Photo by Denise Olin READY TO ROLL—Snowmachine racers line up for the start of the 2010 Nome-Golovin race Saturday on the sea ice just east of Nome. For more on this year’s race, see page 7.

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VOLUME CIX NO. 11 MARCH 18, 2010 Four! Lance Mackey crosses the line and goes into the record books as the Iditarod’s only musher to win four in a row

By Tyler Rhodes Mackey led the race the entire way Just in case the crowd had any up the coast after making a bold move doubt as to what he was after, when coming off the Yukon River. He blew Lance Mackey left Willow for the through the Kaltag checkpoint to grab start of the 2010 Iditarod he raised the lead from another four-time winner, four fingers in the air. Jeff King, and continue on toward Un- Eight days, 23 hours and 59 min- alakleet. He was able to hold that lead utes later, it was a bottle of champagne and claim the $2,500 in gold nuggets that Mackey lifted to the sky as he waiting for him in Unalakleet for being drove his 11 remaining dogs to the first musher to the coast. “I wanted Nome’s Burled Arch for an unprece- to spoil Jeff’s fun a little bit and take one dented fourth Iditarod victory in a row. of those prizes,” he said at the finish. Drenched in sunshine and greeted The gamble paid off as Mackey’s by temperatures that finally climbed dogs proved to be up to the challenge out of the subzero range and into the of a longer run on less rest, a com- teens March 23, Mackey made his- mon theme in Mackey’s wins. “I tory just shy of 3 p.m. as the only musher to put a string of four victo- continued on page 9 ries together. He had plenty of com- pany to help celebrate the moment. The crowd collapsed on Mackey as A TOAST—Lancy Mackey hoists he made his way toward the chute of a bottle of champagne high as he Front Street, shaking his hand, offer- drives his team into the finish ing congratulations and likely hand- chute in Nome Tuesday to claim his ing him that bottle of bubbly. fourth Iditarod victory in a row. Photo by Tyler Rhodes Photo by Tyler Morgan claims Nome-Golovin win By Tyler Rhodes a free entry into next year’s Iron Dog. After a disappointing and early Morgan, racing a Polaris 600 scratch in this year’s Iron Dog, Rush, said his machine gave him no Nome-grown Mike Morgan came problems as he negotiated the course home to seek a little redemption on that runs from the sea ice in front of a familiar course. Nome to Golovin and back. Others On a cold, cloudless Saturday, weren’t so lucky. “There were a lot Morgan heated up the 200-mile course to take the 2010 Nome- continued on page 6 Golovin Snowmachine Race in two hours, 21 minutes and 32 seconds. Morgan outpaced second place Chris Collins from Kotzebue by just over a On the Web: minute. “It was a good run,” Morgan www.nomenugget.net said as he milled about the finish while fellow racers blazed through E-mail: the chute every couple of minutes. [email protected] As part of his prize, Morgan receives

FINISHED—Nome’s Shantah Es- parza rockets through the finish chute Saturday on the sea ice in front of Nome for the finish of the

Photo by Tyler Rhodes Photo by Tyler 2010 Nome-Golovin race. 2 THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 2010 OPINION THE NOME NUGGET Letters Dear Editor, to all the meetings and work ses- assistant principal position. During principal position must have some- at the high school. Eliminating this I was surprised at the March 11 sions. the March 11 meeting throughout thing to do with the executive ses- position because they may be afraid Nome School Board meeting that the Board Member Albert McComas “Board Members Open Discussion” sion. Bingo! The Board, or at least of a lawsuit is an example of Board board put the assistant principal po- and I had a discussion after the no member of the School Board some members, are worried about members showing no concern for sition on the agenda for the “special March 11 meeting and he claimed to brought up the idea of eliminating the lawsuit that they discussed in what is best for NPS students. It cer- meeting” scheduled prior to a regular have mentioned in past years that he the Assistant Principal position. Dur- executive session. Mr. McComas tainly will not follow the NPS mis- work session (on March 23). This saw no need for the Assistant Princi- ing the business manager’s lengthy and perhaps others have told people sion statement to “provide a occurred almost immediately after pal position at the Nome Beltz Junior explanation of the FY11 budget, no they voted no on the Assistant Prin- positive learning environment that the Board came out of an executive and Senior High School. I do re- board member brought the idea of cipal contract because they wanted to educates all students for success in session. For anyone not familiar with member him mentioning his feelings cutting that position. I do remember eliminate the position. Yet the Dis- life.” what a “special meeting” is, it is a in the past, but he never made a mo- Board Member Barb Nickels asking trict has that position in their FY11 Respectfully, meeting the board holds to vote on tion to eliminate the job. I know he the business manager if all the cur- budget and NPS has advertised for Betsy Brennan action items outside of their regular has told several individuals since the rent positions are in the FY11 budget the Assistant Principal position for Nome, AK meeting schedule. According to the January 12 School Board meeting she presented. The answer was yes. over a month. There has been no FY11 Budget Development and that he voted no on Doug Boyer’s As I walked home from the March public discussion at any board meet- Dear Nancy McGuire and the Voting Adoption Schedule handed out at contract because the Board and/or he 11 meeting, I thought about the ex- ing about eliminating the position. I Public, their last meeting, the March 23 wanted to cut that position. He actu- ecutive session that the Board held urge the Board to take this topic off The Nome School Board has plans work session will include a discus- ally spoke to Doug Boyer and told that night. The reason given to the the “special agenda” portion of the to discuss and then vote on the As- sion of the FY11 budget (that would him the same thing. public was very clear and exact: To March 23 meeting. Discuss the elim- sistant Principal position at a special be the school budget for next year). I told Albert that I find it ex- consult with the District lawyer ination of the assistant principal po- session, which has been added prior This budget includes an Assistant tremely suspicious that the board about a threatened lawsuit against sition in public, during the work to their regular work session on Principal position. I question if the would schedule a vote to possibly the District. After coming out of the session scheduled for March 23. Tuesday, March 23. Board intends to vote on whether the eliminate a position that has not even executive session, Kirsten Timbers Allow public comment and discus- What does that mean? Reconsid- position will remain in the budget. I been discussed publicly. That the asked that the “AP” assistant princi- sion over a few weeks on this possi- ering the contract? Changing the job am concerned because at no point in board would do this just before they pal position be put on the “special bility. Give the public good, description? Eliminating the posi- the last several meetings has there even discuss the FY11 budget in meeting” agenda. I suddenly had a educationally sound reasons to elim- been a PUBLIC Board discussion public is perplexing. During the Feb- thought…. Eliminating the assistant inate the assistant principal position continued on page 18 regarding the elimination of this po- ruary 23 work session, no board sition. How do I know? I have been member spoke about eliminating the Foster’s Report

Letters to the editor must be signed and Operating Budget Moves to Senate All Alaskans Count / Census 2010 include an address and phone number. Thank yous With four weeks remaining in the legislative session Just a reminder, during the Census, it is extremely im- and political endorsements are considered ads. the House has passed its version of the Operating Budget portant that everyone be counted. The census will be- and the bill moves to the Senate where they will re-write come the basis for future representation and fund those portions of the budget that are not in line with Sen- distribution. Reapportionment is based on the popula- ate priorities. In the meantime the House is waiting for tion numbers that are developed and annually over $400 the Senate to pass their version the Capital Budget so that billion in federal funds are distributed to tribal, state and Editorial it can be considered by the House Finance Committee. local governments on the basis of population. Legislation of Interest Other Issues Let the Sun Shine The Senate Resources Committee passed Senate Bill The House Democrats have asked the Attorney Gen- While we are struggling with disruptive sleep patterns and moving 220, the Alaska Sustainable Energy Act which outlines eral to take further action to protect Teacher Retirement our clocks forward to fool ourselves into thinking we have an extra what will hopefully become the State’s unified plan for System (TRS) and Public Employee Retirement System hour of daylight, we have to face the reality that it is -30°F in Nome and dealing with energy issues. It is the intent of the bill to (PERS) members who have had their personal informa- this week will bring the first day of spring. While pondering the vernal help Alaskan families, businesses, schools, and commu- tion compromised. Steps would include automatically equinox and sunshine letʼs consider that it is national Sunshine week. nities to cut their energy costs and find more economical enrolling people affected in identity theft protection pro- Ah yes, the sunshine laws— the quest for open and transparent gov- ways of meeting their energy needs. grams and extending the protection for at least a period of ernment on all levels. Sunshine and fresh air surely help to make our This is only one of the many bills that address energy five years. government more responsive. Open and transparent government is issues, but appears to be the most comprehensive and has If you are a member or retiree of either of these sys- essential for democracy. advanced to the Senate Finance Committee. The bill in- tems and have not received notification by the Depart- Does this make us wonder what kind of dark cloud sits over the cludes a broad range of policy tools intended to guide and ment of Administration, you should contact the Division heads of the Nome School Board? They still refuse to tell us why they aid in the effort to reduce energy costs while developing of Retirement & Benefits at 1-800-821-2251. have gone rogue. They refuse to give a reason for their bizarre ac- sustainable energy sources. The Near Term solutions are Permanent Fund Dividends identified as creating a revolving loan program to help The deadline for filing for your PFD is rapidly ap- tions and apparently they are trying to cover their behinds with fanci- st ful budgetary maneuvers. They hide in the shadows and tell us that with energy efficiency upgrades to public buildings, com- proaching. Wednesday March 31 is the last day, but they are shining examples of democracy in action. munity buildings, and schools. It also supports the don’t wait since you might encounter unexpected prob- Well, democracy is on the move. A recall petition has been submit- Weatherization and Home Energy Rebate programs. lems when filing electronically and miss the deadline. ted. The school board will learn a lesson about democracy and the It would link the State’s Heating Assistance Program, If you need to file a paper application, application need for transparency and openness in government. Let the sunshine which supplements the federal Low-income Heating As- booklets are available at the City Hall in all munici- laws bring a new dawn to politicians who want to keep the public in the sistance Program (LIHEAP), to the price of oil to in- palities except Nome. In Nome applications can be dark. — N.L.M.— crease assistance to low-income families when fuel prices obtained at the Legislative Information Office in the are high. It would direct the Alaska Energy Authority to State Office Building. work with interested communities to establish a fuel coop Remember, my office in Juneau is available to an- to facilitate bulk purchases, lowering costs for small com- swer questions or to help with issues related to the munities. state. Please feel free to contact me or my staff if you Illegitimus non carborundum Its mid-term goals would be to provide refundable tax have any questions or need any help. The session num- credit to investors to encourage private sector investment ber is (800) 478-3789. If you are out of the district the in renewable energy sources and to expand the existing number is (907) 465-3789. I can also be reached by home owner loan program to small businesses. 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Millet and Edg- regulations by the federal Environ- can Fields of Kodiak and James Hubbard mon said an energy policy in statute of Seward for consideration by the U.S. Tuesday, March 23 mental Protection Agency just Secretary of Commerce for seats on the would serve as a blueprint for future moved out of the House Resources LOIBC though Mar. 20 Nome Rec Center - See Iditarod Calendar generations of Alaskans. The authors North Pacific Fishery Management Portfolio Review with Edward Jones (see the ad on page 14 for more information) Committee. Under the Clean Air Act, Council. The governor also forwarded *High School Practice Pool 6:30 a.m. - 7:30 a.m. of the energy bill include representa- *Preschool Story Hour Kegoayah Library 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. the EPA is now tasked by law to Sam Cotten of Eagle River and Matt Moir *Lap/Open Swim Pool 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. tives from the Alaska Center for En- issue rules regulating global warm- of Kodiak as alternate nominees. 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By Diana Haecker four largest owners by capital contribution are tural activities, including youth camps and agri- LLC over the second bidder Chena Power Group. A new company named Unaatuq LLC has BSNC, Sitnasuak, NSEDC and Kawerak. culture development […], and other like activ- “The new owners are grateful that Pilgrim is now emerged as the successful bidder and new BSNC’s chief executive officer Gail Schubert ities,” Schubert wrote. She added that BSNC under their stewardship,” Schubert said. owner of Pilgrim Hot Springs. said that plans on what to do with Pilgrim have had an eye on acquiring Pilgrim for almost two But the sale has met with opposition from The 320-acre property north of Nome went not firmed up. In an e-mail correspondence, she decades and to develop Pilgrim Hot Springs be- Nomeites and longtime Pilgrim occupants on the auction block March 5, as the Catholic said that the member owners have not yet met cause of its tourism potential. Louie and Nancy Green. The Greens had filed Diocese of Fairbanks went through the final to determine a course of action. While Schubert When asked whether or not the property will a quiet title action case and had submitted a re- steps of its bankruptcy proceedings tied to a said that the geothermal potential is of interest, remain open to use by regional residents, Schu- quest to stay the sale of Pilgrim. During their slew of clergy sex abuse cases. The sale it would be too expensive to pursue develop- bert said that the member owners have not dis- March 5 hearing—the same day the bankruptcy brought $1.9 million to be paid into the victims’ ment of power generation and transmission at cussed this yet. She added that they recognized court approved Unaatuq as the highest bidder— settlement fund. Closing of the sale is projected this time. Schubert quoted a study that pegged that the hot springs have long been utilized by the Greens’ request was successful in U.S. Dis- to happen before the end of the month. the cost of infrastructure necessary for power residents of the Bering Strait region for spiritual, trict Court, putting a temporary hold on the sale. The newly formed entity Unaatuq—meaning transmission to the Nome Joint Utility System medicinal and cultural purposes. “It’s likely that But the following Monday, District Court “warm water” in Inupiat—is owned by Bering grid at $100 million—and this would not include the owners will want to provide for continued Judge Ralph Beistline lifted his own order and Strait Native Corp., Sitnasuak Native Corp., the cost of the tie-in power line to Nome. usage in some manner,” Schubert wrote. the sale Pilgrim Hot Springs has now gone for- Norton Sound Economic Development Corp., Schubert said, however, that there is poten- According to Schubert, it was a very emotional ward. The Greens have filed an appeal and are Kawerak and the Native village corporations of tial for tourism. “In addition, we’ve broadly moment in the Anchorage courtroom when bank- now awaiting the scheduling order from the White Mountain, Teller and Mary’s Igloo. The discussed using the property for social and cul- ruptcy judge Donald MacDonald picked Unaatuq judge when to present their arguments. School district eyes $11.1 million budget Draft budget would have Nome Public Schools asking for slightly more from city for next year

