Photo byJanice Doherty HERE COME THE DAWGS!— Winter sun accompanied by two sun dogs rides the southern horizon over the Nome Roadstead last week.

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VOLUME CXII NO. 2 JANUARY 12, 2012 Got gas? Russian tanker following icebreaker with new supply By Sandra L. Medearis failed fall fuel delivery to Bonanza Evans, executive with the Sitnasuak The 371-foot, double-hulled ice erators expect ice to thicken to three The Russian fuel tanker Renda Fuel, one of the community’s two Native Corp. that owns Bonanza. class tanker Renda and the Healy to four feet close to Nome—a slab was making up time Monday after fuel distributors. Nome has enough heating fuel for made better time Monday, according that is not too tough for the Renda, sea ice ridges, weather conditions, Without the delivery, the commu- the winter where temperatures had to Mark Smith, CEO of Vitus Ma- according to owners. and human fatigue slowed its nity could feel the pinch at the warmed Monday from the - 30°F rine, the company that has con- Excitement over the arctic journey progress following the USCG ice pumps while gas prices, already near range to a balmy -7°F, but did not en- tracted the Renda and her crew for has grown in the news industry. breaker Healy to Nome over the $6, could shoot into the ozone, but couraging pedestrian travel. A short- this project. The Renda’s position Pending the Renda’s arrival and be- weekend with 1.4 million gallons of stop short of the media-propagated age of gasoline could park some cars Monday afternoon put it about 110 ginning of offloading activities, vehicle fuel to take up slack for a $9 a gallon, according to Jason this winter. miles short of reaching Nome, ac- slated for Jan. 10, but not likely that cording to Smith. According to soon, out-of-town press people USCG releases, the caravan ad- wrapped their legs around bar stools vanced only 15 miles Saturday and or kept elbows on café tables wait- 17 miles Sunday, encountering ice ing to harvest quotations and images two to three feet thick along the to flesh out a good story, many times route in the vicinity of Hooper Bay. reported already with few variations. The tanker became stuck several The media consensus has been that times, pressured by ice in the break- the City of Nome contracted a life- through operation, and had to be saving delivery of the city’s entire freed again by the Healy, according winter fuel supply that was shut out to a USCG news release. Based on by a dramatic November storm with NOAA Weather Service reports, op- continued on page 16

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Benjamin Nocerini BERING SEA — The tanker vessel Renda follows a path made in the ice by the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy Jan. 6. The Renda is carrying more than 1.4 million gallons of fuel to Nome. Nome in long deep freeze

By Diana Haecker homes cold and lead to frozen pipes. to look at the New Year’s fireworks It’s one of those months when A normal office day at -30°F begins but the rockets didn’t make it high every conversation in Nome starts with the chore of firing up that hair over the horizon due to the cold air. with “are your drains working?” and dryer to thaw out the toilet. It was a splendid display regardless. ends with “Stay warm!” Plumbers in town are so busy that Nome Police Department Sgt. Since December 28, there has not they don’t even return phone calls to Preston Stotts said he had nothing been a single day when the low tem- say how many rescue missions they much to report in terms of cold re- perature didn’t hit -30°F or warmer. were on. Louie Green, Sr. worked on lated incidents. Eleven volunteers Going through a normal routine in more frozen pipes more than he with the Safety Patrol helped out the life becomes challenging in those cared to and muttered during one four police officers with their pres- temperatures. Cars don’t start. house call, “I’m supposed to be re- ence in town for New Year celebra- Sewer vents plug and render houses tired, but what can you do?” tions. The Nome Emergency Shelter smelling not exactly like roses. The Nome post of the National NEST has been open since Nov. 15 Heaters and fuel lines plug, leaving Weather Service reported that Nome and despite the record-breaking cold reached a temperature of -40°F for temperatures, shelter manager Bon- the first time in almost 13 years on nie Hahn said she was surprised to On the Web: Thursday, January 5. The last time see no more than 16 guests coming Nome recorded -40°F without wind- to NEST at the Karmun Christian www.nomenugget.net chill was on February 1, 1999. Bob Center. Hahn said the shelter is open E-mail: Ten Eyck, meteorologist with the from 9 p.m. to 9 a.m. and has an av- NWS in Nome said the low on Sun- erage of 10 to 11 guest per night. [email protected] day still recorded a -30°F, making it Shoni Evans, the shelter’s chef, 12 consecutive days of the 30- brings in a hot pot of soup, chowder below-cold-snap. He said that the or stew every night to feed the normal temperature for January is guests. Seeking relief from the bitter 13°F and the normal low is -3°F cold outside, the homeless guests are On New Years’ Eve, droves of having dinner, then read or talk and Photo by Diana Haecker people – more or less dressed for the GENERATORS BUSY—Nome Joint Utilities generates power during -32°F – converged on Middle Beach continued on page 4 Nome’s record cold. 2 THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012 OPINION THE NOME NUGGET Letters Foster’s Report Dear Editor, north that getting a good grass catch with bringing boxes, apes and just I am a retired seismic surveyor, is very difficult. showing her Christ like love to her. By Rep Neal W. Foster who was silly enough to go to the Regards, Ephesians Chapter 6 says: Chil- 27th Alaska State Legislature Canadian High Arctic, on Banks Is- Neil Frandsen dren obey your parents in the Lord: House District 39 land, Ellef Ringness Island, and on Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. for this is right. Honor they father the ice more than one winter work- and mother, which is the first com- Happy New Year everyone. I hope all went well for you and your fami- ing season. Dear Nancy, mandment with promise; that it may lies in 2011 and that 2012 treats you even better. Well, with the holidays over Your story about the fuel prob- Greetings to you all whom are go well with thee, and thou mayest it’s now my least favorite time of year - Time to pack for Juneau. Most of lems, and on the solution, is excel- able to sit and read. This is Howard love long on the earth. “KJV.” what we can expect this year was covered in my previous newsletter. There lent — all the details, but without all Jr. writing from Unalakleet. I want As we all grow older I hope and are some updates in oil taxes and ACMP to address and the Governor’s pro- the glittering generalities, and with- to take this time to wish you all a pray, as Christians are becoming posed budget has rolled out. out all the naked assertions, that sto- Happy New Year 2012 and a safe lukewarm in this present evil age, The Governors Capital and Operating budgets came out last month. It will ries in the Legacy Media, both print sober one. that we will pray for revival first in be difficult to say exactly what this budget does and what the real numbers and electronic, often display. Grin. The main reason I’ve decided to our own hearts and that it will spread are until we get into the budget subcommittee and hear from departments but The story about the closure of the write is to thank you all in Nome for like wild fire across our state. We I’ll give you a brief overview of what I see in the Governor’s request. Ac- shutdown gold mine is also very, all the help you have given Ellen don’t need divisions in our churches cording to the Office of Budget and Management Operating budget is cur- very good. while she resided in the area for four we all belong to the body of Christ. rently weighs in at $11,058,018,900 which is up $88,985,000 (or 0.8 percent) I have been involved in both writ- plus years. You know who you all I want to thank God for sending from last year. While this is a lowest increase in recent history it also is only ing, and in fulfilling environmental are, so I’m not going to waste time that “Eskimo” from Sweden almost the first step in the budgeting process. The Governor has more or less ac- remediation plans, for seismic jobs, and name you all. Thank you to the 125 years ago an A.E. Karlson and can well imagine the complexity Nome Covenant Church Pastor Har- continued on page 14 of doing that work in an area so far vey, Lloyd, Chris for all your help continued on page 3 A Look at the Past Letters to the editor must be signed and include an address and phone number. Thank yous and political endorsements are considered ads. Editorial “Stay Warm” While the rest of the nation complains of unseasonably warm tem- peratures, Nome and the communities of Northwestern Alaska have been hammered with the deepest chill we have seen in the last 10 years. Old codgers are remembering back in the ʻ70s and ʻ80s when it was in the -60s°F and thatʼs without the wind chill. Itʼs the time of the year when we really appreciate R-values and the efforts and skills of our plumbing and heating specialists. We hone our skills with hair driers on frozen pipes and can say “hoar frost” with- out blushing. We fear that polar bears are roaming the ice packs on our frozen toilets. We marvel at the icicles on our chimneystacks. We re-teach ourselves how to drive when we canʼt see through the curtain of exhaust that envelopes our trucks. We are thankful for head bolt heaters and remote starters and are confident that our friends in the south havenʼt the foggiest idea what weʼre talking about. Speaking of fog, some folks insist there is no such thing as ice fog. What do they know! They laugh when we tell them it was so cold that our New Years fireworks stayed low because they could not skyrocket above the layer of cold air hanging over our town. In spite of the January chill the warmth of our town is inspirational. Folks are bundled in their L.L.Bean and Eddie Bauer high fashion with their 40 below fur hats and faces wrapped in ruffs and wool scarves, yet they still have time to give that Alaskan greeting— “Stay Warm!” —N.L.M.—

