Manager, U.S. Corps of Engi- with the assistance of many other *Arctic Winter Games Practice Nome Rec Center 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. neers, P.O. Box 6898, JBER, AK *SPARC Meeting Fire Hall 7:00 p.m. dedicated visionaries spent in the Dan Seavey finished the first Id- *Zumba Fitness Nome Rec Center 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. 99506-0898. hope that this awe-inspiring piece of itarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 1973 *AA Meeting Lutheran Church(rear) 8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Finally, I state that I am not anti- public wealth may find a place in the and has been a longtime volunteer mining. I will support alternative hearts of the present generation of and advocate for the preservation of Tuesday, March 1 means of fueling the Donlin mine Alaskans and in those yet unborn. the trail to Nome. He lives in Se- — and there are alternatives. *Open Gym Nome Rec Center 5:30 a.m. - 6:15 a.m. Now, indeed, is the time for all ward. *Girls BB Practice Nome Rec Center 6:15 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. However, I was among those who good Alaskans to come to the de- *Open Gym Nome Rec Center 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. *Lunch Lap Swim Nome Swimming Pool 11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. *After School Activities: Handball Nome Rec Center Grades 3-6 3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Grades 5-8 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. *Strength Training Nome Rec Center 4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. *City League Bastketball Nome Rec Center 5:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Breakfast menu items, Located on east Front *Nome Food Bank Bering & Sepala 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. but not limited to: *Nome Planning Comm: Work Session City Hall 5:30 p.m. Street across from *Nome Planning Comm: Reg. Mtg. City Hall 7:00 p.m. *AA Meeting Airport Pizza (upstairs) 8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. •English Muffins National Guard Armory •Cinnamon Rolls Wednesday, March 2 •Hashbrowns Take Out *Open Gym Nome Rec Center 5:30 a.m. - 6:15 a.m. *Girls BB Practice Nome Rec Center 6:15 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Orders *Open Gym Nome Rec Center 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Breakfast is served 8 a.m. - 11 a.m. *Kindergym Nome Rec Center 10:00 a.m. - noon *Nome Common Council: Spec. Mtg. City Hall noon weekdays & weekends *Open Gym Nome Rec Center noon - 3:00 p.m. 443-8100 *After School Activities: Floor Hockey Nome Rec Center Grades 3-6 3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Monday - Saturday: 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. / Sunday: 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Grades 5-8 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. *Zumba Fitness Nome Rec Center 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. *PM Lap Swim Nome Swimming Pool 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Subway Daily Specials *Family Swim Nome Swimming Pool 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. *Acro Yoga Nome Rec Center 6:45 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.

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Photo by Diana Haecker FROZEN— The Nome Port is frozen and the causeway locked up but the Nome Port Commission prepares for the upcoming summer season and voted to raise port rates. Port panel: Revised tariff continues port rate increases By Sandra L. Medearis proval. sion at its Feb. 18 meeting following The Council introduced the tariff an updated Port of Nome “state of The Nome Port Commission has Port of Nome Tariff No. 12 carries several work sessions and recom- revision at its Feb. 22 regular meet- fiscal affairs” report. approved a revised tariff in prepara- a 10 percent across-the-board rate in- mended Council adopt the schedule ing and will consider the revisions Baker advocated a 10 percent in- tion for the upcoming shipping sea- crease and replaces all existing tar- of fees and language changes. The for adoption following second read- crease. The Commission agreed. son and passed the document up to iffs at the port. revision makes modest procedural ing and public hearing at its next Scott Henderson of Bonanza Fuel the Nome Common Council for ap- The port panel approved the revi- exchanges. meeting. supported the rate increase. The Port Commission concluded “Ten percent won’t materially af- at its Feb. 18 meeting that rates fect the cost of fuel,” he said. “The • Council needed to go up to ensure a health re- port critically affects our business. If serve fund for maintenance and re- something breaks it is nice to be able continued from page 1 for the hospital. The City is subsidiz- arctic maritime traffic. Nome is placement of components. They to call the City to repair it. ing the department due to stalled ne- pushing for the governor’s budget to noted that the port showed a slim net “We support the port being well- gestion of some members, the coun- gotiations with Norton Sound include $3.25 million for design margin last year, and a fatter one the funded to make the port safe to use,” cil will hold a work session to draw Regional Hospital in FY 16. Nor- work on lengthening the Port of year before. Henderson said. up a chart of ad sizes for specific re- mally NVAD generated revenue for Nome causeway and other naviga- “The typical margin is not suffi- Commissioners Doug Johnson, curring City notices. This would the City of Nome, City Manager tional improvements. cient to cover unexpected capital Charley Lean, Megan Alvanna- place the fiscal matter on the council Tom Moran told the council recently. Beneville, during his mayor’s costs or significant repairs,” Baker Stimpfle and Mike Sloan approved table and alleviate the City’s staff Moran reported that the new li- comments, reappointed Sara Lizak to said in the fiscal report. “As a bottom the tariff revision and the rate in- concerning advertising policy, coun- brary in the Richard Foster Building the Nome Planning Commission for line, and in order to maintain a crease. Commissioner Jim West Jr. cil members said. could be open soon, certainly not another term. Thomas Okleasik also healthy fund balance that can meet cast the lone no vote. In other business, councilman later than March 10. During Iditarod applied for the seat. Councilmembers the existing deferred maintenance Rate increases in the recent sev- Stan Andersen suggested that the next month, there will be book carts praised Okleasik’s qualifications also needs, additional improvement plan- eral years have excluded fuel and council and City honor the dedica- with museum exhibits on them in the and vowed to retain his application ning and development, and future cargo. The 2016 rate revision affects tion of Nome Volunteer Ambulance Richard Foster Room. for consideration when another va- grant funding cost-share matches, cargo and fuel. Dept. with an appreciation dinner or Under communications, the coun- cancy develops on one of the City’s continuing with the incremental rate “Every little increase affects the another expression of gratitude for cil received a copy of a letter written advisory bodies. increase is the fiscally responsible cost of living in Nome in some way,” years of volunteer service. The social jointly by Beneville and BSNC Pres- Councilmembers Louis Green Sr., approach to effectively managing the West said. “I hope we can get some is already on the planning able, ac- ident & CEO Gail Shubert, to Gov. Matt Culley, Tom Sparks and Stan health of the port.” lower fuel costs. That’s my main rea- cording to City Manager Thomas Bill Walker, urging Walker’s contin- Andersen attended the meeting; Joy Baker, port director, provided son for voting no.” Moran. ued support for expansion at Port of Councilman Jerald Brown attended the port group and the Council with Ambulance department revenue Nome, alongside establishment of in- by telephone. Councilman Lew has fallen because the NVAD is no frastructure at Port Clarence to meet Tobin was on vacation and excused longer providing medevac services the need of accelerated growth of from attendance. • NJUS continued from page 1 in which the loading is completed, cents at the end of December, but NJUS, based on the volume needed, plus the 27.7 cents per gallon. The having risen to about $1.10 in mid- and its status as a member of WAFG, price per gallon, according to the February. The utility would have to does not fit NSEDCs standard bulk contract, can be altered a fraction of look at lowering the current fuel sur- fuel purchasing program. However, a cent for a tug fuel adjustment, tied charge if the price remained low at NSEDC Finance Committee recom- to market prices. The contract also loading time, Handeland told the mended to the NJUS Board that allows the price to be lowered if tests NJUS Board recently. Nome be lined up for a rebate on its show the gross heating value per gal- The members of the Western fuel loan interest again this year. lon measures below 137,000 BTUs Alaska Fuel Group include Kotzebue Last year NSEDC assisted per gallon. Electric Association, Unalakleet Val- Nome’s utility service with rebate of The contract requires NJUS to ley Electric Coop, Nushigak Electric $107,724 against interest incurred by pay normal wharfage, dockage and Association, Buckland and Nome. commercial financing of the summer port charges including any charge by NJUS sent a letter to Norton 2015 fuel purchase. The NJUS Board the port for clearing the pipeline. Sound Economic Development Corp unanimously passed a resolution of Handeland provided a data sheet requesting special consideration to appreciation for the assistance Photo by Daniel Hobbs to directors that showed the price per participate in their 2016 bulk fuel NSEDC extended to consumers of IGLOO— Tristen, Elsa, Sophia, Emelyne and Tobin Hobbs had fun one gallon on the Oil Price Index at 91 program, according to Handeland. Nome. sunny Nome afternoon building an igloo made of snow on the Bering Sea ice in front of Nome. The construction took them four and a half hours.

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ROOKIE— Shawn Pomrenke and his teammate Amos Cruise are team number 18, one of the 14 full rookie teams competing in the Iron Dog. They scratched in McGrath.

• Iron Dog 31 FRIDAY, FEB. 26 G 7PM continued from page 1 Overall, the trail looks good this first place prizemoney was $50,000. year, Kastner said. There is more From 1984 until 1992, the race SATURDAY, FEB. 27 G 7PM that team number 12, Wasilla’s Jason snow than past years, but not too followed the Iditarod trail from NOME ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COMMONS Moore and Robert Strick of Mc- much to make travel difficult. The Wasilla to Nome, about 1,049 miles. Grath, pulled out of the race on Sun- exception was the snowy conditions Since then, racers have travelled on $8 ADULT G $5 YOUTH/ELDERS G $20 FAMILY day after experiencing mechanical between Shell Lake and Puntilla on various routes, ranging in mileage 2-DAY PASS: $12 ADULT G $8 YOUTH/ELDERS G $30 FAMILY issues. Sunday, which slowed the racers from 1,971 miles to 2,050 miles with The recreational class goes down on what is normally a fast the finish line in Fairbanks. In recent FEATURING FILMS FROM THE FAR NORTH roughly half the distance of the pro stretch of trail. years, the distance has been 2,031 class; racers follow the northern route The racers have a lot of incentive miles. Due to the variation in trail of the Iditarod trail and finish in to go fast: there are $115,266 worth lengths and conditions there is a wide - œÀÌÃ>˜`Ìܜvi>ÌÕÀiw“Ã\ Nome. Seven teams are signed up for of contingency prizes awarded for range of winning times. However, FRIDAY: Children of the Arctic the recreational race this year. various accomplishments, as well as since the most recent route change in G Rookies are participants who have a $65,000 purse for the first team to 2011 the first place team has finished ­wÛi >ÀÀœÜÌii˜ÃVœ“iœv>}iG not completed the pro class race. arrive in Fairbanks. Last year, the in 35-41 hours. ˆ˜V >˜}ˆ˜}̈“iî° Even if a racer has completed the SATURDAY: recreational class race, he or she is Tunniit: Retracing still considered a rookie. As of Mon- the Lines of Inuit Tattoos day, there are 38 rookies currently in ­Àiۈۈ˜}>œÃÌÌÀ>`ˆÌˆœ˜® the pro class race, and 14 full rookie teams. According to the Iron Dog website, the last time a full rookie team won the race was during the Book online for two free bonus event’s first running in 1984. points with FlyAAwway Rewards! Though teams are competing Get the news each week against each other, they are also fight- G ing against the elements. Tempera- tures as low as -57 degrees Fahrenheit have been recorded dur- ing the Iron Dog, but snow and trail Subscribe conditions affect the racers more than temperature. 1-800-866-8394 www.flyravn.com 907.443.5235 • [email protected] 6 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2016 REGIONAL THE NOME NUGGET Obituary

Charles M. Reader We collectively try to capture and April 4, 1927 ~ January 25, 2016 share some of Dad and his story here The family would first like to take with you. this opportunity to thank the commu- Charles Michael Reader was born nity of Nome and friends from all over at the family farmhouse in Berlin, the State, and the world, who have North Dakota, number 15 of 16 chil- sent condolences, kind wishes and dren to come to the marriage of Peter cards, good food and beautiful flow- J. and Christine B. Shockman Reader. ers as we work through our Dad’s His sister Myrle, 18 years older, was passing. We are blessed to have your the midwife to his birth, and the be- arms wrapped around us, supporting ginning of a strong bond between us, and we are blessed to be the chil- them that would last their lifetimes. dren of Chuck Reader. We appreciate Chad, as the family called him, was those who are working side by side eight and nine when he worked the with us as we prepare to lay our Dad fields with his father trying to culti- in his final resting place, home, in vate corn in stubborn ground. Dad Nome. knew of Lawrence Welk, who was How do you begin to tell the story from a couple counties west, in the of a man like Chuck? He was a man’s heavily German-Dutch settled area of man, one of a kind. A friend, hard North Dakota. He often sneaked into worker, community supporter, com- the local barn dances where Welk per- munity promoter, shaker, mover, busi- formed with his band providing area ness man, father, grandfather and families music, song and entertain- more, our Dad spent just days short of ment. Suffering poor farming condi- 69 years living and working in Nome tions, 65 neighbors took up a and surrounding Seward Peninsula collection of $41.45, varying from 20 communities. There is a lot of life he cents to $3.00 to help fund the migra- packed into those years, and many are tion of the Reader family to Joyce, the families he touched in some way Washington September 1938. It was with his kindness, labor, contributions hard beginnings, uprooted from fa- and abilities. As time marched on, miliar surroundings and family living sharing his experiences and stories on the plains of North Dakota, but with those who would listen became a seven kids with their parents headed passion and a past time of Dad’s. His west, and Dad was one of them. mind was so sharp, he remembered Dad completed 8th grade, was everything about his journey here on eventually employed with Sam Wit- earth. With the passing of men like tenberg Motors, honing his mechani- Dad, the memories of a totally differ- continued on page 14 Charles M. Reader ent lifestyle fade, and go with them. All Around the Sound