By Tyler Rhodes The projected count for 2010-2011 teacher, a curriculum coordinator and Library. In addition to discussing the “Would you still consider the two If the numbers hold up in the first is for the same number of students a half-time principal position at the assistant principal at the meeting, the if the makeup of the board was dif- draft of its proposed budget for next that were predicted for the current Anvil City Science Academy charter board plans to give superintendent ferent?” Nickels questioned. Wehde year, the school district will be asking school year. That prediction hit the school. The charter school position Jon Wehde authorization to offer said he would not since, notwith- the City of Nome for $1.8 million. nail on the head with the state fund- would be funded by the state. contracts to potential new-hire teach- standing a contrary board decision, The numbers were revealed as the ing the district for a population of 657 The board plans to discuss the pro- ers he interviews at an upcoming job the board’s action would stand even Nome Board of Education received students. If the October student count posed budget in more detail at its fair in Anchorage. if its membership were to change. its first peek at the district’s proposed falls short of what was predicted, the March 23 work session. A public hear- The assistant principal position, as budget for the next school year at its district is forced to scramble and lean ing on the matter has been slated for well as the lead principal position, Other action March 10 meeting. out the budget to account for the re- an April 6 meeting. More board dis- have been a controversial subject in The board spent a prolonged por- Overall, the proposed request to the duced funding from the state. cussion is slated for the regular April Nome after the board cast a split vote tion of the meeting in an executive city would mark an increase of more Nome Public Schools knows that 13 meeting. Adoption of the budget is Jan. 12 to not renew the contracts of session with legal counsel. Karmun than $124,000 over what the city pro- reality all to well after a dramatic and scheduled for a special meeting April current principal Janeen Sullivan and said the closed-door session was held vided the district for its current year’s unexpected student decline at the 27 following the board’s work session. assistant principal Doug Boyer. The to discuss “a lawsuit threatened budget. By state law, the city will be time of the count in 2008-2009 re- The district plans to present the budget vote fueled outcry and emotional tes- against the district.” The board re- required to contribute more than $1 quired drastic cuts to the budget after to the city April 29 for the Nome timony—both for and against the de- turned to open session after more million next year, an increase of ap- the school year was well under way. Common Council’s consideration of cision—at the two ensuing, packed than an hour of meeting in private. proximately $58,000 over what it was In addition to the predicted stu- the funding request. board meetings. The board has never Nickels quickly excused herself from required to pony up last year. dent count, the proposed budget made vocal their reasons for the the meeting after the session, saying In addition to what the state requires hinges on a few other unknowns. The Assistant principal move to remove the two administra- she felt ill. the city to contribute, the municipal preliminary numbers assume that on the agenda tors who had received favorable re- In other action items at the meet- government has traditionally given teachers’ salaries will increase 1.2 As the school board considers views and a recommendation to be ing, the board gave approval to more than the bare minimum to percent, the final offer the district the proposed budget, they will also retained from the superintendent. Wehde to conduct research in rela- Nome’s schools. Last year the city made before negotiations went into be examining the assistant princi- It appears the issue will likely spill tion to his graduate studies at the gave an additional $725,000. Accord- arbitration earlier this year. The pal position at Nome-Beltz Jun- into the ballot box. Two efforts ap- University of Alaska Anchorage. ing to the draft budget, the district teachers have asked for a 7 percent ior/Senior High. pear to have gathered enough signa- Wehde said the project will examine plans to request nearly $792,000 above increase over two years. In the final moments of the March tures to put all five members up for a how migrant education students pre- and beyond what the state requires the The financial gulf between what 10 meeting, board member Kirsten recall vote in the late spring. fer to learn. “If we can understand city to pitch in for schools, an increase each side is seeking is pretty wide. Timbers asked that the assistant prin- A committee has been interview- better how our students learn from of $67,000 from 2009-2010. Depending on how the 7 percent cipal position be added to the agenda ing candidates for the principal’s po- their own reporting, can we adjust Just as there is a minimum amount would be spread out over the two for a short special meeting to be held sition. No offers for either job at the our curriculum to serve them bet- a local government can contribute to years, the district calculates it would just before its work session March 23. junior/senior high school had been ter?” Wehde rhetorically asked in a district, there is also a maximum. cost anywhere between $292,000 to Giving no more detail than that, it was made as of press time. presenting the project. The total proposed request of $1.8 $558,000 to satisfy the education as- unclear whether certain aspects about At the March 10 meeting, board Wehde announced the district will million is nearly $1.1 million short of sociation’s two-year request. The the position or its possible retention or member Barb Nickels attempted to in- be purchasing eight more of the in- the maximum local contribution the district figured it would cost ap- elimination were to be discussed. troduce the hiring process for the po- teractive “smart” white boards for state allows. proximately $160,000 to implement Board president Gloria Karmun sitions onto the agenda. Nickels, who classrooms. Wehde said the district The lion’s share of the funding for its last, best offer. said she did not know the intent of the has been a staunch defender of Sulli- has received a deal with manufacturer the district each year comes from the The budget also assumes that util- majority of the board in regard to the van and Boyer, failed to get a second Promethean to buy the eight new state, which bases its allocation on ity and fuel costs, as well as electri- position and referred questions about for her motion to discuss the process. boards at a discount of $14,000. The the number of students in a district. If cal rates, will remain unchanged for the motion to Timbers. When asked if Nickels questioned Superintend- district currently has several of the the projected student count of 657 for next year. The proposed budget the intent was to discuss the potential ent Wehde on why the two adminis- boards in classrooms and has 18 2010-2011 pans out, the state would works under the assumption of a 15 elimination of the position, Timbers trators were not being interviewed for teachers who have taken a class in contribute nearly $7.7 million. The percent increase to its health insur- would not elaborate. “The item is for their old jobs even though they had using the technology. The district will state bases its level of funding on the ance premium and 10 percent in- discussion purposes and any determi- reapplied. Wehde replied that even use stimulus funds from the federal number of students in a district. crease to property/liability insurance nation will be made at the meeting,” though the two meet all the qualifica- government to make the $27,000 pur- “Each time we lose or gain a student, and workers compensation insurance. she said in an e-mailed response. tions for the position, the fact that the chase. Not including this purchase, it’s about $9,000,” the district’s busi- The preliminary budget also in- As of press time, the March 23 board had decided to not retain them the district has at least $110,000 re- ness manager Jenny Martens told cludes new staff. 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Photos by Joe Kennedy WHAT A RIDE (left)–Sarah Kennedy enjoys a sled dog ride while Keith Conger mushes.

ALL SMILES–Donovan Cooper, Kayli Kunnuk and Samantha Goodwin all wait their turn on the dog sled.

Five Alaskan biathletes shoot their way to the podium in Canada

By WISA reporters from the northern province of Yamal, the prone position, at a target 1.5 This past week the northern Cana- earned nine gold and two silver inches in diameter. In the junior cat- dian town of Grande Prairie, Alberta, medals (with one disqualification) in egory, athletes shoot half of their 10 was not to be outdone by its neigh- their 12 individual races. Conger and or 20 shots in standing position, at bor to the east—Vancouver, the re- Corsetti, as members of Team targets 4.5 inches in diameter. Hitting cent Olympic site—as it hosted its Alaska’s junior ski biathlon relay a biathlon target after skiing or snow- own international, multi-sport com- team, came close to toppling the shoeing with an elevated heart rate petition, the Arctic Winter Games. Russians, earning silver medals. has been likened to trying to thread a Five Alaskan athletes—four from Conrad was the lone WISA snow- needle while riding a snowmachine. Western Alaska and one from the In- shoe biathlete in the junior category. Occurring every other year, the terior—competed as part of Team He earned a bronze medal in his third Arctic Winter Games is a high pro- Alaska at the eight-day, Olympic- individual race. file, circumpolar sports competition style event in biathlon. The sport Compared to their Anchorage for northern and arctic athletes. The combines either skiing or snowshoe- teammates, who have access to a games celebrate sport, and promote ing with target shooting. world-class, lit-at-night, biathlon social and cultural exchange. Emerson Conger and Miranda venue, rural WISA athletes face great Although it started in 1970 with Murphy, a junior and freshman at challenges in practicing their shoot- just a handful of sports, and only Nome-Beltz High school, respec- ing. The group shot extremely well three contingencies (Yukon, North- tively; Sierra Corsetti, a junior from despite the disadvantages. west Territories and Alaska), nine Unalakleet; Asa Bergamaschi, a The most outstanding shooter of northern “nations” now compete in freshman from White Mountain; and the team was Murphy, who had the 21 different sports. Participation is Cy Conrad, a junior from Tanana, highest shooting percentage of any limited to regions located north of found themselves donning the Team of the field—junior or juvenile, ski the 55th parallel. Currently joining Photo by Edward Todd Alaska uniform and walking among or snowshoe—on the first day of the the three original members are 2,000 athletes in the opening cere- competition. Greenland, Russia, Northern Alberta, PRIDE IN COLORS–Four western Alaska and one Interior biathletes monies of the games. Both biathlon events are struc- Nunavut, Northern Quebec and the qualified for the Team Alaska to compete at the 2010 Arctic Winter The five athletes qualified for tured similarly, the only difference Sámi Nation (northern Scandinavia). Games in Grande Prairie, Alberta. Among the 16 Alaskans were Emer- the games by virtue of their per- being the mode of transport. Athletes While the juveniles did not have son Conger of Nome, junior ski biathlon, top row, fourth from the left; formances at the 2009 state rural ski or snowshoe several times around the chance to race head-to-head Sierra Corsetti of Unalakleet, junior ski biathlon, middle row, second ski and biathlon championships, a course, each time entering a shoot- against the juniors in Alberta, both from the left; Miranda Murphy of Nome, juvenile snowshoe biathlon, which are hosted by the Western ing range where they gather their Bergamaschi and Murphy will be middle row, third from the left; Asa Bergamaschi of White Mountain, Interior Ski/Biathlon Association biathlon-specific 22-caliber rifles. looking to unseat the incumbent high juvenile snowshoe biathlon, far right in the middle row, and Cy Conrad (WISA). Conger and Corsetti were At each shooting session the ath- school rural biathlon champions at from Tanana, junior snowshoe biathlon, far right in the front row. the biathlon winners in their re- lete takes five shots from a distance this year’s Western Interior Rural spective high school divisions last of 50 meters. Juvenile competitors Ski/Biathlon Championships to be spring, while Murphy and Bergam- shoot all of their 10 or 15 rounds in held April 1-4 in Tanana. aschi were the winners in their jun- ior high divisions. Conrad had taken second place in the high school boys division. WISA athletes had one their best, Kawerak, Inc if not the best ever, overall results at the Arctic Winter Games, with no 2010 athlete placing lower that fourth in Bering Strait Regional Conference any individual event. The WISA medal charge was led by the younger members, who competed in the “Making History – Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow” snowshoe biathlon event, each in the juvenile category for athletes ages 10-15. Bergamaschi left the games with one gold and two silver medals in his three individual events. Mur- phy came away with three silver medals in her individual events. The two were members of the gold medal Coordinators: snowshoe biathlon relay team in the juvenile category. Carolyn Kulukhon & Conger and Corsetti were the WISA representatives in ski biathlon and competed in the junior category Carrie J. Koenig for 16- and 17-year-olds. Conger took the bronze medal—missing sil- ver by three seconds—in his second 443-5231 individual race, with only seven in the field of nearly 60 athletes out- shooting him that day. April 20 - 22, 2010 Both junior Alaskan ski biathletes were impressed by the Russian con- tingent, which sent only four mem- bers, all competing in ski biathlon. Nome Recreation Center The Russian biathletes, who hailed 6 THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 2010 Nome-Golovin THE NOME NUGGET

