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NSHC/Kawerak Joint Boards Discuss Regional Concerns Photo by Diana Haecker SKIJOR— Nome’s Keith Conger and his daughter Mallory enjoyed a sunny but windy afternoon skijoring with their dogs around the Gold Hill loop on Friday, March 4. C VOLUME CXIV NO. 15 April 10, 2014 NSHC/Kawerak joint boards discuss regional concerns By Diana Haecker NSHC nance, cooks, laboratory assistants Nome to Anchorage, your providers possible but we keep it as safe as Last week, the joint boards of CEO of the Norton Sound Health and licensed practical nurses. can access your health care informa- possible.” Kawerak Inc. and Norton Sound Corporation Angie Gorn reported Gorn reported that last month tion,” said Gorn. The software alerts Gorn updated the boards on an Health Corporation held a two-day that NSHC has 522 full-time or part- NSHC transitioned to electronic providers when it’s time for preven- ongoing concern among Saint meeting at the Mini Convention time employees, with 44 current va- health records. In order to make in- tative visits or follow-up visits. Lawrence Island residents about Center in Nome to update board cancies. tegration with other health care Asked if the information is kept safe high cancer rates. After the Agency members on pressing matters con- In order to train a local workforce, providers such as Alaska Native from identity theft, Chris Bolton, for Toxic Substances and Disease cerning the Bering Strait and Norton NSHC is looking into establishing an Medical Center easier, NSHC chose NSHC Chief Operating Officer an- Registry contacted the Alaska Can- Sound region and on the corpora- apprenticeship program. Positions Cerner software to be compatible swered that the data has to be en- cer Registry, the registry initiated a tions’ efforts to promote health and that would qualify for such a pro- with ANMC. crypted before it’s being sent. “It is cancer study in Saint Lawrence Is- wellness. gram include jobs in billing/coding, “Your health care visits will now protected by federal laws and stan- continued on page 7 certified nurse assistants, mainte- be integrated so that from village to dards,” Bolton said. “Breeches are Council cool to limit drivers’ cell phone use By Sandra L. Medearis the next council meeting. People who care about danger State law forbids text messaging coming down the street on four during driving, according to Papa- wheels are noticing the pauses, the sodora. erratic steering, the telltale glow “The state statute says you can’t lighting the faces of drivers texting view any screen device while driv- while operating their vehicles with ing,” he said. cell phones in hand. He favors a local law curtailing Derrick Leedy is one of them. hands-on phone use. Nome Police Chief John Papa- “We haven’t had any incidents sodora agreed with Leedy. purely related to cell phone use,” Pa- But Nome Common Council pasodora said. “It would be a proac- members did not push for the meas- tive move to send a definite safety ure. Or maybe that panel wanted message to the community.” public input before they draft a law Councilman Stan Andersen, pre- against using mobile phones in the siding over the Council meeting in driver’s seat. Mayor Denise Michels’ absence, put “Sooner or later serious injury or the quash on having a law re- death will happen because of a dri- searched and drafted. ver’s cell phone and texting use,” “I’m not in favor,” he said. “We Leedy told the Council during public have enough laws out there telling us comment March 24. “Distracted what to do already.” driving is a huge issue in “accidents” Nobody around the Council table Photo by Diana Haecker that are 100 percent preventable.” disagreed with him. PERPETUATING THE TRADITION— Kawerak Inc. board memberLarry Kava of Savoonga drummed and Leedy asked the Council to dis- Preston Rookok, NSHC board member, joined him singing at the end of a two-day joint Kawerak Inc. and Nor- cuss the cell phone issue and ask Pa- continued on page 4 ton Sound Health Corporation board meeting last Friday, March 4. pasodora to bring his suggestions to Deep-draft Arctic Port study release delayed to end of year By Diana Haecker of this year. formation, and more detail on the fu- The Army Corps of Engineers The Alaska Dept. of Transporta- ture conditions. We are working with last week announced yet another tion and Public Facilities and the the Corps’ Deep-Draft Navigation delay to present a draft of the Alaska Army Corps of Engineers are co- Planning Center of Expertise to com- Deep Draft Arctic Ports Study. sponsoring the three-year Alaska plete the evaluation with additional Lorraine Cordova, the project’s Deep Draft Arctic Ports Study to detail. This is the primary reason for Economics Team Leader with the evaluate potential deepwater port lo- the added time to get to a draft re- Army Corps of Engineers, said in an cations. port.” email