New Arrivals Ravn Alaska’s Hageland its commitment to safety at the fore- this recognition,” Hajdukovich 100 communities throughout Alaska, Elizabeth M. Dalilak and Derek Aviation receives top Safety front of its operations, with the im- added. employing more than 900 profes- S. Johnson of Nome announce the Awards from Alaska Air plementation of intensive training Ravn Alaska serves the passenger, sionals. birth of their daughter Sabiohn Carriers Association programs. We are proud to receive charter and cargo needs of more than Arya Johnson, born February 9 at Ravn Alaska’s Hageland Aviation 9:52 p.m. She weighed 6 pounds, 15 received Alaska Air Carriers Associ- ounces, and was 20”. Maternal ation Top Safety Award in Aviation, grandparents are Christine Dalilak of representing an accident-free year in Nome, and the late Eugene Dalilak; 2015. Additionally, Hageland re- paternal grandparents are Elizabeth cently received Alaska Air Carriers Curran Johnson of Nome, and the Medallion Foundation’s five Corner- late Merwin Johnson; great grand- stone Stars, awarded in November parents are Helen Curran Larsen and 2015. Pete Larsen of Nome. The Medallion Foundation was established in 2001 by the Alaska Air Michelle Simon and Kenny Carriers Association to launch a Ivanoff of Unalakleet proudly an- major statewide aviation safety pro- nounce the birth of their son Lucas gram to establish safety standards Ralph Ivanoff. He was born 5 that exceed regulatory requirements. weeks and 3 days early on Decem- The Medallion Foundation requires ber 11, 2015 at 6:21 a.m. in Unalak- a carrier to achieve all five Corner- leet, Alaska. He weighed 5 pounds stone Stars prior to applying for the and 14 ounces and was 19 inches in Medallion Shield. The Shield vali- length. Proud maternal grandparents dates that the five stars are working are Mike and Linda of White Moun- together to comprise a complete tain. Paternal grandparent is Doris safety system. Ivanoff of Unalakleet and great Ravn Alaska Operational & Main- grandpa Ralph Ivanoff of Unalak- tenance Control Center’s Airframe & leet. Powerplant (A&P) Mechanic, Ed Podgorski, received Mechanic of the Year. This unique center communi- cates directly with each pilot prior to every flight. The center’s experi- enced controller and mechanics must agree that the flight is safe to operate from take-off to landing. The center released more than 49,500 flights, exceeding 56,000 hours of flight time in 2015. AWARD— Ravn Alaska’s Vice President of Operations for Hageland Aviation Luke Hickerson, right, receiv- “This AACA Safety & Mechanic ing the Alaska Air Carriers Association’s Top Safety Award for 2015. of the Year Award would not be pos- sible without the work and support of all of our employees, exemplified by Ed Podgorski’s attention to detail” said Bob Hajdukovich, Ravn Air Group’s CEO. “Ravn Alaska places Nome Early Head Start Programs Lucas Ralph Ivanoff Accepts Applications Year Round District 39 Democrats Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership organizational meeting Monday– Friday 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM Priority enrollment based on family needs Date: Feb. 27, 1:00 p.m. and child care subsidy qualifications Location: Polar Cafe Early Head Start Home Based Program There will be a registrar present for those who wish to register as a Democrat for the coming elections. Provides weekly home based educational support visits and monthly social activities to Expecting Mothers Please call Louie Green or Nancy Green at 304-1231, and children aged Birth to Three. 304-2375 or 443-5892. Applications available on-site at Kawerak Head Start/Early Head Start/Child Care Building All are welcome. located at 606 E. I Street (two story building with playground), on-line at www.kawerak.org/headstart.html, Caucus March 26 at the Polar Cafe. or contact Head Start Enrollment @ 443-9057 or Child Care Services @ 443-9071 THE NOME NUGGET Sports THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2016 7

Photo by Keith Conger Photo by Keith Conger POM POM GIRL— Future Nanook cheerleader Ella Hickerson, 2, HANG TIME— Nome’s Mikey Scott takes to the sky against Barrow's Kamaka Hepa in a game on Friday helps out current Nanook cheerleaders Alexandria Nassuk, center, and night. The Whalers went on to beat the Nanooks 92-51. Maya Coler during Friday night’s match up between Nome and Barrow. Hepa, Barrow light up NBHS scoreboard, sweep Nome By Keith Conger come against much larger 4A yond high school basketball. That’s Booth scored a game-high 28 points below .500 at 10-11. They hope to Many spectators in the crowded schools. They won the Doc Larson what has kept my work ethic up,” on Thursday. Scott, a junior, led the end the regular season with a pair of Nome-Beltz gym this week watched Roundball Classic in Wasilla by tak- said Hepa, who has already received Nanooks with 22 points on Friday. victories in Unalakleet this coming forward Kamaka Hepa of the visiting ing down teams from Oregon, Ne- six offers from NCAA Division 1 The Nanooks play host to the Un- Thursday and Friday. Barrow Whalers with the a feeling vada, and Wasilla — who is ranked schools. He lists these as Old Do- alakleet Wolfpack next weekend. they might be witnessing some spe- fifth in the state for 4A schools. minion, the University of Northern Saturday has been designated Senior Nome JV and Junior High cial history unfolding before their They’ve beaten Anchorage West Colorado, the University of New Night. The Nome junior varsity had a eyes. Something similar to seeing High, Chugiak High School and a Mexico, the University of Portland, busy weekend hosting the Elim Ea- Hall of Famer Willie Mays playing team from Colorado. They also de- the University of San Francisco and Lady Whalers Ranked No. 1 gles. Nome fell to the Eagles 73-58 baseball in the minor leagues, or molished Monroe Catholic, the sec- Grand Canyon University. He also While the Nome-Beltz boys on Thursday. Elim was led by Devin catching Mick Jagger before the ond ranked 3A team, 54-36 on the has an offer from the Division 2 Uni- played at home, the Lady Nanooks Nakarak’s 18 points. Nome’s Gareth Rolling Stones became mainstream. road. versity of Alaska-Anchorage. traveled to Barrow for a pair of Hansen poured in a game high 19. The extraordinarily talented, The Whalers’ only losses were a Nome head coach Pat Callahan’s games against the school’s other The Eagles again nipped Nome 59- 6’10” Hepa and the Whalers came to narrow 56-52 defeat against 4A’s Nanooks’ season record slipped to 3- number one ranked team, the Lady 48 on Friday. Ralph Saccheus paced Nome for a rare Thursday and Friday third ranked team, the Anchorage 18 with the two losses to Barrow. Whalers. The host Whalers beat Elim with 21 points, while Lonnie night twinbill. In two nights, Barrow, East Thunderbirds, a 76-73 overtime Callahan knew his squad was in for Nome 71-47 on Thursday, and 64-36 Gooden had 15 for the Nanooks. one of the top high school teams in loss to Bartlett High, and a 64-63 an uphill battle against the powerful on Friday. According to Nanooks A pair of Nome junior high boys in the state, poured in close to 200 loss to Colony. and deep Whalers. And he knows his head coach Don Stiles, senior Senora teams played games against two jun- points, and departed with a pair of Hepa was swarmed by a throng of team will most likely meet Barrow in Ahmasuk led the team both nights ior high squads from Kotzebue on nearly identical wins, taking the first over 30 basketball fans after the the opening round of the Western with 20 and 11 points. Saturday morning. The Huskies up- game 92-53 and the second 92-51. game on Friday. He literally stood Conference Tournament on March Stiles says the losses dropped his ended the Nanooks 31-29 and 46-28. Hepa led the way with 24 points heads above the crowd. In an inter- 10 in Anchorage. team to third place in the Western Leading scorers for the Nanooks on Thursday and 28 on Friday. He view with The Nome Nugget after the Turnovers hurt his team in the Conference, which leaves them with were Marcos Ornelos, with 18, and demonstrated his multi-faceted skill game Hepa said, “I was always tall, early going of each game. “Mikey a likely first round game against Galen Gologergen and Martin set by dribbling the ball up the court, but didn’t get to 6’6” or 6’7” until Scott held his own, he took it right to Bethel at the conference tournament. Kimokyoak with seven. by connecting on four three-pointers, going into my eighth grade year.” him (Hepa),” he said. Senior Ian The Nanooks’ season record dips by being a force on defense, and by “Our team wants another one,” connecting on four of seven from the said Hepa of his squad’s champi- free-throw line. He is also the team’s onship aspirations. “Last year was leading shot blocker at 3.3 per game. our first, and we don’t want to stop But the thing that most caught the there.” He sees Grace Christian and eye of Nome-Beltz fans was the dis- Monroe, who are ranked number two play of dazzling dunks. and three in the state, as his team’s Barrow came to the Nome-Beltz biggest hurdles on their way to back- gym as the defending 3A state cham- to-back titles. pions. According to a poll conducted The talented Hepa was quick to by the Alaska Association of Basket- praise his teammates. He noted the ball Coaches, Barrow is currently fine work of Adams, the team’s soph- ranked number one among 3A omore point guard, who leads the schools. The website MaxPreps re- team with 5.6 assists and 2.5 steals ports the Whalers season record per game. He gave a shout out to jun- stands as 19-3 after the games ior Trevor Thomas, the Whalers’ against Nome. main three-point shooter, who scored Hepa and his crew have not built 14 on Thursday and 20 on Friday. He their lofty .863 winning percentage also gave kudos to junior Roy Henry by beating up on Cream Puffs. Snow who hustled hard for rebounds. They’ve done just the opposite, as a “What keeps me motivated right large chunk of their games have now is that I know I want to go be-

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Photo by Keith Conger HEAVY ESCORT— Nome junior varsity player Caleb Evatt, center, guides Elim’s Lincoln Saccheus out of the way as Lonnie Gooden moved the ball up court.

Photo by Janeen Sullivan SHOWTIME— The Nome-Beltz crowd witnessed the Barrow Whalers’ 6'10” Kamaka Hepa connect on multiple dunks this week in a pair of victories over the Nanooks.

Photo by Keith Conger Photo by Keith Conger ON WISCONSIN— Members of the Nome Pep Band bang out their signature tune during the varsity match- ROADBLOCK— Nome’s Leif Erikson weaves through traffic only to up between Nome and Barrow on Friday night. Pictured from left to right in the back row are Kaitlyn find 6'10” Kamaka Hepa of the Whalers in his way. Theonnes, Donald Smith and Walter Bell. Pictured in the front row are Cortny Provost, left, and Dylon Crowe.

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Drumming With Jesse The community, staff, and students loved the skills they witnessed and/or gained. One parent said she wished Jesse By Amanda Pasonen stayed for a longer period of f time . Our students appreciated Art Liaison his abilities. One young man asked him, “How do you play so Martin L. Olson School fast?” Jesse replied, “Lots of practice!”

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NHS Introduction Distance Based Art in Elim

By Jeff Erickson By John Lindula Activities Elim The National Honor Society is the nation’s oldest high school recognition Elim’s 21st Century Community Learning Center’s (CCLC) organization. Unalakleet has had a chapter since the early 1960’s and the after school tutoring students have had an incredible 2016 class of inductees would be one of the largest. opportunity to participate in a distance based art project. We have been working with Ryder Erickson, originally from Unalakleet, over Skype to create acrylic on canvas landscape paintings. Almost every 4th and 5th grade student stayed after school to create these beautiful paintings.

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Chapter President Talon Erickson led the ceremony and was assisted by 4 NHS Alumni members, each distinguished citizens of Unalakleet: Amber Cunningham (Master’s Degree in Education), Linda Towarak (BS – Biologi- cal Sciences and longtime lead Health Aide), Jerry Ivanoff (BA – Stanford University) and Heidi Erickson (BA – Seattle Pacific and Law Degree – Lewis & Clark). Each read an outline of each “Pillar”. Principal Perry Corsetti and AEC Chair (and NHS alumni) Kathy Commack presented the certificates and sashes.

The Unalakleet chapter will be beginning both group, and individual, service projects this spring.

Congratulations to the new members on this honor.

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Fishing in Stebbins Ranger Katie

By Lon Gillis By Sonia Herrmann Stebbins school staff has a set net that they are able to set up at the beginning of each school year next to the school and get in a supply of salmon. This year was a great year and we got all the fish we needed.