Photos by Tyler Rhodes

FLYING MACHINE (above, left)—Jory Peterson of Golovin gets his Polaris Dragon airborne off the bumps on the sea ice on the way out of Nome during Saturday’s Nome- Golovin Snowmachine Race.

ROUGH RIDE (left)—Robert Richards Jr. of Kotzebue maneuvers his wounded ma- chine out of the finish area of the Nome-Golovin race Saturday. Anyone see a cowling along the trail? Despite the damage, Richards finished fifth in the open class.

TAKING OVER FRONT STREET—Nome-Golovin racers parade down Front Street Saturday before the noon start of the annual snowmachine race just east of Nome on the sea ice. • Nome-Golovin IDITAROD continued from page 1 were posted from the riders in the in the 0-600cc Class. Morgan led the of wrecks,” Morgan said. way for the smaller machines, fol- Three of those wrecks required a lowed by Steven Williamson from Blackhawk helicopter ride for the in- Kotzebue riding an Arctic Cat F6 jured riders. The Alaska State Troop- with a time of 2:23:32. OPEN MIKENIGHT ers and personnel from Nome’s Alaska The race also featured a class re- Army National Guard crew used the served for fan-cooled machines. ) race day to conduct training exercises Jerry Patton of Nome led the way in / ) Music, poetry, storytelling, dance, in relation to search and rescue mis- that race, finishing in 2:48:59 on his sions. The training quickly turned into Polaris IQ Shift. Patton was followed real-life application. Nome’s Colton in by Kotzebue’s Frank Lane on his comedy—the mike is open! West was the first to get a ride after in- Arctic Cat 440 in 2:49:19. juring his knee in an accident near Thursday, March 18 • 7:30 p.m. XYZ Center White Mountain. Louis Warnke-Green 2010 Nome-Golovin was later picked up after complaining Snowmachine Race results $5 cover—or perform! (sign up at the door) of back pain. Ross Outwater received (Name, hometown, snowmachine, time) the third ride after hitting an object No recorded music, please! near Topkok and crashing. Volunteer Overall 10 fastest times: 1) Morgan, Michael, Nome, Polaris, 2:21:32; 2) search and rescue personnel brought Proceeds benefit the 2010 Outwater down to the Topkok mush- Collins, Chris, Kotz, Skidoo, 2:22:33; 3) Williamson, Steven, Kotz, AC, 2:23:32; Nome Midnight Sun Folk Fest ers’ cabin until the Blackhawk arrived 4) Miller, Troy, Nome, AC, 2:25:14; 5) and flew him to Nome for treatment. Johnson, Cliff, Nome, AC, 2:27:26; 6) In the women’s race, Samantha Har- Green, Bryce, Nome, AC, 2:27:40; 7) Hu- 11th ris-Richards said she crashed four bert, Geoff, Nome, Polaris, 2:27:46; 8) Annual times—but it didn’t stop her from win- Reich, Peter Sr, Palmer, AC, 2:28:06; 9) ning. “Now I can buy my wedding Miller, Jarvis, Nome, AC, 2:28:42; 10) dress,” she said after the win. Noting Esparza, Shantah, Nome, Skidoo, 2:28:35. that she has a summer wedding date and A Class (601 – Open): 1) Collins, Chris, a $2,000 dress, Harris-Richards was Iditarod Art Show Kotz, Skidoo, 2:22:33; 2) Hubert, Geoff, happy to grab the win and cash prize. “I Nome, Polaris, 2:27:46; 3) Miller, Jarvis, came with high expectations,” she said. Nome, AC, 2:28:42; 4) West, Jim Jr., Nome, Harris-Richards was racing an AC, 2:29:22; 5) Richards, Robert Jr., Kotz, On the stage at Old St. Joe’s Arctic Cat, finishing in 38 minutes, AC, 2:35:12; 6) Otton, Fred, Nome, AC, 50 seconds. The women’s race runs 2:44:01; 7) Farley, Howard Jr., Nome, Ski- Through Saturday, March 20 • 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. from Nome to Safety and back. Dora doo, 2:50:43; 8) Fleagle, Frank, AC, 2:53:54; Hughes from Teller took second with 9) Tomter, Matt, Nome, AC, 2:54:40; 10) Reception Friday, March 19 6 - 8 p.m. a time of 39:12 on her Polaris IQ 600. Booshu, Orlin Sr., Gambell, AC, 3:53:30. Scratch: Cruise, Amos; Kost, George; Nas- Artists: Please pick up your work by 4 p.m. Saturday Collins was the first racer to cross suk, Chris; Warnke-Green, Louis. the line overall in the 200-mile race, taking the A Class for machines larger B Class (0 – 600): 1) Morgan, Michael, than 600cc. Collins, riding a Ski Doo Nome, Polaris, 2:21:32 (overall winner); 2) XP TNT, easily took the class title with Williamson, Steven, Kotz, AC, 2:23:32; 3) Nome Arts Council a time of 2:22:33, more than five min- Miller, Troy, Nome, AC, 2:25:14; 4) John- utes of second-place Geoff Hubert. son, Cliff, Nome, AC, 2:27:26; 5) Green, Iditarod Week Events Most of the top 10 overall times continued on page 20 THE NOME NUGGET Nome-Golovin THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 2010 7 2010 Nome-Golovin Snowmachine Race

Photos by Tyler Rhodes

CRASH-TESTED (above)—Women’s race winner Samantha Harris-Richards said she crashed four times in her race Saturday. Apparently taking risks paid off for the Kotzebue woman as she won her race by more than 20 seconds.

FROSTY (left)—Nome’s Jimmy West Jr. shows the proof that the course was cold after finishing the 2010 Nome-Golovin. West was the second racer to cross the line and finished fourth in the open class once all the times were tallied.

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Photo by David Head SURROUNDED (above)—Devynn Johnson shoots while swarmed by the entire ACS team as Iris Warnke-Green and Liz Sherman-Luce look on during the Lady Nanooks’ loss Monday at the state tourney in Anchorage.

WORKING IT (right)—Nome’s Mikey Wongittilin drives through Cordova defenders during the Nanooks’ win Monday during the first round of the Class 3A state tournament. Nanooks battle it out at state Photo by Greg Lincoln/Delta Discovery Photo by Greg

As of press time Tuesday night, that was only separated by one point cushion in Tuesday’s game against Girls still battling Hilary Stiles both scored 2. Nome Nome’s boys were slated to play in a couple of times in the final min- Mt. Edgecumbe with a 57-42 win. The Lady Nanooks faltered right was able to go on a run in the third Wednesday night’s state champi- utes. Nome ended the first quarter The boys spread the wealth with out of the gate in the state tourna- quarter to even up the game 30-30, onship Class 3A basketball game with a four-point deficit, but came Leckband scoring 15, Evans and Sul- ment to send them into the consola- but a 14-4 fourth quarter in the at Anchorage’s Sullivan Arena back to outscore the Wolverines 10- livan each putting up 14, Head with a tion bracket. To be fair, they faced a Lions’ favor sealed the deal. against Haines. 2 in the second. Nome was led by baker’s dozen and Wongittilin with 3. steep challenge in that first game The loss sent Nome to play Mon- Nome worked its way to the final state Class 3A player of the year Je- Nome could have potentially against two-time defending state roe Catholic on Tuesday. The Lady game with two hard-fought, low- remy Head’s 18 points, followed by faced Barrow in the championship champions ACS. The Lions beat Nanooks won that match 23-21. Iris scoring wins against Cordova and Christian Leckband who scored 16. game, making for a storybook end Nome 44-34. Warnke-Green scored 8 and grabbed Mt. Edgecumbe. They were to face Tim Sullivan added 14. Mason for a season that had the two teams Nome was led in the loss by De- 11 rebounds. Haines Wednesday evening. Evans put up 5 points and Mikey battling back and forth throughout. vynn Johnson’s 20 points. Liz Sher- Nome was slated to play Glennallen The boys edged Cordova on Wongittilin scored 4. Barrow, however, fell to Haines man-Luce and Richelle Horner each on Wednesday morning to decide the Monday with a 57-52 win in a game The Nanooks had a little more Tuesday evening. added 5, while Renee Lammer and tournament’s fourth-place winner. Kawerak Inc. Child Advocacy Center Did You Know? More than 20% of children are sexually abused before the age of 8 For more information, resources or help contact the Child Advocacy Center at 443-4379 Nenana Ice Classic An Alaskan Tradition 2009 jackpot: $283,723

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KICKIN’ IT (right)—Lance Mackey celebrates as he drives his team across the finish line in the 2010 Iditarod Tuesday at 3 p.m. Caribou antlers Mackey found near Cape Nome adorn the front of his sled like a hood ornament.

GOOD DOG (below)—Mackey praises his lead dog, Maple, at the finish line in Nome. Maple and fel- low lead dog Rev led the team through most of the race.