Illegitimus non carborundum History and Photo Courtesy of the Carrie M. McLain Memorial Museum, Nome, Alaska IN ALL HER GLORY — The U.S. Revenue Cutter Bear escorts the S.S. Corwin in the Nome Roadstead 100 years ago in 1911. According to the U.S. Coast Guard, although the Cutter Bear “was not a true icebreaker, her hull was reinforced for operations in light ice and is therefore a forebear of today’s icebreakers.” The Member of: Alaska Newspaper Association, Bear’s most famous captain was Michael Healy whose name graces the U.S. Coast Guard’s icebreaker Healy National Newspaper Association which arrived in Nome just a few days ago. P.O. 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THE NOME NUGGET OPINION THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012 3 • More Letters North in Alaska continued from page 2 COMMUNITY CALENDAR Sing to the tune of “North to Alaska” whose bones are waiting for the By Cussy Kauer trumpet sound. A big thanks you to January 12 - January 18, 2012 Nome, AK the Unalakleet Covenant Women’s EVENT PLACE TIME Sewing Circle for their perseverance Way up North, (North in Alaska) in their annual auction. Thursday, January 12 *Tennis (call ahead please) Nome Rec Center 5:30 a.m. - 7:00 a.m. Way up North, (North in Alaska) Thanksgiving is due to what I like to think of them as the Billy Gra- *Open Gym Nome Rec Center 7:00 a.m. - noon North in Alaska hams of the North. Rev. Curtis *Tennis (call ahead please) Nome Rec Center noon - 2:00 p.m. They’re going North, the place is Nome *Wiffleball Grades 3-6 Nome Rec Center 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Ivanoff, Byron Bruckner and Adam *Strength Training Nome Rec Center 4:15 p.m.-5:15 p.m. North in Alaska London, as they continue on serving *Open Gym Nome Rec Center 4:45 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. They’re going North, the place is Nome. our risen Lord. My prayers are with *Lunch Laps Pool 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. you all as you morn: the Johnson *The New Mother: Putting it Together Prematernal Home 1:30 p.m. *Baby Safety video Prematernal Home 2:30 p.m. Big Sam said to Putin in the year 2-0-1-2, family, the Emma Ivanoffs and most *Nome Food Bank Bering & Seppala 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Our Coast Guard Cutter Healy will help your tanker Renda bust through recently the Oyoumicks. God is our *Kripalu Yoga Nome Rec Center 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. refuge and strength and even present *Open Bowling Nome Rec Center 6:00 p.m.- 10:00 p.m. They’ll cross through the Aleutians, and find their way alone help in trouble. We as humans *Lap Swim Pool 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Bringing fuel to Seward Peninsula, to a place whose name is Nome mourn differently, some of us turn to *Nome Lady Nanoonks vs. Bethel Nome Beltz Gym 6:00 p.m. strong drink, which we feel dulls the *H2O Aerobics Pool 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. *Thrift Shop Methodist Church 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. They crossed the majestic ocean, which was frozen like a stone pain. From my own time it took my- *Nome Boys vs. Point Hope Nome Beltz Gym 7:30 p.m. They busted through ice mountains, as they crushed their way to Nome self over 14 years to finally get over Friday, January 13 questioning God on our mourning With the northern lights a running wild and the temps -32° *Pick-up Basketball Nome Rec Center 5:30 a.m. - 7:00 a.m. Cutter Healy and the Renda, two mighty ships in 2-0-1-2 process. *Kindergym Nome Rec Center 10:00 a.m. - noon It’s import to talk with someone *Lap Swim Pool 6:00 a.m. - 7:30 a.m. and not bottle up your feelings inside *Quiet Time Kegoayah Library 10:00 a.m. So children won’t be freezing before we do something we will *CAMP class Prematernal Home 1:30 p.m. It’s fuel they are needing have to live with (my own blunder), *When to Call the Doctor video Prematernal Home 2:30 p.m. *Team Handball: Grades 3-6 Nome Rec Center 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. North in Alaska but you know God forgives just as *Strength Training Nome Rec Center 4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. They’re pushing North, the place is Nome he did to King David. *Kripalu Yoga Nome Rec Center 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. You see God loved us so much *Body Blast Nome Rec Center 6:45 p.m. - 7:45 p.m. Way up North, (North in Alaska) that his own son was the worst crim- *Open Bowl Nome Rec Center 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. inal in the world when he hung on *Nome Boys vs. Homer Nome Beltz Gym 6:00 p.m. Way up North, (North in Alaska) *Nome Lady Nanooks vs. Homer Nome Beltz Gym 7:30 p.m. the cross. I wonder sometimes if *AA Meeting Lutheran Church (rear) 8:00 p.m. North in Alaska Jesus were to come into our worship They’re going North, the place is Nome Saturday, January 14 services and would ask us the ques- *Open Gym Nome Rec Center Noon - 8:00 p.m. North in Alaska tion he asked the rich young man if *Body Blast w/Jessilyn Nome Rec Center 12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. They’re going North, the place is Nome we are able to sell everything we *Breast Cancer video Prematernal Home 1:30 p.m. have then come and follow him. In *Relax, Renew & Restore Nome Rec Center 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. *Sounds & Silence video Prematernal Home 2:30 p.m. Joy turned to Scott with the bill in her hand this world we have a lot of lonely men, women who are seeking a lis- *Nome Lady Nanooks vs. Point Hope Nome Beltz Gym 5:00 p.m. Said: Scott you’re a very lucky, lucky man *Nome Boys vs. Bethel Nome Beltz Gym 6:30 p.m. tening ear. I prayed for a month this would go according to plan *Open Bowl Nome Rec Center 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. May we as Christians make it a Sunday, January 15 Not one small drop of fuel got spilled on the City of Nome’s land point to go visit, invite someone we *H2O Aerobics Pool 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. don’t give a “rats ass” about and *Things My Mother Didn’t Tell Me Prematernal Home 1:30 p.m. Cause the town needed fuel to get through wintertime show them what were all about. *Open Gym Nome Rec Center 2:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Remember, Mother Nature beat us, last November 9 This know also, that in the last *Open Swim Pool 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. days perilous time shall come II *7 Steps to Reduce the risk of SIDS Prematernal Home 3:30 p.m. That storm we did weather, and now snug in our home *Family Swim Pool 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Thank you to the Coasties from all of us in Nome Timothy 3:1 KJV. Well this is not *Lap Swim Pool 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. my sermon on the mount. *Water Polo Pool 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Once again thank you Nancy for *Pick Up Women’s Bball Nome Rec Center 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. So children won’t be freezing publishing this short letter from Monday, January 16 It’s fuel they are needing “Ibiona” my Inupiat name. Greet- Martin Luther King Day *City Hall open* North in Alaska ings to Elaine in Wisconsin if she *Pick-up Basketball Nome Rec Center 5:30 a.m. - 7:00 a.m. They’re pushing North, the place is Nome still is living and to the Harris’ of *Lap Swim Pool 6:00 a.m. - 7:30 a.m. Galena, Bonllis in Texas and all my *Kindergym Nome Rec Center 10:00 a.m. - noon North in Alaska *Your Laparoscopy video Prematernal Home 1:30 p.m. They’re pushing North, the place is Nome aunts, uncles, scattered all over like *Infertility: the New Solution video Prematernal Home 2:30 p.m. “lice” and a congratulatory to Alvin *Open Gym Nome Rec Center noon - 5:15 p.m. and Agnes Ivanoff of Kotzebue on *Dance: Grades K-2 Nome Rec Center 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Way up North, (North in Alaska) their 50+ years together. *Zumba Nome Rec Center 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Way up North, (North in Alaska) God bless you all real good. *Open Spc Yoga Nome Rec Center 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Way up North, (North in Alaska) *City League Basketball Nome Rec Center 5:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Sincerely, *Tae Kwon Do Nome Rec Center 6:00 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. Howard I. Slwooko, Jr. *H2O Aerobics Pool 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Unalakleet, AK Tuesday, January 17 *Tennis (call ahead please) Nome Rec Center 5:30 a.m. - 7:00 a.m. continued on page 12 *Open Gym Nome Rec Center 7:00 a.m. - noon *Preschool Story Hour Library 10:30 a.m. *Lunch Laps Pool 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. *Tennis (call ahead please) Nome Rec Center Noon - 2:00 p.m. *Nome Common Council wk ses Council Chambers Noon Breakfast menu items, Located on east Front *Pediatric CPR: A Lifesaver’s Guide Prematernal Home 1:30 p.m. but not limited to: *Menopause: Guide to Healthy Living Prematernal Home 2:30 p.m. Street across from *Floor Hockey Nome Rec Center 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. •English Muffins *Strength Training Nome Rec Center 4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. National Guard Armory *Open Gym Nome Rec Center 4:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. •Cinnamon Rolls *Lap Swim Pool 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. •Hashbowns *Kripalu Yoga Nome Rec Center 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Take Out *Nome Food Bank Bering & Seppala 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. *City League Basketball Nome Rec Center 5:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Orders *Open Swim Pool 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Breakfast is served 8 a.m. - 11 a.m. weekdays *Cardio-Kickbox Nome Rec Center 6:45 p.m. - 7:45 p.m. *Thrift Shop Methodist Church 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. 8 a.m. - 11 a.m. weekends 443-8100 *Nome Joint Utility System reg mtg Council Chambers 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 18 Mon. - Sat. • 8 a.m. to 11 p.m./Sun. • 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. *Pickup Basketball Nome Rec Center 5:30 a.m.-7 a.m. *Lap Swim Pool 6:00 a.m. - 7:30 a.m. Subway Daily Specials *Kindergym Nome Rec Center 10:00 a.m. - noon Subway Daily Specials *Rotary Club Airport Pizza noon *Age Appropriate Play video Prematernal Home 1:30 p.m. Monday — Turkey/Ham Thursday — B.M.T. Sunday — Roasted *Knowing the Unborn video Prematernal Home 2:30 p.m. *Youth Soccer Gr 1,2 Nome Rec Center 2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Tuesday — Meatball Friday — Tuna Chicken Breast *Youth Soccer Gr 3-5 Nome Rec Center 3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. *Open Gym Nome Rec Center 5:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Wednesday — Turkey Saturday — Roast Beef Six-Inch Meal Deal $6.99 *Open Spc Yoga Nome Rec Center 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. *Family Swim Pool 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. *Zumba Nome Rec Center 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. *Tae Kwon Do Nome Rec Center 6:00 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. GOLD COAST CINEMA *Open Bowling Nome Rec Center 6:00 p.m.- 10:00 p.m. *Night Owl Yoga Nome Rec Center 9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. 443-8200 Community points of interest: *Carrie McLain Memorial Museum: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Tu-Sa) Starting Friday, Jan 13 *Kegoayah Kozga Library: 12:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (M-Th), 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. (F-Sa) We Bought a Zoo *Nome Visitor Center: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (M-F) *Northwest Campus Library - Northwest Campus: Closed for renovation PG 7 p.m. *XYZ Center - Center Street: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (M-F)

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Council unanimously approved fee Bahnke is also working on a lease who had attended law school and had continue to meet on second and “The idea is to vote it down and increases for use of the City’s two agreement for the Norton Sound experienced working in a tax asses- fourth Mondays but has changed the start over,” Andersen told the Coun- popular facilities, the Nome Recre- Health Corp. to use the city’s snow sor’s office was the most qualified, gavel time from 5:30 p.m. back to its cil. They did, unanimously. ation Center and the swimming pool. removal equipment building from she said. traditional time of 7:30p.m. In new business, the Council Representatives from the U.S. June through October 2012 when the In his utility manager’s report, Councilman Stan Andersen noted unanimously passed a resolution Coast Guard, state Dept of Environ- space is typically vacant to store John Handeland urged Nome Joint that people have kids and need to eat continuing the services of Appraisal mental Conservation and Vitus Ma- equipment for the new hospital. An Utility System customers to register at the earlier meeting time. Company of Alaska for ad valorem rine, in town to facilitate the fuel ordinance on the issue would come for the $500 energy assistance grant “This is convenient for some peo- tax services for years 2012, 2013 and delivery from a Russian tanker fol- before the Council soon, Bahnke from Norton Sound Economic De- ple, but not the public,” Andersen 2014. lowing the USCG icebreaker Healy said. velopment Corp. This opportunity observed. “Did you go out to bid?” Council- to Nome met the council and were Relative to snow, Bahnke in- will begin in Council chambers at In other kid business, the Council man Jerald Brown asked the City available for questions. formed the Council that a policy Nome City Hall Feb. 2 - 4 from 8 unanimously adopted an ordinance staff. They did not. City Clerk In her city manager’s report, Josie needed to be developed to discour- a.m. to 8.p.m. then continue to be leasing property at the Gold Hill Vanessa Musich said the staff was Bahnke informed the Council that age piling snow removed from pri- available at the NJUS office. NJUS Tutit Ininat Child Care Building to satisfied with the firm’s work. The the state Department of Transporta- vate property in the public will try to apply the assistance to Kawerak, Inc. to house a play and contract is worth $76,000 for the tion had an offer on the table to pay right-of-way. February bills, he said. Account learn center and Head Start pro- three years. Work will start with a re- $318,500 for City property the state Personnel changes included the holders need to bring a utility bill and grams. assessment of all properties within needs in order to relocate the Snake resignation of Zane Brown as a a piece of identification. There will The Council unanimously passed the City during 2013. River Bridge. Some questions Nome Police Department dispatcher be a provision for renters. a resolution authorizing City Man- The Council also unanimously needed to be answered and the city and the hire of a new deputy city Additionally, Handeland offered ager Josie Bahnke to enter an agree- passed a resolution continuing serv- appraiser needed to look over the clerk, Thomas Moran, who was the utility’s assistance in the upcom- ment with architects ECI/Hyer, Inc., ices of Bristol Engineering Services issue, after which the offer would moving to Nome from Massachu- ing vehicle fuel delivery. to design the $16-million Richard Corp. as acting city engineer in the come to the Council for a formal re- setts, Musich told the Council. There Foster Building. This means the firm person of John Blees, senior engi- will tackle the task of programming, neer. BESC has had a contract with site selection and concept design on the City for acting engineer since a time-and-materials basis not to ex- 2003. Compensation will be billed ceed $105,000. This task is one of according to labor categories at five design projects that will be de- hourly rates. The hourly for senior veloped for the building, each one to engineer ranges from $135 to $170. be presented to the Council for con- In other business with Kawerak, sideration and approval. A principle Inc. the Council approved a fee of the firm, Terry Hyer, has worked waiver request from the organization with the Museum and Library Com- for use of the Recreational Center for mission for years as a consultant on the week April 23-27 for the Kaw- a new facility. erak Regional conference. Value of As to the Museum and Library the waiver is $6,000. Near the end of Commission, the Council threw out a the meeting, Andersen said organi- measure amending the City’s Code zations that received waivers on pub- of Ordinances to add a new section lic facility rentals should pay some Dave and concerning qualifications for ap- costs for employees and materials. pointment to the panel. A document “I don’t think the public should Petra found in the City files confused the foot the bill,” he said Bird TLC • Long deep freeze continued from page 1 and she appreciates all the donations of meat and vegetables for the soups the lights go out at 11 p.m. The wake and bread to go with it. Donations of up call sounds at 7 a.m. when break- coffee, tea or juices are also welcome Meet Dave Dorsey and fast is ready and the shelter slowly and needed. gets organized to close at 9 a.m. Hahn said donations are still needed continued on page 13 Petra of Bird TLC EVEN ALASKA’S FEATHERED FRIENDS NEED A LIFT SOMETIMES

Thanks to Bird Treatment and Learning Center and volunteers like Dave, injured birds all across Alaska are able to receive care and rehabilitation. Era Alaska is also proud to volunteer our help. We transport sick, injured or orphaned wild birds to Bird TLC at no charge. “Era Alaska acts as our ‘bird life fl ight,’ allowing birds to receive the treatment they need to survive.”