Golovin students decide on furnishings for their model home. M. L. Olson School in Golovin welcomed Ranger Katie Cullen from Nome on January 28-29. Her schedule was busy visiting grades K-12 in two days!

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During one of our inservice meetings we pulled the net and filleted about 40 silver salmon, vacuum bagged the fish and then donated the fish to some of the village elders. In the picture is assistant principal Jim Terranova pulling the net and teachers Braxton Cox and Chris Parker assisting.

Cultural Arts in Brevig Mission

By Deborah Hayes Counselor

The Brevig Mission School Bi Cultural Arts Class has been busy this year with carving, sewing and dancing! The sewing studio features young and old artists learning sewing.

Second and Third graders populate their cold and warm weather climate with plants and animals. She joined grades 2/3 to discuss Cold and Warm water climates and the animals that live there. The students learned the difference between needs and wants and even traveled under water with Ms. Frizzle on interactive iPads. Grades 9-12 discussed Climate Change and she ended the first day talking about Footprints through Time with grades 4 and 5.

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Elementary Students and Teachers take a bow after their Christmas Program Performance. in the photo: Sarah Sampson, Savannah Patkotak, Bailey Amarok, Donny Olson Jr., Sonia 2nd graders and older learning CPR. Herrmann, Lily Katchatag, Jeremiah Aukongak, Derrick Smith, Martin Olson, Ciara Fagerstrom, Keyan Fagerstrom, Karen Reese and Levi Moses.

Preparing for Eskimo dance.

During a pep rally to celebrate sending the volleyball team to state competition, our 4 seniors got to “egg” their 4 high school teachers. In the photo are: Amanda Pasonen, Daniel Dickey, David Herrmann, and Frank Amaktoolik Sr. along with Chelsea Fagerstrom and Molly Moses.

Pre-K/Kinder/1st coming to share their project and skip count for older students.

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UNDER HER SPELL— Nayak, played by Unalakleet’s Kira Eckenweiler, center, and her brother Aklaq, PROTECTOR— Raven is played by Allison Polowy in the UAA Opera played by Sarah Cvancara, are held captive by the Goblin Woman, played by Edward Washington II. Ensemble’s production of Aklaq and Nayak. Eckenweilers give Hänsel and Gretel an operatic makeover Story and photos because that’s just what we do now, Aklaq and Nayak were students in of Father, Hahn played Mother, and Hoogendorn. by Keith Conger so my mom helped her with that.” the UAA music program. Two An- Edward Washington II was cast as The Nome Arts Council had gen- On Saturday evening and Sunday Saturday’s show was the first of chorage community members, Alli- the Goblin Woman. erous support from the Thomas and afternoon, Nome playgoers at the three performances the troupe is son Polowy, who played Raven, and The cast of Ishiguks included Cindy Massie Foundation, the An- Mini-Convention Center were doing on the road. “We did this in Victoria Graham, who played Snowy Heers, Harmony Martinson, Cassidy chorage Opera, and the University of treated to a presentation by the UAA Anchorage and had six perform- Owl, had taken a singing class with Martinson, Ayla Knodel, Kyle Eide, Alaska – Anchorage Department of Opera Ensemble, which featured ances,” said Kira. “But none of the Hahn last semester. Sarah Cvancara Jackson Jennetton and Orson Music. Kira Eckenweiler of Unalakleet. audiences laughed as much as this played Aklaq, Don Edres had the role The show’s title, Aklaq and one because everybody understood Nayak, reflected the efforts of the en- the words. When Edward (the Goblin semble to regionalize the classic Woman) said Naku (good) I wanted Brothers Grimm fairy tale of Hänsel to laugh so hard, but I had to stay in and Gretel. The performance was an- character.” other in a string of outstanding ven- Hahn said she and Wila decided to tures brought to Nome by the Nome have the family members in the story Arts Council. portrayed as living on subsistence. The show’s director, Mari Hahn, “We added some elements of climate is an instructor in the UAA Depart- change, like ‘it’s not supposed to be ment of Music. She teaches opera, this warm,’ and ‘what are berries voice, and foreign languages. Last coming out his early for.’ There is a summer she set out to create an scarcity of animals and they have to Alaskan interpretation of the 19th go out further and further to look for century German opera, and enlisted the animals.” the help of Unalakleet resident Wila While the tale of Aklaq and Nayak Eckenweiler, whose daughter would follows the general story line of later play the co-lead role of Nayak. Hänsel and Gretel, there were some “Wila and I worked on the libretto, unique twists. Instead of being pro- the words of the opera,” said Hahn. tected by a sandman and angels, as “We adapted it into the Alaskan Na- the German children were, the tive version, and decided to set it up Alaskan boy and girl were looked here, kind of in the wilderness, and after by Raven and Snowy Owl. The to make it an Inupiaq family,” she witch’s gingerbread house was re- said. placed by one made of salmon, muk- Kira Eckenweiler is a 2011 gradu- tuk, and berries. ate of Unalakleet High School. She Another unique ingredient of the traces her start in the world of classi- Alaskan rendering is that Ishiguks, cal singing back to state solo and en- the mythical little people of the semble singing competitions. After a north, try to assail Aklaq and Nayak HAPPY ENDING— The cast of Aklaq and Nayak gather for the finale of the UAA Department of Music’ op- year of studying music in Bozeman, while they sleep on the tundra. Play- eratic adaptation of the classic fairy tale Hansel and Gretel on Saturday evening. Montana, Eckenweiler returned to ing the parts of the miniature mon- Alaska and entered the UAA music sters were seven children from program as a music performance Nome. “We were the Ishiguks,” said major. There she began working Vivian Heers, 10, during the inter- under Hahn. mission. “We were trying to get the KOOB “Mari had started the libretto, and kids and scare them. But we did not EARLLYY she wanted to make it more authen- get them because the Raven and the tic,” said Kira. “I think it’s great that Snowy Owl scared us away.” !EVAS& we had English and Inupiaq mixed Hahn said most of the actors in OFFER EXPIR SE 28, 2016HCRAM

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He was mapped out in this direction, with He is pulling on the levers, which are Cannon. Flying vehicles into Nome so proud of this country, this land, and plans to take the road further inland. grinding, and the smell of exhaust is cal abilities which would provide for was unheard of, but Dad, Cannon and the people in it. He wanted to share, Some of Dad’s future road building coming up the hole in the floor where him the rest of his life. Married at 17, brother Johnny offloaded 1952 Ply- and show the world. And, the tundra jobs would be over the rail bed he uti- the levers go through. Dad’s teeth are he enlisted in the Army July 2, 1945 mouths out of a Wien Alaska Airlines was full of railroad track. Although lized. square and gripped in them is his pipe, at Fort Lewis, Washington and within freighter. Dad started his own flag- owned by the Alaska Road Commis- One of my earliest memories of and the cherry flavored smelling two weeks his first daughter, Sharon ship Q companies. Q Cab, advertised sion from Anvil to Lane’s Landing, Dad is riding in the Curly Q in his lap, smoke is thick in the cab. He is was born. Daughter Charlene would as “Quick,” and “means Cab and Cof- the Army had used portions of the the overgrowth of willows slapping come to a second marriage in 1947. fee in Nome,” was located on the cor- track, the mining company was still back on the glass of the windshield. continued on page 15 Sister Myrle the midwife, a teacher ner of Front Street and Lane’s Way. checking ditch walker cabins with in North Dakota, responded to a job Just behind the cab stand Dad built his their engines, locals on pupmobiles advertisement put out by the Territory own garage, which he named Q traveled up and down, and spots in sad of Alaska. Traveling through Nome, Trucking, phone Main 101, and inside disrepair Dad fixed. He reasoned she came to teach school in the min- it, he and his friend Eli Mulch built his tourists might like to ride the line, ing camp of Candle in 1933. Brother “Toonerville Trolly”, the Curly Q, which prospectors once traveled 50 Peter followed. Brother Johnny also which would run on the track of the years earlier. He built his little narrow came to Nome in 1938 to work some Wild Goose Railroad. Old Army gauge Curly Q train sketched on a bar for the Sunshine Mining Company, equipment became his construction napkin, from a Model A Ford engine, and then returned during WWII to fleet, everything painted bright red. some old wheels, built a chassis, and work as a mechanic at Marks Air Dad’s first job as a small general the Wild Goose Caboose. In order to Force Base. Sam Wittenberg had fam- contractor was in 1952 when he built transport tourists, he would need a ily in Nome. The stars aligned, and an airport at Solomon. As most of you bus. Dad took now world-renowned Chuck Reader arrived April 13, 1947 know, in order to get there, once you Alaskan Native artist Wilbur Walluk in Nome as a 20-year-old young man, got over the narrow trail over the to Seattle with him to buy an old Army to a land and country full of opportu- Cape, one had to cross the entrance to bus. You guessed it, from Sam Wit- nity. Now, it was a country full of Safety Sound on the Safety Ferry to tenberg. Wilbur painted Alaskan ani- Readers. proceed down the coast. While the mals and scenes inside the bus and Dad said the old timers didn’t nor- ferry was in operation, many were the out, as he did on the Curly Q engine, mally take to new comers easily until times Dad would pull up to the water’s with the big white goose on the ca- you proved yourself worthy of their edge, coming or going, and bounce boose. Dad traveled to Fairbanks to ear, and time of day. Dad was a new onto the ferry deck over those grates, meet with the Wien Alaska Airlines comer to the country, and began to ker-plunk ker-plunk, while the ferry official, Jack Whaley, and received an find his way into the community by bosses Milton Adams, Herbert Wilka- official contract to handle their tourists working hard at what he knew how to lkia, Pete Curran or Herbert James in 1954. Dad also hauled local do, helping many with their run down watched nervously. The little motor campers with no means of transporta- equipment. They liked him, trusted on the side of the ferry would smoke, tion and no money for fare, those with him, and Nome would become Dad’s straining, trying to head to open water tents and cabins at Salmon Lake who home for the rest of his days. under the load of the lowboy with a went to fish, hang, dry and put up for As partner with Johnny in Reader dozer on the back, or the beaterman, winter. Quite often he would Brothers Garage, Dad was learning with the tires hanging over the ends. overnight with Gunnar and Margaret every vehicle and piece of equipment Many times, as well, the sea water, Bowman who lived there in summer. in town, and there was a lot of it after full of seaweed, was floating over the The only traffic rule on the railroad Across 64. African American slang the WWII impact on Nome. Art top of the ferry deck, the little engine was that the man with the load had the 1. Harvest fly language McLain was working for Dad tearing steaming and chugging, guy wire and right of way. 7. Some sorority girls, maybe 65. NE Australia port down an Army hut and told him his ropes stretched to their limits against Eventually the Road Commission 13. Like some guests 66. Rearrange sister was returning from UAF and the weight of the load or the tide, built over parts of the rail right of way, 14. Chief asked if he would like to meet her. while we caught clumps of the sea- and this route was going to be part of 15. Becoming popular Down Their first date was at the Dream The- weed with our boots. I saw Dad shake a trunk road to Fairbanks. Things were 16. One who lives against the 1. Endure atre, and Mom said she thought Dad the ferryman’s hand more than once, changing in the Territory, and some ‘norms’ 2. Insert something alternately thanking them that the crossing was were calling it progress. Statehood had the world on a string, had a sense 17. Convene 3. Famous conquistador successful, which somehow they al- was on the horizon. Connecting of humor, and was nice looking. 18. Break away 4. "___ we having fun yet?" Daughter of a pioneering gold rush ways were. Nome and the Seward Peninsula to 20. Charlotte-to-Raleigh dir. 1952-1954 Dad’s entrepreneurial Fairbanks, then the hub city, was 5. Animal shelters family, born and raised in Nome, 1946 21. "Andy Capp" cartoonist Smythe 6. Calculator, at times graduate of Nome Schools, Caroline 23. Review again 7. Set of directions McLain returned from graduating in 25. French novelist 8. Attraction May 1950 with a Bachelor of Educa- 28. One who wastes time 9. "___ Doubtfire" tion degree. They married on her 31. "___ to Billie Joe" mother Carrie’s birthday January 26, Johnson CPA LLC 10. Allocate, with "out" 32. Yellowstone sight 11. Call from the flock 1951, and their first daughter arrived 34. Coin opening in December. Terribly, Reader Broth- 12. Arid Certified Public Accountants 36. Lazy person 13. Be busy ers Garage at Fourth and Steadman 38. Busy Street burned late December 1951. 14. Hilton rival 40. Part of the Hindu trinity 19. Money of Ghana Dad packed up his wife and baby, Mark A. Johnson, CPA 41. One using a large fishing net traveled the Lower ’48 visiting rela- 22. Rubberneck 43. Blackguard tives, his oldest daughter Sharon, and 24. Gossip, slangily 44. Hags returned home to Nome in April 1952. For ALL your accounting needs! 25. Big cheese Dad had to start anew. He had been 46. Mellow 26. Go off script playing the drums at the Nevada Bar, 48. Relating to a rodent 27. Relations to the famous Julius alongside “Breakwater Bertha” Vera Please call for an appointment. 50. Toni Morrison's "___ Baby" 29. Most technology Lonnaghan, who played the zither. He 51. Kind of pie 30. Scalawag tended bar there, and after Tom Brice 54. To cause to become active 33. Land or property 56. Like Santa's cheeks passed away as partner in the locally Business and personal income tax preparation 35. Conflicted regulated taxi business, this opened • 59. Rings of color 37. Pacific the opportunity to become a partner in and planning 61. Scottish schoolmaster 39. Gait between walk and canter Nome Cab Company with Chuck 63. Stays behind 42. "___ It Romantic?" Computerized bookkeeping and payroll services Goedde, and then Jack Macumber. As • Previous Puzzle Answers (contraction) a taxi driver, one of the spots he serv- 45. Irish city iced was the Quianna Club, which • Financial statements 47. Breakfast bowlful means Thank you. As patrons called 49. Downy duck for a taxi, they referred to the call lo- 51. Artist Chagall cation as the Q-Club, sometimes mix- 52. Waste product of protein ing their words as wanting a Q-Cab, 122 West First Avenue • Nome, AK 99762 metabolism meaning a cab at the Q-Club. Dad 53. Moore of "G.I. Jane" sold his interest in Nome Cab, but see- (907) 443-5565 55. After-bath wear ing the need for another taxi company, 57. Down with something became a silent partner with his 58. "Absolutely!" 60. Propel, in a way 62. Finish, with "up"