LAST ONE? (below, right)—Jeff King raises his hands as his team gallops to the finish line for third place Tuesday afternoon. King said this would be his last Iditarod. Photos by Tyler Rhodes Photos by Tyler • Iditarod continued from page 1 keep up. “The most talented dog rac- and pushing it later in the race. “The working his way through the script of to have five victories under his belt. ers in the world are breathing down fastest time rarely wins, but the best the finish line routine in what has be- One of the race’s other four-time think we’ve done the right thing by my neck right now,” Mackey said. team always wins,” he said. “I don’t come a yearly tradition. He accepted winners also showed Tuesday he can the team,” Mackey said as he sat Among those was this year’s Yukon focus my training and breeding pro- his larger-than-life check for $50,000 still compete with the best of them, under the Burled Arch in Nome, Quest champion Hans Gatt, who tried gram around speed.” Mackey said and his new Dodge pickup truck. He even though he said he is no longer soaking up the win. to surge near the end of the race to his team ate well this year, something joked with the crowd, posed for pho- going to race the Iditarod. Another Mackey acknowledged that some- close the gap. It simply wasn’t enough. he stresses while training. tos and said he was looking forward hour and some change after Gatt ar- times gambles pay off and sometimes Gatt was faster on his run from Koyuk With a team that appeared healthy to a drink and some king crab. rived, King roared into the finish line they backfire, but said he didn’t have to Elim and then Elim to White Moun- but ready for a bit of rest, Mackey said Pushed to answer on whether he looking like his team was just going to any doubts as he made his move in tain; but it didn’t matter. Gatt crossed he was a bit embarrassed by how tired would race next year or not, Mackey keep on going and blast out the other Kaltag. “I try not to doubt my deci- the finish line a little more than an hour he let his team get as he drove them said it would be hard to say no. He also side. With his arms raised in the air as sions because the dogs pick up on it,” after Mackey to claim the runner-up to the finish. Perhaps it’s all a matter mused on letting his son, Cain, mush he entered the chute and a smile on his he said. “I try to make decisions that honors. “My plan was to win it,” Gatt of perspective. While his dogs ap- his team next year. “I have a boy who face as he snacked his dogs and spoke don’t affect their performance.” said after stepping off the runners in peared robust this year, they were not just turned 18 who really wants a [fin- with the crowd, King and his dogs Judging by the results, it appears Nome. “I did rest a little more [than barking in their harnesses, ready to isher’s] belt buckle,” he said. “It would looked like they were ready for an- Mackey’s decisions registered just Mackey], I guess that’s why I’m sec- keep pulling like last year’s winners. make me equally as proud to see him other 50 miles of trail. “The run from fine with the team. Mackey wasn’t ond. …When I went through Kaltag, I For a man who had been skimping finish a race as to win a fifth.” While White Mountain was absolutely spec- alone in recognizing his team’s per- knew Lance was going to do it [keep on sleep and rest for more than a Mackey has already situated himself tacular. Good trail, great weather, great formance. A pretty tight pack of tal- going]. But I wasn’t going to do it.” week, Mackey, himself, showed little well in the record books, a fifth win dogs,” he said as the late afternoon sun ented mushers running excellent Mackey said he ran a slow-and- sign of fatigue as he spoke with re- would put him in even more rarified teams of their own simply couldn’t steady pace, starting conservative porters, race officials and fans while air; Rick Swenson is the only musher continued on page 12

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ON ICE (top)—Musher Hans Gatt makes his way toward Elim Monday, close on the heels of Jeff King who was in second place at the time. Like Mackey, Gatt breezed in and out of Elim, passing King who stayed for a little more than an hour and a half.

COFFEE TO GO (above)—Lance Mackey blasts out of Elim after a quick 15-minute stop to feed his dogs, check in and then check right back out Monday after- noon. Focused on his team, Mackey said little as he went about his business. He did, however, accept the coffee being given out, choosing to take his on the road.

A KINGLY VIEW (left)—Jeff King runs his team along the final stretch into Elim checkpoint Monday afternoon. Early in the week, mushers were treated to clear skies and sunshine. Nevertheless, conditions were cold leaving their mark on mushers faces in the form of windburn and frostbite. 12 THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 2010 Iditarod THE NOME NUGGET

Photos by Tyler Rhodes REST TIME (top left)—Lance Mackey’s dog Chucko rests in a straw bed after being dropped in Elim Monday.

A BIG KISS (above)—Jeff King gets some affection from one of his dogs after finishing the 2010 Iditarod in third.

OFF THE ICE (right)—Aliy Zirkle drives her team off the sea ice and into Koyuk Monday. • Iditarod continued from page 9 trail was not indicative of what they was getting fatigued. “We’re gonna Seavey. Admitting he was a bit tired thing I’ve known,” he joked. “I get were able to do the entire race. “They plug in some more rest in the picture of a focus being placed on a father- two chances to do good. As a musher, cast a warm glow on his face. were unable to do that when the trail until the end of the race,” he said. and-son battle among the ranks, the how could I be happier.” Or perhaps it was a weight lifted off was crummy,” King said, noting he As of press time Tuesday evening, elder Seavey nonetheless said he was For a complete recap of this year’s his shoulders that put the four-time encountered enough crummy trail for Seavey was in 10th place, heading for proud of his son, who he described as race, pick up the March 25 edition of champ and Iditarod icon in such a it to make an impact. Nome on the heels of his son, Dallas a close friend. “I taught him every- The Nome Nugget. buoyant mood. “I won’t be riding a Another musher feeling that impact dog sled back [to Nome],” King said was former champ and race veteran as he affirmed that this would be his Mitch Seavey. As he prepared to last Iditarod. If his promise holds bootie his dogs in Koyuk on Monday, true—even with a win being elusive he said the race had taken its toll on his for the past couple of races—it looked dogs’ feet, spurring a condition he said like King was going out on top. He mushers call “chicken foot.” He said beamed as he tended to his dogs, let- ice buildup on the back of the wrists ting them lick his face. At one point he on their front legs caused the hair to be even sprawled out on his back in the pulled out, making their feet suscepti- middle of his team in a playful gesture. ble to frostbite. The problem forced Like Mackey and Gatt, King ac- him to more or less double-bootie knowledged the depth and caliber of nearly all of his team to give them the dog teams at the front of this year’s extra protection. The work ate up pre- race, including his own. “They’re a re- cious time on the trail. “The race is ally cool bunch of dogs,” he said. second, my dogs are first,” he said. Noting that this was his fastest Despite the extra care his dogs re- race ever, King said he could not cut quired, he said they were healthy. his rest as short as Mackey to keep “They’re doing awesome,” he said. up the pace. Mackey’s finish was Even so, the clip set by the fron- also his fastest, yet it was about an trunners was more than his team hour and 15 minutes shy of the could match. “My pace has been record set by Martin Buser in 2002. what I thought I needed to do,” he Despite rocketing down Front said. Midway in the race Seavey was Street to the finish, King said the dis- running near the front. He said his play his team put on while on a firm team was mostly in good health, but

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Photos by Nadja Roessek BUILDING BLOCKS (far left)— Sandra Morgan gets to work building her and Russell Rowe’s snow sculpture Sunday at Anvil City Square. The team earned runner-up honors in the competi- tion for their snowy rendition of the Iditarod’s Burled Arch.

ART THAT WON’T LAST (above)—Third-place Balto and the snow sculpture contest win- ner, Angels of the Sea, sit on dis- play at Anvil City Square after the Nome Arts Council’s snow carv- ing competition.

WARM EARS (immediate left)– Talitha Thompson puts on a set of beaver ear warmers March 15 at her mother’s display table, Cheryl Thompson, at the Crafts Fair at Old St. Joes Hall. Nome Native Arts Center opens in Bering Strait building By Wilma Osborne artists to bring their work to a wider au- nated space in the corporation’s build- The Nome Native Arts Center is dience. The organization aims to pro- ing to the NNAC for one year. featuring work by several local vide support and assistance to artists of Marilyn Koezuna-Irelan serves as artists in its new shop in the Bering the Bering Strait region, advise tribal president of the NNAC. Board mem- Straits Native Corp. building at 110 governments on the protection of cul- bers are Sylvester Ayek, Tim To- Front Street. The shop is located on tural identity from exploitation, and warak, Alice Rogoff, Sue Greenly, the southwest corner of the building promote and sustain dynamic arts and Chris Alowa and Mary Jane adjacent to the parking lot. cultural values. The center is striving Litchard. Iditarod staff members are The artists are Terri Noong- to create a support system to develop George Olanna and Wilma Osborne. wook, Parson Noongwook, Eleanor artists and artwork for effective trade The Bering Strait region is home Gologergan, Jason Iya, Elaine in the global economy. to indigenous people recently who Kingeekuk, Hogarth Kingeekuk, Norton Sound Economic Develop- continue to engage in an economy Josh Menadelook, Regina Wongit- ment Corp. recently granted $10,000 rooted in subsistence cultures and to tilin and Ina Seppilu. to the NNAC for an Iditarod trade ini- produce some of the world’s greatest The NNAC was established as a tiative. Tim Towarak, president, and art. Subsistence remains an indelible nonprofit entity in 2006 by local Na- Gail Schubert, chief executive officer, and viable part of the economy for tive artists to create opportunities for of Bering Straits Native Corp. do- Bering Strait residents.

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By Laurie McNicholas Board of Regents to include ers then shifted their funding hopes views. Heidi Herter, a bright young “The University has also Heidi Herter completed a three- $614,000 in his 2010 budget to per- to the Alaska Senate. person with a recent master’s degree, teamed with Kawerak and local vil- year commitment as Nome’s first manently fund MAP positions in the On March 9 Sen. Lyman Hoff- was chosen to fill the position. Ms. lages to address development im- Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory six communities, so University offi- man (D-Bethel), told Dillingham’s Herter has done well as the MAP pacts and their management,” Lean Program (MAP) agent on March 5 cials have asked the Legislature to KDLG radio listeners that funding agent, and the region has seen the noted. “It appears that a regional wa- and headed to Mexico for a well- fund them. Legislators have re- the MAP positions is doable in the benefit of this scientist apply her ex- tershed council is in its formative earned vacation. Herter’s position ceived scores of letters supporting current legislative session. Hoff- pertise to a variety of issues. process. The MAP agents have was completely funded—salary, ben- the University’s request. man’s District S includes two com- “MAP has worked with various worked with NSEDC and NSSP efits, travel and equipment costs—by In early March speakers from munities with MAP offices in need groups of the fishing industry to im- [Norton Sound Seafood Products] to Norton Sound Economic Develop- several communities asked the of funding—Dillingham and Un- prove opportunities and to facilitate publish scientific findings, conduct ment Corp., noted MAP’s associate House Finance Committee to en- alaska. He is co-chairman of the the educa- outreach on local scientific research director/program leader Paula Cul- dorse fund- tional needs of and arctic research as well as pro- lenberg in an email to The Nome ing for the the fishers and viding expert advice on developing Nugget. six MAP processor,” new commercial fisheries. Most of “It was a grant from NSEDC to offices dur- “The long list of work that has been ac- Lean contin- this work was done by the local the University—we had a clear un- ing a ued. “Classes MAP agent, Herter. The visiting derstanding that Heidi was a MAP statewide complished in the last three years is a in vessel agents that had more depth in a few agent in the MAP system and Heidi teleconfer- safety, cold subjects were supported by the local was supervised by me, as I do with ence. tribute to the industriousness of Herter.” water survival, agent while they visited or wrote all other MAP faculty,” Cullenberg “Twenty- sanitary pro- their findings. wrote. “The UAF Northwest Cam- six people cessing and “The long list of work that has pus provided office space and utili- testified – Charlie Lean economic de- been accomplished in the last three ties and MAP paid for support staff over two cision-making years is a tribute to the industrious- and direction from me.” days from were some of ness of Herter,” Lean added. “She is The Nome MAP office will re- seven the courses of- full of enthusiasm and ideas and has open with a new agent only if the sites—two mayors, three school dis- Senate Finance Committee, which fered. As others saw those offerings, served as a spark plug for many of us Alaska Legislature provides funding trict people…two Alaska Native will take public testimony on the the program offered training in div- in Nome. Heidi would commonly for the position. MAP offices in groups, three tourism industry folks, budget in a statewide teleconference ing and scientific sampling for inter- get an idea and pitch it to whom she Cordova, Dillingham, Petersburg three economic development organ- March 18 from 5-7 p.m. Finance est groups that were not directly could, often developing teams that and Unalaska also are due to run out izations, five Cooperative Extension Committee member Sen. Donald linked to fishing. The University would not have formed nearly as of grant funds this year. “We’ve or university folks, seven fisher- Olson supports funding the MAP po- teamed with NACTEC [the North- quickly. She more than pulls her struggled for years to keep these po- men’s associations [and] three sci- sitions. west Alaska Career and Technical load on any project, and for all these sitions operating on various state, ence centers/museums,” reported Herter’s contributions Education Center] to encourage stu- reasons it has been a pleasure to private and federal grants,” Cullen- Cullengberg. Charlie Lean, NSEDC’s direc- dents to pursue their education in the work with her. With her plans to fur- berg said. The MAP agent position Even so, the House Finance tor of fisheries research and devel- sciences and math program, by of- ther her education/ professional ca- in Kodiak has been unfilled for the Committee rejected Rep. Neal Fos- opment, worked on several projects fering summer camps, directed continued on page 17 past 13 years. ter’s effort to amend the House with Herter in the past three years. classes and mentoring programs. Gov. 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Photo courtesy of Dr. Bob Lawrence HUGS IN HAITI—Degnan Lawrence gets a hug from Gueston Pacius Photo courtesy of Dr. Bob Lawrence of the Haiti Christian Development Project. The funds from ACTION TOYOTA TAXI—Degnan Lawrence (center) with folks from the Haitian Christian Development project and Norton Sound area donors will be put to good use. take a ride to market in Gonaives, Haiti. Nome sends medical relief to Haiti