Petra is one of the non-releasable education birds at Bird TLC. She serves as an ambassador in the

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4VCTJEZZ 6 THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012 LOCAL THE NOME NUGGET Rock Creek mine closure may not be final BSNC takes lead in effort to acquire Rock Creek mine buildings By Diana Haecker cessing mill and other assets, but that While regulators with the state of SNC is not actively pursuing the Alaska have issued a draft closure issue. “BSNC is taking the lead on and reclamation plan for the Rock that,” Hoffman said. “Sitnasuak Creek mine, which is now out for would love to see the mine operate, public comment, permanent closure and as surface land owners we are in- is not for certain. The Rock Creek volved, but we’ve not taking any reclamation plan submitted by steps to participate in any action to Alaska Gold to the Alaska Dept. of become a co-owner of a mine,” Hoff- Natural Resources states that AGC man said. has been in discussions with Sitna- Hoffman said that every party — suak Native Corporation and Bering the mine’s owners, the state and the Straits Native Corporation regarding Native corporations — have agreed potential acquisition of the entire to go forward with Phase I of the Rock Creek Mine site. reclamation plan, to breach the tail- The document says that SNC ing facility’s dam. If in any event the owns a portion of the surface land at mine will be transferred to new own- the site, while BSNC owns a portion ership, the new owner would either of the mineral rights. “If the acquisi- go forward with Phase II or submit a tion is completed, BSNC and SNC new mining plan and permit applica- are expected to work towards re- tions. At this point, it is still undeter- Nome Nugget file photo opening the mine under a new mine mined if NovaGold will close the ROCK CREEK MINE—BSNC is in talks with NovaGold over the transfer of the Rock Creek buildings. plan. Phase 2 of the closure plan mine as outlined in the draft closure would only be conducted if the ac- and reclamation plan or if BSNC is quisition does not occur,” reads the successful in taking over the mine. document. Phase 1 consists of cover- NovaGold Resources vice presi- 38th Annual ing the tailings and breaching the dent for Environment, Health, Safety tailings facility dam after as much and Sustainability Ron Rimelman Lonnie O’Connor ponded water as possible is treated said in an email that “details of any and discharged or injected. AGC discussions NovaGold has had with Iditarod hopes to complete the first phase Bering Straits and Sitnasuak Native prior to 2012 break-up. This will be corporations regarding the Rock Basketball Classic done regardless of the ownership sta- Creek Mine are subject to strict con- tus of the property. fidentiality agreements.” March 11 - 17, 2012 Bering Straits Native Corporation DNR’s draft reclamation plan ap- took the lead in conversations with proval allows for a ‘temporary clo- Alaska Gold Company, the owner sure’, meaning suspension of and operator of the Rock Creek reclamation operations, but if such ENTRY FEE: $200 DEADLINE: FEB 8 LATE ENTRY FEE: $250 mine, in regards to the transfer of the temporary closure goes on for more # OF TEAMS SLOTTED FOR EACH DIVISION: buildings and infrastructure at the than three years, DNR may enforce mine and mill site. Gail Schubert, final reclamation. Menʼs: B (9), A (8), Open (5), Over 40 (4) Ladies: B (8), Open (5) BSNC’s president and CEO con- The DNR last week submitted the MUST HAVE AT LEAST 4 TEAMS SIGNED UP BY FEB. 8 FOR A DIVISION TO OCCUR. firmed that there are ongoing talks draft reclamation plan approval to with NovaGold Resources Inc. but the public. Alaska Gold Co. formu- • Must be 19 years old OR 18 years old & a high school graduate that nothing is set in stone at this lated a Rock Creek mine reclamation • Double elimination except Championship Game point in time. “We are talking not and closure plan to regulators in Oct. • Players must use same color uniform with #s on one side about a sale but the transfer of the as- 2011, which represents the “perma- • Must not be more than 4 months pregnant sets to us,” Schubert told The Nome nent cessation or abandonment of Nugget. mining and milling operations at the • Teams must arrange their own housing She explained that much of the in- Rock Creek mine. DNR outlines that Sportsmanship Nominations are due February 8 frastructure, the mill complex and the reclamation is complete when all several other buildings are built on terms of the plan have been met, For more information, the rules or the sportsmanship the Sitnasuak Native Corporation’s when there is no longer active water nomination form email [email protected] or call surface and BSNC’s subsurface es- treatment required and a stable veg- 907-443-2867 during the evenings & weekends. Look us up tates. As landowners the Native cor- etative cover has been established. porations have reviewed and agreed The plan says that a total initial fi- Mail entry fee, roster, division, team contact info to: on Facebook! on the proposed reclamation plan, nancial assurance amount of LOIBC • Box 420 • Nome, AK • 99762 but also have discussed an alternative $20,272,000 has been approved for outcome. “BSNC is also looking at the mine. the possibility of reopening the mine, Phase 2 of the reclamation plan rather than having all of the infra- entails the restoration of the 420 structure dismantled,” said Schubert. acres of land disturbed by mining-re- BSNC’s advisor Harry Noah, a lated activities to a near natural con- former Dept. of Natural Resources dition. The plan also says that the site commissioner and mine expert, has after reclamation should not pose any Vessel prior experience in successfully tak- long-term risk to the people or sur- ing over the operations of a closed rounding environment. At closure, mine and making it work, Schubert virtually the entire site, except for se- said. BSNC is having a cost-benefit lected roads, is supposed to be re- analysis prepared for making the mill claimed and revegetated. complex operational using a gravity- The public comment period ends for sale based method. on January 20, and written comments To be sold As-is / Where-is “We are looking at the cost of need to be submitted by mail, fax or what it would take to get the mine email to Steve McCroarty, Vessel: M/V Hwaka going,” Schubert said. ADNR/Mining, Land and Water, Sitnasuak Native Corp. CEO 3700 Airport Way, Fairbanks, AK Location: Grounded near seafood plant in Unalakleet, Alaska David Hoffman also confirmed that 99709-4699, Fax: (907) 451-2703, there are talks with NovaGold re- email: [email protected] Dimensions: 
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The Hwaka is a shallow-drafting, unpowered freezer barge currently owned by Norton Sound Economic Development Corp. (NSEDC) and located in Unalakleet, Alaska. NSEDC is soliciting offers for theHwaka as-is, where-is. Buyer must remove the vessel from its current location. The Hwaka has a stable platform and a crane onboard. It has three operational Detroit Diesel engines: one is a power plant, the other two are for the refrigeration system. The vessel has many refrigeration and mechanical systems in varying states of operability. The vessel needs a new house on the top deck (the current structure is made of plywood), which serves as the packing area. The rest of the structure is steel and is in good condition. For further information on the vessel, please contact Reese Huhta ([email protected] or 907-625- 1660) or Frank Doty ([email protected] or 907-625-1617). All offers must be submitted in writing to Simon Kinneen by Feb. 29, 2012: Mail: NSEDC, PO Box 358, Nome, AK 99762 E-mail: [email protected] (e-mail is only considered received if a reply and/or read receipt is returned to sender) Nome Nugget file photo Fax: (907) 443-2478 TO BE BREACHED— Phase I of the Rock Creek mine closure plan is to dewater the tailings storage facility, temporarily place a cover over the existing tailings until they are hauled out and buried in the main pit, and to breach the dam to prevent water from accumulating behind the dam. Phase II of the mine closure is depending on the outcome of dis- cussions between the Native corporations and NovaGold Resources whether or not the existing infrastructure would be transferred to the ownership of BSNC. THE NOME NUGGET LOCAL THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012 7 Planners to tighten zoning compliance By Sandra L. Medearis ating incentives for new, first time tol said she would work up a draft. Romenesko agreed with Pederson priorities. The Nome Planning Commission home builders and creating policies Commissioner Charlie Weiss fa- on housing incentives. In other business, the commission met last week in work session to go and procedures to implement vored zoning procedures and amend- “I wouldn’t limit it to first-time considered a map of proposed sites over its priorities for 2012. Nome’s zoning law. ing the City codes to require off home owners,” he said. for the Richard Foster Building. In going over a long list, President “We haven’t had formal zoning is- street parking for new commercial Commissioner Jimmy Adams Commissioners were to receive Tom Sparks said right off that he sues, but there are violations people buildings on Front Street. wanted a focus on economic devel- packets, which City Manager Josie would like to limit the items on the can see,” Sparks said. “I would like Commissioner Randy Romenesko opment—oil, gas, minerals, and an Bahnke asked them to review from to-do list and really fully accomplish to have a procedure to go through threw his support to developing poli- economic development plan. legal and technical aspects for build- fewer items. The remainder of the when citizens see violations. cies and procedures for zoning is- So, all in all, zoning procedures, ing sites within the City, hoping they panel agreed. Going around the Commissioner Larry Pederson sues. incentives for building housing, and would advise on code requirements table, each commissioner listed his could agree on the need for housing “We need to create a backbone for economic development won a slot on and identify preliminary plat condi- priorities. incentives if the policy included fix- staff and the public,” he said. the planning commission 2012 list of tions for subject properties. Sparks wanted to tackle the issue ing already existing houses. of Nome’s relationship to Dept. of “That would get rid of abate- Natural Resources offshore mining ment,” Pederson said. leases that City officials believe will Most planners expressed agree- consume City resources in law en- ment on the need for policy and pro- forcement due to the influx of peo- cedure manuals for variances, Timing is everything… ple during the summer. Add to that conditional use permits, zoning the cemetery expansion project, amendments and zoning violations. abatement of derelict structures, cre- Planning consultant Eileen Bech- >ŝƩůĞďĂďŝĞƐ ŵĂŬĞ Ă ďŝŐ ŝŵƉĂĐƚŽŶ Ă ĨĂŵŝůLJ͘ tĂŝƟŶŐƵŶƟů LJŽƵƌ ĐŚŝůĚ ŝƐ Ăƚ ůĞĂƐƚ ƚǁŽ LJĞĂƌƐ ŽůĚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ  Man accused of sexu- ŐĞƫŶŐƉƌĞŐŶĂŶƚ ĂŐĂŝŶ ŝƐ ďĞƩĞƌ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƚŚĞƌƌ͕͕ ŚĞƌ ďĂďLJ ĂŶĚ ally assaulting child ƚŚĞŝƌĨĂŵŝůLJ͘ dĂůŬƚŽ LJŽƵƌ ŚĞĂůƚŚĐĂƌĞ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƌ ƚŽĚĂLJ ƚŽ ůĞĂƌŶ ŚŽǁ ƚŽ ƉůĂŶ  LJŽƵƌƉƌĞŐŶĂŶĐŝĞƐ͕ ĂŶĚ ĂƐŬ ƚŚĞŵ ĨŽƌ Ă ĨƌĞĞ ŝƌƚŚ ^ƉĂĐŝŶŐ pleads guilty ŬůĞƚŽƌ ǀŝĞǁ ŝƚ ŽŶůŝŶĞ͗  By Diana Haecker of crimes are not rare. “We deal with ǁǁǁ͘ŚƐƐ͘ĂůĂƐŬĂ͘ŐŽǀͬĚƉŚͬǁĐĬͬƟŵŝŶŐͬ Vaughn Johnson of Nome pleaded these things all the time, they do re- guilty last week to an amended quire a significant amount of our at- ůĂƐŬĂĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ,ĞĂůƚŚ ĂŶĚ ^ŽĐŝĂů ^ĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ charge of sexual abuse of a minor in tention,” Earthman said. It would be the second degree. The original a rare day when the district attorney charge was sexual abuse of a minor is not working on a sexual abuse in the first degree. Johnson, 57, was case on a minor. “I never had a time accused of sexually abusing a nine- when I didn’t work on a case involv- year-old girl and was arrested by ing child sex abuse,” Earthman said. Nome police officers on Sept. 5, In general, Earthman said, there 2011. The complaint said that he ad- are cases that are not reported, may mitted to NPD officer Sgt. Byron not ever be reported for any kind of Redburn to penetrating the girl’s pri- reasons that include family loyalty, vate parts. stigma and shame. During the change of plea, John- In Kotzebue, troopers also ar- son accepted a waiver of indictment rested a 40-year-old man who al- and with that, the case won’t go be- legedly abused a three-year-old girl. fore a Grand Jury. The plea deal sen- According to the Alaska Trooper dis- tencing is 15 years with five years patch, troopers arrested James Darin Monroe on January 4, for an out- standing warrant for sexual abuse of I never had a time a minor in the first degree. The war- “ rant was issued after an investigation Scholarship Account Giveaway in December. Monroe fled Kotzebue when I didn’t work on and was the subject of a search and rescue after not being heard from for Applying ffoor your PFD? a case involving child several days. On January 3, searchers found Monroe approximately 22 miles out- Think inside the box. sex abuse.” side of Kotzebue on the Noatak River and he refused to return to Start saving nowffoor yourc Kotzebue. He was dressed for the Alaska College Savings Plan – Nome D.A. weather and armed with a revolver. education expenses — no The next day, troopers from the John Earthman Kotzebue Post, an Alaska Wildlife Just check “Yes” on linee6o 6 o Trooper and an investigator from the and your child will be on th Western Alaska Alcohol Narcotics Team found him in a cabin and took Plus, when you contribute suspended. Johnson’s sentencing the man into custody without inci- PFD to the UA College Sav hearing is set for May 8, 2:30 p.m. at dent. Monroe was transported to the entered to win a $25,000 the Nome court house. Nome Jail and held on $100,000.00 District Attorney John Earthman bail. or one offfoour $2,500 scho said that his office tries to resolve child sex abuse cases before they go to Grand Jury because it is hard on the victims to go through testimony and tell a jury what happened to them. Earthman says that those kind S S

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Photo by Peggy Fagerstrom THE NOME-BELTZ HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS—Nome-Beltz High School music director Ron Horner directs the High School Chorus in The National Anthem and Alaska Flag Song before the Nome Lady Nanooks take on the Galena Hawks on Saturday night.