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In inner circles, the suite be- buckets Arctic Sanitary Service, Pat’s Alaska, always wore his white pants, tank out a kitchen faucet, but then it came known as “Who put the stool in family business, used in theirs. singing “As I walked out in the streets white shirt, white apron, and tall white ran under your house or into the street, the tank at the school?” I listened to Our oldest sister Sharon left Nome of Laredo, as I walked out in Laredo chef’s hat, covering three hairs on his because there was no real sewer lines, Nick Ezukameow telling how careful in 1961, graduating outside in Wash- one day, I saw a young cowboy all head he called Cussy, Ginny and Josie. no flush toilets. Yet. Many were the he was measuring the Clorox he put in ington, and began her family there. dressed in white linen, Dressed in The following year, after building instances of flooding customer homes. each tank before delivery. The case We had recently moved into a brand white linen as cold as the clay…” Re- the Kuzatrin Road to the river, Dad There were three methods of trying to was thrown out. Pat Straub was part new home Dad built which was an ports indicate the Curly Q was sold to hauled the Cushman Street Bridge up insure your tank did not overflow. of the water truck driving crew, and identical twin in size to one he built Tommy Martin, although Dad tells the for another contractor. The bridge There was the float switch, which was Nome was thankful we were no longer for Bob and Jo Cannon, on East Fifth story differently. In the early 1960s structure came pretty beat up and bent, supposed to trip, when the tank got hauling water in the 5-gallon metal Avenue. There were no roads to the the rails were sold as scrap to August and he laid it out on Satellite Field to filled to a certain level. There was an buckets slopping water through the continued on page 16 Krutch. try to straighten the pieces. He put the overflow pipe, mounted to the tank, homes, coincidentally the same type Dad, who thought he was part cow- load on his lowboy, and headed over which came out the side of your boy, was quite a songster, with quite a the Dexter Bypass which was the road house, and once the tank was full, few tunes in his playlist. He liked to used then, to travel north. There was water squirted out the pipe, which the an old wooden bridge about halfway driver could see. Then, there was the Ginger Broccoli Moose sing, which may have come from his Recipe by Kendra Miller, MPH, RDN, LD with Miller Health Consulting, LLC Lawrence Welk barn dance days. The up he broke through, and the load kid method, the household member slipped. 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All-purpose flour   Axel Edman’s NorthWest, still sitting pany barge, probably pulled by the tug 4 cups Broccoli florets, fresh or frozen over the cowshed….” and “Swing Lo,    Sweet Chariot.” His favorite Christ- today by Swanberg’s Dredge. Bozo or the Lucille, and loaded their        Dad partnered in Moonshine Water water truck full of water over the edge Directions: mas music was any Yogi Yorgesson 1. Slice the moose roast into thin strips   tunes, like “The object of my affec- Company with Roscoe Wilke. Their of the jetty, on the barge to drive out to about ” thick.     tion” and “I Yust go Nuts at Christ- first water truck was a 1957-58 Amer- fill the submarine’s water tanks, with 2. Combine beef broth, soy sauce, brown      mas.” ican LaFrance excessed, or accessed, the Cutter Northwind looking on. Lo- sugar, ground ginger, and red pepper    !" 1958-59-60 The babies are coming from Marks Air Force Base. Old sur- cals were invited to tour the subma- flakes in a small bowl. Divide in half.      # fast, Josie is the little one and Mary plus Internationals, cab over Fords, rine. Today ships pull up to the end of Pour one half over the moose roast and   $    stir to coat. Reserve the other half to   " the baby when we spent two summers some with wood stave tanks became the causeway and hook onto the water the water delivery fleet. Nome was line. The Bible Baptist Church on the use as sauce later. Marinate the meat %  "# up in the Kuzitrin while Dad had the in the refrigerator for one hour. & ' " job extending the road to the river’s progressing, and Dad was part of it, east corner of Front and Steadman 3. Heat a skillet on the stove over and a workhorse in it. Most families streets had a baptismal font they &  '  edge. Dad built go-devils and had medium-high heat. Add the olive oil to    '  everything loaded, pulled by cat train and homes stored their water in 50- wanted filled. Truckload after truck- coat the bottom of the skillet and then ( ' )*# to the spot he picked to make camp. gallon drums, or possibly a 200-gallon load was pumped into this plywood add the marinated meat. Cook until tank. Now, water truck drivers like tub, which finally gave way with thou- the meat is brown, stirring occasionally. We kids ran loose behind the go dev- 4. While the meat is cooking, steam the broccoli. If using frozen broccoli, ils, picking flowers, and running wild Nick Ezukameow and Robert Joe sands of gallons of water spewing out could drag a hose from the truck to the the walls of the church building onto cook according to package directions. If using fresh broccoli, place cup and free. We’d look up and see the cat of water in the bottom of a pot, add broccoli and bring to a boil. Steam for 5 train way off in the distance, and tank, through your house, or up to Front Street. Once, Moonshine Water minutes or until the broccoli is tender. would be completely out of breath your attic. Running water became a was sued for selling contaminated 5. Once the meat is finished cooking add in the remaining sauce mix. Sprinkle running to catch up, when we finally the flour over the meat and stir. Continue cooking for one minute; this will reached the wannigan and jumped thicken the sauce. Add the steamed broccoli to the meat. Stir gently to coat the broccoli with the sauce. back on board. If you look to the left 6. Recommendation: serve over a bed of rice and enjoy! as you come down the hill on the ap- proach to the “Cushman Street Bridge” you will see a flat, lush green area which was Dad’s gravel pit and © the camp location for housing all the USDA Choice Beef Dakota Buffalo working men…Andy Miller Sr, Glen Tate, “Shakey Jake” Jimmy Rogers, Jimmy Dexter, Larry Minix and oth- Bush Orders • Custom Cuts Church Services ers. These were the finest equipment Meat Packs • Pork and Chicken operators in the country, as are their sons. Mom helped Charlie the cook 907-349-3556 • www.mrprimebeef.com Directory feed the crews. 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Brunet, OMI: cell 907-441-2106 or Holy Family Cathedral (907) 276-3455 Seventh-Day Adventist Icy View • 443-5137 Saturday Sabbath School: 10 a.m. Saturday Morning Worship: 11 a.m. Nome Church of the Nazarene 3rd Avenue & Division Street • 443-4870 Pastor Dan Ward AM-850 Sunday Prayer 9:30 a.m. • Sunday School: 10 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship: 11 a.m. 2.11.2016 16 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2016 Regional THE NOME NUGGET • Obituary continued from page 15 had been failing for quite some time, was to drive the Teller Highway with opened up in Angelo Buffas’ old Marie’s helper at the Pondo, spent and Dad left, making his own course a dump truck to hook onto and pull Alaska Cab Stand location. Laura and several years living and traveling with house, and roads didn’t exist beyond correction to his life. Babe was born one of the Kakaruk herder’s brand Harry Johnson, Edna Buffas and Dad and Marie. One time Dad was Third Avenue and the CAA/Firehall to Dad’s sweetheart Marie in May new white Ford trucks back onto the Marie Tate drove taxi under their new trying to grow some tomato plants in area. We now had several bedrooms to 1963, and was Dad’s 8th daughter. road. I had a pillow under my seat so banner, with the best potato salad and coffee cans in the sunny windows up- choose from, and was a mansion com- The city was petitioning and con- I could see out the windshield. Dad hamburger makers Bing’s mom Bar- stairs. Nothing was happening. Dale pared to the two bedroom tar paper templating switching to the city man- built the many sections of roadway bara Analoak Trigg, Maggie Oquilluk, bought a box of cherries and tied them shack we had been raised in on ager form of government. One or two over the years, pieces at the Penny Linda Balone Pierce, Margaret to Dad’s tomato plants and eagerly Maiden’s Lane, behind May Bale’s had been hired and fired. One morn- River, Dexter, Neva Creek, Glacier Anowlic, Ginny Reader and Duffy waited for Dad to notice the “growth”. Polaris Bar. That alley was called ing early one of them called Dad at the Creek and Woolley Lagoon. Road re- Greene. There was another business Dad was funny, and a prankster. Maiden’s Lane because there were so shop and wondered if he had any cash pairs occurred after every spring melt, called the Washeteria behind the cab- “In May of 1982 Dad and Marie many girls in our family, plus the on hand. He had gotten in a poker and rip-rap placed and replaced after stand where construction workers went on a trip supposedly to visit McIver family of seven more across game the night before, swung with all fall storms. He drilled test wells for laundry was done for the various com- friends and relatives. They stopped in the street. We were one of the first the cash in the city safe and lost it in Nome’s water, and water for the voca- panies. to see us for a couple of days and families in Nome to have a flush toilet, the game, and needed to get it replaced tional school. He dug the basement Les Harris and his wife Pat lived in while here invited us to come with and a full size cement basement. before anyone at city hall came to out for the Federal Building. As a kid Nome for a time, and Les was a con- them to Las Vegas. Aunt Bonnie When Bob and Jo sold their home to work. Now I don’t remember the an- watching, Dad looked very small on struction rounder, as was Dad. He ran (Dad’s sister Yvonne) came over to the hospital for use by the doctor’s, swer, if Dad even had anything to help his dozer down in that big hole he was the job, which included building the see Dad and Marie and they invited one winter the septic system started him out, or not. in, digging out the basement. He Alaska Airlines terminal parking lot, her to come along. When we got to backing up into our basement. Dad In August 1965 Dad and Axel poured the concrete for that building, and paving it, and the highway from Las Vegas, the second day there we had to hire Billy Hoogendorn to come Edman headed with a barge full of the National Guard building, the State Q Trucking to the Alaska Airlines ter- were sitting in the lounge waiting for and dig out and pump out the septic Dad’s equipment to Deering where he Office Building, FAA housing, built minal. Guardrails had been put up Dad and Marie to come down. When tank, which was full to the brim. The was going to build the community a 12 “chicken coops”, donated the con- along the Snake River to keep cars they got there Dad said Hey, you guys hose, at one point, got away from 3,000-foot airstrip. I wrote a school crete and built much of the Nome Vol- from going in. The night before the want to go to a wedding? Who’s get- Billy’s workers, and started flying paper of this story, and on board were unteer Fire Department fire hall inspectors were to come to Nome to ting married, we say. We are, and around loose in a circle, spewing four ten-yard dump trucks, a fuel and building, the Teller School, the Post accept the job the guardrails got hit, we’d like you to stand up for us, says human waste all over them and the service truck, two-and-a-quarter-yard Office Annex, and the Elementary and the rail makers had to stay in Dad. We spent the rest of the day truck and the yard. Come to find out front-end loader, D8cat, grader, light School foundation. Much of this Nome to straighten out the bent and going to every western shop in town the doctor had been adding Clorox to plants, welders, 270 barrels of gas, building was with Ed Bruns and Burl damaged pieces, quickly polishing looking for a Stetson that he wanted to the water in his tank, which flushed 150 barrels of diesel, 10 barrels of avi- Mosquito. Dad was up at Port them as the inspectors were driving wear at the ceremony.” ~ Sharon out and killed the bug in the septic ation gas, several barrels of grease and Clarence twice, once for building an up. That was cutting it close. After an almost 30 year romance, tank. Dad was quite upset and told lube oil, kitchen equipment, among earth dike, and then to do WWII base Dad’s brother Pete had been in the Dad and Marie figured it was about Mom to tell the doctor if he used other things. Once the job was com- cleanup. mining game when he first arrived in time to tie the knot. Clorox again Dad was going to cut off pleted, and the fall storms started to Dad, and now his son Charley, on the Territory. He had a dredge up at In 1957 Dad’s brother Johnny his pipe access to the septic tank, and roar, and the barge company wanted one of their first jobs together, tore Harris Creek, North Fork. The further bought the Safety Roadhouse from he could fill up his own basement. too much to bring them home, Dad down the 1936 school, where situated up the creek one went, the bedrock Herbert James, and after Johnny’s Dad had outgrown his little shop talked it over with Don Moto, who is Anvil City Square. Charley contin- rose, the creek becoming too shallow passing in May 1981 Dad and a host downtown on First Avenue, and we had herded reindeer all over that coun- ues doing the impossible, just as his for the dredge to operate. Dad would of caretakers have maintained and op- were regulars at his new Q Trucking try in years past. It was October, and Dad has done the past 60 years. Every take us up in another contraption of erated this landmark historical road- shop on Seppala. He built a cement the lava beds didn’t freeze hard major building project in Nome has his he called the Swamp Buggy which house. Two years later, January 19, foundation, and dragged in a wooden enough to travel over until December his thumbprint on the job, including could travel anywhere without getting 1983, Safety Roadhouse burned to the building from over by the airport, and or January. Don and Dad flew the the hospital, Quyanna Care, the NJUS stuck. Years later the gold bug would ground, including all the worldly pos- jacked it up on top of his foundation. mountains to the Kougarok, and Don and Bonanza fuel tank farms, the Na- bite. Dad loved mining in Iron sessions of Harland Holly, caretaker It was a three-story building, with a picked the route. Dad was afraid of tional Guard hangar, Anvil City Sta- Creek/Dome Creek with Hugo Lin- for 8-9 years. Dad had a knack for fig- vehicle hoist on the ground floor the some of the places and tried to impress tion, Randy Pomeranz’s theatre, sheet fors. It gave him a chance to get out of uring things out, and set his sights on workers delighted in putting us on, on Mr. Moto that the tractors weren’t pile at the Port of Nome and other the “city” and spend time in the coun- the old Nevada Bar building, the same raising it as high as it would go, and reindeer, but Don was certain a tractor dock locations, Bering Air, Ryan Air, try puttsing around on his little cat. one he had played the drums in so leaving us up in the air. Dad’s work would make it. It took a week to build and our new Richard Foster Building. Kelly was about two then, and she many years ago. It was boarded up, crew of Cecil Chunn, Tommy go-devils to haul all the gear and He is his father’s son, a rare breed, would bounce around in the cab of my sitting next to the Nomerama Theatre Pushruk, Wally Merrill, Pete Castel, trucks and there was very limited ma- people you only meet once in your truck as we hauled drums of fuel up building, with a shingle hanging on it Pete Adsuna, Bob Lewis, Einar Henry, terial to work with in the village. The lifetime, if you are lucky. Ironically, for Dad, with him following behind which said the Arctic Fox Café. By Larry Minix, Glen Tate, Harry Redd first day they traveled uphill and made some of the buildings Charley has with a cat to push me out if I got the August 1983 the building was in 4 and Doug Doyle always looked after it over the summit, about 30 miles. worked on, are the same ones Dad did truck stuck. One year the fish and pieces and heading down the highway us kids. The second day they made it to the 50 years ago, and ironically, they had feathers folks were looking for a fight, to its new location at Safety Sound. A local fixture around the shop was Good Hope River, and had to build a the same level of school education. saying Dad and Hugo were disturbing Dad breathed new life back into his Hutch Hank Longley. He didn’t speak road down the steep bank so they “Seems a new Trooper came to the geer falcon nests. The nests, lo- old stomping ground, the old Nevada much, but he’d ride with Dad, or later could cross. The third day they town and decided he was going to cated downstream on the Scott family bar, and Safety Roadhouse stood with us in the trucks when we were camped at Aurora Creek, half way clean the place up and get us all on the dredge, would fly up the valley and proud once again, against the howling hauling. My friend Iris Foster tells the through the journey. They were run- straight and narrow and following all Hugo was feeding them table scraps. winds of the Safety blowhole. Stinky story of her watching some terrible kid ning low on grub, and Willie Foster of the rules. He spots a little kid driv- They also said the water in the creek Lloyd Hardy worked a couple years, teasing Hutch and harassing him. flew over and dropped four loaves of ing a truck, hauling a load somewhere was dirty. At the headgate of the Bob and Omie McGuffy were there, Hutch was walking along the road bread and three cases of beer. The and decides to stop the truck and in- sluice box, maybe it was a little and most recently, Tommy Ellanna. while Dad was walking a cat. Dad no- cases broke open as they hit the spect it for things such as lights, cloudy, but by the time it was through Tommy has been caretaker, bartender ticed this brat degrading Hutch, so he ground and the cans flew every direc- brakes, etc. Out of the cab climbs the last riffles it was almost clear. and boss for over 20 years. Of late, shut the cat down, stood up and let the tion; however, it took a very remark- Charley with a broken arm in a sling, Hugo and Dad had a wooden box they Papa was slowing down. His trips kid have it in “Chuck Reader lan- ably short time to recover every last wondering what’s the problem os- set in sand at the edge of the creek, back home to Nome were seasonal, guage”, and threw in a few more col- one. sifer? By the time the Trooper got and in the evening would go fishing and much time was spent with Tommy orful words of wisdom for good With the exception of having to re- done writing, he had filled up a cou- and fill the wooden box. The fish and “Bing” Analoak hauling water measure. The bad kid ran away, Dad load the loads several times and patch- ple sheets of tickets and wouldn’t couldn’t escape, and when we wanted and supplies, getting Safety Road- started up the cat, and down the road ing breaking skids, Dad and his crew allow the truck to be moved. Charley fresh fish for dinner, Hugo would house open for the summer months. he went, with Hutch walking along at made it to the Quartz Creek Airfield in got ahold of Dad who came storming reach his hand in the box, pull out a Grandson Miles spent a summer as the his side. another two days, and the highway out to where ever the truck was. The couple, hit them in the head, and there waterboy, and coaxing the truck to Julia has joined the family, and that led to Nome. The reason I share officer explained to Dad the truck did was delicious dinner! The aerial artist start always involved Grandpa under Charley is born in March 1964. Fi- this story is that this adventure would not have the proper working lights that that he is, Buffy would also fly Dad in, the hood, spraying copious amounts of nally, a boy! Dad’s new shop burned be unheard of today. It was almost un- would identify it as a truck. Since it coming up the very narrow canyon of starting fluid to get the engine to roar to the ground a month later, April 6, heard of then, even though 50 years was the middle of summer, and light Iron Creek/Dome Creek with one to life. Dad had the support of Carl 1964 when a welding spark ignited prior men with horses and mules out all of the time, this seemed ridicu- wing pointed to the ground, the other Emmons, and grandson Dawson Mc- some gas. I stood and watched with dragged mining machinery into the lous to Dad. Anyone looking at could wing pointed to the sky. Dad spent Cain of the giddy up gang, as Grandpa my friend Clara Johnson Langton and hills. Men and equipment didn’t just clearly see it was a truck.” We cannot hours sifting, sorting and separating called Dawson, keeping power, cried. Doug Doyle said “I still re- take off across the country, but Dad repeat here what Dad told the Trooper his treasure, and Billy Smith went plumbing and the refrigeration func- member your Dad standing across the was different. As long as he had gas, to do in order that he be identified for- crazy looking at it. Billy was from the tioning. Dad was in his glory, his street with his big blue parky on stand- he could go anywhere, because he ever more. “This story became a clas- Kougarok country, with a photo- hands in gloves clutched to the steer- ing there and watching everything he could fix anything that broke along the sic and was repeated many times over graphic and genius memory, and kept ing wheel, lurching and bouncing had worked so hard for going up in way. Most of the surrounding villages the years. I remember Dad comment- Dad mesmerized reciting beautiful po- down the road in one of his old water smoke. Found out later he had no in- didn’t have heavy equipment in them, ing something to the effect that he etry. trucks. Safety has flush toilets, an- surance.” Many people back in those as they do today, so any road or dirt “needs to move further north – there’s “Dad and Marie were in Anchorage other of Dad’s entrepreneurial features days didn’t carry insurance on any- work required one to bring the equip- getting too many rules around here”.” staying at the Hilton before they had of high living in the Bush. Dad en- thing. The tenant up on the third floor ment to do the job. Dad would haul ~ Ginny the condo. They had brought some joyed making Safety work, and seeing was a fellow from India who hired us his equipment in and out of the com- The load was a D6 dozer that was jars of gold with them and hid them in folks stop by to visit, enjoy the coun- kids to dig through the rubble, looking munity of White Mountain in the early being hauled for JD Walsh down to his a pillow. They were put up on a high try, the beach, the ocean, and each for his melted gold coins from his 1980s to build another airport, which diggings at 9 mile on the Council floor and Marie didn’t like heights, so other. It was the perfect place for him country. We never found a thing. Dad his friend Al Doyle ran. The construc- Road. Charley was pulled over by the they requested to be moved. In the to share his life stories. Having a State was going to send his safe to the FBI tion bosses and lifelong friends be- State Building. Dad made some calls meantime they are down in the bar of Alaska liquor license allowed him to see if they could determine what sides Al Doyle and Axel Edman were and Charley was able to finish mov- bragging up the gold. They decide to into CHARR membership, and for was in it, but the fire was so hot every- Wally Parker and his wife Grace. ing the machine for JD, so as to not be go get the gold to show their company. years Dad and Marie attended their thing inside was just ash. A June 3 ad Many times when bidding jobs and parked and a traffic hazard on the They went digging around for the gold conventions and supported the organ- in the paper said Chuck Reader Serv- Dad had no money, Wally helped fi- highway. and couldn’t remember where they put ization. Dad and Marie enjoyed their ice was now “open for your spring nancially with bonding. Dad got his thumb pinched off it, and couldn’t find it. But because cabin at the Cape we all helped them tune up.” Dad quickly converted the In the late 1960s Ginny and I were when he was up in the back of one of the maids had moved them to a lower with, hanging wallpaper, deck adjust- Moonshine shed where he had ware- driving truck for Dad. We are referred his dump trucks while the loader op- floor, they assumed it was stolen. So ments, and normal camp things. housed the water trucks on Belmont to as “the scabs,” not union. We are erator was trying to pick the bed and Dad told the managers if they didn’t 1998 rolled around, with lots of Point, to something where he could just family, and proud of it. Chuck slip the tailgate pins back into place, find the gold he was going to burn the parties, celebrations, contests, pa- continue to operate and provide me- Volkheimer had a restaurant he up on Anvil Mountain. Dad, Axel Ed- place down and pan the ashes! They rades, and generally the promotion of chanical service to Nome. The opened up in Martin’s Cold Storage mans, Mary and Charley tore back to got the maids together and questioned Nome. Dad was reliving his days of wooden three-story building burned building where you sat on wooden town with his thumb in his glove. The them and some poor little woman said the Curly Q, and now, his new toy was was replaced with a cement structure, benches and wooden tables while he doctor tried to reattach his thumb, and In the pillowcase, In the pillowcase. his Model T. He enjoyed getting his thinking it could never be destroyed put out fabulous hearty meals. Each had a pin through the end of it, and They had moved it to the new room Model T running for the 4th of July by fire. However, the flood of 1974 contractor group of employees always some kind of brace on his wrist, with and put it back in the pillowcase like parades, donning his Charlie Mc- undermined the ground, invading the sat together. We always got “the look” what looked like rubber bands putting they had found it. Dad had to eat crow Carthy black top hat. Dad and Marie water table, pulling earth from under as though somehow we weren’t work- tension on these pins to try to keep his on that one.” ~ Julie attended Diane Wilke Norbert and the building and causing sections to ing hard enough, or were qualified thumb somewhat straight while it Dad helped build the Ponderosa Irene Johnson Anderson’s Miners & collapse. Dad was entitled to and re- enough to eat alongside the “big boys, healed. It didn’t work and grew back Inn with Marie. She had begun Musher Balls, they dressed the part, ceived a low interest rate loan to build “as Chuck Reader strode in with a crooked, and forever more Dad’s amassing the property on Third Av- while Marie helped judge contests. the shop, as we know it today. These couple scrawny girls as his work thumb on his hand wasn’t much good enue in the 1980s on which to build Dad liked to dance, and him in his struggles and set of circumstances force. We hauled aggregate for cement picking up small nuts and bolts, which her rooming house. She sold to BSNC cowboy hat and suspenders, looking were another test of the man, our Dad, for building William E. Beltz Voca- was a bad thing when you are a me- in 2004 after years of providing com- all spiffy, was a fine compliment to watching him scrape and crawl up out tional School/Regional High School, chanic. fortable lodging, with local service. of the ruins. built the Bering Vue roads and house In the early 1970s, some Moon- Their friends Dale Moline, Dad’s continued on page 18 Dad’s marriage to Mom Caroline pads, and many others. 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The City of Nome NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING VACANT PROPERTY REGISTRATION PO Box 72151 S A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE CONDUCTED DURING A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF NOME PUBLIC NOTICE NOME PLANNING COMMISSION TO SEEK COMMENTS ON THE FOLLOWING: Shishmaref, AK 99772 O-16-03-01 An Ordinance Adopting the Port of N Nome Tariff No. 12 to Replace All Existing Tar- AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 5 (BUILDINGS AND iffs of the Port of Nome CONSTRUCTION) OF THE NOME CODE OF ORDINANCES TO ADD A NEW CHAPTER 5.40 ESTABLISHING VACANT C This ordinance had first reading at the regular PROPERTY REGISTRATION AND MAINTENANCE meeting of the Nome City Council on February 22, 2016 at 7:00 PM and was passed to second read- REGULATIONS AND ADOPTING THE 2009 IBC ing, public hearing and final passage at a special INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE. NOTICE meeting of the Council scheduled for March 2, 2016 at 12:00 PM in Council Chambers of City DATE: Tuesday, March 1, 2016 Hall, located at 102 Division Street. Copies of the TIME: 7:00 P.M. To: Shishmaref Native Corporation Shareholders ordinance are available in the Office of the City LOCATION: City Hall Chambers Clerk. From: Shishmaref Native Corporation Board of Directors 2.25 2.25 SNC Annual Meeting of Shareholders The City of Nome Date: March 26, 2016 Time: 1:00 p.m.