By Bob Lawrence, MD Haiti was swift, involving multi-na- massive flooding which covered Degnan had a unique experience cell phones.” Last week my son Degnan and I tional organizations, governments, much of the city in mud. The city working in a variety of clinic sta- Degnan and I got to experience a had the privilege of representing our and volunteer personnel from all has now become one of the many tions. He helped distribute glasses, ride to the market in a Haitian tap- region on a medical relief effort to over the world. Now, however, havens throughout the country har- assisted in eye exams, and helped tap, a makeshift old Toyota-truck- the country of Haiti. We carried with these organizations and volunteers boring refugees from the earthquake distribute medications. He spent one turned-taxi in which 15-20 people us the well wishes, money, and gifts are slowly departing, and the hard in Port-au-Prince. day scrubbing dental instruments and cram into the back. Regarding the sent by many people in the Norton work of rebuilding Haiti’s fragile in- Our trip was organized by Dr. assisting the volunteer dentists doing ride Degnan said, “I don’t know Sound region. This article is meant frastructure is falling back into the David Smith, a cardiologist from Lit- open-air procedures in a hot moun- what the driving laws are in Haiti, to provide you with a small taste of hands of people who were already at tle Rock, Arkansas. He is the tain village clinic. When asked if he but they seem to drive randomly on the work we were able to accomplish work in Haiti before the earthquake founder of the Haiti Christian Devel- would go again, Degnan quickly the road and honk a lot. I guess as occurred. Our group provided sup- opment Project, a program designed replied, “Yes, definitely. It was a fun long as you don’t hit anybody, it’s port to one such development organ- to teach Haitian people how to farm, experience, and I got to help make legal.” ization called the Haiti Christian raise animals, render medical care, people’s lives better.” Our medical relief clinics were Development Project. and sustain businesses through After work, Degnan was usually adapted for a variety of settings. We When landing in Port-au-Prince, micro-credit programs. The goal of found playing soccer with his new worked in concrete buildings, mud we could see the city had been re- the program is to provide tangible Haitian friends or teaching them to huts, and tin roofed pavilions. One duced to a patchwork of rubble and support to local citizens so that they throw a Frisbee. He was amazed by of our favorite sites was a clinic set plots of land covered with blue and are not forced to rely on outside in- their strength and energy. “I threw a up under a large mango tree grove. white tents. Those who survived the come but can rely on themselves for Frisbee up in a palm tree on accident The trees’ large canopy provided collapse of their concrete homes and development. and some Haitian boy climbed the shade from the sun, and occasionally, business have been displaced to During the week we participated tree like it was on a playground and a rush of wind during a consultation with your support. these tent cities, which have popped in five makeshift clinics set up in and got the Frisbee.” would cause the tree-ripened fruit to Haiti, the poorest country in our up around Port-au-Prince. Over a around Gonaives. The clinics pro- This was Degnan’s first trip to fall to the ground beside us,. making hemisphere, suffered a devastating million more people have moved vided medical, dental, and eye care Haiti. He has seen pictures from a delicious snack for both providers blow in January when a 7.0 earth- back to the mountainous countryside to more than 2,000 patients. The many of my previous trips and and patients. One time, when a gust quake hit the capital city of Port-au- to live with family or friends. team consisted of 4 medical doctors, watched scenes on the nightly news of wind came, a fresh mango fell into Prince. Over 230,000 people are Our relief team primarily worked 3 dentists, an optometrist, a pharma- for several weeks, but still many the dentists’ sterilizing tub for clean- believed to have perished in the in the city of Gonaives, Haiti, located cist, 3 medical students, a nurse prac- things surprised him. “Haiti is ing tools, causing one of the dentists quake. 1.3 million more people were about 100 miles north of Port-au- titioner, a team of nurses and nursing crowded and loud like I expected,” to joke, “Now we have a sterilized either injured or displaced from their Prince. This coastal dusty city bor- students, and several support staff says Degnan, “but they were more mango.” homes. dered by denuded mountains members including a representative developed than I thought. I thought Each day, the sick would arrive by As with any natural disaster, the suffered its own devastation in 2008 from Nome Public Schools, 12-year- they would all live in huts, but they initial response to the situation in when a series of hurricanes caused old Degnan Lawrence. live in strong looking houses and use continued on page 18 Church Services Directory Team-By-TeamTTeameam-B-By-Ty-Teameam Bible Baptist Church Service Schedule, 443-2144 TTeameam-B-By-Ty-Teameam Sunday School 10 a.m./Worship Hour 11 a.m. Community Baptist Church-SBC 108 West Third, 443-5448 • Pastor Bruce Landry Coverage Small Group Bible Study 10 a.m. CCoverover age. age. Sunday CCoverover age. age. 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Kevin Oozevasuk was arrested for As- BELMONT POINT TRIPLEX reporting and managing the on-going Moderniza- vember. sault in the fourth degree domestic violence and 3-1br units, fully rented - $175,000 tion Programs of BSRHA. • Assistant Manager (Nome) will assist the North- transported to Anvil Mountain Correctional Center BSRHA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Pref- ern NSSP Operations Manager in all capacities of in Nome. DUPLEX NEAR NEW HOSPITAL SITE erence in the selection of qualified candidates will Northern NSSP Operations for crab, halibut, cod 507 E N St - $265,00 be provided to American Indian and/or Alaska Na- and other fisheries products, including but not lim- On March 6, while patrolling in Brevig Mission, tive. ited to: marketing, inventory, reporting, production, AST contacted Kenneth Henry, 26, of Brevig Mis- DUPLEX MIDTOWN – GREAT ROI MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: tender operations, packaging & shipping; quality sion, after he was observed to be under the influ- 205 E 3rd Avenue - $165,000 • High school graduate or equivalent and at least control, plant upkeep and maintenance; supervi- ence of alcohol. Further investigation showed 2 years of post-secondary education in either an sion of crew and continued improvement of North- that Kenneth was on probation not to consume al- *GOTTA SEE THIS GORGEOUS approved apprentice program, a trade school or ern NSSP operations. cohol. Kenneth was arrested, transported and re- HOUSE!* an Associate Degree • Southern Assistant Manager (Unalakleet) will as- manded to AMCC in Nome. NEW LISTING! • Minimum 5 years, cumulative experience in a sist the Southern NSSP Operations Manager in all OCEAN FRONT PROPERTY residential construction related trade of which 2 capacities of Southern NSSP Operations for On March 7, Unalakleet AST learned that an Heated and plumbed shop; de- years must be in a supervisory position salmon, herring and other fisheries products, in- assault had taken place on March 5, in St. tached rental unit Bering Sea Saloon • Demonstrable knowledge of federal and state cluding but not limited to: marketing, inventory, re- Michael. Investigation revealed Cyril Acoman, 24, 1002 Front Street - $350,000 regulatory and funding requirements. porting, production, tender operations, packaging of St. Michael, had assaulted his mother and sis- Former home of Sa- • Demonstrable skills in the preparation and re- & shipping; quality control, plant upkeep and main- ter. Acoman will be summonsed to court on two *LAND* porting of project scopes of work, cost estimating, tenance; supervision of crew and continued im- counts of Assault in the Fourth Degree. Neither Base of Anvil Mountain loon, Restaurant, budgeting and accounting. provement of Southern NSSP operations. victim sustained injuries. • Reading, writing and verbal communication skills All positions are Open Until Filled. Owner financed! Low Down! 2 lots Liquor Store, offices equivalent to a 12 Grade level are a must. NSEDC offers a competitive salary and excellent On March 8, AST arrested Roger Kunayak, 60, for $30,000 • Licensure and/or Certification as a Journeyman benefits package. Please see our website to view of Diomede, for a bench warrant issued for his ar- and apartments in a Building Trade or Engineering Technician the full job description and to download the appli- rest. Roger was contacted and arrested in 443-7368 27,000 sq ft may be utilized in lieu of the minimum education cation at www.nsedc.com or contact Camille Cruz, Diomede, and remanded to AMCC in Nome. requirement. HR Director, (800) 650-2248. Qualified individuals www.NomeSweetHomes.com Cc: The complete position description may be ob- should submit their application and resume to: On March 11, at 9:15 a.m., AST arrested Clark tained from the Bering Straits Regional Housing NSEDC, 420 L Street, Suite 310, Anchorage, AK Davis, 46, of Nome, with an arrest warrant for fail- Authority office 443-5256 or you can go to the 99501 or Fax: (907) 274-2249. ure to satisfy bail conditions. Davis’ original website at www.bsrha.org 3/18 3/11-18 charge is Reckless Driving. Davis was remanded to AMCC with $1,000.00 bail. MUNAQSRI Senior Apartments • “A Caring Place” On March 11, at 3:45 p.m., AST contacted Ronald Kingeekuk, 19, of Savoonga, at a local air- NOW taking applications for one-bedroom Seawall line in Nome. Kingeekuk was found to be in pos- unfurnished apartments, heat included session of two, 750ml bottles of liquor. Kingeekuk was subsequently charged with Importation of Al- “62 years of age or older, handicap/disabled, regardless of age” th 3/8 AMCC for Assault in the 4 Degree Domestic Vio- cohol and Minor in Possession of Alcohol. •Electricity subsidized; major appliances provided Nancy Kiyuklook, 29, was arrested and remanded lence. • to AMCC for Violating Conditions of Release. 3/11 On March 12, AST in Nome received a report Rent based on income for eligible households Edward Anasogak, 21, was arrested and re- James Alvanna, 25, was arrested and booked into from Gambell that an assault had taken place. In- •Rent subsidized by USDA Rural Development manded to AMCC for Assault in the 4th Degree. AMCC for Driving Under the Influence, Driving vestigation showed that Mark Henry, 29, of Gam- Peter Kugzruk, 25, was arrested and remanded to while licensed suspended/revoked, Refusal to bell, committed an assault involving domestic 515 Steadman Street, Nome AMCC on an Arrest Warrant. submit to breathalyzer and Violation of Probation. violence. Mark Henry was arrested, transported 3/9 Maurice Ninham, 70, received a citation for Limi- and remanded to AMCC in Nome. EQUAL Kristen Kulowiyi, 26, was arrested and remanded tation on backing as a result of a Motor Vehicle OPPORTUNITY to AMCC for Drunk on Licensed Premises. Crash Investigation. On March 12, at 2:54 p.m., AST received a re- EMPLOYER Kevin Miller, 56, received a citation for Failure to 3/13 port of a domestic disturbance in White Mountain. Stop at a Stop Sign as a result of a Motor Vehicle Arnold Takak, 45, was arrested and remanded to Investigation shows that an adult female was as- (907) 443-5220 th Crash Investigation. AMCC for 2 counts of Assault in the 4 Degree, saulted and a door was broken. A suspect has PO BOX 1289 • Nome, AK 99762 Fax: (907) 443-5318 3/10 Domestic Violence. been identified. Investigation continues. Helen “Huda” Ivanoff, Manager Hearing Impaired: 1-800-770-8973 John Nattanguk, 37, was arrested and remanded 3/14 to AMCC for Assault in the 4th Degree, Domestic Aholagana Tukshaq, 26, was arrested and re- Violence. manded to AMCC for Violation of Probation. Michelle Kulukhon, 26, was arrested and re- Peter Kugzruk, 34, was served a 20 day Domes- manded to AMCC for Violating Conditions of Re- tic Violence, Protective Order. lease. Andrew Irrigoo, 30, was arrested and remanded A Nome juvenile received a citation for a Minor in to AMCC for Violating Conditions of Probation. Possession of Tobacco. 3/15 Jennie Schield, 29, was arrested and remanded A Nome juvenile received a citation for a Minor to AMCC for Assault in the 4th Degree Domestic Consuming Alcohol. Violence. During this reporting period we had 10 persons FORECLOSURE SALE Patricia Sagoonick, 52, was arrested and re- transported to the hospital for a Title 47, Protec- manded to AMCC for Disorderly Conduct. tive Custody Hold. Charles Taxac, 38, was arrested and remanded to March 30, 2010 at 10 a.m. Legals Property Address: 305 E Tobuk Alley, Nome, AK 99762 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR April 15, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. at Nome Court- REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT THE STATE OF ALASKA house, 113 Front Street PO Box 1110 Nome, Nome-Council MP 62-73.6 Lot 19-B of the replat of lots 16-A, 17-A, 18-A, 46-A and SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT NOME AK. Project RS-0130(29)/60400 47-A, Block 67, Townsite of Nome, according to the 3/18-25-4/1-8 The Alaska Department of Transportation and CASE NO. 2NO-09-00298CI Public Facilities (DOT&PF), in accordance with official plat thereof, filed under Plat No. 82-3 ORDER FOR HEARING, IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE Section 6004(a) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexi- 2 Bdrm 1 Bth/2Bdrm 1 Bth, 2,400 Sq. Ft. PUBLICATION AND POSTING OF ALASKA ble, Efficient Transportation Equity Act (SAFETEA- In the Matter of SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT NOME LU), is proposing improvements to the A Change of Name for: CASE NO: 2NO-10-00060CI Nome-Council Road between Milepost (MP) 62 This property is not available for viewing prior to sale Jason Malcom Takak, ORDER FOR HEARING, PUBLICATION AND and MP 73.6. We request your input on the pro- 2010 APPRAISAL $275,000.00 AS IS Current Name of Adult. POSTING posed project to assist us in evaluating possible Notice of Petition to Change Name In the Matter of a Change of Name for: impacts related to the project, and so we can in- OPENING BID WILL BEGIN AT $212,526.16 A petition has been filed in the Superior Court Melinda Lou Ayac Anowlic, corporate your concerns into project development. Cash or Certified Funds Only (Case #2NO-09-00298CI) requesting a name Current name of Adult. The purpose of the Nome-Council MP 62-73.6 change from (current name) Jason Malcom Notice of Petition to Change Name project is to improve driving safety and reduce Main entrance to the, Nome Courthouse, 113 Front Takak to Jason Malcom Jackson. A hearing on A petition has been filed in the Superior court maintenance requirements by upgrading a section Street, Nome, AK this request will be held on March 18, 2010 at (Case #2NO-10-00060CI) requesting a name of roadway along the Nome-Council Highways, 1:00 pm at Nome Courthouse, 113 Front Street change from (current name) Melinda Lou Ayac from Milepost (MP) 62 through MP 73.6. Properties are sold “as is, where is”, no warranties expressed or implied PO Box 1110 Nome, AK. Anowlic to Melinda Lou Ayac Milligrock. A The project consists of these specific tasks: 2/25-3/4-11-18 hearing on this request will be held on April 16, A. Installation of additional gravel and regrade of For more information contact Wells Fargo Home Mortgage 907-257- 2010 at 1:00 p.m. at Nome Courthouse, 113 the road; 3395, IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE Front Street PO Box 1110 Nome, AK. B. Regrade of existing ditches; servicing agent for AHFC OF ALASKA 3/18-25-4/1-8 SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT NOME continued on page 17 CASE NO: 2NO-10-00044CI ORDER FOR HEARING, PUBLICATION AND POSTING In the Matter of a Change of Name for: Brandon Caden Joseph Noongwook Current name of Minor. Notice of Petition to Change Name A petition has been filed in the Superior Court (Case # 2NO-10-000441CI) requesting a name change from (current name) Brandon Caden Joseph Noongwook to Emanual Alex Rookok. A hearing on this request will be held on March 26, 2010 at 1:00 pm at Nome Courthouse, 113 Front Street PO Box 1110 Nome, AK. 3/4-11-18-25

