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Photo by Corey Erikson WORKING UP THE BRACKET - Nome wrestler Leif Erikson, right, used three pins to work his way to the championship match of the 138-pound weight class at the ACS Wrestling Invitational meet last weekend. See story on page 8. C VOLUME CXIV NO. 45 November 6, 2014 City loans NJUS $2.2 million with strings attached By Sandra L. Medearis from the City savings account to money already spent on utility work In discussions between the utility bursement from the state or federal The Nome City Council told the cover a construction funding short- had put a strain on operating funds board and council members, NJUS granting agency, meaning NJUS has administration to keep utility fi- fall that has stressed operating funds. and left NJUS having to pass the hat. decided to take a loan from the City to front the money for the project. nances under surveillance after they In a joint work session on Oct. 29, Because of the drag in getting re- at 2.5 percent interest. According to discussions on Oct. agreed to give Nome Joint Utility the public learned that delays in fil- placement money, NJUS was left The Council met immediately 29 and pointed out by an auditor sev- Systems a direct loan of $2.2 million ing for grant reimbursement for without money for current projects. after the session and approved the re- eral months ago, paperwork for re- quest. imbursement was not filed promptly The situation came to a head when in some cases. Wells Fargo turned down an NJUS John K. Handeland, utility man- application for a line of credit unless ager, attributed late filings to paper- NJUS put up collateral. work requirements and to turnover For years, NJUS has been suc- and shortages in staff at the granting cessful in securing grants plus loans agencies. for construction work. NJUS has recently rehired Mike However, the utility, in most Cusack as full-time chief financial cases, has to spend its money to do continued on page 4 the work and then receive reim- Early election results: Ballot measures pass Young re-elected, Begich out, gover- nor’s race too tight to call By Diana Haecker ing, Foster had 97 percent of the A few hours after the polls closed vote. on election day, preliminary unoffi- In Senate District T, Democrat cial elections results revealed that Donnie Olson also ran unopposed, Democrat Mark Begich may have with 97.2 percent of the vote. lost his U.S. Senate seat to Republi- There were three ballot measures can challenger Dan Sullivan. in front of the voters. With 325 out of 441 districts re- Early results indicate that all bal- porting on Tuesday night, it seemed lot measures passed. Ballot measure that U.S. Representative Don Young 2 aims to allow the use, purchase and maintained a lead over Democratic sale of recreational marijuana in challenger Forrest Dunbar. Alaska for those aged 21 or older. It On election night, the race for now allows the state to tax and reg- Governor was too tight to call. The ulate the production, sale and use of Unity ticket consisting of Independ- marijuana in Alaska. ent candidate Bill Walker and De- Ballot measure 3 also passed. It mocrat Byron Mallott seemed to will raise Alaska’s minimum wage have a lead over incumbent Gover- from $7.75 per hour to $8.75 per nor Sean Parnell and his running hour in 2015 and to $9.75 per hour mate Dan Sullivan. as of January 1, 2016. As of Tuesday night, Walker/Mal- A measure to protect Bristol Bay Photo by Nils Hahn lott had 47.72 percent of the also passed. TRICK OR TREAT— Despite stiff cold winds, trick or treaters went door to door in Icy View to amass vote,with Parnell/Sullivan showing The measure now requires the large amounts of candy on Oct. 31. Shown here are Brunhilde, a.k.a. Angela Hansen, Spanish Dancer 46.84 percent of the vote. legislature to approve future large- Clara Hansen, Jenae Matson dressed as a Russian woman, English equestrian Mia Cresswell and Pump- In House District 39, Democrat scale metallic sulfide mines in the kin man Luke Hansen. Neal Foster ran unopposed. With Bristol Bay Fisheries Reserve by half of the district’s precincts report- passing a law. Pilgrim Hot Springs: Power for Nome remains questionable By Diana Haecker and heat to produce two megawatts diameter production, which was applications at levels similar to what Test results from a large diameter of energy to feed into Nome’s power flow-tested in September 2014. has been developed at Chena Hot well at Pilgrim Hot Springs indicate system. The test results are not con- “This was the first time that con- Springs in Alaska.” that the well can sustainably provide clusive, but the next steps are no trolled flow rates greater than the The researchers said output from On the Web: thermal fluid for onsite power gener- longer up to ACEP to further re- naturally