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O-16-03-02 An Ordinance Authorizing the Pur- chase and Lease of Real Property by the City of Nome from Sitnasuak Native Corporation The Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held March by Property Exchange Agreement PLEASE 26, 2016 for the purpose of electing three (3) Board of The City of Nome proposes to purchase an ap- Directors and for transacting other business that may proximately 11.7 acre portion of USMS 5270 (commonly known as the White Alice Site) from come before the meeting. Sitnasuak Native Corporation by way of an ex- HELP change of property from the City of Nome to Sit- nasuak Native Corporation (Block 63, Lots 13A and 13B) with said property to be leased back to Registration will be from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. the City of Nome for five years. The value of the Adopt a Pet 2.25,3.3-10-17 city’s interest being exchanged according to cur- rent property tax assessment is $110,000. This ordinance had first reading at the regular meeting or make your of the City Council on February 22, 2016 and has been passed to second reading/public hearing/final passage at a regular meeting of the donation Sitnasuak Native Corporation Council scheduled for March 28, 2016 at 7:00 PM in Council Chambers of City Hall, located at 102 Division Street. Copies of the ordinance are avail- today! Notice of the 43rd Annual able in the Office of the City Clerk. 2.25,3.3-10-17-24 Meeting of Shareholders AdoptDog afood, pet and cat get food, a FREE cat bag litter of anddog/cat other food donations when you adoptare a dog/cat. Dog food, cat food, cat litter and other donations are • Saturday, June 4, 2016 - 10 a.m. alwaysalways welcome welcome at at thethe Nome Animal Animal Shelter! Shelter! Trooper Beat Nome Animal Control & Adopt-A-Pet • Nome Elementary School - Nome, Alaska 443-8538443-5212 oror 443-5262 Any charges reported in these press releases are BUSINESS CONDUCTED WILL INCLUDE: merely accusations and the defendants are pre- sumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. • Election of Three (3) Directors for three year term On February 7, at 12:00 p.m., the Alaska State Troopers received a report of firearms stolen from • Other shareholder business a residence in White Mountain. The firearms were Alaska Department of recovered by the local VPSO. A suspect has been identified. Investigation continues. ƟĂƚƌŽƉƐŶĂƌd Ž   ƐĞƟŝůŝĐĂ&ĐŝůďƵWΘŶ SOLICITATION OF CANDIDATES FOR BOARD POS,TIONS On February 9, Nome AST received a report of an • Written Letter of Candidacy and Nominee Information assault in Teller. Patrick Thomas, 35, assaulted a family member and damaged a cell phone be- Questionnaire longing to a family member. An arrest warrant ƐĂůŌĂƌĞŚd ŶĂůWůŝĂZĞƚĂƚ^ĂŬ • Candidates must be 19 years old or older by filing date. was obtained and Thomas was remanded to Anvil Mountain Correctional Center on February 16. MUST BE RECEIVED BY March 4, 2016 by 5:00 p.m.