In The Superior Court at Nome, Alaska In the Matter of the Estate of: Rose Anna Dan-Waghiyi, Deceased Case No. 2NO-090-03 PR Notice to Creditors Notice is hereby given that Freda Dan has been appointed Special Administrator for the estate of Rose Anna Dan Waghiyi. Anyone with a claim against the estate is required to present their claim within four months after the date of the first We thank all of our sponsors and the people who publication of this Notice or the claim will be for- made the 2010 Iron Dog run possible. ever barred. Claims may be submitted to Freda Dan 353 E 23rd Ave. Anchorage, 99503, phone (907) 441-6071, or filed with the Probate Clerk, Wilderness Skidoo, Nome Grocery & Liquor, Quality Auto Superior Court for the Second Judicial District P.O. Box 1110 Nome, AK, 99762-1110 I say thank you to all my sponsors who made it possibile Parts, Morgan Sales & Service, Nome Outfitters, Zugger 3/11-18-25 for me to race in the Nome-Golovin Snowmachine Race. Shocks, Larry Lowery of Wasilla, Chris & Jeff of Fairbanks, IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE Regretfully, I was unable to participate due to mechanical Kraig & Melissa King, Mike & Jessie Campbell, Dan Harrelson, OF ALASKA Middy Johnson, Char Keene, Team #33 Arron Bartel & Jason SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT NOME problems. Thanks to “the Old Man Okleasik,” Bonanza CASE NO: 2NO-10-00059CI Wichman, Tom & Sherri Kriska, The Bahnke Family, Matt ORDER FOR HEARING, PUBLICATION AND Fuel, Q Trucking, Polar Cub/Krier Inc., RJ’s Auto, POSTING Oliver, Matt Spernak, Perry Buress, Roy Walluk Jr., Irvin In the Matter of a Change of Name for: Outsiders, Nome Nugget, Alaska Cab Garage, Nome Itchoak, Brad Reich, Lara Carter, Vince, Ruthann and Irene Jocelyn Grace Mannik Nichols, Current name of Minor. Grocery & Liquor, Car Quest, Team CC, Derreck Kunnuk, Dennis Bahnke, Mimi, Mom & Dad, and anyone we Notice of Petition to Change Name Anderson and Alaska Graphics. A petition has been filed in the Superior court missed and The Nugget Nugget. (Case #2NO-10-00059CI) requesting a name With sincere thanks for your support, Team #36 change from (current name) Jocelyn Grace Man- nik Nichols to Jocelyn Grace Mannik Nichols- Buddy Okleasik Chugie & Harvey Farley Takak. A hearing on this request will be held on THE NOME NUGGET THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 2010 17 • More Legals • Farewell to Heidi Herter