occurring artesian rates this well exceeded initial expecta- ation and heating applications, says search. were sustained and measured,” said tions. However, they cannot defini- www.nomenugget.net a report from the Alaska Center for ACEP has led an extensive geot- the report. “Downhole temperatures tively confirm the ability of the E-mail: Energy and Power released last Fri- hermal exploration effort at Pilgrim and pressures were measured while resource to sustainably generate day. For power generation to feed Hot Springs between 2010 and 2014. the well was flowing at 60 gal/min, more than two Megawatts for export [email protected] into the Nome power grid, more tests In order to understand the geother- and while the well was pumped at to Nome because the fluid was pro- need to be done. mal dynamics, where the hot water 172 gal/min and 300 gal/min. The duced from the shallower portion of Since 2010, the Alaska Center for source is and if there is enough in the pressure changes that were measured the aquifer, and not directly above Energy and Power has been investi- aquifer to sustainably feed into a have led researchers to conclude that the upflow zone. “We have recom- gating whether or not the hot springs power grid, ACEP researchers have the well has the ability to sustainably mended drilling an additional gradi- at Pilgrim, about 40 miles north of conducted a variety of geophysical provide thermal fluid for on-site Nome, could provide enough volume surveys. Last fall, they drilled a large power generation and district heating continued on page 16 2 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 06, 2014OPINION THE NOME NUGGET Nome Beltz Junior/Senior High School Quarter 1 Honor Roll, 2014 – 2015 7th Grade Daynon Medlin Courtney Payne Jillian Stettenbenz Jeremy Knudsen Tate Coler Students with at least a Elden Cross Caelin Olanna Emily Pomrenke John Tidwell Rayne Lie Jason Gilder cumulative 3.0 (B), no KYLIE EVANS Devan Otton KATHERINE SCOTT Zachary Tozier Jayme Morgan John Habros grade lower than a C, and JOSIAH FAST Kelby Popiel Bianca Trowbridge Anna Marie Motis DANIEL HEAD at least 4 classes Shaylee Felicetty-Ka- Cortny Provost Donald Smith Jadyn Otton Oliver Hoogendorn Bolded CAPITALIZED cena Kyle Reynolds Sierra Tucker 11th Grade TAMARA SPIVEY ALEXIS HUTSON names signify a 4.0 aver- Renee Gandia TERI RUUD John Wade Allaryce Agloinga TEHYA TUCKER Sara Iyapana age. Galen Gologergen Ian Smith Jamie Yi Tanis Bjorgen Kailey Witrosky Jacalyn Morgan CELINA HABROS Nicholas Tocktoo Ashton Brashier Cody Mork Marilena Koozaata ABIGAIL TOZIER Christine Buffas 12th Grade Gabriel Smith Maya Kralik 10th Grade Samuel Cross Matthew Appolloni JANE TIDWELL Kelly Lyon Boluwatife Ayowole- Leif Erikson Nathaniel Appolloni JANNELLE TROW- Ashleigh Minix 9th Grade Obi James Horner Isaiah Baker BRIDGE Naomi Minix Timothy Bloodgood Joshua Bourdon Nolan Horner Emery Booshu Cydney West Steven Oquilluk Taeler Brunette Tatiana Chanar Ethan Kelso Alyssa Bushey Marcos Ornelas Kurtis Bushey Kimberly Clark Autumn Osborne Maya Coler Megan Contreras ANNA PETERSON Annalise Contreras Kevin Green Katelyn Tocktoo Dylon Crowe William Herzner Shayna Warnke-Green Keon Evans Wilson Hoogendorn A Look at the Past Randel Iyatunguk Sonja Hukill 8th Grade Julie Jackson Savanna Kayouktuk AYOMIDE AYOWOLE- Edward Kakaruk Ethan McDaniel OBI KATIE KELSO Kyrie Milline-Cardenas Caleb Evatt Joseph Kinneen Audra Murdock Athena Hall Robert Koezuna Skylyr OʼConnor Liam Hukill Trisha Llesis Ivory Okleasik Ashlynn Kowchee HARRISON MOORE Erica Outwater Cameron Kunnuk Kelsi Sherman Letters Dear Editor: garbage. Thank you for working in I appreciate the professionals of all kinds of weather, at all hours. Anderson Services for doing such an Spruce Lynch excellent job in keeping Nome Nome, AK 99762 clean. Thanks for picking up our Letters to the editor must be signed and include an address and phone number. Thank you notes and political endorsements are considered ads. Editorial Tank ʻem Medical workers, doctors, nurses ands emergency personnel should not have to be attacked, kicked, bitten and spat upon by peo- ple they are trying to help. Patients with real emergency issues should not have to have their care jeopardized by an out of control Photo courtesy of Carrie M. McLain Memorial Museum drunk or druggie. ENERGY FOR PILGRIM HOT SPRINGS— Photographer F. H. Nowell photographed a cabbage patch at The drug abusers and inebriates need to be placed in a safe hold- Kuzgamapa Hot Springs on July 11, 1907. More than 100 years later, researchers are trying to harness the hot ing facility where they can be brought under control before getting springs energy to generate power for Nome. Recent results indicate that there is enough power to support in- medical attention.
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