On February 12, at 8:11 p.m., AST received a re- ǁŽEƐ/ ͊ĞůďĂůŝĂǀ port of a death of an infant in White Mountain. SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL Hunter Garnie-Tocktoo, 6 months old, died while traveling from Teller to White Mountain for a bas- wW yelce oome u to visit the Alaska A proposal form (signature requirements) will be provided, ketball tournament. The family arrived in White Mountain at 6:50 p.m. and discovered the baby please contact the Sitnasuak Native Corporation Office was not breathing. CPR was performed and was e Rail PlataSt an (ASRP) Online 907-387-1200 or 877-443-2632 (toll free) unsuccessful. On February 13, the body was MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE CORPORATION OFFICE transported to Anchorage for autopsy. There was Open House at no foul play suspected. ON OR BEFORE March 4, 2016 by 5:00 p.m. On February 13, at 2:00 p.m. AST received a re- www..asasrppoloh.coloh.coomm port of a domestic disturbance in Savoonga. Sub- sequent investigation led to the arrest of Andy Please contact Dave Evans for more Penayah, 34, of Savoonga, for assault 4, criminal mischief 5, and probation violation. Penayah was ĂƌĚĞŚƚǁĞŝǀŽƚ Ō ƚŝŵďƵƐĚŶĂWZ^  information at 387-1220 or remanded to AMCC. [email protected] On February 14, at 4:19 p.m. AST received a re- Śd͘ƐƚŶĞŵŵŽĐ Ğ ƚŝŵďƵƐŽƚLJĂĚƚƐĂů  port of a death in Elim. Subsequent investigation shows that a 15-year-old male died from a self-in- ommenc ts is March 10, 2016. www.snc.org flicted gun shot wound. 2.4-11-18-25 18 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2016 THE NOME NUGGET Court Week ending 2/19 through this court within 10 days; By agreement, Probation until 2/12/18; Shall comply exonerated; 180 days, 180 days suspended; Initial Jail Surcharge: $50 per case; Due Civil with all court orders by the deadlines stated; Subject to warrantless arrest for any vio- now to AGs Office, Anchorage; Suspended Jail Surcharge: $100 per case with $100 Amaktoolik, Dwight v. Johnson, Cloei; Div or Cust w/Children lation of these conditions of probation; Shall commit no violations of law; Shall not pos- suspended; Must be paid if probation is revoked and, in connection, defendant is ar- Takak, Marie v. Takak, Jr., Lynn; Divorce without Children sess, consume or buy alcohol, and any state ID issued under AS 18.65.310 must list rested and taken to jail or is sentenced to jail; Police Training Surcharge: $50 shall be Culp, Jr., John Robert v. Watson Culp, Katherine Creed; Divorce without Children the buying restriction until the restriction expires. paid through this court within 10 days; Probation until 2/12/18; Shall comply with all Structured Asset Funding, LLC v. Katchatag, Tammy; Request for Hearing on Applica- State of Alaska v. Zachary R. Milligrock (10/20/84); 2NO-15-551CR Notice of Dis- court orders by the deadlines stated; Subject to warrantless arrest for any violation of tion for Structured Settlement missal; Charge 001, 002, 003: Assault 4; Charge 004: Criminal Mischief; Filed by the these conditions of probation; Shall commit no violations of law, assaultive or disor- Crisci, Jackie v. Soolook, Jacob; Civil Protective Order DAs Office 2/12/16. derly conduct, or domestic violence. Small Claims State of Alaska v. Erik Milligrock (5/11/85); Notice of Dismissal; Disorderly Conduct; State of Alaska v. Lloyd Oxereok (8/24/91); Theft 4; Date of Violation: 11/3/14; Sus- Red Moose Enterprises & Apartment v. Nederhood, Jill; Small Claims Greater Than Filed by the DAs Office 2/12/16. pended Imposition of Sentence: Imposition of sentence is suspended; The defendant $2500 State of Alaska v. Barton Rookok (3/27/92); 2NO-15-568CR Assault 4; Date of Vio- is placed on probation subject to terms, orders, and conditions listed below; Restitu- Criminal lation: 10/7/15; Any appearance or performance bond is exonerated; Agreed, Sen- tion: Defendant shall pay restitution as stated in the Restitution Judgment and shall State of Alaska v. Homer Wongittilin (12/3/95); Alcohol – Minor Possess/Consume- tence Imposed as follows: 90 days, 90 days suspended; Initial Jail Surcharge: $50 per apply for an Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend, if eligible, each year until restitution is Habitual; Date of Offense: 12/21/15; 30 days, 30 days suspended; Initial Jail Surcharge: case; Due now to AGs Office, Anchorage; Suspended Jail Surcharge: $100 per case paid in full; Defendant to show proof of restitution 3/1/169 to court; Probation until $50 per case, due now to AGs Office, Anchorage; Suspended Jail Surcharge: $100 with $100 suspended; Must be paid if probation is revoked and, in connection, defen- 8/12/16; Shall comply with all court orders by the deadlines stated; Subject to war- per case with $100 suspended; Surcharge must be paid if probation is revoked and, in dant is arrested and taken to jail or is sentenced to jail; Police Training Surcharge: $50 rantless arrest for any violation of these conditions of probation; Shall commit no vio- connection, defendant is arrested and taken to jail or is sentenced to jail; Police Train- shall be paid through this court within 10 days; Probation until 2/12/17; Shall comply lations of law. ing Surcharge: $50 to be paid to clerk of court within 10 days; License: Defendant’s dri- with all court orders by the deadlines stated; Subject to warrantless arrest for any vio- State of Alaska v. Leanna Apassingok (12/24/1977); 2NO-15-703CR Notice of Dis- ver’s license or privilege to apply for one is revoked for 12 months with 6 months lation of these conditions of probation; Shall commit no violations of law; Shall not pos- missal; Charge 001: Criminal Trespass; Filed by the DAs Office 2/16/16. suspended; Probation until 12/3/16; Comply with all direct court orders listed above by sess, consume or buy alcohol, and any state ID issued under AS 18.65.310 must list State of Alaska v. Leanna Apassingok (12/24/1977); 2NO-16-30CR Notice of Dis- the deadlines stated; Defendant must enroll in and pay for the following juvenile alco- the buying restriction until the restriction expires; Subject to warrantless breath testing missal; Charge 001: VOCR; Filed by the DAs Office 2/16/16. hol safety action program or equivalent: provided in Savoonga or Stebbins (ordinarily by any peace officer with probable cause to believe defendant has consumed alcohol. State of Alaska v. Leanna Apassingok (12/24/1977); 2NO-16-70CR CTN 002: Vio- through VBC at clinic); Defendant must submit to evaluation by the program, with writ- State of Alaska v. Barton Rookok (3/27/92); 2NO-16-65CR Notice of Dismissal; late Condition of Release; Date of Violation: 2/2/16; CTN Chrgs Dismissed: 001; 20 ten proof to the court by: 5/1/16; Defendant may not consume inhalants or possess or Charge 001: VOCR; Charge 002: CT 2; Filed by the DAs Office 2/12/16. days, 0 days suspended; Initial Jail Surcharge: $50 per case; Due now to AGs Office, consume controlled substances or alcoholic beverages. State of Alaska v. Archie Tocktoo (5/23/70); 2NO-15-290CR Order to Modify or Re- Anchorage; Police Training Surcharge: $50 shall be paid through this court within 10 State of Alaska v. Zachary R. Milligrock (10/20/84); 2NO-15-502CR Assault 4; Date voke Probation; ATN: 1036181; Violated conditions of probation; Probation terminated. days. of Violation: 8/20/15; 270 days, 270 days suspended; Initial Jail Surcharge: $50 per State of Alaska v. Archie Tocktoo (5/23/70); 2NO-15-471CR Violate Protective Order; State of Alaska v. Rachelle Bonnie Soonagrook (1/29/92); Dismissal; Count I: Assault case; Due now to AGs Office, Anchorage; Police Training Surcharge: $50 shall be paid DV; Date of Violation: 8/25/15; Any appearance or performance bond in this case is 2°; Count II: Assault 4°; Filed by the DAs Office 2/18/16. Seawall