zen participation and outlines how citizens can continued from page 16 participate in the housing and community devel- continued from page 14 such as the impacts of changes in sea ect to collect current and historical opment process. It includes, among other items, C. Replacement of existing culverts that have ice. information on Chinook salmon in notice and hearing requirements, public access to failed; related information, procedures for amending the reer I am sure we will be seeing Fosdick said Herter worked the Bering Sea. D. Clearing of vegetation; Plans and for handling complaints. more of her as the years go on.” E. Construction of a public parking area near the with Kawerak’s social scientist, Julie “In July and August 2007 Kate, Niukluk River; and; Lean served on the selection These proposed Plans will be available for Raymond-Yakoubian and fisheries Heidi and Colleen Odden of Kaw- F. Replacement of riprap and fill at the Fox River public comments from March 12, 2010 to the committee that recommended hiring Bridge and Bear Creek Bridge. researcher Dr. Kate Myers of the continued on page 18 close of business (5:00 p.m.) on April 12, 2010. Herter for the Nome MAP position, Submit comments in writing to Oscar Cedano at University of Washington on a proj- All proposed road work and the public park- AHFC; PO Box 101020, Anchorage, AK, 99510- as did Rose Fosdick, vice president ing area will be completed within the existing 1020; by FAX at 1-907-338-2585; or by e-mail to right-of-way (ROW); no ROW acquisition is of Kawerak’s natural resources divi- [email protected]. View the Plans at planned as part of the project. www.ahfc.us by selecting “Housing and Commu- sion. “I really liked the work Heidi A website has been set up to provide project in- nity Development (HCD) Planning Process,” then formation. The website address is: and Claudia Ihl were doing with clicking on links to the Plans by name. Hardcopies PUBLIC NOTICE http://www.dot.state.ak.us/nreg/projects/eS- may be downloaded or requested by contacting NACTEC students,” Fosdick said. coping_Nome-Council_MP_62-73.6. If you pre- Oscar Cedano at 330-8417; outside of Anchorage fer a paper copy of the project information, please Students who successfully com- at 1-800-478-2432. BERING STRAIT SCHOOL DISTRICT it by writing to: PUBLIC HEARING pleted the field biology course con- Richard Stumpf, P.E. Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Engineering Manager-Aviation Design ducted by Herter and Ihl, a musk ox Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) State of Alaska DOT&PF The Bering Strait School District Board of Edu- Board Room specialist, earned one credit from the 2301 Peger Road 4300 Boniface Parkway, Anchorage UAF Northwest Campus. Fosdick Fairbanks, AK 99709-5316 cation is scheduled to meet on Monday, March Teleconference at: 1-877-873-8018, Access said she hopes the course encour- code 4823559 Your timely response will greatly assist us in our aged some students to pursue scien- 22nd for a Facility Committee Meeting. The Fa- compliance efforts and preparation of the environ- AHFC complies with Title II of the Americans with mental documentation. We request your re- tific careers in natural resources. Unalakleet at 2 Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act cility Meeting will be held in sponse within 30 days of publication of this notice. of 1973. Individuals with disabilities who may need “My husband is a fisherman Please contact Mr. Stumpf with your comments or auxiliary aids or special modifications to partici- p.m. at the School District Board Room.The questions by telephone at (907) 451-2285, via and he and his crew took the train- pate in the public meeting should call Oscar email to [email protected], or by mail at the Cedano at 330-8417. Requests for the March 31, ing in survival gear and fighting address above. To correspond by text telephone public is invited to attend. Tentative agenda 2010 hearing should be made no later than March (TDD), please contact (907) 451-2363. fires,” Fosdick said. The marine 24, 2010. 3/18 items include, but are not limited to: 3/18 safety education program Herter de- NOTICE OF SALE PROPOSED 5-YEAR HOUSING AND veloped included survival training Yukon Title Company, Inc., the present trustee COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (HCD) PLAN under a deed of trust, gives notice that the prop- courses for commercial fishermen PROPOSED ANNUAL ACTION PLAN (AAP) ACTION ITEMS: erty described below will be sold for cash at pub- PROPOSED CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN and workshops in surviving cold lic auction at the main front door of the Superior ***NOTICE OF PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD*** Court, 113 Front St., Nome, Alaska 99762 on May water emergencies for high school FY12 6-Year CIP Priority List ***NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING*** 6, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. The property to be sold is students. described as follows: Lot 4-D, of WILLOW RIDGE The public is encouraged to participate in the “Just having Heidi and Claudia Housing leases SUBDIVISION, according to the plat filed April 6, development of the State of Alaska (except An- 2001 as Plat Number 2001-5; Records of the work together to bring us the Inter- chorage) 5-Year HCD Plan for SFY 2011 – 2015, FY10-11 Maintenance Service Plan Nome Recording District, Second Judicial District, AAP for SFY 2011, and Citizen Participation national Polar Year Speaker Series State of Alaska. Street address: 503 Fireweed Plan. Way, Nome, Alaska 99762. The property is being was really great,” Fosdick added. In FY11 Fuel Bids foreclosed pursuant to a deed of trust the trustor of These Plans are required to receive federal funds a two-year period, some 1,400 resi- PREPORT ITEMS which is Kathleen D. Ezukameow and the benefi- for the Community Development Block Grant ciary of which is United States of America, acting dents of the Bering Strait region (CDBG), the Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) and through the Rural Housing Service or successor the HOME Investment Partnership Programs. heard 17 speakers in science, the arts Capital Projects Update agency, United States Department of Agriculture. Said deed of trust was recorded September 17, and history discuss current issues PUBLIC COMMENTS The 5-Year HCD Plan includes general principles 2004 as Instrument No. 2004-001115-0 of the and priorities for use of these funds; description of Records of the Nome Recording District. The the lead entity responsible for the Plan; citizen par- amount owing to the beneficiary and secured by ticipation/consultation with a summary of public the deed of trust is two hundred three thousand comments; housing needs assessment for the nine hundred thirty-three and 69/100ths dollars homeless, specific income groups, special needs ($203,933.69) as of December 28, 2009 plus in- groups, and lead-based paint hazards; housing terest of $29.74 daily from and after December market analysis including homeless facilities, 28, 2009, plus expenses incurred in foreclosure special needs facilities and services, and barriers and in protecting the property. In this notice cash PUBLIC NOTICE - BERING STRAIT SCHOOL DISTRICT to affordable housing. It also provides a 5-year means currency of the United States, United strategy for meeting the identified needs, ad- States Post Office Money Orders, or a certified or dressing barriers to affordable housing and lead- cashiers check from a bank having a branch in the based paint hazards; non-housing community Nome Recording District. Contact the beneficiary development plan; anti-poverty strategy; analysis The Bering Strait School District Board of Education is scheduled to meet Rural Development at 800 Evergreen Avenue, of institutional structure and its coordination; pub- Ste. 201, Palmer, AK 99645 attn: Nancy Hayes for lic housing resident initiatives; and low-income on Tuesday, March 23rd for a Personnel Committee Meeting. The Person- information regarding status of this foreclosure. housing tax credit use. 3/18-25; 4/1-8 nel Meeting will be held in Unalakleet at 1 p.m. at the School District The SFY2011 Annual Action Plan is the first an- nual implementation plan of the new 5-Year HCD Board Room.The public is invited to attend. Tentative agenda items in- Plan. The AAP specifically details how CDBG, ESG and HOME annual funding allocations will clude, but are not limited to: be used to carry out the strategy of the HCD Plan. It includes information on state programs that enhance these HUD programs. ACTION ITEMS: The Citizen Participation Plan encourages citi- FY 11 Classified Staffing Proposals FY 11 Certified Staffing Proposals PUBLIC COMMENTS The Bering Strait School District Board of Edu- cation is scheduled to meet on Tuesday, March 23rd for a Fiscal Committee Meeting. The Fiscal Meeting will be held in Unalakleet at 2:30 p.m. at the School District Board Room.The public REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT is invited to attend. Tentative agenda items in- Nome-Council MP 62-73.6 clude, but are not limited to: Project RS-0130(29)/60400 ACTION ITEMS: The Alaska Department of Transporta- FY 10 Revised Budget tion and Public Facilities (DOT&PF), in All proposed road work and the public accordance with Section 6004(a) of the parking area will be completed within FY 11 Proposed Budget Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient the existing right of way (ROW); no Transportation Equity Act (SAFETEA- ROW acquisition is planned as part of PUBLIC COMMENTS LU), is proposing improvements to the the project. Nome-Council Road between Milepost (MP) 62 and MP 73.6. We request your A website has been set up to provide PUBLIC NOTICE input on the proposed project to assist project information. The website ad- us in evaluating possible impacts re- dress is: BERING STRAIT SCHOOL DISTRICT lated to the project, and so we can in- http://www.dot.state.ak.us/nreg/projects/eS- corporate your concerns into project coping_Nome-Council_MP_62-73.6. If you Board of Education Fiscal Committee development. prefer a paper copy of the project infor- mation, please request it by writing to: The purpose of the Nome-Council MP 62-73.6 project is to improve driving Richard Stumpf, P.E. Public Notice safety and reduce maintenance require- Engineering Manager-Aviation De- ments by upgrading a section of road- sign way along the Nome-Council Highway, State of AK DOT&PF from Milepost (MP) 62 through MP 73.6. 2301 Peger Road MOONLIGHT WELLS PERMIT Fairbanks, AK 99709-5316 The project consists of these specific The City of Nome has received an application tasks: Your timely response will greatly assist for a permit for a placer mine in the moonlight a) Installation of additional gravel and us in our compliance efforts and prepa- regrade of the road; ration of the environmental documenta- wells protection area by Nome AK Gold Con- b) Regrade of existing ditches; tion. We request your response within centrates, LLC Robert Sanders c) Replacement of existing culverts that 30 days of publication of this notice. have failed; Please contact Mr. Stumpf with your Comments on the draft permit will be accepted d) Clearing of vegetation; comments or questions by telephone at by the City Engineer until 5 p.m. on March e) Construction of a public parking area (907) 451 2285, via email to 26th, 2010. near the Niukluk River, and; [email protected], or by mail at the f) Replacement of riprap and fill at the address above. To correspond by text Copy of the draft permits is available at Nome Fox River Bridge and Bear Creek telephone (TDD), please contact (907) City Hall. Bridge. 451-2363. 3/11-18 18 THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 2010 THE NOME NUGGET • Medical aid to Haiti continued from page 15 refugees with training, education, what they learn to make Haiti a bet- on a future trip, Degnan said, “I part, we were proud to show up on and micro-loans to support the re- ter place. would bring them soccer balls, be- behalf of the good people of the Nor- the hundreds before dawn to wait for In addition to the medical clinics, cause that’s what they play, soccer.” ton Sound region. Our region has hours in the hot sun for their turn to building of Haiti by Haitians. Pacius likes to say, “Our vision is to our group installed new water filtra- In the end, what we take is not the many gifts and it is an honor to share see a medical provider, dentist, or an tion systems, made improvements to most important part of this type of these gifts with friends who are eye doctor. help the people, to help the poor, not to have more, but to be more.” the HCDP educational farm, distrib- trip. As one doctor put it, “People in struggling in far away places. Like most endeavors in under-de- uted tents, and initiated a reforesta- Haiti don’t care so much what you veloped nations, medical care in Pacius, whose daughter suffered a broken arm in the earthquake, gets tion program in the Gonaives region. bring, they appreciate that you cared Haiti requires a combination of crit- When asked what he would bring enough just to show up.” For our ical thinking and creativity. On more up at four each morning to ensure the than one occasion our team was group at his small compound are fed forced to think through how to take and the students are ready for school care of very sick patients with life at seven. Since the earthquake, • Farewell to Heidi Herter threatening infections having access Pacius and his family have slept in a to only a limited number of medica- walled tent, reserving their small interpreting data and providing train- support network for environmental tions. We had no intravenous fluids 400-square-foot home for up to 60 continued from page 17 ing in water quality sampling and re- projects and that they intend to take but relied on oral rehydration fluids refugees, who sleep in shifts and lated support. further action on water quality mon- to resuscitate patients with dehydra- share what food they have. Fifteen erak participated in Hokkaido Uni- “White Mountain has two years itoring in their communities. Herter tion. of these refugees are students from versity’s International Polar Year re- of excellent water quality data,” stressed the importance of forming It is hard to describe, much less Port-au-Prince whose school was de- search survey aboard the RV Oshoro Herter said. “The Environmental partnerships in all of her program- know how to address, the desperate stroyed by the earthquake. Maru,” Fosdick recalled. “Each Protection Agency funded the vil- ming efforts. “If I can’t find a good needs in Haiti. The Haitians have a Nome students from the organiza- spent about one week on different lage’s water quality program and partner, it probably wasn’t a good saying, “beyond mountains, there are tion called ACTION, a service group legs of the trip. In August Kawerak Eric Morris provided training. Eric’s idea,” she said. mountains,” meaning that beyond of the Anvil City Science Academy, and the University of Washington data set is the best I have seen—no Born and raised in Anchorage, this tragedy there is another. The along with other donors from the collaborated with Hokkaido Univer- data gaps.” Herter said she was in- Herter earned a bachelor of science history of Haiti bears this out. Earth- Norton Sound region raised over sity faculty to organize and sponsor a vited to Elim, where a trainer showed degree in biology from the Univer- quakes, floods, dictatorships, and the $1,000 to support fellow students in one day public symposium on their tribal council members how to do sity of Puget Sound and a master of more recent fragile democracies of Haiti. This money was used to pay research projects in Nome. water quality monitoring in the science degree in fisheries from the Haiti have kept this country of 9.7 the tuition for students whose educa- “I hope we get that [MAP posi- Tubutuluk River. UAF, Juneau Center. She has ap- million in desperate poverty. Despite tion was disrupted when their school tion] back,” Fosdick added. “We “The Elim monitoring project is plied for a summer job with the U.S. nearly a century of foreign aid, the was destroyed by the earthquake. need it.” funded with a Bureau of Indian Af- Geological Survey to do shellfish re- majority of people still only make Without these funds, students would fairs grant,” she noted. “Most other search at Auke Bay near Juneau. around one dollar per day. not have been able to complete the Water quality monitoring tribes get grants from the EPA.” She “This job has been a big com- But Haiti’s case is not hopeless. school year. There is no public ed- During a brief interview shortly said several villages in the region mitment, and I need six months at There are amazing people in Haiti ucation as we know it in Haiti. Fam- before she left Nome, Herter said her conduct water quality monitoring least to reconnect with friends and working to improve the lives of their ilies must work hard to raise enough marine safety education program and projects. family,” she said. Eventually she citizens. One such person is Gueston money to provide their children with water quality monitoring work are Last month Herter helped or- plans to start a doctoral program in Pacius, an Auburn University-trained an education. Pacius was grateful for among her most significant efforts as ganize a waste and water workshop fisheries in Alaska or Oregon, she Haitian gentleman who now serves the gift and said, “tell the people in a MAP agent. She said it would take in Nome that drew about three dozen added. as the director of development for Nome that your gift will allow many 50 percent of a MAP agent’s time to participants. Most of them said the HCDP in Haiti. According to Mr. students to finish school this year.” help build a cohesive watershed al- workshop had strengthened their Pacius, HCDP plans to provide the Perhaps these very students will liance in the region by compiling and be the ones who, like Pacius, will use • More Letters

may be discussed, or after the session plan to restructure the administra- certain recent actions seem com- The public is welcome and en- continued from page 2 (prior to the work session) when any tion, adding and relocating several pletely unprecedented and contrary couraged to attend! tion? I have not yet received a re- voting will already be concluded and positions for greater efficiency? All to the procedures I have become fa- sponse from Board Chair Gloria Kar- binding. Hmmm, seems like another of these positions, including the AP miliar with. These include separat- Sincerely, mun, but neither Kirsten Timbers, “just trust us, we’ll do the right are in the current draft budget. The ing out specific administrative Sylvia Matson who asked that it be added to the spe- thing” to me. I’m feeling very unin- board did not question or discuss contracts for non-retention, execu- Involved parent and community cial agenda just following the most formed and you have not earned my them during the budget presentation tive sessions which seem to involve member recent closed door meeting, nor Al- trust so far this year! with the exception of Barb Nichels personnel who have not been called Nome, AK bert McComas can say, citing the Can this pending development asking whether they were all in- in to hear what is being said about confidentiality of discussion during possibly be good for our kids? Why cluded. How will a change to the AP them, and now an unexplained rush executive session. What about open the big rush? Why does this need to position affect the school climate at action item involving the Assistant discussion and public comment? I be an action item to be voted on in a Beltz this fall when my son enters Principal position. Do you have am told the public should come to the special session that can’t wait for the 9th grade, especially if there is a new questions? meeting to hear the discussion and next regularly scheduled meeting? principal? Remember: they will be informed. Anyone can How does this relate to a “threaten- I don’t like feeling distrustful of Nome Board of Education Work attend the meeting and address the ing lawsuit against the school dis- our elected officials but I have been Session, preceded by a Special Ses- Board prior to the special session, at trict”? How does this work with the regularly attending school board sionn Tuesday March 23 at 5:30 p.m. which point it is still unclear what superintendent’s recently unveiled meetings for the past nine years and in the Elementary Library Court