Photo by Peggy Fagerstrom Photo by David Head A BUCKET FOR SURE—Nome-Beltz Lady Nanook Shayla Johnson sails to the basket despite the defense of TAKING AIM—Devynn Johnson has the basket in her sights with Ade- a Galena Lady Hawk. laine Ahmasuk going in for the rebound. Galena Hawks outplay Lady Nanooks By Stephen Palmatier both games, the Nome ladies lost by contributing factors to the loss. The at all. Stiles thinks it’s mainly a mental Before a full and loud crowd at 9 points, but both games felt worse energy seemed to not be there for the “We made adjustments in this sec- problem more than anything. the Den of the Mighty Nanooks, the than the score indicated with the ef- Nanooks, as they simply could not ond game, but we went away from “I think it’s just our lack of focus Lady Nanooks disappointed, losing fectiveness that Galena was playing contest a shot on defense, allowing that quick,” said Don Stiles, head and concentration, and that affects both games against the Galena over the weekend. the good shooters of Galena to find coach of the Lady Nanooks. “We got other things which affects their Hawks at home this past weekend. In In the first game, there were many their rhythm. They also struggled down by such a deficit in the first game,” said Stiles. “I was really with maintaining possession of the half that we simply had to just score pleased in the second half with the ball by turning it over plenty of times as fast as we could,” said Stiles. way they focused and played hard,” to allow easy baskets for the Hawks In the second half, it was a com- said Stiles. on the way back. And also when pletely different game with Nome The question remains with the Nome was able to get inside and pro- playing not only terrific defense but team if they can be consistent for an vide some good offense forcing fouls also a great offensive half. Nome entire game both on the offensive by Galena, the Nanooks struggled won the second half by a score of 36- and particularly on the defensive making their free throws. The pass- 20 but it was simply not enough to ends. With the Subway Showdown ing of Galena was also much overcome with the hole they dug looming this coming weekend, stronger as they were able to swing themselves in from the first half. In Coach Stiles knows that the intensity it around with good ball movement the second half, the Nanooks used must be strong by his team. eventually leading to an open their height advantage getting into “Our defense is what it’s all about, shooter, which the Nanooks could the paint with plenty of easy baskets and we need to make other teams pay not defend. as well as rebounding strong and cre- for their mistakes,” said Stiles. In the next game, the Nanooks’ ating plenty of turnovers on defense The Nome ladies look to bounce struggles continued to begin the with hustle and intensity. back in a big way as they play Bethel game as they were down 41-16 by With the way the Nanooks played Thursday evening in the Subway halftime. The adjustments that the the second half, it begs the question Showdown, the first of three games Nanooks wanted to make to start the of where this team was for the other in three days at the Den of the second game simply were not shown three halves of the weekend. Coach Mighty Nanooks.

Bering Strait School District Basketball Records 2011-2012 Season Standings ending January 7, 2012 BOYS TEAMS Scammon Bay 61 – Unalakleet 51 Unalakleet 49 – Hooper Bay 29 GIRLS TEAMS Scammon Bay 100 – Golovin 67 Unalakleet 49 – Hooper Bay 37 Unalakleet 46 – Chevakl 31 Chevak 29 – Unalakleet 27 Golovin 70 – Chevak 53 Unalakleet 34 – Aniak 19 Hooper Bay 67 – Golovin 64 Chevak 41 – Unalakleet 38 Unalakleet 53 – Hooper Bay 52

Photo by Peggy Fagerstrom All Tournament Team: Stuart Towarak and Jonisha Wilson, Unalakleet; TWO POINTS—Tayor Pomeranz comes in to assist Chloe Mattheis as John Peterson, Golovin. she attempts to make a basket over the heads of 4 Galena Lady Hawks. THE NOME NUGGET LOCAL THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012 9

Photo by Diana Haecker COLDEST DAY IN 13 YEARS—Temperatures dropped down to minus 40° F on January 5 as Nome port officials gear up to receive a historic winter barge fuel delivery this week. Port panel goes over tariff revisions By Sandra L. Medearis lion gallons of vehicle fuel across Sound coastal community to heat of options. law enforcement and rescues con- Port fee hikes headed the agenda at Nome’s port headers. homes, fuel private and public vehi- For a smooth transfer, “keep your nected with the inflow of people a Nome Port Commission meeting Meanwhile, port commissioners, cles and turn the utility power gener- fingers crossed there is no wind, no working the recently auctioned un- Jan. 5, but preparations to transfer ve- some with hands-on experience with ators. The transport by Vitus Marine ice movement and lots of sunshine,” derwater mining leases. Could the hicle petroleum products from the ap- the curves arctic weather and dimin- and its contract barge, the Renda, Baker told commissioners. City tax gold, commissioner Jimmy proaching Russian oil tanker Renda ished daylight can throw at fuel han- home ported in Vladivostok, is the In other business, the commission: West, Jr. wondered. “In the absence slipping through floes behind USCG dling, queried Baker on practical first winter delivery through Bering • Combed over proposed changes of a coastal management plan, what is ice cruncher Healy stole the show. Joy aspects of the first-ever winter fuel Sea ice. in the port tariff document that regu- the City’s control?” Josie Bahnke, city Baker, harbormaster, briefed the panel transfer flowing through about 850 Security? There would be a safety lates rules and fees for port users, manager, wondered. This is a question during the meeting feet of four-inch hose running across zone around the fuel header area, lim- looking at upping fees for line han- that has City agencies looking for a Nome has enough heating fuel for the sea ice from the T/V Renda to fuel iting entries to officials directly con- dling, potable water, and raising the solution. the winter from combined storage headers on Nome’s causeway. nected to getting the fuel ashore. charge for putting outbound fuel • Queried Baker for progress in re- tanks owned by two retail distribu- Commissioner Cam Kristensen, Personnel would monitor points along across the port from 1.5 cents to 2 moving the frozen-in tugboat Rustler tors—Bonanza Fuel and Crowley Pe- employed for years in fuel distribu- the hose and at headers and tank farm cents a gallon. One cause for raising from where it has remained along the troleum Distribution, but a shortage of tion, wanted to know how long the entries. A snow ramp already built last some port fees was to compensate for south wall of the inner harbor since vehicle fuel without the tanker deliv- transfer would take, would there be a week would support the hose as it salary and benefit costs, Baker said. freeze-up despite orders from the port ery could park some cars and have booster to push the flow. His experi- came up on the causeway area. The “We use the fees to expand, maintain commission and Nome Common more folks traveling on foot or car- ence told him, Kristensen said, “the fuel hose, in lengths of about 400 feet and repair it [port facilities], she said, Council to remove the vessel. In fall pooling in taxi cabs. With the Renda longer you have something going would have only one connection on “but you have to justify it.” The com- storms, the Rustler’s engine room approaching the horizon Monday car- through, the more chance there is for the ice, Baker said. Following the mission discussed having insurance filled with wastewater and had risen rying fuel, there have been no organ- something to go wrong.” transfer, the Renda crew would pump requirements for port users tagged to to within six inches of the hatches, but ized campaigns to conserve gasoline The fuel would course through the out the hose and cap it. capacity for hazardous material. Ves- these had subsequently been sealed, or low sulfur diesel. hose at a rate of 35,000 gallons an Vitus Marine, contracted by Sitna- sels with fuel or hazmat capacity ex- Baker said. Contractors for removal Nome’s public works department hour, Baker said, taking around two suak Native Corp. to deliver the fuel ceeding 50 gals need to carry of the craft had advised that retrieving and harbor personnel will assist in whole days, unless the U.S. Coast to its subsidiary, would provide the insurance, but vessels with less ca- it in the spring would be more cost ef- transferring the fuel at the Port of Guard limited the delivery to daylight know-how for coupling the hoses. pacity would have insurance optional ficient. “We haven’t forgotten about Nome en route up to the Bonanza hours, which would stretch it out. (Mark Smith, Vitus Marine CEO, but pay a surcharge per foot for craft it,” Baker said. “We plan to have the Fuel tank farm. Nome this week experienced 7 hrs. 15 later told the Nome Common Coun- without insurance. The revised tariff issue in hand by breakup.” The com- Baker has been meeting regularly min. to 7 hrs. 30 min. of light. cil that the segments had mechanical, schedule will come before the Nome missioners decided that a rule requir- with federal, state and local agencies Bulk fuel transfers occur regularly screwed down connections with gas- Common Council for approval. ing boats to be out of the harbor that are plotting the orchestration of a during the summer months when four kets.). Vitus Marine has been gather- • Tossed around the issue of recov- needed to stay in the tariff. safe and efficient delivery of 1.35 mil- or five barges bring fuel to the Norton ing lots of equipment to have a variety ering compensation for labor costs, Nanooks boys continue strong start to season By Stephen Palmatier ball squad continued its terrific start they were able to come away with a Nanooks, who are now 6-1 to start the 59-49. Again, Blandford and Eide The Nome Nanooks boys basket- to the season this past weekend, as victory both games in Galena. The season, seem to be playing well, led were too strong for the Hawks as in particular by two great players. Blandford led the way with a game In the first game, the Nanooks high 27 points and Eide added 19. were simply too much for the Galena The question remaining with the Hawks as the Nanooks dominated, team is the huge production that they winning 51-33. Nathan Blandford, ask from their two big scorers each who has been spectacular to start the and every game. In order for the season, led the Nanooks with 19 Nanooks to continue strong in the sea- points and added 6 rebounds. Not to son, the other players may need to do be outdone by Blandford’s perform- their part in some games if one of the ance was guard Tyler Eide who added two struggle shooting in a night. For 18 points and had five steals. The duo now at least, head coach Pat Callahan of Blandford and Eide simply has has his young team riding high. caused havoc for other teams to de- The Nanooks look to continue fend against as they have been light- their strong start this Thursday ing up the stat sheet all season with evening against Point Hope in the scoring. Subway Showdown in front of their The key of the first game, how- home crowd at the Den of the Mighty ever, was the rebounding battle. The Nanooks for what will be a three Nanooks outrebound Galena 41-22, game weekend. including 11 rebounds from center Cass Mattheis. The size and strength of Nome was too much for the Hawks to overcome. The same thing was true in the sec- ond affair as the Nanooks won again

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The Nome Visitors Center already has a list of people needing housing during the Iditarod! Are you going to have a spare bedroom, an extra apartment or an empty home during the 2012 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race? If you would like to rent space to one of our many visitors through the Iditarod Overflow Housing Program, you can Photo by Paul Apfelbeck earn some extra cash as well as meet new people! FLYBOY—Nikolai Ogawa from the Galena Hawks goes high and for two points in the JV game against the To sign up for the program, contact the Visitors Nome Nanooks on January 6. Playing for Nome are Eli Johnson #10 and Josh Gologergen #4. The Nome JV Center by calling 443-6555 or e-mail to team won their first game against the Galena Hawks JV squad 46-44, lost their second game against Galena 31- 54. [email protected] 10 THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012 regional THE NOME NUGGET Marketing cholesterol control: A game of chance Bob Lawrence, MD attack or stroke. It is also good for terol would have to take a cholesterol terol levels in the blood csan be used When it comes to preventing car- Alaska Family Doctor people who are at high risk of heart lowering medication every day for as a gauge of cardiovascular health. diovascular disease, no pill is as Before going generic in Novem- disease, like patients with diabetes. five years to prevent one heart attack. Some cholesterol levels represent a powerful as a daily walk or a plate ber of 2011, Lipitor, a cholesterol- But atorvastatin and other choles- This means many patients have healthy state, like elevations in high- full of vegetables. No medication lowering drug made by Pfizer, had terol lowering medications do not been playing a sort of medical split- density lipoprotein (HDL) choles- can lower a person’s risk of disease become the best selling pharmaceu- help every person who takes them. the-pot, paying up to $5 per pill daily terol. Other cholesterol rises in like weight loss or smoking cessa- tical of all time. In fact, between 16 and 23 people along with up to 250 other people for response to cardiovascular damage, tion. And no blockbuster drug will The success of Lipitor is notewor- with known heart disease would a chance to lower their risk of heart like elevations in low-density ever replace the health-promoting ef- thy not because it works so well at have to take atorvastatin every day attack and stroke. lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. fects of salmon and seal oil. lowering cholesterol, but because the for five years in order to lower the The manufacturers of a series of Statins work by lowering the LDL Though a physician may need to manufacturer, Pfizer, has proven un- risk of a second heart attack in just cholesterol lowering drugs, called levels in the bloodstream. But just prescribe a medication to 250 pa- rivaled in marketing their drug. one patient. statins, rode a sensational wave of as taking acetaminophen (Tylenol) to tients to prevent one from having a Through a combination of direct- Most cardiologists, not to mention medical discovery in the 1980s when lower a fever does not treat the cause heart attack or stroke, only one per- to-consumer advertizing and educa- most heart patients, are tolerant of research showed that people with of the fever, chemically lowering son has to lose weight, eat more veg- tion to providers, Pfizer those odds. high cholesterol and blood fats, like cholesterol levels in the bloodstream etables, or exercise for 30 minutes representatives were able to persuade But what if a patient does not have triglycerides, tended to have a higher by taking a statin does not necessar- per day to benefit that one person. It a generation of doctors to prescribe heart disease or diabetes and just has risk for heart attacks and strokes. ily change a person’s risk of cardio- is important to remember that the medication for patients that high cholesterol? Does cholesterol Since then, scientists have learned vascular disease or death from healthy living does not need to be a would likely see little benefit. medication help? The answer is yes, that cholesterol itself is not a disease. another cause. Treating the underly- game of chance. To be clear, Lipitor, generically but the number needed to treat is Cholesterol is present in every cell of ing problem requires changes in called atorvastatin, can be very help- much higher. Up to 250 otherwise the body performing numerous lifestyle. ful to people who have had a heart healthy individuals with high choles- healthy functions. However, choles- Cold wreaks havoc with regional water and sewer systems By Diana Haecker Before water and sewer plant opera- sinks and bathtubs didn’t work. The Bitter cold temperatures hovering tors could thaw out the main water- system was restored on January 10. around the -30°F mark and colder line, residents were asked to The villages of Kobuk and Noatak caused Savoonga water lines to conserve their water usage. are experiencing a heating fuel short- freeze up between the well and the In St.Michael, the water lines age as temperatures dip below -45°F. city’s water tank. The problem were working but the sewer drainage In Noatak, the store ran out of fuel. started on January 2, but was fixed was out of order. The cold caused the In Kobuk, fuel delivery by air was by press time on January 10, when vacuum system to break down on delayed because of inclement temperatures in Savoonga were at January 4. While homes still had run- weather conditions that didn’t allow -52°FAll windchill. Around ning water, the drainage from Sound toilets, planes to land at the village airstrip.