NOME POLICE DEPARTMENT and Violating his Conditions of Release. He was transported to Department was requested at the scene and took over care of minor and the family had current documentation of the pet’s vac- AMCC and his bail was set at $1,250. the subject. While on scene a second intoxicated subject within cination records. A report was taken of the incident and no fur- MEDIA RELEASES 02/15/2016 through 02/21/2016 6:16 p.m. NPD responded to a residence on the west of town the room was contacted and identified as Cyrus Savetillik, whom ther action was required. for the report of a subject threatening to harm themselves. The was found to be on current Conditions of Probation that prohib- 6:15 p.m. NPD CSO responded to the west side of town for Disclaimer: This is a record of activity. The issuance of ci- subject was contacted and transported to the Norton Sound Re- ited the consumption of alcohol. Savetillik was subsequently the report of an intoxicated female lying on the ground. Upon ar- tations or the act of arrest does not assign guilt to any iden- gional Hospital for a Behavioral Health referral. placed under arrest for the Violation of his Probation Conditions rival the female was contacted, identified, and requested trans- tified party. 10:58 p.m. NPD contacted a disabled vehicle on the west end and was remanded to AMCC, where he was held without bail. portation to the Norton Sound Regional Hospital for a preexisting During this period there were 155 calls for service received of town. The driver of the vehicle, Sarina Ahmed, was found to 11:26 p.m. NPD CSO responded to the west side of town for condition. She was left in the care of the ER staff. at the Nome Police Communications Center. 58 (37 percent) be in Violation of her Conditions of Release and a report was the report of an intoxicated female lying on the ground. The fe- 8:46 p.m. hours, NPD officers were dispatched to a business involved alcohol. forwarded to the District Attorney’s Office for disposition. male was contacted, identified, and was provided transportation on the west side of town for the report of an intoxicated female There were 13 arrests made with 11 (85 percent) alcohol re- to the NEST, where she was left in the care of the shelter staff. that required assistance. Upon arrival, the female was found to lated. Wednesday, February 17, 2016 have already entered a cab headed to the NEST Shelter. NPD NPD responded to 21 calls reporting intoxicated persons No press releases issued Saturday, February 20, 2016 CSO made contact with the female at the NEST Shelter to offer needing assistance. None were remanded to AMCC as pro- 12:07 a.m. NPD officers, while on routine patrol, observed a further assistance; which the female declined. No further action tective holds; and four remained at the hospital for medical Thursday, February 18, 2016 vehicle parked in the roadway on the east side of town. While was necessary. evaluation/treatment. 2:25 p.m. NPD responded to a report of an intoxicated male on scene, a subject arrived and stated that the vehicle was dis- 9:18 p.m. NPD CSO informed officers that a juvenile was at There were 5 ambulance calls and no fire calls during this that was out of control. NPD patrolled the streets on the east abled and was in the process of trying to get someone to help the AC Store parking lot that was known to have an active arrest period. side of town found the individual driving a vehicle. Officers con- move it off the roadway. No further action was required. warrant. Officers responded and made contact with the juve- ducted a traffic stop on the vehicle and the subject was found to 12:51 a.m. NPD officers, while patrolling the west side of nile, who was subsequently placed under arrest and remanded Monday, February 15, 2016 be Bradley Heers, who was placed under arrest for DUI & Re- town, observed an ATV travelling on the roadway without any to the Nome Youth Facility without incident. 8 a.m. a citizen walked in with a loose dog that was captured fusal to Submit to a Chemical Test. Heers was transported to taillights illuminated. A traffic stop was conducted and the driver 11:23 p.m. NPD officers, while on routine patrol, observed a on the west side of town. Further investigation revealed that the the Norton Sound Regional Hospital and later remanded to Anvil was issued a verbal warning for the equipment violation. snowmachine travelling on a state highway on the west side of owner is Duc Giang. Giang was issued a citation for Animal At Mountain Correctional Center, where he was held on $1,500 1:28 a.m. NPD officers responded to the east side of town for town. Upon contact, the driver was found to have a current Large and his dog was released back into his custody without bail. the report of a subject threatening to harm themselves. The sub- Driver License and was given a verbal warning for operating an further incident. 3:38 p.m. NPD received a report of an intoxicated female ject was located, identified and confirmed the reporting party’s Off-Highway Vehicle on a State Highway. The driver was re- 11:03 a.m. NPD received a report from a citizen regarding asleep at a business on the west side of town. NPD officers ar- statements. The subject was transported to the Norton Sound leased at the scene without further incident. stolen property. The investigation into this matter is ongoing. rived to transport the subject to the Norton Sound Regional Hos- Regional Hospital for medical evaluation and Behavioral Health 1:39 p.m. NPD received a phone call from an out of state law pital, where she was left in the care of the Emergency Room Services was also notified of the threats made. Sunday, February 21, 2016 enforcement agency inquiring about the ownership of a vehicle staff. 3:05 a.m. NPD received a report from a citizen regarding a 12:04 a.m. NPD officers were dispatched to a residence on formerly possessed in Nome. The vehicle was found to have 9:27 p.m. NPD received a report of a trespass at a business stolen piece of clothing. A short time later, after the subject re- the west side of town for the report of a subject fleeing from a been sold and the registration had yet to be transferred to the on the east side of town. Upon arrival, NPD officers identified turned home, the missing item was found to have been retrieved second intoxicated subject and requested assistance. Upon ar- new owners. the subject as Michael Mayac. Mayac was arrested for Criminal by a family member and was brought back to the reporting rival, officers contacted the fleeing party, who stated that the 2:07 p.m. NPD responded to a residence on the west side of Trespass in the Second Degree and was remanded to AMCC, party’s home prior to their return. No further action was neces- issue was a verbal argument with a significant other. The sub- town for the report of a family member refusing to leave and where he was held on $250.00 bail. sary. ject had already contacted a family member and was on the way causing a disturbance while intoxicated. Upon arrival, the in- 9:56 p.m. NPD received a report of a trespass at a dwelling 4:32 a.m., NPD officers, while on routine patrol, observed an to their residence. The issue was resolved by separation and no vestigation revealed that the intoxicated person, identified as on the west side of town. Upon arrival, officers identified the ATV travelling on the east side of town without any taillights illu- further action was required. Katherine Iyapana, had placed another member of the house- subject as John Saclamana, who was found to be on probation minated. A traffic stop was conducted and the driver, identified 1:52 a.m., NPD received a report of two individuals arguing hold in fear of being injured. Iyapana was subsequently arrested that states not consume alcohol. Saclamana was arrested for as Clyde Iyatunguk Jr, was found to be too impaired to drive and on the west end of town. Officers responded and made contact and remanded to AMCC for Assault in the Fourth Degree, DV, Criminal Trespass in the First Degree and Violating his Condi- that his Driver License was also currently revoked. Iyatunguk Jr with a married couple, who were still actively engaged in a ver- where she was held without bail. tions of Probation and was later remanded to AMCC, where he was placed under arrest for Driving Under the Influence (alco- bal argument. Both parties were separated for the evening and 5:01 p.m. NPD CSO observed a loose dog running on the was held without bail. hol), as well as Driving While License Revoked. He was later re- no further action was required. east side of town. The animal was brought back to the NPD An- manded to AMCC, where he was held on $1,500 bail. 1:58 a.m. NPD received a missing person report of an indi- imal Shelter and the owner was later identified, but was found to Friday, February 19, 2016 1:52 p.m. NPD received a report of a female that had con- vidual somewhere in the town. Officers later located the sub- be out of town. The owner will make arrangements for the dog 8:03 a.m., a concerned citizen came to NPD and turned in a tacted a third party stating she was being held against her will. ject, identified as Chanelle Koonooka, at an apartment complex. to be picked up by a family member. On 2-19-16, the owner, loose dog found on the east side of town. The owner, Chris The female was contacted a short time later, intoxicated, and Investigation revealed that Koonooka had caused injury to a Frank Irelan, was issued an Animal at Large citation and had his Aningayou, was contacted, issued an Animal at Large citation reported that no crime had been committed and that she felt safe member of the household and was subsequently placed under dog returned without issue. and his dog was returned without further incident. at the residence. The female was issued a verbal warning for fil- arrest for Assault in the Fourth Degree, DV and was remanded 6:20 p.m. NPD responded to a residence on the west side of 11:17 a.m. NPD officers responded to the high school for the ing a False Report and was released at the scene. No further to AMCC, where she was held without bail. town for the report of Kimberly Soolook intoxicated within the report of a student possessing a prohibited weapon, as well as action was required. 2:27 a.m. NPD conducted a security check at a local estab- home. Officers were notified prior to arrival that Soolook was chewing tobacco. Upon arrival and further investigation, the ju- 2:18 p.m. NPD responded to the west side of town for the re- lishment and made contact with Daniel Goldy, who was found to on current Order and Conditions of Release that prohibited the venile was found to have possessed both items upon school port of an intoxicated male lying on the ground. Officers arrived, be intoxicated, which violated his current Conditions of Probation consumption of alcohol. Upon arrival, Soolook was confirmed to grounds. The Juvenile Probation Officer was contacted and re- contacted the male and provided transportation to the Norton and Release that prohibited the consumption of alcohol. Goldy be intoxicated and was placed under arrest for two counts of Vi- quested a report of the incident so a warrant could be requested Sound Regional Hospital for medical evaluation, where he was was placed under arrest and was remanded to AMCC, where olating her Conditions of Release and was later remanded to for the charges of Misconduct Involving Weapons in the Fourth left in their care. he was held without bail. AMCC, where she was held on $2,000 bail. The Office of Chil- Degree and Minor in Possession of Tobacco. 2:37 p.m. NPD responded to a hotel on the east side of town 4:37 a.m. NPD received a report of a female that would not dren’s Services was also contacted and took custody of a minor 12:04 p.m. NPD received a request for assistance from a cit- for the report of an intoxicated female that was refusing to leave exit a cab in front of a residence on the east end of town. Offi- that did not have a sober caretaker present. izen who had locked themselves out of their home. Upon ar- the premises. Upon arrival the female, identified as Coreen cers responded and assisted the female with getting into her 7:17 p.m., NPD responded to an apartment complex on the rival, contact was made with the individuals inside and the Ross, was contacted still within the premises and physically re- residence and she was left in the care of sober family. No fur- west side of town for the report of a family member verbally subject requesting assistance was let inside without further in- sisted being placed under arrest. Ross was later remanded to ther action taken. threatening another member of the household. Upon arrival at cident. No further action was necessary. AMCC for Criminal Trespass in the Second Degree and Resist- 7:21 a.m. NPD officers responded to a residence on the east the apartment, the reporting party declined to provide any details 2:19 p.m. NPD received a phone call from a citizen who had ing Arrest, where she was held on $1,000 bail. side of town for the report of an intoxicated subject outside of to responding officers and requested they vacate the premises. lost a rifle while travelling between a surrounding village and 3:18 p.m. NPD received a report of a motor vehicle collision the home yelling and causing a disturbance. Upon arrival, the No further action was required. Nome. If you, or anyone you may know, find any weapons along occurring between a vehicle and a road sign. Officers arrived subject was contacted, identified and provided transportation to 9:21 p.m. NPD received a request to conduct a welfare check snowmachine trails headed east of Nome, please contact NPD and took a report of the incident. No damage was observed to their residence after being warned verbally for Disorderly Con- on an individual that had reportedly attempted to harm them- to turn in the missing property. the vehicle, no alcohol was involved and no injuries were re- duct. No further action was required. selves while on the phone with a family member. Officers re- 4:25 p.m. NPD CSO responded to the west side of town for ported. 7:58 p.m. NPD received a report of an assault occurring in- sponded to the residence, where the subject admitted to the the report of an intoxicated female down on the ground. The fe- 3:20 p.m. NPD responded to a business on the east side of side of a business on the west side of town. Upon arrival, it was alleged threats. The subject was transported to the Norton male was contacted, identified, and observed walking under her town for the report of an intoxicated juvenile on the premises. learned that the suspect had already fled the scene. Investiga- Sound Regional Hospital for medical treatment and was held in own power without impediment. The female refused medical Officers responded and contacted the juvenile, who was con- tion into this incident is ongoing. their care. Behavioral Health Services were also contacted and treatment and was provided transportation to a local hotel at her firmed to be intoxicated. The juvenile was issued a Minor Con- 8:23 p.m. NPD responded to a residence on the west side of informed about the incident. request. suming Alcohol citation and was released to a sober relative. town for the report of a mother caring for a child while intoxi- 9:42 p.m. NPD CSO responded to the west side of town for 8:36 p.m. NPD officers, while on routine patrol, observed a No further enforcement action was necessary. cated. Upon arrival, the child was found in the care of a sober the report of an intoxicated individual lying on the ground outside vehicle travelling on the west side of town with only one opera- 3:43 p.m. NPD CSO responded to a business on the west family member and no further action was required. of a business. Upon arrival, the subject was contacted, identi- tional taillight. A traffic stop was conducted and the driver, iden- side of town for the report of an intoxicated minor sitting outside. 11:14 p.m., NPD officers, while on routine patrol, observed a fied and provided transportation to the NEST Shelter for the tified as Brenda Adams, was unable to provide current proof of Upon arrival, the juvenile was confirmed to be intoxicated and vehicle travelling on the west side of town with only one opera- evening. insurance. Adams was issued a citation for Failure to Provide was issued a citation for Minor Consuming Alcohol. The juvenile tional headlight. A traffic stop was conducted on the vehicle and Proof of Insurance and was issued a verbal warning for the was then transported to the Norton Sound Regional Hospital for the driver was able to produce all documentation required. The Tuesday, February 16, 2016 equipment violation. No further enforcement action was neces- medical evaluation. The juvenile’s parent was notified of the in- driver was issued a verbal warning for the equipment violation 1:08 p.m., NPD received a report of a trespass at an estab- sary. cident and was provided transportation to the hospital. No fur- and was released at the scene. lishment on the west end of town. Officers responded and con- 9:03 p.m. NPD received a report of an intoxicated male re- ther enforcement action was required. tacted Marvin Okleasik and found that he was refusing to leave fusing to leave a hotel room on the west side of town. Upon ar- 4:48 p.m. NPD CSO responded to the Norton Sound Regional the establishment after being asked to leave numerous times. rival, the subject was contacted and it was determined that he Hospital for the report of a pet biting a member of the family. Marvin was arrested for Criminal Trespass in the 2nd Degree required medical assistance. The Nome Volunteer Ambulance Upon arrival and further investigation, the injuries observed were • Obituary continued from page 16 ten acid in his eye so the doctors had and his hat was always a little and laying fallow, other issues began Reader (Jennifer), step-sons Raymond to put a glass eye in the socket. Fred, crooked. He loved peanut butter and to arise with lungs, and fluid and Mocan (Dawn) and Robert “Bob” Marie in her gold rush costumes and who was about half Vern’s height, is onion sandwiches, and homemade breathing. When Dad would call, or I Mocan (Virginia), grandchildren Paul feathers. At one time he owned what standing alongside him as Vern is try- root beer. He tinkered on my slot ma- called him, he would ask, “how’s Eliason, Calie Morlan, Dean Eliason, he called the “Tucker”, a big yellow ing to check in. He fumbles with chines and kept them whirling. He things in Heaven?” He referred to Wendy Gurney (Craig), Jeremy Paul- tracked machine he used to trail sweep some change in his pocket, plops it on was the horse whisperer of cars and Nome as Heaven. He wanted to come son, Kelly Thrun (Shannon), Rajene after snowmachine races. He enjoyed the counter, and a marble rolls off, old trucks and could make anything home so bad. We had plans of record- Reardon (Vaughn Knipfer), Krysta being involved in community events. drops to the floor, and goes rolling run. With 69 years of laying in the ing him with a little recorder I had got- Kauer, Jade Kauer, Dawson Kauer, He donated the 1937 fire truck back to across the carpet. Soon, everybody in grease, wrenching in the weather, road ten in the spring. He loved telling me Sandra Rowe (Russell), Michael Mor- the city that his brother Johnny had the lobby is on their hands and knees and airport construction experience all stories, and we shared our passion for gan, Amy Peterson, Carrie Havener purchased years back, which was looking for Vern’s glass eye. Cavota over the Seward Peninsula, he loved Nome’s history. Dad told me in the fall (Ben), Jackie Reader, Miles Reader, proudly restored by the Nome Volun- asked Vern why he was keeping the sharing his legendary entertaining life the road was getting rougher, and he Jessie Miller, Jason Miller, Amber teer Fire Department for the commu- glass eye in his pocket, anyway. “It stories. By example he taught his chil- could “hear the man upstairs calling Miller, Ivy Johnson (Jared), Joseph nity to enjoy. He was always ready to can’t see in deyr, can it?” You had to dren and others about hard work, and my name.” Horton Jr., Vickimari “Dolly” Horton, help, hauling heavy equipment, cab- appreciate Cavota’s heavy east coast working hard. Many a young man got In the early morning hours of Jan- Chelsea Reader, Misty Reader, ins, or plucking broken down miners Italian mix brogue and dialect. Every- their start in life, working down at the uary 25 sitting in his easy chair, in a Nicholas Reader, Charles Christopher off the beach at Bluff. Many fly-by- one had a nickname, too. Dad said shop. Dad’s blueprint for living was well-worn body, Papa Chuck went to Reader, Mackenzie Hall, Chevy nights that came to Nome took advan- most of the names came from Al sketched so clearly on the napkin of sleep, his remote in his hand. The Reader, Presley Reader, their families, tage of his friendship and willingness Doyle, although I think it was joint ef- life. May we all be able to say when man had called. 28 great-grandchildren, 3 great-great- to help, their bill fluttering its way to fort. Keith Hedreen, who owned the our life is done that we worked as hard Chuck was preceded in death by grandchildren, mother of six of his the garbage can as they snuck out of Polar Bar, had a “gimble eye”, one eye as possible, and had a lot of fun. his parents, siblings Irene, Dorothy, children Caroline Reader, and his sis- town. that looked the other direction, and his One of Dad’s sisters, Yvonne, Myrle, Marjorie, Marie, Peter, Paul, ters Mary Margaret Morgenroth, Pa- Dad had some Chuck-ism’s that partner in the Polar was George Mad- passed away in April 2015. Us kids Donald John, Caroline, Collette, Mon- tricia Josephine Gallagher, Annebelle were part of his vocabulary and sen- sen, who had a bum or “jake” leg. begged him to let us help make the trip ica Yvonne, his grandsons Lindsey Brusse, and Donna Mae Cole. tence structure: Throw it to the wind, George had been a pilot during the to Seattle to attend her service, to see Hayden McLain Reader and Logan We are thankful for our Dad’s life, I reckon, take a gander over there. War. Gimble Eye Keith and Jake Leg his siblings and what was left of the Charles Green-Reader, and great- and we are thankful for each of you. Dad was funny with his sayings, many George earned the name of “The Leg Reader family and descendants one grandson Jamison Miles Lee Thrun. Please join us for services, which will word mis-pronunciations, and terms and Eye”, and became code for “The last time. His hip was bothering him Chuck is survived by his wife, be held in Nome March 9, 4 p.m. at St. sounding like his old farm hand help, Polar.” He also had names for those badly, and he’d already had one hip Marie, daughters Sharon Paulson Joseph’s Catholic Church on Stead- most of which can’t be in print. It who would do damage to Nome, or his surgery years back. Finally going to (Steve), Charlene Reader, Caroline man, with burial to follow. Afterward, can’t see in deyr, can it? This last one family or friends. He was fiercely his doctor, they told him he was no “Cussy” Kauer, Virginia “Ginny” Em- we invite you to the VFW to share sto- came from a chance encounter be- proud and protective. longer a candidate for that same sur- mons (Carl), Josephine “Josie” Reader ries of Dad’s life. We would appreci- tween Vern Miller and Fred Cavota in His top left shirt pocket full of pen- gery, rather they would put some (John Peterson), Mary Reader (Stacey ate your help with bringing finger the lobby of the Hilton. Vern, our cils and screwdrivers was a trademark. screws in and hope that would hold. Green), Julia Jones (Ron), Cherryl food or a salad to share. neighbor and local plumber, had got- His suspenders were full of buttons This put him down for several months, “Babe” Stavish (Bruce), son Charley THE NOME NUGGET THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2016 19 SERVING THE COMMUNITY OF NOME