charge: $75 with $0 suspended; $75 due 10 days from date of judgment (3/5/10); proof of assessment within 45 days, comply with recommendations for treatment Week ending 3/12 Jail Surcharge: $150 (if probation), $100 suspended; $50 due payable to Collections including up to 45 days residential treatment; show proof of complying with rec- Civil Unit, AGs Office, Anchorage; Cost of Imprisonment: $330 (1st offense), $0 sus- ommendations within 60 days; Must pay suspended $100 jail surcharge to the AGs Noyakuk, Leah vs. Kugzruk, Peter; DV: ExParte Only pended; Full amount due payable to Collections Unit, AGs Office, Anchorage; Com- Office, Anchorage; All other terms and conditions of probation in the original judg- In the Matter of: Nichols, Jocelyn Grace Mannik New Name: Nichols-Takak, Jocelyn plete Substance Abuse Treatment Assessment: Contact local ASAP, other: NSBHS ment remain in effect. Grace Mannik; Change of Name of Minor within 30 days; complete screening, evaluation and recommended program; File State of Alaska v. Kenneth Henry (4/26/83); Order to Modify or Revoke Probation; In the Matter of: Anowlic, Melinda Lou Ayac New Name: Milligrock, Melinda Lou Ayac; proof by 9/1/10 that you received an assessment; Driver’s license revoked for 90 Criminal Mischief 4º; Date of original offense: 3/29/08; Violated conditions of pro- Change of Name of Adult days; Concurrent with DMV action; After regain privilege to drive or obtain a lim- bation by consuming alcohol, as set forth in the Petition to Modify or Revoke Pro- Noyakuk, Leah vs. Kugzruk, Peter; Petition for Custody - Superior Court ited license, use ignition interlock device (IID) as directed in the IID Information bation filed on 3/7/10; Suspended jail term revoked and imposed: 20 days, In the Matter of: Kugzruk, Shirley Mayougealuk New Name: Noyakuk, Shirley Darlene; Sheet (CR-483) for 12 months during probation period; Probation until 3/5/11; Obey remanded into custody; All other terms and conditions of probation in the original Change of Name of Minor all direct court orders listed above by the deadlines stated; Commit no jailable of- judgment remain in effect. Small Claims fenses; Do not possess or consume alcohol for a period ending 1 year from date of State of Alaska v. John Toolie (5/4/89); Dismissal by Court, Count 2 Only; Count 002: No current claims on file judgment; Other: Not be where alcohol is present, sold or served; Subject to war- Violating Conditions of Release; Minute Order; On this date (2/21/10) in open court rantless breath testing at request of any peace officer, warrantless search of resi- this case was dismissed without prejudice by the Court for failure of the complaint Criminal Cases dence for alcohol and warrantless arrest for violation of conditions. to show probable cause that the defendant committed the crime reference above; State of Alaska v. Tyler Jack (5/9/88); Disorderly Conduct; Date of offense: 2/26/10; State of Alaska v. Harris Topkok (8/20/89); Count 3: Contributing to Delinquency of Accordingly, it is ordered that as to said charge(s) defendant be released from cus- Any appearance or performance bond is exonerated; 10 days, 9 days suspended; Minor; Date of offense: 10/23/09; Counts (Charges) Dismissed by State: counts 1, tody, any bond executed on behalf of the defendant be exonerated, and any cash Unsuspended 1 day shall be served with defendant remanded to AMCC; Jail Sur- 2, 4, 5 (001, 002, 004, 005); Any appearance or performance bond is exonerated; or other security posted as bail be refunded to the depositor. charge: $150 with $100 suspended; Shall pay $50 within 10 days to: AGs Collec- 90 days, 80 days suspended; Unsuspended 10 days shall be served with defendant State of Alaska v. William Soonagrook, Jr. (12/27/62); Notice of Dismissal; Charge 001: tions Unit, Anchorage; Police Training Surcharge: $50 due shall be paid through reporting to AMCC by 5/1/10; Jail Surcharge: $150 with $100 suspended; Shall pay Assault 4, DV; Charge 002: Violation of Condition of Release; Filed by the DAs Of- this court within 10 days; Probation for 6 months (date of judgment: 2/27/10); $50 within 10 days to: AGs Collections Unit, Anchorage; Police Training Surcharge: fice 3/9/10. Shall comply with all court orders by the deadlines stated; Shall commit no viola- $50 due shall be paid through this court within 10 days; Probation until 3/5/11; State of Alaska v. Jason Iya (1/16/83); Assault 4º; Date of offense: 12/23/09; Binding tions of law. Shall comply with all court orders by the deadlines stated; Shall commit no viola- Plea Agreement; Any appearance or performance bond is exonerated; 120 days, 90 State of Alaska v. Edward Kayoukluk (7/25/85); Judgment and Commitment; Defendant tions of law; Shall not possess or consume alcohol; Subject to warrantless breath days suspended; Unsuspended 30 days shall be served with defendant reporting to has been convicted upon his admission to the PTRP filed on 12/9/09 of: Misconduct testing at request of any peace officer for alcohol; Person and baggage subject to AMCC by 4/30/10; Jail Surcharge: $150 with $100 suspended; Shall pay $50 within Involving Controlled Substance 4º; Defendant came before court on (sentencing warrantless search en route to local option community by any means; Subject to 10 days to: AGs Collections Unit, Anchorage; Police Training Surcharge: $50 due date) 1/28/10 with counsel, Erica Kahill, and the DA present; 10 months flat time; warrantless arrest for any violation of these conditions of probation. shall be paid through this court within 10 days; Restitution: Shall pay restitution as Police Training Surcharge: pay to the court within 10 days: $100; Jail Surcharge: pay State of Alaska v. Vincent Kavairlook (7/7/76); Order to Modify or Revoke Probation; stated in the Restitution Judgment and shall apply for an Alaska Permanent Fund a correctional facility surcharge of $100 per case to the Department of Law Collec- ATN: 110704365; Violated conditions of probation; Suspended jail term revoked Dividend, if eligible, each year until restitution is paid in full; Amount to be deter- tions Unit, Anchorage; Any appearance or performance bond in this case: is exon- and imposed: 3 days, remanded into custody; Must pay suspended $100 jail sur- mined; Probation until 3/11/11; Shall comply with all court orders by the deadlines erated. charge to the AGs Office, Anchorage; All other terms and conditions of probation stated; Subject to warrantless arrest for any violation of these conditions of proba- State of Alaska v. John Luke Pete (5/23/81); Count 002: DUI; Date of offense: 1/27/10; in the original judgment remain in effect. tion; Shall commit no violations of law; Shall not possess or consume alcohol. Counts Charges Dismissed: count 1 (001); Plea Agreement; 60 days, 57 days sus- State of Alaska v. Dawny L. James (7/19/87); Order to Modify or Revoke Probation; pended; Report immediately to serve 72 hours, credit time served; Fine: $1,500 ATN: 110823597; Violated conditions of probation; Conditions of probation modi- with $0 suspended; $1,500 due 11/1/10; Pay to Clerk of court; Police Training Sur- fied as follows: Compete re-assessment for Alcohol Treatment within 30 days; Show

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Photo by Tyler Rhodes OUTTA HERE—2010 Nome-Golovin winner Mike Morgan races out of Nome on his Polaris 600 Rush Saturday. On a day when many riders were • Race bucked from their machines, Morgan was able to hold on, ride clean and come home with a win. continued from page 6

Bryce, Nome, AC, 2:27:40; 6) Reich, Peter Sr, Palmer, AC, 2:28:06; 7) Esparza, Shan- tah, Nome, Skidoo, 2:28:35; 8) Madden, Reese, Nome, Polaris, 2:29:34; 9) Greene, Jade, Nome, AC, 2:30:13; 10) West, Jason, Nome, Polaris, 2:32:00; 11) West, Tre, Nome, AC, 2:36:55; 12) Nassuk, Adrian, Koyuk, Polaris, 2:39:50; 13) Nassuk, Je- remy, Nome, Skidoo, 2:40:56; 14) Martin, Derek, Kotz, AC, 2:42:13; 15) Lie, Harold, Kotz, AC, 2:45:33; 16) Millett, Chester, UNK, AC, 3:05:36; 17) Knowlton, Kevin, Nome, Skidoo, 3:13:41; 18) Nassuk, Roger Jr., Koyuk, Polaris, 3:33:54. Scratch: Jessup, Allen Jr.; Schaeffer, Stephen; Hingsbergen, Robert; West, Colton; Okleasik, Buddy; Nanouk, Gary; Iyatunguk, Cameron; Muk- toyuk, Kirk; Bahnke, John III; Hughes, Ger- ald; Fullwood, Joe; Fagundes, Joseph; Luce, Robin; Nassuk, Eric; Peterson, Jory; Apatiki, George; Oliver, Mike; Outwater, Ross. After an endless race, how do you honor

C Class (Fan-cooled): 1) Patton, Jerry, Nome, Polaris, 2:48:59; 2) Lane, Frank, the musher who went even further? Kotz, AC, 2:49:19; 3) Carter, Wally, Kotz, AC, 2:50:24; 4) Jones, Winter, Kotz, AC, 2:51:01; 5) Schaeffer, Quinn, Anch, Polaris, 2:53:10; 6) Stalehi, Lee, Kiana, Polaris, 2:53:10; 7) Williams, De- Shawn, Nome, Skidoo, 3:00:06; 8) Gray, William, WMO, Polaris, 3:03:30.

Women’s Class: 1) Harris-Richards, Samantha, Kotz, AC, 38:50; 2) Hughes, Dora, Teller, Polaris, 39:12; 3) Outwater, Cynthia, Nome, Skidoo, 43:46; 4) O’Con- nor, Katie, Nome, Polaris, 44:29; 5) Katon- gan, Aggie, Nome, Polaris, 45:28; 6) Buchholz, Beatrice, Nome, Skidoo, 46:56; 7) Anasogak, Agnes, Koyuk, Polaris, 51:23. Scratch: Saccheus, Marlene. Man injured after being thrown from snowmachine Shortly after 7:30 p.m. March 12, the Nome Police and Volunteer Am- bulance departments were called to the scene of a traffic accident involving a snowmachine and a parked truck. It was reported that Thomas F. Lee, 59, lost control of the snowmachine he was driving. The machine careened Alaska Airlines is the proud sponsor of happy and healthy dogs. easterly out of control down W. First Ave., spinning around 180 degrees. It takes someone special to safely lead their team over 1150 miles through snow-covered vistas, frozen While traveling backward with Lee on board, it struck a parked truck in the lakes and wind-swept tundras. That’s why for over 30 years, Alaska Airlines has proudly sponsored 200 block of W. First Ave. The ma- chine continued to spin and traveled the Leonhard Seppala Humanitarian Award. Judged by race veterinarians, it’s awarded to the musher easterly until it ultimately threw Lee from the machine and onto the road- who takes the best care of their dogs. Because in this race, the only thing that can take you further way before the machine stopped. Lee was not wearing a helmet at than sheer strength is a little compassion. the time of the accident and appeared to have suffered head injuries. He was transported to Norton Sound Hospi- tal for treatment of his injuries. Investigation in on going. Per- alaskaair.com sons with information about this ac- cident are urged to share their information with the Nome Police Department at 443-5262.