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Marge Kanayuqpak Baker and brother-in-law, Sally and Frank Marge Kanayuqpak Baker was Gallahorn of Kotzebue, sister born November 30, 1932 to Louis Yvonne Salinas of Seattle, brother and Clara Rotman in Kotzebue, Seymour Rotman of Kotzebue, Alaska. She graduated high school daughter and son-in-law Terry and from Holy Name Academy in Seat- Kim Pearce of Kotzebue, daughter tle. and son-in-law Carol and Tony Del- On February 21, 1957, she mar- gado of Grass Valley, CA; daughter ried Robert ‘Bob’ Baker and they and son-in-law Lori and Patrick spent their honeymoon in Mexico. Henry of Anchorage, daughter and They made their home in Kotzebue, son-in-law Marcy and Mark Fair- where they raised their seven chil- banks of Kotzebue, son John Baker dren. of Kotzebue, son and daughter-in- Together they started Baker Avia- law Mike and Rusa Baker of Nome, tion in 1964. Four years later when and son and daughter-in-law Andy Bob died, Marge continued to grow and Tammy Baker of Kotzebue. the business. She became the first Her granddaughters are Robyn woman to own and operate an airline Westlake, Megan Sherman, Ashley in Alaska. A successful business- Madison, Fallon Fairbanks, June woman, Marge ran the air taxi with Baker, Margie Baker, Tahayla Baker, Photo by Peggy Fagerstrom her heart. She was a model business Lena Baker and Celien Thorne. COLD— Hoar frost and icycles decorate this house on the corner of Second Ave. and Division St. in Nome. leader who cared for the people she Her grandsons are Donald Fair- served in the rural communities of banks, Robert Fairbanks, Alex West- arctic Alaska. Always a gracious lake, Tanner Baker and Thomas hostess, Marge welcomed people Baker. into her home and family. Her great-grandchildren are Jef- Saying it Sincerely Marge was a member of the frey Sherman, Scarlett Fairbanks, By Father Ross Tozzi, He then sent the Russian tanker tion that not even a drop of fuel Alaska Air Carriers Association, Alivia Coro, Norah Madison and St. Joseph Parish served on the Board of Directors of Owen Coro. Renda on the high seas and said, “Go would be spilled. This treasure was Member of the Nome Ministerial and search for fuel on the world mar- more valued than gold in the mining the NANA Regional Corporation Marge was preceded in death by Association and Kotzebue Electric Association, her husband Robert ‘Bob’ Baker, fa- ket. When you have found it, bring it town of Nome. And having been and served as the Kotzebue station ther Louis Rotman, mother Clara When winter had finally set in for to Nome, that we may last the winter warned in a dream not to return manager for the Alaska Airlines. Rotman Salinas, her sisters Pearl Nome on the edge of the Bering Sea, without paying $9.00 a gallon for through more dangerous ice, the Marge died peacefully while on ‘Bunny’ Smith and June Nelson and in the days of Chairman Jason, be- fuel.” sailors of the Renda departed for holiday with family at the home of her granddaughter Ladi Baker. hold, the wise men and women of the After their initial meeting, there their country by another way. her daughter in Punta Mita, Mexico Funeral and burial services were region gathered together asking, were many, many, many, many more. Brothers and sisters: You have on December 24, 2011. in Kotzebue, December 29, 2011. “Where is the fuel we ordered last Marge is survived by her sister Senators from Washington DC and heard for weeks of the fuel oils com- May? We can foresee fuel prices ris- officials from Homeland Security, ing and how many people have ing and we have come together to do scientists from UAF’s Geophysical worked together for the common something about it.” Institute, The Coast Guard, and good. More precious than fuel oil or When Chairman Jason heard this, Alaska’s Department of Environ- gold is the gift that God the Father he was greatly troubled, and all of mental Conservation, the Mayor, the has given us in the Christ Child. You Nome with him. Assembling all the City Manager, the Port Manager and are the stewards of God’s grace in chief advisers from Bonanza many, many, many, many more all this generation. Fuel, He inquired of them, “Where is spent countless hours navigating • Share the gift of the Christ Child the fuel and how will we bring it to through the sea of red tape so that the with others that they may follow the Nome?” Renda could navigate through the icy golden rule and always work to- They said to him, “The storm of waters of the Bering Sea. gether for the common good. the century in Nome and throughout And behold, the US Coast Guard • Share the gift of the Christ Child the region, prevented delivery earlier icebreaker Healy preceded the with others so that the light of Christ this fall. Now that the ice has frozen, Renda, until it came and stopped shines brightly in the darkness and there will be no delivery: And you, over the place where the fuel could bitter cold of this winter. Nome, on the edge of the Bering Sea, be brought into Nome. The town of • Share the gift of the Christ Child will not be provided with your order; Nome was overjoyed at seeing the with others so that they may joy in unless you find a way around the ice, Renda, and on entering as close as the spiritual fuel that energizes the to bring fuel oil to your people.” Marge Kanayuqpak Baker they could to the harbor the sailors soul not merely for a winter but for a Then Chairman Jason called the saw the children and mothers and lifetime and beyond. wise men and women together again Nomeites of every kind. They deliv- and ascertained how they could all ered the fuel oil taking every precau- Church Services work for the fuel oil’s appearance. Directory

Bible Baptist Church 443-2144 Sunday School: 10 a.m./Worship: 11 a.m. Community Baptist Church-SBC It’s 108 West 3rd Avenue • 443-5448 • Pastor Bruce Landry Sunday Small Group Bible Study: 10 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship: 11 a.m. Community United Methodist West 2nd Ave • 443-2865 Sunday: Worship 11 a.m. Hoop Tuesday: 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. Thrift Shop Tuesday & Thursday: 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Nome Covenant Church 101 Bering Street • 443-2565 • Pastor Harvey Sunday: School 10 a.m./Worship 11 a.m. Wednesday: Youth Group 7 p.m. (call 443-7218 for location) Friday: Community Soup Kitchen 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. Time. Our Savior Lutheran Church 5th Avenue & Bering • 443-5295 on’t miss a minute as Nome Nanook Sunday: School 9:45 am/Worship 11 a.m. Handicapped accessible ramp: North side D basketball comes your way on River of Life Assembly of God 443-5333 KICY AM-850. Brought to you by Sunday School:10 a.m. Sunday Worship Service: 11 a.m./Evening Worship: 7 p.m. The A/C Value Center, Lewis & Thomas Sunday Youth Meeting: 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Night Service: 7 p.m. Attorneys at Law, Bering Air, Nome Outfitters, St. Joseph Catholic Church Corner of Steadman & King Place • 443-5527 Wells Fargo, The Nome Community Center Tobacco Control Mass Schedule: Saturday 5:30 p.m./Sunday 10:30 a.m. Patients going to ANMC and want to see a catholic priest Program, Nome Joint Utility System, and Outsiders Hardware. please call Fr. Brunet, OMI: cell 907-441-2106 or Holy Family Cathedral (907) 276-3455 Don’t get too far away from a radio this season! Seventh-Day Adventist Icy View • 443-5137 Saturday Sabbath School: 10 a.m. Saturday Morning Worship: 11 a.m. Nome Church of Nazarene 3rd Avenue & Division Street • 443-2805 Sunday School: 10 a.m. Sunday Worship Service: 11 a.m. AM-850 12 THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012 THE NOME NUGGET CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Deadline is noon Monday•(907) 443-5235•Fax (907)443-5112 e-mail [email protected]

Employment Seawall Real Estate HOUSE FOR SALE 1800 sq ft, 4 bd 2 ba, fence, Call 304-5096 shed, greenhouse. Nice! Appraised at $325,000. 12/15 tfn 01/02/12 Norton Sound Health Corporation (NSHC) is committed A Nome juvenile, 16 was arrested and remanded to providing quality health services and promoting to Nome Youth Facility for Two Counts of Assault in the 4th Degree, Domestic Violence. wellness within our people and environment. MUNAQSRI Senior Apartments • “A Caring Place” NSHC is currently recruiting for the following position: 01/03/12 Ernest Butler, 29, was arrested and remanded to NOW taking applications for one-bedroom AMCC for Assault in the 4th Degree, Domestic Vi- unfurnished apartments, heat included Certified Nursing Assistant, Quyanna Care Center olence. “62 years of age or older, handicap/disabled, regardless of age” A Nome juvenile, 17, received a citation for Minor •Electricity subsidized; major appliances provided PURPOSE OF POSITION: To provide patient and family focused care in Consuming Alcohol and Providing False Informa- tion to a Peace Officer. •Rent based on income for eligible households accordance with NSHCʼs mission, philosophy, policies, and procedures •Rent subsidized by USDA Rural Development under the direction of the charge nurse and in compliance with standards Brandon Lancaster, 20, received a citation for for professional nursing practice in the clinical setting. Minor Consuming Alcohol. 515 Steadman Street, Nome

Lesley Ellanna, 18, received a citation for Minor EQUAL EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: High school diploma or GED. Consuming Alcohol. OPPORTUNITY State of Alaska Nursing Assistant certification is required. One year EMPLOYER Floyd Lockwood, 34, was arrested and remanded demonstrated work experience required preferably in health care setting. to AMCC for Violating Conditions of Probation. (907) 443-5220 PO BOX 1289 • Nome, AK 99762 Fax: (907) 443-5318 Hearing Impaired: 1-800-770-8973 Salary: $18.80 + DOE + Great Benefits Package Burl Johnson, 47, was arrested and remanded to Helen “Huda” Ivanoff, Manager AMCC for Violating Conditions of Probation. For an application, detailed job description or more information, 01/05/12 Monalisa Washington, 54, was arrested and re- please contact: manded to AMCC for an Arrest Warrant.

NSHC Human Resources Department: Brandon Lancaster, 20, received a citation for PLEASE Minor Consuming Alcohol. Rhonda Schneider, Recruitment & Staffing Manager [email protected] 01/06/12 Garrett Adsuna, 32, was arrested and remanded HELP (907)443-4525 to AMCC for Disorderly Conduct; Resisting/Inter- fering with An Arrest and Violating Conditions of 907-443-2085 fax Probation. www.nortonsoundhealth.org Adopt a Pet 01/07/12 Anthony Shelp, 49, was arrested and remanded NSHC will apply Alaska Native/American Indian (under PL 93-638), EEO, and to AMCC for Criminal Trespass in the 2nd Degree, or make your Veteran Preferences. To ensure consumers are protected to the degree prescribed Violating Conditions of Release, and Violating under federal and state laws, NSHC will initiate a criminal history and background Conditions of Felony Probation. check. NSHC is a drug free workplace and performs pre-employment drug donation 01/08/12 screening. Candidates failing to pass a pre-employment drug screen will not be Dawn Ozenna, 19, was arrested and remanded considered for employment. 1/5 to AMCC for Three Counts of Violating Conditions today! of Probation.