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Photo courtesy Bering Straits Development Corp. PILGRIM HOT SPRINGS (top)— Pilgrim Hot Springs has a rich his- tory of agriculture, one that modern stewarts of the land want to recre- ate. One of the first steps is to repair culverts to stem spring flooding. Nugget file photo by Diana Haecker INFINITY POOL (left)—Pilgrim land owners plan improvements to the hot water pool at Pilgrim Hot Springs. Community agriculture planned for Pilgrim Hot Springs By Diana Haecker the failed Rock Creek gold mine that In the last few years, much of the BSNC bought from NovaGold Inc. focus to develop Pilgrim Hot Springs Large tanks that haven’t been used was on its potential to provide geot- can be taken to Pilgrim and used for hermal energy to Nome, but with water storage. Chainlink fencing can those plans not advancing, there are be used to fence in fields to keep out now efforts afoot to look into its po- wild animals and smaller outbuild- tential as an agricultural site as it has ings at the mine can be used at the been used a hundred years ago. Pilgrim site as tool sheds. Bensin Recently, Robert Bensin with the said the endeavor is in the planning Bering Straits Development Corpo- stages and that he hopes for regular ration, a subsidiary of BSNC, which meetings with interested volunteers is part of the consortium Unaatuq to develop realistic ideas. They have LLC that owns Pilgrim, planned to consulted with Calypso Farms, a start Community Supported Agricul- CSA near Fairbanks, and Bethel’s ture, CSA for short. Myers Farm. The concept of a CSA BSNC is the property manager is that community members pay for and onsite project leader, spearhead- their crops in advance and also agree ing the effort, Bensin said. The U.S. to volunteer work. The grand vision Dept. of Agriculture National Re- is to develop a self-sustaining busi- sources Conservation Service ness model at Pilgrim that would in- granted $224,000 to conduct a mar- clude agriculture and combine it with ket study and come up with a busi- educational purposes as well as des- ness plan to sketch out what can be tination travel. grown at Pilgrim, what the market Pilgrim Hot Springs, formerly possibilities are and how those ef- owned by the Fairbanks Catholic forts can be accomplished taking into Diocese was sold in 2010 and its new account the remoteness of Pilgrim, owners are Unaatuq, LLC, a consor- located eight miles off the Kougarok tium made up of the Bering Straits Road at mile 65. Native Corporation, Sitnasuak Na- According to Bensin, the goal is tive Corporation, Kawerak, Inc., Graphic courtesy Bering Straits Development Corp. to develop community-supported Norton Sound Economic Develop- THE VISION— The overview of the estate shows where potential agricultural development could take place: agriculture by working with local ment Corporation, White Mountain a field crop in the green area, water tanks where the blue circles are, a high tunnel greenhouse drawn in form volunteers. But before any greens Native Corporation, Council Native of a white rectangle. can be planted, many things need to Corporation and Mary’s Igloo Native man wrote. “The site also has a long tial, Holdman responded that, at first, uses both geothermal heat and power be done first. Corporation. According to a Bering history of agriculture dating back an extended seasonal operation to do so.” The first steps to revive agricul- Straits press release, the hot springs 100 years - in many ways, we are just would be quite feasible and could be The upsides of locally grown pro- ture at Pilgrim include clearing one have been visited for centuries for its trying to recapture knowledge that done with a relatively modest duce are obvious. It would help the acre at the east field, identifying a curative and spiritual powers, and has been lost, and historic use of this budget. “There are some limitations local economy, could provide fresh fresh water source, setting up irriga- have tremendous cultural and histor- amazing resource.” to year-round operation, which produce to a region that is depending tion water tanks and clearing lands ical significance for the residents of Since 2010, ACEP has done a would take quite a bit more infra- on imported greens that don’t arrive for cover crops. Also, in order to pre- the region. comprehensive resource evaluation structure and capital investment to in Nome so fresh anymore. Holdman vent flooding, there need to be cul- Gwen Holdman, director of the funded through Dept. of Energy make happen,” Holdman said. “For reported that the greenhouse at verts installed and beaver dams Alaska Center for Power and Energy grants and the Alaska Energy Au- example, using the geothermal re- Chena Hot Springs is 60 ft. by70 ft. removed to allow for water to freely said in an email correspondence with thority. ACEP’s work culminated in source for local power and to provide in size and can theoretically grow up flow during spring breakup. Aerial The Nome Nugget that temperatures a confirmation well, drilled in 2014. heat to buildings and greenhouses to 150,000 heads of lettuce a year photos show much of the Pilgrim es- just 75 ft. below the surface in many “Overall, we estimate 2MW of would be fairly crucial to scaling up using hydroponic techniques. tate under water due to a blocked cul- places at Pilgrim are close to boiling power could be generated from this the operation to year-round. Access “That’s probably a lot more than vert underneath the road leading to which means that even in cold win- resource under ideal conditions,” to the site in the winter is another the region can consume, so even ex- the site. Bensin said that half of the ters, the ground is warm and oppor- Holdman stated. However, plans to challenge. Nonetheless, it has defi- port within a limited niche like let- money needed to get started comes tunities exist for agriculture that may develop Pilgrim as a geothermal nitely been done - for example, tuce production is not out of the from inkind donations for labor and be unique in the entire state. power source for Nome are stalled. Chena Hot Springs resort operates question,” said Holdman. resources that are here already. “In my mind, Pilgrim Hot Springs Asked about the agricultural poten- their greenhouses year round, and BSNC has materials left over from has always been a special site,”Hold-

Photos courtesy of Carrie M. McLain Memorial Museum CABBAGE FIELD— F.H. Nowell took a photo of the cabbage patch at Pilgrim in July 1907. Then, it was known as Kuzgamapa Hot Springs. LOTS OF POTATOES— One hundred years ago, this field at Pilgrim produced a good-sized potato harvest.