that the Corps anticipates the Nome and Port Clarence rose to The study was spurred by in- release of the draft report by the end the top of a short list for potential creased vessel traffic in the Arctic port development. A draft of the and through the Bering Strait, which study was supposed to be released in gave reason for concern for the State On the Web: December, then it was postponed for of Alaska and federal agencies. this spring and now the Corps an- Since there is no deep draft port www.nomenugget.net nounced yet another delay in pre- north of Dutch Harbor, the state and E-mail: senting a draft. the Army Corps teamed up to look [email protected] “The delayed release is due to ad- for a potential site to develop an ditional scrutiny of the evaluation,” Alaskan Arctic port which would wrote Cordova in an email to The serve as a infrastructure asset and the Nome Nugget. northernmost port for the US Coast “We are currently gathering de- Guard, the US Navy and the Na- tailed information on vessels calling tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad- in the area — length, draft (loaded ministration in protecting and Nugget file photo/Diana Haecker and unloaded), beam—, commodi- PORT CLARENCE— Port Clarence near Brevig Mission and Teller ties moved with lots of historical in- continued on page 5 rose to the top of short list for a deep draft Arctic port. 2 THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2014 OPINION THE NOME NUGGET Letters Dear Editor: And in the event that you have not agenda has had its negative effects. quality of education for the children problems is in our community’s “Forever at Each Other’s figured it out yet, our foreign ene- Over the last five years, Nome has gets lost in the constant turmoil. homes. Children who do well have Throats” mies are well aware of these constant experienced an unprecedented Students dropping out and low many of the following advantages. In the words of the illustrious power plays that take place within turnover of school staff. I believe student achievement are already Their home is for the most part sta- Abraham Lincoln: “Can any nation our own government. “In fact, they this pressure on the school is mis- being tackled and wrestled with in ble, peaceful, harmonious, and free so conceived and so dedicated long often unite in cause over our constant guided and unfruitful, and it is hurt- school each day. Most educators of chaos. They have role models endure,” and as countries go, less politician’s disunity!” ing the students. And, I have not chose education as a career because who expect good grades, are sup- than 240 years of existence is but a H. Rick Tavares seen the evidence that this approach they have deep compassion for chil- portive of school rules, and are re- drop in “The Bucket of State!” Campo, CA 91906 has raised student achievement or dren. School employees have the spectful of school staff. These same No one would ever think, not even lowered the student dropout rate in same desire as our community.... children often have parents or for the briefest of moments, that any Nome. Frequent administrator seeing all the students succeed. They guardians who ask how the school vested political faction is going to Dear Editor: turnover hurts program develop- are on the community’s side. day went, and request to see their agree all of the time with their polit- There are well-intentioned people ment. Inconsistent program devel- An additional place to apply ef- schoolwork, offer praise, and if pos- ical competition? But when numbers in Nome who have been supporting opment frustrates teachers. The fort and funding to solve these two alone (and not common sense or even the idea that the school can drasti- continued on page 10 our very survival) dictate the course cally lower the student dropout rate that we will traverse into the future, and improve low student achieve- then our democracy has a rocky road ment by changing the programs, ahead of it! teachers and administrators. This Juneau Juice Revenue Projections Confirm Oil Pro- to remove the Alaska Hire requirement from the law in Letters to the editor must be signed and include an order to legitimize Parnell’s appointment of a former duction Decline from SB 21 ExxonMobil executive from Outside,” said Mike Wen- address and phone number. Thank you notes and Oil Giveaway contributes to 38 percent re- strup, chair of the Alaska Democratic Party. political endorsements are considered ads. duction in revenue by FY 2015 Parnell’s Outside Appointments and Hires: The Department of Revenue has released its spring ·Parnell is attempting to appoint Richard Rabinow, a revenue projections, and beneath the rosy cover letter is Texan and former Exxon executive, to the Alaska Gasline a bleak picture of declining oil production and sharply Development Corporation.
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