Adopt a pet and get a FREE bag of dog/cat food when you adopt a dog/cat. Dog food, cat food, cat litter and other donations are Legals always welcome at the Nome Animal Shelter! Nome Animal Control & Adopt-A-Pet by submitting written comments to Shirley A. Gif- maintain adequate, efficient and safe facilities- IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE ford, Director, Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, based essential retail and carrier-to-carrier 443-5212 or 443-5262 OF ALASKA 5848 E. Tudor Road, Anchorage, AK 99507, by telecommunications services of similar quality SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT NOME fax at 907-272-9412 or email throughout their designated service area. COLRs CASE NO: 2NO-11-00303CI [email protected]. The comments must are subject to the provisions of 3 AAC 53.265 and ORDER FOR HEARING, be received no later than 4:30 p.m., February 3, may be eligible to receive support from the Alaska PUBLICATION AND POSTING 2012. Universal Service Fund. I would like to recognize and thank the volunteers that braved In the Matter of a Change of Name for: Frederick Harold Moody, If you are a person with a disability who may need MUKLUK proposes to provide COLR service in the extreme cold on New Yearʼs Eve to ensure that people were Current name of Adult. a special accommodation in order to participate in the Council, Elim, Golovin, Koyuk, Little Diomede, safe while celebrating New Yearʼs Eve. The following deserve a Notice of Petition to Change Name the process on the proposed regulations, please Nome, Stebbins, Shishmaref, Shaktoolik, St. A petition has been filed in the Superior Court contact the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board at Michael, Teller, Wales and White Mountain ex- big thank you for giving up their sleep in a warm bed and going (Case # 2NO-11-00303CI) requesting a name (907) 269-0350 no later than February 1, 2012 to changes. The Commission may approve or deny change from (current name) Frederick Harold ensure that any necessary accommodations can (in whole or in part) the request for COLR desig- out into the night with temperatures as low as 31 below: Mary Moody to Fred Harold Moody. A hearing on this be provided. nation, impose conditions on approval, or take Carter, Hunter Bellamy, Barb Amarok, Emily Hughes, Elmer request will be held on January 27, 2012 at other actions to protect the public interest. 11:00 a.m. at Nome Courthouse, 113 Front The proposed regulation changes are available Bekoalok, Robin Hughes, Alpha Nybo, Melissa Boeckmann, Street, Nome, AK. on the Department of Public Safety website at You may obtain more information about this peti- McKenzie Scott, John Handeland, and Steve Willson. 12/15-22/11-1/5-12/12 www.dps.alaska.gov/Comm/regulations.aspx or tion by contacting Robert Dunn, by request through the Alcoholic Beverage Con- Director of Regulatory Affairs, at 201 East 56th Av- ! trol Board email at [email protected], enue, Suite 100, Anchorage, Alaska 99518; (907) Berda Willson ou IN THE SUPERIOR COURT telephone: 907-269-0350, fax: 907-272-9412, or 563-2003. The petition is also available for in- y FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA its office at 5848 E. Tudor Road, Anchorage, spection at the Commissionʼs office at Regional Wellness Forum k AT KOTZEBUE Alaska 99507. 701 West Eighth Avenue, Suite 300, Anchorage, an ORDER FOR HEARING, Alaska 99501; (907) 276-6222 or may be viewed Chair and Safety Patrol Organizer h PUBLICATION AND POSTING After the public comment period ends, the Alco- at the Commissionʼs website at T CASE NO. 2KB-11-203CI holic Beverage Control Board will either adopt this http://rca.alaska.gov by typing Docket “U-11-139” In the Matter of a Change of Name for: or other provisions dealing with the same subject, in the Find a Matter search box. Leonard James Wood without further notice, or take no action on them. Current Name of Adult The language of the final regulations may be dif- To comment on the petition, please file your com- Notice of Petition to Change Name ferent from that of the proposed regulations. YOU ments by 4:30 p.m., on February 6, 2012, at the A petition has been filed in the Superior Court SHOULD COMMENT DURING THE TIME AL- Commissionʼs address given above or via our Trooper Beat (Case No. 2KB-11-203CI) requesting a name LOWED IF YOUR INTERESTS COULD BE AF- website at: change from Leonard James Wood to Leonard FECTED. James Lisbourne. A hearing on this request will http://rca.alaska.gov/RCAWeb/WhatsNew/Public- On December 28, 2011, the Alaska State cohol in violation of her conditions of release as be held on January 24, 2012 at 4:15 p.m. at The Statutory Authority: AS 04.06.090, AS NoticesComments.aspx Troopers arrested Garrett Oozevaseuk, 31, in set by the Nome Court. D. Kulowiyi-Yenan was Kotzebue Courthouse at 605 Third Avenue, 04.06.100 Gambell, on an outstanding bench warrant issued transported and remanded to AMCC in Nome. Kotzebue, Alaska. Statutes Being Implemented, Interpreted, or Please reference the docket number and include by the court for failing to appear for a scheduled 12/22-1/5-12-19 Made Specific: AS 04.21.050 a statement that youʼve filed a copy of the com- hearing. G. Oozevaseuk was transported and re- On January 2, AST received a report from Fiscal Information: The proposed regulation ments with MUKLUK at its address given above. manded to Anvil Mountain Correctional Center in Savoonga VPOs an adult female, 21 years of age, NOTICE OF PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE changes are not expected to require an increased Nome. had been contacted at a party and observed to be REGULATIONS appropriation. Individuals or groups of people with disabilities intoxicated. The female is currently on Probation OF THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL who require special accommodations, auxiliary On January 2, 2012 AST received a report for a Minor Consuming Alcohol. Charges for- BOARD DATE: December 28, 2011 aids or service, or alternative communication for- from Savoonga VPOs that Randy Annogiyuk had warded to the District Attorney for violating her Shirley A. Gifford, Director mats should contact Joyce McGowan at violated his conditions of probation, damaged conditions of Probation. The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board proposes Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (907) 276-6222, toll free at 1-800-390-2782 or property and challenged the VPOs to fight. He to adopt regulation changes in Title 13 of the 1/5,12 TTY (907) 276-4533 or send a request via elec- was subsequently arrested and detained at the On January 5, Nome WAANT contacted Am- Alaska Administrative Code dealing with the use tronic mail to: [email protected] by January Savoonga Public Safety Office. R. Annogiyuk was brose B. Otten, Jr., 50, at his residence in St. of valid forms of identification, including the fol- NOTICE OF UTILITY PETITION 26, 2012. later transported and remanded to AMCC in Michael. Incident to contact, 2.5 liters of home- lowing: th Nome. brew was seized from his residence and he was The REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA DATED at Anchorage, Alaska, this 5 day of Jan- arrested. Otten was administered a PBT that reg- (1) 13 AAC 104.425(b) is proposed to be (Commission) hereby gives notice that on uary, 2012. On January 2, AST received a report of a male istered .208 BrAC. Otten was transported and changed to allow the use of passports October 12, 2011, Mukluk Telephone Company, REGULATORY COMMISSION OF ALASKA individual furnishing alcohol to a minor during a booked into AMCC on January 6. St. Michael is a from any country as a form of valid iden- Inc. (MUKLUK) filed a petition for designation as party in Savoonga. Investigation is on-going. local option community that voted to ban the sale tification. the permanent Carrier of Last Resort (COLR) in T.W. Patch and importation of alcohol. the MUKLUK study area. Docket U-11-139 was Chairman On January 2, AST arrested Daisy Kulowiyi- You may comment on the proposed regulation opened to address this matter. 1/12 Yenan, 35, in Savoonga, after she consumed al- changes, including the potential costs to private persons of complying with the proposed changes, Carriers designated as COLRs must provide and

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• More Letters ICANS thank continued from page 3 in either case yet, Alaskans are s Alaska Airlines, rightly outraged about the behavior Dear Editor that led to both incidents. Nome Joint Utilities and the Two recent criminal cases in An- In two weeks, I will convene a chorage shocked many citizens. In Crime Summit in Juneau. Attending the first, a man injected a 14-year-old are prosecutors, police officers, cor- National Parks Service for girl with heroin, causing her death. rections officials, and court system In the other a driver struck a pair of representatives. We will be assessing pedestrians injuring both of them the state of crime in Alaska, looking helping to make our Christmas gravely. They were walking along an for ways to more effectively prevent Anchorage sidewalk, heading home crime, catch perpetrators, and, where Tree Sales a success. from a New Year’s celebration, when possible, rehabilitate offenders. they were hit by a reckless, and pos- In looking for answers to the sibly intoxicated, driver who tried to crime problems that bedevil Alaska, flee the scene. While we cannot for- get that no one has been found guilty continued on page 13 THE NOME NUGGET THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012 13 • Nome in long deep freeze ederal continued from page 4 While January may get into the daily snowfall records in December F history books for being colder than associated with a series of three Nome has not been above 0°F normal for an extended stretch of back-to-back blizzards that dumped Subsistence Regional Advisory Council since Dec. 23 and broke records on time, December 2011 proved to be more than 17.5 inches of snow on January 3 with -37°F (old -34°F, one of the wettest and snowiest on Nome and surrounding areas. With 1949), Jan. 4 with -38°F (old -34°F, the 105-years of climatological his- the exception of the week of warm 1917) and tied with the old record of tory in Nome. The NWS metereolo- blizzards, last December was also MEMBERS WANTED! -40°F from 1917 on Jan. 5. gists say that it was the wettest 3°F colder than normal with an aver- Ten Eyck said that the cold air December in 60 years. Nome set four age temperature of 6.5°F. Help advise the Federal Subsistence mass is still lingering over the re- gion, although winds brought up the Board on the management of subsistence temperatures a notch. Once the winds stop, the basic cold air mass is resources for your region. still in place to make the tempera- tures plunge again into the -25°F range. APPLICATION DEADLINE February 18, 2012 • More Letters continued from page 12 For an application, call I am also seeking input from the (800) 478-1456 or (907) 786-3676 public. I want to hear from you on or visit: two questions: 1) what’s the number http://alaska.fws.gov/asm/rac.cfml one crime issue in Alaska and 2) what should be done about it? Send your answers to [email protected] FROZEN FISH RACK Photo by Janice Doherty .us or mail them to me at State Capi- tol, Room 417, Juneau Alaska 99801. I look forward to hearing from you. Senator Hollis French 716 West 4th Avenue, Suite 420 Anchorage, AK 99501 Phone 907.269.0234 Fax 907.269.0238

Dear Editor, My husband, John B Carter II, is a crewmember aboard the Cutter Healy and we have lived here in Vacant Tribal Council Seat Marysville since 2004 when we bought our first home. Also, I be- Nome Eskimo Community currently has one (1) lieve there are several other crew- men who live here in Marysville, but vacant Tribal Council seat. The seat will expire I would have to ask because I’m not in November 2012. Candidates must be a Tribal NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING sure. My husband was originally scheduled to be home for the holi- member of Nome Eskimo Community, live in NORTON SOUND/BERING STRAIT days (he has been gone since May Nome, be 21 years or older to serve. 27) but due to this last minute mis- REGIONAL PLANNING TEAM MEETING sion to Nome they are now due Monday, January 23, 2012 (9:00 a.m.) home around January 21. Back in Applications and a Letter of Intent early December, the U.S. Senators will be accepted until Nome City Council Chambers for Alaska sent a request to the U.S. 102 Division Street Coast Guard asking that the Healy Friday, January 27, 2009 @ 5:00 p.m. break ice so that fuel could be deliv- The ADF&G announces the Norton Sound/Bering ered to Nome. Over my husband’s 20-year Coast Guard career, this is Interested members may pick up an Strait Regional Planning Team (NSBS RPT) will meet the longest he has been gone from Monday, January 23, 2012, 9:00 am at the Nome City home. application at the NEC office building at: Council Chambers. The topics of discussion will be Sincerely, 200 W. 5th Avenue. an update on salmon fishery enhancement projects, Heidi Carter Marysville, WA future and potential projects, and updating the re- If you have any questions, you may contact Cheryl at gional comprehensive salmon plan. The meeting is 443-2246 or email [email protected]. open to public attendance and participation.

Visit us on the web at: necalaska.org 1/12-19 For additional information please call 907-465-4235 or email [email protected] 1/5,12,19 TIER II REPORTING The Nome LEPC is presenng government agencies and private Shishmaref Native Corporation NOME enes in the Bering Straits Region with informaon related to Tier II reporng requirements. This is in accordance with JOB OPENING federal regulaons in Title III of the Superfund Amendments General Manager ocal L and Reauthorizaon Act of 1986, Secon 312, Public Law - Determine and formulate policies and provide the overall 99499, codified at 42 U.S.C. Secon 11022. The Act is also direction of companies or private and public sector organization known as SARA Title III. with the guidelines set up by the Board of Directors. Emergency - Plan, direct, or coordinate operation activities at the highest level of management with the help of subordinate executives Annual Tier II reports are required by organizaons that staff managers and investment advisors. maintain a physical inventory of applicable hazardous chemicals Planning in quanes that are equal to or exceed threshold limits. Some Qualifications: High School Graduate or GED, knowledge of organizaons are exempt from reporng requirements per computer usage with Microsoft Word, Excel, Internet and SARA Title III or other federal regulaons. All organizaons are QuickBooks. Accounting training preferred. Committee exempt for inventory below threshold limits. Other Qualifications: Top executives must have highly developed personal skills. An analytical mind able to quickly assess large amounts of information and data is very important, Tier II reporng provides specific informaon to the public, as is the ability to consider and evaluate the relationships local government (including the Fire Department), and state between numerous factors. Top executives also must be able to government, about hazardous chemicals present at your communicate clearly and persuasively. For managers to succeed facility at any me during the year. Complete reporng they need other important qualities as well, including leadership, self-confidence, motivation, decisiveness, flexibility, sound includes subming a copy of the Materials Safety Data Sheet business judgment and determination. (MSDS) for all chemicals that meet threshold limits. Preferable Education and Training: Have a bachelorʼs or Your organizaon may receive a leer in the next few weeks. graduate degree in Business Administration, Liberal Arts, or a more specialized discipline. Needs a strong background in Detailed informaon and instrucons will be included in the securities and finance. packet. If you do not receive a leer, please contact the Nome LEPC by calling (907)443-8522 or if you have any quesons as Salaries: $18.00/hr. min. D.O.E. to whether or not your organizaon may be required to submit Deadline to Apply: January 30, 2012 annual inventory reports in accordance with the Act. Applications are available at the Shishmaref Native Corporation, This noce is paid for by the Local Emergency Planning Commiee Grant, State of Alaska Monday-Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 1/5-12-19-26 14 THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012 THE NOME NUGGET • More Foster Report continued from page 2 infrastructure improvement. I am in agreement that the State is with this process go to the initiative website http://www.alaska- behind the times on this, especially in rural areas. There is cur- coastalmanagement.org/ or call (907) 957-4540. knowledged that this number is going to go up, “With a lower rently $123,343,058 in the Capital budget for HD 39 and The Supreme Court trial on redistricting will begin January starting point on dollars and positions, we can have a public con- $10,000,000 in the bond package. This puts our district at the top 9. While the new shape and composition of HD 39 is not part versation with the Legislature about more effective use of the of the heap going into this cycle. The make-up of these expen- of the case, our fate is still intertwined with the court’s decision. public’s dollars.” That said, I believe there is going to be a push ditures is mainly big ticket items, schools, airports, state build- If the district in question (HD 38) is ruled unconstitutional the from the administration to contain the growth of the operating ings, ports etc. (Please contact our office for your community’s entire map will have to go back to the drawing board. There are budget. Ten years ago in 2002 the operating budget totaled $6.5 specifics.) We will be working with our communities to fill no quick fixes that will meet the requirements of both the Alaska billion. What has enabled this drastic increase of the operating what holes we can in local infrastructure needs. Unlike the Op- Constitution and the Voting Rights Act (VRA). The court’s rul- budget in one decade is the new world of high oil prices and the erating budget the Capital budget doesn’t commit the State to fu- ing hinges on how they balance the competing elements of these revamping of the States oil tax system. All conventional wis- ture expenditures. So while we’ve seen this balloon over years two mandates. One important note is that the five point test the dom is that in a best case scenario the State revenue will remain it does not ultimately determine the State’s sustainable funding State court uses to determine a plan’s legality does not include flat but there is a substantial risk of falling revenues. In the short level. My view is that this is where budget surpluses should be the federal VRA. I do however think the court will understand and mid-term current prices and production levels will allow us spent so we can be ahead of the curve when funding gets tight. that the Redistricting Board must clear that bar and will take some wiggle room as will our savings in the Constitutional Oil taxes are still going to be the main focus this year along that into consideration. Budget Reserve, but in the long term we will have to reconcile with gas line discussions. I expect to see some new idea raised The Nome office will be closed during session so please con- revenues and expenditures. There is consensus building that it on oil and gas taxes including State Directed Financial Invest- tact the Juneau office with any questions. Happy New Year will be better to do this now when times are good then waiting ments (SDFI) and the decoupling of oil and gas taxes but it’s My office is available to answer questions or to help with is- until the wolf is at the door. still too early to say what these will ultimately look like or what sues related to the state. Please feel free to contact me or my The Capital budget is a different animal. It’s currently support they will garner. In short SDFI would have the state in- staff (907) 465-3789. $1,785,124,673 which is down $1,013,953,327 (57 percent) vest directly in exploration and development projects thus as- from last year. That is offset by a bond package that’s proposed suring in-state expenditures. Whether or not Coastal Zone at $350,000,000 which will also be capital expenditures. That Management will be a major issue will depend mostly on the leaves us about $650 million below last year. I expect we will ability of the sponsors to get the required signatures before Jan- see that gap close over the course of budget negotiations. The uary 17. If they do it will put significant pressure on opponents Governor’s impetus for this $2.1 billion package is the need for to try and reach a compromise. If you’d like to get involved Court

Week ending 1/6 pearance or performance bond is exonerated; 60 days, 0 days suspended; Unsus- Driverʼs license is revoked for one year; Concurrent with DMV action; Use an Igni- Civil pended 60 days shall be served with defendant remanded to AMCC consecutive to tion Interlock Device: After you regain the privilege to drive or obtain a limited li- In the Matter of: Ahkinga, Marlene C.; Juror Order to Show Cause: Fail to Appear 2NO-10-776CR; Initial Jail Surcharge: $50 per case; Due now to AGs Office, An- cense, you must use an ignition interlock device (IID) as directed in the IID In the Matter of: Ashenfelter, Arnold O.; Juror Order to Show Cause: Fail to Appear chorage; Police Training Surcharge: $50 shall be paid through this court within 10 Information Sheet (CR-483) for 12 months; Costs of IID will be deducted from fie if In the Matter of: Bernhardt, Jerry D.; Juror Order to Show Cause: Fail to Appear days. you file proof of payment before fine due date; Probation for 3 years; Obey all di- In the Matter of: Berroteran, Julianne; Juror Order to Show Cause: Fail to Appear State of Alaska v. Andy Penayah (8/23/81); 2NO-07-714CR Order to Modify or Revoke rect court orders listed above by the deadlines stated; Commit no jailable offenses; In the Matter of: Csiki, David A.; Juror Order to Show Cause: Fail to Appear Probation; ATN: 110825514; Violated conditions of probation; Suspended jail term Do not possess or consume alcohol for a period ending 3 years from date of this In the Matter of: Ferry, Richard W.; Juror Order to Show Cause: Fail to Appear revoked and imposed: 8 months; All other terms and conditions of probation in the judgment (12/30/11); Other: Subject to warrantless breath testing and warrantless In the Matter of: Floyd, Jason; Juror Order to Show Cause: Fail to Appear original judgment remain in effect. arrest by any peace officer on reasonable suspicion; Surrender ID to DMV within 10 In the Matter of: Iyatunguk, May; Juror Order to Show Cause: Fail to Appear State of Alaska v. Andy Penayah (8/23/81); 2NO-11-480CR Notice of Dismissal; Charge days of release for ID with alcohol endorsement. In the Matter of: Katchatag, Ayyusue M.; Juror Order to Show Cause: Fail to Appear 001: Resisting Arrest; Filed by the DAs Office 12/29/11. State of Alaska v. Vincent Matthias (1/10/87); Count 002: Disorderly Conduct; Any ap- In the Matter of: Keeney-Olson, Sharon Dawn; Juror Order to Show Cause: Fail to Ap- State of Alaska v. Josephine R. Waghiyi (11/12/88); Importation of Alcohol; Date of vi- pearance or performance bond is exonerated; CTN Chrgs Dismissed by State: 001 pear olation: 7/7/11; Any appearance or performance bond is exonerated; 60 days, 57 (ct 1); 10 days, 0 days suspended; Unsuspended 10 days shall be served with de- In the Matter of: Martin III, Frankie L.; Juror Order to Show Cause: Fail to Appear days suspended; Unsuspended 3 days shall be served with defendant remanded fendant remanded to AMCC; Initial Jail Surcharge: $50 per case; Due now to AGs In the Matter of: McRae, Kristine; Juror Order to Show Cause: Fail to Appear to AMCC; Fine: $3000 with $1500 suspended; Shall pay unsuspended $1500 fine Office, Anchorage; Police Training Surcharge: $50 shall be paid through this court In the Matter of: Ponce, Ramon M.; Juror Order to Show Cause: Fail to Appear through Nome Trial Courts by 11/15/12; Forfeit alcohol to State; Initial Jail Sur- within 10 days. In the Matter of: Pullock, Clyde J.; Juror Order to Show Cause: Fail to Appear charge: $50 per case; Due now to AGs Office, Anchorage; Suspended Jail Sur- State of Alaska v. Landis Bjorgen (2/15/92); 2NO-11-813CR Notice of Dismissal; In the Matter of: Schield, Toby Milan; Juror Order to Show Cause: Fail to Appear charge: $100 per case with $100 suspended; Must be paid if probation is revoked Charge 001: Motor Vehicle Insurance; Filed by the DAs Office 1/4/12. In the Matter of: Scott, Debbie D.; Juror Order to Show Cause: Fail to Appear and, in connection, defendant is arrested and taken to jail or is sentenced to jail; Po- State of Alaska v. Landis Bjorgen (2/15/92); 2NO-11-825CR Notice of Dismissal; In the Matter of: Strachan, Gerald C.; Juror Order to Show Cause: Fail to Appear lice Training Surcharge: $50 shall be paid through this court within 10 days; Pro- Charge 001: Motor Vehicle Insurance; Filed by the DAs Office 1/4/12. In the Matter of: Swann, Vanessa A.; Juror Order to Show Cause: Fail to Appear bation to 1/3/14; Shall comply with all court orders by the deadlines stated; Shall State of Alaska v. Melissa A. Rookok (2/15/90); Notice for Withdrawal of Affidavit; The In the Matter of: Thompson, Paul A.; Juror Order to Show Cause: Fail to Appear commit no violations of law; Shall not possess or consume alcohol in any dry or State withdraws the Affidavit filed on or about 1/2/12; Filed by the DAs Office 1/3/12. In the Matter of: Weyiouanna, Josephine; Juror Order to Show Cause: Fail to Appear damp community; Subject to warrantless breath testing at the request of any peace State of Alaska v. Nancy Kiyuklook (4/16/82); Order to Modify or Revoke Probation; In the Matter of: Whitt, Rodney Edward; Juror Order to Show Cause: Fail to Appear officer in such community; Person and baggage are subject to warrantless search ATN: 106865316; Violated conditions of probation; Suspended jail term revoked In the Matter of: Wilson, Chasta M.; Juror Order to Show Cause: Fail to Appear en route to local option community; Alcohol/substance abuse assessment by and imposed: 5 months, service of time allowed in Residential Treatment Program; Tucker, Michael vs. Tucker, Courtney; Domestic Violence: Ex Parte Without Children 2/15/12; Participate in and complete recommended treatment and aftercare; inpa- Shall report to AMCC by 12/30/11; All other terms and conditions of probation in the Ivanoff, Katherine vs. Ozenna III, Frederick; Domestic Violence: Ex Parte with Children tient treatment up to 30 days. original judgment remain in effect. Small Claims State of Alaska v. Louis A. Pete (3/15/84); Order to Modify or Revoke Probation; De- State of Alaska v. Ambrose Curtis Takak (7/14/77); Order of Dismissal; Count 001: Cn- No current claims on file fendant refuses probation; Probation terminated; Suspended jail term revoked and trld Subs 4- Deliv 1+ Oz VIA; Offense date: 10/14/11; CTNs 001 are dismissed pur- Criminal imposed: all time imposed, remanded into custody. suant to Rule 5 – Dismissal on motion of defendant due to decision by Prosecuting State of Alaska v. Gordon Ahnangnatoguk (6/21/61); Order to Modify or Revoke Pro- State of Alaska v. Doreen Lockwood (8/10/75); 2NO-11-422CR Notice of Dismissal; Attorney not to proceed with preliminary hearing; IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that bation; ATN: 112704489; Defendant refusing probation; Probation terminated; Sus- Charge 001 and 002: Disorderly Conduct; Filed by the DAs Office 12/29/111. the defendant be released from custody, any bond that has not been ordered for- pended jail term revoked and imposed: Balance of sentence; Remanded into State of Alaska v. Doreen Lockwood (8/10/75); 2NO-11-483CR Violating Release Con- feited be exonerated, and any cash or other security posted as bail be refunded to custody. ditions; Date of violation: 8/5/11; 20 days, 0 days suspended; Unsuspended 20 days the depositors. State of Alaska v. Nicole Renee Topkok (5/2/91); Possession, Control, or Consumption shall be served with defendant remanded to AMCC; Consecutive to 2NO-11-556CR State of Alaska v. Lee Koozaata (2/6/80); 2NO-09-348CR Order to Modify or Revoke of Alcohol by Person Under Age 21; Habitual Offender; Date of offense: 10/16/11; and 2NO-11-739CR; Initial Jail Surcharge: $50 per case; Due now to AGs Office, Probation; ATN: 110828907; Violated conditions of probation; Probation extended 45 days, 45 days suspended; Suspended Jail Surcharge: $100 per case with $100 Anchorage; Police Training Surcharge: $50 shall be paid through this court within to 8/12/13; All other terms and conditions of probation in the original judgment re- suspended; Surcharge must be paid if probation is revoked and, in connection, de- 10 days. main in effect. fendant is arrested and taken to jail or is sentenced to jail; Police Training Sur- State of Alaska v. Doreen Lockwood (8/10/75); 2NO-11-556CR Violating Release Con- State of Alaska v. Lee Koozaata (2/6/80); 2NO-09-348CR Notice of Withdrawal of PTR; charge: $50 to be paid to clerk of court within 10 days; Driverʼs license or privilege ditions; Date of violation: 9/5/11; 20 days, 0 days suspended; Unsuspended 20 days Filed by the DAs Office 1/5/12. to apply for one is revoked for 6 months; Defendant must immediately surrender any shall be served with defendant remanded to AMCC; Consecutive to 2NO-11-433 State of Alaska v. Lee Koozaata (2/6/80); 2NO-11-415CR Notice of Dismissal; Charge current driverʼs license to the court; Community Work Service: Within 120 days, and 2NO-11-739CR; Initial Jail Surcharge: $50 per case; Due now to AGs Office, 001: Assault 3; Filed by the DAs Office 1/5/12. complete 96 hours community work service and give the clerk of court proof of com- Anchorage. State of Alaska v. Brian A. Thomas (11/20/89); Order to Modify or Revoke Probation; pletion on the form provided by the clerk; Probation until 12/8/12; Comply with all State of Alaska v. Doreen Lockwood (8/10/75); 2NO-11-739CR Violating Release Con- ATN: 110672514; Defendant refuses probation; Probation terminated; Suspended direct court orders listed above by the deadlines stated; May not consume inhalants ditions; Date of violation: 11/6/11; 20 days, 0 days suspended; Unsuspended 20 jail term revoked and imposed: all time, remanded into custody. or possess or consume controlled substances or alcoholic beverages. days shall be served with defendant remanded to AMCC; Consecutive to 2NO-11- State of Alaska v. Tracey Iyapana (3/29/87); Notice of Dismissal; Charge 001, 002, 003: State of Alaska v. Duane Apatiki (11/15/90); Count 001: Assault 4°; CTN Chrgs Dis- 483CR and 2NO-11-556CR; Initial Jail Surcharge: $50 per case; Due now to AGs Assault 4°; DV; Filed by the DAs Office 1/4/12. missed by State: count 002, 003; 90 days, 30 days suspended; Unsuspended 60 Office, Anchorage; Police Training Surcharge: $50 shall be paid through this court State of Alaska v. David Larson (4/21/81); Notice of Dismissal; Charge 001: No Insur- days shall be served with defendant remanded; Initial Jail Surcharge: $50 per case; within 10 days. ance; Charge 002: Reckless Driving; Filed by the DAs Office 1/4/12. Due now to AGs Office, Anchorage; Suspended Jail Surcharge: $100 per case with State of Alaska v. Cherilyn Kavairlook (8/22/77); Count 001: DUI; Date of offense: State of Alaska v. Jacob Soolook (4/30/77); Order to Modify or Revoke Probation; ATN: $100 suspended; Must be paid if probation is revoked and, in connection, defendant 10/30/11; CTN Chrgs Dismissed: Count II (002); Any outstanding appearance or 112704948; Violated conditions of probation; Suspended jail term revoked and im- is arrested and taken to jail or is sentenced to jail; Police Training Surcharge: $50 performance bonds is exonerated; 180 days, 100 days suspended; Report to Nome posed: 5 days, not to exceed time served; Must pay suspended $100 jail surcharge shall be paid through this court within 10 days; Probation until 12/29/12; Shall com- Court on 12/30/11 at 1:30 PM for a remand hearing; Pay to Clerk of Court: Fine: to AGs Office, Anchorage; All other terms and conditions of probation in the origi- ply with all court orders by the deadlines stated; Subject to warrantless arrest for any $3000.00 with $0 suspended; $3000.00 due 6/1/13; Police Training Surcharge: $75 nal judgment remain in effect. violation of these conditions of probation; Shall commit no violations of law; Shall not with $0 suspended; $75 due in 10 days; Pay to Collections Unit, AGs Office, An- State of Alaska v. Stanley Oozeva (6/26/87); Order to Modify or Revoke Probation; possess or consume alcohol; Subject to warrantless breath testing at the request chorage: Initial Jail Surcharge: $50 per case with $0 suspended; $50 due; Sus- ATN: 110127069; Violated conditions of probation; Probation terminated; Sus- of any peace officer. pended Jail Surcharge: $100 per case with $100 suspended; Cost of Imprisonment: pended jail term revoked: bal of sentence (prob rev. to run concurrent w/parole rev.); State of Alaska v. Amos Slwooko (5/11/84); 2NO-10-776CR Order to Modify or Revoke $1467 (2nd Off.) with $0 suspended; Full amount ordered due; Complete Substance Must pay suspended $100 jail surcharge to AGs Office, Anchorage. Probation; ATN: 110131524; Defendant refusing probation; Probation terminated; Abuse Treatment Assessment: other: NSBHS within 30 days of release; Complete State of Alaska v. Wayne Foxie (4/25/87); Notice of Dismissal; Charge 001: VCR; Filed Suspended jail term revoked and imposed: all time, consecutive to the term in Case screening, evaluation and recommended program; You are responsible for costs; by the DAs Office 1/5/12. No. 2NO-11-809CR. File proof by 3/1/12 that you received an assessment, and file proof by 6/1/12 that State of Alaska v. Amos Slwooko (5/11/84); 2NO-11-809CR Harassment 1°; Any ap- you followed all assessment recommendations; Obey Driverʼs License Directives:

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U.S. Coast Guard photos by Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley BERING SEA ICE DUTY — (left}The Coast Guard Cutter Healy crew steers their vessel alongside the tanker vessel Renda as they conduct a return cut through the ice to directly assist the Renda crew through the Bering Sea ice Jan. 7. The Seattle based Healy crew is on their eighth month of Arctic deployment and are escorting the Renda as it carries more than 1.3 mil- lion gallons of fuel to help the residents of Nome. (right) A Kodiak-based Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules airplane crew surveys the Bering Sea ice and evaluates the progress of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy as the cutter cuts a path through the ice for the tanker vessel Renda Jan. 7.

•Russian tanker following icebreaker with new supply of fuel continued from page 1 fuel, and gasoline for delivery to Sit- fornia emissions standards. Plan B federal Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, Joy Baker, harbormaster, con- called for the Renda to take gasoline the irresistible sitting–on the-the- nasuak’s tank farm. Evans said last Sitnasuak Native Corp., state Dept. firmed last week that the plan called week he could not predict the prices suited to cold weather from Japan, of Fish and Game, members of Con- for the Renda to transfer the fuel by edge-of-chairs tidbit that Nome suf- along the way to Alaska. That sup- fers a dire shortage of heating fuel in at the gas pump following delivery gress, state officials, for a sampling, a four-inch hose that would bridge ply met the needs of cold weather Renda dark subzero weather—all untrue. until he had considered all variables, to sort out logistics for a safe and the gap from the to the fuel but denied customers would have to use—able to ignite at low tempera- successful delivery. Representatives transit hookup at the Nome cause- The community has enough heating tures and to flow without gelling in fuel, according to officials at both pay the media-circulated price of $9 of these interests were to fly into way. Smith told the Nome Common a gallon. He thought the tanker de- fuel lines. Nome over the past weekend. Council Monday that the hose would fuel companies—Bonanza and Alas, logistics of tying up at the Crowley Petroleum Distribution; Sit- livery would result in shipping prices NOAA/National Weather Service roll out in 400-ft. sections and have dramatically lower than airfreight, he Japanese fuel dock and weather has been providing spot ice reports mechanical couplings with interface nasuak, not the City of Nome, con- throwing a wrench in plans for a tracted the tanker delivery; summer said. to agencies involved in logistics. The gaskets and screw fitted. The So far, so good, but then the work barge transfer to the Renda mid- Alaska Army National Guard has Renda’s hose was certified by Russ- barges have already delivered fuel ocean sent the Renda to Dutch Har- for heating, fuel to turn power sup- began to clear obstacles added onto made their Nome hangar available ian authorities for offloading fuel on the logistics required to get the bor to obtain gasoline from Delta for air support. The manager of deliveries to military stations along ply generators, and some vehicle Western tanks. fuel, but not enough to Bonanza to tanker safely through winter seas and UAF’s Unmanned Aircraft program, the Northern Sea Route in the Russ- low temperatures. The tanker had to This raised a new challenge—to Gregory M. Walker, was to send up a ian arctic, according to Smith. satisfy their market share without the use the T/V Renda to transport fuel Renda delivery. pass a U.S. Coast Guard inspection two-pound unmanned aircraft With an estimate that the fuel from Dutch Harbor to Nome, Vitus would flow through the hoses at a Another barge company, Delta for safety and environmental con- Wednesday to make images of Marine had to obtain a waiver of the rate of 35,000 gallons an hour, the Western, had slated a September de- cerns to assure its compliance with Nome’s harbor in support of the fuel federal Jones Act of 1920 that says delivery could take 36 to 42 hours, livery of the 1.6 million gallons of laws of the United States to enter delivery. only American built vessels operated Renda Healy Joy Baker, Nome’s harbormaster fuel, then rescheduled for a couple of American waters. Vitus Marine had The and are follow- by American staff may transfer cargo said. If safety agencies determined arrivals in October, according to to ask the state Dept. of Environ- ing a route that steers clear of St. between American ports. Without the fuel should flow only during day- Nome port commissioners, when the mental Conservation for an adden- Lawrence Island, according to a Na- the waiver, the Renda would skip light hours, Nome’s current daily du- Alaska coast was ice-free all the way dum to its fuel discharge plan tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad- Dutch Harbor and meet the ice ration of less than eight hours of light to Kaktovik on the Beaufort Sea, ac- already on file to cover the risks of ministration incident report. This is cruncher Healy to head directly to could stretch the delivery to five cording to National Snow and Ice the first-time winter barge delivery a critical habitat for the spectacled Nome with its million gallons plus days or so. Data Center. Delta Western at- where summer marine deliveries to eider bird, and other possible con- of ultra low sulfur diesel vehicle fuel The USCG has announced a 100- tempted a late voyage with the fuel, the fly-in, fly-out Western Alaska cerns that the transit may en- coastal communities are common- but no gasoline. counter— Native seal hunting yard security zone around the Renda but following a storm Nov. 8-10, a The Jones Act waiver came cold snap several days later flash- place. The 103-page document con- grounds, polar bear and walrus criti- and a 50 yard closed security zone at tained detailed plans for arresting through from the federal Dept. of cal habitats for example. A decision the fuel hoses and operations work- froze shipping lanes. Delta Western Homeland Security on Jan. 2. officials attributed earlier delays to and abating a spill, including a sam- eliminated the route west of St sites. ple action plan for an actual spill, as The Renda turned toward Dutch Lawrence Island and only consid- John Kotula of state DEC told bad weather in the Aleutian Island Harbor where USCG inspectors area. Delta Western wrote him a well as statements of spill insurance ered routes east of the island, near Nome Common Council Monday and other documents from Rimsco, waited with clipboards in hand for a Nunivak Island along the west coast evening he had spent most of the day check as compensation, but it was port state inspection for entering do- not enough to make it right with Sit- the Russian company that owns the of Alaska. looking at equipment and procedures tanker. mestic waters. An ice expert from University of with local people. The project had in- nasuak shareholders, Evans said last “The tanker vessel Renda met week. The USCG had to juggle the Alaska Fairbanks, Dr. Andy Ma- volved a lot of hands in Nome, he schedule of the Healy and its crew to all applicable federal laws and honey, drilled several core samples said. Considerable spill equipment The drama lay in Sitnasuak Na- regulations and can operate in tive Corp., facing a need to fly in return to Alaska from Seattle for the from ice in Nome’s port area Jan. 4, belongs to local fuel vendors, Port of assignment after letting off re- U.S. waters following the success- according to NOAA information. He Nome and Nome Joint Utility Sys- hundreds of thousands of gallons ful completion of a required Coast of vehicle fuel 5,000 gallons at a searchers from a science project in estimated the ice thickness in the tem and is kept in warm storage the Bering Sea area. As a result, the Guard port state control examina- harbor at 2.7 ft – 3.5 ft. He also Scott Henderson, Bonanza’s fuel time, having to pay $2 to $4 per tion,” said Rear Adm. Thomas Os- gallon for air cargo and pass it on Healy’s crewmembers needed to stay drilled near a pressure ridge block- manager, told the Nome Common tebo, commander District 17 in a Council Monday that he appreciated to consumers. But Evans, sorting aboard during the holidays. ing the harbor and determined the Early this month, Vitus Marine re- USCG release. “Our daily discus- thickness of the ridge ranges be- working closely with all the com- options, came up with a better idea sions will continue with our federal, with Alaska barge company Vitus ceived approval for the voyage from tween a minimum of 15-16 ft. and a pany’s partners to make the fuel de- ADEC after an accelerated seven- state, local, tribal partners, and the maximum of 29 ft—21 ft below sea livery safe for staff and the Marine to manage the unique winter marine industry to ensure the high- through-the-ice fuel delivery to day comment period, short of the surface and 9 ft high above the sur- environment. usual 30 days. The tanker then set est standards of safety and compli- face. There was about 5-6 ft of water The USCG was taking reserva- Nome. With no such tankers tied up ance are in place to mitigate risks to in Alaska, the project found the ice- out from Vladivostok to Korea under the ice ridge. He also esti- tions for a C-130 flight scheduled for where it loaded 1,062,000 gallons of the people of Nome, the crews of the mated feasible snowmachine travel Jan. 10 to take a load of reporters and class T/V Renda in its homeport of vessels, and the environment.” Vladivostok and retained it to go to ultra low-sulfur diesel vehicle fuel, would be limited to within the first camera crews from Anchorage to but no gasoline. The available gaso- The Renda loaded up all available 50 ft offshore due to the characteris- Nome for photo opportunities aloft. Asia for ultra low sulfur diesel, re- gasoline—290,000 gallons—from quired by environmental conserva- line at the Korean docks had been tics of the ice. configured to meet Southern Cali- Delta Western and weighed anchor tion laws for vehicles using diesel with the Healy on Jan. 4. But alas, around mid-day the Renda’s engine blew a valve, according to the Coast Guard. The tanker, slowed to 2-3 knots, had to make a U-turn and go back to Broad Bay, near Dutch Har- bor, to kill its engines and make re- pairs. The Renda and the Healy resumed the voyage to Nome early Thursday, Jan. 5. When the caravan reached the edge of the ice pack, the Healy began the arduous task of cutting the Renda through more than 300 miles of ice growing southward with cold temperatures. The Renda, rehulled in 2010 to meet double-hull laws on tankers, is rated for four-foot ice, but has gone through thicker ice, ac- cording to statements filed with ADEC by its Vladivostok owners, Rimsco, a marine surveyor and transport outfit. With every organization cooperat- ing that could hang a business card on the operation, the USCG held Photo by Peggy Fagerstrom Photo by Peggy Fagerstrom daily briefing and discussion tele- conferences that included City of GETTING READY—Randell Castel and Rick Kostiew check out equip- PREPARED—Bonanza emloyees Terry Ludwig and Mikey Nichols Nome, Alaska Pilots Association, ment they might need when the Russian tanker Renda comes into Nome make preparations for the Russian tanker the Renda. possibly Thursday.